>>162350
Benny Hill Music? Is the mother even following you?

brace for mindfuck when the prisioner cell below claims you by undermining your footing.

worms arent known for being fast. i suppose carion works needs to eat carrion.

-fall into cell after failing jump and hitting head on ceiling
-somehow find bunny again
-add to party
-worm comes and eats you both
-kill worm from inside
-be on other side of gap by sheer luck

It's a brilliant plan!

>>162350
Maybe it was just going for ambush, and withdrew when it failed.

It could be burrowing back for another try.

>>162378
damm that made sense. player, try to step on the big stones if you can, its most likely sensing vibrations

- Player 2010/04/10(Sat)18:36 No. 162398 ID: 077dcf
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>cell, bunny, party, etc.
. . .

>ambush
>step, big stones
I can't they're ... whatever.

Well, so much for an ambush.

oh... it wasn't attacking, it just fell. can you tell if it's still alive? think punk and armor attacked it.

>>162398
Maybe you can crawl up into the tunnel it just came out of.

shit. i am not going to like this suggestion.

make us touch the worm. its battle scarred and it seems to have been hunted. now its babies are gonna die and we can at least try to gather info before it dies completely.

>>162407
well, it's babies may eat it's corpse, waste not want not.

>>162413
ew.

but its dad is here and im thinking more in the terms of it knows where it could lead to outside.

if it is friendly enought we can try a healing potion. consider that the demons attacked it...

We don't know if demons attacked it. It's got bolts/arrows and scrapes on its body, so something hurt/killed it, sure, but we don't know what. Could be a trap, or other adventurers, as much as it is demons.

Is it, er...Possible to climb the body to get up a level Player? Check if it's alive first, mind you.

>>162398
Stab/cut it a bit to make sure it's dead.

>>162443
dude, no. let the orb touch it, we either get the cat duo or its final thoughts.

Um, Inky told us she didn't want to see us again.

I don't wanna get annihilated so let's not try to get into this dying creature's head.

Feed us to it. We will take over its dead body and join your party! And I will rule the world when this is over... muahahahaha!

Oh, wait, forgot spoilers! crap.

>>162449
Well, just taking a peek, in and out, should be fine.

>>162449
If she shows up, then we just say:
"Oh. It's you. Lets go, guys, I don't want to have to listen to her selfish whining bullshit again."

>>162398

Ah, that explains the tunnel you're in; it was probably formed by a large worm eating/digging it's way through.

>>162463
and also 'aww geez, where is the eject button on this thing?'

>>162463
I'm going to go ahead and say this might be a bad idea.

If questioned on why we are here, we told you to stay out etc, something like "No time for a lengthy conversation, just popping in to see if this guy was dieing, I'll be on my way now pip pip cheerio"

- Player 2010/04/11(Sun)05:56 No. 162709 ID: e6f5c0
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>touch it with us
Okay.




... so, getting anything? I still can feel you here.

>>162709
Nope. It's dead. Check the tunnel it came out of.

>>162709
Doesn't seem like there is anyone home.

That small one is moving over towards you again.

Lets cut open the big one and hope something good falls out. Never know what you might find inside a dungeon critter.

>>162712

It's moving towards him again? More proof of a potential party member!

Or it's just coming over to eat the big one. Either way.

Idea: Shout up the hole it came from and see if anyone answers. If it's the Punk and thems, set the worm on fire and run, jump over the gap, and run again. They'll come down to get you and burn in hellfire! Muahahahaha!

yes, it's belly may hold riches.

also, the little one is not moving towards you, the others are just messing with your head.

- Player 2010/04/11(Sun)06:59 No. 162721 ID: 9bb35a
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Look, I can't ... cut it up AND climb it, since this clearly doesn't even have bones, so... one thing at a time.

Sides, this is just what I needed to climb out of here--

- Player 2010/04/11(Sun)07:00 No. 162722 ID: 9bb35a
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-- but maybe I don't have an option.

I think I heard footsteps.

Nothing. Either it's dead and passed on, or it's alive and not conscious/sentient/souly enough.

Seeing as the "We hate Inky" crowd is still sore about our last encounter, this is probably a good thing. Not that I think we'll actually ever see the Twin Deaths again. There was indications that last time was under special circumstances.

Now, is the body completely blocking the way up, or what? Because this might be a shortcut to the vents or...Somewhere, at least.

Gah, time lag again.

There's a shaft ahead of you, as you might see. I can barely see some rope hanging in it there near the top, but you'd have to get closer to see what, and there looks like one of those metal grates might be set in place against the shaft.

Footsteps from where? The shaft?

>>162722
The tunnel keeps continuing up from here, if you can't see that. As for actually getting up there, maybe you could using the shovel to widen the tunnel a bit? Though the footsteps might be a more pressing concern. Are they from above or below? This thing's got some pretty serious wounds, I'd recommend doing whatever we can to avoid what inflicted them.

>>162722
Looks like the cause of death is something violently bursting out from the insides of the worm. I wonder who did it and how.

There seems to be a ventilation shaft to the right of you. Could be a metal grate there to keep you out. Go up and check it out.

- Player 2010/04/11(Sun)08:57 No. 162728 ID: 9bb35a
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>footsteps
I know its ahead, but no idea of where. There's some echo...

>go check it.
>widen, shovel
Hmmf... digging would take hours, and make the ... corpse slip down.

Eh well...
No other way around it. Here I go.

- Player 2010/04/11(Sun)08:59 No. 162729 ID: 9bb35a
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>slkt<
>chk< >shff< >slkkkt<

I can't believe I'm doing this.

>shff. Shfffkt-- slrrrrrrrkkkkppppp<

>>162729
You're probably going to have to do worse things in your adventurer career. A few monsters aren't that big on chewing, so you might have to do that to a few live ones if you're unlucky.

Be careful and make sure the torch doesn't go out. Finding anything interesting in there btw?

>>162729

Hooray!

Anyway, the shaft is most likely the upper end of the chimney from the torture room given how these tunnels looped back, and whats more we're near the surface. At this level it has quite an irregular wall, good for climbing.

The rope may indicate that the punk entered or exited this way. In fact, it's possible that he has a further companion who helped haul him up on the rope; in doing so his bag may have snagged on the... cross thing, explaining how it got there.

- Player 2010/04/11(Sun)09:39 No. 162741 ID: 9bb35a
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>something interesting?
Not really... just a first-hand class in grub anatomy. My skin isn't corroding, its blood tastes like blood--

...I really need to learn to think these things trough. But I think these things are actually edible. Ugh.

Icky. Also, you're definitely gonna need that bath now. I'm amazed it didn't have digestive juices that could harm you. A creature that size gotta eat SOMETHING.

Mmm. Anyway, check the shaft. Looks like your way out might be thataways.

>>162741
You're looking awfully pink there Player.

See if you can get into that stoned shaft thing.

>>162748

Better yet, see if the worm juice can get you stoned! You need some relaxing time after going through a worm's guts.

- Player 2010/04/11(Sun)11:01 No. 162763 ID: 9bb35a
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>stoned shaft
>k-klk<
Damn, locked pretty tight.

>stoned, worm juice
...are you for real?

>>162763
Any hinges or something that you could break to get through?

And if you want to get stoned I would suggest licking certain kinds of toads. That can get you pretty high.

>>162763

Look again inside the worm and see if you can make rope from its inestines. I'm for real. Then try to climb up or alternatively check what's in the cell. Bunny bones?

I vote for intestine rope.

- Player 2010/04/11(Sun)13:35 No. 162816 ID: 9bb35a
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>stoned
I don't wanna be on drugs! You are on drugs! What happened to you all of a sudden???

>intestine rope
... that's a nice call, but I really really do not know how I am going to get that. His... guts seem to be on the lower half, that explains why I didn't got digested I guess...

Di you hear a dragging?

>>162816
Well, remember that rope we mentioned was hanging down across the shaft?

Someone's pulling on it. Can't see who or what, though.

>>162816
We don't actually hear things... well not properly anyhow.

I'm not on drugs, silly. Pie Charts have no mouths to take them.

Anyway, use kung-fu ninja power to hold the torch with your foot and stick it into the shaft.

>>162816

The rope's being pulled. I'd be careful about an ambush from the shaft. Be very quiet.

- Player 2010/04/11(Sun)14:19 No. 162832 ID: 9bb35a
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>rope, shaft
Nice. I'm behind this locked shit, and they're closing the door.
Hey, if I can hear them this clearly -- and if that's sunlight -- they can't be that far.

>pie chart
I stand corrected. You ARE drugs.

>>162832

NOW yer getting it. I AM the drug. :D
Anyway, yeah, find something to get up to the top of the worm-hole with. Maybe go to the worm bottom, cut out some intestines, and take them back up to use as rope.

>>162832
Maybe that's part of what the patrol was doing.

Keep climbing up the worm tunnel. It should exit somewhere, maybe up on top. Could have been guards firing those bolts we saw stuck in it.

- Player 2010/04/11(Sun)14:34 No. 162839 ID: 9bb35a
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>climbing up
On it!

>intestine rope
That would be more useful to go down instead of up, therefore...

- Player 2010/04/11(Sun)15:00 No. 162852 ID: 9bb35a
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>tchk!<
Hff
>tchk!<
Hup!
>tchk!<
Hrrmn...

>>162852
...how are you doing that? Is that really physically possible?

>>162854

Never question platformer logic. It will only spell your doom.

It's called jumping and holding, simple straightforward. All you need is to be fit.Better than average reflexes are a plus.

- Player 2010/04/11(Sun)15:07 No. 162859 ID: 9bb35a
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>.... rrrrm.... rmrbm.... rrrrmm...<

>tchk!<
.... rrrgh...
>tchk!<
I am never doing this without proper gear ever again.
>tchk!<
Hmmnf...

Worm blood in other shaft. May be another worm carcass.

- Player 2010/04/11(Sun)15:19 No. 162869 ID: 9bb35a
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>how are you doing that?
>It's called jumping and holding
It's called digging your friggen handholds into the hard clay by shoving a spade into the wall one-handed -- hff -- a technique I said -- hff -- it would take too much time -- hff-- and it is.

You recommended it to me earlier, remember?

... damn.. need rest... arms killing me.

hey we found player 2!

you look good in pink. should wash hair tho.

what can you see in front of you? its not makin much sense from here. just a big black...

also the shaft of the furnance got real large.

>>162869
Looks like you're getting closer to the top. There is some greenery growin on the wall there.

Shouldn't be much longer now until you're at the top. Be wary of guard patrols out there though.

Have a rest. Looks like there's some roots or grass up ahead.

- Player 2010/04/11(Sun)20:19 No. 163095 ID: 9bb35a
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Hff... huff... huuufff....
Hmn, the dirt behind me isn't clay. Too soft. Remind me next time we're here.

Idunno... you have your point. Someone killed the giant worm -- either demons on their way out, or guards doing some culling. If are the guards, it's not even a good idea to go up so quickly.

But what if they aren't the guards?

- Player 2010/04/11(Sun)20:20 No. 163098 ID: 9bb35a
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I can't risk that.

Hup!

- Player 2010/04/11(Sun)20:22 No. 163102 ID: 9bb35a
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"-- really big help, man."
"Pah... Just doing my part here."
"No, really, I don't think any of us can even nudge that block. And when aggroing the whitepillar--"

- Player 2010/04/11(Sun)20:29 No. 163110 ID: 9bb35a
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"Splash! Crete! Can you both stop flirting for a second?"
"Sir!"
"Sir yes sir!"
"Now that megamegaworm was dealt with, time to move on. You two can go back to your kisses Nichisday; 'till then, discipline! Understood?"
"Yes sir!"
"Sir yes sir!"

>>163110
Sounds like guards.

- Player 2010/04/11(Sun)20:36 No. 163121 ID: 9bb35a
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"Plug! You carry the bolts."
"Sir! Um... permission to ask?"
"Go on."
"Is that... normal?"
"Whitepillars can grow forever, corporal. If they leave the underground, they'll just graze and eat until they grow too much."
"Luckily, they can't lay eggs outside the underground..."
"Which still means we will be searching the premises after possible nests, then move on. We must make sure there won't be any surprises in the future."
"Sir!"
"Yes sir!"

- Player 2010/04/11(Sun)20:38 No. 163122 ID: 9bb35a
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"Still... it must have been around for years, to reach that size."
"And as soon as I find out who did it, heads shall roll! Mark my words!"

.... yep, guards. And gone they are.

Well, it looks like we accomplished what we set out to do. On the other hand, since the secret entrance is right next to a normal entrance, it might be hard to use.

Congratulations on suddenly becoming less purple, by the way.

>>163122
You're not pink anymore.

well, we HAVE to burn the eggs now. this also buts a end to our little pokemon sidequest.

player, if there is any organ that is sellable in the megamegaworm, hack it. also, it may still be alive. prepare for round 2 soon...

>>163133
what? why do we need to burn the nest? they just said it takes years for worms to reach that size.

>>163122
Anyway, we found our new entrance. Do we find our way back to town NOW, or delve some more first?

>>163143
we are wanted by the guards and we got a possible shop inhere thanks to a Miss_K. if we leave it will be for a possibly long walk to the next city or in case we level up to 6, we may get to the village with no actual charges on us asides the attack on the guard.

>>163139
well, it has something to do with the guards will do it annyway and giant man eating worms breeding by the dozen.

>>163122
Nice, now get out of there and mark the spot. Then make your way back to town. You need a bath and to buy some climbing gear.

Well, Player. Do you have any idea where town is from here? Because I don't really think that you have enough torches to be able to say that you can continue safely.

Of course, you're an adventurer. You eat nails and it comes out pig iron, so if you don't know where town is, get straight back in that hole, you magnificent bastard!

Speaking of which, would you say that having that disease you said you had influenced you being an adventurer and all? 'Cause it sounds like you're a fighter because of a classic case of reaction formation. Basically, timidity turned daring 'cause you're afraid to feel helpless again.

Jeez. I must be the voice of caffeine induced rambling today.

Tch. As much of a shame as it is, Player can deal with the nest on his return trip. Right now, he needs to make his way back to town to sell the stuff he found, preferably surreptitiously.

Sheez, avoiding the guards and the suspicions of the townsfolk all the time is going to be a real bother. Being level 4, not 6, you're going attract attention by staying, since you really don't have a reason to stick around any longer, and having knocked out that one guard, they're going to be on watch for you.

I don't know, really. Manuel might report you for fun, MacLaughing might report you for your own good, even Miss K might report you, but that's just because she's so unpredictable. Mmm. Maybe not, though. I don't know what kind of relationship the villagers have with the guards. I assume it's a good one, since they're protecting them and all, but...Eh.

Perhaps the first person you should go to is Miss K. I think she's the least liable to report you, especially if you admit you screwed up. Then you could ask for her advice on how Manuel and MacLaughing would react if you stuck around and attempted to sell them stuff.

I'm gonna second going to Miss K.
And showing her the DU Core that she insisted was a 'feminine aide'.

If we're going to stay in the village long-term, we should stay with someone who would be sympathetic to Player, understand the importance of our mission, and be willing to bend the rules to help him. Preferabley, a person who Player could get along with for an extended period of time without much difficulty. Do we know anyone like that?

>>163216
that's why we are insisting Miss k, if we give her enough ancient tech and money she would have no reason to rat us out, she may let us sleep in her house, and player may be able to get into her pants.

>>163219
She's not the kind of person you want to be around for very long. If we're going to ask someone for a place to stay, I'd rather it be someone who won't bite us.

That's a bit longer-term, though. We can still go to her about the artifacts we found.

>>163225
i'm telling you, those bites are signs of affection.

>>163226
"That's not a sort of affection I appreciate."
That's probably what Player's thoughts on the matter would be.

So they can grow really big with lots of grass?

- go get a grub
- feed it till it turns into even bigger grubzilla than before
- take over world

I'm a genius!

i wanted to check on the worm in there. you know, make sure its very dead.

well if we are going back to the city can we set the body on fire? its more likely to kill the babies, even because we would need to dig trhu the corpse to get back anyway.

also player needs a shower.

remember to mark on the tree that this is the exit.

No. Don't make any markings. A rock by a giant hole is easy to remember. Leaving a reminder would only compromise its secrecy.

Just remember the hole into the shaft, should be a good enough landmark. With rope it could also be another entrance/exit, it seems.

In any case, those baby worms sure aren't going to starve.

You know maybe you should change your clothes. You're still awfully pink and I can't imagine clothes with dried in worm blood are very comfortable.

- Player 2010/04/12(Mon)09:04 No. 163298 ID: 9bb35a
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>less pink
Just enough for me to feel like a human being again. I really hope I can remove this new tint, I like this shirt.

>burn the nest
>no need!
I'll leave you guys to decide on that; I just don't care, as long as they don't become megabugs. And with the exits closed, they shouldn't.

>baby worms, aren't going to starve
That's two parts disturbing and five slices of true.

- Player 2010/04/12(Mon)09:12 No. 163299 ID: 9bb35a
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>where
I have no idea; it's been way more than an hour down that place.
... but I don 't know many places with a blue roofing around. I must be in between two klicks and a mile from the village.

>Miss K, Manuel, McLaughing, being reported
Well, the consensus seem to be going to Miss K. Maybe with the right chat, she can convince Manuel to not rat me out; or at least, to be my middlewoman.
Damn, this mess is way bigger than just getting in and out. I really made my bed this time.

- Player 2010/04/12(Mon)09:17 No. 163300 ID: 9bb35a
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>markings
>don't!
Its a trapdoor under a rock by the side of a giant ventilation shaft. I don 't think I'll have any trouble finding it again.

>change clothes
Fuck yes. Seriously, those fairytales about princes killing dragons to run into the princesses' arms were written by complete virgins, I tell you. The only thing I wanna hug now is a river.

Hmnf, too bad there's none around.

- Player 2010/04/12(Mon)09:21 No. 163302 ID: 9bb35a
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"I guess nothing is perfect."

I said on IRC a few time,s but here it goes; the achievements and sidequest lists were reset due to under-the-hood changes on the game.

>>163302
By under-the-hood changes he means "I lost my notes"

son, im disapoint.

i expected a bit more of looting. are you gonna walk 2 clicks just because you got 6 silver?

>>163346
The REAL treasure is an unsecured entrance.

We also got a few new items.

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