And if there is no pearl offer it to him anyway.

Offer him the clam, starfish, and that little fish to your left. The more stuff, the more its worth... right?

leave the clam alone they are good people

open the shit of out that clam.

>>373411
Eat the fish. Eat it. Throw bones at them. Eat it.

Sigma 2011/12/15(Thu)17:01 No. 372683 ID: d19263
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No night vision here, but i found the light switch, turning this on should proove only usefull

Sigma 2011/12/15(Thu)17:02 No. 372684 ID: d19263
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the shit?

The thing! It took your thing? Where did it go?

It looked like a tentacle. If you can't see anything in the room it is probably a giant octopus-monster that has color changed to blend into the room. Back out the door while throwing some knives to your front-left.

Turn it off again, see if it returns to your hand.

If not, then oh well.

Really sorry about the long silence, a lot of stuff came up and this is my first chance getting back to tgchan. I promise I'll update soon, ohgod don'tkillmeiamhorriblequestauthor

Solomon 2011/12/15(Thu)20:37 No. 372763 ID: d3ccca
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I trust Jamaal, he wouldn't be betraying me to anyone. If you knew my enemies, you'd know they don't hide well enough to be anywhere near here.

I do, in fact, have a canteen I'll take a sip of while I wait. Hydration is important, you know!

Solomon 2011/12/15(Thu)20:40 No. 372764 ID: d3ccca
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"Y'all right?"

"Yes, I'm fine, thank you."

"Let's get going then!"

Now we begin the trek to the border. I have to lay low in the cart, but it should only be a couple of hours. Jamaal is riding alongside the guuzu and the skiff.

...That wasn't water, was it?

Check the contents of that box.

Any interesting scenery?

>>372646
Classy

>>372646
If you intend to take potential business partners for a ride, I'd go for a classy two-door vehicle. It's probably more important for it to look expensive than actually be expensive.

Remember, though - Leave yourself enough cash for a house if needs be!

>>372646
Classical sporty is always good.

>>372646
AN UPDATE. SOUND THE HORNS AND RING THE DOOM BELL, THE END IS NIGH!

Classy, with a Sporty interior and mechanics. You want car that reflects the beauty of your own scales and wings, but with the kick to match your own power.

>>372650
>more important for it to look expensive than actually be expensive
keep this in mind when making your purchase

go back upstairs i guess if there's nothing left

Derp of Herp 2011/12/10(Sat)23:46 No. 371327 ID: e75391
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>>371305
You seem confused, the way back up reveals a new door, and the 1st and 2nd boxes missing...

That door will feel my lacy, lavender scented wrath as we walk through it. GO THROUGH THAT FUCKING DOOR.

>>371233

WAIT. Do a spot check first and search the immediate area. Keep the gun ready. Someone or something took boxes one and two, and he/she/it may not be friendly. He/she/it may still be around.

Haha, this is funny. Use your powers of DERP to frighten off wouldbe assailants!

cast FLARE! big burst of bright light should stun it long enough to flee!

Mia 2011/12/14(Wed)22:00 No. 372462 ID: cf561c
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>>372454

You would do that, but you have no idea how to write a magic circle for Flare, let alone write one before the giant eagle eviscerates you!

In fact, if you had any magical skill before, it's probably gone now! You can't even remember how to make a simple magic circle. Being able to cast magic and being able to write it are two vastly different things!

>>372462
When fighting is not an option, fleeing is good. RUN FOR IT!

Dodge to the side.

Don't be speciesist. It obviously just wants a hug!

Whoo!

Excellent, now we don't have to worry about the blues. And I suppose we can enter the rooms in the yellow areas now?

Hey, let's go talk to the blues next.

Idiom Alpha 2011/12/12(Mon)15:08 No. 371819 ID: a133a1
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>>371422

No need. It looks like they've come to talk to me.

As they approach, I hear the last lines of a quiet conversation.

"We shouldn't be doing this, Ree." the larger one says.

"We have to do this. It's been too long since the last one." the thin one says. "Excuse me.. You are a visitor, are you not?" he continues on before I have a chance to respond. "You're the first visitor we've had in a long time. What's happening out there? Tell us." He speaks with authority, as though he's used to such questions being answered.

"I.. I'm not sure." I say, because it's true.

"Damn it all, Ree! I can't believe we risked ourselves on this idiot!" the larger one explodes. "Listen, you. You have to know something. You can't be completely ignorant. Tell us anything. Have the panics stopped? Have the Guides brought any plans to the public? Come on, just say something."

"I'm sorry, I really don't know."

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Okay I think we can conclude at this point that the secret project is the Abacus. We need to get purple clearance, eventually, and to do that we need to talk to Amp, Esper, or Fidio. Right now we need some information about the world in general, I think. Ask them about Otarch.

Idiom Alpha 2011/12/14(Wed)01:41 No. 372295 ID: a133a1
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>>371830

"Could you tell me more about this place? About Otarch?"

Ree seems confused for a moment. Ker scowls. "You want to know about.. Huh." Ree says. "Alright, I suppose. Otarch Research is the emergent center of scientific study on Exethir. It is divided into sections, usually referred to by color. Yellow is generally about civilian applications of things discovered here. Blue is about.. Well, I can't say anything about blue. Not unless you have clearance."

He stares at me with a questioning glance. I don't say anything. He continues. "Purple, too, is highly secret. It mostly is the personal study group of Fidio. Red is completely cut off from the rest of the base. Usually only its leader, Amp, can be found outside of that part of the base. He's friendly enough, I suppose, but he won't say anything about red section, as well he shouldn't. We don't know enough about the Vexing to be flippant about information. Speaking of which.." He coughs. "If there are any other questions I can answer, please put them forth, but if we are seen speaking, there may be trouble. I would like to avoid that. Be brief, please."

Ree and Ker seem to be just barely able to stand still; they continually shoot glances around the room, as if they fear somebody is watching.

Blackspot 2011/12/12(Mon)07:23 No. 371733 ID: 64b5b0
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>>368947
You take the SCROLL and KNIFE. Though the knife seems the least useful out of all the tools in here, barely able to spread butter on bread.
>>370079
The GLOVE seems like a bad idea since your experience with the BOX exploding, the fireballs come -from- you, NOT -near- you.

You decide to bring the GLOVE and everything else over to the table however, it looks like it's meant for whatever workshop this is. And the ALCHEMY TABLE does have some bubbling things on it.

SWAIN says the MARIONETTE doesn't look anything like the other ones, this one doesn't move magically.
It has 'hair' and looks to be made out of METAL, not WOOD.

>>371733

Inspect the bubbling things on the table. It may be of use to us.

As for the seal on the scroll, is it physical or magical? Is it possible for us to break it, as to read the scroll's contents.

Blackspot 2011/12/12(Mon)07:58 No. 371736 ID: 64b5b0
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>>371735
Examining the table, you try to convey what you want Swain to focus on, it takes a little while but you kinda manage to tell him few things, using your MINITOME.

You both find out there are lots of MIXTURES on the right side of the table.
The middle has CARVINGS, and the STONE BACKING has a sort of ALCHEMIC MANUAL. Reading the manual (as you don't read this particular language) Swain tells you that seems to be some sort of POISON in one end and a VIGOR potion in another setup. and a third collection, MIXed of the two. He has a bit of trouble understanding the rest as he's no alchemist.
He's a GENTLEMAN ADVENTURER, so at least he can read STANDARD ARCADIAN.

On the left side of the table, however. You ask about those MARIONETTES
Swain notes they are EXACTLY like the DAYTIME marionettes.

He knows the NIGHTTIME ones are different. But not how.

>>371736
Hmm... so what can we do here? Are the potions already mixed, or is that something we can *make*? If it's already mixed then let's grab the potions we identified.

As for the marionettes, what do they do when moving magically? Just dance around?

Are there any other exits from the room?

Take the potions. Is it safe outside?

Elden 2011/12/07(Wed)20:32 No. 370555 ID: b4adaa
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>“What? Why didn’t you tell me that before?”
>“What, h-“
>“When I bought this potion, you didn’t tell anything about setting clothes on fire!”
>“ Well I-“
>“This was the only thing he had to go on, and now we’re back where we started!”
>“I’m truly sor-“
He grabs and pulls Akor down to him
>“You son of a bitch, Akor, I can’t believe I thought I could trust you!“
“That’s enough! What’s wrong with you?!”
Holn snaps out of it and lets go. Akor takes a few steps back.
>“I’m sorry. This is all just very frustrating. I apologize, Akor.”
>“Yeah, uh, it’s alright. I understand.”

Elden 2011/12/07(Wed)20:38 No. 370560 ID: b4adaa
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>>370485
“Let’s just get back on track. What about light magic? Couldn’t we use that to our advantage?
>“Hmm, we might be able to, but ya’d be hard pressed to find somebody that skilled in magic that don’t look at corrupted people as abominations that need to die. Also, there’s nobody like that around here. There might be in other towns, but not in Sulmn.”

>>370492
“By the way, did anybody else notice Rolia staring at me?”
Holn responds
>“I kind of noticed that. I didn’t really think anything of it, though.”
“Perhaps it’s because of my curse.”
Akor looks confused, so we clarify. I think we’ve told him everything, now.
“>If ya got cursed, then it’s possible she can tell. I'm really not sure.”

>>370522
“What did you do when you discovered what she was doing?”
>“Well, it was only a short while ago, so I haven’t done anything yet except give her that mask. I’ve been planning on leaving town to try and find somebody who’ll help. There are a few places I’ve been looking at, but I haven’t decided on where I’ll go.”

>>370560
I think your dad's been practicing dark magic too. Black robe, strong enough to kill that guy without apparent effort, this irrational reaction...

Not much we can do about it. Ask what places he was thinking of going to.

>>370560

Ask if you can help him. Both you and Holn can assuredly devote your total efforts to it. For the next 2 1/2 days at least. Remember if you and Holm die then Elena is surely doomed to such a fate.

Elden 2011/12/13(Tue)15:13 No. 372105 ID: b6f754
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>>370563
I really hope you are wrong about this.

>>370605
About helping Akor, yeah, I think that’s a really good idea. Holn agrees and Akor seems to be perfectly fine with it. We decide that we are going to travel to one of the areas he’s been looking at to try and find somebody that can help us with our dark magic problems. We also decide that we should leave as soon as we can.

He pulls out a map of the continent. There are three cities Akor is considering.

>“Number 1 on the map is Delnr’s Foot, obviously at the foot of Delnr’s Mountain. I wasn’t looking too far into that place before, but time is of the essence now, and the place is close; we’d reach it in the evening. There are rumors of people living isolated in the mountains, some of them devoting their time to the study of dark magic. Most of them probably go mad living there, but ya can imagine the advantage of finding somebody cooperative that knows a lot. The town itself might be a passage to finding somebody like that in those mountains.
>Number 2 is Fersevel. We’d probably get there sometime after nightfall. The area is known for strong mages that might be able to help us. Like I said before, though, ya’d be hard pressed to find one that’d welcome a corrupt person or anything related to dark magic in general. It could be dangerous if we tell somebody about Rolia’s condition and they aren’t happy about it.
>Number 3 is Netfir. It’s home to a well-known college for mages. Of course, they wouldn’t study dark magic, but ya know at le

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>>367129
"No, no i want to talk to you little buddy!"

No you don't need to talk to Big. You need to talk to Smart or Boss.

Use minotaur charming skills to bro up with this warg.

Bamump 2011/12/08(Thu)04:31 No. 370632 ID: 597dc4
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"... so, tell us who this boss of yours is and maybe we'll see if we want to talk to big."

".... me guess it okay. I am Lanks, boss is Kalor Moria. Boss go see Dragon Master, and that why he not here now. Big is demon called Balor. Big is big, that why he name big- Lanks thinks it's funny at times."

"DRAGON MASTER!? An ally of the dragon master was this close and we never knew of it!?"

>>370632
A BALOR? Hoooo boy, this may be a bit too much for you Befadel, if this is what I think it is. Perhaps you should let others take the forefront on this one.

ask if big will attack us on sight.

Ibos 2011/12/07(Wed)18:26 No. 370513 ID: 9dfd52
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ZAP! Sizzle...

Ibos 2011/12/07(Wed)18:27 No. 370514 ID: 9dfd52
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BOOM!

Oh look, how convenient - a way out! The arrow pointing to the right is unlabeled, it could lead me to some room deeper into the complex or to the nearest exit. What will it be, go right or left?

Completely ignore the spider as gaining radioactive spider powers would be entirely useless toward solving our problems and should never be thought about again.

You saw where the corner of the building is. Follow the corridor that hugs the outside as much as possible. Hopefully you can find stairs or a map.

>half-assed security, table of equipment all laid out for us.

This isn't suspicious at all!

Anyway, any large medical facility of this sort should have exit signs in all hallways for precisely the purpose of simplifying escape in an emergency. Look for one of those; if it's not visible, go to the nearest corner and repeat, favoring larger hallways.

>>370487
Close them, since we don't want people to know there were compartments there in the first place.

Can you show us the lock with enhanced perception?

Obtain cardboard box and marker.

>Yes you're helpful but at the same time not.
Story of our life*.

*Such as it is, being an enchanted item and all

bluh, i ment check out housing areas, sorry. let's start on the outermost ring and work our way inward.

You didn't put the mask, nor tried to recall more memories! Get with the scheduled already!

Anyway, go hit on Dee. This is the only logical sequence of events. I'm deadly serious here.

>>368488
you better not have looked at that explosion.

Now Charge in while dragging your scythe on the ground.

Jake 2011/12/07(Wed)07:10 No. 370417 ID: 9f54d0
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>>368490
>>368493
>>368533
>>368962

Just as you contemplate how ethical introducing the irate bunny to my mother would be and right before you can run at the generator full speed and destroy it, you notice the smoke, dust and debris settle as a familiar figure appears, standing in the rubble of the former wall. It begins to move slowly, walking as if many muscles and tendons in it's lower extremities no longer function properly.

As the figure nears, it becomes quite clear who it is as they cackle at you maniacally. It's motherfucking Glow Worm and he is holding (what looks like) the partially intact skull of the mech unit leader. He opens his mouth, letting out a screeching hiss, setting you on your guard and then cackles insanely at your scared reaction. As suddenly as the laughing begins, it ends as he begins to speak.

>Ah, Jake.. As stupid and entertaining as ever, running around and playing your little games and breaking all my toys. Look, you even broke my favorite one of all and his poor sweet face, marred and all flush with fresh radiation. well, since you are here, I'm going to assume that you just love being dragged into the deepest depths of hell. I'm deeply sorry to inform you that you're not going to break that generator, and you're not leaving this place al

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run. glow wont expect that !!!!

Find a bossy figure of androgenic persuasion that is better than you in every mental faculty.

Wait, you're talking about surviving? Glow Motherfucking Worm doesn't look like the brightest humanoid abomination. Unfortunately, you don't find yourself in a better situation. I warned you to enter without being noticed. I told you bro. Anyway, good thing you're using this armor, dreadfully out of fashion, and your attack is flashy as fuck. Time to fake your death. I'm not going to hold your hand this time, however. Figure it out yourself.

Charge in his general direction, but run past him instead of directly at him.

>>369134
"I'll tell Nanoha's principle and my parents on your family if you don't help me help her!"

>>369134
All right, all right. Change that second part to "Will you help me help Nanoha?" or something. What >>369136 said is good too.

I'm flying back from Mountain View to Dublin in a few hours, so no update today.

Instead, extra large update tomorrow, probably taking us all the way to the, hm, more interesting events of the hot spring - I'll have plenty of time to write on the plane.

From there on there won't be many opportunities to timeskip, I don't think, so you should enjoy this one. :P

I'm caught in an eternal recursion of jet lag.

I’m hereby declaring Alice to be 110 cm tall. Pint-sized, in
other words; at the 2nd percentile of height for her age. This will
never come up again.

[X] The best defense is a good offense. Claim you’ll help Nanoha no
matter what. Ask them to help you, not vice versa.

“Arisa. How much did you hear?”

Thinking quickly, you change your position so you’re now stretched out
on the floor, propping your head up with your left arm. Standing up,
you’re just some kid - it’s a point of annoyance with you that you
barely reach up to the waist of most people - but in this position

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Well, go and start packing. Try to plot your way so as to maximize chances of bumping into Nanoha, and subsequently asking her to come along with you.

Clockwork Bird 2011/11/12(Sat)19:25 No. 365345 ID: c7b6c2
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>>365203
>>365234
Widde: "Yeah, okay go do whatev-- W-what the fuck did you just say?"
Rote: "kkhh-- hahaha"


You fly up high enough to get a mostly unobstructed view of the floodplain. A river flows only a few dozen yards away, on the other side of a gentle slope. Behind you is the forest that you recently emerged from. The floodplain is bare of large vegetation apart from prairie grass and a few shrubs. There is only a few minutes left until the sun sets completely.

Below you, Darren has almost reached the top of the Fleurid. Widde and Rote are arguing.

cute.

let's land on Darren's shoulder.

This quest is now on hiatus. As of late, I have been subject to numerous migraines and other maladies combined with a very stressful schedule and environment that have made writing and drawing very difficult. Clockwork Bird will return in a few weeks. In the meantime, I might start running a less effort-intensive quest. Thank you for understanding.

>>365474
:(! Take however long you need, but get well soon, trout-lips.

Let's go down and see what the heck they're arguing about.

Maybe try to keep them from killing eachother for no good reason.