Ask his name. What's his deal?

admire/resent his pretty body/face

if you can check if he's more of a man than you

>>384675
Ask him if he knew what the fuck was up with the undead thing

>>384681
Point at a sergal. "That guy over there, on the other hand... well, let's just say you wanna make friends with me pretty quick."

>>384696 and >>384712

Liam 2012/02/06(Mon)19:13 No. 384940 ID: 5b0d85
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>>384681
Ahah, it's funny because I totally killed a man in cold blood a few days ago...

Has it been days? I don't know, I've lost track, it's felt like years.

>>384696
I... am kinda jealous, a lot of nevreans would kill for a face like that, but... well, not a lot of use dwelling on that now.

...Though I'm not sure what you mean by "more of a man."

>>384687
"So who are you? What are you doing down here?"

>"What do you think I'm doing down here?"

Aw, man. Even his voice is attractive. Like Silk. Dammit.

>>384698
>>384712
"I need more than that. I don't think my sergal friends have eaten in a while. Now what was with Dekustir, why did he change like that?"

>"He became a Zess. I take it it wasn't enough."

"No, he's dead. Again."

>"Well that's great. You guys won't stand a chance against Radou, though. If you're going to kill me, kill me and get it over with."

>>384940
What's a Zess?

You don't like killing, if you can avoid it. If this Radou fellow is such a threat, though, your group might not be able to afford having anybody around who isn't contributing...

But threats don't seem likely to work at this stage. Let's try reason. Specifically, the reasons you sided with the Sergals in the first place.

Before you get into an extended ideological debate, though, you should warn the Sergals to expect highly dangerous hostile company with a ranged armor-piercing weapon. Is that rifle still around? It'd be worth familiarizing yourself with it and preparing it for use.

tanuki_dude 2012/02/06(Mon)21:55 No. 384963 ID: a00410
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>>384942
A zess is a bio-mechanical Pseudo Undead native to Vilous. I think some device is implanted in the person that wants to become one so that when they die they are transferred or transformed into a Zess body. Their old race is gone overwritten by being a Zess though some trait of what they were will show through. Such as sergals zess having a sharp face or something. As best I understand the transformation dose not make them monsters, but if they already wanted you dead then...

From the Gold Ring Wiki

The Zess are often called the "Living Dead" race of Vilous. The race is comprised of those who have died and been reborn with a Zess body.

All that is known is that in order to become a Zess, one must carry around with them a small object at all times, then, when the person dies, their mind is transferred to a new "Zess body" that lacks body heat, processes food much better than normal bodies, and is said to be entirely synthetic. The Zess body is different in appearance from their old body, but still retains some features of their old race, like an elongated muzzle on Sergals who become Zess.

>>384963
Scary. >.V.< And I wasn't trying to be funny Liam!

Self-defense is not murder, Liam. Get that through your pretty feathered head. Once might argue whether it was right or wrong, but no one will dispute it was *necessary*.
Speaking of which, try to show a little sympathy to this person, in contrast to the treatment he's probably had at the hands of the sergals. He may not even realise that some of the information he has is useful, so ask your questions carefully.

It's interesting how the "Zess body" seems to consume the old one in place. That would explain why it resembles the old one. I wonder where you can get one of those little Zess-ifying baubles. Makes a great last-ditch contingency. Also I wonder what the black stuff is. Petroleum isn't actually out of the question. Is it flammable?

Ask for any information they have on Radou. Any known weaknesses and such if we're going to end up fighting them.

Liam 2012/03/03(Sat)18:54 No. 390116 ID: 1d8a70
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"Look, I don't want to kill you." I tell him, "This doesn't have to end in vi-"

"Bullshit." the green nevrean says, "It's way too late for that, there's going to be violence any way we slice it. You killed Dekustir and your friend here killed Slen, we both know how this is going to go, so kill me so your stupid friend can eat me, or what, are you going to feed me to your friend here alive?"

"Hey." Aruuchi interjects sternly, "You keep that beak of yours squawking like that and maybe I will make things nasty for you, or if you ARE so set on dying, I can make it quick and clean for you. Your choice."

Man, this isn't going anywhere...

After a short pause, I tell him "At least tell us about Radou."

"Sure." he smiles. "Why not. Dekustir was the second banana, maybe a little too soft, Radou was the brains behind all of this, he's been stockpiling lost tech for years now, he's got enough automatic weapons to take on an army of savages, and enough bullets to fill every river in the tatola with the bodies."

"Bullshit." is all Aruuchi says.

"Okay." the nevrean smirks. "So kill me. Now that you know what's in store for you. You can't stop any of it either. In fact, he's probably coming here right now. Might just swat flies like you out of existence himself since you killed his star pupil."

put a cloth in his mouth so he can't bite down and leave him there to die slowly.

Beat him about his smug, beautiful face, then gag him and haul him along. Don't want him peeping about you to his allies, as the less the enemy knows about you the better.

Or you could kill him. He's a huge dick anyways.

>>390116
"Shut the fuck up kid. You don't know jack shit about what the fuck just happened. You don't have fucking family and friends sacrificed by some ambitious lunatic that didn't even give them a damn choice to die or not. Fuck you, and fuck what you want and what you expect. I ain't going to goddamn kill you, we ain't going to goddamn kill you. No, you starve down here you cocky son of a bitch if you want death so bad. Your damn leader sounds like he's trying to be Rain, peeping Nevrean edition that comes with extra feathers to match the fluff."

>>390116

Oh I am getting tired of this. Slap him. Hard. Then do it again for good measure.

Demand he tell you why killing more people is going to make anything better. Demand he tell you why slaughtering a bunch of people is going to stop this insane fighting. Demand he tell you how turning into a MONSTER is going to bring back anything they've already lost.

You guys came to stop all this madness, only to find that your own side and descended just as far as their enemy. And then? What about your daughter? What about his family? Would they kill them, too?

Demand he tell you when it ends, and who he thinks will be still alive to welcome this foolish "victory".

>>390244

This. Guy's off his nut. Worst comes to worst just kill him. This guy's a fray element and is dead set on being a hindrance.

>>390116
"If he has all this firepower, why the hell did he think it necessary to sacrifice a village full of innocent people as a distraction? He likely has *some* automatic weaponry, but apparently not enough to give him to confidence to have your little group take on clan Shigu all on their own."

Just in case he IS heading down here, you should get the sergals to prepare melee ambushes at doors/chokepoints. A gun can't help someone who comes around a corner and instantly gets their arms lopped off. Have the sergals focus on disarming (the guns) first when in combat.

Drag this guy into a room where he can't yell out "IT'S A TRAP", and continue interrogating him.

Liam 2012/03/19(Mon)19:41 No. 394236 ID: b766d0
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KTHWACK!

Okay, that felt good.

He still doesn't say anything, he says we wouldn't understand him anyways and he says he just wants to get things over with. I'm increasingly inclined to fulfill his request, and I'm pretty sure us not understanding it is bullshit and HE probably doesn't understand what's going on completely.

We can either kill him or leave him here, but I've got a feeling leaving him alive might bite us in the ass later somehow. Either way, we need to get moving.

Violent interrogation warrants very little valuable information, unless you know how to read deception it is probably best if you kill him.

>>394236
>slapping with wounded hand
don't that hurt?

he probably has a transformation as well. make sure if you kill him it's his head separated from his body.

>>394236
Make it clear that you're wife and kids are the most important thing to you, and you can't have them killed for their pathetic scheme or forced on the run from the Shigu clan. You do what's right for your family, not any naive sense of idealism.
You would kill your closest and oldest friends for your daughter's sake.
He wouldn't understand what it means to be a father. If he wanted to raise one of his own outside of the clan's influence, it would have been better to find a true sanctuary.

Fuck it. Behead him.

Liam 2012/03/20(Tue)20:12 No. 394562 ID: b766d0
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The deed is done.

Is there anything we should gather up or check out before we head into the next area? Dekustir's shotgun is a must, if I can fire it...

AAAAAAAAA no, remove the head all the way from the body! he is going to be a super zombie too AAAAA!!!

>>394563
yes, remove the head entirely.

Separate his head from his body, so when he goes super zombie he'll just be like, a head. He will be so pissed.

after you cut off the head, raise it in one hand and let out a mighty battle cry

Kill him, but make it quick. If you let him live he's likely to be a problem, but we don't have to make him suffer. Unless you want him to suffer, Liam.

Do you want him to suffer?

>>384681
>You should reasure him. You're not a murderer.
welp

Go find a quiet place where no one can see you and then freak out for awhile.

>>394562

Let's not do anything too disparaging. He'd come back by now if he was one of those things.

Liam 2012/04/02(Mon)14:04 No. 398195 ID: c6beb3
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Alright, alright, we cut off his head for good measure.

After that, we finally head further through the ruins. Makuri says we should probably be finding another staircase soon, one that can get us out of this metal environment full of dead air, but before too long Aruuchi holds us up at the entryway to a large room.

"What? What is it?" I ask before he harshly puts a finger to his lips and then relaxes it back on his spear. "I think I heard someone." he whispers, barely audible at all. "What do you mean?" I whisper back. "I mean we're going to need to deal with one or two more more people in the next few minutes, and you can bet your ass they'll be armed like that one sergal and Dekustir were. We need a plan and quick, do you think you can fire those guns?"

Well, firing them sure, but I don't know much about these sorts of guns, or even how to reload them, if they can be reloaded without some other machine. I think I heard that that's a thing. I guess I could give one or both of them to the sergals, they'd probably be more accurate with repeating shots since I've got an injured hand now, but they seem like they really, really don't want to touch these guns.

"Liam!" Aruuchi hisses, "Do you think you can work them or not? We need to know, now!"

"yes but i never practiced those kinds, not sure how good i'll be"

>>398195
Honesty is vital right now. With one hand hurt, even Sweetness would be hard to fire. The larger weapons would need to be braced to fire accurately, and without experience, they could dislocate your shoulder or break your hand worse.

Still, if you're willing to accept the possibility of further injury to keep them alive, you might be able to get one good shot in an ambush.

Inform them you would rather they use the weapons, as your injury would likely do more harm than good.

use the blood from the head as warpaint
throw the head in the room

scream a battle cry and run in guns blazing

"Yes."

Seriously though

say "yes" then give your plan

Sergals hide to either side of the door.

have Liam try to effect the voice of Green nevrean/Dekustir and call out for help

fire shotgun the second they get close, then Halberd ambush

Liam 2012/04/19(Thu)17:20 No. 402404 ID: b26b9b
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Alright, I whisper the plan to the sergals and press my back flat against the wall in the doorway. It isn't long before two figures walk into view, a Talyxian with a rifle and an Agudner, I can't tell if the Agudner has anything.

I hesitate for a moment.

>"-at spec-ops team Dekustir let in. How many you think they are?" "Probably four. Five. I dunno. Boss's getting his saw out." "The saw huh?" "Yeah, saw and shield, takin' no chances..." "Heh, that'll be fun if he gets here before they show up."

There's an awkward pause. I think they know we're here. I can't tell how, but I think they know. My heart races again, but we've got a plan, and I need to set it in motion...

"H-HEY! H-Help! The sergals they've uh... They've got me! They've got me and uh-"

>"That ain't Green! They're here! Nik, radio the boss!"

Shit shit shit shit shit! He's not moving from that spot, and if I pop my head out I'm a goner!

my only idea is to use your clothing to bait him into firing, and dropping the bait to fire the shotgun. If you cripple him at least that will buy time for your partners to assist, or you to reload. Assuming you don't get injured, his accuracy will plummet and you will have the advantage.

retreat

you can't win this,
if they pursue you might be able to turn the tables
but we can cross the bridge when we come to it

Crouch down as close to the opening as you can get then point the shotgun at the wall bracing it against your shoulder. Bring your head down and look with one eye along the top of the barrel, move the gun so the front and back of the top of the barrel look like they are in the same space. Making sure that your stance is wide enough that you don't fall over, lean out from behind the wall while having the top of the gun line up at whatever you are looking at. Once you're looking at center of the target's chest smoothly pull the trigger and lean back into cover. The whole thing can be done in one swift controlled movement giving little chance to get fired back at.

Liam 2012/05/01(Tue)21:23 No. 406782 ID: 21807b
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I don't know what to do! I guess I could try to trick them into firing with my hat? But they can probably fire the thing more than once so I don't see how that would help, and I think that if I stick my head out at all I-

"Liam!"

"Aruuchi?"

"Just... Listen. I'm going to run as fast as I can to the opposite wall. You shoot him while I distract him. You got that?"

"That..."

"He won't hit me. I'm fast. Okay? Just... make it count."

I... I don't know if I should let him do this. He says it like he's confident but I think he's not sure deep down. We could retreat I guess, or we could try his idea, I just... I just don't know!

>>406782
try his idea

you're the one who's going to have to do the shooting. Are you ready?

do it Liam,
but you can't afford another screw up.

Maybe he could try hurling one of the many dead bodies as a decoy instead of doing it himself?

just dont fuckin miss.