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Crypt Quest 2. Campfire No.407546[Last 50 Posts]
The party stands in the head inquisitor's office of the old inquisitorial mansion with the inquisitors and the surviving henchponies. On the large desk in the room is a model of the front gate. The model glows slightly and the gate is shut, signifying that the magical shield surrounding the mansion grounds is active. The party has fought long and hard to get here, but still have not seen all there is to see. Outside the back door are three possessed and mutated trees. On the first floor in the bathing room something strange is going on. At the lowest lever of the basement is some…thing. The Inquisitors have offered you all the opportunity to take your reward, minus free food and lodging, now and leave. If you all wish to stay, however, they are offering a greater reward plus the rest of the reward originally promised to you. The gryphon leading the inquisitors taps his claws on the ground.
"Well? Please make your decision. Ask any questions you have now, because there is still a job that needs doing."
"Well? Please make your decision. Ask any questions you have now, because there is still a job that needs doing."
The unicorn henchponies and the the diamond dog and buffalo inquisitor move to the walls of the room. Their horns and/or catalysts begin glowing.
>>407548
"We would be glad to have you, buffalo. Every little bit helps."
>>407549
"No, we plan to drive straight towards the thing the mage saw below in his vision if you all leave. If our guesses are correct and it is the thing tying this all together then the other threats will disperse once it is gone. By the time the sun rises we will be either dead or victorious."
>>407552
"Are you certain, mage? Our henchponies say you were quite interested in our books and artifacts. If you stay to help some of them may find their way into your hooves."
>>407553
>>407554
"Money. Perhaps a book from the library instead, if we approve the book you choose."
>>407548
"We would be glad to have you, buffalo. Every little bit helps."
>>407549
"No, we plan to drive straight towards the thing the mage saw below in his vision if you all leave. If our guesses are correct and it is the thing tying this all together then the other threats will disperse once it is gone. By the time the sun rises we will be either dead or victorious."
>>407552
"Are you certain, mage? Our henchponies say you were quite interested in our books and artifacts. If you stay to help some of them may find their way into your hooves."
>>407553
>>407554
"Money. Perhaps a book from the library instead, if we approve the book you choose."
>>407578
>>407579
"Very well."
The gryphon nods and one of the henchponies pops open a few of thee small chests in the room and takes out several scraps of paper. The gryphon takes them from him and sets them on the desk, then touches a ring on his claw to each off them. As he does so writing appears on the slips.
"Each of these, once you take them, will be good to withdraw 200 marks from this city's bank. Only take them if you do not have a specific artifact or book in mind that you would like in lieu of most or all of your payment."
>>407579
"Very well."
The gryphon nods and one of the henchponies pops open a few of thee small chests in the room and takes out several scraps of paper. The gryphon takes them from him and sets them on the desk, then touches a ring on his claw to each off them. As he does so writing appears on the slips.
"Each of these, once you take them, will be good to withdraw 200 marks from this city's bank. Only take them if you do not have a specific artifact or book in mind that you would like in lieu of most or all of your payment."
>>407581
"Thank you, buffalo. If any of you seek jobs in the future then return here once we have purified the place."
>>407584
"The weapons from our armory that you currently have on you do not count against the 200 marks."
>>407586
"That mace?"
The gryphon listens as one of his henchponies whispers to him and shows him a few papers.
"Hrum. That mace has quite a bit of potential. It will cost you all 200 of your marks, but I believe it will be worth every one of them."
>>407589
"I only wish to continue to help you, mistress. I chose to serve you as a spirit and will serve you as living flesh and blood."
"Your new disciple?"
He looks Hornbeard up and down.
"He was not part of your group when we first made arrangements to work together. However, something as odd as him does not come about every day. My henchponies told me of his…birth, I suppose it would be called."
He reaches a claw into his armor and pulls out a bag which he tosses to Hornbeard.
"30 marks. For an oddity that I hope to be able to examine in closer detail in the future."
>>407590
Yes.
"Our resources are thin right now."
>>407583
>>407585
>>407587
>>407588
As you each take a slip of paper your full name appears on them.
"Thank you, buffalo. If any of you seek jobs in the future then return here once we have purified the place."
>>407584
"The weapons from our armory that you currently have on you do not count against the 200 marks."
>>407586
"That mace?"
The gryphon listens as one of his henchponies whispers to him and shows him a few papers.
"Hrum. That mace has quite a bit of potential. It will cost you all 200 of your marks, but I believe it will be worth every one of them."
>>407589
"I only wish to continue to help you, mistress. I chose to serve you as a spirit and will serve you as living flesh and blood."
"Your new disciple?"
He looks Hornbeard up and down.
"He was not part of your group when we first made arrangements to work together. However, something as odd as him does not come about every day. My henchponies told me of his…birth, I suppose it would be called."
He reaches a claw into his armor and pulls out a bag which he tosses to Hornbeard.
"30 marks. For an oddity that I hope to be able to examine in closer detail in the future."
>>407590
Yes.
"Our resources are thin right now."
>>407583
>>407585
>>407587
>>407588
As you each take a slip of paper your full name appears on them.
>>407592
"I will follow you until you die, mistress Olga."
From the way he says it he doesn't realize his words might come off as creepy.
>>407593
The Os don't have smiley faces in them, but you are still able to recognize it as you name! Bessy and Dreamkicker taught you how to write it.
>>407594
"We will go with you to retrieve it on the way out."
>>407595
Your name is written as Bessy.
>>407596
"My understanding is that it contains an imprint of the soul of a diamond dog necromancer. Most likely one of the traditional slave takers."
The Inquisitors and their henchponies start moving to the door.
"I will follow you until you die, mistress Olga."
From the way he says it he doesn't realize his words might come off as creepy.
>>407593
The Os don't have smiley faces in them, but you are still able to recognize it as you name! Bessy and Dreamkicker taught you how to write it.
>>407594
"We will go with you to retrieve it on the way out."
>>407595
Your name is written as Bessy.
>>407596
"My understanding is that it contains an imprint of the soul of a diamond dog necromancer. Most likely one of the traditional slave takers."
The Inquisitors and their henchponies start moving to the door.
>>407605
"That would cost you all 200 of your marks. It is similar to the mace the earth pony wants."
>>407607
"All we know are what are written in the notes our henchponies found. We know nothing of their owners that could not be guessed from the effects of holding the items."
>>407608
"If you wish."
>>407609
"We will follow you down."
>>407610
"Very well. We will adjust your check once you have the item."
You are all in the study with the cases now. The diamond dog Inquisitor spends a few minutes in front of each one before opening all but the last.
"Take your pick, those of you that want them."
"That would cost you all 200 of your marks. It is similar to the mace the earth pony wants."
>>407607
"All we know are what are written in the notes our henchponies found. We know nothing of their owners that could not be guessed from the effects of holding the items."
>>407608
"If you wish."
>>407609
"We will follow you down."
>>407610
"Very well. We will adjust your check once you have the item."
You are all in the study with the cases now. The diamond dog Inquisitor spends a few minutes in front of each one before opening all but the last.
"Take your pick, those of you that want them."
>>407613
Andellia.
After a few minutes of holding the mace your vision starts to clear and it becomes easier to suppress the sensations the mace is giving you.
>>407614
"The flower belonged to a necromancer."
>>407620
Brutus
After a few minutes of holding the helmet your vision starts to clear and it becomes easier to suppress the sensations the helmet is giving you.
Andellia.
As you hold the old, dark wood mace in your hoof you feel a deep connection to Nature even as your body seems to grow slightly. In every direction you can see the wide open grassland you were born and raised in. You can sense the grass that grows under your hooves and smell the sunlight as it shines down on your back. The savanna breeze carries news from far away places that can be herd only by the devout. Every muscle in your body feels as hard and gnarled as the mace itself.
After a few minutes of holding the mace your vision starts to clear and it becomes easier to suppress the sensations the mace is giving you.
>>407614
"The flower belonged to a necromancer."
>>407620
Brutus
The helmet looks like it would be difficult to lift, but great strength courses through your body as soon as you touch it. Your muscles feel like they are growing, but a quick check shows that they have not changed. A flex of your muscles lets you feel the thick shell of your armor covering every inch of your body. A hoof taps against your helmet as if to get your attention and you can just barely feel something shift its weight on your back.
After a few minutes of holding the helmet your vision starts to clear and it becomes easier to suppress the sensations the helmet is giving you.
>>407623
One of the inquisitors takes your check from you.
>>407624
Bessy
After a few minutes the sensations the broken banjo are giving you fade enough for you to suppress them.
>>407625
Happyhorn
After a few minutes the sensations the unicorn horn are giving you fade enough for you to suppress them.
>>407626
It has dark red petals and a sickly purple center. There is no stalk. You remember that it smelled like death when the case was opened.
>>407627
"Please, when you understand why it is so valuable come back and show it to us."
One of the inquisitors takes your check from you.
>>407624
Bessy
After picking up the banjo you cannot help but laugh at joke you just thought up. You can see your friends, the henchponies, and the inquisitors for what they really are under their armor and attitudes: People; They live, they love, they laugh, they have hopes and dreams. The desire to keep them happy is safe while you are with them is the most important thing in the world to you, second only to the desire to keep your special somepony safe. The feeling a pair of lips kissing you on the cheek occurs as suddenly as it vanishes.
After a few minutes the sensations the broken banjo are giving you fade enough for you to suppress them.
>>407625
Happyhorn
The smell of smoke enters your nose as soon as you pick up the horn. The cold sensation that comes from your power over the dead is forgotten as the roar of fire fills your body. Your body grows hotter, and hotter, and hotter, until you are sure you must burning hotter than a fire, a volcano, and eventually the sun itself. The need to organize the group you are with and make them focus on the task at hoof rises the forefront of your mind as you hurry to droop the horn back in the case.
After a few minutes the sensations the unicorn horn are giving you fade enough for you to suppress them.
>>407626
It has dark red petals and a sickly purple center. There is no stalk. You remember that it smelled like death when the case was opened.
>>407627
"Please, when you understand why it is so valuable come back and show it to us."
>>407631
Your check is adjusted to be worth 50 marks.
>>407632
"Yes."
>>407633
"Thank you."
>>407634
A horrible stench fills the room as you open the case, but it vanishes once you pick up the flower.
Olga
After a few minutes the sensations the unicorn horn are giving you fade enough for you to suppress them.
"If none of you wish to take the remaining items we will show you to the exit."
Your check is adjusted to be worth 50 marks.
>>407632
"Yes."
>>407633
"Thank you."
>>407634
A horrible stench fills the room as you open the case, but it vanishes once you pick up the flower.
Olga
You feel yourself grow taller and your weight increase and shift to your hind legs. You can feel cold stone beneath your paws and hear the noises of forced labor coming from beyond the thick walls. You relax and smile as the familiar smell of freshly dead flesh mingles with the armor of a reanimated worked. The easy nature of your life means you can't help but smiles and whistle a cheerful tune.
After a few minutes the sensations the unicorn horn are giving you fade enough for you to suppress them.
"If none of you wish to take the remaining items we will show you to the exit."
>>407638
"One hundred and fifty. Your check has already been adjusted."
>>407639
You check your body and find you are still the same goat as you always were.
>>407636
>>407637
>>407640
>>407641
"Very well. Follow us."
They lead you all down to the kitchen and out through one of the large windows they broke to gain entrance. After that two unicorns lead you all to the gate, where one fires a flare into the air from his horn. The shield drops and the unicorns push the gate open.
"Try to live long enough to enjoy those rewards."
The unicorn shuts the gate and fires his flare again. They turn around and walk back up to the mansion as soon as the shield reappears.
"One hundred and fifty. Your check has already been adjusted."
>>407639
You check your body and find you are still the same goat as you always were.
>>407636
>>407637
>>407640
>>407641
"Very well. Follow us."
They lead you all down to the kitchen and out through one of the large windows they broke to gain entrance. After that two unicorns lead you all to the gate, where one fires a flare into the air from his horn. The shield drops and the unicorns push the gate open.
"Try to live long enough to enjoy those rewards."
The unicorn shuts the gate and fires his flare again. They turn around and walk back up to the mansion as soon as the shield reappears.
>>407644
It is currently nighttime. the moon is nearly full so it, along with the stars, gives enough llight for you to walk safely but does not let you see very far.
>>407647
You and the rest of the group follow the path the way you came. Before long you see the small clump of bushes that Sandy delivered you to.
>>407649
After a bit of looking you find a circle of loose dirt and start to dig.
>>407651
You feel the ground start the shake beneath you.
"Hey ever-WOAH!"
The ground below you falls away.
Roll.
It is currently nighttime. the moon is nearly full so it, along with the stars, gives enough llight for you to walk safely but does not let you see very far.
>>407647
You and the rest of the group follow the path the way you came. Before long you see the small clump of bushes that Sandy delivered you to.
>>407649
After a bit of looking you find a circle of loose dirt and start to dig.
>>407651
You feel the ground start the shake beneath you.
"Hey ever-WOAH!"
The ground below you falls away.
Roll.
>>407654
You land on a set of dirt steps, but they are able to hold their shape under your wight and you are able to keep yourself from falling all the way down them.
>>407655
As you howl your body ripples. Bones reshape, teeth grow, hair lengthens, senses sharpen, hooves split into paws, and all the gear you were carrying melts into your body as your magic forces it into otherspace. Your ears twitch and give your just enough warning to jump back and avoid the large silver dagger that shoots up from the ground. Sandy pokes her head up quickly and starts to pull it back under when she sees you, but blinks and stops. She frowns, then starts laughing.
"Oh Andelia, the Twins never told me you could do that. You nearly gave me a heart attack."
>>407658
"No need for that, I've got a tunnel ready."
You land on a set of dirt steps, but they are able to hold their shape under your wight and you are able to keep yourself from falling all the way down them.
>>407655
As you howl your body ripples. Bones reshape, teeth grow, hair lengthens, senses sharpen, hooves split into paws, and all the gear you were carrying melts into your body as your magic forces it into otherspace. Your ears twitch and give your just enough warning to jump back and avoid the large silver dagger that shoots up from the ground. Sandy pokes her head up quickly and starts to pull it back under when she sees you, but blinks and stops. She frowns, then starts laughing.
"Oh Andelia, the Twins never told me you could do that. You nearly gave me a heart attack."
>>407658
"No need for that, I've got a tunnel ready."
>>407660
"Are you hurt?"
>>407661
"Waiting for you all to get back. The Twins should be starting the party…"
Se looks up at the moon.
"A few minutes ago. They tried to wait, but had to accept you all might not be there."
>>407662
"Hi there!"
She waves at you and ducks back into her whole which collapses as she does. A second later she walks up out of the hole Bessy fell down.
"Come on, you'll miss it all!"
>>407664
"Some Nature worshipers can do that. I didn't know Andeliaa could. That's why I sort of freaked out."
>>407665
She scratches your ears and barks back at you.
"Be careful where you do that in the future."
"Are you hurt?"
>>407661
"Waiting for you all to get back. The Twins should be starting the party…"
Se looks up at the moon.
"A few minutes ago. They tried to wait, but had to accept you all might not be there."
>>407662
"Hi there!"
She waves at you and ducks back into her whole which collapses as she does. A second later she walks up out of the hole Bessy fell down.
"Come on, you'll miss it all!"
>>407664
"Some Nature worshipers can do that. I didn't know Andeliaa could. That's why I sort of freaked out."
>>407665
She scratches your ears and barks back at you.
"Be careful where you do that in the future."
>>407669
"Not really."
>>407673
"So do werebeasts."
>>407674
>>407675
"You two are so cute. I have no idea how it works between you two, but loves finds a way, as they say."
The party files into the hole and Sandy follows behind them in order to collapse the tunnel. She talks as you all travel.
"I can't believe you are all finally here. The Twins are so happy that you are all alive and safe! They've been so worried about the state off this city and the surrounding area that it's been months since we last had a real party! Oh, this night is going to be great, I can feel it already!"
She shudders a bit.
"I hope they aren't full already."
"Not really."
>>407673
"So do werebeasts."
>>407674
>>407675
"You two are so cute. I have no idea how it works between you two, but loves finds a way, as they say."
The party files into the hole and Sandy follows behind them in order to collapse the tunnel. She talks as you all travel.
"I can't believe you are all finally here. The Twins are so happy that you are all alive and safe! They've been so worried about the state off this city and the surrounding area that it's been months since we last had a real party! Oh, this night is going to be great, I can feel it already!"
She shudders a bit.
"I hope they aren't full already."
>>407678
>>407679
"Blood, sillies!"
She laughs.
"I doubt they'd be full yet, the night is young so I don't think I missed the feeding. Even if I did parties are an excuse to overeat so they might still want a bite. They like to keep a well-rounded diet so they'd probably still need some from me even if they were really full, unless they got some blood from one of the other diamond dogs."
>>407680
"Oh yes! Lots of dancing! Treats too, and games with prizes!"
>>407681
She laughs again.
"They told me they've never had sour blood before, but they say that if you are willing to let them they'll be willing to try some."
>>407682
She nods.
"Uh-huh!"
Tell me when you are ready to arrive.
>>407679
"Blood, sillies!"
She laughs.
"I doubt they'd be full yet, the night is young so I don't think I missed the feeding. Even if I did parties are an excuse to overeat so they might still want a bite. They like to keep a well-rounded diet so they'd probably still need some from me even if they were really full, unless they got some blood from one of the other diamond dogs."
>>407680
"Oh yes! Lots of dancing! Treats too, and games with prizes!"
>>407681
She laughs again.
"They told me they've never had sour blood before, but they say that if you are willing to let them they'll be willing to try some."
>>407682
She nods.
"Uh-huh!"
Tell me when you are ready to arrive.
>>407684
"They're vampires. Didn't your friends tell you?"
>>407685
"Enslave? Psh, I serve them because I love to serve them. Nature even accepted them as followers despite them being vampires."
>>407687
"They won't take it if you don't want to give it, and they won't take enough to hurt you."
>>407688
"How could they not need it? Plants need sunlight, vampires need blood."
Andelia turns back into a pony.
"They're vampires. Didn't your friends tell you?"
>>407685
"Enslave? Psh, I serve them because I love to serve them. Nature even accepted them as followers despite them being vampires."
>>407687
"They won't take it if you don't want to give it, and they won't take enough to hurt you."
>>407688
"How could they not need it? Plants need sunlight, vampires need blood."
Andelia turns back into a pony.
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>>407692
"Don't worry about them. They're nice."
>>407695
"They probably wouldn't have killed you i they realized that you could turn into a wolf thanks to Nature's blessing. Probably."
>>407696
"They say the vampire that turned them spent nearly a millenia searching for a cure and he never found it."
The party arrives at a small dirt chamber with a single stone wall with an open door. Sandy finishes collapsing the tunnel then takes the leads through a small portion of the dungeon the Twins created to guard their lair. The sound of loud voices and music can be heard from somewhere in the distance; growing louder as the party draws nearer. Finally arriving at the last room Sandy throws open one of the doors and shouts.
"THE GUEST'S OF HONOR HAVE ARRIVED"
The noise and music stops as creatures of many different races stop what the are doing and look at you all.
The box on the left is the dance floor, the thing on the right is a bar, the two black rectangles the front coffins on a slightly raised platform, the red thing is a carpet, and there is a curtain of beads separating the room from a passage to the north. The party is on the carpet at the south end of the room.
"Don't worry about them. They're nice."
>>407695
"They probably wouldn't have killed you i they realized that you could turn into a wolf thanks to Nature's blessing. Probably."
>>407696
"They say the vampire that turned them spent nearly a millenia searching for a cure and he never found it."
The party arrives at a small dirt chamber with a single stone wall with an open door. Sandy finishes collapsing the tunnel then takes the leads through a small portion of the dungeon the Twins created to guard their lair. The sound of loud voices and music can be heard from somewhere in the distance; growing louder as the party draws nearer. Finally arriving at the last room Sandy throws open one of the doors and shouts.
"THE GUEST'S OF HONOR HAVE ARRIVED"
The noise and music stops as creatures of many different races stop what the are doing and look at you all.
The box on the left is the dance floor, the thing on the right is a bar, the two black rectangles the front coffins on a slightly raised platform, the red thing is a carpet, and there is a curtain of beads separating the room from a passage to the north. The party is on the carpet at the south end of the room.
>>407700
"Whatever. You know what I meaned, professor."
>>407701
>>407703
They all wave back and swarm closer, each of them talking to each other or at yoou about how happy they are to meet you all, how they are glad all of you are safe, how much fn all of you are going to have tonight, and asking all sorts of questions. The Twins seem to glide through the crowd and Sandy's tail starts wagging.
"Friends!"
"You two that we haven't met yet!"
"Welcome!"
"We're glad you could make it!"
"We tried to wait, but our friends were eager to start the party."
"It's good you are all safe."
"We should talk about the mansion."
"And then we should party."
They wave at the crowd and it disperses, the peeople making it up returning to what the were doing beforehand.
"You too, Sandy."
"We will drink later."
Sandy leaves.
>>407702
It looks like a bunch of Nature priests. There are members of nearly every race you know of is here and there are those tall bird things with the long necks too. The only surprise is the total lack of donkeys.
>>407704
"Nope."
"Not at all."
They both hug you.
"Welcome to the party."
"Whatever. You know what I meaned, professor."
>>407701
>>407703
They all wave back and swarm closer, each of them talking to each other or at yoou about how happy they are to meet you all, how they are glad all of you are safe, how much fn all of you are going to have tonight, and asking all sorts of questions. The Twins seem to glide through the crowd and Sandy's tail starts wagging.
"Friends!"
"You two that we haven't met yet!"
"Welcome!"
"We're glad you could make it!"
"We tried to wait, but our friends were eager to start the party."
"It's good you are all safe."
"We should talk about the mansion."
"And then we should party."
They wave at the crowd and it disperses, the peeople making it up returning to what the were doing beforehand.
"You too, Sandy."
"We will drink later."
Sandy leaves.
>>407702
It looks like a bunch of Nature priests. There are members of nearly every race you know of is here and there are those tall bird things with the long necks too. The only surprise is the total lack of donkeys.
>>407704
"Nope."
"Not at all."
They both hug you.
"Welcome to the party."
>>407708
"We know you went to the mansion."
"To work with inquisitors."
"Please tell us what happened."
>>407710
They move so they can hug both you and Andelia.
"We thought you were afraid, Pomelo."
"It's our fault."
"We like scaring you."
>>407711
They ignore you.
>>407712
"We are the ones that sent your friends to the mansion."
"Some of them."
"We were tired so we don't remember who was there."
"The ones there looked tired too."
>>407713
They hug you harder.
"Don't be sorry."
"We might have hurt you."
"It took a few tries before we learned to feed right."
"We ghouled some ponies."
"On accident."
>>407715
They look up.
"There was something living there?"
"We thought it would be only traps."
"Maybe some ghosts."
>>407716
You are now included in the hug.
"So soft."
"We are glad we never made you into a rug."
"A rug wouldn't be as warm."
"A rug can't hug back."
"We know you went to the mansion."
"To work with inquisitors."
"Please tell us what happened."
>>407710
They move so they can hug both you and Andelia.
"We thought you were afraid, Pomelo."
"It's our fault."
"We like scaring you."
>>407711
They ignore you.
>>407712
"We are the ones that sent your friends to the mansion."
"Some of them."
"We were tired so we don't remember who was there."
"The ones there looked tired too."
>>407713
They hug you harder.
"Don't be sorry."
"We might have hurt you."
"It took a few tries before we learned to feed right."
"We ghouled some ponies."
"On accident."
>>407715
They look up.
"There was something living there?"
"We thought it would be only traps."
"Maybe some ghosts."
>>407716
You are now included in the hug.
"So soft."
"We are glad we never made you into a rug."
"A rug wouldn't be as warm."
"A rug can't hug back."
>>407717
"Thank you, twins" I hold back my tears and release them from the hug after just another lingering moment. "Well, there were ghosts, a the tentacle beast was the last thing we fought, and it turned to dust.. dreamkicker, he saw something, an eye?" I look to dreamkicker to see if he'd like to explain it.
"Thank you, twins" I hold back my tears and release them from the hug after just another lingering moment. "Well, there were ghosts, a the tentacle beast was the last thing we fought, and it turned to dust.. dreamkicker, he saw something, an eye?" I look to dreamkicker to see if he'd like to explain it.
>>407722
"We're still weak from the tentacle beast, whatever was in there would have crushed us.. And Brutus, I didn't have a chance to bring up my shapeshifting or the twins being vampires before because of the nosey inquisitors hanging around. I should have explained it properly to you, but know you can trust them, you can trust us."
"We're still weak from the tentacle beast, whatever was in there would have crushed us.. And Brutus, I didn't have a chance to bring up my shapeshifting or the twins being vampires before because of the nosey inquisitors hanging around. I should have explained it properly to you, but know you can trust them, you can trust us."
>>407718
"Lot's of evil."
"Not too surprising."
They look at Hornbeard, then break off from the hug and look closer at him.
"Hello again."
"You were wearing a beholder when we met, right?"
"You look much better now."
"Because you're alive."
"And hunky."
"And handsome."
"And studly."
"A total beefcake."
"What were we saying?"
"Oh right."
"Good to see you alive."
Hornbeard looks embarrassed and confused.
>>407719
"Not us."
"Not of normal spooks."
They both move away from Hornbeard and are suddenly on either side of you.
"What's your name?"
"We are."
"The."
"Twins."
>>407720
"Ghosts."
"And something bad."
"Hmm."
"I wonder."
>>407721
"We always want to bite you."
"And do gross things."
"But we won't."
"Unless you let us."
"It would be fun."
>>407722
They are suddenly on either side you you.
"Don't be afraid."
"We are technically evil."
"But only technically."
"We won't shed your blood."
"Not unless you want us to."
"They say it feels nice."
"Buffaloes taste good."
>>407723
"You would make a great rug though."
"Can we have your skin when you die?"
"Pretty please?"
"You can put it in your will."
"We'd be really grateful."
"If you want your friends to have your rug we understand though."
>>407724
"A tentacle beast too."
"And it turned to dust."
>>407726
They both speak at once.
"Shapeshifting?"
>>407727
"Dark."
"Malevolent."
"Lingering."
"Were there shadows?"
"Bad shadows?"
"Strange darkness?"
"Lot's of evil."
"Not too surprising."
They look at Hornbeard, then break off from the hug and look closer at him.
"Hello again."
"You were wearing a beholder when we met, right?"
"You look much better now."
"Because you're alive."
"And hunky."
"And handsome."
"And studly."
"A total beefcake."
"What were we saying?"
"Oh right."
"Good to see you alive."
Hornbeard looks embarrassed and confused.
>>407719
"Not us."
"Not of normal spooks."
They both move away from Hornbeard and are suddenly on either side of you.
"What's your name?"
"We are."
"The."
"Twins."
>>407720
"Ghosts."
"And something bad."
"Hmm."
"I wonder."
>>407721
"We always want to bite you."
"And do gross things."
"But we won't."
"Unless you let us."
"It would be fun."
>>407722
They are suddenly on either side you you.
"Don't be afraid."
"We are technically evil."
"But only technically."
"We won't shed your blood."
"Not unless you want us to."
"They say it feels nice."
"Buffaloes taste good."
>>407723
"You would make a great rug though."
"Can we have your skin when you die?"
"Pretty please?"
"You can put it in your will."
"We'd be really grateful."
"If you want your friends to have your rug we understand though."
>>407724
"A tentacle beast too."
"And it turned to dust."
>>407726
They both speak at once.
"Shapeshifting?"
>>407727
"Dark."
"Malevolent."
"Lingering."
"Were there shadows?"
"Bad shadows?"
"Strange darkness?"
Muddy Morass [Charlatan] No.407731
>>407722
Edge over to him. "Hey, don' worry chief. They're all nut jobs, but between the two of us, we've got one and a half, maybe one and three quarters totally normal pony. Or buffalo. You get my point. Point being that I'm going to ditch these bloodsuckers if they try anything funny, and you look smart enough to it, too."
>>407728
Give them a slightly offended look.
"Okay, okay, chief – er, chiefs. I get it. Maybe the wanted posters haven't circulated into this town yet. I'm the world's finest reformed master thief, Muddy Morass. You wanna know what the trick was to get on top? My coat is brown. See, people are always looking for the flashy red ponies. Don't suspect the brown ones. Anyway, point bein', I punched some ghosts in the snout for you, I guess."
Edge over to him. "Hey, don' worry chief. They're all nut jobs, but between the two of us, we've got one and a half, maybe one and three quarters totally normal pony. Or buffalo. You get my point. Point being that I'm going to ditch these bloodsuckers if they try anything funny, and you look smart enough to it, too."
>>407728
Give them a slightly offended look.
"Okay, okay, chief – er, chiefs. I get it. Maybe the wanted posters haven't circulated into this town yet. I'm the world's finest reformed master thief, Muddy Morass. You wanna know what the trick was to get on top? My coat is brown. See, people are always looking for the flashy red ponies. Don't suspect the brown ones. Anyway, point bein', I punched some ghosts in the snout for you, I guess."
>>407729
"If you want to leave."
"You can."
"You can't take your memories of us."
"But we won't kill you."
"Unless you try to leave with your memories."
"Even then we'd try to take your memories."
"Instead of your life."
>>407730
One of them is one your back and another is leaning against your side.
"We only bite willing victims."
"It's a Rule."
"We haves Rules."
"We also have games."
"Can Opener is a fun game."
"But only if someone wants to play the can."
>>407731
"Wanted for what?"
"We hope it isn't murder."
"Murder is bad."
"We can be worse."
"We've not had a chance to catch a murderer."
"Not since coming here."
"Thanks for the ghost punching."
"Ghosts suck."
>>407732
"It's happening."
"Don't call this a shindig."
"It's the party you chose."
Loud music with a strong beat is filling the air. There are ponies dancing on the dancefloor where there are plenty of flashing and pulsing lights. Across from the dancfloor is a long bar and kitchen area where many creatures are eating and drinking. Spread out through the room are ponies playing various party game or simply talking. Every now and then groups of two or three will run through the bead curtain at the back of the room.
"We want to show you something later."
"You and Bessy and Andelia."
"It's a project."
>>407733
"That is bad."
"Very bad."
"But good."
"Two enemies."
"Trapped together."
"No chance of peace."
"And if the Inquisition loses the shield will hold."
"If they win they do our work for us."
"We need only keep our heads down."
>>407735
"Okay."
"Its your choice."
"We want your teeth to be necklaces."
"Assuming they don't turn to ash."
>>407736
"I think it was me, Mistress. The memories are growing fuzzy."
He scratches his head and jumps when one of the Twins pinches his ass.
"Wise teacher."
"We think the thing at the bottom of the mansion."
"Is part of the Shadow."
"Or whatever it is called."
"Let loose here by Nightmare Moon."
"Long ago."
"Trapped in the shield."
"Like the Shadow behind the Wall."
"If you want to leave."
"You can."
"You can't take your memories of us."
"But we won't kill you."
"Unless you try to leave with your memories."
"Even then we'd try to take your memories."
"Instead of your life."
>>407730
One of them is one your back and another is leaning against your side.
"We only bite willing victims."
"It's a Rule."
"We haves Rules."
"We also have games."
"Can Opener is a fun game."
"But only if someone wants to play the can."
>>407731
"Wanted for what?"
"We hope it isn't murder."
"Murder is bad."
"We can be worse."
"We've not had a chance to catch a murderer."
"Not since coming here."
"Thanks for the ghost punching."
"Ghosts suck."
>>407732
"It's happening."
"Don't call this a shindig."
"It's the party you chose."
Loud music with a strong beat is filling the air. There are ponies dancing on the dancefloor where there are plenty of flashing and pulsing lights. Across from the dancfloor is a long bar and kitchen area where many creatures are eating and drinking. Spread out through the room are ponies playing various party game or simply talking. Every now and then groups of two or three will run through the bead curtain at the back of the room.
"We want to show you something later."
"You and Bessy and Andelia."
"It's a project."
>>407733
"That is bad."
"Very bad."
"But good."
"Two enemies."
"Trapped together."
"No chance of peace."
"And if the Inquisition loses the shield will hold."
"If they win they do our work for us."
"We need only keep our heads down."
>>407735
"Okay."
"Its your choice."
"We want your teeth to be necklaces."
"Assuming they don't turn to ash."
>>407736
"I think it was me, Mistress. The memories are growing fuzzy."
He scratches his head and jumps when one of the Twins pinches his ass.
"Wise teacher."
"We think the thing at the bottom of the mansion."
"Is part of the Shadow."
"Or whatever it is called."
"Let loose here by Nightmare Moon."
"Long ago."
"Trapped in the shield."
"Like the Shadow behind the Wall."
>>407737
>rules
I beam with pride when I hear this "You've grown into such fine boys."
>project
I look curious "A project, well of course, when you are ready to show us."
>party happening
I attempt a dance
>Nightmare moon is the shadow
I stop in mid step nearly falling over "Well, its a good thing we didn't try to fight that."
>rules
I beam with pride when I hear this "You've grown into such fine boys."
>project
I look curious "A project, well of course, when you are ready to show us."
>party happening
I attempt a dance
>Nightmare moon is the shadow
I stop in mid step nearly falling over "Well, its a good thing we didn't try to fight that."
>>407738
"We don't know."
"Many possibilities."
"Worst case scenario?"
"A fragment of the Shadow."
"We are told that a shadow was let loose."
"In this part of the world when Luna fell."
"Living shadows."
"Hungry shadows."
"Twisting shadows."
"All they touched died."
"Or was remade in their service."
"It feasted on natural magic and souls."
"The city saw the first shadow."
"It was forced back eventually."
"And a wall built to hold it in a quarter of the city."
"It's spawn destroyed."
"Most of them were."
"This is not a good place to talk of this."
"We can talk more later."
"Privately."
>>407739
They are both under your chin.
"Yes."
"There are funner places."
"But you may stomp on us."
>>407741
They both grin, their fangs visible.
"A blast."
"From the past."
"That you three enjoyed."
>>407742
"Thief."
"That is good."
"Booze at the bar."
>>407743
"I'm a mare."
"She likes to change things up some time."
"You like it too."
"You three can come now."
"Look if you want."
"Bring your friends."
"Happyhorn might like it."
"But he's asleep."
They watch as you dance.
"Not bad."
"Not bad."
"The shadow would be old."
"And weak."
"And starved."
"You could take it."
>>407744
You slip on a pillow and land on your face with your butt sticking up in the air.
>>407745
You jump on top of her back and slide down to her head.
"We don't know."
"Many possibilities."
"Worst case scenario?"
"A fragment of the Shadow."
"We are told that a shadow was let loose."
"In this part of the world when Luna fell."
"Living shadows."
"Hungry shadows."
"Twisting shadows."
"All they touched died."
"Or was remade in their service."
"It feasted on natural magic and souls."
"The city saw the first shadow."
"It was forced back eventually."
"And a wall built to hold it in a quarter of the city."
"It's spawn destroyed."
"Most of them were."
"This is not a good place to talk of this."
"We can talk more later."
"Privately."
>>407739
They are both under your chin.
"Yes."
"There are funner places."
"But you may stomp on us."
>>407741
They both grin, their fangs visible.
"A blast."
"From the past."
"That you three enjoyed."
>>407742
"Thief."
"That is good."
"Booze at the bar."
>>407743
"I'm a mare."
"She likes to change things up some time."
"You like it too."
"You three can come now."
"Look if you want."
"Bring your friends."
"Happyhorn might like it."
"But he's asleep."
They watch as you dance.
"Not bad."
"Not bad."
"The shadow would be old."
"And weak."
"And starved."
"You could take it."
>>407744
You slip on a pillow and land on your face with your butt sticking up in the air.
>>407745
You jump on top of her back and slide down to her head.
>>407747
"Bring your friends."
"They need to hear it."
"Go party if you want."
"This party is for all of you."
>>407748
Behind the curtain is a long hallway with doors on either side. The closest ones are shut and the ones further down are open. At the end of the hallway is a T intersection.
>>407749
There is a large, bulky diamond dog playing pin the tail on the horse in a corner with some ponies and zebras.
>>407750
"Think later."
"Now is for fun."
"Loosen up."
"Find a handsome billy."
"Or have a drink."
"Or have a drink with a handsome billy."
"If you want to."
>>407752
"There are a few baths."
"Big tubs."
"Made for group fun.."
"And bathing after the fun."
"Or during."
"Or both.
The Twins lead Andelia down the hallway and motion for Bessy and Pomelo to follow them too. At the end of the hallway they turn left and continue to the door at the end of the hallway.
"The secret is inside."
"It's not finished yet."
"Can't be finished."
"Not by us."
"Bring your friends."
"They need to hear it."
"Go party if you want."
"This party is for all of you."
>>407748
Behind the curtain is a long hallway with doors on either side. The closest ones are shut and the ones further down are open. At the end of the hallway is a T intersection.
>>407749
There is a large, bulky diamond dog playing pin the tail on the horse in a corner with some ponies and zebras.
>>407750
"Think later."
"Now is for fun."
"Loosen up."
"Find a handsome billy."
"Or have a drink."
"Or have a drink with a handsome billy."
"If you want to."
>>407752
"There are a few baths."
"Big tubs."
"Made for group fun.."
"And bathing after the fun."
"Or during."
"Or both.
The Twins lead Andelia down the hallway and motion for Bessy and Pomelo to follow them too. At the end of the hallway they turn left and continue to the door at the end of the hallway.
"The secret is inside."
"It's not finished yet."
"Can't be finished."
"Not by us."
>>407759
"Shhhh!"
"You'll spoil the surprise!"
>>407754
Behind the door is a very shallow room, and in the middle of the far wall is an archway. Every stone that held a gem, including the capstone, is missing. The interior of the archway is brick and identical to the rest of the wall.
"Surprise!"
"It's not finished!"
"We can't finish it."
"Neither can our friends."
"But you all can!"
"If you want to."
"You haven't become a Nature priestess, right Andelia?"
>>407757
You find a particularly swilly bottle of alcohol next to the diamond dog. It hasn't been opened.
"Want? There's plenty more where it came from."
>>407760
"Nope."
"Bad blood between the Discord temple and the Nature temple."
"And we need things from the Discord temple to finish this."
"Shhhh!"
"You'll spoil the surprise!"
>>407754
Behind the door is a very shallow room, and in the middle of the far wall is an archway. Every stone that held a gem, including the capstone, is missing. The interior of the archway is brick and identical to the rest of the wall.
"Surprise!"
"It's not finished!"
"We can't finish it."
"Neither can our friends."
"But you all can!"
"If you want to."
"You haven't become a Nature priestess, right Andelia?"
>>407757
You find a particularly swilly bottle of alcohol next to the diamond dog. It hasn't been opened.
"Want? There's plenty more where it came from."
>>407760
"Nope."
"Bad blood between the Discord temple and the Nature temple."
"And we need things from the Discord temple to finish this."
>>407764
"Priest, but I punch ghosts when someone needs an exorcism."
He slides the bottle over too you with a paw.
"How about you? You're one of the heroes the Twins summoned, aren't you?"
>>407766
You open the door and interrupt a billy goat and zebra stallion that were making out.
"Uhh, this room's taken"
"Ba-a-a-a-a-ack away and close the door, please."
>>407765
"It does nothing."
"Right now."
"Different stones do different things."
"But we have no stones."
"It does not need to do anything that the old arch did."
"Or do it in the same way."
"If you build it you choose what it does."
"And how long what it does lasts."
>>407767
You walk into a room with a picture of a bathtub on the door and come face to face with an orgy in full swing.
"Priest, but I punch ghosts when someone needs an exorcism."
He slides the bottle over too you with a paw.
"How about you? You're one of the heroes the Twins summoned, aren't you?"
>>407766
You open the door and interrupt a billy goat and zebra stallion that were making out.
"Uhh, this room's taken"
"Ba-a-a-a-a-ack away and close the door, please."
>>407765
"It does nothing."
"Right now."
"Different stones do different things."
"But we have no stones."
"It does not need to do anything that the old arch did."
"Or do it in the same way."
"If you build it you choose what it does."
"And how long what it does lasts."
>>407767
You walk into a room with a picture of a bathtub on the door and come face to face with an orgy in full swing.
Let me just meditate for a while. In the middle of a party.
I hope an answer to something comes.
Roll #1 9 = 9
I hope an answer to something comes.
Roll #1 9 = 9
>>407769
"It was them. They send messages to their old friends and had the high priests consult nature for other heroes to summon. you don't match the descriptions they gave us of their friends, so you must be one of the new heroes."
He bends down to shake your hoof.
"It's good to meet you."
>>407770
You close the door to some disappointed moans and find a new one. You find a large tub with some ponies, zebras, diamond dogs, buffloes, and ostriches that are soaking in the hot water.
>>407772
You think you see the billygoat wink at you before the door shuts.
>>407773
"Tha-a-a-a-a-ank you, miss."
The Twins look back from the doorway.
"Kissing is party things."
"Kissing party things is also a party."
"A party for your parts."
"A party party."
"That was terrible."
"We are sorry."
"We had these rooms made for privacy."
"Having that sort of party in the main party room."
"Is not everyone's favorite type of party."
>>407774
"Oh good."
"That means you can find the temple to Discord."
"If you want to."
>>407775
"No, they haven't completed yet."
"They were only starting from the sound of it."
"It was them. They send messages to their old friends and had the high priests consult nature for other heroes to summon. you don't match the descriptions they gave us of their friends, so you must be one of the new heroes."
He bends down to shake your hoof.
"It's good to meet you."
>>407770
You close the door to some disappointed moans and find a new one. You find a large tub with some ponies, zebras, diamond dogs, buffloes, and ostriches that are soaking in the hot water.
>>407772
You think you see the billygoat wink at you before the door shuts.
>>407773
"Tha-a-a-a-a-ank you, miss."
The Twins look back from the doorway.
"Kissing is party things."
"Kissing party things is also a party."
"A party for your parts."
"A party party."
"That was terrible."
"We are sorry."
"We had these rooms made for privacy."
"Having that sort of party in the main party room."
"Is not everyone's favorite type of party."
>>407774
"Oh good."
"That means you can find the temple to Discord."
"If you want to."
>>407775
"No, they haven't completed yet."
"They were only starting from the sound of it."
>>407779
"That's one way of looking at it."
"It also feels good."
"Very good."
"Gets the blood pumping."
"Pumping blood has nice taste."
>>407780
"There are a few left."
"Probably."
>>407781
Nope. All of them are either full right now, or would take a bit of cleaning before use. The people here seem civil enough though.
>>407782
"A light hoof is always a good thing."
He offers you the blindfold.
"Care for a game?"
>>407783
"It's fun back here too."
"You can find a room for you and your unicorn."
"If you want."
"We promise its private."
"Or rejoin the party."
"Dancing, drinking, playing foal games."
"Two types of fun."
"Both different types of good."
"That's one way of looking at it."
"It also feels good."
"Very good."
"Gets the blood pumping."
"Pumping blood has nice taste."
>>407780
"There are a few left."
"Probably."
>>407781
Nope. All of them are either full right now, or would take a bit of cleaning before use. The people here seem civil enough though.
>>407782
"A light hoof is always a good thing."
He offers you the blindfold.
"Care for a game?"
>>407783
"It's fun back here too."
"You can find a room for you and your unicorn."
"If you want."
"We promise its private."
"Or rejoin the party."
"Dancing, drinking, playing foal games."
"Two types of fun."
"Both different types of good."
Brutus [Male Buffalo Knight] No.407787
>>407785
Well, no sense on standing on ceremony. Not like they haven't seen it before, anyway. Shucking off the armor, and any other knickknacks Happyhorn might have squirreled in the wild tangle that is my hair, I'll settle into the hot water for a good soak. Pity the little goat isn't here as well.
Well, no sense on standing on ceremony. Not like they haven't seen it before, anyway. Shucking off the armor, and any other knickknacks Happyhorn might have squirreled in the wild tangle that is my hair, I'll settle into the hot water for a good soak. Pity the little goat isn't here as well.
>>407786
Hornbeard leads you to the hallway and helps you find an empty room. After that he helps you into bed and stands guard at the door.
>>407787
You soak in the hot water while the others converse abut local politics, events, and celebrities. The only raunchiness is the occasional joke that gets hearty laughter from the others.
>>407788
Loud cheering springs up around you. Someone tears your blindfold off and you get a chance to see your perfectly positioned tale before the crowd lifts you up and start parading you around the room while chanting about your skill and pin the tale on the horse.
>>407789
"Yes."
"All sorts."
"We have a small library."
>>407790
There called party parts for a reason, silly. So long as you and your friends are grown up and want to have that kind of party then there's no reason not to! Always remember to use protection if you don't want a special surprise! Hahahaha, seriously, use protection if you don't want a calf.
Hornbeard leads you to the hallway and helps you find an empty room. After that he helps you into bed and stands guard at the door.
>>407787
You soak in the hot water while the others converse abut local politics, events, and celebrities. The only raunchiness is the occasional joke that gets hearty laughter from the others.
>>407788
Loud cheering springs up around you. Someone tears your blindfold off and you get a chance to see your perfectly positioned tale before the crowd lifts you up and start parading you around the room while chanting about your skill and pin the tale on the horse.
>>407789
"Yes."
"All sorts."
"We have a small library."
>>407790
There called party parts for a reason, silly. So long as you and your friends are grown up and want to have that kind of party then there's no reason not to! Always remember to use protection if you don't want a special surprise! Hahahaha, seriously, use protection if you don't want a calf.
>>407792
"B- But… party parts isn't what they're called at all! That's just a silly word because the real words are not nice to say! And… and… th- they always told us that those things only go on between ponies that love each other very much and are in a relationship together!"
I start panicking slightly.
"B- But… party parts isn't what they're called at all! That's just a silly word because the real words are not nice to say! And… and… th- they always told us that those things only go on between ponies that love each other very much and are in a relationship together!"
I start panicking slightly.
>>407794
The others have vanished. There is dancing happening on one side of the room, drinking and eating on another, partying and party games all around, and your party instincts tell you that fun of a more adult nature can be found past the beaded curtain so long as you can find a volunteer or two.
>>407795
They lead Sandy into one of the bedrooms and shut the door.
>>407796
All of the bath patrons get up and leave as a ton of old hair, dirt, blood, and much starts coming off of your body.
>>407799
A rose by any other name would smell so sweet, Bessy. They tell you that because bad things can happen if you don't know what you are getting into. Be safe, do it with people who want to do it, and I won't have a problem with it. Loving relationships are great if you want to have a little bundle of joy, but a fling between friends, or even people that just met, is nice for a night of fun.
>>407800
You ignore the couple kissing in the library and crack open the book. What would you like to look for?
You only need to roll for this if I say so.
The others have vanished. There is dancing happening on one side of the room, drinking and eating on another, partying and party games all around, and your party instincts tell you that fun of a more adult nature can be found past the beaded curtain so long as you can find a volunteer or two.
>>407795
They lead Sandy into one of the bedrooms and shut the door.
>>407796
All of the bath patrons get up and leave as a ton of old hair, dirt, blood, and much starts coming off of your body.
>>407799
A rose by any other name would smell so sweet, Bessy. They tell you that because bad things can happen if you don't know what you are getting into. Be safe, do it with people who want to do it, and I won't have a problem with it. Loving relationships are great if you want to have a little bundle of joy, but a fling between friends, or even people that just met, is nice for a night of fun.
>>407800
You ignore the couple kissing in the library and crack open the book. What would you like to look for?
You only need to roll for this if I say so.
>>407805
It's me, Bessy. If I were Discord i would have told you to poke holes in condoms, or use balloons as condoms, orrrr oh where's my list.
You can hear some papers shuffling inside your head.
Things Discord has told my followers while pretending to be me: The list. Poke holes in condoms, use balloons as condoms, use condoms as balloons, surprise anal is fun for mares, you can't get pregnant on your first time, you can't get pregnant if you are both suspended upside down, foreplay is for losers, itching powder is a great way to spice things up in bed, diamond dogs don't really hav-actually from here on it gets sort of dirty and I don't think you want to hear it.
>>407806
Oh.
The kissing couple is pretty annoying and despite your best efforts you become too annoyed to get much from the book.
>>407807
You look very presentable, and even managed to preserve most of Happyhorn's bunker.
>>407809
You find him in a room with a large bathtub. The bathwater is brown and has lots of hair floating in it.
>>407810
Hey! No eavesdropping!
It's me, Bessy. If I were Discord i would have told you to poke holes in condoms, or use balloons as condoms, orrrr oh where's my list.
You can hear some papers shuffling inside your head.
Things Discord has told my followers while pretending to be me: The list. Poke holes in condoms, use balloons as condoms, use condoms as balloons, surprise anal is fun for mares, you can't get pregnant on your first time, you can't get pregnant if you are both suspended upside down, foreplay is for losers, itching powder is a great way to spice things up in bed, diamond dogs don't really hav-actually from here on it gets sort of dirty and I don't think you want to hear it.
>>407806
Oh.
The kissing couple is pretty annoying and despite your best efforts you become too annoyed to get much from the book.
>>407807
You look very presentable, and even managed to preserve most of Happyhorn's bunker.
>>407809
You find him in a room with a large bathtub. The bathwater is brown and has lots of hair floating in it.
>>407810
Hey! No eavesdropping!
Brutus [Male Buffalo Knight] No.407813
>>407812
I'll give a quick laugh.
"Not after I'm done with them, it seems. Apparently I picked up quite a lot of grime and dirt in there. Not to mention blood."
I'll frown, though.
"Hope they don't mind terribly what I did to their bath… Don't quite see cleaning supplies in plain view…"
I'll give a quick laugh.
"Not after I'm done with them, it seems. Apparently I picked up quite a lot of grime and dirt in there. Not to mention blood."
I'll frown, though.
"Hope they don't mind terribly what I did to their bath… Don't quite see cleaning supplies in plain view…"
After several hours the party starts to finally wind down. The priests and priestesses that are too inebriated to make it back to the temple through the dungeon guarding the Twin's lair instead make makeshift beds out of pillows in the corners of the large party area or try to find an unclaimed bed further back in the hallway. The Twins gather the party and lead them down the hallway and through a door that looks identical to all the others. Instead of a bedroom, however, behind this door is a respectably sized library. After moving a sleeping pony off of a large table and gathering some more chairs the Twins invite the party to talk with them.
"We hope you all had fun."
"We are sorry if this caught any of you by surprise."
"But the fun time is over."
"The talking time starts now."
"We have heard there is something in the mansion."
"We have said what we think it is."
"But we know little else."
"How did you find the Inquisitors?"
"Have you had any negative encounters in the city?"
"If you have had them you will know what we mean."
"We hope you all had fun."
"We are sorry if this caught any of you by surprise."
"But the fun time is over."
"The talking time starts now."
"We have heard there is something in the mansion."
"We have said what we think it is."
"But we know little else."
"How did you find the Inquisitors?"
"Have you had any negative encounters in the city?"
"If you have had them you will know what we mean."
>>411564
"Vampires, yes."
"That is a negative encounter."
"They are not ours."
"We promise."
"They do not know of us."
"We wish to keep it that way."
"They have destroyed a few of our friends."
"We want them all to burn."
"Our diamond dogs friends help us hunt them when a small nest is found."
"But that has only happened twice."
>>411568
>>411571
>>411578
>>411585
"The bathhouses are a large part of the city's culture."
"We aren't sure why."
"We went there once."
"It is boring at night."
"There was that one pony."
"He nearly ruined the bath when he saw our teeth."
>>411570
"Our friends tell us the people here blame Equestria for the Calamity that nearly destroyed the city."
"It is natural they do not like Equestrians."
"Especially if they act like tourists."
"Not trusting inquisitors is smart."
"But they may be useful."
"We can use them like a tool."
"A dangerous tool."
"With your help."
"Vampires, yes."
"That is a negative encounter."
"They are not ours."
"We promise."
"They do not know of us."
"We wish to keep it that way."
"They have destroyed a few of our friends."
"We want them all to burn."
"Our diamond dogs friends help us hunt them when a small nest is found."
"But that has only happened twice."
>>411568
>>411571
>>411578
>>411585
"The bathhouses are a large part of the city's culture."
"We aren't sure why."
"We went there once."
"It is boring at night."
"There was that one pony."
"He nearly ruined the bath when he saw our teeth."
>>411570
"Our friends tell us the people here blame Equestria for the Calamity that nearly destroyed the city."
"It is natural they do not like Equestrians."
"Especially if they act like tourists."
"Not trusting inquisitors is smart."
"But they may be useful."
"We can use them like a tool."
"A dangerous tool."
"With your help."
>>411593
"Why did you leave?"
"You never told us."
"It may be wise to check back on them."
"Once you are rested."
>>411594
"They are normal."
"We are not."
"If our father still controlled us."
"This would be a bloody temple."
"With fewer priests."
"And more vampires."
"We doubt the vampires are responsible for the thing under the mansion."
"It may be the opposite."
>>411595
"Most every city."
"According to our books."
"Has vampire problems from time to time."
"This city has much more than a problem."
"We think the vampires are here for the same reason we are."
"Which is the same reason necromancers flock here."
"And evil cultists."
"And werebeats."
"And all manner of evil things."
>>411595
"How fierce."
"Rawr."
"Like a tiger."
"Why did you leave?"
"You never told us."
"It may be wise to check back on them."
"Once you are rested."
>>411594
"They are normal."
"We are not."
"If our father still controlled us."
"This would be a bloody temple."
"With fewer priests."
"And more vampires."
"We doubt the vampires are responsible for the thing under the mansion."
"It may be the opposite."
>>411595
"Most every city."
"According to our books."
"Has vampire problems from time to time."
"This city has much more than a problem."
"We think the vampires are here for the same reason we are."
"Which is the same reason necromancers flock here."
"And evil cultists."
"And werebeats."
"And all manner of evil things."
>>411595
"How fierce."
"Rawr."
"Like a tiger."
>>411600
They nod.
"They are not worth dying for."
"Speaking of death."
"There is a temple of Grogar in this city."
"It's priests and priestesses opperate within this city's laws."
"They can bring you back."
"For a price."
"if you die."
>>411601
>>411602
"We are not sure."
"Something pulled us here."
"We think something pulled us here."
"We wandered from city to city."
"Town to town."
"Crossed the ocean."
"And wandered more."
"When we came here."
"We felt that we should stay."
"And wander no more."
"We would not be suspicious."
"If not for everything else in the city."
>>411603
"It would not be what drew them here."
"Our guess is that it is the merest fraction of what pulled them here."
"We summoned you all because we feared for our safety."
"And the safety of our friends."
"You can destroy the things threatening us."
"And threatening our friends."
>>411604
"Help?"
"Maybe."
"If we are right about our guesses."
"And did everything right."
"And got lucky."
"We could rule this city likes gods."
"Every soul in it would be ours."
"And what is left of ours would belong to something else."
"We would not be ticks hiding on the underbelly of the city."
"But vampires the likes of which have not been seen in this world since Discord came into being."
"But that is not what we want."
"Not in that way."
They nod.
"They are not worth dying for."
"Speaking of death."
"There is a temple of Grogar in this city."
"It's priests and priestesses opperate within this city's laws."
"They can bring you back."
"For a price."
"if you die."
>>411601
>>411602
"We are not sure."
"Something pulled us here."
"We think something pulled us here."
"We wandered from city to city."
"Town to town."
"Crossed the ocean."
"And wandered more."
"When we came here."
"We felt that we should stay."
"And wander no more."
"We would not be suspicious."
"If not for everything else in the city."
>>411603
"It would not be what drew them here."
"Our guess is that it is the merest fraction of what pulled them here."
"We summoned you all because we feared for our safety."
"And the safety of our friends."
"You can destroy the things threatening us."
"And threatening our friends."
>>411604
"Help?"
"Maybe."
"If we are right about our guesses."
"And did everything right."
"And got lucky."
"We could rule this city likes gods."
"Every soul in it would be ours."
"And what is left of ours would belong to something else."
"We would not be ticks hiding on the underbelly of the city."
"But vampires the likes of which have not been seen in this world since Discord came into being."
"But that is not what we want."
"Not in that way."
Dreamkicker (Omniseer) No.411609
>>411607
"Oh, excellent. So I imagine that we go risk our lives in trying to destroy some horrible evil thing from beyond this world, while you both sit here and do other equally horrible things to your thralls and their 'party parts' as Pommy would say.
"Well sign me up!
I give a delirious and quite obviously insincere grin.
"No, really. Why should we?"
"Oh, excellent. So I imagine that we go risk our lives in trying to destroy some horrible evil thing from beyond this world, while you both sit here and do other equally horrible things to your thralls and their 'party parts' as Pommy would say.
"Well sign me up!
I give a delirious and quite obviously insincere grin.
"No, really. Why should we?"
>>411609
They both look hurt.
"Because we thought you were our friends."
"If you want us to be torn apart by rival vampires."
"Or put to the steak by inquisitors."
"Or sacrificed by cultists."
"And if you want to same to happen to our friends."
"Leave."
"We do nothing horrible our friends."
"They enjoy it all."
"We never force anything on them."
>>411610
>>411611
"You do not have to do anything to stop it."
"We would not rule the city."
"Not like that."
"If the people wanted us to."
"Certainly."
"More friends."
"More freedom."
"It would be like we were alive."
"We have not seen the night sky in over a month"
They both look hurt.
"Because we thought you were our friends."
"If you want us to be torn apart by rival vampires."
"Or put to the steak by inquisitors."
"Or sacrificed by cultists."
"And if you want to same to happen to our friends."
"Leave."
"We do nothing horrible our friends."
"They enjoy it all."
"We never force anything on them."
>>411610
>>411611
"You do not have to do anything to stop it."
"We would not rule the city."
"Not like that."
"If the people wanted us to."
"Certainly."
"More friends."
"More freedom."
"It would be like we were alive."
"We have not seen the night sky in over a month"
>>411618
"Take over?"
"No."
"But we are good at making friends."
"It will be easier to meet ponies when we can go out at night."
>>411619
"Thank you for trusting us."
"We would hug you."
"But we do not want to upset you."
"This is a time for seriousness."
"It does mean that."
"We hope you will do that."
"If we turn really evil."
"Are there any more questions?"
"Take over?"
"No."
"But we are good at making friends."
"It will be easier to meet ponies when we can go out at night."
>>411619
"Thank you for trusting us."
"We would hug you."
"But we do not want to upset you."
"This is a time for seriousness."
"It does mean that."
"We hope you will do that."
"If we turn really evil."
"Are there any more questions?"
>>411621
"If you wish to say something."
"Say it."
"We have stopped mocking your intelligence."
"And your odor."
"Please show us the same respect."
"At least while we talk about these dangers."
>>411622
"Very well."
"Thank you for your time."
>>411624
"We aren't sure."
"The biggest concern to us is the vampires."
"You would have to get a location of a nest from one of them."
"A time sensitive concern is the fate of the Inquisitors."
"Other concerns are the cultists."
"And the werebeasts."
>>411625
"You take things from your kills."
"That is what heroes in our books do."
"So one of the things you get is wealth."
"You get to spend time in this city."
"What we have seen of it is beautiful."
"We would offer you more parties."
"But none of you seemed to enjoy last night."
"Not even the party games we copied from the Laughter worshipers."
"You also get our thanks."
"Our thanks as your friends."
"If you wish to say something."
"Say it."
"We have stopped mocking your intelligence."
"And your odor."
"Please show us the same respect."
"At least while we talk about these dangers."
>>411622
"Very well."
"Thank you for your time."
>>411624
"We aren't sure."
"The biggest concern to us is the vampires."
"You would have to get a location of a nest from one of them."
"A time sensitive concern is the fate of the Inquisitors."
"Other concerns are the cultists."
"And the werebeasts."
>>411625
"You take things from your kills."
"That is what heroes in our books do."
"So one of the things you get is wealth."
"You get to spend time in this city."
"What we have seen of it is beautiful."
"We would offer you more parties."
"But none of you seemed to enjoy last night."
"Not even the party games we copied from the Laughter worshipers."
"You also get our thanks."
"Our thanks as your friends."
>>411635
"You went into a house that was abandoned for centuries."
"And fought things."
"Of course you were dirty."
"It is our fault for not maker stricter tub use rules."
>>411636
They look at each other.
"What was out party missing?"
"It had almost everything."
"Except some of the herbs Nature blesses us with."
"Feeding on somepony under their influence."
"Is not something we wish to risk repeating."
>>411640
"They are in a mansion."
"With what could be leftover from the night Nightmare Moon ruled the world."
"It will die."
"Or they will."
"If you left them we doubt they will wait for you to come back."
"You went into a house that was abandoned for centuries."
"And fought things."
"Of course you were dirty."
"It is our fault for not maker stricter tub use rules."
>>411636
They look at each other.
"What was out party missing?"
"It had almost everything."
"Except some of the herbs Nature blesses us with."
"Feeding on somepony under their influence."
"Is not something we wish to risk repeating."
>>411640
"They are in a mansion."
"With what could be leftover from the night Nightmare Moon ruled the world."
"It will die."
"Or they will."
"If you left them we doubt they will wait for you to come back."
Dreamkicker (Omniseer) No.411642
>>411632
"Fine.
"I still don't trust the two of you. But I'll concede that it is… unlikely that you will try to eat all of us after this is over."
"As for a reward:
"Surely you have some wealth accumulated by now? Artifacts of power? Old tomes you've found lying about the sewer?"
"Fine.
"I still don't trust the two of you. But I'll concede that it is… unlikely that you will try to eat all of us after this is over."
"As for a reward:
"Surely you have some wealth accumulated by now? Artifacts of power? Old tomes you've found lying about the sewer?"
>>411642
"We have said it many times."
"We do not want to eat you."
"Or your friends."
"A quick bite would be nice."
"But only Andelia has ever shown interest."
"Our wealth is our friends."
"The artifacts and tomes kept here belong to the temple."
"We have a few regular books."
"Fiction and nonfiction."
"And some comics."
"But we doubt you want those."
"About what you asked."
"We will talk to our friends."
"We cannot give you much."
"But the temple may decide to give gifts."
>>411643
"That is true."
"Should they all be dead."
"Getting inside may prove impossible."
"Unless the thing opens it."
"That would be a whole other kind of trouble."
>>411645
"We do not know."
"You should all rest before returning."
"The sun rises soon."
"When did you all last sleep?"
>>411647
"How can you make them more fun?"
"We follow the rules when we play."
"We have said it many times."
"We do not want to eat you."
"Or your friends."
"A quick bite would be nice."
"But only Andelia has ever shown interest."
"Our wealth is our friends."
"The artifacts and tomes kept here belong to the temple."
"We have a few regular books."
"Fiction and nonfiction."
"And some comics."
"But we doubt you want those."
"About what you asked."
"We will talk to our friends."
"We cannot give you much."
"But the temple may decide to give gifts."
>>411643
"That is true."
"Should they all be dead."
"Getting inside may prove impossible."
"Unless the thing opens it."
"That would be a whole other kind of trouble."
>>411645
"We do not know."
"You should all rest before returning."
"The sun rises soon."
"When did you all last sleep?"
>>411647
"How can you make them more fun?"
"We follow the rules when we play."
>>411651
"We used to know them."
"Did we?"
"One of us?"
"It hurts to think back."
>>411652
"We can find empty beds."
"Clean beds."
"We can try to find them."
"If not there are pillows."
"Pillows in the party room."
"Make them into a pile and sleep there."
>>411653
"It may."
"If we are right about it."
"There has been no contact with that kind of thing."
"Not since the big wall was finished."
"We don't know for sure."
"It may have been waiting for its power to rise."
"It may have been waiting to see if other things would defeat you all."
"We do not know."
>>411654
"Of course."
"The best time to kill a vampire is when the sun is up."
"They will have guards."
"Ghouls."
"Maybe ponies too."
"But vampires sleep deep."
"Fighting would not wake them up."
"Not unless it was in the room with their coffins."
"We used to know them."
"Did we?"
"One of us?"
"It hurts to think back."
>>411652
"We can find empty beds."
"Clean beds."
"We can try to find them."
"If not there are pillows."
"Pillows in the party room."
"Make them into a pile and sleep there."
>>411653
"It may."
"If we are right about it."
"There has been no contact with that kind of thing."
"Not since the big wall was finished."
"We don't know for sure."
"It may have been waiting for its power to rise."
"It may have been waiting to see if other things would defeat you all."
"We do not know."
>>411654
"Of course."
"The best time to kill a vampire is when the sun is up."
"They will have guards."
"Ghouls."
"Maybe ponies too."
"But vampires sleep deep."
"Fighting would not wake them up."
"Not unless it was in the room with their coffins."
>>411662
"Are you sure?"
"This is the first time we have really met."
"Ask anything."
>>411663
>>411665
"There are pillows that can be made into piles if you want."
"Sleeping with friends."
"Not like that."
"Can be fun."
"But there might be a bedroom or three available if you want privacy."
"Or a real mattress."
"Are you sure?"
"This is the first time we have really met."
"Ask anything."
>>411663
>>411665
"There are pillows that can be made into piles if you want."
"Sleeping with friends."
"Not like that."
"Can be fun."
"But there might be a bedroom or three available if you want privacy."
"Or a real mattress."
>>411667
"Our father took over the lair of lich."
"A lich that was guarding a town his family helped found."
"Once he was secure he made us."
"He was insane."
"He tried to make us into his lost children."
"It did not work right."
"Just like it did not work right when he tried it with others."
"That is what his journal says."
"We watched them travel through the lich's lair with our father."
"When they got past the lich he sent us to kill them."
"We became separated by gates."
"So we watched."
"And taunted."
"Then talked."
"And listened."
"Teacher Olga told us about Nature."
"And respect for the living."
"Andelia told us about love."
"And niceness."
"And taught us trust."
"By sticking her neck out for us."
"They helped us gain freedom from our father."
"And let us escape."
>>411668
"This is the library."
"It is where we are."
>>411669
"That is doable."
"You may wish to shake the pillows off first."
"Lots of ponies."
"And others."
"Walk on them."
"Our father took over the lair of lich."
"A lich that was guarding a town his family helped found."
"Once he was secure he made us."
"He was insane."
"He tried to make us into his lost children."
"It did not work right."
"Just like it did not work right when he tried it with others."
"That is what his journal says."
"We watched them travel through the lich's lair with our father."
"When they got past the lich he sent us to kill them."
"We became separated by gates."
"So we watched."
"And taunted."
"Then talked."
"And listened."
"Teacher Olga told us about Nature."
"And respect for the living."
"Andelia told us about love."
"And niceness."
"And taught us trust."
"By sticking her neck out for us."
"They helped us gain freedom from our father."
"And let us escape."
>>411668
"This is the library."
"It is where we are."
>>411669
"That is doable."
"You may wish to shake the pillows off first."
"Lots of ponies."
"And others."
"Walk on them."
Brutus [Male Buffalo Knight] No.411674
>>411671
I'll shake my head a little.
"Were it only so easy to bring others around."
Stifling a yawn, I'll blink a few times, and then nod to the twins.
"But it seems I'm ready to sleep a few hours. If you'll excuse me…"
And then I'll find a nice room with a bed. '1d10' or failing that a small drift of pillows that aren't too uncomfortable.
Roll #1 8 = 8
I'll shake my head a little.
"Were it only so easy to bring others around."
Stifling a yawn, I'll blink a few times, and then nod to the twins.
"But it seems I'm ready to sleep a few hours. If you'll excuse me…"
And then I'll find a nice room with a bed. '1d10' or failing that a small drift of pillows that aren't too uncomfortable.
Roll #1 8 = 8
>>411672
"And butts."
"But that is what the pillows are for."
"Sitting on."
"Cold stone is not good for your butt."
>>411673
"The three of you live together?"
"We wish we had known."
"It would have saved one of our friends much time and effort."
>>411674
You find a nice room with a nice sized bed. It looks freshly made.
>>411675
"We can find clean ones now that we think about it."
"Clean pillows, not butts."
"We have a few laundry closets."
"No butt closets."
"And butts."
"But that is what the pillows are for."
"Sitting on."
"Cold stone is not good for your butt."
>>411673
"The three of you live together?"
"We wish we had known."
"It would have saved one of our friends much time and effort."
>>411674
You find a nice room with a nice sized bed. It looks freshly made.
>>411675
"We can find clean ones now that we think about it."
"Clean pillows, not butts."
"We have a few laundry closets."
"No butt closets."
>>411678
This bed is much more comfortable than the one at the inn and doesn't creek or groan under your buffalo weight. When you wake up you will awaken well rested.
>>411680
Hornbeard is by your side.
"I will help you to a room, mistress Olga."
The Twins guide you both to a room.
"Will you need an room for him?"
"Or will he stay with you?"
>>411681
>>411682
The two of you find one of the pillow closets. You aren't sure why it's called a pillow closest, because this is some sort of pillow vault. Inside are pillows of all shape, size, color, fuzziness and softness to choose from.
This bed is much more comfortable than the one at the inn and doesn't creek or groan under your buffalo weight. When you wake up you will awaken well rested.
>>411680
Hornbeard is by your side.
"I will help you to a room, mistress Olga."
The Twins guide you both to a room.
"Will you need an room for him?"
"Or will he stay with you?"
>>411681
>>411682
The two of you find one of the pillow closets. You aren't sure why it's called a pillow closest, because this is some sort of pillow vault. Inside are pillows of all shape, size, color, fuzziness and softness to choose from.
>>411685
"We can help you all find a bedroom."
"You cannot sleep here."
"Our friends that organize this place would be mad."
>>411684
The Twins are both suddenly on your back.
"We are not sure why you and the unicorn need pillows."
"Bessy is softer than some of the pillows."
"None of our buffalo friends are this soft."
"What is your secret?"
"We can help you all find a bedroom."
"You cannot sleep here."
"Our friends that organize this place would be mad."
>>411684
The Twins are both suddenly on your back.
"We are not sure why you and the unicorn need pillows."
"Bessy is softer than some of the pillows."
"None of our buffalo friends are this soft."
"What is your secret?"
>>411687
"The Nature priests."
"And the Nature Priestesses."
>>411688
You will need to roll to read your magic book and give me an idea of what you are looking for in the vampire book.
>>411689
"Some of the priests and priestesses."
"They help us with all the washing."
"You were born with this?"
"There is no diet?"
"No shampoo?"
"No magic?"
"Darn."
"So sad."
>>411690
"So fierce."
"A firecracker."
They jump down.
"She looks like she would be too warm for a blanket."
"Not that we would know."
"No blankets in the coffins."
>>411691
Meanwhile, when the Twins were in the hallway
"We will take him to a room."
"Let us know if you need anything."
"Goodmorning, teacher."
"Sleep well."
"The Nature priests."
"And the Nature Priestesses."
>>411688
You will need to roll to read your magic book and give me an idea of what you are looking for in the vampire book.
>>411689
"Some of the priests and priestesses."
"They help us with all the washing."
"You were born with this?"
"There is no diet?"
"No shampoo?"
"No magic?"
"Darn."
"So sad."
>>411690
"So fierce."
"A firecracker."
They jump down.
"She looks like she would be too warm for a blanket."
"Not that we would know."
"No blankets in the coffins."
>>411691
Meanwhile, when the Twins were in the hallway
"We will take him to a room."
"Let us know if you need anything."
"Goodmorning, teacher."
"Sleep well."
>>411692
"Ooh… And… yeah! I was just born with this."
I put a hoof up to my chin.
"Though… I sometimes like to use this homemade shampoo mixture! Made from strawberries and bananas and candy and other neat things! It makes my coat smell all sweet and neat!"
I giggle at the rhyme.
"Ooh… And… yeah! I was just born with this."
I put a hoof up to my chin.
"Though… I sometimes like to use this homemade shampoo mixture! Made from strawberries and bananas and candy and other neat things! It makes my coat smell all sweet and neat!"
I giggle at the rhyme.
>>411696
You manage to stack a whole bunch of pillows on your back.
>>411697
You sit down in the piece and quiet of the library and crack open your book. Despite belonging to a pair of bloodsucking freaks and their crazy sex cult the peaceful atmosphere allows you to read a good chunk of the book, but you can tell you aren't even a quarter of the way done yet.
>>411698
You balance so many on your back that you have trouble getting out the door. The stay put, however, your faith in Pinkie Pie causing the pillows to ignore the laws of physics and the stack bends backwards while scraping against the door frame.
You manage to stack a whole bunch of pillows on your back.
>>411697
You sit down in the piece and quiet of the library and crack open your book. Despite belonging to a pair of bloodsucking freaks and their crazy sex cult the peaceful atmosphere allows you to read a good chunk of the book, but you can tell you aren't even a quarter of the way done yet.
>>411698
You balance so many on your back that you have trouble getting out the door. The stay put, however, your faith in Pinkie Pie causing the pillows to ignore the laws of physics and the stack bends backwards while scraping against the door frame.
>>411701
Yes.
>>411700
>>411703
The Twins lead the two of you to an empty bedroom. Inside is a bed with clean sheets and a comfortable looking mattress.
"Do you need help with the pillows?"
"We can help."
>>411702
It's been a very long day. You start to tilt forwards and are asleep by the time your face hits the book.
This book can only be read once a session.
Yes.
>>411700
>>411703
The Twins lead the two of you to an empty bedroom. Inside is a bed with clean sheets and a comfortable looking mattress.
"Do you need help with the pillows?"
"We can help."
>>411702
It's been a very long day. You start to tilt forwards and are asleep by the time your face hits the book.
This book can only be read once a session.
>>411705
>>411706
The two of you build a pretty good pillow fort. If you had to guess you'd say it was about 16 out of 20 on the double goodness scale.
"Goodmorning."
"Sleep well."
>>411707
You wake up before you can drool too much on your book and retire to your room. The Twins wish you a good morning as they walk past you on the way to their coffins.
>>411706
The two of you build a pretty good pillow fort. If you had to guess you'd say it was about 16 out of 20 on the double goodness scale.
"Goodmorning."
"Sleep well."
>>411707
You wake up before you can drool too much on your book and retire to your room. The Twins wish you a good morning as they walk past you on the way to their coffins.
>>411711
you can hear mocking laughter from the next dream over but cannot do anything to stop it. It negatively affects your own dreams.
>>411712
Celesita and Luna, the hunky brothers that rule Equestria, give you the "Smartest Pony Ever" award and invite you to join them in a private celebration dedicated to your smartness and good looks.
you can hear mocking laughter from the next dream over but cannot do anything to stop it. It negatively affects your own dreams.
>>411712
Celesita and Luna, the hunky brothers that rule Equestria, give you the "Smartest Pony Ever" award and invite you to join them in a private celebration dedicated to your smartness and good looks.
The party is awoken by the Twins, who each look very tired. After everyone has had a chance to preform their morning routines the Twins lead all of you to the bar in the party room where plates of breakfast food, glasses of fresh juice, and steaming coffee await.
"Please."
"Eat."
"Almost morning."
"Magic beds."
"Each of you should."
"Be well rested."
"Decide."
"Help Inquisitors."
"Hunt vampires."
"Or do whatever."
While one speaks the other yawns widely and loudly. There are large bags under their eyes and both are wearing identical bedrobes.
"Please."
"Eat."
"Almost morning."
"Magic beds."
"Each of you should."
"Be well rested."
"Decide."
"Help Inquisitors."
"Hunt vampires."
"Or do whatever."
While one speaks the other yawns widely and loudly. There are large bags under their eyes and both are wearing identical bedrobes.
>>413937
"Sun."
"Still down."
"Only slept."
"Couple of hours."
>>413940
You stretch your mouth open wide, but not cartoonishly wide, and begin stuffing pancakes and I-can't-believe-it's-not-real-meat® sausages into your mouth.
>>413943
They both give you a loose, tired hug.
"Tha-"
They both yawn at the same time.
"Stay."
"Safe."
One of them dozes off on your shoulder.
>>413948
The one that is still awake smiles at you sleepily.
>>413953
You grab a strawberry danish.
"Sun."
"Still down."
"Only slept."
"Couple of hours."
>>413940
You stretch your mouth open wide, but not cartoonishly wide, and begin stuffing pancakes and I-can't-believe-it's-not-real-meat® sausages into your mouth.
>>413943
They both give you a loose, tired hug.
"Tha-"
They both yawn at the same time.
"Stay."
"Safe."
One of them dozes off on your shoulder.
>>413948
The one that is still awake smiles at you sleepily.
>>413953
You grab a strawberry danish.
>>413958
You get yourself some eggs, biscuits with gravy, two bowls of cereal, some oatmeal, a few slices of toast, and a slice of cold pizza left over from last night.
>>413961
You probably don't need to considering that you just watched a vampire fall asleep outside of its coffin.
>>413965
The sleeping one wakes up.
"Sandy."
"Closed it."
"Security."
"Reasons."
You get yourself some eggs, biscuits with gravy, two bowls of cereal, some oatmeal, a few slices of toast, and a slice of cold pizza left over from last night.
>>413961
You probably don't need to considering that you just watched a vampire fall asleep outside of its coffin.
>>413965
The sleeping one wakes up.
"Sandy."
"Closed it."
"Security."
"Reasons."
>>414025
The two of you start shoving food a goat would that (that is to say, all the food you can find) into a few different bags.
>>414015
The world slows down slightly as you finish your cup of coffee. You can hear a fly buzzing around on the other side of the room.
>>414023
Each of them fall asleep as soon as they are in their respective coffin.
>>414026
You stuff a wide variety of breads and pastries into the bags.
The two of you start shoving food a goat would that (that is to say, all the food you can find) into a few different bags.
>>414015
The world slows down slightly as you finish your cup of coffee. You can hear a fly buzzing around on the other side of the room.
>>414023
Each of them fall asleep as soon as they are in their respective coffin.
>>414026
You stuff a wide variety of breads and pastries into the bags.
>>414056
You do so.
>>414057
>>414058
>>414059
Dreamkicker stays far enough back to keep most of the dirt off himself, but luckily his body is there to catch the dirt that does fly far enough back. Beesylo and Pomegoat stay clean.
After walking for an indeterminate amount of time the diamond dog starts to dig upwards and before long there is a ramp leading to the surface.
You do so.
>>414057
>>414058
>>414059
Dreamkicker stays far enough back to keep most of the dirt off himself, but luckily his body is there to catch the dirt that does fly far enough back. Beesylo and Pomegoat stay clean.
After walking for an indeterminate amount of time the diamond dog starts to dig upwards and before long there is a ramp leading to the surface.
>>414072
You leave you body and run headfirst into the shield surrounding the mansion. Your ethereal representation of your innermost soul sticks to the shield like a fly on flypaper as a magical current runs through you. After a few seconds the shield deactivates and you regain control of your movement.
>>414073
You poke it and you hoof starts to bounce off, but sparks of magic fly off the shield and hold your hoof in place. After a few seconds the shield disappears and you are freed.
You leave you body and run headfirst into the shield surrounding the mansion. Your ethereal representation of your innermost soul sticks to the shield like a fly on flypaper as a magical current runs through you. After a few seconds the shield deactivates and you regain control of your movement.
>>414073
You poke it and you hoof starts to bounce off, but sparks of magic fly off the shield and hold your hoof in place. After a few seconds the shield disappears and you are freed.
>>414076
Dreamkicker.
Dreamkicker.
You speak, but when no one immediately compliments you for your clever question you become suspicious and look around. For some reason you bounced off your body, which is now walking away from the mansion and down the road that leads to the thicker part of the city.
>>414084
Dreamkicker
>>414085
You dive towards him and grab one of his back legs, but he keeps on walking. Suddenly, he stops and a ghost from the mansion pops out. It wails and tries to flee.
[1d10]
Roll #1 4 = 4
Dreamkicker
You propel yourself forwards as fast as you can and slam into your body, forcing the ghost that had stolen it out.
>>414085
You dive towards him and grab one of his back legs, but he keeps on walking. Suddenly, he stops and a ghost from the mansion pops out. It wails and tries to flee.
[1d10]
Roll #1 4 = 4
>>414088
It stops and turns to look at you. Its transparent body is mangled and stretched in gut wrenching ways. Its face is the wrong shape and hanging loosely off its ghostly skull.
It wails at you.
>>414090
Your stone passes harmlessly through the ghost's body.
>>414091
You are still settling back into your body and so your horn is still empty and unable to be used. Give it a few seconds before trying again.
It stops and turns to look at you. Its transparent body is mangled and stretched in gut wrenching ways. Its face is the wrong shape and hanging loosely off its ghostly skull.
It wails at you.
>>414090
Your stone passes harmlessly through the ghost's body.
>>414091
You are still settling back into your body and so your horn is still empty and unable to be used. Give it a few seconds before trying again.
>>414093
The ghost splits itself almost completely in half as your arrow sails through the space it once occupied.
>>414094
You him a boring tune.
>>414095
>>414097
Your unenchanted horseshoe passes right through its body. Your leg feels cold now.
>>414096
It dodges out of the way.
>>414098
Your null shot hits the ghost and causes it to stop moving as most of the magic allowing it to continue existing vanishes.
The ghost splits itself almost completely in half as your arrow sails through the space it once occupied.
>>414094
You him a boring tune.
>>414095
>>414097
Your unenchanted horseshoe passes right through its body. Your leg feels cold now.
>>414096
It dodges out of the way.
>>414098
Your null shot hits the ghost and causes it to stop moving as most of the magic allowing it to continue existing vanishes.
>>414100
In the blink of an eye you bash it with your shield and causes the ghost to burst in a shower of ectoplasm.
>>414101
Before you can reload your crossbow Brutus as already gotten rid of the ghost.
>>414103
It is no longer doing anything.
>>414104
It is no longer around to watch your attempts at making Dreamkicker jealous.
In the blink of an eye you bash it with your shield and causes the ghost to burst in a shower of ectoplasm.
>>414101
Before you can reload your crossbow Brutus as already gotten rid of the ghost.
>>414103
It is no longer doing anything.
>>414104
It is no longer around to watch your attempts at making Dreamkicker jealous.
>>414102
There is no door. The ruble that was once blocking the front door has been roughly pushed out of the way and left the part of the building above the front door sagging dangerously. You can hear a responce from up the stairs and to the left, in the head Inquisitor's old office.
There is no door. The ruble that was once blocking the front door has been roughly pushed out of the way and left the part of the building above the front door sagging dangerously. You can hear a responce from up the stairs and to the left, in the head Inquisitor's old office.
>>414114
"Not strong enough, certainly."
>>414116
"Dead and gone. Our fight with the thing under the mansion went poorly. Most of the Inquisitors are permanently dead, and the same goes for the other henchponies. The survivors need your help down below. You can find the secret door in the guard room. It's to the left of the entrance after going down the stairs."
>>414117
"My lower half was taken by the shadowblighted monster chained in the basement."
>>414119
He laughs a completely humorless laugh.
"No, necromancer, I'm not."
"Not strong enough, certainly."
>>414116
"Dead and gone. Our fight with the thing under the mansion went poorly. Most of the Inquisitors are permanently dead, and the same goes for the other henchponies. The survivors need your help down below. You can find the secret door in the guard room. It's to the left of the entrance after going down the stairs."
>>414117
"My lower half was taken by the shadowblighted monster chained in the basement."
>>414119
He laughs a completely humorless laugh.
"No, necromancer, I'm not."
>>414121
"Inquisitor Lorik made sure I stayed somewhere between life and death and slaved my corpse to the shield control mechanism in case help came."
>>414122
"It may, I do not know. The creature had an artifact with it that let it attack us as soon as we entered the room. Within seconds most of us were forever dead or slipping towards that point. The Inquisitors were able to destroy the artifact but were forced from the room before they could do much more harm."
>>414123
"The thing down there is what was once the head Inquisitor in this city. He was able to seal and chain himself in the basement before the shadow fragment that possessed him completely consumed his soul. What you will find down there is a heavily possessed and shadowblighted monster, but his fiercest weapon has been destroyed."
>>414124
Your magic does nothing to his dead flesh.
>>414124
>>414125
"Thank you for the effort. I would have appreciated it hours earlier."
"Inquisitor Lorik made sure I stayed somewhere between life and death and slaved my corpse to the shield control mechanism in case help came."
>>414122
"It may, I do not know. The creature had an artifact with it that let it attack us as soon as we entered the room. Within seconds most of us were forever dead or slipping towards that point. The Inquisitors were able to destroy the artifact but were forced from the room before they could do much more harm."
>>414123
"The thing down there is what was once the head Inquisitor in this city. He was able to seal and chain himself in the basement before the shadow fragment that possessed him completely consumed his soul. What you will find down there is a heavily possessed and shadowblighted monster, but his fiercest weapon has been destroyed."
>>414124
Your magic does nothing to his dead flesh.
>>414124
>>414125
"Thank you for the effort. I would have appreciated it hours earlier."
>>414127
"With all haste. The basement has been cleared of threats."
>>414128
"My life's purpose is to serve the Inquisition."
>>414129
Your eyes stay dry.
"It's too late for sorry, goat. All of you made your decision."
>>414130
"There is nothing left. Lorik confirmed that the shadow fragment consumed his soul and rotted his brain long ago. Even if there was something left we know nothing other than that he was a minotaur and the head of the Inquisition in this city when the Shadow first arose."
>>414131
You keep your eyes dry, but its a challenge to do so.
"With all haste. The basement has been cleared of threats."
>>414128
"My life's purpose is to serve the Inquisition."
>>414129
Your eyes stay dry.
"It's too late for sorry, goat. All of you made your decision."
>>414130
"There is nothing left. Lorik confirmed that the shadow fragment consumed his soul and rotted his brain long ago. Even if there was something left we know nothing other than that he was a minotaur and the head of the Inquisition in this city when the Shadow first arose."
>>414131
You keep your eyes dry, but its a challenge to do so.
>>414133
"I am not an Inquisitor. I merely work for them."
>>414134
>>414136
The two of you go down to the guard room, then further down through two floor of small prisons and finally down to the third floor where a buffalo, a mare, and a gryphon wearing inquisitor hats rest with a henchpony.
"You returned? Good."
>>414135
There's a whole bunch of evil behind the door in the room with the inquisitors. A whole bunch of really evil evil.
>>414138
The buffalo inquisitor speaks.
"That won't work. If it would have I would have killed him and raised him already."
"I am not an Inquisitor. I merely work for them."
>>414134
>>414136
The two of you go down to the guard room, then further down through two floor of small prisons and finally down to the third floor where a buffalo, a mare, and a gryphon wearing inquisitor hats rest with a henchpony.
"You returned? Good."
>>414135
There's a whole bunch of evil behind the door in the room with the inquisitors. A whole bunch of really evil evil.
>>414138
The buffalo inquisitor speaks.
"That won't work. If it would have I would have killed him and raised him already."
>>414140
"Please hurry."
>>414141
The gryphon speaks.
"The ones you brought with you. Ours are dead."
>>414142
"A mutated minotaur chained upright in the center of the room. It will try to grab you from a distance with ropes of flesh and shadow and impale you on its horns, or simply strike you with its ax if you come too close. We destroyed the weapon it had tainted and the things it was using as containers for its powers, but it has gorged itself on bodies and souls recently. If it manages to kill any of you, which it very well may, through their corpse out of the room and I will see that they are brought back."
>>414143
"Six."
>>414144
Discord says something to you in a high-pitched voice. He must be trying to trick you into thinking he is Pinkie Pie.
"Please hurry."
>>414141
The gryphon speaks.
"The ones you brought with you. Ours are dead."
>>414142
"A mutated minotaur chained upright in the center of the room. It will try to grab you from a distance with ropes of flesh and shadow and impale you on its horns, or simply strike you with its ax if you come too close. We destroyed the weapon it had tainted and the things it was using as containers for its powers, but it has gorged itself on bodies and souls recently. If it manages to kill any of you, which it very well may, through their corpse out of the room and I will see that they are brought back."
>>414143
"Six."
>>414144
Discord says something to you in a high-pitched voice. He must be trying to trick you into thinking he is Pinkie Pie.
>>414146
Dreamkicker stays in the basement room with the Inquisitors.
>>414147
"That won't work very well. With the door open he can reach us if he really tries."
>>414151
"Yes, but I believe I will be better at it than you. Besides, your strength should go towards fighting the monster.
Dreamkicker stays in the basement room with the Inquisitors.
Without having to move you cast your mind far, far back into the past. In the main hall of the of the mansion fighting and dieing creatures surround you. Sparks, magic, blood, and darkness flies through the air. as all manner of people fight against mutated ponies, bird creatures, and walking shadows. A minotaur stands tall above the others and covers them as they retreat up the stairs and into the barracks. The minotaur backs his way up the stairs while fending off enemies with a sword easily longer than your body but before he can join his subordinates something happens. Shrieks of pain and terror fill the barracks and are followed by wet crunching and snapping noises. Aerosolized blood fills the air in the room like mist as a blacker than black shadow flows out of the doorway. The minotaur's horns glow bright yellow as he lets loose a blast of magic that chars the walls, floor, and ceiling between him and the shadow, but it isn't enough. The shadow enters his body and he flees down into the basement, past cells of prisoners crying and begging for release in the vain hope of escaping the slaughter they could hear above them, and down to the lowest room of the basement. He locks the door and begins to scratch symbols into the door, walls, floor, and ceiling with his horns, now glowing a sickly burnt orange color. When the last one is done he throws down his sword and chains first his legs, then his arms into chains connected to the floor and cieling. They each flash once as they are locked by his hands. Within minutes his body has twisted. His arms have doubled in length to wield his old sword, and dozens of long and black appendages have sprouted from his back. His horns have lengthened, twisted, and split apart. A week passes and an ax as long as his sword has been grown from his bones. His sword burns darkly and bends the air around it.
>>414147
"That won't work very well. With the door open he can reach us if he really tries."
>>414151
"Yes, but I believe I will be better at it than you. Besides, your strength should go towards fighting the monster.
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>>414157
There are a few of the henchponies lying around and being dead.
Lorr the buffalo speaks.
"Take as many as you can."
>>414158
>>414160
The gryphon laughs a tired laugh.
"That is one thing you don't have to worry about. The shadow has been in him too long for it to leave even if the chain were somehow broken. It made that body its, and if the body dies so will it."
You are all in room three in the upper righthand room.
There are a few of the henchponies lying around and being dead.
Lorr the buffalo speaks.
"Take as many as you can."
>>414158
>>414160
The gryphon laughs a tired laugh.
"That is one thing you don't have to worry about. The shadow has been in him too long for it to leave even if the chain were somehow broken. It made that body its, and if the body dies so will it."
You are all in room three in the upper righthand room.
>>414163
"Those who would fight to repel evil, strong souls, take up strong shells and walk among us…"
Raise dead on the best corpse. I never learned how to control a legion of dead.
Roll #1 2 = 2
"Those who would fight to repel evil, strong souls, take up strong shells and walk among us…"
Raise dead on the best corpse. I never learned how to control a legion of dead.
Roll #1 2 = 2
>>414170
You can make up to ten potions of a single type at once. If you start trying to hoard them or make a huge amount of cash by making and selling a lot of them I will bring in an ingredients requirement. Critfails are bad, and get worse the more there are in a single attempt at potion making.
You can make up to ten potions of a single type at once. If you start trying to hoard them or make a huge amount of cash by making and selling a lot of them I will bring in an ingredients requirement. Critfails are bad, and get worse the more there are in a single attempt at potion making.
The Inquisitors stand and help the two surviving henchponies to their hooves. Hakk, the gryphon and leader of the Inquisitors, speaks as he leaves the room.
"Keep the door shut if you can. His body is chain inside the room, but that does not mean he cannot find a way to leave. If any of you die toss the body out of the room before the demon can consume it and Lorr will see that the body is brought back to life."
"Keep the door shut if you can. His body is chain inside the room, but that does not mean he cannot find a way to leave. If any of you die toss the body out of the room before the demon can consume it and Lorr will see that the body is brought back to life."
>>415326
Do you even lift?
>>415329
You use some string to tie your tail together and stick a little rubber spade on the tip, then quickly paint your coat with black coat paint and pop in some yellow contacts.
>>415334
>>415333
>>415336
>>415330
>>415337
>>415328
The smell of burnt hair, boiled blood, and spoiled magic hits your noses Dreamkicker pulls the door open and you all rush inside. Nearly all of the basement appears to have been dedicated to prisoner containment, and this room is no different. The room, once an isolation chamber for holding or questioning the worst of criminals, is small enough to make the prisoner feel cramped but large enough to give the interogators plenty of room for themselves and their tools. Scattered around the room are small, charred lumps of flesh and smoking pieces of metal. Small symbols glow gold or dull yellow on the floors, wall, and ceiling. In the center of the room is a large creature held by two chains anchored to the floor, and two anchored to the ceiling. It stands on two legs, so tall that it must lean forwards with its back pressed against the ceiling. Its entire body is black, save for a few white points that burn like cold stars. Multiple black tentacles hang from its back and end in hooked barbs or loops to snare whatever they touch. The obsidian horns on its head are cracked and twisted and several smaller ones split off from them. Its arms have stretched at the wrist where the manacles touch them and are now between two and three times as long as they should be. In its hands it holds a long-hafted axe that is easily as long as Bessy. It raises its axe as it see you all enter.
In addition to your action, please roll an extra d10.
Do you even lift?
>>415329
You use some string to tie your tail together and stick a little rubber spade on the tip, then quickly paint your coat with black coat paint and pop in some yellow contacts.
>>415334
>>415333
>>415336
>>415330
>>415337
>>415328
The smell of burnt hair, boiled blood, and spoiled magic hits your noses Dreamkicker pulls the door open and you all rush inside. Nearly all of the basement appears to have been dedicated to prisoner containment, and this room is no different. The room, once an isolation chamber for holding or questioning the worst of criminals, is small enough to make the prisoner feel cramped but large enough to give the interogators plenty of room for themselves and their tools. Scattered around the room are small, charred lumps of flesh and smoking pieces of metal. Small symbols glow gold or dull yellow on the floors, wall, and ceiling. In the center of the room is a large creature held by two chains anchored to the floor, and two anchored to the ceiling. It stands on two legs, so tall that it must lean forwards with its back pressed against the ceiling. Its entire body is black, save for a few white points that burn like cold stars. Multiple black tentacles hang from its back and end in hooked barbs or loops to snare whatever they touch. The obsidian horns on its head are cracked and twisted and several smaller ones split off from them. Its arms have stretched at the wrist where the manacles touch them and are now between two and three times as long as they should be. In its hands it holds a long-hafted axe that is easily as long as Bessy. It raises its axe as it see you all enter.
COME CLOSERIn addition to your action, please roll an extra d10.
>>415339
Your squeaking ball and effortless jump over the Minotaur's axe swing inspires the others, but you are too focused on your toy and do not manage to dodge its second attack. A dark noose slips around your horn and pulls tight as one covered in barbs rips at your flesh. The noose tightens in an instant and pulls you through the air and closer to its horns.
All rolls against the minotaur have a +1 next turn.
>>415340
A thick cloud of smoke envelopes the minotaur.
In addition a +1 bonus for the next two turns all dodge rolls will gain a +2 for the next to turns.
>>415344
Even as the cloud starts to fill the room you feel his axe bite deep into your side. The blow sends you stumbling several steps to the side, but you remain standing.
>>415341
You rush forwards before he can start his swing and slam into his legs, causing the chains to rattle and shake and his legs to bend, seemingly as if they have no bones in them. Using your shield as a weapon as its downsides, however, as you learn when several barbs dig through your coat and into your flesh while lassos tighten around your horns. You are lifted into the air and brough to hang over the minotaurs horns.
>>415342
The markings made by the minotaur before he was transformed, according to your vision, are very similar to containment sigils that draw power from Celestia's vast stores of magical power. these, however, appear to draw their power directly from the sun. Too distracted by your studies you hardly have to to duck as the axe grazes your back and continues on its path towards Bessy.
>>415343
You hit the dirt and let the axe pass harmlessly over your back. The minotaur laughs.
>>415346
You are currently in a good spot so you toss your boomerang at the monster. The boomerang strikes its chest and returns to you, but when you leap into the air the creature's bone axe slices off a large portion of your flesh and causes you to fall to the ground, watching as it collides with Bessy.
Dreamkicker: 4/6 Hits, 5/5 Wounds
Brutus: 0/9 Hits, 4/5 Wounds
Pomelo: 0/5 Hits, 4/5 Wounds
Andelia: 0/6 Hits, 4/5 Wounds
Muddy Morass: 5/5 Hits, 5/5 Wounds
Bessy: 1/5 Hits, 4/5 Wounds
Your squeaking ball and effortless jump over the Minotaur's axe swing inspires the others, but you are too focused on your toy and do not manage to dodge its second attack. A dark noose slips around your horn and pulls tight as one covered in barbs rips at your flesh. The noose tightens in an instant and pulls you through the air and closer to its horns.
All rolls against the minotaur have a +1 next turn.
>>415340
A thick cloud of smoke envelopes the minotaur.
In addition a +1 bonus for the next two turns all dodge rolls will gain a +2 for the next to turns.
>>415344
Even as the cloud starts to fill the room you feel his axe bite deep into your side. The blow sends you stumbling several steps to the side, but you remain standing.
>>415341
You rush forwards before he can start his swing and slam into his legs, causing the chains to rattle and shake and his legs to bend, seemingly as if they have no bones in them. Using your shield as a weapon as its downsides, however, as you learn when several barbs dig through your coat and into your flesh while lassos tighten around your horns. You are lifted into the air and brough to hang over the minotaurs horns.
>>415342
The markings made by the minotaur before he was transformed, according to your vision, are very similar to containment sigils that draw power from Celestia's vast stores of magical power. these, however, appear to draw their power directly from the sun. Too distracted by your studies you hardly have to to duck as the axe grazes your back and continues on its path towards Bessy.
>>415343
You hit the dirt and let the axe pass harmlessly over your back. The minotaur laughs.
YOUR PAINT DOES NOT LET YOU COMMAND ME>>415346
You are currently in a good spot so you toss your boomerang at the monster. The boomerang strikes its chest and returns to you, but when you leap into the air the creature's bone axe slices off a large portion of your flesh and causes you to fall to the ground, watching as it collides with Bessy.
Dreamkicker: 4/6 Hits, 5/5 Wounds
Brutus: 0/9 Hits, 4/5 Wounds
Pomelo: 0/5 Hits, 4/5 Wounds
Andelia: 0/6 Hits, 4/5 Wounds
Muddy Morass: 5/5 Hits, 5/5 Wounds
Bessy: 1/5 Hits, 4/5 Wounds
>>415351
Even as you struggle to get free you feel the barbs pull out of your flesh and the lasso loosen. You fall directly onto the horns and are impaled. As if that wasn't bad enough you can feel them start to split and grow through your body while pulling your warmth and life from you.
>>415352
>6
>12
With a few flaps of your wings you shoot into the air. As the axe passes underneath you you buck with your legs and connect solidly with the axe's head. You can feel the bone splinter, but your eyes tell you that the axe is still intact.
>>415354
>>415355
The world spins around you for a brief moment as you continue to hang from the tentacles above the monster's horns.
>>415356
>9
With your magic you carefully remove the barbs from his body and the lasso from his horns. Once he is free you gently float him over and set him on his hooves. Too concerned about the safety of your goat friend to bother dodging the axe you let the blade hit you in the side. It splits your flesh and cracks your ribs, causing you to collapse as it is pulled free.
>>415349
>12
>7
You are able to dodge the blind axe swing, but just barely. The ball of condensed party matter, glowing bright pink, sails towards the minotaur and hits him in the gut. The monster wheezes and sags in his chains while the starstuff that most of his body is made from tries and fails to consume the partyball.
>>415350
>6
You jump close and slash at him with your sharp horseshoes and jump back away from his tentacles before they can instinctively lash at you. Thankfully, you catch sight of the swinging axe and duck under it once again.
The monster's flesh is still trying to burry the glowing pink ball sticking to its gut. Nearly all of its attention seems to be on that task, but it appears to be getting stronger as Brutus grows weaker.
The current bonus is +1 to attack and +3 to dodge.
Dreamkicker: 0/6 Hits, 4/5 Wounds
Brutus: 0/9 Hits, 2/5 Wounds
Pomelo: 0/5 Hits, 4/5 Wounds
Andelia: 6/6 Hits, 5/6 Wounds
Muddy Morass: 5/5 Hits, 5/5 Wounds
Bessy: 1/5 Hits, 4/5 Wounds
Even as you struggle to get free you feel the barbs pull out of your flesh and the lasso loosen. You fall directly onto the horns and are impaled. As if that wasn't bad enough you can feel them start to split and grow through your body while pulling your warmth and life from you.
>>415352
>6
>12
With a few flaps of your wings you shoot into the air. As the axe passes underneath you you buck with your legs and connect solidly with the axe's head. You can feel the bone splinter, but your eyes tell you that the axe is still intact.
>>415354
>>415355
The world spins around you for a brief moment as you continue to hang from the tentacles above the monster's horns.
>>415356
>9
With your magic you carefully remove the barbs from his body and the lasso from his horns. Once he is free you gently float him over and set him on his hooves. Too concerned about the safety of your goat friend to bother dodging the axe you let the blade hit you in the side. It splits your flesh and cracks your ribs, causing you to collapse as it is pulled free.
>>415349
>12
>7
You are able to dodge the blind axe swing, but just barely. The ball of condensed party matter, glowing bright pink, sails towards the minotaur and hits him in the gut. The monster wheezes and sags in his chains while the starstuff that most of his body is made from tries and fails to consume the partyball.
>>415350
>6
You jump close and slash at him with your sharp horseshoes and jump back away from his tentacles before they can instinctively lash at you. Thankfully, you catch sight of the swinging axe and duck under it once again.
The monster's flesh is still trying to burry the glowing pink ball sticking to its gut. Nearly all of its attention seems to be on that task, but it appears to be getting stronger as Brutus grows weaker.
The current bonus is +1 to attack and +3 to dodge.
Dreamkicker: 0/6 Hits, 4/5 Wounds
Brutus: 0/9 Hits, 2/5 Wounds
Pomelo: 0/5 Hits, 4/5 Wounds
Andelia: 6/6 Hits, 5/6 Wounds
Muddy Morass: 5/5 Hits, 5/5 Wounds
Bessy: 1/5 Hits, 4/5 Wounds
Muddy Morass [Charlatan] No.415365
>>415358
"Ha ha, lotta good that axe did ya, chump! Hey, here's an idea, how about instead of all that fatty flesh and blood, next time try a sandwich?"
Keep beating him senseless with shoe bladeshoes!
Attack Mode: '1d10+1'
Dodge Mode: '1d10+3'
Roll #1 10 + 1 = 11 / Roll #2 10 + 3 = 13
"Ha ha, lotta good that axe did ya, chump! Hey, here's an idea, how about instead of all that fatty flesh and blood, next time try a sandwich?"
Keep beating him senseless with shoe bladeshoes!
Attack Mode: '1d10+1'
Dodge Mode: '1d10+3'
Roll #1 10 + 1 = 11 / Roll #2 10 + 3 = 13
>>415359
You cannot get free as they snake deeper into your body and into your vital organs. You can no longer see the room. All you can see is an endless void full of cold, harsh stars.
>>415360
You grit your teeth and stand up.
>>415361
Brutus starts to glow a very faint pink as your magic strengthens him.
>>415362
After tossing a Healing potion into Brutus's thick wool you roll to your left and stand up after the axe passes over your head. Unfortunately, before you can stand several barbed tentacles dig into your flesh like fishhooks and lassos time around your horns. You are hoisted into the air and hung over the monster's horns.
>>415363
No dodging needed this time.
>>415366
You already took your action this round.
>>415364
It is bolsterable.
>>415365
You fly over the axe swing and start tearing into the spot where you struck last time. Nearly ethereal flesh gives way to your sharp horse shoes and you expose several withered, blackened organs inside the beast.
The smoke in the room fades.
The tall minotaur straightens up as much as it can inside the room as the pink orb becomes streaked with black and sinks into his flesh. He is standing tall again despite the hole in his chest and swings his chipped axe.
Roll to dodge.
Dreamkicker: 6/6 Hits, 4/5 Wounds
Brutus: 0/9 Hits, 1/5 Wounds
Pomelo: 0/5 Hits, 4/5 Wounds
Andelia: 6/6 Hits, 5/6 Wounds
Muddy Morass: 5/5 Hits, 5/5 Wounds
Bessy: 0/5 Hits, 3/5 Wounds
You cannot get free as they snake deeper into your body and into your vital organs. You can no longer see the room. All you can see is an endless void full of cold, harsh stars.
>>415360
You grit your teeth and stand up.
>>415361
Brutus starts to glow a very faint pink as your magic strengthens him.
>>415362
After tossing a Healing potion into Brutus's thick wool you roll to your left and stand up after the axe passes over your head. Unfortunately, before you can stand several barbed tentacles dig into your flesh like fishhooks and lassos time around your horns. You are hoisted into the air and hung over the monster's horns.
>>415363
No dodging needed this time.
>>415366
You already took your action this round.
>>415364
It is bolsterable.
>>415365
You fly over the axe swing and start tearing into the spot where you struck last time. Nearly ethereal flesh gives way to your sharp horse shoes and you expose several withered, blackened organs inside the beast.
YOU THINK THIS HURTS ME?The smoke in the room fades.
The tall minotaur straightens up as much as it can inside the room as the pink orb becomes streaked with black and sinks into his flesh. He is standing tall again despite the hole in his chest and swings his chipped axe.
Roll to dodge.
Dreamkicker: 6/6 Hits, 4/5 Wounds
Brutus: 0/9 Hits, 1/5 Wounds
Pomelo: 0/5 Hits, 4/5 Wounds
Andelia: 6/6 Hits, 5/6 Wounds
Muddy Morass: 5/5 Hits, 5/5 Wounds
Bessy: 0/5 Hits, 3/5 Wounds
>>415370
You press your legs against the demon's shoulders and tear yourself free from its horns. Ignoring the gaping, bleeding hole in your chest and the bits of yourself hanging from the mintoaur's shrinking horns you roll away from it and stand up. It appears that you have somehow gained a potion of Heal.
>>415376
You fail to dodge though, but your fluff turns the blade just enough that the swing merely bruises you.
>>415371
With an upward swing of an ethereal hoof you force the axe into the air and crack it even further. It passes harmlessly over you as your third eye opens and gazes upwards.
>>415372
You struggle and swing back and forth. You are unable to get free, but you move so much that the minotaur is unwilling to try skewering you just yet.
>>415373
>>415375
You pour some foul smelling liquid into the deep hole in his underside. Flying over an axe swing you watch as parts of his guts and organs start to regrow and flesh fills in the hole.
>>415374
You roll forwards under the swing and spring up into the air. Unfortunately you do not jump high enough and instead land hard on the monster's horns. They make you want to scream as they start to grow inside you.
>>415377
The blow clips you but you keep flying and strike several times at the hole in his chest, which is slowly filling with purple, ethereal matter.
Dreamkicker: 6/6 Hits, 4/5 Wounds
Brutus: 9/9 Hits, 5/5 Wounds
Pomelo: 0/5 Hits, 4/5 Wounds
Andelia: 6/6 Hits, 5/6 Wounds
Muddy Morass: 2/5 Hits, 5/5 Wounds
Bessy: 0/5 Hits, 3/5 Wounds
You press your legs against the demon's shoulders and tear yourself free from its horns. Ignoring the gaping, bleeding hole in your chest and the bits of yourself hanging from the mintoaur's shrinking horns you roll away from it and stand up. It appears that you have somehow gained a potion of Heal.
>>415376
You fail to dodge though, but your fluff turns the blade just enough that the swing merely bruises you.
>>415371
With an upward swing of an ethereal hoof you force the axe into the air and crack it even further. It passes harmlessly over you as your third eye opens and gazes upwards.
Between here and the sky is five floors. There are three ceiling/floor lairs of stone that would have to be punched through and two of rotting wood. The stone will be troublesome to get through, but the wood will be easy.
>>415372
You struggle and swing back and forth. You are unable to get free, but you move so much that the minotaur is unwilling to try skewering you just yet.
>>415373
>>415375
You pour some foul smelling liquid into the deep hole in his underside. Flying over an axe swing you watch as parts of his guts and organs start to regrow and flesh fills in the hole.
>>415374
You roll forwards under the swing and spring up into the air. Unfortunately you do not jump high enough and instead land hard on the monster's horns. They make you want to scream as they start to grow inside you.
>>415377
The blow clips you but you keep flying and strike several times at the hole in his chest, which is slowly filling with purple, ethereal matter.
KILLING THIS BODY CAN NOT KILL MEDreamkicker: 6/6 Hits, 4/5 Wounds
Brutus: 9/9 Hits, 5/5 Wounds
Pomelo: 0/5 Hits, 4/5 Wounds
Andelia: 6/6 Hits, 5/6 Wounds
Muddy Morass: 2/5 Hits, 5/5 Wounds
Bessy: 0/5 Hits, 3/5 Wounds
>>415379
You keep swinging back and forth, but are unable to get free, but starting to grow weaker. Still unsure about where you will land the minotaur keeps a tight grip on you.
>>415380
You are almost able to get free when the horns start to curl and hook inside your flesh.
>>415381
>>415383
You strike the axe again and spot several large cracks form as it passes overhead, but are grabbed by spiked tentacles before you can start your other spell. The lift you over into the air and hang you next to Bessy, blood dripping onto the ground.
>>415382
>>415389
The axe hits you but bounces off your armor. You throw your shield through the air and it severs the tentacles holding Bessy. She falls to the ground, freed.
>>415384
>>415388
The boomerang flies true and strikes him in the hole Muddy made. The attack seems to knock the air out of him and he slumps down in his chains.
>>415390
>>415386
You dodge out of the way of the axe but are struck by a tentacle as you draw closer. Thankfully their hooks and barbs do not catch in your flesh but the pain still causes you to crash into the ground.
The Minotaur is slumped over.
No one needs to roll to dodge this round.
Dreamkicker: 0/6 Hits, 3/5 Wounds
Brutus: 9/9 Hits, 5/5 Wounds
Pomelo: 0/5 Hits, 3/5 Wounds
Andelia: 6/6 Hits, 5/6 Wounds
Muddy Morass: 0/5 Hits, 5/5 Wounds
Bessy: 5/5 Hits, 3/5 Wounds
You keep swinging back and forth, but are unable to get free, but starting to grow weaker. Still unsure about where you will land the minotaur keeps a tight grip on you.
>>415380
You are almost able to get free when the horns start to curl and hook inside your flesh.
>>415381
>>415383
You strike the axe again and spot several large cracks form as it passes overhead, but are grabbed by spiked tentacles before you can start your other spell. The lift you over into the air and hang you next to Bessy, blood dripping onto the ground.
>>415382
>>415389
The axe hits you but bounces off your armor. You throw your shield through the air and it severs the tentacles holding Bessy. She falls to the ground, freed.
>>415384
>>415388
The boomerang flies true and strikes him in the hole Muddy made. The attack seems to knock the air out of him and he slumps down in his chains.
>>415390
>>415386
You dodge out of the way of the axe but are struck by a tentacle as you draw closer. Thankfully their hooks and barbs do not catch in your flesh but the pain still causes you to crash into the ground.
The Minotaur is slumped over.
No one needs to roll to dodge this round.
Dreamkicker: 0/6 Hits, 3/5 Wounds
Brutus: 9/9 Hits, 5/5 Wounds
Pomelo: 0/5 Hits, 3/5 Wounds
Andelia: 6/6 Hits, 5/6 Wounds
Muddy Morass: 0/5 Hits, 5/5 Wounds
Bessy: 5/5 Hits, 3/5 Wounds
>>415392
You get right up next to the minotaur and rear up onto your hind legs, an impressive sight to be sure. With a power swing of your sword you cut the horns off its head and let Pomelo roll onto your back.
>>415393
You try to get free of the barbed tentacles, but they are holding you too tightly.
>>415394
You stand on Brutus's back and watch as the horns on the minotaur's head regrow after they vanish from your stomach. The shock of them suddenly vanished from inside you makes you stumble slightly.
>>415395
>>415399
You fly up and try to get Dreamkicker free, but are slapped away by tentacles.
>>415396
You stand up.
>>415397
Your shot hits the minotaur in the face as it starts to straighten up. It goes slack once again.
>>415398
Noted.
The minotaur is slumped over.
Dreamkicker: 0/6 Hits, 3/5 Wounds
Brutus: 9/9 Hits, 5/5 Wounds
Pomelo: 5/5 Hits, 3/5 Wounds
Andelia: 6/6 Hits, 5/6 Wounds
Muddy Morass: 5/5 Hits, 5/5 Wounds
Bessy: 5/5 Hits, 3/5 Wounds
You get right up next to the minotaur and rear up onto your hind legs, an impressive sight to be sure. With a power swing of your sword you cut the horns off its head and let Pomelo roll onto your back.
>>415393
You try to get free of the barbed tentacles, but they are holding you too tightly.
>>415394
You stand on Brutus's back and watch as the horns on the minotaur's head regrow after they vanish from your stomach. The shock of them suddenly vanished from inside you makes you stumble slightly.
>>415395
>>415399
You fly up and try to get Dreamkicker free, but are slapped away by tentacles.
>>415396
You stand up.
>>415397
Your shot hits the minotaur in the face as it starts to straighten up. It goes slack once again.
>>415398
Noted.
The minotaur is slumped over.
Dreamkicker: 0/6 Hits, 3/5 Wounds
Brutus: 9/9 Hits, 5/5 Wounds
Pomelo: 5/5 Hits, 3/5 Wounds
Andelia: 6/6 Hits, 5/6 Wounds
Muddy Morass: 5/5 Hits, 5/5 Wounds
Bessy: 5/5 Hits, 3/5 Wounds
>>415401
With another twist you manage to tear yourself free and land on your hooves.
>>415402
Your greatsword smashes into the monsters face and opens a large gash that bleeds darkly simmering fog. The minotaur snarls.
>>415403
You fly up at hit Muddy's hole with your mace and are able to bust several of the shriveled organs.
>>415404
You try to focus on the spell but Brutus's movement causes you to fall off him and land hard on your side. You are able to get up, however.
>>415405
You fly up next to Andelia and start tearing a new hole into his side. Bessy's shot has left him too woozy to respond.
>>415406
Your shot goes wide and a tentacle scratches you across the face.
The minotaur stirs.
[1d10]
Dreamkicker: 6/6 Hits, 3/5 Wounds
Brutus: 9/9 Hits, 5/5 Wounds
Pomelo: 3/5 Hits, 3/5 Wounds
Andelia: 6/6 Hits, 5/6 Wounds
Muddy Morass: 5/5 Hits, 5/5 Wounds
Bessy: 5/5 Hits, 3/5 Wounds
Roll #1 4 = 4
With another twist you manage to tear yourself free and land on your hooves.
>>415402
Your greatsword smashes into the monsters face and opens a large gash that bleeds darkly simmering fog. The minotaur snarls.
>>415403
You fly up at hit Muddy's hole with your mace and are able to bust several of the shriveled organs.
>>415404
You try to focus on the spell but Brutus's movement causes you to fall off him and land hard on your side. You are able to get up, however.
>>415405
You fly up next to Andelia and start tearing a new hole into his side. Bessy's shot has left him too woozy to respond.
>>415406
Your shot goes wide and a tentacle scratches you across the face.
The minotaur stirs.
[1d10]
Dreamkicker: 6/6 Hits, 3/5 Wounds
Brutus: 9/9 Hits, 5/5 Wounds
Pomelo: 3/5 Hits, 3/5 Wounds
Andelia: 6/6 Hits, 5/6 Wounds
Muddy Morass: 5/5 Hits, 5/5 Wounds
Bessy: 5/5 Hits, 3/5 Wounds
Roll #1 4 = 4
>>415409
Several lashing tentacles force you backwards.
>>415410
You feel barbs dig into your flesh and loops close around your horns as you are once against hoisted into the air. The amount of blood you have lost is starting to make you feel woozy.
>>415411
Barbed tentacles tear at your flesh but do not catch inside you.
>>415412
Your magic bolts harmlessly hit the stone walls as barbs tear away bits of your flesh.
>>415413
Two spikey tentacles hit you in the face and keep you from slinging your stone.
>>415414
You jump up into the air and smack his newest hole with your wooden club. It is a solid hit, but you will need the help of someone knowledgeable about Nature to unlock its true potential.
The minotaur stirs.
[1d10]
Dreamkicker: 5/6 Hits, 3/5 Wounds
Brutus: 7/9 Hits, 5/5 Wounds
Pomelo: 0/5 Hits, 2/5 Wounds
Andelia: 6/6 Hits, 5/6 Wounds
Muddy Morass: 3/5 Hits, 5/5 Wounds
Bessy: 5/5 Hits, 3/5 Wounds
Roll #1 5 = 5
Several lashing tentacles force you backwards.
>>415410
You feel barbs dig into your flesh and loops close around your horns as you are once against hoisted into the air. The amount of blood you have lost is starting to make you feel woozy.
>>415411
Barbed tentacles tear at your flesh but do not catch inside you.
>>415412
Your magic bolts harmlessly hit the stone walls as barbs tear away bits of your flesh.
>>415413
Two spikey tentacles hit you in the face and keep you from slinging your stone.
>>415414
You jump up into the air and smack his newest hole with your wooden club. It is a solid hit, but you will need the help of someone knowledgeable about Nature to unlock its true potential.
The minotaur stirs.
[1d10]
Dreamkicker: 5/6 Hits, 3/5 Wounds
Brutus: 7/9 Hits, 5/5 Wounds
Pomelo: 0/5 Hits, 2/5 Wounds
Andelia: 6/6 Hits, 5/6 Wounds
Muddy Morass: 3/5 Hits, 5/5 Wounds
Bessy: 5/5 Hits, 3/5 Wounds
Roll #1 5 = 5
>>415417
You swing helplessly back and forth, to panicked to enjoy your improvised swing set.
>>415418
You rear up once again and cut Pomelo free with your sword. He lands on his hooves on the ground.
>>415419
Three lightning bolts char the ceiling and split the stone there, but do not make a hole all the way through.
>>415419
You strike at the first hole you made and dig all the way to his spine.
>>415421
Lashing tentacles keep you away from your friend and tear at your flesh.
The minotaur is now hemorrhaging purple, sparkly cloudy stuff from the holes in his body.
He stirs.
[1d10]
Dreamkicker: 5/6 Hits, 3/5 Wounds
Brutus: 7/9 Hits, 5/5 Wounds
Pomelo: 5/5 Hits, 2/5 Wounds
Andelia: 5/6 Hits, 5/6 Wounds
Muddy Morass: 3/5 Hits, 5/5 Wounds
Bessy: 5/5 Hits, 3/5 Wounds
Roll #1 3 = 3
You swing helplessly back and forth, to panicked to enjoy your improvised swing set.
>>415418
You rear up once again and cut Pomelo free with your sword. He lands on his hooves on the ground.
>>415419
Three lightning bolts char the ceiling and split the stone there, but do not make a hole all the way through.
>>415419
You strike at the first hole you made and dig all the way to his spine.
>>415421
Lashing tentacles keep you away from your friend and tear at your flesh.
The minotaur is now hemorrhaging purple, sparkly cloudy stuff from the holes in his body.
He stirs.
[1d10]
Dreamkicker: 5/6 Hits, 3/5 Wounds
Brutus: 7/9 Hits, 5/5 Wounds
Pomelo: 5/5 Hits, 2/5 Wounds
Andelia: 5/6 Hits, 5/6 Wounds
Muddy Morass: 3/5 Hits, 5/5 Wounds
Bessy: 5/5 Hits, 3/5 Wounds
Roll #1 3 = 3
>>415424
With a small flash the smokebomb explodes and fills the room with a cloud of smog.
+1 to all rolls against the minotaur next turn.
>>415426
With a loud crack three large lightning bolts strike the ceiling and pulverize the marked stones. With a violent shudder the minotaur comes back to its senses and looks up.
Its tentacles all reach upwards and fuse together into a massive, black stem the creeps up through the hole in the ceiling.
>>415425
Your sword hits where his shoulder connects to his neck and splits him all the way down to groin. The severed half falls down and withers away to a small shrivel mess of dark, dry flesh but the half with the stem stays upright despite hemorrhaging a massive amount of that purple fog.
>>415427
Your body morphs into your wolf form and you launch yourself at the thick stem. With tooth and claw you tear your way to the center even as barbed tendrils split off and lash at you.
There is a small blast of pressure as your furry form claws its way through to the other side of the stem and snaps it free from what remains of the minotaur. There is a long, dry wail as it and the stem attached to the ceiling wither away and become small clumps of dessicated flesh.
>>415428
You use your magic to speed up the clotting of your blood, but are unable to close any of the holes in your body.
>>415430
The fight is over.
The minotaur is now dead.
Dreamkicker: 5/6 Hits, 3/5 Wounds
Brutus: 7/9 Hits, 5/5 Wounds
Pomelo: 5/5 Hits, 3/5 Wounds
Andelia: 5/6 Hits, 5/6 Wounds
Muddy Morass: 3/5 Hits, 5/5 Wounds
Bessy: 5/5 Hits, 3/5 Wounds
With a small flash the smokebomb explodes and fills the room with a cloud of smog.
+1 to all rolls against the minotaur next turn.
>>415426
With a loud crack three large lightning bolts strike the ceiling and pulverize the marked stones. With a violent shudder the minotaur comes back to its senses and looks up.
FREEDOMIts tentacles all reach upwards and fuse together into a massive, black stem the creeps up through the hole in the ceiling.
>>415425
Your sword hits where his shoulder connects to his neck and splits him all the way down to groin. The severed half falls down and withers away to a small shrivel mess of dark, dry flesh but the half with the stem stays upright despite hemorrhaging a massive amount of that purple fog.
>>415427
Your body morphs into your wolf form and you launch yourself at the thick stem. With tooth and claw you tear your way to the center even as barbed tendrils split off and lash at you.
NO NOT NOW SO CLOSE I CANT DIEThere is a small blast of pressure as your furry form claws its way through to the other side of the stem and snaps it free from what remains of the minotaur. There is a long, dry wail as it and the stem attached to the ceiling wither away and become small clumps of dessicated flesh.
>>415428
You use your magic to speed up the clotting of your blood, but are unable to close any of the holes in your body.
>>415430
The fight is over.
The minotaur is now dead.
Dreamkicker: 5/6 Hits, 3/5 Wounds
Brutus: 7/9 Hits, 5/5 Wounds
Pomelo: 5/5 Hits, 3/5 Wounds
Andelia: 5/6 Hits, 5/6 Wounds
Muddy Morass: 3/5 Hits, 5/5 Wounds
Bessy: 5/5 Hits, 3/5 Wounds
Dreamkicker (Omniseer) No.415434
>>415432
"These sigils are for containment. They draw power from a particular source – the sun. Clearly, the inquisitor was attempting to imprison the monster here before he fully transformed, and he provided a way for his comrades to trap him. I was going to expose the sigil to the sunlight and contain him.
"Any further questions, peasant?"
"These sigils are for containment. They draw power from a particular source – the sun. Clearly, the inquisitor was attempting to imprison the monster here before he fully transformed, and he provided a way for his comrades to trap him. I was going to expose the sigil to the sunlight and contain him.
"Any further questions, peasant?"
Muddy Morass [Charlatan] No.415448
>>415441
>>415444
"I swear I'm talkin' to myself sometimes… Oh sure, answer everyone else's questions. Pass out drinks to everypony else. Get all caring about each other getting knocked over, coordinate with each other, what have you. Real nice stuff. Am I wearin' camouflage or something?"
Grumble and saunter out of the chamber in search of the inquisitors.
>>415444
"I swear I'm talkin' to myself sometimes… Oh sure, answer everyone else's questions. Pass out drinks to everypony else. Get all caring about each other getting knocked over, coordinate with each other, what have you. Real nice stuff. Am I wearin' camouflage or something?"
Grumble and saunter out of the chamber in search of the inquisitors.
Brutus [Male Buffalo Knight] No.415456
>>415455
"It is, and they're taking a moment to breathe. We didn't expect it to try and claw its way out through the ceiling."
I'll clear my throat slightly.
"I thought you might know best how to dispose of the body, or at least give him a half-decent burial for who he used to be."
"It is, and they're taking a moment to breathe. We didn't expect it to try and claw its way out through the ceiling."
I'll clear my throat slightly.
"I thought you might know best how to dispose of the body, or at least give him a half-decent burial for who he used to be."
The gryphon, buffalo, and earth pony inquisitors have gathered with the party in the room where the minotaur was fought while the two surviving henchponies burn the root in the room above the chamber. Hakk speaks.
"Thank you all for returning to help us. Because of the losses we assumed in your absence we cannot afford to reward you for this. Come back in a few days and we may have additional jobs for you that would come with their own rewards. Do any of you have any questions?"
"Thank you all for returning to help us. Because of the losses we assumed in your absence we cannot afford to reward you for this. Come back in a few days and we may have additional jobs for you that would come with their own rewards. Do any of you have any questions?"
>>415538
"We will be here, yes. This place needs to be scoured for any remaining corruption. It also needs to be repaired."
>>415539
Lorr speaks.
"It is a fragment of the Shadow, the thing that came into being inside the city's temple to the Celestial Sisters when Equestria's princess Luna went mad and became Nightmare Moon. There were many fragments of the Shadow, and nearly all of them could only be killed in very specific ways. My guess based on what I have read and what I have seen is that this fragment became fused with the body it was possessing after several centuries, and thus became mortal."
>>415540
"Their bodies were consumed by the monster. The only one left is the one I slaved to the gate control, who will stay there until we receive reinforcements. I will try to remember to notify you when his body is decommissioned."
"We will be here, yes. This place needs to be scoured for any remaining corruption. It also needs to be repaired."
>>415539
Lorr speaks.
"It is a fragment of the Shadow, the thing that came into being inside the city's temple to the Celestial Sisters when Equestria's princess Luna went mad and became Nightmare Moon. There were many fragments of the Shadow, and nearly all of them could only be killed in very specific ways. My guess based on what I have read and what I have seen is that this fragment became fused with the body it was possessing after several centuries, and thus became mortal."
>>415540
"Their bodies were consumed by the monster. The only one left is the one I slaved to the gate control, who will stay there until we receive reinforcements. I will try to remember to notify you when his body is decommissioned."
>>415549
"Thank you. Touch the magical shield when you are ready to leave."
>>415546
>>415547
>>415548
>>415549
>>415550
The group goes up through the dreary dungeon levels, out the front door, down the tree-lined path, and arrives at the gate. It is closed and the magical shield separating the mansion's grounds from the outside world is active. The sun is halfway over the horizon.
"Thank you. Touch the magical shield when you are ready to leave."
>>415546
>>415547
>>415548
>>415549
>>415550
The group goes up through the dreary dungeon levels, out the front door, down the tree-lined path, and arrives at the gate. It is closed and the magical shield separating the mansion's grounds from the outside world is active. The sun is halfway over the horizon.
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>>415552
You pause and looked back. If you had to rate your looking back you'd say that it was a solid 8 out of 10.
>>415554
You place your hoof against the shield and it disappears a few seconds later as the gates swing open.
>>415555
You all rested after the party. The beds you slept on had an enchantment to make you all feel well rested despite only sleeping for a few hours.
The party makes their way down the empty road towards the center of the city. They are currently in the residential area, but the land here is open and most houses are large ones surrounded by spacious properties. In the distance you can all see the rising towers of the city's government district. Far to your left you can all the the tall Barrier walls rising up into a permanent stormcloud.
You pause and looked back. If you had to rate your looking back you'd say that it was a solid 8 out of 10.
>>415554
You place your hoof against the shield and it disappears a few seconds later as the gates swing open.
>>415555
You all rested after the party. The beds you slept on had an enchantment to make you all feel well rested despite only sleeping for a few hours.
The party makes their way down the empty road towards the center of the city. They are currently in the residential area, but the land here is open and most houses are large ones surrounded by spacious properties. In the distance you can all see the rising towers of the city's government district. Far to your left you can all the the tall Barrier walls rising up into a permanent stormcloud.
>>415566
>>415567
>>415568
>>415569
After a good half hour of walking all of you arrive in the government district. The buildings here are all made of white stone and each one seems to be competing with all the others in terms of height and decoration. There are many signs, but all of them are in the local language. Only a few ponies are out and about this early in the morning.
>>415567
>>415568
>>415569
After a good half hour of walking all of you arrive in the government district. The buildings here are all made of white stone and each one seems to be competing with all the others in terms of height and decoration. There are many signs, but all of them are in the local language. Only a few ponies are out and about this early in the morning.
>>415572
The buildings are all tall and made of white stone. Many of them have spires or domes on top of them. The height of the spires increases the closer you get to the center of the small district. Every building is decorated with geometric shapes forming right angles or simple, but well-made mosiacs that imply the building's function.
>>415573
The pony yawns and slowly gives you directions to a bank in broken Equestrian.
The buildings are all tall and made of white stone. Many of them have spires or domes on top of them. The height of the spires increases the closer you get to the center of the small district. Every building is decorated with geometric shapes forming right angles or simple, but well-made mosiacs that imply the building's function.
>>415573
The pony yawns and slowly gives you directions to a bank in broken Equestrian.
>>415582
After a bit of walking through the slowly filling streets the party ends up in front of a large building with several small domes and tall spires on top of it. The building is made of marble instead of the simple white stone that the others you have seen in this district are made of. The steps leading up to the building have small mosaics of coins on them. Flanking the door are four guards, two of whom are the tall bird creatures you have seen in this city. All are armed with spears.
After a bit of walking through the slowly filling streets the party ends up in front of a large building with several small domes and tall spires on top of it. The building is made of marble instead of the simple white stone that the others you have seen in this district are made of. The steps leading up to the building have small mosaics of coins on them. Flanking the door are four guards, two of whom are the tall bird creatures you have seen in this city. All are armed with spears.
>>415602
The inside of the bank is quite spacious. There are small booths along the walls for private consultations with bankers as well as several booths for deposits and withdraws in the center. there are several guards in here looking at all of you quizzically, but aside from them and the bank employees you all are the only ones in here.
The inside of the bank is quite spacious. There are small booths along the walls for private consultations with bankers as well as several booths for deposits and withdraws in the center. there are several guards in here looking at all of you quizzically, but aside from them and the bank employees you all are the only ones in here.
>>415604
>>415605
>>415606
>>415607
The pony looks down his nose at all of you when you speak equestrian. He waves a mare over and the speak quietly in their language before the mare leaves with the checks. He clears his throat and speaks with a very posh accent.
"This is not a bank for tourists. However, if your credit papers check out we will honor them, but only because of their issuer. Please use the tourists bank in the merchant's district from now on. This bank is not intended to be used by your kind."
The mare returns carrying several finely made bags full of coins.
Dreamkicker now has 200 marks.
Pomelo now has 200 marks.
Happyhorn now has 50 marks.
Olga now has 200 marks.
Muddy Morass now has 200 marks.
Bessy now has 200 marks.
>>415605
>>415606
>>415607
The pony looks down his nose at all of you when you speak equestrian. He waves a mare over and the speak quietly in their language before the mare leaves with the checks. He clears his throat and speaks with a very posh accent.
"This is not a bank for tourists. However, if your credit papers check out we will honor them, but only because of their issuer. Please use the tourists bank in the merchant's district from now on. This bank is not intended to be used by your kind."
The mare returns carrying several finely made bags full of coins.
Dreamkicker now has 200 marks.
Pomelo now has 200 marks.
Happyhorn now has 50 marks.
Olga now has 200 marks.
Muddy Morass now has 200 marks.
Bessy now has 200 marks.
>>415609
His face scrunches like he has smelled something distasteful.
"Tourists."
>>415610
You hear him muttering something as you leave the bank.
"Horse worshiping barbarian."
There are several more ponies and a few birds on the street now. Most of them have on fancy suits or robes and hurry up and down the street.
>>415611
"And simpletons."
>>415612
""This one is meant for large transactions by wealthy and powerful people. Not measly withdrawals by the pour andd the savage."
His face scrunches like he has smelled something distasteful.
"Tourists."
>>415610
You hear him muttering something as you leave the bank.
"Horse worshiping barbarian."
There are several more ponies and a few birds on the street now. Most of them have on fancy suits or robes and hurry up and down the street.
>>415611
"And simpletons."
>>415612
""This one is meant for large transactions by wealthy and powerful people. Not measly withdrawals by the pour andd the savage."
>>415614
You are out of the bank. You walk across the street and watch the locals hurry to wherever they need to be.
>>415615
The mare smirks.
"Why should we bother being nice to the likes of you?"
>>415616
They both scrunch and back away. When was the last time you brushed your teeth?
>>415617
You pop a mint into his mouth and pull his lips unwards into a friendly smile.
>>415618
"Very big."
You are out of the bank. You walk across the street and watch the locals hurry to wherever they need to be.
>>415615
The mare smirks.
"Why should we bother being nice to the likes of you?"
>>415616
They both scrunch and back away. When was the last time you brushed your teeth?
>>415617
You pop a mint into his mouth and pull his lips unwards into a friendly smile.
>>415618
"Very big."
>>415624
You give a sermon about Pinkie Pie in rhyme as…
>>415621
You start blasting with your party cannon. The guards rush you as you fire your cannon, but raise their spears and instead try to bodily force you out of the bank [1d10] as they see streamers and balloons fly out and stick to the walls and cieling of the bank.
>>415625
You dive into your cluttered buffalo bunker. When you get the chance you should grab a comb and rebuild this thing.
>>415622
Can can hear several booms as Bessy fires her party cannon ass fast as she can.
Roll #1 9 = 9
You give a sermon about Pinkie Pie in rhyme as…
>>415621
You start blasting with your party cannon. The guards rush you as you fire your cannon, but raise their spears and instead try to bodily force you out of the bank [1d10] as they see streamers and balloons fly out and stick to the walls and cieling of the bank.
>>415625
You dive into your cluttered buffalo bunker. When you get the chance you should grab a comb and rebuild this thing.
>>415622
Can can hear several booms as Bessy fires her party cannon ass fast as she can.
Roll #1 9 = 9