Utilize mysterious photosynthesis abilities.

Sense deep down inside of yourself. Look deep within your plant soul. Realize you are humakin.

Might as well grow! Get big and strong!

Check nutrients.

Aeltyr 2014/11/29(Sat)00:20 No. 606461 ID: 345446
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>>606452
You attempt to flatten your leaves to catch additional sunlight - however, it is currently nighttime.
>>606455
You're a little hungry for some sunlight, but your thirst and health is pretty fine.
>>606454
GET SWOLE accepted as first objective.

Try to get bighuge through sheer force of will! If that doesn't work then figure out what you need to get PUMPED UP

spread roots mostly downward to ensure a supply of water.

Further observe surroundings with eye-like plant instincts.

Aeltyr 2014/11/29(Sat)00:35 No. 606465 ID: 345446
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>>606463
You attempt to spread your roots down further, but you are still at an early stage in your growth.
>>606464
You see dirt.

'To a plant, a day is short'
-Adventure Time

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TYZZLpk_4gY

>get swole immediately

i suppose you should just wait then, the sun will rise eventually.

Well, carry on then. Then eventually you will have learned to be patient and huge.

Aeltyr 2014/11/29(Sat)00:48 No. 606470 ID: 345446
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>>606467
You wait for day. After a short nap, the sun arises.
It is now early morning. The sun begins to fill your Hunger.

Stretch those leaves! Stretch them!

not that you have energy, work your growth, you need leaves for light and roots going down for water. and toughen your legs so you can run if a predator gets you.

Aeltyr 2014/11/29(Sat)01:04 No. 606478 ID: 345446
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>>606471
>>606476
You pop out of hiding, giving your leaves a good stretch. You also take the time to do some basic KALEisthenics to keep you fit in case you feel like doing a few sprints.

As long as your leaves are exposed to sunlight, you'll regenerate hunger passively and contribute a tiny amount to your GROWTH meter.

Check your surroundings, find something that can assist you in becoming the strongest MANdragora out there.

Aeltyr 2014/11/29(Sat)01:36 No. 606487 ID: 345446
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>>606482
There's a stick-like object in that poorly textured grass.

Maybe it's a stick.

lift stick, how heavy is it? if it feels rather heavy then it will be your first tool. bench press it!

Retrieve and equip stick.
>>606489
If heavy, follow this advice.

If light, see if your stubby arms grasp it well enough to swing it around as a weapon.

Aeltyr 2014/11/29(Sat)02:07 No. 606497 ID: 345446
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>>606489
>>606493
You attempt to pick up the stick.

Aeltyr 2014/11/29(Sat)02:07 No. 606498 ID: 345446
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Bitchin'.

Are there any other mandake root children around? Are they hostile?

Is there anything to use that stick on? Get to it!

Aeltyr 2014/11/29(Sat)02:28 No. 606502 ID: 345446
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>>606499
>>606500
In your attempt to find friends, or something to beat upside the head with your newly equipped stick,(or both, you stumble across some mushrooms. Easily whackable, surely.

>>606502
(or both)*

Can you eat mushrooms? How do you eat? Do you need to whack the mushrooms and then bury them to absorb their precious nutrients? Mushrooms are great for getting huge, surely.

Aeltyr 2014/11/29(Sat)02:47 No. 606506 ID: 345446
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>>606504
As a plant, you rely on sunlight, water, and ground soil nutrients for your sustenance, although you're vaguely aware of carnivorous plants outside your genus of sentient plant thing that eat other things.

You take a swing at the mushroom, and decapitate it.

Get shit on, stupid mushroom.

Lightly poke one of the shrooms with your stick; don't want to whack or bite into something that could turn out to be a potential friend(or foe).

After all, you yourself just looked like some innocent leaves when you were buried over the night.

OK, get another mushroom, jab both onto each end of the stick and do some weightlifting.

Aeltyr 2014/11/29(Sat)02:51 No. 606509 ID: 345446
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Wait...what was that noise?

Aeltyr 2014/11/29(Sat)02:57 No. 606511 ID: 345446
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..Oh.

back up. check foe for ears.

I should've been faster with my vote for caution. You reap what you sow, bud.

Take responsibility for your actions, like a MAN.

Aeltyr 2014/11/29(Sat)03:06 No. 606515 ID: 345446
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>>606514
Responsibility. Right. Sure.

>>606515
Being responsible doesn't mean you can't curl up in a fetal position and cry out apologies, in hopes of not getting smashes to bits, tho.

leg it!

Hand is dead, will have to resume another time. I'll be back with some more pages possibly tomorrow

Yeah, I'ma drop the whole responsibility shtick. Leg it to live and swole another day!

Aeltyr 2014/11/29(Sat)03:50 No. 606523 ID: 345446
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>>606516
>>606518
You briefly consider learning how to speak to apologise to giant things with giant teeth you smack with sticks, but in the meantime haul some serious ass. In the meantime,

AAAAAA AAHHH AHHH AAAAAAAAAGGGHHHHH

fire a sonic screech!

FUS RO DAH! Or as the ancient ballecry goes: SUK MAH BALLS!
When it's stunned leap onto its back and plant yourself deep. Mushrooms already grow on it so this creature must be made of porous, fertile material.

>>606526

no, the mushrooms are clearly a part of its body!
I concur with the sonic screech idea. It might at least make the thing pass out!

Aeltyr 2014/11/29(Sat)16:21 No. 606648 ID: 345446
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...You never learned how.

Your GROWTH Stage isn't high enough to have any skills beyond burrowing and basic survival, and you're pretty sure this thing can burrow too seeing as it popped out of a giant hole in the ground.

The only tool at your disposal is your stick.

throw stick at it's throat dangle!

Poke it in the tonsil with your stick. The plan that cannot go wrong!

>>606648
Fling stick over your shoulder, straight backwards, don't stop running.

Sad to see the stick go, but it is for the greater good. Also might want to consider running into a forested area if there is any, the trees might slow the big funguy down more than you.

Hopefully.

Aeltyr 2014/11/29(Sat)16:52 No. 606660 ID: 345446
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>>606649
>>606650
>>606651
What dangly th- oh, that dangly thing.

Your mighty stick may do just the trick! You attempt to throw the stick at its obvious weakpoint, for massive damage.

Aeltyr 2014/11/29(Sat)17:00 No. 606662 ID: 345446
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You throw yourself instead.

Wrassle that tonsil.

Aeltyr 2014/11/29(Sat)17:26 No. 606670 ID: 345446
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>>606665
You wrassle that bitch. The beast seems in distress.

>>606670
Use your fronds to tickle the back of its mouth!

Can you wrassle and punch at the same time? Or bite it?

Aeltyr 2014/11/29(Sat)17:54 No. 606678 ID: 345446
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>>606674
>>606675
You make good use at everything at your disposal, wrassling the improvised spongy punching bag and giving it a good hook. Your leaves thrash about, giving it what for.

The beast has been dealt substantial damage!

Just swing back and forward on it. That'll show it who's boss

What is your mouth good for, other than basic emoting, if not for BITING THINGS. EAT ITS MOUTH DANGLE.

Aeltyr 2014/11/29(Sat)18:14 No. 606683 ID: 345446
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>>606681
In its agony and rage, the beast spits you out of its mouth, hurling you far away. Your numbly gripping appendage is spattered in the beast's internal fluids after being elbow deep in spongy beast bits.

You're alive! And so's the stick!

Recover the stick and prepare for a new challenge! Gather sunlight! Collect water! Time to grooooow!

Better get your distance away from the beast! It's still angry and may still try to smash you.

Then maybe go find smaller prey to piss off and pummel.

Aeltyr 2014/11/29(Sat)18:24 No. 606687 ID: 345446
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>>606684
>>606685
Thankfully, the beast seems more interested in its own wounds than further thoughts of eating you. You sure showed him whose the bigger plant...thing.

You (kind of) defeated the beast, however, filling up your arbitrary and imaginary GROWTH meter! You've gained a GROWTH!

Time to GRRROOOOWWWW

Aeltyr 2014/11/29(Sat)18:29 No. 606689 ID: 345446
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You have three choices for your GROWTH.

The first option gives you an additional leaf, along with a strange green appendage atop of your head. This GROWTH will give you an additional size bonus, as well as increase your overall STRENGTH - Health, Stamina, etc. It will likely keep you wanting to stay close to soil.

The second option feels catty. You're a little more fleet of foot, but more than that, you feel drawn to the sea the more you think about it. This will increase your size minimally, in addition to being able to function above and underwater.

The third option feels...flighty. You can feel yourself grow lighter, almost as if the wind wants to sweep you off your feet and carry you to the skies. You can feel the wind calling to you the more you think on this one. It will increase your SPEED, give you a minimal size boost, and enable you to hover short distances.

Either choice feels like it will permanently alter your future.

>>606689
Either way you get a new strange addition to your head.*

First option. Become huge.

Second option! Conquer both land and sea! Become the hugest no matter where you are

>>606689
Option 2.

Option 1! The first objective is to GET SWOLE!

Normally, I would say option two, because it increases our range the most, allowing us to explore more.

BUT OUR DESTINY IS TO BE STRONK!

OPTION ONE!!

>>606691
Changed my mind. The hugest of animals are found in the ocean. Clearly it holds secrets you must discover.

Aeltyr 2014/11/29(Sat)19:52 No. 606726 ID: 345446
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>>606692
>>606693
>>606697
(3 to 2 after someone changed their vote to option 2. Sorry if you wanted option 1.)

Flex Time.

make the most of that flex time. Really show it off then head for the nearest body of water

Aeltyr 2014/11/29(Sat)20:10 No. 606745 ID: 345446
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>>606730
Ungh. Yeah. Work it. Feel it.

Aeltyr 2014/11/29(Sat)20:13 No. 606750 ID: 345446
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Soon.

>>606750
Lick your own petal. Just to see how it tastes. DO NOT EAT IT.

Continue your quest by searching for a new opponent!

Aeltyr 2014/11/30(Sun)03:19 No. 606904 ID: 345446
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>>606767
>>606771
You make an attempt at multitasking.

Brace for impact!

Aeltyr 2014/11/30(Sun)03:32 No. 606907 ID: 345446
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You fail at multitasking.

Where did you end up?

Aeltyr 2014/11/30(Sun)03:42 No. 606910 ID: 345446
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>>606905
You stick the landing, like a champ.

Aeltyr 2014/11/30(Sun)03:52 No. 606913 ID: 345446
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>>606908
You're on a beach. Your stick is on the ground nearby as well. The salty air and cool breeze feels nice, but it could take some time to get used to the sand beneath your feet.

Search for crabs.

Aeltyr 2014/11/30(Sun)04:11 No. 606915 ID: 345446
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>>606914
You don't find anything alive, as far as you can tell, but there is something partially buried underneath the sand near the water's edge.

>>606915
go to the root of the problem and pull it out!

Aeltyr 2014/11/30(Sun)04:42 No. 606919 ID: 345446
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Fantastic.

It's a broken shell. It must've been from a rather large creature, it's about an inch taller than you. Which, being only a few inches tall yourself, makes a difference.

It might make an effective tower shield.

>>606919
(ignoring perspective on the ITEM GET screen for the size.)

Gonna call it a day for now, I'll be back likely tomorrow to do some more.

>>606919
Retrieve your stick for the sword and board combo!

Use the shell as a shovel to build a sand castle shelter. Use the stick as your flag.

Aeltyr 2014/11/30(Sun)18:06 No. 607157 ID: 345446
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>>607028
>>606940
You use your equipment to dig a shelter. You finish it out the rest of the way with your natural born skills of burrowing. Just in time, too, nighttime will be here any moment.

>>607157
While you still have time, dip your feet into the water a bit. See what's nearby.

Aeltyr 2014/11/30(Sun)20:46 No. 607218 ID: 345446
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>>607174
You step out in to the edge of the water. The salinity doesn't seem to bother you much, and the temperature is rather warm. You imagine that it'll be colder once night sets in.

Watch sunset, then head underground before it's fully dark.

>>607218
flex and do awesome battle poses as the sun goes down. It'll look bad ass.

Since you are more attuned to water now, can you survive on the beach?

Aeltyr 2014/11/30(Sun)21:09 No. 607228 ID: 345446
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>>607219
>>607221
You feel pretty rad.

Aeltyr 2014/11/30(Sun)21:20 No. 607237 ID: 345446
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>>607223
>>607219
Safe in your hidey hole, you spend a moment to contemplate. Contemplation is quickly thrown out the window.

Your roots extend instinctively this deep underground - normally, the beach would do very little for you, but your newfound GROWTH seems to be making you more suitable for life around the sea. Your stick and shell shield are up above. It is dark out.

>>607237
There is something deeper... explore the underground!

STRIKE THE EARTH

Aeltyr 2014/11/30(Sun)21:34 No. 607248 ID: 345446
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>>607242
>>607239
OH NO, YOU DUG TOO DEEP, THE DEMONS ARE EVERYWH-
Nope. Just a hole. Looks like there's a cave down here though. It might be worth it to fetch your gear if you plan on going spelunking.

>>607248
No. Hide in your hole. Who do you think you are some sort of AWESOME MANDRAGORA!?

get stick. the shell can cover the hole

Suck sweet nutrients from dat beach soil.

>>607249
OF COURSE WE ARE!

Dive into the deeps. Cover yourself in the rich mud of victory.

Aeltyr 2014/12/01(Mon)00:43 No. 607325 ID: 345446
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>>607278
You fetch your equipment and dive in to the hole. Foolhardy is not in your vocabulary.
Actually, nothing is in your vocabulary - you don't speak a language.

It's illuminated by some sort of natural light. Hopefully something not hard to land on. The cave is shimmering a bright blue light, and is practically coated in a watery sheen.

Water ahoy!

>>607325
Use your shell as a sled!

>>607327
Its water, SURFS UP DUDE.

Aeltyr 2014/12/01(Mon)01:08 No. 607335 ID: 345446
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>>607327
>>607328
Fuck the police. And this rock.

Man, this shell's pretty sturdy.

Do an ollie 360 kick-flip.

Land sick tricks for the arbitrary growth meter!

>>607335
Also where did your hair/leaves go bro?

Aeltyr 2014/12/01(Mon)01:28 No. 607344 ID: 345446
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>>607338
>>607340
Your attempts at being a Cool Dude with 'Tude has not worked out so well.

>>607341
(Fuck, that's what I forgot.)

Aeltyr 2014/12/01(Mon)01:33 No. 607347 ID: 345446
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>>607345
(Hair'd)

>>607344
Ah well for the second time BRACE FOR IMPACT!

>>607344
DANG! Well you can still be cool and make up for it. Do a beautiful swan dive into the water.

Yo guys! What if, JUST WHAT IF, we grow a mustache! We'll be a rad looking plant-dude-thing!

I believe that Mandragora already has a mustache. That mostly un-moving and never opening design on their face can't be a mouth.

>>607455
(It is its mouth.)

Aeltyr 2014/12/01(Mon)18:36 No. 607630 ID: 345446
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>>607431
>>607356
Nailed it.

Aeltyr 2014/12/01(Mon)18:48 No. 607633 ID: 345446
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At the very least, you found the source of the illumination. The waterbed is coated in a network of these strange, glowing bulbs. They almost look like little lanterns.

>>607633
Poke one experimentally with the stick. only if it doesn't move in response should you attempt to eat it.

We don't want a repeat of today's events.

Aeltyr 2014/12/01(Mon)19:20 No. 607644 ID: 345446
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>>607634
It doesn't seem to respond to your approach, or a few gentle rappings. After one last good poke, it detaches from its stem. Looks like the top bulb is actually some kind of seed. It's pretty light, too.

It might be simple to assume that this species of underwater plant requires creatures to carry it to spread to new areas, but life seems rather limited in this secluded pool.

>>607644
Nom it.

take it. we shall grant it more area. and befriend this other plant.

>>607644
Take this plant, it will be our most steadfast ally in this quest of hugeness. Your second in command, leading the stick by virtue of your nubs! The shell has proven itself competent and obedient, needing little oversight thus far.

Attach plant, or plants, to stick, for bad ass wizard staff/ light. Maybe eat a few. plant cocaine?

Aeltyr 2014/12/06(Sat)02:29 No. 609412 ID: 345446
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>>607653
>>607674
You take the seed pod. It might be good to come up for a name for this bioluminescent seed at some point if you plan on making it a stalwart, silent companion. Maybe name its species.

It attaches its tendrils like vines to your stick, accepting you as its carrier. Otherwise, it shows no sign of life besides soft pulsing.

Since it's detached from its base, it can only be used for light for a short period of time - but some light is better than no light after all.

Aeltyr 2014/12/06(Sat)02:30 No. 609413 ID: 345446
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You feel a little more swole from all that cardio. Your GROWTH meter has gained quite a bit of experience, and you gain a small size boost.

Your head itches, too. That strange blue nub seems to be trying to grow.

Focus on GROWWWWWTH and then look for a way out of here.

>>609413
Glowitus, I name thee. Mightly companion of intermittant glowing. We must nourish you, teach you, and help you to reach your maximum potential as we walk the same path. We are fated.

we need some rocking neck and arm veins, to carry nutrients to our new swollness. Growth! We will be the Veiny beast!

Worry about that later. Now is time to sally forth and find the way to sunlight again

Aeltyr 2014/12/11(Thu)04:09 No. 610667 ID: 345446
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>>609574
>>609414
>>609470
Glowitus - A strong name. Your stick-lantern is a bit weightier, but your GROWTH levels makes it feel comfortable in your grip. The bulb seems sturdy enough to join you on your journey unimpeded.

The cave wasn't very deep at all, the exit was simple t-

The fuck is that?!

Adopt your new battlecry and charge the fiend!

(New battlecry suggestions?) TOO STRONK FOR YOUUUUUUUU!!!

>>610667
OK, The eye looks like the only weak spot, can you jump on those rocks near him and then on his back? You'll need to stop the stinger with your shield, then stab the eye with your stick. That if you don't see weaker spots or you are not agile enough to do as I've suggested

Aeltyr 2014/12/11(Thu)05:11 No. 610678 ID: 345446
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>>610669
>>610670
The beastial creature meets you halfway. It takes a low stance and strikes viciously, but you raise your shield in preparation. The sturdy shell blocks the assault, leaving the chitinous monster open for reciprocation!

Aeltyr 2014/12/11(Thu)05:28 No. 610679 ID: 345446
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>>610670
You crack it in the face with Glowitus like a makeshift flail. Fractures form on its chitin, causing the beast to reel from the blow.

Power attack the dangly yellow thingy!

Aeltyr 2014/12/11(Thu)06:17 No. 610683 ID: 345446
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>>610680
Before you've time to initiate a combo, it stands up tall on its legs, spearing its stinger at you from between its raised limbs.

leap to the side with your shield up

>>610683
shield up and hit his legs!

>>610683
The fool! The imbecile! It has made the classic blunder and underestimated us! With it raised up, there is maximum force on it's limbs going downward. We shall kick it's kness to the side, breaking it's legs and blocking with a shield.

Option B. Smack it where we think it's gonads are with glowitus.

Option C. Kick and break one leg, while smacking gonads with glowitus!

...gonads...just wanted to say it again.

Aeltyr 2014/12/13(Sat)07:34 No. 611122 ID: 345446
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>>610684
>>610687
>>611016
A valiant dodge! You deftly perform a combat maneuver, using the force of your body's momentum to put more power behind your strike. You take some damage from the tail's quick strikes near your shoulder, but the trade was worth it.

The scorpion-tailed crustacean is knocked off its high stance, and has a leg taken with it. It is crippled, and badly wounded!

>>611122
press the advance, climb the beast, and rip off it's tail!

Go on the defensive.
It's going to be flailing a lot now.

Get in close but defend, this way you can counter when it stops thrashing.

Aeltyr 2014/12/13(Sat)10:51 No. 611161 ID: 345446
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>>611133
>>611141
You close in with your shell raised, the creature's sharp limbs scraping and clacking madly like a spoon rapping on a lobster. Even with the sturdiness of your stalwart shield, its durability is definitely being tested. Maybe surfing on rocks with it was not the best idea, (but it was still radical, so totally worth it).

FINISH HIM.

>>611164
BRUTALITY.

TERMINATE.

Aeltyr 2014/12/14(Sun)11:27 No. 611648 ID: 345446
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>>611164
CRUSH

Aeltyr 2014/12/14(Sun)11:39 No. 611650 ID: 345446
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>>611176
KILL

Aeltyr 2014/12/14(Sun)11:55 No. 611656 ID: 345446
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>>611425
You get the idea.

YEEEAAAHHHHH.

Get some serious GROOOWWWTTHH and then loot the corpse for anything you can use. Maybe it had a small treasure trove of stuff stashed somewhere.

burrow roots into carcass

Take the stinger and upgrade your stick! or maybe make yourself some some wicked exoskeleton armor!

Aeltyr 2014/12/16(Tue)06:25 No. 612363 ID: 345446
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>>611667
Wh-what? What is this? This power! You feel the tide and flow of time, the size of your hugeness is too much to handle! You are becoming one with the universe!

Aeltyr 2014/12/16(Tue)06:29 No. 612364 ID: 345446
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Just kidding. You just got bigger.

Your head accessory has revealed itself to be a Water Lily! You've unlocked a new ability:

"Terror Shriek!" - Your GROWTH path evolves a latent ability to instill the fear of the deep unknown in your enemies. Most potent underwater, it causes the attacker to see visions of terrible sea creatures with huge teeth and crushing tentacles! Aboveground, it will make your enemies feel as if possibly thousands of seabirds are nagging them for salinated oily snacks! How horrifying!

Also, you feel pretty.

>>612364
Cool, totally gonna use that a lot. Any fine loot?

Let's also make use of its shell for reinforcing our gear.

Aeltyr 2014/12/16(Tue)06:54 No. 612367 ID: 345446
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>>611687
>>612189
>>612366
Burrowing your roots inside of it would probably not be healthy for you - you make use of whatever small crevasses in the rocks you can find. It won't provide much, but it'll do for the night.

It'll take you a while to make some effective weaponry and armor, but your GROWTH should make it simpler. Sadly, your previous equipment is getting too small for you. Your stick might only be good for carrying Glowitus for you now, and the shell defender is not much of a tower shield anymore.

There's a few items you can probably whip up from the beast, though.

Weapons:
Stinger Spear, Crab Leg Sword, Spiky Chitin Fists, Crustacean Clubber, in addition to possibly some smaller sharp objects for throwing and tool use. You can probably make one of these, and the smaller tools in a short while.

Armor: Crusty Helm, Shell Gauntlets, Crabplate, Crab Shell Defender (Round, Medium, or Tower)

You could make all of them or only a few, but it'll take more time for fitting and shaping.

Additionally, the meat may come in handy for something. You get no sustenance from meat, you are purely a nutrients-and-sunlight kinda plant, but that doesn't mean everything else is.

>>612367
make the tower shield, the spear and the club; then full armor set

Aeltyr 2014/12/16(Tue)07:44 No. 612370 ID: 345446
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>>612368
You bide your time, recuperating from your adventures with a solid feeding, your roots digging deeper in to the stone for what little bits of nourishment you can find, stepping outside from time to time to get some sun.

The endless cycles of day and night pass by, and you've finally finished the armor set. Not bad for your first try. You even got creative and used the blood as paint.

You're not too sure how you even knew how to make things - it just kind of came to you in a brief moment of clarity, like some sort of...Fey Mood.

The mood has passed, however, and you're all set to continue your journey. It's light enough to maneuver in water in, but too heavy to effectively swim.

>>612367
Tower shield, and a bad ass stinger spear. we should fashion a back pack or single sling carrier bag for meat. What of glowitus, what say you glowing friend? Let us listen close and well for his wisdom is sage and esoteric. What of the cosmos little friend?

>>612370
attach Glowitus to the spear. Our most steadfast ally craves battle and glory! Goodbye stick and old shield, we would remember you fondly if not for the fact that you were already forgotten.

>>612370
cool, time to explore, then!

Time to strut your stuff!
look out, world!

Glowitus used to light the way.

And take of its flesh, that your enemies might be distracted by it, and not take of your flesh.

Wade into the deep and hunt creatures to prove your strength!

(Also look for a good place underwater where you can store your stuff and safely sleep, maybe a spot to 'build' a home.)

Aeltyr 2014/12/26(Fri)07:51 No. 615572 ID: 345446
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>>612371
What say you, Glowitus? Stalwart companion, silent slayer of crustaceans?

...You're not sure what those funny stringy pictures mean, but you feel inspired by Glowitus' conviction anyway.

Oh great, glowitus wants to kill. Or bathe in the blood of your enemies.

Aeltyr 2014/12/26(Fri)08:26 No. 615576 ID: 345446
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>>612372
>>612374
>>612875
You leave behind your stick and shell, their visages scarred and cracked from valiant battle. Though your time together was short, you honor your fallen comrades with a proper memorial - of themselves.

Clothed and armed in the hard, spiky flesh of your enemy, you ready for the journey in to the deep.

Aeltyr 2014/12/26(Fri)09:53 No. 615593 ID: 345446
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>>612893
The journey in to the depths begin! There are many creatures to best here.

A seaweed forest lays below you. The entrance is sparsely populated with the wet greenery, and is flooded with zounds of fishy swarms minding their own business, feasting on the sea plants.

Herbivorous creatures are vile monsters to all plantkind.

The crusade begins now.
Pass beyond the forest and slay those that stand before your mandragorian might.

>>615593
Peace was never an option!Hear the drumbeat of your sap pounding in your not ears! They view you as food do they? Perhaps you shall nourish your roots in the rot of their carcasses! ONWARD TO WAR! Glowitus, watch our backs!

Aeltyr 2015/02/10(Tue)06:49 No. 624437 ID: 345446
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>>615601
>>616309
(It's gonna take me a couple updates or so to get used to the style again, so please bear with me.)
A small scouting group of fish with strange face stingers approach. A peace delegate perhaps? There's an awful lot of them. You have your spear at the ready.

Spear in front. But don't stab unless they bite first. Fish are often curious.

Aeltyr 2015/02/10(Tue)07:53 No. 624440 ID: 345446
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>>624438
You test your grip on your spear with a weighted jostle of your arm as one of the fish approach. It waggles its purplish appendages at you. You waggle your purple-bluish appendage back.

It seems just as perplexed about your existence as you are of it.

Wow, we are one murderous plant.

>>624438
This is still somewhat foreboding, as their curiosity would naturally lead them to discover that we are food.

Perhaps they do not eat plant.
Touch fish.

If they got those whiskers, does that make them some kind of catfish? They're more opportunistic bottom feeders than plant munchers, I think.

>>624440
KILL IT

If we attack one the others will get angry, avoid combat for the moment.

Aeltyr 2015/02/12(Thu)13:04 No. 624869 ID: 345446
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>>624442
>>624444
Either idea could be true. You know nothing of these fishy felined-faced beings other than they swim.

Surely not everything in this world is a huge, murderous assh- Oh.

Well.

>>624514
Your kneejerk reaction to murder freaky things is always an option. This counts as one of those times.

>>624869
Shield bash then try to stab the inner eye.

Use that terror shriek yo

>>624869
seek wisdom. GLOWITUS! HEED OUR SUMMONS AND DIRECT OUR ARM! Peace or War, it matters not!

If it be war, a mighty forward thrust into it's eye, and then rip it in half, all fucking god of war style.

If it is guided by peace...a mighty forward thrust into it's eye, and then rip it in half, all fucking god of war style.

>>624869
But what if this is just its way of communicating? If you attack before it's clearly trying to harm you you may miss out on a chance to form an alliance with an legion of freaky sea beasts.