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>>42760256
After half a week of traveling, you reach the slope of Unity’s Peacekeepers. The whirlpool heraldry of Charybdis has been replaced by a sigil that looks to be a circular map of the world, surrounded by a wreath of roses.

“I told Unity that is should have been Cattails.” Wren says, over the radio, when you tell her what you see. “But she said that the roses tested better. Anyway, try to see if there’s anything working. Getting me access to a network would be helpful.”

You start using your Salvaging Training. Slowly going through the buildings on the slope, seeing what the damage is, and what’s still worth anything.

There’s signs of Squatters in one building, and it looks like they kitbashed the power back on, albeit by cannibalizing a lot of salvage. There’s still intact transmitting equipment on another building, but it’s got signs of critters. Finally there’s the Summit Building itself. It is in pristine condition, like the Event never happened to it, and it looks like neither the Squatters or the Critters have so much as approached it.

> Try the building with the squatters. They’ve got power.
> Risk the building with the critters, it has Network Access.
> Check out the Summit Building. It’s why you’re here, right?

>>42760269
> Try the building with the squatters. They’ve got power.

>>42760269
> Risk the building with the critters, it has Network Access.

>>42760269
> Risk the building with the critters, it has Network Access.
We might be able to power it if we went in regalia.

>>42760269
> Risk the building with the critters, it has Network Access.

>>42760269
>> Risk the building with the critters, it has Network Access.

Amazing, I caught an Echo thread!

> Risk the building with the critters, it has Network Access.

>>42760269
>Check out the Summit Building. It’s why you’re here, right?
Where have you been?

>>42760399
>>42760400
>>42760444

The door's long since jammed shut, but the windows are long missing, so it's easy to get access to the place. It looks like this building was...well...something technical that involved people standing on small circular platforms that are attached to a massive amount of wires. As evidenced by the remains of people, upon said platforms.

You see animal droppings, gnawed wires and furniture and the bones of the human remains have been chewed on thoroughly. Something's living here, no question...doesn't look like hounds or felines though. What lives up in the mountains?

You do see signs in Civ that point towards a server room.

You don't see any critters, but if things started to turn on across the entire building, that might cause them to rouse from wherever they are.

> Stay as Lupa
> Manifest your regalia.

>>42760256
We missed you Echo.

>>42760269
What about cattails that represent world unity better?

>>42760269
>> Risk the building with the critters, it has Network Access.

There is a reason why no one touched the summit building.

>>42760797
>> Manifest your regalia.

We will need the network access. We have to take some risks. Get to a fortified position where we can fight them one on one.

Not like the others would help in the fight much anyways.

>>42760797
> Manifest your regalia.
Better to do it now then to do it when we're already having to fight something.

>>42760797
>Manifest your regalia.

>>42760797
> Manifest your regalia.
Alrighty.

>>42760797
> Manifest your regalia.

>>42761074
>>42760981
>>42760895
>>42760991

"There is Joy amongst the ashes." You say, and feel the comforting warmth of your regalia around you.

"Hey," Joy says. "So, Meadows told us that this place was said to be this communications research lab. They made better phones and stuff."

"Any idea what these are?" You ask, kicking one of the circles.

Lights are starting to flick on, around the building, and there's the soft whirring noise of computers trying to start up.

"Meadows says that you'd stand in the circle, and whomever was talking to you could see you as a hologram in real time." Joy says.

"Why?" You ask.

"Because they could? I dunno, Meadows says that half the stuff that people built was either to enhance humanity's ability to manipulate Clean Energy, or it was something cool someone saw in a movie."

"Huh."

> Roll 1d20

Rolled 5 (1d20)

>>42761267

Rolled 2 (1d20)

>>42761267
For Mother!

Rolled 16 (1d20)

>>42761267

Rolled 3 (1d20)

>>42761267
HWG

Rolled 5 (1d20)

>>42761267
Why not roll?

>>42761305
Thank you anon.

Looks like /tg/ dice hates us again.

How did we get so good rolls as a snake paladin?

Rolled 7 (1d20)

>>42761267
Rolls for every-anon

>>42761417
Honestly, i've realized every-time i roll i just have to want to fail/expect not to roll good and my roll just gets high.

>>42761444
Good idea.

Is it me or is the discussion dead today? I always remember the threads being more alive.

Rolled 19 (1d20)

>>42761267
Trying that anon's tips.

>>42761460
QM has been gone a long time, anon. I had given up on the quest myself weeks ago.

>>42761475
Oh wow. It worked.

>>42761476
Too bad. I thought the farewell scene was well handled too.

>>42761476
I myself only remembered when Trip the Light came up on my playlist.

>>42761417
Dice gods like monster girls, but hate magical girl?

>>42761623
Watch Ash be reborn as a monster girl in the new life after Joy in Time does her work.

>>42761417
And now we don't have Embers to soak up all the bad luck for us.

>>42761641
>monster girl as a magical girl

Somehow I think this would break the fabric of the universe.

>>42761677
We can get our boy toy and he will do.

>>42761305
"You have ONE message." A voice says.

You look down and see that the glowing circle has a blinking red light at it's edge.

You bend down and press it. A blast of white light fills the room, and there's a woman standing there. You see her regalia and 'Know' her to be Joy-In-Repose."

"Ummm, hang on...that's one of Unity's flunkies." Joy says.

"So, this is just a recap because 'The Savior' wants to make sure that everything's double checked." She yawns. "We've ensured that there wont be any car crashes or planes falling out of the sky, and that it'll just last for 30 seconds. Please make sure that you've backed up everything, as being so close to the pulse might cause odd things to happen. Remember, we need you guys to help with the Follow Up. Unity says that's there's going to be a few people who will freak out. So, the face-to-face is going to help a lot.

"Also, tell me if Zephyr is in contact with you...and with anyone she's in contact with.

"Alright, so...get some place comfortable, we've got the Event scheduled in ten minutes, we're already in pos-."

Repose drops to the ground, like a puppet with its strings cut.

Three minutes later, you start to hear screaming.

"Message Timed Out." An artificial voice says.

"Huh." You say.

"Uhhh...heads up." Joy says.

You hear the sounds of movement, and the snorting and rumbling of a LARGE animal. It's in the next room. It doesn't sound hostile, just probably examining all the flashing lights that turned on.

> Hide, and hope it doesn't come in here. You still need to patch Wren into the system.
> Leave. No need to upset whatever's here. Live and let live, right?
> Go look. Maybe it'll be nice!

>>42761942
> Hide, and hope it doesn't come in here. You still need to patch Wren into the system.

>>42761942
> Hide, and hope it doesn't come in here. You still need to patch Wren into the system.

>>42761942
>> Go look. Maybe it'll be nice!

>>42761942
>Hide, and hope it doesn't come in here. You still need to patch Wren into the system.
It's never nice.

>>42762052
Fair point.
>>42761942
> Hide, and hope it doesn't come in here. You still need to patch Wren into the system.

>>42762052
Remember the tiger that liked us?

Oh Ok, it is probably something that ate everyone. Someone friendly to humans won't survive in this era.

>>42762092
If I had to guess, something large that lives in the mountains and lives in dark places like this I would guess bear.

>>42762175
So we will try to have a companion bear that won't abandon us like the other two did?

I am Ok with that. Poor Ashy though.

>>42762007
>>42762052
>>42762079

Well, it's a bear. Looks like a black bear...kinda. It's not that big...for a bear. Probably about as big as your motorcycle. Also, it has armor, fur covered chitinous plates that shift with each step it takes. And it looks like...yup...it's mouth is open and the bear is drooling and that drool IS eating holes in the floor.

The bear seems rather chill though, more curious about what's going on than aggressive.

You just hope that he doesn't look...

> Inside the locker where you're squeezed
> Underneath the desk you're crouched
> On top of the file cabinet that you climbed.

>>42762370
>> Inside the locker where you're squeezed
Solid ash.

>>42762370
> Inside the locker where you're squeezed

>>42762370
>> On top of the file cabinet that you climbed.

Bears can't climb right?

Yes they can.

>>42762370
> Inside the locker where you're squeezed

>>42762402
>>42762393
>>42762445
Time to find out if intelligent bears can open lockers.

>>42762370
>On top of the file cabinet that you climbed.

Apart from not climbing (which isn't quite true anyway), no-one, not even bears, ever looks up.

>>42762597
>>42762454
Combine it.

We hid in a locker that is above the filing cabinet.

>>42762597
What about magic armor bears?

>>42762647
We shall tame him and ride him as a steed into battle.

>>42762370
> On top of the file cabinet that you climbed.
I mean, why would he look up there...

>>42762670
Because that is where they keep the honey.

>>42762663
I suppose it might prove more useful than a motorcycle in a melee.

>>42762393
>>42762402
>>42762445

You are very much stuffed inside the locker, and there's a hook-like object poking into your back. It's less than comfortable.

Still, hopefully your new friend doesn't do anything worse than chew on some long dead scientist's femur.

> Roll 1d20

Rolled 13 (1d20)

>>42762816

Rolled 3 (1d20)

>>42762816

Rolled 12 (1d20)

>>42762816
HWG

Rolled 18 (1d20)

>>42762816

Rolled 20 (1d20)

>>42762816
nat 1

>>42762848
Oh you...

Rolled 4 (1d20)

>>42762816
For Mother!

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>>42762848
So I told him to roll a crit fail and he didn't do it, the absolute madman!

>>42762834
Well, it looks like your new friend has decided to take a nap. Right on top of one of the Comm Circles. In the center of the floor.

> Stay in the locker until it wakes up and moves on.
> Try to sneak away
> Cut the bear's throat while it's asleep.

>>42762923
>Cut its throat while it is asleep.

Wait until we encounter the baby bear she is protecting!

>>42762923
>Cut the bear's throat while it's asleep.
Sandman him.

>>42762923
> Stay in the locker until it wakes up and moves on.

>>42762923
>> Cut the bear's throat while it's asleep.
What could go wrong?

>>42762923
> Cut the bear's throat while it's asleep

>>42762923
>Cut the bear's throat while it's asleep.

>>42762923
> Stay in the locker until it wakes up and moves on.
Don't fuck with Bears

>>42762923
> hug the bear

>>42763053
I like this anon.

>>42763053
What could go wrong?

>>42763099
>>42763059
DM might actually allow this because of how out of the left field it is.

Rolled 2, 19 = 21 (2d20)

>>42763053
[x] Tame the bear with honey and hugs.

>>42763205
A don't know how but this anon gives a mean hug but no honey at all.

>>42762953
>>42762956
>>42762972
>>42762986
>>42763005

You unsheathe your knife, and slowly step out from the locker.

You quietly step across the room, trying not to make any noise.

You really hope that the bear doesn't smell you and suddenly wake up either.

> Roll 2d20

Rolled 16, 6 = 22 (2d20)

>>42763373

Rolled 6, 1 = 7 (2d20)

>>42763373

Rolled 17, 15 = 32 (2d20)

>>42763373
> Roll 2d20
And now, we fail...

>>42763401
1=hug instead of stab

>>42763401
>>42763402
You walk across the floor, quietly and carefully. However, when you get right up next to the bear, it snorts and opens its eyes. There's a long moment, with just you and the critter staring at each other.

You have a knife in your hand.

> Run
> Go for the throat.
> "Hey...nice bear..."

>>42763527
> "Hey...nice bear..."
> Go for the throat.

>>42763527
>> "Hey...nice bear..."
Back away slowly

>>42763527
> "Hey...nice bear..."

>>42763527
>"Hey...nice bear..."
Time to acquire our steed.
Prepare to Ash Choke. It's an armoured bear, so a knife likely won't help too mich anyway.

>>42763527
> "Hey...nice bear..."
> Stroke it's chitin fur stuff

>>42763527
> "Hey...nice bear..."
Hope we have some points in animal fellowship.

>>42763617
We dealt with Emmy and Pytor long enough, if we don't have at least 2 or 3 ranks in handle animal I'll be pissed.

>>42763542
>>42763553
>>42763574

"Hey..." You say. "Nice bear...nice bear..."

The bear gets up from its prone position and sniffs you.

'Can you help?' You ask Joy.

'We aren't exactly the animal empathic types. That's more Ruin's deal.' She says.

You do however have some jerky on you. (Rule from Pytor, always have jerky and water on you.) So, you slowly get it and hold it out for the bear to eat.

"Here you go, bear...go ahead...don't look at my knife..." You say.

> Roll 1d20

Rolled 19 (1d20)

>>42763904
HWG

Rolled 6 (1d20)

>>42763904

Rolled 5 (1d20)

>>42763904
rolling. going to be late so don't bitch at the nat1

Rolled 8 (1d20)

>>42763904

>>42763938
The bear munches the jerky, and it sits down on its back legs. It actually lets you touch it. It doesn't seem hostile, or much inclined to do anything other than munch on its new treat, and maybe go back to sleep.

> Kill it.
> Leave it alone, and go to the server room.
> Try something risky and dangerous to get the bear to like you.

>>42764123
> Leave it alone, and go to the server room.

>>42764123
> Leave it alone, and go to the server room.

>>42764123
> Leave it alone, and go to the server room.
We'll get our him on our side on the way out. No sense in breaking shit before we're done.

>>42764123
>Leave it alone and go to the server room.

Let's not kill animals we don't have to. It might save our asses when we need it most.

>>42764123
> Try something risky and dangerous to get the bear to like you

>>42764123
>Leave it alone, and go to the server room.
Business first, then bear-taming.

>>42764123
>Leave it alone, and go to the server room.
As tempting as it is to try to get a pet bear trying to keep it as a pet increases our chances of having to fight it a great deal.

>>42764123
>> Try something risky and dangerous to get the bear to like you.

There is a red button. I must press it.

In all fairness, we got all the information we could out of this room. Time to link it up to mommy central.

>>42764123
What kind of risky things are we going to do to get the bear to like us?

>>42764151
>>42764164
>>42764192

You leave the rest of the jerky for your new friend. Then you go into the server room. Most of the stuff is in so-so condition, 150 years, cold, and a bear family will erode even the best of utopian science and construction.

Still you're able to find a server tower that has an access port, and has blinking lights on it. You plug in the small devices that Wren gave you. The lights change and blink, and some change from green to orange, and red to green.

You hope that's good. You'll have to go back to the bike to check in with Wren to make sure.

You walk out of the server room, and past the bear, who is still chewing on the jerky. Looking quite content.

You could try to reach it. You don't have the time to gain its trust, train it, and make tentative friends with the bear.

However...if you touched its mind...

It's not a person, after all. There's not a huge risk to you.

However, you could cause the bear to go mad and flip out...or turn it into a vegetable...or break its will entirely to the point where it's a mindless doll.

> Try it.
> Leave the bear alone, and leave.

>>42764439
> Try it.
For science.

>>42764439
> Try it.
Worst case scenario is we're having bear for dinner.

>>42764439
> Try it.

>>42764439
>Try it.

>>42764439
>Try it.
This cut-price panderbjorne will be ours.
Moreover, better we learn the art of animal taming now than having to try it for the first time in a crisis.

>>42764439
>Try it.

We need to know in case it is a do or die situation. Right now if we fight it it is only one enemy.

>>42764530
How bad was the movie by the way?

>>42764530
>panderbjorne
panserbjorne
Autocorrect hates me, as ever.

>>42764439
Watch as we carry a lazy bear in our mind all the time, who can only tell us to eat, sleep, get honey, and PROTECT OUR FAMILY.

Or that this is the new form of Joy-in-Repose.

>>42764578
>who can only tell us to eat, sleep, get honey, and PROTECT OUR FAMILY.
Seems ok.

>>42764439
>Try it.
>>42764494
I'm not sure how tasty acid bear will be.

Think Echo expect us to do anything else but press the big red shiny button?

>>42765026
You can see him throwing out the plan for a boss fight with the bear already when all the anons decided to pet zone the bear.

>>42765054
We had decided to petzone the bear before we even knew it was a bear for sure.

>>42765097
We made the decision to petzone the bear before we even knew it existed; when we had to abandon our kitten at the studio, our decision was set in stone.

>>42765161
>>42765097
I bet the bear would be more faithful then the other two girls.

>>42765189
We should have gotten a bear a long time ago. Bears don't piss themselves over a little excessive violence.

>>42765161
Bright side Pytor would definitely like a bear more than a feline, sure he might complain about the acid spit and stuff, but secretly he would think it was the sickest shit.

>>42765213
What would the priest's son think?

>>42765252
Lupa is awesome

>>42765252
He would be all pouty but still kinda clingy and talk about God. Meanwhile we'd be off having awesome bear adventures.

>>42765252
Too tired due to kill-frenzy after sex

>>42765278
He can't love her anymore anon. He hit the maximum waifu points for Lupa.

Wonder if he will accompany her when she alienated everyone else and is wandering the earth by herself.

>>42765322
Sex with bear or sex with him? Because he is not getty any soon.

>>42765329
>by herself
>not wanting to amass a small army of mutant pets and rule the wasteland for however long it has left

>>42764471
>>42764494
>>42764495

'For the record, Meadows, and even Civility, and We ourselves think that this is both a stupid and endlessly awesome idea.' Joy says.

You smirk, and then lock eyes with the bear, and gently touch its side.

Then you Reach out, and Touch the Bear's mind.

> Roll 2d20

Rolled 19, 16 = 35 (2d20)

>>42765407
HWG

Rolled 11 (1d20)

>>42765407

Rolled 11, 3 = 14 (2d20)

>>42765407
kek

>>42765362
Threesome

Rolled 9, 16 = 25 (2d20)

>>42765407
Nat 1 incoming.

Rolled 7, 9 = 16 (2d20)

>>42765407

>>42765422
I love you anon.

That is all.

Rolled 12, 14 = 26 (2d20)

>>42765407
Even Civility likes it.

It must be pretty high on the awesome meter.

Imagine if we roll 2 20s.

>>42765398
I can get behind this.

>>42765422
There's a rush of emotion, basic wants, and there's so much...more...more senses...more warmth...more everything. It's incredible.

You can also feel what the bear is getting. You, and all the stuff that's in your head. Most of it is...just beyond the bear's comprehension. It doesn't understand the idea of loneliness. How it felt when you learned that everything was going to die. Just the basic concept of mortality is utterly alien.

You can tell that it's working...but it's not working exactly the way you wanted it to. The bear is still a bear, it's not suddenly your friend and has an understanding of the concepts of humanity. However, right now, you two DO have a bond.

What you do with it is up to you.

> You can try and force the Bear to have an Ego and a Superego. You'd be warping its psyche, but that might make it intelligent and self-aware enough to be a companion. However, if it decided that it didn't want to be around you, (like Emmy and Ruin), then...well...you'd be alone again. Also it might go insane. It wouldn't attack you, but it wouldn't follow you.

> You can completely subsume the bear's mind, and make it part of your own. You would be the bear, it'd be an extension of your mind and yourself. It'd follow you, obviously...but there would be only shreds of what the bear was left.

> You can take the bear's self into your own mind, like Meadows and Civility. Now, that would leave the bear's body behind, however there would be some direct physical benefits to yourself, as your regalia and Joy alters thanks to the new influence.

> Leave things be, and let your new friend do whatever it wants to do. (Which is most likely, go back to sleep in its lair.)

>>42765824
>> You can try and force the Bear to have an Ego and a Superego. You'd be warping its psyche, but that might make it intelligent and self-aware enough to be a companion. However, if it decided that it didn't want to be around you, (like Emmy and Ruin), then...well...you'd be alone again. Also it might go insane. It wouldn't attack you, but it wouldn't follow you.

>>42765824
> Leave things be, and let your new friend do whatever it wants to do. (Which is most likely, go back to sleep in its lair.)

>>42765824
>> You can try and force the Bear to have an Ego and a Superego. You'd be warping its psyche, but that might make it intelligent and self-aware enough to be a companion. However, if it decided that it didn't want to be around you, (like Emmy and Ruin), then...well...you'd be alone again. Also it might go insane. It wouldn't attack you, but it wouldn't follow you.

What about just having the bear follow you as it would follow its mother?

>>42765824
>You can try and force the Bear to have an Ego and a Superego. You'd be warping its psyche, but that might make it intelligent and self-aware enough to be a companion. However, if it decided that it didn't want to be around you, (like Emmy and Ruin), then...well...you'd be alone again. Also it might go insane. It wouldn't attack you, but it wouldn't follow you.

>>42765824
>You can try and force the Bear to have an Ego and a Superego. You'd be warping its psyche, but that might make it intelligent and self-aware enough to be a companion. However, if it decided that it didn't want to be around you, (like Emmy and Ruin), then...well...you'd be alone again. Also it might go insane. It wouldn't attack you, but it wouldn't follow you.

We aren't going to follow in Ruins' footsteps and overwrite the bear entirely out of fear of abandonment. At the same time, stealing its mind amd leaving the body precludes us from bear adventures. The choice is clear.

>>42765824
>> You can take the bear's self into your own mind, like Meadows and Civility. Now, that would leave the bear's body behind, however there would be some direct physical benefits to yourself, as your regalia and Joy alters thanks to the new influence.
Power up!
At least this won't risk us being left alone again, right?

>>42765824
> You can completely subsume the bear's mind, and make it part of your own. You would be the bear, it'd be an extension of your mind and yourself. It'd follow you, obviously...but there would be only shreds of what the bear was left.

Conversation is overrated. All it needs to do is hit things and soak fire.

>>42765927
The bear will always be with us in our mind, never abandoning us, always protecting us as a part of its family.

>>42765824
>Leave things be, and let your new friend do whatever it wants to do.

as amazing as it might be to take the bear and use it as a weapon, I doubt it'll end well. Let's just keep it placated.

>>42765890
>What about just having the bear follow you as it would follow its mother?

It knows who its mother is, you aint it. Unless you REALLY want to warp the thing's mind. Which is possible. So new choice.

> Mutilate the Bear's memories so that it imprints on you instead of its family. You'd be enslaving it to you, and it'd still be a bear, but it'd follow you.

>>42765824
>> You can take the bear's self into your own mind, like Meadows and Civility. Now, that would leave the bear's body behind, however there would be some direct physical benefits to yourself, as your regalia and Joy alters thanks to the new influence.
We need the strength to be able to surive alone

>>42765989
Sounds good. Changing from >>42765940

>>42765824
> You can take the bear's self into your own mind, like Meadows and Civility. Now, that would leave the bear's body behind, however there would be some direct physical benefits to yourself, as your regalia and Joy alters thanks to the new influence.

>>42765824
>You can try and force the Bear to have an Ego and a Superego. You'd be warping its psyche, but that might make it intelligent and self-aware enough to be a companion. However, if it decided that it didn't want to be around you, (like Emmy and Ruin), then...well...you'd be alone again. Also it might go insane. It wouldn't attack you, but it wouldn't follow you.
UPLIFT! Now we can BOTH bask in our mortality

If we consume the bear's mind, poor Civility, now she gets to share space with a bear.

>>42766139
It would be an improvement

>>42766139
I'm sure she could bear it.

>>42766203
I don't know I imagine it could get a bit grizzly.

>>42765824
>You can try and force the Bear to have an Ego and a Superego. You'd be warping its psyche, but that might make it intelligent and self-aware enough to be a companion. However, if it decided that it didn't want to be around you, (like Emmy and Ruin), then...well...you'd be alone again. Also it might go insane. It wouldn't attack you, but it wouldn't follow you.
I feel having a big fuzzy companion is worth the risk

>>42766246
B-But the powerup! And the puns we could make all the time.

Suddenly anons created their own perfect companions.

>>42766260
Well if we make it sapient then maybe the bear can make the puns itself!

>>42766203
That's never given us pause.

>>42766306
Could we make him/her walk on two legs and hold a gun? Because then, i'm game.

>>42766188
What if she teaches the bear good manners.

>>42766306
>awakened bear making self-referential puns

...okay, that would be worth it.

>>42766345
Sir Bearington, get him to max out his persuasion modifiers!

>>42765913
You try and give the bear a full psyche. It's a little difficult, and you're mostly cribbing off of your own, as well as Meadows, and Civility.

The bear, who's male, is in a lot of mental distress about learning all these abstract concepts that don't normally worry bears.

You just hope that after the uplift, he still likes you.

> Roll 1d20

>>42766345
Now I just want the quest to become a buddy cop comedy about a magical girl and or wisecracking bear partner.

Rolled 17 (1d20)

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Rolled 7 (1d20)

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Rolled 10 (1d20)

>>42766424
HWG.

Rolled 19 (1d20)

>>42766424
Nature 1.

>>42766457
Does wishing to roll low and roll high really works?

>>42766484
Only when it doesn't count, anon.

>>42766424
>You just hope that after the uplift, he still likes you.

>inb4 newly sapient ursine is a better person than Ashes

>>42766429
Pretty good.

>>42766535
>Inb4 he gives us headpats because he feels beary sorry for us.

>>42766558
Why did I laugh. I was not expecting that.

>>42766535
>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5dhSdnDb3tk

I wouldn't be surprised. Lupa is one seriously fucked up person

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>>42766603
She is trying her best.

>>42766603
She really is. An emotionally crippled sociopath at the very least. Its actually pretty great how the quest gradually reveals the depth of her issues instead of trying to knock you over the head from day 1 that you are playing a character who is one or two really bad days away from becoming a monster.

>>42766806
Other than the abandonment issues, and the losing control with knives, what other clues do we have about how fucked up she is?

>>42766858
Pytor scenario, how much she HATES HATES HATES HATES her mother, the fact she has no faith in anything she cannot see, emotions included, She's about a short hop away from being Ulqiorra.

>>42766912
>has no faith in anything she cannot see

Good anon, mind reminding me again when this occurred?

>>42766939
Just how she acts whenever feelings are bought up, like they don't actually exist.

>>42766858
She has displayed almost no real empathy for others, only acting like she cares about others to try and conceal the depths of her self centeredness from them.

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>>42767027
I would argue that she cares about Pytor.

>>42766429
Well...bad news is that it can't speak. Telepathically or otherwise. That is to say you aren't going to have deep philosophical discussions regarding the morality of using Time to prevent the event or not.

You do get a full understanding of how the Bear is feeling, what he wants, when he senses danger, and other impulses. Joy says that it's the same kind of set up people had with dogs, before the Event.

Only you've got a Bear.

Also, he'd like the name Musor. He's been sleeping in a room with that painted on the wall.

He also wants more jerky, and you to scratch his neck.

You head back to the bike with your new friend, complying with his second request. Then you give him his first as you contact Wren.

"Are you in?" You ask.

"Yes. I'm getting...quite a bit." Wren sighs. "That may be a problem."

"What?" You ask.

"The Summit building is swarming with Hubris. It's a new type though. Not the worm, mosquito, or pillbug. Interesting behavior...I think it may be due to the exposure source and that may expl-"

"Wren." You say.

"Apologies." Wren says. "They're feeding off inorganic lubricants, and they've gotten control of the Servitors, and the Garcon units."

"Servitors, like those arms in your place? And what are Garcon units?" You ask.

"Rudimentary robots that perform service and hospitality tasks. I find them to be rather silly things, servitors work just as well. They're taken for purely ego-based reasons, and for 'the look of it.' Which is one of the silliest reasons you can do anything."

"Okay," You sigh. "So, the Hubris have been feeding off of lubricants, oils, and grease, and have taken control of the robots in the building."

"It's rather silly for you to keep repeating what I said." Wren says, a little snippily.

You roll your eyes at Musor. "Fine, what are they doing?"

"Stasis. Apparently they are keeping things in exact positions pre event. They don't allow dust or any form of alteration or decay." Wren says. "Why I do not know."

(cont)

>>42767107
So the opposite of ashes, which is coming from the ruining of the world.

>>42767107
Not too bad. What would we have gotten if we rolled a 20?

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>>42767202
Probably would be able to telepathically speak.

>>42767258
We don't need that. We got enough.

>>42767107
"I take it I still need you to get into those servers inside the summit building." You say.

"Correct." Wren says. "The upside is, once you're in, thanks to the Silverbugs, I'll have clear access to everything."

"Silver bugs?" You ask.

"The new hubris, they look like small silver centipedes." Wren says.

"Lovely." You sigh. "Options."

"Well, you and your new friend can barge in through the door and fight your way through." Wren says.

"Not ideal." You say. "Option two?"

"If we can introduce new hubris to the building, that would cause a reaction, since standard hubris break things down. It would certainly keep the silverbugs occupied." Wren says. "You're not far from a heavily infested area, Scylla."

"Transporting hubris...not the best idea, either." You say.

"Which brings me to idea three. If you can gain access to the storm drain system of Charybdis, you can access the water mains. Block a few pipes, start the water again, build the pressure, and the building is flooded."

"I thought you said silverbugs fed on grease." You say.

"They do, but I'm seeing clear signs that they have the same behavioral patterns as other hubris when exposed to water. They just don't seek it out." Wren says. "You cause the building to flood, they'll be too busy feeding to bother you."

"Alright." You say.

"However, that risks the integrity of our salvage." Wren says.

Also, upon the mention of storm drains, Musor gave you a spike of fear and apprehension.

"Are those all my options?" You ask.

"The ones I came up with." Wren says.

> Go in through the front, and be ready to fight a robot house filled with ghosts.
> Go get some Hubris from mostrous Scylla.
> Go down into the depths of Charybdis, and flood the building.

>>42767495
> Go get some Hubris from mostrous Scylla.

>>42767495
>Go get some Hubris from mostrous Scylla.

>>42767495
>> Go get some Hubris from mostrous Scylla.

Only making hubris kill each other is better than killing hubris ourselves.

Looks like people are having a hard time figuring out what they think we should do.

>>42767495
Also does Wren know of a good way of transporting hubris without them taking nice big chunks out of us?

> Go get some Hubris from mostrous Scylla.

>>42767495
> Go get some Hubris from mostrous Scylla.

>>42767654
Put them on the bear?

>>42767687
Bring Sajuuk to bear?

>>42767687
If we could not get our bear killed immediately that would be nice. Also given that the bear is now at least partially sentient hubris might be able to effect it.

>>42767740
Bear is of armored having, yes? Bear is fine.

>>42767985
We need to mount some heavy weapons on out bear.

>>42768085
Put a rocket launcher on his back, and knives on his paws
Also some kind of machine gun shoulders

>>42768259
Anon, have you heard of claws?

>>42768370
put the knives on the claws.
That'd make it twice as deadly stupid, I know how math works

>>42768370
I don't see how having claws prevents us from taping knives onto him.

>>42768259
Anon, just make him joy-in-bears.

>>42767533
"I'll go to Scylla." You say.

"Alright." Wren says. "I suppose...mmph...I guess it can't be helped."

"What can't be helped?" You ask.

"People of Joy." Wren says. "There's a lot of preserved Joy-In-Heart corpses in Scylla. The POJ have been attempting to collect them before the Hubris claim them."

"What do they do with them?" You ask.

"Attempt revival, cloning, tissue harvesting, and all other silly ghoulish pseudo-scientific activity." Wren says.

"Ah." You say.

"Drive safe, and be careful." Wren says. "I'll help where I can."

Musor can actually keep up with the bike, as long as you don't go too fast. However, with winding mountain roads, you don't really want to.

Scylla is in a mountain pass, perched upon a plateau that's out of the wind.

You can already hear the sounds of people and combat. Looks like the POJ have been having a little war with the Squatters that live in this area.

You park the bike outside of the city, and hide it in some bushes. You manifest your regalia, and you and Musor slowly make your way towards the city.

You stop, dead in your tracks when you see it.

A very familiar, double wide, RV.

Home.

You discover that you're running towards the RV. Towards the sound of gunfire, and you're crying.

You touch the familiar contours of your home, feel the metal sides, and you let out a sob.

The you collect yourself, and wipe away the tears and snot that covered your face.

Musor is slightly confused. He thinks that the RV looks very strange for a den.

You push on, into Scylla. You've got to find the Hubris. You've got to help stop the POJ. And most importantly, you have to find the others.

Today, you might not be alone.

END EPISODE 19

>>42768679
That is adorable. Looks like she is not as fucked up as we think she is.

Ending song good DM?

>>42768503
Joy-in-Berries.

>>42768781
But that is true already!

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>>42768730
>Ending song good DM?
Nah, the ending song is the same as always.

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

>>42768679
Thanks for running, boss.

>>42768835
Thanks for the ride DM!

I hope to see the next episode soon.

Remember the other game with bear as a companion. The colorful spirit bear was great. I expect great things from Musor too.