JiggyDino 2016/04/13(Wed)16:05 No. 716307 ID: b66b01
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>Choose an appearance. (canine, feline, reptilian, avian, etc.) Note: The form is humanoid.
>Choose a gender.

Male Northern Sergal

>>716306
Female Owl

Female Jackal

Female Impala

Female Bee.

Male mammoth, because we beat easy mode and hard mode seems fun. Also we get to be hueg. Also tusks.

be Bee girl.

Thirding Female Bee

>>716307
Male Northern Sergal

male NORTHERN SERGAL

Male Northern Sergal.

>>716307
??? AYYlien

Be Bee

Hydra

>>716405
actually no i change my mind, we are a simple kobold, female of course.

Female Bee :D

JiggyDino 2016/04/14(Thu)16:34 No. 716549 ID: b66b01
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>An insane asylum, as in, a mental hospital. With means of restraining dangerous patients.

If someone is insane and disrupt the peace, they usually throw them in jail. Some mages have been theorizing that there might something about some people's mind making them not well and the possibilities of fixing them, but most people in charge just heard "broken people" and used that as an extra reason as to why they should be thrown in jail.

>Man it occurs to me nobody here knows where they are, we're super fucked.

Two of us are navigators. We just have to get out of the desert and then wander until one of us recognize a location. Or we go in the first settlement we encounter and ask them where we are.


We arrive in Lucy's room.

Rip: "How do one trip on sand?"

Raven: "Sh-shut up."

Ok, so what first? I could...

>You might need to make some sheets into wraps for Lucy to help protect her from the sun and sand while you guys travel the desert.
>Rip also sounds like he needs more convincing if we want him to join us.
>I think that one way or another we should do what we can to destroy Emerald's portal research and preparations before we go.
>maybe we can have Rip watch her for a bit while we discuss this with Lucy out of her earshot.
>If possible you or Rip should explore behind the fallen rocks in the mountain tunnel.

- Make new clothes from the sheets in Lucy's room and/or the prison cell.
- Talk to Rip more to try and convince him to join our party.
- Go find Emerald's research and destroy it so that it doesn't fall in the wrong hands.
- Tell Rip to watch Emerald while we talk to Lucy out of the witch's earshot.
- Rip or I go explore the caved in tunnel.

Right now, Rip is probably going to get his gear at the drawer first and since we're at the mountain, Lucy is probably gonna get the water under the mountain.

Raven smash puny demonic portal!

>>716549
Rip could go investigate the tunnel. He's an actual adventurer, while Raven is ??? but definitely not experienced with adventuring.

Until he comes back, Raven can help Lucy get dressed for desert travel.

We'll need to talk to Emerald as well, and try to convince her to cooperate, if we aren't going to execute her outright.

Probably see what we can do about the research first.

JiggyDino 2016/04/18(Mon)16:16 No. 717658 ID: b66b01
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>Raven smash puny demonic portal!

I wish...

>We'll need to talk to Emerald as well, and try to convince her to cooperate, if we aren't going to execute her outright.

- Make new clothes from the sheets in Lucy's room and/or the prison cell.
- Talk to Rip more to try and convince him to join our party.
- Go find Emerald's research and destroy it so that it doesn't fall in the wrong hands.
- Tell Rip to watch Emerald while we talk to Lucy out of the witch's earshot.
- Rip or I go explore the caved in tunnel.
- NEW! Talk some sense into Emerald!

>Rip could go investigate the tunnel. He's an actual adventurer, while Raven is ??? but definitely not experienced with adventuring.

Hey! I'm an adventurer too! I'm not an expert at anything, but I can do most adventuring stuff! I can pick simple locks, I can handle a sword without cutting myself, I can navigate the world using the environment and keep track of the cardinal directions! Things like that!

Raven: "Rip, once you're done changing..."

I get closer to him.

Raven: "Ask me or Lucy about the secret tunnel. There's a caved-in passage near the entrance that I think you should check out."

Rip: "... Why are you sure that something is there?"

Raven: "I'm not, but I'm still curious about what could be there! Lucy is gathering our food and water, are you doing anything after you change?"

Rip: "... I guess not. What about you?"

JiggyDino 2016/04/18(Mon)16:16 No. 717659 ID: b66b01
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>Until he comes back, Raven can help Lucy get dressed for desert travel.

Raven: "Well, speaking of! Lucy! You're going to need some clothes to protect you from the sun!"

Lucy: "Oh, well if you say so..."

Emerald: "Whatever you guys are doing, just don't block the show! Now I know why you guys didn't want me to use him for the portal, hehehe."

JiggyDino 2016/04/18(Mon)16:16 No. 717660 ID: b66b01
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Mmm... Maybe like this?...

>Choose one!

B

B looks nice.

B all the way.

>>717660
C's got a rad pallette, voting C

>>717660
B

B is nice

> Now I know why you guys didn't want me to use him for the portal, hehehe.
(Well I guess its progress of a sort for Emerald to show interest in something other than killing or avoiding being killed.)

Can we have B with the mouth-cover-scarf from C?

JiggyDino 2016/04/18(Mon)17:28 No. 717689 ID: b66b01
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>Extra option

>>717660
Definitely B

>>717689
Tempting.
Really, REALLY tempting.

>>717660
but guys cmon, look at that brown and gold! It's great!

>>717689
As the guy that proposed D, D. Gotta love the D option.

JiggyDino 2016/04/20(Wed)16:04 No. 718014 ID: b66b01
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Mmm, the red one seems right for Lucy. For myself, I'll go with the yellow one since I like the colors. I decided that both of us will have an extra cloth that we can pull over our mouth in case the wind picks up and the sand gets in our face. we also have pockets so we can carry some stuff. I still have my bottle filled with water and my pruned up apple.

Raven: "There! You should be good to go!"

Lucy: "Thanks, I guess. I've never wore this much clothes before. Feels stuffy."

Rip: "Ok, I go to tunnel now. Who shows me?"

Do I show him where it is or do we let Lucy show him while I do something else on the list?

- Talk to Rip more to try and convince him to join our party.
- Go find Emerald's research and destroy it so that it doesn't fall in the wrong hands.
- Tell Rip to watch Emerald while we talk to Lucy out of the witch's earshot.
- Talk some sense into Emerald!
- Rip or I go explore the caved in tunnel.
- Make new clothes from the sheets in Lucy's room and/or the prison cell.

Send Lucy, and talk to Emerald in private.

Outside of Emerald earshot, send Lucy and Rip to destroy her research, and stay there talking to the witch, We can heal her! weeeeell, not really, but let's try.

>>718019
>>718023
These work, if Lucy knows where Emerald's research is.

Let's send Lucy with Rip while we try to have a chat with emerald.

JiggyDino 2016/04/25(Mon)17:16 No. 719141 ID: b66b01
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>Send Lucy, and talk to Emerald in private.
>Outside of Emerald earshot, send Lucy and Rip to destroy her research, and stay there talking to the witch
>These work, if Lucy knows where Emerald's research is.

I get close to Lucy again while beckoning Rip to do the same. Once we huddle up, I tell them the plan.

Raven: "Ok. Here's what we should do next. Lucy, show Rip where the tunnel is. I'll stay here and talk to Emerald. Afterward, while I keep talking to Emerald, you two should go see if you can find Emerald's research to destroy it. We can't let anyone else get their hands on it when we leave. Lucy, do you know where those research would be?"

Lucy: "Not exactly. After I prepare the water and food, I can go and see if I can find it in the witch's lab. But I'll have to look around like you two would."

Raven: "But you have a general idea of where it would be?"

Lucy: "I think so."

Raven: "Alright, that's good."

Rip: "What do I do in tunnel?"

Raven: "Explore! You know, check the layout, see if there's anything interesting to bring along, does it lead anywhere interesting?"

Rip: "Alright."

JiggyDino 2016/04/25(Mon)17:16 No. 719142 ID: b66b01
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Lucy and Rip makes their way down the ramp, under the mountain.

Ok. Time to talk to Emerald...

Emerald: "Finally! Getting bored over here! What are we doing? Where are we going? Are you sure you can carry me around? Ooo! Are you gonna let me free?"

Take a seat (but stay close enough to grapple her if she gets loose somehow).

"For now we just wait for everyone to get back. Want to talk while we wait?"

>>719142
Ask her what she likes to do for fun. Maybe you could play twenty questions?

Take a seat, ask what she likes to do for fun, and after some banal conversation, ask her how we can carry her, try to point out that we need her cooperation, or we cant take her. And we cant take her... we cant leave her here...

JiggyDino 2016/04/26(Tue)16:52 No. 719349 ID: b66b01
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>Take a seat (but stay close enough to grapple her if she gets loose somehow).
>Dialogue

I sit next to Emerald.

Raven: "For now we just wait for everyone to get back. Want to talk while we wait?"

Emerald: "Mmmrr, I guess. There's probably better things to do..."

JiggyDino 2016/04/26(Tue)16:52 No. 719350 ID: b66b01
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>Ask her what she likes to do for fun.

Raven: "So what do you do for fun?"

Emerald seems genuinely confused by the question.

Emerald: "I don't know? Why are you asking?"

Raven: "I want to know more about you!"

Emerald: "... ok? I... do scientific and magic research?"

Raven: "That sounds more like work. There's nothing else you want to do when you're not doing that?"

Emerald: "It's the whole point of why I'm here, what else would I do?"

Raven: "Everyone has things they do for no reason other than it's fun and they feel like it."

Emerald: "Oh, well I guess maybe flowers? I grow crops as food since it's the only reliable food I can make in my lab and sometimes I'll grow some flowers. They're useless. Does that count?"

>Maybe you could play twenty questions?

While I think that could be fun, I feel like playing twenty questions is meant to pass the time.

>ask her how we can carry her, try to point out that we need her cooperation, or we cant take her. And we cant take her... we cant leave her here...

This topic seems more serious. Should I start talking to Emerald about the matters at hand now, or continue talking to her in a friendlier manner?

Let's keep the friendly talk up for now. I feel like we can ease into the serious stuff later.

Ask what her favorite food is?

Ask her if there's any way she can voluntarily weaken or disable her powers.

Lets keep this loose and friendly. Ask her about what kid of flowers she rises, it must be hard getting and maintaining them here, though cactus flowers are beautiful... Tell her about your travels, some nice places, avoid telling her about friends or other nice social interactions, it seems to be a sore spot.

>>719360
This.

She also said she studied all kinds of magic. Has she ever studied things like healing?

JiggyDino 2016/04/27(Wed)16:36 No. 719529 ID: b66b01
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>Ask what her favorite food is?

Raven: "What is your favorite food?"

Emerald: "Why are you asking me all these questions?"

Raven: "We're having a conversation and I'd like to know more about you. Pretty standard stuff."

Emerald: "No one's ever asked me about these things."

Raven: "Well I am now. Any favorite food?"

Emerald: "I don't know, I never thought about it... Most of what we eat here have been vegetable... Oh! I do remember I got to try this pastry that one time. I don't know what it's called, but it was really good! It was really sweet and light, like full of air..."

>Ask her about what kind of flowers she rises, it must be hard getting and maintaining them here, though cactus flowers are beautiful...

Raven: "What kind of flower do you grow? Must be tough to maintain them here. Any Cactus Flowers?"

Emerald: "There's plenty of those in the desert. Anyway, there's the purple one, the blue one and the red one. It's not that hard to keep them alive with the water under the mountain. It keeps flower healthy for longer than any other water."

>Dialogue

Raven: "You said you studied all kinds of magic. Have you ever studied things like healing?"

Emerald: "Oh yeah, it's one of the ways I keep my test subjects alive longer for more testing! You'd be surprised at how limited corpses are for experiments. You'd think they'd have at least some value for making potions or something, but I never heard of any. Not that I'm an expert in that field..."

JiggyDino 2016/04/27(Wed)16:36 No. 719530 ID: b66b01
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>9elk h4r jbo2t yrur td)))a1c#ls,,,,, avoid telling her about friends or other nice social interactions, it seems to be a sore spot.

some nice places

Raven: "... You know, I've seen an underground cave full of glowing mushrooms once. It was really pretty."

Emerald: "If you say so."

Raven: "... There's also a place up north where, when spring starts, flowers blooms though the snow."

Emerald: "Oh? That sounds kinda neat."

Raven: "There's also this giant dragon statue that was built in a waterfall so it looks like it's bursting out of it!"

Emerald: "Who?"

Raven: "I don't know, some ruler long ago."

Emerald: "Does he seem like he was hot?"

waterfall... am i hearing a waterfall?

>>719530
yo birdbutt, you aite?

Raven you alright? Maybe you should go get something to drink.

Careful, Raven. Emerald being tied up was said to reduce her magic considerably, but not eliminate it. She may be casting something on you. So step away, see if the noise has a source or if it's just in your head.

Get up and go over to the dresser, to make some distance without raising suspicion.

Ask if she'd like help picking some clothes for when the group gets moving again.

... when was the last time you ate?

JiggyDino 2016/04/28(Thu)17:32 No. 719699 ID: b66b01
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>yo birdbutt, you aite?
>Raven you alright? Maybe you should go get something to drink.
>... when was the last time you ate?

I'm fine. I ate yesterday, but not eating while I'm out and about is pretty common. I shouldn't avoid eating but I'm fine. I reach for my bottle of water.

>Careful, Raven. Emerald being tied up was said to reduce her magic considerably, but not eliminate it. She may be casting something on you. So step away, see if the noise has a source or if it's just in your head.
>Get up and go over to the dresser, to make some distance without raising suspicion.
>Ask if she'd like help picking some clothes for when the group gets moving again.

I get up and-

Emerald: "Hey! Where are you going?!"

Raven: "You'll need clothes when we're moving again... Want some help picking something?"

Emerald: "Uuh, sure!"

I take a gulp of water. This water is really good... I'm sure Emerald can't do anything. Didn't she says that she couldn't use magic without her hands? Or was it Lucy? Did I just think it...?

JiggyDino 2016/04/28(Thu)17:32 No. 719700 ID: b66b01
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I move to the drawer and then listen. The sound is now clearer, but I can now hear that it's coming from the entrance...

JiggyDino 2016/04/28(Thu)17:32 No. 719701 ID: b66b01
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Wait. This isn't a waterfall...

Is it a sandstorm?

>>719703
Shit, yeah, looks like it.

Go check around the corner, but use your cloth cloak to shield your face in case more sand gets blown in. We might be stuck here for a while.

Well... sandstorms comes with low pressure, maybe that's affecting you? anyway, check that out, but dont leave the room and keep an eye on Emerald. Also, not eating may be common, but is not nice, do you have anything light to munch?

>>719701
Tell Emerald you think there's a sandstorm and you're going to look.

Wait shit is anyone out there? I hope we don't need to go save them.

Begin playing techno music.

>>719701
Don't eat yet. You don't want to become fat!

JiggyDino 2016/05/06(Fri)16:09 No. 721358 ID: b66b01
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>do you have anything light to munch?

I still have my prune-y apple. I feel like I could crush it with my fist.

>Is it a sandstorm?
>Shit, yeah, looks like it.

That's what I think too, yeah.

>Go check around the corner, but use your cloth cloak to shield your face in case more sand gets blown in.
>check that out, but dont leave the room and keep an eye on Emerald.

The sand on the floor is the sand I tracked in after I fell in it.

I put away my water then move to the entrance while covering my beak.

JiggyDino 2016/05/06(Fri)16:09 No. 721359 ID: b66b01
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I can feel the wind blowing in but I can't see if there's a sandstorm from here...

JiggyDino 2016/05/06(Fri)16:09 No. 721360 ID: b66b01
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>Tell Emerald you think there's a sandstorm and you're going to look.
>dont leave the room and keep an eye on Emerald
>Wait shit is anyone out there? I hope we don't need to go save them.

Mmm. Maybe there is someone out there... And I can't see if there's actually a sandstorm coming. I could check real quick. Even if Emerald tried to escape, how fast can she unwrap herself? Maybe it's better to be on the safe side and keep an eye on her though. But if I stay, I'll have to think of what to do next.

Call out, see if anyone responds.

Don't leave her alone. Go back to helping her pick out an outfit and make some more small talk.

"Do you have any family anywhere?"

we need to make here a pretty desert witch outfit

Welll since the bed isn't going to be used for much longer you could move her to the floor, then put one of the covers on the floor and roll her onto it, then use it to drag her over closer to the entrance so you can get a good look at the storm outside without leaving her alone.

>Maybe there is someone out there

Why would there be anyone out there? Lucy and rip are on the cave, that's just some sand being blown by the wind, it's probably ok, stay there.

JiggyDino 2016/05/07(Sat)15:15 No. 721658 ID: b66b01
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>Call out, see if anyone responds.

Raven: "HEEEEY! ANYONE CAN HEAR ME?"

Emerald: "I can hear you! Why are you acting weird?!"

Raven: "N-no, I was calling outside to see if someone was near the entrance."

Emerald: "You heard someone?"

Raven: "No, I think I hear a sandstorm and was checking to see if someone needed help."

Emerald: "Huh! You're going to need some bigger vocal chords if you want someone to hear you in a stormy desert!"

In any case, I didn't hear anyone respond.

>Don't leave her alone. Go back to helping her pick out an outfit and make some more small talk.
>Dialogue

Raven: "Well anyway, let's get some outfit done for you! Do you have any family anywhere?"

Emerald: "Not really."

JiggyDino 2016/05/07(Sat)15:15 No. 721659 ID: b66b01
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>we need to make here a pretty desert witch outfit

I, uh...

JiggyDino 2016/05/07(Sat)15:15 No. 721660 ID: b66b01
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Emerald: "Seriously?!? You're going to dress up my cocoon prison?!"

Raven: "Uhh..."

A.

Plus some extra fabric for the noisy hole.

>"Seriously?!? You're going to dress up my cocoon prison?!"
Well sure, why not?

A all the way.

>>721660
Doesn't she want to look nice?

A.

why not, you look great.

A

yes

A

"See, there's this new thing called a joke! But seriously, next to dark blue, red is your color."

A.

r?

>>721707
yes

>>721711
That panel was meant to look unfinished like it got interrupted, which I see now that I didn't convey it all that well. That r looking thing is an unfinished B.

>>721714
For what it's worth I got the joke.

A.

JiggyDino 2016/05/08(Sun)15:57 No. 721916 ID: b66b01
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>Doesn't she want to look nice?
>Dialogue

Raven: "See, there's this new thing called a joke! Don't you want to look nice? But seriously, next to dark blue, red is your color."

Emerald: "Thanks, but how long are you planning on keeping me tied up?"

Until we can trust you're not going to kill us all and try to end the world with demon hell fire?

>>721917
Yeah, pretty much.

Plus she deserves some punishment for the whole serial murder thing.

>>721916
That's up to her really, we do want to be friends with her and go on adventures but she needs to earn our trust. Think of this as being a trial experiment for now and when she reaches the next phase she can come out. maybe.

Until... well... hey! crazy weather we are having! how long does this sandstorms tend to last?

>>721917
Pretty much.

"I know things have sucked for you, but if we work together we can make it better without the fire and brimstone! For now we just wait until the others come back."

"I've done a lot of talking. Is there anything you want to talk about?"

"until we either leave the desert or we get to better understand each other. After all it's hard to fully trust you at the moment"

JiggyDino 2016/05/09(Mon)17:24 No. 722329 ID: b66b01
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>Dialogue

Raven: "Until... Well... Hey! Crazy weather we are having! How long does this sandstorms tend to last?"

Emerald: "They vary, don't change the subject!"

JiggyDino 2016/05/09(Mon)17:24 No. 722330 ID: b66b01
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>Until we can trust you're not going to kill us all and try to end the world with demon hell fire?
>it's hard to fully trust you at the moment

Raven: "Look, you have to understand that it's hard to trust you right now. I'm pretty sure you'd kill us all and open the portal if we'd let you loose. And we don't want the world to end with demon hell fire."

Emerald: "... If it makes you feel any better, I don't actually want to kill you or Lucy. You're still my friend, even after you backstabbed me, but by my experience that's pretty normal. And while Lucy feels generally irrelevant to me, I guess she showed that she can actually be useful sometimes."

Raven: "What about Rip?"

Emerald: "If I find another reptilian, he can live. But right now, he's the key to the portal."

>That's up to her really, we do want to be friends with her and go on adventures but she needs to earn our trust.

Raven: "... We do want to be your friend and bring you along on our adventures. Still though, You'd have to prove to us that we can trust you. Helping us disable the portal would be a pretty good way to do that..."

Emerald: "... It's just hard to abandon that project after all this time. And it's not like I'd be ending anything that I care about in this world..."

Emerald: "Up until now I guess."

JiggyDino 2016/05/09(Mon)17:24 No. 722331 ID: b66b01
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>Dialogue

Raven: "I know things have been hard for you, but if we work together we can make it better without the fire and brimstone! For now we just wait until the others come back."

Raven: "I've done a lot of talking. Is there anything you want to talk about?"

Emerald: "Nah..."

Emerald seems lost in thoughts.

Just put an arm around her in a half-hug and stay quiet for now.

Tell her there was a moment, when you were talking to her by the portal, where you were tempted to join her and let her do the ritual. Ruling the world would have been great, and you could have changed things for the better eventually... but the cost would be too high.

Not much to say to that.

Just try to offer companionable silence.

Give her a hug.

hugs should be given

>>722363
That's the scariest thing, I think. For like...a solid 2-3 seconds (Raven time), we actually considered just letting it happen. Why? Not sure, maybe because of something in OUR past?

(I could see us being of a somewhat similar origin as her, interested in knowledge or something... only we chose to try and become more friendly, not just shut everyone out for calling us nerds. Two sides of the same coin.)

JiggyDino 2016/05/12(Thu)15:00 No. 722781 ID: b66b01
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>dialogue

Raven: "There was a moment, when we were talking by the portal, where I were tempted to join you and let you do the ritual. Ruling the world would have been great, and I could have changed things for the better eventually... but the cost would be too high."

Emerald: "..."

>Just try to offer companionable silence.
>Give her a hug.
>hugs should be given

I decide to let Emerald get lost in her thoughts. Maybe she's starting understand our point of view? I can only hope for now.

With the hat ready, I start to shift my weight to give Emerald a hug, in the hope of lifting her spirit.

*MMGRHHAAAAAA*

JiggyDino 2016/05/12(Thu)15:00 No. 722782 ID: b66b01
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Um. Animals are entering the cave?

>>722782
Well it looks like it has a saddle so that probably means they're tame and not something here to kill you.

>>722782
Those aren't just animals. Those are tamed animals, with saddles. A group is taking shelter from the storm. I'd suggest going to see who it is but shouldn't they be... ahead of the animals? Tell Emerald to stay put, you're gonna go see what's going on.

It seems to be wearing a saddle, they belong to somebody. Sending their mounts in ahead seems like a weird thing to do tough, maybe they wandered off on their own in the sandstorm. Call out and see if anyone is there.

They look pretty friendly. Maybe someone's nearby after all. Let's go greet them.

>>722785
Where's she gonna go? Wriggle off the bed?

The animals might have run off from their owners in the sandstorm. The saddles mean they're probably tame and used to people, but approaching a strange animal aggressively is never a good idea.

For now, stand next to the bed and don't show fear, this will show the animals that you are not prey. Do you have any weapons on you or did Rip and Lucy take them all? Don't draw steel if someone follows the animals in, but keep it ready in case they're hostile.

OH NO. WHY ARE THEY SO HAPPY. OH NO

JiggyDino 2016/05/17(Tue)16:08 No. 724004 ID: b66b01
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>Well it looks like it has a saddle so that probably means they're tame and not something here to kill you.
>Those aren't just animals. Those are tamed animals, with saddles.
>They look pretty friendly.
>The saddles mean they're probably tame and used to people, but approaching a strange animal aggressively is never a good idea.

Yeah, these are pretty common in and around the desert. They're not the fastest, but are very reliable. They are only aggressive if you mess with them and usually can be approached with no fuss.

>Call out and see if anyone is there.

Raven: "Hello? Is anyone there?"

... No answers.

>Do you have any weapons on you or did Rip and Lucy take them all?

Oh yeah, I guess we should have tried to split weapons evenly... Only Emerald could fight off attackers in our group, if she wasn't tied up...

JiggyDino 2016/05/17(Tue)16:08 No. 724005 ID: b66b01
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>Maybe someone's nearby after all. Let's go greet them.
>Tell Emerald to stay put, you're gonna go see what's going on.

Raven: "Sta-"

>Where's she gonna go? Wriggle off the bed?

Raven: "... I'm gonna go see if anyone is there."

Emerald: "Ok. They're probably just some travelers. It happens. Although you arrived here yesterday, having someone else shows up already is kinda surprising. What are the odds right?"

I make my way over to the tunnel. More animals are making their way in Lucy's room.

JiggyDino 2016/05/17(Tue)16:08 No. 724006 ID: b66b01
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...

JiggyDino 2016/05/17(Tue)16:09 No. 724007 ID: b66b01
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*SHING*

Blades move to my neck from around the corner.

JiggyDino 2016/05/17(Tue)16:09 No. 724008 ID: b66b01
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Bee Lady: "Don't move."

JiggyDino 2016/05/17(Tue)16:09 No. 724009 ID: b66b01
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Another bee then jump from around the corner past the first one and jumps in the air behind me, landing somewhere near Emerald.

*Trrrrrrrrrrrr* *THh* *SHING*

Other Bee Lady: "NO SUDDEN MOVEMENT! UNDERSTOOD!?!"

Emerald: "... Can't really do those so, sure."

Bee Lady 1: "Alright, turn around. Slowly."

Turn around and LOOK FOR A WEAPON.

>>724009
Follow her orders, but also tell them if they're bandits it's not like you have anything of worth.

>>724009
"Geeze do you really need the swords? cmon man what the heck is with you"

Comply with the deadly ninja.

"Search us. We're unarmed. We're not a threat."

Comply but tell them to chill out, you're all ears.

Comply, and ask what all this is about.

>Search us.
Only say that if you are trying to get them to unwrap Emerald, and I am still not quiiite sure she won't kill us in that scenario. (Actually I don't know if she could beat them if they unwrapped her; they are two well armed fighters at close range.)

They seem like they are either bandits..or somthing best to listen and wait for an opening

Don't bee scared.

Soooo are you bandits or something? Because I really don't own anything to valuable.

i thought you said don't move

JiggyDino 2016/05/20(Fri)17:56 No. 724756 ID: b66b01
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>Don't bee scared.

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!

>Comply but tell them to chill out, you're all ears.
>Dialogue

Raven: "Geeze do you really need the swords? C'mon man what the heck is with you?"

Bee Red: "Just do it!"

Raven: "I will, don't worry. I am cooperating!"

Bee Lady 2: "Get on your stomach!"

Emerald: "I'll try..."

*shuffle shuffle*

>Comply, and ask what all this is about
>Follow her orders, but also tell them if they're bandits it's not like you have anything of worth.
>"Search us. We're unarmed. We're not a threat."
>Only say that if you are trying to get them to unwrap Emerald
>best to listen and wait for an opening

I start turning slowly around while she moves one of the sword on the other side of my neck to make sure that a blade is still at my throat when I'm turned.

Raven: "What is all this about? If you guys are bandits, we really don't have anything of worth!"

Bee Red: "Quiet."

She doesn't wait for me to tell her to search me or not. She started frisking me with the pair of extra arms she has. She finds my bottle and apple but returns them to me.

Bee Red: "Ok, now move forward and join your friend."

Bee Lady 2: "Wha-? Why are you like this?"

The other bee is frisking Emerald and seem a bit confused, only having one sword on the witch.

Emerald: "Yeah, I can't really move much..."

JiggyDino 2016/05/20(Fri)17:56 No. 724757 ID: b66b01
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Having decided to comply with the Bees orders, I move to the bed where Emerald is.

Bee Orange: "Hey! She's already tied up! Someone beat us to the punch!"

The bee dressed in red talks in a low, almost whispering, voice but still in a scolding tone.

Bee Red: "Marigold! Keep your voice down! We've secure this room but not the other adjacent ones. Someone might hear you!"

The bee in orange's smile fades and she looks a bit guilty.

Bee Orange: "Y-yeah, you're right, I'm sorry... At least we don't have to guard this one."

JiggyDino 2016/05/20(Fri)17:56 No. 724758 ID: b66b01
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Another bee arrives, this one dressed in purple.

Bee Red: "Why are you lagging behind?"

Purple shrugs.

Bee Purple: "Had to make sure all the mounts got in the cave. Besides, I knew you guys were on top of it. We don't need to exert ourselves against easy opponents."

Bee Red: "Actually, we don't know. That's the whole point in scouting and clearing an area."

Bee Purple: "Yeah! And we're great at it! When have we ever broken a sweat?"

Bee Red: "Mmph! Go check the other rooms with Marigold, I'll stay here and keep an eye on them."

Bee Orange: "Yay! Aster! We get to hang out!"

Bee Purple: "Sure Mari. You should show me your fancy moves."

Bee Orange: "Oh! Good idea!"

Red sighs while Orange and Purple leaves. They head for the cell first.

JiggyDino 2016/05/20(Fri)17:56 No. 724759 ID: b66b01
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Emerald and I are now alone with the Bee in red.

Bee Red: "You can sit on the bed if you want."

>>724759
Yeah okay. Ask her what's going on. They aren't going to kill you are they?

Ask Emerald if she's ever seen anyone move that fast. Could she track them? (this is important if we decide to unleash her in hopes she can fight them off)

We couldn't think of a jail that would take Emerald, but maybe the bees have.
"What's going to happen to her?"

Sooooo are we going to die?

Take a seat and put an arm around Emerald to comfort her.

Ask the bee, "Are we going to die?"

What are you here for and are we dead?

Ask them if their here for Emerald or is this just a spur of the moment thing

>>725019
Rather not show our hand or volunteer information about Emerald just yet.

JiggyDino 2016/05/24(Tue)14:24 No. 725697 ID: b66b01
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>Ask Emerald if she's ever seen anyone move that fast. Could she track them?

The only sounds in the room are the crackling of the fire, the low rumble-y noise of the sandstorm and Marigold yelling if there's anyone in the prison, after, I presume, determining that the cell room was clear of people. I don't think I can ask anything tactical to Emerald without Red Bee stopping me. I definitely should try and remember to ask her once I can though.

>Yeah okay.
>Take a seat and put an arm around Emerald to comfort her.

I sit next to Emerald and extend an arm towards her to comfort her.

Red Bee: "Ah! ah!"

In a surprisingly quick manner, Red Bee moves next to us and blocks my attempt to move closer to Emerald with one of her swords.

Red Bee: "You're fine where you're sitting! I have my eyes on you and you better not try anything funny."

I sit back where I was. She slowly move backward back to her spot.

JiggyDino 2016/05/24(Tue)14:24 No. 725698 ID: b66b01
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>We couldn't think of a jail that would take Emerald, but maybe the bees have.
>Ask them if their here for Emerald or is this just a spur of the moment thing
>Rather not show our hand or volunteer information about Emerald just yet.

It would be wiser to not allude to anything I know about Emerald. I don't know what they know and I wouldn't want to tell them something I don't want them to know yet...

>Ask her what's going on. They aren't going to kill you are they?
>Sooooo are we going to die?
>Ask the bee, "Are we going to die?"
>What are you here for and are we dead?

Raven: "Soooo, Are we going to die?"

Red Bee: "That's up to you."

She squint menacingly.

Emerald: "Haha!"

She looks at Emerald, not too happy that a laugh was the reaction she got.

Raven: "Are we allowed to know what is going on? What are you here for?"

Red Bee: "... We need shelter from the storm. Securing anyone around is part of our... procedure. Our boss will decide what to do with you two once the storm dies down. You know, you can actually help us by telling me if there are anyone else around here."

Welp, time to spill the beans then. Fill her in on everything.

>Securing anyone around is part of our... procedure.
so... you're slavers?

>>725698
Don't tell her anything until you find out what they *usually* do to those they secure.

>>725698
"Several others. We just finished preventing a demonic invasion. You're welcome."

[X] Doubt

>>725703
>diming out our friends to possible slavers

n-no...
no, don't do this.

Don't mention your friends, demons or magic. Until we know what these guys are up to we don't want to give them any information we don't have to.

JiggyDino 2016/05/26(Thu)17:32 No. 726177 ID: b66b01
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>Don't tell her anything until you find out what they *usually* do to those they secure.
>Dialogue

Raven: "So... You're slavers?"

Red Bee: "You didn't answer my question."

Raven: "I'm just worried about what will happen to us!"

Red Bee: "Then you should be worried about answering my questions, or else I'll get them out of you!"

Emerald: "They're not slavers."

Red Bee: "Wha- How do you know?!"

Emerald: "I know what slavers look like. You look too fancy to be slavers."

Red Bee has a conflicted expression.

>Welp, time to spill the beans then. Fill her in on everything.
>"Several others. We just finished preventing a demonic invasion. You're welcome."
>no, don't do this.
>Don't mention your friends, demons or magic. Until we know what these guys are up to we don't want to give them any information we don't have to.

Yeah. I shouldn't, in good conscious, betray my friends. Plus, she's not telling me anything anyway.

JiggyDino 2016/05/26(Thu)17:32 No. 726178 ID: b66b01
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The other bees are now exiting the cell room. Red Bee make a quick buzz sound with her wings.

*BZZZ*

A blast of air hits Emerald and I. When the other two look over, she beckons them and Marigold happily and quickly come to us. Purple Bee stays near the ramp.

Red Bee: "There are more of them around, keep sharp."

Marigold: "How many?"

Red Bee: "I don't know..."

Marigold: "Ok!"

Red Bee: "And keep your voice down! I heard from all the way over here!"

Marigold: "Ok."

She returns to Purple Bee who already started to go down the ramp.

Wait until Red leaves, and try asking Marigold what's going on. She seems more chit-chatty.

That is some mighty powerful gas.

>>726201
Yeah, I knew some/most people would have seen it that way... *shrug*

Ask emerald if she has any idea who these people are.

JiggyDino 2016/05/27(Fri)17:51 No. 726409 ID: b66b01
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>Wait until Red leaves, and try asking Marigold what's going on. She seems more chit-chatty.

That would be nice, but Red seems to be the one in charge of guarding us. Marigold already left.

>Dialogue

I quickly lean over to Emerald and quietly say:

Raven: "That was some mighty powerful gas."

Emerald: "Pfft!"

Red Bee: "What was that?!?"

We both say nothing and she gives us a dirty look. Eventually she brings a hand to her forehead and sighs.

JiggyDino 2016/05/27(Fri)17:51 No. 726410 ID: b66b01
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>Ask emerald if she has any idea who these people are.

I decide to ignore my worries to talk to Emerald while Red Bee is here.

Raven: "Any idea who these people are?"

Red Bee: "Oh? So you're not taking me seriously?!? Is that it?!?"

Red Bee reaches inside my cloak, grabs me by the wrist and slams my hand against the wall. She holds my other hand with her other free hand and brings a sword up to my neck.

Emerald: "HEY!"

JiggyDino 2016/05/27(Fri)17:51 No. 726411 ID: b66b01
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Suddenly, thin metal is pressed against my hand. She's pushing her sword into my hand, but not enough to penetrate it.

JiggyDino 2016/05/27(Fri)17:51 No. 726412 ID: b66b01
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Red Bee: "You better tell me how many of your friends you have running around here or I will push this sword into your hand and you can bet I will do it slowly!"

I won't lie. I'm a bit scared for the safety of my hand!

>>726412
One.

Break out into tears. Pretend (or show) that you're not handling the situation well. Buy yourself more time to think, maybe.

Peck her eye out.

a million and they are armed.

>>726412
yeah, either we call a bluff here or we take the more sensible course of action and break down for Sympathy Points

"Three."

Technically true, but it includes Emerald. Makes them overestimate our number slightly.

...I'm still confused as to what's up with these people.

I guess just answer honestly and say two?

well you suddenly have a blade against you. Time to do what any sane everyday person would do.

PANIC!!!

One. I mean, Lucy's a prisoner and the lizard's a loner. The fact that the one you speak of is not the one next to you is merely a coincidence.

In this situation we should tell em the truth that there are 3 told with us. Plus is it may even diffuse so of the tension.

These people are very likely up to no good (with all the threatening and refusing to explain themselves) so we should not tell them the truth about our companions. We should also avoid lying though (since they might injure us when they find out otherwise), so go with >>726421

Bawl your heart out.

blast them with eye beams, made of tears.

"... Do it."

Peck her eyes out and be the hero!
Cry and beg for dear mercy while you spill the beans.

JiggyDino 2016/05/30(Mon)12:46 No. 726797 ID: ac4927
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>Peck her eye out.

I can't! One of her sword is at my throat and she's threatening to stab my hand! Even if the sword at my throat wouldn't prevent me from pecking her, she'd definitely retaliate.

>Break out into tears. Pretend (or show) that you're not handling the situation well. Buy yourself more time to think, maybe.
>yeah, either we call a bluff here or we take the more sensible course of action and break down for Sympathy Points
>well you suddenly have a blade against you. Time to do what any sane everyday person would do. PANIC!!!
>Bawl your heart out.
>blast them with eye beams, made of tears.
>Cry and beg for dear mercy...

Well it's worth a shot. I don't think I can use my tears offensively though.

I break down and start crying.

Raven: "WAAAAH OHGODOHGODOHGOD I'MSORRY *SOB* IDON'TWANTTOBETRAYMYFRIENDS!"

The pressure on my hand lessen slightly.

Red Bee: "Are you being serious? You disrespect me and then start crying when you're threatened? Just tell me how many other people are out there and you'll be fine."

This should allow me some time to think.

>One.
>I guess just answer honestly and say two?
>"Three." Technically true, but it includes Emerald. Makes them overestimate our number slightly.
>One. I mean, Lucy's a prisoner and the lizard's a loner. The fact that one is not the one next to you does is merely a coincidence.
>In this situation we should tell em the truth that there are 3 told with us.
>...while you spill the beans.

I could answer "one", "two" or "three". If I say "one", That will give Rip and Lucy a change to be found separately and who ever is not found first could have a chance to take the bees by surprise or avoid them altogether. "Two" will be the honest answer, but will also betray my new friends. But it will avoid having these shifty people to get mad at me later. "Three" will make both Lucy and Rip known, but maybe the added paranoia of expecting a third person will be a good mental tactic.

I make a decision and start to "pretend" to get my act together enough to answer.

I don't want to betray my friends and these people are not telling me anything, so why should I have to answer their questions? Because they threaten me? I'll just have to deal with them again later... If I have to deal with them later. Saying "one" is a gamble, but seems like a better tactic then light paranoia.

Raven: "*sniff* There's only one other out there."

JiggyDino 2016/05/30(Mon)12:46 No. 726798 ID: ac4927
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Red Bee looks at me a moment.

Red Bee: "See? Was that so hard?"

She then pushes me down on the shoulder to force me on the floor.

Red Bee: "Now stay and sit here."

JiggyDino 2016/05/30(Mon)12:46 No. 726799 ID: ac4927
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She turns around. Emerald is on the floor.

Red Bee: "What ar-"

Emerald: "I FELL!"

Red Bee: "..."

if she makes a stabby motion leap on her back hold sword hands down and bite her antenna off.

Is...is this one of those rape things?

Looks like Emerald might have tried to wiggle to your aid. Try to draw attention away from her situation.

"Can I ask you a question?"
If Red Bee says yes,
"Do you like to sing?"

Don't get cute with the angry bee again.

I guess trying to strike up *some* conversation might work to lower her guard. Ask what those creatures they came in with are.

>>726871
Do this.

If she says "yes", then...

I LOVE TO SING-A
ABOUT THE MOON-A AND THE JUNE-A AND THE SPRING-A

Ask Emerald if she's okay. That looked like quite the fall there.

JiggyDino 2016/05/31(Tue)16:54 No. 726990 ID: 17e791
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The Red Bee moves to lift Emerald up.

Red Bee: "Try and stay on the bed."

Emerald: "I'll try HAHAHAH!"

>Ask what those creatures they came in with are.

I already know what they are, but I guess I dunno what else to ask.

Raven: "What are those things that you came in with?"

Red Bee: "... You don't know about those?"

Raven: "..."

An awkward silence follows. I know what they are but if I say so she'll wonder why I asked. I could play dumb just to make her talk?

I shrug.

This is really awkward.

JiggyDino 2016/05/31(Tue)16:54 No. 726991 ID: 17e791
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>Dialogue

Raven: "Do you like to s-?"

Marigold: "POPPY!"

Marigold is back. Thank god.

Marigold: "Poppy! I found a secret passage!"

Emerald: "Secret...?"

Red Bee: "Really?! Wow, Marigold, good job!"

Even with her mouth covered, it's obvious that Marigold is sporting a great big proud smile.

Red Bee: "Where's Aster?"

Marigold loses her smile.

Marigold: "Oh. Um, it's actually kinda cool! There's water under this mountain! And these glowing crystals! It's really pretty!"

Red Bee: "... And Aster?"

Marigold: "She's, uh, bathing and preening in the water..."

Red Bee: "WHAT!?! Seriously?!? RaaAH! She's always so lazy!"

Red Bee: "... Marigold, keep an eye on them, Especially the bird! And don't make friends with them! I'll go drag Aster through this passage. Where is it?"

Marigold: "There's this big rock and behind it there's a smaller rock and it's next to it. We'd have to crawl through."

Red Bee: "Alright. I'll check it out with Aster. Don't hesitate to use your blades against these two if they don't behave!"

Marigold has a bit of a worried look. Red Bee leaves.

JiggyDino 2016/05/31(Tue)16:54 No. 726992 ID: 17e791
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Emerald and I are now alone with the Bee in orange.

... Also known as Marigold.

Marigold: "... Soooooo, why is she tied up?"

She got heat stroke out in the desert and started raving a bit. So I tied her up so she would not thrash around while I got her water.

She had just woken up and was feeling better when you wandered in the cave. So never got the chance to untie her.

"Because you guys interrupted our bondage session."

We were in a middle of practicing her magic act.

>"And don't make friends with them!"
Totally make friends with Marigold.

"What you don't tie up your friends for fun?!"
act like she's weird for askin'.

>>726999
This.

>>726999
this with a bit of
>>727004

>>726992
She was bad so she's in time out. (it's not even a lie)

Ask HER if she likes to sing-a.

Offer to help her preen later. You're a bird, you know how that works.

JiggyDino 2016/06/01(Wed)11:19 No. 727218 ID: 17e791
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>Dialogue x2
>act like she's weird for askin'.

Raven: "Because you guys interrupted our bondage session."

Marigold: "Oh my!"

Emerald: "what"

Raven: "What? You don't tie up your friends for fun?!"

Marigold: "What? No! I never do that!"

Raven: "That is really weird. How do you ever not?!"

Marigold: "Wh- I-"

Emerald: "Why are you lying? We were not doing that! We're both fully clothed anyway!"

Marigold: "Oh..."

>Dialogue

Raven: "Actually, she was bad so she's in time out."

Marigold looks to Emerald who only responds with an annoyed look. The bee's expression relaxes a bit after confirming that I was telling the truth this time.

>Totally make friends with Marigold.

Bondage jokes are totally the best way to make friends! Marigold seems a bit hurt though. How did this not work?

JiggyDino 2016/06/01(Wed)11:20 No. 727219 ID: 17e791
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>Ask Emerald if she's okay. That looked like quite the fall there.

Raven: "Emerald, are you ok? That fall-"

Emerald: "Yeah! Doing great! Hey bee! Those flowers are neat!"

Marigold: "Aaw! You guys are weird, but at least you're caring and sweet!

She turns to Emerald.

Marigold: "Thank you!"

>Ask HER if she likes to sing-a.

Raven: "I don't know why but I reeeally want to know if you bees like to sing!"

Marigold: "Oh! Well I do like singing! But I can't do it around other people. I used to and Poppy told me I was too loud and that it was unprofessional. So I only sing when I'm alone. It's mostly humming though. I don't know if the others do too. Except for Azalea. Her singing is beautiful! I guess she sings quieter too..."

Marigold: "What about you two? Do you sing?!"

Sing "Unhand her, Dan Backslide!" for 10 hours.

>>727219
oh hey, Emerald's got some sorta plan. Neato.
As for what to sing, got any good songs from your homeland? Always fun stuff there.

Perform a musical number about the nice bees letting the bird and friends go.

I LOVE TO SING-A
ABOUT THE MOON-A AND THE JUNE-A AND THE SPRING-A

>>727234
This-a!

"My mom taught me to play the violin and the lute, actually. I didn't bring one though. I travel light."

JiggyDino 2016/06/04(Sat)11:08 No. 727778 ID: 7d01b5
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>oh hey, Emerald's got some sorta plan. Neato.

Does she? She seemed to mostly be trying to change the subject of her falling off the bed.

>As for what to sing, got any good songs from your homeland? Always fun stuff there.

Raven: "Well, I am the bard of our party. Maybe I could sing a little something!"

Marigold: "Ooo, yes!"

Ignoring urges to channel owl music, I think back to my homeland...

JiggyDino 2016/06/04(Sat)11:08 No. 727779 ID: 7d01b5
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A song pops up in my memory and I start singing it the best I can. I try to control some of the gravelly caws that seems to want to surface when I make my voice loud. The song speaks of the sky, the wind and being free. The last part is more ambiguous. But as I remember, it is believe to be about losing one's wings and, as a result, said freedom. Eventually, the lyrics ends in my mind and so does my singing.

JiggyDino 2016/06/04(Sat)11:08 No. 727780 ID: 7d01b5
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Marigold: "Oh, that was a pretty song... I really like the part about flying!"

Emerald: "So all of it?"

Marigold: "Yeah!"

>Dialogue

Raven: "My mom taught me to play the violin and the lute, also. I didn't bring one though. I travel light."

Marigold: "Aw too bad, I would have wanted to hear some more music! It's great that you can play some instruments though! Odd combination though... I never got to play any instruments. All our time were spent training."

Emerald: "So, Bee, you say you've found a secret passage?"

Marigold: "Oh yeah!"

Emerald: "Show me."

Marigold: "Wh- I'm suppose to watch you guys to make sure you don't go anywhere!"

>>727780
>"Wh- I'm suppose to watch you guys to make sure you don't go anywhere!"
Exactly! You show us and keep an eye on us. No problem!

yeah, but you can watch us anywhere.

Don't worry Marigold, we won't run off. Poppy has made it clear you guys mean business.

>>727904
We promise we'll be good!

JiggyDino 2016/06/05(Sun)15:22 No. 728001 ID: 7d01b5
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>Dialogue x2

Raven: "Exactly! You show us and keep an eye on us. No problem! You can watch us anywhere!"

Marigold: "I don't know, is that what Poppy meant?"

Emerald: "Don't you want to see the secret too?"

Marigold: "... maybe."

>Dialogue x2

Raven: "Don't worry Marigold, we won't run off. Poppy has made it clear you guys mean business. We promise we'll be good!"

Emerald: "And I'm sure you could stop us anyway. You're good at what you do right?"

Marigold: "... Oh, alright!"

She excitedly stands back up. She asks me while gesturing to Emerald.

Marigold: "Um... Can you carry her? I mean, can you lift her? If you can, then you have to."

You seem strong enough that you could carry her.

Pick up that witch, hug hold mode engage!

Feign weakness so Marigold has to carry her. Having your hands full would put you at a disadvantage.

>>728001
Tell her you're not that strong. You'd rather untie her so she can walk on her own.

Carry her. That way we could unravel the sheets if we need to (and I'm still not quiiite sure she wouldn't do something impulsive or evil).

Find some large potato sacks and have a sack race to the secret passage

JiggyDino 2016/06/09(Thu)16:16 No. 728634 ID: 7d01b5
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>You seem strong enough that you could carry her.
>Pick up that witch, hug hold mode engage!
>Carry her. That way we could unravel the sheets if we need to

While I weight my options for a fraction of a second, I decide to carry Emerald myself in Hug Hold Mode! Emerald seems surprised.

Marigold: "Thank you! Let's go!"

Alright, we're going to the secret passage instead of staying in this room. Do I have an end goal here...?

>>728634
Well first you need to find out if you're actually in danger. Get chummy with Marigold and find out what they're going to do. If it's bad, convince Emerald not to kill everyone if you let her out, then complain to Marigold that you're getting tired and you think Emerald has had enough time out anyway so you'd like to untie her.

Then do so, and Emerald can overpower the bees.

Your goal is to seduce a bee into joining your party. Or at least wiggling their butt in one of those flower dances.

goals are for squares

>>728646
We should try to get some squares made of gold.

>>728634
Generally, we want to see exactly if we need to fear for our lives properly, and if so, how to get out of the situation. If not, we want to see if perhaps we can work out some kind of deal.

I wonder where our friends are doing...

>>728805
This.

JiggyDino 2016/06/11(Sat)16:44 No. 728954 ID: 7d01b5
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>Get chummy with Marigold and find out what they're going to do.
>Your goal is to seduce a bee into joining your party.
>Generally, we want to see exactly if we need to fear for our lives properly

Alright, getting info from Marigold could be the immediate plan. Although I've only tried asking Poppy about what they are doing here... And getting a bee to join our party can be an optional thing I could go for.

>I wonder where our friends are doing...

Hopefully, they're ok. I would imagine that they are looking for Emerald's research right now. But they don't know that there are more, potentially dangerous people here now... They are fighters though and they have all the weapons. So hopefully they can at least defend themselves. The bees are pretty fast...

After crossing a room full of mounts, we make our way under Lucy's room. There's water on the floor and it is a bit difficult to not slip while carrying Emerald. We arrive at the passage.

Emerald: "Mmm..."

Marigold: "I know! Mysterious!"

Emerald: "Very! Let's see where this leads."

Marigold: "Y-yeah!"

Raven: "Don't worry Mari, you're doing a good job keeping watch over us!"

Marigold: "Aw, thanks!"

We enter the passage...

Compliment Marigold on how well the hat looks on her.

Ask Mari to show you some cool sword tricks and or moves.

JiggyDino 2016/06/15(Wed)16:17 No. 729808 ID: 7d01b5
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We're now in the old hallway.

Marigold: "Ooo, this is so exciting! I've never been in a secret passage before! I should ask Calla if we could built some where we live! They would be fun and useful!"

Emerald: "Yes... useful..."

>Compliment Marigold on how well the hat looks on her.

Raven: "Marigold, that hat looks great on you!"

Marigold: "Eee, thanks! I thought to bring it along for you and might as well wear it to free my hands."

>Ask Mari to show you some cool sword tricks and or moves.

Raven: "So you know some cool sword trick or moves?"

Marigold: "Yeah! Me and my sisters had to train real hard to be some of the most effective fighters. Our deal is to be fast and precise, but we do have some pretty cool things we can do!"

Raven: "Can you show us something?"

Marigold: "Sure!"

JiggyDino 2016/06/15(Wed)16:17 No. 729809 ID: 7d01b5
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Suddenly, Marigold throws Emerald's hat up in the air. With a BZZZ, She then jumps above Emerald and I while doing a flip, sword flying around us! I can feel the wind from the blade as they swish by us.

JiggyDino 2016/06/15(Wed)16:17 No. 729810 ID: 7d01b5
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Marigold then lands in front of us and then catches Emerald's hat, putting it back on her own head.

Marigold: "Ta-daaa!"

CHECK YOUR NECK

Haha, cool. Fast and precise, huh? Sounds like a forward guard... for royalty maybe? Are they making sure the place is safe before their queen bee moves in?

>>729823
They did say/imply they were scouts already, so this seems good to ask about.

JiggyDino 2016/06/16(Thu)16:39 No. 730037 ID: 7d01b5
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After Marigold let us pass her, we keep going...

>CHECK YOUR NECK

Still holding my head in place!

>Haha, cool. Fast and precise, huh? Sounds like a forward guard... for royalty maybe? Are they making sure the place is safe before their queen bee moves in?
>They did say/imply they were scouts already, so this seems good to ask about.

Raven: "So you guys are scouting, right? Is it for royalty? Are you making sure the place is safe before your queen bee moves in?"

Marigold: "Oh, not at all! Our Queen Bee has to stay in our kingdom and can't really travel. Unless it was an emergency... But I don't think there's anything going on over there right now. We're just rounding up anyone we find. Then Ava will decide if you're enemies or not! Ava's not royalty, but she might be one day! She just hired me and my sisters for something and things went wrong and we had to escape in the desert. We got very lucky finding this place but Ava has a lot of enemies for some reason. Just making sure this place is safe for her!"

Oh. Well, I don't think that's going to be a problem.

>>730037
Ssssoooo...they're just paranoid, then? Huh.
Well...okay I guess? Not like we're gonna hurt anything.

Should probably reassure them that we're not exactly dangerous folks. (Except Emerald, but shhhhh.)
Onward.

>>730037
"Well, we're not your enemies unless you make us enemies. And you're doing a good job of not doing that! Good job, Marigold."

Straight up ask her if she wants to be your friend.

JiggyDino 2016/06/20(Mon)15:36 No. 731067 ID: 7d01b5
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>Oh. Well, I don't think that's going to be a problem.
>Should probably reassure them that we're not exactly dangerous folks. (Except Emerald, but shhhhh.)
>Dialogue

Raven: "W-"

Emerald: "Wow! The red one wouldn't tell us anything! Thanks for the info!"

Marigold: "... Wait, really?"

Marigold: "Oh. Ooh no! No no no no no! Oh no! OH NO! Uuuuuhh Uuum, I- uh, I was lying! Please forget everything I said! Oh no..."

Marigold is panicking.

Raven: "Marigold, it's ok, we're not dangerous folk. And we're not your enemies! And you're doing a good job! Good job, Marigold!"

Marigold: "Poppy won't think I did a good job! I don't know that I did a good job! I don't know! Oh what should I do!? Poppy will get so mad! And disappointed! Oooooohhhh..."

>>731067
Tell her you'll keep it a secret.

>>731083
Don't worry, if we're secret friends Poppy won't get mad.

>>731067
How about we just lie and pretend you didn't say anything? Then no one gets mad.

>>731067
She'll only be disappointed if she finds out.

>>731067
Oh my god she's such a loveable goober I just wanna hug her and pat her and tell her it'll all be okay.

>>731193
so let's do it, we totally won't get stabbed or anything

>>731220
Thirding this.

Hugs are the best medicine

JiggyDino 2016/06/23(Thu)14:38 No. 731593 ID: 7d01b5
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>Oh my god she's such a loveable goober I just wanna hug her and pat her and tell her it'll all be okay.
>so let's do it, we totally won't get stabbed or anything
>Thirding this
>Hugs are the best medicine

Seeing the poor bee in distress, I move in for... an emergency hug!

Raven: "There, there, it'll all be ok! You've done nothing wrong."

Marigold is a bit surprise but stops shaking. She hugs me back with her free arms.

Marigold: "Hu-? I... Ok. Mmm..."

>Straight up ask her if she wants to be your friend.
>Tell her you'll keep it a secret.
>Dialogue
>How about we just lie and pretend you didn't say anything? Then no one gets mad.
>She'll only be disappointed if she finds out.

Raven: "Don't worry, if we're secret friends Poppy won't get mad. Do you want us the be friends? We can pretend that you didn't tell me anything. And she won't be disappointed."

Marigold: "... friends? yay! But I still disobeyed Poppy. Maybe we should have stayed back..."

Emerald: "No way!"

JiggyDino 2016/06/23(Thu)14:38 No. 731594 ID: 7d01b5
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...

Emerald: "I landed on a rock."

JiggyDino 2016/06/23(Thu)14:38 No. 731595 ID: 7d01b5
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Emerald: "But we're going forward! Never to look back! And it's not like we can go back with our eyes closed! We'd trip all over this old hallway alone! So onward to the lab!"

Marigold: "..."

>>731595
"Oops. Sorry, emerald."
>pick crazy magic friend up again, carry forward.

Indeed! Onward down this secret passage that we've never seen before and have no idea where it leads!

Sound logic, Emerald

>>731597
I can read this suggestion in 2 different tones. Can you elaborate what you're getting at with this suggestion?

>>731883
My intention was that we're pretending we have no idea where this tunnel leads, right? But Emerald kind of slipped up there, so that was an attempt at covering/reminding Emerald of the pretense. But you should read it in the tone that you think would be the most fun!

>>731885
Ah, well I felt like either way I could read into it wouldn't "honor" either your suggestion or the story if I had picked the wrong one. So I was making sure. =3

>>731885
Wait, we know where this leads?

>>731936
http://tgchan.org/wiki/2_Frames_Quest Go here to find thread 1 if you missed it!

>>731939
No, I remember that whole thing, just...okay, apparently I'm just stupid because I didn't recognize it.

>>731940
Nah, it's an old abandoned secret hallway that Raven and Lucy passed through for only a couple of updates. I'd say it's a pretty forgettable part of the environment. Especially since it happen like months ago for us. And only earlier today for Raven. Anyway, if I have more to respond, I'll use the dis thread cause this back and forth is getting long for the quest thread.

Raven pick up Emerald and carry her through the door and then when Marigold comes in behind you say, "Oops. I can't open the door while I'm carrying Emerald. Marigold, do you think you can squeeze past us and open the door?" And then all 3 of you proceed to awkwardly shuffle around each other in the closet.

JiggyDino 2016/07/04(Mon)11:38 No. 733631 ID: 7d01b5
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>Dialogue and action

Raven: "Oops. Sorry Emerald!"

I pick Emerald back up off the floor.

>Indeed! Onward down this secret passage that we've never seen before and have no idea where it leads!

Raven: "Alright! Let's keep going then to discover where this hallway leads to!"

Emerald: "Finally!"

Raven: "..."

Marigold: "Mmmrgn, alright..."