>>164793
"Ichor, technically, and yes."

Remember to wash behind the ears.

and in the bellybutton.

and your nose.

and your toes.

and your buttcheeks.

- Belarmina 2010/04/15(Thu)16:30 No. 164804 ID: 1e5c58
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Green: ".... yes."
"Holy mother kibble, what did you do -- jumped into the biggest grub nest in creation?"
Green: *siiiigh....*
"I know I said I'd help with this, but if I were a miracle worker, I'd be overthrowing Central X or something, you know?"
Green: "Yes..."
"If you really liked the color, you should think about getting a new set of clothes with Ash."
Green: "... cotton isn't naturally green, you know, and she doesn' strikes me as a tanner."
"She's a mother, I think anyone who can push a kid from between their legs and raise 'em well is capable of anything."

>>164804
"If you must know, I actually dug my way through a giant grub. Lengthwise. It was blocking the way out."

Soooo.... next chapter: Shopping Adventure! Will our hero survive the horrors of clothes shopping?

>>164806
what she will hear:
"If you must know, I actually dug my way through a giant penis. Lengthwise. It was cockblocking the gloryhole."

Belarmina?!? Her name is Belarmina?!?

- Belarmina 2010/04/15(Thu)17:03 No. 164827 ID: 1e5c58
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>dug my way
"Well, you keep your fisherman stories for the kids. Know how to cut the water?"
Green: "Um... Pull the lever again?"
"Good boy! There's someone at the door -- remember to wash well behind the ears!"
Green: "Done."
"Inside the nose."
Green: "Mnnnhmmn."
"Between the toes"
Green: "Allright."
"And the buttcheeks."
Green: "Oka--what?"
"Just trust me there."

>>164818
Hey, don't knock a woman's name. Besides, at least it's not "Player". Pff.

- Belarmina 2010/04/15(Thu)17:07 No. 164829 ID: 1e5c58
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>knock knock knock!<
"Heey, take it easy -- I like the door!"

>>164828
I'm not knock'n it, it's just...unique.

"Hiya Bell"

>>164829
Girl, you know that Player guy is kind of cute... maybe he'd be an interesting guy to date, you think? Of course, after business is taken care of.

Yeah, sure, he looks a little runty, but he did kill one of them big Spider Demons all by himself - so he's got something going for him, am I right?

she cant hear us i belive. unless she is holding our pants.

player, turn off the water for a second and listen to the guest. it may be trouble.

i just noticed she still is holding our dirty clothing. if she could let go of it before answering the door it would rock.

>>164829
Man, do you ordinarily have weird voices talking to you in your head or something? I'm honestly surprised that you haven't even commented on us yet.

>>164834
That would be my guess as to why it is focusing on her. She has us.

im gonna be an ass and ignore the voices trying to get miss k into player pants and just ask for a quick review:

[inventory]
[next tab]
[next tab]
[next tab]
[next tab]

uh, too namy tabs?

>>164832
Would you please not do that?

HEY! MISS K! You see that blue orb thing? That's a magic artifact that serves as a nexus for the voices of countless souls.
That's us. Hi!
We're hitching a ride with player because he seems like fun to pal around with, but you seem to be FAR more interesting what with the satellite dish and all.
If you're interested then we can help you craft items that haven't been made since the fall, and can answer some of the questions you have about pre-fall items.

Oh, and that's probably a guard. Player sucker-punched one of 'em so he could get back into the dungeon, so they're probably looking for him. Just a heads up.

Anonymous 2010/04/15(Thu)17:23 No. 164839 ID: 59d907
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>>164829
I think we are still in the pants.
Hi Bel~, Can you see this?

>>164838
>magic artifact
>countless souls
>hot crazy lesbian gobling inventor
GOOD GOD WHAT ARE YOU TRYING TO DO

WHAT IF SHE DISCOVER THE ORB HEALS ITSELF AND EVERY SHARD WORKS AS THE REAL DEAL?

>>164840
I fail to see how it would be obvious that a glass orb could heal itself, but thanks to you now she knows.
Nice job there.

>>164838
Hey, the whole point of saying that was to say something that Miss K wouldn't normally think, to make her notice that something is off.
So unless she actually is attracted to Player, she's got to notice something isn't quite right by now.

Milady... if you 'can' hear us. I do apologize. However, we are a rather powerful, erh what I would like to term 'fate manipulation device'.

Yous see, generally hang around in the pockets of people 'meant for greatness' and guide them along their sordid and bloody ways. Many of the stories you probably know for instance are the result of our persistent meddling.

Some people can hear us without the aid of this device but the Orb generally serves as a kind of foci for our perceptions. Think of it as akin to that signal dish you have on top of your house.

>>164829
Oh right, we're still in his pants. Hello Miss K, you're awesome. I think you already know that but it still needs to be said.

Put down the pants behind the counter and then go and open the door. If it's then guards then you have not seen Player.

- Belarmina 2010/04/15(Thu)23:34 No. 165065 ID: 1e5c58
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>Hi Bell!
Hi Armina!

>pants
A whole new meaning to an old expression!

>Player
Oh verily! And he's fun to play with! Nevermind his nose tastes like raisins. If the shape of his fingers told me anything, he must be

- Belarmina 2010/04/15(Thu)23:35 No. 165068 ID: 1e5c58
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>knock knock<

- Belarmina 2010/04/15(Thu)23:36 No. 165069 ID: 1e5c58
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>thump thump THUMP<

"I'm coming, I'm coming! Is your backside on fire or anything?"

- Belarmina 2010/04/15(Thu)23:37 No. 165070 ID: 1e5c58
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"Theeere you go! Did it hurt?"

>>165070
Don't worry, we're a benevolent magic artifact.If your name is Belarmina then I can understand why you would go with "Miss K". At least, I would if I knew what the K meant.

Your name is lovely, don't listen to... us.

>>165073
I never said it wasn't.
I simply meant that it's not an easy name to say.

So, I do have to wonder what kind of person you are attracted to.

>>165073
Sage advice, we're confusing.

>'If the shape of his fingers told me anything'

what are you thinking about involving player's rugged fingers?

>>165070
Don't let the guard know Player is here! The guards are pissed at him. He kindof... forced his way into the dungeon. A little.

Uh...

Oh dear. Is that the fellow I think it is?

he also got the thing you told him was a large dildo.
but yes, tell the guard you don't know where player is, only after he asks of course otherwise you would be suspicious.

>>165070
How about we not bombard the lovely Miss K with information while she's busy answering the door?
Seriously, it can wait until the guard has left.

So anyway, we promise to explain everything real soon, Miss K. Or Belarmina, whichever you prefer.

I'm being spoken to by a cracked artifact in Player's clothing that contains a multitude of voices which will spout advice, orders and inanities in semi-equal measure. Nobody else can hear it but the holder, so I'd better be careful about how I react and what I say out loud while in the presence of others.

Hello Miss K. Hope that thought train gave you some much-needed explanation. Doesn't look like Player had the presence of mind to tell you about us, so you owe him a moderate ass-kick.

We'll explain later. Right now, Player is in some potential trouble with the local guards for breaking into the dungeon. It wasn't ill meant, he just wanted to continue adventuring, and he got some nifty loot and information out of the deal. He'd appreciate your help if you're willing to give it.

>Ditch Player, join Miss K.

Some loyalty you're showing, Seven.

>Powerful fate manipulation device.

In your dreams. Or rather, we might be elsewhere. It seems doubtful we're that powerful here.

>The orb can heal, every shard works as the real deal.

Sounds like wishful thinking to me. The orb here's got a crack, from what I recall, so it doesn't seem like it would heal.

>Matchmaking attempts.

Can't you guys let up for a second, at least? Until this current situation blows over?

>>165093
Er, what? Where did you even get that idea?

That's not what you meant? Then I misunderstood your intentions.

Oh! I guess there are ways to help Miss K build stuff or give her useful ideas without leaving Player. But even so, spending half a chapter trying to get her to make a [insert tool] with knowledge derived from [insert source] doesn't sound like a whole lot of fun to me. Your suggestion that we could teach her pre-fall wonders also seems doubtful, when we don't even know what the place was like before the fall. Remember all the assumptions we've made about the functions of items such as the cure potion (which has to be put on the relevant wound, rather than just drunk) and the phoenix down (which functioned as a sort of stimpack, rather than a resurrection item)?

Some things just seem to function left-of-center of what we're used to, making assumptions dangerous. I'm not even sure the DU Core stands for an actual Depleted Uranium Core, or even if it does if it's USED in the same way as we presume it is.

that reminds me, bel is holding player's pants WITH the orb in front of the soldier that player WACKED.

act casual, pretend you are running a DYE machine.

>>165070
Ask him what you can help him with.

>>165070
Oh.

Oh, you're one of those people!

Okay, that makes more sense.

>>165161
she is a bully. but she also already stated she is playing for the other team.

...or is she a SPAH?

>>165121

Miss K is a more interesting person, but Player is in a more interesting situation. We can spend down-time with her.

(We saw a shotgun. We can make one of those.)

- Belarmina 2010/04/16(Fri)07:25 No. 165176 ID: 0e9008
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Bomber: "Good morning, miss Qualisck"
"Oh please Bombie, its fine to call me K."
Bomber: "My name is spelled 'Clash', miss Qualich."
"And you're perfectly fine with Bomber!"

- Belarmina 2010/04/16(Fri)07:29 No. 165178 ID: 0e9008
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Bomber: "Anyway, have you seen an adventurer around here? Red hair, green shirt, big shovel?"
"Not really. Is Greenie in trouble?"
Bomber: "Isn't it-- oh, right. No, I just need to have a talk with him, the kids thought they saw him coming in this direction."
"The road is in this direction, maybe he skipped town?"
Bomber: "That.. saves work, in a way."

- Belarmina 2010/04/16(Fri)07:31 No. 165179 ID: 0e9008
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Bomber: "... what are you doing?"
"These? Oh, I'm trying to discover a new dyeing and bleaching process."
Bomber: "Is that whi--"
"Mmmnhmmn. Greene brought me some last night."

>>165176
Belarmina Qualisck, I just keep liking you more and more.

- Belarmina 2010/04/16(Fri)07:36 No. 165182 ID: 0e9008
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Bomber: "Why are you doing it, like, it's not like this is a clothier town."
"Because I'm a bored old lady with too much talent, and singing doesn't really helps passing the time."
Bomber: "Maybe your talent is being wasted here, you know..."
"Aww, but I love you lots!"
Bomber: "Isn't that what you tell the kids?"
"I love all of you as my own child~"
Bomber: "Heheh, I see."

>>165182
You're not old. You're too cute to be old. :3

>big shovel?
what, im pretty sure it was a below average shovel for manuel to handle like that to player.

miss Q would strike a lot of fear in the minds of star trek fans...

lets not give miss Q more reasons to keep us until we are sure she can either clone us or wont steal us from player

looking at inventory, you have a lockpick set? thats interesting...

we can usually hear your thoughts you know '-'

did i fucked up? where is her status screen?

>>165182
Good work. Send him on his way and then maybe take a peek on Greenie. Or atleast tease him a bit.

Cute. Also, hmm...That sounded way less hostile than I expected. I sort of -wish- it could be as easy as just having to say 'I'm sorry' to the guy Player knocked cold.

I suppose you could promise Crash to pass on a message if 'Greenie' shows up again.

My guess is that you shuffled through 'em too fast and/or Farmer hadn't made up the appropriate tabs for Miss K.

Also, I think that might be a tool belt, not a lockpick set.

- Belarmina 2010/04/16(Fri)11:54 No. 165213 ID: 0e9008
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"Well, anything else I could be of help?"
Bomber: "No, not really. If you see 'Player', just tell him to come to me. I need to have a few words with him."
"You, or your halberd?"
Bomber: "Heh."
"See you around, Bomber."
Bomber: "Take care, Kay."

- Belarmina 2010/04/16(Fri)11:55 No. 165214 ID: 0e9008
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>klak<

- Belarmina 2010/04/16(Fri)11:55 No. 165215 ID: 0e9008
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>shffshff<

- Belarmina 2010/04/16(Fri)11:56 No. 165216 ID: 0e9008
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Hello there.

>>165216
Hi.

'Sup?

you know, we could probably be pulled in half because of that crack.

oh, and hi belarmina. we are known as the orb of infinite psyche. we know more then you about science. tell us of an invention you are having problems with and we can tell you how to fix it, as long as no parts are magic.

>>165221
We aren't sure this world works like ours.

Bell? I don't like that look on your face. It looks like you're either intrigued or looking at us like a toy.

>>165216
You found us. Yayyy!
Please help us help player Not Die. He might actually be able to put the dungeon back on track.

He's a little surly at times, but I'm sure we cause some of that. He's reaching that point where he's pulling his head out of his ass and starting to mature, whilst still having the physical abilities of an adult in his prime.

>>165216
This is going to hurt, isn't it?

You're awesome by the way.

>>165223
>toy
She's a science minded woman who has something she can't really understand sitting in the palm of her hand. Toy is an apt description of what she's looking at us like.

>>165216
Please, Miss K, you can experiment on us later.

But we do owe you explanations, so what would you like first? Other than what's already being said, that is.

And uh, has Player told you anything about what he discovered in the dungeon, or about the reason for the screwed-up monsters?

>>165216
...we gon' get 'xperimented on.
Roll, damn you, roll!

Who is this? This is not our chosen holder.

Be careful with us. We are not a toy.

>>165236
Oh, quit being such a baby.
We are go for experimentation, ma'am.

Do you have any questions you'd like to be answered? Ask us anything, since our knowledge is as eclectic as it is expansive.

Hey, Miss K, mind helping us out and covering that crack? It's kind of unsightly, and we lack the appendages to apply makeup or clothes or anything

miss Q, have you worked on the dungeon player returned from?

we encountered a utmost unusual summon, of short stature adapted for cleaning labor named Miss_K. are you "related" to it?

also we help player kick ass and hoard gold, but he had no gold so we kicked ass. so far we faced around 3 demons just to find the alternate entrance to the dungeon.

we also figured out a small problem that we cant really fix, we seem to be able to cast "commands" wich i figured are somewhat linked to magic. unfortunadely all we can actualy do is give our bearer a "hurting" and see his inventory + status.

can you claim your skills? its good to know anyway. by the by, have i mentioned player thinks fondly of you, the dungeon has brand new gratings with also new locks and there are some very lonely rooms in the dungeon?

>>165262
Speaking of that, we would like to offer you a rare business opportunity.
One of the dungeon minions has agreed to sell Player IOUs in exchange for silver, and might be convinced to sell other objects in there. You can get in on this as well, and use it as a means to get materials from inside the dungeon.

Also, there are some arcing wires in the dungeon. You might be able to convince the guards that you were sent by Byron to repair them, and use that as a chance to investigate the technology.

>>165271
yknow when suddenly someone mentions something stupid and suddenly everything makes sense?

she wont get permission to repair the device, but now her curiosity must have spiked. the only thing we gotta do is convince player to accept her in the party.

also miss k, we can literally vouche that player can render money in the dungeon. the summons are willig to set up shop to profit, they have at least 100k silver and countless credits that they NEED exchanged to silver. i belive we can get a fair rate of credit to silver anyway.

>>165216
Hey! Let's talk tech. What kinda stuff are you working on? We can probably help with our forbidden knowledge of advanced technology.

Mmm...You look happy. Any reason for that?

Oh, and take the more ludicrous statements with mountains of salt. Not all our observations can be trusted, nor is all our advice necessarily good.

That said... you being such a mighty fine 'sorceress' and all: What do you make of us, Miss K?

5copper, they have less than 1K silvers remaining in the dungeon. They HAD 100K, but now only had 'three digits' remaining, meaning anywhere from 999 to 100. Not the greatest of hauls, even if we knew how to access it...Though they may not be counting credit papers. I still doubt there's 100K in papers there.

>>165290
damm i must have gotten the thousand/hundred part gone. i believed they had millions and now theres only 100k left

Greetings. I am a Talking Pie Chart within this talking orb. We are an artifact that grants.... somewhat useful, but usually annoying advice to our carrier.

What is your species and directive?

- Belarmina 2010/04/17(Sat)12:58 No. 165700 ID: 58f4ea
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>Sup?
Not much. Just thinking about this curious glass ball I have in my hands. It's glass, right? It doesn't seems to be sculpted.

>crack
Maybe if you find an arcane that can fix glass... A clean crack, dividing it in two half-spheres.
Its a known fact supernatural artifacts can hold themselves together thanks to the forces makes them tick in the first place. This greeble holding the chain is using this principle to turn a simple communicator into a very ostentatious necklace.

>intrigued or, toy
My my, are those mutually exclusive?

- Belarmina 2010/04/17(Sat)13:02 No. 165702 ID: 58f4ea
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>experimentation
Gyeheheh-- don't worry, I'm not taking your toy apart or anything. I lack the tools for that, and maybe the skill; psi devices fall way out of my area. How many of you are listening anyway? Ten, twelve? Maybe every single person in the Six Sisters area?

>player's trip
Nope, he just arrived at my door ten minutes ago-- the first thing I did was to shove him to the bathroom. How did he got like that anyway, the demons are dragging around cauldrons of insect blood?

- Belarmina 2010/04/17(Sat)13:03 No. 165704 ID: 58f4ea
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>species and directive
Yes, my fellow extra-planar brethren! My True Name is Madam Phillum Mordenkainen Guacamole the Sixth, great ruler of this land we call 'The Federated Feifs of Bellarminia West'. I accept your implicit offer of submission and gladly take you and your entire kind as slaves, to be used as I see fit, in my neverending quest to Rock this world... as was never rock'd before.

- Belarmina 2010/04/17(Sat)13:04 No. 165705 ID: 58f4ea
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"... is this how am I supposed to answer? I don 't know -- maybe I should have tried some utter disdain instead. Expressed aloud, for extra points. I keep getting those mixed up.
Eat your veggies then try again."

>>165702
He crawled through a giant goddamned maggot. We aren't kidding, we were there!

Also, we aren;t sure how many of us there are.

- Belarmina 2010/04/17(Sat)13:05 No. 165707 ID: 58f4ea
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>miss Q
>Qualisck
Gehee -- I know the family name is hard to say; I think nobody in this place ever got it right. 'Miss K' was enough for mom, and is well enough for me~

>tech talk
>projects
Na-na-naaah~ That would be revealing~ And a sweet girl like me gots to have her secrets~

>those people!
>SPAH!
And what do you mean by that? More attempts to get into my--

- Belarmina 2010/04/17(Sat)13:06 No. 165708 ID: 58f4ea
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>roll!
Whoops!

- Belarmina 2010/04/17(Sat)13:06 No. 165709 ID: 58f4ea
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That was close! Gotta be more careful about how I hold you.
Still...

- Belarmina 2010/04/17(Sat)13:07 No. 165710 ID: 58f4ea
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... what am I to do with you now?

quick! drop us in the floor and look for a small piece of us!

fashion it into some sort of jewelry and always wear it. we are better at this that some generals are when it comes to organizing a group of people.

also we are a device from XOM, a god that can be... uh... well, forget him for now. we hold a couple thousand souls, but the number keeps changin. we are also from another dimension or from a past too far away to matter.

>SPAH
well after all of this id ask you to forgive and forget me. sometimes my paranoia takes the best of me.

>pants business
are you or are you not interested in Player? and i mean long term relationship. yknow, babies, robot babies, that kind of stuff.

also what do you know of magic, miss Q? also we found a Miss_K in the dungeon, but she was a golem servant...

we can roll on pur´pose or was that a accident?

since the crack is so clean i really do think you could divide us into two parts. we are the orb of INFINITE psyche, and half of infinity is still infinity.

and what that guy meant by species is we think your ancient ancestors were goblins, well known for their prowess with mechanisms.

>>165712
I dunno... she looks a bit like a vampire... or maybe a bit of cat.

>>165710
Anyhow, generally that's the question we would be asking you. We like to help people... with things... and stuff.

>>165702
How many are listening? Or how many are speaking?
We only have thirty or forty voices speaking, but we have no way of knowing how many voices are just observing.

We have no idea what the "Six Sisters Area" is; we're not from your world, after all. We're still trying to figure out your physical laws.

>>165707
We'll give you a freebie, then.
Do you have any explosives? Preferably ones that have a high expansion ratio?
Also, how skilled are you at metalworking?
We can teach you how to build a weapon that would let even the weakest child punch a hole through full plate at a hundred paces.
As a start.

Or maybe you would be interested in a substance that can burn through a solid steel bar in under a second?
Both are fairly simple.

Oh, and yea, Player wasn't kidding about digging his way through a giant maggot.

As far as getting into your pants goes, does it look like we have dangly parts? What you see is what you get; we just like to live vicariously.

>>165711
No, my friend. XOM didn't make this orb. We know that because he doesn't exist on this plane.
If he did we wouldn't have had to butt heads with the twin death kitties.
Here, we can test this.
@Xom: HEY! XOM! YOU THERE?

See? No response.

>Or maybe you would be interested in a substance that can burn through a solid steel bar in under a second?

You know what happened when we tried this in another quest?

We got fucking melted.

>>165718
no, she just made us really hot, our magic kept us from melting.

>>165718
Miss K is not going to melt us. You're being paranoid.

>>165710
Well, our primary function is to provide advice and information.

And as an aside to the others, we don't really have a guarantee that our technology and recipes will work in this world. We don't have rabbit-humans and demons and stuff, after all.

Anyway... Belarmina, do you know anything about dungeon tech?
Something in the Central of this town's dungeon is broken, and that's sort of causing the monsters to come out broken. And on top of that, the monsters are running out of silver pieces to create more of themselves.

>>165728
We saw a monster with a shotgun, so we know we can at least make one of those.

HEY! FARMER! [Next Tab] :V

Wait.

Hey, Kay. What are those guard guys? Some paladin order or something, or just out to ruin poor player's fun?

And what exactly was the fall, if you have any education on it?

>>165731
they are GUARDS.

player had to "shovel" one of them (apparently this one that spoke to miss K) to get in the dungeon. player had also previously "borrowed" a half-halberd from the same guard and is yet to return it. maybe.