https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mClf1cpfajg&list=PLWpYpml50qkrj5jdj_4QdzZ_9hmw1kJCD&index=1&ab_channel=TheNewtonBrothers

KVAR QUICKHANDS

After the feast, you found yourself with more people wanting to join your Temple than you know what to do with. Deciding to focus on indoctrinating them in your faith and the ways of your cult, all you have to do now is to decide on how to do it.

>Secretly test each one. Give each one an opportunity to do evil that they would have no reason to think they wouldn’t get away with, and then let them in or kick them out based on whether they chose the higher or lower path.

>Preach, preach, preach and preach until your throat is hoarse and your lungs ache. You will be able to tell those who truly begin to believe and sniff out those who are just wanting to join for the free room and board if you preach long enough.

>Give them all tasks. Make them perform acts of charity in the local area, helping out anyone who needs it using their own funds and resources, their own bodies even if they have to. See who’s willing to give up everything for the sake of others, and find out which are the ones that only ever look out for themselves.

>Write in.

>>5747578
The first option isn't good as this is the 40k world they will all fail as they have never been shown another way

the last option requires them to have a firm foundation in the word, so that leaves us with the middle option, we will teach and those who have the ear will hear and we will see who is true and who is false.

>>Preach, preach, preach and preach until your throat is hoarse and your lungs ache. You will be able to tell those who truly begin to believe and sniff out those who are just wanting to join for the free room and board if you preach long enough.

I can't believe your back hell yeah!

>>5747578
>>Give them all tasks. Make them perform acts of charity in the local area, helping out anyone who needs it using their own funds and resources, their own bodies even if they have to. See who’s willing to give up everything for the sake of others, and find out which are the ones that only ever look out for themselves.

Explain them we are leading by example, but preaching is less impacting than direct helping

>>5747578

>Give them all tasks. Make them perform acts of charity in the local area, helping out anyone who needs it using their own funds and resources, their own bodies even if they have to. See who’s willing to give up everything for the sake of others, and find out which are the ones that only ever look out for themselves.

Best marketing

Sorry for the long absence fellas, but it's good to be back. I'm really excited to see what happens this time, and I got some fun i;e nasty surprises in store for you! Been itching to write for a long time, so later today in the evening is when the next update will be up. Probably around 6-8 PM EST.

>>5747578

>Give them all tasks. Make them perform acts of charity in the local area, helping out anyone who needs it using their own funds and resources, their own bodies even if they have to. See who’s willing to give up everything for the sake of others, and find out which are the ones that only ever look out for themselves.

>>5747578
>Give them all tasks. Make them perform acts of charity in the local area, helping out anyone who needs it using their own funds and resources, their own bodies even if they have to. See who’s willing to give up everything for the sake of others, and find out which are the ones that only ever look out for themselves.

I thought we alrady decided and rolled for what we would have them do last thread, didn't we? Or is this just an extention of that vote?

>>5747578
>Give them all tasks. Make them perform acts of charity in the local area, helping out anyone who needs it using their own funds and resources, their own bodies even if they have to. See who’s willing to give up everything for the sake of others, and find out which are the ones that only ever look out for themselves.

>>5747578
>Preach, preach, preach and preach until your throat is hoarse and your lungs ache. You will be able to tell those who truly begin to believe and sniff out those who are just wanting to join for the free room and board if you preach long enough.
It's been so long

>>5747578

>Preach, preach, preach and preach until your throat is hoarse and your lungs ache. You will be able to tell those who truly begin to believe and sniff out those who are just wanting to join for the free room and board if you preach long enough.

Good to see you back QM!

>>5747578
>>Give them all tasks. Make them perform acts of charity in the local area, helping out anyone who needs it using their own funds and resources, their own bodies even if they have to. See who’s willing to give up everything for the sake of others, and find out which are the ones that only ever look out for themselves.

>>5747825
It's just an extension on how exactly you'll go about recruiting them.

On that note, I'll let voting go on overnight and update sometime tomorrow morning.

>>5747580
>>5747948
>>5747951
3 for preaching

>>5747607
>>5747581
>>5747818
>>5747825
>>5747925
>>5748032
6 for being the Taskmaster.

Please roll me 3 1d100+10 to see how many recruits make the cut.

Plus ten because the people are desperate and very grateful to you for the feast you just provided them.

>>5748450
Oh yeah, DC is 60

Rolled 34 + 10 (1d100 + 10)

>>5748450

Rolled 64 (1d100)

>>5748450
Rollin

Rolled 98 + 10 (1d100 + 10)

>>5748450

Rolled 46 + 10 (1d100 + 10)

>>5748450

>>5748461
Our lord and savior RNJesus is blessing the thread's return.

>>5748461
Praise Be
>>5748450
TQM, just to ask, are we using our Healing often? And what would happen if we used it on a healthy person?
And just by the by, a character sheet would probably be nice to have so we can remember our stats and powers

>>5748461
God is great!

>>5748501
You make use of your Mercy of Christ power more or less every day, although time has made you more judicious in whom you decide to give it to. For the most part you try to save it for whoever has the worst injury or illness in your immediate area, which given the nature of the underhive and your ally the Jags methods of 'business', makes injuries and illnesses of all kinds of severity all too common.

>A character sheet would probably be nice.
Agreed, I'll write one up before the next update. Unfortunately though, another bastard case of insomnia hit me so I needed to spend most of today trying to sleep, so the update will have to wait til tomorrow.

>>5747577
Great to have you back dude. I had almost given up hope.

>UNNATURAL CRITICAL SUCCESS

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0fRa6XA38I&list=PLWpYpml50qkrj5jdj_4QdzZ_9hmw1kJCD&index=24&ab_channel=TheNewtonBrothers

Part of you wants to go out there and preach. Preach for hours, days even, to these people. Tell them all you can, all that is to be loved about God and Jesus, but it is Esma who comes to you with the solution.

In the morning after the ninth night of the throng of hopefuls surrounding your Temple, you share breakfast with your people, like always. Naturally, the conversation turns to these wretched folk who wish to live with you so badly, and you are about to inform everyone of your decision to preach until you can tell the faithful from the faithless when Esma speaks up. “Why not make them do as you did, Kvar? As Jesus did?” The question catches you off guard, and when you ask what she means, she smiles a bit as she says “I know you well enough by now Kvar to know that you want to do all the hard work yourself. Go grab every man and woman by the hand and lead them into God’s light. But you can’t force a man into faithfulness. Give these people the opportunity to prove themselves, let them perform acts of charity and contrition, just like you did, and see who is cut out of a life of Godliness and who isn’t.”

Shaken, you instantly latch onto her words. For they are right. And for these ideas to come so readily out of Esma, a woman who usually is content with living in the background, pleases you greatly. You really are helping. You really have changed all these people's lives.

“Well,” you say “It’s time to leave it in the hands of God now.”

And so, after breakfast, you head out into the crowd of hopefuls just outside your Temple, and tell them what you want them to do. To your shock, they all immediately set off, a jig in their steps and a smile on their lips. They were happy to do as you asked. To finally be given permission to give up on the suspicion and hatred so usually common and necessary for survival in the underhive, that there is a different way to live. That to be man means that you must also be more than beast.

When they return the next day, you immediately see that each man and woman is lesser than before, in some way. Some are now missing pieces of clothes, others are missing weapons or bags and satchels. Which means they must have given away all that they could, even if it truly was something they couldn’t truly afford to give up. Yes…

These people will do.

>24 people have joined your church, granting you 24 more Church Members!

>You have 24 church members, 1 church faithful, 1 church devout, and 6 church fanatics. You also have 6 months of food left, 12 units of metal scrap, 13 units of lumber, a Pilgrim’s Temple as well as 220 units of the energizing blue fruit left, and 20 Thrones.

The next day after everyone is settled into their new home, you all hear a knocking at the gate. Expecting it to be Marella, you quickly order your people to get it open, but instead of the scarred but strangely entrancing face of Marella, you see an altogether different person. A tall, pale, handsome and skinny man, dressed in fine clothes. Well, fine for a person in the underhive, at least. As he smiles, he reveals bright white teeth. You ask the man who he is, and his grin grows even wider.

“Kvar, I’ve been thinking. It’s time we’ve finally met. Maybe you’ve heard of little ol’ me. If not though, you can call me Gag. I’m the head of the Rashers. Come on pal, lets walk and talk. We got looooooots to discuss, you and me.”

>Go with Gag and see what he wants. While you remember that this man is the leader of the gang that Marella and her Jags fiercely oppose, you also remember that he is said to be unusually kind and peaceful for a drug kingpin and gangboss in the underhive. It can’t hurt to have a chat, at least. Who knows, maybe you can finally get the Jags and the Rashers to set their grudge aside for the greater good.

>Tell the man no. This man is a flake pusher, he can only want bad things for you. Even if he doesn’t immediately stick a shiv between your ribs, he is not to be trusted for a second. Not to mention that he is the sworn enemy of the woman your coming to love, the violent but oddly tender Marella.

>Write in.

>>5749328
>>Go with Gag and see what he wants. While you remember that this man is the leader of the gang that Marella and her Jags fiercely oppose, you also remember that he is said to be unusually kind and peaceful for a drug kingpin and gangboss in the underhive. It can’t hurt to have a chat, at least. Who knows, maybe you can finally get the Jags and the Rashers to set their grudge aside for the greater good.

walk by faith not by sight, if it is the will of the lord for us to be shiv'd then we will be shiv'd

>>5749328
>Go with Gag and see what he wants. While you remember that this man is the leader of the gang that Marella and her Jags fiercely oppose, you also remember that he is said to be unusually kind and peaceful for a drug kingpin and gangboss in the underhive. It can’t hurt to have a chat, at least. Who knows, maybe you can finally get the Jags and the Rashers to set their grudge aside for the greater good.
Time to see if Marella come to save us again if we get ambushed.

>>5749328
>>Go with Gag and see what he wants. While you remember that this man is the leader of the gang that Marella and her Jags fiercely oppose, you also remember that he is said to be unusually kind and peaceful for a drug kingpin and gangboss in the underhive. It can’t hurt to have a chat, at least. Who knows, maybe you can finally get the Jags and the Rashers to set their grudge aside for the greater good
talk then, we can walk here

>>5749328
>Write in.
Welcome him into our office to talk privately.

>>5749328
>>5749442
+1

>>5749442
I'll change my vote to this

>>5749442
>>5749328
Either this, or if it's late enough in the day we can invite him to stay for supper.

>>5749442
+1

>>5749442
That.

>>5749562
>Stay for supper
Great idea.

If he refuses after the food we shared in the past, as I recall there were some Rashers present, then we know he's very likely up to no good.

>>5749788
Also we should throw in complementary drinks and snacks. Who wouldn't want to talk to us when we are treating them to such rare quality food and drinks!

>>5749442
+1

I didn't even know you were back, QM! Praise the LORD

Hey everyone, been unable to sleep for a week now unexpectedly, perhaps get ready for the quest already. I know, I know, it sucks, but for once times pretty pressing for me.

I will say that all the love you guys are showing right now is really helping in general, thanks a bunch! Next update will be today if I can somehow, and if not, tomorrow. Thanks for your chill again, see yall later.

>>5751673
Read a paper book or look out the window and get away from the screen for a bit before sleeping, it helps, plus no snacking and sugar or caffeine it helps. Trust me I have sleep problems too.

Take care and relax, we'll be around afterwards when you get better..

>>5751673
No update tonight guys, apologies.

>>5752210
Don't worry about it QM, focus on yourself

>>5752210
Take care of yourself QM.

fella be like
https://youtu.be/p5WLiSjTZIY?t=97
“No matter how small you think you are, your always big enough to make a difference.”

Sorry for the long delay fellas, but I should be able to make an update today, if not this morning then this evening for sure. Regular updates should resume pretty shortly actually, thanks again for you guy's patience.

Actually, I'll start writing now.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8SYWRApgovI&list=PLWpYpml50qkrj5jdj_4QdzZ_9hmw1kJCD&index=5&ab_channel=TheNewtonBrothers

Despite your initial distrust of the man, he doesn't seem to be all that threatening on his own. No gun, no obvious shiv tucked into a sock or a sleeve. The way he's dressed means he either gets someone trying to mug him all the time down here, or he's pretty good at handling dangerous situations. Either way, it's not in your nature to assume the worst in people, and so you think you'll accept his offer.

"What are ya waitin' for pal, lets go." The man declares suddenly, cutting off your train of thought. You tell to lead the way, and just like that, you're off.

As you walk behind him, you can't help but notice that he's leading you away from Marella's hideout. Probably for the best, you figure. If she caught wind of this, Gag here would be chokin' on his own guts before long. However... As you walk, there's almost no talk. Is Gag actually trying to just have a chat with you, or just lead you to somewhere quiet so he can 'take care of you' in a place nobody would notice?

Before even this train of thought can finish, Gag spins on his heels, coming to a stop and turning to face you very quickly. He must see you flinch, because he just lets out a long, chortling laugh. "Ohohahahaaha! Don't be scared my friend. If I wanted to hurt you, I'd send a couple dozen of my friends instead of come all on my lonesome. Anyways..." He lets the word hang in the air for a moment, the background noise of the rest of the underhive falling away for one rare moment before...

"Nice night, isn't it?"

>Write in what you want to talk to Gag about, including specific questions or even actions to take while you both walk and talk.

This is very clearly not our office.

Guess aside from asking questions, we should also give him an offer to join up fora graeter cause, and end the flake dealing business for a safer, more lucrative one... Foodstuff. Strawberries, Oranges, Apples, Sweet stuff. And we can be the excusive supplier.

I'll make up some questions alter on after i've had more sleep.

>>5755236
>This is very clearly not our office
Apologies anon, honestly I just wanted to get this update out asap before doing IRL shit.

Next update will take previous write ins into account, including the office bit. Also, next update should be around this evening EST!

>>5755175
>talk about religion
>talk about recent changes in the underhive

>>5755175
>A good night ? I wonder sometimes. Perhaps it is today, but the ones that persecute people and steal them away have made the nights of many quite bad lately. You must have heard of them, and my stance against them, perhaps even what i tried to do for stop them. What's yours ? What you want to do against them ?
>Before becoming a gang leader you have decided between violence and drugs, why drugs if i can ask ?
>What you think of the hive above us, the arbites, the PDF and Ecclesiarch priests stationed there ? I imagine in some way you have connections up there, drugs would need well crafted tools and objects for be made.
>What you think of the ones i and my flock have brought down ? Have you heard the words i have spread and my reputation ?
>Would you like me to talk about my faith ? Even a passage really, or a few words. Something you can think on.
>Are you perhaps interested in trading with my flock for foodstuff ?
>Let's say one day a man comes to you offering two options in life, one you stop with selling and producing drugs, and take a new way. This new way is promising at the end, but for reach it there are many dangers. The other option is the old way, but there is no promise at the end. Which one you would take ?

>>5755257
+1

>>5755257
>>5755257
support

>>5755257

Supporting

Hey fellas, unfortunately the quest is going on hiatus again for a while. It's a shitty excuse to hear but my life has been pretty crazy lately, so I'm going to take the time off for some self care.

I know it's disappointing for the thread to end so early, and honestly I'm more than a little disappointed myself. Hopefully I'll be making a new thread relatively soon. Thanks for all the support, and I'll see you all later.

>>5759276
See ya boss

>>5759276
Thanks for coming back and giving us some excellent writing.

Look after yourself QM we can wait patiently for your return

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Now that the insomnia has finally abated a bit and life is returning to some relative form of normalcy, I'm debating on whether to just carry on updating in this thread or just make a new one as a sort of start over to the botched beginning of Thread 4. The only reason why I didn't update regularly in this thread is because I had a 14 day long spate of non-stop insomnia, which unsurprisingly left me barely capable of coherent thought, let alone the ability to write updates of any quality. On the bright side, God willing, I should be able to continue with regular updates after next Tuesday. Regardless of these excuses however, I would like to know you guy's thoughts on whether we should just carry on as normal in this current thread or make a new one after Tuesday.

And again, I'd like to thank all of you for how cool you guys have been with putting up with my IRL bullshit, and apologies for screwing up this thread after the last long hiatus.

>>5765198
If you continue, use this thread

>>5765198

You can just use this thread, QM. After all, there's a reason threads on /qst/ last so long compared to other boards.

>>5765198
use this thread

use this thread

>>5755236
>>5755246
>>5755257
>>5755480
>>5755664
>>5758252
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nCfVc087Ja8&list=PLWpYpml50qkrj5jdj_4QdzZ_9hmw1kJCD&index=8&ab_channel=TheNewtonBrothers

Suddenly feeling nervous, you persuade him to come into your office back in the Temple for your little chit-chat. Surprisingly, he agrees without argument or complaint. Either he is very confident you will not harm him or he is dangerous enough on his own to be safe in a building full of potential combatants. Either way, he follows you back to your Temple, whistling a hauntingly familiar tune as you walk. When you finally trudge through the gate and up the stairs to your makeshift office, you find your nerves unwinding just enough so that you can start having a proper discussion.

>”It’s a good night? I wonder that sometimes. Perhaps it is for today, but the ones that persecute the weak and steal them away into the darkness have made the nights quite bad lately. Surely you’ve heard of them, and my stance against them? Perhaps even that I’ve tried to stand against them. What about you, Gag? What do you want to do about this kidnappers?

Gag’s grin doesn’t falter while you talk, and when you ask his question, he maintains it as he talks. “Weeeellll…. I’ve been thinking long and hard about this little kidnaper sitch we’ve got on our hands. Bad for business, ya know. But my boys are lovers, not fighters, ya see? What I do got though is a good deal of “equipment”. I got stubbers, I got shivs and blades and bludgeons and weapons aplenty. On top of that, I got dosh. Lots of it.” Finally his grin abates, and suddenly he looks very grim. For a moment you see steel flash in his pale blue eyes. “Unfortunately, most of my time is taken up fighting the boys of your little cooz, that sweet, sweeeeet Marella.”

As you change the subject, his smile plants itself back on his face like nothing ever happened, his teeth shining in the light of the high pressure sodium lights of your Temple. But you won’t forget that he showed you the steel in his eyes, just for a moment.

>”When you started up your gang, you decided to go with drugs over violence. Why drugs, if I may ask?”

He chortles at that, a deep, bassy sound emanating from inside his chest. “Hah, what can I say Kvar old son, I got a kind heart, I suppose. Alls I ever wanted to do was make people feel better. The people down here deserve a bit of pleasure, dontcha think? And breaking knees and busting skulls is bad for business, of course. And I don’t gotta worry about being robbed, my customers love me just as much as their daddies and mommies. Heh, I’d bet they love me even more than that. Smacking folks around for handfuls of Thrones is a mugs game, my friend. A mugs game.”

>”What do you think of the hive above us? The Arbites, the PDF and the Ecclesiarchy that make their lives up there? Manufacturing drugs surely must require specialized equipment, I imagine you must have some connections up there to have been able to acquire the stuff.”

Again, for just a moment, his smile falters. His blue eyes almost seem to flash red for a second, like the glint of a steel blade held in candle light. Then his cool, easy going grin reappears as he says “Well well well, look at you Kvar! Already going after the big secrets, eh? Suuuure, I might know some fine people way up above, but I don’t think we’re at that point in our relationship where we spill all our guts to each other just yet. Right now, you and me Kvar, we’re just kissing cousins. As for my opinion of our vaunted betters up there, I could give a rats ass about em either way. For the most part, they don’t bite and they don’t bite, so fuck em.”

>”And what do you think of the cult of perverts me and my flock brought down? Have you heard the word spread about my Temple?”

“Oh sure,” murrs Gag, “Of course I’ve heard of your fantastic deeds. And your magic powers, lets not forget about that. And believe you me, I like what I hear. Finally a cult springs up around here that isn’t full of a bunch of murderous crazies. And I’ve heard of your charity, and especially that delicious feast you threw a while back. Imagine that, giving out fresh fruits and veg to any old bleeder who wants a taste. I love it! You got style, Kvar, and I love it!” Oddly, you detect not even a hint of sarcasm or ingenuity in his tone. You think he is genuinely impressed by your works and deeds.

>”Would you like to talk about my faith? I could share a passage with you, or just a few words, even.”

For a moment, his eyes glaze over, and he suddenly looks… Bored? “Do we really gotta do that part, man? I respect your religion, sure, but I ain’t got no interest in joining it. But hey, more power to ya, it seems like it’s inspired you and yours to do some good, at least.”

>”Are you interested in trading with my flock for some food stuff?”

His eyes widen at that, his grin stretching to an almost obscene degree. “I would LOVE to buy some of your food off ya Kvar, yep, would love it very much indeed. But we can hash out the details of that a little later.”

>Let's say one day a man comes to you and offers you two paths. The new path, where you stop selling drugs and take up a higher purpose, a path with a promise of an everlasting reward at the end of it, or the old path, where you continue as you always have, gaining in earthly riches through the sale of poison but where you damn your everlasting soul for all eternity. Which would you choose, Gag?”

Suddenly Gag looks offended, genuinely hurt, even. “HEY! I ain’t selling poison, and I won’t hear any more talk besmirching the good name of my product. I don’t sell drugs, I sell doors. Doors to a better life, an easier and happier and more joyful life. Not quite unlike you, Kvar. Trust me, my customers would be miserable without my product, and with it, their lives become bearable. Enjoyable, even. Ain’t that a good thing? Alls I ever wanted to do was make people feel good.”

Finally, Gag heaves out a long sigh. “Ooookaaaayyy… Time to get down to brass tacks, buddy boy. The reason I came out here to ya was because I knew you and your hot little cooz Marella are tight. Real tight, heh, I’m guessing. And I gotta tell ya man, I’m real sick of her killing my boys and fucking up my operation wherever she encounters it. So I got a proposition for ya: Persuade Marella to leave me alone, and then me and you can team up. Think about it, my supply of weapons and dosh and your stellar rep in these parts, why, we could go far, you and me. And hell, if you can get Marella off my back, then I ain’t gonna hold no grudges. I’d be happy just to be able to do my business in peace. So whaddya say, Kvar?”

>Write in any more questions you may have, as well as your response to his proposed deal.

>>5767145
>>5766844
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>>5765221
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>>5759658
Hey everyone, apologies again for the long delay between updates, but things should return to normal and the update schedule should be back on track now that I'm sleeping somewhat regular again. Thanks a bunch for your patience!

>>5767994
Hm well we shouldn't backstab Marella, I mean besides the fact her gang will destroy us she's our gf.
A shame Gag doesn't even seem remotely interested in the faith. He sounds like more of a 'you do you and I'll do me' sort of guy, and probably legitimately thinks he's doing some good in the Underhive. That alone could be very bad for us, since people that think they're doing the right thing are more likely to not compromise their goals or actions.

I'll leave it to the other anons to form a response and ask more question, but I don't think we should take his deal. Actually we should probably inform Marella about him reaching out to us after we finish talking with him.

>>5768004
Thank you for writing this update! It's genuinely good to see this back, and I wish you the best with all the irl things you're dealing with.

>>5768023
I should clarify in case of confusion, he isn't asking you to betray or hurt Marella, but rather just persuade her to back off of Gag and his Rashers so they can do business in peace, as in case you remember Marella hates drugs and all drug dealers and sics her gang on any that she finds. In return he presumably has several perks lined up for you if you can pull it off.

>>5768023
And thanks for the kind words anon, I'm glad you're liking it!

>>5767994
>"As much as I really do wish for peace, and that Marella's method were less brutal, I can't accept it while you continue to not only peddle a harmful and addictive substance, but also try to dress it as something wholly positive for the users."
>"Change you merchandise to something less dangerous, such as alcohol, and change your business model to encourage moderation instead of constant consumption, and we can work together. Even if I'll never allow the trade in the direct premises of the temple, as it's one of the few actions that Jesus took personal, violent action against."

>>5768025
I think he means that persuading Marella with the hidden intent of teaming up with Gag is akin to betrayal.

>>5768085
Oh sure, I can see that.

Don't read this next bit if you don't want your decision to possibly be influenced, but what Gag really wants is just for Kvar to broker peace between his gang The Rashers and Marella's Jags. Not trying to railroad or anything, just trying to give the full scope of what Gag wants in case I didn't convey it properly in the update.

>>5768097
And our price for him to do it is for him to change his product, hold back on selling it to customers that get addicted, and not sell it to kids. The terms are nice and simple.

>>5768004
Thanks for the return and update

>>5767994
>"Before i answer i would like to say that the kidnappers should be stopped regardless. Even without an end of the war with Marella, they are too much of a threat. Agreed ?"
>"I will not force my religion on any man, woman and child. But i will continue to preach about it, this includes even your clients, gang and yes, you too Mr Gag. Either you allow me or not. Which of the two ?"
>"Lastly my answer : You are in luck, i dislike violence and i want Marella and her men to see it like me. I am not only preaching to them my faith but even teaching them a better way of life, the same one my followers have. I also dislike for people to die, be your side or her, and i truly wish for the war between the two of you to end. But your "doors", are not something i can ever like, and Marella could never accept them either. You have been a good listener and kept a civil conversation so allow me to explain, Mr Gag : when i see the people of the underhive using drugs they are happy and enjoy it. But is only for a little while, it never lasts. Afterwards they fall in depression, become aggressive, suffer terribly in both mind and body, and even die. Unless there is another dose that they can find and pay for, with the few thrones they have. Thrones they will not use for feed themselves, drink water or buy clothing. Bringing them to a slower death. I will not say you and your men had many options in front of you for make a good living. The underhive is an harsh place, were often our families and friends find a bad end. But the drugs are wrong in my eyes, and i believe better alternatives can be given."
>"I wish you to see my side. See how my flock is happy and full filled, see how many wish to join my church. Think on it, and know i am not the enemy of men but of evil and sins."

>>5767994
Book of James, Verse 1: 13-14
>"When tempted, no one should say, “God is tempting me.” For God cannot be tempted by evil, nor does he tempt anyone; but each person is tempted when they are dragged away by their own evil desire and enticed."
>You claim to sell happiness. Joy, an escape from terrible circumstance. A twisted notion for sure, you only tempt them with your evil disguised as reprieve from their struggles. You drag them by their sins down further in to their own misery instead of bringing them salvation, yet you have the gall to insinuate that WE are similar in nature?
2nd Corinthians, Verse 11: 12-15
>"And I will keep on doing what I am doing in order to cut the ground from under those who want an opportunity to be considered equal with us in the things they boast about. For such people are false apostles, deceitful workers, masquerading as apostles of Christ. And no wonder, for Satan himself masquerades as an angel of light. It is not surprising, then, if his servants also masquerade as servants of righteousness. Their end will be what their actions deserve."
>I apologize that you had to come all this way for naught, Mr Gag. There will be no cooperation between us. Have a pleasant evening.

>>5768053
>>5768102
>>5768215
Lets see here, if I got this right then we got two votes to accept his offer to try to broker peace between him and Marella, but on the condition that he switches his product to less harmful drugs, like alcohol, and one vote to just turn him down completely.

I'll let voting continue on for a while, and then update at around 6 PM EST tonight.

>>5768053

Supporting this. Alcohol is far less destructive but still very profitable, so Gag would at least see that from a pragmatic point of view.

Secondly, we'd need wine for communion, if we're not already trying to make it ourselves, and if we make it seem like we'd also get something out of it ourselves, ironically I believe Gag would be more receptive to it than if we asked for nothing else in return, if only because he might be suspicious of that...

>enlightened fence-sitting pragmatism is going to win because having morals and taking a stance against a man who is exploiting the weak and powerless for his own profit is too scary
Why exactly do you think this man would even for a second consider dropping the most profitable business of the Underhive to become your friendly neighbourhood wine merchant that tells you to practice moderation? He came here with the express purpose of using us against Marella, or at the very least to drive a wedge between us and the Jags before we have our own trained Zelots that he believes would tip the balance of power against him.

This man is a snake selling poison. He's been leading us on the whole time trying to sell us the lie that he's a good person using immoral actions to make lives better. Look at how he pounced on the opportunity to pretend to care about the kidnappings after we brought it up in an attempt to appeal to us that he cares for the Underhive, even though he let part of his mask slip during it (It's only "bad for business" after all, nothing more). He saw an opening and slammed his fangs in there to try and get on our good side right from the word go.

He's not going to drop his drug trade because:
1: He's dealing drugs on behalf of someone in the Upper Hive, hence his connections (which, when we correctly guessed it, enraged him enough to again have his mask slip temporarily because we saw right through him).
2: He's getting rich off the back of it.
3: He's inherently uninterested in our world view (as he stated directly to our face when we asked if he was interested in our faith) and is just looking to keep his business safe. He doesn't share our belief that his drugs are a problem, hence there can be no deal between us.

And the worst part of the whole package deal is this part here:
>"Think about it, my supply of weapons and dosh and your stellar rep in these parts, why, we could go far, you and me."
>"your stellar rep in these parts"
Translation: If we deal with him he'll start selling his Obscura and Gladstone using our reputation by proxy, guaranteed. "Holy Man approved, just go and talk to my good friend Kvar. We've got partnership, see?".

The only thing we should do is cast him out for his heinous practices and warn him only to return if he wishes to repent for his actions. You don't bargain with the Devil.

>>5769613
If he doesn't stop, the deal is off. And then there would be both the Jags and a betrayed church going after him.
I'll be honest, I really wanted to tell him to pound sand, but we aren't muslim so I'm not sure if there's a hard stance against all types of drug in the bible.
I know that alcohol is ok, so that's why I went with that. Plus moderation.

>>5769635
Oh, and my write-in also said that there will be no commerce near the church as well.
It's basically repeating the ultimatum we already gave him, the one he declined. To test if he really wants peace.

>>5769635
That just made me realize that I should probably read the good book, outside of just listening to the sermons.

>>5769635
I don't think we need to have a hard stance on drugs to tell Gag off here. As I've already said, he's profiting from misery while pretending he's some sort of Saint. For Kvarn, who has given up all his mortal possessions to those in more dire need than him and has encouraged his first batch of believers to do the same that should be enough to dissuade any form diplomancy with a man who's only interest is his money over all else. The only offer we should give him is a chance at Redemption for his crimes, not an opportunity to profit from a lesser amount of misery.

>>5768023
>>5768053
>>5768102
>>5768215
>>5769613
>>5769635
>>5769642
>>5769650
Alright, roll me 3 1d100 to see if you can persuade him to stop his practice of selling hard drugs and to switch to something softer, like smokeweed or alcohol in return for brokering peace between him and Marella.

Also please write in and let me know if you'd want to try to get Marella to stop going after them and killing his men regardless of whether he accepts the deal.

>DC: 85

Rolled 55 (1d100)

>>5769699

Rolled 14 (1d100)

>>5769699

Yeah we should probably talk to her at least.

Rolled 43 (1d100)

>>5769699

>>5769704
>>5769803
>>5769815
The war goes on it seems...

>>5769704
>>5769803
>>5769815


Fucking Piss and vinegar.

>>5769815
>>5769803
>>5769704
Writing now.

>>5769658
Well said anon. Though I feel like Gag might legitimately believe he's in the right and acting for the greater good, which in itself goes against the Christian philosophy of "we should never do evil that good might come of it".

>>5769704
>>5769803
>>5769815
Not entirely unexpected. This was a pretty big request on our part.

>>5768023
>>5768053
>>5768102
>>5768215
>>5769549
>>5769613
>>5769635
>>5769704
>>5769803
>>5769815
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ekUha8fSSyU&list=PLWpYpml50qkrj5jdj_4QdzZ_9hmw1kJCD&index=7&ab_channel=TheNewtonBrothers

You continue to talk for a while. An hour, maybe two passes as you try your hardest to convince the man that he should give up on the Flake production, give up on Bright production, give up on Ferina White production, to no avail. He just doesn’t want to give up the money flow, you suppose. The whole time you talk and plead with him, his grin remains. Stretched across his face almost as if rictus had set it, all while turning you down again and again. Finally he gets up, his knees popping as he lifts his skinny frame off the chair, and says “Well Kvar old son, I guess we ain’t getting nowhere. Oh well, it was worth a try at least. But I can’t have you cut off the production of my goods, otherwise there’d be no way at all to put food on the table. And I got lots of boys, lots of boys with great hunger.

Despite that the talks didn’t go anywhere, he holds out his hand. You grip it with your own, feeling warm, soft flesh and a grip like an iron vice, and then after saying your goodbyes, he’s off, whistling that oddly familiar and haunting all the while he walks.

You’re not quite sure if he truly believes he’s helping people with his drugs, or if he was just trying to appeal to your sympathetic side in a ploy to get you to help him out, but for some odd reason…

You feel it’s the former. What an odd fellow indeed.

>You have 24 church members, 1 church faithful, 1 church devout, and 6 church fanatics. You also have 6 months of food left, 12 units of metal scrap, 13 units of lumber, a Pilgrim’s Temple as well as 220 units of the energizing blue fruit left, and 20 Thrones.

After he leaves you have lunch with your followers, no longer surrounded by faces that have become as familiar as family, but instead by many who are essentially, still strangers. They all just seem happy for the clean home and the decent meal, and that at least makes you feel good inside.

>Get to work on making more beds for your followers. It will require 10 units of lumber, but you just can’t have your flock sleeping on the floor!

>Go seek out Marella. You have much to talk about, and while your talks with Gag didn’t quite work out, a part of you still wants to try and convince her to stop all the pointless bloodshed. Even if she refuses, however, it would still feel good to see her again.

>Start up a kind of soup kitchen, serving anyone who comes with a bowl of hot and fresh fruits, vegetables or algae. Since you are badly in need of some kind of cash flow, and while it pains you to turn what should be charity into something that feels like avariciousness, you’ll charge 1 Throne per bowl of food. (OOC: Or if you guys would prefer, you can make the price whatever you want, from higher cost to completely free. Just write it in with your vote.)

>Write in.

>>5769905
>>Start up a kind of soup kitchen, serving anyone who comes with a bowl of hot and fresh fruits, vegetables or algae. Since you are badly in need of some kind of cash flow, and while it pains you to turn what should be charity into something that feels like avariciousness, you’ll charge 1 Throne per bowl of food. (OOC: Or if you guys would prefer, you can make the price whatever you want, from higher cost to completely free. Just write it in with your vote.)

For anyone that wants our food there will be options for them to pick:
The cost will be either 1 throne, or doing some work for the church for 3 hours. This can be either :
- Cleaning church surroundings and tunnels that bring to the church
- Crafting one useful tool
- Moving away garbage around and bring it to us thus opening up more space and avoid tunnels are blocked (give us better sight and thus defense, and incredibly far more important..... we get to check what we can reutilize in the garbage ! And gain free resources)
Anyone that accepts the work options will be watched by our faithful, we aren't dumb, they have to do the job they signed for. No slackers allowed and check for suspicious people.


We talk with Marella later (if possible TQM, if not tomorrow), best we make an appointment or note. Too bad for Gag.

Also everyone that wants to pay or work can listen to a brief mass we will do during the meal, for free in the open.

if some of our faithful have nothing to do they can do
>Get to work on making more beds for your followers. It will require 10 units of lumber, but you just can’t have your flock sleeping on the floor!

>>5769954
>Moving away garbage around and bring it to us thus opening up more space and avoid tunnels are blocked (give us better sight and thus defense, and incredibly far more important..... we get to check what we can reutilize in the garbage
By garbage I assume you mean metal scrap and lumber scrap, correct? If so then yeah, you can certainly ask for scrap as payment.

>>5769905
>Get to work on making more beds for your followers. It will require 10 units of lumber, but you just can’t have your flock sleeping on the floor!
I am against charging for food and calling it a soup kitchen or turning our temple into a place for commerce. We either have a stall separate from the church to sell food, or we have a charity soup kitchen which gives meals for free.

>>5769962
>We either have a stall separate from the church to sell food, or we have a charity soup kitchen which gives meals for free.
Those are both options, actually. You could just open a soup kitchen at your church where you hand out food for free, although keep in mind it will drain your stockpile of food for yourself and your followers, or you could open a stall in the market in the old dried up cistern and sell your produce/food there.

>>5769957
yep

Make it a stall for sell food with those options then. A soup kitchen at this moment would just make our faithful starve, which is quite stupid with the current dangers.
One throne is cheap and the work options are even cheaper for anyone in the underhive.

>>5769966
Well I'll support either or both of those two options if they gain more traction.
Would making a stall separate from the church and making beds be too much for us and our flock in terms of resources and time?

>>5769954
we are still a bleeding heart so we will still give food to those too weak

>>5769989
I have changed to a stall if you didn't see.
Sure but i will not make Kvar starve his faithful (will happen because we can't feed too many people at once....and who is working our fields ? Our faithful and us) or overwork himself with miracles (already happened, and guess what he remains in bed resting because he can't do anything when it happens, for days. I am sure our enemies will not abuse of this when they will hear about it).

>>5769973
Nah I'd say you can perform a combination of two of any of the options in the last update. Three would be spreading yourself too thin however. This may seem arbitrary but to make a stall it will cost 5 metal scrap. Also, all those who vote for the market food stall, write in what the price should be per bowl of food you sell.

>>5769658
On one hand, that makes sense, but on the other I'm unsure if that's the case since there were parts that seemed to make it look like he was genuine, but he could be some kind of master orator. Or just insane.
So the deal could be a second chance redemption sort of thing, a chance for him to change his ways? I don't know, sometimes I'm too much of a bleeding heart for my own good.
>>5769699
>to get Marella to stop going after them and killing his men regardless of whether he accepts the deal.
No. No deal, no peace.

I fell asleep, so I didn't have enough time to reply. Now time to read the update and the other votes.

>>5769905
>Get to work on making more beds for your followers. It will require 10 units of lumber, but you just can’t have your flock sleeping on the floor!
>Start up a kind of soup kitchen, serving anyone who comes with a bowl of hot and fresh fruits, vegetables or algae. Since you are badly in need of some kind of cash flow, and while it pains you to turn what should be charity into something that feels like avariciousness, you’ll charge 1 Throne per bowl of food. (OOC: Or if you guys would prefer, you can make the price whatever you want, from higher cost to completely free. Just write it in with your vote.)
But I like the idea of accepting payments of scrap, lumber or community service.
Don't want to it to be a stall however, I fell like it would make it look like we start the church to become merchants.

>>5770047
Hm that makes sense. Well I'll support either two combination of the three options, as long as we don't build our stall in the temple or turn the temple itself into a place of business.

>>5770054
I'm assuming the vote means that we'll start giving payment in the temple itself for services of some sort. But that's a fair point about the stall, it could be a slippery slope.

>>5770054
>>5770084
Well you have to options with the soup kitchen, you can either set it up at the Temple itself or go down to the local market in the old cistern, a short ways off, and set up a stall to sell your food and produce.

Also I went ahead and finally made the pastebin of our character sheet. Please let me know if I missed anything or forgot something.

https://pastebin.com/TXwRA4e8

>>5770085
If we set up the stall at all I'm for setting it up in the marketplace and definitely not in the Temple.

>>5769954
>>5769956
>>5769962
>>5769973
>>5770054
>>5770084
Alright looks like most everyone wants to make beds for your new members, as well as set up a stall in the marketplace in the old dried up cistern to start selling your leafy greens and sweet treats. Reply to this post and tell me what you want the price per bowl to be, so I can do some quick maths and figure out how much you're gonna make with the stall going update to update. Keep in mind that if you sell it for really cheap like 1 throne per bowl, you'll have a ton of people wanting to buy bowls but for potentially less overall profit, or you could sell it for a higher price which will lead to less sells but a higher margin for profit long term.

You can also sell it for metal scrap and wood lumber too if you'd rather get a more material reward.

>>5770211
What's the standard price of food, how much have we spent buying the seeds and any ingredients/tools, and how long did they take to grow and cook? And what's the buying power of thrones in the underhive?

It's important to know the context so we can make one that's cheap but won't bankrupt the church.

>>5770217
A bowl of slop served at any regular underhiver tavern or food stall usually consists of pest meat, such as those of rats or skrivers, flavored with IG MRE spice packets, which exist in abundance in the underhive for reasons that can only be rumored at. The average price for a bowl can range anywhere from 3 Thrones for a spicy ratmeat hotpot or algae gruel bowl, to up to 8-10 thrones for more expensive fare, such as tasty meals made using imported and smuggled grox meat or pig meat, which by the way, pigs can be found aplenty in the underhive of Boiadero, although their ranch masters guard them fiercely.

As for how much you spent, you spent 45 Thrones to buy the seeds for the brown vegetables, the red berry fruit and the dessicated algae starters. The algae took 3 weeks to fully grow in their vats, which after harvesting would take another 3 weeks to produce enough for another harvest, although if you maintain an algae vat properly it can grow algae almost indefinitely. For the fruits and veg, it took six months.

You also bought and grown the energizing blue fruit, but I've honestly forgotten how much you spent to acquire it.

You have a fairly large stockpile of food, about six months worth of all your combined produce, and the algae vats will continue to produce more indefinitely.

As for how much a Throne is truly worth in the underhive, what counts for a middle class person in the underhive is someone who possesses a decently sized shack, and generally has about 50-100 thrones saved up. The wealthiest people down here are the gang leaders, and most of the underhives wealth sits within their pockets. The vast majority of the underhive however usually has about 5-10 Thrones to spare on food and supplies on a weekly basis, and there are millions more who have even less than that, with barely anything to their name or in their coinpurses.

Please let me know what you guys want the price for your food to be, and if I get enough votes before I go to bed then I'll write the update tonight. If not, then the next update will probably be early in the morning, EST.

>>5770322
I see, in that can we can charge 3 thrones, since it's a quality plate for the price of gruel
And we can still give some away for free as charity to the destitute in the end of the shift and/or weekends. And if it doesn't exists the grimdark future anymore, we are bringing it back. God rested on saturday and made the universe on sunday, so it's non-negotiable!

I hope one day we will be well enough in tithes or donations that we can afford to turn the soup kitchen free, as it should be.
We unfortunately can't multiply fish and bread. Yet.

>>5770329
Actually you can. Check the pastebin for your powers.

https://pastebin.com/TXwRA4e8

>>5770330
Oh
>>5770054
>>5770211
Changing my vote to making the soup kitchen in the temple (no stall) and running it for free.

>>5770332
Meant to link to this one
>>5770326
Instead of plying to you TQM

>>5770332
Keep in mind that if you do use the Feeding of 5000 for your soup kitchen, you can't charge a single throne or the power won't work. That power can only be used in an entirely selfless manner, and only for the benefit of other people.

>>5770337
So it would work for making the soup kitchen be at the temple and running for free, right?

>>5770340
Yep. But it would only be a weekly thing, but yeah, you could totally do that.

So just for clarification, do you guys want to make a stall in the market where you charge 3 thrones per bowl of food or create a soup kitchen in your Temple where you use your power The Feeding of 5000 to feed 500 people a week for free? I'll go with majority vote on this, and then either get writing later tonight or tomorrow. Also the vote to make beds for all your new followers is also locked in, only the soup kitchen/stall vote is still being decided.

>>5770473
>create a soup kitchen in your Temple where you use your power The Feeding of 5000 to feed 500 people a week for free
This one. It's more in line with Christianity.

>>5770473
>Food stall at the market
>1 throne OR payments of scrap, lumber or community service also accepted.
We need income and Kvar shouldn't starve his faithful, and neither should he overwork himself with miracles. Our cult is still very small and our church doesn't have much either, same for our equipment.
This is extremely generous and the kitchen soup put us on a very thin line that will break instead, because it will be swarmed once rumors spread of free and good food, and Kvar will go to bed again ill and tired. And i am only talking about normal underhivers.
Not thiefs, other gangs, animals, mutants and our enemies.


>>5770087
Maybe write down what structures our faith has and the numbers of our faithful + equipment. And enemies or factions we have relations with (like the market underhivers or poor ones).

>>5770473
The second one

>>5770761
>Food stall at the market
>1 throne OR payments of scrap, lumber or community service also accepted.

I'll side with this. We still need to look after our own congregation too, and charging just a single throne or other donations of scrap and labor is extremely generous for the Underhive.

We need to help people, but we can't do that if we're starving ourselves for it.

>>5771179
>>5770830
>>5770761
>>5770687
I'm gonna need a tie breaker.

If I don't get one in about 30 minutes I'll roll for it.

Rolled 2 (1d2)

>>5771243
Alright, rolling for it now.

>1 = Open a stall in the market and sell food for 3 thrones, scrap or community service

>2 = Open a soup kitchen in the Temple using the Feeding of 5000 to feed 500 people a week, every week.

>>5771271
Soup kitchen it is, along with constructing beds for the rest of your new followers. Writing now.

>>5771243
I'll break my lurking and put my hat in for making a soup kitchen with our powers.
And with that I'm going back into the dark realm of archive reading, have fun guys.

>>5771274
Oh lmao nevermid.

>>5771274
The dice gods granted your wish before you even made it, such is their way.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0fRa6XA38I&list=PLWpYpml50qkrj5jdj_4QdzZ_9hmw1kJCD&index=24&ab_channel=TheNewtonBrothers

First things first, you figure. You tell Reek to get everyone together to start building beds for the new members, to which he grins and says “Yar, sounds good Kvar. I was getting sick of tripping over all these new folk anyhow.” He then immediately starts barking orders at the nearest church members, sounding so much like the drill sergeant he possibly was back in his days of being a member of the Imperial Guard. They hop to it, and over the course of a day and a half, every member of your Temple now has a bed to sleep in. With that taken care of, you turn your attention to bigger ideas.

With your power to multiply items, despite the fact that doing so drains you, you realize that you can feed hundreds of people at no cost to yourself! You tell Bolt to grab a few of the newer members and to go out and spread the word that the Temple is starting up a soup kitchen, to which she happily gets to it, almost going so far as to grab the collar of a fellow named Ritzy, a younger lass by the name of Skola, and a few others whos names shamefully slip your mind, such is the amount of new followers that now fill up your Temple. You make a mental note to get to work memorizing each of your peoples names, and then you go and have a talk with Esma, the de facto cook of the Temple. You tell her of your plans to open a soup kitchen, which sparks a look of dread in her comely face, before it morphs to a look of confusion when you tell her that you only want her to cook one bowl of fine veggie and fruit hotpot.

“J-just one, Kvar? That isn’t much of a soup kitchen…” You just give her a warm smile, pat her shoulder and tell her that with the help of God, one bowl is more than enough to feed hundreds. Her look of confusion only grows, although she dutifully heads off to the makeshift kitchen, before long returning with a steaming fresh bowl of tasty food. Not long after that, Bolt and her entourage returns with about thirty five people in tow, many of them familiar faces that you recognize from the feast you threw a few weeks ago, hungry for more. They look crestfallen when you tell them that all you have is just this one bowl of food, still steaming in your hands. And then, with a knowing smile, you pass it out to the first woman in the front, a sickly looking thing whose face is eat up with blisters and boils from one of the billions of diseases that infest the underhive of Boiadero.

And then come the gasps, as all look at the now two bowls of food, one in your hands, the other in hers seemingly coming out of thin air. Then you turn to the next, and the strange multiplication process is repeated. It takes about fifteen minutes to pass out bowls to everyone, and then, by the grace of God, you’ve fed thirty five people with just one bowl of soup.

The whole while you were doing that, your flock streamed out of your Temple to watch the miracle take place. Your oldest members, Andrew, Reek, Esma and the rest, all look on with knowing smiles, but the new ones… They look enraptured. This is the first time they’ve seen what the glory of Christ can do, and it swells their hearts with a feeling so alien that they have a hard time naming it… Hope.

>Your 24 new church members have just witnessed their first miracle, deepening their resolve and devotion to God, changing them into church faithful.

>You now have 25 church faithful, 1 church devout, and 6 church fanatics. You also have 6 months of food left, 12 units of metal scrap, 3 units of lumber, a Pilgrims Temple as well as 220 units of the energizing blue fruit, and 20 Thrones.

Over the next week, the number of people who come to your Temple for the delicious free food increases day by day. By the end of the week you’ve found that you’ve fed about 500 people! Possibly saving their lives, or at the very least, staving off starvation for one more day. The knowledge that you’ve done so much good in all these months since you found that Holy Bible in a pile of trash fills your heart with warm pride.

And you don’t plan on stopping any time soon.

>Go and see Marella, since Gag’s visit you think you have much to discuss.

>Start questioning those who come to the soup kitchen for any information at all on the kidnappers. Surely one of these hundreds would know something concrete, some kind of lead that could finally get you enough information to send those beasts back to the pit.

>Go out and search for scrap, like you used to before your life was saved by Jesus. You have a feeling that your Temple needs just a little more work before it can be all the more defensible. Defenses, unfortunately, you feel you will need in the the coming days.

>Go out and sell some of your produce. You hate to treat the harvest given to you by God like some kind of money grubbing merchant, but you’re going to need funds if you’ll ever expand your Temple and its operations. Sometimes man must make compromises for the greater good.

>Write in.

>>5770761
Good advice anon, I went ahead and edited the pastebin a bit and added more relevant information, as it was a little sparse. Everyone, please let me know if there's anything else you think I should add.

https://pastebin.com/TXwRA4e8

>>5771296
>Go and see Marella, since Gag’s visit you think you have much to discuss.

>>5771296
>Start questioning those who come to the soup kitchen for any information at all on the kidnappers. Surely one of these hundreds would know something concrete, some kind of lead that could finally get you enough information to send those beasts back to the pit.
>Go and see Marella, since Gag’s visit you think you have much to discuss.
Let's get info and maybe we can make another trap with Marella.

>>5771303
Then again I'm fine with just going to Marella, since maybe she found something else out about the kidnappings.

>>5771303
>support

>>5771296
hmmm we should expand algea farming getting another source of water and a big surface container

>>5771511
>>5771354
>>5771303
>>5771302
Alright, roll me 3 1d100 to see if you can dredge up any useful info. Either way you'll be seeing Marella after.

DC: 45

Rolled 56 (1d100)

>>5771973

Rolled 2 (1d100)

>>5771973

Rolled 50 (1d100)

>>5771973
Roll.

>>5771981
Calm down there, brother.

>>5771985
>>5771981
>>5771974
Success with a nearly fatal close call. Writing now.

>>5770473
Can't we do both a soup kitchen for free at church and a market stall for a bit of income?

>>5771511
We ough to start recruiting skilled people to build infrastructure cuz our group is starting to get big.

Construct a giant water towers and maybe a hidden water lake reservoir underground?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rTD2RXhWHWE&list=PLWpYpml50qkrj5jdj_4QdzZ_9hmw1kJCD&index=10&ab_channel=TheNewtonBrothers

You soon find that your powers to replicate bowls of soup are somewhat limited, as after your five hundredth cloning, you find your body is unable to create any more. Which is all the same to you, you suppose, as it feels as if each replication takes just the tiniest bit out of you, and by the end of the week, you are well and truly exhausted. The hopefuls who come to the kitchen are more understanding than you would have expected when you told them that the kitchen was closed temporarily. They all just seemed so… Grateful.

However, you were not just idly handing out food to all who came, but you were also performing interrogations, after a fashion. As benignly as you could, of course, you wouldn’t want the kidnappers catching wind of your suspicions. Most of what you heard was unfortunately useless. Tons and tons of hearsay, unsubstantiated rumors and stories passed through a game a vox by a hundred different mouths, the story no longer even resembling what it originally was by the time it reached your ears.

However…

There was one.

One piece of info that was so solid that it made your body stiffen involuntarily in response when you heard it. A real lead. Finally! From several different sources, each one confirming the other, you heard about how the very same group that young Seth Orson saw kidnap his family and neighbors was seen again, this time heading into an old hab block a couple miles to the west by several scavs who were hidden in the sewer piping beneath them, gazing up at them from the grate. You have just received info on what could very well be the kidnappers base of operations!

Still, you need time. Time for your body to recuperate from the pain of making miracles, time to prepare, time to steel yourself. For you feel that a war is coming.

A bloody war.

On the third day of your rest, Marella came to visit you. It had been a while, maybe two weeks since you saw each other last, but when you open the gate and lay eyes on her, you can tell that your feelings for her haven’t faded a bit. And based on the blush on her cheeks and the glint in her eyes, it seems the feeling is mutual.

“Hoy there Kvar. Heard you’ve been a busy ‘lil bugger, ain’t ya? Just can’t stop yourself from doing good, aye? Heh… That’s what I lo- Er, l-like about ye.”

You don’t know why, but when she tripped over her words she blushed even harder. Strange… Still you have lots to discuss with her, and so you invite her inside. She plops down on one of the pews in the main hall, and pats the spot next to her. You settle in, and then begin talking in earnest.

>Tell her of your potential discovery of the kidnappers base. You’re sure Marella could do a lot with that information, and with your increased manpower, you could really assist her this time too.

>Ask her if she’s dug up any info on the kidnappers herself. You think you got something solid, but who knows, perhaps Marella’s got something even juicier.

>Invite her on a date. There’s a pub in the market in the old cistern that you used to frequent, back in your scavenging days. Back before you were saved by God. Maybe it would be good to spend some quality time with your mate before you get down to the serious work. Who knows, it could be your last chance…

>Write in.

>>5772018
>Invite her on a date. There’s a pub in the market in the old cistern that you used to frequent, back in your scavenging days. Back before you were saved by God. Maybe it would be good to spend some quality time with your mate before you get down to the serious work. Who knows, it could be your last chance…

>>5772018
>Invite her on a date. There’s a pub in the market in the old cistern that you used to frequent, back in your scavenging days. Back before you were saved by God. Maybe it would be good to spend some quality time with your mate before you get down to the serious work. Who knows, it could be your last chance…
We've been putting it off for too long.

Okay date, I won't ruin this with business talk then, but I want to be able to ask her at a later date if we could get the Rashers to stop dealing flake and other bad drugs, could she make peace with them.

>>5772018
>>Invite her on a date. There’s a pub in the market in the old cistern that you used to frequent, back in your scavenging days. Back before you were saved by God. Maybe it would be good to spend some quality time with your mate before you get down to the serious work. Who knows, it could be your last chance

Been awhile since I'd seen this quest on the board - but only appropriate it arises like Lazarus, eh QM? In any case, let's get down to business...

>>5772018
>Invite her on a date. There’s a pub in the market in the old cistern that you used to frequent, back in your scavenging days. Back before you were saved by God. Maybe it would be good to spend some quality time with your mate before you get down to the serious work. Who knows, it could be your last chance…

"1 Corinthians 7:32-34" yet "1 Timothy 3:2" - our concerns are already quite earthly, so I doubt there shall be harm in tying ourselves to them further, especially when it is a measure of a good man to lead. More practically, the sooner Marella completely commits to our faith and church, the sooner her gang can be fully absorbed and their wealth, weapons and so on become ours.

Also, might be a good idea to set up a donations box or something where people can donate to the church since we've started reaching out beyond our confirmed flock and into the teeming masses. 500 people break bread with us every day, if even a hundredth of them gave a single throne or a hour of labor, it would add up. Maybe also establishing markers of territory beyond our actual church, marking out some "zone of control" within which we won't tolerate anyone engaging in theft, violence, rape, etc. Make ourselves a beacon of order/justness and encouraging people to stick close to the church. Would probably need more people to really make it feasible since we'd need enforcers but the Jag's might well fulfill the role...

>>5772018
>Invite her on a date. There’s a pub in the market in the old cistern that you used to frequent, back in your scavenging days. Back before you were saved by God. Maybe it would be good to spend some quality time with your mate before you get down to the serious work. Who knows, it could be your last chance…

>>5772174
>setting up a donations box
I like this idea, maybe tithes are in order soon too. In fact all your suggestions are pretty good if ambitious.

>>5772018

>Invite her on a date. There’s a pub in the market in the old cistern that you used to frequent, back in your scavenging days. Back before you were saved by God. Maybe it would be good to spend some quality time with your mate before you get down to the serious work. Who knows, it could be your last chance…

>>5772174

I agree with the donations box idea. I had a similar idea before, but I didn't know if it was a good idea to bring it up yet.

We really do need funds, not for the sake of amassing it, but because we need Thrones for materials, for weapons, for... Everything we can't grow or make ourselves, really.

>>5772891
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>>5772022
No update tonight lads, I've been a bit busier than usual so I'm gonna go ahead and turn in early this evening. Go ahead though and roll me 3 1d100+15 to see how this date goes. +15 because you both truly do care for each other.

DC: ???

>>5773114
Forgot name.

Rolled 95 + 15 (1d100 + 15)

>>5773114

>>5773118
Off to a good start

Rolled 32 + 15 (1d100 + 15)

>>5773114 >>5773118
Pretty well it seems...

Rolled 23 + 15 (1d100 + 15)

>>5773114

>>5773118
Looks like you're getting lucky in more ways than one.

>>5773172
Snu Snu!

>>5773172
We're getting married? Else, it would be sinful.

>>5773118
Nice

>>5773118
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>>5772891
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>>5772174
>>5772125
>>5772038
>>5772022
Apologies for the delay, writing now.

>UNNATURAL CRITICAL SUCCESS. GOD IS WITH YOU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LeILSPhyExw&list=OLAK5uy_n9enLNuLjWTn67qj2aXP6FuJbX239vQdI&index=2&ab_channel=SeaPower-Topic

For some reason the thought of going on a proper date with Marella puts butterflies in your stomach. You feel them fluttering as you blurt out “W-would you like to go to the pub with me, Marella? A… Date?” She grins at that, her disfiguring scar contorting strangely in the candle light of the main hall.

“I’d love to.”

And with that, you’re off. Your older congregation members give knowing smiles as you both walk out of the Temple, hand in hand. You and Marella can’t hear it, but as you leave Esma whispers to Bolt “They make an odd couple, don’t they?” Bolt gives her trademark toothy grin as she says “Aye. But they’re a cute one, that’s for sure.” As you walk, not a word is exchanged between the two of you. The butterflies twist and turn and knot and burn in your stomach, and you don’t know why. But… It’s not a bad feeling. You’re anticipating… Something. Something that some small part of you whispers will be good, will be God given. You sneak a glance at Marella, and you see her smiling an oddly chaste little smile. She looks back at you, and you feel her grip tighten.

Still, you both say nothing until you’re at the market and entering your old haunt: The Stray Sheep Pub. All the familiar faces, the regulars, are there. There's Bone, propping up the bar, obviously very drunk and chatting up a cute young lass. He however doesn’t notice her slipping her arms into his coin purse as they embrace and start to kiss, and you smirk. Sulking in a corner playing cards is Leftie and his crew, playing cards. Leftie puts on an act of being crestfallen, and then calls when his mate makes a big bet. He acts all nervous, but you can see in the glint of his eyes that he’s got a stacked deck. The showdown comes, and all his mates curse as Leftie lays down his cards, cackling as he scoops up the Thrones.

Behind the bar is the Old Battle Axe, a middle aged lady with long fiery red hair hanging down to her waist, all done up in braids, and with a temper to match the red heat of her hair. She glances at you and Marella, looks away, then does a double take. Her usual scowl melts, and she grins as she shouts “HOY KVAR! There’s my favorite customer, it’s been a long time. Come closer son, let me get a look at you, let me see if the miracles you’ve been doing have made you any handsomer.”

You blush a bit, Battle Axe always did love giving you a hard time. But you knew it was always in good jest, and so you smiled as you walked up to the bar, Marella in tow. Battle Axe’s grin only widens when she turns to look at Marella. “Oh, and who’s this lovely lass? Don’t tell me ya finally popped yer cherry Kvar, HAHAHAHAHA!” At that, both you and Marella blush, before she reassumes her usual swagger as she takes a seat at the bar, saying “Oh, me? I’m just nobody, gran. Just a girl trying to do some good in this bleeding hellhole. Ye can call me Marella.” Battle Axe smiles, before turning around and reaching to the top of the shelf, grabbing her finest brew: Pop Star. She only saves that for those who either have more cash than sense, or for the few people she truly likes. You’ve never tasted it, although you have dreamed of it. You’ve heard that just one drop of the stuff brings good fortune and sweet dreams for months after the buzz fades. You reach for your coinpurse as Battle Axe pours two shots of the golden amber stuff, and then stop as Battle Axe waves it away. “On the house, Kvar. Hell, I’d feel bad charging a gen-you-wine holy man for a bit of brew.”

Marella cackles at that, and then immediately grabs her shot, necking it in one fluid motion. Immediately her posture relaxes, as a doozie of a grin spreads across her face. It’s a beautiful grin. “DAMN!” She shouts “That’s the finest booze I’ve ever tasted. Thanks gran!” Before someone can swipe it, you do the same, downing the shot in one go. It's… It’s perfection. Hazy, smokey, honey like sweetness with a bit of a kick fills your mouth, then travels down your gullet as you swallow, spreading warmth all throughout your body, making the exhaustion of the miracle making pass in an instant. Just like Marella, a wide grin plants itself on your face as well.

This is gonna be a good night, you think, as you stare into the eyes of your date. Marella blushes, grins and then turns to Battle Axe, shouting “Two more of whatever the hell that was, gran! Hell, make it four more, hahaha!”

A good night indeed.

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>CHOOSE THE INTERLUDE

A RECKONING WILL NOT BE POSTPONED FOREVER

A TASTE FOR THE DARK STUFF

THE STRANGEST FEELING IN THE WORLD

>>5773621
>THE STRANGEST FEELING IN THE WORLD

>>5773621

>A RECKONING WILL NOT BE POSTPONED FOREVER

Oh dear.

>>5773621
>A RECKONING WILL NOT BE POSTPONED FOREVER

>>5773621
>THE STRANGEST FEELING IN THE WORLD

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>>5773660
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>>5773639
Need a tie breaker. Also next update should either be around 6-7 AM this morning or 5-7 PM EST this evening, one or the other depending on whether or not the bastard Insomnia comes after me again.

>>5773621
>THE STRANGEST FEELING IN THE WORLD

>>5773621
>THE STRANGEST FEELING IN THE WORLD

>>5773621
>THE STRANGEST FEELING IN THE WORLD

>>5773639
>>5773692
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>>5774067
You guys do realize that.... This is the futa option right?

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>>5774374
bad anon

Sorry lads, no update tonight. There will be one tomorrow either early in the morning or sometime in the evening, EST.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IHJZmIWauRM&list=PLWpYpml50qkrj5jdj_4QdzZ_9hmw1kJCD&index=6&ab_channel=TheNewtonBrothers

THE STRANGEST FEELING IN THE WORLD

IVY LEMONGRASS

It’s been two weeks since you’ve joined up. Since you’ve found a new home, new brothers and sisters. Certainly better than your actual brother and your actual sister. Better by a damn mile. You’re still getting used to things, the flow of this place. But the supper! You look forward to the supper, because the lady with the two kids cooks up real veggies and real fruit! Some red stuff you’ve never seen or tasted before you joined up, and when you eat it, raw or cooked, it’s like an explosion of sweetness like you’ve never experienced before. And the veggies fill you up nice and good. A strong taste, but a good one.

Right now you’re working on the farm with the others, digging into the dirt (And how amazing is this brown stuff? This stuff that makes delicious food come up out of the ground?) when it strikes you. The strangest feeling in the world.

Your heart catches in your throat, and your lungs hitch. You look around, for what feels like the first time. You really, really see this place for the first time.

You look at your fellow church members. How they smile and laugh and chat so freely while they do honest work, honest to God work. Your head swims as you turn it to look all around you, at all the greenery that surrounds you. You remember seeing a picture of a plant once, when you were very small and your mother wasn’t quite as taken by that damn hippie, plant obsessed cult, although she was obsessed enough to curse you with a name like Ivy Lemongrass, oh yeah, obsessed enough even back then. But still, even with the bitterness of the memory, you can’t believe you’re not only looking at but touching, cleaning, caring for real plants!

Like that hippie cult purported to do, although what they mostly did was have a lot of orgies and ask for lots of donations. You shake it off, your body shivering suddenly, literally shaking the bad memories out of you. And all the while, that strange feeling builds and builds in you. Theres a word for it, you think. What… What is that word…

And then, like a silver bullet straight through your forehead, the word hits you, and you break down into tears of pure joy.

The word is hope. The feeling is hope. And by God is it good!

KVAR QUICKHANDS

You and Marella spent the whole evening drinking, and as you drunkenly shamble back towards your respective homes, giggling and laughing and touching like madmen, people driven to hysterics by passion. You stumble forth and Marella catches you, her grip steady despite her drunkenness, and she slurs “Beee bleddy c-careful Kvar! There’s skitches about!” And you don’t know why, but something about what she said makes you want to laugh, and before you can suppress it, it comes burbling out of you in great waves, that euphoric laughter. And before long, Marella joins in, and you both howl with laughter at the skitches and sneetches and snatches and all the funny things in the world.

And then the laughter stops, and it’s just the two of you. Marella looks at you with… Something, in her eyes, and as you open your mouth to ask what she’s staring at, Marella covers it with her own mouth, planting a rough kiss on your lips. And she doesn’t stop, groping at your clothes, trying to pull them down, pull them off, trying to get at that thing that all women think about at one point or another. And you really, really don’t want her to stop. Despite all you know about God and Jesus and your love for him, in this moment, your love for Marella is greater. God you want her to continue…

>Let her continue.

>Stop her.

>>5775166
>>Stop her.
Marriage offer time

>>5775166
>Stop her.
God will be very mad if we eat the knowledge fruit before mariage

>>5775166
>Stop her.
>Ask for her hand in marriage
It's a bit early, bit people die young in the underhive.
Shame the only ring we have is the one she gave us.

No update tonight lads, apologies. Updates should return as normal by tomorrow.

>>5775166
>Stop her.
>Ask for her hand in marriage

The first marriage before God in literal millennia? How can we pass up that milestone?

>>5775166
>Stop her.
>Ask for her hand in marriage
This should be interesting if nothing else.

>>5775166
>Stop her.
>Ask for her hand in marriage

>>5775565
TQM, is everything alright?

>>5777934
Evidently not, QM curse strikes again!

>>5777934
>>5777942
>>5777931
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>>5775905
>>5775229
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>>5775218
Apologies lads, but I'm gonna take a week or so off 'til the next thread and update. A marriage proposal should make for an interesting start to then next thread, at least! Sorry for the shortness of this thread, but I'll see all of you sometime next week!

>>5779942
Alright QM, take care of yourself.

>>5779942
See you QM!

>>5779942
Good rest, QM

I'd rather we not jump right into marriage right away. Date for a bit, make some romance.