(2/3)


>Faceless man corpse – The corpse has been determined to be fully human. Drastic surgery was used to strip the body of all possible identifying features, it is very likely that any future bodies recovered will be identical.

>Photon distortion – By studying the research notes and then expanding on the theories it has become possible to manipulate photons and treat them as solid matter. Alone this does not accomplish much of anything, but there are new possibilities to explore.

>Matter creation system – Hestia has finally created a standardized environment to enable the creation of matter from pure mana. With sufficient mana and precise schematics Hestia can now create anything you require. The system is still requires too much power to regularly create matter and Hestia is unable to create something that she has not data for.

>Illusionary field projectors – Through the use of specific meta-materials and the projectors, Hestia has developed an addition for power armor that completely negates the penalty to stealth. In addition if you sacrifice a weapon slot you can increase the stealth system’s power enough to generate complete optical camouflage.

>Universal antidote - The researchers have completed a side project based on the nanites recovered from the giant lizard. This antidote can cure any currently known disease or poison. It is capable of working on all currently known forms of life.


Ongoing research

None

Suggestions from Hestia

Spatial folding
Lich's crystal
Multi-phasic shielding
Force-Energy structures
Holograms


Important notes

>City redesign – the usefulness of self-repairing living structures too good to pass up so Hestia is slowly tearing down the old stone buildings and growing new ones, in the future it may be possible to improve the city in hell in the manner as well. 10% completion.

(3/3)


“- and so it will be possible to deploy the plants in the future as giant living siege engines.” Hestia finishes.

“Have you solved the fact that the plants try to kill anything that has meat for them to eat?”

“Such limitations have not stopped you before, but I will continue to work on it.”


You seem to be free from any pressing concerns right now.


>Deal with another research ring
>Try to go to the third level of hell
>Visit someone
>Other


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>>42417130
>Deal with another research ring
we can deal with the next ring, we also get to capture all the soldiers and scientist like if this was peace walker + dank science + potentially getting a higher security level card

>>42417130
>attack another research ring - ring one.
Are we able to bypass the fifth rings teleporter shielding tech yet?

Items to add to research.
Spatial folding
Multi-phasic shielding
Force-Energy structures
Holograms
Defensive and enhancing symbiotes

>>42417372

No, but having experienced the teleport scrambler that they installed Hestia should be able to compensate and keep your group together.

>>42417130
>Visit someone Evangeline

Looks like it’s time for a raid on ring one.


Who do you bring along?

>Ayla
>Giant lizard
>Hestia as her body, power armor or adaptive robot
>Tslah
>Robots
>Goblins
>All
>None
>Other


The more you bring the more likely you will be noticed upon teleporting in.


And use your own power armor?
>Light
>Medium
>Heavy
>Ultra heavy
>None

>>42417642
>Ayla
>Giant lizard
>Hestia- Medium power armor - which we could pilot if it gets crazy.
>Goblins

>>42417642
>All
>Ultra heavy

>>42417689
Everyone but tslah.
A demon might be a bit much.
Do we have weapons for the ultra heavy yet?
Heavy armor if the answer is not.

>>42418030
You don't have 'special' super weapon only things, but I finished writing already so we'll go with Ultra this time.

___


“Nothing has been happening with the research rings lately, I think it is time to pay them a visit,” you tell Hestia.


“What preparations would you like to make?” She asks.

“With you piloting medium armor, and me in the heaviest we can drop in with Ayla, the lizard and a group of goblins,“ You decide, “Ayla can take the goblins to sweep through the building while we offer heavy support and the lizard was a good distraction last time.”


“Very well, I will assemble the others while you suit up,” Hestia says and teleports you to where the power armor is being kept.


You change clothes to the interface suit and stay still as the heaviest armor seals itself around you.

The hud lists the default load out Hestia prepared, arm blades, sword, two missile pods, two spell units loaded with chain lightning, a rocket launcher, a rifle, what looks like a shotgun, and a massive minigun. This thing looks ready to take on an army with all these weapons.


>Suit status – 200/200 structure, 20/20 shield, 40 damage reduction


“All preparations are complete, prepare for teleport,” Hestia’s avatar appears on your hud.


(1/2)

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(2/2)


With a flash of light you find yourself in a massive room, robots of all shapes and sizes spin around and point their guns at your group.


“War-” Hestia cuts out into static and her avatar disappears from your hud.


“So the trouble maker has finally decided to come back and attack my little project,” Someone says over a loud speaker, “do you know how long it took to repurpose this entire operation just to capture you? So many bright eyed new hires had to be fired and returned to the rust belt. ”


“Don’t bother trying to teleport out, I’ve cut off all communications and dimensionally anchored you all so your pet A.I. can’t help you now,” the voice continues its monologue, “it would best if you surrendered now, then I wouldn’t need to kill the djinni. It would be a shame to lose such a specimen.”


Some of the robots part revealing a particularly large cannon pointed directly at Ayla.


>You have a giant suit of armor, kill everything
>Try to protect your group from that cannon
>You’ve been out played, surrender
>Other

>>42418101
>>You have a giant suit of armor, kill everything
>>Try to protect your group from that cannon
Well my armor is better then yours

>>42418101
>You have a giant suit of armor, kill everything
>Try to protect your group from that cannon

Protect the group by destroying the enemy


3d15+18 to attack the robot army


How are you going to attack?

>Power armor fists
>Arm blades
>Sword
>Rifle
>Shotgun
>Giant minigun


Fire missiles?
>Y
>N

Shoot the chain lightning? (possible to hit allies)
>Y
>N

>>42418101
So, we're just going to vape the canon, aren't we?

>"whoops, well, there goes that plan, amirite?"

Rolled 4, 13, 15 + 18 = 50 (3d15 + 18)

>>42418254
>>Giant minigun
>>Y
>>N

I thought of a use for our new spell ability, THE Nonlethal magic one, mage battles with our goblins as aggressors. We have the ability on so we don't accidentally kill gobs and we get to practice our magic attacking.

Rolled 8, 11, 6 + 18 = 43 (3d15 + 18)

>>42418254
>Giant Minogue
>Y to missiles
>N to lightning

Rolled 7, 13, 11 = 31 (3d15)

>>42418254

You start to make a quip back at the voice, but you never checked to see how the speakers work on these suits. Blowing up his robot army works for a response though.


>50 vs dc 50 to keep group totally unharmed


Missiles go flying everywhere as you draw the massive minigun and begin to spin it up.


“So much for the specimen then,” The voice says and the cannon fires a massive gout of raw magical energy that cackles with electricity.


You intercept the blast with your armor, it makes your hud flicker with static as the blast is absorbed.


You fire your gun through the clearing smoke, and you can feel the suit is almost unable to withstand the recoil.


Hestia didn’t design just a simple minigun, this thing is a spatially compressed rapid fire rail gun. A swath of elemental energy cuts through the robots as the bullets fly through their ranks. The large cannon appears to be recharging, so you slowly turn the gun to shoot at it.


Multiple layers of shielding fail under the onslaught of your minigun, explosions from each bullet damage its impressive shielding further. But the cannon remains safe behind a powerful set of flickering shields.

The goblins pile up the now non functional robots around themselves, Ayla, and the lizard for protection while Ayla unleashes mana arrows into the army.


>Suit status – 147/200 structure, 20/20 shield, 40 damage reduction

>Allies status – Trying to defend against the robots.

>Enemy status – Shielded cannon, 3/4 of the robot army remains


>Clear the army first, the robots can’t withstand the minigun
>Focus fire on the cannon
>Switch to a different weapon
>Other

>>42418469
>Focus fire on the cannon

>>42418469
>Clear the army first, the robots can’t withstand the minigun
We could probably take 2 more hits from the cannon.
After the robot army is down advance on the cannon.

>>42418548
Yeah, but the canon isn't aiming for us.

>>42418469
>>Focus fire on the cannon

Focus on cannon sure


3d15+18 once more


Keep firing missiles?
>Y
>N


Shoot the chain lightning? (possible to hit allies)
>Y
>N

>>42418565
I pictured us standing between the cannon and our friends.

Rolled 12, 14, 1 + 18 = 45 (3d15 + 18)

>>42418668
>Y missiles
>N lightning

Rolled 6, 1, 3 + 18 = 28 (3d15 + 18)

>>42418668
>Y
>N

Rolled 13, 8, 6 + 18 = 45 (3d15 + 18)

>>42418668
>Y
>N

If you can drop that cannon, the fight is as good as over, the robot army must just be there to distract you.

Layer after layer of force fields drop as your minigun tries to tear into the cannon, the amount of defenses that have been placed to protect it are staggering.


>double 45 vs 40


The cannon finishes recharging and fires again just as you punch through the last layer of shielding protecting it.


There is no electricity this time when the cannon fires, you briefly wonder if it has the same morphic properties as the adaptive robot displayed. You have just enough time to brace for impact before taking the blast to protect everyone.


>Suit status – 27/200 structure, 20/20 shield, 40 damage reduction

>Allies status – Battling robots.

>Enemy status – Giant Cannon – force field failed, 5/8 of the robot army remains.


Ayla continues to launch mana arrows out against the robots while the goblins open fire. The lizard is a big target and gets hit several times but otherwise everyone has remained safe behind the makeshift wall of robot bodies.


You just noticed that the cannon’s attacks have been entirely bypassing your shielding, you can’t take another hit like that again. You need to destroy the cannon before it can finish recharging.


>Try to destroy the cannon
>Block another shot and fire on the army
>Switch to a different weapon
>Other

>>42418875
>>Try to destroy the cannon

>>42418875
>Try to destroy the cannon
Are we strong enough to wield the power sword of the armor gets destroyed?

>>42418875
>Try to destroy the cannon

>>42419012
You could, the blades are lightweight monofilaments but the sword is really big and unless you go full anime swords that big are pretty awkward


In any event 3d15+18 to try and destroy the cannon.


I doubt you’ll have your mind but –

Missiles
>Y
>N


lightning
>Y
>N

Rolled 3, 10, 7 + 18 = 38 (3d15 + 18)

>>42419116
Sure, missiles everywhere. Apparently we never run the fuck out.

Rolled 4, 1, 4 + 18 = 27 (3d15 + 18)

>>42419116
>Y
>N

Rolled 15, 13, 9 + 18 = 55 (3d15 + 18)

>>42419116
>Y missiles
If this cannon has adaptive capabilities we might want to throw something a little different at it. I don't particularly like endangering our friends, but
>Y Llightning

>>42419155
Uh, spatially compress auto-reloaders inside the missile pods?


Sure lets go with that.

>>42419205
I'm beginning to think that it was a good thing for us that we killed Steve. This battle probably would have been a lot worse, if he got away.

>>42419277
It's a shame we couldn't have recruited him but hay it happens

Robots have started to climb the goblin’s makeshift wall but get mauled by the giant lizard who is very, very, angry at being shot. Ayla and the goblins are desperately fighting to not be over run.


Elemental explosions tear at the cannon as you try to destroy it before it fires again. A few of your missiles strike the cannon but don’t seem to do as much good as those blasting apart the robots.

The cannon is recharging so you only have a few moments to get this right.


>55 vs dc 50 to detonate cannon


You switch tactics and fire the minigun right down the barrel of the massive cannon trying to disrupt its firing mechanism.


The cannon reaches full charge and begins to fire.


You ploy works however and the cannon’s energy overloads it as it tries to fire.


The cannon detonates in a massive burst of energy causing your hud to cut to pure static, you try to use the armor to shield your allies from the blast, but with the hud down you can’t see.


The static in your hud clears suddenly and Hestia’s avatar forms on it.

“Communications reestablished, reviewing data log,” she tells you, “I see you have managed to nearly destroy the heaviest armor I designed.”


>Suit status – 20/200 structure, 0/20 shield, 40 damage reduction

>Allies status – Position being overrun by robots.

>Enemy status – Giant Cannon – destroyed, 1/3 of the robot army remains.


The explosion has torn a hole through the research ring, the darkness of the pit below is clearly visible.


The robots all suddenly begin to self destruct, you shield your group from the resulting shrapnel.


The voice is no longer taunting you over the loud speakers.


>Try to find where they were operating from
>Try to find some useful loot from the wreckage
>Just go back home
>Other

>>42419409
>>Try to find where they were operating from

>>42419409
>Try to find where they were operating from

>>42419409
>Try to find where they were operating from

>>42419409
>Try to find where they were operating from

>>42419409
>Try to find where they were operating from
Loot later!

“Is everyone alright?” You ask your group once you figure out the speaker system.

Hestia’s robots begin to unpile themselves from the make shift wall and the goblins shout chief.


“Master you sound like a robot!” Ayla floats around the power armor pulling at the damaged parts, everyone is fine then.


“Can you locate where this operation was staged?” You ask Hestia.

“I am picking up no signals, I will have the robots begin checking the area.”


You use the power armor to float through the ring searching as well. What you find is that the entire research ring was converted into a factory to make robots and that cannon. There are several other areas with wreckage indicating armies like the one you fought, including the cannon. These other cannons are not as completely destroyed as the one you blew up.


You finally find a small bunker like room amongst the wreckage, inside there is a headless corpse against one of the walls and all the equipment has been destroyed.

A message is scrawled on the wall in blood, ‘Failure will not be tolerated.’


Searching around there room there are no key cards or identification.


“The shielding on the final ring is no longer in effect,” Hestia says when you finish looking around the bunker.


“How long ago did it get taken down?” You ask her.

“Moments ago when the ring’s supports were severed and it fell into the pit,” Hestia states, “the fourth ring just dropped as well, I would suggest evacuating immediately.”


>Try to find a clue to what is going on
>Get outside the ring, try to see what is happening
>Teleport back before the ring falls
>Other

>>42419782
>Other
Teleport the others back, have hestia teleport us to the now falling admin rign, maybe we can find something there?

>>42419782
>>42419834
This seems good. Include an estimated impact time and request to teleporter us out just before impact.

They just killed everyone in the rings down here.

Yikes.

They ain't fucking around no more.

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“Evacuate everyone then, try to salvage anything you think you can,” you tell Hestia, “Is it possible to teleport me into the fifth ring before it is destroyed by impacting the ground?”


“That is the exact kind of insanity I hoped you wouldn’t try,” she responds, “you will have almost no time to search the ring, forty seven seconds before I will teleport you out.”


With a flash of light you are teleported into the falling ring.


Wreckage from destroyed equipment and corpses float around in freefall as several of those fleshy monstrosities you fought before smash about looking for food.


You have only a few seconds, better make them count.


>Capture one of the creatures alive
>Search for a survivor
>Try to find the office of someone important
>Sift through the debris for something
>Other

>>42420132
>>Search for a survivor

>>42420132
>Search for a survivor

>>42420132
>Search for a survivor

>>42420132
>>Try to find the office of someone important

>>42420132
>>Search for a survivor
>>Try to find the office of someone important

>>42420132
>Search for a survivor
>Try to find the office of someone important
>Other
Can we use dark gift to haste ourself?

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>Not an office but, this is an important person to meet perhaps


Hestia will take care of the way out and there is no feasible way to look through all of this in time so you use your connection with life to try and find a survivor.


As you maneuver through the destroyed machines the creatures are all you sense, they are all over snatching up and consuming bodies.


Half your time has expired when you sense a faint hint of life, so you rush towards it your power armor easily pushing aside anything that gets in your way.


The life is behind a door that says secure containment. Your armor tears the door open and inside you find a man in a suit, his features are obscured by the empty void. He is sitting calmly in a simple chair completely unaffected by the ring falling, seemingly waiting for your arrival.


“You should have joined me Reginald,” a familiar voice echoes into your mind, “Reinforcing the hole will only slow my entry back. I can find weaker minds to work with.”

“What are you?” You ask.

“I am the coming storm, the eternal darkness, the true ruler of this realm.”


“Why did you waste time standing there?” Hestia asks, “the ring is impacting now, teleporting you to safety.”


Hestia teleports you back to the goblin city, and begins removing the armor to have it repaired.


(1/2)

(2/2)


“Did you find what you were looking for?” She asks you.

“I found someone controlled by the void,” you tell Hestia what you found.


“Interesting but with the rings destroyed we will be unable to transport large forces higher, we will need to construct a relay or you could try to secure an area above to utilize as a base of operations,” Hestia explains, “one or two at the most will be able to teleport up, but you will be unable to take very much equipment.”


“Any other options?” You ask.


“The magic based teleportation that they use above, if you can find the means of using it, or perhaps further study of demon magic could provide alternatives. A dedicated base would ultimately be more useful long term though.”


>Make preparations to go to the city above
>Try to go to the third level of hell
>Visit someone
>Other


Need to run to the store sorry folks.

>>42420744
>Make preparations to go to the city above
Including taking to the magic tournament winner to study the demonic teleportation.

>>42420744
>Make preparations to go to the city above

>>42420744
>>Make preparations to go to the city above

Preparations then sure, first two things to consider while I write this out.


When do you want to leave?
>Now
>Later


Take anyone along?
>Go alone with more equipment
>A companion

>>42421559
>Later
>A companion
We can always scavenge anything we need.
Someone who knows the most about the city.

>>42421559
>>Later
>>Go alone with more equipment

>>42421559
>Now
>A companion
Evangeline maybe?

“What will it take to teleport into the city above?” you ask Hestia.

“With the research rings being destroyed I can teleport you and one other with limited equipment, A small backpack with no spatial compression for some food and water. Or you could take a medium suit of power armor with you,” Hestia explains, “It would be best for you to travel quickly and alone to locate someplace safe to construct a mirror portal. Such a forward base would be the most useful to your usual way of doing things.”


“Why not just teleport up as much as we can and do that quickly?”

“We have already drawn enough attention to ourselves that the research rings were destroyed, I highly recommended spending time to gain a cover story before attempting to take overt action.”

“So less of a we can’t, more of it’s a bad idea got it,” you say, “just keep mass teleports ready should things go badly.”


(1/2)

(2/2)


“Furthermore until you construct the base for a relay point my means of assisting you will be limited to prevent communication interception,” Hestia drones on.

“First we should get the demon mage to help us create functioning teleportation between two points.”

“I will bring her in to discuss this with you then,” Hestia says.


A few moments late the succubus mage comes into the room following a drone.

“Need help with something, or perhaps something else?” She licks her lips when she sees you.

“We need more information on how demons teleport, we understand the invitations but what if I wanted to move from one point to another rather than hell.”

“I have no idea,” she looks truly baffled and she isn’t hiding any thoughts to suggest otherwise, “look I’m more of a elementalist sounds like you need a blood mage, helping understand simple magic is one thing. This is a bit too advanced and technical for me.”

“That is fine,” you tell the demon, “if you think of anything that could help though.”

“We could lose these cloth-” the drone cuts her off and starts pushing her out, “ok ok, some other time then lord slayer.”


“She was of no assistance,” Hestia declares once the demon is gone.

“I’ll go talk with everyone then, see who could help the most.” You tell her.


Who do you wish to speak with about going to the city with you


Choose any number of them

>Evangeline
>Ayla
>The twins together
>Elizabeth
>Katherine
>Dr. Harrington
>Hestia
>Tslah
>Everyone together
>Other

>>42422126
>>Evangeline
>>Ayla
>>The twins together
>>Dr. Harrington

>>42422126
>Elizabeth
Realistically she knows the most about the city, being a director's daughter

>>42422251
Juggling all these women getting hard?


Elizabeth and Katherine Vanamo are the twins.

Evangeline Burgess is the daughter of Director Burgess.

>>42422251
You're thinking of Evangeline.

>>42422289
It's the "E" names.

SOM with all his fucking "K" names.

>>42422289
Didn't we sleep with DrHarrington as well

>>42422289
damnit
yeah Evangeline
Why you gotta give them similar names OP??
Curse you! CURSE YOU!

>>42422331
Yes

Start your shadowruns, why didn’t she get pregnant?

>>42422381
She's infertile
She had an abortion
She used protection

>>42422381
... It was one time? and cycles are a thing

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>>42422381

>>42422381
The cruel hands of probability?
She had an early term miscarriage?

>>42422381
She's actually a he

You decide to talk to everyone one by one hear their thoughts on the operation and see who can help you the most.


“Alright Hestia we should speak with Katherine and Elizabeth first,” you decide.

“I doubt in their condition they will want to go on this mission.”

“I just hear what they have to say about the city then.”


Sometime later, the twins arrive and you get sandwiched by hugs.

“We heard about the prison from Evangeline,” Katherine says

“She was worried, she is putting on a tough act because of the whole prisoner thing but she is falling for you pretty hard,” Elizabeth tells you, “you should stop humiliating that guy if don’t want her to.”

“Who cares, that is hilarious keep doing it,” Katherine starts arguing with her sister.


“I’m starting an operation to go into the city above, do you two know anything important or maybe even want to go?” You ask them.

They look at each other for a moment, “We are pregnant, not such a good idea,” they say together.

“We were lucky though,” Elizabeth says, “After processing we got recruited to research rather than being dumped in the streets.”

“I doubt the exaggerated horror stories of how bad things are will be of much help to you,” her sister concludes.

“Thanks anyways, I am lacking information about anything up there,” you say.


“Just don’t get stuck up there, if you are gone for months again there is going to be trouble,” Katherine threatens you before they leave.


Doctor Harrington comes to see you next.

“I heard from the twins you are going up,” She says frowning, “I don’t really want to talk about things up there, but if you happen to find a guy named Richie, give him this letter would you.”

She gives you a letter and leaves just as quickly as she came in.


(1/2)

(2/2)


“Oh master~” Ayla calls out to you, “where are we going this time?”

“I don’t think you can handle the mission,” you shut her down, “your telepathy would undoubtedly be useful but you would blow our cover too quickly.”

“Aww I could help,” Ayla says, ”I can look like other people or something.”

“Yes but you still are not a convincing actor, your disguise would fail as soon as anyone talks to you.”

“I could still try, it’ll be fun.”

“I’ll keep you in mind.”

“Wait a minute, we can’t take Sazglangolor or the gryphons or the horses can we?”

“No, that would be a bit hard to explain to anyone.”

“Well, I can watch them, uh, I mean if you don’t want me to go,” Ayla says.

“Go play with them now then if you do go you won’t miss them as much?” You try to cheer her up.

“Good plan master!” She kisses you and leaves to find some animals to play around with.


That only leaves Evangeline to talk with.

“Hestia is Evangeline coming next?” You ask.

“Negative, she is sitting by her usual fountain near the lakeside”


>Have Hestia bring her in
>Go talk to her
>You heard enough for your plan to go ahead
>Other

>>42423064
>>Go talk to her
She knows something

>>42423064
>Go talk to her

>>42423064
>Go talk to her
Walk there. Teleportation is nice, but sometimes it's good to do something yourself.

>>42423064
>Go talk to her
I personally dont think we should leave the city quite yet. Still have a few things to do after all, Like find the last giant creatures in the pit.

>>42423177

List of giant creatures if people have forgotten

Lizard - alive
Flyer - dead
Crab - dead
Spider -dead
Fish - dead

>>42423177
>>42423216
what giant creature?
When did we hear about a lizard?

>>42423216
GIANT SKELETON
GIANT PLANT MONSTER
GIANT MINOTAUR
GIANT GOBLIN

>>42423216
But the giant lizard is our mount. :^)

>>42423260
No, that one isnt quite the giant giant lizard.

>>42423064
>Go talk to her

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>>42423258
Giant Reggie.

We have spiders the size of the previous giant spider, right?
I think we should kill one to see if it has a soul to take.


I wonder what our biggest tiger beast is?
Which apo forgot in the list, btw.

>>42423216
The real question here is if we've actually seen all the creature types down here or not.
We ought to ask the shamans about that.

“I’ll walk out there and talk with her,” You tell Hestia, “she may know something more concrete.”

“I have finished all preparations on my end, when you are ready to go the operation can proceed.”

“Good work, but I’m not ready to leave right now, it would be better to make sure everything down here is in order first.”


Hestia turns her attention elsewhere as you walk through the city, imps and goblins make their usual cheers and this time you bump into the Succubus leader.


“Sorry about that whole deed stealing business,” she tells you, “I just wanted a better future for my girls.”

“Better for you to have given up than be dead,” you tell her offhandedly.

“You are right but you should let my girls over, there are only two of us here, and a lot of men to go around,” the succubus tries to tempt you, “I can make this a very beneficial offer for you.”

“I put a system in place, if they pass then they can come here,” you once again ignore her advances, not very hard without her lust magic being used.

“Ugh, if you didn’t keep so many women around I would think that you’re gay or something,” she leaves in a huff still mad that you denied her the first time you met.

(1/2)

(2/2)


With that distraction passed you find Evangeline sitting alone at the fountain again.

“Oh, hi,” she says perking up when you come into view, “I heard from the A.I. Hestia that you wanted to talk to everyone, I didn’t expect you to come see me.”

“I just was asking about what people knew of the city above.”

“Well I was born in the upper part and I think it will take you a while to get up that far,” She says.


She is trying hard not to think about you or the lower parts of the city, she is hiding something.


“Is that all you really know about?” you ask her.


She thinks about some friends of hers for a moment before blocking it out. She takes the Bonetooth amulet out and her thoughts focus on it and its meaning.


“First I want to know what you think about this and me,” She says while slowly blushing.


What do you tell her?

>Write in response
>When you are ready, you know what it means
>Take it from her, it’s not time for that, yet
>Don’t care just tell me what you know
>Other


>>42423433

Right tiger boss, that is dead too.

>>42423727
Thats an amulet made by the bonetooth

>>42423727
"It's not really a great time for this topic all things considered. There's a lot going on that needs dealt with."

>>42423727
>Write in response
Well, that's up to you. I haven't made a move because you seemed against it.
However, relating directly to what the shamans said, nobody's "my woman", because I don't "own" anybody.
Except maybe Ayla. But she's a special case.

>>42423727
"Well what exactly do you want to know?"

I don't really understand stand what's she's asking so this is the best I can come up with.

>>42423727
>When you are ready, you know what it means

>>42423727
>>42423819
Support

>>42423727
>>42423813
I'll support this.

>>42423819
>>42423778
The shamans gave it to her saying that our women are part of the tribe too.

>>42423941
I forgot about that thanks for reminding me.

>>42423971
Not a problem.

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“That’s an amulet made by the Bonetooth tribe,” you tell her, “what exactly do you want to know?”

“You know what I mean,” She huffs.


"It's not really a great time for this topic all things considered. There's a lot going on that needs dealt with," You explain, “but in the end that's up to you. I haven't made a move because you seemed against it.”

“About what the shaman said, that it means…” she trails off.

“Nobody's ‘my woman’, because I don't ‘own’ anybody.”

“Ayla?” she asks.

“She's a special case since she is a djinni,” you say, “but even there I don’t own her, you’ve seen how hard it is to get her to listen.”

“She calls you master, constantly.”

“That seems to be her way of being endearing rather than being something binding I think.”


“I think I will hold on to it for now, uh, not because I like you or anything,” she notices what she told you and turns red, “it was a gift that’s all. A gift!”


She isn’t even convincing herself.


(1/2)

(2/2)


“About the city then, anything more you can tell me.”


She is thinking about her old friends again, they are inside an elevator going down. She shakes it out of her mind.


“The rustbelt is what we call the lower part, that is probably where you’ll enter,” She tells you eventually, “It is full of crime of all sorts, even slavers.”

“Is that why you thought I was a slaver at first then?” You ask her.

“It was scary, we never saw something like that before,” she thinks about people trapped in cages screaming for help, her friends crying, “my friends and I ran home after seeing it, I never stepped out of line again.”

“And the other parts of the city?”

She remembers sneaking across parks to reach the elevators, “I don’t think you’ll make it that far yet, no sense gathering data that will not help you on the mission right?”

“Would you want to go?” you ask her.

“I’m your prisoner right? I could run away or scream for help.”

“I don’t think you would, even if we went higher.”


She takes a deep breath and looks at you closely.


“I’d go if you promise to keep me safe, the rustbelt is very dangerous.”

She has made up her mind, but you think that she would be more helpful once you reach higher parts of the city.


>Launch the operation to secure a base in the city above
>Try to go to the third level of hell
>Visit someone
>Other

>>42424363
I just realize that she has no panties on.

>>42424384
>Visit someone
The shamans. I want to know if they foresee anything important regarding the city or the location of the other goblins.

I also want to ask if they have any old corpses or bones of important goblin figures lying around to commune with.

And lastly what other creatures might be in the pit, and where the giant lizard might be found.

>>42424384
>>Launch the operation to secure a base in the city above
i kinda wanna go to hell but whatever

>>42424384
>Launch the operation to secure a base in the city above

>>42424384
>>Launch the operation to secure a base in the city above
>>42424428
She does its just hard to see

>>42424428
Bastard, you got my hopes up.

>>42424384
>Launch Operation City Base
>Other- give Ayla an amulet. Let her now the shamans might help her learn more magic if she asks. Give amulets to the twins.

>>42424465
Well I'll be damned.
Thought that was part of her glove.

>>42424384
We make it hard to be Tsundere, don't we?

Time to launch the operation

>Take Ayla
>Take Evangeline
>Go alone


>>42424514
The shaman gave you ten, you have five left. People helped themselves while you were meditating.

>>42424538
>Take Ayla
>Take Evangeline
Can we give ayla some quick acting lessons, and establish solid cover stories for everyone? We're a spy, this shit comes naturally for us.

>>42424538
>>Go alone
The city seems to want both of them

>>42424538
>People helped themselves while you were meditating
How did they know?!

So, let's see. I imagine the twins, Ayla, and Hestia at least.
Was the last one Tslah, or Dr. Harrington?

>>42424520
Yeah it is

>>42424578
I say Harrington we slept with her.

We saved tslah an that's all

>>42424538
>Take Evangeline
pretty much the best choice, ayla would fuck our stealth and diplomacy. blending in is our best bet to not get mugged by super slaver-robber

>>42424615
On the other hand Tslah's social points are at 10 from us and 30 from her, and Doc Harrington's are at 5, and we haven't really interacted with her.

>>42424538
>Take Evangeline
So, who exactly has an amulet?
Evangeline, Ayla, Elizabeth, Katherine, Hestia?
Ms. Harrington, Tslah? That's 7 potentials, and only five given out.

>>42424538
>Take Evangeline
As long as she waits until we get back before she starts fucking us.

>>42424640
Technically we got 11, as well. They gave Eva one, then handed us 10

>>42424661
>Not wanting hot dirty sex in the danger filled slums of the Rustbelt.
What is wrong with you?
I bet you're the kind of pervert that wants us to hold her hand!

>>42424578
Tslah has it. Just checked the pastebin's, and it's in her inventory.

>All the other girls were taking them...
>Yay Ayla is a goblin now too!

I love you OP.

>>42424878
Also from one of the pastebins.
Yay Ayla is a goblin now too!
Kek

>Evangeline recruited as a companion


“Alright, I promise to keep you safe,” you decide to take Evangeline along, “are you ready to go now?”

“Right now?” She asks you.

“Yes, as soon as you are ready.”

“What about supplies or weapons?”


“Everything is ready, prepare for teleportation,” Hestia says as a drone float up to you.

“Wait I’m really not ready-” Evangeline ‘s protest is cut short by Hestia teleporting you to a room with all the gear prepared for the mission.


“With two people going no spatial compression has been used to make the calculations possible,” Hestia informs you, “I have prepared refilling flasks with water, potions, and a nutrient slurry. For weapons knives and firearms, no shields as they may break your cover, most of your pack space will be taken up by scanning probes and the materials to construct the portal. I have normal pouches for your money, try not to lose anything.”


(1/2)

(2/2)


“What kind of gun is this?” Evangeline asks picking up one of the firearms Hestia has made.

“Current prototype model, I have made it draw on your magical reserves to keep ammunition requirements low,” Hestia informs her, “for you Evangeline I have made a bracelet that will apply the effects of several protection spells, since you lack regenerative abilities. Unless you would prefer an implant.”

“Uh, I’m not too sure about implants I’ll use the bracelet, thanks.”

>Normal equipment has been taken by Hestia and will be unavailable until you return.

>Mission equipment gained.


“All equipment is ready, prepare yourself for teleport, communications will remain silent until you have prepared a location to secure a portal,” Hestia states, “Good luck.”


With that a flash of light signals the teleporter sending you away.


As the flash clears you find yourself in the dark, Evangeline gropes around until she finds you and grabs onto your hand. She is scared thoughts racing about the slavers.


You sense no life around you, your teleport in has gone unnoticed for now.


> [ End ]


That is a good place to end things for today. Next thread Saturday 12 EST.
Feel free to suggest implants, research and/or design plans if you want to.
I’ll stick around to questions/comments/criticism/spending exp.


>You finished a thread, thanks for playing! +10 exp
>Robot army destroyed +20 exp
>Void guy is doing void things +10 exp
>Finished off the research rings + 30 exp
>First steps into the city above +10 exp

>Current total exp: 80
>Current total stat points: 0


Tslah’s sheet and Evangeline’s sheet will be completed for next thread.

Telepathy to seven

Hows the artificial sun coming?
And the research into better stat implants?

I think it might be useful to increase our telepathy some.

>>42425223
Its going slowly, the researchers made you universal antidote though, that is something.


Did I mention the free booze and two succubi you have in your city.

>>42425279
Hestia really ought to make a productivity plan.

>>42425279
We Best Boss Ever!

>>42425279
If we set work hours that work is to be not interrupted an set like a red light district or something will that fix the problem

>>42425223
I'm fine with telepathy to 7

Telepathy 2 -> 7

34' per rank
unshielded minds now are fully open to you
You can protect yourself against mind reading

>>42425681
Is that feet meters yards like what measurement is it.

>>42425729
' is feet.

>>42425729

This anon knows what he is talking about.
>>42425766


It is feet, 238 feet away is pretty good.

>>42425789
>>42425766
Ok just wanted to check

>>42425789
We should implement an incentive program for work. Do we want to create an economy? People can work for Hestia doing research, growing food, collecting interesting items for research? And they get goblin money? For luxury items such as booze and other mind altering drugs?

>>42426346
I like the utopia setup we have. Economies are hard to manage and ultimately bad for happiness.

>>42426360
I agree that is ideal which is why I'm asking. I don't want anyone to deal economics, but if people are just getting drunk and shit and not helping us be more badass and awesome then we want to curb that somehow.

Thanks for the thread, Apophis.

>>42426410
I don’t really want to head too deep into economics myself, but I do have these very nice red cubes for sale, they are finely crafted, probably dwarven work, yours today for only ten payments of $19.95


>>42426797
Thanks for playing!