Slate 2011/01/18(Tue)21:24 No. 272767 ID: 370692
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First, we must create an avatar. There are four races to choose from:
1. Human - Able to do most things competently.
2. Avian - Squinty-eyed and beak-mouthed, Avians can fly, but their wings do not allow them much finesse when handling objects and their hollow bones leave them prone to injury.
3. Aquatic - Are natural swimmers and can breathe both in and out of water, but are not extremely aware of their surroundings when outside of water due to dull senses.
4. Feline - Possess very finely-tuned senses, but shorter and slightly weaker than other races. Also, most tend to hate water.

I'm going to go ahead and say Feline because... well... furry.

I know it's the 'boring' choice, but I vote human. Weaknesses are annoying.

Kitty!

I want to be that thing in the center. The squiggle.

(kitty)

Meow meow meow

KITTY!

Slate 2011/01/18(Tue)21:38 No. 272775 ID: 370692
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So I guess we've chosen Feline. Now;
Boy cat or Girl cat?

>>272772
Also that's supposed to be a fancy question mark

GURL CAT

>>272775
Herm.

>>272775
Ambiguously gendered cat.

buck the trend! catboi

ehhhh.... Girl-kitty.

Boy cat! Boy cat!

pretty girl

>>272776
Imma go for effeminate male, but I'd like to know if we can keep the ability to turn our head into a whip.

girly boy

Male

Girrrrl

headwhip lady cat

effeminate dude

>>272786
unfortunately, head-whip powers only exist for characters in the process of gen

Status Quo always prevails. Female.

Ok so the votes seem pretty much even right now so I'll just let you guys figure it out until the morning

>>272775
Boy.

Male.

girl

Girl times a bajillion.

Tomcat

Completely ordinary heterosexual male.

Slate 2011/01/19(Wed)05:35 No. 272839 ID: 370692
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Well it's too close so I'll just say gurl cat.
Now, we choose our class:
(Left to right)
Grappler - Uses hand-to-hand to disarm foes and force enemies to submit.
Fighter - Can wield a variety of weapons; Short sword and shield, rapier, or bow & arrows.
Runecaller - Reads an ancient runic language to cast magic. Also allows ancient runic texts that will no doubt be encountered on the journey to be read.

I'm torn between Grappler and Runecaller, but I'll vote Runecaller for the potential utility benefit it'd provide.

>>272839
If we had boy then we could have made a lucha grappler. But we don't, so I say Runecaller.

Grappler!!! Break em limbs!

Grappler is cool, but let's do Runecaller.

Runecaller.

>>272839
Is it not possible to become some kind of crazy hotblooded catgirl that reads the ancient runes and bearhugs her enemies to death?

The idea seems interesting to me.

Runecaller

RuneGrappler

Runecaller for 100% completion!

runecaller

Let's pick Runecaller

Fighter

FIST MAGE. A runecaller specializing in PUNCH MAGIC.

>>272839
I'mma throw in with RUNEFISTER, too.

Grappler. We can be a tiny cat lady that wrestles sword-wielding foes into submission.

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>>272851
It does to me as well...
So, we are a female feline... Runepuncher (Let's go with that). That which we cannot burn or electrocute with runes, we beat into submission. We are also quite rash and rude. Now, let's see if we can decide on a name.

>>272904
Marisha

>>272904
Samentha. Because that was the name of the female cat at my previous home.

>>272908
this

Ethel.

Marisa (no, that is not a mis-type)

Slate 2011/01/19(Wed)14:40 No. 272942 ID: 370692
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Ok, let's go Marisa.
Now, Marisa is an ill-tempered cat, reading to punch and read-ancient-runes her way through dank dungeons in search of powerful artifacts.
We join her now; she had located a large stone doorway that seemed to indicate some kind of complex was built into the cliff. After some searching, she found and went down a chute dug inconspicuously near the cliff. Light filters down through the hole that Marisa has just fallen through.

Slate 2011/01/19(Wed)14:41 No. 272943 ID: 370692
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Please suggest an action.

>>272943
Steal- whatever that thing on the ground is, one of the torches, and whatever is sticking out of the wall.
Then listen at the door or punch it on general principles, your decision.

>>272943
Look out, ruins are inhabited. Those torches are burning, which means that they have to be regularly replaced. For now, investigating the blue seems like a good idea.

Slate 2011/01/19(Wed)15:11 No. 272959 ID: 370692
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>>272948

That door atop the stairs is the entrance- Marisa recognizes it as the same door she discovered built into the cliff.
Those are stones, stuck in the dirt of the floor and walls. Marisa is able to wrench a small rock from the floor and she grabs the torch, but the stones in the ceiling are too high to reach.
>>272952
Marisa prepares to investigate the cave to the east.

Slate 2011/01/19(Wed)15:16 No. 272962 ID: 370692
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It would appear that there is a pool of water here. Marisa would not likely be in favor of going in.

>>272962
To the west!

Slate 2011/01/19(Wed)18:36 No. 273030 ID: 370692
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Marisa traverses back to the entrance hub and enters the western tunnel, where she is greeted with a branching path, right and left.

>>273030
Let's go left.

get torch, go left

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Marisa enters the left tunnel and comes upon several things: There is what would seem to be a chute, similar to the one she came in through, and a large stone tablet stuck in the wall above a seemingly small body of water. Marisa is able to decipher enough of the text to find out that the pool is actually an entrance into a much large underwater cavern. There is also mention of levers, but she cannot decipher where they are or what they are for.

>>273060
Push button, pull then steal torch, then clamber into that dark place.

Slate 2011/01/19(Wed)21:06 No. 273066 ID: 370692
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>>273063
Marisa goes to press on the protrusion from the wall, but finds that it will not yield. However, she does manage to notice that it can be pulled out, revealing a small sack, no doubt full of valuable ancient coins.
Marisa is already carrying a torch and a rock, and her clothes have no pockets. She will have to give up one item if she wants to take the sack.

drop rock, pick up sack, climb up shute

>>273066
Open the sack and try to guess at how much is in it.

>>273066
GOOD END. Ditch the rock, go back home and use the cash to buy yourself some equipment.

>>273077
yeah! like a backpack, so you can carry more stuff

>>273077
As plans go, can't fault it. Honestly what are you doing looting a dungeon without the carrying capacity to haul your treasures out you silly catperson.

turn your head in to a whip!

then grab the money and get outta here, come back with a backpack

just put the rock in the bag with the coins, unless there not coins and are in fact fragile... stuff. or if the bag is to full with coin you can just drop it, I bet there's loads of rocks down there in the stone cavern.

Slate 2011/01/20(Thu)17:53 No. 273260 ID: 370692
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Marisa did not quite think this through. She entered the dungeon thinking that all she needed was her own two hands to bring back the artifact that is no doubt somewhere around here, without even stopping to realize that she might find more loot than that. She would go back to find something like a backpack, but the entrance chute is too wide and slippery to climb back up through even with her advanced CATROBATICS, and the large stone door is unmoveable. Nowhere else to go but further...
Marisa decides to lift her spirits by inspecting the contents of the pouch. She giddily unties the string that binds it closed, wondering how much the coins are worth, when-
Marisa stares in disbelief and clenches her fist upon finding that the bag is filled with Rothan pennies. The state of Rothe collapsed years ago, and the value of Rothan currency went with it. Marisa may very well be holding a bag full of worthless metal. She tries to turn her head into a whip out of anger, but fails spectacularly.

...Um. Look through the bag to double check if it is just all pennies, and if it is, toss it back into the chest?

>>273260
Keep it; a sack full of coins is a great bludgeon.

>>273260
Wait, did they devalue the hell out of their coinage or something? Shit sucks. Empty out half the bag, we can use it as a sap.

>>273263
Pssh.
Use your frustration to carve runes into them for throwing.
That's a thing that can be done, right?

>>273263
Actually, on second thought, this. Also, if you run across an intelligent monster you don't want to fight, you might be able to get past it by tricking it and 'paying' it the bag of (worthless) coins, and then getting the hell away before it opens the bag.

>>273260
Just how long ago did it collapse? Past a hundred years or so, those coins become very valuable for historical reasons.

We can also just use the bag to carry stuff.

>>273272
yes
>>273268
double yes

Slate 2011/01/20(Thu)18:42 No. 273279 ID: 370692
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>>273269
Marisa remembers that Rothe was involved in a war that ended in their annexation just five years ago.
>>273267
Runes can in fact be carved into objects to do various magical things, but even with Marisa's EXCEPTIONALLY SHARP CLAWS, the coins are not malleable enough.
>>273272
Marisa has an ingenious idea and partially empties the bag. There were no more unique objects hidden among the coins, but she is able to use the bag to store a rock and no doubt any other riches she will be definitely encountering soon.

Yes definitely. Now let's try the other direction at the fork.

Slate 2011/01/20(Thu)19:27 No. 273297 ID: 370692
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Marisa, bringing her torch and new pouch, backtracks to the fork and takes the right path. It opens up into a larger cavern with a steep slope leading up to two doors; the one on the left is open while the right is sealed.
Marisa notices a loosely scattered pile of papers on the floor and her advanced cat-senses detect someone in the room on the left.

>>273297
Destroy them! Unless they look cute.

Cautiously investigate, see who's in the room. Try not to get noticed.

Take a quick glance at the papers, for runes. Then get ready for punchin' the guy in that room on the left.

Slate 2011/01/20(Thu)21:46 No. 273321 ID: 370692
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Marisa glances at the papers; the text is written in runic. She decides that they won't go anywhere if she checks on the person in the next cavern.
These would appear to be cells. The one closest to Marisa contains an extra torch and a large chest- this must be where the valuable artifact is being kept!... Or so Marisa believes. The middle cell contains an entrance into a chute on the floor, and the last cell holds someone. Marisa cat-senses tell her that the person is doing with his hands and is muttering to himself.

>>273321
Is doing what with his hands?

>>273321
Walk quietly over to his cell and go "Hey, what're you doing?"

>>273321
"Hey, you don't need to do that yourself. I help you, you help me?"

>>273321
Stand at the bars and stare disapprovingly.

I mean, trying to tunnel out with his back turned. No wonder he's still a prisoner.

>>273321
1. Pick/destroy lock, open door
2. See what he's doing
3. ???
4. Obtain new party member

Slate 2011/01/21(Fri)14:21 No. 273481 ID: 370692
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Marisa sneaks up to the figure and shouts.
"Hey! What are you doing!?"
He jumps and turns to face her quickly.
"W-w-Wh... What!? Who are you!?"
He sounds startled.

Ask him the standard rap of who are you, why are you trapped in there, what are you doing, did you blow your load yet and then introduce yourself if you feel like it.

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Marisa takes a deep breath and says,
"Who what why and where"
He blinks and says,
"What?"
Marisa slows down.
"Who. Are you."
"Xavier Dourdin, of--"
"What. Are you doing here."
"... I had found and was... investigating this cavern. But then, this gigantic man appeared! From nowhere! he overpowered me and locked me in this cell."
"Okay, and finally, are you done?"
Xavier stares at her blankly.
"What? Done with what?"
Marisa makes an up-and-down gesture with her hand and says, "You know, like, done?"
Xavier stares at her blankly. Right now he seems to be carressing a broken wing.

Never mind. Inspect lock and if you can't do anything about it ask if the bear man hs the key.

"Maybe Ican help you. Tell me more about that man."

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Marisa gets down to business, inspecting the lock located near one of the lower bars. At most she could burn or shock the thing, but that's not likely to do much to it; looks like she'll need the key.
"So what did this guy do?"
Xavier sits upright and says indignantly,
"He locked me up here and said that he'd throw away the key in a huge pool of water!"
Marisa doesn't like where this is going.
Suddenly, Marisa's cat-senses detect someone in the cavern just outside the entrance to the cells.

Try to get the drop on him!

prepare ambush

Slate 2011/01/21(Fri)21:19 No. 273622 ID: 370692
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The wall to the southeast is curved just enough to obscure Marisa from the vision of anyone entering the room, but there's no way that they wouldn't be able to see her in their peripheral vision once they came forward enough. As such, Marisa would only be able to perform a frontal ambush; there is no way to wait until the individual's back is turned.
Alternatively, she could try confronting the individual up front in case they aren't hostile, or she could try something else.

>>273622
...hard to decide. I suppose we could ambush them frontally, but... only perform punching if they match the description of the bird's assailant. Otherwise simply restrain them.

well a frontal ambush COULD give you opportunity for a mighty runic groin punch

>>273622
Hit them from the side when they come in.

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[Animado!]
Marisa sets down her torch and bag as she lies in wait for the unknown individual. Xavier is confused as to why Marisa is suddenly acting so strangely and asks,
"What are you doing?"
The man announces his entrance to the room with his deep, powerful voice,
"Bird! Are you ready to cooperate yet?"
Before Xavier has a chance to respond, Marisa has already invoked runic fire and engulfed her fist in it. She quickly comes out from the corner. The man is positively massive; there is no doubt that this is the fellow that Xavier was describing. The gigantic man wields a massive sword and possesses considerable muscle. He is caught completely off guard by Marisa's appearance. Before he has a chance to say anything, Marisa has dealt a devastating flaming groinpunch. He immediatley drops his sword and collapses to the ground, gasping and clutching himself to quickly snuff the fire on his crotch.
The sword is much too heavy for Marisa to wield reliably; besides, she has no formal training with conventional weapons. There is absolutely no way that Marisa could restrain the man, as he is too large and too strong. Marisa must think quickly, as he appears to be recovering somewhat already.

End him. Depending on your strength, a sharp twist of the neck may be enough, or, well... I guess pummel his kidneys? Gee, killing people with nothing but your hands sure is messy.

Don't let up. Continue the beatings until morale improves. Uh, I mean until he's knocked out. Or maybe dead, I'm not sure what you're comfortable with.

time for an unrelenting beat down on his head,

you can't afford to take chances with this one!

"Don't move or you're dead pal! I got bigger badder juju, so do anything stupid n' yer a dead man!"

If he complies, begin the questioning! If not, beat his stupid butt into submission, or death, whatever comes first.

>>273951
Kick his sword into a cell.

Slate 2011/01/23(Sun)13:15 No. 274047 ID: 370692
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Marisa shouts a warning at the gigantic man as she tries to kick the sword away,
"Stay down, or else!"
Marisa cannot kick the sword very far and it comes to a rest just outside the bars to the treasure cell. The man seems to disregard her warning and begins reaching for his weapon. Marisa shouts a further warning,
"Hey! I can firepunch you!"
And she proceeds to punch him in the back of his head. She completes one successful punch and the man stops reaching for his sword. Marisa brings her fist down for another punch but the man cathces it before it can connect.
Now, Marisa's bag and torch are out of her reach. The sword is fortuantely not in reach for the massive man. Marisa's arm is caught in a death grip and it is unlikely that she could wrench it free by her own strength alone.

Crosskick to the chest. Should knock the wind out of him and the fight left in him along with it.

Slate 2011/01/23(Sun)14:59 No. 274099 ID: 370692
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Marisa swings her leg hard into her opponent's chest; it connects and she can hear him grunt in pain, but he grabs her ankle. Now Marisa has her arm and her leg caught by the man.

He is probably about to try to throw you. Grab onto him somehow, and twist around to fuck over his joints.

>>274108
this sounds good

Now he can't defend with his hands. Hit and kick(with your free leg using the held one to balance) his face, head, chest, stomach. Power not speed, otherwise it might not do much to him.

Pull his face onto your other knee. Do it fast enough and you'll give him a concussion, but you'll probably lose your footing almost completely

Slate 2011/01/23(Sun)21:28 No. 274259 ID: 370692
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[Slightly Animated]
Marisa tries to twist over his back so as to loosen his grip, but he is too strong and she cannot shift her position. The man starts moving her, but Marisa, balancing on her gripped leg, brings her knee to meet with the man and catches him directly in the eye.
He roars in pain and immediately releases Marisa, who quickly scrambles back to put some distance between them. The man is clutching his head right now, but he will no doubt be ready to charge at Marisa in a short time.
Marisa likely has time to perform around two actions:
She could attempt another frontal assault (bad idea);
She could try consulting her runebook for something that might help;
She could disengage and run from the room;
Or she could do something else.
The man's heavy sword is still resting just outside of the treasure cell, in reach for anyone close enough;
Xavier is still in the cell, but he is shouting,
"Run! Run!"
Marisa's bag and torch are off to the side. The bag still contains a rock and a small pile of worthless coinage.

>>274259
Enshroud your fists in flame and pick up the broadsword. Can you generate heat without visible flames? Get the hilt as hot as you can while waving it at him to keep him back. If you get enough room, throw it at him and then try to claw out his eyes.

Also, yeah, what spells do we have access to?

Collect torch and run. Then consult your runebook.

Grab your torch and skedaddle. Head to the other fork in the path. We can come back in a moment, after consulting the notebook.

>>274294
I'm voting for this

Consult runebook? This guy seems tough, but nowhere near invulnerable. A way to immobilise him or restrict his ability to grapple you would do nicely. You've already gotten in two good hits for his zero.

Slate 2011/01/24(Mon)14:34 No. 274462 ID: 370692
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>>274294
Generating heat magically is a simple task; however, the sword is much too heavy for Marisa to wave in any manner even remotely threatening.
Ultimately, she makes the decision to grab her torch and then slip past the man as he recovers. This buys her enough time to consult her runebook.
These books are standard issue to graduates of the runic academy that Marisa graduated from, but they all contain runes far too complex for simple graduates to decipher; it is expected that the graduates will learn what the runes mean over time as they build on what they were taught at the academy. Marisa never paid too much attention in class, but she does know enough runic to be able to cast various electric, fire and water/ice spells, but without a good source of water, she has only fire and electricity. However, she also understands one special perception-based rune; a spell that reduces the target's ability to handle brightness, blinding them.
The man has recovered and is fetching his heavy weapon. The door to the right is still sealed shut, and the scattered runic papers are still scattered on the ground.

>>274462
Blinding the guy is probably your best bet. Do that, and grab the papers. Scan over them quickly to see if any of them are spells or something.

yes Blinding is definitly the way to go

Blind his eyes! Then destroy his testicles!

Slate 2011/01/24(Mon)21:26 No. 274600 ID: 370692
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[Animated]
Marisa invokes the perception spell. Her hand is engulfed in an intense light, which she proceeds to direct at the face of the incoming man. He howls out in pain, clutching his eyes that have been completely blinded.
Marisa takes a slightly closer look at the papers scattered on the floor and finds that they are pages of what would appear to be a sparsely scribed diary; one entry, undated, reads in runic,
"First diary entry. Expect more."
The blinding spell should keep the man relatively incapacitated for a while, but it would not be safe to approach him; one does not need to see in order to throw a punch.
He has dropped his sword on the ground; Marisa could drag it somewhere close enough reasonably quickly, but she couldn't carry it everywhere.
It would take some time to gather up the scattered notes, and it may not be safe to try to gather them while the blinded man is still thrashing about.

All I can think of is to drag the sword over to the pool of water and dump it in.

Or you could just... stab him with it while he's stumbling around. I mean, you can lift it right? Pointy end goes into fleshy bit.

could you blast him with magic without getting close?

>>274631
We are a RUNEPUNCHER. It is against our religion. Probably.

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>>274631
Yes, Marisa could form and fire a bolt of fire or lightning or some such.
Marisa decides that securing the sword is the best course of action for for now. It takes some minor maneuvering in order to retrieve it without being caught by the man.
The weapon is extremely heavy and cumbersome. Marisa may be able to make a very clumsy swing or stab with it, but she certainly would not be very effective with it; the blade is almost as long as her torso!
As Marisa contemplates simply executing the man, it also comes to her mind that this man had quite literally done nothing to her before she firepunched him in the groin. In fact, the man has not even landed a single blow on her in the time that they have been skirmishing. It may very well be that this man would never have meant any sort of harm to her whatsoever before she attacked him.
She attacked him.
Could Marisa really bring herself to slay this man? Could she really live with this man's death on her conscience? Maybe Xavier is actually some kind of dangerous criminal being kept here, and this man is the guardian responsible for his continued imprisonment!
Or maybe this guy is just some thug that would have killed her without a second thought.

Just put the blade on his throat and command him to surrender. If he does you can ask him who he is and what he is doing here.

>>274747
Tell him you have his sword, and he's blind, stumbling around. Say that he should probably start talking now instead of continuing to thrash about mutely.

"Hey fucker I have your slab of metal, so open that fat mouth of yours and tell me why I shouldn't stick you with it."

>>274750
make sure you're far enough away when you say this

Slate 2011/01/25(Tue)20:58 No. 274841 ID: 370692
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Marisa backs up and shifts the hilt of the sword into her dominant hand. She tries to look threatening but instead looks like she's having trouble holding the weapon, which she is. That doesn't really matter, though; the guy's blind.
Marisa delivers her ultimatum:
"Alright, fucker. I have your big knife, and you're going to cooperate with me if you don't want it sticking out of one of your--"
The man interrupts her,
"I concede defeat. I know when I am bested. Do what you will."
Marisa should do something.

Congratulate him on a well fought battle, and then ask why he imprisoned the other man. If his logic in imprisoning the other man seems reasonable, offer to grant him parole on his word of honor. If it does not, place him in a cell and release the prisoner.

ask him about the prisoner

>>274841
MECHANICAL HORSE.
Other than that, I agree with >>274842

>>274842
Seeing as the guy's prostrated himself, this course of action seems pretty reasonable.

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"That was an, um... Well-fought. Battle." Marisa is not used to being polite."Now, why did you see fit to imprison Xavier?"
"Who?", the man responds.
"The bird in the other room, he told me his name is Xavier!"
"Ah. I did not learn his name. You see, I was exploring these caverns when I came across the bird looking around and grabbing papers in the study. He refused to cooperate and remained actively hostile, so I locked him in that cell; the key was already in the lock."
"And what did you do with the key?"
"I told the bird that I would throw it into that pool of water in the room east of the main chamber, in an attempt to frighten him into cooperation. It did not work."
"... Did you do it?"
"No, I kept the key. I still have it with me."
The man pulls out a key.
Well, what are the odds? Three different people just so happen to be investigating the exact same caverns at the exact same time! Anyway, Marisa has heard both sides of this little quarrel; The man says he was obligated to restrain Xavier, and Xavier simply says he was, 'overpowered.' What should she do?

I'm going to have to say trust the big guy,
besides, you might be able to use his help

>>275019
What was he trying to get Xavier to cooperate with?

yeah, what was he being uncooperative about?

>>275077
>>275100
Yes this would be nice to know.

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"Um, how exactly was Xavier acting, 'uncooperative?'" Marisa inquires.
The man responds simply,
"I requested from the bird at least some manner of civility and minor assistance in exploring the dungeon, but he refused and instead saw fit to impeed and insult me."

>>275424
Sounds like a personality conflict. Let's have them kiss and make up.

Or just tell Xavier that he's our lap dog now and that he shouldn't fuck with us.

You are not unreasonable. Tell the man to stay chill, guide him over to Xavier. As long as he's away from his sword, you can probably out-punch him.

Show Xavier key, tell him to quit playin you the fool. Prepare for a power-punch while demanding that both parties metaphorically let you out of the bag, because at least one of them is handing you garbage Marisa, meaning that they don't respect you or trust you very much. Which means that they might try something on you. Do not let your back turn on either of them.

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Marisa decides to solve this little dispute. She drops the sword to the ground behind her and asks for the key, which the man gives to her without quarrel. She then tells the man to go back to Xavier's cell; the blindness spell should be wearing off by now, so he is able to find his way. Marisa follows after picking up her torch.
Marisa speaks as she holds up the key to Xavier's cell, instantly catching Xavier's attention,
"Alright, you two, I'm pretty sure that one of you here thinks that you can josh me around. Now, Xavier, this guy is telling me that you decided to be an asshole for no reason. What's your take?"
Xavier seems deeply offended,
"What?! I assure you, I would never do anything for which I had no just reason!"
"What was your reason?"
Xavier holds out his right wing-- or, at least, does so as best as he can,
"L-look! See what he did to my arm! It's broken! I may never fly again! All because of some rude, brutish intruder!"
Marisa looks to the man, who says,
"Ah. It may be that I exerted an unnecessary amount of force in bringing him to the cell, and in the process caused the injury."
Hmm.

>>275610
Xavier calls the guy an intruder. Is this Xavier's home?

this Xavier dude needs to stop whining do much, I guess you might as well let him out

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Marisa asks,
"Xavier, do you live here?"
Xavier is taken aback,
"Wha-! Uhm- no!"
"But you called this guy here an 'intruder.'"
"That's... because he is intruding upon these important ruins, intending to steal that which is not rightfully his!"
The man chimes in to say,
"Yes, I my intention was to recover valuables from this dungeon."
Marisa changes the subject for a moment,
"Xavier, if I let you out of the cell, will you stop whining like a bitch?"
Xavier is, yet again, taken aback,
"W-wha-! Whining!? Look! Did you not see my arm!? I have every right to be discontent!"
Xavier's face is getting red.

Ruin loot goes by the ancient "First dibs" accord, fail to sympaphize with archeology boy.

>>275797
Xavier is full of shit

tell him to suck it up, or you're just going to leave him here

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Marisa crosses her arms and says,
"Xavier, I think that you're full of shit. As far as I'm concerned, ruins loot follows the tried and true, 'first dibs,' accord, and I will be getting first dibs on any loot I find in these ruins."
Xavier gets slightly more hysterical and says,
"Okay, okay! You can take whatever you want from here! Just, please! Let me out!"
What should Marisa do?

'Really, so none of this is yours huh? I do believe that makes you an intruder as well.' Cross your hands over your chest hun. 'Hey strongman, you got a name?'

Think about it, if you need any heavy lifting or hauling of particularly large and perhaps profitable goods/artifacts, strongman there is probably useful. And, if he already knows you can whoop him, he's a little less likely to try anything. Just make sure to offer him a portion of the resulting money and he's even MORE likely to respect you and therefore not only not kill you in your moment of vulnerability if you ever have one, but possibly rescue you.

Just emphasize the partnership part of the bargain, introduce each other properly, and apologize for roughing him up since it looks like he's a jolly fine gentleman.

Also, once done, realize that generally people who venture into places like this are usually combat-capable. Try to discern the avian's combat abilities with your lovely cat powers. I imagine he's likely a rogue, which is not safe for you to be with seeing how he's already shown an aggressive streak. Here's the point where you ask Xavier what he's capable of and try to see if he's telling the truth. Listen for voice inflection and other possible signs of falsities.

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A thought comes to Marisa. She says,
"Wait, I just realized... Aren't you intruding here too?"
Xavier remains red in his face when he responds,
"A-ah...! No, I found this place and intended to simply investigate, not desecrate it!"
"Mmhm," Marisa turns to the man and asks, "Say, I just realized that I don't know your name?"
He responds, "Amin Themba. I hail from the plains to the southeast."
"I see. Amin, my name is Marisa. I apologize for our fight. What would you say to a partnership, lasting at least until we find the treasure here and leave the dungeon? We could split the earnings, 70/30."
"Why, of course. I do not intend to leave here empty-handed."
Marisa nods and asks another question,
"Amin, was Xavier armed when you restrained him?"
"No, the bird had no weapons that I could see. He did not put up much of a fight when I dragged him here, either."
Maris turns to Xavier and says,
"Xavier, most people that go exploring places like this are usually combat-capable. What can you do?"
Xavier replies,
"Nothing! I don't know how to fight, hell, I can't even hold a normal weapon! And now I couldn't even use an avian weapon, because this brute broke my arm!"
As far as Marisa can tell, Xavier isn't lying. He's very angry, but not he's not lying.

>>275822
...I don't really want to deal with him.

tell him you'll let him out when you and muscles decide to leave this place, until then he can just sit pretty

check your runes for something for healing, theres no point being vindictive to the bookworm, see if you can't help the wing, once you get with the dungeon lootin though, wing boys on his own, oh and let the silly bastard out.

Hmm, something just occurred to me. Those notes we found... do they belong to one of our new buddies? Read 'em!

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Marisa doesn't know enough runic to cast any healing spells.
Ultimately, Marisa decides to leave Xavier in the cell for now. She says as she and Amin are leaving the room,
"Well, Xavier, I think we'll just leave you here until we find some loot. Sit tight."
Marisa picks up the bag and torch and gestures for Amin to go.
However, just as they are about to leave, Xavier wails in utter desperation,
"No, please, wait! Please, don't leave me here! I'll do anything! Please don't leave me to rot!"

"I know you're not deaf, so let me rephrase that for you: we'll be back to let you out when we find some loot."

Attempt to leave again. If he continues to be a baby about it, then roll your eyes and relent to letting him out while uttering something in disgust, like "Fiiiine, you big chicken!"

...Say, does that key work on all three cells, or just that one?

Okay, if he'll do ANYTHING then let him out on the condition that he plays nice with Amin and follows your orders. Also tell Amin to play nice as well.

Become mighty leader! Also first thing to do is unlock that third cell and check out the chest.

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Marisa starts walking again after saying,
"I know you're not deaf, so let me rephrase that for you: we'll be back to let you out when we find some loot."
Xavier drops to his knees, leans against the bars and starts crying. Tears roll down his face as he wails,
"Pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaasssse!"
Marisa rolls her eyes and relents to the pathetic display.
"Fiiiine, you big chicken!"
As she unlocks the cell, she asks Amin if the key works for any of the other locks, to which he replies, "No."
The cell door squeals open, and Xavier falls to the floor outside in a heap. He has stopped crying, but still chokes out a few soft sobs.
"Well, Xavier," Marisa says, "You'll start with hauling around some my stuff. Like the bag and the torch."
Marisa dumps the bag next to Xavier's head but he continues to lie on the floor.
"Up ya go..." Marisa says as she brings Xavier to his feet and pats him on his back. He remains silent.
Marisa could ask Amin about the caves, she could take a closer look at the papers outside, or she could do something else.

>>276280
Papers!

Can't you splint Xavier's wing?

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Marisa hasn't been able to find any materials to make a splint for Xavier, and Amin says that he did not find any, either.
Marisa decides to finally take a look at the scattered papers. They are all still written in runic; in fact, they seem to have been written by someone that was still learning the language, as the sentences are very simple.
Most of the entries are undated. One entry mentions how the author stumbled upon this dungeon and decided to make it some kind of, 'secret base.' The author mostly talks about how they are learning runic, but there is a series of entries that are a little more interesting; they describe the author having a visitor whom the author then entrusted with a key to a treasure. The author then instructed the visitor to enter the, 'next room over,' from his study. The latest entry is dated, and reads,
"All entries from now on shall be dated." This entry was apparently written... five days ago. Amin says that the papers were being gathered by Xavier, but he must dropped them while being taken to the cell. Amin goes on to tell Marisa of his time in the caves:
Amin entered the caves through the hole in the base of the mountain. He explored and eventually found Xavier in the study behind the stone door to the right. Once he had place Xavier in the cell, Amin explored the underwater caverns below, finding only two levers that he believes control the doors to the cells and to the study, his reasoning being that he pulled a lever and came back up to find the right door sealed. From there, Amin entered the cell room and met Marisa.
Seeing that the only unexplored part of the caves is behind the sealed door, Marisa asks Amin to go back underwater and open the door. Amin leaves to do that, leaving Marisa and Xavier to wait.
Xavier remains quiet as he holds the torch and the bag. Should Marisa try talking to him?

>>276639
Stare at him silently. After a bit of that, ask about himself. Like where he came from.

Christ, don't make him carry things in his broken arm. That's just cruel.

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Marisa notices that Xavier is carrying the bag with his broken wing and quickly takes it from him, saying that he shouldn't stress an injured limb. He remains quiet. Marisa waits and stares at Xavier for a little while before finally deciding to break the ice.
"So, Xavier... How did you come to be here?"
At this, Xavier springs to life and begins a monologue that sounds suspiciously like it was rehearsed.
"I am Xavier Dourdin, of the town of Dourdina, named after my great-grandfather, a masterful statesman and hero to the country of Rothe. I have been educated in almost all the finer..." Xavier seems to have forgotten his line, but quickly continues, "...things, though I am currently pursuing a career in cartography. I..."
Xavier continues to drone on about the many achievements of his family, something that Marisa completely ignores and makes her wish that she hadn't said anything.
Much to Marisa's relief, the large stone door slides out of the way, allowing access to the rest of the cave. Marisa can see a single large lever to the left wall as well as three different entryways inside. She can sense something through the middle doorway. Marisa has the bag with the stone and the worthless pennies, and Xavier has the torch.

Quietly withstand Xavier's babbling with an irritated grimace on your face until Amin gets back, then go see what that something is down the middle path.

>>276990
Tell him to shush. There's something ahead.

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"Shut up!" Marisa whispers loudly at Xavier, who does what he is told, if not slightly hurt.
Without Xavier talking, Marisa can hear signs of relaxed breathing, like something is sleeping, coming from the middle cavern. If whatever is slumbering was not woken up by the relatively loud stone door, then Marisa doubts that any sound short of shouting would wake it from here. It may take Amin some time to return to the group, so Marisa could wait, or she could do something.

>>277316
Tell him not to scream or anything. Then go sneakily investigate the breathing.

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Marisa quietly tells Xavier to keep shut, because there's something sleeping here. Xavier gets a frightened look on his face but stays silent. Marisa slowly stalks up to the middle portal and steps through. It is too dark to see anything, but when Xavier joins her, his torch sheds light on the room.
There would appear to be some sort of massive, carniverous creature slumbering here. A pile of bones sits off to the side. Hmm.

>>278025
Use sneaky catlike stealth to go grab that golden ring from the skeleton.

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Marisa whispers to Xavier to stay still and quiet. Silence is his reply. She carefully sidles over to the carcass to investigate something glimmering among the bones. Marisa fishes out a small golden key. Perhaps this is the way to access the treasure chest! Suddenly, Xavier begins spluttering something in attempted warning. Marisa can sense something moving behind her.

I had a feeling that thing was a light sleeper.

Okay, reach down with your free hand, pick up that skull, then throw it behind you. At about 8 o'clock, it looks like. Hopefully it'll connect and stun the beast long enough for you to dart back to the entrance.

Then prepare for epic battle scene.

>>278544
Turn around, prepare firepunch. This thing is PROBABLY going to try to eat you but if not we shouldn't fuck with it.

>>278614
Yeah, this.

No one has any medical know-how. If you break any bones or get any nasty wounds in this hole, you're going to be a dead kitty.

So try to vault over that thing or otherwise dodge it, tell the bird to run for it while doing so. Then run for it yourself; you're gonna need Amin for this one.

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[Animated]

Marisa hears a low growl behind her. Her eyes widen in a mix of various feelings including surprise and fright, and she acts almost on instinct.
"Run!" She shouts to Xavier, who complies before she has even finished ordering him. At the same time, Marisa snatches up the skull and twists her arm in the direction of the beast in a single motion, releasing it and allowing momentum to bring the skull to meet with that of the creature's. The large animal flinches just long enough to allow Marisa to invoke a flame rune and deliver a firepunch directly to the monster's head, sending it recoiling and slightly singed.
This creature has very large, sharp and threatening teeth, powerful muscles, and powerful jaws. A close up confrontation like this may not end well, but the animal may be too quick to make fleeing very far an option.

animals traditionally are scared of fire right? FIRERUNE IT UP! or even wave a torch at it.

We only need to flee far enough to get support from our very large ally.

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Marisa grabs the key and the bag and backs away to the exit while trying to scare the animal by waving a flaming fist, but the beast seems unfazed by the fire. She decides that a tactical retreat is in order, and rushes out to the instersecting cavern. The beast will likely be following behind Marisa in short order, and she can't sense Xavier or Amin nearby. They may close, or they may be far. Marisa may not be able to go far enough to find out.
She could do a number of things:
Go through the left or right caves in hope of refuge,
Back to the sloped cavern outside,
Pull the lever in desperation, or
Do something else. As a reminder, the bag still contains a rock and a sizable stack of pennies.

you could try hiding in the water, it might not follow you there

>>278875
Wait, how far is it to where Amin is? He's our best chance at survival if we can get to him.

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>>279038
Well, when Amin opened the door, he was underwater and essentially at the complete opposite side of the entire caverns. He likely started coming back to the rest of the group after the door opened, so he may be close enough to help in time.
>>278878
The closest source of water to hide in may not be close enough to help.
Quickly, make a choice! Where should Marisa run to?

well if Amin just came from the water, that's the best way to go, either you'll get to the water and have a place to hide, or you'll find Amin on the way

it's win/win

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Marisa decides to go for possible assistance. Just as she starts sliding down the slope, she sees Amin entering the room, and it becomes apparent that his dress-thing can also be worn as a cloak. Nevertheless, Marisa shouts out a warning and stops on level ground when the beast jumps over the incline. When the creature comes close enough, Amin promptly uses its own momentum against it, running it through with his sword and then allowing it to slide off it and land on the ground.

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Marisa breathes a sigh of release and says,
"Thanks, Amin. I found the treasure key, so we should finally be able to get the fuck out of this pit--"
Amin lifts Marisa up by the throat and begins throttling her.

well shit,
Bad End?

if you think you can slip out of his grip do that.
maybe ask for mercy or something, before he snaps your neck/impales you

>>279134
What the fuck? Kick his ass.

>>279139
don't be an idiot, he's got her by the neck, and has his sword ready, he's already won

he probably just wants all the treasure for himself

honestly we should have seen this coming when he agreed to the 70/30 split

>>279141
We'll probably fail anyway, but this way there's still a non-zero chance of surviving (or at least wounding our killer).

How about a bit of LIGHTNING PUNCH?

he is already well aware of what Marisa is capable of! there is NO WAY he is stupid enough to let her hit him
struggling now is the WORST thing we could do, it would only provoke him into killing her immediatly

negotiation/begging is the best bet for survival in this

1) Super sad kitty eyes, try to look as adorable as possible. "Wuh-why Amin,why?" Sniffle to try and cover the fact that you're invoking a blinding rune to the face right after saying that.

2) I'm not sure how good you are at acting under pressure, but make the invocation look like you're muttering in fear, whispering it in a terrified voice from the shock while trying desperately to process what just happened and how you're scared and about to cry.

If steps 1 and 2 are successful, proceed to let the spell loose as soon as you can and then get the hell away from him!

>>279138
Wow you're giving up after literally one bad turn.

I guess try >>279596 ?

>>279599
technically it was not "one" bad turn it was a couple

and I'm not giving up, but if this dude plans to kill her, it's pretty much game over. (excluding external forces like xavier doing some shit or rocks falling

sure there are things we can try (fighting is probably the worst idea, unless he let's go of her neck) but pretty much everything at this point is pretty desperate, fighting especially because he already know all our tricks. he's ready for us to get violent. doing exactly what he expects is really stupid

>>279148
AC lightening punch: effective plan
DC lightening punch: VERY VERY BAD PLAN.

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[CUTSCENE]
[also animated slightly]
Marisa tries to choke out some words.
"A-amin... W-what the h-hell--"
Amin interupts her, speaking in a deep, subdued, and powerful voice,
"I had hoped that the beast would be enough to end you, but I suppose that was but a foolish pipe dream."
"A-amin... we had a deal..."
Amin's voice takes on a nasty tone.
"Do you take me to be some kind of idiot? Do you take me to be some kind of fool?! Do you realize how mind-numbingly stupid it was of you to trust some random man that you met deep in a cave? You things make me sick. I will now be taking what is mine."
Amin proceeds to quickly shift his grip on Marisa so that he is able to snatch the golden key from her hand. She drops the bag with the stone and pennies, which scatter on the floor.
He also also strikes Marisa's jaw, interrupting her muttering of a runic invocation and prompting a response from him.
"Do you take me to be some sort of fool? Did you think that I was foolish enough to just allow you to use your arcane gibberish on me unimpeded?"
Amin then uses his strength to heave Marisa over his shoulder and proceeds to climb up the incline and to the jailroom.

sweet looks like he's not in a murdering mood

LET'S NOT GIVE HIM A REASON!

unless a brilliant opportunity comes up,
the dude was right, it was rather foolish to trust him, this was our bad, next time no mercy.

but this time let him lock us in a cell or what ever, and then plan our escape and vengance later

We can make HANDS OF FIRE ON COMMAND.

We could probably melt the bars of the prison easily.

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[Cutscene]

Amin unlocks the door to the treasure chest and then opens the chest to reveal a diamond-shaped artifact. Amin picks it up wearing a greedy grin and says,
"And to think that you thought I would accept 70/30."
"What are you going to do?" Marisa asks, to which Amin responds,
"Kill you."

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[Slightly Animated]

Amin then proceeds to drag Marisa down to the large pool of water. Xavier is here, apparently unconscious, his other wing now broken as well. Amin reveals his plans while chuckling.
"Oh, how delightful your deaths shall be. You, I shall drown in a pool of water. You will die a wet cat. I will lock the other one in the cell, and he will die a caged bird."
Amin proceeds to force Marisa's head underwater as she struggles. There must be some way out of this. There must be.

[End Cutscene]

Thunderpunch the water!

>>279911
and fry her own head? wow what a brilliant idea.
yah let's not do that

Marissa, you mentioned you had water spells, maybe you could caste one of those? you weren't very specific.

a water breathing spell would be nice for a bluff, but maybe a water blast to the face could destract him enough to let go of you

another plan could be, to go full force into the water, since he's expecting you to struggle out, maybe going strait in will surprise him,

Yeah, waterbreathing + going limp and pretending to be dead after a fit of struggling might be best, considering you're at about as much of a disadvantage as you could possibly be.

Just kick him in the balls.

>>279951
He's going to expect that right now. He's not going to expect it when we do it to him 2 hours later.

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A variety of thoughts run through Marisa's head, paralyzing her with indecision. She can't invoke any runes underwater, and she is physically outmatched. Marisa couldn't possible make it out of this by herself alive.

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"In a heated combat? some awesome girl scout cookies would hit the---

--HOLY SH*T, SORRY, LEAVING NOW!"

>>280964
YOU. GET OUT OF HERE WITH THAT TOXIC MATERIAL.

birdy broken arms: be a distraction!

Marisa: escape into the water the second he let's go

>>280970
You forgot that Marisa hates water and can't swim

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[Animation]

Get a blinding rune prepared, then grab the sword. If the big guy comes out of the pool, blind him then skewer him.

>>281644
Hide that sword.

Godspeed birdy. I hope you survive. you can't swim with two broken arms, but if you are descended from birds, you should at least float...

as much as it might be nice to believe Xavier some how killed Amin, with 2 broken arms

the odds of that are slim to none

blinding him won't work, we already know he's too smart for that now, he'll expect it

we can't take any more dumb chances like that

lightning punch that water, and fry amin before he get's out

do this now, you may not have another chance

>>281650
I support this. And even if Xavier is still alive and he gets fried as well, who really cares? I certainly don't.

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[Animated]

Marisa thinks she knows that there is no way Xavier is still alive down there.

...

Marisa isn't really sure that she really cares about his death, really.

Nevertheless, the artifact is found. Marisa can not think of much else to do but go and figure out how to open the exit. Of course, she could always do something else to prolong her departure.

I feel a bit sorry for Xavier, but no use dwelling on it now.

I see no reason not to just truck on out of here.

Xavier gave his life so that you could live, it is wise to honor the dead

and you should pray for him once you get out of this blasted hole

>>282219
Beeeeter make sure Amin is dead.

Ten Rothan coins says your dear acquaintance Mr. Strongman isn't out of your hair-er...fur... yet.

I don't suppose our dear adventuress can hold a charge of rune-lightning rather than just unleashing it immediately, could she?

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Marisa waits for a time to confirm the deaths. Nobody and/or no bodies come up. It is doubtful that either person could survive this long underneath. Marisa sticks the sword into the ground as a crude way to honor Xavier, and leaves with the artifact.

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Marisa stands at the stone door. The shape of the indentation seems somewhat familiar.

>>282849
Open your inventory, look for any strange objects of obscure uses found earlier that might fit into the hole

oh wait wrong game

>>282849
... the artifact opens the door, doesn't it.

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Marisa stares at the indentation in the door for a short while before setting the artifact into place. The door rises and, after Marisa has stepped clear of it to the other side. it slides shut once more. Marisa stands in silence before fuming, lamenting how this entire escapade was nothing but an intense waste of time. She grasps at nothing as she makes her discontent known.
Quite suddenly, the artifact reappears in Marisa's open hand. Now, this is quite peculiar. Maybe this adventure wasn't a complete waste of time. Maybe it was just a big waste.

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so we come to the end of Artifact Quest
as you may have been/be able to tell it is/was not the greatest thing ever but hopefully this can be a learning experience for all of us
I would really love it if at least some of you post your feelings on this
like, what you liked about it and what you didn't like
i'd like to know so that i can possibly improve in the future

>>283340
It was fun, if kinda short. Art was nice, writing was fine, concept seemed workable enough.

well I really enjoyed, it
even the plot twist at the end

and I Hope for future adventures with Marisa!

Many fine lessons were learned. Thank you.

Feedback:

First off, excellent art and animation. The art style was well suited to the quest, the characters were distinctive and expressive. I think you’ve got the balance of complexity and sketchiness about right here, and you will only improve in time

My primary criticism is this: the protagonist didn’t save herself. Another character had to come along and do it for her. It was kind of frustrating because it made me feel she had no control over her own fate, and contributing to the quest was pointless.

Other than that the quest was, well, short. There was neither time nor space to develop a theme, a narrative or a world.

Overall an excellent start. I look forwards to more from you in the future.