Shabin 2011/07/06(Wed)20:52 No. 322666 ID: 651982
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>"Dude! We didn't think there'd be one!"
>"Calm thy nerves. Chee performed exceptionally out there. How doth she fare?"
>"Like a trainwreck that hasn't been cleaned up! She just sits in our room all day staring at the wall!"

Why does it feel like I'm being watched.

>>322665
Aww nuts. We got disconnected. I wonder why?

Well. Hello Shabin. We're uh... guiding voices that normally speak to Chee. Now we're with you for some reason. I think if we got back to Chee she would recover. I dunno how to do that though.

Also why is that guy speaking in olde english? Double also how come you look different from most kobolds?

Oh, that is just us. Chee's guiding voices. We kinda know why Chee is acting like that. Please promise not to freak out when we tell you.

>her
>she
Chee is genderless, unless this has changed. I suspect it may make them self-conscious to be referred to as such.

Also, hi, we're your new crazy head voices.

>>322666
Perhaps because you are being watched, Shabin.
Have you heard Chee mention voices that guide him/her in his/her endeavors?
That's us.

...or maybe we're just a mental construct of your own, trying to make you feel better or worse about something. Who knows! Isn't the unknown grand?

>>322669
no, chee is just a child who doesn't know how to distinguish genders. Presumably during the medical examination and subsequent care (aka, vegetative individuals need to piss and shit too) someone saw.

>>322673
If I recall correctly, it has been referred to before, when Chee was seen nude by the other wizard students, that there was nothing there.

>>322666
Well, this is different. Hey Shabin, how's it going? Anything on Chee yet?

Shabin 2011/07/06(Wed)21:17 No. 322682 ID: 651982
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Sweet merciful what, either Chee's one mental mess or I just made one of myself!

>>322667
I think he's seen one too many posh plays where kobolds act out humans. And what do you mean, "I look different?"

>>322669
She's wimpy, but I still don't want to call her an 'it'. I will judge by the eyelashes, but I know about her state.

>>322679
Nothing. It's been four days. Fraga found Chee and fake fencer there, dragged em back. Kradis was knocked out, but ultimately fine. Chee has been in... not a coma, but she doesn't respond to much. If you all really are her guiding voices... well, that's weird to me. But maybe you can tell me how to snap her out of it. I do know one thing, though: I've seen that look on Chee's face before. It's the face of someone who lost the will to live.

Being told you have no soul does that to a person.

>>322682
That's... probably because the necromancer minion who attacked had its claws in Chee's body as (s)he was healing it to un-re-death, and it claimed that Chee had no soul.

Chee must have taken that pretty hard. That, combined with the death and destruction Chee's already seen happen, and probably how it seems like the death and destruction is following him/her, well... you can see where a bit of depression may have set in.

>>322682
Necromancer told her she didn't had a soul and that she was dead for about a year or so. Poor Chee is probably lost in her thought.

but make no mistake, chee is not a zombie or anything. more like a construct. like a golem.

>>322682
>what do you mean, "I look different?"

Oh don't worry, it's nothing bad. Your eyes just have a sharper look to them.

As for Chee being comatose she might be in shock because the necromancer convinced her that she has no soul.

>>322682
Pish posh. Will to live? Girl is already dead.

You must give him a reason to live.

A sexy reason

...Oh. Well, in that case, we do know what the problem is. She found out in her battle with the necromancer that her body died a year ago and she doesn't have a soul. We think she might have been turned into a homunculus or a flesh golem or something, and that she was given us to help her make decisions. She's not any less of a person, though, and we need you to go reassure her of that.

>>322682
Something very damaging was said by the necromancer Chee defeated. It said she "had no soul". Perhaps it is possible that Chee believes she is now 'dead'?

Has anyone tried cheering her up? Maybe Chee would be happy to see that Kradis and Fraga are okay.

Not to mention feelings and self-will. Chee is probably one the nicest people you will ever meet. Seriously, we tried to explain that to her but what she needs right now is a friend to tell her that she isn't some kind of abomination.

>>322682
Your eyes are less... beady, and you're taller. That guy that found Chee was really huge too, what's up with that?

Shabin 2011/07/06(Wed)21:45 No. 322703 ID: 651982
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....ah. Fraga and Kradis have both made a couple of visits to her, so she knows they're well. I think. It's hard to tell, she barely even looked at them. We've mostly given her space, time to rest, that sort of thing.

No soul, huh. Necromancers... it's not like I trust them, but from the way it sounds, it seems like it had little reason to lie.

Maybe you're right. Maybe it's encouragement. It's just not my forte, you know? All I've really done is shove food and water down her throat just to keep her going.

>>322700
>>322690
...they are? Come to think of it, I don't think I've ever seen my eyes. I've only heard about mirrors. Oh, and water too, but this IS a cave after all, there's not much reflecting going on.
Also, you must be referring to chop. Nothing special about him. Well, maybe "special." He's just huge.

>"Ahem."

Shabin 2011/07/06(Wed)21:47 No. 322705 ID: 651982
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>"The Headmaster of Magic speaks. Shabin. You were asked three questions. You appear suddenly distraught. Go, fix Chee, she was put under your care. Do not dissappoint me. The Headmaster of Magic has spoken."

Alright then, voices. This isn't my forte, like I said. What should I do for Chee? I'm not really into presents or comforting words or.. things.

Chee, according to the necromancer, lacks a soul. As 'she' was said by the necromancer to have once had a soul, that likely rules out construct. Which means 'she' is some form of undead. Except, 'she' also appears to be naturally adept at healing magic. And who ever heard of an undead healer? So, really, we have no idea what Chee is.

One question. Before we left, Chee spotted another person who pointed at 'her', and 'she' immediately deduced they were a necromancer due to the aura around them. Are any Kobolds around here delving into the dark arts?

>>322682
The necromancer told Chee a few things before it was turned to so much ash.
The first is that Chee has no soul.
The second is that Chee died more than a year ago.
The third is that Chee's body is still alive somehow.

Also, the zombies that were milling around the necromancer were the people from Chee's last village.

What Chee needs right now is to be consoled. Hugs would help, as well as other tactile signs of affection. She also needs somebody to tell her to stop being upset over what the necromancer said - she has strange mental quirks in place.

Oh, by the way, why were you shaking the night before the attack?

>>322705
I-is that? Is his beard.... *snrrrrrkkk* it's taped on isn't it!

(sorry, sorry!) Yeah, guess we'll go check on Chee then. Maybe bring some more food and drink if she hasn't had any recently. Maybe even wine or ale if you can. Anything to get her talking. You gotta figure out what's on her mind.

Let's try shock therapy! Pucker up! Smooch smooooooooooch~ ...or maybe whap upside the head and drag out somewhere. Whichever seems more appealing to you~

yeah, has anyone TRIED a hug? if not then may as well give it a shot. and say that her soul was probably so big that the necromancer couldn't get his hand around it so was confused and dumb.

sorry about some of the other voices. there really isn't any quality control on our end so some of us are idiots, and most of us are perverts. By he way,what is chop's deal? He more or less jumped chee when he met her. Is that normal?

>>322705
Ok that stupid beard has to be pulled off at some point. As for Chee I say go for this >>322709
However if that doesn't work then something more extreme needs to be done. Chee's in shock, and she's shutdown, most likely to avoid the feelings she's having. You need to find a way to push her out of it, either by getting she to feel positive emotion or by getting her to realize she still cares about something. the first can be done by getting her to use her magic to help someone. The second can be done by making her believe that she, or someone she knows, is in danger. I think you could do both at once having someone get convincingly hurt in front of her, with no-one else around to help.

By the way, this is slightly unrelated to the problem at hand, but Chee totally jumped on the necromancer's face and HEALED him to death. It was Awesome. Also, the necromancer was apparently another necromancer's minion or something.

>>322713
Yeah, and beat the snot out of her (literally). Is everyone treated that way? Or did he like, grow up reading Grog the Destroyer or something and is a bit like our friend in the goofy feather-hat?

Shabin 2011/07/06(Wed)22:09 No. 322719 ID: 651982
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>>322706
A necromancer? Here? We may not keep formal records, but we keep a close eye on each other. We don't have anyone like that in this cave.

>whap upside the head
I've tried this. Nothin'.

>hugs
>tactile consolation

I... don't. Do that. I just wanted to mine. Wail on some rocks. None of this therapy business.

>>322713
That's not normal. Chop isn't normal. The less I have to think about chop the better.

Shabin 2011/07/06(Wed)22:14 No. 322721 ID: 651982
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>>322714
>>322710
Everyone knows his beard is ridiculous. But the wizard isn't as much of a joke. There are some real gruesome tales out there for anyone who said this to his face.

>>322709
Shaking? I was not shaking. I was sleeping. Do not bring this up again.

>>322712
No one's tried a hug. It seemed rather inappropriate.

Well, here I am. Just the other side of the door. I wish I could say I had an ounce of desire to do this.

>>322719
Chee died and is still alive.
Her previous two homes were destroyed.
Necromancy and death seem to follow her everywhere.
And now a mysterious necromancer that nobody else knows about shows up in the middle of the village without being detected just before Chee finds the vile construct of a second necromancer.

I am wondering if this necromancer of ours is the one who brought Chee back.

Well there definitely a necromancer in here when Chee was on her way to the statue four days ago. It had a kobold skeleton with horns on its head, robes, and an aura that wasn't moving. When Chee asked it where the statue was, it just jerkily pointed at Chee who then ran away from it and luckily ended up at the statue.

it's called ya gotta do what you gotta do. be ready for a LOT of crying. but after that she should be good to at least start moving around on her own again.

Boy you better build up some desire then quick. Because once we get involved in something then it means life is about to get crazy. If you enjoy continued breathing you better figure out what the necromancers are up to.

>>322721
You're angry... why? You have a secret, too, don't you.

Maybe that's what Chee needs: someone to confide in.

Shabin 2011/07/06(Wed)22:37 No. 322729 ID: 651982
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>>322727
Don't we all.

>>322726
I'm a girl.

>>322724
I'm telling you, we don't have anyone like that around.

>>322722
This, along with everyone's elses saying of this, is why I'm getting so impressed that she's nice. So nice it pisses me off.

That's why this is so hard. That's why I'm stalling. I guess I preached toughness to her so hard as soon as she woke up on me, it's time to reflect it. I'm going to feel like smacking her as soon as I see her. Or him or them or god, whatever. Here goes.

I think part of the reason that Chee is in a somewhat comatose state is that WE are not with him/her. We help Cheelop operate, and since for some reason we're in YOUR head at the moment, it's like Chee is missing his/her operating system. So go inside and put your hand on Chee, maybe we can transfer over or something.

Also how do you people know what a trainwreck is? What exactly is the technology level outside?

Shabin 2011/07/06(Wed)22:39 No. 322731 ID: 651982
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"Hello, Chee. You're looking fantastic."

Yep. I want to smack her.

>>322731
You could just tell her to pull herself together and do something. I mean, what if we're going about this all wrong? Go be rough, giver her a good shake! Yell at her, tell her everything's alright now and that she should accept it.

Besides, might feel kinda nice. Oh, and tell her that hat's silly and a beret is really more her style.

Ok the boy part of that was a figure of speech. Of course we know you are a girl. What with the seeing through clothes and all.

could also say "you have been moping so much your fucking head voices are bothering me to make you snap out of it! cry get upset, get angry, get happy, get SOMETHING!!

do it

>>322731
She once said that there was some part of her that needed to be told what to do. So tell her to do something. Like, tell her to get herself washed.

Sit beside Chee and simply watch her. Mention the insane voices in your head claiming to be a vital component of Chee's consciousness. Give her lots of time. Mine away some more of your room. Just be near her for a while.

Also pinch her nose shut.

>>322737
Oh fffffffffffffffffffizgig.

Without us bothering her... she shut down. Quick! Shabin! I dunno, but do something!

Shabin 2011/07/06(Wed)23:04 No. 322741 ID: 651982
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>>322730
This actually makes sense. But if the lack of voices leaves her at such a shell, then what exactly is Chee on her own?

Also, those dwarves. Don't get me wrong I've never actually seen a train, but I hear it's like a chain of minecarts meant for enormous mining procedures. I don't know how they work, but they're more technological than what we've got, for sure.

>>322733
I sure hope you like being ignored.

>>322732
>>322734
"Chee! Do something, already! Get mad at me, damnit! Anything, anything at all!"

I admit, shaking her around always feels nice, but it would feel even better if it did anything.

>>322738
You had me until 'pinch her nose shut.'

Maintain contact with Chee and WILL the voices in your head (us) into her. Concentrate and try to make us heard by him/her/it.

Helloooooo Cheeeeeee...!

say "as your superior i ORDER you to stand up!"

>>322741
Gonna try something.
[switch to Cheelop]

Well the weird thing is that Chee has got along fine without us telling her what to do before. Personally, I think she has just gone into a kind of catatonic shock.

Ooh Ooh! I got an idea that probably might not be terrible!

Lie to her and say that she bears an uncanny similarity to some one you knew that died a few years back.

Nothing could go wrong.

That is a terrible idea.

Shabin 2011/07/06(Wed)23:19 No. 322750 ID: 651982
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"Come on, your voices are bothering the hell out of me! Take em back, that is an ORDER. I took your hat, by the way, the only thing that doesn't make you look totally pathetic!"

>"...Sh..Shabin?"

"Yeah, I'm here!"

>"......"

"Keep going."

>"......"

"No, I mean keep talking."

>"......"

"Goddamnit, I'm losing her again. I will take your ears off too if you don-"

Oh. Fuck. Fuckfuckfuck. How do I turn you guys off. Like, right now. I need you goes oh eff eff OFF. Or at least to look away. How do I get you guys to do that?!

>>322741
There we go! No tell her to stop sitting around like a lump and freakin' get cleaned up. She's probably starting to smell or something and if she doesn't go learn more magic, she won't be any use.

(And besides, it's boring having a roomie who doesn't do anything!)

Well, we will try.

[Shift focus away]

>>322750
You've already done it. If you command our sight off, it goes off. One of our few limitations.

Why, what are you doing?

already happening, we switched to looking through your eyes. just don't look at yourself and we wont see.

Chee: Do not respond.

>>322750
We're actually a pseudo-omniscient entity. Well, sorta. But if you're just gonna do something "drastic" like kiss her, we won't tell anyone.

it'll just prompt lots of embarrassing fan-art~ =w=

You don't. Why? Are you having another one of those episodic flip outs? Or do you just need to use the bathroom?

Cheelop once said to us that he/she feels the need to be told what to do, and he/she only responded when you took that firm tone of voice. Perhaps try it again, try being direct and authoritative, telling Chee precisely what to do.

...please don't molest our kobold

>>322750
We really don't have control over it, to be honest. We just kinda go wherever fate takes us.

>>322750
Our control is less than stellar, but we can try to look away.
Do what you have to do.
We are not actually going to look away.

>>322750
We turn off when we're not needed. Like when Chee was learning how to cast heal, we turned off. When she was traveling, we turned off. When she was asleep, we turned off.

Shabin 2011/07/06(Wed)23:54 No. 322763 ID: 651982
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>>322754
Oh, g-good. You're seeing through my eyes? Keep it like that, please. I'm trying to concentrate really hard right now on how to fix this, and it's hard when you're all staring. I-It's not like I care too much or anything.

Good idea! Chee's bound to respond with that crying.

>>322765
SHHHH! Dude!

>>322763
Maybe she responded to talking about her hat. Show it to her and tell her that she can only have it back if she snaps out of it and starts talking again.

>>322765
[shush the voice]

I think hugs are best at this point


Tentatively

I'm sorry but we don't control when we are on or off, nor do we control who we are talking to.

I'm so sorry for your loss.

Shabin 2011/07/07(Thu)00:34 No. 322778 ID: 651982
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>>322765
..y-yeah. Just an idea. Don't think it means anything.

>>322769
Maybe a small one.

"Hey, Chee? You remember how you said you liked my pick axe? What I meant to say afterward was 'thank you'."

>"...you're welcome."
!
"And, I'll give you your hat back if you get back to normal!"

>"... where did I get that hat?"

Looks like she's coming out of it. Just keep talking to her.

...the same place you got the loincloth you're wearing? But perhaps Chee's onto something. We, the voices/spirits/whatever, were never present when Chee got the hat. Perhaps it has some connection to Cheelop's... condition?

...I don't know where the hat came from. We never asked and she never mentioned it... Crapola. Ummm... maybe she made it? Or did she get it as a gift?

Suggest that someone gave it to her.

dunno. you were wearing it when the voices started talking.

"I don't know, Chee, you arrived with it"

... because we don't know either; he showed up with it on the first time

"Uh to make you feel better...you were really great out there, kicking necromancer butt...nice work...ha...ha...ha?"

You could ask her how she got the hat...

((Wait, is this a Reaver quest? Or am I getting a false positive from the 'suddenly, tsundere'?))

Hey, just keep doing what you're doing for now, but when you get a chance, you should probably have Chee get looked at by some of your magicky folks. In addition to the mystery of what, exactly, Chee is, there are some pretty big gaps in its memory; if you have anybody who's good at mind magic, maybe there are answers to be found with a bit of digging.

For now, though, stick with the TLC. And no pervert stuff *'looking' at the other voices*. Gender issues aside, Chee's still a kid emotionally and is only looking for the platonic sort of love.

1/6 Shabin 2011/07/07(Thu)02:22 No. 322805 ID: 651982
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>>322786
I doubt she'd ask if she knew. Something's wrong. At least one of you mentioned that you all become unaware when she's asleep or otherwise unaware, as well. That makes sense. But something could be very, very wrong, and none of you would know it. Excuse me. I'm sure, living in Chee, you've all had nearly free reign, but there is something I have to see on my own. Of course, it seems like you'll be there as well.

"Chee. I'm going to borrow your hat."

>"J, just bring it back..."

2/6 Shabin 2011/07/07(Thu)02:23 No. 322806 ID: 651982
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And no, I have no intention of doing anything pervered. How I even could on someone such as herself, I don't know.

3/6 Shabin 2011/07/07(Thu)02:27 No. 322808 ID: 651982
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"Chop!"

>"The rock eater addresses me?"

"When you found Chee, did you bring her hat with you?"

>"The puny one looked all the more pathetic with such a weak hat. It has been left to rot, arrowed to the tree of its defeat, no better to defend itself than this miniscule kobold beneath me now."

4/6 Shabin 2011/07/07(Thu)02:29 No. 322811 ID: 651982
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That was the long shot. This whole scenario would have seemed implausible, but, when Fraga came back with Chee and Kradis..."

...Wait...if the hat is still stuck to that tree...where the hell did this thing come from?!

5/6 Shabin 2011/07/07(Thu)02:35 No. 322814 ID: 651982
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"Fraga! When you came back with Chee, did she have her hat?!"

>"Oh, not at all dude. Sorry, it totally slipped my mind, but if y- whoa, you got it back?! Man, that's dangerous, it was out where... you know."

"Forget about it."

THE HAT IS FOLLOWING CHEE OR SOMETHING

6/6 Shabin 2011/07/07(Thu)02:37 No. 322816 ID: 651982
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I wish I knew.

chee had it on when she LEFT the place. what's face, with the hat may know.

specifically, the hat with the feather on it and has the sword.

>>322816
Oh, cool magical hat. Probably better to take it to the wizard dude, when it comes to weird magical shit then it's usually better to turn immediatly to someone who knows magic.

>>322816
O... k...
I don't know if this is good or bad.
The hat could be cursed so that it will follow Chee wherever she goes, but that might not be a bad thing if ALL it does is follow Chee around.

It also might contain Chee's soul, making Chee some sort of Living Lich.

Talk to the wizard! He might be able to research this!

Can any of the wizards around here do anything about false memories? It is becoming increasingly likely that Chee has a lot of them.

Looking back on our memories, Chee has been able to function both with and without the hat, so it seems unlikely the hat serves some vital function. We might want to give the hat to one of the wizards for monitoring, and see if they can catch it being transported back.

that is a horribly good point

none of us were watching out for a HAT

that's pretty sinister

>>322816
Uh... wut?
Does the hat have an arrow hole in it?

1/3 Shabin 2011/07/07(Thu)04:11 No. 322828 ID: 651982
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>>322824
>>322821
>>322819
Yeah, yeah. The wizard is a good idea. Our room is on the way, though. Let me just check in. Maybe take a breather. This is an awful lot to soak in at once. I'm trying to think, here... She didn't have a hat when she came back, I know that. I didn't even know she had a hat, then.

I was getting told what went on in that mission. As soon as I learned about the necromancer, you guys popped in, and informed me yourselves about that. Up to then, I was told much of it.

To make order.. Chop must have seen the hat first. Fraga said he retrieved her things for the scouting mission, but possibly never saw her with her hat. Fraga didn't leave with them, and she didn't put on her hat till leaving, according to Kradis. At which point him and Pakin were the ones to see her wear a hat. Pakin is another mystery, obviously.

Chee didn't have her hat until Kradis' visited after the mission. I thought he gave her her hat back, but Fraga should have known if Kradis had the hat.

Oh, gods. This is all as I understand it, if I even got the story right. It just seems like she got her hat when someone came by that knows that she wears-