And the laylines are down both here and in the orc city as they shut them down every night, that might also be something to mention.

This here is why you should never act under anger UNTIL you thought things through, that way you can go nuts with any worries.

As for what to do... the best I can think of is to get both of them out of sight but I don't think that's going to work to well as the line has been crossed and short of you sending us back to him I don't know how we can talk him down... but then that leaves you in the dark but that's the best I got.

Victor 2014/04/05(Sat)18:49 No. 569362 ID: 753e50
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[[Before we commit to blockading the doors and digging ourselves deeper into this mess, are you sure this is a wise decision? The guardsman has already made the call and gone into hiding, so we cannot stop it before it begins... but we could simply allow the police to take us. I can't imagine us being detained for more then a day or two.

Although... perhaps it will be longer. I do not know much about the elves or their relationship with other races, like goblins and orcs. Or the level of corruption in their legal system. Or, now that I'm thinking about it, perhaps they will try and use the opportunity to enslave me- Anelyds are quite rare and valuable; we live deep underground, and we can be used to greatly amplify magic. I don't know if their system will consider me legally sentient and thus with rights. Or for that matter, if they give rights to anybody. Maybe their punishment for touching a doorman is immediate beheading. Maybe they simply lynch anybody who causes any trouble, no matter how minor. Possibly they never agreed to the system of jails and courtrooms in the first place.

Goddamn it! This whole thing was exactly the sort of situation I was hoping to avoid!]]

>>569362
Hmm. You're right. Too many unknowns.

Let's ditch the Ent. You can try to sleep in the woods and find another city somewhere to try for a leyline in the morning. Our time here wasn't completely wasted- you have blankets now!

No use staying here and letting pissed off authorities fuck with us. Get out of here and calm down your friends. A bit more talking with the guy and we could have worked something out I bet.

Victor 2014/04/08(Tue)15:44 No. 569779 ID: 753e50
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[[So here we are. Back out in the woods. Not an optimal situation.

We have blankets, and the ground is soft enough to sleep on. I can provide light and heat. The only thing we need, and it is absolutely necessary, is protection. Uncivilized orcs are not pleasant- even if we have an orc with us, they will not be hospitable. In fact, the presence of K'orr may enrage them further. They dislike their civilized brothers. As well as weakness. A scarred and wounded orc would be seen as almost an insult to the species and grounds for immediate execution, or so I am told.

All three of us are exhausted, I doubt anybody can be trusted to stay up and keep watch. Seshe can set up traps and defences, but her hands are still encased in metal balls. We were planning to have them removed tomorrow in the elf city, but with this new turn in development, we need the use of her hands immediately.

I cannot 'magic' the cuffs off without burning or damaging her hands, and K'orr cannot smash it off, as he did his own, without breaking her fingers. Our only potential tool is K'orr's shoulderpad, which is extremely heavy and durable. Although it is essential we do not break it, as it is designed to inject him with painkillers and other assorted life sustaining drugs. The horns were his own decoration and can be removed. If you are wondering, his mask is 'welded' to his face and cannot be taken off, as he and Seshe tell me.

So, to reiterate. We must remove the metal balls from Seshe's hands so that she can protect us. We should hopefully get this done soon. Once we have that cleared up, I can relinquish you for the night and meet up with you again tomorrow.]]

Sounds like a plan. Just be very careful and let us know if anything goes wrong.

We could watch over you during the night after we make sure things are going well back home if you want.

Do the balls have seams? If so:
1) Find a pair of stones thicker than Seshe's hands but thinner than the spheres
2) Find a flat stone surface, and a large flat slab
3) Place a sphere on the flat surface, with the two stones on either side of the sphere
4) Place the slab on top
5) Have Seshe flatten her hand inside the sphere
6) K'orr presses down on the slab.
The sphere will hopefully pop open at the seams, and the smaller rocks will prevent the slab crushing Seshe's hand.

Hrrrm...The decorative horns is a plus, but that turns into hit one against the other and hope the impact that breaks the balls doesn't injure Seshe, and that seems about as feasible as you trying to magic them off...
Would somehow 'magicing' the horns to have a particular effect be a possibility? I figure if we could, say, teleport those cuffs a good distance away that alone would do the trick.
Alternatively...We could try and have Seshe advise as you or K'orr make the traps, but that I think is only to be attempted if something goes wrong with our previous methods.

>>569779
How are her hands positioned? Is it solid metal that has been encased around her fingers, or are her hands clenched inside a hollow?

Also you can make the metal expand by heating it up. Any expansion will be minor.

If your friend's teeth is strong enough, perhaps they can chew them off. Other than that.. if you could warp a chain into a razor and then heat it, it could possibly be used to shave the spheres.

Victor 2014/04/13(Sun)14:07 No. 570512 ID: 753e50
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>>569785
[[The sphere does not have seams, and it is too dark to fumble around for stones in any case. I'm afraid that is not a practical suggestion at the moment, although if we had more light I would give it a try anyway.]]

>>569835
[[Her hands are in hollows. I would heat her cuffs up only a little if I could, but I have very little control over my magic. It has taken me years just to teach myself the very simple art of controlling objects close to me, such as arms and masks.

Goblins have notoriously sharp teeth, but that will take hours, hours which we do not have.]]


>>569786
[[This idea, however, I very much like. I can enchant the horns, and test each piece of magic before I commit to using it on her cuffs.

Let's give it a shot.]]

Victor 2014/04/13(Sun)14:08 No. 570515 ID: 753e50
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[[I was very much hoping that one of the trees would split open, or melt without heat. Or teleport away, as you said.

And I am out of both horns and trees to experiment with. This is unfortunate.]]

So we've got a horn of growth, a horn of create life, and a horn of... I can't tell what those things are on the last tree. Mushrooms?

Well the good news is that you can use this method of identification to produce enchanted items that can be sold as having a somewhat predictable effect. Instead of potions, we could make, I don't know, enchanted balls? You could even still have it be a gamble by having the balls be cheap but the labels for them expensive. Wait, are items enchanted like this safe to handle? Would you have to wear anti-magic gloves or something?

The horn that turned the tree fleshy might still work for this problem, because flesh is a hell of a lot easier to break than metal.

you can also lose your chain. have each link be broken open and enchant those.

*thinks* Well if we can just enchant ANYTHING then why not just break off some branches from the growth tree, enchant those and test em on each other until we get what we want. (Don't wanna mess with the mutoid or spheres trees unless we have too!)
However...Of the effects we have...Depending on what exactly those spheres are we MIGHT be able to use that horn to make the spheres easier to remove.
Growth I doubt would be useful on metal...Or it would be and Seshe's hands would be squished, given how chaotic that magic seems to have worked on the tree, there's no garuntee it'd not just grow random bulges and spikes instead of just getting bigger to say, sized for Korr and easy for Seshe to remove her hands from.
Life one...Maaaaybe less risky? I just have this feeling where we use it and then the spheres turn into something with teeth that then bite off Seshe's hands. Besides, I don't really see how that would help as far as getting them off, aside from making them more likely to deform off BEFORE Seshe's hands get broken from Korr pulling them off.
The Sphere magic is our best bet-seems to have made the smallest amount of change to the tree, and it mostly riddled it with those spheres that look like they are only still in the tree via being too far lodged in to roll out- I'm HOPING that if that magic was done on the spheres Seshe's hands wouldn't be effected...And the transmuted Spheres would be removable, hopefully a few in a place that could let Seshe remove her hands.

I'd try the Horn of Stuff to Flesh, probably, unless you wanted to enchant a bunch of rocks or something. I can't actually tell what the last one did, but it seems like having your hands stuck in balls of meat is way easier to fix than having your hands stuck in balls of metal.

As mentioned, do you know of a way to safely handle thus magicked items? Like, could you enchant one end of a stick and not the other? You might make a pretty crazy weapon like that, which perhaps one of the others could use, or could be used in a trap, or something.

well if anyone is chasing us then they're bound to have the crap scared out of them if they come here. but as for the goblin's restraints... yeah I would think the flesh one might actually be easier to slip out of but I'm not sure if it would just effect her restraints or all of her so I'm a bit worried. good way to test this is to grab a rock or something place it against a tree and then press the horn against the rock. If it only effects the rock then we're probably good to try it on the restraints, if it messes with the rock and tree then shit.

??? 2014/04/17(Thu)18:20 No. 571302 ID: 753e50
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"Hello again! Please excuse the sudden summoning, I wanted to let you know that we are done here. I got slightly delayed- the wall grew a mouth. That doesn't usually happen, and I'm a little rusty at dealing with it. I took a few minutes to get it to shut up and stop shouting gibberish at the top of its lungs. But, one way or another, we're finished! Greenie has been a huge help, by the way. When he knows what to do, he's quite an artist!

I have some good news to tell you all! I won't need to leave immediately. My Lord has asked me to stay for the night instead. He wants to speak with Vicki, but not until tomorrow morning, when we've all had some rest. What it means is that I can absolutely help her with controlling her mastery over you, as you asked. Right after we cut this door open.

Shall we, then?"

>>571302
Ergh. Yes, okay. Let's get this over with. A word of warning however, Vicki does not like the idea of a Blood Mage hanging around, and is very apprehensive about dealing with your Lord at all.

We do not have any say in the matter. You should save her, but be prepared for her to tell you to get lost.

Nice work there. Is it going to be shooting blood everywhere shortly?

As for Vicki she is a bit apprehensive about blood mages. Have tried to convince her that there are plenty of neat applications of the art but you know how it goes.

Maybe if you can show her some neat non threatening uses for blood magic she might open up a bit more.

I mean if you are living in a mansion you got by killing a bunch of guys I really do not see how blood mages are so bad.

so teeth are incredibly rare when things turn to flesh?

Oh so that's what Victor did to that tree, oh and what's on greeny's cheek?

OH also since we have you're attention right now, do you have any idea on how to remove metal balls that someone places over someone's hands so they can't cast spells and whatnot? I ask because that's a problem we're kinda facing right now with Victor.

Oh and feel free to open the door whenever you're ready... and be careful of fire, last we saw both Vicki and firebeard where trying to burn they're way out so fire might be a thing to watch out for.

HUNH!
Thank you for showing us your 'convert hallway to flesh' spell! It seems to have an end result quite simmilar to another bit of magic we've seen recently.
However...When we last left Vicki, she and her fellow mage were sitting right next to the door. I highly reccomend starting the cut at the handle- the door is jammed shut via ice in the locking mechanisms, according to what we heard before we were called away.

>>571325
The thing on his cheek is a partial bloodboil rune, to keep him warm.

??? 2014/04/24(Thu)14:31 No. 572224 ID: 753e50
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>>571304
"I can absolutely understand if she's a little guarded. Blood mages do not have a very good reputation. Honestly, I did not ever imagine myself indulging in the art. Not until my Lord persuaded me. Before then, I held the same prejudices as everyone else.

I think we should let a familiar face open the door. That should help ease her nerves, right? Greenie, would you mind cutting the door open?"

"hold My blanket Please, yes i Can cut it"

"Thank you!"

??? 2014/04/24(Thu)14:34 No. 572226 ID: 753e50
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"Don't cut out the whole thing, go right down the- there, you got it!"

I wanted to mention something about Greenie - I've told you that his body is dead. Completely. I am surprised rigor mortis hasn't set in yet, but unless Victor has discovered an entirely new branch of magic, whatever mix of spells created him can't preserve his body forever. Eventually he'll start to stink, and rot, and then he'll be gone. And if I had to guess, I don't think his body can last longer then, say, a month.

There is one way to preserve a body, and it just so happens to fall into my branch of magic. But... let me describe the rune I know. It will turn the blood in his veins into dust and render him completely dry and dessicated. My Lord tells me that in your world, there are creatures called 'mummies' that look very similar. He won't be able to move or act in any way until I cut in the reverse rune. Then he comes back, perfectly preserved. That is the only way I know of to keep a body from decaying.

Since I don't think he wants to be kept in one place for the rest of his existance, unable to move even a single muscle, he needs something else. I don't really know what, is the thing.

>>572226
As it happens, Victor knows how to move objects close to his body. If you preserve his body like that he may still be able to move it. Alternatively he could just make himself an artificial body for when the corpse decays. What I'm more concerned about is how he will perceive his "body" rotting or being preserved. He feels cold when the body is cold, so what happens when it's injured or decays or is mummified? Also, does he even need the body?

Ask him if he could perceive temperature and such through his artificial arms when he had them. Also if he's willing to experiment with removing the orb from the head it's placed in.

yeah, need to know how he works, if he is just linked to the body then making a better body would work. perhaps a golem of some sort.

>>572226
Talk to a water mage about that particular rune and see if you can manage something slightly different.

??? 2014/04/29(Tue)15:45 No. 572699 ID: 753e50
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We don't have time to do anything right now! It is a little late, and I will be busy all through tomorrow morning, preparing for my Lord's arrival. I was only bringing it to your attention. Maybe you should talk about it with Greenie directly, when you get a chance?

Although, since you mention it... my Lord will hate me for this, he really doesn't like me to advertise the others above him. But you may wish to find an audience with Heron, the god of Air, Water and Knowledge. He is the best water mage in the world, as well as the world's leading expert on attempting to merge technology and magic. I do not know what a golem is, but I'm guessing that it is another form of artificial body? Magic is not well suited for that, but Technology is. The trick is getting his head into a robot body without breaking it.

Either way! That's for you to decide. You could also try a regular water mage as well, or whatever else you want. For my part, I'd be glad to carve the rune anytime, whenever I have time. The door is

Victor 2014/04/29(Tue)15:45 No. 572700 ID: 753e50
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[[Sorry to interrupt! If you got yanked away, I assume it is important. I will be quick, I only wanted to mention that the flesh enchantment worked. There were no teeth, no biting, K'orr was perfectly able to remove her cuffs.

It's rather amazing to watch her work. Like a spider kobold on crack. She's only had a few short minutes, after all. I do not even understand how she does this without magic, she practically seems to pull the materials out of thin air and her hands are a blur when she's setting it. And we can only see a tiny segment of her work, she has been quickly spreading her web out into the distance. Goblins are fascinating when they aren't screaming obscenities in your face or lording themselves over you.

Anyway, we need to figure out how to stop these interruptions as we pull you away from each other. The problem is nobody knows where you are or what you are doing, if you're not with them at that one moment. But we won't discuss it now. I'll send you back to wherever you were, we will speak again tomorrow.]]

Vicki 2014/04/29(Tue)15:46 No. 572701 ID: 753e50
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Oh. Hey, you're back? Uhm, the door's in the middle of getting cut open, so.. that's good. I hope we can restore the kitchen, it's kinda the only kitchen we have and all. Well, whatev-

"An' wha' in the hell is tha'?!"

"Oh! Oh, shit, did I not introduce you two? Shit. Uhm, that's V-2. He's our friend, and a clone of Victor. It's kinda weird. He's friendly though! Just, don't make him talk."

"...As long as we're gettin' to th'ah warmth, it doesn' matter t'me. Now, where's tha' blood mage o'yers?"

So.. uhm, I guess I'll have to thank her when I see her huh? Even though this door thing is disgusting. Whatever. I guess she's out in the hall. Shall we head out, then?

Oh! Actually, how's Victor doing? You guys mentioned an explosion awhile ago, but between the whole burning to death and then freezing to death thing, I guess it slipped between the cracks a bit. I'm just sort of assuming he's okay, because I mean, he's goddamn crazy like that. I don't even know if he can be killed at all? But I still really want to know what's going on with him.

yeah, victor is okay, he's with his coworkers.
also our new bloody friend has explaned that V-2's body is already dead, he is just the orb, but is somehow controlling body. sorta like how victor could use those arms he had.

>>572701
He was captured along with his goblin employer and orc bodyguard, escaped and tried to get to a leyline via the wandering Elf Ent city, but they don't let nonhumans in. Seshe got pissed off and tried to have K'orr take the doorman hostage to get in but we disagreed with that plan and had to ditch the city before more guards came. They're camped in the woods right now, and Seshe is setting up traps so they'll be safe.

I'm honestly not sure how we're gonna get them out of there. Do you know of any leylines near the Black Tower but not in it? Both the Black Tower and Ent City's leylines are deactivated. Not that trying the Ent City would be a good idea again...

well we have good news, bad news, and meh news

The good is victor is ok and is looking to be in a better spot and we'll probably try and talk to him again tomorrow to find out where he is and how to get him back home.

The meh news is that the blood mage is going to be staying a bet longer then she planed and v-2's body is going to start to decompose soon since it is a corpse but she did give us some tips on how to work around that and it's not blood magic. Something about seeing if we can't get Heron to give us some advice on golems to give greeny an artificial body that'll last.

Oh and the bad news is that according to the blood mage, her god (who's name escapes me at this time) is going to be dropping by tomorrow so yeeeeaaaah... just letting you know.

Okay, the room is spinninnnnng.
Seriously, we don't just need you to train- we need a way to be in three places at once.
Okay, So Victor's okay! He, Seshe and Korr are all camping out because the Ent thing didn't pan out.
You're gonna meet the busty BloodMage and you two can swap magic tips and whatnot!
And well, there's some thing we wanna check out with Greenie as well. Never a dull moment eh?

Vicki 2014/05/05(Mon)15:05 No. 573270 ID: 753e50
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Euuugh! Okay, see? This is exactly the kind of shit that makes people dislike blood mages. Is it, like, alive? Are we hurting it?... I don't even know where to start thinking about this.

And she's supposed to be staying?... I guess there's not much I can do about that, if she's backed up by Lord Baron, the god of 'fuck you I'll do what I want'. I'm still not happy about it, though.

"Good evening, Firebeard! My Lord has been watching you for many years. You are one of his favourite mages in the world! And I really mean it."

"Am I, now? Not sure wha' Ah think about tha'. Depends on who this 'lord' o'yers is. Not sure I'm likin' the idea o' bein' watched all tha' much."

Okay. A moment ago, he was practically drowning in his own saliva at the thought of this mage and her tits. I was sort of expecting him to, like, just jump at her and latch on, or something. And now... well, look at him. All shifty and mistrustful and weird. He's so... he's just weird. All paranoid psychotic one moment, and then fairly cool and easygoing the next, and some kinda pervert the moment after. And then right back to paranoid psychotic again? I don't think I like him very much.

But, uhm, that's not what I should be worrying about right now, huh? Sorry, I ramble sometimes. I guess I should thank the blood girl.

"Uhm. Miss Blood Mage? Thank you for letting us out. I really do appreciate it."

"It was my pleasure, Miss Victoria! And I have more to give you! I assume you're talking with the guides, given your blank stare and pauses. When you are finished, I would like to discuss some magic theory with you. And, of course, I need to give you my tome!"

Ugh. I so don't want to learn blood magic, guys. But... I guess I'll listen to her. See what there is to see, at least.

So... busy day today. Not so much with me, I was stuck in the ice mostly. But... we gotta do something about V-2's body apparently, Victor needs to find a way home, she's bringing the second most violent god over to our house. I got magic to learn, and we still need to pack this place up. I've been thinking, and I'm kinda getting the idea that we're gonna be right in the middle of a big crossfire between Lord Baron and A.A.E., and I'd really prefer to have a bunch of strong magic friends around if it comes to that.

But I guess there's not a whole lot we can do about anything right now. Uhm, tell me if there's anything else you need. Otherwise, I guess this is good night for now, huh?

eh, I can't think of anything so we might as well call it a night. Like always feel free to call us if you need some help.

>>573270
Inform Firebeard that the "Lord" is Lord Baron. It sounds like Lord Baron likes those who research new types of magic...

Now that I think on it it kind of makes sense that Baron would approach you. All else aside he's the god of magic, and you've always wanted to be a great wizard?
Hrrm. That said, yeah, inform FireBeard about the Baron- maybe he'll have some words of wisdom to offer?

Vicki 2014/05/07(Wed)12:28 No. 573526 ID: 753e50
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I think the blood girl's filling him in, actually, while I'm talking to you guys. So, I guess that's done already.

What is her name, anyway? Is it just, like, 'blood girl' from now on?

Whatever. Anyway, I'll just- oh!

"Thank you, V-2!"

"*$@&&% H$&AHH (@#) #*@&&FY&742---"

"Hey! Hey! It's okay! No need to say you're welcome! Really!"

So... I guess that's everything? I'll see you all soon. Uhm... have a good night on your end? If you even have nights over there. I hope you do, or this is gonna sound a little- you know what? Doesn't matter. Good night guys, talk to you later.

>>573526
...I think we forgot to ask her name. Good night.

Ooops yeah, blood girl's name so she can stop being blood girl. We keep overlooking that, I guess because we don't need her name as long as we've only got 3 people to deal with at any one point in time, and 'blood girl' works as a name for her.

??? 2014/05/08(Thu)12:49 No. 573633 ID: 753e50
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She's gone already, but I heard you! I don't really have a name, honestly. I had one, but it's been a long time, and I've forgotten it. My Lord just calls me by my Number. Which is One, since he's... since he does not have any other servants. Not at the moment.

I don't get a lot of contact with the outside world. The only other people I see are visitors to my Lord, who rarely speak with me. So I haven't exactly needed it... but thinking about it, I actually really like the idea of having a name again. Would you like to give me one?

would Ava be ok?

>>573633
Wait, how does Lord Baron not have any other servants? Is he losing the war against A.A.E.? Or is a Servant a special position?

As for the name, how about Chelsea?

Sanuna?
Sanguine, and uno, your specialty, and your rank.
Or maybe Sangudosa?
Sanuna
Sangudosa, these are the names this guide offers.

Ava 2014/05/08(Thu)16:10 No. 573649 ID: 753e50
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>>573639
I'm not a fancy girl. I do like "Sanguine", but I'm just a servant, not anybody of importance. I think I should have a nice, humble name, don't you?

>>573638
>Wait, how does Lord Baron not have any other servants? Is he losing the war against A.A.E.? Or is a Servant a special position?

I... I really don't want to talk about it. My Lord has... it isn't anything to do with A.A.E., I will say that.

It doesn't matter. He will have many new servants soon.

>>573637
Ava... Ava. Hmm. It reminds me of something. Was my old name an 'A' name? Andrea? Alex? Amber?... I don't like my past, and I prefer where I am now. But sometimes it's nice to keep hold on a few old memories. I think I'll take Ava.

Thank you, everyone! It is getting very late now, and there are still things to do. So, good night to you all! I am excited to have you meet my Lord tomorrow!

well as long as no one dies we'll probably get along great. See ya in the morning kid.