This is the most current world map.
Red Dot, Blue Dot, Pink Dot - LAIR and two OUTPOSTS, respectively
Teal Dot - Lair of a friendly Giant Eel
Green Field - Coral Reef
Brown blobs - areas of the reef hit by your lair's cannons
Red squares - Loyal settlements with coral and bone defenses
Pink squares - loyal settlements of protocrabs
Black line - Rebel trai
Yellow Line - Whale path
Red Line - Turtle path

LET'S GET DOWN TO CRABBING,
TO APPEASE THE GODS,
I ASKED FOR CRUSTACEANS,
WHAT I GOT WERE CLODS.

You're the shrimpiest shrimp I've ever met,
But you can bet, before we're through,
Mister I'll make a CRAB outta you.

Keep hunting the rebel.

>>9493587
Well the plan the other night was to speak with the turtles, who are wise sages of the ocean. But yeah, hunting BLasticlaw and his shark allies is a top priority. None shall challenge the Crab King in his own kingdom!

So are we ahead of the splinter unit of Blasticlaw, or are we behind them? If we're ahead of them we can set up an ambush. Otherwise, while meeting the horseshoe crabs is a most fortuitous occasion, I do believe that we should direct our attention towards either catching up to the splinter unit or trying to catch Blasticlaw, though he seems to be too far off to really worry about at the moment.

>>9493642
Intelligence from the giant eel indicated that Blasticlaw is now far north in the heart of the reef. The splinter cell is not within sight, but they are certainly ahead of you. You can easily catch up, seeing as how your POWERFUL LEGS carry you at over 60mph

>>9493680
Well then I say we run em' down.

Your troops are well rested and eager for combat after a couple nights with the horseshoe crabs. The food you brought along on your excursion is now at 60%.

You can head East to find the turtles and possibly rebels, south to find whales and squid, or north for sharks and rebels. You could always head home to. Your food stores are full back at the LAIR, but your two outposts haven't progressed much.

You opt to chase down the rebel scum.

Your POWERFUL LEGS carry you quickly across the open sands, until you come to a twisted mangrove of seaweed and rocks. Below you, the ground slopes downward. You make out some shapes in the distance, standing on either side of a large opening in a pile of rocks.

They do not see you, as you are hiding in the tangled seaweed and are at somewhat of a distance, even if you are enormous.

>>9493887
Stealth mode! I surmise that, big as we are, our crabby might would be hard pressed to find a suitable way to sneak up upon the figures in the distance. So, send a group of 3 coven to sneak up on the individuals for reconnaissance. Have them take off their armor if it helps them be more sneaky.

Blast it all to hell, I have to run for a bit. I'll return in a half an hour or so.

>>9494044
Sounds like a good plan.

OKAY BACK. For good this time.

So where were we? Oh yes. Rebels found near rocks.

Argh, well if no one is diggin' Crab Quest today I can always come back another time.

Oh, and to the kind man who drew this rendition of the Crab King, it may need to be updated.

Quest threads = cancer.

>>9495367
A quest about a crab? Full of CANCER.

>>9495367
That would be the proper starsign, yes.
CRABS.
EVERYWHERE.

P.S. Sup Crabmaster.

>>9495447
Not much, Ghoul. How are you? CQ appears to be slow tonight, probably because of my off/on posting. Oh well, I can try again another day.

Continue with sneaky plan.

Pity.
I'll probably be seeing if people are up for Peasant? Quest on Friday or Saturday.

>>9495499
Oh my a player. Well, what WAS the sneaky plan again?

>>9495500
I'll be on the lookout for another trippy mindfuck.

>>9494044

Well considering we have camouflage, we can easily sneak ourselves, however i suggest we sneak for recon first, then hand(claw?)-signal to our claw Cloven on our intentions dependent upon what these dark blurs are.

Send a small group around all sneaky like for recon, use camouflage to cover ourselves and remain undetected.

>>9495569
You cast CAMOUFLAGE and bury yourself in the sand, covering your carapace with seaweed and rocks to make you look inconspicuous. You scuttle forward slowly, and in minutes are on the western side of the rock formation. The dark figures were most certainly rebel crustaceans. A fiddler crab and mantis shrimp act as the only two watchmen to this temporary hideout.

What will you do?

Keep on sneaking and use our claws to take out the sentries silently, then call down others, surround the clearing and attack together.

Claw-clamp their mouths parts and kill them before they can make noise.

You scuttle in front of the rock cave and burst from the sand. The sentries have no time to scream as you sweep them up in your forty-foot long claw and devour them. Their shells crunch in your titanic mandibles, the sensation nearly alien to you after going so long without eating another crustacean.

Your coven have regrouped with you. None have been alerted.

How many rebels?

>>9495632

Attempt to close distance and remove the guards, as silently as possible. As a side note, (relatively) how much noise does our tri-cannon claw make? Amd can we influence how many of the barrels fire, and what is their relative amount of noise etc.?

>>9495783

Use Enhanced Intellect of the rebel encampment...assign your crab warriors around it to prevent anyone from escaping

Enter in enemy camp exposed use Glory, attempt to convert one or two of them so we can intelligence about what they are doing

>>9495819
The boom of your claw is deafening, but a low-intensity shot would not make *too* much noise. You can control the number of barrels that fire, but there hasn't been a situation where that would be the wisest option.

You can see no further than a few feet into the cave. You hear nothing inside.

>>9495873

cast glory and enter cave....we have no fear or need to hide

just make sure our forces are positioned to prevent anyone from escaping...we don't want any rebels to get away

>>9495783

Attempt to bind as many rebels as possible, both ourselves and with the help of our forces, try to prevent casualties, as we wish to appease wave-whatshisname, and the turtles are peaceful creatures, we would not want our captives crying out that we were barbarious monsters etc.

>>9495910
A little recon tells you there are three entrances, though only the first one was guarded. The cave is far too small for you, only about one hundred feet in diameter. You could easily rip it apart, though.

>>9495942
RIP AND TEAR!

>>9495942

Call for surrender at the largest (probably the guarded) entrance with GLORY. If they don't surrender, then RIPANDTEAR.

>>9495942

position our forces outside of the other two entrances

stand outside the guarded one, cast glory, smash claws together

Give one warning, that who is the cave must exit before we crush the cave, count down from 10, at 1 tricannon shot the other 2 exits to collapse them

>>9495569
>>9495819
>>9495913

This shall be my tripfag name from now on btw.

You have your troops surround the rocks as you clack and slam your claw around.

A horde of about fifty crustaceans: crabs and shrimp of all kinds, burst forth to meet you. You easily swat away the leaders before using GLORY. The swarm stops in front of you as stragglers and cowards try to flee out the back. They are cut down by your Coven.

The rebels will listen, what will you say.

>>9496037

I was also the one that suggested the majority of RIPANDTEAR TEARANDRIP when facing the large shark last thread, however i got tired and went to bed. (Damn GMT)

>>9496061

Tell them how they have been fooled by Blasticlaw, how where-ever he makes his foul covens with the sharks their kind are killed, and allow them chance to repent before his crabbiness(sp?). If they do not agree RIPANDTEAR! BLOOD FOR BLOODSHELL!!

>>9496061

Do the scuttle of shame that crustaceans must fight one another.

Ask why are they waging war and spreading lies about your people?

You perform the "Monarch's Dance" to assert your superiority. You inquire as to why they would wish to break from the noble empire of Crustacea, and wage war against their kinsmen. The foremost shrimp tells you that Blasticlaw spread lies, saying you were a tyrant and a crazed despot who would wage unnecessary and costly wars with other denizens of the Ocean. This splinter cell left the main body of the rebellion as soon as they were able, for they were unwilling to become the next sacrifice for the sharks.

They say that Blasticlaw is surely mad, and his followers are nigh-irredeemable at this point. Any other shrimp following him are crazed by his rhetoric, and should be destroyed. This group was actually heading back towards your empire. They planned to find other crustaceans to rally to the cause.

>>9496213
This seems suspiciously convenient... ask them to prove their loyalty to you...

>>9496213

perform Enhanced Intellect to tell if they are lieing

Do the scuttle of rejoice that these crustaceans have been saved from the shark worshippers if they are telling the truth.

Inquire about this "Blasticlaw". Tell the tale about about how we did battle with Blasticlaw and then found his body and the battle with the shark afterwards.


If they are trustworthy direct them to our lair then make way for the Turtles

You use ENHANCED INTELLECT to detect subterfuge. This crustacean is telling a half truth. He and his ilk DID defect from Blasticlaw, and does not agree with the usurper's views. However, he did not plan to return to you, he wanted to start his own settlement with his fellows and carve out a niche.

The shrimp appears nervous. You tell him of your battle with Blasticlaw, and the discovery of his corpse followed by the fight with a Megalodon. The shrimp tells you that the Blasticlaw you fought was a double, meant to confuse and lull you into a sense of having defeated the rebellion. The real one is alive and well, and will not die like a bitch as the first one did.

>>9496428

grant them the right to establish their own settlement but only if they become loyal. They can be completely autonomous but they may never challenge your rule and report to you any information they receive on the rebels, in return preform a Miraculous Growth of kelp for them if they agree

If they refuse, Rip and Tear them all


then move on to Turtles

The shrimp is now willing to join your cause, not wanting to anger the avatar of crabbiness that stands before it. You order him to head for the LAIR, and inform Clawclaw of what has transpired. You may now continue on to find the turtles.

To the turtles!

A short trek eastward brings you to another grove of seaweed. Several turtles dart about in circles above you. One comes down to converse with you. The size of the minuscule creature is amusing to you, as these beasts are only about seven or eight feed wide at the most.

>>9496546

After turtles I think we should head south - south/west looking for whales making our way back to the Lair to check up on Clawclaw Half-Tail and see how things are going while resupplying for any future expeditions.

>>9496585
tell it of our goal of creating an underwater empire, ask it to take us to the leader of its group so we may dicuss it further

>>9496585
Seriously? Giant sea turtles?

Shouldn't these guys be orders of magnitude even bigger than us?

>>9496585
>miniscule
Check...check if it's a baby...not a fully grown adult.

>>9496585

Do scuttle of Joy

Cast Glory, kneel if you can and ask if they would be willing to talk to us about matters of the sea and the strange things with the sharks that are occuring

Lobster Division Central Commander reporting in.

The seas tremble beneath us.

You perform a LORE CHECK and cast GLORY.

Young turtle:
DEF - 12
CQC - 2
LRC - 0
SPD - 5
INT - 20

You inform the Turtle of the glory of Crustacea, and how you would have no qualms extending the seaweed-branch to it and its ilk if they would support your cause. You inquire as to its age, to which it informs you it is about 10 years old. The oldest of these noble creatures have intellects beyond comprehension, shells thicker than steel, and are gigantic!

The elder of this band lies slightly to the south.

>>9496702

thank it for the info and head for the elder

You clack amiably and head south for the elder.

A three minute scuttle brings you to an enormous rock. It looks to be fifty feet across and at least the same length long. You scuttle up and stand on it, looking for the elder...

...only to find that you're perched on his shell.

A massive head and large, intelligent eyes gleam at you as the elder turtle sluggishly raises his head. His cries bellow and echo through the seas. And he inquires as to why you have awoken him.

Also, he says to get off his head.

>>9496690
THIS

IS

OVERLORD

>>9496778
apologize

tell him of crustacea, our dreams of peace in the ocean, our offers of food and protection from predation, so on and so forth

invite him and his tribe to join

remove ourselves from the head

act humble before it

Tell it about our troubles with the sharks and those that support them

ask for advice or guidance

>>9496794
TANK

>>9496778
Well bugger.
HE'S HUEG

You scuttle off of the elder's massive cranium, and tell him what you have come in search of.

His tribe has remained neutral in the conflicts of the seven seas for many years, why should his people become entangled in your intrigue?

>>9496690
That is one handsome lobster

>>9496868
we wish to take control the full ocean and make things better for all shelled species

then we want to take the fight to the squishy ones who make metal float

our dream is huge, and sooner or later, you'll have to deal with us anyways

>>9496690 here.

I ANSWER TO NO CREATURE UNDER WAVE AND CORAL!

He understands your position, but says if need be, him and his people would simply migrate to a new area. He holds no love for the squid or humans. The former troubles his people unnecessarily and the latter pollute the oceans with their fossil fuels. If you perform one task for him, he will join you in your quest to pacify the seas.

He says a giant eel in the area once snatched up some of his young ones. He would have you root it out and destroy the thing as an act of vengeance. He would do it himself, but fuck you he's a turtle.

>>9496868

Inform him that he does not need join our empire as such, however any knowledge he could lend us would be much appreciated, and that we will harbor no ill will towards his kind. After we have suppressed all rebellions and whole shark/squid machinations in the surrounding area, we can then ask if the turtles will be a full member of the empire as opposed to a questionable ally.

Furthermore, his ancient wisdom tells him that you would be liable to simply have the thing uproot and move, sparing you the trouble of combating it. He asks for its head as proof it is slain.

>>9497042
go back to the giant eel in the ship, ask where its bretheren live

kill one of them and take their heads

it's an eel, not like a turtle can tell the difference right?

>>9497042

Damn, so we can't simply have it move somewhere else we have to kill it and bring him its head? :/ FUUUUUUUUUU

>>9497063
Turtle lore tells you that the elder has an INT stat of 30. More than enough to tell which eel is the one that took his children.

>>9497076

Is there any other outcome that we can bring about that will please the turtles?

>>9497076
Ask him to give us explicit details of this eel, perhaps it is not the one we befriended earlier. Explain that we would not want to bring back the wrong head.

I approach the Elder Turtle and stare blankly, lost in thoughts that are utterly Lobsterian and not meant for the world of the swimming.

The turtle informs you that the eel was a large beast, hiding out in a shipwreck near here. It had a snaking tongue, and glowed like fire. Its massive, baleful eyes were full of hate and brutality.

Surely this was not the peaceful, intelligent eel you met earlier? Sure enough, the elder points out that the shipwreck was indeed the same one your eel friend resided in.

However, he says that the eel that killed his children had a big scar on its face... not the same one you saw earlier.

Could it be that your friend is not the only one in that ship?

>>9497230
Could it be that sometimes wounds heal without scars?

>>9497230
accept his quest

we were unsure about ti when he was talking about the apparently nice eel we talked to before

but one who kills and eats children? we must not abide this!!

(leave then talk to the nice eel we met before, ask him about the other eel)

>>9497291
Well apparently this one did not.

You scuttle back to the ship. Your trek takes about two hours. Food supply is at 50% now. You return to the shipwreck where the eel resides, and clang on its side to awaken it. After a few minutes of waiting, your eel friend pokes his head out of a porthole.

You appraise him of the situation, and he fervently denies ever laying a fin on the turtles.

There is a loud rumbling within the ship, and the eel darts away, back inside.

rolled 93, 82, 44 = 219

>>9497341
prepare for battle!

a boss be acomin'

The rumbling stops, and the eel re-emerges. It looks haggard suddenly, and you notice a bit of blood coming from a mark on its side. The eel motions for you to leave.

>>9497341
I approach fastidiously on my tiny lobster feet and swimming forelimbs, eager to catch the group as they approach their eel friend. I fear no rumbling.

rolled 77, 5, 39 = 121

>>9497383
refuse

take it prisoner and explore the ship

DO NOT HURT IT!

>>9497362

WAIT

Cast Glory and Enhanced Intellect

We must first determine the relationship that the eel we are after in relation to the eel that is our friend.

>>9497383

cast heal on injured friend

tell the eel we just want to speak with the eel that we seek for now

You ignore the eel's pleas, and decide to enter through the rent in the ship's bottom, like before. Your men are once again tense, and you shuffle through the cramped (for you) cargo hold, up a flight of stairs. It takes a bit of widening, but you manage to squeeze by, and are in some sort of parlor. A large, decrepit, wooden staircase leads up and away, towards rooms for guests aboard this ship. A shattered chandelier sways above you, its light long gone.

Creaking and groaning fill your crabby ears. A clanging noise grows in intensity, coming from above and behind you!

>>9497456

cast glory and attempt to converse with whatever is causing the noise

You cast GLORY, your burnished carapace lighting the room. You turn to face the noise, and your shining shell gives you enough time to see a writhing swarm of black shapes charging at you and your troops. Countless teeth glisten with feral hunger, and millions of tiny white eyes peer at you with ferocity!

I prepare my massive claws for ultimate battle for lobsters lost, and lobsters yet to be trapped in the infernal death boxes. I remember their cries as they are hoisted up, up and away, into the glimmering sky. This day, men will die.

Lobster Commander Josephus makes his way after the crab brigade, ready to join savage battle, for, or against them.

>>9497511
move troops behind us and use Spined Carapace

keep Glory going, the light is useful, use rending claw to smash but not to kill (just yet)

The black cloud of slithering bodies engulfs your soldiers, who fight with courage! By your side, you see a lobster you've never met before, tangling with the horrible things! Their tiny sharp teeth dig into your carapace, penetrating your shell!

You flail and fire wildly in an attempt to shake them, but there are too many!

>>9497542
The horrid things are small, and can slip between your glorious spines.

Give them a taste of our mighty Tri-barrel Cannon!

You fire, vaporizing the creatures closest to you and killing numerous others, but still they come! Their needle-thin teeth sting you, attempting to tear your carapace apart! Shrimp and crabs fall around you, your Coven has dropped to 15 members!

Klawdia stands before you, punching and rending with her claws!

>>9497558

Triple-Barrel Cannon Claw blast a hole in the wall next to us that leads outside the ship, move our forces out first, keep glory going
once all our forces are out smash are way through the dark shapes to the source where they came from, even while they claw at us

>>9497548
Dig into the sand, and crush them!

>>9497610
GET BACK TO THE LIGHT

OUT OF HERE NOW

>>9497630
This! Surely the black things cannot withstand being underneath the ground and a giantass crab?

You spin and fire at what you hope is a wall. A loud screech tells you that you did indeed hit the iron of the ship. You order a withdrawal before any more good crustaceans die this day, and scuttle through the makeshift door. Unfortunately, you are met with a smaller room, and another wall!

A door leads off to the left, but you feel that you may be able to break through this wall also. The swarm draws near once more...

use our mighty body to block up the hole and fight off the horde, while loyal warriors search for an escape!

Lobster Commander Josephus wades deep into the battle, engaging in epic battle with the horrid beasties, grasping one with a claw and squeezing the strong body until its blood spurts into the waters, clouding the scenery and fueling the Lobster's insatiable bloodlust.

Another claw lazily reaches outward, but is caught around the tough chitin by the jaws of a massive enemy. Using a massive boost of strength, Josephus jets backward with a strong stroke of his tail, the motion ripping a large swath of flesh from the ensnared first enemy.

rolled 40 = 40

>>9497697
this

though i'm not a fan of baby killing

You plug the hole with your own body, still using GLORY to light the room. Your troops desperately punch at the walls, but their strength is not as mighty as yours, and they have difficulty.

WP (due to extended GLORY): 150/200
HP: 160/180

The swarm continues to nip and pierce your shell, and you swing in rage. The mob seems to never end, no matter how many you fell. Just then Klawdia appears at the end of the hall to the left, she's found a path to the outside!

>>9497724
I think it's somewhat-sort-of-kind-of reasonable in this case.

Yes, we did break in and enter, but these babies are fucking bloodthirsty and more than able to kill our elite soldiers.

>>9497676

Rally our forces to focus on the hole we just went through, they will have to go through this hole to get to us, fire some more at the dark shapes and just begin to slowly take them out as they filter through the hole to come into the room we are in

order warriors to follow Klawdia to the outside. Protect the retreat, by backpeddling and firing Cannon into the horde

>>9497762
No. Just cut and run.

We're killing that eels babies. Even if they are legion, we don't want to piss him off.

RUN THE FUCK AWAY

>>9497749
have Klawdia lead our forces outside as we keep the dark shapes away

>>9497791
JUST RUN
RUN AS FAST AS WE CAN
NO MORE KILLING THE DAMN EEL'S PROGENY
We don't want him to be pissed off at us.

>>9497754
true, but i'm still not a fan

killing things is all well and good, just prefer it not be babies

Your warriors follow Klawdia, Shootrimp helps you cover their advance with his precise aim. Your cannon reaps the black snake organisms like a scythe, felling many. Yet still more come. Surely this is impossible?

You finally retreat into another large room. You are unsure of its purpose, but you manage to secure the massive iron door, holding the swarm off for now. A metal staircase leads up to the deck, and you can see the light pouring in from the outside. You begin to ascend the staircase, when a huge black form smashes them out from under you!

You clutch the very edge of the doorway, hanging on for dear life! The massive, snake-like body swirls around the huge room, and swallows Gorrum, one of your loyal lobsters! Shoortrimp and the others huddle together, claws snapping at the thing!

IT'S BOSS TIME MOTHERFUCKERS

>>9497873
stand between your coven and the giant eel

have them move off to the sides while you fight it head on

Quickly use Enhanced intellect, how thick is this things armor?

>>9497873


let go, attempt to land on the giant eel and use to wrap around it's body

use claw and hammer down on head to knock out not kill

>>9497928
This. CRABHAMMER!

Eel Behemoth:
DEF - 15
CQC - 15
LRC - 0
SPD - 15
INT - 7

A fast boss dangerous up-close. Wisely keeps his MOUTH shut during battle. Perhaps you can outwit him?

>>9493210
thank you crabmaster, i wasn't here for the first couple threads but i started following after that, and i love this

blood for bloodclaw
Shells for the shellthrone

>>9497969
Aim for the eye, and shoot.

You drop down, attempting to land on the eel-normous thing. You miss its head slightly, but manage to get in a good swing, knocking it off course and causing its head to go through the thoroughly rusted wall.

It turns and hisses(?) defiantly, before darting away into the darkness. You can hear the battering of its children on the door you closed.

"Gorrum!"
Josephus flings inward and through the throng of eel babies, and slams against the iron door, facing outward to the giant monstrosity and its ilk, summoning up the best grimace possible, which is not much. Commander Josephus squares off against the horde, with the few Lobsters left in the room at his side, forming a veritable phalanx against the eels, allowing the strange crab cousins to make haste.

>>9497991
Well I love having more players! (BloodSHELL, by the way. Don't worry, I've fucked it up too.)

>>9497969


shoot at wall next to forces to allow them to escape

disable to the eel, don't kill it

A loud clanging announces that the eel is stalking you. This is IT'S turf, and it knows the layout of the ship. The hole it tore through the wall may lead you out, but then again it may lead you deeper into the labyrinth

Crabmaster, I just wanted to say that I was going to rage when I saw that you'd named a US aircraft carrier the Michigan (clearly not following proper naming conventions), but that rage was swept away by the glory of CRAB QUEST.

>>9498049
Dude I barely know anything about CRABS, let alone ships. But humor me, what are proper naming conventions? I just figured they named them after... American shit I dunno.

>>9498049
lol, knows his navy stuff

battleships are states, carriers are major battles right?

rolled 22 = 22

>>9498076
Oddly enough there is a submarine called the U.S.S. Michigan. Aircraft carriers are supposed to be named after presidents, or admirals.

>>9498047

ignore hole for now, apprise forces, continue efforts to getting forces out of the ship

cast Miraculous Growth of Kelp, LETS FILL THE SHIP ALL THE WAY UP, should confuse it or blind it some and make it harder to track us

>>9498047
shoot the eel in the face, or SCUTTLE OF DIPLOMACY

>>9498141
screw it, i'm looking this shit up

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_ship_naming_conventions

>>9498151

What if its good at hunting in kelp? We could get picked off one by one

God damn nomenclature.

The eel darts from his hiding spot, attacking your Coven!

Klawdia, always the hero, jumps on and begins hammering away at its face! The eel screams and darts back up into the ceiling, carrying her away!

You cast GROWTH, strangling the chamber with kelp! You hear a crash as the door flies off its hinges, carrying the strange lobster from earlier along with it. The newcomer tangles with the writhing creatures, who turn to the kelp! They charge forth to meet you, small enough to avoid becoming tangled in the kelp. Oddly enough there are noticeably fewer now...

>>9498157

personally believe that I primary goal should be escape, also since turtles are so smart, I believe this thing is a test

We can not give in to our baser instincts for battle for now. The battlefield is to against us.

>>9498141
There's a lot of submarines named after states. You're correct about the carriers. They've been doing it that way for a while now.

Anyways, back to the awesome quest.

>>9498208


AFTER KLAWDIA

Cover the withdrawl of the troops, we can't afford to lose too many, and while we're at it, see if we can get the eel to give chase, so we can lure it out of the open. Start blasting holes in walls.

You rend and fire as the swarm finally begins to disperse. Tiny bodies litter the floor. Will you eat one for HP? Or eat kelp?
Current HP: 155/180

>>9498253
VERILY!!!

>>9498271
eat some kelp, chase after klawdia

After surviving so much, you'll be damned if Klawdia dies here to this beast! You scuttle about, searching for a way to get up to the hole in the ceiling. A stack of metal boxes in the corner may provide a nice staircase...

Or you can launch yourself with your cannon claw.

You munch kelp, bringing you back to full HP.

>>9498308

We shout for Bloodshell's blessing as we use our mighty cannon to make the jump!

>>9498308

claw cannon pls

ROCKET JUMP!!1!!!

>>9498337
this

>>9498308
CAAAAAAAAAAAANOOOOOOOOOOOOOOON JUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUMP!

Bloodshell's fury empowers your already POWERFUL LEGS. (SPD is now 15). You need no cannon! Your Coven hop onto your back as you LEAP UPWARDS and through the roof. Iron rends and snaps as your enormous form crashes through and onto the floor above you. In your mind, you scream "oh yeah!"

You scan the room... no sings of anything yet. But then, in the corner, Klawdia's armor!

>>9498374
"oh no!"

>>9498374

cast glory to brighten the room, Enhanced Intellect armor

the eel and Klawdia must of gone somewhere, follow the trail as fast as possible

A trail of blood leads off to your right, into the darkness. But there, to your left, an open doorway. You can see the deck of the ship!

>>9498374
Oh shi-, Search for Klawdia, and follow the cursed eel or eel-like thing.

Commander Josephus, Chapter Master of the IronClaw Lobster Brigade is only angered and confused at the eel's impunity as he sails fourth through the air, above a group of perplexed crabsmen.

He lands just behind their group as they creep through the kelp, and is back to his feets, ready to charge once more, double powerclaws at the ready.

>>9498456

send rest of our crabs out open door, we follow the trail of blood while casting glory

You ignite your carapace once more. With 100 WP left, this will last you a good while. Your men, along with the strange lobster, depart through the doorway to your right. No sooner are they out the door when a cascade of rubble falls behind them! On the other side, you can hear fighting. Shootrimp implores you to just go on, he is sure that no damned eel will best him and the Coven! He once again swears upon his grand-shrimps pistol before joining the fray.

To your left, a long hallway lined with doors stretches off into the dark.

The blood trail leads along, and then comes to a stop at a door on your right.

>>9498515
they're better off than klawdia is, they're up and fighting

follow the trail of blood watching out for open doors and cross corridors where ambushes could take place

>>9498515

enter the darkness, move as a predator , don't act as prey

call out to Klawdia

>>9498538
look up, see if it may have swam to the next level

>>9498538

Tear a hole in the wall instead. Go for a climactic entry.

There are no obvious markings where the eel may have run off to. You clack out to Klawdia, and hear a meek counter-sign. She is in this room, yet you cannot see her anywhere.

You enter forcefully, breaking through the small door frame, intent on finding Klawdia. There, in the corner, your brave veteran lies, mortally wounded. She is clacking a message to you...

...it's a trap!

The massive eel rams its head through the wall to your left, intent on snatching you up!

>>9498579


keep clicking, save enough WP to heal Klawdia even if we have to cut Glory

Check overhead and watch the floor as we move

>>9498611
catch it in your clamping claw as you cast heal on klawdia to stabilize her

then focus all your crabby might on giant eel

>>9498611

our speed is even, Move forward out of the way, cast Heal on Klawdia

>>9498611
Dodge! Heal Klawdia ASAP, and I mean ASAP, she's unlikely to live the rest of the fight. Then kick some eel ass. Shoot it in the eye.

You cut the lights and attempt the grapple the eel, making sure to cast ADVANCED HEAL on Klawdia.

WP: 10/200

Klawdia staggers to her feet, almost fully healed! The eel's slippery form writhes and contorts in your grasp, making it difficult to get a good hold on. You finally manage to dig your RENDING CLAW into the side of its face, however, and are now in a grapple!

The eel turns, intent on dragging you further away into the darkness.

>>9498671

Powerful Legs don't fail us now

>>9498711
In the grim darkness of the Atlantic Ocean there is only war!

>>9498721
Well we won't find out if I don't get a suggestion.

>>9498711
BACK TO YOUR MAGMA, WENCH!

>>9498671
use your powerful rendingclaw grip/arm strength to impale the eel on your spines

>>9498671
Resist with all our might, and try to get our claw around it, and vicegrip it full force.

>>9498711
I fucking love you.

>>9498770

use the Rending Claw we have buried in its face to smash it's head into the wall or ground

Repeat till it stops moving, stop before it is killed

You attempt to slam the eel's body into your SPINED CARAPACE! Though his body is slippery, you manage to succeed, and become stuck on the eel.

He winds his way through the narrow confines of the ship, smacking you against the walls. Though you hang on, you take a beating!

HP 160/180

The eel seems to be getting more sluggish in his movements. Just as he is about to stop, he smacks you into one more wall, shaking you free! The eel has lost quite a bit of blood, and retreats once again out of reach. The room around you is pitch black, and unfortunately you have no more WP for GLORY. Behind you, you can hear Klawdia scuttling after you.

She is very worried. You hear the eel once again, stalking you. To your right, however, is a massive, dirty window.

>>9498820
speaking of the face, check it for the scar the turtles had spoken of

>>9498773
DO US PROUD MY WATERBOUND KIN!

>>9498845
cavitation bubble straight upwards

if the room is dark MAKE A SKYLIGHT!!!

tactic 2115 for underwater crab kings with cavitation bubble claws

Commander Josephus wastes no time wading into battle, waiting for the opportune moment to arrive, and then pouncing with a powerful flip of its jet-tail, putting himself directly into the mouth of the giant eel.
With one powerful claw, Chapter Master Josephus clamps down upon the lower mandible of the leviathan and clamps onto the upper teeth as they bite down into his chitin Mark-5 Armor. With an audible grunt, Josephus jets again with the jet-tail, buckling the bottom jaw and breaking the teeth off inside of Josephus's shell, a mortal wound, but worth it, for the souls that would be saved. With a last breath, Josephus roars,"SSSSKKKEEEBEBELAAL" as he is unable to produce any real understandable language with his mouth parts.

You fire with all your rage into the ceiling. Rusted metal scraps fall down and litter the floor as a dazzling beam of light illuminates some of the room. You're in the galley, apparently. You get a flash of the eel as it is stunned by the ray of light, before it roars and slithers off to another part of the area.

You notice several tables have been splintered here, forming very sharp stakes.

>>9498877

while doing this

being clicking and smashing claws together...keep the eel's attention to you and away from Klawdia....make ourselves a target that is VERY tempting.....

You try to draw the attention of the eel to you by making a ruckus. You see its form more clearly now in the darkness of the chamber. Its large, white eyes stare at you with menace.

>>9498929

Pray to Bloodshell, Ask him to help guide our Rending claw, in vengeance for his fallen warriors.

>>9498976

Enhanced Intellect and Lore check it while we have its attention

DON"T STOP WITH THE CLICKING

>>9498976
fire cavitation bubble at it

Lure the eel closer to you and attempt to impale it on the broken table spikes! Perhaps taunt it with your cavitation bubble?

You made a lore check on it earlier:
>>9497969

You continue clicking, your ENHANCED INTELLECT tells you that it would be easy to grapple if the thing was pinned down by something. It also despises the light, and becomes temporarily disabled when a light is shined in its eyes.

Your shell is rather reflective.

>>9499025

Charge into darkness, wait until the beast charges us, and then fire into ceiling. Once stunned by the beam of light, commence rip and tear.

>>9499025

begin to taunt the Giant Eel, get it mad once it dashes at us, use light off shell to blind, yell for Klawdia to grab it from behind, we get it close then hammer it

>>9499091
this, except instead of klawdia grabbing it, have her stake it to something using the sharp wooden stakes

You further taunt the eel. Thankfully the beast has low INT, and so falls for your cunning plan.

It charges you, and you quickly duck down and use your shell to shine the light into its eyes. Disabled, Klawdia runs forward and spears a table fragment through the midsection of its body and into the wall. The eel flails, and makes and attempt to remove the spike with its teeth.

What now?

>>9499025
Angle our reflective shell in such a way to blind the creature and move to strike it!

>>9499128

move to disable and restrain....do not kill (yet)

You scuttle forward and place your claw around the eel's neck, further pinning it against the wall. Klawdia yanks the stake out of its side in a spray of blood, and moves to drive the stake into its eye...

Suddenly, the friendly eel moves to intercept the strike, and Klawdia holds. The massive eel you were sent to kill is its mate. The two of them inhabit this wreck with their children, many of which have been killed and most of which are fighting your troops outside.

I see no reason to not just lop off it's head the first moment we can. It's clearly a danger, and we have been requested to kill the monstrosity by the turtles. We're going to end up killing it anyways, so why not just kill it the first chance we get? It's clearly hostile. I just pity it's friendly friend. If we were going to take the diplomatic route, we should have done it before we pushed it's friend aside.

>>9499182
Stay our mighty claw, we have no quarrel with the eel we befriended. Clack in morse code and explain the situation, about the turtles and such.

>>9499182

do not kill the eel but issue this warning that it is never to attack or harm another turtle ever again or we will return and finish what was start again

Order it to call off it's children from attack our troops outside

Use last of WP to heal the injured Eel best we can

do scuttle of sadness and apology to friend Eel

collect Klawdia and leave ship

Head off and return to Elder Turtle

Tell the eel she doesn't need a deadbeat mate who beats her up!

>>9499207
The friendly eel implores you not to kill its mate. The turtles they slew long ago were a necessity. The Kraken had moved in and left little to eat, and in a moment of desperation, snatched some young turtles.

Klawdia is unamused, and wishes to just kill it. She tells the eel that she has no problem sending it to see its mate after you're done here.

>>9499182

Last minute diplomacy. If the Turtles are as wise as they say they are, they will understand it if we let the Eel live.

You use up your last points of willpower to heal the wounds of the large eel. It is still angry, but does not attack when you slacken your grip on its neck.

>>9499250

do not kill use last of WP to heal, collect troops head back to elder Turtle

explain we could not kill the mate of a friend, explain the situation, tell turtle we understand the lost to since we have lost crabs to this eel but chose to let it live

Apologise for what has happened and go explain situation to turtles.

Will you scuttle off to the turtles, leaving the eel behind?

>>9499306

explain to Klawdia we are the invaders here

leave collect troops return to turtles and explain situation

>>9499322
Gotta use our ENHANCED INTELLIGENCE first to make sure friend-eel isn't just covering for an abusive eel-boyfriend, as flesh-things are so prone to doing.

>>9499322

yes leave eel behind, this is their home

>>9499322
No. I say the eel must come with us. And appologize in person.

>>9499344

the eel is injuried...can it survive the journey? doubt it will come peacefully

You tell the eels that this is not your battle, and too many good crustaceans have been lost already over this. They will come with you to meet the turtles, and plead their case. Your eel-friend thanks you, and leads you to the deck.

What you see is almost too much to bear.

Shootrimp, your most skilled hunter and faithful subject, lays sprawled on the deck. He is bleeding heavily, and it appears your troops are using kelp-tourniquets to stem the bleeding.

It would take a couple hours to get back to the lair, with your speed. A day or more for the regular troops. Your friendly eel says she could take him, but she appears to be the smarter of the two eels, and would be necessary for negotiations.

What will you do?

>>9499377

Maybe the Turtles can heal him? I donno... I'm a tree.

>>9499377

Shootrimp has been very loyal to us...time to repay that loyality

We shall personally carry Shootrimp back to the lair for treatment.

Tell the ell we care about our allies and friends and will support them as such and will return as soon as possible.

You tell the eels you will return tomorrow to settle the dispute between them and the turtles. For now, you must tend to your subject.

The trek is long, seemingly made longer by your worry for Shootrimp. His heartbeat ebbs and weakens with each step. You return to your LAIR to find it nearly completely encased in a massive CORAL SHELL! Clawclaw has been dutifully working in your absence, and reports both an extensive cavalry program, missile system, and reserves of young crustaceans numbering in the tens of thousands! Massive fields of kelp stretch in all directions, new ground has been explored, and Clawclaw personally led the expedition into the reef, constructing a massive defensive wall to cordon off the area.

Medical isopods take Shootrimp away to be worked on. You pray to the Wavemaker for help.

GRRR CRAB KING HATE GIMP.

Not being a drawfag doesn't help.

But that does not stop me from trying to honor HIS CRABBINESS.

CRABS.

>>9499377
Pray to the wavemaker for more strength, and to heal our friend.

>>9499483
LIVE SHOOTRIMP, LIVE!
YOU DO NOT FUCKING DIE ON US, SHELLFISH!

I WILL SCUTTLE MY WAY DOWN TO HELL ITSELF IF I HAVE DRAG YOUR ASS BACK TO LIFE!

>>9499484
Also, I wanted to add some color and superimpose him on a coral reef, with a shining CRAB QUEST in the corner, but alas I suck with GIMP's selection tool and was unable to pluck him out of the layer and not leave him strangely empty.

>>9499509
>>9499484
It's charming, I like it!

The huge line is the new wall, made of IRON, BONE, and CORAL. It is also lined with towers to spot shark patrols, and Clawclaw moved one of the flak guns onto the wall to fire at aggressors.

He also has a new development. A crab, nearly your size, was spotted to the north with a band of smaller crabs. It was identified...
...a female!

>>9499483
we must use our ENHANCED INTELLECT to consider the situation very carefully, we can't always please everybody, and we do know the Eel's mate is abusive, what will we do if the turtles demand his head or if he refuses to accept the terms of negotiation?

Gather your subjects and give a rousing speech about the need for unity amongst your people and the need to defend the land from aggressors from both within and without.

Then oversea the splitting up your troops into regiments and get them training. Also, regular patrols everywhere, and return info to Clawclaw. Then rest aand return to eels tomorrow.

>>9499483

Inform Clawclaw about the horseshoe crabs and ideas about incorporating them to build defenses

THROW A FEAST IN CLAWCLAW HALF-TAIL's HONOR and his accomplishments.

Order out scouts to head south and begin searches for Whales.

Set out next morning with Clawclaw and his mount back to the Eel site for deal with turtles.

Here's a *slightly* better version, showing where the cannon is (the big dot on the wall).

You may now molt for four points. Bloodshell was not entirely pleased, but has given you a permanent +1 to speed.

>>9499537
acknowledge ClawClaw's splendid work and provide him with a boon of some sort!

>>9499588

MOLT before we return to Eels?

with Clawclaw in tow?

>>9499588
Bloodshell can respectfully shut-it, a lot of slaughter occurred today and much of it was of our own...

molt if it won't put us too behind the errand with the turtles and the eels.

Before you molt, however, it's time for a CRAB PARTY!

You feast well into the night, though thoughts of Shootrimp haunt you. However, much kelp is consumed, along with a number of fish, sharks, and squid!

>>9499588
all four into intellect!

Stats:
DEF-12
CQC-12
LRC-21
SPD-11
INT-18

>>9499623

Then moult. Give clawclaw a premotion and a boon for being awesome. Scouts everywhere for the female and the whales and go to the eels for deal wit hturtles.

>>9499642
2 int 2 cqc

>>9499623
clack for a moment of silence in honor of shootshrimp and to wish for his speedy recovery.

whatever happened to the island quest? shit was cash

>>9499623


Clawclaw Half-Tail earns a new honor tonight with celebrations

grant Clawclaw Half-Tail a complete Unit of the best Cavalry and name them the Iron-Coral Warriors

>>9499642

2 INT
2 DEF

Well, I'll archive this thread, and we can decide on upgrades tomorrow! Clawclaw is pleased with himself after proving his worth to you!

G'night, /tg/, thanks for playing!

>>9499642
2 INT
1 SPD
1 LRC

>>9499687
nay sir, THANK YOU.

>>9499720
Hey, it's my pleasure. I'm just glad people like this quest.