>>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

Call the park rangers. They have enough manpower to help us immediately, and will not draw much extra attention with their movements. Tell them to bring something that can hide someone's appearance. Fur dye would work, and a chance of clothes. The plan is for the rangers to take her into custody and interview her to gather more evidence against the "poachers", escalating the situation to the local police if needed.

The rangers can obscure their actions by pretending to administer first aid to Dente for getting injured in the mines. We know it's dangerous in there.

I wouldn't involve more people than are already involved. Call the studio

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Also, I think we should ask how her paws got injured before we call anyone, especially the park rangers. the Donkey Pickford said it was sharp rocks from not wearing shoes, but if she says a different reason, Pickford, or Dente could be lying, potentially meaning some if not all the park rangers might not be trustworthy if its Pickford.

Also, don't mention what Pickford said until she answers. That might influence what she answers

>>1123049
Im not sure who to call.
Band would take time.
Rangers are closer but authorities of any kind are going to panic dente.
Theres a small chance, very slim, of rangers being connected to something bad and while i doubt that paranoid little impulse, i cant completely leave it unacknowledged.

One thing we have to remember is dente has already been in the caves and we dont know why.

The other is, this dumbass may panic and flee into the mines the second we make the call so put on you mental running shoes.

I now notice that Lana seems worried about something nearby. We should get moving fast, no time for more questions.

I already suggested the park rangers, but when we call them, we shouldn't say too much over the radio. Tell them that our girlfriend's leg is acting up and we'd like a ride back to their station. That won't give us away to anyone listening; we'll tell them more when we have time.

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.

>>1122734
Boss.
As much as i hunger to see you at your most, well, ~you~ , the primal world isnt right. It behooves me to suggest the one you should take not the one i want.

So I say The Dungeon of Akamak the Oasis-Seeder.
Its a place that you can show your depths as well as strengths without relying on your full power unleashed which im sure your sweet angel already knows.

The idea of both of you using your abilities to overturn a techno distopia is too good an idea to use yourself. Its a perfect date as other souls have stated.

Pirates pirates pirates! Yarr!

the oasis seeder seems like the best one as far as who deserves to be taken down a peg. And who knows, prehaps you could find a way to influence him for the better along the way.

eat the rich

I vote The Dungeon of Akamak the Oasis-Seeder; Eat the Rich sounds like a good date time (sequel maybe?)

4/5 Nalthar 2026/03/03(Tue)00:27 No. 1122895 ID: fd169b
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"I'm sorry, I shouldn't argue with myself."

"No no, its... its understandable." Slime picked up Crow and started staggering off. "Oof. Let's take some time to get used to it. Good luck with the grove!"

"Good luck with... crows!" Slime walked over to get a better look at the nest.

"Hey Squirrel, hey guys. Can I help?" Slime asked. A chorus of bug voices answered. "Build us something!" "Yeah! like a stream!" "Or a place to keep seeds in." "Something like that!"

5/5 Nalthar 2026/03/03(Tue)00:29 No. 1122896 ID: fd169b
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Meanwhile Slime and Crow were winging their way to the orchard.

"So there's two of you now?" Crow asked, giving Slime the side eye.

"More or less." Slime dithered "I mean we're both still Slime, just in two places, if that makes sense."

"It doesn't really. That isn't going to happen to me is it?"

"I... don't think so."

" It better not. I'm pretty much the best crow, and I don't need competition. Speaking of..."

Up ahead were two trees near the orchard fence, each with a crowd of yelling crows. Crow had to shout to be heard. "Right, my crew is those pretty crows in the taller tree." Crow indicated a group that to Slime looked identical to the other one. "So if you'll just, you know, do your thing- ah caw! Here comes trouble."

From the orchard a V formation of drones was headed straight towards the corvid gathering. Crow glared "I hate those big bugs. They're always trying to blow their nasty poison clouds at us poor crows. Come one lets do something before they get here."

(you can suggest for both instances of Slime)

>>1122896
Taller tree. Uh. Right.

Instructions unclear, made all the crows smart so they have the sense of mind to negotiate with eachother.

Let nature take its course, it doesn't need our intervention.

Crow slime:
Continue the march to crow war! Go to the tree that crow #1 gestured towards, absorb the crows and then make them immune to pesticide. Then, modify their wings to be more dexterous and usable as hands. Finally, give them instructions on how to create primitive weaponry (spears, clubs, bows, etc.).

This is optional, but you may want to make them swear fealty to you, so they don't turn against you.

Fox slime:
Having hundreds of bugs yell instructions at you isn't going to work for very long. The bugs need to build a parliament, which then votes on what should be done next. In the meantime, conscript Squirrel to help you build a seed depot. You can't really make a stream without a source of water, and you certainly can't dig without uprooting a few grasses.

(1/3) kpwlt 2026/03/02(Mon)12:25 No. 1122841 ID: 127310
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>given the eye symbol's placement on the first map it would seem to indicate Sam's position

The symbol has moved with Sam and it’s the same as the one on her dress.

>red and green symbols

The green symbol generally indicates the Lower House or the Legislature as a whole. The red symbol is the logo of Hazard Association. It could be that Uberto and Simone’s weapons were either imbued with some power, or some power rubbed off on them, causing them to register.

>Does Sam know any birds?

Not personally. She has issues with Uberto’s cockatiel, though.

>Oh, she can't be the burning figure though, you saw what she was wearing and it didn't match what the figure was wearing, right?
Hella was wearing black and white, loose, sort of boxy clothing, and wore her long orange hair down. It was difficult to see what the burning figure was wearing because of its large and indistinguishable form.

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(2/3) kpwlt 2026/03/02(Mon)12:25 No. 1122842 ID: 127310
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Sam retrieves her documents on Kleidas and completes the ritual prescribed for a situation as close as conceivable to this one.

A ripple of darkness extends from Sam’s hand and corrodes a part of the wall. She steps back to allow the sliver of rock to peel away and crumble into nothingness. The room starts to smell quite strongly of the absence of black tea.

A feathered mass bulges in place of the star-shaped slice. It’s as though whatever was on the other side has pressed itself up to its own wall as best it can. A mound in the centre of the apparition cleaves itself in two to reveal a featureless eye.

(3/3) kpwlt 2026/03/02(Mon)12:25 No. 1122843 ID: 127310
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A pale membrane flicks across the viscous dark several times. With each pass, it embeds some greyish afterimage into Sam’s mind.

A lot going on here.
Looks like you working with the birds. wielding a feather, then summoning a bird, and it must have gone well because you have a crown in the third image.
Also of note is you are holding a halberd.

the question is; is this a premonition, or an offer?

The first image. You are standing in a room with thorned vines and bones. You are holding up a feather... there is someone in the doorway.
I think this means the feather can be found in the corpse room.

The second image. You have performed or are performing some sort of ritual, and a crow stands on a pentacle drawn on the floor.
Clearly you can use the feather to summon the crows.

The third image. You are wearing a crown, wielding a halberd, and there are symbols visible... those black symbols on the map that look like flies are attached to your hand by lines. There are buildings in the background.
Hmm. I guess this means you become ruler of... whatever this place is? They're promising good things will happen to you after you summon them. Perhaps they're saying you will have control.


Well, no harm in getting the feather at least. We can confer with our allies as to whether it's a good idea to summon the birds.

>>1122583
Ok now that we know what the symbols generally mean I think the black fly symbols are associated with Hella's group... assuming she's in her office. If Hella is in the pit room then the orange symbol is her, and there's someone else in the office.

>Hella is wearing black and white
>She peers through the makeshift door and spies a black and white clad figure hunched over a crate. The figure quickly ceases its rummaging and bursts into bright orange flame.
Yeah either Hella is the culprit, or someone that dresses like her, which would mean someone in her organization. After we decide what to do about the crows, we should confront her.

[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

i think it's time to leave, before they have a chance to "sniff you out". we need to tell the others what we've learned, and that our enemies may have a way to track us

...It was never just the meat the Gormoamhi witches were sacrificing. And they had no idea.

The Rezans did the impossible. They brought the dead back to life. This is not something you can discard back into the void. It could change your way of life. It could make you worthy of bedding your goddess...

And, of course, it could let you torture these @#$%s to death over and over for all the hurt they've brought upon you.

Be patient. Wait. Trust the Daoine.
Silly, I know. But if you succeed, you're both going to live for a very long time.

Baron 2026/02/23(Mon)23:14 No. 1122552 ID: 89ca74
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Loquui is hesitant, but she trusts the dah-een that smells like Yahn. He is ingratiating himself to the other creatures with all the skill she expects of a subservient nonperson. In fact, they seem to accept him as just another servant, even though he clearly doesn't have the wrongness of the other Dah-een or Yakubi.

Baron 2026/02/23(Mon)23:15 No. 1122553 ID: 89ca74
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Loquui cannot hear, but the big Ghostskin, barks something at Yakubi, and Yakubi barks at the Dah-een. They follow. So Loquui follows.

They weave through the streets. Loquui is struck by a sense of nostalgia. These places used to be filled with her sisters, and bitches that needed a good thrashing, but there was always such noise and life. Now they are empty. It makes it harder for Loquui to hide, but she has experience. As a pup, she'd used the strange stone buildings and their funny holes to crawl into places the mistress could not sniff her out.
Though she is bigger now, Loquui finds all the old places with amazing ease, and gracefully climbes back into the narrow spaces betwe-betwee-BETWEEN-it seems the walls shrank since last time Loquui used them, as she it stuck. She'll have to wriggle her way out. Hopefully Yakubi will leave a scent she can follow-

Baron 2026/02/23(Mon)23:16 No. 1122554 ID: 89ca74
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Oh, Yakubi is getting pummelled. That's funny.





Wait, Yakubi is getting pummeled! BY SHOKZALI?!

Fox here.

Dammit Kome, you've gone full conspiracy theorist. Yea, there is SOME evidence about the cult and past Tanna and all that, but Kome you're drawing wayyyyy too many conclusions and specifics and things that suggest particular courses of action when that exact scenario is NOT supported!

Also I think the lizard lady killed the people there as loose ends, not kidnapped them. She was about to release some sort of spell on them with an outstretched hand, and the angle we viewed, with the shadow and everything, was dramatically appropriate to, in visual storytelling, implying that someone was going to be executed but that the act wasn't to be shown.

As far as actionable information, the the reason I suggested the mechanical discussion was one of the things that sent Kome to do... his thing; there's technology present in your reality that is implausibly advanced, and also working implausibly well given the lack of necessary supporting infrastructure (a smart cellular telephone should require visible cellular towers which should require an electrical grid which should require an electrical power plant, and all of that needs to be maintained, etc. etc.), and we need more information and a baseline to figure out what to do about that. Preferably something beyond a basic, 'hey people are importing high tech stuff, go find whoever is inevitably importing insanely advanced firearms and take them, and then take them to someone for turning them into magic weapons'.

Anyway Tanna, the last part of the dream where you felt like you got shot? In the dream, the other you did actually get shot by a revolver that's one of the aforementioned insanely advanced firearms, which, though it wasn't real and was a dreamscape, the fact that it caused you pain (a headshot from a real one would have been painless, instant annihilation, by the way) and the concept of the item existing locally, even i

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>>1122542
Oh my... That's a lot.

>Ask your companions if they have heard of ‘firearms’, ‘guns’, or ‘muskets’ or ‘flintlocks’.
Evel’yee already mentioned 'flintlock' in response to Tanna attempt to describe the concept of 'future-tech bows' she got from kome.
Took a long time for cannons to make tall vertical stone walls forts obsolete and that was a limitation of material resistance. It's possible that there are magical solutions that counter firearms in some way or that increase the efficiency of static defense making the need for a radical change of paradigm not yet needed.

>if there is an ancient civilization that has ruins of lost and poorly understood magic, it probably used Primordial Magic, and it probably did magic as physical infrastructure – that is, non-Weave-based wondrous architecture – to bypass the limits of people only able to cast so many spells a day to do many powerful and useful things.'
Interesting theory but there is a problem: When Roderick died the Primordial darkness he casted was dispersed. It's not guaranteed that it always works like this, but it doesn't bode well for the idea of a civilization that uses this phenomenon if it needs to be replaced each time someone involved dies.

>we talked with your other self, the evil one
Maybe try to be less abrasive to hotter Tanna. She will remember this next time we meet and I am hoping that can develop more towards a steamy dream than whatever that was.
>presumably to make a new one
I wouldn't presume that at all. If anything I feel that her goal supports my old theory th

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>>1122547

Fox Again. In response to the guy that responded to me. Yea, it is a lot, I came up with a lot. Subjectively, it's been a VERY long time since Tanna and I chatted, from my point of view. I forgot Flintlocks were mentioned with the future-tech bows thing. I'd describe firearms as closer to future-tech crossbows or future-tech slingstaffs, though. Also the Fireball spell alone should change fortification design, since you can set it to explode above and behind the heads of people taking cover behind a wall's battlements/crenelations like a dialed in explosive shell.

As far as a steamy dream and Other Tanna remembering and Evil. Did you miss the part where she's talking about murdering lots of people? And that she exists in a world where, like it or not, Evil is an objective force. And that because of her, Tanna scans as Evil to Detect Evil? Now, whether or not there's some mitigating circumstance that her actions are less immoral (I'll use moral/immoral for the approve/disapprove terms in the 'I don't like objective morality physics' bit) than it seems, I'm all ears about, but she wasn't trying to present an argument that her point of view is ethically sound and cohesive. Maybe she'll give us an argument in favor of her worldview and actions at some point in the future, I would be keen to listen to what she has to say.

As far as steamy dreams, do you mean encouraging Other Tanna towards sensuality and eroticism, and the reality of the dream to that sort of dream? Ehhh... I'd want to get to know her first. Also, normal Tanna can explore that part of herself too, nothing stops her. I get we're often quite, ah, frustrated and that Tanna is very beautiful (you are!), and that the dream was a little surre

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>>1122548
I don't know what reason she had there. Not even going to speculate. If she want help she will need to give an explanation with or without a Yellow related censorship in effect. No benefit of the doubt for something that large scale.
But at the same time I'm going to hold personal judgement until more context is reveal.

She is hotter Tanna because she is a crazy edgy goth chick, that automatically make her hotter. No deeper reasoning needed.

To ruin the joke by explaining: The "steamy dream" comment is more meant to weird out Tanna when she eventually come across those messages than something I actually expect to happen. When it comes to narratives I prefer a "fade to black" approach but I find provocations funny.
Also I'm not considering hotter Tanna as her "older sister". They are the same person and current Tanna would experience such a dream even if she forget details about her world ending conspiracy plans after.

Maybe you would get more reliable answers about cautionary details like contraception from Mina. The rogue-y ones might lie about stuff like that to mess with us or Tanna.

>>1122549


Contraception was just one of the things I'm curious about to ground myself in this particular world and its logic. Like, we could ask Mina, I suppose which species of people are interfertile with which others and why and whether it was always that way IS something to ask Mina?

Also, are you entirely sure they are the same person? To a large extent, we are our memories and our beliefs and personality and the decisions we make. How sure are you that those things are the same? We don't know the particular metaphysics, we don't even know if that being has a separate body and is sending dreams remotely. Sure, it's possible it's just a dream, but in my experience, in worlds like this, in situations like this... dreams are often more than just dreams.

>>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.

hello hi i drew the 2nd panel

>>1120250
For one, don't worry about what 'pink' is
you wouldn't be able to see it owed to how your peoples' eyes work in seeing color.
Shake off your head aches, blow out the rest of the mucus in your nose,
and throw something at the creature that gave you the head aches to begin with!
Preferably a rock.

A vision perhaps? Wait another moment and see how things play out.

Just observe for now, let her (is it still the same person) handle the situation

Just observe for now, let her (is it still the same person) handle the situation

>>1120250
What was that!?
What did it do!?
Can we help!?

There's a monster about and she seems like she knows what she's doing. Trust her, and think fast.

>>1120512
Okay, look, we agree you don't run that sort of dungeon, and you certainly should do all you can to avoid looking that way, but this guy radiates the aura of someone who might be into that sort of thing.

I'm not saying we should lean into it! Absolutely not. But we shouldn't, like, vehemently deny it or anything. If he makes an assumption that goes in our favor, that's all the better, right?

Do the responsible Fantasy Overlord thing and go send your minions to die!

Start birthing baby bombs! Let these fools enter cuteness proximity while you remote-detonate your giggling traps.

Okay but seriously do a quick recap of what works and form a quicker strategy. You don't need optimal performance, just enough to win by attrition. This is a raid, not a war.

>>1120512
Play hardball. Lock the front door. They are not here when they are meant to be. If they invade then they are subject to the rules of the Game. It will not be a tour. If you can manage to talk to them before they get in, you can tell them there has been an incident which will paint you in an unfavorable light. I don't know what our options are for boob reduction and hangover recovery. How long would it take? ...wait, you're currently shaped modestly. What if you used the Deemeggs to reshape those who are improperly shaped? If you can do that quickly enough, then maybe we don't need to delay them or anything, but we do need to verify exactly how this tour is supposed to go- are they both fighting? Are they both carrying resurrection charms?
Inspect your troops. Whoever is fit for duty after treatment, deploy them. Whoever is an embarrassment, sideline them. We just got some new monsters, we can pad out/strengthen encounters with those. Hin is definitely going to be fighting today. Hmm, could she make a good end boss? ...wait, Hin is the one who is known for drinking too many potions, how did SHE manage to resist temptation?
Also exactly how much of that dream happened? Did Moriko turn into an alien titty monster? If not, why did you dream that she did, hmmmmmm?

Scold Stargazer for not resisting the Winze. At least now you know what the Winze is likely to do when unmonitored... and tell the others that you expect them to represent the dungeon during invasions, so they should be fighting fit at all times, or at least in a condition that they can recover from quickly enough to be presentable.

Showing up on time is an amateur move.
Showing up late is a power play.
Showing up early? What a shrewd man, he *wants* to see you at your worst!

its not that sort of dungeon, no. But you could hint at it being so. The fecund earth's hidden mysteries etc. Dance of the seven veils and all that. If he finds such things sexual, well that's on him.

To that end, whoever is plumpened, get some costumes, tasteful ones, and get to the front door to distract while everyone else gets organized.

>>1120370
So the one that saw what happened conveniently malfunctioned. Could it be intentional sabotage?

>>1120377
Good catch on the luggage. It could be an attempt by those anti-tech guys to sabotage Eden's relationship with Avis by torching her luggage and causing an incident.

Not that Formixer has a way to know that in-character.

The sealed Eden containers are probably contaminated lab materials that need to be destroyed, but keep the Avis packages to deliver them to the lost and found.

Place the sealed containers inside the incinerator so they're out of access to anyone coming across them by mistake, and they are destroyed as requested once the power comes back on. After that it's out of your hands.

Well, if the Avis containers aren't supposed to be here, how do we know the Eden containers are supposed to be here?

I say ONLY burn the obvious trash. Contact someone who can verify if the other stuff should be burned or not.

>>1120371
Mant L is being a word that humans would use catagorised under the alphanumeric section B.
Capital B.

But thats notnimportant.
Cheer up formixer.
Youre working hard and have done everything you have been instructed to and some extra too.
Thats the kind of work a reploid is meant for and love to do.
That makes you a good reploid.
If mant L wants to miss out on the chance to beca good reploid, cooperate with you and just be a big grump, thats their loss.

Hmm.
Formixer may not know why all these things are but she should at least scan the surfaces of containers for hazardous symbols she recognizes.

If there are any markings she doesnt recognise then maybe record or remember them so she can ask someone with a different dataset or expertise.
Maybe stabitha would be able to identify them later.
The important thing is to put aside all objects with unidentified markings until identified later for safe disposal.

these nonstandard containers need conformation before being disposed of. When in doubt, get it checked out.

In order to get the fullest information on the situation, open all the containers for inspection.

As for the machinery, what is needed to start them up? Perhaps a volatile chemical could do the trick.

>>1120370
That fancy stuff looks familiar, like we should know the silhouette... isn't that Gilded Goose? That famous reploid our roommate has a crush on? Her items aren't supposed to be incinerated! If she's here, then destroying her luggage will make her upset, and that would make Stabitha upset! We can't let down our awesome roommate like that!

And something destroyed the mechaniloid on duty when this trash was delivered. That's even more suspicious.

>>1120371
Something's not right about this. We may just be a humble worker robot, but we're a reploid, so let's use our Light-given artificial intelligence to figure this out!

Normal trash can just burn.
Gilda's luggage should be delivered to wherever Gilda is. If she's a guest, she must be living somewhere, like... a hotel? Can we call and ask? Say we've found some lost items that we think are hers.
Sealed containers are the most suspicious. Store them behind the gate to keep them out of sight, but not in the actual incinerator. Examine them carefully before we decide what to do with them. Are there any markings on them that could tell us where they're from or what's in them? Cracking one open might go badly if they're safe to touch because they're sealed. But if there's a crate that isn't sealed properly, looking inside won't make things worse.

Also, can we get any info on what happened to the missing totem guard? I'm guessing his "malfunction" happened while he was on duty, but can we search for his re

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rolled 5, 7, 3, 1, 20, 4, 7, 17, 15, 3, 16, 17, 17, 3, 17, 2, 18, 10, 16, 1 = 199

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>>1120413
>I'm so sorry...I don't know what to do! Should we run?"
"I believe in you."

>Did I burn you?
Ah. That would have been hypocritical of her, wouldn't it? Thank goodness for fireproofed armoring cloth.

>what do
Going to take a recovery roll and proc Understanding while we let Last Call close to within Paprika's tether. When Paprika goes on the offense, Natalina's going to follow with Phase Sprint, and focus on drawing attacks.

rolled 6 + 3 = 9

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Recovery roll.

rolled 12, 19, 10, 20, 10, 5, 11, 9, 10, 18, 7, 18, 9, 4, 10, 7, 15, 1, 11, 3 = 209

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>"I believe in you."
Paprika's suddenly all steel and confidence again. She retreats back to the ship with Nat and Cricket, ready to lure Last Call into melee range.

Change of change of plans! For the sake of record keeping, after some discussion and in response to Nat's intervention, I'm going with Nanotech Defense after all.

Gonna cut this thing into room temperature chunks. No flame shroud, but effort applied in all the same places.

rolled 13, 20, 9, 20, 6, 6, 6, 15, 11, 5, 3, 9, 5, 18, 6, 1, 10, 2, 5, 14 = 184

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>>1120424
Not sure if there's an "aid" roll? Cricket just wants to help back up Paprika and Natalina. At the very least, Paprika can gain a +1 from working with her.

rolled 17, 11, 19, 19, 10, 14, 2, 15, 12, 9, 14, 7, 12, 10, 14, 13, 17, 6, 11, 16 = 248

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After a few rounds of trying to get something deadly on this ship working, Reiko taps into comms and blares things out.

"Bad news! I couldn't get the weapons systems online! Do you need me to come tank, or should I keep the engines warm?"

Just then, Reiko notices the pink goop. Roll to recall how to subvert it and relay sabotage orders that the girls can conduct. [Disable Device, 2 Effort]

A book full of homemade recipes to satisfy pregnancy cravings.

>>1120323
A hatchet toy or real

A diaper 3D printer, to mass produce diapers.
And lots of johnson and johnson full-body shampoo.

Also, how did Barlou know about your kid crying about brittle chips? He's a spy! Kill him!

Someone decided to give ear protection or whatever version matches the local physiology as a gag gift.

Music CDs of various Chupian sing a longs.

Hmm, okay, so the auditors can't be allowed to see the file. So I think timing is important. Slow things down so that can we file it right before the restart, to give the auditors the least amount of possible time to see it.

The only thing I can think of to slow time is to start a bunch of things happening so the processing slows down.

so in lieu of that lets golf for the right to file or not file the file

Okay, we tried to tamper with the file's source code to delete the parts that say "Restart" and it didn't work.

At least, we probably did.... I don't remember the plot of this quest much.

Anyway, the point is: What if we tamper with the file like this?

If --> 30 minutes or less from Restart --> Have Panic Attack.

When --> Panic Attack --> Create Algorythm that figures out how to prevent Restart for us real quick.

Think smart, not hard, fellas.

Also, if Mr. Vamoose protests, just.. turn him into an emotional support kudzu, Mr. Good Vines, so he emotionally supports you instead.

>>1120203

Maybe if we start 7000 games of golf simultaneously

>>1120130
Time drags in an office the closer you get to quitting time but only if you have no tasks. If you have a deadline, then it seems to speed up.
Therefore:
If he quickly rescinds the order to file we will be taskless and we'll have more time to cone up with a permanent solution.

Oooh.
What if we MISfile it?
That way both parameters of instruction will be fulfilled and the auditors wont ge able to find it easily.