Make something out of your blood. Try doing it without even looking at the blood.

It should be something that you can use to take out one of the remaining foes in a single sneak attack.

Heretic 2018/08/15(Wed)13:19 No. 897303 ID: 8a947d
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Your healing is worthless and for the moment so is your barrier. You quickly try to think of something else to play, Roland managed something new under the stress so you can to...right? You frantically play: faster, slower, louder, softer. You try everything you can think of, but to no avail. You look up and notice Naos approaching you slowly. Out of panic you decide to work with your blood forging instead of your music, you dig your fingers into your arm and go over what you did with Roland. Deep breaths, close your eye, you pull out a small leaf shaped blade and fling it at Naos. It hit's his arm and surprises him giving you a little more time to think of something better.

You need to focus. Roland is knocked out and badly hurt and you're in danger of being pummeled into the same state. You take the brief moment you have to think, you need to focus...

>On Roland
You can't stand to see your friend in that state.

>On Naos
This faceless freak needs to be taken down a peg.

>On Yourself
You're weak, you need to fix that.

>>897303
On yourself. Vol ain't no wimp!

>>897303
>Yourself

>>897303
>You can't stand to see your friend in that state.
Woah, woah, woah! You’ve been with Roland’s family ever since his father was like 20 or something. Hell, you’ve been around since before Roland was born! That pretty much makes you his older brother!

So don’t lie to yourself, Vol! Roland’s not your friend, he’s your family!

>Who to focus on?
Focus on yourself!

>>897310
I agree, he is family, and you don't fuck with family!

>On Yourself
Roland always tries his best. Is time to do the same and make your brother and yourself proud! It is time to perform beyond your limits!

Wow, panicked or not it was really cool seeing Vol throw everything he had into figuring something out. Including a throwing dagger that actually worked.

It'd be really interesting to see any of these for a bunch of reasons but... Focus on yourself.

>>897310
It's important to see your family as friends, too.

>On Yourself!
JUST DO IT!

1/4 Heretic 2018/08/15(Wed)15:06 No. 897322 ID: 8a947d
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>Yourself
When you think of yourself all you think of is weakness. You guess that's in your nature of course, Imps are one of the lowest on the food chain of demons and you have been reminded of it all your life. You've ran and hide and cowered away from those bigger and tougher than you for most of your life, and when you reached the material world you were surrounded by people who could do so much more than you. You tried your best to be there for Marshal, but you always felt like he never needed you. Now you look at Roland, somebody so ready to go out and face dangerous creatures while all you want to do is stay safe and alive...Are you really this weak? Have you ever shown a sliver of strength?

You think back on your life. Back when you first met Marshal, the man was crying over a grave clutching his baby in his arms. When you tried to get closer he almost beat you with a stick, but you still followed him around out of curiosity, you weren't scared away.

2/4 Heretic 2018/08/15(Wed)15:07 No. 897323 ID: 8a947d
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You remember when Roland was only eight years old and came home with Marshal crying, that huge scar covering his eye. You felt anger, but you kept it inside and covered his eye with a bandage; You told him “Look! Now we match. We’re like twins now” That put a smile on his face.

3/4 Heretic 2018/08/15(Wed)15:07 No. 897324 ID: 8a947d
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You think back to the most recent tragedy. When Marshal died you wanted to cry, you wanted to break down and bawl, but Roland needed someone to tell him it was going to be fine so you held back the tears.

You were never weak. You have done everything in your power for your friends, your family! You’ve been the strongest your entire life. Now you need to show it!

4/4 Heretic 2018/08/15(Wed)15:07 No. 897325 ID: 8a947d
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You slam your bow against the strings of your violin! Energy sparks from the impact and light emerges from your violin. A blast launches forward and hits Naos, his body goes flying out of the ring. He's knocked out of bounds. You look down at your violin, three of it's four strings are now broken. Eto stands shocked at what's happened, now it's only you and him in the ring.

Now beat Eto ass with the damn violin! Simple and normal, right?

Approach slowly. Glare.
Play the single string. A simple ear shattering repetitions of a few notes.

Maybe you can manage a reduced CL Cannon, but you need to force Eto closer to the edge before you try it. You need him to fire arrows at you as you advance on him, get him to back up on his own. Let's hope your barrier still works with this.

>>897330
Not slow, run at him fast. Eto is a ranged attacker, and our violin is a better melee weapon than his bow.

>>897325
Damn! You hit Naos so hard, his mask flew off his face!

>You look down at your violin, three of it's four strings are now broken.
Oh, shit. Uh, you can easily fix that after the match, right?

>Eto stands shocked at what's happened, now it's only you and him in the ring.
Luckily for you, he’s got a limited amount of blood for ammo before he’s forced to either get in close or give up!

.....hey, I know you said Imps can use their blood to make things, but does it specifically have to be your blood? If Eto fires more arrows at you, can’t you use them against him by shaping the arrows into something else? Maybe even reshape the arrows to fix the strings on your violin?

Well, better be sure to make your last shot count!
Now, this is very VERY important. You have to look cool. So when you attack, you have to go and say "Dnace motherfuker, DANCE!"

>>897345
You only do that if you want to get your ass kicked. Since we don’t want that to happen, we’re not gonna do that.

>>897361
Pshhh, party pooper.

Heretic 2018/08/16(Thu)08:14 No. 897380 ID: 8a947d
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You run towards Eto, you need to close the distance between the two of you as long as he has that bow. As you run he fires three arrows at once toward you, you barrier them but they almost instantly break it. The barrier is much weaker and only barely covers the front of you. Your spells less effective when you have less strings on your violin, and with only one string they're almost as weak as when you first started using magic. You could take the time to restring your violin, but it'll take a while and force you on the defensive until you were done. A Col Legno Cannon with one string should be effective but not nearly as powerful as a 3 string blast, still a well placed one could take Eto out.

ETO: I definitely wasn't expecting that from you! You're gonna make me look bad if you're the only one pulling out the stops like.

Eto rushes around you and draws more arrows into his hand taking aim at you from around your weakened shield.

Challenge him to a dance-off, while he's distracted Roland can blindside him.

... it worked in guardians of the galaxy, didn't it?

Be defensive and try to re-string your violin! Eto can't keep attacking forever and will get eventually dizzy due constant blood loss! When it happen, use the Col Legno Cannon!

>>897389
But we can't hold the barrier much longer. And dodging the arrows will make it harder for Vol to string the violin. But i do agree that we need to close the gap between Eto and Vol in orther to attack. Remember that we can still attack him with the violin directly, we don't have to depen on the CL cannon to win.

>>897380
>Restring violin.
You don’t need to restring all of the strings at once. Just getting at least one of them will improve your defenses.

>Eto rushes around you and draws more arrows into his hand taking aim at you from around your weakened shield.
Can you use the blood arrows Eto shot at you? Can you reshape them into a shield or something to protect you?

All you need to do is out last him, since he’ll eventually start slowing down from using up too much blood!

Sprint toward him and use your final Cannon. When he dodges, use the violin like a baseball bat and clock him upside the head.
Don't stop swinging till he's down.

>>897396
It seems like we have two options. We either rush him with a weak shield and hope that we reach him before he can break or circumnavigate our shield, or we step run away from him, hopefully making us a more difficult target and make it harder for him to make it past our shield while we work on restringing our violin.

I think we should do the run away option. Our shield is hurting pretty badly, and the closer we get the easier target we become. We can try to fight him with a two string shield.

>>897380
Holy cheese Vol! Eto is going to break the shield regardless of what you try to do, and he probably has blood to spare. I vote that you charge him with whats left of the sheild and close the distance, then bash him with the violin, this way you still have a string to work with and catch him off guard with a CL Cannon.

>>897398
>I think we should do the run away option. Our shield is hurting pretty badly, and the closer we get the easier target we become. We can try to fight him with a two string shield.
I agree.

Having at least 2 strings will improve our chances of winning.

I say we advance on Eto. If we angle the shield so the arrows deflect off it instead of hitting full-on, the shield might take an extra hit before we need to reform it. We can't give Eto time to recover.

Heretic 2018/08/16(Thu)17:13 No. 897438 ID: 8a947d
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You keep your shield up and advance toward Eto, you angle the barrier to deflect more arrows than you take so it lasts longer. In the end the shield ends up being broken but you've managed to get closer to Eto. You grab your violin by the neck and swing at Eto but he manages to block and dodge most of your strikes, of course you aren't used to using you violin in close quarters so you sort of expected this to be the result. Eto continues to move back and try to make more distance between the two of you while you advance forward and continue your attack.

ETO: Gotta say I underestimated you. You definitely looked like a support who'd just stay out of the way when something like this happened. I was sure you'd give up once your buddy was out.

Throw another blood leaf blade to surprise Eto or to make him flinch for a few moments and then try to keep smashing his face with the violin. Keeping close is the main key here.

Keep up the pressure, get his back to the wall!

Keep trying to close the distance while you throw more leaf blades at him. He clearly wants to put some space between the two of you so don't let him have it

Expect retaliation soon. He won't just wait for you to hit him.

>>897438
Try to press him into a corner so he'll have nowhere to dodge.

>>897438
Keep swinging!

Even if you don’t hit him, if he keeps moving backwards in a straight line like that, he’ll eventually move out of the arena and be disqualified because he’s focusing on you instead of watching where he’s going!

>Gotta say I underestimated you. You definitely looked like a support who'd just stay out of the way when something like this happened. I was sure you'd give up once your buddy was out.
“I thought the same thing about you! Because in case you haven’t noticed, both of us are support! The only difference between us is how we support our partners!”

Keep his attention with your violin while solidifying some blood in your mouth before spitting it at his eye. Then when he’s distracted, take advantage.

>>897465
To be fair, from what we've seen so far it seems a bit more like Nao is at fault here. Naos wasn't really worried about his wind throwing his partner, but Eto hasn't given any friendly fire (the chain was definitely our doing).

Although it's possible that Eto has caused problems in the past. We only have this one match to tell their relationship.

>>897438
Wait for a moment when he can't dodge, then blast him with your last string.

Use the bow, try and poke him in the eye.

You've already decided who you're going to be, Eto isn't going to shake you.

"'Course I'm support! I'm never going to hit as hard or take the damage Gallows can. But what kinda support would just turn tail the second things get tough, right?"

Start throwing in feints. Swing right, but actually swing left. You just need one stumble to use your Cannon.

Use the cannon as a feint, then knock Eto out with your violin. He will not see that coming, i promise.

>>897526
Could fire the cannon at Eto's feet, that way, when he dodges, he'll still be showered with heat and debris, which should make the counter battery easier to pull off.

You can be whatever you want to be! You dont have to be shoved into a classification like support or healer!

Reshape the non-hair part of your bow into a blade without compromising its ability to play. Alternatively, turn the tip into a rapier point.

If you are skilled enough, you can probably still play pretty effectively with just one string since you still have a few octaves to work with.

>>897539
No, there’s no time for that!

>>897438
You can still make that piece of shiled even after it broke right? Try to push Eto off the stage once he gets close to the edge with the shiled.

Heretic 2018/08/17(Fri)10:59 No. 897560 ID: 8a947d
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YOU: 'Course I'm support! I ain't nevea gonna hit as hard or take da damage Gallows can. But what kinda support would just turn tail the second things get tough, huh!?

You keep the pressure, at the rat you're going it's almost impossible for him to draw his bow or get a clean shot at you without you acting quickly. You create more knives and throw them in between swinging your violin to mix up your attacks. Feinting swings allows you to get a few good hits in on Eto and force him back more and more until he's almost to the boundary line of the arena. You sweep his legs and he falls down, he manages to roll back onto his knees and draws another arrow from his wrist and aims at you. He's a foot away from being out of bounds.

A foot away from victory.... or defeat.
Do NOT let him turn the tides on you, dodge or block the arrows coming your way and be careful when you approach.
If things get desperate enough, just chuck your violin straight at him.

>>897560
Blast 'em!

COL LEGNO CANNON!!!!

CANNON!

>>897562
This, we can't afford to lose now! This is a critical time, be absolutely sure that you are on top! It doesn't matter how you end it.

>>897560
Attack with your Col Legno Cannon!

>>897562
>If things get desperate enough, just chuck your violin straight at him.
We are not going to do something as stupid as throwing away our only weapon!

>>897578
>It doesn't matter how you end it.
It actually does matter.

1/2 Heretic 2018/08/17(Fri)15:23 No. 897589 ID: 8a947d
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You raise your bow and strike your violin to use a one string Col Legno Cannon and blast Eto out of the ring. Before the blast can hit him Eto fires his arrow into the air! instead of coming back down the arrow stays put in the air, a tether drawn from his arm to the arrow pulls him up and out of the way of your Col Legno.

ETO: I gotta say Vol! I'm glad to meet an imp like you! I feel like even if I do win I won't get nearly as much out of this fight as you did.

Eto puts the bow at the end of his foot and draws another arrow, this one crackling with energy. You look back at your violin, all of the strings are broken but you aren't done fighting yet! Even when it feels like you're going to lose you've gotta keep going. You take your bow and strike your violin one more time. The violin cracks as one more Col Legno surges from it, your bow breaks into splinters as the blast fires towards Eto's arrow. As the two missiles meet the arena fills with bright light and you feel heat envelop your body, you can't see a thing...

2/2 Heretic 2018/08/17(Fri)15:25 No. 897590 ID: 8a947d
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...

You wake up...At least you think you're awake. Your head hurts like hell after you were slammed into the arena like that...why is everything dark and sticky? You try to move but it feels like your swimming through molasses.

Dark and sticky, what the? Either way, try to get up. Even if you lost you did real good out there, it's time to see what happened.

>>897590
No matter what the outcome may be, hold your head high Vol, you just took a level in badass!

>>897590
Can you hear anything? Try to open your eye.

open eye?

Wait, who is this? Vol or Roland? Get up, slowly and gently. Open your eye. (good thing both of them have one eye)

You appear to have been swallowed by a roaming gluttony. Try to be not-delicious.

>>897590
Well, the only way to find out what’s going on is to open your eye and take a look.

And here’s a few thoughts to help speed up that process: What do you think happened to your buddy? Is he in a worse condition compared to you? What if something happened to them while you were out?! Quickly get up and check on them!

>>897590
Must be some kind of healing juice for the fighters. Try to look around.

Hey, you still have a lantern! Maybe try to use it?

Heretic 2018/08/18(Sat)06:08 No. 897716 ID: 8a947d
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After some fighting you will your muscles to move .Your arms flail forward out of the dark liquid and grab onto the sides of what feels like a tub. You pull yourself out of the water, the pain in your limbs and back is gone aside from a headache. You cough up some of the liquid from the tub though you never actually felt like you were drowning in it. You scan the room, you're in a room similar to the observers box you went to in between matches. Vol is sitting at a table next to you flipping through your journal.

VOL: Roland! Ya feelin' better?

Holy fuckshit, did your eye heal!?

Well i’m not dead, so there’s that.

>>897717
Not, but it looks better actually.

Oh hi Vol... Wait, what happened?!
Are you okay? Did we lose? Did somebody saw my runes? I am naked? DID SOMEBODY SAW ME NAKED?!

where am I, what happened, what is this stuff I'm in, Vol are you alright?

Ever consider going around without bandages?
your tats are pretty cool, at least in this company.

Heretic 2018/08/18(Sat)08:11 No. 897730 ID: 8a947d
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>>897717
You feel your eye, it's no better or worse than it was before. You can still barely see out of it.

YOU: W-where-
VOL: Med-room. Ya got knocked out bad! Lotta broken bones. If we didn't have dis healing gunk stuff you'd be a quadriplegic...yeah. But you're fine now!
YOU: Did we-
VOL: Win? Nah we lost. I kinda got my ass blasted out a bounds in the end by dat otha imp Eto. Kinda embarrassin'.

Vol pushes over a cart towards your tub, Your washed clothes and some new bandages are on it.

VOL: Anyway we outta get goin'. You slept through the rest a da fights so the tournaments basically over.

>You slept through the rest a da fights so the tournaments basically over.

"Ah well. Didn't come here to win anyways. But I got to ask, who did win and did you see any different demons that you haven't seen in this tournament?

Also you doing alright? Hope I didn't give you to much of a scare when I got my ass handed to me."

Guess the only thing to do now is see if flint is still waiting for us then head on home.

>>897730
“Wait, what about you?! Are you hurt?! Do you need to get in this tub?! Just let me get out and you can take your turn!”

“.....uhhh, could you.....close your eye and look away so I can get dressed?”

Ask what happened during our match? You want to know what happened after you were knocked out! Then ask if we got any kind of prize for getting to the final round? Even though we lost.

Then I guess go talk to Flint to see what he has to say. He said he’d be behind the building outside, right? .....actually, before you go meet Flint, you should probably go check and see if your Skipper is still parked where you left it. You can go meet Flint after you make sure your Skipper hasn’t been stolen.

Damn, that was crazy. I can't even be mad, i didn't actually spected to last this long. But now that i've seen so many pwerful people and so many new demons, i can't help but to feel that i got a lot to improve and learn. I wnat to win a tournament! Yeah, that would be cool.
What about you, did you enjoyed yourself? Did you got hurt bad?
We should pay a visit to that guy Flint, see what he has to say.

>>897730
Who won? Are there replays of the final round?

>>897730
Ask if he's okay, because we care about him. Then ask who won, I want to know if Rascal and Gwyn got that fight. Kind of glad we lost, I'd feel pretty bad if we prevented them from meeting in the final round.

Finally, get some bandages and see Flint.

>>897730
"Wait, you got knocked out by Eto? Not Naos? What happened after I got knocked out?"

Heretic 2018/08/18(Sat)12:51 No. 897762 ID: 8a947d
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YOU: And are you hurt?
VOL: Not really, I lost by ring out.
YOU: That's right. You lost to Eto and not Naos? What happened to him?
VOL: Oh I blasted his ass outta da ring! Learned somethin' new in dat fight but I kinda...broke my violin doin' it.

Vol holds up the fragments of his violin and the broken in half bow.

VOL: I'd need to make a whole new one when we get home. Dis is too broken to fix. By da way? Dat demon bug arm chick won da whole thing, She got ta fight Rascal and da whole thing was crazy! Kinda sad you didn't get to see it.

You get dressed and leave the room. On the way out you're given the items that were confiscated back to you and thanked for putting on such a good show. Unfortunately you didn't get far enough to get any real prizes you are given a consolation prize of 300 Cards. It's better than nothing. On the way to the exit you and Vol spot Eto leaving the same way, Vol goes to say hi right away.

ETO: Oh hey Vol, Gallows.
VOL: Hey Eto! You and ya buddy really got put out by Rascal didn't ya?
ETO: Yeah, she was really gunning for the finals this year wasn't she?
YOU: So wheres Naos?
ETO: Don't know don't care. I got paid so I never gotta deal with him again. He puts on this whole nice guy shtick then snaps when he loses a few times, what a jack ass.

Let's not forget: we need to meet Flint behind the building.

Ask her what she's gonna do now. You're not sure you have a reliable income to keep her on staff but maybe we can get her contact info for tough jobs?

Ask how Eto and Naos did find each other. They patnership for sure was short.

>Don't know don't care. I got paid so I never gotta deal with him again. He puts on this whole nice guy shtick then snaps when he loses a few times, what a jack ass.

huh, so you guys just teamed up for the tournament? Didn't realize that was a thing. By the way good fight back there, what are you planning on doing now?

>>897762
>By da way? Dat demon bug arm chick won da whole thing, She got ta fight Rascal and da whole thing was crazy!
“I’m just glad they actually got to fight, otherwise both of them would’ve been really pissed at me for not letting them fight earlier!”

>Kinda sad you didn't get to see it.
“Me too.”

>Don't know don't care. I got paid so I never gotta deal with him again. He puts on this whole nice guy shtick then snaps when he loses a few times, what a jack ass.
“Wait, he hired you? I thought you guys were partners, like me and Vol!”

After parting ways with Eto, let’s go meet with Flint.

Heretic 2018/08/18(Sat)15:02 No. 897777 ID: 8a947d
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YOU: Wait you two aren't partners?
ETO: Nope. I don't know what he told ya but I'm a hire for people who want to enter these things but don't want to go through the hassle of taming or training a demon. I've never seen that asshole 'til a day ago. Now my jobs done and I'm going home.

The three of you leave the building. Before you part ways Eto says he spends most of his time in the Gas Guzzler Bar in Crud City if you want to meet him again and walks off. You head around the back of the building to meet Flint while Vol voices his reluctance to meet an odd hooded man in an alleyway. You find Flint leaning against the wall of the building chewing on a nail.

FLINT: Y'know part of me really thought you'd get beaten on the first round you were in, so I gotta say ya did better than I expected.

>>897777
Tell him thanks, but you definitely do need training.

>>897777
that's fair, I've only been at this for about 3 days.

>>897777
“Thanks, but like I said earlier, I didn’t expect to win, I just came here to study demons.”

“So what did you want to talk about?”

>Nope. I don't know what he told ya but I'm a hire for people who want to enter these things but don't want to go through the hassle of taming or training a demon. I've never seen that asshole 'til a day ago. Now my jobs done and I'm going home.
That would explain why they didn't have a good chemistry while fighting. Well better time next time Eto.

>Y'know part of me really thought you'd get beaten on the first round you were in, so I gotta say ya did better than I expected.
Not bad for a noob eh? Although, i am not going to lie, kinda got scared when Vol told me when i could ended up quadriplegic. I have a lot to improve to avoid future disasters like that. I am guessing that you wanted to talk about that with me, no?

>>897777
Lose to the Gorgon cow? New or not, that'd have been sad. Now we didn't come here for insults or backhanded compliments. There are definitely better places to be than this if you don't have anything to say.

Heretic 2018/08/18(Sat)17:41 No. 897817 ID: 8a947d
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YOU: Yeah not bad huh?...Still I do need more help. Apparently I would've been a quadriplegic if not for the medical attention of staff. Again though, I'm just here to study demons.
FLINT: Yup that was pretty bad. I thought you died from that, but enough about you almost being permanently disabled. Right now I want to talk about your training. The spell you call "Caesura" has more use to it than you know, humans have that sort of effect on demon magic. Now as somebody that claims to study demons you must know the difference between a human and a demon right?
YOU: Demons come from the Aether instead of from Earth right?
FLINT: Nope not at all. What you said was true of course but not entirely right. The difference lies in the Aetherial Energy. Demons and humans constantly exude aetherial energy from their bodies, though while the energy released by demons is constantly released in large amounts, human aetherial energy stays trapped in their bodies. Experts know how to tap into this energy and use it to enhance their bodies and create aetherial auras.

He removes the nail from his mouth.

FLINT: Now there's plenty of stuff I can teach you that I'm sure you'd be more than happy to know, but I want you to know it won't be easy especially for someone that's barely used to this sort of stuff. If you agree to this we will begin immediately and go to where I plan to train you, you'll have to follow my instruction as closely as possible if you want the full benefit of my teaching. Do you agree?

He holds his hand out awaiting you to shake it.

A weird dude proposes to train us while we're in a dark, scary and kinda like black alley. Hmmm... Yeah, sure, let's train.

Shake it and take care of any balls he tries to hit you with.

>>897817
>If you agree to this we will begin immediately and go to where I plan to train you
So does that mean that he’s gonna teleport you there or is he gonna tell you to follow him there?

Because if he’s gonna teleport you at the exact moment you touch his hand, then you’d like to go get your Skipper so that it’s not left behind for someone to steal it!

>Do you agree?
Yes.

>He holds his hand out awaiting you to shake it.
As long as he doesn’t teleport you the instant you touch his hand, go ahead and shake his hand.

Uh, what does he get out of teaching us?
Seems like a pretty one sided deal right now even if it is favouring us.

>Experts know how to tap into this energy and use it to enhance their bodies and create aetherial auras
is that what Rascal was doing when we fought?

>He holds his hand out awaiting you to shake it.
Come now, will you shake a poor sinner's hand?
Well he seems like a trust worthy fellow, let's shake... the training is probably going to suck though seeing how Vol can't heal you since his violin is busted at the moment.

What is the catch?
I have been warned and taught that is dangerous to deal with pagans too much. Besides,we just met, and you are ofering to teach me the arts of pagan magic. What do you want from me, what do you see in me that make you decide that you would like to help an stranger.
I just want to know where I'm standing before I shake Flint's hand. From my point of view, I'm the only one who loses, whether or not i accept your deal

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YOU: So...what do you gain from this?
FLINT: I'd say it's one part someone who's going to go out studying demons needs to know more than just a weak spell to survive and another part I want something to do really. If you have a problem you can always not accept it, nobodies twisting your arm here.
YOU: Hmm. Weird hooded man offers me odd secrets in the back alley behind an underground demon fighting tournament. Well I'd have to have common sense and sanity not to accept that!

You shake his hand.

FLINT: Well smart ass hop on whatever ride you took to get here and follow me. We got some work to do.

You follow Flint back to the front of the building and mount your Skipper. The two off you ride out of Crud City.

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???: Hello?...Yeah I'm just out in Crater... What? No I'm not looking around...Well why would I?...C'mon this is basically a vacation for me! How many heads can you bash in without getting tired?...Okay poor question, you're a psychopath...Look it's not my job to settle some dispute between you and your boyfriend!...Listen...No it's...Fine, Fine! Okay look I'll come back and you can put me on any death squad you want and we can look for him...Yeah okay, bye Channing...

*Click*

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NAOS: Ugh...Sometimes I feel like the big brother here...

D3: Slight Return - End Episode 2

>>897836
>The two off you ride out of Crud City.
Hopefully Troy can watch your house for a little while longer.

And hopefully Ada and Mordecai can handle that plant and nothing bad happens to them!

The plot thickens!