(2/2)
--
>"Let's go to the library."
>Okay
>"Damn that was cool
>Best trip to any library I've ever been on.
>"We should balance our party."
>Yeah. How about some tanky mother fucker?
>"You see anyone like that?"
>Yeah this bitch looks like it
did you just call me a bitch? Please do it again.
>"Oh shit."
>We're rubbing pussies with the canon now aren't we.
>"Looks like it. You, new girl, fuck me and my incestuous sister."
okay. N-not that I'm into that or anything.
>"Nah, just kidding, we're taking you on a quest."
oh...
>"This giant bear is a pussy."
I'll hit it with my sword!
>"You can't hit shit!"
>Take us to your real party!
"BANANARAMA MOTHER FUCKER"
k-kazuma no, that's... yes... YES
>"You're from Earth!"
"You're from Earth!"
>"Wanna go in the spooky woods with me and my goddess who's cooler than yours?"
"You know it."
--
>"Hey old man! We're here to fuck shit up!"
please dont steal from me
>"Kazuma, you stay here with this old piece of shit, we're going into the woods."
"What the fuck dude!"
>See ya!
>"See ya!"
"aww."
>"Man, these woods don't seem to work right."
>Son of a bitch is this some magical bullshit
>"Fuck."

>>222752
Go right, not sure what we are looking for, maybe something that would fit on the pedestal?

>>222874
Going right leads you to the small clearing with the stump in the center. You reply to Olivia,
>"Not sure what we're looking for, maybe something that would fit on the pedestal?"
The sound gets a noticeable amount louder.
"Hm, Maybe. Could be that whatever was on that pedestal could be the mana source."
The sound gets louder again.
"Why is it louder now?" She sighs, "This is gonna drive me crazy."

>What do you do?

Rolled 67 (1d100)

>>222958
Roll for analytical thinking

>>222958
Contemplate what kind of object may have fit in the indent. It was a jewelry box, so maybe a ring, gem, mama crystal, pearl, ball, etc...
Go back to the shed and look for anything that may have fit.

>>222965
You whip out a deerstalker and pipe,
>"I believe I may have an idea."
>"This noise, it seems to approach us whenever we learn something about its source. or make a claim based on evidence."
>"I believe we must learn the nature of the mana source before we are ever to observe it in person."
You snap out of your haze to find Olivia staring at you, tears in eyes, stifling a humongous grin.
You find on your head Aqua's bra, and Storm in your mouth.
Embarrassed, you put things away, and walk through the path. It takes you a few tries, first passing through seemingly random locations, before you reach the shack and flower garden.
Once their, you look through the shack once more, for anything that could fit the indentation in the jewelry box. You don't find anything physical, but Olivia calls out.
"Hey, come check this out, you think this could be what was in it?"
She shows you the painting, and points to something. Well, two somethings really.
"Two halves of a locket, they're each wearing one in this painting!"
>"So is that Esberg, then?"
She flips the painting over, and shows you a small marking on the back, "Esberg and Dorris Henderson."
>"Good enough for me."

>What do you do?

Oh, here's the spreadsheet, by the way. Keeping it up to date with inventory, guild card stuff, etc.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/17W1CLkQo0rpmR8dN0n_hZqqXcOIziAdPdfsJOvI14pc/edit#gid=0

>>223075
Go back and talk to the old man about it if he is still awake

>>223075
>>223106
ddiss

>>223106
>>223144
You return to find Kazuma and Esberg engaged in a ferocious match of chess. Clearly, a long and arduous battle of wits, every move thought about in its entirety.
Kazuma reaches for his queen, and moves it diagonally, capturing a knight threatening the king. A brilliant play by all measur--
"Checkmate," says Esberg.
"Nine moves, a personal record of mine."
Kazuma scratches his head in shame.
"Thank you for playing, young man. Ah, welcome back. Do you bring news of the strange sounds? They've gotten a bit louder while you were away."

>"Actually, we were hoping to ask you a couple more questions, if that's alright."
"Fine by me, ask away"

>What do you ask?

>>223075
Do you know about a secret panel on your house with a jewlery box behind it? (If so, do you know what went on the pedestal?) Do you have a locket that had 2 halves?

>>223229
"I do. The question is how do you?
That pedestal held the locket that we cherished. She was buried with her half, I kept the other half in that box, until somewhat recently, that is. About a month ago, I took that half of the locket and buried it over her grave in the woods."

>>223246
I think the music has something to do with that locket, when we went in the woods, we were led in circles by also me sort of magic until we came to a shed with the location of the box on a map and a picture of you and your wife. You should dig up your half and put it back in the box.

>>223298
anon is most likely correct

>>223298
During your exposition, the sound becomes steadily louder.
"I see. You said you were led to a shed, was there a flowerbed?"
>"Yes."

The four of you escape to the woods and enter, finding yourself being led by Esberg. He finds his way to the shed despite any magical effects lingering over the wood,
Oddly enough, the sound no longer has the strange effect of always sounding the same distance away. It gets louder as you approach the shed. It still doesn't seem to have a definable source, however.

"I buried it over here, in the bed."
"Huh, that's weird," says Kazuma, "I was thinking that the two locket halves, which you both cared about very much, when buried closely, formed a sort of connection, and mana started flowing between them. Over time, it would become a powerful mana source, and cause some disruption in the local area. But if that were the case, we'd see something, and the mana would be palpable."

As he's talking, the sound gets louder and louder, until when he stops, and a door appears in the middle of the four of you. You cautiously place your hand on its handle, and the surrounding area begins to crack and shatter around you.

When it's all said and done, no door remains, and the old scene that had surrounded you was gone.
Where the flowerbed once was, there is now a large tree. The tree is mostly normal, but a short way up the trunk, it has grown into a caged housing. Within the housing, the two halves of the locket are held closely together. The mana flowing around the area really is practically palpable, and in fact visible at the very heart of the tree. Around you are pixies, drunk from the mana, engaged in singing, dancing, playing instruments, arguing, arm wrestling, and a few engaged in outright fucking. The area is well lit, in a combination from the light of the pixies, the lightning bugs, and some luminescent plant growth on the forest floor.
"Called it," says Kazuma.

"Well, that explains the sound," says Olivia, "But what about this?"
She points to a brass pipe, following its length, you see that it's connected to the tree, and that it dips below the ground at its base.

>What do you do?

>>223618
Leave it to the old man to decide what to do about it.

Rolled 61 + 20 (1d100 + 20)

>>223618
Have Olivia catch a pixie with the tarp from the shed. preferably one of the ones that are fucking since they are less likely to be able to react and it would be a 2 for 1, rolling dex

>>223785
To what end

>>223908
So we can sell it or keep it as a cool pet, who knows, maybe it could be useful or funny to have

>>223940
But sentient creature desu
theyre just tiny people with wings
Best goddess will get mad at us.

>>223946
If she doesn't want to catch it it's not like we will make her, I just think a pixie would be a good extra prize for how long this quest was with such a low cash reward

>>223785
You're about to suggest it before you notice that the shed is actually completely entangled in thick vines and roots, no entry to be had.
You suggest to Olivia that you could take a pixie or two anyway, since they're totally drunk.
"Eh, I don't think so. That kinda seems like something that psycho bitch Annie would do. Let's not be like her."
That's that then.

>>223766
"So, what are you going to do about this whole thing?" asks Olivia.
"I don't know. I think I'll leave it. It feels like a part of Dorris is living on in this little grove.
I'm worried about that pipe, though. It seems like it might be tapping into the mana from the tree, sending it off elsewhere.
Anyway, I think we're done here. I thank you, and I feel as if I owe you more than what was offered on the posting. How does thirty thousand sound?"

Rolled 55 (1d100)

>>223996
Sounds great! We're happy to be of help, thank him and bid our farewells I suppose?

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>>224081
You do that, the new 30,000e in tow, split three ways.
The three of you return to the guild hall to turn in the quest. You and Olivia level up, and you all three retire to the party house.

"Welcome back." Says Darkness. She is wearing her gown that reveals her figure, a curvy body with large breasts, wide hips, and a small but noticeable thigh gap, yet you can't make out any details of her flesh beneath the crimsoned, double-weaved, yellow silk. She is returning from the bath, you can tell, from her mildly damp, recently towel dried hair, and the smell of soaps that fills the rapidly cooling hall.
"Megumin and Aqua have already turned to their rooms for the night, but if you wish to eat, I have left some salads and cold-served ham for you on the table."
You thank her, and she leaves, presumably to go to bed.

You all three eat, and Olivia heads to the bath, leaving you alone with Kazuma.

>What do you do?
--
Please select a stat to increase.
Olivia has increased her luck to 9, it being her lowest stat.
(You can find the guild cards in the bottom right of the spreadsheet. Yours has >>(you) in the name field. Pic related is a screenshot, in case you're on mobile and don't want to fuck around with the drive app)

>>224175
up luck to 14, ask Kazuma if he has any useful skills he can teach us

>>224175
I agree with upping luck, ask about the Demon King and if they've learned anything.

>>224197
>>224201
You ask him if he knows any skills that he can teach you.
"No, not really. Well, I guess I do know steal."

You then ask him if they've learned anything about the demon king.
"The farther you go south, the more dangerous the surrounding areas and the monsters around them become.
If we want to beat the king, we have to beat his generals. We've already beaten one, and befriended another, but beyond that, we know nothing else."

>>224233
>befriended another
Why?

>>224238
"Cause she's a weenie who just wants to run a shop."

>>224240
How the hell did someone like that end up as a boss in the Demon King's army?

>>224241
"Don't ask me. If you wanna ask her, be my guest. Just ask Aqua to take you to Wiz's shop." But if you do go, try and keep her from trying to purge Wiz."

>>224245
Sounds like fun I guess?
Could you teach me Steal by the way? I am raising my luck stat to go with my item, so it might be useful in the future, I can teach you Beginner Fireball in exchange if you want.

>>224251
"Sure."

You exchange skills. (Steal costs 2 skill points, you have eight)
He doesn't seem reluctant to spend the skill point take the spell, as he takes it immediately after you finish teaching it.

"So... You and Olivia..."

>>224258
What about us?

>>224261
"I know you've only known her for about 2 days, but... Look all I'm saying is that she's not Aqua, she's a tolerable person, and also pretty capable."

>>224269
Oh, you are talking about romance eh? Well, I can't say much yet, but its nice living with a girl...
How about you? 3 Girls under one roof huh? Quite the player, I always thought you Japanese were more shy than that... (while lightly prodding him with our elbow) So? Which one is your favorite so far?

>>224281
"I have no romantic attraction to any of them. I lost it with Aqua when she started begging me for money. I lost it with Megumin when she started getting other nicer women around town to think I was some kind of demented pervert, also when she started humping her staff. Yeah, that happened. In the guild hall, too, and I lost it with Darkness when she refused to stop trying to get herself killed."

>>224299
So is the mage always like that around you? That doesn't sound too bad to be honest, she must want your dick dude. The other two though, I can see what you mean...

>>224299

Wow, that must be pretty hard on you, to be surrounded by three women with luscious bodies that are total turn-offs with their personalities. But then again, I don't really know Olivia enough to call her "my kind of girl". For all I know, she could have a shit personality that would make me go limp just from the thought of her. But since it's been going smooth so far, I can definitely say she is still an option.

>>224307
"Oh, believe me. Ten minutes in her presence is all it requires. You'll feel the same way day after tomorrow at the latest, guaranteed."

>>224327
"Best of luck in that regard, then."

Olivia returns from the bath.
"Hey, can you point me in the direction of that spare room?"
Kazuma nods.
"Down that hall, up the stairs, turn right out the stair well."
"Thanks."
She runs off in that direction, waving goodnight to the both of you.

>What do you do?

>>224340
Well, I guess I will take your word for it, I am gonna head to bed too. G'night.
I ship megumin and kazuma, I can't help it after reading all the translated novels

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>>224346
"See you tomorrow then."

You head to the bedroom, and open up the door.
Olivia's sitting on the bed reading a note, looking a mixture of confused and worried.

>"What's that?"
"I found it on the floor in here, our names were written on the front, and it was sealed with wax."
>"Weird, what does it say?
"Here, take a look," she hands you the letter.
'Dear >>(you) and Olivia,
If you'd like to speak again,
come to Gus's. Ask about the armor polish in the back.
G.'

>"You think it's from Gribb?"
"Probably. That's not what has me worried, though. He new where to find us this morning, and he knew where we were staying even though we stopped staying at EB's tavern. It makes me wonder how much of us he sees."

>"Hm."

The two of you turn in, and choose to pretend it doesn't bother you.
>"G'night."
"G'night."
--
Okay, that's it for me for tonight.
See y'all in the morning.

>>224373
See you soon mate

>>224373
g'night op

You wake up to an eerily quiet house. Olivia is still asleep next to you, and her breathing is the only noise you can hear. You wager it's about four or five in the morning.
You're not used to waking up this early, and you're a bit groggy, but you've always had trouble going back to sleep once you've woken up.

>What is the first thing you do?

>>224999
Go take a good, long piss. Then brush teeth and other morning things. What else would you do first thing in the morning?

>>225107
You slowly get up as to not disturb Olivia, and head to the bathroom. It then occurs to you that you don't actually know where the bathroom is. You check the door in your room, but it's just a linen closet.

You leave, and start trying doors. First, the door directly across the hall from you. You slowly open it, and inside you see a sleeping Megumin.
"E...xplosion..."
Not the bathroom. Adorable and creepy, but not the bathroom.
Next door over, you find Aqua in her pajamas. She's moving dolls around and talking to them, "Oh hello Kazuma, good morning!"
In a deeper voice, "Oh hello Aqua, good to see you. Oh, and good morning Darkness!"
In a breathy voice, "Good morning, Kazuma, good morning Aqu--"
She sees you, and her expression changes. She jumbles around, shoves the dolls out of the way, and is sitting on the table nervously laughing in a movement so quick you'd have hardly thought it happened.
>"Uh, bathroom?"
"Second door to the left out the stairwell!"
>"Thanks."
You back out slowly and close the door behind you.
In the bathroom, you take care of your morning routine, and head downstairs.

>What do you do?

Rolled 26 (1d100)

>>225278
See if there is breakfast.
If there isn't, but there is food, make some for everyone.
If not, ask the folks if they want to grab something to eat outside.

>>225379
There is food!
Since it's early and you've only seen one other person awake, you decide to make some bread kneads, with tomato and cheese, that can be served cold, to avoid the problem of no microwave.
You get some flour, water and salt, a little milk, and an egg, and whip together a dough. You don't actually want it to rise, so you avoid putting more than a sprinkle of yeast in with it. You knead the dough, and roll it into large flat circles that will bake and warm evenly. You sprinkle flower across your pan, slap two circles of dough on it, toss it in the oven, light the wood with a fireball, and wait. After about 20 minutes of being in the low temperature oven, you pull the pan out, and cut each circle into thirds.
Each cut gets about half a tomato in slices (they had Roma), and a fair covering of grated cheese, before you have an idea.
You look around the cabinets for a few minutes until you find them; bananas.
Luckily, they're all perfectly ripe. One looks darker yellow than the others, but only about two thirds of the way up. Could be that its darker portion had been leaning out of the cabinet at one point, and gotten a bit more light than the others.
You take the bananas, and add about ten coins to each knead. You then hold a fireball over each to let the cheese melt, and weld the fruits together.
Most people gag at the idea of bananas and tomatoes together, but it's a trick you proudly keep up your sleeve, because it's actually fucking delicious.

You fold over one side of the kneads, and place them onto plates, lay a mint leaf on each, then they go into the ice box, so people can grab them when they wake up.

Then, you go back up the stairs and knock on Aqua's door.
"Come in!"
>"I don't know if you could smell it, but I just made some breakfast, do you want some?"
It seems that the doors are smell proof, because soon after you open the door, she quickly starts sniffing the air, and walking out of her room.
"If that's what I'm smelling, then yes!"

She follows the smell into the kitchen, and looks at the dish.

"What is it?"
>"A knead."
"And that is,"
>"It's like an omelette, but with bread instead of egg."
"An omelette?"
It occurs to you that she as a goddess of water, inferring from her name anyway, probably wasn't that knowledgeable about food, and always ate ambrosia or some shit.
>"You take some eggs, and whip them, then pour them into a pan. They eventually make a sort of solid thing that you can put stuff inside of."
"Oh wow, you actually know a lot about cooking, don't you? That's great, nobody here can do it."
You thank her, she eats the knead, exclaims about its deliciousness, scrunches up her nose when you tell her what you made it with, but keeps eating it anyway.
You eat yours, and although it's not your best work, it's pretty good.

>What do you do/say/whatever

>>225609
Wait for the other to wake up so you can point them to the meal, while chatting with aqua.
Ask aboit what it was like back in uh


Heaven?

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>>225672
"I didn't live in heaven. To tell you the truth, heaven kind of sucks. It's boring, you don't have a body, you can't control your own environment. Yeah, the real thing is total crap compared to what most people want to think it is. I lived in a place called 'The Dominion.' Usually, humans can't stay there very long, but it is pretty nice. Every God or Goddess comes into being when the people gain something fundamental to humanity, and we get our own spaces where we can manipulate the environment, see through the eyes of followers, offer guidance, etc."

>>225776
So there is a god place and a heaven, does hell exist too?

Inb4 we don't talk about hell

>>225776
And how does she like this world?

>>225789
Not really. When you think about it, an eternity of torture for crimes in a finite lifetime. You do pay repentance as being conscious in a void for the time you took from other people, but everyone deserves second chances."

>"Hm. And how do you like it here?"

"Well, it's better than nothing, I suppose. I'm with friends at the very least."

>>225830
Interesting. Well the others should be waking up, lets make sure everyone is fed and ready for another partially productive day.
We don't have any quests right? Might be a good plan to go to the guild hall early and get some good ones.

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>>225609
>banana and tomato
>mfw

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>>225970
As you say that, you hear small footsteps entering the kitchen.
"Good morning, Megumin,"
"mgoo' mor'ing" She stretches in the middle of her second word, forcing the air out quicker.
">>(you) made breakfast for everyone, it's in the icebox."
"Thanks, wha'is it?"
>"It's a knea--" You remember your conversation with Aqua, "It's like a bread omelette."
"Neat."
She finds it in the box, and takes it out.
"It's gotta be better than when Aqua cooks."
"Don't blame me!"
She takes a bite, and she's immediately up and fully awake,
"Never before have I tasted a flavor such as this, You must tell me what is in this right away!"
>"Banana, Tomato, and Cheese, wrapped in bread."
She stares down at it in disbelief.
"It... it's..."
Kazuma comes in.
"Delicious."
"What is?"
"The bread omelette."
"The what?"
">>(you) made everyone breakfast," Aqua says again.
"Oh thank god, man you don't want to know how much money we spend eating out. Or what Darkness's cooking tastes like."
He goes into the icebox and grabs one of the kneads.
"Damn, this is really good, what's in it?"
>"Tomato and Banana."
"Sounds weird, but it works."
You offer a salute.
Olivia comes down, and you repeat the song and dance.
The only person you don't see at all throughout the morning is Darkness. Kazuma tells you that she usually sleeps in or is out training until mid day.
The five of you head to the guild hall to check out what quests you can do

-Escort large shipment of corn south, 150,000e.
-Giant fire ants could start infesting a nearby area, kill as many as possible to prevent, 6,000 per ant
-Excavating ruins; discovered temple, looking for forward team to accompany into archaeologists into site, 50,000

>What do you do?

>>227216
>-Giant fire ants could start infesting a nearby area, kill as many as possible to prevent, 6,000 per ant
See if we can't convince megumin or Kazuma to come as well

>>227216
-Giant fire ants could start infesting a nearby area, kill as many as possible to prevent, 6,000 per ant
-Excavating ruins; discovered temple, looking for forward team to accompany into archaeologists into site, 50,000


Fire Ants bite hurts like hell no?

>>227230
>>227336
You take the two quests.
Megumin is up for glassing the fuck out of some giant ants, but Kazuma seems very reluctant.
And yes, fire ant bites hurt like hell.
You can only imagine what fire ants the size of dogs could do to you.

>>227373
Go prepare.
Maybe we can buy some protective clothing? Potions? Dull-Pain Potions maybe?

>>227373
ask around for some more electric and water spells, then go buy some wizard robes or something and put in a custom order at a clothes/robe shop for an American flag (draw it out for them) to wear as a cape so any otherworlders recognize us

>>227587
>>227999
You ask around the guild, but nobody seems to want to teach you anything higher than beginner level, and it's mostly fireballs.
It looks like you'll have to buy scrolls, or study technique to learn better ones.

You hit up a tailor, to see what they have clothes wise.
They don't have any enchanted wear, but they tell you about a wizard's shop across the way that can enchant clothing, however the enchantments have a bit of a bad reputation around town for being overpriced.
You ask about custom embroidery for capes and the like, and they can take your measurements. You draw out the american flag for them, thirteen stripes and fifty stars in all, and you point out the red, white, and blue areas.
They tell you they can have it made by Thursday, and that it would cost 10,000 eris.

>>228562
What's our inventory and cash again?

>>228562
>>228562
Pay for it now, if we have enough. If not, we can get that much by thursday easy

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>>228577
>>228587
I keep the spreadsheet for the friendsheets such as yourself

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/17W1CLkQo0rpmR8dN0n_hZqqXcOIziAdPdfsJOvI14pc/edit#gid=0

>>228606
Ok sure lets pay for the cape then

Then we go look for the enchantman.

>>228562
Give them the money now, thank them for the help, head out to start roasting fire ants

>>228606
>>228587
>>228577
>>228657
>>228677
You hand over the ten thousand, and thank the tailor.

You also quickly find the enchantman, and ask about what he can do.
Basically, every 30,000 eris you pay give you another +1 modifier to any stat.

>>228756
thats a bit expensive, maybe Megumin knows a better option since she is an archwizard, ask her about enchantments and also where to find someone to teach us new higher level spells

>>228766
Oliv should probably learn Steal too

>>228771
ask kazuma who taught him steal, maybe they can give her some more skills too

>>228766
>>228771
>>228783
You head back to the guild hall, somewhat more prepared for the quests, and you approach Megumin and Kazuma with these questions.

"The best place to get enchanted equipment is by finding already enchanted equipment. Enchanting things relevant to your level nowadays is always way too expensive."

Kazuma answer your question to him, "One of Darkness's friends, Chris. Don't know how to find her, but Darkness would be your best bet there."

>>228865
>>228865
Eh, let's get on with this fire ant genocide then.

>>228865
Let's quest and see about all that later then.

I guess we'll get Megumin and Darkness for this one? Or maybe just ask who wants to go

>>228865
alright, cool, are you guys ready to go toast, shoot, or stab some ants?

>>228880
>>228894
>>228907
Megumin is the only one who seems all that interested out of the Kazuma party. Darkness is still nowhere to be found.

With that, you three set out to the northeast, in a similar direction to the bearcow quest. In fact, you reach the same valley, but the marker is beyond the small forest that you were in the previous day.

It takes you about fifteen minutes of walking further into the valley, before you spot your first giant fire ant, walking around in the open field.
>What do you do?

>>229058
>>229058
Try using the steal skill on it
Buy steal if we don't already have it and can

Rolled 100 (1d100)

>>229058
Kill it with fire

>>229058
ask Megumin to wait until we get more ants to come out to use explosion

>>229069
Holy shit anon
your post will have to wait

>>229085
Holy shit.

You cast beginner fireball at the fire ant.
You must be pretty lucky, because it lights and disintegrates as if it were made of dry twigs.
There is simply an ant shaped pile of ash on the ground an instant later.

Rolled 62 (1d100)

>>229101
Daaamn son, america has some prety heavy firepower.

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>>229101
God Bless America.

>>229101
also how much exp did we get for that kill, and is there any loot in the ashes?

>>229101
How are we even supposed to verify how many ants we killed for the money?

>>229137
our card keeps a record

>>229133
I tally the kills and Quest XP after the fact.
You get a boost from total quest XP for every extra person in the party beyond 2, and up to 5.
And basically what >>229143 said. The guild machine that updates your records is my suspension-of-disbeliefy way of getting away with forgetting to write in people.

>>229169
(kills being recorded on cards are canon)

>>229169S
So, we keep seeking ants then

A couple minutes pass, as you're standing by the empty ashes of the fire ant, before you see two more approaching. They somehow look pissed with their lack of expressionary features.

>>229206
Oh, neat.
I just wrote a section on the spreadsheet to keep track of all the kills, so we should be good there then.

Rolled 35 (1d100)

>>229219
NOW try using steal on the ants. And buy it if we don't have it

Rolled 52 (1d100)

>>229219
>>229230
A-GREED

>>229230
You cast steal on one of the two approaching ants.
You get a reasonable chunk of chitin. It could probably be shaped into something.

Rolled 10 (1d100)

>>229245
Cast it again, and tell megumin to get ready, while Ophelia shoots them. Once there's 3 there Megumin glasses the area

>>229253
No, wait for more than 3, it is a hive of ants, there will probably be a lot really soon

Rolled 16, 7 = 23 (2d20)

>>229253
Casting it again yields a few small chitin pebbles.

Olivia fires off a shot at each,

Rolled 1 (1d10)

>>229282
One shot hits its mark, dealing (rolled) damage at mid range.

>>229282
>>229289

The ants are now closer, but still at mid range. You estimate that next turn they will be at close range for two turns, and then they'll be at you.

YOUR HP: 18/18
YOUR STAMINA: 61/61
YOUR MANA: 83/83

OLIVIA'S HP: 18/18
OLIVIA'S STAMINA: 91/111
OLIVIA'S MANA: 88/88

Rolled 83 + 15 (1d100 + 15)

>>229309
Use fireball on whichever one Olivia didn't hit
(what do we roll for fireball? 1d100+int?)

>>229379
I've just kinda been arbitrarily using a d20 for weapon and spell rolls, but apparently you guys do really well when rolling this way.
That's a 9goddamn8.
The ant bursts into flames in nearly the same spectacular fashion as the first, leaving behind only a few uncharred chitinous shards, that you can pick up later.


YOUR HP: 18/18
YOUR STAMINA: 61/61
YOUR MANA: 73/83

OLIVIA'S HP: 18/18
OLIVIA'S STAMINA: 100/111
OLIVIA'S MANA: 88/88

>>229379
fireball ants and keep moving, we should find their nest and glass it, Don't waste the big guns before that unless we're genuinely in danger or dying.

Rolled 38 + 20 (1d100 + 20)

>>229388
Olivia shoots at the remaining ant

Rolled 1 (1d10)

>>229399
And does ^ damage

>>229401
This is why women shouldn't roll dice.


YOUR HP: 18/18
YOUR STAMINA: 61/61
YOUR MANA: 79/83

OLIVIA'S HP: 18/18
OLIVIA'S STAMINA: 99/111
OLIVIA'S MANA: 88/88

Rolled 62 + 18 (1d100 + 18)

>>229405
Anon uses basic spark on the ant (forgot the modifier for the wand last 1)

Rolled 4 - 1 (1d6 - 1)

>>229405
(The ant is now at close range. I also modified the weapon roll to hit stuff)

>>229391
You start running to the right, Olivia splits off to the left. Megumin follows you, as Olivia is much faster, and Megumin probably couldn't keep up.
The ant stands still as you split, and then starts chasing Olivia.

You cast basic spark, which just hits, and deals ^ damage.

>>229417
YOUR HP: 18/18
YOUR STAMINA: 51/61
YOUR MANA: 78/83

OLIVIA'S HP: 18/18
OLIVIA'S STAMINA: 98/111
OLIVIA'S MANA: 88/88

Rolled 90 + 20 (1d100 + 20)

>>229420
olivia shoots it while running

Rolled 6, 10 = 16 (2d10)

>>229447
And lands a critical hit, even at close range.
She does ^ damage.

YOUR HP: 18/18
YOUR STAMINA: 47/61
YOUR MANA: 83/83

OLIVIA'S HP: 18/18
OLIVIA'S STAMINA: 87/111
OLIVIA'S MANA: 88/88

>>230222
>>229447

The ant slumps forward while running. The arrow jutting from its head.
It's dead. Looting it gives you a Fire Ant Mandible, and Olivia retrieves her arrow.

You all walk around a bit, recovering your stamina/mana, looking for where the ants might be trying to settle,

You notice a cave in the distance that might be promising, but you also hear some ants to your right.
There are 3 of them at mid range!

YOUR HP: 18/18
YOUR STAMINA: 61/61
YOUR MANA: 83/83

OLIVIA'S HP: 18/18
OLIVIA'S STAMINA: 111/111
OLIVIA'S MANA: 88/88

Rolled 61, 70 = 131 (2d100)

>>230244
We cast fireball, Olivia shoots again

Rolled 8 (1d10)

>>230248
You both hit, and combined you do 1d6 + 1d10 damage, no modifiers..
I don't know how to roll multiple dice with clover, so I'll roll for Olivia, you roll for you.

Rolled 4 (1d6)

>>230260

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>>230260
>>230261
One ant is staggered, and remains at mid range, the other two get within close range.

YOUR HP: 18/18
YOUR STAMINA: 61/61
YOUR MANA: 73/83

OLIVIA'S HP: 18/18
OLIVIA'S STAMINA: 101/111
OLIVIA'S MANA: 88/88

Rolled 35, 47 = 82 (2d100)

>>230281
Fireball/arrow combo again, on the two closing in

Rolled 10 (1d10)

>>230285
Your fireball misses, but Olivia's arrow finds its way.

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>>230285
>>230309


YOUR HP: 18/18
YOUR STAMINA: 61/61
YOUR MANA: 69/83

OLIVIA'S HP: 18/18
OLIVIA'S STAMINA: 100/111
OLIVIA'S MANA: 88/88

Rolled 100 (1d100)

>>230316
Make some random poses while throwing lightning sparks and shouting Mortal Kombat quotes

Rolled 38 (1d100)

>>230316
>>230333
Well shit, while we do that, have olivia keep on shootin'

>>230333
>"Those were $500 sunglasses, asshole."
You throw multiple sparks, at the ants, and they all hit their mark, roll 4d4 damage.

>>230348
Olivia misses her shot.

Rolled 4, 4, 4, 3 = 15 (4d4)

>>230358

Rolled 1, 4, 4, 1 = 10 (4d4)

>>230361
(rolling to see which ants get shit on by each bolt)

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>>230361
YOUR HP: 18/18
YOUR STAMINA: 61/61
YOUR MANA: 54/83

OLIVIA'S HP: 18/18
OLIVIA'S STAMINA: 99/111
OLIVIA'S MANA: 88/88

>>230361
>nearly perfect hit
>100/100
>15/16
Holy crap senpai
We Raiden now

Rolled 66 (1d100)

>>230371
Use Sparks again, and have Olivia focus fire on the one with 12 hp

Rolled 8, 81 = 89 (2d100)

>>230371
>>230371
More Sparks, More arrows, More quotes
Focus on the closest ones

Rolled 6 (1d10)

>>230374 (For sparks)
>>230375 (Won't count your roll for sparks, will count for arrows)

You hit the ant with 3 HP for 1d4 damage
Olivia hits the one with 12 for ^ damage

Rolled 3 (1d4)

>>230383

Rolled 4 (1d4)

>>230383
Lemme help ya

>>230385
>>230387

The ant convulses, then collapses, dead.

The ant that Olivia just hit goes in for an attack on Megumin, it hits, and does 3 damage.
It's biting her arm, and will do an additional 1 damage every turn it is latched on.
She's at 9 HP

YOUR HP: 18/18
YOUR STAMINA: 61/61
YOUR MANA: 53/83

OLIVIA'S HP: 18/18
OLIVIA'S STAMINA: 98/111
OLIVIA'S MANA: 88/88

Rolled 100, 24 = 124 (2d100)

>>230398
Sparks and Arrows on the ant latched onto her

>>230400
Roll 2d4 damage for critical hit with sparks

Rolled 3, 4 = 7 (2d4)

>>230412

>>230413
It dies, and lets go of Megumin.

YOUR HP: 18/18
YOUR STAMINA: 61/61
YOUR MANA: 52/83

OLIVIA'S HP: 18/18
OLIVIA'S STAMINA: 97/111
OLIVIA'S MANA: 88/88

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>>230418

Rolled 19 (1d100)

>>230418
Headbutt it

Rolled 7, 3 = 10 (2d100)

>>230422
Just attack it with our wand, and Olivia shoots it

Rolled 89 (1d100)

>>230456
>>230454
Hahahahaha

>>230454
You unsuccessfully attempt to headbutt the giant fire ant.
You also try to poke it with your want, and miss.
Olivia shoots an arrow into the ground at her feet (She literally rolled negative with the modifier for close range).

>>230467

YOUR HP: 18/18
YOUR STAMINA: 46/61
YOUR MANA: 58/83

OLIVIA'S HP: 18/18
OLIVIA'S STAMINA: 96/111
OLIVIA'S MANA: 88/88

Rolled 24, 79 = 103 (2d100)

>>230471
Does Olivia have a knife? Stab it. We cast sparks again

Rolled 2 (1d4)

>>230473
She hits for ^, you hit for 1d4

Rolled 3 (1d4)

>>230478

>>230481

The ant hits Olivia for 3 damage.

YOUR HP: 18/18
YOUR STAMINA: 46/61
YOUR MANA: 58/83

OLIVIA'S HP: 15/18
OLIVIA'S STAMINA: 84/111
OLIVIA'S MANA: 88/88

Rolled 81 (1d100)

>>230467
Dick.

Get on top of the ant and try to ride it.>>230536

Rolled 83 (1d100)

>>230536
>>230536
I'll back trying to tame it

Rolled 22 (1d100)

>>230685
>>230679
>80+
Yeah we Antagonist Antrider Antman now!

>>230679
Because of the ant's low health and the incredible luck you guys have when doing things normal people would find retarded, you mount the giant fire ant, and use its antennae to steer it around.

It protests wildly, but it lets go of Olivia, and begins running about.
It begins trying to shake you off, but
>>230685
you hold on tightly, and it calms slightly.

It enters another slightly less violent spur
>roll 1d100

Rolled 22 (1d100)

>>230717

Rolled 61 (1d100)

>>230717
Shhhh only ants now

>>230707
>>230725
One of your hands slips from an antenna, and you nearly fall off, but you recover.
Its violent spur ends, but soon another begins, yet still weaker than the previous.
>roll 1d100

Rolled 96 (1d100)

>>230725
>>230721
https://youtu.be/LwwFPraUNF8

;-;
I cry everitiem

Rolled 48 (1d100)

>>230736
>>230739
Come one! We've got this!

Apparently crying is the key to good rolls

Rolled 20 (1d100)

>>230736
>>230739
Does this count?

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>>230739
>>230742
You survive the third onslaught

It enters one final struggle, the weakest so far
>roll1d100

Rolled 92 (1d100)

>>230749
>inb4 1 at the end

Rolled 45 (1d100)

>>230749
The fire
>>230755
RISES!

>>230755
>>230759
The ant collapses from exhaustion. You rode it out.
You wave Aqua's bra as if it were a handkerchief in victory.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KHyav1CuzjY

You're free of fire ants that can do you harm, for now.

Rolled 48 (1d100)

>>230782
Time to glass our new pets old home!

>>230782
what is megumins hp at?
Have Olivia use minor heal on herself and Megumin

Rolled 9 (1d100)

>>230782
Heal everyone injured including ant, then nuke the ant nest, while singing the american anthem

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>>230802
This.

>>230789
Megumin's HP is still at 9.
Olivia uses lesser heal on Megumin, bringing her back to full at 12.
However, she is unable to heal herself afterward. Must be on a cooldown. It also takes about 50 mana to cast.
She is unable to heal for about 4 minutes (4 turns).
Another four minutes, and the ant is brought up to 7 HP.
You point to the cave and tell Megumin to do her thing.
She spouts some chuuni bullshit, and then unleashes a massive explosion upon the small cave.
She also falls over, immobile. The explosion evidently drained her stamina and mana completely.

Looting the two dead ants gives you some more chitin, another mandible, and a phial of fire ant venom.
Don't ask why it was already in a phial, we're going by skyrim logic here.

You pick up Megumin, and Olivia picks up the still unconscious ant, and you head back to the guild hall.

You see Kazuma, Darkness, and Aqua at a table, deliberating over a couple quest papers. They wave at you, and you get looks from the surrounding adventurers.
You flop Megumin onto the table, and Olivia slides the ant under it.
"A victory trophy?" asks Kazuma.

>>230840
It will be my pet whether it wants to or not.

>>230840
"New pet/Mount."
Then go hand in the quest and get that sweet sweet cash

Rolled 77 (1d100)

>>230840
"After killing all of it's close kin then genociding it's hive, I tortured to submission and kidnapped this ant"

>>230880
Staring Darkness down when we say it?

>>230855
>>230859
"Oh, neat."

You hand in the quest, get the money and 99xp.

>What do you do?

>>230892
Go see what Kazuma and co. are doing now

>>230889
That would be fun

>>230892
Order a drink, then talk about our next quest. Also debate with kazuma wether if Ass or Tits are best

>>230892
I don't see how Megumin is useless, that explosion was so big, I would say she is an Honorary American, must have taken out the entire hive at once!

>>230899
I'd back that

Can we learn a beastmaster type class now that we broke a wild monster?

>>231493
That would great

>>230909
"Yeah, but she can only do it once a day."
You shrug.
>"Meh, I think you might be a tad too hard on her."
"Anyway, our next quest is as a forward party for some archaeologists at a desert dig site west of the city," Says Olivia.
"Doesn't sound like there'll be a lot if any killing, so there's no real reason to avoid going as a whole party,"
"I'm terribly sorry, but I don't think Megumin is in any state to go on another quest. I could take her and your new pet... Uh, I don't know his name, back to the house," says Darkness.
--
Sorry for the really slow update.
I'm working inbetween multiple things right now, including designing your first dungeon.

>>231688
His name is Antilles, and I kinda want to bring him along

>>231694
"He exhausted himself, no? Right now he's in the same state as Megumin. He'll need a day of rest before he can do much of anything."

>>231709
Well, let's go to work and let them return home.

But first discretely tease Darkness by telling her we should punish her for not properly addressing us, as master

:^)

>>231737
Or not? Oddball jokes like that don't work out well in public.

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Rolled 45 (1d100)

>>231746
>worried about weird shit when you're partying with the konosuba main characters

Have dubs

Rolled 19, 60 = 79 (2d100)

>>231771
>trying to get best goddess to hate us
》have trips.

Rolled 99 (1d100)

>>231790
Which one is best goddess?
Also it's just a joke.
IT'S JUST A PRANK BRO

>>231790
>>231746
mang you guys need to chill

The things that happen while you're in photoshop and eating dinner,
>>231737
>>231746
>>231771
>>231790
>>231819
>>231829

You wave off Darkness, who is easily hefting both Megumin and Antilles.
>"Careful not to let him bite you, it hurts like hell!"

The remaining four of you head off towards the excavation site.
You walk west on the mostly visible road for about an hour and a half before you see signs of scaffolding among the sand.
Up about two kilometers from the buildings in construction, you see dunes rising.
The marker indicates the quest to be located well within the bounding sands.
Furthering your pursuit of adventure, you push ahead into the shifting desert.

Another half hour of walking takes you to a small outpost of standing covers. A few archaeologists have moved a very large stone slab underneath one, and are inspecting it closely.

Furthermore, you can see an opening in a larger dune. Sticks with cloth tied around them mark around it, perhaps as a means of taping it off to curious passerby.

>What do you do?

>>232363
Clearly those sticks+cloth mark a place for us to investigate, why else would they mark it so obviously?

Rolled 76 (1d100)

>>232363
Don't we need o find the archeoologists?
Look for any camps around here, maybe signal to see if there is someone nearby,
Whistle?

>>232382
>>232363
Wait, forget what I just said
I actually missed that entire paragraph somehow, fuck it's way too late over here.

Contact the archeologists and see where we should escort them

>>232363
Just picked you up today, this though >>232382

>>232372
>>232384
You walk over to the sticks marking the entrance into the dune.
"Excuse me, please stay away from that!"

>"Are you the archaeologists? We're from the guild!"
"Yes, clearly. Now as I said, please, stay away from there."

>>232424
What's in there?

>>232428
"A very ancient, and possibly delicate, temple of some kind.
We're currently examining the door which had become partially uncovered in the aftermath of a storm, if you could wait just possibly a few hours, we can get down to business."

Rolled 21 (1d100)

>>232436
Ask if we can look at it too

>>232436
>inspect the archeologist.
Too bad we've already opened the box 5 times. We should start to save it for when it's plot useful.

>>232467
"Of course, but please no touching. It could damage the surface if we're not too careful."

>>232477
Inspecting the archaeologist leads you to a firm conclusion that he is not American.

He takes you under the covering.
The door is huge, and made out of intricately chiseled stone. It depicts machinations, hundreds of interlocked gears, and concentric circles.
The centerpiece of the door is a depiction of a face. At first it appears normal, but observing it closer reveals it to also be crafted of thousands of incredibly small gears.

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>>232505
>pic related, it's the face from the temple

Inspect the face closer

Rolled 65 (1d100)

>>232505
Ask if they know clockwork and stuff?

Analyze the depictions and look for clues to an activation mechanism
Rolling for superior american archeology
INDIANA JONES NAO

>>232513
Inspecting the face even closer makes the very tiny gears look very slightly bigger

>>232517
"I'm no engineer, but I can tell you that usually fake gears that are carved into rocks are fairly immobile."

Rolled 82 (1d100)

>>232527
Use superior american intelligence to solve this conundrum!

>>232533
>"Now I'm no sociologist, but I can tell you that usually smarmy cocksuckers that are assholes to me are fairly punchable."

Olivia bursts out laughing.
It appears the conundrum has been solved.

>>232527
We're a spell caster, right? Can we sense any magic in the door?

Rolled 89 (1d100)

>>232527
"Yeah no but it could suggest there are internal gears somewhere, and an activation mechanism of some kind.
Trust me I watched every Indy movie"

>>232544
Oh fuck kek

>>232545
There's no magic in the door.

>>232546
"What's an Indie Movie? You know what, I wont bother asking. Either way, we've inspected every inch, all the edges, tried multiple divinations, etcetera. We've also tried listening to the surface as we gauged density with a tuning hammer.
It's solid stone."

Rolled 56 (1d100)

>>232568
"Did you try knocking?"

Rolled 99 (1d100)

>>232568
It's probably magical in some way, then. YOu did test for magic, right?

...Didi you try knocking?

>>232571
>>232575
"Yes, we tested for magic. We tested for magic before we even moved it over here.
It's not like the temple it was guarding is locked shut, knocking wouldn't really do much.
You could consider the tuning hammer a form of knocking I guess."

Rolled 92 (1d100)

>>232582
"Damn, well, I guess it's just a door then.

We'll be around, if anything comes up just give us a heads up and we'll be ready."

Play sand-chess with Olivia meawnhile I guess?

>>232590
a slab*
Uuuuh I might be too sleepy for this kek

>>232590
"I suppose it's worth mentioning why we asked for a forward party.
A few of us tried entering, but we heard the sounds of moanings and machinations as we descended the stairs.
The second part didn't surprise us much, given the mechanical depictions of the door, but the moaning worried us. It sounded organic, and none of us are particularly good fighters. Right now, we're looking for any images on the door that could be depicting what was generating the moans. As of yet, no luck.
If we don't find anything soon, we'll give you the go ahead to enter."

You shrug, and begin drawing out various board games in the sand.
--
You guys have just about caught up to where I am in terms of design, so give me a bit to push ahead with that.
I want to hopefully have you guys done with the first dungeon tonight.

>>232626
No problem OP

"Well, we can't seem to find any indication on this tablet as to what we were hearing.
You're free to enter the temple, but we don't feel comfortable entering. It may be structurally unsound.

>>233002
>ask Kazuna if he wants to go first
He's sneaky, right?

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>>233014
He replies with a so-so motion with his hand.
Olivia rolls her eyes and starts descending the steps, casting shadowstep in case of baddies.

You feel compelled to follow her down, but realize that if there are any baddies, your not-so-sneaky self would just be putting her in danger.
About a minute later, she comes back up and beckons you down.
--
I know it's kind of a dick move, but I'm just gonna fuck up this carefully planned dungeon if I do it as tired as I am right now.
I'll get back to y'all in the morning, and we'll get this mother on the road,

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>>233045
You descend the steps with the other three. You begin to hear sounds of clockwork, and the occasional moaning sound.
>"Man, they weren't kidding, that's creepy as hell."
"Yeah, far as I can tell though, there's nothing to worry about. At least not in these first few rooms down here."
You reach the bottom, and find yourself in a large chamber of decorated sandstone, well lit somehow.
The chamber has two doors opposing you, one on either side of a divider that extrudes into the room.

>>233817
Letschecktherightroomfirst.

>>233817
>>233882
Imma vote left

Rolled 1 (1d4)

>>233882
>>233887
oh boy!

Rolled 15 (1d100)

>>233887
Fiteme

Rightroomisright!

>>233892
Yeah but in mazes you gotta stick to the left so left is best

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>>233882
>>233887
>>233892
>>233896
You enter the right room. It's a smaller chamber.
You see a
On the left wall is a window, allowing you to see into the left chamber.
There's also a lever in both rooms, and a door in both, with no way to manually open them.

>>233904
leave room, pull lever with rope

if it does nothing, pull both levers with rope at the same time

[paranoia of traps intensifies]

>>233910
You don't have any rope.

>>233904
Get someone to go to other room, pull both lenders at same time

>>233920
Aqua volunteers.

She enters the opposite room, and you pull the levers at the same time.
Both doors into the next rooms open, but shut again when you release the levers.

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>>233931

>>223083
That spreadsheet triggers me.

>>233941
Put it in the opinion box.

>>233931
Pull our lever only

>>233957
Aqua's door opens while you hold the lever down, and closes when you release it.

>>233959
Get aqua to hold lever and have a look what's through door

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>>233968
Through the door on your side is another room, with another door, and more window, although you can't see through it from this angle.
You also see what looks like a metal slide about halfway up the wall pointing up at the ceiling, and you see an outcropping in the right wall, with a bowl shaped indentation in the bottom.

>>233986
Investigate further

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>>234005
Further investigation reveals to you that there is a lever next to the door you just entered through, and shows you the opposing room through the window.
It also has a lever next to the door, and a metal ball sits on a pedestal in the room. You can also see that the metal slide extends through the wall into the other room, and that there is a lever next to it in the down position.

>>234030
Pull the lever I guess, I assume it will open a door, plz no traps

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>>234051
Pulling the lever closes the door at the entrance of the room that Kazuma and Olivia are still in,
You also hear a click from the door next to you.
Releasing the lever does not make the lever return to its original position, but you can manually toggle it.

>>234084
Olivia through door, kazuma pull lever, aqua through door and look around, send ball to other room

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>>234102
Kazuma pulls the lever to open Aqua's door. She goes through, finds nothing new, and places the metal ball in the slide. She flips the lever into the up position, and the slide tilts, rolling the ball into your area.

>>234129
Well, there's an indentation in the wall, right? Put the ball in it

>>234129
Fuck I can't post until I get home, balls to the wall op

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>>234137
>>234160
You place the ball in the indentation in the wall.
Both the exit doors in your and Aqua's room open, but the entrances close.

>>234298
Can't we toggle the one to open the door again, then let Kazuma through?

>>234374
Attempting to flip the lever that had originally locked the entrance open no longer forces the door open.
A conundrum, it seems.

>>234440
Go through the open doors

>>234522
>>234440
What he said, also try to reassure Kazuma before continuing

>>234440
take the metal ball out, if the door opens, kaduna comes in, then we put the metal ball back in and go through the doors ahead

>>234522
>>234526
See if taking the ball out will let kahuna in first, that click we heard makes me guess the door is open now until we put the metal ball in, don't sit the party if there is a way to stay together

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>>234522
>>234526
>>234527
>>234534
Before moving forward, you take the ball out of its socket.
The exit doors close, and the entrance reopens, letting Kazuma inside.
You beckon him over, then re-place the ball.
The doors open, the entrances close, and the four of you proceed into the next area.
The next area is symmetrical. There is a long curved hallway, that end with a door barred shut.
Along the way are two openings, that lead to two platforms in an ornate domed chamber. The platform closer to where you entered has a metal ball, the one on the far end has a socket.
You see Aqua standing on one of the two platforms on her side. You and Olivia stand in one, and Kazuma in the other. In the center is a horizontal metal rod, with cups in both ends roughly the size of the metal balls.
Aqua's platform also has a lever.

This thread has hit the 3 day bump limit, but if possible I'd like to finish this dungeon before archival.

>>234939
Have her activate the lever to see what it does, first of all

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>>234974
Hitting the lever rotates the bar clockwise a few degrees into this position.

>>234986
Okay, so we should try fitting the balls again, while the bar is rotated.
Maybe we stay and Olivia goes do it

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>>235026
Perhaps I should clarify what's happening,

This is what the area looks like from (roughly) your perspective.
I didn't draw any characters, but imagine Aqua standing on that far platform, and you'll basically see what I intended.

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>>235078
Actually here's a correction.

>>235078
Ooh okay for some reason I imagined a walkable beam.
Anyway, I guess we could try getting the ball from one end into one of those spoons, then using the lever until it's reachable by the socket person on the opposite end

>>235078
Then it's:
>socket with Aqua
>ball with Kazuma
We need to get Kazuma's ball into Aqua's hole.
Take the moment to say that out loud, then try to use the lever to move the middle platform into the right position.

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>>235151
Aqua grabs her metal ball from its current socket.
Immediately after doing so, doors close behind all four of the platforms. You and Olivia are standing on one of the platforms with an empty socket, so Aqua places the ball in the spoon, and hits the lever.
It rotates clockwise 90 degrees, so the ball is at the empty platform (which has an empty socket). Nobody can do anything with it right then, so she hits the lever again.
The bar rotates another 90 degrees, and you can grab it. You place it in the socket at your platform, and nothing happens.

>>235171
Move Kaz ball to the socket we just freed (the one she took the ball from) and see what happens.