>>5768100

>You are an undercover Cthaii agent here to investigate a possible demonic cult either here or in the nearby ruins

I’ll bite OP

>>5768109
Writing!

>>5768109
Beyond the safety of the Dome cities and their protected territories, danger lurked at every corner. Ferals were those who had succumbed to the Thirst , they would drain anyone to the last drop. The lands under the Sunless Gaze were teeming with these abominations. For the most part, they could be easily handled given enough manpower and bullets. Demons , on the other hand, they were a whole new breed of mayhem for their very presence was responsible of the endless corruption and the mangled horrors found under the Sunless Gaze .


" Scanning... " Right out of the Drillorail, you were greeted by a Cybe , a mostly emotionless androids powerd by Therrblood " Feral Level...1.4%, Registering...Welcome to Checkpoint and Mining facility P-31, Burden Deo "

"Uh huh." You nodded before taking your new ID card. It had everything needed for your cover up job. Well, It was technically your second job after you were imbibed with Vaultblood to learn everything about it back in HQ.

What was your second job?

>Combat Enigneer
You know your way around heavy machinery and light guns for emergency in case of a feral infestation

>Blood Tester
Your high resilience to the thirst had made you a very valuable member of the Mining team. You could assess the quality of any blood chunk better than any machinery

>Ark-Cybe
You make sure that all the Cybe are properly maintained. Plus, you are tech-wizz. Just don't use your hacking skills for something illegal.

>Guard
Yep, just partol the Mining grounds. Nothing to it really

>Sniper
Same as a guard but without all of that legwork

>Elverseer
Nothing is better than watching elven heads pop when they slack too much in their job. It is not your fault that most of their race is forever indebted to the Scarlet Lords.


As a Cthaii agent, what was your specialty?

>Purifier
Your blood can clear out demonic presence, a blessing from the Scarlet Lord themselves

>Virivi
You can sense the level of demonic corruption within an unsuspecting individual...or certain parasites.

>Feralist
You have surpassed your FL but you can still control your urges making you the perfect infiltrator in Feral and , by extension, demonic infestations with ease. No one is going to suspect you.

>Vermilion Shadow
You can hear blood echoes of the past. Every drop of blood has its story.

>>5768100
is this quest inspired by that dome keeper game?

>>5768157
No idea what this quest is. Sorry.

>>5768152

>Blood Taster
>Feralist

Basically, double stacking on insanity resist and infiltration specialist

>>5768163
+1

>>5768163
>>5768194

You always loved to hear these obviously fake number. Your actual FL is over 453% last time you checked. Of course, people like you had a dead switch implanted right under the cerebrum. One wrong move and pop! Off with your head. HQ did track your every move after 'recruiting' you...more like kidnapping you and turning you into their good little demon infiltrator through ruthless training with a sprinkle of experiments on the side. You couldn't be too mad since every Cthaii agent was forced into becoming one. Someone had to do this dirty job from behind the shadows to keep the public in total ignorant bliss.

Depending on the race, Ferals can have more advantages over their regular counterparts. Good thing you were a ....

>Human
Most common race in the Dome city. Nothing too special about you
Feral mode: You can shrug off minor injuries for a brief period. Some wounds will open back up when you revert to your normal form

>Privileged Elf
You are lucky to walk freely without a collar around your neck. Racism and discrimination is your bread and butter
Feral: Create blood copies of yourself for a short period of time. Must sleep for a full day to recuperate afterwards

>Warf
You are short and Ugly but with a majestic beard(s).
Feral: Enhanced strength, can carry anything ×10 your size. No downsides.


>Harpy
Your wings were clipped from birth for safety regulations. Heightened senses
Feral: Increased agility and reflexes, blood wings that can slice through steel like butter. Extreme urge to drink blood (from regular or illegal sources) afterwards

>Arche
The humanoid Spider meance. Direct decendant of the Scarlet Lords
themselves. Too many arms. Everyone respects/fears you.
Feral: None?

>>5768230
>Human
Good for keeping a low profile and weathering anything short of injuries that would send us to the hospital.

>>5768230

>Arche

Weird spider-god vampire quest you got here QM but I sort of like it so far?

>>5768230
>>Human

Intriguing world you've built so far.

>>5768230
>Harpy

If I understand correctly, we've surpassed the threshold where we'd already be considered feral. So, technically we always have the benefits and detriments of being feral active, right? I think Harpy is the best choice then, we get permanent enhanced reflexes and agility, anime sharp blood wings, and harpy is the only race with an 'urge', unless you count the urge to sleep for elf as an 'urge' for our feralist job to counteract.

>>5768230
>elf

>>5768284
Not quite, we can activate our feral form at will but as you can see, it has some detriments. As a Feralist, we can still fool the roaming feral population and a good chunk of demons while looking normal so to speak
>>5768258
>>5768244
>>5768283
>>5768284
>>5768285
Writing!

>>5768230
>>Human

>>5768285
>>5768284
>>5768283
>>5768258
>>5768244

For a human, you looked pretty good with a very toned body(thanks to your inhumane training ), short black hair and blue eyes. You almost looked photogenic if it weren't for the long scars across your left cheeks and neck from your first encounter with a feral. You considered changing the name given to you by the parents you had never met but your Blood-Tied and Mentor by the name of Karla liked it one the first day she took you under her wings...yes, that was quite literal. The Harpy had personally sent her best 'hatchling' to sniff out this possible cult before it would grow way out of proportions. You were her shears, her snip-snips.

RING-RING

"I literally just got my ID, Sheesh." You didn't bother to look at yout phone screen since you knew who you were talking to on a very secured line.

" And A Good Abnight to you too. How's the view out there?" Karla teased you a little with her usual sultry tone " You missed your tasty Negatives on your desk, I even packed them for you in a cute bunny blood bag!"

"Take a wild guess. I wonder why I didn't take them?" You rolled your eyes " What do you want?"


"Ohh, nothing just reminding you that you have about three weeks to nib our little problem from the bud before a very unfortunate tunnel collapse will cut off P-31 from the rest of Feinuez. The lives of 104 personnel depends on your findings. No pressure~"

>Yeah, yeah, I got it. Extreme countermeasures to prevent infestations. Not my first Vamporeo
>Only three weeks? What's the hurry?
>Classic Cthaii move right there.
>Write-in!

>>5768311
>Only three weeks? What's the hurry?

We're in this for life, no need to be tight lipped.

>>5768311

>Only three weeks? What's the hurry?

Give me more plothooks!

>>5768320
" Hey, I don't make them rules." Karla shrugged your reasonable request " Go on, make me proud. Oh, right! You will find a little surprise in your assigned room, happy birthday!"

CLICK


"...birth..day?" You were befuddled momentarily. With some many underhanded jobs to take, you forgot your own birthday. If someone in the world would keep track of such a silly date, it would be definitely Klara. Too bad she ended the call before you could reply.

" M-Mr. Burden?" All of this time, a collared elf in a really cheap red tattered suit and a cracked hard helmet was waiting for you to finish your phone call. Yeesh, the girl was a walking wreck: unkempt green hair, clipped ears, creamy skin sullied by the excessive Usnblood abuse leaving glowing red cracks in her skin and emerald eyes. Very malnourished too.

"Who are you?"

" I am Deleth your p-personal assistant... and portable reserve for class J postive blood." It was very clear that your employers didn't have a privileged elf for the newest Blood Tester on site so they just slapped some poor girl instead on the job calling it a day. For her, it was quite the promotion instead of her forced labour in the mines. Still, She was scared shitless from you AND the Elverseer watching you both from an elevated platform. By the looks of it, He was a fat fuck... a Warf? Yep. A Warf.

>The fuck is this? Someone bring me an actual privileged elf over here! Do you know who I am?!!!
>[Make a head popping Gesture to the Elverseer while pointing at the worthless elf]
>[Make a disapproving Gesture to the Elverseer while pointing at the worthless elf]
>[Dig in, drink __% of her blood, max is 35%]
>[ Take a sip of her blood, give her a review ( honest or flattering one?) ]
>Sooo, Do you want to give me a tour or something?
>Write in!

>>5768343
>Write-in: [Take a sip of her blood, give her a review (honest), then either ignore the guard if the blood is adequate for our tastes or give him a disapproving glare if the blood is awful.]

We aren't Arche, but we are valuable. We can afford to appear judgy, but best not stick out too much or demand too much. We are only human.

>>5768343
>>5768356
Supported. Let's not direct any ire or blame for it toward Deleth either.

>>5768356
>>5768361


"Show me your hand."

"Y-yes, Mr. Burden." The green haired elf had extended her petite right hand for you to gently sink your fangs in just to draw a decent mouthful of blood. Your Blood Tester skills were getting challenged for the first time...

Rancid, Risible, Revolting, Bitter, Tasteless, Thick, Sickly.... Peculiar?

1.5/10

-A living insult to the Scarlet Lords.


Your disapproving glare wasn't really that much of a surprise. The Warf had scrapped the bottom of the barrel for a serving of ...well, pure shit. You drank better blood in the Slugaways for crying out loud.

The Warf turned his back on you when a Cybe had some paperwork for the Elverseer. Yeah, you and him were going to be fast friend, 100% Guaranteed.


" I am sorry, Mr. Burden. I know my blood isn't up to your standards..." Deleth didn't dare to meet your gaze. Her eyes were glued to her oversized high heels instead.


"Don't sweat it. In my line of work, we are all snob assholes." You tried to cheer her up but she focused on her banged up black briefcase pulling out some hand written notes from it "W-would you like to go for a tour, Mr. Burden?"

>Not really, feelin' pretty tired after a 15 hour drillorail ride. Show me my room.
>Just point me to the big boys and girls of P-31. I want to get all the intros out of the way.
>Go ahead, I am right behind you.
>Well, Deleth, If you are going to be assistant, I want you to be at top shape. Let's go to the infirmary. Leave the talking to me... I will take care of your ...lack of privileges.
>Write in!

>>5768396
Last update for today, what a great start!

>>5768396
Honestly, the world building and blood trait stuff and writing remind me a LOT of snail's On the chopping block and other quests of his.

>Well, Deleth, If you are going to be assistant, I want you to be at top shape. Let's go to the infirmary. Leave the talking to me... I will take care of your ...lack of privileges.

It's a choice between this or getting intros out of the way for me. I like this option because of the potential for improvement of our blood sac's quality, and to help get our assistant on our side. Pretty important to have a reliable errand runner. And it's just a nice thing to do. I don't think it'll be pushing our position too hard, we may be just human but someone in our position should at least be able to get some healthcare for our blood supply.

>>5768481

Backing, this is all reasonable

>>5768396
>Just point me to the big boys and girls of P-31. I want to get all the intros out of the way.
I think it’s good to meet everyone important asap then we can send out bloodbag some help.

>>5768481
Supported.

>>5768481
>>5768516
>>5769209
>>5769217
Writing!

>>5768481
>>5768516
>>5768516
>>5769209
>>5769217

"Mr. Burden, I don't to trouble you with-"


"Deleth, my girl..." You leaned forward which made her shiver for some reason " This isn't really about you. You will hurt my image in your sad state."

"O-okay. Do you want to turn on this E.S.P, Mr. Burden?" Asked the mostly earless elf anxiously.

"Hmm? Nah, keep it off. I don't want your head to pop off when you run some errands for me. Let's go." Your ID had a small digital interface for a lot of functions, one of which was to active the elven space maintainer ensuring that Deleth wouldn't stray too far away from you. Not needed like at all.


=================

P-31 was sure a large facility with a lot of open spaces. This was a pain in the ass to walk like ten minutes from one building to another but said preplanning had a purpose: to make it harder for ferals ( or demons) to overrun the place. It was a much better alternative to having if a single centerlized building.


The infirmary was built right next to the entrance of the quarry where all of that sweet Celestial blood was getting mined since most of the injuries should arise from work related accidents. It was simple one storey building heavily protected by two snipers towers and three different patrols. Not surprising given the importance of the medical supplies within.

"The clipped stays outside. Might infect the good doctor with some of her shit." A beefy harpy had blocked your way, his trigger finger was itching for action.

"..." Deleth stared at the red gravel beneath her heels when a tear drop had slipped from her eyes landing inbetween the armoured boots of the guard. She knew her place in this world and yet the elf couldn't fully hide her overwhelming sense of oppression and helplessness. As for you, you were mostly indifferent of the elven plight....the Scarlet Lords wouldn't have punished them if they didn't deserve it. No one knew *why* the elves were subjected to this eternal punishment though.

You looked at the harpy straight in the eyes. Something had to be said or done.

The pendulum of sanguine fate is swinging....

>Wait outside, Deleth. I will be right back [Enter the infirmary]
>My assistant is giving me a tour. Do you mind fucking off ? [show him your ID]
>Welp, we tried. [Leave + decide what to do next]
>Take this and let us in [ Flush 100 Nopz from your pocket]
>Ignore this Joker and shove him aside, you are getting in.
>Write in

>>5769302
>My assistant is giving me a tour. Now, do you mind? [show him your ID]

I want to tell him to fuck off but that might be to abrasive as we’re still setting our image.

>>5769302
Support >>5769385

May as well try. Hopefully our status will be enough, doubt it though. Guards gonna guard. If we can't get her in then I guess there isn't a problem with going inside alone, so long as the doctor doesn't need the less portable equipment inside to help her. Though the guard's statement implies the doctor won't even see her, which just won't do. In that case, I'd be willing to bribe the both of them to get this sorted out.

>>5769385
>>5769419

The guard inspected the card as if you had a fake one on you before begrudgingly stepping out of the way " word of advice: don't fuck up like the last guy. Miss Dorr doesn't like to waste her time with clotstains."

" I will keep that in mind, thanks." You gave him the yellowest of smiles as you were embraced by the stench of blood thinners, sickly blood and everything inbetween upon entering the infirmary. Hoof, the ventilation system here sure sucked. You instinctively coughed from a certain pungent smell in these dirty hallways...what was it?

" Any Idea who is Miss Dorr?"


" She is a the Director of this facility...a very strict person even by Arche standards. Urm, sorry Mr.Burden."


"Nah, It is alright. I deal with tough bitches all the time." Your slip was even worse than hers.... better watch your mouth. Anyways, Two human nurses were waiting for you at the reception. The duo were busy flipping through channels only to get a very loud static instead. Very shitty reception by the looks of it.

" Hey, looking for the doc, my assistant needs some treatment."


"Huh?" The fatter nurse sized you up with a quick glance " He is in the morgue, third room on the right."

"Thanks." You left the two and went straight for the Morgue which was never good news. Before you opened the door, you could hear a very sad tune on the other side.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=E9RCNUFrsbE

CRUNCH

DRIP-DRIP




"...!" Deleth had quickly swallowed her gasp upon seeing the mess before her...a towering Arche was arms deep into the abdominal cavity of a very dead elf woman Each arms of his had either a bloodied organ or something sharp. Since you had seen death so many times so you focused on the source of the tune instead. Ah, just his oversized phone. Part of you was hoping for an antique music player or something, oh well.

"Hmmm, wasn't expecting any visitors today. I had my share of elves for a day..." His single free arm pointed at two sets of legs peaking out of the mortuary fridge.


"Well, I-"


" Do you know what is really fascinating about elves?" The Arche didn't mind interrupting you while stitching back the deal elf " Two seemingly useless cervical glands. They release a hormone called Elthofyroxin which doesn't affect a single system in their bodies. Nothing. Don't you find it a bit strange too?"


" I am not here to discuss elven biology, doc. My assistant needs some help, She got some Usnblood in her system. Need some De-Tox." You went straight to the point as rude as it might sound "Oh and I am the new Blood Tester guy, Burden."


" I see." The Arche washed his eight arms first before approaching you two. You felt like a kid compared to the twelve eyed doc. He took a good look at your ID as he sniffed air for one reason or another.


First of two posts!

>>5769385
>>5769419

"Well, Mr. Burden, any good miner worth two pints of quality blood here will tell you that I , Yaqesiro don't waste supplies on minor diseases that doesn't affect the overall productivity of this facility. I am here to save lives not to fix the Elverseer's broken toys. You won't starve to death, Mr. Burden. Find a better source of blood elsewhere."


"H-how did she... die?" Asked Deleth while her eyes were fixated on the dead girl on the morgue stable.

" Isn't it obvious? " His hairy hands caressed the right side of the dead body where dozens of blue pustules were visible " Jidix poisoning . The worm's sting is a death sentence for most races.. shouldn't have mined in rotten veins."

"Back to the point," Your patience was running thin " Is there anything we can do so she can get the De-Tox?"

" I suppose you can help me with retrieving the fourth body somewhere in Zone A-3 . Chief of security is too lazy to get his men to work for once and I need my 500 Nopz bonus with a full set of bodies in the morgue. Don't care how you are going to bring her, just do it before she will be full of worms.. a day or two from now at best."

"Doc, I am just a Blood Tester. I shouldn't go on field or underground surveys that much."


"Oh, I am sure that you are a very busy man but nothing is free in this world...unless you are willing to give me a blood sample? Just to confirm something... "

>Thanks for nothing [leave + decide what to do next]
>I will figure out something to get the last girl back [Mission: Worm Food? ]
> Here is your bloody bonus, now give us the De-Tox [ Pay 500 Nopz]
>You want my blood? Sure, go ahead [ roll up your sleeve]
>Write in!

>>5769483
My last post for the day, getting intl the good stuff!

>>5769483
CheckpointQM, how is our FL determined? Could be verify our real FL through a blood test? I'm gonna assume so for now and vote to do the mission, though I wouldn't be adverse to just straight up leaving. Also, how much money do we have? I assume that we'd have a lot of bribe money on hand as a Cthaii agent, but I guess that'd be too much to hope for.

>I will figure out something to get the last girl back. Maybe... [Accept Mission: Worm Food. Tentatively, indifferently, noncommittal.]

Express our interest and intent, but make no promises. If he's gonna hamper us in such a simple way then I have limited interest in doing busywork for him. We're an infiltrator, not a fighter. We very well may have better or more important things to do once we're introduced to everyone and our job.

Still, if we are gonna be getting into danger and doing busywork for people in exchange for favours then it would be nice to be on the only doctor's good side. That human feral ability won't do us any good if we are refused adequate service once we actually make it to the doctor.

>Write in: Worms? You talkin' about decay, or some sort of demon creature? [Asking Yaqesiro.]
>Write in: Zone A-3? [Quizzical. Directed towards Deleth.]

>>5769483
>Write In
Cthaii agents have a blood bag in the arm for when someone wants to test your blood for FL. Get our assistant to draw it under our guidance.

>>5769631
FL is quickly determined via Cybe scan, a more accurate result is determined by a full blood picture but it is much slower, takes about a day. As for money, let's leave it ambiguous for the time being. Let's just say that we that can cover any expenses until the end of the day. It would make sense later.

>>5769679
The doctor is right next to us, you know. Please write in something else

>>5769992
Hmmm. How hard would it be to get a different dead elf if they are basically enslaved? Doc just wants that full morgue bonus.

Otherwise Adventure it is.
>I will figure out something to get the last girl back [Mission: Worm Food? ]

Maybe see the chief of security to see why he won't go down there. Surely if we had some armor the worms would find it tough to bite the us right?

Writing!

>>5770140
Well, there has to be another dead elf that isn't somehow recorded missing or dead. Pretty sure the doc doesn't care either way

>>5769631
>>5770140

"Great. I will be waiting for one Reiel Xeth Anything else?"

"About those worms..." You had to ask.

" You look a like Domer , am I right?" The Arche's 'chuckle' almost sounded very uncanny like a frog giving a blowie inside his throat " They are part of the local fauna. Everything will try to eat you out in the wild. These worms are no exception."


" Got it, thanks for your time, Doc." It was high time to leave this place. Deleth would have to wait a bit for her De-Tox.


" So, What is this zone Zone A-3?"

"I-i think you better talk to Chief Engineer Spinefield I didn't really get the chance to work in the quarry." replied your assistant reluctantly.

" Then what in the Scarlet Lords' name are you doing here?"

"I...I..." Deleth couldn't answer your question. Her silence was broken when she felt compelled to answer "... Elverseer Hakodd had other uses for me... ."

"I...see." That was a touchy subject you shouldn't have brought up "Let's head back to my place. I need some sleep. Big day tomorrow and all of that Jazz."


" Yes, Mr. Burden. Please follow me."

==================

"Here we are." The elf had led you to the housing area segregated into four distinct parts: a shithole of a barracks for elves, a somewhat livable shacks for miners and those with similar jobs , an okayish trailers for people like you with important tasks and last but not least, large houses for the Chiefs and the Director. As always, there were also no second floors anywhere.The architects of this facility just loved to waste space, it seemed. Your ID had unlocked your trailer , BT-02, with a satisfying click.

"Hey, where are you going?" Before you could enter your deceptively small trailer ,Deleth was walking towards a transparent cage-like structure attached to the back of your trailer. A caged cubicle, that was the right term.

"This is my new home: The E.C, Mr. Burden. Please check your ID for other options." After a couple of clicks, you found out that you can actually add this cubicle inside your trailer in case you didn't want others to see what your elf was doing. A tall guy like you would be forced to sleep while standing up in this cubicle...just another way to torture elves.

E.C mode :

>Outside, Transparent
>Outside, Opaque
>Inside, Transparent
>Inside, Opaque
>Tell your assistant to pack her shit, she is staying with you in the trailer.

>>5770293
>Tell your assistant to pack her shit, she is staying with you in the trailer.
Maybe set the cage to outside Opaque so it draws less notice that she isn't in there.

Elf Cage? Poor Deleth. Really is the dumps down here. Might be really handy for the investigation to have an elf assistant that could talk to some other elves being used as slave labor in the mines, and elf 'servants' without drawing too much attention. Though if she was being starved to malnourishment I suppose she wasn't giving the fat Warf what he wanted, then we showed up and he needed to give someone up to us.

An elf miner wouldn't be mining anywhere without being told to mine there, right? So perhaps someone wanted them to die down in the tainted vein.

>>5770293
Support >>5770339

>>5770339

"W-what?"

"You heard me. You will get no job done in there so might as well work inside.

"..." The elf was speechless for your generous act of kindness. She quickly packed the essentials before following you inside.

The trailer had one large living room/kitchen and two smaller bedrooms partition with their own toilet. Good, you didn't want it to be super awkward for your assistant to share that part of the trailer with you.

"We have to establish some rules first, my room is off limits, you hear?"

"Yes, Mr. Burden." Deleth paused for a second, admiring the best place she had ever called home in her life. Her dreamy eyes had met yours, it was nice to see them glittering with hope instead of the usual gloom and doom " Good abnight, Mr.Burden...and thank you."

Well, That was your good deed for the day. You retired to you room where two very special gifts from Karla were waiting for you. What were they?

Pick one

>10k Nopz (Your default is 1k)
Moneeey. You next legal paycheck is after a month...yep.

>Hacking Tool kit
Works on any machines and Cybes too.


> ZP66 'Bloatfly'
A remote controlled flying unit capable of recording footage while remaining undetected and has a one time stunning charge.

>B53 'Clotball'
Explosive clay in case you want to go boom...or to commit acts of domestic terrorism.

>Fyngr
A multi tool device that has over 13 uses from lock picking to unscrewing

>Retalia-53
Undetectable miniature hand gun with 5 explosive rounds, make them count.

>Nothing?
You just got PRANKED by the old harpy.

>Contact info
Another agent is already undercover for over a month. You just need to know the secret handshake...


And two droplet of Vaultblood containing...

Pick two

> +1 Persuasion
Smooth talker, silver tongue...etc

>+1 Perception
Awareness of your surroundings.

>+1 Endurance
How hard can you get hit

>+1 Agility
How nimble and acrobatic are you

>+1 Sleuth
Big brain time. . Makes you connect the dots faster, among other subtle things..

>+1 Efficency
How fast are you to finish numerous tasks be it trivial or crucial to your mission

>+1 Lore
Your knowledge of the world around you. The obscure, The unknown....

>+1 Tech
Your knowledge with anything with wires in them

>+1 Combat (Ranged)
Throwables, guns, paradimensional larval weaponry...etc

>+1 Combat ( Melee)
Up close and personal, weapon at or your feral claws...

>+1 Cthaii
Makes you better at being a Feralist.

>+1 Civvy
Makes you better at being a Blood Tester


>+3 Tainted ____
Makes you better at X, but....

>Nothing?
Another prank. Typical

>>5770382
>>5770389
my two posts of the day, choose wisely!

These stats will determine behind the scene rolls btw

>>5770389
>Hacking Tool kit

Guess if we were an Ark-cybe then we'd get a hacking kit by default? Or maybe be able to improvise without one? I hope this is useful to us even though we didn't pick the job that specializes in it.

I do think taking the money is viable though. As an infiltrator it'd make sense to be able to hand out lots of bribes or pay off minions to do shit for us. Still, the machines we hack should have that covered for us.

The bloatfly could be good for blackmail, but I feel like we could just hack some cameras.

Fyngr is useful, funny pun too.

We could just steal a gun from the armoury or arrange an accident for a guard if we need a gun.

Will the agent still exist even if we don't pick the contact info?

> +1 Persuasion
>+1 Sleuth

Talk good to infiltrate cult and persuade non-involved locals to our cause. Think good to find the cult.

I'm sure we can round ourselves out later, there's probably some more blood lying around. Not sure about the difference between vaultblood and therrblood but oh well.

>>5770398
Support

>>5770398
Nope, agent won't appear in this scenario, we are on our own
>>5770398
>>5770480

" Thanks Karla..." The Hacking Tool was a nice gift and all but the Vaultblood was far more precious because it is an ethereal gift from the Scarlet Lords themselves meant to enhance one's capabilities. Some called it Dreamblood due to its phantasmal nature with only certain containers being able to contain it. This divine gift would kill anyone who was not worthy without a noble heart in their mind. That meant you were one of the few lucky ones to stay alive after chugging an entire cup thanks to your Mentor's unorthodox way of training....she didn't want to waste her time with some useless kid who would shit his pants at the first sign of danger. Ah, the memories....


Time to sleep.


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STATUS SHEET

Burden Deo

Health: Uninjured
Diseases/Affliction: None
Suspicion: None
Wealth: 1000 Nopz
Actions per time period: 1 Major, 2 Minor [+1 Minor action at +3 Efficency!]

Vaultblood Blessings:
+1 Persuasion
+1 Sleuth

Possessions:
-1 Hacking Tool kit

Missions:
-Worm Food? [Expires in day 3]

Investigation
-No progress
-No potential suspects

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Day 1 [20 Days left]
Night [Night-> Paranight-> Abnight]

"Good Night, Mr. Burden." Your assistant greeted you with quite the high spirits. If you had to guess, it was because of that comfy bed...the first one in her entire life apparently " What do you want for your Sipfast ?"

" You can cook? " You raised an eyebrow.

" With all due to respect, Mr. Burden, There is nothing to it when Blood is the main ingredient in every single dish."

"True, true." Over the last few centuries, certain additives and flavours would be added creating mostly worthless dishes since any non-blood components wouldn't be absorbed in the first place " How about a Marrower's omelette?"

" Let me check..." Deleth opened the fridge "Yeah, we got some eggs. Right away, Mr. Burden."

The eggs of this flightless bird were full of thick and delicious bloody yoke which made it somewhat of a middle class meal, not too expensive and very nutritious.

Fwwsshhhh

"You don't have to wear the suit, we have like half an hour before work." You remarked. It was a bit stuffy inside the trailer and the heat from the Therr-powered stove was making her sweaty.

" You technically don't have to work today, Mr. Burden. Besides, That's the only set of clothes I have."

Pre-action (Pick one)

>Call Karla
>Watch TV
>Chat with Deleth


Major Action: Pick one [Solo or with Deleth?]

>Go for a tour + Intro to all major players I P-31
>Start your night shift as a blood Tester anyways
>Slack off in the trailer

Minor Actions : Pick two [ Solo or with Deleth?]

>Get a feeling of your new working environment/possible tomb , wander around
>Try to make small conversations with randos taking a break from their job
>Open your Hacking kit, start pinning possible targets.
>nothing

>>5770857
>Chat with Deleth

>Go for a tour + Intro to all major players I P-31
With Deleth
Meeting with the Head of Security and getting him to do his job would be the best way to get that last body. Maybe we hint that in central some of these middle and higher up positions were considered almost up for grabs due to certain inconsistencies reported.

Or set up something for later as a blood Tester maybe we are entitled to an escort if we go into the field to verify if a vein is tainted or not, maybe lead the escort on a detour, and then pick up that body while we are down there.

>Get a feeling of your new working environment/possible tomb , wander around
>Try to make small conversations with randos taking a break from their job
With Deleth

>>5770857
Support >>5770993

>>5771095
>>5770993
Writing in 1-3 hours!

>>5770993
>>5771095

" So, Do you believe in your *ahem* Scarlet Lord?" You were always curious about their very wild fantasy. A sixth unknown Scarlet Lord? Preposterous.


" Elves need something to believe in. Our kind must have hope wherever it may come from." Came her rather calm reply. According to her wacky belief, The Sixth Scarlet would descend from the Sunless skies bringing salvation and punishing every non elf for their transgressions. She and her kin were very lucky that the Scarlet Lords had forbidden any blasphemy-related punishment as a display for endless kindness and tolerance to the non believers.Otherwise, the elves would have probably been genocided loooonnng time ago.


"Sipfast is ready." Deleth served you a bloody omelette before going to a corner to eat her Kipple : An elven stable which was a gelatinous red slop made fron stagnant blood of dead animals (or elves).


"Deleth, what are you doing?"


" Having my daily meal, Mr. Burden." replied the puzzled elf.


" Get up and take a damn seat."


"I-I couldn't..Mr.Burden." Deleth looked away from you almost in shame. For the most part, non privileged elves were not equal to all other races. Even domesticated pets had more rights than them.


"Suit yourself." You stood up with the tasty omelette in your left hand before sitting right next to Deleth on the floor. Your bigger frame had blocked her from wiggling her way out of this corner " Here, have a bite."

Nom

Reluctantly, Your assistant had agreed discarding the disgusting slop away. Of course, having a collar around one's neck had made swallowing an arduous task. Both you and her had your fill. Better get ready for your tour...


First of two posts!

>>5771095
>>5770993
>>5771834

In short, P-31 was divided into several departments:

Administrative

All the paperwork , other beuacratic nonsense and major decisions were handled in one building with top notch security as expected. Key figures were:

- Director Dorr : Head of this Facility, tighter than a Sanctified Scarlet Sister.
- Vice Director Halaieth : The 'Busy Bee' of P-31 and second in command.
- Meteorologist Ynco : The weather forecaster and the most antisocial person in the facility.

Security


Scattered everywhere around the facility, the job of Security was to keep everyone safe from Feral and possible elven revolt, key figures were:


- Chief of Security Whergamm : The hardest ass in the facility, no one would be willing to speak with him directly.
- Quartermaster Ashton : Responsible for the storage of all weapons and sensitive supplies in the facility, great chess player too.
- Rem-00 : Cybe Chief of Cyber Security, very happy for the wrong reasons.


Logistics and Archoid Resources


The lifeblood of the facility, everything came and went under their supervision, key figures were:

- Chief Supplier Rakko : Greasy little Warf, controls all commodities sold in the facility and the storage warehouses.

- Drillo Albea : Keeps the Drillotrail and its rail at pristine condition, carries a wrench on her all the time despite regulations.
- Doctor Yaqesiro : You have already met him before.

Second of third post?
Second of three posts?

>>5771870
>>5771834
>>5770993

Minning

The main reason of why everyone was wrangled here. Key figures were:


- Chief Engineer Spinefield : One of the rarest Arche you would ever encounter.

- Quality Assurance /Blood Tester (You!)

- Elverseer Hakodd : Makes sure that elves get the job done....or die trying.

Which department to visit first?

>Administrative
>Security
>Logistics and Archoid Resources
>Mining

>>5771882
>Mining

Our sector, and where most of the personnel aside from security are likely to be allocated. By dint of being the majority (I assume), we'll find most of the cultist amongst their number, maybe a few cult infiltrators into security, and I'm guessing an even smaller key cultists in positions in logistics and admin just to keep tabs on everything.

>>5771882
>Mining

>>5771998
>>5772110

With Deleth, You stepped outside of your trailer heading for the Quarry aptly named ' The Maw ' for a damn good reason... It was a gargantuan hole in the ground with strange rock formations at the surface resembling jagged teeth ready to snap shut at any given moment.


"Woah..." You felt a bit woozy from staring at this seemingly bottomless pit dotted by tiny specks of light mostly swallowed by darkness. Most of the Mining operations were inside the Maw but there were some surface level extractions judging by the huge vehicles parked outside, they were called Mining Mammoths or Mamms, each of which were larger than a three-floored house.


As expected, the security was super tight around the maw. Multiple checkpoints and the like. No one was going smuggle anything in or out of there without security knowing about it. You were honestly amazed by the huge elevator shaft at the of the Maw capable of transporting elves, raw materials and heavy machinery back to the surface and vice versa.

" I guess the main building is over there." You pointed at a structure directly built on the side of the Maw next to the elevator shaft?

"WHAT?!" Deleth couldn't hear you because of the tings and tongs echoing out of the maw. You just realizes that all miners and security personnel were wearing earmuffs, two of each were given to you by a nearby Security officer.

CLICK

The disgruntled man gave you a quick tutorial on how to use them. These were connected to each other within a small radius allowing possible conversations outside. Working elves would never said Earmuffs, years of constant mining would eventually render them deaf.

First of two posts!

>>5771998
>>5772110
>>5772441

The building attached to the elevator had red sand all over the floor. None was willing to clean it out since all of these heavy duty boots would it back in no time so they just had to live with it.

"Excuse me? I want to see Chief Engineer Spinefield...I am the new Blood Tester guy." A miner had pointed you to his office right around the corner.

The Chief Engineer in question was seen fixing some type of a jackhammer of his desk. He didn't really look that different from any Arche ; eiggt pale arms, twelves bright yellow eyes, two large fangs sticking out of his relatively small mouth...the usual.


Except for her his glowing viens.

Radioactive Blood of relatively safe levels, otherwise, you wouldn'tbe having this conversation without a protective suit

" Mr. Spinefield, this is our new Blood Tester Burden Deo and I am his assistant, Deleth."

"Hmm? Oh yes." The Chief Engineer forced himself to leave the Jackhammer alone going for a very firm handshake " We are extremely lucky for you to arrive in such a short notice. I would have chain you to your desk the moment you stepped out of Drillorail but rules and rules..." he paused for a second gauging your reaction " Only joking but we seriously need you to return to work. So many samples are just sitting there in the warehouses after Elizker's tragedy...poor guy."


The Arche brought something from the cupboard behind him, a bottle of Bloodwine. He poured one cup for you and another for him as to be expected " A Toast to a fine addition to our team!"

Virgin Blood, Sweet, Fruity, No aftertaste, Fremented for over thirty years.

7.1/10

-Exquisite and full of life.


"A question for our new Blood Taster. Who do you pray for when you wake up?"
>I pray to them as one....as the allmothers.

>I pray to none.


>Athio, The Scarlet Lord of Clot.
The Bulwark, the Protector of the meek. The Gentle Sister.

>Kethdia, The Scarlet Lord of Rot
The Consumer, The Avenger, The People’s sickly shadow.

>Tenhenk, The Scarlet Lord of Gold
The Source, The Sunless Mother, The Will of all.

>Moliuen, The Scarlet Lord of Veins.
. The Hidden, The Pale Seer, The Great Archiver.

>Weheith, The Scarlet Lord of Limbo.
The Martyr, The Weeping miracle, The Betrayed.

>I pray to the Sixth Scarlet Lord. The liberator of elves.

AND

>Ask him a question [only one!]
>Thank him for his time, leave
>Start working in a few hours? [Major Action for Paranight ]

>>5772473
>The Bulwark, the Protector of the meek. The Gentle Sister
>Ask him a question [only one!]
"There's a possible tainted vein I might need to inspect before you lose anyone else, but what happened Elizker exactly?"

>>5772796

" Athio has a special place in my heart." You replied honestly.

" As many of us do." The Chief Engineer had given you the equivalent of a smile " She visited me in a dream when life had closed every single door to me. I can still feel her watching over my shoulders like the mother I never had."


"Yeah..." you decided to quickly change the subject " What happened to the guy before me , Elizker?"


"The human had killed Officer Braham without warning in Zone E-2 with a Therrblood chunk two weeks ago. He kept bashing his head until he was shot by other officers. I blame it on his work stress or his debt to The Leychers Brothes. "

" Yeesh." You were glad that you didn't really deal with the largest bank in the Dome. Terrible interest rates with misguiding ads, predatory offers for young adults and failed business men...everything underhanded and dirty was up their sleeves. Why didn't they trade with blood like the more decent banks out there?

"Thanks for the help, err boss?"

" Spinefield will do just fine. Now, if you will excuse me..." The Arche went back to his Jackhammer. You and Deleth had left the office room with so many questions clouding your mind.


" What do you think?"

" He might have gone feral, I think. " Deleth gave you her two Nopz " Doctor Yaqesiro knows more than I do, Mr.Burden."

" Hmmm..." Could his death be related to your investigation? You needed more clues before your final conclusion.

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FFFFFFZZZRRRTTTT

The elevator ride was brutally slow, There were only you, your assistant, couple of elves and two engineers with their oversized toolboxes. The look of disdain upon Deleth was pretty disgusting and somewhat justified from her fellow elves; While they were mining in the bowels of the land, she was living the dream almost as if she was a privileged elf.

" This is taking forever..." You kept waiting and waiting until the elevator had stopped at level C where a very out-of-place trailer was on top of a three floored building carved out of stone. Very impressive.

" This is where Elverseer Hakodd lives...Mr.Burden?"

"Yeah?"

"Please don't make me enter this place...again." You could see unfiltered desperation oozing through her eyes only from the sight of this stone building.

>Look, nothing bad is going to happen. We go in, say hi and get out. Five minutes tops.

>Alright, fine. Stay here and watch your steps.

>You know what? Fuck this Warf. I never liked him anyways.

>>5772927
>Alright, fine. Stay here and watch your steps.

>>5772927
>Look, nothing bad is going to happen. We go in, say hi and get out. Five minutes tops.

I think the safest place for her is by our side honestly. I mentioned using her and as errand girl, but honestly I'm not actually sure how safe that is. Does she even have any way of identifying herself as our assistant if she is not beside us? Not to mention her fellow elves or passing elverseers may start some shit with her if we leave her alone, she isn't well liked.

>>5773065
Thats a fair point, alright ya sold me
>Look, nothing bad is going to happen. We go in, say hi and get out. Five minutes tops.

Writing!
>>5773065
Yep! Her neck collar has all the identification she needs

>>5773065
>>5773230

"..." Deleth trusted your judgement slowly following you to the last place she wanted to be in " Remember, Mr.Burden: Elverseer Hakodd belongs to a powerful family in the city. Something with beards in it?"


"The Moonbeards , shit..." The porn industry was controlled by them. Well, That would complicate things...


Ding-Dong

" Who the klus is there ?" A gravelly voice asked from the side.


" Burden Deo, Blood Tester." You replied dryly before you heard several key turns and unlocked chains. Why would anyone require so many security measures?

" If it isn't the new Twarf ... and my sloppy seconds." Before you , a very beefy
balding Warf barely reaching your waistline with a scruffy red beard and a sweat-stained undershirt had 'welcomed' you to his house " Come in, Come in! Got a klusing hour on me. So sure, let's waste some of it on you two."

SMACK

"...!" After you had enter his very lavish home, you heard a sudden clap followed by a squeal only lasting for half a second. This was definitely an Ass Slap .

"Heheh, do you miss me?" Did that Warf just grabbed Deleth by the...?

Despite being entangled in her worst fears, you assistant looked at you intently with her eyes begging you not to escalate the situation for your sake more than hers.

> [Punch the warf straight in his bulblous nose]
>Leave her alone or I swear you will regret it.
>[Forcibly Take Deleth to your side, wrap your arm around her, ask him a question (one only!) ]
> Ah, using the longest thing on you,eh? Your third pinky is not up for the job?
>[Thank him for his time, leave]
>[Let the Warf do his thing, ask him a question when he is done.]

>>5773268
>[Forcibly Take Deleth to your side, wrap your arm around her, ask him a question (one only!) ]
My Deleth.

Okay so theres a possible demonic cult here or in the nearby ruins. The last Blood Tester might have gone feral in Zone E-2 and killed Officer Braham with a therrblood chunk two weeks ago, but we could use info from the Doctor on that. He was also in debt for some reason to the Leycher Brothers, who are a shady exploitative loan group.

This guy is part of the Moonbeards family, but hes also been put out here in the boonies even if it is as Elverseer. So maybe he fucked up a little and got put here. He seems to be a fat bastard pervert, who has something to hide behind a lot of security measures, has something to fear, or does it to keep his elf slaves from opening the door to get out.

The Moonbeards porn industry family. lol. I suppose to stay in his family's good or tolerated graces he would be in a position to send them elves or videos for the family business. That keeps him protected or atleast maintains what status he has and make some extra money. Maybe he does some sick forbidden demon content that would get extra money or prestige? Deleth might have an idea once she trusts us more.

A cult implies organization, so some of them must be capable of intelligence and commerce. People who can control their feral urge like Burden. If the demonic cult wanted bodies and blood then having influence and control over the Elverseer would be pretty good. Lots of elves that almost no one cares about to sacrifice in some way, like sending them into a possibly tainted mining vein to die or editing some paperwork to move things around.

With only one question to get some answers about our predecessor and his goings on, or to gauge this guy's reactions to why he has the security systems or if he is suspicious is pretty hard. This fatass just knows about elves. So where is Elizker's assistant, she might have known what he was up to and he thoughts and its a fair question since plenty of stuff was left over. Where his personal effects went that could tell us more, plus if his death and the fatass are connected it might get a reaction. If he killed the assistant or sent her to die or disappear somewhere that is pretty suspicious. Also while we are here it might be nice to spot some targets for hacking.

"Where is Elizker's former assistant?"

>>5773490

"Tsk." The moonbeard bared his teeth when you pulled Deleth away from him. He didn't like to have his authority challenged especially by a 'Twarf' like you.

There was this awkward moment of silence that was eventually broken by a question " What about his assistant ? Where is she?"

" Working her ass off in..." Hakodd pulled out his phone going through a very extensive list " D-1, stupid bitch went back to mining instead of her previous job. They are all tits and ass without a single brain cell, I tell you."

"Thanks for your time, Elverseer Hakodd. We will meet again real soon."

"Ayep, now klus off, will you?" In a hurry, He opened the door for you. This time, Deleth was the first to leave followed by you. That went reasonably well.

The two of you put on the earmuff right away. Man, the noise out there was unbearable.

"Hey, are you okay?"


"Yes...thank you, Mr.Burden."

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You and your slightly shaken assistant went on a stroll to catch some air in the open. There were a decent number of security cameras in nearly every corner...except for the recreation zone with small shops and a food court. Apparently, the cameras hadn't been replaced in over a decade, really old models that were producing some crappy and choppy footage. The maintenance guy said that their wires also needed to be replaced. It should be two or three more days until all the newer camera would be installed.

You and Deleth had met a new officer who was just hired yesterday; One Morgan Ello, his lungs were really feeling the change in weather compared to the Dome. You suggested a small talk with the Chief of security for the possibility of having indoor patrols instead. Hopefully, this would help the new guy.

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Paranight

" Should I get to work, Deleth?" You asked your assistant after returning to your trailer to have a shower along with some refreshment. You felt awfully lazy for some reason.

"Mr.Spinefield would greatly appreciate it,yes."

" Uuugh, still need to get the introductions out of the way. Choices, Choices..."


Major Action: Pick one [Solo or with Deleth?]

>Continue your tour [select department]
>Get to work?
>Slack off in the trailer
>Write in?

Minor Actions : Pick two [ Solo or with Deleth?]

>Get a feeling of your new working environment/possible tomb , wander around
>Try to make small conversations with randos taking a break from their job
>Open your Hacking kit, start pinning possible targets.
>Nothing
>Write in?


Write ins weight [Major or Minor ] will depend on their context. Please keep it reasonable/doable

>>5773490
Good to hear your thought process. I haven't put much thought into putting what little we know together so far.

>>5773518
This is still our day off. The reputation as a hard worker isn't worth it, spend every available moment of our free time on our investigation. I think we'll need it. Socializing and such is thankfully a part of this.

>Continue your tour [Logistics and Archoid Resources with Deleth]

Admin is busy and anti-social, and if the director is the cult leader then we may as well be better off letting this place be blown up. Getting a feel for logistics and security I think will clue us into more about what gets in or out of this place and any lapses that may have occurred, plus we'll maybe meet randoms like Morgan.

>Try to make small conversations with randos taking a break from their job
>Open your Hacking kit, start pinning possible targets.

I'd say security would be good for this, except it is to early to try and rush the central node for the cameras, and we aren't the super stealthy type based on our vaultblood choices. Plus, you'd obviously expect security to be...secure.

>>5773518
>>5773600
Support

A reputation for kindness or being chatty wouldn't be bad either if we have to go around talking with people. If we need an excuse to avoid work and focus on hacking we can blame it on our lungs being used to Dome weather like Morgan.

Getting into the camera network while they are doing repairs and replacements is good if any irregularities from our hacking cause a glitch. On the other hand if we wanted to do any shady business like getting an elf body if we cant recover the one in the worm tunnels then having a place like the recreation zone would be useful for avoiding cameras. Its probably where shady stuff happens anyways since its been a long term thing.

We could scope it out, and get Deleth some not torn clothes while we are there.

>>5773600
>>5773623

"Let's get back to the shopping area, I want to meet up with this Rakko guy."

"' Rakko *girl* , Mr. Burden." Deleth politely corrected you.

"Huh." You were sure that Rakko was a masculine name. Anyways, time to meet the Warf which was easier said than done due to the fact that the Chief supplier was a very busy person. Whenever you asked for her in one place, she would have mysteriously hopped to another one a few minutes before your arrival. Finally, you got a chance to speak with her and her entourage of elves on their way to one of the warehouses. All seven of them were sharply dressed in lovely business suits with short skirts. The elven assistants whispered to each other when you stumbled upon them, some were even having a girly giggle at either your or Deleth's expense. These seven elves weren't earless and they didn't have a collar on them... privileged elves? At least Deleth had a bigger chest than them.


"A new face in this Klushole, welcome!" Rakko greeted you while caressing one of her gems embedded in her silky black beard. It was clear that she loved to flaunt her wealth with multiple precious gems in her fingers, braids and piercing "You look like someone half-important, who are you?"

"Mr. Burden Deo, Blood Tester and I am his assistant, Deleth." Your clipped elf did the introduction with lower spirits than usual.

"OOOO, Blood Tester, eh? Sucks about E...elz, what was his name again, darling?"


" Elizker Montealbedo, big mama." Replied the elven assistant right away.

"Ah, that's right. You know what else sucks? Not getting my money back . " With a snap of her finger , another elf had pulled out a what seemed to be a...written contract?

"Mr. Elizker owed big mama seventy two thousand Nopz. The debt has been transferred directly to you." Stated another elf.

"Pretty sure that is illegal." Your composure didn't change during this obvious shakedown.

"illegal? Mr.Burden, you wound me with your poor choice of words!" Rakko was offended momentarily " It is all written right there, page sixty four: the debt is reserved for this current Blood Tester, their associates and any future person assuming this profession inside P-31." No wonder his previous assistant had dipped from this hellish debt.


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>>5773623
>>5773600
>>5773729

"Y-you can't do this to us!" Deleth objected clenching her fists from such blatant extortion.


"But I can, darling. You have Seven days to procure the money. I hate to see honest men and women go to The pit of Mzrolon over this chump change..."

"What do you *really* want?" You stared right in her golden eyes.


"Tenhenk above, this human wants to give me something other than Nopz! Hmm, I can think of something equally profitable that should cover the debt. Visit my office in a few hours so we can talk..."

>Guess I don't have a choice [Major Action for Abnight] [Potential Mission: The third way/ The House always wins]
>I will get your damn Nopz [storm out of there, you will figure out something]
>You can roll up that contract and shove it up your hairy ass. Not paying a single Nopz.
>I take it to Director Dorr. Just so you know...
>Pretty sure that I can convince you to lower that silly debt..

>>5773731
Starting to this town does deserve some rocks falling. Shame we can't reveal our Agent status in case this person is the cultist.

>>5773729
>I'm prepared for legal proceedings and will see you in court. This is an illegal contract, as I was not party to its creation, nor a signatory. Furthermore, even if I was to inherit Mr.Montealbedo's debt, that means I would be entitled to his estate, and so far I've yet to receive his possessions. [Indignant, legal fast-talk, entirely serious.]

Force her to show her hand. Will she coerce us by not offering supplies from the store, or does she have thugs under her sway? If she's used to bluffing people into submission then we can avoid being intimidated. If she is willing and able to go hard then we can delay and feign submission until we are prepared to arrange an accident for her.

Alternatively we could compromise our cover and put her on the phone with Karla, swear her to secrecy on pain of death, and hope she isn't a cultist or worse; a gossip.

>>5773776
Ah, beat me to the thought. I was just thinking of that. Still, she'll get what's coming to her whether we succeed or fail. Whether that be by being trapped in this place with the demons and ferals or by our no-doubt soon-to-be endless complaints to Karla.

>>5773777
Nice trips
>>5773776
Your vote?

>>5773777
Support

>>5773777
Please stick to write ins when an option is available, sorry.

>>5773777
>>5773793


"Mr. Elizker had liquated all of his assets a few days before his death. They were equally distributed to other parties whom he was indebted to. The only possession still in his name is storage room #024. O-ops? Sorry, big mama "

"You..." The Chief Supplier gave her blabbermouth of an assistant quite the dagger eyes " I suppose I am legally obliged to give you his key card. What is there is...sadly yours. Should have opened it when I had the chance..."

+ Storage key card #024


" Don't try to strong-arm a Warf." said Rakko with a smile that had shown her gold plated fangs " Until we reach an agreement, you aren't welcome in any of my shops. You know where to find me. Enjoy starving to death, bye~"


That little...pretty sure you could manage the food situation but that move was just brutal. The silver lining here was the key card, you ought to check out the storage unit sometime in the future.

"This Rakko and her girls... so infuriating.." You sat down on a bench with Deleth who was blushing "What?"

" Her boys, Mr. Burden." Deleth corrected you for the second time.

"Come again?"

"Mrs. Rakko is surrounded by crossdressers. She painstakingly dresses and dolls them up for an hour before going to work. It is alright, Mr. Burden. It can be hard to distinguish between our men and women from the first glance." It made sense for them to be nearly flat chested. Sheesh, was there any chance to meet a half decent warf out there?


Your next stop was the Drillorail station, still busy as ever with goods transported back and forth, new hires or people finally returning back home... the usual. After asking a Cybe or two, you found out that Ablea was in her office. Time to say hi to her.

Fwöööõp

"It's alright Boozy, they are friends!" The redhead in a blue jumpsuit had calmed down her one eyed furry creature who had assumed an aggressive stance with its two trunks.

"I am-"

" No need for introductions. I know who are you. This is my station, remember?" Ablea gave her freakish pet some treats making its a bit sleepy " Got eyes everywhere, how can I help?"

"Well, I-"

First of two posts

>>5773821
>>5773793
>>5773777

"Stay here.I will be right back." Without warning, the human had barged out of her office with her signature wrench. Through the camera footage, You saw an security officer trying to have his way with a worker in a somewhat secluded area in the station. The man grew more aggressive sticking his gun at his victim's head while undressing her. At this moment, Ablea had arrived with her wrench at the ready.

"Is he going to shoot her? " Ablea didn't really allow him to fire a single bullet as she threw her wrench at him when her words didn't really convince him to stop. The armoured man had quickly recovered pulling out his baton for a bloody brawl with no clear winner. Other officers should be on their way but it might be too late for them to do anything.


What should you do?

>Sit down and watch, Ablea can handle one disoriented man
>Rummage through her office? No one is watching but Deleth...
>Rush down there to help her. The place isn't too far according to the footage.
>Pet the freaky two trunked thing
>Write in?

AND

>Ask her a question if/when she comes back [one question only!]
>Leave, Ablea is clearly busy.

>>5773821
Why? So as not to break quest-reward/Night cycle/3 weeks system?

>>5773823
>Rush down there to help her. The place isn't too far according to the footage.

Make a friend, make an enemy. It may suck to be on a guard's bad side, but this guard in particular was never likely to be in our good graces or vice versa anyways. Also, this entire issue with Rakko can be easily circumvented by making friends and having them buy the things we want for us using our money.

Good to also know that while many people in this place continue to be absolute bastards, there are some decent folk around here.

>Ask her a question if/when she comes back ["Eyes everywhere, huh? So these cameras have sound?]

Basically the question is meant to bait out who her friends are that are acting as her eyes and ears, or if she really just relies on cameras, in which case that is good to know that they do in fact have sound, given she knew our name.

Alternatively, if the question above is too suspicious, we could ask if this sort of harassment happens often, and if we should expect any consequences to fall our way. Maybe it won't given the fact that the security officer is clearly not in the right, but you never know with this place.

Also, is her name Ablea or Albea? In the personnel/department list you list her as Albea, but here her name is Ablea.

>>5773821
>Rush down there to help her. The place isn't too far according to the footage.
By the Scarlet Lords, this place is a shit show. Every person is becoming a quest the moment we meet them.

>Ask her a question if/when she comes back [one question only!]
"I'm sure you've seen who I was talking with before. The food and shops around here don't seem to agree with me. I could use a favor, to get someone to help keep me supplied with food and any goods I need."

>>5773872
Well since we are here and we get one question we might as well go ahead and ask if we can get this favor done and solve a problem now. We are looking at the camera system to see this whole incident, but we don't hear any sound coming through, so I think it doesn't have sound.

>>5773823
I'll switch to support this>>5774008

Better to get that out of the way rather than have to use up our time asking this later.

>>5774008
You're right, I wasn't thinking.

>>5774022
Solid. Who do you think we should see after this, Security or Administrative? Check out the storage, see about keeping up appearances at work, or something else.

Security we could see about them getting that last body, or organizing our own little adventure down there which could see us getting our hands on a gun and some armor. Play chess with Quartermaster Ashton and see if we can get some gear lent to us or just to make a friend. Rem-00 the Cybe chief of cyber security who could become our opponent in hacking stuff.

Administrative has a weather forecaster, which I guess must be important. Maybe we can figure out which days would be hard on the lungs and so days we can ditch work, which as our strongest antisocial person in the facility he can appreciate. If we fail at getting the Security to do their job or help us out, or they require some weird favor as well then talking to Admin afterwards might be a chance to settle that.

>>5774041
Between admin and security I'm honestly not sure. I said security before because I assumed that the directors would be too busy and the weather person is anti social...but honestly security isn't described as any friendlier. Both could be important, getting insight into the major problems with this facility or the policies set from up top could allow us to infer a lot. I'm fine with either.

As for the other stuff, we don't need to go to the work until tomorrow, so I'd say checking out the storage comes first. We still have a whole abnight phase left because we didn't meet Rakko in her office. Plus QM still has to handle the minor actions we selected for this phase.

Since talking to the major figures of each department can end up being as much a burden as a benefit, it's more important to network with these people for info or friendship than the expect that we'll be able to influence them or get them to do anything. At least this early on, later we probably could.

Ashton may end up being cool, and maybe, just maybe we can convince him that despite being a blood tester and not a guard we deserve a gun. We are in the mining department after all. Other than him I think I've changed my mind and now slightly favour talking to admin over security during our last phase of today. Assuming we don't use all of it visiting the storage of the late Elizker.

>>5774059
At this point its worse then a coinflip for how the departments look. Each department has one asshole, one weirdo, one decent person. Logistics - Rakko is the asshole, Albea the decent person, Doctor Yaqesiro the weirdo. Cheif Engineer Spinefield seems decent and or the weirdo. Elverseer Hakodd the asshole. I am sure Sec and Admin will follow suit.

My thinking is we want to get that last elf body since theres only a couple days to get that mission done before the worms do, and get a look down there. Get the de-tox for Deleth, another step towards earning her complete trust so we can have someone help us get things done. Security is the most direct route to either get them to do their job, or get the gear to do it ourselves through Ashton, ideally with time afterwards to get it done ourselves. Having gear while we search for a demonic cult is pretty high on the list too.

Admin being the paperwork with the definition of paperwork being to do things inefficiently we have to owe another favor to get them to focus on getting Security to do their job to get the body to get the de-tox. I'd say just pay the damn spider doc for the de-tox if it didn't sound like we might need that money to buy supplies through a middle-woman very soon.

>>5774092
I'm honestly convinced that regardless of our persuasive skill we are gonna have to go fetch the body ourselves. So I guess visiting security will be the way forward after QM handles our minor actions from earlier. For the gear, since I'm assuming our efforts to get the guards to do their damn jobs will be in vain.

>>5774103
Yeah that's my guess too. Any other questions you think we should try to the Cybe robot and the Chief?

>>5774125
Maybe ask why they aren't fetching the body? Also asking how deep the cameras go into the tunnels, maybe we can see the body or the disposition of the ferals/demons/dangerous wildlife in the area of the corpse.

Learning about the ruins could also be good, it was mentioned that the cult is believed to either be in this facility or in the nearby ruins. We may have to think of some innocuous way to ask that question though, since while I doubt it'll blow our cover it is still an odd thing for some rando to ask out of the blue, and we don't know who might be a cultist or how deeply they've infiltrated this place.

We could also ask about any recent elven revolt attempts and how well in hand the situation is. I'm sure they'll say some generic "everything is perfectly secure" boilerplate statement, but I still wanna ask because I feel like a disaffected, oppressed populace would be prime vectors for demonic corruption and a breeding ground for cultists or just people willing to do dirty work in exchange for materiel goods or anything that'll help them live a better life.

Other than that, I dunno. How about you?

Loving the discussion, writing!

>>5773872

kind of? The is a mostly free form quest where you can tackle different dilemmas from different angles. You won't get railroaded but still

>>5773872
It is Albea , I wrote that post in like 3 am. Sorry.

>>5774008

You snaked through a small of maze of crates waiting to be shipped before reaching the right corridor where you heard the a gunshot echoing from the third room on your right.

Without considering your safety, you barged in ready to kick some ass only to find the officer on twitching on the floor with his skull cracked wide open spilling out his grey matter soaked in dark red blood. The wrench did beat the gun after al-

Cough-cough

" Serves him...right, hehe.." Albea grinned while clutching her wound right in her gut "Didn't I tell you to..."


Just like that, the overly confident Drillo had passed out. As much as you wanted to help out the traumatized worker, saving the dying woman next to her seemed like the more reasonable choice.

You carried the human between your arms with one destination in mind: the infirmary. The two lazy nurses had performed their duties admirably in this emergency situation. The Arche doctor was sipping his bloodleaf tea when you came along.


"We will take it from here." Yaqesiro began to work right away leaving your plain clothes stained with blood. The good doctor should handle the internal bleeding with ease. She looked live a fighter to you. Yeah, she was going to survive this.

Outside of the infirmary, several officers were waiting for you along with Deleth. They had to take your statement first quickly interrogating you to get a better picture of what had just happened. The footage in the Drillorail should cover most of the evidence.

You had to return back to the trailer for a change of clothes, you would clean them later. Well, at least you had secured a solid favour with her.

=====================
In the privacy of your room, you opened your Hacking Tool kit: A hard-duty laptop with a small antenna attached to it. This beauty could only pin three potential liabilities without raising too much suspicious. First round of hackable devices were:.

-Camera #4 ( Therrblood Warehouse)
-Sprinkling system #2 ( Food Court)
-Lighting Control system for Sniper Tower #16 ( Western outer parameters)

Gaining access over them would require another session so the Cyber security wouldn't pinpoint the source of this potential breach. You had to be very patient about it.

In other news, people were starting to talk about the new guy who had carried Albea to safety. You honestly didn't like this spotlight. You did learn something very important about the working environment of the Drillorail station. Albea considered everyone working there (save for security) to be part of the Family making it a very close knit workplace compared to other sections in the mining facilities. Perhaps that was why Albea was willing to personally intervene like so.

First of two posts!

>>5774125
>>5774177

Abnight

You yawned loudly while waiting for your dinner: Sautéed Liver full of juicy blood cooked by the very talented Deleth who kept downplaying herself. Everyone was either crawling back to bed or finishing what was left of their shift. A question kept pestering you: Have you accomplished anything of note tonight? The night wasn't over just yet. Who knew, you might catch a cultist red handed today or some demon in disguise. Wishful thinking was the best thinking.

What should you do?


Major Action: Pick one [Solo or with Deleth?]

>Continue your tour [select department]
>Get to work?
>Slack off in the trailer
>Go to Rakko's office to deal with your 'debt'
>Write in?

Minor Actions : Pick two [ Solo or with Deleth?]

>Open Storage unit #24
>Go to the infirmary, Check on Albea
>Get a feeling of your new working environment/possible tomb , wander around
>Try to make small conversations with randos taking a break from their job
>Open your Hacking kit, start pinning possible targets.
>Start Hacking already pinned targets
>Nothing
>Write in?

Forgot to remove name.

>>5774504
>>5774448
Oh, okay. So, like we can choose questions and broad approaches but have to select from the dialogue selection choices during the specific moments of each phase? Or something? Kinda threw me off, since 'no write-ins except when allowed' doesn't seem to mesh with 'free-form'. Though I'm enjoying the quest either way.

>>5774491
Well, it is a good thing we came running. Looks like that whole buying food thing won't be an issue. We also learn that there is apparently a system of evidence and justice for violence and attempted rape and this isn't a 'whatever the man with the gun says, goes' type of system, or at least not completely. Though that may just be in the face of overwhelming evidence and because Albea is a key employee, and the system may be ad hoc rather than formal, we'll see I guess.

If we subvert camera 4 then we could get in and steal from the warehouse, though I'm not sure what good that will do because we don't even know what Therrblood is. Is it food, a ingredient for vaultblood, a construction materiel or precious metal? We could also use the warehouse to hide in if we are ever compromised and the facility turns against us, similarly we can use it as a shady meeting spot for conducting business under the table without the authorities knowing.

The sprinkling system could be used for influencing the movement of people, or as a distraction.

Since there is no sun and it is always night disabling the lighting for the tower could either cause a distraction and reallocation of security personnel or hypothetically we could sneak outside via the west or move unseen via the western side to another part of the facility. Say, like to steal something or kill someone without being attached to the scene of the crime via records of our movements.

I definitely get the feeling more would be available if we took the tech vaultblood or were an Ark-Cybe. As is, I kinda feel like the undetectable gun, contact, or finger multitool would be more useful now that I see our options, at least if we wanna remain subtle about the hacking. Still, we have some useful options.

While the Drillorail crew seem wholesome, the whole 'family' aspect makes me wonder if they are all cultists, with Albea being a key member. It also explains security not being part of the family, if they knew it would be a big problem. In this hypothetical scenario security is ironically the good guys despite being so antagonistic towards us. Probably just a tight knit community though, nothing to fret over.

>>5774504
>Continue your tour [Security, with Deleth]
>Open Storage unit #24
>Go to the infirmary, Check on Albea

As planned, try to get security to do their job or give us a gun so we can do their job for them. Open the locker and shore up our new friendship. Who knows, if my theory isn't a theory then maybe some concerned cultist friend of hers will visit her too and we can eavesdrop some info. We can hack in the 'morning' tomorrow.

>>5774504
I'm enjoying the quest, good stuff my guy.

Yeah these could be useful I think. If we ever needed a big distraction to pull people away from their posts, activating a sprinkling system like there was a fire could give us a distraction. If we want to sneak out to check out the ruins we could set some times for the lights of tower 16 to go out. Maybe we get lucky on Camera 4, or use that spot for a clandestine meeting. Once its hacked we can always use it, it won't be overwritten by hacking 3 other pinned items right Checkpoint Guy?

>>5774531
>Support
It would be pretty funny if the only proactively good person we met was a cultist. IF the security guard was given a mission to corner someone and check for a cultist tattoo or mutations. Maybe the mystery box storage unit will give us something useful.

Last post of the day!
>>5774531
No write in will be in very specific situations. I would say that for every 9 write in prompts, there is 1 without write in.

>>5774549
Thanks!

We can hack as many devices as we want. Of course, more hacked devices means more suspicion that doesn't necessarily incriminate us until thebguys at cyber security would pinpoint us, we can always unhack devices that aren't necessary to our plans anymore.

>>5774549
Damn, now you got me wondering if we passed up a chance for prime evidence by not looking through Albea's office. Who knows, maybe the one eyed, two trunked Boozy is some kind of parasite or demonic familiar or something? We didn't pick Virivi or Lore after all, we don't know what that thing even is. lol, just imagine. I doubt it, but it'd be pretty funny, and I'll kick myself if it turns out to be true later on. Hell, if admin/security is onto the cultist then WE could be implicated as a potential cultist given our actions. Though that may be what we want honestly, if we are still going the 'infiltrate the cult' route.

There is some alternate timeline where we picked Virivi, Harpy, guard/sniper, either retalia or clotball and the combat vaultbloods and just BLAMMED every cultist we detected with our Cthaii abilities.

We ought to think about hacking some cybes and just letting it lay dormant until we need it. Some muscle would be good. Or at least secure access to the cybes storage/maintenance area to do that in the future. Actually hacking them right away may give us away.

>>5774556
Cool.

>>5774591
Go through the garbage for an old Cybe and deck it out for when the action hits.

>>5774531
>>5774549
Writing!

>>5775253
>>5774549
>>5774531

You felt like you were standing in front of a damn Fortress when you went with Deleth to speak with the chief of security. Sniper towers, barbed wires, security officers in riot gear and two armoured vehicles with mounted machine guns and a grenade launcher. This place was definitely the last place to fall in case the facility was overrun by ferals and/or demons.

" Commander Whergamm won't be seeing anyone, now fuck off." Well, That was quite the greeting from the first officer at the building's main entrance.

"I just-"

"Look, Dumbass..." His bigger partner stepped in "... We just lost three officers in less than three weeks. Commander Whergamm just hates to see his boys six feet under. So please, turn the fuck around before it gets ugly." The other security officer cocked his shotgun threateningly.

Did he just say three not two?

" Have a good Abnight, Gents." Yeah, there was no way you could enter with the recent death of that officer. The atmosphere was too volatile for a casual introduction.


"If it isn't Burden Deo, the man who heroically carried the Drilloasshole back to our local necrophile." Said a man behind you who got a salute from the two asshole officers. You turned around , there was an extended hand waiting for a good shake.

" Quartermaster Ashton, at your service." You shook hands with a black human past his fifties and yet he was still in his prime "Come with me, son. Your assistant too."

Just like that, you entered the most secured building in the facility "You wanted to see me too, right?"

"Yeah." You nodded " Where are we going?"

" The Feral Ranch , where else?" The three of you took an elevator to a small underground open space, it looked like a shooting range with a LOT of dried blood on the floor.

"There is a constant beef between us and other departments, the civvies are too stupid to realize that are doing what we are trained for to save their asses from the real danger outside." Ashton sounded more frustrated than angry " It should have been Whergamm instead of Dorr but I digress."

First of two posts!

>>5774591
>>5774556
>>5775280

" Remmy told me how... eager you are to meet every single head of department. I will chalk it up as you trying to get to know your new home for the next five years or so."

" Mr. Ashton, this is my idea according to our regular protocols." Deleth stepped in to defend you.

"...that no one follows." He quickly retorted " Just keep your fangs clean... Or we will clean it for you. " Was this a friendly advice or a indirect threat?

Your assistant felt like that she had screwed big time by dipping you in trouble with the Quartermaster. If only she knew your actual agenda...

CLICK

A collared Feral emerged from the far end of the shooting range, a naked harpy flapping her non-existent wings. The feral's collar was instantly attached to metal rod in the ceiling allowing some form of control over the wild woman. There were also two sensors at the start of the shooting range. Her head would probably pop off the moment she went past them.

" How about a little game? Kill a feral and I will give you something valuable in return." The Human had swiped his ID against the wall revealing an arsenal of...peashooters and a dull machete "Pick one, son."

>No thanks, Mr. Ashton.
>I will take Nuz-01 [ Six shots handgun]
>I will take the machete
>Why don't you give me a demonstration, Quartermaster?
>Wanna try, Deleth?
>How about a game of chess instead?
>Write in?

>>5775294
>I will take Nuz-01 [ Six shots handgun]
"Close your eyes and cover your ears Deleth."

Harpy reminds him of Karla, but on the other hand it might be a mercy. What would Karla want if she was going to turn into a feral? I guess the question is do we want to be seen as having the skill and composure to kill, and playing along with their 'game' which seems to not be appreciated by the locals. Could really use a gun, and possibly security's help if and when we do find the cult.

Hopefully Feral Ranch is just a nickname and they aren't seriously keeping a massive amount of ferals locked up underneath their security base. Sure would be a shame if some cultist hacked their way in, unlocked the collars, and released a horde, ha ha.

>>5775294
>I will take Nuz-01 [ Six shots handgun]

>>5775330
>>5775462
You took the handgun and focused on the rabid creature ahead. The world seemed to melt around, there was nothing but the void, you and your target. You were well aware that she could dodge your bullets with ease so you had to anticipate her next move.

SCREEECH

The creature lunged forward cutting through air to reach for your jugular with her malformed fang. You carefully squeezed the trigger and fired two shots. It was a calculated miss meant to gauge her reaction time. The third also missed but the fourth grazed her neck. Without any sense of preservation, The Harpy went on all fours, her plucked out wing were regrown with sharp blades of her own blood. The thirst was driving her mad.

The fifth shot went for her thighs failing to halt her rancorous advance. You could see the white in her eyes when you shot your sixth and final shot that went straight through her left eye nestling somewhere inside her rotten brain. The Harpy dropped dead only a few feet away from the sensor.

"I-is she head?"

" Yeah, you can open your eyes." You assured your delicate assistant.

" Not bad. Here, this is for you..."

+ Shift pass

"What is this?" You were slightly confused from this pink plastic chip.

"What does it look like? Scan it with your ID card and take your half the day off." Oh, this might come in handy later.

" Up for another round? Do you think you can handle two ferals with six shots? I will give you something in return."

>A good gambler knows when to quit, Mr. Ashton.
>Your turn, Deleth.
>At least give me something with extra punch
>Write in?

>>5775537
>At least give me something with extra punch

>>5775537
>At least give me something with extra punch

>>5775586
>>5775757
Writing in 1-2 hours!

>>5775586
>>5775757


" Fair enough." The Quartermaster had swiped his ID against a different wall revealing a drawer full of submachine guns " Mind the spread."

+RML-278

You next target were two ferals elves with hunched backs and sharp claws. They were, however, much smarter than the harpy by using their copies as bloodshields soaking up all the bullets you sprayed them with until you ran out in the worst possible time. They were mere inches away from you before the sensor caught up with them first popping their heads in a confetti of blood and gore.

"Can't say I am surprised but hey, at least you learned something new, right? Good abnight, son. " The security officer who kept watching you silently all this time had escorted you and Deleth outside. It was a point moot point to speak with the Chief of Cyber Security with how hostile Ashton and Co. were. Still, you had earned yourself a Shift Pass out of this altercation.

=============================

The Storage units were inside a cubic labyrinth cursed with inefficient stacking and a waste of potential spaces. Whoever placed these prefab units did a very poor job.

"This is the one. What do you think we will find?"

"I don't know, Mr.Burden. I hope it is worth something to cover your debt." Deleth replied.

CLICK


" Oh, It is just some random junk." Stacks of old newspaper, empty blood bags, bubble wraps, a golf duffle bag and a couple of trophies he got in high school of great sentimental value but they weren't worth shit in actual value. It seemed like that he packed what was left of his personal belongings in one spot. He might have sold his apartment since he was already in crushing debt.

Nothing was out of the ordinary here. On the off chance there was something of interest here, you weren't perceptive enough to spot it among all of that clutter.

>Waste your time by combining through every single item [Minor action]
>Save it for later, you gotta check on Albea
>Write in?

>>5776404
>Save it for later, you gotta check on Albea

>>5776404
>>Save it for later, you gotta check on Albea

>>5776404
>Save it for later, you gotta check on Albea

Gonna be busy for the next couple days, so my votes may come in late or not at all. Doesn't mean I'm not interested in the quest though, just a heads up since I'm one of only two voters.

>>5776442
>>5776681

It was a leech market out there in the infirmary with literally all of the workers and other personnel from the station at the entrance. Both the nurses and the security officers were handling the crowd outside rather poorly until the good doctor himself had arrived on the scene.

"For the love of the Scarlet Lords, your precious Drillo is trying to rest! Let her get some sleep, damn it!" The Arche returned back inside leaving the 'Family' a bit undecided on what to do next.

" Come on folks, you heard what the doc said. Now scram." Said the same asshole who tried to stop your assistant from entering earlier. The crowd would soo disperse but not before notching you among them. You earned a couple of thanks and cheers from the hard workers of the Drillorail station.

" Hey..." Someone tapped gentle on your right shoulder, it was the same girl who was nearly molested a few hours ago.


"Hey, how are you holding up?"


"I am doing alright. It is just....none of what happen made sense. Officer Bradley, he swings for the other team, everyone know it when Gasus caught him 'drilling' Pearls. Why would he do that to me?" The human paused, focusing on what she initially had in mind first " This is for you for going out of your way to save our Drillo."

+500 Nopz

"Name is Jean by the way, I can fix anything Therr-powered so let you know if you need any help."


"I will, thanks." You nodded before leaving. There were a lot of devices that were either powered by Therrblood directly or indirectly via electro-hemolysis from unrefined Therrblood chunks so she might come in handy in the future.

It was a very long and eventful night, you wanted nothing more than flopping on the bed for some sleep but first, you had to call Klara for a status report in the privacy of your soundproof room.

" How is my favourite hatching doing? " You told her the long and the short of what happened today.

"My,my, Burden making new friends. Did you keep it in your pants when you saw that sickly and naked harpy, hmmm?"


" Gross, Grow up please. By the way, your info is wrong: There are definitely more than a hundred people in P-31 " The numbers didn't add up.

" So what if I missed an extra zero on the right? Anyways, the name Whergamm sounds awfully familiar, I will do some digging and come back with an answer in a few days."

"I was hoping you are going to bail me out on that stupid debt." You knew that HQ had a lot of resources at their disposal.

" ohohoho, you are on your own....or do you want to get your cover blown. Your choice~" You could practically hear her smugness " Anything else?"


>Write in?
>>5776681
Rip

>>5777357
>Write in
"Maybe a black market contact. I can't solve this if I starve from debt first. Love you, good abnight."

>>5777550
"Heheheh, nice one." As expected, The Harpy had no sympathy for you. You either had to figure something out or bite the bullet and speak with the Chief Supplier.

Your energy was spent at the end of the night. Once your head touched the pillow, you slept right away. Another dreamless night.

======================

STATUS SHEET

Burden Deo

Health: Uninjured
Diseases/Affliction: None
Suspicion: None
Wealth: 1500 Nopz
Actions per time period: 1 Major, 2 Minor [+1 Minor action at +3 Efficency!]

Vaultblood Blessings:
+1 Persuasion
+1 Sleuth

Possessions:
-1 Hacking Tool kit
- Key to Storage unit #24
-1 Shift Pass

Missions:
-Worm Food? [Expires in day 3]

Deadlines:
-Legal Action (Chief Supplier Rakko) [ Day 8]

Investigation
-No progress
-No potential suspects

=====================


Day 2 [19 Days left]
Night [Night-> Paranight-> Abnight]

You woke up from a very annoying buzz coming from your ID card. Riiight, You had to set your shifts for the night. Like everyone else, you have two shifts of work. You thanked the Scarlet Lords for how flexible your time schedule could be. Yep, you could choose two shifts or mix and mash if you didn't feel like leaving your bed.

When were you going to work tonight? (Pick two from Night/Paranight/Abnight)

>____ and ____
> ____ and shift pass the second one

AND

Can't pick Major Action if you selected this period for your shift!

Major Action: Pick one [Solo or with Deleth?]

>Continue your tour [select department]
>Slack off in the trailer
>Go to Rakko's office to deal with your 'debt'
>Write in?

Minor Actions : Pick two [ Solo or with Deleth?]

>Comb through Storage unit #24
>Go to the infirmary, Check on Albea
>Get a feeling of your new working environment/possible tomb , wander around
>Try to make small conversations with randos taking a break from their job
>Open your Hacking kit, start pinning possible targets.
>Hack one of your pinned targets
>Nothing
>Write in?

>>5777673

> Abnight and shift pass the second one

Major
>Write in. Mission Worm Food? Go get that Elf body for the Doctor, Solo. Persuade the Quartermaster to lend us a gun.

So with the Shift Pass there is enough time to try the Quartermaster and Worm Food? Maybe make a couple blood bag baits we could use to distract any worms we come across.

Minor
>Comb through Storage unit #24 with Deleth
>Hack one of your pinned targets, Camera 4 in the Warehouse, Solo

>>5777833
+1
Interesting thread so far. Will try to keep an eye on it.

>>5777833
>>5777886

Again, you weren't permitted to enter the safest place in the facility on the account of you being a 'civvy'. The officer was right though, as a blood tester, you were a civilian without any right to wield a gun. It was a far fetched dream for you to get a gun legally . The only possible reason they might let you in was to file a complaint so you went with just that. Yeah, it was a fat chance to meet the Chief of security or 'Remmy' at this point.

You were escorted to an overcrowded and stuffy office where a fatass Warf was waiting for you. She was so fat that she had to shave her beard because of how itchy it became. Her multiple chins had a severe case of ingrown hair and acne.

" Please fill out this form." The disinterested and sweaty warf handled you a piece of paper and a pen while playing some mobile game on her phone under the ceiling fan. Your complaint was pretty reasonable...the officers needed to do their job or let you do it for them.

"Are you klussing kidding me?!" The Wharf wheezed from her short burst of laughter or some kind of a lung problem "That's your complaint?"

"Yep." Your expression didn't change. You were dead serious about this.

" Ohohohoo!" The shortstacked officer snorted " Look, Twarf, this zone is outside of the facility which means it is off limits for civvies like you. The way I see it, you got only two ways to get your body. A Haemo-Geological Survery which takes about a month to get approved... or you can pay me 1000 Nopz to arrange everything for you, I will even add a Slip Pass 'cause it is your first time." said officer Bubadodd with one yellow grin.

"Let's say I bribed you and one of your friends, Can I come with them too? Go Solo?"

"I don't give a klus, you will lose your Slip Pass, though."

>[ This shit isn't worth it anymore, walk away]
> Here is your money, I want that body delivered to the infirmary by tonight, you hear?
> Here is your money, I want to tag along with the officer. Make it happen.
>Here is your money, I don't anyone to come with me. Do I make myself clear?
>[ Go for a slightly lower price and choose 2nd/ 3rd /4th vote]
>Write in?

>>5778385
>[ Go for a slightly lower price and choose 3rd]
A chance to get out there and see if theres demon corruption. Maybe the officer gets wormed and we can take his gun and ID. We took that persuasion vaultblood, put it to work.

>>5778832
Feeling kind of sick today so I sill update tomorrow

>>5778877
Hope you feel better

>>5778832
I'll support this.

>>5778877
Stay safe and get some rest.

>>5778832
>>5778832
>>5779111
-700 Nopz
800 Nopz
"Let's make it 700 Nopz so I deal with more of your friends later, yeah?"


"Hmm..." The Warf scratched her chins considering your counter offer "Why the Klus not? Stay right here." Bubadodd squeezed her fat ass out of here waddling away for five minutes, then ten, then fifteen...


Finally, She returned with a petite officer, a red head by the name of Cathy. She looked much more optimistic than the her jaded/Uncaring coworkers which probably meant that she was redder than fresh bloodgrass.


"Listen, Rookie, you are to escort our Blood Tester to zone A-4 and body bag some klussing dead elf out there."


"Yes! I finally get to do some *real* security work!" The young woman nearly jumped from joy "Come on, Sir. Let's get that body!"

Together, you went to Northern parameters of the facility where the A-4 Zone was supposed to be. You did have to pass a fortified checkpoint where the guys there continued to harass the new girl but every suggestive word of them seemed to fly over her head. That positivity of her was quite something.


"Huh? According to manual, I am authorized to ride a Duner for this mission. Why can't I get one?" Asked Cathy. The bunch of leeches before her had to make up some excuse on the spot.


"Uuuh, you see, all security vehicles are going through a round of maintenance.. You have walk about..." The Harpy checked his collar tracker to see where was this corpse "... half an hour on foot. No biggie for you, right, princess?"


-Slip Pass


" Of course, I love a good challenge! " nodded the gullible girl before leaving the facility with you. Of course, you had to give up the Slip Pass you had just acquired.


You were welcomed by a barren wasteland soaked in red. At first, You and officer Cathy followed the intended mining path for some Celestial blood veins scattered on the surface. You saw elves working hand in hand with heavy machineries, they weren't as many as the ones in the Maw.


That girl kept chewing on your ears once you and her went off road. She was a living machine gun of words and useless trivia that you did not care about. No wonder you had a discount.


"...we are getting close!" Chirped up the happy officer despite all the gear she was carrying " Sir, would you mind giving me a review when we are done so I can improve myself?"


"Sure, whatever." You , on the otherhand, were too sweaty to care about anything. Shit, why did the elf had to die in this mud swamp? If anything got the jump on you, there was a fat chance that you could run away.


" I see her! " you pointed at a muddy clearing without dead trees or any roaming ferals. The elf was on top of a tiny mound away from the actual mud.

"Waitwaitwait, I read about this. The Morrus Vermincitius is an ambush predator relying on very obvious baits for a fresher prey."

"The What now? Look, Officer Cathy, there is nothing moving in th-"

Pheweeeeeeee!

First of two posts

>>5778832
>>5779111
BANG-BANG-BANG

The Rookie flushed out a large flat worm almost thrice her height with a whistle before riddling it with lead from her...revolver?

"Sorry for shooting you dead..." She sounded genuinely remorseful as she holstered her revolver. She sure got some quick hands.

"What's with the look?"

"Your gun, it is uuuh..."

"Non-standard issue? Oh but I do have a permission to possess one, see?" She pulled out her phone showing you a signed paper from the higher ups " I prefer my babies, they are so smooth and reliable." She must have a close relative up there since it was basically impossible to twist stable rules like so.

"Ookay? Can you bag up the elf so we can get out of there? "

"Sure!" Cathy got to work while you checked the nearby surroundings. The hint of a smoke trail in the east indicated a Feral Village in what should be designated as A-5. What else? Nothing, really... a higher viewpoint should allow you see what was around here.


"And done!" The elf was bagged up and ready, Back to base.

================================

It took about an hour to reach the infirmary thanks to the extra weight officer Cathy kept dragging. The body bag was quite durable so its contents remained the same.

" The review , please?" The Red head gave you an empty paper and a pen to write down your 'experience' with her "Don't forget the rating too!"

>Write the review + rate her (out of fuve stars)
>Don't bother, head inside for your reward.

>>5780043
>Write the review + rate her (out of fuve stars) 5/5 I'd call on her again

>>5780043
>>5780081
+1 hah

>>5780081
>>5780124
What do you want to say in the review?

>>5780131
>"Killed a big ass worm."

>>5780081
>>5780131
"Worth every Nopz I spent. Great at handling big worms. She's got a great set. Hardworking and handled the cleanup. If eager for more action, call me."

>>5780081
>>5780124
>>5780173
>>5780191
"Eeeeee! Thank you!" Cathy gave you an impulsive hug after your honest review. Her knowledge had probably saved you or any potential officer that you would indirectly dragged to their death.


You called Deleth to come here for her promised De-Tox. True to his word, The Arche doctor was reluctant to administer a murky blue syringe in her arm 'wasting precious resources' on your assistant.


"Give her a few minutes." Yaqesiro gave you a pat on the shoulders "...and thanks." You expressed your gratitude with a brief smile, your mind was fully focused on Deleth and the slowly disappearing cracks in her skin. Her sickly form was no more, She was as healthy as she could get right now.


"Thank you, Mr. Burden." Her voice was softer than before. It had to be that short Elverseer fuck who kept her on an Usnblood diet so she wouldn't fight back...you took a deep breath to dispel your inner rage.


" Don't sweat it. Let's get outta here. Place is giving me the creeps." The words of Ashton echoed in your mind...was Yaqesiro really a corpse fucker or this was some kind of slander?

=============================

For the second time, you went through the storage unit that you had inherited along with its owner's debt. Deleth did most of the work for you actually until she found something in a pouch bag hidden under stacks of old newspaper.

"What is this? " A droplet of Vaultblood? How did he manage to get his hands on it? There was something else too ...a lockbox with one clear message scratched all over it:

DO NOT OPEN!!!!! THE SUN IS HERE!!!!


+ Ominous Lockbox key

"Look what I have found..." The key was wedged in one of the corners, you only found it by accident when you looked up.

"What should we do, Mr. Burden? I think we should give the vial to Miss Rakko. Vaultblood is expensive." It was fifty stacks a pop so that should cover nearly two thirds of your debt if you want to go with this route.

" And the lockbox?" You asked for her opinion.

" It is...warm. I don't like it. A bomb? We should give it to security just in case."


The Vaultblood

>Drink it on the spot [ choose which attribute to increase from
>>5770389 ]
>Save it for later
>Save it for the intention to sell it later
>Give it to Deleth to drink
>Write in?

The Lockbox

>Unlock it?
>Keep it with you
>Give to Security
>Write in

>>5780219
>Save it for the intention to sell it later
>Keep it with you

>>5780234
>Save it for the intention to sell it later
>Keep it with you

We put our +1 Persuasion to work and get Rakko to accept half the debt? Then we drop the vautblood and walk away with the change, something like 15,000 Nopz. It seems we are gonna need money for every service including security teams.

>>5780247
I mean, the higher our Persuasion is, the better chance of success we have with behind-the-scenes rolls. As of right now, asking a greedy warf to just ignore +30k is a statical impossibility

>>5780234
>>5780247

You spent the rest of the night Hacking into camera #4 in your room while Deleth was watching the T.V. All the footage would have to be personally reviewed on the off chance something suspicious was going on in the warehouse.

======================
Paranight

" I'll get it." Your assistant was too busy enjoying a romantic movie to open the door right away.

+Kiss Card

"Huh?" There was no one at the door. Only a black card with a violet glittery kiss on the back. Naturally you turned to your assistant who had just finished the movie "What is this?"

"Oh." Her mood was instantly soured the moment you saw the card " I guess you are one of the lucky ones, Mr. Burden. Congratulations for the 50% off "

"Care to elaborate?"

" There are other elven girls like....me. Too pretty for manual labour so the Elverseer sends them to a friend of his: Hustler Hussy so they can...work in a special area in the Maw." With so many men in a facility that was somewhat secluded, it made sense for the Moonbeard to start this little project.

"Every six weeks, twenty of those cards are randomly distributed. Plenty of people go there on the regular when their shifts are over."

"Is it legal?" You had to ask.

"No, but no one cares, even director Dorr turns a blind eye because this 'stress relief' helps with the overall productivity of the facility. The card does expire tonight just so you know, Mr.Burden." Deleth had a point, pent up men could be dangerous men.

Major Action: Pick one [Solo or with Deleth?]

>Continue your tour [select department]
>Slack off in the trailer
>Go to Rakko's office to deal with your 'debt'
>Write in?

Minor Actions : Pick two [ Solo or with Deleth?]


>Go to the infirmary, Check on Albea
>Get a feeling of your new working environment/possible tomb , wander around
>Try to make small conversations with randos taking a break from their job
>Open your Hacking kit, start pinning possible targets.
>Hack one of your pinned targets
>Watch current recorded footage ( not really worth it as of right now)
>Nothing
>Write in?

>>5780836
>Continue your tour [Administrative, Vice Director Halaieth]
With Deleth.

>Get a feeling of your new working environment/possible tomb , wander around
>Try to make small conversations with randos taking a break from their job
Also with Deleth.
We can trade the 'Kiss Card' for something valuable or important info from some guy.

>>5780836
>>5780919
>Support +1
Could get us something nice. Bring up the greedy warf trying to put us in debt. Might be funny to bring up the Kiss Card with Dorr who is supposedly tighter than a scarlet sister. Or just rip up the card for Deleth

>>5781086
Ripping it up for her isn't that bad of an idea.

>>5781161
Excellent, I think it would be a meaningful gesture.

>>5781175
In that case I'm down. Don't know if we have to make a specific write-in for that or something, but I'll support ripping it up.

>>5780919
>>5781086

" You know what?" Instead of using the card yourself or selling it to elf enjoyers, you simply ripped it apart. The Kiss Card was nothing but a hook to reel in your precious Nopz. Deleth didn't need to say anything; her face told you everything on her mind. It was a very nice gesture that wouldn't be forgotten by your green haired assistant any time soon.

=====================

You decided to continue your tour by paying a visit to the Vice Director himself. Now, where was he at this time of the night?

The largest building in the facility was unsurprisingly the administrative one, the paperwork within these walls was insane by the looks of it. Everyone was working their ass off in one way or another.

"Oh, I forgot... Mr.Halaieth likes to change his desk office once every couple of weeks so we might have to ask around first."

"Just great." You were starting to notice a trend in P-31, there were a lot of weirdos clumped together here. It was never going to be easy for you, huh?


You and your assistant had trudged through several office cubicles to get to the right place to ask someone for directions. It wasn't like everyone wasn't helpful...they were just too busy to leave their work even for a few seconds.

The new office of the Vice Director was.... on the rooftop which had two rooms actually: a smaller one ( probably for the secretary) attached to the main room. Unfortunately for you, There was a long waiting queue of other employees. This was going to take a while.

The waiting became unbearable after an hour. You took solace in how fast the line was moving. They could have at least put some seats here instead of making everyone suffer from standing up for too long. Finally, it was your turn.

"Purpose of your visit?" The secretary had a touch screen ticket dispenser on her right. There were so many available options that you had to squint your eyes to find the right one.


"Socalizing."

Beep!

" You have two minutes." With a buzz, the secretary had unlocked the door where a very narrow pathway was waiting for you. Piles of oragnized paper were placed all over the office.

"What do you want ?" The baggy-eyed busy bee of the facility was in fact a privileged elf in a grey business suit with black rimmed glasses and a workaholic attitude to back it up. He didn't really look at you, instead, Halaieth was busy multi-tasking while occasionally taking a sip of hot Koyfin to maintain his full alertness. In fact, behind him was a large Koyfin dispenser and too many empty plastic cups to count. Personally, you never liked this fish extract capable of keeping someone awake for nearly a full day.

"Yes?" The bald elf tapped on a small counter on his desk, oh right, the timer.


>[Ask him a question]
>I am the new Blood Tester Burden Deo, this is my assistant, Deleth.
>You look kind of busy so I will just leave.
>[File a complaint ?]
>Write in?

>>5781786
>I am the new Blood Tester Burden Deo, this is my assistant, Deleth.

After introductions should we try to file a complaint about our illegal debt? Otherwise ask for some kind of access to files for a clue? Try to bribe him or someone else for 20 days worth worth of shift passes with the vaultblood?

I am not sure how we can find this cult in 20 days, which are further shortened by two shifts of work, without people we can trust and delegate work to. Deleth, this busy bee admin elf, the Quartermaster, Officer Cathy, The Doctor, Albea Tte Drill Mechanic chick we saved, etc.

Except the security officer who Albea brained was gay, but trying to make that woman strip at gunpoint as though it were sexual. Clearly looking for something on her which would throw some suspicion on Albea's family. Security was on high alert with three officers dead instead of two, and wouldn't even let us see their top guy. They know something is up. The Quartermaster seemed to think the top security guy should have become the top admin instead of Dorr.

I wonder if we could recruit this guy. Tell him the supply of Koyfin is going to be severed in x days unless he can help us find a traitor to the scarlet lords. Not quite saying the rocks will fall and cut everyone off, but it is true that NotCoffee wouldnt be coming in.

Though I feel like we need some more details. The psychology of a demon cultists for betraying the scarlet lords, if they have common markers for their followers on their body. What even happens once we find evidence of the cult? We call Karla and she sends in the hit team to wipe them out in the name of the Scarlet Lord while we get two tickets out of dodge for Burden and Deleth.

>>5781786
>I am the new Blood Tester Burden Deo, this is my assistant, Deleth.

>>5781823
All of this is pretty good but there is honestly so much to ask in the span of two minutes. We should probably try to go for what is most urgent at the moment.

>>5781917
I suppose the debt then

>>5781823
>>5781917
Siiiiiipppppp

" Mr. Burden, you are wasting our collective time. Your ticket clearly has 'Socalizing' on it. Please go back to the end of the line and pick the right one." The elf groaned loudly before taking another sip of his precious Koyfin.

"But-"

"My secretary will send you a prerecorded response for this recurring complaint on the way out. Anything else?" The elf brought some documents fron under the desk to sign without even looking at you this whole time.


"You must have a copy of that-"


"I don't like to repeat myself, Mr. Burden. Your ticket is reserved for socalizing only. Would you like me to define this word for you?"

"Mr. Halaieth, please give us a chance. This debt has to be illegal! It will ruin Mr.Burden livelihood! Just one minute of your tim-" .

SNAP

"You are out of tiime. Please see yourselves out." The busy bee had broken his pen into two as he kept breathing heavily. You had a feeling that he was trying so hard to repress his unfiltered rage. You almost wanted to bribe him or someone for tons of shift passes, good thing you didn't mention it in his current state of mind.

There was no way you would go back to this long ass queue. Instead, you listened to the prerecorded message the secretary had given you through your ID.

' Hello valued employee of P-31, This message will inform you of the difficulties you might anticipate during any legal proceedings with Chief Supplier Rakko. All lawsuit against her would take months in court whether the base of your case had solid foundation or otherwise. Chief Supplier Rakko would counter any case against her with a defamation suit so it is not legally wise to challenge her directly. Her grey-zone operations must be tolerated. Thank you for listening to this message.'

" Fantastic." You wanted nothing but to strangle the life out of this greedy Warf.

" Heh, first time? " An old janitor heard everything while mopping the floor.

" probably won't be the last." You muttered in defeat.

" You can make quick Nopz in the A-RINA . Just bet for the right elf." The old man gave you a wrinkled wink before resuming his janitorial duties.

" Don't tell me..."

" Yes, Mr. Burden. We have an elven fighting ring ran by Busty Buster ." Deleth confirmed it with a heavy sigh

First or two posts

>>5781823
>>5782323

You felt this urge to call Karla like a kid who had fucked up real bad running to his mom. Going to the bathroom seemed to be a fine idea. The stall was painfully small, you could barely move in there. Whatever.

"Come on pick up..."

"Oh, did you find the cult already, my hatchling?"

" No. I...I am lost. Nearly everyone is working against me in one way or another. I don't know where to start." You felt ashamed by admitting it to the old harpy.

" Hmmm, I ought to spank you real hard for calling me. You ruined my beauty sleep. "

"Karla, please, this is serious."

"Silly Burden, you can kill your problems away . As for clues, there are too many people in the facility so why don't you explore outside first?"

"That makes sense." Getting caught might be catastrophic though " You sure you don't want to help me? I am like two days away from starving here."


" Alright, Alright, calm down. Let me think of something." Karla paused for a split second " How much is your debt again?"

" seventy two stacks." As if you could forget this ridiculous sum.

" I can make one phone call for my crybaby and the debt will be gone. This will be first and last favour I will do for you. Do you *really* want me to settle this debt?"

>Yes, please!
>No, I have to deal with this problem myself. I feel like I can use my get out jail free card later.
>Write in!

>>5782412
>No, I have to deal with this problem myself. I feel like I can use my get out jail free card later.

>>5782412
>>No, I have to deal with this problem myself. I feel like I can use my get out jail free card later.

The ultimate anti-sleuth weapon, protocols to get 2 minutes to talk to the people with authority and try and get a read on them.

Okay, a plan to kill Rakko. She brings around her posse of elf femboys when shes out, and probably at home too. The Mall still has no good cameras so thats a great place to kill someone, but lots of old electric wires they are trying to replace. We have already pinged the sprinkler system of the Mall, we just need to hack it.

Hack the Mall Sprinkler System > Learn where and when Rakko makes her rounds in the Mall, shouldn't be too hard as shes infamous > Open up some live wires in several spots, camera and wire systems there are still shit so we should be covered > Wait for the Rakko Party to enter a spot suitable to being electrocuted to activate the sprinkler system and they die in a tragic maintenance accident.

Will that work Checkpoint Guy and how many major and minor actions or can we just devote the next day or two to it.

>>5782464
Well, I suppose it is doable. Skill checks involved in your grand schemes are: tech, agility and efficiency. As for actions, they would be 3 + 1 minor actions.

>>5782419
>>5782464

"That's a good boy." Klara loved self-reliance above all " So, do you have a plan to deal with your debt?"

"Yeah, let's just say someone is going to have a little accident." You grinned at the thought of seeing her all fried up.

" So eager to taint your hands, eh? Well, do whatever you see fit. Your neck is on the line here, not me~" Again with her conflicting messages " Take it slow, big boy, think before you act. Who knows, you may find a valuable ally in a greedy warf... or not. Goodbye~"

Click

=================

With less than an hour before your shift, you wandered around with Deleth chatting about the movie she had just seen. She was embarrassed when she mentioned that all the movies that were available to her were 'educational' so she could learn a trick or two.

"Really? Going to the cinema is your biggest dream?"

"Yeah, what is wrong with that, Mr.Burden ?"

"Nothing, nothing." Your assistant sure thought small.

" Are you Burden Deo?" You were approached by three people, an elf in scanty clothes with a every recent black eyes and a broken nose, a security officer without his gun or his vest..hmm, off duty or did he skipped his shift? Last but not least, A very pissed off warf in a leather jacket looking out of place.

" That's me, whose asking?"

" You are the new blood tester , right? Suck this klussing foa-fief and tell me if she's got a runt inside her belly or not."

"Excuse me?" The Warf was speaking too fast.

"You heard me, Twarf. Our finest doc had run out of pregnancy testers. Hussy needs to know tonight what will happen to his 'Sparkle Water'. Do your thing then come to our office in the maw. No questions asked." You were aware that elven pregnancies were weird on their own but you lacked any further knowledge beyond this point.


>[Suck blood out of her trembling arm [Possible Mission: To Syii or not to Syii] ]
>Tell your Hussy to fuck off, I am not doing any business with a glorified pimp
>Not doing it, sorry.
>Write in?

>>5783137
Solid. Once I've got support prepare to make it happen Chief. Since we had the offer to have Deleth drink vaultblood and we've tasted her blood, can we know what stats she has?

>>5783202
Fair point but I think it might be for the best to take a larger sample to pin down these details especially after she had become de-toxed from Usnblood

>>5783202
>>5783182

>>5783182
>[Suck blood out of her trembling arm [Possible Mission: To Syii or not to Syii] ]
I admit I'm not entirely sure what we're getting into with this, but curiosity compels me.

>>5783202
Oh yeah I'm down for it. It seems like a good plan, if a bit detailed.

>>5783182
>[Suck blood out of her trembling arm [Possible Mission: To Syii or not to Syii] ]
I feel like I will regret it, but oh well. Might be fun to tease Deleth by asking her about elven pregnancies.

>>5783277
Excellent. Well it was either that, or treat the sun in the locker like a bomb, or the Arc of The Covenant and melts Rakko and the elf femboys faces off. Maybe bump into and pickpocket to steal an ID from this security officer and then use it to grab a sniper rifle or something. Hack a door that shuts on Rakko and kills her, or an elevator that just drops and kills everyone inside.

>>5783274
>>5783281

Your fangs were deep into her veins for you had to sample a bit more than usual to find out the truth.

Intoxicating, crispy, poignant, peppery, pregnant blood, energetic, Usnblood Abuse.

6.6/10

-Altred Flavour from pregnancy


"Well? Spit it out already." Your next sentence might as well be a sword dangling above the elf's head. In her line of business, pregnancy was pretty much unwanted. Her eyes were wide a saucer waiting for you to give the final verdict

>She is got something cooking in there alright.
>Yeah, she is clean, easy on the Usnblood though. It is not good for her on the long run
>I...can't tell. Sorry.
>Write in

>>5783903
>She is got something cooking in there alright.
>Easy on the Usnblood though. It is not good for her on the long run

>>5784110

"P-please Daddy Faqqso, I-"


" You stupid foa-fief..." The Warf angrily pulled her from hair to the ground so he could plummel her relentlessly with his two brass knuckles.

CRUNCH-CRACK

" YOU KLUSSING WHORE!!" Hussy's man had let it all out. In only a couple of punches, you heard her skull crack with blood all over her face. None of the nearby officers reacted to this beat down, you could sense that the third guy with them want to dropkick the warf and yet he could only watch in total silence.

"Hey, enough already!" You stepped in when she was knocked out cold.

"Stay out of this , Twarf! I am just tenderizing her for Hussy. " snarled the short guy clearly compensating for something before dragging her unconscious body with the help of the unarmed officer " Boss is only free by Abnight...make sure to stop by to get your shit."

With that said, The trio had left the scene leaving you wondering... did you sign her death warrant just now?

The rest of the paranight was uneventful, everyone was minding their business so you didn't get a chance to chat with anyone. Your assistant was shaken by this display of excessive violence. Her silence had troubled you greatly. Unfortunately, It was how the world worked: elves had inherently no rights unless they were privileged.

=========================

Abnight

You finally began your somewhat boring work. All you had to do was to sit in your tiny office in the same building where you met Chief Engineer Spinefield while sampling chunks of Therrblood mined from different veins.Depending on how pure/impure they were, they could be oragnized into different categories. The most pure of Therrblood would be used for power-hungry heavy machineries while the worst Therrblood could either be refined to commercial drink or use in electro-hemolysis powered devices. All the paperwork was delegated to Deleth, thankfully. You just had to tell her what was what.


Since there were so many chunks waiting for you combined with the fact that you used a shift pass tonight, one of Director Dorr's secretaries had sent you a notification through your ID with bad news.

"Overtime? Really? Ugh..." You rolled your eyes, fine, you had to work through all of these chunks....

A couple of hours had passed like red molasses, you could barely keep your eyes open until you saw a certain chunk housing a peculiar impurity. It looked like a black eye swimming in transparent solid blood. Not all impurities were undesired, some were perhaps even more valuable than these chunks. You were supposed to put interesting impurities in this box for a decent reward later. Sadly, you lacked the knowledge to determine how valuable this impurity was.

>Follow the rules and chuck this blood chunk in the box
>Take some risk by taking the blood chunk with you so you could chisel this impurity later

>>5784205
>Follow the rules and chuck this blood chunk in the box
Hm I'm starting to regret voting to tell the truth to that guy. But I don't know if he'd be able to figure out she was pregnant otherwise or even how their pregnancies worked. Hopefully Deleth will understand we didn't know things were going to happen like they did.

>>5784205
>Take some risk by taking the blood chunk with you so you could chisel this impurity later
I know shit could be worthless and we take a risk for no reason but I like gambling for big rewards.

>>5784222
Goddammit dude we could've had an elf fifth column.

>>5784222
>>5784238
So uuh should I break the tie?

>>5784238
Man now I'm really starting to regret it.

>>5784245
I'd say wait for any other voter, but roll a 1d2 if nobody comes in like an hour or two.

>>5784205
>Take some risk by taking the blood chunk with you so you could chisel this impurity later

My guy really didn't think 'sword of Damocles' over her head meant we didn't know she was about to get her skull busted when she was in with black eyes and a broken nose. If we sided with the elf we could maybe have gotten some info, people telling shit to their hoes in bed is pretty classic info source.

>>5784222
>>5784238
>>5784259

+black eyed Therrblood chunk

You kept your assistant busy as you tucked the chunk in a toolbox that was left in your office. You just had to play it cool, no one would notice.

After an eternity and a half , your shift was finally over. You and Deleth crawled back to the trailer for a well deserved good night sleep.

================

The Sun...

Rays of light
Hidden,
Out of sight

The Sun

Rays of light
Veiled,
By endless night

The Sun

Rays of light
Scarlet
Shall it ignite

THE SUN

THE SUN THE SUN THE SUNTHESUNTHESUNTHESUNTHE

===============================
GASP

You woke up in the middle of the abnight drenched in sweat from head to toe, what was that nightmare? You were in cold darkness before a bitter voice was slowly ushering a ball of fire in the skies burning your flesh as the nightmare had ended. Better get back to sleep.

The Scarlet Lords awards those with a noble heart

+1 droplet of Vaultblood [ From Mission: Worm food?, will dissipate after waking up if it is not spent]

Choose


> +1 Persuasion
Smooth talker, silver tongue...etc

>+1 Perception
Awareness of your surroundings.

>+1 Endurance
How hard can you get hit

>+1 Agility
How nimble and acrobatic are you

>+1 Sleuth
Big brain time. . Makes you connect the dots faster, among other subtle things..

>+1 Efficency
How fast are you to finish numerous tasks be it trivial or crucial to your mission

>+1 Lore
Your knowledge of the world around you. The obscure, The unknown....

>+1 Tech
Your knowledge with anything with wires in them

>+1 Combat (Ranged)
Throwables, guns, paradimensional larval weaponry...etc

>+1 Combat ( Melee)
Up close and personal, weapon at or your feral claws...

>+1 Cthaii
Makes you better at being a Feralist.

>+1 Civvy
Makes you better at being a Blood Tester

>>5784343
>>5784259
>>5784256
We also have another droplet we got from the storage unit if we want to spend this one too

>>5784347
>>5783137
I am thinking any of these tech, agility, or efficiency. If parts of the plan are particularly hard I suppose I'd say pump the corresponding skill or skills.

>>5784358
Damn, I kept waiting for the other two players but no dice. Which stat do you want to increase ? One or two droplet?

>>5785239

I suppose clearing missions is the ideal, and figuring out how to settle the debt and make the warf an ally is the side mission.

But the only ways I can think to do that are break cover, make it clear she will suffer the wrath of the Cthaii if our cover is blown and lose all her wealth before her life, but if she Cooperates she will get paid when we are done. Or offer to smuggle out the rarer pieces of thermablood but I imagine we would need a Lore skill point to identify, or do whatever service she offers to help settle it another way.

I suppose the breaking cover if her side job isn't too annoying. Frankly I'd rather just kill her, but I suppose it would be a waste to not clear a mission.

I'm gonna say +1 Persuasion since we set out to do talking and sleuth anyways.

>>5785370

STATUS SHEET

Burden Deo

Health: Uninjured
Diseases/Affliction: None
Suspicion: None
Wealth: 800 Nopz
Actions per time period: 1 Major, 2 Minor [+1 Minor action at +3 Efficency!]

Vaultblood Blessings:
+2 Persuasion
+1 Sleuth

Possessions:
-1 Hacking Tool kit
- Key to Storage unit #24
- Black eyed Therrblood

Hacked devices:
-Camera #4

Missions:
-To Syii or not to Syii

Deadlines:
-Legal Action (Chief Supplier Rakko) [ Day 8]

Investigation
-No progress
-No potential suspects

=====================


Night 3 [18 Nights left]
Night [Night-> Paranight-> Abnight]

You woke up feeling awfully hungry, the fridge had ran out of blood in the worst time possible. The only edible food in the trailer was Deleth's disgusting Kipple...her pulsating veins did look mighty appetizing for one reason or another.

Pre-action

Sipfast
>Ask Deleth to share her Kipple with you
>Sink your fangs in her flesh for a sippy
>Leave the trailer without any sipfast

And

>Chat with your assistant
>Watch TV
>Call Klara
>Write in

When were you going to work tonight? (Pick two from Night/Paranight/Abnight)

>____ and ____


AND

Can't pick Major Action if you selected this period for your shift!

Major Action: Pick one [Solo or with Deleth?]

>Continue your tour [select department]
>Slack off in the trailer
>Go to Rakko's office to deal with your 'debt'
>Go to Huslter Hussy [Abnight only!]
>Write in?

Minor Actions : Pick two [ Solo or with Deleth?]


>Go to the infirmary, Check on Albea
>Get a feeling of your new working environment/possible tomb , wander around
>Try to make small conversations with randos taking a break from their job
>Open your Hacking kit, start pinning possible targets.
>Hack one of your pinned targets
>Chisel the Therrblood chunk with the black eyed impurity
>Nothing
>Write in?

>>5785379
Possessions:
-1 Hacking Tool kit
- Key to Storage unit #24
- Black eyed Therrblood
- Ominous Lockbox
- 1 Vaultblood Droplet

Whoops!

>>5785379
>Ask Deleth to share her Kipple with you
>Chat with your assistant
Eat and chat over some slop. Might be good to clear the air after that stupid vote I made.

I'm going to wait for the other anon's vote for the main plan since he seems to have something brewing. I did a fuck up and don't really trust myself with voting lmao (also I'm both tired and in a bit of a hurry)

>>5785379
>Sink your fangs in her flesh for a sippy
>Chat with your assistant
I am hoping we could get a larger sample of Deleth's blood so we can see her stats and how shes recovering from the usnblood. We run on Deleth power now.

> Night and Paranight
>Go to Hustler Hussy [Abnight only!]

>Visit Elizker's former assistant in D-1, what did she know about Elizker, where did he get the ominous lockbox and see if she knows about his other possessions, why did she return to the mines
>Go to the infirmary, Check on Albea

Try to complete it and pump our stats again before we have to try to deal with Rakko. I also want to get outside to investigate the feral village, which means paying to go out there solo or hacking the guard tower lights this turn then hopping the fence another day.

If I had to guess Rakko is not a cultist just a greedy fucking warf I would rather kill. Money is no good to ferals and demons Its only good for civilization. So I think we can break cover and threaten this bitch that we can have her money taken and her life extinguished if she doesn't cooperate, but if she does cooperate we will see she gets the debt paid with extra, it would require quite a bit of silver tongue and luck. Then we could use her to get other stuff we want or to look into other people's finances and activities. Use her as our piggy bank to pay for trips outside instead of risking getting caught by jumping over the fence and hacking. And Shift Passes.

>>5785441
Take the other Vaultblood for more Persuasion, do the Syii mission for another point, then talk to Rakko with +4 Persuasion and get her on our side one way or another so we can pay our way to investigating the important stuff?

Also idea, maybe that therrblood electrician repair chick would know if the black eye impurity is good for devices.

Rolled 2 (1d2)

>>5785441
>>5785441
>>5785500
Breaking the ... caravate

>>5785441
>>5785500

" Do you mind if I...?"

"Of course not, Mr. Burden." replied your portable blood reserve extending her right arm to you. Personally, you would have gone for the neck if she didn't have her bomb collar on. It felt more natural to you this way.


You were staring to satisfy your basic needs with each sip while closing your eyes to feel what kind of person Deleth really was.

Tasteless, Thick, , bitter... and Peculiar?

3.3/10

-As expected from Class J blood.

Strength: 0
Endurance: 0
Kindess: 3
Diligence : 3
*Ahem* : 7
???: 11?


Ah, the same strange aspect of her blood had remained unchanged even after her de-tox. Perhaps if you were more proficient with your civilian disguise as a blood tester, you might have figured it out already.

First of two posts

>>5785441
>>5785500

Your first shift of the night was as one would expect, repetitive and boring. Due to the nature of your work, your blood sampling couldn't be larger than a grain so it didn't really keep your belly full. It did , however, wash that awful aftertaste from your sipfast.

As the shift was nearing its end, two security officers and one scary hellhound had paid you a visit " What do you want?"

" Just a routine search, you got nothing to fear if you are clean." Answered the rather unfriendly secuirty officer. The six eyed beast kept sniffing the office with its tail wiggling like crazy.

>[Say nothing]
>You are disturbing my work
>What are you guys looking for ?
>Can I pet the Hellhound? She looks like a good girl
>Write in?

>>5785862
>Write in?
Is the therblood chunk we set aside an issue? Idk seems like a chance for sleuthing to see how they react. Though if it is an issue, maybe use a very subtle feralist power to scare off the dog to see if that works? Well I think we can probably use persuasion to pass off anything they find as the work of the literal crazy guy who worked here last.

"This last guy the one who went crazy and beat someone to death with a therblood chunk. Left a damn mess but thats not the only thing I've noticed. I've noticed things are a little strange around here. Lot more people then I expected. The Elverseer with a dozen locks on his door. That latest incident with the Drillo. One of your officers was stripping this woman at gunpoint for sex, or so it seemed, as someone said he was gay. Caught him drilling someone named Pearls. So what was he really looking for? Demons?" *Laughs*

>>5785862
>What are you guys looking for ?
Distract and deflect.

>>5785889
While using our feralist power could help, I can't help but get the feeling it'll explode on our faces.
>So what was he really looking for? Demons?" *Laughs*
pft, if this doesn't get a reaction out of them nothing will.

>>5785889
>>5786680

" We are looking for Sier-phi, Kndblood, Tyrfoll, the usual illegal drugs." The nicer of the two officers answered your question. His buddy was preoccupied with his hellhound diligently sniffing your office out.

"You look like a nice guy so I will keep it simple: Commander Whergamm doesn't *really* like you so why don't keep your head down instead of 'noticing' stuff that wouldn't really amount to anything?"

"Why? I haven't done anything bad, right?"

"You saved that Drillo bitch who killed one of our boys. I should break your legs for it.." The Hellhound handler had strongly expressed his opinion about Albea " The office is clean... for now."

With that said, The trio had left allowing you to resume the last bit of work in relative peace.

=============

With less than an hour before your next shift, you had decided to go to the inner bowels of the Maw so you could speak with the elf that worked with you predecessor. The Elverseer said that she was somewhere in D-1. Better start asking.

" His assistant? Her name was... Jikeiyh I think? This one." A warf engineer on a lunch break had pointed to a lone elf swinging her modified axe with visible anger, she would almost let out a war cry with each vengeful strike against solid rock while working next to a very flimsy railing.

You could get a better look at her upclose, she had either shaved her head or she went to a one armed barber. She was slightly bulkier than Deleth probably from all of that work. Her toned arms were riddled with scars, some of which were very recent that had barely finished healing. A very crude ear prosthesis replaced her clipped one. Self made perhaps?

"Are you Jikeiyh?" You hoped that she would be able to hear you without the earmuffs " I just want ask a fe-"

"Not a rock to crack, Not a kipple to eat, Not a Vowder to snort, Not a tight one to peg. You are useless to me. Fuck. Off. " She had crazy in her eyes, the grip on her pickaxe had tightened as if she was ready to take a swing at you.


"You want Kipple?" The miner responded by spitting on your shoes. Deleth had instantly cleaned it for you with a piece of paper.


"You only need to answer a couple of questions for me and we will fuck off. How about that?"

"..." The resentful elf eyed you for a few seconds before replying " You look tight enough." She pulled out a metal rod from her tool belt " Do you think it will fit?"

SLAP

"H-how dare you?! You have stepped over the line!" Deleth was absolutely seething for the suggestion. Surprisingly enough, the elf didn't retaliate, instead, she said the following with a sly smile:

" I like to dominate men as they had dominated me and my sister. I am not apologetic about it." Jikeiyh was brutally honest causing your assistant to fume with anger even more " Want another kind of 'dirty work' ? Bring me Vowder. The *good* stuff. "

First of two posts

>>5785889
>>5786680

> Whoops [ Push her over the railing]
>I am done playing nice, tell me what I want or I will bring the Elverseer over your ass. You know how trigger happy he is [bluff]
>I will...find someone who likes to be dommed [ Mission: Match made in the Maw]
>... [ Mission: The backdoor ]
>Where can I find this Vowder [Mission: The Devil's Duo ]
>We will fuck off alright [ Leave]
>Write in?

>>5787278
>>Write in?
Hmmm well we are going to the literal Brothel later for Syii or not to Syii. I imagine someone in there has vowder or wants to be dommed, hell maybe they would want this crazy bitch as their go-to Dom Elf and she can leave the mines. She could get as much vowder and submissive men as she wants, everybody is happy. Thats clearly the mission, the best ending for this crazy bitch.

>>5787278

I wonder how much Efficiency or Civvy Blood Testing we would need to get two sessions of work done in a single time slot. Just breezing through enough of it we could call it a day.

>>5787452
These will cost money/she isnt a free elf so she cant go wherever she pleases
though, would recommend sticking to one of the Missions instead....or not ( still need a more definitive answer to be said to the elf )

>>5787278
>Where can I find this Vowder [Mission: The Devil's Duo ]
Damn what a psycho. I'm going to go with this one since it might be more reliable to finish (I think).

>>5787520

The Scarlet Lords liked our noble heart to do the detox mission for Deleth and rewarded us with some vaultblood. Now they would be happy if we take it up the ass, grab her some coke, or find her a sub, but passing our bluff check we invested in isn't good enough for them? Getting someone to do something for us without going on their fetch quest is more miraculous than spontaneous vault blood created by the Gods.

>Where can I find this Vowder [Mission: The Devil's Duo ]

What does it matter when we know she either wants some vowder or a fuckboy.

>>5787700
>>5787704

" The D Twins, you will find them somewhere in the Drillorail station. The week's pass phrase is ' Mine is in the Maw'. What are you waiting for? Fuck off already!" You won over your intrusive thoughts begging you to push her over the railing. You thought all oppressed elves were meek and docile...apparently not.

====================

" That elf should have known her place. You had every right to escalate it beyond just an exchange of insults, Mr. Burden." Once out of the Maw, Deleth was very vocal about what had just happened.

" Relax, Deleth. When you want something from some mutt, you call it Master for the time being, you get me?"

" I...alright, Mr. Burden. We will see what will happen with our 'Master'." Your green haired elf clearly didn't like the way you were thinking but she chose to go along with it " Where are we going? We have like fifteen minutes before the next shift."


" I want to check on...oh hey Albea." Wow, you didn't even need to go to the infirmary since she was just standing there out in the open.


" I have been looking for you." said the Wrench totting Drillo " What were you doing in the lower levels of the Maw?"

"Ehhh, long story. Wow, the doc wasn't kidding. You look healthy as a horse!"

" Not my first gunshot." Albea smirked " Jean is too small to carry me so I wouldn't have made it without you."


" Doing what's right, that's all." You shrugged " Just a heads up, Security isn't happy with you bashing one of their 'boys', Wher-"

"Whergamm can shove it up his ass." Her fangs were visible in a flash of anger " Enough about him, I... want to give you something for saving my life but I don't know what do you want...erm..."

You have 3 favour points, choose wisely!

> 2 Shift Pass [1 FP]
> 2 Slip Pass [ 1 FP]
> 3000 Nopz [ 1 FP]
> A favour for later [2 FP]
> A miscellaneous minor action from one of the family [legal action though, specify] [2 FP]
>Helping you in with the whole Rakko problem [ 2FP]
>Instanly acquire one illegal item [Specify, 3 FP]
> Ask her out for dinner? [3FP]
> Politely refuse, you don't really need anything from her.

>>5787704
The bluff would have totally work saving us the hassle but we would miss out on a mission with rewards/other interactions with different people who might open new avenues for us later. So it is your choice between saving time and resources or gaining long term rewards ( vaultblood from missions)

>>5787758
> A favour for later [2 FP]

>The bluff would have totally work saving us the hassle but we would miss out on a mission with rewards/other interactions with different people who might open new avenues for us later.
Dammit that makes me half-regret not picking that.

>>5787811
You still got an unspent FP, what would you like to spent it on?

>>5787837
2 Slip Pass

>>5787883
>>5787811
+ 2 Slip Pass
+ Favour ( Albea)

"Don't know why you need those but here." The woman in the jumpsuit had given you two fresh Slip Pass, those would come in handy when exploring the ruins outside.

" Let's just say that you will owe me one, yeah?"

"Roger-Roger." You quickly had to say goodbye to her; your next shift was about to start.

============

Paranight

The workload of your third shift was somewhat manageable. This batch of chunks was absolutely trash riddled with impurities, not even worth to be processed. It was very possible that these chunks were mined from a nearly depleted vein. Whatever, your job was nearly done.

" Hey, Burden." A miner by the name of Timint entered your office, the harpy had been delivering Therrblood chunks on the regular so you already knew him on a surface level " Wanna play a round of Maw'em with us?"

"What’s that?"

" A betting card game, Mr. Burden. Created by the elves of the P-31. It is pretty popular around here. Three flash rounds, seven players, winner takes all." Deleth quickly explained the rules to you which sounded like an abridged version of poker set by a bunch of drunkards. It did sound like fun though.

"... So I can't get to be the Mawer?" You wanted to see what other players would put on the table. The Mawer's job was to determine if all bets were somewhat equal in value.

"Nope, the Mawer is always Quioo." The Harpy shook his head "Are you in or not?"

>Sure! [ minimum bet is at least 500 Nopz OR one Slip pass]
> I will pass, thanks.

AND

Minor Actions : Pick two [ Solo or with Deleth?]


>Search for the D Twins in the Station
>Get a feeling of your new working environment/possible tomb , wander around
>Try to make small conversations with randos taking a break from their job
>Open your Hacking kit, start pinning possible targets.
>Hack one of your pinned targets
>Chisel the Therrblood chunk with the black eyed impurity
>Nothing
>Write in?

>>5788052
>Sure! [ minimum bet is at least 500 Nopz OR one Slip pass] 500 Nopz.
I feel like we could use our Persuasion 2 to help us bluff here, so I'll go for it. I wonder if Deleth is a stealth poker master or has some other hidden skill.


>Chisel the Therrblood chunk with the black eyed impurity
>Search for the D Twins in the Station

Rolled 100, 8, 56 = 164 (3d100)

>>5788697
Just this time, I will make my rolls public for some transparency

Winning a round should be above 85, so the total number should be at least 255 or more

>>5788966
That 100 though, hmmm

>>5788968
Whew nat100 on first roll

>>5788697
-500 Nopz
300 Nopz

You and Deleth went to another room where a red table had five players casually chatting, you were familiar with some of them...especially that one.

" Mr. Spinefield? What are you doing here?"

" Having fun, what else?" Shrugged the radioactive Arche " What are you going to put on the table?"

"Money. That's all I got." It was a very risk gamble especially from someone who har never played this card game before.

"Roping the new guy into a table full of pros, really Timint ?" said the fattest guy on the table while slurping a sugar-high bloodbag.

"It will be a learning experience." The Arche smirked " Let get it Mawing!"

===============

"Errr... Maw'em?" To be frank, you had ZERO idea about what was going on despite listening to the rules three times from different players. Somehow, Somehow, you won the first round by some miracle.it wasn't just a win... it was a statistical improbability judging by the dropped jaws on the floor. Was it beginner's luck? No one knew.

You did tank pretty hard in the following rounds but it didn't matter, you were so far ahead scorewise that you were going to win regardless.


" By the klussing Lords..."

" Congrats, new guy."

" You did it, Mr.Burden!"


"Should have used Nopz instead..."


+500 Nopz
+500 Nopz
+500 Nopz
1800 Nopz
+Kiss Card
+Slip Pass
+Shift Pass
+Astro Ticket

It felt so *good* to scoop up your winnings, you definitely should play Maw'em again "What’s this?"

" An Astro Ticket, Mr. Burden. - Meteorologist Ynco uses these to fund her own projects in the Spire of Sycalon outside of the facility. Not a lot of people are interested in her observatory and her telescopes." Your assistant gave you a very quick rundown.

" Interesting. Hmm?" You turned your attention to the last guy still in the room " You want something, Big Charlie?"

" Yeah." The fat albino human wiped the sweat off his forehead " I want that Kiss Card... I-i will pay you for it. 600 Nopz."

He sure looked quite desperate for it.

>My man, take it easy, you don't want to get a heart attack or something.
>[Ask for more money]
>I don't actually deal with shit [rip it before Deleth and Big Charlie]
> Sorry but I really need it for the ladies.
> Money? Pfft, don't need it. Take it, it is yours
>Write in