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789976 No. 789976 ID: 008b25

((This will be a slow updating quest as i have to use library computers and scanner, thanks for patience and apologize for the quality.))

The moon rises over four women, each a princess of her people and each racked with doubt.

One is chosen by bloody ritual, whether she wishes it or not.

One has the throne within her grasp, but what is she willing to use to get it?

One watches her nation slide into ruin, knowing she could save it but dose it deserve to be saved?

And One finds herself yearning for the company of the living for the first time in six thousand years.

All require your aid, but who will you aid first?
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No. 789977 ID: b15da4

+1 for BONE TIDDIES
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No. 789978 ID: 3583d1

Bloody ritual, FUCK YOUR RITUAL AND RULES, FIGHT BACK!
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No. 789979 ID: d79f26

the bird is the word.
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No. 789983 ID: 486124

Is that bird holding a drumstick?

Let's go there and find out.
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No. 789991 ID: 72ed6b

>>789979
Are those birds, or do they just have beaks?

>>789976
> One has the throne within her grasp, but what is she willing to use to get it?

Let's go enjoy some court intrigue, and try to keep a princess from going too far.
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No. 789997 ID: 91ee5f

I vote for the undead princess.
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No. 790009 ID: 0b99d7

>>789976
getting stabbed a lot seems like a rather pressing matter, we can see sad scary skellington some time after
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No. 790015 ID: 91ee5f

>>790009
The author said in the disthread, "Just so you know we will be getting round to all four princesses so don't worry to much if your fave don't get chosen at first."

Which means she's not going to be sacrificed if we don't choose her first.
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No. 790020 ID: 836393

>One watches her nation slide into ruin, knowing she could save it but dose it deserve to be saved?

This one has piqued my interest the most.
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No. 790022 ID: 094652

>>789983
That's a glass of [liquid], stupid.

>First
The undead looks cute, the boyd looks like a 8!+(#, the cat looks plain, and the goat looks like she's in danger.

I don't like it, but the first one looks like she needs the most help right now...
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No. 790034 ID: 72ed6b

>>790022
> That's a glass of [liquid], stupid.

Look at the right hand of the one on the throne.
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No. 790076 ID: 3abd97

>>789976
Bloody ritual.
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No. 790120 ID: ba506f

undead.
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No. 790125 ID: 70983e

Gato de los muertos.
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No. 790315 ID: 008b25
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790315

You are Liik'il hat'uts kuxa'an kan baak, or Lil for short, and you just cant stop thinking about them, the living.
Their hearts full of Hot blood, beating back the end one beat at a time, Their tears, a endless lake of salt and grief that falls like soft rain and their sleep, so soft and gentle where hopes and monsters are born.


And butts.. you really REALLY like Butts.

The bitter irony that the princess of the dead has a ass fetish is not lost on you..

Thats it, youve moped enough, its time to get out there and find yourself a meatbag to snuggle!

Only problem is..
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No. 790316 ID: 008b25
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790316

How exactly dose one Leave the Land of the Dead?
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No. 790317 ID: 0b99d7

>>790316
Aren't there rituals or magics or just powers of the dead to let you go visit the living?
Consult an library of acceptable knowledge.
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No. 790322 ID: 836393

Clearly your best option is to begin work to open the border to the lands of the living for trade. Your people get access to open trade with other nations and you get to see some sexy sexy asses. Also do you have a preference between girl asses and guy asses? I don't want to presume.
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No. 790325 ID: d79f26

well, there is usually one day of the year where the borders between the two worlds are thin
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No. 790327 ID: ba506f

how does one enter it? I mean the people who show up here on day don't just pop up at some random doorstep right? There has to be some kind of central hub area for the newbes right? Failing that find a way to enter someone's dreams and try and convince them to summon you to the world of the living.
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No. 790338 ID: 70983e

A classic tragedy! The lover of booty lacks a booty herself. I think snek tails are even better, though. Lucky!

>How does one leave the Land of The Dead?
You find an unwitting mortal to tempt, of course. Search the aether for someone performing an ill-advised ritual and offer them power or revenge or whatever gets their rocks off in exchange for summoning you. Conveniently forget to mention that translocating their skeleton usually doesn't leave the attached flesh in very good condition.
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No. 790344 ID: 5b93d3

>>790316
- Reincarnate
- Swap places with one of the living who wish to live in the land of festivals and ivory
- A really long ladd- oh, wait.

Cthulhlu, that you?
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No. 790353 ID: 094652

You've lived long enough to know that religious scripture is so inaccurate, that even the doubts about it are misleading to the true concept of reality.

To the Void! Slip through the fabric of reality, to places where eldritch physics overrule death itself!
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No. 790389 ID: 72ed6b

>>790316
What's with the people going through the heart-arch there?

Apart from that: research time! You're a princess; are there Royal Scholars or Royal Scientists you can talk to? Go have a conversation with them, and ask pointed questions.
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No. 790394 ID: 3abd97

>>790316
Trick some cat's paw in the mortal real into summoning you?
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No. 790408 ID: a363ac

>>790316
Obviously you Romance the King of the Dead or you Stab him until he lets you go
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No. 790438 ID: 91ee5f

>>790408
The King is her dad. Why would she romance him?
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No. 790595 ID: 008b25
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790595

((Had to rush the color on this one -3-))

>how does one enter it?
Hmm, it would be simplest to just take the Dead road back into the closest living nation, which you think is called Tarn now? That would be tricky though as youd have to pass through Dokel-argul, and as long standing allies of the dead would have questions if you tried to just sneak through.
Plus your father has guards on the road to stop you leaving after the Incident last time, wich is hardly fair how could you have known you weren't supposed to take them they just leave them all In a room! Its not like theres a shortage of babies..

>do you have a preference between girl asses and guy asses?

You know you never stopped to think about it, gender in the land of the dead is basically a fashion choice, since everyone is a skeleton and all, but if you had to pick you'd say Girls, they tend to be softer plus they come with Breasts, Dreamer knows you get enough fun out of your own. (Your quite proud of them actually they took simply ages to make)

>Aren't there rituals or magics? Consult an library of acceptable knowledge.

Hmmm... if the normal methods wont cut it then maybe magic is the way to go, and you know just the Corpse to ask!


Jag'o Burgo : Hmm, just a wee sliver off the side here and ill be done for the d
Lil: JAG!
Jag: GAH!

bang


Lil:...So anyway I have a few questions
Jag: Of course you do.
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No. 790596 ID: 008b25

A brief clean up later and you sit down with the undead Jako, he glares at you angrily but as a jako that's how he looks at everything.

Lil: So that's the situation, can you help?
Jag: Can I smuggle you, the princess of the dead, out into the land of the living despite express orders from the king of the dead, so that you can grope the living?
Lil: yes.
Jag: ...fair enough at least you admit it, well there's a few ways we can do it depending on how long you want to be gone, your father will feel you leave and pull you back after a few days if you simply teleport or swap places with a living woman, you could get years of wandering time if you went through the nightmare but...well its the Nightmare..
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No. 790598 ID: d79f26

>>790596
and you are the princess, you can handle it.
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No. 790599 ID: 836393

Only days and father will increase certainly make it more difficult for you to ever do this again. No, it's time to go big or go home.
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No. 790604 ID: 72ed6b

>>790595
Try to be slightly more considered and careful, if you're going to be going on a covert mission.

And if you want a path to the world of the living that allows you to stay for years, you're going to need to become living yourself; skeletons kinda stand out. Would going through the Nightmare to get there leave you as a skeleton, or allow you to become a living being?
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No. 790621 ID: 094652

Any other ideas? You need something that will convince your father of your usefulness as an undead emissary. Considering that there is little concern for succession, and your ability as an undead to respawn back in his kingdom if you get yourself killed, why would he be worried about your well-being?
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No. 790633 ID: 3abd97

>>790595
Oh no, you lost the breasts you spent so long making in the explosion!

>>790596
What's so bad about the nightmare, I'm already dead!
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No. 790651 ID: ba506f

tell me more about this nightmare.
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No. 790669 ID: fe7355

Before considering braving the Nightmare (whatever that is,) consider the possibility of doing the opposite: Bring a mortal lady into the Land of the Dead. Would it be possible to bring a mortal here, keep them alive and adequately disguise their true nature for a extended period, then return them to the Land of the Living? I'd certainly be a hell of a story for them to tell if it could be pulled off... Oh, maybe get a bard, 'cause bards are notorious for being as easy as a two piece jigsaw puzzle and would be enticed by being able to tell the tale of such a journey.
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No. 790734 ID: 72ed6b

>>790669
This sounds good, but only if you can return them home.
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No. 791642 ID: 54f9ca
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791642

>Oh no, you lost the breasts!

While you of course have spares, you take a moment to salute the passing of the Twins, who fell in the line of duty jiggling to the last.
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No. 791643 ID: 54f9ca
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791643

>you are the princess, you can handle it.

Lil: Im the Risen beauty of living serpent bones, I think I can handle a little bad dream.

Jag: You don't know what it is do you?

Lil: I have no idea what so ever.

Jag: Alright, listen and don't interrupt im going to explaine this once.

Outside of reality is the dreamer, a being so powerful that its dream's form our world. When he sleeps magic flows into the world, miricles happen, the dead rise on mass and miracles become common place. When he Wakes magic slows to a trickle, the dead mostly stay dead and life becomes safe and boring.

Now in the same way its dreams become real, so do the Dreamers thoughts, springing to life as powerful beings called Urges, Elements and Concepts.

Urges are bodiless beings, floating through minds and urging them towards various goals, there mostly harmless if a bit odd.
Next are the elements, Force, Vengeance, Justice, Order and Chaos, they interact with the world infrequently so little is known about them and their intentions.
Finally we have the concepts like your Father, the Concept of death or the Concept of Tubes (That guy is Strange let me tell you...) Simply put they are the personification of a force or object that walks the land, sometimes helping sometimes hindering, they are strange and powerful beings that few truly understand.

Nightmare is all four of those things at once.

A place, Urge, Element and Concept all at one, it lurks just behind sleep and fills minds with fear and stress to prolong its own existence, He is a black mirror to the Dream itself and Not to be taken lightly.

Lil:Wow...that's..heavy.. why didn't I know any of this already?
Jag: Because your a idiot who never pays attention.
Lil: No jag please don try and spare my feelings tell me what you really think, Wow..
Couldn't you just wave your hands and magic me there? wouldn't that be easier?

Jag: Magic don't work like that, its like wind, wave your hand all you want without a sail your boat isn't going nowhere, Runes are the sails we use to make magic work.

Lil: Okay.. what about the switcheroo option then? would I need a disguise? Please say yes I have a whole room of costumes just waiting to go!

Jag: Well I haven't been into he living world for a while, but last time I was there a skeleton was cause for interest not alarm, that may have changed though, Living societies have the memory of a concussed mayfly, so maybe? The Danger with this plan is that we will be basically kidnapping some poor woman and holding her against her will, no matter how you spin it that's going to cause problems for someone down the line..

Lil: And your still willing to go along with this?

Jag: Im 299 years old, I ran out of Fucks to give fifty years ago.

Hmm, kidnapping or Jibbly monsters.. Not quite the choice you thought youd be making today...
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No. 791652 ID: 0555b9

>Mostly harmless
We'll gladly prove you wrong. The article used to just say "harmless."

You're looking at this kidnapping thing all wrong. What you've gotta do is find someone no one will miss, or who wants to run away! Or someone really old... What happens if a living being dies and they're already in the Land of the Dead?
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No. 791664 ID: d79f26

hmm... if we can get an element on board with us that may let us get past the nightmare, i mean, you are some kind of half concept, and you got us urges flitting about your brain right now, so get an element and we will have a nice team.
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No. 791780 ID: ba506f

could we use his magic badassry to maybe contact someone from the living world and ask if they'd like to switch places? Hell we could set it up as a culture exchange or something like that.
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No. 791880 ID: 3abd97

I don't suppose you could swap places with an animal. Or someone who deserves a kidnapping anyways.

Otherwise, let's risk the nightmare. I mean, people have made it through before, right? Otherwise why would it even be a known path out of the land of the dead.
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No. 791895 ID: 91ee5f

Don't forget to pack all of your spare boobs for your trip to the land of the living! I have a feeling that your gonna need all of them because I'm sure this isn't going to be the last time they get blown up in an explosion!
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No. 791899 ID: 094652

Lead an expedition into the nightmare! If you make a breakthrough in research your parents won't be as furious when they finally pull you back.
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No. 792765 ID: 008b25
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792765

Lil: I think its best to go the nightmare route, as im pretty sure i justify a expedition into the nightmare better then i can a expedition for lovely lady lumps.
Oh, and one of the urges suggested we get a element on side for added protection.

Jag: Couldn't hurt, theres got to be t least one of them willing to stick it to Nightmare enough to yank you out of there if things go south.

Lil: Oh, by the by, what would happen to a mortal if they died while In the land of the dead?

Jag: Well theyd simply.. theyd.. uh.. Huh.. i dont actually know, hmm.. i might have to look into this more when i have time..

He looks off into the distance thoughtfully, Your not sure thats a good thing..

You head back to you Chambers to gather your things while Jag prepares a way into the Nightmare, Your room is just around the corner so it dosent take long to get back, but then your room is Always Just around the corner no matter where you are in the Land of the Dead, one of the perks of being the princess.

You start making a mental list as you head inside of the things you'll need, clothes, weapons, magic runes and disguises are a must, but wihch Element should you throw your lot in with? Good and Evil dont exist for them so they all have good sides and bad sides..

Justice: Trial by Jury and legal slaves
Vengeance: Heroes and Villains
Order: Construction and Sterility
Chaos: Love at first sight and Lynch mobs
Force: Power to Grow and Power to Kill

Decisions, Decisions..
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No. 792767 ID: 008b25

(OOC)
Liik'ils magic stat means she an hold 5 runes, those runes can be any spell you guys want and can be used as much as you want, but the max she can carry is 5.

Axes are the traditional weapon of the undead, and shes reasonably skilled with them, so pick some nice choppers.

As for disguises there's no rules at all, i throw open pandoras box for you, let me see what you draw forth.

Head to the discussion page (https://tgchan.org/kusaba/questdis/res/110005.html) for a template of lil to dress up all pretty, go nuts :)
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No. 792768 ID: cdddb5

Love at first sight...THat sounds like something that would play very well with someone who jumps before looking eh princess?
Let's go Chaos, and have some real FUN!
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No. 792770 ID: 72ed6b

>>792765
Seconding Chaos, especially given the nature of your expedition.
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No. 792778 ID: 0b99d7

>>792765
Force seems like a good all-rounder, gonna need power for this adventure
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No. 792780 ID: d79f26

gonna have to go with force, while chaos seems fun there is the issue of loyalty, it has none. it will be equal parts with and against us.

as for weaponry, i suggest getting a pair of small throwing axes to go with the bigger two handed one, for when you NEED to hit something from range, like if you are fighting an annoying flying critter.

runes...
Explosion: (comes with a pouch of beads) when activated a bead in your hand turns into an armed magical grenade, throw it and boom.
Earth Shaper: lets you work stone as if it was clay, useful for a variety of things, like crafting new beads on the fly or making a cave to wait out some bad weather.
tremor sense:"see" through the ground, important if you run into anything like giant doom worms.
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No. 792783 ID: 72ed6b

>>792767
Use most of the runes for defense, concealment, or manipulation, not offense.

Invisibility. Silence. Flight. That kind of thing.

And for an offensive spell, if you have access to magic that is particularly deadly to the undead or demonic (radiant, for instance), prepare that.
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No. 792786 ID: 70983e

Force. The powers of Growing and Killing both sound extremely useful.
Don't forget to pack milk!

Such a generous range on magical runes... well, let's see what we can do with five.
Runes 1 and 2 for changing size: That snake tail could get rather obtrusive in closed spaces. Or you could use a boost fighting a larger enemy, or just reaching the top shelf.
Rune 3 for stone shaping, that sounds useful.
Rune 4 for Exploding Rune: It's a safe gambit you're going to need that.
Rune 5 for an illusion spell, to convince people there's some meat on those bones.
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No. 792819 ID: 3abd97

>>792765
Chaos seems the most appropriate, though Justice could also be fun.
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No. 792881 ID: ba506f

so is it wrong for me to want to use a spanish maraca dress, one of those long flowing black and red ones, and paint her face up like one of those day of the dead candy skulls and just have one of the runes cast a constant illusion that will make her body look like a living version of whatever species the looker is or have the illusion charm them to not notice the fact that she's a undead snake person?

as for weapons, one two handed ax for taking down something big and a few throwing hatchets for range and smaller opponents if we don't feel like throwing them, and no idea what to put down for the rest of the ruins. Also I vote for the power element.
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No. 792903 ID: 094652

Force: As a representative of the dead, you should assert your ability to forcefully indict the living into your jurisdiction, with extreme violence and sadism for brutal effect.

And because Enhance Knockers :3

Runes 1 and 2 for Sigil of Growth and Growth Activation - You can draw a rune on any object, but it will only accumulate power on its own. Activating the rune with a spell (you must be within a specific distance for the spell to work) will cause that object to grow. The precision, speed, and power of the spell depends directly on how long you keep the rune on before activating it, so the longer the rune has to process the object it is on and infuse it with ambient mana, the less chance of a mishap and greater growth and growth speed.

Should make for some interesting talk when you apply the rune twice to your own assets...

Rune 3: Reapplied Force - this spell allows you to absorb the momentum of any object, relative to any mass you select, and re-apply it to another object. Extremely costly to your mana, and it should be refined in the future, but this spell can save your life and destroy your enemies with their own aggression, without negligible physical effort. To use, first cast at the target you want to halt the momentum of, then cast the second incantation at the object you want to hold it relative to (like the earth, or some other object), and finally cast the third incantation to the object you want to 'transfer' the momentum to. Most of the entropic damage will be transferred to the second object, and you must specify three distinct targets.

Rune 4: Feather SLAM - This one is tricky; you absorb momentum from all sources, defying gravity to a fraction, and then re-apply all that resisted force with accelerated motion. Handy for grabbing your boobs, stuffing them in your butt, repositioning yourself somewhere safe to fall at faster speeds, and THEN landing on an enemy to crush them completely.

Rune 5: Entropic Vampirism - This is a tricky one. It's a FAKE classic death spell - you can absorb ambient energy from mitochondria, hyper-aging an enemy target and storing that energy for use in further spells. However, it does NOT eat away at the user's lifespan... much. They'll be fine if they get some fatty foods in them within two hours followed by twelve hours of bedrest. Of course, you could kick their asses while they're grey and tired...
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No. 793066 ID: 72d40e

FOR CHAOS!
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No. 793068 ID: 0555b9

Force (of Nature) Elemental. Do you have any idea, any idea who he is? Basically, kind of a big deal. If you was from, where he was from, you'd be f@#kin' dead.
Runes for manipulation of Self and manipulation of others/stone sound appropriate. Manipulation is a specialty of the Urges.
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No. 793314 ID: 8111b6

On one hand, Chaos would help out in securing the booty call, but Order would keep things from developing into little ones running around the halls with that sterility. Unless it's not that sort of sterility. Depending on your thoughts on the subject, one could pick either.

Though, you are going somewhere incredibly dangerous, so perhaps Force is a good option instead if you want security over help on the booty call.
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No. 793343 ID: a6dc58

Force seems like it could be interesting.
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No. 793931 ID: 54f9ca
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793931

You listen to the urges buzz around for a while before chiming in

"Well I do leap before I look most times so chaos would make sense, but as the others say its best to choose something I can rely on and not something that might turn me to cheese half way through the nightmare."

You inform Jag of your choice via messenger rock and start packing.

You choose three dresses, a fancy one for fancy dancing, a smart one for normal wear and a old traditional dress for traveling and disguise purposes. You also take what's called a dress but is really two thin strips of cloth held together with string for when you want t throw subtlety right out the window.

You retrieve your fancier axe, The axe of the true face, or Mister Choppychop as you call it. You also pack two throwing axes as while you prefer to split a bastard right down the middle, a ranged attack cant hurt.

You grab your runes and pick out 5 the urges point you towards.

Explosion
2-4 heart damage
Charges a item to splode dealing damage, Any item you can physically lift can be charged, but no matter the size will only deal 2-4 damage

Body manipulation
When used on the living this rune causes 4-6 hearts damage due to catastrophic body horror.
When used on the Dead or Constructs it allows the user to alter their body in anyway they see fit. Effects only body shape, dose not change colour, texture or temperature.

Illusion
Has a wide variety of effects, can be used to change colour, convince another your covered in fur or that you fell warm and soft and any other illusionary effect you can conceive.
Effect ends when user is harmed, and there is a limit on what you can get others to accept, they will believe your current body is a flesh snake but not that you have legs for example.

Earth manipulation
Simple rune for creation and manipulation of soil, stone and metal over a short range, useful in conjunction with other spells (ei Explode)

You forgo any disguises as your runes will more then cover you in that department and stuff everything into your bag of holding.

As you do you feel the tower slide sideways and gear violin music drift in through the doorway.
The parade must be moving past. You descide to go out onto the balcony and wave to your father as he leads them past, he wont have time to stop but still...
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No. 793933 ID: 54f9ca
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793933

..Its just nice to see him now and again, isn't it.
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No. 793934 ID: 54f9ca

You also packed a supply of breasts for the journey.
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No. 793938 ID: 0555b9

He's a big guy. I guess you take after your mother's side? Oh well.

Smile and wave until the parade passes by. Smile EXTRA HARD so he suspects nothing at all is up.
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No. 793939 ID: d9d492

I only count 4 runes. What's the fifth?
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No. 793940 ID: 54f9ca

Damn it sorry my bad.

Slow fall
Passive rune that activates when the user falls 5 foot, the descent rate is then slowed dramatically leading to a safe landing from any height, dose not protect against landing on something deadly however, so beware 3 foot deep death traps.
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No. 793942 ID: 7c7aa7

>>793931
> When used on the Dead or Constructs it allows the user to alter their body in anyway they see fit. Effects only body shape, dose not change colour, texture or temperature.

Temporarily, or permanently?
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No. 793947 ID: fceae5

He big.
Wave to your papa.
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No. 793949 ID: 54f9ca

To check Liik'il's general knoladge, as well as pass any other skill's roll a specified dice amd score under her stats as listed below

Liik'il's Stats
Str 7
Agl 6
Spd 7
Mag 5
Lck 5/100 (as a undead her luck is boosted to max when in the land of the dead.)

In this case a Magic general knowledge check is a d10
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No. 793950 ID: 72ed6b

rolled 8 = 8

>>793949
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No. 793957 ID: b15da4

rolled 7 = 7

>>793949
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No. 793981 ID: ba506f

rolled 8 = 8

>>793949
which dice you grabbing? best of three or are you averaging
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No. 793983 ID: 3221aa

((Ill be averadging. Also appologise if this gets messy as i said im winging it a little :p ))
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No. 793984 ID: 70983e

rolled 4 = 4

Rolling to get the high score.
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No. 793990 ID: 7b7ab3

>>793938
>He's a big guy.
For you.
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No. 794049 ID: 8111b6

Your daddy looks to be quite the charmer. Hopefully you've picked up as much of that charm as you seem to have. So... is that new folks arriving, or is this a regular sort of amusement?
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No. 794055 ID: 54f9ca

You wave to your father as he passes but he dosent react, as usual he's lost in the music off the parade and will be (ironically) dead to the world until its over.

>is this a regular sort of amusement?

"We generally have one when ever we feel like it, but this is the Danza de la luna resucitada, or dance of the resurrected moon in living tongue."

>I guess you take after your mother's side?

"Probably, she died before I was born so I never knew her."

>Temporarily, or permanently?
Magic skill test. Fail.

"It lasts about a week I think, maybe two?"

you watch the parade round the corner and the street return to its normal size before heading back to Jag's
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No. 794106 ID: 48237d

>she died before I was born
What?
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No. 794107 ID: 72ed6b

>>794106
Well, it is the realm of the dead. But then, that just raises more questions than answers. Why isn't she here, then? Did she go somewhere else?
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No. 794108 ID: 0555b9

>>794055
If she's dead, shouldn't she be around here somewhere? Wait, does this mean you were born a skeleton?
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No. 794124 ID: 094652

>She died before I was born
>Gender is a fashion choice in the land of the dead
Ah. So your father is a transgender man and your other father has been permakilled?
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No. 794632 ID: 008b25
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794632

>If she's dead, shouldn't she be around here somewhere?

"Not everyone comes back, sometimes the road of the dead is flush with people, sometimes its almost deserted, right now id say one in a hundred people wake to walk the road when they die.
Of course not all races come back at all, the Kichuk, icos and Dratheni have never risen from death, in the kichuks case i think its simply because they've never actually Died, no idea why the Dratheni dont come back.."

>permakilled?
"It is possible to make sure someone stays dead, just decapitate them. Nothing comes back from that."

>shouldn't she be around here somewhere?
"Ive looked, belive me i have, but all ive found is the portrait of her in the grand hall. i dont even know her name, all i know her as is The Last True Dragon."

You fall silent as you travel, thinking about her and who she was, did she want to stay but was unable to rise? or was she so distraught over the loss of her species she went into the center of the land of the dead, through the gate to what ever lies beyond..
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No. 794700 ID: 0b99d7

>>794632
Ah well, as nice as it would be to have known her, she's of the past, you're in the present.
And you have an adventure of butts to go on!
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No. 794708 ID: ba506f

>>794632
ever ask your dad about her? Also what's this about a gate?
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No. 794800 ID: 008b25
File 149181706509.jpg - (602.55KB , 613x2277 , 2 001.jpg )
794800

You arrive at Jag's, still pondering your family and find him working in a basement, putting the finishing touches to a large, if simple looking, rune surrounded by odd looking totems...One of which seems to be simply a tub full of junk...

Lil: How did you get all this set up so fast?

Jag: Ive actualy been planning something similar for sometime, just been to busy to work out the kinks. However now that my studio has mysteriously vanished I find myself with plenty of time on my hands. I got your message by the way, here.

He hands you a rough sphere that feels strange, like its under great pressure, straining to be released.

Jag: This is a Force elemental, at the moment its.. well I suppose you could call it Sleeping, when you need it simply throw it at something solid and run like hell. Force elementals are powerful but basically mindless, anything close will be a target including you if you get in its way.
Now, while in the nightmare you wont be able to trust anything you see, it will try and mess with you every way it can, but the urges will perceive things more or less as they actually are so they can lead you to a exit.
While your there I want you to keep a eye out for some strange looking beings, heavily cloaked and normally carrying packs full of books and scrolls, their called librarians and they turn up everywhere theres enough books to attract them. Thing is no one has ever seen them traveling, my theory is they use the nightmare, so any proof of them passing you can find will answer a lot of questions.

Lil: Cool. So how do we get into the Nightmare?

Jag: Step into the circle.

You slither into the middle of the rune, everything seems to shift and waver as you do.

Lil: Creepy. what next?

Jag: Cree wha nxt

Lil: I just asked that

Jag: iiiisjjuussas gaaaadt

As you stare jag begins to sag and melt, like a wax figure under heat, pieces falling to the ground with soft pattering thumps.

"...Okay.. I assume this means im already in...kinda expected some magical effects but what ever.."

As you speak long shadows begin to cover the walls, smothering the dim light till only pitch black remains.
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No. 794808 ID: ba506f

at least he didn't scream while melting. Whelp nothing to do now but wonder until we find an exit. At least the return trip should be easier seeing how you can just head towards the path back in the real world since at that point you won't be hiding from daddy anymore.
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No. 794810 ID: d9d165

Create soil while in the Nightmare, set it on fire. Because dream logic
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No. 794829 ID: 0555b9

If you travel without a direction, you will get nowhere. Therefore, travel down towards the enemy's gate.
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No. 794859 ID: 398fe1

>>794800
Alright, time to find a direction to go in. Look around, we can't see anything yet.
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No. 794916 ID: 3abd97

>>794800
Geeze, irresponsible. He should have given you directions on how to travel before sending you in.

Pick a direction and get slithering.
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No. 795275 ID: 008b25
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795275

>what's this about a gate?

"The gate is... we don't really talk about it, its in the centre of the land of the dead and people tired of Undead..itude?.. or people who never wanted to rise walk through it and just...Vanish. We don't know whats on the other side or if there even is one.."

>travel down towards the enemy's gate.

"Considering the one back home is strange enough I doubt that Nightmares gate, if it has one, is anything other then horrifying.."

>Geeze, irresponsible. He should have given you directions on how to travel before sending you in.

"He's a Jako and I blew up his house, being stranded in the nightmare is the best possible outcome really, they are a Vengeful and short fused people. I mean seriously there's been a riot going on between the highlands and lowlands for the last three thousand years over a spilt drink this is nothing in comparison.."

>Create soil while in the Nightmare, set it on fire. Because dream logic

"I don't think that'll work.. this dosen't feel like soil its all soft and warm.."
You pull at a handful of the soft, warm material your snaking your way across feels like some sort of pillow or blanket. Unfortunately the glow from your body isn't strong enough to light more then a small circle around you, so you cant be sure.

Looking up, you see two glows in the distance. To the left a low blue light softly pulses to the faint noise of something moving, while to the right a beam of light slowly sweeps in long circles.

You dout either is anything pleasant, but its better then wandering in darkness...Right?
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No. 795276 ID: d79f26

i vote we head towards the searchlight, it's doing something deliberate.
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No. 795277 ID: 0555b9

Go left.
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No. 795278 ID: 398fe1

The thing on the right is a lighthouse. Those typically signify guidance. Go there.
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No. 795279 ID: 0b99d7

>>795278
don't lighthouses announce not to get too close because you can run ashore/into a cliff?
approach, but slowly, keep your other senses peeled while your eyes track what's shown in the light
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No. 795287 ID: ba506f

head towards the light, the one on the right. I mean you're dead, isn't that what dead people do, go towards the light?
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No. 795359 ID: 70983e

I don't think it's a beacon, but a searchlight. And you don't want to be found by whatever's searching the Nightmare. Go left.
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No. 795417 ID: 094652

Circle around one of the areas, see if you can recognize the shape.
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No. 795487 ID: 008b25
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795487

You head towards the moving light slowly, the ground beneath you changing slowly as you go. Sometimes its wet and cold, other's its warm and sticky, hurrying over a rather unpleasantly...fleshy part you trip over a boat which emerges suddenly from the black and face plant, thankfully, into soft sand.

looking up you see the light shining out from what you assume is a lighthouse, below you a large expanse of water slowly roars and flows.
Oddly while the sky is still jet black the land, tower and sea are lit as if in bright sunlight.

Heading into the tower you get a brief glance at a almost empty room that reeks of spoiled fish before the door opposite slams open and a heavily rotted, water bloated Nympen walks through, dragging another in a large sack.

It pauses, looking at you with confused surprise before vomiting a stream of bile filled water and rushing you, boat hook raised menacingly.
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No. 795488 ID: 008b25
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795488

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hplRReyvVnE

You ready Mister Choppy, The drowned man readies his boat hook.

Liik'il gets first turn.

FIGHT.
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No. 795492 ID: 0555b9

Rune: Body Manipulation: Turn the drowned man into a jelly bean with no limbs. OHKO!
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No. 795493 ID: 0555b9

>>795492
Also, call him Bob.
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No. 795554 ID: d79f26

bash, apply axe to head. it's using a piercing weapon which is disadvantaged against skeletons.
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No. 795572 ID: 188451

Aim for a leg in an attempt to hack it off. If it works he'll be slowed in attacking and unable to run away effectively.
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No. 795613 ID: ba506f

Body manipulation rune. Use it to seal that things moth shut and for it's hook arm to fall off and fuse it's other hand into a useless stump so you can disarm it.
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No. 795651 ID: 3abd97

Can... it even hurt you? I mean, I know you have those abstracted health hearts to lose, but that weapon doesn't look appropriate for smashing bone.

Bash. Thy to take out the weapon arm, if you can.
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No. 796033 ID: 008b25

((Trying to figure out how to put char faces into the txt box here like other quests, as thats how imma do most fight's apart from kill moves and specials. right now its just txt, sorry -3-))

You lunge forward and swing your axe right at the things head.
(agil7, roll 8)

It jinks back just enough to avoid the blow

"Damn it"

With a gurgling roar it swings at you, its boat hook aimed right at your face.
(agil-7 Roll-3)

You easily dodge the clumsy blow

"Hah, too slow!"

With a quick gesture you activate the Body manipulation rune, fusing its mouth shut and yanking its arm roughly downward.

The things skin stretches before bursting, spilling off its decayed muscles with thick wet slaps. The now skinned corpse seems not to notice the change in its stature.

"Oh..right yeah your dead.."

The stench is frankly horrifying, you cant help but think that if you actually had a nose it would be worse.
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No. 796037 ID: d9d492

In that case just try killing it to death with your axe.
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No. 796046 ID: 70983e

You said this thing worked on the dead. You don't have any skin. How's that going to work?

Bash bash bash.
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No. 796071 ID: dd7afa

>>796033
> ((Trying to figure out how to put char faces into the txt box here like other quests, as thats how imma do most fight's apart from kill moves and specials. right now its just txt, sorry -3-))

Go to https://tgchan.org/kusaba/icons/ , create a thread for your quest, post an image with the filename "charactername.png", then in your post, write "charactername" surrounded by colons to use the icon.
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No. 796073 ID: dd7afa

>>795487
> you trip over a boat

Well, that'll be handy later.
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No. 796098 ID: ba506f

>Oh..right yeah your dead..

well then good thing you have an ax

DECAPITATION!!!
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No. 796118 ID: 3abd97

>>796033
Well, just chop it into pieces I guess.
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No. 796666 ID: 008b25

1/2
>DECAPITATION!!!

Time to throw Subtlety out the window.

:attcklil: "Yaaah!"
(Aglity-7, Roll 4. Dam roll=4)

You sweep your axe round and cleanly slice the creatures head clean in half, digging deep into its shoulder before you wrench the axe back out
(Drowned man has 3 hearts left)

:Headache: "Hhhrrrgggughhh"

The things chest and throat bulges for a second, forcing fetid water out of the new hole you created, before a Huge Thing erupts from the wound

:DedBug: Parasite "Hiisshhhh"

:lilwut2: "Im...guessing this isn't a normal thing for living peo.."
(agl-7, roll 10. Con 20 roll 8)

Before you finish the creature vomits a stream of clear, thick liquid that hits you square in the face

:lilwut: "OH MY GOD IT TASTES OF SADNESS"

The toxic spray has ne effect, as you have no flesh to poison.
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No. 796669 ID: 008b25
File 149252912026.jpg - (341.34KB , 612x1695 , 1.jpg )
796669

(Agl-7, roll-1 CRIT)

"Oh thats IT!"

You rear up and hurl your full force behind behind your blow, slicing clean through the creature, splitting it and the mans torso clean in half.

"HAH!" As you gather yourself you see that the creature, as well as the gunk it spat, has begun to dissolve into odd, thin string like material and fading away into nothing

You look at the material as it fades "This looks vaguely familiar.."

Victory! Battle Win!
Liik'il gains 25 exp (exp now 25/100) and 2 Special Points (special points now 2/10)
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No. 796670 ID: 3d2d5f

>>796669
Go investigate the prisoner it was carrying. Are they a real person traveling the nightmare like you, or an ethereal dream-thing?
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No. 796686 ID: 70983e

Wake up, meatbag. I want to axe you a few questions.
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No. 796688 ID: 398fe1

>>796669
Oh my gosh, is that a mortal?
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No. 796700 ID: ba506f

familiar how? Also see what it was carrying and if they know a way out. Oh and if they've seen any heavily clocked guys walking around.
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No. 796721 ID: 91ee5f

>>796669
A mortal! You know what this means? Butts!
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No. 796782 ID: 008b25
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796782

>familiar how?

"Not sure, it was somewhere dusty and old.. file it for later, right now.."

>A mortal! You know what this means? Butts!

You slither over and start undoing the bag, hoping that it is some dreamling, mortal or simply a prop of the nightmare and not something that will start chewing your face off.

"Its ok, im here to help you don't need to be afraid of meeeeeeeee......"

The Nympen is... she's.. uh.. Wow... Sweet mother of milf's you hit jackpot.
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No. 796783 ID: 0555b9

You know what to do when you see a hot baabhabhiat, right?
Pepper them with questions! Who are they? How did they get here? How do they maintain their perfect figure? Is this their lighthouse? Did that parasite stab you with eggs? Which way is the exit? Is any of this real? Are you a boy or a girl? What was your rival's name? What if the real booty was the friends we made along the way?
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No. 796785 ID: d9d492

Seduce her.
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No. 796788 ID: 0555b9

>>796785
Save the seduction for after we lead them out of the Nightmare. You can't trust anything you see here.
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No. 796791 ID: 665ed8

Suddenly this is very important to know, do you have a tongue
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No. 796805 ID: 398fe1

>>796782
Introduce yourself, and ask the pretty lady her name.
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No. 796827 ID: b15da4

That is a fine piece of ass! I'll believe it when I see it outside of the Nightmare.
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No. 796832 ID: 3d2d5f

If it's too good to be true, it's probably not, especially in the nightmare.

Treat her as if she was real, just in case, but don't put any moves on her until after you leave this place.
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No. 796835 ID: 69cd69

... You have the urge to proactively hire her and EVERY last descendant as your new personal maid squad. Can mortals survive a few decades in the land of the dead? Can they have babies? Your mother could, so...

Given where you are though, I doubt you'll get to keep her. Use magic to tether yourself to her so you don't get separated.
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No. 796886 ID: ba506f

right well... uhh

Oh right ask who she is and what she's doing here? Then if she knows where the exit is.
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No. 796889 ID: d79f26

wait, make sure she's real and not an illusion preying on your desires.
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No. 797237 ID: 008b25
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797237

>hire her and EVERY last descendant as your new personal maid

Part of your mind implodes at the suggestion, knowing you'll never be able to get the image from your head and unsure you'll ever try too..

>Suddenly this is very important to know, do you have a tongue

"What? i cant just ask her that out of nowhere id look insane i mean... oh wait did you mean me?"

"I sure do, look. Mleh! Shee ish fuurked ike a shneksh i..uh.."
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No. 797240 ID: 008b25

:lilheh: "Um.. Ignore that, Im Liik'il hat'uts kuxa'an kan baak, The Risen Beauty Of Living Serpent Bones. But you can call me Lil for short."

:haduwig1: "Äh ... es tut mir leid, dass ich nicht die tote Zunge spreche."

Ah, she dosen't speak Dead, you try Trade, hopefully she speaks enough of that to get by."

:lilchat: "Do you speak Trade?"

:lilyeah: "Ah, ja I do, a little."

:lilchat: "Better then none, Im Liik'il, lil for short"

:haduwig1: "Haduvig, are you..real?"

:lilchat: "Last I checked I was, I was about to ask you the same question. How did you get here anyway, I magicked my way in and im assuming you didn't, otherwise you would have dressed for the trip. Not that im complaining you are Rocking the tribal look!"

:hadusmile: "Heh, schmeichler. Im a Klarer Träumer.. uh..Dream..maker? I go with clients into dreams and make them good. I do not know how I came to be here, I think this is a memory he had.."

(magic-5. roll-8)
:lilyeah2: "Well we should stick together while we try and find our way out. Let me see if I can make a rope or something in case we get separated."

You use the Earth Manipulation rune to pull and twist part of the wooden door frame in a attempt to soften and lengthen it into a rope-like length, however you pull to hard and the wood snaps, rapidly dissolving into the same strange thread like material as the dead man.

:lilhuh: "Ok that's.. odd.. I swear ive seen this stuff somewhere before but I cant place it."

:haduhuh: "It is .. Spider silk?"
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No. 797242 ID: ba506f

do you have spiders in the dead lands?

well ask if she knows a way out of here... and how she got caught by the bug guy thing?
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No. 797246 ID: 0b99d7

>>797240
so a dream maker is now in the Nightmare, I bet she wasn't prepared for this. ask if her talents work here.

Oh well, either way you've got a friend to explore the hellscape with!
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No. 797252 ID: b15da4

So the whole place is some kind of spider's web. A trap, basically. Tread carefully, and whatever you do, don't struggle, lest you alert the spider.
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No. 797257 ID: 398fe1

>>797240
A dream maker huh? Well she's certainly dreamy.
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No. 797267 ID: d79f26

a dream catcher is an object made in the shape of a web, it is supposed to catch bad dreams, aka nightmares.
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No. 797303 ID: b15da4

>>797257
Inside the dream, anyway. Don't fall for it like Captain Pike did!
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No. 797579 ID: 008b25

:lilayyy: "A dream maker? well you certainly are dreamy. Ayyyy"

:hadayy: "Ayyyy"

:lil7: "Anyway, yeah i remember spiders, Spindly fragile things that trap and eat bugs..So this whole place is a spider web? well need to move carefully then.. By the way how did the dead guy catch you?"

:had5: "he was mine client, a thing got him, made him bloat like drowned man."

:lil4: "Oh..im sorry to say this but I kinda killed him.."

:lil5: "Is fine, we are asleep, he will wake when I do and want his money back, ech.. guild is very strict about refund."

:lilchat: "Can your dreamy powers help me find a way out? im not dreaming im actually here bodily. Oh and im looking for these cloaked people, librarians? if we can find a few on the way it would make the court mage hate me less."

:lil5: "I can try ja. Is best to use doorways to move, less noise more travel."

She walks up and puts her hand on your shoulder.

:lilyeah: "Think of Librarian, or anything else you want to get close to, then open door and we will be on the path."
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No. 797590 ID: 3abd97

>he will wake when I do
Assuming he's not dead irl, and/or that we didn't just kill his mind or soul or something leaving him an empty husk.

Let's not raise the more horrific options and trust the dreamwalker has some idea what she's talking about, for now.

>"Think of Librarian, or anything else you want to get close to, then open door and we will be on the path."
Right, think of what you want. Library library library library library library library library library butts...
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No. 797591 ID: d79f26

>>797579
>>797590
we already have a butt with us, so don't get distracted.
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No. 797602 ID: ba506f

> or anything else you want to get close to
you immediately think of her ass, then shake your head and think of a librarian. While you might be a bit immature for a 6000 year old you can focus when you need to. Especially that by doing so means you can get out of here quicker and let you see the land of the living sooner.
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No. 797609 ID: 398fe1

>>797579
Hey, Lil, you should know there's some sort of entity that's been tracking you since you entered the Nightmare. It calls you "Little Thing", and decided you would be "of use" when you killed the bloated corpse. Meeting Haduvig was considered "a gift". Now it's getting a little bored with all the talking. Better get to the action.

Think of Librarians. Wait, she said "anything else you want to get close to", is she flirting with you? Flirt right back. Something like "I'm already close to something..."
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No. 797627 ID: 70983e

Try thinking of a door, then stepping through the door.
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No. 797898 ID: 008b25
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797898

You close your eyes and concentrate on books and librarians, your defiantly not thinking of either the presence apparently stalking you or Haduvig's butt or other just and nice butts that may be in the vicinity..

You snap your eyes open when you hear haduvig make a choking snorting noise.

"Whats wro....OH COME ON!"
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No. 797899 ID: 3d2d5f

"...okay I hope we don't find any librarians now because they're probably going to be mad about seeing books shelved this way."
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No. 797900 ID: ba506f

ok as amusing as this is, I say we just clear our mind and and try again. Although after you clear everything away ask your friend if someone could make anything appear here if they thought hard enough and ask why the nightmare is meant to be scary if everyone can just turn everything into the land of ice cream if they think hard enough... unless it's all a trap to lure people in then switch back to nightmare mood again.
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No. 797911 ID: 6f3a19

Wellp.
Maybe she should be the one doing the whole 'focusing' thing because well, yeah, we've kinda got a one track mind...
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No. 797917 ID: 0555b9

Which one of these is the stalker's butt? Find it and plunder his booty book for information!
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No. 797919 ID: 2afc9c

Look for an ass that looks like Haduvig's, grab the book from it, and see what's in it.

Then think your way to somewhere less buttish.
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No. 797960 ID: 398fe1

>>797898
What's that marking on that butt over there?
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No. 797967 ID: 547d10

Talk about spewing drivel out your ass.

Grab the books that are relevant and stuff them up YOUR butt. Dream logic should integrate the data.
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No. 797972 ID: 398fe1

Is that brown thing a librarian because I think I see one in the back.
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No. 798081 ID: 008b25

1/2
>nightmare is meant to be scary?

:lil4: "Hey quick question, I thought the Nightmare was supposed to be this ultimate Evil thing, hows that work if anyone can turn it into the land of Butt Books?"

:lil5: "We can change it because I am Dream Walker and you are really here, together we twist the web's and find the places we want to be. The other reason is Nightmare doesn't care about us or what we do, we are just two people, we are nothing to Him, less then ant. We fear Him because when peace reigns, when many sleep with calm minds he begins to get hungry and starts twisting minds, vomiting monsters onto the land and igniting wars like farmer spreading crop seed.."

>grab a book and see what's in it.

:lil6: "Ok, we should try again in a second, but first I just Have to do something!"
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No. 798099 ID: 008b25
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798099

You slide over towards one of the Butt Books and pry it open. Hoping that there is some secret inside you could use.

???: Hhhkkkk Chhhkkk! Gaaaaakk!

You swear to never open another book as long as you live.
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No. 798101 ID: 008b25
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798101

As you try desperately to forget the image of a persone flattened like a pressed flower Haduwig calls you over

:lil5: You look for librarians yes? this is their words, ive seen it on their things before."

:lil6: "Awesome! Jag will be happy to hear this at least, do you think we might find a librarian walking around?"

:lilyeah: "Maybe, they can be stealthy when they wish to be so it may take time to find one Oh no there it is..."

The Tall, shapeless cloak stands still for a moment before a part of it bulges forward and moves between the two of you, your not sure if that's its head sniffing you or a arm beckoning..

Before you can talk to the creature it glides around the side of the Butt and presses itself into the fur, revealing a long Web covered tunnel.

Without a look back it glides into the tunnel leaving the two of you alone.
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No. 798111 ID: 398fe1

>>798101
If they travel through the Nightmare, then this most likely leads into the land of the living.

Before you go through the passage, ask Haduvig if she wants to have a little fun. You're probably not gonna see her again, after all. What would be the odds you wind up near her place of residence when you exit the Nightmare?
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No. 798153 ID: ba506f

ask your friend if she thinks we should follow, cause I'm tempted to follow.
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No. 798158 ID: b15da4

Beauty before age! Let the donk go in the badonkadonk first.
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No. 798168 ID: d79f26

follow it, we need to get out of the nightmare zone before something really crazy happens
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No. 798176 ID: 3abd97

>>798101
Well, I guess we follow, then. That path probably won't stay open forever.
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No. 798181 ID: 91ee5f

>>798101
Hold your nose! It probably smells like really bad farts in there! >_<

Oh wait, you don't have a nose.....

Quick! Tell Haduwig to hold her nose!
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No. 798713 ID: 008b25
File 149347084723.jpg - (332.18KB , 612x1275 , 1.jpg )
798713

>Before you go through the passage, ask Haduvig if she wants to have a little fun.

While normaly you would follow that Urge and lay all your charm on the lady, you doubt that this is quite the right place to woo a fair maid. Few people are open for romance when they are about to crawl into a nightmare Ass..

>Beauty before age

Lil: Beauty before age, After you.

Had: Oh my, quite the charmer.

Lil: Indeed, although i must confess hidden motives, your dream powers will lead us to safety. Plus if you get decapitated you'll just wake up and ill know its dangerous!

Had: And they say romance is dead..


You follow the sashaying woman into the tunnel, the thick webs carpeting the floor make traveling a little hard for the first ten feet, then they simply stop dead, replaced by cool, smooth stone which itself fades into a warm soft material you don't like the feel of..

As you ponder just what it is your sliding over you practically ram into Haduvig as she stands stock still staring at something in the distance.

Had: Oh my..

Lil: Please tell me that didn't come out of my head..
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No. 798715 ID: 008b25
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798715

Before you is.. you have no idea what your looking at, at once a decaying woman being penetrated, a vast ruined cathedral and a gaudy decoration from the tackiest of spook-shows.

As you stare you see part of the Being/Structure detach and collapse into cobwebs with a soft sighing, other then that there is no noise, the only motion the boiling of a sick, orange sky.
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No. 798717 ID: d9d492

Is that a tear in the air on the right side of her face?
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No. 798729 ID: 7b7ab3

Great shades of H.R. Giger, that is horrifically repulsive.
Bet we're glad we don't have the capacity for nausea.
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No. 798731 ID: 3abd97

>>798715
Well that's creepy. Good to know the Nightmare's name isn't undeserved.

Forward, I suppose. The librarian is in there, somewhere.
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No. 798737 ID: 3ce125

>>798715
"remove the Thorn and receive a Boon. Fail and die".

Question is, what's the thorn? Gotta investigate.
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No. 798740 ID: ba506f

yeah might as well let your companion know that this didn't come from you.

Oh and I see the Liberian guy up ahead as well.
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No. 798752 ID: 8111b6

The blue thing looks kinda thorny, while the rest, perhaps a little horny. Regardless, move on ahead, to find if it's a place of fun, or dread.
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No. 798757 ID: 70983e

What's this 'drawbridge' attached to behind you?
We gotta get to the top floor. Is going up the side an option? -Wait, of course it is, you can use Body Manipulation to make yourself a great climber.
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No. 798785 ID: 094652

So this 'thorn' is in her vagina?

Ignore the Titan, just go through the door and do not touch anything. Yes, you may be tempted, but it's likely teeming with soul-eating diseases and rotten as her mouth. It would be like fondling a koosh ball made of broken windows, rotten fruits, maggots, leeches, and chicken skin.
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No. 799326 ID: 008b25
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799326

>What's this 'drawbridge' attached to behind you?


:lil4: Nnnnooooooooope!
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No. 799327 ID: 0555b9

Don't get jealous, don't get jealous...
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No. 799330 ID: 008b25
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799330

You turn from the sight behind you and move forward, trying to distract from the knoladge that your walking on a giant Intestine Dick by looking at the sky.

>Is that a tear in the air on the right side of her face?

:lilhuh: Looks like it, it keeps trying to push back together like a broken tapestry, and that blue thing definitely looks like it dosen't belong here, too 'Normal' for one thing.

As you get closer to the... Entrance you see that the shape waiting for you is not the Librarian but a...Thing. a lump of flesh that keeps shifting and warping as it turns and looks at you.

????: Ah its you, the little scurrying thing that's making Father pay attention for once. I am a Guard, here to stop anything twisted by the Thorn from escaping and damaging more of the Web.
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No. 799331 ID: 008b25

:lilwut2: "So...are you gonna fight me or something?"

:ll2: "Only if you get Twisted like the Other Lustlings in the Titan, otherwise come and go as you please, father has already commanded your safe passage so your safe. From me at least."

Looks like this..Thing isn't going to try and hurt you, at least right now, you wonder whether you could put of going into the Doorgina by asking a few questions or whether its best to just hold your breathe and plow right in...
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No. 799332 ID: 0555b9

How does one get twisted, what made that hole up there, and can't we just climb over it if the interior is under quarantine?

Don't think about booty Don't think about booty
Don't think about booty Don't think about booty
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No. 799333 ID: 75b412

I'd ask about the librarian. Also cant you just shapeshift your nose to stop working temporarily? I know the air itself will be gross, but still.
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No. 799344 ID: 3ce125

>>799331
Okay, confirm that the blue thing is the Thorn.
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No. 799357 ID: 2e80c7

Maybe ask what's up with the whole thorn thing?
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No. 799361 ID: 3abd97

So... can I ask for more information about this Thorn and why it's dangerous?

And then maybe ask for directions. We're looking for a librarian (they were just here!) and the mortal realm.
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No. 799439 ID: 8111b6

Yeah, ask for an info dump about the thorn. If there's a way to help, we'll try, but no guarantees.
It'd probably be nice to get in good with the locals.

"Father, huh? Isn't it funny how we don't really get what parents are about until we're grown-up? Though, still not sure about some things about my dad..." might be a nice ice breaker.
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No. 799486 ID: 008b25

>cant you just shapeshift your nose to stop working temporarily?

It would be easy enough, your nose is just a painted hole after all and you don't really need to breath, it just feels super uncomfortable when you you don't pretend to. You'll work on it later, first you decide to get some more info from the fleshy pillar.

:lilyeah2: "Fathers huh, just when you think you know them they throw you a curve ball"

:ll4: "Father frequently eats thousands of us purely to keep the rest afraid and agitated."

:lil4: "....."

In the awkward silence Haduwig sniffs and wrinkles her nose

:haduwig1: "..Dieser Ort riecht wie die Gildenhalle nach Seemann Nacht .."

Your not sure what she said but your grateful for the breaking of the silence.

:lil6: "Sooo is the blue thing the Thorn im supposed to remove? If so can I just climb over the roof and avoid going into the giant lady pocket?"

:lilyeah: "Hah, I will be calling it that from now on"

:ll3: "Oh no, you'll be totally exposed up there, it'll see you coming from miles off, besides you need to hack at the root of it, buried deep in the Titan's body, to remove it. Like one of those big wood things"

:lil5: "Trees"

:ll1: "Thank you, trees."

:lil4: "Crap.. ok tell me a little more about it, I mean what is it, here did it come from and how is it infecting people.. I mean lustlings?"

:ll2: "It came from the waking world like you, but where you slipped in between the threads this tore its way in, wounding the Web and breaking into the Titan of Lust. At first we tried to remove it ourselves but when Dreamlings get to close to it it drains us and twists our flesh, warping us into slaves that guard and feed it as it worms its way deeper into the Web. Ive seen things like it before, but they where memories taken from sleepers and told little of their origin."

:lil7: "Hmm ok, well thanks for telling me what you could. By the way have you seen a Librarian? we where following it but it seems to have vanished.."

:ll1: "Oh you wont find it now, father changed the tunnel you where moving through to bring you here, the Insect is fine however, They have a ancient concord with father, something about stories or porn, what ever."
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No. 799487 ID: d7857f

Request some weapons. Your axe is mostly ceremonial, so a few new spells could be the difference between life and death.

Other than that, go in and get this done.
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No. 799488 ID: ba506f

>something about stories or porn, what ever.
Oh the court wizard is going to love hearing about that.

Also ask where exactly you need to start hacking in order to get ride of this thing.
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No. 799496 ID: 008b25
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799496

>Request some weapons.

:lilchat: "How will i know what to Chop? Oh and any chance of something chopy to help me on my way?"

:ll3: "Anything i give you will be made of Father like me, the Thorn will melt right through it, your on your own Chum. As for what to hit just go ape shit on anything blue and spirally, youll get to it eventually."

With that the fleshy lump settles down and falls silent, leaving you with little option but to dive into the Titan. You seal your nose for good measure and take the plunge.

Inside you find a large hall lined with grey, slick looking walls that seem to be twisting into a spiral the further back they go. Blocking the way forward are three twisted looking figures that square off and advance on you as you stare.
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No. 799497 ID: 008b25
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799497

( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FVGOqY89Uxs&index=5&list=PLirSddeMOYZ5SwvXcJWIqGX3slLhvNWLz Theme: Blue Nightmare)

Three Twisted Lustlings block your path, intent on beating you back.

FIGHT

(options are Chop, Rune, Item or Talk)
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No. 799499 ID: b15da4

Attempt to un-fuck one spiral with Body Manipulation.
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No. 799500 ID: 0b99d7

>>799497
according to mr slugman we need to chop the shit out of them, go full lumberjack
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No. 799501 ID: 3d2d5f

Talk: sup, uggos.

Chop.
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No. 799505 ID: 3ce125

>>799497
Three of them? Seems like a good use of the grenade. I don't see any more closer to the root of the thorn.

But since the vote's swung towards Chop, I'd like to at least suggest using one of the throwing axes to take one out before we close into melee range. Does your companion need a weapon? Or does she want to stay out of the fight entirely? You could give her one of the throwing axes, as it's small enough for even someone unpracticed to use it as a melee weapon.
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No. 799511 ID: ba506f

Explosion ruin sounds like a good option to use here. Failing that chop till you drop.
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No. 799592 ID: 094652

One sentence: "Surrender or DIE SCREAMING!"

Get to chopping.
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No. 799623 ID: d79f26

ye, explode the group. then chop them one at a time.
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No. 799837 ID: 008b25

1/2

You quickly toss haduwig one of your hand axes and charge forward.

(agl-7. roll=7. damroll= 3)

:attcklil: "Hah!"
You swing at the closest Creature, slashing it across what should have been a torso in a spray of blue blood.

(Lustlings health 17/20)

(Agl-7, roll 3, dam=3)

:hadatk: "Take this!"

Haduwig lunges forward and slashes at another Spiral thing, cutting it deeply on its arm.

(Lustlings health 14/20)

(agl-5, roll 10)

:swilr1: "Rrrrrvvvv"

The creature tries to mash its bulk into haduwig, but she nimbly steps out of the way.

(agl-5, roll-3. Dam=3)

:swirl3: "Vvvvv"

The creatures twisting fingers lash out and scratch down Lil's lower body painfully

:lilow: :"Ow you Dick!"

(Lil hearts 17/20)

(agl-5, roll-1 CRIT)

:swirl2: "Your presence here will not be tolerated!"
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No. 799838 ID: 008b25
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799838

The things body uncoils like a whip, wrapping itself around your waist.

Lil: Oh shit..

With two quick motions it tosses you into the air, then slams down on you with a mighty Crack!

Lil takers 8 hearts damage! Lil health 9/20!


:hadworry: "Lil! are you alright!"

:lilcrit: "You honour me ambassador but my dance card is full!.."

special bar gains 4 points, 6/10.
The special bar is now half full, you may enter Special mode, however the fuller the bar the more powerful Special mode becomes.
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No. 799860 ID: 2a7417

So they deal that much damage, and there's three of them... Yeah, you'll have to turn on Special now, there's no guarantee you'll last another turn. Whatever Special is, I hope it's a really good thing.
Body Manipulate yourself to go HUGE or heal fractures, whichever gets you more effective hearts.
Haduwig, can you use your dreamweaver powers to buff your weapon?
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No. 799866 ID: 3ce125

10% chance to crit with no roll to confirm is a bit high I think.

Is it too late to throw the Force Elemental and run?
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No. 799880 ID: 06bb78

try special first and if that fails say fuck it and throw the elemental.
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No. 799882 ID: 3abd97

>>799838
Geeze, one round and we're down more than half your health.

Break out the special, you need it.
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No. 800872 ID: 008b25
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:lilcrit: "I don't.. feel so good.."

:hadatk: "Just sit here sweetie, let me GAH!"

Haduwig falls back as a bright light shines out from your chest, filling the room briefly and filling you with strength, you tower over the Lustlings and bellow a challenge

:draglil: HHHRRRRAAAAAAAA!!!

:swirl2: "Well fuck"

you lunge forward and breath a searing light onto the Swirls

(dam roll- 20)

The Lustlings briefly try to resist the searing light before breaking apart as the light fills the room.
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No. 800874 ID: 008b25
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800874

Lil: "...."

Hadu: "...."

Guard: "...What the shit was THAT?"

Haduwig stands up unsteadily

Had: "W..what the Hell was THAT!?"

Lil: "My mouth tastes of fire..."

The corridor before you is a smoking wreck, a deep channel has been burnt straight through the middle, the edges are trying to dissolve into cobwebs, but they seem to be shrivelling with the heat as soon as they form..


You gain 75exp! 100/100 LVL UP!

Liikil is now Lvl 1

Str +1
Agl +1

You gain two points to add to any stat you wish.
Special is now 0/10
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No. 800875 ID: 008b25

Special Unlocked.
Half special "Growth Spurt"

d30 fire damage.
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No. 800876 ID: ba506f

quickly survay the rest of the room to make sure there are no more enemies. That take a quick breather and try to recover.
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No. 800878 ID: 2a7417

She can fire in spurts

When she needs to

She's the dragon member

of the undead crew!


Well if you're done giving the Lust Titan hot flashes, boost the stat that governs health (Str?) and the Magic stat so we can hit harder/carry more runes.
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No. 800884 ID: 3ce125

>>800874
NICE. (nice eyeful of butt too)
You should mention that your mother was a dragon. That's probably where that came from. Oh, she missed your full introduction, why don't you give it to her now?
>stats
uhhh what are our options?

Get up and dust yourself off. We gotta move forward. If there are more Lustlings around we need to evict the Thorn before they show up.
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No. 800885 ID: 3ce125

Ok here's her current stats:
Liik'il's current Stats
Str 8
Agl 7
Spd 7
Mag 5
Lck 5/100 (as a undead her luck is boosted to max when in the land of the dead.)

I say add 1 point to Mag and 1 point to Str.

(I'm not sure I understand the combat mechanics. So far Lil has been aiming to roll 7 or less on a d10 with an agility of 6. So it's agility+1 tohit?, and enemy stats don't matter as far as hit chance is concerned? I guess spd only matters for turn order, in that case. I'm guessing damage is 1dx where x is the attacker's Str. What does Lck do?)
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No. 800889 ID: 91ee5f

Oh no, it happened again! Your boobs! At the rate they keep getting destroyed, you're going to run out of them before you even get to the world of the living!
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No. 800907 ID: 0b99d7

>>800874
that was awesome!
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No. 800915 ID: 3d2d5f

>nat 20 on limit break
Niiiiice.

Maybe that'll clear us a path forward, too. The beam could have scared off other things in the way.
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No. 801270 ID: 008b25
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801270

(Rolls are aimed to be under your skill level, right now your using d10 for things but as the difficulty increases the dice will get bigger, so higher skills means more chance to win. Also im kinda winging it so things will change and refine)

You gain plus one Str and Mag!

:lilchat2: "Well its easy to explain, my dad is the king of the dead and my mom was the last true dragon."

:lilwat: "That just raises more questions!"

:gtalk: "Sorry to but in but I think this is a perfect opportunity, this is Real fire not one of my siblings mimicking fire, we can use this to burn out the infected parts of the titan while you attack the Thorn!"

As he finishes talking several.. Things scuttle past, their bodies awkward tripods topped with great wads of webbing.

As they scuttle forward they pause and dip their head's into the smouldering crater, bursting into flames before running further into the temple, hurling themselves at walls and setting them alight.
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No. 801272 ID: 008b25
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Heading through the remains of the door you find the Scuttlers hurling themselves at Twisted Lustlings, clawing at them as they both burst into flames.

Quickly moving past the battle you find the room spiralling towards what can only be the Thorns inner spike, the only thing between it and you is a strange, dull looking block.

:machine: "Saludos, majestad."

:lil4: "¿Hablas el idioma de los muertos? ¿Que eres?"

:hadwat1: "What did it say? what are you saying?"

:machine: "For the sake of our guest lets switch to Trade shall we? Yes I know both the language of the dead and your identity, your majesty. I am surprised to see you here, but not alarmed, you where always going to be a complication to our plans so I shan't look the opportunity to dispose of you secretly in the mouth. Good bye, your majesty. Unit 27, activate assault mode."
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No. 801273 ID: 008b25
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801273

The block unfolds, the green light of magic flowing outward as it floats upward, its parts spiralling around it.

BOSS FIGHT.
Spiral Guard.
HP: 40/40

:attcklil: "Oh come on I barely survived the last fight!?"

(Theme: Bombs-For throwing at you https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0uAsD6lQV1I )
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No. 801281 ID: ba506f

so I know this might be a bit off topic but can we use that flesh shaping rune to heal ourselves or how does and undead get hurt? I mean I just figured our bones were braking or something so if so does that mean we can use the rune to heal ourselves by using it to mend our weary bones?

Oh and for something to actually do, fuck this thing, throw the elemental at it and get the fuck out of here.
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No. 801285 ID: 2a7417

Use the Force, Lil...
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No. 801294 ID: 3ce125

>>801273
Introduce it to your Force grenade. Toss it and run.
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No. 801310 ID: 0b99d7

>>801273
Use Summon: Nightmare Guard
when that fails, throwing axe the spiral tendril thingy running through it.
This is it's weak point and will deal massive damage.

It's a boss so it has boss mechanics right?
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No. 801314 ID: 72ed6b

>>801273
Watch the four table-leg-like appendages, it might try to spin them around at you. If it does, duck under them, and attack its core.

Also, try using Body Manipulation to disrupt the connection between its parts, or to lock its appendages together so they can't move independently.
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No. 801366 ID: 3abd97

That's a construct, right? Body manipulation is supposed to be a lot more effective against those. We can morph it into a pretzel. Or something less threatening, anyways.

Would be useful if the fire things kept throwing themselves on it too.
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No. 805253 ID: 008b25
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805253

>fuck this thing, throw the elemental at it

Lil: "Damn straight, Take this Fuckboy!"

You Hurl the throbbing orb towards the construct in a great graceful arc. It tumbles through the air to smack into the golem with a dull thunk before landing on the floor.

Lil: "...aw shit man.."
Had: "Maybe you have to say the magic..... words..."
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No. 805254 ID: be0718

Now for step 2: RUN.
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No. 805255 ID: 008b25
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The elemental stands staring for a moment, slowly morphing between states of Fire, Water, Air, earth, Flesh and Root.

The construct makes a series of beeping noises that sound like someone throwing a parrot down the stairs before unleashing a bright green blast of near pure magic right into the face of the elemental.

The towering figure rocks backwards briefly before leaning towards the construct once more, a deep rumbling noise coming from its body.

Suddenly the elemtntal lunges forward, far faster then something that large should move, and slams its arm into the construct, smashing it against the spiral pillar so hard it crumples like paper around its molten fist.
With a sound like a hundred cats mating the elemental forms its arms into a jaw like axe and plunges it into the construct, splitting it almost in two.
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No. 805256 ID: 008b25
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805256

Lil: "Wooo!"
Hadu: "Haha!"

At the sound of your voices the elemental spins around and stares ate you

Lil: "...woo?..."

"Machine.png" "While this exact scenario was I admit unexpected, Nightmare was never expected to keep its promise but I anticipated a direct assult, I believe that the test run has been a success and mass production shall soon begin, excuse me one moment."

There's a brief fumbling noise before the machine speaks again as behind it the spiral begins to crack and glow.

"machine.png" "Fare well Princess, its been fun but I have work to do and kingdoms to conquer. Farvel og hvile i fred."

With that the world gose bright blue and a great blast of noise slams into you, you instinctively dart in front of haduvig trying to protect her against the explosion.

You tense up ready to weather the shards of glass and fire that must be hurtling towards you, but none come. After a moment you cautiously open your eyes to see that a extremely large hand has appared before you, taking the damage for you.

It looks... odd... you cant seem to tell how large or far away it is...
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No. 805258 ID: be0718

Woo, is it sticking around long enough to give you a ride? Bonus!
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No. 805259 ID: ba506f

well the only guy who I can think of is that big is your dad so... who is the hand connected to?
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No. 805263 ID: 008b25
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805263

Before you can react the hand snaps shut and jerks downwards, tearing through the floor in a trail of bright green webbing before sinking into darkness.

Time seems to twist, you sink for seconds and centuries all at once before the hand suddenly drops you onto a cold, stone floor in the middle of absolute darkness, Yet both you and haduvig are visible as if standing in bright sunlight.

'lilchat2.jpg' "Are you ok?"
'hadwat1.jpg' Dah, im..im I.."

'lil4.jpg' "whats..wrong.."
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No. 805266 ID: 008b25
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805266

:Nightmare: "Hello. Little Thing"
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No. 805271 ID: 0b99d7

>>805266
quick, what does the scouter say about it's power level?

I mean uh, Hi Nightmare?
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No. 805273 ID: ba506f

...Hello!
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No. 805276 ID: be0718

Hi Nightmare! Still working on the Thorn thing for you, but we have it under control.
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No. 805279 ID: 094652

The infestation is cleared and you reinforced the area with an elemental, can you go now?
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No. 805283 ID: 3ce125

>>805266
You should probably bow, Nightmare seems to be some sort of deity.

Perhaps ask what boon he was talking about. Should you request to enter the living world near Haduwig, or is that something you can handle on your own?
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No. 805371 ID: 8111b6

Thanks for the assist! Your.. uh... hand thing. I guess it'll be just fine? I hope? Also, hi!
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No. 805399 ID: 113730

:nightmare: POWER LEVELS ARE BULLSHIT!

The towering figure bellows sudenly, lunging forward bringing its face down to your level.

:nightmare: Wouldnt you agree?

Its vocie is higher pitched then you expected, it sounds like its about to burst into jittery dance with every word.

:lil4: Y..yes my lord (you say with a bow) i thank you for your help. I belive i have removed the Thorn as you asked and i..

:nightmare: And now you want your Boon you greedy little thing! Well Suprise! The boon is three fold! What a twist! First boon is whatever you request of me, unfortunatley for you the urges have already stated what they desire. When you leave this place you and haduvig shall keave together and emerge in the same place.

:nightmare: The next part if my gift is a answer. Ask me One question and i will answer it truthfully.
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No. 805401 ID: 8396bb

What's your opinion on trump
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No. 805402 ID: be0718

Was that a really big hand or did the Force Elemental make us really small?
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No. 805427 ID: ba506f

Ask me One question and i will answer it truthfully.

...uh, so can you tell us what you know of those blue guys and machine golem thing we just fought?
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No. 805428 ID: 51b8ec

WHAT IS YOUR 'TRUE NAME'?!
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No. 805431 ID: 3ce125

Yikes guys don't waste the one question we get!

Where is The Last True Dragon?
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No. 805475 ID: 3abd97

>The next part if my gift is a answer. Ask me One question and i will answer it truthfully.
"Why?"
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No. 805492 ID: 91ee5f

>>805431
Good idea. Let's ask where mom is.
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No. 805495 ID: 094652

>>805431
Seconded
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No. 805827 ID: 80bbba

The urges chitter for a moment before settling on a question, one youve been waiting to ask for 6000 years.

:lilchat2: I know theres more importnant things i could ask you, Lord nightmare, but i have to know. Where is my mother? What happaned to the last true dragon to take her from me?...

:nightmare: Nothing took her. She left after seeing what a failure you would be, currently she lives in Qou'nos with the corvians north west of the land of the dead.

:lilwut2: She... shes alive? Why did she leave? What do you mean dissap..

:nightmare: SHUT UP now little thing theres one more gift to give. But before i do...

Nightmare reaches upward with a arm as long as a continent that dissapears into the darkness for a moment before swinging back down towards you, stopping just before it would crush you and showering you in several small items

:nightmare: your spoils from the thorn, i am not such a ungreatful host as to deny you your hard earned loot.

Liikil recives loot!

25x spiral glass shards
10x golem scraps
1x orchilium shard
(magick roll. 3) the shard is cracked through the middle so its value is lowered considerably, but a runesmith will still pay handsomely for it.

1x Nightmare webbing

1x spiral glass scythe
The scythe is made of the same blue glass that formed the thornit looks sharp and strong. ( d6 damage. Magic roll. 7)
You can feel magic flowing through the weapon, yet you can see nothing that even resembles a rune.. that shouldnt be possible..
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No. 805828 ID: 094652

>She left after seeing what a failure you would be
OUCH. When you wake up, give Hadu a deep @#$%ing to cheer yourself up.

Hold the scythe tight, Nightmare might take away some of the loot as taxes. For the lulz.
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No. 805829 ID: 3ce125

>>805827
"failure" probably just means she was trying to make another dragon, but you didn't come out that way. She could have felt disappointment or despair because of this, and left because of that. Nightmare may have spoken truth, but it is easy to speak the truth yet lead someone into coming to the wrong conclusions based on what was sead. You'll have to ask your mother for more details in person, I expect. Is Qou'nos reachable via the mortal world? Or will you have to go back through the dream world to get there?

Thank Nightmare for its boons. What is the third gift?
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No. 805832 ID: be0718

Ignore the obvious slant and just remember that your mother is alive, now fidget in place by rapidly switching your equipped weapon.
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No. 805840 ID: 3abd97

>Where is my mother? What [happened] to the last true dragon to take her from me?
Remember that the Lord Nightmare promised to answer one question truthfully, and you asked two.

So while you can trust the information on your mother's location, you can't trust the reason he gave you as to why she left.

Remember that he is a Nightmare, and the nightmare's purpose is to give life to that which we fear the most. Every child who loses a parent wonders if it is their fault, if they are the reason. In blaming your failure, he only follows his own nature and reflects your own fears.
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No. 805846 ID: ba506f

>scythe
do scythes count as axes to you?

Also I guess we should bow and thank him?
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No. 806592 ID: 008b25
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806592

Your pretty sure you'll get the hang of the scythe quickly, its mostly the same principal as a axe after all, long stick with a sharp bit on the end.

You bow deeply ready to give Nightmare your best brown-nosing when it speaks up once more.

:nightmare: And now my final, most precious gift.

With one arm It gestures to the right, the stone forming from nothing to make a path to a distant block of light, the faint breeze that springs from it smells of salt and water.

With Its left arm Nightmare tears at the darkness, revealing Thousands of its spawn standing stock still, silently watching you.

:Nightmare: A five second head start.
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No. 806594 ID: dd4df2

>>806592

...

Run.
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No. 806613 ID: 91ee5f

"OK,THANKSFORTHEGIFTSBYE!!!!!"
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No. 806620 ID: be0718

Hi-ho Liikil, and awaaaaay! Use your shaping rune to streamline yourself, if you can do so fast!
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No. 806624 ID: 0b99d7

>>806592
Flash the Nightmare a thumbs up in one hand and the middle finger in the other as you sprint off... slink off? snek away!
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No. 806627 ID: 3ce125

Can you shape the ground behind you as you run to slow them down? Like, make walls or rough terrain?
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No. 806637 ID: ba506f

give him a quick thanks as you haul ass
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No. 806681 ID: 3abd97

>>806592
Say nothing, you're wasting breath you literally don't have. Just run. Grab the girl if she can't keep up.
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No. 806744 ID: 094652

I really hope you practiced your 500-mile parade marathon.

Grab Haduwig and SLITHER!
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No. 807464 ID: 8111b6

"It's been fun! Byeeeeeee!" as you are making your hasty exit. I'd suggest the 'don't be a stranger' line, but this is something with a reputation for cruelty. Probably better to pass on that one and avoid wasting their time.

Awesome loot, though. Scythe makes for a stylish souvenir, if nothing else. Does the death of your world like scythes? Your dad might be a bit lenient if you show it off if he catches you if he does.
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No. 808802 ID: 008b25
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808802

(coloring is rushed sorry -"-)

:lilchat: "Wellitsbeenfungottagonowthanksbye!"

You sweep haduwig off the floor and dive forward as Nightmare quickly counts down, when it reaches five you hear the footfalls begin behind you.

(speed 7, roll 1!)

Fortunately the things behind you are still (mostly) trying to imitate a living form, and as such require breathing and warm muscles to move, things you neither have nor need and soon you find yourself sailing through daylight towards the water below.

Behind you the few who kept up find themselves dismembered as the doorway snaps shut, spilling their webbing to the air as they dissolve with a brief pained roar.
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No. 808805 ID: 008b25
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808805

Lil: We made it! woo! were out had... Haduwig?

You look around as you float in the water, but there's no sign of the woman. just before you begin to panic the water next to you erupts and haduwig soars into the air, cackling gleefully as her body begins to change.

???: HAHAHAHAHAHAAA!

Lil: Oh god damn it i knew it!

The thing that used to be haduwig floats down towards you

Hadu: Oh shush you, so you dont get the booty big deal, you escaped father and got me into the real world thus gaining my eternal favor.

Backing away you try to buy some time to get to dry land incase she turns hostile
Lil: Was haduwig ever real or was it all lies?

Hadu: Oh my name really is haduwig, it means Strife by the way, and what i told you was mostly true, i just never told you i was a mortal, that was all you. the urges where suspicious but a little T and A threw them off as usual.
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No. 808806 ID: be0718

Seems you two have a lot in common, except for a lack of booty.
So, I take it messing with mortals' dreams is a hobby, not a job? And what exactly are you going to be capable of in a world where your surroundings are real?
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No. 808809 ID: 008b25
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808809

Hadu: "When that little Thorn broke Lust its power shattered, the bigger bits like myself could hold onto some power and try to claw back what we could, surviving on scraps i could grab from creepy wet dreams.
But then you showed up and not only did you make me strong enough to actually return to the titan but now im loose in the world and ready to Feast and grow, all thanks to you!"

She floats down and quickly plants a kiss on your cheek. it feels itchy but not unpleasant

Strife: "I meant it by the way, when i said you had my favor, if you ever need a hand in a fight just call me and ill Fuck some shit Right up!"

She turns and floats into the air, wiggling her increasingly doll like butt in your face

Strife: "Well its been fun but its time for me to fly, good luck finding your mom or anyone really, who knows where this coastline is! buh bye!"

With that she soars into the air and vanishes, leaving you alone once more.

Sighing deeply you make your way round the rocks towards the open sea, hopefully you'll be able to spot signs of civilization somewhere.

.......Well then.... Good for you... You should probably get the disguise ready.. just as soon as you've decided what it will actually be..
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No. 808810 ID: 008b25

(whacking a list of the races on the discussion, ill fill out deets about them there as ive run out of time to do a good drawing of them -3- im super professional as you can tell.. )
https://tgchan.org/kusaba/questdis/res/110005.html
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No. 808819 ID: 3abd97

I'm sure letting some nightmare spawn lose in the real world will have no lasting negative consequences, nope.

>You should probably get the disguise ready.. just as soon as you've decided what it will actually be..
Kinda hard to tell from those headshots if any of those have naga tails.

But you're snakey, and Dargenic or Feg look like the lizardly races?

Although I'm kind of tempted to chose one of the bird-people (Skel or corvian) and go crazy bird-snake. A Quetzalcoatl kind of thing. Plus covering a pile of bones in colorful feathers seems to fit the whole Day of the Dead theming you have going on.
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No. 808823 ID: be0718

Do Arthelgul have boobs? If not, go for Equs, a known quantity. Name: Freya.
The... Vithara, look like they're the snakes (hard to tell from the neck up) but with a Body Manipulation or even the Illusion rune, does it really matter? You could reshape your skeleton to resemble a very pale, brittle version of any of these and convince people it looks lifelike.
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No. 808885 ID: ba506f

a feg maybe?
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No. 809557 ID: 008b25
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809557

You Ponder the builds of the various races as you sit on the rocks and dry out a little, you also try and recall some of the more recent stereotype's and fact's that you've heard about them. The differing builds will pose little problems, the alterations to mass required would kill a living person, but to you are no more worrisome then a change of clothes.

(Magic 6. roll 3) While you sit and ponder you realise that the body manipulation rune could be used to heal your body, sealing cracks and reattaching chipped parts easily.

Jako: Angry rabbit people, tend towards the slim, short side.
Colours: Shades of brown mostly.
Politics: Matriarchy
Most common sexuality: Bisexual
Pros: Punches and horns plus so much sex... So much
Cons: So angry all the time. Viewed as slut's due to open and easy sexuality.

Nah-Bajuu: Big tall blue dog people
Colours: Shades of Blue.
Politics: Kingdom
Most common sexuality: Hetrosexual
Pros: Tall, muscly ladies, not much clothing.
Cons: Kinda hard to blend in when your a blue giant. Looked down on for their tribal living.

Kithara: Smol snake people that control trade on the crescent sea, they keep the peace and get Crazy rich of the back of it.
Colours: Shades of Blue, green and red.
Politics: Republic
Most common sexuality: Bisexual
Pros: So smol! Hella rich and Huge tails
Cons: So smol.. hella greedy and lazy. No boobs.

Feg: Quadruped rulers of Urksom, a race of hardy and sensible people.
Colours: Light brown
Politics: Parlimentary kingship
Most common sexuality: Hetrosexual
Pros: Horns, big ole butts and six arms!
Cons: Your really not sure where they keep their genitals..
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No. 809608 ID: ba506f

go with a Kithara. You're already obsessed with booty as it is so might as well start here.
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No. 809613 ID: 9876c4

A chubby hedonist of the Jako race. Extra fluffy.
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No. 809628 ID: be0718

Nah-Bajuu. Take refuge in audacity. Don't forget to enhance knockers.
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No. 809630 ID: 91ee5f

Go for whichever one that allows you to have boobs! You brought all those spare boobs along, so you'll need a form that's allowed to have them!
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No. 809635 ID: 3ce125

>>809557
Jako won't fit Lil's personality.
Nah-Bajuu won't fit her culture and knowledge.
Kithara won't fit her personality either.
Feg could work but the illusion might not work properly without complete knowledge.

Can we get some info on Equs, Dargenic, Dado and Chosen?
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No. 809641 ID: 3abd97

>>809557
None of those seem particularly appealing to me. Keep listing races?

Otherwise, still thinking maybe Skel or Corvian.
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No. 809671 ID: 9c5569

More species, all of the above were described as agitated or chaste.
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No. 810245 ID: 008b25
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810245

(Things will be back to normal soon, pic updates may slow to weekly but I can do a few text ones when needed)

You sit and fish out a few..fish from your ribs as the Urges chatter within your mind, you get the feeling they want to know more about the people of Tarn, you kindly oblige.

From left to right.

Kichuk: Big ass lobster people who build strange buildings in the Didachuk Salt-Swamps
Colour: blue
Politics: Unkown
Most common sexuality: Unkown
Pros: Big clacky claws
Cons: No-one understands a damn word they say..

Chesen: Felines who live on Mysenn, they claim to resurrect as Icos when they die and are kinda cultish.
Colour: light colours, mostly shades of yellow
Politics: Shamen lead tribes (Cults)
Most common sexuality: Homosexual
Pros: they can be Super fluffy!
Cons: they can be SUPER cultish, plus they hate undead, shattering all they find, so you don't get many of them making it to the land of the dead.

Equs: Farmers from Nympen, tough and Lively.
Colour: shades of brown
Politics: Democracy
Most common sexuality: Hetro
Pros: Haduwig's.. Build was only Slightly exaggerated.
Cons: Like the jako they tend to be viewed as Loose morally.

Dargenic: Lords of Karrenkobba, one of the three "Super nations" and leaders in magical research, they built and maintain the great roads that cross Tarn.
Colour: Shades of red
Politics: Elected dictators
Most common sexuality: Bisexual
Pros: They tend to get everywhere so you wont really stand out.
Cons: They have many enemies so if you do attract attention it may not be friendly..

ArthelGul: Arachnid rulers of Dokkel Argul, ancient allies of your people
Colour: Black's and greys
Politics: Patriarchy of celibate males that form a monastery atop their capital city of Artha
Most common sexuality: Asexual, most Arthelgul have no urge to breed, the few that do have Thousands of children at a time, but its uncommon for them to survive the births.
Pros: Due to their odd reproduction and close allegiance to your people the Arthel have never been to war, as such there welcome most anywhere
Cons: Any romantic advances you make will be viewed as Odd in the least.

Skel: Rulers of Skellen, the second of the three super-nations, a proud and haughty people.
Colour: Males are shades of blue with colourful tail feathers, females are shades of dull brown
Politics: Kingship, currently enjoying a peaceful time under king Angelo the plump
Most common sexuality: Hetrosexual
Pros: Rich and powerful, a fancy looking Skel wont turn any heads.
Cons: A fancy looking skel might get robbed. Plus they can be Super snobbish.

Dado: Nomads who wander the land, selling their wares of Metal and orchilium
Colour: Their back scales are grey, their furry bodies can be any shade imaginable, some have even been florescent yellow!
Politics: Tribal elders
Most common sexuality: Hetrosexual
Pros: So smol and chubby! plus you've heard they can punch through Steel (which is a crazy hard metal apparently)
Cons: There not exactly dextrous, and being smol can have its own problems.

Icos: The constructs who dwell on the islands of..icos, Strong and calm but not very imaginative. No one knows where they come from, not even them, so the chosen's claims might well be true for all we know.
Colour: Clay and stone shades
Politics: None, apparently they just live in a big colony and hang out.
Most common sexuality: Asexual
Pros: Strong, big and mysterious
Cons: No genitals. or mouths. or anything really.

Corvian: Rulers of Quo'nos, a proud and powerful people, the Third of the Super nations, they lead the world in mechanical development having recently invented the Electric generator.
Colour: Shades of black
Politics: Imperial senate
Most common sexuality: Hetrosexual
Pros: A rich nation, they often go on trade missions so they are common sights in all cities.
Cons: They have waged war with practically every nation in their history, some still hold grudges.

Litho: Aquatic hunters, they roam the Crescent sea, searching for pearls and coral to trade as well as salvaging ship wrecks.
Colour: pale blues and whites
Politics: They claim to be ruled by a great clam like creature deep under the waves... clamtatorship?
Most common sexuality: Hetrosexual
Pros: Powerful arms and exotic forms.
Cons: Hard to move about on land, there "Legs" are more like wings on their butts.

Ledah: the.. Things that brought the ledahwold to Tarn. They are capricious beings who bless and curse in equal measure, the brave and foolish can enter the forest of ledahwold to try and gain their favour, if there lucky they walk out traumatised but powerful, if their unlucky their legs walk out hours before their torso's..
Colour: All of them
Politics: Anarchist's
Most common sexuality: Frankly you don't know if that even applies to them.
Pros: Anything you do will be chalked up to being a Ledah
Cons: No one trusts the Ledah, there just as likely to fill you with bee's as they are to give you rulership of the sun.
And finnaly

The librarians: That's literally all you know about them.
Colour: Brown?
Politics: Books?
Most common sexuality: Books?
Pros: Really easy disguise
Cons: you don't know the first damn thing about them.

"lilchat.png" "So, there we have it. there may be a few more races running about but if there are ive never seen them, ill try and figure out where I am while you decide, don't worry to much about the shenanigans required to make me look like your choice ill figure it out."
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No. 810254 ID: be0718

Hmm, Dargenics look pretty lizardly... Or maybe furry. I can't tell.

Looks like Equs is still the best choice.
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No. 810264 ID: ba506f

ArthelGul
Pretending to be an ArthelGul should be easy since they've been allies with your people for a long time and if you do try to get into someone's pants you could tell them that you're attracted to other species since you don't have to worry about the whole having 1000s of kids thing with the other races... unless cross breeds are a thing in this world?

And before you say how your mother was a dragon and your father is the king of the dead, I'd believe you're more of an exception then the rule if I had to take a guess.
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No. 810268 ID: d25fe8

Skel, bird people!
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No. 810275 ID: 8847c1

Go with the Dargenic. If you offend, you can pass it off as a nationalized lack of social skills due to tyrannic rule. Your undead combat skills are an edge, so you can handle a few scruples.
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No. 810285 ID: 3abd97

Okay. First up: eliminate any species that are largely asexual, or who lack parts for sex. I mean, you're basically here on spring break, that defeats the purpose.

Second: you like tits. We can't masquerade as one of those titless races.

Common sexuality being hetero/homo/bi only really matters if we're assuming we can only pursue people within our assumed race (or if breaking the norm will get you majorly persecuted). So I think we can kinda disregard that, and assume you'll be able to find someone with T&A you like who will be receptive to another gal's advances.

Bird people coloration and apparent lack of tits seems a deal breaker. I'm tempted to go Chesen, but that cult-stuff is probably a pain to deal with.

Dargenic sort of seems like the best balance of your actual criteria, for now.

Although remember that you can always abandon one identity and assume another, if needed.
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No. 810296 ID: 3ce125

>>810245
I think we should go with Ledah and scout around town to see what's what, knowing nobody will bother us, then leave and come back as a race best able to utilize that information, or just an Equs.
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No. 812624 ID: 113730

>unless cross breeds are a thing in this world?


:lilchat: There not unheared of, but from what ive been told, mostly at parties so take this with a grain of salt, is that the species needs to be related in some way to cross breed. So a feg can have a kid with a Equs, Dargenic or Nah-baju but not a skellen.

Dont really get it myself, i mean if the bits fit together they should be able to make babies. I mean every species is the same basic shape so why the need for arbitrary ancestoral connection?

As you ponder the mysteries of baby making, you close your eyws and begin to manipulate the runes.

(Magic roll = 1. Crit!)

(Warning. Next update will containe 90% of your daily recommended dose of magical girls.)
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No. 813018 ID: 008b25
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You concentrate and feel the runes pulse, surging your body with magic!


:lilface: ..What the hell was all that?

you pause for a moment to make sure everything is where its supposed to be, other then your bright glowing hair it looks perfect, you sit on the shore and fish around in your pack for clothes, pulling out the map as you do and trying to figure out where you are.
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No. 813020 ID: 008b25
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813020

(luck 5. roll 2)

YOur preety sure your on the north coast of Quo'nos, on the shore of the crescent sea.

Your not sure what this city is called but you can figure that out later, Right now you need a plan for getting inside.
That is, you assume you'll be going inside, the urges may have other ideas and your not going to start ignoring them now.
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No. 813021 ID: be0718

Well, part of the plan here is absconding with the booty back to the Land of the Dead, right? Would being closer to the Road of The Dead make that easier? Or should we save that for after we find someone willing to be a travel partner slash butt buddy?

I guess you should start frequenting taverns the world over to find someone seeking adventure of a new and different kind.
To do that, we'll need to get inside! Let's use earthmoving to dig a tunnel under the walls.
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No. 813022 ID: be0718

>>813020
Sorry, are we supposed to do the rolling this time?
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No. 813073 ID: ba506f

well I see a few ways you could try and get into the city.

1) find a ship that will take you aboard or just swim towards the wall and tell them the ship that carried you sunk, or if you're talking to someone from the wall that you feel off the wall trying to get a good view of the ocean

2) use your shaping ruin to make a set of stairs in the cliff and then walk around till you hit the road and just walk in from the front door

3) Sneak aboard on of the inbound ships and hope nobody finds you and slip away once you're inside of the city.

Honestly I like 2 the most since (assuming no on sees you) it raises the least amount of questions since I doubt it would be to strange to see a traveler come to the city from the road.
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No. 813393 ID: ce113c

>813022
No im rolling, just showing you what the skill used and roll total was, sorry if it gets confusing
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No. 813457 ID: 3abd97

>>813020
Maybe you should get dressed or magic up some clothes before trying to enter town? Showing up naked can get the wrong kind of attention, or get you arrested.

(Or you know, this is a fantasy setting, if they're genre savvy and see a naked and attractive woman walking in nude from the wild without a scratch on her, they'll correctly assume you're something supernatural and dangerous coming their way and react accordingly).
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No. 815140 ID: 008b25
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815140

1/2
>Maybe you should get dressed or magic up some clothes before trying to enter town? Showing up naked can get the wrong kind of attention, or get you arrested.

Its a valid point, but you spend a few moments enjoying the.. benefits of a very impressive illusion, it even Feels like its moving! Awesome.

After a while you gather your clothes and adjust your colouring to something more natural, you think you look pretty damn good.

(agl roll = 4 Magic = 3)

You manage to both magic up a stair way and move your new legs simply enough, making the trip up the cliff in a short amount of time before peering over the grass at the cliffs edge.
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No. 815147 ID: 008b25
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815147

Before you is a busy looking road, carts and creatures flow too and fro most driven by corvians but you spot several other races among the carts, it would be easy to either hitch a lift or hop unseen onto a hay cart or one of the large odd looking creatures being used as pack animals.

Beyond the road is a small field with several odd long buildings sitting in it, the buildings have several large windows that people are leaning out of looking towards the metal Thingy at one end, your to far to hear what their saying but their arm waving dosent look happy.

The metal shack thingy is rather odd looking, but the thing in front of it is odder, a large black creature sits and chews on a entire tree as several Corvian guards mill about looking rather exasperated and arguing with another corvian climbing out of the metal shack.

Its possible you could get entry to the city by solving what ever problem the guards have, but you may also attract unwanted attention..
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No. 815157 ID: be0718

Solve the guards' problem! Perhaps we could use an Illusion to convince the giant creature there is a very large carrot somewhere away from the iron horse.
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No. 815211 ID: ba506f

go up to the guards and see what exactly the problem is? then we can see if it's worth trying to fix it.
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No. 815242 ID: 3abd97

>>815140
Huh, hard to tell without anything for comparison, but you sure look hella tall in that form.

>>815211
Yeah, just walk up casually and ask what the problem is.
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No. 816882 ID: 008b25
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>you sure look hella tall
You adjust height slightly as you walk over, your tall as heck but not stupidly tall.

Lil: Hi there, can I help with anything?

Guard 1: Mijn god .. Hoe is het weer daar?
Uh.. no is fine.

The corvian in the metal house leans out and starts yelling in Trade.

MetalHouseCorvian: Is not fine! We are late because of this thing and you do Nothing!

Lil: Hey, could you give me a lift into the city if help you get rid of this thing?

You say gesturing to the large creature happily munching away at the tree

MHC: Ja, you move Kabouter you ride with me.

Before you can move towards the... Kabooter? the guards move to block you.

Guard: Hold there, under Quo'nos law he is sentient citizen and protected under law, plus Kabouter endangered species so no harm may fall them.

Lil: whoa there, I wasn't gonna start hitting it, I was gonna see if I can talk to it or use illusions to make it wander off a bit.

the guards pause for a moment, looking over at the seething MHC and the other people in the houses, who are starting to lean out of windows and glare at them.

Guard: Well... alright it cant hurt, we don't speak Kabouter but you might, is long shot but all we have right now, but if you try and hurt it we throw you off cliff.

Lil: Wow ok.. message received.

You walk away from the guards making sure to look as non threatening as possible, stopping before the large black furry creature.

Lil: Hey there big guy, how are you?

The Kabouter pauses and looks at you, big blank eyes strangely expressive as it rumbles out what you believe are words.

Kabouter: helo sut wyt ti heddiw?

...yeah you have no idea what that thing just said..
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No. 816885 ID: be0718

Ah, you were fine before. Let them fixate on a mundane oddity like your height, instead of your total lack of street smarts!

Look, you and I both know you've got Google Translate in your head, so just ask him to move in Welsh. If he doesn't move, ask some small talk to try and determine who they find attractive and make an illusion of them nearby. Any lust demons that may or may not be stalking you are sure to approve of this method.
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No. 816896 ID: ba506f

I think he said hi in the language of the angry bunny people. How many languages do you know anyways?

As for what to do could you ask him to move off the tracks as the nice people in the metal boxes wish to pass by but can't with him in the way.
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No. 816897 ID: 094652

Make the train look like a butt-licking monster.
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No. 816909 ID: 3ce125

Now that you've got his attention, make a small illusion of him getting off the tracks and the train passing. Visual instructions!
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No. 816955 ID: 3abd97

>helo sut wyt ti heddiw?
hello how are you today?

For a reply, try this:

>Hello, yr wyf yn dda, diolch. A fyddai'n bosibl i chi symud? Byddai'r rhain yn bobl eraill yn hoffi i fynd yn ôl, ond mae eu cerbyd i ddilyn y traciau rydych yn eistedd ar.
Hello, I am well, thank you. Would it be possible for you to move? These other people would like to get by, but their vehicle has to follow the tracks you are sitting on.
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No. 817504 ID: 008b25

>butt licking monster

You file that away for a last ditch effort, or if you get bored.

>you've got Google Translate in your head

Your not sure who google is, but if she's translating for you your grateful for the help.

:lilface1: "I think it speaks Jakoish..jakonic? the angry bunny words."

:guard: "Its not, its words sound different to all, to me it sounds like a man yodelling with a mouth full of glass dicks."

That's... a worryingly specific mental image, you shrug it off and listen to the urges chitter out a sentence they think may work

>Hello, yr wyf yn dda, diolch...

It takes a few tries but eventually you manage to get the words right, they don't sit easy on your tongue and sound strange to your (illusionary) ears but you manage.

:lilface1: "Hello, I am well, thank you. Would it be possible for you to move? These would be other people like to go back, but their vehicle to follow the tracks you are sitting on."

You wonder where they attach the animals to pull what the urges claim is a vehicle as the Kabouter chews and stares into space, you begin to wonder if it was listening before it replies
the Google translating for you as it talks.

:leprachuan: "<Your looking for her, wandering serpent. You will find her but she will not be who you seek. you've travelled the long road and journeys end nears, but there is a way to go yet, more to see and do. You will see.. a man with no head, dancing on a roof? There you will rest for a time. Trust the man next door.">


With that the giant raises itself from the Tracks and takes a few steps into the field before flopping down with a earth shaking Thump before chewing on its tree once more.

:lilface1: "Well that was... odd"

:guard: "Let me guess, strange prophesy?, ja they do that a lot im told, some times is true sometimes is not"

He turns and squawks to the MHC for a moment as he checks the metal rails on the ground before turning back to you.

Guard: "The driver is ready to go.."

:passanger: "Finally!"

:guard: "Your gratitude is noted, ahem, he says you can ride with him or in third class car, your choice but hurry as he wants to be off"
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No. 817509 ID: 3abd97

>>817504
Well, hurry up and get on board, then.
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No. 817526 ID: ba506f

ride with the driver, see how this thing works.
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No. 817536 ID: 3ce125

>>817504
>You will find her but she will not be who you seek.
Alright, I can see several ways of interpreting this. You find your mother but she's not interested in being your mother, or you find your mother but she has changed somehow, or you find the "Last True Dragon" but it's not your mother.
If your mom died, she'd be in the land of the dead again, right?

Anyway, time to board the train. It's a mechanical device, by the way. It moves without animals, being pushed along by the power of steam.
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No. 817549 ID: be0718

But we took a shortcut, not the road of the dead! And we just got here! Prophesies are weird.
Ride with the driver! He's letting you ride up front, how awesome is that! Just keep out of the way of the fireman.
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(Apologise for the quality of this update, water damage occurred and I had to hurriedly sketch the last two pages, normal quality will resume shortly)

>Alright, I can see several ways of interpreting this...

You've.. been trying not to think about that if you honest, so much could go wrong..

You clamber into the metal hut and gaze at the small room within.

Lil: Oooohhh that's a lot of pipes!

MHC: They make train go, No touch!

It seems the urges knew what they where talking about, as after a few moments fiddling the corvian throws a long lever and the whole cabin begins to move forward.

You lean out of the cab and watch as smoke begins to pour from the "Engine" as the device surges forward, soon the landscape is a blur of motion and your hurtling towards the city, after a moment the train dives into a hole in the city walls, plunging through dark, smoky tunnels.

just as you begin to worry that the Corvian is not in control he pulls several levers and the train begins to slow, falling to a stop in a brightly lit tunnel.
Looking out you see a great crowd of people standing patiently on a wide clean platform, oddly free of soot or smoke.

You step out to see where the smoke gose, and where the breeze is comeing from when the trains doors open and a surge of people sweeps you along.

Lil: Whoa! hey can I.. please just.. YEEP Who's hand is that? oh yours? ok then. wait where are we.. please can I just..

Before you can even get your bearings the crowd dives into several tunnels along the wall, dumping you into a small, nearly empty tunnel.

Before you are several corvians, four in windowed booth's and two in guard armor holding the leash of small chubby animals.
Two of the window corvians are arguing with other people, the two who are free look both bored and excited.

There's also a very large Kichuk just... Standing there looking at you...
Your not really sure what this whole situation is or what your supposed to do..
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No. 821278 ID: ba506f

You could also wait for some other people to go before you to see what they do and just follow their lead.
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No. 821301 ID: 3abd97

>[You're] not really sure what this whole situation is or what your supposed to do[...]
It's a train station. This is where people embark or disembark on the train, and one way in and out of the city.

>two in guard armor holding the leash of small chubby animals
Probably there to deal with problems, say if there's a fight, or accident, or if criminals try to get in or out of town. I bet the animals have a good sense of smell (or some other powerful sense). They're likely for sniffing out if anyone is trying to smuggle illegal substances like drugs in and out.

>Two of the window corvians are arguing with other people
The people in the windows are probably selling tickets for rides on the train to other places, which is how people who don't rescue the train by clearing giants off the tracks get rides.

There's any number of reasons someone might have a disagreement over travel arrangements, as they're complicated and things can go wrong. I don't think we can really help the people having disagreements with the train employees, and it's probably not your business.

>what do
Try talking to the excited looking Corvin. Might be a ticket seller, but he might also double as an information booth. You could say you're new in town, see if he has any recommendations? Things to check out, places to stay, etc.
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No. 821315 ID: a62648

That looks like a librarian to the left there but it's probably not.
The right small chubby creature looks exited and happy but I wouldn't risk putting your hand near it.
Wave to the Kichuk.
Go speak to the exited Corvin.
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No. 821326 ID: 3ae3fd

The quality of chubby landsharks is not strained.
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No. 821331 ID: be0718

Investigate librarian! The booth people are for travelers going out, not coming in.
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No. 823242 ID: 008b25
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>The quality of chubby landsharks is not strained.


Quest over, you've found true love. LOOK AT ITS LITTLE FEET!
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No. 823243 ID: 008b25
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>Wave to the Kichuk.

You give a friendly wave to the giant lobster man.. woman.. thing but its now staring at the wall and ignoring you. They are a strange people..


>Investigate librarian!
(luck roll 6)

You catch the last of the conversation between the librarian and the corvian as you head over to the chipper looking corvian lady.

Boothbird: Ive looked everywhere, im sorry..

The librarian shuffles slightly, making a unpleasant wheezing sound before talking in a surprisingly light and clear voice.

Librarian: Eh bien merde... Should they arrive please send them to the library, it will save much confusion if we talk to them as soon as possible.

It ends its words with a familiar Clacking noise as it quickly moves off with that creepy, almost floating motion.

>Go speak to the exited Corvian.

Excited Booth Bird: Guten Morgen, willkommen in Lelystad! Wie kann ich dir helfen?

You silently thank goofle for translating in your mind, now that you think about it speaking the lingo will be a major point in favour of your disguise.

Lil: Im very well thank you, ive just arrived and im hoping you can inform me of the sights to see within the city.

CBB: I certainly can!

She digs beneath her desk and hands you a pamphlet that unfolds into a good sized map. The map is cartoonish and overly simplistic, but with her help you manage to identify several places that may be of interest.

The parliament. oldest building in Lelystad the parliament building houses many officials, courts and departments as well as serving as the royal summer house.

The market district. Largest of the districts the market district brings in goods from all across the Crescent sea, shipping them all over the kingdom by road and rail. If your looking to buy something you'll find it here!

The Sphere. Largest theatre in Lelystad, hosting everything from tragic epics to local theatre comedy's.

The royal museum. Housing a collection of scientific curiosities, the royal museum is open to all and requires only a small donation for entry.

The library. Like all great cities Lelystad boasts a thriving community of Librarians who have built a fine collection of texts, both common and rare, that they have made available for all visitors to read (as per the treaty of 1231).

There several more places to choose from if the urges don't latch on to any of those..
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No. 823268 ID: 3ce125

>>823243
You could go to the Library and research the Last True Dragon! Or dragons in general.
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No. 823283 ID: ba506f

what do we have for money again? Because the market place could be a good place to try and meet new people but our options would be limited on what we could do their if we don't have any money.
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No. 823284 ID: be0718

Library first! Should be the first stop of any stranger in a strange land.
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No. 823319 ID: 3abd97

The sphere! A theater could be fun, and if you act at all like a weirdo, you'll fit right in.
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1/2

:lilface1: Huh

Your not sure what you where expecting a Libary to look like, but it certainly wasn't this..

The 'building' looks like a giant pile of chewed up wood just plopped right between a line of houses, its dull brown color clashing with the warm yellow bricks around it. You wonder if youve found the right place for a moment, but several people carrying books enter and leave so your pretty sure this is the right place.

Heading through the double doors you find the inside to be oddly normal looking at first glance, a series of shelves (each holding more books then you've seen in your entire life) line the walls in irregular rows with people browsing between them.

walking up to what you assume is a reception area you inquire with the Librarian about book pertaining to the True dragons. And money, you feel you should find out what Money is before you go looking for some.

He..She..They direct you towards a rather ratty looking shelf in a darker corner of the building, it looks like these are the less popular books judging from the thin layer of dust on them as you browse, selecting some of the more interesting looking volumes before heading to a reading desk.
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No. 832472 ID: 008b25

2/2

The first book is something called a dicnary, its basically a book that tells you what words mean. Turns out money is a way of trading things between people without having to lug bits of metal about, there's words like Nantran Standard, inflation, silver and other boring things that tire you just to look at but you get the general idea.

You make a mental note to head to the market district to trade for some money once your done here and open the other book. This one is older and looks a little ill treated, bent pages and small tears abound throughout, but you can make out the words well enough and GOOD LORD ITS BORING!

From what you can gather through the authors pretentious waffling is that dragons are normally small reptilian creatures that fly and spit various forms of venom, sometimes flammable venom that ignites sometimes a highly acidic spray to melt flesh. There common the world over and range in both size and intelligence, the smallest being about a foot across and about as smart as a bird, while the largest recorded was three meters snout to tail and slightly dumber then the common land shark (a creature not well know for its brains).

True dragons are, according to this book, something of a misnomer. While they are dragon like in form they have no connection to the Dream or Nightmare, being separate entities that exist outside of the dreamers mind-scape similar to, but far more active then, the Outsiders who squat on the tallest mountain peaks.

Morally grey at best, the true dragons seem to thrive in times of chaos, when empires are built and fall, they will often spend several decades flitting between sides to upset the balance of the world before selecting one group to bestow great favor upon, however the favor they bestow is...

Huh.. the pages seem to have been torn out from this point onwards..
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No. 832473 ID: ba506f

>Huh.. the pages seem to have been torn out from this point onwards..
aw great, some asshole lost his library card so instead of trying to get a new one the lazy prick just ripped the pages out of the book so they could finish reading it later. Thanks for considering other people that might actually want to read the book asshole. This is why public places suck.

So yeah anyways, about money, you got any coins or anything from back home? I mean if they're made from precious metals they still might be worth something... and if those coins come from old empires (land of the dead, sure someone brought a few with them for some reason or another) they might be worth a small fortune if I'm remembering things right, something about old things going up in value after a few 100 years as they become rare and/or hard to find.
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No. 832489 ID: 3abd97

>>832470
That catgirl looks like she's checking you out.

>Huh.. the pages seem to have been torn out from this point onwards..
You might want to report the damage to the librarian, or at least turn the book in for repairs.
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No. 832502 ID: 3ce125

>>832472
So your mom is a troublemaker, thriving on chaos. Maybe a little bit evil. I guess that's fine though. After all, the Dead have little attachment to the living world.

Can you find another book on True Dragons that holds the missing information? Also you should report the damaged book to the Librarian.
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No. 835839 ID: 008b25

> Coins from back home?

The dead don't really use anything like money, they don't really produce anything plus what with the whole corpses thing you don't need to put a value on time soooo..

You do have all the bits you got while in the nightmare though, your sure they'll be worth some coin although you'll have to just trust that the trader is giving you a fair value for them..

> Can you find another book? Also report damage.

You take the book to the front desk.

Lil: "Hi there, the books you told me about weren't that helpful, are there any other sources of info on true dragons I could go too? Also this book has pages torn out.."

Librarian: Wheeze "Yes we know, it arrived in such condition. We have a rough copy of the last few pages in storage, but as they are notes at best we cannot repair it without potentially altering the information it contained." Clack.

Lil: "Is that a problem?"

Liberian: Wheeze "Its part of our treaty i'm afraid, alteration of documents in our possession is expressly forbidden, punishable by consumption then death."

Huh.. you.. kinda don't want him to clarify why Eating someone is Followed by them dying.. but you also kinda do?..

>Cat checking you out

You dart a quick look over your shoulder and see the lady in question putting her book away, a Chesen lady with glossy black fur, bright blonde hair and a figure that's approaching Strife's level, but is a little more conservative in many areas.. She's also wearing Actual clothing, which is a nice change.

She pauses and looks over at you, giving you a faint smile before turning and walking towards the door. You cant help but notice that she seems to be swinging her hips a little more then necessary..
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No. 835847 ID: b9b4da

They have a treaty with the Nightmare, they're probably used to terms like that. Why he would include a stipulation to uphold the unvarnished truth is a mystery. Perhaps there's another signatory?
Meeting attractive ladies interested in you at the library is unexpected but(t) you didn't have any other leads to follow. Tail her!
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No. 835853 ID: 3ce125

>>835839
Ask for a summary of the notes. Should be enough time to listen to that before chasing that booty.
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No. 835884 ID: ba506f

damn girl, even while in disguise you're still a head turner. But yeah either way if you decide to chase booty or not we probably should trade those coins in to get some cash, then wither hit up the royal museum and/or find a hotel to spend the night at.
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No. 840332 ID: 008b25
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(What no i didnt forget her color scheme why would you even mention that hahaha!!?)

>Ask for a summary of the notes

Lil: "Can you give me a summary at least?"

Librarian: Wheeze "Honestly its mostly thinly veiled racism against dargenik's, but it dose restate that True Dragons are not to be trifled with. According to the book more then one civilization has gone under after making deals with them, no idea if thats true or not." Clak.

Lil: "Huh.. ok, hey quick question why would nightmare want you guys to tell the truth about everything to the point he puts it in a treaty?"

Librarian: Wheeze "He dosent, different treaty, also how the fuck do you know about that?" Clak

Lil: "Bye"

You hurry out after the Chesen lady, but find the street empty, only the dado family and two chatting gentelmen to be seen..

???: "Looking for someone?"

Lil: "Yeeeek!"

Holy crap shes stealthy! Quick what should you do to try and recover what little dignity you have..
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No. 840337 ID: 3abd97

>you.. kinda don't want him to clarify why Eating someone is Followed by them dying.. but you also kinda do?
Not hard to figure out, eaten alive first, dying second. Something swallows them whole.

>Holy crap shes stealthy! Quick what should you do to try and recover what little dignity you have..
Well it's a good thing a heart attack can't exactly kill you.

Inform her that no one wearing a gown has any right being that stealthy.
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No. 840339 ID: be0718

Wow, that tail just skyrocketed. Step one to recovering your dignity is lowering it. That lady can probably see London and France right now.

"I was about to ask you the same question!"
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No. 840356 ID: 3ce125

>>840332
I hope this isn't Strife again.

Tell her hi, it looked like she was trying to get your attention in the library. Introduce yourself, ask her name... and if you've met before, she seems a little familiar.
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No. 840368 ID: ba506f

"Holy crap you nearly gave me a heart attack."

Then give yourself a moment to compose yourself and then ask, "But yeah, I saw you back in the library and thought you looked like you wanted to talk."

also lil, quick question for you, are you wearing any underwear in this form? Because if not you may have given the chick one hell of a view when you lifted your tail.
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>are you wearing any underwear? That lady can probably see London and France right now.

While the presence of underwear is something you have neglected up to this point, your more concerned with the realization that you neglected to give yourself defined genitalia, so unless this woman is respectful of others dignity (or prudish) she just got a face full of perfectly solid ass..

Ahh well, if things went well shed be finding out whats realy under here anyway.. maybe this way it will be less of a shock?

Lil: "¡Santo cielo! you almost gave me a heart attack! no one wearing a dress that sheer should be stealthy!."

???: "It dose lend itself to cardiac troubles doesn't it."

Lil: "Liik'il, you looked like you where trying to catch my eye back there and you do look familiar"

Hathai: "Atitarn Hathai, star of stage and screen, you've most likely seen one of my many roles."

Lil: "Never heard of you."

Wow.. you can almost Hear her ego deflating

hathai: "ahem.. well. Yes i couldn't help but notice you sashay in, you practically radiate 'Tourist' and im feeling like a good Samaritan, perhaps i could show you the sights of the city? Do my good deed for the day whilst i break this dress in and enjoy the company of a lovely young lady?"

Well she seems.. forward, not that its a bad trait but your record on that front is zero to one so far..

You ponder whether to accept her offer, at the very least she could direct you to somewhere you can trade in your junk for money..
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No. 846731 ID: 2fe26a

This is the booty you seek. Go with the flow of booty.
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No. 846736 ID: 094652

You sure? It seems she's focused on maintaining her headlights and wouldn't care if her fender fell off...

But follow her for now, the media is composed of the world's largest hive-ass.
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No. 846771 ID: b9b4da

>>846736
I wouldn't mind being caught in those headlights.
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No. 846774 ID: 3ce125

>>846728
Tell her she has the right of it. You're new here and would certainly enjoy a guided tour.
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No. 846825 ID: ba506f

Sure might as well.

Ask her what kind of movies does she usually try to go for. If she ask why you haven't heard of her just tell her you travel around a lot and never really had time to sit down and catch a movie... also add catch a movie on your things to do list. Could be fun.
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No. 846848 ID: 33cbe7

If she's as famous an actress as she says, you've just gotten uncommonly lucky. Why don't you ask her to tell you about her roles between destinations? If she asks you where to go, say you'd like to go somewhere famous with your famous escort first, with lots of people.
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No. 846857 ID: 3abd97

>Wow.. you can almost Hear her ego deflating
Well I mean I am new in town, don't feel bad!

>You ponder whether to accept her offer
Go with her, it'll be interesting!

If everything absolutely crashes and burns you can always magic up a new disguise and start over.
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No. 846867 ID: 3ae3fd

"lovely young lady?"
This truth is a true statement that is true, obviously.
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No. 847000 ID: 2c8807

>>846728
Sure, see where this goes.
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>This truth is a true statement that is true

The sheer truth of that true statement temporally blinds you. Also the boobs. To be honest its mostly the boobs.

Lil: "I don't really have time to enjoy the theatres as I travel so much, im sure id be intimately familiar with your work otherwise. As for your offer id love too, nothing better then seeing the sights."

hathai claps her hands and smiles "Excellent! what sort of thing are you looking for first?"

You ponder for a moment the places the guide map marked as interesting, The parliament, The market district, The Sphere theatre and The royal museum.

Of course that's just what the map says, your sure the urges will be able to suggest a destination using the strange and esoteric power they have known as "making shit up".
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No. 847710 ID: b1b4f3

>>847687
Markets.
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No. 847735 ID: 33cbe7

Markets!
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No. 847771 ID: 3abd97

Markets seem a good place of initial sightseeing and getting the lay of the land. You'll see people in action, and what's available, and with a guide you're less likely to get swindled (unless she's in on it).

And hey, maybe you'll see something worth having, too.
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No. 847776 ID: ba506f

markets are where we'd go to trade your stuff in for cash right?
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No. 847785 ID: dfe8fe

Her house. Specifically her bedroom.
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>Her Bedroom
Patience, young one. You have all the time in the world to seduce your way in. Actually probably not that long.. how long do people live anyway?..

Hathai guides you along a maze of streets and alleys before arriving at the market district. From the look of it the Corvians simply stuck a ceiling on several streets to turn them into a vast, permanent open market. A practical yet elegant solution to the problems of the living worlds ever changing weather.

As you step in she directs you towards a booth set into the wall, describing it as a "Pawn shop" and advising you to sell the items you wish to here as the Icos manning the desk is a personal friend.

(it also doesn't hurt that as a species with very little need for money, Icos have a reputation for fair and honest business)

The stone man looks over your inventory and makes you a offer
250 for the 25x spiral glass shards
100 for the 10x golem scraps
550 for the 1x orchilium shard
1000 For the Nightmare Webbing

These prices Seem fair to you, but your unsure whether you could find a better offer else where, or even use them for your own purposes at a later date..

You decide to let the urges choose what to sell for you, while you wait for them to make a decision you look around the market, from what you can tell the layout gose a little like this.

The stalls closest to the people walking carry mostly small goods like fruit or trinkets, things you can afford to stop for a second and grab while tossing money to the clerk.

The booths lining the walls are set aside for transactions that take more time, Buying and selling of trades goods, restaurants and tailors, Runesmith shops and other such places.

The doors set between the booths lead upstairs to businesses that prefer not to have their goods shown on the street, brothels, drug sellers, weaponry dealers and other such things you don't want lying about where children could wander in.

You ponder where to go first, and how full your pockets will be when you get there..
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No. 849071 ID: 3ce125

>>849061
Sell the shards and scraps. The rarer materials seem like things we could hang onto and maybe craft something out of.
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No. 849078 ID: 91ee5f

>>849071
Agreed.
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No. 849079 ID: 33cbe7

These are all pretty rare, given that they came from an immaterial realm, no? Keep one of the Spiral Shards for appraisal but sell the rest along with the golem scraps. Do golems seem common in this world?
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No. 849091 ID: ba506f

ah, he has one of those little shark dog things

anyways sell scrap and shards for now.
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No. 849298 ID: 3abd97

>You have all the time in the world to seduce your way in. Actually probably not that long.. how long do people live anyway?..
Less than a century, usually.

>brothels
Well hopefully you're not going to be needing one of those as you've already found some company.

>>849071
Sounds good.
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No. 849326 ID: 3ae3fd

Well you could spend a lot of time trying to find out indirectly. You could risk not knowing and finding out that you ran out of time. Or you could take the direct approach and just ask how long you have in which to seduce her. That last one sounds simpler and how much harm could it cause?
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You hand over the spiral shards and golem scraps and wait as the Icos moves into the back of its store.

> Do golems seem common in this world?
Hmm good question, you dimly remember seeing a few the last time you where in the land of the living, but they where stone and simple looking, the one from the nightmare was all metal and glass.

> take the direct approach and just ask how long you have

You'll try to be subtle about it just in case.

Lil: "So are you a resident or just visiting like me?"

Hathai:"Oh im Lelystadian born and raised, I do travel from time to time but im concentrating on local roles for now"

Okay that wasn't as helpful as you thought, at least you know she wont be skipping town anytime soon.. probably..

The icos returns and hands you a small pile of items, one scrap of paper, two brownish metal pieces and ten small silver pieces. Apparently this is what they use for money here, trees and minerals.

You now have 350 Konner, roughly equivalent to a weeks wage. This is why adventuring is such a lucrative career.
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No. 850053 ID: b15da4

You have obtained the all-important social lubricant. You can go anywhere you want now: Starting with the theater.
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No. 850304 ID: 3d2d5f

>You now have 350 Konner, roughly equivalent to a weeks wage. This is why adventuring is such a lucrative career.
I dunno. Fighting nasty alien horrors in the realm of nightmares is a pretty chancy way to make a wage, and if you have to take a comparable risk every week to keep your head above water, that's rolling the dice pretty frequently.

Rewards don't seem sufficient for the risk, especially on a regular basis. Especially for mortal adventurers- you had options as a well prepared princess of the dead most people would lack.

Need better paying or less ridiculous missions.
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>social lubricant

lil: "Pfft!"

Hathai: "Whats so funny?"

Lil: "Nothing, just remembering a joke, hey why dont you show me your theater, we don't really do theater where im from, were more of a street artist kind of city so it would be nice to check one out"

Hathai leads you down yet more side streets and across several small parks into a much quieter part of the city, the buldings here are large and important looking but a little worse for ware.

After a while she stops in front of a long building and gestures dramatically.

Hathai: "May i present, The Sphere!"

Lil: "Wow, not gonna lie for a moment there i thought you where lying about.. well everything really"

Hathai: "Of course im lying! im a Actress! its my job to lie darling, even when im telling the truth."

She winks and heads into the building through the front door, pausing to hold it open for you.
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No. 851446 ID: ba506f

well let's go in! If nothing else this should be a neat story to tell folks back at home... hell thinking about it I wouldn't be surprised if something like this pops up back home in the next 100 years or so. I mean your home land does collect all the dead so I'm sure you'll probably pick up a few film stars and directors at some point who will probably even add more life to the land of the dead.
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No. 851459 ID: 33cbe7

Why do they call it the Sphere and not the Triangle(s)?
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No. 853517 ID: 008b25
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((Sorry for the quality drop ive been SO ill this last fortnight.))

> I wouldn't be surprised if something like this pops up back home in the next 100 years or so.

Hey that's a good point actually. a lot of this stuff must be Heckin new if you've never seen it back home.. although you have to admit that you do tend to be way, Waaaaaay behind the times in the land of the dead..

Not sure what these moving pictures are though, you doubt its as simple as people throwing images but you never know with these arty types..

>Why do they call it the Sphere and not the Triangle(s)?

Lil: "A bit pointy for a sphere isn't it?"

Hathai: "Hah, The original sphere was a circular building, but that burnt down about a hundreds years ago. Since then all theatres built here have been named the Sphere in its honour. Its a silly little tradition really, but the past is such a lovely country to visit."

Stepping into the foyer you find it rather more lavish then the outside of the building, with seemingly every surface covered in soft fabrics of calm, warm colours.

Hathai: "We normally don't let people in while were setting up, so this is a uncommon treat"

Everywhere people move quickly and quietly with the looks of those engaged in small but vital tasks, restocking various counters and booths.

Before you a Icos tries to retrieve its broom from a affectionate Skark with little success.
Behind It you see several doors and passage ways, some marked Theatre, others marked Screens and a few with no markings at all.
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No. 853524 ID: 91ee5f

>>853517
>Before you a Icos tries to retrieve its broom from a affectionate Skark with little success.
Maybe you can help the Icos out by petting the Skark so much that it'll want to play with you insead of the Icos' broom?

Also ask Hathai if the Skark is supposed to be in here, since this seems like a "no pets allowed" building?

After you handle the Skark, ask Hathai which one of these doors do we go through to see something that she is in? She said she's an actress, so you'd like to see one of her performances.
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No. 853526 ID: 6dec99

>>853517
See shark, pet shark.
Squee is optional.
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No. 853530 ID: 33cbe7

Tell her you want to see the little box the movies live in.
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No. 853554 ID: 3ae3fd

She likes the past? You know all about the past! You must have met some properly ancient people now and again, your parents alone... Maybe she knows stories about dragons!
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No. 853609 ID: 75d80b

...is your disguise failing? Maybe you should find a mirror.
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No. 853655 ID: 3abd97

>"We normally don't let people in while were setting up, so this is a uncommon treat"
She's trying to impress you! Or at least she wants you to think she's doing something a little special for you.

That bodes well, hopefully.

>>853526
Seems reasonable.
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No. 854304 ID: 3ae3fd

Consider caution around the skark. I hear that they like to collect and eat bones. Fresh bones, as I understand it, but there might be a history of very rarely misidentifying a meal? Just check that your skeleton is properly covered before handling the adorable little thing. Honesty is important in a relationship, and even a fling can be all the more intense for it, but this is not the time nor place to surprise Hathai with a bone!
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No. 855490 ID: 008b25
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>See shark, pet shark.
>Skark is supposed to be in here

Lil: "Im assuming this little ball of wonderful is a member of the team?"

Hathai: "Of course, little hans here is our lead actor, watch."

Icos: "He Broke My Broom.."

Hathai puts the adorable little thing onto the floor before pointing at it.

Hathai: "Bang!"

The Skark Flumph's to the floor, attempting to play dead but failing due to its sheer manic joy.

Lil: "The greatest actor of our age!"

Hathai: "A God among the stage!"

Icos: "..this is my broom, I brought it from home.."
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No. 855494 ID: 008b25
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>...is your disguise failing?

(Magic 7, roll 5)

Looking at your hand you see the colour faintly pulsing, to you its noticeable but faint, other inherently magical beings such as the urges will not doubt be able to see it much more easily, as it stands you think you have two or three hours before normal people start noticing.

Still, better to be safe then sorry.

>surprise Hathai with a bone!

gehehenow is not the time!

Lil: "So hey yes I need to..uh.. powder my face? where are the bathrooms?"

Hathai: "Hmm? oh yes there just over there"

Lil: "Thanks!" You say as you hurry over

Hathai: "Of course if you want to reapply the disguise you could always use the dressing rooms."

Lil: "uhhhhhh"

Hathai: "See everyone has a smell, usually several different scents layered on top of each other from food, work or basic hygiene. Sometimes the smell is very faint, but its there.

The only people ive ever meet to not smell of anything at all are the dead. And you dear smell of nothing at all. plus you have no ass, that was kind of a giveaway."
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No. 855496 ID: 33cbe7

Note to self: wear more perfume.
So, why's an old bag of bones like myself so interesting to you, Hathai?
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No. 855521 ID: ba506f

>plus you have no ass, that was kind of a giveaway.
I was wondering why you didn't say anything about that. I figured you were just to amused by my reaction that you failed to notice it.

Also now what?
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No. 855526 ID: 91ee5f

>>855494
"Pff what? Naw! I'm not dead!"

>you dear smell of nothing at all.
"I bathe a lot, so I'm very clean!"

>plus you have no ass, that was kind of a giveaway.
"I've been dieting and watching what I eat!"

When these and other excuses continue to fail, just let her take you to the dressing rooms and then beg her not to tell anyone!
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No. 855541 ID: 0a71c4

>>855494
Ask how often people are going to be able to tell. Will you get in much trouble? Or did you not need a disguise in the first place?
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No. 855568 ID: 3ae3fd

Well she is obviously familiar with disguises, so perhaps she could help you to reapply it?
Will you have to revert to your true form? You are naturally rather large, and the bathroom/dressingroom might be a bit cramped.
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No. 855617 ID: 3abd97

>>855494
>And you dear smell of nothing at all. plus you have no ass, that was kind of a giveaway.
MY ASS IS EXCELLENT I'LL HAVE YOU KNOW
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No. 855620 ID: 2990c9

"But bones are supposed to smell like milk."
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No. 855692 ID: 3ae3fd

If the disguise isn't working right now, then perhaps it is time to try something else. She also seems to have an appreciation for drama.
Take a moment to prepare, drop the glamour, rear up to a grand height, announce your full name, title, station, and glorious deeds, coil half-way around Hathai, take her hand, and tell her that you think she's pretty.
You have a young lady to impress, and you, are, Impressive!
But maybe don't mention your quest unless she asks. It is not a bad quest. Most quests are rather vulgar when viewed from another perspective, but it does just slightly clash with the whole "glorious lord of the dead and vanquisher of nightmares" thing that you would be focusing on with your introduction.
And it would be awkward to travel like that, so get the glamour back on before the "Sphere" opens its doors.
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No. 855739 ID: b26cba

>>855494
Bashful is probably the way to go here.
"Was it really that obvious?, please don't make a big deal out of it, it's my first time among the living and I'm enjoying the experience"
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No. 857298 ID: 008b25
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(((Still sick so quality is Butt))

>MY ASS IS EXCELLENT I'LL HAVE YOU KNOW

Lil: Ill have you know my ass is glorious and Imperial! im simply spending a year assless for dietary reasons.

Hathai: "Of course, i appologise for my hasty and unfeeling comments"

Icos: "..So were ignoring the broom situation?"

> Will you get in much trouble?

Lil: "Hypothetically speaking, if your slander is true, who will notice and how much trouble will i be in? Also why the interest if you don't mind me asking?"

Hathai: "Well you should be ok for a while, other then the butt situation there isnt much to actually go by. Magical people might spot it but since the only magic people i know of are the icos and they are legendary for not giving a fuck."

"Legally speaking im not sure, at first i thought you where a spy, but after a hour hanging out with you your either the worst spy in history or a tourist looking for the fleshy experience, im banking on the latter since. I think youll be fine as long as no guards see the illusion fade, they may jump to conclusions."

"As for me, well ill try anything once and if all comes to naught watching you bumble around pretending to be alive was sure to be a hoot!"

Lil: "Im both relived and insulted by this news..."
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No. 857312 ID: 33cbe7

It's like they say, you don't know how good you have it until it's gone. My advice is to enjoy it while you're still breathing.
Shall we go to the dressing rooms? I want to try on all the costumes.
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No. 857344 ID: 3ce125

>>857298
>ill try anything once
Is that so?
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No. 857361 ID: ad51b8

Grab the Icos' broom and use your Body manipulation rune to regrow the part that was bitten off, pet the adorable little land shark, tell the Icos that the little guy likes her(?) and is just trying to play. Then turn towards Hathai like nothing happened and ask if she'd be willing to show you towards the dressing rooms.
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No. 857378 ID: 3ae3fd

Wait. An Icos that cares is trouble? And one right there is apparently caring about a broom? Can you Earth-rune at it to fix it? Maybe implant some stone prongs? Or feed the wood into the bristles? Or cuddle the skark?

If trashy literature is to be believe then you, as a princess, might be abducted by a dragon at any moment, and thus might need a knight. Actually the deed is far more dire than I first thought! You are a dragon(Well, half-dragon, and undead with whatever that means for inherited traits.. but serpents and dragons are basically the same thing anyway...), and thus might abduct yourself at any moment! (And don't pretend that you aren't that sort of dragon. You were totally considering abducting someone in order to get to the world of the living...)
Hathai has the courage to confront a potential spy, an authoritative grace and bearing, has no doubt experienced many battles(well choreographed ones at that!), and as for shining armour... she has plenty of padding, and anything will shine after some oil and polish... She is just the knight you need on hand in case you abduct yourself and need to be defeated and rescued.
So whatever you set upon doing, try to get her to accompany you, at least for a little longer.

Oh, and your disguise failed while you were thinking about an oiled and polished Hathai. Better hurry to the dressing rooms.
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No. 857516 ID: 3abd97

Well so long as I'm not scaring anyone.

>>857344
Good line.

And I support fixing the broom too.
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No. 858554 ID: 008b25
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> ill try anything once
> try anything once
> ANYTHING ONCE
> nothing at all!

That is very important information and your glad you heard it, although you no longer know whether your colour is down to disguises or blushing...

> oiled and polished Hathai...

While that dose sound sexy in theory, you can say from experience that when wet fur is anything but sexy..
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No. 858557 ID: 008b25
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((part 1, part 2 too follow after quick redraw))

You head over to the icos and fiddle around with your runes for a bit, discovering that the body manipulation rune in conjunction with the earth rune can have some... interesting effects..

Fortunately you manage to return the broom to a more or less workable state before it can say anything creepy or prophetic and, taking the Skark from his perch, you let the icos go about his business in a slightly less annoyed mood.

Lil: "Well now that I know im not going to be immediately arrested or set on fire I would enjoy a tour of the dressing rooms, I have something of a weakness for costumes"

Hathai: "Oh hoho! Then you are in for a treat my magical friend! follow me!"

She leads you through one of the many semi hidden doors in the lobby and down a long wooden corridor lined with doors, you can faintly hear the sounds of people preparing various scenes, dance moves or speeches behind them and the smell of paint fills the air.

there's also another smell you cant quite place.. a musty, familiar smell..

Before you can place it Hathai stops before a door marked Costumes and prepares to throw it open
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No. 858597 ID: 3abd97

>Before you can place it Hathai stops before a door marked Costumes and prepares to throw it open
I get the feeling we're about to open the door on a bunch of naked or partially dressed actors.
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No. 859340 ID: 3ae3fd

With a professional actor on hand, perhaps it is time to review your disguise. Sure she would be a wealth of advice on the topic.
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No. 859387 ID: 008b25
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With suitable dramatic flourish Hathai throws open the door, nearly flooring a passing Dargennic lady who manages to scoot out of the way with practiced ease, you doubt this is the first dramatically flung door shes had to avoid.

The room before you is impressively large and filled to the brim with costumes and dresses of every conceivable type, from full cotton mascot suits to sparkly pieces of string that offend the decency police simply by existing and everything in between.

Several actors of several species are walking around being fitted into the suits they will need for the day.

Hathai: "Dramatic trumpet music! Behold the trove of treasure we call Wardrobe!"

Lil is so excited her response is audible only to bats.
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No. 859394 ID: 2fe26a

Try on that oversized princess gown on the right! Oh, and the skeleton costume next to it! Oh heck, just let Hathai surprise you!
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No. 859437 ID: 3ce125

>>859387
Haha, it's just like home!
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No. 859444 ID: ad51b8

wow, it almost looks like you steeped out onto one of the streets back home, just with a bit more light.
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No. 859490 ID: 5b93d3

>>859387
Slowly slide across the floor towards the costumes due to vibrating with excitement at an exceptionally high frequency.
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No. 859537 ID: 3abd97

>>859387
You love me! You really love me!
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1/2

You proceed to wear the costumes.

All of them.

Eventually your fun comes to a halt as you catch sight of your hand and realize your disguise faded some time ago.

Lil: "Well poop"

Hathai: "Yeah it wore off like half a hour ago, you where having so much fun i didn't want to spoil it. I must say as a Connoisseur of butts i have to say ive never seen one quite like yours, im assuming your from a extinct race?"
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2/2

Lil: "Kinda wish you'd told me, its hard to retain dignity when your standing naked half way out of a costume horse..."

Several Dead in the small crowd fall to their knees

Dead: "Your majesty!"

Hathai: "You what?"

Lil: "Yeah im kinda a big deal, princess of the land of the dead and such."
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No. 860920 ID: 830fb7

Well that’s our cover blown. Now for the enevitable telling of your father that you where here.
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No. 860933 ID: ad51b8

huh, kinda surprised their are other undead here? the way Hathai was talking about them earlier made it seem like they're not really well liked in these parts.

Also no, I don't think the undead costume was racist I think they were just trying to make it "kid friendly", the shark dog seemed to love having a bigger sister, and you look really damn good in the Aztec(?) costume and in a suit... and thinking about it might be a fun idea to have your next disguise have a suit if you ever feel like changing it up.
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No. 860934 ID: 094652

"Not that big of a deal. What are the odds that daddy will permacroak this century? And then there's the five actual designated heirs above me. One of them's from-"
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No. 860936 ID: e17697

>>860917
And please keep it quiet, I'm trying to be incognito and explore the living lands. It is a quest for nice butts!
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No. 860937 ID: 2fe26a

Play it cool, just reapply your disguise and if anyone asks, you were never here. It'd be nice if that worked... but your dad's anger at playing hooky will be totally worth it when you find your special some-butty to bring home!
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No. 860968 ID: 3ae3fd

Well the cat is out of the bag(or tail out of the butt) so you may as well give her the formal introduction. Who knows, it might be fun if you are giving it on your own terms... Besides, your title is very exotic, it really ought to impress.

There do seem to be rather a lot of dead people here. Does this place collect them? Or is it normal for there to be so many amongst the living... Perhaps there is a secret smuggling ring, sending and disguising tourists both ways using the "trading places" method of travel. Perhaps there was a hidden gold-mine of gluteus maximum back home, right under your nose. Perhaps you could make some subtle enquiries later? Along with assurances that they aren't in trouble...

Alternatively, they might be agents of your father. You probably don't want to say too much of your quests and plans until you have a better grasp of the situation...
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No. 860969 ID: 3ae3fd

>Well poop
Are the dead so short of exclamations that they need to make metabolic references?
>a Connoisseur of butts
Well it is official. Hathai would be the perfect knight to escort this princess upon her noble quest to learn of the fate of her mother, and various other ends... Too bad that she has all this famous actress stuff tying her down.
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No. 861002 ID: 3ce125

>>860917
Okay, time to properly introduce yourself. Daughter of the king of the dead and the last true dragon.
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No. 861041 ID: 3abd97

>its hard to retain dignity when your standing naked half way out of a costume horse
Well maybe you should have done less standing around naked, then! Or used a changing room, or some convenient folding screens, etc.

>Dead: "Your majesty!"
Hey loyal deadites I would appreciate it if you could keep this on the DL, thanks a bunch!
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No. 861046 ID: 33cbe7

Aren't they not supposed to be here either? Let's just all forget we saw each other, okay?
I don't know how much time passed in the nightmare, but it looks like you have to apply this disguise daily from now on.
Hey Hathai, you know how I said they don't have anything like this in the land of the dead? How would you like to be the one to bring it to them?
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No. 862302 ID: 008b25
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1/2

> they might be agents of your father

Hmm, good point actually. Your father is basically omnipotent back home but you don't know how far that extends. Its possible he could read their thoughts or something? you'll have to check up on that...

> the five actual designated heirs above me.

You never thought about that, but your mother may have had other children! you may have a brother or sister out there somewhere, hopefully there cool with a big snakey dead sister..

>you look really damn good in the Aztec(?) costume and in a suit

Not sure what the costume is for, its some sort of festival wear but the only festival it would be suitable for is one celebrating Butts and Boobs... Which you are 100 percent in favor of. The suit did look damn good didn't it, you'll have to have your tailor run a few up when you get back, maybe start a fashion trend!
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2/2

>Aren't they not supposed to be here either?

Lil: "Hey, i thought the dead where not liked here or some thing?"

Hathai: "Ech, its complicated. The ones that stay end up rich what with not having to buy food and stuff, so some people tend to hold that against them. They also tend to stick to the same neighbor hoods, so sometimes it can look like there flooding the area, tends to piss off the sort of people who are looking for reasons to be angry honestly."

You start pulling on some clothes while you talk

Lil: "Huh, interesting. Oh hey before i forget, please don't tell my father im here, im kinda sneaking out for a party here. Also tell him the titan of lust got stabbed by a swirly thing and exploded into like a thousand smoking hot ladies."

Dead: "...What?.."

Lil: "Any way some formal introductions are in order i think. I am Liik'il hat'uts kuxa'an kan baak, Princess of the land of the dead, Child of the concept of death and the last true dragon. Call me lil."

Hathai's ears perk up as she stares at you

Hathai: "Your a child of.. That explains.. Ok, you need to come with me. Theres someone you need to meet. I mean, please come with me your majesty? sorry im not that up too date on protocol or anything like that.."
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No. 862317 ID: 3abd97

>sorry im not that up too date on protocol or anything like that.."
Pssssssh you think if I cared about protocol I'd be trying to sneak around incognito. I'm just apparently terrible at it.

>Ok, you need to come with me. Theres someone you need to meet.
Are they as cool as this dressing room?

Don't forget to reapply your disguise before leaving.
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No. 862337 ID: ad51b8

sorry im not that up too date on protocol or anything like that.."
just talk to me like you were before, if you haven't guessed by now I'm really not all that big on formalities. Combination of having a pretty laid back father and it getting really freaking old after trying for a few centuries. I mean I can see some people living like that for all their lives but their is no way in hell I can believe that someone can exist with having a stick up their ass till the end of days.

Oh and don't forget to put you disguise back on before you leave... don't want to piss off some bigots if we can avoid them or have every undead drop what they're doing to swarm and bow to you. If you wanted that you'd have stayed back home.
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No. 862376 ID: 3ae3fd

Tell Hathai that you would love to follow her, for the view information view.
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No. 862413 ID: 33cbe7

Protocol in the land of the dead is anything but 'up to date', Hathai. Just Lil is fine.
Reapply disguise and follow the sound of her hips.
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1/2
(Magic roll: 6)

You quickly reapply the illusion, however this time you rather half ass it, resulting in you appearing as a pure white Chesen female

Lil: "Hmmm not what i was aiming for"

Hathai: "Eh it'll be fine, were only going next door anyway"

> follow her, for the view.

As you follow Hathai, your struck by the simple wisdom of the beings that guide you, truly they know where to behold beauty. Behold! Beauty Booty. Hah!

She leads you outside and across to a smaller building, much plainer then the Theater but just as old looking.
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No. 863294 ID: 008b25
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Hathai: "This is our costume and prop warehouse, we keep em outside in case of fire, plus we get the odd collector turning up looking to buy the occasional piece, so its easier to stick them here.

She pauses and smiles at you

"Not exactly the ritzy glamour i promised, but i think you'll get a kick out of this."

She pushes open the door, revealing a rather murky space filled with boxes and sheets. The strange musty smell you sensed earlier wafts out in full force, what ever is making that oddly familiar scent must be waiting for you in the dark..
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No. 863295 ID: 2fe26a

Don't tell me Strife is a patron of the fine arts?!
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No. 863318 ID: 3ae3fd

Not to be paranoid, Hathai certainly seems nice but... walking into a dark room with only one access point? Try leaving a hand in the door, ostensibly to steady yourself in a dark place, but if it means that the door can't easily be locked behind you then so much the better...
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No. 863326 ID: 3ce125

>>863294
Tell her you smell something in here.
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No. 863332 ID: 094652

Warn her not to betray you; now that the undead know who you are, they've got your trace and are distributing the frequency to all the other local undead like gossiping fishwives. If that trace were to, say, go silent or increase in amplitude from stress, every undead aristocrat in the city will hire a @#$%ing mercenary army just to make sure you're safe.
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No. 863343 ID: deec6e

>>863294

Go on in. Hathai's been nothing but pleasant so far and I doubt we need to curse her sudden and inevitable betrayal so soon. Or possibly at all, depending on what her motives really are.

That said, there's no illusion or magics surrounding or inside this place, is there?
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No. 863383 ID: 3abd97

I thought there was someone I'm supposed to meet? Do they hide out with the old props?

>>863294
"I've suddenly got some kind of vestigial survival instinct telling me that being led alone into a suspicious warehouse immediately after telling someone I'm a princess is a bad idea for some reason."
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No. 863384 ID: 33cbe7

Can I get some more hints as to what the surprise is?
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No. 863411 ID: 3ae3fd

>>863383
I like this, it is honest and let's the paranoia out without being explicitly insulting. Does leave Lil open to being talked into walking into a prison, but Hathai has been nothing but decent so far, even if she did augment her body specifically to attract and identify the dead and found ways of binding them eternally to her service. Not that there is a shortage of innocent explanations for her extreme figure and the high density of dead coworkers. And it isn't as though the last pretty lady friend you had was some sort of disguised monster seeking to control mortal minds.
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No. 863651 ID: 90124d

Kidnapping Dragon Princesses? That's new. I thought it was always the dragons kidnapping the princesses.
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>Don't tell me Strife is a patron of the fine arts?!

Strife: No dears, im currently in the local parliament trying to give people uncomfortable thoughts about livestock, bit of a uphill climb truth be told their all surprisingly well adjusted for politicians. Toodles!

Well thats..good?

>Tell her you smell something in here.

You open your mouth to speak when your struck by the realization of exactly where you've smelt this before, it was back home, specifically the museum that houses your.. egg.. shell.. it cant be?

You quickly bury your growing fluster and make idle conversation as Hathai leads you deeper into the building.

Lil: "If your going to kidnap me i must remind you im half dragon. Wait dose that mean I should be kidnapping you? or myself?"

Hathai: "Ahh the age old problem of who to kidnap, the princess dragon or the dragon princess! Don't worry anyway, if i was trying to snatch you away id be doing it in a much more stylish manor then leading you into a warehouse."

She heads towards a doorway, light and faint musical humming pours out with a feeling of warmth. The smell is coming from just inside..

Hathai: "I simply thought that what with your parentage you two ought to meet"
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No. 865819 ID: 008b25
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2/2

Hathai: "Hi daddy!"

Hathai's dad: "Oh hello kitten, what do i owe the pleasure?"

Holy shit you think he might be your brother..
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No. 865829 ID: 2fe26a

Does that mean you can't hit on Hathai anymore? Drat!
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No. 865843 ID: be0b68

>>865819
the only course of action is to launch into wave of introductions and questions stumbling over each other.
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No. 865850 ID: b1b4f3

>>865819
BRUH
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No. 865881 ID: 074011

Ouch, you have two quests, and they are contradicting one another.
1: You seek the flesh of the living! but this would be super-awkward if you and Hathai are closely related. I don't know how that sort of thing is in the land of the dead, but in the land of the living people tend to be opposed to that. Hathai has soome of the finest flesh you have encountered and maybe you would be happier not knowing...
2: You seek the tale of your mother! If he is your brother then he must know something about her. Old lairs? People she used to know? She may have mentioned a dead daughter? Maybe she sends him regular letters with a return address!

I think that you have to pursue your mother here. There is lots of flesh in the world, but very few leads on your mother. Try not to cry if Hathai reacts badly to your being related, it might be bad for your disguise. Or maybe you should just drop the disguise completely, he might doubt your identity and your horn is very distinctive.
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No. 865903 ID: ad51b8

uhhh, should we show him our true form or hold off on that for now?
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No. 865905 ID: 3abd97

>Holy shit you think he might be your brother..
So you've been flirting with your maybe-niece. Well, maybe-half-brother, so maybe-half-niece. Are half-nieces things?

Oh well it's not like incest is a problem for the dead.

>Hathai: "Hi daddy!"
"Wow I didn't expect to reach the being introduced to parents stage in less than a day."
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>the only course of action is to launch into wave of introducions
> BRUH!
> uhhh, should we show him our true form or hold off on that for now?

All caution is thrown to the wind as you lunge forward, embracing your potential relative in your bony grip as your fragile illusion fades like mist

Lil: "EEEEEE Bro! This is awesome!"

Hathai's Dad: "Well she's.. friendly? you do find the strangest women dear."

Hathai: "Well she's somewhat excited, you see she says she's the daughter of the true dragon, since theres only been one true dragon that's had any intrest in making babies I thought it best to introduce you two. After all its not every day you get to reunite sib.lings.. no..Nooooo!"

Hathai falls to her knees dramatically, a cry of thwarted libido echoing through the warehouse

Hathai: "Shes my aunt! I was flirting... with my aunt.. cruel fate.. how you toy with me.."

Hdad: "Stop being so melodramatic."

Hathai: "Melodrama is a underappreciated art form and I will not be held back from furthering its reach!"
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No. 868886 ID: 33cbe7

"Well it was pretty cute to watch you try, Hathai. Or should I say, niece."
You have so much to catch up with on your brother! I suppose where he's been and how come you've never heard of him is a good place to start.
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No. 868897 ID: 3d2d5f

>"Shes my aunt! I was flirting... with my aunt.. cruel fate.. how you toy with me.."
Why, is that a problem or something?
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No. 868992 ID: 094652

>Incest
Honestly, the 5,000-year age difference would be an exponentially larger problem. And both problems multiplied are still not enough for an undead to care about who they @#$%, so long as they GET to @#$% what with their reproductive organs being naturally neutered.

Besides, isn't Hathai adopted? More to the point, how can a half-dragon remain undetected, even if they seclude themselves in a warehouse? Your magic signatures are faint but unique.
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No. 869000 ID: 074011

If Incest is something that you know about, join her in the melodrama. That was your best flirting that has just come to nothing.

If, for some reason, someone who has apparently never been alive doesn't know about incest naturally, and nobody ever taught a princess about taboo living issues, then ask what the issue is.

Also mention the age difference, either to further the melodrama or to enquire after your mother's activities since it is one of the few dates that you can confirm.

Regardless of anything else, Hathai seems to have permanently stopped flirting: Deploy lamentation!
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No. 869068 ID: 3abd97

Look you're dead like it matters.

Also you're royalty, it matters even less. Cousins, half-nieces, big deal.
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(((Sorry for delay, life stuff, lets get this train wreck rolling!)))


>Why, is that a problem or something? >Incest
>Honestly, the 5,000-year age difference would be an exponentially larger problem.

Weeeelll, its not really whether its a problem for me, im a giant dead snake cat thing im not choosy, its whether its a problem for her. Which it is from the look of it.

>Deploy lamentation!

Don't mind if I do!

Lil: "Curse you fate! Depriving my poor niece of skeleton booty!!"

Lil: "Actually I think your like my Great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-neice or something like that, I mean the age difference alone is like 6000 years.."

Hathai: "Your not helping!"

A few minuets later your sitting around the table of a small kitchenette in the back, Hathai is making tea for the both of you while you chat with her father.

Lil: "So, tell me about yourself? are we related like what I think? I kinda assumed cause of the last true dragon thing.."

Apinya: "Well first off my name is Apinya, nice to meet you miss?"

Lil: "Liik'il hat'uts kuxa'an kan baak. Call me Lil for short"

Apinya: "..yes well, the term Last true dragon is something of a misnomer, each true dragon is so different from the others they are the first and last of their kind, even their children are changed beyond recognition from their parents, a true dragon of fire mates with a dragon of rock and births dragons of flesh, mathematics and pencil lines."

Lil: "that sounds confusing"

Apinya: "It is indeed, plus it makes the race strangely stagnant, cant move forward when the past is always changing. that's what our mother has been trying to change, breeding with mortals to mix a little of our stability with the chaos of the true dragons, least that's what she told me."

Lil: "You've met her? is she here?"

Apinya: "Oh yes, she's in the parliament building I think, but she stopped coming here many years ago, she tried her best to be a mother to me, but staying in one place is just not in her nature and eventually she left, leaping into the sky like a star."

Lil: "Did she ever talk about me at all?"

Apinya: "She did mention other children, nothing specific i'm afraid"

Lil: "oh..right.."

>how can a half-dragon remain undetected

Lil: "oh yes, how have you managed to remain here undetected? surely youd attract attention what with the whole magicky business?

Apinya smiles as he sips his tea, Hathai sitting down next him as she offers you a cup.

Apinya: "I've had some small trouble occasionally, but one painter is hardly worth the attention when there are whole nations to hate and fear, a sad fact of mortal life is that small miracles get lost in the grey normality."

Hathai: "That and everyone thinks he's just a product of a Dargenic with the old Feline Fever!"

She laughs at this, her father giving her a sideways glance over his tea.

Apinya: "The people here have odd views on such interbreeding, but not unkind ones."

You lean back on your tail ( a chair was offered but your body is a carpenters nightmare) and ponder the conversation so far, your strangley happy and sad at once to hear that your mother most likely did want to stay and see you hatched, but her wanderlust won out in the end... least your assuming that's what happened.
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No. 875687 ID: 4ba5d9

So what would be the next step of this half mortal true dragon race mother was planing? Hathai don't seem to inherent any visible traits. Was she planing to for her children to breed with their half siblings? Did she ever pushed Apinya toward one of his sisters?
Is Lil part of this plan? As daughter of the god of death, having already been born undead, the most unbelievable part of her origin is the half we are familiar with. How would she produce a race? Was that what Nightmare meat by failure?
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No. 875689 ID: 5f3f48

>its whether its a problem for her. Which it is from the look of it.
First there was the dream illusion and sorta betrayal, now there's upset over barely incest. You're missing two for two! Who'd have thought it was this hard to get a girl.

Clearly this is a sign you should sleep with someone before getting to know her, this is where the problems keep coming up.
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No. 875703 ID: b1b4f3

>>875680
She's here? Wait, didn't Nightmare tell you she was somewhere else? Maybe she's on vacation...? Anyway it almost seems like you wasted that question on Nightmare.
Also that's weird why did your mother breed with your father if she was trying to introduce stability via breeding with mortals? Your father isn't exactly mortal.
...is this a different Dragon? What do you know about your mother? What was she the Dragon of? Compare info with Apinya.
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No. 875711 ID: 074011

Death is rather static, it ought to result in about as much stability as you can get... and Lil promptly had a fascination with flesh and ran away from home... so failure... or maybe he was just a fling?

But, like, he has an actual location for her? Can we visit her right now? Apinya could introduce us! And surely she would want to meet a grandchild...
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No. 875725 ID: ad51b8

ask about some of those other siblings he mentioned. I mean we are just kinda wondering around aimlessly so if we could learn where your siblings are it might make a fun road trip to try and see as many as we can. It will make a fun little side quest in your quest for booty.

As for now ask him about himself, like how old is he, and what is his life like. Give him some stories about how the lands of the undead are.
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No. 875728 ID: 094652

I can't think of any entity more "stable" than the dead... but even the dead rot. Your were-dragon form seemed more of a representation of decay than your regular form.

In theory, a Dragon of Perpetual Decay would be a balance between the growth of life and the diminishing of death, but such things fall into pure speculation at this point.

But on to more pressing matters! What's the half-Dargenic / undead dating pool like?
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No. 875799 ID: 074011

Oh, I fogrot about were-dragon! It looks awesome, it would be sure to impress Hathai... What are we supposed to do with ourselves if we aren't trying to impress Hathai...

On the topic of being related, it is interesting to note that third-generation dragons aren't horned. Does Hathai have any tells that might let us identify others?
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