2/5 Shabin 2011/12/22(Thu)14:46 No. 374341 ID: d6af4f
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At least, that would be the case, if not for a little odd, nagging feeling she gathered as she headed back to her cozy little abode that she crafted by, expectedly, hitting rocks for many days. This feeling was warm, joyous, as though she had walked into a calm celebration of a life well spent.

"It smells like stale gumdrops and dumb smiles in here. The hell are you doing, Chee?"

3/5 Shabin 2011/12/22(Thu)14:47 No. 374342 ID: d6af4f
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>"Shabin, oh! I was just - uh - doing nothing! Just laying about!

"Shut up and tell me what's the occasion."

>"It's christmas!"

The way that young cheelop said christmas was as though this were the greatest thing that ever happened ever forever, as she very obviously was working on something. If words were buckets, that 'christmas' bucket would be brimming with sugar and eggnog.

"So?"

And the bucket called 'so' would brim with absolutely nothing; it was as uncaring and flat as a frozen lake.

4/5 Shabin 2011/12/22(Thu)14:47 No. 374344 ID: d6af4f
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>"Shabin, I said Christmas! The time of goodwill and presents and presents and candy and everything good!"

Alas, poor Cheelop would never have the mental faculties to bear, with a calm demeanor, Shabin's less than christmasy reaction.

5/5 Shabin 2011/12/22(Thu)14:48 No. 374346 ID: d6af4f
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"I hate Christmas."

Smack him in the face.

wow dont be a scrooge

OH. MY. TOM.
we must teach her the wonders of Christmas!!

Shabin: Develop head voices.

heresy

IT'S BAD END ALREADY AND WE'VE ONLY JUST SEEN THE OPENING

AAAAAA

CLEANSE THE HERETIC.

1/3 Shabin 2011/12/22(Thu)15:23 No. 374359 ID: d6af4f
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The thoughts of expectations, remorse and anger filled her, but as she did with so much, her calloused feelings simply brushed these aside.

"You heard me. It's nothing but stress. You're expected to give presents even if you don't know what others want. Then they so "ohh you don't have to go and get me anything!" but you do if you don't want to feel like a cruel pile of crap."

>"You're horrible, Shabin! You're so horrible!"

"Yeah, whatever. I'm going to bed. You don't have to get me something.I mean that. You're sappy enough, year round."

2/3 Shabin 2011/12/22(Thu)15:23 No. 374360 ID: d6af4f
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The sounds of Chee relentlessly working, despite Shabin's words, would keep her up for some time. Exhaustion would soon catch up however, and she would drift off to sleep, almost insultingly peacefully in the face of Cheelop's confusion and disappointment.

3/3 Shabin 2011/12/22(Thu)15:25 No. 374361 ID: d6af4f
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And then, Shabin would appear to have awoken, but no! She must be dreaming in spite of how real this appeared, as this is not where she had slept. She was in an ink black abyss, with only three doors standing conspicuously outward, each labeled as Past, Present and Future.

you did it. youre a scrooge now i warned you bold i told you about the goasts

to the past!

Looks like it's party time, Chee!

>>374367
I mean Shabin. It's party time. Hop to it.

Let's venture... TO THE PAST-AST-ast-ast-ast-ast-ast...

past

1/3 Shabin 2011/12/22(Thu)15:58 No. 374385 ID: d6af4f
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"I'll go in the past door, because no one does right to left, or future to past. What a dumb decision."

It was a queer situation, but the kobold walked through the door as though she had done this very same thing before.

2/3 Shabin 2011/12/22(Thu)15:58 No. 374386 ID: d6af4f
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But, as soon as she opened the door, she was already inside, and no mortal could prepare themselves for such a sight!

"Wh-what the hell?! Wait, a-am I in hell?!"

3/3 Shabin 2011/12/22(Thu)16:06 No. 374391 ID: d6af4f
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A collosal demon, taller than the greatest spire, towered over the hapless kobold! Accompanying this creature was a succubus, vile by nature. Shabin could only fretfully wonder what either of these demonic entities would have with her!

>"Hey, Shab! I'm here to help you see the spirit of christmas, how ya doing? I'm the ghost of christmas past." the great beast, more gargantuan than any building the bold had ever seen, bellowed.
>"And I'm the assistant ghost of christmas past. Hello, Shabin!" the succubi rings, the tone of voice pleasant, yet often deceitful from her kind.

stammer incoherently.

Faint.

Punch them in the snouts to assert dominance.

1/2 Shabin 2011/12/22(Thu)16:48 No. 374404 ID: d6af4f
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At a loss for words, our subject cannot seem to convey her feelings with her normal, calm demeanor.

>"I- what- no- who- wha- no.. I-I'm j..."

The thoughts raced through her mind the ways to cope, even such outlandish principles as punching each of them in the snout to assert her dominance! Alas, the mere sight of such horrible creatures was enough to cause the poor girl to faint.

>"Whoa, wait, what?" the great, darkened beast gurgles. That's not supposed to happen. Minci, did she really just faint in her own dream?"
>"I... guess so! Does that mean she's sleeping twice, now?"
>"Mind blowing. Uh... I guess we'll just do our thing anyway."

2/2 Shabin 2011/12/22(Thu)16:51 No. 374407 ID: d6af4f
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With their intent declared, Shabin, passed out in her own dream, dreams within her dream that she is in a familiar location.

"Wait a second... this is the gnoll camp! And.. that's me?"

It was her! Years ago, early in Shabin's life, it was a yearly tradition to gather around the dining hall and share a great turkey feast with her odd gnoll parentage.

>"Where's the damn turkey. Ain't a dinner without some meat, all we got is a a buncha shredded trees on our table." the great gnoll complains.
>"Hold on, dad! We've gotta say grace!"
>"The hell. Doesn't scarfin' down a turkey or two make me look thankful enough?"

daww look how much you used to care.

>>374407
I'm surprised baby you didn't turn your "R's" into "W's"
"We got to say gwace, Dad!"
It's good opportunity to eat some turkey though. Go steal some of your pop's turkey.

Turn around.
Faint upon seeing Tom.
WE HAVE TO GO DEEPER

>>374407
You're turning into your dad, Shabin.

>>374441

+1 for SHAB-INCEPTION!

>>374445
BWOOOOOOOOOAHHHHH
BWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAHHHHHH
+1 for Shabinception

>>374441
This.

>>374407
Don't be a wuss, go fuck up the narrative and introduce yourself as future Shabin. Ask them to just spit out a summary of what you're supposed to learn.

Can we not pass out multiple times thanks

Just sit back and observe for now. You were obviously brought here to see something.

Is that Clamp?

Engage Clamp derail!

Also, what's up with Shabin asking to have grace said? I assumed she ignored--or outright hated--gods and the sort of things that went with them, and it doesn't seem like the sort of thing she'd pick up from the gnolls. Shabin? Care to enlighten us?

1/4 Shabin 2011/12/23(Fri)02:32 No. 374569 ID: d6af4f
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The great beast notices how odd it was, that Shabin would have grace, of all things!
>"Yo, I didn't know you were into grace! I thought you ignored gods." it says.
"I did. How would I know? I probably just wanted to stall my dad. Grace doesn't have to be religious anyway."

Viewing this moment most surreal, Shabin ponders the best course of action! Dream or no, these were moments of precious childhood memories.

"I'm gonna eat Clamp's chicken."
>"Wait, Shabin!" The succubus pings, "Don't you wish to see what happens?"
"Uh, no, that was me, I was there, I know what happens, geez. I ask for a pickaxe, and my mother says "nooo you'll poke your eye out."
>"Too bad! You can't be seen or affect this scene, Shabs! You'll just have to watch, I'm afraid." Tom, the Goast Ghost of Christmas Past states.

The revelation that she could not be seen hit her like an unwanted group of children knocking on her door to sing terrible christmas carols, but she was no longer scared of these demon beasts. After all....

2/4 Shabin 2011/12/23(Fri)02:34 No. 374570 ID: d6af4f
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"Fuck off christmas ghosts it's my dream, twice."
>"Hey! Th' hell, who do ya th... wait, Shabin?!" Clamp chokes out.
"Yeah, and you never let me have any of your turkey, you big oaf."
>"Whoa, future me!" Little Shabin said, shocked and instantly believing. After all, her appearance was most unique, no other kobold was like her! "Tell mommy there's two of us now, and we both want picks!"

Of course! The matron and Chief Clamp always outvoted Shabin two to one! With this, it would be a tie, however, an idea crossed present Shabin's mind!

3/4 Shabin 2011/12/23(Fri)02:35 No. 374571 ID: d6af4f
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>"Succubus, I'm dreaming twice, right? That means there should be two of me around, dreaming this."
"Er... yeah, it could work like that!"

And so it was! The first dreaming Shabin appeared!

>"... whatever." The gnoll bluntly stated. "I'm the Chief, I get two votes. Yer not getting any pick axes."
"So do I, cause I bet you can't knock me out so easily anymore." Shabin retorted.
>"........"

4/4 Shabin 2011/12/23(Fri)02:35 No. 374572 ID: d6af4f
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And then, there were 3 present Shabins and 1 past Shabin!

I think it's time for a Shabin Tournament.

Winner is the real Shabin, which we get to follow.

looks like it's time for a little magic.

>>374572
Y'know, if you're going to do "it's my dream so I can conjure copies of myself out of thin air", you could bypass the whole thing and just dream yourself a pickaxe.

Shabin Tournament, challenge 1: Conjure hundreds of Cheelops around you.

The winner will be the one who can't stand it the most.

>>374572
Haha! Now he's severly outnumbered, get him!

Time for some good old christmas vengence where we get some payback and some boiled goose.

1/2 Shabin 2011/12/23(Fri)06:39 No. 374603 ID: d6af4f
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Multiple Shabins, all with the realization that she can control her very dream! If she can make more of herself, after needing the mere excuse of being able to do so, who knows what she was able to do? She focused as hard as she can, but no pick axes appeared, and no Cheelop's materialized.

>"Not so fast, Shabin! You may have found a dreamy loophole, but I can prevent you from just summoning whatever, like this were some kind of lucid dream! This is a CHRISTMAS dream!" the ghost of christmas past boasted to her.

But it was not lost, she had displayed she had some control, after all!

"Okay, father, mother, it's 4 to 3. She gets the pickaxe."
>"Oh, fine." the matron, now present, allowed, peculiarly accepting of these events."
>"Yayyyy! I'm gonna go tear down a mountain!" little Shabin cried, running off enthusiastically.

2/2 Shabin 2011/12/23(Fri)06:39 No. 374604 ID: d6af4f
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>"AUUUUUGH MY EYEEE"
"Oh right, I did poke my eye after all." Shabin remarked, recalling the events that transpired.

>>374604
Well it's a valuable learning experiance. It will teach her/you to keep your head and eyes out of the way of a possible bounce away from the wall.

Now lets find some of the bigger kids that used to pick on you and make them eat some gravel!

Just saying it now, we should go to the future next.

does that mean you just altered the past to give yourself a badass eyepatch in the present, or did you have no such luck?

1/2 Shabin 2011/12/23(Fri)09:41 No. 374618 ID: d6af4f
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Although her past self may have sustained injuries most grievous, this was indeed a simple dream, and nothing would last except what Shabin would learn. Except that whatever the great ghost of christmas past had planned, Shabin was greatly unimpressed!

"This dream sucks, ghosts. Yes, I wanted a pick axe back then, and this scene is sort of like back then, but gnolls don't celebrate actual christmas. Seriously. They're gnolls. Oh, and the matron? She's acting all nice here. She's usually stern and stubborn. You completely got her personality wrong, she acts nothing like she looks."
>"Well geez, you're no fun! I think the lesson here is that you are a scrooge. Minci?"
>"Don't be too hard on her! She must be so confused. Besides, you like things flipping around like this! Let's bring you back to the main room, Shabin."
>"Yeah okay I guess you're right. It's cool Shabin, see you around!"
"Wait a sec, I wanna beat up some kids around here, the-"

2/2 Shabin 2011/12/23(Fri)09:41 No. 374619 ID: d6af4f
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Alas, Shabin's desire for revenge would not be allowed, and she finds herself in a familiar room."

"The hell was that." she remarked in her usual fashions. "They were getting all friendly with me, like we had already met, geez."

>>374619
Lets go push future Chee down a stair, that should be fun and amusing.

become super jealous of how so many people have bigger boobs then you.

>>374619
You're still in at least one layer of dream. Spawn another you and go through both doors.

>>374619
I can't tell if this is a pause
Is this a pause?
I bet it's a pause

When you get to the present, do whatever you wanted to do with a clone. I'm sure you've always wondered what it'd be like partying with a clone, even if it is pick walls all night. Remember, this is probably the only dream where you've been lucid enough to manage to have willing fun. Let's have some fuuuuun.

Go through the Present door. Like you said, no one does Future-to-Past.

Besides, if I remember my Christmas Carol, you'll want to save Future for last.

1/2 Shabin 2011/12/23(Fri)11:54 No. 374639 ID: d6af4f
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Having decided, Shabin is left hoping that this lesson would be more fruitful than the last! Knocking herself out to spawn another one of her, both Shabins walk on through, to the FUTURE-TURE-ture....

"We're going to the future, Shabin 2."
>"What about a christmas carol, and never going future to past?"
"Fuck it. This door better have Chee inside so I can push her down some stairs."
>"Dibs."

2/2 Shabin 2011/12/23(Fri)11:57 No. 374642 ID: d6af4f
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>"BEHOOOLD, I am the great dwarven hero, Powerstonefist Hugebeardaxe the third, son of Powerstonefist Hugebeardaxe the second, son of Powerstonefist Hugebeardaxe the first! I am the ghost of christmas future, the greatest miner the dwarven race has ever produced, and the wielder of the golden pick axe!"

oh, this guy actually may have something important. greatest miner ever could teach you some awesome mining techniques.

But gold makes a terrible material for mining! It's very soft! And would deform after just a few strikes!

>>374645
unless it's magical gold

not buying it unless he can back his words up.

Challenge him to a mining (or drinking) contest. Bet that, if you win, he skips the friggin' morality lesson and gives you that kick-ass pick.

(cheat by switching out with your clone when you start getting tired/drunk)

>>374642
Well this is your dream, sort of, so your rules apply and all that. So channel your rage over dwarves being total assholes towards everything and kick the shit out of him, then steal his golden pick axe. After that inquire in the whereabouts of a an old lady version of Chee that you can push down some stairs.

He's less of a wielder of the golden pick and somehow the only dwarf to have the hilt of anything stuck in his fucking skull, through his goddamn helmet. Can we have the dwarf that has the ability to mine a person's skull with a fucking hilt as our guide please? Not some royal, self-proclaimed douchebag mining prince?

Golden pick axes suck worse then wooden ones. What kind of fucking miner are you if you use that for real instead of symbolism. Is that thing just enchanted? I bet it's enchanted to not be malleable. What a pussy, using an enchanted pick axe. My god, I have more problems with this dwarf at face value then I do with an elf of any kind, what shitty kind of dwarf could possibly even have that ability?

Shabin 2011/12/23(Fri)12:38 No. 374656 ID: d6af4f
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Her resolve set, and willingness for sappy christmas morals low, Shabin dares confront this dwarf!

"I bet you I can mine faster than you! If I win, how about you skip the morality lesson and give me that pick, which I assume is magic gold or something!"
>"Ah, but young kobold, this can be yours, all you must do is take it."
"What? Is that some symbolism? What kind of dwarf are you? A sucky kind, I best."
>"I shall ignore that, as this is an event for you! Allow me to show you the future!"


[i]And so a vision formed, in which Shabin 1 and 2 saw future shabin, mining away.

"I don't get it. Am I supposed to have a kickass pickaxe? That's not a kickass pickaxe."
>"No. Here, you are old, years have gone by, and you have never reached out to grab a golden pickaxe."
"Man, I suck at that mining. How did I get worse? Man, lift that pickaxe, geez."
>"As I have said! You have grown old, and though your skill has only improved, your body grows weak."

"and what does this have to do with christmas? everyone gets old"

so he's basically saying that after only a handful of years, your weak, pathetic body is inevitably gonna reach its limit and begin to wither away, eventually leaving you dying slowly as you watch it all happen, unable to do anything about it whatsoever.

oh, and also, merry Christmas.

>>374656
Hmm, that's true. You do get old eventually. Unless... I know! You must set out to become immortal and all powerful! Or well at least immortal and un aging. Guess you're going to have to go full lich or something.

Shabin 2011/12/23(Fri)12:55 No. 374668 ID: d6af4f
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"So what you're saying is that I have to go out and become immortal."
>"No, ya foolish kobold! Think! What was your first thought upon walking through the door of the future, what have I said, and what is missing from this scene?! Think, lass!"

that you need to train harder and get that gold pick before you die?

you're missing strength in your arms required to swing the pickaxe in an efficient manner?

>>374668
Well we wanted to push someone down a stair. So... a stair I guess?

"I need to order Chee around to do my mining for me? Because my first thought was pushing Chee down some stairs and Chee is sort of missing from here and I can't seem to poof her in. Oh my gods, being fucking nicer to Chee is the sappy lesson? Man, fuck you, I'm good friend, a little moody and shit, but Chee's used to it. She isn't some fucking pussy as much as someone would think, she can take a hit and a few insults like a real friend can. She knows I already appreciate her, the way a gnoll-bold can."

Shabin 2011/12/23(Fri)13:32 No. 374675 ID: d6af4f
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"That I'm not strong enough? That I need to train harder? That I need to get the gold pickaxe before I die?"
>"THERE ya go! I thought ya'd never get it!"
"I want to push Chee down some stairs. I don't see Chee here, and I swear, the lesson here better not be about Chee. She knows I appreciate her."
>"Nay, Chee is not the lesson, do what you will about her. Here she is. Now shut up a moment first, this bits important."

>"Oh, there you are, Shabin."
>"Chee."
>"How are you doing? I thought you were done. Anyways, you want to go to the dwarven lands tomorrow? You always talked about that."
>"... I'm tired, Chee. I'm too tired. They'll just kill me, anyway."
>"Yeah, you always said that, too. I guess you're right. Well, there's always tomorrow."
>"Yeah."

>>374675
Is this some shit about realising dreams? Because it seems like something crappy like aim higher than just being a fuck awesome miner. Anyway, we got a Chee to push down some stairs, so lets get to it!

pshh. dorfs ain't all that bad. once you get used to the stench.

>>374675
So you need to fight all the dorfs to get through to the golden axe?
Oh that's easy, just send you into berserk mode, kill everyone in the fort and take it. Have Chee heal you for back-up and Chop and a few of his apprentices to have for physical back-up. He'll be up for it, good practice.

The future has revealed itself. The dwarves are hogging the golden pick axe. You must go kick their asses!

1/4 Shabin 2011/12/23(Fri)14:06 No. 374682 ID: d6af4f
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Shabin looks around for stairs, but there are none in sight! Pushing Chee off will have to wait.

"This better not be about realising dreams. About some crap about being better than a miner."
>"Oy, you brick headed bold! Why would I, the greatest of miners, come to you to try and get you to be somethin' 'better' than mining?! Ain't a profession more honorable! Keep watchin'!"
"You're too damn cryptic. I can't watch your damn running jumps of logic. Do I need to fight dorfs to get that golden pick axe you're hogging?"
>"OY. The golden axe is a metaphor, ya git! It's dwarven trainin', ya fool! The miner makes the pickaxe, not the other way around! You've gotta take the 'golden pickaxe' of opportunity and quit bein' such a coward about 'ohhh noooo the dwarves'll kill mehl like a prissy princess. Yeesh, these things are better if ya figure it out yerself, but yer too dimwitted!"
"You're cryptic as hell, geez. How was.. forget it. Crap, Chee's already back in our room. Timeskip to the next morning or something, there's stairs nearby our door that Chee walks by.

>"Have it yer way!"

2/4 Shabin 2011/12/23(Fri)14:08 No. 374683 ID: d6af4f
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"There. Get ready for some pushing, Shabin 2."
"Yep."

>"Hey, Shabin, wake up! You're sleeping all late. Shabin. Shabin. Wake up. Shabin."

3/4 Shabin 2011/12/23(Fri)14:08 No. 374684 ID: d6af4f
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>"Shabin... no..."

>>374685
It's time, you know what must be done. Shove her!

Surprise her by telling that your old self died, but that your time-traveling one didn't. Apologize preemptively for ruining the crushing, shocking moment that Chee just realized she won't get to see her best friend ever again, if we don't count time-traveling selves. But that's okay because everyone dies, some disappointingly, but hey, that's life.

feel bad.

>>374685
VIOLENCE!

it's just a dream. no harm will be done. you know you want to.

>>374685
Don't let this overplayed story halt your resolve. SHOVE HER!
SO SAAAAAAAAAAD

1/3 Shabin 2011/12/23(Fri)14:59 No. 374693 ID: d6af4f
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"Chee."

Shabin reached out, and the direct interaction alone made her visible to this old, future Chee!

>"Shabin?! What?! You're young again?! Not a ghost, I can feel you... um..."

Old, future Chee looked down the stairs, as though she knew of Shabin's intent!

>"Shabin, I don't know what's going on, but, uh... if you're not dead, can you promise me that if you're alive, you'll go to the dwarves? Like you always wanted, like you always talked about?"

2/3 Shabin 2011/12/23(Fri)15:01 No. 374695 ID: d6af4f
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.... "Yeah. Yeah, I promise, Chee."

3/3 Shabin 2011/12/23(Fri)15:01 No. 374697 ID: d6af4f
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It was a dream, she told herself, and she knew it was true. But it was a promise, nevertheless, as she shoved her best friend down the stairs like it was old times. Dream or not, she knew that the this event is far from impossible to happen in reality.

>"Thank you, Shabin."