remove earrings. witch minddives

>>18305483
Are we actually a killer?
We fled from home in part due to being forced to execute a traitor.

Regardless, remove earrings and wipe his mind.

>>18305483
"Oh? You didn't expect a fucking KAPERNIEKS to be armed?!"

>>18305483
"What the fuck man!? What kinda fuckin cop are you?"

Play the fool.

Step on his throat, ask Kiera to leave for a few moments while you remove his earrings, then have her read his mind.

Information we need, and he has more of it that either of us.

kill him the sword would cover it up anyway

>>18305483
Take the earrings off him and let Kiara do what she wants to do. Barring that, two in the chest and one in the head.

>action?
>"Just kill him and lets get out of here!"

i suspect that reinforcments are enroute, kill him, quickly search him for documents(try to wear a piece of fabric or something to prevent fingerprint problems) and get out of here

NOOOO my vision of an epic mustachio'd cop has been shattered! Ask him how he found us, then BLAMM on principal of imitating a mustache.

>>18305508
And don't be gentle about it. Also, pistol whip the fucker unconscious first. Worst comes to worse, we can always shoot him after or now. Either way.

>>18305483
Honestly this could have been BEACH BUM HEMI CUDA QUEST and I would have been perfectly happy.

All this magic head possession stuff is just gravy.

>>18305508
Also, dat. Mindwipe that we were ever here.

Or even better! See if we can implant the thought that we got the drop on him...and started making a run up the Atlantic Coast to New York City. The guy probably radioed us in to his organization, so just mindwiping him or killing him will put them on the hunt. Best to direct the hunt elsewhere for now.

>>18305483
If we leave him alive our location, car number and so on will be compromised. I'd rather not use a bullet if our gun isn't silenced though as it would attract a lot more attention than I would like. Pistol whip him unconscious, remove the earrings throw him in the back seat, Drive at exactly the speed limit and very casually. While Kiara works him over telepathically find out if we need to kill him and dump the body in some swamp or if we can mind wipe him.

>>18305525
Better option, order him to remove the earrings or we we shoot him there and then.

Shoot him with his own gun.

if we do BLAMM this cop use his gun so they trace the round back to his weapon. Obviously don't leave fingerprints on it, unless we already did when we removed it then that doesn't matter.

still use cop's gun so our current one isn't hot or the round traced back to dad's mafia and atract attention of the hunters on to him. (Don't wana go save Dad only to have him die on Mom's anniversary death-day)

You kick him in the jaw, none to lightly.

The blow renders the man unconscious, his limbs flopping over as he goes limp.

"Well I guess that answers the question of whether or not they can track you." You tell Kiara.

"As though I couldn't have already guessed that!"

Using your Hawaiian shirt you fumble around, trying to remove his earrings. It takes a minute or so, but eventually you get them off.

"Alright does he know anything we need to know?"

"Hmm... Well they are on to us now, that much I can see. There is still a lot of interference, I wonder if he perhaps swallowed some platinum. That was an old trick of some of the knights, though it isn't as effective as the earrings."

"And?" You press.

"Well, he isn't very high up on their food chain. He also isn't a cop and doesn't have a radio. He's not an amateur though, he's already called in our location but that was it. Arrogant fool thought he would bring us in on his own, didn't want to share the glory I guess."

"So can you mess with his memories? Make it seem like we weren't here?"

"Not exactly, I don't have that much power at the moment. I can scramble them a bit, slow him down. It would be better to just shoot him though."

You look up and down the street, and see no one else around. Checking your watch, its only 5:54 am so a lot of people will still be asleep. That doesn't mean you want to shoot him, though.

>dispose of him? Something else?

Why do we need to kill him if he's unarmed? Just tie him/knock him out or whatever and leave

>>18305621
"If he didn't realize that I use guns, then they don't know that yet. If I kill him with a gun, they'll know and we'll lose an edge- and it seems we need every edge we can get."

Beat him savagely on the head with a blunt object a few times, then drive off.

>>18305621
shooting a unconscious (now) unarmed man is pretty fucking low

>>18305621
He saw our car and if (when) his people catch up with him, he will tell them. Then we will have to get rid of the car.

That is not acceptable.

>>18305621
I want to dispose of him but I'd rather not do a loud gunshot wherever we are. Beat his head a few more times until he's going to be unconscious for a number of hours, throw him in the trunk and take him to some secluded swampy bit to be croc bait. Leave no fucking fingerprints and remove the tattoo, fingerprints and bash all of his teeth in to make identification slower.

>>18305641
We've done it before

>>18305621
If we have to shoot him, muffle the shot with his own clothing.

>>18305621
Two to the chest, one to the head.

Cut his throat, wrists, and inner legs to bleed out or step on his wind pipe, something aside from firing off rounds. Pretty sure we are on a secluded road but gunshots attract attention

>>18305642
Indeed. Drag him somewhere else while he's not bleeding too bad and then kill him with a blunt object. Pistol whip optional but not preferred. Big rock ok.

Lets follow the conspiracy guys theory, and get some lead layered in a hat.

If it fails, no problem. If it works, it works.

let her eat his magic

Drop him in the forest, get out of dodge with a new license plate

>>18305650
We've done it before, but not willingly. Part of the reason that we left was because we didn't want to get into a life where we'd be expected and required to kill.

Morality shouldn't be a choice of convenience and it shouldn't be something carelessly set aside. We shouldn't kill him.

>>18305681
No because that will trigger a full on witch hunt.

>>18305621
>They are onto us being the harbinger of a goddess.
>Game over.

Fuck

>>18305691
BUT THE CUDA MAN

HE SAW THE CUDA

HE KNOWS

>>18305681
like this one! If the platinum he ate doesn't prevent it can she just suck him up for a power-up?

>>18305691
Ha ha ha. You are an amusing person and I like you.

Why does everyone act like we're already some sociopath or serial killer?

>>18305681
this
If she can't, or it would attract too much attention, snap his neck once she has extracted all the information she could from him and we got his documents and ammunition.
and money, i guess

For all they know, they're dealing with a WIZARD. Not Kiara.

Seconding getting lead. Maybe carrying normal ammo on our person will suffice.

>>18305718
Because we share our brain with a primordial entity of chaos and ruin.

>>18305718
They might have missed the first thread?
However, on the other hand, the situation is not simple.

>>18305700
they don't know jack shit about any goddesses. As far as he (apparently) knows, we're just some clever wizard who managed to stay under the radar until now.

If he didn't call in our plate or car then we good. We can just go to Bama and tell miss witchy to try to hide her magic a bit more.

PapaN, Get Kiara to tell us if he was just a hunter using detect magic or if he was ordered to come and kill specifically us. We need to know how hard it is going to be to find her soul now.

He was pretending to be a LEO, which is illegal.

Why not call the cops and use that to our advantage? Give them a bit of a hard time and fuck off. Call cops with pre-paid phone or whatever, tie up fake cop with his 'credentials'

We shouldn't kill this witch hunter. What are we, our dad?

>>18305691
This isn't a choice of convenience, this is a choice of insuring that a global group of mage hunting fanatics don't track us down and give us some serious lead poisoning.

>>18305750
That is

not a bad idea

>>18305750
That's not a bad idea.
Voting this.
Scramble his mind a bit first though.

>>18305750
Here's a good idea that doesn't involve murder.

Throw him in the trunk. Drop him off somewhere else, like a proper gangster should. We ain't a killer as the execution incident shows, but we can damn well play the part in some undisclosed location and intimidate the guy into telling his secrets.

>>18305765
Except with how things are in the country, he'll be bailed out and gone right quick....

Combo this and brain scramble?

>>18305750
they own the guy who owns the guy who owns the cops
letting him out of here alive would just let him tell them what we look like

>>18305776
We able to go Taken Interrogation Scene on this guy's ass or we no like that at all?

>>18305783
Gonna take some time to call a favor down that far. This doesn't seem like an area with a particularly efficient law enforcement apparatus.

It should tie him up for a few days at least.

>>18305778
He's a foot soldier, not someone high up and he'd be dealing with a hick police station who may or may not be hostile to federal LEO. It'd mess with them, atleast

Grabbing the unconscious man by his collar, you drag him through the mangroves until you reach the rocky shore. Making sure no one is around, you set him down and think for a moment.

Murder isn't really your cup of tea, after all.

"Just get on with it, and hurry! I don't want to be around here if more show up!" Kiara warns.

Seizing a rock, you poise above the man's head.

"Wait, can't you just eat him?" You ask, desperately seeking an alternative.

"And draw more attention? Removing the life force from a human would take a lot of power. Hit him with it." She says quietly.

You falter for several moments, thinking about what it is that you are about to do. No matter what this dude is, he is still a person, and that weighs heavily on you.

"Can I just turn him in?"

"Oh yeah, that will work great." Kiara huffs sarcastically, "Turn him in and he'll be out in an few hours or so, half a day at the most, with more backup than you have ammunition to deal with. Not only that, but he's seen your face and I can't erase that entirely."

"These men won't show you any kind of mercy, mortal. They will rip flesh from bone until they've extracted all they want to know, and then they will kill you." She adds.

>action?

>>18305776
Gangster and/or crazy wizard.

" WHO ARE SPACE LIZARDS?"
pimpslap with ak barrel.
"WHO?"

>>18305833
Let's leave him tied up with one hell of a concussion and a magically scrambled memory.

It'll give us a few days and murder shouldn't be our thing, we are not our father after all.

>>18305842
"Damn you for forcing me into this."
Hit him with it. Repeatedly.

>>18305842
Kill the fucker, take his clothes and ID and burn them somewhere when we have a chance, destroy fingerprints, cut the tattoo of the bleeding sword off and fuck his teeth up to prevent dental records from identifying him. We may not like the skill set our father drilled into us but this is one point where it's really fucking useful.

>>18305866
Nah dude

Nah

>>18305833
Let's just injure him but not kill him if that's really our only option.

>>18305833
Kill him, just kill him and lets be done with it.

>>18305833
killing an unarmed and unconscious man is just not cool with us, we left our old life because of this shit.
remind her that is still just along for the ride right now and if she wants to find someone else she can bail right now but the next people coming by will probably be witch hunters looking for their buddy.

Cant we give him amnesia? Like of the last 24 hours.

We cant perform LASER BRAIN WIPING, but that should be broad enough, right? If not, a week

kill him so hard he dies to death

Cave in his skull and kick him over into the sea.

follow immortal waifu's lead! Bash like a weaboo bashing a watermelon! Deal with the mental trauma of opening up his skull as we drive as far away as we can get!

>>18305842
No murders.

Come on guys.

>>18305842
>action
kill->loot->dumpster->leave

make sure not to pick up a tracking device and make sure not to leave leave prints, hair or skin on him while looting

WHAP. And problem solved and we can deal with the emotional problems when we're NOT being hunted down.

Survival > FEELS

>>18305842
"Damn it all."

Beat him to death. Take his earrings.

We don't need to kill him. It may make things harder for us but that's the price of doing the right thing.

Have her do the dirty work with our body if it really is the only choice.

>>18305892
The witch in our brain will do it if we don't.

kill him, hes a supporter of a conspericy of child murdering fanatics.

>>18305913
Let her do it if she wants.

We should not.

>>18305926
But we have to live with her... might as well stay on good terms.

Beat him near catatonic and call ambulance from some other phone.

for fucks sake, why did we bother with the guns if we lack the nerve to kill?

>>18305907
these people flay skin from bone and rend apart souls of babies and little girls, and you're showing them pity? We are so fucked in the future if we try the paragon path this goes down.

Alright gotta make it a more clean vote

[ ] Kill him

[ ] Leave him

[ ] Make Kiara kill him using you

[ ] Take him somewhere

>>18305942
Then we play to her ego.

"Mistress Kiara, graceful Lady of Grove, please be the one to pull the trigger for unfortunately I cannot do it."

>>18305953
Actually yeah. Hospitals are probably actually harder to get people out of than jails.

>>18305926
We CAN'T. That's the point. She's so fucking weak because she can't eat because they are tracking magic use.

We do not have any other options, sadly. We will have to kill to survive now. They would do the same and worse to us, given the chance.

>>18305961
[x] Kill him
We don't realy have much choice, we can break down over it later. Right now we need to survive. And curse the hand fate has dealt us.

Kill him.

>>18305961
[X] Leave him

>>18305961
Perhaps we should interrogate him first. Then beat the shit out of him enough that he's brain damaged enough to not recognize us.

>>18305961
Kill his ass dead, render the body difficult to identify.

>>18305953
Broken jaw, shut eyes and broken fingers ensure that he lives and tells nobody anything.

Hard, but he lives.

>>18305961
Kill him, this won't be the first blood on our hands, and it certainly won't be the last.

>>18305961
Injure him badly and call an ambulance.

>>18305961
leave him

>>18305833
>>18305961

turds.
um.
um.

turds.
>[ X] Kill him
Kill.

Grab his cellphone and make note of the last few numbers dialed, then wipe it off (fingerprints) and smash with another rock.

Steal anything of note in his pockets, keeping an eye out for anything electronic that might need smashing.
Avoid retching up acidy snackfoods all over the place.

Bug out for the zombiemobile and leave while cursing our weakness and failures.

man the fuck up and kill our would be murderer

[ ] Kill him

I'd say skulls for the skull throne... but we're about to smash his skull... It would be kind of broken.

>>18305961
Don't kill him

>>18305961
[x] Kill him

We talked to the priest, and it was made clear that the other side is playing hardball. We cannot do less.

>>18305961
End him and cover our tracks.

Kill him and cry about how fucked everything is later

nother vote for kill, dont understand why it's that hard of a choice this is kill or be killed at its core

[X] Make Kiara kill him using you

[ ] Kill him

>>18305961
Kill him. We need to LIVE right now and not let these fucks know what we are/have.

Sure is samefag in here tonight.

[x] Make Kiara kill him using you

"No, you do it. Take control of my limbs."

Think like a proper good-hearted gangster.
Neutralise the threat without killing. What do?

Beat his information channels until they do not work. Ever. He will always remember our benevolent ass, but can't tell anyone about it.

Shit, is it possible for them to make a corpse relive the events leading to its death? If so, that'd be an issue. We couldn't just kill him; we'd have to make him disappear.

Also, if/when we do kill him, it can't be a gun. Like the other guy said, they don't think we can use guns, so it's best to keep that a surprise.

>>18306027
Indeed.

>>18306038
Fates worse than death really shouldn't be our thing either.

[ ] Kill him

the samefagging, it is strong in this one

just pick whatever you want

I vote burn the body and dig its ashes

>>18305961

Leave him. Killing an unarmed man just doesn't sit right. Plus it will generate more HUEHUEHUE later.

>>18306048
May as well roll for it.

dude we have 117 posts for the same action wat do.
we need to kill him and get it over with so we can move on.

>>18306055
The only kind of HUE this will generate is the quest ending kind.
He needs to die. We need to get Kiara's powers back and we need to do it before they figure out we are harboring her. If they do we will NEVER EVER find her soul or body. EVER.

rolled 2 = 2

1 Kill him

2 Leave him

3 Make Kiara kill him using you

4 Take him somewhere

>>18306055
true he could become a reoccurring bad guy, but I wouldn't want that unless he had the mustache... I'm still saying he needs to die on principal of faking that! (Oh and the hate us, kill kids, knows our face thing also apply but not as much)

The rock descends, cupped in your hand, until it collides with the man's face. Again. And again. Blood sprays, much landing on you, but you don't stop.

By the time you stop, a bloody crater is all that stares up at you.

You've just killed another man.

"That's something you are going to have to get used to, and I'm sorry, but you will likely have to do it again."

"Shut the fuck up... Just... Just shut up." You let the rock fall from you grasp, your shaking grasp, as you sit down hard on the fossilized coral.

With trembling fingers you light up a smoke, averting your gaze from the body.

"We need to get out of here." Kiara says softly after a minute.

Doing your best not to think about it, you grab the body and drag it into the sea. Swimming out, you figure you've gone far enough, and the man's vest, now weighted with rocks, sinks him.

Around here, the sharks will get to him before anything else does. They generally don't leave much behind. Your father taught you that. He taught you a lot of things. Like how fast a car sinks when it sails into the ocean at 70mph off of a dirt road.

Washing yourself off as best you can, you clean up the scene of the grisly murder, tossing the rock as far out as you can manage.

The trek back to your car feels like it takes forever.

"I'm sorry." Kiera says softly.

"Don't talk to me for a while." You turn the key, and fire up the engine.

>>18306038
Agreed. How hard it can be to beat someone so that they will have hard time telling anyone anything? He knows too much, so destroy all the ways he could communicate that knowledge.

Or bash his head in and be done with it. Self defence against murdering, child ripping organisation is a-ok in my book.

>>18306095
Oh well.

I knew HEMI CUDA BEACH BUM QUEST was a pipe dream anyway. Time to wake up and smell the grim.

>>18306095
Did we ever figure out if he knew what we had or if he though we were a random magic user?

>>18306095
There are a couple of things we need to do. One, get the fuck out of there. He called it in. They only sensed a presence, so they don't know what vehicle we are using. But It's safe to say with whatever type of magic they have, they'll be able to figure out what happened here eventually. We gotta get some distance.

Also, I just want to make a point that we should, at all possible, leave our father's organization out of this. If the bleed swords find that he's backing us up, they will rip them apart without even a whimper. Our father's not the best of men, but he's been good (in his own way) to us; I'd hate to see everything he's worked for and done destroyed because of us meddling with a (nearly) two thousand year old organization.

>>18306120
He thought randumb.

Kiara is just going to have to live with the fact you're a man.

Go see a hoe to fuck to get your mind off this shit

>>18306127
4000, he said 2000BCE

Call conspiracy guy, in some twisted conspiracy theory code inform him the hunters are coming and you need to meet up to better protect yourself from their lizardman ways, stop at gas station and get some tinfoil for a hat just in case. Last part is optional

>>18306120
He called us a wizard, so I guess he thought we were just a random magic user chump.
Plus if he knew that we have perhaps the most powerful witch in out head, he would have waited for backup.

>>18306144
He said lead, not finfoil. We need lead encased in a hat. Then we're fine

You do your best to think about other things, like how good your engine seems to be running, and how slow progress is during the morning rush hour.

That still can't erase the gravity of what you've just done.

"He's sent more than his share of kids to a terrible fate, if its any condolence." Kiara's first words since leaving the scene.

"It isn't."

"I didn't expect it would be."

The conversation falls quiet as you finally exit the last of the keys, and get into some 70mph territory. The speed feels nice, nice enough to almost make you wish your car was a convertible. Almost.

"They don't know its you, do they?" You ask, figuring maybe talking some will help.

"No, they just thought it was you, a young magic user. Thankfully."

Well, that's something at least.

"Going to be a long ride to 'bama." You comment, grabbing a handful of cigs and stuffing them into your mouth. You stopped at a gas station and bought every carton of reds that they had.

"Anything you want to talk about?" Kiara asks, and you can tell she's really doing her best to try to help you through this.

>Well, anything?

>>18306144
The Bleeding swords were founded a little after Christianity; so I would assume they'd be a hundred years or so short of 2000.

>>18306144
That's when Kiara was born, not when the Bleeding Sword was founded.

>>18306172
Ask about certain types of magic. Can they use magic to take a certain place back in time a few hours to see what happened? Can they reanimated a corpse for a short while and/or make it relive its last memories?

These things would be useful to know so we know how they can track us/discover us.

>>18306172

"Who started it, you or them?"

"Any magic I can learn to defend myself?"

Also, Papa-N, did she know Gaius Julius Caesar or Julius Caesar Augustus?

>>18306172
Ok so at least the quest didnt just end outright, thank the gods.

>GTFO
>Leave Dad out of this as much as we can
>We need to see the Prof, hopefully without a trail of dead Paladins leading to the mans door.

Looks like we're gonna be living out of the car for a while, and maybe we should look into REALLY securing our link with the crazy guy....

>>18306172
No, I'm fine at the moment.

>>18306172
any idea about the origin of the Bleeding Sword?

Remember that the church guys are magic users too, crippling his 'information paths' is probably not enough, his own team will just mind rape him.

Killing people who threaten us is different than killing a 'traitor' who was probably just costing daddy a couple percent by skimming.

>>18306172
It's not really your fault, but fuck you, my life was nice and quiet, it wasn't extravagant but it was quiet, I was able to get away from death and murder and other shady shit and it was nice. Then it waltzes back into my life with you riding right at it's heels.

>>18306172
Follow up; can she detect other witches, if we encounter them? It'd be useful if we could find some people who are on our side and that we don't have to worry about lying. Much.

>>18306221
This.

>>18306172
"Yes. Explain to me how I'm ever going to be happy, acting as your hit man in a pitiless shadow war against a pack of merciless butchers. You said I might live forever- why would I want to, if it's just this kind of miserable shit?"

>>18306219
They probably aren't THAT good at magic shit or they would have been flayed.

Kinda hard to recruit from the people you are exterminating after all.

>>18306221
>>18306239
These.

>>18306221
She'll always retort to this by saying "yeah, but you're still alive. I could have left you down there, dead."

Does she have a rough timetable? I'm not saying we dont help her for a few years, but laying on low would be best. Not going to alabama and drawing more suspicion. She's 3000ish years old right? Few weeks or even months is nothing for her. We still have to go to work, too.

>>18306249
Doesn't sound all that bad now, considering.

>>18306249
The obvious response to that is; "Maybe you should have"

Murder is murder, even when it happens to bad people.

I know it was kill or be killed. Even as I tried to fight it I knew I was going to kill him because there wasn't any other choice. I've been in that situation before, and that's why I left that life behind.

>>18306095
>Tight camera shot, FOV filled with out-of-focus landscape rushing past outside a window.
>The edge of what might be a frame member just visible on one corner of the shot.
>Sound of a (mostly) well-tuned engine growling along at highway speeds.
>Some unidentifiable noises, crackling of plastic.
>Hand crosses FOV, in focus. Camera tracks along with it, revealing part of a face. The driver. Anonymous face has a cigarette hanging from the lips.
>Flare of light, obvious pull as the cigarette is lit.
>Dark smudge visible on the chin. a missed drop of blood?
"They don't know its you, do they?"
>Another drag is taken. Long pause, as if the driver was listening to an unseen passenger.
"Going to be a long ride to 'bama."
>cloud of smoke gets thick as the driver breathes out.
>Cloud grows darker, quickly obscuring everything in a fade to black.
>black screen persists through three or four almost unidentifiable noises like a melon being crushed.
>Fade In Title.
Zombie & Witch Quest
>subtitle: Death Is Only The Beginning. Spring 2012

>>18306241
Remember the bit about experiments with devices that use the souls of weak rended witches for power? Not comfortable with assigning a upper limit to what they can do...

>reading archives
>conspiracy theory nut
It's like I am really on /k/

Love the quest so far papa

>>18306281
I'm loving what I'm reading.

>>18306281

>>18306281

>>18306281
I'd watch it.

>>18306281

"Will they be able to figure out what happened there? I dunno, like magic him back alive to talk or something?"

"Doubtful, especially without an intact brain. They will notice he's turned up missing, but aside from that you did a good job of cutting off much other information."

Getting called a good murderer isn't helping...

"Sorry, didn't mean it like that." Kiara quickly adds.

"So who started this."

"I'm sorry?"

"You or them. Who shot first?"

"It isn't that simple. I guess I should say we're both at fault. Them for being so xenophobic and fanatical, us for lashing out against their attacks rather then trying to find another path. Though this was all so long ago, and none of it under my control. There were plenty of powerful magic users when it all began."

"I miss my old life." You sigh. "I miss talking fishing, I miss blowing paychecks on my car, I miss keeping a gun around just to fend off muggers..."

"I know."

"I'll never be happy will I? As your murder puppet? I'll just have to cowboy up and deal with the fact that eventually killing someone won't make me feel like the worst kind of shit? Wont I?" You ask, suddenly becoming quite angry.

"That's up to you, ultimately. I can't tell you this road will be easy, because I'm not going to lie to you, about anything. I made this pact with you, and despite needing you for my own gains, I won't force you. That said, if you bow out, you will die."

>>18306281
I'm throwing all of my money at my screen!!!!

>>18306281
WHY IS NOTHING HAPPENEING!!!!?!??!??!?!?! WHY!!!!!???!?!?!!?

>>18306331
Any of those powerful magic user left besides you by chance?

>>18306281
YOU...MAGNIFICENT SON OF A DOUBLE-CUNTED HOOKER!

>>18306331
"At this moment, the prospect is not uninviting."

>>18306385
Yes, yes, we got the message. Let Papa get on with the feels on his own, man.

>>18306371
this.
"You think there is anyone left on your side?"
"well.. Our side?"

>>18306379
>>18306336
>>18306328
>>18306326
>>18306324
>>18306321
golly gee shucks.

rolled 13 = 13

>>18306281

really with the quality of tv and movies nowadays im sure someone would pick it up for at least 3 seasons or 2 movies.
Seriously the script writers need to browse 4chan quests.

>>18306210
>Both but she was referring to Gaius earlier

"Yeah that's what I fucking figured." You sigh and shake your head, hating what this is quickly becoming.

"That isn't to say there isn't light at the end of this long dark tunnel. If I can piece myself back together, obtain the power I lost so long ago, I can end this all." She says with a hopeful tone.

"Can you? Can you really? Seems like its just going to be an endless cycle of shit, one way or the other."

"I can and I will. Though it will take time, I can crush the Bleeding Sword, I'm sure of it."

"Uh huh. Any help from some other immortal jackass?"

"I don't appreciate your tone. And no, I doubt there are any left of my caliber if the Order has become this powerful. Eventually I might be able to piece more back, maybe, but just finding them alone will be nearly impossible I think."

"So how do you plan on doing it?" You ask, frustrated by her confidence.

"I'll have to wait until I'm whole again to know. Years have likely weakened my power, as a soul in captivity loses much when cut off from sources of magic. If I can corner the Order back somewhat, I may be able to train some new help. All I know is, is that it will take time, a lot of time."

>more questions? Silent ride to 'bama?

>>18306403
I know I'd watch Bloodquest and Rubyquest, the show the movies. Be great if the guys holding Gundam would loosen their anuses a touch and let Zeonquest the teevee happen.

>>18306435
Radio time.

>>18306435
Turn on some tunes to drown out thoughts.
>advicezombie
End up listening to songs that are completely and ironically relevant to the situation and our feel.

Man, we're deep in feel territory.

Although staying alive is a great motivation, we need to find a personal reason; be it moral, physical, or spiritual, to stick through this and actually go through hell to put Her back together.

If we're really role playing as this person, I think we'd be seriously considering ending ourselves right here.

What I want to ask her is this:
"Please, just give me a reason, a good reason, to go trough with this. Some cause, or justification. Anything. I can't go on with this 'Kill or be Killed.' I left that when I left my dad. Or at least I tried."

>>18306438
Dear God RubyQuest or BloodQuest the movie........

Also PapaN this reminds me so fucking much of BloodQuest its like ive get Stonerbro in the GM seat again. This is awesome and you are fucking amazing, and i love you. KEEP IT GOING>

>>18306435
I kinda wish I could have met you in a somewhat less miserable way. I would probably think you're a nice girl, currently it's hard not to hate you. Turn on the radio and blast the speakers.

>>18306435
Alright, I'm thinking silent time now. Mouth off, radio on.

So once again we have to live with one eye over our shoulder.

Well, Marco's visit would have had us doing that anyway. We probably would've gotten sucked back into our old life just to stay alive. I guess the only difference between this and working with Dad is that this is at least OUR shit.

I'm blaming this ll on Marco. Fuck, if he wanted to be number one so bad he KNEW we didn't want to inherit Dad's Empire. We would've have just given it to him if he had asked NICELY.

But nooooooo he had to be a fuck head and try to murder us AND SOMEHOW GAVE US A FATE THAT MIGHT BE WORSE THAN DEATH.

>>18306462
>its like having Stonerbro in the GM seat again

You know...until you said that, I never noticed it. But now that you have, I can't get it out of my head.

PAPAN IZ YEW STONERBRO?

And then the ridiculous billboards along the road.
>Face with aviator "cop shades"
>"We're Watching.."
a message from the highway patrol

>Cartoon man in pain, grabbing head
>Splitting Headache?
..try advil extra strength

>Ready For A Bite?
>giant open shark mouth
..All About Sharks at the FL science museum..

Maybe not.

>>18306462
>>18306496
Damn, I knew I had a strange feeling of déjà vu, but couldn't pin it down.

You flip on your mp3 player and hit shuffle.

~And I heard, as it were, the noise of thunder: One of the four beasts saying: "Come and see." And I saw. And behold, a white horse.~

Seems like a fitting god damn song, you shake your head and chomp down on another cig.

"Give me a reason?"

"A reason?"

"Yeah, a reason. A reason to not just give up and let you find someone else. You can see my memories, you can see that the whole fucking reason I left my old life behind was because it wasn't me. I'm not a killer, I'm not. I may be good at it, I may have been trained at it, but it just isn't me babe."

"Hmm..." Kiara hums as she thinks, "You will save a lot of lives by ending a few, hopefully that will be enough for you."

"Yeah..."

You don't keep talking, and you let the speakers play. The music just begins to frustrate you after a while, because the slow and sad songs just make you feel worse, while the happy and groovy tunes only grate on your ears.

So you turn it off, and ride in silence.

"Going to be a long fucking ride to 'bama."

>>18306496
Nah I'm not Stoner. He's a cool dude, though.

>>18306526
>oh fuck my sides

>>18306547
Dude were you there for Bloodquest? If not you NEED to read it cuz youll see what im talking about.

>>18306535
Tough to buy the "greater good" line when we're hosting miss black plague betwixt our ears. The fact that she's feeding us a line of shit doesn't help her credibility a lot, either.

>>18306564
To be fair, we can't entirely blame her for that since she was just lashing out since she was captured at that point I believe.

>>18306564
well if it came down to it we could always jump on a boat, tie another anchor to ourselves and when we hit the bottom of the ocean blow out our brains and she is then stuck waiting for someone else for another couple hundred years right?

A long ride it proves to be.

Kiara doesn't say anything, and you are both glad to have some time to yourself (well, without her commenting), and at the same time, feeling quite alone in the world.

You pass the "Now entering Alabama" sign before pulling off the highway and into a gas station to fill up. The ol' girl isn't exactly what you would call fuel efficient.

The professor's number is on a piece of paper, and you fish it out along with the phone.

Dialing it up, you hear the ringing.

"This is McGruff." Comes a nasally tone, not exactly what you had expected.

"Hi, Professor?"

"In the flesh."

>what do you say?

>>18306582
She can read our mind and control us if necessary. We can't work against her.

>>18306556

Does he have a similar writing style? I've seen him around but I've never read one of his quests.

>>18306587
Ask him if he'd have free time to meet since we're a student also interested in ancient church history and we had some questions.

Also someone want to archive this? I don't like doing it myself, the ones other people did during HLQ were always better.

>>18306587
Hi, I'm a student studying witch hunts very interested in your work on the spanish inquisition and I was wondering if you were free to talk today, it's for my thesis.

>>18306594
He only honestly ran two that i remember. BloodQuest and Alchemist quest, which IIRC collapsed after session 10. And its not the writing style, its the setup. We are a people that is host to an immortal voice in our head that gives us superpowers/undeath and we travel around to discover what the fuck is up. Hell you even started us out in the same place the Stonerbro did, South Florida/Miami.

>>18306594
To me, its more the mannerisms on how you approach us. Playfully but also can srs the fuck up. But mostly HUE HUE.

Not easy to put into words, yo.

>>18306617
All we need now is a bitchin' hat and to live in a sewer for three days and the cycle will be complete.

>>18306617
Sigh. Don't remind me about AlchemyQuest. I wish he still had time to run it.

>>18306635
OH GODS......DAT HAT....DAT FUCKING HAT.

>>18306612
>>18306587
Maybe trim that down to fewer lies in case he can check?

"I am very interested in some of your work about the Inquisition. I was wondering if I could have a moment of your time this afternoon to talk about some things?"

Don't want to be showing our hand talking about witches and whatnot too early.

"Yeah, sorry to disturb you but I'm a student writing a thesis on the Spanish Inquisition and I heard you were an expert on the subject so I was hoping I could talk with you."

"Eh? Finally someone really interested in my research! You've no idea how hard it is to find anyone who cares about this stuff, well, anyone young."

"Great! So is there somewhere I should meet you?"

"Well I'm currently on campus in the library if you'd like to chat here."

"Yeah, that should be fine. I'll be there in about an hour and I'll call you then."

You exchange goodbyes and hang up.

"I'm going to want you to make sure this place is safe before we enter." You address Kiara.

"I was beginning to think you'd forgotten I was in here, I can do that."

The rest of the drive goes fairly smoothly, aside from a bit of traffic and the like.

Its mid afternoon by the time you pull up at the small college library, park your car, and step out into the Alabama sun. You give the Professor a call to let him know you've arrived.

"I'm not detecting anything malicious, though remember platinum can block me, but I'll let you know if I feel anything."

"Thanks."

You push open the doors to the library and are immediately greeted by a squat, mostly bald man with a red face who is waving at you excitedly.

"So good to see you, so good. Come, sit down." He gestures to a seat and you take it, he plops down in the one across from you.

"So tell me, what kind of information do you need?"

>what ask?

>>18306644
Our first artifact will be a Hat from Outside Time and Space. It will be an item of great latent power but holds the risk of angering creatures from the BEYOND!

>>18306751
Its a black Fedora with a red band. It looks well used and taken care of.

>>18306740
"Well, I'm having some difficulty finding reliable information on some of the various religious orders at the time- in particular, I've come across several references to a group called the Bleeding Swords, but haven't found any definitive information on them."

>>18306740
well, if there is some paper and a pencil handy, we could roughly sketch the tattoo Alky-Priest had.
>Have you ever seen.. this?

Wait, something hit me.

>mfw witch souls cause things to deteriorate
>mfw some witch souls are thus used in nuclear reactors to help speed the process
>mfw nuclear accidents are actually witches lashing out at their imprisonment
>mfw Kiara's soul is probably still at Chernobyl

>>18306740
Make sure any earrings he has aren't plat.

Ask him about the predecessors the Spanish Inquisition had. I'm writing a paper on it's meteoric rise to prominence and was curious about it's parent organizations since not much is written about them.

>>18306797
Yeah we've talked about that and it seems like it may be the place

>>18306797
Or not because that is a terrible idea and fission works fine without magic?

>>18306769
Wearing the hat makes you feel nervous, as if the eyes of the universe are watching you.

>>18306810
anyone who deliberately puts a witch soul into a nuclear powerplant diserves to die a slow death due to radiation poisoning.

red flag: how did he greet us at the door of the library and know it was us coming in?
(if we told him what we were wearing or something is assumed ignore that)

Ask him about his perspective of the inquisition, we heard he has a different view and we were looking to get into all various theories and sides of the story

we are Russian right? well can we actually speak it cause if she is in Chernobyl we'll need to.

"Well I'm just trying to narrow down some specifics. I've come across a few references to something called the Order of the Bleeding Sword. Know anything about them?"

The professor's eyes raise at your words, and he slowly sits back in his chair.

"Now where did you hear about them...?" He presses his fingertips together.

"A few old and dusty books, mostly. A few web pages. I haven't found anything concrete so far though."

"No I don't expect you did, nor will. Not many scholars will even acknowledge their existence, and much of what little is known about them has been chalked up to myth and the like."

"I take it you aren't one of those scholars?"

The squat man smiles.

"No, I'm not. I've uncovered as much as there is out there about that particular Order. A group of fanatical witch hunters, very prominent during the crusades which I believe was the peak of their power."

"Well what can you tell me about them?"

"It depends, there is too much to just go over it all, and most of the info is tidbits I'm afraid. What would you like to know?"

>questions?

>>18306858
Yes. Your Russian is passable, but not great. Your father is fluent and made you learn young, but you don't use it often so you don't get a ton of practice.

>>18306876
Weird conspiracies about them, what they did during the crusades and who exactly funded and supported them.

>>18306876
Why did they hunt witches and what did they do with them. I don't want to make it seem like we know a lot so let's start basic and see what he knows.

>>18306876
Where was the order located? Their, you know, main church?

I have heard rumors about -appx time Kiara was flayed to bits- and something big happening. Anything to that? some big project?

>>18306876
Well I've heard they were deeply involved in witch hunts throughout the crusades as a whole, but I've also heard they were just a tool to get "undesirables" out of the political picture. How would you weigh in on this? Did they have a political agenda or was there some other method behind their madness? Surely they didn't honestly believe in witches and warlocks.

>>18306876
Why did they disappear? Were they shut down like the Templars, but more hush-hush?

(I know that we know that they're FAR from dead, but he doesn't know what we don't blah blah you get the point.)

>>18306876
What ended them, or why do you think they are in decline?

"So what exactly did they do during the crusades? Who funded them? Were they a branch off of something?"

"Well if you've read anything about them, you already know they were witch hunters. Though I digress, hardly the same kind as those more publicized. No, the Order seemed to have a more solid method to their madness then simply going after those accused of being witches. As far as who funded them or where they came from, I'm not certain, but they had direct ties to the Pope it seems, for as long as they were around."

"The Pope? The head honcho himself?" You ask, surprised.

"Indeed the Pope. It seems he gave them a lot of free reign, as well as a great deal of money."

"So were they based in Rome?"

"From what I gather, yes. Though I can't target a specific church or monastery where they originated." The Professor says, sitting forward and getting into the conversation.

"Any idea where they went? Why they dissipated? I've read something alluding to a big event in the thirteen hundreds, would that have anything to do with it?"

"Well, as far as what happened to the order, I can't really say. My guess is that they served their purpose and were simply weaned of funding much as many other orders were. Though concerning the event in the 1300's, I can speak a bit. From what I've gathered, it appears that the order was interested in one witch in particular that they thought was threat enough to devote most of their time to it."

This certainly sparks your interest.

"A specific witch? Any idea who it might have been?"

The professor laughs, shaking his head.

>>18306997continue to ask about the witch, but dont make it seem like that's our main interest, maybe speak like it's just a passing interest since he brought it up, like "why just one witch, what did this witch do that warrented so much attention"

>>18306997

He thinks they have declined, not ceased to exist. Ask him about any proof of them still existing, and if so, where. Any passing bit of info can help.

>>18307046
That, and something along these lines "Does she have a name written down somewhere?"

>>18307057
>"Did This Person have a name?"

"My boy, there is little alluding to whom it was that they were seeking specifically. Though they thought her enough a threat to raise an army, apparently. While I certainly don't believe in witchcraft, they most certainly did. A few ancient texts allude to a witch gifted with the ability to bend nature to her will, but give little as far as specifics are concerned."

"Can you give me any specifics? Maybe a name?"

"Hmm, a name, a name... All I've ever seen it referenced as translates roughly as "The One Who Watches", or simply "The Watcher." Though that name predates the crusades by quite a bit, it seems to be the most prominent of the names, and therefor a likely candidate for whom they sought." The Professor takes a sip out of a mug before continuing.

"I believe the one referenced as "She Who Thirsts" may be one and the same witch, but its hard to tell. There were a few references to one simply called "Ruin", who may or may not be the same witch, its difficult to try to tie any of these together, after all."

"Ah, yeah I guess. So why were they even hunting witches?"

"Well, likely the same reasons the church has always been. Going after those who go against god, in their minds. They certainly believed they were an imminent threat to the stability of their respective kingdoms, as well as their faith."

"Could they have been just hunting down political undesirables as well?" You ask.

>>18306997
why exactly did they think this witch was such a threat?

"Most certainly, yes. Though I believe there was more to it then that. These were men that truly believed they were hunting down witches. It is strange, however, as the texts don't allude much to what it is that they DID with these witches."

"You don't think they just burned them at the stake?"

"Its possible, yes. But from what I can tell, I believe that they brought a great many back with them, across the sea. I've seen one reference to a place called "The Grave of Heretics", which may be a reference to where they were taken, but there was no mention of "The Watcher" being taken there."

>more questions?

>>18307135
Golly, "the grave of Heretics". I would love to know more. Do you think that was back in Rome or.....

>>18307135
"Do you have any idea as where the grave of heretics could be? Or maybe where the watcher was taken?"

>>18307168
>and unspoken
>"you getting all of this? is he holding something back?"

>>18307135
Do you know anything about "The Grave of Heretics"? Or what happened to this "Watcher"?

Ask Kiara "She Who Thirsts" really, what'd you do for that title?

"Any indication as to why the order thought that this particular witch was such a threat? This "Ruin" or "The Watcher"?"

The professor chuckles.

"Seems you are more interested in witches than those who sought them."

"Well, I like to see all sides of the story. My thesis is on witches and why they were hunted, after all."

"Well, as far as I can tell, and this is very speculative, mind you... They thought she was capable of ending the earth, or so I believe."

"Ending... The earth?" You ask, shocked.

"Indeed. Though the local accounts seem to pin her more as one who dealt little in the affairs of the state and such. In fact most of the references paint her more as an aloof being who perhaps blessed the land with bountiful harvest and fended off disease. There are others, however, that speak of a terrible wrath that gripped the land for quite some time, around 800ad or so, though there are no specifics I'm afraid."

"Going back to the Grave of Heretics, any idea where it might be located?"

"Oh well certainly, there are several good indications. If I had to pin it down, it would be in Rome. Perhaps even in the Vatican itself."

"But The Watcher or Ruin? Were they taken there?"

"Well the texts don't mention it, though it certainly is possible." McGruff shrugs.

>>18307135
Ask him what the last written records of the Order of the Bleeding Sword that he's seen is.

>>18307135
"The Grave of Heretics? Some kind of execution ground, maybe. Do you have any idea where it was located?"

"Do you know of any other sites with ties to the group- not necessarily having to do with witches, but any places they would have been based from? They seem too widespread to have worked from Rome alone.

"Anything else interesting that you've been able to turn up about the Bleeding Swords? I'd be interested in any references, if you can provide them- there's nothing like reading something yourself, after all."

We know her name, he is an expert on the inquisition, not witches, ask more about the order, their motives, known or expected rituals, and that grave place and it's relationship with their crusades

>>18307251
Also add what info he has on how their witch hunters might have operated in the past when they were hunting. Sure it's probably out of date but some things might have remained similar.

>a terrible wrath that gripped the land for quite some time, around 800ad or so

Historyfag here. Shortly after Charlemagne was crowned Holy Roman Emperor there was a long famine caused by several severe winters. Charlemagne had hammered the Empire together strongly enough that it was able to weather the crisis and enter an era of prosperity.

Too bad he split the Empire up between his idiot sons.

"He holding anything from me?" You mentally ask Kiara, "Also "Ruin" and "She Who Thirsts"? I'm not so sure I'm helping the good guy here..."

"No, he's being honest. In fact he's giving you information as fast as I've been gleaning it. As far as the titles are concerned, I'm not the one who came up with them."

"Maybe not, but did you earn them?"

"I toppled an Empire, the strongest of the time. You figure it out." She huffs.

"So when was the last mention of the order?" You ask the Professor.

"Well the last I've found was published in the early fifteen hundreds, and I've found no more after that. Its my guess that money was sieved away from them and channeled to the Inquisition itself. Certainly they don't appear in any later texts."

"And their headquarters? Any idea where that might be? Or where they operated out of?"

"I've never found any information concerning their HQ, but I would guess somewhere in Rome as most seemed to be of Italian origins, though there were many French members as well it would seem. Most of these kinds of organizations didn't rely strongly on a central base."

"Ah that makes sense. Have you ever heard about any of their rituals? I've read something referring to "Rending", does that ring a bell?"

The Professor frowns, and shakes his head.

>>18307266
>nice catch

"No I'm afraid I've never heard of it, though it certainly sounds interesting. I do know they had a rather noticeable attraction to platinum. In fact, they seem to have plated their swords in it, which was quite marvelous technology for the time. It also speaks to their great wealth."

"You think platinum was used as a weapon? Know of any more?"

"I do indeed, they even speak of its strength against magic in a few old tomes. As far as other weapons, I'm unsure. Though the order did seem to place a great deal of emphasis on mental training for their members, as well as a requirement to plate helms in platinum, as well as platinum earrings. Quite bizarre if you ask me."

>more questions? Call it good with the Prof?

>>18307326
"Mental training? You mean like meditation, that sort of zen stuff? Or mental tricks, like hypnosis, memory rooms, and the like?"

>>18307326
I can't really think of anything, he didn't us that much more than we already knew but it filled in some gaps.

Mock Kiara incessantly by refusing to refer to her except with names like she who thirsts, the eater of souls and puppies, the foreboding raven, she who must not be named and so on.

>>18307326
You'd think silver would be better. Also more common. and cheaper.

Might be why the Pope cut funds...

>>18307326
>"Kiara, can you make him forget this whole conversation? Or at least details about me? Just in case"

"Professor, you have been a wonder. Thank you for this enlightening talk."
Smiles all around, a hearty handshake, and gettin' the heck outta dodge, i think.

"What kind of mental training?"

"Well there isn't much go go on. Meditation and the like, from what I've read. Perhaps to try to steel themselves against those wiley witches, eh?" He laughs.

"Well, Oh Great Devourer of Kitten Souls, got anything you want to ask?"

"..." Kiara doesn't justify that with a response, which makes you smile.

"Thanks for all the help Professor. You've been a great deal of help."

"No trouble, my boy, no trouble. Glad I could assist."

"Mind if I keep your number on hand if I find out any more questions?"

"Surely, feel free!"

You exchange a handshake and a few parting words, before heading out of the library.

>seems like a good place to end for tonight, perhaps?

>>18307416
I'd say so, we talked with an old priest, got some equipment and money, killed a hunter, and interviewed a pretty cool professor. Oh, and how could I forget trolling Kiara and the HUE.

Epic quests, you've made me register for twitter just to follow more closely! Till next time.

>>18307416
It's a good stopping point, we should continue to mock her many titles, it may not be much but it's a small act of rebellion that is allowed to us.

>>18307416
Whens the next one?

ayup

>>18307452
Yeah its useful for keeping people informed. Not even sure when the next thread will be but I'll post it when I know. Maybe Wednesday if I don't have to work.

I'm really digging this new quest, perhaps even more than HLQ

>>18307503
joyful.

>>18307503
But... but the lack of HUE... you can't just not HUE anymore... It wouldn't be the same without it.

>>18307522
he spent all the HUE in HLQ. this quest will let him stock up for endless eight

>>18307522
Yeah but I'm trying to make it more subtle for this quest. With the cute outfits on Kiara and trolling her with over the top titles.

I can bust out some maximum hue if people want that, I guess. Though that's more along the lines of the monstergirl quest I have planned for the far future.

>>18307534
Or yeah, for this.

>>18307543
HUE is good, trolling is good, but very little can accept as much HUE as HLQ did. I'm loving the more serious, analytical, slow paced, and thinking nature of this quest and the trolling must match that.

>>18307543
>I can bust out some maximum hue if people want that, I guess. Though that's more along the lines of the monstergirl quest I have planned for the far future.


I'm.... okay with this... thank you, anon, for pointing that out. And two words, papa, Maid Outfit.

>>18307556
I agree, I like the new pace and deeper thinking than "hit that, tap that", though it was a blast.

>>18307563
Frilly and conservative or downright shenanigans?

>>18307571
My vote is for frilly and conservative. Lifted straight from Emma, Victorian era maid outfit.

>>18307571
HLQ would not be HLQ without the HUE.

This however, can stand without the HUE.

>>18307586
Yeah I don't foresee any vorefishtentaclerape happening in this quest.

>>18307585
Complete with feather duster?

>>18307613
I'm now imagining this with longer hair for Kiara

>>18307757
Oh yes, this is going to be fun to write

I might try my hand at drawing something up. Though I'm not very good so meh.

Anyways, I'm off to sleep. Goodnight /tg/, until next time

Dammit, 2 hours late. Damn you work, money isn't worth missing Zombie and Witch!

Ok, roll with me on this:

seriously guys, last is fucked up in the head real bad and kiara has a stick up her ass, let's get them some "magic mushrooms" and let them run around in lasts lucid dreams playing dressup in some anime/cartoon
crossover.

You know you want it, you dirty, dirty heretic :3

>>18308843

I mean, I feel these two need to do something fun, together! They've bonded a bit, how about a "second date"?

>>18308843
Dude. ZWQ is the HUE recharge time. It's a much more thinking-involved and dark quest, as shown by the whole "Beating a guy's face in" bit.

>>18308897

Its not about HUE, its about drugs. And to some smaller extent comic relief.

And frankly, I'm a bit suprised the son of the boss of a drug cartel doesn't have problems with abusing drugs.