Delli 2018/07/29(Sun)15:10 No. 894829 ID: fb3b2b
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My boss keeps telling me karma exists. If he knew about this, he'd fire me because I must be an awful, awful person.

Oh but maybe I should tell him, because then I can just not work while still not getting any candy bars. Maybe I should go back into his office right now and do that.

Or just beg for an advance payment. At this moment, I want this candybar more than anything else in life.

>"Hey, pay up again or get outta line!"

There's so many people in this town that I can't even mourn for myself for three seconds.

Head butt the machine with your mighty horns.

Take this as a life lesson.

Go to the bulk food store after work and buy a 100 pack of candy bar's for 25 cents each. They are cheaper in bulk. Then bring one or two to work each day and save a small fortune.

Also let out a mighty goat bleat and then headbutt the machine.

Headbutt the jerk behind you.

Who the fuck's talking to you?

Put your foot through the glass, go full fight club falling down until you get your candy bar and then imidiately calm down.

>>894829
Smack the machine to try and get your snack out.

With the person behind you.

Be a gentleman and let the guy take his turn. And you can deal with the machine when it's your turn again.

Be a man and introduce this impatient ass's face to the glass.

Ram this guy's face into the machine.

Delli 2018/07/29(Sun)16:01 No. 894838 ID: fb3b2b
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>Buy a 100 pack of candy
That's only available to people in a gang. The economy is kind of messed up. Also we don't need to eat in this kind of place, but it's healthy. Which means the people who can eat get stronger, and can get more food, and that's the cycle of life around here.

>Head butt the machine with your mighty horns.
This vending machine is in one piece, which means it's strong enough to withstand the advances of broke people.

Probably.

But if there's a chance... I headbutt it!

I bleat and it isn't mighty, majestic, or really anything that isn't pain.

>"I said move it, trash!"
"I'll headbutt you next. I paid twice for this. This candybar is what I live for!"

Delli 2018/07/29(Sun)16:02 No. 894840 ID: fb3b2b
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He didn't even let me try to headbutt him.

Delli 2018/07/29(Sun)16:02 No. 894841 ID: fb3b2b
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That jerk's ignoring me now, and putting money in the machine. Maybe I should have just let him have his turn.

.... beep beep

.... clunk
.... clunk
.... clunk

Aw man he's taking all three candy bars! That's all the machine had left!

There were 4 candy bars in there!

Surprise attack from behind!

Just give up and slink off, bum. If you have no hope or agency, then why care?

>>894841
Headbutt him directly in the butt. With your horns that are on your head.

You just going to take that crap! Attack from behind and get back those bars!

Well dang, I guess give up and

Nah, leap with momentum and headbutt him.

If you ate that guy would you gain his powers?

Just checking.

Politely ask for your two candy bars. Then eat him.

Delli 2018/07/29(Sun)16:31 No. 894854 ID: fb3b2b
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Hold on, there were four bars! But I don't have any money anyways.

....That's because I spent all day saving up two dollars! I'll headbutt this guy even if it's just to be a nuisance! If I can't have my two bars, he can't enjoy them!

And he faces me and I think about that again. I don't have much agency here. My strength is like one in a thousand, at the bad end of the thousand. I shouldn't let myself care.

>"Just walk away, weakling, unless you want to get hurt for...?"

>If you ate that guy would you gain his powers?
Yeah but it's really, really hard to kill anyone. No one dies around here unless a gang leader wants them to. Or they get old. That also works.

Devour him. (then have desert)

>>894857
Do a triumphant candy bar taking and eating pose as the fool cringes.

That looks like a power up if I ever saw one.

You know what you have to do. Get strong and make karma your bitch. Eat all the things.

Eating the guy might be a bit messy but its for the best. Unless you want to keep getting pushed around forever.

Eat the bars while looking into his eyes.

Be reasonable by telling him that 2 of those 3 bars belong to you since you paid for them. But since he was nice and got them out, you'll let him have one of your two bars.

Man, all you wanted was a candy bar and now you got set on fire!
Just what kind of lawless wasteland do you live in where people can’t let someone enjoy a snack.

Delli 2018/07/29(Sun)17:08 No. 894867 ID: fb3b2b
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I take one step at him and he throws the candy bar at me. I eat it. He owes me another.

>Devour him
It's more like spirit absorption or whatever, but we call it devouring anyway.

But...

Can I? I can.

Sh... should I? Devouring people is kind of a big crime here.

Not the murder part. People resurrect if they're killed, and are reborn if they die of old age. It's the gaining power by devouring that people have issues with.

The general populace would have a issue yes. But how did the gang leaders get there powers? Are they nice folk who have never sucked out a soul?

Also what just powered you up? Are you actually tough or what?

And how noticeable is the power drain? If you did it in a hidden place would anyone ever know? Or would there be signs and everyone would know you did it anyway?

Get back your second candy bar while you ponder if you are going to become a super powered vampire.

You've apparently already got some power. That by itself is going to get you in some trouble, better not add to it.

Shake the guy down for the other bar though.

A few questions:

1. What is the punishment for devouring.
2. Do you like your current endless sad immortal existence?
3. Police?
4. What up with glowing power up?

(leaning for eating him and becoming the strongest)

>>894867
Tell him to give you your other candy bar before you kick his ass.

>>894867
Your candy or your soul!

Delli 2018/07/29(Sun)17:32 No. 894876 ID: fb3b2b
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"Second candy bar please."

He throws both of the remaining ones at me.

>"Sorry, man! I didn't know you were strong!"

I don't actually know how strong I am. I just know I have a lot more energy to spare. This guy would probably just get me a month or two in jail, he doesn't seem important.

>Are there Police?
Just gang enforcers.

>Do you like your current endless sad immortal existence?
Could be worse.

>What up with glowing power up?
Probably powerup that glows because I can't contain it all.

>How did the gang leaders get there powers?
By devouring people until they were strong enough to tell other people to stop.

Oh, a megahorn on the wall makes a noise.

"ATTENTION SECTOR H."

A stray power cluster has landed on someone. You know who you are. Report to Spire Tower. If you do not show up in 10 minutes, we will place a one million dollar bounty for your capture."

Spire Tower is the headquarters of one of the big four gangs.

Tell us about these stray power clusters.

You have 10 minutes to eat as many assholes as possible before you have people coming after you. That is if you need the extra power now. The stuff that just landed on you might be enough to keep safe.

Willing to bet that some gang leader wants to eat you to get that power cluster though.

So what exactly is a power cluster and how badly are you fucked?

>>894876
Blow up the megaphone and then fuck off.

Getting a bounty on you sounds like the best way to get stronger, every jerk will come to you!

Delli 2018/07/29(Sun)18:10 No. 894881 ID: fb3b2b
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I don't know what a stray power cluster is.

So I'll guess. It was the soul power that was going to be devoured by someone else, but it somehow went airborne and landed on me in a weird one in a million chance I never asked for.

... the gang leaders want to eat me for sure. I'd better test my powers to see if they're as strong as they feel.

I blow off the megaphone.

Okay. I'm fucked in this lifespan. There's no way this power cluster was comparable to the gang leaders. Either I eat or I run or I stand around.

Delli 2018/07/29(Sun)18:11 No. 894882 ID: fb3b2b
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A pack of people run to nearby payphones. Another pack flees.

Eat. Might as well fight until the end.

Now blow up that damn candy machine. That'll teach it!

The people who ran aren't idiots, good for them.

Let's run. No point eating a bunch of guys who just wanted candy bars, poor fools. Unless, you know, they're dumb enough to start something.

Dumb question, but could you kill yourself? So you ditch the power and reincarnate, instead of getting your soul eaten by a gang leader?

Demand any bars or food they have on them.

>>894882
Deep six the snitches. They get what they deserve.
After that, you should see about getting out of this podunk burg. Take your show on the road, man.

Phone crowd gets ate first.

(does devouring people destroy them forever or just this life?)

Delli 2018/07/29(Sun)19:00 No. 894890 ID: fb3b2b
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Maybe it's time to kill myself.

No, no, that makes me weaker. I'd get picked on even more in my next life. It's a last resort for people who get captured or something. I'll just try to last 2 minutes.

Oh, no, the bounty wasn't until 10 minutes.

So I'll try to last 12.

"Hey you guys! Gimme your food!"

Delli 2018/07/29(Sun)19:00 No. 894891 ID: fb3b2b
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I'm starting to see why people in power are jackasses.

Delli 2018/07/29(Sun)19:01 No. 894892 ID: fb3b2b
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... heck it, even devoured people will resurrect.

I hope in my next life, they forget who I am, and that I look different.

Another spirit blast attack of this kind should kill most of them, then I should have the power to draw in their loose energy for myself.

It's working!

And it's... making me stronger! A little bit! Very little! It's both exciting and disappointing!

Delli 2018/07/29(Sun)19:02 No. 894894 ID: fb3b2b
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That explosion over there is not the same direction I attacked in.

Delli 2018/07/29(Sun)19:03 No. 894895 ID: fb3b2b
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Uh... I hear more distant megahorns talking.

"Attention citizens! There is a one million dollar bounty on the power cluster thief. We understand that he looks like a cranky goat that doesn't shave his beard."

>>894895
Sounds like it's time to skedaddle.

Book it!

Also shave and get some sunglasses and look happier.

Keep sucking power as you run.

Shaving is the worst thing. They will be expecting it and you can't come back from that. Well, sure, you could grow it with raw power, but beard growth is by far the most expensive use of power.
braid stubble

Delli 2018/07/29(Sun)19:49 No. 894905 ID: 8e6242
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>Look happier
To heck with people who keep telling me that!

I'll shave though. And get glasses. Or braid my... stubble, and get... happy looking contacts?

Okay skedaddle time. can't fly but I can sure hop a lot higher, so I jump and run over a building.

Strike a Kun Fu pose and channel your new power.

It's go time.

Cook off all the ammo he's carrying.

Quick question: If the people in power get all the good food because they’re really strong, does this mean all the really powerful guy are really fat?

Also, prepare to fight.

Delli 2018/07/29(Sun)20:31 No. 894913 ID: 8e6242
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Martial arts helps this kind of stuff so I shoot a blast, the only thing I really know how to do, while striking a kung fu pose. I think this is a pose. Kung fu has been banned for a long time.

Delli 2018/07/29(Sun)20:32 No. 894914 ID: 8e6242
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She kicks my energy away right into some building.

Can you tell if that's a gang leader or just a bounty hunter? If it's the latter, maybe you want to eat her.

>She kicks my energy away right into some building.
Although the fact she's better than you might make that difficult. (Sucks for the guys in that building, RIP).

Maybe try to flee, so you can ambush her around a corner or something?

Delli 2018/07/29(Sun)20:35 No. 894917 ID: 8e6242
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Energy doesn't stop bullets. That is a local gang tattoo on her arm that is probably all beefy from overeating.

Can you heat up the ambient temperature to melt the gun or make all the ammo cook off?

Yes focus on the gun and use your energy telekinesis to blow her up.

>>894917
>beefy from overeating.
Then that’s even more motivation for you to beat her! Imagine how much power you’ll get if you consume her!

>>894917
Make a bowl-shaped shield out of energy so bullets go in, get turned around, and go back at her.

>>894925
If energy can’t stop bullets, then I don’t think energy can redirect them either.

Flex your body so the bullets shoot back.

Delli 2018/07/29(Sun)21:33 No. 894928 ID: 8e6242
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I can make the temperature rise or I can die trying.

I explode my next energy blast into a few pieces. It won't do any harm on this gang member, but...

>"What're you trying to do there, weakling?! You can't think of anything, can you?!"

Delli 2018/07/29(Sun)21:35 No. 894929 ID: 8e6242
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"I'm cooking ammo!"

Oh. It worked!

I have no muscles to flex but the bullets fall out anyway.

Delli 2018/07/29(Sun)21:37 No. 894931 ID: 8e6242
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I jump up at her while she's knocked down. She's bigger up close, but that means she's even less about to dodge a point blank blast.

>"Kill me, then, but give me something to ponder for a month! What are you even trying to accomplish by fighting us?"

Fighting seemed like a better option than just letting life fuck me over.

It's nothing personal.

>>894931
I'm sick of the shit vending machines in this city! *blam*

Not get eaten.

>>894931
"Hey, you came swingin' at me! If you gotta blame someone, look in a friggin' mirror!"

"All I wanted was a damn bar from the vending machine and then all this went down!"

Delli 2018/07/29(Sun)22:15 No. 894941 ID: dc0f7e
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"Fighting is better than dealing with the vending machines, getting eaten, and generally getting screwed by life! All I wanted was a candy bar! If you want to blame someone, look in the mirror!"
>"Eheh, you're just a mediocre soul who forgot how easy you have it here. Learn to like vending machines in your next life, and pray you knock yourself out of my memory."
"Yeah..."

Delli 2018/07/29(Sun)22:17 No. 894943 ID: dc0f7e
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BOOM

Delli 2018/07/29(Sun)22:18 No. 894944 ID: dc0f7e
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Oh, wow! That is a more noticeable power boost! It's not instant, but I feel like power's coming to me at a much faster rate!

Maybe I should hide for a little while as I finish gathering this power. I can try finding a random spot, or, uh, there is someone who told me that if I ever ran into trouble, to give her a call.

She might not have made that offer if she knew it was for this. I may just drag trouble where I go for the rest of my life.

Leaving town would be a cool option, but when the fog surrounded us, no one died any more, but anyone who tried to go through it would just get turned around and drive back into town.

So, not an option at all.

>>894944
Go call that person, why should your life be the only one messed up.

Call the person. You need somebody who'll keep you grounded before the power goes to your head.

>>894944
So what’s gonna happen to you if you keep absorbing power like this? You gonna get fat or you gonna get muscles?

>>894955
Also, call your friend.

>Leaving town would be a cool option, but when the fog surrounded us, no one died any more, but anyone who tried to go through it would just get turned around and drive back into town.

Step one: acquire stopwatch (or other timekeeping device)
step two: attempt to leave town by an obscure route, track how much time passes between entering the fog and finding yourself back in town
step three: attempt to leave town again, moving at exactly the same pace, but stop after half that much time

You will then be as far from town as possible, and, more importantly, probably very difficult for anyone else to locate in the fog.

Maybe the people trying to leave were simply too weak.

Anyway, give your mysterious phone-friend a ring, or a visit, assuming you know where she lives. Also, you should enter the nearest clothes store and obtain some cool-looking garb for middle-class citizens that you were never able to afford. Because strong people need to look cool.

Delli 2018/07/30(Mon)07:31 No. 894990 ID: fb3b2b
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I'll run to the best clothing skyscraper in town, in the Phantom's quadrant.

Also, phone.

ring
ring

>"It's Pillet!"
"It's Delli, is this a recor-!"
>"Oh shit it's Delli! You in trouble?"
"Yeah! Is this a bad time it sounds like you're in a gunfight?"
>"I am! 800 Roving Drive, Old town! Can you get there?"
"Probably! I - "

The phone call dies with a loud crack.

Delli 2018/07/30(Mon)07:32 No. 894991 ID: fb3b2b
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After the clothing skyscraper, I can stop at Old Town, and if Pillet doesn't have any amazing plan maybe I can try the fog? It's not like people who go into the fog are never seen again.

Delli 2018/07/30(Mon)07:33 No. 894993 ID: fb3b2b
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>"Hi that'll be 94 dollars."

Toss a bunch of the candy you got from the crowd on the counter and book it.

Damn. You're no match for this clerk's accounting skill!

We're not really obliged to pay but... yeah, perhaps the fact that they're out of candy would allow you make a deal with them.
Alternatively, tell her that you can't pay, but that you can offer to "dispose of" any person she wishes, provided this person is in a relatively close vicinity.

Delli 2018/07/30(Mon)08:13 No. 894998 ID: fb3b2b
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I toss candy on the counter.

"Will this do?"
>"Oh! You can pay. I mean, yes! Have a nice day."
"If this didn't work, would you have let me do work to pay it back by, I don't know, murdering someone?"
>"Oh, no, we'd have too many thieves on our payroll if that worked. I'd just sic all our security that's hiding in the clothing racks on you."

Delli 2018/07/30(Mon)08:17 No. 895000 ID: fb3b2b
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I saw some people following me, so with my cool and flawless disguise, I take the elevator down.

Old town was buried by new town. If I go straight underground, then I could lose the gangs on my way to Pillet's address, but there's a lot of weird crazy people who live underground who don't get out enough.

Above ground, there's still a lot of weird crazy people who are trying to kill me.

>"Attention, taxpayers of Sector B! The most wanted criminal is named Delli! He was last seen purchasing clothes in the Phantom's tower, running towards the elevators!"

Word sure gets around fast. Well, this is awkward. Riding an elevator full of people trying to kill you.

Offer these fine people some candy. And kill those that reject. Because the ones that rejected are most likely working for the gangs.

Afterwards, apologize and then make a hole in the bottom of the elevator car and jump down. Because this elevator is taking too long.

Get ready guys! We can catch him if we move fast!

Then sneak out in the confusion.

Or just eat everyone in here.

>>895000
Play it cool. It's not like any of these idiots want to wreck the elevator they're in, right?

Ah she won't really die, who gives a fuck. Certainly not you. Really the objective should be to try and have fun until someone manages to trounce you.

Delli 2018/07/30(Mon)09:17 No. 895006 ID: fb3b2b
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"If we move fast we can catch him! Until then, who wants candy?"

They all nod and murmur that yes they would. Of course they do, I know I would. They act like I'm sticking them up and forcing it on them.

Maybe I am.

Delli 2018/07/30(Mon)09:18 No. 895007 ID: fb3b2b
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The elevator door opens.

>"We want some candy too."
>"But not the candy you're holding."
>"..."
>"We mean you."
>"We want to eat you."
>"Yeah."

Mash the door close button.

Tsk. Dealing with all of these guys would take too long. What are our escape options?

Use one of your blast attacks and make a hole in the elevator while they're distracted. Then find a back exit to this tower building and make your way to Pillet.

>>895007
"Rude".

Delli 2018/07/30(Mon)10:06 No. 895011 ID: 8e47b9
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>Mash the door close button.

"Don't eat people, that's rud - "

Aw heck, punched myself right in the hypocrisy.

Delli 2018/07/30(Mon)10:07 No. 895012 ID: 8e47b9
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>Make a hole in the elevator
Doing, done.

I see something down there, on the steel cable.

Snip the cable and commence the eating.

Could this person be stronger than you?

There's 3 ways in which you should react.
First one would be to jump down into the hole. This is to evade a possible attack coming from outside the elevator door.
The second one would be to cut the steel cable. This is to make this person lose their balance and possibly miss you with their attack. Or simply make them cancel it.
The third would be to put all of your soul power into your hands and prepare to block/deflect their attack once it comes. Or to punch the stuff they gathered away from them, together with their head.

Delli 2018/07/30(Mon)10:47 No. 895018 ID: 8b8d01
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This guy could be stronger than me. I don't know, I'm not chancing it. I cut the cable.

Delli 2018/07/30(Mon)10:47 No. 895019 ID: 8b8d01
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He falls and his gathered energy falls on him and he explodes. Ack, shoot, indirect kills like that don't let me get his energy!

You should probably follow him down. You will have a crowd going any other directions.

Apologize to everybody in the elevator, abscond down the hole. You're trying to go down, right?

Crisis averted! Nah, if a simple fall killed him, then he was pretty weak.

Could the way down lead us to the underground? If not, then look for another way that doesn't involve exiting the elevator door here.

Delli 2018/07/30(Mon)11:04 No. 895025 ID: 8b8d01
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"Sorry." I tell my elevator peers, and drop down.

He crashed through the building, so I guess I'm going through the underground after all.

I drop through the shaft on top of him and explode him again, this time finishing the job and getting the energy.

Delli 2018/07/30(Mon)11:05 No. 895026 ID: 8b8d01
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It's so obvious that I fell down here that I run away right away before anyone sees where I went.

Old town looks an awful lot like if people stopped repairing new town for about 36 hours. I wonder why it was abandoned.

Delli 2018/07/30(Mon)11:06 No. 895027 ID: 8b8d01
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Huh? The wall is cracking next to me?

Delli 2018/07/30(Mon)11:07 No. 895028 ID: 8b8d01
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God damn!

>"Youuuu, you're the one that took the power! After so loooong!"

We gonna fight? Or you just making conversation?

And whats the talk about so long anyways? If there is some prophecy junk might as well let me know now.

Good. At least someone knows what's going on.
Talk to this person. Ask them what this power is and what are you supposed to do with it.

Also, boop the snoot.

Grab 'em by the face and help them through the wall, then brush the rubble off them.

Ask if we know them.

Delli 2018/07/30(Mon)12:27 No. 895034 ID: 8b8d01
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"So do you wanna fight or are you just here to make conversation?"
>"Hmm... I'd kill you if I couuuld, but I can't! I choose conversation."

I grab their snoot and pull them out because wall-faces is no way to have a conversation. I definitely don't know this guy.

"What's all this about so long? May as well know about any weird prophecies."
>"Nooo, no one so far has been able to tell the future. But your power... it was cultivated. We had it."
"Wait a second, that emblem! You're a gang member."
>"No! We're the rebellion! The ones against the gang!"
"By forming a gang! You're all totally gangs!"
>"No! We want to remove the other gangs!"
"That's what all the gangs want to do!"
>"No!"
"Yeah you're the not-quite-as-big fifth gang, the ones who call themselves the Rebels!"
>"Ohhh I'd kill you so bad if I could, then I could get the power we made, and we could finally win!"
"What's the power for anyway?"
>"Uh killing probably? I mean what else do you do with power around here?"

Power up electronics and such. Unless it’s a different power i’m thinking about

Making peoples lives better? I mean that is the other option for power unless you are a jerk.

Anyways are the rebels decent? You could join and then problem would have some help.

Unless they are dicks.

Ask him what he meant with "after so long". How was this power cultivated? And why wouldn't they just, you know, simply keep it properly distributed among certain rebellion members? Or keep feeding it to one member? If they "had it", why weren't they using it?

Also, how did he know you're the one with the power? No one was supposed to know you're here and your disguise it impeccable!

I want to try and part the fog & get out of here. Maybe get EVERYONE out of here.
But right now by friend sounds like they're in a gun battle and I'd better do something about that.

Delli 2018/07/30(Mon)12:45 No. 895040 ID: 8b8d01
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"Powering electronics?"
>"Oh yeah we can do that."
"Making people's lives better?"
>"Yeah! That's what we do! Even if we blow stuff up sometimes."

I'd ask questions, but this guy doesn't sound like the sharpest rebel in the Rebels. Wait, there is one.

"I want to try getting out of the fog. Maybe even part it."
>"That! That's our biggest goal!"
"How'd you know I was the one with the power cluster?"
>"Oh I can detect power. And yours is still rising!"
"Heck it, you know what? I'll join you guys. Just for this one life of mine."
>"Really?! So you'll let me kill you?!"
"I - what the fuck."
>"The power has to be given to a trustworthy person! You'd be a new recruit, but see how many teeth I've got on my emblem? That's a lot! Then I'd run over to the leader and then they'd kill me and take it themselves."

Nope I have the power so I am now the most trustworthy.

Also I am going to eat you due to you so thoughtfully suggesting it.

Anything you want me to know before I send you off? Also where is your boss so I can go eat him.

The fact you seek to gain power instead of trust is turning me away. I'm going to use these powers to go bail out my buddy who needs help and you're going to take the time to think of a better recruiting pitch or get your boss to do it instead.

Fuck no. You hold every chip from every table in the whole casino. He should be happy you even thought about joining.

Delli 2018/07/30(Mon)12:59 No. 895045 ID: 8b8d01
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"Actually I'm the most trustworthy since I have the most power."
>"I don't think that's how it works...."
"It does mean I can kill you."
>"That part is true! Could you.... not? I have important information I need to tell my people about."
"That maybe perhaps depends on if you tell me where your boss is."
>"What if I tell you?"
"Then there is a chance that I probably I won't kill you."
>"Good enough. It's down here, at... actually we were all supposed to meet at 800 Roving Drive after a big shootout."

>>895045
Convenient. Take the doofus and get a move on.

A planned shootout. How quaint.

He probably knows the shortest route there so... tell him to show you the way. Of course, while you carry him.

omigod like saaame.

Pinch him on the cheek and run there, it's probably where your buddy is too.

Delli 2018/07/30(Mon)13:31 No. 895057 ID: 8b8d01
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"Okay sure whatever come with me."

We dodge a bunch of people searching through the town. I would've had a hell of a time finding the place without this guy, because barely any street signs are still up.

>"Hey, Nilestro's coming back! He's with some goat guy."
>"Oh shit, Delli!" I hear Pillet. It's all nostalgic, it's been a long time since I've seen her. "Everyone outta here, it's reunion time for me! Delli get that tail in here!"

Delli 2018/07/30(Mon)13:32 No. 895058 ID: 8b8d01
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Yep that's her.

>"Oh man! You even got me a new pair of glasses."
"Actually I got it for myself, I wanted to look cool."
>"I don't give a shit, you look like my grandpa trying to be hip with it."

Delli 2018/07/30(Mon)13:33 No. 895059 ID: 8b8d01
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>"So what's the trouble? By the way you're in our secret hideout so you're a Rebel now."

Cool I got that power stuff so point me in the direction of saving the world.

No eating me though. This idiot seems to be a confused mess.

Sweep her off her feet and kiss her while holding her in your manly arms.

Seduce the floof.

Guess you really don't have a choice in this.

Ask her how was the shootout. Are those wounds on her a part of being hip? And what's the rebellion about?
Argue with her that being older has its advantages. How old are you compared to her anyway? And does it even matter if everyone's immortal?

Okay, fine. As long as no one tries to kill me for my awesome power. What are you guys planning?

You look at least twice as scruffy as me.

Anyway I got a bunch of powers crosseye here says you guys were 'cultivating', question mark, and then I killed some gang enforcers and got their powers too. So i've like double-pissed off all the gangs and now they're all looking for me. I seem to be getting stronger all the time as well which is kinda neat.

Also sorry we were late to the shootout.

If the bosses up top didn't want people to rebel they wouldn't be such instant jerks about anyone else getting any mojo. They're just too shy to say so directly.

>>895059
Rebels aren't the only people in rebel hideouts you know. There's also people trying to kill rebels!

...but I guess I'm a rebel yeah. Everyone else is either trying to kill me or scared shitless of me, where else am I gonna go? Also killing friends is probably rude.

(Well I guess the rebels asked to kill you but that's still a step up).

Smooch the girl.

>>895059
“Yeah, I’m here because I suddenly got a power boost out of nowhere and now everyone up there suddenly wants to kill me. And that Nilestro guy or whatever his name was, said that I somehow accidentally received the power that you guys cultivated or something weird like that. So I’m guessing you guys are the reason for everything that’s been happening to me, right?”

1/2 Delli 2018/07/30(Mon)14:32 No. 895078 ID: bfb318
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"Fine I'm a rebel, but no eating me. Also you're scruffier than me."
>"Yeah well I don't have a beard. And nah no eating you. I mean I would've if you were anyone else. Because that power is mine. Do you know how many souls we had to blend to get that much power?"
"I'll be honest, I don't really give a shit either."
>"Well I do! Ten years, soon after we parted ways and I became the leader, I've been building up power in a barrel! Then when it comes time to unleash it on me to devour, it turns out my most trustworthy ally was a gang mole! Spilled our whereabouts, turned the barrel around at herself and tried to take the cluster from me!"
>"But I shot her!" says someone from farther inside.
>"And that was the best shot I've ever fuckin' seen! But that cluster flew right through a dead body and sailed in the air into my new most trustworthy person!"
"Can I sweep you off your feet and kiss you? I'd like to spend the rest of my life doing something I'd never otherwise get to do."
>"Oh don't get all lovey dovey on me now, you have gang leaders to murder!"
>"Hey leader we have a tank coming!"
>"Speak of the devils."
>"Do we fight?"
>"No point, we got our power back, so we finished our goal! If Delli fucks this up, we regroup! Until then, I'm disbanding the rebels!"
>"Okay but what about the tank it's got a lot of people with it!"
>"... Everyone's on their own! Cheese it!"

2/2 Delli 2018/07/30(Mon)14:32 No. 895079 ID: bfb318
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We scatter like a kicked anthill.

"Where are we going?"
>"To hide, because you'll need to wait a bit before you're strong enough to take a gang leader! Normally I'd say you could easily kick their ass, but the plan was to spend another 3 years blending souls, but then that bitch of a mole gave away our location!"
"Huh. A pretty big coincidence that it landed on me."
>"No kidding, most of the souls used to make the cluster were rebels, but it landed on you!"
"Did... wait a second I got killed back like 12 years ago, was that you?! Did you kill me to make the power cluster?!"
>"Don't be a bitch about it, I died for it too and I'm not the one who got the return investment!"

>>895079
"Bitch. Well, now I'm not gonna feel bad if I get you killed in this mess."

Without rancor or anger, just kinda annoyed.

How the heck did you have enough rebels to power this thing, were you guys just killing yourselves (and your hapless friends) over and over for years?

...In twelve years, I'm going to slap you so hard you'll have an out-of-body experience so vivid you'll swear you felt your Karma rebalancing.

Wow, they're disbanding as soon as you joined them. So much for hospitality.
Ask her if killing the gang leaders is all you need to do. And after they're all dead, how will that change the town?
I still don't get it tho. Why would they keep the power hidden instead of constantly feeding it to one person? Oh, is it because that person would get detected and killed?

Keep following her until then. Maybe you can shave at the place she's taking you to.

>she killed you
I guess that makes you... her ex ;)

>>895079
“Well, if you want me to kill the gang leaders, then I’m gonna need to overeat a lot to get that much power. You wouldn’t happen to have any food stashed somewhere around here, would you?”

>>895086
You also might want to start small and work your way up the ranks instead of going straight for the gang leaders, so that yo can build up power from consuming their underlings.

Sure you did. I am here now and we can go save the world.

Now its time for a training montage!

Man its going to be boring hiding out alone in the woods.

I wonder what we could get up to to pass the time?

Wink wink nudge nudge.

1/2 Delli 2018/07/30(Mon)15:13 No. 895090 ID: bfb318
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"Bitch! Nevermind sweeping you off your feet, I'll slap you so hard your karma will realign. How'd you even get rebels? Or did you and your gang just kill yourselves for years?!"
>"Only works once per person, otherwise I wouldn't have bothered with you! As for our numbers? With millions of people in this town, it's not hard to find a few hundred misfits would want to live for a cause!"
"I'm not going to feel bad if you die in this mess. Do you have food or something to speed this power up?"
>"Food? Don't even bother, that's nothing compared to the cluster I made! Look, this early on it'll feel like a bunch but you just need to wait, and soon food and random people off the street won't even add anything to your power. What you need is a training montage."
"Why'd you collect it into a cluster instead of feeding it to one person anyway?"
>"Because that's inefficient as hell. It's addition instead of exponential multiplication! It'd take millenia. Aw damnit."
"What now?"

2/2 Delli 2018/07/30(Mon)15:13 No. 895091 ID: bfb318
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>"It's Crook's righthandman, upwards of 20% of the power of Crook himself. It's a little early, but hey, you got this."
"Where are you going?!"
>"Like I came all this way just to die and miss out on seeing the fog lift."
"I don't even know how to lift it!"
>"Better keep me alive, then!"

Its Shadowman!

If you use your light powers it will just strengthen his shadow stuff!

Use red light instead of white!

Blast him and see how he reacts.

>>895091
Biiiiiiiitch.

Well blast the henchman. Probably won't work, but you gotta get this party started somehow.

I'm torn between wondering if we can feed Pillet the kill (leave the hench almost dead and have her finish it) so we're not stuck doing all the super-fighting ourselves, or deciding she's kinda crazy and untrustworthy and would just end up killing us if we trusted her with a comparable level of power.

Buff up. You know how to use your buffs, right?!

Also, do some dance moves.

1/3 Delli 2018/07/30(Mon)15:39 No. 895097 ID: bfb318
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>You know how to use your buffs, right?!
I know how to...

2/3 Delli 2018/07/30(Mon)15:39 No. 895098 ID: bfb318
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"Energy blast!"
>[i]"Come on man don't name your moves or shout them out!"[i]

Hm. Maybe if I do another energy -

3/3 Delli 2018/07/30(Mon)15:39 No. 895099 ID: bfb318
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ow

Punch him back as hard as you can.

Kick him between the... this guy has legs under the cloak, right? We can only hope.

Its time to wrestle.

Headbutt him with your mighty horns.

1/2 Delli 2018/07/30(Mon)16:46 No. 895113 ID: bfb318
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I punch, miss, kick, miss, and then use my horns!

Which works for once in my life!

grab arm, get him into an armbar

>>895114
Grab that punch and suplex him!

That probably only worked because he didn't expect it heh.

Tell him to stop and wait for a second. Tell him that this is your first time and ask him for some fighting tips!

If that doesn't work then... well, you're supposed to have a lot more power than him. Which means you should definitely be faster than him. Use your legs to run around him really fast, and hit him when you know that you're not in his line of sight.

Pull his cloak thing down over his arms.

>>895114
You cracked his face! Break it open to get the guy under the mask!

You call that a headbutt?

Charge your horns with energy first you doof!

1/4 Delli 2018/07/30(Mon)17:17 No. 895124 ID: bfb318
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The headbutt probably only worked because he didn't think I would do it! Or that I could charge my horns with energy, which is the only way it did anything! This guy is tougher than a vending machine!

>Grab arm
Got it!

>something
>something else
Wait, I don't know any cool martial art moves.

3/4 Delli 2018/07/30(Mon)17:18 No. 895126 ID: bfb318
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>Break his mask
My energy seems to weak to harm him, but maybe his mask is a weak point!

4/4 Delli 2018/07/30(Mon)17:18 No. 895127 ID: bfb318
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His face fell off to reveal an undamaged face under it.

>"Y- don't look at me!"
"Why not?"
>"You're not supposed to know who I am!"

I've never seen this person in my life. I think.

Woops now I know your horrible secret.

Better be my slave forever due to that fact.

You are a cute little thing. You should not hide your face.

Still going to eat you now. Lets hang out in your next life.

I promise not to look if you let me eat you.

Lie.

Tear the rest of his clothes off and bask in his shame.

Oh! You're that one guy! I totally know you! Wow, the shameful things you did back then, I can remember everything! Dude, you should just die of shame.

Grab him under your arm like you're going to give noogies

Take selfie

Blackmail nerd

Delli 2018/07/30(Mon)17:42 No. 895135 ID: bfb318
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"Oh, you? I won't tell anyone if you be my slave, or something."
>"W-wait, do you even know me?!"
"Uh yeah."
>"Who am I?"
"... look, I'm pretty sure I'll recognize you if I pull off the cloak to see the rest of you!"
>"Oh, no way!"

He shoots a laser up.

Quick get that cloak off before its to late!

>>895135
Flying Taaaaackle

"Ok if you're doing that to call reinforcements you know that'll increase the chance someone who knows your face will come here, right?"

He seems to be distracted now, so perhaps you'll have an easier time landing your punches. Which is what you should try doing.

>>895135
flirt with them or something call them cute they seem pretty embarrassed it might make them do something silly

1/3 Delli 2018/07/30(Mon)17:58 No. 895146 ID: bfb318
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"I'll blackmail you, nerd!"
>"What is wrong with you?! Are you trying to just embarrass me!"
"I have no idea what I'm doing, but it's worked out well so far! You called for reinforcements, right?! So more people are going to see you!"

He punches me and it hurts way less. Maybe I am getting that much stronger per minute.

>"I didn't call for reinforcements!"
"Then what was that?!"
>"The signal to fire the Apocalypse Beam-Cannon on myself!"

2/3 Delli 2018/07/30(Mon)17:59 No. 895147 ID: bfb318
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"What the heck's an Apocalypse Beam-Can-"

3/3 Delli 2018/07/30(Mon)17:59 No. 895148 ID: bfb318
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Actually, dumb question.

Scream "To late saw you naked" as your body is flung free from the blast.

Make sure to use him as a shield from the beam.

(how do they have a doom canon in space with the haze?)

>>895148
"I LIKE YOUR CHEST!"

Use him as a human shield if it isn't already too late.

>>895148
Eat the beeeeeeam

>>895148
You might want to go find Pillet and get her out of there, so that she doesn’t get killed!

And if that guy is still alive, then go finish him off and take his power!

Just as the beam's about to kill him, you have to be the one to finish him off.

Dig a hole into the ground while holding the dude above you. He'll take the full hit.

1/2 Delli 2018/07/30(Mon)18:44 No. 895160 ID: bfb318
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"I like your chest!" I say while fire and hell beams down on us. Not really sure where that came from. Either what I said or the beam. It can't be from outside of the fog.

As for the weird compliment, I probably said that because I don't want him to hate me as much as possible while I hold his body up as a shield.

I'd love to consume the beam but there's no body attached to it and it isn't whatever consumable, bodiless energy Pillet somehow had. This is just plain energy with no soul blend, and a soul is like the plate, and my soul is the spoon, and I... can't eat off the floor with a spoon or something?

Whatever. I'm alive. Neither the unmasked man nor my cool clothes survived the blast. I nearly kicked it, myself. I wasn't able to kill him myself to absorb him, there was just too much energy at that point.

I'd look for Pillet, but she's running down the crater.

2/2 Delli 2018/07/30(Mon)18:44 No. 895161 ID: bfb318
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>"Delli! Did you consume him?"
"No, I missed my chance."
>"Yeah cause you spent it getting gay with it!"
"Look... I'm not gay, but he was kind of cute."
>"Yeah well I'm not going to talk trash about you but you're a fucking dumbass. Whatever I just got a call. Splice is showing up in the matter of seconds."
"The gang leader?!"
>"Yeah he's got our trail, so to fuck with it, I'm going to regret this, but my plan takes forever. Devour me. Unless you think your one moment of action is better spent sweeping me off my feet and kissing me, you horny idiot."

>>895161
Don't you have way less energy than me? How will devouring you even help against a gang leader? I'd be better off using you as a distraction, or something.

Also yeah go for a horny kiss, why not. What have you really got to lose at this point?

>>895161
sweep her off her feet and kiss her. then while kissing her stab her in the heart.

If devouring her got you enough power to fight the guy why wouldn't you just fight him together?

Do that thing she said you should do.

The kissing part.

Use the power of sloppy makeouts to save the day.

Also just have her fight with you and stuff. (after the makeouts)

sweep her off her feet and kiss her, you horny idiot

Delli 2018/07/30(Mon)19:08 No. 895169 ID: bfb318
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"Don't you have way less energy than me?"
>"Way less potential energy. In 5 minutes it'll be a drop in the bucket, but right now, it'll give you a jumpstart!"
"Can't we just fight together."
>"Nope. If you had a power of 10, and I had a power of 10, we couldn't touch someone who could defend themselves against a power of 15. But if we combined and made ourselves power 20... get what I'm saying? Now shut up and eat me."

Heck it. I sweep her off her feet and go for the kiss! I think I'm more surprised she lets me do that than she is that I went for it.

... I could still kill her, but damn, I'm still not sure I could fight a gang leader, at which point I'd have killed her for no reason!

>>895169
nah kill her better to mitigate risk at this point and just meet up later

Run with her! Cute girls are worth the risk!

Keep her in your arms and use your strength to speed away and hide. Then you can charge long enough during the chase to power up!

Or you could just bone her right here and now. If you lasted long enough it would gain you time! Its against the rules to fight fucking people you know.

>>895169
Well time to fuck off then.

It is true that you can not interrupt sexy times. Use that to your advantage to hold off the last boss long enough to power up.

Hey why don't you just like. Make yourself invisible and hide so you can bang your waifu.

If that dude was only 20% as powerful as what's coming, it's time to make tracks and regroup. Use your powers to fly away.

>>895169
Tell her that it’s one thing to eat random guys trying to kill you, but there’s no way in hell you’d eat her! Even if she deserves it for killing you to make that power cluster.

Besides, she told you to keep her alive so that we could see the fog lift! You can’t do that if she’s dead!

1/2 Delli 2018/07/30(Mon)19:43 No. 895178 ID: bfb318
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>Its against the rules to fight fucking people you know.
They're not called 'gangs' because of their adherance to the rules.

Still, why am I just standing around?! I don't need to kill her, I'll just run! I bounce out of the crater and get our butts moving.

"Yeah no I'm not eating you, even if you deserve it! You already told me to keep you alive anyway!"
>"Hahaha."
"What's so funny?!"
>"You."

2/2 Delli 2018/07/30(Mon)19:43 No. 895179 ID: bfb318
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Oh.

People are really hard to kill remember?

Guess you should finish her off so you get the power now then. Can meet up in a month to raise the fog after you kick some ass.

>>895178
consume her

RIP waifu, hello creepy doll. I wonder how uncomfortable it'll make the gang leaders if you keep her around?

Can you try anything cool like cramming power in the hole in her head and turning her into a undead energy-vampire bound to your service or something? I'll bet no one has tried that, no one here cares much about life extension with respawns.

Also geeze would her power even have helped you if she couldn't even stop bullets with her face? I mean that's just basic battle goat stuff.

>>895179
Can you try focusing on healing her? If you’re fast enough, you can keep her alive.....right?

People are really hard to kill here remember? A normal person could possibly survive that.

Kiss her back to life.

1/2 Delli 2018/07/30(Mon)20:10 No. 895187 ID: bfb318
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>People are hard to kill
Yeah because most people can't just shoot a laser beam from out of nowhere through someone's skull in one go. Even bullets have to be loaded with energy to get through us!

>Can you try anything cool
No, I'm a one trick energy-shooting pony here.

I'm out of options that don't involve kissing corpses, so I throw Pillet up and consume her before she goes from unconscious to dead. She was stronger than I thought after all.

2/2 Delli 2018/07/30(Mon)20:10 No. 895188 ID: bfb318
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More concerningly, the source of the laser beam just landed.

>"Yo."
"Splicer?"
>"Yep. Drew the short stick when it was time to deal with this crap, so... you're just some random bystander hit by Pillet's shenanigans, right? You just thought what the heck, you'll fuck around with your sudden power till you die, right? That's cool."

I can't even sense power like that doof from earlier could, but I can sense this guy. Either I learned how to do that, or I'm in a bad spot right now.

Headbutt her in the tits.

>>895188
kamehameha out of your feet and move like bakugo through the sky to get away using explosions

I want to get strong enough to lift the fog.

anything to stall for time or appeal to their apparent disaffection.

>>895188
>summary
Pretty much, yeah. Dunno if it really was random since I knew her before this mess, but it's not like I know anything about this power bullshit.

So... you're gonna need to get really lucky or run away here.

>>895187
So how long do you have to wait for Pillet to come back?

>>895188
Yeah, you’re gonna have to brace yourself for an attack.

Delli 2018/07/30(Mon)20:28 No. 895195 ID: bfb318
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>Headbutt her in the tits.
Pretty sure that's a guy.

Pretty sure people who eat all the food get fat after all.

>So how long do you have to wait for Pillet to come back?
A month.

"Pretty much 'cept for the part where I want to get strong enough to lift the fog."
>"Oh. Yeah you either lift the fog permanently or you don't lift it at all."
"Then lift it permanently?"
>"Good god, man, I know you probably think life sucks but why do you want to kill everyone?"
"Uh what."
>"The hell do you think resurrects us?"
"I thought that was unrelated."
>"Huh. Well it's not."
"And if you're lying?"
>"Do ya really want to take the chance? By the way I'm only gonna talk to you for 2 minutes."

>>895195
I mean its probably true otherwise why would the gang leaders leave it up instead of opening it to go hog wild outside

"Where's all the food come from anyway?"

>>895195
Okay you only got two minutes? Time to ask for info.

Well if I've got your attention for that long, how about the two minute speech on how any of this magic stuff actually works?

Better than living endless monotony while the strong and self entitled REAAALLY fat at the top. This isn't any different than normal life.

>>895195
Blow his nads off immediately while his guard's down.

Delli 2018/07/30(Mon)20:54 No. 895201 ID: bfb318
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"That sorta makes sense anyway, the two seems kinda crammed with four of you gangs inside. Where's the food come from anyway?"
>"Small farm on the east side. Why do you think food's sold out constantly?"
"Oh yeah."
>"So what's it gonna be, little buddy? I can make the call to your boss right now. Along with any other requests. Give you a nice basket of food when you come back and everything."
"Want to explain to me how all this soul magic works too while you're at it?"
>"Not really."

This guy talks excruciatingly slowly. It's been about a minute since we started talking.

"It's kind of monotonous living here like this, isn't it?"
>"Better than living in monotony and then dying."
If I fight him, I have to stall as long as possible. Either I get a sneak attack in a bit early, or try and convince him to talk for another minute.

If what he is true though then a lot of people are going to die.

... also, Pillet won't come back.

After you kill the gang leaders you can take all the time you want to think it over before doing something stupid.

Probably.

This damn city is Hellish in its repetitive, mundane brutality. Death would be a release next to this travesty.
Blow his nuts off in a sneak attack and take his power. You have work to do.

>>895201
Look, just kill your way to the top and keep absorbing power. Once you're the strongest person and basically a solo gang leader, you'll be sorta safe. It'll take time for someone to pull a rebel trick like Pillet did to power up competition. You'll have time to figure out what's true, wait for your friends to revive, and decide if you actually want to lift the haze.

But first you gotta blast your way to the top!

>>895201
nah lets ride this out its fun even if I don't take down the fog its a heck of alot more interesting then just letting you kill me easy and I am sure you think so too being on the top must get boring.

just scream super loud until you become strong enough for anything

Delli 2018/07/30(Mon)21:11 No. 895207 ID: bfb318
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Wait a second, I'm the doof now. If I blast the four gang leaders I can just wait for Pillet to come back before deciding to blow up the fog or not.

"Ahhhh!" I blast his crotch while screaming in case it makes me more powerful.

Okay he just sort of stood there and that didn't work.

>"We're doing this, huh."

Hey it's the only shot I'll ever have, I may as well make the most of it.

Hiya!

Offer to play Uno instead if he prefers. But not Battleship, fuck Battleship. If that doesn't work eat his eyes.

Okay blast again, but this time don't not move when you energy blast, so the blast blasts you away. It's genius. Don't think about it.

>>895207
blast your way out of the pit and away from the death man

>>895207
>"We're doing this, huh."
“You can’t blame me for trying, right? Besides, you said that it’s cool if I fuck around with the power until I died. So, yeah, since you’re here, I might as well fuck around and see how far I can get before I die and go back to my boring life. So, yeah, let’s do this!”

1/3 Delli 2018/07/30(Mon)21:42 No. 895221 ID: bfb318
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"Can't blame me for trying!"

I throw myself back with the next blast to get away.

2/3 Delli 2018/07/30(Mon)21:42 No. 895222 ID: bfb318
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thump

3/3 Delli 2018/07/30(Mon)21:43 No. 895223 ID: bfb318
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>"Can and will. No good word to your boss, then. For someone who resurrects, you're short sighted as hell. Or... did you think you had a chance? Maybe in 4 minutes, but I'm not looking for a challenge."

Maybe I can trick him into thinking Uno only takes a minute to play.

>>895222
He’s surprisingly fast for a fat guy. Then again, I guess that’s to be expected of a gang leader.

>>895223
>Or...did you think you had a chance? Maybe in 4 minutes, but I'm not looking for a challenge.
Well what do you know? Apparently, you’re still getting stronger. And if you can stay alive for another 4 minuets, you’ll be on the same power level as him.

Now the only question is: How the fuck are you going to survive for another 4 minuets?!

Oh, one last thing. Why did did your right hand boi freak out that i see his face?

Blast the ground to make a difficult to draw dust cloud.

Nah, it's long sight. Sure, I lose out on nice perks by not giving in. But what are the odds I ever have this power again? I have a lot better odds of getting nice food privileges some other way some day than I have of getting to seriously try anything like this again. So making the most of my opportunities? That is the long view.

>what do
Laser tunnel time! Down we go.

Delli 2018/07/30(Mon)22:08 No. 895233 ID: bfb318
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Okay okay, I'm just as fucked as I thought I was at the start but I don't want to give up yet.

Let me think!

Crap he's looking bored! His hand is lifting! Maybe if I hit the gr-

>"I'm gonna blow you up if you do any more energy blasting."
"Hahaha of course I'm not doing that! I mean I knew it'd go bad but worth a shot right?!"
>"Dude I was going to make your next life a lot easier if you showed yourself to be chill about this."

It's almost 2 minutes! I think he's just messing with me until then! Shit, all I can think of is to ask him about more stuff!

"Hey why did your righthandman freak out when I saw his face?!"
>"Righthandman? What're you tal - oh, no, you must be thinking of Crook. I'm Splice. But hold on. You saw his face? For real?"
"Yeah?"
>"... who was he?!"

I... really don't know...

"You don't know!"

"How long have you known each other? No way he didn't tell you."

"He's, well, you're not going to believe me without seeing it yourself."

etc., etc., draw it out.

>>895233
Wouldn't you like to know.~

Hehe, he really keeps it hidden from all you guys, huh?

>>895233
a cute bear. hey if you kill me mind letting me meet him when I wake up? or better yet set him up on a date with me?

>>895233
Shockingly young for a renowned badass. Like, late teens or early twenties thereabouts. If he wants specifics, then that's a laugh. No one keeps the same face in this city for very long.

Charge your power before releasing it. Really. Think about it! That super-blast from earlier wasn't some satellite installation, I bet it's just some super-charged/powerful asshole who has the misfortunate(?) duty of hanging around in the cloudscape to look for suicide signals. If they can do it, you can too.

You're not gonna be perceived as a 'real' threat until you hit the power threshold, since you're only going to be a 'challenge' in 4 minutes. So... you've got a couple more minutes to distract her with, if you can keep the conversation going. Try that.

>Not looking for a challenge

"Meh, you'd not get much of one, either way. Even if I win it'd be just be from becoming overpowered. I mostly only throw energy around, y'know? To make this interesting for you, I'd have to defeat you before I became too strong, or else it's just a terrible wash, right?"

Release the first charged up beam, see if it does anything to her. If it doesn't, that's fine. It's just a part of keeping up the conversation, not making the mood go stale, that sort of stuff.

"Actually... if you're that bored with this you must've been doing this for a while, sounds like. Wouldn't it just be easier to stomp Pillet every time she appears, rather than let her just turning Rebel over and over? It kind of looks like that's what you've been doing, but you're PRETTY good at just finding me, so I guess you could do it to her, too. Heck, didn't you guys have a mole in her organization all along?"

Charge up another beam. Keep it charging this time, until you can't charge anymore, or until she starts trying to genuinely kill you, then release it in self-defense.

"I may not be super bright, but it kind of sounds like you guys set this up, a little. Or something. Is it to the extent that I'm being the evening's entertainment? In which case, wouldn't it be fine if the most powerful guy defeats me? If you're so bothered, just leave it to whoever's actually interested. 's not like I'm gonna tear down the fog wall until people come back, anyway."

>>895233

Oh. Eh.

Shockingly kuma. I mean, cute.

For a dude.

Delli 2018/07/30(Mon)22:38 No. 895247 ID: bfb318
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I'll try charging my energy. That's possible! The guy in the elevator shaft looked like he was doing it.

"You don't know?!"
>"Don't draw this out, I don't need to know that bad."
"Right right uh the problem is is that I'm not sure you'd believe me!"
>"Well what's he look like?"
"Surprisingly cute for a guy."
>"Snrk. You want me to put in a good word to him instead of your boss?"
"C... could you?"
>"No. You missed that chance."
"By the way why don't you just crush Pillet? Do you guys like snubbing out the occasional powerhouse?"
>"What? Hell no, this isn't fun, Pillet is a pain in our asses every time, and she's tough to find - wait a second, you sneaky goat, don't change the subject! Who's that right hand guy, he should be kind of famous! Talk!"
"Right well he's got bear ears or something, kind of a snubby snout... in his pretty early twenties?"
>"You don't know? Wait.. bear ears.... holy crap, it's Tino, from Spire Tower?!"

>>895247
say HOLY SHIT THATS TINO! while getting up onto your elbows

I almost think it'd be easier to baffle her and get her to talk about Tino by being a big question mark and asking "Who?"

If you charge an energy blast inside of your mouth, he might not notice it.

>>895247
Who the fuck is Tino?

Let him explain

>>895247
It’s working! Just a little longer and your 4 minuets of waiting will be over! Then you can fight this guy on the same power level!

Hell, if you’re still getting stronger after 4 minuets, then you can try to drag this out even longer and be stronger than him!

>>895249
>baffle her
Him. Splice is a guy.

solar flare!

Because in a city of a few million, there's only one guy that fits that description.

Spire Tower... isn't that the headquarters of one of the gangs? And if Tino was there, then the Spire Tower should be Crook's gang headquarters. But if it's not Crook's headquarters, then it would mean Tino was working as a spy. And that would be quite an interesting topic.

Ask him if it wouldn't mean that Tino was a spy then?

Keep him distracted with this revelation for another 10 minutes.

I wonder if you fire a beam into the sky if the cannon would fire on your location? You could always use your blasts as rockets and fly away.