People you know so far:

> Joe: a social worker. Currently laid up in hospital after getting glassed by a vagrant.
> Kate: Joe's cousin, an investment banker with Boldmann Tacks.
> Lena: another Psych you met at the Hospital. Now, when you think of her, you envision for some reason a field of dewy grass on a chilly morning.
> Ashley: a violinist at Carpenters.
> Tim: an art student at Carpenters.
> Anne: a student of... something, at Carpenters. You're guessing art history.

>>19011377

'Anne's a nice name. I'm Dylan. Thanks for offering your couch.'

Make small talk. Ask her about Carpenters, and what she does there. Maybe induce her to ask us to dinner?

>>19011460

> Roll a d100 for the inducement.

'That's a nice thing to say,' Anne says. You talk a bit more, then she gestures up. 'You want to go sit in the cafe, actually?'

You don't mind, and so the two of you go up after she picks up another one or two books. Pretty eclectic titles, which you don't really know about - Renaissance Italy: a Monogram. Translations of Tang-Song era poetry, with Commentary. Things like that.

As it turns out, she's doing literature and art history in Carpenters. 'So... when do you graduate then?'

'Too far off to think about.' She laughs. 'No, the end of this year actually. Then after that, dear god, I don't even know. It's not the sort of degree that lands a job, you know...' she fidgets a little.

> What do/say?

rolled 1 = 1

>>19011559

OH BOY HERE WE GO.

ROLLAN FOR INDUCEMENT.

>>19011569
I move to say we discount this roll because we can't see what he rolled. Take the noko out next time, mate.

rolled 35 = 35

>>19011559

Here we go.

>>19011589

Yeah, I saw that. Clearly spurious, will be ignored.

rolled 91 = 91

>>19011559

>>19011597

...You're no fun.

I understand. Besides, I wanted to see the HUEHUEHUE result.

>>19011599

As she talks, you nod and listen, and then you ask about the books. She tells you about the beauty of Song era poetry, the sheer emotion held within such restrained metrical constraints.

'You speak Chinese?'

'A little. I'm learning.' She smiles widely, and then sit back. All this while, you've been probing at her mind - it's... a disorganised mind. Occasionally bright spots, probably memories, drift into your field of vision, and you ignore them, trying to find some leverage. Then you feel a slight buzz, and out of nowhere Anne giggles.

'Eh?'

'Oh, sorry, I have no idea - I was just thinking about this silly poem that was written...' she giggles again. 'Hmm. So. What sort of classes do you have? Are you free this evening?'

> What do/say?

rolled 57 = 57

>>19011648
Say yes. Later we should ask if we could stay with her for the night, 'cause we don't have a place of our own yet.

>>19011678

She's already letting us sleep over at hers. Well, that'd make dinner convenient.

Actually, why not sit at home and do take-away?

>>19011688
Oh? Guess I should've scan read the last thread before posting.

Oh yes, also ask her more about the prospective landlord. Then we can go influence him into giving her cheaper rent.

>>19011713
>>19011688

Questions noted, but do you want to give a cover first? It seems she's trusting to host you only because you're from Carpenters too.

>>19011739
We're studying psychology. We'd like to be able to lay out people's minds for us to see.

>>19011779

Second psychology, but maybe not the bit about laying people's minds out. Sounds a little creepy.

From last thread :

Go after getting the address from the girl, tell her you'll bring food around 8.

Head for some place with protests. Try to hear them from here.
On your way, try and find some rich person who could give us 50 dollars for some pretext we'll think of later.

>>19011792
Creepy like a psychology student.

What time of the year are we in, btw ? I seem to remember may, but it's strange to be searching for a flat as a student in may.

>>19011779
>>19011792
>>19011800

You say you do psychology, and she seems a bit surprised. 'Really? That's a bit scary, isn't it?'

'What, are you reconsidering letting me have the floor?'

'Nah, it's fine,' she laughs. You then say you're about to leave - actually come think of it, it's 3 pm now and you have to see Ashley for violin lesson at 5 - and she asks you to look after her stuff while she gets a latte, and then you can go.

Before that you get her address. Sounds pretty posh, really, Vernon Place. Hmm. Just then, her phone buzzes with a message.

You look up; she's still in the queue. Where'd the queue come from? There wasn't anyone in the cafe five minutes ago.

> What do? It might be a bit too late to go to the protests now, since the city centre is some ways off. There's always tomorrow, though. Them occupiers gonna occupy.

>>19011829

Yeah, it's May. I guess the in setting reason would be transferring flats for some reason or other. Anne does have a room, after all, she's just moving elsewhere.

The terms here aren't American semesters, either, in case anyone's wondering. (I was thinking British terms, then again May isn't very British either. Brain fail.)

>>19011837
Don't answer her phone, we're already scary enough.

Drop the idea of going to the violin lesson too. Our illusion of having nice hands won't impress an unthinking instrument.

I think we should go back to that library, check if there's anything special happening there related to our powers. If not, we should search the net about information that could be related to the psychs, and their organizations.

>>19011837

Well, if that's the case, let's do the rich person plan then. There's plenty of rich people here, right? Look for a posh neighbourhood, ask someone to lend us fifty.

Before that, though, just peek at the phone.

>>19011876

We should probably go, though. Let's make friends. They're people we can drain safely, the more people we know.

We could always borrow a computer off them in their place, these guys are students, they've got their laptops.

>>19011876
Dick move to do. At least go there no point in making that person waste time because you didn't feel like going to the lesson

>>19011891
And no looking at the phone

>>19011876
>>19011891
>>19011889
>>19011881

You won't answer the phone, of course, but you lean over a little a peek at it. To your surprise you recognise the number.

Wait a bloody minute, isn't that Lena? How'd she... you then look up and see her turn around with her latte, and then come over. She puts on her red coat and the two of you walk down the stairs while she checks her phone.

'Huh. Listen to this. 'I'll bring someone round from Spring to talk to you, so hang in there. How hot do you want the rep to be?'' Anne laughs at this. 'The hell is this? You didn't use my phone did you?'

'Eh? Dude, I wouldn't!'

'Nah, just kidding, loosen up! Too much psych makes you tense, man.' You try to think through her thoughts, but they really are rather woolly. You feel like trekking through clouds.

You repeat your promise to bring food round at 8, and she nods. She says she wants pizza. Well, that can be arranged. Now you're alone again, wondering about the message. Oh, also, about the money matters... and Ashley's violin lesson is in an hour and a half.

> What do? Draw up a rough plan if you want to swindle someone.

>>19011891
Well, how can we tell her that our interest was faked and that our fingers won't reach as far as she thought ?

rolled 75 = 75

>>19011931
Use mind powers to encourage people to donate money to us while we beg for the next hour, and then go meet Ashley.

>>19011944
Go there and say you can't do the lessons at least it's the proper thing to do and that way you don't make her wait like a hour waiting for your dumb ass because you forgot that you can't mind rape instruments. hell you can say you have a new place and you have to settle in and you forgot about it when you heard about the lessons.

We should go and try to do the lessons. Or maybe if we can't, we should stay a bit at least.

Maybe we could buy a gift for Ashley. Making friends won't hurt. If they're thinking people, they can be drained. We feed on thinking, right?

>>19011967
"Found* a new place" point is don't make people waste time like that it's a dick move and if you can call her you should but I forgot if we even know her number cause if we did we can borrow Anne's phone and make the call. If we don't then yeah show up and say we are sorry

>>19011978
to long though or to much mess up a person though so we just stick to draining people when we swindle them.

>>19011949

You are going to try begging in a nice t-shirt and jeans? You don't look like a homeless person anymore, so much as a rather poorly dressed hipster.

You do send out your mental feelers, though, and find an old man who is sitting on the outside of a cafe. As you make eye contact with him, he seems to shudder, and then he frowns at you.

'What the hell are you looking at?'

Before you can reply, he gets up, slams several bills on the table and walks out. You look around, then move in and help yourself to a fiver.

> Money: $59.50

Man, that was low. At least begging was somewhat honest... meanwhile, though, that was definitely Lena's message wasn't it? What was she trying to say...?

> What decision on Ashley and further scamming?

rolled 10 = 10

>>19011931
Run up to someone that looks rich, ask for money saying that it's a matter of life or death.

rolled 21 = 21

>>19012006
OH, OH! Get some styrofoam cups and make people think there is a bead under one of the cups. Switch them around really fast, but no matter what cup they pick the bead won't be there. If they call bullshit, lift up a cup and make them think they see a bead...Make a five dollar ante in to play.

>>19012036
Seems like a decent idea

>>19012036
At a cafe?

For goodness' sake, go to Ashley's. If we don't want to play the violin that's fine. Hang out a bit then leave.

If we don't go at all, that's just being a dick. Especially if we can't contact her to tell her.

Meanwhile maybe we shouldn't be looking to cheat money, but maybe get someone to pay for our pizzas or a tea or something. Easier that way.

>>19012036
I wonder why no one thought of joining a poker game at some casino.

>>19012056
Nah we'd get booted out

>>19012006
we should check Anne's phone for Lena's message. We could say we need to make a call real quick and we forgot our cell phone.

>>19012058
Second this

>>19012036
>>19012028

You think about doing either, but you calculate the chances of success to be low. You could probably induce a single policeman into letting you go, but if there's several you're not so sure.

And yes, one is harassment, the other is street gambling, which is openly illegal.

>>19012074
>>19012058

Roll d100 for the scamming. Unfortunately Anne's already gone off, so you won't see her until 8 pm. It's 4 now.

You spot a quaint-looking place that turns out to be a pub. What sort of a pub has this kind of decor? A modern student pub, that's what it bloody is... you do sound really old for your actual age. You look through the menu, then look round and see two bearded men in suits - look like teachers or something - who are sitting with beers and talking about something animatedly...

> Yeah, roll d100 if you wish to move on them. Alternatively, look for other targets in the pub, or outside. Ashley's place is 5 minutes from here.

rolled 10 = 10

>>19012113

Rolling. Let's go for them. Angle for a dinner or something.

rolled 81 = 81

Rolling!

>>19012065
No. I suspect Anne of being a psy too, which would explain her connection to Lena and the difficulty we had to read her mind.

Hm... now that I think about it, if she is one, she know about us trying to read her mind... or maybe she didn't pay attention ? no, she wouldn't have told us about her landlord problem if she was psy and didn't know we're one too, since she could have solved them herself.
Or maybe she's a partisan of non-intervention ?

OK, let's check her phone when we get the occasion.

rolled 70 = 70

>>19012133
>>19012113
Ouch

>>19012113
>>19012133
Are we getting better at messing with people minds despite our rolls ?

>>19012137

> 81 vs. 28 + 10: success!

As you move up to the two professors, you can feel their thoughts - and a certain, sharp, will behind them - emanate towards you. Your mind eagerly takes it, even though you aren't really sure what they're talking about. Dialectic of historical processes? Transmutation of the zeitgeist via gehirnsverwandlung? That's not even English, is it?

You then sit down and listen to them talk, and due to your influence they hardly notice you. One of them glances at you eventually. 'Oh, oh, you're Alan from the German history class! Hey, good to see you. You want anything to eat? Pick from the menu.'

You look; the cheaper options are like $3.50, but there's a deluxe super burger for $7. There's beers from $1.50 to $3 as well, so

> how dickish do you feel?
> Also, are there any things you'd like to know about your powers? You figure it's best to put down a list, so you can ask someone.
> Finally, you're pretty sure Anne isn't a Psych. Her brain was woolly, not fortified. But maybe that's also fortification, come think of it, so you aren't so sure now anymore, damn.

>>19012208
One of the cheaper options and a beer.

>>19012208
Are we hungry ? We ate a few hours before.
If not, just get a beer.

>>19012216
>>19012226

You're not that hungry, but then you're still quite used to eat whenever you can.

You order something cheap and a nice beer, and then sit there listening to the conversation. All this while you've been hungrily taking in their thoughts, but after a while that seems to have an effect; the talk dies down, the two professors stumble on their words as if drunk, then eventually they sigh and sit back.

Then they start bitching about admin, and that does not quite feel as good as when they were debating. It's a little disappointing, really.

You manage to finish your meal without further disturbance, and thank the two before getting up. 'Yeah, I'll see you tomorrow Alan. Or are you Bryan, actually?'

'Alan, sir.'

'Sir!' He chuckles. 'Redgrave will do. Nice having you round to listen to us bitching, eh?'

And with that you head out into the crisp summer afternoon. Soon you're on your way to Ashley's place. Should you buy a gift, or do something? You're not so sure about handling a violin anymore - though it'd be an interesting test of whether your confidence allows you to play it. If you thought really really hard about being some violin devil...

> What do?

>>19012177

So far you haven't had an opportunity to influence people for very long, so you can't tell. People won't get headaches in a minute, but a few hours will tell you more...

>>19012208
I'd like to know if there's an actual need to drain people, if the draining is simultaneous to the mind reading/fucking, if it affects specifically the individual whose mind we read, or if the energy can be accumulated to be used at a later time, on a different target ?

>>19012267
It's teatime, we should get some pastries.

Something light would be better, after that burger.

>>19012267

If there's a shop nearby, buy some wine. Just a cheap bottle will do.

Then try to sense how many people there are inside the house before we enter. Ought to get prepared if we can.

rolled 54 = 54

>>19012267
I roll to convince myself that I'm moderately talented.

I wouldn't want to get ashley too enthusiast about my potential, or quitting would be a pain.

rolled 79 = 79

>>19012267
Think, really really hard, about us having all the necessary knowledge to play Partita for Violin No. 2 by Bach. It'll be interesting to find out if we need to know what something is to learn it, or if the fact it exist is enough.

>>19012351
Bring cheap wine to a gril we just got to know, at 5pm ? That's inappropriate.

>>19012371
I agree with this

>>19012310

You'll note these questions. When Lena sends... whatever it is she was going to send, you'll ask, probably. Someone round from Spring, huh.

>>19012346
>>19012351

You stop by the nearby shop and get a bottle of wine for $5, and a box of Krackly Kresps doughnuts for $5 as well. Things are steep these days.

> Money: $49.50

As the shopkeeper scans your stuff, you notice with a slight start that he's in the middle of a nasty divorce. That just came through. You didn't really want to know.

The music is audible even before you go to the building; it's a nice, old-style house that's been divided into student apartments, and there's music coming from all of them. Saxophone from the ground floor, violin and piano from upstairs. Then drums from the basement. Basement's always for drums, eh.

>>19012370
>>19012365

> 79: success

You... actually do remember a tune by that name. You wonder where your fingers would need to be. You probably could do it. Yes, you probably could do it...

You press the doorbell, and after a moment a voice that isn't Ashley's comes on. 'Yes? Who's this?'

'I'm looking for Ashley.'

Then the door opens and soon you're in the flat. Ashley opens the door, looks you over, and then her eyes light up in memory. 'Oh yes! Dylan! Dylan Prettyhands!' She grabs your hands. 'Come in, come in! You got doughnuts! And wine! Awesome!'

There's a bearded guy playing the piano inside, as well as another blonde girl, tall and quite tanned, standing with a huge violin. Oh, no, that's a double bass.

'He's Dylan, he says he wants to learn to play the violin. That's it, right, Dylan?' Ashley's enthusiasm seems a bit too direct. Maybe you pushed the thought in her brain too hard.

> What do?

rolled 32 = 32

>>19012399
Say yes.
Play the shit out of that violin.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fn_7moKLxAk

>>19012399
"Dylan Prettyhands" Oh god my sides yeah we did go to far

rolled 100 = 100

>>19012399
yes sir

>>19012424
Awwww yeah.

>>19012420

We went too far because something exactly like

>>19012424

Happened. You are using your powers to have attractive hands, of all things, so it worked brilliantly.

It would appear the dice gods intend for love to blossom on the G string.

Anyway, you see the violin, and then as you touch it - very carefully, you don't know when you might break something - Ashley comes out with four glasses half filled with wine. Wine, inappropriate for students at 5 pm? Never!

As the others continue practicing, Ashley raises the violin to your neck before swigging the whole of her glass of wine. You can sense something in her mind clicking already; it's rather easy to gain entry now. The blonde girl and the bearded guy, not so much...

You spend about half an hour figuring out fingering, positions, scraping, plucking, and other important movements on the strings and neck of the violin. Then, with a strange and powerful sense of total confidence, you put the bow on.

> How far do you intend to take this? You have a 100 roll behind you. Your mind has just taken in the musical atmosphere here, quite literally; the music has stopped downstairs and next door.

I don't like this. I don't like ashley's enthusiasm, I don't like the violin, I don't like learning it from music students, and I don't like wine, except a little during a good meal.

>>19012424

We should just go all out and play all 24 Caprices. In a go.

Then ask for a threesome with the violinist and the double bassist, if the 100 roll covers that. It's a precious roll, let's milk it.

>>19012452
All the way!
Hopefully we didn't just steal all the inspiration from the entire dorm and make all the music students fail the semester.

>>19012452
Let's slow down enough so we don't cripple these students talent and creativity at least

>>19012462

Um... well, it's a bit too late to tell them all to piss off now.

I think our mind is probably doing something to Ashley, is that what's happening?

>>19012481
I'm just hoping Ashley doesn't get off because of our hands that would just be to weird

>>19012501
Besides I'm more of a piano guy myself

>>19012452
>> How far do you intend to take this? You have a 100 roll behind you. Your mind has just taken in the musical atmosphere here, quite literally; the music has stopped downstairs and next door.

We're in danger of DRAINING these people.
Don't take it too far, we aren't here to impress anybody.

>>19012462

Pray elaborate. As in, are you suspicious? If so you could always try to see what they're thinking. So far you've been drawing a bit too hard, and the blonde girl is sitting down.

>>19012463
>>19012469
>>19012479

You launch into the Sarabande of Bach's Partita no. 2, and it takes just a few measures before the three of them are staring at you. You don't really remember what goes on in the meantime. You are just playing; your hands are moving, driven by thoughts that are not yours. In all honesty, it is a little terrifying, as if you have suddenly lost control and are just watching yourself move.

You hear sniffling as if in the distance, and when you finally finish, you look up. The bearded guy has gone off into the kitchen, and the blonde girl has disappeared too. There's only Ashley left, and she's sitting with her legs folded on the couch, crying into her hands. You put a hand on her shoulder and she shakes it off.

'I don't... even know... you just lied... what the fuck was that for...'

You have no idea what she's talking about, really...

> What do/say? You do still feel touched by the urge to play, by the way. It might have gone a bit too far, that 100.

>>19012479
This. We should try and play exactly as well as a total beginner with perfect hands and no particular talent.

>>19012535
Haven't read the previous thread.

Is draining like involuntary accessing their mind too hard so they end up dead?

>>19012537
>>19012562

Sigh

can we retry and not be such a dick?

>>19012561
Exactly these guys are now goners which is why I said we should slow the fuck down

Right, a few things:

Firstly, didn't see the surge of votes against going all the way while writing. Apologies.

Secondly, you didn't actually go *all* the way, or you wouldn't still be feeling the urge to play. One Sarabande wouldn't be the end of it, you feel hyped enough to play the entire Partita.

Thirdly, yes, draining is when you tear too hard into a person's capacity for thought and drive them insane. It can lead to catatonia, permanent vegetative states, or horrific suicides.

The problem is, OP, is the damage fatal? Crying is one thing, but they're okay right? They're not going to hang themselves?

If it's the former let's roll with it. If it's the latter, we better retry this.

rolled 64 = 64

>>19012537
Lied? No.
This is honestly the first time I'm holding a violin

>>19012537
Fuck.
Go check on everyone, physically, to make they aren't hurting themselves.

>>19012600
Are you trying to kill that girl ?

>>19012600
Bullshit NOONE is gonna believe that even though it's true. Just say sorry we lied and we only did this to impress her and walk away even that is a total lie it's more believable we are mind vampires at this point.

If it looks like it's getting out of control, we might have to call lena to help us smooth things over.

>Well, that could've gone better.
>Walk out of dorm.
>Everyone committing mass suicide in hallway.
>ofw

>>19012620
We should also check up on the others I guess. To bad we can't give it back the "energy" or whatever you call it. At least I don't think so

>>19012597
>>19012610

You take a deep breath and remove the violin from your hands; you thought you just put it down, but it turns out you actually threw it onto the table with a clatter. If you hadn't done that you would probably have just kept on playing. There is now a sort of whining sound in your ears, as if several violins were being tuned, very loudly. Shit shit shit shit shit...

Then the episode passes, and you get up to look for the other two in case they cut themselves, but just then the bearded guy comes out and so does the blonde girl. 'The fuck are you doing, Anneka?'

'What do you mean? I'm off to do some solo practice.' She's got her double bass in the case now. 'I mean, I don't see any willingness on your part to play.'

'I was going to fucking play! I just...' the man trails off, runs a finger through his hair. 'I just... it's a long day, I've got a fucking pile of theory to do, and then Ashley-'

'Ashley? Ashley what? I what?' Ashley's wiped her tears and springs to her feet. 'Look, Brian, don't take your own blocked up shit out on me!'

'Blocked up shit? Coming from you! You haven't touched that violin longer than you haven't touched your cunt!'

'Right, that's it.' Anneka storms out of the hall. No one appears even to have noticed you, until Ashley turns to see you. Her eyes widen a little.

'Oh... oh, Dylan? I... dear god, what the hell just happened, I'm sorry!'

> What do/say?

Okay, a bit of clarification:

You got into a sort of trance state there, which is dangerous. Your mind can get addicted to certain sorts of energy - passion, enthusiasm, these things are always attractive - and go on draining if you don't watch it.

Fortunately you stopped yourself in time, and fortunately humans are a resilient bunch. They will recover from an episode like this. You've done the equivalent of given them a bad bruise, but it'll take a lot of bad bruises to cross the line of no recovery.

Still, brains are one thing and relationships are another. So do watch it.

>>19012665
"Don't worry. No need to apologize.
I learned something very important today."

>>19012665
Well, damn. I feel guilty. I think it would be best to vacate the premises as quickly as possible, apologizing along the way.

>>19012665
A fight start, we could have destroyed the friendship they had but at least they ain't dead. We gotta get out of here before we do more damage. Mind rapist/ Vampire remember. Make up an excuse or anything. we gotta check up on them latter though we don't really know the signs just the end result

>>19012693
>>19012700

Maybe we shouldn't leave her like that?
Stay a while and talk a bit, make her calm down.

>>19012713
IF we do this, just obsess over fire so we don't think of much of anything else. Hopefully that minimizes draining? Heck if I know.

>>19012713
As long as no more mind rapey shenanigans we could do that and we did learn something new don't get 100s unless you hate that motherfucker

>>19012713

Maybe this. Talk Ashley out of the funk, at least. She seems seriously distressed.

Man, so it turns out there are Consequences, eh.

>>19012739
No kidding, critical successes are something to be feared for once, which isn't necessarily a bad thing.

>>19012730
we yeah thinking of fire should help us if we could trigger another trance by accident

>>19012744
It's not bad just scary like it should be cause we are MIND EATERS now.

>>19012692
>>19012713
>>19012730
>>19012739
>>19012743

'No, no, don't apologise. It's not your fault. I'm sorry.'

'Eh? What for?' She gives you a confused look.

'Um, well, kinda intruding right? I'll be off, but... are you okay? You fine?'

'I'm okay. I...' she doesn't finish the statement, but just gives you a hug, pressing her face against your neck. You close your eyes, push back the musical notes already dancing on the edge of perception. This is bleedin' dangerous. Fire! Burn, burn the manuscripts! Okay, that's better.

She eases away from you. 'Ah, what was I doing, eh... heh, yeah now I'm a slut who touches her cunt and strangers instead of my violin.'

'Brian's just being a dick,' you say, surprising yourself. Well, he's not round here. You hear the coffee machine whirring.

And then you sense it. Something... is here. It's like a tremor in the floorboards, a shadow passing over the lights, a... blackness. And it's moving into the building. You hear the door buzzer BZZZZ, and then open. What the fuck was that?

> What do/say?

>>19012798
Another thoughts-eater perhaps?
Investigate that shit!

>>19012798
Oh fuck other Mind Rapists are coming here they felt that WE GOT TO GET THE FUCK OUT NOW and lead Ashely out of here if she is in danger. Think of HOUNDS set up mental barriers do something

>>19012798
Apprehend a sudden meeting with an angered telepath.

>>19012798
Get out without meeting whoever is coming if possible.

>>19012826
Stop freaking out.
And I don't think we care about this girl that much.

>>19012845
We still need those mental barriers unless that fuck with whoever is close to us then no. I'm not sure how the mental walls work exactly

>>19012846
We don't but if she dies cause we were fucking around I would FEEL like shit

>>19012818
>>19012828
>>19012845
>>19012846

You get up, and Ashley looks at you. 'What's up?'

'Oh, nothing. Someone's come in the door.'

'Oh I think that's probably... Jeff, that's Jeff. He's the house weirdo. Rarely talks. Lives alone. Last roommate couldn't stand him.'

Sounds like the definition of a psychopath... or just a Psych. He might not knock, or he might knock on the door, having sensed you. But you don't really know a way to leave the building except out those stairs. I mean, there's the window, but...

> What do? Wait here, move out to confront?

Oh, also, roll d100 for your mental barriers. This is going to be a tough roll. Even a noob like you can sense that the presence is powerful.

Being his roommate must have been horrible.

>>19012870
Fuck might as well and face the music and confront it

rolled 12 = 12

>>19012875
Rolling

rolled 26 = 26

>>19012888
Well this ain't good we gotta think this though and hell maybe he doesn't want to kill us and is part of a group and want to send a invite

>>19012888
....motion to bump the roll due to trips?

>>19012902

... sorry, what does that mean?

>>19012902
well it's no surprise we suck at the mental barrier thing we could just run which would depend if the window has an emergency ladder so I guess check out the window cause we ain't going that way without a ladder

rolled 45 = 45

Barrier roll. Please don't tear our minds up.

rolled 2 = 2

fuckers probably been draining the music students

>>19012913
Not make us fuck up THAT majorly

Though again, rolling low vs a powerful Psych is kinda appropriate

rolled 31 = 31

I somehow think we should just confront. Move out, to keep the normals safe, try to talk our way out. It's an honest mistake, we got carried away.

Well, we might as well try and talk to him if we can't avoid him.

Go meet him.

rolled 70 = 70

5 <50 rolls. I think it's set in stone now.

Disregard my roll, just wanting to see what I'd pop

>>19012913
>>19012888
Last three numbers are all 8s so it's trips which doesn't mean anything I think he is just scared and we just had a freakout and a total newbie so there is at least a in-game excuse why the roll was so low

rolled 78 = 78

>>19012798
hide become as simple and small in thought as possible nothing interesting here at all

>>19012928
>>19012882
>>19012938
>>19012940

> Bad day, guys. 45 - 20 vs. 93. That could've been fatal.

You push Ashley away. 'Wait here, just wa-' and then your words are cut off by the feeling of a syringe being pushed into your ear while being full of ice cold water. Son of a Bitch!

You stagger to the door, ram your head against it, vaguely hear a gasp of horror from miles away, and then fumble at the door handle until another hand opens it for you. And at that moment, the pain ceases, so abruptly you lean back against the wall. You then see Jeffrey's head poke in, brown hair with the sides shaved, wearing a green suit - the height of hipsterism. 'Hello Ashley darling. Everyone in?'

'Oh, um... hey there Jeff. Yeah it's...' then Jeffrey turns, sees you, and frowns. You feel the jabbing in your ears, behind your eyes, again, and then it eases.

'Who's this?'

'Dylan.' He must already know that. He smiles.

'You all right? I was just wanting someone to go out with for a pint, actually.'

Shakily, you nod, and then you follow him, even though your brain tells you not to. I mean, what could go wrong? He's a nice guy. And then he turns to you the moment you exit. 'You son of a bitch wildling, fucking about here - did you use to live in Mavensgate?'

You feel the pressure behind your eyes again. Fuck.

> What do/say?

rolled 39 = 39

>>19012997
tell him to get out of your head and push him off a balcony

>>19013022
...srsly?

rolled 57 = 57

>>19012997
fuck this lets eat this ass whole mind I am tired if taking shit from people

>>19012997
Just confess we have no idea what he is talking about and we just got our powers recently and we can't control for shit

>>19013025
>>19013022
Bad ideas

>>19013025

God's sake, no. He's screwing us up proper just by looking at us. We'd be like a cockroach to him in a fight.

Explain what happened. Say it won't happen again. Also, what's a wildling?

rolled 27 = 27

>>19012997
FIRE

HELLHOUND

CERBERUS

THINK ABOUT THESE THOUGHTS BURN HIM AWAY

>>19013050
I feel we're getting rather V:tmB'd here

This is not a bad thing

rolled 23 = 23

>>19012997
Try to set up a fire barrier in your mind.

rolled 65 = 65

>>19012997
I hope I can roll better than all of you. Rolling to force him out, and force fire into his thoughts. Get pissed off!

rolled 43 = 43

Fuck y'all, we go with
>>19013030
>>19013050

>>19013051
>>19013050
>>19013030

> I hope you aren't serious about fighting him, people. Because...

You try to raise barriers. Everything you can think of. But the lighter gets snuffed out. The fires simply blow out with a breeze. Cerberus disintegrates, howling. You feel something trickling down the side of your face.

'Oh, for fuck's sake, STOP! STOP! I'M SORRY!' You yell the words as loud as you can, and then it stops. You touch the side of your face; it's blood. Also, absolutely no one has noticed you hollering.

'Good.'

'I'm just... I'm just new, okay? I don't know what's happening! I crossed the line up there! I won't do it again.'

He smiles. 'Not in Mavensgate again? You promise? Swear on it, wildling.'

> What do/say?

>>19013060
I guess you did roll better than anymore but it's no enough I guess

try and set up a fire barrier
wildling? what do you mean? to be honest I don't really know what the fuck is going on

>>19013090
"For as much I can recall, I swear! First time I hear the name!"

>>19013100
Stop now please

>>19013090
>Repress urge to punch in face.
Seriously, after this just spend the rest of the day training our mental fortitude. Fuck all this shit. "Yah, I promise. I'll skip town."

I think some people in this thread need anger management counceling

>>19011377
that was meant to be before op replied

>>19013109
>>19013090

No, no, no, don't swear! What if it's like a geass or something?

Just keep saying we won't do it again. He could've killed us but he didn't, so maybe he just wants to intimidate us. Well, that worked.

>>19013130
We were about to get steamrolled psychically, carefully wording our sentences to avoid legal loopholes is metagaming.

>>19013090
I don't even know what a wildling is

Actually, I bet we're the bad guy here.

We did just sort of steal the musical talent of everyone in the dorm.

>>19013109
>>19013113
>>19013114
>>19013139

'Okay! Okay! I swear! I swear.'

'That you won't pull any of this sort of shit so far as you're within Mavensgate? None of this active feeding?'

'Okay. That's fine. Just... just stop, okay?'

'Just stop? That's your idea of tricking me into giving my word? Nah, I promise I shan't do it to you for the rest of the day. So that gives you...' Jeff checks his watch. 'Oh, six hours thereabouts.'

> You've given your Word: Not to actively drain anyone while within the borders of Mavensgate. You have no idea what the consequences are, though.

'So, anyway, six hours. Have a good rest, you. See you around. Though I don't really recommend it.' He pats your shoulder, then pulls a handkerchief and throws it in your face before walking back into the building. Fuck. You just feel... it's as if you've already been battered, even though you haven't really been touched...

Also, you do ask him what a wildling is. 'Wildling. Someone who's gotten the keys without them being given. Well, unless your Bestower is one hell of a retard, which I doubt.'

> What do?

>>19013173
Fuck the hell off out of Mavensgate. Go back to that park where we started. Meditate for the rest of the day on how to improve our abilities. Do some of that tai chi crap.

>>19013173
Go to the nearest local office and start the petition to rename whatever Mavensgate is to something more feasible, like Oakland Woods?

>>19013173

Does that Anne girl count as being in Mavensgate? Check a map please.

If she's outside of it, let's go visit her anyway. I think we're exhausted and need rest, and indoors is better than outdoors.

If she's inside Mavensgate, though, then maybe we should call Kate or something and bugger off from that bit of town.

>>19013212
No, not this at all, ever.

>>19013173
"Hey wait.
What group do you belong to? If you belong to any that is."

"And sorry about the feeding. I have gotten lost in some kind of a trance and barely got myself out of it before I did permanent damage."

I say just get out of Mavensgate. Not worth it. Is there anyway to get better? Are we supposed to be joining some group?

>>19013222

This. Be very sure it's out of Mavensgate, though.

>>19013173
What counts as an active drain anyways

rolled 87 = 87

>>19013173
so is there like a book or pamflet to give me an idea about what is going on?

>>19013247
>>19013222
>>19013232

Jeff asks why the hell he needs to tell you. 'It's an exclusive club, anyway. It's not like you can join by giving us our name.'

Also, you stagger to a tourist map (why are there tourist maps even out here? Well, why complain?) and see that where Anne lives is... Cranewood. It's a road and a street away.

Also, there's a phone booth down the road.

>>19013248

An active drain is what just happened - you focus on someone and attempt to use their willpower to do something in the physical world. Imagine running on someone else's energy, snatching their thoughts.

Most of the time, influencing people's thinking doesn't require an active drain, but strong willed people might.

>>19013272

Okay. Buy some dinner, go to Anne. Eat dinner, ask to borrow phone, see message, call Lena, CRY FOR HELP. Or something like that.

How's that, people?

>>19013272
Hey, how good are mindpires, or whatever we are, at precognition? Like, say we just on impulse grabbed the brick-in-a-sock out of our...crap! We're not in hobo uniform anymore, and don't have our pipe or brick. I wasn't going to suggest hitting him in the back of the head with a brick, but I'm curious to know if he would see it coming a mile away even if we didn't think it through beforehand.

>>19013297
I'd really rather not have any more contact with Lena. I don't think joining some group or another group with no idea what's going on is a good idea. I'd much rather stay independent and improve on our own. If we can just master the art of thinking of two things at once, we should be good.

>>19013297
>Buy some dinner
Buy a slab of cheese, sliced ham and some bread. We can't afford much.

>>19013297
Why cry for help ? We don't need any if we don't start again doing pointless things just because we like rolling dice.

>>19013315

Sadly, you really aren't sure about precognition. You wouldn't be surprised if, having access to your brain, he would know you were thinking of clobbing him with a hidden weapon though.

So, go to Anne? And then contact/don't contact Lena? You wipe yourself as cleanly as you can, then go to the local pizza joint. You're right you haven't got much money left; so you just get a margarita pizza, which is $6.

> Money: $43.50

After that, you then go out, holding the pizza. It's actually still really sunny, and a bit early for meeting Anne, but you don't want to faff around outdoors in Mavensgate anymore, so you make your way...

> Roll d100 for luck, you poor bastards.

>>19013297
>>19013318
We told anne that we'd bring her pizza at eight.

rolled 8 = 8

>>19013377
You son of a bitch

rolled 14 = 14

>>19013377
And I'm not sure about contacting Anna. I, for one, am against it.

rolled 35 = 35

fuck that

rolled 36 = 36

>>19013377

rolled 95 = 95

>>19013377
hm

>>19013374

Well, maybe not combat support help, but Lena really didn't tell us enough about how their society seems to work.

I mean, we did a major mistake there probably. Like eating in someone's territory. That's why we got owned. So it'd be nice to know about that, ASAP.

rolled 38 = 38

>>19013411
No, we got owned because we haven't dedicated any time to training or shit like that. We've been bumbling around like an idiot.

>>19013411
No, the mistake was to eat people. Regardless of territory. Seriously, didn't you expect that keeping a low profile would be useful ?

That being said, I agree that more information would be nice. But that'll come in good time, since Anne is connected to Lena anyway.

>>19013393

> ... wait, what? What's wrong?

>>19013405

As you walk up the road, your instincts - and also your new ability - seek out the presence of a hobo lying next to the steps of a house. You go up to him unnoticed, curious about the mention in his mind of a 'big score'.

... and then you see the big score. He's got several bills held to his chest, as well as a packet of green pills in his hand. You can tell he's quite out of it, really, which is why he is so unresisting about divulging his big score.

> Take?

>>19013462
STEALING FROM FELLOW HOBOS?

HELL NO!

>>19013462
No.

>>19013462
nothing just making us do a luck roll after all those low rolls was cruel and unusual we are so lucky that 95 roll saved us though

Seriously, all the training in the world is not going to help us if we don't know how the society works.

Maybe the park we were sleeping in is also claimed territory? Or maybe Kate's flat is in claimed territory? If we try practicing anything there, some other guy emerges and whacks us again.

We can't shoot our way out of everything, and it's pretty clear from this incident. We need to know the social rules, so we don't have to fight if we don't want to.

take a tenth of the money, maybe ask how he got it

>>19013439
It's not three days since we got our powers. Training wouldn't have changed anything.

I don't want to confront anyone. We have to be parcimonious with our powers, and use them only when mundane means would take a disproportionate amount of effort.

>>19013479
No.

>>19013478
I seriously doubt there is a convenient map of all claimed territory in the city, that Lena just so happens to know. We will need to take the risk. Besides, training doesn't necessarily mean active feeding, I'd much rather have us work on our mental defenses.

he probably stole it or something, i mean come on, a "big score?"

just take a bit for fucks sakes

>>19013479
No fucking way.

I wonder if we would be better at this if we were absolutely, bat shit crazy?

>>19013537
We Malkavians now?

>>19013537
>>19013517
You guys hate quests that go on for more than a few threads, right ?

>>19013462
We don't touch the hobo.

Be on our way.

>>19013472
>>19013475
>>19013479
>>19013501

You look at the hobo with some pity. You consider helping him tuck in the money, but that's probably stealing. So instead you try to enter his semi-comatose mind.

'Dude, dude, hug the lady tight! Aww yeah, she likes a proper hug!' You whisper into his mind, and he grunts and pulls everything safely into his overcoat. You stay strong, brother.

You finally make it to Anne's flat, and press the doorbell before going up the stairs. The door is open, and Anne is there - in a tank top and hot pants. 'Hello, Dylan, is that din- what's wrong with your nose, Dylan?'

'Eh?' You wipe at it. Oh damn, missed the nosebleed. 'Oh, nothing. Fell on my face just now...'

'Goodness, be careful!' She takes the pizza from your hands. 'Come on in then.' You take a look in; it's a pretty cramped studio flat, just a glorified room really. There is no bed, just a mattress on the floor.

> What do/say?

>>19013576
"Nice place"

>>19013576

That's... sweet of us.

Say it's a nice place. Don't settle down until we're told, it's a girl's room, what's not allowed is probably forbidden.

>>19013576
Is Anne attractive ?

"You like margharita ?"

>>19013632
No money+ex homeless dude= Out of your League

>>19013632
It's spelled margarita and stop that.

>>19013640
>>19013630
She's a liberal arts student. She doesn't mind.

>>19013632
>>19013645
>>19013630
>>19013591

Well, sure she's hot, if you're into redheads, some freckles, face is slightly long, but curves are all in the- SERIOUSLY DYLAN.

So. 'It's a nice place.'

'Thanks, but it isn't. It's a dump.'

You look around. Yeah, it kind of is. There's several piles of books, a small telly, folded clothes on one side, and a pile of what is probably unwashed laundry. Rubbish bin is... full. But at least the kitchen counter's clean.

Anne opens the pizza box. 'Ooh, margarita! A very diplomatic choice.'

'You like it?'

'It's got nothing to dislike,' she says. But she smiles as she says that so it's probably okay. She splits it unevenly into two plates, giving you the lion's share, and then sits on the bed to eat it. That's... not very hygienic.

She lets you have the black Makea Orkøn folding chair. Ideal for a small room space of 6 square metres.

> What do/say?

>>19013640
We're a virgin teenage boy who's going to spend the night at a young (though older) single woman's place. I'm just voicing a natural interest.

>>19013695
Just eat the pizza and make small talk five minutes in just ask if you can use her cell phone real quick

>>19013695
Feel nervous. Eat. Wonder if the SERIOUSLY DYLAN was our own interior voice.

>>19013725
Yah, no kidding. What if Lena is here right now, reading our thoughts? Quick, think of fire!

>>19013695
>if you're into redheads
Who isn't into redheads ?

> Getting dinner, give me a bit.

>>19013695
Forget this Mindipre business time to become a rapper http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z9lg6HqJeY0

>>19013714
>>19013725

You sit down on the chair, feel its lovely Orkøn-design pine-tree inspired ergonomic structure, and then eat the pizza. Man, you haven't had pizza in ages. Anne stretches her legs, then crosses them again. You can't help glancing.

'So, what happened? Fell flat on your face?'

'Oh, um... yeah it's nothing. Tripped. On steps.'

'In the campus?'

'Yeah, campus.'

'Man, that's shit. The campus is shit. They said they'd renovate it when I joined, then now I'm in my final year, nothing!' She rants on about the campus you've never seen before while you agree with her scathing assessments.

At length you finish the pizza, and then you ask to borrow her cellphone. 'Oh yeah, sure, it's on the kitchen counter.' You take her plate to the sink and take the phone. Lena's message is still there...

> What do/say?

Also, for if/when the thread autosages, catalog is our boon companion.

> http://catalog.neet.tv/tg/

>>19013794
Well check the message kinda why we are doing this and if she ask why we didn't call anyone just say we forgot the number kinda how you forgot what you were about to say.

>>19013827

... Sorry, I didn't understand that. The message is the same one, about sending someone over from Spring.

Would you like to call Lena? Or just send a reply message or something?

call the bitch and ask about the mind society and shit, tell her we got fucking mind raped and we'd liked to know what the fucks going on

>>19013853
You know how you sometimes forget what you were about to say sometimes in the middle of a conversation say it's like that but with the phone number this time if she ask why you didn't call anyone

>>19013853
We've never seen the message before. Where's Spring?

>>19013827
Lets pretend to be calling someone. Call clearly non-existant number (adding couple of numbers more than normal). Tell her they are not picking up.

>>19013888
sure that sounds easier it's just most phones have that call history thing which is why I didn't say that

Message is here:

> 'I'll bring someone round from Spring to talk to you, so hang in there. How hot do you want the rep to be?'

In a previous post. And I still don't understand what people are trying to do here.

>>19013888

Um... please clarify, why exactly are you doing this? As in, is it to cover your tracks, confuse Anne, confuse Lena, what?

Sorry, I'm really not understanding all that with the pretending to forget. Are you calling Lena, or not?

>>19013919
Actually I'm confused as you are why we wanted to grab the phone.
I thought it was to check the message but I guess we already knew about it?

>>19013939

We don't have a phone. We were going to get in touch with Lena, or I thought so.

Let's just call Lena, man. Go out of the flat, then ask her about what happens if I give my Word.

>>19013919
Don't worry about it HUGE misunderstanding on my part just call Lena and ask these questions about how the weird shit that been going on and what those terms the guy was throwing everywhere like "wildling" and "Bestower"

>>19013948
This was not time and place to do this, you know?

>>19013967
Fine we should keep the number memorized

rolled 31 = 31

>>19013919
Oh, we read the message last time ?

Then put the phone down, say you'll call tomorrow if anne wonders what it was about.
We shouldn't get into a long conversation with lena when we're with anne.

Just scans the surroundings, to see if lena is a neighbour.

>>19013964
>>19013948
I think we'd better agree on a time to meet later and ask all those questions.

> Right. So the consensus, as I take it, is don't call. Sorry for being confused. I plead dinner, I'm eating now myself.

You put the phone back on the kitchen counter, and Anne looks at you. 'You were using my phone.'

'No!'

'Then who was that person?'

Wait, she doesn't know Lena? You blink. 'Man, I don't know either...'

'You didn't call anyone.'

'Nah, didn't... don't want to talk.'

'What's this, girlfriend trouble or something?' She flops back onto her mattress, stretching her arms out above her head. Rggh, don't look. Don't look. And then she sighs.

Your feelers don't sense any other Psychs around you. The apartments below are mostly quiet. People are watching TV. Isn't is awful how TV makes everyone stop thinking?

> What do/say?

>>19013975

> No worries, you have Lena's name card.

>>19014020
>Rggh, don't look. Don't look. And then she sighs.

Why not?
If she's showing her goods then she wants to be watched. I think.

>>19014020
Ooh... so that's what happened.
"what do you usually do of your evenings ? "

>>19014020
Fuck not much We can do just flop on the floor to collect your thoughts and clear your head

>>19014057

>>19014057
Probably. But invitations don't exempt from a certain restraint.

Does she have a tv ?If nothing else, I'd like to watch the news at some point.

>>19014140
>>19014091

> Oh, damned internet on my side.

You ask her what she normally does on her evenings. She looks clearly hesitant; you wonder if you should probe. She shrugs.

'Well, nothing much really. If there's work I do work, if not I just... watch tv... surf the net... maybe wank... oh wait, I mean-'

You try to look as if you hadn't heard that bit. Then you ask to turn on the TV, and turn to the news channel. Hmmm. Protests are going on in the city and another 8 cities... there was a shooting spree in some other country... more revolutions... elections have been scheduled for next year...

> Anything in particular you want to watch? Also, yeah, fine, you turn to glance at Anne now and then. She's got her eyes closed, but she's not sleeping, just listening to the news.

It may be because she's teasing us, but I suddenly don't want to do the effort of convincing her to have sex.

>>19014249
I find using mind powers to get laid morally reprehensible, personally.

>>19014235
Why the fuck are we watching TV right now?
FFS, we only pursued this girl because she was horny. How hard is it to realize that she is into sleeping with us?

Lets passively read her thoughts then.

>>19014235
I wanted to see if that stanson way killler did it again.

If not, ask anne if we can use her PC.
We should search for information that could be related to the psychs, and their organizations.
I don't think something so big could have gone on for years without any information about it readily available to those who look for it.

>>19014267
We went with her cause we needed a place to stay man what the fuck

>>19014235

Any news on the murders?

Also, let's not probe her mind. If she wants to tell us she will. And if she wants a lay, we'll accept, but mind-control sex is horrible.

>>19014267
>>19014289
Well, I pushed for sleeping at some girl's because sex could be available too. I feel nervous about it now, though.
But we didn't choose that girl because she was horny. The horny one was some girl who was drinking tea above the bookshop, IIRC, and we didn't go to her.

>>19014289
Am I confusing her with someone else?
I clearly remember us searching for a girl who was dtf the previous thread.

>>19014329
"Just then, you can hear the girl's thoughts about whether she should try to get a studio apartment. She knows somewhere, but the price appears to be too high. She can't pay 160 a week; her budget's 140 at most..." Different girl I'm guessing

>>19014265
>>19014295
Why ? Sex isn't bad, and mind control isn't either. She'll think it was her own decision to have simple consequenceless sex with a stranger. That shouldn't upset her.

>>19014287

'Hmm? Computer's over there.' Well, you saw it. She turns off the TV, then gets up to do the dishes as you surf the net.

You... blimey, you can't find anything about the Psychs. When you search for Psychs, wildlings and Bestowers, you get a few weird organisation websites, but none of them are about the things you've heard so far. More like, occult stuff.

Or maybe they're relevant and you just don't know what they're on about. You try looking for more things... maybe games? You find a game called Verlaufen, a role-playing game that's long since out of print. 1982, man. An expansion pack called Unerwünscht also went out of print 2 years after that. No materials...

You jump when a hand lands on your shoulder. 'Not using my comp for porn, are you? What's this?'

'It's just... work.'

'Work, eh.' The hand remains on your shoulder as she looks. 'You've got some weird shit psychology stuff, I'll tell you that. So what do you do on your evenings?'

She sits on the edge of her bed, propping her head on her hands and then her knees. You look back at the computer. Hmm.

> What do/say?
> Also, Anne is the girl who wanted to rent a room but had an expensive landlord. But if your reading is anything to go by, she seems quite interested too. You sense something she's wondering if she should talk to you about.

>>19014379

Try looking again at the computer. Search for any saved material of those games.

'Oh... kind of the same. Work... sleep... wanking... always looking for something better, I guess.'

See how she reacts.

>>19014379
As long as no mind control shenanigans then it's all right. Go on and try to seduce if you guys feel like it

>>19014379
"I like to take long walks around the city... watching the people and what they've done to the place.
But well, tonight the sights are good too."
Say it in a light tone.

Are we awkward or what ?

>>19014411
>>19014420
>>19014447

You go on about the work stuff. 'If there's no work I just take long walks, I like being outdoors. Taking in the sights. But tonight the sights are pretty nice too.'

Incidentally, you can't find anything on Verlaufen or Unerwünscht. Except a few pages of German.

Anne grins mischievously as you say it, and when you turn to her she's lying back in the bed already, propping up her head with her arms. How's she this pale in summer? 'Hmm. Good enough for a second look?'

Blimey, damn it they aren't. See, if only every day with a bad encounter with someone like a crackhead or another Psych ended with this, it'd all balance out nicely. No complaints.

> What do/say?

>>19014500

> Verlaufen

I see what you did there.

Also, let's just go for it. Be gentle, start with the legs, move up.

>>19014500
I'm not absolutely sure. A closer examination may be in order.

>>19014527
Try and use our mouth to make up for our inexperience wiht the rest.

mind probe her like a fucking tentacle

>>19014527
>>19014563

'I don't know, I'd have to check.'

So she allows you to check, murmuring and gasping as you go. You've... never really done this before, but if she's figured that out, she doesn't seem to mind. She hasn't showered yet, and there's a slight saltiness to her all over, which you savour and she offers gladly.

Just as you're about to get started, her cellphone starts ringing. 'Ah, shit,' she mutters, naked under you. 'Ignore it?'

'Yeah, they'll fuck off.'

At the end of the sex, you fall into a deep, long sleep; and if there were any dreams you cannot remember them. When you sense that it's next morning you half hope your face to be buried in Anne's breasts or something, but Anne's gone. Instead you hear voices in the kitchen.

'Horny devil.'

'It's only natural...'

> What do?

>>19014630

You decide not to do that; you're damn near losing control of your powers even without using them, and you don't want to drive her insane while fucking her. That would be uncalled for.

>>19014646
Wake up and smell the coffee.

Put on some clothes and go meet the others.

>>19014653
Thank you

>>19014495
Yeah. Yeah we are.

>>19014646
Get up. Get dressed. See who that is.

>>19014665
>>19014675

You try to remember what happened last night. You came. She came. There was screaming. There was a second time. She went quiet. You look up, turn around, and see that you are naked, and that it's Lena and another woman - a short woman with short-cropped hair dyed blue.

'Our little Casanova's awake,' she says. Lena shakes her head.

'You had sex with the woman? Did you start it or something?'

'Don't be so harsh, Lena...'

> What do/say?

>>19014707
No breaks for us at all I guess

>>19014707
Morning Lena, what brings you here and who's your friend.

I'll note that it was consensual and no coercion was involved. Would you mind letting me get some coffee?

>>19014707
Man, life was simpler when we were a hobo

>>19014707
I don't think I did. I was just looking for a place to sleep.
Where is she ? She's okay, right ?

>>19014747
Yeah man all we have to worry about was getting food and a nice place to nap not fighting super psyches

>>19014723
>>19014745
>>19014747

'Coffee's already here, and a new set of clothes too! Your t-shirt got, well, ripped.' The blue-haired girl is really sweeter than her looks would suggest, what with the piercings and earhoops.

Lena is as appealing as ever, miniskirt and long long legs, but she's clearly not turning on the charm today. 'No, I wasn't going to talk about consensual. Good that you didn't coerce. But you're new, Dylan, and you haven't had a handle on your powers yet.'

That sends a chill down your spine. 'Wait, what's happened to Anne?'

'Yeah, about that. We found her unconscious on the floor while you were sleeping on the bed. Brought her to hospital.'

Oh, dear god. Lena sighs. 'I'm not saying don't fuck, mate, fucking's great, we don't have rules on that. But people naturally lose control when they do it, eh. You must have fried some of her circuits.'

'Will she be okay, though?'

'She'll be fine. Just dazed. Probably wouldn't remember you either. Which might be a good thing! Oh, I'm Dawn by the way, and I'm from the Grain Shower.' Dawn smiles.

'She's the one from the Spring,' Lena mutters. 'You didn't say you wanted a hot one, so I brought her.' Dawn elbows her pretty hard.

> What do/say?

>>19014796
"Im sorry."

>>19014796
Man what the fuck I wish we were homeless again this shit is not cool first we got our ass kicked then we mind fried someone. Life as a psyche huh

>>19014796

"So that message WAS for me...."

"Damn, this whole thing is confusing. Anyone can help me to get my powers under control at least?"

lay back down and try to sleep with your pillow over your head

>>19014796
Thanks for the clothes and coffee. And for taking care of Anne.
Am I supposed to know what you're talking about ?

>>19014796
Shake hands, smile, and ask what you should know.

>>19014796
It's lovely to meet you Dawn, and thanks for taking care of Anne, I didn't know that would happen. I guess I should avoid fucking normal people for the time being.

Life was so much simpler when I was a hobo.

Get some coffee and chat with them, see if we can bargain one or both of them into helping train us and giving us more information on how the city is divided.

>>19014866
I like this one

>>19014845
>>19014828
>>19014815
>>19014835

Dawn sighs. 'Well, Lena was being lazy yesterday, thought you'd stick around in the park so she'd go for lunch and find you again. But then you wandered off. The thing is, I'm from the Grain Shower office of the Spring Congregation, and Lena over here is from the White Dew office of the Autumn Congregation. And that's why I'm so pleasant, and she's being a bitch. Anyway...'

'Wait, wait. You got your ass kicked - is it YOU? With Jeffrey?' Lena buries her face in her hands and groans. 'Did you promise him anything? What did he get you to promise?'

'Oh, heavens, did you promise anything? Remember, Dylan, you're a Psych, you can't promise things willy-nilly - those things count and have weight!'

> What do/say?

>>19014908
"Yeah. I did promise to to actively drain people in [that place]"

>>19014908
say we didn;t promise anything.

then suggest we go out for breakfast. ask about the Conservatives and what the hell they want.

>>19014908
"...uh, we promised to not drain anyone on Mavensgate"

>>19014908
Given that he was bleeding my brain out of my ears I promised not to actively feed in Mavensgate. I didn't really have much of a choice, though I figured it was binding and breaking it would have consequences.

That aside how exactly does this congregation thing work, how many offices are there in each congregation.

>Grain Shower office of the Spring Congregation
> White Dew office of the Autumn Congregation
starting to sound a little changeling up in here

>>19014937
sums it up pretty well

>>19014937
second

>>19014908
How can I remember ? I don't know anything...

>>19014964
She did say no promises

>>19014908
And what are those congregations ?

>>19014950
>>19014923
>>19014924
>>19014933
>>19014937

'You promised what?'

'Not to feed! Well, not to actively feed! Look, he was trying to boil my brains out of my ears, all right?'

'In the city?'

'No, no, just Mavensgate!'

Dawn nods. 'See, I told you Jeff is a reasonable bloke.'

'Granted, it could be way fucking worse,' Lena sits on the Orkøn chair, crosses her legs. You'd pay good money to- okay you better stop thinking such things. 'Well. Looks like you got off easy this time. I'm sorry, myself, all right... I should've explained this stuff to you, but I got hungry and went to have a burrito. Man, you're good at fucking off though! Couldn't find you the entire day. Had to rely on the guys from Summer to trace a phone next to yours and send you that message. But it ended in a good knobbing so no complaints, eh.'

'Don't mind Lena, she's had too much coffee. You asked about the Congregations. We are the Free Community of Psychs, and we welcome people who seem to have become Psychs without Bestowers. This is a relatively recent phenomenon, around a century old, so we're a young organisation.

'In terms of the Congregations, we have four of them. Spring does the support work, making friends. Summer is involved deeply in the society of normal people. Autumn are the police and the boring civil servants, and Winter are the fighters. Each court then has six offices, one for each solar term.'

'Your little new lay would now,' Lena says, looking at the pile of books.

>

>>19015021

Dawn continues. 'Now. Psychs like us, and Psychs like Jeff, are different. Jeff has got a Bestower and he knows it, and so he's been part of the Bestower's province, he's got his territory. A lot of the city is carved into territories, but there's 12 million people so there's plenty to go around. What you basically did, whatever it was, was you fed off someone on Jeff's ground. Naturally, he's angry.'

'Naturally he's a dick, too.'

'I'll just get the Rainwater Office to talk to him. Kiss and make up. Jeff's a nice bloke! Really he is...'

> What do/say? Would you like to see the full list of offices?

>>19015021
>'Your little new lay would [k]now,'

"what's that supposed to mean"

Take a closer look at the books.

>>19015021
Go on...

>>19015078
What is a Bestower? Does having one just give you clout or does it make you more powerful? How long can people like us live?

And yes to the full list of offices, even if we don't join them we're going to have to interact with them pretty often.

>>19015078
>Would you like to see the full list of offices?
Very much so, maybe look at getting an intern type deal going, to help us sharpen our control and learn the 'lay of the land' as it were.

>>19015078
What are the Conservationists ?

Righto then, Offices time.

Also, catalog.neet.tv/tg is your friend; this thread should be hitting limit soon.

The Spring Congregation is concerned with nurturing the power of the Psychs, as well as in nurturing the community of Psychs within a city. They are teachers, conflict resolvers, and diplomats - even talking to the Bestowers, who all too often are the foes of the community.

Spring Begins - the induction office of the Congregation.

Rainwater - the Rainwater office provides logistics support, and serves as a liaison between the community and other entities - Bestowers, other cities’ communities, and even Creations in some cases.

Roused Insects - the Roused Insects office is dedicated to nurturing and monitoring potentially manifesting Psychs, and to studying the phenomena of incipient manifestations.

Vernal Equinox - the leaders of the Spring Congregation, known as being teachers and nurturers.

Bright Clarity - people of the Bright Clarity office dedicates itself to keeping track of new abilities, as well as keeping track of their possible consequences - especially Creations.

Grain Shower - the people of the Grain Shower are often instructors, and also help in creating safe locations and houses within the city to support the community.

> Also, for the historical context, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_term

>>19015078
So changing the world with my own two brains is out of reach ?

Summer

The Summer Congregation believes that thought is nothing without action. They are people of action - actively trying to extend the influence of the Psychs in the affairs of the world. They often disavow the actions of some of their more creative kin, or even consider them threats to the greater world in which Summer is the most deeply involved.

Summer Begins - the induction office of the Congregation.

Abundance - they are the treasurers, economists, and often the monitors of economic trends, preoccupied with securing the real-world prosperity of Psychs.

Awns - the Awns are often the planners of Summer operations, whether of a social, political, or economic nature. They, and the Abundance, are the most involved in the affairs of normal people.

Summer Solstice - the leaders of the Summer Congregation, famed for their drive, enthusiasm and organisation.

Minor Heat - the Minor Heat are the people who keep track of real world threats and enemies to their cities and homes.

Major Heat - the Major Heat is the combat arm of Summer, devoted to attacking its foes in the real world. This mostly includes normal humans, though it can also include Creations.

>>19015125
>>19015144

Participation in the Community is not obligatory. It has a lot of perks, though. And joining it doesn't mean you can't change the world. A quarter of the Community tries to do that actively.

As for the Conservationists, it's what the Autumn sometimes call themselves. They're the rulekeepers, after all.

>>19015137
>Grain Shower - the people of the Grain Shower are often instructors, and also help in creating safe locations and houses within the city to support the community.

Maybe we should look into getting some place to live at for a bit and get some instruction on uses of our powers? This whole crashing with normal people isn't going well.

Autumn

The Autumn Congregation is about order, foresight, the careful preparations for dangerous times ahead. They are the enforcers of rules, the keepers of records, and the people who give a firm backbone to the community at large - administrators, bookkeepers, police.

Autumn Begins - the induction office of the Congregation.

Limit of Heat - these are the administrative and regulative arm of the Community; their focus is mostly to avoid drawing attention to Psychs, by reining in their fellows.

White Dew - the White Dew office keeps records for the community at large, allowing them to monitor Psychs, and potential episodes of dangerous Creation, mass manifestations, or the undue interventions of Bestowers.

Autumnal Equinox - the leaders of the Autumn Congregation, known as legislators, enforcers, and disciplinarians.

Cold Dew - the Cold Dew office keeps careful track of other Psychs within the city, and their masters; they are the spies to the diplomats of Rainwater.

Frost Descends - the combat arm of Autumn, and the police of the community as a whole.

Winter

The Winter Congregation is about protection and defence - making use of harsh measures to guard the seeds of a new year. They are the defenders, the militants, the wall around the community.

Winter Begins - the training arm of the Congregation.

Snowfall - this company is the reconnaissance arm of Winter, keeping a broad outlook to defend the community against other cities and communities.

Blizzard - this company is the arm that fights non-community Psychs and their Bestowers or masters.

Winter Solstice - the commanders of Winter, they are fierce, dedicated and often combatant.

Little Cold - the anti-Creation combat arm of the community, they deal with the frequent consequences of the Psychs’ creative powers.

Great Cold - the heavy combat arm of Winter, mobilised for large-scale threats - be it from other communities, non-community Psychs, Bestowers, or even major human enemies.

>>19015137
>The Spring Congregation

"Anyway to get in contact with Spring Congregation?
I'd like some instructions and training."

>>19015233
That's where Dawn comes in, she's Spring, more specifically the branch of it that are instructors and create safe locations for people like us. She's exactly what we were looking for.

>>19015233
Think that why dawn is here

>>19015233
That's what blue girl is here for, I bet.

>>19015233
fuck that, Winter Begins.
'Hobo Psyche Goes to Bootcamp.'

>>19015188
>>19015233

You're talking to Dawn - she's from Grain Showers! Would you like to find a place to live? She could probably arrange a house for you, and it's up to availability and where you'd like to live.

Do you want a posher place, like Mavensgate, or do you not mind? Would you like to be near shopping, parks, universities - any particular requests?

rolled 93 = 93

>>19015252
>>19015253
>>19015257

Oh, alright.
Lets have a training montage then!

>>19015270
As long as there is no crackheads it's cool

How come you guys don't rule the world ?

Also, by the way, you aren't fixed in one court forever, so don't worry about it. Most people will go into Spring to start, then move on into Summer or wherever else.

Or if you're into social work and diplomacy, you stay in Spring and help out the other youngsters, like Dawn here.

>>19015270
Given that we just stopped being a hobo we aren't really that picky about the location. Good company preferred. Easy access to books and learning.

>>19015270
Is that a gift ?

>>19015292
Yeah we been a psyches for a couple of days so yeah we gonna kick everyone ass and take shit over makes perfect sense that is like a level one character in DnD doing the same thing. It's not gonna happen

>>19015270
Lets not go to Mavensgate

>>19015309
We cut our teeth on the streets, somewhere Spartan and Austere but with decent access to amenities
>>19015321
Also this

>>19015321
That seems smart.

Lets check if theres any locked into the community or anything, or if they can help us not kill all the normals we're around then let us make our decision.

>>19015320
I'm asking why the mass of powerful mindcontrollers that have been organized for at least a century don't rule the world, not why I don't rule the world.

>>19015301
Wait, we didn't agree to join those guys yet. They're nice and all, but we still don't see the whole thing.

Is that just a matter of the bestowers vs. the congregations ? What are creations ?

>>19015292
>>19015288
>>19015309
>>19015321
>>19015314
>>19015320

'Gift? We... don't give gifts.' Dawn then flashes you a smile. 'Kidding. But as long as you're receiving our kindness - and it is kindness, I'm serious - you must live by our rules. We may even have work for you to do from time to time.'

Meanwhile Lena ticks off the checklist, and then looks at you. 'You just want to stay in Mavensgate, don't you?'

'Well, that'd be nice, except I can't now...'

'Good. You have a brain in your skull.' Lena thinks about it. 'Saffernsway? There's plenty of normal girls for you to have there, is for sure...'

'Lena! Well, that place is next to a library. And a university college. And a high school. Two, two high schools. It's a council estate, though, but not a crackhead-populated one. Fits your bill?'

> Yes/No?
> What else do/say?

'Also, so you guys are magic mind-bending guys who can twist the world here and there. Why are you doing social work instead of running the world?'

'If we ran the world, buddy, we'd destroy it in a jiffy.' Lena sighs. 'In any case, we kind of already do run the world. You know, O'Shaughnessy had the right idea.'

.... who? do you know?

>>19015422
Fuck no.

All we have heard about the community comes from two chicks. Could be complete BS, could be they do exist but they're massive cunts.

Why the fuck should we accept what they say as the truth. Ask them to show you proof for what they say. I mean, hell, we could just keep hoboing around, mindfucking people into letting us sleep for the night and keep moving around.

>>19015422
>O'Shaughnessy
"We are the music makers?"

>>19015422
>'Good. You have a brain in your skull.' Lena thinks about it. 'Saffernsway? There's plenty of normal girls for you to have there, is for sure...'

"Well, it doesn't matter. I had no place to sleep just few days ago so pretty much anything is going to be fine."

"Is it a nice place?"

>>19015422
Sounds like a nice place, it fits my bill quite fine. I like the library and college bit, plenty of books and learning opportunities.

Don't worry about the girls around there, after tonight I'm not planning on using my suave to pick up normals until I know what I'm doing.

Who is O'Shaughnessy anyhow?

>>19015422
We don't know.

Finding a place isn't a priority. Our survival is accounted for in any case, but we don't even know what we want to do with our new life.
I need more information.

>>19015465
Dude mind rape shenanigans cause our ass kicking and don't say lack of training what is 2 days of training gonna do.

'Ah. Creations.' Lena lets Dawn explain. 'You kind of figure what we do. We live off the will of others to act, think, and live. And sometimes our actions and the influence they have on normal people allow the normals to come up with great things.

'The ideal state for us Psychs is not to drift around consuming random bits of thought that have no coherence. It is to grow a deep circle of normal human friends, lovers, acquaintances. The more we know about someone, the more satisfying it is to feed off them. And the reverse is also true.'

'Zelda and Scott Fitzgerald. Zelda's the Psych, in case you were wondering.' Lena stands up, makes herself another coffee. What, four now? 'But not everyone is fucking Scott Fitzgerald, and most other normal people come up with nothing but nightmares. They believe in them, it gets perpetuated, and they can gain actual form.'

'Like vampires. The blood ones.'

'The next time I see another vampire that glitters in the sun, I will... never mind.'

> What do/say/ask? Sorry, I'll just deal with questions as I see them.

>>19015515
We don't have to mind rape someone to make them want to put up with us for the night.

>>19015507
I agree with this guy

yeah, join them or whatever, if it turns out they're dicks we can always leave

>>19015422
What's that idea ?

>>>19015465
We don't accept it as the thruth. But it's worth listening to anyway.

>>19015482
>>19015491

> Thank you!

We are the music makers,
And we are the dreamers of dreams,
Wandering by lone sea-breakers,
And sitting by desolate streams;—
World-losers and world-forsakers,
On whom the pale moon gleams:
Yet we are the movers and shakers
Of the world for ever, it seems.

As Psychs, you have considerable influence over the creative forces that people can muster. So you lie behind the movers and shakers, quite often.

>>19015535
If they know where we live, we may not be able to leave. Hell, could be a massive Highlander trap. That jeffrey dude was a dick, who knows if this is a duo of psychs that come up with BS to feed off new Psychs

>>19015562
They can find us now though just putting that out there

>>19015562
Because feeding off each other doesn't seem to be viable.

And because metagame wise who would type up all that shit just for loltrap u ded?

It's been a bit of an info flood, so let me just summarise some of the relevant bits.

> In exchange for joining the Community, they're offering you digs.
> The Community is for guys like you without a Bestower, but it's not obligatory.
> Bestowers are extremely rare, and Creations are the nightmarish creations of men whose creativity have been led astray.

... And that's about it, I think? Other than the offices and the Congregations.

(This is not *too* like CtL is it)

>>19015535
Don't join them. Not yet. Maybe tomorrow.

>>19015527
I want to know about the history of the psys. When did that start ? How did it develop, in parallel with the rest of humanity's history ? What are the last developments ?

>>19015612
Every DM I have ever played with.

But CirrusandN is generally good with not dicking us over for not metagaming.

Changing my vote to accept, but still be wary.

>>19015616
Accept but trust them about as far as we can throw a tank.

>>19015616
>(This is not *too* like CtL is it)
not especially, just saw a parallel wit the seasonal hierarchy bit going on. Whatever it is its good, certainly better than 'lol-nondescript-shadowy-organization-lol'

if we join is it binding forever?

just join already, goddamn

You don't have to join yet. Dawn and Lena are here to intervene.

'We don't want you to turn into the Stanton Killer, you know?' Dawn sighs. Lena just looks even more annoyed now.

'What... what happened to him?'

'They're hunting him. And we're hunting him too, but rather more subtly. Everyone's hunting him. It's quite sad. If you got Anne or someone else killed, that'd be sad too.'

'Oh yes, one more question. Can we feed off each other?'

There is a long pause as they look at you, then at each other, then at you again. Then Lena shrugs. 'Yep. We call it Morus. It's not frequent, and it's probably best you don't mention it to every Psych you come across. They'll think you rather deranged.'

> Well. I guess it just comes down to join/not join then. I'll take a shower, come back, and see, so take your time discussing.

>>19015678
>>19015665
>>19015658
Why are you in such a hurry ? We still don't know what to do with ourselves and the rest.
The offer will stand for a few hours at least.

>>19015704
Fuck joining, but if we get a free place to stay, some basic lessons in 'Not Killing Everyone You Talk To 101' then lets go for it. Aslong as its not binding we can always just go 'thanks for the lessons, now fuckoff'

>334 replies, 0 sages
rapidly approaching auto-sage

we may as well join and feel it out, if shit goes south, we should be able to use our hobo-skills to disappear fairly quickly.

>>19015700
Join, feel out the organization, be ready to bug out at a moments notice.

>>19015700
I for one don't think the time to decide is now.

I really want to know more about the history and politics of the psychs.
Is it a world wide organization ? Does it have long-term goals ? What are the others psy organizations, be them rivals or concerned with other things ? What's the deal with jeffrey and his bestower ?

Join. We've been royally fucking up on our own without guidance, and a clearly not qualified to fly solo at this point.

Join but be weary we really need the "don't kill all humans" lesson

>>19015700
Lets join. We can leave later it seems.
Besides, we need training

Ask them what Morus is

>>19015782
They just said what it is

>>19015792
I think he means stuff like 'Is it psych v psych, mutual feeding, subservience?' etc

>>19015792
What exactly it is and why it is a taboo subject.
Jeez.
There must be a reason for that, no?

>>19015792
And didn't explain what it is beyond "feeding on each other".

So I take it current consensus is get some lessons and look around but don't commit till we know more?

I approve.

> I see the consensus is join, but with plenty of reservations. So a post to try and address some things.

'Look. If I join the community, I'm not stuck in there forever, am I? If I really can't stand you guys - no offence - but if I really can't - then I bugger off. Yes?'

'Yes.' Dawn nods firmly. 'We believe in three principles. Duty, not Power; Responsibility, not Entitlement; Consent, not Fealty. So your question lies under the third bit. You must confirm that you understand these three principles, but that is not a promise, not the sort you made to Jeff.'

As for Morus, Lena explains that it's named after the mulberry tree, which is planted to feed silkworms. And silkworms can easily strip an entire tree bare. So Morus refers to the ugliest, most voracious of hungers.

Basically, Morus is the culmination of some particularly brutal conflicts, when the victor has the capacity to completely destroy the loser. A large part of the loser's power is taken in by the victor, but the victor also pays a price, in that he will have to accommodate the loser's voice in his head. 'Needless to say, once you commit Morus enough times, your head becomes the UN conference hall. Bloated, and thoroughly ineffective.'

> Any more questions?

>>19015940
Well, I'll try to avoid that, my head's screwy enough without putting more voices in it.

What are some good exercises I can do on my own time to improve control over my abilities and to strengthen them?

>>19015940
So we could leave if it sucks completely huh then yeah join we need to learn how to not drive people insane

>>19016017
agreed

>>19015940
Lets join and get some training already!

>>19015940
See
>>19015771
>>19015619
for more questions.

> Decision: join!

You repeat after them the Acknowledgement of the Three Principles; after that little run in with Jeffrey you're very careful to repeat the lines only after you make sure they haven't got undertakings in them.

'I do understand the Three Principles... I do my duty, and seek not power... we legislate by consent, and not by fealty... ' it goes on for a bit more. But once you say that, this time you don't feel any headaches, and Dawn simply comes up to hug you. 'Welcome! It's rare we get two manifesting on a single night, you know. It's a pity we've lost the other one, but you'll do good, won't you?'

'I'm not promising anything like that,' you mutter.

Lena, meanwhile, is going off to the Hospital to fetch Anne. 'Want to make sure she doesn't know what's going on. You have good taste in girls, Dylan. But until you can keep your brain in your skull, please keep your bits in your jeans, eh? Toodles.'

Dawn is going to Saffernsway, meanwhile.

> What do? Who go with?

>>19016114
Go with Dawn, she'll be at the very least involved in teaching us, we should get to know her better, get to know where we're going to live, and be utterly suave and charming while doing so.

>>19016114
Lets go with lena.

>>19016114
follow dawn I guess, check out the new digs.

>>19016101

Will answer those in due course. I've noted them, but thanks for pointing them out. Much obliged.

>>19016114
Go with Dawn. She came to help us, right?

>>19016114
If dawns actually gonna be showing us our digs, lets go with her. If not, Lena. She seems fun.

>>19016198
>>19016174
>>19016140
>>19016130

'So, Dawn... is this going to the new place?'

'Ayup.' She walks off, but not before clearing everything up properly in the flat. You can totally see why she's in Spring.

The drive to Saffernsway takes about 30 minutes; Saffernsway is much nearer the city centre, resting along the south of the Herring Lake which then runs into the City River. Naturally, it's a nice and relatively idyllic place. Ironically, it's kind of like the park where you slept in the past. So things have gone full circle rather quickly.

Dawn is surprisingly quiet while driving, and her taste in music is mostly old school rock. Nothing much to complain about there. 'Aaaand we're here!' She finally announces.

> Roll 3d100 for your digs.
> Also, once you've settled into your digs, I must admit I need to draw up a rough character focus guide first. So the actual training bit will have to be deferred to next session. But if you'd like to stay and socialise with the neighbourhood (BITS IN PANTS DYLAN) feel free to do so. What say you?

>>19016114
I'd say we should go with Lena, to check on Anne.
Also, I'm more interested in her take on things.
No, it's not because she's the hottest.

Take dawn's number or agree to meet at some point to get a place and start your involvement with them.

rolled 25, 95, 77 = 197

>>19016251
ROLLAN

rolled 96, 68, 33 = 197

>>19016251
"By the way... it's safe to have sex with a psych, right ?"

rolled 41, 26, 63 = 130

a fucking mansion

Also, don't worry too much about Lena. You're in the Community now, and you have her phone number. You can always ask her out.

If Dawn's being honest, there's no shortage of Lenas in the Community. 'Don't you just love her legs? Such lovely legs! Miniskirts work like magic on her. I can't do miniskirts. Well, there's plenty of miniskirt-fit girls in Spring. Not so many in Autumn, I don't know why Lena is in there really.'

> Roll for digs, meanwhile!

rolled 24, 85, 40 = 149

>>19016251
modern sparse and austere

rolled 97, 90, 82 = 269

>>19016318
>>19016251
Rolling

>>19016350
Nice

>>19016350

This! With modernist architecture please!

rolled 37, 52, 65 = 154

>>19016295
laaaaaaaaaaaaaadies please

Theres enough hobo dick for everyone

>>19016318
Well since we're talking crudely... how much of it is an illusion, if any ?

>>19016369
indeed

>>19016350
Noice

>>19016350

> Cor Blimey.

'Well, this apartment is fantastic, and it's all because of this girl, Numnang from Summer. She's a banker, her parents bought her this apartment, and she had it redone and turned it over to us, it's so wonderful.'

'Redone when?'

'Oh, just. I haven't seen it my-' she turns the key and then opens the door. 'Um. Myself.'

You step in. This isn't a bloody apartment, it's a freaking penthouse. Sixth floor, overlooking Herring Lake, with enormous windows for natural light and white, green and black decor.

'I just have to say, Dylan, I can't assign this to you alone,' Dawn mutters. 'But for now, you are a lucky bastard.'

You count four bedrooms in all, and each bedroom seems vast. It's partly the light, and partly the arrangement of the decor, but... bloody hell.

> What do/say?

>>19016444
"Laaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaadies"

"Contain yourselves"

then usher her towards the bedroom