Ed Pastry 2009/11/12(Thu)17:07 No. 76151 ID: 35cea2
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A bizzare and likely insane man gives an inspiring speech.

Salesman: "-WHICH IS WHY CANNOT JUST GIVE UP EVERYONE IS COUNTING ON US SO STOP MOPING AROUND AND LETS SAVE THE WORLD!"
Io: "Yeah, you're right. There is so much to do and so little time though, this won't be easy."


Salesman: "ITS NOT SO BAD LET'S SEE HERE... WE NEED TO FIND 3 ROCKET FINS-"
Io: "They're probably inside the facility, but we have no idea where they could be. This place is huge!"
Salesman: "-SOME ILLEGAL VACUUM ORE FROM SOME CREMATE CITY-"
Io: "Even organized terrorists haven't succeeded in smuggling vacuum ore! At least, none that I know of."
Salesman: "-A COMPUTERY THING FROM HALLTOWN-"
Io: "I just realized how expensive this whole thing is going to be..."
Salesman: "-SOMEONE WHO CAN FIX A FUEL LINE-"
Io: "I doubt we'll find anyone willing to work in a quarantined facility. Anyone reliable at least."
Salesman: "-AND A VACUUM IGNITER THINGY FROM SOME 'TAMMY SHE' PLACE."
Io: "Right in the Dokdok guys' homeland. I'm sure this will be a piece of cake!"

Ed Pastry 2009/11/12(Thu)17:08 No. 76152 ID: 35cea2
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"YOU'RE STARTING TO DEPRESS ME SAYYIDAH."

>>76152
Oh Salesman, I love you so.

Alright. Well, since it's right at hand, priority number one should be those fins. Let's find Slater and Simon and inform them of the situation.

Large large expense.. maybe they have some money around here.
But it's not so bad, you have a month and an airship!

>>76151
Well, no sense in moping. Lets head on back to the last room.

Insomnia 2009/11/13(Fri)07:14 No. 76204 ID: 1c907d
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We gotta do what?

WE GOTTA BELIEVE!

Ed Pastry 2009/11/14(Sat)15:44 No. 76559 ID: 35cea2
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Io and the Salesman go back to the other room.

Check if the stupid elevator works.

>>76612
After the elevator inevitably doesn't work, go back to the stairs through the door on the right and go the way we didn't go last time.

Ed Pastry 2009/11/17(Tue)17:24 No. 78296 ID: 35cea2
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The Salesman and Io go into the power room, up the stairs, and into the room at the top.

There is a dangling LIGHTBULB, a RED TOOLBOX, a LARGE STOOL and a DOOR labeled High-Tech Maintenance Equipment.

>>78296
Open door, find wrenches and hammers and crap.

>>78296
Check the toolbox first.

Ed Pastry 2009/11/17(Tue)17:35 No. 78302 ID: 35cea2
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The toolbox contains a HAMMER, some NAILS, 20 FEET OF INSULATED WIRES and a POWERFUL MAGNET.


Io enters the High-Tech Maintenance Equipment closet.

There is nothing but DUCT TAPE

Should they take anything?

>>78302
Take the toolbox with the tools in it, and two rolls of duct tape.

Ed Pastry 2009/11/17(Tue)17:46 No. 78313 ID: 35cea2
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Okay. Now what?

Gotta keep looking. Give the elevator a try? What floors haven't we been to?

Ed Pastry 2009/11/19(Thu)20:01 No. 79574 ID: 35cea2
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The elevator is broken, and the only known way out of the the third underground level at the moment is a small air vent, which is unlikely to be able to accommodate the Salesman's massive noggin.

Here is a map of the lower levels of the facility explored so far.

>>79574
Alright, head through the vent and tell Simon that we found Salesman. Ask him to get the broken ladder segment and rocket fin from the first floor, and, oh yeah, we found the blow-up-the-sun rocket but it needs work.

>>79574
Head to the generator room, it's the one place we haven't been yet. Maybe we can get the broken ladder down from there somehow.

Ed Pastry 2009/11/20(Fri)20:13 No. 79996 ID: 35cea2
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Io: "I'm going to go back to report to Simon. Maybe we can see if there is a way to reactivate the elevator so you can get out of here. Wait here for a bit, will you?"
Salesman: "I WILL NOT MOVE AN INCH SAYYIDAH."

Ed Pastry 2009/11/20(Fri)20:20 No. 80002 ID: 35cea2
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Io arrives at the floor Simon is waiting.

Io: "Heya Simon. I found the Salesman and the rocket downstairs!"
Simon: "Really? That is excellent!"
Io: "Unfortunately she's missing a quite a few bits, so I'd thought we'd start by looking for the rocket fins. Is there any places you haven't explored yet?"
Simon: "Well, there's a hole in the ground in the room to the right that is far too deep for me to drop down, there is that security office up there that I can't enter, there's most of the building's upper levels, and there's a generator room upstairs and a few research labs I haven't examined yet too."
Io: "Let's try the generator room first."

Ed Pastry 2009/11/20(Fri)20:22 No. 80005 ID: 35cea2
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Simon and Io arrive at the generator room. The main generator appears to be off, and a there are a few cracks on the big axle sticking out of it. The button behind the generator is labeled "Activate/Deactivate", and there is a detached small yellow button lying on the floor labeled "U3"

Fire that bitch up.

Pocket the button.

>>80005
Put duct tape over the cracks before you turn it on.

Ed Pastry 2009/11/20(Fri)20:37 No. 80034 ID: 35cea2
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Io puts the button on the floor into her inventory.

Simon presses the button, and the machine immediately starts making an ungodly whirring and clicking noise. The cracks on the tube lengthen slightly before Simon can turn it off again.

>>80034
Duct tape! Or something more effective at sealing.

>>80034
Sounds like we should open it up and see what's wrong.

Ed Pastry 2009/11/20(Fri)20:52 No. 80068 ID: 35cea2
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Io applies the duct tape over all the cracks in the axles parts.

When Simon reactivates the generator, it works like a charm.

Simon: "Man, is there nothing that duct tape can't fix?"
Io: "Broken hearts?"
Simon: "Actually, Clockwork heart repair is apparently surprisingly simple..."

Try the elevator again!

>>80068
Duct Tape is a thing of wonders.

To the elevator, we have a U3 to go to!

Ed Pastry 2009/11/22(Sun)15:47 No. 80940 ID: 35cea2
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Simon and Io go back into the elevator. They reattach the U3 button to the control panel and press it.

Salesman: "SAYYID AND SAYYIDAH YOU HAVE RETURNED FOR ME NOW I CAN FINALLY GET OUT OF HERE THANK YOU SO MUCH"
Simon: "No problem I guess. We still have to find a few of those rocket fins that are lying around here before we can leave though."

>>80940
Alright awesome. Now I have no real idea where to go. Brainstorm with Io and Salesman about how to solve LADDER PUZZLES.

Little hint Ed Pastry 2009/11/26(Thu)17:16 No. 81874 ID: 35cea2
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Io: "You said there was a hole somewhere that had a rocket fin at the bottom."
Simon: "Yeah, problem is that it's a pretty big drop and the ladder is too big to fit in the elevator."
Io: "How about we break the ladder into pieces somehow? We could duct tape or weld it back together when we have transported it."
Simon: "Sounds like a plan, but first we need to find something to break the ladder with."

>>81874
Well, we've got a machete.

>>81874
If it's metal, the blowtorch will be much more effective than a machete.

Ed Pastry 2009/11/26(Thu)20:19 No. 81941 ID: 35cea2
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They go upstairs to get the ladder.

Simon cuts it into several pieces with his blowtorch and brings them into the elevator.

Ed Pastry 2009/11/26(Thu)20:23 No. 81943 ID: 35cea2
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They bring the pieces to the hole in the ground, Io repairs it with some duct tape and places in the hole.

Simon and Io go down

Ed Pastry 2009/11/26(Thu)20:25 No. 81946 ID: 35cea2
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Simon has retrieved a ROCKET FIN.

Io: "That's really weird."
Simon: "What, the dead guy?"
Io: "He's not a dead guy."
Simon: "What?"
Io: "This suit appears to be filled with potatoes."
Simon: "In any other circumstance I would be baffled, but right now all I care about is the fact we got all the rocket fins so we can get out of this dump now."

cook potatoes and enjoy

>>81946
Dooooon't open the suit! The potatoes are evil and/or a dangerous biological weapon!

Ed Pastry 2009/11/26(Thu)20:33 No. 81954 ID: 35cea2
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Simon does not have any other source of heat, so he just uses to blowtorch to cook a potato.

As delicious as that baked potato that he made looks, Simon thinks he'll pass on this one.

save soot for later?

Simon: Realize with growing horror that there is a bioweapon which turns people into potatoes!!!

Take the fin back to the rocket and figure out what's necessary to stick these thingies on.

Ed Pastry 2009/11/26(Thu)20:51 No. 81976 ID: 35cea2
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>>81955

Simon adds the soot to his inventory

>>81958

Stunningly, that is not the most bizarre theory he has heard today. The suit seems to not have any holes or green goo in it though, so it still rather unlikely.

The party gathers the fin pieces and disassembles the ladder to bring to the rocket chamber. Simon personally thinks they could just weld them on right now with the blow torch, but Io suggests they just leave the parts unaffixed for now because that would be more work and it's getting late and she is a lazy person.

Write a note explaining the situation, tape it to the rocket. You'll be gone awhile.

>>81976
Why are you worried about the time of day? You must complete all the work you can do here, and sleep on the way to your next destination! Waste no time!

Go back, empty the suit of potatoes and take the suit. Plus a few potatoes; why not. Then use the ladder to reach the balcony with the broken ladder on it. There was some kind of note there; read it. Make a face in the security camera for good measure.

Ed Pastry 2009/11/30(Mon)19:50 No. 84016 ID: 35cea2
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Rocket REPAIRED!
Potatoes GOT!
Silly face MADE!
Note READ!
Confusion ACHIEVED!

>>84016
...Didn't Salesman eat some of that stuff?

...:c

>>84016
Oh boy. Ask him how long it's been since he ate the green stuff.

Also, go through the door!

>>84049
That's going to be funny, how does one hiccup to death anyhow?

It's cool. He'd have to stop yelling to hiccup. He'll be fine.

I think that's all there is to do here. Better head for the next nearest quest locale.

Uh, any idea where that might be?

Also, try to find some paint.

Suggestion 2009/12/01(Tue)00:50 No. 84204 ID: 6550ad
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Time to move on!

I think we should leave the ore supply for the end, as it isn't something we can carry around.

So, the Trajectory Computator seems good enough to be our next objective. Let's go back to the ship and head to Halltown.

>>84204
The technician's too busy over in Hotel California right now.

>>84096
Hiccuping so much you can't breathe, and then you suffocate?

>>84204
Let's head to Halltown first and pick up the computator.

Ed Pastry 2009/12/02(Wed)18:01 No. 85008 ID: 35cea2
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Simon heads down to the rocket to tell the Salesman the bad news.

Simon: "Hey, uh... Mr. Salesman?"
Salesman: "OH HELLO SAYYID DID YOU FIND ANYTHING INTERESTING UP THERE SAYYIDAH AND I HAVE FINISHED WELDING THE FINS TO THE ROCKET"
Simon: "Very nice, but ah... I don't know how to put this, but you might die."
Salesman: "DOES NOT EVERYONE DIE?"
Simon: "What I am trying to say is that you will hiccup to death."
Io: "Simon, I think you're going mad. Well, madder than you usually are. Normally you just spout weird schemes. Now you're going into nonsequiturs. That's dangerous territory, I think you need pills."
Salesman: "SAYYIDAH IS RIGHT YOU ARE CRAZY I CAN'T EVEN HICCUP"
Simon: "But I... what?"
Salesman: "IT'S MY UNIQUE AND BEAUTIFUL FACIAL CONFIGURATION I CANNOT HICCUP BURP SNEEZE OR STOP TALKING FOR LONG PERIODS OF TIME"
Simon: "Oh, well that solves that problem I guess."
Io: "I... don't... even... nevermind. I'm tired and there isn't much we can do here anymore. Lets get back to the ship."
Simon: "Right. I think we should go to Halltown first to find the Computator."
Io: "Good idea. It'll be nice to be back in civilization again, and I might even get the chance to speak to the Board of Directors about the incident back at HQ."

Ed Pastry 2009/12/02(Wed)18:01 No. 85009 ID: 35cea2
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Simon, Io and the Salesman climb back aboard the airship, and they head off toward Halltown.

Ed Pastry 2009/12/02(Wed)19:26 No. 85074 ID: 35cea2
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After a long journey, the party finally arrives at Halltown.

It is now 23 days before The End.

Simon radios ahead of them to make sure the guards understand that they aren't pirates.

Ed Pastry 2009/12/02(Wed)19:30 No. 85081 ID: 35cea2
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Before they land, however, select who should be carrying which items.

It is best to not leave the eyedrops on board, as they are illegal and will be found by the watchmen. Either dump them or bring them.

There is also the matter of that one pirate they knocked unconscious and left in one of the cells. He's still alive, what should they do with him?

Also, the Salesman regretfully announces that he will no longer accompany the party, and will instead report to his guildhall.

>>85081
Keep the prisoner. We can hand him over to the proper authorities while in town.

Toss the eye drops. We don't need 'em. Simon should keep hold of the doomsday notes. The rest of the stuff not in our inventories can stay on the ship.

Turn eyedrops over to the authorities. They'll inevitably want to examine the ship.

WAIT. By salvage laws, do you get to keep this ship? If not, claim it's always been yours and you just happened to have it painted that way as an ingenious scheme to capture pirates.

Ed Pastry 2009/12/03(Thu)19:54 No. 85481 ID: 35cea2
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They decide to leave the prisoner and eyedrops on the ship, and let the authorities deal with them. Simon brings his DOOMSDAY NOTES, but leaves the MONEY, SUIT, TOOLS, AMMUNITION, DARTER and FOOD on board the ship.

They dock onto the airship tower.

While the Salesman gives Simon one last goodbye, Io talks to the watchman.

Io: "So, can we keep this airship?"
Simon: "OH GOD IO HELP ME!"
Watchman: "First we gotta check if this ship is stolen property. If it is, we have to transfer it back to the original owner."
Salesman: "I WILL NEVER FORGET YOU SAYYID MAY OUR PATHS CROSS AGAIN ONE DAY NOW STOP SQUIRMING AND HUG ME"
Io: "Also, there is a captured pirate and some illegal drugs we have found in there, just to give you a heads up."
Watchman: "We got everything under control ma'am. Have a nice day."
Simon: "LIBRA'S ASHES! HIS TONGUE IS ON ME AAAAAGHHHHH!"

Ed Pastry 2009/12/03(Thu)20:15 No. 85521 ID: 35cea2
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Where should they head off to now?

>>85521
We were looking for a "COMPUTERY THING," right?

We probably ought to head on over to the, uh, Computer Technicians' Guild, then?

>>85536
And if they can't help us, head to the Meteorologists instead.

Alternatively, tell Io you are going to the Meteorologists and instead visit the Prostitutes while she goes to the Computer Technician's Guild.

Computer technicians seem a solid plan, with Electricians as secondary.

This sounds reasonable. >>85837

Ed Pastry 2009/12/08(Tue)18:23 No. 88652 ID: 35cea2
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After the Salesman has finished saying goodbye to Simon intimately enough he leaves for the Confectioner's guild.

Simon calls Slater and Io to attention while the watchmen search the ship.

Simon: "So, I assume the device we are looking for is either in the computer people's guild or the electronics guild. Io, you and Slater can take half the money and check the computer guild. I'll take the rest and check the electronics guild."
Slater: "Sounds good Sir."
Io: "When we've checked how about we meet up at the Inn?"
Simon: "Sounds good. Okay people, lets go. No dawdling!"

Ed Pastry 2009/12/08(Tue)18:24 No. 88653 ID: 35cea2
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Ha ha, electronics...

>>88653
Simon, you card.

Oh you.

Try not to spend too much money.

>>88653
Well, stop dawdling and get to the electronics guild.

Wait. What is that, a whorehouse? GET TO WORK, THE WORLD'S GONNA END!

Ed Pastry 2009/12/08(Tue)20:31 No. 88800 ID: 35cea2
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All Kiln guilds are fundamentally the same. The guilds require all their prospective members to undergo intense training and a period of apprenticeship before they are admitted as journeymen of the craft.
When he was a young man, Simon had to complete this arduous process before he was accepted as a fully-fledged astronomer. It took extremely hard work and the complete devotion of many years of his life, but in the end he was rewarded with unparalleled expertise in his field of study.
These ladies have likely underwent the same process. They have honed their craft down to an art form. These are no mere whores, but EXPERTS in the ancient SCIENCE of LOVEMAKING. This is their JOB and they are PROUD of it, for they have worked, studied and learned as hard as any other professional and their skills are UNSURPASSED in all of Caelum.




Simon realizes this is going to be really damn expensive. He better think of an excuse as to why he will be short most of his money when he meets up with the gang later on.

>GET TO WORK, THE WORLD'S GONNA END!
...you know, that can be interpreted more than one way.

>He better think of an excuse as to why he will be short most of his money when he meets up with the gang later on.
You got robbed in such a way that there's definitely NO WAY you can track the thief down and get it back.

...OR you could go for an apprentice. They gotta train somehow.

...OR you could actually buy electronics instead and save the world. You know. Just throwing that out there.

>>88800
Well, when you put it like that...

Think of it this way, when you save the world there will be people lining up to have sex with you! And you'll probably get a bunch of money too!

>>88800
Perhaps there are better ways to spend one's money in these desperate times?

>>88800
Save world, get bitches with fame.

Get bitches with money, world ends.

Hmm.

>>88800
Would you please just go do something that actually helps for the eventual goal of saving the world?

>>88800

Fuck all these dudes. We'll say we got robbed. GO GET YOU SOME SEX.

Also, inquire if there's a discount for showing an apprentice the ropes.

>>88931
I second this. Simon can afford one afternoon of extra-curricular fun.

>>89169
... AFTER HE SAVES THE WORLD FFFFFFFF

Hmm, how expensive are we talking? Simon seems to be a pretty shitty liar.

Ed Pastry 2009/12/12(Sat)16:30 No. 90673 ID: 35cea2
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Simon is starting to have serious second thoughts about this.

After quite a bit of deliberation, he decides that the whores can wait until after he saves the world.

>>90673
All the ale and whores you can handle, plus a bit extra... after. Now get to work!

Ed Pastry 2009/12/12(Sat)16:37 No. 90681 ID: 35cea2
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Simon heads off to the Electrician's Guild to see if he can't find the Computer Doohicky Item. He talks to the Receptionist.

Simon: "Hey, I'm looking for a Trajectory Computator."
Receptionist: "Ooh, I believe that you would better look at the Computer Technician's Guild."
Simon: "I guessed as much."
Receptionist: "Hmm, what do you need it for? Ahh, are you building an airship or missile or something?"
Simon: "Yeah, I'm trying to make a space-capable rocket."
Receptionist: "Ohh, I hope you're willing to spend a lotta cash, 'cause a device that accurate costs at least a few grand."
Simon: "Oh. Dang. Thank you for your help though."

Io is already there, right?

>>90691
Yes, she should be.

But, she said we should meet up at the hotel. So, we have time to kill.

Go to the Physicist's guild, and lets see if they aren't willing to invest in the continued existence of the planet. They'll probably believe the crap findings in your Doom's Day notes.

So we need monies...Go to the Journalists Guild!

We can sell them a few good stories.

Like how The End of the world is nigh (We can show the doomsday notes as proof).

Or Simon could relate the Pirate attack and subsequent escape.

And the abandoned guildhall, with the biological weapon that makes people hiccup to death, and the one that turns people into potatoes.

Ed Pastry 2009/12/13(Sun)15:32 No. 91194 ID: 35cea2
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Simon heads to the Journalist's and Physicist's guilds to see if he can raise some money.

A journalist Simon talks to says that she will be able to hear his story tomorrow, and that if the story is good he can make a lot of cash.

The Physicist's Guild is less helpful. Though the physicist he is talking to seems somewhat interested in Simon's plan, he claims that the Director has have an audition with him first before Simon can be considered for assistance, and he won't be available for another three days at least.

We don't really have three days to dick around. Maybe Simon could write down the proposal to be delivered to the director? If we can't get the computer now, we can come back for it later after we go to get some other important part, and we will have the cash then.

>>91354
This sounds good. If we can't get the computer by tomorrow, we should go try for the vacuum ore.

So, for now: Meet up with Io at the inn, see how things stand, spend the night. Tomorrow, try and sell your story to the Journalist's. If it goes well, buy the computer. If not, head on off to go get the Ore.

Ed Pastry 2009/12/17(Thu)20:11 No. 93705 ID: 35cea2
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Simon heads back to the Inn to meet up with Io and Slater. They get a room, reducing their money supply to 429.

Io: "WE managed to find the computer device, but it's way too expensive."
Slater: "We managed to haggle it 3000 dollars, but I still doubt getting that sum of money will be very easy."
Simon: "Well, tomorrow I got an interview with a member of the Journalist's Guild to see if I can sell our story for a bit of cash. Also, the Physicist's Guild might help, as soon as their Director returns in 3 days."
Slater: "Sir, while they could help us I doubt those guilds would part with nearly enough money to buy the computator device.
Io: "Not to mention waiting for the Physicists would waste precious time that we cannot afford."
Simon: "Well, do you guys have any ideas?"
Slater: "I think you should leave the Physicist Director a letter while we go off to complete another errand. We can return here once we have enough money."
Io: "I think that first I should check on the A.S.S. hall here, and see how the guild has been dealing since my sudden disappearance."
Simon: "It's probably still too dangerous to show our faces there again, the Dokdok guys clearly know us pretty well and probably have agents wherever we are expected."

>>93705
Good thing you didn't blow all your cash a the house of ill repute ehh? You saved it and still came up short, gunna have to work a bit to save the work huh?

Staying the hell away from ASS sounds like a damn good idea. Why does she want to go there so badly anyway?

Gyro!VLjztGw7SQ 2009/12/18(Fri)00:10 No. 93771 ID: de3db8
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Try selling some unneeded equipment. I mean, Ed wouldn't let us sell an obviously very expensive hazmat suit, only for us to need it to advance the plot later, right? Right?

>>93745

It's the Astronomers Society, I think.

And we should check it out. Also we should ask about how's Roger doing, that charming fellow.

Ed Pastry 2009/12/20(Sun)10:06 No. 95241 ID: 35cea2
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The party decides to turn in for the night. It is now 22 days before The End.

Simon decides to go with Io to the A.S.S. guildhall later today, and sell the hazmat suit for some extra money (though Simon really isn't sure where to sell them in this city)

But before he does either of those things he has an appointment with a member of the Journalist's Guild. After being stuck in the guild's waiting room for an hour, the party is allowed into the journalist's office.

The chairs are very uncomfortable.

Journalist: "Okay, lets hear your story."

>>95241
First, everyone, names, ages, and credentials. I was a journalist in highschool, this will smooth it out. Then continue with a low impact summation of your findings, and conclude with the harsh truth.

The Weaponsmiths were the ones who had the hazmat suit in the first place, so maybe they'd want one.

Short of them, maybe the miners? Y'know. Weird gas and all that.

Presently, give your story. You're out to SAVE THE WORLD. And it's going to be DESTROYED unless you DESTROY VOLANS! !

Be sure not to overdo it when you mention the pirates.

>>95241

Be completely deadpan and serious the entire interview. If she tries to say 'that's ridiculous!' show your PAGES OF EVIDENCE (make copies, get it in print-with your name on it! Free publishing) and point to your airship.

Ed Pastry 2009/12/21(Mon)21:42 No. 96434 ID: 35cea2
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Simon: "First I think we should introduce ourselves. My name is Simon Betelgeuse, and I'm an astronomer."
Slater: "I am Sam Slater, his butler."
Io: "And I'm Io Adhara, Director of the Astronomical Studies Society."
Journalist: "No, not THE Director of the A.S.S? The one who disappeared several days ago after that terrorist attack on the A.S.S HQ building?"
Io: "The one and only."
Simon: "Wow, I didn't think that the incident would get on the news."
Journalist: "It's been all over the media recently, I was spent the last few days working on the reports! Please, continue Mr. Betelgeuse. This story has got to be exciting."

Simon, Slater and Io spend the rest of the interview retelling the events of their adventures, starting with Simon's discovery he made 9 days ago. The journalist questions them whether his far-fetched theory has any support. Io vouching for Simon and his explanation of his Doomsday Notes causes the journalist to scribble furiously on her clipboard.

Journalist: "Thank you very much for your time, this is truly a startling discovery you have made Simon. Here, this is the payment for your time."
She gives the party 1000 dollars.
Simon: "Thank very much ma'am. Best of luck writing your news article.

>>96434
Well, we're part of the way there. Check the Weapon's Guild to see if you can sell the Haz-Mat suit, and stop off at the ship to pick up everyone's crossbows before going to the A.S.S. with Io. Otherwise I think we're done here until we can come back with more cash.

Actually wait, ask the journalist if she can't mention that you guys need help saving the world, so if randomperson sees us they should lend a hand if possible. This article's gonna get the Dokdokdok up in our asses anyway, so we might as well get some help out of it.

>>96434

Go and hire a Lady of the Evening with your new funds.

>>96548
We need 3000 money to get the dingus, though.

As for that, all I can think is selling the hazmat suit and maybe the heavy auto arbalest if you can bear to lose it.

...we need to think of a better way of making cash than just pawning off all our sweet things.

Ed Pastry 2009/12/22(Tue)20:45 No. 96844 ID: 35cea2
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As an afterthought, Simon asks the journalist if she could mention in her article that the party needs assistance. She complies.

After the interview is over the party goes to the airship to pick up their weapons, and then travels to the Weaponsmith's guild to sell off the HAZMAT SUIT and HEAVY AUTO-ARBALEST. Their total money is up to 2129 right now.

Fully armed, they enter the ASS building in Halltown. Almost immediately, Io is greeted by a surprised astronomer.

Astronomer: "D-Director! Thank heavens you're all right!"
Io: "Yes, I do seem to still be in one piece, don't I?"
Simon: "I'm fine too thank you for asking..."
Astronomer: "It's dangerous for you to be here Director! Almost a week ago the news said that they think someone is trying to assassinate you."
Simon: "Hey! I'm the one one who came up with the theory! *I* should be the one being chased!"
Io: "Both the news and Simon are correct, a bunch of Cobble secret policemen are hunting us because of Simon's theory."
Astronomer: "What!? Why!? Simon is just a doomsday-spouting crackpot!"
Io: "Well, I won't deny that statement-
Simon: "I'M RIGHT HERE YOU KNOW"
Io: "-but he is a CORRECT crackpot, and these Cobble goons somehow already knew of his theorizing and are trying to stop him for some reason."
Astronomer: "This is very strange and interesting Director, but these guys obviously know where to find you all. They are probably expecting you here!"

Okay, so selling the autogun was clearly a big mistake...

Let's focus on hiding. Ask the guy where in town would be good to hide. While you're here, does Io have an expense account she can max out?

>>96844
Ask how many funds that Io can, as the Director, take over to help fund a very necessary trip to save the world.

I am hoping this amount is in excess of 3000, otherwise coming here was needlessly endangering. After acquiring as much moneys as we can make off with, we need to get going. Fast. The Dokdokdok will take a bit of time to actually get here, even if some forward man spotted us.

Ed Pastry 2009/12/25(Fri)19:33 No. 98227 ID: 35cea2
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Io: "I just need to borrow some money out of the guild coffers. It's an emergency."
Astronomer: "Well... okay. Just be fast and hide somewhere afterwords. You never know."
Slater: "Do you know anyplace to hide?"
Astronomer: "I don't know, maybe one of the guildhalls that these assassins won't be expecting you in. Now get going!"

The party heads up to the second story of the building and enters the storage room. Io pulls out a metal chest and opens it with a key she had in her personal items box.

Io: "Excellent, 1500 dollars!"
Slater: "That brings us to 3629 dollars I believe."
Simon: "More than enough!"
Slater: "Great, now lets get out of here before someone finds us."

>>98227
I think someone found you! ELIMINATE THE ENEMY BEHIND YOU.

Fuck. Try to use the metal box as a shield. And Slater could try to tackle the assassin.

>>98227
Simon, use Slater as a weapon. His feet are wheels, so if you just push him hard he'll roll right into that shady guy who looks deadly. Tell Slater to think fast - he should be able to figure something out.

Then tackle him or grab his arms or something so he can't hurt you or Slater.

>>100221
That was rude, apologize to Slater.

Ed Pastry 2009/12/28(Mon)17:40 No. 100223 ID: 35cea2
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Simon, sensing the danger behind him, quickly turns around and shoves Slater into the assassin.

>>100223

Okay he's down, kick the assassin in the nuts! Or the side. Whichever. Keep kicking him until he stops moving OR gives you information.

Immobilize and disarm him while he's stunned.

Ask him who sent him!

Ed Pastry 2009/12/28(Mon)18:08 No. 100231 ID: 35cea2
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Simon: "Sorry Slater, I didn't mean to hurt you, I just wanted to stop that shifty looking guy!"
Slater: HELP!! OH GOD HE'S TRYING TO KILL ME!!"

Disarm him immediately! Grab his wrist!

>>100231

KICK HARDER YOU FOOL

Kick the assassin in the head repeatedly.

Stamp his face into a pulp.

>>100231
Disarm and interrogate

>>100231
Simon: Restrain the assassin with Slater's help, then begin interrogation. I'm not too sure what to ask him, though.

Io: If the other two fail to restrain him, or if you see the assassin is about to hurt Simon or Slater, then promptly disarm him.

With your machete.

...I mean you should cut off his fucking arm.

Ed Pastry 2009/12/30(Wed)10:06 No. 101351 ID: 35cea2
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Simon stamps on the assassin's head a few time. This proves distracting enough to prevent him from stabbing Slater.

Ed Pastry 2009/12/30(Wed)10:08 No. 101354 ID: 35cea2
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After a quick tussle, the party manages to disarm the assassin. The bodypaint the assassin was wearing is wiped off, revealing him to be a Cobble agent.

From him, the party has taken a PAIR OF SUNGLASSES and a DAGGER. He is not carrying anything else.

He is now at their mercy.

>>101354
Put on the sungl- Oh, good job.

Demand to know why the Dokdokdokdokdokdokdokdok want you dead.

ask someone in the guild to lock him in the basement. loot him and pry out of him whatever information we may need about who hired him and how we can fight back.

with our own mercs.

>>101354

KICK HARDER

"WHO SENT YOU!?" etc

After he refuses to answer, maybe you could bring him to the guys checking out your ship. All like "Man, we're on a ROLL with taking down dangerous criminals, huh?"

>>101459

Yeah find out why they're trying to kill you and bring about the end of the world

Ed Pastry 2009/12/31(Thu)21:46 No. 102666 ID: 35cea2
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Simon: "We know who you work for, tell us why does the Dokdokdok want us dead!"
Agent: "Torture me all you want you squishy swine, I never will talk for an enemy of the UTB!"

Ed Pastry 2009/12/31(Thu)21:47 No. 102667 ID: 35cea2
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Simon: "DON'T YOU BACKSASS ME!"

>>102667
"Why do you say we're an enemy of the United Trade Bloc? We're trying to save the whole goddamn world here!"

>>102669
This.

Ed Pastry 2009/12/31(Thu)22:51 No. 102700 ID: 35cea2
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Simon: "Why do you say we're an enemy of the United Trade Bloc? We're trying to save the whole goddamn world here!"
Agent: "Grandmaster wants you all dead. That is all an agent needs to know."
Simon: "Why does this Grandmaster want us dead?"
Agent: "Agents do not need to know."

>>102700
"Who is the Grandmaster?"

make salesman question him. closely. and ask the salesman to scream.

what else can you tell us of your master? where are you meeting him? where is your payment?

Threaten to mess up his glasses.

Do you guys have any kind of regular rule of law, or just Condotierri mercenaries taking a cut of... something? What I'm saying is, is there any conceivable amount of danger you can be in that'll convince people to have someone guard you without you paying for them?

Ed Pastry 2010/01/17(Sun)18:08 No. 113509 ID: 35cea2
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Simon: "Who is the Grandmaster."
Agent: "He leads the Dokdokdokdokdok."
Simon: "Tell me more about him."
Agent: "I will say no more."

>>102727

The Condotierri are paid by all the Guilds to behave as Halltown's policemen, but due to their mercenary nature they're significantly more susceptible to bribery.

Let's smack him around a bit, see if we can get him to talk.

Do these guys have some kind of cultural taboos we can maybe exploit?

Tell him about the whole fucking world ending in 22 days. Ask him if he has any inkling why the Dokdokdokdokdok would ever want to stop that from happening. Also, rough him up a little.

Say Dok about a hundred times in a row. Maybe that will annoy him into telling us what we want to know to get you to shut up.

Ed Pastry 2010/01/18(Mon)22:01 No. 114467 ID: 35cea2
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Simon really doesn't have the heart to torture a guy under any circumstance, but he tries his best by bonking the agent a few times with the blunt end of his hatchet.

Agent: "I suggest you give up trying to pry information out of me. Every agent is highly trained to resist torture...
Also it's beginning to sting a bit."
Simon: "Aww, come on. Give us a hint please? At least tell us why does the Dokdokdok want to destroy the world!"
Agent: "I seriously have no idea what you are babbling about. You're probably the loopiest criminal I've seen in my life, and trust me when I say I've seen quite a few."

Fuck it, let's just leave.

Tell him the world is going to end in 22 days. If he's trying to stop you from saving it, he must be working for someone that wants it to.

"The WORLD is ENDING in 22 days!!! Volans is coming! Point a telescope in that direction and you'll see! We have to stop him somehow!"

If that doesn't do anything... I don't know. What do you guys normally do with criminals a citizen manages to subdue? Bring him to the Condotierries? If so, do that. We're on a schedule and we can't waste time bonking people on the head, however satisfying that may be.

>>114467

Tell him no more of this trying to murder us business, or he'll get a serious prodding in the head region with a blunt object again!

>>114467
Listen, buddy, we're not the criminal here. WE'RE trying to stop the world from being destroyed!

Ed Pastry 2010/01/18(Mon)22:30 No. 114489 ID: 35cea2
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Simon: "The world is going to end in 22 days and we have to stop it! I've got proof! You're fighting the only people who can do anything about this! You're jeopardizing the safety of the entire planet!"
Agent: "Please stop talking."
Slater: "Sir, I don't think this is going to work. Lets just turn this guy in and leave."
Io: "Probably not a good idea. Those lousy rent-a-cop Condotierri won't do a thing if the Dokdokdok has paid them enough."
Slater: "What should we do with him then, Madam?"
Agent: "Let me go?"

>>114489

String him up by his feet, take all his clothes and hang him naked and upside down out the window.

Leave him in a safe deposit box and mail his whereabouts to someone who'll get there before he dies but after you've left town.

No, just tie the bastard up and take him wherever you go. Also, don't feed him until he talks.

>>114490
voting this instead

No chance in hell. We will have to find a way to make him so embarrassed he cannot leave.

Remove his clothes, for starters.

>>114489
"No, we won't be letting you go. You'll just try and stop us from saving the world again. No... We're not letting you get off easy."

Proceed to tie him to a coat rack and tape feathers onto his face. Leave a note for the ASS so they know this guy is trying to end the world, and don't just let him out.

Ed Pastry 2010/01/22(Fri)20:08 No. 116980 ID: 35cea2
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Simon: "No chance buddy. We're going to make sure that you will never bother us again. Slater, go find some rope. Io, close your eyes, this isn't going to be pretty..."

Ed Pastry 2010/01/22(Fri)20:09 No. 116981 ID: 35cea2
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Some time later...

Ed Pastry 2010/01/22(Fri)20:11 No. 116982 ID: 35cea2
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"YOU THINK YOU CAN BREAK ME TERRORIST!? YOU CAN STOP US!? WELL YOU ARE SORELY MISTAKEN, THE DOKDOKDOKDOKDOK WILL HUNT YOU DOWN AND KILL YOU LIKE THE MISERABLE DOG YOU ARE! YOU HEAR ME!? YOU ARE DEAD!!"

Rush to your next destination in a hardcore fashion. Make sure the light gleams off your glasses.

You've got more than 3k moneys. Let's by that mcguffin, on the double.

Buy ye Computer Device.

Ed Pastry 2010/02/02(Tue)18:05 No. 124011 ID: 35cea2
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They buy the COMPUTER THINGY THAT DOES STUFF. The party has 629 dollars remaining.

Now don't drop it...

Hooray, computer thingie get!

Now, I don't know, let's get the vacuum ore from the cremate city?

It's as good of an option as anything else.

>>124036
Yes. To Meleg Helyen!

Ed Pastry 2010/02/04(Thu)20:04 No. 125517 ID: 35cea2
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They have 2 days of food remaining, and the trip to Meleg Helyen will take at least 3. They buy an extra day of food for each of them before they set off.

The party then arrives at the docks.

Condotierri: "I've got good news for you! We can't find the ship's previous owner, so it's yours by default."
Simon: "That's nice, though if you had confiscated it we probably would've taken it anyways. World to save and all that."
Condotierri: "Er... okay then. Have a nice trip."

The party boards the airship and sets off from Halltown.

Ed Pastry 2010/02/04(Thu)20:05 No. 125519 ID: 35cea2
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3 days later, they arrive at Meleg Helyen.

It is now 19 days before The End.

Ed Pastry 2010/02/04(Thu)20:08 No. 125523 ID: 35cea2
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Select what items should the party should bring with them.

>>125523

BACON

Dynamite, bullhorn, money, doomsday notes, a melee weapon for all three of you, an autodarter for Slater, and the flashlight because its gloomy here. First thing, buy food, then lets look for the thing we need from this place.

Also take the sunglasses. You never know if you're gonna have to pull ah Horatio later.

Add "toolbox" to the list of things to bring.

Take the cash and the computer, but put the computer somewhere safe, make sure it doesn't get hurt or broken.

>>125640
What? NO. Leave the computer on the ship. Its probably big and bulky and heavy and fragile. Carrying it with us is silly.

Just store it someplace secure on the ship.

Ed Pastry 2010/02/05(Fri)15:13 No. 125733 ID: 35cea2
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They take the MONEY, SUNGLASSES, BULLHORN, DOOMSDAY NOTES, FLASHLIGHT and the TOOLBOX. Io brings the ARBALEST and MACHETE, SIMON brings the CRANEQUIN DARTER and HATCHET, and SLATER brings the AUTODARTER and the AGENT'S DAGGER.

Io parks the airship on one of the stone piers surrounding Meleg Helyen.

Simon: "Gah! This atmosphere is killing me!"
Slater: "It is rather dreary, yes. But, I don't think it's THAT bad."
Simon: "That's because you don't have a nose to smell this nasty air."
Slater: "You don't have a nose either, Sir."
Io: "Ha ha, people having noses. What a silly thought!"

Ed Pastry 2010/02/05(Fri)15:15 No. 125736 ID: 35cea2
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Simon: "So this is Meleg Helyen..."
Slater: "Pretty impressive."
Io: "Where do we start looking for the ore?"
Simon: "No damn clue. I don't even know where anything is in this city."

Go toward the big building with the yellow light. It looks important, at the very least.

Head on down the stairs in the vague direction of the big tower.

Be on the lookout for a crazy clockwork chick.

Look for tourist information or other places that sell maps and guides to the city, while heading for the big tower.

We need to find out if the ore is illegal here first.

Ed Pastry 2010/02/08(Mon)20:42 No. 128499 ID: 35cea2
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The party heads off to the big building. As they get closer, they realize that it is a huge cathedral. The building seems to project an aura of solemnity; the whole block seems deathly quiet despite the people that are milling about.

>>125829
They didn't pass anything aside from housing en route to the cathedral.

>>128341
They really don't need to ask, they already know it's illegal everywhere.

>>128499
Those are some interesting weapons the guards have. Get a closer look at one to see exactly what it is.

Can we get some info about the cathedral from a passer-by?

Ed Pastry 2010/02/08(Mon)21:37 No. 128550 ID: 35cea2
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>>128502

Simon walks up to one of the guards.

Simon: "Hey, nice weapon you got there! What is it exactly?"
Guard: "Plasma halberd. Best weapon in the whole world, it can cut through anything. Hell, if I dropped it, it probably wouldn't stop until it reaches the other side."

>>128499

Simon then accosts a woman that is walking by.

Simon: "Excuse me miss, but what is that big building for?"
Woman: "That is the Cathedral of Saint Gustav. It's the center of Meleg Helyen; it's not only a church, but it has a hospital, a college, and it's also where the Szinódus meets."
Simon: "What is the Sin...Szino...?"
Woman: "The Szinódus is the group of nobles and bishops who rule Meleg Helyen."
Simon: "Ah, okay. Anything else interesting about the Cathedral?"
Woman: "Well, there are a lot of stories and superstitions about it. For example, one of them is about a man who got lost in the huge catacombs under the Cathedral and eventually starved to death, and now his ghost wanders the tombs and tries to kill visitors by making them lose their way as well."
Simon: "Eerie! Do you believe any of these stories?"
Woman: "Hahaha, no not really. I'm not a superstitious person. Well... actually the first part of that story is somewhat believable. Those tombs under the Cathedral stretch so far I assume it would be easy to get lost in there."
Simon: "Thank you for your time ma'am. You've been very helpful."

So we need to find out where do they keep the ore, but just asking would arouse suspicions.

We should start asking someone for a place to buy a map or something, we don't know anything about this city.

could we try to convince the city government to help us? It seems a lot easier than attempting to acquire it on our own.

>>128661
I second this. Ask one of the guards, or maybe the lady we accosted, where the mayor/city council can be found. If we set up our story via the DOOMSDAY NOTES and with back up from Slater and Io, we might be able to get them to actually help us regardless of the illegality involved.

Maybe. Its worth a shot.

Ed Pastry 2010/02/16(Tue)19:16 No. 133157 ID: 35cea2
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Simon tells his friends his plan.

Simon: "I think we should try to convince the people in charge here to give us some vacuum ore instead of trying to steal it."
Io: "Oh sure, that's going to work perfectly. 'Hey, we're a bunch of random weirdos and we'd like some highly dangerous materials that have the potential to level a city? It's for saving the world, we swear!'"
Simon: "You're a director, maybe your credentials can help convince them."
Io: "I doubt it."
Slater: "It's not like we have many alternatives, Ma'am."

Simon walks over to one of the guards.
Simon: "Hey, do you know where we could find the people that run this place?"
Guard: "In the Cathedral. Here, take this map; the Szinódus is in the green circle room."
Simon: "Thanks guy! Hmm... there are a lot of off limits places in this building aren't there?"
Guard: "Yes. Holy places and secret government areas. Don't intrude unless you want to vaporized. That's not an idle threat."

>>133157
Proceed to GREEN CIRCLEY ROOM. We should probably heed Io's warnings, kind of, so. Before even mentioning the horribly dangerous ore, we should bring up the doomsday thing first, and back it up with evidence.

>>133182

Would it be possible to get a telescope and just show them the incoming evil god?

Ed Pastry 2010/02/18(Thu)17:31 No. 134588 ID: 35cea2
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>>133464
They'd need a powerful telescope to see Volans at this time.


The party enters the Szinódus chambers. Apparently the council isn't in session; there is only one man there, scribbling away at some documents. He doesn't seem to notice the party entering.

An awkward silence pervades the room, broken only by the sound of a pen scratching.

Io: "Uh... excuse me..."

The man doesn't even look up.

"The world is going to end in three weeks."

>>134640
"And we need some help to stop that from happening."

Ed Pastry 2010/02/18(Thu)19:30 No. 134822 ID: 35cea2
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Simon: "The world is gonna end in three weeks, and we need some help to stop that happening."

The man finally looks up from his work and glares furiously at Simon.

Noble: "Listen, I'm a busy man, and I don't have the time to deal with every moronic prankster that waddles in here!"
Simon: "But there's really-"
Noble: "Do you have anything of ACTUAL importance to discuss, or are you here because you think it's funny to waste my time?!"
Simon: "But this is important! If you could see a telesc-"
Noble: "Maybe you don't understand me: I said something important, not some insane dribble!"

Slater leans over and whispers into Simon's ear side of his head.
Slater:"Sir, this man is an aristocrat. He probably doesn't even know the meaning of the word 'sense'."

>>134822
"Okay, okay, fine. We think we've figured out a way to use vacuum ore as fuel and we'd like some to test our methods. Thing is, it'd have to be a lot because the loss from the process is astronomical. You could, likely, do this without anyone knowing, too. Hell, the place we picked to do this is out in the middle of nowhere.

"Best case scenario, you get more money than you already have. Worst case scenario, you're out no more than a failed investment and never have to hear from us again."

He's an aristocrat. Aristocrats is in it for the money. Nothing more, nothing less.

Ed Pastry 2010/02/23(Tue)19:40 No. 138140 ID: 35cea2
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Simon: "Okay, okay, fine. We think we've figured out a way to use vacuum ore as fuel and we'd like some to test our methods. Thing is, it'd have to be a lot because the loss from the process is astronomical. You could, likely, do this without anyone knowing, too. Hell, the place we picked to do this is out in the middle of nowhere. Best case scenario, you get more money than you already have. Worst case scenario, you're out no more than a failed investment and never have to hear from us again."
Noble: "I'm not going to invest in some random fools who THINK they've got a good idea. Especially not with expensive and dangerous vacuum ore!"
Simon: "What would we need to do to convince you otherwise?"
Noble: "Go jump in the magma pits."
Io: "Are the other members of your council as huge dicks as you are? I'd like to know whether we should bother trying to find someone more reasonable or just give up now."
Slater: "Madam!"
Io: "When the entire planet is vaporized, I'm going to die with the consolation you will be gone with it!"
Simon: "Io, maybe we shouldn't-"
Noble: "You have five seconds to get the hell out of this Cathedral before I call security on your asses!"
Simon: *sigh*

Why did we not show him the documents!?

Let's leave then. Fuck this guy.

Hey, let's ask Io if she has an idea for getting some of that ore.

We can ask in the lobby and try to find out where any of the other council members are. If they aren't in here, maybe we can find one and talk to them without being arrested.

Ed Pastry 2010/02/23(Tue)21:03 No. 138192 ID: 35cea2
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The party leaves to the lobby area. There's almost nobody around, barring a custodian or two.

Simon: "Damnit Io, you ruined our chance at getting the ore from that guy!"
Io: "What chance? We probably couldn't have gotten anything useful from him if we threatened him at crossbowpoint!"
Simon: "He said he'd consider us maybe! Granted, diving into magma pits seems like a weird and dangerous way to earn someones trust... maybe if we wore some kind of heat suit or something..."
Io: "Oh god you really are that clueless aren't you?"
Slater: "Well Madam, do you have any other ideas?"
Io: "We COULD stick around to see if any other the other council members are gonna help us, but personally I think we would have a better chance at trying to smuggle some ore."
Slater: "Pardon me Madam, but I must say that that is the worst idea I've heard since a few days ago."
Io: "We've killed an entire pirate crew and survived encounters with multiple trained assassins. I think we might be able to handle this. Besides, how hard can a bit of smuggling be?"
Simon: "You jinxed it. Now we're all doomed."

How much ore do we need exactly? I mean, is it even a smuggle-able amount?

Where the hell would we find this ore anyway?

Lets go to some shady alleys and look for local smugglers or mafia. Be sure to keep your weapons ready, and lets go get dangerous.

>>138192

TO THE LIBRARY! It probably has some dry, dull, scientific information that omits very specific engineering and other informational qualities; entirely unhelpful unless you need to know where the ore sources from.

Find local academics, and a telescope powerful enough to demonstrate that the world is gonna end.

Ed Pastry 2010/03/02(Tue)18:46 No. 141319 ID: 35cea2
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>>138195
According to the rocket schema, they need only about 20 lbs of the stuff.

>>138318
The sky is too filled with smog to see anything.


The trio hits the library once again.The know that vacuum ore was once mined deep below Meleg Helyen and that international treaties have banned the substance. A helpful hint they learned is that the ore either has been lost to raids by criminals or are now stored in various castles and fortresses held by the Meleg Helyen government. Slater manages to find a map where some of the fortresses are; all of which are at least a day's travel by airship.

>>141319
Find info on the owners of the castles we know about, and head to the closest one who is also either very hospitable or mildly insane.

We need a rundown on said owners of said locatable castles.

Preferable one with an interest in astronomy, that gives us a point of entry and a telescope so we can prove our case

We should forge official documents listing us as legal shippers of the ore from one site to another. Then one-over a fortress garrison with this ruse and leave with the loot.

Can this be done?

Ed Pastry 2010/04/26(Mon)18:02 No. 170598 ID: 35cea2
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>>146400

Simon is not too sure he or anyone else in the party is any good at forging.

>>141506
He finds no mention of astronomy in any of the books. Uncultured barbarians.

>>141495
>>141351

Simon finds a page in a book that contains a brief summary of the forts that may contain vacuum ore. Unfortunately it's not a lot of information.

Betegvar is least likely to have sleepy, stupid guards we can pull a fast one on, so let's make that Plan C.

Lelkesvar is probably full of baddies we can kill without remorse, but we're not really that good at that sort of thing, so let's make that Plan B.

This leaves Olvadtvar as Plan A by default. Maybe we can sneak into the mines when nobody's looking. Perhaps there's a forgotten route through the ruins of the fort itself. That's how the material was first discovered, after all.

>>170976
I agree.

>>170976
Can't really think of anything to add to this.

Ed Pastry 2010/04/27(Tue)20:16 No. 171265 ID: 35cea2
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Simon: "Well, it looks like our bet is this Oldy Vat Tar place. It looks like the place with the lowest chance of running into people who would want to kill us."
Io: "That's reassuring."
Simon: "This was your idea in the first place, you know."

The party picks up a day's worth of food for the trip and then flies over to Olvadtvar.

Ed Pastry 2010/04/27(Tue)20:19 No. 171268 ID: 35cea2
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They arrive the next day, 18 days before The End. Olvadtvar appears to be not much bigger than a village. The fort in the middle seems fairly well maintained though, despite its age. They land on the ground some distance away from the main part of town.

Pick what equipment the party will bring. Refer to:
>>125523

Swap the books for the toolbox, and swap the potatoes, chococolate, and soot potato for the auto darter and ammo and the toolbox. Make sure Io is actually carrying the proper ammo for the arbalest. Also leave behind the alarm clock.

Uh, are we out of rations? We should buy more in town.

Also bring the monies.

We're pretty good for equipment. We're already armed enough to risk suspicion, and if we need the toolbox or whatever, we can come back for it.

Stop carrying around the pile of potato ash, at least. It's probably making a mess.

Pose as tourists who are interested in cremate military history.

Also, let's buy some more food before we begin pulling shenanigans, so we won't go hungry if we depart just ahead of an angry mob.

>>171827

This seems the best idea.

You know what you need to bring? Your game faces.

Also bring the flashlight, just in case you have to sneak into actual mining tunnels to get this stuff.

Suggestion 2010/04/30(Fri)21:36 No. 172370 ID: 35cea2
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They equip themselves as follows. They stop by a small store and pick up 2 days more rations.

Suggestion 2010/04/30(Fri)21:43 No. 172371 ID: 35cea2
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As they approach the fort, a tiny soldier stops them.

Soldier: "You don't look like you're from around here."
Io: "Very perceptive. Was it the fact we weren't made of lava?"
Soldier: "Just curious why anyone would be visiting a dinky town like this one."
Simon: "We're tourists!"
Soldier: "Tourists?"
Slater: "Yes Sir. Tourists are people that visit places that are far away from-"
Soldier: "I know what a tourist is! I just never thought of Oldvadtvar as any sort of tourist attraction."
Simon: "It's the fort. We're interested in military history you see."
Soldier: "Really? Well, I suppose I can give you a quick tour if you like. I can't show you the mines beneath the fort though, they're off limits."

>>172371

Take the brah up on his offer

>>172371
Ask what's wrong with the mines.

Suggestion 2010/05/05(Wed)16:47 No. 173919 ID: 35cea2
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Simon: "Sure, we'd love a tour!"
Slater: "Why are the mines off limits Sir?"
Soldier: "It's fulla dangerous stuff that could cause some serious trouble if it fell into the wrong hands. Or so I have been told."

The soldier leads them through the sleepy little town to the fort. It's quite small, but at least it looks somewhat well maintained.

Soldier: "Well as you can see there aren't a lot of us on duty right now. Most of the soldiers in this town are just reserves, living at home with their families and such until something comes up. Which is never. Anyways, there really isn't a lot here. Up there is the tower where you can get a scenic view of this star-forsaken hellscape, the armory full of outdated equipment is behind me, and that thing sticking out of the wall is the commander's office slash gross basement slash mines you can't go to."

Dick around acting interested in old things, until he gets bored of you, then try to sneak into the mines.

Talk his ear off about the apocalypse.

Let's see if we can find out if the commander's likely to believe us, find out what kinda guy he is.

When warning the soldiers about their impending death, it'll be best to leave out the part about the missile until after we've convinced them. If we tip them off that we're after vacuum ore, they might tighten up security.

Ed Pastry 2010/05/06(Thu)20:07 No. 174336 ID: 35cea2
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Simon: "Can we meet the commander of this place first? We want to warn him about the impending end of the world."
Soldier: "Sure I ca- wait what? Nevermind. I don't even want to know."

The soldier takes the party to commander of the fort.

Soldier: "Sir! I've brought some visitors. They're tourists and want to ask you a few questions."
Commander: "Tourists? That's preposterous, nobody visits here. Are you sure they aren't Trükkös spies? Sneaky bastards will try anything..."
Soldier: "The Trükkös Monarchy fell a decade ago, Sir."
Commander: "That's what they want you to think. So, you people. What do you want."
Simon: "We're just here to tell you that the world is going to end and we need any assistance we can get."
Slater: "Excuse me Sir, but I thought the idea was that we were touri-"
Commander: "STARS ABOVE IT'S HAPPENING I KNEW IT I KNEW IT ALL ALONG!"
Simon: "You did?"
Commander: "THOSE HABORUS BASTARDS HAVE BREACHED THE OUTER FORTS! ROUSE THE MEN! MAN THE WALLS! SOUND THE CHARGE! MELEG HELYEN IS IN DANGER! AUGH OH GOD SOMEBODY HOLD ME!"
Soldier: "Goddamn what did you do that for? He's going to be bouncing around like that all evening now..."
Commander: "AAAAAHHHHH!!!"

>>174336
Tell him about our plans to blow up the Fallen God with our rocket powered by Vacuum Ore!

...goddamn it why don't we have a more believable plan?

>>174337
Alright, then, let's explain it to our tour guide, he seems more reasonable. Apologize for rousing the commander, show him our doomsday notes, and explain the end of the world thing. If the commander stops being crazy, invite him to listen in, but the plan is to convert this soldier to our cause and, from there, have him either talk to the chief about it or work behind his back to get us that ore.

Io and Slater: Apologize for your enthusiastic and eccentric friend. Have Simon start talking his ear off about astronomic stuff that he could not possibly care about. While they're distracted, sneak into the mines.

>>174336
Oh wait no I have a better idea!

Let's tell him we can destroy Trükkös with the vacuum ore. He'd surely give us permission.

Let's just sneak into the mines with all the confusion this will cause.

>>174539
brilliant! he will probably give us all we could ever need if it means defeating the enemy.

>>174539
Let's do this after explaining to the tour guide about the world ending thing. It seems like he has a level head, and a man made of lava is a threat no matter how unimportant in the ranking system. We don't want to seem like we are playing on his boss' horrible PTSD to rip him off for our own personal gain.

We are playing on his boss' horrible PTSD to rip him off for the entire world's personal gain.

Ed Pastry 2010/05/08(Sat)11:04 No. 175030 ID: 35cea2
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Simon: "I'm serious, we need his help! Look at these notes here. You can CLEARLY see the kind of trouble we are in right now. If we-"
Commander: "THE WESTERN FRONT HAS FALLEN TO THE ENEMY! FIRE THE BALLISTAE! LAUNCH THE MISSILE! RELEASE THE HOUNDS! RED WIZARD NEEDS FOOD BADLY!"
Soldier: "Goddamnit I don't care what nonsense you are talking about! You're making a huge mess! Get out of here!"

Ed Pastry 2010/05/08(Sat)11:05 No. 175033 ID: 35cea2
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While the Commander's office is in a state of utter chaos, Io and Slater quietly slink off to the basement.

Look behind the boards. If you can't see anything, check the trapdoor.

Open that box to the right and take a peek inside.

Ransack everything! Open that trapdoor! Look in that crate! Examine behind the boards!

>>175047

This man speaks with wisdom, and for all of us! Pronto, pronto!

Ed Pastry 2010/05/11(Tue)17:56 No. 176280 ID: 35cea2
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Behind the boards is darkness. It's probably the mines.

In the crates are some cloth sheets.

Under the floorboards is an empty looking room that is completely flooded. It smells like rotten eggs.

>>176280
Well, let's not beat around the bush, here. I believe we have a mine to explore?

I'm rather glad Slater has the flashlight.

>>176280
The ore could be underwater... don't test this

>>176280
Flashlight our way into the mines!

Ed Pastry 2010/05/11(Tue)20:29 No. 176361 ID: 35cea2
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Slater and Io break the boards and enter the mines. There is a doorway leading to a large room to their left and a huge pit in front of them.

There is nothing but walls on the other side of the pit, and it goes deep enough that the flashlight cannot penetrate the lower darkness.

>>176361
Let's avoid the bottomless pit for now. The side room looks appealing.

>>176362

This.

looks like the door is the only reasonable option.

no wait! that's just what they WANT you to think! the pit obviously has a invisible floor so you can cross it easily!

Ed Pastry 2010/05/12(Wed)18:01 No. 176585 ID: 35cea2
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They head through the doorway. The room contains a few leaky pipes held together by duct tape, an empty minecart on a track leading someway far into the distance, and a somewhat ominous doorframe.

>>176585
Are those eyes in the darkness...? Perhaps some wild beastie decided to make these mines its home!

>>176588
watch it just be two round things of some kind.

>>176601
Watch it have just been two round things in the darkness until you said that.

Ed Pastry 2010/05/13(Thu)11:18 No. 176815 ID: 35cea2
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Slater shines his flashlight into the doorway. Some large, slimy creature starts hissing and snapping at them.

Io: "Eugh what the hell is that?"
Slater: "Whatever it is, it seems to be unwilling to move from its present location."

Well let's leave it alone for now. Just follow the minecart tracks.

it probably has a nest or something. creatures like that wouldn't try to fight when they could just run unless something important was there.

Ed Pastry 2010/05/14(Fri)18:20 No. 177501 ID: 35cea2
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Io and Slater follow the tracks. They lead a long way down a winding path, until the tracks lead into a bridge over a large, water filled pit.

Above there is a shaft with a bunch of rocks held in place by some planks.

>>177501
Could the rocks be vacuum ore? How would we tell? Do we know what it's supposed to look like?

>>177501
Use that mine cart to test how sturdy the bridge is. That construction looks a little rickety.

Ed Pastry 2010/05/15(Sat)20:49 No. 178104 ID: 35cea2
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>>177505
Vacuum ore is a pitch black rock that makes soft whistling noises as it absorbs the air around it. Those boulders are just plain old rocks.

>>177668
The shove a minecart down the tracks, which speeds forward down the bridge and into the darkness ahead. The tracks creak a little but otherwise seem rather sturdy.

good, lets head across, but be wary of anything that may cause a disturbance.

okay, if it could support the cart then you can keep going.

Well, let's go further in. Slater's not going to have trouble is he?

Ed Pastry 2010/05/15(Sat)21:32 No. 178137 ID: 35cea2
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Slater and Io carefully cross the bridge. Eventually they reach the other side. There's a switch on the wall connected to a generator and a series of lights. Ahead there is a mess of rockslide and minecarts. The track branches off into another tunnel to the right, and there is a doorway to the left. The sound of flowing water can be heard coming from above.

Slater: "It looks like a tight squeeze, but I think you might be able to climb over this rockslide if you wished to do so, Madam."

>>178137
see if you can channel the water away from the generator or pull the generator away from the wall so it's out of the puddle then flick the switch.

Check out what's over the rockslide, but don't go all the way through. Even if we can get over that doesn't mean we can take anything back.

>>178137
Don't touch the light switch. The generator is wet. If you turn that thing on, it's electrocution city.

I guess if you found a way to get that water away from it you might be able to turn it on safely...

Poke your head past the rockslide and see what's past it.

Ed Pastry 2010/05/15(Sat)21:56 No. 178149 ID: 35cea2
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>>178139
The generator is bolted to the ground, and they can't channel the water away with their hands alone.

Io crawls over the rockslide to see what is on the other side.

Slater: "Do you see anything Madam?"
Io: "There's a just a hatch in the floor and an old mining helmet."

we don't need to be splitting up down here, as tempting as it looks. Let's check the side doorway and see what's there.

>>178149
Take the helmet. Think you can use it to divert the water?

Ed Pastry 2010/05/17(Mon)18:33 No. 178912 ID: 35cea2
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HELMET OBTAINED

Unfortunately there is simply too much water streaming by for a helmet to gather it all.

Ed Pastry 2010/05/17(Mon)18:37 No. 178913 ID: 35cea2
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Also, the light in the helmet lacks batteries.

Slater and Io pass through the doorway and find themselves before a huge chasm. There is a ladder and a lift here.

Io: "Oh stars, that's a big drop. I think I can hear some hissing down there. Do you think it's the vacuum ore?"
Slater: "You are probably right Madam, but I don't think I'll be able to accompany if you go down. I can't navigate that ladder and this sign here says the lift is broken."
Io: "Do you think you can fix it?"
Slater: "Actually I think I could, but it would probably take me a few hours. Also we'd have to find a way to turn on the generator in the other room."

Wait a second, is the generator attached to the floor in any way? Maybe we can just use the rocks in the minecart to raise it above the water.

>>178149
>the generator is bolted to the ground