And we're back back back
Back again 'gain 'gain

OH SHIT SON
WE ON

AGAIN

And we're back. Again.

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http://pastebin.com/kj9KNUAm
What have I done

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Deleted other thread, forgot the title. If everyone would downvote that other thread in suptg, it would be appreciated.

I'll email the dude later.

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AHEM
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You managed to escape your own visions, and Humanity directed you to Abigail's location within the vast dark of the Archonium that lies between the gateways. Within her vision, 11 long years have passed. In a strange world in which she was the only source of magic, she united warring clans of monsters and beasts and ruled over them as empress. However, after forming that empire, her personality split in three, and have since been locked in an uneasy stalemate.

You've met the Abigail that still sits on the throne of the Empire. She is ambitious, effective, ruthless, and disturbingly in awe of you. She sees you as the long-awaited anchor to help her defeat the other two sides of herself and escape back to the real world.

After confronting her on subject of her other sides, you were barely able talk her down, and fled to find the third Abigail. You did, and she has agreed to return with you to face her other self.

The two Abigails faced off, and the battle was enough to shake the palace. You held back Abigail's fear so that they could fight on even ground, but a new threat showed up - the Banshee, Abigail's third and final portion. Just when it seemed she might be warping you into helplessness, your Temerity arose and turned the tables.

The united halves of the Empress and the Knight arrived soon after, but not before the Banshee could escape. You and Abigail tracked her to her lair in the wastes, and now Abigail battles her for dominance while you hold the line against the Banshee's numerous minions.

You defeated your foes, and Abigail likewise defeated the Banshee - but not before activating a strange spell that warped the destination of the final archonium gate. You and Abigail take in the strange surroundings as you decide your next move...

>>26496572
IT'S SHADOW TIME!

AGAIN!

>>26496606
Oh god I hope this ends in dinosaurs being walked.

He's back!

And we're not letting you go, this time.

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>>26496572
motherfucker keep that thing in one piece.

so early.

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>>26496606

>>26496606
that.... happened.

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>>26496606

>>26496606
<I warned you about chaos, bro.>

Temerity just made my sides achieve orbit.

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Ability Tree

GREEN abilities have been unlocked and learned.

BLUE abilties are unlocked, but are not yet purchased.

RED abilities are revealed, but locked due to prerequisites.

UNDERLINED abilities are active-use, as opposed to passive. Not all active abilities require mana.

All Revealed Ability Descriptions:

http://pastebin.com/SDvkHrNt

Books the Main Character has read:

http://pastebin.com/dAXR00gP

Character Sheet including learned abilities and other important information:

http://pastebin.com/ZFqqm4eS

>Tao purchased
>EXP: 7

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>>26496606

>I'll just pretend I didn't see that there

>>26496672
you forgot to make Tao green.

>>26496672
Tao is still blue.

>>26495564
All my talk of Abby leading last thread got me thinking.
Just imagine, we're out fighting (insert villain here) when a messenger from Archon comes with a letter from Archmage Abigail. We take it, assuming it's a request for aid or an update on important events, but instead it's a sappy letter about how much she misses us and how nice the city looks this morning.

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Current Statistics:

HP: 81/81
Mana: 48/48
EXP: 7

Shards of Erebus:
(Isolation) - Broken
{Hunger} - Normal
(Silence) - Empowered
{Temerity} - Empowered

New Shards:
{Humanity} - Resonant

--Summoned--

none

--Automatons--

Earthen Construct (currently in Haven)

--Equipment--

Utility belt with purse

--Inventory--

Moonsong Shards x 3
Sun-Moon Key
Lightning Key
Succubus Reagents x 1

--Current Location--

Within the Archonium?

>>26496672

Good, now buy robust immunity. its only 3xp we will make that back before this is over.

>>26496720
like she is going to let us leave her behind.

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>>26496606
SHOULD NOT WANT

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>>26496718
>>26496709

muh bad

saved in the shop file but didn't make a new jpg

>>26496726
Please don't start this now. We don't need robust or any other upgrade at this moment, and what little EXP we have left we should save for reacting to unexpected things.

We will end up getting robust when we fight the demon lords, where it will be useful.

>>26496726
nah, not until we get access to a shadow pool. Then we can vote on whether or not to give Abby Servant.

>>26496745
Did... did you even read the post I quoted?

>>26496767
We told the shadow mages at Haven to work on shielding for a man pool, didn't we?

>>26496792
there is one in archon.

>>26496782
The post you quoted doesn't exist.

All the talk about Abby leading last thread made me realize that if all goes well all of our party members will be busy leading or managing a nation/settlement after the demons are stopped.

Is SQ shifting more into the political or something?

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You examine your surroundings more closely. You're in a desolate place...actually, it's reminiscent of the Banshee's wastelands. But the black and twisted hills aren't sprinkled with fountains and flowers - there is no island of solace here. Barren rock looms in every direction.

By their appearance, you'd think the clouds would promise heavy rain, but the air is parched, and the grounds cracked with dryness. You doubt it's rained in a very long time. Still, the sky moves quickly, as if driven by fierce winds.

You can't feel any wind.

This place is becoming more disturbing by the minute.

Abigail appears next to you. "...what...what is this place?"

<I have no idea.>

Abigail takes in the view. She gasps, then points. You follow her finger. The top of a distant peak begins to crumble, bend, then round off. Bits of rock are swept away on a stream of air.

It's like watching a hundred thousand years of erosion take place over only a few seconds. In short order, the craggy mountain is just a rounded hill.

A sudden flood of water rushes over the valley floor between the mountains. You both swivel to take in the sudden motion.

The water level starts to drop. For a time, you think it's receding, a sort of flash flood - but then you realize it's -dropping-. It's carving a canyon, inches of progress every second. Layers of rock are exposed to the air as the river vanishes into its dark crevice.

<...Abby. Stay close.>

Abigail is already practically hugging you, but she nods hard and presses in tighter. "...do you feel that? Over there?"

<...yeah.> Without the distraction of the landscape, you know exactly what she's talking about. An archonium gate.

<Judgement,> calls a voice.

<...Humanity.>

<...this place...it's in between things. It's like...a foggy vision of the place she wanted us to go. The archonium is naturally fighting it to keep us inside. Explains the preparation time.>

<I see.>

"What should we do?" Abigail asks.

>choices

>>26496606
>You've gained 1000 humanity points

>less time spent here, the better. Let's go (fly toward the archway)
>let's be cautious. Maybe a look around could be fruitful (explore)
>some other strategy

>>26496806
I know, but we were thinking about making one in Haven and were told that mana pools really fuck with mages not-of-the-element. So IIRC we told Ila to look into proper shielding so that it didn't make the light mages feel like shit.

>less time spent here, the better. Let's go (fly toward the archway)

>>26496812
Lets just get to the fucking gate, and get out of here.

>>26496812
>less time spent here, the better. Let's go (fly toward the archway)

>>26496824
>less time spent here, the better. Let's go (fly toward the archway)

>>26496807
>What is 4chan X.

>>26496824
>less time spent here, the better. Let's go (fly toward the archway)

>>26496824
if we stay here to long the plane will collapse, its already starting to happen
Cheese it to the portal

>>26496824
>less time spent here, the better. Let's go (fly toward the archway)

The world is falling apart around us, I don't want to be here when either the archonium snaps back or the Banshee's spell succeeds.

We can throw out some deep focuses while flying toward the gate, just to see what the hell happened.

>>26496824
>less time spent here, the better. Let's go (fly toward the archway)
Less time spent here the better. Deep Focus the Gate to find out if it's tainted by Banshee magic, if it's pure Archonium then GTFO because that's where the Archonium wants to shunt us.

>>26496761
>>26496767

Its just 3xp we can get it back in a flash. We will not lose anything.

>>26496824
Leaving is good, let's do that.

>>26496865
except the 3xp

>>26496824
>less time spent here, the better. Let's go (fly toward the archway)
It's time to get out of this place before Namek blows.

>>26496606
> I warned you about chaos bro

Heh.

>>26496865
except it will do utterly nothing for us now. There is no reason to get it, and this argument is pointless now.

>>26496865
we don't know whether we will have to face any physical enemies.

I doubt it though. If we want to use that 7 xp otherwise right away we're better saving it.

>>26496846
IDK what that is. My browsing experience is by-and-large just fine, so don't be a cheeky cunt about me not having an add-on that I don't really have any reason to get.

>>26496824
Let's see just HOW fast we can gtfo.

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<We shouldn't stay here,> you say. <Hold on, I'm going to fly us.>

"Ok."

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A1ZydcSgacM
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You fly over the landscape, heading in the direction your senses lead. You pass over the end of the mountain range and onto a stony steppe. Beyond are still more mountains, sharper and steeper than before. They look less natural, and more like jagged teeth puncturing up through the plain. The archway lies within them.

You soar between the spikes of land, and you find what you know you must be looking for. A silent fortress looms atop a plateau isolated from the surroundings by a black pit into which you cannot see. In a world without magic, you'd say it was a remarkable feat. But in this world, you know it's all entirely intentional.

"...Shadow," Abigail whispers. You can barely hear her over the flap of your wings. "Where are we?"

<I say we focus on getting home before we have to find out.>

"...yeah."

The fortress seems empty. Your detect no prescence in its halls. The archway shines in your senses like a beacon. It sits within the topmost part of the structure. You can see a large door leading into it from the walk that runs through the center of the fortress.

What do you do?

>use deep focus to try and learn more. Knowledge is power.
>You might not sense anything, but that doesn't mean they can sense you. Glide down and stealthily move for the door
>speed is of the essence. Go as fast as possible and barrel through the door before anything can react
>some other strategy

>use deep focus to try and learn more. Knowledge is power.

>>26496906
>use deep focus to try and learn more. Knowledge is power.

>>26496824
>SM trying to keep us on Namek.

NOOOOOOOPE!

>>26496906
>speed is of the essence. Go as fast as possible and barrel through the door before anything can react

>>26496906
>>You might not sense anything, but that doesn't mean they can sense you. Glide down and stealthily move for the door

>>26496906
>use deep focus to try and learn more. Knowledge is power.
and if nothing:
>You might not sense anything, but that doesn't mean they can sense you. Glide down and stealthily move for the door

>>26496906
>use deep focus to try and learn more. Knowledge is power.

>>26496906
>You might not sense anything, but that doesn't mean they can sense you. Glide down and stealthily move for the door

>>26496906
>use deep focus to try and learn more. Knowledge is power.

>>26496889
Okay, it's fine if you don't use what other people use, but for future reference, it lets you view posts from dead threads among other things. So if someone quotes something that you think doesn't exist, assume it's archived and other people can see it.

>>26496923
>>26496934
>>26496906
Deep focus while continuing on. Try and gather information while making good time.

>>26496906
>You might not sense anything, but that doesn't mean they can sense you. Glide down and stealthily move for the door

Roll 1d100 for deep focus.

>>26496906
this has to be the Nether considering the fact that there is no Sky Sever

Rolled 27

>>26496974

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>>26496974

Rolled 7

>>26496974

Rolled 77

>>26496974
TIME TO SHINE

Rolled 12

>>26496974
>1
every demon senses us

Rolled 59

>>26496974

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>>26496974

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>>26496974

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>>26496606
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH

WHAT DID YOU DOOOOOOOOOOOO

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>>26496974

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>>26496974

>>26496984
>>26496980
>>26496983
DON'T SEE SHIT, CAPTAIN.

>>26497001
its called smut... pretty good smut actually.

Fuck these rolls.

Rolled 13

>>26496974
rolls huh

You don't sense anything.

The air is still; the strange half-twilight is silent. You watch carefully, but there is no motion within the fortress.

If anything sensed you, it hasn't reacted to your presence.

What do you do?

>stealth in
>go fast

>>26497001
I did a terrible thing, of which I am deeply ashamed. But I will not hide my shame, I will wear so that others may know me.
Also, I can now work on other shit without being distracted.

>stealth in

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>>26496974

>>26497032
>go fast
Gotta go fast! Hypersanic!

>>26497032
>stealth in
SNEAK, SNEAK, SNEAK.

wait, how visible is Abby to our senses.

>>26497032
>stealth in
Use Shadowmeld.

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>>26497012
Well, thank you. I appreciate that.

>>26497032
>>stealth in

>>26497032
If there is anyone that deep focus alerted them
GO FAST

>>26497032
Go fast. We just let out a sonic ping, if anything is there it already know we're here.

>>26497041
>Hypersanic

Stop being stupid.

>>26497045

This close, you sense her without much trouble, though she's keeping her power carefully suppressed. It reminds you of when you tried to sense out Fang - blurred, fuzzy.

guys the problem with stealth is that we don't have the ability to share it with abby. We'd need Conceal.

>>26497033
You know, I was going to post the AurialXShadow rapefic but then you went ahead and did that and the writing is actually better.
So.

I fucking hate you. But thanks for the content, I'll... make it last.

>>26497032
>go fast

Our stealth powers won't help Abby be stealthy, and anything that is there got notified.

>>26497032
>go fast
Sonic shadow
gotta go fast

>>26497067
well then, stealth might work after all.

>>26497069
>AurialXShadow rapefic
you people sicken me

>>26497032
>go fast
Highway to the Danger Zone.

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>>26496606
10/10, Anon. Thoroughly enjoyed.

>>26497045
Your sense of touch is quite aware of her, as is your sense of smell. She smells rather nice, actually - like cherries, though the musk of sweat and battle is also present... but it's not entirely unpleasant, to you.

>>26497086
Auriel was on top. So, it's not character projection or anything weird like that.

Sounds like a comfortable majority wants to GO FAST.

Writing.

>>26497106
> it's not character projection or anything weird like that.
Just because its not weird to you doesn't mean the idea of it isn't weird to me.

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>>26497050
Well I'm thoroughly disturbed.

But it is pretty good smut.

>>26497069
> AurialXShadow rapefic
> Not semi-consensual AurielXFlint, where Flint can't consent because of the parasite and Auriel rides him into the ground anyway.

>>26497069
Sorry :<
I didn't want this, I never wanted this. It made me do it.
I blame my mother. Relatively successful romance author (~2 dozen books), it has infused my mind.
You don't know disturbing until you've read a sex scene written by your mother.

>>26497130
W-we can feel... weird, together! a-anon-san..

>>26497111
I have a reaction image prepared for the inevitable failure.

>>26497138
If anything Auriel's OVERWHELMING LIGHT might burn out the parasite. And in the process rekindle her powers using Flint's unsuppressed soul as a jump-start.

GOOD END.

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>>26497153
>You don't know disturbing until you've read a sex scene written by your mother.
Oh god where the hell is this thread going.

>>26497153
Holy fuck that actually sounds terrifying.

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>>26497153
Fuck man, that's pretty crazy but I couldn't help but laugh for some reason.

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>>26497153

>>26497164
I'll consider it anon-kun..

>>26497153
My mother fucking loves those cheapo romance novels, what's your mom's pen name?

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>>26497153
Jesus Christ.

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>>26497153
ABANDON THREAD

It's feeling very Oedipal in here.

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>>26497153

>>26497153
That must've really desensitized you. I'm sorry for the loss of any innocence you once possessed.

>>26497153
Am I the only one that finds this hot?

>>26497254
No.

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<Hang on!>

You dive toward the fortress. Abigail grips you tightly as you pick up speed, whistling through the air. The double doors loom before you - but no doors can hold you in place. You morph a heavy bulkhead of shadow in front of you and slam through them.

Your wings flare wide, slowing you over the course of the hall. You come to a stop at its end, landing softly on a worn red carpet.

Before you looms a throne made of what appear to be dragon bones. Oddly shaped, twisted spears lined the space around the seat. There are candles, but none are lit. The only light is the barest hint filtering in from the twilight outside.

Before the throne are two doors - two archways. One is like the door you used before - cracked. Corrupted. Sickened. You can feel that ugly energy growing at a steady pace.

The other door is more familiar - a normal archonium gateway. A silver metal sheen greets your gaze. The way out?

But it isn't intact. It's as if the energy from the corrupted door is leaching into your escape route.

Abigail hurries forward. "...I can feel it. It's not so far gone. I'm going to try and..." She struggles to put it into words. "...clean it, I guess."

<You have a spell for that?>

She looks at you. "I don't really use spells. I just sort of feel it out."

That sounds rather like what you do, at times. Didn't Fang say something about her being less analytical? <Alright, I'll keep watch. Try to focus.>

But she's already kneeled on the ground, brushing the hair out of her eyes. She stares at the door like it's an enrapturing puzzle.

You can feel her efforts take root immediately. The ugly energy is pushed away, concentrated into the corrupted door. You plant yourself firmly between Abigail and that other door. You don't trust it for a minute.

Roll 1d20

>>26497230
Her real name, so I'm afraid I'm going to have to decline to give it. I don't want someone eMailing my mother Fantasy-smut written by her son, you see.

>>26497254
>>26497260
STOP

PLEASE

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>>26497262

>>26497267
>I don't want someone eMailing my mother Fantasy-smut written by her son, you see.

But just think of how proud you would make her!

>>26497267
I'm sure she'd be proud

Rolled 1

>>26497262
ROLLIN TO NOT DIE

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>>26497262
ah shit

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>>26497262

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>>26497262

Rolled 13

>>26497262
All of the ones, I'll roll them.

>>26497290
Uh oh.

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>>26497262

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>>26497153

I'm sorry.

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>>26497290
Please kill yourself.

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>>26497290
GOD.

FUCKING.

DAMMIT.

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>>26497262
I really expected us to crash into an invisible spell

>>26497290
How ironic.

Also fuck, shit, fuck.

>>26497309
NO.
PLEASE.
I'LL WRITE YOU SMUT.

>>26497283
>>26497286
proudmind

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>>26497290

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>>26497262
We will all die eventually.

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>>26497290

>>26497290

Normally I'd post a reaction face, but people yelled at me for stressing them out. So,

Writing.

>>26497327

Eh...?

>>26497290
Oh dammit.

Though!

Did SM say that the 20 from when we rolled 3 was banked?

>Double super crit + extra crit SAVE

Please let that be what that meant.

>>26497309
PLEASE SM
I DON"T LIKE BEING HERE

JUST PLEASE

LET US LEAVE

I FUCKING HATE THIS NAMEK NIGHTMARE OF ARCHONIUM CONTRIVED NONSENSE

PLEEEEASE I"M BEGGING YOU WITH QUOTATION APOSTROPHES SO YOU KNOW MY MUSCLY PINKY NEVER LEFT THE SHIFT KEY

Can we shunt a shard at it or something?

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>>26497351

>>26497351
But I liked your borderline erotic obsession with doompaul.

>>26497355
Not sure that's what that meant.

>>26497351
Wait just a moment. Didn't you promise us a few threads back there was a crit that -should- have counted, and you'd use it to negate/improve a roll in the future that went super poorly?

>>26497351
Awww I liked your reaction images

>>26497379
I know that probably wasn't, I'm just clinging to a vain hope.

>>26497290

><Alright, I'll keep watch. Try to focus>
>Shadow I am done, lets go!
><Zzzz>

>>26497355
Pretty sure the "save" thing was referring to the fact that it was on d20 rolls (which have been used for outside forces doing things, generally to help bail us out, as opposed to d100s which have been things we had Shadow do himself.)

>>26497355
>>26497392

That was just me commenting on what an awesome roll it was. And then you instantly won the battle against the Banshee and empowered Temerity.

Nothing was saved for the future.

>>26497359

You'll be leaving in this very thread. I guarantee it.

How that occurs is rather up in the air at the moment.

>>26497374
>>26497393

So did I. Doompaul may be my favorite meme.

>>26497359
>"Okay, I'll let you leave."
>RonPaul.jpg
>"Alone."

>>26497393
I think he does overuse them. But a nat 1 is a good time to pull one out.

>>26497412
I liked Doompaul too. I don't know what got those fags panties twisted.

>>26497412
Is it bad that whenever SM replies to me I giggle like a school girl?

>>26497436
Probably because of how common it was.

>QM posts doompaul reaction beforehand
>players freak out, second guess themselves, don't know what to do
>QM posts doompaul as a reaction to one offside comment
>same effect

It's about the same as
>implied smile
If you know what I'm talking about.

Of course if it's after the fact & the roll it's totally natural.

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>>26497412
Well, we'll get out some how. But we're not making it easy on ourselves.

>>26497444
Yes.
But I've done the same when he's replied to me in a positive way.<3 SM

So are you going to archive this thread, SM? I think some people have the accidental one in there confused for the real one.

This is going to be the thread where it all comes down on us.

All our good luck throughout the past few threads is going to turn on us and we will roll nothing but 1's.

Abby will die on the final steps of this journey, and we will be cast out into the nether crippled and broken to be taken apart by Dave.

>>26497524
It is.
The one on top is the bad one, that's why it has -4 votes. Downvote it some more.
The one immediately below it is this thread, upvote it.

>>26497542
I would hate to get this far just to have this entire very long arc end in failure over fucking bad luck.

>>26497542
I still can't help but laugh about the name

Abigail swallows hard. You feel the magic in the other door begin to move. It's actively fighting her, and it's pushing her back, hard.

"...tough," she mutters.

<Just keep at it. I've got your back.>

She eyes you briefly, giving you a grim smile. "Well...pretty good at that so far." She focuses more power at the door, but as it stands, you're not sure if she can do it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NZN0pqrM1Nk

Your decision to stand between her and the corrupted archway turns out to be well considered. A black tentacle worms through, half within, half without. It's covered in dozens of eyes. They swivel, taking in the room, and then, as one, focus on you. ".̧..͝Ȩrebus͜. ̶E͘rebus̨. Eŗe̕bus͘!"͞

<...what the hell are you?>

The words are like static and rocks grating together. They resound within your head. "͜.́.͞.̧y͢o̡u͏ ̸-s̶t͘ill̀- háv͠èn̸'t͞ re̛me͏m̴be͡rèd͝? I͜ ca͟n̛ ̶tell͡ it's yo͢u,̵ no͘w."

<...Legion. Or should I say, David.>

Another tentacle, slightly smaller, joins the first, rooted somewhere beyond the door. "̛S̶o̶ ͠you do ̵re͏me͏mb͞er̷! ́I ́wás w̡o͞n͝dęri̴n̕g̢ ho͜w y͡o͏u ļơst ͘thaţ ́b͜i͞t, ̨cons͘i̴der͜in͜g you͟ ̀g̴av̡e͢ i͏t to͏ ̀m͞e. ̧C͏as͢e ͏of̢ am̧ne̸sia̴ ̛af̴te̴r ̀th͢e͜ ͠bįģ ͏b̧low͟o̸u̴t͢? I̷ ̧h̶ear ͜t̶hę e̛ĺvęs̷ h͢av̴e s͞o̢m̵éthing for th̶a̕t!"̢ Legion cackles madly at his own wit.

"...Shadow," Abigail says. Her attention has been ripped from the door. "What is that thing?!"

"H̛m͝m?" Legion says. "̷Yo͜u͘ ̢s̴h͜ou͝ld͝ b҉è ̧d͡i̛f̨f̀e̷r͜en̛t.̸"

You hear something. No...you feel it, more than hear it. It's pitched, like sound, but it vibrates to your magical sense. A screech...increasing in volume.

>con't

Abigail puts a hand on her forehead. She winces. "...it hurts."

"Th͝at͞'s̷ ͞t͠ḩe̶ ot̕he̵r҉ y̡o͝u͝,͞"҉ :Legion says. "̧I͝t̷ w͟a̴s̛ ͡tr̛yin҉ģ to̕ ͜reac̛h͜ m̛e̛.͜ ̴Co͘m̵e͞ o̕n, I ́c̢an͜ ̕al̵m͞ost̶ ̡h̨ea̴r̛ h̛er͟ ̧t͟oo̵."

The shrill whine turns into a shriek. Abigail's hands clutch at her temples. "...stop it. Stop it! Stop!"

"St̴o͝p ̴i̷t, s̵to҉p it,̕"̛ Legion repeats, singing the words."͜T̴his is m͝y͝ ̴şu͠bs̨titut҉e,͢ ҉E͠rebus, ̡t́hi̧s̀ ͏wea̸k ͠l̵i҉ttle҉ ͝t̴h̢ing͠?͞ ͟W̢el͢ĺ, w͢e h̵av̸e ̨t͜o̶ ̧make͠ ͡do.̡ I͡'l͘l̸ ju͠s͡t fo̴rc̸e ͢h͏er ̸b́et̸ter̸ ̨ha̧lf҉ ̶ba͘c͏k͜ to the su̸rf̡ace͜ ̧a̢nd̵ ̢th́e̢n ̛- ͟"

His words are cut off as your arm, morphed into a sword, slices deep into the larger tentacle. It retracts away from you, and the shrieking halts. Abigail blinks, then sighs.

<If you harm her again,> you tell Legion, <I'll kill you.>

̧"Oh͡, ͢to͝u͜chy s͡ubj̸ect͜,̴ ͢Į ̡s̀eé.͢" Legion's voice changes from light to dark like the flip of a switch."I'l͞l̵ ͟kíļl ̶her,͟ anḑ ̧t͏hen͏ w̷ę ca̛n͟ fi̕nish͠ what̴ ̸ẃé st̀a͜rt͜e̸d̕. ̕Yo͜u͟ ́don̴'̡t̴ ̀n̷eed̛ h̢e̕r."

<We're not going to finish what we started.>

"͏.̷..you͢'ve ch͠a̕n̨ge͟d͟," Legion says. Its tone stays gravely. "́Nǫ. ͏Y҉ou'̕v͢e b̢ee̴n ͠cha̷n͏ge̡d͡.͞"

>con't

<I changed myself.>

"...for her." Legion states it, rather than asks it. When you don't respond, his tentacles begin to writhe. "F̕OŖ ḨE͞R͞?̶! ̧WHA̡T͝ ͏AB͞OU̧T ́ME?͠! ͠I ̨ḐÍD ̧E͏VER̀YTH͡I̡NG͢ ͝FO͘R ̛Y͝OU!͡ I͏ ̴D̡ID E̴VER҉YT̀H̛I҉NG̕ ̶YO̶U A͢S҉KE̶D̛!̢ YOU ͢S̷AVED MÝ LI̢F͏E̸ ̸A͝ND͡ G͏AV͏E ME͡ A̸ NA̢M̧E̢,͞ ̵A PÚRPOSĘ,͞ ̸A͞N͡D T̡H͏EN̷ Y̡O̕U NEV͟E͢R̸ ̷LOǪK̸ED ͘AT ̴ME͘ A̴G̸AIN҉!͟!҉"

Its voice drops to a mad whisper.

"̧I͠ k͜n͞ow.́ ̕I s̀ee͠.̨ A̢ ţest.́ Y͜ęs, ̕p̧ŕo̵v̸e m̡yse̢ĺf͡, t̕h̷at'͜s͡ álw҉a͜y͞s ̛bȩen̨ ̢what y͞ou͢ ̴w͞a̸nted̡, ͞I͠ ͝k͟n͟eẃ ̶it҉, ͝Ì just ̧had to ̨sh҉ơw͝ ̴yo̵u, ̛I͏'̶ll ́f̶įņişh our w͢or͏k,̢ f̧i̸ni̕sh͜ ̵t́hin͟gs͡ fo̵r ỳou̧, a̵n͘d͢ t͠h̕e͘n ͢it'͢ll̨ b̧e͝ ͠j͘ųśt͢ ͏lik҉e ̢i͢t͞ ̀wa͞s ͢b̷ȩf̛o͜r̷e͜,͝ ̵ju̸st͏li̵kew̷h́en͡yo͝u͟n͝am͏ed̶me̡,͝ I̴j̡us͟tk͠ìlļh̸e̢r, aǹd, j̡ust͏kil̕lh́er͡, I͠'m̛s͝tro͘nge͠rno҉w̴, ҉Ib̕e͟cam͢es̀tr̶o̢nger͞he̸r̴e͞ìnt͢h͡isp͞lace҉,̴ y͝ou'͠lls͢e͝e҉, ̀you'҉l͢la̢cķn̷ow͢le̡d̵g͠emys̶t͜ren͢g̶th̢,҉ jus̢tķil͝l͏h̛er, kìl͠lhe̷r, ̴we̡'l̛ĺst͝aytoge͝t͘heŗinV̶ig̨ilw͠e̢'͟llrul͏eV̨e̡ldįns̸k̡and̡Ava͞nkt, k̨i̢l̸lh̀erwe'ļld̢e̷st̨roych͜a͜o͢şan̵dt̕h͟enIj͜us̡t͡hav̡eto͘ki̛llher҉,͘ k̴ill̡h҉e͠r̀, KILL ͘HÉR!̸!̴!̵

What do you do?

>try to talk him down
>attack those tentacles
>some other strategy

FUCK YOU, BANSHEE

>>26497616
Fucking Dave.

>try to talk him down
Stall for Abby to try and fix the door again.

>>26497616
>attack those tentacles

I can't let you do that, Dave.

>>26497616
>>attack those tentacles
Yeah, no way are we going to be reasoning with this guy. He's centuries gone, and we aren't Erebus anymore.

>>26497616
I do hope you guys aren't gonna try to talk to this one. It's worked before and I've supported it most time, but yeah, no, that's not happening.
>attack the SHIT outta them tentacles.

>>26497616
Good god he's crazier than Darkxis.

>attack the tentacles.

>>26497616
Dave confirmed for best waifu
Ila and Abby a shit

>>26497616
Dave I'm gonna need you to calm down, and get those files printed for me.

As much as I'd like to diplomance him back into something resembling sane, for now we should fuck his shit up

>>26497616
>attack those tentacles

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>>26497616

...Holy Fuck.

I knew he was nuts, but I didn't think he would give Yuno Gasai a run for her money.

pic relevant

>>26497616
>attack those tentacles

>>26497616

<You want a test!? TEST YOURSELF AGAINST ME YOU MISERABLE FAILURE! YOU WERE NEVER WORTH MY TIME OR ATTENTION!>

>>26497616
>try to talk him down
tell him that his test is one of restraint to not attack Abigail is his test...

eat the gate that the tentacles are coming from

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ON SECOND THOUGHT THERE'S ONLY ONE WAY OUT OF THIS

ONLY ONE WAY TO DEAL WITH YANDERE BOYS

>>26497616
<I can see why Erebus never looked at you again. Look at yourself now.>

>>26497705
That would ruin our way out.

Gotta buy Abby time to fix the gate, and hope that it ends up portal-cutting Dave when it seals back up.

>>26497678

oh, nice taunt

>>26497683

oh, nice reasoning

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Vote 1:
><...this is a test, David. Against me! Fight, and show your worth!> (attempt taunt to further distract while you attack)

Vote 2:
><...yes, a test, David. But one of restraint. Show me your perseverance, and be silent. (bluff while Abigail works)

>>26497458
Yeah this. It's fine to doompaul us on shitty /rolls/. But any time we're supposed to be making decisions it just fucks with the collective anon, makes us useless.

>>26497722
1

>>26497722
1

>>26497722
1

Rolled 10

>>26497616
>attack those tentacles
there is a time to talk, and a time to kick ass. now is ass time.

<you may fight for order, but you have perhaps the most chaotic mind i have ever encountered. spent a little too much time in the nether have we?

>>26497458
>>26497730

noted

pokerface until anon makes a decision and rolls

>>26497722
2

>>26497722
1

>>26497722
1

>>26497722
1

>>26497722
1

>>26497722
1

Also tell him to stop being such a bitch

>>26497722
2

Is Dave saying that the Banshee is Erebus' better side or is he saying that it's Abby's better side?

>>26497722
1

>>26497768

Abby's better side.

>>26497757
Why do you people keep doing this?

>>26497722
1

For what it's worth, I like the second option as well, but I feel like he's too far gone to take our word for what he's supposed to be doing.

He has already more or less said that he thinks something is wrong with us, and has arrived at his own decision at what needs to be done. It's the same deal as with the Black Hand back in the Elementomachy. They got it in their head what Erebus REALLY wanted, and anything that went against that mental perception was obviously flawed in some way, and they just needed to do it EVEN MORE AND HARDER.

Maybe rub it in that, in his current state, he's no better than they were.

>>26497768
Abby's. I think he's basically trying to possess her to get back in the real world.

>>26497722
this shitcunt isnt worth it

ERASURE

Rolled 4

Taunting and attacking with solid majority.

Roll 1d100

I'm rolling 1d20 for Abigail

>>26497799
We don't have enough XP anymore.

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>>26497779
Doing what?

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>>26497616
Jesus Christ

Legion is yandere for Erebus

Rolled 24

>>26497804

Rolled 65

>>26497804
Damn it, Abby. Come on.

Rolled 18

>>26497804

>>26497616
>we̡'l̛ĺst͝aytoge͝t͘heŗinV̶ig̨ilw͠e̢'͟llrul͏eV̨e̡ldįns̸k̡and̡Ava͞nkt

I think this should be important to remember. I think he's referring to places that exist outside of the realm of Chaos.

Rolled 5

>>26497804
FUCK

>>26497799
I like this.

Rolled 76

>>26497804
That nat 20 she rolled has really drained her luck.

Rolled 3

>>26497804

>>26497804
>4 for Abigail

Aw shit

welp, our dice want this to be a proper boss fight it seems.

Rolled 16

>>26497804

>>26497788
You're onto something.
Telling him that we thought he was smarter than this, otherwise we wouldn't have chosen him. Instead he's being a fool just like black hand.
Then again, as you've mentioned, he's too insane to even comprehend our arguments.

Rolled 22

>>26497804
It's gonna be a day where all our dices scrape the low rolls, and Abby gets fucked up RIGHT as we leave. fucking SHIT.

>>26497822
For sure. Let's all note this, hopefully one of us will remember to ask about them when we get out.
And I still want to try and make a dynamo when we're out of here, too.

>>26497814
talking with vote, you dumdum.

>>26497834
The dice want this to be a "lel you lose inches from victory!"

>>26497833

No, maybe its good thing, he could be speaking about banshee Abigail. Right guys? Guys?

>>26497616
>YOU ͢S̷AVED MÝ LI̢F͏E̸ ̸A͝ND͡ G͏AV͏E ME͡ A̸ NA̢M̧E̢
So sadness. Dave previously being is situation of similarity to ours with Abby. Dave became similar of us and for Abby is being us in past.

Can we use a shard here?

Rolled 100

>>26497804
let's fucking go

Don't pull punches, guys. We're on the verge of escape - blow this fucker up as soon as we have a proper chance to pick a method of attack.

Rolled 70

>>26497875
Ninth roll, neat.

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>>26497875
The rape trains has no brakes.

>>26497722
2

Rolled 91

>>26497875
yeaaaaa

Rolled 1

<...you're right, David. This is a test!>

The tentacles pause. They hover, silent, still, hanging on your words. You let the moment drag on as long as possible.

<A test against me! Fight, and show your worth!>

Without another word, David lashes for you. You dodge and duck around the larger and smaller limbs of black ink. You aren't able to manage a counterattack, but you do draw them and his attention away from Abigail.

Meanwhile, she continues working on the door. It's slow going...you can feel the door being purged, but David's magic is swiftly growing by comparison.

What do you do?

>dodge, physical counterattacks
>magic attack (specify)
>some other strategy

>>26497875
Okay, we're fucking going!

>>26497896
sm, sm look!

>>26497875
THANK YOU SWEET BABY JESUS

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>>26497875
YOU ARE THE MAN OF THE THREAD.

>>26497875
OH GOD YES, WE'RE SAVED

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>>26497853
Sorry anon, I'll stop if it offends you :3

>>26497875
aw shit nigga

>>26497875
BASED ANON. THE POWER OF FUNK IS WITH YOU.

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>>26497875
9th roll.

>>26497896
Rewrite because >>26497875 ???

>>26497896
SM please no don't roll with cursed /tg/ dice go back to random.org SM please

>>26497896
Abby, you're a shit.

Erasure Legion.

>>26497896
>1
I really hope this post is now invalidated.

wow another nat 1 abby? really?

>>26497896

Ok, two things.

1) I posted before I saw the 100, because it wasn't much of an update. We'll use a "within ten roll 100 bonus" on the next action as compensation.

2) the d20 I just rolled isn't doing anything, I just left it in the dice field. Unless I state -in the post- that I'm rolling for something, you can disregard my rolls.

So, actions?

>>26497905
It doesn't offend me. It just doesn't count.
There is no need to be passive aggressive.

>>26497937
420/10Mana/Nightblaze it

>>26497896
>>dodge, physical counterattacks
Tao Darkness Within METAL AS FUCK SMACKOWN

>>26497937
Phew.
>dodge, physical counterattacks
Use berserk. DW might be overkill for now, but we can use berserk fairly safely.

>>26497937
Scold Dave for fucking up our Sword!

>>26497937
DW.

We got Tao after all.

>>26497937
>dodge, physical counterattacks
I'd like to conserve mana for now.

>>26497896
Can we erase that gate, along with dave?
Considering the bonus.

>dodge, physical counterattacks

>>26497896
>dodge, physical counterattacks
Darkness Within time now that we have Tao

>>26497937

Grab Dave and drag his bitch ass all the way outside the gate.

>>26497937
Oh, good. Abby is slightly less of a shit.

Still, Erasure Dave. Fuck Dave.

>>26497937
Taoness Withdark

>>26497951
DW is just more damage without any drawbacks now thanks to Tao.

>>26497958
Supporting.

>>26497964
not enough xp.

>>26497964
We don't have the 12 exp needed for Erasure.

>>26497966
It lasts 4 turns longer, which might end up a problem, but screw it, go for it.

>>26497939
I wasn't

>>26497937
Physical and dodge, make it actually seem like the beginning of a test.
Be careful because of the dodging he might rationalize the dodging as "maybe HE isn't the test, maybe SHE is the real test," bullshit etc.

>>26497964
I'm assuming, being a Servant/Chosen/some variation, made by a much stronger Erebus, that he's made up of Order more than Chaos. Wouldn't be worth wasting the xp to find out even if we had it.

>>26497968
>>26497984
Oh. Well, that sucks.
>I suddenly regret voting to buy Tao.

>>26497839
It also kind of loses its impact when you consider that we, as the shard of Judgement, more or less did this ALSO, except without the part about trying to justify it as being the true will of Erebus.

Maybe less disrespectful to Erebus as a figurehead, but definitely worse from the perspective of Erebus as an entity.

>>26497896
>some other strategy
Try to sever and consume the tendrils that he is striking us with. Consuming pieces should help mitigate the fact that he's starting to ramp up his magic at least somewhat. It can't be easy for him to manifest given that this is still sort of half Archonium vision as well, so anything to help make it harder for him is a good idea.

Also gotta take back some of that power Erebus granted to him somehow, right?

>>26497956

It's not -that- much of a bonus.

>>26497937
DW

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>>26497956
>>26497964
>erasing delicious xp

Vote 1:
>activate heavy metal berserk

Vote 2:
>stay mundane for the moment (dodge, counter, taunt him somewhat)

>>26498037
2

>>26498037
1