what are you two doing in a tree? kissing?~

C A M P I N G

Investigate the source of the smoke.

Hatch 2011/01/17(Mon)21:23 No. 272522 ID: 9cb4b3
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It's been a day since I woke up and nearly flipped out in the Talyxian's arms. That first one was scary and had crazy eyes, the one below is still scary but she's at least sort of almost friendly. We stopped to rest and now Jingles is saying we should stop here for the night, or at least that's what Tienaye says he says, he isn't trying to speak to me directly anymore after what happened last time. Me and Ikar were just up in the trees to try to get a better look at some smoke in the distance and it looks like a lot, way more smoke than fires that a group of merchants or a scouting group would make.

We climb down a few branches and wait here. I don't know why but I feel safer when I'm up here as opposed to down below.

Tienaye shouts up at us asking if we've seen her other sandal and Ikar immediately replies "No."

We can either head towards the smoke or go around. I think it's a forest fire but Ikar says it has to be the army, which... Well, I don't know if that would be better to meet up with the Shigu army or not. I really just wanna go home but Dad's waiting for us at the fort... Or he should be, if he's with Ikar's dad still.

Tienaye says that Jingles says that he (it?) wants me to decide which path to take. We won't be doing anything else until the morning either way...

>>272522
Go towards the smoke so you can see what it is! If it's something dangerous, then continue on around it.

>>272535
Agreed, you should investigate the smoke. Also, if they want you to choose where to go nect, then choose a way that might bring you closer to your families.

Smoke could mean civilization, maybe the Shigu.
It should be investigated from a safe distance.

>>272522
Investigate the smoke, and if it IS an army then check their direction and rate of travel so you can decide how to move through the area.

But first, take that shoe away and kiss Ikar. Say "There are better things to do with that mouth of yours~"

>>272522
>I don't know why but I feel safer when I'm up here as opposed to down below.
Maybe you should attempt to fly. It's clearly a sign.

Hatch 2011/01/25(Tue)23:00 No. 274885 ID: 9cb4b3
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>>272535
Well... Okay, I guess.

>>273384
I definitely can't fly. I don't have wings at all!

>>273346
I'm not... I'm not going to kiss Ikar! That's gross! Kissing is gross! Why would I do that?

I climb down the tree. Jingles is here...

Sup.

>>274885
ask if you can get a cool robe too

>>274901
Correct response.

Hug mister Jingles

>>274885
he managed to sneak up on you with a robe covered in bells? Not natural.

Still, try to be friendly.

how do you even kiss with a beak.

Report what you've seen up there, and maybe get some discussion of what's up. While conversation is going, ask Mr. Jingles for the *specifics* of his vision.

Hatch 2011/01/28(Fri)17:55 No. 275831 ID: 9cb4b3
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>>274951
>Hug Mister Jingles
Uh... no. He's creepy and cold.


>>274901
>>274923
"Uh... Hi."

Tienaye says "He says hello." in an irritated way from where she's fussing with the tent stuff.

>>274907
"So uh... Can I have a robe like that?"

"Where would you even get one?" Tienaye answers for him, but then sighs, saying "He says we don't have the materials to make you one. Neither of us are a tailor anyways so that doesn't matter either."

"So uh... there's smoke some ways away."

"We know."

"Right. So um..."

Hatch 2011/01/28(Fri)18:07 No. 275834 ID: 9cb4b3
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>>275642
"What are the uh... specifics of the vision?"

Tienaye closes her eyes for a moment, breathes deeply once and then says "He says he doesn't know. It's a... complicated situation. But two people have to die or some sort of great disaster will happen, and you and your father are somehow involved. He says he isn't certain what sort of disaster either, but it'll be one that leaves a massive amount of people dead, across this area of the continent."

I'm going to guess that one of them is General Rain.

>>275959
By that (reasonable enough) logic the other would probably be this Radou guy giving orders down in the fort.
(But see also >>/questdis/336775 )

Well that's unspecific. Moving on. Continue onwards.

Hatch 2011/01/29(Sat)15:22 No. 276163 ID: 9cb4b3
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"Okay. Well... Can we go check out the smoke now?"

"You want to go right now?"

"Yeah. Why not?"

"Well... Alright, though we'll have to come back for the tent..."

We can either go there all sneaky-like and spy on them, go over all casual and talk to them, or something else. If we sneak on them and they catch us it could be bad if it's a group we don't want to piss off but don't have anything against, but if it's a group that will be hostile to us and we just waltz right in... well...

What should we do? Should we do something else entirely? The only thing we can tell is that this is a big group, I have to be absolutely certain in what I want to do here.

>>276163
Have someone talk to them while having someone spy on them sneaky-like.

Dude it's just sneaking, come on, how irrational would someone have to be to get pissed off at you doing some recon on a potential threat near your location. Just explain that if you get caught. Granted that's taking they're not evil assholes or anything but trying to talk to them is dumb anyway.

I'd say take some caution and sneak.

Sneaky-like is best. Do some scouting, find out who it is, and beware of patrols. Ikar is trained for that sort of thing, though to what degree is open to question. Unless they're something pretty important, however, you should probably get back to the fort to look for both your families right afterward. They'd like to know about a large group camping nearby.

Hatch 2011/01/29(Sat)21:09 No. 276307 ID: 9cb4b3
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Jingles can't travel very fast, so he stays by the tent while we go over to the encampment.

Ikar gasps as we draw close, saying "It's the army!" to me, "But what are they doing out here?"

"I don't know." Tienaye replies from behind us, "But I don't think they'll be very happy to see us."

"But they're from my clan!"

"And I'm not, nor is Jingles, nor is Hatch. They'll probably think you're a deserter, an orphan or that we kidnapped you or something."

"...But you DID kidnap me!"

"Shh. That's the sort of talk that'll get us killed."

Tienaye winces for a moment, and then says "Jingles says that it remains the nevrean's decision. I guess they could help us get to the fort but... I don't know about this."

Well, that pretty much seals it. We do not want to contact these people. While this may be home to Ikar--or may not--they clearly need to get a move on. Get back to the fort, tell people about the sergal army camped nearby, and then Ikar can lead someone back there if someone wants to go with her. If dad and Ikar's dad are there, they might want to know, too. Really should have wondered why scouts--Ikar's family--were here to begin with.

Shit. So Rain's army is already moving on Liam's village. Well we're kind of screwed here...

T&A seems to have a reasonable assessment of the situation. Let's avoid these d-bags.

Go to the fort with the sergal army in it, but avoid the sergal army. We don't want to associate with them in anyway. Get to that fort,

They're not going to kill Ikar for no reason. Go say hi. T&A can stay behind until we give the all clear or something.

>>276627
I'm changing my vote to this.

Hatch and Ikar should go and try to inform the army that the town has surrendered to their rule, but the messenger was attacked. Make sure to follow behind Ikar, and both act in a way that shows you are coming peacefully.

Hopefully they're friendly, but whatever you do, Hatch, remember to watch your tailfeathers, or your ass is plucked.

Sneek into the camp stealthily. Have a look around

Hatch 2011/03/16(Wed)08:32 No. 288708 ID: 6b2b68
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Okay... Me and Ikar go in alone. We get some funny looks as we pass by but most of them don't seem to care much about us, but even when they aren't doing anything, I still feel horrible just being around so many, they're all scary and big and the ones that do care look like they want to eat me!

Ikar stops in front of a really big guy with no mane, who looks at her and says "What do you want? Who's the nevrean? Where's your mom?"

"I don't know." she replies. "Our scout squad was ambushed, they killed a few of us with rifles and we haven't met up with them again yet, we were going to the fort when we saw the army."

"Rifles? So... is she your prisoner?"

"Hatch?" she asks as she looks back, "No, she's a friend."

"A friend?"

"Yeah, her dad's the messenger guy, the yellow one, you know? Yellow and white. They might be at the fort already."

"The only messenger we've seen was a female nevrean with a mottled grey coat. They sent a declaration of war from the town against Clan Shigu, and we're mobilizing to destroy them. The General does not tolerate such things."

"Wait... The nevrean town? Hatch's town?"

The man perks a brow, saying "If she's FROM the town you should probably take her to the General."

"No no... I don't understand, Hatch's town wants to fight us!? That doesn't make any sense! They're too small, they-"

"They have guns. They could take on a sizable force. That's why we've got so much of the reserve army out here. Take her to the General, kid."

"But..."

"Take her to the General."

I... I should say something but I don't know what... All these sergals are scary and if... They can't be talking about THE General, can they!? Oh Alh Mene... I don't know if I could say something even if I could think of something to say! I'm shivering... I want to hug Ikar tight and just get away from everything... I... I want my Daddy!

Tell them that something is wrong. Your dad was supposed to be the messenger and you don't know who the gray nevrean is. That your town didn't want to fight and someone must be trying to trick the sergals.

>>288708
You -need- to see the General, Hatch.
You can tell her the truth, and she may actually believe it. All you have to do is tell the truth, completely.

it's probably the worst idea ever, but...

fuckit, I want to see the general

say it must be a trap. your dad has always been the messenger.

Hatch 2011/06/15(Wed)20:35 No. 313725 ID: 9cb4b3
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Ikar follows the guard's instructions and we head through the camp, and eventually we find a tent much larger than the others.

Inside, there's a small throne.

"Uh... Hatch?"

.. where is she? look around!

Take a look at the book. But don't touch anything. You don't want to go getting anybody killed. (Especially yourself)

Hatch 2011/06/15(Wed)21:20 No. 313747 ID: 9cb4b3
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>>313741
Okay...

Uh... Okay, there's a lot of writing here... I don't understand any of it...

.... notice that it is almost entirely the exact same thing over and over again. back away from it.

oh hey, the general is crazy. that's not a good thing

>>313766
If the generals name is Lucien, then yes. I don't think this is hers though.

Maybe it's some other Lucien. Some other Lucien who happened to forget his little diary right next to General Lucien's throne. It could have happened. Sounds safe either way.

Hey, I bet there's some treasure inside the throne. Check under the pillow.

>>313747
That isn't the generals name. Lucien Calcatto was, or is, a human.

wearegoingtodie.jpg
I am actually scared. I have no idea what to do.

>>313747

Hmm... general's crazy. Bad crazy. I'd say run, but he's probably hiding somewhere and wondering what you'd look like painted pink.

And I don't mean with paint.

>>313747
Psh, maybe the General has been struck by intellectual enlightenment and is trying to learn to write, this being a workbook full of practice attempts.

Or maybe they stole it.

Either way you're kind of here to sort out a messenger swap that's going to get the whole village massacred, and the guard knows that you're supposed to be talking to the general, so stick to it.

ok don't panic, if she's sane enough to run an empire shes probably sane enough to not murder random people for no reason. Just be very respectful and careful like your dad told you to be.

>>313913
OHGODOHGODOHGODOHGODOHGODOHGOD

Suggestion 2011/06/16(Thu)14:34 No. 313918 ID: 0d7a83
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>>313843

>>313918
Thanks man. I'll keep that one for future use.
In other news, I suggest we CLING TO ONE ANOTHER IN TERROR.

No matter what you do, she's likely to eat you. She likes to eat children. Any children for no reason.

That is fucking obviously not rain's journal. Goddamn.

>>313932
yeah this, lucien is rains HUMAN companion, who she only spared because he beat her in a fight by tasering her ass

Be afraid Hatch. Go right ahead and let it out. You're about to meet the most terrifying person your world has yet produced. Babble out your feelings to Ikar, talk to her about the situation you're in. Pray to Al Mene that the general's in a good mood, and wonder out loud what kind of crazy nut would send a declaration of war with that other messenger. If you have no idea who that other messenger is, point this out to Ikar. Review the situation with her while you've got a moment.
When the general does come, tell her the truth like it's the only thing that will save your life...because it probably is. Bear in mind, the general is not a mindless monster, she is all the more fearsome for her cunning. Reason stands a good chance of not only saving your life, but that of your town.
It's just my opinion, but the only reason something as valuable as Lucien's journal is left sitting around like that is probably because you're being tested.
*she is watching you right now*

Hatch 2011/06/17(Fri)00:01 No. 314157 ID: 9cb4b3
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>>313818
The cushion's attached to the throne, I can't lift it at all.

"Uh... H-Hatch...

"What?"

"It's... It's Her..."

>>314157
greet yourself to the queen bitch of the world

turn around say her cushion is very nice!

Grab the goblet, turn around, take a sip and say

"'Sup."

Babble apologetically.

>>314157
Offer her lunch.

No, wait, the other one, about telling her about messengers.

....Keel over dead from a heart defect from the tension?

Fiiine.

Remember something from a long time ago. User your hand to cover your left eye. Then remember it's supposed to be the right eye. Then switch back to the left again for good measure.
Elbow Ikar to do the same.

>>314160
This seems like a good idea, also showing some form of respect would be in order.

Hatch 2011/07/17(Sun)20:11 No. 327336 ID: 9cb4b3
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I turn around and quickly cover my left eye, and I see...

I see someone who I've only ever heard rumors of, but there's no mistaking that it's her. The Leader of Clan Shigu. General Rain Silves.

She looks over us both, but seems more interested in me than Ikar.

"How did you get here, little Nevrean?"

Alh Mene... They've always said that Death has golden eyes, she really is Death herself...

I try to speak, but I can't manage to form the words. Quickly, Ikar pipes up and says "M-My family were... are scouts of Clan Shigu, Ma'am... We-... We were attacked and got split up, we were just heading to the fort to meet up with them..."

"Is that so?"

"Y-yes... We were meeting Hatch's father, who is a messenger for the nevrean town just southwest of h-"

"YOUR father was the nevrean messenger, little Nevrean?"

"W-Was? N-No, he is the messenger for our t-"

The General interrupts me, her voice cold if not slightly annoyed, "I had him plucked and roasted alive yesterday for your little town's declaration of... insurrection. I will not tolerate pockets of resistance between my lands and Gold Ring, and anyone who does resist us and anyone who allies themselves with them needs to be made an example of, unless you... don't share their sentiment, little Nevrean..."

"S-Senti-"

"Unless you don't share their opinion, Child. Unless you DON'T think you should stand against Death, and stand in the way of our war of unification, because I guarantee you, you will be trampled like an insect just like anyone else that opposes us."

I don't even hear half of what she says near the end as it sinks in that Daddy's gone, and I start to tear up as my heart sinks into my stomach. This nightmare doesn't end, ever, they're going to kill everyone I know, they already killed my father and they're going to kill me unless I do something... But... all I want to do is break down, cry and wish this would all go away...

Haha oh wow, you should probably swear fealty or something.

>>327336
It was NOT your father! It was the fake messenger!

Cry, cry your little peeping eyes out.

tell her he was caring a message saying your village was surrendering.

>>327336
Yeah, that wasn't your father. Describe him- I'd bet that the Nevrean they killed wasn't wearing his outfit.

>>327345
Or as obnoxiously yellow?

your dad had a different message, it must of been a fake! your dad is yellow what was the messenger?

>>327339

He's dead... they've all eaten him.. cry but remember. If you don't do as she says, you're dead too.

Hold on there, Hatch! Before jumping to the conclusion that The Brutal General was indeed, talking about your father, bring to mind that the other sergal with the short mane told you that there was a messenger with gray feathers. You know very well that all male nevreans have brightly-colored plumage, just like your dad. The general is talking about that other messenger.
The General has given you a chance to make your case. Do it! Dry your eyes and tell her that there's been a misunderstanding, and that your father is the *real* messenger for your town. Mention that he has of brilliant yellow feathers, that should help. Go on to say that your father has worked with Ikar's family several times (he's told you tales of this, right?) and that scouts of her own army can verify the truth.
No one in your town is stupid enough to try and fight clan Shingu. Whoever this fake was, she's gotten what she deserved for trying to get your town massacred. Feel sorry for her if you want, but later.
Right now, look to your own tailfeathers. You are face-to-face with the most powerful person in the world. It's well within her power, wounded arm or no, to leap forward and rip you apart where you stand. If you've learned anything about sergals it's that they think in terms of dominance and submission. You are not an enemy, and neither are your people. Tell her this simple truth. Ask if there's some way you can prove it to her. The general is brutal but not unjust. This is your lifeline, be strong, and cling to it. If she demands more information, give it to her!

Go into denial. "He wouldn't have said that", "It can't have been him!" and etc. It will make you feel better. Also tell her that nobody in your town wants to fight, and you can't imagine why a message would say otherwise.

>>327336
Emit a loud and annoying series of peeps.

>>327341
>>327345
Or I guess those.

>>327336
one way to know for sure, it might be a little grim, but.. the one they plucked, maybe they kept their feathers. You remember exactly what your dad looks like. Even just the feathers from his tail, I'm sure you'd be able to tell right away that it's not your dad, and that whoever it was that came to Rain was NOT the real messenger. If you can find the truth, you can save your whole village from this lie.

Hatch 2011/07/18(Mon)11:45 No. 327575 ID: 9cb4b3
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"Th-The guard outside said that the messenger had grey feathers, th-that wasn't my father! My father is the real one, he's yellow and has a blue hat and a blue tunic with a white shirt and the one that the guard said came by was a GREY one and that wasn't him and my people would never want to fight and you have to believe me, it wasn't him! It was someone else! My father is the real messenger!"

She just keeps staring at me like that... It's scary...

"You're not lying.

"N-No! Of course not! Why... Why would I lie!? His name is Liam, he has a blue tunic and white shirt and a brown bag and he's with Ikar's dad with the puffin face and-"

"That's enough."

"R-Really?"

Hatch 2011/07/18(Mon)11:51 No. 327580 ID: 9cb4b3
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"Yes, really. Now if you'll excuse me, I need to speak with my father about something."

can I just say: what a superb depiction of Rain

>>327580
Sadly, this won't be the most traumatizing event in her life.

>>327657
Yes. Dinner is leftovers.

>>327657
Is that just an ominous prediction or do you know something I don't?
Also >>327614 yeah Rain looks cool.

Liam 2011/08/11(Thu)21:45 No. 339174 ID: 9cb4b3
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"LIAM! Oh thank Alh Mene, you alright?"

"Yeah... I'm fine."

Dammit, maybe I could have talked him down. ...Probably not, but the thought doesn't calm me down any. I should be taking his gun right about now but I really don't want to even touch him. I don't like having to kill a kid.

tell him what they are planning. he should understand the seriousness about trying to fight the general.

Tell him what you've learned while considering the repercussions such events will have if not prevented.

Suggestion 2011/08/11(Thu)22:06 No. 339186 ID: e1359e
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>>339174

This is what you look like right now.

Liam 2011/11/30(Wed)19:54 No. 368982 ID: 5aae31
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"Dekustir... He was going to try to sacrifice our home town to kill Rain."

"What? How?"

"Lure the army out to destroy our village by saying we've turned against the shigu clan, then send a small team in with guns to blast their way through the fort and kill Rain..."

"But that... Alh Mene. Well... That could have worked. I mean, we have a lot of men but... against guns like these we don't really... is he moving?"

Liam 2011/11/30(Wed)19:55 No. 368983 ID: 5aae31
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>>368982

Liam 2011/11/30(Wed)19:56 No. 368984 ID: 5aae31
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>>368983
...oh fuck oh fuck oh fuck oh fuck OH FUCK OH FUCK OH FUCK OH FUCK-

>>368984
what

he's bleeding from a head wound and

how

Okay, don't let him get control of the gun. Hopefully Aruuchi's halberd can produce a more definitive result.

>>368984
You have leverage! Keep the shotgun pointed away from you and out of his control!

Punch him with your flimsy bird-arms! Do >>368988 and wait for Aruuchi to use the halberd!

>>368984
Strike him and wrest the gun away from him. Keep his other hand from going anywhere near the trigger.

Lose your shit, try to wrestle the gun away, scream for Aruuchi to help you kill the horrible pretty bird.

pull hard and use ancient peep of strength!

>>368984
struggle with him and try to line him up for Aruuchi to decapitate him

Don't finish him just yet, get the gun away from him and see if you can't get some sort of information from him before he dies from the bleeding.

>>369028
I agree with this. Might as well get something useful out of him as long as he can't get the gun

O.V.O Do your people have metalic brain implants or something?! Anyways, tell Aruchi to smack him in the forehead with the. Blunt end of his polearm. Should be strong enough to knock him out, and I don't think we have to worry about killing him as he SURVIVED A HEADSHOT TO THE BRAIN.

Use your leverage. Grab the stock of the shotgun, and pull it up using his hand as the fulcrum. That should twist it out of his grasp, but even if it doesn't, the trigger is now in your grasp and the barrel is pointed at his face. I doubt he'll survive THAT.

Once his head's been shredded by buckshot (or even while you're trying to pull this off, if you can spare the attention), have Aruuchi make sure the job's done with a nice permanent decapitation.

>>369028
>>369092
>>369103
Their eyes don't glow like that normally. This is not a person who survived a gunshot to the head, this is a person who is animated by magic.

IT'S A ZOMBIE WE DON'T TALK TO ZOMBIES

Yes fucking murder this thing. It is some kind of monster.

Decapitate, dismember, incinerate. That is, have your sergal escort do.

Join him in his zombie rampage. Killing Rain Silves is worth it.

>>369135
shoot it with ALL OF THE BULLETS.
in the face.
then use the bullets in the rifle.

then we find fuel for a fire.

>>369149
Uh, no,downvote, we already kinda decided against that.

>>368984
panic and peep like a little girl!

Arruchi will save you anyway.

use yout trustworthy chainsaw!

Liam 2011/12/02(Fri)18:50 No. 369426 ID: 5aae31
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I try to wrestle it away from him, but his grip on the gun is too strong. "Aruuchi! Help!" I shout as I punch the dead nevrean, and he catches the punch with his mouth, and a jolt of pain shoots down my arm as he catches my hand in his mouth and bites into my wrist with his sharp teeth.

"AAAAAAAAAAAAH!" I scream, hunched over Dekustir's body still, I can't try to get my hand out of his mouth without taking a hand off the gun, and the pain is horrible!

Dekustir... is growing. His beak changes shape and a lot of his feathers grow black, his hands and arms are getting longer... Alh Mene!

peak him in the eye! and yell again for aruuchi!

Peck the shit out of that face! But be sure to get clear when Aruuchi finally gets off his ass.

>>369426
Okay, you're in the way of Aruuchi actually being able to do anything to this guy, which is bad, because he's the one with an actual melee weapon.

I have no idea why you tried to punch something with sharp teeth in the mouth, but that's not really something you can undo. Try to get yourself shifted over to the right so that Aruuchi has something to hit, but it's more important that you keep this thing from coming in control of the gun.

Liam, your infected! We have to amputate your arm quickly!
If this is standard zombie stuff and he isn't a weird robot thing.

>>369474
He looks more like he is a demon (or possessed by one) than a zombie. Zombies don't usually go for the glowing eye thing, and if they grow it is usually much more messy.

Aruuchi, do something! Attack Dekustir's head, or if that's too risky, his gun -holding arm, sitting on your ass isn't going to help Liam much, and he could REALLY use your help right now! Liam, first, punching was probably a bad idea, but don't let up on keeping the demon from pointing the gun at you or Aruuchi when he gets involved. We need to make sure he becomes no more armed than he is already.

Liam 2011/12/04(Sun)21:44 No. 369909 ID: 5aae31
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"ARUUCHI! ARUUCHI GET OVER HERE I-"

Before I can say another word I see his foot land half a meter away from my head as he jumps over me to the other side, his shortsword in one hand and that hammer in the other, prying the undead monstrosity's mouth open with the tools. "Aruuchi! Aruuchi my wrist is bleeding!"

"Yeah, I can see that!" he says irritatedly, seeming to be trying to pull Dekustir's mouth apart with the claw end of the hammer while driving the sword into his head, "Find something to bind it with, there's bandages in my pack."

...The pain in my wrist is horrible but... I actually don't know about leaving Aruuchi alone with this thing... I mean, he seems like he has it under control, but this thing... This thing that used to be Dekustir... I've got a horrible feeling about it.

get the shot gun and aim it at the head tell aruuchi to dodge and then fire.

Aruuchi, betray and kill Liam. He is an enemy of the clan!

Uh oh, Liam probably heard this thought.

>>369909
Oh, this fucker's a Zess. Great.

I suggest pinning his legs with something while you bind your hand.

>>369909
If Aruuchi's "got it under control" then you probably shouldn't have a problem with shooting it some more, preferably with the bigger gun you were wrestling with it for earlier.

And don't stop there. There's no such thing as overkill for anything that gets back up after having a hole blown through its head.

And don't forget to wash the wound if you have water, who knows what horrible things may be in its saliva...

Get away from the Zess and put pressure on your hand. Wounded, you'll just get in the way or get hurt more.

Burn it or mutilate it in such a way such that the pieces cannot harm you.

Also, the man on the monitor is probably involved in this...

How bad is the bleeding? If it'll keep for a few minutes, stay by with the shotgun and be prepared to fuck shit up if Aruuchi needs help. Either way, be sure to clean it thoroughly before bandaging it up.

>>369909
i second the suggestion of mutilation. you don't want something like that to be mobile.

also, take every precaution against infections; we don't know the nature of it's condition, so try to keep yourself and aruuchi clean, possibly with fire.

let the others know, too. if you find anyone else that's been down here for too long, keep wary of their intentions, and their corpses when accidents happen.

Uh oh, Zess now? This has been awful day! I'm not much for finishing people off, but since he's already dead, you may as well release him from his torment while Aruchi has got him pinned.

>>369909
Help him by keeping it pinned down, but stay out of the way of it's limbs and mouth. Let Aruchi kill whatever this thing is off. Then get clean whatever wounds you sustained and bandage them, post haste. Don't want to get an infection.

>>374100
Yeah, I don't know much about Zess, but usually the undead spread their undeath to other people. I'd get those wounds checked right away!

Liam 2012/01/20(Fri)22:23 No. 381384 ID: ee12a2
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My wrist is bleeding pretty badly, if I fire my gun at him it's probably going to make it worse! Hell, it always hurts my wrist a little when I fire it normally, I can't even think about doing that right now!

"Aruuchi, chop him up! Chop him up until he can't move anything anymore!"

"Already on it, Liam!"

I-I guess I can grab the shotgun but - OH FUCK!

>>381384
BITE HIS HAND

PEEP PEEP PEEP PEEP PEEP PEEP

MOVE AWAY!

Whoa whoa, back it up. Peep. Peep. Peep.

Keep backin' up, backin' up, backin' up, cause your daddy taught you good. Seriously, jump back, don't give that monster a chance at you. Let Aruuchi do what he's good at.

Liam 2012/02/03(Fri)01:02 No. 384053 ID: 5b0d85
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>"Welp. He finally stopped moving. Think that's enough to call him dead."
>"I'm sticking his head in a drawer just in case."

Alh mene... Alright... I've got my wrist bandaged up and... Well, that's all we can do for now. Now we just have to keep moving, it won't take long for anyone left to realize Dekustir's dead. Though I personally think a break might be good, I'm just realizing I don't think I've eaten in a long time. I feel bad stopping now, I'm not physically tired I just... I don't know.

Jag comes over and kneels next to me. At least I think that's what Aruuchi called him earlier. "Hey." he says.

"Hey."

"Just wanted to say... Y'know. Thanks."

"For what?"

"For not turnin' on us and all."

"You heard all that?"

"We hear better than you do, and you two weren't really quiet."

Trust is a wonderful thing. I say you take a break, you don't really look the hardy type Liam. No offence.

>>384053
well shit, it looks like you had no choice BUT to kill him twice, if you joined him you'll be forced to kill the sergals

careful Liam you may be afflicted be th same things that took over dekustir.
you may go crazy/evil with out even realising it.

you need to make sure Aruuchi is ready to do what's necessary if your time comes

>>384053
Hey, you know what would be really stupid?
Taking this daring move to do whatever it was to thwart an idiotically suicidal plan and then utterly wasting it by sitting around getting in touch with your feelings.

>>384053
Make sure those other two Sergals don't snack on Dekustir's body. The temptation of fresh meat may lead them to ignore the seeping black fluids coming from his half-butchered corpse.

Tell them he was sick, or poisoned, or cursed by the gods, or anything that will get their attention and keep them from possibly catching that shit.

>>384053
Addendum: Could it be that Dekustir had ulterior motives? Maybe he wanted war in the area for a heap of bodies so there would be more horrifying things like what he'd become.

Liam 2012/02/04(Sat)00:09 No. 384231 ID: 5b0d85
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>>384085
I... already knew that? I mean... Dekustir wanted me to kill them after all.

>>384129
"Hey uh... Just wanted to make sure you guys don't... you know, try to eat him, what with the uh... black stuff coming out of him and all."

>"Liam... Okay, I know sometimes we might seem a little simple to you..."

"W-Well I-"

>"And I know you don't like it when we call lost technology 'magic'... But come on, man. I mean really, that's kinda insulting. Actually kinda a lot insulting. I mean, even feral beasts in the wild wouldn't eat shit like this, and you honestly think we need to be told not to eat this stuff? Alh Mene, Liam."

"Sorry, just... just forget I said anything, I'm just shaken up is all."

>"Alright. Yeah, don't worry about it."

>>384118
"Just... Look, I don't know how this stuff works either. Maybe it really is magic. Just... if I start to become like Dekustir was, don't be hesitant to... you know."

>"Why would you turn into something like him?"

"He bit me. I mean, I don't know how this-"

>"Liam, as the guy that ripped his jaw off with the claw end of a hammer, I can safely say that he didn't have any venom sacks and you're probably not going to turn into whatever he is even if he poisoned you. Which I highly doubt he did."

>>384126
"Alright... Let's get moving."

>"Sure thing. But first off I think we need to decide what to do with our hostage. I don't want to keep lugging him around, especially now that people are going to really be on our asses, should we just leave him here, kill him, or what?"

Wait, we have a hostage? Can you refresh my memory please? A lot has happened.

I think it's the green nevrean Aruuchi found, It might be a good Idea to talk to him before making any decisions

>>384231
who or what is that on the screen behind aruuchi?

>>384259
Whoever they are, they look heavily armed.

Those look like Sergal ears in the background. O.V.O

Liam 2012/02/05(Sun)20:39 No. 384675 ID: 5b0d85
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The man in the monitor turns and walks through a door before I can get a good look at him, but it looks like he was carrying something nasty. Those were definitely horns though, not ears.

I go over to the nevrean they've been keeping hostage. I can't say I'm surprised that he's tied up and naked, but he doesn't look injured.

What should I say?

You should reasure him. You're not a murderer.

Ask his name. What's his deal?

admire/resent his pretty body/face

if you can check if he's more of a man than you

>>384675
Ask him if he knew what the fuck was up with the undead thing

>>384681
Point at a sergal. "That guy over there, on the other hand... well, let's just say you wanna make friends with me pretty quick."

>>384696 and >>384712

Liam 2012/02/06(Mon)19:13 No. 384940 ID: 5b0d85
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>>384681
Ahah, it's funny because I totally killed a man in cold blood a few days ago...

Has it been days? I don't know, I've lost track, it's felt like years.

>>384696
I... am kinda jealous, a lot of nevreans would kill for a face like that, but... well, not a lot of use dwelling on that now.

...Though I'm not sure what you mean by "more of a man."

>>384687
"So who are you? What are you doing down here?"

>"What do you think I'm doing down here?"

Aw, man. Even his voice is attractive. Like Silk. Dammit.

>>384698
>>384712
"I need more than that. I don't think my sergal friends have eaten in a while. Now what was with Dekustir, why did he change like that?"

>"He became a Zess. I take it it wasn't enough."

"No, he's dead. Again."

>"Well that's great. You guys won't stand a chance against Radou, though. If you're going to kill me, kill me and get it over with."

>>384940
What's a Zess?

You don't like killing, if you can avoid it. If this Radou fellow is such a threat, though, your group might not be able to afford having anybody around who isn't contributing...

But threats don't seem likely to work at this stage. Let's try reason. Specifically, the reasons you sided with the Sergals in the first place.

Before you get into an extended ideological debate, though, you should warn the Sergals to expect highly dangerous hostile company with a ranged armor-piercing weapon. Is that rifle still around? It'd be worth familiarizing yourself with it and preparing it for use.

tanuki_dude 2012/02/06(Mon)21:55 No. 384963 ID: a00410
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>>384942
A zess is a bio-mechanical Pseudo Undead native to Vilous. I think some device is implanted in the person that wants to become one so that when they die they are transferred or transformed into a Zess body. Their old race is gone overwritten by being a Zess though some trait of what they were will show through. Such as sergals zess having a sharp face or something. As best I understand the transformation dose not make them monsters, but if they already wanted you dead then...

From the Gold Ring Wiki

The Zess are often called the "Living Dead" race of Vilous. The race is comprised of those who have died and been reborn with a Zess body.

All that is known is that in order to become a Zess, one must carry around with them a small object at all times, then, when the person dies, their mind is transferred to a new "Zess body" that lacks body heat, processes food much better than normal bodies, and is said to be entirely synthetic. The Zess body is different in appearance from their old body, but still retains some features of their old race, like an elongated muzzle on Sergals who become Zess.

>>384963
Scary. >.V.< And I wasn't trying to be funny Liam!

Self-defense is not murder, Liam. Get that through your pretty feathered head. Once might argue whether it was right or wrong, but no one will dispute it was *necessary*.
Speaking of which, try to show a little sympathy to this person, in contrast to the treatment he's probably had at the hands of the sergals. He may not even realise that some of the information he has is useful, so ask your questions carefully.

It's interesting how the "Zess body" seems to consume the old one in place. That would explain why it resembles the old one. I wonder where you can get one of those little Zess-ifying baubles. Makes a great last-ditch contingency. Also I wonder what the black stuff is. Petroleum isn't actually out of the question. Is it flammable?

Ask for any information they have on Radou. Any known weaknesses and such if we're going to end up fighting them.

Liam 2012/03/03(Sat)18:54 No. 390116 ID: 1d8a70
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"Look, I don't want to kill you." I tell him, "This doesn't have to end in vi-"

"Bullshit." the green nevrean says, "It's way too late for that, there's going to be violence any way we slice it. You killed Dekustir and your friend here killed Slen, we both know how this is going to go, so kill me so your stupid friend can eat me, or what, are you going to feed me to your friend here alive?"

"Hey." Aruuchi interjects sternly, "You keep that beak of yours squawking like that and maybe I will make things nasty for you, or if you ARE so set on dying, I can make it quick and clean for you. Your choice."

Man, this isn't going anywhere...

After a short pause, I tell him "At least tell us about Radou."

"Sure." he smiles. "Why not. Dekustir was the second banana, maybe a little too soft, Radou was the brains behind all of this, he's been stockpiling lost tech for years now, he's got enough automatic weapons to take on an army of savages, and enough bullets to fill every river in the tatola with the bodies."

"Bullshit." is all Aruuchi says.

"Okay." the nevrean smirks. "So kill me. Now that you know what's in store for you. You can't stop any of it either. In fact, he's probably coming here right now. Might just swat flies like you out of existence himself since you killed his star pupil."

put a cloth in his mouth so he can't bite down and leave him there to die slowly.

Beat him about his smug, beautiful face, then gag him and haul him along. Don't want him peeping about you to his allies, as the less the enemy knows about you the better.

Or you could kill him. He's a huge dick anyways.

>>390116
"Shut the fuck up kid. You don't know jack shit about what the fuck just happened. You don't have fucking family and friends sacrificed by some ambitious lunatic that didn't even give them a damn choice to die or not. Fuck you, and fuck what you want and what you expect. I ain't going to goddamn kill you, we ain't going to goddamn kill you. No, you starve down here you cocky son of a bitch if you want death so bad. Your damn leader sounds like he's trying to be Rain, peeping Nevrean edition that comes with extra feathers to match the fluff."

>>390116

Oh I am getting tired of this. Slap him. Hard. Then do it again for good measure.

Demand he tell you why killing more people is going to make anything better. Demand he tell you why slaughtering a bunch of people is going to stop this insane fighting. Demand he tell you how turning into a MONSTER is going to bring back anything they've already lost.

You guys came to stop all this madness, only to find that your own side and descended just as far as their enemy. And then? What about your daughter? What about his family? Would they kill them, too?

Demand he tell you when it ends, and who he thinks will be still alive to welcome this foolish "victory".

>>390244

This. Guy's off his nut. Worst comes to worst just kill him. This guy's a fray element and is dead set on being a hindrance.

>>390116
"If he has all this firepower, why the hell did he think it necessary to sacrifice a village full of innocent people as a distraction? He likely has *some* automatic weaponry, but apparently not enough to give him to confidence to have your little group take on clan Shigu all on their own."

Just in case he IS heading down here, you should get the sergals to prepare melee ambushes at doors/chokepoints. A gun can't help someone who comes around a corner and instantly gets their arms lopped off. Have the sergals focus on disarming (the guns) first when in combat.

Drag this guy into a room where he can't yell out "IT'S A TRAP", and continue interrogating him.

Liam 2012/03/19(Mon)19:41 No. 394236 ID: b766d0
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KTHWACK!

Okay, that felt good.

He still doesn't say anything, he says we wouldn't understand him anyways and he says he just wants to get things over with. I'm increasingly inclined to fulfill his request, and I'm pretty sure us not understanding it is bullshit and HE probably doesn't understand what's going on completely.

We can either kill him or leave him here, but I've got a feeling leaving him alive might bite us in the ass later somehow. Either way, we need to get moving.

Violent interrogation warrants very little valuable information, unless you know how to read deception it is probably best if you kill him.

>>394236
>slapping with wounded hand
don't that hurt?

he probably has a transformation as well. make sure if you kill him it's his head separated from his body.

>>394236
Make it clear that you're wife and kids are the most important thing to you, and you can't have them killed for their pathetic scheme or forced on the run from the Shigu clan. You do what's right for your family, not any naive sense of idealism.
You would kill your closest and oldest friends for your daughter's sake.
He wouldn't understand what it means to be a father. If he wanted to raise one of his own outside of the clan's influence, it would have been better to find a true sanctuary.

Fuck it. Behead him.

Liam 2012/03/20(Tue)20:12 No. 394562 ID: b766d0
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The deed is done.

Is there anything we should gather up or check out before we head into the next area? Dekustir's shotgun is a must, if I can fire it...

AAAAAAAAA no, remove the head all the way from the body! he is going to be a super zombie too AAAAA!!!

>>394563
yes, remove the head entirely.

Separate his head from his body, so when he goes super zombie he'll just be like, a head. He will be so pissed.

after you cut off the head, raise it in one hand and let out a mighty battle cry

Kill him, but make it quick. If you let him live he's likely to be a problem, but we don't have to make him suffer. Unless you want him to suffer, Liam.

Do you want him to suffer?

>>384681
>You should reasure him. You're not a murderer.
welp

Go find a quiet place where no one can see you and then freak out for awhile.

>>394562

Let's not do anything too disparaging. He'd come back by now if he was one of those things.

Liam 2012/04/02(Mon)14:04 No. 398195 ID: c6beb3
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Alright, alright, we cut off his head for good measure.

After that, we finally head further through the ruins. Makuri says we should probably be finding another staircase soon, one that can get us out of this metal environment full of dead air, but before too long Aruuchi holds us up at the entryway to a large room.

"What? What is it?" I ask before he harshly puts a finger to his lips and then relaxes it back on his spear. "I think I heard someone." he whispers, barely audible at all. "What do you mean?" I whisper back. "I mean we're going to need to deal with one or two more more people in the next few minutes, and you can bet your ass they'll be armed like that one sergal and Dekustir were. We need a plan and quick, do you think you can fire those guns?"

Well, firing them sure, but I don't know much about these sorts of guns, or even how to reload them, if they can be reloaded without some other machine. I think I heard that that's a thing. I guess I could give one or both of them to the sergals, they'd probably be more accurate with repeating shots since I've got an injured hand now, but they seem like they really, really don't want to touch these guns.

"Liam!" Aruuchi hisses, "Do you think you can work them or not? We need to know, now!"

"yes but i never practiced those kinds, not sure how good i'll be"

>>398195
Honesty is vital right now. With one hand hurt, even Sweetness would be hard to fire. The larger weapons would need to be braced to fire accurately, and without experience, they could dislocate your shoulder or break your hand worse.

Still, if you're willing to accept the possibility of further injury to keep them alive, you might be able to get one good shot in an ambush.

Inform them you would rather they use the weapons, as your injury would likely do more harm than good.

use the blood from the head as warpaint
throw the head in the room

scream a battle cry and run in guns blazing

"Yes."

Seriously though

say "yes" then give your plan

Sergals hide to either side of the door.

have Liam try to effect the voice of Green nevrean/Dekustir and call out for help

fire shotgun the second they get close, then Halberd ambush

Liam 2012/04/19(Thu)17:20 No. 402404 ID: b26b9b
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Alright, I whisper the plan to the sergals and press my back flat against the wall in the doorway. It isn't long before two figures walk into view, a Talyxian with a rifle and an Agudner, I can't tell if the Agudner has anything.

I hesitate for a moment.

>"-at spec-ops team Dekustir let in. How many you think they are?" "Probably four. Five. I dunno. Boss's getting his saw out." "The saw huh?" "Yeah, saw and shield, takin' no chances..." "Heh, that'll be fun if he gets here before they show up."

There's an awkward pause. I think they know we're here. I can't tell how, but I think they know. My heart races again, but we've got a plan, and I need to set it in motion...

"H-HEY! H-Help! The sergals they've uh... They've got me! They've got me and uh-"

>"That ain't Green! They're here! Nik, radio the boss!"

Shit shit shit shit shit! He's not moving from that spot, and if I pop my head out I'm a goner!

my only idea is to use your clothing to bait him into firing, and dropping the bait to fire the shotgun. If you cripple him at least that will buy time for your partners to assist, or you to reload. Assuming you don't get injured, his accuracy will plummet and you will have the advantage.

retreat

you can't win this,
if they pursue you might be able to turn the tables
but we can cross the bridge when we come to it

Crouch down as close to the opening as you can get then point the shotgun at the wall bracing it against your shoulder. Bring your head down and look with one eye along the top of the barrel, move the gun so the front and back of the top of the barrel look like they are in the same space. Making sure that your stance is wide enough that you don't fall over, lean out from behind the wall while having the top of the gun line up at whatever you are looking at. Once you're looking at center of the target's chest smoothly pull the trigger and lean back into cover. The whole thing can be done in one swift controlled movement giving little chance to get fired back at.

Liam 2012/05/01(Tue)21:23 No. 406782 ID: 21807b
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I don't know what to do! I guess I could try to trick them into firing with my hat? But they can probably fire the thing more than once so I don't see how that would help, and I think that if I stick my head out at all I-

"Liam!"

"Aruuchi?"

"Just... Listen. I'm going to run as fast as I can to the opposite wall. You shoot him while I distract him. You got that?"

"That..."

"He won't hit me. I'm fast. Okay? Just... make it count."

I... I don't know if I should let him do this. He says it like he's confident but I think he's not sure deep down. We could retreat I guess, or we could try his idea, I just... I just don't know!

>>406782
try his idea

you're the one who's going to have to do the shooting. Are you ready?

do it Liam,
but you can't afford another screw up.

Maybe he could try hurling one of the many dead bodies as a decoy instead of doing it himself?

just dont fuckin miss.

Liam 2012/09/12(Wed)20:52 No. 454089 ID: 87d89c
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"Okay..." Aruuchi says, "On three, alright?"

Makuri shakes her head, saying "Aruuchi, you ca-"

"It's now or never and we can't let them get the advantage! Liam! One... Two... THREE!"

Aruuchi takes off to the other side of the room faster than I've ever seen him run before, the Talyxian yells something and then shoulders his rifle, taking aim at my friend and firing. Before he can take off a second shot I've already fired two at him, I think I got him with both shots but I can't tell, it's too dark to really see, either way he starts screaming... and as time seems to slow down I think I can see another figure coming through the doorway...

I've got four shots left and the Talyxian doesn't seem to be falling down yet...

Fire once more, aim just a smidgin higher.

Also warn Aruuchi that there's another one in the doorway.

>>454089
If you think your aim's good enough, hit his rifle.

>>454089
Take another shot at the first Talyxian.
Warn Aruuchi about the second one in the hallway.
Line up a shot for the second in the hallway, but don't fire just yet incase you hit Aruuchi.

>>454089
Dive into bullet time, maybe run forward and do a sweet as hell slide.

Liam 2014/04/02(Wed)20:02 No. 568936 ID: 79391f
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>>454101
My hand is shaking but I manage to line up a shot with the last one, just a little higher...

"HAHA! Nice shot!" Aruuchi yells. It echoes through the chamber.

>>468180
"Aru! Another one in the hallway!"

"I KNOW!" he yells back. I can hear the glee in his voice.

I don't like this. We don't have the drop on them this time and no telling if there's more in the hallway.

I have three bullets left in my gun and the last one is coming through the doorway, but Aruuchi's pretty close. I should be fine taking the shot, this gun's proven to be accurate enough, but my heart is racing and I've only got a split second to decide.

The one in the hallway sees me. His rifle is already shouldered.

>>568936
Let Aruuchi take him down. Get behind cover. He'll try to shoot you, not the sergal, and will get a spear in his torso for his trouble.

Take cover. Person is not prepared for the melee they are about to enter. As soon as you hear a scream, come back out and get ready to fire at another.

Disarm and counter, they won't be ready for it.

Oh wow this updated

Aru, try to catch the muzzle of the rifle as he comes around the corner, keep it pointed away from you. Drop the halberd and get your knife. In such very close quarters it isn't the best weapon to be holding.