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You decide to explore the right pathway. After all, the path less traveled often leads to more loot, or something like that. You're paraphrasing. You peer into the darkness for a moment while reaching for the lantern at your hip. Gently, you detach it from your belt and carefully channel some vys into your palm. You release it with a burst, and the lantern springs to life. You think the front of it might actually be glowing, though you can't be sure. You reattach it to your belt and delve into the gloom.

In the narrow hallways, your lantern does a good job of illuminating the area. You can clearly make out all the minute details, few though they are. You note thick groupings of metal cord lining the top of the hallways on either side, they're banded together by rings of metal which glow faintly with what you think might be letters, though not from any language you understand. Come to think of it, they remind you of the glowing symbols you see whenever you channel vys into that metal plate guarding your forearm to take your armor on or off.
(1/2 or 3)

As you proceed further down the hallway, you start to notice splotches of brown here and there. Usually grouped next to gashes in the metal walls or holes in the grating. At first, you merely thought it was rust, but quickly realize that there is far too little moisture in the air to rust iron. If you had to guess, you'd say it was blood from some long forgotten battle. You've seen no corpses or skeletons or even dropped equipment along the hall though. Who might have been invading this underground complex is also beyond you, you're not even sure how one would get into this facility under normal circumstances.

Eventually the hallway ends in a small metal hatch, with a wheel on your end. It seems locked in place by two long metal bars, which you think the wheel might control. You can faintly make out Rhynian letters along either side of the hatch, though you don't understand the words and the red paint they were written in has long since faded or begun to flake off. As you reach for the hatch to open the door you feel Chryssa tap your shoulder, and almost jump out of your skin.

“Maybe... this is not wise. Some things are best left forgotten. This place feels wrong.”

You're inclined to dismiss her protest as paranoia, besides the ominous signs and the stale air you've sensed nothing amiss on a magical level.

>Well, let's leave it shut anyway. This place is creepy.
>Life is either a daring adventure or nothing, onwards!
>Write-in

>>30548308
>Life is either a daring adventure or nothing, onwards!

>>30548308
>>Life is either a daring adventure or nothing, onwards!
>>Write-in
Prepare for something to jump out.

>>30548308
>Life is either a daring adventure or nothing, onwards!
Also can we try channeling Vys into the symbols first?

>>30548262
>>30548277
Does this mean we can become proficient with metamagic or that there are different tiers?
Metamagic Difficulty Levels
-Beginner DC 20 to learn.
-Intermediate DC 25 to learn.
-Complex DC 30 to learn.
?

>>30548374
The symbols on your wrist guard or the symbols on the rings binding the cords?

>>30548308
>"We can't just leave it alone forever, Chryssa. If it feels wrong we can at least try to fix whatever happened here.

Besides, if we don't go farther you won't have anywhere to carve your name."

>>30548395
It means both!
Effects like Burst, Ranged, and Weapon Channeling are pretty basic, most Vatis know them.
Effects like leaping require a lot more finesse and skill, they're common but not terribly so.
Effects like Permanency, Vys, and Time are damn near impossible to find and incredibly hard to master to boot.

You learn each metamagic effect individually though. Not as a lump of spells like you do with elements.

>>30548397
cords, unless channeling something into our guard does something.

>>30548438
Sweet, what do the higher levels of ranged do?

>>30548308
>>Life is either a daring adventure or nothing, onwards!

>>30548465
Oh, there aren't tiers in that way. I misunderstood. Once you learn a metamagic effect you know as much as there is to know about it.

>Writing for ONWARDS! with some experimentation.

Here is hopping we can finish shopping after the dungeon dive, we still had enchanted gear/maybe some tomes/ and maybe a bow to check out.

>>30548491
Also might be a good idea to buy rumors.
We should have tried tricking some one at this place into trying to go after the mint.

>>30548490
>>30548397
Why not both, can we try to see what happens when we channel Elements into the armour?

>>30548505
We can still do that. Hell, we know not to wear our fancy armour now when we do too!

>>30548491
Let's just sock up on as many random magic items as possible.

You ignore Chryssa's protest for a moment, grabbing hold of the locking wheel. You hesitate before opening the hatch though. “If there is something wrong and we leave it alone, it will simply grow worse until either someone else opens the door or it breaks free of these confining walls and spreads into the countryside.” You can't recall anything of that sort actually happening before, you've never heard of magical contamination or anything of the sort, but you suppose there is a first time for everything. The Rhynians were known for dabbling with that best left alone.

Chryssa doesn't say anything, though you note she draws an arrow from her quiver and nocks it, backing away from the hatch while you're preparing to turn the wheel. Suddenly though, an idea strikes you. “Wait, my armor has some strange capabilities. Maybe it can interact with the ruins somehow?” Chryssa scrunches up her brow. “Well, I suppose there's a chance. Don't waste time though, I want to get this over with already...”
(1/2 or 3)

Well who made her the Queen of Time Mana-whatever, neither here nor there. You set your spear aside gently and raise your forearm guard into the lantern light. Carefully, you channel a minute amount of Vys into the guard. A fraction of a fraction of your capacity. It springs to life, but does not unlock your armor like a sudden burst of power does. Instead a panel slides away, just like it had when you put the armor on for the first time, and precise blue characters are displayed against the screen.

You alter the flow of vys subtly, shifting it to water. You feel the subtle hum that pervades the ruin fill your head, slowly becoming deafening though not painful, uncomfortable perhaps. You can feel a throbbing, pulsing power from the metal cords lining the tops of the hallway, and on a whim you channel the vys flowing into your wrist guard towards one of the thick glowing rings binding the cords together.

There's a flash, and your vision cuts out.
(2/3)

When next you become conscious of your surroundings, your ears are wringing painfully and your vision is filled with spots. You've fallen to one knee on the ground, hands clutching at where your ears would be if they were not covered by the helmet. Slowly your senses fade back into clarity, though the ringing persist at the edge of your hearing. You note that the cords have been severed neatly, the ring you channeled vys into sitting on the ground cracked in half and no longer glowing.

Chryssa is staring at you like you've gone insane. Well, actually that might just be her default expression. It's hard to tell. “You've been crouched like that ever since the cords broke. Did... something happen?”

>Continue experimenting
>Just open the door and get on with this.
>Write-in

>>30548926
>>Continue experimenting
deeeeeeeeeeeeeeeperrrrrrrrr

>>30548926
So the rings are... fuses, I guess?

>>30548926
>Just open the door and get on with this.
Ya, we're done with that.

>>30548926
>>Continue experimenting

>>30548953
No.

We probably shouldn't be trying to touch the power cables. we should experiment on something else.

Writin' for
>Continue Experimenting

Well, that was unpleasant. Painful, in fact. You're not going to try that again. “Yes, well. I tried forcing some power into that ring. It... didn't go well.” Chryssa glares at you. “The middle of a ruin is no place to start experiments! What if you fiddle with something you don't understand and get hurt? Actually, not what if, that's what you just did!” Okay, well, she has a point there. You raise your hands in mock surrender. “I know, I know, there's just something else I have to try.”

She doesn't stop glaring, but at least doesn't nag you any further. You note the panel has slid back into place since you blacked out, so you channel more vys into the gauntlet. It springs to life once more, apparently undamaged. Taking a closer look at the characters they're definitely letters or symbols of some sort, but you don't know from what language. They're not Rhynian, or at least not any Rhynian symbol you've ever seen.

You attempt to subtly switch the flow of vys from raw energy to fire magic. It... doesn't go well. You don't have enough control over fire to properly control it yet, and what ends up happening is the flow turns into a sudden burst and you instead just end up blasting the floor with a gout of flame.
>Vys Pool: (13/14)
(1/2)

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Well, that wasn't entirely unproductive, but you definitely need to be more knowledgeable about an element before you try channeling it into this weird gauntlet. The panel slides closed now that the vys flow is cut off and Chryssa motions to the door. “Get on with it, oh daring adventurer.”

Was that actually sarcasm? You're surprised she understands sarcasm. With a grumble you grab hold of the wheel and twist it to the unlocked position. Then, before pushing it open, you take your spear in hand and hold it at the ready. With a light kick the hatch sails open smoothly, the hinges making not a sound, and you're faced with the cavernous chamber beyond.

The first thing that catches your eye are the... statues? You think they're statues facing into the gloom that blankets the chamber beyond the golden glow of your lantern. They're great metal things, a long pole with a hole bored down the center of it extending towards the rest of the chamber. They have four wheeled legs, and they seem meant to be carted around. Some sort of fleshy mass is draped over them though, binding them to the floor.
(2/3, I lied)

Looking past the statues, you take a few steps further into the chamber. The floor seems spider webbed with that fleshy mass. It almost reminds you of some sort of fungus that you might see growing over a rotting log or stale bread. You poke part of the mass with your foot and it yields easily, no response of course. You start to patrol the edges of the room and find that the mass seems to originate from what you can only assume are vents, spilling forth to blanket the near-by walls and crawl along the floor.

There are also two doors in the room, on opposite ends of the chamber. They're both metal hatches much like the one you entered through, neither of them closed. One seems to lead into another long hallway, where as the other was so gummed over with that fleshy stuff you'd need to cut through it to get a look.
>Investigate the statues
>Through the growth-covered hatch
>Into the other hallway.

>>30549395
>>Investigate the statues

>>30549395
>Investigate the statues

>>30549395
>Through the growth-covered hatch
Obviously nobodies been through there. Therefore that's where we'll find all the loot!

>>30549395
Burn the floor first though.

Writing for
>Investigate statues

You return to the hatch you entered through, taking a look at those statues. They seem to have a place for somebody to sit, and controls on a panel next to the seat. Perhaps not statues, but some kind of... looking glass sort of device? The control panels are both long since dead, the fleshy mold seeming to have grown into the cords and the control panels themselves. They're shot completely but maybe if you managed to disassemble them and take them above ground you might find something interesting about them.

As you're investigating the statues, you hear what sounds like stomping against the metal grating that makes up the floor of the hallway to your left. It's approaching fast, you'd say there's at least two people. They're probably running. How could they have survived so long down here without food and water though? Perhaps they've been eating the mold?

>Retreat through the hatch.
>Hide, see if you can get a look at them.
>Wait, what do you have to fear?
>Write-in

>>30549614
>>Hide, see if you can get a look at them.

>>30549614
>Hide, see if you can get a look at them

>>30549614
>>Hide, see if you can get a look at them.

>>30549614
>Hide, see if you can get a look at them.
Is Chryssa with us? An archer would be crazy handy if these are monsters coming to murder us.

>Hide
Writin

>>30549655
She's been hanging out by the door, doesn't seem too happy to be here.

>>30549679
>doesn't seem too happy to be here.
Glad she's leaving eventually. She's very negative.

>>30549679
tell her to stop being such a Debbie downer

You duck down behind the statue you're inspecting, and motion for Chryssa to get down. She slips into position behind the other statue and draws her arrow back, aiming her bow at the hallway the noise is coming from. Quickly you extinguish your lantern so as to prevent the glow from giving you away. The room is plunged into total darkness. You can barely see your hand in front of your face, let alone the entrance to the hallway.

You belatedly realize the door is open and that's sure to give you away, but that can be dealt with later. It's only moments later that the stomping footsteps reach the room and stop abruptly. You can hear someone panting, though you only hear one person. Footsteps pad lightly across the metal floor as they approach the statues where you're hiding. Two pair, although you note the gait is odd. Perhaps not two people, but an animal of some sort? Regardless, you can barely see five feet in front of you with the lights off like this.

>Turn on your lantern, face whatever it is. Probably just an animal that got in.
>Retreat and close the door behind you and Chryssa.
>Just wait, maybe it will lose interest.

>>30549860
>>Just wait, maybe it will lose interest.

>>30549860
>Just wait, maybe it will lose interest.

Rolled 2, 9, 8 = 19

>Wait it out
Roooll 3d10

Rolled 3, 10, 5 = 18

>>30549940

Rolled 10, 8, 10 = 28

>>30549940
Rollan.

>>30549974
You I like

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>>30549974
yes

Rolled 4, 8, 1 = 13

>>30549940

>>30549950
>>30549974
>>30550003
>18,28,13
Regular failure. Use 1 Vys to make it a success?

>>30550043
Yes

>>30550043
Of course

As the creature grows closer, you can start to make out a hazy outline. It's definitely quadrupedal, and it seems... unnatural. It's torso is bulbous and misshapen, its head lacks definition, like a sculptor abandoned his work half-finished. It has two muscular back legs and two relatively scrawny front legs which it uses to support itself. You think you might actually be able to pick out exposed musculature, or maybe that's bone?

It sniffs in your general direction, closing in. Apparently it's having just as much trouble seeing you as you are it, but it's got a sharper nose evidently. It's definitely picked up your scent, but it doesn't seem to know what the scent is. You channel a little vys and cram yourself tightly into the crux between the statue's control panel and its leg. Eventually, it seems to give up and instead follow your scent through the hatch you entered through, towards the surface.
>Vys Pool: (12/14)

>Well that simply won't do, ambush the abomination now that it's back is turned.
>Onwards! The other adventurers will deal with it.
>>Left, into the hallway it came from?
>>Right, through the growth-covered hatch?
>Write-in

>>30550148
>Onwards! The other adventurers will deal with it.
At least less completion.

>>30550148
>>Onwards! The other adventurers will deal with it.

>>30550148
>Onwards! The other adventurers will deal with it.
>>Right, through the growth-covered hatch?

>>30550174
>>30550175
Left or Right, folks?

>>30550228
Oh left. Sorry.

>>30550228
Left, sure. Sorry I forgot to say.

>Onwards!
>To the left!
Writing.

>>30550228
Left

You let it pass, and hear it tromping off down the hallway you entered through. After you can no longer hear it you get up and switch the lantern back on with a simple spell. Its glow once more weakly illuminates the room and you're relieved to see there isn't an army of whatever those creatures were waiting for you. Chryssa has lowered her bow, and is glaring at you again. She's been doing that a lot lately, it's starting to get annoying.

She whispers as the two of you proceed towards the flesh covered doorway. “What happened to all that talk of putting a stop to whatever the problem was before it could get worse?! You just let it 'escape into the countryside'!”

Oh, well, you suppose you did say that didn't you? You wave her off and whisper back. “Relax, the other adventurers will take care of it. It won't hurt anybody. Probably just an animal that got in.”

She mumbles something in her own language you don't understand. “Listen, you idiotic foreigner. Animals don't just 'get in' to these facilities. Is this the first Rhynian ruin you've ever dived? That was one of their failed experiments!”

Huh, is that what she meant by magical experiments earlier? Well that makes a lot more sense than some spell gone awry, though you've got no earthly idea how the Rhynians would create a lifeform with magic.

>Go back and try and stop it.
>Keep going, no time to waste!
>Close the door so nothing else gets out, then keep going.
>Write-in

>>30550458
>>Close the door so nothing else gets out, then keep going.

Come to think of it, they remind you of the glowing symbols you see whenever you channel vys into that metal plate guarding your forearm to take your armor on or off.
Maybe we feed it blood like how our armor needed blood to activate first or not I just suspect blood to be related to the solution or problem

>>30550458
>Close the door so nothing else gets out, then keep going.

>>30550458
>>Close the door so nothing else gets out, then keep going.

Make sure it can open again though. Also, we should ask her for more info on the ruins so we don't make more mistakes.

>Close the door
Writin'

>>30550527
Yea this she seems to know a lot wouldn't hurt to ask

You sigh, and go back to shut the door to prevent anything else from fleeing into the ruin. You note that there is a heavy iron handle on the door you could use to open it from this side, since it's no longer locked. Also, it might just be your imagination, but you think that fungus has crept closer to the door than when you entered this room. It hadn't reached the door, but you're glad you shut it now that you take the time to notice it.

You return to Chryssa and keep heading for the growth-covered door. "There, now nothing else will get out unless someone else opens the door. Why don't you explain the etiquette of ruin exploration so I don't step on any other toes?"

She shoots back with. "First off, if you say something stick by it. Don't just string together nice words to get someone to fall in line. Then, be more careful about what you touch with your weird magic-" And once more, she slips into her own language. Well, she's rather angry. You'll try to deal with her once she calms down.

You draw your dagger from your belt and quickly cut away the fleshy growths that block your path. They begin to bleed... which is unsettling. It's definitely blood though. You try to ignore it and cut through the rest of the fleshy mass before carefully stepping through the door into the room beyond.

(1/2)

It's not much better off than the door, truth be known. It's covered in whatever that growth is, and you also note a number of throbbing clumps interspersed pretty regularly around the room. They almost remind you of a heart, the way they rhythmically expand and contract in time with one another. It's almost like it's some sort of living thing.

The room itself might have once been an armory, or a barracks, but it's hard to tell with the fleshy mass covering everything. It's not as large as the last room, and the ceiling is markedly lower.

>This is too weird, start destroying the things 'hearts'.
>Just try to ignore it, look around for another hatch.
>Burn it all.
>Write-in

>>30550849
>>This is too weird, start destroying the things 'hearts'.
Kill them Mikael. Kill them all.

>>30550849
Ask Chryssa's take on this. She knows magic experiments better then we do.

>>30550849
>Burn it all.

>>30550849
Ask Chryssa if she recognizes any of this.

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>>30550860

>Ask Chryssa wtf is this shit
Writin.

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>>30550849
Purge the Unclean
Also ask Chryssa to keep watch on any entrances

You gesture around, this is far beyond anything you've experienced before. This wasn't mentioned in any obscure book your master forced you to read. Nothing you've ever seen or heard about is even vaguely similar. You're going to ask the closest thing to an expert you have available.

“Okay... I admit, I'm in over my head here. What is this?” Oddly enough, you don't feel particularly panicked. A little creeped out, a little squeamish maybe, but not panicky.

Chryssa pokes one of the pulsing 'hearts' with her foot, and it doesn't seem particularly affected. “Every experiment is different, usually they're animals of some sort... this is... I don't know what this is. Maybe they tried to make some kind of... combination of... man and plant? That would be my best guess.” Well, she seems to have calmed down at least, somewhat.

(Roll 3d10)

>Well whatever it is, it needs to be destroyed. Burn it.
>Lets... just keep going. I don't want to stick around too long.
>Write-in

Rolled 3, 4, 8 = 15

>>30551149
>>Well whatever it is, it needs to be destroyed. Burn it.
This is Vault 22. Let nothing survive

Rolled 4, 9, 1 = 14

>>30551149
Ask her if she think it's wise to
Pic Related if so then...
PURGE EVERYTHING

>>30551186
>This is Vault 22.
Holy... shit. You're right.
BURN IT. FUCKING BURN IT HOLY SHIT. NOT AGAIN

Rolled 2, 9, 7 = 18

>>30551149

Rolled 6, 9, 7 = 22

>>30551149
>>Write-in
Ask her for her opinion on what to do.

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Rolled 8, 3, 6 = 17

>>30551221
Forgot mah pic
OH GOD THE ONE!!!!.... It burns

>>30551186
>>30551221
>>30551243
>15,14,18
Regular Success.

>Ask Chryssa if BURN EVERYTHING is a good idea.

You take a look around, and decide that this shouldn't be allowed to spread. “I'll be honest... I'd rather just burn it all and be done with it. I don't care what they were trying to accomplish with this, it failed and it needs to be wiped out.” Maybe if they'd succeeded it would be a different story, but this is horrible.

Chryssa nods her head in agreement. “I agree. We need to destroy what we can and then get out to tell the others.” Well, at least you can agree on some things without it turning into some big argument.

You raise your hand and prepare to cast a fire spell powerful enough to set the whole thing ablaze, but something stops you. You thought you spotted something looking at you from around a corner. It looked... human. Human-ish. It was hard to tell in the dim light, and you may just be paranoid, but there was something off about it.

>Approach, see what it is.
>Light that hallway on fire first.
>Wait to see if it shows itself.
>Write-in.

>>30551491
>Light that hallway on fire first.
nopenopenope

>>30551491
>Light that hallway on fire first.
It seems like this place produces nothing but abominable horrors.

>>30551491
>>Light that hallway on fire first.
If it was nice, It would of said something.

>>30551491
>Light that hallway on fire first.
Ya... story and intrigue is nice and stuff, but everything needs to die right now.

>>30551491
>>Approach, see what it is.

>Burn it all down
Writin'!

You stare at the hallway for a moment. Contemplating.

Yeah, nah. This place has to go. You channel vys into your palm and, with a little bit of concentration, force it out of your body. A ball of flame springs to life, hovering over the palm of your hand. It burns much brighter than your lantern, shadows dancing oddly against the grey metal walls as the hearts beat silently. You think you see fingers clutching the edge of the wall where you saw the figure.

You aim for the fingers. The fireball expands into a corona of flame as it connects with the wall, expanding until the flames die out and smoke billows into the room. You smell burning flesh, and the mass around you starts to writhe and struggle, as if it were trying to distance itself from the torched section.
>Vys Pool: (10/14)
(1/2)

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>>30551599
Lol this thread today

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Rolled 5, 1, 5 = 11

You're about to hurl another ball of fire when some sort of horrible creature in the guise of a man comes stumbling from the hallway where you hurled the fireball. The flames lick at its body, crawling their way across it slowly. At first you think it might be an old woman in a shroud, but you quickly realize that its face is contorted far past what's natural, and it seems to be made up of innumerable strings of flayed skin. As it spots you, well, as it levels its empty sockets in your general direction, its mouth twist itself open and releases a echoing shriek. Perhaps it's just your imagination, but it seems to be answered by other shrieks from further into the ruin...

>Combat initiated!
>You are unwounded and have 10/14 vys remaining.
>It is your turn to act.

>Retreat!
>Hurl another fireball! (2 vys)
>Write-in

Roll 3d10 regardless of what you pick.

Rolled 6, 1, 2 = 9

>>30551805
>Hurl another fireball! (2 vys)
CLEANSE IT.

>>30551805
Ready your spear for it's charge and let Chryssa shoot it dead. We don't need to use Vys yet.

Also, where do you find all these images OP?

Rolled 7, 7, 1 = 15

>>30551805
>>Hurl another fireball! (2 vys)

Rolled 2, 4, 5 = 11

>>30551834
Supporting.

>>30551834
Yeah this we used up plenty Vys already

Rolled 1, 5, 6 = 12

>>30551834
>Where do you find these images
conceptartworld.com mostly. DeviantArt for anything I can't find.

>>30551872
Use Vys to make it a success?

>>30551872
1 vys

So
>Ready yourself to receive it's charge, let Chryssa fill it full of arrows.

>>30551817
>>30551836
>>30551858
>9,15,11 vs 11
Regular Success!

>>30551872
>12
And Chryssa hits as well!

Writing.

Rolled 5, 1, 1 = 7

You can tell the beast is clearly weakened, and it's already on fire so another fireball probably wouldn't do a hell of a lot of good. lower your spear, and wait for it to charge forward. That's what it's poised to do, after all. You feel an arrow whiz by your head and see it thump into the things torso. It glances down at the arrow, seemingly completely unconcerned as blood starts to trickle from the wound, and charges towards you.

It moves strangely. It's not a lumbering gate, like you'd expect from a creature so large. It seems to flow across the fleshy growth covering the floor. Fortunately for you, this means it spreads the fire wherever it goes, leaving a trail of burning flesh in its wake. That fireball really seems to have started an inferno.

It tries to jerk to the side as it gets close to you to dodge you're spear, but you were ready and stick it through the chest. If it had been at all human, that would've been the end of it. A spear through the heart. Instead that part of its chest separates slowly into its component strands of flesh. It starts to slide its way down your spear shaft towards you.
>Oh Pani, Surya, Rhynian gods! Drop the spear and back away.
>Discharge fire magic point-blank against its face. (1 vys)
>Try to jerk your spear out and then retreat.
>Write-in

Roll 3d10 regardless.

Rolled 4, 2, 4 = 10

>>30552074

Rolled 8, 4, 10 = 22

>>30552074
point blank fire

Rolled 7, 3, 3 = 13

>>30552074
>>Discharge fire magic point-blank against its face. (1 vys)

Rolled 7, 1, 9 = 17

>>30552074
>Write-in
Tell Chryssa to aim for the head

Rolled 3, 5, 1 = 9

>>30552119
>>30552175
>>30552188
>Great Success
Rollin' for Chryssa.

>Man, I'm rolling low today. Y'all lucked out.

You press your hand against the thing's face, and it doesn't seem to understand what's happening. In fact, it leans into your hand, the fleshy tendrils that make up the creature separating to drag your hand into its body. As the first tendril makes contact, it burns horribly. Like someone dipped your hand in fire. You discharge the spell on instinct alone.

A jet of flame burst through the back of the creature's head, causing the rest of it to slough off or hang in bloody strips from its neck, or well, what you think is its neck. It starts to regenerate, but seems to be having trouble because it's still on fire. As it stumbles away, releasing your spear from its grasp, Chryssa's arrow punctures its gut again and the thing gurgles, perhaps an attempt at a screech, before finally losing cohesiveness and falling to the floor as a amorphous mass.

The fire has spread, in fact it's starting to get a little too close for comfort and the smoke is starting to choke you. You can't stay in this room much longer.

>You're no longer in combat, but believe enemies to still be in the area.
>9/14 Vys

>Try to find a path further into the flesh covered hallways, you need to find the source.
>Retreat to the cavernous chamber you entered through, decide what to do from there.
>Wait to see if any more of those things show themselves, until you absolutely have to retreat.
>Write-in.

>>30552389
>Retreat to the cavernous chamber you entered through, decide what to do from there.

>>30552389
>>Try to find a path further into the flesh covered hallways, you need to find the source.

>>30552389
>Retreat to the cavernous chamber you entered through, decide what to do from there.
Bug out.

>>30552389
>Try to find a path further into the flesh covered hallways, you need to find the source.
I don't think this is the smartest choice, but my adventure sense is tingling.

Rolled 3, 1, 1 = 5

>>30552389
>Write-in.

Retreat to a safe spot to meditate while Chryssa keeps watch
When we have full Vhys we will return and find the nest
Then the Unclean shall be Purged

Rolled 5, 4, 2 = 11

>>30552389
>>Try to find a path further into the flesh covered hallways, you need to find the source.

>>30552389
>>Retreat to the cavernous chamber you entered through, decide what to do from there.

>>30552389
>Try to find a path further into the flesh covered hallways, you need to find the source.

>>30552482
Meditating takes hours.
>>30552389
>>Try to find a path further into the flesh covered hallways, you need to find the source.

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>>30552446
>>30552467
>>30552498
>>30552482
>Retreat, in some form or fashion

>>30552450
>>30552473
>>30552493
>>30552502
>>30552516
>Destroy the hive.

I'll start writing after I get back from grabbing some dinner. Have a pic while you wait.

>>30552516
I know I was thinking we'd retreat outside meditate and comeback but I guess the Mutants would probably be ready to swarm.
Might be good to try and round up some adventures to help with the Purge.

In hindsight, learning Burst would've made more sense. We were going underground into a ruin and we already had an archer at our back. Oh well, what do you guys say to learning it next?

>>30552648
So we have an army of adventurous outside who says we come back with them and assault this place

most will likely die, but hey we can take there gear and still have a good amount of loot

>>30552722
nah, i want to try the journal, or the 5 effects.

>>30552722
I kinda want to learn beam.

>>30552722
Ritual Book of Surya (3/16 Chapters Read)
A Treatise on Advanced Water Magic by Master Yusef (3/12 Chapters Read)
Metamagic Instructions: Leaping (Unread)
Metamagic Instructions: Blast (Unread)
Five Effects Every Vatis Should Know (Unread)
Grandmaster's Journal (Unread)
>>30552784
>>30552722
We only have blast and leaping, and if you are so set on metamagic choose leaping.

>>30552784
Our Vys pool is too small.
>>30552722
The 5 effects and the water master treaties are my vote.

>>30552797
I meant blast, sorry.

>>30552722
Focus on Water

>>30552722
Learning weapons skills makes more sense to me, since spending a little vys to get a regular success sounds better than spending vys on a spell and then spending more to make sure we hit.

>>30552797
We really should Master Water before continuing on other shit.

>>30552830
Again which is why i think we should get a ranged secondary since it doesn't deplete our Vys, and lets us save our heavy hitting spells.

>>30552830
The only 2 potential goals I've been thinking of is
1: Learn some more languages/Cultures
2: Become more proficient with weapons
It'd be nice to not always wonder what the hell people are saying

I wanna be able to flash freeze or dehydrate someone with the wave of a hand

>>30552968
Good thing we can use Vys to help us learn languages.

>>30552993
No, he said there's a spell for it.

We should ask the archmagos about it.

>>30552991
thats some master/grand master level shit.(master will just slow them down, but grand master you can totally do that)

>>30553017
Nah, he said Master could freeze the moisture out of the air around an incoming projectile.

You're thinking of the bloodbending

>>30553016
we should since we are leaving in 2.5 days(to get the spear)

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>>30553017
The Ultimate goal is to make Golems baby
Blame dragon age and various other RPGS for my obsession with Golems

I mean come on just look at this guy

>>30553078
Nah. End goal is to settle down as king of pidjata after exploring every corner of the world and mastering every secret the world has to offer.

>>30553078
the better question is how much of Vys does it take to make, Does it cost Vys to have it do an action,Does it slowly drain Vys,Does it have an intelligence,and can we go inside it.

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>>30553078
Animate will be fun, when you finally learn it.
It'll be better with permanency, then you can create your own horrible magical monstrosities.
Anyway, back and writing!

>>30553146
I have a feeling that when we create our first golem we would end up going into the negatives.

>>30553126
I kinda hope we don't do that whole immortality thing along the way living forever sounds boring and maybe we try to calm that whole throwing babies in the desert thing

>>30553127
We will get to the bridge later and then use our new golem to smash
But for now let's purge these filthy mutant heretics

>>30553127
>>30553146
Can you answer these questions or are they spoiled?

>>30553245
nah thats tradition, also i'm in the party that wants to spread our seed all over the world.

>>30553181
We'd probably need around the neighborhood of 250 Vhys
Between animating the earth or trees and or infusing another element into it + making it permanent sounds like two master tier spell

>>30553303
That's waaaaaay to high

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>>30553127
>>30553250
>>30553181
>Does it cost Vys to have it do an action,Does it slowly drain Vys,Does it have an intelligence,and can we go inside it.
I don't want to reveal too much, lest it sway future voting, but certain metamagic effects don't work the same way as others do. Golems will be on something of a sliding scale, ranging from tiny little servant bots to massive constructs a la pic related.

>>30553303
i was thinking it would be around 30.

>>30553340
oh when we make golem they will be carrying our guar while they eat on the golems backs.

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>>30553268

Rolled 2, 6, 7 = 15

You push further futher into the room, away from the fire and the smoke. You're not leaving this place until you destroy whatever it is that caused this monstrosity to come into being. Chryssa follows you, assisting your search for some way to get further into the complex.

Eventually you cut away a portion of the growth covering the walls to reveal another hatch. This one seems to have been forced open by the fleshy tendrils, the hatch itself has been taken off its hinges and is supported solely by the odd tissue. You cut the rest of the tendrils holding it in place and step aside so it can fall to the floor with a heavy thud.

Smoke starts to billow into the hallway you just open, and you and Chryssa clamber through the doorway to escape the growing inferno. It doesn't seem like you'll be able to get back out that way, at least not until the fire has well and truly finished burning. Instead you push onwards, the lantern lighting your path. You get a twinge of unease as you approach the next corner...
>Rooooll 3d10.

>>30553388
A good portion of the world today is related to genghis khan.

Rolled 2, 1, 4 = 7

>>30553486

Rolled 19, 9, 6 = 34

>>30553486

Rolled 2, 9, 8 = 19

>>30553486

Rolled 8, 3, 4 = 15

>>30553486
Oops

Rolled 8, 5, 7 = 20

>>30553486
Communing with the Dice Gids

>>30553544
Regular success

Plus our damage avoidance modifiers

>>30553583
We have +4 to avoid damage. We will have +8 when we get our new spear.

Rolled 2, 10, 3 = 15

>>30553514
>>30553527
>>30553544
>7,19,15
Regular success!

Writin'

Centurion Armor
So what happened when we tried to use elemental magic on our armour?

>>30553613
This would be more of an Initiative/Reflex skill.

>>30553639
It enhances it. We got a flamethrower by channeling some fire magic into our gauntlet.

>>30553639
From what I read it sounded like we can channel magic through our gauntlets at least I think that's what happens

>>30553683
>>30553700
Yeah it was some what hard to understand what happened there.

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Rolled 4, 9, 4 = 17

Maybe it's just paranoia, but you know something is around that next corner. You stop, and brace you're spear. Just as you'd predicted, from around the corner leaps... not one of those weird stringy mutants you fought earlier, but something that bears much closer a resemblance to that thing you let escape earlier.

Its legs seem rooted to the fleshy growth that covers the floor, and its arms almost seem like they're about to slough off. Its spine is exposed along its back, revealing hints of green and rot. Its eyes are glazed over with thick cataracts, leaving them milky and unseeing. It bears its teeth in a lipless snarl, fresh blood dripping from sharp, crooked teeth. It's probably about the size of a man at full height, but hunched over like it is it's much smaller.

Chryssa taps your shoulder, you don't look away from the creature. “There's one behind us, I'll take care of it while you watch the front.”

>Well, you have the initiative, but it's obviously waiting for you to make a move.
>Vys Pool: 9/14

>Channel fire through your spear and lunge. (2 Vys)
>Fireball! (2 Vys)
>Just attack normally, this doesn't seem as warped as the last creature.
>Some other tactic.
Roll 3d10 regardless.

So the Metal element isn't actually Metal is it? It's just reinforcing things to be stronger?

Rolled 8, 4, 7 = 19

>>30553793

Rolled 6, 6, 7 = 19

>>30553793
>>Fireball! (2 Vys)
No point letting it grab hold of our spear like the last one.

Rolled 1, 1, 8 = 10

>>30553802
look at the paste bin for magic.
>>30553793
>Channel fire through your spear and lunge. (2 Vys)

>>30553683
>>30553700
>>30553731
Basically they're right. It seems like it might do something else if you had more control over fire, but for now it's just a flamethrower.

Water magic seemed to make you able to perceive the flow of magic around you outside of meditation, which is unusual.

>>30553793
>Fireball! (2 Vys)

>>30553793
>Some other tactic.
Does anybody think starting a fire on the growths I a good idea? It seems like they get bonuses from being rooted in it.
Or maybe we try to sever whatever it has for legs?

>>30553852
We don't have the tools for cleaving away legs, all we have is a short sword and a simple spear. Fire's our best option I think, though I'm worried we could suffocate ourselves if these hallways are as claustrophobic as I think they are.

>>30553840
can we use the flame thrower insted or does it not do as much damage as fire ball?

>>30553840
It truly is useful.

I wonder if higher levels of Water allow us to regenerate the armor?

>>30553840
Fire + Gauntlet = Flamethrower
Water + Gauntlet = Magical sensor/ Radar
Nature + Gauntlet = ??
Metal + Gauntlet = Metal blade?
If we live we gotta put our #1 Vatis hat and experimenting pants on

>>30553896
All I know is if the Zerg taught me anything is burn away the creep always burn away the creep

>>30553907
Metal + Gauntlet would just be a really hard/strong gauntlet

You hold out your hand and channel fire magic into your gauntlet in a surge of power. It shoots out in a gout of flame about as thick as your wrist, though quickly spreads to engulf the front half of the monstrosity in front of you. It howls, and backs away as the flames lick at its misshapen flesh. It seems terrified, and you also note sections of growth around it are starting to catch fire as well.
>8/14 Vys

You spare a glance behind you to see Chryssa... wrestling another one of those dog things. She's grabbed it by the neck and the tail, using her disproportional strength to rip it out of the ground. She drops it from above her head and at the same time brings her knee up. You hear a crack as its spine makes contact with her knee. You've never been so terrified of getting on someone's bad side. Oh gods, she just stabbed it in the eye with an arrow. You almost feel sorry for it.

Almost.

>Keep up the gout of flame. (1 Vys/turn)
>Close in and finish it off with your spear, preserve Vys.
>Try to use the Poison spell on the fleshy mass around you. (1 Vys)
>Write-in

Rolled 6, 4, 10 = 20

>>30554141
>>Close in and finish it off with your spear, preserve Vys.

>>30554141
>>Close in and finish it off with your spear, preserve Vys.
>>Try to use the Poison spell on the fleshy mass around you. (1 Vys)

>>30554141
huh i'm glad you took my suggestion.

>>30554141
>Close in and finish it off with your spear, preserve Vys.
Nothing extra, lets save the poisoning for the core, when we reach it.

>>30554141
Holy shit......
Chryssa just confirmed for best girl

Rolled 10, 3, 7 = 20

>Close in and finish it off.
Rooll 3d10+2

Rolled 1, 9, 5 + 2 = 17

>>30554256

>>30554219
This

Rolled 4, 1, 1 = 6

>>30554256
jesus that roll

Rolled 1, 5, 7 + 2 = 15

>>30554256
Shit, hope it gets some negative modifiers...

Rolled 5, 4, 8 + 2 = 19

>>30554141
Didn't Chryssa have swords? Why's she wrestling with a flesh monster?

>>30554256
So much for saving Vys

>>30554256
use 4 vys to make this a success.

>>30554310
i'm saying after finishing off the core we loot and then have us meditate in the ruins before continuing.(this also shows we can't realy on Vys so much.

Rolled 1, 1, 3 = 5

>>30554339
I'd think thAt would leave us too exhausted to continue on with a good amount of strength

>>30554339
Let's spend 1 vys to make this a regular failure.

>>30554272
>>30554292
>>30554299
>17, 8, 15 vs 18.

Yeesh. You could spend 1 vys to make it a regular failure, or 4 vys to make it a regular success.

You doubt this will be the last enemy you face though, and as is you're down to 8/14 Vys. It may be wise to take a failure here.

>>30554381
1 it is.

>>30554381

Use Vys to make it not a crit fail. Chryssa will be able to finish ours off. I don't want to find us unarmed or something.

>>30554381
Spend 1 vys

I think after we loot this section, that we meditate and go the other way in this part of the ruins.
After that lets go to the platform since the way to shut off the generator or circumvent it is in these parts of the ruins.

>>30554456
what if the center of all this was at the beginning next to the growth covered hatch?

>Spend 1
Writin'

Rolled 3, 4, 1 - 2 = 6

You lunge forward to drive your spear through its skull, but it dodges aside with deceptive agility. As you try to correct yourself, it lunges for your calf with its mouth spread wide to take a chunk out of you. You channel vys throughout your body and tuck into a roll, spear clutched to your chest to prevent breaking it or impaling yourself. You spring to your feet at the end, on the opposite side of the creature.
>Vys Pool: (7/14) You're starting to feel tired, hollowed out, depressed. Rest or meditation would be wise.

You can see Chryssa clearly from this position. You think... she's trying to stab a dagger through her enemy's skull, but the thick plate of bone is preventing her success. The arrow has been buried pretty far into its eye at this point, but it evidently snapped off before killing the thing.

You also glance to your left, further down the hallway, and see a soft blue glow emanating from behind a pried open hatchway. You think that might be your goal.

There's no time for contemplation unfortunately. The monster in front of you lunges at you with mouth spread wide.
>Try to counter. (Roll 3d10)
>Just try to avoid damage. (Roll 3d10+4)
>Write-in.

Rolled 1, 1, 10 + 4 = 16

>>30554566
>Just try to avoid damage.

Rolled 9, 7, 1 + 4 = 21

>>30554566
>Try to counter.

Rolled 6, 3, 5 + 4 = 18

>>30554566
I'm pretty sure it's actually impossible for us to fail this roll.

The absolute least we could roll is a 7.

Rolled 10, 3, 7 = 20

>>30554595
>Try to counter

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>>30554595
Whoa

>>30554595
>>30554609
>>30554613
>Actually, yeah that dude was right. You coulda rolled triple 1s and still gotten a Great Success.
>Guess this counts as the monster Crit Failing?

I'll wait for a bit to see if any other votes come in on the counter/avoid topic.

>>30554615
>>30554595
this was changing my vote.

>>30554645
So we counter.

>>30554645
counter it holy shit why aren't people countering vs such an easy roll you retards

>>30554645
Counter it.

>Counter the attack!
>>30554595
>>30554609
>>30554613
>12,17,14 vs 6
Unfortunately the +4 is only to avoid damage, countering gets no bonus (yet). Anyway, writin'!

>>30554708
i figured being more experienced with spears allows us to have a bonus to counters.

>>30554708
We should still finish it.

Shouldn't we get a +2 for racial affinity?

>>30554740
Good catch Anon. You do get +2 from both Racial Affinity and your Training to everything you do with this spear. But yeah, you finish it off regardless.

>>30554739
Further training/using the spear often will lend you across the board bonuses to everything spear related.

>>30554740
just +1, we aren't using the dagger

Well, you see the solution to this problem pretty easily. You drop into a low stance and at the same time thrust the spear forward, driving it through the roof of the creature's mouth and out the back of its head due to a combination of your forward thrust and its own momentum towards you. It starts twitching violently, so you brace a foot against its throat and shove to remove it from your spear before it snaps the wooden haft.

Chryssa seems less lucky. She loses her grip on the things head for a moment and it whips its head around to bite into her forearm. She cries out, and tries to wrench her arm free, but its locked firmly to her arm. She growls deep in her chest and raises her dagger high in the air before driving it down into the thing's skull. There's a crack, and its jaw clenches down harder around her arm as it starts its death throws.

You hear her arm snap, and she cries out again, much more pained than surprised like before, dropping her dagger and desperately trying to pry its jaws free of what you can only assume is her now broken arm.

>Help her.
>Leave her.

>>30554829
>Help her.

>>30554829
>>Help her.

Don't be dick, Dick.

>>30554829
>Help her.
By how strong she is, I would think she'd have had better luck mashing the thing's skull against the wall until it turned to paste.

>>30554829
Help her.

>Help
Seemed pretty obvious, but I'll do that sorta thing with every companion that gets injured in a dungeon like this.

>>30554923
Understandable. There may be times we're forced to team up with someone we hate, and we'd much rather leave them to die.

You rush over, setting your spear down by your side and grabbing hold of the top portion of the things jaw. She grabs the lower. You brace yourself and both of you pull, eventually managing to pry the things mouth open even though your fingers get rather cut up in the process. She jerks her arm out of its mouth and clutches it to her chest, cradling it gently to prevent shifting the bone any further. It's nothing serious though, you heal them at the cost of a fraction of your vys pool, not even enough to be worth mentioning.

Chryssa is less lucky. Her arm is certainly snapped, the lower half of her forearm hangs at an awkward angle and you can see the bone pushing through the muscle, although it's not a compound fracture. The gashes left by the creature's teeth are simply that deep. You could heal it, but it would be expensive. You'd have to start with the bone, and then do the cuts. Each step would drain some of your vys.

>Heal her completely (2)
>Just heal the bone, the cuts can be bandaged. (1)
>Just stop the bleeding, the bone can be taken care of later. (1)
>Don't heal her for now. Bandage the cuts and make a sling from what's available.
>Write-in

>>30555051
>Just heal the bone, the cuts can be bandaged.

>>30555051
>>Just heal the bone, the cuts can be bandaged. (1)

>>30555051
>Heal her completely (2)

not even a question

>>30555051
>>Heal her completely (2)

>>30555051
>>Heal her completely (2)

>>30555051
>Heal her completely (2)

>>30555051
Can we search for some sort of infection or virus?

>Heal Completely
Seems to have won the day, writing.

>>30555126
Water magic actually pulls the full monty when it comes to healing. Sterilizes and closes the wound.

You gently take hold of her arm, starting to channel Vys into your palms already. “Relax, relax. I can heal this no problem. You'll have some tiny scars, but that's it. Just, don't panic.” You really don't want to be near someone as strong as her when she panics.

You carefully maneuver her lower forearm into position, and she seethes. By the gods, it's weird seeing someone muscles flex up close without skin covering them. Grotesque, really. Eventually you think you have the break lined up correctly and you discharge the vys stored in your hands. It flows into the wound and to the bone, slowly the crack seals as new bone forms and solidifies. Then you push more vys into the wound to close the gashes. It looks just as you said by the end, a few thin scars but otherwise as good as new.

She clenches and unclenches her fist, before sighing gratefully. “I owe you, we can speak later. Lets finish this quickly before the whole place swallows us up.” You nod, and stand. Once she's rearmed herself with her bow and stuffed her dagger back into its hidden sheath in her sleeve, the two of you set off for the blue glow you saw emanating from the next room up.
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After you cut away the flesh keeping the hatch held aloft, you're greeted by the sight of... well, you can really only describe them as row upon row of pods. Most of them have gone dark, it seems, but one glows with a stark blue light. It seems to be the last one still powered. Another one down the line seems to be the source of your trouble. A giant mass of flesh pulses and throbs in its center, crawling its way across adjacent pods and across the floor, eventually up the walls and into the vents.

You can only imagine this is the source of your troubles.
>Vys Pool: (5/14) You're definitely starting to feel drained, but you can keep fighting.

>Poison the heart, the body will die.
>Keep stabbing, don't stop until it's mush.
>Fire's worked well so far, no reason to stop using it now.
>Write-in

>>30555339
>Poison

>>30555339
>Poison the heart, the body will die.

>>30555339
>>Poison the heart, the body will die.

>>30555339
>Poison the heart, the body will die.
>Fire's worked well so far, no reason to stop using it now.
Both

>>30555339
>>Poison the heart, the body will die.
>Write-in
Open the mystery box.

>>30555339
>Poison the heart, the body will die.

It's probably he only way to affect the whole thing

>>30555339
>>Poison the heart, the body will die

>Poison the heart
Seems to have won in a landslide.
Writin'

If only we had Leaping, instead of ranged.

>>30555407
You need Range for Leaping to actually be usable.

>>30555405
Will we have a chance to check out the mystery pod?

>>30555436
Yes, you will. Probably in the next post or two.

>>30555436
Probably.

>>30555430
Not really it can be used with range sure, but leaping can be used via hand or weapon.

We still haven't done anything about that generator.

>>30555484
we have all day, plus we are gonna explore the shit out of this place.

>>30555506
Of course.

You march with determination towards the pulsing, throbbing heart of this monstrosity. You channel vys into your palm, feeling a sickly pallor sink into your skin and twist its way up your forearm. Your hand grows pail, taking on a grotesque purple tinge as the magic focuses itself.

As you reach the heart, you press your hand to it and discharge the magic. You see a change almost immediately. Black begins to seep into the flesh of the heart, and it stutters. The beat becomes irregular, weakened. You can actually watch its progress as it seeps into the fleshy cords at your feet, and proceeds towards the vents and out the door you entered through. It seems your plan worked. Poison the heart, and the body dies. Now you just need to wait to make sure the heart itself eventually stops, and it doesn't just weaken the thing.

As you step away and head towards the hatch you entered through, since that's the only apparent entrance to this room and you'd like to not be taken by surprise, you notice that Chryssa seems rather taken with the blue pod. She stares curiously at the glass panel on the front, and only then do you realize its got characters displayed on the front. In fact, it sort of reminds you of your weird gauntlet.
(1/2)

“What's wrong? Think it might contain another one of these monsters?” She shoots you a look, though not an angry look. More uncertain. “Maybe... but this feels familiar somehow. My father said he found me in a pod...”

>Try to open it, it's worth the risk.
>Two of you? By the gods, I think I'd kill myself.
>It's best to leave it alone for now. We can decide what to do with it later.
>Write-in.

>>30555637
>>Try to open it, it's worth the risk.

>>30555614
Introducing the loli of the quest.

>>30555637
>Try to open it, it's worth the risk.

the more the merrier

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>>30555637
>Two of you? By the gods, I think I'd kill myself.
No, but seriously.
>Try to open it, it's worth the risk.

>>30555637
>try to open it, it's worth the risk.
Chryssa past hints, hooray.

>>30555637
>>Try to open it, it's worth the risk

>>30555637
>Try to open it, it's worth the risk.

>>30555661
That fucking thread.

>OPEN THE MYSTERY BOX!
Writin'

>>30555691
>>30555661
Explain?

>>30555720
Elf intensifies.

it's on suptg

Well, nothing was ever gained by waiting. A completely fallacious statement, you realize, but it seems appropriate at the moment. “Lets open it, at worst it'll be weak and easy to kill. At best it'll be an ally to help us off the rest of these things.” She nods her head slowly, placing her hands on her hips as she takes a closer look at the control panel.

After a moment she sighs. “I can't make heads or tales of this. I know the symbols are Rhynian. This one means off, though that's not what we want.” You step away from the door, to get a closer look. Come to think of it, that same symbol is on your gauntlet. Maybe they had colloquial meanings? She continues. “This one means on, though it's not lit up so it's obviously already on. I think these control the temperature...” Well, those are just up and down buttons. Simple enough.

You notice a pull handle on the side of the door that says PROLUO in big bold letters and all caps. That seems... important. “Here, step aside, I got an idea.” She does as you ask, and you pull the lever down. A loud alarm sounds, unlike anything you've heard before. It's grating and low. The blue glow changes to red, and the door snaps open forcefully, spilling some thick gel-like liquid all over the floor.

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Taking a peek inside, you see a male elf. He's probably about... twenty years old? There-abouts? He looks normal enough, except that his left arm all the way past the shoulder seems entirely made of stone, and you think it might be glowing faintly. So he's not really all that normal, you realize.

He also seems to be unconscious, or sleeping at least. He slumps forward and Chryssa only barely catches him before his head slams into the metal pod door. She drags him out and sets him down off to the side. You walk up next to him and lean on your spear while you try to decide just exactly what to make of him.
>Try to wake him up.
>Drag him back with you.
>Write-in.

>>30555896
>Try to wake him up.

if it doesn't work

>Drag him back with you.

>>30555896
>>Try to wake him up.
>>Drag him back with you.

>>30555896
>>Try to wake him up.

>>30555918
Seconding

>Wake him up
>Drag him back if that don't work.

>>30555896
Wake that boy up.

You lean down, and pinch his nose shut. Your older brother always used to do that to you when you were napping in the afternoons. It infuriated you, but it also woke you up every damn time. Hopefully that will hold true here as well.

He starts to struggle after a short while, panic, and then his eyes snap open and he starts thrashing around. You're careful to avoid the stone arm lest you end up with a bruise the size of a man's head on your thigh. It isn't long after that he rolls over and starts vomiting more of that clear gel-like substance into the floor. You and Chryssa watch on amusedly. “I wonder if I was like that, I don't really remember what happened after I woke up...” You hear her muttering to herself.

You take a moment to get a better look at him, since he seems to be done throwing his guts up. His ears are rather long, even by elven standards, and he's extremely pale. You know modern elves are rather diluted with human and samja blood, and so they tend to be both darker skinned and have shorter ears than their ancestors. If you had to guess, this guy was a hundred percent elf. No cross breeding with any other races, besides whatever gave him that stone arm that is.
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Shakily, he tries to stand. He has to support himself against one of the darkened pods to do it. It kind of reminds you of a baby taking their first steps, he's still trying to figure out muscle control but he's catching on fast. When he finally turns around and notices you he visibly flinches, eying your weapons warily. “Where am I? Who are you? Why did you wake me up?” He's speaking Rhynian. Proper Rhynian, with an accent you don't recognize. His voice is deep but airy and very light, just barely above a whisper. Almost like he's uncertain whether or not it's actually his.
>Introduce yourself as a friend.
>Introduce yourself as an ally.
>Introduce yourself as his commander.
>Write-in.

>>30556203
>>Introduce yourself as a friend.

>>30556203
>Introduce yourself as a friend.

let's not lie to a potential ally

>>30556203
>>Introduce yourself as a friend.

>A friend
Writin'

>>30556203
>>Introduce yourself as a friend

>>30556203
>"I woke you up because, uh, I thought you'd like to be awake."

>>30556203
Chances this is either the old emperor or his heir?