Heretic 2018/02/02(Fri)18:30 No. 864153 ID: 8a947d
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You are focused, correct? Good. You need to empty your mind of all thoughts, anything that could distract you aside from my voice. Just stay concentrated on the darkness in your eyes. Now I want you to fill that darkness with a color.

What color do you see fill your vision?

>>864153
Purple!

It's totally not the color of a fine dress you're wear- okay fine it is.

Dark Violet

>>864153
*fingerguns*
The color of your eyes, baby. ~ ;-D

.....ok, fine, it’s purple.

A kinda greenish blue?
I forget what it’s called

Heretic 2018/02/02(Fri)18:52 No. 864167 ID: 8a947d
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You: Purple. I see purple.

Ada:...Really?

You: What is there a problem with Purple?

Ada: No I just...I was expecting you to say red. It kinda looks like pagans are obsessed with that color- Wait a minute purple is the color of the dress you bought. Is that why you chose it?

You:...So what's the next step Ada?

Ada: I need you to think about what the color means to you. When has it been important to you? and after you've gathered those thoughts tell me if you find it to be positive or negative to you.

>>864167
Poooooooositive?

>>864167
>No I just...I was expecting you to say red. It kinda looks like pagans are obsessed with that color
Shit, she’s right! We should’ve chosen red! Oh, well, too late to take it back.

>I need you to think about what the color means to you.
It’s the color of Azurite.

>tell me if you find it to be positive or negative to you.
Positive. Azurite is the key to fixing the world.

Purple. Positive. Old enemies who have become new friends.

"It's the color of azurite. The events leading up to my new position as the leader of the red team all stem from finding and acquiring it.

so yeah, azurite. I've met a lot of people since then. some good, some bad. And gone through a whole lot of harrowing stuff. but I'm pretty positive about it all."

>>864177
That’s also true. Hakim and his voodoo buddies are now our allies and purple is a voodoo color.

>>864179
Yeah, this is good. It would make sense too. Besides, purple is a nice color, not too bright, not to dark.

1/3 Heretic 2018/02/02(Fri)20:15 No. 864190 ID: 8a947d
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You: I feel positive about it. When I think of purple I think of two main things: Azurite and Voodoo.

Ada: Didn't the Shadowmen try to kill you a bunch of times?

You: Sure but now that we've become allies they're a large part of the red team's power. The Azurite's important of course because it's what led to me finding the Gilded Cage and starting the game, it's given me a chance to fix everything to some degree and...

You begin to feel a tingling run up your spine. Energy begins to spark off of your body in erratic bolts that you feel tickling your skin and generating a warmth beneath your skin. The power begins to rise higher and higher before reaching a crescendo and...

2/3 Heretic 2018/02/02(Fri)20:15 No. 864191 ID: 8a947d
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You: AAGGGGGGHHHHHHHHH!!!!!

All of it rushes to your head at once and gives you the migraine of the ages.

3/3 Heretic 2018/02/02(Fri)20:21 No. 864193 ID: 8a947d
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You: Ow! Ow! Dammit! That fucking hurts!

Ada: Oh dear...I did not think It would have that bad of an effect on you.

Ada grabs a handkerchief and wipes the blood from your face

Ada: You are still getting the hang of this though! I saw the glyphs and everything, with a little more work I'm sure you can do it with ease.

You: Maybe...and you're sure everyone is fine with you teaching me this?

Ada: Well the Arcamagika Union was not too excited but they understood that the dire situation meant it could be beneficial. Do you want to try it again? Practice makes perfect.

>>864193
>Do you want to try it again? Practice makes perfect.
Ada says that you’re getting the hang of this, so you must be pretty close to getting this one thing she’s trying to teach you. Might as well keep going!

Grab her hand, look her in the eyes, and tell her, “I know it must’ve been hard for you to trust me, when you first revealed you were a Spinnensch, but I just wanted to thank you for trusting me back then. And.....I’m glad you’re the one teaching me this Arcamagika stuff.”

>>864190
5916B9?

Yes, try again. You'll only truly fail if you give up.

Hell yeah. I mean it look like it hurt a hell-lot but it was cool as fuck. Let's do it again!

And, what are we doing exaclty? I can't seem to rembmber.

Tel her you'll try again in a minute. See if the migraine persists and if maybe you can focus past it. If not it'll likely screw with your efforts and make the pain even worse.

It's like you've got a weird-shaped cudgel and your training is to bash it into the crude flashlight until it hits the on switch or short-circuits the electricity or zaps the bulb or whatever magic does.

Take it slow, and try red this time.

>>864193
Maybe later. How is her brother doing? Anyone his age would have been shaken up after seeing a guy vaporize himself.

Maybe once I stop bleeding.

>>864193

Nah, this shit's important - end-of-the-world important. You can keep going, fuck the migraines and the bleeding.

Thanks for doing this, by the way. It's a lot of trust, I understand, and I'm honored your people are willing to give us this chance.

Heretic 2018/02/03(Sat)12:47 No. 864305 ID: 8a947d
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You: Okay, I'll try again.

Ada: Do not push yourself too hard, that will only do you more harm than good.

You try to focus some more on the small machine in front of you, A small light bulb attached to a battery. You've been trying for three days and today is the first day you've managed to get this close to succeeding even a little. No matter how much effort you put in you can't manage to power the device, you were patient at first but now you can't help but feel frustrated.

After a few more failures and one more bad headache, a bolt of Arcamagikal energy arcs off of your body and touches the machine briefly. The bulb flickers for not even half a second despite your efforts.

Ada: You did it!

You: That was barely anything...It flickered for a little bit and that was all!

Ada: Some adults can barely do that, You should be proud! A little more time and you'll be able to use more advanced techniques. For now though just know that you did really well. I'm sure I'll have a hard time being taught how to summon things when you teach me...you are going to teach me soon right ?

>>864305
Soooo, why exactly is Fiddler Imp here? Also, do you have enough Priest Charms to make him your Eidolon?

>I'm sure I'll have a hard time being taught how to summon things when you teach me...you are going to teach me soon right?
Of course you’re going to teach her! It’s only fair, since she’s teaching you.

>>864305
Hmmm. If we're going to teach her summoning we probably should stick to theory until we've recovered from the migraine a bit. Practical summoning for the first time you probably want someone nearby who can handle it if the demon gets summoned but doesn't feel like following orders or gets violent.

All right, let's start with the basics. Time to learn how to conjure giant demon dicks.

>>864305
Now is as good a time as any to start summoner training.

>>864310
Actually, you should make sure if she really wants to be a Summoner and not want to learn some other type of Pagan abilities.

And it’s entirely optional, but if she wants to make it official, she can also get The Heretic’s Fork on her arm or something.

Oh, and remember how she was taking notes when you told her about Pagan stuff back at her shop? You should tell her to pull out her notebook and be ready to start taking notes! Partially as a joke and partially because it might help her learn these things.

“Definitely! Though you wont be able to summan as fast as i can since i’m a rune child, you should still be able to summon the same stuff.

Also fiddler looks like a cat and that is adorable.

Inform her that you might not be the best person to teach her how to summmon since you, personally, get to ignore some of the limitations.

Go over the basics with her anyway but don't summon anything combat oriented in case it goes rogue.

ALSO where did your new cat go??

1/2 Heretic 2018/02/03(Sat)18:19 No. 864377 ID: 8a947d
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>Why exactly is Fiddler Imp here?

He likes to sleep on the beds here. Who can blame him?

>Do you have enough Priest Charms to make him your Eidolon?

You don't need priest charms to make him an Eidolon. The process requires you to sever 5 connections with other demons but the charms aren't necessary

Speaking of demons you shouldn't forget that the Armored Alto you summoned a while ago dropped a page from his book you can't make out. You outta show that to Flint when you get the chance.

2/2 Heretic 2018/02/03(Sat)18:32 No. 864383 ID: 8a947d
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You: I'm not so sure I'd be a great teacher. I kind of get to go around some of the limitations of summoning but I'll do my best.

You start Ada of on the basic meditation to connect herself to the Aether: Deep breaths, concentration, the basics. Before you can get into anything else the door to your room opens, Hakim stands in the doorway.

Hakim: Gallows, gotta minute?

You get a feeling it's important so you excuse yourself and talk with Hakim outside in the hall.

Hakim: Remember that priest soul you had trapped in that playing card? I managed to make a deal for it. Son of a bitch tried to scalp me for information but I got what I needed. There's a problem though, I couldn't get much information on the supposed secret weapon the Church has. I could get a location on where we might find info though.

Hakim: Over in Northern Dovan there's supposed to be something that can help us.

You: That's deep in Church territory though! How are we supposed to get there?

Hakim: I don't think we can send a large group. We'd have to send a spy or something to check it out. Also, I managed to get the location of some Azurite and find out where your demon pal's friend was last seen. Give me your map so I can show you.

He takes your map and marks three separate locations, two Azurite spots and the last known location of Mojo.

Let's do Fiddler's sidequest after we finish up with Ada. Going into church territory seems like it might snowball and we won't have another chance for a while.

>>864383
Sheesh. Not sure if we have the manpower to handle all this at once... A spy though... wasn't there someone who was completely invisible? She'd be perfect. Unless there's someone who's even better at spy stuff. I don't think any of our main party members would do.
The Azerite locations need war parties for them, obviously. I feel like you should go check out the Mojo lead rather than attending a war party, for that personal touch.

This deal was very fruitful. Excellent work!
The most important task is the church spy. Killboss could organize a qualify team, but since our worst problem with the church is their information gathering capacities it can be beneficial to keep the number of people on the know at the minimal we can. From our inner group Uma is the least conspicuous and Troy experience make him the closer we have to a spy, the two can take care of this mission.
The Mojo story is a personal problem, therefor I can't ask anyone else to look it for me. I'm going alone.
Hakim and Issei should look at one of the Azurite locations and the other we will trust to whoever Killboss think is capable of retrieving.

>>864383
Make sure you let him know that you appreciate the help.

Then go back inside and finish what you were showing Ada. If she asks what Hakim wanted to talk about, tell her what he said, and then tell her that you’ve still got time to finish her lesson before you go take care of this. And be prepared for Fiddler to suddenly wake up at the mention of Mojo.

Once you’re done with Ada’s lesson, go report this to whoever you need to report this to, but leave out the info about Mojo, since it’s a personal thing.

Make sure the appropriate people are sent out to the Azurite locations and a spy is sent into Church territory to learn about the Church’s weapon.

Then you and whoever else you choose can go check out that lead on Mojo.

Thank Hakim for the information and make sure that killboss gets word about the two azurite locations and northern dovan being relevant to the church's secret weapon before you finish going over stuff with ada.

>>864404
>Sending Uma and Troy to do the most dangerous thing.
I’m pretty sure Killboss can easily assign someone with better skills and way more experience in being a spy.

>The Mojo story is a personal problem, therefor I can't ask anyone else to look it for me. I'm going alone.
That is a terrible and extremely stupid idea, Roland shouldn’t go alone. He should bring at least 1 or 2 people with him, just in case some Church assholes show up. Or monsters. Or another town that’s being mind controlled by something.

1/2 Heretic 2018/02/03(Sat)19:54 No. 864419 ID: 8a947d
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>War Parties
You: Maybe we can arrange some larger groups of war parties for these missions?

Hakim: If you want, but you of all people should know that larger groups attract more attention. Not to mention one of these Azurite sites is in a small city called Arkon, the place near Adipedi just below Meland. It might be hard to assemble a whole war party for that place, It doesn't help that around this time of year they have a large city-wide festival.

Hakim: The second one is just wilderness though. A bigger party might be good for that one, you ever been to Abidos? The tree's there actually grow in large forests, the sap they store is disgusting and irritates the skin not to mention the sickly grey color the bark still has. A lot of the plants stink like hell too.

Hakim: Anyway, it's up to you. I'll be ready for anything if you really need me, but don't forget I've got my own things to do too.

You thank Hakim and return inside to tell Ada what you found out. You feel like the new information is too important to continue any lessons for now. You wake up Fiddler Imp and head to the Gilded Cage's lobby to plan.

2/2 Heretic 2018/02/03(Sat)20:03 No. 864422 ID: 8a947d
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The Gilded Cage's lobby has been changed since your team grew. The Administrator says it's a little less claustrophobic, The higher ceiling does help you feel less suffocated.

Flint is in his office talking with Killboss.

The rest of your group are in the Rec Room. Troy's been working like hell recently to get his forces together so he's taking a bit of a breather with Issei and Uma. Along with the rest of the smugglers and muscle-heads he let in here, Troy also brought Luucc in to set up a bar in the Rec Room too.

JTF-TG all sit in the lobby, battered, beaten, and covered in scars but still triumphant from their last mission. Thanks to their help you now have two Azurite orbs in your possession.

The Administrator sit's behind his curtain.

>>864422
Obviously, Killbos needs to be informed of the new Azurite locations and the location that’ll lead to more info on the Church’s weapon.

They don’t need to know about the thing with Mojo.

.....hey, how did the meeting between Killbos and the Spinnensch go? Is everyone getting along with the Spinnensch?

>Troy
Did he manage to rescue his sister?

>>864422
>JTF-TG
Oh I guess that thread is over? I wonder if they managed to spare Rossman.
Report the news to Killboss if she doesn't already know. Then check in on your friends.

I'm thinking send a smaller group to the azerite in the town.

>>864426
I’m such an idiot. I just realized something obvious.

We got that page from an Armored Alto, which is a demon, so it makes sense that another demon should be able to read it! We should show that page to Fiddler Imp to see if he can tell us what it says.

If he can’t read it, that’s when we show Flint.

>>864428
>Oh I guess that thread is over?
Awwww..... )-‘:>

So we could just keep the Azurite out in the middle of the Gilded Cage so everyone gets more exp, but that could risk getting them stolen.

I figure we keep about 1-2 and bank the rest.

As for the secret weapon, we could work on sabotage rather than salvage. If we had infiltrators sneak in, they could set off a homing beacon and bomb the hell out of that thing.

Infiltrate Arkon in your new dress.
>Lucc is here
yippie!! I missed that guy!

I would like to see if Flint can help us with that paper torned from the Alto's book.

>>864579
We should show the page to Fiddler Imp first. Since the page came from a demon, it makes sense that another demon should be able to read it!

Only show it to Flint if Fiddler Imp can’t read it.

Show the page to Guillotine.

1/2 Heretic 2018/02/04(Sun)21:28 No. 864644 ID: 8a947d
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>>864586
>>864434
Of course! The only person who'd know what do do with this page was right in front of your the whole time!

You show the page to your team's newly acquired feline companion, Guillotine. He looks it up and without interest before leaping down from his perch and going elsewhere. Well, that didn't help much, now who'll translate this for you? Guillotine was the most qualified out of everyone on your team and he was stumped by this! How will you ever-

Fiddler Imp: God dammit Gal gimme dat!

Fiddler looks the page up and down, reading it allowed under his breath. The way he pronounces the words is mostly made of odd hisses and growl. After he's done he hands it back to you.

Fiddler Imp: It's some sorta poem 'bout da war.

You: What war?

Fiddler Imp: Dat's right no one really talks about it anymore. Well a long time ago like right after Athmoor died all a' da demons dat sprouted from his dead body just sorta ran amok killin' and eatin' one anotha', eventually smarta demons started ta form and dey managed ta rise up ta de top a' da ranks. Dese new demons just kept killin' an' killin' until dey turned on each otha' an' ate one anotha' whole.

Fiddler Imp: Da remainin' demons dat were smart enough saw how dat endless fighting turned out fer dem big guys and decided to put an end to da fighin' once an fer all. Now we live in peace an' harmony yadda yadda yadda, I didn' exist back then so there ain't much more I can tell ya. Anyway it ain't nothin' special, even if ya read it out loud in human-speak it wouldn't do ya much good. You probably gotta use some of ya pagan magic stuff do anythin' wit dis.

2/2 Heretic 2018/02/04(Sun)21:51 No. 864649 ID: 8a947d
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You head toward Flint's room. Inside he and Killboss converse over papers and diagrams spread on Flint's wall.

Flint: ...With what material we salvaged from the attack I'm sure we can make this work, but we might only get one chance with what we got...

Killboss: We don't have much of a choice. Now that we have to be on the attack we need to kick up our offense. Oh, Hey team leader, what do you need?

You: Please ma'am, just Gallows is fine.

You inform the two of the new Azerite locations Hakim told you about.

Killboss: Great, glad those Voodoo men are pulling their weight.

Flint: I still don't like the idea of full armies going into cities, we'll be met with force immediately. Maybe having a larger group in an unpopulated area like the forest will be better, but from what I've read that place has odd and undocumented flora and fauna that could be dangerous. Even so, we've got retrieve the Azerite as fast as possible.

Killboss: As for the weapon's location, we have specialists trained for such missions. I'll find some qualified agents to go check it out.

Flint: Do you have anything to add to the matter Gallows? Any input you have could be helpful.

Weren't we told items taken from the Aether had a power of some sort? Hand the page to Flint, see if he can do something with it.

...I wonder if we can get the Spinnensch to infiltrate the city en masse via their disguises? An army undetectable until the instant fighting starts. Then they can evac with great effectiveness, assuming access to vehicles similar to Ada's is widespread.

>>864649
Show them the page, explain where it came from and how you got it, explain what Fiddler Imp told you it said, and explain what Fiddler Imp said about us probably needing to use some of our Pagan magic to do anything with it.

Oh, and if they ask, be specific on which of you summons dropped the page.

>Input on anything?
We should ask if any of the Spinnensch would be willing to help and if we get any volunteers, we should find out what their skills are, so we can decide who goes where. Hopefully, any teams made of 1 of each, a Pagan, a Voodoo user, and an Unter Soldier, will be able to get along and not fight amongst themselves.

Wait, are there any Unter Soldiers here that we can ask for help or are there still only noncombatants here? If there aren’t any Unter Soldiers available, then we shouldn’t ask any of the noncombatants for help.

I have being thinking for a while. Would Ada like to join your group? I mean, i am sure that no one would like to just stay in here doing nothing, knowing all that is at stake. And she allways finds herself inspired whenever we go on missions and heards our stories when we come back. I know it is dangerous, but it would be her decision. If we ask the Spinnensch to participate in missions, maybe she would join? A new asset to the team is allways good.

Heretic 2018/02/05(Mon)05:06 No. 864712 ID: 8a947d
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>The Spinnensch
Killboss: The Spiders have already sent a large number of soldiers and other personnel to be stationed here. I'm sure a few of them may be useful for infiltration and spying; Though, call me biased but I have more faith in our spies then theirs.

Flint: We'll talk to them more about it at our next meeting, I'd hate to have extra forces go to waste with all the work you've put in to get them here.

>The page
You hand the page over to Flint and tell him how you got it. He looks over it for a little bit.

Flint: Well you certainly got lucky, this does happen sometime's but it's quite uncommon. That specific demon dropped this item so I'm fairly certain you can create an aberrant summon with this. The process will definitely be difficult for you; it may even take days to complete, but with your natural talent I'm sure you'll get it done.

Flint: I mean. I could always try to do it for you, but then you wouldn't learn anything. It's important that you expand your knowledge of techniques such as this. Still, I will help you a little, here.

Flint roots around the shelves of his room and pulls 4 large books out and hands them to you. You nearly break your back trying to carry them all.

Flint: Those outta have enough information in 'em to make it easier, course you might have to go through and re-read them a few times. It's not exactly light reading I bookmarked some important chapters so make sure you read through those when you have time.

Flint: And another thing...I can't help but notice you still use some pretty old weapons. Aside from that weird looking blue gun, everything you have seems sorta old. We do have access to better weaponry if you want, but we have been having problems with ammo recently so we won't be able to load you to the teeth with bullets. You look like someone who'd fancy a nice pair of revolvers right?

Killboss: Maybe if you donated some ammunition to the armory we could offer more, this place makes it's own food but not it's own bullets.

>>864712
>I'm fairly certain you can create an aberrant summon with this.
Cool!

>The process will definitely be difficult for you; it may even take days to complete, but with your natural talent I'm sure you'll get it done.
Days, huh? After hearing that we’ve got news about Mojo, I’m not sure if Fiddler Imp would be willing to wait for that.

Also, not really knowing how Voodoo spirits work, the info they gave Hakim might only be useful for a certain amount of time and if we take too long, what we’re looking for might not be there anymore, which would definitely upset Fiddler Imp.

>this place makes it's own food but not it's own bullets.
Or does it?

Remember, there are things left behind here from previous teams that have played this game. And like that one room that had that machine that stabbed your eye with a needle and fixed your eyesight, there might be other rooms with other things that we can use. Have we completely explored and unlocked all of those rooms yet? For all we know, there migh actually be an armory or something else really useful down there!

>>864712
>donate some ammo
Well if we're getting new guns we can hand over the old ammo. Also I think we have a surplus of ammo. Sounds like a deal.

As for the abberant summon... yeah, that's a good idea. Fiddler should still be Gallows' Eidolon since an Eidolon requires the summon to trust you and the new abberant would take some time to build that trust.

I wonder if we could learn some extra level 1 summons to burn to make Fiddler an Eidolon? Surely we don't have the complete set.

Small teams as vanguards(abidos) and infiltrators(arkon) and keep larger forces hidden outside the city so they can make extraction/escape easier.

>>864712
Go check out the armory. We can read the books on the way to Mojo's last known location.

Ada's researched a lot of different magic. Even if she's just beginning summoning, she'd probably be able to help puzzle out how aberrant summons work.

Ooh! New Toys!

Lets go take a look at the armory!

>>864824
>We can read the books on the way to Mojo's last known location.
I’m not sure we should bring them with us. With our luck of bad things happening to us, we’ll just end up losing the books somehow. Or worse, the Church somehow ends up taking them from us and destroying them.

>Ada's researched a lot of different magic. Even if she's just beginning summoning, she'd probably be able to help puzzle out how aberrant summons work.
That’s actually a good idea. Even though it’s like skipping the basics of summoning and going straight into the advanced stuff.

But if Ada does learn how to make an Aberrant Summon, then she won’t be hindered by the normal summon’s required 5 minute wait time for people that aren’t a Rune Child.

Hell, if we make an Aberrant Summon like Flint said we could, then we could just give it to Ada so that she can have one for if she ever needs to summon something!

Great, more stuff to study, good thing you are good with this kinds of things. Maybe you can even study it with Ada, she can start getting some knowledge about pagans beforehand. If you don't have any missions now you might start polishing your skills with this. Or leave it for later.
If that page was a poem, maybe you can translate it into a song to play en the violin. It might help, who knows. Music allways finds a way.
Is there somthing we can do about the lack of ammunition? It seams like a big problem, since we are at war and all that.

Ask the administrator if there's any kind of machine shop or armory in the cage somewhere.

Afterwards, take some time and go looting through the trash for summoning ingredients before you take fiddler imp to Mojo's last known location.

>>864839
He should also think about who he’s going to take with him because going alone is incredibly stupid.

Heretic 2018/02/05(Mon)20:55 No. 864932 ID: 8a947d
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>New Guns.

Flint shows you the guns he has for you. All of them seem high quality, at least compared to the pieces of scrap metal you've been carrying with you.

Flint: I hope you'll understand that I can't let you take all of them. We need to leave some ordinance for the soldiers. Anyway, take your pick.

[Minotaur Handcannon]: An extremely powerful revolver. A good shot can punch through weak cover. Single action, you're only going to be able to shoot once at a time. Holds 6 shots, comes with 12 extra Handcannon bullets.

[Gemini Repeaters]: Dual revolvers. Two times the firing speed and two times the bullets, fire up to 12 bullets at once. The bullet's don't do much damage on their own, it's really only effective if you fire multiple times. Have fun reloading all of those. Each holds 6 shots, comes with 60 extra Small bullets.

[T-22 Arc Blaster]: Stolen from church personnel and repurposed for your use. Two firing modes: Primary fires a ray of plasma energy, Secondary fires a slow-moving projectile of explosive energy and uses more ammo. Speaking of ammo, good luck finding any extra outside of the red team reserves. holds 4 shots, comes with 5 Energy cells.

Handcannon. It's one-handed so we can use a tentacle with it, and it's a great sidearm.
Also ask if you can get some spare gunpowder. Taking apart bullets to summon volatile deviants gets old quick.

OH man this looks good! Shame the don't have an Embasador or a Trigun, those are cool looking and powerful. Although i love the two gun idea, i think i am going to stay with the Minotaur. Who knows, maybe we canfind another one and use two guns at the same time. Say, do they have by any chance some quick revolver loaders and a revolver stock? Those might come in handy.

Part of me says go with the Arc Blaster, but the hand-cannon is fine too if you're really that worried about ammo.

>>864932
>Minotaur Handcannon
THIS, IS OUR BOOOOM-STICK.

If we go for the T-22 Arc Blaster we could ask if the Spinnensch could make more ammo, upgrades, modifications and/or copy’s for us and the others.

Minotaur handcannon. As nice as the gemini pistols sound, and even though Gallows has Pistols 3, having a spare hand free for summoning shenanigans on top of being able to occasionally shoot someone when they think they can't get shot will hopefully pay for it self rapidly.

>>864932
Definitely get the hand cannon. And make a mental note to firmly hold it with both hands so that the gun’s recoil doesn’t end with you getting hit in the face and knocking yourself out!

Now that you’ve chosen your new gun, which one of your old guns are you giving up and how much ammo are you going to leave behind? Except for the Blue Baroness and any ammo for it because it’s a gun that can fucking teleport you and there’s no way you’re giving that up unless you come across something better!

Hey speaking of the Blue Baroness and its ammo, do Killboss and/or Flint know about Clancy and his shop the Hack 'n' Slash in Ebony Port? Didn’t he mention having giant pieces of equipment for making special caliber bullets like the ones your Blue Baroness use?

Since Clancy is also a Pagan, maybe we can get his help in making those special caliber bullets? Which would also require bringing him and his equipment here. And I’m not sure if he can make regular bullets, but making special caliber bullets can also be helpful. With the number of Pagans here, it should be easy enough to get the materials required to make the bullets.

>>864984
>being able to occasionally shoot someone when they think they can't get shot will hopefully pay for it self rapidly.
Aether Scan + Minotaur Handcannon = headshot through a wall!

Heretic 2018/02/05(Mon)22:13 No. 865003 ID: 8a947d
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You trade in your Scrap Sixshooter, Ivory Repeater and the ammo for both guns for the Minotaur Handcannon. You give the gun a once over and cock back the hammer to see how it feels. You can't help but smile at the weight and sound it makes; firing this thing is going to break your wrist, but dammit it'll be worth it to see it in action.

>>864940
>>864939
Flint shakes his head.

Flint: Sorry, nothing like that around, but I can give you a little extra gunpowder for summons. Flint hands you 3 Packs of Gunpowder.

>Blue Baroness Ammo

Flint: Yeah, the bullets for that thing are weird. We can probably make more when we get the right supplies, I don't know how to make them but we've got people for that.

After you're done with your business with Flint and Killboss you return to the lobby of the Gilded Cage. You don't have to study the new material right away, in fact, you're pretty sure you should get other stuff done first before you dig through all of it.

>>865003
>You don't have to study the new material right away, in fact, you're pretty sure you should get other stuff done first before you dig through all of it.
Yeah, you should definitely do something else first. In fact, let’s go put those books away in your room and come back to read them later.

Then maybe you can pick up where you left off with Ada’s lesson in summoning? It was kinda cut short.....and you’re more than willing to take any excuse you can get to spend more time with her.

Then after that, you should go look around to see who’s available to go with you to check out Mojo’s last known location. Even though it’s a personal errand and not an important mission, it’ll be incredibly foolish for you to go without bringing at least 1 or 2 people with you! Especially, with your luck of running into trouble when you least expect it!

.....1 of those people may or may not be Ada, if she wants to come along. It wouldn’t hurt to ask, right?

>>865038
This

>>865003
On the subject of books, ask Luucc if he could find the librarian and help her relocate here. It would be a shame to lose this world's history because we didn't think to recover it.

Inventory updated. Some of our perishables have likely gone bad. perhaps there's a kitchen we could restock at.

>>865057
>ask Luucc if he could find the librarian and help her relocate here.
Luucc doesn’t know who that is, so he wouldn’t even know where to look for her.

They weren’t even in the same city when we met them.

>>865038
I agree with all this. Let's cross our fingers!

1/2 Heretic 2018/02/07(Wed)21:02 No. 865708 ID: 8a947d
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You are not going to lug these books around all day, plus you still need to continue your lesson with Ada. You head ba-

Fiddler: Hey! We're still goin' to check out where Moji least was right?

You: Of course, I just need to drop off my books and finish teaching Ada how summoning works.

Fiddler: Well...fine, but can we leave after dat ? I've been waitin' so long to know what happened, I don' wanna sit around fer any more den I gotta! Listen, I'm gonna be waiting in da lobby. Come get me so we can go when ya done.

Fiddler Imp walks off to the Gilded Cage's lobby.

2/2 Heretic 2018/02/07(Wed)21:17 No. 865710 ID: 8a947d
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You go back to your room. Ada's laying on the floor thumbing through one of her books.

Ada: Everything done?

You: Yeah, now we can get back to where we left off. I doubt we can get to summoning demons right away, but we'll get enough done.

You get out the materials you had ready to teach Ada, a wooden board, a jar of blood, and some sigil diagrams. You write down the appropriate sigils on the wood and place it in front of Ada.

You: Okay, put your hands on the board and focus. The sigils going to do most of the work for you so it's only really important that you stay concentrated on the energy you feel running up your arms.

Ada follows your instructions, she jolts a little when she touches the board at first but steadies after getting used to it. You begin to feel it too, the energy radiates in the air.

Ada: How long do I have to do this for?

You: You'll just know, it's hard to miss.

Ada:...Hey Roland? When you summoned something at first what was it like?

>>865710
It was empowering.

Looking back it was clumsy, but at the time I was so excited that everything seemed perfect. I finally got it! One moment there were only some disgusting objects on a circle, the other a piece of Athmoor! ...in my room! ...eating my furniture... Did I mentioned it was clumsy?

>>865057
Don't we still have a book from back at the aquarium that we haven't given her?

>>865710
It was kind of like meeting a new friend, a friend who can always have your back. You are never truly alone after you learn how to summon.

>>865710
I had a rush of power while having fun with my friends exploring and It just happened, didn't really even notice at first. It's apparently really weird for a pagan to be able to summon by accident but given the wright circumstances and being a rune child it seems to be able to happen.

>>865710
Like a door had opened.

>>865710
It was... reaching out to something greater than myself and getting a response. It was fulfilling. That real recognition that I was a part of something.

>>865708
>Come get me so we can go when ya done.
He’s gonna be waiting for a little longer because we still need to find people to go with us.

>>865710
>...Hey Roland? When you summoned something at first what was it like?
“It was like.....wow, that’s actually kinda hard to put into words. Hmmm, I guess it’s kinda like trying a new food. You’re not sure if you’re going to like it, but when you finally put it in your mouth, it ends up being the best thing you’ve ever tasted! Uh, does that make sense?”

“.....so, what was it like when you first left the Unter and came to the surface?”

After you’re done with her lesson, tell her where you’re gonna go with Fiddler Imp and ask if she wants to come and be a part of one of your crazy adventures? And who knows? You might finally end up running into some knife legged zombie dogs!

Uh, she doesn’t have to come along if she doesn’t want to.

Like I found a part of myself I didn't know was missing. It was like I was living my whole life paralyzed and then I could walk.

One word: Bahonkasquee!

>>865916
>>/questdis/113404

It felt like an a connection, a new one that i didn't knew it was there, but it always has. And when i summoned it, it felt like is was a part of something bigger, but scattered, chaotic. But it was very familiar, like i was part of it.


Say Ada, would you like to go on a field mission with me? Well, is not a mission per say, is more of a favor, for Fiddler. It would make a good experience, you would be able to see how my life has bein until now. Just like in my stories, but in the flesh. I hope it doesn't invole our flesh. It socks when that happens. It happens all the time really.

You made a mess and a giant tentacle spewed from your arm, but that's the sign of a natural. And someone who's seconds away from getting spanked, but then you learned how to grapple to safety pretty fast. And then you got stuck on a mountain and couldn't even remember the sigil, so your guardian decided a few hours in the cold would be a suitable punishment.

Envigorating, prideful, amazing...

It was like a baby being born, a new life and a new power being brought forward by the powers of my very soul. It was... well sometimes there really is no proper word for it.

Like falling.
Like the floor under my feet disappeard.
Suddenly the world became so much bigger than it was before. I was told what would happen but I didn't expect or understand anything of what was happening at first. I was falling and lost, until I'd learn to fly.

1/2 Heretic 2018/02/09(Fri)04:17 No. 866099 ID: 8a947d
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You get a rush of different emotions as you think back to the first time you summoned a demon. Now that you think back to it you honestly can't describe the feeling with words. You do your best to describe the event as best you can.

You: It's...It's like discovering you had a whole new sense you never knew about before. Imagine not knowing how to walk since birth and then one day you're finally able to or seeing a new color after you'd seen all the old ones. It's discovering something you'd never of thought you'd ever see.

You: But really...at the same time always knowing about it to begin with? The first time you summon you get this feeling that you've just become a part of something bigger, its empowering! Of course my first time was a bit clumsy, the demon chewed up a bit of my house, but it was still an incredible experience. It felt like no matter where I was or how bad anything went I always had somebody ready to help me. Does that make any sense Ada ?

Ada: ...

You: ...Ada?

2/2 Heretic 2018/02/09(Fri)04:23 No. 866100 ID: 8a947d
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You wave your hand in front of Ada's face but get no response. You lift her bangs to get a better her look at her eyes, you see the Aether in her eye's. That's impressive she got it about as fast as you did, but right now there isn't much more you can do but wait for her to be done. She's gonna need a little help after it's over, if you remember correctly after you finished forming a connection with the Aether coming down from the vision was WILD.

This could take a while, but there shouldn't be a problem unless she starts screaming or worms fall out of her mouth or she starts to bleed from the eyes.

Let's draw something on her face while she's out.

Well, if things start falling out just put them back in, ok?

>>866102
Yes, yes, so much yes!
But what to draw? Choices choices... lets start of with a moustache and goatee and we’ll see where we go from there.

huh, hope this doesn't take to long. Kinda want to help fiddler since he did seem pretty upset earlier and he's helped us out so much I feel we owe it to him.

Don't draw on Ada's face.

Instead, remove the breakables from the room you are in and get some pillows and leave them around so she doesn't easily hurt herself.

After that get a chair and be patient.

>>866100
>You wave your hand in front of Ada's face but get no response. You lift her bangs to get a better her look at her eyes, you see the Aether in her eye's.
Aw, dang it, now you’ve gotta repeat what you just said! Oh, well.

Also, hey, she does have extra eyes under her bangs! .....they’re very pretty aren’t they? They’d probably be even prettier without the Aether.

>She's gonna need a little help after it's over, if you remember correctly after you finished forming a connection with the Aether coming down from the vision was WILD.
>This could take a while, but there shouldn't be a problem unless she starts screaming or worms fall out of her mouth or she starts to bleed from the eyes.
So, uh, what’re you supposed to do if any of those things start happening? Do you just wait it out or do you go get someone to help when it starts happening?

>>866102
>>866105
>Draw on her face.
Have you not seen what her hands look like? Those are hands you don’t want to be slapped in the face with!

>>866110
This guy’s got the right idea! Do all of this!

I wonder if we can ask fiddler to assist guiding her from the aether.

>>866115
I don’t think that’s how it works.

>>866120
I meant that Fiddler and Roland decide on a simple song that Roland plays next to Ada and Fiddler from the Aether to help Ada connect.

Wow, this is the first time we actually see her many eyes, so cute!

>>866110
This, and if you can think of any other safety measures, apply them as well.

>>866122
Roland said that it's a vision. So I doubt that singing is gonna hep with that. ALSO I'm pretty sure that Fiddler is going to get pissed off that we're getting his help with something that isn't visiting Mojo's last known location.

Wow... she’s even cuter with her eyes showing.

And her lips... parted ever so slightly... like you could almost, maybe remove some of the bandages around your mouth and...

No, no. Better not.

>>866136
>ALSO I'm pretty sure that Fiddler is going to get pissed off that we're getting his help with something that isn't visiting Mojo's last known location.
Actually, Fiddler would be more than happy to help because it would speed this up and the sooner we can finish this, the sooner we can go investigate Mojo’s last known location.

But, yeah, this is just a vision and Fiddler can’t do anything to help, so the only thing we can do is wait for Ada to come out of it on her own.

.....actually, Roland, do you know how long this normally takes? Because if it’s taking too long, you might need to go find someone to help!

>>866100
Do the safety thing with some pillows, and keep looking at her eyes. Not because they are beautiful or anything, you need to look into them to make sure nothing goes wrong. The wonderful, lovely red demon energy should give an idea on how things are going. We might need to look REALLY deeply into that red, to make sure we aren't missing anything. Your faces might have to practically touch for it too. Yes, for safety.

And it's definitely the red that it beautiful, not her eyes. Well, her eyes are beautiful too. But, we aren't going to get lost in them! Nope, that would be weird! The energy is what's captivating. Yep, if we get lost in them, it's definitely because of the energy.

GUYS, FOCUS! SAFETY FIRST! No, not that kind of safety! At least not yet! Maybe!

We can draw a mustache on her and, when she wakes up, leave with Fiddler before she notices.

>>866177
Would be easier to just sit very close, and catch her if she falls.

>>866552
Falls where exactly? She's already on the ground! The pillows are in case she flails but it's not like she's on a chair or something!

>>866100
Not much to do but sit and watch till she comes out of it then.

>>866560
She’s sitting on the ground, but that doesn’t mean that she can’t fall over on her side.

1/2 Heretic 2018/02/12(Mon)00:35 No. 866810 ID: 8a947d
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Right now all you can do is just wait it out, there's no big threat to her or you. This is just set up before you can get to the real stuff. You don't remember much from your connection meditations, just that the visions they gave you were crazy.

>>866102
That'd be hilarious but you aren't sure that's the sort of thing you should be doing when teaching something like this. Still... jotting a mustache would be funny as hell for your immature sense of humor...maybe a monocle or two ? would someone with four eyes wear two monocles?

2/2 Heretic 2018/02/12(Mon)00:53 No. 866814 ID: 8a947d
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You lose your very important train of thought when you hear Ada screaming. She's finished her meditation pretty quickly, but that's not really a good thing; meditation should go on as long as possible for a better connection to the Aether. You'll work on that later, for now, you should make sure Ada's okay.

Ada: That...That was...

You: Breath Ada, you're done right now. Are you okay? How was it?

Ada: It was intense! I can not believe every summoner has to do that!

You: Every pagan has to do it. It's important to make a connection to the Aether regardless of whether you summon demons or not. More importantly, what did you see?

Ada: Just...A lot of colors and large looming figures and these weird voices talking to me, I did not understand anything they were saying to me but it felt like I was witnessing a whole history being laid out before me. Like I said, intense.

You: That's good, but you need to come understanding what's happened in your vision in the end. It's different for everybody but you should have something. We've got a lot of work ahead of us, we both do.

For now, you've gotten a lot done with Ada, there's still work that needs to be for either of you to get better but some nice progress has been made on both ends. Fiddler Imp is still waiting in the lobby but maybe you can fit in a little more practice with Ada? Or you can just get going with Fiddler, you feel like he's going to get more upset if he waits any longer and that's not good if you're supposed to get him to trust you more by doing this.

>>866814
>Every pagan has to do it.
So does this mean that Ada is now officially a Pagan? Maybe you should make it official with a Heretic’s Fork somewhere on her arm or something?

>maybe you can fit in a little more practice with Ada?
I think that’s enough for today.

>Or you can just get going with Fiddler
At least bring 1 or 2 people with you! With your luck of unexpectedly running into enemies/Church Priests/monsters/weird shit, you’re gonna need someone to be there with you to back you up!

You can ask Ada if she wants to come, but she doesn’t have to if she doesn’t want to. If she does want to come, make sure she brings some weapons with her.

And make sure you weren’t so distracted by teaching Ada that you end up forgetting to leave those books here!

>>866814
Let's see Fiddler. First though, ask Ada if she wants to come along with us. Might be dangerous, but we're willing to take her if she feels up for it. Maybe bring Troy if he isn't busy with anything.

We can just quickly stop by flint or someone and tell them we’re teaching ada pagan magic and/or summoning and ask if we can get a teacher for her while we’re away.
Maybe not flint though since last we saw he was busy with killboss.

Tell ada that while she was out Fiddler imp has been getting antsy about an errand you can do for him, so you'll be taking care of that. Then ask if she wants to come along before you go and hit up the gang to see who else is available.

Better if Ada processes what she has seen already before we pile another crazy on top of that.

Fiddler is the only one who could possibly know what to do once we reach the location Hakim gave us so I think he should be leading our excursion there.

Fiddlers waited long enough. It's normal for him to want to get going as soon as possible. Let's go.

>>866814
cute fangs...

Fiddler Imp next. You're kindof torn between two people now but thankfully there are other Pagans to help teach Ada.

Fiddler is up next, he has weaited long enough, the poor little one. Ask Ada if she wants to come, maybe you could bouth learn some theory about your respective areas of expertice before you keep practicing. And, you know, keep bonding.

We should also remind Fiddler that he can’t go walking around in public and either needs to wear a very good disguise or he needs to go back to the Aether and let us resummon him when we get to our destination.

1/2 Heretic 2018/02/13(Tue)07:07 No. 867106 ID: 8a947d
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>>866821
Flint already knows since you ran this by him first before doing it. No matter how strongly you feel about Ada there's no way you would've done this without permission from a higher up.

You fill Ada in on your plans to help Fiddler Imp and ask if she want's to come. She says yes and goes to get ready to leave with you. While she gets ready you look around to see if anyone is available to help you: Uma is nowhere to be seen, Issei is nowhere to be seen, and Troy is passed out drunk in the lounge. Most of the forces in the Cage seem to be out working on missions for the red team, gathering intel and the like, or resting after having just finished work. It looks like the only person you have to aid you at the moment is Ada which now that you think about it doesn't seem like such a bad thing.

Ada returns ready to leave...

2/2 Heretic 2018/02/13(Tue)07:25 No. 867113 ID: 8a947d
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Ada Baubenee
HP: 20

Skills
[Explosives 4](+5 to rolls involving explosives. *Dexterous at handling explosives, Ada can throw multiple explosives at once. *Can construct bombs with the right ingredients)
[Engineering 4](+5 to rolls involving machines. *Ada's knowledge of mechanics lets her give a device a once over and instantly know how it functions. *Ada can construct different devices with the right components)
[Thrown 1](+2 to rolls involving throwing objects)

Traits
[Trapdoor Spider](Ada deals more damage after ambushing an enemy, this includes traps set by her)
[Spidey Sense](Ada's very sensitive to slight vibrations and movements and can sense them through the floor. Despite their extra eyes, Spinnesnch have pretty poor vision when it's too bright. -4 to Perception rolls in the light.

Abilities
[Web Spin](Spin a web, any size. Ada doesn't like to do it when others are watching)
[Wall Crawl](Walk on walls and ceilings)
[Infuse](Infuse technology and devices with Arcamagick to increase their effectiveness)

Ada: Will we be leaving now?

...We have GOT to find/make a grenade launcher for Ada. Imagine the terrible havoc she could launch by being on the ceiling shooting bombs everywhere.

Well, since it's just us spend a few minutes 'collecting' summoning ingredients (read: raid the trash cans in the more well-traversed parts of the cage) before you collect fiddler imp and leave.

Hey Ada, can you give Fiddler a disguise like yours?

>>867113
>Will we be leaving now?
Ask if she needs to put on her disguise first?

Other than that, yeah let’s get going!

What equipment does Ada has? Any weapon or material she needs? I LIKE THE IDEA OF A GRENADE LAUNCHER.
Nice jacket by the way.

>>867126
Also, we need to talk transportation. How are we going to get there? Are there any nearby Waystones we can warp to? Or could we use that bike that Ada used when we escaped her shop?

And make sure you repeat your answer to her question earlier, since she probably didn’t hear it the first time.

Man I dunno about bringing Ada on this quest. We really need to focus on Fiddler. But since she's already invited, we'll just have to be extra careful to not have him be the third wheel.

But yeah, away we go!

>>867216
It will probably be easy enough to ask what kind of things Fiddler and Mojo did when they worked together. He'll probably think of a lot to talk about.

1/3 Heretic 2018/02/14(Wed)21:41 No. 867673 ID: 8a947d
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You bring Ada to the lobby and gather Fiddler Imp

>>867134
Ada: I do not really need much, I have plenty right here in my bomb bag!

Ada's bag has 5 Frag Grenades, 5 Incendiary Grenades, 2 Taser Grenades, and 2 Flashbangs. She seems content with simply hurling them as necessary.

>>867115
You're not above rooting through garbage for materials, you head to a nearby trash can to find that the inside of it just goes down forever.

Administrator: The waste bins here eject and dispose of any garbage for ease of cleaning once full, apologies but I prefer it to having to depend on others to empty them.

So much for your garbage, but there are still other places to take things from. You hurry and grab a few things that may be useful

You take a Glass Cup, and 2 Hand Mirrors

With everybody ready you still need a way to get there, Hakim's Phantom Express should do just fine.

2/3 Heretic 2018/02/14(Wed)21:49 No. 867676 ID: 8a947d
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Hakim summons the Phantom Express and drives you into the middle of the wasteland.

Ada: So you do not remember anything about where you last were with your friend?

Fiddler Imp: I remember we was real lost, all turned around in da middle of a sandstorm we couldn't get outta. Dat was da last time he summoned me.

Hakim: There's gonna be something around here that'll lead you to him. You might have to look a bit hard but you'll come across something eventually. Anyway, I can't stay here or drive you around in this thing, I'll drop you off in a good spot so you can look.

3/3 Heretic 2018/02/14(Wed)21:57 No. 867677 ID: 8a947d
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The train comes to a halt in the middle of the desert.

Hakim: No Church around for miles. You should be fine, and if not here.

Hakim tosses you a Bone Whistle.

Hakim: Blow that and I'll be on my way to get you guys. You've survived about three of my attempts on your life, you should be fine.

The Phantom Express drives off and fades into the distance. Fiddler Imp gets your attention.

Fiddler Imp: I think I recognize some a dis place. Me an' Moji stopped in a cavern to get outta da sandstorm he said dere was a small town a little bit dat way. I...I went back to da Aether to rest a little before then.

Fiddler Imp: ...Maybe if I didn't we wouldn't hafta be doin' dis now...b-but maybe dat town is a good place to check first.

Search the cavern first. If the town is still active, they might report you to the church.

>>867677
Hmm. I think when we go into town we'll have to ask around about the violin. Let's check the cavern first though, it's possible he was attacked just before he left for town. If it was essentially a single-room cave then I guess town is our first stop after all.

>>867679
This, it was where he saw him last.

>>867677
>I...I went back to da Aether to rest a little before then.
>...Maybe if I didn't we wouldn't hafta be doin' dis now...
Tell him that there’s no way he could’ve known and it’s not his fault.

>b-but maybe dat town is a good place to check first.
Let’s check the cavern first. He might’ve left something there.

I mean, yeah it’s been at least a hundred years, so if he did leave something there it might not be there anymore or it might be aged beyond recognition, but it wouldn’t hurt to at least check and make sure we don’t miss anything.

Go to the cavern first before heading towards town to get the most accurate track of where he went, If anything happened to him on the way there its possible you will find traces of it by doing so. Plus he may have left clues behind of where he was headed.

>>867689
It’s been at least 100 years since Fiddler was last summoned by Mojo, so any traces in between the cavern and the town are gonna be long gone.

The only traces we’ll find will hopefully be in the cavern and/or in the town.

Fiddler takes the lead, he's the only one who knew Moji.

Heretic 2018/02/17(Sat)07:32 No. 868170 ID: 8a947d
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You head for the cavern Moji stopped in first. It's a bit of a walk but you manage to reach it without any trouble.

it's a very large cavern, but it's still only one room. There isn't much to search, you don't find any bones or traces of anybody inside. Fiddler Imp looks a little disheartened.

Fiddler: I don't know what I expected...I guess we just gotta look for somethin' in da town.

The wind begins to pick up the sand and toss it into the air. Looks like a sandstorm is gonna start very soon. Hopefully, the town isn't too far from here.

Better hurry then.
Keep an eye out for the guide Hakim mentioned.

1/2 Heretic 2018/02/17(Sat)09:37 No. 868186 ID: 8a947d
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You try to continue on as fast as you can to avoid the oncoming sandstorm, but you aren't fast enough to get away from it. Soon enough you find yourself trecking through blinding sand, you're almost certain you'll get lost in this pretty quickly.

Ada: One thing about the surface I definitely don't care for!

You: Hey! at least you have extra eyes to spare!

2/2 Heretic 2018/02/17(Sat)09:39 No. 868187 ID: 8a947d
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You aren't sure if you're going the right way anymore! Before you give up entirely you see a trio of lights of in the distance. A scouting convoy maybe? They're approaching you as fast as cars...

>>868187
Use Aether Scan to see what’s there and to see if they’re friendly or not.

Hopefully, these aren’t more of those Headlight monsters!

Well try not to get run over.

>>868189
Aether Scan? Aether scan!

Definitely Aether scan.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

1/2 Heretic 2018/02/20(Tue)07:11 No. 868887 ID: 8a947d
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You do your best to keep your eye open in the sandstorm and activate Aether Scan [68oz ==> 58oz]. Now you see clearly, more of those Headlight creatures are running around here, and a trio of them is heading right for you!

2/2 Heretic 2018/02/20(Tue)07:16 No. 868889 ID: 8a947d
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You reach for your gun and warn Ada and Fiddler to get ready, but instead of attacking the Headlights rush past your group and continue to run away. They make high pitched wailing noises as they run away, you can see blood dripping out of a gash in one of their sides and ones missing an arm.

Ada: W-what were those things?

Fiddler: Bad news, dat's wat dey are. Well dey ain't botherin' us, let's getta move on.

Oh god.
What where they running from?

Hold on, this can't be good. If they are runing awaay from something, it has to be really tough. But what it worys me the most is from where they were runing from. If they where runing from the town you are going to, that means something dangerous is in your way, or in your very destination. Or, what it could be worst, you are already lost and heading who knows where becouse of the sandstorm.

Okay, this sandstorm is getting annoying, can we summon something to shield us or otherwise avoid getting pelted by sand?

>>868889
Tell Ada and Fiddler that the Headlights were scared, injured, and running away from something!

Let’s take a several steps to the side in case whatever did that is chasing the Headlights! We don’t want to get stepped on!

And if anyone has any rope or something similar, now would be a good time to tie it around each other so we don’t get separated! Otherwise, stay extremely close to each other! Hell, even holding hands would help!

Sounds like we need to be making ourselves scarce as well, I’m not keen on finding whatever they were running from

Keep Aether Scan activated. The extended blood cost is minor over time and if they're running from something you want advance notice of what it is.

...what if the sandstorm is created by a monster? Maybe that's what happened to Mojo.

Heretic 2018/02/20(Tue)12:52 No. 868964 ID: 8a947d
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They were running from something, but what? In fact, you aren't entirely sure if you're still going the right way. That or something dangerous is waiting for you near your destination. You bend down to pick up your hat when you hear something else approach from the same direction.

You don't have time to prepare before it's right in front of you. A masked man on a large bird, a skipper bird, stands in front of you holding a long scythe. Fiddler Imp was quick enough to return himself to the Aether before being seen. The man tries to speak to you, but it's hard to hear him through his mask and the storm. It just comes out as muffled grunts across all the noise, he doesn't seem like a threat though.

He looks around and turns beckoning you to follow him. It looks like he knows where he's going.

>>868964
If he knows where to go, then you should go ahead and follow him. It’s better than being lost in this sandstorm!

Make sure you hold onto Ada’s hand, so that you don’t get separated from her!

>>868964
Hmm... He looks like a pagan knight! Maybe he's friendly?

He's probably from town and is leading you there. Follow.

Don't wanna get seperated from our companion, so hold hands.

Any way to communicate with him? To ask him where the town is? If he could gide you? Stay close to Ada.

Follow

Heretic 2018/03/01(Thu)08:28 No. 870900 ID: 8a947d
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Without much of a choice, you and Ada follow behind him. For a while, all you can do is walk behind him in silence trying to get through the sandstorm until you see what looks like a small town up ahead. As you get closer to it the man's voice can be heard more clearly as the sandstorm dies down a bit.

???: Normally don't get many people 'round 'ere, nobody's dumb enough to walk out this far fer nothin'. It's a blessin' though, church don't come round here neither so we don't gotta worry 'bout them too much.

???: Though I don't think we've ever had pagans come here either, so what brings you round?

How does he know? Did he saw Fiddler earlier?

We are here to find out what happened with a guy who lost his violin somewhere around here 200 years ago. Maybe he died here maybe he keep living somewhere else without his instrument.

How does a town in the desert survive without commerce?

What makes you think we are pagans, besides the red outfits?
We are here looking for someone, that is most probably already dead for over 200 years now.

>>870900
>It's a blessin' though, church don't come round here neither so we don't gotta worry 'bout them too much.
Good. Those guys are a pain in the ass.

>Though I don't think we've ever had pagans come here either, so what brings you round?
Ask him what makes him think we’re pagans?

If he mentions seeing Fiddler before he disappeared or something else that would make sense, then go ahead and tell him why you’re here.

>>870910
Wouldn't it make more sense to mention Mojo rather than Fiddler? Maybe even mention his real name Mason Anthem.

>>870936
What are you talking about? It makes perfect sense because Fiddler was with us here: >>868964 , when this guy showed up. So if he mentions seeing Fiddler before he disappeared, then it makes sense why this guy is assuming we’re pagans when we didn’t even tell him that we’re pagans.

Also, there’s no way this guy was alive when Mojo was here, since that took place 100 years ago, so he wouldn’t mention seeing Mojo.

Well summon fiddler then.
Might as well tell him the truth.

I’m gallows and this ada, we’re here investigating the disappearance of a pagan known as mojo, this was his last known location.

But figuring that out’s gonna take a while so would you mind telling me who you are and a bit about this town if you can.

True, but I find it more likely that this guy may have heard of Mojo since this was his last known location. It just makes more sense to me that’s he may have heard of the man not the demons he summoned. Besides this guy doesn’t necessarily seem like a Pagan so he might not be familiar with demons and summons.

>>871018
No, pay attention. Right now, we’re asking why he’s assuming we’re pagans, we’re not talking about Mojo yet.

If he answers that he saw Fiddler just now in the present day with Roland, before he disappeared back to the Aether, that will answer our question of why he thinks we’re pagans even though we didn’t tell him that.

Let's get to town first, than we can talk.

1/2 Heretic 2018/03/06(Tue)10:49 No. 871963 ID: 8a947d
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You: What makes you think we're pagans?

???: It's not both of ya, just you. Aside from the red you were it's also the smell ya give off. No offense, but ya always stink like blood, ash, and rainwater. Even so, I'm not gonna tell no authorities or nothin'

He lifts his mask showing a familiar scar across his left eye.

???: I'm the last person who'd help the church with anything, same goes for anyone else in town.

2/2 Heretic 2018/03/06(Tue)11:05 No. 871967 ID: 8a947d
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You reach the town, a wooden sign at the front reads "Welcome to Sandysprings". The sandstorm as died down a bit but it still seems best that you head inside somewhere.

???: Goodness! I just realized I ain't even told ya my name yet. I'm Pete.

You: Roland, Pete I came here searching for someone who died a long time ago, maybe a little more than a hundred years?

Pete: Well I'm not sure I can help ya, I ain't that old. Maybe ask a few people and you'll find someone, though if it's been that long you'll need to get lucky if ya wanna find anything.

Pete: You can try the Hotel, it's been up and runnin' for years so there could be something there. Plenty of people gather in the Saloon for drinks, there are some old folks there too that might know somethin'. We've also got a General Store, a Barbershop, a Sheriff, plenty of places for you to check.

Pete: Welp, I'm headin' to the Saloon for a drink. By the way, If you see a blonde woman in a white jacket I suggest you stay away from her.

You: That's a pretty vague description.

Pete: You'll know her when you see her, hopefully, she don't take no interest in you. Anytime she's around weird stuff happens. Anyway goodluck on your search! You know where I'll be if you need me.

Pete trots off on his skipper bird and you're left in the middle of town. You have a few places you could go and any of them sound better than sitting out here.

Let's accompany Peter to the Saloon. Even if no one can help our search that is a good place to get a feel for the people around here.

We should keep an eye out for this woman, and approach her immediately if seen. She might be a prophet, and if her god is a local-ish one they might have a lead.

>>871967
>Introductios
Rude, you didn’t introduce Ada!

>If you see a blonde woman in a white jacket I suggest you stay away from her.
>You'll know her when you see her, hopefully, she don't take no interest in you. Anytime she's around weird stuff happens.
Would’ve been nice if he explained what kind of weird stuff.

Although, with our luck, she’s going to end up being the person with the information we’re looking for. Hopefully, she doesn’t turn out to be an enemy.

>Where to?
The last time we got anything that belonged to Mojo was when we bought it at Ada’s shop. So maybe we’ll get lucky and find something else that belonged to him at the General Store?

Make sure you ask people if they’ve ever heard of Mojo and make sure you use his real name and all that jazz.

>>871967
See if the sheriff is in their office. They're the most likely to have old records of people coming and going.

>>871967
>weird stuff happens
Sounds like a person we'd want to get involved with actually.

Go to the Sheriff. He'd be able to look up murders that happened in town.

Saloon is as good as any place to get some information about the town let’s head there first.

>blonde woman in a white jacket
>Anytime she's around weird stuff happens
Think that's our guide? I know we've been warned, but we are waiting for someone wierd to find us.

It would seem that the practice of removing someone's eyeball is more common by the Church Inquisitors that i would have thought. Sick bastards... Well, go to the saloon, those old people might know something.

You should take off your eye wrap and be all like HEY! I got one of those too!

>>871991
This sounds like a terrible idea. Althogh i would love to do it, we might get the atention of the wrong people with Galous's runes. There might be some priests or church's afiliates around, we should be careful.