Heretic 2017/05/31(Wed)14:25 No. 805299 ID: 8a947d
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>>805298
You stand outside The Desert Cat Inn in the early morning thinking of your next move, Issei stands besides you chewing strawberries. You've got three things you could do today:

1.) Continue shopping for supplies before you go out (You have 235G to spend)

2.) Steal Medi's books back from the Regent Guard Station.

3.) Leave town immediately

>2.) Steal Medi's books back from the Regent Guard Station.

>>805299
Let's steal some books!

Let's steal some books.

And let's be honest, those church guys only stole the books because they didn't have anything about their religion written in them! But most importantly, they also took the porn from the library's very popular porn section! Bunch of assholes is what those church guys are!

Steal back those books.

Heretic 2017/05/31(Wed)15:43 No. 805312 ID: 8a947d
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Waking up with a hike and a heist sounds like a good idea. You make your way towards the Gudon Guard Outpost.

You find a spot from atop a nearby cliff edge to look down onto the outpost. Sadly, you have no tool or equipment that would allow you to get a better view of the area.

Issei: seems like security's pretty tight. do you think we have the fire power to go in directly, or should we try to be a bit sneakier ?

>>805312
Quick! Put on the dress and distract the guards with your feminine curves!

Oh, wait, you already ditched the dress. Never mind.

Well, I say you should try to sneak in.

>>805312
Support sneaking.

WIT and CHARM are our highest stats, so don your dress and let the games begin!

Looks like you should sneakily sneak.

Heretic 2017/05/31(Wed)17:32 No. 805335 ID: 8a947d
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>>805328
You never got rid of it! You kept it in case you ever needed the disguise again, and it looks like you were right to do so. With you cunning WIT you hatch a plan to sneak in.

>>805331
You tell Issei what you're thinking, he looks skeptical but goes along with it anyway. Issei moves to his hiding spot and waits for his signal.

Heretic 2017/05/31(Wed)17:51 No. 805341 ID: 8a947d
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>>805335
You wait for a couple of guards to patrol around the gate. Two make their rounds, an older man and a short-haired woman with a large crossbow. You approach them trying to sound as desperate as possible.

You: Guards! Guards! Please I am in need of assistance.

Guardsman: Whoa there ma'am whats gotten you in such a state ?

Guards-woman: Stay calm and tell us whats wrong.

You: There is a beast most foul pursuing through the desert! It has waited from afar but now I fear it is drawing closer as I continue.

You: There! over there I can see it rearing its ugly maw!

That's Issei's signal...

Heretic 2017/05/31(Wed)18:09 No. 805345 ID: 8a947d
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>>805341
Issei's hidden behind a rock and deformed his head enough to not be recognizable. Peeking out from the rock waving his tentacles to look like some sort of monster, well a different sort of monster than he already is.

Guardsman: Dear gods the hell is that thing ?

Guards-woman: Looks like some sort of wild demon, there's only one though.

Guardsman: I'll go take care of it. Take the woman inside make sure she's comfortable.

Guards-woman: Yes sir, follow me girl.

Issei should be leading the guard back somewhere far enough to eat him without causing too much trouble. Hopefully you'll be able to get the books fast enough without anybody noticing that guy's missing.
Martha opens the gate with a key and leads you into the outpost.

>>805345
>to eat him
Don't count on this. The guard might not be rotten!

>>805345
Remember, we're talking about a library worth of books. You ain't sneaking out of here with that many! Maybe you can find a cart or a wagon or something.

Heretic 2017/05/31(Wed)19:51 No. 805362 ID: 8a947d
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>>805355
You're assuming the guard is going to be gone for a while just in case otherwise more guards will be sent after Issei if you aren't fast enough and they might call in Priests.

>>805357
Another issue you'll deal with soon, there's gotta be a cart or something in the courtyard of this place.

The guards-woman leads you into a small holding room.

Guards-woman: I've got to fill out some paperwork, sit tight and I'll be back.

She leaves the rooming leaving you alone.

" Do you like me? Yes or No."

>>805362
So, what's in the room?

Get out and ask for the little girls' room. More space to cover is an asset, dignity be damned.

Heretic 2017/06/01(Thu)11:45 No. 805444 ID: 8a947d
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>>805368
A waste-bin with a few assorted wrappers in side of it. but a Dead Cockroach behind it which you take.

>>805379
You slip out of the room quickly to ask the guards-woman where the restrooms are; She tells you they're down the hall to the right and past the break-room, but she warns you not to go into any area you aren't authorized in.
Now that she's left and you have an excuse to leave your room, you gotta find where those books are being kept.

Is that a map of the building on the wall?

>>805444
First check out the map, see if contraband storage is listed on it. If not, I guess we'll have to guess at where it is.

There's an important question: How are we getting the books out if we get to them? Books are heavy, unless we've got some kind of magic to deal with that problem, or we can steal borrow some.

For now, we need to keep on the lookout for unattended equipment and clues to what these people are worried enough about to panic and overreact to.

Heretic 2017/06/01(Thu)21:34 No. 805551 ID: 8a947d
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>>805450
>>805456
there is a building directory on the wall.
1-Entrance Area/Breakroom/Holding Cells
2-Maximum Holding Cells/ Interrogation
3-Offices/Storage
4-Barracks
5-Radio Station

Right now you're on the 1st floor. It wouldn't be a stretch to assume the books are in storage.

>>805544
You plan on summoning a creature large enough to carry them for you, but first you need to find where they are for all you know they're not in the storage area for some reason.

Right now you can continue up in your dress and sweet talking your way through guards, or you can change back into your 4 of Hearts outfit to sneak around and hide from guards. How will you continue ?

>>805551
You might as well keep going to the bathroom. I mean, it'd be better to empty your bladder now, instead of having to go later and not having access to a bathroom.

And let's be honest, women's bathrooms are much cleaner than the men's bathrooms!

Look for air vents in the bathroom that you can crawl into, so that you can leave the bathroom without having to go back through the hallways. Air vents are the best friends of anyone that wants to sneak around!

>>805551
Put on your sneaking outfit and let's head to offices/storage.

Can we stage a jailbreak here? I realize that this is a bit like using hand grenades to crack walnuts, but if we can get the cops chasing escaped people that would be a great distraction for anything else we might want to do.
On the other hand, if there's folks that genuinely belong here for the common good, busting them out would put blood on our hands.

Heretic 2017/06/02(Fri)01:20 No. 805569 ID: 8a947d
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>>805553
>>805556
Regardless of your dress you are still a MAN, and as such you quickly enter the MEN'S restroom and switch to your proper attire.

>>805560
You'll see if there are any criminals in the maximum holding cells and assess if freeing them is necessary or not. Even if you do free them the odds of them escaping successfully is slim.

Heretic 2017/06/02(Fri)01:21 No. 805570 ID: 8a947d
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>>805553
You scurry up a nearby vent that leads upwards

>>805569
You're supposed to enter the WOMEN'S restroom because you were disguised as a WOMAN! It looks suspicious when a woman goes into the men's restroom! You better hope no one saw you come in here because they'll follow you in to try and correct you on being in the wrong restroom!

>>805570
And now it's even worse! You forgot to put the vent cover back on the vent! If someone did see you and is coming in to tell the woman they saw they're in the wrong restroom, they'll see the open vent and know that the woman they saw come in here is now in the vents!

Heretic 2017/06/02(Fri)12:26 No. 805598 ID: 8a947d
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>>805577
You made sure no one was around to see you, you're not some amateur at sneaking into places.
Pagans have been known to participate in wild, crazed, and debauched ceremonies but you at the very least have the decency to enter the correct restroom. you may have been dressed as a woman but to enter the woman's restroom would be unacceptable as you are a man.

You us your deft AGILITY and maneuver up the vents following the sound of screaming until you find another to exit out of. You peek into the room outside: There's a guard drinking in front of you and in front of him is a closed room where the screams are coming from. Either you're in Interrogations or the things they do in the Barracks are extremely fucked up.

Sneak up and pistol-whip the guard to knock him out.

>>805598
Is it screams of pain or screams of pleasure?

If pain, then it's coming from interrogation. If pleasure, then it's coming from the barracks and is most likely off duty guards having sex.

>>805607
But where do we hide the body?

Heretic 2017/06/02(Fri)15:35 No. 805623 ID: 8a947d
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>>805607
You sneak up behind the guard and bash him across the back of the head with your pistol !

Heretic 2017/06/02(Fri)15:36 No. 805624 ID: 8a947d
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>>805623
Then you realize you lack the required STRENGTH to successfully out someone in one hit.

>>805624
Dangit! Hit him again then.

Well then, repeat that until they are unconscious.

>>805624
Does that number mean we need at least 3 STRENGTH to knock someone out in 1 sneak attack?

He still hasn't seen you! Quickly, hit him again!

Heretic 2017/06/02(Fri)16:27 No. 805632 ID: 8a947d
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>>805626
>>805627
>>805629
You continue your attack until the guardsman is knocked out completely, luckily the prisoners screams of pain from the next room over drowned out the sound of you violently bashing this mans skull in.

>>805632
Nonlethal takedown successful...?

Okay let's... actually let's peek into the interrogation room.

Heretic 2017/06/02(Fri)16:47 No. 805634 ID: 8a947d
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>>805632
You go through the guards pockets and find 60G, theres also a Tooth you knocked out of the guard's mouth on the floor.

You hide the unconscious guard underneath the table next to the vent you exited. There's no directory in this hall so all you have to go off of is instinct: you can go left right or into the room where the screams are coming from.

>>805634
There's a window! Peek in first!

Heretic 2017/06/02(Fri)17:39 No. 805640 ID: 8a947d
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>>805633
>>805635
You peek into the interrogation room. A man in a large helmet looms over a scrawny guy chained to the wall.

Torturer: So then I said "Beaver ? I hardly know her!" Bweheheh!

Victim: Oh god please...

Torturer: What, that was a good one! aw screw you I'm gonna write that one down for later.

Victim: W-Wait what are you- NO DON'T. AAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!

You stop peeking.

>>805640
Well, that's obviously not where they're keeping the books!

Let's go to the left.

Go up behind the guard and hold him at gun point, tell the prisoner to scream as loud as he can then pop the guard in the back 3 times.

Heretic 2017/06/02(Fri)19:26 No. 805659 ID: 8a947d
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>>805647
Attracting too much attention would not be a good idea. Though you don't want to leave that guy there you don't want to go killing too many people you don't need to. Besides that guy is like twice as big as you and dressed head to toe in armor

>>805647
You head to the left, the hallway hooks around and leads you to the holding cells. a guard makes rounds and heads left, no doubt he'll be coming back afterwards; whatever you're going to do you better act quick before you have to leave.

Too many eyes, we can't sneak through here.

>>805669
Yep. Gonna have to go back to the screaming guy's room and go to the right this time.

Do we gain a point in strength for knocking out that guard eventually?

Heretic 2017/06/02(Fri)23:37 No. 805682 ID: 8a947d
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>>805671
You don't see yourself gaining any experience from bashing people over the head
>>805669
>>805670
Upon closer inspection a lot of the cells are empty, it's not like Gridholm where every cell was filled. While you can sneak past this area rather easily you cannot start a jailbreak like before.
Do you still want to go back the way you came ?

>>805682
Alright if we can sneak through here to get to storage, then let's.

Woah woah woah!

Look I know we may not be the greatest guy around but not one deserves THAT! You go back in there and you serve up some JUSTICE for that guy!

>>805569
>using the right bathroom
What kind of heretic of the natural order are you.

>>805632
Sorry, dude. Still better than getting eaten by a demon, though.

>where go
Think we should be looking for a way to storage.

>>805714
Even if the guy getting tortured is some sort of mass murderer and/or child rapist? Helping that guy without knowing a thing about him might actually be worse than leaving him in there.

I understand that we want to help everyone, but not everyone should be helped.

Heretic 2017/06/03(Sat)16:12 No. 805749 ID: 8a947d
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>>805714
>>805723
Even if you did want to help that guy there's no way you'd get past the Interrogator without causing trouble for yourself. He's on his own here unfortunately.

>>805689
You continue through the holding cell hall area. Peeking into the occasional cell all non hold anything of use to you except the spare manacle or chain, a few held prisoners scarred with the mark of the Regent Church cowering in the cell corners. To free them would be pointless; once they left their cells they'd be hunted and killed. There's no way you could do it alone.
At the end of the cell area there's the guard from earlier and another man dressed in scribes talking next to a building directory. You listen in on their conversation.

Guard: Ain't nothin' goin' on 'ere at all, I don' wanna jailbreak or nothin' but gods is it borin' just sittin' around

Scribe: There's supposed to be a book burning later today, the library from the town aways from here got its inventory confiscated after one of the books had some crazy heretic shit in it.

Guards: Oy wha's ot about burnin' books tha's so great huh? is it tha' uhhh. cathers-, cathersit-, uh damn wha's that word?

Scribe: Catharsis ? probably. Hey I think there was dictionary in the books wanna go grab and see what else there is before they cart them out of storage ?

Guards: Nah, Ahm goin' to get a drink at the barracks.

>>805749
These guys suck at their job. If only 1 book has that stuff, you're only supposed to confiscate that 1 book! That's no reason to take the whole library!

Anyways, I'm sure we can take that book for ourselves and return everything else.

>>805749
If the scribe goes to storage, we can hold him at gunpoint to force him to let us in there (if it's locked) or just get him to help collect all the books.

>>805749
Well, now we know where the books are, at least.

If no one knows how many books there are, maybe you could switch them out for something? If they think they've burned the material, they'll never know it was stolen back.

To the library!

Heretic 2017/06/03(Sat)17:15 No. 805762 ID: 8a947d
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>>805752
>>805753
You doubt this guy'll help you do anything, but for now you follow him silently. He climbs a flight of stairs up to what you assume is the storage floor.

Heretic 2017/06/03(Sat)17:39 No. 805766 ID: 8a947d
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>>805762
There very little guards on patrol here though it's probably because the office wouldn't need that much guarding, that or the church outpost is severely undisciplined.
The Scribe comes to a stop in front of a storage door.

Heretic 2017/06/03(Sat)18:29 No. 805771 ID: 8a947d
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>>805766
As the scribe opens the door and goes into the storage room you carefully catch the door with your foot wait a second for him to move deeper in and slide inside after him.
You duck behind one of the large storage cabinets and watch him go through a large bag of books whispering to himself.

Scribe: Jeez no wonder they confiscated these. The stuff in these stories are crazy, I mean what the hells a rabbit ?

He's distracted by his book, on the cabinet next to him is a book with the Pagan's mark.

What now ?

>>805771
Knock on the door, then go around the shelves while he goes to the door. Then get that pagan book and hide again when he comes back. Read the pagan book while he goes back to reading his book.

>>805777
"Huh, what was that?"
Supporting.

Hmm, dunno what to do here, but I suspect things might get loud soonish. That guard mentioned he was going to drink at the barracks, he might stumble into the unconscious guard you hid. Besides, you won't be able to carry all those books on your own.

Heretic 2017/06/03(Sat)19:33 No. 805782 ID: 8a947d
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>>805777
>>805779
Ah yes one of the greatest tactics known to man, the old Charleston Switcher-oonie. You knock on the door and distract the Scribe. He moves around the front and you sneak around the back and grab the Pagan Book. After the Scribe is done checking the mysterious sound he begins to head back and you circle back around to your prior hiding spot as well.

The book you grabbed is titled Ritual Spells and Instantaneous Castings. There was a class on this back at Daesfield, you didn't pay attention but you cheated off of the guy you sat next to and barely passed.

Heretic 2017/06/03(Sat)20:08 No. 805790 ID: 8a947d
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>>805782
You read the book a lot of the pages are torn or smudged but a good number of them are still legible.

"-Though summoning demons through the use of sygil signs are a vital part of the Pagan's arsenal its important not to rely on it. Using Ritual Spells to cast instantly is also a useful tool for Summoners to use. Priests pay for the cost of their Miracles by worshiping gods, the payment for the casting of a Ritual Spell is blood, either blood on hand or the blood of the caster.

A common ritual spell used by Pagans is Aether Sight, a ritual that allows its caster to enhance their sight by peering through the Aether into the material world letting them see through walls and mark vital targets. This spell is very much like the Voyeuristic Globule summon aside from the fact it takes an ounce of blood per minute of use.

You've learned Aether Sight

Now you've discovered this new spell, but you still need to get that sack of books.

Issei can probably carry it. Do you have a way to contact him?

>>805790
Can we take the books, but stuff something else into the bag?

If they burn it without opening it, they'll never know!

(...I you put a fireproof demon in the bag, it'll cause a lot of chaos when they go to burn it, and they'll assume it came from the evil books).

Heretic 2017/06/03(Sat)21:24 No. 805800 ID: 8a947d
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>>805791
No, you don't have any communication to Issei, kind of a gap in our plan.
>>805795
Summoning a demon just to have it sit in a bag seems like a poor plan, but there is something else you can stuff in the bag...

Heretic 2017/06/03(Sat)21:26 No. 805801 ID: 8a947d
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>>805800
Scribe: This may be ridiculous but it sure is entertaining, this Huck Finn kid is hilarious.

Scribe Though I still don't know what this N word is...

*THWAK* *THWAK* *THWAK*

That should be enough.

Hmm let's see what we can summon... do you have any bones for the brute? That's likely the best option, because entrails are gonna be hard to get without murdering somebody. Oh hey maybe we can find a bone in here somewhere. Start opening cabinets. Also see if you can wedge the door shut so you won't get disturbed too early.

Heretic 2017/06/03(Sat)21:49 No. 805804 ID: 8a947d
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>>805801
You empty the books out of the sack and stuff the unconscious scribe into their place. Now that you've got the books next you should summon something to help you carry them. A Roaming Gluttony would be best, it's bottomless stomach could safely hold these books no problem... but you lack the 2 Amethyst shards necessary to summon it.
Well...you're not out yet, you could always try Substituting the Amethyst with something else to see if it works...

Wait, this is storage, right? See if there's anything in the other cabinets you can use as summoning supplies.

Oh, the gluttony can store items too? Neat.

Shit we should've bought amethyst from town when we had the chance. Could you try substituting crystal shards? It's pretty close!

Heretic 2017/06/03(Sat)22:22 No. 805808 ID: 8a947d
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>>805805
No, nothing useful, mostly clothes and old things nobody wants but nothing good for a summon.

>>805806
seems like the next best thing is substitution of ingredients. This could work but its also risky, if the ingredient substituted isn't similar to whats being used it could blow up in your face, literally. The summoned demon can also vary slightly due to the change in reagents, it'll always be in someway related to the original but a little different.
So you need something similar to Amethyst: Amethyst is crystalline and purple. So something crystalline, purple, or both to use, You have clear crystals and black obsidian to use.

>>805804
Gluttony can store things? I thought whatever it ate was digested!

But, I don't think the library lady would appreciate getting her books back all covered in demon saliva.

What do we currently have and what do we need for summons that'll be useful for carrying books and getting out of here? Because if you summon a demon to carry the books, we ain't sneaking out of here!

Is... there any purple paper we could steal from a book to make the clear crystal purple?

Or if the fruit pack includes a grape we could use that to stain the clear crystal.

Hah, clear crystals with berry juice on them sounds like it should at least be entertaining.

Heretic 2017/06/03(Sat)22:50 No. 805813 ID: 8a947d
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>>805809
The Gluttony doesn't digest things it just stores stuff in the pocket dimension that is its stomach, but they can be easily retrieved if they are chewed up in its mouth.
Besides the Gluttony is the best option you have right now.

>>805810
>>805811
The juice just barely clings to the sheer crystals. you doubt this'll work, but a part of you wants to see how this goes.

Heretic 2017/06/03(Sat)23:10 No. 805815 ID: 8a947d
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>>805813
Here goes nothing, the summoning energy thrashes wildly and crackles like lighting. Its very obvious ingredients are substituted here.

Heretic 2017/06/03(Sat)23:11 No. 805816 ID: 8a947d
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>>805815
Oh?

Heretic 2017/06/03(Sat)23:12 No. 805817 ID: 8a947d
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>>805816
Well...It's not exactly the same, but it should work the same. Less of a Roaming Gluttony and more of a Gluttonous Arachnid

>>805817
Perfect! Get the bag inside it and let's ride it out a window and down one of the walls. Spider-climb!

Can it climb walls? We would be able to make a quick escape out a window if so.

>>805813
How big is the spider?

>The Gluttony doesn't digest things it just stores stuff in the pocket dimension that is its stomach, but they can be easily retrieved if they are chewed up in its mouth.
Does that mean a person that gets chewed up can be pulled out and still be alive and unchewed?

And wouldn't that also mean that the books will be returned to us as a bunch of chewed up chunks? We need them whole!

>>805818
We don't need the bag! We already took the books out of the bag! The only thing in there is the guard we knocked out and we don't need him!

>>805819
We don't know how big the spider is! That idea won't work if the spider is too small!

Ah what the hell, put the guard in the spider and put the books in the bag and ride your way down. You can deal with the guard later.

>>805817
Hello spidey! Good spidey-widey.

>what do
We should test that it has the same pocket space storage as the Roaming Gluttony. Feed it something you don't care about, then see if it can be recovered intact.

If so, then we can feed it the books.

...if you can ride or be carried by this thing safely, climbing down the outside of the walls might be an option.

Heretic 2017/06/04(Sun)15:22 No. 805865 ID: 8a947d
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>>805818
>>805819
>>805825
>>805839

You place the books inside the Spider and make sure it swallows but doesn't chew them. You mount it as best you can and ride out of the window.
The spider clings to the side of the wall letting you ride down to the ground safely. As you reach the ground you hear an alarm go off inside of the Outpost, they must've found the knocked out people inside. You better get going.

>>805865
Hi-ho Spider, away!

Heretic 2017/06/04(Sun)15:50 No. 805867 ID: 8a947d
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>>805865
You leap the gate and haul ass out of the outpost.

As you escape you hear the sound of clicking and groaning metal. You look back to see the gate of the Outpost.

Go find Issei.

Heretic 2017/06/04(Sun)16:03 No. 805869 ID: 8a947d
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>>805867
Cavalrymen chase you on horse back ! Your spider is much faster, but you can see bows and rifles in their hands! Unless you can dodge every arrow and bullet that comes your way you're screwed!

There about 5 or 6 of them on you now and they don't seem to be letting up, up until now you've never checked your ammunition since you've only really fired two shots from your old Sixshot an none from your Ivory Repeater. Right now you have 4 Sixshot bullets and 6 Ivory Repeater rounds.

You can try shooting them off of you.
Roll 1d6 and add 4 from your SKILL stat to determine the outcome

Or you can keep retreating and try to dodge the gunfire.
Roll 1d6 and add 3 from you AGILITY stat to determine the outcome

rolled 4 + 4 = 8

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Pew pew!

Dodge the bullets. You got this.

rolled 3 + 4 = 7

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Gonna use our higher numbered skill and fire back at them!

>>805876
Or aim at the bigger target and shoot their horses!

Heretic 2017/06/04(Sun)16:57 No. 805884 ID: 8a947d
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>>805870
>>805878
amidst the gunfire of the enemy you take aim with your Old Sixshot and fire at the cavalry !

You aimed for the soldier in the front but hit his horse instead, sending it back and knocking its rider off. The horses corpse hits another two riders taking out 3 in total. That leaves 3 others chasing you.

rolled 5 + 4 = 9

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>Shoot the horse
Good idea! Shoot more horses!

>>805934
Dang, almost perfect.

Heretic 2017/06/04(Sun)21:03 No. 805962 ID: 8a947d
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>>805934
You turn back dodging more gunfire and shoot another rider's horse, once again he falls to the ground, the rider behind him dodges the horses corpse but his horse trips over the body of his comrade causing them both to fall.
The last one shoots at you just missing your arm, you crouch down and fire back at him hitting him directly, his horse gets scared and runs away. A dust storm begins to kick up as you continue to ride.

Heretic 2017/06/04(Sun)21:14 No. 805965 ID: 8a947d
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>>805962
That's that.

Now all that's left to do is find Issei, get through this sand storm, and get back to Gudon.

Look out a man with an extremely circular head!

>>805965
Is that Issei?

I think you're about to encounter the boss! Identify the target before you shoot it, though. It could be Issei?

Heretic 2017/06/04(Sun)22:13 No. 805977 ID: 8a947d
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>>805967
>>805969
>>805972
Wha-? Ph shit someone's tailing you!

That can't be Issei, the silhouette way to short on the horse. That's not right there were 6 people and you took them all out,there's no way a seventh could have caught up to you.

Heretic 2017/06/04(Sun)22:14 No. 805978 ID: 8a947d
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>>805977
It's hard to make out the person through the sandstorm, but between the waves of sand you can...

Oh Shit.

Heretic 2017/06/04(Sun)22:14 No. 805979 ID: 8a947d
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>>805978
IT'S A PRIEST

rolled 4 + 4 = 8

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>>805979
Unload your repeater at him.

What does this mean?

>>805983
It means we've got an enemy that can unsummon our spider!

Heretic 2017/06/05(Mon)02:11 No. 806007 ID: 8a947d
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>>805983
What does this mean ? It means you're probably fucked that's what it means! A Regent Priest not 10 feet away from you well trained in the destruction and dispelling of demons and the use of Miracles. This guy's way ahead of you in terms of magical prowess and has probably dealt with bigger heretical threats than you.

>>805982
In a panic you fire at him with your Ivory Repeater. All shots are swept away from him as he waves his charm across the air casting a protective miracle. Firing is useless, and he continues to pressure you.

Fuuuuck, we gotta find Issei!

...oh, can you cast Aether Sight to find Issei? Or to conveniently sense a weak point on the Priest?

>>806007
Damn, I was hoping that would at least scare the horse and make it either run away with the priest or knock the priest off and run away without him.

Questions: If he dispells your spider, what happens to everything it's carrying for you? Will everything still be there next time you summon it or would it all be gone for good? And if everything's still there, would you need to resummon the spider to get it or could you just summon the normal Gluttony to get everything?

I sure hope Issei conveniently shows up and helps!

Well, some spiders can jump very high, Can our little friend do that? If so, I would say you should shot your other gun on that priest to supress them and stop him from doing anything, if possible (although be mindful of your ammo), and then jump to get away of his line of sight. The Dust clouds should in help us with that in fact.

Failing that, Well, Try to delay him as much as possible, and keep yourself at a distance, mind your ammo, and if they seem to be trying something, shot at him to force him to block it. And try to make it look like you can do that all day, They don't need to know that we are having shortage of ammo.

shit shit shit

On the gas lets think, we need something he won't expect, what if we aim at the horses leg, he can block any shot at him and the top part of his horse, can we cap the leg of his horse and send him tripping?

Hold your fire. You'll just end up wasting your ammo having it bounce off that bullshit Miracle shield no matter how well you aim. And you're not nearly skilled enough to do trick shot ricochets off rocks to hit the Priest from a unexpected angle, so that option is out.

Okay, you need to take advantage of your mount's special abilities. So far that looks like it can go up or down sheer walls, while a horse can't. But if you try to go up a sheer rock wall here, the Priest would catch up in a matter of seconds. However, if you go DOWN, over a cliff edge, one that he could not see coming in this sandstorm in time to stop... Hehehe.

Unfortunately, the problem with this idea is you can't see more than ten feet ahead of you in this sandstorm, so it'd be sheer luck to find a cliff. But, you could do the Aether Sight ritual spell and that handicap would go right away, while the Priest wouldn't have such a benefit. Plus, you could look about for Issei as well. And in the case you don't see a suitable cliff, you can still use the Aether Sight to circle back around to closer to where Issei was to see if he's nearby.

>>806007
Demons are useless and guns are useless. You have one option- seduce him!

Can you get into rougher terrain? Spider country!

Heretic 2017/06/05(Mon)15:39 No. 806114 ID: 8a947d
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>>806015
>>806059
You activate Aether Sight.The your sight is washed with the demonic red hue of the Aether, you don't see Issei anywhere and there's no discernible weakness on the Priest.
There are a cliffs for you to leap to but you're so far from them it may take time.

>>806027
The Gluttonous Spider did not chew the books or swallow them with the intention to eat them, if the spider is destroyed the books will scatter about.

>>806065
How are supposed to seduce anyone in this sandstorm ? Getting it all in your eyes and in your nose you cant be charming in this condition !

>>806042
As the Priest begins to gain on you faster and faster you stop short causing the Priest to pass you by and have your Spider prepare and leap forward. The spider leaps surprisingly far, it seems like you're in the clear for now.

Heretic 2017/06/05(Mon)15:42 No. 806116 ID: 8a947d
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>>806114
Priest:...

Priest: There's no chance you'll get away from me heretic.

Priest: God of the sky, my god Zarkaus smite this heretic and bring him to his knees.

Heretic 2017/06/05(Mon)15:44 No. 806118 ID: 8a947d
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>>806116
A bolt of lightning strikes you in the midair!

you plummet and hit the ground.

Agh. Try to evade as best you can. Use the spider's better maneuverability by weaving around to keep the horse from being able to catch up to you.

Get to those cliffs!

Have you still go the stone? You need to stash that before they find it.

>>806118
Shoot horse? Shoot charm? send spider ahead?

Is there some way to sever his connection to his god? He seems to be calling it with that little totem he has. Any way to get around and shoot it out of his hand or something?

Heretic 2017/06/05(Mon)17:13 No. 806144 ID: 8a947d
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The lightning continues to strike behind and in front of you

>>806137
>>806138
You're already further ahead of him, he's too far to shoot and it'd be too risky with you the 3 bullets you have left. Moving closer is a terrible idea since it puts in the center of the lightning strikes and even if you could that barrier miracle makes him and his horse untouchable. Your best bet is to continue retreat.

>>806121
you shove the Azerite into the spiders mouth and hope it doesn't get killed on the way.

>>806119
You continue to weave around the lightning and try to predict where it'll strike, but you're sure the Priest is gaining on you as you struggle with his lightning.

Heretic 2017/06/05(Mon)17:22 No. 806145 ID: 8a947d
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>>806144
The cliff is in eyesight ! one more leap and your spider should be able to catch the side!

Will you rely on your AGILITY to try and maneuver your spider through the lightning strikes?
(Roll 1d6 and add 3)

Or will you try and find a pattern in the lightning with your WITS to get through the barrage ?
(Roll 1d6 and add 8)

(Success=8)

Succeeding with a lower stat will cause it to increase more next time you level up

rolled 3 + 8 = 11

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>>806145
I don't think we should risk it here. We'd have to roll a 5 or 6 to succeed with Agility.

...do I even need to roll with WITS? Eh, I guess I'll do it anyway.

>>806147
Success!

Huh, what's the priest's weakness, I wonder?

Pagan needs materials. Prophet needs who knows what. Is the priest actively burning his god's favor to pull off this light show? Which would suggest they work best in bursts- longer rest periods of prayer and favor building in exchange for brief periods of burning power. Rechargeable batteries. So you wanna target one after they already burned off reserves. Hmmm. Assuming any of my guesses are right, at least.

>>806118
On the plus side, without a conductive path to ground, that probably hurt way less than it would have it had hit you not mid-air.

Heretic 2017/06/05(Mon)18:32 No. 806170 ID: 8a947d
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>>806160
Priests need to worship gods to "fuel" them, the gods gain power from the worship and grow stronger and stronger, to cast a Miracle the god sends out a burst of this fuel to the Priest.
The trade off for this is that Gods receive worship through Shrines and store it in them as well, these shrines are weak points for gods since if they're destroyed the worship is gone with it. Priest's also lose power the further away they are from these shrines

Along with this Priests need charms to cast Miracles, no charm no Miracles. You'd target the Priests charm but the protective barrier is too much

>>806147
>>806154
You watch how the lightning strikes around and almost hits you, thought it looks almost unending the lightning doesn't act like natural lightning. It seems like the bolts can't hit the same area more than once within a given space of time. With this knowledge you move towards bolts of lightning in front of you knowing that where they strike is a temporary safe zone.

You finally reach a point where you are confident enough to prepare your Gluttonous Spider to jump towards the cliff. It latches to the side and quickly skitters to the top.

Heretic 2017/06/05(Mon)18:53 No. 806174 ID: 8a947d
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>>806170
You keep riding and don't stop until you can't hear lighting striking anymore. You and your spider stop to catch you breath. The sandstorm lets up a little.

That's the last time you want to see a priest.

>>806174
You and Issei agreed on a place to meet each other, right? Let's go there to meet up with him!

Also, WHY THE FUCK ARE YOU STOPPING NEXT TO THE CLIFF?!?! KEEP GOING BEFORE THE PRIEST DOES SOMETHING THAT LET'S HIM CATCH UP!!!!!

>>806174
Good spider. *Pat pat pat*

Has anyone else noticed that OP spelled "priest" wrong in the file names?

Heretic 2017/06/05(Mon)20:09 No. 806200 ID: 8a947d
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>>806199
banned, blocked, get out, you're not welcome here

>>806188
You're not still near the cliff, you kept going for a long time until you couldn't hear the lightning anymore.

You and Issei haven't agree'd on any place to meet, all you can do is go back to Gudon and hope he's there. You can't keep searching if there's that Priest roaming around.

Can he still see us from up there? Can our spider burrow underground in preparation to catch him off guard?

>>806200
THE PRIEST IS RIGHT BEHIND YOU!!! GET YOUR WOMANLY CURVES BACK ONTO THE SPIDER AND GET GOING!!! DX

rolled 3 + 4 = 7

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>>806200
If he's using a charm to fly that probably means he can't block bullets anymore. Try shooting him again.

>>806200
God damn god damner.

Heretic 2017/06/05(Mon)20:45 No. 806205 ID: 8a947d
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>>806202
>>806203
Wait shoot who ? Wha-

Heretic 2017/06/05(Mon)21:07 No. 806207 ID: 8a947d
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>>806205
It wasn't direct...but it still hurt a lot.

Priest: Didn't even get a big fish this time.

Priest: Just a black molly dressed like a piranha. I was hoping I'd at least get a scratch this time.

The Priest mocks you, it's a woman's voice.

Priest: Oh well, another head for the count...

>>806207
Limit break. The bandages are torn: hidden tattoo runes, activate!

What's that in the sky?

Heretic 2017/06/05(Mon)21:31 No. 806211 ID: 8a947d
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>>806208
Your hidden rune scars activate and unleash their ultimate ability, bleeding when reopened.

Priest: When you think about I'm doing you a favor!

Priest: Some other priests like to take their time with this sort of thing, real fucked up bastards.

Priest: Just don't try anything dumb and I won't make this any worse than it already is...

You can hear a gun cock behind you

Tell them to wait, you just wanted the earth to be green again,

Time to try out your CHARM! Woo that lady priest like your life depends on it!

"Real killers don't rationalize their choices. Here, let me - ARGHGURGLE"

Fake death, she'll think it's internal bleeding. Then do whatever.

>>806219
You better hope she's into women! Because one look at Heretic's feminine curves and she'll think he's a woman that's trying to hit on her! XD

Your gluttony took advantage of all that smoke to circle around and is going to jump out and swallow her, right? Right??

Heretic 2017/06/05(Mon)23:14 No. 806229 ID: 8a947d
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>>806228
...Yeah ! its gotta be sneaking around waiting for the right time! It couldn't just leave you here...

Heretic 2017/06/05(Mon)23:14 No. 806230 ID: 8a947d
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>>806219
You aren't CHARMING enough to pull off seduction will so injured.

>>806212
Priest: Don't think I didn't notice the Azerite your little pet ate. Not a problem, after I kill you your tie to that monster'll sever and I'll take it with me.

You: P-Please...

Priest: Please what ? Let you go around summoning your little creatures ? Let you terrorize the world with your heretic bullshit ?

You: I...Just want to make the world...g-green again.

Priest: Hmmm...

Priest: Y'know... I feel sorry for you: raised in a colony full of lunatics, taught dark magic and tainted from birth, a pitiful existence.

Priest: Heh...I really am doing everyone a favor here.

She takes aim...

Roll out of the way, kick low and knock her on her feet!

summon something, anything!

She's got her foot on you. Violently struggle to throw off her aim then twist around to knock the gun out of her hands. This is for the sake of the world, you can't give up!

"You say I'm evil. Why don't you prove it? Don't you have one of those Detect Evil spells?"

Heretic 2017/06/06(Tue)00:15 No. 806239 ID: 8a947d
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>>806231
>>806234
You feel too tired to move.
>>806233
You feel too tired to summon.
>>806236
You feel too tired to speak.

Your throats dry, your body hurts, and you want to sleep...

...

Heretic 2017/06/06(Tue)00:17 No. 806240 ID: 8a947d
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...

Why did Athmoor have to die ?

WAKE UP, GODS AND DEMONS DAMN YOU! WE BURN FATE!

>>806240
Who's Athmoor?

Heretic 2017/06/06(Tue)00:20 No. 806244 ID: 8a947d
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Long before anything existed the primeval being Athmoor arose from a slumber that had lasted endlessly.

From his stupor he let out a great yawn and his breath collided together in the Aether to make the universe, the planets, and the humans.

He cared for them and looked after them.

Heretic 2017/06/06(Tue)00:24 No. 806246 ID: 8a947d
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One day beings similar to Athmoor came to him, tired starving, seeking shelter from the terrors of the deep Aether.

Athmoor in his infinite power also held infinite kindness, almost child-like naivete. He let his guest stay in his universe, and made sure they were comfortable.

Heretic 2017/06/06(Tue)00:27 No. 806247 ID: 8a947d
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Athmoor's hospitality new no bounds.

"May we please partake of this water, Athmoor ?" and he allowed them to drink.

"Will you allow us to eat of the trees, Athmoor ?" and he allowed them to feast.

Shall we enjoy the bright sun, Athmoor ?" and he allowed them to rest.

Heretic 2017/06/06(Tue)00:33 No. 806249 ID: 8a947d
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Soon it was obvious that the beings Athmoor had let into his domain were taking advantage of this kindness and showed no gratitude for what they were granted.

"Athmoor! I broke my arm climbing your mountains, may I borrow one of yours ?" and Athmoor gave his right arm.

"Athmoor! I have no horns to defend my self against the ravenous beasts of this land, may I borrow on of yours ?" and Athmoor gave his horn.

"Athmoor! My stomach hurts from eating rotted fruit, may I borrow yours ?" and Athmoor gave his stomach.

"Athmoor! The harsh sun as burned my skin raw, may I borrow yours?" and Athmoor gave his skin.

Bit by bit, piece by piece, Athmoor gave himself to those he felt needed it more. Not realizing each part he gave took power with it.

Heretic 2017/06/06(Tue)00:42 No. 806250 ID: 8a947d
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Soon with enough power they no longer needed the rest of Athmoor, so will they lied about their strife they picked him apart and flung his organs to the Aether.

They took his world, took his power, took his work, and claimed it for their own. They claimed to be Gods but were parasites feeding off of what they stole.

Athmoor's organs festered in the Aether and became demons mindless and animalistic for they were severed from Athmoor's head and brain which the false gods kept as a trophy and buried in the earth.

His hospitality taken advantage of and his kindness spurned Athmoor was dead. The god's did not care for the humans, they took ownership of the sky and the sun and the moon and fed off of the humans worship with little care for their issues.

If Athmoor had lived maybe the would not of ended, maybe it still be green, maybe you'd still be alive...

Heretic 2017/06/06(Tue)00:50 No. 806255 ID: 8a947d
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But you're not dead.

The earth will be green again.

People like you burn fate.

Heretic 2017/06/06(Tue)01:07 No. 806257 ID: 8a947d
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You start to come to, you don't know what being dead is like but you were pretty sure you were there...or not you've never been dead before.

you're groggy but you can feel yourself moving and hear somebody singing to themselves...

???:she bruises, coughs, she splutters pistol shots. But hold her down with soggy clothes and breezeblocks~

???: she's morphine queen of my vaccine my love, my love, love, love~

Heretic 2017/06/06(Tue)01:23 No. 806258 ID: 8a947d
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>>806257
You're swaying an awful lot to which doesn't help your dizziness.

Issei: muscle to muscle and toe to toe, the fear has gripped me but here i go

Issei: my hear sinks as i jump up, your hand grips hand as my eyes shut.

Issei you beautiful bastard! what happened?

>>806258
Issei! Did you save me? Is the Priest dead?

Wait for him to finish his song if he hasn't already then thank him for saving your life.

>>806258
Tell Issei, "I appreciate you saving my life, but if you're gonna carry me, could you please not put your hand on my butt? It feels weird."

Then ask him what happened to the priest, your spider, and all the objects your spider was carrying for you.

>>806271
Yes, this.

She may contain the urge to runaway but hold her down with soggy clothes and breezeblocks.
Germaline disinfect the scene my love my love love love~

Heretic 2017/06/06(Tue)13:14 No. 806338 ID: 8a947d
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>>806284
>>806261
>>806260
You: Ugh...Issei, hand off my butt!

Issei: oh you're up, sorry it was the easiest way to carry you.

You: Wheres the spider ?

Issei: don't worry we're riding it, we're almost back to Gudon.

You: ...and the Priest ?

Issei: i caught her off guard, i can't deal with priests any better than you can so i just flung her as far as i could, haven't seen her since.

You: Hey should I de-summon the spider before we enter Gudon ?

Issei: probably, i'm not sure how they'd feel about a spider demon in town.

What's a breezeblock?

Thanks. Did you take any injuries, and did I take any as well?

>>806338
At least get within walking distance before you de-summon the spider.

The pick up the things the spider ate, put the Azerite back in your bag and then you and Issei pick up the books and start carrying them back to the library.

Better thank that spider before you dispell it. Pulled your bandaged booty mostly out of the fire.

Hey, you know about when godly miracles started to be possible and when the Regency Church really started to take off? And when did the world start to decline?

>>806346
>...you and Issei pick up the books and start carrying them back to the library.
Um... There's a major problem with this in that everyone is going to see you two carrying a load of books into the library right after a load of books was stolen from the guard station. The guards'll end up coming right back to the library and hauling them off, probably along with the poor librarian for accepting illicit materials. Better to stash the books outside town, then approach the librarian and tell her you got a load of books for her and where they are, but that the Church guard will just haul them off again if she just shelves them in the library. She'll need to set up a more discreet way to store them and for the populace to borrow and read them.

Heretic 2017/06/06(Tue)14:12 No. 806351 ID: 8a947d
File 149678357421.png - (142.07KB , 1212x826 , Library.png )

>>806346
You and Issei reach the outskirts of the city where you de-summon the Gluttonous Arachnid, you also remember to scribble down the summon recipe just in case.
Gluttonous Arachnid: 1x Tooth, 2x Sort of Purple Crystals, 1x Rotten Fruit, Something Metallic.

You take the Azerite and Issei pulls out a large bag from his coat and puts the books inside.

You: Issei why do you have a bag large enough to carry a libraries worth of books on you ?

Issei: why do you have human teeth and dead insects on you ?

You:... Alright that's fair.

You return to the library.

Medi: Are! Are those my books?! How did you?

You: We went down to the outpost and told them they made a mistake, here ya go. I'm keeping that book that got you in trouble though, for uhh.... research.

Medi: You research magical artifacts ? Oh that's wonderful! do you think you could look at something for me ?

>>806351
Sure thing, lady.

Do it. Issei is strong enough to take on any traps she could have.

Hooray! Side quests! What's up lady? (Employ a little bit of that charm)

>Oh that's wonderful! do you think you could look at something for me ?
Didn't we just do something for her?

I mean, sure, hear her out at least.

>>806351
Anytime.

Heretic 2017/06/06(Tue)16:35 No. 806393 ID: 8a947d
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You agree to see what she wants, Medi leads you into the back room of the library and shows you a Waystone. the Waykey in your pocket starts to glow.

Medi: I found this outside of the city, I have no idea what it is. Do you know what it could be ?

you explain what a Waystone is and how it works, then you ask if you can have access to this one to use.

Medi: Well, I guess I owe it to you after all your help. just make sure you don't wreck anything back here okay ?

You slot the Waykey into the indent in the Waystone, it lights up and shows a map of Second Helchaim. Now that you have more than one Waystone activated you can travel between them.

Do you want to use the Waystone to travel ?

With that Priest still around, buggering as far off as possible sounds like a good idea...

>>806393
Grab Issei, pop back to that bar, and let's have a nice drink after our near death experience. Buy Issei something with strawberries as thanks for saving your butt.

Remember, your 1st town disguise / identity uses the dress!

I'm not sure going back to where we started would help much. Plus, we'd end up leaving Issei behind and that's not something you do to teammates.

>>806404
Would it even work like that? What if Issei needs his own Waykey for the Waystone to work? And if he secretly has one, then he wouldn't be able to come with because he probably hasn't been to the Waystone in the bar.

Heretic 2017/06/06(Tue)17:21 No. 806413 ID: 8a947d
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>>806404
You already wore the dress today, the dress quota is filled.

>>806409
Anybody with you can come too, as long as your Waykey is present.

>>806402
You touch the map hologram. The world flickers around you and before you know it you know it you're outside of Luucc's Inn.

Inside you notice there hasn't been much of a change from last time the Inn still seems pretty empty. You head up to the front desk to speak to Luucc.

Luucc: Hey man! glad to see ya back here!

You: Hi Luucc, did that speakeasy plan not go so well ?

Luucc: No it went great! Every bodies down in the basement and Ulrik's running the bar while I stay up here and keep watch!

Luucc: Wanna head down and get yourself a drink ?

>>806413
I just went way too many rounds with the fist of an angry god.

Hell yes do I want a drink, you beautiful person you.

>>806413
Even though it was your idea that helped him, he's still gonna charge ya for the drink. Well, maybe he'll let you have the first drink for free. At minimum, he'll give you a 10% discount.

Ask Issei if he wants a drink.

Do they have any strawberry-based drinks?

Heretic 2017/06/06(Tue)18:50 No. 806452 ID: 8a947d
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>>806414
You and Issei head down to the basement. It's much fuller than the upstairs people are drinking all sorts of odd beverages with strange effects.

Ulrik see's you come down.

Ulrik: Well if it ain't the legend himself. Like the new clothes, fits ya betta than da dress did.

Ulrik: Luucc said ya get one on tha' house, so what'll ya have ?

Issei orders a Strawberry Lake. What do you want ?

Serpent Sarsaparilla: Fizzy soda that temporarily turns the drinkers head into a snake, Increases Agility

Storm-brew: Strong beer that makes the drinker exhale storm clouds, Increases Strength

Balance Bourbon: Normally bourbon makes you dizzy, this glass helps keep you on your toes, Increases Skill

Storm Brew!

Serpent Sasparilla! In case of catastrophic calamity, the bottlecap it comes with will count as legal tender!

Storm brew obviously! We need to get our muscles up!

>>806452
What there's no potion of gender bending on the menu? I wanted to order one of those by "mistake".

>>806452
I think we have enough Strength now.
I feel like Skill is more important than Agility but nobody's voting for it, so
Serpent Sarsaparilla.

>>806452
Let's get the Serpent Sarsaparilla!

>>806460
Listen, Heretic already has feminine curves. If he drank one of those, that would only increase them even bigger! That would bring his curves to "thicc" territory!

You're here to drink alcohol and get legless. Serpent Sarsaparilla!

Heretic 2017/06/06(Tue)19:33 No. 806474 ID: 8a947d
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You feel a lot more... slithery. Your AGILITY boosts!

After your exploits at the Outpost and surviving that Priestess you feel a level up is appropriate. Your WIT and SKILL increase accordingly. You gain 2 extra Attribute points to allocate, what do you enhance ?

>>806474
Put them both into strength

>>806474
Charm and charm.

We need to be able to charm the pants off of people.

>>806474
Let'ssss put both of them into SSSSTRENGTH sssso that it can catch up with our other sssstatssss!

Double charm sounds fun.

Double charm.

Put at least one in strength.

Enhance Agility even further! Now we have another primary stat. Never get caught underfoot again!

Skill and Agility

one strength, for covering our butts, so to speak, but then one skill. Here's what I'm thinking:
Strength is so we don't get blindsided by suddenly STRENGTH CHECK. While Skill is to make sure our gunnery maintains it's use even as we get more dudes on our butt.

Charm and skill.

Heretic 2017/06/06(Tue)20:15 No. 806488 ID: 8a947d
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You slot both points into CHARM and one to STRENGTH
WITS:9
STRENGTH:2==>3
AGILITY:4
CHARM:5==>6
SKILL:5

You as you finish your drink a familiar voice speaks to you from behind.

Troy: Well, Well. I go through all that work to get ya outta this damn city and you come crawlin' back.

Troy: Glad to see tha ship plan' went well. I'm guessin' you used a Waystone to sneak back here ? I don't blame ya, Luucc knows how to mix a mean Balance Bourbon.

Hoy, Troy. I take it your trip back was uneventful?

Well I ended up making a new friend on the way, and he already saved my butt, so I'd say it went very well!

>>806488
So ask him if his shop's okay. Did the shadowmen steal anything?

Heretic 2017/06/06(Tue)21:20 No. 806509 ID: 8a947d
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You: Yup, made a new friend, fought some Shadowmen, did some other stuff, pretty eventful day i'd say.

Troy: Whoa there hotshot what'd ya do ta get Shadowmen mad enough to chase you outside of town ?

You: Might've shot their Boss in the head.

Troy: Oh yeah! Ulrik told me about that, so that's why you had to leave the city.

You: Partly, I really needed to leave because this city's a Regent Church infested cesspool. That and I have plans in New Olmec.

Troy: New Olmec? I gotta a sister who lives up there, normally she sends my cards and messages but recently shes gone quiet. I heard somethin' weird's happenin' down there but I never got a chance to go check it out...

You: Is that so...

Seems like you can offer to let Troy come with you to New Olmec, you've had a weird feeling about the guy since you first saw him and letting come with you might be a good chance to see what hes about.

He helped us out so I don't see a problem with doing the guy a favor. (I miss like 3 posts and none of you guys hit on the librarian? Shame shame shame.)

>>806509
Wanna ride? You got me out of town, least I can do is repay the favor.

>>806511
I'm holding out hope for Lyda.

Troy is mah boy.

Would it really be a good idea to let Troy come with us? Because Issei is in our party and there's no way we can keep that a secret with Troy hanging around. And Troy might freak out and run to the nearest church and tell them about us!

>>806512
>Lyda
Who is that?

Heretic 2017/06/06(Tue)21:51 No. 806515 ID: 8a947d
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>>806511
>>806512
>>806512
You: Ya know if you need to go down to New Olmec me and Issei are going down their today, you can come if you want.

Troy:...Yeah, I gotta find out whats going on in that damned city.

You: I have church priests and voodoo men on my ass though, it might not be such a smooth ride.

Troy: No, I gotta go now, can't wait anymore. Besides I've dealt with worse and you and that tall fellow seem like you've handled yourselves so far.

Troy: I got horses on hold at the Gudon Stables just in case, well go down and get em then head for New Olmec.

Troy: I'm ready when you are, gimme the word when we leave.

>>806514
Alright well let's enjoy a meal and depending on time we hit the road!

I think we should stop by some shops and fill out some more summoning ingredients. Maybe a butcher could supply some viscera? Gotta pick up another rotten fruit and some amethyst shards.

Especially be on the lookout for some level 2 ingredients. Charcoal, wood, and rubies would let us summon a Pyre. The rubies could be expensive, but they don't have to be BIG rubies. A feather and a piece of common glass would fill the requirements for the hawk... the Vanguard is gonna be tricky. Lizards aren't common street animals so we can't just pick one up out of an alley.

Can we get some ammo around here? We are kind of running low, and since we are going to have someone else coming with us, we could give them our spare gun, if they don't have one.

Heretic 2017/06/07(Wed)14:03 No. 806659 ID: 8a947d
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>>806581
You: You have a gun right ?

Troy: 'Course I got a gun why wouldn't I ?

You: Just checking, since Ulrik's weapon shop is out of commission is there anywhere we can buy ammo. We could also use some other supplies too.

Troy: There is a gun store round here, Ulrik and the owner are at each others throats constantly but we can shop there.

Troy: There's Maki-Station for supplies , its a general store with tons of stuff for ya.

Troy: You also got that weird shop not far from here, it sells a bunch of weird stuff but nothin' essential.

Where should you go ?

Weird shop!

Gun show!

Weird shop, obviously.

>>806659
Weird shop because there could potentially be another new spell or something that could help.

After that, we should go to the gun shop and get some ammo.

Heretic 2017/06/07(Wed)16:47 No. 806696 ID: 8a947d
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>>806661
>>806670
>>806677
You walk for a while down to this "weird shop" Troy talked about, the sign out front is written in a language you don't understand. The stores interior is filled with odd bottles and jars; all sorts of trinkets line the shelves, and baubles hang from the ceiling. Strange plants you've never seen before cover the corners. It really is weird, but not a bad weird. If you were younger you could see yourself working here.

Troy browsers the inventory and Issei's...somewhere, he wandered off while you were walking here eh, he always come back. You go up to speak to the store owner, a short woman in odd head gear.

Ada: Hello! Welcome to shop, Distant Wonder! How I help ?

You have 295G to spend. From what you see thats useful to you theres.

Reload Ghost (350G): To busy to reload yourself ? This indebted spirit will quickly reload your gun for you given you have the ammo.

Page from Pagan Book (150G): a page from a book written by Pagan's, illegible to those not versed in Pagan's Tongue.

Blue Baroness (500G): A blue steel revolver gun, high quality and normal looking at first but you feel like something about it is different...

Bundle of Feathers (10G):

Cracked Magnifying Glass (15G)

Fire Wood (20G)

Lay on that pagan charm and see if we can maybe get a discount or the ability to trade items to lower some prices...

>>806696
Nice. Get the page, some feathers and the magnifying glass. The page will give us something cool, and the ingredients will unlock the hawk.

Then we can go buy some ammo. Hey, ask the shopkeep if she's got any jobs you can do.

>>806696
Do you think turning on Aether Sight and scanning the shelves will reveal anything? We might find something special! Affording the price, however, is another story.

>>806699
This, minus asking for a job. We don't need a reason to stick around in the town where the voodoo guys are any longer than necessary!

Heretic 2017/06/07(Wed)17:51 No. 806706 ID: 8a947d
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>>806699
You buy the Pagan Page, The Bundle of Feathers, and The Magnifying Glass for a total of 175G leaving you at 120G.

>>806699
You ask Ada if there are any job's she needs done or errands that need doing.

Ada: Ahhh...No jobs, but if you need money you bring any odd or weird objects to me ! Not mean shiny knives or trinkets, but crazy magic junk.I pay lots for these You understand, yes ?

>>806698
You could try to charm her for some lower prices but she seems pretty oblivious, it wont be easy (Success=12)

(roll 1d6 and add 6 from CHARM)

rolled 4 + 6 = 10

---

>>806706
Dang we need a crit.

Heretic 2017/06/07(Wed)18:07 No. 806708 ID: 8a947d
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>>806707
Ada: Oh you are sweet! But I cannot lower prices no matter how nice you speak.

Well now you should head for the gun shop, after that you should start to head for New Olmec

Wait you've still got the skull and other voodoo junk, right? Time to sell it maybe?

Heretic 2017/06/07(Wed)18:56 No. 806726 ID: 8a947d
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>>806708
You and Troy arrive at the gunshop, it's a small triangular right angled building the sign outside reads "Decisive". Inside a few packs of ammo and racks of crappy old guns stand against the walls, the good ones are probably locked away.

You walk up to the clerk, a large man dressed in fine looking scavenged war gear.

Braun: Name's Braun, need guns? I sell 'em.

Man of few words, you looks at his inventory

Pump Shotgun(130G): A simple pump action shotgun that holds 4 shots, good against large targets

Sniper Rifle(130G): A well made sniper rifle that holds 5 rounds, devastating from long range

S. Caliber Rounds(20): 12 Rounds for smaller pistols (Sixshot Pistol)

L. Caliber Rounds(20): 12 Rounds for larger pistols (Ivory Repeater)

You have 120G left.

2 of each ammo.

We're not able to take on more firepower without a way to conceal it, and looking unimpressive is sort of our schtick.

1 each of each ammo.

>>806726
Why don't we just switch to using the repeater exclusively? Larger caliber means a better weapon, and the ammo is the same price.

I say buy two packs of large caliber rounds.

>>806736
12 shots you don't have to reload is significantly better than 6 you do. And if we ever have something in our hand, that's impossible.


Ammo will get you through times of no money far better than vice versa.

Heretic 2017/06/07(Wed)21:19 No. 806747 ID: 8a947d
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You buy 2 of each types of ammo giving you 25 Sixshot rounds and 26 Ivory Repeater rounds, you've got 40G left.

You leave the gunshop, Issei joins up with you out of no where and the three of you head for the Waystone in Luucc's Inn.

You: So Troy, do you really think something's wrong with the New Olmec ?

Troy: I'm sure of it; I'm not the only one who's thought somethin's wrong. Shipments not coming out of the city, family members being cut off from their loved ones, it ain't right.

You: ... Well, what are we gonna do about it?

Troy: Well I'm gonna try an' find my sister. I don't know what you want in New Olmec but ya better get it quick before this craziness goes too far.

>>806747
I assume you reloaded with the new supply of bullets.

Tell him you just hope things go smoothly.
Also read that Pagan Page.

Heretic 2017/06/07(Wed)21:47 No. 806750 ID: 8a947d
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>>806749
You open up the page, ripped and torn but still perfectly legible. The article teaches about building up demonic energy and releasing it in a short burst to stun up to three attackers at once sacrificing half a liter of blood.

You've learned Stun Spike

>>806750
So uh, I just thought of some important questions:
How much blood can you lose before passing out?
How fast do you recover your blood supply?
How fast does Aether Sight use blood-- like, is the cost negligible if it's only used for a couple seconds?

What happened to trading voodoo stuff to ada?

>>806708
remember to ask weird girl out on a date some time, because WOW cute

>>806793
Well that's just obvious

>>806754
I would guess that we're only about to use it once a while. The average person has 5L of blood and they can lose around 10-15% without serious issues. Things might be different here but that's a guess.

Heretic 2017/06/08(Thu)13:14 No. 806845 ID: 8a947d
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>>806754
You were taught how to control your blood flow so you can work with lower amounts of blood back in Daesfield. You can stand to lose 2 liters of blood without dying, it'll suck but you won't die anymore than that and you'll start passing out. You replenish blood over time, faster if you eat, drink, or sleep. Aether sight initially takes 5 Ounces to activate and another 5 ounce for each minute its active.

>>806758
The skull and crystal shards don't have any voodoo properties, whatever they had was broken after you smashed the alter they were attached to. Ada wants weird and un-explainable magical things, not sort of odd objects.

You warp to Gudon and head to the stables, Troy withdraws his three horses and you saddle them up.

Ponder why horses look so detailed compared to... humans? Whatever the heck you are while you saddle up.

>>806855
Because it's hilarious.

>>806855
Because man blobs are easily recognizable due to the brain filling in left out details.

Unless you grew up on a farm horse blobs typically do not share in this convenience.

Heretic 2017/06/08(Thu)14:50 No. 806877 ID: 8a947d
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>>806855
You: Hey Troy, You ever think about how weird horses are?

Troy: How so ?

You: I Dunno, Like here are all different types of birds or dogs or lizards that look really different, but then you look at horses and its like yup that's a horse

Troy: Pagan, there are different types of horses

You: Oh yeah ? can you name one ?

Troy: Uhm...Donkey ?

You: That's not a horse, its a donkey

Troy: Pony

You: Those are ponies not horses, I get their sorta just smaller horses but their still different things.

Troy: Zebra

You: ...The fucks a Zebra ?

Troy: It's like a black and white stripped horse, I saw it in an old book once.

You: That sounds fake, I mean why w-

The grounds shakes before you can finish telling Troy what a liar he is startling you and your horses.

Troy: Just a tremor, nothin' to worry about. Also if a pony's just a smaller horse whys it any different ?

Well it's got a different name doesn't it? There must be something about ponies that makes them different.

A pony is smaller than a horse, usually with stubby legs. A horse is taller and can run faster.

Are those tremors common to this area?

>>806877
'cuz it's half the size! you know there's some egghead somewhere dividing up birds into separate species based on the smallest possible differences in beak shape or plumage, there's no way a pony and a horse are the same.

s'not even like 'draft horse' is a different kind, is it? that's just a job description. It's more like a surname than anything, like 'smith'.

Heretic 2017/06/08(Thu)16:29 No. 806913 ID: 8a947d
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Issei: ponies have smaller legs and are half the size of real horses, tremors are common in this area ?

Troy: Yeah they're common, but some dogs got smaller legs than other dogs but they're still dogs, just different kinds 'a dog.

Troy: So why's a pony not just a different kinda horse? Why's it gotta be its own thing? Are there different kinds 'a pony too?

Troy: Ya just know someone before the disaster got payed a bunch to name these animals a bunch 'a different crap and they thought "hey! fuck I get more money per animal group so lets just split up a bunch 'a animals for more money!". I don't care what anyone says ponies are horses!

You: You know this just proves my point that horses are weird ...

Another tremor happens, its a little bigger than before.

>>806913
Walk without rhythm!

>>806913
Uhhhh, what's that giant purple thing that's behind you and to the right?!

QUICK, ASSUME THE POSITION!