Remember when you pee in the dream, you pee in real life!

Silence 2026/03/25(Wed)13:47 No. 1123930 ID: 6d1406
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The dream begins... and you awaken.

You are a mercenary known as Fox, you've got a job on this station here, Stanford Station as it's called. You have a long job ahead of you and if you play it right you'll make more money than you ever needed, you'll be able to pay off your ITA debts, and retire at last.

Your tail swishes, and you think to yourself about all the ways this job can go wrong. But for now, you have some armor, you have a job, and finally, you have a name. Fox is just a call sign.

What is your name?

And so begins our two week hiatus

Juniper

Steven McDot

>>1123951
Oh that's good!

>>1123937
Sure.

OK but make it quick and shut the door, we still haven't found that scorpion yet.

What's important is to not acknowledge the pirate's new scars. He's always had those. He is a pirate after all.

This isn't an assignment to conveniently get rid of some misfits is it?

well I doubt he's here to arrest anyone since he's by himself and didn't start the conversation by kicking down your door so let's hear him out.

just make sure you pocket that charcoal and if anyone tells the pirate about his face just tell him he came in like that and you haven't removed it because you weren't sure if he drew it on himself or not and didn't want to upset him. and if he did want to remove it point him to a wash area and say it should wash off fairly easily.

>>1123937
Mirror his pose and give him a gentlemanly fist bump. It would be rude to leave him hanging like that.

He might indeed find the three of us here, presuming of course that we are the three he's looking for. Who is "Palla", and why the interest in us particularly? An herbalist, a monk, and a drunken newcomer in our bed don't exactly have much in common, skill-wise. At least, I hope we're being requested for some special task; the alternative is that we're all involved in some sort of incident, and that spells trouble which may or may not be the fun kind.

Sverrir looks a bit worn out. Does he seem healthy to us? We're a healer, we've got to check.

>>1123886
Galena: Block the smokestack, choke the engine.

>>1123886
Huh? Silv can't stop casting Breakpoint once it affects something?! What an awkward limitation!

Hopefully Galena is doing something useful. Silv is gonna pass out soon since her spell is draining her mana...
Oh, we might be able to finish this fight using a technique we've used earlier... using runes directly! You could fly up and stuff some runes down that chimney. You could try Blast, which is volatile enough to explode on its own, or Corrosion to simply mess with the mechanism. I feel like Blast is our best bet right now, since we don't seem to be doing much damage and an internal explosion is our best bet.
Just make sure Galena isn't about to do a heroic leap out of a building onto it; making it explode when she lands on it would be bad.

>>1123886
Oh no.
Galena?
Where are you?

Scan.

Hmm, Silv ought to be able to cease breakpoint. Silv see if you can sense the spell and maybe dismiss it. Not like you can do anything else in your condition.

Yeah, we can Scan for Galena.

Warn Mel: When you do pass out, Breakpoint will end and the power surge will probably nuke the Runeling, but also the laser might have a sudden surge of power.

Fox again, I have lots to talk about! Just for reference, I'll sometimes show up with two different pony names, due to quirks of how I go about talking to you.

So, do you sometimes perceive us as text, sometimes as sound? Or sometimes narrated text? How does that work on your end?

So, I did actually describe your new abilities and a lot of things to test with regards to your edification, go check those messages when you have some time.

Why not, rather than the p-word, say, 'Theatrical Performance' or 'Theatrical Manuscript', depending on situation? Does that work better?

Regarding 'Bard', our understanding of how edification works is that, generally, if you are in one sort of 'Class' or theme that casts spells, it's generally worth it to stick with that Class unless you have a specific plan for why not to. So we'll probably be continuing the music (though it's more accurately 'performance') plus other supernatural abilities thing.

I would like to test some details on range, distance, and how selective we can be when communicating with others through you.

(Assuming she agrees, it'd go something like the next bit)

Hi Tanna and others! This is the Wind, Fox. I'm going to be doing some tests to see if we can be useful for passing messages! I'm going to try different permutations of including and excluding others from chat, and testing how far from Tanna we can still talk to you all! Okay, here I go!

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>>1123874
Well of course all of them didn't die around that same temple. It's not 1-1 the same every time.
But the general characteristics? Them being chased by a group, an important object, them dying on the ground? Yeah I'd say the gods of fate are capable of turning things towards something like that. Especially when they all work together towards the goal of fucking over whoever hosts this soul.

It just so happens that the "important mcguffin" this time happened to be connected to something beyond them.

dark sclera are hot though. You're totally going to kill it as a seductive bard if you end up going that way

>>1123647
Heya squeaks.
Lookin good pardner.
Real spirit sherriff look youre rockin.

Hey, im glad it worked out that you get to keep your personhood, even if its not quite fully part of the world. You get to keep being a you.
I still think youd have made a cool familiar, but thats probably a big step.

>>1123877
Hey, fox.
I think our cowboy here has an answer for your first part about how she percieves this.

Tanna said "thats a lot of text" but i dont think were impeding her with blinding walls of words. That and her ability to handle so much communication quickly, i think our mousey cowpoke here is helping her brain parse everything and reply at the speed of thought.
Another pointer toward whats happening;
The other two react like theyve heard a sound.
Early tanna did too.
This leads me to think our lil buddy is cutting out the process and just plopping the understanding of having recieved this message into their brains and their grey matter is just interpreting that in the way that makes best sense to them.
Sound being the most natural way.
But tanna has had more experience and gets a lot more in the way of messages.
Im thinking for tanna its like... having a third eye dedicated to a space thats nothing but the text, but one she can will closed if she needs to, like when she took her little breather.

If im on to something sherriff squeaks, just tip yer hat as you mosey on by.

Someone realized that common quartz vibrated when hit by lightning. They discovered it worked in reverse, that vibrating it could make tiny amounts of lightning. They also discovered that when lightning struck one lightning rod, other nearby ones would act as if struck by tiny amounts of lightning. So by tying a stiff membrane to the quartz, it vibrates from your voice, to the quartz, to the lightning, from one rod to the other, then back to quartz, and a second membrane. Which would vibrate just like your voice! These membrane-quartz devices coordinate using huge lightning rod towers arranged in a grid called "cells."

Anyway it's not really important what a cell phone is, but a group able to accomplish all that is very powerful and smart, so beware of anyone talking into palm sized rectangles! Also there are no towers, so it's probably just a magic rectangle.

> How do I tell her? And what about my eyes?!

You're a Shadow Minstrel. Why that made your sclera dark instead of giving you huge pupils, idk. Just tell them you edified and you don't know more than that. Neither do we really. (I voted for the spider!)

Whoa Justice is tall. or maybe not its hard to tell in this void.

place object justice beside the tree and let her do her thing

JUSTICE! it is time to enact judgement upon these heinous fowl! also you're very beautiful.

>>1123570
Oh shit.
Shes blinded and got a sword! Make sure you dont frighten her or shell start blindly swinying about

Tell Justice her dress is falling off, in case she can tell.

Then tell her the bad things the tree has been doing.
Inspect the heart of the tree to know if it is evil and unrepentant, so we may....uh...take it to tree jail or something.

STORE Justice in your heart.

UPCRAFT Mercy so that it becomes an object also.

STORE Mercy in your heart.

UPCRAFT your island into a bigger island.

Yamelle starts showing signs of labor! Looks like Dama has to continue carrying her again to the hospital.

Eh... what things need to be done around this time of day?
I guess you could make sure everything's in order, get a head start on closing duties.

the usual tidying up

Sashi: Wake up demanding brittle chips.
Da: Crack open another cold one and converse with your employees a bit while scrubbing out the pool.
Ma: Pop in one your music CDs you got. Listen to some music while you collect some lingering bath towels and get them in the wash.

Yeah, tidying up and stuff! Don't forget to thank the babysitter!

>>1123568
The second option doesn't mention how easy it would be for the wizard to detect or capture you... I'm guessing very easy to detect, but harder to capture?
Honestly being summoned is probably best because then we'll have a support network. Trying to stealth through as a disguised mortal only works until it doesn't. Having a plan B is impossible there, while being summoned gives us options. Also being summoned and having a spirit helper means more flexibility for doing something like being a giant distraction while Ho’kaoko sneaks in... though it does mean we can't go full stealth.

>pay?
Haha I just realized we're effectively patrons of your domain. Our payment is sex-related.
Anyway I wanna see someone make out with your tail. You can do it yourself if you like.

Honestly? A summoner seems like the better bet here since you're going up against a full-on wizard. Besides, it'll help you get more 'contacts' that might look favorably upon you for later fun!

I guess I'd lean towards the mortal disguise. You're not at risk, so playing with a lower power bank isn't that big of a deal.

>Payment
*Ahem* *Cough* *Reads Notes* -is it the prostate or - oh crap, should rewrite that part... aaand... there. *Deep Breath*
You shall transform Ho’kaoko into your three-headed anthropomorphic penis.

>>1123568
Quick question: This is a dungeon and presumably has delvers in it, could you do the whole demon classic of - find someone in a dire situation and offer them a deal for help - thing? Could be a way to get summoned by someone already in the place we're aiming for and gives you an automatic minion to act on your will.

TLDR: Become a warlock patron

tail...

hey maybe weird question but that guy that used to be in charge that was turbo awful that you ate wouldn't happen to be your tail now would he

>>1123575
Why does Dente think the park rangers might be involved, and how? Everything we've seen implies they're trying to stop criminals; is there some reason we shouldn't trust them?

More broadly, how much do the people hunting Dente know about her and/or us? To escape them, we need to know how well they can predict our movements.

Solid walls and earth block radio frequencies, so we're going to be off-grid for the foreseeable future.

Let's go deeper and see if there's another exit.

walk and talk, or whisper. Let Lana do the interrogating since she's being so particular. Keep moving

>drugs are involved
Ok, the endgame is to get her into rehab, and possibly police protection if she can provide any worthwhile testimony, but the police might not be particularly kind to an addict... I wonder if we care about that.
We can tell the miner in here (if we run into him) about the rehab angle. He should be amenable, since it's like a rescue thing. You know, on top of literally rescuing her from being hunted down.

In fact, we should try to go find that guy. He knows the mines, maybe with his help we can find a spot to hide until the rangers show up and scare off the poachers. If she has good reason to believe the rangers are in league with the criminals she's running from, we'll be out of low risk options. If she has a shitty reason to suspect them, then we'll try to get their help anyway.

>>1123575
Briefly think about burying the hatchet in dente's forehead.
I mean, youre not going to.
There isnt even a real hatchet.
But you might find the mental image cathartic.

Then quietly head deeper in.
Pickford let her go once after patching her up so you can be fairly sure that hes not on side with whoever is chasing her.
Plus, if theres anyone here whod know the mine, its him.
He may know a way to slip by them, lose them or even pop out somewhere else. If any of those are possible, hed know.

Mind Slave the doggo!

Oragatt 2026/03/14(Sat)05:20 No. 1123425 ID: 0d1c28
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with the flick of her finger Oragatt casts [Mind Slave] and the hapless vavver falls under her sway.

Well, your thrall isn't under any orders not to kill. Sic him on the clerics while you hook this fish and toss him back in the river.

Make him unequip everything and harry his comrades! Maybe it'll be enough of a distraction you can [Mind Slave] the rest of them! And also make them all unequip their everything.

>>1123438
Good idea!

I agree with the others. It seems like you're not going to be able to get away, so hold your ground and fight back.

Try to knock him down. If he goes prone, he'll be easier to finish off.

Grimothy 2026/03/10(Tue)23:43 No. 1123271 ID: 0d1c28
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Grimothy pecks at Rodrick, causing him to tumble onto the ground.
Rodrick lashes out at Grimothy as he falls.

Taunt him by shaking your tail feathers.

kick the weapon out of his hand

Stamp your foot down on his chest to hold him down, and tear off his pants.

It detects you through scent? Looks like the secret strat to throw it off its game is by throwing used clothes around so it never knows where you are! Brett must be impressed by the dedication to this prank in such a short account of time! So impressed he tells Kimberly and Dean they totally scared the pants off of him. And then he throws his pants at them, which he took off, what a guy! Chekhov's Dropped Pants to distract the monster later at the perfect time will maybe save the day, or at least one person in that moment.

Yeah yeah, real funny prop. cool that they made it land with the right page of its book open, but let's not give this any real weight. A real skeleton wouldn't still be holding its journal after dying. That sort of thing only happens in cartoons and cheap B-movies.

And this is real life, so it must be fake!

Don’t look at the prop too closely, it’ll be right behind you!

>>1121373
Brett shouts up at the door
"Hey guys? Aint a wendigo one of those cool RV things?"
Camera pans up with the book as brett picks it up, pulling back to see the horned shadow over his unaware shoulders.

Don't dead open inside!

Landi needs you most at the moment

Stay silent.
He's lived in a bog made of lies. An autocracy built on hollow nuances and twisted virtues.
If he doesn't wear many faces, he's the designated suicide bomber. You can't trust where he's going.

>>1122835
Àgreed.
This stinks of a lesson hes planning on teaching.

But we may not be allowed to stay silent so if that is the case... we should pick the one capable of withstanding any cruelty he may be planning.

never trust a pretty boy. him calling them soft does not scream good intentions... 2.

Landi

>>1122631
Male, 40s, northerner. Whitewall, maybe? Brown hair, pale blue streaks on the sides of his beard. Squints like he's nearsighted, marks on his nose from glasses he's not currently wearing. Scholarly, but, based on his callused hands, and overall muscle tone, also has some reasonably recent experience wrangling heavy machinery. Hasn't gotten much sleep in the past week but was eating well before that.

He's scooting the chair backward and trying to steer toward a pile of stuff on top of a cabinet in the corner. Pile looks like... overcoat, chainmail shirt, backpack, couple of books, gold necklace with a sunburst pendant, knife on a belt.

rolled 6, 9, 4, 9, 2, 7, 5, 1, 10, 3, 8, 8, 8, 5, 6, 9, 1, 10, 10, 2, 7, 2, 4, 6, 9, 5, 9, 7, 9, 6, 8, 1, 1, 7, 8, 1, 4, 4, 2, 10, 9, 1, 10, 4, 3, 5, 2, 2, 2, 9 = 280

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Malice circles around behind the prisoner and drops Hidden Predator Camouflage. She steps over to the cabinet and picks up the knife, pulls it out of its sheath, pockets the necklace, leafs through the books a bit. Then she turns around and speaks, trying every language she knows. "Hey! Why do they have you tied up down here? You're not going to hurt me if I set you free, right?"

Can I find the guy's glasses?

>mechanics
Mostly a Dex + Larceny roll (5 + 5) to steal the necklace without him noticing.

Character Sheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1HRodWW0VRJ5_BLe3C_XpgGld3kaaywmEtmqGj4yjHgk/edit?usp=sharing

Proposed character. Would be looking for a place to build up a cult, craft some equipment or artifacts, otherwise solidify advantages. Could very easily have gotten stuck here somewhere, especially since I haven't yet fit Transcendent Desert Creature in here. Need an Urge, Kimberian or Cecelynian, and the Stone of Acrid Understanding could be changed to another background if more appropriate.

rolled 6, 10, 10, 1, 3, 7, 3, 2, 10, 9, 10, 5, 2, 4, 6, 5, 10, 10, 2, 7 = 122

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>>1122567
>Anyways, we need to take over, but stealthy like, right? Don't want to call the attention of any immaculate too early.
>>1122589
>When she gets on the ground, she immediately triggers Urban Hell Renovation to creates a column from which to stand above everyone, not that her height of over 7 feet really requires it.

Aaaaaaand great, okay, full mask off, no disguises, fantastic. That means anyone who's not down to rebel against the realm is going to automatically look for ways to subvert and resist. Lets see, could try to fake a confrontation, but that'd only go so far, and from what she can tell Xi-hun seems unlikely to play along with... well with much of anything, really. These people are fucked either way, no saving them from the realm now which means instead we need to find a way to disappear when the hammer comes down. A fleet of ships? Probably too hard to hide...

While contemplating just how exactly they're going to hide their base of operations from the watchful eye of sycophants and fools, Akemi brings the ship down. Of course, her dad never had her do exercises on demonic hellships before, but honestly there's a lot of overlap. Two miles outside of town, around a bend in the canyon walls so the ship isn't immediately visible through the tall grass. She has the crew make camp here, offloading goods and setting up tents. Using rod of verdant minerals to prep some trade goods- unsurprisingly, there was plenty of brass and copper

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rolled 9, 2, 2, 1, 7, 2, 3, 5, 2, 1, 9, 6 = 49

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>>1122607

"Good no question." Xi-hun bends down while looking at various people who seemed to have spoken in Old Realm. "Now it seems some of you might be aware of some prediction I may not be aware off right this moment. Would anyone of you be willing to correct this mishap? Also the usual landscape aren't present so if you would kindly point out a few, that would be extra useful."

The Storyteller 2026/03/07(Sat)00:54 No. 1123111 ID: 9fe8e1
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…unfortunately, I know that for one of you, it will be too much.

Party Fear Level:
[Roger: 100/100]

Roger has gained a point of Insanity.

…I hope that this is all worth it.

To the leftover twin, struggling to feel whole…

To one who strives to elevate others, but struggles not to put himself down…

To a fighter, who would reject any world that fails to live up to their standards…

To Lemmy, because we had an extra gift to go around…

I grant you all ears that can Hear their voices. May their guidance lead you closer towards your goals.

And to the girl whose story is unwritten… I cannot offer you the same. Instead, to you, I offer a special place in the veil. To you, miraculous child of Cattenom, I shall make you an Anchor. Through your fixed point, may the Spirits help carve a path.

May we change the past, the present, and our futures with these gifts.

…I hope it’s enough.

The Storyteller 2026/03/07(Sat)00:55 No. 1123112 ID: 9fe8e1
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…

…A few of you cast votes to try and protect me, even though I wasn’t an option. That was nice of you, even if it can’t change anything.

This won’t be the last time our paths cross. Fate will bring us together again, here in Cattenom. Maybe if things finally change, then, one day, we can meet somewhere else. Maybe I’ll be someone else, and you will be too. I think I would like that a lot.

Until then… Tell Roger not to forget my candy!

The Storyteller 2026/03/07(Sat)00:55 No. 1123113 ID: 9fe8e1
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…

…

…

You crunch the empty can against your head, grabbing another from your bag. You’re still too sober for this.

‘Bec: “...Gonna look like a real jackass if it kills me.”
‘Bec: “Guess I won’t feel bad for leavin’ Clive behind, though.”
‘Bec: “Actually, fuck that. If I’m dying, so should he. Should’a made a suicide pact when I still had the chance.”
‘Bec: “...Feh. Like he’d sign one, if he couldn’t get his baby bro in on it too.”

Briefly, you wonder whether or not Stein’s kid had come this way. Apparently, the freaky kid was killed, and you know those two were friends. Would it have hurt him enough to throw himself into the void?

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The Storyteller 2026/03/07(Sat)00:56 No. 1123114 ID: 9fe8e1
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You sprint forward and leap into the unknown.

‘Bec: “DO YOUR FUCKING WORST!!!”

The Storyteller 2026/03/07(Sat)00:57 No. 1123116 ID: 9fe8e1
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…

…

…

Perpetuity Thread 3A: END

Claudio 2026/03/06(Fri)03:53 No. 1123053 ID: 50cb5c
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>look up what is happening on the outer colonies?
The Outer colonies Current situation

The colonies, that had been a point of pride of the Alliance, as the first cooperative project between all members of the Alliance, had been for the most part abandoned in the last decades, as the Alliance focused their resources less in exploration and expansion, and more on reconstruction after the war.

The colonies had been left mostly to fend off by themselves, with only token assistance as essential supplies were delivered, or through different patrols that ensure the safety of the colonies, at least against larger threats. The colonies themselves though, quickly saw themselves regressing to lower industrial and technological levels, many colonists abandoning their homes and moving to the edge worlds as refugees. The most affected of these were the few colonies that had just began growing at the start of the war, the ones who made first contact with the Baktre Hegemony, and as such found themselves in the middle of the war.

While the reconstruction took most of the Alliance resources, the Alliance itself never abandoned the colonies, though this didn’t help the feelings of abandonment and resentment many of the colonies had towards the alliance itself.

Claudio 2026/03/06(Fri)03:54 No. 1123054 ID: 50cb5c
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>Ask if there's anything interesting over in the Aoemi Sector.
Kadmian: “Ah, well, from what I gathered, before the war, the Aoemi sector, and the system of the same name, was an important hub connecting to several other sectors under colonization at the time. It became a meeting point for the colonists, and a supply warehouse to ensure the colonies would continue growing… It had to be evacuated and abandoned during the war as the Alliance was pushed back, but even then, the old warehouses soon became a sort of safe-house for the few that had to be left behind, both colonist and troops…

Now, those old warehouses were preserved, even once the rebuilding started. They are planning on making it a museum of sorts, about the war, and about the story of the survivors and refugees of that time. I’ll be working on some new warehouses and logistic depots that are being built in the same planet. Personally, I’m glad that’s the case, even if it would be more time and effort on my part… I’d feel weird stacking boxes in what used to be a home for people who lost theirs…”

Carlos: “… I think I’d like to visit that museum sometime. Whenever it opens.”

Kadmian: “Yeah, I imagined. Just let me know when you get some leave, and I’ll see if I can book you for a good tour. I feel the planet is going to be growing quite a bit in the coming years.”

>>1120845
That’s… a good idea… alright, I know Kadmian likes puns, they are quite popular among his culture… Maybe I can do something with that and socks…? Well, anyway I should start setting it up… Hopefully I can make something up as I go… or just keep it simple… he’d appreciate it either way, I think… And he has been a good friend through our d

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Claudio 2026/03/06(Fri)03:56 No. 1123056 ID: 50cb5c
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And just as I was about to continue, the sound of the door to the colonel’s office sliding open silenced everyone...

Col. Santios: “Alright! You got your assignment. Now Move it! We are behind schedule!”

The familiar yelling of our esteemed and clearly stressed colonel suddenly roars through the hallway, as one of my classmates rushes out of the office, I don’t even have time to tell who it was, as they ran through the hallway, presumably to do their final preparations before leaving the system.

Col. Santios: “Alright… how many more are there…?

He quickly takes a glance a each and every one of us. None of us speaks up.

Col. Santios: Good… Give me 5 minutes, I got a priority call. In the meantime, all of you stay here. Including you, Sub-lieutenant Kadmian, since it seems you have nothing better to do, you might as well hear the briefing since it will be concerning you as well.”

And without further explanation, he closes the door and a deafening silence fills the hallway.

Kadmian: “Heh… Well, this looks interesting. Delma doesn’t know what she’s missing.”

>…

Check the perfume to see if it's something you wouldn't mind smelling like. Dab some on yourself if it's ok.

send Delma a text letting her know she has five minutes to get here. Probably won't do anything but it would be kind of funny to think she'll rush her out of breath thinking she was missing something important.

>>1119776
no cold logic, hot logic. Simmering anger and restlessness are the only thing keeping us going right now. Keep that boiler stoked or we will pass out again.

Oken 2026/03/02(Mon)20:58 No. 1122857 ID: 0d1c28
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It's best to trust them for now, if they turn on me... well I guess I'll just have to deal with that.

Fuze is waiting for my approval, I give it. "good enough"

I turn to leave but I stop short and turn "Do you know what a boiler is?"

Fuze chuckles "I suppose you aren't talking about heating water..."I give him a silent stare for that one, he sigh and removes his glasses to clean them "Ahem well, there isn't any official classification it seems to lump in a number of symptoms and can occur under a plethora or stress induced situation, but to put it bluntly most doctors classify a 'Boiler' as someone undergoing a type of degenerative battle frenzy, it's considered very rare in actuality and the term is more commonly applied as a sort of slang insult between low class Astranians. does that help?"

>>1122857
Degenerative how?

What are the symptoms?

>>1122857
That... kinda makes sense.
However, i suspect its considered degenerative because of the rarity. Not enough victins to fully understand and no real will to find a way to treat it. Also seems like a catch all phrase.

I have my suspicions but theyre irrelevent to this, so, back on the short terms goals and step by step thinking.
Ace pilot oken needs to be in that control room.
Time to move out.

[2/5] Stingpie 2026/03/01(Sun)22:54 No. 1122780 ID: 35d66b
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"Tony points toward Kleincakes and her fuzzy friend."
"Tony: 'I don't know what youse was thinking tryin'ta fight without any weapons.'"
"Tony's gang needs no words to tell them what's to be done."
"Tony: 'You ain't smart in my book if ya pussy-foot around what needs ta be done.'"
"He slowly walks behind the gang approaching Kleincakes & Meep Meep."
"Tony: 'Lil' miss science ovah here think she's so smaht.'"
"Tony: 'Thinks she's so important.'"
"Tony: 'Thinks every lil' thing is gonna go her way cuz she's so special.'"
"Tony: 'Well, I hate ta be the one ta tell you this, but there ain't a supahman goin' around setting things right.'"
"Tony: 'It's just me and you out here.'"

[3/5] Stingpie 2026/03/01(Sun)22:55 No. 1122781 ID: 35d66b
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"Tony: 'And you brought nuttin' to a knife fight.'"

[4/5] Stingpie 2026/03/01(Sun)22:55 No. 1122782 ID: 35d66b
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"Footsteps come thundering down the street, a fluid of faceless bodies brandishing knives and guns.
"Meep Meep stays to defend the fleeing doctor, who takes one more look at the situation before dropping into the stormdrain."

[5/5] Stingpie 2026/03/01(Sun)22:56 No. 1122783 ID: 35d66b
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"With a 'plop' Kleincakes lands in the basin."

He looks at you with an unusual combination of smugness and dissapointment.

"Now, onto the addition phase. You can forfeit now, if you'd like. I think I have a fairly good hold of how you think."

An awkard smile crosses his face.

"I guess that's my not-so-subtle way of saying my next move is a winning one."
"Now, what would you like to introduce?"

I would add a vent in the wall that leads to the boiler room of the neighboring hotel, which has a fine old sauna and bathhouse. This boiler room is minorly famous, mainly among plumbers and workmen, for being ancient, poorly planned, and being an agonizingly hot tangle of steam pipes.

A fine place for a slime to hide, no?

>>1122688
Stirring not sitting stir always when Heating so this should take in total 6 minutes

>>1122667
Dig deep.
There could be a booty themed prize.

Ensure you arrange the fridge magnets in the rudest phrase available. Butts seems like a low hanging fruit though.

Need to think about how to make those 17 bucks stretch to fill a fridge.
What?
Fifteen percent service charge is fair. And you aint spending your own hard earned cash, are you?

Cost effective foods:
Rice, beans, maybe milk (by volume per dollar), raw ingredients like sugar or flour, raw vegetables

>>1122695
Means we can make out own bread and pastry dough the two food groups also beans surprisingly Good on toast

I don't see baking turning out well. Better to get food that's simple to cook.

Rice and beans are cheap yeah, but don't forget store bought bread and pasta. Eggs tend to be affordable (even in this fucked up economy) and sometimes groceries have short-lived sales to get rid of food that's about to expire; you can take advantage of that. Might even be possible to find someone selling bruised or unattractive produce at a steep discount.

LW 2026/02/25(Wed)05:55 No. 1122605 ID: 0d1c28
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Iolantha stashes the books underneath the bridge, maybe to return for later.

LW 2026/02/25(Wed)05:56 No. 1122606 ID: 0d1c28
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They continue down the river.
Porala spots a cave along the river it might work but she'd have to check it out further.

"It's so cold in the river..." Iolantha complains.

This is as good a hiding place as we're likely to find, if it has enough space. We need to make sure we have a place where we can get out of the water, and enough space to rest while drying off. It's likely to be cold and uncomfortable; safety is our first priority, but we need to make sure we're not going to develop hypothermia.

If nothing else, we should be able to stop here and recover our strength.

>>1122628
Agreed.
The ladies who arent born to it need out of the water for a while. Hopefully a dry ledge at least in there to huddle together on and share body heat

stop and rest in the cave

>>1121080
this makes sense

>>1121080
Third'd

>>1121080
We might want to mention the plan first, so we don't come back and he already cleaned them or st

>>1121102
I posted that, and I apologize that it wasn't clear this was my intent. Yes, we should ensure Malcolm understands what we're wanting to do.

We could potentially try to negotiate something like nine gold up front and the rest on completion if we don't manage to clean the vials, but that feels like it might be tempting fate.

-Counter Offer: His reputation.

Impeding the queen's laundry is impeding the queen.

Impeding the queen is treason.

Treason is punishable by being named the new village stinkbutt.

Repeat this law with the tone and gaze of steel that abides to argument, and the detergents of royal quality shall be yours.