"Welcome aboard," Andre says to the hulking man as he looks from him, to Charles, to Brody, finally cracking a misshapen smile when he sees Charlotte.
"Hey yeah, thanks pal," 88 growls, ignoring Andre's outstretched hand. The four-armed man sniffs dismissively, crossing both sets of arms after adjusting his uniform. 88 extends a beefy, bone plated hand towards the frenchwoman.
"Lady luck, I presume. Nice to, uh, meet you," he says.
"Indeed," she responds, taking his hand gingerly, her face unsure. 88 manages to shake her hand without crushing it, chuckling to himself.
"Well, is this what we've got?" he says, turning and looking around at the rest of the gathered comrades. "Pretty paltry stuff, for trying to take on a God, isn't it? Where's the lady in charge, anyway?"

FUCK YEAR BLOODQUEST

Heyo!

>Note: Let me offer an apology for last night's weed-soaked shenanigans. I was way too high to be allowed near a computer.

So, first thing; when we get some time, congratulate Clara on her successful talking down, be all proud and shit.

>>10279447
>Something about you being -that- high was inherently amusing, though...but dammit, if getting THAT high makes you take so long to post, maybe you should set a limit or something...

:D/D:

Yes, give her a pat on the back for saving the collective ass of the rest of the team.

>>10279238
"They'll do. They better. Or we are all dead. Ready to kick the ass of a god or two?"

>>10279499
You help the disappointed Clara to her feet.
"You should have known better," you say.
She nods. "I know...I just thought it would be fun. He's really nice, when he can remember where he is."
"Hey, Clara...when I was gone, and you guys were in Europe..."
Her eyes go wide, and she nods slowly.
"That was so scary..." she murmurs, before stepping forward to hug you. Her head rests against your stomach. "I'm glad you're back..."
"Me too," you say, stroking her hair. It feels real, almost too real. "But that's not what I wanted to say." You push her back slightly, putting a hand under her chin to angle her head up towards you.
"When everything was falling apart like that...you really kept yourself together, you managed to not only keep the team alive, but you even got us three more members. I wanted to let you know how much that helped, you really saved our asses. I'm proud of you."
Clara's face absorbs what you're saying slowly before blooming into joy. She hops up and down slightly before hugging you again, nuzzling against you

"Ah!" comes 88's gravelly voice. "There you are!"
He's stomped over to you, the crowd behind him dissipating somewhat. Everyone seems to be enjoying the meager downtime as best as they can. Ramiel and Creed sit on the wing of one of the jets, talking quietly. Brody talks amicably with Andre and Charlotte; they seem to be putting up with his quirks fairly well. Charles is everywhere at once, small clumps of bees investigating various portions of the airfield or droning lazily about.
"Good to see you again, glad you decided to throw in with us," you say, craning your head back to look at him.
"Oh, I missed the little girl," he says, gesturing to Clara, who waves back timidly. "What was I thinking, this'll be easy."
"They'll do. They better. Or we are all dead. Ready to kick the ass of a god or two?"
"Ready as the best of you," he says, cracking his knuckles hollowly. "I'm just trying to think of what the hell I'd do with myself if the world ever actually calmed down."

>What's the plan? You have several options:

>Fucking go for it; hit vegas, smash 13 to pieces

>Fucking go for it; find Arkham, tear his head off.

>Fucking don't go for it; try to find a way to get to the space-library.

>Fucking team-building exercise; talk to your teammates, exposition/character-building.

Two words: Professional boxer.
Or perhaps demolition expert.

>>10279931
Voting for team building.

And sorry about this, GM, but i've got a wedding to get up to, so I have to head off for tonight.
I'd say we fucking go for it, and smash 13 to pieces. I have a feeling that it will give us a few pieces of the puzzle that is us as well.

>>10279931
Exposition, good sir.

Team building, then Vegas.

>>10280085
>>10280073
>>10279958

>Who are we talking to then?

>>10279931
>ALL OF THE ABOVE

Delicious team building, myeeeeeeeeessssssss

Team bonding time and then 13 ass kicking.

Also, Clara is fucking adorable

>>10280126
Talk with the chick, Lady Luck. Then talk with four-armed dude.

>>10280126
EVERYONE

>>10280158
>>10280155
>Don't be lazy, what are you actually saying to whom? I can't construct dialogue pastiches if you don't give me anything to start with :P

Fuck Yeah! Read all 24 of these fuckers in the archives just so I could catch up for the finale.

>>10280172
Ask her about what she can do to fight 13. She's going to make us lucky, but can she shoot things? Or something?

Ask Lady Luck just what are the extent of her powers.

Ask 54 to hack into Ahrkam and see if they can find anything about that space library thing.

Also, ask Ramiel what the prime shard thinks we should do. It might know something about the space library.

Actually mention the boxing idea to 88.

Or maybe, MMA, should we remember that.

Bump?

>>10280240
>>10280229
"Hey, you could always be a boxer. Or MMA, that's pretty big these days, isn't it?"
88 laughs. "As if I could get anyone in the ring with me."

You text 54.
"Skynet, if that's what you're going by these days. Could you get into Arkham's systems? I need to find a library. A space library. I'm serious."

Meandering over to Brody, Charlotte, and Andre, you note Brody's expanded keychain of index cards. He pages through them as you approach, before reading something and nodding.
"Helen!" he says proudly.
"Yes." you say. He salutes.
"Ma'am," he says with a nod. You nod back, turning to Charlotte.
"So, Charlotte, exactly how lucky are you?"
She puts a finger to her lips, humming as she considers the question.
"Hmmm...je ne sais pas exactement," she muses. "Eet is 'ard to quantify. I 'ave never broken a bone, par example, or gotten a speeding ticket. I 'ave never been cheated on. I once lost a bet on the World Cup, and when I was very small, my little dog, was hit by a car and killed."
"Do you have any combat skills?"
"When I was in ze Arkham laboratories, I was given extensive training with basic firearms. Zey most like meant to use me as, uhm...super soldier?"

A text:
SKYNET IS FINE. OR I GUESS MAKSIM, IF THAT'S EVEN WHAT I AM ANYMORE. I'LL TRY TO CRACK THEIR CAGE OPEN AND RATTLE THE BARS, SEE WHAT I CAN DIG UP.

>>10280521

So Lucky has no fine control... best thing to do would give her a pistol and give her essential parts of the mission to complete.

See what Skynet can rustle up on the space library.

I say we do a big team meeting, try and come up with some plans other than "Throw all of us at 13"

>Oh, silly me, look what I forgot!

>>10280653
>1288x1746
You could make a frickin wallpaper out of this thing.

But anyway. I guess we should come up with some kind of gameplan for dealing with 13. Any ideas? Do you think Brody could put up with the punishment 13 could dish out or would 13 just eldritch hax her way through and wipe him out?

Also, call me crazy but do you think we should try to bring in 96 to help?

A text:
I'M NOT SEEING MUCH, BETWEEN THE LOSS OF DATA FROM MIAMI AND...IT LOOKS LIKE SOMEONE'S BEEN THROUGH THESE FILES WITH A FINE-TOOTHED COMB.

"Caelano Installation; encountered by unmanned probes near Phobos in [DATA EXPUNGED]. Manned expedition resulted in the deaths of [DATA EXPUNGED] plus loss of equipment. Later designated as storage for Subject [--]."

THERE'S A RIDER LINKING TO INVESTIGATIONS OR EXPERIMENTS WITH SUBJECT 96, BUT THOSE FILES ARE LONG GONE.

>>10280769
Storing 96 on Mars' moons? Jeeeez...

>>10280691
>>10280620
"Just a second, everyone," you say. Heads perk up towards you.
"When we eventually get to Vegas, things are going to be too chaotic, and any plans we make will probably fall apart pretty quickly. But that doesn't mean we should just go in with no other plan than 'guns blazing'"
"Why not?" 88 shouts from the back. You ignore him.
"Perhaps we should form teams?" Andre suggests. "Approach the city from different angles, close a noose around 13."
"I could be teamed with anyone particularly...fragile!" Charlotte says brightly.
Clara springs her good arm open, railgun humming.
"I could be with whoever's long-range support," she offers.
"I volunteer myself for any necessary coordinating position," Andre says.
"Just put me in the middle of it and stand back," 88 growls.

>Any ideas?

Where are all my peeps at?

Also, seriously considering trying to go after this space library thingy.

>I 'ave never broken a bone, par example, or gotten a speeding ticket. I 'ave never been cheated on
Fuck everything else, I want THIS power. As in, during my daily life. Would be AWESOME.

Does anyone have any ideas about how to actually deal damage to 13? I mean, she's practically torn in half right now and still moving.

My initial idea is to pair up.
Also, we need to assess how survivable certain members are within 13's area of influence.
Us and Ramiel are the obvious air support, plus probably Charles.
Cilian might be able to function as long range, dunno if he has the capability.
If we have a rifle, Brody and Clara can be our sniper support.
Hmm...
Ground teams would probably be Philip, Andre, Charlotte, and Cilian.
The fliers can function as Paratroopers I suppose.
We need some way to communicate between everyone.
>Ask Andre for other ideas, seems to be his thing.

>I eagerly await further input.

And even if we DO defeat 13, what's to say Nyarly won't come after us once we're damaged?

>>10281141
Nothing really. He might even show up in the middle of it. Unfortunately, we have no reliable way of tracking him or even finding him, so going after him is pretty much out of the picture. We could also try the space library, but we have no leads on that either and I doubt we want to scour that Phoebus planet. Going after 13 is our best, and only, option at this point.

>>10281141
So, we go beyond the impossible and kick the Crawling Chaos to the curb.
With the awesome powerup we'll get from killing 13.

Where the fuck is everyone? Tonight seems pretty slow. I guess /tg/ DOES have shit to do on a Friday night...

>>10281189
Phoebus is a moon of mars, not a planet.

>>10280653
Now I'm going to have to read through this entire quest series thanks to that image, seems too interesting to pass up.

>>10281370
I'm doing so myself (hence not making suggestions now, I'm only at thread 8), and it's wickedly well run.

>>10281124
"Teaming up seems like a good idea," you say. "Andre, you're a genius, right? What else have you got?"
Andre shrugs.
"I haven't heard anything good about 13, and from what I understand of military efforts, things like nuclear missiles have a tendency to reach her as butterflies or ball-bearings. I still say a multi- or hopefully omni-directional assault would be a good idea. Snipers could be used to distract 13 at key moments. My greatest fear is that if we don't have adequate communication, or if 13 can cut off our communication, we'll be hopelessly lost and the whole thing will fall apart."

>Gonna get stuff moving, since it seems there are few of us this evening.

"It seems we are unable to be rid of you, no matter where we go to lick our wounds."
The voice rumbles inside your head, ancient and thick. Looking around, you can't see anything but the airfield and the trees beyond.

>>10281391
>it's wickedly well-run
>StonerDM's computer crashes, StonerDM makes mac and cheese, StonerDM gets too high for words, ....

...yeah, just keep reading >_>

>>10281370
>>10281391
>That's my job.
>>10281404
>Nyarly's voice?

>>10281404
Do we recognize the voice?

Also, ensure everyone has at least 2 cell phones and another wireless device if possible. 54 can support us by keeping solid comm flow then. I hope.

>>10281417
I'm just waiting to get to the one with the description "Anon rages at poor planning, StonerDM denies responsibility."

You see the tree cover moving, birds shaken free of perches. The thunderous plodding of steps grows near.

"We wonder what brings your steps to these deserted hills," the voice says, rolling its R's. "Are your hives not in danger? Would your puppet's dance not be more effective on a more urban stage?"

>>10281484
Not caught up yet, but that's 96, yes?

>>10281482
>totally NOT my fault.

>>10281417
Honestly, anyone who produces good content on /tg/ seems to either be high or drunk. Take Wasteland Warrior or that guy who runs Maid Quest, you fit right in.

Calling it, 96, or another of it's species.

Oh fuck. 96. Get everybody on red alert and ready to engage. Although I think we should try to get him/her on our side, we should prepare for the worse.

>>10281484
Ah, I see, it seems that there's some ham nearby.
"Not to alarm anyone, but I think 96 is nearby, and he's never quite been friendly with me."

Hm. I'm thinking us, Remiel, and 88 up close and personal with 13. Creed should stay at the limits of his firethrowing capabilities and just keep burning.

Clara and Brody should be back, sniping if possible. Lady Luck should be near enough to affect us, but somewhat out of the danger zone.

I don't have a clue what 4 arms should do.

>>10281573

And didn't we have bone armor guy thrashing it's children?

A car-sized spider wanders into the cleared area of the airfield, fangs tasting the air, its strange arrangement of eyes regarding you all. It skitters hastily to the side as the trees themselves bend at the tops to accomodate the girth of the house-sized spider that follows, a twisted spiral of wet-looking eyes and a triad of sharp angular fangs snapping at the air.

"Come to hunt? Come to smoke us out, run us ragged?" there is deep laughter. "We are here."

The majority of the team stands in stunned silence, except for Brody, who begins screaming wildly and firing the infinite Beretta, bullets glancing off 96's tough hide and reports breaking the silence as the titanic arachnid stands immobile, observing you.

>>10281657
"Actually, we have a proposal for you."

Calm Brody down. Ask what 96 wants.

>>10281687

Also, take control of our resident soldier first. Diplomacy is hard with something you're shooting

>>10281657

"No. We're here to fight the god to the South, the thing that broke us all free. We're looking to end it.

...What is your name? What can we call you? We've never asked."

>>1028165

"We could even use your help. We heard that you know about a Library, in the Void. A place where we can find information, on how to fight such things...they're not our only enemy. We also are trying to fight one called Nyarlathotep."

>>1028165

Namedrop Nyarly as our enemy. See how the giant spider responds.

>>10281733
>>10281720
>>10281687

"Brody, that's enough!" you shout. "I said ENOUGH, private!" He stops, checking his index cards hastily, and finding nothing about giant spiders.

"We have come, then, bared our breast to your knives; see if they are strong enough to puncture," 96 intones, several of its brood clinging to its massive frame.

"Actually, we have a proposal for you," you say. "And...what do we call you, anyway? We never asked your name."

"Proposals? Bargains? Intriguing...the circumstances of our last meeting were a bit combative for names. If this is a parley, call us Atlach-Nacha."

We need an apropriately epic cthulian name to counter with.

But let's start with what she wants. Ask her what she desires.

quest thread cancer
please just leave /tg/ forever

>>10281877
"You were an opponent I respected, even liked. We have enemies enough to bury both of us; instead of testing our knives on your breast, I wish to have our knives and your fangs strike as one. An alliance between us would prove mutually beneficial.

We heard that you know about a Library in the Void. A place where we can find information on how to fight such things as subject 13...they're not our only enemy. We also are trying to fight one called Nyarlathotep.

But those are our goals, and a partnership is two-sided. What is it that you desire, Atlach-Nacha?"

>>10282024
Haters gonna hate I guess

>>10282024
>...'kay >_>

Hahaha. Irony is Ironic.

Yeah, what he said.

And...I dunno. Helen doesn't seem like the type to want a Lovecraftian name. She already fears becoming an elder god, or some kind of monster.

Besides, how would we give birth to Jacob's progeny if we were a tentacled horror?

...Don't answer that.

"We're here to fight the god to the South, the thing that broke us all free. We're looking to end it. We heard that you know about a Library in the Void. A place where we can find information on how to fight such things as subject 13...they're not our only enemy. We also are trying to fight one called Nyarlathotep."

The laughter of the spider is like a quake inside your mind.
"The Crawling Chaos is a piece on this board, and you continue to play the game? remarkable. You would seek to enter the Void, then, with my aid?"

"Yes, in as many words. But a partnership is two-sided. What is it that you desire, Atlach-Nacha?"

"We were saving the nectar within myself, to escape this place, and leave you to your hives, let you core out your rock and suffocate in solitude. But first we were going to stamp your bones into dust. Perhaps that is not necessary."

"We want this land, to remain unharrassed until we can produce enough nectar for ourselves and our brood."

It wouldn't be permanent. Just something so that we don't seem so puny when going up against the big eldritch deities.

>>10282153
>Azathoth's Stain? Azathoth's Shadow? You are tangentially connected to the Big Guy, after all

>Maybe I should smoke. Just a little bit. Like a bowl and a half.

I was thinking maybe something along the lines of calling our group The Children of Azathoth or something. I dunno.

>>10282136
"Your terms are agreeable. We will aid you to the best of our ability with departing this world in exchange for your assistance in our matter. Do we have a deal?"

>>10282169
Just don't smoke so much you forget what's going on.

cancer

>>10282136
Oh wow, missed this. Tell her her terms are agreeable. We'll protect her and her brood while they harvest.

>>10282136
I'm just gonna call it now. Space Library --> Nyarly ambush --> half our party dead.

>>10282136
"And what, particularly, does that entail?"

>>10282325
As long as Clara, Brody, and THE PAIN make it through I'll be ok with it. Either way, I doubt slender will be able to make a jump that far and pinpoint our exact location.

>>10282254
>2 in 1 thread? People should just learn to ignore shit they don't like. It's how i don't kill myself every time i go outside.

"Those are agreeable terms," you say. "You can use this land while you...harvest, grow, whatever."
"And upon what authority do you stake this claim? You would personally protect us, if your kings and queens sought our hearts with spears and stones? We could leave now, and most likely escape the chaos your god's shadow is wreaking."

I like Charles. He's the primal fear of every human being in one big, friendly, awesome ball. Of bees.

"Agreed. We'll inform those necessary not to harm you, and you won't harm them. Same with your brood."

>>10282325
>if trips in this quest were Helen's insanity, Alabaster would be paranoia and ArkhamArchivist would be OCD. I don't know about the rest of you.

>>10282415
Make a point that if Nyarly is still alive, he'll eventually come after her. However she has nothing to lose by helping us out. She might even be able to eliminate him by helping us.

>>10282429

The Authority that we will soon kill Nyarlathotep, the one running the only army large enough to oppose you, or skilled enough. If that's not enough...

Relay to Skynet what's transpiring. Ask him if he can get us whoever's in charge of Canada at the moment, when he gets a minute. "We'll ask the King of this land to protect you and your brood. I'm sure that you'll make a wonderful deterrant. With you living in the wilderness of this country, what other army could possibly want to attack here? You're an asset."

>>10282444
I guess I would be absentmindedness as I tend to space out and fall asleep during the threads.

I'd likely be the minor Megalomania.

...Or just her crazy sex drive. Every chance I've gotten, even when I wasn't using my trip, I was saying "FUCK JACOB. DO IT. NAO."

>>10282444
What can I say, when I'm told my opponent is a shadow-walking trickster Outer God, I tend to check every corner, even ones that aren't there. Twice.

>>10282492
I was writing something but I like this more. Seconded.

Also, changing my trip. One sec.

Done.

>>10282415
Wow. You're edgy. No wait, you're cancer.

No comment.

>>10282597
They see me trollin'

>>10282597

They hatin'

>>10282597

>>10282597
Good sir, might I request a touch more explanation as to why you feel that this is a "cancerous" thread? Even if one were to consider it so, I scroll through and see shit about completely un-/tg/ stuff, yet you complain of someone telling a grand narrative (the basis for many /tg/ games).

You text 54 hastily, asking him to get in touch with the Canadian government ASAP.

"The authority that we'll be shutting down Nyarlathotep, the one running the organization capable of bringing you in."
96 scoffs.
"You have many tyrants and sovereigns who would play soldier. Uprooting the biggest three still leaves the forest."

Your phone rings.
"Uh...yeah, this is...um..this is Stephen Harper. Apparently I have to talk to you to get my government's computers back to work. And my family's cable tv."

>>10282712
Just a quick observation, Nyarly seems to be in touch with pretty much just about everyone, so couldn't we possibly use this to set a trap for him?

>>10282712
"Yes, we need to use part of your Canadian wilderness as a haven for extra-planetary spiders, k?" :3

Prime minister of Canada up in this!

Give him our coordinates and tell him that he needs to keep all military personel the hell away from us or bad things happen. Set up a parameter. Nobody in or out unless we say so.

>>10282712
"Yes, we're going to need you to ensure that [give are we're in] is completely deserted by any armed forces you have command over for a undetermined if you don't want any of them to die."

>>10282822
"undetermined amount of time"*

>>10282712
"A forest much more easily hacked down should it encroach, without its largest members. With the largest enemies eliminated, the others will fall into line. If need be, I will fight for your security personally."

>>10282712

Tell him the whole story. And explain he needs to make that area a safe haven for interplanetary spiders. And tell him our "Deterrent" argument.

>>10282709
Chess, go, checkers, bridge, pinochle, poker, and about 97% of all things /tg/ related have no need of narrative. This thread would be better placed in /lit/, and better yet, go take your little fapfic circlejerking tripfag cancer to www.fanfiction.net

>>10282787
>>10282822
Keeping the military out of the forest is all well and good, but how's about we get a mechanized battalion set up around the perimeter? Keeps out other intruders and provides warning/initial defense if 96 decides to be less than compliant with the agreement.

>>10282886
check OP, click Hide Thread?

>>10282886
u mad?

>>10282909
An anti-aircraft detachment would probably prove best, since the spiders won't feel as threatened by things looking skyward at their border, and it removes their primary threat.

A few SAM rings and some AAA around the border, with the spiders as a free deterrent until they depart?

"Yeah, thanks for taking the time, Stephen," you say. "We're going to need your word that there won't be any military intervention in this area of the wilderness, while an extraplanetary entity prepares to leave."
"I...um..."
"We're at an abandoned or nearly-abandoned airfield somewhere north of the Great Lakes."
"Yeah...I can do that," he says.
"Great,"

"If need be, once we've dealt with this library and 13 and whatever else, I will personally defend you."

96 reaches up with a leg, gently brushing one of its young out of its face; it tumbles to the ground, and scampers back into the treeline.
"This...is acceptable," it says. "But know that we will dissect any worms that come near."

>Also, noobs, protip: don't feed trolls. More than one response is a conversation, and arguing is a fast way to derail a thread.

>>10282886
First of all, I only trip for this thread, just so there's some cogency of who's suggesting what. Additionally, if you were to notice, any "fapfiction" has just been done as one-shot spinoffs of what's been an almost daily quest that's been running for almost a month, and those two threads were only in the past two days or so, since the person running the thread is nearing the end of his story.

Games like chess, checkers, bridge, poker, etc. spurn little to no discussion, as much of the "strategy" of such have already been beaten to death by others. However, standard PnP games require that someone create a creative and enthralling narrative for their playing group to explore, and, much like any other creative output, discussing and brainstorming with your contemporaries often make you better at such creative outputs in the future. Thusly, I do believe that quest threads, while you may not prefer them, are not "cancerous", but instead allow for those who are interested in the narrative art to explore new concepts outside of their imaginations.

>>10283009
Tell her that this is acceptable and that we will respect her privacy.

And pray that she doesn't dick us over.

>>10283009
"As long as none of those "worms" comprise of my team, they're fair game. We've given those that might interlope fair warning of the situation, more or less."

>>10283009
"The worms have been warned to stay away at their peril. I hope you wouldn't mind visits from myself until you depart."

>>10282946

>lose argument
>post reaction image
>post overused internet catchall comeback

cancer is as cancer does

>>10283009

Haha. That's almost adorable. The little spiders and such, crawling all over its' face.

Anyway, ask how this is going to work. How're we going to get to the Library? Do we ride on its' back or something?

>>10283085
>Haha. That's almost adorable. The little spiders and such, crawling all over its' face.
>it's face
>it is face

YES SIR. IT SURE IS EPIC STORYTELLING IN HERE. SOMEONE CALL JRR TOLKIEN, BECAUSE HE'LL FLIP HIS SHIT.

>>10283030
To be honest I'm more worried about Mr. Skynet losing his mind and fucking over the world than our friend Miss Spider.

>>10283075

There was an argument? I thought it was just people trying to attack the thread and us laughing at them for wasting their time.

Yeah, fly into space with the giant spider. Are we going to like...drink from it or something? Is this going to drop our humanity again?

...Ask Garfield how he feels about all this.

Sure is samefag troll in here.

Seriously. Fuck off and let us enjoy our quest in peace.

May I submit a bit of criticism for your writing?

Honestly, please add more narrative to this. Its pretty easy to get lost and the viewer won't know who is talking and what is really going on. The story and set up is pretty interesting, but it feels like the lack of narrative is dragging it back.

Polite sage for not contributing to the quest itself. Keep it up.

>>10282886
I'm moderately interested in what's gonna happen, but I think I'm just gonna let StonerDM surprise me. I'm sure he's got some really interesting shit planned.

>>10283123
>drop our humanity again

AW MAN AND WE JUST GOT BACK TO 9 1/2 POINTS

>>10283104

These all sound like the same person.

>>10283009
"sounds fair"
If we are still on the phone with Stephen let him know that this particular section of wilderness will be very dangerous until they are told otherwise.

>>10283123
>There was an argument?

That's what I call it when I refute your unsupported claims of legitimacy with logic and evidence. I can understand why you wouldn't want to see it that way, being that you are cancer and all.

>>10283139
If I recall, there was someone putting together a coherent narrative version of the story, if you're interested in the whole thing. I can see how it may be a bit confusing, since sometimes characters might be referenced by their subject number or by their actual name, or just assumed since they're the only other character present.

>>10283156
But that if they want to provide antiair capabilities nearby to cover the area, then that spot can be considered especially well protected. From anything.

>>10283167

Sure is summer in here.

>>10283200

Eh, let them figure out their own defenses for it.

OFF INTO SPACE!

>>10283200
WAIT. If they start putting forces nearby, then someone might get the bright idea to put artillery around the perimeter and suddenly start shelling surprised spiders. This would be bad.

>>10283202
No, quest threads happen year-round, unfortunately.

>>10283167
Logic which was weakly defined and had great application for disregarding the majority of subjects discussed on almost any board using your definition of what belongs and what doesn't. Clearly we should disregard any sort of game that has arisen during our lifetime that wasn't introduced by the former generation, as "traditional" indicates that it is a tradition, which is defined by something that is passed down from generation to generation.

>>10283225
>>suddenly start shelling surprised spiders

I believe you mean, "suddenly start shelling surprised, scurrying space spiders."

Waiting for StonerDM. Ignoring troll.

Alright guys. Stop feeding the troll. Show's over.

>>10283202
And you're the reason why

>>10283244
I know you're trying to be ironic, but the real irony is that your statement is actually correct.

>>10283139
>criticism has been duly noted.

"The worms have been warned to stay away at their peril. I hope you wouldn't mind visits from myself until you depart," you say.
"Stephen, are you still there?"
"Y-yes," he replies. "Is that...is that all? Are we good?"
"Yes. Please remember that this area is going to be very dangerous for anyone that wanders in until these entities leave. Put out a PSA or something."
You hang up the phone, texting a "thank you" to 54.

"So how does this work exactly? Do we have to...drink this nectar? Are there side effects?"
96 grumbles to itself. A handful of its dark purple brood draw closer.
"You must drink, and our brood must drink," it intones. "The nectar will protect you from the ice and the silence, and speed your progress. I will spare enough for four; four may ride."

>Who are you taking with you? I'll allow a while for discussion/voting/whatever
>Also, sagedude, if you're going to follow the thread enough to converse with people, feel free to join in. Smoke more, mellow out.

Back to the space spiders, please.

I'm eager to see what StonerDM does with this, and how he handles Lovecraftian space libraries.

"It's done. They'll leave you alone. Now, how is this going to work? Are you going to take us there, or are you going to give us something to get us there...? What's going on?"

>>10283183
This is basically what I'm talking about.

I know 4chan's text limit isn't exactly...novel material and the average 4channer has a serious problem reading, but more narrative in the story would improve it drastically. I like the characters, but I feel nothing from the environment, it doesn't feel exactly engaging. When making a quest thread, I feel that atmosphere is just as important as the plot and characters.

Please don't take this wrong way, OP. But your storytelling style makes it very hard for newbies to get into.

Polite sage

I'm thinking Clara and Lady Luck for sure. Other good candidates will include Creed, Ramiel, and Andre. Brody's body would reset after thirty minutes and screw him over, so he's not viable.

I told you all that if you reply to the troll more than once that the thread would derail. I'm disappointed in you all, so I've decided to kill myself. Hopefully this will lead to less cancer on /tg/.

>>10283286
Creed
Rammy (does the shard need some too?)
and Charlotte

Alright...if we're going into a Lovecraftian Nightmare of a library, I'm saying there'll be spawn. And San damage.

Take the usual team, I vote. Brody, Clara, Creed, Ourselves. Clara to copy down data...wait, no, not Creed. Creed could get killed, and fire don't work in space. I'd say spawn can't feel pain, so no Charles...


Ask. "Who else wants to go into space? Brody's good at dying, so he'll be coming, and Clara can record any information we find there."

>>10283280
Just for reference:
POSSIBLE COMPANIONS:

Clara (robot girl)
Brody (immortal WWII veteran)
Lady Luck
Guy Made of Bees
Andre (four arms)
88 (bone exoskeleton, strong)
Remiel (angel with sword that cuts through anything, supposedly)
Creed (fire arms)

>>10283357
quick questions
Can Clara make the trip?
Brody is unable to be physically altered does that rule him out?

we might be limited in our choices here. Andre could be useful.

>>10283357
>(does the shard need some too?)
This seems like it could be an actual problem, we should confirm this.

I like Brody, Clara, Charlotte, Phillip.

But I'm behind on how each one has been performing, this is based on the image alone.

additionally, what kind of talents does Andre have, Andre or otherwise?

quick questions
Can Clara make the trip?
Brody is unable to be physically altered does that rule him out?

we might be limited in our choices here. Andre could be useful.

I vote for Ramiel at the very least. Clara would be helpful for data storage. If the Shard needs some, then that's it. If not, we should take... is there a way to take 54 into space??? That would be awesome.

>>10283437
>The shard is a sword. It does not need its own dose.

>Clara would need to take nectar in order to come along; presumably it would protect her as well

>Brody's body would not retain the nectar, making him unviable. Charles, as a sentient cluster of bees, is probably also out of the picture.

>>10283446
We should leave Charlotte behind in case the others get ambushed in our absence.

I'm voting for Clara, Lady Luck, and Ramiel.

>Clara (robot girl)
Solid pick, says I.
>Brody (immortal WWII veteran)
If he can make the trip, this seems good. Being immune to even SAN damage (after enough time) will be awesome.
>Lady Luck
Never hurts to have luck on our side.
>Guy Made of Bees
Space, also bees vs things beyond the veil doesn't inspire confidence in me.
>Andre (four arms)
Eh.
>88 (bone exoskeleton, strong)
Seems a solid enough pick.
>Remiel (angel with sword that cuts through anything, supposedly)
If we can take his sword, then by all means.
>Creed (fire arms)
Space & library mean there's the chance of him being as much a liability as an asset. I'm sad not to have him but we can't take chances.

>I'm confused as to why people are concerned about how a sentient sword will handle space.

>>10283485
then I like Clara (for the info recording)
Rammy (for the combat + shard support)
I want to say Charlotte but we just kinda let anyone looking for us know to head for Canada north of the great lakes and I would rather have her keep basecamp lucky.

>>10283515
Seconded.

Perhaps Remiel, 88, and Lady Luck with the infinite Baretta. Possibly Andre if he's got some awesome talents or something.

Creed's probably no good for a library, nor Clara as it's probably a small space.

>>10283564
More about if as a sentient being it would need its own nectar for the speed boost and all.

Since it doesn't, angel take.

Clara

Ramiel

Andre? (Possibly)

A note about narrative while you're deciding: I am aware of the occasional failings of atmosphere. While I do my best, bear with me if descriptions seem stark or lacking; I am under serious time constraints to shuffle your dialogue and scattered desires into a cohesive thread, and I've been focusing mainly on maintaining distinct and evolving characters within the plot.
This isn't an excuse, really, it's just the truth. If I had time to rewrite and re-edit everything atmosphere would be one of the first things I would add. Thanks to the criticising Anon for placing it more in the forefront of my mind, I'll try to pepper in more descriptive passages.

>>10283564
we are a 20-something woman with sentient blood and are about to travel into space by drinking nectar from a giant spider...
you can never assume it will work just because it makes sense that it would.

>>10283660
For something that is more or less made up as you go, I think it's damn good, but that may be just my opinion.

Clara, for the fact she's our most loyal teammate.
Creed and Ramiel, to keep each other in line.
Toss up between Charlotte and Andre.
Charlotte is good to have around generally, but of little use going through a library, Andre seems like a pretty smart guy, and is no slouch in a fight.
>Also, I step away for a bit and you guys get trolled? C'mon...

Clara and Ramiel are the two best choices. After that it's up in the air.

Charlotte should stay behind to keep the rest of the group lucky while we're gone. Bee man and Brody can't go, since the nectar won't work for them. Creed would set the library on fire. That leaves 88 and Andre.

>okay, hold on, tallying votes. I'll try to work you in if you post after this, but no guarantees

>>10283694
(4 people) I assumed we were counted in that deal.

How's about we ask for volunteer's as well.
I predict Clara will want to go with us just cause, and Ramiel and possibly Andre will be inherently interested in what's there.

Friendly reminder, the spider has enough for four, including us. That means we can take three team mates.

>>10283694
Honestly, the later it gets, the more I enjoy getting overly verbose and constructing logical arguments against people with poor opinions or trying to troll. If pissing me off was their goal, they did the opposite.

>>10283703
Why the insistence on keeping them lucky? How about keeping US lucky? The others can scatter for a bit and lay low until we return, 54 can tell them when to regroup.

Can we get more information about the library from 96 such as size, environment, obstacles?

If not, I vote for:
Clara for record keeping and information gathering.
Lady Luck for luck boost (we need it with /tg/ dice).
Remiel for fighting, flying, etc. Plus the shard might know something.

And on a completely unrelated tangent: Do we know what Garfield's blood type is?
A, B, O, AB, ...E.T.?

>I just realized it was 4 total, us included, so Clara, Rammy and someone.

>>10283750
to be hunted down and killed by Arkham? No thanks.

>>10283660
>A note about narrative while you're deciding: I am aware of the occasional failings of atmosphere. While I do my best, bear with me if descriptions seem stark or lacking; I am under serious time constraints to shuffle your dialogue and scattered desires into a cohesive thread, and I've been focusing mainly on maintaining distinct and evolving characters within the plot.
>This isn't an excuse, really, it's just the truth. If I had time to rewrite and re-edit everything atmosphere would be one of the first things I would add. Thanks to the criticising Anon for placing it more in the forefront of my mind, I'll try to pepper in more descriptive passages.

Oh, some of us are more than aware of the difficulties. Atmosphere is good, but /tg/ demands timeliness. You're doing a superb job with Bloodquest, especially in balancing speed and quality of writing; it's currently my favorite quest to read/post in, and the fact that I anticipate it more than Lord Quest is saying something.

>>10283796
You're giving StonerDM ideas, I'm sure of it.

I know this because whenever my players suggest something horrible I haven't thought of, I find a way to incorporate it.

>Brody- X
>Charles- X
>Clara- 10
>Creed- 1
>Charlotte- 2
>Ramiel- 10
>Phillip- Like 4 I got distracted
>Andre- 4
>You, Clara, Ramiel, Andre/Phillip
>Andre or Phillip?

Andre, Ramiel, Clara then? Because I'm eager to see how well Andre does. Also, give that man guns. Four of them.

Andre.

I say take Andre so that way we can get a taste of what he's like.

>>10283909
>Charlotte-2

What.

>>10283914
>Guns
That reminds me:
On the jets you took here, the Euro-team additions have several guns. Charlotte has a pistol and an assault rifle, Andre has a pair of MP5s, and Charles is a MAN MADE OF BEES
There are 2 spare assault rifles; 54 could probably procure more by hijacking the uplink on a military transport or something.
Brody has his rifle and infinite ammunition for his pistol.

>>10283909
Phillip, then. Better to have an ally we know the abilities of than to find out the one we picked is lacking in power.

>>10283957
>I tallied votes for and factored in votes against. There were a lot of people that know me too well saying she should stay behind.

>>10283660
Thank you for considering my posts. And keep the story up.
I'll go back to lurking in the threads now.

My vote: Lady Luck for luck boost (we need it with /tg/ dice).

>(we need it with /tg/ dice)

Andre. Let Phil hang out around the rest of the team for a while.

>>10283862
Speaking of, Doppleganger Damacy is my other favorite thread, if only for it's awesome concept and possibility for running for my group. Also awesome. I know you're busy, but when were you considering the next thread for that?

Give 4 arms a shot!

Another thing to add, the archives seem to be down.

Ground team needs a tank in case of attack.

We have blood armor, and Phil's the only other one with armor.

We should leave Phil.

>>10284094
Agreed, take Andre.

>Andre, Ramiel, Clara, and yourself is what I'm hearing.

"Clara..." Clara claps her hands softly, but catches herself and straightens her arms at her sides, looking as serious as possible.
"Ramiel..." The angel salutes with the Shard, tossing his head and flexing his wings.
"And Andre," you finish. The four-armed man looks somewhat surprised, but nods, smiling.

"Very well, very well," 96 says, covered in its young. Several of them scamper down its legs, bearing small, almost crystalline globs of a honey-like sap. "You must feast. We will wait in the trees. Cling to our brood; they are instructed to guide you to your destination, and to return you here. We assume you will return alive, or else our arrangement is hollow, and you have wasted our time."
"Yeah, I assume we're coming back too," you say. "I hope we're not assuming too much." You look at the sky uneasily. Clouds obscure the blue expanse. You can't remember the last clear day you saw that wasn't literally a dream.

>Cleaning up old requests

>>10283764
>You don't know what your blood type is. It wouldn't be an unfair guess that you don't have a normal one.

>>10283749
>As much fun as you have arguing with trolls, the only thing harder to sift through than a quest thread full of troll posts is a quest thread full of troll posts and responses to troll posts.

Onward?

>>10284114
Let's get some nectar and take a trip to space!!!

>>10284151
I'm sorry, I like to try to appeal with reason, then he taunted me with poor logic, which, being an applied math major, is like putting a cow in front of a hungry Garfield.

>>10284151


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>>10283862
I'm with this guy on all points.

>>10284195
Hahahaha good one! Blood type omega!!!

>>10284114
no need to delay what must be done

I've been enjoying reading along from the sidelines for a while. Keep up the amazing writing Stoner! Don't let us die, people!

>>10284114
"Everyone, keep safe, and lets hope this doesn't take too long."

I wish to have hot sweaty sex with StonerDM for all of his incredible storytelling that he decided to give us!


(sage for derailing)

You somewhat uneasily take a chunk of nectar from the broodling silently offering it to you. It regards you with its unblinking multitude of eyes as you look at the nectar.
It does indeed look like crystallized honey, though wet in places where the spiders have been gnawing on it. You slowly break off a chunk, shrugging before popping it into your mouth.
"Here goes nothing..."
It goes down sweet, and cooling, like a menthol cough-drop. You nod to the others.
"It's not too bad."
Ramiel scoops up a handful, and the others follow suit. Clara licks at hers carefully before deciding that it does in fact taste palatable. Soon you all have bellies tingling with the strange sensations of the spider's nectar.

You realize you can no longer feel the inside of your mouth. A cool numb sensation, like novacaine, has spread over your body, seeping outward from your gut. You hear Atlach-Nacha laugh, as though underwater.

"The nectar fogs the mind; we see you have noticed. We wonder how strong the words of bonding are; will we be able to resist the urge to gobble you up in your helpless state?"

>>10284298
"Be careful, I'm rather spicy."

"Watch the shadows, everyone. That's where our worst enemy will come from."

"Garfield, please tell me you've still got fine motor functions..."

>Also, 4chan FAQ helps n00bs (like me!)

>>10283862
>Doppleganger Damacy's DM likes Bloodquest?

Thanks for the endorsement. I envy your Sup/tg/ thread ratings. I'm sorry to admit I haven't followed DD at all, though I'm familiar with the concept, and it certainly seems interesting. I'll give it a read at some point, I promise.

>>10284186
>No shit, a song called "In Honour of Reason" came on as I read this. Fucking awesome song, too.

"Garfield...can you think straight?"

>>10284017
Sunday or Monday night, I hope. My late-week schedule went all to hell.

>>10284211
>>10284222
Lot of good GMs in this thread.

>>10284333
>"Watch the shadows"
We're gonna be in a library in space. I can only imagine that shadows are almost entirely prominent in such a place.

>>10284391
oh god! do we really want to do this then?

>>10284426
Absolutely.

>>10284426
Why wouldn't we?

>>10284426
too late

"Garfield, can you think straight?" A broodling has crawled close to you, its wide-eyed asymmetrical face peering into yours. You shake your head, stumbling a little.
"Yeah, but you sound like you're far away," Garfield says. He sounds like he's far away. Probably not a coincidence.

The other three appear to be shaken up as well. The quartet of small (er) spiders is crowded around you.
"Cling to them," 96 says foggily. "Cling and do not let go. We wish you...luck, as you perceive it."

You clamber onto the back of the spider nearest to you. It chitters softly as you cling to the thick, wiry hairs protruding at odd intervals from its abdomen. Clara nervously looks at you as she clings to her own spider. You flash her a smile and a nod. Ramiel straddles his spider with his legs, arms crossed impatiently, while Andre curses to himself in German, trying to find decent handholds.
"Everybody ready?" you say sleepily. Several of the spiders hiss and chatter wordlessly.

>>10284391

Hey, could be nice, high-school-like, fluorescent lighting. You never know.

>>10284377
>Wait, how long have there been other quest DMs participating in BQ? Now I'm nervous about living up.

Well this is amusing, it seems like the only other quest writers that aren't participating are Quest Lord and Plasma.

>>10284543
Ignore the men sitting silently judging you from behind the curtain.

>>10284523
Thank Atlach-Nacha for keeping to his word before departing.

>>10284377
>Lot of good GMs in this thread.
In my experience, the better the GM, the more likely they are to enjoy playing in a good campaign run by someone else.

>>10284543
Been here since... either the first or second thread. Can't recall. Anyway, basically every quest has other quest runners participating in it; don't sweat it.

StonerDM, Bloodquest inspired me to run the Arkham game with my group, using Mutants and Masterminds.

It's like Men In Black...kinda. Incorporates ideas from various series, making them all canon. There are even bits from Read or Die in there. The people play either Agents of Arkham, outside sources, or subjects going through rehabilitation to be Arkham employees.

Their first encounter was with Phil, going on a rampage.

You feel a rush of air as your spider lifts into the air, its spindly legs dangling beneath it like the limp fingers of a sleeping hand. The four of you ascend swiftly, leaving the safety of the ground below you. You can't discern how exactly the spiders are moving through the air; you can't discern much of anything. You concentrate on telling your hands not to let go, for any reason.

"Take care in dark places, little worms, or the void will form the dirt of your graves."

You are above the clouds now. You feel a sense of peace and weightlessness. Very faintly, you perceive that your pocket is buzzing; you have a text message.

>>10284605
>>10284585
>>10284572
>Damn it, this is why i haven't read other quests, I didn't want to endlessly compare myself.

>>10284608
>This made me so happy I pooped myself.

>>10284608
Can we get logs of that sometime? Sounds awesome.

>>10284543
Been here since the 3rd or 4th thread I think. Good stuff man. Don't worry, you're spinning an awesome tale.

>>10284697
Stoner did not include said text. Brace for bad news.

>>10284697
can we get the text or would that send us to our doom?

I swear if 54 coming back was some slenderman hoax I will kill you Stoner.

>>10284697
We have already received it, so it is stored on the SIM card. We can read it once we're in the library.

>>10284707

Sure. Our party is pretty awesome, too.

Foremost is the World-renowned psychologist, Dr. Phobia, who Arkham tries to suppress-he helps with their subject suppression, so they give him a lot of leeway-but he refuses to lie to the world, and tell them he doesn't have powers. His ability is to make you see your greatest fear-he uses this in psychology to help you overcome your fear, work through the reasons for it, etc. Quite groundbreaking. And useful for controlling Subjects.

The other is a reincarnating individual who made a pact with an EPE-Extraplanar Entity-back in the 1800's for his wife's life. It all worked out as planned-but he was hit by a carriage on the way back. The EPE raised him back, but he lost his memory...he has the power to come back from the dead constantly, but he loses his memory every time. This results in him being a cheery, friendly, excellent individual. He met 82 when she was still frail and in her padded cell and became fast friends with her.

gfdgfdgdfgd

Those are just two of them, though. The kid (Fel, the Reincarnation) Gains different eldritch powers each time he comes back.

>>10284794
>Read it later

You make a mental note that swiftly gets lost in the sleepy haze, hopefully to make its way back when clearer heads abound. Looking around you, you gasp, eyes dilating as you try to focus around you.

Below you the earth stretches out like a jewel, while around you, permeating all the space nearby, is nothingness. You are vaguely aware of the sensation of coldness, and something tugging at your skin from every angle, but you notice no other discomfort, nor any difficulty breathing.

>>10284846
>The other is Brody from the Victorian era.
>Yes please.

All of that was inspired by you, StonerDM.

>>10284897

Just hang on, and wait it out.

Also, how the fuck did I lose my trip? I'm the one running the Arkham game.

You can see Clara's eyes screwed shut, clinging to the body of the broodling as she whispers softly, no doubt trying to reassure herself. Ramiel still holds on with only his legs, though he has leaned forward, arms drooping limply. Andre clings with all six limbs to the spider, blinking to try and keep himself awake.
It's of no use, for any of you. You are vaguely aware of the moon growing steadily larger to your right, when the cold utter silence washes over you, and you pass into a dreamless sleep.

Ok this in getting awesome.
My conversion of BloodQuest from thread format into story format is going well. I've just finished chapter 12.

When it's done I will upload it here:
http://www.megaupload.com/?f=73SKGYYQ
At the moment there are just a few pictures there.

Remember to join the mailing list,send an e-mail to:
bloodquest_publisher@hotmail.com
I'll send a link to the full draft, and a link to the final version, as soon as I complete each one.

>>10284905
>And they say I'm not /tg/ related.
>But seriously, so god damn glad this is being used as a campaign setting.

>>10285123

I'm going to be running it with multiple groups. Each group can see the other's actions.

BUT ENOUGH TALK!

Do we dream?

>>10285046
>you pass into a dreamless sleep.

>>10285235
You should have Helen going around fucking shit up and becoming a proto-outergod on the side.

You snap awake, clenching your hands tightly, suddenly remembering that you could fall off. The spider under you twitches at your sudden movements. Looking around, you can see that Andre and Ramiel are still asleep. Clara's eyes are the size of saucers, her fingers still clasping desperately at the hairs of the spider, still whispering to herself, and visibly shivering. You realize that she cannot sleep; she must have been awake for...how long have you been...?

Turning your head, you see the bloody-red surface of mars, its two satellites silhouetted against its bright surface. You seem to be cruising past it. Looking straight ahead, you see a large chunk of rock, seemingly riddled with craters and tunnels. On the "top" of the planetoid, you can see the twisting, climbing spires of some strange stone building on the shores of what looks like a vast dark lake, a somber mirror on the surface.

Oh god, we're going into this thing with our minds fogged.

We need to get our blood armor up the moment we land.

Poor Clara :(

The broodlings glide smoothly to the surface of the planet. You feel yourself enter the friction of atmosphere, a strange sensation, and the spiders gradually touch down on the shores of the vast lake. Droplets of water seem to have lifted themselves out of the water at various points, giving the lake the look of a rainstorm frozen in time, small crystals of (is it water?) suspended over the glassy surface, with not even a wave.

The building itself is a labyrinthine-looking monolithic structure, a honeycomb of angular windows, spires, catwalks and balconies. There is an obvious front entrance, a rounded gaping darkness, like a clean-cut cave mouth.
The spiders shake you off, standing around you and chirring to themselves or each other. One prods you gently with a needly leg.

>Am I atmospheric yet? >_>

Blood Armor up, check the troops, and roll out

>>10285407
get everyone on their feet.
comfort Clara then get in the library

Or in, as the case may be

>>10285440
Hell yes you are.

>>10285440

Hooyeah.

Alrighty. Blood Armor up. Tell Ramiel to draw his weapon...we've got work to do.

Onwards, towards the library. What's 96 up to?

>>10284543
Honestly, I think the type of people most attracted to quest threads are DM's, for two reasons; first, they like to explore new ideas, and second, they're probably the DM for their own groups all the time, so it's nice to just be a player.

I personally think you're doing fine.

Now check that message.

>>10285440
>Do moons have atmospheres?

Make sure everyone's doing okay, check our text message, then on to the library.

You stand shakily, blood slicking over your skin. Though there is air to breath, there is no wind at all, your coat hanging limply at your side. Clara moves towards you, tripping and falling, then pulling herself to her feet and burying her face against you.
"So dark...." she whispers.
"It's okay," you say, patting her head. "Everyone else alright?"
Andre nods; Ramiel draws his sword, looking around at the static lake.
"This place makes me uneasy," the angel muses. "We should try not to stay overlong."
"I agree," Andre says. "The sooner we get out of here, the less danger we're in, and the less vulnerable the team on Earth is."

You reach into your pocket, prying Clara's arms out from around you. You open the phone as she snaps them back into place, still shivering like a leaf as she clings to you.

A text:
"DID SOME MORE DIGGING, CLEANED UP SOME FRAGMENTED DATA ON THAT FILE. IT'S NOT GOOD NEWS.

"Caelano Installation; encountered by unmanned probes near Phobos in 1964. Manned expedition resulted in the deaths of two entire teams of agents plus loss of equipment. Later designated as storage for Subject 06."

>>10285589
I... uh... WHAT? Oh god...!

>>10285589
Ask Clara what is up. I think we might have just permanantly given our loli some insanity points.

>>10285589
Share this information with the others. They might care.

>>10285589
Well fuck....

Ask him if he can dig up any info on Subject 06.

>>10285632
>Sure, just send him a text

>>10285589
>Am I the only one who thinks this is awesome?
>Seems you were right on the OCD front Stonerbro.

>>10285589
Don't worry, we're totally fine. All the amiable people we've met have been even numbered. The bad guys have mostly been odd. 33 was good, but was dead before we met him in person, so he's middle of the road.

Damnit. We really don't need to tangle with something on a vastly more powerful scale than 13...

>>10285621
See if she can delete that section of time from her memory.

Ha ha ha oh wow. Shit just got worse.

Inform the team that we're going to be going up against some serious shit. Text 54 and see if he can get any more info.

>>10285641
I do believe you're implying the ridiculousness of texting from the moon of Mars.

>>10285641
Radio: Speed: C (I think)
approx. 4 minutes for sent text to be received. Plus, we are probably out of our service area.

>>10285670
Herp derp on mars what the fuck was I thinking sending him a text hot damn I should be in bed

>>10285680
or worse roaming.

>>10285440

I think our cell coverage may not stretch this far, just maybe.

Alright, fuck it. Heaven or Hell, let's rock. "Subject Six is here. Be careful-two teams of normals died trying to breach this place. Arkham probably put whatever Subject Six is here to stop people from finding out whatever it is that can kill him."

"(Insert Spider's name here)! Do you know if anything is inside this place? Anything living, that is?"

>>10285668
I'm pretty sure Clara functions more like a human that happens to be a robot. I'm not quite sure she can do that.

>>10285440

"And do you know if there's anything that can kill or hurt The Crawling Chaos?" (Not using his actual name from this point in. I've got a bad vibe about speaking it this close to that library.)

Also, I'm not sure if 300's the reply limit for auto-saging, but we're at ~283.

>>10285641
was going to retort "he sent you one" then realized you were just leaving earths atmosphere. and even if he did hack a SETI array, it would take a while for it to get there.

>>10285621
"Are you okay, Clara?" you ask. She shakes her head without looking up.
"Could you delete that section of time from your memory?"
She shakes her head again.
"Could someone else do it?"
She pauses.
"M-maybe..." she mumbles, looking up at you with disturbingly-realistic tear-filled eyes. It would almost be better if Clara were in the Uncanny Valley somewhere. The absolute perfection of her human mimicry has an uncannyness all its own.

"Subject 6 is here," you tell the group. "Presumably Nyarlathotep put it here to protect whatever information is here, to protect himself. Stay sharp."
Andre cocks both submachine guns. The four broodlings have clustered near the shore of the lake, looking at one another and conversing in their strange clicking chattering language.

>>10285719
>>10285694
>Atlach-Nacha is not here; you will be unable to communicate with it until you return to Earth.

>>10285760
Can she whisper to us the horrors best left unsaid? What made her go off the deep end? Surely it couldn't just be flying through space.

>>10285760

Hug our loli. She needs it. Just hug her, and soothe her for a minute. Explain to the others what transpired.

"Shhh. It'll be okay."

>>10285798
MATERNAL INSTINCT, ACTIVATE!

>>10285791

Maybe she's afraid of the dark? I mean, shit son. There's /nothing/ out there.

I'd blow a gasket too, and I don't have any

Yes! The power of hugs!

>>10285791
>You just flew through 6-12 months' worth of crushing empty solitude, compounded by some kind of eldritch substance that warped time around you make the trip faster. I doubt she can explain much, but let's just say she's glad to be on solid ground again.

You hug Clara back, shushing her softly.
"There there," you whisper. "It's okay. We need you to be strong. Can you do that for me?"
Clara nods slowly, but she doesn't look happy. This clearly isn't the space-adventure she was hoping for.

what's worse is clara is prolly gonna have to go through that again. Maybe we should get a blindfold or something for the return trip?

>>10285791
brings up a good point, flying through space clinging to the back of a giant spider may be scary, but she's been fighting supernatural horrors.
To her it should be boring, the only thing I can think of that might of scared her, would be if she wasn't sure if we were dead or not when we fell asleep.

If so a bit of comforting is in order.

Kiss her head, because it's the motherly thing to do, and just keep hugging her for a minute, before we let go, and then begin to head towards the place. Keep an arm on Clara. Our Lolibot needs emotional comfort.

...Inb4 Clara/Helen fapfiction.

You leave the broodlings behind, making your way towards the round opening that marks the entrance to the library. You poke your head through the door, blood-fringed eyes casting about for any sign of danger.

>Roll a d100, cause that's what's happening.

Fuck it

rolling

rolled 49 = 49

Shit is about to get real

rolled 35 = 35

>>10285886
Roll for awesome ambush scene.

rolling?

rolled 13 = 13

>>10285886
OH LAWDY

*Crosses fingers*

rolled 15 = 15

oops

rolled 34 = 34

??

rolled 83 = 83

*Crosses fingers*

>>10285917
HAHAHAHA now 13 is going to show up in the library :(((((((((((((((((((((((((((((

Someone mind posting the /tg/ dice image?

...Where the fuck is that Bloodquest Dice picture?

>>10285948

If I only had it...

Here.

>>10285962
>Interesting trivia note: I made this.

Also, a 49 isn't that bad, considering.

>>10285909
>Not as real as perhaps other encounters have been.
>49

You see nothing. At least, noting overtly threatening. Your steps echo as you walk into the library, Clara clutching your arm. There are shelves, and books, but of drastically varying sizes, from knee-high shelves with stamp-sized books to books taller than you are. The far wall of this first large chamber is covered with plates of etched glass, covered in a lettering you cannot read. A table lies nearby, strewn with normal-sized papers and a quill/inkpot. There are a multitude of exits, and a second floor. The entire thing is dimly lit, seemingly from an ambient light with no source. Everything is very still, and very quiet.
"Miss Helen..." Clara says. "I'm frightened."
"I too am uneasy," Andre says. "There is nothing right with this place. We do well not to linger."

>>10285849
Wait it was local time distortion not super fast travel?
Well fuck me this was a bad idea.

>>10286012
>Don't worry, you won't have been gone for months. It's lovecraftian space-science, just go with it

>>10285994

I'm making a will save to disbelieve.

This is too...normal. Too much could be an illusion. Try and look at the spine of one of the books. "We have no idea of exactly what we're looking for..."

If that doesn't work, check the table.

>>10285994
Check the table first. And ask Ramiel if the Shard's got anything helpful to contribute regarding the library.

"Then we'd better get crackin'"

Also, I'm going to bed before I faceplant on my keyboard

G' night, fellow fanatics! Try not to die while I rest!

>>10285994
be on the lookout for runes like our blood runes.

Oh wow. After all this time, the crazy failures, the rollercoaster of successes, now you decide to throw something normal at us after a bad roll?

Color me paranoid as FUCK. Tell everyone to stay close and on alert. Investigate the main table. Specifically around the ink pot and quill. Maybe there's some kind of post apocalyptic diary or something.

I vote we totally just walk over and write "Nyarlothotep" on the parchment with the ink.

Also, I'm pretty sure we've hit autosage time.

>>10286119
we have.

We know a single digit subject is here. Have everyone be on top alert. Tell Clara she can hold our hand if she wants but when shit goes down we're going to have to battle up and she should let us do our thing.

Can we see any exits to other rooms or is it one HUGE room?

>>10286055
>>10286052
"Be very careful. I don't trust this at all. Plus we have no idea what we're actually looking for." You say, checking the spine of one of the normal-sized books. It is in a harsh, jagged script.

Checking the table, you see a curvaceous elegant lettering covering the parchments. You pick up a page and read:

"The wordes and thoughtes of the Magus, John Dee, set down herein to aide those men who make the voyage after me"

>>10286182
This looks promising.

>>10286182
go on...

>>10286182
Magi are friendly folk, and we're, indeed, on a journey. I vote we continue to read.

You continue to read the faded, almost crumbling parchment.

"At last come I threw the clamboring stillness of that terrible Voide, born on the back of the vile shrieking dream-beast made real, my mind stupefyed with the cold draught of Meade synthesyzed under the Seale of God."

"My researche here has proved most frustrating. The textes are in archaic, constantly-shifting or seemingly fabricated dialectes. Of that horrible Crawling Chaos I have learned little, but of the vile swimming titans that traverse this void I have learned far too much. I wish now I had never laid a hand on that black book, that arabian-spawned nightmare bound in fleshe."

>>10286182

John Dee? Sandman's Dr. Destiny?

....Fuck.

Ah well, read the rest of it. Hopefully 06 was benevolent. If not? Well, we're terribly fucked.

>>10286353
Let Garfield read that book he's talking about.

>>10286353
>I'm actually not too well-versed in my Mythos, he talking Necronomicon?

>>10286353
>Mentions the Necronomicon.
Oh, this won't end well.

>>10286378
Let Garfield read EEEEEVERYTHING... flood out blood from everywhere and let it crawl over the texts until he finds something useful.

"Worse than the textes bound in these books, or etched upon these glass stands or suspended in the gallerie's crystal shards, is the horrible stillness in this place. I frequently forget why I came here, and find myself sitting in odd corners for houres at a tyme. Always I feel the growing sensation of eyes upon me. I dare not linger much longer, for fear of what I may do."

>>10286378
I'm pretty sure the Necronomicon is not something we need to be reading.

Nah, keep reading. We're in a place of science and knowledge, it's safe here.

Look for a card catalog or something. Search the notes for mentions of Nyarly.

>>10286483
this is the most foolish thing yet said in ant thread of this quest.

>>10286413


That's the goddamn Necronomicon.

Fuck no, we don't want to be reading it. Abdul Alhazred was batshit insane.

Reading that thing is mind rape.

Anyway, keep reading...let's finish and see what John Dee had to say.

I'm just assuming that StonerDM is super-excited and probably has something super cool cooked up for us, so why not throw him a bit of a bone and play along for once. Also, it's hilarious.

"It is June the 3rd, perhaps, in this year 1652. I have stumbled, at least I dare to hope, upon the answers to my queries. Within the crystal spires I discerned, if only for the briefest spans of a moment, the chiming indications of direction. I was led to a horrible text, seared onto bound iron plates, or some other dark cold metal. In its slated pages I reade of the Crawling Chaos, the Pharaoh with 1,000 Masques, Nyarlathotep, the Soul of the Elder beings and the courtier of Azathothe, that blind idiot-chaos. A beinge of trickery and of lies, it is said that only Azathothe himself can bid him to obey, or upset his puppetry and machination. But that beaste slumbers, and must slumber, else we all vanish like smoke. I will take my leave of this place, ere I lose myself."

That is the final entry, at least here. Beneath it, burned into the paper in a different hand, are the ashen words:
"Good riddance."

Hooray necromonitcon! This will NOT end well!

1652? What?

Also, no dice request?

>>10286543
Okay people, we are looking for a book made of iron plates with words burned into them. I have no idea of the size. Let's get cracking.

>>10286543
See? Azathoth is the only being capable of culling Nyarly, and we're a fragment of Azathoth.

SCIENCE AND KNOWLEDGE WILL PROTECT US.

Looking up from the paper, you see that Clara has moved away from you, investigating the strange titles on the shelves. Ramiel has flown to the balcony of the second story, and appears to be examining a spool of strange iron disks. Andre is sitting with his back to the room, staring at the corner near the entrance.

You feel the slightest prickle of a chill down your neck.
"Focus," Garfield says.

>>10286543
>Only Azzy
>13 is a fragment of an impression of Azzy
>The logical answer is to throw 13 at Nyarly

>>10286634
Yell to Ramiel that we are looking for a book made of metal plates with words burned onto it. Ask him if he can read what is is looking at. Tell everyone else that is probably our objective.

>>10286642
we could trick Nyarly into standing on top of all the hedrons we can get a little to close to 13.

call to rammy "you said that the shard had a plan to take out 13 right?"

>>10286725
never mind. who knows what ears listen here. best not to speak of plans in strange halls.

"Ramiel, can you read any of that? We're looking for a book made of black iron!"
"I can't make sense of any of this," the man responds, flying back down the lower level. "A black iron book? I'll keep looking."

Clara has wandered off among this central room's shelves. It's peaceful here. Nice. Calming. You could see yourself spending some time here, wandering the shelves, perusing the secrets.
Your eyes snap back into focus; you've been staring at the ground.

>Roll a d100

rolled 73 = 73

>>10286752
ROLL FOR KNOWLEDGE

rolled 63 = 63

>>10286752

>>10286775
dice and noko don't mix I guess

rolled 41 = 41

>>10286752
Roll for findan Clara. We don't need a slightly unhinged emotionally sensitive loli robot running around unaccompanied. Order everyone else to stay put.

rolled 6 = 6

>>10286543

Nyarly wanted him to leave...

Let's rock.

*Hopes*

>>10286771
>73
You feel fine. There is something hellishly wrong about these silent vaulted halls. Something is here, watching you crawl amongst its treasures. It's not pleased.
Ramiel is nearby, trying to decipher anything in one of the mouldering tomes. Andre remains seated, staring blankly at the corner of the room. Clara is gone; looking in the shelves, you realize she has gone down one of the hallways out of this room.

>In other news, I'm out for the night, good luck.

>Also, archives are back up.

>>10286811
crap tell the other two not to leave this room and go find our unstable little girl AI

rolled 76 = 76

>>10286811

Follow our emotionally damaged lolibot!

...On that note, bedtime for the Violinist.

Call out to her. Try to get her to come back.

Follow clara post haste. Yell at everyone that there is a mind altering force at work and to stay sharp and stay put. Tell them not to wander at all, no matter what.

And ask Garfield to keep us alert at regular intervals, every hundredth heartbeat or something.

>>10286920
Oh wow this is a good idea. Do it.

>>10286850
>>10286837
"You two; stay here. Try to keep a clear head. STAY HERE!"
Ramiel nods; Andre remains unresponsive.
"Clara?" you call out as you walk down what you hope is the pathway she took. The hallway is bare brown stone, featureless and smooth, blending on all sides. For a brief moment you feel like you are walking suspended in blank tan space, but then the hallways corners abruptly and the illusion is broken. The walls of this new hallway are lined with jagged crystalline growths of various colors. Suspended within them like smoke are spiraling scriptures. Frustrated, you move past them, trying to find Clara and calling her name again.

>How many people are still with me? Also roll a d100 I guess, lulz

rolled 24 = 24

>>10286928

rolled 51 = 51

>>10286928

rolled 21 = 21

Let's try to make up for that 24

rolled 53 = 53

>>10286928
I have to question deus ex here. We know that this is a Bad Place and we still just let her wander off without a word? We weren't phased out that whole time and there were several people talking about keeping an eye on the team and Clara specifically during it. Wat?

I mean, I could understand if we were in a life or death struggle or something, but we were all in the same room with nothing happening.

shit.

Unleash Garfield, see if he can deduce anything. He's not doing much just sitting in our veins.

>>10286789
holy shit this anon can see the future

>>10287055
It wasn't hard. I saw the hand of plot coming a mile away on that one, unfortunately.

>>10286983
>I am actively fucking with Helen's head, forgive me if that seems too much like taking the reins away from you.
>>10286945
>24
"Clara? CLARA!" You shout. "Cla-"
You round the corner to find Clara standing in this circular chamber. The stone is a darker, almost blue-gray hue, with a sharp contrast between the sandstoney brown of the passageway you're coming from. Near the center of the room, Clara sits, leaning back on her hands.

She is looking up at a featureless sphere of blackness. Looking at it, it seems to be a 2-dimensional hole pinned up in 3-dimensional space, so featureless are its edges. It sits unmoving, and yet you feel your stomach churn with nausea to look upon it. You can feel it, thinking slowly and carefully, examining the creatures it finds near itself. Moreso than thought, you can feel chilling waves of malevolence rolling off of it like smoke. You sink to your knees, vision blurring slightly.

>>10287035
Your blood slips out your wrists, extruding two pseudopods with which to look around.
"What is-? Jesus! Arg! JESUS! What is that?!" Garfield says.

>>10287065
>I make no pretense; I basically dumped you here and was like "Welcome to Caelano. Spoiler Alert: BAD THINGS are about to happen"

>>10287081
>find Clara standing
>Clara sits

Man, I must be getting tired myself.

>>10287100
Hey, not complaining really. Just annoyed that you went right for the robo-loli because you knew she was the only one we cared about. But shit happens, this is why I was against bringing Clara to a place beyond reason and time.

>>10287128
>loli-bots aren't as adorable if they're not sad.

>>10287081
"Clara?
Come on Clara we need to be heading back to the others."

>>10287081
Oh, also, this is a pretty big thing.

<YOUR BOND WITH YOUR BLOOD HAS INCREASED>
<YOUR BLOOD CAN NOW MOVE ITSELF INDEPENDENTLY>
<YOUR BLOOD IS OFFICIALLY NOT IMAGINARY>

>>10287137
I rather enjoy innocent lolibots who can shoot radioactive people with antitank guns and still be cheerful afterwards because they were "obviously bad, so it's okay."

>>10287143
This is not the time to reason. Grab her. Run away. Back to the main room. Scream for the others to come help.

>>10287128
don't worry I have a plan

>>10287081
Grab Clara and book it out of there post haste. Tell Garfield to try and form a shield from outside influences around our brain inside our skull.

>>10287137
>Aiunno, happy-Clara's pretty adorable.

>This is such a terrible place to leave off, but I don't feel capable of continuing and still doing a good job, so it's gonna be a CLIFFHANGER ENDING for tonight, something I haven't done for like 20 quests.
>Next thread at like 8:30 tomorrow, BE THERE because we'll be resuming pretty in medias res.
>Is this sidequest horrible? Am I a bad DM for putting you here? Is Subject 6 underwhelmingly shitty? THESE ARE THE THINGS I NEED TO KNOW
>Ps i love you all :3

>Want to talk about Bloodquest? Have ideas for me? Constructive criticism? Shoot me an email.

>>10287197
Subject 6 is fine, but I was making choo-choo noises. Multiple people were actively saying "Hey, let's make sure we keep an eye on Clara after the trauma thing and her wandering around like that."

>>10287197
What the hell is 6? The void there?
If so, badass.

>PPS ArkhamArchivist, Subject 06 could be fittingly called The Librarian

>>10287226
>roger

I work until 10, so I'll be a little bit late. I'll also have to leave a little bit earlier than normal because I have stuff I need to get up for in the morning.

But regardless, excellent work as always. This sidequest is really fun, and I partially instigated it myself by the whole questioning about the space library.

At least that's what I like to think.

P.S. I love you too :3

>>10287215
The train has to come along every now and then otherwise we wouldn't get anything done. StonerDM rarely uses it, and I'm pretty sure I can count the number of times he has on one hand.

>>10287288
It would have felt much less arbitrary if we were absorbed by the unearthly script on the parchment only to be jolted out of reading it an hour later by Ramiel, or something. Taking the loli for plot purposes is not a mistake, but having us aware and "able" to act yet not able to actually follow through on those actions for plot reasons is where it broke down.

Still good overall Stoner, don't let me get to you! Love the quest!