You are likely to be eaten by a grue.

Find materials for torch. Light torch.

Avoid all grues.

be very careful: hug walls.

Can you see?
If you can, check out the building.
If not, feel around.

wait are we back at Telwis house?

Deep 2010/01/25(Mon)17:19 No. 118502 ID: bf1e7e
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>>118495

You've never heard of a 'grue.'

>>118496

Even if you did have the materials for a torch, you don't have anything with which to light one.

>>118498

Of course you can see. There is still enough mist around that it isn't pitch black, and you have good low-light vision.

>>118499

It looks like Telwis' house.

>>118502
OPAN DOOR

>>118502
Open the door a bit and look inside.

>>118502
Knock before opening door.

Deep 2010/01/25(Mon)17:29 No. 118510 ID: bf1e7e
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>>118503
>>118505

It looks like Telwis isn't home.

>>118510
Is there anything in here you could use to get a light of some sort?

go to waterfall, let's check out the very bottom to see if there's anything there.

>>118510
What did Telwis leave behind there?

Deep 2010/01/25(Mon)17:51 No. 118519 ID: bf1e7e
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>>118511

Not that you know of. It seems to have stopped getting darker, though, so you probably won't need one.

>>118513

You head to the waterfall.

>>118517

It looks like his knife.

>>118519
Whatever you do, don't pass out and have a crazy vision.

Deep 2010/01/25(Mon)18:05 No. 118527 ID: bf1e7e
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>>118521

You'll try not to.

You jump into the water, and swim down as far as the edges of the Debris, where you swam to before. The fish are still here, and they still seem to be oblivious to your presence.

Let's go all the way down to the bottom this time.

Deep 2010/01/25(Mon)18:27 No. 118543 ID: bf1e7e
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>>118529

It's much darker down here.

Also it feels strange. the current isn't just flowing downstream, it seems like there's another current here. You couldn't tell when you were shallower.

Another current? Where is it flowing?

>>118543
Is that a jellyfish off to the bottom-left?

>>118543
How strong is the current? Can you go against it and see where it's coming from?

what's that shit down there?

Deep 2010/01/25(Mon)18:50 No. 118557 ID: bf1e7e
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>>118545
>>118555

It looks like some sort of hole. There's something glowing inside it.

>>118544
>>118549

The current seems to be flowing toward the hole. It's definitely noticable, but you're a good swimmer and you can swim against it without too much effort.

>>118557
Well, I hope Telwis is okay. Investigate the light.

>>118557
wake up.

Turn yourself around and let yourself drift slowly towards it. Prepare to kick and start swimming backwards.

Carefully investigate. Don't let anything brush up against it where it might get sucked in.

>>118557
SWIM AWAY FROM THE THING THAT IS OBVIOUSLY AN EYEBALL.

SWIM AWAY, IT'S GONNA EAT YOU

Oh man this had better not be another dreamworm or a monster.

Deep 2010/01/25(Mon)19:33 No. 118604 ID: bf1e7e
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You investigate.

>>118604
Lick it.

Uhh.. lets try poking before licking. If it seems safe yoink it. No tasting. We have enough hallucinations as is.

Deep 2010/01/25(Mon)19:36 No. 118609 ID: bf1e7e
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>>118605

No.

>>118609
Oh come on. One lick never hurt anyone.

>>118609
Poke it!

can we detach it and keep going down?

Deep 2010/01/25(Mon)19:52 No. 118626 ID: bf1e7e
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>>118608
>>118613
>>118614

You reach out and poke it.

Deep 2010/01/25(Mon)19:53 No. 118627 ID: bf1e7e
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>>118626

Flee!

>>118627
Great, it turned off its light. Go back along the tunnel and return to the surface. We can check on Telwis, then come back again after the light turns back on.

>>118627
I'm gonna assume that the light went out, and you're not dead.

So, uh, try to get back to the surface?

Deep 2010/01/25(Mon)21:04 No. 118682 ID: bf1e7e
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You retreat from the tunnel and surface.

>>118682
Grab a fish and head back to Telwis's hut, put it on the rack, then go back and check the scene of the fight. If Telwis isn't there, grab his shirt and put it with his stuff in his house.

Oh. You're okay.

Try proceeding further down the tunnel without touching the strange bioluminescence.

>>118686
Erm, wait. The place where we fought the thing is really far off. So, disregard that part.

That was probably a lantern fish, with a lure to draw prey into its mouth

It was probably a hole into a lighted cavern in an air space below. You muddied it up by poking with it.

Go back, but go deeper into the apparent tunnel. Don't bother with the anemone thing unless it tries to eat you.

Deep 2010/02/02(Tue)20:20 No. 124208 ID: bf1e7e
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You decide to go back down into the tunnel and not poke the glowy thing. It looks like the tunnel keeps going.

>>124208
==>

>>124208
<==

>>124209
That's back the way we came from you fool!

>>124217
FINE <==

<====>
I dunno lol

Proceed.

Deep 2010/02/02(Tue)20:47 No. 124249 ID: bf1e7e
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You spend several minutes swimming down the tunnel, which is lit occasionally by the strange glowy things.

You emerge at the other end and surface.

>>124249
Investigate the rock and the wall behind it.

>>124249
Oh, it's another waterfall. Inspect the rubble.

Deep 2010/02/02(Tue)21:00 No. 124267 ID: bf1e7e
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>>124252

It looks like a rock next to a ledge.

You are damp.

>>124267
Take off clothing, become dry.

>>124267
SHAKE!

Then climb up onto the ledge and look around.

>>124270
this

Deep 2010/02/02(Tue)21:19 No. 124283 ID: bf1e7e
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You take your tunic off, it's completely soaked.

You still bring it with you, though. Your pockets are in it, after all.

You climb up onto the shelf. It looks like there's a whole series of shelves back here. They seem to go up a long way.

>>124283
So, like... stairs, then?

Climb them, I guess?

Careful as you climb.

>>124283
Ascend.

Deep 2010/02/02(Tue)21:49 No. 124320 ID: bf1e7e
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You wouldn't exactly call them stairs, but you can climb them.

^

|

|

Unless there's another way to go that you see, better keep climbing. Be careful, though!

...where are you going? Shouldn't you be hiding out at Telwis's place until it becomes not dark again? I thought the Evil lurked around more during darktime.

I mean if you're up you're up, but just, don't go anywhere exploring around where you can't get back in a real hurry.

Come to think on it, that tiny underwater tunnel is probably a more defensible place than Telwis's hut.

MAKE NOTE OF DEFENSIBLE PLACES

>>124320
(not sure if this is just a missed detail but)
Check where you were stabbed. you seem to have neither bandages or scars.

Deep 2010/02/07(Sun)20:28 No. 127780 ID: bf1e7e
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Up you go.

>>125582

>Artist mistake, Ven is still wearing bandages.

>>127780
TIME TO GO SWIMMING AGAIN

And this time take it all off you tart.

>>127780
Is that water, or just mist? If water, go in and swim around to see what's in there.

Deep 2010/02/07(Sun)22:03 No. 127904 ID: bf1e7e
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Yep, that's definitely water.

You are about to swim, but then you see that there is a small boat here.

It appears to be tied off to an eyehook on the side of the ledge. It looks old, but it also looks like it still floats.

>>127904
Check to see if it'll hold you.

Alright, take the boat for a ride so you don't get wet again and catch a cold or something.

Lay down in boat.

Well picture yourself on boat on a ri... on second thought, just hop onto the boat and paddle!

Test the boat with foot.

We still need some sort of paddle here.

How deep is the water?

Deep 2010/02/08(Mon)12:55 No. 128072 ID: bf1e7e
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You decide to take the boat instead of swimming.

>>128063

There is a paddle in the boat already.

>>128064

A quick check shows it to be extremely deep. You can't see the bottom.

You were climbing for quite a while.

Stick your head underwater, can you see anything of interest?

Go to pointy island. off to the left.

>>128072
I see a shoreline off to the right. Land there.

Pointy island. If it turns out to be dangerous, it'll be easier to climb onto the flat shore.

>>128072
Carefully navigate to behind the island to see what's beyond it. If there's anything interesting on it, dock.

Deep 2010/02/08(Mon)13:28 No. 128087 ID: bf1e7e
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You decide to approach the 'pointy island' in an arc, due to the current.

It looks to be a large pillar of stone jutting out of the water. You don't see anywhere to dock.

>>128087
Head to the island on the right with the shoreline on it, then.

Do you have any rope to throw over that spike and climb up?

>>128087

Head to the island

Wait, it looks like there's something behind the spike (Or it seems a bump was added in the second picture anyway)... try to go around it to get a better look, but not too close.

>>128104
Oh jesus you're right there's a MONSTER behind the island!

>>128104
Sure, go with this.

Deep 2010/02/08(Mon)14:18 No. 128125 ID: bf1e7e
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You head over to the shore on the right, finding a mooring hook and docking your boat.

Quickly search for traps monsters. Then walk up the coast a bit and take a look around.

>>128125

The shadow behind the spike has disappeared... FFFFFFFFFFF... MONSTER ENCOUNTER IMMINENT. BRACE YOURSELF AND SCOUT THE SURROUNDINGS.

>look island

Deep 2010/02/08(Mon)15:11 No. 128144 ID: bf1e7e
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You walk up onto the small shore. It doesn't look like there are any monsters here.

It is noticably colder this way than it was on the other side of the lake.

Check out those ruins.

Pull the boat all the way up on shore so the monster won't eat it, then have a look at that pier.

>>128144
Check out the ruins.

Also cover your tail.

Grab the Oar. You can use it as a weapon in case any MONSTERS are around. Proceed forward....


... this looks oddly familiar so keep on guard.

Jumping on the "investigate ruins" wagon. Be sure to loot whatever looks shiny.

Deep 2010/02/08(Mon)15:25 No. 128151 ID: bf1e7e
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It doesn't look like a pier, there's a channel where the water is running back alongside the building, and there's some sort of ... dam in front of it? It obviously isn't a dam, as there are small gaps evenly spaced across the surface. Almost like a really fat comb stuck down in the water.

You grab the oar and head up toward the ruins. It looks like something devastating happened here a long time ago.

It looks like there is ice clinging to various bits of rubble.

>>128151
That's quite strange that it would be this cold here. Perhaps... there's an opening to the outside nearby, and we're high up on a snowy mountain?

Ice? How cold are you? And what is the sluice attached to at the other end?

That's a gate to keep something out or in. Let's check it out.

Deep 2010/02/11(Thu)18:08 No. 129984 ID: bf1e7e
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>>128153

You're cold enough to put your tunic back on now that it's dried out, but it doesn't feel like it's cold enough to freeze.

>>128340

You check it out.

There's a room here. It looks like something happened here. The far side appears to have collapsed in some sort of cave-in.

>>129984
...Poke the cog-shaped hole and prepare for another freakout.

Deep 2010/02/11(Thu)18:26 No. 129991 ID: bf1e7e
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>>129985

You poke the strange cog indentation.

Nothing appears to have happened.

>>129991

Look in box

>>129991
What's in the box?

>>129991
What's that by the rock on the far right?

>>129995
check that out

Deep 2010/02/11(Thu)18:52 No. 129999 ID: bf1e7e
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You think of several things to check out, so you decide to check the box first.

It looks like a lot of clockwork parts. They're all rusted into a useless mass. There's a scrap of paper poking out from underneath them.

Deep 2010/02/11(Thu)19:04 No. 130001 ID: bf1e7e
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>>129999

You check the scrap of paper.

>>130001
Anything on the other side?

>>130001
It looks rather smudged, can you read any of that?

>>130001

My Calc homework!

>>130001
Looks like the design for a robot.

>>130104

A robot with a significant space in its chest cavity. Perhaps to contain a certain Indahl's beating heart?

>>130171
dude, cog shaped hole.
why would you even suggest that.

>>130497

I dunno. I must be losing it.

Beats me. At the top and lower right of the page, looks like Indahl drawings surrounded by some kinda technomagical whowhats. Then at the middle, something that's probably a robot, with the cog picture pointing at a cog-shaped hole. So... obviously a cog (probably the one Ven woke up with) needs to go in the robot. But maybe the cog was made from her spirit energy or something. Like when she stabbed herself in the chest, maybe? Can't really draw any solid conclusions.

>A robot with a significant space in its chest cavity. Perhaps to contain a certain Indahl's beating heart?
If anything, it's probably the other way around, and Ven's heart is mechanical. Or something.

On that note, was that hand-and-cog statue a real thing, or from your dream?
http://tgchan.org/kusaba/questarch/src/125831859745.png

Look at the little dealie wedged between the rocks at the opposite side of the room.

Hey, wait a sec. You still have a mysterious vial from when you first woke up. Maybe the indentation on the floor is a mold and you should pour the contents in.

Open the stopper and take a whiff, at least.

Ven: next time you see yourself THROW THE GEAR AND RUUUUUN.

Deep 2010/02/17(Wed)17:22 No. 133651 ID: bf1e7e
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>>130002

Only bled-through ink.

>>130005

Even where the text isn't smudged, you can't make much of anything out. Everything is written in the same shorthand that was on the chalkboard. You can make out something about a container, but can't tell what it's referring to.

>>130778

It smells ... smokey?

>>133651
Sit in the middle of the cog.

>>133651
Go in the door.

>>133651
Check out the thing on the far right

>>133667

Yes, there appears to be a... thing nestled in the rocks directly to the right.

>>133672
Yes, go look at the thing.

inb4 it's the robot.

Deep 2010/02/17(Wed)17:58 No. 133682 ID: bf1e7e
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You reinsert the stopper into the vial.

You walk across the room and look at the object among the debris.

Can you dig around it a little, try to pull it out?

>>133682
Poke it.

>>133682
How heavy are the rocks? Think you can lift it off without reopening your wound?

Deep 2010/02/17(Wed)18:15 No. 133707 ID: bf1e7e
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>>133683

Given that the floor is stone, no.

>>133684

Nothing happens.

>>133686

That rock probably weighs more than you do.

>>133707
Get ye inside that door!

Call out.

Pick up the finger... piece thing.

>>133707
Take the loose part, it may prove useful
What's that black thing by the rock beside you?

Deep 2010/02/28(Sun)19:43 No. 140355 ID: bf1e7e
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>>133716

>What's that black thing by the rock beside you?

>An art error.

You pick up the Clockwork Digit, and head through the door. It's shattered in its frame, and the remains tip over into the room as you enter.

The right side of this room is collapsed as well. There are some gears poking out from the debris.

>>140355
Examine gears.

Examine gears, then open the door ahead of you.

>>140358
Confirm that white strings in corners are nothing more sinister than cobwebs please.

>>140753
That's ice, I think.

Deep 2010/03/02(Tue)19:06 No. 141325 ID: bf1e7e
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>>140358

>Examine Gears

The gears look to be in surprisingly good condition, but they're frozen together. They are apparently part of some mechanism that is obscured by the debris.

>>140753

That's just more lazily-drawn ice.

>>141325
Anything interesting going on with that chain? If not, enter the door.

>>141325
Open the door and prepare door something bad to happen.

>>141325
Lick the ice to unthaw it. Check out what's through that door after that plan fails.

Deep 2010/03/02(Tue)19:41 No. 141341 ID: bf1e7e
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>>141326

The chain seems to still have a bit of tension to it, but it doesn't feel like something is currently driving it.

You open the door to the north. This looks like a storage room of some sort. There are a large number of boxes here.

>>141341
Examine boxes.

>>141341
Try opening the box lying horizontally

>>141341
Open dem boxes. Horizontal first.

Deep 2010/03/02(Tue)20:14 No. 141357 ID: bf1e7e
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>>141342

They look to be made of mason stalks, and built pretty solidly. They also look very old.

You can't actually find a way to open this box. It doesn't look like it was built to open after it was sealed.

>>141357
Any dry rot? Can you break any of them open?

>>141357
Can we pry it open with the oar?
Try opening the box beside it, if not

Deep 2010/03/02(Tue)20:37 No. 141372 ID: bf1e7e
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>>141358

It looks like part of the standing one has either rotted or cracked away, but you can't pull it open with your own strength.

Think the oar's strong enough to pry it open without breaking?

>>141372
Is there anything under the boxes? Anything on the ceiling? Anything behind the boxes?

Can you peek inside the box, or is it too dark?

Deep 2010/03/03(Wed)19:09 No. 141646 ID: bf1e7e
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>>141378

The boxes are too large and heavy to lift, you can't tell if there's anything behind them, but they go a long way back. It doesn't look like there is anything on the ceiling.

>>141421

It's too dark.

>>141375

Only one way to find out.

>>141646

Remember, lift with the knees. Not the back.

Deep 2010/03/03(Wed)19:20 No. 141648 ID: bf1e7e
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>>141646

>==>

>>141648
What's in the box? What's in the booooox?

drag it into the light and see what's inside. in b4 coffin.

Deep 2010/03/04(Thu)16:29 No. 142115 ID: bf1e7e
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You look into the box.

>>142115
Examine the corpse. Particularly the chest area.

>>142115
Check the panel you broke off. If there aren't any scratch marks then they were boxed up AFTER they died.
Oh, and don't worry so much. Caskets are a sign of respect, so whoever did this probably isn't going to be instantly hostile. Heck, these haven't even been chewed on.

Holy fuckblossoms. Examine corpse for reality/unreality.

ame race as you huh? Then we have discovered a very important fact: Your head is TINY kekekeke! Feel self-conscious about your tiny tiny unimpressive head. You come from a race of nerds! Small brains are not attractive!

But seriously now. Lets give this box a proper look over.. might be more inside then just the corpse after all. I doubt the dead guy (or gal) will mind.

>>142115

Yikes.

Nervously examine corpse.

Also, I just now noticed you have aperture eyes. How strange.

>>142115
Wake up.

>>142121
Just say SAN CHECK.

Y'know I can't rule out at this point that every one of you is a robot, and all Indahls are dead.

NO

What else is gonna be in a box that big that is not designed to be opened?

>>142336

candy? ._.

Wakey wakey.

Deep 2010/03/17(Wed)12:24 No. 148824 ID: bf1e7e
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>>142117
>>142121
>>142139

There's a hole there. The exposed bones look damaged.

When you touch it your finger easily pokes through what remains of its skin.

>>142118
>>142138

It's hard to make out much of any detail on the box. It's awfully weathered since you were able to snap it apart, it looks really old.

>>148824
Is there anything else in the box?

>>148824

Examine the hole closely.

Then look in the box for anything else of interest.

Do Indahls keep their brain in their chest, out of curiosity? That would be insanely stupid of course, because the heart has to be in the center to best regulate blood flow, and the brain has to be close to the eyes and ears. But I just want to make sure.

Also Ven, this is very important. Do you have a pulse? Is your heart beating right now? Or is it more of a steady whirring?

Calm down, you got here, other indahls might have too. Just in case though, do you have any bone anomalies you could check for on the skeleton?

I think we should go back and chech on Telwis to see if he is okay. Besides, we havent made much progress on our own and we could use a little help. Not to mention that we'd be safer if we traveled together.

>>165669
>havent made much progress on our own
looks like we've been making decent enough progress to me, certainly more than clinging to Telwis' house has.

>Not to mention that we'd be safer if we traveled together.
Telwis has already said, multiple times, that he won't and can't go with Ven.

listen to your heartbeat

Deep 2010/08/04(Wed)19:18 No. 215678 ID: bf1e7e
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>>148825

It doesn't look like it ...

>>148833

It looks like there's a crack in the sternum, like something was forcefully put in or taken out.

>>148839

You don't really know where your organs are, but you are pretty sure that your heart is in your chest. It is beating pretty rapidly.

>>148860

Unfortunately, you've never met another Indahl that you are aware of!

Shake/slide the box on the ground if you can, listen if anything inside it moves.

What are behind the boxes?

>>215678
You must be somewhat close to Indahl civilization with a tomb being here. Was there anywhere else to boat over to back at the water?

>>215678

OK you have a heartbeat. I'll remember that, thanks. Now...

COMPEL YOUR CREATOR TO UPDATE MORE FREQUENTLY

>>215682
I would also like this to happen.
>>215678
There may be something on the bottom side of the box.

>>215679
>>215697
"The boxes are too large and heavy to lift, you can't tell if there's anything behind them, but they go a long way back. It doesn't look like there is anything on the ceiling."

>>215701
I was talking about where the feet are located.

Whack those boxes open with the oar.

Lacking there being anything else here of interest, perhaps we should leave.

Push the half-opened box aside and check what's in the boxes behind it.

Deep 2010/08/09(Mon)19:21 No. 216856 ID: bf1e7e
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>>215679

You can't. It's too heavy for your scrawny arms.

>>215680

There was some sort of waterway feeding the lake.

>>215706

There didn't seem to be anything in there except the body.

>>215715

You smash open the box on the ground.

There isn't a body in this one.

There are parts of one, though.

Oh they're caskets oh god what have we done

>>216857
Defiled the resting places of the unburied dead.

Hope your race isn't a superstitious one, Nev.

Let's stop defiling graves and make our way back out.

>>216856
Well you've already gone and defiled another casket, see if there's anything to steal in this one.

Deep 2010/08/09(Mon)19:54 No. 216865 ID: bf1e7e
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>>216861

It looks like you were wrong, there's more in here than the parts of a body.

There are the parts of several bodies.

>>216865
Well then.
We should probably stop defiling corpses. We could take a shot at breaking that ice in the other room. Try pouring a bit of the liquid from the vial onto it. If the ice doesn't look very sturdy you could try hitting it with the unbladed side of your oar.
If you can't break the ice I think we are just going to have to try that waterway.

>>216865

What a strange...

What would kill these people, but then spend the time to put the bodies in caskets? Is this some kind of abandoned morgue? Why abandoned? Why would there be ice everywhere?

It clearly doesn't look like these people died suddenly or even unnaturally. The hole in the sternum is odd, but whatever killed them is not likely to be a huge danger to you in the near future. I think you should calm down, take some time away from the bodies to sort your feelings out.

Deep 2010/08/09(Mon)20:38 No. 216877 ID: bf1e7e
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>>216867

You pour some of the liquid onto the ice

Deep 2010/08/09(Mon)20:41 No. 216878 ID: bf1e7e
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>>216877

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>>216878
>End of 'Cutscene' BTW

>>216878
Step back and let it do its thing. Put the stopper back on the vial and make a note to never drink from it. Be prepared to bolt if it starts doing something crazy and throws debris at you.

Step back. Try to avoid breathing whatever fumes it's making.

>>216878

Holy crap you have a vial of Instant Fire.

You must learn to duplicate this substance.

Give the fire some clearance, and stop up the bottle before you use too much of it. Hopefully that's enough to thaw the mechanism.

Suggestion 2010/08/16(Mon)07:13 No. 218837 ID: f57857
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ClockSeal please update your quest ): Your presentation of Deep is wonderful, and I eagerly check for updates whenever I can; I haven't been this enthralled since rubyquest- no, more even. If you are tired or out of inspiration then I understand if you were to take your time, but please don't let your story go to waste. I don't know if there are more who share my feelings, but I am entirely spellbound by your tale, and I hope that gives you some form of encouragement or reprieve. Ah, anyway cheers I guess, to the most promising quest I've seen here.

>>218837

ssh don't rush him

>>218856
Yeah, you're right, my apologies. It's been nearly a week since the last update, and I was getting worried. Although, judging by the time stamps of the updates, this would be pretty normal. Should'ave looked at those first in hindsight I guess; silly me.

Deep 2010/08/17(Tue)09:32 No. 219104 ID: bf1e7e
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You step back away from the flame and quickly re-stopper the vial. The flame burns briefly, but with incredible heat. By the time it dies down a few seconds later, the ice has completely melted away. You hear something clatter to the floor.

examine the thing that fell to the floor.

Are those... more digits? Pick them up... and go back out and look for the ones before.

>>219104
Examine it before just grabbing it, pick them up if they're just more clockwork digits and seem safe.

Deep 2010/08/17(Tue)10:45 No. 219120 ID: bf1e7e
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It looks like a broken vial.

Check outside?

So... either the gears were frozen via some sort of ice solution or someone tried to melt it with the same sort of fire solution you have.

Can you move the gears now?

I'm betting that breaking the vial made the ice. Somebody threw it in the gears or something. Sweep it out of the way and see if you can get the gears to turn.

Does the gear look like it's connected to any system or does it lead anywhere else? Is there a lever to get them moving again?

There doesn't seem to be anything else of note; lets go back to the pier where you left your boat, and see if we can go anywhere else. Also rub your hands and blow into them, it must be freezing.

>>219233
Oh and let's check our pockets again while we're at it.

Deep 2010/08/17(Tue)18:51 No. 219275 ID: bf1e7e
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>>219161
>>219163

You still can't get the gears to turn. They seem to be part of some much larger mechanism, and while the rubble seems to be clear of it there is neither enough space for you to get through or enough light (or a good enough viewing angle) to determine what the mechanism is for.

Either the mechanism has some sort of lock holding it in place, or it is simply too large for you to force it to activate with your puny strength.

>>219236

You are currently carrying your strange gear, the vial of fire, a scrap of paper with mostly indecipherable writing and designs, and the clockwork finger. You also have the oar, but it will not fit in your pockets.

You head back toward the dock where you moored your boat. It is still quite cold here.

Can we get a map or something? I am extremely confused as to where we've been and where we have not explored yet.

>>219275
Try boating over to the waterway that was feeding the lake.

Deep 2010/08/17(Tue)19:24 No. 219304 ID: bf1e7e
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>>219278

You head out into the lake once again, and toward the back.

>>219276

Unfortunately, it's extremely difficult to navigate a three-dimensional cavernous environment with no central frame of reference!

This is the best mental image you are able to string together, and you aren't really sure about all of the distances and directions involved.

>>219304
Onwards into nearby unexplored waters, then.

Okay, so going where you're going is where we haven't been yet. Good. Let's go there.

Mneme!CRITTerXzI 2010/08/17(Tue)20:00 No. 219316 ID: 3234dd
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>>219276

Here ya go.

Onward! to the great expanses of the unkown, for are we not Ven the explorer-adventurer extraordinaire? We shall sail to the final frontiers- to boldly go where no Indahl has gone before.

Strike a pose!

>>219316
Nice one.

Onward, to Where we have not been, then!

Deep 2010/08/17(Tue)21:07 No. 219335 ID: bf1e7e
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You take your boat upstream

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Deep 2010/08/17(Tue)21:08 No. 219336 ID: bf1e7e
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>>219335

>==>

sing a sea shanty

OH JESUS FUCK THE SEA SHANTY

Look behind you.

Wave.

Sing a sea shanty to help you keep time with your strokes. Row your boat.

Oh, listen ye to
mine salty shanty
about the sweet lady
who once loved me

She looked fair and fine with
her eyes upon mine
Oh! Until she got ill:
seasick from brine

Here, take good note:
What moves old Kapp'n's boat
Be an iced, extra-nice
Cucumber Float

Fetch one for me young lad;
You won't be left sad!
Don't be slow or you'll know
I might get mad!

Ye think yer bad
Some kind o' wreslin' lad
Ye've got guts but yer nuts
Don't make me mad

With my turtle-tough shell
I'll ring yer bell
Black yer eye, make ye cry
And say farewell

>>219336
Panic, thereby failing to accomplish anything useful.

YO HO YO HO A PIRATE'S LIFE FOR ME
WE PILLAGE WE PLUNDER WE RIFLE AND LOOT
DRINK UP ME HEARTIES YO HO
WE KIDNAP AND RAVAGE AND DON'T GIVE A HOOT
DRINK UP ME HEARTIES YO HO

>>219344
No Goddamnit! Stay calm. See if Nessie can be reasoned with; maybe she just wants something, otherwise throw the fire vial at Nessie, aim for an eye. Then paddle away as fast as your scrawny arms can go! Paddle downstream toward the waterfall if you have to, that way we pick up speed.

Verbally express your desire to surrender while paddling faster.

Ñ 2010/08/18(Wed)00:07 No. 219377 ID: f202ec
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You have one chance!
Pacify the giant lake monster with a friend!

Hum a tune Ven, whatever comes naturally.

Plessie!

I suggest attempting to get away from it.

>>219381
I don't suppose you could make it sleepy with a tune at least?

Paddle. Paddle very very fast.

Sing it the song of your people?! Alternately, do you swim faster than the boat is going? If so, you might want to dive! dive!

Turn slowly, and start hoping that it's friendly... or another psychotic robot episode.

If it tries to eat you, try to prop the oar into its mouth, then leap out and start swimming... which is probably futile.

Try not to wet em.

>>219533
I doubt the rickety oar would hold. If there is no other way, throw the vial at something painful like an eye or nose, and if it tries to eat us, then throw it down it's throat!

Deep 2010/08/18(Wed)17:35 No. 219562 ID: bf1e7e
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You begin to sing a song, only you don't actually know any songs with words. So you just hum. While you're doing this, you try to discretely paddle away.

The creature does not appear to be placated by your lyrical enterprise. It opens its maw, and a strange dark fluid begins to leak out.

Throw the vial of liquid fire in its mouth.

If it's catching up with you, and you can't swim fast enough to get away, then throw the fire in its mouth.

>>219562
Okay well he doesn't look like a very nice guy, I guess you're gonna have to throw the vial of fire at his mouth so he doesn't eat you out

>>219562
Whelp that didn't work. It must be some really huge dreamworm and the dark fluid is more trippy LSD stuff so we definitely don't want to let that thing nip us. Paddle faster Ven, but put the vial at the ready. Don't throw it until there is no other way.

Do we still have the chain? Oh man, he's probably really pissed off since we stole his chain, must have been using it for laundry or something. I recommend giving it back to him then sheepishly paddling away.

>>219562
Toss the vial of fire in its mouth, then make your getaway.

Deep 2010/08/18(Wed)21:15 No. 219659 ID: bf1e7e
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The creature lunges forward, apparently not cowed by your musical prowess. You leap clear of the boat and toss your vial behind you.

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Deep 2010/08/18(Wed)21:30 No. 219666 ID: bf1e7e
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>>219659

>==>

The vial shatters against the corner of the beast's mouth, emitting a loud roar as the liquid quickly bursts into an enormous quantity of flame

gogogo! What can you see under there? Keep to the walls where it can't maneuver as much. Try to find a tight squeeze it can't fit into! Shit it probably can hold its breath longer than you. Make for the shore!

Deep 2010/08/18(Wed)21:37 No. 219668 ID: bf1e7e
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>>219666

>==>

The monster seems to echo the roar as it collapses into the water, its momentum carrying it forward.

Unfortunately, you fail to clear the area into which it collapses, and are driven beneath the water. Everything is dark.

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Deep 2010/08/18(Wed)21:42 No. 219670 ID: bf1e7e
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>>219668

>==>

Swim, Ven! Swim for your liiiiiiife!

Also post next part soon plz.

Oh shit oh shit

KICK YOUR LEGS

SWIM DAMMIT SWIM SWIIIIIIIIIM

Update soon Cockwork Seal. We love you <3

Woah a bunch of updates all at once.
SWIM, VEN, SWIM!