We're probably worth more than you can imagine.

And yet, completely and totally worthless.

Oh god no run for your life before you get drawn by this guy

hmmm, so you have died 672 times before?

New Princess 2010/08/24(Tue)19:07 No. 221931 ID: 0576eb
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>>221922
"So it talks. Even more weird. I doubt it'll fetch a nice price now. Thank you for lowering your value."

>>221923
"Exactly."

>>221924
"I doubt this guy will move."

>>221927
"The number of my deaths is irrelevant to you, simple sphere. It is of importance only to my Lord."

"So, you're worthless alright, I can't sell you. Can you do anything else than talk and say stupid things? Guess I'll take you with me either way. Something to talk with would be nice."

We've done a few awesome things, but for the most part, yeah, we just talk.

A lot.

I'm not very good at talking. I tend to be dreadful at it.

key thing we do is we have a third person view of things, so we can look around corners without you needing to expose any fleshy bits and can see behind you.

New Princess 2010/08/24(Tue)19:49 No. 221946 ID: 0576eb
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>>221933
"Ah. Well, isn't that nice. Just give me a moment, I got to actually make sure this guy won't move anymore."

The New Princess sticks a giant arrow in the head of that guy.

>>221934
"So you're suffering from multiple personalities disorder."

>>221936
"I guess that can be useful. Since we're probably going to talk a lot together, let me introduce myself. I am the New Princess, and this guy is... dead. Yeah. We won't see anymore of him."

I was wondering what you were doing with that arm. Nice work, by the way

Nice to meet you, New Princess.

If it's not so terribly rude of me to ask, is there a name we could call you that's a little shorter than the New Princess? It's a bit of a mouthful.

As for our name... Well, perhaps one of the other voices has a better idea.

we have seen that guy get back up from worse, take his head off, only way to be sure. the fact that we seem to have no recollection of what happened while he had us seems to indicate he was keeping us away from anyone else.

New Princess 2010/08/24(Tue)20:16 No. 221959 ID: 0576eb
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>>221950
"...Thanks, I guess. He was in the way. I don't know about a good diminutive. Give me some suggestions and I might accept one. Until then, I am the New Princess, and I'm going to kill my sister."

>>221952
"You've met that guy? He was that powerful? He's just a weakling. He had this axe, but it looks like he couldn't see anything, so it was pointless. Just one of their goons. Whatever, I lopped his head off, here, have a look at it. All bloody and fresh. Sounds like a good breakfast."

Hmmm, Megan maybe? Dunno, I was never really good with names.

So why are you trying to kill your sister? She must be pretty awful, eh?

If I may ask, whats with the giant arrow? you carrying a ballista here or something? In addition, like the arm blade, exactly how did you get that and is it special?

New Princess 2010/08/24(Tue)21:05 No. 221965 ID: 0576eb
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>>221961
"Megan isn't really a diminutive, but oh well. I guess it can work. As for my sister, well, her only sin was to take my rightful place as Queen. Even that, was too much."

>>221962
"I found that arrow lodged in my body, earlier, and the blade was attached a while after I lost my left hand due to a stupid accident with a door."

Oh my bad, maybe something more like Hime, meaning Princess? Or even just Princess would work I guess. I'll leave it up to you to decide, since it'll be your name.

How'd she manage to steal your place as queen? Seems like kinda a bitch move.

Well, in any case, what's the battle plan?

Well, if your mad because of your stolen title, how about Raine for your name, which instead means queen.

Also... excuse my ignorance, but it would seem an arrow that large lodged in your body sounds... painful. Also, in my experience lethal.

New Princess 2010/08/24(Tue)21:31 No. 221973 ID: 0576eb
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>>221967
>>221969
"Hime. Raine. Hime Raine. Sounds nice enough. I don't really like my old name, either way. This is better."

"An arrow in my body is certainly lethal. I was too careless."

"My sister was here before me, but I didn't know it. I only found out about it after... Well, here, that's how the Book of the Queen goes:

1. The Small Girl wished upon the darkness to live an extraordinary life and so her wish was granted by the Lord.

2. For her wish to come true, there are trials she had to endure and the Lord let her roam free in the world of Fobia and told her of what she would become after the trials.

3. The Lord's first trial was of the Body, and so the Small Girl lost her ability to think.

4. The Lord spoke to her through spirits and guided her through the trial of the Body, and so His will was made.

5. The Small Girl was able to overcome the trial with the help of the Lord. Without His help she would have been lost in the Darkness and so she knew that she would be dependant of Him.

6. The Lord abandoned her in the trial of the Mind, for it is the hardest trial and the Small Girl suffered until she reached the trial of the Soul.

7. The Lord was pleased as the Small Girl reached the trial of the Soul and so he bestowed a gift upon her. The Small Girl was now the Princess and she became aware of herself.

8. The Princess sought to overcome the trial of the Soul and in her efforts she united her aspects into one single form. The Lord was pleased and bestowed one final gift upon her.

9. The Lord released His hold on the Princess and he feasted upon her victories. The Princess offered her Soul, her Body and her Mind to the Lord and He was much pleased.

10. The Princess became the Queen and the Lord became the King and they ruled over Fobia.

I remember about it since it was written everywhere. I thought it applied to me, I went through trials too, I did the bidding of my Lord, yet she was the one to ascend! I sacrificed too much... I will be the Queen, and she will die. The Lord is here, he is not the King, he is the Lord, and I will be his Queen."

"As for the battle plan... If it moves it's dead. That's how we do things in Fobia... rather, how -I- do things."

Hime Raine. Nice, I like it.

Hmmmm, what did these trials entail? They seem pretty intense.

I wish you luck in your endeavors and we'll help you the best we can.

Also: I like your battle plan.

An effective strategy to kill everything, though not endearing to allies. I'm going to assume though you've found allies rather useless to make that choice.

So, may I ask a status report Raine? where are you, why are you here, and what threats abound.

New Princess 2010/08/25(Wed)06:54 No. 222122 ID: 0576eb
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>>221979
"I don't remember the trials. I do remember the trial of the Body, just a little, though... I was kept very weak for the entire duration, and that's when I lost my hand; near the beginning, too."

>>221988
"Allies are a threat to my legitimate heir as the Queen."

"Well... The good thing about Fobia is that I could get to the current Queen in an instant by going into a random door. The bad thing about Fobia is that... it's random, known laws of physics don't work here."

"So I have no idea where I am. I came in through the door behind me; there's nothing really interesting in there anymore."

hmmm, question, what is so great about being queen?

New Princess 2010/08/25(Wed)14:46 No. 222202 ID: 0576eb
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>>222129
"Oh, gee, I don't know. Ruling an entire world, maybe. I don't see any negative points anyway, so might as well, heh?"

"I want to live an extraordinary life, Lord damn it."

just asking cause this place seems like a dump, ruling it just doesn't seem that great.

anyway i see a note, to your left.

Ooooh, entire world eh? That sounds pretty sweet.

I agree that notes are meant to be read.

New Princess 2010/08/25(Wed)20:10 No. 222273 ID: 0576eb
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>>222203
"It's a dump unless the ruler decides to make something out of it, you know. So far there's only been one Queen ever, no wait, there's none, my sister doesn't count."

>>222212
"Regarding the note, it wasn't there a moment ago, yeah? I'm gonna read it, but I'm sure I know who it's from."

The New Princess reads the note after ripping it down the large nail.

"...Well."

Oh, well damn. So you're shot?

I guess now is as good as time as any to ask if you have any sort of... healing magic or something.

turn around and lunge. maybe you can at least give her a horrible scar before you die again.

It took you 672 deaths to get this far? That's pretty nasty.

But I thought we were with you when you lost your hand. During the trial of the mind. You opened a door and it got cut off.

>>222273
Perhaps you are/were a part of the queen? All the parts the Lord didn't accept. Lords can be that way sometimes.

This changes nothing, of course.

New Princess 2010/08/26(Thu)14:55 No. 222475 ID: 0576eb
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>>222274
"I don't use pansy magic. Guess I'm shot, but oh well, that's what happens when I do things according to my sister's plans."

>>222294
"Oh, she's not here. See, the ruler of Fobia can pretty much create anything they want anywhere... My sister is just toying with me."

"Also, screw dying. Had enough of that."

New Princess 2010/08/26(Thu)14:56 No. 222476 ID: 0576eb
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>>222326
"672 deaths, I guess. Painful, but now, I don't care about that. The pain can go fuck off. Also, I barely remember anything from that trial. Maybe you were there, maybe not."

She breaks the arrow stuck through her without shuddering.

>>222391
"I don't understand what you mean but it makes sense I guess."

>>222476
Well, according to your story the Lord divided up the Queen. You could be a portion of her, separated to the degree that neither of you remember being a complete person. The portions of the tests you passed must have prevented you from being completely destroyed.

So unless I'm missing something, it looks like there's not much else in that room. Ladder time?

New Princess 2010/09/01(Wed)08:44 No. 224535 ID: 0576eb
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>>222495

"That's... a strange theory. But it sounds complicated, so let's take it as granted; what's complicated is usually what's behind the scenes."

>>222511
"Here we go then. My, this ladder looks quite long to descend. You sure you wanna watch me go all the way down?"

well you already got arrowed. watch out for other stuff manifesting nearby.