>>904535
I assume it costs her to dish out an unholy eraser (in favors or otherwise), so killing yourself (or faking it) to get her to blow everything up seems kind of mean.

...I mean it might be cool to do once just to see what happens but you'd be dead so you won't see what happens!

>what do
Let Jozi go do the stealth thing, then start searching for traps and bad guys by running around, kicking down doors, and yelling. Then rewinding.

>>904535
Well she won't have to call the Unholy eraser, but is nice to know she would do that.
Anyway, try the stealth approach, but remember we have to show her we are a bad ass too.

Got to prove we can handle ourselves!

Tell her no problem at all. You have not made it this far without a few tricks up your sleeves.

Let her do her thing. We can roll with stealth up until shit hits the fan and then let her wreak havok.

>>904535

We brought a supersoldier, so let's let her do her supersoldier infiltration thing. Although it's an obvious shame you won't be able to see her in action for a while.

... does she record her ops somehow? Maybe you can catch the debrief.

It'd be cool to see her in action, but you're here to avenge your village, so fuck around on your own.

If you die, though, revert all the way back here and tell her you actually do need an escort.

Glinp 2018/10/04(Thu)14:58 No. 904945 ID: 7fd053
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>Let her do recon
"Do your thang!" I crack my knuckles. "I'll be sure to leave ya some mooks to bash!"
"Heheh. Catch you soon." She leaps away into the shadows! I clear my throat and mentally call upon Dolnar to lend me strength! I kick open the door!
>-KASLAM!-
Yeah! That would’ve sucked if it didn't work!
"SUP BITCHES, GLINP IN DA HOUUUSE!" I call out into the hallway!
"Halt! Intruder!" A flying robot thing zooms toward me! "State your purpose!"

I have some powers!
1. The power to reverse time to an earlier point, even if I die.
2. The power to detach any part of myself that has a joint, and control it from any distance.
3. The power to disguise myself as an inanimate object, but I don't pick the object.
4. A Super Jump that's better for going high than for going far.
5. A Fireball that I can shoot from my mouth.
6. A Super Fist that can break through rock.

Do I talk, or go straight to attackin'? It's pretty high up, but I could probably Super Jump and hit it with something if it doesn't dodge.

"Your purpose!"

Super jump and hit it with the zappy spear.

Murdering your boss!

Then fireball it. Is a good test to see what the minions are good at here.

I'm here to kick lich ass and chew bubblegum, and I'm all out of heads!

Throw your head at the robot, then point-blank fireball it.

>>904945
Super jump and power fist.

>>905010
One two combo! If that doesn't kill it, revert and tell it you want to send a message from the Lizardfolk to Zorgonok.

>>905010
That might be using too much energy too soon in the mission.

We don’t want him to tire himself out before he gets to the final boss, right?

Glinp 2018/10/05(Fri)15:02 No. 905192 ID: 7fd053
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>>905073
It'll be fine! I just can't be doin' it to everything I run into.

>>904974
>>905010
>>905068
"Killing your boss!"
>-pchoing!-
>-pkowkshhh kchh!-
I bash it on the main body part, and the glass dome breaks from the deformation! The body clips against one of the walls of the hallway, and the orb at the bottom of the tail stays about where it was. The body reorients itself and trains its guns on me!
"That will be difficult when you are DEAD!"
>-PEW PEW PEW PEW PEW PEW PEW!-
Oh no!

...

"State your purpose!"
"Yeah hey I got a message here for Zorgonok?" It trains the guns on me.
"Zorgonok is busy! Try again next... LIFE!"
>-PEW PEW PEW PEW PEW PEW PEW!-
Dammit!

...

I try hitting it with my spear!
>-pchoing!-
>-kzzt!-
"E-E-E-E-E-E!"
It's stunned! Cool! I wonder how long that's gonna last!

Probably not long, so I should figure out what to do next!

>>905192

See if you can't pry off that tail orb or somehow separate it from the rest of the body. It must be the thing that propels the robot, and if it can't move, it'll just be so much scrap no matter how much ammo it's got.

>>905192
While it's stunned, push it off into the moat.

>>905192
Super punch straight down on its glass dome!

>>905192
Follow up that combo with a spear zap!

Glinp 2018/10/08(Mon)16:07 No. 905953 ID: 7fd053
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>separate the tail orb, super fist the dome
Arrite, let's see here! I try prying at the orb with my spear, but it's on too good! I Super Fist it!
>-pkowPSHHhhhh! clumbleCLANG!-
The tail orb shatters, and the rest of it collapses! I climb up on the body.
"You fool!" Oh no it can still slither around with the tail! "Grrrr!" ...Not very well, it seems. Still, just bustin' the orb's not enough!
>-pkowPSH-Zaaaah~-
For a second I can see a spooky ghost come outta the dome! It looks unhappy, and then it vanishes.
Hm. A Super Jump and TWO Super Fists. I can knock this out with a little less energy.

...

I revert and this time I just bust the orb and the dome without Super Jumping! So now that's done, I walk the rest of the hallway, and I enter a big foyer! For decoration, there are electric lights and carpets and tapestries, and in this room specifically, there's a statue in a niche, and a big chandelier!
There's an upper level balcony thing that looks too high to Super Jump to, a left path, and a right path.

Which path do I take?

>>905953
pap the ketza and open the secret room

>>905953
Preen the ketza statue.

>>905953
Slap the statue on the ass, it's just asking for it.

>>905953
Look at the statue, if nothing happends then turn to the right.

>>905953
Boop the ketza. It's very important. See if you can jump to the the chandelier and then the upper level.

Glinp 2018/10/09(Tue)22:40 No. 906310 ID: 7fd053
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>Try to jump to the chandelier and get to the upper floor
>-Pchoing! chk'k! jingly noises-
I grab onto the chandelier, but I can't get high enough to grab onto something that doesn't break off.

I get a decorative skull!

>>906095
>pap, preen, butt-slap, and boop the ketza statue
Feels like solid stone... Oh it moved! It bites at my hand!
>-clack!-
"Hey! No bitey!"
>-ka-koof-
It hops off the pedestal! I wag my finger angrily! "Bad Ketza!" Still comin', musta aggroed it I guess. How to deal with a grumpy stone Ketza?

I have:
Slime Grenade,
Protein Bar,
Pickaxe that turns me into a dwarf when I hold it,
Extendo-spear that can do zaps but needs time to recharge after each zap,
Some money (12 krels),
a "Trip Gun," which can move lightweight things but only if they're located somewhere I can't see 'em,
and a Portable Tunnel Deployer, good for one use.
I also have a Caster Gun, with one Fist spell bullet and one Holy spell bullet available. I should probably save the Holy for Zorgonok!

preen the ketza! ~speep~

>>906310
Pickaxe it.

>>906310
Hero spin with the pickaxe!

>>906310
dwarf time

>>906310
Use the pickaxe to chop off its arms (wings?) and legs, so you have a statue of an angry fluffy worm you can haul around and use to bit things.

I wonder how much it would cost to get Truth to tell you if anyone finds out you can rewind time. I mean, aside from Truth. He already knows, obviously.

Glinp 2018/10/11(Thu)14:24 No. 906500 ID: 7fd053
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>>906396
I dunno for sure that he knows... I'll have to find out, without him figuring it out if he doesn't!

>>906313
I just tried that and it got maaad!

>Pickaxe it!
>>906368
This makes things a little tricky because now it's even more bigger than me!
"Yaaagh!"
>-clang! clang!-
There goes its arms! This thing's slow.
>-clang! ...clang!-
Hooh! Maybe not that slow. It almost bit me there. But there's the legs! It writhes on the ground and still tries to bite me. Not like I can blame it, at this point!
...But it's still really big. Bigger than me without the axe! I try to grab the tail, but it's all hard and pokey and heavy! Ow! OK yeah it's still dangerous like this.

Should I leave it here, or put it out of its misery? Assuming busting up its head will do the trick.

ANGRY STONE CATERPILLAR
We've wasted enough time. Let's move on.

>>906500
Leave the angry stone caterpillar, I bet we can find a use for it later.

RIDE the angry stone caterpillar!

>>906500
leave the leper and move on to next foe

Glinp 2018/10/12(Fri)17:18 No. 906614 ID: 7fd053
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>>906536
I don't think I will do that!

>Leave the stone Ketzapillar
I was thinkin' about goin' right next, so that's where I go! There's a hall there, with a big pendulum clock on the wall across from the opening.
>-beeeep!-
"Hostile detected." Oh shoot!
>-pkew!-
A wall-mounted turret! I stick my tail into the hall for a second.
>-beeeep!-
"I saw that!"
Looks like it might not shoot immediately, so I might have some time to do something before it does.

There are two doors on either side of the big clock.
There's a curving upward staircase, but I'd have to run past the wall turret.
How do I deal with the turret?

Hmm maybe you should bust up the statue fully to see if anything's hidden inside it. It is glowing, after all.

...will the trip gun let you move the turret?
Otherwise just dash through and head into that door on the right of the clock.

>>906614
Get some stone caterpillar rubble, get a running head start, yeet the piece ahead of you and see if you can make a fist shot while disassembling in midair to the other side of the clock.

>>906614
make like a dwarf and dig your way through the wall next to the turret

>>906614
Do the hokey pokey, sticking body parts into the hall and then pulling them back out before getting shot.

Glinp 2018/10/14(Sun)17:20 No. 906918 ID: 7fd053
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>>906618
That... would take way too long!

>>906616
>>906617
The statue isn't glowing! But I pickaxe it into gargoyle kibble, and a pork chop falls out! Nice. I can eat that if I take some damage.
I take some rubble and toss it into the hall.
>-beeeep!-
"Aha!" I focus on the turret and use the trip gun.
>-sklitter-
>-pkewpkewpkew!-
"Hup!" I run across and get into the door to the right of the clock! And cough on the cloud of dust that I kick up when I dive in. It's dusty as heck! Has he even opened this room up in the past year?
"What!?" Ha! Looks like those shots went wild when I used the trip gun! They didn't get anywhere close! I can hear the turret swivelling. "What!??"
So, this room looks like where Zorgonok put a bunch of his antiques and stuff to be unpacked, and then... never unpacked them for some reason. There's furniture covered in sheets, and cardboard boxes with labels handwritten in some language I can't read. The only other door appears to be the one past the clock.

Anything I should poke at specifically? And how should I get past the turret?

>>906918
Search the whole room, then rewind and only open boxes with good stuff in them.
...wait, is Zorgonok a ketza? Or did he take over someone else's castle?

>>906919
Not a bad idea right there. Search through everything until you run out of time and then just rewind to get the good stuff, if there is anything. Would any of that armor to your left fit you?

oh my god Zorgonok is a ketza
your arch-nemesis, bane of your life and destroyer of your village is a ketza

Really the tozol was perhaps overkill.

Also just search everything and rewind for the stuff worth keeping like everyone else said. Getting past the turret? Hope there's something in here that can help. Worst case scenario, throw a blanket over yourself and pretend to be a crate.

>>906918
Poke all the things. Also run into the middle of the pentagram and jump up and down, see if it triggers a spell.

>>907009
Also 100% agreeing with this reaction here.

Glinp 2018/10/15(Mon)21:33 No. 907108 ID: 7fd053
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>>907080
Jumping in the pentagram doesn't seem to do anything!
Bringing Josie was totally not overkill. This guy's got some serious magic, and he's no fool neither!

>>906919
>>906922
>>907009
That's a mannequin on the left, not armor.
I start searching everything. Dust, disassembled furniture, a music box, a soap refiller, a photograph of some Ketzas, and some socks are what I find before...
>-viiiSLAMiiii-
A hovering monitor flies in through the other door, which closes again!
"Another foolish adventurer trying to infiltrate my lair!? Don't you know what happened to the other three?" says Zorgonok!

...

My next search reveals more dust, a snow globe, a clock, and a bunch of books I can't read. There's more boxes but I don't reeeeally wanna spend that much time on this.

>-viiiSLAMiiii-
"Another foolish adventurer trying to infiltrate my lair!? Don't you know what happened to the other three?" says Zorgonok!
"No, what happened to 'em?"
"They died! It was pathetic!" He leans close for the last word. "But I heard their stories, and I'll listen to yours. Why are you here?"
"In the name of the Binp family and the village of Vesne Kearue, I must vanquish you!"
"The what? Is this a revenge thing for something?" What?? How can he not...
"...YES! After we drove you away, you swore you would return and destroy our village!" He turns away.
"Trilmus! Look this up." He turns back. "What did you say your village's name was again? And your name?"
"Vesne Kearue is my village, and my name is Glinp!"
"It's not ringing a bell... how long ago was this?"
"About 10 years ago!" I can't believe this!
"Nevermind, Trilmus, it was before you joined. Well, adventurer! Sorry to disappoint you, but I'm afraid I made many such promises, and they've sadly fallen by the wayside. Becoming a dark overlord takes so much work! However, since you've come this far, I will be sure to destroy your village once you've met your end."
"What no! Dammit!"
"Hehehehehe! Goodbye, Glinp!" the screen flies back out the door.

Well fuck! I don't know how to feel about this! But I guess nothing's really changed... Gah...
Buhhhh ok well do I care about any of these things I found?

>>907108
You know, you should probably rewind and not tell him in the name of your village, on the impossible chance he somehow manages to kill you past your respawns or survives a tozol.

>>907108
give him a good old fashioned Ketza curse in a rewind. say his preen job looks like it was done by a bucket of maggots being poured on his head and his speeping sounds like a vuvuzela.

>>907108
Hmm. Grab the photograph. I wanna find out if that was his family at some point.
You know where his phylactery is right? Or are you just gonna search for it while you're here?

Is there anything behind the stained glass windows?

Bah, what a jerk. I'd pocket the photo, the music box and disguise under the dust sheets before he enters in. Save the heroic speech for when you actually get him.

>>907108
If this is his stuff, could we just light it on fire out of spite instead of searching it?

Glinp 2018/10/17(Wed)11:41 No. 907306 ID: 7fd053
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>>907219
I ain't got a lighter!

>>907109
>>907119
>>907125

...

I revert, grab the photo and music box, and check the windows. Looks like there's just the outside behind 'em.
I get under one of the sheets and disguise as an end table! I really don't think he's gonna be able to fend off me and a Tozol, but it might be good to save the speech for later anyway.

>-viiiSLAMiiii-
"Another foolish adventurer trying to infiltrate my lair!? Don't you know... what happened to the other... three?" The monitor swivels around looking for me. He sighs frustratedly. "Hiding, are you? It won't save youuuu!" The screen flies back out the door.

Alright, I don't think he's comin' back.
>-creeeeak...-
Oh! I heard something move, but there's still so much dust flyin' around, I can't see it!

If you drop your disguise now, you're probably going to be choking on Dust, but you'll probably find out who's out there. Probably worth the risk since you can just revert.

>>907306
Just wait it out. If something attacks you, revert, and then move in the direction it didn't come from.

Glinp 2018/10/19(Fri)15:48 No. 907552 ID: 7fd053
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>wait
I wait! I think it's coming closer! Sounds kinda creaky. Oh there it is! Tall! It karate chops me in half! And I don't think I was made'a no cheap flimsy wood!

...

So I go back, and turn into me, and blindly make my way through the room, trying to avoid whatever's making the sound. It's trackin' me!
Heeey wait! Thinkin' about it, I do have something that might catch stuff on fire if it's this dry and powdery. My spear zap!
"You're (cough) not Jozi are you?" No response! I whip out my spear and
>-KAFOOOMMMMKSHHHH!-
And now I'm on fire! And so is everything else! And the windows are blown out!
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA"

Great! I mean aside from the obvious! What next!? The whole room is actually engulfed in flames!

>>907552
Hmmm. Rewind back to when you first got to the room, grab the picture ASAP, run out before the monitor can start talking, and light the room on fire as you run out so you don't get caught in it.

>>907560
yes

I say wait in disguise until the person is about to attack and then surprise them with a Spear zap!

Maybe we should stop fucking around with the dust and fire and explore the other path branching off of the entryway.

Glinp 2018/10/22(Mon)18:52 No. 908027 ID: 7fd053
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>>907666
That'll just explode me too! It'll be the same as now except the super karate chopper will be right next to me and also on fire!

>>907560
>>907586

...

I go back to a much nicer time when I wasn't on fire, take the photo, and step out of the room and zap the dust to set things on fire. I stand behind the clock so the turret doesn't see me.
>-Choom-
There's no big explosion like before, because there wasn't so much dust kicked up everywhere! It does start a nice blaze. I also grabbed a blanket, so I hide under that and go across.
>-beeeep!-
"What was that! Oh. Just another ghost detected. Hold it! Which ghost are you and why does it sound like there's a fire?"
"The ghost of an armchair! I got to 100 years oooold but then lost my structural integrity and diiiied immeeeediately bye!"
"That's - no, halt dammit!" I'm already back in the foyer. Dunno if it believed me. I might've just gotten past because I distracted it for the two seconds it took to cross the hall. Might not work there a second time!
The Ketza statue is back in one piece. I don't try to preen it again.

>>907667
So now I'm in the left hall! there's suits of armor! I can't see all the way down the hall, but I do see one door on the right, and looking back the other way I see another door across from me. The hallway ends after that, in that direction.

>>908027
>Which ghost are you and why does it sound like there's a fire?
Maybe should have claimed to be a flaming ghost of some kind. Died in a fire.

>>908027
Walk down past the suit of armor and be a jerk about it.

"It sure is a good thing I'm alone and safe and these suits of armor aren't animate and are gonna attack me as I walk by! I would be completely unprepared for such an original, unpredictable trap!"

>>908027
Across the hall!

Across the hall, and be quick about it.

Glinp 2018/10/24(Wed)16:16 No. 908148 ID: 7fd053
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>>908029
>>908050
>>908052
"It sure is a good thing I'm alone and safe and these suits of armor aren't animate and are gonna attack me as I walk by! I would be completely unprepared for such an original, unpredictable trap!" I call out into the hallway and at the nearest suit as I take a few steps toward the door. I'll actually be disappointed if there's not at least one haunted suit of armor! No, hell, I'll be offended! I open the door and find a music room! There's a piano and it looks like it's all been maintained. It could have even been played somewhat recently, maybe? There's lots of sheet music, some couches... Huh, there's a box at the high end of the keys. It's locked shut!
>-viiiiiii-
"THERE YOU ARE! An arsonist adventurer, trying to infiltrate my lair!? Don't you know what happened to the other three adventurers?!"
"Did they die?"
"YES. It was pathetic! But I heard their stories, and I'll hear yours, even if you DID light my antiques on fire! But after that, your death will be merciless!"

I don't think I can avoid this encounter by hidin' and whatever! Like... it is his house. What do I tell 'im?

>>908148
Tell him the same story as before but don't tell him what village it was. Just act disappointed that he doesn't remember. Say something like that's typical of fat-headed villains like him.

>>908148
Explain that you're a fanatic anti-ketza racist and you're not going to stand for a dead ketza clinging to unlife! And when you're done killing him, you're going to use his bones to curse other ketzas. No need to let all that evil necromancy go to waste!

You originally came here for revenge but you're falling in love with his taste for music. Sorry about the arson.

Think this flying monitor is susceptible to your spear?

"Your momma sent me here from hell to come give you a spanking!"

Say you're out for revenge for all those people he killed.

Explain to him that your here to preen a ketza and this asshole has the nerve to strip that sweet fur off himself.

I mean your here for revenge, but pissing off people can lead to fun conversation and not always death.

>>908148
>I don't think I can avoid this encounter by hidin' and whatever!
True, but wouldn’t it be more fun to keep hiding whenever he comes into the room? Plus, imagine how surprised he’ll be if you can keep avoiding him until you can have this conversation face to face with him!

Glinp 2018/10/25(Thu)18:25 No. 908282 ID: 7fd053
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>>908280
I can try that if I don't like how THIS goes.

>>908150
>>908154
>>908156
>>908175
"I'm fanatically anti-ketza, and I won't stand for some dead Ketza clinging to unlife! Once I'm rid of you, I'll use your bones to curse other Ketzas!" Somehow I don't feel right lyin' about that! I like Ketzas! Most of 'em are nice!
"You are!? Why, we can work together, then! It was my growing disdain for Ketzakind that made me decide to leave mortal life behind!" Wow, really?
"What do YOU hate about Ketzas??"
"The piles, the preening, the dreadful SSSPEEPING!" He gestures dramatically. "I'm so glad to be rid of all those desires and obligations! How about you?" He tilts his head.
"Uhh ok, actually, I'm here to get revenge for all the people you've killed. I just wanted to rile you up with the Ketza-hating thing."
"Agh, pity." He waves his hand. "We could have been allies. What's your name, then?"
"I'll make sure you find out before I give you a spanking from hell!" I toss my spear at the screen!
>-PKUzcht!-
Part of the screen breaks and my spear gets embedded!
"So that's how it is..." The spear falls out. Oh good. "See you soon, adventurer! On my mantle! Hehehehehe!" The screen flies out the door, trailing sparks.

Anything different I should try?
If not, do I see what's through the other door in here, or go back out in the hall and try the next door, or what?

I sort of like the idea of pretending to be enraged by speeping and how they think everyone should think its cute.

And seeing if joining him then promptly betraying him is more fun.

Might not work but could be worth a shot.

>>908282
>Anything different I should try?
Might be worth rewinding not saying the Ketza thing. Now that you know he reacts, you can save it for later- shout out that's why you're going after him so he'll stop trying to kill you for a minute and try and recruit you instead. Could be used to buy time at a critical moment!

Oh he hates ketza things. We can threaten him with those things later. Onwards, then?

I don't see a need to redo anything for now.

I dont think telling a Lich the escort has arrived is a good idea, considering how elated they are to be free from insticts, but i dont think he will maim you for it.

Aside from that, either ask them how much itll cost to touch their swag money coat, or brazenly turn into an object to see what they say.

Also maybe look around the room, or explore some more.
And watch out for the karate demon, or whatever the hell it is.

Glinp 2018/10/29(Mon)19:51 No. 908798 ID: 7fd053
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>>908283
>>908288
>>908331
>>908454
>>908675
I guessss I'll just move on. I do a quick sweep of the room to see if anything pops out at me. There's a few books with musical magic stuff. Not just the usual bard type stuff, big complicated rituals with a lot of parts too! I wonder where the key to the box on the piano is. I also notice that the temperature's kinda cool in here. Dunno where to look in specific, but I find 3 krels in one of the couches. I have no idea how that even happened.

I get 3 krels!

But I don't find anything else from my short look-see, so I go into the room attached to this one! Looks like a library. On my left there's a catalog on a small table. Further ahead to my left, at a desk between two bookcases, there's a robotic eye watching me.

What should I say to it? Anything?

>>908798
Go ask the librarian if you can check out the necromonicon.

>>908798
ask the robit about the bathrooms

>>908798
Ask if it's the librarian and if there's an adult section.

Glinp 2018/10/31(Wed)16:46 No. 909115 ID: 7fd053
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>>908851
>>908826
>>908843
I walk up to the desk.
"Are you the librarian?"
"Yes, and you're the intruder."
"Sure am! Can I check out the necronomicon?"
"Standard or Ex Mortis version?"
"Oh shit uhh which one's better?"
"That depends on what you're looking for. They're actually rather different, despite the similar names. What are you looking for?"
"Uhh you know, evil stuff..."
"Probably Ex Mortis, then. Let me get that for you."
"K!" It reaches out a long spindly metal arm with a bunch of joints, grabs the book off the shelf, and sets it on the desk.
"Anything else?"
"Is there an adult section?"
"No."
"Is there a bathroom?"
"There is a guest bathroom. If you go back into the hall, it's through the door closest to the foyer."
"Thanks!" I flip through the book. It's just a nice quality hardcover copy, but I can still feel some traces of magic comin' from it. Of course I can't read it. Maybe that's a good thing...

Am I gonna visit the bathroom, then?
Or check out the next room from here?
Or ask about more books?

>>909115
go to the bathroom and leave a double dicker to bring shame upon his toilet

>>909115
I guess if you blow up this place you won't be obligated to return the book. Loot!

>Or ask about more books?
Ooh, ooh, is there a map you can check out.

>Am I gonna visit the bathroom, then?
I'm morbidly curious what kind of guests an evil undead Ketza entertains.

>>909115
Try the other version.

>>909115
Wait, why did they let an intruder like you have this book? Unless it’s a trap that’s going to magically explode in your face when you least expect it?

Any magic dispelling books here?

Glinp 2018/11/04(Sun)13:34 No. 909592 ID: 7fd053
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>>909131
"Lemme look at the other one too." The arm extends and fetches the other Necronomicon. This one doesn't feel faintly alive like the other one. It's has even more of a normal book feel. Aw I can't read this one either! There's lots to read, too. Looks more substantial than the other one!

>>909121
>>909173
>>909133
"Got a map?"
"We have many maps. Where would you like a map of?"
"Any map." They fetch a map of Mieju, where Ekwi's Golden City is located. "Got any books on dispelling magic?"
"Not specifically, but some spellbooks have sections dealing with that topic."
"So do I need a library card or anything?"
"Yes, if you want to leave this room with any of the books. If you can show me a standard, valid form of identification, I can print a library card for you."
"But how come me, an intruder, can do that?"
"I believe it was an oversight."
"Wow, neat! OK I might come back and do that. Bye!"
"Shh. Please be quieter, or I will destroy you." Eep! I leave quick and head to the bathroom.

This bathroom's really clean! There's no dust anywhere! There's a mundane toilet and a shower/bathtub, in addition to the standard magical cleaning stall, which surprises me, because I wouldn't expect accessibility for magic-immune people in an evil wizard's fortress.

Someone knocks on the door! Could it be one of those suits of armor come to life!? I hope so!

>>909592
one minute Estoy poopin

>>909592
"Who is it?"

>>909592
“Occupied!”

>"Any map."
No no no, you want a map of Zorgonok's castle!

>Someone knocks on the door!
I'm not in here!

Trip gun them! If it's Jozi, she'd be immune anyways. If not, you can probably hear if it's armor!

>>909592
"Can't you read the sign?! It says 'Occupied'!"

>>909659
Or you could just make a bunch of farting and grunting noises just like Johnny from the Metal Gear Solid series to make it sound like they should look for a different bathroom because they don't want to come in after you!

>>909592

Remain silent and disguise yourself near the bathtub. Maybe you can turn this ambush around on them.

Glinp 2018/11/05(Mon)14:13 No. 909717 ID: 7fd053
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>>909633

...

I go back and ask specifically for a map of the castle.
"We do not have one of those."

...

Phooey! Back to the spooky bathroom.

>Say it's occupied
"Hey! I'm takin' a dump over here!"
"Hahah, seriously?"
"...No." I open the door.
"I take it you started that fire. I appreciate your dedication to the ancient art of distraction."
"I couldn't pass up the chance to light that asshole's old stuff on fire!" While I'm talkin', I hear some metal creak, and Jozi catches an axe swung by a haunted armor! Aha! She doesn't even turn away from me. It tries to free the axe from her grip, but her arm doesn't budge.
"Sweet, an axe. We can use this." I can't not laugh at this! The armor's not givin' up, though! She turns to it and snarls! "I'm taking your axe." She wrests it away and the armor goes and stands where it was before. "Thanks." She twirls it around her hand. "So where to?"
"Do you know how the place is laid out?"
"Yeah. I couldn't figure out what was in every room, but I've got a good enough idea. I don't know where that phylactery is."

Should I ask her anything that might help me figure out where to go?

>>909717
Ok, using the recon info let's start rummaging through likely places for him to be hiding it. Anywhere that's particularly well guarded? Or if we have a good sense of the layout, it could be in a secret room. In that case we should look for unused floorspace.

Ask if she saw anywhere that looked really heavily guarded, like an inner sanctum.

Failing that, ask if her blindsight spotted any hidden passages large enough that a self-respecting wizard might use them without having to crawl.

>>909722
>>909781
Yeah, do these!

>>909717
I feel like an evil book of necromancy could be used to locate a phylactery, but you're not a caster.

Zorgonok have any loyal minions we could go interrogate? They probably aren't trusted with the exact location, but maybe you could get some clues from them.

Glinp 2018/11/07(Wed)17:39 No. 909937 ID: 7fd053
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Boy, it's gettin' colder...

>>909782
"Didja see anywhere really heavily guarded?"
"Upper floors are more guarded than this one. The room he was in when I looked was the most guarded one." She scratches her head with a point of the axe blade. "I guess it could be in there. There were some rooms I couldn't see into, and it could be in one of those too. By the way, how'd you get past that robot in the front hall?"
"Punched it!"
"...How badly did you damage it?"
"Uhhh you saw the huge dent I put in it, right?"
"Nope... Had to thrash it myself. I think our guy's got some strong voodoo goin'. Fixes up his goons automatically when we're not looking."
"Oh, that'd explain why the Ketza statue stopped bein' busted."
"Why'd you bust it?
"I tried to preen it, and it got real mad!"
"Pthbbt. Guess you know why that triggered it now."
"...Ye-wait, huh?"
"I heard your conversation with mr. bones. He doesn't like preening."
"Oh yeah! I Guess so! Gosh, where were you...?"
"That's classified."
"Whaaat well ok how about secret chambers or passageways? 'Ja find any of those?"
"Heheh, yeah, I'll let you know when we come across one."

>>909862
I don't know... Maybe that 'Trilmus' he was talking to earlier?
"Spot any loyal minions we can interrogate?"
"The head scientist is in the laboratory. That might be a good choice. Zorgo's got a Cutebold who seems to go with him everywhere. That could be a good option too. I did find a minions' quarters, so some of them must need to rest, but most seem to be spirits and demons attached to robots or other kinds of physical shells. One of them's a big spiky demon fellow who seems to be high in the rankings. We might just run into that one anyway, after long enough."

Plenty of options! Am I gonna pick one of these guys to go after?
Tell Jozi to lead me to one of the rooms she couldn't see into?
Tell her to take me to the nearest secret passageway?
Somethin' else?

I'd say let's try the scientist. Also to try and get information on the philactery, trickery may work better than straight-up interrogation.

Secret Passageway! Maybe we can seal them up to prevent any escapes.

>>909964
Yeah, try to sabotage the escape route.
Or steal the treasure. One of those. Maybe if you steal all the treasure you'll get his phylactery by default.

>>909937
Let's grab a scientist for questioning. Or the cutebold, if we somehow come across them first.

Glinp 2018/11/09(Fri)18:44 No. 910129 ID: 7fd053
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>>909964
>>910078
>>909959
"Let's see that scientist, but I wanna try and sabotage any secret escape routes too. And see any secret passages along the way."
"Sure, just follow me. I didn't notice any secret exits on the outside, but there could be one farther away. Of course he might have an emergency teleporter." Jozi stops. "Oh look, there's a puzzle in the way. You're up~"
"Yep, I see it!" There's colored tiles on the floor, and a forcefield barring the way past it. There's a button labeled 'help' on the wall so I press it. A deep voice sounds.
"Complete a repeatin' sequence three times at least. Whole repeats only, and use all four colors." The words also appear in the air.

Wouldja look at that, it's colorblind-friendly too! Each color has its own distinct symbol.
"For an added challenge, see if you can find a path for me that doesn't overlap with yours."

Shouldn't be too hard! What's the path?

Suggestion 2018/11/09(Fri)19:04 No. 910134 ID: b1b4f3
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>>910129
Hmm. Repeating sequence, but it doesn't say how long the sequence has to be. Must be at least four tiles long though since you're using all four colors.
...I wonder if two people can complete one sequence by alternating stepping on tiles?

Let's try that.
Glinp is yellow-pink, Jozi is green-blue. Pause near the end to repeat some colors, then exit.

Suggestion 2018/11/10(Sat)12:31 No. 910204 ID: 757ccd
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So, repeat a pattern using all four colors, repeating at least 3 times. Try this, following the white line, then red, then blue.

Doesn't help with Josie's challenge though.

>>910134
There are lines scratched into the ground; the second-last column all point to the green which seems to indicate you have to touch that green tile last. There is no way around that.

>>910204
Dots are exit points. There are dots on the pink and blue squares on the edge.

If this were not the case, Josie's challenge would be impossible since both paths would have to overlap on the final tile.

Suggestion 2018/11/10(Sat)13:53 No. 910217 ID: b1b4f3
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Here's an alternate solution that doesn't reuse tiles, but the paths cross over. Not sure if that counts as "overlap".

Glinp 2018/11/12(Mon)17:01 No. 910450 ID: 7fd053
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>>910134
I tell Josie this co-op idea. She munches on the bottom of the axe's shaft.
"Hmm, interesting approach." She presses the help button 3 times and then holds it for 3 seconds.
"Yes, mortal? Having trouble with the puzzle?" munch, munch.
"Got a question. Can two people complete one sequence by alternating stepping on tiles?"
"Yes, that would be valid."
"Thanks, pal. Any other questions, Glinp?"
"Nope!"
"That'll be all."
"If you mess up, we'll be feasting on your bones!"
>-click-
"Mmm, I could go for some bones myself. Anyway, your solution should work. Let's go!" We try it, and it does! The forcefield deactivates and we move through. She's chewed the end of the axe into a point.
On this side of the forcefield, the walls're made of stone. It's also colder. Brrr!
>-crasshhh-!
A big scary robot drops from the ceiling!
"YOU may have passed the" and then Josie throws the axe through its goddamn head like a javelin, shaft-first, impaling it and embedding the blade in the robot's face! A spirit escapes the robot, which falls over.
>-THUD-
"This guy would've been pretty tough for you to beat on your own." She hops over to it and starts pulling on one of its guns. "I don't think I'll be getting that axe back, so I hope I can trade up here. Hup!!" She rips the gun out! "Sweet. Now I just need a magic battery and I can actually use this." I manage to say something. That guy looked like a real challenge and she dropped 'em before they finished one sentence!
"N-nice job!"
"Psh, that was nothin'!"
"Uh huh... Uhm, where to next?"
"A secret passageway~ It's in this hall. Want to see if you can guess how to open it?"

At the end of the hall, below a tapestry, there's a bust on a pedestal on a carpet. I try rotating the bust's head, but it don't turrrn at alllll. I start to look over into the next room, to the left, but Josie says,
"Nope, not that way."

What other tricks might suss out a secret passage?

>>910450
Check under the carpet, behind the bust, and on the sides of the pedestal. Might be a button?

>>910450
Check out the tapestry, maybe it has a clue!

>>910450
Try grabbing the bust’s bust, if it has one.

>>910450
Button under or behind the bust? You need to tip the pedestal like a lever? Under the carpet? Under the tapestry? You need to smooch the bust?

>>910450
Lift the bust's chin. Might be a hinge on the back of the head.

Glinp 2018/11/16(Fri)14:17 No. 910893 ID: 7fd053
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Nothin' under the carpet, or anywhere else but behind the tapestry! Where there’s a key.
"A key! But then where's the keyhole..."
"It should be almost as easy for you to find as it was for me. Almost."

Hmm...
If I don't guess it this time, should I just ask her to show me?

>>910893
>found key, but where’s the keyhole?
Pull the entire tapestry off the wall!

Or is the keyhole in the bust’s mouth?

If Josie has to tell us, we could always just rewind and find it ourselves.

>>910893
Yes, check out the bust.

>>910893
Keyhole... the nostril of the bust maybe. Or the pupil of an eye... or an ear.

>>910893
It's probably in the statue's ear or something.

>"It should be almost as easy for you to find as it was for me. Almost."
You've got those tails giving you a 3D map of your surroundings, the keyhole wasn't even hidden for you!

>>910916
Yeah, look at Josie's bust!

.....oh, wait, you were talking about the statue.

>>910961
I MEAN
try unlocking the brain of the bust
Or ya know, have her tell you and rewind.

Glinp 2018/11/19(Mon)09:09 No. 911188 ID: 7fd053
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>>910914
"Help me pull down the tapestry!"
"Sure." We yank it off the wall, but I don't see any keyhole! Some dust comes off. "That was fun."
"Dagnabbit..."

>bust holes
No orifice keyholes that I can see! "Aw, OK, I give up! Where is it?" Josie takes the tapestry and shakes some more dust out.
"See how there's air coming out from part of this wall?" She points out some eddies in the dust. "You can feel it, too, if you're next to it." I feel around the bricks. Man! I could have found that pretty easy if I was lookin' for the draft! I push at the bricks until one of 'em shifts and I can see a keyhole.

...

"That was fun."
"I bet I can find it..." The tapestry's too heavy for me to shake it out like her, but I feel at the wall. "AHA." I get to the one that moves, and I unlock it! "Tadaa~"
"Hey, nice job." I can swing open a chunk of the bricks now, and the little passage behind 'em takes us to a hidey room!

It's not dusty, and it's lit by some corner lights. There's a desk and some stuff to write with, A chair, a loaded pistol(!), 200 krels (! again!), a place to draw up spell stuff, some coloured chalk, a chalk eraser, and some board games.

I get 200 krels and a pistol with 12 charges!

On the desk there's also a piece of paper with some stuff written on it:
Gargoyle Hair
Silver Wing
Sinscale
Cutebold Treats

Dunno what's up there. Magic... uhhh grocery list!?
I can see Josie eyein' the pistol. Should I give it to 'er?
And should I take the chalk and/or eraser? I'm not sure what good those'd do me...

>>911188
>I can see Josie eyein' the pistol. Should I give it to 'er?
Sure, let her have it!

>>911188
Give her the gun, pocket the chalk and eraser, pull out that reverse time board game. You familiar with it?

What's that blue thing in the corner?

>I can see Josie eyein' the pistol. Should I give it to 'er?
She's a tozol. She's deadlier unarmed than you are with a gun. If you want the chance to do anything, maybe hold onto it.

>And should I take the chalk and/or eraser? I'm not sure what good those'd do me...
Messing up and/or drawing magic circles? Petty chalk-based vandalism?

>>911225
Search the board games for secret notes about what to draw on the magic-circle-drawing-area, then closely examine that area to see if any of them were recently drawn.

>She's a tozol. She's deadlier unarmed than you are with a gun. If you want the chance to do anything, maybe hold onto it.

Are we here to kill the villain or are we here to fuck around?

Give her the gun.
(give her all the guns)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xzT_6nAyPe8

Glinp 2018/11/26(Mon)16:40 No. 911859 ID: 7fd053
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>>911198
I give Josie the gun, and take the chalk and eraser! She puts the gun in a pocket.
Never seen the reverse time board game before. Looks complicated!
"Huh. Looks like fun."
"Yeah, maybe! But we gotta move on..."

>>911205
Cash money! It is an awful big coin, for such a small Ketza...

>>911236
No secret notes here. And over at the drawing area, it's way too smudged to see any previous drawings.
"Want to see a magic circle I can do?"
"You betcha!" I hand her a chalk rod and she draws a really complicated-looking one, really fast! "Damn, I've never seen someone draw one that perfect, except for robots! What does it do?"
"Yeah, well. Beep boop," she says, shrugging. "Step back, now." She scratches out part of it with her toe.
>-pop!-
...A bunch of confetti comes out of the diagram.
"...That's what it does? For that whole magic circle??"
"Yeah! Isn't it great?"
"Pfffhahah, that's... Yeah, that's pretty good! Geez, why is it so..." I gesture to the spent and smudged configuration, with a meager amount of confetti on and around it. "complicated just for that?"
"You really want to know?" The way she's askin' makes me think maybe I don't, for some reason?
"Maybe... not?"
"Heheh..." She pockets the chalk, but I still have some too.

We go back into the hall. Axeface is still dead! "Oh, he didn't come back."
"Hah, he must be harder to replace! Cool." She flexes, and then grabs the bust. "Heh. The Earth in the zone my ancestors came from didn't even have this guy." She tosses the bust in the air and catches it with one hand as we walk. She's still dragging the robot's big gun along, too. It's scraping the ground noisily.
"I'm glad we don't have him here..."
"Yeah, it's nice here on Space Puke Island." She kicks open a door not far from the secret room. Oh, it's the lab! Also it was actually two doors in a row and we just broke their decontamination buffer room thing.
"AAAAAAHHHH!" Whoaaa, what even is this guy? A mutant Lizardfolk?? He's got one normal hand and one big spooky claw hand!
"That's our guy." Josie's a blur! She puts down the big gun and bust at super speed, flies over and grapples the scientist, and holds 'em against herself, facing out.
"Alright, mack! You better answer our questions or we're gonna rip ya a new one!" Josie holds his claw hand.
"Use this and I'll remove it."
"Yes, yes! I'm a thinker! Not a fighter!"

There's a whole buncha stuff goin' on in here! We got stuff bubblin', glowing orbs, tubes, a mess of floating shards in one corner, weird tools, weird samples in jars... I'm not disappointed by this lab!
What do I ask this dude?

>>911859
>complicated confetti circle
It's probably that complicated to get around her antimagic. I mean, tozols aren't known for their magical ability. I'm surprised it's even possible for her to have activated the circle, where did the mana come from? Maybe... most of the circle is detailing where to get the mana, since it can't come from her?

>what to ask
First thing's first, ask where the lich's phylactery is. Second, ask what the lab's for.

Ask what he is
ask what he does
ask how do we achieve as much damage as we can to the lich's operations
Demand for any access keys or cards he may have
He got any sweet secrets he may know that would be worth his life?

>>911859
Who are you?

Whatcha doing in this lab?

Where's your boss?

Where's your boss' soul-hidey-place?

They seem amenable enough that they might fully help you if they think you will take Zorg down, doesn't seem to be a fanatic and some sciency types don't care so much who they are doing science for.
He wouldn't be supposed know where the phylactery is but he might have some ideas on general area or possibly what it looks like.
And make sure to ask what the most sick science nicknack in the place is for a souvenir, bitches love sick science nicknacks!

Lets see if Glinp can pass the speech check and oust the scientist on their darkest secrets. Or have Josie intimidate him.

And by darkest secrets i mean wheres the biology research.
To understand death, much to the chargrin of the lich no doubt, you must understand life.
This fortress of gloom doesnt look well staffed with fellow softies, and their hand didnt get big from using it too much.
Wheres the devient reproductive research?
Did wandering thoughts lead the scienctist into modifying themselves down there as well?
Surely they can be coerced into sharing.

Also yeah important questions too uh phylactery, uh...

>>911859
Threaten to eat him!

>>911859
Oh hey it's an indahl.

First, ask how to disable whatever Zorgonok's using to spy on the room.

Then ask the other stuff like what the lab's for and where the phylactery is.

(also ask him if he's a robot)

Glinp 2018/12/04(Tue)19:26 No. 913032 ID: 7fd053
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>>911981
"First things first! How do we make it so Zorgonok can't eavesdrop on us?"
>-fzewfzewfzewfzew!-
Josie shoots out... four cameras!
"What a specimen! If you got the microphones, that should do it. Except that now his monitors can get in through the doors you destroyed! Not to mention all the contaminants you've let in..."
"Hm. I got the mics. If I let you go, will you be a good mad scientist who stands in one place and doesn't attack, or a dead one?"
"The former." Josie lets him go and jams the doors back into the frames. Kind of. Then she grabs him again. "Wh... hrm." His face has trouble decidin' whether to grin or frown, but settles on a frown.
"Didn't say I'd let go for long. We're not done with you yet."

>>911860
That could be it... I didn't recognize all the stuff she put on it and I dunno how much is standard for can't-use-magic types. She did activate it by breaking part of it, so I think the order she drew the stuff in must've been important somehow.
"Where's Zorgonok's phylactery?"
"You think he'd tell me that? What kind of fool do you think he is?? Ghk!" Josie gives him a squeeze. "I DON'T KNOW! It's too important of a secret!"
"I think he's tellin' the truth... probably."
"Y'know what it looks like, or any hints?"
"...Come closer." I do. "I think it's a large object," he whispers. "And it probably doesn't look like anything special. That's all I have."
"Seems legit. Again, probably."
"Thanks pal!" I step back again. "So, what's the lab for?" He looks at me like I'm a idiot!
"We do research here! Research and production of new weapons and upgrades for our mighty soldiers! Mostly designed by ME."

>>911866
>>912030
>>911885
"Uh huh, and what are you? And what's your name?"
"My name is Dr. Fungus! I'm a male Indahl, modified, improooved!" He squirms. "Not to Tozol levels, obviously, but I'll get there..."
"Are you a robot?"
"No! I have made many robotic designs; surely you've run into a few on your way here! But my own improvements are of organic and magical natures."
"Biological improvements you say..." My eyes wander up and around the room, and land between his legs.
"Hah, curious about that, are you? I could improve you as well, if that's -ggh!"
"Now now, let him finish!"
"C'mon, if you want mods, you don't need 'em from this guy."
"I know! but what'd you enhance yourself with, doc?"
"Firstly, I must call attention to my teeth!" He grins teethily. "I'm quite happy with them. Indahls don't normally have any!"
"Ooooo"
"As for the part you're so curious about... Restored prehensility, of course!"
"I thought that's what was goin' on there..."
"Aagh, this is just raising more questions! What's the best stuff in here that I can grab and take with me?"
"Errr... hmm. If you were to kill Zorgonok... I believe he would make the fortress self-destruct. Ah, we have some specimens that you ought to free! I'd hate to see them lost! They're in the menagerie, on the next floor up, and we have one in another part of the lab. As for smaller things, there are some rare samples in the supply room." He points the way with his head. "Anything you don't recognize is probably valuable. Now, as much as I'm enjoying your company, miss, would you please let me go?"

Maybe we should try usin' him as a hostage or something? Or we could let him go. Or whack 'im...

>>913032
Ask what the lever does.

>>913032
What kind of specimens? (Just cause they're things he would want to save doesn't mean they're not monsters we'd prefer to die in a self destruct).

What, no cool weapons? I thought you said you designed weapons here.

>Maybe we should try usin' him as a hostage or something?
Using hostages against evil necromancers is hard, since they don't usually care about the lives of their underlings.

Pull the lever. Watch his reaction. Grill for any weapons and access keys

Hey, at least he seems devoted to his work. He probably wouldn't do anything {i}too{/i} harmful.
Hostage seems like a poor idea against a lich, but he could still be useful.I think his allegiance is tied more to his work than his boss; He designed all the useful stuff, ask him if there's anything we should be worried about.
And any {b}weak points{/b} therein. Or a meat shield for a trap.

I don't want to suggest too much and stay here, but the stuff in here is more intractable than moldy furniture. He said Weapons and Equipment development. If there is nothing that tickles your fancy, ask, or "ask" him to make you one. A new spear maybe?
Threaten his life and see if he can make a more sustainable sex attribute effect-er than the caster. It makes for good distraction material, a rechargeable one saves on moolah.

If you want to waste him, you have more spectacular options than asking Josie to take out the trash. See if there's anything dangerous to toss him in. its a Mad Scientists Lab! Moving Parts, Processing equipment like centrifuges and presses. There is a Jacobs Ladders and Strange Chemicals right there! If you can't find anythin, I'm sure you could ask him. He seems to feel pride in his work.
Throw him in that mod machine he used on himself and just start pressing stuff that looks cool even.

Glinp 2018/12/07(Fri)20:37 No. 913388 ID: 7fd053
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While we talk, I scope out the lab for dangerous things to toss someone in.

>>913060
"What kinda specimens?"
"Living creatures pulled from other realms! Beasts with fascinating biologies, mostly harmless!"
"What about cool weapons? I thought you designed weapons here!"
"Weapons for our special fusion of robots and spirits! Like the one your Tozol friend dragged in with her. Not weapons meant to be wielded by mortals."
"Got any magic batteries?"
"Yes, in the supply room."
"Then I'm gonna wield it."
"Such beauty..."

I find an incomplete weapon-lookin' thing on an adjustable robo-arm.
"What's this?"
"It's a size-changing ray... not yet complete."
"What would happen if I fired it at something~?" He gulps.
"It would be very deadly..."

>>913046
>>913077
I point to the conspicuous lever.
"What's that lever do?"
"Pulling it down will shut off power to the lab and activate an alarm! Pulling it up doesn't do anything."
"K. Gimme yer access keys!" He sighs.
"My keycard is in my coat pocket..."

I get a keycard!

>>913117
"How quickly can you make me a spear better than this one?" I show him my zappy extendo-spear.
"Errr... Not quickly enough, I don't think."
"Not even if your life was on the line?"
"My life is in jeopardy either way! Pretty soon they'll-"

>-bang, bang!-
"They killed you yet, doc?"
He looks at me.

Do I have him try to call off whoever's out there, or do we lure 'em in here for a brawl, or what?

Lure them in here! You've got a size changing ray to test out. Set it to Lorg, then tell them it's finished!

Hey, no hitting on the Joz. This is kinda like a date for us. Rude, Doc.

Naturally we get them in here with Jozi getting their attention and then you pop out and zap them with the janked shrink ray.

Use the shrink ray on them and see what it does.

>>913388
>Do I have him try to call off whoever's out there, or do we lure 'em in here for a brawl, or what?
Have him lure them in!

Another vote for raygun ambush.

Ask the Indahl for the coordinates on those creatures before someone else does him in. More info on the castle at least.

1/2 Glinp 2018/12/09(Sun)17:36 No. 913566 ID: 7fd053
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>Lure 'em in and use the ray!
I whisper to the doc real quick.
"Help! They're going to kill me because I won't talk!" he says as we position ourselves!
>-CRbASH!-
"We're comin' for ya!" It's some robots! The ray takes a second to warm up, but I blast one!
>-Bshweoople-p!-
"Gyaaaaaa"
>-crinkleclunk!-
That's definitely not correct for a size change ray! A spirit escapes the flayed and mutilated remains of the robot. There's two more, and I can't fire the ray again! One of 'em's like the one I encountered when I first came in, and the other's got a bunch of floating spiky parts, with some sort of ethereal connections. Josie grabs a floating spike arm and puts a giant crimp in it, which breaks the ethereal connection somehow, and leaps up and jabs it through the other robot's dome!
>-crshhh! THUD!-
"Even if I don't stand a ghost of a chance -!" Josie impales its head with its other spike arm, and the magic holding it together vanishes as a spirit is released.
"What an amazing specimen!" He claps his hands. She puts him in a hold again. "Magnificent... Your Precursors were geniuses..."
"Yep."

>>913415
"You're not hitting on 'er, are ya?"
"Hah! Not at all. I'm merely voicing my admiration. I recognize fine craftsmanship when I see it!" Sounds legitimate.

>>913519
"How do we find the menagerie?"
"There's an elevator in the room past that decontamination chamber." He leans toward a door. "That room is where you'll find the intelligent specimen, too. The menagerie is in one of the rooms you'll see once you step out of the elevator, on the floor above."

But first we check out the supply room! Hoo boy, some of this stuff's illegal around here! There's sulphagne, "Friendium Paranoiathol" (whatever that is), Inspirational Ink, Dragon scales, newt eyes, frog toes, bat wool, dog tongue, Hamfuzz, Spellwater...

I take the sulphagne (makes you temporarily able to fire dematerialization beams from your eyes), Friendium Paranoiathol, Inspirational Ink, and Hamfuzz. There's not much of any of 'em left.

2/2 Glinp 2018/12/09(Sun)17:37 No. 913567 ID: 7fd053
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"I guess I'd better break this decontamination chamber too." The doc huffs.
"You might as well... Just don't damage the specimen..."
"Do it!" Josie busts down the first door, then uses it to dislodge the second one.
"Hnn?!" There's a... some kind of fluffy person floating in a tank! Their limbs are restrained and they have an oxygen mask on. There's some machines hooked up next to the tank too.
"How do we free 'em?"
"You have to input the code!" The overhead lights turn off and are replaced by red ones!
"Lockdown initiated." The triangular keypad attached to the tank changes to the same color scheme as the hallway puzzle.
"Ah. Now you'll have to solve a puzzle on the keypad instead." Luckily there's a button to help with that! Beep!
"Starting at the bottom triangle, create a path which does not pass over any space twice, and ends on one of the corners. Each space must share a side with the previous one; only sharing a corner does not count. For exactly two colors, your path must go over every space containing them. It can be any two colors, and the starting triangle does not count."

Oh boy! I might as well give it a try, right?

Suggestion 2018/12/09(Sun)23:49 No. 913590 ID: 055cbc
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I think this is valid. That was more complicated than it sounded.

>>913590
Hmm, you cleared blue and pink. I don't see any other color picks that work. Green is obviously impossible due to it being present in two corners, and you can't pair up blue and yellow due to them being on opposite sides at the start. So it's either blue and pink or pink and yellow. Pink and yellow is impossible since you're forced to go up-right to the edge of the board and then around to the left, surrounding a yellow triangle on two sides which makes it impossible to return to.

>>913590
Seems compliant to me, anyway. Nice work.

Glinp 2018/12/10(Mon)19:09 No. 913660 ID: 7fd053
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Oh yeah, and I grabbed a magic battery too but I gave it to Josie.

>-fzewfzew!-
Josie shoots out some more cameras.
"There will be more coming! If you don't stop suppressing me so I can escape, they'll see you haven't killed me, and they'll be wondering..."
"In a minute, doc!"
"Yeah, chill bruh."

>>913590
Beep boop bop! This works!
>-Cloonk! shhggwgwggwopop!-b
The restraints come undone, the fluid drains out, and the glass slides down. The prisoner falls forward, and the mask comes off and swings around and almost hits me in the face! I catch the big fluffy fella.
"Easy there!" Smells like wet dog! And they've got fangs... Maybe some kind of otherworldly Dogfolk?
"Arigatou... gozaimasu..." OK, and they know an Earth language.
"Uhhh uhhh, you're welcome!" They seem kinda out of it!
"Ah, English... Are you rescuers?" Two Earth languages!
"I guess! We came to kill the bossman around here, and I didn't wanna leave you in there!"
"I see..." They stand on their own but they're still shaky, so I stop supportin' 'em but I stay handy.

They don't look hurt, at least not now. So I guess I got some questions for this guy and the doc! Probably only time for a few before reinforcements come.
What are my questions, and are we gonna sit here or try to get to another spot?

What are you and do you know how to escape from here?

>>913660
What is your name? What is your species and gender? How did you get captured?

>>913701
This.

Holy wow, what a hottie.

Any question is a valid question right now.

We can just lead them out, you know. However...
Ask if they can fight, and if they want to help you kill the bad guy.

Oh dang

Take five and help them recover. Got any food or drink for 'em?

Ask their name and how they ended up here, and if they want to help beat up Zorgonok.

Oh, and if they know any other prisoners we gotta rescue. (The fortress is going to blow up when we kill the boss, so we'd better be careful with our order of operations)

Glinp 2018/12/12(Wed)17:53 No. 913861 ID: 7fd053
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>>913689
>>913701
>>913721
>>913754
"My name is Aki."
"I'm Glinp!"
"Josie." Aki straightens, and goes and grabs the blue orb in the device next to the tank.
"And I know you," they say, looking at the doc. "I am... not sure how I feel about the experiments."
"I tried to make it painless! There's no sense in causing undue pain on your test subjects, I always say!"
"I appreciate that... That is why I'm not sure if I hate you."
"Can you fight, and do you wanna help us take out his boss?" Aki holds out an arm with a pointing finger, and summons a few glowing floating shards of some kind, which launch themselves into a wall and then vanish after a moment.
"Yes, to both. However... I need a safe place to keep this." They look down at the orb cradled in their hands.
"Hey doc, you got a spare inventory around here?"
"There should be some inventory belts in the minions' quarters! They're down the hall from the lab."
"That will make this inaccessible?"
"Yeah! Unless someone takes the belt. Then they can access whatever's stored."
"Very well."
"K let's go thataway." We make our way back out of the lab. I offer Aki my protein bar and pork chop, and they wolf 'em down, and look pretty rejuvenated!
"Thank you very much! I should be in much better condition now."
"You're welcome! So what uh, what species and gender are you?"
"I'm a Renamon. Like many of my kind, I am genderless. You may use 'they' pronouns to refer to me." That prob'ly explains the SFW nudity! I ain't never heard of a Renamon, but I bet that'll be on account of the 'pulled from other realms' bit the doc mentioned!
"Know any other prisoners we should rescue?" They shake their head.
"I know very little of this place."
"I don't believe we have any prisoners at this time. Now, are you planning to use me as a meat shield?"
>-fzew-
Josie shoots... something!
"I dunno maybe..." Oh it was a turret! And there's another puzzle lock, to get into the minions' quarters! I headbutt the info button.

"Use your finger to trace a path from the beginning of the maze to the end." Really? It's a big maze, but that's it...?

>>913861
The real problem here is you're too short to reach the whole maze. Josie's gonna have to give you a boost. The solution is very simple otherwise, there are barely any dead ends.
I wonder if you can just drag your finger along the outside wall? Beginning to end.

Suggestion 2018/12/12(Wed)19:38 No. 913872 ID: 4dc321
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There is no fucking way the guards have do this every time they have to unlock their room. This has got to be a trap.

Luckily, Glinp is immune to traps, so if it blows your arm off just revert.

Specifying stick your finger in it does sound a bit suspect. On the one hand, it's the obvious method. But on the other, it's obvious, so why specify unless your finger removal electrocution trap depends on it. Use a stick or something maybe.

>Like many of my kind, I am genderless.
I see what you're doing there.

Also what you're doing is taking all the fun out of it.

Glinp 2018/12/13(Thu)18:49 No. 913961 ID: 7fd053
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>>913932
Genderless folks can be plenty fun!

>>913862
>>913872
>>913931
Josie puts doc under her foot and gives me a boost. I try CHEATING by goin' around the maze instead of through, but it doesn't work. Using my spear seems to work in place of my finger, though. The 'floor' of the maze gets a glowing trail that follows it. But then Zorgonok's voice comes over the speaker system.
"Attention all combat personnel! The intruders are at the door to the minions' quarters on the ground level. Destroy them!"
"You might need to be quicker, li'l buddy."
"I'm tryin'!" I can only do this so fast!
"There's nowhere to run!" Oh no they're here already! Josie pulls me away.
"Not enough time. Stakes too high. Need all hands." She turns the big gun she's been dragging around on the enemies. Oh there are a few of them!
>-Vwiididididididddddddddddiiiw!-
"gzjhbzkl!" "Gweeeh!" "Bzbzbz" etc.!
"Heheheheh! No recoil! You made this one, doc?"
"Ngh, yes, it's my own design, modified from a superc-"
"Nice, love gun chat but I need info. Describe enemies."
"Mostly bound spirits, some demonic! A few regular demons and spectres. They shouldn't pose a threat to you, even the top ones."
>-Vwiididididiiw!-
>-kchoom-
"How many- aw dammit." She yanks me away to dodge a missile that takes out Aki and doc-y!
>-FA-BLORRRCHH-

Crap!!

Obviously rewind.
If the solution is simple but implementing it takes too long focus on the enemies. Rearrange the furniture to create obstacles for the robots and to reach the puzzle without needing someone else help.
I'm not sure if Glimp have to be the one solving the puzzle. If that is the case he must do so after the robots got destroyed, presumable giving us more time before the next wave. If not put Dr. Fungus to solve it and Aki to watch him while Glimp and Jozi kill the robots.


>Genderless folks can be plenty fun!
Are you talking about anal?

Do we have to use "they"? I hate to use plural for singular.

Tell Josie to shoot down the missile this time :^)

Better idea: Ignore the puzzle and punch down the door. (Then find a defensible chokepoint to deal with the guards)

>>913961
The door puzzle broadcasted your location. Either don't do it at all, or set up a trap to handle all the enemies that swarm at you.

I think we should try to get through the door at least once though... Is there a way to bypass it?

>>913961
Rewind and say that this seems too easy and you think there might be some kinda trap that activates if you try to solve it.

Or you can tell Josie the solution and she can probably put it in faster than you. Which would mean that you guys can get into the room and close the door before those guards show up and start shooting at you!

Wait a minute what if the door only sends an alert if it doesn't recognize the finger? Or it activates a camera? Have the doc do it while the rest of you stand a distance away.

>>913961
Revert to seeing the puzzle. Tell the others to barricade and prepare for battle. Say it will take you time to solve the puzzle and you have the feeling you're overdue for a a big attack.

Glinp 2018/12/14(Fri)16:33 No. 914022 ID: 7fd053
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>>913964
I was just thinking in general!
'They' doubles as a singular and a plural. It's weird, but languages just kinda do stuff like that!

>>913965
I think if she coulda done it, she woulda.
Yeah! Punch my problems away!

...

"Use your finger to trace a path from the beginning of the maze to the end."
"Just one finger? How about a couple more!"
>-Pkronk-ch!-
>-fzew-
Josie follows up my door knock-down with another camera disable.
"Puzzle solved." If it WAS a trap, this is probably the best way to get around it.
"Oh! How interesting..." Aki doesn't seem fazed.
"Looked like a trap to me!" I walk in. "Are these the belts?" There's one room on the opposite wall to where we came in, and one to the right.
"Yes, any of those will do." They're probably near the door for easy grabbin' on the way out. I hand one to Aki.
"Just wear this and put whatever you want inside!" They put it on and tighten it and put the blue thing inside.
"This seems perfect! Thank you." Their posture becomes more confident.
"We've got company."
"Oh, that's probably just the mothbot. Just a harmless servant, not worth your time!"
"Yeah?"
"Oh yes!"
"How about you call 'em out here, then?"
"Oh, Mothbot! Come out and say hello!" A robot shyly steps out from behind a corner.
"Greetings, Doctor Fungus." Gosh it's kinda cute!
"Won't you show these fine people how harmless you are?"
"Absolutely." The bot steps closer. Josie tightens her grip on the doc.
"Hk! Relax, my d-dear Tozol!" He struggles.
"Please, do not harm the Indahl! What can I do for you?"
"You got any uhhhh... maps?"
"I'm sorry, I don't!" Oh here's Zorgy on the speakers again!
"Attention all combat personnel! The intruders are at the door to the minions' quarters on the ground level. Destroy them!"

HMM! Maybe the maze wasn't the trap after all? What are we gonna do about this situation...

>>914022
Take cover inside the room, maybe the tactical advantage will let you win without losses.

What an unsightly trash golem, I hope something extraordinarily violent happens to it >>914022

Well go back and do the maze!

Repeat your fun interactions with the moth lady and continue on alarm free.

>>914031
When we tried to do the maze the alarm interrupted us.

It's possible the doc has something to do with this, like something in his pocket he was able to activate without being noticed. Have we searched him yet? Why are we dragging him along in the first place?

Attack Mothbot to see if it's really harmless. If you can destroy it easily rewind, otherwise the good doctor have some explaining to do.

>>914022
I hope you know we're going to have to lewd this bot and renamon by the end of the mission. Anyways, spear zap the moth as soon as you enter. Hopefully that doesn't kill it and it won't send a signal or act as a camera. It's unlikely that it's the cause of your location being leaked, but it's worth figuring out.

Glinp 2018/12/15(Sat)22:38 No. 914157 ID: 7fd053
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>>914024
>>914039
>>914086
I look at Mothbot.
"I know how we can see how harmless this bot is!" I whip out my spear to attack, and I can barely tell what happens next! "Huurgh??" I get yanked to the side, go flying at Mothbot, and then everything's a blur! As far as I can tell, Mothbot gets sent flying the other way!
"W-"
"A"
>krusplonchsqukTHOOM!-
"AAAAA WHAT THE FUCK IS HAPPENING!" Pieces of the bot and the doc are everywhere!
"Hah! Damn, that was like a fuckin' samurai duel right there." She does a little dance on her toes. "I guess it was a little fast for you."
"It might have been fast for me as well." Aki's fur looks really messed up and kinda burnt on one side. They cough.
"Glinp attacked. Bot was about to retaliate. I got Glinp out of the way, fucked up its guns, and tossed it at Dr. Fuck-us." She picks up a piece of Mothbot with some blood on it." Kabooom." She makes an explodey hand motion and takes a bite out of the piece. Aki makes a surprised noise. "Huh. I've had worse." Crunch crunch.
"So he was not trustworthy after all..." Aki looks pensive.
"Yeah. I think he modified himself to be really good at lying. Slimy bastard... I'm liking him better as seasoning." She finishes the piece.
"There's nowhere to run!"
"Sheesh... and it sounds like we got a big assault comin', so can we use this place to our advantage?"
"Maybe... I don't love this position, but now that I don't have to worry about the doc..."
>-Vwiididididididddddddddddiiiw!-
"gzjhbzkl!" "Gweeeh!" "Bzbzbz" etc.!
"Heheheheh! No recoil! Actually, you can stay here while I take these guys out."
"Sure I'll just hide and watch the show!"
"I'll go too! I'm ready to fight!"
"Alright! show me what you can do!" What Aki can do seems to include walljumps and launching a lot of those glowy shards! While Josie's encumbered by her big gun, Aki distracts the enemies, and even take out one or two themself! There's a pile of bad guys at the lab end of the hall now. One of Zorgonok's screens floats in, and Josie holds Aki back from attacking it.
"WHAT in Nyarlthotep's faceless visage is THIS!?" The screen turns about wildly at all the carnage. "How did... Where's the other one!!"

What next? Come out and taunt that skeletal screwball? See if there's anything else in here, and leave those two to chat with him for a while? And when we go up to the next floor, do we take the elevator from the lab or use the stairs near the foyer?
Or should I go back and try to go about this robot encounter differently?

>>914157
Rummage around while the other two have a chat. Make the lich worried that you're sneaking around elsewhere.

After that, definitely don't use the elevator. That's a death trap if they have any sort of security in it. Take the stairs.

>>914157
Holy shit.

I'd like to save the super-cute combat robot but it's probably impossible on account of being a combat robot.

Quietly search the corpses for health items for Aki.

Take the stairs.

>>914157
>Where's the other one!!
Screw with him by saying, “I’m over here! I’m just looking for things that can be used for preening, so that I can preen you when we finally meet! Then after that we’ll annoy you by speeping at you!”

After that, you can just rewind then turn into an inanimate object and listen in on the conversation.

I don't fully understand the consequences of what just happened. I would prefer to have Dr. Fungus alive for questioning, but since Jozi was so eager to kill him lets keep going.

Ask what the skeleton sees, or anything that get him to elaborate in his confusion. There is no much point to interact with this weirdo unless you can get some information.

After that ask Jozi to explain what the deal with Mothbot was. That was weird.

>>914183
>After that ask Jozi to explain what the deal with Mothbot was. That was weird.
Seems like they were actually a hot-rodded, turbocharged combat robot. When Glinp threw the spear, they sprang into action and tried to kill him. Jozi yanked him out of the way, which disoriented him while Aki and Jozi fought the mothbot at high speed.

Revert, super fist the doc as soon at you enter and say he'll become a liability in a fight. You handle Mothbot while the others handle the hoard. Fake the lich out by making him think you're off somewhere else. Take the stairs.

Glinp 2018/12/18(Tue)17:19 No. 914472 ID: 7fd053
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>>914201

...

I try Super Fisting the doc once the door's busted. It goes a lot like before! Mothbot pops out when I mention I'm gonna kill 'im, and then shit goes nutso when I try to attack, but I get more time to see Mothbot prep its guns before the explosion. So I go back to how I did it the first time. If I want to kill Dr. Fungus myself, I can't do it in front of the juiced-up killbot or it'll retaliate.

...

>Look for loot, use the stairs
While I search the place, I overhear snippets of Zorgo's end of the conversation.
"You left your escort behind? Such confidence!" "HAH! You don't expect me to believe..."
Meanwhile, I find a storeroom, beds, showers, and a locker room.

I get 55 krels and a body armor!

I don't seem to be using many items on this mission, thanks to Josie... There's some other stuff here, like a weird lumpy ball that's probably for some sport, a sword, -
>-vwiii-crash! Boom!-
I look out the door to see that Josie's shot down the monitor and it exploded. Looks like it was comin' this way.
"We got more comin.' Ready to move on?"
"Yep! Let's take the stairs."
"Roger that." We pass by the big robot Josie's gun came off of. The gun's still scraping as she drags it around, but this time it's also leaving a trail of body fluids.
"This must be your work." They look impressed at Josie's axe impalement.
"Yup. This guy seems down for the count, but I'm not sure if any of the guys we took out back there are gonna stay down after we leave, so we might get to kill them again. And that wasn't all the combat personnel..."
"The announcement may have only been broadcast on this level."
"Right. Need to use the toilet?" She points to the bathroom.
"No."
"Before we go farther, there's a piano with a locked box on the end. I was hoping you could open it in case it has something cool inside!"
"Oh, he's THAT kind of jerk with a bunch of resources, huh... Pfft..."
"You know what it is?"
"I'm almost positive I do. You two stay out of the room while I open that box." We wait. She goes into the music room rips the box open with her hands! "Yup, 19 keys. It's a Boîte Diabolique."
"What's that!"
"It's got the 19 forbidden notes. I only know about it because I have a bard friend who's surprisingly obnoxious. He got a piano with one of these, and he was sooo excited to show me how it sounded! He made his own ears bleed just to pull a prank on me... What a guy~"
"Uh."
"Yeah see they're locked in a damn box for a reason. It didn't make my ears bleed, but boy he got me with that one!" She rips the box off the piano entirely. "In fact, I'm going to keep this." She puts it in a pocket. "And prank him with it..."
"Wait, was it Broglevo?"
"Sure was."
"Ooh, you gotta let me know how that goes! That bitch needs some prankin'!"
"Sure. Found any other fun objects I can use for my numerous schemes?"
"I don't think so!"
"Maybe on the next level."
>-fzew-
Geez, the hall turret didn't even beep before she took it out! And she didn't even look around the corner before shooting it.
"Your proficiency with firearms is... astonishing."
"Thank you, thank you." She does a bow.
>-thudthudthudthud-
We make it up the stairs, big gun in tow, and open the door to the next level. I shoulda worn more clothes, 'cause it's colder here than it was on the lower level! Wow I can see my breath! I hope it's just this room, 'cause boy this ain't nice!

We come into a cozy sitting room with a purple carpet, some chairs and side tables, some... heads of people mounted on the wall... Must be Zorgonok's idea of a nice place to have a chat!
There's a button that says 'open door,' so I press that and it opens the door on the far side of the room. We start to walk over there, but the floor is all sticky! I'm slowed way down, and Josie can't carry her gun across! Aki can leap over on the furniture, but the door closes before I get like a quarter of the way to the other side of the room.

How can we get across? I've got a lot of items!
Pickaxe that turns me into a dwarf
Decorative skull
Zappy extendo spear
Ghost costume
Portable Tunnel Deployer
Slime Grenade
Trip Gun with 4 uses
Photo from Zorgonok's past
Chalk and a chalk eraser
Sulphagne, which grants temporary dematerialization eye beams
Hamfuzz, which is just super soft and I should sell it later
Friendium Paranoiathol, which I don't know what it does
and Inspirational Ink, which I don't know either!

Plus a Caster Gun with a Fist bullet and a Holy bullet that I'm saving for Zorgonok.

>>914472
Seems like we have to play "the floor is lava" here to get to the door in time. You need stepping stones. First off you can move a bunch of furniture in more convenient locations, and maybe take the cushions off of it to make more spots.
Those trophies might work for stepping stones too!

The ghost costume is useless so you can put that down as a stepping stone.
Oh, you could just use the portable tunnel, right?

>>914472
Is that an energy sword around the bottom left guy’s head? That’s such a waste to leave something like that there! Maybe we should take it for ourselves?

>floor is sticky
I see sprinklers in the ceiling. Maybe if you burn something to make them turn on, they’ll wash away the gunk that’s making the floor sticky?

>>914472
Totally time for portals! Take your time planting them. It won't matter as long as they're operational by the time you push the button.

>>914472
What an interesting collection of trophies...
Make the furniture go further by ripping it up into bits, the fabric and wood bits should give some nice stepping stones. Or you might be able to catapult yourself with the extendo spear and jam the door with a thing.

Is it possible to super jump across? Maybe use your spear to assist in that.

Glinp 2018/12/20(Thu)20:52 No. 914643 ID: 7fd053
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>>914494
"Aki, can you go to that corner and see if that's a decoration or an energy sword or what?"
"Alright." They go over, investigate, get it to light up, and return. "It's just a decoration."
"K, thanks."

>>914482
The PTD should bore a big hole through whatever surface you place it on. So I'm pretty sure I could stick it on the far wall and use it to get to the next room...

>>914494
"Get back to the stairs... and let's solve our problems with fire!" Fireball time!
>-Foomf-
Cool, that couch is flammable.
>-vwiiiiii-
"Bleah!" "Grkkle!" Josie shoots up some mooks who try to come up the stairs.
"Idiots..." the sprinklers come on! And before long, the water freezes, making the floor super slippy!
"Did you expect that to happen?"
"I thought it might! Or maybe the stickiness would get washed away. Wasn't sure exactly."
"Seems to have worked out." She offers a fist to bump and I bump that sucka. We press the button and ice skate across! Josie can bring her gun this way!
"Get 'em!"

The door closes behind us, and a second, metal door slams down over it. There's some demon person in a suit here! Sitting at a table, hands folded. There's a biiig portrait of pre-lich Zorgonok behind 'em.
"Welcome, welcome."
"Sup."
"You’re not really here."
"That's true." They unfold their clawed hands. "What you see is only a projection. But I just want to talk. My name is Satriel. Please, have a seat." There are 3 chairs here.
"Uh huh, what about?" Josie sits down in the middle. I sit on her left, and then Aki sits on her right.
"First, I want to know... why are you doing this?"
"You wanna field this one?" She looks at me.

Because the asshole behind you.

>>914643
Tell him it's revenge for your village.

>>914643
Ask him if he sucks blood? Then tell him that his cup told you to ask him that.

>>914657
ask him if his CUP sucks blood.

Glinp 2018/12/22(Sat)13:50 No. 914778 ID: 7fd053
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>>914645
>>914650
>>914657
>>914759
"'Cause of that asshole behind you! He attacked my village, and I won't stand for that. Now I got a question for you!"
"Oh yes...?" They scratch their chin. "Please, ask away."
"Do you or your cup suck blood? The cup told me to ask."
"Ha, hah, ohh, absolutely I do. But I can only speak for myself. Isn't it a nice cup? It was actually given to me by - well, no matter." He waves a claw dismissively. "So, Zorgonok killed people from your village? He told me that when he asked you earlier, you were looking for revenge for all the people he killed."
"Well no, we drove him away, but he would've killed some of us if we hadn't!" Aki's actin' kinda wiggly about somethin'. "Is this goin' somewhere, 'cause we got a lich to squish."
"Yes, but first I have to know, how recent was this attack...?"
"It was a few years ago."
"Ah! Well, you'll be relieved to know that, in spite of all his theatrics, Zorgonok only goes after people who attack him, these days." They look at Aki. "Doctor Fungus' capturing of you was, I'm afraid, done right under his bony nose."
"Really?" Satriel nods.
"Bullshit." She stands up.
"It's true! That doctor was... not entirely trustworthy. I assume you've disposed of him?"
"We should leave Zorgonok alone."
"What? No, not gonna happen." Aki stands up. I do too.
"If he's changed his ways, why continue your attack?"
"He hasn't! No way!"
"Don't be so stubborn! Koyōsetsu!" They start to summon the glowy shards... Wait, are they leaf-shaped? But Josie grabs Aki, who doesn't stop, so I get out of the way of the attack barrage while Josie hops around with 'em and keeps 'em disoriented!
"Please, there's no need to fight!" Says Satriel as the shards go flying everywhere and embed in the furniture! Yikes!

Is Aki super naive, or what the heck??

>>914778
Gonna say subversion. Revert, ask the Joz where the projection is coming from. Super Fist it.

>>914778
He's a vampire, she's under hypnosis. Stab him in the face.

>>914778
Hey, Aki! He’s the bad guy, which means he does this thing called “lying”! Don’t listen to him!

>>914779
Yeah, this could also work.

If asked why we did that, then just explain that it would’ve been a waste of time to talk to that guy because he would’ve just told us a bunch of lies or tried to bribe us to join him.

>>914778
Preeeettty sure it's mind control.

Revert any timeline where she dies here.

Try punching the projection of Satriel to make it fuck off.

>"Isn't it a nice cup? It was actually given to me by - well, no matter."
(I wonder if the mug is a phylactery or something. I wonder if that's a projection too.)

Smash the cup regardless.

What if hes behind the picture.
Smash it good somehow.

Yeet the skull at the cup untill it smashes it. Theres no inherent reason it must be the skull, just hasnt gotten much use.

No one has to fight, huh?
Well hes no making it easy being so silent.

Glinp 2018/12/26(Wed)20:16 No. 915145 ID: 7fd053
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>>914786
>>914787
>>914917
>>914944
I try stabbing Satriel in the face with my spear, but they really aren't there.
"It's lies! Don't listen!"
"Raaagh!" I try to smash the cup by tossing the skull at it, but it's a projection too.
"Whoah, what the heck are you m-"

>>914779

...

"That's true." They unfold their clawed hands. "What you see is only a projection." I interrupt 'em.
"Where's the projection coming from?" I look at Josie.
"Hrrm..." She looks all around.
"Please, I just want to talk."
"You just want to tell us lies!"
"Can't find it. There's too much magic flyin' around the whole place." I hop on the desk.
"S'cuse me, bats." I hop past and bash the portrait up with my SUPER FIST! "NYUH!"
>-PKOW! fbrumbble-
Hoo! Not only do I ruin the portrait, I take down a big chunk of the wall!
"Now that's just rude."
"Quiet you! Let's get movin', gang." I step out into... a power room! Josie follows, widening the hole a bit by dragging her gun through it, then Aki squeezes through after.
"Intruder alert," says a voice.

>-viiiii-
"Curse you, adventurers!" Oh hey it's that bitch again! He came in from the actual door. I guess he has another monitor, or the other one got fixed when we got far enough away from it. "You remember those heads on the wall in the other room? You'll be joining them, after Colonel Killotron has snuffed the life from you! COLONEL!" The monitor turns to the side to reveal a big bad cyborg demon!
"GRROOOOOAAAAARRRRR!!" The lights go haywire!
-Vwiidididiiw!-
"AAAH YOU BITCH MY EEEEYES!" Killotron reels back and covers their eyes... then uncovers them and aims a weapon at us! "ARE FINE! HAHAHAH!"
"Crap." Josie pulls me back into the lies room, but Satriel is gone. I can hear Colonel Killotron lumbering toward us.
>-BUDUDUDUDUDU-
"Chikushou!" Aki squeezes back in, but they got shot in the tail and foot! But it seems to be healing super fast! Wow!

I sure can't heal like that, so what's my plan to avoid needing to?
There are three doors in the lies room; the one we came in through, and two on the adjacent walls. There's still a big shieldy door over the first one, and I don't know if the other two are locked.

>>915145
Would a trip gun round be enough to topple this guy? Then have everyone focus fire his face. Use use ROCKETU PAUNCH (projectile launch fist and super fist after)

Deal with the killbot first. See if you can distract it while the others sneak behind it to take it out.

Protip: Shoot the Cyberdemon until it dies.

Glinp 2018/12/29(Sat)19:18 No. 915541 ID: 7fd053
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>>915152
>-sklitter-
Mmmmnope! But I hop out and try a ROCKETU PAUNCH to the face!
"HYEH!"
>-pkonsh!-
"YOOOOORGHHH!" ooh I think that actually did some damage! There's blood and everything! But I can't get my fist back because Josie pulls me back into the lies room. OK, so I know I can do something to 'em, but it looked just as damaging as a regular big punch to a regular person, so that's not gonna be enough on its own.

>>915332

...

Back to when Aki came back in with their foot and tail bleeding.
"Whoa nice healing... So Joz, you can't just shoot it until it dies?"
"I don't think so. I've got a hunch, and in case it's right, I'm going to count this guy as a puzzle."

>>915332
"What about if I distract 'em and you guys sneak behind to take 'em out?" Josie kicks down the door parallel to the direction Colonel Killotron came from, and picks me up and carries me that way. I can hear their rumbling footsteps.
"PLAYING HIDEYS WITH THE COLONEL? HAHAHA!" They bash a hole in the wall! "PEEKABOO! I'LL KILL YOU!"
"Mmmm hshhh too risky, don't like it." She opens another door, to the right, and we enter a big long dining hall! "Pick something else."
Maaan it's cold in here too!

She thinks it's a puzzle, huh... should I ask for a hint?

Uh well do we have some kind of EMP or something to disable machines specifically? Could fuck up his augs.
Maybe the shock spear?

>>915541
Go for it! A hint never hurt!

Glinp 2019/01/01(Tue)15:21 No. 915883 ID: 7fd053
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>>915547
>>915589
"Is there something we can use to disable those augmentations? Like my spear zap?" It's a kitchen! And it's just as cold in here as it was in the sitting room! Dammit!
"I think disabling the augmentations is the key, but that's not how we need to do it. And, this isn't where we need to do it."
"They're in the kitchen!" Josie tosses a pot at the door to close it.
>-clong, slam!-
The lights flicker.
"Damn, is that-" She leaps into a... huge pantry!
>-Fablamm!-
OW! I can't hear shit! We're fine, Josie even dodged several tasty ingredients that were just flying off the shelves, but the kitchen doorway exploded so it's a good thing we're not in there anymore. Wait, Aki didn't make it in here! Josie turns us around... They're still in the kitchen, now with shrapnel stickin' out of 'em! ... but it falls out and they seem to be OK?? Is that what the experiments were about?

At least I know one thing: disable augs, somehow, and don't try it in the kitchen.

>>915883
Damn, Aki is tough! Are we cornered here? We need room. Can we circle back to the foyer?

>>915883
Try to slow him down by throwing various kitchen appliances at him!

The refrigerator, the microwave, anything! Including the kitchen sink!

Glinp 2019/01/04(Fri)12:14 No. 916223 ID: 7fd053
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>>915934
>>915949
Josie motions for Aki to come over, and they do. There's another door leading out of the pantry, but Josie sets me down and I think she says 'stay put'. She also pushes down on my head and runs out the door without me! Aki sticks around. I still can't hear so well. The lights are still flickering.
Josie opens the door again, dusting her hands, and motions for us to come through. We're at the elevator! And the menagerie! And two other rooms. And there's a pile of defeated minions blocking the door out! C.K.'s gonna have to move 'em out of the way in order to reach us. Which might just require another of whatever blew up the kitchen, showering the room in their bodyparts, but it's better than nothin'!
"Can we slow 'em down by throwing kitchen stuff at 'em?" Josie nabs some enchanted knives and a microwave. "Can we circle back to the foyer?" She points to the elevator and cocks her head to one side. "Sure, let's do it!"
We pile into the elevator, exit on the ground floor, fight our way through some poor rejuvenated assholes (Josie knocks off one of their heads with the bust from earlier!), and get back to the foyer. The change in temperature is hella welcome. Josie picks up another gun along the way, and we get another pork chop. Aki doesn't seem to want it right now, but they keep it. At some point the lights go back to normal

Do I think there's something we can do from down here, or should we go back up and confront beefotron? My location seems to be critical to the solution...
Or do I ask Josie to solve the problem for me even though she seems to think I can figure it out?

We should consider luring him into the freezing trophy room and triggering the sprinkler system on top of them. He might not be sealed against water damage. Then to add freezing on top of that? Might disable him enough to push him into the exploding kitchen.

>>916225
Yeah, that could work!

Glinp 2019/01/07(Mon)13:59 No. 916661 ID: 7fd053
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Fortunately, my hearing's back.

>>916225
>>916230
I suggest this to Josie, and I'm pretty sure the kitchen exploded because C.K. blew it up with, I dunno, a magic missile or something! So I don't say that part. Josie chuckles.
"Using the environment to the enemy's disadvantage is generally what I have in mind, but that's not quite it. Still... worth a shot. Let's try it out."
"Very well... But how do we get the Colonel into that room? The door seems too small."
"I think a large section of the wall actually comes down."
"Mm."
"Huh, OK!" So Josie rips off a big piece of the carpet.
"You seem resilient, Aki. Is that kind of regen normal for Renamons?"
"No. It was caused by the experiments done on me here." They flex their fingers. "I'm starting to like it." Josie shoots the wall turret again, and we go back up the stairs.
"Nice. Well, you and I can take a lot more of a beating than our pal here, so I think we'd better do the distracting. Glinp can do the fire." Fire... good...
"Mhm." Josie hands me the carpet piece and presses the button, which opens both the regular door and the metal one, and slides across the icy floor into the bat room.
"Hey Colonel Kilowatt!"
"It's Killotron!"
"What? It's Kimberly?"
"NO, IT'S K-"
"That explosion made me deaf! Come in here and tell me up close!"
"I'll come in there and shoot you up close instead!"
>-thud, thud, thud!-
>-bwrrrrrrrrrr...-
The walls between us lower, and he steps into the icing room, where I've ignited the carpet. Josie and Aki leap around at blinding speeds and I disguise as a chair to evade death by Killotron’s wild firing. As the sprinklers start up, they run away into the power room, and the demonborg gets soaked and freezes in place! Josie comes back, and climbs up to shoot directly into his ears a bunch of times, but that doesn't quite do it! She can't claw through the skin either. The lights dim as he breaks from his icy imprisonment and stomps some furniture into sawdust and fires wildly in every direction!
"WATCH IT, you cybernetic simpleton!! I couldn't make everything invulnerable to your weapons!"

Hmmmmmmm...

Ugh. Maybe we should try luring him into that floor puzzle. No way he'd solve it correctly, so he'd activate its trap.

>>916661
I really wonder how long we can bait this guy into destroying this whole mansion with his rampage. I'm tempted to let him expend all this ammo chasing us. Maybe let him destroy something important in the crossfire. Perhaps the puzzle we fled from earlier?

Glinp 2019/01/09(Wed)15:52 No. 916941 ID: 7fd053
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>>916672
Hmm. I don't think they can fit in that hallway. They're bigger than that other boss guy.

>>916772
Josie and Aki get Killotron to focus fire way from me.
"That's it! I can't lock onto you, Tozol, but YOU!" They track Aki with a missile launcher. The lights darken as he charges it up! Aki tosses their belt away and Jozi swoops over and grabs it.
>-bwooooozh...-
"You don't stand a snowball's chance in hell!" The lights go almost off.
>-bwem-
It's faster than Aki! Direct hiiiit!
>-FABLAMM!-
Aki gets splattered everywhere! That explosion looked like the kitchen one, but bigger. I turn back into me.
...noooo waaAAAY!!
"Lust's fucking hexatits!" Aki's pieces fly back together! That's top-tier regen!
"That's top-tier bullshit!" Josie puts her hands on my shoulders while Killotron stares at Aki casually brushing off their mane.
"Glinp, buddy, love ya, but we gotta kill this guy now, 'k?" I think I figured out Josie's idea!
"We gotta make 'em blow up the power room?" Seems like him doin' stuff messes with the power, so he might be using it!
"Perfect." She gives a signal to Aki.
"Damn! I couldn't take another hit like that!" They run for the power room. "Good thing you couldn't hit me without homing weapons!"
"Your ass is grass! And I EAT ass!" They follow Aki, like they didn't even just say that.
>-thud thud thud thud, BUDUDUDUDUDU-
>pchiu, p'kank, KADOOOOOOM!-
Some shit explodes bigtime! Yessss, it's nice and warm! Good thing I wasn't too close! And now I can hardly see anything!
"NOOOOO! YOU HALF-MACHINE HALFWIT! LOOK WHAT YOU'VE DOOOONE!" Josie pulls my horns out of the wall, where my head was embedded by the explosion.
"Thanks~" Ooh pretty, I can see outside!
"Mind if I slit their throat?" She pulls out an enchanted knife, and she seems pretty excited by the idea!

That sounds fine, right?
And where do I go from here:
The Menagerie?
One of the other 2 rooms in the Menagerie's vicinity?
Third floor, using the elevator? Probably not when there's still stuff to do on this floor, but it's an option!
The room to the left of the lies room?
The room to the right of the lies room, which we just passed through for a second on the way to the dining hall?
The area Killotron was in when we first saw them?
Anywhere else?
Do I press Aki any further on the crazy regen or anything?

>>916941
>power room
...when did we find the power room?

>Aki couldn't take another hit like that
Ask what she means by that. Is there something she needs to do to recover her regenerative ability after expending it like that? It seems like the thing she's storing in the belt is some kind of pseudo-phylactery. She's not actually a lich, obviously.

>where to?
Check what killotron was guarding.

>>916941
Let's revert and save face with Josie. immediately jump to the power room as soon as they first see the lights dim. Save us a little time and make us look better. Let's check the kiltron room when he falls again.

>>916941
>"Mind if I slit their throat?" She pulls out an enchanted knife, and she seems pretty excited by the idea!
“Yeah, sure. I ain’t gonna stop ya from killing him.”

>Where to?
Let’s go the room where Killotron came from. He must’ve been guarding something important in there! Maybe even Zorgonok‘s phylactery!

Menagerie. Don't press Aki on it. With how things are going you'll find out her regen capabilities naturally anyway.

Glinp 2019/01/11(Fri)19:56 No. 917280 ID: 7fd053
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I rub my eyes. It's hard to see, but Aki does in fact appear to have taken another hit (the exploding power room), reassembling themself!

>>916947
"Nah, go ahead!" She dashes over to Aki to return the belt first.

>>916943
I go up to Aki too. They pick a piece of rubble out of their mane and flick it away.
"I thought you couldn't take another hit like that...?"
"Ah." They nod sagely. "You see... That was a provocation."

>>916945

...

I go back a ways... To when I was deafened by the kitchen explosion, and we just came out into the room with access to the menagerie.
"The lights... Is the trick that it's getting power from the power room?" Josie smiles and says, 'bingo!' So we do some maneuvering, and Aki only has to get exploded once. I pretend to still be totally surprised by Aki's survival, and tell Josie she can slit the demonborg's throat.
It seems to take a while! I guess that's why she didn't do it when Killotron could move. Wow lookit all that blood! There's so much blood!
"That's how it's done."

We scope out what's down Killotron Lane, and it turns out to be some holding cells, for folks the size of little flying fairies, up to Amtsvane size! There's nobody in there, though. That's on the outer corner of the hall.
There's also a locked room, on the inner corner. It's pretty big. Josie tries to shoot the lock, but it's too strong. The door and the walls are also too strong to shoot through!
"Is this a puzzle?" I ask Josie.
"It's pretty damn well-warded... I think we need a bigger gun. Or the key. Tch." So we move on to the menagerie!

Looks like I can press a button to free all the animals, OR I can free them one at a time. What'll it be?
If I free one at a time, is there a particular order I should do it in?

>>917280
>locked room, warded walls
Smells like phylactery.

>menagerie
First get the food out for them. What we're aiming for is to get the predators fed before we release the prey.
The one at the top looks pretty predatory. The one on the bottom right looks big enough to be one as well. Also, the bird. The others look pretty harmless though I guess the slime might be dangerous, how about that one next. Then the rest of them in whatever order.

>>917280
Tsuchinoko REAL
take that for you personally
Release the nice ones first. Imagine the chaos. Release the dangerous ones once the others and your squad clears out.

I was going to say "free them all at once when you make your escape", but >>917302 is even better.

>>917280
If you let them out at once they'll probably start fighting each other.

Let the harmless ones out and try to shoo them somewhere safe-ish. Then let the dangerous ones out and run like heck.