The Wizard of Logic Tower Thread 2 (CYOA)

>>30411978
anonponer THE WIZZ! SWISHHHHH THE WIZZ!

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>>30411978

Lockepicke glances at the scene before her again. Lucian insists that they are allowed forward, and Face on the Wall attempts poorly to argue that his master is a good person.

Hauberk for his part, just stands by and watches the thing, leaning against the wall and waiting for it to end.

The mare isn't sure what to do in this situation. She supposes she could go up and speak to them, but wonders what she would say. She wonders if she could argue her way out of it, or perhaps even convince them that they are allies in this end endeavour.

Lockepicke frowns slightly and reaches for her crossbow, fiddling with the handle why she thinks. She could attack them, but she isn't sure of her odds. She is a pretty good shot, but no dead eye, and that armored pony is pretty well covered.

Also, she isn't sure what sort of weapons the older stallion has. It could be that she uses her shot to take out Hauberk and then gets shot in return by his partner.

Hmm... Perhaps she should just take what she has now and scamper?

What does Lockepicke do?

>>30411978
We are puzzles now. WITNESS ME!

>>30412042
Let's cut our loses and head back to town. We might be able to come back later. Don't take the chest of gold above the stairs in case we get the chance to come back.

>>30412042
We're no murderer. Just continue to observe the situation and try to pick up details about what is going on.

>>30412042
Lets come back later.
Who knows. Maybe we'll get to pick their corpses. If not then we could pick at what might be left if they clear the place.

>>30412042
Head to town.

>>30412100
So we can peddle out loot for dank shit.

We've acquired a small fortune, huh guys. What say we buy some fine food and wine?

>>30412042
Aside from loot from the tower do we have anything the order would object to?

I don't want to make ourselves known unless they are going to do something stupid like force the door. Wizard likes his explosions.

>>30412042
how about we hang back for a few minuets. far enough to avoid being seen.

>>30412042
>She supposes she could go up and speak to them, but wonders what she would say.
Why bother, they are not your problem.

>and that armored pony is pretty well covered.
Yeah right, kill the tank first no problem in their, we are just gonna lose all day only to make half of his life go down.

Just find another route, if there is no other route just make one "break the wall" "climb a wall" just a little Exemples.

>>30412042
find a way to get ahead and around them.

ump

>>30412042
Let's just wait and see what happens.

>>30414766

>>30412042
back away and see if there's a way around them.

If there is other valuable stuff they might seize or destroy it.

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Lockepicke decides to wait and get around them if she can. After a few minutes the arguments start to fade, and she hears the tromping of hooves coming down the stairs.

Lockepicke dashes to stay out of sight on the spiral staircase and dives back into the fluffy mass of plushies at the bottom.

"-Order first. I'll get some spellbreakers in here and then we'll see the end of this." Lucian says, stamping angrily along.

"Right, so how long is that going to take?" Hauberk says, taking long strides to keep up with the incensed older stallion.

"Not long. A day or two at most."

"That can't be right. There isn't another town within a days reach of here. Where could they possibly be coming from?" Hauberk responds.

"The Order takes the threat of demon incursion very seriously." Lucian says, not really answering the younger stallions question.

After they pass Lockepicke walks back up the stairs. Face on the Wall looks concerned as they match eyes, but when he realizes who it is he smiles.

"Oh! There you are. Did you get lost along the way? You missed the other two." Face on the Wall says, and then frowning says, "Or, perhaps it's a better thing that you didn't see them. They weren't very nice people."

What does Lockepicke do?

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>>30417708
> Face on the Wall
WHAT?

Anyway boop the thing.

>>30417708
Whatever it is, this doesn't concern you so you better stay out of the face's problems. Now that you have a time limit you have to get going faster throught these puzzles. Let's go on ahead faster, more efficiently.

>>30417708
If they went back down we press on up, post fucking haste

Tell Face we need to go on up

>>30417708
Ask Face what it plans on doing if they come back?

>>30417708
What's the puzzle now bro?

>>30417708
As Face on the Wall about the room that was filled with stuffed animals. Are they magic? Any loot?

>>30417708
We should ask what happened before we move on.

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Lockepicke asks what happened, why they left and such.

"Because I have to protect master from them!" Face on the Wall says sticking out his lip, "Master has talked about the Order of the Arrow before. He said they might try to take him away."

Lockepicke says that it's important she be allowed up the tower then, since she can find him and maybe even help.

"Yeah, yeah! Let's get going!" Face on the Wall says enthusiastically.

As he opens the door the mare asks if the stuffed animals downstairs are magical.

"Yeah, and pretty deadly too! Gotta be careful around them." Face on the Wall says.

Lockepicke makes sure to take note of that.

This room is small, containing only the door she came through, a door about five feet in front of her, and a pedestal off to the side with some expensive looking items placed atop it.

"Inside this room are five items." Face on the Wall's voice booms from the other side of the door she just went through. Talking as if he were reading from a script he says, "To face the peril in the next room you must take one and only one of these items with you into the next room."

On the pedestal Lockepicke sees a bomb, scissors, an hourglass, a sword, and a knight.

"And how am I supposed to know which one to take? Just guess?" Lockepicke says annoyed.

"You get one hint, and here it is." Face on the Wall says.

He then clears his non-existent throat and says, "Silence is golden. Three is the magic number."

What does Lockepicke do?

>>30418541
Ask if anything happens if we try to take more than one. It's pretty obvious, but we might as well be sure.

>>30418541
The knight cause it contains 3 silent letters.

>>30418541
Tell face that those two might come back. We heard mention something called a spell breaker.

>>30418541
I would say the hour glass as that with silence and a number makes me think the solution might be to do nothing or at least be quiet for three turns of the glass.

>>30418541
Does that mean I can take a single item, and come back here to exchange it with another?

>>30418616
Not quite. If you look at each of these objects, they all have silent letters.
Bomb - second b
Scissors - c
hourglass - h
Sword - w
knight - kgh
Knight is the only one with 3 silent letters, the "magic number"

>>30418541
Back your ass into Face on a Wall's face. Make him eat you out.

>>30418541
So Face on a Wall. Can I call you Face instead? Your whole name is a mouthful.

Anyways now that you know those guys mean your master harm, will you let them go through the puzzles again, or will you bare them from entering?

>>30418670
Ew no.

>>30418541
Huh, that knight looks like a chess piece. Since that does look like it's going to be the answer, it seems we're going to playing chess soon.

>>30418667
Aural puzzle in text, DISAPPOINTED.

Yeah that works if you force American phonetic and fic is in America.

>>30418936
It's actually a puzzle from the Professor Layton series

>>30418667
The knight is three spaces away from the king in a chess board

>>30418670
Fuck off Emerald. Sick fucks not allowed.

>>30418541
The sword, scissors and bomb are all noisy, so they're out.

Knights move in threes, however, the hourglass can also be used to count out three. Leaning toward one or the other, but I'm going to go with the hourglass.

>>30419301
Only one the knights, though.

>>30418936
Not to mention it's a bit odd because if you went with the idea that it's knight and the k is silent, it still leaves the gh being silent and you don't pronounce it "nit", like nit pick. Wow, this makes me realise how dumb and fickle the English language is sometimes.

But following the "rules" of silent letters, it all checks out. This made me go look up some things and I ended up brushing up on some things I kinda forgot about, so that's neat.

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Lockepicke takes the knight chess piece and opens the next door. It's far heavier than it looks, but it weighs all the same once it is placed in her saddlebag of holding.

The room is completely dark, causing the mare to pause for a second. Seeing no other way forward, she sighs and continues forward. As soon as the door closes several bright torches light up, revealing a chessboard carved into a giant stone slab in the middle of the room. There are also several suits of stone armor set against the wall, two of which are blocking the door forward with their heavy granite weapons.

Walking up to the board she sees all pieces are in their starting spots, save for one. She lifts the knight piece she took out of the previous room from her bag, and places it in it's position.

Lockepicke jumps back as the whole stone slab starts to slide into the floor, disappearing out of sight. The mare jumps a second time as the sound of grinding stone comes again, and whipping around she sees that the stone statues have moved their weapons from the door.

Lockepicke continues forward, revealing a room full of giant clay pots set in rows. In this room is also some sort of control panel for a crane. In the back of this room another door. Opening it reveals another staircase going up.

Looking around, the mare sees no Face on the Wall panel. Is this not a puzzle? Maybe she should just continue on.

What does Lockepicke do?

>>30419415
Same, i had to look it up. It strikes me as really stupid that we still call them silent letters when they change the sound of a neighbouring letter.

>>30419495
What self-respecting rogue would leave a giant container uninvestigated? Let's open one.

...Is what I would say if we weren't on a time constraint. Survival instinct should always be top of a good thief's list. Keep going, hurry.

>>30419495
Check the pot careful not to spill.

>>30419495
What's in those pots? Can we tell if there's liquid inside? It could be some sort of alchemy.

>>30419495
Oh no, those pots look familiar. I hope that's just a coincidence,
or we got a necromancer on our hands. Does anyone else think those look like pots that Ol' Cloaky had?

I say we leave it alone for now and head up the stairs. We can come back to it later if it turns out the old man did croak.

>>30419495
What's in those pots? Check them out

>>30419495
If we have to check out what's in the pots, at least use the crane to take the lids off.

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>>30419805
I'd love to know why you all think it's a good idea to waste time looking in these pots when we need to hurry.

>>30420048
I don't think it is.

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>>30419190
I was hoping you'd say that! Now I can give us some comfy thread music! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AVcNPWhdrRw

>>30420048
Considering it's not a puzzle we need to do, I agree.

>>30419495
All in all I want to open one if there is any way to see inside just in case it is relevant in the future but I share the concerns about time and danger if those pots are for necromancery.

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>>30419495

Didn't those two Order guys say it would take a day for them to come back with the spell breaker? I think we have a little time to check.

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>>30420048
>>30420146

Lockepicke has to admit to being very curious about the pots, but she doesn't have time to check. Instead she continues on up the stairs.

On the top of the stairs is no door, but a clock. It appears to be broken, or at the very least non-functioning. Besides this is one of Face on the Wall's placards.

"can you divide the watch face with two straight lines so that the sum of the numbers in each part are equal." he says with a smile.

"...Am I near your Master's room yet?" Lockepicke says with a sigh.

"Nearly! Anyway, the puzzle."

What does Lockepicke do?

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>>30420601
This one confuses me.
>>30420795
Oh looks like anon already came up with a solution.

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>>30420795
Added some lines to show how I got the answers, a little better.

>>30420601
wait we aren't checking the pots? sigh... maybe once we are done with the room.

>>30420795
>>30420822

(You have to divide the clock, not just draw two straight lines in it.)

>>30420965
You're gonna have to clarify what you mean by "dividing it" then.

>>30421009

(Each line should start from one edge of the clock face and go to the other.)

>>30421216
Meant to respond to >>30420601

>>30421216
i knew it is "two straight lines" "two" not one line.
nice 26

>>30421280
I started off with two lines that ended up crossing but that wasn't working. So I divided 78 by 3 and went from there to find the answer.

>>30421299
lol
I made different i knew that 1 line has 2 points so 2 lines is 4 points than i dived 12 for 4 and the result was 3 then i make the sum of all numbers 78 and dived by 3
but i was to laze to draw

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>>30421216

(Nicely done!)

Lockpicke notes where the lines should go, and Face on the Wall smiles and nods.

"Good! Go on ahead. Master's study is up ahead. Be sure to check there carefully! He spends a lot of time there." The enchantment says as she hurries through the next door.

Oh she certainly will search his study well. This is gotta be where he keeps all the good stuff! The mare almost salivates at the thought of what treasures could wait there.

Along the hall she sees a room off to the side and turns to enter it. She almost instantly darts out of the doorway.

The room is not unlike the other rooms, except it seems quite a bit messier. There are piles of books everywhere. It appears that Face on the Wall's master was also doing some alchemy, as there is a table full of recently used vials and beakers, however all these things aren't what made the mare jump back.

In the middle of the room on an upraised dais someone has drawn what Lockepicke can tell even without any knowledge on the subject is some sort of demon circle. Standing near it levitating a red paintbrush is a unicorn mare.

She looks... Odd though. Her horn is unlike any horn she has seen on a unicorn. It curves halfway through and ends in a wicked point. In addition, the unicorn seems to have pointed teeth, or at the very least fangs.

She's dressed in a spiked mantle and wearing some sort of skull embossed amulet. Lockepicke doesn't wish to hazard a guess, but the mantle appears to be made of some sort of... Skin.

What does Lockepicke do?

>>30421931
Mucho creepy, maybe we oughta head on further and see what loot we can find. Whatever she's doing, I get the feeling we don't wanna be here when she's done. Let's see what loot we can scarper up and not waste our time with her.

>>30421931
Watch her a bit then head further in. And when we see the face in the wall again, ask them how they didn't know she was here.

Oh man, I really wanna poke Joy to see why she's here, but who knows what she'd do to Lockpick here. I want to know for meta reasons what she's doing here,(besides the demon stuff and all).

>>30422011
that's not our Joy, guarantee it

>>30422031
I get the feeling it is. Joy did have a time where she messed around with darker things, like necromancy for instance. So it wouldn't surprise me if she dabbled with some demon stuff. Stuff that physically changed her from it's influence. There is a chance it isn't her, but I have no reason to think otherwise at the moment.

>>30422045
the fangs, the horn, no that's from someone who's delved deeper into demonology than our Joy

>>30422059
But how do you know that Joy hasn't gone that far at some point? If anyone could figure out a way to rid herself of any demon presence she didn't want anymore, it'd be Joy.

>>30421931
.....well shit guys looks like we're from another dimension and this is an evil joyride. But what kind? Is it sex joyride from the past?
Get the fuck out that hallway, quietly and back track to the cozy first room that's part kitchen and cozy.....and grab that bag of gold that you left above that door frame.
Pour yourself a glass.
Ask Face on a Wall if his master is not that old stallion with the beehive hat, but actually a demonic mare.
If his master is intact, not said mare, then there might be some trouble.

>>30422105
We can grab that gold on the way out. Really no sense in going back my guy

>>30422080
Maybe it is maybe it isn't.
Maybe this is an entirely different dimension.
Maybe this is the past.
Or it could be the future.
Only way to be certain is to delve deeper and find the missing pieces.
For now, she is simply Joyride....

>>30421931
And I don't want to be here longer then we have to. Assuming from her occupation as a Graverobber, Lockpicke would avoid detection then confront people.
We must tread with caution.
I see several choices. We can can sneak past the entrance and continue down the hall in hope if finding more valuable and hopefully the shortcut back down.
We leave now and avoid this demonic mare.
We return to town and look for those Order ponies.

>>30422151
And what if she catches Lockepicke? She's got demon powers.

>>30421931
(Lockepicke feels strangely compelled to ask this creature about a "lil' perv".)

>>30421931
How about we skeddadle the fuck outta there

>>30421931
I think we should probably get out of here, but before that can we watch her for a moment?

>>30421931
get our weapon ready and try to sneak around her.

>>30421931
holy shit it's evil joyride and that means she likes the kinky shit

>>30421931
If this mare confronts us. Say something about the order forcing their way in.

>>30423310
Y'know perhaps it's entirely possible that we warn her of The Order coming up here, and turn their attentions to each other, thus giving us time to pillage and loot

>>30423432
Still we should only bother warning her about The Order if she notices us first. First rule of witches is the same as child clowns. You don't touch them, you let them touch you.

>>30421931
skin?

oh boy stay out of sight of the mare. Can we tell if she's armed with anything other than that paintbrush? is that blood or red paint? get that crossbow ready just in case.

>>30421931
Let's try and avoid detection. If we get caught then we tell her about the order in exchange for her not killing us or anything.

boop

>>30425155
scrunch

>>30421931
Sneak around the mare.

>>30421931
Don't fuck with demons though if you get the chance your should fuck a demon.

>>30427684
Fuck off Emerald. Sick fucks not allowed. Lockepicke is pure.

>>30427713
Eat a dick teal. One joke and you start reeeeee'ing in your Mother's basement.

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>>30427769
>he doesn't recognize the jovial nature of a post and so gets angry and defensive

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>>30428648
>confront mysterious mare and get murdered by Joyride
muh fetish

>>30428648
Damn people are stupid

>>30428831
She might not murder her... Maybe she'd play with her a bit and then turn her into a succubus or something.

>>30428854
go write an angry entry in your diary about it faggot

>>30428648
We should open with

"Hey, there's some people downstairs looking for you."

the enemy of my enemy and all that

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>>30428648

Lockepicke readies a bolt in her crossbow and unlatches the shovel on her side. She isn't exactly the best in a fair fight, but this mare doesn't look too much stronger than she is. This mystery mare is obviously a wizard, and the treasure hunter knows if you are close enough you can knock a wizard out before they can cast any spells.

She steps just into the doorway and says, "You know those things are pretty dangerous, right?"

The mare, who had been putting away her paintbrush, turns suddenly to the newcomer. The stranger gives the mare a once over with her eyes and then says, "And in my opinion I find stealing from wizards to be much worse for your health. Who are you, thief?"

"...Latchkey." Lockepicke lies.

"Mmm... Is that so." The unicorn says, "I am Joyride. Go about your business, thief. I won't stop you if you don't stop me."

What does Lockepicke do?

>>30429087
What is it you are trying to do?

>>30429087
Ask if she has seen the wizard of this place?

>>30429087
Ask her if playing with her horn too much is the reason it went crooked.

>>30429087
What are you doing here?

>>30429087
Wait really? That's fucking ace. Hey, mind if I ask what happened to the old coot. Did he finally croaked or did you....

>>30429087
Tell us all the looooooooot fic.
Nigga where the money at?
Take everything that ain't nailed down.

>>30429169
Do we really need to know?

>>30429087
thank her and proceed cautiously around her to one of the other rooms.

>>30429087
You don't happen to know where the owner of the tower is, do you? You didn't kill him did you?...

Anyways, I don't know how long you plan on tarrying here, but there is members of the Order of the Arrow trying to get into here.

>>30429133
I second this, it's too cheeky not to say.

Fic, how put off would you be if we just decided to attack her right off the bat?

>>30429087

look for some of the other rooms.

>>30429087
Tell her that whatever she's doing, we'd appreciate it if it didn't fuck with us getting in and out.

>>30429087
Let's keep going. I have a feeling time is of the essence; if the Order show up and see her, our mission is going to turn piping hot.

>>30429087
ask what is she doing here? what is she trying to summon? How long before she's done with her little ritual?

Cause we might not want to be around when the fireworks start.

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"So uh... What'cha doing there." Lockepicke says, looking around the pile of alchemical waste on the table.

"Bringing some friends in." She says, examining the circle closely.

"So what happened to the wizard of this place? Is that you? Thought you'd have a beehive hat or something." Locekpicke remarks.

"Oh, he's in his room." Joyride says with a laugh, "Or what's left of him is."

"So did you do him in?" Lockepicke says, a cold wave of fear washing down her back.

"Yeah, but I assure you he enjoyed it until the end." the mare says in a sultry manner.

"So uh, is that what happened to your horn there? A little too much play?" Lockepicke says, making a rubbing motion.

Joyride chuckles and says, "No. That's from... Well, a gift from my friends who're coming."

What does Lockepicke do?

>>30429543
Mention that we turned away the order of arrow members that were here. Might be able to get something from a grateful demon.

>>30429543
Good thieves know to get when the getting is good.

What kind of timeline are we looking at?

>>30429543
Aw, Face ain't gonna be happy to hear his master is kill.

Tell her we'd appreciate it if she let us do our thing before summoning whatever she's summoning.

We gotta go boys. I know you wanna talk to alt Joyride, but we gon' die. Time's a-wasting.

>>30429574
Agreed.

>>30429574
She already said she doesn't care what we do.

>>30429634
That doesn't mean whatever she's summoning won't kill the fuck out of us.

>>30429543
Why is there a stuffed doll that looks similar to you in that previous chamber full of dolls?

>>30429543
So how did you get in here then? There was a bunch of puzzles to solve on the way here and it seems unlikely that you just teleported into here. I would think a wizard would have measures against anyone just popping into here with magic.

There's also Order of the Arrow members coming back to here to investigate, just so you know.

After saying these things we should continue down the hall and continue our scavenge of the place.

>>30429574
Just a few more questions, before we go. I also believe that this is Joy of the past, not alt Joy from CQ's dimension, but I have no definitive proof. Just vague hints from something she said a while ago, nothing more.

>>30429681
That is a very dangerous assumption to make my lad. Those physical changes of hers are probably from longtime exposure to demon shit. Either way it's meta to trust her, I know for sure that looking at her from purely Locke's perspective, I don't see any reason for her to trust her.

>>30429693
I don't recall saying anything about trusting her, I just said that's probably Joy from CQ that's been messing with demon shit. Either way, I think just asking a few more questions before we leave shouldn't hurt.

>>30429543
I hope this doesn't become a lewd. I didn't play this quest for to horse fuckery.

>>30429543
>Joyride chuckles and says, "No. That's from... Well, a gift from my friends who're coming."

how long before they'll be here? Cause I don't think I want to be around when you're pals show up to party.

>>30429887
I'm pretty sure Fic will only get suggestive at best, I remember him wanting this to be sfw.

>>30429543
"Damn that good in the sack huh?"
Warn her about the order. Grab what we can and get out. As much as I want to meet her friends I doubt they will be as friendly.

>>30429543
"And your friends wanted you to suck his soul out of his dick? Did you see anything worth nabbing around here? No offense but I think I want to avoid your friends. The order was also snooping around here so you and your friends should hurry also. You don't mind if I loot the old guy right?"

>>30429543
Ask her what they want with the wizard and Inform her of the order of the arrow then let's go take what's in the wizard's room and what's on the wizard as that's where wizards keep their most important stuff right?

>>30429543
Let's warn her about the arrow squares.

>>30429543
What's your friends names?

>>30429543
Tell her about the order making their way up here in exchange for not murdering you on the spot. Also tel her, Don't have too much fun, ya big perv or you'll end up like the wizard you murdered.

>>30429543
Hey be careful out there your friends might try something one day.

>>30429543
Go check the remains of the wizard out of morbid curiosity

>>30429543
>ib4 Lockpicke becomes canon in CQ and she helps us steal shit, in return we make her cool shit.

>>30433955
She's probably Ruby's mom or something we'll probably end up finding an earing that we'll rip the jewl out of in order to escape.

>>30434185
Oh shit nig!

>>30429543
check the other rooms while Joyride is busy.

>>30429543
Well times awasting after we talk with Joy let's go check out the wizard.

>>30434185
I thought she looked a bit like Ruby.

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"So how'd you even get up here with all those puzzles and stuff. Did you have to go through them too?" Lockepicke asks.

"No, I was welcomed in." Joyride says smiling, "I came in through the door off to the side of his bedroom."

Lockepicke raises her eyebrow, intrigued. She walks out of the study and continues down the hallway, finding two doors.

Opening one reveals a staircase going downwards, while the other leads to a room very unlike the others. This room has a much cozier atmosphere, and contains some nice wood panelling, a fireplace, and a very large, gray, four poster bed.

Lying in the bed is... A pony. A pony that Lockepicke realliy hopes is sleeping and not dead. Atop the old stallions head is some sort of writhing, spiked, and many-eyed creature.

Lockepicke is... Rather reluctant to approach it.

What does Lockepicke do?

>>30436141
Sleep tite poner

>>30436141
....ok. I guess he isn't dead. Let's just take some of his stuff and skedaddle.

>>30436141
is there any trunks or shelving of anything valuable?

>>30436141
Why didn't you do this? >>30429558

>>30436141
is that thing eating him?

Ask Joyride what the hay that thing is?

>>30436141
should we poke it from a distance?

>>30436141
do we see face anywhere?

>>30436141
are there any other rooms or just this one and the stair downward?

>>30436141
look around does this guy have a journal or anything that might detail what's going on?

>>30436141
Let's look around and get to looting. Push the cover down with a stick or something.

>>30436141
Are we thieves, or grave robbers? I say we put back what we stole if he is actually alive on principal. Lockpick is a professional afterall. Also warn Joyride about the Order so she's less likely to let azathoth or auzmondus murderus after forcing their way into our world.

Bep

>>30438188

>>30439149

>>30437704
>not stealing shit
lol

>>30436141
No this >>30437704
This anon clearly does not understand the character. Grace robber and thief are one in the same, and if Lockpicke doesn't have an issue with stealing from the dead, then she won't have an issue with stealing from...whatever happened to this guy.
Get with the program anon.
>what we stole if he is actually alive on principal. Lockpick is a professional afterall
Her principal would be to take his stuff you idiot
>Also warn Joyride about the Order
Again. You idiot. Joyride is evil. But you condemn stealing. What the heck is wrong with you?

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>>30436152
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>>30437704

Lockepicke looks around the room a little more and spots a vanity/dresser. Rifling through it she finds a nice golden quill set, as well as a comb made out of some glossy, expensive looking stone.

>LOOT OBTAINED:
>Golden Quill Set
>White Onyx Comb

In addition to that there are some books here. Two or three appear to be journals written in some code, but the others are tomes on things unspeakable. Necromancy and evil spells like that, as well as some on Tartarus.

As the mare looks up she spies a reflection of the fireplace on the mirror, or more specifically she spots a poker. Grabbing it, she approaches the hopefully dead body and gives it a poke.

No response. She pokes harder and the same thing occurs.

Lockepicke then takes the poker and pulls down the sheets to see if he has anything valuable on him. The corpse is wearing a golden necklace with a huge gem set into it. Her eyes widen at this prize, and she immediately snatches it and puts it in her bag.

>LOOT OBTAINED:
>Necklace with Blue Gem

Lockepicke wonders if maybe it might be a good idea to tell the Order people about what seems to be going on up here. On the other hoof, it might be better to tell Joyride. It certainly might help her escape if she is distracted.

What does Lockepicke do?

>>30439970
Are there anymore goodies about? If not let's skedaddle, if yes then we must acquire more. I'd rather not warn Joyride, but lets warn the Order blokes if we come across them.

>>30439970
>Necklace with Blue Gem
OH SHIT
We keeping this

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>>30440117
Treasure is for selling.

>>30439970
We could always go the neutral route an tell no one.
On one hand, if we tell the order, and Joyride somehow defeats them, then we might be in trouble.
If the order guys spots us and questions us, then we're in trouble.

And why did I realize this now? I think Lockepicke kind of resembles Hope.

>>30440129
Says you. We gotta keep some of dis bling. And this one is a necklace. Very convient.
>>30439970
Let no table go unturned. No box unsearched. Make sure you look through everything, and check all the other rooms down the hall.
If there are no more other new entrances to be explored, then go back for that bag of gold we left behind and take what's left of anything remotely edible from his kitchen.
We're made for lyfe.

>>30440151
>wearing bling to stand out when it can be perfectly liquidated into coin
What kind of fucking thieves am I playing with?

>>30439970
Ask joyride what thing on the head is?

>>30439970
Pull the blanket back over the wizard.

>Lockpicke is a thief
>Ruby is a thief
>Both had contact with the gem
>possibly related
I think it would be interesting if Lockpicke was Ruby's mom.

>>30439970
Poke one of the eyes with the poker

>>30440221
Probably shouldn't.

>>30439970
Stuff all the things away and keep it hidden. Go back out and check for anything of value in the other rooms.

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>>30439970
>A pony that Lockepicke realliy hopes is sleeping and not dead.
>the hopefully dead body
Well Lockepicke flipflops real fuckin' fast don't she?

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Feeling that she has successfully ransacked the room, Lockepicke makes to leave. However she turns back near the door and covers up the corpse. Just because she robbed him blind doesn't mean she can't be a little respectful to the dead.

Standing outside the door, she wonders what to do next. She is pretty satisfied with her haul, especially considering she almost ran into a member of the Order and some crazy demon summoning mare.

http://www.strawpoll.me/13339657

What does Lockepicke do?

>>30440702
I do want to see what she is doing. But I don't want to stay long.

>>30440702
Because apparently sticking around to watch a mare use demonic magic is safe.

>>30440702
Hmm, maybe we could ask face in the wall guy if there's any way he could help us?

>>30440783
This
Best not to make a spectacle of forces we don't understand.

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>>30440702

Though Lockepicke is admittedly curious, she decides that if it's really demons and stuff it might not be the best idea to stick around. She turns and heads down the hall and down the new staircase.

Annoyingly, the passage leads nearly to the bottom, stopping right above the ground floor, where Lockepicke stops to grab the coins above the door before bolting out of the living room.

She reaches outside again, but just as she is about to start booking it towards the town a voice stops her.

"Hey! Wait Lockepicke!" Face on the Wall says above the placard outside the door, "What's going on? Did you find Master?"

What does Lockepicke do?

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>>30441702
Offer dragon fruit.

>>30441702
Ask face if she knows about joyride. Tell him what she's doing.

>>30441702
Tell him what we saw.

>>30441702
I don't know how to tell you this Face, but, master is kill.

>>30441702
Apologise to face and explain what happened.

>>30441702
Yeah I did but... I don't know if he's alive or not.

>>30441702
I guess it wouldn't hurt to tell Face but we should probably stress that we aren't a witch doctor or even a regular doctor.

>>30441702
Ask him for help, and see if he has any awesome weapons to take down that crazy mare up there.

>>30441702
We did but, uh.
I don't know how to tell you this face, but he's gone now.
What will you do now, that your master is, you know.
I'd offer you a chance to come with me, but you're attached to a wall.

>>30441702
We should tell him everything including the likelihood that the tower will be destroyed and then offer to take him with us to see the world if we can pry the place off the wall.

>>30441702
Let's tell the truth

>>30441702
tell him the truth about his master, and see if we can take him. theres no way we can go up against demons, we are just a thief after all.

>>30441702
I feel like we should go back up there. if for any reason to figure out what she's doing.

>>30441702
I'm sorry Face on the Wall but your master is dead, is there anything I can do for you before I leave you with his friend? Like can I take you with me or somthing?

Maybe we could sell one of his plaques to a bar as a curiosity item. He could talk to patrons.

>>30441702
Your master is either unconscious or dead. There was some thing on his head.

Do you know a mare named Joyride she's up there trying to summon a demon.

>>30441702
Oh we found him, all right. And his little dog, too!

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>>30441725
>>30441729
>>30441774
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>>30442386
>>30442514

Lockepicke truthfully tells Face on the Wall what happened. She asks if he knew anything about Joyride.

"You said it was the one with the weird horn and fangs right...? Yeah, I know her..." Face on the Wall says sadly, "I like the other one better but... Master chooses his own friends."

Face on the Wall and Lockepicke sit in a mourning silence for a bit before the mare asks what he is going to do now, and says if he wants he can come with her.

"No... No what if you say is true then I can't let this mare out of the tower. I can't stop her, but I can delay her for a bit..." Face on the Wall says with a sigh, "It's what he would have wanted."

The enchantment then fades from the placard, and doesn't reappear despite Lockepicke yelling for him. She reluctantly turns and gallops back towards the town.

The thief is a mixture of sad and elated. Elated from escaping both the Order of the Arrow and a weird demon summoners, as well as with all the loot she got.

She steps into the bar where this all started and immediately orders a drink. Right as she gets it she glances over to a side table and sees two familiar faces.

"Would you lighten up already. We did all we could. Now we just have to wait for that spellbreaker or whatever it was you asked for." Hauberk says, downing a pint.

"That wizard is plotting something unspeakable at this very moment." Lucian says in an annoyed snap, "And that fool of a mayor doesn't believe me."

"He said he was going to alert the guard and stuff." Hauberk says shrugging.

"Those lumpy guards have never fought a thing like a demon before. They should be boarding the gates and gathering supplies." Lucian says, taking a quick gulp from his mug, "When this is over we shall have words with that mayor. I have a feeling he may be involved in this as well."

What does Lockepicke do?

>>30443339
I'm not terribly interested in warning them. I don't think they can know it was us at the tower, and I'd like to keep it that way.

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>>30443339
let's stash away our goods. maybe if we are clever we can figure out a way to earn a few more bits out of this. maybe some info....

>>30443339
pretend to be a passerby and ask if they said something about demons?

>>30443353
>>30443369

yeah

>>30443339
Yeah let's fucking bounce. This is not our problem.

>>30443339
Gonna get the fuck out m8's. But not right now because that would be suspicious.
First we'll order a drink and make some idle chit chat with the bartender if they're willing, then leave.
If the bartender ask. Say we're leaving to visit our brother.

>>30443370
Stash it where? It's all in the bag of holding. Can you be more specific?

>>30443524
That seems like a weird thing to open with. Don't say that, but if they mention demons then listen.

>>30443339
Is the big strong handsome stallion looking for a tumble in the hay?

>>30443860
Surely we have place or spot set aside to put this stuff away until we can safely find a fence. We probably shouldn't keep all this stolen stuff on us.

>>30443940
>We probably shouldn't keep all this stolen stuff on us.
Exactly. We came to this town. It's not like there's a place to hide the stuff. And even then that's a lot to hide. Someone might stumble upon it.
Why go through the Trouble when we can carry it all with us?

>>30443339
Tell them that we just came from the tower and that the wizard appeared dead. Also tell them that there was a demon preparing some kind of ritual.

>>30444062
Why do you suggest this? Why can't we just not talk to them and not snitch on a dangerous unicorn?

>>30444089
And let the demons do whatever they want.

>>30444121
They've already said they're going back to deal with it themselves as soon as they get the spellbreakers involved. Us getting involved won't help anything.
Just bail and enjoy our sick loot.

>>30444129
Except that it's going to take time for that spellbreaker.

>>30444129
chances are Joyride and the demons are probably going to attack tonight.

She was almost finished with the circle when we left.

>>30444153
>"Right, so how long is that going to take?"
>"Not long. A day or two at most."

>>30444159
Great, not our problem.

>>30444160
How long do you think Joy's ritual will take?

>>30444163
it will be though. no one is going to buy stolen goods if demons are laying siege to the town.

>>30444171
and this is why I wanted to ask Joy a few more questions before we left.

>>30444183
I wanted to do that as well.

>>30444163
>>30444171
>>30444176
>>30444183
>>30444194
With the wizard Axon now disposed of, and with Face on a Wall now aware of his deceased master, there's no reason for him to keep the Order ponies out.

>>30444222 (cont.)
The purpose of a spell breaker is to bypass Face on a Wall, but that might not be needed.
If the name "Joyride" means anything to them, then either they'll gun it, or wait for back up.

>>30443339
let's go and hide our stolen goods somewhere. Where's the nearest trustworthy fence that we know of?

>>30443339
let's sit down at a table and listen in a little more.

Should we say something to them that wouldn't incriminate us?

like maybe we could ask if they are talking about the weird wizard in the tower. maybe mention offhandly that we went over there ourself to see what the fuss was about and met this weird face wall thing talking about his master being dead (was killed) or something and didn't want to talk to us anymore. So we left and came back here.

This kind of story would cast ourselves as a curious travel and hopefully not cast too much suspicion on ourselves while still providing info.

>>30443339
Fuck them we have our loot now let's leave and by leave I mean leave town too because this place may be overrun with demons soon and we don't want to be caught up in that. If we talk to the Order they will likely hold us for questioning and as such we will be in a lovely little cage when the demons decide to take our soul.

>>30443339
I'm pretty sure even without metagaming lockpicke would be vaguely aware of how dangerous ponies in the order can be towards anyone who is suspect. plus the implications of her being there prior.

we are not a hero, merely a opportunist

>>30443339
I think we should leave a note taped to the back of the armored guy explaining the situation but at the very least we should listen to hear what else they're going to say; I mean really, if they will talk about daemons and their last mission right were anyone can hear it imagine what else they might say.

>>30444392
this
whistle inconspicuously and laugh all the way to the bank

>>30443339
>>30444392
>we are not a hero, merely a opportunist

True but maybe there's opportunity here in getting the order here out from snooping around town and instead heading back to the tower.

it'll at least get them out of the way.

>>30445374
They're already out of the way, as in we don't have to deal with them unless we go out of our way to do it

>>30445374
they won't recognize us, they only know our name.

look guys all we need to do now is get the hell out of dodge, pun in-fucking-tended cuz demons will probably overrun it soon

>>30443339
Let's sit down and have a drink and listen to what else they have to say. I feel like we should do something.

>>30446071
This, I'd like to make like a good criminal and skip town. We're too close to the hot zone.

>>30443339
>nb4 shit goes down like in dragon age
>demons n' shit come into the real world and fucks things up
>holy shit loot the abandoned houses

>>30447869
My only sticking point is if we don't warn the Order, Joyride might get away, and I feel really bad for Face and feel like we owe him. He said he's going to try to keep Joyride trapped, but won't be able to hold her forever. The Order might not be able to get in in time and catch her unless we light a fire under their asses. Then at least the killer of Face's master can face justice.

>>30447869
I'm with you on that. We got the goods and now its time to skip town before the demons eat it.

>>30448512
We don't owe face shit and even if we did we are a criminal and criminals don't hand over evidence that will lead to their arrest.

>>30443339
>>30448512
>>30448571

I agree I do feel like we should do something. But I also agree that we shouldn't get too involved either. Perhaps there is a solution to this,

Face is going to do what he can to stop her by keeping her in the tower. There might be some clever way to do this. Perhaps pack our things and maybe leave a note in a empty glass or something. When a worker finds the note with instructions to give it to the two of them explaining what's going on with the tower they can leave and do their thing while we're off on our merry way.

that should satisfy both sets of folks.

No death today

>>30448599
The Order guys will probably remember the description of who was sitting at our table when the cleaner brings them the note. Maybe we can leave it at the tower itself?

>>30449247
There's death every day, my dear. You can't save everyone, bless your heart.

>>30449275
Well I didn't think we'd use our own glass just one on another table.

But how would they see the note if we leave it at the tower? thy wouldn't see until maybe a day or two and that might be too late.

>>30448599
>>30449275
>>30449290
I want to remind people how well the anonymous note to The Order went in Coltquest. We successfully made them our enemies.

>>30449309
But that's Colt Quest. this is Logic Tower.

>>30449275
>The Order guys will probably remember the description of who was sitting at our table when the cleaner brings them the note.
Yeah, I was thinking something about that. But even a slight chance that they're observational would end up linking her with this incident, which she might not want.

>>30449290
We could try to do one better and go find a table that's not easily in their line of sights, or wait till some ponies go to leave and walk by them and find a table to put the note on. One inherent problem I can think of, with trying this is if someone sees Lock writing a note. Granted, there is no guarantee that could be a problem, and it's likely no one would notice her doing that.

>>30449309
We'll do one better than that, we should of been more careful and we weren't as sneaky with that as we could of been. I want to say we could of even used an invis potion then, but i'm not completely sure if we even actually had one or not.

>>30449332
Than perhaps we should do the logical thing and just tell them rather than trying to come up with some kind on convoluted plot.

>>30449343
Or we could've just fessed up and told them to their faces rather than trying to be all cloak and dagger because of an unrealistic fear. Same goes for now.

>>30449372
or maybe it's not worth the risk to our asses. Sorry Face

>>30449500
You forgot to say "sorry townsponies" as well. Also, what risk?

>>30449372
>Wanting to just talk to the crazy zealous bastards.
You know what, I kinda want to. Just cause I think it'd be funny to see what they'd do. So how would we explain what we were doing there? Don't you think that they'd try to confiscate some of the loot, especially the necklace,(if it does have a demon in it, I must confess that i'm not sure if it does,yet.) You have to know, they'd be like; Blah blah, demonszz presence in stuff you stole, gib me. That's not even including the fact that if they somehow manage to find out the significance of the blue necklace and that it was there, they'll surely hunt down Lock to find it. This is all assuming we come clean and don't beat around the bush about why were there.

I didn't want to talk to them in the tower, and I surely don't want to talk to them here either.

>Or we could've just fessed up and told them to their faces rather than trying to be all cloak and dagger because of an unrealistic fear. Same goes for now.
Nah, we shouldn't of even told them in the first place, we weren't sneaky enough and it just caused us more trouble than anything.

>>30449584
Who said anything about telling them about our treasures. We just head of the wizard disappearing and the ponies were starting to get worried so we decided to check it out. As for why we avoided them, we are naturally paranoid and didn't know if they were safe to interact with. The news of an immenant demonic ritual would also demand immediate action so they would have little time to bother with the details of why we were there. While they're doing their thing, we can sell our treasures for mundane coins and all of this would than really no longer be our problem. As for the not talking in coltquest, it's only in hindsight that there would've been problems. If we were brave enough to just tell them than we could've just given them our story and had been on our way. It was unrealistically paranoid players that caused the problem.

>>30449653
We should not put ourselves there. At all. Thieving rule #1: Nope, wasn't there. Not me. Nuh uh.

>>30449718
There's no way to know what we know if we weren't there. There's also a chance that the entire town will die if we don't tell them. Lastly we aren't a thief, we're a treasure hunter.

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>>30449653
>Who said anything about telling them about our treasures.
They might be able to sense the demonic presence on them if they get close enough,(i'm not sure if that's only the higher level amongst them that can tell something like that, so I can't firmly say that'll be a problem or not). Venator was able to do it, after all. So I don't think it's a far cry to say that Mr. Shriveled and crabby there might be able to also.

But really, as nice as it would be to say something and absolve ourself of some guilt of what we know, we shouldn't. As it is, Face, knowing Lock's name and saying it to the two already links her to being in the tower. So that's already a possible future problem for her.

>If we were brave enough to just tell them than we could've just given them our story and had been on our way.
You seem incredibly certain that they wouldn't of essentially kidnapped Emerald, for some reason. Don't you think they would of wanted to take him with to testify or something?

>>30449735
>Lastly we aren't a thief, we're a treasure hunter.
I'm sure the guards hear that one a lot. We weren't there. That's the end of it. Unload these goodies and skip town is the smart option.

>>30449819
>might
Exactly the same argument was made about Emerald's pendant and it was bogus. Also, Venator didn't give a fuck about our demonic pendant so you're clearly remembering wrong.
Getting an entire town killed over a little paranoia will result in A LOT more than a little guilt. As for the not kidnapping Emerald thing, that is 100% paranoia that every single person in the world exists only to rape and/or abduct us.

>>30449849
What do the guards have to do with anything? Everybody will be to busy with the demons and the only pony that would know something is missing, is dead.

>>30449735
We steal from the dead anon... That's close enough to being a thief, there's a reason they're called "grave robbers" not "respectful tomb cleaners".

>>30449879
I didn't see any dug up graves.

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>>30449908
We literally stole from the dead during this quest. You are so daft it hurts me.

>>30449931
Where's the evidence?

>>30449944
Try reading the quest.

>>30449963
Can the guards read the quest?

>>30449872
>Exactly the same argument was made about Emerald's pendant and it was bogus.
The pendant is magic resistant, they only noticed he himself having the traces of demonic essences on him. There is a good chance they might not notice it on herself, cause she might of not been there long enough. But she does have some items other than blue pendant that probably have some demon essence on them, namely the other two items she picked up in the wizard's bedroom.

>As for the not kidnapping Emerald thing, that is 100% paranoia that every single person in the world exists only to rape and/or abduct us.
So they didn't try to take him with them after they found out who wrote the note? What's to stop them from doing the same thing, had we just told them in person? You still haven't said why they wouldn't take him with.

>>30449908
>I didn't see any dug up graves.
Now you're just splitting hairs and I don't know if you're just trying to be funny at this point, or actually trying to argue your point. We're still stealing from the dead, there's no way around that. And that's what thieves do, is steal.

>>30449969
What the living fuck are you talking about? You call us a treasure hunter, we're not, we're a thief. That's the whole discussion. Proof to guards has nothing to do with anything and
>I'm sure the guards hear that one a lot.
is a joke based on you using treasure hunter as a polite word for what we really are

>>30449771
>tell Order winning
Sure is reliable voting system in here.

>>30449982
If they sense demonic essence on us than we could just chalk it up to coming in contact with the demon or spending so long in the tower with demonic things going on. Seriously, if they were that sensitive than we're already fucked. Why is everybody treating that like a universal ability? They only captured us because we were being suspicious. They wouldn't have taken Emerald because they were in a foreign land in the middle of an important mission. They'd have had no reason, at that time, to even consider bothering us. When we did all the cloak and dagger shit, we made them want to find out more which caused things to escalate. That was meant to be a silly comment, but the idiot I'm talking to is apparently condemning us using meta knowledge that none of the NPC's would have access to.

>>30449988
So you're saying that people will be arrested and charged for crimes based solely on a poor reputation even when no proof a crime was even committed even exists.

>>30450063
I have no idea what you're talking about and I'm going to stop responding because clearly there is some miscommunication going on.

>>30450080
>>30449879
>>30449931
>>30449963
The flaw with this idiot's logic is that he's relying purely on meta knowledge to decide whether or not we'd be accused of a crime. The NPCs in the game would not have access to this kind of information when making their decisions so they would be incapable of coming to the same conclusions. From what I remmber, we didn't actually leave any evidence and the only witnesses are the Face in the wall, who'd vouch for us, the mimc, who gave us some treasure as a reward if I remember correctly, the demon, who nobody would trust, and the wizard's corpse. So I ask now, does any proof that any crimes were committed that can't be disposed of while everybody is busy with the demon exist?

>>30450159
>carrying tons of goods from that tower
>no evidence
fuck off

>>30450210
>can't be disposed of while everybody is busy with the demon

>>30449771
if we tell them then at least we do the smart thing and hide our stolen goods first.

>>30450231
>this demon exists and is not supposition

>>30450053
>If they sense demonic essence on us than we could just chalk it up to coming in contact with the demon or spending so long in the tower with demonic things going on.
Remember how Venator captured Emerald and cuffed him while he was unconscious just because he had some essence on him? And they do have a rep for being zealous when it comes to anything demon related.

>They only captured us because we were being suspicious.
Ok so i'm going to say it should make sense that we didn't want to be anymore involved than just relaying what we saw because he managed to get away from his parents by the skin of his teeth, and almost got dragged back there by Venator. Is there a reason they couldn't of talked to him like he wasn't some criminal already, just because he was apprehensive about meeting them in person? What was their first reaction after finding him? Hey you, come with us or we'll deck the shit out of you. That's not the way good people handle things, they don't just stiff arm things to go their way, unless some serious shit is going on. And even then you do that with with much more discretion than they've even been shown capable of having. Not to mention when they did find out it was him,she tried to take him anyways.

>They wouldn't have taken Emerald because they were in a foreign land in the middle of an important mission.
They did chase after him through the jungle with the help of her tracking bookmark, so whatever it was that they were doing there must of not been so important that they couldn't of taken the time to bring him back to wherever they would intend to take him, had they felt so inclined.

>we made them want to find out more which caused things to escalate.
That's on them, not us. Yeah it was a bit suspicious to do it that way, but I would of thought that the fact that Venator should most assuredly be missing would lend credence to our story. But really, we shouldn't of tried to play the good samaritan in the first place.

>>30450237
Please try explaining what you're trying to insinuate, since the only thing I can come up with is too stupid for me to believe that somebody is arguing it.

>>30450254
Why do you think a demon will attack town? You don't know how the story will play out, and to say that my assumptions are meta and wrong and yours are on some high untouchable pedestal makes you a supreme faggot.

>>30450251
>Remember how Venator
Because everybody apparently has that skill.

>unless some serious shit is going on.
It was.

>They did chase after him through the jungle with the help of her tracking bookmark
AFTER they confirmed we were with Joyride.

>a bit suspicious
Cloak and dagger is extremely suspicious.

>Venator should most assuredly be missing
Because that dimension has the capacity for instantly relaying information to many different individuals across the globe.

>>30450279
If demons were nice and friendly, than why is there a militant order that exists solely to purge them and anything even remotely relation to them as well as governments that grant them authority to do what they need to?

>>30450293
>It was.
What was? An anonymous letter that only pertained to a possibly missing duo of Order members? I don't even remember if demons were mentioned in the letter, but the ends did not justify their means. Serious shit is a subjective severity for looking at circumstances anyways.

>AFTER they confirmed we were with Joyride.
And part of my point was they DID indeed have time to spare if they could go chase after him.

>Cloak and dagger is extremely suspicious.
It should of made more sense that he/we were apprehensive about meeting them in person, especially after meeting them and they learned who actually sent the letter they try to stiff arm him and Ruby away.

>Because that dimension has the capacity for instantly relaying information to many different individuals across the globe.
I Imagine it was quite a while in between when he escaped from their and when Venator went missing. I can't say the exact time frame, but I don't think close to a month would be too far off from how long it has been since he said anything to anyone. Don't you think higher ranking ponies like himself would tend to keep in touch just so their respective Order knows that they're ok? There is dragonfire lamps too, and they do tend to relay messages pretty fast... So word could theoretically spread fast under certain circumstances. I don't know if he had one or not, but it doesn't seem out of place that he could have one too.

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Lockepicke frowns deeply. She really doesn't want to tell them anything, but she knows if she doesn't say something she'll feel guilty for the rest of her life. Who knows what Joyride could do?

Sighing, she walks up to the table.

"Well hello beautiful, how can I help you?" Hauberk says leaning closer.

She smiles and rolls her eyes, but doesn't respond. Instead she turns to the older stallion and says, "That tower. There is some unicorn up there tryin' to summon demons."

"You! You were the one sneaking around the tower ahead of us!" Lucian says, "A common thief, I should have known!"

"Shame you didn't say anything, I would have liked to 'explore' with you." Hauberk cuts in.

"Quiet fool." Lucian says sharply to the younger stallion, "Tell me everything you saw."

Lockepicke explains in the best detail what she saw, mentioning Joyride, how she was summoning "friends", and about the dead wizard with the weird thing on it's head.

"Joyride you say? I should have suspected." Lucian says slamming his hoof on the table, "That fool of an enchantment. It knows not what it does by delaying us."

"You mean Face on the Wall? You know, he might let you up there now. I told him what happened and he said he is going to try and delay Joyride as long as he can." Lockepicke says.

Lucian stands quickly and says, "Then we must make haste. Hauberk, stop drinking and get ready to leave. We make for the tower again."

Hauberk groans and makes a comment about just getting comfortable, but Lucian ignores it and glares at Lockepicke.

"You will be coming with us, Thief"

"What, why?" Lockepicke says angrily, "Aren't you the big scary demon hunter guys?"

"You know most about the area that Joyride is in, and from what you told me that enchantment seems to trust you." Lucian says, starting to walk towards the door, "Refuse to come, and I will make sure the Order hounds you down and forces you to repent, one way or another."

What does Lockepicke do?

>>30450440
Fine. Is there anything you suggest we bring? We've never dealt with demons before.

>>30450440
Oh boy classic Order, try to help them and they shit on you whoopee good job everyone.

>>30450440

Alright I'll go but I need assurances that you'll let me go afterwards. I also want to know if you'll give me any extra tools or armor. As if this unicorn sees me she'll know what happened and likely try to do something bad to me.

>>30450440
What'd I tell you guys. I tried to tell you, and now we have to fight her with grandpa and beef cake.
And speaking of beefcake. Wanna fuck? On the chance we die it would suck to not have a roll in the hay with someone so handsome.

>>30450440
Joyride will not be happy that I tipped you guys off. I'm risking enough just telling you this, I don't want to go back and face her wrath. Cut me a break.

>>30450463
What did we tell you anon? This is as much your fault as theirs.

>>30450502
>fucking the prick clumsily hitting on us
Ugh, have some self respect, Lockepickymous.

>>30450440
So do you want us to escort you or to actually fight her alongside you guys?

>>30450519
I find his attempts of flattery charming.

>>30450440
On the chance I go with you, I won't do it sober.
And I want my McGuffin armor and weapons first. Fuck fighting a demon summoner. Just look at me. My clothes are town and worn to shit. I wanna look good first.

>>30450440
>"You! You were the one sneaking around the tower ahead of us!" Lucian says, "A common thief, I should have known!"
Oh really? This "common thief" got further into the tower than you did. Maybe you should of been nicer and the wall wouldn't of barred you from going ahead further. Truth be told, we were really going to check up on the old man, but it's worse than we thought.

And steal some treasure, but he won't be needing it anymore.
>>30450463
>"Refuse to come, and I will make sure the Order hounds you down and forces you to repent, one way or another."
I'm smiling so much right now.

In a twisted way this'll make things more interesting though. Should we see if we can stash our things somewhere? Don't need the Order to find out we have them, somehow.

Not to give the Order too much credit, but this certainly doesn't paint Joy in a good light either and I can see why they'd want her dead right now.

>>30450511
Yeah, seriously she's putting her ass on the line now and this is what they do. At the very least we'll go with them to the tower but we won't go in, past talking to the Face for them.

>>30450514
>What did we tell you anon? This is as much your fault as theirs.
How so?

>>30450440
>You know most about the area that Joyride is in
What? No, i can tell you how it looks right now and give you a drawing. I am not going back there to fight her. Just tell the face you're there to fight her and that's it.
>Refuse to come, and I will make sure the Order hounds you down and forces you to repent, one way or another
Repent for what? If not me then it would have been another thief. Or some lord who's, "reclaiming" property from the deceased. Which is a fancier way of taking. Do I look like I'm made of tough stuff?
And what do I get out of coming with you?

>>30450527
Damn, gurl you's a slut.

>>30450590
Well it's either him or the old guy over there, and I'd rather not live Lockpicke last moments on this earth dry.

>>30450619
Implying we actually have enough time for some action.

>>30450647
>>30450647
>>30450502

No. No sex,

>>30450647
You always have enough time. A few minutes is a worthy sacrifice.

>>30450695
Yes. Yes sex,

>>30450695
This

>>30450514
I fail to see how.

>>30450440
Ask if we'll have to fight her as well or just simply take you up there. once this is done will I have your word that I'll be allowed to leave in peace?

>>30450440
Ask them bot how long you've been hunting demons?

>>30450741
Not this

>>30450695
This

>>30450707
This

>>30450695
>>30450707
These.

>>30450440
I think we should tell them that we're risking Joyride coming after us by telling them, if they make it such a danger to help then next time we might side with her.

>>30451740
>if they make it such a danger to help then next time we might side with her.

let's not say this part.

>>30450440
Joyride is going to fucking kill us

>>30450440
Look you two look like decent ponies so I'll give your some advice. If you shit on everyone who tries to give you a tip and help out then no one is going to give you any tips. I could have just walked out of this bar left town and let the demons have at it but I thought hey those two look like they're having a hard time and could use some information. But fuck me for trying to be a good citizen I guess. So no you can go fight the scary mare in the castle without me. You think I'm in this line of work because of my skills in fighting? How about I draw what I remember on this napkin and you can have face help your figure out the rest and we call it even. Because I do not need someone who looks as powerful as that Joyride trying to kill me. Frankly getting my soul taken by demons scares me more than the Order so I think I'll be taking my chances if you decide not to let me go.

>>30439970
>>30449944

>Lockepicke then takes the poker and pulls down the sheets to see if he has anything valuable on him. The corpse is wearing a golden necklace with a huge gem set into it. Her eyes widen at this prize, and she immediately snatches it and puts it in her bag.
>>LOOT OBTAINED:
>>Necklace with Blue Gem

>>30450279
Have any of you thought that maybe this quest is in the future rather than the past and that Joyride's friends are Emerald and Ruby after they brought the demon gems together and they "rewarded" them with "gifts"

>>30452827
Reminder to delete our bumps bump

>>30450440
If Lucian will not let us go, we turn on the charm and butter up Hauberk. Surely as a Thief we should have some charisma under our belt.

"Oh Hauberk, your friend is being unreasonable and I just wanted to help you! Surely, a big, muscly stallion like yourself sees that that tower is no place for a delicate mare like myself, especially with that.. that demon-cozener there!"

when we get to the tower we should have face lock them in after the quick exit and then we could loop around them and leave, or we could betray them to joyride

>>30453646
I think we did enough betrayal now as it is, we don't need to be a double agent. Having both parties pissed at us doesn't seem wise.

>>30450707
This

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>>30450527

As Lucian walks out the door Hauberk quickly downs his pint and then gets up with a sigh.

"I keep tellin' him if he worries like that he's gonna give himself a heart attack." Hauberk says with a grin.

"He doesn't actually expect me to fight demons, does he?" Lockepicke says, trotting beside the large stallion as they lag behind his employer.

"I doubt it. Don't worry though, I'll protect ya." Hauberk says, nudging her lightly with his shoulder.

The pair continue to talk as they walk, occasionally being cursed out by Lucian, who tells them to hurry.

Hauberk is apparently a mercenary for hire, and by his reckoning quite a good one at that. This is also apparently not the first time that Lucian has hired him, and because of that he has some experience fighting the denizens of Tartarus.

"Are they pretty strong?" Lockepicke asks.

"Yeah, but nothing I can't handle." Hauberk says proudly, "Lucian says we've only been fighting weaklings, though I think that's him just trying to keep me on my best game."

They reach the tower in late afternoon, and Lucian commands the mare to speak with enchantment. She approaches the Placard that says "ANNOUNCE YOUR PRESENCE" and calls for Face on The Wall.

A moment later he appears and says,

"Oh, hey there Lockepicke. I'm a little busy at the moment. Could you come back some other time?"

Lockepicke has to admit that the face upon the placard looks much more down than he was before, and she feels a bit of pity for the thing.

What does Lockepicke do?

>>30454267
Ask what 's going on up there?

>>30454267
Ask if joyride is up there?

>>30454267
We've come to help.

>>30454267
Face I was wondering if you could let me and these two up there.

>>30454267
ask him if something else has happened?

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Lockepicke asks what's up, and if everything is okay.

"Nahhh... Joyride seems to be trying really hard to get out of tower. Not sure how long I can hold her." Face on the Wall says with a sigh, "Might want to get away."

"We are here to help, actually." Lockepicke says.

Face on the Wall looks up and seemingly sees the other two ponies for the first time. Contemplating for a second Face on the Wall says, "Well, I guess they can't hurt master anymore. If they can stop Joyride I'll let them in."

Face on the Wall then stops to think for a second and says, "The only problem is it's taking a lot of effort just containing Joyride. If possible, Let's try to keep the numbers of doors I open to an absolute minimum.

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Find a path through the tower that opens the least amount of doors possible.

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>>30454537
This one is the best i could up with

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>>30454574
I forgot to post it, fuck me

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>>30454537
here's my solution. only costing three doors.

>>30454621
Lets take a peek in the room of crystals and the question mark room along the way. Might be some interesting trinkets to find on the way out.

>>30454537
Is Joyride where we left her? Or did she move?

>>30454537
We could always defect turn on the Order members and make our escape in the chaos with loot in hoof and no one knowing what happened here.

>>30455194
I dunno I rather save that as a last resort. If we just run off we may get a sword in our back

>>30454537
STEAL MORE LOOT ALONG THE WAY!
Hauberk is a mercenary. I bet he would agree with us.

>>30454537
Ask the two what the plan will be? We got you to where Joyride is.

QM was literally raped to death by ponies

>>30454537
Let's keep an eye out for any chance we can get to ditch these guys. We've done enough already and I'm sure Lockepick likes her soul in her body and not eternally tormented.

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>>30458168

The party proceeds through the winding passageways and staircases, not stopping to check anything in between. The first time Lockepicke had attempted this she had been barked at by Lucian. For now all she can do is keep going forward and perhaps look for a place to escape if she is given the chance.

"What's with this place?" Hauberk says, glancing around as he walks, "How could this possibly be the same tower we were in before? Everything is different."

"Wizards have a fondness for breaking the laws of physics." Lucian says, walking purposefully along, "Their thirst for corruption is what leads them ultimately to seek the powers of Tartarus."

They approach the final door where Face on the Wall said Joyride was. One final locked door before she potentially has to face some demons.

"Weapons out and loaded." Lucian says, pulling out an odd sort of crossbow with a box on the front, examining it, and then putting it back.

Lockepicke asks what they plan to do with Joyride.

"She has been a blight on this world for far too long. We finish her today, once and for all." He says before pulling out a sword.

It was very machete like, with a bone wrapped in leather acting as a handle, and what appears to be a tooth set as a guard. The guard loops back around to the toe of the sword, and has some sort of spikes pounded into it facing outwards. Furthermore the blade itself looks to be made of some sort of sharpened, scarred stone. The whole thing has a very primal, wild look to that clashes with Lucian's very proper, civilized style.

"Not using your rapier for this one, sir?" Hauberk asks as he has pulled out a two-hoof sword and wraps some sort of amulet around his right foreleg.

"No, this witch requires something a bit more specialized to take down." Lucian responds, leaning against the door and trying to listen in.

What does Lockepicke do?

>>30459180
"pulling out an odd sort of crossbow with a box on the front, examining it, and then putting it back." Wait, he's not gonna offer that probable demon-hunter weapon to Lockepicke? No way is that okay! We need to let him know that we need some proper gear, and that sniping from the back is our specialty! Ask him to lend the crossbow over.

And then run away, selling the weapon along with the loot.

>>30459180
Ask if we are free to go, we got the two of them here.