>>525429
Do this, except kick him in the face halfway through the first sentence instead of waiting for the end. Element of surprise! Aim for his eyes, and use as much claw as you can if you don't have some dumb shoes getting in the way of that.

KICK HIM IN THE NADS

Those things on his face are nads, right

>>525437

Sorry, he does have shoes getting in the way

>>525173

Tell Shub-Niggurath there that he's not really giving a compelling argument to stop right now.

they both already know we are here.

>>525424
next time go to sleep with a match so you can burn this place down.

a match and a gun.

>>525424
KICK
BITE
SCRATCH
PUNCH
RESIST

What response is he expecting holding someone by their throat? Gurgle, I guess or spit in his cuttlefish eyes.

Call him a fruitcake.

>>525448
Well that's dumb. Claw through them!

Oh, nobody else has mentioned it, but if you can, grab the barb at the end of its tentacle so you can keep it away from your head.

>>525429
>>525437
I second this motion.

Toxoglossa 2013/07/19(Fri)19:56 No. 525655 ID: f7d109
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Your arm flails out, hammering the creature's leathery psuedo-skull with an ancient tome of unspeakable evil.

Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha

Toxoglossa 2013/07/19(Fri)19:57 No. 525656 ID: f7d109
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You attempt to kick your captor, but held at arms length all you can do is writhe in its grip.
You think that your struggle can accomplish anything? Go then.

Toxoglossa 2013/07/19(Fri)19:57 No. 525657 ID: f7d109
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Be my evangelist..

Toxoglossa 2013/07/19(Fri)19:57 No. 525658 ID: f7d109
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Tell the world,

Toxoglossa 2013/07/19(Fri)19:57 No. 525659 ID: f7d109
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- I AM COMING.

Toxoglossa 2013/07/19(Fri)19:57 No. 525660 ID: f7d109
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SMACK
>"WAKE UP, DALE"

Toxoglossa 2013/07/19(Fri)19:58 No. 525661 ID: f7d109
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"Wha? Whozzat?"
Beth
>"WHO THE HELL FALLS ASLEEP IN AN MRI?"

Mary
>"Beth, stop! What the hell is wrong with you?"

thank the nice lady and ask what happened since you went out and how long where you out.

>>525661
Tell her she woke you just in time. Also, you think you were forced to fall asleep, because the banging noise you heard when the MRI started up was a giant tentacle knocking over bookshelves. Also Radula says he's coming. Not sure if that's TRUE though.

Also, you might be able to hurt Radula in your dreams. I think it's time you started carrying a weapon on your person... your clothes came with you, so you might be able to bring other objects in. Wouldn't it be great if this was all solved by just shooting the eldritch horror in the face?

Ask if the MRI showed anything interesting.

I swore in the fairy tales this was done with a kiss.

>>525661
It's very comfortable and trance inducing! Not to mention, you know, we've been awake and have been spontaneously falling asleep repeatedly.

>>525663
Yeah, let's get a good knife and try to get comfortable with handling it at the very least. We've had shanking opportunities both times so far.

Oh, and ask how the scan went.

>"WHO THE HELL FALLS ASLEEP IN AN MRI?"
...someone with days of sleep deprivation and a monster hunting his dreams.

You guys see anything interesting on the science screens? Because I was totally there again.

He talks confidently, yet he can still bleed.

With the talk about trying to smuggle things into the dream world, what I wonder is whether all those books are flammable.

Next time we see it avenge Todd....... WE GO FOR IT'S EYES

However for now lets find out if what happened while you were out.

OK Dale you need to take charge of the situation. Mumble something indistinct and slurred while flailing uselessly.

How did Beth know you were asleep?

>>525663
>Also, you might be able to hurt Radula in your dreams. I think it's time you started carrying a weapon on your person... your clothes came with you, so you might be able to bring other objects in.
What about bringing one of those leeches?

>>525661
make a note to start sleeping armed. maybe it'll carry to the sleep world thing.

I just gotta point it out:

He went to sleep in a medical gown...and in his dream was wearing his normal clothes. Why do you think having a weapon while awake will transport into the dream? That wouldn't be very consistent with what we've seen so far.

I'm not convinced that Radula even has power in the dream world. We've only been hurt via a drill to the face in the waking world. Let's focus our efforts there, for now.

>>525721
Aw shit, you're right. It must just be a sort of self-image thing. I still wonder if it's possible to get a weapon there somehow. If not, I guess we could just keep trying to deal damage to Radula when we show up, and escape before we get skewered. With a good enough attack we could knock him out then finish him off... Not that Dale should go to sleep on purpose, of course.

Thank her for waking you up. Act like it was nothing. Ask to see what the MRI showed as soon as possible instead.

Are you starting to feel that urge to run yet?

perhaps if we make the weapon a part of his self image. in the army, when i carried a gun 24/7, the gun often showed up in my dreams.

Toxoglossa 2013/07/20(Sat)16:05 No. 525883 ID: f7d109
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"Urgh...thanks, Beth. How long was I out?"

Beth
>"Not sure. You were in there for about 20 minutes when suddenly you started screaming."

Toxoglossa 2013/07/20(Sat)16:06 No. 525884 ID: f7d109
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You feel your heart sink.
"Oh god, that's too long, hes going to find me. I shouldn't have let that happen. I've put you all in danger. We have to go, Beth, we have to get out of here, now"

Beth
>"Just a second, Dale, settle down."

"No, we have to GO. It talked to me again. It told me its coming, we have to go now. Where's my bag?"

Toxoglossa 2013/07/20(Sat)16:06 No. 525885 ID: f7d109
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Mary
>"Dale, hold on. About your scan..."

"What about my scan?"

Mary
>"Well, its what we found."

Toxoglossa 2013/07/20(Sat)16:07 No. 525887 ID: f7d109
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Dr Slate hands you a print out taken from your scan. Squatting on top of your frontal lobe, the leech's bloated silhouette stands out among your grey matter clearly despite the grainy resolution of the image.

You feel nauseous, staggered not so much by its presence, but by what its existence implies.

Toxoglossa 2013/07/20(Sat)16:07 No. 525888 ID: f7d109
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"Nononononono, I can't, just..Oh god."

Beth
>"Dale, please listen."

Mary
>"We need to get that thing out of there, Dale. There's no telling how long its been in there, or what its done to you."

"Listen thanks for everything doctor, but if I stay here more people are just going to get hurt."

Toxoglossa 2013/07/20(Sat)16:08 No. 525889 ID: f7d109
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>"You Dale Marks? I'm Sheriff Lynwood, please come with me, I'd like to ask you a few questions."


END OF CHAPTER 3

>>525887
Whelp. Don't let it get you down, even though you have done some moderately crazy things, you have not hurt anyone. You've done nothing wrong. In fact you've helped a few people since you've had the leech.

...you know, I'm not thinking a worm in the head is something they let you walk away from against medical advice. Pretty sure they can hold you on that, and that a pressing medical problem takes precedence over police custody.

Going to the police is pretty much the worst option, though. We're trapped in one location, surrounded by armed people who could be possessed.

Called it.

>>525899
Armed, skeptical, pigheaded people unwilling to alter their world-view to face a changing and nightmarish reality.

Also, "I'm sorry officer, I'd love to come with you, but there's a parasite in my brain that I need this doctor to look at."

>>525889
Avoid being confrontational. You want to get away as soon as possible, and that means being cooperative. Say you can answer any questions he has right here.
Getting rid of the leech seems like a risky proposition when so far leeches seem to have good effects. Whoever drilled that hole in your head to put that leech in might have saved you.

Eh, dont worry. If they take out the leech, let them.
We can always put another one in.

Hold on, remember what the leech did for Todd? This thing might be what's keeping you from being taken over.

That's what we drilled our forehead to try and get out, isn't it?

>>525943
No. Someone else drilled his forehead to put it IN.