>>31762439
You hang up on her with a 'Click' and open up your friend list. You call Canis, your face contorted into a are-you-fucking-kidding-me style before your friend even picks up.

RING

RING

RING

RING

“Guy, what the hell?” Says the voice of Canis.

“Guy,” You respond, “Stop impersonating me and get out of the attic.”

There is a pause, and then Canis replies, “First off, is being in the attic like being in the closet? Are you calling me double-gay or something? Cause if y-”

“No!” You cut him off, “I mean the literal attic, as in, the attic of the house you are currently in. Get out of THAT attic.”

“Alright, well, I'm not in the attic, and secondly, I can't do your voice. I mean ... listen.” He adopts a high pitched, horrid whailing of a voice. “ThIS iS WHat iT souNDS lIKE wHEn I dO yOuR VoiCE!” He returns to normal. “See? Doesn't work. Can't do it.” “

Your grogy brain tries to process the information.

“Good night!” He announces.

CLICK

You really didn't need this right now. You just wanted to go to sleep. Was that so much to ask?

RING

RI-

“Hello again.” You say to Lilac.

“I don't want to alarm you,” She whispers, “But I'm starting to freak out.”

You sigh and get out of bed. “What's happening now.”

“I think he's come down stairs.” A pause. “He's in the hallway.”

You groggily walk towards the door. “Alright. I'm gonna-”

“He stopped at my door.”

A long silence.

CLICK

This had to be some kind of elaborate ruses, right? You open the door to a pitch black hallway and instinctively summon up the the cute-faced balls of light. Walking out towards the stairs, you hear a voice coming from the darkness of the main hall.

“Go ahead, try to fire.” Comes the voice of Judicature. “We both know there're no charges left in that wand.”

[ ] Call out. “You okay, Judi?”
[ ] Ignore the voice, go up stairs silently.
[ ] Go down stairs silently to check on Judicature.
[ ] Other

>>31762465
>[ ] Call out. “You okay, Judi?”

I get the feeling she's either just being weird, or this is a trick to distract us, but we may as well call out for the sake of saying we made an effort.

>>31762465
>[ ] Ignore the voice, go up stairs silently.

>>31762465
Do we have our equipment with us? We go in expecting a fight. Enough with this horror shit. Shield up, weapon out.

[X] Ignore the voice, go up stairs silently.

>>31762465
>[ ] Call out. “You okay, Judi?”

She's probably playing a game with somebody since wands don't have charges in LH as far as I know.

Time to choose who dies /tg/...

>>31762754
Judicature. I'd rather have Lilac live. Also,
> “First off, is being in the attic like being in the closet? Are you calling me double-gay or something? Cause if y-”
huehuehuehue

Rolled 2

>>31762577
>>31762598
>>31762608
>>31762613
>>31762754

Time is up. The dice gods will choose their sacrifice.

1) Go upstairs
2) Call out

>>31762465
>[ ] Ignore the voice, go up stairs silently.
Thinking about it in context, it doesn't sound like she's being attacked, since we'd have heard a prolonged battle and how would she know whether a wand did or didn't have a charge otherwise (do wands even have charges in Elder Tale? She might just be appropriating a wild west cliche in a case of sudden onset chuuni or something).

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Might as well share the card templates with the quest folks too since I don't think they'll be making a comeback any time soon...

preview.tinyurl.com/LHcardsmega
preview.tinyurl.com/LHcardsdrip

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>>31762827
>our faces when we walk in on her roleplay baten'

Rolled 2

>>31762822
[-1 Lilac]
[+1 Wand Fondling]

>>31762866
>[-1 Lilac]
Oh god she's dead and we're stuck with the traitorous bitch

>>31762934
I'd rather have the one who is super stoked about and has mastered this quest with us on this one.

>>31762968
True, but now we're stuck with Takeshi as our single-target DPS.

Think about that.

>>31763018
>>31762968
We'e stuck with a person we hate, a person who hates us, Canis, and a Pirate.

>>31763073
Time for MAXIMUM AUTISM Quest!

>>31763073
This is perfect. It will make for a great adventure story.

>>31762829
There's something just slightly off with these... nice effort though.

>>31763130
Well golly gee would ya look at that.


Still though it's disappointing the dice chose Lilac for the chopping block.

Ok... so we more or less have a binary choice for who has killed Lilac. Either Trove or Takeshi.

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>>31762866
“One for Mr. Body, two for the chandelier, two for the door, and one for the messenger! That's one plus-!”

“You okay, Judi?” You call out.

She yells out a garbled message. Then there is silence. Then a “No! Yes! I mean... I am perfectly fine. How long have you been there?”

“Who were you talking to?” You ask.

“N-no one. Who were you talking to!?”

You pause. “You. I was talking to you.”

“Yeah... well...”

“Lilac says she heard something in the attic. That wasn't you was it?”

“Was not me.”

“Well, whoever it is, they are freaking her out.” You pause. “Or she's screwing with my head.”

“Well, I would love to come with you, but I'm stuck.”

“How are you stuck?” You instinctively begin descending the staircase.

“Us non-mages don't have floaty-balls like you guys do.” You here her stifle a giggle and mumble, “Floaty-balls...”

You suppress an internal groan and continue down the stairs. When you reach the bottom you look around. “Where are you?”

“Stay right there.” She instructs.

You wait a while, then hear someone trampling over glass.

You inquire. “What happened?”

“I shot the chandelier.” She responds.

>>31763406
She finally reaches the light and you raise an eyebrow to her.

“It's what happens in the quest.” She informs you. “Although, it's strange, the players cannot pick up the weapons normally.”

You shake your head, and begin climbing the stairs. Then you hear a shriek. It's Lilac's voice. You bolting up the stairs. “Lilac!?”

You cry out. Up and up the stairs you run until you are at the top floor hallway where the master bedroom is. “Lilac!?” You call out again.

RING

RING

You answer Lilac's call. “Lilac, the hell are you doing!?”

“Help me, Ambrosis!” Cries out Lilac, “I'm stuck in the room!”

“We are on our way!” Judicature announces.

You take a couple of steps toward the door when you suddenly realize that the voice that cried out was not echoed in the call.

[ ] Enter the room
[ ] Stop and whisper to Judi that something is wrong.
[ ] Other

>>31763437
>You take a couple of steps toward the door when you suddenly realize that the voice that cried out was not echoed in the call.
[X] Stop and whisper to Judi that something is wrong.

>>31763406
>>31763437
>[X] Enter room
PROTECT THE SHORTSTACK MAGE

>crashed glass lighting fixture
How did we not hear that?

>>31763437
>[ ] Stop and whisper to Judi that something is wrong.
SPOOKY GHOSTS

>>31763618
You are a very sound sleeper.

Or she is a liar.

>>31763669
>>31763492
Vote called due to time.

[+1 Awareness]
[-1 Protector]

Friendly reminder that the NPCs are sentient and the quest giver for this location has disappeared.

>>31763669
>>31763492
>People who don't want to save a life, but instead want an info dump
truly despicable; you'll never get that dorf BJ at this rate,

>>31763919
No anon! It was all a clever ruse!

>>31763406
Judi is into some very weird very specific high fantasy dirty harry themed toyplay...

>>31763683
>This was a really fun quest... and it was just such a shame you guys wouldn't get to play it... so I set it up for you myself...

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>>31763778
You grab hold of Judicature's arm and whisper. "That's not Lilac."

"Then where is Lilac?" She whispers back.

"I don't know."

"How could you not know!?"

"Do I look like her keeper?"

"No, but..." She sighs, "So, what are we going to do?"

"Are you two still there!?" Calls the voice of Lilac, "I'm so scared and alone!" This voice also did not produce an echo.

"I don't know." You whisper, "But going in that room is not one of the things we should do!"

You look up do the doorway,and notice purple lines dissipate into the air.

You look to the Duelist and ask, "Was that someone stealthing?"

"You two could have saved me." You here Lilac whisper in your ear. "You could have prevented this."

Judicature, in turn, grabs your arm and begins running at full tilt. "Run away!" She yells, charging down the corridor.

A left turn, then another left. She pushes an antic clock to the side, revealing a hole in the wall, which Judicature jumps into, dragging you along for the ride.

The two of you go tumbling down a stairway until you finally reach the bottom, where there is a door.

"This leads to the basement." Judicature tells you. "We can get in here and jump up to the main hall and get out of here."

"Thunderclap!" You hear over the call.

"Lilac! What the hell is going on!?" You say.

"Running for my life!" She responds.

"Let me talk to her! I can get her out of there!" Judicature says.

You don't think anything of it, so you say, "Lilac, call Judi. She can help."

CLICK.

Judi begins to talk over the call.

"Okay, where are you."

A pause.

"Alright. Do you see the bear head?"

A pause.

"Okay, slap the bear head, and jump into the fireplace."

Another pause.

"Did I stutter!? Slap the bear head and jump in the fireplace!"

[cont]

sooooo.....

>>31764257
Now I've got the mental image of Lilac slapping a bear. This is far more amusing than it has any right to be.

>>31764257
You hear gears turning and stone dragging across stone. Judicature pushes you back a little and looks down at her feet. Takes a couple steps left, then the tiniest step right. She extends out her arms and into her arms lands the tiny Lilac. Judicature places the sorceress down gently, then turns to you. "And that is how it's done."

"What about the others?" Lilac inquires.

You and Judi look at each other with a grimace of I-can't-believe-I-forgot. You look to Lilac and say, "I was just about to wake everyone up!"

You begin to call Canis.

RING

"So, what was that?" Judicature asks Lilac.

RING

"It looked to be a necromancer specced Summoner with the tracker subclass." Lilac responds. "I hid in the dresser till she left, then stunned the zombie and escaped."

RING

"Again!? Guy!" Canis yells.

"No, guy! You listen here! We got stealth zombies an' shit tearin' up the mansion!" You yell back.

"Actually," Lilac corrects, "Only the summoner would be hidden. The zombies are still be able to be seen."

"I don't care about stealth zombies! Let me sleep!" Canis responds.

"You will when they go and bite off your dick!"

"They can do that!?"

"They can't do that." Lilac says.

"Oh yeah! They if bit off Lilac's arm, they can bite off your dick!" You tell him. A white lie between friends means nothing, after all.

"Fuck this! I'm jumping out the window!"

"Don't jump out the window! Judicature is going to get you out of there. You just gotta call her and listen."

You hand up and look at your friend list.

[ ] Call Trove next.
[ ] Call Takeshi next.

>>31764589
>[ ] Call Trove next.
Pirate > Ninja

>>31764589
[X] Call Trove next.
If we get lucky, maybe the zombies will eat Takeshi while we're saving the guy we don't hate.

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Zombie mansion huh?

>>31764589
>[X] Call Trove next.
and silently hope that we can get rid of that sanity draining weaboo fagot.

>>31764589
>Trove
Have Lilac call Takeshi

>>31764589
>[ ] Call Trove next.
We need a tank

>>31764589
>[ ] Call Trove next.

[x] Call Trove
Takeshi is a low-value asset in both combat and company.

>>31764634
>>31764649
>>31764728
>>31764744
>>31764759
>>31764988
>>31764999

Whoops! Forgot to call the vote.
[+1 Pirate affinity]
[+1 FFFFFFF]

>>31765019
>[+1 FFFFFFF]
W-what!?

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>>31765019
You call up Trove and at the same time turn to Lilac, “Go call Takeshi.”

RING

RING

RIN-

“Uhh... Hello?” Comes the not-so-piratey voice of Trove.

“Zombies have overrun the mansion! You gotta get out of there!”

“Zombies!? Yarr! Sounds like an adventure!”

“No!” You yell, “This is not high-seas adventure time! This is escape the murder mansion alive time!”

“Yarr! A pirate does not turn tail for mere zombies!”

CLICK

FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF is the only sound in your head right now.

From Lilac's face, you can tell she fared no better. “Takeshi said that the samurai code will not allow him to retreat.” She explains.

There were no facepalms hard enough to express your feelings.

“Canis is in the other basement secret entrance.” Judicature announces.

That is when you hear Canis yell out, “OH SHIT!”

You push through the door beside you into the actual basement room and see carved up bodies, cracked open rib cages, a head lopsided from the massive chunk it is missing. Blood climbs up the wall into a horrific pattern.

You spot Canis staring at the mural before he looks to you. “The fuck is this!?”

You shake your head. “I have no idea.”

Judicature cuts in with a, “We need to get out of here.”

You need to come up with a plan.

[ ]Write-ins only.

>>31765076
We stick together, and we clear the mansion to get to Trove. Then we get the fuck out.

Takeshi can be zombie food.

>>31765076
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5dJznTAwLSY

>>31765076
Only way to win this is to burn down the place. Get everyone, run outside, light a fire, laugh as Judicature gets us the fuck out of there. The other two are just Chaotic Stupid enough to run with this plan

>>31765076
Form a circle back to back; travel to the nearest party member not with us

I am >>31765142 and I have to say >>31765136 FUCKING GETS IT

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>>31765076
Both pirates and samurai have a sworn duty to rescue little girls/damsels in distress. Remind them that if they let Lilac die, they will have forsaken their pirate/samurai duty.

Then set the house on fire and run.

This undead focused summoner is pretty much what I'd be doing.
Except for cloaking. What a stupid skill for a clothy to spec into... unless it drops threat... which you shouldn't have due to pets.

>>31765201
>>31765142
>>31765136

General consensus seems to be burn the place down.

[+1 Pyromancy]
[-1 House Appreciation]

>>31765314
way to go... enjoy the sandstorm guys.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dmsjkv4QiYs

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>>31765314

>>31765201
I am with this man.

>>31765314
It won't work out. Knowing Americans, this would be the first thing they tried back when the mission was working.

Think, /tg/. Necromancer. Hidden. In old building. With zombie minions. Dust all over the place. So we can track the necromancer.

He has a set MP limit. Zombies are not high level.

We need light, and a better tactical view.

>>31765729
And what better tactical view than leveling the playing field by burning it to ashes?

I'm with you though, this could have been fun and milked a lot longer... unless the house won't light.

>>31765729
Positive Energy hurts undead maybe? Could we, as a Cleric, do anything to them?

>>31765847
I am ok with turn undead turned on constantly.

What are our pet theories on what's behind this?

Either the Necromancer is good at pretending to sound like all the characters or the mansion contains time traveling hijinks. And Time traveling hijinks demand further study to harness it for the use of FREEDOM.

>>31765847
Say a prayer to the machine God.

>>31765990
I have no idea. The quest giver was no where to be found, but this sounds like adventurer shenanigans...
Maybe Tracker has mmic perks in addition to invisibility.

>>31765990
Necromancer is original murder victim out for revenge.

>>31766125
I wonder if the real life trick of clicking everywhere until you see the hidden unit's status bar works here.

>>31765314
“Okay. Here's the plan.” You begin to explain, “We stick together, find Takeshi and Trove, get out of here, and burn the place to the ground. Any questions?”

“When can I start suckin' your dick?” Lilac asks.

Your quickly glance over to her. She looks as confused as you are. “I didn't say that!”

That is when you notice the corpses begin to toss and turn.

“She's in the room!” Judicature yells.

“I can't see her!” Canis responds.

Judicature then grabs you. You grab Lilac. Lilac grabs Canis, and the lot of you go charging up the secret passage way you had entered in from before.

“Clever girls...” You hear a sultry, feminine voice you had not known before.

When you reach the top and push the clock out of the way, you see a level 90 zombie standing in your way.

“Not clever enough, though.” You hear your voice say.

“THUNDERCLAP!” Lilac screams, and a small lightning bolt strikes the zombie, dealing one damage and knocking the zombie to the ground.

Judicature runs past the floored zombie, dragging everyone with her.

In your voice, you hear a faint, “Ah, shit!”

The chain of people goes rushing through the corridors and rooms of the mansion, jumping through picture frames and kitchen closets, until you finally see the black-beared bastard.

Everyone stops to catch their breaths, you included.

“Yarr. What be the problem?” The pirate asks.

“We're...” huff, “getting outta...” puff, “here.” You say between gasps of air.

“Yarr. But what about the zombie fightin'?”

“They're level ninety!” You breath deeply. “We can't even damage them!”

“Yarr. Then we'll need to get to the roof.” The pirate says pointing upwards.

“Why!?” You yell.

“Yarr. Takeshi started yammerin' on about how the only way ta duel someone is ta do it on the roof.”

>>31766145
I like that.

Then we get a necromancer NPC buddy with whom we hunt down the original murderers.

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>>31766157
Judicature grabs your hand, and the entire process begins anew. Up through the library, into the study, through the hallway, and into the attic. You look at the large, Takeshi-sized hole in the roof and sigh.

On the roof you spot the bamboo hatted assassin. “We need to leave!” You yell.

“A samurai never retreats!” He responds, “In the samurai code, it clearly states that anyone who would run away is a dishonorable coward!”

You put your hands to your face. You cannot deal with this shit right now.

“I've got an idea!” Cannis announces, “You can suck my dick instead!”

You turn around. Canis shakes his head. “It wasn't me.” He says.

Behind the entire group you see a dark-skinned, Fox-tail woman with obscene curves. Strips of white cloth in the shape of spiderwebs were the only thing standing against her complete nudity. Her giant breasts and thick hips seemed pornographic, yet all you could think of was...

“You dress like my brother.”

“Oh?” She says in a very feminine voice.

“Yeah.” You respond, “Also...”

[ ] Cast Argent Chain “Pocket sand!”
[ ] Light the roof on fire. “Jump!”
[ ] Other

>>31766175
>[ ] Cast Argent Chain “Pocket sand!”

HOLY POCKET SAND GO

>>31766175
Fire won't kill her. She can summon lv 90s.

The only option is to surprise her. Even bring her into our team on our reverse Origon trail.

So, [x] Touch fluffy tails

>>31766175
[ x] Cast Argent Chain “Pocket sand!”
There can be only one choice...

>>31766175
>[ ] Light the roof on fire. “Jump!”

>>31766175
>[ ] Cast Argent Chain “Pocket sand!”
Best skill in the game.

Also, should the opportunity present itself, touch the fluffy tail. Just one touch, real fast, while she's still blinded.

>>31766209
>>31766258
We need to know what to do after pocket sand though.

Jump off the roof?
Push her off?
Check if she is a player character. Because having her respawn is just bad news.

>>31766283
She is a player character, she's a Fox Tail, that's a player race.

>>31766279
[x] I am with this anon.

>>31766310
[x] Stay behind to see if we can play along with her to surprise the next team that gets here.

>>31766175
>[ ] Cast Argent Chain “Pocket sand!”

>>31766209
>“Why!?” You yell.
>>31766258
>>31766279
>>31766314
>>31766398

[+1 Pocket Sanding]
[+1 Tail Touching]

>>31766175
[ ] Cast Argent Chain “Pocket sand!”

>>31766359
I like this plan. It could be fun.

>>31766175
>"You can suck MY dick. Light this bitch up... and no I mean the roof. Light the roof on fire."

So guys, remember when MiniPastor wrote the introducing post of this mansion? Remember how a certain someone made damn sure to bring in the wagon through the doors?
That thing is still in here just waiting to catch fire.

>>31766635
God damn it. We need that for things.

It's not Reverse Oregon Trail without a wagon!

>Super curvy fox slut who has a zombie summon skill most likely due to foxtail.
WELP... time to open a new tab.

>>31766635
FUCK

Ok I guess we have to fight her somehow...

>>31766739
Can we not recruit her?

Or cooperate with her?

>>31766739
Being a fox tail is fun.

>>31766768
We can try what all clergymen try when finding problems.
Bless it. Bless the fuck out of it.

>>31766833
I like this anon.

>>31766795
Ya it is. I like that card in the pic here
>>31762829

You can do some crazy stuff with a foxtail.

>>31766768
>why not copulate with her?

>>31766768
Anon, I think she's crazy. Like sadistic murder crazy.

And she's higher level than us, meaning her crazy could easily boil over and kill us at any moment.

Unless our hit-and-run tail touch causes her to go all wobbly-legged we've no leverage over her whatsoever.

>>31766892
>she's crazy
Wonderful! She will fit right in with the group. It's not like she will be any worse than the Betrayer.

>>31766892
>Anon, I think she's crazy. Like sadistic murder crazy.
You got any proof of that? Iirc everyone hated each other in Clue, so the quest npcs all killing each other wouldn't be that weird.

>>31766422
“Pocket sand!” You announce, unleashing chains of blinding light unto the necromancer. A 1 pops up over her head. She does not look amused.

“Summon: Shade!” She cries out, and a ghostly, black figure arises from beneath you. That is when everything goes dark.

“Ya couldn't a' just done this the easy way, could'ya'uv?” Asks a deep, masculine voice you had not hear before. “Ya jus' haaaad ta go an' ruin it for me, didn'cha?”

You are blind, but you can still move. You feel around and try to listen to where the voice is coming from.

“Can' let BigMoney get his free artifact! Naaaah! We shoul' go an' fuck with his fuckin' quest line. Well, who's the bitch now? Huh?” He pauses. “You faggots. You're the bitches now.”

You can still see your party HUD. It looks like everyone was blinded, but the countdown on it was almost up.

“See, I'm tryin' ta have some fun here. Kill a bunch'a NPCs an' get me some phat lootz. Cause when a named NPC comes down from fuckin' heaven an' says, 'Kill all the bitches in this house an' I'll give you a' artifact,' ya generally do it!”

You reach up, and grasp something soft and fluffy. The blindness wears off and you see that you have grasped Fox's tail. Above her are the words BigMoney and <Last Valley>. She stares at you a moment and says in her masculine voice, “Now ya' fucked up!”

>>31766892
At least she is not our brother who was changed by the system into an ara ara fox tail.

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>>31767079
That is when you notice that the sky has turned blue, and daylight is breaking. The sun seems tiny until you realize that the orb of light is not the sun. You hear a howl. The sound bounces around inside your skull and it makes you feel sick and dizzy. Your eyes cannot look away from the orb of light. As your eyes adjusts to the intense light, you see a black, skeletal hand holding the flame. You trace the hand to an arm with cracked open flesh and cooked muscle, then to a chest of fur, and a up a neck to a face of some kind a canine. A coyote.

[ ] Jump off the roof, and run for the gate.
[ ] Jump off the roof, run inside for the cart, and escape through the gate.
[ ] Jump off the roof, run inside for the cart, light the house on fire, and escape through the gate.
[ ] Other

>>31767079
Nevermind. I veto recruiting.

>>31767113
Quick, remind us of the coyote myth.

What would appease him/distract him/fool him?

>>31767129
What's the matter? This guy is awesome.

>>31767113
[X] Offer it a heart. (The Betrayer's)
It's cool guys I've heard this story before.

>>31767113
[x] Other
Pocket sand again?


But seriously,
[x] Jump off the roof, run inside for the cart, light the house on fire, and escape through the gate.

>>31767113
>[ ] Jump off the roof, run inside for the cart, and escape through the gate.

Need cart, no time, go go go go.

>>31767113
>[X] Jump off the roof, run inside for the cart, light the house on fire, and escape through the gate.

>>31767158
[x] Offer it the fox tail's heart.

>>31767158
>[x] Offer it the fox tail's heart.

Seconding this. If this fails, go with
>[X] Jump off the roof, run inside for the cart, light the house on fire, and escape through the gate.

>>31767113
>[ ] Jump off the roof, run inside for the cart, and escape through the gate.
NOPE

>>31767157
As soon as he said "phat loot" he is worse than Takashi.

Coyote man on the other hand is pretty cool.

So Coyote asked Foxtail to kill off the NPCs? For what purpose? Do they not respawn soon? Do the NPCs have a way to chasing off the Coyote? They must if they live in a house in the desert for so long.

>>31767225
Yes, this could work

>>31767163
>>31767174
He is already cooked. What would fire do to him?

Does he not have crows eating at his guts every day?

Should we do the same? That may be his only weakness.

There is also the option of going full RP and pretending to be working for Coyote.

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>>3176725
>Do they not respawn soon?
Jesus fucking Christ man get with the program. They aren't NPCs, they're people, and people die when they are killed and do not respawn. Adventurers respawn because Adventurers are magic and shit.

>>31767113
Presumably the more actions we try to do, the lower our chance of success.

So, [X] Jump off the roof, run inside for the cart, and escape through the gate.

Let's also offer Fox Tail to Coyote.

>>31767113
>Grab foxtits and heave her to the heroic tier legendary mob

>>31767258
Coyote is all about those hearts man. People have these hearts trapped inside of them and the C man wants them out and free.

>>31767292
[x] I like this man. Coyote won't remember who he told to do errands for him.

>>31767315
My bad anon. At the same time, the kingdom will send someone to take over the house, and soon enough, the quest will restart again.

>>31767364
Truly the freedom fighter of our age.

Then we would never be safe on the desert. Everywhere we go the C man could be after freeing our hearts. Running makes no difference.

>>31767113
[x] Attach lever to the Coyote man.

>>31767401
There is one way to be free. All we need to do is keep freeing hearts via sharpened levers and prove we're useful to the cause.

>This guy will slowly become woman-y and will go full fox slut and if killed enough times.
I think I've seen this manga on sadpanda...

>>31767481
WELP, TIME TO FARM PLAYERS

>>31767401
>the quest will restart again.
No it won't. If the mansion is a known Lander deathtrap they'll just stop coming to the fucking mansion, because like most real human beans they have self-preservation instincts that tell them to stop sending people to live in the horrible murder mansion in the middle of nowhere for no reason. "Quests" aren't a thing anymore, a convenient murder mystery plot won't just randomly pop back up in this location after enough time has passed for no better reason than there is supposed to be a murder mystery happening.

>>31767363
>>31767324
>>31767225
>>31767158

Calling the vote.

[+1 Sacrificer]
[+1 Madness]

>>31767481
The dude is summoning level ninety skeletons. He ain't dying anytime soon unless we can convince Coyote somehow.

>>31767457
The Coyote man is Ok with any human heart.

And then we become tomb raiders. Except there are no tombs to raid as everyone evaporate.

So we devise the technology to clone hearts.

>>31767481
The death part is optional, the voice and personality will slowly shift to be in line with the body regardless.

He won't become an entirely different person, but a few months down the line nobody will be able to tell that this person isn't in a properly fitting body.

>>31767562
I don't know man. Cloned hearts lack that je ne sais quoi that fresh human hearts have, and considering that the C man is a connoisseur he's going to be pretty picky.

>>31767518
>We have higher physical strength than a caster
>Heft shim up over our head
>"FEAST! FEAST YOU MONSTER OF THE SAND! FIEST YOU DEVIL OF THE SUN! FEAST!"
>Cast shim down and watch as shi is bloodily devoured
>"... ... ... HOLY SHIT YOU JUST KILLED THAT GUY!!"
>serial killer grin
>"Is there a problem?"

I kind of want to sacrifice Takeshi and pretend its his idea. "Takeshi I know that your code requires you to sacrifice yourself for your companions but, please don't do it!"

>>31767729
Don't think of it as killing so much as lubricating the gears of progress with the blood of those block the way.

>>31767837
Takashi is our second option.

But then who will cook for us?

>>31767857
>"But... but I'm no-"
>"Oh wow are we, let us not linger and waste his noble saccrifi-"
>"B-but I'm n-"
>'Oh poor poor Takeshi we knew him well! Why are you guys staring at me like that?"

>hating on Takeshi
He's the best character in this quest.

>>31767914
The cactus is better than him. Probably tastier too.

>>31767965
not to mention smarter.

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>>31767518
“Lock her down!” You cry out.

BigMoney does not look impressed.“Shade, teach this bitch a-”

“THUNDERCLAP!” A bolt of lightning strikes the Fox, stunning her in place.

“Pocket sand!” Again the chains wrap around, blinding her (him?).

“Yarr! Quiet on the deck!” Trove yells, smacking the summoner with his flintlock.

You pick up the blind, silenced, and stunned body and fling it towards Coyote.

“Ah damn.” Takeshi comments, “I didn't poison her yet.”

You look at Takeshi and only wonder how he thought his level 30-something poison would actually damage the level 90 summoner.

The Fox then stands up. “Ya' think that shit's gonna stop me!?”

“No!” Canis calls back, “But it'll slow you down!” He then begins to play on his drum. A soft and slow beat.

“Oh, bitch wanna cast come slow shit on me!?” BigMoney yells, “Well, how about I get my zombies to come an'-”

A red thread wraps around the feminine body and then pierces through her chest. Then her skin rips open and the ribcage breaks into pieces. The heart it ripped from its perch, and is pulled along the path of the thread, into the heart of the flame.

“Look who's the bitch now!” You proclaim.

“It is against the samurai code to gloat at the defeat of your enemies.” Takeshi states.

You look directly at Takeshi, hand raised to slap him, when Lilac points out, “Coyote hasn't stopped.”

You look, and the light carrying hound is still moving for you.

“I'll get the horses!” Judicature announces before ducking back into the attic.

You look around, not sure what to do, when you suddenly decide, “Jump and run for it!”

You leap off the roof and the rest of the party follows suit.

Judicature comes bursting through the doors, burning her HP for extra speed. “Jump on!”

As she draws closer, you notice the red threads begin to wrap around her.

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>>31768544
“BANZAAAAAAAI!” Takeshi yells, knocking the threads away.

You hop onto the side of the cart as Judicature brings it around. “Go, go, go!” You yell.

The cart races forward, but the red threads once more catch up, wrapping around the wheels of the cart.

“Yarr!” Trove announces, chopping them with his cutlas. “Weigh anchor!”

The cart bursts forward and the group makes it out of the gates.

The night sky soon returns to you, and all the stars are on display.

“The samurai code says to never abandon an ally.” Takeshi states. At this point you didn't even care to hate him. You were just glad everyone got out okay.

“Someone take over.” Judicature says. “I'm going to sleep.”

“Yarr. Why do ye get ta sleep?” Trove asks.

“Because I did all the work.” Judi responds before throwing down a sleeping back and face-planting upon it.

You notice that there is no driver and, fearing for your safety, you grab hold of the reigns. After which, everyone agrees that you should have first watch, so to speak.

You state up into the night sky and think...

[ ] I should call my brother.
[ ] We're all made of star stuff.
[ ] I should probably look where I'm going.
[ ] Other

>>31768568
>[x] I should probably look where I'm going.

Calling while carting accidents are the leading cause of cart-related deaths in the post-Databasing!

>>31768568
[X] We're all made of star stuff.
Find Cactusman's more laid back brother Peyote and farm him.

>>31768606
Accidents rising! Are you ready for the punchline?

>>31768638
[x] We are all made of star stuff. Database star stuff.

>>31768568
>[ ] I should probably look where I'm going.
Lets not be the guy who crashes the cart ten minutes after our big escape.

>>31768568
[X] I should probably look where I'm going.
Getting lost in the desert isn't the best idea.

>>31768568
>[x] I wonder if the mp5 has been invented yet.

>>31768568
>[x] I should probably look where I'm going.

>>31768568
I think Foxtail lady is dead. I don't know if resurrection is possible after that.

>>31768638
And the levers are made of stars! My God, it is full of stars!

>>31768670
But what if by loosing our way we find Ambrosius' spirit animal?

>>31768673
DameDame plz go

>>31768716
What if Coyote finds us fucking around having dehydrated spirit visions in the desert and butchers us? No. DON'T LOSE YOUR WAAAAAAAY

>>31768568
>cackle like a madman
>I should probably look where I'm going.

should have milked it a little more brosif

>>31768780
Why did I laugh

>>31768705
She's fine, it doesn't really matter how you're killed and permakilling Adventurers wasn't one of Coyote's powers according to the lore we have on him.

>>31768780
Thus begins the battle between Coyote and Ambrosia's spirit animal.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?annotation_id=annotation_279704&feature=iv&src_vid=TnHyj7G1kjI&v=XFkPqh0z-_Y

>>31768828
Oh Good. We can just wait a few month and run into her again when she stop using the word "phat loot".

>>31768568
>[ ] We're all made of star stuff.

>>31768780
>DameDame plz go

DameDame pls stay.

>>31768544
>“Look who's the bitch now!” You proclaim.
>not: "Should have rolled a better toon cockfag!"

Also that is some hardcore shit for a T rated game.
I can't wait until we take on Coyote for real also give me back my godamn land you white devils.

>>31768606
>>31768668
>>31768670
>>31768686
>>31768794

[+1 Vigilance]

You are correct, but I felt like I was running out of time with what I was writing. Also, most of the options I wanted to spread it out with felt too unimportant. A lesson for next time, I suppose.

>>31768912
Just pop in to say "writing" and we'll patiently wait. Well I will at least.

>>31768912
Take the time you need. Quality is (within the limits of reason) more important than quantity.

Just got back home and caught up... I am a bit say tittymonster bit the dust... and was a dude and not the good kind like Dr. Girlfriend.

>>31769691
I like to imagine "her" as though she where drawn by Sindoll when it comes to her proportions.

Also she sure as hell jobbed like the toxtails do, so that worked out for us and what was Takeshi on about for "leave no-one behind?"

>>31769794
No damnit I don't want to fap to renamon now...

>>31768828
>servers have been switched to Diablo 2 hardcore mode

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>>31768912
I should probably look where I'm going, you think to yourself. You turn your eyes to the road just in time to dodge a pot hole. You veer the cart away from it, but the force of the turn sends everyone in the back tumbling into one another.

Everyone grumbles and mumbles to one another. Judicature arises and sits next to you, palm extended. You look at it for a second and then hand her the reins. She launches the cart into a great speed and she watches the road, unblinking, with weary eyes.

Over time the others go to sleep and soon it is just you and her awake.

“I'm going to go get some sleep now.” You say, beginning to turn for the back.

“No.” She says.

“But-”

“You woke me up, so you are staying awake as long as I am.” She turns to you with rage filled eyes. “Got it?”

“Yes.”

She goes back to looking at the road.

You sigh and lean back, watching the sky overhead.

“We're all made of star stuff.” You comment.

“Carl Sagan.” She replies.

“I was just quoting Niel deGrasse Tyson.”

“Who was inspired by Sagan! It's Sagan he's quoting when he says that!”

You put your hands up, “No need to yell.”

She sighs. “I'm sorry. I'm just tired.”

There is another long silence.

“I bet he destroyed the mansion.” The duelist comments.

“Hm?” You ask.

“Coyote. He probably destroyed the mansion.” She lets out a long sigh, “I should have done that quest more. It is probably one of the most well designed quests in the game.”

“You're just gonna keep rubbing that in, aren't you?”

“What do you mean?”

“I never got to do that quest, and now I probably will never be able to.”

“Sorry.”

“Nah, it's fine.”

[cont]

>>31769691
I wouldn't worry about it too much. She was probably a zoophiliac considering Coyote stole her heart.

>>31770108
There is a pause, and then, “Oh!” Judi says, “So, this thing, right?” She pulls out stick, “This is the wand from the mansion. Not sure if it does anything. When the NPCs used it, it would instantly kill their target, although none of them had more than a hundred HP, so it might just do a flat one-hundred damage.”

“I though you said it was out of charges.”

“Hm? Oh, no. It was one at mister body, one at the chandelier, two at the door, and one for the messenger. That's one plus one plus two plus one. That's five.”

“Okay?”

“The wand is based on the revolver from the movie. A six-shooter. Only six bullets.”

“Wait, I thought it was based on Clue. You know, the board game.”

“No. Well, yes, but no. There's a movie based on the board game, and that is what the quest was based on.”

“How do you make a movie based on Clue?”

“With Tim Curry.”

“That name sounds familiar...”

She sighs quite vocally this time. “I was born a generation too late.”

“What's that supposed to mean?”

“That you and everyone I know do not know anything about the things I like.”

“Look, I'm sure I could like the things you like, but you can't hate me for not seeing them.”

“I... I am just too tired right now to deal with this.”

[cont]

>>31770130
You look around you, into the darkness of night. “So, why did you come with us anyways?”

“Because it's my duty.” She responds.

“And?”

“And nothing else.”

“Really?”

“Really.”

“No other motives?”

“N-”

“None at all?”

“Well...” There is a pause.

“Well!?”

She looks conflicted.

“WELL?”

“If I tell you, you have to tell no one I told you.” She responds.

“Sure.” You say.

“If I do a good deed I can get a rank up in the guild, but we can't tell anyone that's what we're doing or else it doesn't count.”

“Ah. So that's why you did this.”

“No! … Sorta. … I don't know.”

[ ] “Well, I won't tell anyone.”
[ ] “Too bad you told me, cause now I'm telling everyone!” (Joking)
[ ] “Screw your guild. We should form our own guild.”
[ ] Other

>>31770168
>[ ] “Screw your guild. We should form our own guild.”

>>31770168
[X] How do you feel about levers?
Why in the hell would a person be trying to level up in their guild after the Happening?

>>31770168
"Well at least you're honest. I won't blab about it... but that seems like a really dumb rank up system."

>>31770168
>[ ] “Well, I won't tell anyone.”

>>31770209
To suck up to the higher ups of course.

>>31770168
>[X] How do you feel about levers?
This

>>31770168
>[ ] “Screw your guild. We should form our own guild.”
THIS THIS THIS

>>31770168
[X] “Well, I won't tell anyone.”

But doing good for your own sake isn't really doing good at all.

>>31770209
Access to better resources and equipment, social hiarchy, etc.
Also The Happening only happened an hour ago in real time, 24 in-game.
The rules and laws of this new world are still very alien to us.

Also for people saying "NEW GUILD" we have absolutly no reason to want to do that right now and we have nothing to offer her or anyone else that would get them to leave their guilds. No resources, no skills, nothing. Why would you want to bail on massive resources and personel for a startup?

>>31770168
>[ ] “Well, I won't tell anyone.”

>>31770209
Force of habit, being of the opinion that this world is way better than the old one and jumping head first into it, desperate coping mechanism to take her mind off the fact that she may never be able to go back to her old life, take your pick. People do weird shit when put in crazy situations.

>>31770168
>[x] “Well, I won't tell anyone.”

We all do a lot of crazy shit to gain status amongst our peers.

>>31770359
>>31770239
>>31770351
>>31770220
>>31770217

[+1 Secret Keeper]
[+1 Reputation with Judicature]

Are you guys really going to help the Betrayer keep a secret?

>>31770482
Are you really so stupid to turn down free leverage?

>>31770482
I don't think she's the betrayer any more, she told us her secret.

>>31770482
The thing with betrayal is that you're never sure it's coming.

It might not necessarily be her. We shouldn't be a dick to her based on metagaming pseudoknowledge.

>>31770516
Or DID she?

Also by the time we make it to the east coast; the Dixie Quest guy is probably going to have united all of florida under his guild...

>>31770482
She won't betray is since we know her secret.

>>31770553
or misdirection from the QM

>>31770581
alternitivly it makes us easier to get rid of via an accident since she eased her conscience by telling someone, and can just as easily make them go away if need be.

>>31770516
>>31770581
But what if that "secret" wasn't her secret at all and was just a cunning misdirection?

She may be deceiving, lying, bullshitting, fast-talking, question evading, or otherwise taking us for a ruse cruise.

Nah, it's probably fine, we don't have a realistic particular reason to mistrust her.

>>31770661
What if 'doing a good deed' for her guild means PKing people?

>>31770729
Circle of life, brah.

>>31770729
Then that's a weird ass guild and she's also wildly incompetent at being an assassin (the literal kind, not the class), unless she's going for some kind of sleeper agent bonus points or something.

>>31770857
The guild gives out points based on how tragic the betrayal is.

Rolled 77

>>31771124
And she got the gun now.

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>>31770410
“Well, I won't tell anybody, but that's a pretty weird way to rank up in your guild.” You say.

“It is the way of the Morning Star.” She responds, “We stand for truth, justice, and the American way!”

“Really?” You ask in a bit of disbelief, “Is that really your clan motto?”

“No. That would just be silly. It's just Truth, Justice, 'Merica.”

The two of you have a chuckle.

“So...” You ask, “How does it even work? Do you just go to your guild leader and say, “I did my good deed for the day. Rank up, plox!”

“No, no. Someone would walk up to the person that the deed was done for and confirm that you did it.”

“So, why don't you get a friend to just make some shit up for you?”

“Well, only one person can report you for a good deed. You do a good deed for them, they can't give you any more commendations.”

“Oh. So how many good deeds do you need to rank up, then?”

“Well, I'm only a scout, so I'd need to do one good deed to become a deputy.”

“Ah. So, how many have you gotten so far?”

[cont]

>>31771242
She fidgets a little. “None.”

“None!? If you only needed one recommendation, why don't you just get a friend to do it?”

“I...” She bites her lip, looks around, and finally blurts out, “I don't have any friends.”

You stay in silence for a moment. “Huh...” Is all you can think to say.

Silence once again returns.

She begins the conversation again. “I mean, I don't NEED to do a good deed. That's the alternate path for us lowbies. Normally you're supposed to go PKKing, but I don't have the level for it, and good deeds sounded more fun, but...”

“But?”

“But... I don't know. People are kind of terrifying in a way. Always watching you and judging you.”

“Uhuh...”

“I mean, you make a mistake, and that person will know for the rest of their life that you made that mistake. That you screwed up. That it was all your fault.” She pauses, “It's just really intimidating.”

You raise an eyebrow at her, but say nothing.

She glances at you, then looks away. “Spaghetti.” You hear her mumble.

“Did... Did you just say spaghetti?”

“No! Why would I say that? Who the hell even likes spaghetti!?” She begins laughing. You are not sure what is so funny.

[ ] “I think I'm going to go to sleep now.”
[ ] “You should go back to sleep.”
[ ] “What have you got against spaghetti!?”
[ ] Other

Rolled 28

>>31771279
Oh God she is an anon through and through.

[x] Give her a lever. Tell her if she acts strangely enough people will stop caring about her mistakes.

>>31771279
>[ ] “What have you got against spaghetti!?”

>>31771279
[X] Induct her to the school of not giving a fuck.
Relaxing is what is needed here. People don't care and neither should she.

>>31771242
If it is that pretty in the desert I need to go out there at night.

>>31771336
So begins the Lever diplomacy. And the second follower of the lever.

>>31771279
[X] Everyone makes mistakes. Go to bed.

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>>31771124
The scorecard:
>Kills: 5pts for TPK, -1pt for every surviving member
>Friendship betrayal: +5pts
>Timed for maximum inconvenience: +5-10pts, depending on inconvenience caused
>Killing a waifu/husbando in front of their significant other: +10pts for the first, +2pts for each instance afterwards in the case of multi-couple parties
>Becoming the waifu/husbando of one of the targets, thus breaking their heart: +10pts
>General creativity of the killing method: +5-15pts

>>31771279
The other way to gain ranks is through PKing.

Darn, these guilds are nasty.

>Guild rewards you for being a good person or a complete asshole
What kind of organization does that?!

>>31771443
Betraying your guild

Priceless.

For everything else there is mastercard.

>>31771495
PKKing, as in counter-PKing PKers. That's a good thing.

>>31771553
Ahhh. My bad.

Sounds like a Hulk Hogan type of guild. A reference probably only Judi will understand.

>>31771553
That makes more sense.

>>31771279
>Grab her by the collar
>Bitch I fill fighting FIGHT you. Don't you DARE talk shit about 'getti...

But seriously,,,
>[ ] “You should go back to sleep; I'll try not to get us killed. No promises though. Also get my lever from the back would you?"

>>31771336
>>31771346

Calling vote due to time.

This appears to be the highest voted choice.

[+1 Not givin' a fuck]
[+1 Reputation with Judicature]
[-1 False Lever]

>>31771702
>[-1 False Lever]
This worries me more than it should.

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>>31771279
Oh, damn. I thought Trove would be the NEET. Who would have Judi was pic related with a good bluff check.

>>31771758
nah, false levers are the ones that were made after the databasing and don't do crazy magic stuff.

>>31771809
She... is adorable. Although she is not as much of a lore machine as the midget sorcerer, I am Ok with not avoiding her like the plague.

>>31771809
yeah, we should call her Tomoko or spaghetti-tan.

>>31771890
But just obsessed with older media.

>>31771984
Should we sing the only older song we know, as a neckbeard?

Which song would that be?

>>31772029
Power of Love. Aka "The Back to the Future themesong"

>>31772029
Hmm, I wonder how far the Jojo TV Series has gotten by now.

>>31772029
The Impossible Dream.

Every neckbeard is a paladin in their heart.

>>31771443
>>Killing a waifu/husbando in front of their significant other: +10pts for the first,
>>Becoming the waifu/husbando of one of the targets, thus breaking their heart: +10pts
these stack?

>>31772139
This please

>>31772165
Not directly, since points are awarded based on the how much you fuck with your targets, but there is no reason they're mutually exclusive either. It'd be easymodo if the party you were infiltrating was harem-based.

I've got to say Shep; this is by far your strongest session yet. Wish we could have run the haunted house gambit a bit longer since it was nerve racking as hell; but I've enjoyed tonight.

>>31772262
Hell if the party was You, the Harem MC, and 3 Harem Members, you'd net 26 point just for murdering him in front of the rest of the party. Of course then you just outed yourself as an enemy and it's now 3v1, but that's still a massive point bump to kick off the killing spree.

>>31772405
*24pts, miscounted

>>31772165
So 20 points for suicide in front of loved one. Wonder if anyone has just kept grinding that way.

>>31772510
>>31772405
These are the anons I know and love.

Guys what if we attached wings to the cart?

We really, desperately need to figure out how to make more True Levers. We should have Lilac, the IRL Engineer, help us in this task.

>>31772535
Isn't it grand?

>>31772655
I think Lilac thinks we're a bit crazy, I don't think she'd help.

>>31772510
When I was writing it I was operating under the assumption that points would only be assessed for a successful run, "successful" generally meaning you survive the process, though tactical suicide could possibly be permissible in certain situations as long as it was part of a larger plan that leads to more of them dying afterwards.

I also imagine that if you just repeat the same schtick over and over, the people scoring this thing will start degrading your scores or something since you're not being creative.

>>31772655
according to TinyShepherd's twitter, you can't make more true levers, however, there may be an overskill that allows you to make more.

>>31772705
We'll show her we're not crazy by tying her up and stream of consciousness info dumping to her while we flip a series of levers and beat a chained up foxtail in the corner; stopping every so often to see if she wants a slice.

>>31772723
But suicide does count as creative point bonus too.

So the actual score is higher.

>>31772807
Slice of the foxtail?

That... is morbid but in character.

>>31772723
Also, I don't think it could work because after a few betrayals word would have gotten out about what your guild does and you do have a huge guild name under your own.

>>31772841
Lots of bonus points should be awarded for the target not realizing they were betrayed at all.

>>31772808
Just suicide on it's own isn't that meaningful, since you'd just respawn and they'd call you up and ask what the fuck you were smoking.

Now if you spent weeks on an elaborate act laying down hints that you were actually a Lander-turned-Adventurer and thus not able to respawn, and also engineered a situation where your suicide wouldn't just seem completely random, THEN it'd start netting some serious points.

>>31772841
I don't think there is technically anything stopping people from leaving and rejoining a guild whenever they feel like it, as long as they're willing to do the paperwork.

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>>31771702
“You talkin' shit about spaghetti?” You ask in your most over the top angry voice.

“No! No, no, no, no!” She repeats taking her eyes off the road to wave her hands.

You chuckle and say, “I'm only kidding.”

“Oh.” She responds. She looks back on the road. “I... I should probably just stop talking, shouldn't I”

You look in your inventory. The last True Lever? Nah, that's too important. You pull a False Lever out of your inventory and hand it to her. “You see this?”

She glances down at the lever, then back to the road. “Yeah?”

“When when the databasing happened, and everyone was freaking out, I was off messing with levers. I pretty much made a plane using only metal bars, a chair, and a roll of cloth. You know what happened?”

She shakes her head.

“I crashed into the ground! And then there was this elf there named Symbology. You know what she thought?”

“That you were stupid?”

“Exactly!” You proclaim, “And do you how that made me feel?”

“Like you wanted to dig a hole into the ground and die?”

You did actually feel that way at the time, but you were trying to make a point, damn it! “No! I didn't give a shit! You know why?”

“No...?”

[cont]

>>31772919
Haha. Hans started a trend.

>>31772919
What if someone betrays the guild and tells others about it?

>>31772931
“Because what is her thinking I'm an idiot going to do? Chances are, she's already forgotten all about me, and that's the reality of the situation. Can you even remember the face of the last person you saw fall on their face? I'm sure I've seen a dozen people in my lifetime do something absolutely stupid, and I can't even remember any of them.” You nod internally to your own point. Damn you were good at this.

“I think I understand...” She says, “When I do mess up, no one will even remember me.” She pauses, “Unless I mess up so bad that they can't help but remember me!”

You lean back and sigh. Perhaps this was an impossible task for you.

“But...” She goes on, “I guess that means I just have to not be horrible. That's easy, right?”

“Super easy.” You respond.

You look back up to the sky. “How much longer till we reach Ekechi?”

“Minutes at this point, I think.”

“Real minutes or fake minutes.”

“Which one is which?”

“Real life minutes or game minutes?”

“Game minutes.”

“How can you tell?”

“Because I can see it.”

You look back down and see a sea of lights in the distance. A long strip of land with massive walls containing the bright colors of the city.

“Huh.” You say, “How'd I miss that?”

“It hides behind hills and dunes, so at some angles you can't see it.”

You nod your head, “Ah. Of course.”

The cart drives closer to the city and notice something in the distance. A tree, which is taking bits and pieces of damage. A fire of tiny 1s bathe the tree.

“The hell is that?” You ask.

“We should find out.” Judicature responds.

The horses sprint toward the tree and as you draw near you hear the sound of choking. Your little blobs of light dance closer and you see, dangling down from the tree, people hanged by a noose. 1s float up from their heads. The bodies twitch and make horrid gurgling sounds. Each of them wears a sign. PKer seems to be written on most.

>>31772969
American justice at its best.

>>31772969
In the city quick!

>>31772908
Yes, that too. +15 points if they all die while never realizing you were leading them to their dooms.

>>31772950
Then they have truly mastered the art of betrayal. Though I'm sure doing that while avoiding the consequences won't be easy, secret societies dedicated to evil shit generally have plans in case someone gets cold feet and tries to flip back to the good side.

>>31772969
A-america! Y-yay! G-go j-justice!

>>31772969
END OF SESSION!

>>31772262
>It'd be easymodo if the party you were infiltrating was harem-based.
The greatest enemy the <Morning Star> face are the <Harem Knights>

>>31771858
>She... is adorable.
It's like you want to be betrayed.

>>31772655
>Lilac, the IRL Engineer
>Implying she didn't lie to you.

>>31772969
Sounds like the South

>>31773066
Stop sowing mistrust! We refuse to be paranoid!

>>31773066
Paranoid shepherd is the best shepherd.

>>31773066
Stop making us paranoid about everything!

>>31773103
>>31773099
>>31773097
Paranoid mind

>>31773066
>These spoilers
It's like you learned nothing from Cosgroves questing style.

Still though, very solid 5th session. (don't forget to archive)
Glad to see more people getting involved too and I'm looking forward to the next session.

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>>31773066
You can't trick me Shep, I won't be deceived into mistrusting our teammates.

>>31773028
Ah yes; the texas necktie...

>>31773250
>It's like you learned nothing from Cosgroves
I factually did not.

Tell me, what is wrong with the truth?

>>31773324
What is this Cosgroves that I am hearing of?

>>31773349
If I had to guess, it is someone that drove his players into such paranoia that they made all the bad decisions possible.

>>31773384
Is that not entertaining?

Is that not what Deculture does all the time?

>>31773384

That, or they'll somehow convince themselves you're some kind of malevolent dark god who delights only in their suffering, and treat their interactions with you as such, leading to rampant inaction as they convince themselves that all possible choices will lead to instant grisly death, TPK, and eternal damnation.

>>31773419
Yeah I miss Bleach Quest.

You can fool me. Everyone is working an angle. That's why nobody is going to be the Betrayer because everybody else is already betraying everyone.

>>31773417
Not when literally EVERY choice is filled with paranoia to the point of inaction and panic; where the quest runner is constantly frustrated by his players.

>>31773419
>malevolent dark god who delights only in their suffering

Suffering? No. I prefer catharsis.

But I doubt I'd have the skill to pull it off, so I'm sure everything will be fine.

>>31773616
Your writing is solid, so you probably could pull it off if you really wanted to.

Please don't, though. This quest is at it's best when we're being socially retarded, crazy, or our party members are doing so.

Paranoia would kill the fun and take it dark places.

>>31773616
Just remember:

A person is smart.

People are stupid.

Thus, the playerbase of any given quest (which is a mass of anonymous people of indeterminate and constantly fluctuating size and composition) has the potential to be INCREDIBLY stupid, to the point where they may very well start believing something if you say it enough times no matter how ridiculous it is. Or they might not, but only when you actually wanted them to. Which make downward paranoia spirals pretty easy to start and much more difficult to stop.

Our current level of joking paranoia is nice though.

>>31773535
Me too... meeeee toooo....

>>31773616
Just try and make things fun; you've done a great job tonight.
Also there was a quest help thread earlier this week and saved this link for you just in case: http://pastebin.com/rFaqkA19
as some handy resources.


Looking forward to next time. Hope your move went well.

>>31773654
>Paranoia would kill the fun and take it dark places.

Well, I'll make it easy for you.

Everything in a spoiler is a lie.

The above statement is a lie.


But in all seriousness, don't pay attention to what I have to say. Pay attention to what happens in the story, everything outside of that are just lies and mistruths.

>>31773700
Thank you!

>>31773683
>Our current level of joking paranoia is nice though.

I agree.

>>31773745
Thanks for the clarification. And thanks again for running. It's never stopped being fun. We on for next Wednesday again?

So, when do you think you'll run next.
I'll be honest I was hoping for more Spencer Mansion... also bummed TnA Foxslut was an angry scottish dude but thems the breaks...

>>31773823
Now now I'm sure we'll get ourselves some snanky furbait sometime soon...

>>31773823
It being a guy/girl was pretty instructive in how gender identity works in the Database, which I thought was nice.

I still don't get how it managed all of the party's different voices, though.

>>31773864
Probably a tracker skill or something.
Also he'll soon fill into his body anyway

I'm willing to bet that the next time we meet them (and I bet we will) they'll either have forgotten the whole thing and just be a lewd undead loving summoner with a really dark and twisted side... ooooor he'll be a constant thorn in our side.
Also the house questgiver told him to kill us... but we have no idea how he got to the middle of nowhere... also Coyote torally killed the hell out of the NPC.

>>31773864
Could be a skill of the Tracker subclass, I'm sure that would cover birdcalls and stuff like that so at high ranks it might cover mimicking humans too. If not that, he might have accidentally stumbled onto a minor Overskill.

>>31773815
>Wednesday
Yes. Wednesday at 6:30 PM.

Then after that, possible Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday schedule. I have not decided yet.

>>31773823
Yeah, but at the same time I've been told to keep the plot moving, so I got nervous when I looked at the clock and it looked like the entire thread would take place in the mansion.


As for the guy, someone had mentioned that perhaps one of the party members was a man with a voice modifier, so I began wondering what it would be like if they still had control over it. My justification was that, from the database's perspective, they had the magical ability to change their voice at will, so they might retain that ability after the databasing.

>>31773948
>no idea how he got to the middle of nowhere
This is a good point. The fact of the matter is that the only way he could have gotten there before you is if he had somehow passed you on the road, which he didn't. Unless he fairy ringed over there, but no one can track their pattern anymore, right?

>>31773957
An entire thread of murder mansion shenanigans wouldn't have been bad, the plot has been moving along at a speedy clip so far, it can afford to slow down as long is there is something interesting happening that deserves the attention. What you've really got to watch out for is accidentally stumbling into multiple threads of WORDS WORDS WORDS WORDS that exist only for the sake of WORDS, which I see no danger of given your writing style.

>>31774038
Might have come from the opposite direction, I mean the roads aren't 1-way. If I had to guess at why he was out here in my headcanon, I'd say he probably fled the PK Purge that quite evidently went down in Ekechi/