oh, no doubt YOU will be fine, but if chee the first dies then chee the second will never exist. also tom will not fight her and become what he is now. just.. a LOT of things will be forced to change, and i don't think the timestream could handle it.

Fen 2011/09/22(Thu)14:14 No. 351493 ID: c811c4
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"Oh, I'll be fine. Apparently. Why does she become a lich, though?"
>"As it stands, I believe I turn her into one. Perhaps now. She is around, is she not? I require bodies. You or hers or anyones will do for now. Give me a body."
"If Cheelop dies, I don't think the time stream will be able to handle something like that!"
>"Of course it will. The dream is has little sense of a time "stream." Now hand me a body, or I will make one myself. I am weak, but that does not mean I am incapable!"

He's starting to sound angry. Angry and crazy.

rush him, grab his skull and shatter it on a rock.

tell him that none of the bodies here are his to take. tell him you won't let him. grab your talisman and get ready to pry it off. you can't let Chee die. you can't let Lily die.

>>351496
yes, pop of the charm and let your aura blaze. then murder his face.

Yup, I knew it. He's a lich, and the one that kills you.

He says he doesn't want the dream to end, and yet his actions at this moment are dangerously close to setting Chee down the path to causing it to happen. I'm starting to wonder if it has something to do with being a lich. Tell Lily to grab Chee and run, and either go with them or take off your amulet and fight. Ask the war god for help if you fight, since your death will set Chee down the path of lichdom.

>>351493
Fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck this was a BAD IDEA.

Nngh. It seems like this guy *might* be the god of the earth, and he can see through time. He is weakened for some reason and this means he's becoming confused about what is present and what is past. Alternatively he isn't confused, but expects everyone else to see how time works just as he does.

In any case, he is undead. The only way to truly kill him is healing him. You might be able to delay him by chopping him up, so you can run... but at this point I think we are totally fucked. We dug too deep into the secrets of the past and discovered a monster. Argh.

In fact... since we can't kill him, how about telling him that we agree to kill the Chee that wishes to end the dream. We don't want to end the world. If he turns Chee into a lich now, however, the future will change and we might no longer remember agreeing to it. He should wait until she comes to him.

What we should've asked is what caused Chee to hold a grudge against the gods and liches.

1/3 Fen 2011/09/22(Thu)15:21 No. 351509 ID: c811c4
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>Take off trinket

"Lily, Chee, run! Dereego, if that's even you, I'll kill the Chee that wants to stop the dream!"

snap

It looks like he's ignoring me, I'll have to fight him!

2/3 Fen 2011/09/22(Thu)15:22 No. 351510 ID: c811c4
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... what? Where is...?

>"No one will come to help you now, not even your god. Now, there will be no meddling with fate!"

3/3 Cheelop 2011/09/22(Thu)15:23 No. 351511 ID: c811c4
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Er- wai- wait. What? No. Nononono. Nonononononononononononono.

>>351511
Well that was frustrating as fuck. See if you can get to sleep again, Chee. We need to get back there.

Wait, didn't you go to sleep wearing the hat? Where is it?

>>351493
"I left piles of bodies back in town. Would any of those be ok?

Oh, and when Chee2 wakes up she's going to stop Lichee from screwing things up. Makes it easier to keep track of things."

when I used to go to school and had to wake up early, I'd sometimes be snapped out of a nice dream and try to go back to sleep to resume the dream.

>>351511
Ok, if we act fast we might be able to salvage this.
We need to kill Lichee before Degeero kills Fen in the past.

get back to sleep quickly.

cast a sleep spell on yourself if you have to.

What?! Why'd you wake up now? Did Dereego kick us out of Fen's head or something? This is bad, um... can you get back to sleep and send us to Kip? If we get to him soon enough we can have him follow Fen and save him.

Cheelop 2011/09/22(Thu)15:44 No. 351523 ID: c811c4
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No! It's not going to end like this! How do I just go back to sleep?! I don't feel tired at all, especially not now! Where's my straw hat?

cast a sleep spell on yourself!

>>351523
Go and find someone. Ask about recent events. We may have changed history far far too much.

>>351523
Sleep spell? Sleeping potion?

Alternatively, go stop Lichee now before Degeero kills Fen.

>>351523
Wait, didn't you remove your coat before going to sleep? Also, the coat and clothing colours are swapped, but I'm assuming that's an artistic error. Maybe history's changed more than we thought? Send us to Kip, in the present. He'll know what happened.

oh man. you should totally scry on Kip.

1/2 Cheelop 2011/09/22(Thu)16:02 No. 351529 ID: c811c4
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Do I even know a sleep spell? I don't think I do. Do I? My head! I moved around in my sleep a lot so maybe I put on my coat I don't knowww.

Augh, Lichee is way over on the side of the world, it would take me.. well if I burned magic as fast as I could it could take hours but maybe with time travel something is possible! It's worth a try! Apparently that was a god he was fighting, are all of you even sure Fen could handle it even with help?!

"Chop, there you are!"
>"Puny one. What brings you back to our caves?"
"Where is Kradis?"
>"Who?"

Okay I don't want to think about this maybe Kip is still alive in which case maybe I can send because he is a nice person and I don't need to know precisely where he is so let me give it a shot here we g-

Hey bro. Still immortal?

>>351530
Oh wow okay hi Kip! Or Dirk, I guess, do you use that name nowadays? We're time-traveling spirits that helped Fen in the past- we're why he knew you tripped Zizi up. Quickly, tell us what happened after he went to find Dereego. We just got kicked out of the past, sent back here to our present. I think we changed way too much!

Hi, Kip, we're some advice souls. We were with Fen back when you knew him, and were in your head a couple times as well, but we had an illusion spell or something keeping you from actually hearing us. How's immortality been treating you?

>>351530
Kip, Degeero turned out to be a sleeping god. He just kicked us out of the past to stop us from saving Fen and now we need you to really quickly tell us what happened after that so we can get back to Fen before Degeero kills him.

Oh, and yes it does actually work that way. The past is happening right now and we can fix it. What do we need to do?

'sup Dirk? man, you look terrible. what's happened?

>>351539
He actually looks exactly the same as usual.

Kip 2011/09/22(Thu)16:31 No. 351543 ID: c811c4
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Ah, it really is those voices, but much clearer than I remember.

Well, this is the most interesting thing to happen in decades. I've just been sitting around, being immortal. Let's see... it's been so long. Fen, Fen, yes.. he came back with Lily and Cheelop intact, at least at first glance. He fought Kajos the next day. He won, but not before Kajos stabbed him through a few times, revealing Fen to have been made a zombie.

He killed Kajos, then dragon knights swarmed the stage and eventually overpowered Fen. It was a rather... memorable day, to say the least. Kiki came back that day, as well. Zizi and her went to investigate what just happened to Fen, and I fled. I wasn't involved much to say what happened, but things only went downhill from there.

So Dereego was a sleeping god? He must have realized it after his exile.

If that's the case... well, I don't know if you can save him as it is. In the short term, if you find a way to go back to that point, maybe you can do something about the fight with Kajos. I'm sorry, Sirs, but this is far beyond my expertise.

>>351543
Dammit. We probably can't prevent Fen from becoming a zombie, unless we can reenter the past before he goes to Dereego.

We made things worse... if I could, I'd just revert everything back to how it was before we helped Fen.

Anyway if you want more excitement in your life, go seek out the tower at the end of the peninsula on the western continent. Tell them Chee sent you- wait actually with this changed future we don't even know if we control that tower anymore! It seems that our Chee remains isolated from what is changed though... Hmm. We can't guarantee anything right this instant. We need to check on our holdings, then tell you where you can go, or where we can pick you up.

Unless... we confront the god here and force them to stop, or die. Since the god seemed to be aware of events in both the present and past, we could assume that his past self will yield in order to save his future self. Chee! Lichee wants to kill the gods. Well, we have one target RIGHT NOW.

>>351543
Ok, got it. So what happened to Lily? To Momo?
Do you know who the fake king was? Or what Shup was planning? What happened to Cheese?
Why did the entire area turn into a desolate wasteland?

Ok, here's what I have so far:
Momo was looking for ways to resurrect the dead; with her help we should be able to restore Fen.
Kiki, Zizi, and Cheelop all became lich-killers after that point; if we tell them what really happened then we can prevent Cheelop from starting down the road that prompted Degeero to kill Fen.
You're highly immortal, so we'll probably try to have you get Fen out of there fairly intact - assuming we can't get back in time to alter the Degeero fight.

1/2 Kip 2011/09/22(Thu)17:46 No. 351559 ID: c811c4
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Shup took Lily and his wealth and fled to the southern kingdom. Don't worry, he took good care of her. I never saw Cheese or Momo again, and the fake king issue was never resolved. Too many undead rose in time, and the land slowly turned barren as a result.

The thought of a different reality never occurred to me. If you can go back and save Fen, and our civilization, then I would be in your debt. Chee, are you there?

>"Yes! I'm going to check on everyone to see if much else has changed, and fly off to fight the earth god! I might be there in a couple of hours! Do you remember where the location was at?"

I do. If the god doesn't exist in a single point of time, he may in the same area. I don't know how it works.

>"Neither do I!"

It doesn't sound like fate can be so easily changed, though. Tell me honestly, miss, what are our chances? Are we not locked in destiny?

>"Screw destiny! I'm saving Fen, I don't care how! I don't care if I don't even know how to fight a god!"

Gods may be more powerful than any single mortals, but I don't believe even gods are invincible. Between you and I, we may have a chance. Yet, if you have strong allies, perhaps we will have a better chance.

2/2 Kip 2011/09/22(Thu)17:46 No. 351560 ID: c811c4
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I can still feel the links between everyone except Kradis! Should I bring anyone? Ears, Shabin, Clamp and Tae are the only ones who can fight, as Tom and Minci... not really. It's dangerous, and maybe it should just be me and Kip, but... well, I don't know!

>>351560
Bring Ears too since he met Fen met once. Might be nice for them to be reacquainted however this time travel thing works.

Are you linked to Lichee? I mean, as Fen you did become her idol. If you became tight friends with Kip through that, you have got to have made a connection there if you haven't through being friendly. Also, fuck, shot in the dark here, but try Momo too since she was practicing necromancy. You became sorta friends and didn't really betray one another, and spared her.

Rally the remaining fucking Fen Gang man plus Ears.

>>351560
You have the antimagic device attuned to you only. Ears will be unable to fight near you if you keep it active, and Kip will not be able to use any of his limited elemental power. You do still have the antimagic device right? I wonder if it works against a god.

If you somehow lost the antimagic device, then we can bring Ears, but only if he still has the protective amulet. From what we saw, the earth god is a very powerful geomancer, and having an extra geomancer on our side to counteract that could be useful. I would avoid taking Shabin or Tae as they are not particularly durable or skilled, outside of Shabin's rage mode, and she is rather unpredictable during that. Clamp might be durable enough to fight with our healing assistance, but that would mean we wouldn't be able to focus as well. That choice has advantages and disadvantages.

>>351560
Ears won't remember it, but he's probably one of the creator's pets, so you should definitely ask him. Tell everyone else what's going on and make the offer, but make sure they know they're under no obligation to come. If you can, send a message to Lich Chee, as well, I'm sure she'd love the chance to kill the god that zombified Fen.

I don't think that's necessary. you don't need the extra muscle if you have Kip.

Cheelop 2011/09/22(Thu)18:38 No. 351573 ID: c811c4
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I can put the anti magic shield somewhere where it won't get in the way. I'll bring Ears. Clamp would be good if I know I need muscle, but I don't know that, so it would just be risking. Besides, he really doesn't have any reason to help me with this! Neither does Ears actually, but I have a feeling he'll come if I ask nicely.

I don't sense any links to Momo, or anyone else from the past aside from Kip.

"Hey! Hey, Lich Chee! Are you there?"

>"So you've made a connection with me, somehow? Did you see the past?"
"Yes and it's still going! I'm going to fight the earth god to try and save Fen right now! Will you assist?"
>"Assist? Assist you? Construct Chee, if this is happening, I will merge with you, and we may live again. Would you like that?"

sure, sure... we'll be right behind you.

>>351573
"Sure, just leave me in control since I've already got momentum here."

yes. maximum power fight.

>>351573
Sure, but first, she needs to tell us what she remembers happening in the past, related to Fen. Has her recollection of events changed with our changes, or does she remember what originally happened? If so, anything she can tell us about the false king or what happened Lily, Fen, Momo, Kiki, Zizi, Kip, Shup... yeah, basically telling us what happened would be useful.

Does merge mean Chee dies or lose her consciousness or whatever? Because I doubt she wants to be cold and find life meaningless beyond fighting. It's nice not being evil and cynical and hope for a normal life after this IS over.

Man, I guess. Let's just kick some ass and save Fen. It ain't right for him to go out like that. I'd think you'd be more powerful separate, to be honest, even if Chee doesn't become cold. With power in numbers.

Sure, but is she sure merging will help more than fighting alongside one another will?

CQ Intermission 3-2 - End (To be continued) Cheelop 2011/09/22(Thu)19:25 No. 351592 ID: c811c4
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"Please tell me what you can remember about what happened after Fen was, well, zombified."
>"I was a kid, and my memory was not very good! I remember being a mess of emotions, and took it out on the liches and undead of the region. Anything more complex was lost on me. Lily took me in for a time, until I joined with Zizi and Kiki against the undead."

Some time later, at the crags

"I still have a couple questions. Will I be in control, still?"
>"Yes, even if it may not have been my original plan! As long as this is truly happening, as long as you never quit, even if it takes another few hundred years, it does not matter to me."
"Would you lose your consciousness or anything? Also, wouldn't we be more powerful as seperates?"
>"In a sense, yes and no. My consciousness would dissipate into you, much like sugar into a drink. As for seperation of power, no. Should I merge with you, our magical prowess will stack nicely. In any case, don't worry about my well being! Having you, the construct in my image, consume my soul in a more permanent fashion, is the route to more normal a life than I could hope for."
"I... I guess so."
>"Then let us begin, and bring down the first god."