>>38893455
Places I say things (like imminent threads): https://twitter.com/Predhack

The story to now: http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive.html?tags=Re:%20Lizard%20EX%20Quest

Character sheet (Updated! sorta): http://pastebin.com/dLa1ayJX

Also why the hell did it open ten tabs of my new thread when I posted? the hell

>>38893455
>tell them
>other
see if anyone wants to come with

>>38893455
>>Let auntie herself do the talking

Be a sneaky lizard for now

>>38893455
>Let auntie herself do the talking

>>38893455
Auntie can words

>writing

>>38893741
You remain silent to avoid blowing your cover to the half dozen lizards who already know where you are, even if they have no idea what you're doing. You let auntie do the talking. She explains quickly the varied issues of magical talent manifesting in weird ways and your siblings nod knowingly. Apparently they noticed you were excessively warm on Day 1 and that's why they all slept on top of you. Jerks. There's a general current of interesting when your decision to go find mom is brought up.

"If you wish to help her then I recommend that if asked about her you say she wandered off on our trip and did not come back," auntie finishes.

"That story will hold up?" you ask surprised.

"Little one, the fact more than half of you came back from your first outing would be considered surprising," auntie says affectionately, "All of you returning is almost unheard of."

Lizards laying a lot of eggs at once seems to make a lot more sense if that's true. You'd never really considered that life is just as hard with a better brain as it is without one. Assuming you're not waited on by elves who make your life one of supreme comfort. But you were made to understand by a particularly foul-mouthed horny toad that being worshiped by elves is unusual.

"Is it much more dangerous than staying?" your older brother asks.

"Out of the options she had, this is the most," your auntie struggles for a moment, "difficult." You get the feeling she was finding a polite way to say something else.

"Wanna come?" you ask. Your siblings look surprised and look at your older brother, who apparently is struck dumb by the very idea. "It's an open invitation," you clarify, and now they're all looking similarly pensive.

>A sibling volunteers <Pick one or say random, they're all on the fence, Sleepy sis is not an option>
>K bye
>There's something else you want from around here before you leave <specify>
>Last minute projects <specify
>Other?

>>38893995
>>A sibling volunteers
<Random>

Lets see who comes with big sis

>>38893995
>a sibling volunteers
clumsy hunting bro

>>38894054
Seconding.

>>38893995
>>A sibling volunteers <random>
whose up for ADVENTURE!

Do we still have our fire making rock?

>>38894094
Did I accidentally remove it from the inventory?

>>38893995
Hm... standby while I get a roommate to break this tie

>>38894169
We could have bro AND a random other?

>>38893995
>>A sibling volunteers <Pick one or say random, they're all on the fence, Sleepy sis is not an option>

Random

>>38894185
that'd be dope.

Whatever. I'll go with plan A
>writing

>>38894222
Auntie shrugs her pack back onto her shoulders and you hear your macuahuitl and crab shield clack together inside. Your siblings remain quiet as they consider. The silence is shatter though as your middle brother jumps up.

"I will go. I am brave and will help," he says boastfully. You realize your encounters with this brother have been fairly limited. Getting to know him might not be bad.

Your older brother looks upset at your sudden volunteer. "I'll go too," he adds weakly, looking with concern at your less apprehensive brother.

"You do not need to come," middle bro protests, "I alone am enough. Even sister may stay, I will find mother.'

"No, well, your sister is the only reason anyone is going anywhere," auntie reminds him, "Two more though... I don't really have time to get extra supplies for them. What you have will be stretched thin."

>They can come. Both of them.
>Let middle bro come, older bro didn't seem to want to
>Let older bro come, middle bro will get you killed
>On second thought let's just go solo
>Other?

>>38894465
>Let older bro come, middle bro will get you killed

>>38894465

>Let older bro come, middle bro will get you killed
Fools rush in

>>38894465
>>They can come. Both of them.
What could possibly go wrong. Besides we could be the three lizkateers.

>>38894465
>>They can come. Both of them.

>>38894491
>>38894505
>>38894514
>>38894551
Tiebreaker roomie fell asleep and I'm not the type to wake a sleeping cat. Vote stays open a bit longer

>>38894465
>>Other?
Take smokey the bear.

>>38894736
You already voted you crazy dame.

>>38894775
>>38894736
I sincerely doubt he'd consider it a legitimate option any way, I just wanted to put it on the table... especially since its not exactly breaking any ties.

Rolled 1 (1d2)

>>38894694
>writing

>>38894736
He'll always be with you in your heart. Or possibly in bear if you start more forest fires.

>>38894797
After carefully considering your options you really can't afford to be reckless. Reckless is basically how you describe your middle brother. Your older brother on the hand is very dependable, even if he's about as stealthy as a windchime in tornado season. Also, you've worked together successfully, sort of.

"I'll take him," you say pointing at your older brother.

"Hm? Which one," Auntie asks.

"Him!" you point again.

"Little one, I can not see you."

"Oh," your scales heat up in embarassment and you clarify, "Older brother."

Auntie nods and your older brother looks surprised, and maybe a little panicked as auntie picks him up. As she finishes you hear footsteps entering the house shortly before Kuru appears in the room.

"Ah, Kuru, good timing," Auntie carefully slips by her, "Please watch the little ones, I have to run and take care of something."

"What? But," Kuru starts to object but auntie is already out the door.

"Bye!" she calls before breaking off and running north.

She runs for about an hour, still using trees instead of swimming with you tied under her cloak before finally stopping. You find yourself and your brother quickly placed on the ground in the middle of unfamiliar swamp. Auntie digs through her bag and hands you the things she prepared for you, along with as much extra food as you and your brother can carry. The belt pouches she gives you are very nice. The edge of the flap that closes it grasps very tightly to the outside of the pouch, you have to fight to get it to open but auntie says that the bag is waterproof because of it.
[1/2]

>>38895386
[2/2]
You rattle a bit with some of the odds and ends split between you and your brother's bags but not to badly. It takes you a couple minutes to find a place to situate your sword and shield when you're not using them. You need to get a sheathe or something if you're going to keep using weapons.

Auntie drills you on a few last items, reminding you how to follow lizard trail markers and the like. She indicates the deep wide stretch of swamp she's leaving you in as the best route to encounter your mom returning on. It's wide, deep, and free of obstructions so she can float her way back south. That's her preferred method of travelling in the swamp.

She looks to see if you have any further questions

>Further questions <specify?>
>Wait, we need something <specify>
>Thank your auntie you cretin
>Other?

>Thank your auntie you cretin

>>38895419
>>Thank your auntie you cretin

>>38895419
>>Thank your auntie you cretin

>>38895419
>Thank your auntie you cretin
And give her one last "hey"

>>38895419
>Thank your auntie you cretin

>>38895419
>further questions
What's the most dangerous thing in this stretch of swamp? And how do we avoid it?
>thank your auntie you cretin

Maybe say 'hey, love you'

?

>>38895469
D'awwwwwwwww, and hug her leg too.

>>38895492
That is adorable.

>>38895469
>>38895492
Backing adorable lizard.

>>38895419
The adorablest
>writing

>>38895469
>>38895492
Backing that too.

>>38895626
As auntie is digging through her pack to make sure she gave you everything you step over and nudge her. She refocuses on you again and you indicate for her to bend down.

"Hey," you say, "love you." you wrap your arms around auntie's neck and hug. You've not done this hugging thing before but your brain says this is how it works, you rather like it. You make a point to do it more often

"Thank you." you let her go and you catch the last bits of an embarrassed expression on her before she manages to smooth it away.

She pats you caringly. "Be careful, little one. I will be very upset if you made me waste all the time I did teaching you," she says, harsh words offset by her affectionate tone. "And take care of your brother as well." She looks at your brother who doesn't seem to know what to do with himself. "And you care of her. Lizards are better in numbers. I want you both to come back. If you can't find your mother in a couple of days then come back. Otherwise you may be lost out there forever looking for a lizard who came home weeks ago." She focuses on you again. "And remember if the magic gets worse you can try bothering the witch, I told you where she was."

[1/2]

>>38896069
[2/2]
You nod. "What're the most dangerous things we'll see?"

"Today? On the mountain is the Komodo. on the swamp side are the flies. If you wish to avoid running into them just stay in the water as much as possible. Further out I have not been in the area recently enough to know, and haven't been able to ask anyone," that last bit seems to annoy her. You do know she likes to talk about things she knows about so maybe when she doesn't know it annoys her? That'd make sense.

She looks up at the sun peeking through the branches of the swamp canopy and then shuffles her bag back onto her back. "I need to get going. Stay safe," she tells you, then she disapppears into the water nearby and is gone.

>Well, let's head out
>Wait, first let's make sure you've got the right stuff <what give to brother?>
>We need names. At least temporary ones until mom can give us them.
>other

pick one
>Land route
>Water route
Maybe add
>Let's do something crazy to go faster <specify>

>>38896100
>We need names. At least temporary ones until mom can give us them
>Water route

>>38896100
>We need names. At least temporary ones until mom can give us them.
Bro and Sis
>Wait, first let's make sure you've got the right stuff <what give to brother?>
Make him a pointy stick for a spear.

>Water route
>Let's do something crazy to go faster Get a log and use it to float down river, It'll carry momentum and keep us fresh. Log boat time.

>Well, let's head out
>Water route
>Let's do something crazy to go faster Get a log and use it to float down river, It'll carry momentum and keep us fresh. Log boat time.

>>38896209
We can be Bro and he can be Sis.

>>38896209
No, we give him a branch.
And tell him to be quiet.

>>38896255
Bro is fast. So give him a sped weapon.

Your currently available weapons are:
Your macuahuitl
Your point metal bit
Swamp full of sticks
Rocks

>>38896326
Find sharp rock, Find Stick Add rock to stick make spear.

>>38896326
Don't forget our weapon-grade cuteness.

>>38896353
You can't give that to your brother. It's a natural part of you. Wearing your face would just make him creepy

>>38896100
I suppose I've got enough to
>writing

>>38896463
Need some 3d100s and a d10 btw. Just to get that out of the way

Rolled 5 (1d10)

>>38896766

Rolled 61, 91, 23 = 175 (3d100)

>>38896766

Rolled 56, 70, 18 = 144 (3d100)

>>38896766

>>38896392
Creepily cute

Rolled 72, 5, 54 = 131 (3d100)

>>38896766
Here we go

Rolled 9 (1d10)

>>38896766

>>38896803
>>38896816
>>38896820
72, 91, 54

Good, great, decent.

Rolled 4 (1d6)

>>38896766
72.91.54 5 and 9
Very nice

>>38896904
Oh god. We're all going to die.

>>38896904
You consider the importance of names for a moment but then decide you can just call each other "bro" and "sis." It's not like you're with a half dozen siblings to make that confusing anymore. There's an odd pang as you think that and you realize that you probably aren't going to see them anytime soon. Weird. Stupid lizard brain emotions.

A quick conference with your brother ends in you both agreeing to take the water route. You're not sure what a komodo is but you are sure that anything that's a threat to you and is related to bugs is probably not a thing you want to meet. You charge him with finding a properly sized log to use to get downstream. That should prevent any large fish from getting ideas about your cute figure and how it relates to their dinner.

You spend the time he is digging through underbrush looking for a stick. You can't give your brother the metal wedge auntie gave you, it's short range and also yours, but you can think of something that might suit him. YOu fnid a suitably sturdy stick, whose sturdiness is tested by whacking it against a tree until a bird's nest falls out. You use the metal wedge to carve a spot for a fairly nice pointy rock you found, you bind the thing in with a bit of wring after pounding it into the wedge and have a serviceable little lizard's first spear. The time spent making your sword with auntie paid off.

[1/2]

>>38897321
[2/2]
Your brother seems quite impressed with it when you give it to him and can barely stop messing with it while you both much on bird eggs. A bit over incubated for your taste. Too much crunch. When a pair of bluebirds show up to protest your eating their young he demonstrates the spear is apparently well balanced enough for throwing by impaling one of the birds with the spear. The other takes the message and runs. You're not sure if this counts toward your bird murder count for the day. Between the eggs and the spear you made killing the parent you're pretty sure it counts.

The log your brother found seems quite serviceable. You're both able to sit on it single file and it floats without rolling. You manage to get a bask in as you float in the weak current of the water path and your brother paddles with his tail.

Downstream a couple hours you haven't run into any major problems. You passed one quartet of fat frogs that looked like trouble, but they'd apparently just eaten if the insect leg sticking out of one's mouth was any indication. They watched you float by on your log without incident.

As the day is growing darker while you serve as a natural lantern, well the sun went behind a mountain ages ago but the sky is getting darker, you notice your log is no longer passing things at quite the same rate it was. You mention it to your brother and he mentions that around the time you switched place he'd noticed it was getting harder to paddle. You pull you log to the side of the path and spend some time tossing bits of wood and very small rocks in to test the current. Surprisingly it appears to have reversed itself from the way it was going earlier. That doesn't seem right.

>Continue on, you can just keep paddling and sleep on the log
>Bed down with the log for the night
>Find a nice nook in a tree for the night
>I am a lizard and I'm digging a hole. Diggy diggy hole. Digging a hole to sleep in
>Other?

>>38897031
Oddly they cancelled out

>>38897350
>I am a lizard and I'm digging a hole. Diggy diggy hole. Digging a hole to sleep in
Have to pick the adorable option.

>>38897350
>I am a lizard and I'm digging a hole. Diggy diggy hole. Digging a hole to sleep in

>>38897350
>I am a lizard and I'm digging a hole. Diggy diggy hole. Digging a hole to sleep in
you should have known what would happen with that kind of phrasing.

>>38897350
>I am a lizard and I'm digging a hole. Diggy diggy hole. Digging a hole to sleep in

>>38897350
>>I am a lizard and I'm digging a hole. Diggy diggy hole. Digging a hole to sleep in
Cute Lizards doing cute things

>>38897350
Now we attack the very earth itself. Let it feel our fury.

Any equipment you want to use to get through the net in one piece or to help diggy a hole?

>>38897570
Shovel?

>>38897570
Shovel!!

It was real

Smokey is real

>>38897604
When did you get a shovel?

>>38897570
Make cute lizard-eyes at the earth until it succumbs to cuteness and moves out of our way.

>>38897620
Shovel rock thing.

Rolled 63 (1d100)

>>38897619
Oh that shovel. Forgot about that. One sec need to roll a thing.

>>38897570
The shovel isn't shovel sized but we'll give it a go. It's the same size as the fire rock. Anything else you'd like to use to survive the night? Calling in 2

>>38897677
shield to help scoop and move dirt and fire rock to keep us toasty inside hole.

Rolled 6 (1d10)

>>38897677
>Writing

>>38897794
Paddling is too much work to be bothered doing all night against the current. You work with your brother to stick your log along the side of the water and then start digging a spot into the side of the berm. You give your brother your shield to clear out dirt as you dig. You paw through your things then finally find the rock smokey gave you wrapped in the camo cloak auntie gave you. Or... maybe you just picked the rock up and didn't notice while you were on shrooms then made up something. You're still not convinced Smokey's real. You'll still practice good fire safety though, that's just good sense.

You figure though that since it's shovel shaped there should be some use for it. You stab it into the earth and find it... does alright. It moves dirt, which is what you wanted. Not much more than you'd expect though. Maybe it's not a magic rock and just a normal rock? Whatever you dig with it just fine. After a half hour of work you've cleared out a sconce big enough for you and your brother to spread out in without annoying each other. You even manage to stick you bags in the back without

"Warm," your brother says as he enters the hole. You don't notice anything. "You're warm," he clarifies, poking you, "You're making the hole warm. You nod and pull out your fire stone to curl up with as you watch the water outside your hole.

>Sleep
>ONE MORE THING <specify>
>other

>>38898119
>ONE MORE THING <Cover entrance so we don't get found sleeping>

>>38898119
>>38898144
Backing

>>38898144
This.

>>38898144
Isn't it a hole? Wouldn't we just be burying ourselves?

>>38898176
Leaves and sticks anon.

>waiting for the day when our sun worship manifests as the ability to produce bright beams of sunlight/radiation.
burning away fools with our glorious incandescence

>>38898119
Maybe don't keep the front door unlocked. This is a bad neighborhood.
>writing

>>38898352
Your brother gives you an odd look when you get up and exit the hole but nods in understanding when you come back and start wedging the hole full of garbage. You glow in the dark, you'd rather nothing become curious why your hole is glowing. After a couple minutes work the hole is blocked. It isn't sturdy but that really wasn't the point. Clumps of leafs and branches aren't uncommon.

You curl around your fire stone and feel it slowly warming in your claws as your you doze off. You think you hear an annoyed noise from your brother but sleep.

Badgers... badgers everywhere...

You wake up and find your brother gnawing on bear jerky. "Hey." He pushes the bag over to you and you take some.

"What time is it?"

He shrugs. The cork is still in place in your hole so you carefully dig it out and check outside. That's a sun.

Today's plan.
>Walk aways
>Test the current. If correct back on the log
>Take the log regardless
>Screw the log I have lizard swimming powers
>Talk to nii-san <specify?>
>Other?

>>38898729
>Test the current. If correct back on the log

>>38898729
>Test the current. If correct back on the log

>>38898729
>Test the current. If correct back on the log
>Talk to nii-san <Thank him for having our back, Ask him how we think we're doing. Ask if he's excited about maybe meeting Mom.>

>>38898729
Say good morning then throw things in a river.
>getting food THEN writing.

>>38898729
>>Test the current. If correct back on the log
>Talk to nii-san <specify?>
Thanks for being so responsible big bro

>>38898957
Brother lizard husbando route confirmed!

Wonder if Smokey the bear husbando route will be a thing?

>>38899596
How is throwing your brother into a river confirmation of routes of any kind?

Oh I've been back and writing by the way

>>38899628
That wasn't a denial about the smokey the bear husbando route!

Smokey the bear true husbando route confirmed!

>>38899682
No, the sun is our husbando!

>>38899628
You finish breakfast and toss a handful of garbage into the current. Whatever was wrong with the path has reversed itself again so together with your brother you manage to get you log back into the water and floating again. You look at the log, you should probably take the first turn paddling today since he did it first yesterday. The suns first direct rays lance over the mountain and down to you. Basking is really tempting right now.

"Get on," your brother tells you, climbing onto the back of the log to paddle. You give him a surprised look and he rolls his eyes. "Just get on. You can sun for a while and I'll push."

Ah apparently he got you shooting moony looks at the sun. That's mildly embarassing. You thank him and take your position before shoving the log away from the water's edge. You float and bask for a while before speaking up again.

"Thanks."

"You already thanked me," he reminds you.

"No- Well yes the basking is nice. I mean for coming. I appreciate you coming."

"Ah," he sounds embarassed as he speaks, "I was mostly tryings to keep our brother out of trouble."

You look over your shoulder at him, "I'm fairly sure I wouldn't have brought him. He is..."

"Excitable," you brother finishes and you nod seriously.

"Still," you say, "if you want you can go back. I can find another log."

"No," he disagrees immediately, "I should help you too.'

You consider that for a moment and decide to let it go. The sun is shining and you're in a good spot to bask.

>Anything you want to do while floating today?

I need a d100 roll and a d10 regardless

>>38899791
I'd make a comment about lizard x sun smut but last time I made a joke like that it got me nearly lynched... I still get yelled at over it.

Rolled 11 (1d100)

>>38899828

Rolled 79 (1d100)

>>38899828
What could possibly go wrong?

Rolled 8 (1d10)

>>38899828

Rolled 2 (1d10)

>>38899828
Also FER ZE EMPRAH!

Need one more d100 gais

>>38899828
I just realized, with that firestone we can boil water if need be. Granted, I doubt lamb will go oregon trail on our ass if we don't

>You have contracted Dysentery

>You died of dysentery.

>Reroll character.

Rolled 74 (1d100)

>>38899828

>>38899944
Nah, all the dystentery-like shit I've got is environmental. Not in the water.

Okay there's one exception to the "not in the water" but you were warned about that.

WHAR MAH LAS D100!?

>>38899977
HOW DARE YOU
79
>writing

>>38899979
ABOVE YOU.

>>38899979
Anyone know what the warning was of, I think it was fish or crocodiles or something?

Lets confirm this before we get a scary post of him laughing!

>>38899834
Nobody cares anymore.

>>38900038
Hurray, I can get back to writing shitty death scenes!

>>38900038
>>38900046

THE FUCK NOBODY CARES ABOUT IT. I STILL WANT MY SNAKE X SPIDER SMUT

>>38900046
Hopefully not in here. It's distracting as hell. Puts my brain on tangents
And causes this >>38900071

>>38899828
You float down the river a ways, eventually you reach a strange crossing, with a large beast moving through it. Its upper half is white and leathery looking, and its bottom half is a brown color... It seems to have been shoved full of caulking. You attempt to steer around it but find that the current is too strong. You brace yourself for impact...

Huh... thats suprising... everyone is fine and there seem to be an abundance of supplies in the water around you and the creature is tipped over and ... oh...

>The wagon has capsized... you have lost the following... 50 bullet rounds, 100 pounds of rations, Jin has drowned, Sheszka has drowned.

>>38900046
It was only ever funny when Papa N did it.

>>38900131
Okay that was entertaining. Still distracting but I like it.

>>38900157
Eh, I'll stop shitposting here and keep my cancer posts for elsewhere, I just really wanted to make an oregon trail joke while I was on the idea. I also seriously hope REQM makes a series of

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>>38900001
You switch places with your brother and are once again swimming when you notice that you've slowed down again. A quick test shows the current has not reversed but the water is pretty still. That's going to get annoying. Still, you're on a schedule so you press on. Worries about which way the water is flowing can arise when it's actually flowing the wrong way.

As the going gets steadily more annoying, and your mind more filled with half remembered swear words from your iguana days, your thoughts are interrupted by a furry bump in the water. It swims along side you for a distance before turning and climbing onto your log.

That is the biggest rat you've ever seen.

>Kill it with fire <euphemism>
>Kill it with fire <literal>
>Whatever, it's not hurting anylizard
>Tell your brother to murder it you're busy
>Other

>>38900283
>>Whatever, it's not hurting anylizard
nutria are good eating, but they also tend to be a predator magnet, meaning we could quite easily let it swim alongside and act as a honeypot to detect actually dangerous animals (nutria are herbivores I think, I'll activate googlefu now)

>>38900283
>Whatever, it's not hurting anylizard

>>38900283
Confirmed, Nutria are herbivores that feed on plants.

>>38900283
>Whatever, it's not hurting anylizard

Rolled 6 (1d6)

>>38900283
Guys I hate to do it but I've got to call the thread here. I just got some stuff that's basically destroyed my ability to write that I've got to address for reasons.

I'm really sorry I wanted to get further.

I'll check in if anyone needs something as usual.

>>38900611
Eh, this isn't an especially nasty cliffhanger, no worries mate.

>>38900611
Thanks for running! Hope you feel better.

How's our trip going so far? Was the cover a good idea? Are we going to break a damn to proceed through the river?

>>38900692
Nutria aren't a beaver, they don't make dams... Granted its very likely there are ACTUAL beavers here and its quite possible that this may be a beaver as our animal identification skills are probably shit. Beavers are also herbivores thankfully.

>>38900683

Thanks for coming. I assure you the nutria means no harm.

>>38900692
Glad you're enjoying it.

So far you guys are making surprisingly good time. The cover was a great idea though not how I expected it to be done. It did prevent badgers. The last one depends on rolls.

>>38900737
There are beavers at some points. This is not one. The lizard brain is good for identifying most common animals in the area it's born in.

Does anyone know the secret of the twitter list all the cool QMs are supposed to be on? REQM told me to get on it ages ago but I'm fairly sure I failed.

>>38900138
... I miss papa...

>>38900895
Wait for the weekend quest thread, or head to archive.moe, hit /tg/ then ghost, and drop your twitter in the qtg.
The vampire makes his rounds whenever, nobody actually knows.