>>401472
Ask them if they know where to find a doctor.

Ask if they know how to cure the effects of their venom.

Raid 2012/04/16(Mon)14:13 No. 401801 ID: 0d2bec
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I asked for a doctor and they said that there isn't one in the facility.

I then asked how to cure a spiderbite and they asked what I could do for them in return.

"well what do you want? not really sure what spiders like"

>>401801
What we can do for them? Just how far are we planning to go out on a limb for our coworker here? He's the poisoned one, he's the one who has to pay them back for healing.

>>401801
Find out what they want. Alternately, offer them either all the bugs you capture for a month, or you will create for them the most secure of hideaways.

Raid 2012/04/16(Mon)14:28 No. 401809 ID: 0d2bec
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>>401806
>>401804

Hmm~

I could say that this dude would pay them back.

I ask them what spiders like and one of them says food. The other one seems to have disconnected or something.

Bugs for a month? Do you know how difficult it'd be to actually follow through on something like that while I'm on the job?

>>401809
You could leave out (and occasionally refill when it evaporates) a bowl of sugar water or something there to attract flies.

>>401809
Welp, tell 'em you'll make this guy pay them in food after he's back up, then.

Raid 2012/04/16(Mon)14:47 No. 401813 ID: 0d2bec
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>>401810

I offer to do the bowl thingy with the sugar water. The spider says okay.

I also may have implied that this dude will owe them something later on for their assistance and the spider seemed especially pleased about that.

It says that to cure the venom I'm gonna need some basalt leaves. I don't even know what those are. He says there should be some around here.

>>401813
Like those leaves right there?

Raid 2012/04/16(Mon)15:02 No. 401817 ID: 0d2bec
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((I KEEP FUCKING UP THESE POSTS))

>>401814

Yes. I should put some of these pretty leaves in the mouth of an unconscious man and that will fix him the spiders said so duh.

No. That'd be dumb. I don't know which of these leaves are 'basalt.' I could guess, maybe. And are these ones poking around the edges sufficient or will I have to open up this weird looking cabinet?

((Sorry, this is my first quest, first time using a *chan extensively, and first time drawing anything. Thanks for the suggestions thus far and I love you guys. :D ))

open it and ask the spider what's what.

Raid 2012/04/16(Mon)15:58 No. 401831 ID: 0d2bec
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>>401824

The spider pauses when I ask, then tells me to pick one. I think something very rudely at him.

There's this grassy stuff with gray buds popping up all around it. There's a lot of it in here. Then there's this weird potted thing with gray leaves and a spindly stem.

Basalt is a type of grey rock. I think the grey leaves are correct.

take the potted plant.

Raid 2012/04/16(Mon)17:35 No. 401851 ID: 0d2bec
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>>401833
>>401832

Can do.

The spider said I need to feed him the leaves.

I asked how I expected him to chew and swallow and he told me to be creative.

put leaf on hand slap with other hand. bam powder.

Chew them yourself, then shove the chewed leaves in his mouth.

>>401853
That. Then you push it into the back of his mouth/his throat, and squeeze his throat in a downward motion to force him to swallow. It's pretty dangerous to feed unconscious people, though.

Raid 2012/04/17(Tue)11:00 No. 401985 ID: 0d2bec
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Well. Here goes nothing.

Raid 2012/04/17(Tue)11:00 No. 401986 ID: 0d2bec
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It smells like vinegar.

Raid 2012/04/17(Tue)11:00 No. 401987 ID: 0d2bec
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DID IT. DONE.

Raid 2012/04/17(Tue)11:09 No. 401988 ID: 0d2bec
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OKAY THIS IS REALLY KIND OF GROSS BUT I HAVE THE MASHED UP LEAFY DEALS IN MY HAND.

You absolutely positive you want me to feed this dude?

why not?

>>401988
yes, we are

Raid 2012/04/17(Tue)11:59 No. 401991 ID: 0d2bec
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MOMMA BIRD IS FEEDING HER BABY

oh god why did i think that that's so gross

Raid 2012/04/17(Tue)12:07 No. 401992 ID: 0d2bec
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Wait.

Why is his bicep bulging?

>>401992
mutations?

oh god what

Ohhhhhh boy...

why'd you do that?

Raid 2012/04/17(Tue)12:59 No. 402005 ID: 0d2bec
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>>402004

BECAUSE HE IS A GROSS MUTANT JESUS FUCK.
-animated-

so you are saying that the boss is wrong to hire him, even though they admitted to being a mutant?

>>402005
Please stop the infighting.

lol, that's kind of cute. You guys'll get along great.

Raid 2012/04/18(Wed)01:53 No. 402126 ID: 0d2bec
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Garth is wondering when it would be a good time to be awake.

Cuz it definitely wasn't right then.

Bertha is quietly contemplating the voices telling her not to maul this polymorphic vagabond.

Spider Two is watching.

>>402126
Don't you recognize your boss when you see him? Why do you think the spiders were willing to help? They're his pets.


Seriously though, he IS an employee of your mutual boss, best to stop mauling him and start finding out what happened.

Raid 2012/04/18(Wed)09:57 No. 402160 ID: 0d2bec
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>>402127
Garth asks Bertha for her name. She tells him. She then asks for his name, and he tells her.

Garth asks if she's gonna keep hitting him, and she says she doesn't think so.

He says good.

Now what should they do?

Raid 2012/04/18(Wed)10:16 No. 402165 ID: 0d2bec
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>>402160

Wait.

Why did that cabinet shut?

>>402165
The pot also disappeared, and the non-cobalt leaves reset. Spooky.

Raid 2012/04/18(Wed)10:36 No. 402168 ID: 0d2bec
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>>402166
Oh.

Those things are quick, aren't they?

Getting a bit crowded in here. Perhaps you should return to your post?

Raid 2012/04/18(Wed)15:18 No. 402215 ID: 0d2bec
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>>402169

A WISE DECISION, HAHA.

everyone out!

Raid 2012/04/18(Wed)15:44 No. 402217 ID: 0d2bec
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>>402216

Garth and Bertha believe this to be the most intelligent course of action.

They're here too!

Well. Time for the Raid. Also, they do seem to just want you back at your posts, given their reactions. Perhaps your boss can possess them somehow.

keep running.

>>402217
You guys... you made promises to them. Are you planning to break those promises? That might be unwise.

Initiate telepathy.

Raid 2012/04/18(Wed)16:22 No. 402221 ID: 0d2bec
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>>402219
>>402218
>>402220

While Garth maneuvers for the entryway door, Bertha attempts to communicate with the spiders via telepathy.

Fulfill your promises.

Right now, go together and do the bowl thingy with the water. Ask where the spiders who helped you out want it.

Raid 2012/04/18(Wed)16:32 No. 402223 ID: 0d2bec
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An endless, chittering, broken hissing sound echoes inside of Bertha's mind as she extends her psychic presence. There are spiders everywhere. In the floorboards, in the ceiling, crawling between the wall's insulation...

And they're all hungry.

They want food, now.

Below the infinite, hungry chorus, Bertha can hear the very faint mental voices of other sentient creatures. However, the inky thought-mass of the spider horde drowns out any words or feelings that could otherwise be understood.

Spiders.

Everywhere.

Boss really wasn't looking out for your best interests, huh. Get the fuck out of there. Time to seek new employment.

SPIDAS! run! you should be able to handle a bite or too, you got some basalt in your system too.

Garth, how many can you kill with your gravity magic? Also, can you set something on fire, with or without magic? Kill them with fire. And run like fuck.

Uh tell them you will get that sugarwater or fly attractant or SOMETHING set up right away if they back off.

Don't they have a normal source of food? They can hardly just turn up out of nowhere.

If they insist on trying to eat you, remind them that that isn't very ICE of them. By which I mean shoot them with magic.

Raid 2012/04/19(Thu)00:57 No. 402318 ID: 0d2bec
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>>402231
>>402242
Bertha, through a massive mental effort on her part, singles out the one among the teeming thousands that made the deal with her. It is not following the roiling conglomerate of spiders that are currently trying to converge on the two guards' positions.

It pleasantly asks when it will be receiving its flies. Bertha says as soon as she gets out of this particular mess, finds a bowl, and finds some sugar water. He says fine.

He asks what you're going to do about the other several thousand brothers and sisters currently hunting for their flesh.

She says she doesn't know, then asks if this kind of thing was regular with guardspeople in the Bossman's Compound.

He says yes. That's why you're the only two guards.

>>402228
>>402226
>>402230

Garth has difficulty killing ANYTHING with gravity magic just yet. He can push or pull things with some effort. Trying something harder might push him to his limits and leave him vulnerable.

Bertha believes she can freeze a number of them, but not the entirety of the swarm. Where did it even come from?

Yeah. Seeking new employment sounds like a good idea.

>>402318
Time to run away, then.

Could the two of you quickly form a barrier to try and stop the spiders following? Garth moves stuff, Bertha freezes it into place?

If it'd take enough effort/concentration as to distract you, never mind.

Just leave. Open that door and run.

Yeah you're at the entrance. Your contract says nothing about getting devoured by spiders. Get the hell outta Dodge!

Your contract *does* say nothing about being devoured by spiders, right? Because if it does, you really should have read it better.

Oh, and also, run.

Raid 2012/04/19(Thu)14:39 No. 402367 ID: 0d2bec
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>>402365
>>402347
>>402339
>>402325
>>402324

One step ahead of ya.

Close the door close the door CLOSE THE DOOR!

>>402371
Yank it closed at range with gravity powers, perhaps.

Raid 2012/04/19(Thu)15:14 No. 402373 ID: 0d2bec
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"They're right on us!" Bertha wails, failing to close the door in her panic.

"I know, I know! Keep running!"

garth make it close with gravity!

Raid 2012/04/19(Thu)15:24 No. 402376 ID: 0d2bec
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>>402372
>>402375

Great call!

Garth is satisfied with the result at first. Spiders clearly don't have the appendages to open doors.

Unfortunately, something massive seems to be pushing up against the portal, struggling to outdo his gravity manipulation.

If he weren't completely sure it wasn't possible, he would have thought that a tsunami of chitin and spinnerets were shoving into the door frame.

"Keep running!" he yells to Bertha, who had paused momentarily to watch the display.

Raid 2012/04/19(Thu)15:48 No. 402377 ID: 0d2bec
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>>402376

Garth ramps up the GRAVITY JUICE, tapping deep into the adrenal glands and fear that drove him out of his guard post and onto this soft, trimmed grass carpet.

Fear motivates.

Fear drives.

And damn, is Garth driven.

>>402377
Idea: Collapse the whole entrance via gravity. Screw the door, just block it with ROCKS. Possibly squish all the spiders at the same time.

>>402378
I don't think we have enough gravity magic for that.
It would probably be best just to leave.

>>402380
Yeah, all we can do is push/pull things. Bertha could use thermal stress or water erosion, but those take way too long.

In short, best option: Ollies outy, bitches.

Raid 2012/04/19(Thu)16:34 No. 402387 ID: 0d2bec
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>>402378

I've got this.

-animated-

>>402387
Garth? Garth! GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARTH!

Hm. Fuck.

>>402389
You might want to try to catch Garth so he doesn't go over the edge.

Raid 2012/04/19(Thu)16:54 No. 402393 ID: 0d2bec
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>>402391

He was flung far, but not that far.

Oh god.

Oh god.

>>402393
What's with the purple stuff?

It is somewhat risky to move injured people, but you might or might not have a horde of spiders trying to tunnel their way out towards you. Can you do a quick psy-scan for that?

Wait, the entrance to the place isn't connected to anywhere else? It's just up on a cliff? How did you get up here?

Raid 2012/04/19(Thu)17:11 No. 402401 ID: 0d2bec
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>>402399
The spiders are gone.

He isn't.

We're still in deep trouble.

>>402396

If I had to guess, it has something to do with that... Whatever he just did. That was more than impressive. That was absolutely nuts.

>>402401
Hmm. You may have to pick him up and get moving. What he did may cause a landslide. What's that stuff over the edge?

Raid 2012/04/19(Thu)17:31 No. 402408 ID: 0d2bec
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"Here, I'll try to patch you up." I don't know a lot about medicine, but I make a makeshift tourniquet out of my sleeves.

"What happened?"

"I don't know. What hurts?"

"Everything."

There's a big problem, I don't know if Garth saw it.

See, I noticed this when we first got outside and there was only one place to run.

This isn't the place I walked into a couple days ago.

I don't know when. I don't know how.

Raid 2012/04/19(Thu)17:34 No. 402410 ID: 0d2bec
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But we're flying.

WHAT A TWIST!

So would that be the "S.S Miyazaki" or the "Isle De Miyazaki" that they're on?

>>402439

I haven't actually named it yet, but Castles in the Sky, the Feel Good Inc. music video, and Spirited Away were the primary influences in how I designed it.

I would have gone with Isle de Miyazaki out of those two, though.

Suggestion 2012/04/20(Fri)03:39 No. 402501 ID: a2853b
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>>402488
>not influenced by The Island of Dr. Brain
Shameful.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NlF0HSLmh_U

The last point and click game I played was the Homestuck one. Before that, it was probably Pajama Sam.

Humongous Entertainment taught me about point and clicks as a kid, but I never played Monkey Island or the Island of Doctor Brain.

or Myst.

Reported this thread, next chapter might be today.

Oh no, it's cave story all over again!

>>402521

Yes! I love Cave Story! It completely slipped my mind when I was listing references.

Yeah, now that I think about it, a lot of the overall island scheme is very cave story-y.

next you're gonna find out that garth and bertha are robots also you need to find the polar star oh gosh