Kaktus 2013/03/23(Sat)09:18 No. 501912 ID: b3ca75
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Current Status:
Melee - Cl’k scythes
Magic – Energy Drain (Touch), Raise dead (Touch), Drain life (Touch), Analyze magical Creature (line of sight).
Passive – Detection Protection

Skill: Enchanting (Adapt)
Runes: Tire 1: Fire, Ice, Earth, Life, Steel, Strengthen, Protect, Infusion, Opposite.
Tire 2: invisibility, anti, shield, physical, combat, magic, ranged, learn.
Maximum rune count: 4 Minimum: 1

Level 3
HP: 50
Magic item slots: 3
Necromantic Power: Extremely Low! (Warning!)
Humanity: Very Low! (Warning!)
Cheese: Still none

Current relationships:
Thanra: Friend.
Thanros: Friend.
Waran: Mate.
Renault: Mate.
Dylon: Interested.
Folken: The word Hate is not enough to describe what he feels for you. Hate! HATE!
Arya: Pupil.
Dean: Dead.
Blackadder: Neutral
Soon and Will: Will soon die.
BoreWorm Queen: Love~

You are all alone…

Kaktus 2013/03/23(Sat)09:19 No. 501913 ID: b3ca75
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You are no one…

W-where I’m I?

You are nowhere…

Who are you!?

…who are you?

I’m… I’m… I don’t know anymore…

You are my toy~

…toy?
You are mine forever! hehehahahAHAHA!!!!!

Insert what’s so funny?_

D: wake up!

Wake the hell up and ew your abdomen!

>>501911
Oh hey, lookie. The moon has a face.

>>501913
You are Clkrlgb Clíodhna, or Claire to your non-mandible-ed friends. Mighty warrior, mage, enchanter, and noble mantis lich fighting to maintain your humanity (mantisity. Humantisity? Whatever).

And that thing is whatever's left of disgusting undead worm that tried to use and abuse you. And that you've already killed once.

This is your mind. Your realm. You are stronger here than you will be anywhere else, and you have our power at your back. Destroy this thing- purge yourself of it's influences.

Kaktus 2013/03/23(Sat)10:08 No. 501920 ID: b3ca75
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>Wake up!
There is nothing to wake up from…
>This is your mind. Your realm. You are stronger here than you will be anywhere else, and you have our power at your back.
You are weak…
>You are Clkrlgb Clíodhna.
You are nothing more than a toy…
>And that thing is whatever's left of disgusting undead worm that tried to use and abuse you.
That is your queen…

Let’s have some fun~
AAH!

Queen Rips off Claire’s right arm for 37 damage!

Oh, stop complaining… you don’t need those anyway…

Queen “penetrates” Claire for 12 damage(Censored)!
Warning! User’s death imminent! Seek medical attention!

AAH!! Please! STOP!
Don’t worry… I won’t let you die… Not before I’ve had my fun at least… hehehehaha…

Insert [Censored]_

Fuck you, Queen Bitch.

[Use magic glowy rune thing as a conduit to attack. Dump the full, raw, unadulterated power of the vessel of all magic and all souls into this thing. Sear it out of her brain]

>>501921
loooooool

Yeah, do this.

Kaktus 2013/03/23(Sat)10:30 No. 501923 ID: b3ca75
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> Use magic glowy rune thing as a conduit to attack.
[Unable to use Dean’s Phylactery at this time.]
> Fuck you, Queen Bitch.
No, Claire, FUCK YOU!

You are weak…

Queen “makes a new hole” on Claire for 32 damage(abdomen)!
Claire is at negative HP! Queen is keeping her alive!

AAAAH
You not even fit to be a toy…

Queen “penetrates” Claire for 12 damage(Censored)!
Claire is at negative HP! Queen is keeping her alive!

AA- GRjrgh!
You are disgusting…

Queen Rips off Claire’s left front leg for 37 damage!
Claire is at negative HP! Queen is keeping her alive!

Mfffgtrt…
You exist only to be consumed…

Queen “penetrates” Claire for 12 damage(Censored)!
Claire is at negative HP! Queen is keeping her alive!

…
You are mine…

Kaktus 2013/03/23(Sat)10:30 No. 501924 ID: b3ca75
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[You have lost control over Claire. You now have control over Waran!]

Mmmm… best night ever…

ZzZzZz…
*Sob*

…wait, what was that?

Insert Freddy Krueger_

Actually you know Claire is Renault's and Warren's. They are her mates after all and she belongs to them as much as they belong to her. Your just a parasite. All we need is some deworming pills.

[manifest deworming pill]

Hey Renault if Claire was infested with a Bore Queens eggs do you think you could detect it over her lichness?

...I am so sick of being a completely impotent force of all magic. We can't do anything. Even in dreams we can't tap into our own power source and we're getting overwhelmed by a friggen dead parasite. What is this shit?

>Dean’s Phylactery
He hid it in Claire's head? Huh. I can't quite decide if that's brilliant or insane.

>…wait, what was that?
Claire's having horrible Queen Worm torture nightmares. Waking her up might be nice. Or, an exorcism or something.

Hey Renault clear is being possessed or is having a hell of a bad dream were the boreworm queen is ripping her to pieces but she can't die, sooooooooo if you could wake her up or get that book she always has on her to see how to wake her up that would be lovely.

Kaktus 2013/03/23(Sat)11:44 No. 501938 ID: b3ca75
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>Claire's having horrible Queen Worm torture nightmares. Waking her up might be nice.
Claire? Wake up? CLAIRE!?
Zz- huh? What’s with all the yelling…?
Claire isn’t waking up!
*Sob*
W-what!?

>Or, an exorcism or something.
Her voices says she have the queen worm in there. Can you do something about it!?
Um… maybe? Let me just get dressed.
There’s no ti- wait, how did you do that? I just saw your armor laying on the floor!?
I equipped them through the inventory menu? Now, let’s see what I can do…

Renault cast Turn on Claire! Claire is immune(Bolster)!
Queen is feared!

AEEEH!!!
AAAAH!!!
CLAIRE!?
*gasp* I- *Gasp* … *Sob*…
Claire?

>Hey Renault if Claire was infested with a Bore Queens eggs do you think you could detect it over her lichness?
I can’t detect anything…

Insert turn away your nightmares_

Tell Claire to life drain AND energy drain the queen. It should still be weak against it and if its inside her she has all the contact she needs.

We may not be able to wake her, try anyway but if you can't then go find Thanros quickly. He has what we believe to be the actual vessel which we've been led to believe is the only thing that can help her get rid of the Bore Queen.

First- damn Claire you alright?

Then- Waran you're a healer does she look hurt

Finally- we have jack shit of an idea on what's going on right now so start asking Claire's book what the hell is up

oh and one more thing, well two really, Folken got into the school last night and killed the Dean and Thoros might have the vessel and needs to see Claire when she's feeling up to it.

Kaktus 2013/03/23(Sat)12:20 No. 501946 ID: b3ca75
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[You now have control over Claire!]

>life drain AND energy drain the queen.
It’s already gone…
>Folken got into the school last night and killed the Dean.
What!? Dean is dead!?
>damn Claire you alright?
I’m… f-fine…
No, you aren’t…
>Waran you're a healer does she look hurt.
Only mentally…

>start asking Claire's book what the hell is up.
Hmm… I’ve never seen this happen before. Whoever found Car’Zum’s notes must have improved on the initial design...
>Thanros might have the vessel and needs to see Claire when she's feeling up to it.
I… I just need to catch my breath…

Kaktus 2013/03/23(Sat)12:21 No. 501947 ID: b3ca75
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He left you this book called “How to read Necronica, the language of the Dead. For dummies.” and a note with some weird scribbles on them. Do you know how to read them?
N-no, but I think I recognize t-them… It’s the same ones the book I took from that old mage study we found has. I’m guessing it’s Necronica, like the books says.
He also said something about a fake vessel and someone that hungers.
Oh, The fake vessel is the red gem in the library. As for someone that hungers… hmm… the only one I can think of is Sinesrand, one of Car’Zum’s old apprentices. He went mad with hunger… but he died over a thousand years ago…
Do you know where the real vessel is?
Regrettably, no. Only the Dean and the ageless one knew that.

Insert Not Feeling well_

>>501947
Translate the book. Also, ask Antonidas if there's any kind of memory-wiping magic, and ask the others if there's any memory-wiping tech.

Also, status report please. We got some worrying readings on your Necro-power and Humanity, but they were probably fake.

What's that yellow brown thing on the rug, there? Please tell me that's some kind of stain, and not a boreworm creeping along, about to jump screaming at one of your heads.

>the ageless one
Do we have any leads on how we could find her?

...or how about a way of tracking down a specific soul? Kevros should have been reincarnated by now, and if we find him (or her? Never know where a soul will end up, after all) we could use him to find her, or attract her attention or something.

are we still in Waran's head or back with Claire?
anyways I think we should stick with a buddy system for now as it seems even our enemies can attack us in our dreams also ask the book if he knows of anyways that we could fend off any further dream attacks, might be helpful.

Kaktus 2013/03/23(Sat)13:26 No. 501954 ID: b3ca75
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>What's that yellow brown thing on the rug, there?
It’s a hole in the rug. I threw acid on the mimic there, remember?
>status report please.
[Necromantic Power: Extremely Low! (Warning!) Humanity: Low!]

> ask the book if he knows of anyways that we could fend off any further dream attacks.
Well, Claire, I can teach you some tricks that can help. Though, if you want to end it completely you’ll have to find someone stronger with dream magic then me.

[Claire learned Dream defense!]

>ask Antonidas if there's any kind of memory-wiping magic.
Well, yes. There is some really powerful memory alteration magic, though few can use it. Why do you ask?
>Do we have any leads on how we could find the ageless one?
I’m sorry, no. Only Car’zum knew that.
>Translate the book.
Because translating a whole book in a foreign language is something you do on one day… I think I can make out the title tough… Dairy – Mar’zum… pupil… Car’zum? I can’t really make out all the words…

The note on the other hand seems to be written in a way that can be translated with just the word codex of this thing. Let’s see…

Claire.
True… Container… Book… Box… under… shiny… stone.
No… age… person… map… book… beside… shiny stone.
…acceptable… blessing? I think it’s supposed to be good luck…

Insert professor Layton_

>translation
The real vessel is the bookshelf under the gem? Or in the bookshelf? Under it? Not sure, but looks like we're heading to the library!

And there's a map to find the ageless one in a book next to where the gem was.

>power low!
I think you need some breakfast ASAP, before you resort to head eating.

The first sentence seems to indicate that one of the books under where the fake vessel was should be hollowed out and contain the real vessel, the second sentence would be about a map to the ageless one in a book next to where the fake vessel was kept.

>>501954
Why the hell is humanity low?! We were doing really well on that! Did the Queen Worm drain it? Or is the Dean's resurrection draining you since his phylactery is in your dreamspace? Necromantic Power being really low also worries me. You're gonna lose control very soon if you don't get something to eat. Keep the Happy Stone at the ready, and ask for someone to bring you sushi immediately.

Also I was asking about memory alteration so that we could get rid of the memory of that horrible horrible nightmare. I mean holy crap. If it just fades on its own that'd be okay though... hang on. To boost your Humanity right now you could talk to someone about exactly what happened in the dream. Both negative and positive emotions boost humanity, and talking about it could produce both types of emotions, from reliving the experience and being reassured.

>>501963
Live chickens would be better at this point.

>Necromantic Power: Extremely Low! (Warning!)
Dangit! Somebody get Clair a live chicken or two, STAT! Maybe a platter of sushi too. Then she can deal with what this day is going to throw at her.

We really have to figure out something else for her to eat at some point, 'cause just chicken and sushi is going to get boring.

>Dean's note
Hmmm... It sounds like the Vessel is in a hollowed out book under where the fake Vessel was, and a map to The Ageless one in a book next to that. Go check that out once you're not running on fumes here.

>>501963
Yeah, sharing what happened in the dream would be a good start. It'll be hard, but your friends are here to back you up. Just wait until after you've eaten, okay.

Kaktus 2013/03/23(Sat)14:21 No. 501967 ID: b3ca75
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>you could talk to someone about exactly what happened in the dream.
I’ll do it as soon as I get time, okay?
>there's a map to find the ageless one in a book next to where the gem was.
[Weird map found!]
>The real vessel is the bookshelf under the gem?
I can feel a tremendous power from the shelf the gem was on. I think the gem was blocking the power from being detected.
So… They hid the vessel as a shelf in a bookcase in a library… let’s just head back to the boy’s dorm…
[Vessel(?) found!]

>I was asking about memory alteration so that we could get rid of the memory of that horrible horrible nightmare.
That would be a bad idea. Memory alteration is quite brutal and is designed to be used on enemies, not on yourself. It would probably leave your mind more broken then it already is.

>Keep the Happy Stone at the ready, and ask for someone to bring you sushi immediately.
I need to feed, Ren, can you bring me something to eat? Like sushi?
I can bring you a live chicken if you wa- I mean, um… sushi? No problem.
You were going to eat a live chicken? What the hell?
Um… we were going to cook it?
…right… Be honest now, I know you are hiding something from me. What is it? It’s something about Claire, isn’t it… hmm…
Um… well…
Psst, She’s have a phobia for the undead, so be careful…

Insert coming out of the transparent grave_

Damn it Renault, the sexual roleplay is supposed to just be for sex! Don't try keeping it up after.

... they do deserve the truth Claire.

>>501967
Tell her she has enough information to deduce what's going on already, but tell her that she needs to understand that you're not going to hurt her. Also, like, only her and Thanros don't know about it right now, amongst the people in this room, and they're all at least okay with it. She should trust her friends.

You are a... freak genetic throwback to your primitive mantis ancestors and need live beasts to satiate your craving for the hunt!

No wait, you have hyposexomania so you need to bite the head off of something, and if nobody's volunteering, bring on the cute woodland critters!

Ask her " ask only if you really want to know " if she does, brake it to her slowly like by saying " you know that story about the paladin and the lich that which has the really good sex scene in it? Well you know how Ranalut is a paladin, and that we are kind of together? Well if we were basing this off of that story that would make me a ..." Then if she doesn't get it after some guesses just tell her

Kaktus 2013/03/23(Sat)15:13 No. 501979 ID: b3ca75
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Dammit, Ren, leave the “Confession of a paladin” Roleplay in the bedroom!
…It’s okay, she deserve to now.
Know what!?
I know you already suspect what I am. Just remember that I’m not going to hurt you. Everyone else already knows and have accepted me for who I am.
I don’t know.
Everyone except Thanros.
…You’re kidding, right? You don’t joke about that kind of stuff! I… I… no… The crypt… the sushi… you’re…
Trust your friends.
…

Kaktus 2013/03/23(Sat)15:13 No. 501980 ID: b3ca75
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YOU SON OF A BITCH! I’LL FUCKING KILL YOU!!!
Whoa!

Thanra goes Berserk!
Thanra fail to charge Claire!
Renault, Waran, Dylon successfully grapples Thanra!
Dylon successfully disarms Thanra!

Take it easy!
What are you doing!? She’s mind controlling you! Resist, dammit, resist!
…I still have no idea what’s going on…

Insert Resist the temptation_

...you know, there's something a little wrong when a friend tries to kill us and my reaction is "oh cool, she's a berserker".

Come on, killing someone just for being dead? That's a little racist, isn't it? Or... deadest? I dunno.

Whatever! Dead things solidarity! We're souls, right? ...although I forget if we were ever supposed to be alive or anything.

Anyways, Thanra, she's not controlling anyone. Heck, she'd be double dead if not for their help, as is.

I'm a new lich Thanra. I died of Rust Rot when I was young and the Ageless One, for some reason took pity on me. I didn't even know what my phylactifry was until recently. I don't even have the ability to mind control anyone. I have never eaten anyone and I plan on never doing so.

Maybe you should also tell the dean is a lich as well and before she goes on about how your nothing but pure evil or some other bs tell her it was your choice to become a lich. You got sick with rust lung, died, then to everyone's great surprise woke up the next morning.

>>501980
Liches can't just mind control people. That's what those stupid worms were for. She can look at everyone here and tell that they're not infested with worms!

Besides, what would be the point of you mind controlling your friends? What goal would you have to accomplish here? You killed the worm queen, and almost died in the process. Not all liches are evil!

Kaktus 2013/03/23(Sat)16:35 No. 501999 ID: b3ca75
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Thanra, please calm down. I’m a new lich, I’m not powerful enough to control anyone!
You’re a lich!?
Thanros! Kill her before she takes us to!
Err… but… um…
I didn’t choose to become a lich! I’m not Evil! I’ve never eaten anyone nor do I plan to do so!
Oh gods! Please just kill me! I DON’T WANT TO BECOME AN UNDEAD!!!
Err… I think she just wet herself…
Dammit, Thanra! Liches aren’t always Evil! The Dean was a lich and he wasn’t evil, right!?
Rrgh!

Thanra suffers a hearth attack(Fear)!

Err…

Insert I hearth you_

>>501999
Holy shit, you're actually killing her. I think you should leave the room while they keep Thanra from dying.

Quick! Activate the Joy Stone! Last time, it had an effect on everyone around you, maybe it'll stop the heart attacks from fear.

>>502008
I think that was because Renault was touching it at the time.

We might try letting her borrow it?

...um, healers, could you tend to her, please?

And Thanros, could you please relax your arm? You've got your bow fully drawn, and putting an arrow through anyone isn't exactly going to help this situation.

>>502008
>>502009
She's deathly afraid of having her mind screwed by Clair, and you're suggesting she use a mind altering item on her? Is that wise? Wouldn't that make her freak out even more once it wears off, and hate Clair for using it on her? Clair, best not to use the stone on her unless she's about to die from fear and there's nothing else you can do about it.

Tell Ren to lay on hands, if that'll help, and for everyone to get Thanra up and to the school infirmary.

It'd be best if you got away from Thanra right now, Clair; You can speak to her later when she isn't freaking out so badly. Watch Thanros just in case you have to dodge his shot as you leave.

Kaktus 2013/03/23(Sat)17:54 No. 502026 ID: b3ca75
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>Thanros, could you please relax your arm?
Thanros, Please lower your bow.
But- you- sis- lich!?
Trust me.
…lowered…

>Get Thanra up and to the school infirmary.
Thanra, listen to me. We’re going to get you to the infirmary so they can treat your heart. Please calm down.
I’ll help you carry her.
Wait for me!

…

Well…
I don’t think you’ll be able to visit that one for a while…
Um… let’s think about something else? Like the map! …what kind of map is this?
It’s just a bunch of pictures?
…let’s see… someone talking in someone’s else ear, a tree and someone digging? What that supposed to mean?
Mushroom, mushroom, mushroom, mushroom, sun? What?
Well, at least we aren’t thinking about Thandra…

Insert misspellings! I suck proofread_

Secrets lead to early graves, via multiple nuclear strikes. Not sure about what the sun represents.

>>502026
I hope we didn't just lose her as a friend forever. I didn't think the phobia would be THAT bad, holy shit.

Anyway... The second thing is directions for that magic maze cave again.

The first thing... whispering forest hole? That must just be telling us specifically that it's the Whispering Forest cave.

I think you might have to go back to that one cave and follow the 'map'. Also I know we said we should stop talking about Thanra but I think we might want to switch rooms with Thoros once she gets out of the infirmary. At least until she won't freak out after seeing you

>>502041
Well, I partially agree. We should probably bunk in separate rooms now, since her phobia is this strong. It'd be horrible to keep her up at night just from sleeping in the same room. However, switching beds with Thanros would mean we're sleeping with the boys, which while... convenient, would likely be against Academy policy. So we should just request a different dorm, at least until she gets a handle on her phobia.

>>502053
Well that's only if we tell them and I don't think we want to request a room change as that might bring up questions. The reason I picked those two to switch is because I do believe Claire does have some self control and if we have to worry about that boreworm dream crap from now on it might be nice to have a paladin close by, and as for Thanra I thought it would do her some good to have family nearby then a stranger or friend even. But hey if you can't just switch rooms then yeah request a transfer for now. but that might be one more person we have to hide/tell about our lichdom.

We should remember that we still need to get something to eat.

Kaktus 2013/03/24(Sun)09:37 No. 502163 ID: b3ca75
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It seems like we have to go to whispering forest cave again…
Whispering forest? The forest east of here? The undead that survived the battle here fled to that forest. The paladins are preparing to go in and root them out in a few day, but if you don’t want to wait…
Why can’t these things ever be easy…

I’ll see what I’ll do… but as for Thanra… I’ve been thinking…
A dangerous pass time that…
Shut it. Anyway, maybe I should switch room with Thanros. For Thanras sake.
I’m sure it’s only for Thanra’s sake… Though, shouldn’t it be against regulations for women and men to sleep in the same room?
We’re over eighteen, the school doesn’t really give a rat ass where we sleep. As long as we sleep in a bed somewhere in the school and don’t knock someone up they don’t really care.
Well, that convenient.

Now, I suggest we wait for the paladins to clean the forest. After all, we aren’t really on a time limit.
Except that I will continue to dream about being ripped apart and… other things you do with tentacles every night until we go there…
…that… I didn’t know that… um…
You know, I should probably feed before we plan what we should do. I don’t want to go feral because we were busy talking about caves.
I go see what I can get that lives… See you in a minute.
…I’ve been thinking… what’s stopping Thanra from telling everyone you are a lich?
…oh, son of a-

Insert Thinking is hard_

well if you are trying to stop her from telling everyone you could send us head voice to see if we can't talk her down. failing that give us to Thoros so we can try and get him to talk her down. not sure on how successful we will be so you might want to eat something quick and hang around town for a bit, if the shit hits the fan then I guess we will just head back to you and tell you that the cat is out of the bag and we can just go strait to the cave now to get away from the possible angry mob and then just go through with this 'find the vessel' quest the dean wanted us to do.

We are, let us hop on over and fix this shit before it's too late.

...there's nothing stopping her. Because we're not an evil lich, and you couldn't forcibly stop her from talking without evil means.

That's the message we leave for her. If you were really evil? You could have killed her while she was down to ensure her silence. Or if you were mind controlling the others, you could have done it to her.

That we left her the freedom to hurt us is the only gesture we can make to show we're trustworthy.

>Son of a-
Silly mantis, liches don't have sons. They're dead!

Kaktus 2013/03/24(Sun)11:18 No. 502173 ID: b3ca75
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>Silly mantis, liches don't have sons. They're dead!
Well… that’s a depressing thought…
>...there's nothing stopping her, because we're not an evil lich.
You’re right. That’s probably the best thing we can do right now… not stopping her at all.
>let us hop over to Thanros and fix this shit.
Yeah, just in case. I’ll send you to Thanros… just remember to not try forcing her to be quiet; I don’t want her to believe I’m evil, okay?

Is she going to be okay?
She’ll just need some rest for now. We are brewing up an elixir to strengthen her heart at this very moment and when she got that into her she will be as good as new. If you have any other questions please come see me in the alchemy lab, as I need to help with the elixir right now. Take care…
…is he gone?
um… yes?
…why? Why is she…? Why did she drag me here? Why didn’t she let me died and raised me? WHY?

Insert WRYYYYY!?!?!_

Hello Thanros, we're here to help your sister come to terms with the fact that Claire isn't actually evil. Figured it'd be better to do it through you then bombarding your sister while she is that stressed. Having a heart attack isn't a good thing.

Tell her she helped her because she doesn't want to rise an undead army or undead anything really, I mean if she really wanted an undead army then why did she risk herself to go solo and steal a rune meant to turn this entire town and the school into zombies and stop it instead of trying to make all the zombies work for her or some BS like that?

Also I know this isn't the best time but who is the other poor sap that is in here and what happened to him/her.

Wait, you wanted to be died and raised?

Who's the injured lizard with the balloon?

>Why didn’t she let me died and raised me? WHY?
...because that would be a dick move? Friends don't murder friends and reanimate their corpses just because it's convenient. (Or stand by and watch friends die either. Whatever).

If Claire was an evil monster who wanted you dead, you would be.

I mean, it's not like she got a choice in any if this.

>>502173
Because she's a good person. Also could you try to convince her not to tell everyone Claire's a Lich? That's kindof important.

Hi, Thanros. Clair sent us Voices over to you to so we could try to mediate this mess with Thanra. Better tell her that right away, so that she doesn't think you've been mind-screwed when you start trying to talk her around.

Clair didn't do the evil bitch lich thing 'cause she isn't evil or anywhere near that big of a bitch. She didn't seek out lichdom, she basically had it foisted on her by Lizbeth the Ageless One; She was offered it in a fever dream while she was dying of Rust Rot, and didn't know that the heck she was agreeing to until it was too late.

All in all, Clair just wants to live something in the vicinity of a normal life, help her friends, and be a decent person. She definitely doesn't want to go all lich-crazy and turn into someone who'd let a good friend die just to raise her corpse. As far as Clair's concerned, that'd be a fate worse than death.

Ask Thanra to think back to Clair's actions before she told her she was a lich, and seriously ask herself if those are the actions of some evil lich.

Kaktus 2013/03/24(Sun)14:19 No. 502191 ID: b3ca75
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>Hello Thanros.
Hello yourself, voices. :D
>Who's the injured lizard with the balloon?
I have no idea. She’s asleep at the moment so we can talk freely.

Um… I just got those voices Claire always has… They wanted to check up on you, Thanra.
L-let me guess. They are trying to tell you Claire is a good person, right? Don’t believe their lies, Thanros! They want to mind control you!
Um… why would they lie if they should mind control him?
Shut up, lich thrall!
You do realize that if she should mind control people she would control you right now?
…fine, she can’t control minds. She’s lying to you all then, got a cloth of wool before your eyes. She’ll show you her true colors sooner or later, you’ll see.
But think back on the time you spent together. Can you seriously say she acted like an evil lich then?
… … … … … …no…
She didn’t choose to become a lich. She had a fevered dream when she was dying of Rust Rot, a dream where the ageless one came and offered her something she didn’t understand before it was too late.
…
Clair just wants to live something in the vicinity of a normal life, help her friends, and be a decent person. She definitely doesn't want to go all lich-crazy and turn into someone who'd let a good friend die just to raise her corpse. As far as she’s concerned, that'd be a fate worse than death. Can’t you see she’s a good person?
…I… I still don’t trust her... what if she loses it?

Insert WALL OF TEXT ATTACKS!_

>WALL OF TEXT ATTACKS
Hardly.

>what if she loses it?
Honestly? That's a risk any sufficiently powerful adventurer suffers from, especially with all the mind controlling badguys and secret plot reveals.

The answer is the same- no matter who or what they are- you try and get them back, and if you can't, you put them down.

>>502191
Well, she is trying her best to prevent that from happening, but if the worst thing happens and she loses herself... THEN WE'RE ALL DOOMED! No seriously if she actually fully loses control then we're fucked. She does have a special item that can be used in emergencies to prevent losing control, though. A Happy Stone.

All else fails then we'd have to either take her down, or restore her humanity. Apparently it is possible to restore the humanity of a lich that has lost control. Of note is that if she dies, she will resurrect so long as her phylactery is intact. It takes a while though... but if you can kill her after she loses control, we'll have some time to prepare and set a trap for her when she resurrects so that we can force her to regain her humanity. We might want to ask Antonidas about how to do that.

Oh, and uh, if you don't mind, Thanros, would you switch beds with Claire? So that Thanra doesn't have to sleep in the same room as someone who triggers her phobia?

P.S. if she does lose control and we can't recover it on our own, we will tell you guys so you can do something about it.

Claire is your friend. And if she is going to stay a not dangerous monster then she needs friends. She really likes you and isn't going to hurt you, especially not make you undead. She would probably drink the magic your not undead anymore elixir if their was such a thing.

That's why she had you guys and us. To make sure she doesn't lose it. Also why are you so afraid of the undead? I mean I can understand being afraid of flesh eating monsters of any kind but to be so terrified that your heart stops, I have to say that's a first. And when a voice that is said to be as old magic itself that is saying something

>>502191

So, you would or you would not wish to be an undead zombie abomination? Because we're totally OK with that, if you are trying to cover it up to avoid offending anyone. An undead fetish is a completely normal and acceptable thing and don't let anyone tell you differently.

Kaktus 2013/03/24(Sun)16:06 No. 502204 ID: b3ca75
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>So, you would or you would not wish to be an undead zombie abomination?
I’m going to have to say a very big NO here…
>Also why are you so afraid of the undead?
Well… When we were nine a mage was visiting the town our orphanage was in and was somehow killed. We don’t how, maybe he got stabbed by some thief or it was some freak accident, either way he died in some ally without anyone knowledge. When someone notice he was gone a few days later his body had already mutated into a screamer thanks to all the magic he had in his body and… well… he somehow found his way to our orphanage. I think you can guess the rest yourself.
>Thanros, would you switch beds with Claire? So that Thanra doesn't have to sleep in the same room as someone who triggers her phobia?
Of course I’ll do that!

If she loses it then we’ll either get her back or end her.
…
But we rather see to it that she doesn’t lose herself, and for that she needs you. She needs your friendship. Your love.
…I don’t know…
She is your friend. Friends don’t let friends go mad.
The voices also tells me that she has some measures to prevent herself from losing it.
But she can’t stay sane forever…
Then we’ll just have to hope she’s contented with the life she’s lived and decides to end herself before that day dawns.
I… fine, I will trust her… for now… but I won’t like it, you hear!
Good enough for me!

-------------------

[You now have control over Claire! Necromantic Power: Average! Humanity: Average!]

-A-after that it r-ripped a new hole in my a-abdomen so it s-should f-fit them all. Then R-Ren saved me with a t-turn u-undead and here we are…
…wow… that’s some nightmare… I… you probably need some happy thoughts after that…
Well, we can take some time off to do something relaxing… but we still need to plan when and how we are supposed to get to the cave.

Insert Conversation Connection_

>>502204
Err. Yes, I think spending a little time having a massage or something might be good.

As for how to approach the cave, I say we bring a few guards with us, and tell someone what we're doing this time. Don't actually tell them that we're carrying the Vessel or that we're visiting the Ageless One, but we can at least say that we're going to revisit the cave and it's important.

Well we have some good news for you then. We managed to get Thanra not to out you as a lich but she still doesn't trust you and Thanos agreed to switch rooms. Oh and if you want to know why she is so afraid of undead it's because she was attacked by a screamer when she was little

Get him to lick your feet, deep massage and all that.

>>502209

Without any adventurers or adults nearby. Surrounded by other screaming children. Who died.

Kaktus 2013/03/26(Tue)08:56 No. 502420 ID: b3ca75
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>I say we bring a few guards with us, and tell someone what we're doing this time.
A few guards? Lady, you got a whole army dedicated to defend the vessel under my command that can come. We can even take one of the ships there.
Um… weren’t you guys supposed to steal the vessel?
Collect the vessel, not steal it. But yes, that is our main goal. We still need to deal with the undead horde first and any information we can get about the vessel from the ageless one is a plus.
…so, after I’ve defended the vessel from a powerful lich I have to defend it from you guys too? Figures…
Defend? We are on the same side. There won’t be any defending here.
Shouldn’t we be focusing the things at hand instead of cursing your sudden but inevitable betrayal that will happen in the future?
You wound me.
Claire? How about a massage?
OH! Dibs on the feet… err… claws! I mean the lower claws!
…well, then we now what Ren fetish is…
I’m… I’m not really in the mood, okay?
Oh, sorry… then what are you in the mood for?
…you know, I rather be alone for a while… see you guys later…
Well, that was sudden…

[You have lost control over Claire! Choose your next victim!]

Insert Choose your destiny! Johnny Cage!_

Let's follow Warren, we've given him very little attention for one of Claire's lovers up til now.

Lets chat to Dylon as it has been some time since we've talked to him.

Voting Dylon.
We should have so much fun with his brain.

Warren

Dylon, I want to make sure he can be trusted...

>>502420
In the interest of making the vote clearer, I say we talk to Dylon a bit.

We might also try switching to Kevros. Who might be Blackadder, come to think of it.

Kaktus 2013/03/31(Sun)04:25 No. 502913 ID: b3ca75
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>Dylon.
[You now have control over Dylon!]
…oh, it’s you guys again… swell…
>We might also try switching to Kevros.
[ERROR ERROR MALFUNCTION! WARNING WARNING!]
…Um… what did you do?
Um… Dylon? Are you okay?
[Illegal action used! Unable to render “Kevros.exe”! ERROR!]
{PixelAdventure.exe have crashed! Running Repair.exe!}
[Warning! Unable to load “Dylon:{Location}! Loading closes available variable!]

Kaktus 2013/03/31(Sun)04:25 No. 502914 ID: b3ca75
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Why are we protecting this cave again?
So no one gets into it, of course.
But we already have the forest full of our guys, do we really need to stand right in front of it to?

…The hell?

Insert ERROR!_

Time to enter the cave before they even know you are here Dylon.

So are we Folken now? I mean the real Folken not Dylon, whom we like to annoy slightly by calling him Folken because his mother can't get his name right.

>>502914
Oh jeez, sorry. We uh, sortof... broke reality a little. I'm not sure WHY that broke reality, but... get in the cave before they see you!

Whoops. Sorry, Dylon. That's never happened before. Well, the suddenly changing someone's location thing, at least. The horrible glitch outs? Unfortunately, yes. Although for different reasons, last time.

Quick, duck in the cave before those undead see you.

What do you have on your person?

Kaktus 2013/03/31(Sun)06:52 No. 502919 ID: b3ca75
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>So are we Folken now?
I’m still Dylon… at least I think I’m still Dylon.
>What do you have on your person?
Armor, my sword, the two holy hand grenades that was left after Claire’s fight with the queen…

>Time to enter the cave before they even know you are here Dylon.
Just so you know, I’m not retreating, I’m charging in a different direction!

There you are, milord! We have bad news, Lord Folken, oh your greatness exceed us all!
Um… wait... I mean, Let’s hear it, Minion.
The archmage was able to change to combination to get into the school. The old combination of Mushroom, sun, mushroom, sun doesn’t work anymore. Don’t worry, sir, we have put our best people on trying to find the way back.
…Good…?
…It will probably be a few hours, milord, so you can drop the disgusting Dylon illusion.

So… I think these guys are just confused with my identity and it’s not that I’m in Folken’s body right now… at least I hope so.

Insert These guys are really bad at detecting intruders_

So this cave has a secret way into the school. Tell them you're going to try to guess a combination, that way you can say you're not dropping the disguise on the long shot that you happen to guess right and do the four mushroom then sun route.

>you can drop the disgusting Dylon illusion
Don't give me orders, worm.

>I think these guys are just confused with my identity and it’s not that I’m in Folken’s body right now… at least I hope so.
This is going to sound racist, but I don't think we'd be able to tell if you two had swapped bodies. Sorry.

That said, since your inventory and equipment carried over, it's likely you're still you.

>Mushroom, mushroom, mushroom, mushroom, sun?
Should get you where you need to go. You just need to make sure these idiots aren't watching you.

Kaktus 2013/03/31(Sun)08:32 No. 502923 ID: b3ca75
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Don’t give me orders, Worm.
I-I’m sorry, exalted one! It won’t happen again!
You better pray that you don’t test my patience further, insect. Now, get out of my sight, I got things to do here.
Of course my lord!

Well… that takes care of that…

>Mushroom, mushroom, mushroom, mushroom, sun.
I was only able to go mushroom four times before I stumbled out into the library… and I’m pretty sure this door wasn’t here before…

…Jump…
Jump where?
…Everyone fears you….
…um… what? Are you guys okay? I mean, are you guys crazier than usual?

Insert voices in my head_

> are you guys crazier than usual?
Um. That wasn't us. Something else is whispering to you now.

And I thought that sequence was supposed to lead to the sleeper, not to the school?

...wait. We're dealing with Liz, here. Disbelieve the illusion.

That's not one of us someone else may be in your head now. Anyway get back to Claire, maybe she's the only one who can take the correct route to find the ageless one.

Hey! We are the only ones allowed to be creepy head-voices! This is our brain territory, now shoo!

Kaktus 2013/03/31(Sun)09:43 No. 502930 ID: b3ca75
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>Disbelieve the illusion.
[There is no illusion to disbelieve!]
>Hey! We are the only ones allowed to be creepy head-voices! This is our brain territory, now shoo!
…You have no future…
I don’t think it’s listening to you…
…You have no reason to live, Claire…

>get back to Claire.
I have no idea where she is… maybe the other guys knows…
Um… I have no idea, actually… She walked off on her own, remember… wait, didn’t you leave with Ren just a minute ago? To go and find some book in the library or something?

Insert it’s pointless_

ah that sucks, two emergencies. Folken is wandering around and theres a headvoice urging claire to Jump off somewhere high. Tell Warren should go after as Claire she is being influenced by something. You go after your brother and Ren.

Ok ask Warran to give you the short version of what happened after Claire said she wanted to be alone and that you found out how Folken and troops are getting into the school then have Waran go find Claire, we'll try and find Renault and then join Waran in trying to find Claire. It would be nice to go one day without everyone trying to kill us.

short people got
no reason
short people got
no reason
short people got
no reason to liiiIIiive~

Sounds like Folken got in. Either that or when the world glitched and teleported you away it also created a duplicate of you, either way to the library.

Kaktus 2013/03/31(Sun)11:35 No. 502949 ID: b3ca75
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What happen after Claire left?
You left with Ren to borrow some book in the library? Are you alright?
…yeah, I’m fine… um… Can you do me a favor? Claire’s voices are telling me someone is trying to convince her to jump from somewhere high, can you find her and help her with that? I’ve got to deal with my doppelgänger real quick.
…wait, what? Um… sure? I guess? I’ll find her?
Good.

To the library! …again!

--------------------------

Oh, there you are. Why did you run off?
I did?
Yeah, you saw the empty shelf and just went nuts. Then you ran off to the right and… well, now you’re here.

Insert Ett gäng av doppelgängers_

ask how long ago that was because we just got done talking to Waran, also say we think Claire might be in trouble again so if he knows where we can find her that would be nice, also did we ever set up a password system in the case of doppelgangers because I really think we should start using that now as things are getting really complicated really fast.

...I'm not sure that was me, just then.

Wait. Paranoia check. Renny, do detect undead.

So you're saying we ran off and then came back an entirely different way?

>>502949
Yeah, Folken's here. Ask Renault to follow you over there, maybe we can kill him.

Also, give Renault the password.

Kaktus 2013/03/31(Sun)14:41 No. 502972 ID: b3ca75
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So you're saying I ran off and then came back an entirely different way?
When you say it like that... yeah, that’s kind of weird… even weirder is that I can see the other you down the aisle… wait…
Either doppelgänger or Folken. Detect undead on me if you don’t trust me… and Learn, adapt…
Um… evolve, accent was it?
Ascend.
Right, and you aren’t a undead and the other is… let’s kick some ass?

------------------------

Where is it!? Where did those worms hide it!!?

Insert When are Folken going to get his own portrait?_

You are the only worm here Folken

hey Dylon, you said your bother here is a coward right, as in he runs from any battle unless he has backup? If so I think you should engage him by yourself and see if he runs or fights, if it's one on one he might just fight you and when he comes rushing at you have Renault cast repel undead on him to give you an opening and the both of you can try and either A)finish him off right here and now or B) try and capture him.
If you think he will just run however then just try and sneak up on him and run him though with you sword, and if it does turn into a fight then have Renault cast repel undead and go with the earlier plan from there.

So he is registering as undead. Does he have a bore worm scar on him or is he some other type of undead?

>>502972
He'll just run if he gets confronted without minions.

Sneak up on him. Make this count.

If he will run from a confrontation, don't sneak up on him. Have the holy hand grenade sneak up on him.

Wait a moment first though to see if he says anything useful while ranting.

>>502986
Oh you're RIGHT. We have those!

Kaktus 2013/04/01(Mon)09:52 No. 503138 ID: b3ca75
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[You now have control over Lizbeth!]
Dylon and Renault have ceased to exist!

And I’m back!
Um… are you sure deleting those guys was really s-such a good idea?
Meh, no one will miss them…
Wait… wasn’t I a mantis a moment ago?
Silly Folken, you can’t have sex with bugs!
I still think this is wrong…

Go home, Insert, you’re drunk!_

READ A BOOK READ A BOOK READ A MOTHERFUCKIN BOOK

Lizbeth! Hi! Can you leave until after the bug harem orgy happens? I've been looking forwards to it and you just deleted a couple of the people who were gonna be in it.

Liz! We missed you!

...kind of annoyed you just killed two of the people we were hanging with, though.

Pride is Folken? Explains so much.

hot hot lizard sex

Kaktus 2013/04/01(Mon)11:08 No. 503152 ID: b3ca75
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>READ A BOOK READ A BOOK READ A MOTHERFUCKIN BOOK.
Why would I read a book when I can get the real thing?
>Can you leave until after the bug harem orgy happens?
Bug harem orgy? Who would want to see… you know what… BAM!

Lizbeth teleports several mantises!

AH! …where…um?
Why am I naked?
…well… I did not see this coming…
…didn’t I get squashed by a big rock? What am I doing here?
Now kiss… and then have sex… do iiiiiiiiiit!

>hot hot lizard sex
Later~

Insert forced orgy_

spray pheromones everywhere. that should get the party started.

Um. Liz. God power enforced rape is not cool. Stoppit. Bad omnipotent Lizard Wizard Blizzard.

>>503166
They're illusions, so this is more like drawing porn than rape.
On that note, let the orgy commence~!

good to see you haven't change liz

No, the bug harem orgy isn't as great if you just snap your fingers and make it happen. The journey is as important as the destination and all that jazz.

Kaktus 2013/04/01(Mon)12:31 No. 503213 ID: b3ca75
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>They're illusions.
They aren’t illusions. What fun would it be if they were?
>spray pheromones everywhere. that should get the party started.
Of course! Now… let’s se-

>Um. Liz. God power enforced rape is not cool. Stoppit. Bad omnipotent Lizard Wizard Blizzard.
I have to agree with the head voices. This is very wrong, Liz.
But… bug sex!
Liz… what did we say about forcing other people to do that kind of stuff?
…fine… wait… what about if I only take the ones that are willing? Commence ORG- son of a bitch, there only straight guys here… hmm, maybe-
No, Liz. We’ve talked about changing people’s gender and sexuality already without their permission, remember?
…fine. I’ll have a big lizard orgy instead.
No changing species either!
I know, I know… let’s see… oh, we got a nice wincest pair right in this building! BAM!

Lizbeth teleports Thanra and Blackadder!

What in the-
Now, commence wincest. I know you want too.
Er… I think you got the wrong guy… Thanros is my brother, not Loren.
Your twin is playing for the wrong team, so I had to settle on your older brother/sister instead… and I know you like him/her like that already so start fornicating!
…wait, what!?
I’m still saying this is all kinds of wrong…
Wincest~

Insert That’s it, I’m out of here!_

hey tharas hey blackladder this is liz aka the ageless one.

Wait, they're related?

Liz, what happened to your attention span? You were never great, but this is serious kitten on crack cocaine territory.

And what's with trying to force stuff on other people?

And what was with sending us away for hundreds or maybe thousands of years! I mean, Claire's nice, but we felt kind of hurt by that.

And Thanra/Blackadder just keeps getting more awkward. Also Liz have you grown more crazy over the aeons I feel like you may be a little more unhinged than before.

>>503213
Why haven't we fireballed Folken yet?

Kaktus 2013/04/01(Mon)13:59 No. 503242 ID: b3ca75
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>Liz have you grown more crazy over the aeons I feel like you may be a little more unhinged than before.
I’m not crazy! You’re the one that’s crazy!
Um… to be fair, you did kind of lose it a few centuries ago.
I’m just as sane as when I was that banana a few thousand years ago.
I rest my case…

>Wait, they're related?
Of course they are!
W-we are?
Can’t you see the resemblance? You’re just a recolor of each other! ...wait, maybe I got you mixed up with that Balros guy… hmm…

>what's with trying to force stuff on other people?
I’m a god! I can do whatever I want!
Actually…
Well, as long as Kev says it’s okay. His kind of my morality pet, you know.
And that doesn’t always work either… I still have nightmares about the time you went back in time and open up a portal to the pizza dimension right in front of Graven…
Did I do that?
You are going too after you’re done here.
…I hate time travel… and gods…
Don’t make me smite you… whatever, the authors bored with this stuff now so he’ll just end the whole quest here. See you guys later!
Wha-

Kaktus 2013/04/01(Mon)13:59 No. 503243 ID: b3ca75
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Quest Completed!

But... but we haven't summoned the biggest fish yet!

Welp.

...wake up?

hurry, run April_Fool.wak

Kaktus 2013/04/01(Mon)15:50 No. 503296 ID: b3ca75
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>But... but we haven't summoned the biggest fish meep yet!
yesssss…

Warning, Meep’s meepingness exceeds that of normal values! ERROR! The Universe has committed an illegal action and will meep down! All your unsaved meep will be lost! Have a meep day.

Meep meep meep!

Kaktus 2013/04/01(Mon)15:51 No. 503297 ID: b3ca75
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Meanwhile, in reality…

Claire? Are you up here?
…
Ah, there you are… Dylon was worried about you. Said something about someone telling you to jump?
…
…um… maybe you shouldn’t be standing on the edge? It’s quite easy to fall from there…
I know…
…

Insert Wak wak wak wak wak_

Claire have you been speaking to other head voices behind our back. Look we got suddenly ejected after you said you needed some time alone and we really miss you. Whatever's wrong we can work through it because we like being your head voices and we hope you like having us as your head voices. Can you please just come back from the edge there and talk to us?

Hey there Waran. Pretty sure Claire's being subjected to some kind of manipulation, suggestion, and/or mind control. Besides us! And it don't seem to mean well for her.

Gotta get through to her and talk her down.

>>503297
Tell her not to listen to the Queen. The real voices are with you.

Also the only person afraid of her is Thanra. Warran, you were afraid she WASN'T a lich. Renault is afraid of not being able to save her. Dylon... I think Dylon just likes that she's powerful. He asked for a duel right away, does that sound like he's afraid?

ask her why she wants to jump and point out the fact that she is a lich (if no one is around) and if she does jump she will simple resurrect back in the dorm room.

Kaktus 2013/04/02(Tue)07:42 No. 503503 ID: b3ca75
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Why would you like to fall?
…
Everyone hates you… fears you…
The only person afraid of you is Thanra. Ren wants to save you and Dylon like the power you have. I’m not afraid of you either!
…I…
Ren is a naive fool and Dylon only sees you as an object to be conquered… and Waran? You are afraid of her, aren’t you? You know what will happen if she lose herself…
Wha- I… Stop listening to the Queen, Claire!
Queen? The queen have been quiet all day… what are you talking about?
He still thinks I’m controlled by the Queen? …doesn’t he have any faith in me…?
Even if you jump you’ll just come back thanks to your phylactery!
…maybe I won’t? …m-maybe I can decide if I want t-to come back or not!
If not, I can always destroy it and try again…
Why!? Why are you trying to do this!? Don’t you care for the future? Our future!?
F-future!? Last year I barley felt the pull of lichdom. T-today I can b-barely keep m-myself sane on a day to d-day basis! What do you think will happen in a y-year? I barely have what it takes to last a w-week, let alone a year! The only f-future I have is being put down like s-some r-r-rabid animal…
Do you know how it feels to slowly lose yourself? To lose the love you have for people? I do…

Insert Do a flip!_

Claire did you have friends a year ago? Or a guide? Well guess what you do now and we do not give a damn what you are or what you have or haven't done, we are here for you now and will continue being here for you for a long long time. Now tell us what the hell is your deal damnit, yesterday after you saved the school you were fine and having a great time then today all the sudden your suicidal, WTF. Why are you focusing on just the damn bad, there is more then fucking bad in your life you just have to open your god damn eyes and fucking see what is starring you straight in the fucking face, and stop listening to that voice that says you're useless because that thing has as much merit as a drunken madman saying how green grass is purple.

Don't despair about suddenly losing the good fight, Claire. The Dean held on for centuries.

...and don't complain that was only after he had a stint going dark side! You're already past that.

Claire you don't have to keep your sanity on your own there are people who care about you and don't want you to lose yourself.

Aww C'mon Claire! You're not a monster! You've done what? Eaten a few corpses?
We're more monstrous than you!
The very first time we did anything in your world, we allied with a unstoppable murderer, helped cause the destruction of the old paladin order, likely directly cause the mad god Lizbeth to be what she is and accidentally or purposefully destroyed the world more times than I can count! Not to mention all the fucking around with time and space, forcing an omniscient being to do our bidding and screwing with the social dynamics of Lizbeth's group to try and get everyone to sex up everyone else!
We only managed to save the world back then was because of rules lawyering, Lizbeth's near infinite magic and time fuckery.
Hell, I'm pretty sure the reason we're not omnipotent anymore is because an insane god thought we couldn't be trusted to safely use our own power!

Anyways, don't kill yourself. We need to to stick around to keep us from destroying the world again. I'm pretty sure we can't undo it this time.

Kaktus 2013/04/02(Tue)10:25 No. 503526 ID: b3ca75
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What happen!? You weren’t like this yesterday.
I-I’ve been like this s-since this whole thing s-started! I’ve just been able to k-keep it under control, dammit!
Um… but look on the bright side of things. You’re not alone anymore! You got friends and… special friends that will support and help you.
A year ago I had a family, a lot of friends and several teachers. Then this s-shit happen and took it all away! I was a noblewoman, had dreams and a future but then it was all ruined! I wanted to be a fucking dancer, not some monster waiting to happen!
But you aren’t a monster. Not yet! And I now you can fight it, the dean did it after all.
But the Dean was super powerful. I’m not!
Yes, you are! You are better than you think you are! And you got us! We will not let something pitiful like your lichdom take you away from us!
B-but… but… I don’t think… I… I’m too weak… I’ll just hurt you…

Insert but butlers butt butter… ew…_

Last time you didn't know what was going on, or how to fight it. Now you do.

And magical strongness isn't what you need, anyways. It's strength of will, which you have, if you'd stop wallowing and remember it.

Hugs time, Waran.

>dancer
...does this mean we can unlock the blade dancer prestige class?

Claire, we know of the dangers since you told us about what you are and we still chose to stand by your side. We're friends and nothing is going to change that and we will stand by you though thick and thin. I know there will be bad times ahead there are always bad times head for everyone but the just make the good so much better. Don't focus on bad, learn from them but don't focus just on them, remember the good as well and live you life just like everybody else, one day at a time.

>>503526
(I think the voice is the Dean, speaking to her from inside her dreamspace, because he's got no body and can't take the pills that were letting him keep his humanity despite being so old. We need to ask the book how long it'll be before the Dean gets his body back.)

Tell her if she's worried about the rest of you, we can come up with contingency plans. Like, people could carry items enchanted with protection vs negative energy. As she is now, you and the others could overpower her so long as she can't use life drain effectively.

Kaktus 2013/04/10(Wed)05:56 No. 504971 ID: b3ca75
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You aren’t weak. I, if anyone, can attest to that.
B-but-
And if you really are afraid to hurt us we’ll just wear some protection against negative energy… without your magic we should be able to overpower you.
…
Besides, this is part of life. Bad things will happen, but we shouldn’t wallow in sorrow because of it.
Isn’t t-this a bit bigger than… um… bad?
Well, some things are worse than others, but that doesn’t mean we should focus on them. Learn from them and move on instead. Then use what you have learned to make the good stuff in life that much better, okay?
…
Let’s just go back to our room, okay? I think you might need a bit of rest after this…
O-okay…

Kaktus 2013/04/10(Wed)05:56 No. 504972 ID: b3ca75
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Oh, hi guys! Good news, we caught Folken alive. We were able to imprison him down in the basement with the help of the paladins.
You did? How did you get him?
I defeated him in honorable one on one combat!
Actually, I just threw the holy hand grenades we had on him while he was laughing his abdomen of about Dylon’s suggestion of a honorable duel.
Quiet, you! You’re ruining a good story!
Bite me.
So, we got an insane psychopath down in the basement, eh? That’s… good news, I guess…

Insert he also got a hockey mask and chainsaw down there_

>holy hand grenades we had on him
So... what. That means if he had a bore worm in him he's now back to normal? Or is he not wormed but instead some kind of undead strong enough to survive the blast?

Also? Grenade to face? Totally an acceptable part of one on one combat.

so are back with claire yet or are we still with Waran?
anyways now that we got Folken what do we do now, interrogate him or let the school handle that?

Kaktus 2013/04/10(Wed)12:18 No. 505016 ID: b3ca75
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>so are back with Claire yet or are we still with Waran?
Still with me, Waran… but I can send you back to Claire, if you want.
[You now have control over Claire!]

>So... what. That means he’s some kind of undead strong enough to survive the blast?
He’s some kind of undead, yes. I’m going to guess he’s a very strong death knight or something.

>now that we got Folken what do we do now, interrogate him or let the school handle that?
Well, it can’t hurt to try questioning him a bit first before the school start prodding him…

----------------------------

Answer the questions or you’ll feel my awesome paladin powers!
…
You don’t want to speak, huh? Well, I can change that…
You haven’t asked any question yet.
Oh, right…
Um… isn’t torture something that’s against the paladin code?
And why does Folken still have the same portrait as me? It’s confusing!
Even when I’m jailed you can’t escape my wrath, brother! Feel the confusion consume your mind! MOHAHAHA!

Insert Rise from your grave_

so did Folken really even have a plain of any type or was his only plain was sneak into a school full of people who would like nothing more then to see him dead by disguising himself as his bother how is only a freaking general of an army and hopes no one will notice that Dylon was in two places at once?

... If so Folken is big on the whole think ahead thing is he?

As for things to ask, well you could ask him if killing off the whole empire's army was a goal that he been planing to make for years or was it a more recent sort of thing?

Would he mind talking about this master of his? I hear the fellow is supposed to be rather impressive.

>>505016
Maybe if he wasn't wearing his helmet all the time, the portrait would change. Or maybe Dylon's portrait should change to a helmetless version.

Ask him if his mother is in league with the undead.

Anyway, uh. Claire. Are you still carrying the Vessel? You should keep back just in case he manages to get loose. Also I'm pretty sure we are capable of getting to Liz right now, but you might want to do that on your own. Liz would likely be able to help you with your dream combat, along with other things.

P.S. is the Dean talking to you?

Kaktus 2013/04/11(Thu)01:17 No. 505210 ID: b3ca75
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>Anyway, uh. Claire. Are you still carrying the Vessel? You should keep back just in case he manages to get loose.
Still got it and I’ll keep my distance.
>P.S. is the Dean talking to you?
What? No? No one have been talking to me.

So… your plan was to sneak into a place full of people that wants to kill you and hope for the best?
Well, I did suddenly change place with Dylon for some reason so I just winged it. Besides, my plan isn’t done yet! You’ll soon see my real magnificence! You’ll see!
…right. So, is the empress in on this to or what?
That would be highly unlikely. If she was she could have been able to just order us to kill you all instead of doing this whole runabout thing with the undeads.
Of course I’m not in liege with that bitch! I’m trying to create a world where your disgusting female supremacy is nonexistent! Down with the female gender! I demand equality!
So you motivation is being born a man… have you been planning this for years now or what?
No… I found my master about a year ago. He showed me the light! He showed me how the world should be!
A year? Hmm, wasn’t that when you were running around trying to find that girl that ran away from your arranged marriage?
It’s all her fault this happen, brother, can’t you see it?
Can you tell us about your master instead? I want to know what we are dealing with here.
My master have transcended beyond your mortal understanding, fools! Your feeble minds wouldn’t be able to comprehend his true form! You would go mad! MAD! LIKE ME! MOHAHAHA! …hah…he… Moving on, I got a question for you Claire…
um… ask away?

Kaktus 2013/04/11(Thu)01:17 No. 505211 ID: b3ca75
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Do you really think a simple rune of anti-undead would keep me under control? Do you really think your friends would be able to protect you?
…wait, where did…?

Insert Twenty questions_

Im not buying it. Disbelieve the Illusion!

do you really think we want to lesson to some cry baby that seems to be having some kind of temper tantrum like some fat kid who just got his candy bar stolen form him, do we Folken? So start your damn mono-log, just try and trim it down to about 20 words or less as we like to get to something called THE POINT.

Yeah Claire you might want to get some kind of attack ready and be ready to dodge whatever this guy is about to do, I'm also guessing he is doing some kind of mind thing on you (like he most likely was doing earlier when you where threatening to jump off the ledge) so just treat everything he says as total bull crap.

Note: He hasn't actually left the runic circle.

>>505211
Don't get any closer to him. Maybe even back away a bit, so that if he does come at you, you won't accidentally mess up the rune circle.

Kaktus 2013/04/11(Thu)05:20 No. 505225 ID: b3ca75
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>Disbelieve the Illusion!
[Unable to find any Illusion to disbelieve!]

So, what? Are you going to monolog me to death now?
Actually, I was just going to rip you apart, piece by piece.
How? You can’t leave the circle without getting disintegrated.
Who said anything about leaving the circle? You’ll come to me, after all.
…Why can’t I move?
I know something called control undead. Now, come here…

Claire takes 3 damage from anti-undead rune!

AH! Son of a- IT BURNS!
Interesting… your body is still alive enough to not be completely affected by the rune. Let’s see what happens when your mind passes the boundary. Don’t worry; I won’t kill you… yet. I want you to still wiggle when I have my way with you later, after all.
Let me go, you creep!

Insert Circle of fun!_

Hey, you! With the shield coming around the corner there! That you Thanra? Claire could use a little help here.

I know you're upset about her (un)lifestyle choices that she didn't actually have a choice in at all, but we've got an actually evil undead trying to do mean things to someone you considered friend here. A little help, please?

hey Claire can you move enough to take a swing at this guy or use any of your lich powers to try and break his control?

you know he wouldn't expect you to push him into the side of the runewall so do so.

Kaktus 2013/04/11(Thu)15:23 No. 505316 ID: b3ca75
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>use any of your lich powers to try and break his control?
I can try…
Folken is immune against Life Drain (Necro immunity ring)!
Do you really think I would be that stupid? Of course I got protection against you!

>you know he wouldn't expect you to push him into the side of the runewall so do so.
I can’t move at all right now. I need to distract him somehow so he loses control over me.
Hey, Jerkass! Let the bitch go so I can try out my new sword on you!
Huh? Who ar-

Claire shoves Folken into anti-undead rune for 37(x4) damage!
AAAAH!!
Success! …wait, oh cra-
Folken pulls Claire into anti-undead rune for 9 damage!
AAAH!!!
…

Insert Please mind the line_

>Do you really think I would be that stupid? Of course I got protection against you!
Protection is never absolute. After all, ours isn't working against you, for some reason.

Well, keep up the shove battle? He's losing HP faster than you.

Or Thanra could just go around to the other side to stab.

>>505318
He may not be losing more HP as a percentage of total HP. He's a high level death knight, and that means he's a big sack of HP. Gotta get Claire back out of the rune ASAP.

Thanra, could you get around Claire's right side, and use your sword to break Folken's grip on her, while knocking her away with your shield. Then proceed to apply SHIELD BASH directly to his forehead until he staggers back into the rune.

Hey Claire do you have your fire enchantment on you right now? Because if I remember right death knights are crap against fire, if not then just start head butting him and bit ring his arms to get out of his grip

>>505316
Ask desperately for help. Also, just try to hold your ground and not move. Perhaps hold Folken still, even, so that Thanra can slice him up better.

Warn her to avoid touching either of you because of the draining magic. He will probably try to Command you to attack her if he gets the chance.

Also, it occurs to me that we never did Analyze Magical Creature on him.

Kaktus 2013/04/12(Fri)01:04 No. 505357 ID: b3ca75
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>Analyze Magical Creature
Death Lord – Sentient Undead Commander
Strong – Ice, Negative Energy.
Weak – Fire, Positive Energy.
Uses – Ice, Negative Energy.
Special – Resurrection.
>do you have your fire enchantment on you right now?
I wish I had, but no.

Thanra, Help! Get me out of-
Shut up and eat anti-undead sword!
Oh? Having trouble with your fre- AAAH!
AAAH!
Thanra cuts off Folken’s arm for 23(Weak) damage!
Thanra cuts off Claire’s arm for 23(Weak) damage!
Thanra shield bash Claire for 3 damage!

You haven’t seen the last of me! I’ll be back! AND THEN YOU WILL BURN! EVERYONE WILL BU-

Thanra attacks Folken for 55(Weak) damage(head)!
Folken takes 58(Weak) Damage from magic rune!
Folken have been disintegrated!

Eat shit and die.
Y-you cut off my arm…
I know. You too… um… can also eat… shit? Man, I really need to work on my one liners…

Insert I’m here to chew bubble gum and write an insert… and I still got plenty of gum_

damn, folken can resurrect. Hes not a lich so either it will be where he died, or somewhere near whomever created.

Also Thanra.... cutting her arm was a bit much. Though with Waren around I guess its not too much to reattach it.

>>505357
Ouch.

Well I hope your enhanced regeneration also applies to missing limbs. Or maybe you can reattach it? Worth a shot. Ask for your arm back and for some medical attention, please.

>Eat shit and die.
I already, did, thanks. Nothing quiet like a slow, debilitating disease.

So... Thanra. This really how it's going to go? You're going to murder someone who was your friend because of what she is, ignoring who she is?

And wasn't the fact that the bad guy was trying to kill her horribly (again) proof enough that she's not one of them?

Kaktus 2013/04/12(Fri)07:08 No. 505381 ID: b3ca75
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So… This really how it's going to go? You’re just going to murder me?
First off, you are abomination. You can’t murder an abomination, you can only slaughter one. Second off, I wish I could, but the others trust you so I will let you live… for now. If I so much see an evil thought from you I will cut off your head and mount it on a wall, understand!?
…yes… Can I have my arm back, please? …and maybe some medical attention.
Here’s your filthy arm and if you want medical attention go find Waran or something. Oh, what do we have here?
[Thanra equipped Necro immunity ring!]
This will come in handy… and this…
[Thanra equipped Control undead(Powerful) ring!]
…so what? You’re just going to judge me for what I am, not who I am?
Who you are is a bitch in sheep clothing waiting to strike.
Do you honestly believe that?
…ye- no… I mean yes… I mean… Stop trying to confuse me! I… I-I don’t know, okay!?

Claire takes 2 damage from bleeding!

Insert Ring of Control Bone… er…_

Stop being a wuss, stand up, pick up your arm, thank the nice lady for saving you life, and go find some healing.

Honestly we were going to make necro resist rings for everyone. However unless Thanra is looking to become a necromancer herself perhaps she wouldn't want to use that control undead ring.

Oh hey! We could study the runes on either of those and I bet we could fashion one for everyone! The immunity rings i mean.

Ask for some help, your body is still mostly alive thanks to something. Which means you can bleed to death. I kinda wanna hold onto that.

Kaktus 2013/04/12(Fri)08:53 No. 505390 ID: b3ca75
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Can I get a bit of help? I’m kind of bleeding to death here…
I hope you do… but if you are lucky I’ll direct Waran to you if I meet him. You can go jump of the roof for all I care.
W-wait! Can I have that ring? The one with immunity? I want to enchant a bunch of other ones with that and give them to everyone…
…I’ll let you see it when you are ready to enchant it… and I want to be with you when you do… so I can gut you if you try anything.
*Huff*huff* G-gut what? *Gasp* Claire, a-are you o-okay? *huff*
Does running down a few stairs really make you lose your breath? You really need to get into a better shape.
*Huff* Shut it… b-but who’s gutting w-what?

Claire takes 2 damage from bleeding!

Insert Running man_

Uh, hey guys. Medic?

After we stop bleeding out, ask how they got up there.

Also we should consult the book on the mechanics of re-attaching or regrowing limbs, Death Lord resurrection, and our own resurrection.

long story short Folken pull a dick move and then tried to kill Claire but then Thanra showed up and then cut off Folken's arm, and Claire's as well but only because Folken was trying to drag her though the anti-undead rune. Then Thanra started saying something along the lines of if you some much has show a hint of evil I'll kill you and blah blah blah Just basically saying she won't kill us but doesn't trust us. then you guys showed up. So as you can see Claire is kinda bleeding out here so a medic would be wonderful if you could spare one.

Kaktus 2013/04/12(Fri)12:30 No. 505403 ID: b3ca75
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>consult the book on the mechanics of re-attaching or regrowing limbs.
Unless you want to have a rotting and/or skeletal limbs I would suggest going to a real medicos. Liches deals in necromancy, not healing, you know.
>Death Lord resurrection, and our own resurrection.
A Death lord will resurrect themselves in a previously prepared mort protoplasm structure when their old one expires. Though, it will take a few days for the subject to regain control over all their functions again after the initial anima transfer. As for a lich, it really depends on the power the lich has. You, for example, would take several days to regrow your body to full functionality, though you would probably have grown a head capably of interacting with the outside world within a few hours.

Um… medic?
I… I just need to catch my breath… there…
Renault cast lay on hands on Claire for 10 healing! Claire stopped bleeding!
Renault take 3 damage backlash!

We are sorry that we were late, but it seems that Folken had some fun with us by teleporting everyone to one of his old runes on the top floor. The paladins probably only enchanted the anti-undead rune to block personal teleportation and not the one you can cast on others. A grave oversight, to be sure. What happen here while we ran down the stairs?
Well, Folken tried to kill me, Thanra saved my life by cutting of my hand, Folken was disintegrated and Thanra told we she would gut me if I ever turned evil… you know, like usual. Now, where is Waran? I got a limb that needs re-attaching.
Um… I think we ran away from him when we got to the stairs… he’s probably still on his way down. …About this whole gutting business, don’t you think it’s a bit over the top?
We need to put her down.
I rather find a way to get her back instead, but you do have a point. We need to prepare for the consequences if she loses it.
Not if, when!
Um… guys? I’m still here…

Insert maybe they can drive her to a farm down south we’re she can run free_

>>505403
Look. Tell them that the enchantment on that ring makes people immune to necomantic powers. Any other planning should wait until you're not around to hear it and know what their plans are so that if you go crazy you won't know what they're planning.

Also it's rude. Jeez guys.

On a separate note you should tell them that you are, apparently, vulnerable to Control Undead at your current power level.

Lastly, we should PRIVATELY- I don't want everyone knowing the Dean is a lich- ask the book how quickly the Dean would have resurrected, and what his mental state would be after a resurrect or midway through it. Also, where would he resurrect?

well do you think you can walk now Claire? if so I think you should try and meet Waran half way as to reattach your limb quicker, and as for Thanra just take what she has to say in stride as the last time you saw her her freakin heart stopped when she saw you so misguided anger well a little annoying is still an improvement.

...you know, it's one thing to go all batman and have secret plans to defeat all your friends with whatever their weaknesses are in case they go insane or evil or get mind controlled, but it's another to do it right in front of their face. Getting a little personal, here.

...and for the last time, I don't want to be an evil monster. If I become one, I'd want you to stop me. Now can we move on and stop hating on the me that's still sane and not evil?

You know, she's right. It isn't if, it is when. Claire is living on borrowed time. Sort of like, you know, humans. Non-undead. 'Normal' people. Just because her condition is such that she will be a threat when she 'dies' is not a reason to treat her like dirt. We should act like responsible adults and put appropriate measures in place to destroy her before she does any damage when she does eventually lose her mind, which will be a long long time from now.

Liches are just like everyone else, except that when they go senile they turn into cruel monsters. A lot of old people get away with that without the excuse of being the living dead.

>>505522
Honestly I disagree. It is entirely possible for Clair to live a full and wholesome existence as a lich. There is nothing inherently evil with her beyond the craving for fresh meat and that can be ascribed to most predators as well and THEY aren't evil in the slightest.

Kaktus 2013/04/13(Sat)06:51 No. 505527 ID: b3ca75
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>ask the book how quickly the Dean would have resurrected, and what his mental state would be after a resurrect or midway through it. Also, where would he resurrect?
Both his mental state and speed depends on how fast he resurrect himself. The faster he comes back the worse his mental state will be, so it can take anything from a few hours to a few days. I’m going to guess days, myself. As for where… well, I do not really know.
>as for Thanra just take what she has to say in stride.
It’s understandable that she’s a bit angry, but that’s not really an excuse to be rude…

Jeez guys, can you please refer to me as a person instead of an accident waiting to happen? It’s kind of rude, you know.
Sorry.
As for what we should do, we got a ring with necro immunity we can duplicate. As for the rest, please talk about it privately. Both so I don’t know your plans and as a sign of respect to me.
Of course, my lady. We are sorry that we disrespected you… um… I kinda got caught in the moment…
And Thanra… please understand that I don’t want to be some evil monster. If I ever lose myself you have my blessing to end me.
…

>try and meet Waran half way as to reattach your limb quicker.
There you go. Now, I’ll need to go and get some of the stronger stuff but if you are lucky after a few days rest it will be as good… as… is it already repairing the muscle tissue? Um… well… then maybe it won’t be a few days… is it just me or have your regeneration become stronger?
Um… should Liches even have that kind of regeneration? I mean, they usually are skeletons and stuff, not living beings.
Don’t we have more important things to think about? Like how to get to the ageless one? Or the enchanting? Or what we are supposed to do about my brother and his master?

Insert it’s alive!_

Well Dylon can probably handle the enchanting after he shows us the secret entrance between the school library and the whispering woods cave so we can find the ageless one. Folken and his master can wait until the boreworm is fully taken care of and the necro protection will help considering we have reason to believe the master is a Lich as well.

I say focus on the enchanting first as it would probably be the most helpful and then focus on finding the ageless one as I'm sure the Folken and his master are trying to do something similar if it means they can find the vessel and if we can screw up there plans then I'm all for it. Also we should tell the school about the library entrance into the school from the cave as to stop more undead from getting into the school.

>>505527
It's possible Liz turned you into a different sort of Lich than the norm. Maybe your regeneration is tied to the Vessel, and being as close to it as you are not makes it faster? Speaking of which, we need to go see her before tonight. That's very important. We could probably do it while you recover, even. Dylon can't come, unless he swears to not try to steal the vessel or something. It's up to Liz whether he gets to use its power.

All we have to do is go back through the 'secret cave entrance' door in the library, and enter the Sun path, I'm betting.

As for Folken and his master, they can't get into the academy now. It'll be fine for now. As for the enchanting, we could probably do it. Or someone else. That is worth spending some time on before we go see Liz. Should only take a little while.

>>505525
Man, that's what I just said. The insanity issue just means that she does in fact have a mortal lifespan to look forward to. All it really means is that she has to take precautions in light of her condition.

For the moment, I'd say enchant those rings. We don't know precisely what's being planned by the enemy but the rings should provide a defense against a wide array of things they might try.

Kaktus 2013/04/13(Sat)17:03 No. 505592 ID: b3ca75
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>Well Dylon can probably handle the enchanting.
Yeah, he probably can. Meanwhile I’ll take a nap while my arm heals. Hopefully I’ll be able to actually move it soon.
[You lost Necro resist ring! You gained Necro immunity ring!]

>find the ageless one.
So, it’s from here they keep coming from?
Probably, yes. Though they can’t use it at the moment.
Well, what are we waiting for? Nothing ventured, nothing gained and all that.
Um… aren’t you the guy who generally chicken out about this kind of stuff?
We got plans tonight and don’t want any weirdness destroy it. So, we’ll take our dose of weirdness now instead of then!
…that doesn’t really make sense…
Before we go… Dylon? Can you promise me that you won’t steal the vessel?
You have my word!
And your word is worth what?
Lord Dylon have never broken his word as far as I know. He’s way to much of a honor addict for that.
…I’m still your commanding officer, Blackadder…
I mean honor addict, sir!

Kaktus 2013/04/13(Sat)17:03 No. 505593 ID: b3ca75
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>All we have to do is go back through the 'secret cave entrance' door in the library, and enter the Sun path, I'm betting.
…um… why is the cave connected to the corridor outside my old room?
Interesting… it seems to be connected to everywhere…

Insert going around and around…_

Should we check on your room or just leave it for now?

>>505593
Heads up, the painting has the symbol of a sun on it now. Examine the painting first to see if maybe touching it does something or if there's something written on it maybe. If not, let's check in your old room.

Well that is worrying that it has multiple exits. The dean apparently was able to change passwords for it; Anitonidus probably at least knows what this system is if not how to control it. (Those two were apparently very busy mages, with all the magical creations they have left lying around everywhere.)

>>505600
That's the painting of the dean. It has been like that since he died.

>>505649
Oh, you're right, it was a sun earlier. However, it was blank immediately after his death. I'm guessing that the painting will display his progress.

Also of note is that we didn't see the sun painting today until after Dylon took the 4xmushroom path. So it's possible that taking that path resulted in the painting being activated.

Kaktus 2013/04/14(Sun)07:22 No. 505676 ID: b3ca75
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>let's check in your old room.
Nothing out of the ordinary in here…
What’s that sticking out from under your be-
Nothing out of the ordinary in here!

>Examine the painting.
There’s another painting behind it?

Is it just me or did it suddenly get very cold in... um… why are we outside?
…snow?
An endless field of it…

Insert Make a snow devil!_

Sun was the end of the instructions, wasn't it? Not sure where to go now.

Do you see anything here, across the snow? Or does the door go someplace different now?

Find the secret hot springs. Get Alexander.

Set the clock to midnight.

Wait. We're trying to get to Liz, right? And you've been provided with snow.

Make a Lizard Wizard Blizzard.

Kaktus 2013/04/14(Sun)09:13 No. 505686 ID: b3ca75
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>Get Alexander.
Your buster sword isn’t big enough to get Alexander.
>Do you see anything here, across the snow?
It’s like an endless sea of snow…
>does the door go someplace different now?
It goes to the other side of the wall…
>Set the clock to midnight.
Well… that did absolutely nothing…
>Make a Lizard Wizard Blizzard.
Where are we supposed to find a dairy queen here? Or do you mean a snowlizard? I can do that.

Pretty good, if I have to say it myself.
Pff, it’s a work of art, this snowlizard! Just look at the his little smile that I made.
…so… um… still no ageless one?
Nope.

Insert New quest! Find a top hat for the SnowLizard! Reward: Swag!_

picture of the moon is loose.

Okay, unless we find a hat for the snowlizard and it magically wakes up and becomes Liz when you put it on, I'm not sure what to do.

...maybe the vase the flowers are in is really an upturned magic hat?

well, is it now that we have an illusion to disbelieve?

Kaktus 2013/04/14(Sun)09:42 No. 505691 ID: b3ca75
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>maybe the vase the flowers are in is really an upturned magic hat?
Now that’s just silly.
>picture of the moon is loose.
Um… guys… the painting fell down…
Well, put it back.
…
What happen to the snow?
Nooo! My snowlizard!
Wops, I think I put it in the wrong way…

Insert magic painting_

Oh. So what's in the picture frame controls the enviroment? First you were on the moon (or a giant snowball, I guess) now you're in a dark void.

Hmm. What could we put in the frame to get us to Liz...

You still got the vessel on you?

Maybe take the stopped clock, and put it in the picture frame?

can any of you draw? because if all else fails we could just draw a picture of the school and hope that works, would only recommend doing that as a last resort though. Hey were was the Ageless one suppose to be at again?

Kaktus 2013/04/14(Sun)12:46 No. 505705 ID: b3ca75
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>Maybe take the stopped clock, and put it in the picture frame?
>You still got the vessel on you?
Nothing happens… maybe it have to be a picture?

>can any of you draw?
Here, let me try something…
…
A beach?
Well, I don’t really know what else to draw…
Wow, this thing can really take us anywhere, huh? I wonder if it works with more… um… explicit stuff…
We are not using the magical painting to watch porn… at least not right now.
I wonder if we can put any painting we find in it?

>were was the Ageless one supposed to be at again?
No idea…
>draw a picture of the school
Um… I think we can just turn the painting around to the sun side again to get back.

Insert The painting is for porn!_

Maybe we should just start pulling out all the paintings, it looked like there was another one behind the moon, to see what our options are.

...what about sticking the map that was supposed to guide us to the ancient one in the frame? Logically, if that's meant to guide us to Liz, shouldn't that take us to Liz?

You could try drawing a picture of a lizard lady in a purple robe. That would be Liz. She was made to be the epitome of lizard beauty, and is a powerful mage.

think if you could find a picture of Liz or the Ageless one it would take you to here? If so then go back to the school library and see if you can find any references.

Kaktus 2013/04/14(Sun)14:41 No. 505722 ID: b3ca75
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>we should just start pulling out all the paintings, it looked like there was another one behind the moon.
There’s nothing behind the moon one. Just an empty canvas.
> ...what about sticking the map that was supposed to guide us to the ancient one in the frame?
…the world becomes paper… nothing else.

>You could try drawing a picture of a lizard lady in a purple robe.
Done.
AAAAH!
Invaders! Sound the alarm!
They are coming for her! Protect her at all cost!
Kill them all! Kill the heretics! FOR THE SLEEPING ONE!
RAAAH!
Well… I didn’t expect this…

Insert I want to cast magic missile…_

Ah ask these fine lizards if they serve the ageless one, we kind of need her wisdom.

>>505722
Before we engage in melee with the cultists, tell them you're an ally, and have the One of Many and the Vessel!

If they do attack, defend yourself. Match their level of lethality. They look unarmed, but if they're all mages we're gonna need to treat them as deadly opponents. Considering this is such a private area you might even be able to practice Raise Dead... but Balros doesn't know yet, does he? Okay, nevermind. Avoid using necromantic power in front of Balros.

try and see if you can calm them down first and if that fail just start creaking skulls. After I'm a firm believer in the motto "when words fall there are always fist". just knock them out don't kill them if you can avoid it.

You're not here to hurt the ageless ones, you're here to ask about the warranty on a defect set of head voices and destiny she sold you. And to possibly inquire about the return policy around here.

Customer support, not an invasion.

Kaktus 2013/04/14(Sun)15:29 No. 505731 ID: b3ca75
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Wait! We don’t want to fight! Do you fine lizards serve the ageless one? We kind of need her wisdom…
They seek to exploit the sleeping one! KEEL THEM!
No! I’m an ally! I got the voices of the many with me!
She have stolen the voices from the champion! BURN HER!
I got the vessel!
She wish to abuse the power of the vessel! EXTERMINATE HER!
I’m here to ask about the warranty on a defect set of head voices and destiny the ageless one sold to me.
She’s here for a warranty! ERADICATE HER!
um… return policy?
ANNIHILATE HER! DECAPITATE HER!
Costumer support?
EMANCIPATE H- oh, why didn’t you say so! False alarm everyone! She’s just here for the customer support!
Well, that was weird…
Now, I’m sorry, but you cannot bring your friends with you to the great golden halls of costumer support (oooh!) and endless lines (even more oooh!)! The good news is that we have some really nice waiting rooms right behind you. So… are you ready to come with me to look at this whole destiny problem, or do you wish to talk with your friends first?
…this smells of a trap…
My first case~ yay!

Insert elevator music_

don't know, uh have your friends stay here I guess as I'm sure a whole group of adventurers stands a very good chance of surviving and just see if you can't find Liz, I mean if you need backup you could always rise a zombie if things get really bad. Maybe ask book if he has any idea on what to do or expect.

I guess you'll go and test the trap?

If everything goes wrong, your friends can pull the image out the painting and you can all escape back to the empty place.

>>505731
Hang on. Ask them who the champion is. Antonidas perhaps? Or the Dean, whatever his name is?

I am worried about proceeding alone, but I mean, they were about to attack us anyway... Ask them how long they expect you to wait. Who are in the endless lines?

...yeah this is probably a trap. Maybe we should try to overpower and interrogate them instead.

Kaktus 2013/04/15(Mon)02:36 No. 505848 ID: b3ca75
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>ask book if he has any idea on what to do or expect.
Ah, The sleeping cult… they are all a bit loony, so it’s hard to say how they will act. Generally they are more interesting in more… carnal pleasures… so… um… don’t open any doors that you hear moaning behind.

Before we go, can I ask a few questions? How long do you expect me to wait in these endless lines and who is this champion you speak of?
The endless lines are just a name. There’s no one there. As for the champion, he’s the sleeping ones prince. He comes here every five hundred years when the sleeping ones wakes to… um… continue the family tree. You know, the whole bow chi-
Let’s just go.

--------------------

Are you sure you can find your way in here? I mean, we’ve been walking for twenty minutes and I’m pretty sure we walked in a circle for a while.
Oh, we are just about to arrive. Don’t worry, this place is built like a labyrinth to confuse any enemies of the sleeping one, that’s why it feels like yo-
Death to the ageless one! Long live the ascended one!!
…this isn’t part of the trap…

Insert it’s a trap!_

I think they are infected. Also are their eyes bleeding? Prepare to fight!

Do a scan on these things too.

>>505848
Scythes out! Quickly kill the nearest one with its back to you, and ask our sortof-ally if this is the right way to the ageless one or if we should run the other direction.

If we need to clear this room, let's go almost full hog. Kill all opposition. Drain Life/Energy, maybe Raise Dead if you wanna and think you can control the results, but don't eat anyone.

If this isn't the right way, then run for it. We gotta get to Liz and protect her.

Oh god this entire cult is made up of Kevros and Liz's children isn't it? Oh wait the cultists also have sex so I bet some of it is just their incestuous descendants, ok that may just make it worse. Anyway just start killing the red eyes, maybe make a bad joke about clear eyes in a monotone.

Kaktus 2013/04/15(Mon)04:54 No. 505856 ID: b3ca75
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>Do a scan on these things.
Raised – Semi-Sentient Undead.
Strong – Negative Energy.
Weak – Drain.
>are their eyes bleeding?
Yes, yes they are. Or was. The blood has dried up.

>Quickly kill the nearest one with its back to you.
Claire decapitates Raised 1 for 44 (Critical!)(Surprise!) damage!
Raised 1 has been slain!
>make a bad joke about clear eyes in a monotone.
Um… She had something in her eye… and… I helped her get it out?

>ask our sortof-ally if this is the rig-
Death to the interlo- argh!
Raised 2 attacks Zealot for 14 damage!
Zealot has been slain!
…something tells me these guys don’t really know how to fight…

Insert Leeerooooy_

Welp. Time to slaughter some zombies. Blade dance time! And hit them with a drain if you need the hp since they're weak to it and all.

...can we re-animate the corpses to fight on our side, or is zombie-ism something that only works once?

I say drain and slash tell they are all gone, and also destroy that glyph on the ground because I'm sure it won't help you in any way.

Take out the three by the doorway first in case you need to make a tactical retreat. We should probably go make contact with one of the others and bring them up to speed on the situation as well as get them here.

Kaktus 2013/04/15(Mon)12:14 No. 505888 ID: b3ca75
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>...can we re-animate the corpses to fight on our side, or is zombie-ism something that only works once?
The undead generally disintegrate on death so it’s kind of hard to raise them again. There are some non-undead corpses here for me to use instead, though.
Claire Casts Raise dead! Claire creates Raised!
CONSUME FOR QUEEN CLAIRE! CONSUME EVERYTHING!
Claire’s Raised attacks Raised 2 for 14 damage!
Raised 2 has been slain!

>hit them with a drain. Take out the three by the doorway first.
Well… they seem to be unarmed… hug time!
Claire Energy drains Raised 3, 4, 5 for 22 (Weak) damage!
Raised 3, 4, 5 has been slain!

Kaktus 2013/04/15(Mon)12:16 No. 505890 ID: b3ca75
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>Blade dance time!
I don’t think my dancing skills can be used like that at all… instead let’s just hit them over the head when they come close.
Raised 6 attacks Claire for 0 damage! Unable to pierce Cloth (+Steel)!
Raised 6 attacks Claire for 14 damage(Arm)!
Claire attacks Raised 6 for 11 damage!
Claire’s Raised attacks Raised 7 for 14 damage!
Raised 6, 7 has been slain!
…ouch…

>We should probably go make contact with one of the others and bring them up to speed on the situation as well as get them here.
Except I have no idea how to get back to them… or how to send you guys. This place is a labyrinth, remember? …which beg the question, where do I go now?

CONSUME THEIR CORPSES, MY QUEEN!
Use your indoor voice, minion.
Yes, my queen, oh the great consumer!

Insert feast_

>>505890
Bad Claire, no using the m word. Treat your undead servants like people, even if they do lack free will.

don't know, think you can ask your undead for some directions or maybe feel out for a stronger power source, since I'm guessing that Liz should be pretty powerful. If not then I'm going to half to say just use eeny meeny miny moe and hope for the best.

We should probably dismiss your minion now. We probably don't want to give the still living zealots the impression that we're here to slaughter and consume them and if we do find our way back to the others we don't need another reason for Thanra to mistrust us. Why exactly is this raised talking like this anyway? Claire, you aren't having cravings are you, check your Necromantic Power level.

As for where to go move the bed and check whatever that purple sigil is with a scan. If that doesn't lead to anything useful just start checking doors and be prepared to see something unsavory.

...I don't suppose either of the guys you animated remembers how to get around in here? (Also- not to self, remember to turn off our unintelligent undead when we're done with them).

If that doesn't work... try opening all those doors up there?

>>505890
Do not consume sentients. Raise more undead though, we'll need the help. Hey, can you Drain Life one of your minions to regain health? Personally I think it's fine if you treat zombies like minions, because they aren't really... hang on. Do zombies retain any of their old memories? Maybe you can ask one where to go next. Also, if they do retain memories maybe we should treat them with a bit more respect, but I still think using them as meatshields and HP batteries is fine. It's not like we're going to bring them with us when we leave, and I doubt the living zealots will appreciate having undead walking around.