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The witch hunts have brought you to the Carnival of Chaos.
You are seeking witch Somnambula's old coworkers - the strongman who White met, the entertainers Festive and Sombre, the Magician and the Ringmaster. Someone is spreading a magical plague among the carnivalgoers.
You are seeking witch Somnambula's old coworkers - the strongman who White met, the entertainers Festive and Sombre, the Magician and the Ringmaster. Someone is spreading a magical plague among the carnivalgoers.
>>456026
As the clown show draws to an end, the ringmaster steps out
"Ladies, gentlement, and other beings. I trust you have enjoyed the show so far? Because it has only just begun! Give a big hand to the dramatic stylings of our very own Festive and Somber, master thespians!"
>>456025
He sits down at a little table
"What do you know about this?"
>>456037
Lots of folks here… and looks like a new show is just about to start!
Party, meet the newcomer.
As the clown show draws to an end, the ringmaster steps out
"Ladies, gentlement, and other beings. I trust you have enjoyed the show so far? Because it has only just begun! Give a big hand to the dramatic stylings of our very own Festive and Somber, master thespians!"
>>456025
He sits down at a little table
"What do you know about this?"
>>456037
Lots of folks here… and looks like a new show is just about to start!
Party, meet the newcomer.
>>456045
There. The source. I'll step out into the ring.
"You! What is the meaning of spreading this plague wherever you go? Why do you cause such harm to these people who wish only to take a small respite from their lives?"
I'll point at the Ringmaster.
"You will tell me the cure for this affliction, or I will beat it out of you."
There. The source. I'll step out into the ring.
"You! What is the meaning of spreading this plague wherever you go? Why do you cause such harm to these people who wish only to take a small respite from their lives?"
I'll point at the Ringmaster.
"You will tell me the cure for this affliction, or I will beat it out of you."
>>456052
"I dont know, I was with Maya and she tried to cast a spell but it backfires so I have to help her and when I look around they are gone and we go to the big tent and there are people who are suffering thats why we go around and met you and now are here and…. and…"
>>456058
"I.. I see." I catch my breath after that.
"I dont know, I was with Maya and she tried to cast a spell but it backfires so I have to help her and when I look around they are gone and we go to the big tent and there are people who are suffering thats why we go around and met you and now are here and…. and…"
>>456058
"I.. I see." I catch my breath after that.
>>456049
A few security guards come escort you out
"Please do no disturb the show, sir."
>>456054
"..Really? I thought I got it from that bug bite years ago."
>>456055
Well someone just went on stage yelling about plagues and evil.
If you wish to continue, do so.
I'm going to bed.
NEXT TIME ON ORIGINAL HORSE
EXPLORING PLACES
DISCOVERING TRUTHS
AND MORE ERP
A few security guards come escort you out
"Please do no disturb the show, sir."
>>456054
"..Really? I thought I got it from that bug bite years ago."
>>456055
Well someone just went on stage yelling about plagues and evil.
If you wish to continue, do so.
I'm going to bed.
NEXT TIME ON ORIGINAL HORSE
EXPLORING PLACES
DISCOVERING TRUTHS
AND MORE ERP
>>456099
I'll pinch the bridge of my nose.
"Perhaps you'd better start looking over the audience, little one. Walk behind the seating area and observe them. The disease will be made clear. Now, I'm kind of in the middle of a dramatic showdown, and if I don't wrap this up before White gets here he's not going to stop yammering about it for months."
I'll pinch the bridge of my nose.
"Perhaps you'd better start looking over the audience, little one. Walk behind the seating area and observe them. The disease will be made clear. Now, I'm kind of in the middle of a dramatic showdown, and if I don't wrap this up before White gets here he's not going to stop yammering about it for months."
>>456334
Stand up, agitation clearly expressed on my face.
"Mee?! A bee?! I'm a pony colt!"
"Well a unicorn pony colt to be exact that is but as you can s…."
…
"Wait you are telling me its a code?"
>>456322
Sit down again.
"Look, clearly we dont have to think or talk about this right now. Its just giving me a headache. I… alright. Lets just focus on how to get to our friends alright?"
"I am sorry if I got agitated, here." I offer a hoof.
Stand up, agitation clearly expressed on my face.
"Mee?! A bee?! I'm a pony colt!"
"Well a unicorn pony colt to be exact that is but as you can s…."
…
"Wait you are telling me its a code?"
>>456322
Sit down again.
"Look, clearly we dont have to think or talk about this right now. Its just giving me a headache. I… alright. Lets just focus on how to get to our friends alright?"
"I am sorry if I got agitated, here." I offer a hoof.
>>456454
You seem to have frozen time around you.
For the next '1d10' turns, you are moving outside time, and nobody can react to what you do.
>>456455
It flies into the room and down a small vent.
It seems this room is a kitchen of sorts. Looks kinda gross with the dead bodies in cooking pots and various guts on the tables.
>>456453
He was making a ruckus up on stage but was escorted aside by security.
Roll #1 9 = 9
You seem to have frozen time around you.
For the next '1d10' turns, you are moving outside time, and nobody can react to what you do.
>>456455
It flies into the room and down a small vent.
It seems this room is a kitchen of sorts. Looks kinda gross with the dead bodies in cooking pots and various guts on the tables.
>>456453
He was making a ruckus up on stage but was escorted aside by security.
Roll #1 9 = 9
>>456459
The two jesters are setting up their show, with Somber monologuing about how he is displeased with how everyone disregards his talents as a serious actor.
Meanwhile, Festive is arranging various fruit on his head using puppets.
>>456460
It seems there is a show going on.
However since everyone is frozen in time to you, it's hard to make heads or tails of it.
>>456461
Fake ones. This is a show after all.
Some weird looking maggots are chewing on the real chunks of meat used as decoration.
The two jesters are setting up their show, with Somber monologuing about how he is displeased with how everyone disregards his talents as a serious actor.
Meanwhile, Festive is arranging various fruit on his head using puppets.
>>456460
It seems there is a show going on.
However since everyone is frozen in time to you, it's hard to make heads or tails of it.
>>456461
Fake ones. This is a show after all.
Some weird looking maggots are chewing on the real chunks of meat used as decoration.
>>456466
Festive then takes out a mallet and starts hitting the fruit off Somber's head as he starts quoting famous plays
>>456468
It's at the haunted house. Getting there will take a few turns.
>>456469
"Me?
No… why would anyone do something like that? I mean… we're all friends here. Even if I did like the old magician more than the new one."
Festive then takes out a mallet and starts hitting the fruit off Somber's head as he starts quoting famous plays
>>456468
It's at the haunted house. Getting there will take a few turns.
>>456469
"Me?
No… why would anyone do something like that? I mean… we're all friends here. Even if I did like the old magician more than the new one."
>>456495
Hard to say, but surely not as old as Somnambula.
"She never told me. The others said she quit."
>>456501
>>456496
The doors are chained shut.
Looks like the only way out is going through it all…
>>456498
You could sneak past security into the backstage area.
>>456497
>>456502
"Look you two aren't the first bums trying to mess with the show for some cheap yucks. Now sit down and watch the show like normal people."
Hard to say, but surely not as old as Somnambula.
"She never told me. The others said she quit."
>>456501
>>456496
The doors are chained shut.
Looks like the only way out is going through it all…
>>456498
You could sneak past security into the backstage area.
>>456497
>>456502
"Look you two aren't the first bums trying to mess with the show for some cheap yucks. Now sit down and watch the show like normal people."
>>456520
"There is much more at stake here.
If there truly is a health hazard here, all the people in that tent might get infected, and that would be disastrous for the reputation of this carnival and will be the immediate end of your career.
If you do not want the show disturb the show, that's fine, but I want to inspect you and some of the performers, just a little of your time might prevent serious consequences."
"There is much more at stake here.
If there truly is a health hazard here, all the people in that tent might get infected, and that would be disastrous for the reputation of this carnival and will be the immediate end of your career.
If you do not want the show disturb the show, that's fine, but I want to inspect you and some of the performers, just a little of your time might prevent serious consequences."
>>456523
"Him? But he is a little weakling-man!"
>>456522
>>456530
She skeleton does nothing.
However the zombie that was hiding behind you leaps at you. Roll to dodge.
>>456529
>>456525
"Take it up with the ringmaster after the show if you have official business."
>>456531
Dressing rooms, storage rooms, an office…
"Him? But he is a little weakling-man!"
>>456522
>>456530
She skeleton does nothing.
However the zombie that was hiding behind you leaps at you. Roll to dodge.
>>456529
>>456525
"Take it up with the ringmaster after the show if you have official business."
>>456531
Dressing rooms, storage rooms, an office…
>>456583
>>456582
There is a dead body reading a book in one of the chairs, and another in the fireplace.
You also notice that one of the walls is cracked, revealing a room behind. Perhaps if that hole was enlarged, a shortcut could be made.
>>456584
[Drama Act]
[Silly Drama Act]
[Really Silly Drama Act]
[Haunted House Seasonal props]
[Haunted House Special props]
[Clowns]
[Jugglers]
[Clown Juggles]
[Animals]
[Strongman]
[Illusions]
[Spooky Illusions]
[After Dark]
>>456587
I think he was last seen at the freak show
>>456582
There is a dead body reading a book in one of the chairs, and another in the fireplace.
You also notice that one of the walls is cracked, revealing a room behind. Perhaps if that hole was enlarged, a shortcut could be made.
>>456584
[Drama Act]
[Silly Drama Act]
[Really Silly Drama Act]
[Haunted House Seasonal props]
[Haunted House Special props]
[Clowns]
[Jugglers]
[Clown Juggles]
[Animals]
[Strongman]
[Illusions]
[Spooky Illusions]
[After Dark]
>>456587
I think he was last seen at the freak show
>>456594
Should a person your age be looking at this sort of stuff?
Do you even know where that goes?
>>456603
You smash right through, ending up in a corridor. A stairwell leads upwards to the second floor, and the corridor goes on to doors that open to other rooms.
>>456607
Seems to be notes on illusion magic, as well as tons of drawings and reference material for casting illusions of things like race tracks, jousting grounds, the high seas and many other places
Should a person your age be looking at this sort of stuff?
Do you even know where that goes?
>>456603
You smash right through, ending up in a corridor. A stairwell leads upwards to the second floor, and the corridor goes on to doors that open to other rooms.
>>456607
Seems to be notes on illusion magic, as well as tons of drawings and reference material for casting illusions of things like race tracks, jousting grounds, the high seas and many other places
>>456747
You poke your finger in all sorts of places you, as a medical professional, are familiar with.
However to any outside observer it just look like you're groping the poor thing. Very deeply.
>>456745
This is some sticky shit…
>>456750
You unstuck enjoy of yourself to feel what the doctor is doing, but not enough to do anything about it.
You poke your finger in all sorts of places you, as a medical professional, are familiar with.
However to any outside observer it just look like you're groping the poor thing. Very deeply.
>>456745
This is some sticky shit…
>>456750
You unstuck enjoy of yourself to feel what the doctor is doing, but not enough to do anything about it.
>>456762
>>456769
"Well, eh, I suppose I should thank you for your concern, doctor."
Look around awkwardly.
>>456764
"Clever pony, you!"
Rub her head.
>>456761
>>456772
"It was a Haste spell that I've been slowly reworking. Just now, I manged to move otuside of time and perform various things within not even a single planck unit! Understand what I mean? "
"Anyway, thanks, Starburst!"
Go off somewhere.
Bed time
>>456769
"Well, eh, I suppose I should thank you for your concern, doctor."
Look around awkwardly.
>>456764
"Clever pony, you!"
Rub her head.
>>456761
>>456772
"It was a Haste spell that I've been slowly reworking. Just now, I manged to move otuside of time and perform various things within not even a single planck unit! Understand what I mean? "
"Anyway, thanks, Starburst!"
Go off somewhere.
Bed time
>>456931
"I was getting ready to apprehend the Ringmaster and force him to spill all he knows. As the others distract the security forces, I and any who feel the need to assist will detain the ringmaster."
>>456934
"Just make a lot of noise, maybe knock a few things over if they don't start coming at you for just walking in."
And I'll head around the back.
"I was getting ready to apprehend the Ringmaster and force him to spill all he knows. As the others distract the security forces, I and any who feel the need to assist will detain the ringmaster."
>>456934
"Just make a lot of noise, maybe knock a few things over if they don't start coming at you for just walking in."
And I'll head around the back.
>>456944
Yes.
But I'd be more worried about the grotesque infected people shambling about trying to eat them.
>>456964
You are hidden from sight, but can easily see that all hell has broken loose in the big top.
The infected patrons are shambling around, attacking any they see.
You better get to the bottom of this. And fast.
Yes.
But I'd be more worried about the grotesque infected people shambling about trying to eat them.
>>456964
You are hidden from sight, but can easily see that all hell has broken loose in the big top.
The infected patrons are shambling around, attacking any they see.
You better get to the bottom of this. And fast.
>>457010
You kick one of the infected aside, nearly knocking it helpless
>>457012
You then finish the job with a punch, before getting out other fist stuck in one of their mouths.
>>457013
>>457014
The infected start piling on you.
>>457015
Looks like the door is your only option.
>>457018
Much better.
No infection had time to take root.
>>457019
>>457020
The infected at the door turn to leap at you rather than gnaw on the door
>>457024
And you slash one more, making it reel
One infected is helpless
5 remain
You kick one of the infected aside, nearly knocking it helpless
>>457012
You then finish the job with a punch, before getting out other fist stuck in one of their mouths.
>>457013
>>457014
The infected start piling on you.
>>457015
Looks like the door is your only option.
>>457018
Much better.
No infection had time to take root.
>>457019
>>457020
The infected at the door turn to leap at you rather than gnaw on the door
>>457024
And you slash one more, making it reel
One infected is helpless
5 remain
>>457029
You blow a hole in the head of the one Iron Dust slashed earlier. It falls over.
>>457030
You blast another through the chest, leaving it clawing at the ground helplessly
>>457031
It does exactly nothing except make the angry infected leap at you and bite down
>>457032
You send the infected reeling with a caved head
>>457039
>>457037
And the infected piling on Starburst instead pile on Iron Dust, rendering her helpless.
A few toothy maggots hatch out from one of their wounds, and starts crawling on her
>>457041
Your punch sends another one flying
>>457043
>>457046
And as the last infected claws at you two
>>457047
Kaihi's strike sends it crashing into a nearby wall.
It seems the danger is over for now, save for the maggots on Iron Dust.
>>457048
You then bash the door open, revealing the ringmaster cowering behind his table, pointing a blunderbuss at the door
You blow a hole in the head of the one Iron Dust slashed earlier. It falls over.
>>457030
You blast another through the chest, leaving it clawing at the ground helplessly
>>457031
It does exactly nothing except make the angry infected leap at you and bite down
>>457032
You send the infected reeling with a caved head
>>457039
>>457037
And the infected piling on Starburst instead pile on Iron Dust, rendering her helpless.
A few toothy maggots hatch out from one of their wounds, and starts crawling on her
>>457041
Your punch sends another one flying
>>457043
>>457046
And as the last infected claws at you two
>>457047
Kaihi's strike sends it crashing into a nearby wall.
It seems the danger is over for now, save for the maggots on Iron Dust.
>>457048
You then bash the door open, revealing the ringmaster cowering behind his table, pointing a blunderbuss at the door
>>457146
It seems the fat human from earlier is also there. And he seems infected.
She's sitting at the top of a flagpole, trying to stay out of their way.
>>457154
>>457151
>>457148
>>457147
He looks at one of his old posters
"Somnambula is alive?
Well I'll be…"
He then grabs his gun again
"Very well then. If it helps save my carnival, then I'm with you!"
It seems the fat human from earlier is also there. And he seems infected.
She's sitting at the top of a flagpole, trying to stay out of their way.
>>457154
>>457151
>>457148
>>457147
He looks at one of his old posters
"Somnambula is alive?
Well I'll be…"
He then grabs his gun again
"Very well then. If it helps save my carnival, then I'm with you!"
>>457173
You send him tumbling off the stage. The other capra looks down from her pole, but doesn't dare jump down.
>>457176
>>457175
>>457174
>>457166
>>457165
You break out via the back and head towards the haunted house.
Food court or animal pens and freak show?
"Maybe I should have been a bit more nosy with my employees."
You send him tumbling off the stage. The other capra looks down from her pole, but doesn't dare jump down.
>>457176
>>457175
>>457174
>>457166
>>457165
You break out via the back and head towards the haunted house.
Food court or animal pens and freak show?
"Maybe I should have been a bit more nosy with my employees."
>>457200
"What the hell is even going o-LOOK OUT!"
Another infected clambers to the stage
>>457193
"Chaos isn't evil! It's supposed to represent the carefree nature and nonsensical fun one can have here!"
>>457183
>>457182
The food court is indeed crawling with infected. And maggots.
…and most worryingly, big, toothy flies.
"What the hell is even going o-LOOK OUT!"
Another infected clambers to the stage
>>457193
"Chaos isn't evil! It's supposed to represent the carefree nature and nonsensical fun one can have here!"
>>457183
>>457182
The food court is indeed crawling with infected. And maggots.
…and most worryingly, big, toothy flies.
>>457222
You crack its head open and it falls off the stage
"Where would we even… oh sod it!"
She slides down the pole and takes up a fighting stance next to you
"Lead on!"
>>457228
They seem to be attacking anything meaty.
>>457224
Like this guy's foot.
Which gets stuck int he mouth of an infected, who starts chewing on it
>>457232
They burn to a crisp easily. Seems the goo they and the maggots leak is somewhat flammable.
You crack its head open and it falls off the stage
"Where would we even… oh sod it!"
She slides down the pole and takes up a fighting stance next to you
"Lead on!"
>>457228
They seem to be attacking anything meaty.
>>457224
Like this guy's foot.
Which gets stuck int he mouth of an infected, who starts chewing on it
>>457232
They burn to a crisp easily. Seems the goo they and the maggots leak is somewhat flammable.
>>457241
"Do I look like I'm some kind of zombie overlord?"
>>457245
Your spin the monster latched onto your foot around, using it to smash aside several others, clearing a route through the food court.
>>457248
Maybe they came from some pony's butt.
You should probably inspect them all to be sure.
>>457250
He looks fine, and the path is open for now
>>457254
You knock one of them into a stall, sending a vat of meat sauce flying. It attracts several of the others, leaving the road clear.
>>457244
You can reunite with the others or go snoop around back there with the ringmaster gone.
"Do I look like I'm some kind of zombie overlord?"
>>457245
Your spin the monster latched onto your foot around, using it to smash aside several others, clearing a route through the food court.
>>457248
Maybe they came from some pony's butt.
You should probably inspect them all to be sure.
>>457250
He looks fine, and the path is open for now
>>457254
You knock one of them into a stall, sending a vat of meat sauce flying. It attracts several of the others, leaving the road clear.
>>457244
You can reunite with the others or go snoop around back there with the ringmaster gone.
>>457267
You disembowel one of the feeding infected
>>457274
>>457273
>>457268
>>457269
>>457263
The Ringmaster pulls out a set of keys and unlocks the Haunted House
"To be honest even I don't know all the places here. I'm not the one who puts it together."
You can hear heavy footsteps from the bottom of the hill atop which the haunter house sits…
>>457276
As you hurry to the haunted house, she whispers to you
"You're really brave…"
You disembowel one of the feeding infected
>>457274
>>457273
>>457268
>>457269
>>457263
The Ringmaster pulls out a set of keys and unlocks the Haunted House
"To be honest even I don't know all the places here. I'm not the one who puts it together."
You can hear heavy footsteps from the bottom of the hill atop which the haunter house sits…
>>457276
As you hurry to the haunted house, she whispers to you
"You're really brave…"
>>457382
>>457387
>>457371
You head outside, and see the strongman, his eyes wild and drool flowing from his mouth, shambling up towards the haunted house.
>>457383
>>457379
>>457377
>>457375
>>457374
>>457372
>>457368
You start looking through the kitchen.
A lot of the "prop" corpses and meat here are very real indeed.
And it seems there is a room under the kitchen, from the sound of the floor.
>>457387
>>457371
You head outside, and see the strongman, his eyes wild and drool flowing from his mouth, shambling up towards the haunted house.
>>457383
>>457379
>>457377
>>457375
>>457374
>>457372
>>457368
You start looking through the kitchen.
A lot of the "prop" corpses and meat here are very real indeed.
And it seems there is a room under the kitchen, from the sound of the floor.
>>457439
>>457432
You pop the grill off.
It's damn dark down there…
>>457444
Tons of maggot drool, some old cloth, flour…
>>457436
I can't… control myself!
>>457434
You leap in and strike his leg, making him lose balance
>>457440
Followed by Red striking him in the chin, loosening some teeth.
But remarkably, the huge thing takes it and remains standing
>>457432
You pop the grill off.
It's damn dark down there…
>>457444
Tons of maggot drool, some old cloth, flour…
>>457436
I can't… control myself!
>>457434
You leap in and strike his leg, making him lose balance
>>457440
Followed by Red striking him in the chin, loosening some teeth.
But remarkably, the huge thing takes it and remains standing
>>457484
The flailing strongman punches you in the head, almost breaking your skull with his massive fist.
>>457479
>>457480
The first few shamble up the hill at you
>>457485
>>457478
You burn and wash the slide, clearing it of maggots.
>>457486
You then hop in, and after a bumpy ride, slam into a pile of meat in varying stages of decomposition.
The flailing strongman punches you in the head, almost breaking your skull with his massive fist.
>>457479
>>457480
The first few shamble up the hill at you
>>457485
>>457478
You burn and wash the slide, clearing it of maggots.
>>457486
You then hop in, and after a bumpy ride, slam into a pile of meat in varying stages of decomposition.
>>457490
You can see cocoons lining the walls and maggots writhing on the floor.
Deeper in, you see a faintly lit room. And writhing shadows.
>>457492
>>457495
>>457494
>>457497
You land in the same meat pile.
>>457489
You also catch a flailing arm to the back
>>457493
Meanwhile, you charge the horde, kicking one infected back into another, and following up with a palm strike that sends them both flying back.
>>457496
Your dagger lodges right in his infected shoulder, searing through the pestilent flesh until the shoulder is almost burnt bare.
The strongman gurgles, then lies down and breathes calmly.
…you may have cured him. At least to some extent.
You can see cocoons lining the walls and maggots writhing on the floor.
Deeper in, you see a faintly lit room. And writhing shadows.
>>457492
>>457495
>>457494
>>457497
You land in the same meat pile.
>>457489
You also catch a flailing arm to the back
>>457493
Meanwhile, you charge the horde, kicking one infected back into another, and following up with a palm strike that sends them both flying back.
>>457496
Your dagger lodges right in his infected shoulder, searing through the pestilent flesh until the shoulder is almost burnt bare.
The strongman gurgles, then lies down and breathes calmly.
…you may have cured him. At least to some extent.
>>457499
>>457502
Your spin kick dislodges three jaws and sends the infected spiraling though the air, spewing goo and maggots as they fly
>>457506
Sadly, not all of them are as easy, as you soon find both your hands stuck in slack-jawed mouths
>>457505
It feels like your head exploded.
But in reality you just fell helplessly on your face.
>>457500
The darkness allows for easy hiding.
>>457503
This is some sort of basement. Meat piles here and there, and a faint light coming from the room further down.
>>457515
>>457510
>>457509
>>457507
As you near it, you can hear wet squirming and sharp laughter
>>457502
Your spin kick dislodges three jaws and sends the infected spiraling though the air, spewing goo and maggots as they fly
>>457506
Sadly, not all of them are as easy, as you soon find both your hands stuck in slack-jawed mouths
>>457505
It feels like your head exploded.
But in reality you just fell helplessly on your face.
>>457500
The darkness allows for easy hiding.
>>457503
This is some sort of basement. Meat piles here and there, and a faint light coming from the room further down.
>>457515
>>457510
>>457509
>>457507
As you near it, you can hear wet squirming and sharp laughter
>>457522
You can't quite seem to muster up the power
>>457521
>>457519
Your combined assault sends the two infected flying, freeing Red's hands
>>457520
>>457527
>>457525
Inside is a lot more meat piles. And among them, a truly grotesque sight. One of the entertainers, the lightly dressed Festive, giggling as he pets a huge, pulsating, sharp toothed maggot with malformed, twitching legs.
"Yesssss my sweet… heheee…. soon our children will burst forth… and spread out glorious plague of love! HAAAAAaaaa~"
>>457524
You lean in too far and fall over on the slippery floor.
Soon you realize your neck is pinned between large scissors. Being held by Somber
"And what have we here?"
You can't quite seem to muster up the power
>>457521
>>457519
Your combined assault sends the two infected flying, freeing Red's hands
>>457520
>>457527
>>457525
Inside is a lot more meat piles. And among them, a truly grotesque sight. One of the entertainers, the lightly dressed Festive, giggling as he pets a huge, pulsating, sharp toothed maggot with malformed, twitching legs.
"Yesssss my sweet… heheee…. soon our children will burst forth… and spread out glorious plague of love! HAAAAAaaaa~"
>>457524
You lean in too far and fall over on the slippery floor.
Soon you realize your neck is pinned between large scissors. Being held by Somber
"And what have we here?"
>>457530
>>457534
It seems there are still several dozen left.
And after you both leap in and kick eachother in the face, sending both of you helpless, it seems fighting them off is a lost cause.
>>457532
"Somehow that doesn't seem like much of a-URK"
>>457531
You jam your blade through the back of his head, dropping him like a sack of leftovers.
Festive just laughs
"Oh dear brother, you always were one to never look behind yourself. HAAAaaa"
>>457535
"No deal big hat. Soon enough the next batch will hatch, and our beautiful children will at long last take their place among the rulers of this world!
I really must thank this one-"
He pulls up a gnawed up corpse from a nearby meat pile
"-his book from Madame Rotunda was most educational! A little hard to read, but MOST EDUCATIONAL! So it took a few tries to get the Brain Plague right. Big deal. Now, at last, my work comes to its true completion!"
>>457536
You've seen worse.
>>457537
But you sure haven't.
>>457539
And your head is killing you
>>457534
It seems there are still several dozen left.
And after you both leap in and kick eachother in the face, sending both of you helpless, it seems fighting them off is a lost cause.
>>457532
"Somehow that doesn't seem like much of a-URK"
>>457531
You jam your blade through the back of his head, dropping him like a sack of leftovers.
Festive just laughs
"Oh dear brother, you always were one to never look behind yourself. HAAAaaa"
>>457535
"No deal big hat. Soon enough the next batch will hatch, and our beautiful children will at long last take their place among the rulers of this world!
I really must thank this one-"
He pulls up a gnawed up corpse from a nearby meat pile
"-his book from Madame Rotunda was most educational! A little hard to read, but MOST EDUCATIONAL! So it took a few tries to get the Brain Plague right. Big deal. Now, at last, my work comes to its true completion!"
>>457536
You've seen worse.
>>457537
But you sure haven't.
>>457539
And your head is killing you
>>457541
>>457542
>>457543
Like some flashy team from a cheesy cartoon, you leap up at the break of your darkest hour, Red breaking the head of an approaching infected as he does so, standing together, ready to fight the impossible.
>>457544
It just kinda slaps against it's massive fleshy body and plops down.
>>457545
This whole place is soaked with various indescribable liquids. Nothing here will burn.
>>457549
You drain the remaining life from Somber, leaving him on the floor as Festive keeps laughing
>>457548
However his laughter stops short as your bolt rips a chunk from his maggot.
"MY QUEEN! NO!"
He then turns to look at you
"YOU HURT MY QUEEN!"
>>457542
>>457543
Like some flashy team from a cheesy cartoon, you leap up at the break of your darkest hour, Red breaking the head of an approaching infected as he does so, standing together, ready to fight the impossible.
>>457544
It just kinda slaps against it's massive fleshy body and plops down.
>>457545
This whole place is soaked with various indescribable liquids. Nothing here will burn.
>>457549
You drain the remaining life from Somber, leaving him on the floor as Festive keeps laughing
>>457548
However his laughter stops short as your bolt rips a chunk from his maggot.
"MY QUEEN! NO!"
He then turns to look at you
"YOU HURT MY QUEEN!"
>>457554
>>457553
You dislodge the queen from the wall it's stuck to, making it fall on the meat pile and start squirming.
>>457556
>>457557
>>457558
Screaming with incoherent rage, Festive grabs Somber's dropped scissors and starts swinging at you, leaving nasty damage on all three.
>>457559
The queen then hocks up a glob of acidic goo that lands on you.
Festive starts hastily caressing the queen, trying to keep it alive as it bleeds out on the meat.
>>457553
You dislodge the queen from the wall it's stuck to, making it fall on the meat pile and start squirming.
>>457556
>>457557
>>457558
Screaming with incoherent rage, Festive grabs Somber's dropped scissors and starts swinging at you, leaving nasty damage on all three.
>>457559
The queen then hocks up a glob of acidic goo that lands on you.
Festive starts hastily caressing the queen, trying to keep it alive as it bleeds out on the meat.
>>457566
Did I mention I hate doing combat?
This is one of the reasons why.
You gouge out another big chunk of queen, making it fall silent.
>>457562
And you drain the life from Festive, leaving him a withered husk.
…that pulsates violently
It then bursts apart in a shower of gore, extending gruesome limbs of writhing meat from inside the rotting husk, its face twisting into a mocking grin, maggots crawling down its exposed guts, and mature flies bursting out from the cysts that are revealed from beneath his torn clothing.
…this must be their… child.
>>457568
>>457567
>>457565
>>457564
The sheer force of this event throws you back against the wall as the beast stumbles around, trying to understand the situation.
Did I mention I hate doing combat?
This is one of the reasons why.
You gouge out another big chunk of queen, making it fall silent.
>>457562
And you drain the life from Festive, leaving him a withered husk.
…that pulsates violently
It then bursts apart in a shower of gore, extending gruesome limbs of writhing meat from inside the rotting husk, its face twisting into a mocking grin, maggots crawling down its exposed guts, and mature flies bursting out from the cysts that are revealed from beneath his torn clothing.
…this must be their… child.
>>457568
>>457567
>>457565
>>457564
The sheer force of this event throws you back against the wall as the beast stumbles around, trying to understand the situation.
>>457577
You probably do. It was pretty loud. Even if you are a floor above them and outdoors, fighting zombies.
>>457580
>>457575
Iron Dust looks a lot more sturdy now
>>457578
Your shot pings off its hard bone
>>457579
But yours buries itself in its rotting guts, splitting them and making maggot goo flow out
>>457576
You latch onto it, stabbing wildly, drawing some horrid, stinking blood.
The Ringmaster looks around in terror and runs off to find some way out of here.
You probably do. It was pretty loud. Even if you are a floor above them and outdoors, fighting zombies.
>>457580
>>457575
Iron Dust looks a lot more sturdy now
>>457578
Your shot pings off its hard bone
>>457579
But yours buries itself in its rotting guts, splitting them and making maggot goo flow out
>>457576
You latch onto it, stabbing wildly, drawing some horrid, stinking blood.
The Ringmaster looks around in terror and runs off to find some way out of here.
>>457582
You keep hanging on, stabbing it, prompting it to stumble around and lash out wildly.
>>457585
Your shield cracks one of its many sharp limbs
>>457586
But another stabs you in the gut.
>>457592
>>457588
>>457589
And your shots make it stumble and fall on the floor on its belly, forcing it to skitter around like a big bug
>>457583
I just told you you could go if you wanted to.
But you still drop kick a zombie back down the hill, watching it bowl several others over
You keep hanging on, stabbing it, prompting it to stumble around and lash out wildly.
>>457585
Your shield cracks one of its many sharp limbs
>>457586
But another stabs you in the gut.
>>457592
>>457588
>>457589
And your shots make it stumble and fall on the floor on its belly, forcing it to skitter around like a big bug
>>457583
I just told you you could go if you wanted to.
But you still drop kick a zombie back down the hill, watching it bowl several others over
>>457596
As you wish.
>>457598
Your limb kicks you.
You then stab the skittering bug thing
>>457602
>>457601
And you stab through its abdomen, stopping it temporarily
>>457603
>>457604
You atrophy one of its limbs entirely, making a chunk of it fall off.
>>457599
And you stab down, cracking it's back.
>>457600
It then leaps up violently, its belly bursting open, releasing '3d4' giant flies as the beast itself flails around
Roll #1 3, 3, 2 = 8
As you wish.
>>457598
Your limb kicks you.
You then stab the skittering bug thing
>>457602
>>457601
And you stab through its abdomen, stopping it temporarily
>>457603
>>457604
You atrophy one of its limbs entirely, making a chunk of it fall off.
>>457599
And you stab down, cracking it's back.
>>457600
It then leaps up violently, its belly bursting open, releasing '3d4' giant flies as the beast itself flails around
Roll #1 3, 3, 2 = 8
>>457606
The flies swarm all around you, making your shield fairly useless.
They also bite a lot.
>>457608
You slash one in half, but another gets in your ear.
>>457611
One flies inside your pants leg, and another bites you on the nose, making you slip on the gore and fall on the floor.
>>457610
They swarm you, gnawing and biting
>>457609
Slippery fucks just won't stay still!
>>457607
One bits you on your trigger finger and another slams into your eye, making you fall over
7 flies remain
Danner is helpless
Coltstein is helpless
The flies swarm all around you, making your shield fairly useless.
They also bite a lot.
>>457608
You slash one in half, but another gets in your ear.
>>457611
One flies inside your pants leg, and another bites you on the nose, making you slip on the gore and fall on the floor.
>>457610
They swarm you, gnawing and biting
>>457609
Slippery fucks just won't stay still!
>>457607
One bits you on your trigger finger and another slams into your eye, making you fall over
7 flies remain
Danner is helpless
Coltstein is helpless
>>457619
You punch yourself in the ear, only mashing it deeper in there. It then bites your ear drum, making you fall helpless from the pain.
>>457620
>>457621
>>457622
Danner grabs the fly out of his pants and crushes it, then gets up.
>>457624
And Frost blasts not one but two out of the air
>>457623
while Iron Dust slips on whatever liquids someone got on the floor and knocks herself out on the floor.
>>457625
And Coltstein shoots one more fly away.
Two flies remain
Tityroi is helpless and has a fly in his ear
Iron Dust is helpless
You punch yourself in the ear, only mashing it deeper in there. It then bites your ear drum, making you fall helpless from the pain.
>>457620
>>457621
>>457622
Danner grabs the fly out of his pants and crushes it, then gets up.
>>457624
And Frost blasts not one but two out of the air
>>457623
while Iron Dust slips on whatever liquids someone got on the floor and knocks herself out on the floor.
>>457625
And Coltstein shoots one more fly away.
Two flies remain
Tityroi is helpless and has a fly in his ear
Iron Dust is helpless
>>457628
>>457632
Tityroi gets up and the fly in his ear is promptly killed.
>>457633
Denner then shoots the last fly down.
>>457629
>>457627
>>457630
And Dust gets up.
The bug beast finishes eating the meat it was focused on, shrieks and gets up.
Though it's a sad sight now. One limb cracked, another missing entirely, guts blown out and hanging in torn shreds, a chunk of its side rotten away and a its back slashed to a gory mess.
It heaves a few times and deploys a stinger from its mouth, then leaps in for a charge.
Roll to dodge. Lowest failure gets hit.
>>457632
Tityroi gets up and the fly in his ear is promptly killed.
>>457633
Denner then shoots the last fly down.
>>457629
>>457627
>>457630
And Dust gets up.
The bug beast finishes eating the meat it was focused on, shrieks and gets up.
Though it's a sad sight now. One limb cracked, another missing entirely, guts blown out and hanging in torn shreds, a chunk of its side rotten away and a its back slashed to a gory mess.
It heaves a few times and deploys a stinger from its mouth, then leaps in for a charge.
Roll to dodge. Lowest failure gets hit.
>>457658
>>457657
>>457654
>>457653
>>457652
Your combined assault manages to break the stinger and parts of the beast's head, forcing it to stumble back as it unfolds the rest of its limbs and prepares to make a last stand.
>>457659
>>457656
It seems the good inquisitor could use a little more aid than that.
>>457657
>>457654
>>457653
>>457652
Your combined assault manages to break the stinger and parts of the beast's head, forcing it to stumble back as it unfolds the rest of its limbs and prepares to make a last stand.
>>457659
>>457656
It seems the good inquisitor could use a little more aid than that.
>>457663
Danner is healed
>>457662
>>457670
And though the beast slashes a few of you aside
>>457669
>>457668
>>457666
>>457665
The rest of you manage to bring it down
>>457664
With Coltstein administering the killing blow by draining the remaining beast into nothing but a shriveled husk.
…that pulsates for a moment
Then, in a spray of confetti, Festive and Somber pop out!
"TADAA!"
"Thank you! Thank you!"
Danner is healed
>>457662
>>457670
And though the beast slashes a few of you aside
>>457669
>>457668
>>457666
>>457665
The rest of you manage to bring it down
>>457664
With Coltstein administering the killing blow by draining the remaining beast into nothing but a shriveled husk.
…that pulsates for a moment
Then, in a spray of confetti, Festive and Somber pop out!
"TADAA!"
"Thank you! Thank you!"
>>457735
>>457730
"Cure? HA! HAAAHAHAHAH!
What makes you think you can CURE them?"
>>457731
"Why, completing my studies of course! For I was once a student to the great Rotunda, a magnificent witch, from who I learned many a trick. And though I only found employment with a minuscule fragment of my repertoire, I long harbored a dream of at last perfecting the spell that longest eluded me - the magnificent mind plague!"
>>457730
"Cure? HA! HAAAHAHAHAH!
What makes you think you can CURE them?"
>>457731
"Why, completing my studies of course! For I was once a student to the great Rotunda, a magnificent witch, from who I learned many a trick. And though I only found employment with a minuscule fragment of my repertoire, I long harbored a dream of at last perfecting the spell that longest eluded me - the magnificent mind plague!"
>>457745
"Oh what of her? She's an old waste of talent too scared to even drain life any more, lest someone hang her for it. Her fear of death disgusts me."
>>457752
"Of course you don't, beast! You are beneath even the maggots that spread my gift to the world! What would you know of the glory of creating things?"
>>457749
He is visibly shocked
"You WHAT!?
BUT THE BOOK INSISTED ONLY I COULD EVER-"
>>457751
"-I… have no idea what you mean. At all. No way."
"Oh what of her? She's an old waste of talent too scared to even drain life any more, lest someone hang her for it. Her fear of death disgusts me."
>>457752
"Of course you don't, beast! You are beneath even the maggots that spread my gift to the world! What would you know of the glory of creating things?"
>>457749
He is visibly shocked
"You WHAT!?
BUT THE BOOK INSISTED ONLY I COULD EVER-"
>>457751
"-I… have no idea what you mean. At all. No way."
>>457766
"Oh please. She would not be caught dead looking as old as she is if she was like she used to be. Ambitious. Greedy. Beautiful."
>>457770
"What is a leg to one whose mind already is spreading through every bite my children bestow upon those trapped here? This body is useless and frail. It is meat without value, beyond a chance to mock you!"
>>457775
"Pf. Typical. Burning perfectly good knowledge just because you disagree with it. Your kind is the reason we are stuck in these dark, backwards ages!"
>>457767
"As if there was any other fate awaiting me."
>>457779
"What matters to you, is that soon my children will-"
A few blasts are heard outside, and then the Ringmaster drops in, soaked in blood and maggot goo, holding a glimmering pendant
The eyes of the magician widen
"WHERE DID YOU GET THAT!? GIVE IT BACK!"
"Oh please. She would not be caught dead looking as old as she is if she was like she used to be. Ambitious. Greedy. Beautiful."
>>457770
"What is a leg to one whose mind already is spreading through every bite my children bestow upon those trapped here? This body is useless and frail. It is meat without value, beyond a chance to mock you!"
>>457775
"Pf. Typical. Burning perfectly good knowledge just because you disagree with it. Your kind is the reason we are stuck in these dark, backwards ages!"
>>457767
"As if there was any other fate awaiting me."
>>457779
"What matters to you, is that soon my children will-"
A few blasts are heard outside, and then the Ringmaster drops in, soaked in blood and maggot goo, holding a glimmering pendant
The eyes of the magician widen
"WHERE DID YOU GET THAT!? GIVE IT BACK!"
>>457787
He's a skinny fellow, so you just kinda pull the whole partly rotten thing off.
>>457785
>>457789
The Ringmaster grins
"Indeed, Magician. Why not tell us what this is?"
"IT'S MINE IS WHAT IT IS! GIVE IT BACK!"
"No, I think I'd rather not"
"GIVE IT BACK! RIGHT NOW!"
The ringmaster tosses it in the air calmly and catches it again
"STOP THAT! YOU'LL BREAK IT!"
"And if I do?"
"YOU'LL RUIN THE WARD! AND I'LL-"
"Yeeeeees?"
"GIVE! IT! BACK!"
He's a skinny fellow, so you just kinda pull the whole partly rotten thing off.
>>457785
>>457789
The Ringmaster grins
"Indeed, Magician. Why not tell us what this is?"
"IT'S MINE IS WHAT IT IS! GIVE IT BACK!"
"No, I think I'd rather not"
"GIVE IT BACK! RIGHT NOW!"
The ringmaster tosses it in the air calmly and catches it again
"STOP THAT! YOU'LL BREAK IT!"
"And if I do?"
"YOU'LL RUIN THE WARD! AND I'LL-"
"Yeeeeees?"
"GIVE! IT! BACK!"
>>457858
You fake a punch
>>457862
But Danner goes for the real deal.
The Magician stands still for a while, looking around.
He then starts frantically clawing at his arm, as maggots pop out of the meat piles and start nibbling him
"AH!
NO! NO!
GIVE ME THE BOOK! THE BOOK!"
He points at the book he dropped earlier
You fake a punch
>>457862
But Danner goes for the real deal.
The Magician stands still for a while, looking around.
He then starts frantically clawing at his arm, as maggots pop out of the meat piles and start nibbling him
"AH!
NO! NO!
GIVE ME THE BOOK! THE BOOK!"
He points at the book he dropped earlier
>>457917
I'll nod slightly.
"It look like it worked, but then again it ended up burning away the infected flesh nearly to the bone. Not something your average villager could endure."
I'll be silent a moment.
"And such evil is not exclusively in the hearts of man. Thinking such blinds you to any source of it coming from elsewhere. Leaves you vulnerable."
I'll nod slightly.
"It look like it worked, but then again it ended up burning away the infected flesh nearly to the bone. Not something your average villager could endure."
I'll be silent a moment.
"And such evil is not exclusively in the hearts of man. Thinking such blinds you to any source of it coming from elsewhere. Leaves you vulnerable."
>>458170
She shyly waves at you from the sidelines
>>458169
It seems to be broken in several points.
Snapped in half broken.
>>458171
"Perhaps I could offer one last act of good will then. Give me the book, and I can help you find the witch who first made it."
>>458168
"Rotunda… yes… I could see how she fits this picture.
A powerful witch that one. Mother of many a foul brew. And if rumors are true, mother of many a foul children as well."
She shyly waves at you from the sidelines
>>458169
It seems to be broken in several points.
Snapped in half broken.
>>458171
"Perhaps I could offer one last act of good will then. Give me the book, and I can help you find the witch who first made it."
>>458168
"Rotunda… yes… I could see how she fits this picture.
A powerful witch that one. Mother of many a foul brew. And if rumors are true, mother of many a foul children as well."
>>458179
I look it over.
"These bones need to be set in place as soon as possible to prevent further damage.
We might be able to do that here. But even if we succeed you will need a long time to recover, mister."
>>458176
"I'd prefer my Doctor's Bag, but if you find some bandages and planks to keep the leg in place as it recovers, that would be great."
>>458172
"Hello, young one."
I look it over.
"These bones need to be set in place as soon as possible to prevent further damage.
We might be able to do that here. But even if we succeed you will need a long time to recover, mister."
>>458176
"I'd prefer my Doctor's Bag, but if you find some bandages and planks to keep the leg in place as it recovers, that would be great."
>>458172
"Hello, young one."
>>458182
"Reading it should yield clues to the whereabouts of Rotunda.
And who knows. She may have left some recipes for nice tea in there."
>>458180
>>458185
Let's see… pop that in there… a cut here… a screw there… brace here… bandage here… aaaand
THERE!
HA!
A few months and it should be decent again!
>>458183
"Relieved. Terrified. Amazed.
…excited…
You really are… quite something, aren't you? Coming back for me like that… fighting them off… keeping me safe…"
"Reading it should yield clues to the whereabouts of Rotunda.
And who knows. She may have left some recipes for nice tea in there."
>>458180
>>458185
Let's see… pop that in there… a cut here… a screw there… brace here… bandage here… aaaand
THERE!
HA!
A few months and it should be decent again!
>>458183
"Relieved. Terrified. Amazed.
…excited…
You really are… quite something, aren't you? Coming back for me like that… fighting them off… keeping me safe…"
>>458194
"Emirice.
…you don't actually want those hundred crowns do you?"
She puts her arms around you
"I could give you something a bit more… personal as thanks"
>>458195
"Then I suppose you can learn to read Witchspeak on your own. Or maybe in another few hundred years you'll find another witch who is willing to help you."
>>458197
At best, they're kinda old and messy.
"Emirice.
…you don't actually want those hundred crowns do you?"
She puts her arms around you
"I could give you something a bit more… personal as thanks"
>>458195
"Then I suppose you can learn to read Witchspeak on your own. Or maybe in another few hundred years you'll find another witch who is willing to help you."
>>458197
At best, they're kinda old and messy.
>>458199
>>458206
I thought that was aimed at Danner, not me.
>>458207
Luckily, even the most gruesome cases seem fixable. With you on the job, there will be no further deaths around here, you magnificent beacon of medical might.
>>458211
"You do that, dear."
>>458209
She gently pulls down your ear and whispers into it
"Maybe I could put aside the whole… chaste thing.. just this one, for you?"
Her other hand grabs your butt
>>458214
Looks like Frost is kinda sealing your thunder here.
>>458206
I thought that was aimed at Danner, not me.
>>458207
Luckily, even the most gruesome cases seem fixable. With you on the job, there will be no further deaths around here, you magnificent beacon of medical might.
>>458211
"You do that, dear."
>>458209
She gently pulls down your ear and whispers into it
"Maybe I could put aside the whole… chaste thing.. just this one, for you?"
Her other hand grabs your butt
>>458214
Looks like Frost is kinda sealing your thunder here.
>>458224
"That should help hire a new magician act.
…and some new jesters.
…and clowns…
…and animals…"
He looks a bit down
>>458225
"Possibly.
Witches often write their magic in a special language understood by few, for safety reasons. It is taught to apprentices, but not to outsiders.
Many times their writings contain information about the writer. Such is the nature of the language."
>>458227
>>458228
"I have a dressing room out back at the rest area if you want~"
"That should help hire a new magician act.
…and some new jesters.
…and clowns…
…and animals…"
He looks a bit down
>>458225
"Possibly.
Witches often write their magic in a special language understood by few, for safety reasons. It is taught to apprentices, but not to outsiders.
Many times their writings contain information about the writer. Such is the nature of the language."
>>458227
>>458228
"I have a dressing room out back at the rest area if you want~"
>>458233
She gives your butt a playful squeeze and heads to the area behind the stages in the Freak Show, unlocking her dressing room/shack
"And… don't tell about this to anyone, ok?"
>>458238
They all seem very thankful for your earlier aid
>>458240
"Most, yeah. Knew Festive and Somber for years. They were great guys. Never let their disabilities get them down. Always really professional…"
She gives your butt a playful squeeze and heads to the area behind the stages in the Freak Show, unlocking her dressing room/shack
"And… don't tell about this to anyone, ok?"
>>458238
They all seem very thankful for your earlier aid
>>458240
"Most, yeah. Knew Festive and Somber for years. They were great guys. Never let their disabilities get them down. Always really professional…"
>>458243
Roll to not flash back to the maggot-meat-filled kitchen at the haunted house.
>>458244
Try the food court, or Somnambula's cart.
>>458245
"I'd rather not, really. This frail form is not for adventuring.
…unless…"
>>458246
"Maybe I could. I certainly don't need the old name haunting me."
>>458247
It's one room, with stuff everywhere, from clothing to food scraps, to a hammock and some pouches of money and a few items of jewelry
"I just… never found anyone I'd want to get it on with. I always got called a freak for it, so… I joined a freak show."
She tosses her vest aside
Roll to not flash back to the maggot-meat-filled kitchen at the haunted house.
>>458244
Try the food court, or Somnambula's cart.
>>458245
"I'd rather not, really. This frail form is not for adventuring.
…unless…"
>>458246
"Maybe I could. I certainly don't need the old name haunting me."
>>458247
It's one room, with stuff everywhere, from clothing to food scraps, to a hammock and some pouches of money and a few items of jewelry
"I just… never found anyone I'd want to get it on with. I always got called a freak for it, so… I joined a freak show."
She tosses her vest aside
>>458250
Yep.
The food court might still be open.
>>458251
A lot of them seem to have died in the madness…
>>458252
"Thank you. For an inquisitor, you have a good heart.
Please. Take this."
He tosses you a key
"It opens the magician's dressing room, if you want to look in there."
>>458254
"That is what I thought.
Just because I no longer do it, doesn't mean I can't. And my younger self might actually be of some aid to you."
>>458256
The food sellers look shaken up, but alive
"Still got an appetite, sir?"
Yep.
The food court might still be open.
>>458251
A lot of them seem to have died in the madness…
>>458252
"Thank you. For an inquisitor, you have a good heart.
Please. Take this."
He tosses you a key
"It opens the magician's dressing room, if you want to look in there."
>>458254
"That is what I thought.
Just because I no longer do it, doesn't mean I can't. And my younger self might actually be of some aid to you."
>>458256
The food sellers look shaken up, but alive
"Still got an appetite, sir?"
>>458248
"Well, I suppose all the hair everywhere can be a turnoff sometimes."
I take my off and hang it on the doorknob.
"Do you want it to feel this impersonal? No romancing at all? I could try whipping up something only two capra can enjoy out of scraps and cans while you look for a saucy showgirl outfit."
"Well, I suppose all the hair everywhere can be a turnoff sometimes."
I take my off and hang it on the doorknob.
"Do you want it to feel this impersonal? No romancing at all? I could try whipping up something only two capra can enjoy out of scraps and cans while you look for a saucy showgirl outfit."
>>458258
"Certainly sir. Hot or cold?"
>>458259
Deep fried meats
Sandwiches full of cheese and ham
Deep fried corn wrapped meat-like foods
Deep fried cheese wrapped in ham-like meat
Cotton candy
>>458261
She laughs a bit, then goes dig in her clothes pile, butt in the air
"For you… I'll be as romantic as I can."
>>458263
It smells of the same chemicals and herbs as his plague ward did. There are some posters on the walls, and a few trunks here and there, as well as a bed and a table full of books.
>>458262
"Well… it beats prison."
"Certainly sir. Hot or cold?"
>>458259
Deep fried meats
Sandwiches full of cheese and ham
Deep fried corn wrapped meat-like foods
Deep fried cheese wrapped in ham-like meat
Cotton candy
>>458261
She laughs a bit, then goes dig in her clothes pile, butt in the air
"For you… I'll be as romantic as I can."
>>458263
It smells of the same chemicals and herbs as his plague ward did. There are some posters on the walls, and a few trunks here and there, as well as a bed and a table full of books.
>>458262
"Well… it beats prison."
>>458273
"Honestly? Not without a great deal of convincing. Even more so for his superior. But a small chance is better than no chance at all, I'd think. After all, sometimes that small chance can become the way out, as it did when we assumed that the one inflicting the plague magic knew a cure."
"Honestly? Not without a great deal of convincing. Even more so for his superior. But a small chance is better than no chance at all, I'd think. After all, sometimes that small chance can become the way out, as it did when we assumed that the one inflicting the plague magic knew a cure."
>>458272
You can order now
>>458274
"Big pony then."
he adds a little more cotton candy up top
>>458277
The goat of the chimera gives you a flat look, while the lion chews on a leg of… something.
>>458275
Various outfits for his shows.
…and… odd robes. Surely not show robes. More like cultist wear.
The trunk they are in seems to be too small on the inside too. As if it had a very thick bottom.
>>458278
"Would you convince him for me?"
>>458280
You go into such an artistic fervor with your… cooking you knock your vest off the door, making it, and the pocket full of stolen money, land on her head
"…ow."
You can order now
>>458274
"Big pony then."
he adds a little more cotton candy up top
>>458277
The goat of the chimera gives you a flat look, while the lion chews on a leg of… something.
>>458275
Various outfits for his shows.
…and… odd robes. Surely not show robes. More like cultist wear.
The trunk they are in seems to be too small on the inside too. As if it had a very thick bottom.
>>458278
"Would you convince him for me?"
>>458280
You go into such an artistic fervor with your… cooking you knock your vest off the door, making it, and the pocket full of stolen money, land on her head
"…ow."
>>458285
"That's one heavy vest… What do you carry in there? A brick?
…it's ok to kiss me for real too you know."
>>458287
Not on the outside at least.
>>458288
"Here you go."
He pours the rest of the pot for you
>>458292
The goat gives a pleased bleat and the lion purrs a bit.
>>458291
"The least you could do is try. After all, I'm being awfully nice here, not draining you into an old man and running off."
"That's one heavy vest… What do you carry in there? A brick?
…it's ok to kiss me for real too you know."
>>458287
Not on the outside at least.
>>458288
"Here you go."
He pours the rest of the pot for you
>>458292
The goat gives a pleased bleat and the lion purrs a bit.
>>458291
"The least you could do is try. After all, I'm being awfully nice here, not draining you into an old man and running off."
>>458298
There it is.
Under the false bottom are all sorts of nonstandard catalysts, wards, talismans, and scrolls.
>>458299
She tastes sweet and soft.
"Would you prefer frills, or?"
She pulls out a dancing girl's outfit
"-something like this"
…and something that looks like a few leather straps that may or may not cover parts of her up if worn.
There it is.
Under the false bottom are all sorts of nonstandard catalysts, wards, talismans, and scrolls.
>>458299
She tastes sweet and soft.
"Would you prefer frills, or?"
She pulls out a dancing girl's outfit
"-something like this"
…and something that looks like a few leather straps that may or may not cover parts of her up if worn.
>>458304
It seems the rest are pretty much handled already by their caretakers.
>>458306
"That would be greatly appreciated."
>>458308
His diary was under his pillow.
>>458309
You shut off one of the two lanterns that light the room and pull the curtains shut as she fits herself into the straps.
…from the looks of it, it would take very little effort to pop her goods out into plain sight in that thing.
"So, where do we start?"
It seems the rest are pretty much handled already by their caretakers.
>>458306
"That would be greatly appreciated."
>>458308
His diary was under his pillow.
>>458309
You shut off one of the two lanterns that light the room and pull the curtains shut as she fits herself into the straps.
…from the looks of it, it would take very little effort to pop her goods out into plain sight in that thing.
"So, where do we start?"
>>458351
"Don't be silly."
I sigh and get off the hammock.
"I suppose the zombie fighting and rescuing has worn me out too much for this to be fun for either of us. It pains me to have failed once again, but to save us both further embarrassment perhaps I should ask for my reward in coins instead."
"Don't be silly."
I sigh and get off the hammock.
"I suppose the zombie fighting and rescuing has worn me out too much for this to be fun for either of us. It pains me to have failed once again, but to save us both further embarrassment perhaps I should ask for my reward in coins instead."
>>458355
I sigh and rub the part of my head between my horns.
"The truth is I much prefer my bedmates to be just as equipped as I am. You looked so eager that I couldn't stand the thought of being rude and taking the money so I decided to try something new, but I failed. I'll only take half my payment, don't worry."
I light a lamp and move fifty crowns to an outside pocket before putting my vest back on.
"You want my advice, dear? If you are looking for love quit the carnival once you've made some more money and go back home. Get yourself a nice tower, get involved in some social circles, and you'll find the billy that's right for you."
I leave and start looking for a place to wash off.
I sigh and rub the part of my head between my horns.
"The truth is I much prefer my bedmates to be just as equipped as I am. You looked so eager that I couldn't stand the thought of being rude and taking the money so I decided to try something new, but I failed. I'll only take half my payment, don't worry."
I light a lamp and move fifty crowns to an outside pocket before putting my vest back on.
"You want my advice, dear? If you are looking for love quit the carnival once you've made some more money and go back home. Get yourself a nice tower, get involved in some social circles, and you'll find the billy that's right for you."
I leave and start looking for a place to wash off.
#AND SO YOU ALL RETURNED TO SOMNAMBULA
You now have the Magician's Book of Magic, Magician's Diary, and his Witch Equipment.
"Now then. As some of you may know, witches often write their works in a special language to hide them from outsiders. I am capable of reading those texts, and am willing to come with you on your little hunt to aid you in both deciphering the texts and locating those who wrote them.
However… this old form is frail and weak. Unsuited for the long road. So I fear I cannot accompany you… unless I am allowed to rejuvenate myself."
You now have the Magician's Book of Magic, Magician's Diary, and his Witch Equipment.
"Now then. As some of you may know, witches often write their works in a special language to hide them from outsiders. I am capable of reading those texts, and am willing to come with you on your little hunt to aid you in both deciphering the texts and locating those who wrote them.
However… this old form is frail and weak. Unsuited for the long road. So I fear I cannot accompany you… unless I am allowed to rejuvenate myself."
>>458420
What?
"H.. hey." I put a hoof on his hands on my neck and hold it.
"This hat? Its a gift, Its made of leather and other stuff my master didnt divulge to me so I think I cannot help you with that." I scrunched irritated by his hands.
>>458415
I frown to her.
"But… will that not hurt them? Is there any side effects? It is still stealing their life essence if I am correct."
Am I correct?
'1d10'
Roll #1 2 = 2
What?
"H.. hey." I put a hoof on his hands on my neck and hold it.
"This hat? Its a gift, Its made of leather and other stuff my master didnt divulge to me so I think I cannot help you with that." I scrunched irritated by his hands.
>>458415
I frown to her.
"But… will that not hurt them? Is there any side effects? It is still stealing their life essence if I am correct."
Am I correct?
'1d10'
Roll #1 2 = 2
>>458434
Just tilt my head so he can have access to my ears.
"I.. ahh.. uhhmm be carefull.. I mean the hat. Its one of a kind.. "
>>458437
I scrunched at this.
"If… he is still alive.. then perhaps he is a viable candidate.. The things he has done is horrible."
Can i get away from that scratching?/s]
'1d10'
Roll #1 5 = 5
Just tilt my head so he can have access to my ears.
"I.. ahh.. uhhmm be carefull.. I mean the hat. Its one of a kind.. "
>>458437
I scrunched at this.
"If… he is still alive.. then perhaps he is a viable candidate.. The things he has done is horrible."
Can i get away from that scratching?/s]
'1d10'
Roll #1 5 = 5
>>458440
"And why deal with her when there are other witches? If my horns are cursed into frogs that is a problem I can see and deal with. Lifestealing isn't."
>>458441
"Oh don't worry. You really are a cutie, aren't you? I can see why that human mage likes to scratch you."
I scratch you under the chin with my other hand while scratching your ears.
"And why deal with her when there are other witches? If my horns are cursed into frogs that is a problem I can see and deal with. Lifestealing isn't."
>>458441
"Oh don't worry. You really are a cutie, aren't you? I can see why that human mage likes to scratch you."
I scratch you under the chin with my other hand while scratching your ears.
>>458453
"Breaking my magic may case me to crumble to dust entirely. I'm not even sure how old I really am any more."
She extends her hand
"So we stand a crossroads, Inquisitor. I can aid you, but to be able to do that, I need to you to aid me, by looking away as I change… to my younger self."
"Breaking my magic may case me to crumble to dust entirely. I'm not even sure how old I really am any more."
She extends her hand
"So we stand a crossroads, Inquisitor. I can aid you, but to be able to do that, I need to you to aid me, by looking away as I change… to my younger self."
>>458474
I just tilt my head.
"I ah… well." I look away for a moment.
"Its not that I dont respect my elders but sometimes they ask too much and that spell of hers ask too much…" I scrunched.
"B.. but if that is your decision then I am not here to intervene."
Hold my spagghetti in front of a girl.
'1d10'
Roll #1 2 = 2
I just tilt my head.
"I ah… well." I look away for a moment.
"Its not that I dont respect my elders but sometimes they ask too much and that spell of hers ask too much…" I scrunched.
"B.. but if that is your decision then I am not here to intervene."
Hold my spagghetti in front of a girl.
'1d10'
Roll #1 2 = 2
>>460399
I look up towards them in the distance.
"They seem like an honest bunch.
Not what I expected from a group of people and ponies hired by the Inquisition.
One is still just a colt!
But they seem allright…and I suppose we must also look pretty strange working for the Inquisition." I chuckle.
"What do you think?"
I look up towards them in the distance.
"They seem like an honest bunch.
Not what I expected from a group of people and ponies hired by the Inquisition.
One is still just a colt!
But they seem allright…and I suppose we must also look pretty strange working for the Inquisition." I chuckle.
"What do you think?"
>>460493
"Times will change, I'm sure of it.
In Roman times, the romans didn't even consider their slaves, humans themselves, as equals and that changed."
I turn to you.
"I'm certain in 50 years it will be a very different world, one where ponies have just as many opportunities as humans. No longer property" I almost spit out the last words.
"Times will change, I'm sure of it.
In Roman times, the romans didn't even consider their slaves, humans themselves, as equals and that changed."
I turn to you.
"I'm certain in 50 years it will be a very different world, one where ponies have just as many opportunities as humans. No longer property" I almost spit out the last words.
>>460522
"Oh, like that you mean. I guess that wouldn't hurt, no. On the contrary, it might save me some pain."
I reach down to one of my wings and start preening it, pulling out a feather and examining it closely.
"Old, worn out, floppy… exactly why I should be pulling some of these useless feathers more often. They'll fall off eventually on their own, which I know you don't like when the workshop is littered with old feathers."
"Oh, like that you mean. I guess that wouldn't hurt, no. On the contrary, it might save me some pain."
I reach down to one of my wings and start preening it, pulling out a feather and examining it closely.
"Old, worn out, floppy… exactly why I should be pulling some of these useless feathers more often. They'll fall off eventually on their own, which I know you don't like when the workshop is littered with old feathers."