2/3 Cheelop 2011/07/17(Sun)23:38 No. 327429 ID: c811c4
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I mean, look at that, she's punching rocks!

That shouldn't even be possible!

3/3 Cheelop 2011/07/17(Sun)23:39 No. 327430 ID: c811c4
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And now, I'm going to get prepared to leave for awhile. But the question is, where should I be going, and with who?

I'm closest to Shabin, but I don't think she's ever been outside before. Fraga is also a nice person. Kradis I don't know very well, but he's the best person I know at travelling outdoors.

Speaking of Kradis, I got a little map from him.

So as for places, well...
A) There's my very first couple of homes, I'm pretty sure they're close to each other. I wouldn't really know what to find there, but there could be a hint.
B)The dragon, Voxol. He might know something about me, since he suddenly kicked me out calling me, uh.. names. I'm not sure.
C) The closest human town. I bet they would have more knowledge about the world and everything, but it may also be the most dangerous. Well, except for maybe Voxol. It also is the farthest walk, maybe 2 or 3 days or so. It's not like I'm in a hurry, though.

If you think I should go somewhere else though, then just say where! But until then, I think I'm going to spend some time getting ready.

let's say hi to voxol. before he yells about not letting you stay anymore say you aren't staying just want to talk a bit then leave.

dragons tend to know allot about the area the live in. if you don't think voxol will kill you out of hand he might be a good first stop.

Ask Shabin if she would like to come with you and try to punch a dragon.

Also see if Kradis and Fraga are tied up in clan business.

Oh OH also! Lets try giving Chop some punching souls, just to see what that does to him.

How the hell did your skills at marksmanship improve?..

I'd vote A personally. Least risk.

>>327438
range.

Who needs survival skills when you can punch rocks? That's the only survival skill that matters, really.

Take Shabin.

Also go visit the dragon first

THE DRAGON, EAT HIS SOUL, TOO.

I'd like to see your veeeeerry first home. The earliest place you remember. I mean, unless it isn't safe, or... something.

what names did he call you? it would be better for us to know.

Did you learn Invisibility and Strength Boost?
Don't leave until you learn those.

>>327430
Lets go visit that dragon. Oh, and practice your offensive magic as well! Healing is all nice and stuff, but being able to char enemies from afar and stuff like that is also very good to know.

>>327453
Supporting this.

How far are you in terms of magic and spell library anyhow?

>>327429
Has she managed to defeat/beat Chop?
Or have you been sharing souls with him as well?

Chee, I'd say head out to the human town first- the farthest place away- and stop by all the other locations on the way back, visiting Voxol last. That way you can find all sorts of information and ideas for forming questions... as well as get good practice with your magic before confronting someone that could be really dangerous. He might be your only current contact outside of your current home, so you'd want to be well prepared for that meeting!

visit everything from closest to furthest. so, dragon.

Oh, hey Hatchquest upda--- CHEEQUEST AAAAWWWRIIIIIIIIIGHT~!

>>327430
You know, Chee. That whole "uncharted woods" thing?

Yeah. That is just begging to be explored. So much.

1/3 Cheelop 2011/07/18(Mon)09:55 No. 327529 ID: c811c4
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The dragon it is!

Also, I seem to be having trouble passing souls to people I don't know very well, Chop included. So, the list is Fraga, Shabin... uh, I actually haven't tried with Kradis.

And yes, I completely forgot to mention. I've gotten basic Invisibility and Strength spells. The strength I can only hold for about half a minute, and can't cast any other spells. Invisibility is pretty solid, but Fraga warned me there is such a thing as anti-invisibility wards, or see invisibility potions, or things like that. Also, I can't cast any other spells with this on either, as well as doing anything complicated. It really is difficult just to keep it on! I can also cast a pretty mean fireball.

Shabin can almost beat Chop, with strength and souls.

I should only bring one other so we don't have too few to hold the cave, so I'm bringing Shabin. I wonder how she'll like the outdoo...

>"GAH! My eyes!"

Well, I'll ask later.

2/3 Cheelop 2011/07/18(Mon)09:57 No. 327531 ID: c811c4
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It's almost a full day's walk from here, so if we keep up the pace, we'll get there in the evening.

I'm getting a little nervous. I mean, Voxol isn't an evil dragon or anything, but... very dangerous.

3/3 Cheelop 2011/07/18(Mon)10:01 No. 327533 ID: c811c4
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...okay! I'm a little tired, but just up ahead is the pass where Voxol's cave is in the back o-

"Are those dwarves?!"

>"...no, Chee. Those are humans. Does your dragon get visitors or something, runt?"

"N-No. Not last I checked, anyway, he didn't like company very much."

They're right where we need to go, too.

Kill them all

it is time to see if you've got the soul of someone good at sneaking in you. do some eavesdropping.

I think Voxol might be the target of some dragonslayers. Scout the area with Invisibility first, to check out what kind of equipment and men they have.

They are there to steal Voxol's hoard, you must sneak in and warn him.

Shabin has those white, cave dwelling eyes man. She needs black kobold suncontacts, so she can look normal AND enjoy the outdoors. B)

>>327533
We should investigate!

Maybe they want to trade things.

And if not, I hear the average human is about 200exp.

>>327544

give shabin black contact lenses

Cheelop 2011/07/18(Mon)10:50 No. 327548 ID: c811c4
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>>327534
I doubt I can kill them, and I certainly don't want to! Also, I don't know what contact lenses are.

I'll leave Shabin up at the ridge, and invisi my way down. No one speaks for a awhile, until what I think is a girl walks up to an armored person.

>"You're SURE about this?"

>"We just had this conversation, woman! Every night, right at sundown, that dragon flies off behind the mountain away from us for at least an hour. We just walk in, quickly grab what's comfortable, and leave."

>"If you're not sure, we're all dead."

>"Don't get cold feet, now. We just run in, grab a handful each and get out, we won't spend anywhere near the full hour."

Oh, they're after his hoard. Um.. he never leaves his cave. I think these people will die if they try this, they don't look strong enough to fight him. It looks like there's only a dozen people in this camp, but I can't be sure.

I am pretty sure these humans will be less friendly to you than the dragon will be, even if you are trying to help them. They don't look powerful. You could probably kill them all without Shabin's aid. The dragon may be thankful for this, they will die either way if the dragon sees them. You could still try helping the humans but don't expect anything that is not a hostile reaction.

>>327548
could we warn them, or something? if we want to check out the human village later, it would be good to have some kind of allies, in a way...

go warn the dragon. these people have it coming to them.

do not be seen by the humans- they might suspect you're on the dragon's side.

Let the dragon kill them all

>>327548
conversely If we make friends with the people here they could help us research in the human towns.

or politely warn them off. simply explain your an old employee of the dragon who has some business with the old boss, and you know for a fact that he never leaves the cave. you could also politely point out that he will notice if they take anything from his horde and he can be very persistent about hunting thieves. if the turn hostile turn invisible and run.

You should try to warn them, and tell them not to do it. If these two attack, you should be able to distract them long enough to get away using Fireballs. And if they do end up hostile, we simply go warn the dragon about their plan.

on another note, jeez, chee looks adorable even when she's invisible!

>>327548
I am inclined to warn them- but make sure not to do it in a fashion that would let them outnumber you! That girl seems uncertain about this in general; you might follow her until she's alone somewhere, then drop your invisibility and tell her this is a bad idea, the dragon doesn't actually leave its cave and utterly loathes thieves (in the "hunt down and kill their villages" sense). Also give your name and get hers, find out why they're silly enough to even think to try this. Then go invisible again and leave before the humans can do something rash and hurt you.

After you've done that, it's the humans' own fault if they're stupid enough to get killed. Give them a couple hours to clear out and go see the dragon, at which point you can tell him about any humans that are left and get full credit for warning him about thieves.

>>327548
>Every night, right at sundown, that dragon flies off behind the mountain away from us for at least an hour.
This does not match up with:
>Oh, they're after his hoard. Um.. he never leaves his cave.

1/3 Cheelop 2011/07/18(Mon)11:42 No. 327572 ID: c811c4
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Lots of mixed responses! But I think I'll try and warn them. I'll be really careful, and get away if others start showing up.

"U-um.. excuse me.."

2/3 Cheelop 2011/07/18(Mon)11:45 No. 327576 ID: c811c4
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"Voxol- the dragon you're after. It's an illusionist. It sends off an illusion every once in awhile that just flies around to make it looks like its gone, and then gets its meals by... well, people who think the dragon is actually gone."

"...."
"...."

3/3 Cheelop 2011/07/18(Mon)11:49 No. 327577 ID: c811c4
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>"Woman. There's a kobold in front of us."

>"I can see that, Rol."

>"It says the-"

>"I'm right here, I heard it. I think we should back off, it does seem too good that the dragon leaves itself completely open for so long."

>"You'd believe an orc if it meant getting out of this. Hey, kobold. Why should we believe you?"

Show them your birthmark of the dragon that is on your inner left thigh

>>327577

feel free not to present proof. seriously, these guys are this one guy is asking to be eaten. hopefully the lady is smart enough not to go along with it.

>>327577
"Um... you'll probably die if you don't? But if you don't want to, that's your choice, I guess. I'm just trying to be nice."

Go say hi to them, and tell them that they're on a suicide mission.

Ask if he's ever heard of anyone being successful in getting some of Voxol's hoard, or something?

Seems to me like he's the type to not take kindly to much we have to say. We reveal we were with the dragon and he assumes we still are. We give him a vague challenge like "if i'm wrong and you don't go, you miss out on some hoard, but if i'm right and you do go, you miss out on your lives" and I think he'd take the risk anyway.

"you have no reason to trust me other then, can you afford to take the risk?"

Sounds like they just need money. Go ahead and warn them.

Tell them you need someone to tell you about human civilization and they can't do that if they're dead. I guess.

>>327586
That's what I'm saying; I think he actually would take the risk. He doesn't seem very open-minded on first impressions.

1/2 Cheelop 2011/07/18(Mon)12:29 No. 327593 ID: c811c4
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"Ah, well, you don't have a reason to, but you'll probably die! But, it's your choice, so-

>"Ey! What's goin' on out here? Who're ya guys talkin to?

>"Boss! Some kobold's saying the dragon never leaves his cave."

>"Bah, Tae! Bring'it to my stove, I'm hungreh."

2/2 Cheelop 2011/07/18(Mon)12:30 No. 327594 ID: c811c4
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Running, running! At least I warned them as best I could!

>"It's gone, wow. Oh, it's leaving tracks, it's invisible!"

>"Well?! Go aft'r it, it's what we brought ya for! Ain't lettin no kobolds er' gnolls er' whatever's round here git away!"

Kill them all

Set something or somethings on fire with a Fireball first, so they have to take time to put it out. Flee while they're distracted.

yes, set a tent on fire.

>>327594
Find a tree and scurry up it, then drop invis and ready ranged weapons.
Then if it's still just those two, ask their names and ask if they'd be interested in telling you about human civilization. The non sequiter nature of the question may provide some answers.

>>327594
You may want to run back to where Shabin is. If anyone of them makes the mistake of following you, give them a knife to the face. Then make your way to the dragon's cave to warn him.

1/2 Cheelop 2011/07/18(Mon)12:55 No. 327613 ID: c811c4
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Alright, I'll distract them with a quick-

Oh, shoot! I forgot I can't hold invisibility while casting!

>"There you are! Hold on!"

Cast strength. When they try to grab you just break their legs.

2/2 Cheelop 2011/07/18(Mon)13:00 No. 327617 ID: c811c4
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>>327597
Not without a very good reason!

I don't think I can make it to Shabin, that human following me is really quick and seems to be able to see where I'm going through the brush, even if I'm invisible!

>"...I know you're up in that tree, kobold."

"Um.. would you be interested in telling me about human civilization?"

>"Eh? Not a lot of wild kobolds that ask about that. Put those knives away please, and first tell me about this dragon. I'm the only one who followed you. What's your name?"

well now, it would be incredibly unladylike of you not to introduce yourself to her. of course, you should demand she does the same.

she seems nice. ask her why ever race you've encountered seems to murder your kind out of hand.

okay cool. put them away but keep one hidden in your sleeve. then introduce yourself and tell her about what you know. then say you were around cause you were going to visit him.

>>327617
Do so. Also explain that you were just trying to help when the dude told them to capture you.

>>327617
I wonder if someone with the skills to throw weapons like you do could catch an arrow. Hopefully it wont come to that. Might as well tell her your name. Can't see how it would do any harm.

Tell her your name is Kunte Kinte

Name for a name! ... But first tell her your name; there's no reason it would be a bad thing to do anyway.

Cheelop 2011/07/18(Mon)13:19 No. 327645 ID: c811c4
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"My name is Chee, what is yours?"

>"Tae. Nice to meet you."

"Why is it that every race I come across tries to kill me?"

>"Err.. well, wild kobolds aren't really seen as, um... how do I put this... civilized? Some kobolds are raised by humans, and some are assimilated, but usually we don't view wild ones much differently than potentially hostile wildlife. Now, about that dragon?"

"Voxol will eat you, if you go too close!"

>"How do you know?"

"I used to live with him for a few months."

This is pretty awkward.

>"Hey, come down, why don't you? I'll put away my crossbow."

Go down to speak with her, but keep a spell at the ready in case you need it. She seems cool, but the other humans might be lurking about.

>>327645
No thanks, we're all perfectly fine, safe, and civil up here. Even if your giant rack looks quite hypnotically safe and cozy...

let's go down.

>>327645
If she puts away her crossbow then you'll be stronger than her with Strength active, and have the advantage if she tries to capture you. So it would be to our favor to comply... unless she isn't actually the only one to have followed you. Look around to see if anyone's nearby.

Ask WHY you should come down though. I mean, I can't think of any reason for her to want you to that doesn't include you being grabbed.

"because while you are the only one that followed me, someone else may of followed you"

you can talk from the tree... i like her, but i don't trust her.

Inquire about the boss, he seems to be a dorf. And do you think you could throw a knife at the crossbow prod? If you think you can from that silly position, then try to slice the bowstring.

1/4 Cheelop 2011/07/18(Mon)13:52 No. 327665 ID: c811c4
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>>327664
Maybe I could, but there isn't really a reason right now, she's not wielding it.

"I don't think I should come down, someone may have followed. We can talk fine up here. Hey, who's your boss? Is he a dwarf?"

>"Ha ha, no, but he's got the 'stache of one. Talks just as funny, too. I wanted you to come down so we could talk quietly, but we may have company."

2/4 Cheelop 2011/07/18(Mon)13:57 No. 327669 ID: c811c4
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>"There you are, Tae. Just shoot that kobold, you know how the boss gets. It's no time to get sappy for cute stuff."

>"This kobold's pretty nice."

>"You're going to show dissent to us because a kobold had good manners?"

>"This doesn't seem right. There's no reason to kill it."

>"Just bring her down then and I'll do it."

3/4 Cheelop 2011/07/18(Mon)13:58 No. 327670 ID: c811c4
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>"No, you won't."

>"...that's a pretty sneaky one. Tae?"

4/4 Cheelop 2011/07/18(Mon)14:00 No. 327675 ID: c811c4
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>"One shot and your friend won't live to see it, human."

>"..."

Oh gosh, oh gosh...

Shout to them to stop fighting, and that you don't want any trouble.

>>327675
Throw a knife to cut the string of the crossbow.

chee, yell to stop and all that glorious adorable stuff that only you can do so well.

>>327678
Actually no, throw a knife throw the bolt to stick it to the crossbow, THEN a second to sever the string.

>>327678
This seems like it would work.

+To severing the string.

>>327683
We only have one shot, and the string is what fires the bow. If the knife can't trap the bolt to the frame, Shabin gets shot.

Oh and tell shabin not to kill the guy.

1/2 Cheelop 2011/07/18(Mon)14:53 No. 327702 ID: c811c4
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TWANG

>"Ack?!"

"Stop fighting!"

2/2 Cheelop 2011/07/18(Mon)14:55 No. 327703 ID: c811c4
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>"Oh, come on, Tae."

"Shabin! Don't kill him!"

>"What, runt?! Are you serious? Got a better idea? This guy just tried to kill you."

"he is just following orders. the only one here that may REALLY need to be killed is their boss. and only if we can't incapacitate him"

It was just a misunderstanding, there are a lot of kobolds who DO attack people randomly. Plus, and this might convince her more, if we kill one of them then they'll all come after us.

Their boss just wants to play dwarf. Getting the other human to realize that TALKING (AND NOT KILLING) is going on is best. T.A.N.K makes the world go 'round.

>>327703
"So often are us kobolds killed because people consider us monsters. And you tried to kill me after I went and warned you. Now, who does that make the monster?"

If the human male tries anything show off your skills.

>>327708
This.

Also, tell the human male to lay his weapons on the ground and step away from them.

He didn't try to kill us, he just said he wanted to.

Knock him out. We will leave peacefully, since we're the ones that came across them. It's not like they were hunting us down or anything.

At this point I think they would agree that we're not worth the trouble to kill. Also explain to the woman (after the guy's knocked out) that you were traveling here only to ask the dragon about a magical problem you have. Since the area's occupied we'll just come back later after they've either left or gotten eaten.

"Shabin your right, he did try to kill me. but we are not going to sink down to his level. there no need for bloodshed we came here to get information so lets just talk"

>>327703
"No, Shabin, he only said he wanted to. Saying isn't doing. Please let him go; they have been very polite so far and I want to talk to them."

Cheelop 2011/07/18(Mon)16:22 No. 327740 ID: c811c4
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"Shabin, please let him go! We came here for information, not to kill anyone. There's no need for bloodshed, and he didn't actually try to kill me!"

>"I won't kill him, but I'm keeping on him just in case."

"Hey! Us kobolds keep getting killed because you guys think we're monsters! But I'm trying to warn you, so who's the monster?"

>"Kobold, don't spin this. We, at least us two, don't think you're monsters. We've seen monsters, and you aren't it. Us killing you is just as wrong as you killing a deer for food."

>"They're obviously not bloodthirsty ones, Rol. They could have killed us if they wanted to."

>"... fine. We'll let them go, but you know how the boss is. Looks like we're not getting a cut unless we sprint back, because they're moving out. I came because I was worried about you, and they expected you back by now."

>"I'm staying here."

>"Is that your judgement, or cowardice?"

>"...get back to the group if you want, Rol. Chee, do you know if it's possible to get the dragon to spare them, if it comes to that? They might be bad in your eyes, but I don't think they deserve this. If you can, I'll help you through the human towns without harm."

I have no idea, I never tried to stop the dragon before eating.

Getting an escort would be pretty handy. The dragon doesn't like you very much though...

This is risky, but this is ALSO our best chance to talk to the dragon about what we came for too.

So let's try it. Worst case scenario the dragon chases us off again and the humans get et. It'd be unfortunate but at least we can say we tried.

>>327740
I have it on relatively good authority that (most) anything with a pulse that happens to be of the opposite gender is a good way to sway a dragon for a short time... and the chesty one may do just that. 'course, this book depicts you being a lot less cute. So who knows.

My suggestion? I don't really know. We don't want to hurt things, but this is a dragon we're talking about.

Well, we could always see if you could just go all Fluttershy on it...

the guy seems to be a racist prick. but they really don't seem to deserve death. if we can save them we can save them we should. also ask more about there belief structure. why exactly do they think killing kobolds is no worse than killing a dear? is it a region thing? and are they really that surprised that some kobolds attack humans on sight when they think nothing of killing kobolds themselves?

Let's try, at least. Get there ahead of the humans and tell the dragon about them, asking it to chase them off instead of eating them...

Yo Tom, you're a magical monster thing too right? Any input for dealing with dragons?

I'm just going to say that whatever you do, don't be seen helping the humans, don't be heard helping the humans, and don't be smelled helping the humans.

Ask about the relationship between the two, if they're brother and sister or something. Because this looks like one of those relationships if he keeps insulting her like that.

Tell them that there's no way Voxol is going to leave his hoard without maybe a trade. The group can leave now and not have to deal with a dragon but if they insist the only way to walk away with profit is to trade.

Depending on how the cave's like, You could invisisprint ahead of them, and perhaps spam fire in the cave, hopefully staying out of sight of both the dragon and the humans. Might convince them at yes someone's home time to gtfo

>>327740
"Get the dragon to spare them? It's a dragon. I'm a kobold. I don't really get to influence its actions, and considering that their reaction was to kill me when I tried to help them the first time, sticking my neck out even further seems suicidally stupid."

1/2 Cheelop 2011/07/18(Mon)17:40 No. 327784 ID: c811c4
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Shabin says she's going to wait, she doesn't want to go tangle with a dragon. The other guy ran off, too, in the same direction as the dragon cave.

>>327755
Who's Tom?

"So.. are you two siblings or something?"

>"Nono. Though we've been travelling together so often though and have saved each others' neck a few times each, we may as well be."

"Well, that's a dragon, and I'm a kobold. I can't really do much, and it seems almost stu... suicidal."

>"Hm... that makes sense, I can't hold it against you. Stuff like this happens so often though, it doesn't even surprise me anymore."

2/2 Cheelop 2011/07/18(Mon)17:41 No. 327785 ID: c811c4
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>>327769
That's... that might actually be possible, but really dangerous!

I think I'm going to run to do it, unless there's many objections!

>>327784
How bad is the sexual tension between the two?

>>327785
No objections, just make sure it's a big fucking fireball. Of course they might see you, get pissed off and chase you further into the cave where they'll be eaten, making this situation worse.

It might be easier just to get Voxol to roar loud enough to ruin his illusion when they're close by.

>>327785
That seems incredibly dangerous and largely without benefit for you in the event of success. This human is already hanging out with you being friendly; you don't need an entire band of less-friendly humans around.

What's more, you can't risk angering the dragon, which is the being that you came here to talk to in the first place, since that would make it less likely to tell you anything that it knows about your nature and history.

Let them burn, and go talk to the dragon in a couple hours when it's had a chance to calm down from the excitement of devouring people.

>>327785
If you do, at least WARN her so she can play along!

>>327789

Yeah after the dragon eats he'll be in a pretty good mood. Torpid and a little sleepy perhaps, but probably pretty happy.

I am doubtful of that plans success. if we can come up with some way to modify it we might be able to pull it off.

>>327795

Alright alright alright. The dragon thinks everyone who isn't a dragon is a pest, right? Well if you want to get information out of him, you'll want to give him something so that you're a paying customer, or at least kinda interesting, instead of just a pest.

What do you guys got to give to him, so that he doesn't kill these idiots AND he gives you the information you wanted?

Since Tae doesn't want those idiots killed outright either, you should ask her what she has or is willing to do for the dragon to get it to agree to not kill them.

Guys, we don't have enough time to keep talking to the humans.

Go with the fireball plan.

Disagreeing with the fireball plan. Too much risk and not enough reward, though I admit I can't think of anything better on a short notice. That doesn't conflict with Chee's interests, I mean. Convince the rational and friendly female human not to participate in the soon to be bloodshed, do nothing else. Then talk to the dragon alone about whatever.

Oh, Tom is part of the system that holds you together. We could talk to him before. You might get to meet him if you look inside yourself. Figuratively of course.

>>327817
Is it safe to mention this sort of thing now?
I thought the paladin soul was supposed to fix the whole instability issue, but I'm not certain.

1/7 Cheelop 2011/07/18(Mon)19:19 No. 327821 ID: c811c4
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I... I didn't become a ninja wizard doctor to run from people who needed help! I mean okay they were mean and all but I already killed one really really good guy even if he was trying to kill me but even so I can feel his goodness and it...

I'm going to check if Tae has anything that can help!

2/7 Cheelop 2011/07/18(Mon)19:21 No. 327822 ID: c811c4
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"Tae! Do you have anything the dragon would want?! Anything!"

>"We have some gold from a gnoll camp awhile back, but it's not a whole lot."

Oh, oh, it's no good, he already has so much gold and stuff and doesn't like getting bribed for life anyway and he'll still eat them and and and

3/7 Cheelop 2011/07/18(Mon)19:23 No. 327823 ID: c811c4
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Okay I know more of you said to stay clear and wait but that's no good I can't I can't I have to follow with what at least a few of you said.

I mean that's really hard it's always been easier to follow the majority but

but

But I can make a low temperature fireball and it won't be fatal and they're already so far...

....

4/7 Cheelop 2011/07/18(Mon)19:24 No. 327824 ID: c811c4
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I'm sorry! It'll be really quick and I'll save a lot of people this way, they just have to run!

Oh god you just shot a dragon
GRAB SHABIN AND RUN

WOW that's a big fireball.

Okay. Um. That probably worked. Pray that you didn't anger the dragon though. Get up on a tree and check to see their reaction.

daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaamn son
yeah let's bolt

it was a low powered flare into the mouth of the cave. sides the dragon doesn't even know we can use magic. also chee, you may have gone against what most of us thought was the best thing to do, but keep in mind we are here to advise you. you get the final say it what to do.

That was your idea of a LOW TEMPERATURE fireball? Shit, that looked bigger than the sun from our perspective. Gotta agree with >>327829 though, you probably just fucked up, flee with Shabin at least if the humans don't get the idea.

>>327831
>yeah let's bolt

Lightning bolt.

B)

>>327828
"There. If they don't run away after that, they're too stupid to live. It's the best I can do, Tae.

"...we should go. Now."

Argh guys we are already a good distance away. We need more information before we decide to run or not.

Besides I think the dragon will be more likely to eat the humans than us if we pissed it off.

Poor, Chee. We know it's not easy going against the majority and following your heart. I'm proud of you for doing what you feel is the right thing.

Now would be the time to retreat to a safe distance in case Voxol is crabby at fireballs being flug around his home. If you think he won't care - given that you lived with him for so long and know him better than we - then take a gander what the humans are doing from a safe distance.

it was probably BIG but less hot.

>>327838
thats what she said

Aww, I wanted some dragon-soul-ala-king.

Oh well, check if that made them run away.

1/2 Cheelop 2011/07/18(Mon)21:10 No. 327849 ID: c811c4
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>>327837
>>327832
Thank you. It hurt a lot though, going against your wishes. I can't do it often.

"That's all I can do, Tae. If they don't run after that, well... we should go. You should go."

>"I hope that worked. Thank you, I'm going to see if they're okay!"

I know that the dragon heard, though. And I know he won't appreciate that one bit. He's already coming, I know it. I can't hear him, but he's more than just a visual illusionist.

I probably did mess up. I should run, I know, but it'll endanger others! I hope everyone gets out of this.

2/2 Cheelop 2011/07/18(Mon)21:17 No. 327853 ID: c811c4
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>"Little Chee. To think, you were the source of the fireball. Is that how you say hello, these days? Explain yourself, why did you chase off my prey after you came back after I told you never to?"

He appeared without a sound, just like I remember.

"I've come for your soul, Voxol"

...He told you never to come back? That might have been a helpful thing to tell us. Um, tell him that you're a healer now, and you can't let people get hurt. Also apologize profusely.

>>327853
Chee, seeing as you were the one who wanted so very badly to throw that fireball you can field this question on your own. Your logic is too alien to me for me to come up with a decent explanation.

I'm willing to blame your current bout of reckless stupidity in the name of helping people who consider you roughly as worthy of life as a non-sentient animal on that paladin soul. No other explanation makes sense to me, even if I've met very few paladins who were quite that self-sacrificing. Probably because they all sacrificed themselves in short order and were therefore not alive long enough to do a lot of meeting people. It's enough to make me wish that we'd done something other than eat him; power is worthless if it drives you to insanity and death.

"because i am a good person. i know what i am and what is inside me, but i came here to find out what you know."

>>327853
made a deal with a cute girl to answer the first part of your question
and to, answer the second part, we wanted to know what was up with the banishment and what he knows about your entire weird as hell existence. And so we can foil some evil plans of powerful people

>>327853
DAAAAAAMN!

>>327858
Oh, THIS again.

You know what the difference between those people and the paladin was? Those people weren't about to kill him. If you don't understand the concept of "Don't kill except in self-defense", you're the one with wierd alien logic here.

>>327856
Anyway, seconding this. You're a healer, so you can't let people get hurt. But you returned to ask about yourself. ...He probably won't take well to it, but you might as well tell the truth here.

>>327853
I have the sudden urge to suggest that you simply explain that a paladin made you do it.

>>327853
Because you absorbed a paladin and it's affecting your personality.

>>327869
>>327866
This.

You just happened to be in the neighborhood.

Glowing eyes... those pupils... I think Shabin has some dragon blood in her. Chee, did you ask her why Chop calls her Rock Eater?

Giving the excuse that you're a healer is good for starters. Then you should explain why you're here. Tell him you found out some of what you are, and you want to destroy the liches responsible.

Also heal yourself, Chee. You're bleeding from the mouth.

NOTE TO OTHER VOICES: Don't forget who Chee is. Telling her to do things that go against her nature will hurt her and make her lose trust in us. She's not a soul sucking evil bastard who cares only for revenge.

>>327884
She calls her rock eater because she's a miner.

>>327884
>Telling her to do things that go against her nature will hurt her and make her lose trust in us. She's not a soul sucking evil bastard who cares only for revenge.
If it's in someone's nature to do something with a high probability of getting themselves killed for the sake of people who believe their life is worth no more than that of an animal and would kill them out of hand, then that person's nature needs a kick in the pants from nurture.

Don't get me wrong, I supported warning the humans since they were going into danger and it was easily within our abilities to do so, even if there was some risk to us in that they might attack (which they did). It was the right thing to do, and I'm all in favor of Chee doing the right thing. But even the most moral will fight against people who threaten them and theirs, and fighting for someone like that is absurd. Chee went on to quite possibly die in order to save people who consider her too worthless to be worthy of the term "enemy", and that's moving past the dictates of morality and into foolishness.

Those humans will by all available evidence go on to ruthlessly slaughter (and possibly eat, based upon their comments) any kobolds, gnolls, and any other wild types they come across regardless of intentions. Why are their lives worth more than those of the innocents they will likely kill in the future? After they demonstrated that they were unwilling to accept an extended hand of friendship, they ceased to be the sort of people that needed helping and started being the sort of people that a proper paladin would either destroy for the good of the world or convert to a more peaceful way of thinking. Does Chee have the power and determination required to go after them and ensure one way or the other that they won't stain her hands with innocent kobold blood for saving them? Because that is the demands required by taking this path towards trying to do the right thing. You nurse a venomous snake back to health and you'd better be sure that it doesn't go on to bite people.

>>327856
She did.

>>327853
Chee, being able to work on your own is a wonderful thing. I'm going to tell you a little trick: If we suggest a bunch of stuff to accomplish a goal then the goal is what we want you to accomplish, and it's not going against us if you figure out a better way and do that.
I don't know how the rules work, but I think you can avoid the pain if you think about it that way.
"Some of those are good people, and good people are worth saving.
I'm here because I know a little about what I am, and I need to know more."

1/3 Cheelop 2011/07/18(Mon)23:17 No. 327898 ID: c811c4
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>>327895
I'll make sure they don't touch any kobolds. If they look like they will, then.. I'll stop them myself.

>>327884
It was just chop referring to Shabin being a miner. Though, I don't know much about Shabin's past, really.

And.. I can't seem to heal this. I don't know why, something's blocking it. This must be some anti-healing ward, but it's nothing big.

"I'm a healer, now! And I know what's inside me. I intend to stop it. All the liches."

>"It's not like your power is gotten from anything but evil. You would defeat evil forces with more evil?"

"....yes, but I'll cut off my power at the end, somehow, if I have to. I came to find out more about myself, and I hope you can tell me something that could help.

>"I only smell fear from you. Scared stiffless before a dragon, and you wish to take on the most powerful liches of the world?"

"I have power! One of the reasons I acted out here today was because the soul of a paladin --"

2/3 Cheelop 2011/07/18(Mon)23:19 No. 327900 ID: c811c4
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>"You let the devourer take the soul of a paladin, and you dare claim to fight evil?"

You just happened to be in the neighborhood.

3/3 Cheelop 2011/07/18(Mon)23:26 No. 327903 ID: c811c4
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"Yes! I'll make it up and take on the paladin's will, if need be! I mean, some of it. A lot of it."

>""Your conviction isn't overwhelming me."

"Just show me! Give me a chance!"

>"Hmph. Fearful as you are, you aren't the same pathetic kobold, I will admit. I will do no action for you, but tell me what evil ails you most, and I will give my advice."

>>327903
A point in the right direction would help. A name, a place, however Voxol learned about your nature, something like that.

The Devourer

Tom 2011/07/18(Mon)23:28 No. 327907 ID: c811c4
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Oh man oh man that soul feels delicious I taste it from here it's driving me nuts you guys have got to get that dragon in here tell Chee to suck its soul for me or something it's driving me nuts

>>327907
Yeah, it would be delicious. But I think we're going to leave this one in its body at this juncture, it's more useful that way for now.

there are so many reasons that is not going to happen.

>>327903
The hat. We need to get rid of it. We will have no peace as long as it reveals our position.

There's also the thing that you just discovered- that you hurt yourself by going against our advice, and you cannot heal it.

Finally, and I mention this last because I dunno if this qualifies as an 'evil that ails you' but it would be rather nice to be able to find the liches, and know how to destroy them.

I would like to ask if he knows what a half-dragon half-kobold would look like. Specifically mention that you have a good friend with similar eyes to his. This is just a question borne of curiosity though and I wouldn't put any priority on it.

>>327907
settle down
we'll stop for food at the next exit, maybe a bathroom break. Some other dragon-burger okay, maybe even a dragon-lich burger with extra onions if we're lucky
we got a schedule to keep, we can't stop now

>>327907
Tom, be realistic. He's a dragon. There's no way Chee can kill him, even if somehow she managed to soul suck him (is that even something Chee can do?). Also that would be a very mean thing to do!

>>327907
Sorry Tom, no can do. We're going for a low-soul diet. You'll hate us now, but we'll make up for it later. have you ever wondered what the soul of the lich king would taste like?

The dragon who hordes a disproportionate amount of treasure and uses it to lure people into his cave with under the guise of it being unguarded is doubting your moral alignment? Seriously? I mean, he's got enough gold and power to just get some cows and chickens and raise his own food, but decides to lure sentient creatures in so he can eat them, and he thinks he's in a position to comment on morality?

Chee, you need to take a second to think about this. He's going to cause the deaths of lots of people in the future, and his horde could save a lot of good people from starving. Not to mention the lives you could save with his power, which he seems to only use to lure people in to be eaten.

Cheelop 2011/07/18(Mon)23:51 No. 327917 ID: c811c4
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>>327914
It does sound hypocritical but I'd really not try to argue with him too much. He's already looking... well, most of his goods are gotten from people who attack him so there are far worse dragons out there! I think. Actually, I don't know...

Ahh, I'm split! The devourer? The hat, the location of the liches...

>"Hurry up. I feel your taint boiling over, and it disgusts me."

Tom 2011/07/18(Mon)23:52 No. 327918 ID: c811c4
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YOU GUYS HAVE NO IDEA what this is like it's like starving and suddenly someone puts on the juiciest steak you've ever seen and the juice is ambrosia and the steak is steak and no this is worse than that I need.. I need that dragon's soul!!

>>327914
You've got some good points, but I don't think Soul-sucking every morally-questionable being we come across would be good for Chee's mental health. Just the ones that are immediately trying to kill him.

welp, you heard the man. Take that soul.

I'll go for the liches. Make it quick, though, Tom's acting like he's about to try and make you attack.

>>327917
Tell him he'd probably be better fed if he hired some farmers to farm cows or shit for him goddamn.

Definitely go with the asking for help with dealing with the devourer.

>>327917
Location of the liches. The hat's a bother, but currently harmless and potentially a powerful tool. Maybe. But the liches have a plan and you need to deal with that ASAP.

>>327903
"I have two lich souls inside me. I need to know how to kill them or send them to the afterlife or feed them to the devourer or something. I'll figure out how to kill the lich king after that.
Also, I didn't WANT the devourer to eat the paladin! I didn't even know it was there until the paladin tried to fix my soul and got eaten, and there was no way for me to save the paladin without a lot of innocent people dying in the process.
I know he wants to help me to stop the liches, and after that I'll find a way to make the devourer let him decide what happens from there. Either way, I'm going to stop bad things from happening to good people."

>>327917
oh
the blood is symbolically the devourer's drool
you can't heal it because it's a metaphorical wound

Litches bitches

Tom calm down we'll get you an even better steak I promise, you just have to wait a while. Do not make me turn this Chee around mister or I will beat your ass so hard you won't be able to sit for weeks mister

the hat is annoying but since part 3, definitely not our first concern.

go for the liches. the devourer is still useful to us, horrible (and awesome) as it may be

Stop being whiny Tom, you'll get a soul NEXT chapter. I promise.

Then again, this dragon kills people. You just suck up people's souls and feed them to a godlike being bound to your flesh that gives you the powers of said people who noms on them for all eternity...
Might want to hear the dragon out. Ask him how to fight teh evils. And to stop doin the killins, maybe.

Let's see, lets try Absolve. No wait, Plead! Dammit.

For the sake of argument, how would we take the dragon's soul in the first place? The paladin was in a love trance thingy, but this fellow looks quite competent and ready. Aren't we an inch away from smouldering smoulder?

Simmer down, Tom. It doesn't matter how hungry you are- being greedy and overeating will come back to get you.

If we eat this dragon's soul, he can't help us later if he learns anything whilst we're away. There's nothing stopping us from coming back later if we need to be... after all, Chee, you were told never to come back, and yet you have. To quote a book... "What has happened once will never happen again. What has happened twice will surely happen a third time..."

Don't eat him... not yet, at least. Not for a while. Not until you have a better reason than "I'm hungry."

1/4 Cheelop 2011/07/19(Tue)00:38 No. 327941 ID: c811c4
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>>327925
Well, I did sort of kill the paladin to seal the deal and Voxol always knows when I'm lying even if it's close to the truth, so I don't want to go too far!

"Th-th-th-the liches! I have two lich souls inside me. I need to know how to kill them or send them to the afterlife or feed them to the devourer or something. I'll figure out how to kill the lich king after that."

>"The liches. Although I do not know where the Lich King himself is, no doubt you can find him if you look for the two 'weaker' ones. To the north, beyond the sea, is an island that one calls his home. Southeast, in the smaller peninsula beyond what the humans call the 'beastmen wilds' is the second. This will make little sense now I am sure, but ask for a human's map and the knowledge will be clear."

"Ah- thank you."

>"Kill one, and I will be more believing to your cause. Go. Right now, you feel unusually uns..stable...?"

2/4 Cheelop 2011/07/19(Tue)00:41 No. 327944 ID: c811c4
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>"What are you doing?"

"I-I'm not doing anything!"

>"Why is the devourer emanating from you?!"

4/4 Cheelop 2011/07/19(Tue)00:44 No. 327946 ID: c811c4
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>"Hello. I think I'm not listening, right now. I can't hear anything over how delicious a dragon's soul is."

>>327946tom what are you doing, tom no tom that is a bad thing to do

ATTAIN DRAGON POWERS
BECOME SKYRIM

>>327946
Don't eat him yet you giant shadowfaggot. We still need him intact.

dammit tom! impulse control man! impulse control!

Tom? How'bout chu CALM THE **** DOWN. Listen to us, or we'll find a way to **** you up later. We can... and we will. If we agree to do that. Not all of us get along, n' all. BUT STILL. We have that power.

Short of that... CHEE, RUN! That thing that you may or may not see or sense is *attached* to you... where you go, it goes. Get away from the dragon, and so will it. Otherwise, that dragon might get killed, and he might not be as useful dead.

>>327954
You can say fuck on tgchan.

But what powers will we get from a dragon?! Maybe we can breathe fire and be really judgmental and snippy and punch things really hard and you should give it to Shabin.

ALSO HEY FREE HOARD

Tom? You better nom that bitch sooo hard

>>327946
Mmmm, delicious dragon soul. You know what to do, live up to your name and all that.

Tell the dragon to run! RUN FAST!

And focus your power over souls to get that giant shadowy monster BACK IN YOU RIGHT NOW!

Goddamn this is bad bad bad

Devourer get back inside chee goddamn it you are NOT supposed to be outside her. You're dead! Do you think you can survive outside her? Also goddamn it what do you think the Lich King would say? This must be breaking the deal you have with him.

So if Tom does eat the dragon's soul, the dragon will eventually get his soul back if we leave his body alive, right?

>>327966
yes

but i don't think voxol would be exactly pleased about having his soul taken in the first place

Chee pull him back or get him the fuck away from the dragon, I don't care how but do it NOW!!!!!!!

[Attempt to pull Tom back from the inside]

>>327965
Oh god thisthisthisthisthisthis!

Let me guess Tom, you ripped a hole in the seal containing all the souls.
Because you could wait for us to tell Chee to soul-suck him.
Better start cleaning up, Tom.
Because all those souls are going to start streaming out any second.

FUCK IT FUCK IT ALL TO HELL, EAT TOM!!! CONSUME HIS SOUL OR ESSENCE OR WHATEREVER THE FUCK EVERYTHINGS GOING TO HELL SO SEND IT FASTER

>>327946
Yea, we are NOT letting you keep that thing. You just screwed a whole lot of things up.

Chee: Use Paladin powers to put Voxel's soul back in his body.

TARGET THE DEVOURER. WE MUST STOP IT. DEPLOY HEALING SHIVS TO THE EYES!

STOP RIGHT THERE CRIMINAL SCUM

NOBODY BREAKS THE LAW ON MY WATCH

I'M CONFISCATING YOUR STOLEN SOULS

NOW PAY THE FINE OR IT'S OFF TO JAIL

He's given us what we need, and a dragon's soul would be useful.
Besides, if we simply don't kill him he'll get it back later. That way Tom should get a taste, the dragon should be fine in the end, and we have time to get away. But in order for that to work, we need to get Tom back inside Chee after, before he can kill the dragon permanently.

NO STOP! BAD TOM, NO DRAGON SOULS FOR YOU!

>>327946
Maybe it's the alignment speaking, but I'm okay with this:

1). We can use the dragon's wealth to assist the kobolds and gain favor with the humans.
2). I'm pretty sure the last time the Devourer did that, a lot of people died. Namely the ones in us.
3). It seems that knowledge is passed along with the soul. We'll still learn everything we were going to learn with less work.

p.s.: This is probably going to suck for Chee, and by that I mean a bit more than a nose-bleed.

Tom really needs a choker collar or something. Eating souls without our permission ist VERBOTEN.

>>328012
The whole ultra-psychic guard thing always annoyed me. Especially when I was going to ask one where to find something in a town only to have him arrest me. I didn't even have anything stolen on my person, which was funny.

>>327946
So I'm thinking that if said humans we just "saved" are on their way back and see that... they're probably not our friends anymore. Also, Shabin is probably hiding somewhere.

Aaaa Chee just start running and throw fireballs at Tom to stun him or something.

Shadowfaggot, I like that one.

Get Shadowfaggot on a choke chain, quick.

Consume the dragon's soul Tom, this is best plan.

1/2 Cheelop 2011/07/19(Tue)14:36 No. 328143 ID: c811c4
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"I can't run fast enough! He's huge!"

>"Ah, I feel I can stay out for a few minutes without doing any harm to ya, Chee! I'll make this fast. Actually, a few minutes... "

2/2 Cheelop 2011/07/19(Tue)14:37 No. 328145 ID: c811c4
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>"Yeahhhh, I'll just have a few side orders too while I'm at it."

"Wait!"

>"Nah."

Ahh! I don't think I can block him from doing this!

Stupid Dragon: DO SOMETHING

>>328145
Oh, that's a lot of souls. Well on the good side most of them should be ok, provided that their body doesn't die.

I guess you should yell out a warning or something.

Time to take off that hat and shove that shadowfaggot back into your soul-hole.

>>328145
You're a mean poopey face and I don't think you're cute anymore!

>>328145
Put your dagger to your throat and shout
"LET THEM ALL GO OR I'LL KILL MYSELF!"
Also, shove Voxel's soul back in his body.

use paladin powers chee!

YOU PUT DOWN THOSE SOULS RIGHT NOW
STOP THIS RIGHT NOW OR SO HELP ME I WILL FIND A WAY TO MAKE YOU PAY
MARK MY WORDS YOU MAY BE POWERFUL BUT THERE ARE MORE OF US THAN THERE ARE OF YOU AND WE'VE GOT NOTHING TO DO BUT THINK IN HERE.
SO CUT THIS SHIT OUT RIGHT NOW OR "Destroy the devourer" IS GOING ON OUR LIST OF OBJECTIVES.

Chee. We need you to concentrate. I know you can feel that paladin's soul. He has the abilities we need right now.
It's a long shot since you've never trained or practiced with them at all but we have to try SOMETHING!
So focus Chee! Pull the devourer back in! You can do it!

Do trees have souls?
If so, we may as well take those too!

>>328145
Goddamn it Tom every paladin in a 50 mile radius is gonna see you and come gunning for Chee! You giant dumbass! Control yourself!

Besides we're not going to kill any of these people. You're going to wind up having to let go of those souls again. There will be no repeat performance of the dwarf paladin incident!

Well, last resort we could put on the hat, Chee. That would however inform the lich who has the scrying spell on it just how strong you have become. It would completely ruin the element of surprise. It would also inform them that you most likely spoke to the dragon, and they will probably try to kill him or something.

So maybe we shouldn't put on the hat.

You said you can't block him from doing this. Maybe you can manipulate the souls themselves? Participate in a tug of war with him?

Throw a big blast of healing at him? I think he's technically undead.

Cheelop 2011/07/19(Tue)15:01 No. 328172 ID: c811c4
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Voxol's just sitting there, he's already gone! I never tried doing much with souls.

Maybe I can influence them a little bit but not at this level! All I can really do is move them into different people like I do with Shabin.

And shoot fireballs, but not that big. And throw stuff at him.

>>328172
Try healing the Devourer. He's technically undead.

Chee! How well do you know Voxel!?

You have his soul right? You can kinda manipulate them?

Take it and give it back! You can move them around to people you know! All you need to do is focus!

Cheelop 2011/07/19(Tue)15:05 No. 328177 ID: c811c4
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>Throw a healing blast!

Okay, I worked on a little healing spell made for damaging undead specifically!

>"Ow."

Ummm! That was a lot of my energy, I can't keep that up!

Wait, didn't Tom say earlier that if Chee doesn't kill the body, the soul will eventually return? That was the whole reason she had to kill the Paladin, right?

Okay okay. We know healing hurts him. This is good. We can use this. Okay.
Try and make a bubble of healing around you. See if we can cut him off from the outside world. Even if it's just for a bit maybe we can buy enough time for all the souls to go back in to their bodies. And we know he can't stay outside of you like this for long so we just need to stall him!

>>328177
Stab Voxol a couple of times to make sure you get to keep the soul.

>>328181
Shut up stupid voice.

Tell Tom to get the hell back in you.

>>328179
good point. a bubble around you should mess with him more then a blast through the middle.

>>328177
It's too bad you have no paladin training so you can't cast Smite Evil. That would probably be the most efficient way to hurt him.

Do you think healing someone while their soul is out of their body would do anything? Or healing yourself while the Devourer's out of you? You could try directing your soul expertise inwards...

Sigh, this is just completely unknown territory.

1/3 Cheelop 2011/07/19(Tue)15:44 No. 328209 ID: c811c4
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>>328178
>"That's right that's right! Think of all the power you could get! Hundreds, maybe thousands of years of experience!"

"Shut up! I'm not like that! Get back in me!"

>"I want to suck some energy anyway! It'll be fiiiine! Just a little of their experiences and talent and memories and everything!"

2/3 Cheelop 2011/07/19(Tue)15:47 No. 328211 ID: c811c4
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>>328179
>Heal bubble

>"OWW!!!"

3/3 Cheelop 2011/07/19(Tue)15:47 No. 328213 ID: c811c4
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>"Whoa whoa whoa what are you doing down there?! You're going to cut like a third of me from going back inside like this! Do you know how much that'll hurt you?! Do you know how many souls you'll lose like this?!"

"then spit that out and get back inside or i'll just have to learn to deal with it."

>>328213
WORTH IT! Tell him to get back in you or you WILL cut him off!

>>328213
Not worth it. You need those souls to accomplish your destiny. Losing them won't bring anyone back, it will only make you weaker. Peoples souls will return if they're not dead. He can't keep them from leaving. As long as their bodies are still alive they will be up and about without any greater problems.

Keep the heal bubble up, and play the waiting game until he concedes, Chee. As long as you don't finish anyone off, they'll get their souls back.

>>328213
Hooray! You have him by the heal-ball now!
"You mean a bunch of souls will go on to their well-deserved rest? How utterly tragic.
I'm not going to let ANY of those souls you just took get inside me! Let them ALL go, including Voxel, or you'll lose far more than that!"

"Yes."

I’ve been thinking. When life gives you souls? Don’t make them into ultimate power. Make life take the souls back! Get mad! I don’t want your damn souls! What am I supposed to do with these? Demand to see life’s manager! Make life rue the day it thought is could give me souls! Do you know who I am? I’m the man who’s going to burn your house down! With the souls!

Tell him to drop it. DROP IT. BAD DEVOURER. BAD.

And threaten to neuter him if he keeps trying to eat Voxel.

>>328213
Steady as she goes, Chee!

good. anything to fuck up the liches' plans. don't hesitate, Chee. he goes back it or you chop him up.

Man the Devourer just has no patience at all. Tom can eat the dragon's soul later, when he actually dies. Tom's like a big overgrown toddler trying to argue for getting him a toy. Whatever Tom can give you Chee isn't as good as a dragon owing you his life, because everything Tom gives is evil and not good at hurting necromancers. What would you rather have, a dragon who can tell you what you need to know, or Tom's half chewed leftovers?

"DROP THE SOULS OR THE THIRD COMES OFF, LAST WARNING!"

"Return the souls to their respective bodies, shadowfag, or there will be a lot more than a third of you missing."

tom, we have up until now gotten along. this is because we have not had to go cross purpose. until now. while a good working relationship with you is valuable, we will not hesitate to end you if we have to. put all of those souls back right now, or lose a third of yourself. oh and if you do this again we won't ask. we will just cut you off.

1/2 Cheelop 2011/07/19(Tue)17:15 No. 328309 ID: c811c4
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"Drop it! I'll really cut you off if you don't stop that, I don't care!"

>"FINE GEEZ. I'll let them go, I had a good taste of the dragon anyway. We'll permanently get his soul later, yeah?"

2/2 Cheelop 2011/07/19(Tue)17:16 No. 328310 ID: c811c4
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Ahh... I think it's over.

"Um..."

>What? What was I doing here. Who are you, Kobold?"

>>328310
Tell the dragon that you're its friend and it should share all secrets with you.

>>328310
Whoops, looks like he got some of Voxel's memories. But still - you're a badass, Chee! Way to go!

See if you can jog Voxel's memory. If not, it might be time to split.

Well damn. If the dragon forgot everything anyway, we may as well have just ate him.

Tell him you're Cheelop, and he was having a spot of health trouble. Ask him how he's feeling.

>>328310
Hug him. Apologize profusely that you didn't figure out how to stop it fast enough.

Ask him what year it is.

>>328316
Seconding this.

I wanted Tom to consume all of the souls :( Get more evil, fellow voices.

>>328316
Hugs.
>>328323
We can save the evil for later. We must gradually change Chee's alignment first, she's too good right now.

And that was Tom. Did not know he could do that. Sorry about that. At least we found a way to keep him under control.

>>328323
I tried, but everyone wanted to be the little girl hero.

Devourer, how much did you take away from the dragon?

"Voxol, it's me, Cheelop, your best friend ever!"

Quick implant false memories so he'll be our ally, Add hugs for more effect.

also damn why no edit buttan? :(

Cheelop 2011/07/19(Tue)18:25 No. 328359 ID: c811c4
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Vox never really liked hugs but maybe he's different now!

>"What are you doing?"

"I'm Cheelop, your best friend ever! You had a spot of health trouble, but you're better now. Um.. what year is it?"

>"I do not pay mind to the years counted. I have lived too many. Too many to consider a kobold 'my best friend'."

Well, I don't think it's complete amnesia.

"well, worth a shot. seems the Devourer tried to take your soul, but i stopped it, it seems you lost some memory though, not sure if it will return or not"

"But it's true, I rushed here as soon as I could when I heard a bunch of humans were gonna try to kill you!"

Guys, he's a dragon. He won't care about humans trying to kill him.

Tell him an undead abomination of epic proportions tried to eat his soul, and by applying healing magic to the base of where it's bound, you managed to force it to give it back. If he asks what it's bound to, tell him it's a mobile container, so it can be where-ever it wants.

>>328359
Hey, you said he could tell when you're lying. So don't lie. But uh, maybe we shouldn't tell him exactly what happened. Just uh... say that he's got a bit amnesia right now. You don't know if his memory will come back or not, and you don't know how much time he lost... but it was at least a few months.

Ask him how he feels. Suggest that maybe he should check on his hoard. Maybe ask him if he wants to meet your friend that has eyes like his?

Just tell him that the devourer tried to eat his soul, but you partly stopped him, you're sorry you couldn't do more, and then flee.

The devourer probably grabbed the relevant memories, anyway, considering the dragon doesn't have them.

Cheelop 2011/07/19(Tue)19:11 No. 328408 ID: c811c4
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"Ah! The devourer tried to take your soul, but I stopped it. Almost. I mean, I couldn't stop it entirely but still you're okay! It got some memories, I'm not sure how much, or if they'll return."

>"What an extraordinary claim. And yet, I sense no lies within you. Perhaps you are trustworthy, in which case, I owe you my life. Pathetic, but perhaps you can help me further. The last thing I remember was flying to this mountain range to set up a new home. Tell me, do I have one here?"

I hear Voxol has been in this land for about five years, so it seems that's how long he has forgotten.

>>328408
Show him his hoard

"yes but the nearby humans know that the you who flies out of the caves for a while is an illusion"
technically true. i mean, the nearest humans are the ones we told.

No point in lying, since you are so pure and he can read your mind or something. (humans looting his lair will probably die)

yes. you've been living here for about five years.

Damm. Think of something that will let the humans live in peace with Vox. Or, youknow, at least get a truce going.

We are this fucking close to getting a Good End for this Chapter.

5 years isn't long for a dragon. Let's go show him his hoard! Also uh... hmm. I wonder if we should get Shabin to come along with us. Or maybe just pointing his home out to him would work better.

The humans will probably wait out here for a bit. It might be better not to mention them so that we don't piss off the dragon again by admitting we scared them off and revealed his illusion. Then again people will probably STILL try to steal the dragon's treasure even if some rumors circulate that him flying off is an illusion.

Cheelop 2011/07/19(Tue)19:51 No. 328442 ID: c811c4
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"I'll show you to your hoard. Also, I think some humans know you flying off is an illusion."

...

>"Yes. I sense my illusions in this cave.. This is far enough, for you. You may know this, but inside is a regular looking cave, only beyond the illusion is my horde. Me flying off is one of many traps. Do not bother trying to pass through here."

"O..kay."

>"... but I do not enjoy being in debt, as I appear to be. If you are in need to travel quickly, then come to me and I will fly you to some destinations. If you find this acceptable, then I will consider us even."

Remind Voxol of the lich business and ask it for more information. Hopefully we'll get what he withheld last time.

>>328442
Quick travel could be VITAL later on. Let's take that deal. Asking him a couple more questions couldn't hurt but he probably won't answer anything important. Also I'm not entirely sure that we should bring up the lich business again but if we DO, be sure to tell him that he already gave us some information already. It would be deceitful to squeeze more info out of him just because he forgot about what he told us already.

yes, ask if voxol can tell if someone is part dragon. then call shabin over if he can.

Cheelop 2011/07/19(Tue)20:21 No. 328453 ID: c811c4
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"So... I have this kobold friend, and it's possible she's part dragon. I was wondering if you could tell. Also about these liches, you told me a bit earlier..."

>"I know nothing of this land's liches, or much. What knowledge I told you I have forgotten. Only the devourer sounds familiar. Nor do I meddle in half-dragons. I will tell you what I think if I see this friend, but I do not sense anyone else in the vicinity."

I don't know where Shabin is, either. I think this is all the information I'll get out of Voxol for now. I think I'll head back, unless anyone else has any input.

>>328453
I can't think of anything offhand. Thank him. Oh, well, we could ask about magic but I dunno if there's much we could get from a brief conversation and we don't really have time to stay here for lessons (if he was willing to teach them, which would probably mean we'd give up the offer of quick travel)