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I'm just going to continue from last thread...

You release your nanomaterials and form them into decoys, sending them in a serpentine motion towards the enemy.

At the same time, you move up closer with the other girls to get into a suitable firing range.

>Continue moving up
>Fire (At what Fog ship?)
>Concentrate Fire (On what Fog ship?)
>Try something new
>Other/Write-In

>>241065
>write in
have decoys lead a flanking maneuver, trail after the decoys and fire at the closest enemy ship

>>241065
>Continue moving up

>>236835
Drink lots of whisky then fly the whirlybird

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>>236858
Anders Hill, a middling whirlybird pilot from Falling Leaf, scribbled across the the slate grey sky. He was shit-faced from the corn whisky he was hired to deliver beyond the realm of the Jack Congress to the West. Although corn was plentiful in Falling Leaf, yeast was in short supply. Anders Hill had already drank his profit merely 300 kilometers into his flight.

>>236893
Look for anything interesting on the ground, like farm animals.

>>234871
>You shall talk to them shortly.
>You decide to bring your heir, Charlemagne.

>>234871
>You shall talk to them shortly.
>You decide to bring your heir, Charlemagne.

>>234883
>supporting, ask the little time to try and understand the conversation being had so he can learn from it. Don't force him though, only encourage and reward

Look around

>>233924
Find Butter.

Get arms.

>>232383
>Search the bathroom for any kind of drugs or pills he has been taking.
Also anything you can get high on your self.

>>232403
The bathroom door is open. It might be worth it to check in there first. The idea of raiding his medical cabinet brushes across your mind but you decide against it. Alcohol has always been your medication of choice. The urge to drink bubbles up in you as you nervously walk towards the bathroom. You still have this overwhelming dread, what happened in your dream last night was horrifying. Warren's eyes were a thousand miles away as that shapeless mass of sound and fury dug into his chest. You cringe and push the thought into the back of your mind.
You cross the threshold into the bathroom. The first thing you notice is how nice it is. Victorian styled, marble counters, floral wallpaper. All of Warren's apartment was nice like this. The man had a good run as a doctor before the war and a nice inheritance. Some people had it lucky.
The second thing that you notice is an open shaving kit on the counter next to the sink. The razor is missing. This alone doesn't mean anything concrete but the dread you feel nearly doubles you over.
The shower curtain is drawn shut.
>Open it
>Leave
>Write in

>>232430
>Open the shower curtain.
But do it slowly, but if you can tell that what ever is behind the curtain is something you don't want to see, I would stop.

>>231421
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-Combat-
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Roll using dice+1d10 (unless otherwise noted) in options box

*Initial Hit - The first attack in a bout or the attack used to strike an opponent who has fumbled. *If you hit, you deal one stroke of damage, and your opponent must counter roll. If you miss, you have fumbled and can disengage but cannot attack again until your opponent has done so. Hits are only valid if posted with three complete sentences.

Disengage - Disengage posts must be four complete sentences detailing your getaway and must be posted before the defending anon strikes back to be validated. Even numbers are successes. If you fail a disengage you have failed completely and must wait for your opponent to either attack or ignore your antics.

*Counters & Dodging - After being attacked you have the opportunity to make a dodge & counter roll. Even numbers equate a successful roll. Odd numbers mean you failed the roll and are struck. Successfully rolling leads into an immediate counter, and your opponent must now make a dodge roll. *Once a contender fails a dodge roll, that same combatant must then make an initial hit roll. Successful dodge rolls must be two complete sentences long to be valid.

*Autohit Counter (AHC) - Counters and critical strikes rolled into one. If you roll a 0 during a dodge you've managed to pull off an Autohit Counter. Your opponent cannot dodge this attack and their life is reduced by *three <3s.
Strikes always reduce an enemies <3 total by only 1 unless autohit applies.

>>231441
Rules of Engagement -

1) If attacked by multiple opponents, you don't take initial hit damage . Instead, you make an immediate dodge roll. One successful dodge roll against any of your attackers hits nullifies the other remaining hits, but you can only counter against a single enemy. The remaining enemies can either disengage or attack again, but the same rules apply. FSs and AHCs are only applied when/if you fail a dodge roll against the enemy making a counter roll against you. FSs and AHCs from your opponents allies do not apply.

<< Ex - Distant Star dodges one of two hits from two opponents and chooses opponent A to counter. Opponent B attacks again with opponent A (who successfully dodged into a counter). If Distant Star fails her roll she will take two hits. Distant Star successfully dodges A's attack but changes her counter target to opponent B. Opponent B fails his check and dies, but A attacks again. A Distant Star must now make a dodge roll against A >>

2) If you fail a dodge roll, ALL HITS AGAINST YOU STRIKE.

<< Ex - Fire Eye fails a dodge against one of three attacking opponents. Two of the three attacks are hits. Fire Eye takes two hits >>

3) All hearts are restored to the victor after combat. Canteen is refilled to max after combat.

4) Upon dying, you must give up a single equip to leave behind for the victor to acquire. All other goods in your inventory are returned to darkness (gone completely). Only two equips returned to darkness can be reconjured. Any gear left behind cannot be conjured again until you reacquire said equip. You can not give up items; you must leave an equip behind.

5) Before engagements, post an "approaching" post to your enemy along with the equipment template detailing the gear you intend to do battle in.

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-Weapon Bonuses -
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These are the guidelines to follow for all conjured weapons. Idc if you conjure a megaton hammer, gatling crossbow, great lord tower shield, or hellfire/divine tome - these are the standard bonuses and IHP for each category.

(IHP = initial Hit Parameter)
(FS = Free Strike)

// Melee // Bonus: +1 <3 (*IHP 1-4)

// Ranged // Bonus: *Deadly Accurate (IHP 1-3, *FS on Dodge roll 0&1 <still take dmg on a 1 roll>)

// Tomes // Bonus: Attack two enemies at once, or One Enemy Twice (*IHP 1-2 / dice+2d10)

// Shields // Bonus: enemy AHCs do -2 damage if equipped, blocks initial hits, your AHCs deal -1 damage

// Gauntlets // Bonus: your AHCs do +1 damage if equipped

// Backpack // Bonus: +1 Canteen Capacity

Adjust (x) in "dice+(x)d10" to accomodate equipped items for IHP

First roll(s) = Main Hand // Second roll(s) = Off Hand

>>231443

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- The following template must be posted proceeding an engagement, so all parties involved are aware of eachothers combat kit -
MH: <Weapon>
SA: <Weapon>
OH:
Back:
Head:
Chest:
Hands:
Legs:
Feet:
Acc1:
Acc2:

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-Summons & Drops-
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The following creatures can be summoned via Tealight Tokens. Choose the appropriate number of tokens and make a roll/summoning post to figure out which enemy you summon.

<< Ex - Two tokens and a dice roll of 7 summon a Goblin Tinkerer)

Once summoned, the necessary amount of tokens are removed from the inventory and each Summon follows standard combat rules. The summoner always attacks first. The IHP of summons is 1-3. Every Summon comes with a set amount of <3s and the summoner must roll for himself as well as the Summon. If the summoner dies or disengages against a Summon they are unsummoned. The summoned creature always targets the one who summoned it if attacked by multiple enemies.

<< Ex - A Distant Star summons a Skeleton and rolls a 4. This counts as a fumble. A Distant Star then posts the attack roll of the NPC and reacts accordingly (either with a dodge, or if the NPC fumbles, an attack) >>

After defeating an enemy, you make a loot roll with a "looting" post. The loot roll determines what items you obtain. The loot post and loot roll must be made by the summoner, and completely out of combat.

( Every <3 requires an additional Tealight Token to summon, +X next to creatures name indicates additional HP but does not require an additional token to summon)

!! Enemies Cannot Perform AHCs - 0's count as dodge rolls for summons !!

You decide it would be best it you spent the day with Eric and Sarah. It would be smart for you to not stick around with people you haven't been seen with before, and they seem the most able to protect you if needed.

Lets...hope that its not needed.

John and Lawrence are preparing to head out, Sam going out on his own to stock up on medicine. You rush up to Lawrence as he is zipping up his coat.

"If you get the chance...would you please look for my bunny?" You're hoping that Ms Buttons just fell out or something...but that wouldn't explain your underwear...

Part of you hopes that he finds that too, but on the other hand...it's your underwear.

Lawrence nods at your request, and you feel silly about putting so much emphasis on a toy.

"And....and make sure you stay safe..."

"Don't ya worry missy. If Law here gets scared I'll let him hold my hand." John chimes in, beaming as he looks up from tying up his boots. Lawrence takes the comment with a miffed stare back at John, who only chuckles at his reaction.

"B-But do be careful..." You remind him, hoping that it doesn't feel like you are coddling him. Instead of a nod or a simple 'yes' you earn a head pat and ruffled hair, Lawrence shooting you a quick but reassuring smirk. You give him a slight smile back, waving him and John off as they leave.

...

You let Eric and Sarah know that you wish to go with them today, and they are more then happy to let you tag along. Jessica is waiting to go with Mabel, while Aria and Marilyn have already left with Betty.

Briefly you wonder why Aria and Mabel didn't go out together when Sarah nudges you with her boot.

"You ready?"

"Ah! Yeah, just let me..." You tuck your leans into your own boots and jump up. It's a bit bizarre, seeing the two of them in front of you. Eric looks like he's ready to go into work, even wearing a sweater-vest and khaki pants. Sarah, on the other hand, is dressed in various shades, ranging from gray to black and looks like the type of person they warn you to not talk to at school. It's even stranger to remember that they're married to each other...
[1/2]

>>231371

"Alright, you look set. We should be back before dark, but make sure you have everything you'll need today." Eric warns, and you feel inside your pockets.

Cash, knife, pepper-spray.... tampons...

"I'm ready to go."

"Nice, alright. Jess, we're heading out now. Mabel should be down any minute now." Eric brings up the rear, Jessica and the kids waving goodbye. You see Mabel down the hall...she looks to be in a mood. Sarah greets her and only gets a halfhearted hello back.

Out on the streets, it's cold but better then how it was in the night.

"Where are we going?" You ask, trailing closely behind the couple.

"Pft...the mall." Sarah doesn't sound thrilled by it.

"Honey you like the mall."

"Yeah like, when there aren't people there. It's a Friday! There's going to be all those girls walking about, skirts too short and heels too tall, yammering away at each other. Gross. Besides, it's a crappy little mall."

"I think it's a nice place. You should try to be more positive."

"And you should try to be less annoying." Even though it's banter, Eric holds hands with Sarah as she says this, they're fingers tangled up in each other. You wish you had a hand to hold...

"Um...how far is it?" You ask, feeling like a third-wheel.

"Well...if we go down Jefferson, then we should get there in bout...half an hour?" Eric says, looking down at his wristwatch.

"Anything you need to look for? Like I said, it's crappy...but it should have the usual mall junk."

>>231377
Y.yeah. Some... uhm... stuff...

We need underwear, but God is that embarrassing to even think about admitting, especially with Eric listening. We should probably also pick up box of tampons just in case.

Try to be subtle and change the topic by asking why someone would steal a girl's underwear. Like, all of it.

>>237884
>11
>James

9

Terry

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>>237891
You kindly thank the stranger for naming you :D.
You here your parents car driving away.

What would you like to do?

>>237586
Create some civ evo game bro.
with 2-3 tribes.

>>237600
But I'm too much of a lazy faggot to do that.

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>opening post demonstrates author not caring
>expects people to care enough to participate based off this
Try again, nigger.

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>>236046
To help you understand your place in the Turbidity Universe, a short summary of the starting setting and known factions is in order:

Setting
Your characters enter this storyline in the American Midwest, in the city called St. Louis. In 2050, the world is a somewhat different locale from what we might be familiar with in our present time. While the USA still exists as a federal polity, extreme factional differences in political parties, massive corporate influence, water and energy rights conflicts, and a crumbling world economy that serves only an elite 1% - mostly located in Russia and China - have resulted in vastly increased powers being handed to the states and cities of America. Deregulation and disbandment of many services and standards normally provided by federal organizations have resulted in a patchwork of byzantine laws, economic zones, corporate statehood, and murky interrelationships between local governments, syndicates, and federal authorities. Misunderstanding, criminal behavior, corporate ambition, and interstate disputes occasionally lead to outbreaks of open violence, but more often conflicts are resolved via sabotage, hacking, assassination, and hostile financial takeovers.

Journalisitic coverage is bought and sold on markets openly, and ISP censorship of citizen communications is routine. The internet itself is evolving - quite literally. Backbone operators, anxious to provide sufficent bandwidth for a hypervolatile, almost all-digital economy, have desperately come to rely entirely on genetic network paring algorithms to determine the architecture of their trunks - algorithms which sometimes ruthlessly cut entire cities off from the net in order to preserve bandwidth for more prosperous clientele, forcing users into a zero-sum game to retain access to the digital lifeline that is the net - or else face the devastating economic hardship of "offlining."

There is no organized resistance, there are no countries on Earth better off. There are only factions vying for bandwidth allocation in a system run for profit by individuals unknown to the common man, no longer at the helm of their own machinery. In St. Louis, these local movers and shakers are known to preside:

The Librarians
Former employees of the now defunct public library system in St. Louis, curating and analyzing their remaining databanks and media libraries. While technically no longer associated by common employment, local rumor has it these individuals share a common goal and meet regularly as some kind of secret society. They are very protective of the ruins of the main branch, down by the river's edge, and its now defunct uplink.

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>>236051
Reactors
A nationwide loosely-knit group of 20th and 21st century war reenactors. The local branch of this society used to be sponsored by the library; now it is looking for funding as a mercenary/security outfit. They draw attention for their willingness to employ outdated gear and a decidedly "old-school" approach to their trade.

Tribals
Disenfranchised, stripped of all educational and economic capital, many poorer "citizens" have nothing to lose from cutting ties with the system entirely; and much to gain. Usually making their livings via criminal activity or scavenging, Tribals are so-called for their codified belief systems and fierce sense of loyalty to their in-groups. Infighting, feuds, and raiding - portrayed in the mass media as gang warfare and mob violence - are not uncommon among Tribals, much to the chagrin of local security forces, who have largely stamped out street-level crime elsewhere in society. In St. Louis, Tribals maintain a strong presence in shanties, trailer parks, and boat towns all along the west river bank.

Commodore Networks
The Internet Service Provider that presides over the network trunks in the Midwest. Massively powerful, unimaginably wealthy, it is nonetheless considered a small fish in a big ocean of larger competitor syndicates eager to control as much of the net's "flow" as possible. Local anxiety is running high in light of rumors that Commodore Networks' GA routing algorithm may soon cut several small towns near St. Louis out of its network in order to maximize throughput from St. Louis to Chicago and Kansas City.

St. Louis City Government
Headed up by the City Council of St. Louis, composed of an elected board selected from the boards of the city's most economically important corporations. Tasked with making the city profitable and compliant with corporate, state, and federal regulations. Currently in a state of covert hostilities with Memphis, East St. Louis (and by proxy, the state of Illinois), and thus most tax and fee incomes have been diverted to fund paramilitary and private security firms to bolster the already significant corporate security apparatus and Missouri National Guard units garrisoned here.

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>>236051
ABev Refreshments and Holdings
The single largest corporate employer in St. Louis, ABev operates massive fully automated breweries, ethanol refineries, and marketing office-keeps in the metro area. An industry leader in the growing digital food market space, ABev holds several lucrative patents and licenses related to genetically-modified yeast strains which can be served to subscribers over the net for in-house production in cell fabrication labs worldwide. Although an international conglomerate, ABev has a well-known reputation for treating St. Louis as its own territory and a "capital" of sorts, operating a local darknet that penetrates into most other local networks, policing its own campuses and their peripheries with a security force of its own, and owning the largest (though not a controlling) number of seats on the local city council. Rumors suggest ABev is waiting to see what the paring algorithms of Commodore Networks do to the local backbone before deciding where to locate its next big datacenter, which could make or break any of the local polities.

Are you a member of any of these groups? Are you a freelancer? A citizen of the city? An outsider? The choice is yours, but regardless, you find yourself standing along the river's eastern bank at 9:56 PM on the 1st of June, 2050. The sky is patchy like an eroded film of thermal paste over the silicon lattice of the darkness beyond, and the turbid waters of the Mississippi glisten sullen and opaque beneath the oppressive glow of the city on the far bank, her arch silhouetted in neon and the infinitesimal flicker of small arms fire from side streets nearby: St. Louis, crown of the American Bottom, gateway city.

Why are you here?

>>230731
Yell, "Reveal yourself!"
Then rip off their robe.

>>230731
Bow to your opponent, then set fire to his robe.

>>230731
Stretch your fingers

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There we go. Now that we got introductions out of the way, I guess it's time to PUNish that murderer, eh?

Anyone have any leads?

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>>232725
GRIIIIIIIFFFFFFIIIIIIIITTTTTTTHHHHHHHH

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>>232723
So what does it mean if I am the suspect?

And is the murderer caught automatically or do they try to hide?

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Current Map

>>230599
Head deeper into the forest.

Rolled 8, 17 = 25 (2d20)

>>230604

>>238620
Ay yo waddup confused nigga

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"Ay yo waddup confused nigga" says a voice inside Charlie's head. It's as clear as day and unmistakable.

Charlie looks around the room desperate for a source like an anon of /gif/ but finds nothing. He returns to his laptop to find the anon's post beneath the opening post for the Quest.

"Shit" says Charlie, "This can't be happening, I must be losing my mind. You know what, I am pretty confused right now. Pretty fucking confused, indeed."

Charlie attempts to post into the Quest thread himself, typing out a lengthy message asking what's going on. However all his attempts to send the message fail for one reason or another.

"Fuck" says Charlie. "So I can't even send a message to whoever's doing this?"

Now comes the fun part of the Quest.

"The fun part?" says Charlie. "I don't like the sound of that."

The fun part is this: as Anons of the Many Voices of Magic, you can alter and change the fabric of reality in Charlie's world. Although you'll be limited in the beginning, seeing as you're all new to the game.

"But what if I don't want my reality altered?" says Charlie.

As players, you currently have ONE INTERFERENCE POINT. Interference points are used to alter Charlie's reality.

The more points you have, the more you can change his reality, and for how long.

As anons, your current power level is minimal. Right now you can make one superficial change to Charlie, or nearby reality which will change anything superficially in his bedroom.

An example of a superficial change would be changing the colour of something, or the size to a very limited degree, or the shape, etc.

"No fucking way. Don't do any of that" says Charlie, "I don't want any part of this Quest, do you hear me? It's morally wrong to fuck with someone's life like this."

First response succeeds as long as it meets the requirements.

>>238688
Shrink Charlie down as much as is possible with your power.

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“Okay everyone, it's time to assign roles!”

The Endless Night, as Settan dubbed it, has begun. You've built up a small camp in what appears to be a relatively safe area within the Darkworld, but people are still jittery and demotivated. Saki's working hard as head of class to keep the ball rolling and act as a leader, which is why she's currently divvying up responsibilities. So far, your girlfriend is doing a good job of staying confident and perky and... firm... okay, you need to get your mind out of there. This is a time for important business.

“Akemi!” she exclaims, pointing toward the small airhead. “This camp should be our safe point, so we're going to need as many defences built as possible. I know it will be tough seeing as we're sparse on materials...”

Akemi nods her head and gives an eager thumbs up. “Don't worry! I had enough wires and spare parts on me while I was adding the finishing touches to Ryoji's gauntlet that I can at least make something out of them. Just leave it to me!”

Good to see someone who's attitude isn't affected. Everyone else seems to be on edge. Even Saki's struggling a little to keep it together, and you don't like the vacant stare on Sayeka's face...

“Akio!” Saki exclaims, pointing towards the cocky popular kid. “Can I trust you to lead the main scouting party?”

“Of course!” Akio replies. “It's about time someone gave me a leadership position!”

“Akio, it's not enough that you're a good fighter,” Saki explains. “I need you to carry yourself with a cool-head and some maturity. Understood?”

“No problemo!” Akio smirks, though Saki isn't quite convinced. She points towards Ken.

“On second thought Ken, you'll be co-leader,” Saki adds. “Akio's confidence is a big boost, but we needs someone who can act more rationally to step in if he goes too far.”

“Such little trust!” Akio pouts.

“Ryoji!” Saki points towards you.

“What? I've got a big position?” you laugh. “This isn't just nepotism because you're my girlfriend, is it?”

Saki shakes her head. “We all need to pull our weight here. I'm placing you in charge of morale.”

“Morale? Me?” you ask.

“Of course. Let's not play dumb, Ryoji. Most of the others look to you for advice, and for whatever reason... you're a calming presence. They could use you to keep their spirits afloat.”

She's got you there. You do spend most of your time solving people's problems, and this new development has opened a whole ton of them.

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“Sure, you can count on me then.”

Saki smiles. “Great! Our two biggest priorities at the moment are finding Rei and Akira, as well as retrieving food!”

“Food?”

Saki nods. “Yeah. Like that Settan guy said, we'll be here for a while, so we need to find some food to keep everyone going. Some slight problems with that, though...”

Saki stretches out her arms as you look out at the red wasteland ahead. “There's nothing in our immediate area. There's small creatures scattered around the place, but I doubt anyone wants to chow down on roast Darkworlder... that's even without considering whether or not anything here is edible to us. Who knows? We're all awakened, maybe we'll be able to digest food here. Hopefully.”

You look out into the distance and point out a greener area out on the horizon. “That looks like some kind of forest,” you reply. “If we want to find food, maybe some Darkworld apples or something, that's probably our best bet... though knowing this place the apples probably have faces and scream at you, and then the trees root themselves out of the ground and try to gobble you up...”

Saki laughs. “Wow, I'm glad I placed you in charge of morale.”

“You're doing a good job in charge so far,” you smile.

“Am I?” Saki crosses her arms. “Or are you just saying that to make me feel better?”

“Well, I am in charge of morale,” you joke. “Speaking of, I should probably work on that. Who do I need to talk to first?”

Saki shrugs. “Can't say for certain. Everyone's at least a little shaken up. The ones who seem the most dire right now are Hoshi, Nanami, Sayeka and Reiji. Alice also seems a little on edge, but she's usually like that anyway, so I don't know. I'll leave it up to you.”

Well, this is going to be a hassle. You might as well get this over with, before people start losing their minds.

>Talk to Hoshi
>Talk to Nanami
>Talk to Sayeka
>Talk to Reiji
>Talk to Alice

>>236646
>>Talk to Sayeka