>>1302263
>--Guard gives you a permission slip in case you are hassled on your way to Sweet Apple Acres—
>Approach Sweet Apple Acres, see an unfamiliar, suspicious gathering of clouds
>xXx Go straight towards the gathering of clouds xXx
>Rainbow Dash swoops in to grab at Raisin; your current powdery disguise catches her off guard
>xXx Rainbow Dash swoops in again, getting a hold of Raisin xXx 1/4 chance of nabbing Raisin from the cart
>Rainbow Dash has been convinced by the guards and your sudden absence that you’ve been put under an evil curse that has taken over your mind
>--Attempt to convince Rainbow Dash that you’re not under a spell—1/7 chance of working; failed roll
>--Try to use permission slip to evade capture; Rainbow removes your disguise, invalidating the scroll--
>--Try again—1/2 chance of saying something creepy; success, you freak her out

>>1302283
>Surrounded by guards; bonk Rainbow Dash’s belly with the Adanemzurai. Land in the cart with your new flying pony slave
>**Make Dash take control of the cart, able to outrun guards**
>--Lose Fluttershy as a team member—
>Approach the mountains where you know the Stone Bird is lurking; guards are still chasing you
>Find Strawberry, a derped filly, standing next to a gigantic hole in the road. Pinkie picks her up
>Jump on Rainbow Dash whilst carrying the Adanemzurai; approach Kelthrax, the giant bird.
>xXx Attempt to board Kelthrax; he evades you as you fall perilously to the mountains below xXx 1/3 chance of successfully landing atop the monstrous bird
>xXx Ask the Adanemzurai for help; miraculously survive the fall. Picked up by RD xXx
>Discover that you’re made of stone; use the Adanemzurai to take over Kelthrax
>Swoop down onto the plateau to rescue your allies from the Canterlot Royal Guards
>Try to escape the guards; need to go fast but bird too slow
>Dive towards the mountain ranges to gain speed
>--Attempt to hide—
>Guard spots Kelthrax 1/4 chance of successfully hiding
>xXx Stay to try and reason with the Canterlot Royal Guards xXx
>ADANEMZURAI: xXx Direct Kelthrax to attack the Canterlot Royal Guards xXx
>**Use confusion as a diversion, escape the guards**
>**Drop off group near a rock a few hundred feet from the Castle in the Sand**

>>1302305
>--Command Kelthrax to fly away, issue a general direction over the Castle—
>Kelthrax is torn to shreds by the derped unicorns
>--”Command” the Adanemzurai to change you back into a normal marshmallow pone--
>**Stand your ground; order the Adanemzurai to change you back**
>**Regained influence over the Adanemzurai; slightly less likely to commit uncontrollable actions**
>Watched Tezel closely; discovered that he’s expecting the ‘Queen’ to arrive anytime now
>Use cardboard box disguises to sneak across 300ft expanse of desert, now by the stairs
>Have Pinkie Hammerspace a slingshot for you; it’s a wad of chewed gum
>Roll candle in dirt and break it up to make projectiles

>>1302321
With the moon hanging high over their heads like a silvery guillotine, Raisin and her friends sit in a collection of large cardboard boxes next to the flight of stairs that leads into the front entrance of King Tezel’s mighty fortress. Inside of Raisin’s steam filled box, she constructs a slingshot from a wad of chewed gum and plans to use some sandy candle wax as projectiles to distract the guards. With only a few short hours before the scheduled awakening of Titanio, Raisin and her friends must act quickly to seal Tezel’s evil powers away once and for all.

Alright, questers. This could be it. I’m not going to say for certain that it is because by now, I think we’ve all heard it too many times. Tonight, you shall once again take the reins of our beloved purple pony in hopes to guide her to victory over the evil King and Queen of the Castle in the Sand. I wish you the best of luck.

Oh man, this is it.

>>1302344

Well I suppose that we will find out sooner or later.

>>1302344

Fire those candle chunks and let's get this infiltration underway.

>>1302410
GAME INFO: Currently, you are hiding under your steamy cardboard box. Is there any specific direction you wish to fire your Sandy Candle Chunks?

Still vote to go get Titano.

>>1302410

Even though I highly doubt we're supposed to do the same thing again, what else can we do?

>>1302458

I thought Titano wasn't done

>>1302344

Well, I gave it some thought, and I came up with nothing. If we're missing something here, then it's beyond my capabilities.

>>1302499
GAME INFO: Currently, Titanio is still in the late stages of his overall construction. The massive stone pone is still seated firmly into the base of the mountain that he's being carved from.

Also infiltrating will be very tough. Our stone hooves will make a ton of noise.

>>1302499
Yeah, but we've probably got to be near it's head to take it over.

Also we should talk to the Adanemzurai before doing anything.

We really need to know where it stands on us, and to get some info from it.

>>1302458
Same. The people that want to go inside don't seem to realize that use getting turned into stone screwed our old plan pretty hard.

>>1302530

what he said. talk to the box

>>1302499

Also, dat shit will corrupt us.

My vote goes to launching the candle bits in an arc over the guard's head so the go on the other side of the stairs, like last time.

>>1302534

I realize that but we can't go full renegade because we hit a snag.

>>1302548
But what are we going to do if we manage to get past the guards with our friends and our stone hooves?

>>1302534

And do you have any better ideas?

>>1302585

go to the treasure room. it's full of arcane relics, there's bound to be something there we can use. especially now that we can question the box on their various functions

Can we get an inventory check? Specifically how many chunks we were able to crush our candle into?

>>1302574
If the path of power is the only option that's plausable to work...

What, exactly, is infiltrating going to do?

I can't think of how it can help.

All that's in there at all is the Crystal Phonograph. And we can't break that until Tezel is subdued.

What are we going in there for?

>>1302534
>>1302588
Could we make shoes out of the cardboard to walk on the floor quietly?

>>1302574
Taking over Titano isn't full renegade. The only two ways we know to disable Tezel are to destroy his body or put the Adanemzurai in the crown on his head. The second choice is lost to use until we become flesh and blood again.

>>1302596
You mean the cursed artifacts? Why not question the box before we commit ourselves by going inside?

>>1302530

We can try talking to the box to see if it knows any secret entrances. If there aren't any, then ask it to temporarily turn up back to flesh because that will make less noise.

>>1302601
GAME INFO: You managed to roll up 5 chunks of Sandy Candle Wax. Under the heat of your box, they may not stay solid for too long.

>>1302629

that's a good idea too
just food for thought if we decide to go inside

How hidden are we?
Like, if we just stood here for 5 minutes how likely would we be discovered?
Because I really think we should negotiate with the box.

>>1302616

And what then? The box won't let us destroy Titanio. Id would sooner spit us out and go on a rampage itself. that, or it assumes direct control and Raisin loses her mind.

>>1302631
>ask it to temporarily turn up back to flesh because that will make less noise

If we can become flesh again we can get the box off us and go with our original plan of sticking it in his head. We would need to convince it that sneaking inside is a good plan though. How do we do that?

>>1302634
>>1302634

Let's lift up the side of the box opposite of the castle entrance so we can get some convection.

Maybe ask the box to cool us down.

>>1302664
I'm pretty sure that we, not the box, directly control our subjects.

>Question the Adanemzurai
Quite the popular choice at the moment. Is there any specific questions you want to try and ask the Queen?

>>1302655
GAME INFO: Being at the side of the massive staircase, you are pretty well hidden from view at the moment. The cardboard boxes also conceal your team rather well; Pinkie's silly items seem to be quite useful sometimes.

Staying here for an extended period of time probably presents no risk of discovery unless Tezel himself were to spot the out-of-place boxes.

>>1302668

Precisely. Though, since the box is in our head, it probably knows we plan on betraying it if we do that.

Worth a shot though.

>>1302703

Before we talk, lift up the side of our box so we can get some cool air inside.

>>1302703
Ok.
If we do stand here, stick our candle wax on the ground just outside the box.
Wouldn't want them to melt.

>>1302712
We've been planing this for a while. If it knew what we were planning it would have stopped us somehow.

>>1302703
I'd risk asking it if it is capable of making us temporarily invisible.

Or if it has any other ideas for getting up to the top of Titano.

>>1302731
We can't feel anything anymore...

>>1302703

ask it to tell you just what the voice is and what relation it has to Tezel

>>1302731
NO!

>Inside of Raisin’s steam filled box
>steam filled box

>>1302703

Alright, what should we say? I propose:

1.) Demanding it to cool our body down to normal temperature
2.) Asking about hidden entrances
3.) If no hidden entrances, tell it once again to unstone us for sneaking purposes.

>>1302703
Ask it if there is anything inside the Castle that we can use to destroy her husband.

>>1302763
I'm pretty sure Jr told us all this after he took our last life. Does anyone have a copy of everything Jr told us?

>Demanding it to cool our body down to normal temperature
Please no. That would increase our corruption.

>>1302766
>>1302814
Nice.

So what exactly are we going to ask it? Everyone seems to have different ideas.

>>1302766
>>1302745
>>1302809
>Ask the Adanemzurai about secret/unknown entrances into the Castle
>Ask to become fleshy again for sneaking purposes
You drop your little wax balls down onto the slightly cooler sand at your hooves. Through your box's porthole, a single beam of moonlight pours in, illuminating the steamy fog your hot body has made when it was covered by this slightly damp cardboard box.

You close your eyes and speak to your beautiful Queen. "Uh... is there any secret entrance into the castle that you know of? I don't think I'll be able to sneak in thi-"

Suddenly, her voice drowns yours out. "Surely, sneaking into the palace itself serves us no purpose. Only our true demise would come of this action." Her voice makes you feel at peace. "Take his creation. Crush my husband beneath his mighty hoof..."

"But... wait, I can't sneak anywhere right now, not with this stony form..."

"I could help you, little Raisin..." She sings into your mind.

"Raisin, what's the plan?" Pinkie whispers into your box. "You gonna use that slingshot or what? It still had some flavor in it..." You see her big blue eyes searching around inside of her big cardboard box.

>>1302953
See? Even she thinks this is dumb. Our goals right now coincide, I really suggest we follow it's suggestion.

If it really wanted to take over us, it could at any time. We'd have to LET her though. Use her, then throw her away.

>>1302953
Ask it what it would do about the unicorns under Tezels control, who could melt us the moment we took over Titanio.

>>1302953
>Her voice makes you feel at peace

Talking with her corrupts us, doesn't it?

>>1303010

Her constant nagging is only making me more determined to NOT plug into Titano.

>>1302953

Tell them to be quiet and that you're thinking right now.

Tell it straight up we don't trust it. After all, if we're going to be a queen, we don't let others get in positions to screw us.

>>1303040
This is good. Ask how we could take control of the phonograph.

>>1303056
Jr said only commanding it gave us corruption.

>>1303056
GAME INFO: Actively using the Adanemzurai's power increases her influence over your mind.

>>1303064
We can both have the same goals.

Maybe it's Jr's way of telling us the correct course of action.

>>1302953

"What do you propose? I'll decide if that's what we'll do, slave."

>>1303077
>>1303093
Okay, goody.

>>1303077
>Ask how we could take control of the phonograph

This. If we have to tell her that Tezel is using a phonograph and siren sand to control the unicorns.

>>1303094

We want to rescue our friends, which happens to involve defeating Tezel.

She wants to conquer Equestria, which involves primarily assuming direct control and using our newfound power to make an empire.

>>1303163
Again, if she could take complete control whenever she wanted to, she'd have done so already.

>>1303094

Possibly. But I'm trying to look at this from the perspective of a game, and plugging into Titano and stasis-ing Tezel both seem like dead-end options. there has to be another way. destroying Tezel without using Titano seems like a viable "other way," and given all of the cursed artifacts in the treasure room, I'm willing to bet there's something in there we could use against him. last time we went in there we had no idea what anything did, but now we can question the box to find the right tool for the job

>>1303040
>>1303077
>>1303143
You close your eyes again, trying your best to concentrate. "Pinkie, give me a second here... I'm thinking..."

You speak once more inside your head. "What do I do about the unicorns? Can I command the Crystal Phonograph... somehow?"

You hear a gentle laugh. "Worry not for their lives, Raisin. They are simply a means to an end. A ruler must understand this basic principle." You feel a little lump in your throat. "My Crystal Phonograph merely plays music... nothing more. It is the sand's magic that makes them dance to Tezel's whims... a counter curse is required... one that I alone know by heart..."

You hear something moving behind you, kicking up some sand as it walks. The party maintains their natural, cardboard box positions.

>>1303163
I would love to get her off our back and get Hayseed out of her, but if we can't convince her to make us flesh again so we can sneak in then Titano is our only way to go.

>>1303182
>stasis-ing Tezel seems like a dead-end option

How? We defeat Tezel and the Adanemzurai by doing that.

>>1303199
Tezel is inside already, right?

>>1303223

and ourselves

>>1303199
Look behind us.

>>1303228
GAME INFO: To the best of your knowledge, you believe that Tezel has already made his way back inside of the palace. You never actually saw him go back in, but it's certainly hard to miss such a massive pony. You're rather positive he's not outside.

>>1303237
How did you possibly miss the part of the plan where we turn ourself into a pony, get the box off our back, and open it using a pedestal to remove Hayseed?

>>1303199

We can't look through a portcullis, right?

"I already know it, thanks anyway"

>>1303277

What if that's not possible?

The old horse is dead, long live the new horse

>>1298455

>>1303199

"You disobeyed a direct order to change me back. Why should I trust you? For all I know you just want this power for yourself."

>>1303277

I didn't miss it, I'm basing it off the assumption that we can't change ourselves back. the way I see it, the only options we have at this point are to either destroy ourselves, go full-corrupt, or stay a stone golem and deal with it after Tezel has been destroyed

>>1303281
When did we learn the counter curse?

>>1303304
Alright then, once we check to see what is behind us we can ask about the counter curse and the objects in the throne room.

>>1303342
You do know that she is the Queen, not us, right?

>>1303281
>>1303240
You quickly yet carefully spin around inside your box, looking out of one of the other punched out handle holes. Behind you, a minty green unicorn with a white stripe in her mane makes her way up the stairs. The guards don't seem to mind her entry.

"Have you ever been to the Castle in the Sand?" You hear her speak from the top of the stairs.

"Enter the Castle. Praise King Tezel."

Sweetie Belle whispers from her box. "What's going on? Did somepony just go inside? Doesn't she know there's a monster in there?!"

You gather your Sandy Candle Chunks and think about your next course of action.

Ask if the box is capable of making us invisible, or is able to get us to the top of Titano easily.

>>1303349

We know that breaking the phonograph frees whoever is under their spell. But, She wouldn't react too well if we told her we were planning on smashing her shit.

>>1303377
Whisper to Sweety that the unicorn was mind controlled. Tell the Adanemzurai to tell us how to take control of the Unicorns away from Tezel and ask if there is anything in the treasury we can use to defeat her husband.

>>1303454
The phonograph just plays the music, there isn't anything special about it.

>>1303345

Better to die a hero than live long enough to see yourself become the villain.

>>1303454
I don't think smashing something counts as a counter curse.

>>1303488
The counter-curse is probably just for allowing us control of those affected by the song.

>>1303377
>>1303377

I guess we should fire them in an arc like last time if the box won't help us.

>>1303507
That's what I am hoping for.

>>1303483

Shut the fuck up Harvey.

Just checking, because my memory sucks.

But Lyra didn't really do anything last time we were here, right?

>>1303507
>>1303507

But then the statues will still be under Tezel's control and wipe them out.

>>1303536
She didn't say one word.

Woe be the fate of Raisin. Never again to feel the wind through her mane, the feel of grass beneath her purple hooves as she plays in the fields with her friends.

That is, unless you save her.

Be careful where you tread, weary questers. Her fate is ultimately yours to decide.

>>1303523
GAME INFO: Oh, the box has offered to help you numerous times. It's up to you whether or not you want to take her up on her help.

>>1303536
GAME INFO: The last time you were here, she scared the hell out of your group by showing up while you were attempting to figure out the treasure room entrance puzzle. She talked to Tezel, then, you assume, she went outside using another exit to work on the Titanio.

>>1303546
That's why we shouldn't do anything like that until we take out Tezel.

>>1303546
Do you remember what the Unicorns did to the stone bird?

>>1303567

can we break pieces off of the gum to stick bits of cardboard to the undersides of our hooves?

that should muffle us a little, right?

Lets ask the box if it can make taking Titanio easy and safe.

Making us invisible or something, being able to prevent the unicorns from demolishing us immediatly.

>>1303567

But we don't know what this "help" is.

>>1303607

We could ask it.

Just ask it, and then we'll decide if it's worth doing.

>>1303607
GAME INFO:
>"It is the sand's magic that makes them dance to Tezel's whims... a counter curse is required... one that I alone know by heart..."

>"But... wait, I can't sneak anywhere right now, not with this stony form..."
"I could help you, little Raisin..." She sings into your mind.

>>1303633

let's save that as a worst-case scenario

>>1303633

Like I said, we don't know what she's planning with that second option.

>>1303633
So let's ask her how to take control of the unicorns away from Tezel and if she will give us our body back so that we can sneak inside.

>>1303633

"And what does this help entail, if you won't change us back so we won't make as much noise."

>>1303670

she's offering to de-curse the guards, I think. like, we sneak up behind them, touch them, they take a nap.

>>1303602

And then what? Controlling Titanio will corrupt us fully.

>>1303720
And where are you getting that bit of info from? The last time we figured we knew how something worked Raisin got her mind taken by the Adanemzurai.

this is taking way too long. let's get going already

>>1303768
Is this your first Raisin Quest?

Quite the gridlock we've got going on here...

Well, let's think quick; what do we need to do? Somehow, we've got to stop Tezel, right? So far, we've got 1 option we know is sure-fire; jam the Adanemzurai into his thick, stony noggin'. The other option would be to assume control of Titanio and smash his rocky ass flat.

Of course, the Adanemzurai keeps offering to help... but that will come at a price. We know that.

My suggestion would be to pick a path and stick with it. Remember; there's ALWAYS a way out of any predicament. Standing around doing nothing is a much better way to die than sticking with a plan.

>>1303744

Alright, fine, you want to control Titanio? Go ahead, I don't care anymore.

Jr, switch one vote to going back and assuming direct control. I'm tired of this, nothing is good, and either option leads to certain death. If people want to risk full corruption and total bad end, then go right ahead.

>>1303804
see
>>1303680

>>1303804

Death before dishonor.

Sneak in. Even an ending where we get locked in stasis too is better than one where we become an evil queen.

>>1303804
Ask if it can make us invisible or teleport us to Titano.

>>1303804

infiltrate. I'm convinced it's the lesser of two evils

>>1303804
I would modify what we know already about the castle rather than risking something completely new. We don't know how Titanio would react or how we would even manage to get past all the ponies between us and his head. If we can't think of a way to sneak past the guards what are our chances of making it up the scaffold?

>>1303804

Ask it what it fucking means then. If it won't give us specifics, then it's obviously malicious and we don't do it.

>>1303847
This. We did it before. Let's try it again since we now know so much!

>>1303865
Let's see if we can get our body back before going with Titano. If we can't then I fully support taking control of Titano.

>>1303872

Yes. Titanio is still being carved, there will be tons of unicorns and stone guards around on all levels, plus very few, if any, places to hide.

Sneak in. If that's the incorrect choice, fuck you Jr.

>>1303912
>>1303896
>>1303871
>>1303847
I resend my vote simply to get this thing going.

I disagree, but we'll see. Ignoring the box's suggestion that we're just going to die in there is foolish.

>>1303954
Rescind, I mean.

Autocorrect...

>>1303680
Before you go any further, you decide that asking her Highness about that counter-curse wouldn't be such a bad idea. "Alright, so.. what is this 'counter-curse'?"

You can hear her laugh softly. Not in a way to mock you, but a sincere, pleasant chortle. "The counter-curse to Siren Sand... it's a lost art. Even though you are but an Earth Pony, I can command my might through your mind..." A pleasant, soft wave washes over you. It reminds you of the beach. "Give me control of your tongue. I shall speak my magic to whomever you desire to relinquish from his control..."

>>1303847
>>1303871
>>1303872
>>1303896
>>1303912
>>1303954
>Infiltration
GAME INFO: Alright, Questers. A plan has been charted. Your destiny awaits you inside the Castle. How shall you go about infiltrating the Castle in the Sand?

>>1303990
>Give me control of your tongue
Yeah, no.

>>1303990

"No deal. You've already taken my pulse and my future, my tongue stays right where it is."

Fire off a wax chunk in an arc and let's get this sneaking mission underway.

>>1303990
What did we do last time? That worked pretty well.

>>1303990
>Give me control of your tongue. I shall speak my magic to whomever you desire to relinquish from his control...

Will this count as actively using the Adanemzurai each time we use the counter curse?

Ask her if she can make us flesh so that we don't make as much noise while we sneak inside.

>>1303990

"I'll keep the offer in mind."

Proceed to completely disregard her offer and never give her any control of any part of our body.

>>1304023

Well, she can control our tongue when we're raping the maids.

>>1304023
>>1304035
"No dice." You conclude your questioning of the Adanemzurai.

"Very well... Raisin..." She whispers as her voice falls back into your mind once more.

You lift up the side of your cardboard box. A puff of steam rises into the cool night air. You panic for a moment, but the guards don't seem to pay it any heed. "...just as attentive as Ponyville guards." You chuckle to yourself.

"Command me." Rainbow Dash mutters from under her box. You give it a little tap, then draw back on your bubblegum slingshot. Loading it with a small chunk of sandy wax, you fire the ball in an arc over the guard's heads. Instead of the distinct clink you remember the pebbles making, it gives off a sloppy 'plop' noise. The guards turn their heads to check on the odd sound.

Pinkie almost seems to warp under your box wrapped up in a set of towels. "Hey! I think this is working! Just like last time! Except without the whole 'clink' and now it's with a 'clump'!" She looks about. "...awww, where'd the steam go?"

>>1304054

She's not going to do that, let's just fire a candle rock in an arc and try sneaking in. If we get caught, well, we tried.

>>1304168
Same thing as last time.
Pinkie needs to get back in her box.

>>1304168

Steam sucks I switched over to Origin.

>>1304168

Sneak in right now, but tell Dash to remain silent until we explicitly tell her to say something.

>>1304176
Well we could have at least asked instead of quitting like that. Now we are committed to going inside and have no way of getting the box off our back and no surefire way of destroying Tezel. Maybe I should just go to sleep and see if I can dream up a good end.

>>1304228
u mad over gaben being a brony?
>>>/v/

Mind controlled rainbow turns me on.
if only we weren't questing

>>1304239

Yeah, this would be good to do, then sneak in.

Tell Pinkie to follow and make sure Sweetie does too.

>>1304260
We're made of stone, AND a little filly.

Both make the whole sit-- nevermind.

>>1304241

we can ask more questions once we get inside. stop acting like it's the end of the world just because we didn't take over Titano. we're not dead yet.

>>1304260

Hopefully she won't be for much longer.

>>1304286

3 fetishes in one, damn.

>>1304168
Fire another piece of wax so that it won't land where they are looking, but near to it.

We really should move soon.
>>1298455
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>>1304218
>>1304239
>>1304277
"Hey, quiet back there. Don't talk unless I tell you to, comprende?"

You are answered by silence and a subtle breeze in the air. "Good. Pinkie, let's get in there, secret-agent style. Sweetie Belle, stay close."

"Should I bring Strawberry with us?" Pinkie asks. Suddenly, she shakes about. "Oh! No, I have to! Otherwise, she'll get squished!" You notice she left one of her towels in your box. It hangs off your back.

Quickly, you round the base of the stairs and start sneaking up them. The sound of your stony hooves clinks against every step. You stop for a moment at the bottom of the stairs. "Oh boy... might have a problem here..."

Raisin: Adanemzurai, 4x Sandy Wax Projectiles, Cardboard Box, Wet Towel
---CONTROLLED: Rainbow Dash
Rainbow Dash: Flight Goggles, Cardboard Box
Pinkie: Hammerspace, Strawberry, Cardboard Box
Strawberry: Nothing
Sweetie Belle: Glass Jar, Quills, Stompstarter, Candles, Cardboard Box

>>1304349
And yes, Thank you Leth. Let's post responses in the next thread:
>>1298455
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>>1304404

Wait, where did we get a wet towel?

>>1304404

How maybe candles are there?

Maybe

Maybe

Maybe we can walk on them. we're warms, so they should melt and stick to the bottom of our hooves.

>>1304404

set the towel on the step above you and use it to muffle your hoofsteps when you ascend

Wrap towl on feet!

Tell the Adanemzurai to change us back so that we don't make as much noise walking on the floor.

Jr gave us a towel. I wonder what we are supposed to do with it?

>>1304479
We have one towel and four hooves.

>>1304512
We don't need to be able to really run, and we probably shuffle anyway.

Maybe Pinkie has more or something, too.

>>1304479

But that's one foot. what do we do about the others?

Hey Jr are the guards still at their posts on the stairs?

>>1304566
GAME INFO: The guards are currently looking toward the spot they heard your candle wax plop up against. They are moved off to one side, staring blankly into the distance.

>>1304449

set the towel on the step above you and use it to muffle your hoofsteps when you ascend

>>1304540

We can put the gum wad on one.

rip that shit into 4 pieces, wrap hooves.

>>1304599

Won't the tearing make a lot of noise though?

>>1304591
Direct the others up the stairs and then go up last so that we will be able to fire another wad of wax in case they turn around too soon.

>>1304479
>>1304534
>>1304593
>>1304599
Why not tell the Adanemzurai to make us a pony again so we can sneak inside?

Can rainbow carry us or do we weigh a ton now?

>>1304663
GAME INFO: Earlier, Rainbow Dash strained a bit, but she was able to rescue you from the area you crash landed back in the mountains. She cannot fly with you on her back or in her hooves at full speed.

>>1304658

We tried that. It won't.

>>1304663

Might be worth a shot. She was able to fly with us, albeit slowly.

>>1304658
It refused to change us back before, and it doesn't want us to head inside. It will not change us back right now.

>>1304683

Send the others ahead, then launch another waxy bit and have Dash carry us on her back underneath her box.

>>1304713
It might if we make it clear that we aren't using the statue.

>>1304739

Sounds good, but tell them to be a little wary about guards up ahead and we'll be right behind them. Tell them to wait up for us inside.

>>1304793

It might also want to try and corrupt us further then.

>>1304739
activate-it.jpg

>>1304842
I don't think it can force corruption on us like that. If it could do that then it would have done so already.

>>1304663
>>1304711
>>1304739
>>1304658
You remain frozen on the lowest stairs. The group soon stops behind you. "What's wrong?" Pinkie looks into your box through her porthole.

"I'm making too much noise. You guys run ahead, duck behind the entrance. I'm going to have Dash fly me in."

"Okey dokey lokie!" Pinkie continues bouncing up the stairs, Sweetie following close behind. She clamors of the stairs, making a little noise as her nearly empty box contacts the steps.

As your friends disappear from view, you fire off another waxy chunk near the guards. They shift their focus away from the old spot and stare at the new spot. One of them asks the waxy chunk if it has ever been to the "Castle in the Sand".

A voice resounds in your head. "You won't survive in there. How do you plan to defeat my husband? We shall surely perish."

You shake your head. "Rainbow Dash, get in here." The blue mare scoots under your box, leaving her box behind. With a quick prayer, you give her the order. "Fly us into the Castle."

She grabs onto your hot stony frame and flaps her wings. Slowly, you ascend the steps as her wings slap into the side of the box repeatedly. As you fly through the entrance, you can feel the guards look towards your box.

Rainbow Dash keeps you up in the air, hovering up above a pair of cardboard boxes.

>>1304878
>you can feel the guards look towards your box

Uh oh. Have Dash set us down out of site. Can the box hide both of us?

>>1304941
GAME INFO: It's a tight squeeze, but the box can house both you and Rainbow Dash.

>>1304878

Wait a second, fuck. Have Dash carry us in on her back. Goddamn it.

>>1304961
>a tight squeeze
ALL OF MY FANTASIES ARE COMING TRUE

>>1304878

Are we still too hot to hold? goddamn, we should have cooled down by now. Even assuming that it's been 10 minutes, rocks radiate heat very well.

>>1304979
WE CAN'T FEEL ANYTHING

>>1304979

We might be able to rape the maids after all.

>>1304992
GAME INFO: Rainbow Dash didn't seem to have a problem carrying you inside. You're still quite warm... you think. You're not quite able to determine how warm you are.

I bet if worse comes to worst, Dash could pass off as a derped pone. just have her ask the guards if they've ever been to the castle in the sand, and they should leave her be

>>1304878

Goddamn it, tell her to gently go from flying to trotting quietly up the stairs.

Either way, just hurry up and get inside.

>>1305078
She's not a Unicorn, but that might work.

>>1305078

This is a bad idea. she'll be sent to Tezel for assignment, who will squish her because he's a racist fuck.

>>1305091
GAME INFO: You are currently inside of the entrance of the Castle hovering over a pair of cardboard boxes.

>>1305118
So we're past the guards?
Just set down queitly next to the boxes and wait for them to go back to staring at te desert.

>>1305118

Alright,

Happen to have that old pic of what everything looked like?

>>1305182
This would be very good.

>>1305118

Land and whisper to everyone else that there are more guards up ahead.

>>1305138

Emphasis on the quietly part, please.

>>1305182
>>1305201
GAME INFO: Yes, as a matter of fact, I do. However, this picture does not currently reflect your current position:
http://imgur.com/PY6si

>Set box down next to other boxes, quietly
This is the next action. Give me a moment...

[Jr, get on steam. I have to show you something important.]

>>1305231
>guard spots us
>attacks and kills Pinkie, Sweetie, Strawberry, and Dash

>>1305138
>>1305206
>>1305217
"Rainbow Dash, down. Slowly..."

As you descend, her wings drum against the sides of the box until your hooves meet the polished, granite floor. You push over to the side, trying to give the derped pegasus some room.

From the entrance, you hear the sounds of one of the colossal statues moving into the Castle. Sweetie Belle shivers from inside her box. "Oh... oh no..."

Pinkie Pie shushes her and keeps Strawberry's mouth shut. The statue beams over the small group of boxes; you can feel its presence standing over you.

>>1305256
>after the initial outrage everyone stops posting

>>1305296
If we can without shifting around too much, look out the hole at it.
Don't say anything unless they try the "Have you been to the castle in the sand" thing.

>>1305296
Just and and hope with every fiber of our being that our friends hold still. If the statue moves to crush the boxes or look underneath we should tap it with the Adanemzurai.

>>1305296

Oh shit. Can look out or our little opening?

>>1305296

ACT CASUAL

>>1305324

We might have to act, but only if it looks like we fail the roll.

If we do possess it, there will be no turning back.

>>1305296

Hold our breath which should be easy since we don't need to breath

>>1305322
>>1305327
You peer out of your small porthole to look at the giant. It's stone eyes peer back at you with a fixed, angry expression. It doesn't seem to move at all... just staring blankly your way.

Below the statue, you see one of the derped out unicorn guards. You're sure he'd be looking at you if his eyes could stay focused.

Pinkie Pie whispers to you. "We have to make that thing go away..."

>>1305347

we could try that thing with rainbow dash passing off as a derped filly before we do anything drastic. taking over the statue will make a lot of noise

>>1305365
Is it looking at our box or a different box?

>>1305302

The time for debate is over. Right now, we have to get past all the guards, which is mostly dependent on the dice.

>>1305365
It eventually looked away from the candle things, right?

Lets stay quiet for a little bit and hope it decides we aren't interesting.

If it doesn't, we'll have to shoot another candle bit. If we do, we should wait until the unicorn isn't paying as close attention.

>>1305395
GAME INFO: The monstrous being is currently staring down at your box, almost as if it's waiting for it to move any second now. Other than that, it remains motionless.

>>1305365

Goddammit. Do any opening match up with Pinkie's opening?

Fuck, if we launch another candle bit it'll see it.

>>1305366

We do that and she dies. Besides, that would only explain her box. They're a bit dull, but not stupid.

>>1305415
Wait for a little while. Boxes don't move so if we don't it should return to its post soon enough.

>>1305415
>>1305415

Goddammit. Doing anything to distract it would involve moving the box.

I...I don't know.

>>1305447

what makes you think they'll kill her? when we, the CMC and Spike acted derped towards the treasure seeker, she left us alone

>>1305426
GAME INFO: Pinkie can hear you perfectly, though Sweetie's box is between you and hers.

>>1305479

How about this.

1.) Hold EXTREMELY still.

2.) If it approaches us again, fling a candle chunk through a hole not facing it.

3.) If it continues to approach, possess it, because at that point we can assume it's hostile.

>>1305505

if we possess it, the derped unicorn will react appropriately

>>1305485

He stomps those that aren't useful to him. Pegasi and earthies can't blast rocks, so we can assume the worst. besides, we need Dash. If Tezel makes her change allegiance, then we're fucked.

>>1305518
>>1305518

Better than it stomping on us. at that point we'll have been detected anyway.

>>1305365
>Pinkie Pie whispers to you. "We have to make that thing go away..."
fuck man put towel on head and think happy thoughts

>>1305528

not if we can get the guard to return to its post without sounding an alarm. using the "Castle in the Sand" phrase that they always throw around is our best bet. besides, we can order dash in advance to dodge if it looks like the statue will attack, and then possess it

>>1305479
>>1305505
>>1305339
You decide to hold incredibly still. Quietly, you whisper through your box to your friends, "Silence. Move not, and it shall pass." You glower, realizing your speech got goofed up again.

Pinkie doesn't respond, but her box doesn't move either. You, Sweetie Belle, Pinkie, Rainbow Dash, and Strawberry wait silently as the monster stares coldly at your boxes. He doesn't seem to want to leave immediately.

>Continue Waiting?

>>1305505

No, we should shoot a candle chunk out.

Jr, how fast can we launch them? fast enough to not be seen by the naked eye?

>>1305558

Do we have any opening that don't face the monster?

>>1305558
What about the unicorn?

>>1305571
GAME INFO: The opening behind your box does not face the direction of the giant stone statue.

>>1305572
GAME INFO: The unicorn stares blankly in your direction, his expression quite dopey and unfocused.

>>1305558
How long have we been waiting?

>>1305562

Dammit dammit dammit.

I guess all we can do is fire a candle bit out.
Do that, but also be ready to box the golem.

>>1305584

have Dash do the castle-in-the-sand thing to the guard. if we hold still forever, we're going to end up in a never-ending staring contest until Titano is finished

>>1305584

How dark is it inside the castle? If it's dark enough, then we should be able to shoot a chunk at high speed and it won't be able to see it.

We could let the Adanemzurai talk to guard through us and lead it away or something
might turn out bad

>>1305609

This is an extremely horrible idea. We should do this only as a last resort.

>>1305591
GAME INFO: You estimate that you've been waiting for approximately 10 minutes. The statue doesn't seem to tire of this stare down.

>>1305617
GAME INFO: Torches from above help to illuminate the dark corridors of the Castle. It's a little brighter in the castle than it is outside. The flickering flames make the shadows dance along the floor.

>>1305632

alright, we'll fire a wax chunk

>>1305627

I vote for this option if shooting the candle chunk just makes it more angry.

Also, if we're going to do this, we should tell the box to order it to return to its normal patrol like nothing happened.

Fire a chunk of wax out the back of our box.

>>1305641

Shoot the chunk, be prepared to use let the box command it if we fail that roll.

>>1305675
It would have to be off to the side. We don't want it to just look up but still be in its vision.

>>1305641

Hey, just curious, does Dash have any burns from where she carried us?

>>1305686

Yeah, off to the side that closer to the entrance/away from the main hallway.

>>1305659
>>1305661
>>1305675
>>1305413
Carefully, you maneuver around Dash to get a clear view of the rear port of the box. You stretch out your bubblegum slingshot and prime it with another Sandy Chunk of Wax. Aiming carefully, you let it fire out of the back and into the corner of the room behind you.

The head of the statue slowly stirs. It looks up to the location you fired it... behind yourself, of course. It starts to move, getting dangerously close to your group. The derped unicorn passes you, then looks at the wad of melted wax pressed into the floor. He stares at it for a moment, then spins around. He trots out of the door, leading his gargantuan statue outside with him.

Pinkie sighs inside of her box. You can't hear anything from Sweetie's. "That... that was close." Pinkie shivers with Strawberry.

>>1305697
GAME INFO: It's pretty dark inside of your box; you're unable to determine if Dash got burned by picking you up.

>>1305737

Whew.

Let's proceed. What's further down the hallway?

>>1305737

Pure

Skill.

>>1305737

Thank you dice.

Alright, so we have, what, 2 chunks left?

>>1305737

Alright, now for the real hard part. Tell dash that from no on, all motion orders will involve walking/running on the ground. No flying.

>>1305783
Unless otherwise specified.

>>1305753
GAME INFO: From what you've seen and what you remember, there are a small criss-cross pattern of guards lining the main hall. At the end, there is a grand stairway leading to a massive set of heavy, royal red curtains. Tezel is in here...

To the left by the stairway at the end of the hall, there is an entrance to the treasure room. You know that it's boobytrapped, but you also remember the sequence of floor tiles to step on to enter the room. To the right of the stairway, you don't really know what's in this direction. It's a bit darker... that's all you remember from last time.

>>1305737

Coolio. Now, gently shift our box until we can see down the main hallway. Try not to be discouraged when we see 6 guards.

>>1305797
Let's ask the Adanemzurai what is down the dark hallway.

Can you post the old map pictures on some other site? imgur is telling me that the site is overloaded.

>>1305768
GAME INFO: Correct. There are two Sandy Wax Projectiles remaining in your inventory.

>>1305797

Well, let's focus on the guards for right now. We can determine which direction to go after we get past the guards.

>>1305841
We can always ask Sweetie for another candle, right?

>>1305860

there's three guards, but we only have two chunks. we may need to improvise something

>>1305826

We're at image limit.

>>1305862
What would happen if we shot one of the guards with the candle wax.
Would it manage to distract two of them in one shot?

>>1305862

Too bad we couldn't carve some chunks off our tail. They would grow back.

>>1305861

yeah, but they wouldn't be sandy.

Still, better than nothing.

One pair of dopey guards down, an undetermined amount to go. With two wax chunks left, you currently seem to have plans to distract the ones in the main hall and go from there.

I'm getting a mix of feedback. Do you guys want to:

>Look down the hallway
>Try to hit a guard with your waxy projectile

And, hopefully this isn't the case, but I've got thunder in my area; may get a power out for a few minutes, hopefully not.

>>1305939
Looking sounds safe.

>>1305939
Retrieve the wax ball we just fired then look down the hall.

>>1305939

Look down the hallway, we don't know what sort of enhanced security measures there are.

>>1305958

Do this only if we saw where it went and tell Dash to quietly WALK over there.

>>1305939

...da fuck did you get that second option?

Just look for now like everyone else says. Tell the others to stay still while we recon.

>>1305939

I swear to God if you power goes out I'll be so mad.

We're finishing this tonight, for better or worse.

>>1305950
>>1305817
>>1305958
>>1305971
You motion to your comrades to follow your lead. "C'mon.. let's see what we've got here..."

"Okey dokie lokie..." Pinkie sounds hesitant as she walks her box over next to yours.

Looking down the hallway, you see 3 guards on either side. At the end by the stairway, you see two guards standing next to a set of large, stone, 2 headed wolves.

"Yikes... uh..."

You hear a voice resound in your head. "Give up, turn back. You will not make it to his throne, I assure you."

You shake your head. "Yes, I will. I know exactly where you belong." There's a sudden silence, then no response.

>>1305958
>>1305981
You motion to Dash to walk on over to the ball of wax you fired. She quietly moves over to it, resting the box over top. She stares at the ball until you pick it up.

Carefully, you return to your position by Pinkie's side. She looks over to you through her box's porthole. "Um... any ideas?"

You notice that Sweetie Belle hasn't moved from her previous position by the door.

>>1305939
How long do you want us to wait for you if your power goes out.

>>1306033
Why are we volunteering all this information to the box?

>>1306033
>You shake your head. "Yes, I will. I know exactly where you belong." There's a sudden silence, then no response.

Why did we just say that to her?

>>1306033

see if Sweetie is okay

>>1306043
META INFO: If it does go out, it probably won't be for too long. I'll need a few minutes to relocate the thread; if you guys ask a game info question and I don't respond in 10 minutes, you'll know I had a surge.

>>1306070

can we get an updated map with the new guard positions?

>>1306033

>A sudden silence, then no response.

Damn, we fucked up. You just had to say that, didn't you?

Tell it that it belongs on the throne, with us. Besides, we'll go through the side entrances.

>>1306125

let's not say that

>>1306033

Alright, we should decide where we're going to go now since we won't be able to hang out at the end of the hallway anymore.

>>1306125
>Tell it that it belongs on the throne, with us. Besides, we'll go through the side entrances.

Don't tell it anything.

>>1306144

We have to say something to ease its mind or else it's going to command us to do stupid shit to give away our position.

>>1306151
I'd suggest we go left.
We know what's down there, and its pretty heavily trapped, so they probably wont put as much effort into guarding it.

>>1306091
GAME INFO: I could re-render the map quick if you guys wish. Give me a few moments to update it.

>>1306151

if we distract the guards towards the dark hallway off to the right, we can sneak into the treasure room

alternatively, we can lure them towards the treasure room and go down the unexplored corridor

I recommend the former

>>1306175

As much as I hate to say it, I agree. The other path was blocked by a stone manticore and there's no telling that the device to open the box is located down there. We'll probably use both of our chunks to get past these 5 guards.

>>1306183
Seriously though, why did we tell her what we planned on doing with her?

>>1306186

Yeah. There's a chance that the guards will follow down the dark path because it leads someplace. All they need to do it look briefly towards the treasure room to see nobody's there.

>>1306218

since it wasn't based off a suggestion, I'm assuming it doesn't have any bearing on events

Damn, I really wanted to try going through the right fork, but the increase in security might not be worth it.

>>1306237

we could ask the box what's down that way

>>1306236

Watch, we're probably doomed the moment we set foot in this castle. watch controlling Titanio be the right decision

>>1306091
>>http://imgur.com/JTe69
There's the new map with your current positions marked as blue boxes and enemy positions marked as red X's. The grey circles by the stairs are statues.

>>1306218
>>1306125
>>1306064
>>1306059
GAME INFO: Adanemzurai already had a general idea of why you were so determined to get to Tezel's throne room.
The more integrated you and Adanemzurai become, the more your thoughts start to meld together.

>>1306260

Yeah. If it gives a very appealing description, we know to not go down it because it's a lying cunt.

>>1306236
Unless there is some effect on Raisin's mind that we don't know about I can't tell why we would say that. If there is some effect then any hints Jr has been dropping were too subtle for me to see.

>>1306262
I wouldn't be too surprised. I only wanted to go into the castle if we could get turned back into a pony first.

>>1306280
So why tell her something right out of the blue like that?

>>1306262
>>1306280

If that's true I will be SO mad at ourselves because we were too cowardly to take charge of the situation

>>1306262

We'll see about that.

>>1306343
If that's the case then be mad at the cowards, not all of us.

>>1306343
>>1306344
>>1306365
Either way, it's too late now.

So, should we try to angle a chunk down the dark path?

>>1306280

ask the box what's down the corridor to the right

>>1306406

we'll need to get past the guards in the hallway before we deal with the ones at the end of the hall

>>1306365
>>1306343

>>1306260
>>1306295
Feeling a little intimidated by the sudden increase in security, you shift in place next to Rainbow Dash. Slowly, you close your eyes and focus, searching for her voice. "...Uh... Adanemzurai?"

"...You want to know how to get through here..." Her voice sounds a little aggravated.

"Yes. Well, actually, I just wanted to know what's down the path on the right at the end of this hall. It looks suspicious."

She takes a moment before answering, then calmly replies, "It leads to our bedchambers."

"...alright... can we get to the throne room from there?"

She doesn't immediately answer. After a long pause, she speaks again. "No. It should still be a dead end."

You can hear Tezel at the very end of the hallway. He sounds as though he's welcoming someone.

>>1306406

What else can we do? Should we do two runs like last time?

>>1306435

"Wait, you mean the place where you and him did the nasty? Ewwww, gross."

>>1306435
Ask her how we can get her off our back. We obviously don't want to be her thrall and she shouldn't want someone that doesn't want her. She is eternal so can wait as long as it takes for a powerhungry creature to find her while we go back to being a normal pony.

Everyone wins.

>>1306435

Go get Sweetie Belle before doing anything else.

>>1306435

Probably Lyra.

>>1306438

we're statistically more likely to succeed in risking one slightly higher chance of being spotted than two slightly lower chances of being spotted. We go all at once.

>>1306495

Let's do this once we're in the treasure room, so we have a bit of privacy.

>>1306530
Alright, I suppose we can hold off.

>>1306517

Plus our second chunk can be used for the guards at the end.

Alright, I suppose we can't expect to do any better. Let's shimmy our way to the treasure room corridor.

I only just got back and online, someone mind filling me in?

>>1306580
We went into the castle and are progressing into it.

That's pretty much it.

>>1306580
Things are looking pear shaped.

>>1306438
>>1306517
>>1306406
You've got a plan formulated. Looking out of the small porthole of the front of your cardboard box, you pull the sticky bubblegum slingshot back once more, loading your previously used ball of wax as ammunition. Aiming carefully, you angle the shot towards Adanemzurai's 'bedchambers' and let the shot go soaring passed the guards.

The ones in the main hall immediately take notice to the flying ball, watching it as it soars down towards the darkened hallway. They start meandering down the hall to investigate it. The guards by the stairs move in unison with their scary wolf statues, guiding them towards the noise of the splattering wax ball.

"Huh. That was easy."

>>1306580

We went with infiltration, but now we're slowly realizing that might not have been the correct solution.

Can't go back now though.

>>1306636
That was ominous.

>>1306636
Tel Dash to carry us on her back and the others to follow us to the left passage. Stay against the left wall while we move.

>>1306636

Too easy.

Alright, we should shimmy down the corridor, and shoot another bit once we get towards the end to refresh our timer.

>>1306636

I bet he told his guards to let us pass into the main entrance of the throne room.

Joke's on him, we'll be going in through a side entrance.

>>1306689

We should probably tell everyone to DO EXACTLY WHAT WE DO, and then head to the treasure room in one clean run.

>>1306689
I'm worried he may have changed how the treasury is accessed. We should go first and leave our box behind just in case.

>>1306755
We can get Strawberry to do it again, maybe.

>>1306773
If he just changed the way you get past the security system then Strawberry wouldn't know about it. We go first.

>>1306672
>>1306673
You tap on Dash's back, then swing your forelegs over her back. Slowly, you steady yourself and saddle up on your variegated partner. "Alright, Rainbow... stay close to the wall." Your box is up in the air a bit, revealing her hooves, but you're still pretty well disguised."

"We're moving?" Pinkie sounds a bit surprised. "Oh, thank goodness. The sooner we're in there, the better." She tiptoes on her hooves close behind, carrying little Strawberry in her hooves.

Surprisingly, you've reached the end of the hallway without being detected... you feel as though there's something wrong here. The guards stand fixated over by the darkened corridor. One of them peeks his head up and looks your way, then goes back to staring at the wax on the floor.

You hide on the other side of the stairway, catching your breath.

>>1306798
This is starting to seem like we're expected.
It saw us but didn't come look?
Suspiscious.

>>1306798

Two things:

1.) Tezel is setting a trap for us

2.) The box is trying to fuck with our head and make us doubt and hesitate.

Ask the box if Tezel is expecting us or something.

>>1306798
Ask Pinkie Pie if she can use her Pinkie Sense to figure out if Tezel has laid a trap for us that wasn't here last time. If she can't come up with anything ask the Adanemzurai what he might have done. Tell her that if we get caught it will be even worse for her than it will be for us.

>>1306798
>>1306798

Oh god, we fucked up, didn't we?

>>1306846
>The box is trying to fuck with our head and make us doubt and hesitate

That does sound like something Jr would do.

>>1306857

Yes, let's whisper to Pinkie and ask what she's feeling right now.

>>1306846

Either way, there's nothing we can do now.

Shoot another chunk further down the dark corridor.

Who knows, we might have just got lucky on a stealth check right, RIGHT!?
.

>>1306900
I don't think we need to use another chunk, do we?
I thought we were already hidden?

>>1306847

I think it's Hell-bent on stopping us now since its realized that we can't be "persuaded" into being a dark queen.

>>1306874
>>1306857
You feel very paranoid about this whole situation. "Pinkie..."

"Yeeess?"

"Is your... Pinkie Sense acting up at all? Like it did last time?"

The pink mare scoots her box a little closer to the Treasure Room door. She shutters. "Twitchy-Twitch... But..." She spins around. "I got the same feeling last time and nothing happened, remember?" She stops. "Oh, wait... but you were Applebloom last time... does that matter?"

As Pinkie wonders about what's going on, you keep an eye on your rear porthole, looking at the grouping of guards. The same one seems to keep one of his derp eyes locked on your group. You feel your gut turn a bit.

"They know." You hear Sweetie Belle whisper into your ear.

>>1306911

I meant when we're moving into the treasure room. If they're coming back from the dark corridor, they're certain to see us.

>>1306967

Oh goddammit.

>>1306967

I'm really tempted to try that countercurse right now.

>>1306967

toss another chunk.

>>1306967
Tell Pinkie Pie that we think the guards know we are here and are letting us walk into a trap. Ask her if her senses are picking up on anything like that.

>>1307009

No, fuck that. The box hates us now. If we give it control over any of us, it's going to fuck us over hard.

>>1307009

Hahaha, no.

Alright... those guards are starting to look a bit shady, aren't they? All eight of them had to go investigate that chunk of wax... weird.

Pinkie keeps getting a twitchy tail over here, but why? This happened last time as well, same spot, same time.

What do you guys plan to do? You're so close now...

>>1306967

Well, we're probably boned either way.

We go in through the main entrance, trap sprung.

We go through the treasure room, the guards tell Tezel about it and he changes plans accordingly.

fuck, we should have waited. The one time not taking our time fucked us over.

>>1307152

I...I don't know.

>>1307152
see
>>1307033

>>1307152
What happened last time?
Tezel walked down the hallway at some point, but I don't really remember it and think it was later.

>>1307152

I'm half tempted to go up and boop them in the butts.

fucking dice. we could have gotten extremely lucky or this is a bad trap, but we'll never know for sure.

>>1307208

He's talking about the trap leading to the treasure room.

Can we head back out to Titano?

It's too heavily guarded in here, and it's fishy to boot.

>>1307152

Stick with the plan.

Please oh please let us just have gotten lucky. Tezel is invincible if he knows we're coming. The only chance we had was with the element of surprise.

>>1307242
Jr said that indecision would get us a worse end than ticking with whatever we choose. We are committed to this and I still have a desperate plan to get the Adanemzurai off our back.

>>1307152

can we fire our last chunk of wax back down the hallway we came from?

>>1307277
But what are we even doing in here?

I still don't see what we're infiltrating FOR.

What's our plan? How are we going to deal with Tezel? Just make it to the treasure room and hope?

>>1307242

It isn't done, and he expects us now. If we don't show up, he's going to do his best to stop us outside.

>>1307301
GAME INFO: This is a possiblity. You may try it if your fellow questers agree with your action.

>>1307276
>>1307277
>Stick with the plan
GAME INFO: So, head into the Treasure Room by following the tile pattern you used last time?

>>1307317

I don't know any other path to a good end.

I..I'm really afraid we might have to sacrifice ourselves.

>>1307329

Shoot our last chunk, and then yes, I suppose. tell everyone to go one at a time and do exactly what we do.

>>1307336

goddamn it, I knew it would come to this. the moment I found out that there was a difference between best end and good end, I knew that it would involve some sort of sacrifice.

>>1307317
My vote was to convince the Adanemzurai to make us flesh so we could safely break our connection to her and stick her in Tezel's crown. I have absolutly no idea what the others thought we could do in her with the exception of the guy who wanted to look for something in the treasure room. I'm starting to think that they didn't know what they wanted to do either.

>>1307329

Instruct dash to hop on each tile once in order, then wait for the white flame to finish falling before heading in.

>>1307329
Hold off on that until we ask the Adanemzurai what kind of traps Tezel might has laid for us. Make sure to tell her that her fate will be just as bad if not worse than ours if we get caught.

>>1307399

She has nothing to lose. If she stays with us, she WILL be put back into stasis. At that point, even getting captured by her husband is preferable.

>>1307329

fire off the chunk. if we start moving while the guard is watching us it will raise the alarm

>>1307329
If we go into the room we should go first and warn the others to stay quiet no matter what happens, but first see >>1307352 and >>1307399.

>>1307381
This WOULD be fine, separating from the box, then we could find a way for Dash to put it in the crown, and it's all good.

But it won't. I am very sure the box will NOT change us back in our current situation. It does not want to give us up.

And now we've pretty much eliminated any potential trust it might put into us after agreeing to take over Titano and smashing her husband. The trust we could have used to negotiate a release from our stony prison.

>>1307421
Are we sure? My plan is that telling her her stasis will only last until some power hungry creature finds her and frees her. If we get caught she may be subjugated by her husband.

>>1307440
>we've

That was all Jr.

>>1307424

we should do this on the slight chance that we got extremely lucky with the dice rolls.

>>1307467

Which honestly makes me think that we've already sealed our fate and there's nothing we can do now.

Why Jr, why? I'm sorry for playing badly. Please, be merciful.

Why not ask more questions before taking action? Entering the castle was a bold enough decision without us stopping now to make sure we aren't tying a noose 'round our neck.

We may want to move soon.

>>1303278
>>1303278
>>1303278

>>1307467
I mean that buy going completely against what the box wanted us to do by doing what it said will be our doom.

I imagine it lost a lot of faith in us after foolishly ignoring such a warning.

I realize that we really shouldn't go back now, and there's nothing to do other than spring the trap, but...

>>1307336
>>1307352
>>1307424
>>1307430
Quietly, you turn your box to face back towards the entrance. Arming your bubblegum slingshot with another round of Sandy Candle Wax, you aim straight and true. As it releases, some of the gum catches on Rainbow's mane. The Sandy Wax Ball careens off course, splatting into the wall near the entrance.

The guards seem attracted to the noise.. even though it was impossible to hear from this distance. As they group together to investigate it, one guard keeps turning his head towards your boxes. He doesn't seem to want to go this way, but continues on. Eventually, the entire squad huddles up around the new wad of candle wax.

"Heh." You chuckle to yourself. From the throne room, you hear a soft laugh, then a voice. "I've got you now... up those steps you come... my sweet little Adanemzurai..." Tezel sounds quite excited as he whispers to himself loud enough for you to hear.

A voice echoes in your head. "It's too late. They know you're here. We must get out of here immediately before the guards come back."

>>1307517
Responses in next thread:
>>1303278
>>1303278
>>1303278
>>1303278
>>1303278
>>1303278

Remember what Jr told us in his tips. He didn't mention anything about the dark corridor!

Well nevermind, we really should head back. Unless it's a double cross and he INTENDED US TO HEAR THE WHISPER!

Can we agree to go rampage mode if we get cornered?

>>1307574

Wait, so now they're grouped around the entrance?

>>1307574
The last time we came through here did we take our boxes across the tiles and into the treasury?

>>1307585

Sure, even though it seems like we've already lost now.

>>1307574

Make your way into the treasure room using the trap mechanism.

>>1307586
GAME INFO: That is correct. Your wad of Sandy Wax went back and stuck to the main entrance of the Castle. It's put some distance between you and the seemingly incompetent legion of guards.

>>1307589
GAME INFO: Last time, you had ditched your boxes before heading into the Treasury.

>>1307552
Shit, this is not a good thing.
Or rather, its not nearly as good as not being expected at all.
He doesn't seem to know that we can go through the treasure room, which does mean that we could probably destroy the phonograph before he can react, if we decide to do so.

The problem is that the box which we need to stick in his head is stuck to our back, and probably won't want to unstick itself.

>>1307585

Alright, alright guys, alright.

Bear with me.

How about we do a two pronged attack? As long as Pinkie doesn't touch anything in the treasure room, we know she'll be safe. She can go into the treasure room while we make our way down the dark corridor.

>>1307625
Ask the Adanemzurai if the treasury's security system will burn our boxes.

>>1307574

This is all very surreal. Reminds me of the ME3 ending.

>>1307634
There's no entrance into the throne from the bedchambers.

>>1307634
The dark corridor doesn't connect to anything as far as the Adanemzurai knows.

>>1307654

>the box said there's no entrance from the bedchambers

Which probably means there is. I'm just throwing out any way we can use surprise right now.

>>1307653
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9CzcOcBb_ms

>>1307681
>>1307681
>>1307681

Fuck you Leth, we have to try.

>>1307675
But why would it lie about something as inconsequential as that?

>>1307675

You know what, fuck it, let's try it. Worse comes to worse we backtrack and "distract" the guards again.

>>1307703

Because it wants us to give up and control Titanio.

So, where we going, questers? There's a handful of choices at your disposal...

>Through the Treasure Room
>Down the Dark Corridor
>Straight into the Throne Room

I'm seeing 2 for Dark Corridor, 1 for Treasure Room, none for the main Throne Room entrance.

>>1307740
Fuck, treasure room I guess.

>>1307718

Better than simply walking into our deaths I guess.

Tell Pinkie to hide on the stairs to the thron room and to distract Tezel when she sees us wave from the opposite corridor.

>>1307728
But there are still two other paths we could have tried. I don't feel that it lying about that makes any sense.

>>1307740
Treasure room, but ask the Adanemzurai if the security system will set our box on fire.

>>1307740
Treasure room.

>>1307740

For going down the dark corridor, see >>1307758 for the plan.

>>1307759

It could be withholding information. We only asked if there was a way to the throne room from there.

>>1307759

It knows we're smart enough to not risk direct assault and doesn't know we know the code for the treasure room.

>>1307773

Does Sweetie come with us or go with Pinkie?

>>1307785

well technically the box should know the code too

My mood music for this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GINnWt8QiO8

>>1307810
We should ask it how to get through, to see whether it is lieing to us about things.

>>1307803

Come with us, I don't trust her around cursed artifacts.

>>1307758
No. She can come with us through the treasury room and sneak around behind the throne, then act like she came out of the passage opposite the treasury.

>>1307810

Hey, I have an idea. Let's ask it how to get into the treasure room. I bet that'll tell us what side it's on.

>>1307827
>We should ask it how to get through, to see whether it is lieing to us about things.

This, oh man this.