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If Sandal-Thong is with us in Khan-Akbar doesn't that mean Abbious-Sabbeus can't fostermum the NTR baby Coolia Nastyrule had with Nullice in time enough for drunk uncle Louviathan to crash the party?

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Recent Events Summary:

Your enemies are still lacking a vital component of their plan, a component which may provide you with a window of opportunity to save Sir Flint. While Hemmelus's proposition of an ambush using the power of Chronomancy sounds feasible, it's also risky, and you decided to run the idea by your allies before coming to a decision.

Hecate told you that Hemmelus's plan was possible with her powers, and she then assisted you on a Dream Walk. You were able to locate Donovan's dream, calm his nightmares, and tell him about the plan.

The next morning, you discovered Yi Fang on his way to calling upon a fair lady, as he put it. You cloaked yourself and followed him, and he ended up at the Black Lady's room. That didn't surprise you - but what did is when he offered to take her hand in marriage as a means to unite their countries. Melody evaded committment, but now you've somehow been roped into a double date with Abigail and the two leaders.

After breakfast, you spoke with Auriel about the plan, and reminded her of a need to learn Spirit magic.

And after that, you brought Abigail to the Nemesis. Her hand is now fully restored, thanks to your powers - and then some. You spent the rest of the day working on the Nemesis itself, and discovered that its true potential lies in the ability to incorporate the parts of other airships into itself.

You've informed Fang about the truth of your origins, and the plan to save Donovan using Hecate's powers. He took it rather well, all considered.

The war meeting has come and gone. While Fang's battle plan went through relatively unopposed, Sandalphon will be joining you when you infiltrate Kan-Abar to kill the summoners that are maintaining the demon lords. Of course, he needs them for his own plan - so his help is likely to be mixed.

It's just past noon. After today, there are 5 days until the attack commences.

>>30902846
Frodo, you're drunk. Go to bed.

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>>30902846

i don't even frodu

i don't even

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Ability Tree

GREEN abilities have been unlocked and learned.

BLUE abilties are unlocked, but are not yet purchased.

RED abilities are revealed, but locked due to prerequisites.

UNDERLINED abilities are active-use, as opposed to passive. Not all active abilities require mana.

All Revealed Ability Descriptions:

http://pastebin.com/xaDQ0HAy

Books the Main Character has read:

http://pastebin.com/dAXR00gP

Character Sheet including learned abilities and other important information:

http://pastebin.com/64VcuCVk

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Daily reminder to fill your extradimensional hammerspace with mountains.

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Current Statistics:

HP: 81/81
Mana: 76/76
EXP: 6

Shards of Order and Chaos:

(Retribution) - Normal
(Maker) - Normal
(Silence) - Broken
(Peace) - Normal
(Breeze) - Normal
(Hammer) - Normal
(Ardor) - Normal
{Resolve} - Normal
{Humanity} - Resonant

--Summoned--

Wisp - 1 mana to order

--Automatons--

Vita (Shade)

--Equipment--

Utility belt with purse

--Inventory--

Aurora Water Gem (pocket)
Shade (pocket)

--Teleport Anchor--

Dobshire - Hemmelus's Tower, First Floor

--Current Location--

Dobshire

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Known Mana Pools:

Jacob's Field - entrance to Hecate's tomb - Spirit
Jacob's Field - Hecate's Chamber - Spirit
Palthair Mines - Magnock's Lair - Spirit
Archon - Spirit District - Spirit
Archon - Shadow District - Shadow
Archon - Earth District - Earth
Archon - Water Distric - Water
Haven - Shadow
Abbotsford - Shadow
Aurora - Water
Va'ad - South Generator - Earth
Va'ad - North Generator - Earth
Arland - Dryfeld - Water

>>30902834
ITS FUKN SHADOW TIME ERVBODY

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>Last time...

"Most High," you say, "with all due respect, we need to use caution, at least at first. Your power is formidable, but when we reach Kan-Abar, every demon within a mile of the city will know you're there."

"But that's the point," Sandalphon says. "Let them come. They'll rush out to stop me. I'll empty the city. It'll give you a much easier time."

"I also believe that Steward has his own weapon prepared to join the strike force."

"Hmm?" Sandalphon taps the table. "I had assumed that weapon would be making up for his small numbers when his battalion caps the northern end of the valley."

Steward looks at you. "...I have reached a similar conclusion, John. I will need 003 to play the role I currently occupy in the Archmage's plan of attack."

You frown in thought.

Your own current battle strategy makes Sandalphon the best choice to accompany you to Kan-Abar...but he's the very man that wants to use the demons to power his sigil. If you got far enough, he might very well stop you himself from doing any real damage. Any help he'd give you would be superficial.

But then, if he's not at the battle...your allies could probably get away with a lot more, and their plans wouldn't be nearly as disturbed.

But there's more to it than that. You're positive Sandalphon would want to oversee the sigil personally - but he's offering to take himself out of the battle, right where the sigil has to be positioned. Like you, he must have some faster mode of transportation to make a quick exit from Kan-Abar. Or maybe he's even depending on the demon lord for that. If they can call each other, it stands to reason that he might hitch a ride...

You might be able to get the Most High to back down from coming along on the strike team. But who will replace him? And do you really want to, besides?

>con't

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"Well, if that's the case, Steward," you say, "I'd be honored to have you help me, Most High."

"Indeed," Sandalphon says. "Just don't forget what I told you. Today, I will clear your path. Today."

"I appreciate that."

Fang gives you a subtle nod. You're sure he was thinking pretty much the same thing you were. Having Sandalphon along for the ride is dangerous, but you need his plan to work - up to a point. And if he's with you, the Archmage won't have to worry about him.

And you think you might be able to get a certain water elemental to throw a wrench in the Highest's plans...

The meeting continues as the various leaders debate finer points of positioning and how the airships should be arranged. You don't have much to contribute in terms of tactics, so you let the others do the talking. They make a few adjustments, but Yi Fang's general strategy remains backbone of the battle ahead.

The meeting breaks up after that.

You've got a lot on your plate. But then, that's how it always is.

What do you do?

>Sandalphon in Kan-Abar could be good...and it could be bad. You need something up your sleeve - something like Leviathan.
>You need to speak with Auriel. With her help, and the witness you have captured on the Nemesis, you might be able to sway Raphael or Charmeine to your side.
>Fang's fleet of small jet-like airships could assist in the battle, but they'll be held back without the Staff of Winds. Maybe you should talk to Melody before the date tomorrow night.
>You need to lay some of your own groundwork for the battle. If you locate the Earth mana pool in Kan-Abar, you can warp there easily in the future, and you have been thinking about laying your portal anchor at the battlefield itself for quick access.
>some other strategy

Question: Have we ever seen Sandalphons' face?

If not, can we try pocketing his helmet?

AT LONG LAST, AFTER READING THROUGH 107 ARCHIVED THREADS
IT'S TIME
TO DO IT LIVE

>>30902980
>You need to speak with Auriel. With her help, and the witness you have captured on the Nemesis, you might be able to sway Raphael or Charmeine to your side.

Let's address this first.

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>>30902986
>>30902987

>>30902980
...These are all good choices
>You need to speak with Auriel. With her help, and the witness you have captured on the Nemesis, you might be able to sway Raphael or Charmeine to your side.

>>30902980
Will we have time to fulfill multiple tasks?
Also
>>30902980
>>You need to lay some of your own groundwork for the battle. If you locate the Earth mana pool in Kan-Abar, you can warp there easily in the future, and you have been thinking about laying your portal anchor at the battlefield itself for quick access.

>>30902986

He wasn't wearing his helmet at the meeting, or around the castle. I just don't really have a picture.

He's relatively stocky. His features are flat and hard. He has brown hair and brown eyes.

>>30902987

heh
Welcome!

>>30902980
>You need to lay some of your own groundwork for the battle. If you locate the Earth mana pool in Kan-Abar, you can warp there easily in the future, and you have been thinking about laying your portal anchor at the battlefield itself for quick access.
>some other strategy

1. SNEAK into Kan-Abar.
2. Pocket an airship.
3. Feed it to the Nemesis.
4. Repeat.

Whatever we end up doing, we must make sure to set aside some time to meditate on our shards... we need to at least fix Silence, though having the others in better condition would be desirable...

>>30902980
>Sandalphon in Kan-Abar could be good...and it could be bad. You need something up your sleeve - something like Leviathan.

>>30902980
>Sandalphon in Kan-Abar could be good...and it could be bad. You need something up your sleeve - something like Leviathan.
>You need to speak with Auriel. With her help, and the witness you have captured on the Nemesis, you might be able to sway Raphael or Charmeine to your side.
Sandals coming along throws a wrench in our plans; we could use a contingency or two

>>30902980
>You need to speak with Auriel. With her help, and the witness you have captured on the Nemesis, you might be able to sway Raphael or Charmeine to your side.
This one first, I'd think.

For the Kan-Abar earth pool/battlefield anchor I'd like to first ask Obis the earth pools general/exact location, so we wouldn't have to do any pinging.
And of course we should fix silence before trying anything truly sneaky.

>>30903045
>He's relatively stocky. His features are flat and hard. He has brown hair and brown eyes.

He's... HE'S...
NANOMACHINES, SON.

I kinda don't get what is meant by "sway Raphael or Charmeine" to our side.
What side is that, exactly? Because if they think they have a chance at summoning Hyperion, would they really stop Sandalphon?

>>30903160
If we convince them of how insane he is, maybe

>>30903105
>LIGHT PARASITES, SON.

>>30902980
>You need to speak with Auriel. With her help, and the witness you have captured on the Nemesis, you might be able to sway Raphael or Charmeine to your side.
>You need to lay some of your own groundwork for the battle. If you locate the Earth mana pool in Kan-Abar, you can warp there easily in the future, and you have been thinking about laying your portal anchor at the battlefield itself for quick access.

>>30902980

Well, Ideally we should talk to Auriel to get her working on the other Angels as I doubt they will care much for us trying to do the talking...
Then we should meditate on Silence, we can find out from Auriel how things went during our meditation...
Then we can add the mana pool to our quick travel list and set up the anchor in a centeral location based on the battle plans, so that if we use our ability to pull a hasty retreat with our strike force, the strike force can act as reinforcements and re-deploy to where they are most needed...

>>30903045
i always imagined him as fabio. riped abs with long flowing radient blond hair, it just makes sense

>>30903180
And... what if they are just as insane as he is and hiding it like a quarter of the highest we've so far encountered? Or, rather than insane, just very very devoted to resurrecting their god with a plan that they'd see as ensuring the D-Lords' demise?

>>30903198
>Well, Ideally we should talk to Auriel to get her working on the other Angels as I doubt they will care much for us trying to do the talking...

You could certainly delegate the task to Auriel, while you do other things, so as to save time.

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>>30903045
So..
>pic related
But with wings?

>>30903212
like some twisted combination of the god emperor and fabio

>>30903045

Sandaphalon, Not quite the elitist dick you expect him to look like...

>>30903267
Sleeveless power armor and hair down to his ass

>>30903244
Well. There's this thing with the Sigil that Hemmelus can confirm for us.

The four blocker things? The ones for the demon lord penta? They were a part of the construction of the Sigil.
That means that Sandy had been planning this since he began sigil-parasiting mages for mana. Which means he's got the blame for the summoning of the Demon Lords.

>>30903291
>>30903267
>>30903212
Sandalphon mah husbando.

>>30903268

I know.

I feel that blonde-haired blue-eyed evil Nazi stand-in is overdone as a villain.

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>>30903263

>>30903244
because the only reason we're even considering it is that according to Auriel and Joey they're apparently the most reasonable of the bunch

>>30903325
He never struck me as a Nazi anyways. He's more like an Ozymandias kind of guy I'd think, only we're actually going to stop him from going too far.

I hope.

>>30903252
Y'know, I'll second that. Because... we've got a lot to do. And Auriel is the Face of Haven anyways. I'll second delegating the task to Auriel.

Vote 1:
>speak with the angels alongside Auriel

Vote 2:
>delegate the task to her, while you go take care of some personal preparation for the battle

>>30903388
2

>>30903388
2

>>30903388
2

>>30903388
2

>>30903388
2

>>30903325
it was more of how i imagined the highest most important angel to look like, but then again all angels were just humans so it makes sense

For some odd reason SQ is not showing up in the search bar for the /tg/ catalog. I didn't even realize it was running until after checking the twitter and getting the link from there.

>>30902905
Oh, hells yes.

>>30903388
2

>>30903388

Next your going to say that Fang's non-lich form isn't some kind of 'slick businessman' type, but more like a portly mayor...

>>30903388
2

>>30903457
Nevermind, I'm retarded, I forgot to update the catalog.

>>30903388
1

>>30902905
this sounds fun

>>30903252
Yeah, sure.

>>30903388
2

>>30903388

unanimous

>>30903505

WHY WOULD YOU DO THAT

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Alright, you'll go do your own stuff after conferring with Auriel. What do you do to prepare?

Your only set obligation at the moment is the date tomorrow night. It's about 32-34 hours until then (in-game time)

>>30903536
Spend 24 hours on shards. Prioritize silence and the weakened ones.

>>30903536
Tell the Atlanteans about Leviathan, if we're doing that now.

Wait, never mind.

We also need to work on our SHARDS.

>>30903556
After we do this, we should go ask Hemmelus how Mana Potions are made. We never got around to that.

>>30903536
;-; PLS DON'T YELL AT ME
I JUST WANTED TO SEE THE CONVERSATION SCENE

>>30903536
First, meditate upon Silence (and perhaps some other shards), then talk with Obis about the location of the Earth Pool in Kan-Abar, then go to the battlefield and Lay Anchor, and then... sneak for the earth pool in Kan-Abar.

And once we touch the earth pool just... port back to Arland.

>>30903536
Shards.

Gotta fix Silence. Breeze would be another good pick. Ardor as well.

>>30903536
I forget, how many hours does it take to rebuild a shard?

Rolled 531

Shards... that would require rolling.

Warm up time!

>>30903564
Probably easier to just go take the other half of the gem and shadow magic our way out of there.

>>30903536
after working on shards for a bit we should go set our anchor and find the earth pool in Kan-Abar then return.

>>30903628
I kind of wanted to use the anchor to flood Kan-Abar.

Reminder that it was a pretty good idea presented last thread to bring Hemmelus to meet Hecate so that they could get to know each other and level before they need to work in concert for Chronomancy.

>>30903646
Anon...

>>30903536
Seconding this:
>>30903628

>>30903663
What's wrong with that?

>>30903661
I'll second that as well. Though I'd like to add that we should ask Hecate for permission with sudden visitors and visitations before hand, as a courtesy to the radiant sun of elemental spirit that Hecate, the most beauteous, certainly defines within the whole of Venia.

>>30903536
fix silence, talk to the atlantians about leviathan

You find Auriel in private a little while after the meeting, and bring up the subject of your captive.

<Do you think we can get Raphael or Charmeine on our side?> you ask her. <From what you told me earlier, you know them well.>

"...Raphael...I don't know." Auriel shrugged. "You know those people who you're friends with because they're friends with your friends, but you don't really know them personally?"

<...not really.>

"Uh...right. Anyway, it's sort of like that. We run in similar circles - he's 4th Highest - but I'm not best friends with every angel. He's the steward of the Ring City, now, but back in the day he was our logistics man, supplies and acquisitions. He wasn't much for getting together with the troops and having a few drinks. Even today he's always cooped up in his office. A fine warrior, too, to be sure, but always a soloist. I was surprised when I heard Joey talking about him the way he did."

<So, Raphael...he might actually be in favor of Sandalphon's plan?>

"...I don't know," she says. "Frankly, Shadow, if assume everything became public, there might be a lot of people perfectly happy with turning the other way and letting Donovan take the hit. One life, to return the Lord of Light to the world? It's not them, or someone they know, so they'd let it go. It's sick, but it's true."

<What about Charmeine?>

>con't

>>30903661
It was also a neat idea to ask Hemmelus/Adavan/Hecate to prepare for the idea that the Nemesis may have to jump to Kan-Abar for the chronomancy, if the sigil-on-penta thing happens there.
Might also be nice to ask Fang to factor that possibility in.

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"...she..." Auriel smiles. "...she was like a mother to me. To all of us. After...things, happened, back before I joined the army, she...helped me back onto my feet. Taught me the basics of Light magic. Gave me a reason to live again. She'll listen to me, but she might be caught by who she is. She's always been a unifying force, a calm voice when the rest of us would bicker and jockey for position. I think she'd rather try to get me to reconcile with them, not split away."

<...our chances don't sound good.>

"You worked on me for months," she says. "Now, we have five days. They'll listen to me...but as far as having them cut ties and join us, well, I wouldn't get my hopes up."

<I guess we have to stay realistic,> you say. <I'd be happy to help you, but maybe it would be better if I stayed out of the conversation. I feel like there's a lot of history there.>

"Yeah," she says, "I'll handle it. You go do whatever you need to do."

<Understood.>

With that, Auriel leaves you.

>note: you can meditate for a half-day at a time (12 hours). You have a chance to strengthen two shards during this period.

What do you do first?

>try to coordinate between Hemmelus and Hecate
>focus on fixing Silence for 12 hours
>sneak into Kan-Abar

>>30903780
>focus on fixing Silence for 12 hours
then
>try to coordinate between Hemmelus and Hecate

>>30903699
There are regular people still living there. If you wanted to flood anything, you'd need to flood the battleground. To avoid collateral damage you'd need to do it before the attack which would put them on high alert, causing them to move the summoners to a safer and unknown location which would lead us up shit creek.

>>30903780
>focus on fixing Silence for 12 hours
>try to coordinate between Hemmelus and Hecate
Whoop whoop whoop, get shit done modu!

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>>30903759

I'll assume you've conferred with Fang and others on the possibility that you might be double-distracted and that the sigil might be used in Kan-Abar. They'll know to save the Nemesis's jump in the event that they need a quick transport to the city.

>>30903780
>focus on fixing Silence for 12 hours
>try to coordinate between Hemmelus and Hecate

>>30903810
Thank you SM I'll buy you dinner once I track you through your published works.

A surprise dinner, eheheheh. HEH.

>>30903780
>focus on fixing Silence for 12 hours
>try to coordinate between Hemmelus and Hecate
If there's time head to Kan-Abar. If not, work on Leviathan.

>>30903831
At this rate SM's gonna have at least three dozen free pizzas from determined fans tracking him down.

Speaking of what would be your preferred pie in advance SM?

>>30903848

sausage and pepperoni master race

meat lovers are fine too

Roll 1d100

6 dice. 2 attempts both for Silence.

And then I'll write up -Hecate meets Hemmelus!-

>>30903862
Pepperoni and mushroom is best

>>30903862
Based SM.

Rolled 21

>>30903884

Rolled 87

>>30903884

>>30903886

mushrooms are pretty cool guys and dont afraid of anything

Rolled 8

>>30903884

Rolled 76

>>30903884

Rolled 79

>>30903884

Rolled 12

>>30903884

Rolled 5

>>30903884
SNEAK SNEAK SNEAK

Rolled 72

>>30903884
GOOO FOOOR THE 100!!!!

Underwhelming as usual. At least the last set hopefully fixed it past broken.

>>30903910
It seems we have reached an accord then

>>30903898
>>30903906
>>30903911
>>30903912
>>30903913
>>30903915

Not too bad, all things considered.

>>30903915
>>30903913
>>30903912
>>30903911
>>30903906
>>30903898

Mmeeehhhh

>>30903884
eh

>>30903862
>not black olives
disgusting.jpeg

Rolled 73

>>30903884
shadow pls

>>30903969
Black olives and nothing else master race!

Rolled 59

>>30903862
Thin crust, regular, or... the heretical deep dish

>>30903969
>>30903993
Disgusting

Pepperoni and jalapeño is the only pizza worth eating

>>30903993
Wow. Straight pleb. Not getting green peppers on your pizza. 2/10.

Rolled 74

>>30903884

>Plebs infesting Shadow Quest
>Plebeians not throwing EVERYTHING onto their pizza

I wish we had a passive power that powers up shards.

I bet it's in the summoning tree.

...anyone? ....anyone at all?

>>30903969
>>30903993
>>30904008
>>30904009
>>30904016
>>30904066

I love pizza, it's easily my favorite food.

Through pizza, unity.

>>30904069
That's Conversion Factor. I highly doubt SM will let us have a spell that powers up shards.

>>30904081
passive

PASSIVE

>>30904079
TEAM PIZZA.

Tremble, ye pitiful parties, for Pizza is the true savior.

>>30904079
Through unity, cheese.

>>30904105
No fucking way. Not in this quest, not with this QM.

Unless it's Vigil.

>>30904105
>>30904069
If you think something like that would be in the summoning tree, then you're a fool.

>>30904163
I am a desperate fool, I know this anon, I know this...

>>30904066
Man, that just dilutes the flavour of the individual components. A good pizza is like a well written and masterfully performed symphony - One does not achieve perfection by just throwing as many instruments as possible into the piece, but by taking a select few and making them work in perfect harmony with one another.

The dough is the canvas, you are the artist.

>>30904204
This anon knows the truth. Quality over quantity and all that

>>30904111
>Eating cheese on your pizza

I really prefer the super-thin crust pizzas that are almost like crackers.

>>30904239
Cheese is fucking traditional. Get out of my face. Next you'll tell me you don't like deep dish.

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>>30904204
>Man, that just dilutes the flavour of the individual components. A good pizza is like a well written and masterfully performed symphony - One does not achieve perfection by just throwing as many instruments as possible into the piece, but by taking a select few and making them work in perfect harmony with one another.

I disagree good sir. You seem to be implying that you don't use many different components in the finest of orchestras. However a world-class orchestra will employ both quality AND quantity in their artwork. I apply the same philosophy to my pizza. Only the finest, but the finest of everything.

>>30904079
Just started eating a pepperoni and sausage pizza when saw the quest.

>>30904290
Just roll well, that's all you're here for anyways.

>>30904290
This man, THIS MAN, is the hero we need.

>>30904290
You miss the point of the metaphor, friend.

Adding more instruments to a song does little by itself but make things more chaotic. If you can make them work together, then by all means continue, but the key is in the composition, not the number or variety of instruments.

Pizzurrrr Masturrrttt

>/tg/: Italian Cuisine

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(Silence) - Strong

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You speak with Hemmelus on meeting with Hecate beforehand to more carefully map out the chronomancy spell. He's actually quite enthusiastic. He's amazed by the idea of teleporting directly through a mana pool, and agrees to go directly.

And so then it was that you bounded across the rooftops of Dobshire with a flying sage trailing behind you. For once, you didn't have to sneak past the guards keeping pedestrians away from the mana pool's containment structure - Hemmelus was granted access with nothing more than a nod and a wave.

And suddenly, you're in Hecate's inner chamber, the sizable cave holding the spirit mana pool. You set Hemmelus down a safe distance from the raw Spirit sitting at the bottom of the stone.

He peers at the floor. "Follows the pattern."

<Pattern?>

"Every mana pool I've studied forms over Venia's ley lines," he says. "Cities like Dobshire and Heavensgate formed around them after magitek that could harness their energy was perfected."

<They are where the barrier is weaker,> echoes Hecate's voice. The goddess fades into existence over the spirit mana pool and walks foward. <Betwixt the cores of Shadow that contain the core of the world run lines of chaos. These are the ley lines. And on occasion, the power collects in wells you call mana pools.>

"...Hecate Herself," Hemmelus whispers. "Ah." He bows. "I am unsure how to address you."

<The trappings and etiquette of men do tend to bore me,> she says. <Lady is a fair enough title, I suppose. From your own soul, I take you as the sage that suggested chronomancy. You believe you can provide a template to accomplish our task?>

"I can, yes. I've studied such magic carefully, though I haven't had power to put it into practice."

<Show me.>

>con't

>>30904377
>implying American pizza is anything like real Italian pizza.

Hemmelus channels Light. Lines of gold etch themselves into the ground, forming the sketch of the chronomancy sigil. It's easily as complex as any spell you've seen - aside, perhaps, some Hyperion's summoning circle.

<...it will do,> she says. <You have some talent.>

"Thank you, my lady."

<A shame you were not born with Spirit.>

"Ah." Hemmelus rubs his arms. "We can't all be so lucky, I suppose."

Hecate raises a hand to her lips. You think she's amused. <No, I suppose not.>

"My lady...if you don't mind a question?"

<That was one,> she says. <You may have another, yes.>

"What exactly do you plan on doing after the battle, here?"

<The greatest danger to the world, at the moment, is the presence of the demons lords. Once they are returned to the Nether, where they belong, the barrier surrounding core must be properly repaired. Life is breathed in Venia by chaos that seeps from the core, and thereafter mixes with the Order extant in the Void. Too much chaos, and things loose their form.>

"...do you have a plan?" he asks.

<Specifics, no,> she says. <I believe that Erebus - or Shadow, rather - has not yet restored his full might, as he told me himself. I am in a similar situation. But I have power enough to help in the battle. Once we have Shadow's full abilities at our disposal, and perhaps the aid of Geb and Leviathan, we will have more resources with which to tackle this fundamental problem.>

>con't

>>30904414
As an American, I've had real Italian pizza and American pizza tastes more like cardboard in comparison.

"But...beyond that," Hemmelus says. "I mean, Leviathan too? And Geb? What will become of the world, when the elementals once again walk the earth?"

<It shall be what we make it,> she says.

Her words have a tone of finality. Hemmelus bobs his head. "My lady."

<Until later, sage. Oh, and do stabilize the central figures of your sigil. The left and upper right sides of the inner weave show room for improvement.>

"...how so?" he asks.

<I don't know. I just feel it.> And then she fades away.

You teleport Hemmelus back to Dobshire, and he retreats into his laboratory, muttering to himself about the sigil.

What do you do now?

>write-in

>>30904443
Ask him about mana Potions damnit!

>>30904443
><I don't know. I just feel it.>

Well thanks, Hecate.

>write-in
It's been a day, right? Go find Abby and start preparing for the date.

>>30904443
Get Leviathan.

>>30904443
Can we take a shadowy appendage and dip it in the wind pool to see what happens?

>>30904443
Lay anchor at the battlefield and then touch the earthpool in kan-abar! Assuming we've asked Obis its exact location!

>>30904466

It's past midnight. You have this full day, then four more days.

Hemmelus is probably going to sleep, now.

Everyone else is also either sleeping or in their rooms, aside from the handful that don't sleep.

>>30904500

We can assume you asked and he gave you some directions. It's night, so now might be a good time for infiltration.

>>30904443
dont worry hemmy, ill kill her when were done

>>30904517
>We can assume you asked and he gave you some directions. It's night, so now might be a good time for infiltration.

Confirmed course of action.

>>30904517

We should try to do a bit of recon while we are there. See if we can identify something about the unknown demon lord.

>>30904517
>It's night, so now might be a good time for infiltration.
Then the time is right. Let us make haste. To Kan-Abar!

>>30904517
Ok, then we're off to find the mana pool.

>>30904517
To the battefield! And then Kan-Abar!

And obviously use shadowmeld BEFORE we get in range of the city, I'd expect some mage sentinels for a war-active city.

>>30904517
maybe we could get abby to take a look at the sigil since abby had that same sense with sigils when herteacher fucked it and abby could "just feel" that it was wrong and corected it (or tried to anyway).

>>30904517
Infiltration time

>>30904517
Hay shadow when we teleport or pocket something does it come apart and get put back together

Im just wondering if we are killing people and then reviving them

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>>30903780
I picture this as Abby and Charmeine

>>30904749
We probably just teleport them physically whole.

>>30904769
Dude...

Dude.

No.

>>30904079
>I love pizza, it's easily my favorite food.

out of curiosity, are you a dominos fan? Their online system is hilariously breakable

>>30904409
Betwixt
you like this word, dont you?

>>30904769
More like Auriel and Charmeine.

>>30904799

Yeah, I actually love dominos.

>>30904808

It makes me feel fancy.

I also try to match my word choices with the characters themselves.

Does Shadow count as a demon lord? I mean if we could be the 5th demon lord for the ritual to break the world that would be Fun.

>>30904769
Nah, I'm thinking a younger Auriel, after the Black Hand but before becoming an angel.

>>30904826
>I also try to match my word choices with the characters themselves.
Hmm.
Does Hecate come across as a bit prissy to anyone else? I'm thinking all elementals had some measure of ego, with the whole swathes of followers and "build me a palace of my element!" nonsense going on but... they all seem pretty... up there with themselves.

>>30904853
Have you been here for the quest, like at all?

>>30904860
They're the most powerful beings in the world, why shouldn't they be?

>>30904860
They're physical gods. Of course they have egos.

>>30904769
No, that's the first time Auriel met Charmeine.

>>30904860
I'm pretty sure she was half expecting Hemmy to be a pompous "muh 4 greater elements" and so preemptively turned the assness up a bit.

She seemed to deflate her ego a tad after he agreed that being born of Spirit would have been pretty cool too.

You decide to fly north to the planned battlefield - the Evinbrook Basin.

It's a wide, flat valley, tucked between the Kanian Hills and some scattered highlands bordering the western side of the Tairns. You put your teleport anchor on the top of the highlands. That should give you a good view if you have to make a quick entrance, and it's where your allied forces will be concentrated.

You then fly to Kan-Abar...

--------
--------

>con't

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7JbaBbQlXR0

You pass over the Kanian Hills, and find yourself in the desert of the same name. At night, it's chill, sandy, dusty. You land on the dunes here and there to ward off the skysever, throwing up small puffs of sand as you make your way out onto the end of the peninsula. Eventually, you find the Kan River.

Apparently, the name was derived from an old language that was a combination of the common tongue and Logi's own 'language of fire'. Kan means sand's ending - that is, where the desert ends, and river water begins. Abar means 'end' - and so, Kan-Abar is then the end of the desert's river.

Capturing the roars and flickers of flame could only be done phonetically, at best, but it proved a good means of secret communication. Obis told you that it had been passed down in his family and the families of a few of the country's highest nobles since they gathered there after the Elementomachy. Only those with fire-aligned souls can learn it; he has no talent for magic, but he was still able to do that much.

>con't

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>>30904769
I picture this as Abby

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Kan-Abar is far larger than you expected. The city sprawls over a huge portion of the river delta, fed by the rich farmland that rests on the river's floodplain. Canals connect the splitting streams of the river through the city and to the port, providing feeds for a constant traffic of small boats. It's not odd to see fishing boats out in the ocean, or parked in the middle of the city's tall alleys, tucked under a bridge.

A massive palace, the headquarters of the Kan-Abar government, as well as the royal residence, dominates the skyline. Obis told you that the royal gardens were built around the Earth mana pool - it should be an extensive walled area not far from the palace itself.

You are shadowmelded. Currently, you are gliding, high enough to be taken as a bird - though with the cloudy night sky, it's doubtful anyone could see you at a glance.

You don't sense any strong presences at the moment. Risking a Focus might be too much...

How do you approach your target?

>write-in

>>30904811
>>30904856
>>30904911
>>30904936
meant Auriel

>>30904948
Land on a rooftop, make our way down, and blend in with a crowd.

>>30904948
Schattenkreig

>>30904948
>You don't sense any strong presences at the moment.
Archons defenses were also very well shielded, and Obis had the enchantment heirloom that intensely shield his presence as well, I wouldn't be surprised if there were many more things like it among the powerful in the city.

Stealth to the ground to slip into the gardens, don't try to fly into the gardens, don't pass through doorways unless we have to- scale walls if needed.

>>30904948
Try to get Line of Sight on the manapool, Blink to it, and port away.

>>30904948
>Currently, you are gliding, high enough to be taken as a bird - though with the cloudy night sky, it's doubtful anyone could see you at a glance.
...Uh, wouldn't a bird be incredibly suspicious?

>>30904924
>Kan-Abar is then the end of the desert's river.

...so it's the river in the desert? How does a desert have a river?

>>30905001
Precisely. Bad idea to come into the gardens from the air on the high off chance that we could be seen.

>>30905001
You're slipping, SM.

>>30905001

Lel

Sometimes I forget I killed all the birds.

Nevermind. You're stealthed for the obvious reasons, besides.

>>30905011

...what is the Nile?

>>30905011
Every heard of the Nile, the Nile delta, the Grand Canyon, the Chara river in Russia?

>>30905032
Sometimes you forget Abigail lost her hand as well.

>>30905032
>Waifu gets her hand back, no more awkward stumping
>LEL BIRDS!

>>30904826
>Yeah, I actually love dominos.

Try the 1X and/or l1 coupon on the website to see if it works. Its a student deal. Changes the base price of a pizza to super cheap, enough so that adding all your toppings beats out all their others 'coupons

If you get the 2-medium 2-topping deal thing their website advertises constantly, it will ask you if you want a pan pizza for 2 bux more. (9194). If you click no, whatever, but if you click yes? It will put all their super expensive signature pizzas on the list, whether or not you order em pan style. Click a pacific veggie or deluxe feast - these have the most toppings - and will upcharge you 0.50$ to 1$. Then just swap all the toppings to stuff you actually want. Boom, easy upgrade.

their monday-thursday carryout deal used to support this, but not anymore. Becareful spreading it around

>>30905054
rolling

>>30904986
>>30904987
I'll second a mix of these. Especially the latter part of the second one.

Rolled 25

>>30905076
>>30905054
Now with 100% more dice!

Vote 1:
>land, sneak into the city on foot

Vote 2:
>fly toward the city center, try to get line of sight with the pool and blink to it

>>30905110
1

>>30905110
2

>>30905050
>Sometimes you forget Abigail lost her hand as well.

Didn't Sm hint at one point that the energies of being chosen could potentially heal her hand, also?

I think it was in the context of 'its all but impossible, save for the MOST skilled of angelic healers, and the energies involved in servanting/chosen rituals'.

>>30904948
Are there sewers or anything we can use to slip through?

>>30905110
2

>>30905110
1

>>30905110
1

>>30905110
1

>>30905110
2

>>30905122
Too late for that, Anon. We wasted our artifact on her hand.

>>30905110
can we get some info on what obis said besides its in the gardens, is it inside or outside. surely it would be off limits to the public aswell as arlands but maybe not, like archons pools.

>>30905122
Have you even read the quest?

>>30905151
>>30905167

yes, but I'm commenting about how you guys let that slip by the wayside and used the artifact instead.

All sm had to do was goad you into it

>>30905110
1

>>30905151
Did you even see her?

She's probably stringer than us now.

>>30905179
...We chosened her and her hand certainly remained missing anon, not sure exactly what your point is. It's also pretty silly to talk about at this point since it's over and done with.

>>30905179
and now whe has power armour whenever she wants and a minor moonsong sythe, good trade

What if we artifacted ourself?

>>30905126

There are the canals.

>>30905158

Inside the gardens. They're separated into a nobles-only area and a larger public space. The mana pool is on the boarder between the too and, like Arland's, is open-air but not reed to access by just anyone.

It's mostly a safety thing. You don't let random people walk into power plants and fiddle with the control panel.

>>30905110

cutting off votes

>>30905179
I stopped trying to decide the direction of actions and realised the only thing you can really do is choose the flavour of current/upcoming events in this quest.

Roll 1d100 for sneaking in on foot

>>30905220
It was open-air? Damnit. We could have just Blinked in, then.

Rolled 37

>>30905241
SNEAKING PLS

Rolled 32

>>30905241
SNEAK SNEAK SNEAK

Rolled 66

>>30905241
SNEAK SNEAK SNEAK!!!

Rolled 72

>>30905241

>>30905241

Rolled 69

>>30905241
Goodbye Silence.

Rolled 61

>>30905241
Critical failure, here we go.

>>30905256
Email field, anon. Not Subject field.

>>30905248
>>30905251
>>30905252
Hello Silence, my old friend.

Though honestly I actually believe that our shadowmeld has this covered, let's not dilly our shard for this just yet.

Rolled 67

>>30905241
Remember, shadow, this is a sneaking mission.

>>30905237
Ain't that the truth, son.

Rolled 76

>>30905241
ha ha time for sneak

>>30905241
>>30905276
We don't need to use Silence, it's night and we're shadowmelded. You guys are too scared.

Rolled 27

>>30905248
>>30905251
>>30905252
>>30905253
>>30905264
Dagnabbit.

Rolled 15

>>30905291
No, time for 1's
>>30905241

I had a thunk, SM.

If there are guards around the mana pool garden, isn't that going to severely limit precisely who we can take on the sneaking mission? Because even with the distraction going on, it's certainly gotta have to be some pretty shady allies.

>>30905296
I said as much.

>>30905322
Or we could just pocket everyone and unpocket as needed.

Would only be for a few minutes.

>>30905339
I keep forgetting that. The random ass guards aren't very likely to have excellent defenses against it.

Hell, we could pocket dozens of Kanian nobles here and then port-out and have some significant captives on hand.

Don't do this.

>>30905339
There is no fresh air left in our pocket. Remember how the Ragnarok burned it out? We can just bring Abby and Ila with us, they're strong and sneaky. Hell, Abby can make her Power Armor invisible.

>>30905360
I was talking about when we invade. We keep an army in our pocket.

>>30905382
We can refill it with Air. That isn't hard.

>>30905360
we can pocket whoever is guarding the mana pool and probe them for info though

>>30905360
just use breez to quickly pocket all the nobles at the well and manaport out before anyone know they just go roozle foozled by erebus

>>30905397
We won't have an instant army. People who go into the Pocket come out badly disoriented.

>>30905403
I'm really hesitant about risking discovery, anon.
Though I do admit there's a lot of potential targets that could do much for us... but would it be worth it?

>>30905427
It takes 15minutes for it to actually become bad, it'll take like 2 at most

>>30905427
I bet constructs don't.

You land on the plains outside the city. You follow the low wall bordering the main road along the river, keeping yourself tucked into the dark shadow behind it. You pass a few guard patrols without incident.

The outermost portion of the city isn't walled - it's long since outgrown its original defensive fortifications. You pass twin guard towers that hum with fire magic. A few mages are working around the building, walking with patrols, or working in the building itself. There's more than a few demons scattered here and there. Most of them appear similar, based on the same summoning template - smaller imps, satyrs, a few crow demons flitting amongst the buildings. Several minotaurs stand at intersections like statues, silent weapons of intimidation.

The city is quiet. Everyone's inside but for the soldiers and the mages. You catch a few people here and there, but you imagine there must be a curfew of some kind in effect.

You wind through the bridges and canals - it's not long until you feel the steady pulse of Earth from the mana pool. The Fire pool seems to be inside the palace.

You reach the outer wall of the gardens, lingering in an alley across the street. The gate is shut. The streets near the palace are clustered with more of those fire-towers. A patrol of only mundane guards passes you by; they don't notice you.

How do you enter the gardens?

>hop the wall
>climb up, glide down inside
>wait for a patrol to pass through the gate; slip in behind them
>some other strategy

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>>30905469

>>30905469
>wait for a patrol to pass through the gate; slip in their shadow

>>30905469
>some other strategy

If we can do so without attracting attention,

>summon Wisp and send it over to scout

>>30905469
>mundane guards
>>wait for a patrol to pass through the gate; slip in behind them

>>30905469
>wait for a patrol to pass through the gate; slip in behind them

Do demons cast shadows?

>>30905469
the main entrance might be magically guarded, able to detect our presence. Lets look for alternate routes.

What's our skill for that? Inspect or something I dunno.

>>30905509

Sure.

Rolled 55

>>30905469
Fast Blink.

We're about to go into a mana pool. We can waste the juice.

>>30905436
heres a realy easy way to pocket all the nobels at once

>shadow walks in to the nobels section wearing his rainbow coat and gold bling
>"Hey i get a secret that i can only tell to cool and important nobels so hudle up if you think your a rad enough dude for this little factomundo im about to drop"
>as everyone leans in to hear the secret we strech our arms around them casualy and say
>im Erebus
>then we pocket the lot and skedadle before the cops arive

>>30905524
If blink is magically subtle, I'd suggest that we just blink inside to a visible shadowspace.

>>30905469
>>hop the wall

>>30905469
Can't we just ink through the gate? That always worked for us.

>>30905521
Damn, then attempting to debase Sandalphon at a critical moment by eating his shadow, and pointing it out, won't work. We could still do it though, it just won't have as much of an impact.
>"How can you trust him? He doesn't even have a shadow!"

>>30905524
yes.

>>30905566

Sure.

The reason

>write-in

is always an option is because if I don't have the time to capture every single possibility every single time.

>>30905151
Wasted? You are severally underestimating the power of Artifact. We give her a suit of portable magic power armor AND a hand that can give the sense of touch.

>>30905469
Is it a portcullis gate that we can see through or the typical nobodylookinside gate? If that, then just blink beyond it to a hiding spot.

>>30905571
>"Ah, right, because it's not like there is a world class shadow mage in the room or anything?"

>>30905602
A power armor thats undetectable at that. Someones going to try to mess with her eventually and be very unpleasantly surprised

>>30905622
Ahm, point there, yeah.

>>30905622
It just depends on whether or not eating shadows is common practice among shadow mages. If it is, there's always the comedic value.

>>30905649
Even if it werent, why would they think it had anythign to do with him and not just someone messing with him. Seems dumb

>>30905613

It's a half-circle wooden gate that reaches up about 3/4 of the wall.

>>30905683
Alright I'll second the inking through idea.

>>30905672
Just trying to find creative uses for abilities we don't use.

>>30905074

holy shit, great advice, thanks.

Alright, roll 1d100

>>30905591
Inking seems good enough.

Rolled 55

>>30905755
We're gonna DIEEE

>>30905683
is shadowmels still on or would it need reaplying? since were heading for the pool mana shouldnt be an issue.

Rolled 57

>>30905755
Rolling for maximum stealth

Rolled 57

>>30905755
oh no

Rolled 74

>>30905755

Rolled 32

>>30905755

>>30905755
Stop rolling!

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>>30905777
>>30905784
>>30905787
That's nice. It's not great, but it's nice.

You decide to ink under the door.

You wait for a gap between patrols, then slink forward across the stone pavement. But just as you contort your body to pass under the wood, you sense something.

You withdraw your arm. There's some sort of magic, there. Not anything harmful, but it would tell a mage that something had passed under the door.

However, there's nothing like that protecting the rest of the wall. You stretch your arms, then take a hop, easily bounding the fifteen feet and grasping the ledge of the gardens. You pull yourself up onto the wall atop the door.

The earth mana pool is in sight a good distance away across the gardens, near where another wall cuts the space in two. There's another cluster of guards lingering near it - sneaking past them shouldn't be any trouble.

You sense mages in the next part of the gardens, where only the nobles are allowed.

What do you do?

>get to the pool and manaport back to Arland
>continue to investigate; maybe you can learn something useful
>some other strategy

...

Would Kan-Abar have learned that the enemy has the capability to travel through manapools based on how the mages corpses in the Jacobs Field keep would've had to have been defending themselves against someone coming from it?

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>>30905884
>get to the pool and manaport back to Arland

Report back, then come back and investigate.

>>30905884
>>get to the pool and manaport back to Arland

>>30905885
We ate those corpses.

>>30905884
>get to the pool and continue to investigate; maybe you can learn something useful

>>30905884
>continue to investigate; maybe you can learn something useful

But stay near the mana pool

>>30905884

Can we activate the pool, then continue to investigate?

>>30905885
They probably thought we came from Hecates door.

Rolled 70

>>30905884
>continue to investigate; maybe you can learn something useful

inb4 HEEEEEERE'S DEMON LORD

>>30905884
if we abduct nobles, kan abar goes on high alert and our strike team has a harder time later. Pass

>>30905931
Zsst! Touch, not activate. The difference in language hypes my paranoia anon, from just that much you nearly killed me.

>>30905947
Can still investigate, though your reasoning also carries over into that well enough.

However, we've been able to sneak pretty well ever since we got grave silence. I'm pretty confident in our abilities to touch the pool, gather some info, and then GTFO.

Vote 1:
>take no risks; accomplish what you came for and head home

Vote 2:
>touch the mana pool but then keep investigating

I really want to try and get to the fire pool.

>>30905981
1

>>30905981
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>>30905981
2

>>30905981
2

>>30905981
2