Eistia 2011/07/12(Tue)21:42 No. 325777 ID: 4d6c7a
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"Oh how rude of me."

The man takes Eistia's hand and kisses it.

"The name's Sable, Sable Dispo. Former knight and savior of fair maidens.

There's no way..

"You don't seem to be in any danger but I'll be more then glad to rescue you from the monotony of your duties, at least for a moment."

There's no way mother could have fallen for such an obnoxious flirt.

>>325777
Oh, she was certainly annoyed by this aspect of him, but he is a genuinely nice guy... mostly. Theres the whole leave children around thing that has to be addressed. Oh and I know the perfect way to tell him. Show him us and say "I believe this was yours?"

he is better when he is serious, i think, don't really remember much. but if you want you can give him a kick in the nuts.

>>325777
You seem to have an unjustifiably high opinion of your parents. Look, the only requirement to have kids is that people have sex and then stay alive for a while. It's not like they need to be likable or competent. You're lucky your parents are even this good! Some peoples' are much worse.

in order to get a good shot you would need to hug him, but i think you can handle that.

>>325777
"I'm in quite a bit of danger. I'm in danger of being completely creeped out, or my name isn't"
Hold us up.
"Eistia Dispo."

>>325777
Ask him why he is not dead. To confirm his identity, ask what the last thing he told the Guardians was.

No, that's almost definitely your father. We did warn you that he's a womanizer. I didn't think he'd be this bad, though... Feel free to give him a swift kick in the nuts, we certainly won't blame you.

>>325781
Do this, it's probably the best way of letting him know you're his daughter at this point. If you give him that kick, be sure to do it while he's still reeling from the blow.

giving him us would be an effective way to test if this is him or not, and even if he is an impostor that can spoof us we would be able to keep an eye on him.

>>325781

Eistia 2011/07/16(Sat)02:35 No. 326807 ID: c676bd
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Ugh... I am severely disappointed.

She holds up the Guardian.

"I think this is yours."

"Oh snap! The Guardians, woah! I didn't think I'd see them again. How's it going? Wait how can you hold it? Oh wow! You're my daughter or something huh? Oh man I have a daughter with Minerva, wow. Uhm sorry about running out on you like that. Where is Minerva?"

"Looking for you."

"Oh. Awkward. Damn uh... Sorry.."

Tell daddy that Artemis is still possessed by Ombra and doesn't need his help right now.

The Earth King being a dragon and also a giant dick is what needs his help right now.

>>326807
"Regulus said she'll never return. Artemis is trying to find her so we can rescue her.
Where have you been all this time? How many other people could be mothers of my step-siblings?
... Err... Was one of them at least part tigerfolk, by any chance?

After all this time, why have you come here now?"

Eistia 2011/07/16(Sat)04:26 No. 326815 ID: c676bd
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"You know Artemis was possessed by Ombra right?"

"Oh damn really? Wow. How's Ombra?"

"Still trapped in his head. So tell me father, how many more possible half siblings may be out there?"

"Uhm...."

He folds his arms and thinks.

"....... Many. I can't think of any species that you may not have a sibling in. I tried my best to avoid such a thing though."

"...... Why are you here?"

"Oh! Well like I said I was looking for Artemis."

Tell him to elaborate.
Duh.

You've been teaching Artemis soul magic. He trusts you. Let Sable know that.

>>326815
"Just... Give me a list of their full names, and we'll track them down and check on them.

You said you were looking for Art. I was asking why you were looking for Art.
Also, where have you been all this time?"

Alternatively, just toss us to him and we'll squeeze answers out of him like juice from an orange.

>>326815
No no, it's "Why are you looking for him? And why are you here NOW? Why did you never think to check in with him, I don't know, at some point in his fatherless childhood?"

he sexed up a mermaid? damn. Artemis better look up to this glorious man.

tell him where Artemis is. perhaps invite him to have a cup of coffee while you tell him his story?

how the hell is he not dead? and where the hell has he been!?

>>326815
Have him actually hold us. We've got a few questions for him that we'd like to ask in private.

Anonymous 2011/07/17(Sun)01:36 No. 327088 ID: c676bd
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"Do you even remember their names?"

"..... Not really. My memory isn't really all that good with names and faces."

"You remember mother."

"Well she was a tough one."

Eistia sighs and tosses the guardian at him.
--------------------------------------------

"Take it, I can't talk to you anymore."

"You're so mean. So where's Artemis?"

"Just ask them."

Eistia leaves.

>>327088

I can't believe you're alive! I thought you were dead! We've been telling all your bastards that you were dead! Well, all of them that we've met. Actually just the two, Arty and Eistia.

Anyway I thought you died! This is great, we can go and tear shit up and you can seduce some more women and we'll party hard.

Arty is on the other side of the world with a naked chick, they're trying to do something with a dragon corpse. Kinky shit.

>>327090

>[Minor Psionics to brofist, if available.]
>You are such a magnificent bastard! Where the fuck have you been?

fix'd

>>327088
[Minor Psionics to the face, or any similar effect if available.]
You are such an asshole! Where the fuck have you been?

>>327088
[Change Gender]
Where have you been?
What have you been up to?
What do you want with Art?
Do you remember ANY of their names?
How does it feel to hit on somebody young enough to be your daughter because she is your daughter?

>>327094

Pfft, lay off him, this is why he ignored most of what we had to say the last time we talked. Right before we thought he died.

>>327094
[Change Gender]

Man talk about deadbeat adventuring dad

Seriously, you should really try to keep in contact with all the bitches. I thought we told you about threesome possibilities if you keep them all informed and shit.

Anonymous 2011/07/17(Sun)02:05 No. 327104 ID: c676bd
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Sable leaves Eistia's home and begins walking to the gates to the town. Without saying a word to anyone he opens them and leaves.

Anonymous 2011/07/17(Sun)02:07 No. 327105 ID: c676bd
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After a few minutes of walking he arrives at the Dark Elf forrest.

"Stupid girl. If she'd just told you where he was our lives would have been so much easier. I thought she'd be overjoyed to see you. Who would've thought you had been such a bastard in life?"

Anonymous 2011/07/17(Sun)02:07 No. 327106 ID: c676bd
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"Sit with the others, we'll just have to wait until he returns I suppose."

Sable sits down at the base of a tree near two other bodies.

>>327106
Oh, so you DID die and now you've been called back to perform some task?
Well, we aren't going to tell you where he is until you answer our questions.

well well well. aren't you gonna introduce us? or are you playing the ignoring game now?

"Hi Gaurdians, nice to see you again!"

See? Is it so hard?

Guys, I'm pretty sure there's no ghost in this shell. With gem-boy over there I doubt it's even Sable's real body.

Lets just jack this thing and walk back.

[Stand up]
[Minor Psionics: Pull back shadowy figure's hood to get a good look at them]
[Flash Step back to Eistia]

Well shit, dammit man are you there at all?

Hmm... [Struggle]

[flash step flash step struggle struggle struggle]

[Strugle]
It's time to wake up, Sable.

Rise and shine Mr. Sable, rise and shine. Not that I wish to imply you've been sleeping on the job.

i think this is an empty shell. one we could probably take control of.

>>327192
Implying it's not the thing most of us are trying to do.

>>327114
That sums up what I would suggest pretty well. Let's do this.

Wait. We can finally obtain a body? AND HE'S TOTALLY RIPPED AND HOT?! FUCK YES LETS.

[Struggle, Change Gender, Shadow Ball]

>>327114

Oh no, it's Sable alright. He can hold us. There's no doubt that this was his body.

[Stuff us in your empty eye socket]

GP: 85 Anonymous 2011/07/17(Sun)21:33 No. 327365 ID: c676bd
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The person tries to lift the Guardian off of Sable only to have it burn their hand and fly off. As it does the person's hood falls back.

"Dammit! Stupid amulet, I forgot it only works for you."

They stomp the Guardian into the ground.

Anonymous 2011/07/17(Sun)21:34 No. 327366 ID: c676bd
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"Come dolls, let's go. We need to find Artemis."

The person leaves.

Anonymous 2011/07/17(Sun)21:36 No. 327367 ID: c676bd
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Artemis 2011/07/17(Sun)21:37 No. 327368 ID: c676bd
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"Wow there it is. I didn't think that'd actually work."

>"Well I figured the Guardian was like a person so it must work."

"It didn't find our father though."

>"I know, that was weird."

Artemis picks up the guardian.
-----------------------------------

Hey guys, finally found you. So what the heck happened?

>>327368
HOW LONG SINCE WE LAST SAW YOU.

THIS IS IMPORTANT.

Sable showed up, but he's DEAD. Some jackass here: >>327365 is controlling corpses!

Two other corpses we saw... here, let me broadcast you this image: >>327106

Actually I don't remember if we can show you things so just in case I'll describe them. The puppetmaster has half his face gone black with an eye that's white with a black pupil, and the white side of his face has a black eye with a white pupil.

The other two corpses are... oh hell, he's controlling the old captain of the guard you got executed, and some catfolk I don't recognize offhand, who had two long bangs.

So yeah, if you see your dad, kill him. If you see the old captain, kill him.

More importantly, do you have the dragon slayer? How is the war against the king going?

>>327383
>oh hell, he's controlling the old captain of the guard you got executed

Wait a second.

Wasn't that guy executed by BLACK FUCKING HOLE?

As in

GONE?

How is the body still around?!

Time shenanigans?

oh yeah, probably been waiting for this.
[change gender]

>>327384
that might not be what really happened. it was the king doing it after all. for all we know he made it look like the body was gone but really gave it to that weirdo in the mask.

That man who looked and acted like Sable Dispo that came by? He was either a flesh golem made to look like your father or Sable's presumably soulless body. There were two other dolls resembling people there as well along with the man controlling them. The upper right third of his face is black and his left eye had a black sclera and a white iris and pupil.

Now that that's out of the way, you need to fill us in on important stuff. How long have we been missing, have you mastered sage magic, is Oraes back yet, have any Oli come back, and what does the watch show when you try to use it to find Sable Dispo?

>>327395
[Block Change Gender if Artemis is already male]

>>327407

Pretty sure it was Sable's body. The puppet-corpse was able to handle us.

Sorry, Arty. We were pretty upset too, actually. Kinda miss that lunk head.

two bad we don't have any more pheonix downs. could mess up the guys plans with them. just use it on your dad. and BAM soul comes back.

>>327368
Some fucker is using your dads corpse as a puppet! We really want to kill him common lets go kill him. You have the watch well don't look for Sable look for his body. Which reminds me how did things go with Oraes?

Oh hey you look kinda... different... just how long were we sitting here, exactly? What's been going on?

Unfortunately, the Sable Eistia saw was actually a walking corpse. We must warn you that the necromancer controlling him was trying to find you.

We don't know for sure if that necromancer is working for the king, but we saw one of his puppets was the late Captain Gerald.

>>327368
How long have we been out?
How's Sandra? Oraes? Ombra? Minrva?
What's the war status?

Gender Change, GP 85 Artemis 2011/07/20(Wed)19:51 No. 328764 ID: f678f8
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Uhm well the training went well. I can cast that one blasting spell she did, the one with the really long name. That's about it for now though. Sandra is actually in the dark elf town with Saisai. Oraes was brought back about a week ago and a few of the oli were revived thanks to her an

What?

Someone was using my father's body...?

Artemis pulls out the Goldeon Watch and uses it to locate the body.

I have a fix on it, I'm going to take out the bastard who's doing this.

"Artemis, what's wrong?"

"The person you saw wasn't really our father, just his body. Some necromancer is controlling him."

"What!? Who would dare desecrate a body like that!?"

"I don't know but they're dead."

I can take them on, I have Sage Magic, Soul Magic, and my normal spells to do this.

Maybe so, maybe so!

But this is obviously just another of the king's plots to draw you out.

Do you think you can be sneaky, Artemis?
Have you figured out how to use the invisi-watch?

'cause you're going to need to be sneaky.
Even the most powerful mages don't go around making themselves easy targets.

be careful. the guy wanted to see you for some reason. may have something special for you. unless it was just trying to lower your guard and then do a simple sneak attack. but he may be able to have all three of the people he has attack at once, or he could have a lot more and we just didn't see them all. gem guy that saisai fought. and someone else. also you may not be able to kill his puppets since they aren't alive. your healing limit break may cause some problems with him. break his control by giving the body real life instead of just looking like life. suggest using zeroon if you can first so that the body is as close to full health as possible.

>>328764
The guy was going after you. Don't be stupid enough to go after him.

...alone. Bring a posse, preferably a posse that kicks absurdly huge amounts of ass.

Artemis 2011/07/20(Wed)20:36 No. 328780 ID: f678f8
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I actually don't know Zeroon... Or figured out the watch.

I can assemble a posse however,

will these people do?

*whistles appreciatively*

hmm. yeah that should do it. but when you think you are getting near you need to go ahead of them enough that the trap will spring on you, and then they can trap the trap. is a nice reversal.

Don't take this person too lightly! We have no idea what is potential ability is, and he also has what seems to be the body of that misogynist prick and some tigerfolk in tow. They if they have any of their original abilities they could still be very dangerous. Remember, because the bodies are in good condition it is a simple matter to use feathers of life on your dad and the tiger girl.

Oh and uh... before were left, Eistia gave Saisai a really nice massage. How exactly did that effect you~? And have you learned to control the bind since then?

They should do just fine, although I do have some concerns about Morgan. What exactly can she do during a fight?

Have you tried just thinking "invisibility" or something? Because being able to turn invisible would be a huge help for this.

Artemis 2011/07/20(Wed)21:29 No. 328793 ID: f678f8
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Yeah I really don't know how the heck this watch works. I can track well enough though.

Speaking of which..

Artemis and the others walk into the woods following the watch.

>Sandra "It is dark here."
>Saisai "We're in the woods, it's going to be dark."
>Sandra "No stupid girl, look."

Sandra points deeper into the woods. The area she points at is noticeably darker then the rest of it.

>Sandra "See?"
>Eistia "Odd. Artemis should we keep going?"

"The watch is pointing right there so yeah. Morgan and Sandra, you guys stay a bit further back. Your long range spells will be useful there. Saisai, Eistia and are are close-mid range fighters so we'll go up front."

Morgan and Sandra nod and stay further back from the group. Artemis leads them into the darkened woods and sees something ahead

That's him, I don't see anyone else though

>>328793
Have any of you got detection abilities of some kind, perhaps usable to sweep the surrounding area for other people? Because my trap alarms are ringin'.

hmm... ask eistia if she can make the shadows part from this range. if not then try thinking "make me invisible" at the watch.

You're following the direction of your dads body, maybe not necessarily where the guy your after is right now. Keep your guard up from all directions.

Remember this guy was after your sword, if you have it out that would be the bait. Plan accordingly. Since you can't see anything and I assume you can't just light it up, go head slowly.

Artemis 2011/07/20(Wed)21:41 No. 328799 ID: f678f8
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Artemis signals Eistia to make a shadow person close to the body.
She nods and the shadow takes shape in front of Sable.

Artemis 2011/07/20(Wed)21:42 No. 328801 ID: f678f8
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A moment later it is cut down by an odd red slash.

Artemis jumps back in shock and hears Saisai whisper

>Saisai "tigerfolk."

>>328801
Dammit the bodies DO have their old powers! This makes things harder. Warn about this fact and that Geralds body is there as well.

Darkness is not our friend here, we need to light it up. Does Morgan have any such tricks handy?

Top priority is being able to target enemies!
Light, anti-shadow, some sort of blood-sense, whatever.

Artemis 2011/07/20(Wed)23:45 No. 328864 ID: c676bd
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Artemis makes another signal at Morgan. She nods and casts a light spell on the area immediately destroying the darkness.
Artemis hears a rustle and the tigerfolk jumps out from wear Sable's body is, it's hands glowing red.

Disable the tigerfolk, go for the limbs if you can! Watch out for Gerald and if he shows up use lethal force.

the tiger is a zombie. use gravity to knock her down and use a laser attack to take her out.

Gravity will hold her in place. Wait, I forget which gender we're using right now. Spell or sword? If you're currently a physical fighter then just try to fight defensively while your friends do some damage.

Don't forget there's also your father and the misogynist to watch out for. Come to think of it, where is Gerald? Go decapitate Sable. I know you probably don't want to do it, but we should be able to reattach his head easily enough, and it'll ensure he's taken out of the fight.

>>328873
Well, I said to block the change if we were already male back when Artemis put us on, so I'm assuming that's what he is right now.

>>328864
First things first! Restrain any bodies you see. If they can't move then they'll be difficult to use against you.

Oh, and if that's a zombie then it's probably one of Saisai's biological parents.

Our goal is to capture them. Aside from resurrection being possible I think these bodies have suffered enough abuse.
Oh, and even if we bring Sable back don't expect him to help your mission; he'd probably help recover Minerva, but after that he'd be too busy tracking down his old lovers and finding out just how many siblings you have.

OH! And the person responsible for the zombies looks like this:
>>327365

Artemis 2011/07/21(Thu)19:46 No. 329255 ID: f678f8
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Artemis casts Gravity on the tigerfolk making her slam into the ground.

>Saisai "Where's the captain?"
>Sandra "Where is puppeteer?"

At that moment they hear a voice coming from the woods.

"I knew you'd come after me someday. Drop the sword and leave Artemis before your friends are hurt."

He notices Sable's body still hasn't moved.

Kill! Kill! Kill! Kill!
Kill everything!

I bet he can only control one at a time. He may have switched off of the tigerfolk now though, and is controlling the captain to attack you from behind- we can't see his body!

>>329255
Go ahead and drop the sword.
...
Right into Mimi's bag, where it should be anyway since you're a guy and thus can't use it.

"Go after you? Yea, sorry about your ego, but I don't give a damn about you. I'm just here for my father's body and to find out who else you've been desecrating. Just who the hell are you, anyway?
I assume this tigerfolk is supposed to be some sort of horrible shock intended to throw us off guard, so I'm guessing they're where Saisai's ears came from. Is that about right, or exactly right?"

>>329255
"You talk too much for a dead man. Why don't you come on out so I can send you to hell properly. I'll even pull the sword out if you do, then you can at least imagine having a chance to get it."

Grab the watch and find captain Geralds body quickly, it is probably the biggest threat right now if it has a portion of his powers in life. Send Saisai off that way.

I don't know if Morgan ever got another feather but if we can get you dad his soul back right now that would be fantastic.

Artemis 2011/07/22(Fri)18:44 No. 329703 ID: f678f8
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Artemis puts the Blade away and signals Saisai to keep an eye on the surrounding forest.

"As if I would hand my father's sword to you you bastard. Using my father's body to fight me... That's the lowest thing I've ever seen. And the tigerfolk, that's Saisai's mother isn't it? That's why you sent her."

>Saisai "What!?"

The voice laughs.

"You really think I care that much? I simply pick the strongest ones I can get my hands on. Your father was just a coincidence, he's been in my collection for years. As for the tigerfolk.."

The tigerfolk stands back up and red flame-like blades emerge from her claws.

"She has the Claws of Thasti. A very very rare ability in Tigerfolk. I just had to have her."

Crap! The gravity spell is still on her and she's able to stand up against it.

Sandra "What do we do Artemis?"

"shoot it" double team it with sage lasers.

>>329703
Blast her hands off. It isn't like we can't heal it if we need to. Her and your sage magic should do the trick.

>>329703
The tigerfolk is potentially deadly, but ultimately a distraction. The one controlling her must be around here somewhere, concealed by magic or skill. While some of you take on the puppet, the rest need to press the attack against that jackass. Force them into revealing themselves in order to flee, then throw everything you have at taking them down.

>>329703
Yawn, reverse the gravity spell, and watch her straining muscles launch her into the air.
"So you gather corpses to expand your collection as a necrophiliac. Lovely.
I would like to know your name, so how about you tell me while we break your toys?"
Since Sage magic 'doesn't exist' he clearly won't be expecting it. Vaporize her hands, and possibly bisect her across the stomach.

Invert the gravity spell.

Artemis 2011/07/22(Fri)19:23 No. 329740 ID: f678f8
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"Sorer ne tu cheram ombraes tandrolar eisryn!"

A giant beam of purple energy fires from Artemis's hand flies at the Tigerfolk. She attempts to dodge it but Artemis switches the flow of Gravity causing her to jump right into it. Her left arm is vaporized but she turns and strikes at him with her right.
He quickly ducks out of the way.

>Sanra "Artemis, can't find puppeteer!"

>>329740
>she's crying
Oh, balls. She's AWARE of what's going on.
Have Saisai go over and sever Sable's spine in the middle of his back. He can't be used against you that way.
"He's not alive either."

Your goal is to either take-off the tigerfolk's other arm or sever her spine so she can't move.

We need to know this guy's name.

>>329772
shit fuck. that means their souls ARE in the bodies. i've seen this before. only way to snap them out of it is to draw the soul forward with intense emotions enough that it can take control somewhat. but you don't know your father well enough to do that, heck WE don't know him well enough for that. and use the watch as a shield, it is pretty much indestructible.
try asking it "where is the one who controls the tigerfolk in front of me?"

>>329779
If Sable's soul was in his body, the watch would have shown us where he was when Artemis said his name, so his body's definitely soulless. I guess the necromancer could be temporarily drawing back the souls when he's using the bodies...

Does detect magic tell you where the magic is originating from? If it does, use that as soon as you can afford to drop the gravity for a moment.

Artemis 2011/07/22(Fri)21:33 No. 329866 ID: f678f8
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They're still aware!?
No, can't get distracted now.. I can't..

>>329803
Detect Magic? That's genius!

Artemis casts Detect Magic and tries to find the source of the spell. He sees a small blue thread of the Tigerfolk's back but before he can comment it vanishes. The moment it does she falls to the ground.

>Sandra "Artemis, we need to know where puppeteer is!"

>Saisai "Gerald!"

Artemis turns and sees Gerald flying down from the treetops with a pointed gem covering his arm. Saisai rushes up to him and stabs him

>Saisai "Got him!"

The gem on his hand suddenly extends.

>>329866
She can totally heal herself from anything. Unless Gerald is the puppeteer (which I doubt) you've got to track that bastard down while your posse handles the mooks.

So either detect magic or use the watch or something, but get on that.

A casualty already. Tell them all to fight defensively, cover eachothers' backs, and whoever's been assigned medic duty should get her stable. It's become obvious that inflicting wounds on the puppets won't stop them, they'd need to be obliterated.

Use Detect Magic again to find the puppeteer. We need to end this before anyone else gets hurt.