Toxoglossa 2013/09/11(Wed)21:05 No. 540307 ID: 5acad3
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The converted guards surround the deity Enki impaling him on their spears. His body bleeds an ice cold torrent of water from its wounds, which cascades over the marble floor. You remember reading something about Enki's nature as a giver of water as well as knowledge.

Toxoglossa 2013/09/11(Wed)21:06 No. 540308 ID: 5acad3
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Downstairs, the guard captain manages to catch up to the short legged priest as he descends into a deep, hollow stairwell.

Captain
"Hey! Stop right there!"

Your words echo oddly, as if the whole chamber is resigned to resonate, possibly to help form the inter universal conduit that awoke the Cacophony.
He turns to look, and hesitates when he sees the captain, but continues running.

Have the Captain catch up and gloat horribly when he gets the book back.

>>540308
Have the captain catch up and just stab him. Dead people pull fewer escape tricks. And we still need to catch up ourselves.

Throw the spear at that little butthead let's goo

I didn't know they had bad combovers in ancient Babylon.

You know if merely touching the book allows the memory embedded in it to sink into a person's mind. Why hasn't that hippo gotten a acid trip yet?

Your captain must be in better shape than the priest, he should be able to catch up.

The thing to be careful of is the priest dropping the book down the stairwell, especially if he's killed.

...and I don't know if that flood of water is going to be a problem, either.

>Why hasn't that hippo gotten a acid trip yet?
Maybe he isn't sensitive enough? Sensitivity could vary. And the fact he hasn't touched the inside might matter.

Toxoglossa 2013/09/12(Thu)21:49 No. 540441 ID: 5acad3
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>>540352
Your soldier takes aim and hurls his spear at the tiny priest...

Toxoglossa 2013/09/12(Thu)21:50 No. 540442 ID: 5acad3
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...who turns with a squeal as it hits him squarely in the shoulder, nearly stapling him to the wall.

Toxoglossa 2013/09/12(Thu)21:50 No. 540443 ID: 5acad3
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Giving you the time to drop down behind him.
Your mind-voice seethes with an incandescent fury.
The Book. Give it to me. Now.

Toxoglossa 2013/09/12(Thu)21:50 No. 540444 ID: 5acad3
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>>540370
RRRRRGGGHHH WHAT did you do THAT FOR?

Toxoglossa 2013/09/12(Thu)21:51 No. 540445 ID: 5acad3
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YOU DO NOT DESERVE THIS MERCY. YOU ONLY DELAY THE INEVITABLE.

Toxoglossa 2013/09/12(Thu)21:52 No. 540446 ID: 5acad3
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Upstairs, your remaining archers manage to keep Enlil distracted long enough for Tiamat to catch him in midair. The great wyrm rears triumphantly as it starts to chew its prey, seemingly unconcerned as Ki continues to slash at its body.

>>540446
Uh, I think that lightning god is about to deliver a potent shock straight down the length of that very wet worm.

>>540444
I warned you to watch out for that.

Follow. Quickly.

>>540446
Slam the lightning god into the floor to ground his attack.

>>540444
Dive after it. A few broken everythings are still better than losing the book.

also, dont you have wings?

>>540504

That would make things so much easier. No.

Oh, in your haste, don't trip and fall down the stairs, possibly breaking your neck and forcing you to reconstitute in order to retrieve the book!

Toxoglossa 2013/09/13(Fri)21:41 No. 540533 ID: 5acad3
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>>540447
As Tiamat greedily devours its catch, a surge of energy courses through the storm god, creating tendrils of electricity which search through the air for the path of least resistance.

Toxoglossa 2013/09/13(Fri)21:43 No. 540534 ID: 5acad3
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They bury themselves in the creature's soaking flank and a thunderbolt hammers through the wyrm mother.

Toxoglossa 2013/09/13(Fri)21:44 No. 540535 ID: 5acad3
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The great monster teeters, its carapace smoking and scorched from the blast.

Toxoglossa 2013/09/13(Fri)21:45 No. 540536 ID: 5acad3
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But even as your champion staggers, you race towards your prize. She has fulfilled her purpose and delayed any pursuit, giving you the opening you needed. All that matters to you now is the Book.

Toxoglossa 2013/09/13(Fri)21:45 No. 540538 ID: 5acad3
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Nothing can possibly stop you now.

Toxoglossa 2013/09/13(Fri)21:45 No. 540540 ID: 5acad3
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No

Toxoglossa 2013/09/13(Fri)21:46 No. 540541 ID: 5acad3
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No no no no no no

Toxoglossa 2013/09/13(Fri)21:46 No. 540542 ID: 5acad3
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NOOOOOOOOOOO

Toxoglossa 2013/09/13(Fri)21:48 No. 540544 ID: 5acad3
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F̛̰̝͙̎ͧ͋̅̉F̷̬̩̹̺̒Fͤ̅͋͌ͦ̏ͯ͏̫̹͖̮̝̠̕͠ͅF̡̲̩̺͌̐̓͗ͫ̂̉ͤF̓ͯ̓͗͐҉͓͍͓͜F̵̙̿̑F͍̊̄͑F̶̰͈͈̗̦̙̃͛̐̏͞

Toxoglossa 2013/09/13(Fri)21:49 No. 540545 ID: 5acad3
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F̴̧ͦ̇̈ͯ́̕҉̴̱͚͔̪̰̯͕͙̳U̵̡̒̌̔̒͆ͭ͗͊ͭ͋̿̀ͯ̐͒ͥ̄ͯ͝͏҉̼̝̜̹͖Ṵ̡̡̧̤̖̲̩͙̪͓͈̱̞͕̯̺̏͗ͫ͌̈ͮ̌̑̎̽̓͡Uͯ͆͛̓̾̓ͤ͗̾ͧ͂̃͗̌̄ͥ
̵̧̛͍̖̞̲̯̹͈͚̼̜͔̮̀̔̀̕ͅÙ̽͒ͦͤ̋̏̈́̃̒̽͋̓ͪ͗҉̸̱̖̯̭͇̲̕͟Ṳ̸͔̩̺̩ͬ͐̿͐̀ͫ͑ͨ̀͞͡U̴̡̪̜͖̜̞͙̜̎̄̄͂̀͑͂̂͛͋̿ͣ

Toxoglossa 2013/09/13(Fri)21:50 No. 540546 ID: 5acad3
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U̫̮̟̼͍̳̪͎̬͙̜̩͙͂̄͒̉̌̾̈́̽͆̐̒̀͜ͅṴ̧̡̭̹̪̓ͧ̃̈́̔̃̏̔̎͂ͥ̇̀͡͝U̴̢̙̼̻͓̘̮̅ͭͧ͒̒̔ͥ̑̃̒̑ͭ̈́̎ͦ̌͘͠͞C̡ͮͪ̂ͯ͐̿̃̃̽̐̍͑̎͒ͧ҉̟͇̣̗̯̺̗͇̯̳̱̳͝͝
̲̼̭̰Ç̤̙̙͈̪̲̝̘̙̗̗͌̓̐͌͊̂͛͗̊̕͝ͅ

Toxoglossa 2013/09/13(Fri)21:50 No. 540547 ID: 5acad3
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Ç̵̾ͫ̋̂ͩ͆̏ͯ̇̌ͬ̾̈ͯ͗̽ͬͯ͜͜͏̠̮̭̜̮̳͈̼̳Ç̢̛̹͔̦̺̪̙̜͇̗̟̠̬ͧ͗̀ͣ̀ͯ͂͆̏̚͜͠C̴̨̗̫̹̭̳̗̯͚̭̏̀͌͋͟K͛̊ͭ̋͛̊́̓͋̍́̊͗̐ͦ͗̔
̨̢̛̛̟̱̳̲̒K̡ͥ͐ͤ̐̍̆ͧͥͭ́̈́̓̓ͥͤ͞҉̰̺̟͓͙̖̟̪̪̖̰̺K̶͓̞̠ͭ̏̓̈͑̅̂̅ͪ͑ͤͯ͊͂͗͂͞ͅK̷̨͊̀͂ͨͥ̅ͣ̌̀̆̈́ͩͮ̾̾͏̞̺͓̳̥̦̟̠͙͎̤̯̪̰͍̖̩͍͟K͌͂̍ͪͣ̕͡͞
̛̯̪̦̝̜͚͇̣̻̘̰̝̩̮̞̥̦̜̟Ḵ̡̛̲͍̼ͧ̒̂̿̒̈̓̊ͦͨ͂͊̔ͪͥ͐K̴̛͉̺͍̱̰̲̃̽̓ͪ͒͒ͯ͑̈́͌ͩ́̚͘͠K̢̪͔̟͔̱͎̻͉̲̯̜̜͓͛ͧͥ̓͑̀ͣ̉̍ͫ̅ͯ͑̚K̅̎ͪ͐͗ͩͫͭ̌ͮ̆̅̂
̂̾͋̆̄͗҉̷̙̯̻̯̥͓̱̝͕̦̪͔̫͓̘̦K̸̡͔̰̗͖ͨ͒͐͆̉ͣ̀͝K̢̝̘̩̤͓͚̄ͦ̍ͥ̀́̚͝K̸ͧͣ̓͛̆̈̊̑ͩͤͥ̈́ͯͤͥ҉̖̘̬͕͕̞͓͓̘͚̺̪̘̼̠̹̮͇̥̀͟K͐̎̎ͬ̉̍̋ͩ̋͛͐̈̐͊ͣ
̴̶̜̳̜̟͓͕̟̰̮̖̹͈̳̫͇̼͈͑

Tough luck my dear otherworldly being. Looks like the Book has slipped out of your grasp. Better hope it's not sentient and this is merely a stroke of bad luck. In any case, I suppose that various hijinks will ensure that you'll never get the Book for a long time. But in any case, if you find that it has fallen into the hands of some fox or canine guy constantly sleep deprived with a hole in his head. Try taking a more subtle approach.

>>540547
Great, now the Book is... destroyed? What did you just DO?

I bet the gods totally got away, too. What a huge failure you are, Radula. A HUGE FAILURE.

...whoops.

So... are you dead in this Universe now, or what? If not, get the fuck up already. You have a book to find.

Lessons learned: Never speak anyone's actual name (might want to come up with aliases), we could probably hide the book; especially if we do a twofold hiding spot (A puts book into one box and lays out 2 others next to it, B hides each box, noone knows exactly where the book is, or maybe have each person carry a possible book box), Rad can control himself and others at the same time, if the venom carries a message in its chemical structure then maybe we can reverse it, and finally, don't ever make Rad think he has lost outright.

Radula has heard Dr. Slate, Todd, and possibly Dale's name. He most likely does not know Jeff or Beth's name (since they were never stated while anyone he controlled was nearby)

Let's review.

1) Radula isn't dead. That's like saying blue is dead.
2) Swearing is bad.

>>540563

3) Ki is a motherfucking champion at ruining evil plans with their own giant death wurm.

Disco is dead as well, do you dispute this?

You know, it is starting to look plausible that we are the book in some way.

>>540608
Disco isn't dead. It lies dormant beneath the earth, waiting.

>>540609
What a twist that'd be, eh?

Note to Radula: next time, waterproof (or worm-entrail-proof) the Book.

>>540610
No, The Twist is more rock-and-roll than disco.
I'll show myself out

Toxoglossa 2013/09/15(Sun)20:59 No. 540737 ID: 5acad3
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A coarse wind rasps against your skin. It tastes of ash and sand.

Toxoglossa 2013/09/15(Sun)21:04 No. 540740 ID: 5acad3
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You stand under a sky still darkened at midday; the sun choked by a dense black cloud. The temperature has dropped considerably in the last few days, most of which have been spent digging. When you aren't digging you are wandering, trying to find some familiar fragment of the temple. Anything to help you find where the book may have landed in the explosion.

You have never been away from the library for so long. Your vision of the future has been reduced to the mere blink of an eye; or would be if you could blink.

The Chorus, if any survived, have retreated back into hiding and are unlikely to act as overtly in the future. They gambled much on their plan and now the book is lost to them as well.

Your only consolation is that in this universe, the book cannot be destroyed, damaged or altered. It is not of this place and is like you; both a singular object yet infinite. Wherever it is, it lies safely amidst the destruction you have left and in the infinite course of causality it will be found again.

Toxoglossa 2013/09/15(Sun)21:04 No. 540741 ID: 5acad3
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Your patience stretched and body exhausted, you decide it is time to leave this place. You step in a direction unseen, and slip back into the comfortable nightmare of the library.

Toxoglossa 2013/09/15(Sun)21:05 No. 540742 ID: 5acad3
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Using its resources you can narrow down the list of possible timelines, and pinpoint where the book will resurface.

Toxoglossa 2013/09/15(Sun)21:05 No. 540743 ID: 5acad3
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You could do that...

..but you want to talk to your guest first.

END OF INTERMISSION

Is that your drill-tool loving professor?
Doesn't make much sense to see him at this point in the library, though...
Although, I guess there's no linear timeline intersection with this small spacetime of order...