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Become The Vampire 37
Sammy curls up on the bed and pulls a blanket over herself, and you pause for a moment to consider the best approach.
“Come on, sleepyhead. If you don't wake up then I'll have to wake you up the hard way. I don't think I've shown you yet, but I've got magic to spare, and if I need to use it to get you out of bed then I will.”
Sammy looks at you and grumbles.
“Can't you just go by yourself? I'm comfortable, and I'm enjoying a lazy afternoon after all that fighting earlier...”
You pat her gently on the head and ruffle her hair a little.
“I'm going with Catherine to get supplies, so I won't be going alone, but she doesn't want to go with just me because she's nervous. Plus I'm pretty sure that you'd rather go with us, right?”
Sammy sits up and nods, suddenly alert.
“Yeah, I...”
She blushes softly and chuckles.
“Stupid jealousy thing... I trust you, and I know nothing is going to happen, rationally, but... You're right, I'd prefer tagging along.”
She uses the blanket like a robe and heads for her dresser, and you turn away to give her privacy, texting Catherine that you've got your third person and that you'll meet her at the bus in a bit. She responds that she'll be there soon, and you pocket your phone, waiting for Sammy. When she taps you on the shoulder you turn around, and she pecks you on the lips before heading for the door.
“Ready when you are.”
You take a moment to look her over. Her outfit is cute without being over the top, and you follow after her with a smile. Maybe, just maybe, this will all go smoothly, and no one will argue with anyone, and you'll get to just shop for what you need without any tension in the air. You head for the bus stop, full of hope, and spot Catherine waiting by the bus stop in a blue dress, holding her book bag with both hands and looking like she's about to die of embarrassment. Sammy turns to you and folds her arms.
“Well, it's a good thing that I came along then, huh.”
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You sigh softly and head to the bus stop, waving at Catherine and smiling. She gives you a small wave in return and seems to relax a bit when she spots Sammy.
“H-Hi there... Um... A-Are we ready to go...?”
Sammy circles around Catherine slowly, hand on her chin, before she walks back over to you and gives you a slight nod. Catherine looks deeply confused and a little worried.
“We're ready to go. No problems.”
>Character sheet
http://pastebin.com/4Z1StvHC
>Rules
Same system as Become The Dragon Quest. If you don't know what that is, it's best of three d20 rolls. I name a stat that sums up what you're trying to do, and if I don't name a relevant skill, you try to fill in the blank based on what you're trying to accomplish. “Break open the door” might be Strength based, but if you've been playing baseball after school and there's a lead pipe nearby, you could apply your Baseball skill to the roll. A 20 on the die is a crit threat, and if either of the other two rolls is 20 or higher after mods, it's a critical. A crit fail is when you have two or more 1s. So far this system has worked out well enough. We'll get into combat rules as needed, but in basic terms you have wounds, not HP, and the worse the wounds, the more penalties you accrue while doing other things.
Most Important Rule:
Have fun.
>Sammy, don't be weird and jealous. We're just friends.
>Sorry about that, Catherine, Sammy's just a little protective is all.
>Let's get moving.
>Text Sammy, ask her what she was doing
>Text Catherine, ask her what's going on
>Other (write-in)
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>>45114112
>Sorry about that, Catherine, Sammy's just a little protective is all.
Hooray! New thread!
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>>45114112
>Sorry about that, Catherine, Sammy's just a little protective is all.
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>>45114112
>>Sorry about that, Catherine, Sammy's just a little protective is all.
Werewolf thing, pretty sure she was trying to see if you'd try and take her spot in the "pack"
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>>45114112
>Sorry about that, Catherine, Sammy's just a little protective is all.
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>>45114112
>Sorry about that, Catherine, Sammy's just a little protective is all.
Yandere Sammy when?
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>>45114112
>>Sorry about that, Catherine, Sammy's just a little protective is all.
>Let's get moving.
Oh Sammy...
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>>45114353
>>45114377
We Just need to act like an alpha wolf and put in her bitch ass in place. Maybe nip her ears when she acts up.
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>>45114410
I forget, we haven't officially claimed her, right? Because that would probably solve a lot of issues.
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>>45114353
Starting to think each of Athena's future moms correspond to one of the seven sins.
>>45114458
Improving her self-esteem and fixing her curse so she doesn't have to fight it's impulses constantly would also help.
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You sigh softly and smile at Catherine.
“Sorry about that. Sammy's just protective.”
Catherine tilts her head slightly.
“I-I don't have any weapons or anything on me... A-And I'd lose in a fight with her...”
You shake your head.
“Not that kind of... Well, actually, probably that kind of protective as well. But I think she was just-”
Sammy covers your mouth with her hand.
“That is quite literally the worst thing you could bring up right now.”
Sammy takes out her phone and types out a message to you, holding it up for you to see.
“The dress is older than she is. Hand-me-down. Probably from her mom or something. She's not wearing it because she wants to. She'll probably pass out if you bring up dating or anything. Can't exactly ask her that though, she'd probably just get flustered.”
She uncovers your mouth and pockets her phone, briefly tapping her nose.
“That's why I did it.”
You can see the bus approaching, and Sammy stands by the edge of the road while Catherine looks at you, puzzled.
“I still don't quite get it...”
>Let's hit the shops and try to keep things sane and sensible.
>Text Catherine about what Sammy mentioned, ask about the dress
>Compliment Catherine
>Try to smooth things over a bit, make up a reason for Sammy inspecting her
>Other (write-in)
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>>45114410
That would rile her up rather than put her in her place.
>>45114458
You have, by technicality, but that's only by werewolf standards, and Sammy is waiting for a proper answer on Oliver's terms rather than something he bumbled into, especially after what he told her.
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>>45114519
>>Try to smooth things over a bit, make up a reason for Sammy inspecting her
Oh, poor Catherine.... Maybe make up something like making sure Cat was okay? I mean, it's reasonable to be worried after what Oliver saved her from, plus it folds into why Sammy is being protective. Plays it off as not protective of Oliver, but Cat instead.
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>>45114519
>Try to smooth things over a bit, make up a reason for Sammy inspecting her
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>>45114519
>Compliment Catherine
>other
That is a lovely dress but would you be more comfortable in pants since we'll be working? Want to stop by a shop and maybe pick up some supplies as well?
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>>45114519
>Try to smooth things over a bit, make up a reason for Sammy inspecting her
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Schmooze roll, +1
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Rolled 3 + 1 (1d20 + 1)
>>45114647
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Rolled 11 + 1 (1d20 + 1)
>>45114647
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Rolled 11 + 1 (1d20 + 1)
>>45114647
LIE
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>>45114676
always with the double rolls in this quest...
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>>45114587
We should probably text Sammy with what we saved her from if we go with that. The fact that we have confirmed vampire assassins after us and they can probably do illusions (I'd imagine most disguise spells don't hide smell enough to trick a werewolf) as another potential reason, but I don't think we told Sammy about that either.
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>>45114733
Also Dracula. And a reaper.
Oliver lives a complicated life.
Still, hopefully his own cabin will allow for some peace and quiet and time to study vampire bloodlines using unwilling but helpful volunteers.
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You shrug slightly.
“I think she was just giving you a once over to make sure you're alright. I mean, you look pretty nervous.”
Catherine fidgets a little.
“I-I appreciate the gesture then...”
You nod and move next to Sammy, and Catherine positions herself on the other side of Sammy. As the bus pulls up you get on board, and Sammy and Catherine take the seat across from you. Sammy pulls out her phone and they exchange numbers before quietly chatting back and forth, with Sammy occasionally glancing your way and smiling.
>Try to listen in on their conversation discretely
>Just ask them what they're talking about
>Let them have their bonding moment in peace, things seem to be going well
>Other (write-in)
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>>45114801
>Try to listen in on their conversation discretely
Not in the jealous boyfriend way, but the bored and curious way.
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Why is Sammy assuming we're in a relationship?
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>>45114801
>Let them have their bonding moment in peace, things seem to be going well
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>>45114801
>Try to listen in on their conversation discretely
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>>45114821
Because we said we'd give it another shot and we got intimate?
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>>45114821
Why are you assuming we aren't?
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>>45114801
>Try to listen in on their conversation discretely
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>>45114801
>>Try to listen in on their conversation discretely
I'm still wondering what Jennifer and Sammy were talking about when Oliver first brought Athena home.
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Sneak roll plus Conceal, +4
Sleuth roll plus Perception, +2
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Rolled 8 + 4 (1d20 + 4)
>>45114943
Sneak
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Rolled 3 + 4 (1d20 + 4)
>>45114821
Because they are? Absolutely nothing Oliver has done has even slightly implied that they aren't dating.
>>45114943
Sneak roll plus Conceal, +4
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>>45114870
We said we aren't.
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>>45114801
>Try to listen in on their conversation discretely
inb4: Sammy making death threats to cath if she even consider Oliver as a possible lover.
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Rolled 9 + 2 (1d20 + 2)
>>45114943
Sleuth
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Rolled 9 + 2 (1d20 + 2)
>>45114943
>Sleuth roll plus Perception, +2
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Rolled 11 + 4 (1d20 + 4)
>>45114943
stealth
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Rolled 1 + 4 (1d20 + 4)
>>45114943
Like a snake
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>>45114996
I will not roll anymore. Also thank god it doesn't count.
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Rolled 20 + 2 (1d20 + 2)
>>45114943
sleuther
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>>45114984
>>45114971
The double rolls are real.
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>>45114969
Then we said we'd give it another chance and went on a really nice date and comforted her after Norton was a bitchface and had loving oral sex wherein we made sure that we didn't take advantage of her condition and go too far.
Totally irrational for either of them to consider that a romantic relationship, though.
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>>45114989
So 15 Stealth
>>45115024
and 22 Sleuth
>>45115047
and mine is always one of them... I'm just not gonna roll for a bit...
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>>45115024
God dammit Oliver. Stop being so good.
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You sit back and relax, leaning in slightly to try to hear what they're talking about. Mostly they're talking about history class, but as the ride goes on the topic shifts to you, and Catherine confides in Sammy about what happened in the hall, with the snake man and his brutish friend. Sammy spares you another glance and smiles a bit, before pressing for a few details and offering her own story. You just know this is going to feed into Sammy's image of you as a hero to no end. Sammy makes an offhand comment about the dress and offers to go shopping with Catherine for other clothes to work in, which Catherine agrees to instantly. As the ride comes to an end Sammy gets to her feet and stretches a little.
“So, we're gonna go get a few odds and ends. Mind if we wander off and meet up with you in a little while?”
>We should stick together. I'll go with you.
>We're here for supplies, we should stay focused.
>Go right ahead. I'll stay in touch if anything happens.
>Other (write-in)
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>>45115159
>Go right ahead. I'll stay in touch if anything happens.
Good, good...
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>>45115159
>Go right ahead. I'll stay in touch if anything happens.
Have me on speed dial. It seems like whenever we go somewhere and split up one of us gets jumped.
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>>45115159
>Go right ahead. I'll stay in touch if anything happens.
Aw, Sammy found a new friend!
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>>45115186
Supporting
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You nod and smile, heading off the bus.
“Go do your thing, I'll catch up with you guys in a little while. Stay in touch, alright? And stay safe.”
Sammy nods, and Catherine gives you a slight wave as you get off the bus and look around. The shopping district is the next stop over, but that's all clothes and furniture and stuff. Before all that you need practical things, like blankets and camping gear and basic supplies. You don't have too much free spending money at the moment, and you'll probably have to dip into your school fund if you want to get fancy.
>Basic stuff, only what can be afforded, endure the inconveniences
>Get some high end supplies but nothing too extravagant, stuff that will last
>Go all out, this is going to be a future base of operations, it needs the very best
>Steal stuff and pay only for what you can't sneak out
>Other (write-in)
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>>45115333
>Get some high end supplies but nothing too extravagant, stuff that will last
>Grab a few smaller items if we think we have a good shot to get away with it.
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>>45115333
>>Get some high end supplies but nothing too extravagant, stuff that will last
Hopefully we can magic together stuff that we really need but can't buy
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>>45115360
Some light theft for spice is nice
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In terms of smaller items, are we talking candy bars or expensive gear that'll fit in your pocket like a sturdy hunting knife?
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>>45115541
Is Oliver's upgraded blood magic capable of making a decent knife?
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>>45115541
Expensive stuff, speaking as someone who works in a chain store, They won't call the cops until we're almost outside the store, and we can run fast.
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>>45115564
Would you care to test it and find out?
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>>45115607
I certainly would! We haven't gotten to play with it much, I wanna see how far we can take it.
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>>45115582
Be careful, this is America, civvies will try to shoot shoplifters to death because they can.
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>>45115642
Fair enough. Spirit roll, +2
Oliver would have likely found time to at least give this ability a rudimentary test, so let's see what we're working with.
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Rolled 19 + 2 (1d20 + 2)
>>45115753
Given I work in the Deep South of America, I can tell you, you are vastly overstating the gun love.
>>45115775
spirit
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Rolled 6 + 2 (1d20 + 2)
>>45115775
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Rolled 6 + 2 (1d20 + 2)
>>45115775
blooood
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>>45115786
>>45115775
I'd say he's working with quite a fucking bit!
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>>45115792
>>45115803
Again more doubles. Thank goodness I rolled that 19
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Oliver's blood magic can form stable, solid objects, up to about a cubic meter total before the amount of blood in his body is officially too low to support him. The objects remain solid for as long as Oliver can concentrate on them, turning back into liquid blood if he's unable to maintain even the slightest amount of focus. Any sudden shocks or surprises that draw his full attention can lead to his tools crumbling, but so long as he isn't utterly rattled he's fine. Due to the nature of blood magic, the objects have a distinct magical aura that is exactly the same as Oliver's, leaving no question as to their origin.
Oliver can form complex tools and contraptions so long as he can visualize all the moving parts involved. Simpler shapes are easier to form and can be made much more quickly than intricate devices. It's faster and easier to make a hammer than a clock, for instance. Size plays little role in how long it takes, but the more blood Oliver takes out of himself the more he strains himself. If Oliver loses focus and can't reclaim his missing blood, the penalty from blood loss will stick until he regenerates his blood over time, with the penalty decreasing each hour.
So, what are you stealing?
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>>45116065
GPS, Pocket torch, flashlight
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>>45116065
Small valuable important things. Maybe a pack of cards to bribe Meliora with and few candy bars too.
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>>45116100
why a flashlight? He can produce fire on command.
What he needs is fuel for his lighter
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>>45116065
GPS, small Maglight, matches. Things that aren't tools we can make with blood, either because chemical composition or technology issues.
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Sneak roll plus Conceal, +4
Sleuth roll plus Perception, +2
Luck roll
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>>45116124
And if we need light in a area of flammable gas?
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Rolled 14 + 4 (1d20 + 4)
>>45116163
Sneak
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Rolled 5 + 4 (1d20 + 4)
>>45116163
sneak
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Rolled 14 + 4 (1d20 + 4)
>>45116163
Sneaky sneaky
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Rolled 19 + 2 (1d20 + 2)
>>45116163
Sleuth
Would theft be more envy or greed, do you think?
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Rolled 13 + 2 (1d20 + 2)
>>45116163
sleuth
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Rolled 14 + 2 (1d20 + 2)
>>45116163
Sleuth
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Rolled 17 + 2 (1d20 + 2)
>>45116163
sleuth
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Rolled 11 (1d20)
>>45116163
Luck
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Rolled 9 (1d20)
>>45116163
lucky!
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Rolled 16 (1d20)
>>45116163
>Luck
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Rolled 15 (1d20)
>>45116163
Luck
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>>45116193
>>45116202
Again double roll... this thread...
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Rolled 10 (1d20)
>>45116163
LUCK
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>>45116193
>>45116202
sneak 18
>>45116232
sleuth 19
>>45116254
luck 16
Not bad
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>>45116193
18
>>45116209
21
>>45116254
16
We good, y'all
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>>45116286
Sleuth is 21.
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You head for a sports supply store and wander around for a bit, asking the people in the shop where various items are and making use of the time they spend hunting things down for you to pocket a few select items. You've got Miniora for your tech needs, but having a few spare gadgets around wouldn't hurt, so you snag yourself a fancy new GPS and a flashlight while no one is looking, along with a pack of trading cards for Meliora and some candy. You also help yourself to a small jewelry box that you spot by the counter for good measure, and then pay for the supplies the staff have been carting around for you.
You load up your new, extra-large camping backpack with your sleeping bags, tent kit, water purifier, blankets and trail rations, and you head off to a few other stores to repeat the process, loading up with more food and drinks, toiletries and other odds and ends. With your shopping and larceny complete you check your phone and find that Miniora has cannibalized the GPS and is in the process of upgrading it, your phone stuck to the other device. You check your text messages and find one from Sammy asking where you are, and you let her know you're all set to go.
>Ask Sammy's cousin for a ride to the cabin
>Head out on foot and hike there
>Other (write-in)
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>>45116254
for fucking once this thread I managed not to roll a double
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>>45116472
>Head out on foot and hike there
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>>45116472
>>Ask Sammy's cousin for a ride to the cabin
the Wolfes already know where the place is
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>>45116472
>Head out on foot and hike there
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>>45116472
>Head out on foot and hike there
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>>45116472
>you check your phone and find that Miniora has cannibalized the GPS and is in the process of upgrading it, your phone stuck to the other device
The phone is yandere.
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>>45116472
>Text Sammy asking what she and Catherine want to do.
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>>45116526
Superior Waiphone.
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Strength roll plus Endurance, +1
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Rolled 2 + 1 (1d20 + 1)
>>45116571
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Rolled 7 + 1 (1d20 + 1)
>>45116571
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Rolled 6 + 1 (1d20 + 1)
>>45116571
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>>45116599
We weak.
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>>45116589
>>45116599
>>45116613
Little annoying, but eh, better now than when we were in bed with wolfu.
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>>45116599
And Oliver is promptly made to look like a bitch as Catherine and Sammy haul everything themselves
>>45116639
anon speaks true
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>>45116639
>>45116648
We tired ourselves out pleasing Sammy.
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You meet up with Sammy and Catherine, both of whom are wearing much more practical outfits, and explain your plan to hike out there to see how long it will take, and to make sure that it's a valid plan for the future. Sammy rolls her eyes a bit.
“We bought jeans and t-shirts so we could work on the cabin, this isn't exactly hiking attire. I mean, we'll be fine in this weather, but couldn't we just get a ride there?”
Catherine smiles shyly.
“I-I think it's a good plan. It means that in the future, if he can't get a ride then he knows if he can just walk, right?”
You nod.
“That's part of it. I also don't want to have to tell everyone about what I'm doing. I want it to be a secret, if possible.”
Sammy sighs and hangs her head.
“Alright, but you're gonna regret it...”
Sammy couldn't have been more right. Catherine starts to give out a bit as you get a third of the way there, but by the halfway point you ache all over from carrying the heavy backpack around, and you have to hand it off to Sammy for the rest of the way. She takes it, along with Catherine's bag, and spends the rest of the walk with a bit of a smug smile on her face. She told you so, and she doesn't even need to say it.
It takes about an hour on foot to reach the cabin, most of the walk consisting of following the roads to the Wolfe family home. About forty minutes in Sammy leads you off the road and through the woods, which quickly turns into a trek through dense foliage. Bringing Andrea along as some point to tame this stuff might be a good future project, assuming you don't just cut it all out by hand. And then, in the distance, you spot it.
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The cabin is actually pretty big, a two-story lodge in the middle of a clearing. There's a stone chimney that has seen better days, the windows are mostly boarded up, and there are what look like claw marks around the edges of the ground floor, mainly around the front door and some of the windows. The wood looks sturdy and solid, but without any sort of care or upkeep it'll quickly fall apart, and you can already tell it'll be drafty inside.
>Set up the tent and supplies inside the cabin, out of sight
>Set up outside in case it all goes horribly wrong
>Worry about the tent and stuff later, explore the place
>Take some time to rest and recover before you do any more work
>Other (write-in)
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>>45116874
>>Worry about the tent and stuff later, explore the place
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>>45116874
>Worry about the tent and stuff later, explore the place
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>>45116874
>Worry about the tent and stuff later, explore the place
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>>45116874
>Set up outside in case it all goes horribly wrong
Rest is for the weak and for those who have parents to tuck then in the bed.
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Sleuth roll plus Perception, +2
Anything in particular you're looking for?
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Rolled 9 + 2 (1d20 + 2)
>>45116995
Nah, just sorta checking it out, and looking for a good room for a magic lab.
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Rolled 4 + 2 (1d20 + 2)
>>45116995
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Rolled 8 + 2 (1d20 + 2)
>>45116995
Issues with the foundation, what sort of pest infestations there are, a catalogue of what parts of the walls/roof can be salvaged and what needs to be replaced, electrical systems, hidden rooms, how in-tact is the chimney, stuff along that vein.
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>>45117044
>>45117026
Oh lord..
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>>45117161
Don't worry. We have Sammy and Catherine here to pick up the slack.
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>>45117161
Don't worry, this is why we brought Catherine along.
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You head inside the cabin and turn to Sammy.
“I'm gonna look around inside for a bit, see if there's anything obvious we need to fix.”
Sammy nods, setting down the backpack.
“Alright then. I'll be out here with Catherine. I think she could do with a rest.”
Catherine looks a bit dazed, her legs wobbling, and she falls to her knees before collapsing, panting quietly.
“I-I can't feel my feet...”
Sammy chuckles a bit.
“We'll join you in a little bit, alright?”
You nod and head inside. The place is a little musty, but nothing a little sprucing up couldn't fix. There are more gouges in the walls here and there, but aside from the house settling on its foundations a bit you don't notice anything too out of place. The décor strikes you as odd though. Stephen said it was an old hunting lodge, but you don't see any hunting supplies. It looks more like a quaint cottage in the woods than somewhere you'd haul a freshly killed deer to for drinks and a cookout.
You head back outside, where Catherine is eating a protein bar and sipping water, and sit down with the girls to discuss your next move. Sammy wants to start setting up camp right away so it won't be a concern later, while Catherine wants to examine as much as possible before it gets dark out since crashing in the cabin for the night is also an option.
>Let's make camp first, we don't want to be doing that in the dark
>Let's divide up the work and do both at once.
>Let's do what we came here to do, the place looks solid and we can rest inside if need be
>Other (write-in)
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>>45117327
>>Let's make camp first, we don't want to be doing that in the dark
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>>45117327
>Let's make camp first, we don't want to be doing that in the dark
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>>45117327
>Let's make camp first, we don't want to be doing that in the dark
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>>45117327
>Let's divide up the work and do both at once.
Oliver and Sammy can handle setting up the camp while Catherine looks around.
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>>45117327
>Let's make camp first, we don't want to be doing that in the dark
ll do the tents together than Sammy can take Catherine in in case we missed anything dangerous. Oliver continues setup alone
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>>45117327
>Let's make camp first, we don't want to be doing that in the dark
We can make it faster with the three of us working on it.
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Back in a moment, food time.
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>>45117397
>splitting the party
>in a abandoned cabin in the woods.
Wolf territory or not they still have invaders.
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>>45117464
It's not far enough apart for me to consider it splitting.
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>>45117464
I'm sorta worried the Wolfes just killed whoever lived here before...
I'm sure there's some dark secret involved.
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>>45117527
This gives me more blair witch fells. Also we should ward the fuck out the place.
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>>45117776
Indeed. Runic wards all over the place.
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>>45117828
Do we even know how to make stable wards?
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>>45117776
agreed. I don't want us waking up to stick people. That's bullshit.
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>>45117841
It's instinctive, and we've been studying it every night.
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>>45117923
Don't you need to know the primary runes used in the spell from dreams and it's just the bridge runes that are instinctual?
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>>45118002
Yes, but it's been a full week since we tried a spell and we've been studying it every night. We don't have a list of everything we know.
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“We should focus on survival needs first. We'll make camp and we'll worry about the cabin later. We're just here for an initial inspection anyway, it's not like it's going to take us all day and night.”
Catherine nods slightly.
“Alright.”
She gets to her feet, wobbles, and sits back down.
“I-I'll just... be here...”
Sammy pats her shoulder.
“Take it easy for now. I can do all the heavy lifting for both of you.”
She gives you a wink and a smirk before getting to work on the tent. You start unpacking and sorting the rest of the supplies, and Catherine sets about arranging her books and notes. After about an hour of work you've got the tent up, the sleeping bags unfurled, the food and water properly stowed away inside the tent, and all the rest of your supplies carefully arranged. Sammy looks up at the sky and sighs.
“We've got maybe an hour of daylight left. What should we do?”
You pass out the flashlights for safety before pausing to consider your next move. It'll be dark inside the cabin before the sun sets, so exploring now won't be much different than doing it at night, but you feel a certain sense of dread about exploring an abandoned cabin in the dark.
>Let's put it aside until morning
>Let's give it a once over before it gets dark
>We're here to inspect it, and it's not like anything is in there. Let's explore the whole cabin.
>Other (write-in)
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>>45118258
>>Let's give it a once over before it gets dark
>>
>>45118258
>Let's give it a once over before it gets dark
>>
>>45118258
Once around the outside then
>We're here to inspect it, and it's not like anything is in there. Let's explore the whole cabin.
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>>45118258
>We're here to inspect it, and it's not like anything is in there. Let's explore the whole cabin.
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>>45118258
>We're here to inspect it, and it's not like anything is in there. Let's explore the whole cabin.
What could possibly go wrong?
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Sleuth roll plus Perception, +4
Luck roll
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>>45118258
Is Presence still with us? She can check out the new house too, and set booby traps in the woods.
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Rolled 14 + 4 (1d20 + 4)
>>45118466
Sleuth
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Rolled 6 + 4 (1d20 + 4)
>>45118466
sleauth
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Rolled 16 + 4 (1d20 + 4)
>>45118466
Sleuth
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Rolled 10 (1d20)
>>45118466
Luck
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Rolled 18 (1d20)
>>45118466
Luck
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Rolled 5 (1d20)
>>45118466
Lucky rabbits foot
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Rolled 18 (1d20)
>>45118466
luck
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Rolled 7 (1d20)
>>45118466
luck
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>>45118466
>>45118500
20 sleuth
>>45118543
18 luck
Damn it Oliver, you've GOT to have some sort of holy blessing.
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>>45118607
Too bad our it doesn't extend to our physical stats.
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>>45118607
It's waaaay more likely to be unholy, given the demon communing and vampire mother maybe still being alive
>>
>>45118627
Well, based on our past, it's not surprising. We can always suit up if we need strength.
>>45118649
I'd actually say we've got some sort of Fae blessing, since Luck's supposed to be neutral.
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>>45118500
>>45118483
Call us 'Sherlock Oliver'
>>
Wait a minute
Tenten is a JEWFU
She offered us a DISCOUNT at her store for our birthday, instead of a gift. What sort of scrooge mcduckian hell did she crawl out of?
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>>45118726
Friend, you may be in the wrong thread...
>>
“Let's do a quick walk around the outside and then check inside the house.”
Catherine nods slightly and gets to her feet, leaning on Sammy a bit.
“I'll check for structural damage and anything obviously in need of replacing...”
You nod and head for one side of the building.
“And I'll look for anything that I think could do with remodeling or changing for cosmetic purposes, or just so there's more space inside to work with.”
Sammy and Catherine head to the other side and you begin making your way around the cabin. More scratch marks, and a door leading to a cellar of some sort. There's a rusted lock and a heavy metal chain holding it closed, but the hinges look like they're falling apart. You keep walking and make a mental note to check it out later, circling to the back of the cabin. There's a door to get inside from the back porch, which was, at one point, screened off to keep out bugs. The screen has since been ripped to shreds by... something.
As you come around the other side you find Catherine inspecting the chimney and making notes while Sammy sifts through some stones and chunks of cement that look like they fell off it at some point. Catherine barely seems to notice you, and Sammy looks like she's getting bored already. She sets down the stones she was examining and turns towards you.
“Anything so far? See anything you want to work on first?”
>I want to see what's in the cellar I found
>I think the back porch could be remodeled easily enough
>If the chimney needs repairing, that's a priority
>Other (write-in)
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>>45118726
Who?
>>
>>45118726
Kek
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>>45118726
Welcome, weary traveler of the internet. Methinks you need a cup of coffee.
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>>45118726
Wrong story, mate
>>45118746
>I want to see what's in the cellar I found
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>>45118692
Or we just have "The Devil's Luck".
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>>45118746
>I want to see what's in the cellar I found
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>>45118746
>I want to see what's in the cellar I found
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>>45118746
>I want to see what's in the cellar I found
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>>45118785
He said while rolling a 13
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>>45118746
>>I want to see what's in the cellar I found
Klaatu Barada Nikto, fuckers
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>>45118839
But Meliora isn't there, anon.
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>If the chimney needs repairing, that's a priority.
Light and heat are a pretty good thing to have.
>>
>>45118868
I was thinking more Evil Dead
>>
“I found a locked cellar, and I wanna check it out. The lock is rusted over, but the hinges are pretty beaten up. We could break it open easily enough.”
Sammy perks up a little.
“I used to come play around here when I was little, I don't think I've ever been down there. It could be kinda fun.”
Catherine nods.
“I'll keep working around here, if you want to go exploring... Just stay safe, and if anything creaks or cracks, don't stay underneath anything.”
>Let's go, Sammy
>I was actually gonna go alone while Sammy helps you work
>We should all go as a group
>Other (write-in)
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>>45118877
That's not the biggest reason why repairing a chimney is usually a high priority.
>>
>>45118940
>Let's go, Sammy
Catherine the password is Spoomoni, aight? If you here someone and they don't say that, either magic them or run.
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>>45118940
>We should all go as a group
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>>45118968
Care to enlighten us?
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>>45118940
>We should all go as a group
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>>45118940
>>We should all go as a group
no, fuck you, we are NOT splitting the party
>>
>>45118940
>We should all go as a group
I don't want to explain to the mermaid court why Catherine got eaten.
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>>45118940
>I was actually gonna go alone while Sammy helps you work
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>>45119001
It's because a chimney can collapse relatively easily if not in a proper state of repair and that's both fatally dangerous and extremely damaging to the building.
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>>45119061
Oh okay. Thanks for the extra knowledge
>>
“Actually, we should probably all go as a group. I don't want anything happening to anyone.”
Sammy helps Catherine to her feet, and she pockets her notes.
“I'd just like it to be on the record... I don't really like dark places...”
Sammy shrugs a bit.
“It'll be fine. I mean, it's not like the place is going to collapse on top of us, right?”
Catherine hesitates, before nodding slowly.
“It seems structurally sound to me...”
You lead the pair over to the entrance to the cellar.
“And if something does happen to go wrong, we'll be right there to help each other.”
Catherine relaxes a little bit at that, and smiles softly. You turn your attention to the lock and hinges, trying to come up with a suitable solution.
>Blood crowbar
>Hit the hinges with a rock
>Grab the handles and pull
>Other (write-in)
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>>45119417
>>>Blood crowbar
Might as well.
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>>45119417
>Hit the hinges with a rock
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>>45119417
>Blood crowbar
WE. HAVE, THE. POWA.
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>>45119417
>Blood crowbar
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>>45119417
>>Blood crowbar
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Spirit roll, +2
Strength roll, +0
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Rolled 17 + 2 (1d20 + 2)
>>45119637
sprite
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Rolled 8 (1d20)
>>45119637
Stren
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Rolled 2 (1d20)
>>45119637
strength
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Rolled 7 + 2 (1d20 + 2)
>>45119637
Spirit
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Rolled 10 (1d20)
>>45119637
>Strength roll, +0
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Rolled 2 + 2 (1d20 + 2)
>>45119637
spirit roll samefag
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You bite your finger and form a crowbar using your blood. Your strength doesn't count for much, but by manipulating the tool and working it into the cracks around the hinges you manage to get enough force behind it to start prying them loose one by one. When you finish you wipe the sweat from your forehead and return your blood to your veins before smiling at Sammy and Catherine.
“Well, ready when you are.”
They're both staring at you in shock. Sammy looks more surprised than anything else, but Catherine looks deeply concerned.
“Th-That was... vampire magic, isn't it...?”
Sammy shakes her head.
“Blood magic isn't vampire magic, I think... Is it?”
Catherine takes a step back.
“Only vampires use it... W-Well, and reckless mortals, but...”
>What can I say? I like living dangerously.
>Secretly I'm a good vampire. Don't tell anyone.
>I've been doing this stuff since I was a kid, and all along it's been magic? Huh.
>Can we focus less on how I'm probably risking my life with this stuff and more on the spooky basement?
>Other (write-in)
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>>45119637
Wgen we fail the strength check, we'll suit up and redo it.
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>>45120160
>I've been doing this stuff since I was a kid, and all along it's been magic? Huh.
>What can I say, I like to live dangerously.
Sarcasm ftw
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>>45120160
>>What can I say? I like living dangerously.
>Other (write-in) Tell them to relax, it's not inherently evil and we haven't done anything too terrible to earn it.
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>>45120160
Made a deal with a devil. i hope that is not a problem i can also use elemental magic and rune magic.
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>>45120160
>What can I say? I like living dangerously.
>I stole a tome during my first day here from the bizarre, I've had Angie fact check everything I did. If an Angel gives you a thumbs up, pretty sure it's ok Catherine.
>>
>>
>>45120160
>>45120192
Agreed
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>>45120160
>Oh please. Blood magic is directly the opposite of reckless. It's about Balance, give and take. A forced equivalent exchange. I'm just in it for badass blood manipulation.
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>>45120370
>puts on stunner shades of hardened blood
>>
You look at your hands, then at Catherine, and give your words the most sarcastic tone you can.
“Huh. I've been doing this sort of stuff since I was a little kid, and all along it's really been magic?”
You chuckle softly.
“I'm human. I just like living dangerously, I guess. What makes you say that only reckless mortals use it?”
Catherine hesitates.
“Mostly because it's intoxicating... Hemomancy earned the nickname 'hedomancy', like hedonism, because each spell gives the wielder a rush of power that's like a high from a drug... And people who get addicted to it can bleed themselves dry trying to get that feeling...”
You gaze down into the darkness.
“Well, I'm barely scratching the surface at this point. I'll be sure to keep that in mind though.”
You make a note to see what else Catherine knows later and turn on your flashlight, peering into the dark. There's no stairway and no ladder, so climbing up and down is going to be fun unless you make yourself a little bloody box to stand on or something. You can see something glinting in the darkness, and you can't tell if it's moving or just a trick of the light from your flashlight.
>Close it back up for now
>This demands exploration, jump down and advance with haste
>Make a blood ladder and get down carefully
>Other (write-in)
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>>45120593
Sammy, Catherine, you guys have better night sight than I do right? See anything?
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>>45120593
>Make a blood ladder and get down carefully
Single post ladder, though.
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>>45120593
>Make a blood ladder and get down carefully
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>>45120593
>>Make a blood ladder and get down carefully
sure, why not?
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Spirit roll, +2
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>>45120593
Surly we bought rope, use it to climb down
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Rolled 1 + 2 (1d20 + 2)
>>45120809
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Rolled 11 + 2 (1d20 + 2)
>>45120809
critfail
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Rolled 13 + 2 (1d20 + 2)
>>45120809
magic
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Rolled 3 + 2 (1d20 + 2)
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You make a ladder and lower it down slowly, adjusting it bit by bit until it rests securely on the floor. You make sure to spread the base out a bit so it won't wobble, and you secure the top to the frame of the cellar door. With a quick glance to the others you begin to climb down, pointing your flashlight this way and that to take in the scene before you.
The cellar is lined with shelves containing colorful glass bottles and musty old books. On the ground in the middle of the room is a circle, etched into the floor and stained with what was, at one point, probably blood. The glinting object is a picture frame, face down on a desk in the corner, with broken glass scattered around the floor nearby. This place might have once been a workshop of some sort, or a place where someone performed rituals. The pattern on the floor looks similar to the one you used when you first summoned Tellarie.
>All clear, come have a look
>Investigate the picture frame
>Inspect the carved circle
>Check the books and bottles
>Get out before you accidentally set something off
>Other (write-in)
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>>45120837
and dont be trying to delete it jsut because you ended up on the higher end of the roll.
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>>45121085
>Inspect the carved circle
Make sure it's not active then,
>All clear, come have a look
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>>45121085
>Non-chalantly say "Oh cool, a circle for demon summoning. That saves a bit of time."
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>>45121085
>>45121139
This makes sense
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>>45121085
>Inspect the carved circle
>Investigate the picture frame
>Magicians lab guys, not sure if it's clear yet.
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>>45121170
>Draw a dick on it, Our demon comes out anyway
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>>45121085
>All clear, come have a look
>Investigate the picture frame
>Inspect the carved circle
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>>45121170
>>45121216
Both of these. Because freaking out Catherine is fun.
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>>45121085
thirding >>45121170
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>>45121216
>This
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>>45121170
>Ah! it the circle specifically says "filet-o-fish" wonder what that means,
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>>45121491
>Oh, this guy musta been asian. There's something in here about roasted dogs, too.
>>
You kneel down and examine the circle briefly. Something inside you tells you that it's wrong, a little voice in the back of your mind telling you that the circle wasn't carved properly, like the magic would just spill right out of is uselessly.
“Cool. A demon summoning circle. Well, that saves me plenty of time. Shame it's worthless and incomplete though.”
You nod to yourself and turn to Sammy and Catherine.
“It looks like it's pretty safe down here, but be careful. There's a lot of magic stuff down here, and I don't know what's still active and what isn't.”
Sammy climbs down after you, but Catherine stays by the door.
“I-I'm just going to stay up here for now... If you need me, I'll come down...”
Sammy walks over to one of the shelves and starts poking around, and you head for the desk to inspect the picture. It's a young man, maybe in his twenties, smiling at the person taking the picture. He's wearing some sort of robe. A note falls out of the broken picture frame, and you set the photo down to check it. It's nonsense, a list of letters and numbers separated by colons.
“Hey Oliver, come check this out!”
Sammy holds out a book and smiles.
“I found a book on curses. Think it'll be any help?”
>Check out the book
>Try to decipher the note
>Show Sammy the picture, see if she knows him
>Grab the book and note and leave
>Other (write-in)
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>>45121560
>>Show Sammy the picture, see if she knows him
>>Grab the book and note and leave
Just waiting for the time when we accidentally summon a succubus with this circle.
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>>45121560
>Show Sammy the picture, see if she knows him
>Grab the book and note and leave
"It might, curses are tricky and I'll take anything I can get. Let's take this and finish this in the morning."
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>>45121560
>Show Sammy the picture, see if she knows him
>Grab the book and note and leave
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>>45121560
>>Check out the book
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>>45121560
>Maybe, but be careful. Damn thing might be cursed.
>>
You grab the note and the picture and pocket the note as you walk over to Sammy, offering her the photo.
“Trade ya.”
You examine the book briefly while Sammy looks at the picture, confused.
“Who is this?”
You shrug.
“Not a clue. I was hoping you'd know. Whoever was using this place, they kept his picture around.”
Sammy shrugs slightly.
“Looks like a priest or something. Maybe they summoned devils here at some point?”
Her eyes widen.
“What if he died and someone was trying to bring him back with a deal with a devil? Or maybe he was the person doing the summoning, trying to heal his ruined face, his photo haunting him every waking moment?”
She poses dramatically with the picture.
“Truly, such a tragic man!”
Sammy grins and passes the picture back to you.
“Alright, I'm having fun now. Come on, let's see what else is here!”
You nod slightly.
“We should check the rest of the house first.”
You look at the cover of the book for a moment. There's no listed title, there's just chalk writing on the side that says “Tome of Basic Curses”, mostly faded and a little dusty. You head for the ladder and smile at Sammy.
“We can come back and check this place out some other time.”
Sammy nods a bit, following you up and out. You take a moment to retrieve your blood before covering the entrance with the door once more.
>Catherine, how are you at riddles? I've got a code for you to crack
>Let's call it quits for now, it's starting to get dark
>Let's check the inside of the house quickly
>Other (write-in)
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>>45121910
>>Catherine, how are you at riddles? I've got a code for you to crack
I'm worried it says Don't Dead Open Inside
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>>45121910
>Catherine, how are you at riddles? I've got a code for you to crack
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>>45121910
>Catherine, how are you at riddles? I've got a code for you to crack
>>
>>45121910
>>Catherine, how are you at riddles? I've got a code for you to crack
We'll head back to our camp in the mean time. The rest can wait til tomorrow.
>>
>>45121910
>Catherine, how are you at riddles? I've got a code for you to crack
>>
You offer Catherine the note as you head for the tent.
“How are you at riddles? I've got a code for you to crack.”
Catherine takes it and looks at the letters and numbers for a moment.
“...Um... this isn't a code... It's a list of... Hmm...”
She adjusts her glasses.
“Where did you find this...?”
You show her the picture.
“Behind this photo. Why?”
Catherine looks at the picture for a moment, then at the note.
“...Do you have a bible on you...? I think maybe this is a list of verses from something...”
You shake your head.
“Nope, but we've got the internet, right? We can just look it up. Can you work out what passages we're looking for?”
Catherine nods slightly.
“I think so...”
Sammy peers at the note for a moment.
“Huh. That's some really careful handwriting...”
You take out your phone and check for a signal, but Miniora isn't picking anything up. It's a dead zone, and you can't help feeling it's to do with the cabin.
>Let's head to the Wolfe house and borrow a bible if they have one.
>I'm going for a walk to download a copy of the bible as an app, back in a few
>No need to stress over it right now, time for resting and goofing off
>Other (write-in)
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>>45122162
>>I'm going for a walk to download a copy of the bible as an app, back in a few
>>
>>45122162
>No need to stress over it right now, time for resting and goofing off
>>
>>45122162
>I'm going for a walk to download a copy of the bible as an app, back in a few
>do you two mind getting dinner together?
inb4 this guy cursed the Wolfe clan to begin with.I refuse to take down the cameras, BTQM.
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>>45122162
>Let's head to the Wolfe house and borrow a bible if they have one
And maybe some history on the house
>>
>>45122162
>Realize it might have something to do with Jennifer, shrug and move on nonchalantly.
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>>45122162
>>I'm going for a walk to download a copy of the bible as an app, back in a few
>>
>>45122248
Hi Not-Silver
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>>45122397
Im over here man. not that guy.
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>>45122162
>I'm going for a walk to download a copy of the bible as an app, back in a few
>>
“I'll be back in a few, I'm gonna step away and download a copy of the bible to my phone so we can crack this.”
Sammy nods slightly.
“Fair enough. I'm gonna see about getting dinner together.”
You smirk at her.
“Catherine, can you give Sammy a hand?”
Catherine blinks and looks up from the note.
“Huh?”
Sammy blushes and scowls.
“You said you liked my cooking!”
You nod and turn, walking away.
“Yep, I do, but that doesn't mean everyone does.”
You head off, away from the cabin, and after a few minutes you manage to get a signal and start the download. The odd thing is that you went from no bars to full bars in a single step, and walking back and forth causes the signal to die and then hit full strength. There's definitely some sort of ward or barrier around the place, which is a nice thing to note, even if it does mean you won't get any texts at the cabin until you can figure out how it works.
When you get back, Sammy and Catherine are in the midst of putting together a simple stew. Catherine is mostly supervising and walking Sammy through things, while Sammy is slicing, dicing and stirring. You sit down near them and offer your phone to Catherine.
“So, what have we got?”
Catherine eeps a bit when she notices you and pulls out the note, checking through your app and working bit by bit, making her way down the list. She frowns, double checking everything, and passes the phone back to you.
“I don't know what the message is supposed to be... I think I found the right passages, but the words don't form a complete thought or idea.”
You look at your phone, then at the note, scrolling through the ones Catherine pulled up.
“So what are the passages then? I-”
>>
>>45122162
>I'm going for a walk to download a copy of the bible as an app, back in a few
>>
You pause for a moment and read through them one by one. 'And now I beseech thee, lady, not as though I wrote a new commandment unto thee, but that which we had from the beginning, that we love one another.', 'I have found the one that my soul loves.', and so on. It's a series of romantic bible verses. The note is a concealed love letter. You're not sure if this surprises you or not, although you're a little amused that Catherine was so caught up in finding a deeper meaning that she missed it entirely.
>Explain to Catherine what the note is
>Set the note and picture aside, pretend to give up on it for now
>Help Sammy with dinner
>Other (write-in)
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>>45122695
>Explain to Catherine what the note is
>Help Sammy with dinner
>>
>>45122695
>>Explain to Catherine what the note is
This'll be cute
>>
>>45122695
>Explain to Catherine what the note is
>Help Sammy with dinner
Realize this is probably related to the Guy Jennifer was going to marry before She was taken by Sammy's dad.
>>
>>45122695
>Explain to Catherine what the note is
>>
>>45122695
>Explain to Catherine what the note is
>Help Sammy with dinner
>>45122768
You only realized it now?
>>
You hold the note out to Catherine and pass her back your phone.
“Don't try to make it too complicated. Just read the passages. That's all there is to it.”
Catherine rereads the passages and slowly turns red.
“S-So this is...”
You nod and gently take your phone back.
“It's a love letter. A secret one, too. It's pretty romantic, don't you think?”
Catherine just sits there blushing like mad, staring at the note. She gives you the slightest of nods, and you turn to help Sammy with the cooking. She's looking at the spice containers uncertainly.
“What so you think would make the stew tastier? And what's tarragon?”
You shrug slightly and examine the spices you brought. They came with the survival kit you bought, to add extra flavor to normally bland hiking food. You roll up your sleeves and try to figure out what to do with them all.
-
Smarts roll, +0
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Rolled 11 (1d20)
>>45123066
>Smarts
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Rolled 20 (1d20)
>>45123066
>>
Rolled 15 (1d20)
>>45123066
>>
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>>45123102
We are officially a way better cook than Sammy
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>>45123102
We can cook?!
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>>45123211
Oliver can cook, dance, sing, and give amazing head.
No wonder all the girls are all over his dick.
>>
You decide to go off instinct, giving each spice a taste and sampling the various ingredients before tasking Sammy with things that will keep her from tampering with the taste too much, like slicing vegetables and gently simmering the dried meat in water to form the base for the stew. You work carefully, but as you get into the swing of things you find it becomes easier and easier, and before long you think you've grasped the basics. As you put the lid on the stew you smile at Sammy, who giggles softly.
“You look like you know what you're doing... How is it?”
You gently tap the lid with your spoon.
“We'll find out in a few minutes once it all comes together and the flavors have a chance to meld.”
Sammy nods slightly and looks over at Catherine, who's still gazing at the note, and she nudges you slightly.
“What did you do...? She looks like she's lost in her own little world over there...”
You nod slightly.
“She likes stories, maybe she's imagining what might have driven someone to write that note and hide its meaning.”
Sammy sighs softly.
“I guess. Anyway... We've got the rest of the evening, what should we do?”
>Ghost stories
>Truth or dare
>We should sleep after dinner so we're up bright and early
>Wanna get some drinks from your place and party a bit?
>Other (write-in)
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>>45123441
>Ghost stories
Spook the mermaid.
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>>45123441
>>Ghost stories
>>
>>45123247
Meh, he just can grow his crotch to the enormous sizes.
>>
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>>45123441
>get some drinks
>truth or dare
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>>45123441
>Ghost stories
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>>45123441
>Ghost stories
Truth or dare would be fun, but Sammy gets too jealous. That's the sort of game Mel and Jenny would play
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>>45123441
>Ghost stories involving summoning eldritch creatures
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>nobody wants to sexually impact Catherine and Sammy into lesbianism
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>>45123675
Correct.
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>>45123703
ffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffine.
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You smirk a bit.
“I've got an idea. We're camping, let's do the old classic. Ghost stories. We'll see who can spook everyone else the most.”
Sammy grins.
“Sounds like a plan to me...~”
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Schmooze roll, +1
Time for spooky stories
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Rolled 5 + 1 (1d20 + 1)
>>45123781
pls crit so we end up with two cute girls cuddled against us for safety
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Rolled 17 + 1 (1d20 + 1)
>>45123781
spoop
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Rolled 12 + 1 (1d20 + 1)
>>45123781
Super spoopy
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>>45123833
Well, hopefully 18 is enough for >>45123797
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>>45123833
BEHOLD, the tale of the Hash Slinging Slasher!
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>>45123675
Sammy's got too much of a jealousy bone. She's still looking at us as a wolf, which anons forgot we were trying to fix when they messed with her Thursday
>>
After prying Catherine away from the note and sitting down for a nice meal (which Catherine and Sammy both agree is one of the best they've ever eaten), you fill Catherine in on the scary story idea, something which she adamantly opposes until Sammy tells her that if anyone gets too freaked out the game will be over. Catherine relents, and Sammy goes first, clearing her throat and leaning close to the campfire you made.
Sammy's story is about a monster in the forest, a creature wrapped in clinking chains and moaning wretchedly in the woods. Her sound effects are pretty solid, but it's not really all that scary, and her story lacks substance beyond the parts that make you jump. Catherine jumps every time Sammy makes a particularly scary sound, trembling by the end and asking for her to stop about five seconds after she finished her story, like her brain was still rebooting.
When Catherine calms down she weaves a more complex tale, one that's less outright scary and more unsettling, the kind of thing that slowly gnaws at you on the inside and puts your imagination to work. She doesn't seem like she's quoting from memory, or if she is, she's adding in her own details as she goes. By the end of it you don't think you'll be sleeping properly tonight without help from Angie. Sammy looks suitably creeped out as well.
When it gets to your turn you take a moment to consider what both of them have said, and you start to tell them a story that you claim is from your dad's notes. You use a little of Sammy's sound effect trickery and a little of Catherine's dramatic narrative skills, and you combine them into a tale that puts both of them on the edge of their seats. You conclude the story with your best evil laugh, and Catherine wobbles before passing out and collapsing against Sammy, who jumps and yells in surprise, running off into the woods and hiding behind a tree.
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>I think you've both been schooled properly. Time for bed.
>Put Catherine to bed, spend time with Sammy
>Send them both to bed and tidy up camp
>Other (write-in)
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>>45124154
>>I think you've both been schooled properly. Time for bed.
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>>45124154
>I think you've both been schooled properly. Time for bed.
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>>45124154
>>I think you've both been schooled properly. Time for bed
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>>45124154
>>I think you've both been schooled properly. Time for bed.
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>>45123955
How so?
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>>45124326
Because we were trying to put distance between us slowly, without hurting her, and they went and horndogged out.
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>>45124422
So you're just butthurt people didn't go along with your plan to break things off with Sammy that you never mentioned?
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>>45124422
Yeah, nah, I think they're good together so I've been voting to reconnect with her and fix their relationship.
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>>45124422
Maybe you were, but fuck you, she's still in my top three.
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You sigh and smile a bit.
“I think you've both had enough. Time for bed, both of you.”
Catherine just lays there, and Sammy takes shaking steps towards the tent. You gently pick up Catherine and carry her inside after a failed attempt to wake her, and you set her down on her sleeping bag before stripping down a bit and changing into your pajamas. Sammy pulls her sleeping bag next to yours and unzips the sides, joining them and getting inside.
“You're holding me all night long after that one. I won't sleep a wink otherwise...”
>If Catherine freaks out, this was your idea
>We need to respect the other person in the tent, scary story or no.
>Alright, but only until you feel better. I don't want Catherine getting upset
>Other (write-in)
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>>45124422
I jsut want to be with tsundroid
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>>45124543
>>If Catherine freaks out, this was your idea
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>>45124543
>If Catherine freaks out, this was your idea
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>>45124543
>We need to respect the other person in the tent, scary story or no.
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>>45124543
>If Catherine freaks out, this was your idea
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>>45124543
>>If Catherine freaks out, this was your idea
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>>45124543
>If Catherine freaks out, this was your idea
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>>45124545
I do too, but at this point it'd feel kinda out of character to break things off with Sammy, and daughteru wants all mothers, so we need to figure out a way to make that work.
Vote for helping Sammy's self-esteem and doing more curse research, I guess.
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>>45124743
call me a faggot but sammy is just really boring.
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>>45124847
You're a faggot.
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You ease into your sleeping bag.
“If Catherine freaks out at all over this, it was your idea.”
Sammy immediately snuggles up against your side, clinging to you and shaking slightly.
“Right. Got it. Done deal.”
She shuts her eyes tightly and you try to calm her, stroking her back. Bit by bit she relaxes, and you allow yourself to do the same. As you fall back into sleep you feel a hand on your shoulder, and a familiar voice echoes through your mind.
“Hey there, Oliver.”
You look around and spot Angie and Tellarie, sitting at a table playing cards. Tellarie waves at you.
“Just stopping by to say hello. No hard feelings, right?”
>Get out of my head, devil!
>Sit down and join in on the action
>Ignore Tellarie, talk to Angie
>Other (write-in)
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>>45125197
>Ignore Tellarie, talk to Angie
I'm still mad at her.
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>>45125197
>Ignore Tellarie, talk to Angie
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>>45125197
>sit down and join in on the action.
>find someone to give you that heir yet?
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>>45125197
>Ignore Tellarie, talk to Angie
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>>45125197
>>Sit down and join in on the action
all this Tellarie hate...
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>>45125197
>>sit down and join in on the action.
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>>45125197
>Sit down and join in on the action
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>>45125197
Ask them both about the orb thing that makes 2 of you
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>>45125295
Well, she did try to make a deal to mindrape Jennifer. We're completely allowed to still be mad about that.
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>>45125197
>Sit down and join in on the action
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>>45125338
It's a DEVIL, of course it was going to be evil!
He shouldn't even be surprised.
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>>45125394
You can still be mad about something you were expecting.
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>>45125228
>>45125338
It's a demon, she can't help doing things like that.
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>>45125394
yeah, honestly it's not like we're buddy buddies who got for lunch and stuff. it's just what they do.
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>>45125414
...And?
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You sit down at the table and turn to Angie.
“So, how are things going?”
Angie shrugs slightly.
“Nothing much has changed in the last few days. Everyone is holding their breath. Dracula is returning in a few months and no one has a clue why, or where he's been all this time. People are investigating, but nothing has turned up.”
She looks at Tellarie.
“Although certain devils have claimed to have been contacted by Dracula, acquiring various items for some sort of ceremony.”
Tellarie shrugs slightly.
“I'm just relaying what I've heard. When things get ugly, I want it on the record that I did what I could to help heaven out without risking being utterly destroyed. If Dracula eats everyone, I'm out of a job.”
Angie chuckles a bit.
“We all will be, unless the almighty steps in and does something about him first. Although apparently a famous vampire hunter is also making his move, so...”
Angie shrugs slightly.
“It is what it is.”
>I've got this weird orb. Can you tell me about it?
>Mind dealing me in for the next hand?
>Can I get a hand with rune magic?
>I found this weird summoning circle in a cabin...
>Other (write-in)
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>>45125338
And raperape
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>>45125444
>>Can I get a hand with rune magic?
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>>45125444
>I've got this weird orb. Can you tell me about it?
>>Mind dealing me in for the next hand?
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>>45125414
sad thing is we're probably going to end up ignoring her anyway due to that first to three shit.
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>>45125444
>I've got this weird orb. Can you tell me about it?
>I found this weird summoning circle in a cabin...
>Mind dealing me in for the next hand?
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>>45125444
>I've got this weird orb. Can you tell me about it?
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>>45125444
>Can I get a hand with rune magic?
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>>45125444
>I've got this weird orb. Can you tell me about it
>>
>I've got this weird orb. Can you tell me about it?
>I found this weird summoning circle in a cabin...
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>>45125444
>I've got this weird orb. Can you tell me about it?
>>Mind dealing me in for the next hand?
>>45125438
And getting mad at it for being what it was made to be is like getting mad at a scorpion for stinging. Or at water for being wet.
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>>45125414
>>45125394
Sammyfags detected
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>>45125530
Yeah, if a scorpion stings me, I grab that fucker, throw it on the ground, and stomp with all my weight.
Ignoring an attack because "it's in their nature" is the stupidest thing imaginable and directly against basic survival instinct.
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>>45125444
>>I've got this weird orb. Can you tell me about it?
>Mind dealing me in for the next hand?
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>>45125444
>Ya know, I COULD probably be bribed to stop whatever sort of insanity he's concocting.
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>>45125548
>Sammyfags want their waifu's mother mindraped.
>implying they aren't just being rational
K
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>>45125548
No, I'm>>45125414 actually a Jennyfag, but there's no point getting upset over a demon being itself. You wouldnt get mad if a demon of wrath had tried to get Toby to cut fingers off people.
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>>45125640
Except I would. I would get mad at any demon that oversteps it's bounds and tries to have further influence on our life than what we seek out. It's a sign of losing control and that you should cut off contact with that demon before they have the chance to get up to serious shenanigans.
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You imagine the orb you got from Francine and present it to Angie.
“I got this weird orb from someone. Can you tell me anything about it?”
Tellarie leaps to their feet and grins.
“That's an Evil Twin! I haven't seen one of those in ages, they're the greatest prank in the universe! It splits someone into two bodies, one that's exactly like the original, and the other that embodies everything sinful and bad about them, but their wicked half is so over the top and so bumbling that, despite having the most wicked intentions, all their evil plans backfire, and they only end up doing good deeds. You spend ages worrying about what master plan they have in store to ruin your life, and then you wake up to breakfast in bed, and they forgot to poison your coffee.”
Angie looks at Tellarie for a moment and shrugs.
“Pretty much that, yeah.”
Tellarie sits back down, smiling from ear to ear.
“You should save that for someone you like. Make their evil twin think that sleeping with you will somehow ruin the original's life and enjoy yourself as much as you like. They usually last a couple of days before turning back into an orb.”
You nod slightly.
“Alright then. Mind dealing me in for the next hand?”
Tellarie turns over their cards, revealing a full house, and Angie reveals a flush.
“It's getting boring without you, so sure. What are we wagering?”
>Let's play for fun
>More secrets
>Let's play for whatever we feel like betting and see where things go
>Other (write-in)
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>>45125681
They can't help but try. It's part of the risk of dealing with them, and it isn't a big danger. We didn't let anything happen, after all.
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>>45125708
>More secrets
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>>45125708
>More secrets
Embarassing moments
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>>45125708
>>More secrets
Embarrassing moments. Try not to lose your shirts ladies.
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>>45125708
>More secrets
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>>45125681
are you that one anon who's been against tellarie since the first mention of making a deal with a devil?
>>45125708
>more secrets
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>>45125709
Only because the vote deletions were too late.
>>45125791
>one
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Schmooze roll plus Persuade, +2
And are you cheating or relying on luck?
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>>45125828
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>>45125809
I'm saying one cause im pretty sure theres one that's REALLY vocal about it. while some of the others just vote against her.
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>>45125809
It wouldn't have happened anyway. The runner up was us knocking up Tellarie.
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Rolled 16 + 2 (1d20 + 2)
>>45125828
luck
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>>45125828
Why schmooze? And luck
>>45125856
That's probably what he's talking about, anon
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Rolled 20 + 2 (1d20 + 2)
>>45125828
I'm feeling lucky.
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Rolled 10 + 2 (1d20 + 2)
>>45125828
Luck, we're just playing for fun. We'll cheat if it seems like they are.
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Rolled 19 + 2 (1d20 + 2)
>>45125828
Luck
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>>45125865
Poker is all about lying well, isn't it? At least, it is from my experien-
>>45125875
So that's a crit then.
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>>45125875
Yes you are.
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>>45125875
Nice job anon.
>>
Luck roll
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Rolled 14 (1d20)
>>45125912
doth light on yonder window breaks? Iunno.
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>>45125886
Yes it is, QM.
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Rolled 13 (1d20)
>>45125912
Lady bless this roll
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Rolled 5 (1d20)
>>45125912
luck roll
>>45125886
A man neither heaven nor hell can read.
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“Let's play for secret, I think. It'll be fun.”
Tellarie chuckles softly.
“Oh, this will be good...”
Angie nods and grins.
“Yeah, except Oliver always seems to win whenever we play for real stakes. Better watch out, he's pretty good at poker.”
You shrug and grab the deck, shuffling and dealing.
“I'm just blessed, what can I say?”
…
A few games of poker later and you've got two secrets from both of them. Tellarie pauses for a moment, looking at the pot, and places a single secret on the table, and Angie folds. Tellarie smirks a bit and turns their cards face up.
“I fold as well. This one is on me.”
Angie looks at the orb for a moment, then at Tellarie.
“No. You're not doing that.”
Tellarie rolls their eyes.
“I just did. He's allowed to know.”
Angie shakes her head.
“No, he's not. Humans aren't supposed to know how to-”
She falls silent and reaches for the orb, and Tellarie gently bats her hand away.
“Let him decide, mother hen. It's not going to hurt him, you're just worried you might get in trouble if he uses it too much.”
Tellarie smiles at you.
“This is the secret of dreamwalking, projecting your mind into the dreams of others. It's what I'm doing right now, and what Angie does literally every single second. Most humans aren't supposed to know how to do it, because of rules or whatever. But sometimes a human stumbles upon it, one way or the other. Consider this a peace offering. You can visit people in their sleep, no matter how far away they are from you, or whether or not they remember you.”
>Accept the secret, become the dreamwalker
>Hand it over to Angie
>No thanks
>Other (write-in)
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>>45126159
>Accept it
Another trick up our sleeve ey?
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>>45126159
>Angie, Tellarie am I going to get smacked down by an angel or demon for knowing this?
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>>45126159
>>Accept the secret, become the dreamwalker
woohoo!
Angie can teach us how to do the thing
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>>45126159
>>45126231
Second.
The power itself might not hurt us, but knowledge forbidden by heaven and all that.
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>>45126159
>Accept the secret, become the dreamwalker
>>
Spirit roll, +2
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Rolled 5 + 2 (1d20 + 2)
>>45126315
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Rolled 11 + 2 (1d20 + 2)
>>45126315
Dream
>>
I like Tellaire like this. If she can keep her more extreme impulses in check, I think we can work with him.
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Rolled 9 + 2 (1d20 + 2)
>>45126315
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Rolled 5 + 2 (1d20 + 2)
>>45126315
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>>45125708
So at least we know the evil twin wouldn't backfire on The Steve when we give it to him. Maybe we can find a what to make it less evil, more simple two of the same person
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Rolled 11 + 2 (1d20 + 2)
>>45126315
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>>45126340
She's annoying me less, but it's probably not going to last.
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>>45126159
>Alright Angie, how much? Being a dreamwalker sounds pretty damn useful, but if you don't want me to know...
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>>45126334
hope 13 is okay enough
>>
>>45126374
Damn, we should've gotten them into a bidding war.
>>
>>45126367
It's not even a truly evil twin. Remember, it'll try to be evil, but end up doing good. So he could just leave it charge for a couple hours, it would try to fuck things up, and end up reducing his workload or something.
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You grab the orb and inspect it briefly.
“Alright, I'll bite. This sounds like it'll be pretty useful.”
Tellarie nods slightly.
“You can use it to see what other people are dreaming about, or to talk to them while they sleep. Heck, you can even try to make them dream about specific things. It's great for messing with people.”
Angie sighs softly as you take in the secret.
“Or you could use it constructively, to help people work through their nightmares. Just don't meddle with recurring ones. They... Oliver, you're glowing.”
You look down at your hands.
“Yep, definitely glowing.”
Tellarie blinks, pointing at you.
“Quick, focus on someone! Anyone alive, who can dream! And not yourself! Hurry!”
>Jennifer
>Sammy
>Catherine
>Andrea
>Fenright
>Tobias
>Other (write-in)
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>>45126411
>leave it charge
Leave it in charge.
>>
>>45126441
>Catherine
Worried she'll be having nightmares, and she doesn't have a husbando to cuddle.
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>>45126441
>>Sammy
>>
>>45126441
>Jennifer
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>>45126441
>>Catherine
>>
>>45126441
>Catherine
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>>45126441
>Jennifer
We haven't seen her lately
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>>45126441
>Catherine
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>>45126441
Catherine
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>>45126501
She wouldn't remember us lately.
Out of character, the thread tends to turn hostile fast whenever she's around, not exactly looking forward to seeing her again.
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>>45126441
>fishgurl
w-wil it be lewd?
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>>45126543
She'd remember you, but only as a student in her math class.
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>>45126644
I know, I was just saying that's why we haven't seen her on a personal level lately. Because right now she's just the math teacher, not wolfu #A.
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>>45126644
>inb4 she wants to give us a studyhall in anatomy
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>>45126441
>Athena, if she can dream. If not, Toby
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>>45126543
I was more interested in seeing what she's dreaming about. If she's having nightmares of Patrick or what. But fishgirl is good too. Probably dreaming of ys saving her like a dashing hero or something.
>>
You focus on Catherine and the world around you shifts. The next thing you know you're in the woods, and there's a clinking sound echoing nearby. Catherine screams, and you catch sight of her running away from a horrible creature covered in chains, shambling towards her and breaking trees apart as it chases her down. You look around for a moment, trying to will a weapon into existence, before realizing that in another person's dreams you don't have full control. You'll have to try to get Catherine to realize this is a dream and get her to banish her own monster, or just do what you can to help her escape.
>Be her dream hero, protect her but don't let her know she's dreaming
>Try to get Catherine to realize she's dreaming
>Try to jump to another dream that's less likely to end with you dying
>Other (write-in)
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>>45126638
most likely not, Catherine's pretty sheltered.
She's also too poor to afford lewds
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>>45126723
>be her dream hero
we kamen rider?
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>>45126723
>>Be her dream hero, protect her but don't let her know she's dreaming
>>
>>45126723
>Be her dream hero, protect her but don't let her know she's dreaming
Suit up.
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>>45126723
>Be her dream hero, protect her but don't let her know she's dreaming
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>>45126723
>>Try to get Catherine to realize she's dreaming
let's not give the girl a complex
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>>45126739
>poor people don't lewd
Are you high right now? They lewd more, too poor for distractions like mongolian knitting forums.
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>>45126723
>>Try to get Catherine to realize she's dreaming
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>>45126791
>let's not give the girl a complex
Why not? Fishfolk are into polyamory.
>>
>>45126803
I'm pretty sure there's some sort of curve. The poor and rich get the most.
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>>45126824
not mermaids, anon
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>>45126824
>The Little Mermaid tragic story
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>>45126864
IIRC, they only want one partner at once, but don't care much if their partner has other partners.
>>
You run after Catherine, sprinting through the forest and checking your pockets. Your outfit is how Catherine imagines you to be rather than how you were dressed when you went to bed, and you fish your phone out of your pocket. Miniora is unresponsive, but you have a plan. As you start to catch up to Catherine you yell at her.
“I'm here to save you, and I'm gonna use my special suit to do it, the one in my phone!”
Catherine looks over her shoulder at you, shocked, and you hear a click come from your phone as it opens up. The suit wraps around you instantly, the helmet clicking into place, and Catherine stumbles a bit. The monster closes the gap, and you run between her and the monster. It roars at you, raising one limb up in the air, ready to strike at you.
>Grab Catherine and run, get her to safety
>Beat up the monster, Catherine believes in you
>Other (write-in)
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>>45126763
>>45126756
>>45126749
>meddling with a dream not knowing if its recurring or not
Did you guys even read the post?
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>>45126888
>Beat up the monster, Catherine believes in you
>>
>>45126888
>Beat up the monster, Catherine believes in you
>>45126900
The monster is literally the ghost stories, anon.
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>>45126888
>>Beat up the monster, Catherine believes in you
Dont lose our way.
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>>45126900
It's based of the scary stories we told tonight bro if it is the first dream it can't be recurring
>Beat up the monster, Catherine believes in you
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>>45126888
>Beat up the monster, Catherine believes in you
>>45126900
This is the horror story sammy told earlier, did you even read the thread?
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>>45126888
>>Beat up the monster, Catherine believes in you
>>
>>45126933
Damn you anon, that earworms me worse than any other song.
>>
Spirit roll, +2
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Rolled 10 + 2 (1d20 + 2)
>>45127069
>>
>>45126888
>be a hero
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Rolled 16 + 2 (1d20 + 2)
>>45127069
>>
Rolled 2 + 2 (1d20 + 2)
>>45127069
Be vanquished, foul fiend!
>>
You brace yourself for impact and, making sure that Catherine is watching you, you swing your fist as hard as you can to meet the monster's strike. It stumbles back a bit, howling, and you continue to do battle with it while acting as nonchalant as possible. The more you act like the fight is nothing, the more Catherine seems to believe it, and bit by bit the monster's swings become weaker and weaker. As its power finally give out you make your move, running in and attacking it, punching it again and again until it falls apart, the pieces crumbling to dust.
“No matter what sort of monster you are, if you try to hurt my friends, I won't let you walk away.”
You turn towards Catherine and take off your mask with a smile.
“There. Better now, right? No more monsters.”
Catherine nods, smiling. The dim light around you grows brighter, the darkness of the forest lifting bit by bit, and Catherine runs over to you and hugs you tightly.
“You saved me... Thank you... Thank you...!”
You hug her back and feel a tingling sensation, your hands beginning to glow. This time you feel like you've got a bit more control though, and you focus a little. You just wish you knew what triggered the jumps in the first place.
>Stick around in Catherine's dream for a bit
>Move on to someone else, a dream version of you will still be there for her to hug
>Head back to your own mind
>Other (write-in)
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>>45127186
>>Move on to someone else, a dream version of you will still be there for her to hug
Sammy.
>>
>>45127186
>>45127199
Sure, she's probably also having nightmares.
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>>45127186
>Move on to someone else, a dream version of you will still be there for her to hug
Andrea
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>>45127186
>Move on to someone else, a dream version of you will still be there for her to hug
Andrea. Lets see what's on her mind.
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>>45127186
>Move on to someone else, a dream version of you will still be there for her to hug
I'll third Sammy. Also we're on the tenth page in autosage. Don't know how much longer you want to run but if it's more than another 3-4 posts, I'd consider starting a new thread.
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>>45127186
>>45127234
Seconded.
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>>45127234
>>45127255
>It's a sex dream of Athena's older form
>By the way, all plants are simultaneously male and female
>Make a sanity check
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>>45127293
Or it's of her breaking up with Athena. QM said on his twitter that she was trying to decide if her attraction outweighed the pedophilia
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>>45127293
oh no....
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>>45127260
Let's pause for now then. I've got work starting at noon tomorrow, I should probably sleep. We'll pick up next time with the adventure into Sammy's dream world, however long that lasts.
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>>45127371
alright QM, thanks for running
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>>45127423
Always a pleasure
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>>45127349
To be fair, that was something like a week ago in-universe, so she's probably wound up coming to some kind of terms with it, and as pent up as Andrea probably is, I doubt the dreaming mind would give a fuck about deeper concerns.
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>>45127387
Well, I found a new webcomic I like.
>>45127371
Thanks for running.
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>>45127656
Well, they haven't had a date yet, and QM was going to do something with it. There was a lot of hate over that choice, as it was bad parenting. Athena's 7th or 8th grade at the most (closer to 5th if you judge purely by how she acts around Oliver), emotionally, and Andrea's in 12th like us. Not finding that creepy is would be unusual, especially for Andrea and Oliver, as they were both raised in normal human society.
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>>45127806
>There was a lot of hate over that choice
Yeah, all of two people and one of the twittersluts
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>>45127846
Nah, it was more than that.
But, we'll see. I think the anons voting for it just wanted yuri smut.
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>>45127806
I'm actually sorting that mess out right now, or at least, figuring out what's happening with their date.
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>>45127937
Mmkay.
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>>45127806
She's also a shape-shifting quantum-computing super human, so judging normal emotional health growth is a teeny bit tricky.
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>>45127937
I think if you switch to just doing fade to blacks from now on, you'll have fewer anons voting with their dick, whatever direction they go.
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>>45127994
Eh. Oliver would have to judge based on his own experience. Better to be overprotective than neglectful, after all.
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>>45127937
Oh, right, were lewds ever made for Sammy and Oliver's last bedsheet party?
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>>45127806
I'm not sure they haven't had their date yet, it has been a while. Though it would be slightly odd that we didn't get a choice to go supervise.
If Athena was a normal child, I'd say that it's not permissible, but as it is, she's a hyper-advanced combat golem that's far smarter than us and knows it, so I figure that it's...not perfectly okay, but at least acceptable enough to trust her to be able to make these decisions after we'd talked to her about relationship maturity, which we did.
I definitely don't think we should try to sabotage or prevent it at this stage, as long as it stays not-horrgusting, since it would probably just anger Athena and come off as controlling and overprotective.
>>45127921
I only recall two people and a twitterslut (is that what we're calling them now? Because it made me chuckle) as well.
>>45128016
I wasn't even there for that vote but the continual implication that it was just yuri smut when nobody even implied that before you is kind of annoying me.
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>>45128047
Yes, they were. I'm going to edit them at work tomorrow, because I don't care what my coworkers think.
>>45128016
That's probably true, and probably what I'll end up doing in the long run.
>>45127977
...and figured it out. Alright, next time you see Andrea or Athena, there will be a story to be told.
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>>45128047
No. Just aftereffects.
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>>45128081
>nobody even implied that
There was an anon who flat out asked for lewds of it.
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>>45128081
I am that twitterslut, and i wasn't protesting the decision, i was asking for the logic behind it, since this is being put together for a book and it felt out of character for both of them.
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>>45128120
Then don't use pluralization or otherwise try to dismiss the decision anyone beyond that singular anon, who may or may not have been joking, as just wanting yuri smut.I don't even remember that anon, and obsessing over a single post's opinion isn't healthy.
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>>45128187
I dunno. I find it funny that the anons in the blatant magical realms quests tend to show better morals than the ones in the serious quests.
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>>45128250
Depends on the smut quest, but in some, I think it's just because they're more light-hearted. Also depends on what you perceive as moral or immoral.
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>>45128277
I like to pretend that it's a sign that, to some degree, my writing draws in a broad crowd of people with different tastes and opinions and has wide appeal. Then I remember that I'm an unpublished wanna-be novelist and try to work out what I'm doing wrong.
Life is all about balance, y'know?
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>>45128398
Well, do you have any actual short stories or anything? Weird Tales is publishing again, after all.
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>>45128559
I've got a few, mostly fanfiction I wrote in high school and my first year of college, but a few things here and there since then. I've also got the scripts for a few comics that I wrote, mainly 2-4 issue stories that I don't have the art skill to illustrate anywhere near as well as I'd like.
Also there's the novel I'm working on loosely based on BTDQ. And it's becoming even more loosely based by the day, but it's slowly turning into something I'd feel comfortable taking to an agent. Also I've got an offer to pen something for an audiobook collection someone is doing.
I dunno, what would you recommend? I feel like the only person standing in my way right now is me, but that's mainly just indecision and lack of knowing what the next step should be.
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>>45128727
Definitely pursue that audio book, and commit to a genre for every story you right. I feel like this quest changes theme every session.
Also, definitely don't include smut in things you submit to editors, unless you want to be pigeonholed as a bodice ripper. Which, admittedly, could make you some good money if you can get popular, but is a rather limited field.
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>>45128896
Oh, the quest changi g theme all the time isnt a bad thing, per say, but it does make it hard to care about the story, long term.
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>>45128896
Sounds like a plan to me. I'll complete the audio book, see if I can make something happen there, and finish my novel, too.
The smut is mostly for my own personal entertainment. I just find it fun to write, I don't think I'd want to get paid off it. Then it would be a job, and the fun would disappear.
>>45128933
I feel like part of that is the group changing session to session, and even during sessions, and part of that is that I'm trying to cover different aspects of a character's life while giving equal time to each part. I may have to start cutting down on certain parts of it to create a more focused storyline as things progress.
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>>45129010
>I may have to start cutting down on certain parts of it to create a more focused storyline as things progress.
That may be for the best.
Also maybe not listing options because of past choices/the personality that's been established for Oliver.
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