okay. everyone should split into teams based on what they are best at. we should go puzzle.

wtf is Freeroam

-really- ? after all of you thought your chances were completely shot save for the miracle that someone with far far superior stats to you would be bested by a puzzle-heavy challenge where stats dont matter, the tables turn and you want to indulge in the very potential weakness you identified ?? ok sure

Leader groups:

Allison, Guardsman, Duelist, Healer. Fight key
Math, Engy, Friendgy and Cube to puzzle.
Bandit, Twirl, Sword and Shield to Scavenger.
Recluse, Strongarm, Spear and Succubus to Freeroam.

The others remaining should pick a group to follow depending on which stage they feel most comfortable pursuing.

Reasoning. Every option should have one high tier (2k plus), One level 10 aborb, and one range. They should also have someone we trust and someone from Chiefs old group to show we trust them. The only exception would be for Allison's group since they will most likely defer to her anyway.

Also remind everoyne to prioritize our group absorbtions if people die so they can be resurrected later.

>>417438
Suggest this allocation and ask if anyone's got any suggestions to modify it.

>>417481
Stick together.

We only need one key, hopefully. If one of the split groups don't manage to find a key, then their stuck there. They won't be able to jump back and look for Alison, most likely.

Oh, and don't forget to try and resurrect Shopkeep, just in case he was removed with the rest area. It'll see if he is transported to, or reconstructed, when he shows up in a rest area.

Remember to extend out offer of working together to the people who are here now that went through the portal before we gave our speech.

1/2 Suggestion 2012/05/30(Wed)19:06 No. 417513 ID: c811c4
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>Resurrect Shopkeep
Alison requires 27,500 CU to resurrect the shopkeep.

Alison doesn't know what Freeroam means in this case. When asking around, no one else has any improvements or suggestions to change a lineup, and Engineer notes it is a good idea to have at least one person with 10 absorb in each area. Iso will follow Alison if that is okay with her.

2/2 Suggestion 2012/05/30(Wed)19:07 No. 417514 ID: c811c4
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>Extend offer of working together
Catblob rejoins the party. The Gambler asks what Alison is going to do if these portals only allow one person through, a distinct possibility considering the exit mechanic. Even if she plans on resurrecting, she can only resurrect 10 people if the Gambler heard correctly. He wants some kind of guarantee for living on to the next stage, should he decide to join her group.

for a gambling man, he doesn't seem to want to take risks.

>>417514
We can only guarantee that we'll do our best to ensure everyone with us lives. Anything more than that would be dishonest; after all, who knows what the future holds?

Tell him it's 10 people in the rest area then a person every 5 turns during stages. To resurrect everyone for the next stage she only needs to make sure a stage lasts for 50-60 turns. Which should easily be possible considering how strong their group is becoming. If he wishes she could promise to make him one of the fourteen that that are around for the rest area. Him being one of the stage entering people wouldn't hurt as as he is very strong.

I don't trust this asshole
He gotta plan

"and why would the group need you?"

Ten people was the limit for that safe zone, but all such limits are due to a recharge rate rather than a hard cap. Given enough time we can resurrect any number of people times, and we can get time by controlling the exit of the final stage of a level with multiple exits.

He's got ulterior motives, somebody shoot that mofo!

Wow I just looked at how many turns the last stage was and it was 139. We could have resurrected 27 people.

Didn't we learn of the limit in a room? Shouldn't that be confidential?

I agree that he might be up to something but he also is like Shield was at first asking for a way to garuntee he will live past this point. We can't distrust someone because of the way they smile can we? At least not at first. We'll give him a try and if he betrays us then that's that.

1/2 Suggestion 2012/05/30(Wed)21:24 No. 417578 ID: c811c4
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Alison expresses some concern over the trustworthyness of the Gambler, but still explains that she can raise a lot more in a stage normally. The Gambler says he will join after all, but will head into the Freeroam section. At the very least, everyone else says they'll stay out of her way. They don't stick around to discuss it, as there are only four keys total.

Alison heads in too, and she gets split up from everyone she went in with and ends up alone.

There is a sign by her first tile.

2/2 Suggestion 2012/05/30(Wed)21:24 No. 417579 ID: c811c4
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Alison has one extra temporary inventory slot for a stage item. Once a turn, after moving, she may pick up, drop, or swap an item on the board. Only one item may be on one platform at a time.

It looks as though she can pick up the tokens with numbers, as well as the small dots and big dots.

>>417579
Each counter adds from left to right along it's row. If a dot, big or small, is encountered, numbers to the right of it are subtracted instead, and if another dot is encountered numbers to the right of it are added again.

>>417585
This seems accurate.

Which leaves us with the question of what our objective is here. To zero out all the rows, perhaps? To start on that, we would move forward to the fourth platform from the left ahead of us and pick up the 2 currently sitting there.

>>417589
I think this is just a tutorial level.

>>417589
Let's try that.

>>417589
no, i think we need to make the right number. notice some are green. some are red.

pick something up?

>>417604
That's a good observation. So... the greens are too high and the reds are too low, then? I suggest picking up the small dot in that case.

From the green indicators the thrid and fifth rows are green so apparently we need to make row 1 equal to 1, row 2 equal to 2 and row 4 equal to 4.

Speculation: We need to have every single dot and number placed.

First row column 3 take the 3, Place it in the row 4 column 1. Take the 2 from R 4 C 3 and place it at R4 C6. Take the 4 from R4 C4 and replace the 1 in R2 C1. Move the 1 up to R4 C3 and finally exchange the 2 from R2 C3 with the 4 in R2 C5.

I think I just confused myself... someone should check this over hah.

((slight error... now fixed))

Suggestion 2012/05/30(Wed)22:52 No. 417628 ID: c811c4
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Alison moves forward and picks up the 3. The number on the right changes to a 1, and the colors change to green.

>>417611
Can we throw stage items? That would speed things up whenever we need to move several times to just place something. I recommend trying to throw the 3 to R4C1 once we get to R2C3, and then revising things further if that works.

Good idea, that will speed things up a bit.

>>417628
In line with my throwing suggestion:

1) Move to R2C3 and throw the 3 to R4C1
2) Move to R2C1 and pick up the 1
3) Move to R4C4 and swap the 1 with the 4
4) Move to R5C4 and throw the 4 to R4C6
5) If no chest appears, leave

If throwing isn't allowed:
1) Move to R2C3 and find out we can't throw them
2) Move to R4C1 and drop the 3
3) Move to R2C1 and pick up the 1
4) Move to R4C4 and swap the 4 with the 1
5) Move to R4C6 and drop the 4
6) If no chest appears, leave

>>417632

Looks good to me

1/5 Suggestion 2012/05/30(Wed)23:35 No. 417649 ID: c811c4
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>Move to R2C3 and throw the 3 to R4C1

2/5 Suggestion 2012/05/30(Wed)23:35 No. 417650 ID: c811c4
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>Move to R2C1 and pick up the 1

3/5 Suggestion 2012/05/30(Wed)23:35 No. 417651 ID: c811c4
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>Move to R4C4 and swap the 1 with the 4

4/5 Suggestion 2012/05/30(Wed)23:36 No. 417654 ID: c811c4
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>Move to R5C4 and throw the 4 to R4C6
No chest appears, but the light trails go on, so Alison jumps onward.

5/5 Suggestion 2012/05/30(Wed)23:37 No. 417655 ID: c811c4
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The engineer is already there, and a pedestal with nothing on it. The engineer says he took the key just in case, noting that this went unusually quickly. He was going to leap back to the safe zone, but he just arrived last turn.

dafuq just happened...what was the pattern of that puzzle?

Let's head to the safe zone. We can head to the fight zone next. Have Engineer stay in the safe zone with the key to tell the others where we are as they head back.

>>417655
It looks like there are a number of light trails that lead up here, and the fact that 'neer got the key suggests you're the first 2 here.

Can you see how many trails lead to this point? And do you get a feeling whether or not you could go back down one?

Talk to 'neer about the risk of leaving now and potentially leaving an ally behind.

Do we know who went into the same zone with us? Didn't ISO follow us?

>>417655
.. oh damn. everyone gets their own instance for puzzle-land. Iso got split up from you.

well, we have engineers and myserious devices... you do the math.

Suggestion 2012/05/31(Thu)09:03 No. 417697 ID: c811c4
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The puzzle mechanics can be found at
>>/questdis/55576

Alison and Engineer headed down a thin light trail, and Engineer figures the distinctly thicker trail is the one that heads back to the portal area. He says there was only his light trail and Alison's, then a third one appeared, so it seems likely that they appear as people finish the puzzle.

Alison knows that besides herself and Engineer, Iso, Friendgy, Frills, Mathematician, Dress and the Small Lizard came to the puzzle area.

The Engineer doesn't want to stay here with the key. This spot isn't a safe zone and he could get attacked, as unlikely as it is to get attacked by someone that could kill him. He can either give the key to Alison, or wait in the safe area while Alison goes wherever.

hmm.. yeah i suppose.

Have Engineer wait in the safe zone for the others. We'll go on to the fight area since thats where our stats shine right now.

1/2 Suggestion 2012/05/31(Thu)11:43 No. 417724 ID: c811c4
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Engineer waits for everyone at the safe zone while Alison heads to the fight key.

2/2 Suggestion 2012/05/31(Thu)11:43 No. 417726 ID: c811c4
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It is already underway. Duelist has the key, with Healer, Twirl and Big in their group. Duelist says there were a couple fights, but nothing compared to if everyone was working alone. It's all going swimmingly.

Well with two keys in our posession we can risk one. Ask everyone to proceed back to the safe zone. Have someone insert the key while several are touching him and another couple touching the key as well. Let see if we can't get multiple people out.

Perhaps Clarice with the key and the rest of the gang holding on to her / the key. Hold back Duelist and Healer in case we need to fight.

Was there a designated exit path from the key, like there was from the puzzle zone? It would probably be better for them to exit that direction and get the completion prize, if there is one.

1/2 Suggestion 2012/05/31(Thu)12:27 No. 417733 ID: c811c4
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>Was there a designated exit path from the key?
The Duelist answers no, once the key was gained, he had to turn around to go back to the same tiles where people came in from. It would be possible for a newcomer to wait by and intercept whoever gained the key, but it's unlikely to happen.

2/2 Suggestion 2012/05/31(Thu)12:28 No. 417734 ID: c811c4
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Alison gathers everyone who is around to test out a key at the safe zone. Currently, Iso, Alison, Clarence, Duelist, Healer, Big Lizard, Twirl, Mathematician and Friendgy are back. A couple others from the puzzle section come by and ran off to the scavenger key section.

Alison can now decide who will test a key on a portal, and who will attempt to go in at the same time, or perhaps rather, who won't go in and stay behind.

Alison, Duelist and the level 10 absorbs should stay behind... everyone else can go.

It may be worth sending some fight people through the puzzle section first. It wasn't that tough, and without lots of killing, the fight path won't have netted much CU. We can even explain the mechanics to them and let them decide if they are up to it.

Trying really hard not to just say do all the paths for CU prizes to make up for loss in zone completion prizes, but I can't see why it wouldn't work.

>>417738


Good idea, we can explore Freeroam while the others do the puzzle zone. Engineer can hold onto both keys while we wait.

Oh hey ask if they got a CU prize for reaching the fight key pedastal. If they did we can head to the pedastal for some additional CU.

1/2 Suggestion 2012/05/31(Thu)17:19 No. 417759 ID: c811c4
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>Was there a fight chest?
Duelist says no. Alison also realizes that on leaving the puzzle section without an item in tow, she gained a 120 CU bonus. Engineer didn't get one, as he had an item when he jumped for the key.

Alison explains to others how to do the puzzle and gain CU in the process. Engineer and Iso explain what they remember of their instance, and it is all identical. Most of everyone agrees, and heads through to try it out.

2/2 Suggestion 2012/05/31(Thu)17:19 No. 417760 ID: c811c4
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Alison goes to the freeroam section. While she leaps, her surroundings inexplicably change into a room. There are no platforms, and turns feel as though they change based more on how much actual time has passed rather than when people jump.

Check out the chests / drawers. Look under the rug, if theres anything on the walls check beneath them. Then use your incredible snake length to open the vent above you. Go through that instead of the door. If you still have the flashlight use that, if need be take a candle to see by instead.

>>417761
uhh, yeah pretty much. but if the vent can't open or is too small. then try the door.

>>417760
There is something oddly familiar about this room. I can't pin my name on it. Doesn't have to be from this quest, in fact, I think it has nothing to do with this quest, it's just so familiar.

Maybe it's the perspective.
Try and grab a candle or whipping your tail at the chain part and get a portable candelabra.

Suggestion 2012/05/31(Thu)17:54 No. 417768 ID: c811c4
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Alison rechecks her inventory of novelty items, and has a bucket, screwdriver, flashlight and one photo album.

There is a floor hatch underneath the rug. The chest from across the door has a few things, namely a crowbar, wrench, a pipe and one broken half of a key. The chest by the table appears sealed and Alison can't open it on her own. The walls are bare aside from the door. The door is locked, but there is a panel that Alison sees that reveals a keyhole.

Alison goes up to the chandelier, and the top part of each candle handle comes off easily and can be carried, so she moves over to the vent. It is bolted shut, but not extensively so.

>>417768
Pry open the chest with the crowbar. If that doesn't work, try breaking it open with the pipe.

use crowbar on chest. put it a ton of hair in the crack and pull every other strand up and the others down. just force it open.

Oh no the freeroam zone I get it!

Escape the facility. T_T

Use your hair as a wrench, at level 13 it should more then be up to the task.

>>417773
there is a real wrench right there.

>>417773
Or she can use the wrench she found in the chest across from the door on the vent, just to be boring.

I think she should use her hair as she is out of inventory space at the moment. She would have to carry everything on her though with her hair it shouldn't be too dificult.

Though I suppose replacing the bucket with the crowbar would work. She has a screwdriver and a flashlight... she just needs something to pry things open. Everything else can probably be replaced by her hair.

Oh well store the smaller items in the bucket then put the crowbar into inventory space. Eventually we can give all these tools to Engineer for his toolbox.

Take the key half.

Suggestion 2012/05/31(Thu)19:32 No. 417793 ID: c811c4
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>Use Hair
>Use Wrench

She grabs the wrench with her hair and uses the wrench that way to undo the grate. With that done, she puts the wrench, flashlight and screwdriver in the bucket for normal holding, while putting a crowbar and half of the key in her inventory space. Along with the candle for reasons of not knowing where else to put it if not back on the chandelier.

At least after using the crowbar and her hair to open the chest. It isn't until she tries that she realizes how strong she is - her hair or crowbar each alone are enough to open it. In fact, she wonders if her earlier assessment that she wouldn't be able to open it normally was accurate.

There is the other half of a key, a superglue gun, and a keycard labeled S. 7.

superglue key together and use on door.

Open the trap door as well, then head through the vent. Might as well use ALL the exits.

Suggestion 2012/05/31(Thu)20:36 No. 417808 ID: c811c4
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Alison first opens the floor hatch to look at what's inside.

There is a person that she is certain wasn't one of the contenders. It speaks after a brief moment.

>"Hello. This is an escape route from the stage, and you're free to jump down here if you would like."

i don't trust it. use vent or door.

>>417808
Say nah, we're good. Close up the trap door and superglue the key together.

Vents next. Lets save the obvious for last.

Pity we don't have scan... otherwise I'd say attack him!

>>417808
Escape from the stage? Not just the area.

Politely decline.

Suggestion 2012/05/31(Thu)21:05 No. 417820 ID: c811c4
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Alison goes ahead and shuts the hatch door again with a polite declining.

Given she has already worked on removing the vents, she climbs up into them before working on the key.

There isn't much in here. It is a vent with no surprises, and with the flashlight, she can see for about 50 feet as best as she can tell before the light dims. With her body, she'll be able to slither forward easily enough if she decides not to go back and glue the key together.

>>417820
Well we can go almost as fast like this as we could in a hallway, so sure.

Lets explore.

Oh my god you can fit in the vent perfect this is the best body ever

1/2 Suggestion 2012/05/31(Thu)22:51 No. 417851 ID: c811c4
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Heading into the vent for several meters doesn't yield much, until Alison hear's a snap, and her angle of orientation quickly begins running into the negatives.

2/2 Suggestion 2012/05/31(Thu)22:52 No. 417852 ID: c811c4
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She topples harmlessly out into the hall, where she can see the door behind her, and an opening into a larger room further ahead where she hears voices.

Eavesdrop.

Sneakily sneak over there.

Suggestion 2012/05/31(Thu)23:26 No. 417862 ID: b9e291

>>417852

Damn Alison, you sure have a large weight.

Well she is over three meters long. Thats about 10 feet long. I have no idea how much she weighs but she is probably quite heavy. My guess would be 500-800 pounds.

eavesdrop

>>417852
Look up alison, see if the vent continues or if that was a scripted event.
maybe your length can get into the rest of the vents.

>>417852
Tsk tsk tsk. They just don't make ceiling ducts like they used to.

I don't really think we should eavesdrop, but do listen to figure out who's in there before entering.

man, if you can still sneak up on them after knocking the big metal echo chamber onto the floor, it is because they don't have ears. The voices you hear are probably saying "What the fuck was that? Is the building falling down?"

Alison should go back to the room and try to open it from the outside. that escape route should definitely be easyer to access. If she goes back, leave the hatch and the door open (if its even unlocked)

>>417949
Take a closer look at that 'escape route'. Note what one can't see. Note where you can see the same color in this stage so far.

Hint: what one can't see is the floor and what's the same color is the misty void outside the stage.

Suggestion 2012/06/01(Fri)09:09 No. 417954 ID: c811c4
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Ignoring what may or may not be an unflattering weight scenario, she gets herself up.
Looking up, she can see that if she wanted to, she could enter the vent again, although it appears to continue forward at the top of the hall anyway.
Looking back, the door does have a latch on the outside, so she wouldn't need to climb back up through the vent to get into the room.

She scoots forward to try and focus on the voices without getting too much closer, but someone is already coming. Before she could get more than a few feet in any direction, Scanner arrives, with the Guardsman in his usual position, asking what Alison is doing over here.

Tell them our group has retrieved two of the four keys and we were curious of what Freeroam meant. Ask what they've been up to and if they have found the this areas key yet.

I also realize Gaurdsman is small enough to go into the vents... and light enough not to bring them down.

If they've explored everywhere else perhaps Alison can give a boost up.

I wonder could the broken key actually be the stage key? .... glue it together.

1/2 Suggestion 2012/06/01(Fri)12:35 No. 417988 ID: c811c4
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Alison gives the guardsman a boost into the upper vent to look around while she goes back into her room.

The scanner says that the key has already been taken by the Recluse, who must have headed back shortly after Alison may have arrived. A few people are still hanging out in the key room, and Scanner stayed back out of interest. It's not as though she's never failed a stage before anyway. She's happy to know that Alison has a key, at the least.

During this, Alison glues the key together. It does appear to fit into the lock, so the vent must have just been an alternate way out.

2/2 Suggestion 2012/06/01(Fri)12:35 No. 417989 ID: c811c4
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>Take a closer look at the escape route
..it's different. The Scanner says that's just a third way, and it leads to a hidden floor panel in the same hallway as the door and the vent.

"not entirely, there was someone obscured by green smoke here before. they claimed it was an escape way"

I wonder... lock the door and then look at the 'escape route' a third time. Also ask Scanner if Recluse got a CU reward for finding the key location.

"The last time I looked there was no ladder, green smoke, and a head sticking out of the smoke that said it was an escape route from the stage."

Suggestion 2012/06/01(Fri)13:12 No. 417996 ID: c811c4
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On telling her about the green mist and person below, the Scanner says not just did she not see it, but no one else saw anything like that either. Scanner says she didn't get any CU reward or chest or anything during this.

Alison shuts the door again, but there is no change when she goes back to open the floor hatch. The Scanner would like to know if there is anything else that seemed out of place, or if Alison would mind if she could take a look around.

Yeah, because secret escape routes are still there after you pass them up. It's too bad he didn't stick around though; haven't seen him before. Would've been good to scan him.

.... break the key. The only other thing I can think of is that it only shows itself to a single person at a time. If breakign the key doesn't work exit the room and have Scanner look down the trapdoor after locking it behind you.

>>417996

As for out of place, the candles have color which is odd. Alison would love it if she took a look around, but don't get sidetracked too long.

>>418000

I wonder, we're we holding the candle when we looked down there or was it in our inventory space. Take the candle out and shine it down the hole.

there was a keycard? still don't really know what that was for. It says S7.

Suggestion 2012/06/01(Fri)13:27 No. 418006 ID: c811c4
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Alison could try breaking the key just before leaving this area, but trying to get that escape route to show up again seems like a long shot. She wasn't holding the candle when she looked down initially, either.

She tells scanner that she's free to look around, and mentions the candles appear to have color. Scanner says that that is an oddity, but it was like that in all of the other rooms as well. Then Alison mentions the keycard in the chest, and Scanner looks at it. She says that this is new, and asks Alison if it was here already.

Before an answer can be given, the shopkeep pops in, floating nearby. He would also like to know where that came from.

it was in the chest. the system put it there. no take backsies, shopkeep.

Try to resurrect Shopkeep right now. Then if he is the same one answer his question that we don't know but we'd like to keep it if possible.

Afterwords we should ask if he would mind if Scanner can scan him. If he does mind don't.

"Finders keepers, losers weepers."

"It was in the chest. It's ours now. Why do you want to know?"

Suggestion 2012/06/01(Fri)13:55 No. 418015 ID: c811c4
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Alison mentions that the system already put it in the chest, and she found it, but she also asks him if he would mind if he was scanned. He says to go for it, and the Scanner is able to.

>Why does he want to know?
As usual, he doesn't care about it so much, but he's under higher up orders again. He mentions that she can keep it for now, until those higher ups make a decision. He adds that although he'd like to stay cordial, he'll take the card from her if he's ordered to. If it comes to that.

... holy crap



I do notice however he no longer has merchant or persistance. So the only way to get those would be to White Glove him during a rest area. Thank him for allowing us to know his stats and ask him about the Fortified stats and Split Damage. The rest are pretty obvious. Also ask about the Stage Skip person we saw... perhaps thats related to the keycard.

In any case take the keycard and give Scanner the candle. Then we should see if Gaurdsman found anything.

Afterwords I suggest we exit Free Roam... check on everyone in the safe zone then afterwords head to the Scavenger Zone if the key hasn't been found yet.

>>418015
Wow. If he's ever ordered to fight us, our first course of action should be to convince him to go rogue.

Ask him about the obvious deathtrap that had originally been beneath the trapdoor.

>>418015
Ask him what the Fortified X stuff does. And Overcharge Heal? Whoa wait, DOUBLE ATTACK!?

Ask him what would happen if you actually resurrected him. We were given the option earlier.

>>418049
Actually, see what your resurrection ability says when you try to resurrect Shopkeep right now. It might be that the System uses resurrection on him when he's needed in a stage. Possibly a modified resurrection that alters stats and implants orders.

Suggestion 2012/06/01(Fri)16:32 No. 418077 ID: c811c4
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>See what your resurrection ability says when you try to resurrect Shopkeep right now
She has tried, hence why she knows that she needs 27,500 CU to resurrect him. The shopkeep doesn't know what would happen if she were able to do so.

Scanner asks about the fortifications. The shopkeep says that they're tier 2 things, and can be thought of as multipliers. Rank 2 fortify health would give her two additional large boxes, each with 20 additional HP inside. Likewise, each rank in fortify weapon deals an additional 20 HP.

Splitting damage lets him split his damage against multiple people, each rank letting him split it among one more person. It stacks with knockback.

Alison then mentions the person she saw under the floorhatch before it returned to a normal state.

The shopkeeper says that isn't supposed to happen either. Not by a longshot. He's going to have to go now, and tells Alison not to worry about it, and that it's probably best to keep on ignoring that one. He reminds her that he doesn't know anything about it, just following more orders.

If we're still being prompted with resurrection failure due to high amount of CU I don't think this is our ShopKeep... at all. Ask him how he is dealing with being only one ShopKeep among billions? He was really upset last time we talked and we're still worried about it.

>>418078
The Shopkeep already said he has different stats in stages.

So then, first we get a keycard and then are presented with an obvious deathtrap, and then it turns out that at least some of the people in charge of the system didn't know how the keycard got there. That suggests that our behavior is drawing attention from the higher ups, but they're are having trouble agreeing whether it's good or bad, and some are taking matters into their own hands by throwing little things at us.

Does the keycard have any writing or images on it?

If he was alive it would be telling us we can't resurrect him for that reason like it did during the rest area when we tried then.... instead its saying he is dead but its too expensive which means this Shop Keep isn't the one we befriended!

Suggestion 2012/06/01(Fri)17:36 No. 418100 ID: c811c4
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>Ask him how he is dealing with being only one ShopKeep among billions? He was really upset last time
He remembers his existential crisis, but also remembers coming to terms with it. Or at least getting his composure at the least.

With that, he says he must be off, and dissipates.

The keycard doesn't have anything special written on it other than 'S. 7'.

Scanner says she's looked around enough, and is good to leave now. Alison can either leave as well, or spend some time to attempt to find the escape route again.

>>418100
The "escape" route was clearly meant for us, so if it's going to appear again it'll be when no one's watching. I say we stop worrying about it and move on.

S. 7... Stage 7? Which stage are we on now again? Let's see... Catatonic, Scanner, Chief... This is stage 4, so we'll be able to use it three stages from now. Store it and don't mention it again. In fact, don't mention any possibly beneficial items that come up but probably shouldn't be there that we find in the future.

Alright ya lets head back to the safe area after checking with Gaurdsman. Maybe he found something in the vents.

If the Scavenger team still hasn't returned we can go there next otherwise its time to test out the keys.

I wonder if stage 7 is where the average CU is 5k... and that 'escape' was meant to put us with people in a similiar CU bracket.

>>418105
Agreed, let's keep keep this and anything else suspicious on the down low. Play em off as nothing.

>>418108
What makes you think "escape" meant we'd be moved on to a future stage? That was obviously one of those challenges Shopkeep mentioned, which means it was trying to kill us.

I don't see how it must be a death trap. It could simply be a way to bypass the stage key exit so more then four can pass. Or it could be a exit to another group of contestents entirely, leaving our allies behind (our biggest asset)... or it leads to Stage 7; because of the S7 on the keycard. There is no way to tell unless we actually take the 'stage escape.'

I just found the lack of a visible floor entirely too suspicious, what with the mist being the same color as the mist outside the stage. In other words, no floor = death trap.

>>418120
Oh, huh, wait, I was a few updates behind. Yeah, that 'stage exit' just got even weirder if it's not even supposed to be in the system. Someone trying to hack in from outside?

OK this is important. Your gift of speech and/or comprehension is being monitored, but other forms of communication are not. Here's proof. The card evoked no reaction to taking it, nor to putting it in your inventory, or to showing it to Scanner physically. Only when you actually told her what you found did Shopkeep pop in. This indicates that whoever administrates this thing can only detect what you actually say, not what you see.

Teach everyone sign language. Bring your first right finger to your mouth and your other hand held in a blade in front of it, then sweep both hands outward to either side. That means "be quiet". Curl your right palm and stick your thumb up. Tap your lip with it. That means "secret". Put your left arm braced across your chest and pretend to stab yourself with the right hand, blocking it with the left arm. That means "danger". With both first fingers on each hand, point up, then point forward. That means "go". Both palms up off to your left side, wiggle the fingers, that means "wait".

You can teach Scanner the word "secret" right now by indicating the card then making the sign for "secret". It's probably safe to say out loud using your ability what each sign means, but I can't guarantee that.

Any other silent communication you might need to convey?

>>418141
woah

Best save that for the next rest area.

>>418120
>mist outside the stage

...we're dealing with an Outsider. A hacker? Something is changing things in ways that those in charge did not intend. If we see that person again, we should be very careful. At the same time, they might have... interesting information.

WAIT A SECOND IT SPOKE NOTHING ACTUALLY SPEAKS IN THIS PLACE! Everyone else just 'says' things, without quotes. Ever.

I am now extremely unnerved.

>>418217
OH FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU

1/2 Suggestion 2012/06/02(Sat)00:53 No. 418224 ID: c811c4
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>Your gift of speech and/or comprehension is being monitored, but other forms of communication are not.
Alison will remember this, and taps her lip to the Scanner as Alison puts the card away in a novelty slot. Scanner looks around, but gathers what Alison is attempting to say. She makes a motion as to zip her lips, and they head out.

>The Outsider's manner of speaking
Now that Alison thinks about it, his form of communication was jarring, for the lack of a better word.

2/2 Suggestion 2012/06/02(Sat)00:53 No. 418225 ID: c811c4
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The Guardsman didn't find anything interesting, other than that the vent simply ended abruptly without going anywhere.

When Alison gets back to the main lobby of the stage, most people have gathered. The Bandit was able to find the scavenger key already, and the Recluse is there waiting with the freeroam key.

Alison is also still carrying her bucket around. She'll need to lose some items while people attempt to overload the stage exit. She has the keycard, bucket, wrench, flashlight, screwdriver, crowbar and photo album with 4 slots available. She can have others carry extra baggage, but she'll have to decide what she wants for herself.

keep the keycard, SOMETHING wanted you to have it.

>>418224
Note: Reading/writing is probably monitored too. Speaking like the Outsider might not be, but are you capable of doing so?

Keep the bucket, keycard, flashlight, and perhaps the photo album. I think we can use hairpower for a universal tool.

The next weapon or armor we get should create light on its own, for utility purposes. Armor if we can turn it off. Also perhaps our next weapon should be utilitarian as well. A source of fire or electricity, perhaps? Preferably without needing ammo or fuel.

Keep the keycard, flashlight, photo album, and bucket

Well, you have all four keys then. Anyone new coming along? I have an idea for speaking like the Outsider, but it'll have to wait until you reach the end of this stage.

keeep the keycard

Keycard, Bucket, Wrench, Photo Album; give the rest to any ally with open spaces

See if Engineer can keep the tools in his toolbox... otherwise simply give them to people who have empty misc space.

I think we should keep the crowbar, the photobook, the keycard and the bucket.. Our hair is wonderfully diverse.

Now it is key testing time. Take the Freeroam key and have Gambler place it in while at least 3 people are holding on to him and another two are touching the key while he places and turns it. At this moment it doesn't matter who does so though we should hold the absorb 10s back in case we have to go by plan resurect.

Suggestion 2012/06/02(Sat)12:07 No. 418266 ID: c811c4
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Alison will keep the bucket, flashlight, keycard and album.

She'll give the other things to Iso for now.

>Anyone new coming along?
It doesn't appear that way, but Alison isn't in a hurry.

>Have Gambler place a key in
Alison, Duelist, Recluse and Bandit currently have the keys, and Alison has to think twice about if having the gambler be the main subject for testing the portal is appropriate.

Alright, Bandit test then.

Suggestion 2012/06/02(Sat)14:00 No. 418283 ID: c811c4
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The Bandit puts in the key while others hold on to him and the key, but the portal turns on without teleporting the bandit right off the bat. The others hang onto the Bandit as he enters, but they get left behind as the Bandit is teleported out alone.

The Shield attempts to go through after the Bandit, but it doesn't work.

we still have 2 tries before drastic measures will need to be taken. the portal is still there? try turning the key off and then back on. next is timing and everyone touches the portal together.

Its time to kill. We should take this to the Fight Zone. 5 people dying a turn will allow us to make use of all our level 10 absorbers. To remove temption to attack Alison Engineer should wait in the safe zone with all the remaining keys.

Allison should be the one absorbing anyone outside her group so she gets their ghost. This includes Catblob and Gambler. With luck we will get all 40 out.

Once it is down to the five absorbers and Engineer the remaining keys will be divied up to Alison, Twirl, and Recluse. Those left will return to Fight zone and kill the other three then exit the stage.

>>418283
Okay, so we have what, at least 28 people in the group? Bandit's already gone on and Alison has to go on, so that leaves at least 26 people to sort through for the resurrection queue.

1) Everyone with Rank 10 Absorption should be alive before the stage starts, to maximize absorption gains.
2) We have four people with extra lives and two gates left for them. (We should have thought of that before sending Bandit through) I'm partial to Healer and Succubus myself due to their skills, but if the other two have objections we're willing to listen.
3) Anyone that doesn't mind missing out on the safe zone should speak up now. We'll hold onto their CU and resurrect them in the stage.
4) Anyone with Rank 10 Absorption that doesn't mind missing most of the Safe Zone should ask Alison to put them at the end of that queue, so that other people can enjoy more of it.

I think that covers all of the important priorities. After that we should at least try to let everyone else come to a consensus on a basic resurrection queue, bearing in mind that our in-stage resurrection order will depend a bit on what's most beneficial to us at the time.

Also, anyone who hasn't already gone through the puzzle should go get the CU bonus.

It probably won't work, but we might as well try someone putting the key in, standing there, and having someone else trying to enter.

Yeah uh

Just use the same key 28 times.

>>418283
The key looks like it's still in the portal.

Reuse the key?

Suggestion 2012/06/02(Sat)17:22 No. 418311 ID: c811c4
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The key is taken out and the portal fizzles out, and it doesn't turn back on when the key is reinserted. It doesn't matter who uses it, and if they put it in their inventory before using it, no one seems to be able to get it to work. She'll have to decide who goes through. Given that she's in no hurry, saving extra lives by having Healer, Succubus, or possibly Gambler or the Big Lizard go through has merit. Either way, she'll be sure to absorb as many as she personally can to make sure that she has a ghost imprint of all, Catblob and Gambit included.

She will also make sure a trusted individual such as the Engineer remains in the safe zone with the keys, at least until the last moment to make sure the keys are safe.

As people realize what it's coming down to, Alison asks if anyone would mind skipping out on the safezone, or at least much of it. The Gambler, Succubus and Engineer says they would like to spend as much time as possible, the Succubus adding that she doesn't want to intrude and not to worry about it if it isn't convenient in her case. No one else speaks up, either not caring or not wanting to overstep any boundaries.

Well for those who don't get to use their extra lives we can at least increase their CU for them. Speaking of which, shouldn`t Allison have an extra life?

Anyway I say Healer and Succubus are the ones who can use the key to preserve their extra lives while using the extra lives of the others to boost CU so this stage isn't a complete loss. Have them wait to enter until we are done with absorbing everyone else however.

Okay, so we have Healer go in now and Succubus after we're done absorbing. Just to confirm, everyone got the CU bonus, correct? Not just the people that were in the safe area when we brought it up?

For the next safe zone, I'm recommending this for the Resurrection order:
1)Gambler
2)Engineer
3)Iso
4)Duelist
5)Big Lizard
6)Mathematician
7)Recluse
8)Twirl
9)Horned Flopear
10)Cube

I think that avoids showing too much favoritism. If we can't overfill the next exits, we'll have to give the people who didn't get a chance this time higher priority. Hopefully next stage will have some chests to give someone a shot at Resurrection and us another chance at Ghost.

... ability absorb...

>>418318

I can't help but notice Alison is not on that list.

>>418367
how would she res herself?

1/3 Suggestion 2012/06/03(Sun)10:14 No. 418395 ID: c811c4
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Healer and Succubus will be the ones to go through. There are enough people with good faith in her that with their assistance, it isn't difficult to convince even the more outlying group members of the logic involved. The healer goes ahead and goes through.

2/3 Suggestion 2012/06/03(Sun)10:14 No. 418396 ID: c811c4
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The absorptions are made, and no hitches occur. In the end, she's able to absorb everyone but a couple stragglers that apparently weren't seen again.

Alison gains 50604 CU when everyone gives her the remaining CU, plus another 2520 for puzzle CU prizes given directly to her.

3/3 Suggestion 2012/06/03(Sun)10:14 No. 418397 ID: c811c4
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In the end, she has 54100 CU by the time everyone is gone and the Succubus heads through.

She turns her portal on, and almost heads through herself before hearing that same voice again from the outsider.

>"Hey. Wait a minute."

She doesn't see anyone else around.

Use the same language and greet him, ask his name and what he wants.

Oh dear. Wait long enough to hear what it has to say, but be ready to jump through the portal if anything funny happens.

keep your hand near the portal so you can poke it with just a twitch. then wait for the thing.

One minute. Minimize your own communication in case >>418141 is right. Listen to what it has to say, but be ready to bolt if you need to.

>>418397
If you say anything, the world... or whoever it is that gives Shopkeep orders... will probably hear you. Any statements need to be ambiguous or otherwise something that you might conceivably say to yourself for that reason.

>>418397
Say okay.

Suggestion 2012/06/03(Sun)10:49 No. 418409 ID: c811c4
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The Outsider approaches, and the stage dissolves around him. She gestures to him to keep talking as best as she can, as trying to speak like him is beyond her.

>"Don't worry. I'll stay back if the mist unnerves you. Was I mistaken, thinking that you may want to escape?"

try holding your mouth open and letting this come out
"can't leave friends"

>>418409
Shake your head no.

>>418409
"I want so badly to keep everyone alive. If I stop trying for that, how could I forgive myself?"

Hopefully this will sound enough like something that you might say to yourself in an introspective moment alone that it won't set off any alarms.

>>418411
But if we leave, we take all our friends with us. We absorbed them, remember? Even those that are alive now we are still 'carrying' via Absorb.

Ask him if she went with him would she still be able to resurrect her friends. And what about everyone else who goes through this hell? Those uncountable billions who make up the stars in the sky... No his escape isn't worth it just yet. It's the escape of one against many. It's too selfish.

Alison wants to save everyone, not just herself.

>>418414

However, we have no guarantee that this ability would still function if we escaped the system - if this even is a real "escape" and not some sort of trap.

Suggestion 2012/06/03(Sun)11:22 No. 418419 ID: c811c4
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Alison mutters quickly, as though to herself, that she has friends and won't stop trying to save them. She almost mentions the resurrection, but that may be pushing a trigger from the shopkeep.

>"That's why you've gotten our attention, you have lots of individuals. Even better if you wish to bring more out of here. But leave your friends out of the equation for a minute, and pretend for a moment that you were completely alone as you are now. If this were the case, would you be interested in escaping, or would you continue playing as the system intended?"

>>418419
If we were alone we'd have no attachment to the system.

I think we can phrase that as thinking to ourselves 'but if we found a way out, we'd take it.'

Oh, can we try to ask if the system is listening in? Like gesture to your ear and point... up, or something.

>>418419
Tell him that your friends are never out of the equation, so what you would do without them doesn't matter.

Suggestion 2012/06/03(Sun)11:51 No. 418430 ID: c811c4
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Alison is finding a difficult time asking the questions she would like to under these circumstances, and he isn't asking simple yes or no's. She points to her ear and points up.

>"Forget the system, they won't send anyone that can hurt us in these circumstances. Just talk."

>>418430
Fine.

Explain that you have no idea what the end-goal of this existence is, and that your primary motivation to keep going is that you have met a number of amazing people that you want to survive. And you can potentially meet more, and save more as you keep going.

If it were you alone, then, you'd have to ask - what's the difference between an existence living in the system and outside it? She's can't very well answer the "do you want to escape?" question without knowing what she's escaping FROM and what she's escaping TO.

So, what does the Outsider know about the purpose of all this competition? Why are you continually forced to fight each other? And what does it mean to "escape" the system, in the way that he/she talks about? And, most importantly, do your current strengths or abilities have any effect once you've escaped? If you leave now, you are carrying many, many of your best friends with you with the ability to resurrect them at will. Will that connection be severed if you leave? Or will you still be able to save them?

>>418430
Ah alright.

Well first off answer his question- if we were a loner and had no friends somehow, then yes we'd want to escape. We don't owe the system anything and don't even know what we'd get if we won this 'game', so why stay? Second, ask who the heck this guy IS. And... what he is.

Third, ask what it means by 'escape'. If we leave, would we still be able to do the whole shared dream thing with people who are still in the game? Like say if we resurrected someone who has absorbed someone we also absorbed, would we be able to use that person who exists in two dreams as a line of communication with... wherever we escape to?

Oh yeah also ask what the deal is with the keycard.

First we should ask whether we have any way of knowing that he isn't a part of the system designed as a trap for people who try to escape or subvert it.

>>418430
Alright, that's good to know. In that case, we'd need to know what we'd be escaping to. And the fact that being the linchpin for the survival of a large group is why we were selected for the offer isn't easing our suspicions that this is a trap set up by the system.

>>418430
That seems rash, but fine.

"I'm never alone. There are so many people... so many stars in the sky. How many of them won't make it, even as absorbed ghosts?

"The system will probably kill me eventually, but what's outside it? For all I know it's even more lethal out there. What is this all for? What comes after?"

If this thing really is somehow outside the system, ask it what the system is. What's it for? What, exactly, are all the people inside it?

You could have just said "I hate this system" and "there has to be another way" Still could I suppose.

"wut" is the only appropriate response.

Suggestion 2012/06/03(Sun)12:50 No. 418451 ID: c811c4
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Alison tells him that her friends are always part of the equation, so it doesn't matter what she would do if alone. There are too many ifs and buts of if she can still resurrect, what the difference is between living outside and inside the system is, things like that. If it were all satisfactory, then she doesn't owe the system anything. She does hate it, in fact. She wants to know what the point of all of this is, all the killing and fighting repeatedly. What exactly the people are inside, what the system is for, and everything. He stops her before she can get too far.

>"I can't answer much. This is where I admit that I don't know a lot more than you, but the system is not invincible. They work the same at us, only at a higher level. We want to get to that level and fight back. We're trying to recruit people, and I think you hating the system is enough. We don't know what will happen if we beat the system, but we don't know what happens if we win either. I apologize for our meeting before, as I intended to get straight to the point, but must have sounded overly cryptic for you to outright shut the door on me."

She then mentions that she has no way to tell if he's just part of the system as a trap. He responds by saying he's in the wrong bracket. That gets the shopkeep's attention, who promptly asks how the Outsider got to this bracket. And for that matter, why he is dissolving the stage.

>"Does the shopkeep look like he's on my side?"

he wishes he was but is compelled to do whatever the guys in charge say.

>"Does the shopkeep look like he's on my side?"
Fair enough. I suppose conspiracy theories won't get us anywhere without solid evidence for them.

He is one of those we want to help escape the system. So to answer your question... the Shop Keep can be on our side. He just has to decide on whether he wants to be his own person or forever going from stage to stage... task to task.

Furthermore he is our friend. He has to listen to the higher ups but that doesn't mean he can't decide to help us as much as possible. After all he already allowed us to absorb him so he can continue on if we do escape.

Ask Outsider if he knows how far you, or he, can push things before the System, or its architects, directly intervene. You don't want to cause so much trouble that you get targeted and removed, or erased, from the world.

Say that a few of your friends have already passed through the gate, and that you don't want to leave them behind. Will the Outsider appear later, or has he drawn enough attention that he can't appear to you again?

Suggestion 2012/06/03(Sun)14:04 No. 418482 ID: c811c4
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The Shopkeep could be on Alison's side, she notes. That he merely takes orders from up above.

>"He certainly follows orders too admirably."

When asked if he knows how far he can push things before the systemdirectly intervenes. The Outsider says that that has already happened.

Shopkeep confirms this. He, in fact, has already attempted to kill the Outsider before, although his current actions are new. The Outsider is definitely not a part of the system, and if Alison joins, there won't be any turning back. It would be the same as if she abused the workarounds with her resurrection.

>"You have to choose now. Before long the system will, in fact, intervene with things I can't stop. Join me and my crew, and you'll be given the power to fight the system, which you may then return to your normal safe zone and fight with your friends. If you don't, then I'll have to return with bad news, and we will be at ends when our paths converge. If you make it that far. And if you play along with the system, you won't be able to win. I don't intend this as a threat, but I know that it can come off as one. Regardless, take the portal for the familiar unknown, or take my hand for a new unknown that isn't underneath the thumb of whoever leads this."

The Shopkeep doesn't intervene, and just watches what Alison will do.

Rabbit Hole. The system has never be your friend. You can keep moving forward but entropy will get you eventually. This is your last chance. Leave. Fight for the Users. We love you. Leave the stage and fight the system.

>>418482
This is a tough one. If we were alone I'd accept it in a heartbeat. But we have friends that we'll be endangering through this, and I'm not entirely certain that he is our only chance at going against the system.

Of particular note is that keycard, which I sincerely doubt was placed by him. That suggests there's another entity out there that wants to help us, one that's possibly even a rogue part of the system. But then again, if the system decides it wants it before Stage 7, we'll have no choice but to hand it over or die, assuming they don't/can't just zap it out of our inventory.

Yeah, join him. If he took on the Shopkeep and lived, then they're obviously capable of helping us offset the increased danger. Everyone else will understand why we did it.

Hug Shopkeep before you go, and tell him he will always sbe your friend.

If we do take the red pill, let's resurrect some one real quick for both their opinion and to carry the message of what happened to those who already went through. We should vote on who we leave behind.

We're gambling with our friends here. It could be a betrayal to risk them unwillingly, but it could also be a betrayal to deny them the chance of escaping.

Alright. Heaven or hell, I'm voting for the rabbit hole.

Stay the course, you have too many people depending on you to leave them like this.

Let's go with the Outsider.

>>418490
>>418500
>going down the rabbit hole
>Alison
how the fuck...

Suggestion 2012/06/03(Sun)15:26 No. 418507 ID: c811c4
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Alison hugs the shopkeep, saying he'll always be a friend. The Shopkeep, in return, gives an uncomfortable laugh. It's like she's saying goodbye, and if she returns to the safe zone, or any safe zone for that matter, then he'll be around.

She can resurrect someone before she goes to pass on a message, although if the Outsider's word is true, she'll be able to deliver the message herself. And if she does resurrect, she'll need to decide on who. Catatonic and Chief are the more significant ones that she both has absorbed and are currently dead, unless she goes with near-strangers.

Resurrect Chief.

>>418507
I'd trust Catatonic with this job more, I think. Chief... well, he's too emotionally loaded to be a good choice.

>>418507
Did we absorb gambler? we may want to send him, as our deal involved going to the next stage. Ask him what he would do, while your at it.

Resurrect Catatonic, tell him you're sorry to have to bring him back when he didn't want it, and give him the message to pass on, along with enough of the extra CU to bring him up to par, if he wants to continue on. He can share it with the others if he doesn't. Oh, and tell him to tell Healer you're sorry for taking Duelist away with you.

Then it's time to take Outsider's hand, and fight the System.

well, it's a "good bye" in some kind of way...
When it's clear for the system that Alison doesn't only have more power than allowed, a forbidden key-card and a great fellowship but also is part of the resistance I would be surprised when Shopkeeper won't get instructions to kill us...
By the way... We might be the first one that have an absorb for him... When the resistance is able to defeat him and we will be able to resurrect him before the system does (what will probably happen), wouldn't he be free?

It is more an assurance that if he does attack us after this then we will still be his friend.

Whoever have as a messenger, we should tell them to keep the CU until the end of the stage so we can resurrect people if we get back by then.

1/3 Suggestion 2012/06/03(Sun)17:39 No. 418536 ID: c811c4
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>Resurrect Catatonic
Alison explains everything to him to pass on, while apologizing about resurrecting him if he didn't want to. He says it's okay, and will pass it on. He does ask why Alison trusted him, after all, everyone else besides healer, succubus and bandit was around.

Oh yeah. Nearly everyone is dead. Alison had a braindead moment. It isn't a big deal however, and Catatonic does receive 1,500 CU to catch up to most others, as he doesn't wish his chance at life, however free it might come now, to go to waste. Alison does give him all of her unspent CU as well for safekeeping. Outsider says that's fine.

Another hug is given, before Catatonic take's Alison's place, and Alison goes to the Outsider.

2/3 Suggestion 2012/06/03(Sun)17:39 No. 418537 ID: c811c4
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She begins moving. It feels less controlled than a light trail to a safe zone, and the Outsider's touch feels uncomfortable. Not painful, or damaging, simply off. He assures her that it's a feeling she'll get used to.

3/3 Suggestion 2012/06/03(Sun)17:40 No. 418539 ID: c811c4
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Her landing spot is a balcony of the keep. It appears to be the stage 3 safe zone, if it had a different layout.

>"You may look around later, but for now, our boss is waiting. If you wish, though, you may resurrect and leave any of your friends you would like, here. Time doesn't move here, so there is no limit."

Although she can't see anyone, she does hear activity from many people off in the distance.

If time does not move here than at some point we can sleep to explain things to the others and ask who wants to stay here rather than continuing in the levels.

Resurrect Engineer, Math, Recluse, Duelist and Iso. They are those who shaped you the most and they deserve the greatest say in your new path.

>>418539
Let's talk to the boss before resurrecting anyone. If things go well, we can resurrect others here, perhaps; if things go poorly, then we don't want resurrected friends that we need to worry about leaving behind.

A place beyond system-rules?
Maybe no resurrection-costs?

>>418539
erm.

>Alison does give him all of her unspent CU as well for safekeeping. Outsider says that's fine.

If we gave all our unspent CU to Catatonic, we can't resurrect ANYONE, as we have 0 CU. Why would we do that!?

1/2 Suggestion 2012/06/03(Sun)19:18 No. 418573 ID: c811c4
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Alison will be sure to take a rest here, since it sounds as though that won't be an issue.

When she gets downstairs, she does hear commotion.

2/2 Suggestion 2012/06/03(Sun)19:18 No. 418574 ID: c811c4
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She's relatively certain that is a bigger body than what is allowed, but it isn't coming as much of a surprise to her now.

>"Ah, the Snake Queen made it after all. I'll get straight to the point. Stage 5's safe zone has entryway into tier 2 upgrades, namely, fortifications. I will give you enough CU to reach the current hard limit of 100,000 CU for you and 3 of your closest allies, along with whatever CU you require to resurrect everyone you care to. You'll require those to withstand the system's interventions. Otherwise, continue what you are doing. Absorbing as many as you possibly can. That is all that I ask of you for the time being. Questions?"

Ask about the keycard, has anyone here gained persistance and what would happen if she resurrected ShopKeep here.

Also ask what cracks in the system has been observed.

Where does he get all that CU? Also I gotta ask at this point, what does C.U. even stand for?

Did we show him the S7 card yet? Might want to do that now.

Hrm. If he has that much CU, and this area has no time limit, what's preventing us from resurrecting absolutely everyone? They don't even have to continue playing. They can just stay here.

Hell, ask him what's keeping everyone here from just staying and living out their lives in this place, as there's no time limit.

He probably farms stages for CU... tricking the system into thinking he hasn't completed one and doing it over and over again.

>>418574
Huh. He knows our old nickname. That's inter-

>>418396
>a couple stragglers that apparently weren't seen again.

Ooohhhh. Now that is interesting. I wonder if he knows anything about us other than rumors.

Well, the most important question I can think of is if he knows anything about our keycard, or has a way to duplicate it.

Ask what his, or her, or its, name is, and share your name. Also ask how he/she/it got such a body.

Ask how they got outside the System in the first place, and what kind of things to look for to find weak spots.

Hold up the keycard and ask if one of them planted it in the chest in the freeroam area of your stage 4 tier. Ask what they think it's for.

Also ask for a clarification on how time moves here. Is it just that there's no area timer, and time continues in the rest of the world, or does time outside this place not keep moving?

>>418574
Questions...

Who is he, and what is the System? What's it for? If all he can do is give Alison CU, then why do this at all and make the system intervene instead of only sending a message? She was already extremely well-off in CU terms.

This seems almost like a scheme to put her in additional danger so that she won't have any choice but to side with them completely and obey in exchange for the CU advantage. And this guy is all business... Ugh.

A few more questions to ask, how will she return here, how high do the stages go. Has anyone else befriended a system entity like Shop Keep and has anyone looked into the neumino Likol.

If he gives us 300k for upgrades, 50k for resurections and we have 55k already we can safely upgrade our own group though not to the same extent as the top three.

For our personal guard I have to say Duelist, Recluse and Scanner. We can ask everyone else whether they would want to stay here safe or continue on battling with us...

I bet Iso will want to stay b/c he has long said he doesn't want to compete and he'd probably be happier here. As long as we can visit him regularily of course... It will also give us a constant eye here we can trust absolutely so he can discover whether these people are on the up and up.

Do these guys have people with resurrect? If they do, it might be worth considering 'checkpointing' here by bringing back Recluse (who has absorbed us) to transfer our absorb via duel without using up our extra life.

1/2 Suggestion 2012/06/03(Sun)21:25 No. 418625 ID: c811c4
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Alison shares her name, asking if he has one himself.
>"They call me, for better or worse, the Corruptor. Mostly named by my enemies, I should add!"

>What does CU stand for?
>What is the system for?
He laments that he does not know the answer to these.

>How did they get out of the system in the first place?
>"Luck, plain and simpe. I am not that special, I simply have had luck topple in my lap. If I may flatter, then you would fare no worse than I if that luck had gone to you."

>What other cracks in the system have been observed?
>"Where aren't there cracks, I've come to ask myself. Bugs and glitches sure, but I see entire failings everywhere. If the higher ups are as organized as the system they run, then my mission will be all too easy.

>Things to look for to exploit the system
>"Hard to say, there are an immense amounts of cracks, but there is nothing particular other than vague concepts as 'anything out of the ordinary.'

>Does anyone here have resurrect
>"An exceedingly rare talent, but yes, you are not the only one."

>Do they have persistence, and what happens if the shopkeep is resurrected.
>"No, as we don't seem to get imprints of the shopkeep from fighting him in stage, and no one has gotten to try absorbing him in the safe zone to see if there is any difference. It is just as well, this is a camoflauged region, and getting a member of the system here could be disasterous."
Alison will keep her mouth shut about her imprint of the shopkeep unless she can think of a reason to.

2/2 Suggestion 2012/06/03(Sun)21:32 No. 418627 ID: c811c4
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>What's preventing us from resurrecting absolutely everyone"
>"Nothing at all. Room is finite here, however, so I do ask you keep things within reason, perhaps a couple dozen or so, and they can help construct more buildings for more individuals."

>What's keeping everyone here from just staying and living out their lives in this place?
>"Drive to be, and do, something more. Otherwise, if the stages are hell, then this is purgatory."

>How will she return?
>"I will give you a specific item, as I believe you may merit this finite resource. Simply bring it out of regular inventory space, and you and anyone touching you will be brought here. Keep in mind that this is made for only safe zones. Using it in non-safe zones is possible, but it triggers all sorts of unwanted system flags."

>If all he can do is give CU, then why make the system intervene when she was doing well on CU?
>"This is a guess, but they have a finite number of resources to fight us with. The more people they have to fight, the more thin they are spread. From what I can see, they attempt to fight everyone at once."

>Show the keycard
>"Interesting, yes. I have found an S 6 card, or rather one of my allied members have. I would ask of you to leave it here, for safekeeping. You may have your own quarters, of course. I can't replicate the instance rooms of prior safe zones, but I still give everyone their own physical room, as space allows. And with timeless space, we have plenty of time to build. Speaking of which, around here, you would be known as the Snake Queen. Is this a problem? It is unusual to name oneself with, quote, orthodox names."

Guess we shoulda' done that infinite CU trick. Ah well.

We need Engineer and the Mathematician resurrected. Their skills will be very valuable here.

As for our imprint of the shopkeeper... How do we get persistence from that?

Oh, also, who else thinks that the "cracks" in the system were intentional, and the people who built this program intended for the players to exploit them?

Say that the Snake Queen is fine as her moniker. Code names are needed I guess. As for the key card you'll leave it here with one of the ones you leave behind here, preferably Iso. Its a gamble but a system enforcer built specifically to destroy them could appear at any time and losing it might be disasterious.

If we have no more questions we should get the CU, go to our room and sleep to and consult with our dead. We need to explain to our group what is happening and ask who is willing to stay and who is willing to go on.

To get persistance all we need to do is get ability absorbance and ask to duel him again in a safe zone.

If having an imprint of Shopkeep could cause problems, we should let him know about ours now. It's a shame we don't have ability absorb, but Resurrection generally has greater benefits so I don't regret not taking it.

I'm fine with being called the Snake Queen. Ask him if it would be acceptable to use the item in a stage should we encounter a place to use a keycard. Anything the system doesn't want used most likely leads to something very useful.

I say keep our Shop Keep secret for now, we don't know enough about this group to fully trust them.

>Code names are needed I guess

Alison is more of a secret name than Snake Queen. Only her close friends know her as Alison. Pretty much everyone knows her as Snake Queen.

1/2 Suggestion 2012/06/03(Sun)23:34 No. 418659 ID: c811c4
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Alison says that Snake Queen is alright.

>Is using the teleport item alright in a stage, if a place to use the keycard is encountered?"
>"Yes, the risk is more to yourself than anyone, so just consider that a warning."

Alison almost forgot to ask about the neumono photographer as well, but the Corruptor hasn't taken much of an interest in those things, not until they provide evidence they could help.

After excusing herself, Alison is led to her quarters inside of the keep by the Outsider before he bids goodbye. It's a very nice room, but she isn't in the mood to appreciate the gesture. She is told she has been granted full access to anywhere except other private chambers, should that not go without saying. She is given 440,000 CU as though it were nothing.

Now would be a good time to go to sleep to talk it over with her allies.

2/2 Suggestion 2012/06/03(Sun)23:34 No. 418660 ID: c811c4
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It doesn't take long for her to fall asleep, although this time she doesn't start off next to anyone. She may speak with anyone aside from the Bandit, Healer, Succubus and Catatonic.

She starts with the Engineer and Mathematician, whom she knows may enjoy this supposed lifestyle.

They both admit their apprehensive about this rather sudden turn of events, especially the Engineer. Nevertheless, it does have its appeal, and they would enjoy that they believe.

...is that city closer?

Speak with the shopkeep.

>>418664
If he is actually here that would be quite interesting.

Hrm. I think Chief would be VERY interested in this group. Let's talk to him next.

Agree that everything might not be on the up and up however this is their best chance to work a awy to save them all instead of trusting the system and vagaries of fate to let them be. Part of the reason she wants people who she trusts here is to listen and learn just what these people do. With Math and Engineer's intelligence they should be able to figure things out.

She is willing to go along with the Corruptor for now at least.

I agree we should talk to our Shop Keep here if possible. Ask him if he's still recieving System Information despite being dead and how he feels about Alison joining the rebellion.

... then approach Iso, Duelist, Recluse, Scanner and ask their opinions and for the last three if they are willing to be targets of the system and support us in our rebellion by accepting the 100k CU. I think Iso will be better off staying here as well but its really up to him.

Afterwords go to each of your allies and ask whether they want to stay or continue to fight on despite the risk.

Suggestion 2012/06/04(Mon)00:26 No. 418674 ID: c811c4
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It's agreed that Alison isn't fully trusting of the corruptor's plans, but it isn't hard to convince the Mathematician and Engineer to go.

Alison goes to the shopkeep, next, walking alongside until she gets to the Chief. The city does appear closer after all.

Shopkeep says he's definitely not supposed to be here. He didn't think about it at the time, but he broke a huge rule about not engaging in duels before. He merely didn't care, given Alison put him in an existential bind. The Chief notes how the system can't care that much if they allowed such a measure to be taken in the first place. The shopkeep also explains that he isn't getting any communication from any higher ups anymore, he's completely disconnected.

The Chief doesn't have much to say about the new group. He did say to break the rules if she got a chance, and it's getting handed to her on a silver platter. He adds that he would be very appreciative if she resurrected him, as he would like to learn more firsthand.

yeah we can res chief, but he's staying here, don't really trust him with an assload of power.

Agree to resurrect Chief. Let's continue to walk with Shop Keep as we talk to the others we put him in this position and its the least we can do is be by him while he deals with it. Ask him if he would consider choosing a name for himself besides Shop Keep...

Definitely bring chief back, this is a great spot for him, and he might be able to get influence and CU of his own. I trust him, but unless Duelist, Scanner and Recluse wouldn't want to be in on our 4 man max level group, he doesn't need to be. Later mention our separated shopkeep to Corruptor.

I still don't trust the Corrupter yet with a rebellious Shop Keep... maybe once we've learned more about him and his operation

>>418673
Tell Chief that it's very hard to trust him since he kindof tried his hardest to kill us when he was alive, not to mention broke deals and backstabbed his allies. With his wishy-washy opinion on the Outsider's group, I'm not even sure we can trust him to work with them in anything but a selfish manner. Tell him that we will still come to him for advice but resurrection is just not on the table.

Ask Shopkeeper what's the last thing he can remember happening. Also note that it looks like this proves they are all individuals, but share information, and possibly personalities. Ask him if he is truly loyal to the system, or just seems compelled to follow orders. Does he think he would remain disconnected if we resurrected him? Regardless, we won't resurrect him in the location where we are- it's too big a risk. Maybe in a stage?

Suggestion 2012/06/04(Mon)01:38 No. 418684 ID: c811c4
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Alison explains that she doesn't entirely trust the chief, but she will resurrect him. He thanks her. The Shopkeep also mentions that he is fine being known as the shopkeep, at least for now, he doesn't care to lose that. He adds that he would rather his existence not be known to the corruptor.

Heading to the next group, she gathers Iso, Duelist, Recluse and Scanner. Explaining the deal, she asks of everyone but Iso if they would like to go alongside her. Duelist says he doesn't think he is speaking for himself when he says that that isn't even a question worth asking, the answer is a definite yes. The other two nod their affirmation.

Iso says that he'll be okay in the permanent safe zone, but he did enjoy the time in stages with her more than time in safe zones alone.

Ask the shopkeep what it is you found in the last stage, in which he almost had to intervene. If he really is the same shopkeep everywhere, he'll know about the keycard. If not then he's just been made to think he's the same shopkeep everywhere, and his existential crisis is justified.

>>418684
Iso being in the field makes me nervous, but... I guess the worst thing that can happen (as far as we know) is for him to die without being absorbed by one of our allies, costing us CU.

Also ask him if he's got a nickname. In the place we've found, everyone uses nicknames.

>>418684
Aw... why can't we take Iso? We could always get another person with reserect to absorb us real quick so that we don't have to worry about us dieing and losing him. After that he should be safe to bring with us and he is by far the most loyal friend we have.

I think it would be fair to take Iso along, and work on building him up.

Oh, and one thing that hasn't been made clear yet- the dream here, is it a safe zone?

I think we should at least give Iso the choice to keep going through the stages, although it should be noted that we spend hardly any time together in the actual stages. What kind of moniker is he going to be given, anyway? The Snake Queen's Consort? Maybe he can get away with Iso, since he probably hasn't attracted enough attention to earn a nickname yet.

>>418693
Yeah, it's a safe zone. See >>/questarch/1004060

If he wants to come with us we'll take him. Lets go ask everyone else what they want to do... I imagine Friendgy will be joining Engineer at the very least and since Chief is being resurrected Big Lizard might stay as well...

If he does stay one of you should take that first strike he has, in fact everyone staying should give up the battle items they have stored.

Can dream shopkeep sell things?

Well Scan wasn't able to be used so I imagine not... still its a good thing to ask.

Awwwww we should take iso along!

It was really up to him and he said he'd rather be in danger then alone so he is coming.

Iso should be allowed to come with us on stages. If he does, I propose that the allies we get up to the hard limit of 100,000 C.U. be Iso, Duelist, and Recluse. We should also ask the people who AREN'T our allies but have been absorbed or retro-absorbed if they would like to stay in this safe zone and help build--allow up to 24 to rez for that purpose at the moment due to space restraints, and extend this offer to the people we absorbed last stage first--since we promised to rez them anyway, it only seems fair to offer WHERE they wish to be resurrected.

I prefer Scanner honestly.. just so we aren't the only female in the upper tier hah! Plus honestly Iso isn't so much as a warrior as Scanner is and we need that if we're going against the system. As long as we can resurrect Iso him dying isn't such a big deal.

What about duelist? I vote for him, bandit and Iso.

1/2 Suggestion 2012/06/04(Mon)13:19 No. 418759 ID: c811c4
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>Can the shopkeep sell things?
He says he can't. If he can, it would only be from being resurrected.

>Iso's nickname
He says he hasn't heard anything other than Iso.

Iso will still be ahead CU wise even without more CU assistance, but she doesn't have to decide on the three she will max immediately. She'll decide before she leaves this area.

2/2 Suggestion 2012/06/04(Mon)13:20 No. 418760 ID: c811c4
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When she comes back, she begins resurrecting her main party. The first thing that's noticed is how there's no cooldown. She's able to resurrect a dozen people immediately, and the battle items are left out for Alison. Chief and some of his old cohorts catch up with one another, a conversation that doesn't last terribly long.

There's an awkward silence that settles between Chief, Alison and some of the old members of Chief, before Chief breaks it saying that Alison legitimately, if luckily, beat Chief. They may as well continue going with Alison, not as though there may be much to do around here that has to do with loyalty.

Chief asks if there's much Alison would like him to do while here in particular, as a token of his thanks.

The only thing I can think of is he should keep an eye on Corruptor, we're going in blind here. And though we know he is using us to attract the system enforcers we don't know anything beyond that about him.

>>418760
Well, right now we're lacking in information on the Corruptor's group. We'll probably try to talk to people ourselves and look around a bit, but the more eyes we have out there the better.

Also uh, we should ask how the Corruptor learned how to talk the way he does.

Oh, and as for the other three members of our max team, I'd like to point out that everyone will be buying everything. The only difference between all four of us will be Boons and unique abilities.

Duelist is an obvious choice, as he has some Protect boons. Who else has boons though? Who else would have an extra edge? Find out.

Ask him to hold on to the keycard for you.

>>418767
Math / Engineer is a better choice for that.

Scanner has Scan and all those boons. Duelist has protect. The only other 'unique' ability is Bandit and he might not think to well of getting 100k CU to spend. Recluse however will support this methinks. We can decide on plans to upgrade when we actually see the list available.

Oh and ask Chief about if he is willing to give unspent CU... every little bit helps.

Suggestion 2012/06/04(Mon)16:51 No. 418798 ID: c811c4
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The Chief gives Alison his remaining unspent CU, while she requests that he simply find out information. She leaves the keycard with Engineer, not fully trusting of Chief just yet.

For people with bonuses, Duelist and Scanner have the most, with protection and scanning boons.

She heads down to corruptor to speak with him again.

>"One of my newest allies. Come closer, tell me what you need."

She explains the costs of resurrections, a figure he immediately compensates her for. Afterward, she makes sure to ask how him how he speaks like he does.

>"My namesake, a series of events that led to where I am. With help from my glitcher, I can imbue you to be a corruptive entity on the system. The one you called the Outsider was imbued, and you saw how he dissolved the stage. It is as dangerous as it is useful. You will be a red beacon to the system as you destroy it, yet with it you can even destroy the safety mechanism in safe zones, or system-sanctioned individuals such as shopkeeps or barkeeps. Not a choice to be taken lightly, which is why I have not mentioned it so soon."

well we are still trying to sneak. so no.

Save that shit for when we're in open war with the system.

We'll avoid that for now. Ask if there is a library or someone who has been collecting books around. Thank him for the information. ... I think we should have one of the people staying look for any mention of of the Neumino Likol. Afterwords ask everyone whether they have anyone they want to be resurrected outside our normal group since its so easy here.

Once everyone has made their decision whether to stay or come with us I think its time to head to the stage 5 rest area.

Suggestion 2012/06/04(Mon)18:52 No. 418819 ID: c811c4
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Alison declines, a choice nodded to by the Corruptor. Asking of a library, the Corruptor says that there is one. It's not so much a library as it is a pile of collected books, but she and her friends are welcome to it, but must leave the books in the safe zone.

She heads upstairs, and there isn't anyone that is particularly interested in going back to the safe zone. At least not yet.

Once she gets her CU back from catatonic, she'll have just shy of 500,000 CU. Supposedly it took more than 400k to get 4 people to a hundred K cap for reasons she hasn't been told, but even still, she will be able to bring an extra person at least near the cap.

Or she can just split everything evenly and have 5 people including herself near but not at the cap. Either way, now will be as good of a time as any to decide who will go back to the safe zone. Chief also mentions that, if possible, he would like Alison to bring the succubus back here.

He's probably angry at her. Still if the both want to talk... I say we leave it up to Succubus whether she and the Chief converse. Say that to him.

As for what line up we should take with us... as long as they are willing to continue fighting we'll take them. But they should be aware that fighting for continued life is no longer necessary. This is a permanent safe place for them.

Can people get hurt here?

Since we're being urged to pick a smaller group I suggest this:

The 100k's :Alison, Duelist, Scanner, Recluse. These people battle whatever the System throws at them.

The fighers: Iso, Bandit, Clarence, Succubus, Shield, Sword, Twirl, Gaurdsman, Big Lizard, Healer. They support Alison hunting for absorbees and bugs / cracks and ways out from within the stages. They should avoid all conflict with the system however.

The research team: Should stay and help build, and gather information. Something Strongarm and Spear have proved good at. The more cerebral people should browse the library looking for anything like the System being mentioned. They should pay in paticular attention to AI, simulated enviroments and any mention of Likol.

1/3 Suggestion 2012/06/04(Mon)22:09 No. 418849 ID: c811c4
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>Can people be hurt here?
An indian rug burn test is brought to the point of discomfort, but no actual damage can be incurred, nor any unbearable amounts of pain.

2/3 Suggestion 2012/06/04(Mon)22:09 No. 418850 ID: c811c4
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Healer would like to come see Duelist, and Iso will come as well. Duelist, Recluse and Scanner will join in for max levels, while Guardsman wishes to come as well. Clarence says that oddly enough, she doesn't mind the stages when there isn't much risk for permanent death. Frills, Catblob, Strongarm and Twirl also would like to come along, if either for the same reason as clarence, or not feeling comfortable in a place like this.

Others would like to stay here, and Alison won't ask otherwise of them.

3/3 Suggestion 2012/06/04(Mon)22:10 No. 418851 ID: c811c4
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With that, she uses the corruptor's item to bring herself and everyone back to the safe zone, where the other four await. They ask how Alison was able to bring in so many people at once. Apparently, absolutely no time has passed in their eyes.

"By breaking the rules. I think I probably have more enemies now. Enemies that can probably monitor what I say about them. But they probably can't kill me for the moment. On the plus side, a lot of the others are probably safe-ish for now. Probably."

Use the key to teleport them to the perma-safe zone and explain the situation there

>>418851
Apologize, and promise them that you'll explain things after you do some shopping. Hug everyone.

Don't want to alert the system before you get what you came for. :V

Afterwards, head over to the shops and see what's on sale.

>>418868
Yup this...

Suggestion 2012/06/05(Tue)02:12 No. 418880 ID: c811c4
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She says she'll explain shortly, but more on that later. Hugs are given, and she heads to the shopkeep inside a nearby hut, who promptly raises his hands defensively. He says he can't sell anything to Alison, and anyone who buys anything for Alison will be blacklisted as well.

Which may be okay, because the tier 2 items are normal upgrades.
>>/questdis/55810

Alison currently has 495,204 CU to spend, and it doesn't appear that she'll be able to purchase any boons, if they're available, or other shopkeep items.

If we want to hit the 100,000 CU limit exactly, these configuration of tier 2 abilities will do it:

Fortification (any) 15
Fortification (any) 13
Fortification (any) 9
First Strike 5
Scatter Damage 5

For a balanced approach, if you got all Fortifications at 14, and no first strike or Scatter Damage you'd be just short of the limit

For a focused approach, if you get one fortification 20, and two fortification 10s, with no F.S. or S.D., you'd be at the limit exactly.

For a top quality tank, get fort 20 health, and fort 15 armor. That also hits the limit exactly.

For a top level striker, Fort 20 Weapon, Fort 8 Body, and Fort 7 Armor, with first strike 4, and Scatter Damage 5.

Since after buying into tier two, tier one abilities don't count, even if we buy new ones, this can be done whenever.