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You and Saffron stare up in horror to find what looks to be a headless griffon attached to the spiked ceiling. The blood is slowly dripping down the walls and falling into the grooves etched into the floor.

>>2552774
Greet him amicably.
Tell him he reminds you of your friend griffy, but headless.
:V

offer him painkillers

get the fuck out of the room, goddamn!

>>2552774
Go downstairs.

we quest now?

leave leave leave leave leave

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>>2552880
>>2552923
>>2552931
In the interest of not being impaled by either the floor OR the ceiling, you skirt along the edge of the wall to the doorway leading downstairs.

>>2553034
Let's get down.

>>2553034
inb4 closes

i-is renne quest ded?

>>2553196

No, LK is just a slowpoke.

<new room, wasn't expecting you to go down.>

>>2553207
we beat the quest!

So care to share more about those griffon sacrifices...

>>2553207
I guess everyone missed the point of this room.

Too bad the griffon didn't

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>>2553251

>>2553251
maybe just thought we'd leave the way we came

The pegasus was missing its wings and the griffon seems to be missing its wings... I think someone doesn't like flying things.

>>2553317
interesting

I'm starting to think there's some kind of puzzle with the blood in these rooms. I'm not sure if investigating the place is a good idea, though, what with the spikes and all.

>>2553334
Also these things seemed to of died recently
I think someone used blood magic to sink that boat...

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You find yourselves in a square room, very dark ahead of you. There is one torch on the west wall where you came from, but no others in the room. Next to the doorway you came from, there is another with a staircase leading further down.

>>2553370
Inspect the design on the wall.

>>2553370
Update map!

>>2553370
is that blood dry or is it "fresh"...
Also, investigate door.

>>2553370
is that an apple or something sitting on the floor near the far wall?

>>2553370
See if you can make out the design on the wall with the torch. Seems pretty shady

I have to bed. Sorry about the puns. can't want to see how this turns out

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>>2553414
You pull out a new sheet of paper and sketch down what you can see of the room.

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>>2553410
>>2553420
>>2553447
The blood on the floor, or as much of it as you would care to inspect at the moment, looks to be rather congealed, not quite fully dry.

The designs on the wall are of an octagon. The etchings on the face seem to have been ground down and have long since faded away. The hieroglyphics surrounding the octagon are just as indistinguishable and worn.

>>2553370
Examine door

>>2553444
this
what's this

>>2553641
Check the spot of blood that was above Safron's head in >>2553370.

>>2553444
Looks like a gem

>>2553698
it could be just a mark on the wall behind it, but it looks as if it has a stem coming out the top... like an apple.

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>>2553444
>>2553665
>>2553680
>>2553698
>>2553726
Saffron leans down and picks it up.

It's a stone. Jasper, to be specific. Carved and polished into a perfect sphere that fits snugly in the palm of Saffron's paw.

>>2553881
I bet it goes in a thing, pocket dat shit

>>2553881
I don't like it, but we will need it for something later no doubt... add it to the inventory.
Can we investigate the door now?

>>2553881

If an eye or mouth or facial feature of any kind appears then toss it

>>2553881
Investigate that door.

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>>2553912
>>2553943
>>2554012
You both stare at it for a while, and nothing comes of it. Saffron puts it in the pegasus' saddlebag, and the two of you muster up your wits to go to the dark side of the room.

>>2554124
i don't like that stone...

>>2554227
It may be needed sometime

>>2554124
>>2554124
stall...
Ask saffron if she is holding up alright...
...
I can't help but get this bad feeling, like something horrible might happen to her soon.

>>2554278
something more horrible than your ship sinking and being suck in some horrible temple with something going around and sacrificing others...
like being sacrificed

>>2554278
I'm feeling impending separation

>>2554124
Shine torch up the other set of stairs

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>>2554095
The door has on its surface some of the same markings you've seen elsewhere in the temple. The sides of the doorway have two torch holders, but no torches. The door itself is inset into the frame a few inches, and it has a rope with metal hooks embedded in it for a handle.
[audio01]

>>2554352
No sir, I don't like it

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>>2554352
I've seen this before. Let's go back upstairs.

>>2554352
Use magic to pull door handle open

a little late but...
>>2552774
Doesn't it look like there is room for another up there?

>>2554395
upstairs to the griffon?
fuck that
at least there's no BODIES in this room... so far

>>2554440
you never know..
>go back up to room
>griffon body missing

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>>2554404
You use your magic to pull open the door. It doesn't budge at first, but with a little effort, it slides to the side.

>>2554615
break off a piece of the torch and throw it in

or magic up a ball of light

>>2554615
Levitate the torch in with our magic.

>>2554615
levitate tourch in or magic light or something, again don't enter right away

>>2554615 >>2553370
that blood trail is confusing, what the fuck happened to that poor soul...

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>>2554716
>>2554678
You send the torch in, fearful of what you may find. As soon as it goes into the room, you hear a scratching noise to the left of the door, like something scraping on the stone floor.

Then a scream.

"No! NO! GET AWAY! GET AWAY!"

>>2554905
Holy shit, someone actually alive.
Try to get them to calm down, and see if they're too badly wounded.

>>2554905
this guy knows whats up

back to the ship

>>2554905
Call out "who's there?" Reassure them you're not here to hurt them

>>2554905
Somethings scraping and I don't like being this close to the door, pls back away

>>2554905
okay, either someone is scared of us... or something else in the room.

>>2555016
maybe renne is hearing things..

>>2555016
The fact that theres a scraping noise makes me think it's the latter and it might be a warning

I don't like this aye'tall

>>2555032
remember what the tumblr said?
shes not good at listening apparently
i dont think shes hearing things

>>2554905
Back away and tell the voice that we don't mean any harm.

>>2555032
Saffron probably reacts to it

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>>2554952
>>2554980
>>2555073
You back away from the door, dropping the torch. You look over at Saffron to see if she's hearing this, but her eyes are wide, starting at the doorway.

"N-NO! PLEASE! HELP ME!"

You yell to the room that you mean no harm.

"N-N... You're..."

You yell again, assuring that you mean no harm, and that you are just as scared.

"Y-you're... not him? Hah... Ha! HahahaHAHAHAHA!

>>2555129
I still dun like this

that noise has me suspicious

>>2555129
Grab our torch with our magic and ask whoever is in there to come out slowly. Be sure to keep our torch between the doorway and us.

>>2555129
Stand your ground but be ready to run.

>>2555129
This must be a trap.
Bail out!

>>2555129
Ask how we could "help" him...
be ready to close that door and run

>>2555129
Share a jolly laugh with this good fellow

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>>2555163
>>2555164
>>2555196 (Dead)
You call out to the voice once more and ask them to please calm down, that maybe you can help. Saffron snarls, gripping your sharpened trowel tightly. You prepare to run, or to make a quick move with the torch that you have levitating near the voice.

"You're not him... you sound... nice."

A figure slowly peeks out from around the corner.

"I-I don't mean any harm... Please... don't go."

>>2555347
>Blood covered face
>Bleeding figure still in the distance

Shut the damn door.

>>2555347
State to him that we can't trust him, so he better not think that we will.
Order him to slowly step into the doorway, so we can see him.
Stay on your guard.

>>2555347
Cast magic missile

>>2555347
Get that torch between him and us then ask him about all the blood and that figure in the background.

>>2555347
Get him to move into our sight, a few feet back from the door.
Ask who the person in the back is

>>2555347
he hears the voice too!
Don't trust him, he did all of this!
Run

>>2555347
Ask him about the bleeding dude

>"I-I don't mean any harm... Please... don't go."

Bullshit. Tell him to get into the open. Any magic and we slam the door.

>>2555347
>scraping noise
>hooves
he was probably spazzing in a corner when he saw the torch

>You're not him
Who is "him"?

>>2555347
Ask him to stand in the doorway

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>>2555383
>>2555402
>>2555409
>>2555461
You pull the torch out of the room, and ask him to slowly walk into the doorway. He does so and turns towards you.

You ask him about the blood on the ground, how it got there, the figure in the far corner-

"Sh-she was my colleague... We were stranded down here, all of us. I fear that I'm the only one left, aside from him."

You ask now, more tense than ever, about "him."

"My friend... used to be my friend.... diamond dog. He did this. He... he went crazy, I don't know what happened."

>>2555725
Ask him his name, what he was doing down here, and when he became stranded.

>>2555725
"How did you get down here?
What's your name?"

>>2555725
He went crazy... He didn't complain about weird dreams or anything did he?

>>2555725
Ask where his group came from, who the diamond dog is

>>2555725
Go in that room and close the door. Check out his injuries and get his full story. Don't grill the guy like a douche while he stands there and bleeds. (get someplace secure and sort things out)

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>>2555757
>>2555765
>>2555817
"My name is Chronicle."

You ease up just a bit, his voice now much less frantic. More level and calm.

"We were on a ship... a cruise ship. Something big came out of the ocean. Like a rock... tower. It tore into the ship, and we all fled to a lifeboat. Then another one came, and it hit our lifeboat, and we started to sink. One of my other colleagues was a unicorn, and we both sustained everyone as long as we could with a diving spell while we tried to break free. The lifeboat hit the ocean floor and cracked open... and we saw... this... this skull. We had nowhere to go and were about to drop the spell from the pressure, but we made it to here. Well. Some of us made it..."

He glances up at your horn, then to Saffron who is still snarling at him, grasping a sharpened trowel.

"I can assume you came down here in a similar fashion. She's... She's not crazy, is she?"

>>2556024
"Nope. Can you tell me the day you sunk?"

>>2556024
When was that? We were on that ship, but we had a hard time to keep track of time.
And she's not crazy. Probably.
We really should tell her not to snarl at him.
Did the Diamond Dog who did this had any reason to go crazy?
Dreams or hallucinations maybe?

>>2556024
Tell him she's not crazy considering the circumstances. Ask the name of the ship he was on

Hey guys.
We now have a pony for company.
And he said that a Dog already went crazy.
Maybe it would be safer to dump her?
Just as a precaution?

>>2556147
I think renne is more likely to go crazy... with those dreams.

>>2556147
We wouldn't even have gotten this far without Saffron, and I'd still trust her over this newcomer

>>2556024
So maybe now is a good time to get that head wound looked at and get some more info out of this guy. Check out the room he was hiding in also.

>>2556147
>ditching mai waifu in a dungeon
nigga i'll cut you

>>2556147
>Implying he's not going to backstab us.

Trust no one.

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>>2556059
>>2556087
He tells you that it was just earlier today, though it seems to have been so much longer. The ship was headed towards the diamond dog coast. He and his colleagues were supposed to get off there, and were to study diamond dog history in an attempt to help the off-coast archaeology team.

>>2555906
>>2556203
Saffron looks at you uneasily, but you tell Chronicle that you would like to help, and that you would like to know more about his diamond dog friend.

>>2556411
Ask him about his Diamond Dog friend and what he did to the others.

>>2556411
Ask about this Diamond Dog.
Maybe we were exploring these ruins with a time-bomb with us.

>>2556411
Examine cause of death of the body in the back of the room

>>2556438
this, also ask Saffron if any of this blood matches the blood on the dead Pegasuse's note you found. See if the other dead pony has anything useful, information or loot, while listening to Chronicle tell his story

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>>2556438
>>2556460
>>2556506
Saffron tears off a piece of her shawl and you use it for a bandage. It looks as if Chronicle sustained a single claw strike from his forehead to his cheek. Saffron catches the scent of his blood and nods towards you.

You ask him to tell you about the diamond dog as you search around the room. Saffron stays next to him while you walk with the torch.

"Chance was such a good friend... But... when we were on the ship, he started to complain of headaches. Said he was having spooky dreams. When we all ended up down here, it just got worse. It started off with Shimmering Star..."

He put his forehooves together and stared at them, then jerked them apart quickly.

>>2556846
"Headaches and spooky dreams? Could you tell me more about that?"

Oh shit.
Good thing we can't really much damage to anyone.

GUYS
GUYS
TUMBLR

>>2556931
>he already answered my question

>>2556931
What tumblr?

>>2556980
The super secret passworded quest tumblr to scare the shit out of you, of course.

>>2556846
Hmm, so that pegasus was in his group? Who else was, a griffon maybe?

What wear those dreams about? Any images or names/places? How much of this place have you explored and what have you found?

Anything in the room or about the body that is interesting?

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>>2556912
>>2556474
"Meadow and I fled to this room. It was open, but... but he caught her and... "

Chronicle shuts his eyes tightly.

"He dragged her into this room and threw her in the corner. I was hiding right where you found me. I cast a shroud spell in the hopes that he would pass me by. I... I almost didn't make it, but he left and shut the door behind him."

You slowly make your way across the room, following the trail of blood on the floor. You want to ask him about the headaches and dreams, but you fear you may already know the answer.

>>2557226
Examine the walls and ask if he has any idea where Chance may be. We don't want to run into him.

>>2557226
Tell Saffron that you want to tell her something, in private, so could she maybe come here so you could whisper in her ear?

>>2557226
Ask if the name "Baldwin" means anything to him

>>2557226
See what he knows about this place. What is the layout, any markings they identified, the purpose of this place.

Close that door before the psycho comes running in here and kills us all. Or grabs chronicle and finishes the job.

>>2557226
Ask Chronicle if he knows the Griffon.

Actually, see if he's physically alright first.

>>2557610 (Dead)
Examine the writing on the walls and ask if he knows where Chance may be so we can avoid him.

>>>2557610 (Dead) (Dead)
>Dead

What

The tumblr just updated.

>>2557640
>>2557649
>tfw forced to close browser to post huge picture
>tfw deleted quest post

>>2557667
pass?

>>2557610 (Dead)
Ok this picture keeps flashing in and out, kinda creeping me out...

>>2557680
txna

>>2557689
>txna
>Sorry. That password was invalid.

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You approach Meadow slowly. Your throat goes dry and your voice falters. Chronicle still speaks to you from across the room.

"I... never knew what came of Gerard and Gusty Gale... I hope they're still alive."

>>2557283
You cannot speak, and it is probably for the better, as you do not wish to tell Chronicle. At least not in the state that he's in. You finally muster a question.

"Baldwin? I... Uh... no. No. I do not recall that name, no. Chance mentioned voices... calling out his name... At first it was one, but then they multiplied until they were in the thousands. He said that the headaches felt as if someone were grinding stones together in his head, and that behind it all he could hear a sickly heartbeat..."

<sorry for the hiccup, guys>

>>2557711
>>2557689
It's tnxa, doofus

What is tumblr address?

>>2557738
http://awujabvojnavwaowqau.tumblr.com/

>>2557716
Is that a deer?
Turn away before we throw up.
Ask Saffron if you could ask her something, just between the two of you.
Tell Chronicle to stay calm, nothings wrong, apart the fact that all his friends are dead and we are soon to follow.

>>2557716
You slowly approach Meadow as Chronicle keeps talking to you from across the room. Your throat goes dry.

"I... I never knew what happened to Gusty Gale and _... I hope they're still okay..."

>>2557283
You figure that now is not the best time to tell him about what you've seen on the floors above. You ask him about the dreams, and if the name Baldwin has any significance.

"Baldwin? I... uh... No. No. I've never heard that name before. Chance talked about voices. Lots of voices calling out his name. They filled his head by the thousands. He said something about stones scraping together, and the sickly beat of a heart."

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>>2557777
Someone needs a refill on pills.

>>2557777
<I derped on the text file. Forgot to Ctrl-F replace the griffon's name, and cut it, paste it, deleted it, didn't copy in time, and then typed it all again! We're back on track now, I can assure you there is no significant or important differences in the post.>

>>2557716
Is she...smiling?

>>2557716
Examine the writing on the walls and ask if he knows where Chance may be so we can avoid him.

>>2557762
>Ask Saffron if you could ask her something, just between the two of you.
what is it you want to ask her? just tell us, that's gonna just waste time
it's like inputting a command for renne to blink

>>2557913
We should tell her that if we have another of these visions or dreams or whatever and start to act funny afterwards she needs to stop us before we can do harm to anyone

>>2557927
That would be a pretty bad idea to make them question your possible sanity in a situation like this

>>2557974
Saffron already knows about it.

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uhh... does this room look familiar?

>>2557982
Not everything, nor should she

>>2557226
Examine door more closely

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>>2557884
>>2557762
You turn away from Meadow before your head starts to spin again. You look at the walls, and just like the other room, it looks as if the glyphs have been defaced. Ground off and damaged, entirely unreadable. You ask Chronicle about Chance.

"No... I don't know where he would be."

>>2558027
Ask him if he tried to open the door.
Examine door.

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>>2558043
>>2558005
You ask Chronicle if he had tried to open the door. He shakes his head. You approach slowly with your torch, and the door gleams. It's made entirely of burnished bronze, with black etchings on the surface. It looks like it would have been too solid for Chronicle to open, even if he did try.

>>2558074
map!

I FUCKEN MISSED THIS WEEK'S THREAD BECAUSE 4CHAN IS DYING!

FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU
UUUUUUUU!

>>2558074
Try to open it.

>>2558102
>>2558004
>>2558027
dude what
look at the circle in the center of the floor
do you remember what was behind the last door in a room with a circle on the floor?

>>2558132
We came in this way on the other floor.
Maybe it's a way out.
And it's still better than to just sit down and wait to die.

>>2558074
Examine etchings on door

>>2558145
Maybe we could try some of those other stairs? I think there was one that went down further and another that went up we never checked out.

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>>2558102
>>2558152
From this distance, the door looks like it has flames on the sides. You try to walk closer, but within a foot of the door the heat of the air suddenly increases tenfold. You press on and move closer another inch, and the heat increases yet again. The etching on the center of the door looks like a pole with 4 pegs in it, or something similar. Before long, the heat is too intense and you have to back away, the air instantly cooling once you are past the threshold.

>>2558203
Well, we can't go this way.
Ask Chronicle if he wants to come with us instead of staying here.
We might know a way out.

>>2558203
Ok, it can be:
An Engine Room for mechanism
Incinerator for corpses
Some sort of fire temple room maybe?

Either way shits on fire yo!

Since theres no way to get close without melting we should just a void it for now.

>>2558203
Exit room, check downstairs

>>2558203
Hmm...we must need the red key for this door. Update map and check where we haven't explored to yet. Also ask if he can tell you where he has been to and if he can add anything to the map. Show him those notes on that scrap we looted earlier, maybe he knows about some of the things that are on it.

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>>2558086

Just got in. Since no-one seems to have mentioned it, I spoke to an Anon yesterday who reckoned he'd worked out what that coded phrase on the tumblr was supposed to be, and it seemed pretty good to me.
Four of metal, four of stone;
four of body, four of soul

>>2558245
>Red key
You mean the jasper stone, or something else I'm forgetting?

The symbol above this flaming door seems to be the same as the one on the entrance to the Griffon's chamber.

>>2558262
>Tumblr
Ahahaha, looks like that WAS it.

>>2558262
Maybe the pillars outside the door represent something to do with it

>>2558268
haha no. Doom and such.

>>2558252
See if chronicle can add to our map any.

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>>2558370
Ah, silly me. And yeah, good idea.

>>2558252
Check the markings on the wall in this room, and note them down if they're different from the ones in the similar room upstairs.

>>2558407
Puzzle time?
I suck at this.

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>>2558237
>>2558245
The three of you walk out into the other room. You tell Chronicle that you've been keeping maps, and ask him if he's ever been anywhere you haven't.

"I have only been down this far. Gerard, Gusty Gale, Chance, and Shimmering Star went further down. Only Gusty Gale and Gerard came up... and after some hurried speech, they ran. And then Chance came up..."

>>2558482
We should go up.
I don't think going further down is a good idea.

>>2558501
We have +1 party member, go down now that we can kick some butts.

>>2558501
We have to go down, there's nothing else above us we haven't seen already

>>2558482
>>2558501
Before we go up we should ask him if Gerard and Gusty match our descriptions of the griffon and pegasus (of course they do) and then forewarn him of their fates so he doesn't freak..

>>2558482
We should go up. Warn him about what he's going to see in the next room.

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>>2558532
There's still stairs up there we can go further up with.

>>2558482
well if we want to find anything out lets head on down. Get your fire and pointy stuff ready for trouble!

>>2558262
We need to keep an eye out for some thing related to this. The polished stone we picked up is probably related. I think the sacrifices probably have something to do with the body part.

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>>2558532
i beg to differ
bottom left room, has stairs going up

>>2558532
Let's see, our party consist of:
- a unicorn archeologist mare who is scared as fuck and probably wasn't even in a fight her whole life
- a female diamond dog with a head injury
- a mentally unstable unicorn who just witnessed as one of his friend guttet his other friend

I don't think we are very combat capable.

Oh, just remembered. Ask Chronicle for an inventory report.

>>2558567
We are good, in the worst scenario the new member will betray us leading both to a horrible, painful, and bloody death.

I dont see any problems.

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>>2558536
>>2558547
You warn Chronicle that before going up, that he may see some things that he is not ready to see. But that he should try and remain calm, because he has both you and Saffron there.

>>2558733
Tell him to stare at the ground until we tell him he no longer has to

>>2558747
What, no he MUST know what shit is going on this place.

If not, the next brutal thing we find will freak him out really bad.

>>2556411
>and were to study diamond dog history in an attempt to help the off-coast archaeology team
Remember to show him our notes and ask if he can make any sense of the writing here, and also if he knows what's up with Gusty's notes when we're out of the freak-out zone.

>>2558782
We can tell him his friend died.
He doesn't need to SEE it.

>>2558747
After watching his doe friend get disemboweled live what he is about to see wont be nearly as bad.

Time to head up, should make an effort to be quite so to avoid drawing attention right to us. Also ask Chronicle if he has anything pointy on hand or a fire spell in case we run into trouble.

Do we have or can we have a list of each party member skills?

>>2558733
Let's go up. Be sure to warn everyone to hug the walls.

>>2558799
Yes! Get him to check out those notes! That blood on the note >>2556846 matches his.

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>>2558747
>>2558802
>>2558849
You tell everyone to hug the walls and stare at the fl...

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>>2558872
Good job guys.

>>2558872
AHAHAHAHAHHAAHAHAHHAHAHAA Good thing he was staring at the floor. Also look at Saffron's face. Did you do that expression on purpose LK?

Again this>>2558850

>>2558872
Yeah, it's blood.
Carry on.

>>2558872
Well... not as bad as i expected.

>>2558872
Renne and Saffron fail to stop him from looking up in time...

>>2558872
ONLY RENNE look up

>>2558940
>>2558936
THATS WHY I SAID THEY HAD TO LOOK

Seriously they waste more time, sanity and energy trying to avoid it.

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>>2558940
>>2558919

>>2558967
I keep trying to go look for a fight but everyone else is a wussy.
>>2558974
Something is missing.

>>2558974
That's disturbing.
We are probably going to die.
Leave quickly.

>>2558974
Should have stapled it to the ceiling.

pls leave. pls.

>>2558974
"Uh oh. Let's go back down quickly and quietly."

>>2558974
Ok, my theory is that the body fell and the floor opened then it closed again, so only the blood trail is left.

Whats the room below this one? the one with the giant spike?

>>2558974
Whaaaaat. But... there's no bloody smears or anything other signs that'd be left by someone taking the body. How.

>>2558992
>>2559004
Leave where? We can go down or out to where we first started

>>2559007
Damnit anon! I wanted to do that in the first place but everyone was scared. We should go and see if the other corpse is gone yet.
>>2559022
No that was next to this one on the same floor.

>>2559027
Check that flight of stair that lead up.

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>>2559027
please leave. out of the door we came though.

corpse. gone. monsters. evil. bad. pls go.

Im sure the body has a key to something, we should look for it.

>>2559026
Well that body did appear out of nowhere on the ceiling in the fist place.

We have 2 magic ponies, fire, and a diamond dog with a pointy object! Let's just keep heading up and see what is up there.

Get Chronicle to check out that note we found on the ded pony.

>>2559089
Unicorns are master race, i still dont know why people is scared of exploring the dungeon.

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>>2559063
>>2559069
You walk into the next room, and Saffron gasps. Chronicle hugs the wall and heads for the corner, and the two of you follow him. His breathing is growing unsteady, and he's whispering to you.

"Up... please... up... up...."

>>2559179
Oh dear.
We better not go back to that hall.
Up.
Quickly.

>>2559179
Oh boy here we go.

Now that hes panicking we dont stand a chance in combat.
Either way try to calm him down and keep mving foward.

>>2559179
Once we go up map the room we were just in and the room we are currently in.

>>2559179
The hell all this come from?

Get Saffron to calm Chronicle while you check out that room. See if things have been moved/changed in there. If it is clear head up.

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>>2559194
>>2559230
>>2559063
The three of you rush upstairs. You are greeted by a fairly well lit room with a door to the north, and a doorway to the east.

>>2559396
Map this room and the last room.

>>2559396
Have Chronicle check out that door while we take a peek in the next room. Make sure it is all clear. After that have Chronicle take a look at the note we found on that dead pony. Ask him what his archeology expertise is in.

>>2559396
Check out that very friendly looking door.

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>>2559422
You quickly sketch out this room.

<Previous room has already been added. >>2558558 >

That door has "Boss Room" written all over it.

>>2559510
agreed. it also looks like that gear shape on the note maybe. we should probably check out everything on this floor and head back down to the lower levels and see if there is anything we can find down there.

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>>2559443
>>2559510
>>2559528
As you approach the door, a great sense of dread spreads over you. You can feel every beat of your heart pulse through every one of your veins. The heartbeat soon turns into a headache, starting right between your eyes.

>>2559634
Let's back away and break eye contact with the door.

>>2559634
>headache
Ok this is it, im sure the source of all this shit is right behind this door, examine the door to find a way to open it may not be the best course of action, those headaches must not be taken lightly.

>>2559634
welp cya Chronicle, time for your horrible death. That or more dead bodies appear.

>>2559634
We've seen a sinking boat, a dead fucking bodies and you are going to get scared by a door?
Mare up, and stare it back!

>>2559654
nahh, just time for voices and visions. time for clues and confusion!

What's that symbol on the top of the door? A dash then a dot?

>VerY good
>it SeeMs that
>you can LISTEN
>afTer all

>>2559681
That was posted right after I posted >>2558262, so it was presumeably telling us that that's the right translation.

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>>2559662
>>2559654
>>2559649
You try to turn away, but your vision is locked. Your head begins to pound, your knees begin to shake. There is nothing it the eye sockets of the skull, but it seems as if they are staring right back at you. Their shape is not a normal socket, but four planes reaching a singular point.

>>2559704
>now iF only
>you Could
>SEe

We should start figuring it out.
We seen four pillars where we found Chronicle - four of stone?
How many bodies were there up to now?
Gusty, Gaston were already ritually used, that's two of bodies and souls, right?

>>2559732

Scream for Saffron to slap you silly and snap you out of it

diddly

>>2559736
< >GastonOkay, I laughed. Seriously should have named him that.>

>>2559732
Scream at it.
"What do you want from me?!"

>>2559732
We are so dead.

>>2559736
Possibly, what were the pillars in the first room off the entrance made of? I agree with the sacrifices that makes sense. I bet we could find more shaped gems. But for metal I dont know.

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<cutscene>

>>2559835
Boss battle time?
Boss battle time.

>>2559736
We have two bodies found, Star is missing still along with the murder mutt chance.

>>2559845
>forgetting about Meadow
poor thing

>>2559845
The pegasus and the griffon was in those chambers.
I suspect those chambers have to do something with it, that's why I didn't count the deer.

>>2559856
she wasnt sacrificed like the other two. I think we need to try to find the last missing member of Chronicle's group, Star. We do that and I bet we pick up a couple more clues in the process. We will run into Chance along the way and deal with him if we can. Judging from that tumblr he isnt useful as a sacrifice, so someone else well get it if that is what is really going on.

>>2559835
anyone want to pull that apart and see if the file has anything in it?

>>2559925

Maybe the new blood from earlier was meadow getting dragged onto a spike

LETS SPLIT UP AND INVESTIGATE!

>>2559938
>SPLIT UP
No, nigger.
Just no.

>>2559759
No-one's dead like Gaston,
Lost their head like Gaston,
No-one bleeds on the floor of the room like Gaston

>>2559938
possibly but she never returned from the lower level with the group once Chance flipped. He probably killed her first.

>>2559634
Those markings, center top of door, the dash and dot. Are those carved in, like would that jasper fit in there?

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Before you can even blink, you find yourself on the floor of the room to the east. Chronicle has blown out all the lights, and ushered both you and Saffron into the room. He stands as still and quiet as he can. You lift your head to speak, but Saffron puts a finger to your mouth.

>>2559987
Oh he saved us?
Recover and stand up, get ready for whatever its going on.

>>2559987
Perk your ears up and listen

>>2559987
Saffron get you pointy trowel ready. It's showtime Renne lets get ready to rock!

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<cutscene>
If at all possible, the air around Chronicle seems to get darker, covering his entire form, as well as yours and Saffron's. He only opens his mouth for one tiny moment.

"Shh..."

>>2559987
Let's stay quiet.

>>2560079
LETS FIGHT!

>>2560112
Let's not.

>>2560112
THIS IS NOT THAT KIND OF QEST!
BRAIN INSTEAD BRAWL!

>>2560123
ITS NOT THAT KIND OF QUEST BECAUSE YOU KEEP RUNNING

>>2560134
We don't want to die.
Seriously, our chances in a fight are pretty low.

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>>2560081
>>2560115
You can hear the soft padding of footsteps, almost too quiet to hear. They start to get louder, and are accompanied by another sound.
[audio02]

>>2560147
Oh shit, he's got a wooden xylophone.

>>2560152
IT
IS
ON

>>2560147
ha, is that the sounds of bones clattering or something?

>>2560154
That ain't wood.

>>2560147
>>2560152
It sounds like bones...
Shit.
Stay quiet and stay down.

>>2560152
its probably just Star, who somehow survived

>>2560147
I'm curious about something. Someone run that through an audiograph.

>>2560172
I don't have any audio programs to do that, but someone should check all the audio files this thread.

>>2560179
Is the light going away?
Are the sounds getting quieter?
And why is Saffron breaking the 4th wall?

>>2560179
Nobody move or even breath.

>>2560179
Surprise attack incoming.

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Chronicle drops the shroud spell after what seems like an eternity with a heavy sigh.

"He's gone. At least for now. Sorry... about shoving you into this room, but... you weren't responding to either of us."

>>2560210
"Did I say something? That door... It was staring at me like it wanted something from me."

>>2560210
Was that Chance? Just how big and bad is this guy? I must know!

LK pllllsssss do a cast pic after this

>>2560210
He? You mean... the chance guy?

We Amnesia now!

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>>2560215
>>2560220
>>2560233
With a spark, Chronicle lights the torch in the room again.

"Yes, that was Chance. Despite his size, he can manage to be rather quiet. Fortunately for us he's wearing that... that gruesome necklace he constructed."

You shake your head, testing to see if the aches are still present. They have all gone away, your head as clear as it ever has been. You ask about yourself in front of the door. Saffron looks over at you, worriedly.

"You did your... trance thing again. No matter how many times I said your name, you didn't budge, like you were trying to burn a hole through that door with your eyes. You didn't say anything, but your mouth was moving."

>>2560309
"Any idea what I was trying to say?"

>>2560309
I don't suppose either of you are a mouth-reader?

>>2560309
map! always map!

>>2560309
in b4 the freaking door made you call chance.

>>2560309
Inspect that wall. Make a note of the pattern see if we can determine some kind of relationship between these.

Coll thread, im out, goodnight.

Dont get killed, you guys.

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>>2558799
>>2558850
Now that you have some time to breathe, you ask him about what he was going to do to help the dig.

"Oh, I am not an archaeologist, myself. I am a historian with a penchant for big adventures. This one just happened to be a little too big. I would have stayed on the shore and researched to help the archaeologist team."

You bring up Gusty's note, and ask if Chronicle has seen it yet or not.

"I have, yes, but only briefly. As Gusty was coming up from the floor below where you found me, he frantically shoved the note in my face, asking if I knew anything about what he had written down. He left as soon as he came, however, and I haven't seen it since. Do you mind?"

>>2560501
you mind. piss on that fucker and remove kebab

>>2560501
Show it to him.

>>2560501
Show him.

>>2560501
When did he get injured? How is his blood on it if he hadn't had his run in with Chance?

Show him, lets get this quest going and kick some demonic asses

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>>2560518
>>2560529
>>2560530
You show him the note and ask about his injury.

"Oh, this? Had this happened with Chance, I would not be talking with you right now... An... old female griffon on the boat was panicking while we were sinking and nicked my eye. She didn't even make it two steps on the ocean floor. Broke from our spell and... and the pressure is just so... The note, please?"

You pass it to him, and he holds it in front of his good eye.

"Hmm. Cog. Eight spokes. I'm... seeing that number a lot, around here. I'm afraed I don't know what these dots and rods are though. None of the symbols there match the one on this wall."

>>2560589
I think we're all asleep.

>>2560589

Check the circle on the floor

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>>2560695
Then I believe it is a good time to call it for this session! And the first time that we're stopping on a lull and I don't leave you on a cliffhanger, hah. Next week, everyone, thank you for participating.

>>2560709
Sorry, bro.

>>2560735
You might want to save this thread in case our archiver is asleep.

>>2560742
Gonna have to learn how to do that, then. Any links to guides? Or that one archiving how-to pic?

>>2560759
>Open thread in Chrome
>Save as
>???
>Profit!

>>2560759
ctrl+S

>>2560764
>>2560769
Well now that was embarrasingly easy! The images don't appear as full-sized unless I view them through the html file, though.

>>2560829
Actually, yeah, that's a problem. That's just archiving the thumbnails; you're clicking the link to the actual 4chan image there, which'll of course 404 when the thread does.

>>2560844
Hmm. That archiving tutorial would be handy. I'd hate to be a dick and bump until someone who knew what they were doing came around.

>>2560853
Actually, just went and checked the other fellow's archives, and he's been leaving it like that. Guess I've just never tried to enlarge the picture while using it, I guess. He's set it up with a .rar containing:
The HTML file
The folder of thumbnails
A folder of audio files
A folder of people's contributed images(Like when we were messing around with the snakes on the door)
and the full sized quest images just sitting loose in with the HTML file

>>2560921
Also, don't have the tutorial you're asking for, sorry, otherwise I would have already posted it.

>>2560921
I found the archiving guide, giving it a shot now.

Hooray, now I know how to archive.

>>2561220
Maybe ask one of the Marker handlers to mark it too?

>>2561229
I don't wanna impose. They were nice enough to do it on their own before.

>>2561237
Plus the archive's borked at the moment anyway.

>>2561332
Aaand just as I post that I realise you were saging for a reason. Sorry about that.

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Just thought I would post this since I've been trying to figure out what the fuck happened to Gaston
Since there were no blood trails like for Meadow, I think that Chance THREW Gaston around
Door frame, splat on the floor
Splat on the wall, slide down
Splat on the floor, drug to the other room
I don't think Chance likes wings

>>2561473
Oh wow. Yeah, that looks pretty likely. Thanks for the mockup.

>>2561473
so is Chance the hulk or what? holy shit