Hattori Nooooooooooo!!!!

Gunpowder Symphony!5/hd9bcGk6 2010/04/14(Wed)22:01 No. 164458 ID: a7a200
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Everyone's time runs out eventually...damn shame, though. Bloody damn shame.

Send us over, we wanna say goodbye.

>>164461
$%^$#&^%&#$%%^5
...

Ha...
I should have known we'd meet again someday.
Look at this... so many people. When we met, I lived only for myself, and now look at me. Some kind of hero, huh?

Haha....

>>164464
Well sir... it seems this is the big sendoff.. can't say I expected it like this ehh?

We love you you old bastard. How come you don't want to stay alive and help people?

you can at least go out knowing you had a good run... no, a great run.

>>164464
I... I'll miss you... We all will...

>>164466
I know now that the beauty of life, like love, is the fragility of it.

Besides, I need to make way for new heroes. Can't hog it all myself, now, can I?

Thank you for visiting.
I'm glad I got to see you all again.

>>164468
Ha...To think, I even stirred the emotions of a demon.

Goodbye. Now... and forever.

@#@$@%@#$%#$@

Hattori signals me close.

"The cane." he says softly. "You shall need it. It is yours, granddaughter. There's no way a member of the Delarosa line would avoid being dragged into some inane struggle for the fate of the planet. You are no exception." he pauses to cough violently, then grips my hand with a strength that defies his age.
"Remember, Rosie. Everyone deserves a second chance."
His fingers weaken, and Ella pushes me away to take his hand. The have a quiet exchange, and Hattori kisses her cheek with a smile, brushing away a tear.
He says something I cannot hear to her, then looks up at the ceiling, resting his head and closing his eyes.

His breathing stops, and I briefly feel a prescence in the room.

>>164472
There he goes. I wonder what kind of station he'll have in the afterlife, as a Lifesworn.

Well... Stick around. I'm sure J is going to be in deep blue for a while. How's Antares reacting to this? He understands the true nature of Death...

>>164477
Antares is silent. But I know my father. He'll break something later to get over it. Ella is crying, loud, wracking sobs that drive everyone from the room.

Erghal sighs.
"I hate to see a guy like that go." he says quietly. Antares nods.
"Rosie... what did he say to you? He's scattered most of his items among the family."

i see no reason not to tell.

>>164484
okay, now my genre-savvy alarm is going off. I may be wrong.

>>164483
Tell him he gave you the cane.

Death. Such is life.
We should make something in his honour. Maybe a pin with the wings on it.

Ah the cane, good times... It'll go well with your abilities.

>>164491
>>164484
"He said I was to have the Cane." I tell him.
"Seems about right." he replies, walking over to a stand of canes and pulling out one with a dragon's head design.

"Here you are. Use it wisely."
"Y-yes." I manage, as he hands it to me.

>>164685
Okay now be very careful with that. It's one of Hattori's most destructive items.

We've discovered three of its powers so far:
1) Twirling it will cause it to light into a flame that burns through anything instantly.
2) Tapping it against the ground will cause localized earthquakes, of a power that increases exponentially depending on how many times you tap. 1 tap is a minor tremor, 2 shakes the ground quite a lot, 3 causes a quake severe enough to split the ground in two. 4 causes a giant chasm to appear. 5... we never tried. I suggest not going past 4, as at that point it can destroy small towns.
3. There's a sword in it. I uh... don't think there's anything special about the sword.

>>164685

Now, careful with the cane. Do you know what it can do?

>>164742
It does nothing in the presence of a seeran. Or rather, in the presence of an aware seeran.

>>164741
The sword is always on fire...always.

All we need now is a Standing Ovation

I see... No wonder grandfather gave it to me.

It's almost as if it was tailor made for me..

"And then there's the matter of monetary inheritance."

J perks up, but doesn't say anything.

>>164866
Last we heard, Hattori didn't actually have a huge fortune. Don't get too excited.

>>164890

Yeah, but then again, we haven't exactly been into check up on the family finances have we? Not that we really have to-to much need for cash at the moment.

>>164937
>>164890
Antares smiles.
"You'll be recieving it in this bank account, and the balance is noted at the bottom.

We look at at it.

J faints quietly.

>>164938
How many zeros?

>>164938
Oh. He must've gotten his original fortune back.

>>164940
Uh-uhm...
eight zeroes.

That's only... a small part of it?!

No wonder J fell over. This is enough to buy Rivermeet!

Don't go overboard!

Hey maybe you can buy the entirety of hell. Probably not.

>>164947
According to legend, there's no true borders of Hell, merely that which the demons cordon off and fight over.

So no. Not with the whole fortune.

>>164950
Where the hell did all that gold come from? Wait, I bet Jerasp's golden mountain caused a bit of inflation. That's probably worth about half as much as it did 100 years ago. Or maybe a tenth, I dunno.

>>164964
You speak as if Jerasp let anyone have it. If it's not in circulation it's as good as if it were not there.

>>164973
You have a point. Even so... Oh wait, of course. Platinum coins. And other, higher denominations. I heard once that if you have enough money you could turn it into something that even a God would want. Valuable enough to trade a Wish for, even.

>>165009
>Valuable enough to trade a Wish for, even.
...
Gods generally don't med-
Okay, they do, and quite a bit, but they don't see as much value in physical objects, seeing as most of them can create such things at will. There's a lot I could do with this money, but what you're suggesting is... slightly outlandish.

I pick up J off the floor.
"Before you go... I want to apologize."
"?"
"Me, Jai and Ysl... we're very sorry. We were afraid... afraid of losing someone so close to us."
"And you didn't know how to approach it other than by brute force?"
Father chuckles nervously.
"E-either way. I'm very sorry."

>>165060
Well, we forgive them. People do foolish things out of love all the time.

it is funny, we, a being of the mind, are rather fond of matters of the heart.

>>165084
"I forgive you, Daddy."
"Good... oh, before I forget. The Praetor wants a word with you later."

>>165226
I nod and head outside, where the brown Seeran waits, flanked by armoured Seeran as well.
"So this is the granddaughter of the hero who saved the world. Perhaps you can succeed where he failed?"

"?"
"Here." she hands me a small peice of a spear haft. "I'm certain Legion will know the task I ask."

>>165272
Ah, she wants to restore the spear fully. I was wondering about that loose end.

I have no idea HOW to do it though...

>>165284

Well, if we had all of it, maybe we could alchemy it back together?

>>165325
Maybe... We could check books in the library.

Gosh I hope we find something to do soon other than read books and train.

Woah hold on, the Spear of Darian?
?
Ante flies out of the ring and snatches the piece, looking close. "It is! It is, oh god, Haphae will hacve a fit!!"

"What."

"Okay, the Spear was made when Anansi and a specific demon made an agreement with Darian's young lady-friend. She sealed her whole soul into his spear with Haphae's help, and Anansi made it into an item, wrapping it in his invisible silks. It's legendary in it's flaming power, and an incredible elemental foci. The fact that even a single piece has survived means the rest can be found. When brought together, they'll heal the damage automatically! Unfortunately..."
"I feel something bad coming up."
"Such well-preserved soul, whether it's edible or not, attracts and pulls demons from the nearest Realm. Meaning..."
"Each peice will be gaurded by any number of native demons."
"Exactly."

>>165341
Fine, then we'll just kick their asses. Any way to tell where they might be?

>>165342
"As a demon, I can feel the pure, old soul from quite a ways away." Ante says. "But... other than that..."
she shrugs.

>>165345
Alright... I wonder if we should do this now? We don't have anything more pressing to do, as far as I can remember. May as well tell Danny we're gonna be gone for a while.

>>165341

Okay, so we don't need to Alchemy it back together, we just need to find the pieces. Well, you've got enough traveling. I say, if there's nothing pressing, it's time for a good ole' quest.

Tell the Praetor (the brown Seeran) that you'll do your very best to ensure that Darian's spear is repaired. And that we'll try not to destroy any more landmarks while we're at it.

>>165496
"I'll do my best, Ma'am. And I'll be sure to avoid... collatoral damage."
She barks a laugh.
"See that you do." she replies simply, and the turns and leaves with her men. J stretches.
"I feel sad for Danny..." she says quietly. "It's like he never got a chance. We're off to see the world, and he can't come with."

Wait... Take me back to the basement where you trained with him.

...

If you really want to know the truth. I... have a feeling.

>>165554
Okay.

How do I shot trip?!H508X.HbJ6 2010/04/17(Sat)01:29 No. 165567 ID: e31d52
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>>165557
"I... alright."

We make our way down. I think Danny is asleep, and we go down to the large cave.

"Over here. Where it gets all rocky. Pull this one away..."

What. That rock was as big as I am laying down!

>>165567
...I strongly urge you not to touch that. It looks like a soulstone.

>>165567
Ask her what it is.

>>165573
"What... What is that?" I ask quietly.
"It's a greater binding circle. It seems to encircle the whole of the library..." she says quietly. "It's impossible to tell because the rock gets in the way after the cavern ends. But a binding this powerful... well, it'd kill the demon it was holding if it left."
"No. NO! Danny isn't a demon. I... I've talked to him for years. I've looked into his eyes, they're full of love and life!"
"Reality's staring you in the face, Rosie. This binding's active."

what about his dad? you eve see him since his 'supposed' death? what if it's holding him and danny is the key, leaving would unlock the gate.

>>165577
Demons can love.

We're technically a demon you know. Some of us have grown very attached to certain people. There was a time when I felt very attached to Ella, for instance... but that has lessened, from being away from her for so long.

One other here feels for Ysl. I'm sure you've noticed.

However... it's weird. I thought Danny's father was possessing a demon for power? Flooding his soul into the demon's, entwining it and being the dominant one? What body did he use?

Yet... shouldn't Danny's eyes end in a 'brick wall' like most demons? Only Seducers have proper eyes, as far as we know.

>>165585
"All I have is what's in front of me, Rosie. Think back. Tell me what you know."
I think back. Danny was always shy, but before his father died... he went to classes, left the library fairly often. But when his old man passed away, something changed...
"Ante... if his father was possessing the demon, what would happen upon his death?"
"Soulstone of the demon and destruction of the mortal's body." she replies.
"And the demon itself would be eve worse off than normal. More... voracious. Right?"
"You... might say that."
...
"The accident..."
About a year after his father left, a large bookshelf fell on Danny. Before that point, he wasn't known to have any specific elemental talent... But on that day, he was able to turn his skin to diamond...

so, the circle is the only thing keeping the demon from eating him.

>>165692
"Maybe. Some demons eat whole souls and then... well, they go on with the person's life as if nothing happened. It's not that hard, all the infor-"
"Shut up."
"What?"
"Get in the goddamn ring."
There's a wooshing sound, and the demon vanishes.
"Let's go due south." I say simply, standing up.
"Rosie, are you o-"
"Let's go, J. No time to lose."
We leave, leading towards the south exit of the city.

when we get back we will have words for Danny. but for now let's get this show on the road.

>>165696
He's not a monster. He's not a monster. He's my friend... No, more than that. He is not a soulless beast!

"R-rosie!"

I'm going to find those peices and kiss whoever is in charge of those... things, personally. It's the only way to be sure these things are sorted out.

"---!"

I won't stop until theis... Master... is dead and I've ground his soulstone into dust. I've had enough people stolen from me!

stop, talk to J, you are freaking her out.

and i'm not saying Danny is a monster. we just tell him 'we know about the binding circle' and he will spill the beans on what's up.

>>165730
I... I know. I'm just scared. I'm scared that Ante is right and that this friend of mine is a lie. I take a deep breath.

"J... I'd like you to gather information around town about odd gatherings of demons. I need to speak with Danny."

"..."

"I'm sorry. I won't feel right until I do."

"Alright. You go do that, then."

I turn around and run to the library, finding Danny arranging the books.
"Danny... I... I found the binding circle."
There's a pause.
"Ante..."
"sorrysorrysorry! I'm sorry!"
"There's no preventing it. Come upstairs in ten minutes." his face is grave, robbed of the happiness I'd always been able to see in it. "Before you learn anything, Rosie... I want you to know... It's been really fun."

He ascends, and shuts the door upstairs.

well, even if he is a demon he could still be Danny too. a good chance he still has his mind which would fundamentally alter how a demon worked and even if his soul was corrupted at all it would be nothing major as he still has a human form. main reason i doubt he is a demon is because he was affected by the soulstone and i am fairly sure a demon can't influence another demon, especially considering if he was a demon he would be a more powerful one and the lesser demons whispers would be useless..

How do I shot trip?!H508X.HbJ6 2010/04/17(Sat)20:46 No. 165904 ID: e31d52
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>>165853
I... I guess you're right.

I wait, then head upt the stairs, taking off the ring and placing it on the banister on the landing.

I open the door and walk inside. It is dark, and I cannot see anything.

"Danny died when his father did."
"?"
The door shuts behind me, placing me in darkness.
"A demon in a soulstone is... desperate. Alone. Hungry. I called out to the child, then merely twelve years of age. He grasped the stone, and... I ate the whole of his soul. But before he passed, he asked of me one thing. He told me... he told me he didn't want to make a specific person sad when he passed away. So I took his memories, his mannerisms... and made them a part of myself. His body was mine to mold, so I kept his eyes, his voice, his body, and let it work as a mortal's. I remained hidden, just below the surface, as Danny continued to 'live'."

No...

"It worked perfectly. No one noticed. I found myself enjoying the existance, the peaceful life the boy lived... and one person in specific, the one whom I started the very charade for. I found myself, a demon, very nearly equaling a Lord in power... falling in love with a mortal woman. But I knew it was not something I could have, for once she saw my form... she would run."

The lights flicker on, and... something... hangs from a window, looking at me with intense, empty eyes.

"Will you run, Rosie?" he asks.

I step forth, and gently touch the sandlike skin of his huge arm.

"Are you afraid?"

"Yes... Yes, I am very, very afraid... A monster stands before me." I feel myself shake, Feel the tears run down my cheeks.
The arms encircle me, huge, strong, and gentle.
"I am sorry." it rumbles. "I am sorry."

The apologies don't make it hurt any less.

D:
dammit. but this is the thing, he was able to lie. that means that ether he is the second lying demon or that succubus didn't know of his existence. in order to lie, he must have a mind.

since he absorbed all of danny's memories/his mind, his body, and his soul. he actually is Danny, he just doesn't realize it. he thinks he has become a demon, but the fact is the demon became him. like what his father tried, reverse possession, but this was a lot more subtle, and a lot more effective.

remember what raven told us? a demon is just a soul, a goal. Danny managed to change the demon's goal when normally the opposite happens and the host's goal is changed.

>>165907
Negative.

Ensurian was not affected by the 'no demons can lie' thing. He wasn't in hell when that happened, so he escaped the effect.

Danny is, in fact, dead. Ensurian is a different person. All we know now is that he's not a bad guy, and he cares about Rosie.

Can the binding circle be deactivated? Removed?

>>165959
"C-can the circle be removed or weakened?"
"Nay." he says, gently releasing me, turning around, and grunting as he returns to Danny's form. "Some of the runes are so old that the ffect would take time to go off, but... once I leave, my fate is sealed. Might take a day, might take a week, might take a month." he sighs. "I had meant to tell you sooner. I... I am sorry for continuing the charade for so long."

does he mean removing the runes will activate it and he dies or that they are unremovable? if unremovable then we get to prove him wrong by breaking it anyway.
if, somehow, it really can't be broken then what if we just lift the entire circle out of the ground?

>>165964
"Tampering with such a circle will set it off as well. I... I shall do my best to support you from here. The volumes of knowledge here may prove invaluable to someone on the road and in peril... And in my time alone and with you I have developed a technique no other demon has." he walks over to a large cleaver on the wall, and, after changing form, lifts it high, and brings it down on one finger, severing it.

The severed finger twitches, then, with an implosion, turns into a tiny orb of red crystal. "With this, you may contact me through Legion." he says, tossing it to me.
"Now go. You have an important task before you. A monster like me has no right to detain you."

>>165978
"You're not a monster."

he may be big and scary, but even if he was a monster, he isn't now.

"You aren't a monster."

He looks taken aback, then turns away from me, taking a deep breath.

"You and that young lady... I hope you are happy together. Go. Please."

My steps are hesitant at first, but then I find myself running out of the buildin, snatching up Ante as I do so.

>>165995
Where is J? You need her warm embrace.

I find J in the market, and silently take her hand.
"Can we go home?" I ask gently, and she smiles, both of us floating into the air as she gently carries me there, my arms around her shoulders, holding myself close to her as we land and shew carries me inside.

How do I shot Trip?!H508X.HbJ6 2010/04/18(Sun)12:49 No. 166178 ID: e31d52
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We move to her room...
Ah...

P-privacy, please...
@!#!$$%$^!!!%$%^%^!!!!!!!

Back already, Legion? You task is not yet finished...

>>166178

Oh... Uh... Hi!

huh, so this is what happens when someone tries to send us but don't have a destination in mind...

>>166178
How the hell did we get in YOUR head?

You look like that stupid angel imposter fuckhead. Raeve.

>>166247
um, because if you noticed he is the 'master'.

>>166251
I dunno about you, but he's certainly no master of mine. I don't even know who he is.

How do I shot Trip?!H508X.HbJ6 2010/04/18(Sun)16:08 No. 166288 ID: e31d52
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>>166257
It seems our disconnection has been far too long, though you have thus far performed admirably in my name.

>>166247
There are those who call me such. But sson I shall have a new name entirely. For now, address me merely as Master.

Tell me. Have you found any of the Relics we seek?

You feel a massive pressure.

>>166288
Relics? What are you talking about?

>>166288
Ain't about to call you our master, bub. "Stupid angel impostor fuckhead" is much more appropriate, so how about we call you Saif.

>>166293
Hahahaha! N- Nice joke! Eheheheh...

dunno, which ones are we looking for again?

How do I shot Trip?!H508X.HbJ6 2010/04/18(Sun)16:30 No. 166307 ID: e31d52
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>>166290
>>166293
>>166294
>>166295
The pressure increases.
Do not test my patience, Legion. I do not have nearly as much of it as I once did. The Sword, the Book, and the Scepter. Tell me where they are!
Pain. Pain. Pain. Pain. Pain. Pain. Pain. Pain. Pain. Pain. Pain. Pain. Pain. Pain. Pain. Pain. Pain. Pain. Pain. Pain. Pain. Pain. Pain. Pain. Pain. Pain. Pain. Pain. Pain. Pain. Pain. Pain. Pain. Pain. Pain. Pain. Pain. Pain. Pain. Pain. Pain. Pain. Pain. Pain. Pain. Pain. Pain. Pain. Pain. Pain. Pain. Pain. Pain. Pain. Pain. Pain. Pain. Pain. Pain. Pain. Pain. Pain. Pain. Pain. Pain. Pain. Pain. Pain. Pain. Pain. Pain. Pain. Pain. Pain. Pain. Pain. Pain. Pain. Pain. Pain. Pain. Pain. Pain. Pain.

Safe.

>>166307
We found one. It is safe.

>>166307
Why do you want them? What will you do with that power?

>>166310
We haven't found one, just part of one.

So, Saif, why are you bothering us?

>>166316
Eh? No, the thing you're thinking of isn't a Relic.

>>166311
I wish to make a world without suffering, pain, or death.

Now go. Clearly you are not yet useful to me.

$%#@^$%#@^%@%$^%$&^$^$&#%$&^%*&^&
Mmmmmmn.
It was a good idea to bring Ante along.

>>166318
Wait what

What did we miss?

ALSO GODDAMN DON'T EVER DO THAT AGAIN YOU SENT US BACK TO THE MASTER AND THAT HURT A LOT.

huh. turns out the 'master' is Raeve, the one who kicked harumda out of hell in the first place.

>>166318
Hey, dya think you could get in touch with somebody ridiculously powerful for us?
When you kicked us out we landed in this jerk called "Raeve" who demanded we call him master and give him "The Sword, the Book, and the Scepter". Then he tried to torture us.

>>166322
I'm sorry. I don't know anyone that could act directly.

I won't do that again, promise! I didn't know he could just... grab you like that!
...
Are...
You okay?

>>166324
We're fine. We can feel pain, apparently but it's not like it affects us. For future reference, you can just turn us off instead of kicking us out. Hattori and Antares used to be able to just put us in stasis or something when they wanted privacy or slept.

If you want to make it up to us... how about you tell us what happened while we were gone? Hmmmmm?

>>166325

Whatever it was, sounded fun. More fun than what we did.

>>166324
Lots of pain, but it's distant. We know it's there, but it's like somebody's just telling us about it.

Honestly? Don't worry about it. The worst part was finding out that somebody thinks they own us, and that shit don't fly.

>>166325
>>166341
It...
I...
We had... fun. We had a lot of fun. I'm sorry, J told me not to tell you guys.

>>166350
Heheheh. Okay I guess that's good enough.

So you're fully Pacted with Ante now, I'm guessing.

>>166353
Y-yes. I am. I haven't used it yet, so, uhm...yeah.

"So about that information." J says, walking back into the room with cocoa and setting the mugs beside the bed. "I found three leads. Appaerently there's an endless dungeon on the continent. It's said to be one of the places Hattori went... but it warps time, which we need. Then there's a ruin some ways south of here, about three days. Lots of demons there... The last one is past the Magicwall."

'warps time' can be misleading. it could very well spit you out 1 second after you go in compared to the rest of the world or 1 second could be like 100 years on the outside. the risk for a bad warp isn't worth it.
in the ruins that have a lot of demons, about how powerful should they be?

>>166358
The treasure dungeon? Well, if we don't go very deep into it the lost time isn't too bad. If we want to spend a day in it we could get something very nice. We got Hattori's Book from there last time. That was on the... 6th floor. However we don't know how MUCH time we have...

Oh. Actually, that dungeon is on the way to the ruins. So let's just head there right now.

>>166363
The further in you go into the dungeon, the faster time passes outside it. So basically, while the reward gets better and better the deeper inside we go, we have to spend more and more time clearing each floor.

i wonder if it really is infinite or just REALLY big? like the 100th floor is bottom. it is just so far that no one reaches it.

>>166363
"Dunno..."
"Most demons attracted to pristine souls are moderately potent." Ante says, leaning back on the bed and kicking her long legs in the air. "Like... uh... A little stronger than me." she hums quietly.

as long as no magic disruptors are there we should be fine.

>>166368
It's infinitely deep. However after you get past the 10th floor, days pass in seconds. Go much further than that and the universe would end before you solved a floor.

>>166374
Stronger than Ante is a bit of a problem. I think we're definitely going to need the advantage of an item from the Dungeon.

>>166395
"Are you certain?"
"I am. Ante, can I trust you to go down there with Legion?"
There's a pause.
"I'm sorry. I'm bound to you. I must remain within earshot of you at all times."

>>166392
dang... what about a time mage who can block the effects?

Time magic is kinda a myth. Even if a time mage did exist, the magics that put together the Dungeon are so interwoven that messing with one might cause the others to go haywire.

>>166426
well, not messing with them. just a kind of anti-time bubble around him so the time effects slide around him instead of outright being deflected.

anyway, yeah we should delve into it a little.

>>166436
Can we please just get going so we can solve some puzzles?

If time is really that much of an issue then let's stop at the 3rd floor. That should only take a few hours.

rolled 43 = 43

---

>>166493
Right.

"We're going to stop off at the Dungeon on the way there. We need the help, after all."

J thinks for a moment.
"If you're certain."
"Ring."
Ante sighs, swooshing into the red jewel on the ring, as I place the peice of Danny Ensurian on a necklace and hand it near my heart.

I take the spear fragment, my short sword, a change of clothes, and the Cane, as J puts together her spear, sheathes it, and hangs it over her back.
"No flying?"
"Sylph says no." she says, shrugging. "So no."

We set out.

>>166510
Right. Hmm, let's see how that works. Do we just... try to speak to him ourselves or maybe it lets us switch to him?

@Ensurian: Hey, can you hear this?

>>166547
To Ensurian: If you can hear this, please respond affirmatively.

>>166547
>>166550
[E]Excellent! It appears to be functional. The object is, in fact, a tiny peice of my soul... but not enough to trip the circle.[E]

...

Hey guys...

Do you ever get the feeling you're being watched?

>>166563
Assume you are. Be ready, and mention it to J.

...suddenly I realize that um... demons are attracted to the pieces of the spear, right?

How do I shot Trip?!H508X.HbJ6 2010/04/18(Sun)21:35 No. 166583 ID: e31d52
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>>166570
"Ante... demons are attracted to the spear, right?"
"Right."

And I'm carrying...

oh damnit.

"Kekekekeke... More little children..."

I look up to see what seems to be an elderly man sitting in a tree, shaking with laughter.

That's Talakk... who I don't know.

"Friend or foe?"

Mannerism suggests foe, so you know. Get ready to fight.

>>166588
"Friend or foe?" I call.
The man laughs harder, leaping into the air feet first, landing right in frong of me, the metal mask inches from me face, looking me in the eyes.

His eyes are filled with madness.

>>166626
Are they a brick wall though? Earth-body yourself like I was implying.

"Are you allied with the demons or not?"

>>166633
No. No, I wish they were.
"Are you with the Master or not?"
"Why does it matter?" he asks, dancing between his feet nimbly. "Demon, man... hooohoohooo!"
I armor myself with Earth... And feel small stones erupt painlessly on my skin, like armor, and I'm filled with the surety that I will live.

>>166669
Take out the cane, spin it around and direct the flames to shoot out at him.

How do I shot Trip?!H508X.HbJ6 2010/04/18(Sun)22:58 No. 166697 ID: e31d52
File 12716567146.png - (11.84KB , 500x500 , mindassault.png )

>>166681
I spin the cane, directing the superhot flames at him in long, spearlike streams...

Which he dodges with no effort, jumping and leaping, when suddenly something hits me.

It's no physical blow.

My head feels like it's going to split----!

You feel as if you are being pushed away.

"Hm?" the man says, tilting his masked face. J falls to the ground, shaking all over. "Hmmm..."

>>166697
Tap the cane four times.

[Hold on to Rosie as tight as we can]

>>166697
Get out of her head, Talakk!

>>166705
Wait, he's trying to invade?

[Eat him.]

How do I shot Trip?!H508X.HbJ6 2010/04/18(Sun)23:08 No. 166711 ID: e31d52
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>>166702
No mercy!
I tap the cane four times, the earth slowly, then faster shaking around me, the man laughing, and launching into the trees, leaping from one to the next as blow after blow hammers against me. But now I'm prepared, and I shore a wall against his attacks.

I bring J to my side and hold h-
I barely manage to dodge her spear in time.

"Heeee!" the man laughs.

>>166711
Kiss her.
[Fight back as hard as we can, and redirect his mental attack back at him]

Rosie, feel yourself and your surroundings. The solid mass of the earth, invincible and strong. The warmth in your skin, and your own self. Feel your own mind, you personally are much stronger than he could ever be in trying to control you. Demonstrate it. Remove his taint. And feel us as well, infinite and powerful, advising you on your journey.

Suggestion 2010/04/18(Sun)23:20 No. 166727 ID: 7524b0
File 127165803457.png - (5.25KB , 500x500 , COUNTER.png )

>>166711
Oh no you don't. I'm the strongest one here, and I say...

GET OUT.

Rosie, stay away from J. Move, fast as you can, and destroy him. Cage him with earth and destroy him with fire.

Set J on fire. Not her skin, her emotions. Do it as hard as you possibly can.

is it trying to infect our hang out?! we are the demon of the mind. [attack the tendrils of red]

@Ensurian: can you channel energy into us? we are fighting some dude with mind control powers.

How do I shot Trip?!H508X.HbJ6 2010/04/18(Sun)23:32 No. 166743 ID: e31d52
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>>166727
The man physically recoils, then screams in pain as I kiss J's lips and fill her with fire.

"You... A demon, there?!"

((Warning! Rosie will now take the first suggestion posted, due to overabundance of Legion control!))

Haha WHAT?! He can be hurt by means of his own link! Fill YOURSELF with the same fire! Fire for all! And ground both of you with the earth!

destroy him.

How do I shot Trip?!H508X.HbJ6 2010/04/18(Sun)23:38 No. 166755 ID: e31d52
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>>166747
A scream of wretching agony fills the air, the man ripping free his own mask, a soulstone resting in his forehead. He tears it off, a look of beatific relief crossing his face... as he slumps over, dead, and the soulstone literally explodes.

>>166755
ah, hmmm.... [starts scraping out all that yellow]

Rosie, think of you and J. Think of your brother. Think of your family. But most of all, think of how you are your own person. Make sure J is alright.

How do I shot Trip?!H508X.HbJ6 2010/04/18(Sun)23:40 No. 166762 ID: e31d52
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You feel weak, as if hungry.

Rosie tell us how much you love us~

>>166762
[Ignore the hunger. Try to get Rosie back into shape.]

ugh, we seem to need to eat something. i don't know what it would be since we are a mind not a soul.... brains? we need brains.

>>166762
Ahhh... ummm. No, we can't. Can't eat Rosie.

We must recover! Hold on, I must focus...

How do I shot Trip?!H508X.HbJ6 2010/04/18(Sun)23:47 No. 166774 ID: e31d52
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>>166769
Time passes...
...gion! Legion! Oh god are you okay!? It's been hours! Legion!

okay, we back. had to shut down for a while and absorb some ambient thoughts, or else we would have eaten your brain.

We might not even be able to eat her brain ya know.

>>166774
Sorry. Thank god, we managed to recover on our own. We had to fight him off, and he kindof... uh, he damaged us. A lot.

What WAS that?

>>166774
Ok! We're back! We're ok!
Don't worry about us; we were damaged, and we don't know if a part of us started feeding or not. Is everybody ok? No mind-loss or anything?

>>166778
we are capable of being hungry so we are capable of eating. i don't know what we would eat but brains makes the most sense.

>>166779
Seemed like it was some sort of mental attack... it blasted J, but you guys acted as some sort of... armor, I suppose. Th-thanks...
"I still don't get why you demanded to bury him." J says.
"..."
"He was barely even human!"
"..."

>>166785
actually, he pulled a soulstone out of himself before he died. so he was a possessed dude. i think our counter attack gave the man enough control over himself he could free himself.

>>166785
"He was possessed."

Though, I don't know by what. Perhaps, an Unholy demon?

even though it was a mental attack it was nothing but raw power, no finesse at all. we, on the otherhand, are all finesse with no power. after it's opening attack we stalemated.

"You know who that was, Ante? He was clearly possessed..."
"No idea. Normally I can catch the demon's name from seeing the stone, but... that one had no name. No title, either!" she frowns. "That's not right... at all..."

we got a name from him, 'Talakk'.

>>166829
Ask her if "Talakk" means anything to her.

>>166831
>>166832
"It translates to 'Vessel' in Early Demonic, but... ugh, we don't have the time to puzzle this." she shakes her head. "So many things wrong there..."

An empty soulstone?

Or was it... a human soulstone? Was that ... Danny's father's soulstone?

rolled 57 = 57

---

>>166836
"No... Humans can't soulstone. Their... identity is too strong. They simply aren't chaotic enough... it's why ghosts look like people unless they take too long to form."

Well anyway, how much further is it to the Dungeon? I hope you didn't spend too much time just waiting for us to recover.

>>166837
Not a man... not a demon...

What happened to Clown when he died, I wonder?

anyway, let's just keep moving.

>>166838
It can't be far.

>>166839
You're being silly. Stop being silly, Legion.

...

Ah, there it is. The mouth of the cavern at last.
...And a guard?

>>166842
Aw dangit someone's already in there I bet. Go ahead and ask them what's up.

>>166842
Greet the guard.

wait, guys. that may not be a guard at all. stay on YOUR guard, but other then that, yeah greet him.

>>166845
"Hello?"
The man looks up at my face, then at J's, then taps a side of the wall. There's a crackle of power, and he turns to face us.

"What floor you folks headed to?"

3rd or 4th. we both need a thing at the same time as being in a time crunch.

>>166849
Erm... Rosie you didn't really tell us how much time you're willing to spend here.

6th floor would take about a day. 3rd floor would be a couple hours, tops.

>>166852
I'm not certain... We can always bail out if we feel like we're taking too much time, right?

"Sixth floor."
"Alright. Take this with you." he hands me a stone. "It'll shake as the feild intensifies. Rule of thumb, when you can't hold it anymore, it'd be best to get the hell out."

He taps his long staff on the ground, and the feild vanishes.

"Good luck."

>>166859
Thank him and enter.

Wait... ask who he is, first.

>>166860
"The name's Dallan." he replies simply. "You fine young ladies stay safe, alright?"

We nod and descend into the first room.

It's big.
Very big. There's a plaque in the center of the room, a weapons rack with three weapons, and three statues, and the ceiling is covered in holes.

>>166862
Well first thing's first. Read that plaque.

>>166864
Mighty knights of ancient yore
So great no weapon unbroken, they stood before
Save one, save only a single blade
that which doffed them, in the end.

>>166866
What's in the weapon rack? And what do the statues look like?

Ensurian: Hey, can you look up "Talakk" for us? We met some crazy old guy in a mask that used some kind of mental attack on us. After we defeated him, he ripped off a soulstone from behind the mask (looking grateful to be rid of it) and it exploded as he died. Ante said she got no name or title from seeing the soulstone. His eyes did not end in a 'brick wall' like possessed people normally did. They were full of madness. Ante said that Talakk translates into 'vessel' in Early Demonic.

Also, what time is it? We're going into the Deep Dungeon and we should probably keep track of how long we're in here.

>>166867
There's a long stone sword, a large mace, an axe, a dagger, a bow, and...
Well, besides the rack is a statue of a young woman, her arms outstretched.

There are three knight statues. The first has a cleanly severed head, which sits at its feet. The second has a missing head , which was clearly shattered after it was made. Peices lie all around.

The last one is wearing no helmet and has an expression of sadness and surprise.

>>166869
[E] There's some legends of a monk sect that learned to empty thier soul into the world around them, but... information is scarce. Contact me later.[E]

>>166988
Hrm, it's either the sword or the axe. I'm thinking Axe though. How shattered is the second head? Can you put it back together?

E: No really, what time is it?

>>167019
I can't put together the second. It's like a great weight broke it into many pieces.

Upon closer inspection, each statues sits on a pressure plate.

[E] It's about late evening.[E]

Put the axe in the young woman's hands.

>>167176
I reach out to do so, but J stops me.
"It's too big..." she replies. "Look, this statue is different... It's not fastened to the floor. But... yeah, it looks like something can be put in her hands."

the dagger, betrayal.

>>167185
If the axe is too big, the long sword is too, right? You can't decapitate someone cleanly with a dagger... so, the puzzle must not be about what weapon was used.

Put the head in the young woman's hands.

>>167188
I put the dagger in the young woman's hands, and it fits cleanly.
"I knew it. Help me out here."
We push the stature in front of the surprised knight, and the dagger-hand reaches around the back...

Where there's a large hole gouged out.

There's a loud click.

>>167197
Well I figured the last knight was killed by a dagger that way.

Do the other knights have hands that you can put stuff in?

>>167201
Yes. It seems weapons will fit in their hands.

>>167223
Alright, put the sword in the shattered-head warrior, and the mace in the decapitated one.

>>167225
We place the weapons in their locations, wait nervously... then there's a loud click, and the center of the room turns into a stairwell.

>>167236
Good. Proceed downwards.

>>167239
We make our way down, and come across a huge chasm.

There stands another statue, with handles on the base, and distantly, I can see an alcove where it'd fit.

>>167246
Throw some dirt into the chasm. You're looking for an invisible bridge.

yes, that's it. you could also cheat with magic, but that would probably cause something horrible to happen.

>>167260
Nothing...
All along the edge, there's no hidden platform of any sort.

>>167353
Well great. Move the statue a bit to see if anything happens.

How close is it to the edge?

How do I shot trip?!H508X.HbJ6 2010/04/20(Tue)14:52 No. 167425 ID: e31d52
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>>167362
As we begin to move it, lines of light shine from the base in the cardinal directions.

The light reveals four shining, parralel paths that stop there the light does.

>>167425
move it from one side of the room and all the way to the other. it will show us the path. map out the lines that appear between the lines of light.

You could also just rotate it to quickly map out the path.

How do I shot trip?!H508X.HbJ6 2010/04/20(Tue)19:44 No. 167549 ID: e31d52
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This is what we find when we finish moving the statue around.

It's only as wide as the base of the statue...

>>167549
Hmph. Alright, instead of moving the statue across the maze, have J rotate the statue so that you can walk across by yourself and see if there's anything to mess with on the other side.

E: Okay, what time is it now?

Oh wait, if we want to scout out the other side, Ante could just do that.

one in front and one behind it. pull it along the track and when you get to a corner the person in front of it moves out the way and the person behind it moves it all the way to the corner. then the person in front pulls it out the way so the person behind can move forward.

How do I shot trip?!H508X.HbJ6 2010/04/20(Tue)23:20 No. 167700 ID: e31d52
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>>167558
We move the statue carefully, and with great caution, set it in place.

The door opens to stairs down, and inside is a small room, consisting only of the next stairs down, a pedastal, and the small animal that sits upon it.

"Hello, hello! I rarely get visitors. Please, have a seat."

Three chairs appear... and a small orb does as well.

>>167700
What.

...I guess you should sit.

>>167700
Ask it if there's a specific way or order it wants us to sit in.

>>167704
"Oh, no no no..." he chuckles, and we all sit down.

$#@#$^@%^%^%@$%#%$

You are in a glass bottle.
"Now that I have your attention," Ridd says, as Ante gasps in horror, "We're going to play us a little game, hm?"

"Th-the lost tribe's Lord?! The Torturer Lord Ridd the Red?!"

The creature cackles.
"Sealed in an infinite prison of warping time and space to atone for my 'crimes'." he barks a singular laugh.

You know that the Torturers are a Tribe of Demons that was seperated when its Lord was found to be pulling humans directly into the Hells to toy with. As punishment, his form was changed, and he was sealed on the Materium.

>>167711
"What's the game?"

>>167711
State the rules, and the stakes.

>>167713
You feel you voice resound in a tinny sort of call, and Ridd looks over at you.

"It's simple. We're going to see how well you know one another!"

He pulls out the ugliest, rustiest shiv you have ever seen, a bent and sharpened bit of metal with a handle of wrapped leather.

"This Artifact is the one granted to me by my lordship. However, since the tribe doesn't exist anymore, anyone can weild it...And here's the game. Each of you gets one turn. Each turn, Legion guesses how long you will last before you pass out. Succeed, and I take away the pain, and give you the Shiv for your own. Fail, and... well, I have a little fun!"

You note that the girls can't leave the chairs, despite the lack of restraints.

"Shall we start~?"

and once everyone has a shiv do we continue or do they simply have a shiv?

rolled 10 = 10

---

>>167732
"Oh, this is in addition to whatever you may glean from my prison, of course!"

He waddles over to Ante, who is by now screaming in terror,
"DON'T LET HIM TOUCH ME, OH GOD PLEASE, NO, PLEASE DON'T LET IT TOUCH ME!"
He holds the intrument aloft, grinning.
"Make your guess."

...what, 10 seconds? Really?

Ante, I wish I could stop this. Hold on, alright? We'll make it up to you somehow.

rolled 2 = 2

---

>>167740
"T-ten seconds. I'm sorry, Ante."
"NO, NO PLEASE, DENY THE OFFER, PLEAAAAAAAAGH, AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGH!"
He just points it at her, walking closer to her neck on her body as the screams grow louder and louder, tears streaming from her eyes as she struggles in place, making Ridd bounce on her soft, taut belly, bright red marks springing up wherever the Shiv touches.

Ridd's giggling can be heard over the screams, no matter how loud they grow, until, at the ten second mark, her head bows, and the screams stop, her body panting, the armrests shattered at her hand. The peices of them fall when she passes out.

Ridd whistles, impressed, as he hops to J, next, who looks, if not terrified, then very, very nervous.
"Normally, this pain would kill anything it hit, but I've learned the bare threshold from years of experimentation." he says quietly. "Win or lose, you won't die here. Though you might wish you had. Guess, Legion!"

>>167750
Thank god. 2 seconds.

[wait, are we sure that is what we should be looking at?]

>>167752
[yep.]

rolled 7 + 1 = 8

---

>>167751
"...Two seconds."
"Good boy."

And he points the Shiv again.

Her boy arches as the screams begin, tears springing to her eyes as she wails and gasps for air that's almost out of reach as the power slams into her... a little too hard, two seconds after the activation, she slumps over.

"The last one is always the best, I find." he says, looking her over. "I hope your little friend mucks it up." he murmurs. "The first was a little too... young, and the second had too much for my taste. But you? I could keep you screaming until you go hoarse, and then keep going. When all I can hear is the wind being pushed throught he throats of my victims... I know I'm done."

"You're a monster."

"Never said I wasn't, little lady. Guess, Legion."

>>167759
It's eight seconds this time.

>>167760
"..."
"Well?"
"Eight. Eight seconds."
"Oooh, a tough one~! I know them when I see them." He points the Shiv.

There is no scream.
Her lips peel back, her eyes widen, and like Ante, the hand rests shatter under her grip... but she doesn't cry out.
"My~..."
"This is nothing..." she manages, "Compared to the pain of losing two people I love!" she manages, but just as she finishes, her body gives out...

And the will goes on, a blast of fire arcing from one of the torches and slamming into Ridd, knocking him into a far wall and sending the Shiv flyign wild...

into the orb, shattering it.

$%%@$^%^%^$%#$&^$#^
....

....

....

>>167767
Are... you okay?

>>167767
[Mind-slaps Rosie to wake her up]
C'mon! Get up!

>>167767
Nice. I was hoping we'd be able to knock him around some. Take the shiv, we've won his little game. Though to be honest, there was no chance of us losing.

>>167773
...

I pick up the Shiv... it feels nice in my hand.

The small creature gets up, running around the room screaming.
"I'm burning! I'm burning! Make it stop, make it stop!"

It trips, falling down the stairs and screaming all the way.

I help the others up, who wake slowly.

Ante recoils visibly from the Shiv, then sighs. "Be careful with that..." she mumbles. We take a few moments to prepare... and descend.

Halfway down is stairs directly up and a treasure chest.

>>167775
Ensurian: What time is it?

[E]Early morning.[E]

The rock is shaking in my hand slightly...

Let's keep going. It's only been a few hours.

>>167782
Open the chest. Carefully.

...ehhh, I've changed my mind. May as well take it and go. Considering we got the Shiv, we'll be getting a lot more out of our time this way.

>>167790
Actually, you should open the chest.

I open the chest and find... a spyglass. Like the kind for sea but much smaller. The door ahead slams shut, and we make our way topside, to find the guard still waiting.

"Well done, ladies. Care for a bite to eat?" he asks, the fire crackling, the smell off cooking rabbit wafting into my nostrils.

>>167805
Accept his offer. Look through the spyglass while you're eating.

>>167805
Sure, why not. Also, I think you should try to comfort Ante a little. She went through hell.

Look through the spyglass. Try both ends.

yeah. that thing has to be special or it wouldn't have been in there...

where does the thing get the items? does it make them itself?

>>167809
I heard that Anansi makes them in his massive amount of spare time, as a hobby.
I look through the spyglass at the waaaaaaat.
It's like there's no wall, and I can see the grasslands outside. Awesome.

"Yes, thank you." as we eat, I sidle up to Ante, placing my hand on her her shoulder. She falls into my lap holding my waist tightly as she weeps silent tears.

... look at somebody with it.

>>167817
As I swing it around, it merely swings to face outside in that direction. Hurm.

Oh, there's a knob on the end.

>>167825
Fiddle with the knob.

>>167829
I turn it until it won't go back anymore and look at...

A quivering mass of red energy sitting in my lap, a small blue fireball across the campfire, and a purple fireball at my side.

>>167835
oh my, it seems you can see souls. now while looking through it turn the knob the other way.

>>167835
Whaaaaa? The red is Ante, obviously. The purple must be J, and the blue is the other dude. What do the colors mean though?

Try moving the knob while you're looking through it.

>>167838
>>167836
The knob seems to affect how far the scope sees. The more I turn the knob one way, the further I see.

Interesting...


But then there's the Shiv... Knowing Lord-level artifacts, it's supposed to be very powerful, with a multitude of functions and abilities. I... I'm not sure what to do to find them, though.

hrmmmm... look at the spear part. knowing what color it is could help us look for it.

>>167844
Leave the Shiv for now. We can mess with it when Ante is in better shape, or in the ring.

How far is the maximum distance with the spyglass? Can you look through the wrong end?

Ask Dallan about his job here.

>>167847
It shines a deep, lustrous gold. Incredible... I want to touch it so much...

Wait what?

>>167860
Hah, even you are lured by it. So uh, stop looking at it.

huh. look at j and transfer us to her. see if it can detect our presence and maybe what we look like.

>>167878
I transfer you back and forth.

You look like... a halo of eyeballs.

>>167889
Haha! Really? That's awesome.

So what's the maximum distance on this thing?

>>167892
Just as I reach up to check, there's a massive flash of light behind J, and a skeleton rises from the earth, arms crossed over its chest. Somehow, its face isn't grinning.

"I come bearing grim news." Yorick says quietly.

"I know." says the gaurd, grinning.

"Shit!" Yorick leaps into the air as a bladed whip slashes through the air where he stood, the guard laughing as he grows long hair, chitinous plates, and long claws. "Goddamnit, they planned for this?!"

"Of course we did! Your fate was sealed the moment the girl asked for Harumda's stone!" the Seducer Mistress cries out happily, another blow narrowly missing Yorick as we rise.

light whoever we are fight on fire.

>>167897
Dual wieldan time. Take out the cane and start twirling it for FIRE SPEAR action, and point the Shiv at her. Will pain upon her.

oh and quick, get rid of that vibrating stone.

>>167900
The fire spears simply gather in her outstretched palm.

Oh, right.

Passionate flame.

But before she can do anything, I point the Shiv at her, willing pain into her body.
She screams in agony, and at the same time, I am wracked in pain, though not nearly as severe. In her moment of weakness, Yorick bolts forth, and his hand stabs through several magical barriers, then her body and out again, tearing out a curved bone. He places this on his lowest available rib, and a shiver of power runs over his body...

...And he turns into the guard from before as the Seducer Mistress turns to Soulstone.

He smiles as he flexes his fingers, then sighs.
"Well. Thank you. I won't ask where you got that... but... I'm sorry to be the bearer of bad news." he says, scratching the back of his neck quietly. "As we arranged, Ante."

He tosses a small stone through the air, and Ante catches it.
Deep sadness crosses her face.

"We'll all miss the huge bastard." Yorick says quietly. "But god damn, you should have been there. The Unholy, The Beast, and even the Warrior's second in command. He just... he berserked and killed all three in one fight. Two and a half Lords, without any goddamn help. And here's the kicker. He did it with his bare fucking hands."
Yorick shakes his head. "By my estimate, he'll need at least a hundred souls to get kicking again."

haha. still, at least he CAN get kicking again. it may take a while but he is gonna be back.

>>167903
A HUNDRED?!

Fucking hell. Well, with enough time... maybe it could happen. Anyway. He should be lucid, right? Let's have a chat.

>>167905
I feel a great, yet slumbering force.
[...oh, the delarosa girl...]
"I'm sorry..."
[just like you and your folk to apologize. i enjoyed myself. besides... now i remember my old life again. it was worth it.]
"Old... life?"
Ante cuts in.
"When demons fall into soulstone mode, they can see back into their memories of being a human. Every demon was a human, once. Some of them are almost as old as the race itself."
[yeah. feels good to remember. maybe i'll tell you my story sometime. that'd be nice. but, ah... there is someone who i think would want to hear from me more. but that's the sentamentalist in here talking.]

>>167907
Yeah, Asala would probably love to have you with her again, even like this.

So. Can you give us any assistance?

anything you got would be okay. if you got nothing then that's cool. can't begrudge a guy for not helping when he is like this.

>>167907
How about you bind with Asala, and she helps you acquire the souls you need?
She'll love you regardless, and I really doubt your love vanished so easily.

>>167908
>>167910
>Help

[i can tell you one thing. theyre getting ready for something... something big. it might come later, it might come sooner... but it's coming.]

I feel a chill.

"I'm kinda stuck up here for a bit anyway." Yorick states, picking up the soulstone of the Seducer. "I'll be working with you a while, finding those bits of that spear." he appears to be in deep thought.
"One second."

He walks to the entrance of the Dungeon, opens the door, and hurls the crystal in as hard as he can. Then he shuts it.

Smiling, he opens it again, to an entirely different room.

He claps his hands together. "Alright, ladies! Let's get this show on the road, eh?"

>>168093
Yeah! We're heading to the ruins next. We've got more than enough power now to take on whoever's there.

rolled 83 = 83

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"Oh, good. No civilization, then." he sighs with relief, returning to his skeletal form. He snaps his fingers, and a black cloak and twin blades appear at his sides, green armor on his arms and legs. "Reminds me of the good old days." he says with a chuckle.

We embark, taking our things with us.

>>168329
Ask him about the good old days.

hmmm.... we just picked up on a pulse of luck. about an 83 on the scale of 1 to 100.

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>>168339
"Oh, I don't come from this world at all. I was pulled from elsewhere. I'm not even technically a demon, can you believe it?" he laughs aloud. "Just some old monster's minion who got uppity." he sighs, looking up at the sky. "I spent most of my time running away from everything."

He pauses, then holds out an arm to stop us, drawing his blades.

Something steps out of the foliage, silent.

everyone get defensive, but let him strike first then give him a counter attack of a lifetime.

>>168343
No name. Looks odd. Better be careful. It hasn't attacked yet, though. Earth Form up, bring out your cane, ask who it is.

He holds up a hand, pulling off the mask.

[thats right... when a new lord is made, the old one turns to dust...]

"B-brother?!"

Then I notice... his lips are gone. He looks sad and happy at the same time.

>>168356
Ouch. That's one way to escape possession... but it looks like he didn't emerge unscathed. He's mute now?

Go and hug... wait those spikes look nasty. Uhm. Well, do something to greet your brother appropriately anyway!

>>168359
I activate Earth form, and hug him tightly. Fuck the spikes, this is my brother.

He seems shocked, but hugs me back.

"Well, I'll be damned. I wonder... Did the feathered lady plan it this way?" Yorick chuckles. "Wouldn't put it past her."

>>168362
Well, congrats! Your main personal goal has been accomplished: save your bro. Although I guess technically Raven did that for you. Yet again, proving how awesome she is. Oooh if I had a body I'd swear service to her in a heartbeat.

Anyway, we still have to get that spear, and you know... save the world. A secondary objective: heal ... wait what the heck is his name? You never told us!

>>168370
Pervert.

>>168372
That is not what I meant.

>>168370
His name is Fuego. Fuego Pyron Delarosa.

Now... should I take him along, or send him home?