Flummo 2015/04/20(Mon)17:50 No. 635536 ID: de4854
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Nameless, faceless, and about to be lifeless.

The trial concluded. The decision made. Execution for wanting a name.

Well hell you might as well name yourself. And well, being referred to by something other
than "it" would be nice too...

So who do you want to die as?

>>635536

David 'no-neck' Newman

Amy "Lucky Bitch" Prise

jumpin jack

Ironneck Steelcock.

Flummo 2015/04/20(Mon)18:36 No. 635542 ID: de4854
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>>635537
>>635539
>>635540
>>635541
The nameless magistrate is outraged.


The Judge: "HOW DARE YOU! You violate the sanctity of these halls with your blasphemy and so increase your
own suffering."

No regrets.

The Judge: "But I am merciful. I dub thee Jack Steel; condemned outcast. Let's see your luck save you."

"I will draw myself a face with my own bodily fluids."

>>635542
Well, They already wanna kill you so...Why should we give a fuck?

Well if you're mad you can go ahead and hang me!
I'm not seeing a reason to not be flippant here!

Flummo 2015/04/20(Mon)18:57 No. 635547 ID: de4854
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Jack: "So what? You're going to kill me anyway you crazy freak. At least I die as someone unlike you!"

The Judge: "You humor me. Pity you must choke on rope. I have something very special just for you. Take him to the gallows."

Guards enter and tie your hands and escort you out of the chamber and down a series of tunnels.
A crowd gathers above to hurl their insults of you. The front guard begins
to taunt you.

The Guide: "So, Jack Steel is it? Shoulda kept shut. Now you're going to hang and not the quick-and-painless kind. But on the bright side you'll provide quality entertainment
for us. Real good 'ol fashioned family fun."

Very encouraging.

At least I'm going out with my head held up high.

spinnng kick to both of them. then grab the knife and cut yourself free.

Kick him in the nuts.

Flummo 2015/04/20(Mon)19:14 No. 635552 ID: de4854
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>>635549
I wish I could keep it up high.

>>635551
What are nuts?

>>635550

Before you can react the guide turns around and pulls out a small, round object from his null body.

The Guide : "Oh by the way your friend gave me a little gift."

A marker! Where? How? WHAT!?

The Guide: "Well we certainly can't have you looking that that! Absolutely dreadful. What kind of drab execution do you think this is? Time for a makeover!"

A hand grabs you from behind and holds you down.

Flummo 2015/04/20(Mon)19:18 No. 635553 ID: de4854
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The Guide : "Hold still now, we certainly wouldn't want to make a mess."

Thrash wildly.

HEADBUTT THE GUY BEHIND YOU AND KICK THE GUY IN FRONT.

Twist head to make a smiley face.

Perhaps you shouldn't fuck up your "face".

>>635553
play tic-tac-toe with your own face.

Flummo 2015/04/20(Mon)20:24 No. 635572 ID: de4854
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You try to thrash and resist but are abruptly stabbed in the back. Pain shoots up and down your body. Worst part is You have no mouth and you must scream.

The Guide : "Feisty thing. I like them feisty. Play nice now though or you might lose an arm or two."

Flummo 2015/04/20(Mon)20:37 No. 635573 ID: de4854
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"You are the clay and I am the potter."

The voice of the sadistic guide fades.

And the real pain seeps in.

(alrighty then I'm stopping here for tonight)

Fall on the knife. Deny them the pleasure of hanging you.

Time to kill yourself. Lean back.

Flummo 2015/04/21(Tue)17:11 No. 635700 ID: de4854
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Too late for your face but...

Flummo 2015/04/21(Tue)17:20 No. 635702 ID: de4854
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They will not have the pleasure to hang you.

Don't give those bastards the pleasure of killing you. Go out on your rules.

Flummo 2015/04/21(Tue)18:44 No. 635729 ID: de4854
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Hurting for a only second, the pain subsides and the tendrils of death surround and encompass this frail body.

It's dark, so very, very dark.

Flummo 2015/04/21(Tue)18:54 No. 635731 ID: de4854
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Suddenly light fills your eyes once more. Is this paradise? Nirvana?

"Hey pal, time to wake up."

No, not paradise.

"Come on buddy rise and shine. No sleeping on the job."

In the light stands a most unwelcome sight

"Had a refreshing nap I presume?"

[Animated]

who?

>>635731
Alright, where am I?

What happened to the others?

Flummo 2015/04/21(Tue)20:28 No. 635774 ID: de4854
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>Alright, where am I?

As you're new eyes adjust to the light you notice that you are in what seems to be one of the central caverns. A large, deep ravine sprawls before you with a river below. Or so you think it's very dark below. However it's clear what this place is used for.

>What happened to the others?

This place must be far on the outskirts of
the sanctum. It seems only the guide and the guard with the knife are here

>who?

That crazy executioner who fancies himself a guide.

G: "Did you think a rusty knife would cleave through you and ruin such a perfect work, my masterpiece? True art never dies."

His voice seems to have diminished since you fainted. What has not faded is the pain. In fact it comes back much clearer than ever before. Beyond what you have know before. You still feel terrible though.

G: "I see you put on a little weight too."

Truth be told you are much thicker and even in pain you feel much stronger than ever before.

G: "But don't you worry one bit. That chub will burn right off with exercise on the noose which I have been told is to die for."

Prick.

flex your new found muscles.

>>635774
It seems that which does not kill you... makes you stronger. Go "I CAN BREAK THESE CUFFS". If you CAN break free, focus your attentions on the guy with the knife. Get the knife and you'll have a weapon. If you can't break free it might be a good idea to try to run away.

>>635774
"Where's the audience?"

>>635774
>>635777
>>635779
Flex so hard that Jonathan Joestar rolls over in his grave.

Flummo 2015/04/22(Wed)14:44 No. 635877 ID: de4854
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>"Where's the audience?"

G: "Want to be adored and cheered by the masses? Well too bad. Your little suicidal stunt hurt my reputation as head executioner. I had to force everyone to stay in the Sanctum. Every execution I have ever conducted were done flawlessly. Not so with you. I can't risk losing my favorite job. It's too much fun. But enough chit-chat."

>flex your new found muscles.
>BREAK THESE CUFFS

It is time...

Flummo 2015/04/22(Wed)14:47 No. 635878 ID: de4854
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...to give these nutjobs a taste of your fury!

They don't see it coming. An uppercut straight to the guide's face.

FALCON KICK.

Jump up, grab the noose with two hands, and swing in a circle so you kick them both in the face.

>>635878
Kick backwards and send him flying.

other guy has the knife still, watch it.

Flummo 2015/04/22(Wed)18:07 No. 635913 ID: de4854
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>other guy has the knife still, watch it.
>Jump up, grab the noose with two hands, and swing in a circle so you kick them both in the face.

Your path is blocked to the noose as it looks like the dazed guard has gotten over shock and is lunging forward at you.

Light is quickly fading as the torch falls into the ravine.

>Kick backwards and send him flying.

There is little time.You muster a kicking position as best as you possibly know how, bracing yourself as the knife-wielding guard closes in.

Flummo 2015/04/22(Wed)18:10 No. 635915 ID: de4854
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>FALCON KICK.

Fortunately you do land a hit. However the kick was either too strong or the attacker's legs are extremely fragile. Almost like paper, the leg tears apart midway down near the knee.


Unfortunately while you do stop the attack you do not stop the momentum as your would-be attacker crashes into you causing you to tumble back with your incapacitated assailant and you fall into the dark abyss below.

>and you fall into the dark abyss below
Falling isn't hanging. Success.

Tuck and roll up into a ball so you don't ironically get you neck caught on something in the dark and hang anyways.

>>635915
I hope you're falling towards water. Attempt to land gracefully. Also if you're tumbling with your assailant, use him to cushion your fall. Get that knife away from him as well.

If it's far enough that you have time to aim, aim towards the torch. Unless it's falling towards spikes or some shit ofc. Or there's convenient water to land on.

If you can, use the other guy to cushion your fall~

Flummo 2015/04/23(Thu)17:55 No. 636091 ID: de4854
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>Falling isn't hanging. Success.

A Pyrrhic victory but a victory nonetheless.

>If it's far enough that you have time to aim, aim towards the torch. Unless it's falling towards spikes or some shit ofc. Or there's convenient water to land on.

There may be a river but it's impossible to tell for sure or even gauge how far the fall is. The torch is out of reach for now.

>If you can, use the other guy to cushion your fall~

>I hope you're falling towards water. Attempt to land gracefully. Also if you're tumbling with your assailant, use him to cushion your fall. Get that knife away from him as well.

Grabbing the flailing arms of the crippled attacker you spin midair and flip yourself on
top hoping for the best.

Flummo 2015/04/23(Thu)17:56 No. 636092 ID: de4854
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Nailed it.

[Animated]

>>636092
Yikes. How injured are you?

Why do they have blue blood, anyways? Are they bugs? Aliens?

...you're face down in a pile of it. Does it smell like blood?

Anyways, get up, look around, and get a move on. You need to be gone before a special forces team shows up to drag you back to the noose or something. They seem rather insistent you hang and can be expected to devote a stupid amount of resources to putting you there.

Walk it off tough guy. Now feast upon his flesh and blood.

Flummo 2015/04/23(Thu)19:08 No. 636117 ID: de4854
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>Yikes. How injured are you?

Besides the fresh stab wound and a few minor scrapes and bruises, A-OK. Beats hanging that's for sure.

>Why do they have blue blood, anyways? Are they bugs? Aliens?

Oh something about all of us being royalty since we descended from a god or deity or some such occult nonsense and that we are pure and perfect in form. They call it "divine nobility" which is utter crap considering how they tried to kill you. Apparently blue is there symbol of royalty but you think it really means every single one of them are cold blooded killers.

>...you're face down in a pile of it. Does it smell like blood?

No, it doesn't smell anything like the crimson fluid leaking from you. Smells of burnt mushrooms.

>Walk it off tough guy. Now feast upon his flesh and blood.

You took a giant mouthful of blood when you crushed this guy's head in. Tastes like victory. Foul tasting victory.

>Anyways, get up, look around, and get a move on. You need to be gone before a special forces team shows up to drag you back to the noose or something. They seem rather insistent you hang and can be expected to devote a stupid amount of resources to putting you there.

Indeed they'll come looking for you though it will take them quiet a bit of time b

Time to grab the knife. No sense leaving behind a good crafting tool; you don't have to stab animals or people with it.

get knife, find torch. hike.

>>636117
>Indeed they'll come looking for you though it will take them quiet a bit of time b
I will just assume this was a mispaste or something.

Take the knife, then get up, and go find the torch. Start walking along the chasm bed. Investigate the changes to your body- I'm guessing losing your blue blood made you stronger. Do even babies have blue blood? ...I wonder if you could make your allies as strong as you by bloodletting them. If you ever find any allies.

Flummo 2015/04/24(Fri)12:04 No. 636204 ID: de4854
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>I will just assume this was a mispaste or something.

Yeah sorry bout that.



Okay let's see... a wipe to get that blood out of your face first ----- much better.

>Time to grab the knife. No sense leaving behind a good crafting tool; you don't have to stab animals or people with it.

You think you can put that knife to better use than pancake man lying there.
Picking up the knife you carefully examine it and conclude that it is far advanced in decay and may break if used too roughly. It still retains a cutting edge despite its age. You ponder the use of such an old instrument beyond that of maiming.

You place the Rusted Knife into your inventory.

Flummo 2015/04/24(Fri)12:07 No. 636205 ID: de4854
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Taking a closer look at your surroundings you can see you are on the cold cavern floor with a deep river rushing downwards into the dark. So there was a one after all.

>find torch

Fortune seems to smile on you. The torch didn't extinguish and keeps burning bright making it no effort to locate.

>Investigate the changes to your body- I'm guessing losing your blue blood made you stronger. Do even babies have blue blood? ...I wonder if you could make your allies as strong as you by bloodletting them. If you ever find any allies.

You have neither felt this kind of power before nor this kind of pain. Vigor pumps all throughout your body and what used to be just one simple perception has evolved into distinct senses. As far as babies go you can not remember if there were any children which always seemed strange compared to the fruitful albino beetles which always could be seen which their offspring. Maybe its the lack of gender but that would bring the question of why there is an absence. Everyone you know has just always been. And there is no doubt some of your kind are not bloodthirsty murders and a few would likely sympathize with you they would never question the authority of the Clergy.....

Flummo 2015/04/24(Fri)12:09 No. 636206 ID: de4854
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A few stumbles here and there in the dim light are the only obstacles between you and the warm glow.

You pick up the Torch and equip it.

Now you can navigate this inky, stupid cave.

Flummo 2015/04/24(Fri)12:11 No. 636207 ID: de4854
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>hike
>Start walking along the chasm bed

In which direction should you traverse the chasm?

First: Top of your head, hair.

let's follow that water downstream.

>>636207
Hang on, no children? So, the blue-bloods do not reproduce? Is death rare? Wait, are blue-bloods generally immortal except apparently by physical trauma? Like, no disease or old age? I suspect you have traded your weak, unending life with no name for strength, individuality, and mortality.

Head downstream.

Flummo 2015/04/24(Fri)17:02 No. 636241 ID: de4854
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>First: Top of your head, hair.

Hoping it's not flesh-eating fungus growing on your head, you touch your scalp.

With a sigh of relief you identify it as a part of you. The young shoots of bluish-grey tuft feel soft in-between your fingers, much softer than anything you have felt before. A silly juxtaposition in this hard, rocky tomb. You constantly fiddle with this curious discovery.



>Hang on, no children? So, the blue-bloods do not reproduce? Is death rare? Wait, are blue-bloods generally immortal except apparently by physical trauma? Like, no disease or old age? I suspect you have traded your weak, unending life with no name for strength, individuality, and mortality.


Well that guy you just squished proved otherwise. Maybe ageless and without disease yet always fragile at the slightest injury. A haze looms over your mind no matter how hard you try to recall the origins of you and your ilk. Its not amnesia. Rather it seems all your life has been wrapped and blended, a cohesion of memories and thoughts into a single, nebulous idea. Death was far from your mind, an abstract concept at best. That was, until you became Jack Steel.

Flummo 2015/04/24(Fri)17:03 No. 636242 ID: de4854
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You decide to head downstream where possibly there is an exit to this cold, bleak hole.

>>636242
What first gave you the desire to have a name?

Flummo 2015/04/24(Fri)20:40 No. 636276 ID: de4854
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>What first gave you the desire to have a name?

You got the idea from your shadow, that is an unacknowledged slave who follows their master's every footstep blindly.
At some point or another you thought it asked you to give it a name as if that alone would allow it to break free from its bondage.
Of course it didn't work but that idea of individuality and freedom stuck.

Flummo 2015/04/24(Fri)20:43 No. 636278 ID: de4854
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Stabs of pain in the shoulder, baleful cold air, and a huge trek across pitch-black cavern floor finally show some progress as you approach where the winding river enters a large hole in the
cave wall. It's hard to tell where it leads exactly. Wading seems to be dangerous as you don't know how deep the river actually is.

>>636278
Is that your shadow still with you? What name did you give it?

Oh hey there's some kind of lizard over there. Is it dangerous? Would you expect it to be near a way out?

Approach the lizard carefully. Try to gain its loyalty somehow.

Flummo 2015/04/25(Sat)17:24 No. 636365 ID: de4854
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>Is that your shadow still with you? What name did you give it?

That whispering shadow was likely an illusion caused by the perpetual darkness and unsettling silence messing with your head. As for the name, was it Steven? Or was it Sheldon?
No wait you think it was Sally. It doesn't matter honestly.

>Oh hey there's some kind of lizard over there. Is it dangerous? Would you expect it to be near a way out?

The lizard looks pretty harmless sitting there motionless. It seems to have an orange coloration unlike most creatures you've seen in the past so clearly it must not live in this cave.
Sort of unsettling the way it stares at you not to mention its abnormally large size.

>Approach the lizard carefully. Try to gain its loyalty somehow.

Chatting with shadows, talking to lizards, you must be losing your mind. With a sigh of resignation you approach the oversized reptile in attempt to communicate with it somehow.
Before you open your mouth it jumps on its hind limbs, throws up its hands, and starts spewing out incoherent animal noises.

Lizard: "W-whoa there big guy! I'm sorry! I'm sorry! Don't hurt me mank! I am so sorry about entering your nest troglodyte but my friend Warlop dared me to, honestly!"

Okay that's disturbing. Its voice has a distinctly raspy, feminine tone.

Lizard: "I'll do whatever you want mank just please don't eat me!"

Your mouth begins watering as you fantasize what this talkative abomination would taste like cooked a la king. Mmmmm.......

NO JACK. YOU MUST SEDUCE THE LIZARD. But really, have a buddy, so you're not completely crazy yet. Ask her where there be good eatings 'round here. Or you could eat her in other ways, wink wink nudge nudge.

>Your mouth begins watering as you fantasize what this talkative abomination would taste like cooked a la king.
Hey, not cool, man. You don't kill and eat people! It can talk!

>I'll do whatever you want mank just please don't eat me!
Ask it if it can bring you to some other food, then. You are kind of hungry. What does it eat?

big rule, if it talks you can't eat it. also, bright colors usually means toxic.

>>636365
Tell it this isn't your nest. You're actually trying to get out. Tell it you won't hurt it if it guides you to the exit.

Flummo 2015/04/25(Sat)19:10 No. 636377 ID: de4854
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>big rule, if it talks you can't eat it. also, bright colors usually means toxic.
>Hey, not cool, man. You don't kill and eat people! It can talk!

You decide against eating the juicy, plump, moist salamander. That's not polite when meeting new people you guess. Your stomach says otherwise rumbling with all fiery rage of Tartarus.

>have a buddy, so you're not completely crazy yet. Ask her where there be good eatings 'round here.
>Ask it if it can bring you to some other food, then. You are kind of hungry. What does it eat?
>Tell it this isn't your nest. You're actually trying to get out. Tell it you won't hurt it if it guides you to the exit.

You tell the amphibian you are not going to eat her but instead ask if she knows the way out of here and
if there are any edible morsels around here because right now you're famished. Her attitude changes from terrified to relieved in a instant.

Nillya: "Wait, so you're saying you are not a troglodyte mank? Phew. Well that sure explains a lot. I'm just as lost as you are mank sorry.
Came in here on a dare and winded up down here. Even lost my sun crytal so I couldn't see a thing until you came along. But I just so happen to be an expert cave navigator, the great Nillya. Here mank, I'll give you some of my food if that'll keep you happy.

She hands you a piece of dried fish which you snatch up and devour greedily without hesitation.

>you could eat her in other ways, wink wink nudge nudge.

Still hungry you ask her if you can eat in her in other ways winking and nudging not exactly sure what you are doing. She winks back and replies maybe later.
Does that mean she'll give you permission to eat her tail or something?

it was a sex thing.

anyway, hand over the torch and let her lead on.

It means you get to fuck her. DO IT YOU BITCH. DO IT.

>>636377
It means you're gonna go on a date or something, I dunno. (I can't believe you said that.)

So ask her if there's like, a whole village of lizard people. She mentioned troglodites, what are those? What do they usually look like?

>Does that mean she'll give you permission to eat her tail or something?
Well, it means you might get some tail.

Flummo 2015/04/26(Sun)20:04 No. 636566 ID: de4854
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>It means you get to fuck her. DO IT YOU BITCH. DO IT.

soon my dog of war but we have to do it my way

>anyway, hand over the torch and let her lead on.

You hand her the torch so she can navigate the tunnel.

Nillya: You're the boss, ehhhhhh......what's your name? And where'd you get that horrible wound?

You tell her it's Jack Steel, pronouncing it slowly so that her tiny brain can fully comprehend. The wound is none of her damn business. Nillya simply jumps into the river and turns to you.

Nillya: Come on then, let's get going Jackie.

She obviously did not understand your superior communication skills.

>Well, it means you might get some tail.
>So ask her if there's like, a whole village of lizard people. She mentioned troglodites, what are those? What do they usually look like?

In the tunnel you try to start some conversation asking her about her people and their lore including the nature of troglodytes while getting some of that......hot........hot.......lizard.......tail.......ewww.

Flummo 2015/04/26(Sun)20:04 No. 636567 ID: de4854
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Nillya: What? You've never heard of the Salamanka? Have you been living in this cave all your life mank? Hmm, where to start?

The need to smack this amphibian to oblivion grows.

Nillya: For starters we live by rivers and ponds in communities usually made up of fifty or so members, our homes are made of clay and we fish for our food. We're great navigators and we sometimes find employment working for groups of adventurers. Normally we don't have much contact with outsiders unless it's
for trade. There's really not much to say other than that. We're simple folk not fighters. We run or hide whenever danger shows up. Not that anyone bothers us. Except for those cave freaks....

She shivers. You don't think it was the cold air.

Nillya: Yeah troglodytes, burrow creeps, chasm monkeys. Every race seems to have a term for them. They have skin as pale as the moon, sharp twisted claws, and nasty teeth. Caverns are infested with them. I should know. Thankfully they are small and are a threat only in groups.
I find it strange though that both of us haven't seen one down here. Not even a trace.

Flummo 2015/04/26(Sun)20:05 No. 636568 ID: de4854
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The sound of rushing water is up ahead. You see light too. Is this the exit?

Nope. Just some stupid glowing mushrooms and a puny waterfall.

>>636568
Check out your skin. You're becoming more human. Soon you'll get a dick and understand what we mean about the lizard.

What's the stuff in the corner besides the waterfall?

you're going to need clothes soon son, also I see a door over there.

>>636568
You appear to be changing colors.

Hey, is that some sort of door back there? Oh hey, pick a glowing mushroom. Ask if they're any good for eating. If not, well, extra light maybe?

Your skin and/or paint is rubbing off.

You're going to have to start worrying about your modesty, soon.

Also, you've got a nice full head of hair now.

It's like how you draw a stickman in the game, only this time Jack is becoming more...

Oh crap.

You know what happens in Hangman when the whole figure is drawn. So what happens when Jack finishes his transformation?

For now, investigate the local plant life. See if there's anything you can use.

Pick one of those smaller mushrooms on your way to that door. Who knows, it might come in handy.

Flummo 2015/04/27(Mon)19:56 No. 636708 ID: de4854
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>Oh hey, pick a glowing mushroom. Ask if they're any good for eating. If not, well, extra light maybe?
>For now, investigate the local plant life. See if there's anything you can use.

You ask if those glowing mushrooms are edible.

Nillya: No don't eat those. I ate one once and what a night that turned out to be. Ended up trying to drown a fish.

>you're going to need clothes soon son
>You're going to have to start worrying about your modesty, soon.
>Check out your skin. You're becoming more human. Soon you'll get a dick and understand what we mean about the lizard.

It's true! You are losing that grey skin at an alarming rate. That means............... No no no no!!! These mushrooms must have alternative uses. Using your rusty knife you cut and promptly place one on your naughty bits. Tingly.
Now you have a light source and a shred of dignity.

Acquired the MAGIC MUSHROOM.

Flummo 2015/04/27(Mon)19:57 No. 636710 ID: de4854
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>What's the stuff in the corner besides the waterfall?
>I see a door over there.

You both head over to check it out. It turns out to be an actual door. Rust covers the entirety of it hinting that it has been here a long, long time. In fact the door appears to be so old that the handle has broken off. Looks heavy.

think that handle could be used as a crowbar to wedge the door open? also any chance of getting up to that little vent/slot over the door and seeing what's on the other side?

the good news is we now know where we are, station 7. To bad that doesn't really help us.

knock.

>>636710
Well it looks like there are some protrusions or whatever on the door. Can you get a grip on it to pull it open? Handle being on this side implies it's supposed to be pulled.

Consider taking the handle with you as a blunt instrument.

>Putting a hallucinogenic mushroom on our naughty bits
...I'm sure that won't backfire in a ridiculous and hilarious manner at all.

Try using the super strength that let you crush people like bugs to force the rusted door open.

>Now you have a light source and a shred of dignity.

Depends on your definition of 'dignity.' Glowy crotch ornament doesn't seem very dignified to me.

Kidding.

Would you be able to use your knife to try to turn the door handle's mechanism and open it, or is the knife so rusted that it'd just break in the process?

Looks like there's a hole in the door where the handle used to be. Can you see anything if you peer through it?

>>636726
If that fails, try one of you lifting the other to look through that window above the door.

>>636742
Should probably do this first. There might be something dangerous inside.

Flummo 2015/04/28(Tue)16:04 No. 636820 ID: de4854
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>Consider taking the handle with you as a blunt instrument.

Picked up the DOOR HANDLE.

>Try using the super strength that let you crush people like bugs to force the rusted door open.
>think that handle could be used as a crowbar to wedge the door open?

The door holds fast against your assaults. Humilated by an inanimate object you turn to your bludgeoning tool for help.
Using the handle like a crowbar you attempt to pry the ancient door open. No success, it doesn't budge. Whoever built this certainly knew what they where doing considering its deteriorated state.

Flummo 2015/04/28(Tue)16:06 No. 636821 ID: de4854
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>Looks like there's a hole in the door where the handle used to be. Can you see anything if you peer through it?
>Would you be able to use your knife to try to turn the door handle's mechanism and open it, or is the knife so rusted that it'd just break in the process?

It's pitch black inside and there's something blocking your vision. You slide the knife in and hit a solid metal plate. In some areas the knife slips free but someone seems to have bolted the door shut from the inside.

>If that fails, try one of you lifting the other to look through that window above the door.

That's a plausible solution if you could find her. Now where is that slippery bastard?

Nillya: Hey! Come over here, look what I found!

She's by a rotten crate holding something.

Flummo 2015/04/28(Tue)16:07 No. 636822 ID: de4854
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She hands you a strange, smooth, stick. How is this supposed to help open the door?! Wait there's some writing.

You barely make out some of the faded text:

"WA--UNG -----SIV! 5 se-unde- Eig--tu- --- ---pfgr---- --t-"

Whatever that means.

>>636822
"Warning, achtung, explosive! 5 sekunde, eight (minutes?) [unpronouncable jibberish]"

is there a string or hole on one side of the stick? put fire on string and stick it in the door hole. then RUN!

>>636824
Actually, I think it says 5 seconds under eight minutes. The last bit is probably saying how far away to stay from it, or how thick of a barrier you need. If the water's not too rapid or powerful close to the door, submerging there should prevent too much damage, though the shockwave may still inflict some bruises even down there, if it's strong enough.

And finally, we have a hangman puzzle.

Look around for clues as to the context of the item. If that really is a bomb, there might be some handling equipment nearby.

Hang on, I think this is a "potato masher". A german grenade. There should be a little twist-off cap on the small end, which reveals a knob you pull to activate it. Stick it in the door's hole then pull the knob and run away. Be sure to warn Nillya about the running thing before you activate the grenade.

You're damn near fully human now son. Kinda surprised your lizard friend hasn't said anything about it.

Anyways do you see a fuse on that stick you're holding, or something looking like a bit of string stocking out?

Flummo 2015/04/28(Tue)18:51 No. 636840 ID: de4854
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Explosives? You find two more of these sticks before you empty the crate. There's no pin or cap except for these red strings that don't do anything when you try to ignite them.

Acquired EXPLOSIVES (x3)

>You're damn near fully human now son. Kinda surprised your lizard friend hasn't said anything about it.

Nillya: What? You're not just shedding old skin? I thought that kind of thing was normal. Everybody at home does it...

>>636840
Electrical contacts? Stick one of them in the door hole then place the two ends of the string together. If it sparks, run away. I figured out that the language is romanian but it doesn't really affect the translation any because the last bits of the sentence are missing too many letters to guess, and I don't know romanian. I can't find this thing on google either.

Hang on, if you have more than one stick, you should be able to make out different letters on each one and put them all together to make something mostly legible! That would tell us how to activate them for sure.

Tell her nope, you used to be a stick man with white skin, black limbs, no hair, and no face. Then you got a name and bled out your blue blood until it ran red.

>I thought that kind of thing was normal. Everybody at home does it...
I have no idea if that's normal.

>>636842
>Tell her nope, you used to be a stick man with white skin, black limbs, no hair, and no face. Then you got a name and bled out your blue blood until it ran red.
I'm not so sure we should freak her out like that.

>Nillya: What? You're not just shedding old skin? I thought that kind of thing was normal. Everybody at home does it...
Pretty sure you were cursed into being something else, and the curse finally started going away, or something. I don't think that shedding is normal for Manks.

hmmm... check the corners of the box for NAILS (small spikes).

>>636842
bad idea, electrically detonated explosives go off INSTANTLY if they get a current, and the current is kept in a separate box to prevent accidents.

If I could just get a few more letters, I could probably identify it completely and tell you how to detonate it. Do the other two grenades have any legible writing?

>>636858
good idea, probably not all corroded in the exact same spots.

>>636842
Don't say anything about what you used to be. Just shrug and say you have no idea, maybe it's normal for you too.

Flummo 2015/04/28(Tue)21:39 No. 636885 ID: de4854
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>Hang on, if you have more than one stick, you should be able to make out different letters on each one and put them all together to make something mostly legible! That would tell us how to activate them for sure.
>If I could just get a few more letters, I could probably identify it completely and tell you how to detonate it. Do the other two grenades have any legible writing?

Wait. Yes. okay, it actually says:

"WARNUNG EXPLOSIV! 5 Sekunden Verzögerung, .4 Volt. Eigentum von Kampfgruppe Beta"


>Tell her nope, you used to be a stick man with white skin, black limbs, no hair, and no face. Then you got a name and bled out your blue blood until it ran red.
>I'm not so sure we should freak her out like that.
>Don't say anything about what you used to be. Just shrug and say you have no idea, maybe it's normal for you too

You want to keep things running smooth between the two of you. Though you might wanna leave out whole part about the narrowly avoiding death and dismembering that guy. For trust issues of course. So you give her the nice version of your story.
Instead of being condemned to death you tell her you are on an epic journey for rare treasure with best wishes from your loving family and you're actually going through some acute puberty. Very contagious.

Nillya: Then why do you have that wound? Why are you carrying around a rusty knife? Huh? Explain that.

....................................

Flummo 2015/04/28(Tue)21:41 No. 636887 ID: de4854
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DONT EVER QUESTION ME YOU FILTHY WORM!

Nillya: Uhhh.........Jack?

ONCE I'M FREE FROM THIS PRISON I WILL CLEANSE THE WORLD OF DISGUSTING VERMIN STARTING WITH YOUR KIND! NOW BE SILENT!

These are your thoughts, your words? No, impossible, they can't be! No, it can't be!

Nillya: Ok ok ok mank! I won't ask you anything anymore! I promise! Just calm down please......

Are these your thoughts? Jack?

shit, looks like you are a troglodyte. punch yourself in the face!

Those don't sound like your thoughts at all. Cleansing the world sounds like a silly idea and its more fun to have lots of neat people around than go murdering everyone.

So try and get a hold of yourself. You are scaring the nice salamander lady.

>>636887
You appear to be possessed. You'll have to figure out how to deal with that later.

Tell her okay sorry you have a bit of a temper, you didn't mean what you said.

The grenades have a 5 second delay and we need .4 volts to activate them. Is there anything around that can generate any electricity? ...the mushrooms maybe?

Whoop! That's a bad habit we are going to have to work on.

Get a hold of yourself and apologize.
Mention that it was from a fairly recent event that was very traumatic and that you'd really rather not think about.

Calmly and rationally explain that the stab wounds and mutations have caused severe side effects. You had no intention of belittling her in that crazy rant. You need to fix this or you're going to die/go insane/mutate/etc.

>>636895
This screams possession. Apologize, explain, then apologize again for your weakness of mind. Ask her to knock you out if you get like this again.

>>636887
This could be possession as the rest of you say, but I think it's more likely that this is Jack's shadow.

>>636912
Aw shit, you're probably right. Susan's a bitch.

>>636887
Get a hold of yourself, Jack. Now's not the time to be flipping out on your lizard friend.

who calm down there jack. She just asked a question, no reason to snap like that. Hell you almost sound like those faceless bastards that wanted to hang you because you asked for a name. Don't escape them only to become them Jack.

>>636887
Woah man, like, take it easy! I don't think you're in a right state of mind, try idunno, biting yourself or something?

>>636905
Her kind don't really fight, so she won't be able to knock him out.
>Are these your thoughts? Jack?
Nope! Not your thoughts, Jack!
>Nillya: Then why do you have that wound? Why are you carrying around a rusty knife? Huh? Explain that.
There were a couple of unfriendly fellows on the way out. They won't be bothering us, though, you took care of them.
Problem is that other voice, that was new. I mean, part of being a unique individual is being questioned, so that voice must have been a remnant of the Blue Blood. Is there a part of your body that doesn't feel sore but strong? Might need to let out a bit of blood. "Killing the curse" you can say. Some treasures can totally be cursed, yep. Nothing fishy about that.

>Then why do you have that wound? Why are you carrying around a rusty knife? Huh? Explain that.
Well, the wound is from the rusty knife, actually. Believe it or not, getting stabbed was the good option at the time.

>Are these your thoughts?
I should hope not.

Apologize. You don't know what came over you. (Did Jack start to regress because the glossed over story he gave portrayed the stick people in a positive light? Does buying into the illusion, even a level removed, make you one of them? Might explain why Jack transformed human so quickly when he stopped buying into things).

>punch self in face
>if this fails, dick

Flummo 2015/04/29(Wed)19:23 No. 637013 ID: de4854
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Hooooo what a rush! Damn that felt good. You don't even know where you are right now. Oh, that's right. Still stuck in a shoddy cave. Is that Nillya? Why is she curled up in the corner looking terrified? She even dropped the torch too. All you said to her was that the wound was an accident; there's nothing to worry about. You try apologizing for anything you may have said to her but she keeps very still and deathly silent. Are all salamanders this paranoid? Whatever, because come on! That shadow is just a sad figment of your imagination...Of course it is.....

Or was it's name Sheldon, or Susan, or s..S..sa..Sal--? No that's foolish. Nonsense! Just gotta blow this door wide open. Yeah.

>The grenades have a 5 second delay and we need .4 volts to activate them. Is there anything around that can generate any electricity? ...the mushrooms maybe?

Maybe this will help give some clarity to your mind. You take a piece of mushroom, attach the wires to it, and throw it at the door. Will it work?

Flummo 2015/04/29(Wed)19:24 No. 637014 ID: de4854
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Huh. Guess not.

Flummo 2015/04/29(Wed)19:24 No. 637015 ID: de4854
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*BOOM*

OH SHI--

>>637015
SUCCESS! Alright once your ears have stopped ringing, check and see if the door's been blown open.

>Hooooo what a rush! Damn that felt good.

what felt good?

What's on the other side that you can see?

HOLY ^&*(!

Get more mushrooms

>>637013
She seems to be worried after questioning you that she upset you, and thinks that any talk will upset you. Tell her it's fine if she asks you questions and responds. Maybe you got a little worried when she asked about the wound, you just thought it would have sealed up by now.

Flummo 2015/04/30(Thu)15:58 No. 637128 ID: de4854
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>check and see if the door's been blown open

Sure did. No more door, blew it right off the hinges. Sucks that the shockwave extinguished the torch. Better grab another mushroom.

>Tell her it's fine if she asks you questions and responds.

Maybe you were being too hard on the little fellow. You tell her in a honest manner it's okay if she wants to ask you any question. You promise her that you won't freak her out again. She gives a quiet nod and begins to uncurl.

>what felt good?

Power, raw power.

Well time to check what's on the other side.

Flummo 2015/04/30(Thu)15:59 No. 637129 ID: de4854
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>What's on the other side that you can see?

A hallway from what you can make out but it is pretty dark. Too dark to see much. Anyone home?

>shadow's name
Wait, I've got it. Evil King Stan. Or... was it... SATAN?

>>637129
Well, we have a torch. Let's explore.

Check around for trip wires.

Call out to the darkness, if any come screaming out at you you'll have a better chance running away out here then in there. Plus with the explosion I'm pretty sure if anything was in there it knows you just showed up as well.

throw a mushroom into the darkness

>>637174
Second.

Flummo 2015/05/01(Fri)20:51 No. 637366 ID: de4854
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>>637130
>the shockwave extinguished the torch


>Check around for trip wires.

For what you can see, there appear to be no trip wires. That's pretty mean though. Tripping people with small wires on a first visit, how crass.

>Call out to the darkness

Right........
A quick 'hello is anyone alive in there?' is only responded back with total silence. Everyone's probably sleeping right now, that's all. Not horribly mutilated, torn limb from limb, or brutally disemboweled. Just asleep.

Flummo 2015/05/01(Fri)20:52 No. 637367 ID: de4854
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>throw a mushroom into the darkness

Ready the fungi for launch.

Launch in 3...2...1...

Flummo 2015/05/01(Fri)20:53 No. 637369 ID: de4854
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[Animated]

ALERT! ALERT! BREACH IN SUBTERRANEAN ACCESS HATCH! POSSIBLE INTRUDER. SECURITY TEAM RESPOND IMMEDIATELY!

>>637369
Oh cool! Lights! Let's go in.

dang, okay need another weapon. pull a plank off the box so the end still has a nail in it. plank with a nail in it is a devastating weapon.

Put your decency back on and take cover behind some rocks across the water.

They sound numerous, armed, and well-prepared, where you are the opposite of all those things.
Maybe you should grab Nillya and go hide instead of facing them head-on.

Flummo 2015/05/01(Fri)22:48 No. 637406 ID: de4854
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>Put your decency back on and take cover behind some rocks across the water.

Littering must be a pet peeve with these guys. Guess there's no use in throwing away your only modesty. A hasty retreat behind some rocks with your lizard friend proves unnecessary; no one ever shows up.


The hallway is clearly visible now with the red flashing lights. That annoying voice keeps on repeating the same message over and over again. Does he think you are hard of hearing? He's getting increasingly sluggish pronouncing his words though.
The lights are becoming dimmer too. You might not have enough time to get more weapons.

>>637406
Rush ahead and get a good luck at that map at the intersection before everything goes dark.

shit, RUN to end of the hall and read map.

Git ye in the hole.

I see a door and I see a map, see what you can make out of the map to see where you are, where the exits are, and if their is anything interesting down here. Not to worried about the lights since you still have glowing mushroom but do try and hurry, all the red lights are better for seeing down the hallways then one little glowing mushroom.

>He's getting increasingly sluggish pronouncing his words though.
>The lights are becoming dimmer too.
Oh, you know what? I bet you simply scared the guy with the loud explosion and woke him up from his sleep, and now he's falling asleep again. He probably has to turn a crank to make the lights do that, too, which explains both the sluggish voice and the dimming lights. Best to just quickly get a look at the map before he falls asleep, because it would be rude to wake somebody up twice.

Flummo 2015/05/02(Sat)18:21 No. 637681 ID: de4854
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You sprint down the hallway rapidly hoping to grab a peek at the map before the lights go off.

Jack where are you going?! Stop, come back! Wait for me!

This incessant, blinking light makes it hard to read the map from afar but some distance away you catch a glimpse of it. These strange words are alien to you.

Flummo 2015/05/02(Sat)18:22 No. 637682 ID: de4854
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Dazed by the constant pulsating of the red flood you forget to stop in your rush and crash face first into the glass casing of the map, breaking it into hundreds of crystalline shards. In your eye. Damn.

DON'T RUB YOUR EYES, FOR THE LOVE OF GOD DON'T RUB YOUR EYES. that will only make things far far worse. There was a small room that you passed go back and see if you can't get in and find something to help you clean your eye out, Nillya could probably help.

If the flashing lights are a problem go back towards the big glowing mushrooms and the river to try and clean your eye out. Also assuming the map is right take at the map and then fallow the hall until you reach the end and you'll come across some way to get up.

>>637682
Why?! Ask for help from your friend.

>>637682
Go back, don't touch your eyes, maybe get help from Nillya.

Go into that room you passed up first, then head to P. Sub 2.

Brace for impact, Nillya's probably about to crash into you.

And whatever you do don't touch your eye.

Backup. Say ouch.

...well, I guess now at least you can bring the map with you.

Don't touch your eyes. Get Nillya to help you with that.
Afterwards, go down the hall to the left and head for the storage room. There might be something useful in there.

Showers? Looks like if you take a left, then a right to the end of the hall, on your right will be a room to wash your eyes out... But if it runs on the same crank system that the lights do, then you're better off going to the river.

Flummo 2015/05/03(Sun)17:18 No. 637995 ID: de4854
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Pain shoots in your left eye as it is shredded by the glass to the point were you simply fall back on the floor unto even more glass. You writhe in agony as each movement of your body only causes more slivers of glass to enter into your bare flesh. Through sheer force you resist touching your eye.

>Brace for impact, Nillya's probably about to crash into you

She's too slow to have kept up with you. Thank goodness she has such stubby little legs.

>Ask for help from your friend.

Eyes shut closed, you feebly call out, "Nillya, Nillya please help me. Aaaa! Aaaargh!!! Please help. Help me."

Jack! Oh mank why!? Give me your hand quick, I'll get you out of here!

"It hurts! Take me away! Showers, storage, two sub whatever! J-just anywhere but here!"

She takes your hands and drags you across the floor as gently as she possibly can back towards the entrance all the while the embedded glass in your back cuts deeper and deeper, tearing through skin and muscle alike. Midway you cry out, "Stop please, no more! Stop! STOP!"

Hold in their Jack, we're almost there I promise.

She turns to the side door in the hallway but the lights go off. At least the alarm stopped. After an excruciatingly long time she finally opens the door and drags you in.

>>637995
Where are we and is there anything here to make you un-stupid? Seriously, you just ran as fast as you could into a wall and shattered a pane of glass with your face.
While fucking awesome, this is usually something we try to avoid.

>>637995
Try to roll over onto your stomach so that you aren't pressing the glass into your back. Also so that she can get at it.

ask what she knows of first aid

>>637995
Roll onto your stomach and have Nillya examine the room, especially the suspicious looking pipe somebody's harpoon'd into the cupboard.
As soon as possible, carefully de-glass eyes.

If nothing turns up, tell Nillya to head left twice, follow the corridor round and go to the first doorway on her right, marked storage.
Storage has medical supplies, right?

Also why do I get the awful feeling the bottle on the desk is some sort of painful sterilising liquid we'll need?

Flummo 2015/05/03(Sun)20:24 No. 638030 ID: de4854
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>roll over onto your stomach so that you aren't pressing the glass into your back. Also so that she can get at it.
>ask what she knows of first aid
>carefully de-glass eyes

It takes all of your strength to sit upright. You try to roll on your stomach but right now any movement is very painful and you're left eye is a goner. You ask Nillya if she can remove the glass from your back and if she has any medical experience.

Oh my gods. Urghhh... I'm a navigator Jack not a healer. Blech...

>tell Nillya to head left twice, follow the corridor round and go to the first doorway on her right, marked storage.
Storage has medical supplies, right?

Okay mank I'll be right back with something for that.

With the instructions you gave her she heads for the storage. Now you're alone........

>Where are we

From what you can see in the low mushroom light, a small room with a cot, a metal table, and cabinet.

See if there's anything inside the cabinet and then check out those documents on the table.

so does it look like this room was attacked at some point or is the spear just sticking out of the cabinet only?

>>638026
>>638026
The neck of the bottle seems too great for it to be anything made specifically for medical purposes, more like an alcoholi--
Well, fuck me running, so long as the alcohol content is over 9.5%, he could use that to painfully clean himself.
>>638030
Fuck, man, you barely had that eye for an hour.

Is that a lamp on the table?

Well, uh, getting stabbed with a knife made you grow stronger. Maybe getting cut up with glass will ultimately be better for you, too?

I think it was the face and name that strengthened him. ...Find a marker and redraw the eye, maybe?

>>638040
No, no. A missing eye even more differentiates him from the norm.

This individuality will make him stronger (as will the badassery factor of eventually having an eyepatch).

do nothing.

>>638049
Oh fuck does he become more powerful the more donut steel he gets

>>638061
Quick guys let's find some neon hair dye.

>>638053
Best idea. Just sitting up was painful enough, no need to dig around the room.
Brace yourself for about an equal amount of pain when Nillya pulls out the glass, though. The extraction is also painful.

>>638030
Maybe your shadow can help. Can you try to trigger the burst of power you felt before?

>>638030
Not being funny or anything but you should seriously just not do anything right now.
Just roll over onto your front, lie down and bear the pain for a bit, medical supplies are on their way.
Also, see if you can get your split personality to help out, if he really wants to escape your body then he won't want to go down with the ship.

Flummo 2015/05/04(Mon)19:20 No. 638191 ID: de4854
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>do nothing.

You sit absolutely still in the darkness, covering your ruined eye, trying your best to lessen the trauma of your lacerated back. Through the anguish whispers fill your head.

Jack, our suffering has not even begun and yet you have already succumbed to mere discomfort. Place your burden upon my shoulders.

Flummo 2015/05/04(Mon)19:21 No. 638192 ID: de4854
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Almost instantly some relief washes over your bleeding body, enough to slowly rise from the floor and stand. Pain and bloodloss has left you weakened requiring you to walk over to the table to use it as support.

>Is that a lamp on the table?

Some fiddling with the strange device activates it and bright light fills the room. Got the LANTERN.

>alcohol content is over 9.5%

Sasha's True Patriotic Vodka, alcohol content 45 percent. It's half full. Got the VODKA.

>so does it look like this room was attacked at some point or is the spear just sticking out of the cabinet only?

No signs of a struggle anywhere. Old, dried liquid has seeped from the bottom crack. Doesn't look very encouraging.

happy accidents Flummo 2015/05/04(Mon)19:25 No. 638196 ID: de4854
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>check out those documents on the table.

It's just a bunch of nonsense.


>medical supplies are on their way
>Brace yourself for about an equal amount of pain when Nillya pulls out the glass

Come to think of it, where is Nillya? She should have been here by now...

peek back into the hall.

Take the pole from the cabinet.

>>638201
Judging by the missing length of pipe, that thing's probably sticking into the wall a bit. It might be difficult to remove, but it's worth a try. Having a ten-foot-pole (Or even just a seven foot pole) will probably be beneficial.

>>638196
Take the pole as a crutch, and make your way out with the lantern to check on her.

Take the pipe and go searching for Nillya. But be stealthy about it.
Let's try to be a little more cautious from now on.

>>638206
Use the rusty shiv to cut a corner from the cot sheet and put it in the vodka, you can light it with the lantern and throw if things go pear shaped.
ooooh hey put the lantern on the top so you have a crutch-lantern-pole combo that saves inventory space.

Flummo 2015/05/05(Tue)18:09 No. 638350 ID: de4854
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>cut a corner from the cot sheet and put it in the vodka

lost VODKA
Got the FIREBOMB

>Take the pipe

The pipe is lodged on something inside the cabinet. Opening it reveals it is just uh.... pvt. Edwin holding it. With his skull. You simply shrug. At least you didn't kill him.

Take the corpse's clothes, they'll be useful after you get the glass removed from your back. Inspect the objects on the floor and the books on the shelf.

Maybe those are actually boxes of stuff. Maybe some kind of materials or food. Don't eat it if it smells like chemicals or like it's rotten, though. The nose knows. Usually.

>>638355
I think those are boxes of cleaner, not books, but I could be wrong.

>>638350
Take the clothes for later. For now just put on the boots so you don't step in yet more broken glass - or anything else unpleasant.

>>638350
Take the mop instead as a crutch. Easier to dislodge, that. Wait, do you even need it anymore? If you're not feeling any pain then you just need to find a mirror and start picking glass out of your body. Maybe search the pockets of Edwin, as well.

We might need to get the glass off your back before you wear those.

>>638350
How do you know his name was Edwin? Have I missed something?

Search the corpse for anything useful. In particular, see if there's anything in that holster.

>>638461
He's reading the name off the uniform.

>>638350
Are those jugs bleach & ammonia or something?

>>638542
Oh boy, more painful cleansing fluid.
Check out the books before heading out to look for nillya.

Pain check, we're standing up, are we in any condition to clear out glass?
Also, put clothes in inventory and keep the cap/boots.
Optional extra, tear another strip from the cot and gain an eyepatch.

>>638540
Ah, thank you. I didn't recognize that "pvt." as being "private."
I'm behind looting his corpse dry, of course.

>>638554
>clothes
oohhhhh, I didn't realize this but yeah, we need those clothes. Can't very well wear them yet though. Gotta get the glass out and bandage up first.

Those paper rolls are cigarettes. Good for relaxing, but harmful to your lungs.

That knife is a gun. It shoots out metal called bullets at high speeds, able to pierce unarmored flesh, unless it's specialized in armor piercing.

Read that book. We may be getting into more fights, so knowing how to fight would be better.

Flummo 2015/05/06(Wed)16:53 No. 638724 ID: 6141de
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> find a mirror and start picking glass out of your body
>Pain check, we're standing up, are we in any condition to clear out glass?

Pain still wreaks havoc on your body but you remove some stray glass strands as carefully as you can without any assistance from a mirror.

> Inspect the objects on the floor and the books on the shelf

Bones and a hat litter the cabinet floor. On the shelves rest orange boxes labelled Suds and bottles of bleach.

>Search the corpse for anything useful. In particular, see if there's anything in that holster.

You find: a thin book with a hole, two small paper rolls stuffed with a brown substance, a metallic T, and the shittiest knife you ever saw, worse than your rusted butter cutter. In general, nothing useful.

>tear another strip from the cot and gain an eyepatch
>Take the corpse's clothes

The cot yields to you you're very own eyepatch, green flavored all you need now is a ship and a talking parrot.. Edwin certainly won't mind if you 'borrow' his clothes them for a while. They look so snug and so warm and.......so RIGHT. Strong compulsions overcome your sense of pain to wear these clothes.

>>638720
Is the shitty knife you're talking about the gun? I guess you've never seen one before... Read the book. Then with newfound knowledge of what the gun does, go find your lizard friend.

Please don't put on the clothes I don't even want to imagine glass shards under clothes

>>638724
That shitty knife shoots smaller, more devastating knives out of the round end of it if you squeeze the bit inside the little ring.

Don't do that though. Not unless you absolutely have to.

>>638724
>They look so snug and so warm and.......so RIGHT. Strong compulsions overcome your sense of pain to wear these clothes.

You mean the uniform, the clothes or the exact set of clothes you're looking at in front of you?
With comments like that I wouldn't be surprised if the skeleton used to be yours and you've forgotten.
How are stickmen born anyway?

Anyway, wear cap, read book, smell rolled up bits of paper (see if you can recognise it), hold on to the clothes for now, grab gun, pocket pendant, close closet and navigate to Nillya.

Flummo 2015/05/07(Thu)14:44 No. 638885 ID: 6141de
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>pocket pendant
>That knife is a gun. It shoots out metal called bullets at high speeds, able to pierce unarmored flesh, unless it's specialized in armor piercing.

Guess it will come in handy then.
PISTOL acquired.
PENDANT acquired.

>Read that book

You read the manual and learn the basics of firearm handling and some hand-to-hand combat techniques. One page catches your attention.

"Congratulations soldier. You have the privilege of defending humankind against invaders from the stars, rampaging barbaric hordes, and terrifying legions of darkness.
Here are the rules you must follow:

1. Kill the enemy.
2. Don't die.
3. If you must die do so killing the enemy.
4. The commander is always right.
5. Retreat = Death.
6. You can be replaced. Issued equipment cannot. Come back with it or not at all.

Glory to Humanity."

>Please don't put on the clothes I don't even want to imagine glass shards under clothes

But I must answer the calling. I must bear with the pain.
Oh, what's this?

Flummo 2015/05/07(Thu)14:44 No. 638886 ID: 6141de
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Blood. There's blood on my hands. From me? Yes, yes. Glad am I to spill it, to pull forth from my veins this flow of crimson and to shed it for my own sake rather than listen to the gently screaming mouth of foreign wounds. The snake is under my skin.

What are you saying?! Are you going crazy?

Jack enough, let's move. Our so-called ally has likely abandoned us in our weakness.

Yes, of course. Your slimy treacherous friend, who is called.........who is called...........

>>638886
Jill?

If we're talking about the lizard, it's Nillya. If not, then Amy Prise.

i am pretty sure you are being crazy, they are probably stuck outside the door.

You're possessed by the spirits of zealots past, knock it off. Take off that uniform before you ruin it with blood.

>What are you saying?! Are you going crazy?
Sounds like it.

>Our so-called ally has likely abandoned us in our weakness.
You mean the one who rushed to help you when you were hurt, even though you scared her before?

>friend, who is called.........who is called...........
Nillya

>>638886
Is your hair changing color?

>>638903
I believe what you're looking at is the eyepatch.

>Are you going crazy?
I think you were already crazy, and now you need to extract yourself.

Flummo 2015/05/07(Thu)18:21 No. 638925 ID: 6141de
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>Nillya
>the one who rushed to help you when you were hurt, even though you scared her before?

Nillya, yes of course, the damsel in distress. You almost forgot about her.
She left us to die. These squalid worms never truly aid us unless they are certain doing so will benefit them in some way. Track her down. Kill her
She's important to you, or maybe not. You can kill her, or maybe not. Is this just another bad dream?

>You're possessed by the spirits of zealots past, knock it off.

Zealots? These fools? Ha ha ha! Dogs! That's all they were, liars and thieves and scoundrels. Filth still among us.

You step out into the dark hallway. Except it's not exactly dark anymore.

>>638925
Maybe you're dreaming. In either case, follow the directions to where you sent her. She's probably there, dead or trapped or something. There is likely an explanation aside from abandonment.

Your head voice that's not us is a bit crazy. I mean I can understand revenge and all but if you kill the nice salamander lady you will be all alone down here.

Then you are stuck with angry guy alone.

Anyways go find out where she is. And try to avoid murdering anyone that still could be useful to you mr crazy voice. I am sure we will find plenty of people that deserve killing more to make you happy.

Uh...I'm not sure I WANT to find Nillya, in our current state....

>>638949
Maybe you're right. MAYBE SHE WENT SOMEWHERE ELSE ANYWAY THE TRAITOROUS WRETCH! Let's go check P.sub 2.

just find her and DON'T kill her.

She still owes you some tail. In both sense of the word.

>>638925
Killing her because she doesn't do what you want makes you just as bad as the faceless.

>She left us to die.
She could have done that out in the hallway instead of helping us get to a room. At this point, even if she DID run off for no reason she would have been more help than hindrance.

So shadow, is there anyone you don't hate?

I wonder if your "possession" is really some kind of implant put in your brain by the people you ran away from. Don't listen to it, they're trying to drive you crazy as punishment for escaping the hanging! Maybe. Probably not. But still don't listen to it!

>>639198
An interesting theory, but it was his shadow that drove him to want a name, and they seemed pretty opposed to that.

>>639201

You're right, sorry. I mostly just wanted him to stop listening to the mean thing.

Flummo 2015/05/09(Sat)14:17 No. 639230 ID: 6141de
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>So shadow, is there anyone you don't hate?

Us.

If she really didn't leave you to die she must still be in Storage. Who knew it takes such a great deal of effort to stumble down a hallway especially the wobbly floor making walking straight such a chore. And something is a bit off about the left you just took. You're certain there was neither a glowing river here nor any odd decorations. It could just be you. After all you lost your eye and shadows should not be talking.

>Maybe you're dreaming. In either case, follow the directions to where you sent her

It's all a dream, That's all it is. Onward! Through tingling waters you go.

Flummo 2015/05/09(Sat)14:17 No. 639231 ID: 6141de
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Taking a right(?) you reconsider the possibility that this might be a dream after all. Since when do rights lead downward?

Either way the storage is down there to what should've been a right hand turn.

Did you eat the glowing shroom?

>>639232
Might be bloodloss affecting his brain-meats

keep walking. the map said it's there so it's there.

>>639231
Well we only really have one direction to go in, so onwards and downwards I guess.

>>639231
...maybe she's not back because she got lost in the weird geometries this place suddenly seems to have.

That or she fell.

First look up (in case it is an elevator that is currently descending) then poke the gap to see if it is indeed a gap instead of a hallucination.

UMM,
Does your body feel numb? Are you feeling light headed? It looks like you're going through the side effects of blood loss.
Prop yourself up against a wall if you start feeling weak.

Flummo 2015/05/10(Sun)16:03 No. 639468 ID: 6141de
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>Prop yourself up against a wall if you start feeling weak.

Nothing is wrong with you. Only minor sickness with a couple of euphoric episodes, it'll pass soon enough. You'll be fine.

>look up

Careful not to slip and fall you look upward only to see a tall spire that shoots up and disappears into the dark, stormy.....sky.

Do you really choose to fall?

yes, this is literally impossible, meaning it's fake.

Ask your shadow if he can stop insulting your friend and start fighting against other shadows.

If he wants to play the loyal soldier then he'd better PROVE IT.

No. Don't fall; walk on the wall.

>>639470
it's our shadow fucking with us. it's showing us the path to help as a path of danger and hardship because it wants us to look out only for ourself.

Drop something over the edge, see if it falls 'down' or to the 'floor'.

>>639472
Looking again, I think we already are. That'd explain the hole in the floor here >>639231 it's just another place to turn. By my estimation that'd lead into the Turbines room, then Water Treatment if we went to the end of it. Of course, I can't quite explain this: >>639468
Fuck me this is some impossible geometry shit and my head doesn't like it.

>>639482
By "hole in the floor" I of course meant the hole further down the "drop." Apologies for double-posting.

>>639470
This.

Don't fall. Fly.

so does anyone else notice the other shadow climbing down the spire?

>>639468
You better go.

Flummo 2015/05/10(Sun)19:26 No. 639505 ID: 6141de
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Down it is then, face first in case this isn't a dream.
Color melts and shapes lose dimension in your descent.
Down, down, down you go. Further and further.
Salvatore follows closely behind.

Ah, that's right. You named him Salvatore.
What a time to recall such a thing.

Flummo 2015/05/10(Sun)19:26 No. 639507 ID: 6141de
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Your skull shatters into fragments as it hits the cold, hard concrete with incredible force.

You are dead.

Oops.
Well, better luck next life, I suppose.

no you aren't your head is intact and you are in a puddle of blue. if you died there would be red everywhere.

>>639507
Our blood should be red, not blue! Someone else is dead.

Hey, new set of bandages...
Are you sure you are dead? You don't seem dead....

Wake up.

10/10 best quest.

But really, stand up.

Flummo 2015/05/10(Sun)19:57 No. 639527 ID: 6141de
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>Wake up.

...........Oh, it wasn't real..........

You owe me Jack. I had to guide us to our destination while you stumbled around drugged up. We're here.

>stumbled around drugged up.
How'd we manage to get drugged up?

>>639527
It's her hand! Where's the rest of her? Do salamanders grow those back?

>>639527
Oh god, what happened? Get up and inspect your surroundings. Namely the SEVERED HAND that is left on the ground. Is that Nillya's? Where does the blood trail off to?

>>639527
Aren't you still hungry for lizard flesh? Free hand! Nom nom nom.

Nillya is in danger. Get up, draw your weapon, and very carefully open that door.

what, shadow, you know that is a sack of shit. when the hell did we get any drugs.

>>639527
>>639556
I think he ate the mushroom that was on his junk.
Also, Salvatore means "Savior" in Italian. Something to think about.

But HOLY FUCK NILLYA IS IN TROUBLE SAVE THE LIZARD FRIEND QUICKLY GO GO GO.

The only blood splatter seems to come from Nillya's hand and some bleeding from outside the door, so this probably isn't the storage room.

Take the hand, and don't let your shadow take control.

>>639527
The good news is that I'm pretty sure this was the door and not you. Also, the blood looks pretty fresh so she probably hasn't bled out yet.

Check the door out, see if you can get it open. You need to find Nillya, fast.