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757996 No. 757996 ID: 547539

A thrilling tale of suspense and horror
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No. 758008 ID: ba506f

give it 15 minutes and if it still hasn't shown up say fuck it and walk... uh, how far is your house from here?
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I'd say wait another 5 or 10 mins, depending on your patience, then walk.
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fuck it, it's been an hour and the damn thing still hasn't shown up so you might as well start walking. It's going to suck but if you've been here this long I don't think it's showing up at all.
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No. 758021 ID: ca0e20

Yeah, time to go.
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>>758024
Grab the paper, then look behind you. If there's some reason to run you probably shouldn't be caught reading it. If you don't see anything just read the paper.
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No. 758176 ID: ca0e20

Check what the piece of paper has on it.
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No. 758182 ID: ca0e20

Weird. Sounds pretty cult-y, what with the other guys with the mask and such.

What's up with your eye, by the way? Are you blindfolded?
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No. 758191 ID: 3abd97

>>758180
I think you should do it. Best case it's magic. Worst case it does nothing.
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No. 758230 ID: 3abd97

>>758229
Mess with it.

Either proving the null hypothesis or discovering something new both advance the cause of science!
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No. 758252 ID: 34c437

Since you already experiment with the ritualistic I guess you are somewhat open to the possibility of magic existing, so you could take in consideration if it's worth doing this ritual instructed by a masked man in the case of this ritual been real. This could be a curse, but I imagine it's more likely an initiation ritual.
I say do it. If it's bullshit it doesn't matter and if it's real it's probable not harmful.
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No. 758258 ID: ca0e20

Also, before you do anything else, double check that your front door is locked.
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No. 758275 ID: ca0e20

Someone's behind you!
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No. 758310 ID: ca0e20

Alright then, can you check what time it is?

Look around and see if anything is different. The feeling of being still asleep might be a passing feeling. But is it's not, it would be good to confirm it.
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No. 758315 ID: 3abd97

>>758280
There were feet on the headboard behind you, but they're gone now.

Look around your room for anyone or anything out of place, then look down at the paper in your lap. See if that's changed.

If that doesn't yield anything, try peeking out your window.
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>>758323
Well, it's that, or explore the void for the source of the lullaby.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R1jG99z7lVY
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No. 758560 ID: 34c437

I don't understand why you are so afraid os a piece of paper, but if you believe this is a valid concern go look for the source of the music. If you do nothing all you can be is a victim of external forces.
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No. 758572 ID: 398fe1

Go see where the music is coming from. That's a possible threat you can examine from safety- you can't "read from a distance".
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No. 758576 ID: ca0e20

I was thinking maybe you can bring the paper with you while exploring.

Not a great plan but: If there's danger, then you can read it real fast. Who knows, maybe you can get two monster to fight each other! If not, well, if this is a nightmare, it has to end poorly no matter what you do right?
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No. 758581 ID: 398fe1

Say hello.
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No. 758590 ID: ca0e20

I'm gonna go with: It means don't read the poem! I'm not sure that's how it works, but now I'm wondering if that guy is his predicament because he read the poem.

Though don't get rid of the paper now, in case I'm wrong.
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No. 758592 ID: 3abd97

>>758589
Where do the strings / roots attached to this person go?
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No. 758594 ID: 398fe1

It sounds like this paper is associated more with him than you. Give it to him.
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>>758595
Claim knife.
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No. 758604 ID: 3abd97

I think the knife claimed you, rather than the other way around.

Stab it down into the table, as hard as you can, then try and pry / pull your hand off the hilt?
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No. 758617 ID: ca0e20

Guessing the poem can't be read anymore? Seems like the time to do it.
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No. 758618 ID: 3abd97

>>758617
...yeah. If you can read the poem, do so now. Before you end up trapped in wire or roots like the last guy.
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No. 758634 ID: 547539

good night
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No. 758637 ID: 3abd97

>>758633
Greet the demon politely. Not much else you can do.
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No. 758642 ID: 3abd97

>>758639
Um. Okay, so quick- what do I need to know and/or do before I get out? And how do I get out?

I don't want irreparable consequences.
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No. 758710 ID: ca0e20

Ask them how you're suppose to get out.

Also how are you holding up not feeling parts of your body and being blind in one eye?
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No. 758712 ID: 3d2d5f

>>758683
Being blind in one eye is something that can be worked around, but that will make driving suck.

The big problem is a lack of touch will seriously impact your ability to use your hands. You need feedback not to be a clumsy oaf. Basic tasks will be hard for a while.

Important now: what do I need to know or do before I leave? How do I leave?
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No. 758720 ID: 3d2d5f

Wait I'm confused. Someone used the Ash Tree to try and kill me, but you waited when it asked you two, and they want to give me a present? And now I'm supposed to surrender my mortality to the thing that was trying to kill me in a horrible painful manner?
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No. 758733 ID: 594c18

>>758717
>sacrifice my mortality
Um, so does that mean you die or become immortal??
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No. 758735 ID: 3d2d5f

>do you accept the gift
...it's not going to fill me with roots or anything like that if I take it, will it?

The Ash Tree itself seems to be the one thing that unambiguously helped you then. Might as well pledge yourself to it.

...and reluctantly accept the gift of the person who got you to do a haphazard summon.
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No. 758770 ID: 398fe1

I don't trust this guy. If he was on your side he could have warned you at the start of this "dream". Ask him why he didn't do that, and also ask why you can't just cut the line connecting him to the mask.
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No. 758773 ID: 3d2d5f

I, uh, don't really want to end anyone's existence.
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>>758778
I... have no idea. I've never heard of him before today, and what little I've learned so far is kind of confusing and contradictory.
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No. 758825 ID: 398fe1

If I had to guess the Tree is the spirit of the girl in the picture, and is essentially a spirit of vengeance now. And is being used as a way of killing people, either to further the group's goals or to satisfy its lust for revenge.
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No. 758924 ID: 3abd97

...I don't want to be cruel.
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No. 759082 ID: ca0e20

... WHAT IS GOING ON!?!

Actually, what is this place exactly? And Is there really a way out? Did that other guy say anything accurate?
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No. 759101 ID: 398fe1

How can you survive without becoming a monster? Is there another form of power?

Also, it sounds like the tree's branches are the problem. How about a bit of trimming?
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No. 759102 ID: 3abd97

>>759051
Who am I talking to? Are you the trunk, or the branches, or the scavengers? What is it you want?
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>>759112
I... don't know. Being asked to chose my future after just leaning all of this doesn't seem like it would be reliable.

Off hand, I don't think that I would support those trying to change the world by doing horrible things to it, even if they reward their own.
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No. 759158 ID: 3abd97

...I'll stand for freedom, then.

Freedom from people who would take choice away from others, and decide their fates for them. Freedom from people who would shape the world for others. Freedom from scavengers, branches and roots feeding on the body.

I'll be the shears. Cutting away the vines and other connections that would take purchase on our lives.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hMAVLXk9QWA
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No. 759203 ID: 3abd97

>>759200
Huh, interesting ability.

>>759201
...out of curiosity, what's wrong with being whore queen? I mean, I suppose it might be distasteful or embarrassing, but it's not like sex is inherently immoral. And the usual problem with pimping is the exploitation.

Might even tie into sexual freedom. Although holding domain / control / ownership over people kind goes against that.

Sorry, I was expecting consequences like "die horribly and painfully in creative ways" not "run a whore house". Little thrown.
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No. 759208 ID: be561b

>>759203
True while sexual freedom is an option of freedom, we would still be holding others down for if we are a "pimp" then we are no better than a slave master. I say we stand against this evil, it won't be an easy road but we shall persevere, we will survive, we will be righteous, we will be a good person.
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No. 759287 ID: 460ba0

>>759203
they're just the 'successful' ending examples, it's less fun to hear about or listen to that one version of yourself that tripped and hit their head on a rock.
But for real watch where you're stepping.
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>>759294
>don't call me whore queen
Sure thing, mistress of the shears.

>should have taken the gift
If I start doing cruel things just to serve my own puposes, doesn't that just put me on the road of becoming cult leader myself?

>say anything to leave
Thank you for your help. It's been enlightening, if overwhelming.
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No. 759311 ID: 91ee5f

"Whatever you want and I will return you."

...what? You said to say that, so I said it!
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No. 759338 ID: 3d2d5f

>>759321
Well that's underwhelming.

Not sure if trust was really the right way to describe what we did. We were in an alien environment we had no control over and no known way to escape- we had little recourse but to communicate with the creatures there. And we had no known way to defend ourself or otherwise resist aggression.

And not trusting something on the basis that it was an artificial collection of spirits is not valid- since the only data we had on what it was was from another source we couldn't trust.

Hopefully it's just a painful nightmare on the way to exiting or leaving this realm. Things were getting interesting.
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No. 759362 ID: 398fe1

>>759349
Yeah what is your overall goal anyway?
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No. 759375 ID: 3583d1

At what cost though? You say you are leading them into a new evolution of human form, but how do you even decide who is worthy of evolution? What happens to those unworthy? Do their voices mean nothing?
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No. 759377 ID: 398fe1

You're freeing people from menial labor... but how will those jobs get done afterwards?
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No. 759380 ID: 3583d1

You didn't answer my question, at what cost will you bring about this "evolution?"
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No. 759393 ID: 3abd97

>>759388
So you have no stated mission statement except

1 "I'm going to chance things"
2 "against the will of the majority"
3 "and I'm not afraid to hurt people or break things in doing so."

That's not a very good sales pitch. If you want to justify points 2 and 3, you need a really solid cause / change to be championing in 1, which you so far have refused to clarify.
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No. 759398 ID: 3583d1

Cryptic. I hate that. Always you cryptic types are giving me the run around. Well, pride goeth before the fall, oh cultist leader, I think yours shall fall sooner than you imagine. I was once told something by a teacher of mine, It is not power that corrupts but fear. Fear of losing power corrupts those who wield it and fear of the scourge of power corrupts those who are subject to it. I name you, and your followers, cowards.
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No. 759413 ID: 1c5d74

And that is why you are coward, you fear what is inevitable, you lack the courage to face it, you wish to defy death? Then rise to meet it and die with some pride as a man, only then do you gain true immortality. But fine, you want to know what I've seen for your death? You swim. You swim up a river of blades only crawl your way through a tree of thorns, and feast at the table of hunger with the knives of famine. And yes we may be future versions of Ana, but her bravery is our bravery, her will is our will we have powers that even you cannot imagine. And may the will of the story tell be told, we will see you fall.
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No. 759414 ID: 3abd97

>number 2 is resolved with education
Only if you're willing to defer your plans until education works or you have majority support, which I didn't get the impression you were.

>why even bother talking reasonably with a madman
Because there's nothing to be gained by talking unreasonably. We're outside of continuity- trying to intimidate him, frighten him, or otherwise influencing him emotionally yields no long term gain. Trying to understand his perspective and motives by engaging him nets a marginal strategic benefit.

>Did you think you were the only one who
Dude we're so new to this reality we haven't had chances to even make assumptions about the magic system and lore yet. Sorry, we haven't bought in to one narrative long enough for you revealing yourself to be a rival "chosen one" or whatever future-self influenced people are called to be a surprise, yet.

Thanks for the info, though. There are ways to work around precognition / massively parallel processing, or to use it against people, it just takes creativity and a lot more work setting it up.
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No. 759418 ID: c81293

>>759414

>talking unreasonably to a cult leader
.... YOU AIN'T GOT NO PANCAKE MIX!! YOUR DECEIEVING ALL YOUR FOLLOWERS, YOU AIN'T GOT NO PANCAKE MIX!!!!
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No. 759439 ID: c81293

Well maybe he just needs a coke and a smile and to shut the fuck up.
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No. 759442 ID: 91ee5f

>>759427
You said it yourself, you're the writer of this story, so it's not our fault that you wrote his character like that! It's your fault that he's someone that gets angry and violent when agitated!
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No. 759447 ID: 1c5d74

Ok, I have a question for you because I am expecting bad things to happen, maybe on some level it will be our own fault when bad things go down, but please tell me there won't be "rocks fall, everyone dies"moments because we took a wrong turn or something. Only reason I ask is you yourself have called yourself and asshole and pulled that on us as a joke at the end of the chapter. Or am I getting into spoiler territory?
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No. 759454 ID: 3abd97

>>759427
Meh. Either he was bluffing because this is non-canon, or we succeed in goading him. Psychological influence achieved. I'll call it a win either way.

We chose the path of the shears, anyways. There's no way we weren't seeing violence.
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No. 759455 ID: 3abd97

Actually, the interesting question: which thing we said convinced him we were dangerous? That gives us insight into his thought process, and maybe where he thinks his own weakness is.
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No. 759472 ID: 1c5d74

Oh boy we've got problems...
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No. 759477 ID: 3abd97

>>759471
Well I guess we've got the first branch we'll have to prune. Or at least the first leaf.
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No. 759521 ID: 3abd97

Bandage your stabbed hand before you bleed out. You won't feel it.

>what do I need to know
How to defend yourself, and how to find your opponents before they find you. Neither of which we know how to do, now.

>what do I do
We kind of have to assume someone will find you. Either the people you just declared your intent to oppose to their power source, or maybe the guy who offered you the gift.

...that means you can't stay here, I think. First step is to leave home. Gotta go off the map, I think.
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No. 759556 ID: 1c5d74

>>759521
Added to this, get a weapon, knife would work well, but as for self defense with it I found this for you (posting this from phone so idk it will work)
https://youtu.be/4S2eKsBHSy8
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No. 759565 ID: 3abd97

>>759556
I was thinking of supernatural defenses. She can learn how to fight, sure, but we need a counter for whatever tree magic these guys are going to bring to bear or we're in trouble.
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No. 759582 ID: 1c5d74

>>759565
Alright let me see what I can do there, since we are going up against tree people I know of some actual schools of magic, this is druidic magic which specializes in the earth and trees
http://www.santharia.com/magic/druidic_magic.htm

However, the Norse, my personal preference also have some magic related to destiny and dreams. I figure these would be most useful.
http://norse-mythology.org/concepts/magic/
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No. 759702 ID: 3d2d5f

Isn't this a worldwide thing? Why do we think he's necessarily close to your home?

Hockey stick isn't a bad weapon, and can pass as normal, at least.

Not sure we're ready to confront the cult leader off the bat. Unless alt future advice allows Contessa style bullshit precog fighting, you aren't prepared to be a one woman army yet.
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No. 759713 ID: 3d2d5f

>>759711
...someone has already found you, I think.

We need another way out. Options?
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No. 759788 ID: 91ee5f

>>759770
Since he's not a cult member, he'll either be paranoid good like, "Oh, good! You're the chosen one, I'll help you fight the cult!" or paranoid bad like, "Oh, no! You're one of those cultists, I'll kill you!"
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No. 759794 ID: 1c5d74

More friends would be nice, plus paranoid people tend to be armed well. So it couldn't hurt to see if is him still approach with caution and try to be friendly
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No. 759870 ID: 3d2d5f

>>759770
...paranoid people are prepared. With supplies. Places to retreat to. Contingencies.

Maybe you should tell him you're in trouble.
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No. 759929 ID: 5d7976

Can I come with you? I think what's happening is more than we even imagine, beside we might be the only people left in the city besides whatever and whoever else is out there, we should watch each other's back.
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No. 759931 ID: 5d7976

Actually never mind, where is Derrick now?
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No. 759959 ID: 3abd97

>>759923
...okay, look, let's not debate the cause.

You really trust the government and emergency services to come through for us? They're going to be disorganized and distracted, and we can't afford to sit here if there's a follow up attack waiting to hit emergency responders.
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No. 760127 ID: e7e3ee

Oh crap! Get away from the doors! Run, go find Dereck!
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No. 760139 ID: 398fe1

I think that's the same guy from your dream. Can you tell for sure?
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No. 760140 ID: 1d744d

Flip him the bird, go find Derrick. Crawl if you have to but do let him see you through the window
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No. 760151 ID: 987a1a

>>760140
Don't* let him see you
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No. 760156 ID: 987a1a

"Get down!"
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No. 760176 ID: 3abd97

>>760153
God damn, that's a good shot being able to hit a single finger with a fucking quick draw in the dark.

You need to tourniquet that before you bleed out, even if you can't feel it.

>>760156
Get down! Shooter!
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No. 760214 ID: 987a1a

Uhh... right then... so we didn't lose a finger... sooooo... tea?
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No. 760222 ID: 91ee5f

>>760203
Yeah, he's not giving you a good reason to go outside and since he was rude and shot your finger off (even though it happened in your head it still counts), you're not going to go outside.

Go get some tea.
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No. 760225 ID: 987a1a

Aactually we go have tea, let's take some stock of our situation. There is a cultist member who I assume is the one responsible for Clarances death, and has proven efficient enough at illusion that he can make us think things haven't happened. So, is there anyway to signal to him before we go up? Like asking him what his "gift" is?
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No. 760233 ID: 3abd97

>>760222
To be fair, giving him the finger was also rude, so he only responded in kind.

...of course, if he killed Clarance, he started the rude behavior.

For now, gifts accompanied by gunshots are not ones I want to accept.
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No. 760237 ID: 3abd97

Is... that a paper airplane?

Or maybe that's mean to be your shears. San handles. I meant that title metaphorically, though.
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No. 760239 ID: 3abd97

Um, catch?
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No. 760246 ID: 3abd97

If it got through a gas mask, and it didn't go through the broken window and kill you, that suggests whatever the poison is, it's not your typical airborne containment. If it were, Clarence would be okay and you'd be dead.

He makes a fair point that the masks aren't necessarily the protection. It could be something else they're carrying, or even an antidote they took in advance.

...maybe the gift that guy is offering will help?

Short of that, we might have to capture one of them.
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No. 760247 ID: 3abd97

>>760245
Are this different answers? We don't have the way to get a mask or antidote without grabbing a cultist. Which we can try if the plane is a bust.
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No. 760248 ID: 547539

Choose wisely
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No. 760249 ID: 547539

The mark can be simply drawn like the one you used before going to sleep
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No. 760434 ID: 987a1a

Well you guys could always try to lure him into the building and gets some answers out of him. Also if you make a mask like that and gave it to Derrick think that could help
him see the guy? You might be able to see him because you have seen the ash tree itself.
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No. 760440 ID: 3abd97

Just drawing the mark is a big risk. And the only way to test is potentially getting yourself killed, or using Derrik as a guinea pig. Which seems wrong.

That leaves waiting for a cultist to ambush, or taking the gift. The gift could be a trap, or he could attack you in some way, but I don't see how that's more dangerous than fighting with a cultist anyways.

Let's take the gift.
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No. 760449 ID: 91ee5f

You could make a sign of your own that says, "Give me a reason to trust you." and then show it to that guy that's trying to give you a gift.
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No. 760520 ID: 987a1a

Alright I only have 4 simple questions then, give me these answers and I'll trust you enough to take you paper airplane or whatever. 1, did you kill clarance or was that the fog? 2, are you a cultist member or did the ash tree send you? 3, can we have his gun back? 4, is your gift going to protect me and my friend from this fog?
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No. 760552 ID: b0f04f

Fair enough, I accept. I will take the gift, but we will use it when we feel we are ready to use it. I have one other idea of how to get out of the building so we can avoid the fog.
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No. 760554 ID: b0f04f

Even if his from the cultists and therefore the enemy, there is a rule in war "no man threatens the messenger." Kind of a parley rule.
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No. 760556 ID: 3abd97

>>760555
Do we trust him? No, not at all.

But my next best idea is to use Derek as a guinea pig to test if the altered mask works against his will, which is morally reprehensible. Also he's your only ally, so treating him as a disposable test subject isn't very tactically sound, either.

And the next best idea after that is attempting to take a prisoner, after allowing other cultists to reach this building, which is more dangerous than attempting to parley with this messenger.

So.... that means we take his gift, then we decide what we're doing after that.

Um. Unless this building has access to the sewers, or maintenance tunnels? Whatever they're killing people with isn't actually a gas, and seems restricted to the outdoors. Underground might be a safe way to travel.
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No. 760561 ID: b0f04f

My idea is that we go into the basement, I've heard certain apartment complexes have underground passageways and steam tunnels leading between various buildings, usually for underground maintenance and power lines. This building may have something like that. However if we can take whatever this guy had we can maybe take it but not use it, but it may not work like that. We should send Derrick to check and see if there is a way out like the way I mentioned and give him Clarence's gun.
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No. 760563 ID: 3abd97

>>760560
Then my analysis is unchanged. Taking the gift is no more dangerous than our other options. We may as well.
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No. 760566 ID: 91ee5f

Write a sign that says, "I'll take the gift. Do I need to come out there to get it or are you going to send it over like you did with the gun?"
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No. 760579 ID: 3abd97

Watch to see what he does. Did he disappear, or leave, or is he still watching?

Read note, don't open bag.

Also, what has Derek made of this exchange, since he couldn't see half of it, and can't explain what you're doing / may not even be able to see the things you're holding?
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No. 760601 ID: 3abd97

Note, this only explains it if the note is telling the truth. One way for the cult to kill you is to convince you to walk into the deadly fog, thinking you're safe.

...and if we really need to justify it, the mark doesn't belong to the acolytes, or the cult. It belongs the the tree itself, and is older than them, and stands for more than it means to them.

The note also doesn't tell us what's in the bag.
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No. 760611 ID: aeabd2

Okay so how paranoid was Clarence? If he had a military grade gas mask, maybe he had some other stuff we can set a trap with and then escape into the basement, you say it's not exactly a great way to escape but there has to be some way of getting through there like a maintenance tunnel or something.
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No. 760623 ID: 3abd97

How much of the 20 minutes did we waste stalling?

Also, what's in the bag? Can't be anything good.
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No. 760625 ID: aeabd2

>>760623
It's whatever will keep us safe from the fog
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No. 760778 ID: 3583d1

Set a trap with the smoke bombs, maybe rig a trip wire that will set them off if anyone comes through. it wont stop them but it may buy you some time, and have Derrick help you. You take the taser as it won't kill so it is a weapon can use. Once the trap is set get into the basement and find a way underground. If my hypothesis is right there should be a maintenance tunnel leading to another building.
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No. 760794 ID: 3abd97

Well, gear up. You can wear most of that.
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No. 760812 ID: 3abd97

>>760811
If you want to hurt the cultists, come with me. I plan to bring them down for good, cut them off from the source of their power. Kill their leader. You can do more harm than stay here to take a few of them with you when their patrol reaches this building.
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No. 760813 ID: 398fe1

>>760811
Hey don't forget to wear the cultist mask over your gasmask.
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No. 760816 ID: 3abd97

>visual sendings
I would guess that's what the ring does, since he didn't to that earlier.
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No. 760963 ID: 3abd97

>never let it change you
(Quietly) Too late for that.

Thank you Derek. Good luck, and goodbye. They'll pay.
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No. 760965 ID: 921def

HUG HIM

YOU HAVE BOTH BEEN THROUGH ALOT TOGETHER, HE HAS LOST SO MUCH IN THIS MADNESS, AND IS WILLING TO BECOME A SACRIFICE IN ORDER TO TAKE ONE LAST BIT OF VENGEANCE ON THE CULTISTS.

AND I DON'T THINK I HAVE TO TELL YOU WHAT HORRORS ANA HAS FACED

MORAL CONSOLATION FOR DAMNIT, HUG!
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No. 760971 ID: 547539

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fvas3pDD9vE
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No. 760973 ID: 921def

In all seriousness, Derrick, I wish you would come with us. I know I can't understand what you are feeling right now but I do know the feeling of wanting vengeance. But I hope I can at least make you consider coming with us. If you believe that you won't have another happy day or this is your only chance for vengeance then you do what you feel is right. I won't like it but I will understand. But if you think that you could do more, that there is another way, that you can go on no matter how small I chance, please come with us. Good luck Derrick, may Odin bring you wisdom. And if you believe that this is right, then may the Valkyries bring you home to Valhalla and may you be reunited with your family.

Let's get a move on.
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No. 761141 ID: e37049

We should use the dynamite as other plans would require us to use the the ring which has some consequences. If it's from the cult it could be a tracking device, when we put it on it starts to track us and give away our location. Speaking of using it however, do we have anything to light it with?
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No. 761169 ID: 3abd97

Set dynamite, wait outside of the basement for it to detonate.

If there's a collapse, Go with plan 4 (roofs). If not, go with plan 3 (sewers).
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No. 761203 ID: 94464c

We need to move fast, when the dynamite blows they will probably move in, so we need to move quickly
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No. 761205 ID: 3abd97

>>761203
It already blew. The question is if we take the time to clear rubble from the hole that we blew to get through, or if we risk another exit (across the roof, say) and hope the cultists on guard don't see us in the process.
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No. 761227 ID: 94464c

What does it look like upstairs? We were banking on the idea that it would take them longer to get here, and we are unsure if we can clear it away it time now, we may not have that kind of time. So the question is do we want to try slipping out the back with the ring on to protect us from the fog while Derrick fights them off?
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No. 761228 ID: 94464c

Actually, if they are surrounding the whole building slipping out may be impossible, we need to dig our asses off, let's get moving!
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No. 761517 ID: 94464c

So here is the problem we are still facing. I suspect that these cultists are waiting on something a lot bigger to show up and storm the place. And while we still have time, I wouldn't t want to risk going out unless we know we won't be seen by them, I don't want our position being given away. So I need some other opinions here. Part of me says we dig but we may not have enough time. So we either risk going out and being seen and our position given away or we keep digging and risk not escaping in time. At the moment I think it may be best if we try to get the roof, stay low and try and get to the sewer
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No. 761598 ID: a9939a

So far, so good, stay low and stay alert
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No. 761600 ID: a9939a

And stay quiet!
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No. 761690 ID: 94464c

What does this voice sound like? And how are we doing on time?
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No. 761716 ID: 3abd97

Well, there are one of two outcomes, here.

Either that's a civilian the cult hasn't found yet, or that's a cultist trap. (Or both: an innocent civy being used in a cultist trap).

You either walk away or you intervene. With the potential downsides of leaving her to die versus dragging her into this, and potentially walking into a trap.

We have no way to asses the likelyhood or either right now. So the important question is: what's important to you? Is your mission paramount to the point you'll sacrifice others to fulfill it? Or are the innocents the mission?

(Personally I'd skew towards investigating).
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No. 761746 ID: 94464c

I'm skewing towards checking myself but we would need to be quick... Plus if this woman is unaware of the fog we need to tell her.
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No. 761747 ID: 94464c

More specifically the mask will protect you from the fog.
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No. 761869 ID: 94464c

Heave-ho! Best move it carefully off if her leg is broken
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No. 761880 ID: 3abd97

>Is that your lesbian sex alter ego
Damnit, maybe we should have stuck with "Whore Queen."

Clearly we can't leave this one for the cult to find. Her power of insults is too powerful.

>what do
Try to move the wardrobe, I guess.

Wait, how did she get stuck? The cult released a poison outside, they didn't cause an earthquake or go around shoving furniture on people.
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No. 761970 ID: 93c406

And you know what you need, bitch? A kick to the cooter!
(Lawful good doesn't mean lawful nice)

https://youtu.be/uzm6_szUkYk
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No. 761980 ID: 3abd97

>>761962
With the kevlar and the masks in the way, I'm not even sure she can get a good chokehold?

Even if she faked that to catch you, the thing really was on her leg. She should be hurt there. Kick her in her injured leg, as hard as you can.

Then all you need to do is stumble / drag her out the door you came in while she's off balance. She's not wearing a mask, she'll be killed p quick.

"You need to respect the rules of engagement. You didn't wait out the clock, and I'm not going to show any mercy to those who try to penalize helping civilians."
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No. 761991 ID: b524bb

>>761980
We don't kill people, but that doesn't mean we can't play a little rough, if she is with the cult (most likely) take her mask that will trap her here until her comrades find her and she will be punished for her failure and for failure to follow her leaders commands. Plus if we take her mask then we could use that instead if the fish mask and maybe do a hide in plain sight deal
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No. 762072 ID: 3583d1

Tase this bitch!
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No. 762087 ID: 5d48e9

If you did just pull out your taser, you got to do an awesome one liner

"My turn..." TASE TO THE FACE!
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No. 762088 ID: 3abd97

Honestly I can bullshit. Who goes from a chokehold to pulling out a concealed knife faster than they can hit the ground or be kicked? If nothing else, it should have been too late to stop the momentum of the kick.

And yeah, careful with that future sight combat. There are pitfalls to it. You either Golden Pathed yourself (blindly following the future and deadending yourself in the process unintentionally) or you failed to account for an opponent who is also a precog and couldn't predict an action with a future cause.

...why is she aw shitting? Did she suddenly remember how stupid it is to gloat mid fight?
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No. 762269 ID: 0cf1be
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No. 762303 ID: 5d48e9

Ok, so hold up a second, now I remember her! Laura how you doing girl?! Do I remember getting stabbed in the leg by a knife? Yeah, I got an awesome scar from this. The explosive ones had a kind to of double tap thing, where if anyone but her pulls the knife it detonated taking your hand along with wherever it hits. Care to get this knife out and get us some bandages please? We've got more of the real cultists on the way. Want to come along?
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No. 762345 ID: 3abd97

Note to self: from now on introduce yourself as not-a-cultist.

Also god dang how did your future sight not see you getting stabbed by that. (Unless getting injured by her and bonding over it is the optimal outcome of this encounter?).

Complaining: you couldn't have guessed I wasn't a cultist from the whole not killed you thing.

Also who the heck carried bomb knives. This is not a normal person. She's some kind of crazy vampire hunter.

Also what the heck was she doing if this wasn't specifically a trap for us. Pinning herself as a trap to catch cultists isn't a good idea, since they'd have just killed her.

>what's my job
Currently, helping the cult by stalling. Come on, chop chop. We already broke a leg here. We need to get my leg patched, make you a mask to protect you from the poison, then we need to get the heck out of here.
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No. 762366 ID: 5d7976

You are following in your dad's footsteps, Laura Moon, and you are almost a cop and you almost graduated from the police academy, probably would have been awesome had this cult shit not gone down. You were currently in swat training and specialized in bomb squad tactics. Guess you picked a few things up huh? You were also about leave to find your dad because he probably would have been near the front lines when the cult showed up but then you saw me and... well you know the rest.
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No. 762384 ID: 3abd97

Still doesn't explain why she was pinned. That kind of trap only works on someone with a conscience, with the cult seems to lack.

But yeah we need to get patched up and get out of here.
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No. 762385 ID: 933076

Yeah let's motor, tell her that the fog won't recognize you if you wear a mask with the cult symbol on it, that's why I'm wearing this one. I recommend you get one too and we need to move fast
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No. 762418 ID: 3abd97

>>762396
Right we can compare notes on who knows which bits of the everything later, let's get this kidnapping done and be out of here already.

I assume she has a mask if she knows everything (including how the poison works).
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No. 762424 ID: 933076

Alright well get a mask and let's boogie then
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No. 762426 ID: 0cf1be
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No. 762442 ID: 933076

As much as one person who was stabbed can but both are in danger can I suppose.
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No. 762468 ID: 3abd97

>do you trust me
To work against the cult? Mostly. Not to get me stabbed again? Less so.

It's a moot point, though. The cult does brainwashing, you just said. As long as you're under cover, I'll never be able to tell if you're acting or if you've been compromised, which means I won't be able to afford to trust you. Unless you've got a perfect defense against their brainwashing technique?
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No. 762653 ID: 3d2d5f

>they can't brainwash me if they think I'm one of them
Yeah, until you get caught. Then poof, brainwashing, and you will be one of them.

Where we going with this?
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No. 762689 ID: 933076

That's chaotic neutral for you.

I vaguely remember this, it's was scary for a while, until I realized she is one hell of a liar and a wickedly good poker player. Think of this as her hole card (five card stud if you will), she want you to think that this a means of keeping the trust between the two of you, but honestly a bomb in a persons leg? So much could go wrong with that, and she's smart enough to know it. So she threatens us with a hole card that actually makes her hand worthless. There is no bomb and it's just a way to make sure we can cooperate (albeit under a fake threat of violence).

But that doesn't mean we can't use it to our own advantage, call and raise the stakes. There was many a time that we were almost caught and we threatened them with the "bomb" in us, they did run away quite a bit when they think they are in Armageddon's shadow. Especially if you run at them screaming bloody murder.
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No. 762704 ID: 0cf1be
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No. 762724 ID: 5d7976

Okay but I'm still banking on it being just a silly light to help convince us. But fine we need to move, so let's get going already sheesh
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No. 762726 ID: 3abd97

So it's a one way trust check. (Which is ridiculously ironic). So long as we trust her not to blow us up (by not removing the bomb) she'll be able to tell. Of course, we have no similar gesture of her trust, and she is free to blow us up at any time. (Or the cult is, if she's caught).

(Also, "I can only trust you if you allow me the capability to kill you, and if you remove my ability to kill you, I'll kill you" is twisted supervillian logic at it's best).

How does she plan to evade the cult leader's precog? She dodged ours (somehow) but there's no guarantee her luck of defense will hold up long term.

I mean sending someone in undercover with the means to blow up her allies just waiting to fall into enemy hands is action movie plot level dumb.

If anything, she should be the one with a bomb in her so we can blow her up if she gets brainwashed.

>one thing to do for me
Yeah what's that.
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No. 762753 ID: 3abd97

>>762752
Wasn't planning on it. Hi, I'm not a cultist, I promise.

Why are you tied up in there, and what's with the pointy chompers?
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No. 762841 ID: 3abd97

>>762772
Um. Show them the note? Hold it up in front of them and unfold it for them to read, without turning it to read yourself.
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No. 762927 ID: 3583d1

Don't really know, but it sounds like we are headed in the same direction. But you do work for the ash tree right? I've met him, and he's helped me out a bit. If you work with the ash tree and not the cult, then we share a common ally. I''m Ana, and The Ash Tree has Dubbed me the Mistress of Sheers.
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No. 762973 ID: 0cf1be

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ulYGIZztNpw
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No. 762976 ID: 3583d1

You and Laura share a common enemy, let's not betray her. Besides we have a bomb in our leg.

"Is that what the branches told you? Or is that what your leader has told you? Because from my understanding the ash tree itself is pretty indifferent to your cult, and even has some regrets the power you know wield. And really, pascifists? Unleashing a deadly fog with you "friends" doesn't seem like something a pascifist would do. Tell me, Charlotte Dubois, yeah I know your real name, why did you join to begin with?"
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No. 762990 ID: 3abd97

>but this is completely insane
That was pretty much my assessment too.

(Ain't it great when your ally is so cuckoo you find yourself agreeing with your opposition)?

>try to save the cultist?
Um. Even if they've been brainwashed or mislead, they just killed most of the population of a city. There's... pretty much no way we can stop them without harming or killing some of them (without an overwhelming superiority we lack), and if you're willing to let the cult hold it's own members hostage to hold you to inaction, you're never going to stop them.

For now, she's effectively an unwitting prisoner, and the best you can do is treat her humanely.

>evil spirits
If evil spirits hang out around the tree, how can one discern their voices from the branches? They could pretend to be one of them as easily as the trunk.
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No. 763050 ID: 933076

Ok, no. Pull out the taser, point but don't fire

"Freeze, bitch! Keep your hands where I can see them!"
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No. 763162 ID: 933076

DONT DO THAT! Look, if you screw up you could kill yourself, me, and your friends that are hanging out on building over, I have bomb in me too so if you go up in flames that means I also go up in flames.
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No. 763175 ID: 0cf1be
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No. 763193 ID: 3583d1

Huh... yeah I've seen certain outcomes. And here's the thing about that stitch fellow. I've killed him before, sometimes by explosions, my favorite has been pulling out that knife in his neck and also cutting through his arteries. but in every instance I see, I killed only because he was on his way to kill me. He's probably on his way here now. And as for trust, yeah, I don't trust Laura. I can't say it's easy trusting anyone who would put a bomb in my bandages. But here's the thing, I don't trust murderers either. You think your man a savior but he has damned you all. You think he is a hero, he's no hero. I've seen a hero and that was only half an hour ago, a man, a fried sacrificed himself just so I could get away from your "friends." He lost his family too, from your fog. Look, I'm sorry for what you went through 93, im sorry you lost your family, but what you've decided to do now? To take away everyone else's family? if that's not evil I don't know what is.
And all of this, just because your leader wants me dead. Well he's the one who started, this so now I, The Mistress of Sheers, am ending it. I won't tell you again, get up, find a mask, let's move.
And if you need further incentive, I'm putting my own life at risk too. This taser, if I hit your face, could zap your brain and possibly detonate it. This is my resolve 93, because now, I don't have much to lose. I would put my own life at risk, just to see your leader fall. And if I fail, then at least I'm taking some of you with me.
now MOVE!
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No. 763209 ID: 3583d1

https://youtu.be/gjob6MCXp5Q
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No. 763220 ID: 0cf1be
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No. 763235 ID: 3583d1

Oh, crap! Anna hold your mind still for a second, I need to talk with you!

Alright, now that its just kinda quiet for a second, I have a gift for you. Before I give it, walk with me for a bit. It's just nice to walk while we talk. Remember Dad? He would always read to us from that giant book of Norse myths? I loved those stories? Didn't you?
Well, it's important to know that some those stories, they will be important us on this journey. I have a gift, and the gift is a spell, straight out of those old stories. I can only give this once, and you can only use it once, but it can get you out of this. If you want to use it again you will have to find out how to use it the way I learned it. And, there is a cost. Giving over something like this, it isn't easy, names and what to say are easy enough, but giving over... raw experience and knowledge like this, it's taxing. On my end i'll be weak as kitten, I can't say what will happen to you though.
There is one other thing however. I understand you don't want to take lives, I still don't myself, but I've had to do it before. To ensure that I lived, to ensure that my friends lived, that my... that my son lived...
If you wish, I can give you this spell, I call it Valkyries' Doom.
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No. 763322 ID: 3583d1

Father is well, last I had heard he was still in Iceland working on his archeological sites. And as for my son, no he is not the root of ash, he is a normal health boy. His name is Logan I named him after... His father. You are on the right path to meet him now, I actually didn't come through this event too well, lost a damn finger. But I found Logan trying to escape the city and he even killed a cultist on our way out. Just keep going. But... If there is one thing I would ever want you to do, find him he brought light to me in dark places.

Right then! This spell, the reason I call it Valkyries Doom, is it will affect the cultist's "Seidr" or "threads of fate." This is How me may speak to you know as your Seidr thread is interwoven with ours. As the mistress of Sheers, this spell will allow you cut the Seidr of whoever your target. What this does is essentially marks them for death, just as the Valkyries did! To do this is you will draw upon the runes of fate, point at your target and recite the runes. Try to sing them as well.

The incantation for this spell is as follows:
"Urðr Verðandi Skuld höfuð þetta símtal, vefari örlög, ég fordæma hér með þetta einn að deyja!"

Saying these words draws upon the runes of fate and you will cut their Seidr. When it works your targets will feel sudden very cold and even afraid. This should buy you some time. Once you reach the bottom throw the bomb-knife Laura gave you, use that, it will be an explosion at point blank range to them and will blow off their heads and rupture their hearts, effectively killing them. What this spell does, is essentially chose them to die, not you. Like I said you get one shot with this, you can use it and then you'll need to relearn it if you wish to use it again.

Now grip my forearm, and will give you the knowledge and experience to do this, ready? Set? HERE!
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No. 763333 ID: 1d744d

https://youtu.be/i67bt-UPiOA
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No. 763336 ID: 0cf1be
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No. 763338 ID: 8b035b

Ooof... it did... work... their Seidr are cut... *huff* short.. as for the hand.... I said... there would be a price. Need to get.. a healer... as for them... Any... move they... make... could kill them... maybe their guns... jam and explode.. I don't know. Fate is... a bitch...
As for Derrick... ask him... is he with the cult...? If so... we don't have many... choices ....
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No. 763339 ID: 8b035b

Hell... they could even... go... into random... cardiac arrest... but I'd say... they've only got... about 3 minutes left...
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No. 763365 ID: 0cf1be
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No. 763366 ID: 0cf1be

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dRpJytxJfnU
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No. 763376 ID: 8b035b

Told... you so... Derrick... may the Valkyries take you home...

"Hey, 93, you really need to look into a different career. Now do you believe me about what I said?"

Is there a fire escape ladder you can swing over too?
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No. 763384 ID: af9684

I'd rather discuss it until we are both not in any danger of falling and breaking something important, can you pull us up?

Is there anything around her you can grab on to help her out?
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No. 763389 ID: af9684

Currently no, because if you die right now that means I die too.

Swing onto the terrace first before we continue this discussion.

93 I don't want you to die, there is still enough human in you that makes you saveable. You didn't believe them, you want to believe that what you are doing is right. But we both know you would have been collateral damage to them, and that they really are murderers. I'm sorry 93.
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No. 763396 ID: 0cf1be

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h059-vOePkI
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No. 763467 ID: 0cf1be

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kG9KSWYg-Jc
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No. 763468 ID: 0cf1be
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No. 763488 ID: af9684

Oh no... this guy. Don't worry Ana, this guy is a Vǫrðr, a watcher. He sometimes showed up to chastise me when i misused magic, he could actually be funny (he told me a joke one time about a cow and I lost my shit). I wasn't aware of what the cost is on your end, but he knows. I only have a suspicion of the full price you paid
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No. 763519 ID: 97712e

https://youtu.be/v-cF4oO5Few
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No. 763523 ID: 0cf1be
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No. 763524 ID: 0cf1be

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=14-ZbTneyR0
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No. 763525 ID: 0cf1be
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No. 763531 ID: 97712e

Woah... I didn't know that... you are the one who whispered the runes and the songs of power to Odin when he hung on the world tree, you are older than the anti-space void of Ginnungagap. Well I apologize if my giving of magic upsets you, but I am trying to save... myself in a way, I cannot help if our Seidr is interwoven. But if you do not wish me to share what I have learned as I have been, I won't.
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No. 763551 ID: 0cf1be

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wO1FdPXlsWw
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No. 763552 ID: 0cf1be
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No. 763554 ID: 3583d1

Logan? We need to find him! He could help us!
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No. 763558 ID: 0cf1be

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HPDi6S2mfF0
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No. 763559 ID: 0cf1be
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No. 763560 ID: 3abd97

>>763559
I stand for freedom. I cannot stand for that if I swear my life and service in bondage to you.

I'm sorry.
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No. 763563 ID: 3583d1

We accept, lets bring them down!
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No. 763566 ID: 0cf1be
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No. 763568 ID: 97712e

I want to accept, however, I but before I do, I need to know something first. I stand for freedom, you don't seem to have any love for the cult of the ash tree, and that is something I can get behind. But at the same time I wish to do what is right. Can you promise that by allying with you I may continue to stand for freedom? If you can truly promise me that I am not consigning myself to bondage, then I declare that your enemies are my enemies.
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No. 763570 ID: 3abd97

What happened to my alternate is not what will happen to me. Power earned fairly is not the same as power bought at a cost. She was free to fight her battles with your powers. I will be bound to fight your battles with your power.

If I am lucky, our battles will be the same, our causes would be the same.

But if that were the case, you would offer this power to me freely, and trust that I would use it to fight my battles, and yours at the same time. The very fact you ask for this oaths means there are things you will ask of me that I would not be willing to do otherwise. Tasks and battles I would not choose, if I had the choice.

I cannot accept those terms.
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No. 763571 ID: 3583d1

>>763570
>>763568
Both of these have a point, if you are giving these power of your own will, then we will accept. But if we were too accept you are phrasing it as though we aren't free to make our own choices. What would the cost of accepting be? You've already stated that losing our hand as payment is the cost if we don't accept. But if there's one thing I've learned, threats don't make for good negotiation. So can we talk about this is a more friendly tone and atmosphere? Maybe share a beer or tea or something?
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No. 763576 ID: 3abd97

>>763572
Asking us to honor you and keep you alive in return for a gift is very different than asking us to serve you for power. One is the relationship between a free agent and a patron or ally. The other is the relationship between master and slave.

I can accept one of those paradigms, but not the other. If you would be my ally, I welcome you with open hands. If you would be my master, I'm going to have to give you the finger. (And the rest of my hand).
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No. 763580 ID: 3583d1

From your words I see that I have a lot to gain and a lot to lose if I were not to accept. And we share a common enemy, the cult, which again, is good. So I will accept under one condition, and this should make everyone happy.

You say that if the cult of the ash tree fully goes away, then it will be essentially killing you. Here is what I propose, I met a girl, her name was 93, and she is, or rather was a cultist of the ash tree. She's already been given powers by this cult, I mean the girl was able to survive a huge fall. But from my understanding she and many of the other cult acolytes have been lied to. They are under the impression that what they serve is a good cause that doesn't result in the deaths of thousands of people. When the realize the truth however, they no longer wish to serve them, that void will need to be filled. If you would grant any reformed acolyte like 93 your protection and blessing then I will accept and continue to save acolytes for you. Then they can go and truly live in peace as they believe they already do. If you agree to this then I say we accept.
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No. 763584 ID: 0cf1be
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No. 763589 ID: 0cf1be
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No. 763590 ID: 3abd97

It's not willing to compromise, and we can't afford to. Leading a cult, even a reformed one, isn't the path we chose.

If thy hand offend thee, cut it off.
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No. 763591 ID: 3583d1

Truthfully I don't don't want to lead the cult, but I don't want you to die either, I can hear that your afraid to die, every one is. And I want to help you, but there has to be another way for you to live and for everyone to walk away happy.

And what is happening outside of this fog?
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No. 763597 ID: 97712e

My biggest question is just, why do WE specifically have to lead the cult, even a reformed one. It has its downfalls, sure, but we can't take on a whole cult alone. If we want to win we need allies, more importantly we need trust between us. If we did change the cult dynamics, I fail to see why they couldn't just move the fog elsewhere where nobody is hurt by it, where they can live in peace and you can live on. It is a MAGIC fog after all, that is sort of your thing. There's got to be another way, I have a ring that was given to me too, you could take that as a payment as well. Please there has to be some work around where we both benefit, this is just an outcome where no one is happy.
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No. 763660 ID: 0cf1be

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JzH4ENFmg70
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No. 763661 ID: 0cf1be
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No. 763663 ID: 0cf1be
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No. 763665 ID: 3d2d5f

Let's just chill with this spirit dude for a while. He's nice enough to try and help us relax, we can accept that at least.

Hey I have insane charisma, probably. How else would I even be eligible for the Whore Queen ending. ...why is choosing between my hand and a cult and whores even my life now.
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No. 763668 ID: 97712e

Huh.... well fuck I was told that if I put on this ring there would be "dire consequences" that guy was full of shit I guess. Most people I've found are these days. Who is your wife anyway?
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No. 763670 ID: 97712e

>>763668
Then again it did have a used condom with it so s cheap ass fake ring and a used fuck tube... Motherfuckers they were calling me whore queen again... Fucking assholes...
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No. 763672 ID: 3583d1

That's rough man, I'm really sorry. I lost my last ex the same way, found out he was cheating on my with some floozy down the hall. Kicked him out and they moved out to another building. I kept his Hockey stick though.
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No. 763682 ID: 0cf1be

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OS1axkjL0V0
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No. 763694 ID: 0cf1be
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No. 763696 ID: 3583d1

If this where we have to cut our conversation man, then here's my final thoughts. I think I will accept your proposition, mostly because once you sit down and have a talk with them, share a beer, ironically for being a god, it makes you seem more human. Yeah we all want to keep living. So honestly I consider you a friend. So the reason I accept is I want to find some way where we all can benefit, you can live on, I don't lose a hand, and maybe, just maybe we can figure out a way to press forward together.
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No. 763698 ID: 3d2d5f

So this is the part where they get drunk and sleep with each other, right.
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No. 763700 ID: 97712e

>>763696
I am inclined to agree

>>763698
U wot m8
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No. 763718 ID: 0cf1be

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=er6JJ5EOE3k
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No. 763719 ID: 0cf1be
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No. 763724 ID: 97712e

WOOOOOAAAAHHH WOAH woah...

Okay extending of the hand thing for the blessing sure...

But dude, have a bit more class than that...
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No. 763727 ID: 3583d1

>>763724
At least buy a girl dinner first... And have some protection
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No. 763730 ID: 0cf1be
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763730

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No. 763731 ID: 0cf1be

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJxCdh1Ps48
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No. 763733 ID: 97712e

Okay... I'll admit it, that was funny. I knew you were A joker, but all in all this was actually fun. We should do this again some time, maybe if I find Logan we can all share a few beers again.
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No. 763741 ID: 3abd97

>>763730
I didn't think that would really be a limitation for a tentacle monster in a weird spiritual plane anyways. You only live once. (Well until you die and advise alternate yous).

This guys is chill, and I don't want to kill him, but at the same time, I don't really want to change routes to taking control of the cult or going back on our word to trim the branches (which we'd have to, to keep the cult around, right?). That's kind of a sticking point at the end of the day.

I don't suppose there's a loophole he's not telling us? (Like maybe wearing the ring lets us move the corruption from our hand to it).
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No. 763746 ID: 97712e

>>763741
I have suggested a couple work arounds, such as disbanding the cult or just changing its mission goal to a preservation of occult works rather than just annihilation of people who don't follow and then moving the mist to a place where it does no harm (maybe Antarctica or the middle of Greenland).

Hey actually I just thought of a work around! It's a lot simpler than you imagine too! Absolution's fear is that if the cult goes away all occult works will be gone too and in turnso will he. Why don't we just take a book of his scripture or something to hold onto, as long as we have his words he will be remembered, and even if the fog goes away part of his legacy will still remain in that book! Hell if we get some reformed cultists on our side we could reproduce it too! As long as the books exist someone will believe it, if the words don't ever die, neither will he.
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No. 763748 ID: 0cf1be
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763748

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No. 763749 ID: 0cf1be

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r0PzFUoQH9U&t=1232s
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No. 763756 ID: 97712e

Yes. I don't want you to die, and no offense but you seem like the kind of guy who would release me from this bond once my work is done. The future guild of the sheers is your ally.
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No. 763758 ID: 3abd97

>>763748
A simple yes or no is all you need, not knowing if any of our speculation maters is sort of relevant to us.

Just double checking, but is your well of magic distinct from the trunk, or from the same source? (If it's the same source, helping him preserve magic and cutting off the leeching from the trunk are mutually exclusive goals).
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No. 763761 ID: 0cf1be
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No. 763765 ID: 3abd97

>>763761
Then we can't free the trunk if we side with you. Mission conflict.

Sorry, the hand goes.
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No. 763769 ID: 97712e

Damn it all! There has to be some other way around this!
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No. 763770 ID: 3abd97

>>763769
Well, not unless we can graft the branches somewhere else after shearing them off. Or dunk them in rooting chemicals and then plant them as new trees.

Not that we know transplanting them or splitting them off into separate entities is possible. We would be fundamentally changing the metaphysical underpinnings of the setting if we pulled it off.
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No. 763771 ID: 0cf1be
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No. 763780 ID: 97712e

>>763765
Maybe I'm missing something but why can't we use the magic given to us to save the tree as well as stop people from using it maliciously as the cult is doing?
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No. 763781 ID: 97712e

>>763771
>>763770
Go on.... we may have something here...
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No. 763784 ID: 0cf1be
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No. 763794 ID: 3abd97

I don't understand. Aren't you a branch? You shouldn't be advocating for your own destruction.
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No. 763796 ID: 3abd97

>>763780
Because the magic is of the tree, and a form of parasitism. We can't fix the trunk by simply tapping that which taps it.
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No. 763800 ID: 0cf1be
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763800

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No. 763804 ID: 3abd97

>>763800
OH! Excuse me. Got the relationship wrong. You're not a branch... you're the earth, then.

So if we cut off the branches, they stop sucking magic from the trunk, and from you, indirectly.

Does the tree still drain you, branch-less? Is it manageable at that point, or do you wish the entire tree dead?

And if you want to preserve the cult (which depends on the branches for magic) and magic use while cutting the branches... you want us to bring the cult down to earth? (Sorry, couldn't resist).
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No. 763805 ID: 0cf1be
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No. 763810 ID: 3abd97

Well... I guess it Absolution doesn't object to us giving the tree freedom to live without branches, and the world freedom to live without it's choices forced on it by the cult, we can give the cult the option practice magic earned from it's source, and not twice stolen. Or work on one of the other work around.

I mean, sure, mulch the earth with them leaves. We won't be using them once the branches are cut.

On the condition that Absolution had been honest with us and isn't a branch lying to us in order to get us to swear fealty to it I think those are terms we can accept. (I think he's being fair, though. And if he's not, well, an oath sworn on a broken foundation was broken from the start. It's never too late to cut off your hand and forsake it).


See this is why fucking would have been easier than all the dithering and trying to figure out what the elder god thing actually meant. The motivation for the whore queen ending must be just getting fed up with exposition. (Although, arguably, if this works the way we think it does, we just superimposed the cult leader ending and the freedom ending. Can all three be superimposed, I wonder?).
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No. 763813 ID: 97712e

All right then Absolution, I agree, as long as we remain buds and you are honest with me I think we can agree to work together
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No. 763826 ID: 0cf1be
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763826

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No. 763827 ID: 0cf1be

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FjgaiQvWC_Y
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No. 763831 ID: 3abd97

>>763826
Um. Right, I'm going to need more information. Absolution, what is this thing, where did it come from, why is it a problem.

You, little thing. Who are you, what are you, how did you get stuck to me / why are you stuck to me / who stuck you to me.
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No. 763836 ID: 0cf1be
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763836

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No. 763837 ID: 0cf1be
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No. 763842 ID: 97712e

Oh my fucking god it is never easy with you people. Look Casper or whoever, can't you just leave or take physical form or something and accompany me in person rather than be all attached to my soul or whatever? And besides the root and Absolution share a common goal there is no reason why you two shouldn't work together.
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No. 763844 ID: 97712e

And I should smash you on general principle for pretending to shoot off my finger, bodily injury isn't fucking funny bro.
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No. 763845 ID: 3abd97

>>763836
To be fair, you didn't tell me I was making a pact.

>>763837
And you can see why I'd have a complaint with that, I suppose?

Do we have options besides killing it. Can we change or suborn the nature of the pact in some way?
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No. 763853 ID: 97712e

>>763845
Yeah true. It's not really pact if one person is unwilling and unknowing at the time of forming said pact. And receiving a used spooj tube is just adding insult to injury
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No. 763884 ID: 3583d1

tell me tiny one...

AIR' THESE MUCKLE DARMED CULTISTS' BE HURTIN' AND KEEPIN' YOU WEE MEN!?!?!?!
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No. 763886 ID: 0cf1be
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763886

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No. 763887 ID: 0cf1be
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763887

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No. 763888 ID: 0cf1be

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NnW89vmlxZQ
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No. 763910 ID: 3583d1

Alright here is where I am calling bullshit on you kid.
1. I don't really care if the Root of Ash and his cult is infuriated with me, I expect he'll be a lot angrier with me as this whole debacle continues on, sorry not sorry
2. And you do realize that you are sadly screwed either way? This whole time I have been planing to end the cult regardless if you were attached to me or not. Imagine for one second what would happen if you still failed to bring about your goal now?
3. I'm willing to bet that the Root put a spell on you too, everything that you see he sees and knows too, hey fellas, rotate on this *extends middle finger*
4. Just how exactly can a spirit die anyway? I've heard of certain spirits like spirits of the earth, and even gods dying, but ghosts always have a place where they go or remain on earth till they finish some business.
5. And this one may be the hardest to accept, but the Root is a liar and I'm sorry to say may have already killed your sisters. He's already shown that he lies to his own subordinates to keep them in check, so why would he bother keeping them alive by this point...it's a very hard truth to accept Casper, im sorry.
6. But here is where I am going to give you and the Root a chance to prove that you actually have some sense of honor. Casper, if you leave voluntarily I am honoring you as a person because if you are telling the truth your boss will know that you had no choice because once a spy is caught there really is death as the only option so what I am giving you is a chance a lot people don't get. The Root then who I am just willing to bet captured you and your sisters publicly as a display of his power now has a chance to actually regain some trust in his followers by a generous show of his mercy, especially the acolytes who don't even know that they have been lied to and this mist is deadly. And if I'm right and old Rootin-Tootin Rooty can see what's happening right now I bet he just heard everything I said. Whatcha say Tooty-Rooty? Have some fucking dignity for once in your life.
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No. 763912 ID: 3583d1

Oh and before you try and lie to me again saying he can't see what's happening right now, save it. Come on, it's more strategically important to watch your enemy so if they rebel they don't gain to powerful and they can stay one step ahead of you.
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No. 763922 ID: 0cf1be
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763922

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No. 763923 ID: 0cf1be
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No. 763924 ID: 0cf1be
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763924

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No. 763926 ID: 0cf1be

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F76_ezZy8WI
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No. 763927 ID: 21023d

Oh hell to the no! If he is leeching magic and power from there ash tree imagine what will happen if we bring him here, he would probably just find a way to leech magic directly from the source. But, if summoning is an option why don't we just summon his sister here? Get her out of harms way, and put her under our protection then Casper can leave my body and be put under protection too.
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No. 763931 ID: 00236c

And wait second Casper... YES YOU FUCKING DO KNOW THSTHAT HE IS LISTENING IN! He told you weren't allowed to speak anymore when we were negotiating your "gift"
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No. 763936 ID: 0cf1be
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No. 763952 ID: 5de330

Alright, I still have one last trick up my sleeve. Absolution I would like to give Ana a series spell, and since we are already planning on making said pact we should already be square for the moment, in fact I want you to help me please. This is the only other solution that I can think of where we can all move forward. Because if we do this, the Root cannot blame Casper for it, and it's his own damn fault anyway as he is holding his sister hostage.

Casper, I am going to unbind you from me, I'm sure that the Root has put up some kind of fail safe or multiple ones should someone attempt to do this. The first spell I call "Fairy Specs," allowing us to see the bindings of magic keeping Casper tethered to Ana, this way we can determine what spells and magical fail safes are keeping us together and what will happen if we try to forcefully remove them
The second spell I call "Unbind" as what it does is activate a kind of anti-binding between Ana's and Caspers Saidr, so the two will no longer be interwoven together. Now here is where things begin to get tricky, in the unbinding process we may hit any kind of magical fail safe that could have any number of repercussions, from hurting Ana, to hurting Casper, or anywhere in between.
The final spell that I want to give her is the 6th of Odin's charms, "a spell which is cast at me or my allies shall hurt only the sender." This will redirect any fail safe at it original caster, the Root in other words, it probably won't kill him he probably has some kind of ward against magic cast at him but it won't hurt us is what's important.
Absolution, I ask you to please aid us, I invoke the first of Odin's charms, "help, which can lighten a burden an lessen grief."
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No. 763965 ID: 8ef727

>>763952
Even though I am a pagan, there's something that this remind me of. And Casper, Absolution, and even you Root, I have a feeling you are watching us. If you want to know why I say we should do this...

Ezekiel 25:17
"The path of the righteous man is beset upon all sides by the inequities and the selfish and the tyranny of evil men. Blessed is he who shepherds the weak through the valley of darkness, for he is truly his brother's keeper and the finder of lost children.
And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and furious anger those who attempt to poison and destroy my brothers. And you will know I am the lord when I lay my vengeance upon you."
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No. 763990 ID: 0cf1be
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763990

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No. 763991 ID: 0cf1be
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763991

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No. 763992 ID: 0cf1be
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763992

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No. 764000 ID: 0cf1be

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8jzDnsjYv9A
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No. 764011 ID: c81293

Casper. I do have one more idea... but you won't like it.... I don't like it either... But it could work. I need to know one thing. How pure of a spirit are you and your sister? Are you a pure ghost? Or you a spirit of some other being?
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No. 764015 ID: 0cf1be
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764015

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No. 764017 ID: 0cf1be

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBPfnj8_4W4&t=378s
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No. 764020 ID: c81293

Fuuuuck that may throw a monkey wrench in this then. The idea was to take the magic and then resurrect you with it but idk if with that power I could bring back someone who was already dead... Absolution could that work? Idk if it could if not just give us a while to discuss this because I am so lost as to what to do...
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No. 764022 ID: 0c9424

Okay so resurrection probably isn't going to work, but that doesn't mean we don't have other options. Here's what I'm thinking, negotiations with the Root will also be impossible. So what about a challenge a single game of pure luck and chance, absolution can pick the game. The stakes? Casper and his sisters freedom, if we win, we get that, if he wins, he gets us. This all hinges on a couple things though, Absolution can you cut off all flow of magic to him when he is here so all he will have are the clothes on his back and chance? And if he does come here could he find his way back to start leeching off you? I got here through invitation by you, so is that the only way he could come back here?
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No. 764024 ID: 0cf1be
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764024

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No. 764027 ID: c81293

>>764024
I know, the idea was to resurrect him after we made the pact
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No. 764029 ID: 0cf1be
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No. 764030 ID: 0cf1be
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764030

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No. 764032 ID: c81293

Or how good of a card player I am. Like I said, i am willing to bet he is already listening via Casper
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No. 764061 ID: 0cf1be
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No. 764062 ID: 0cf1be
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764062

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No. 764081 ID: 3abd97

"Strip Poker."
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No. 764085 ID: 0c9424
File 148107682446.jpg - (24.42KB , 477x356 , IMG_2964.jpg )
764085

>>764081
.... Proceed....
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No. 764192 ID: 0cf1be
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No. 764193 ID: 0cf1be

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cts6y-v7hhU
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No. 764194 ID: 0cf1be

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cts6y-v7hhU
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No. 764195 ID: 0cf1be

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cts6y-v7hhU
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No. 764202 ID: 3d2d5f

>>764192
Hey if he's really obsessed with you, it distracts him, even just the possibility.

And there's sort of a poetry in high stakes placed in such a lowbrow manner. We're undermining the premise and being irreverent even as we honor an actual tgchan tradion.

And if we found something you have no experience in, that makes this a fair contest, since it negates your otherwise many advantages.
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No. 764210 ID: 0cf1be
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764210

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No. 764211 ID: 0cf1be

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bgauRzikq2U
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No. 764213 ID: 3d2d5f

So he frees his ghosts. There's no loophole where taking control of that many ghosts would be torture for us, or that you'd immediately replace your ghosts with new ones by killing people, or that releasing ghosts is a fate worse than death for them, is there?

(If any of his ghosts serve him willing, us taking them is enslaving them. Might be a trap swapping us from the freedom route to the whore queen).

The important context is that transfers an advertage without deciding the war. What is he asking for if he wins?
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No. 764217 ID: 0cf1be
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764217

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No. 764218 ID: 0cf1be

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0qVceiOrlTM&t=409s
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No. 764220 ID: 3d2d5f

Uh-huh.

See, that doesn't seem proportional to me. She wins, an advantage is transferred. You win... she's either humiliated to no purpose, or the conflict is permanently decided by her shackling herself to you. Depending on how the magic system and marriage interact here.

Absolution? As the more neutral party here, what would the supernatural consequences of such a union be?

(Also, ha, no interest in seeing you naked but he wants you kneeling before him. Suuuuuuure).
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No. 764222 ID: 0c9424

Huh... you maybe he just IS trying to put us on the whore queen route already.... I wonder... no... no it can't be.... ohhhh Rooty... Are you a Virgin?
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No. 764223 ID: 0cf1be
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764223

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No. 764224 ID: 0cf1be

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Rj23-I8Mc0
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No. 764237 ID: 0c9424

No you don't Absolution will, he's acting as dealer and game picker.
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No. 764241 ID: 3d2d5f

>>764237
Yeah, the house deals and picks games, and we're in Absolution's house.

Marriage versus ghost liberation: strip poker edition, go!

>divorce and take half his shit immediately
Technically, he'd need to accept your proposal, and then we'd need to wait till after the wedding for that to work. And the marriage would have to be consummated. And we'd need a higher authority to adjudicate a divorce and he can afford better lawyers. So... Not a quick and easy solution.
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No. 764252 ID: 3583d1

Since we will most likely be playing poker,or variations of (texas hold em', five card stud, etc.) I'll cut you some slack and quickly go through the various types of hands you can get in a poker hand from least to greatest. There are five cards in a hand, and you want to have the best combination of cards you can to win. A cards rank goes up with the highest usually being the ace and the lowest being 2, however aces can be either high or low depending on the game. A cards suit is either Spades, Heart, Clubs, or Diamonds.
1. High card- One high card higher than the others in your hand (an ace in a hand worth nothing)
2. Two pair- Two cards that match the same number or rank (K, K, 7, 2, A)
3. Two pairs- Two sets of pairs (9, 9, 4, 4, 2)
4. Three of a kind- Three cards that match (8, 8, 8, 4, 2)
5. Straight- Five cards in a sequence that don't match the same suit (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
6. Flush- Any five cards in the same suit but follow no sequence (A, 8, 10, J, 2 all of hearts)
7. Full house- Three of a kind with a pair (4, 4, 4, A, A)
8. Four of a kind- Four cards of the same rank (J, J, J, J, 9)
9. Straight Flush- Five cards in a sequence off all the same suit (4, 5, 6, 7, 8 all of clubs)
10. Royal Straight Flush- An Ace, King, Queen, Jack, and a Ten all in the same suit (A, K, Q, J, 10 of spades)
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No. 764254 ID: 3583d1

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YnzgdBAKyJo
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No. 764269 ID: 0cf1be
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764269

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No. 764270 ID: 0cf1be
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No. 764272 ID: 0cf1be

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MtN1YnoL46Q
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No. 764280 ID: 0c9424

>>764272
I... I don't get it...
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No. 764281 ID: 3583d1

Ok I just looked at the rules, it doesn't look that bad, more like advanced tic-tac-toe. Our main strategy with this is we need to keep him using pieces that have no common attributes about them. If we focus on color, he may be focusing on shape. So we'll really need to focus on where each piece is so we can turn it to our advantage.
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No. 764286 ID: 3abd97

...by picking the game I meant variant of poker. How do you even play strip Quarto, there's no betting.
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No. 764291 ID: 3abd97

Actually, objection. With a very little research you can find human-unbeatable quarto AI. With our shared alternate selves advice mechanism, it's trivial for both of us to have access to such a perfect play AI at the same time. The winner will therefore just be whoever goes first, assuming we're both using our powers for perfect play (or we'll just have eternal draws, like perfect play tic tac toe).
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No. 764295 ID: 5d7976

Oooh... didn't think of that... yeah that could throw a loop in this couldn't it. Well it's absolutions call, different game or still quarto
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No. 764296 ID: 5d7976

And if the Root objects too, we are trying to make this as fair as possible, would he rather have an unfair game where we are both playing forever or a game where luck and chance are the deciding factor
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No. 764300 ID: 0cf1be
File 148114843405.jpg - (99.62KB , 1428x568 , Root and branches chapter 1 part 190.jpg )
764300

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No. 764301 ID: 0cf1be

From the author, yes it is possible to cheat, but this is your quest do you want a robot to choose for you
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No. 764302 ID: 0cf1be

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winners_Don't_Use_Drugs#/media/File:Winners_Dont_Use_Drugs.png
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No. 764303 ID: 5d7976

We are Ana, but there is such a thing as a pocket smart phone. We are seeing everything though a kind of window into your parallel universe that's kind of why we only appear as shadows at times. Look like I said we can go with Quarto and I guarantee one of us will use the cheat engine on our phone or whatever we have, or we can use a different game
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No. 764305 ID: 5d7976

I do have an alternate game but Absolution and the Root need to agree
(Out of character for a second, the author can just say it was also Absolutions idea or whatever)
But what about a riddle competition? Like out of the hobbit?
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No. 764308 ID: 0cf1be
File 148114943303.jpg - (106.07KB , 860x648 , Root and branches chapter 1 part 191.jpg )
764308

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No. 764309 ID: 5d7976

Like I said go with whatever you want Ana
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No. 764317 ID: 0cf1be
File 148115083122.jpg - (577.61KB , 1748x2480 , Root and branches chapter 1 part 192.jpg )
764317

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No. 764319 ID: 0cf1be
File 148115086418.jpg - (95.29KB , 596x656 , Root and branches chapter 1 part 193.jpg )
764319

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xw-m4jEY-Ns
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No. 764320 ID: 3abd97

>>764300
Sure that just means in some futures you have access to computers.

>>764301
Yes, but by the very premise we've been given, the Root is allowed to cheat the same way we're cheating. And by the rules we've both been using, optimized play via alternate selves is legit. (It's why he killed our neighbors daughter, among a lot else). Therefore we should expect him to cheat, and the option is between cheating or letting him win. (Setting aside the in-game logic for out of game logic, yes it would be more fun to play then to have two computers decide the game. But that requires either the Root choosing to pass on an advantage, or it simply not being available to him).

>>764308
Victory is guaranteed to occur. No guarantee who it graces, though.
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No. 764321 ID: 0cf1be
File 148115092616.jpg - (79.36KB , 620x776 , Root and branches chapter 1 part 194.jpg )
764321

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OIoMfVNVx4g
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No. 764329 ID: 5d7976

Heh...Dicktato

Alright let's not beat around the bush let's get this goin then shall we?
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No. 764362 ID: 0cf1be
File 148115521525.jpg - (634.63KB , 1748x2480 , Root and branches chapter 1 part 195.jpg )
764362

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No. 764367 ID: 3583d1

Yep, get 4 in a row with some similar attribute (hight, hole, color, stripe) doesn't matter they just all have to match. The question is who will give the first piece?
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No. 764376 ID: 0cf1be
File 148115821707.jpg - (544.65KB , 1748x2480 , Root and branches chapter 1 part 196.jpg )
764376

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No. 764380 ID: 3abd97

>you don't want this to take forever do you
You're asking the dorks who've gone back and forth arguing over every other little detail so far. Were you under the impression we were in a hurry?
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No. 764386 ID: 0cf1be
File 148116149086.jpg - (492.09KB , 1668x2280 , Root and branches chapter 1 part 197.jpg )
764386

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No. 764440 ID: ea7bff

Hey, Root, this is Absolutions game and we are playing by his rules. So shut your mouth for a second, and let Absolution decide who plays first and who picks the piece first.
(Also OOC for a second but neat idea on the hard mode)
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No. 764458 ID: 0cf1be
File 148119772191.jpg - (503.28KB , 1748x2152 , Root and branches chapter 1 part 198.jpg )
764458

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No. 764459 ID: 0cf1be

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9nTw7E-v4E
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No. 764480 ID: 3583d1

You want a rhyme?



"There once was a cultist named Rooty
Who wanted my fine luscious booty
He wanted a wife to end his wee strife
For his dick was really no beauty

For it was scared and riddled with sores
And it was small sent women in snores
So we playing this game and to my great shame
He wants me as queen of his whores

But know I will win this old game
And full his life full of pain
Then start it up now, however allow
hard mode to be not the main

We'll should save that for the end
So just give a chance to defend
And kick in his nuts and small tiny butt
So let's play before Rooty can lend

More poisonous word out his flap
And before he tries to entrap
It's just you and me so start up you see
And your face I shall soon give a slap."
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No. 764484 ID: 0cf1be

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rCYyx8b13cA
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No. 764485 ID: 0cf1be
File 148121822398.jpg - (421.08KB , 1748x2040 , Root and branches chapter 1 part 199.jpg )
764485

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No. 764486 ID: 0cf1be

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GqmiZ_c11iI
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No. 764488 ID: 0cf1be
File 148122079796.jpg - (324.27KB , 1427x2167 , Root and branches chapter 1 part 200.jpg )
764488

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No. 764489 ID: 0cf1be

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IVmtUK_1jh4
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No. 764495 ID: ea7bff

Absolution my good old dear friend
Won't you take us round the gaming bend
We're ready to play so let's not delay
Who will play first to the end?
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No. 764498 ID: ea7bff

Oh I do.

Okay so... I give Root piece 5
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No. 764502 ID: 0cf1be
File 148122378385.jpg - (394.20KB , 1748x2117 , Root and branches chapter 1 part 201.jpg )
764502

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y62OlGvC-bk
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No. 764505 ID: ea7bff

Piece 3 to spot B-G

And where does it come from? That is for me to know and you to get pissy over. And just letting you know if you do win and I have to marry you I intend to make it as miserable and annoying as I possibly can for you. And speaking of aneurysms! Ahem...

There once was a cultist named Rooty
Who people consider so tooty
With boisterous farts, he did play his part
And with his gas, played the flutey

What Rooty liked most was power
He stood on it like on a tall tower
He did it all day in a meaningful way
But his brain had long gone to sour

Which is why I put him in this parable
And he lives an existence quite terrible
And if you marry me then in time you will see
That your life will become quite unbearable.
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No. 764508 ID: ea7bff

Oh and I give you piece 7
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No. 764509 ID: 0cf1be
File 148122667129.jpg - (284.48KB , 1748x1581 , Root and branches chapter 1 part 202.jpg )
764509

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No. 764510 ID: ea7bff

https://youtu.be/F13JNjpNW6c
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No. 764511 ID: ea7bff

I said piece 7 dude keep up
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No. 764513 ID: ea7bff

So would you also say that I've got you... HOOKED on a feeling?
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No. 764514 ID: 0cf1be
File 148122722162.jpg - (505.14KB , 1748x2480 , Root and branches chapter 1 part 203.jpg )
764514

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No. 764515 ID: 0cf1be
File 148122737329.jpg - (105.76KB , 1096x640 , Root and branches chapter 1 part 204.jpg )
764515

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZHwVBirqD2s
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No. 764516 ID: ea7bff

I did know that actually, piece 15 to B-D
And I give you piece 4
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No. 764517 ID: 8ef727

>>764515
Oh yeah...?
https://youtu.be/ZHwVBirqD2s
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No. 764519 ID: 0cf1be
File 148122780168.jpg - (197.35KB , 1316x1472 , Root and branches chapter 1 part 205.jpg )
764519

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No. 764520 ID: ea7bff

9 to B-F, I give you piece 2
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No. 764522 ID: 0cf1be
File 148122893069.jpg - (274.27KB , 1429x2157 , Untitled-3.jpg )
764522

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No. 764525 ID: ea7bff

16 to C-G I give you piece 10
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No. 764527 ID: 0cf1be
File 148123088921.jpg - (557.04KB , 1748x2480 , Root and branches chapter 1 part 207.jpg )
764527

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No. 764528 ID: 0cf1be
File 148123109852.jpg - (33.32KB , 340x552 , Root and branches chapter 1 part 208.jpg )
764528

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No. 764530 ID: ea7bff

6 to A-G and I give you piece 14.

Cute eh? You know speaking of appearances why don't you take off that mask you hide behind. The fog doesn't touch this nether plane so why do you stop hiding and show yourself.
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No. 764531 ID: 0cf1be
File 148123246610.jpg - (279.42KB , 1652x1608 , Root and branches chapter 1 part 209.jpg )
764531

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a01QQZyl-_I
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No. 764534 ID: 8ef727

12 to B-H and I give you piece 8.

If that's the case then what if I was someone with no taste and thought of you as something like Sloth from the Goonies until you take off that mask.

And by the way...
https://youtu.be/biXnwOMznkg
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No. 764543 ID: 0cf1be
File 148123736785.jpg - (412.10KB , 1748x1893 , Root and branches chapter 1 part 210.jpg )
764543

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ClQcUyhoxTg
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No. 764546 ID: 5d7976

1 to A-E, and that's QUARTO! First blood goes to me!

https://youtu.be/571BuZeeQjE
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No. 764547 ID: 5d7976

But in all seriousness though because I am a woman of honor (but gloating is fun), good game.
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No. 764550 ID: 3abd97

>>764546
So, what piece of clothing is he removing?
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No. 764552 ID: ea7bff

>>764550
I don't think this is strip Quarto, I just thought it was best of 3 rounds, but let's lose the mask first if it is
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No. 764570 ID: 0cf1be
File 148124112752.jpg - (625.09KB , 1748x2480 , Root and branches chapter 1 part 211.jpg )
764570

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No. 764580 ID: 0cf1be
File 148124139950.jpg - (107.19KB , 1081x564 , Root and branches chapter 1 part 212.jpg )
764580

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No. 764582 ID: 5d7976

6 to B-E and I give you piece 2
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No. 764585 ID: 5d7976

hey woah I didn't do that! It was that other Ana, I don't think this is actually strip Quarto I thought it was just best of 3
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No. 764592 ID: 0cf1be
File 148124209497.jpg - (211.13KB , 1708x1032 , Root and branches chapter 1 part 213.jpg )
764592

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No. 764598 ID: ea7bff

(Uh, OOC for a second but you put the piece Ana's piece on the wrong circle. I said 6 on B-E you put Ana's piece on
D-E)
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No. 764601 ID: 0cf1be

Story writer, my bad sorry
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No. 764604 ID: 0cf1be
File 148124323941.jpg - (127.04KB , 1268x856 , Root and branches chapter 1 part 214.jpg )
764604

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No. 764605 ID: ea7bff

>>764601
(It's cool, I'm assuming it will be fixed when the next image shows up)

16 on B-G, I give you piece 6.

Are you just getting hot and bothered or something f Rooty? The have websites to help fix that you know, no need for the sexual harassment. Here this should help. *whispers to Ana* and maaaaybe distract him for a bit
https://youtu.be/ClQcUyhoxTg
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No. 764608 ID: 0cf1be

From the writer peace 6 has been already used
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No. 764611 ID: 0cf1be

it was your first move and do you still want to place 16 on bg
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No. 764613 ID: 0cf1be

Don't worry it happens
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No. 764615 ID: ea7bff

(Yes 16 on B-G)

Sorry just had a brain fart (full retard) yeah 16 on B-G and then I give piece 10
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No. 764622 ID: ea7bff

>>764605
(Aaaand wrong song goddamn I am all over the place... this is threat of multitasking here is what I mean to link https://youtu.be/ClQcUyhoxTg)
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No. 764626 ID: 0cf1be
File 148124596082.jpg - (461.68KB , 1748x1902 , Root and branches chapter 1 part 215.jpg )
764626

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No. 764627 ID: 0cf1be

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gAYL5H46QnQ
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No. 764638 ID: ea7bff

>>764626
(Hey man, I hate to say this but you put my piece on the wrong spot again, you put it on D-G not B-G)
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No. 764639 ID: 0cf1be

From the writer. Sorry I think that I am a bit tired and it is affecting the quest. This will my final post for today see you all tomorrow
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No. 764642 ID: ea7bff

>>764639
(No problem man)
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No. 764643 ID: 0cf1be

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KodNFsP6r88
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No. 764646 ID: 0cf1be
File 148124972763.jpg - (118.49KB , 1592x836 , Root and branches chapter 1 part 216.jpg )
764646

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No. 764654 ID: ea7bff

Piece 8 to A-E, I'll give you piece 9

(Don't worry about posting this one man, get some rest and Quest us in the morning)
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No. 764657 ID: 0cf1be

ok
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No. 764703 ID: 3583d1

Oh, I see it now. It took a lot of digging to find you, but I see it now...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-uvSHHQbzY

I saw it, the first you, a boy. Crippled, and broken in a wheelchair. Muscular Dystrophy, they said. Your body would continuously get weaker and weaker until you died. The doctors said you probably wouldn't live until the age of 20.
At first you were sad, but it quickly gave way to rage. Anger at how others treated you, anger at your teachers for assuming a cripple in a chair was a cripple in the mind as well. Anger at your parents for coddeling someone who never wanted to be coddeled. Anger at society for looking at you like a pariah. Anger at the hand that fate and dealt you.
And anger at yourself, for you had gifts no one could understand. You could see them, you could dream of them, and you could speak to them. All other versions of you. Some happy, some not. But all couldn't escape the prison cell that was your disability, you could never escape muscular dystrophy, you could never escape being a pariah. So you ran.
You ran as far as your wheelchair would carry you. Your parents looked for you but you didn't want their help, you wanted no one's help. You just continued to run, until your wheelchair could take you no further, away from the town who looked down upon you, away from the glares of others who could never understand your pain. And when your chair could go no farther, you crawled. You crawled through the dirt and the mud, you wanted to prove to everyone and yourself that you could make it, even without your legs, you could make it.
And as you crawled, you felt something, a calling. As if you your other selves where all screaming as one for you to find this calling. Somewhere, here in the middle of nowhere, and you found it, a tree. Black and withered but its branches reaching high into the sky. And at its base, near the roots. A fruit. You reached out and touched it. All the voices went silent at once, and you knew what to do. You bite into that forbidden fruit. You gained something, something you'd never felt before.

Power.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xv2IS3uE49E

Your muscles no longer felt weak and on the verge of breaking, but new strength flooded into your once crippled body. You stood on your own legs. And more, you felt a rush of power unknown to you at the time through your whole body. And you knew things, things unknown to man for thousands, millions, of years. But now you knew them. You knew them, and you knew this old Ash Tree was its source. And you saw within it a being of more power than you could imagine, this was your god, your source of power. And you would raise it to heights beyond man kind's imagining.

You would be, The Root of Ash.
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No. 764707 ID: ea7bff

>>764703
That... that's actually pretty good ...
I don't know if it's true or not but it actually does make a lot sense in a weird way.
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No. 764710 ID: 0cf1be
File 148128333194.jpg - (264.85KB , 1748x1325 , Root and branches chapter 1 part 217.jpg )
764710

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E3LeZNlI0Xg
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No. 764722 ID: ea7bff

Piece 5 to C-E, and I give you piece 7
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No. 764723 ID: ea7bff

Your past clearly still defines you. Perhaps you are ashamed of who you once were, so you are still hiding. You hide behind A mask because maybe, you still feel like that boy in the chair. But none of that matters now, you chose this path and although I know what happened to you, and despite feeling sorry for the boy who never got a chance , I can only feel rage at the monster you've chosen to become.
https://youtu.be/MTGlrcReWrk
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No. 764736 ID: 0cf1be
File 148130485794.jpg - (240.73KB , 1548x1528 , Root and branches chapter 1 part 218.jpg )
764736

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No. 764739 ID: ea7bff

Piece 15 to C-G. I'll give you piece 12.

You know why he is obsessed with us? Because he sees in is us everything he should have been. We share the same give of sight and communication with our other selves, he wants to rejoice for he's found another like him. But we are also infuriating to him because at the same time we never went through anything like he did with muscular dystrophy, we never had the same fate as him.
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No. 764740 ID: ea7bff

In other words... this is him...

https://youtu.be/d8ekz_CSBVg
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No. 764744 ID: 0cf1be
File 148130917258.jpg - (480.54KB , 1748x2480 , Root and branches chapter 1 part 219.jpg )
764744

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJW_ldC7sUA
Also
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pc0mxOXbWIU
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No. 764747 ID: ea7bff

Piece 13 to B-H. I give you piece 11.

And your other selves? Do you see a bunch of men in wheelchairs?
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No. 764755 ID: 0cf1be
File 148131194114.jpg - (257.80KB , 1748x1280 , Root and branches chapter 1 part 220.jpg )
764755

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5aJIby5NJ48
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No. 764757 ID: ea7bff

Oh yeah, we are at the finale alright. Piece 14 to C-F, and all of them are tall pieces, that's QUARTO! 2 games are mine, and that's all she wrote.

https://youtu.be/M5QGkOGZubQ
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No. 764763 ID: 3583d1

AND KEEP THE PANTS ON!
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No. 764764 ID: 0cf1be
File 148131355083.jpg - (91.73KB , 1420x557 , Root and branches chapter 1 part 221.jpg )
764764

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3NuFVQk_CCs
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No. 764767 ID: 3583d1

Thank you. Good game.
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No. 764773 ID: ea7bff

Now, let's get down to it, I won best 2 out 3 games, so will you honor your end of our bargain? Casper and his Sister go free as well as any and all captive spirits.
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No. 764777 ID: 3d2d5f

>>764764
Oh just drop the other boot already, we can see it looming.
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No. 764781 ID: 0cf1be
File 148131636421.jpg - (168.73KB , 1420x960 , Root and branches chapter 1 part 222.jpg )
764781

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No. 764782 ID: 0cf1be
File 148131638290.jpg - (583.03KB , 1748x2480 , Root and branches chapter 1 part 223.jpg )
764782

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No. 764783 ID: 0cf1be

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYept9efrOw&list=PLA93F8D7D32FD8F47&index=8
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No. 764784 ID: 3583d1

Well I don't feel manipulated by anyone, in fact I feel pretty confident in my abilities to guide Ana. So whatever this 3rd party wants, if there is a 3rd party, I suspect may just be acting as a spectator. He set up the game, and now he wants to watch the events unfold. But I could be wrong. Call it fate, luck, karma, whatever it is. But you want to know how I look? I think i'll take one out of your book
"Picture the most beautiful actress you've ever seen and you will have something like me."
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No. 764800 ID: 3abd97

>>764782
She has only one metric of trust. Experience. Trust is earned. So far, we've done our best to earn. In the end though, we can no more force her to follow our advice than you can.

Also we were here before Anna met the trunk, so unless that gift breaks causality, you didn't get it from the trunk.

If you wanna call ghost shenanigans, I got one for you: how come root can spy on your other selves, but you can't spy on his?
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No. 764818 ID: 0cf1be
File 148132580159.jpg - (663.31KB , 1748x2480 , Root and branches chapter 1 part 224.jpg )
764818

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dlxRVJ8PJeI
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No. 764819 ID: 3abd97

I'd say there's no way you'd offer that bargain unless you thought the odds of victory were decidedly in your favor. And that one reason we played this game (and you lost) was a set up to make us more receptive to the idea of taking bargains / bets with you and thinking we can win.

Absolution is a poor champion, anyways. He can't fight to the death if the alternative is yielding, surviving, and continuing to feed his multiversal origin. His survival and mission is his purpose, and he'd be forced to put that above any loyalty to me.
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No. 764820 ID: 0cf1be
File 148132667606.jpg - (101.83KB , 980x768 , Root and branches chapter 1 part 225.jpg )
764820

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No. 764823 ID: 3583d1

I say, scram for now. I don't even have an army yet. If I want to accept you challenge I will notify you. But right now I have an oath to fulfill with Absolution here.
And Casper, should you and your sister ever need sanctuary, seek me and the other future guild of sheers members out.
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No. 764824 ID: 0cf1be

accurate repetition of the power differences between Absolution and Root
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T7xJ-Ngq5CU
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No. 764832 ID: 3583d1

>>764824
(which one is the explosion and which one is the running pineapple)
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No. 764840 ID: 3abd97

>>764820
Which is why it pretty much *has* to be a trick or trap.
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No. 764844 ID: 3583d1

Wait one cotton picking minute...

If he dies, and the fog disperses... Absolution didn't you say that runs the risk of you dying too? And I'm betting he has some death failsafe in place, kind of like Voldemort with the horcruxes. So the fog would disperse he would wake up alive and well, then you would die, I would lose any magic power in this realm because the branch of Absolution died, he could rise to power again and we'd be back at square one. Yeah, no thanks.
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No. 764976 ID: 0cf1be
File 148139480988.jpg - (635.61KB , 1748x2480 , Root and branches chapter 1 part 226.jpg )
764976

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJkj3DgW8Y0
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No. 764977 ID: 0cf1be
File 148139485480.jpg - (593.71KB , 1748x2480 , Root and branches chapter 1 part 227.jpg )
764977

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rbiq6xaEYn4
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No. 764978 ID: 0cf1be
File 148139489060.jpg - (481.61KB , 1662x1964 , Root and branches chapter 1 part 228.jpg )
764978

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No. 764979 ID: 0cf1be
File 148139492492.jpg - (822.88KB , 1748x2480 , Root and branches chapter 1 part 229.jpg )
764979

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TBeqy67AALk
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No. 764984 ID: c368a1

ABSOLUTION!! BEHIND YOU!!!!
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No. 764985 ID: 1d744d

DO SOMETHING ANA PUNCH HIM OR SOMETHING!!!
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No. 764986 ID: 1d744d

HEY, ROOTY, OR SHOULD I SAY JAMES VLADISLAV DRAGOMIR!!!! WHAT KIND OF COWARD KILLS A MAN WITH THEIR BACK TURNED YOU PUSSY!!!
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No. 764987 ID: 9f3729

hey dude you got something stuck in your teeth. Like, right incisor, your right.
Also, probably a good idea to DOOOOOOODGE
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No. 764995 ID: c368a1

>>764987
https://youtu.be/kvS6zMThiZU
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No. 764997 ID: 3abd97

Ahem.

We made a contract and you owe me something. That has meaning, and I demand I be paid. I have no interest in watching you pursue other interests, conflicts, or stall.

Pay up, now. Or we get to see how flaunting or breaking bound contracts works.

(Force him to pay you before attacking Absolution, which may prevent the attack all together. Or at least give you an army of ghosts and Absolution's own powers to defend you).
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No. 765025 ID: c368a1

>>764997
I like it, show him our commanding presence
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No. 765029 ID: 0cf1be
File 148140800415.jpg - (631.70KB , 1748x2480 , Root and branches chapter 1 part 230.jpg )
765029

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No. 765030 ID: 0cf1be
File 148140818423.jpg - (1.07MB , 3012x3697 , Root and branches chapter 1 part 231.jpg )
765030

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Coa_OhboM30
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No. 765035 ID: c368a1

STOP.

Did you not hear me?

I did not accept this challenge, And Absolution did not either. Furthermore by using that knife you have given yourself an unfair advantage. You accuse me of having bad morals, but to even attempt this shows you are the lowest of the low.

If you have even a shred of honor, then be gone, and take your skeleton with you.
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No. 765038 ID: 3abd97

You attacked the neutral party and judge in a contracted contest you agreed to before the contest was finished. You had lost the game, but the contract was not complete until you paid out.

For this breach I call you out as an oathbreaker. Your name and standing among the spirit world foresaken. May all spirits turn against you.
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No. 765043 ID: c368a1

>>765038
An oathbreaker and a coward.
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No. 765044 ID: c368a1

Oh and just for clarification, it's not me you should worry about. It's his wife. Do you really want all of the earth against you?

GAIA! If you have any love for you husband, then by the glory of your bountiful earth heal him please.
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No. 765048 ID: 0cf1be
File 148141195871.jpg - (269.57KB , 1676x832 , Root and branches chapter 1 part 232.jpg )
765048

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tO5p-gNyVlo
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No. 765049 ID: c368a1

Mother Gaia! For the sake of your husband, PLEASE HELP US!!!
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No. 765051 ID: c368a1

https://youtu.be/U10ftE4XQvo
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No. 765076 ID: 3abd97

>>765048
What you wanted does not matter. You accepted a contract, and attacked the arbiter and judge before it was resolved. You are an oathbreaker now- and therefore should not be able to bind spirits or have them obey you.

In a world of spirits and contracts, consequences matter. There are rules mortals must follow lest they be consumed.

Absolution, per the terms of the agreed contract, I own the ghost attached to my soul, not root. I own all his ghosts. Make your pact with me now, as we agreed. Give me the power to save or avenge you.
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No. 765080 ID: c368a1

>>765076
Good point actually, we are at risk of losing a hand, this guy stand at losing a lot more.
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No. 765083 ID: c368a1

Plus Gaia should appear and help her husband. She may have slept with death, but hey c'mon gods cheat on their spouses all the time but they still love each other (I wouldn't be that surprised if Absolution took a mortal form and a mortal woman to bed every now and then)
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No. 765085 ID: 3abd97

>>765076
(For added context here: Root made a contract / bargain with us when he agreed to play the game for his ghosts. What he seems to be ignoring / didn't expect is we let Absolution choose the game, and the rules. We made him the dealer, responsible for overseeing the game and making sure no one cheated, and therefor part of the contract. A contract that remains unfulfilled until we possess the ghosts due us).
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No. 765125 ID: 0cf1be
File 148142599208.jpg - (670.35KB , 1748x2480 , Root and branches chapter 1 part 233.jpg )
765125

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uurkmfkKodg
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No. 765126 ID: 0cf1be
File 148142600425.jpg - (151.32KB , 1520x929 , Root and branches chapter 1 part 234.jpg )
765126

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No. 765164 ID: c368a1

But my hand!?
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No. 765178 ID: 0cf1be
File 148146309637.jpg - (113.52KB , 1508x512 , Root and branches chapter 1 part 235.jpg )
765178

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TBeqy67AALk
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No. 765185 ID: 3abd97

So why isn't Cheater McCheaterPants losing a hand for using the exact same ability I am, also without a formal pact with you?

I expect some kind of magic bullshit prosthetic after this night, not a cheap hunk of plastic.
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No. 765189 ID: 0cf1be
File 148147553735.jpg - (329.39KB , 1573x1414 , Root and branches chapter 1 part 236.jpg )
765189

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TzCzQMOjyKM
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No. 765192 ID: 3abd97

>>765189
You mean, ghosts stashed under your robe you should have had no ability to control, because per the contract you agreed to you had just lost control over them.

What's the point of playing magic with contracts and rules if the opposition has the ability to ignore them as they feel like? This isn't being outsmarted or beaten, this is playing Calvinball.

Goodbye, oathbreaker. Before this is over, I will see you suffer by my hand. My new hand.
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No. 765249 ID: 0cf1be
File 148150540975.jpg - (662.04KB , 1748x2480 , Root and branches chapter 1 part 237.jpg )
765249

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qlOTNtUvhe8
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No. 765256 ID: c368a1
File 148150829942.png - (193.93KB , 620x1156 , IMG_2976.png )
765256

Absolution, use this!!! It's a spell from the Norse to banish evil spirits such as this monster!!! Mother Gaia, Hjolden, mother of Thor, please help him! Ana, I know you can't use this magic but recite the words anyway, it may help!!

""Thick blóð, bardagamenn lýjast.
Þjóðin varir aldir erfiðleika,
mikil eyðilegging, menn deyja,
Auður er glatað, nöktu eru shunned.
Hættulegur eyðileggja fólk hræðast,
stormur á stormi, plága af eymd,
þungur iðrun, Hörð stríðsrekstur.
Illur hrærið ásækir heiminn. "

Now, BEGONE!!!

https://youtu.be/qlOTNtUvhe8
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No. 765323 ID: 629885
File 148152939250.jpg - (1.81MB , 3024x4032 , IMG_2977.jpg )
765323

(Hey man, I'm posting this here because there's no dis-thread for R&B yet but I figured you would appreciate this. Did a fanart portrait of Ana. Hope I did a good job, sorry if quality is a little sucky, my scanner is busted)
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No. 765337 ID: 0cf1be

It looks awesome and fantastic, ten times better than my shity art style, as for the dis-thread for R&B I will get to that when I finish this chapter. Which is coming sooner than I thought
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HgzGwKwLmgM
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No. 765344 ID: 0cf1be
File 148155725905.jpg - (758.39KB , 1748x2480 , Root and branches chapter 1 part 238.jpg )
765344

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No. 765345 ID: 0cf1be
File 148155730017.jpg - (668.60KB , 1748x2480 , Root and branches chapter 1 part 239.jpg )
765345

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nLbNEl1HquM
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No. 765348 ID: 3abd97

What's wrong, man? Does it bother you when something your alternate selves didn't predict occurs?

>>765345
So... if we can kick Root out of this realm, the branch loses it's connection to this realm and is defeated.

Recurring boss fight, round 1: go. Root verus Ana, while the Branch and Absolution grapple overhead / in the background.
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No. 765358 ID: 0cf1be
File 148156674420.jpg - (437.52KB , 1748x2480 , Root and branches chapter 1 part 240.jpg )
765358

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No. 765359 ID: 0cf1be
File 148156682547.jpg - (409.42KB , 1748x1744 , Root and branches chapter 1 part 241.jpg )
765359

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OGp9P6QvMjY
Also to the Root
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JEYx5liS4oA
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No. 765360 ID: 629885
File 148156693194.jpg - (45.36KB , 235x235 , IMG_2978.jpg )
765360

Distance is all you need! I've got one more little trick up out sleeves! Here's a bit of information for you Rooty, everything that is living or dead and anywhere in between, is connected via Seidr, that includes this thing!
First spell, Valkyries doom! We choose the god killer to die!

"Urðr Verðandi Skuld höfuð þetta símtal, vefari örlög, ég fordæma hér með þetta einn að deyja!"

And secondly, we summon for the spear of Odin, Gungnir! The runes of his spear make it certain it will always hit its target when thrown, and when combines with the rune words from Valkyries doom, it will send this thing back to Helheimr!!!

Allt faðir Óðinn óvinir okkar loka inn á frá öllum hliðum veita okkur sveifla einn spjótinu sem mun gata kjálkar Fenrir, jafnvel þótt þú fellur

And just for an added incentive, the easiest spell anyone could perform, and you don't even need to speak Old Norse to do it.
"I dedicate this death, to Odin."
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No. 765361 ID: 629885

>>765359
Oh my gods... all those fist... I can't resist.... you could do the spell to finish him but.... ooohhh can't help it!
https://youtu.be/OzHE5q1NGa4
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No. 765365 ID: 3abd97

Fuck the rules indeed. Calvinball time.

First up. If Gaea is here? If the crust of the world has joined the fight? The real goddamn world just stepped inside with us, so we don't need to step out to claim our pact, or to claim our bullshit army of ghosts.

Cursed hand? Fuck that, I'm invoking my spectral hand, on my shears, at the front of my host of ghosts.
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No. 765366 ID: 0cf1be
File 148156954121.jpg - (678.79KB , 1748x2480 , Root and branches chapter 1 part 242.jpg )
765366

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZcmcjUaMpZg
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No. 765367 ID: 629885

>>765365
Using a spectral hand is good especially if he is i. Aweird mist form, probably the only way we could harm him. Yeah let's use our own sheers on him, also if he tries to use the knife draw on this:
https://youtu.be/craOGt6BatE
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No. 765376 ID: 0cf1be
File 148157488262.jpg - (593.87KB , 1748x2480 , Root and branches chapter 1 part 243.jpg )
765376

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No. 765377 ID: 0cf1be
File 148157491676.jpg - (586.75KB , 1748x2480 , Root and branches chapter 1 part 244.jpg )
765377

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No. 765378 ID: 0cf1be
File 148157501235.jpg - (1.24MB , 1748x2480 , Root and branches chapter 1 part 245.jpg )
765378

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4WgT9gy4zQA
or
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EAwWPadFsOA
or
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKQ4YQWLXlE
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No. 765382 ID: 629885

>>765378
I can do you one better.
https://youtu.be/Dd3PVavJ4t8

Alright fight tactics, first thing we need to to, block his swing with out first shot at well, this way we block his shot and hit him at the same time. If you get into a bind where you are pushing on your each other, redirect it by stepping to the side and tripping him so he'all to sprawling forward. Also because he'll fight us unfairly, don't we also have a sawed off shotgun we could blow out a knee cap with? Also, jam a finger in his eye, we'll level the playing field there. If you are taking to much damage then focus your rage, your anger, GO INTO BERSERKER RAGE!!!

Absolution, you need to focus on keeping this thing at a distance it will probably try to close in and rip you up. Your extra bulk will give you some good defense but it won't last. If it gets too close use those giant fists in a flurry of blows try to keep it staggering so it doesn't get a chance to fight back (ORA ORA ORA ORA ORA). Any magic you use should focus primarily on area of effect to hit as many targets as you can to knock those souls out, lighting storms from the sky, a giant ring of Fire, a freezing blizzard, even a landslide, but slow it down and try and keep it trapped.

Gaia, your job is primarily healer, you will need to keep both Ana and Absolution going, blessing of the earth, cure poisoning, anything that would slow them down or injure them, you need to heal them.
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No. 765383 ID: 0cf1be

or
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-5_-svPiWU
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No. 765386 ID: 629885

Or
https://youtu.be/r-5_-svPiWU
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No. 765393 ID: 0cf1be

or
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kRNwbo4gBRA&t=166s
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No. 765412 ID: 629885

>>765382
Also in addition to area of effect spells, summon up some small minions, Draugr (zombies on redbull with s bit of ghost thrown in are good), gremlins, doesn't matter which but as long as they make good cannon fodder to throw at the monster and keep it distracted and focused on the little ankle bitters you can begin focusing on serious area of effect spells
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No. 765493 ID: 0cf1be
File 148159969288.jpg - (1.13MB , 1748x2304 , Root and branches chapter 1 part 246.jpg )
765493

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RTTMKRSFWws
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No. 765502 ID: 399475

Absolution, grab all four of its arms and crush it's bony hands, you should be significantly stronger, I have a feeling it will try to use them gross chompers, use an eye-beam Into its mouth, for an added bonus throw in one liner
"Taste bad?" Or "what's the matter? Got heart burn?"
That should stagger it and give you some room to gain some distance and use some AoE spells

Ana, stop him talking use a defensive strike to his solar plexus, knock the wind out of him, be sure to block any retaliation attack he might make. Employ finger jab with index and middle finger into eyes to temporarily blind him. Block wild strike from the left, counter with cross to right cheek, then jab forward to crack ribs. Block from the right, and employ shot to the hand to disarm target and break thumb. Duck at attempt for wild haymaker, stab forward into genitals. Heel kick to diaphragm to knock down. Low strike into genitals to make him lurch forward in pain. Block face to fully knock unconscious. In summary, testicles bruised, 4 ribs cracked, thumb broken, minor concussion, eyes damaged, diaphragm hemorraging, unconscious, full physical recovery 10 weeks, full psychological recovery 10 months, ability to aid the god killer neutralized.
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No. 765506 ID: 399475

>>765502
https://youtu.be/4feUSTS21-8
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No. 765590 ID: 0cf1be
File 148165971817.jpg - (1.25MB , 1748x2480 , Root and branches chapter 1 part 247.jpg )
765590

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KzVpwJZYQ-A
or
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wp_DailAx2w
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No. 765592 ID: 3d2d5f

>>765590
Except you haven't heard them all, as we suprised you earlier. Don't mistake the noise for omnipotence, oathbreaker.

I say we summon some ghost copies. He can't block all the attacks if we make more than one at once, and gaea brought the real world to us.
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No. 765594 ID: 3583d1

Absolution, MORE POWER!!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=23aj7dbFyJw

>>765592
Shadow clone jutsu?
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No. 765629 ID: 0cf1be
File 148167188546.jpg - (639.37KB , 1748x2480 , Root and branches chapter 1 part 248.jpg )
765629

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=20cPIkXXhK4
let us dance
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7eJoQWrhCtk
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No. 765631 ID: 3583d1

Well then, lets keep him confused and wondering, but lets also smack this bitch up.
"I'm over here!"
"No i'm here!"
"I'm the real one"
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No. 765633 ID: 3abd97

>>765629
*Sickly sweet*
Because you have such a track record on being right. I mean, you clearly predicted how this was all going to go, which is why you haven't been surprised or caught off guard once tonight. I'm sure you're right this time too.
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No. 765672 ID: 0cf1be
File 148168471344.jpg - (711.38KB , 1748x2480 , Root and branches chapter 1 part 249.jpg )
765672

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tfMcxmOBmpk
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No. 765674 ID: 0cf1be
File 148168478078.jpg - (310.28KB , 1619x1563 , Root and branches chapter 1 part 250.jpg )
765674

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yADrtfAmLTo
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No. 765676 ID: 0cf1be

Kill that useless bitch, she will just stab us in the back
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No. 765681 ID: 3abd97

>>765674
We're in the spirit realm, and this isn't your domain. He can withdraw to the real world whenever he wants to save his skin. He's just stalling. The longer he stays here, the longer his monster has a Root to stand on.

Press your advantage.
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No. 765693 ID: 0cf1be
File 148168710467.jpg - (149.10KB , 1294x584 , Root and branches chapter 1 part 251.jpg )
765693

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wGPYPGyC5A0
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No. 765703 ID: 3abd97

>>765693
I honestly think I don't trust a word you're saying. *whack*

If your soul depends on banishing that thing before you run, *whack* you best start figuring out how to *whack* do that.
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No. 765713 ID: 0cf1be
File 148169052746.jpg - (336.30KB , 1748x1358 , Root and branches chapter 1 part 252.jpg )
765713

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y8HOfcYWZoo
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No. 765736 ID: 0cf1be
File 148169196134.jpg - (117.04KB , 1496x551 , Root and branches chapter 1 part 253.jpg )
765736

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y8HOfcYWZoo
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No. 765742 ID: 399475

Or *whack* you can just *whack* call it off now *whack* and then *whack* I'll stop
>>
No. 765746 ID: 3abd97

>>765713
>>765736
The kind of *whack* person who's *whack* not willing to *whack* bet the entire world *whack* on you not lying *whack* to me again, Oathbreaker! *whack whack*

I seriously doubt that creature *whack*cares about you one way or another. *whack* It obeys it's nature, *whack* and your puppet string bindings. *whack*
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No. 765779 ID: 399475

>>765746
*bro fist*
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No. 765798 ID: 3583d1

I'm not dropping it, what happens if I do, you use that knife I know you still have? You're a liar and a cheat. And from i've seen abomination isn't doing to well against Absolution.

Speaking of which, Absolution, SUPPLEX AND BREAK A MOTHERFUCKER!!!

What now Cripple? What now?
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No. 765808 ID: 321070
File 148172250360.jpg - (569.71KB , 1748x2157 , Root and branches chapter 1 part 254.jpg )
765808

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8UyD1xtgBDU
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No. 765810 ID: 3d2d5f

You taught me mere minutes ago that you are not the kind of enemy who will honor terms and agreements if you can betray them to serve your own ends. You know more lore than I do, so I cannot trust you are being honest with me and not seeking an opportunity to snatch a last minute victory.

Decisions have consequences, Root. You showed me you are not a man of honor, so I cannot treat you honorably.

Unless there's a real, binding oath or contact he can take now to stick to the terms of the deal he's offering (one Absolution knows of and believes will hold) with horrific consequences for a breach, we can't trust him.
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No. 765819 ID: 321070
File 148173240525.jpg - (643.92KB , 1748x2480 , Root and branches chapter 1 part 255.jpg )
765819

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MB2GQ28sE5s
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No. 765820 ID: 3d2d5f

>>765819
>do you believe in love
"I do." The answer he wants, and an ironic echo of the vow he hoped to get from you.

...that doesn't mean you're releasing him though. The fact that he's human, with human motivations, doesn't change the fact he's done unspeakable things, and plans more if he survives.
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No. 765821 ID: 321070
File 148173509414.jpg - (151.31KB , 1503x676 , Root and branches chapter 1 part 256.jpg )
765821

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kJXlORT56Ew
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No. 765823 ID: 3d2d5f

>>765821
Technically, it's not the only way, but it is the smart way. We can't trust him not to betray mercy, and we know he's not going to stop unless stopped, and the things he's already done are terrible.

So yes, that's a yes. Shears give life by taking it. Sacrifing a part for the whole.
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No. 765826 ID: 3583d1

>>765821
ANA!

Calm your rage. Do not let your rage consume you like this. But that doesn't mean you should stop either. Root probably has one more trick up his sleeve. This is a creature to be pitted now that we see what kind of person he is on the inside. He wanted what is human in all of us, but he has let his own power corrupt him to far gone. He has left us with no other alternative.
-"we should forgive our enemies, but not before they are hanged." A quote fromHeinrich Heine

https://youtu.be/qA3oPpH7KVg
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No. 765828 ID: 321070
File 148173709815.jpg - (151.31KB , 1503x676 , Root and branches chapter 1 part 256.jpg )
765828

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rV8NHsmVMPE
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No. 765829 ID: 321070
File 148173713622.jpg - (176.86KB , 1676x888 , Root and branches chapter 1 part 257.jpg )
765829

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rV8NHsmVMPE
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No. 765833 ID: 3583d1

ohhh... You, bastard... Do I think you are the real root? Yes, he could not resist this and I doubt any of his lackeys could summon that up.
And do I think you have hostages? Yes, maybe not in the 100's... But alright, say I let you go? Then what?
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No. 765836 ID: 321070
File 148174218734.jpg - (285.88KB , 1804x856 , Root and branches chapter 1 part 258.jpg )
765836

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SVaVBAuWkTM
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No. 765849 ID: 3d2d5f

>>765836
That would be lovely, but you still haven't given us any reason to trust you or your words.

Say or do something that unequivocally guarantees you will do what you say, or save your breath- you badly need it.

Give us an oath, a contact, a bond, a pact. Something with weight and consequences. We will not release you from this trap- you must bite off your metaphorical weapon hand to free yourself. Bondage or death are your opinions. Choose. That's as much mercy as we can give you.
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No. 765852 ID: 3583d1

>>765849
You have proven yourself an oathbreaker, worm. No, I'm wrong, the worms are above you. But now you have a chance to regain something.

One measly scrap of any honor you lost by breaking our agreement by beginning this farce. Now look where it's gotten you.

Swear to me, on your blood, on your name, that you will honor this agreement. Your miserable excuse for a life saved as well as any hostages you have, and your demon called off and banished away.

Now it's your turn to chose. Will you honor this agreement?
>>
No. 765854 ID: 3583d1

And for the record, we can never be friends.
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No. 765857 ID: 321070
File 148174603680.jpg - (129.91KB , 1676x483 , Root and branches chapter 1 part 259.jpg )
765857

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C3hOsHBTn_o
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No. 765865 ID: 3583d1

Not on my name, my name is my own. You have sworn on your blood, now swear upon YOUR name, the one that your mother gave you when you came bawling out from the womb. The one you were called when you still rolled in your wheel chair, the name you still think of yourself as when you cannot be "The
Root of Ash."

NOW SWEAR!
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No. 765868 ID: 3d2d5f

>>765857
Might want to look to Absolution to confirm this oath actually binds Root in any meaningful metaphysical way.
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No. 765870 ID: 3583d1

>>765867
Good idea. You know what, let us put a Geas on him. A spell that if the promise and agreement as we define it is broken, then he will die.
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No. 765879 ID: 321070
File 148175150382.jpg - (328.39KB , 1555x1367 , Root and branches chapter 1 part 260.jpg )
765879

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gkHf7WABkkE
>>
No. 765882 ID: 3583d1

"Even without your chair, you are a broken man."

Drop him.
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No. 765911 ID: 321070
File 148175900094.jpg - (518.91KB , 1748x2202 , Root and branches chapter 1 part 261.jpg )
765911

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQlkfkvR9A0
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No. 765915 ID: 321070
File 148175907270.jpg - (237.07KB , 1748x814 , Root and branches chapter 1 part 262.jpg )
765915

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SVaVBAuWkTM
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No. 765920 ID: 3583d1

Then I'd grieve for the eventual heartbreak that person would feel, and feel grief and regret that they had to meet under such circumstances to which they could never love each other.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VWW8DMpfI9U
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No. 765926 ID: 321070
File 148176476467.jpg - (176.53KB , 1748x749 , Root and branches chapter 1 part 263.jpg )
765926

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t3KYAAI9dmY
>>
No. 765929 ID: 3583d1

It's a nice voice. It's a shame you choose to hide it so often. Now get you gone, Vlad. The next we meet I may not be so merciful.
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No. 765930 ID: 3abd97

>>765926
Maybe it just sounds nice because we choked him to a higher register.
>>
No. 765931 ID: 3583d1

>>765930
Ha. That would only work if we kicked him the balls. He'd be singing soprano then.
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No. 766030 ID: 321070
File 148180112862.jpg - (507.56KB , 1748x2480 , Root and branches chapter 1 part 264.jpg )
766030

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=75FJiDWq-js
>>
No. 766031 ID: 3abd97

>>766030
Attack the lying oathbreaker, now. They just burned their last shred of our patience.
>>
No. 766057 ID: 321070
File 148182132677.jpg - (747.08KB , 1748x2480 , Root and branches chapter 1 part 265.jpg )
766057

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3KFFPdF-KY8
>>
No. 766058 ID: 321070
File 148182137179.jpg - (734.52KB , 1748x2480 , Root and branches chapter 1 part 266.jpg )
766058

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uu2XSQgdQDY
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No. 766059 ID: 321070
File 148182140282.jpg - (55.07KB , 916x505 , Root and branches chapter 1 part 267.jpg )
766059

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-MUP8KW0c4
>>
No. 766062 ID: 399475

No.

No no no no no NO NO NO NO NO NO

THIS IS NOT OVER. ANA LET ME OUT, UNLEASH ME

LET ME KILL

I WILL GOUGE THE EYES FROM THAT CUNT

MY TEETH WILL RIP HER FLESH

MY HANDS WILL CRUSH HER UNDERNEATH

BETTER TO TRY AND STOP WINTER THAN TO
STOP ME.

AN OATH BREAKER TRIES TO FIGHT ME?

A. FUCKING. INSULT!!!!!

LET ME LOOSE ANA, LET ME KILL THIS BITCH!!

I'LL KILL HEEEEEERRRRR!!!!!!
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No. 766064 ID: 399475

I FEEL NO PAIN

ITS A SIGN, A SECRET LANGUAGE ONLY I CAN UNDERSTAND.

IT TELLS ME WHO TO MAKE INTO A CORPSE

LET OUT, ANA!!!!

LET ME KILL!!!
https://youtu.be/sgA7KIwKlOE
>>
No. 766065 ID: 3d2d5f

Fuck, this, she doesn't dodge this by using a false name.

Drag the ghost of their mother back from the grave and force her to name her daughter. Root's name is now what she declared it to be, and she suffers the penalty for oathbreakering.

And let all previous contracts and agreements in what Root though their name was be broken, because they're Vladimir now.
>>
No. 766070 ID: 321070

I told you all that we should have killed this bitch when we had the chance. Now she will probably fuck with us some more
>>
No. 766087 ID: 321070
File 148182917145.jpg - (517.03KB , 1748x2336 , Root and branches chapter 1 part 268.jpg )
766087

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0jMFV55kTi8
>>
No. 766093 ID: 399475

Ana.... She's not here right now... she's sleeping.

SEIDR OVERDRIVE, ASSUMING DIRECT CONTROL.

HahahahahHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!

Hello there, cunt... I'm going to kill you now.
>>
No. 766094 ID: 3d2d5f

>can't hit me
Hit him anyways.
>>
No. 766140 ID: 321070
File 148184826125.jpg - (474.02KB , 1748x1719 , Root and branches chapter 1 part 269.jpg )
766140

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J3JIm4YBJrA
>>
No. 766141 ID: 321070

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=woFfdOhnyhM&list=RDwoFfdOhnyhM
>>
No. 766142 ID: 321070
File 148184832666.jpg - (305.56KB , 1703x1796 , Root and branches chapter 1 part 270.jpg )
766142

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=woFfdOhnyhM&list=RDwoFfdOhnyhM
>>
No. 766149 ID: 399475

Fight it Ana! Get up! Fight it!

Head butt this cunt in the nose or something! You're stronger than her! I believe in you! We believe you! We believe in the you that believes in us!

I don't have anything else I can tell you! You can't draw on us for power again, this has to be a sheer battle of will! And yours is stronger than hers! Yours is the strength that will carry this world onwards, to a better future, you are are the savior this world deserves! Now let's see this bitch grit her teeth!

Just who the hell, does this bitch think we are?!

http://youtu.be/VT6LFOIofRE
>>
No. 766161 ID: 321070
File 148185191323.jpg - (327.60KB , 1666x1760 , Root and branches chapter 1 part 271.jpg )
766161

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DF0zefuJ4Ys
>>
No. 766165 ID: 3abd97

>>766161
Grab your hockey stick, and smack it right up in between her legs.
>>
No. 766169 ID: 399475

MY BOY! Don't let go Casper!

Get your hockey stick! No more fucking around with this cunt! We are done playing, BEAT THE SHIT OUT OF HER!
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No. 766171 ID: 321070
File 148185407430.jpg - (226.21KB , 1532x1216 , Root and branches chapter 1 part 272.jpg )
766171

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iYVO5bUFww0
From the author: That moment was awkward for everyone who participated in it. Wrong decision this won't be cannon
>>
No. 766177 ID: 399475

>>766171
(Non-canon response:)
D- did you just... jam it up her cooter?
>>
No. 766178 ID: 321070

from the author no future comments :|
>>
No. 766181 ID: 3abd97

>>766171
I dunno, looks like it worked fine to me. Our objective was to fuck root up, and that had to hurt.
>>
No. 766184 ID: 321070

Do it just in a different way. don't dog the shot
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b3sOOBicyDY
>>
No. 766191 ID: 399475

Ana, smash it into her solar plexus! It will knock the wind out of her and be prepared to roll out from under her!

And don't stick it between her legs, I have a feeling something awkward will happen if you do.
>>
No. 766290 ID: 321070
File 148191910409.jpg - (591.59KB , 1748x2296 , Root and branches chapter 1 part 273.jpg )
766290

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=km4njZj6YqA&index=24&list=RDfCfvfsKjJ0I
>>
No. 766295 ID: 3583d1

Casper? A little help bud.

Ana, forget the pain, pain is just weakness leaving the body, pain of mind is worse than pain of the body. Fight On, I have a plan. We need to confuse her long enough for an opportunity to finish her.
>>
No. 766296 ID: 3583d1

So for now, drop the stick, but clutch the knife, I know it hurts but you have to hold on, don't pull it out just hold on it.
>>
No. 766305 ID: 3abd97

Wow getting stabbing is so much better than crippling her with a crotch shot. Thanks, future.

>trying to negotiated with us after betraying everything and stating intent to kill us
>and stabbing us
Haha, no. This doesn't end till someone dies. And probably not even then, because I'm pretty sure the wording of the previous contract would allow us control of our own vengeful ghost long enough to kill her. And I am totally for enslaving her ghost after death at this point. Oath-breaking has penalties.

Grab the knife with your hand that can't feel pain and ignore whatever harm it does to you. We were prepared to cut off that hand anyways.

Kill her. The penalty for oath breaking is death. Carve the name she claimed falsely into her forehead and bind her to it.
>>
No. 766390 ID: 321070
File 148194708663.jpg - (660.20KB , 1748x2480 , Root and branches chapter 1 part 274.jpg )
766390

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7WeFFBvgpkk&list=RD7WeFFBvgpkk
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No. 766393 ID: 321070
File 148194729464.jpg - (533.91KB , 1748x2480 , Root and branches chapter 1 part 275.jpg )
766393

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UAxIaXMNhgY
As for her hopes and dreams of the fake Root they were
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6QbzBW6uy2M
>>
No. 766394 ID: 321070

From the author, give me something good to work with. The safety is off
>>
No. 766396 ID: 321070

It is our time for retribution, we should all unite. After all it is the season of giving and receiving
>>
No. 766401 ID: 3abd97

>>766393
>limiters are off
If there are enough of us, we can climb over the branches and rip them apart. Caprenter ants, each with their own shears.

Personally, I really favor making them pay for that false name gambit. One us us with mage powers should summon the shade of Root's mother (who was invoked in the oath) and force her to name her child as "Vladislav Dragomir" and then we carve it into Root's face with her own knife.

If we need to step outside to resolve this stupid ghost trap, one of our number could do so and then return.
>>
No. 766403 ID: 1ba9d8

I MADE YOU A PROMISE, CUNT...

Now... *cracks neck* I intend to make good on it.

I'LL RIP YOU INTO PIECES!!!
YOUR LIFE IS MINE!!!

>>766396

JOIN ME SISTERS!!!!

HER BLOOD WILL PAINT MY WALL

HER GUTS WILL STRWEN ACROSS THE FLOOR

AND HER HEAD WILL BE MOUNTED ON A SPIKE!!

CHAAAAAARGE!!!!
>>
No. 766405 ID: 321070

From the author, when I say the safety is off. I am referring to situation where there is a lot of you without power, were you can do now to this imposter whatever you want and it will happen. There is a story reason why you all look the same and why you don't magic now, explaining it now will be a spoiler
>>
No. 766408 ID: 1ba9d8

>>766405
(Well if that's the case)
SUPRISE MOSH PIT!
BEAT THE SHIT OUT HER!
>>
No. 766530 ID: 321070
File 148202535611.jpg - (679.45KB , 1748x2480 , Root and branches chapter 1 part 276.jpg )
766530

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LODkVkpaVQA
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No. 766531 ID: 321070
File 148202541392.jpg - (763.90KB , 1748x2480 , Root and branches chapter 1 part 278.jpg )
766531

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S2g6H9Nlwrs&list=RDS2g6H9Nlwrs
>>
No. 766532 ID: 321070
File 148202543484.jpg - (168.04KB , 1660x856 , Root and branches chapter 1 part 279.jpg )
766532

>>
No. 766534 ID: 321070

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ygr5AHufBN4
>>
No. 766535 ID: 3abd97

Ana could you please just kill them I am so sick of listening to them talk. I honestly don't care about what they're saying anymore. The fact that they continue to gloat, and talk, and think they have anything to say to us or teach us when they continue to have no control over the situation or understanding of what's happening is offensive on a fundamental level.

Shut. Em. Up.
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No. 766538 ID: 321070
File 148202772666.jpg - (543.61KB , 1748x2480 , Root and branches chapter 1 part 280.jpg )
766538

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V81DlvZkxGE
Also
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZ6yQgBvuoI
http://knowyourmeme.com/photos/666659-dafuq
>>
No. 766539 ID: 1ba9d8

"Shut. The. Fuck. Up."
>>
No. 766540 ID: 1ba9d8

"That's for absolution, this one is for his wife. And this one, IS BECAUSE YOU DONT KNOW WHEN TO STOP RUNNING YOUR FUCKING MOUTH."
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No. 766648 ID: 321070
File 148207333133.jpg - (727.31KB , 1748x2480 , Root and branches chapter 1 part 281.jpg )
766648

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MYSVMgRr6pw
or
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S2g6H9Nlwrs
>>
No. 766669 ID: 3abd97

>>766648
You killed someone who (gleefully) betrayed two separate attempts at parley and mercy, who confessed to past murders and plans for worse crimes, who killed someone in front of you, who stabbed you in the lung, and spent the entire encounter pushing ever button you had.

Losing control and snapping in the face of that does not make you a bad person. It makes you human.

What have you done? You perhaps discovered a darkness inside of you that enjoyed that too much. But more importantly, you stopped someone so, so much worse than you. That wasn't the cleanest cut, but the shears cut where they should.

If there is a darkness inside you? The potential to walk down a darker path? You're just going to have to harness it instead of being afraid of, or crippled by, it. A light warrior who has lost her fear of the dark, and is willing to cloth herself in darkness to turn its own weapons against itself.
>>
No. 766679 ID: 47897c

>>766669
I am in agreement, this woman enjoyed making sure we felt no other alternative, but can we honestly say for sure that if we spared her for third time we would have lost even more? As stated she pressed every button we have and even we had been given enough. You can only poke a sleeping bear so many times before it wakes up.

But for what it's worth, I'm sorry. I'm sorry for what we had to do, sorry what you now feel, sorry for everything.
>>
No. 766718 ID: 321070
File 148210386267.jpg - (632.15KB , 1748x2480 , Root and branches chapter 1 part 282.jpg )
766718

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iYAaN9EMpE0&t=9s
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No. 766719 ID: 321070
File 148210388829.jpg - (481.40KB , 1580x2276 , Root and branches chapter 1 part 283.jpg )
766719

>>
No. 766721 ID: 321070

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jtPu9DS3-1Y&index=3&list=RDASE7iXeMJKk
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No. 766725 ID: 47897c

Bullshit. I know how you work by this point. If you don't have some means of saving her then it's on you and you are willingly going to let her die. By the sound of it she needs you a lot more than you need her to prove what kind of person I am.

Take her with you you bastard. I will have no more to do with you, or this imposter whatever her name is. So take your lost broken lamb Shepard, back to the flock.

And for pittys sake, show some gods damned gratitude for her you sack of shit.

Now take her, and get the fuck out.
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No. 766744 ID: 3abd97

Is he talking to us? Again?

We're past the point where any kind of parley or discussion can occur. They already ensured that. Not-root's physical condition cannot be considered so long as Root stands before us. The immediate concerns of combat trump triage.

Worry about if she needs mercy killing after Root has been driven off or killed. (How is he here? We gave permission to one person to enter this realm, and she's bleeding out on the floor).
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No. 766759 ID: 321070
File 148211591344.jpg - (695.22KB , 1748x2480 , Root and branches chapter 1 part 284.jpg )
766759

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4GWENu6GN1c
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No. 766768 ID: 3abd97

>>766759
Fuck you, fuck your false paradigm. I gave her, and you, more chances than you deserve. Her life is not my responsibility and I reject your choice.

Do we have any other business to discuss or can we get a fucking move on cause the issue is closed as far as I am concerned.
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No. 766770 ID: 47897c

You've got to be shitting me...
You're seriously shitting me right now...

Alright no, fuck this and fuck you.

If you would never fight fair then why the fuck should we. Kill her Ana, I'm done with this bullshit, they have proven that thy lie to their own followers and blindly believe anything that this asswipe spews from his mouth. We'll convince some, like 93. but not all so fuck em'

Ana, kill her.

"We dedicate this death to Absolution."

(In old mythology one of the simplest ways a god received power was through sacrifice, and if we sacrifice a woman with enough magic to call forth three heartless branches, get wrekt scrubs)
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No. 766776 ID: 321070
File 148211978571.jpg - (198.80KB , 1748x744 , Root and branches chapter 1 part 285.jpg )
766776

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kEObVQFu5yI
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No. 766777 ID: 3583d1

FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF
FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU
UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU-
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No. 766781 ID: 47897c

My biggest concern is Absolution, I care about our friends. I have. I clue where Gaia is but hopefully she is still healing him. Absolution may be near death but near death is not dead.

Hey wait a minute... that's actually a good point, this is a metaphysical realm right? So if Absolution is dying, Gaia's maybe/maybe-not boy toy should be here right? He has a chance!

If we sacrifice her, he may even have that one last shot... or...

Fuck...

It... it may work... but I have no idea what the repercussions may be... but... it's worth it.

Ana, I choose to become a sacrifice. Kill me. I would go
Willingly to my death to save our friend, and more importantly, to kick these asswipes out and keep them from their unholy touch.
>>
No. 766786 ID: 321070

From the author, me at this point
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NABXU28sksE
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No. 766831 ID: 321070
File 148215291970.jpg - (781.39KB , 1748x2480 , Root and branches chapter 1 part 286.jpg )
766831

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H2hzfMrwQH0
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No. 766834 ID: 3d2d5f

>>766831
Again, what happened to her is her own responsibility, and yours for putting her in that situation, and the tools and means you gave her in preparation.

I reject your false paradigm and refuse to accept responsibility for her fate. If you train someone to commit suicide by cop, it's not the police's fault if they end up dead.

I am done negotiating with you or making deals. Your proxy already expended your chances. Leave me or take action. I have nothing to say to you.
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No. 766867 ID: 321070
File 148218139568.jpg - (573.49KB , 1748x2480 , Root and branches chapter 1 part 287.jpg )
766867

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jPc-o-4Nsbk&start=00:34&end=04:12
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No. 766868 ID: 321070
File 148218146668.jpg - (691.05KB , 1748x2480 , Root and branches chapter 1 part 288.jpg )
766868

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kG9KSWYg-Jc
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No. 766869 ID: 321070
File 148218152880.jpg - (662.50KB , 1748x2480 , Root and branches chapter 1 part 289.jpg )
766869

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DY1s9SmrQRE&t=1503s
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No. 766870 ID: 321070
File 148218156568.jpg - (392.51KB , 1748x1498 , Root and branches chapter 1 part 290.jpg )
766870

>>
No. 766871 ID: 321070

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xgjgVP4CHyY
>>
No. 766872 ID: 595d54

Refuse anyway.
>>
No. 766880 ID: e9b78a

Fuck you, refuse again.
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No. 766907 ID: 321070
File 148218660804.jpg - (518.77KB , 1640x2308 , Root and branches chapter 1 part 291.jpg )
766907

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XFySmkjsmuc
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No. 766916 ID: 3abd97

>>766907
Attack him from behind.

Why. Are. You. Still. Talking!
>>
No. 766917 ID: e9b78a

This guy really loves the sound of his own voice.
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No. 766929 ID: 321070

don't all cult leaders have that in common
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No. 766946 ID: 321070
File 148219158157.jpg - (244.13KB , 1676x928 , Root and branches chapter 1 part 292.jpg )
766946

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RVE4D7mZBvg
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No. 766947 ID: 321070
File 148219162746.jpg - (541.56KB , 1748x2063 , Root and branches chapter 1 part 293.jpg )
766947

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SM3aYz3b-6g
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No. 766948 ID: 321070
File 148219166809.jpg - (606.92KB , 1748x2480 , Root and branches chapter 1 part 294.jpg )
766948

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ded14Xu-bVY
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No. 766949 ID: 3abd97

>>766929
Considering Ana is the cult leader in one third of the "good" endings? Apparently not.

>what are you even doing at this point
Distracting you from Absolution, who he just turned away from, and who was bound by creatures bound to the woman who was just escorted out of this realm.
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No. 766951 ID: e9b78a

and what stopping you from killing him even after you make this?

I've noticed it's sort of your thing, you really don't keep promises.
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No. 766952 ID: e9b78a

And more to the point, none of them would have power to do magic, you'd essentially have different clones all with their own agendas that can punch people or be canon fodder for you, what then? You'd have extra bodies that are about as fragile as paper in water as you so demonstrated earlier, huzzah, whoopdedoo, now what?

Cut your losses, and just leave. You literally have nothing else to gain except a few warm bodies.
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No. 766954 ID: 321070
File 148219252235.jpg - (182.96KB , 1748x904 , Root and branches chapter 1 part 295.jpg )
766954

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=08cBZj5kCrA
>>
No. 766969 ID: 3abd97

Hey, Ana, do you still have that paper? Maybe we should summon that thing again.
>>
No. 766972 ID: e9b78a

>>766954
Don't tell me to shut up bro, you shut up!

Absolution, he will most likely kill you either way. He knows that as long as you live we can make a pact granting me magic, which would make me able to kill any clone with ease. He really has a lot to lose if you live. And he's tried to kill you what, three times now? Yeah, he has it in for you. I can't tell you what to do, except get a guarantee from him that if you do this and make an attempt on your life his is automatically forfeit and all his clones die or something, make sure that there is no way he can harm you once this deal is struck.

And as for you Rooty, did you not hear me, all you have now is a bunch of Warm bodies for clones that will look like you at the start of your journey, meaning a bunch of random dudes all with no power except to punch things and be smooth talkers, but a 1000+ voices just becomes noise. Plus I'm hungry, so that's another million mouths to feed. Also you honestly expect me to believe their isn't one voice that is trying to make you a good person, that there isn't one who could sow rebellion? Even if their dead they can still talk, your own self joining me even? How embarrassing is that? But go ahead, you do you, gods you're so fucking pompous.
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No. 766979 ID: e9b78a

(What this whole situation is starting to feel like: https://youtu.be/c2sUkZ19sYk)
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No. 766989 ID: 321070

From the author, yeah pretty much
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No. 767009 ID: 321070
File 148220070764.jpg - (717.22KB , 1748x2480 , Root and branches chapter 1 part 296.jpg )
767009

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=guXMb7zLblM
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No. 767010 ID: 321070
File 148220075405.jpg - (697.29KB , 1748x2480 , Root and branches chapter 1 part 297.jpg )
767010

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cpoKiG5sIN8
>>
No. 767012 ID: 321070
File 148220077314.jpg - (21.50KB , 260x242 , Root and branches chapter 1 part 298.jpg )
767012

>>
No. 767017 ID: e9b78a
 

.... What...?????
>>
No. 767022 ID: 321070
File 148220277985.jpg - (92.42KB , 764x720 , Root and branches chapter 1 part 299.jpg )
767022

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No. 767023 ID: df90d0

Fuckin play with her tits then, you goddamn weirdo.
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No. 767024 ID: 3abd97
File 148220297160.png - (843.02KB , 2142x2133 , pi.png )
767024

Lets mix this countdown up a little.
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No. 767026 ID: 595d54
File 148220308845.jpg - (8.82KB , 648x480 , 1.jpg )
767026

Do it, no balls
>>
No. 767027 ID: 180f83

Have Ana decide. Blink once for first option. blink twice for second, blink thrice for third.
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No. 767028 ID: c441c1

Roots it
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No. 767029 ID: 3abd97
File 148220320693.png - (3.60KB , 332x199 , i.png )
767029

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No. 767032 ID: 321070
File 148220363692.jpg - (76.71KB , 1568x328 , Root and branches chapter 1 part 300.jpg )
767032

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No. 767033 ID: 595d54
File 148220378540.jpg - (165.24KB , 1300x1300 , 0.jpg )
767033

>>767032
nah forget you and your railroad tbh, either do it or back off with this shit
>>
No. 767034 ID: 180f83

>>767032
it was ID: 3abd97
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No. 767035 ID: e9b78a

Okay all bets are fucking off, you just lost any redeeming qualities and lost anything that makes a man you pussy.

Play with her boobs then you shit streaming coward, you will fucking pay with blood.

Before this I almost pittied you, but that you have lowered yourself to this point I legitimately hate you now and anything you think to stand for.
https://youtu.be/bZC5QeTX_PA
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No. 767036 ID: 3abd97
File 148220396569.png - (249.76KB , 1030x768 , wellpolowasntinthegameyetso.png )
767036

>>767034
Ye
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No. 767038 ID: 595d54

>>767035
Voting against this to maintain the tie.
>>
No. 767039 ID: 321070
File 148220409384.jpg - (39.22KB , 1020x406 , Root and branches chapter 1 part 301.jpg )
767039

>>
No. 767040 ID: 595d54

>>767039
I choose 4
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No. 767041 ID: e9b78a

Option 1 Bill Cosby, just play with the boobs
>>
No. 767043 ID: 595d54

>>767041
Ok changing my vote to option 2 then. No validation for this author
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No. 767045 ID: 9145ba

>>767039
Uh...

Uh...

Pat Buchanan!
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No. 767046 ID: 3abd97

I vote superposition state.

Ψ = 1/√2 |1> + 1/√2 i |2>
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No. 767049 ID: 180f83

Hey, might want to raise the stakes of the punishment. A lot of us are perverted enough to not make a decision and have you do option 3. Kind of a weak punishment at the moment if you ask me.
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No. 767050 ID: 595d54

>>767049
>perverted enough
Lad no one cares about the characters or quest anymore, it's just hilarious how he's throwing a tantrum over failed railroading
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No. 767068 ID: e9b78a

>>767050
Here's the thing, I don't like railroading, hate it in fact, but at the same time but I've been with the characters from around this got started. I care enough about the characters and quest because at times it really was a good story (hell, sometimes even the reason I woke up in the morning) and I care enough that I don't want to see this kind of shit happen. but at the same time I think it is disappointing (and a little disgusting tbh) that a hockey stick up a vaj would be retconned for a laugh but this has the go ahead. So idk, I'm not happy with this but I'm willing to keep going, even give him the benefit of the doubt being his first quest, but I don't think this was a smart idea.
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No. 767074 ID: 321070

From the author
thank you that means alot to me
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-7lSgwNRHDg
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No. 767076 ID: 321070

Soon I will open a discussion thread and there I will confess all my sins.
I am sorry if I have if i disappointed you :(
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No. 767077 ID: 2120ee

>>767039
I vote 2 because it's clearly what she wants because if she chooses it, it disallows the action by definition. Can't rape the willing.

Haha, paradox, your true weakness!
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No. 767090 ID: 9145ba

>>767077
I vote 1 then, because it's clearly reverse psychology and the one she wants us to pick is the opposite of the one she's picking, because she knows we know she's using reverse psychology and therefore wants to trick us into choosing number 2! But! We will only fall for her trick half as many time as she expects So! We pick number one!
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No. 767126 ID: 3583d1

I vote for option 1
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No. 767135 ID: 321070
File 148223272509.jpg - (694.50KB , 1748x2480 , Root and branches chapter 1 part 302.jpg )
767135

Perturbator "Weapons for Children" ["The Uncanny Valley" - 2016]
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No. 767136 ID: 321070

Perturbator "Weapons for Children" ["The Uncanny Valley" - 2016]
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No. 767168 ID: e9b78a

DODGE!!

Absolution, I've already said all the evidence for what you should do (back in >>766972) this has to be your decision!!!
The only thing I ask is that you don't die on us!
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No. 767175 ID: 321070
File 148226307196.jpg - (625.49KB , 1748x2480 , Root and branches chapter 1 part 303.jpg )
767175

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R1jG99z7lVY&list=RDJQlkfkvR9A0&index=3
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No. 767179 ID: e9b78a

Hell is often something you can't see Root, are you honestly going to risk bringing it to life? I bet even now, you hear its voice, but the seed of doubt has already been planted, I can see it in your eyes, so what will you do?
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No. 767210 ID: 3abd97

>>767175
Oh have we reached the part where the villain screws themselves over? Cool, I wanted a show. The part where the villain makes up random bullshit to keep themselves from losing was getting old.
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No. 767220 ID: 321070
File 148228520950.jpg - (628.70KB , 1748x2480 , Root and branches chapter 1 part 304.jpg )
767220

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Al_DCfgpV8A
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No. 767221 ID: 321070
File 148228523916.jpg - (247.59KB , 1332x1336 , Root and branches chapter 1 part 305.jpg )
767221

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=meJchJhNXH4
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No. 767234 ID: e9b78a

NOOO!!!
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No. 767293 ID: 4e64ab
File 148234003734.jpg - (800.81KB , 1748x2480 , Root and branches chapter 1 part 306.jpg )
767293

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i6OtF7daIPM
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No. 767294 ID: 4e64ab
File 148234006543.jpg - (141.02KB , 1748x576 , Root and branches chapter 1 part 307.jpg )
767294

>>
No. 767296 ID: 3d2d5f

I'm pretty bored of your contradictory attempts at moralizing, making yourself out to be more powerful and/or justified, making me out to be a better/worse person, and trying to foist responsibility/blame on me. You don't even try not to contradict yourself. You literally can't have it both ways.

So if you're offering to shut the fuck up: yes, for the love of God, shut the fuck up.
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No. 767332 ID: 4e64ab
File 148235398825.jpg - (672.82KB , 1748x2416 , Root and branches chapter 1 part 308.jpg )
767332

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tDexBj46oNI&feature=youtu.be
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No. 767333 ID: 4e64ab
File 148235410031.jpg - (605.10KB , 1748x2480 , Root and branches chapter 1 part 309.jpg )
767333

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dLrdSC9MVb4
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No. 767334 ID: 4e64ab
File 148235412865.jpg - (607.81KB , 1748x2392 , Root and branches chapter 1 part 310.jpg )
767334

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No. 767335 ID: 4e64ab
File 148235416278.jpg - (155.23KB , 1294x1344 , Root and branches chapter 1 part 311.jpg )
767335

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XAYhNHhxN0A
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No. 767337 ID: e9b78a

We need to find Logan first then.

But also... we need to see Absolution... and Gaia...
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No. 767374 ID: 3abd97

>>767332
...no, you didn't need to do that, because you'd killed the only person enforcing the hand-death rule. And we're already used your cheating to claim ghosts without entering the real world, rending that amputation completely unnecessary, jackass.

>>767333
We didn't fucking spare Clara. We fucking refused to play your fucking game with her, there's a difference.

>>767335
Obviously Absolution lied about the ring being a useless CHA boost. Or he was just wrong.

...or extra sensory perception falls under charisma in this universe, who knows.
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No. 767393 ID: 4e64ab
File 148236434047.jpg - (523.65KB , 1577x2480 , Root and branches chapter 1 part 312.jpg )
767393

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fGxcvkiTRe8
>>
No. 767395 ID: 4e64ab
File 148236456861.jpg - (319.75KB , 1616x1425 , Root and branches chapter 1 part 313.jpg )
767395

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=miFhwa1_fwE
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No. 767396 ID: 3abd97

>>767395
How about we use what power you have left to help you, instead of me. Is there anything I can do?

(Wearing Root's hand seems a bad idea. You can't trust something he gave on you).
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No. 767398 ID: 4e64ab
File 148236654546.jpg - (249.80KB , 1323x1391 , Root and branches chapter 1 part 314.jpg )
767398

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lL2ZwXj1tXM
>>
No. 767399 ID: 4e64ab

from the author
warning important decision
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No. 767431 ID: 06e2a2

Keep the ring, it will give us an edge because we know what Roots plans are, but i don't trust this hand that Root gave us. If anything it probably has some effect we don't know about. As for what to do with it... is Gaia still here? Maybe she could cleanse it or find out if it has some effect, or she could do something for us, perhaps we could make a pact with her, and swear to avenge Absolution.
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No. 767541 ID: 4e64ab
File 148242898860.jpg - (346.62KB , 1748x1172 , Root and branches chapter 1 part 315.jpg )
767541

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No. 767543 ID: 4e64ab
File 148242901852.jpg - (712.94KB , 1748x2480 , Root and branches chapter 1 part 316.jpg )
767543

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KheUqoUxqq0
>>
No. 767544 ID: 4e64ab
File 148242903894.jpg - (422.68KB , 1748x1785 , Root and branches chapter 1 part 317.jpg )
767544

>>
No. 767570 ID: 3583d1

That... that I did not see coming...

Uh... and you are? He seems like a spirit of madness more than anything
>>
No. 767584 ID: 4e64ab
File 148244009405.jpg - (614.12KB , 1748x2480 , Root and branches chapter 1 part 318.jpg )
767584

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kJXlORT56Ew&t=193s
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No. 767607 ID: 3583d1

So what kind of instructions would you give? you honestly sound like the worst tutorial guide ever. Plus, you were employed by ol' Rooty, so that tells me that he employed you to follow her around to manipulate us into doing what he wants. Sounds a bit like bum deal if you ask me. And besides he already pulled this shit on us once with a ghost kid named Casper, did he think lightning would strike twice?
>>
No. 767608 ID: 3583d1

No offense pal but we're going to need an incentive better than what you are selling if you want us to trust you. I thank you for your honesty though.
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No. 767617 ID: 4e64ab
File 148244884647.jpg - (718.93KB , 1748x2480 , Root and branches chapter 1 part 319.jpg )
767617

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DrbQKvI9q24&t=2s
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No. 767688 ID: e0c8b5

Lady's got a point kitty cat. But alright I'm willing to give you the benefit of the doubt, what I don't understand is why would Root give you over or order you too help me even though you may go against him. What purpose would that serve? What more is if we accept we would be unable to make a pact with Gaia. However Gaia would have to want to make it. And also...

Gaia, I'm sorry... for everything... if you want to say goodbye to Absolution... now is the time...
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No. 767742 ID: 4e64ab
File 148248688663.jpg - (575.02KB , 1716x1800 , Root and branches chapter 1 part 320.jpg )
767742

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQZuu8hAeeA
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No. 767775 ID: e0c8b5

Hmm... we'll be that as it may I'm still slightly hesitant to trust you but honestly I'm starting to like you, I don't know why. So tell you what, if you can get us to a guy named Logan, who used to be one Absolutions primary guys, before the Cult does we may just have a deal. But could you help me even if I make a pact with Gaia (assuming she is willing and she may very will not be given Absolution doesn't want her involved)?
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No. 767802 ID: 4e64ab
File 148252236856.jpg - (644.13KB , 1748x2480 , Root and branches chapter 1 part 321.jpg )
767802

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2rpn58ss2_4
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No. 767803 ID: 4e64ab
File 148252240538.jpg - (652.05KB , 1748x2480 , Root and branches chapter 1 part 322.jpg )
767803

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jReLLA6OsnE
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No. 767804 ID: 4e64ab
File 148252245044.jpg - (311.37KB , 1604x1857 , Root and branches chapter 1 part 323.jpg )
767804

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7WeFFBvgpkk
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No. 767806 ID: 3583d1

I see no reason to not go for both, besides I've never played any game where we have special abilities that start off powerful, with this hybrid of shadow and magic, i think it's possible that it will get more power as the two continue to merge
>>
No. 767809 ID: 3583d1

Besides I already have a spell the compliments both offense and defense capabilities of magic and shadow,

Shadow Step. We are one with the shadow
And the shadow is one with us.
>>
No. 767815 ID: 4e64ab

yeah but I feel like it won't become as powerful as it could it be
>>
No. 767825 ID: 3583d1

>>767815
Maybe, but I think the two will... evolve so to speak. I think it's possible that even though our abilities may be limited, if we survive long enough the two will eventually gain a lot of power together as one.

However this is only my theory, if anything I say we take Absolution alone as he has proven himself as a great ally up to this point. And as neat as Wild cats abilities are, I'm not one to sneak (I never play rogues in games I'm more of a up close an personal tank) but hey let's wait till we get others opinions first.
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No. 767963 ID: 4e64ab
File 148260596391.jpg - (1.15MB , 1748x2480 , Root and branches chapter 1 part 324.jpg )
767963

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fGxcvkiTRe8
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No. 767964 ID: 4e64ab
File 148260600326.jpg - (723.10KB , 1644x1506 , Root and branches chapter 1 part 325.jpg )
767964

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JYEky8d8eU4
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No. 767967 ID: e0c8b5

We can't... Absolution... you are our friend.

And yes there probably will be another Ana who will meet him when he grows up, but who knows maybe one day the cycle will break, it could even be with us. But we can't kill it, we don't want to hurt you,

And you do have a family, we're family.
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No. 768049 ID: 4e64ab
File 148263547713.jpg - (1.26MB , 1748x2480 , Root and branches chapter 1 part 326.jpg )
768049

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jRehmX3zlwE
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No. 768050 ID: 4e64ab
File 148263551396.jpg - (408.72KB , 1748x736 , Root and branches chapter 1 part 327.jpg )
768050

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1SHK4J392rI
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No. 768052 ID: 4e64ab
File 148263568457.jpg - (104.02KB , 1028x464 , Root and branches chapter 1 part 328.jpg )
768052

>>
No. 768062 ID: e0c8b5

You're right, it isn't fair. But there it is.

We don't get to choose what happens to us, but what we can choose is what to do with the time we have.
>>
No. 768063 ID: e0c8b5

https://youtu.be/_8u4VLk0iTI
>>
No. 768070 ID: 3583d1

There is one thing that can never die, something that will always remain even when all seems lost

Hope.

Gaia, no one should have to mourn alone. Hug.
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No. 768152 ID: 4e64ab
File 148269092925.jpg - (840.73KB , 1748x1661 , Root and branches chapter 1 part 329.jpg )
768152

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e8QTDnqWAEk
>>
No. 768153 ID: 3583d1

Thank you Mother Earth, your kindness and love knows no bounds
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No. 768160 ID: 4e64ab
File 148269547129.jpg - (1.39MB , 1748x2480 , Root and branches chapter 1 part 330.jpg )
768160

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SpHG15PEiLU&index=8&list=PLqD_Pn7p3KebpiQffJPneTY0ksKyDhxd1
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No. 768161 ID: 4e64ab
File 148269549067.jpg - (1.39MB , 1748x2480 , Root and branches chapter 1 part 330.jpg )
768161

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SpHG15PEiLU&index=8&list=PLqD_Pn7p3KebpiQffJPneTY0ksKyDhxd1
>>
No. 768164 ID: 3583d1

What currency did you even take? You don't exactly seem the type to be interested in money.
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No. 768166 ID: 4e64ab
File 148269880611.jpg - (889.71KB , 1748x1701 , Root and branches chapter 1 part 331.jpg )
768166

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ULeDlxa3gyc
>>
No. 768185 ID: e0c8b5

Naturally, I honestly didn't expect cash to the answer but you also have that hustler vibe about you, so I guess I shouldn't be too surprised. The only thing I guess I'd need to know, or at least you to consider, is just what are you going to buy? If you have noticed WC, the whole material realm is covered in a fog that kills people. The economy is pretty fucked if you ask me. So what now?
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No. 768190 ID: 4e64ab
File 148271216317.jpg - (1.51MB , 1748x2480 , Root and branches chapter 1 part 332.jpg )
768190

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ELOjuj9HlA&index=24&list=PL19C6E41BF1B3106A
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No. 768191 ID: 4e64ab
File 148271218854.jpg - (151.46KB , 958x534 , Root and branches chapter 1 part 333.jpg )
768191

>>
No. 768192 ID: e0c8b5

Seems legit, I knew you were a grifter and a hustler.

Alright, let's get us a new hand, what do you say WC?
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No. 768193 ID: 3abd97

>>768191
Are you kidding me?
>>
No. 768194 ID: 4e64ab

Is that a yes or no
>>
No. 768195 ID: e0c8b5

Of course we can't, but Root can't either. WC is a hustler and I wouldn't be surprised if he has a few of his boys in with Roots camp as well. But that's the thing, these guys are in it for themselves, the moment they smell a deal gone sour they're out. So that just means both we and Root will have to just keep them working for us, but definitely trust them as far as you can throw them.
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No. 768196 ID: 3abd97

>>768194
It's not a yes.
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No. 768203 ID: 4e64ab
File 148271846857.jpg - (1.48MB , 1748x2480 , Root and branches chapter 1 part 334.jpg )
768203

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJoXI0h9UR0
>>
No. 768204 ID: 4e64ab
File 148271850277.jpg - (593.27KB , 1748x2480 , Root and branches chapter 1 part 335.jpg )
768204

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wwNAwkulMF0
>>
No. 768209 ID: 4e64ab

From the author.
be reddy for anything, after this short part I will open a discussion thread
>>
No. 768217 ID: e0c8b5

Right on! Let's do this!
>>
No. 768221 ID: 4e64ab

i will do it............tomorrow
>>
No. 768224 ID: e0c8b5

>>768221
That works too!
>>
No. 768225 ID: 4e64ab

cool
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No. 768345 ID: 4e64ab
File 148279484845.jpg - (2.12MB , 2180x3232 , Root and branches chapter 1 part 336.jpg )
768345

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=piFJVwr1YYA&list=PLyyAPxqaZsux6wQBv16HK_HF6F5Kr6aea&index=41
or
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=elAtcHU0iCU
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No. 768348 ID: e0c8b5

Cute. Merrry Christmas!
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No. 768349 ID: 4e64ab
File 148279559901.jpg - (0.96MB , 1629x2156 , Root and branches chapter 1 part 337.jpg )
768349

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ce7yAf3k6FQ
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No. 768350 ID: 4e64ab

Also Merrry Christmas!
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No. 768352 ID: 4e64ab
File 148279747221.jpg - (628.56KB , 1692x1144 , Root and branches chapter 1 part 338.jpg )
768352

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SpHG15PEiLU
>>
No. 768354 ID: e0c8b5

1993, that's an easy one, Love.
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No. 768368 ID: 4e64ab
File 148280077037.jpg - (884.83KB , 1604x1958 , Root and branches chapter 1 part 339.jpg )
768368

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BvUkROjv1U4
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No. 768382 ID: e0c8b5

There's a chance she could pull through without any complications, and if it's a chance for her to be happy again, you should take it. But honestly she is going to need a lot of facial reconstruction surgery. The best thing you can do is just be there for her.
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No. 768387 ID: 4e64ab
File 148280772264.jpg - (598.77KB , 1575x1426 , Root and branches chapter 1 part 340.jpg )
768387

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NubTrpZguJc
>>
No. 768389 ID: e0c8b5

So 93, what's the plan?
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No. 768446 ID: 4e64ab
File 148283126926.jpg - (917.73KB , 1608x2374 , Root and branches chapter 1 part 341.jpg )
768446

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E84OWq6z3IQ
>>
No. 768447 ID: 4e64ab
File 148283132176.jpg - (294.36KB , 1576x862 , Root and branches chapter 1 part 342.jpg )
768447

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cOy6hqzfsAs
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No. 768451 ID: 3583d1

Ah, Rosalia. Sorry you look like someone we know...

As for trying to hurt this person... well, you may not realize it but you would be walking into the lions den then. Your sister needs you more than you need vengeance. If your sister can go without love, you can go without vengeance. But if you insist... see you soon.
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No. 768471 ID: 4e64ab
File 148286411142.jpg - (471.07KB , 1524x1133 , Root and branches chapter 1 part 343.jpg )
768471

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zHuSaKByXf0&list=PLTSup4VHTbkjnTC7sgVow9GihL7vODZXa&index=3
You shouldn't have said that
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No. 768474 ID: 3583d1

You look like a huntress
>>
No. 768475 ID: 3abd97

To pointlessly annoy us and spout more philosophy we're not interested in hearing?
>>
No. 768477 ID: 3583d1

>>768475
If I'm right and she is a hunter then the only philosophy she would subscribe to is "keep your eye on your target and keep quiet"
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No. 768479 ID: 4e64ab
File 148286882426.jpg - (1.11MB , 1748x2480 , Root and branches chapter 1 part 344.jpg )
768479

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xKoryk_M_4o&list=RDj9KM8IWatW0&index=15
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No. 768484 ID: e0c8b5

oh shit...
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No. 768532 ID: 4e64ab
File 148288895491.jpg - (1.20MB , 1748x2574 , Root and branches chapter 1 part 345.jpg )
768532

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7qI_LBCofHM
>>
No. 768534 ID: 4e64ab
File 148289011716.jpg - (2.10MB , 2480x3508 , Root and branches chapter 1 part 346.jpg )
768534

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ICSk8-pJkX8
>>
No. 768535 ID: e0c8b5

Mother Gaia...?

Ohhh, honey... You're so out of luck and out of favor...
>>
No. 768539 ID: e0c8b5

https://youtu.be/yQJCi4RVFZ8
>>
No. 768541 ID: 4e64ab

you have a good music taste
>>
No. 768544 ID: 4e64ab
File 148289580867.jpg - (884.74KB , 2086x1668 , Root and branches chapter 1 part 347.jpg )
768544

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JoolQUDWq-k
or
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rcjpags7JT8
or
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lzQyj2LfMq0
>>
No. 768545 ID: 4e64ab

Something seems off
>>
No. 768554 ID: e0c8b5

No shit... Gaia didn't talk, she said maybe 1 or 2 phrases but that was it. On top of that why would she give us a rose as a favor of protection if she wanted us dead? She probably could have killed us then and there if she really wanted us dead. Plus this doesn't fit in with the lore of Druids who protected the earth and gained power from Gaia. She killed Druids who misused her magic to kill any living thing, so I'm calling BS on this one.
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No. 768555 ID: 4e64ab

doubt everything
>>
No. 768558 ID: 47897c

And the biggest thing that goes against Gaias lore of
Druids? They NEVER worked with demons, they slew them. So Amu Amu shouldn't even be here, idk who she is getting her power from but it's not Gaia
>>
No. 768562 ID: 47897c

Actually I'm wrong, the biggest indicator that this Gaia is a fake? OUR NAME ISNT ANYA.
>>
No. 768591 ID: 4e64ab

Nicely spotted
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6lRw103wbHo
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No. 768602 ID: 4e64ab
File 148291936399.jpg - (1.33MB , 2480x3508 , Root and branches chapter 1 part 348.jpg )
768602

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_UIhMZKjL0
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No. 768604 ID: 3583d1

How we did it? I think it has to do with Seidr, the threads of fate, ours are intertwined so we can see her and interact with her in some aspects. By the way WC I have an idea of what your human form looks like. Would care to see?
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No. 768606 ID: 4e64ab

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4nyHPIcbn88
>>
No. 768607 ID: 4e64ab
File 148292245078.jpg - (208.45KB , 1510x925 , Root and branches chapter 1 part 349.jpg )
768607

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No. 768610 ID: 3583d1
File 148292273226.jpg - (2.20MB , 3024x4032 , IMG_3026.jpg )
768610

This is what I've imagined you look like in person WC, I did try to match your Astral projection style and flair, all in all I hope I did you justice
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No. 768611 ID: 4e64ab

It looks amazing.I love it
>>
No. 768612 ID: 4e64ab

Very soon I will open a discussion thread
I am looking forward to that
:D
>>
No. 768613 ID: 3583d1

(I actually have done a lot more of them, I was waiting to post them on the dis thread whenever it's made)
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No. 768614 ID: 4e64ab

can't wait to see them all
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No. 768617 ID: 4e64ab
File 148292499066.jpg - (287.30KB , 1306x1434 , Root and branches chapter 1 part 350.jpg )
768617

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TqyCeUNvuok
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No. 768618 ID: 3583d1

It's okay, I made another copy.
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No. 768619 ID: 3583d1

An artist always saves their work, and then maaaaybe sells the original. Don't worry though WC, consider it a gift.
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No. 768661 ID: 4e64ab
File 148295387315.jpg - (1.23MB , 2480x3508 , Root and branches chapter 1 part 351.jpg )
768661

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9dqhZLyJgW4
That shopkeeper is this in the nutshell
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WUAEbUEyNQg
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No. 768663 ID: 3583d1

Hmm... who do we know that enjoys putting bombs in people. Your friend wouldn't happen to work the FBI do they? And fair enough we'll save it for now
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No. 768664 ID: 4e64ab
File 148295582733.jpg - (118.98KB , 988x644 , Root and branches chapter 1 part 352.jpg )
768664

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No. 768666 ID: 3583d1

Interesting, I wonder if he knows Laura then.
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No. 768667 ID: 4e64ab

until you have some better things to trade
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No. 768668 ID: 4e64ab
File 148295727668.jpg - (190.03KB , 1506x902 , Root and branches chapter 1 part 353.jpg )
768668

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No. 768669 ID: 3583d1

Like what?
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No. 768670 ID: 4e64ab
File 148296082249.jpg - (384.13KB , 1592x1424 , Root and branches chapter 1 part 354.jpg )
768670

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WuRRDbVrlwM
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No. 768671 ID: 3583d1

Sounds good, thanks WC

... how long have we been falling back into the material realm now?
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No. 768682 ID: 4e64ab
File 148296499204.jpg - (611.55KB , 1666x1231 , Root and branches chapter 1 part 355.jpg )
768682

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No. 768686 ID: 3583d1

Because of my eye? Or is it is something else?
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No. 768715 ID: 4e64ab
File 148297244622.jpg - (1.49MB , 1605x2480 , Root and branches chapter 1 part 356.jpg )
768715

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MwhPONH_D5E&list=RDjXvmkYdauvU&index=10
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No. 768716 ID: 4e64ab
File 148297248062.jpg - (217.28KB , 1284x935 , Root and branches chapter 1 part 357.jpg )
768716

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_V2sBURgUBI
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No. 768718 ID: 47897c

Ah... um... yeeaaaaahhhh....

about that....

They.... kinda... sorta... did....
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No. 768759 ID: 3583d1

We have yet to see him though so as long as we keep the huntress and the monster off our backs we should be in the clear... for now...
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No. 768832 ID: 23060e
File 148304574650.jpg - (1.29MB , 1700x2280 , Root and branches chapter 1 part 358.jpg )
768832

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wy9r2qeouiQ
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No. 768838 ID: 3583d1

The Root himself...?
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No. 768839 ID: 3583d1

That's kind of why I don't understand why he hired you, why give me navigator and guide if he sent a monster after me...?
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No. 768857 ID: 23060e
File 148305671396.jpg - (1.48MB , 1905x2979 , Root and branches chapter 1 part 359.jpg )
768857

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ebJxb_ftj3g
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No. 768883 ID: 7e1ea2

I see, on the upside this does resolve some of the trust issues between us. But your astral projection is quite fascinating in how it works. I think we are projecting as well to be honest, we sort of left our body behind, I don't even know how much time has passed since we left, could be a matter of hours to seconds
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No. 768925 ID: 23060e
File 148306447576.jpg - (423.69KB , 1720x997 , Root and branches chapter 1 part 360.jpg )
768925

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qFfybn_W8Ak
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No. 768939 ID: 7e1ea2

Well now you have a choice to make WC, you can stay and help us find a way to end Root's tyranny, or you can leave, we will not stop you if you have it in mind to leave. But know that if you stay you could have a chance at survival, and not just survival but a chance to help more people than just me, and isn't that what you do?
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No. 768962 ID: 23060e
File 148307002148.jpg - (1.13MB , 2480x3508 , Root and branches chapter 1 part 361.jpg )
768962

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PQpyPF__dA0
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No. 768975 ID: 7e1ea2

Alright so here we go:

Rosalia: Very immediate threat should be dealt with sooner rather than later but I'd rather not go looking for her either. I think she is gaining her power from a fake Gaia so if we use the rose around her she might have a crisis of faith, even join our side as she has shown no real love for Root. This is a low chance since we hurt her sister badly but chances are it will really make her doubt what to do next.

Daniel the leaf kid: I'm not really sure what to do, he was suicidal and wanted us to kill him. If we encounter him again maybe just see how he's doing, also offer him a chance to join our side so he might redeem himself and gain a chance to fight back against the people that wronged him

WC: we cool? We cool
https://youtu.be/CF7XRH8DJzU

The Ash Tree Demon: Honestly threat level is low, we'd do best to remain on his good side. If we ever get in contact again we should see if he might lend us his aid willingly, chances of this is low seeing as how the cult is already leeching power from him but that may just give him an incentive to help us out idk, but don't irritate him because I have a feeling that he could make us a stick figure or mentally torture us as well as physically

Mother Gaia: honestly id rather not get her involved, in many ways she is the earth itself and if she goes I shudder to think what the ramifications of that will be. But honestly our main priority with her is figuring out who her imposter is.

Laura from the FBI: do not piss off, I think for now she is freelance but we share the same goal, if we ever do meet up let's get this bomb of hers out of our leg. And make sure she and WC's buddy never meet up to talk bombs with each other, I shudder to think what could happen.

93: she is a sweet girl, I'd like to meet up with her again, we need more friends like her. If we can get more of the cultists like her to join us I think that would be a great boost to our own troop numbers and great drop to the cult morale

Clara: right now I'd say she is safely out of commission for the moment, when she wakes up and is fully healed then we start to worry, but still anyone who can summon up a god killer should be considered highly dangerous.

Dr. Spaceman/Deadbeat (the cult really likes to shit on this guy don't they?): here's the thing, as it stands he is not a threat however he may become one if we kill Rosalia. So let's not do that, if we just manage to save her somehow he may become an ally if we somehow manage to get the two to uhh... become a real couple?

Old dude: uhhhh... No clue.... We met him for like... 2 minutes and he just sorta did his thing and left. I imagine it will be the same if we ever meet him again

The creepy kid on the tv: I reaaaaallllly don't want to meet him/her(?) most cultists are creepy but that one... uuughhhh turbo creepy.

Casper: he may help us out again but we need to remain a good person if we wish to keep him on our side. If we don't we risk losing him and possibly any other ghosts that are with him.

Stitch: avoid at all costs, once we get more power then we can do something but until
Then...
https://youtu.be/Eje2r90MkGE

Root: Also for now we should avoid at all costs. I don't know if the story about him being a cripple is true or not but if so, maybe we can use that to mentally break him.

The demon: If we want to truly end the cult as well as break this endless cycle of blood, then we need to kill that thing, I don't know how we could even pull that off but we'll find a way...
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No. 768977 ID: 23060e

cool music
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No. 768980 ID: 7e1ea2

Thank you
>>
No. 769006 ID: 7e1ea2

The question is, where is Logan on this, that mystery man, where does he fit into all of this?
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No. 769053 ID: 3583d1

Logan is our husband, or at least to me his. He is also a man who I love dearly, but I do not know if it will be the same with you. But if the demon knows about him he must also know that he has the last of Absolution's power and can bring him into the world. But I suspect Root will want to kill him more, if Root knows what could happen between us? Of the possibility of a child? Then I suspect he would kill him out of jealousy before his demon would even set foot into the world.
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No. 769055 ID: 7e1ea2

Then we need to find him before Root finds him, or he finds Root. I have a feeling that once he sees what's on our eye he'll be very interested in us.
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No. 769068 ID: 23060e
File 148309118485.jpg - (505.22KB , 1748x2274 , Root and branches chapter 1 part 362.jpg )
769068

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wTWOAJJ9s1g
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No. 769069 ID: 23060e
File 148309121416.jpg - (134.20KB , 795x731 , Root and branches chapter 1 part 363.jpg )
769069

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No. 769070 ID: 23060e
File 148309136124.jpg - (353.87KB , 2240x1745 , Root and branches chapter 1 part 364.jpg )
769070

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eOGradWWTFE
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No. 769071 ID: 23060e
File 148309137962.jpg - (353.87KB , 2240x1745 , Root and branches chapter 1 part 364.jpg )
769071

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eOGradWWTFE
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No. 769072 ID: 3583d1

Hi Daro, I think a Dis-thread will be nice please. I have a bunch of fan-art that seems to be piling up on my desk, so I cast my vote for that please.
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No. 769076 ID: 23060e
File 148309469249.jpg - (300.73KB , 1623x1523 , Root and branches chapter 1 part 365.jpg )
769076

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ObtGJC8b3fU
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No. 769077 ID: 23060e

From the author, sorry for this stupid non sequitur. I will star on the discussion thread right now. Also thanks for recognizing him
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RuWuto02_M4
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No. 769078 ID: 3583d1

Hi Triumphant, or spoony as I sometimes call you. Yeah it's amazing what googling the authors name can lead to *cough* deviantart *cough* honestly though I actually started reading your guys story after I started playing the quest, haven't made it all the way yet but I'm working my way through so no spoilers please.
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No. 769080 ID: 3583d1

and you're welcome, thank you for the wonderful stories
>>
No. 769082 ID: 23060e

The thing about that story it's not lined chronologically and some parts aren't even finished. To be honest it is a bit of a mess
>>
No. 769083 ID: 23060e

It has become too big and too convoluted in my eyes
>>
No. 769084 ID: 3583d1

Well the thing about me is once I start reading something I like or find interesting, I don't stop until I reach the end. So you keep doing what ya do.
>>
No. 769085 ID: 23060e

The discussion thread is finished. Now you can ask me anything and post anything on it
https://tgchan.org/kusaba/questdis/res/107070.html
Have fun :D
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No. 769190 ID: 23060e
File 148314021743.jpg - (1.25MB , 1748x2480 , Root and branches chapter 1 part 366.jpg )
769190

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No. 769320 ID: 23060e
File 148320419961.jpg - (1.89MB , 1912x3318 , Root and branches chapter 1 part 367.jpg )
769320

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pFS4zYWxzNA
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No. 769354 ID: 7e1ea2

Tiova...?

But isn't that the last name of Ana?
>>
No. 769355 ID: 23060e

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YY6wwAhvirY
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No. 769368 ID: 7e1ea2

>>769355
https://youtu.be/zEtgRBjEZp0

And btw guys, you can't drink any fine vintage with a mask covering your mouth.
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No. 769372 ID: 23060e
File 148322097278.jpg - (1.05MB , 1748x1896 , Root and branches chapter 1 part 368.jpg )
769372

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ter0p_iyIxk
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No. 769375 ID: 7e1ea2

So what's next on the pre-victory celebration itinerary?
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No. 769377 ID: 180f83

Hi, we're a cup apparently. Please don't drop us. You'll have a huge glassy liquid mess to clean up, someone not wearing shoes will have a bad day if they step on us, and you'll have to buy a new cup. And it will probably hurt us, so yeah.
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No. 769378 ID: 23060e
File 148322387848.jpg - (458.48KB , 1708x848 , Root and branches chapter 1 part 369.jpg )
769378

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No. 769385 ID: 7e1ea2

HA! You are funny! Well how did your family adopt him anyway?
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No. 769391 ID: 23060e
File 148322743156.jpg - (234.01KB , 1538x607 , Root and branches chapter 1 part 370.jpg )
769391

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o2TO5atI4rU
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No. 769393 ID: 7e1ea2

You seem pretty bored, so are you here just because of family connections or do you have a special job that you do?
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No. 769399 ID: 23060e
File 148322843906.jpg - (233.52KB , 1476x624 , Root and branches chapter 1 part 371.jpg )
769399

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No. 769405 ID: 7e1ea2

Huh... would you say it's a position you want to have? If not why hasn't he gotten himself a, uh, a proper heir yet?
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No. 769414 ID: 23060e
File 148323137263.jpg - (217.69KB , 1308x616 , Root and branches chapter 1 part 372.jpg )
769414

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rvQvcLXHWI4
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No. 769415 ID: 180f83

Like what? plastic cups instead of glass cups?
>>
No. 769417 ID: 7e1ea2

So what would you do if you were in charge? Also want to blow this joint, see if we could go find something more fun to do?
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No. 769418 ID: 23060e
File 148323203041.jpg - (334.47KB , 1748x624 , Root and branches chapter 1 part 373.jpg )
769418

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WPxHA1T8S30
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No. 769419 ID: 7e1ea2

Or it would piss them off and just make them more determined to end you, hell at that point they might try to send in some air strikes and drop some bombs on you and damn the consequences. And what is it with you and this Ana girl anyway? Why do all you guys want her dead?
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No. 769433 ID: 23060e
File 148323725537.jpg - (648.82KB , 1748x1032 , Root and branches chapter 1 part 374.jpg )
769433

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7T-fEbu-s68
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No. 769434 ID: 7e1ea2

Yeah we did see that, but you know what is also not normal? Unleashing a mist that kills off all of the population who haven't figured out the masks can same them. That is also pretty messed up and I bet you guys also scare a lot of people. Sooooo... yeah... not saying what she did is right but I wouldn't necessarily say your brother smells like roses either. But what do we know, we're just a cup.

Anyway yeah is this thing almost over? Let's go find something fun to do other than kiss your brothers ass.
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No. 769436 ID: 180f83

>>769434
yeah, suggest something fun like Beer pong. we'll obviously be one of the cups.
>>
No. 769441 ID: 7e1ea2

>>769436
Oh fuck yeah! Let's get some of the acolytes together and have a real party! And for the ash tree's sake can we have actual beer? And none of this absorb into the blood crap, that not is not how you enjoy a beer!
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No. 769443 ID: 23060e
File 148323911961.jpg - (364.99KB , 1708x648 , Root and branches chapter 1 part 375.jpg )
769443

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uiJFdInkhDw
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No. 769446 ID: 7e1ea2

I see. So it's either someone who up until now has been relatively unknown until she smashed a face in, or a mass murder... that's some choice to make. And now I see why you are so calm, that stuff would make anyone not give a fuck. Well I hope it's worth it. So what do you usually do for fun around here?
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No. 769447 ID: 23060e
File 148323947360.jpg - (219.35KB , 1428x600 , Root and branches chapter 1 part 376.jpg )
769447

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MxA0QVGVEJw
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No. 769449 ID: 23060e
File 148324039179.jpg - (444.41KB , 1748x680 , Root and branches chapter 1 part 377.jpg )
769449

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wjkmqvJ1G9c
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No. 769453 ID: 7e1ea2

I would say that the conversation of the drunk can be usually entertaining but you don't even seem that tipsy. After this we need to find something more fun than this to do, what fun is substance abuse without someone to share it with?
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No. 769455 ID: 7e1ea2

Is that Clara in the wheelchair? I'm amazed that eye still works if it is
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No. 769459 ID: 23060e
File 148324195848.jpg - (318.15KB , 1644x584 , Root and branches chapter 1 part 378.jpg )
769459

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xxz2m7BFBrU
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No. 769461 ID: 7e1ea2

Your brother's plan? So it was his idea to send her? Huh, you'd be amazed what a cup hears, I heard she drugged your brother and went to take on Ana herself because she is inlove with him and didn't want him getting hurt. Crazy huh?
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No. 769466 ID: 23060e
File 148324465204.jpg - (802.10KB , 1748x1270 , Root and branches chapter 1 part 379.jpg )
769466

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U1ei5rwO7ZI
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No. 769468 ID: 7e1ea2

That is fucked up, displaying a girl who need some serious mental help like that. But begging your pardon, I doubt anyone who was willing to put herself out there like that was very sane to begin with.
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No. 769469 ID: 23060e
File 148324583507.jpg - (327.36KB , 1485x582 , Root and branches chapter 1 part 380.jpg )
769469

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1MdOXtTlE3Y
>>
No. 769470 ID: 23060e

or
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rYt6cRrGpb4
>>
No. 769472 ID: 23060e

or
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B_gdqQlAJZw
>>
No. 769474 ID: 7e1ea2

What did I say about substance abuse?

It's only fun if you share, otherwise you might have a problem
>>
No. 769492 ID: 180f83

so what kind of liquid is in us and all the other cups. I haven't heard of any kind of beverage that you drink through your veins.
>>
No. 769501 ID: 7e1ea2

>>769492
... magic infused O-type blood?
>>
No. 769505 ID: 7e1ea2

Hey actually I have an idea you should totally try, you ever heard of a necro-blunt? Here's what you do, get a spell book, or any book that has some kind of magical power and ripe a page out of it, then roll an atomica (a blunt the size of Cuban cigar) and smoke up. Effects may vary from person so to person (I've heard one case in which a guy took a hit and saw Elmer Fudd shoot Daffy Duck saying "Cthulhu Ftaghn!" But intsead daffy screams "he comes!" And he suddenly sprouts tentacles to molest the wild life) but it is some goooooood shit.
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No. 769519 ID: 23060e
File 148327975819.jpg - (2.73MB , 2480x3508 , Root and branches chapter 1 part 381.jpg )
769519

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zeos_F3h7I
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No. 769520 ID: 23060e
File 148327977919.jpg - (129.52KB , 1351x281 , Root and branches chapter 1 part 382.jpg )
769520

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No. 769523 ID: 180f83

The corrupt class president, annoying teachers pet, take your pick.

As for us, we're the class clown.

Hey, what cliche do you see yourself as?
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No. 769524 ID: 23060e
File 148328594434.jpg - (333.19KB , 1917x678 , Root and branches chapter 1 part 383.jpg )
769524

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ge53QaDpKQ
>>
No. 769539 ID: 7e1ea2

Wait you actually had sex with....

https://youtu.be/YEgDxm7MjgU

WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU!!!
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No. 769542 ID: 23060e
File 148329584049.jpg - (392.02KB , 1609x705 , Root and branches chapter 1 part 384.jpg )
769542

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z88WWrnROEs
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No. 769551 ID: 7e1ea2

I won't talk to them about this. Especially that one tea cup with the chip out of him, that gap toothed motherfucker is an asshole.

https://youtu.be/_M-BcQLEAJY
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No. 769557 ID: 23060e

that movie was awesome
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No. 769562 ID: 23060e
File 148329833726.jpg - (678.40KB , 2432x1054 , Root and branches chapter 1 part 385.jpg )
769562

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cOy6hqzfsAs
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No. 769563 ID: 7e1ea2

Alright because we need something fun to do here r while we kill time, let's make up some names for people, maybe you could tell us how far off the mark we are?

First queen bitch: she's got to be a Brooke or Brittany right? Some classic name like that... Brooke the Bitchy Boss lady

Muscle head man: some names like James or maybe Sean... Sean the Steroid Sweating Meat-head

Treeguy: our resident stoner, he's got to have a hippy name right? Some like Elijah Summerchild or something like that? Elijah The Happy Harrowing Hippie

Hall Monitor: C'mon classic teachers pet nerd, gotta be Melvin or Marvin, Marvin the Moody Monitor Man

Creepy man: yeah he looks like the kid who would huddle in the back drawing creepy antisocial shit and hiding a box cutter in his locker. I don't know why but something like Thomas or Keith or Craig, seems to suit him, Keith the Antisocial anger boy

The worried parent: he looks like he's been in charge of the PTA more than once. So obviously it's super strict like john smith or Peter Johnson. Peter the PTA manager

The oblivious principal: he doesn't get a first name on account of being the Principal, but it's a weird name too something like "Mr. Kraska" or "Mr. Lenich" he doesn't get s title on account of being the boring principal

Clara: the emo chick hopelessly in love with your bro, who sits in the corner thinking she's got it bad when really she has no problems (or at least she didn't) and writes her shitty poetry about being a tortured soul...

Dr. spaceman/deadbeat: boy you guys really like to just dump on hi don't you? He probably has a name like Harry Basinger or some odd college professor name like that.

And if course good ol bro: Rootin' tootin' Tooty Fruity Rooty
http://youtu.be/F13JNjpNW6c
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No. 769564 ID: 7e1ea2

>>769562
And not that we know of, if you have been talking to yourself out loud? I hope not, it doesn't do well to get drugs back when it appears you are more crazy than you already are
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No. 769610 ID: 23060e
File 148330903290.jpg - (1.29MB , 1748x2404 , Root and branches chapter 1 part 386.jpg )
769610

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_QTUWHN6mE
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No. 769611 ID: 180f83

Is that a portal or something?

Hey, you know what would be funny, what if you throw as at it. If anyone asks, tell them you got startled, or something. I just want to get a closer look, even if we get killed.
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No. 769612 ID: 7e1ea2

It's not, we see it too... that doesn't look good... I don't know much about magic with me being s cup and all but I doubt that's a good omen
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No. 769614 ID: 180f83

>>769611

*us, not as. throw us at it.
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No. 769626 ID: 23060e
File 148331347507.jpg - (1.87MB , 2156x3340 , Root and branches chapter 1 part 387.jpg )
769626

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ulYGIZztNpw
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No. 769632 ID: 23060e

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YOROvO2fxTc
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No. 769633 ID: 7e1ea2

OH SHIT....!!!!

Uhhh hi we're still here... uh one second.

LOGAN GET OUT HERE ITS A TRAP!! ABSOLUTION ISNT DEAD!!! HIS SPIRIT LINGERS IN ANOTHER!!!! FIND HER!!

Now might be a good time to uhh, go to a more pleasant after party.
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No. 769636 ID: 7e1ea2

>>769626
And to answer your questions, because Root fucked up big time, he wants vengeance, no clue, and yes RUN DELILAH!!
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No. 769641 ID: 180f83

duck hide behind the confusion of everyone and silently exit the room.
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No. 769670 ID: 23060e
File 148332171975.jpg - (0.96MB , 2480x1688 , Root and branches chapter 1 part 388.jpg )
769670

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5FjWe31S_0g
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No. 769671 ID: 7e1ea2

What is happening out here?
>>
No. 769672 ID: 180f83

Is it Clara?
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No. 769673 ID: 23060e
File 148332246051.jpg - (1.26MB , 2282x2441 , Root and branches chapter 1 part 389.jpg )
769673

Important decision who will you ask for help
1. Dr Deadbeat
2. Agent Smith
3.Clara
4. The Ash tree
5.Jesus
6.______________________
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZDGRABYNquo
or
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yybLc8dE5xU
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No. 769677 ID: 7e1ea2

are you starting to go through withdrawal? Oh crap... we're here for you Delilah but you need to be brace right now check on Clara, if she is your friend protect her!
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No. 769679 ID: 23060e
File 148332442537.jpg - (184.90KB , 1078x606 , Root and branches chapter 1 part 390.jpg )
769679

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4VGCmeqqb10
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No. 769681 ID: 180f83

Keep calling for Clara. yell louder.
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No. 769685 ID: 23060e
File 148332619910.jpg - (694.48KB , 2096x2093 , Root and branches chapter 1 part 391.jpg )
769685

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4agDHw4NuLk
I couldn't resist sorry
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No. 769694 ID: 23060e
File 148332769204.jpg - (539.78KB , 2408x2501 , Root and branches chapter 1 part 392.jpg )
769694

http://giphy.com/gifs/11Ihz2RPJnV2b6
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No. 769698 ID: 7e1ea2

Alright since Clara is probably slightly brain dead at the moment lots see that instant replay, Paging doctor deadbeat.... WHATS UP!?
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No. 769704 ID: 180f83

>>769698
Don't you mean "WHATS UP, DOC!?"
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No. 769705 ID: 7e1ea2

>>769704
Yes.
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No. 769788 ID: 23060e

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X--Ly7pL8aw
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No. 769815 ID: 23060e
File 148337541645.jpg - (311.17KB , 1210x1457 , Root and branches chapter 1 part 393.jpg )
769815

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No. 769819 ID: 180f83

Looks like the doctor will see us now
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No. 769823 ID: 23060e

Or you will see what the doctor is seeing
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No. 769865 ID: 3583d1

Hey doc, whats up?
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No. 769867 ID: 23060e
File 148338751892.jpg - (2.57MB , 2480x3508 , Root and branches chapter 1 part 394.jpg )
769867

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dplymDfXVgY&start=00:00&end=03:44
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No. 769873 ID: 3583d1

Ah! Lester! That's your name! Glad to actually know you! Why are you such a punching bag for the other members anyway?
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No. 769879 ID: 23060e
File 148338971651.jpg - (222.37KB , 1006x726 , Root and branches chapter 1 part 395.jpg )
769879

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wXcdYBh3hgg
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No. 769882 ID: 3583d1

You wouldn't believe me if I told you, or if you did you would get branded as a heretic or whatever happens to suspicious people. We're a friend that's that's what I will say for now, one who won't tease you because you actually seem like a nice guy. So how did yo get all mixed up in this?
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No. 769890 ID: 180f83

There's more than one voice, but you can refer to us as tgchan.
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No. 769916 ID: 23060e
File 148339611748.jpg - (380.50KB , 1210x1037 , Root and branches chapter 1 part 396.jpg )
769916

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No. 769922 ID: 180f83

How far into this celebration party are you all in at the moment?
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No. 769924 ID: 7e1ea2

Ehh, sure let's go with code-word. And that's rough buddy, but no one will fault you for wanting to live. So what's the deal with you and Rosalia? She your wife? girlfriend?
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No. 769926 ID: 23060e

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GL37UEdQTvA
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No. 769927 ID: 23060e

That's Rough, Buddy
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No. 769933 ID: 23060e
File 148339990732.jpg - (280.19KB , 1785x666 , Root and branches chapter 1 part 397.jpg )
769933

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v6JvQZpDHws
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No. 769953 ID: 7e1ea2

So why do you "choose" to be here? Why hang around a group that just bullies you into doing what they want and keeps a lot of people in fear? Seems like a pretty thankless job if you ask me
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No. 770005 ID: 23060e
File 148340852121.jpg - (2.03MB , 2192x3304 , Root and branches chapter 1 part 398.jpg )
770005

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bjPqsDU0j2I&start=00:00&end=03:42
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No. 770017 ID: 7e1ea2

Poor girl. I feel bad about what happened, definitely wish it could have been different. Let's go get some fresher air, but- something is wrong... you need to leave, stay on your guard, get Clara out of here
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No. 770034 ID: 23060e
File 148341375060.jpg - (1.33MB , 1845x3004 , Root and branches chapter 1 part 399.jpg )
770034

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ahN0f0r9JQ
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No. 770041 ID: 7e1ea2

GODS!! LESTER, PULL HER AWAY FROM THE LEDGE NOW!! You have to save her from this!! If you love Rosalia save her sister!!! Make a promise ask her to not kill her self today, I know it sounds horrible but to someone who is suicidal a day might be all the time they have to get help!
https://youtu.be/9WjNGF9_go0
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No. 770049 ID: 23060e
File 148341660756.jpg - (415.97KB , 1618x1001 , Root and branches chapter 1 part 400.jpg )
770049

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lP077RitNAc
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No. 770055 ID: 7e1ea2

PULL AWAY FROM THE EDGE, GODS DAMN YOU! Keep talking to her! Try to understand why she is feeling this way, but for the sake of all the gods, just keep her from doing it! Even make her promise not to do it today, we'll get her help, and we're even someone else's voices hell we're partly responsible for this but you have to do you part Lester, BE THE HERO SHE NEEDS RIGHT NOW!
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No. 770060 ID: 7e1ea2

https://youtu.be/_i1vMK4XaPk
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No. 770094 ID: 7e1ea2

Lester, I'm going to try something, rest a hand on her shoulder and if she doesn't hear this then just say what I say.

Clara, Clara listen to me for a minute okay? I think I have an idea why you are feeling this way Clara, it's not just what's happened, it's that maybe you feel broken inside too. Your feel as if you've lost someone you truly believed you loved. That the world that was promised just is never going to happen, and we did the things we did... because they were the easy choices to make. It was easy to join Root, it was easy to fall in love with him, it was easy to believe in something greater than ourselves. It was easy to hurt a woman who was already blinded by her devotion...

But those easy choices have only gotten us here. But hope never dies Clara, hope for a better future, a real future. The hope for love in another, the hope of love and family and friends. Your sister Rosalia loves you so much, your students love you, even Daliah thinks of you as a friend and I know she cares about you too. I can't really understand what you are going through I can only guess. But I can ask you to hope, hope that maybe just one more happy day, even though we can't know when that is, unless you truly believe in your heart of hearts that you will never have another happy day, then please, please step away.

It will be okay.
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No. 770179 ID: 3583d1

>>770094
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KEXQkrllGbA
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No. 770183 ID: 23060e

http://vignette4.wikia.nocookie.net/powerlisting/images/a/a9/I-see-what-you-did-there.jpg/revision/latest?cb=2
0130925101955
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No. 770194 ID: 23060e
File 148344516404.jpg - (2.32MB , 2480x2964 , Root and branches chapter 1 part 401.jpg )
770194

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1SHK4J392rI
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No. 770200 ID: 23060e
File 148344999020.jpg - (1.10MB , 2305x2388 , Root and branches chapter 1 part 402.jpg )
770200

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rFsWWu4ATHk
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No. 770217 ID: 180f83

No problem, invite him over, and ask what brings him out here?
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No. 770227 ID: 3583d1

No no no no, keep him away, I don't trust this guy. Your job is to get Clara away from this place
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No. 770230 ID: 23060e
File 148346767414.jpg - (665.34KB , 1932x1406 , Root and branches chapter 1 part 403.jpg )
770230

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SrkeWsQZNyU
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No. 770233 ID: 3583d1

No don't let her have it! Whatever's it is do not let her have it! Let's see what it is first, I'm getting nothing by shady vibes from this
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No. 770248 ID: 23060e
File 148347432039.jpg - (287.93KB , 1493x738 , Root and branches chapter 1 part 404.jpg )
770248

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pXRviuL6vMY
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No. 770252 ID: 7e1ea2

I really don't trust this, you have to be a doctor here! I really don't think this guy has- Jesus what is going on in the other room? Sounds like a battle started or something!
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No. 770253 ID: 180f83

calmly ask what exactly is it?

If he refuses to tell you, Let him know that if something terrible happens to Clara, Root and Rosalia will not be happy with him. Especially Rosalia
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No. 770273 ID: 23060e
File 148348230733.jpg - (1.15MB , 1748x2480 , Root and branches chapter 1 part 405.jpg )
770273

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gp-wWJBlck8
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No. 770285 ID: 180f83

Ask if someone ordered him to kill Clara, or if he's doing this on his own.
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No. 770286 ID: 5f31bd

How dare you, Lorence! She's her sister! Why shouldn't she care about her!? Has this new world shattered any semblances of family!? Have some fucking pity for go-

DAHLIA, NO!
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No. 770336 ID: 23060e
File 148349787834.jpg - (1.34MB , 2400x2201 , Root and branches chapter 1 part 406.jpg )
770336

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9fwWS6Xo1go
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No. 770339 ID: 180f83

No objections, but tell him that he should have made it a little more clear that he was only putting her to sleep before looking like he was going to kill her. Miscommunication can bring down the group, as you have found out when you went against Root's orders. Apologize for that.
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No. 770343 ID: 5f31bd

I think we're about to have a much bigger problem than miscommunications...
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No. 770344 ID: 23060e

What makes you say that
He he he he
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No. 770350 ID: 23060e
File 148350285908.jpg - (976.48KB , 1872x1892 , Root and branches chapter 1 part 407.jpg )
770350

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VPHAmrUTX1w&list=RDVPHAmrUTX1w
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No. 770369 ID: 5f31bd

Oh you're such a fucking hypocrite, only following the orders of Root when it suits you and yet you turn right around and say you also have someone that's helping you, a bit too ironic don't you think? And how do you know this other one isn't manipulating you too!?
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No. 770401 ID: 180f83

>>770369
So says the voices at least. Don't know if the doctor feels the same way.
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No. 770403 ID: 3583d1

True, it's only what we say, But why try and threaten us against doing something like this when he is also doing it? What gives him permission?
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No. 770423 ID: 23060e
File 148353423295.jpg - (4.05MB , 3272x4961 , Root and branches chapter 1 part 408.jpg )
770423

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nVYmwPx2AFM
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No. 770454 ID: 3583d1

Seizure! Roll her on to her side Lester, and check her breathing. If this lasts longer than a minute you need to get her and Clara out of here, have Lorence help. Maybe he has enough pity in him to help someone who is suicidal as well as Roots sister, doing this may earn a favor from the boss if he needs motivation.
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No. 770518 ID: 23060e
File 148356981587.jpg - (1.46MB , 2429x2876 , Root and branches chapter 1 part 409.jpg )
770518

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZFKjOOrkro&t=14s
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No. 770524 ID: 23060e

From the author
Sorry for skipping the medical procedures, I am not sure how I would even do that part
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No. 770526 ID: 180f83

Seizure, withdrawal. diagnosis would be drug rehabilitation, but...

Tell her Clara is alright. Lorence is taking care of her.
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No. 770529 ID: 23060e
File 148357368270.jpg - (525.20KB , 1869x990 , Root and branches chapter 1 part 410.jpg )
770529

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No. 770531 ID: 3583d1

Y-you're joking right...?
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No. 770538 ID: 23060e
File 148357928820.jpg - (583.92KB , 2157x1134 , Root and branches chapter 1 part 411.jpg )
770538

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dRSYoIjMGm0
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No. 770544 ID: 5f31bd

Well... shit... Lester, I hope you have something to help her along with detoxification... and from what we've heard and based on her track record, going cold turkey won't be easy, probably be hell.
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No. 770567 ID: 23060e
File 148358547563.jpg - (0.99MB , 2264x1448 , Root and branches chapter 1 part 412.jpg )
770567

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Moae5PwYqM
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No. 770591 ID: 180f83

Lucky you. I think us voices will now give you two some privacy.
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No. 770606 ID: 23060e
File 148358930369.jpg - (630.92KB , 2432x881 , Root and branches chapter 1 part 413.jpg )
770606

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aEEIEoTaIZI
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No. 770612 ID: 5f31bd

Well, you're both adults, so we'll leave this discussion up to you. And if you go for it, or even if you don't, best be on the side of caution, eh?
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No. 770643 ID: 3583d1

Yeah Lester, Dahlia, this is really your call if you want to do this. Lester I don't know what your relationship is with Rosalia, but if she is your "beloved" maybe hold out for now. Of if you are still uncertain, maybe it wouldn't be too bad to go for it (just be the good doctor and use some protection). But honestly this is your call to make.
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No. 770644 ID: 3583d1

But if you do decide to go for it... Allow us to help you out...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eLdSYF0WxyE
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No. 770658 ID: 23060e
File 148361441966.jpg - (227.66KB , 1175x693 , Root and branches chapter 1 part 414.jpg )
770658

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OBQE_TNI7zw
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No. 770670 ID: 5f31bd

Well technically she's just woken up from her accident and hasn't actually started to take her medication so she IS sober. But you feel the way you feel. Like we said you need to be the one to decide if you want to do this.
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No. 770671 ID: 3583d1

>>770658
That's actually a pretty good thing to think Lester, you're a good man. Whatever you choose, just remember that
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No. 770672 ID: 23060e
File 148363360770.jpg - (526.38KB , 2168x773 , Root and branches chapter 1 part 415.jpg )
770672

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CTTjLxXFg0k
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No. 770709 ID: 3583d1

Give her hug.

No Delilah, I don't find you repulsive at all. I think you are a lost soul who doesn't know how to be found. But Clara and I will remain your friends, we want to help you. And I know that voice you were hearing wants to help you too, I'm hearing them right now, and they say they will help guide us to a better future, for all of us.
https://youtu.be/hwZNL7QVJjE
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No. 770727 ID: 23060e
File 148365071892.jpg - (1.19MB , 2050x1841 , Root and branches chapter 1 part 416.jpg )
770727

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JwOya18u8_Q
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No. 770728 ID: 5f31bd

That sounds more like jealousy than anything, they see I him something they no longer have and can no longer understand
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No. 770729 ID: 180f83

You're a doctor. You're trained to have to cope and stay calm under all the pressure.
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No. 770731 ID: 5f31bd

Well he's not a MEDICAL doctor persay but at this point I'd say he's damn close to one.
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No. 770747 ID: 5f31bd

By the way, even though you don't have to do anything, just holding each other has a lot of healing power. I'd say this would sum it up pretty well for Dahlia.
https://youtu.be/-rC8RRXcfeo
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No. 770749 ID: 23060e

It fits
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No. 770750 ID: 23060e
File 148365541624.jpg - (641.64KB , 2128x1236 , Root and branches chapter 1 part 417.jpg )
770750

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vh0ZaQ-gtvE
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No. 770751 ID: 5f31bd

And your in a room without the fog? Maybe lose the masks, see each other as humans for a change.
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No. 770752 ID: 5f31bd

I would say that's close but not quite the full story. Root thinks himself a hero, someone who can change the world with this power. But being that he is less than a god, he will find this impossible, and it's that hubris that creates people like Ana, who become the hero because Root has now become a villain and yet he cannot ever understand this. Lester you are what's called a Utilitarian, you bring about the most happiness because it's what everyone wants and needs. To you the more people that are happy the better the world seems, and to achieve happiness, sometimes that means a sacrifice has to be made, so the ends justify the means.
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No. 770773 ID: 23060e
File 148366621191.jpg - (2.42MB , 3315x3233 , Root and branches chapter 1 part 418.jpg )
770773

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L3e8Hp-zOJA
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No. 770775 ID: 5f31bd

Cuddling isn't bad, nor is simply being held, but that's just
One persons opinion. If you want to take of your mask, and she does want a kiss, maybe just a tender peck in the forehead. Having a friend to talk with and even hug is more powerful than you realize. But I wouldn't take it any farther than that.
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No. 770779 ID: 23060e
File 148366819161.jpg - (141.21KB , 1164x551 , Root and branches chapter 1 part 419.jpg )
770779

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No. 770782 ID: 23060e

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NDzMY5GiSrI
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No. 770783 ID: 23060e

It is going to be future soon indeed
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No. 770786 ID: 5f31bd

It only will go as far as you let it go Lester. Cuddling is fine, but anything more than that you can always ask it to stop. That's what consent means.
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No. 770789 ID: 23060e
File 148367008776.jpg - (346.03KB , 1401x976 , Root and branches chapter 1 part 420.jpg )
770789

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JTcrJZ6rsm8
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No. 770795 ID: 5f31bd

Lester we can't tell you what to do here we can only telll you our thoughts. I know that you love Rosalia, but in my eyes an abusive relationship isn't one that is good for you, and it can be hard loving someone who doesn't love you back. In my opinion you need a giver, not a taker. But I also know it's hard to give that person up, but you have to know what is for the best and what isn't. And it's okay to let yourself be happy.
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No. 770796 ID: 23060e
File 148367456021.jpg - (278.78KB , 1090x844 , Root and branches chapter 1 part 421.jpg )
770796

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No. 770812 ID: 5f31bd

Has she? And does she? We can't make any judgment calls for you here
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No. 770842 ID: 3583d1

I gotta agree here, an abusive relationship is one you won't be happy in for long. But if you think there is a chance we won't stop you, but we do think you should go with what is best for you.
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No. 770844 ID: 23060e

from the author
There is a proof that shows that she caesars about him. Someone mention it can you remember who said it and what moment was about
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No. 770845 ID: 3583d1

>>770844
(who? Rosalia or Dahlia?)
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No. 770848 ID: 3583d1

Well Lorence said she gave him a kiss for watching over Clara and tell her where she was, but a kiss doesn't necessarily mean love, just as cuddling doesn't mean it either. She may care, a little, but bullying is still bullying. Look Lester, we can't make this decision for you, whatever you pick we'll try to help you as much as we can.
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No. 770851 ID: 23060e

The thing that you are looking for is the proof that Rosalia cares about Lester. Somthing that she did for him that did not benifit her and it is not kissing. Sonenoe mention it
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No. 770852 ID: 3583d1

Ooooohhhhh! When he got shoved into a box and pushed down the stairs. Rosalia beat up the guys who did it. Dahlia organized that whole thing for a laugh, guess she feel remorse now though, saving a life can do that.

So yeah Lester, I do think Rosalia does care about you. Is it love? I honestly couldn't say. But this is your decision to make. We can't make it for you we've already laid out the facts as we see them. No matter what we will try and help you as long as you continue to help others as well.
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No. 770853 ID: 23060e

And bingo was his name o
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No. 770865 ID: 23060e
File 148371626901.jpg - (1.08MB , 1692x2016 , Root and branches chapter 1 part 422.jpg )
770865

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=22pB5J_0Qms
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No. 770868 ID: 3583d1

Sure Dahlia, like I said, me and Clara are still friends no matter what.
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No. 770870 ID: 23060e
File 148372465681.jpg - (0.96MB , 1748x1944 , Root and branches chapter 1 part 423.jpg )
770870

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-nOFxtekHAo
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No. 770871 ID: 23060e

http://boardofwisdom.com/togo/Quotes/ShowQuote?msgid=262433#.WG_ZH_krKUk
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No. 770875 ID: 180f83

Before you die, write in your blood Delilah's name on the surface of the bed so anyone who sees it will know who killed you, and take appropriate action.

Sweet dreams, doctor.
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No. 770882 ID: f62389

Oh you bitch...

We aren't out of this. You fight this Lester, you want to know our real name, It's Ana, Mistress of Sheers, and we do not stand for Injustice, you hold on Lester. fight it. FIGHT!
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No. 770883 ID: f62389

Lester, we did something like this before, I don't know if this will work, hell this started something a lot bigger than we even realized. But I can save you, but now you've seen the face of the cult. Swear faith to us, for the greater good, and I will give you a spell, Frigga's healing hand. Absolution may be dead but his power lingers. But you must be willing to pay the price for it. Chances are it will hurt like hell but, but we will give you the knowledge to do it. But you must swear to us that you renounce this farce.
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No. 770884 ID: f62389

https://youtu.be/i67bt-UPiOA
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No. 770889 ID: 23060e
File 148373333652.jpg - (739.43KB , 1656x1720 , Root and branches chapter 1 part 424.jpg )
770889

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L3wKzyIN1yk
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No. 770890 ID: f62389

Confused? CONFUSED?!

She stabbed you, chances are you are about to die, and you say she is just confused!? Fine don't fight, but don't be a coward either! Rosalia is your reason to live! Let us help you! Do you have any of that healing dust? Use that! Otherwise we can give you a spell. BUT DON'T JUST ROLL OVER AND LET HER FUCK YOU LIKE THIS!
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No. 770900 ID: 23060e
File 148373683976.jpg - (721.02KB , 1748x1436 , Root and branches chapter 1 part 425.jpg )
770900

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ckNWtmkA2_g
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No. 770903 ID: 3583d1

Gold digging bitch.

C'mon Lester, we're not out of this game yet, let us be the ones to help you.
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No. 770912 ID: 23060e
File 148374060828.jpg - (515.50KB , 1580x1184 , Root and branches chapter 1 part 426.jpg )
770912

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xLoACc9GFg
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No. 770948 ID: 180f83

We don't plan on killing her. Don't worry.

If you survive you stab wound, you have my permission to give her our name. It is the least you can do after she had saved you once.

Though keep in mind that although we are using the name tgchan, us voices individually are anonymous. I highly doubt you guys will truly know who we actually are, and that Rosalia could truly injure or kill us voices. Maybe silence, but not kill.
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No. 770963 ID: 64e08b

Lester please stay awake. We don't want to hurt her, we don't want to hurt anyone, and I still regret what happened with Clara. And we don't want to hurt Rosalia as for talking with her, we still have a chance, we have something that may change her thoughts from Killing us. And we don't want you to die! Please take this, it's a healing spell. There will be a cost to using it but it will save your life. Take this regardless if you join us or not. Take this and I hope one day we meet not as enemies but friends.

Móðir Frigga, borið við nafn þitt. við ákalla heilla lækningu, borið við nafn hjálp. Til að minnka þjáningu, að lækna sár, til að bjarga deyjandi.
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No. 770980 ID: 23060e
File 148375722622.jpg - (658.42KB , 1748x2480 , Root and branches chapter 1 part 427.jpg )
770980

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qIUHyujDh7s
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No. 770996 ID: 64e08b

Honestly they all kinda suck in their own way.
Lester while probably being the only morally permissible character (maybe?) he doesn't have the guts to save himself and he definitely has some kind of ulterior motive, good or bad (or if he is even alive) only time will tell. Dahlia, girl needs some serious help, maybe let her go full on cold turkey and let her suffer so she'll stop being a fucking spoiled bitch. She definitely needs a swift kick in the hoo-hah for what she's done to Lester that's for sure. Clara, for the moment she is broken. I don't really know what will happen if we ever see her again, chances are she will either go full berserk/ptsd on us and summon up something really nasty or she will ask us to kill her. and Lorence... idk he's definitely an asshole but I get the feeling he's working with Logan or someone else further his own agenda. So basically we're looking at a large group of assholes who like to shit all over everything. So we're probably going to end up being even more of a dick to fuck up these assholes.
https://youtu.be/2cV_q-mVAAA
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No. 770997 ID: 180f83

Honestly, I see them as friendly enemies (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/FriendlyEnemy). I also think they could potentially be an ally, but only temporary if they do. I wouldn't be surprised if they betrayed us if they were to become an ally.
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No. 771003 ID: 64e08b

>>770997
Soooo...

They're frienemies?
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No. 771006 ID: 180f83

>>771003
ye
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No. 771054 ID: 23060e
File 148378646640.jpg - (475.21KB , 1748x2480 , Root and branches chapter 1 part 428.jpg )
771054

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C3HZho-g2B8
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No. 771076 ID: 64e08b

What is this suvivor? Like who gets voted off the island? Alright look, I'll just do like probablities at this times and who I'd like to see go.

Lester has the highest rate of death at this time, a knife if the chest will do that.
Dahlia is second because she destroyed her medication that was meant to help her from using again, so if she goes on another bender it's likely to be her last.
Clara comes up next, she is suicidal but as it stands at the moment she's kept too safely for her to have any chances of it happening.
Lorence is lowest. If Root finds out he's been doing some dirty dealings he's a deadman but chances of that are low because this guy has probably planned out his whole move ahead of time. I wonder what playing Quarto with him would be like.

And as for who I want to die? Honestly, none of them but I do think a lot of them need punishment for what they've done. Especially Dahlia, GET YOUR LIFE TOGETHER!
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No. 771079 ID: 23060e
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771079

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oM7cyh4AGtw
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No. 771082 ID: 180f83

>>771076
Lorence has the lowest chance? lets raise that chance, for the drama

one vote for Lorence.
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No. 771088 ID: 23060e
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771088

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No. 771091 ID: 64e08b
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771091

boy you love yourself some death games don't you you weirdo. You manipulated Root, or yourself or whatever your deal is with him, into playing a death game like this. So someone needs to die? Alright then, so Lorence is clubs, Lester is Spades, Clara is heart, and Dahlia is Diamonds...
I pick you, Joker.
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No. 771092 ID: 23060e
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771092

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No. 771103 ID: 64e08b

Wh-what? That was an actual choice?
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No. 771105 ID: 23060e
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771105

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No. 771106 ID: 23060e
File 148381919646.jpg - (95.63KB , 1511x859 , Root and branches chapter 1 part 432.jpg )
771106

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No. 771107 ID: 64e08b

Let me guess though? No one of these people will die. But someone else entirely will be picked.
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No. 771108 ID: 23060e
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771108

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No. 771109 ID: 180f83

I did tell Delilah the we are the class clowns earlier. We, the voices, might be the jokers in that case.
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No. 771110 ID: 64e08b

Well when i picked joker I was talking about the demon, so my guess it's either us or Rosalia
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No. 771112 ID: 23060e
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771112

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No. 771114 ID: 64e08b

And I doubt you would just off yourself. Alright so we have 4 known choices and 1 unknown. So what do we do?
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No. 771115 ID: 180f83

>>771114
Wait for more voters I guess.

Hey, some deck of cards have a rules card. Can that be an option?
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No. 771118 ID: 23060e
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771118

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No. 771153 ID: 23060e

From the author,
Ignore the last one it was a mistake
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No. 771154 ID: b9aa79

It is possible to delete posts
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No. 771157 ID: 23060e

How?
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No. 771162 ID: 180f83

click the check box on the post you want to delete, then on the bottom of the webpage on the bottom right corner, push delete

Sorry, mr demon, just some technical difficulties.
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No. 771163 ID: 64e08b

>>771162
https://youtu.be/D7npse9n-Yw
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No. 771169 ID: 23060e

He he he
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No. 771175 ID: 23060e

From the author,
Thanks for the info also this quest is still going
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No. 771208 ID: e478fa

Alright let's try joker, I'm willing to roll the dice on that one
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No. 771271 ID: 64e08b

Alright stop stop stop. Just hold on a second, demon. Just quit while you're ahead , because I just realized how stupid you are being right now with this game. Why are you even doing this? You are actively asking us to pick one of your cults members most of which have some kind of impact probably bad for YOU if they die. If Lester dies, you lose a Scott who IS THE ONLY MEMBER WITH MEDICAL TRAINING. If Dahlia dies chances are Root will be severely demoralized and then the whole cult goes under. If Clara dies you stand a chance at creating a martyr but then Rosalia will probably go berserk and more of your cult members die, probably some important ones, and this is true of Lester as well. If Lorence dies you lose a useful advisor and probably any useful plans he has for you, he may have some ulterior motives but until you know more how can you be sure it's not helpful. As for the Joker? I have a feeling it's actually Logan, wherever Root is so are you. But if he dies, OOPS! He was your one chance at entering this world. If it's Rosalia, then what happens to Clara? I can imagine losing her sister will either make her kill herself or she may just go berserk with grief and summon up a heartless branch to cause a bit of havoc.

How do we, or more specifically you, gain? Plus I don't know about the rest of you others, but I'm not exactly keen on waiting for more of you.

Now if you are smart you end this farce, and save their lives ensuring that you stand a better chance. Or, if you are truly bent on this, we can continue this til it's final stupidity.
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No. 771278 ID: 23060e
File 148387355639.jpg - (585.52KB , 2480x3508 , Root and branches chapter 1 part 436.jpg )
771278

https://soundcloud.com/epicmountain/bees
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No. 771303 ID: 64e08b

You're joking right? You are seriously doing this...? Wow... just... wow...

Why? Why are you actively giving us a choice to kill these people? I'm legitimately confused and a little dumbfounded that you think this is a good idea. So after I point out all the things wrong with this vote of death, the most obvious choice is a sixth option that will kill everyone, and more specifically kill people whose death would really impact Root/you in a severely negative way...

I don't get it... why bother to kill these people when it's clear you will need them in some way? What is a shit load of blood just part of your summoning process or something? Because we know you are the true villain behind all this so being able to talk with you is kind of scary let alone the fact you are giving us a very stupid and pointless gamble to kill someone on your side...
https://youtu.be/5OfwhGQONbg
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No. 771304 ID: 64e08b

Alright I'm just gonna roll with it, despite this enormous flaw there's probably something you personally can gain from all this regardless that we don't know about
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No. 771310 ID: 23060e
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771310

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No. 771311 ID: 23060e

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M6liO88pir4
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No. 771421 ID: 3583d1

So, how lucky are we feeling fellas? Let's settle this. I pick Joker.
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No. 771424 ID: 23060e
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771424

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=87_e8JHlt08
or
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=unrzegIOD0g
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No. 771440 ID: 64e08b

So what's our prize demon?
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No. 771441 ID: 23060e
File 148398487430.jpg - (135.17KB , 1476x1024 , Root and branches chapter 1 part 439.jpg )
771441

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-kgPbheFwtc
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No. 771443 ID: 64e08b

Rosalia? WC? Even Ana is a joker as she can be unpredictable
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No. 771444 ID: 3583d1

WC is more of an ace, our ace in the hole. Rosalia on on the other hand, a hunter needs to be wild and unpredictable to keep her prey confused and scared
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No. 771445 ID: 23060e
File 148398718813.jpg - (219.68KB , 1612x888 , Root and branches chapter 1 part 440.jpg )
771445

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ko8X9DLzzOI&start=00:00&end=02:04
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No. 771446 ID: 3583d1

You son of a bitch.

We won't let you kill him.
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No. 771447 ID: 64e08b

Go fuck yourself. If there's a way to save him we'll find it. Eat dicks.
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No. 771448 ID: 180f83

I think he's already dead.

Glad I didn't vote to kill the joker. I'm off the hook of being blamed, lol.
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No. 771449 ID: 23060e
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771449

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aEEIEoTaIZI&list=RDaEEIEoTaIZI
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No. 771450 ID: 180f83

Dunno, deals with the devil is usually more trouble than it is worth, or makes it out to be. No thanks.
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No. 771453 ID: 23060e
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771453

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No. 771454 ID: 180f83

Probably. Lets see what those who did vote for the joker wants though.
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No. 771455 ID: 23060e
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771455

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No. 771457 ID: 64e08b

Eat. Dicks. No more deals or games from any of you shady types because with you the only winning move is not to play
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No. 771459 ID: 3583d1

>>771457
Agreed. Had I known who I was really voting for I wouldn't have picked it. I would have picked Dahlia as she is the person who I hate most on this list.
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No. 771463 ID: 180f83

>>771457
>>771459
Guess it wasn't just because I didn't vote joker after all.

Though, to be fair, we haven't even heard your deal yet. Name the price.
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No. 771464 ID: 64e08b

After this, I have my own price and reason for why you should do this.
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No. 771467 ID: 64e08b

>>771464
Shouldn't* do this
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No. 771493 ID: 23060e
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771493

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lMSkC2PGyTs
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No. 771495 ID: 23060e

or
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oM7cyh4AGtw
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No. 771502 ID: 64e08b

Nah.

Now it's my turn.

As to why you shouldn't kill WC? Because then you're unleashing a bomb. There are somethings you don't know either smartass. Right now there is a power growing in Ana. And it's one we can never let your have and it's slowly growing. The only thing keeping it from growing any faster is WC. And if you kill him, it's grows at an exponential rate and she'll be more powerful than you can even imagine. So we'll NEVER agree to give you her body because it's not ours to give, and that power certainly doesn't belong in your hands.

And plus big guy, I don't think you really want her alive anyway, and if I may be so candid as to quote you:
"Stitch, go find and kill Ana"

"Does she really need to die?" Asked Root.
"Let me put it this way, in all other dimensions she betrays you about 80 percent of the time. Because of that she creates a rebellion among your ranks. That crack can lead to bigger problems down the line."

We see you, we've seen conversations between you and Root and we know you just want her dead. This is just another form of insurance, because now with absolution gone you feel threatened, becuse even a 50/50 chance are bad odds for you. Well now that we say no, and you know that something with Ana will change if WC dies, and not for the better. But I'm giving you one last chance to back off, no more death games, no more votes, just walk away, every one walk away happy with their lives. And you can even chastise Root about this, saying that we hear everything you've been planning and shame him for his callous mistakes this way. So, what do you say, demon?
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No. 771503 ID: 64e08b

https://youtu.be/VyPHXR19-f0
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No. 771533 ID: 180f83

Lets discard the Joker.
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No. 771555 ID: 23060e
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771555

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k3eym4mqS4A
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No. 771560 ID: 64e08b

Power. We've given Ana our own powers and spellls as well a our experiences to help her own, sending our knowledge into her for her own use. I could see how you do the same.
But to be frank, I don't care. I only care about the lives of these people and stopping you from playing god with them.
But what do you say big guy. I've explained what will happen if you kill WC, showed that you have no secrets from us, but offered you a way out. Do you accept?
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No. 771563 ID: 23060e
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771563

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZE4EPDjzSyk
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No. 771581 ID: 64e08b

You are avoiding my question. Let WC live and this power in Ana slows and stays dormant. Kill him, and it awakens and you are screwed.

Look I pity you I really do, yours is definitely an Icarus story, Demon. To have gained so much power but are now lost and adrift within this multiverse. It's a bitch ain't it. But again you ask us for something that is not ours to give, in order to help you we would have to damn Ana to this state. And if Absolution did. not want you in this world, then I don't either, he knew the power you have and was afraid. And so far you've only showed your selfishness to us. To want to punish Root, you want to kill our friend whom we unknowingly votes to die, you want to take over Ana's body so you can enter this world. As it stands, the answer is NO!

If you are truly so bent on becoming a human we will try and help you, but you must show to us that you are not the man who once doomed all of humanity. Prove to us that you can aid us beyond your own self-interest.

But I'll give you one last piece of advice, one I learned about from a dying boy who clung on to life only to fall into the abyss.

"Go then, there are other worlds than these."
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No. 771587 ID: 64e08b

And one last thing for you to understand, Ana is not your puppet and her body is not, and will never be yours to possess.
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No. 771588 ID: 23060e
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771588

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mSiWEjZj2aI
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No. 771589 ID: 23060e
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771589

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No. 771591 ID: 143250

I vote no deal.
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No. 771592 ID: 64e08b

You alreay know my stance, no deal. And if you do kill WC then you sign your own death warrant.
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No. 771603 ID: 23060e
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771603

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jTw8T3ksSUQ
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No. 771605 ID: 143250

Death by natural causes.
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No. 771608 ID: e29590

Here's the thing. Something you've been ignoring for a while now. as I said, if you kill WC your dooming this cycle again. In Ana there is a power that is slowly growing and WC is holding it back. Would you like to know what that power is? It's Absolution. He is reborn in Ana, and we will not use that power to bring you here if you kill him. We will gain it a lot faster than we would with him if you kill him, but we will make sure to never allow you into this world if you do. So you can either let him live, betray Root and join us as a guiding voice, and just have a little bit of patience, or you can go ahead and kill him and you will repeat this cycle again.
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No. 771619 ID: 08a7af

>>771608
This isn't an offer of giving you your humanity back, this is an offer of redemption. Redeem yourself, and then, once you've shown us your capable of humanity, then you'll get your life back.
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No. 771623 ID: 3583d1

>>771619
I think the question isn't can he be redeemed, but rather should he be redeemed?

What evils have you committed that earned you the name of "Demon."
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No. 771628 ID: 23060e
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771628

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No. 771629 ID: 23060e
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771629

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f7rYJ3Eg-mU
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No. 771639 ID: 08a7af

Wait, WC when did you get here... and when did your wardrobe change...?

And as for you Demon, what say you? We've already suggested what you should do if you want to redeem yourself. Will you betray Root and aid us? Prove to us that there is something in you worth redeeming? And for the record, saying you got the name by acting like a demon doesn't really help your chances.
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No. 771640 ID: 08a7af

And WC... I think he could have hurt you... it's just a idea I've had but I think he once had your power of astral projection. He was a version of Root, or Vlad, or whatever his name is who could astral project like you could but something has happened to his physical body, but because he gained so much power and magic he could live on as this... other form, lost in the multiverse. So in a sense he could do to you what's been done to him. You'd be a lost one like him
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No. 771690 ID: 143250

Btw, what is your name if you don't mind revealing it.
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No. 771742 ID: 23060e
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771742

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5V1or2JQkNI
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No. 771743 ID: 23060e
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771743

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k9-TDHt7Tco
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No. 771744 ID: 08a7af

Buddy... you are on thin ice

Do you want your humanity back? I told you you need to start showing humanity in order to regain it, great job so far asswipe. But I'll tell you right now, if you have harmed him in anyway, even down to a single hair on his head, then you are fucked, you will NEVER have anything more from us. Am I clear?
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No. 771755 ID: 143250

I think we're done here. Thank you for your time.
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No. 771756 ID: 23060e
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771756

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_ir4oAuRZQ
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No. 771764 ID: 143250

Hey WC, live up to your title as joker and tell a joke.
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No. 771771 ID: 98d43c

Alright here's one that should appeal to your fucked up self.

There was a poor dirt farming family in Ireland. All they had was this one milk cow. The would turn the milk to cheese and sell at the market to buy food.

Well, one morning, the father wakes up and sees the milk cow dead. So he hangs himself in the tree.

The mother wakes up, sees the milk cow dead and her husband hanging from the tree and throws herself into the river and she washes up on the shore.

The oldest son wakes up, sees the milk cow dead, his father hanged and, by his mother who has washed up on the shore, a leprechaun - a female leprechaun.

She says " Looks like you're having a bad day". he say "I should say so." She says "i'll make you a deal, if you make love to me 10 times in a row, I'll bring your mom and dad back, and even the milk cow".

He says "why not?". He almost makes it but fails, so she kills him.

The next son wakes up, sees the milk cow dead, his father hanging and his mother and brother dead by the shore near the leprechaun.

She tells him "if you make love to me 10 times in a row, I'll bring you father, mother and brother back, and also the milk cow". He agrees. He doesn't make it either, so the leprechaun kills him.

The youngest son wakes up, sees the milk cow dead, the father hanging from the tree, and his mother and two brothers dead by the shore, and the female leprechaun.

She tells him "if you make love to me 10 times in a row, without stopping, I'll bring your father, mother and two brothers back, and even the milk cow".

He says "Well, look at you and look at me, I'm young and virile, let's try it. BUT, what if I make love to you 15 times in a row?"

She says, "In that case, I'll bring your father, mother and brothers back, even the milk cow and give you nice mansion where your hovel is".

He says "That's fine and all, but what if I make love to you 20 times in a row?"

She says "If you make love to me 20 times in a row, I'll bring your entire family back, even the milk cow, give you mansion where your hovel is and give you a big pot of gold that will last you your entire life".

He says "alright let's get started in a minute, but first, if I make love to you 20 times in a row, what's to stop YOU from dying? The milk cow did."
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No. 771772 ID: 98d43c

And if you REALLY want to go fucked up, like past the point of no return...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGA0dIz9-Wk
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No. 771781 ID: 23060e
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771781

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QNLi40iZaXs&list=PLYGUdl0Nuqgm2dhft_yIVtlFRpsCSsvnb&index=45
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No. 771801 ID: 143250

Heh, good one.

Your turn Andrew.
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No. 771810 ID: 23060e
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771810

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No. 771817 ID: 98d43c

Yeah, let's hear what you got chuckles, we're all friends here, or at least some of us are trying not to get the other killed from a bad joke.
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No. 771824 ID: 23060e
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771824

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1xOJQYLK7g
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No. 771828 ID: 143250

Pretty good.

My turn

One man enters in a hospital and says to the doc "I have a knife in my back. Please help" The doctor, looking his watch says "Sorry, it is 5:10 PM, So I have just finished up for today. I cannot help you. please come tomorrow morning, at 8. Thank you". The man, panicked, quickly explains to the doctor " But tomorrow morning I will be dead. You must help me. Now!"
The doctor, getting impatient replies "I've explained to you calmly and politely that I've finished my shift for today. Schedule an appointment and come back tomorrow." The patient, shaking now from the loss of blood responds loudly "BUT BY THEN, I'LL LOSE ALL MY BLOOD AND DIE! CAN'T YOU SEE THE KNIFE IN MY BACK?!" The doctor finally fed up with the paitient, extracts the knife from the patient's back, stabs the patients' eye. As the patient is screaming in pain, the doctor responds "Now you can go to ophthalmologist, he works till 6 PM."
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No. 771829 ID: 98d43c

Ha! Ok that one was pretty good too!

Alright so a woman is having an affair and are going at it when suddenly they hear the door open downstairs.
"Oh my god it's my husband! Hide in the closet!"
The guy gets out the bed, grabs his pants and jump in the closet. As he's putting on his pants he hears a small voice.
"Boy, its dark in here!"
"Who are you!?" The guys says
"I'm the son of the woman you were having sex with."
"What?! Look you can't tell anyone about this!"
The kid thinks for a minute.
"Alright, $200.00 and I won't tell."
The guy looks in his wallet, and he only has $100.00 and he ask the kid if that would work.
"That's fine, I'll take it."
The next day the son and Mom are out shopping, when he sees a new bicycle.
"Hey Mom I'm gonna buy that!"
"It's pretty expensive, and I don't think you have $100.00"
"Yes I do!" And he shows the her the money.
"Where did you get that!" She says
"I can't tell you."
She tries to make him say where he got it and he won't tell, even a slap across his face gets her nothing. So finally she takes him to church.
"Father my son has recently come into some money and he will not tell me where he got it. Would you please give him a confession?"
So the kid goes into the confession box,
"Boy, its dark in here."
"Oh don't start with that shit again!"
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No. 771839 ID: 23060e
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771839

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qAWYI3OSbKI
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No. 771843 ID: 143250

What do you want, bud?
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No. 771844 ID: 23060e
File 148418616635.jpg - (393.24KB , 1508x1006 , Root and branches chapter 1 part 459.jpg )
771844

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UMdSRvSrVho
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No. 771857 ID: 143250

I respect your decision on what your do, and hiding might be for the best.

Though, I am worried about what might happen to you if Root finds out you are not helping Ana as her Curator. Just promise to be careful.
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No. 771860 ID: 98d43c

>>771857
That's actually a fair point, what will Root do if you can no longer help us because of his Demon ally?
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No. 771863 ID: 23060e
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771863

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJxMyV-PrkE
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No. 771865 ID: 98d43c

If he's smart he won't kill you. Right now he has 2 options for regaining a human body. One is Logan which right now isn't looking too good, and there's us as once Absolution had grown enough we could bring him back. But he knows that if he hurts you it's off. I was serious about that, if you are hurt in anyway we will never help him.
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No. 771899 ID: 143250

>>771865
Agreed. Whatever you want to do, you have our support
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No. 771941 ID: 23060e
File 148423109993.jpg - (269.72KB , 1043x972 , Root and branches chapter 1 part 461.jpg )
771941

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yXc-Kgy8y80
also
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nz0Q0Jn_Ktc
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No. 771948 ID: 98d43c

Damn straight
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No. 771999 ID: 143250

No matter what we do, we're in this together, Okay? stay positive.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=56vLS_KPp9I
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No. 772001 ID: 23060e
File 148425955703.jpg - (3.49MB , 3508x4961 , Root and branches chapter 1 part 462.jpg )
772001

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z7rxl5KsPjs
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No. 772006 ID: 23060e
File 148426011108.jpg - (390.75KB , 1381x2072 , Root and branches chapter 1 part 463.jpg )
772006

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No. 772013 ID: 143250

Pretty cool so far. We've made some terrible mistakes, and we made some pretty good decisions. Can't wait to see how the consequences of all our actions will play out in the future.
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No. 772044 ID: 98d43c

>>772013
And how!
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No. 772045 ID: 23060e
File 148427120204.jpg - (284.69KB , 1676x792 , Root and branches chapter 1 part 464.jpg )
772045

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sg8SpKz2qPQ
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No. 772051 ID: 143250

Alright, lets see the results of the first chapter.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tIh4Bd-3ezc
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No. 772097 ID: 23060e
File 148432971245.jpg - (839.06KB , 2392x1330 , Root and branches chapter 1 part 465.jpg )
772097

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No. 772098 ID: 23060e
File 148432985156.jpg - (2.88MB , 4577x4961 , Root and branches chapter 1 part 466.jpg )
772098

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U-W4iDW5o6Y
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No. 772099 ID: f0afdb

Pretty good so far if I do say so myself, I think we are simply trying to be the best person we can in a lawless world.
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No. 772111 ID: 23060e
File 148433523544.jpg - (1.05MB , 1748x2480 , Root and branches chapter 1 part 467.jpg )
772111

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3S8fCMHSVhc
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No. 772114 ID: 143250

I'd be happy with a neutral, survivor, or hero ending. Seems we are going a pretty good path towards one of those so far.

Hey, Is there a secret sixth category ending we could get besides the five? Probably wouldn't be secret if you told us though.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zwZISypgA9M
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No. 772117 ID: 143250

>>772114
You can consider this a one of the questions you offered us to ask towards the characters (starting with you)
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No. 772121 ID: 23060e
File 148433910301.jpg - (193.33KB , 1508x549 , Root and branches chapter 1 part 468.jpg )
772121

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gMUEFZXkmDA
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No. 772123 ID: 23060e
File 148433950257.jpg - (324.94KB , 1748x752 , Root and branches chapter 1 part 469.jpg )
772123

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BpaRouocBes
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No. 772124 ID: f0afdb

I'll just call you the narrator then.

Alright I have a question for the whole cast so far. If you had to pick a song that summed you up pretty well, or at least closely, what would you pick?
(And you don't have to link the songs if you want to save time just the name and artist is fine)
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No. 772133 ID: 143250

For the sixth category probably not existing, if it does not exist, We can make it exist if we need to. You saw how we gained some secret decisions before (like getting the joker as an option when asked who we wanted dead during our meeting with Andrew for example).

Who knows, maybe the sixth ending is an ending you yourself don't want us to get in the first place... like maybe perhaps... having Ana take your position as the writer of the story?
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No. 772139 ID: 23060e
File 148434284521.jpg - (289.11KB , 1237x1010 , Root and branches chapter 1 part 470.jpg )
772139

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No. 772143 ID: 1f2597

>>772139
Touché
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No. 772144 ID: 23060e
File 148434693579.jpg - (99.40KB , 580x631 , Root and branches chapter 1 part 471.jpg )
772144

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vudtFG0hQ0
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No. 772145 ID: 23060e
File 148434699447.jpg - (132.51KB , 928x888 , Root and branches chapter 1 part 472.jpg )
772145

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dplymDfXVgY
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No. 772147 ID: 23060e
File 148434726951.jpg - (72.97KB , 612x560 , Root and branches chapter 1 part 473.jpg )
772147

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lhJfdWxpI2Q
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No. 772148 ID: 23060e
File 148434742275.jpg - (86.75KB , 654x508 , Root and branches chapter 1 part 474.jpg )
772148

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J9d-fI36Jh4
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No. 772152 ID: 23060e
File 148434754709.jpg - (80.23KB , 761x840 , Root and branches chapter 1 part 475.jpg )
772152

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QGrfotnGAfw
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No. 772153 ID: 23060e
File 148434759868.jpg - (77.31KB , 508x712 , Root and branches chapter 1 part 476.jpg )
772153

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QIFn0wqZx7Y
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No. 772154 ID: 23060e
File 148434769716.jpg - (75.54KB , 450x745 , Root and branches chapter 1 part 477.jpg )
772154

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8zYrt0c8O4
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No. 772155 ID: 23060e
File 148434777859.jpg - (122.94KB , 544x946 , Root and branches chapter 1 part 478.jpg )
772155

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fBGSJ3sbivI
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No. 772156 ID: 23060e
File 148434786583.jpg - (109.80KB , 385x672 , Root and branches chapter 1 part 479.jpg )
772156

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ov-FS9mgb1Y
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No. 772157 ID: 23060e
File 148434792350.jpg - (174.51KB , 562x779 , Root and branches chapter 1 part 480.jpg )
772157

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ge53QaDpKQ
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No. 772158 ID: 23060e
File 148434800566.jpg - (133.49KB , 500x656 , Root and branches chapter 1 part 481.jpg )
772158

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zWmF_2u-9nk
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No. 772159 ID: 23060e
File 148434808833.jpg - (58.78KB , 436x576 , Root and branches chapter 1 part 482.jpg )
772159

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xKvdlSLbrCo
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No. 772160 ID: 23060e
File 148434832265.jpg - (135.47KB , 910x623 , Root and branches chapter 1 part 483.jpg )
772160

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iFdIGYfYXJw
or
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Bk_U3K_OkI
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No. 772161 ID: 23060e
File 148434840563.jpg - (86.25KB , 850x727 , Root and branches chapter 1 part 484.jpg )
772161

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4z8GK-Ikwbo
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No. 772163 ID: 23060e
File 148434854953.jpg - (144.60KB , 472x704 , Root and branches chapter 1 part 485.jpg )
772163

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CnEOR6FrkyE
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No. 772168 ID: 143250

And what theme would you give us? and yourself?
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No. 772170 ID: 23060e
File 148435264901.jpg - (139.03KB , 1664x402 , Root and branches chapter 1 part 486.jpg )
772170

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=omuYo49_SOQ
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No. 772171 ID: 23060e
File 148435276937.jpg - (128.01KB , 861x590 , Root and branches chapter 1 part 487.jpg )
772171

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UrgpZ0fUixs
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No. 772197 ID: 1f2597

Cool deal, I always like having a soundtrack
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No. 772289 ID: 23060e
File 148441799408.jpg - (217.77KB , 1604x1024 , Root and branches chapter 1 part 488.jpg )
772289

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No. 772291 ID: 143250

Oh, there might be a commercial for Labyrinth city
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No. 772292 ID: 1f2597

Or some of his other works like "Sharp tools." But he's stated it a bit convoluted and hard to follow so we'll see. Anyway I have a question for Ana.

How was childhood for you?
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No. 772341 ID: 1f2597

Actually WC, I have a question for you too.

How is your body alive? I get that you are astral projecting yourself as this form, but what about your real body. I imagine it's at wherever you are but who takes care of it? How to you keep it alive to do your work like this? And what do you even do with the money? If you have some kind of nurse that comes to your house to keep you going I'm worried that she might be dead or hurt if the goon Andrew hired showed up when they were there. Unless.... you are in the hospital.... the money pays your hospital care... and that how he got in... are you a comatose patient?
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No. 772397 ID: 23060e
File 148448921987.jpg - (1.18MB , 2454x3978 , Root and branches chapter 1 part 489.jpg )
772397

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VPHAmrUTX1w
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No. 772400 ID: 143250

How much would it cost for the paid version of A thrilling tale of suspense and horror and what are the benefits besides no commercials?
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No. 772428 ID: 1f2597

I think this is how 93 became... like she is. Rosalia too for that matter. The black eyes, the spike teeth, the strength and endurance. Whatever is in those needles are probably what gave them those powers/mutations.

>>772400
And unless you can afford the monthly subscription, this stuff keeps going. Man I'll give Rosalia one thing, she was right about Root's television lineup really sucking.
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No. 772432 ID: 23060e
File 148451115183.jpg - (1.68MB , 1748x3163 , Root and branches chapter 1 part 490.jpg )
772432

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dRSYoIjMGm0
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No. 772454 ID: 143250

In that case, speak with your producer and tell him/her that we might be interested. In the meantime, we'll have Ana save whatever sort of cash we can find in our adventure to possibly buy the paid version.
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No. 772486 ID: 1f2597

Begin side mission: cancel Root's shitty tv lineup

I really miss my Thursday night smackdowns
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No. 772508 ID: 143250

>>772486
didn't it move to Tuesday?
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No. 772513 ID: 1f2597

>>772508
No, they moved it back a month ago. Thankfully the anime power hour still airs on Tuesday though. But knowing Root he'll probably just change that too... Bastard
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No. 772534 ID: 23060e
File 148453169893.jpg - (1.80MB , 1748x3295 , Root and branches chapter 1 part 491.jpg )
772534

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hi4v9wplzMU
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No. 772615 ID: b2e14f

Meh. Re-runs.

Plus they're all wearing the masks so it's just Root trying to be accommodating.
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No. 772624 ID: 143250

What are the terms of your contract of you don't mind me asking, or is that confidential.

Nonetheless, that producer was rude. He didn't have to flip you off like that. You should probably think of some way to get back at him.
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No. 772639 ID: 23060e
File 148458676314.jpg - (460.46KB , 1748x714 , Root and branches chapter 1 part 492.jpg )
772639

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VBlFHuCzPgY
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No. 772651 ID: 3583d1

>>772639
Or jus have a good lawyer look at it too. That could work too.
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No. 772680 ID: 23060e
File 148459591294.jpg - (219.70KB , 1496x595 , Root and branches chapter 1 part 493.jpg )
772680

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No. 772690 ID: 4e9c99

Yeah so. hey there, Delilah.

What. The. Hell. Is. Your. Problem.

You are one of the most insecure people I've ever seen, I'm kind of amazed I wanted to save your life just a little while ago from your brothers crazed Demon man-toy. You stab someone who was trying to help you after you have a seizure, just because he wouldn't fuck you? You are a creepy disgusting person.

And I'm sorry, but who was it that had him shoved in a box and pushed down a set of stairs for a laugh? And even when he still tries to help you by giving you drugs that will help you instead of going straight cold turkey, which like he said, one more bender and kiss your ass goodbye, and you stamp on them. The fuck?

You are without a doubt the most narcissistic, dependent, whinnying little bitch-bag I've ever seen. Sorry not sorry. So if no one is going to say it will.

Either clean up your act, or you will die. No more help from us. No more free handouts, no nothing.
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No. 772696 ID: 3583d1

>>772690
https://youtu.be/1H-Y7MAASkg
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No. 772707 ID: 143250

Andrew: which member of the cult do you hate the most, and like the most? (mainly asking so I can see how weird Andrew puppet looks).
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No. 772853 ID: 23060e
File 148467205894.jpg - (1.30MB , 1748x2244 , Root and branches chapter 1 part 494.jpg )
772853

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_SkUsk07Z-I
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No. 772866 ID: 143250

You probably won't need to organize Delilah's death to be honest. She's already organized it herself whether she realizes it or not. Just one more bender, and that's it for her.

Who would be second in command after Root?
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No. 772871 ID: 23060e
File 148467782579.jpg - (209.50KB , 981x826 , Root and branches chapter 1 part 496.jpg )
772871

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQNIGtOsqAc
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No. 772913 ID: c368a1

While she's out, why don't we just give her something to think about.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UDZBzXa6BUM

I think that will be all for questions, oh noble narrator.
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No. 772921 ID: 143250

>>772913
Too bad it's just a puppet though.

Yeah, no more questions. And hey, narrator, psst. if you ever need help getting back at the producer, let us know ;)
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No. 772922 ID: 23060e
File 148469863981.jpg - (650.67KB , 1552x1410 , Root and branches chapter 1 part 497.jpg )
772922

https://tgchan.org/kusaba/questdis/res/107070.html
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No. 772957 ID: 3b3fcc

You have done what I would have done regardless, but thank you for making my job a little easier.

But I do this because what I want isn't to help her. What I want is vengeance. And it starts with her betraying her brother.

For over a thousand millennia, I haven't felt this. Grief. Rage. Hatred.

I grief at the loss of my brother, Absolution, I saw him as he passed. As the final sleep over took him. I could do naught but ease his passing and give his mind a visage of peace as he faded away.

I am enraged at the man, the monster, who dared to take his life, and I now know what true hatred is. I have never felt it, only seen it within the minds of mind who enter the realm of dreams and of sleep.

Many have passed through my realm including, Ana. I watched her conversation with The Ash Tree as that too was part of my realm. Just as my brother made dreams a reality within the real world, so do I bestow those dreams upon those I see fit. I hold dominion over the dreams of men and Root and all his followers will have only nightmares from hence forth.

So swears, the dreamwalker, Morpheus, Muse the God of Dreamscapes
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No. 772958 ID: 3b3fcc

Now, on with the musical number!
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No. 772965 ID: 23060e
File 148470432233.jpg - (165.66KB , 993x683 , Root and branches chapter 1 part 498.jpg )
772965

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No. 772984 ID: 3b3fcc
File 148470632310.jpg - (125.12KB , 500x642 , IMG_3098.jpg )
772984

In truth I have as many forms as the human mind can imagine. The Greeks thought of me as a winged man with a bag of sand.

Some thought of me as an old hooded man who could blow sand from his palms.

But my form expands as far as the human mind can go. If you wish to give me shape, this is how I often imagine myself. I think of my self as very similar to my brother but from my body flows the ever changing streams of imagination and dreams.
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No. 772996 ID: 23060e
File 148470937768.jpg - (236.19KB , 1243x598 , Root and branches chapter 1 part 499.jpg )
772996

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKDd8kXip6Y
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No. 773066 ID: 23060e
File 148475115322.jpg - (396.03KB , 1748x1234 , Root and branches chapter 1 part 500.jpg )
773066

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0u9Hs5fgzE
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No. 773081 ID: 3b3fcc

No flash photography, and keep the theater clean
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No. 773171 ID: 23060e
File 148479081348.jpg - (2.24MB , 1748x4086 , Root and branches chapter 1 part 501.jpg )
773171

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9O-ra3RZeHk&list=RD9O-ra3RZeHk
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No. 773172 ID: 23060e
File 148479084196.jpg - (2.75MB , 1748x5286 , Root and branches chapter 1 part 502.jpg )
773172

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No. 773173 ID: 23060e
File 148479088394.jpg - (1.95MB , 1748x3616 , Root and branches chapter 1 part 503.jpg )
773173

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No. 773174 ID: 23060e
File 148479090970.jpg - (965.20KB , 1748x3488 , Root and branches chapter 1 part 504.jpg )
773174

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No. 773253 ID: 3583d1

Bravo! Magnifique! Encore! Bravo, I say, Bravo!

That was perfect! That was absolutely perfect!
https://youtu.be/TylvUGJIi_w
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No. 773270 ID: 23060e

From the author
If you love the first one just wait until I do the second act
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No. 773287 ID: 23060e
File 148483758523.jpg - (39.74KB , 610x512 , Root and branches chapter 1 part 505.jpg )
773287

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RXdddCaALKc
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No. 773436 ID: 3583d1

>>773287
And so it begins...
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No. 773460 ID: 23060e

congratulations are in order
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No. 773574 ID: 23060e
File 148494110820.jpg - (1.20MB , 1748x4496 , Root and branches chapter 1 part 506.jpg )
773574

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQh-7-PNgoU
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No. 773575 ID: 23060e
File 148494116218.jpg - (1.46MB , 1865x5009 , Root and branches chapter 1 part 507.jpg )
773575

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No. 773576 ID: 23060e
File 148494120774.jpg - (1.10MB , 1748x4457 , Root and branches chapter 1 part 508.jpg )
773576

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No. 773579 ID: 3583d1

Bravo! Wonderful!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=51iohb6sOS8

Intermission?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O0wOD9TWynM
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No. 773837 ID: 23060e
File 148504313112.jpg - (690.08KB , 1748x2648 , Root and branches chapter 1 part 509.jpg )
773837

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gOaZAZXSpos
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No. 773838 ID: 23060e
File 148504318897.jpg - (403.92KB , 1240x1360 , Root and branches chapter 1 part 510.jpg )
773838

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IK_Kc3uNrjo
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No. 773896 ID: 143250

Take all the time you need during your break. Good stories take time and a lot of thinking.
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No. 773899 ID: 23060e

thank you
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No. 773932 ID: e478fa

>>773896
Too true. Can't wait for ch. 2, good luck!
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No. 777152 ID: 47be15

From the author
This thread is over the the story continues in the other thread, here is the link
https://tgchan.org/kusaba/quest/res/777113.html
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