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No.25189
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You are now Saffron.
You
find yourself in a room just barely lit by your own torch and the red
glow coming from the room below. Illuminated is what looks to be a set
of armor, gauntlet and pauldron. It shines with a blood-red hue in the
light provided.
No.25190
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>>25189
%>examine the armor%
You
carefully walk up to it, searching around the room for traps. The armor
is set in a small recess in the wall, seeming to reach out from the
stone pedestal it is sitting on. It has four fingers, and looks to be
made of solid bronze with very small and intricate etchings. It is for a
left hand. You can't get a look at the other side of it without moving
it.
No.25191
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>>25190
>Check the pedestal for traps. (let's try greentexting again, then)
The
pedestal itself is a disc of stone that the armor is jutting up from.
It has some things inscribed upon it, but they are too worn for you to
recognize any of them. After thoroughly inspecting it, there are no
plates, levers, chains, or traps of any kind to be tripped.
No.25193
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>>25191
>Pick up the gauntlet
It
is much heavier than you anticipated it being, but you manage to lift
it out of the pedestal and carry it with the torch as well.
No.25194
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>>25193
>Check around the room for instructions on the gauntlet
You find a door to the north.
No.25195
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>>25194
>Use the gauntlet to open the door
You
don't need to use the gauntlet, and the door slides open to the left,
albeit rather clumsily due to holding the heavy piece of armor. Ahead of
you is an empty hallway that curves to the left.
>Examine the writing closer
You look closer, but most all of the writings on the wall are worn and illegible.
No.25196
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>>25195
>Put the jasper stone in the gauntlet, then wear it
You
pull the stone out of your inventory and slot it in the hemispherical
slot on the back of the gauntlet. It is more than a perfect fit. You
wait, scared and impatient, but nothing seems to happen. You give the
gauntlet a shake, and still nothing. Tilting the gauntlet, the stone
rolls out of the slot and into your hand.
No.25197
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>>25196
>Go down the hallway
You
tread carefully down the hallway. It is the smallest place you've been
in thus far, and that fact is forever in the back of your mind as you
walk down. The air cools, and the red glow of the spire room dies down.
No.25198
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>>25197
You step in something wet before shining the light on another door. You slide it to the side.
No.25199
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>>25198
>Oh god, it's Meadow…
You wonder how Renne was able to stand coming across this. The stench is horrid, and the sight is even worse.
No.25200
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>>25199
>Head back down where Renne is to try and regroup
As soon as you step out of the doorway, you see both Renne and Chronicle there, having just come up from the stairwell.
"Saffron!"
On the list of happiest things in your life, this is the happiest thing.
No.25201
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>>25200
>Show them what you found
Saffron runs up to you, and you can see her tail wagging.
"Renne! I am so happy to see you, you have no idea! I was gonna climb back down right away, but then I found… this…"
She
holds up the piece of armor for you to look at. You squint at it and
look over at Chronicle, who's staring at it wide-eyed. You tell her that
you had to leave because you heard Chance making some noise a level
down in the spire room. You ask what the armor does.
"I have no idea, I tried to put that stone into it, the one that we picked up in this room, but nothing happened."
No.25202
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>>25201
>Is that a bone in the armor?
You make mention of the arm still inside of the armor. She hadn't seen that at the time, apparently.
No.25203
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>>25202
>Take a closer look at the armor
You
use your magic to lift up the armor, although it requires much more
effort than you would have thought. You carefully remove the bones from
within the armor.
"Diamond dog."
You and Saffron look over at Chronicle.
He's speaking in a very flat tone. "That's a diamond dog arm. The armor… it was made for a diamond dog."
He looks over at Saffron, who shies away a bit.
No.25215
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>>25206
>>25207
>>25210
"I
can understand your hesitancy. I know that you're worried about
something happening to you like what happened to Chance. But let me
ask, have you had any headaches, or heard any voices?"
Saffron shakes her head.
"Then I don't believe you will… suffer the same fate, so to speak. He is the only one that ended up that way."
No.25222
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>>25218
You
assure Saffron that it's her choice on whether or not to wear the
armor, and that you will let her decide while you take a look at the
wall.
It looks like someone has scratched something into the
octagon that was on this wall. Like a rudimentary arm, and the word
"Metal" written in an odd fashion.
"Oh dear… what is he doing?"
No.25225
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>>25222
Okay, so bear with me for a second.
From
our perspective that arm shape is to the left but if we were to turn
around and pose like in this image it would actually be the right arm.
Is this implying that Chance might have the right hand gauntlet? If so then fuck.
No.25226
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>>25198
Great, so now we have to worry that there could be more hidden passages Chance could be lumbering around in.
No.25230
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>>25229
we still have some rather big things to see
No.25234
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>>25227
Definitely should ask Saffron. If she doesn't know you should possibly assume he does have it.
Look
at your own hand, palm facing you then look at the crude drawing.
Notice the similarities in shape. I might just be crazy here but I'm
thinking he does have it.
The only hangup is that the gem is implied to fit on the dorsal part of the gauntlet. That has me thinking that this image >>25225
is a back shot instead of a front shot. That opens up a whole new bunch
of questions such as how would those wings work in that case?
No.25235
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>>25223
"Impossible. How could he? He's mad, not telepathic… At least I hope not…"
>>25227
>>25228
You turn to Saffron, who's sitting nearby with the armor resting in her lap. You ask her if Chance was wearing any armor.
"No." She sighs, never looking up from the gauntlet.
No.25243
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>>25236
>>25218
You stare at her a moment, and then ask if she's doing okay, that the three of you have been through a lot in the past day.
"I'm fine."
No.25247
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>>25243
<cutscene>
No.25253
File: 1340857855845.jpg (32.95 KB, 557x458, smile.jpg)

>>25249
WHAT IS THE WORST THAT COULD HAPPEN
No.25257
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>>25247
<cutscene>
No.25263
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Here's
the frames of the gif with the symbols, hopefully someone else can mess
with the contrast to actually make them reasonably visible.
No.25264
File: 1340859116304.png (8.87 KB, 700x700, WHAT ARE.png)

WHAT ARE
No.25266
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>>25263
Wait, scratch that, fill tool to the rescue.
No.25267
File: 1340859153568.png (6.96 KB, 700x700, STOP.png)

STOP
No.25268
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LIAR
No.25269
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>>25263
here you are
No.25270
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>>25257
<cutscene>
No.25277
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>>25270
<cutscene>
No.25294
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>>25277
You
run over to your friend, she hasn't heard you yelling her name this
entire time. She's breathing heavily, and the metal of the gauntlet is
steaming, the air feeling hotter as you approach her.
No.25313
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>>25296
>>25300
>>25304
You slowly approach her and scratch her behind the ear. You glance up and down the gauntlet, and ask her if she's okay.
"It was scary… But… I think I'm f-"
No.25314
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>>25313
*Hrk*
No.25318
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>>25314
"Bleh… I'm fine…"
No.25327
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>>25323
>>25322
>>25320
You give her a tight hug and ask her what happened.
"After
I put it on, I got this jolt. It made everything go black for a
second. And then it started to burn. It got really hot. Hotter than
anything I've ever felt before. I… I think I could feel it in my bones.
All I could think about was how much it hurt."
She sighs and slumps a bit.
"Did I make a lot of noise?"
You tell her that she didn't make so much as a peep, that she looked like she was screaming but nothing came out.
No.25328
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So, she has control of it, at least. I don't have high hopes for her natural arm, though.
I think it would be a good idea to start thinking about this note and the door again.
No.25331
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>>25329
You
ask Saffron if she can recall what the area looked like, that she was
in. She asks for the paper and pencil, and begins to sketch it out on
your existing map.
"It was really dark, so I'm not really sure of that tunnel."
No.25336
A
couple letters look like the script we've seen, but none match any of
the known letters. The only unknown letters are J, X, Q, and Z, so
unless there's a word that includes three of those, I'd say it's a
different script or meaning entirely.
I'm wondering more about the drawing of the door. The numbers from top to bottom are 1, 3, 2, 4.
I
felt like there might be a connection between the metal arm and working
the door but I'm drawing a blank on what we would do with it even if
Saffron could touch the door with all that heat emanating from it.
Probably getting ahead of myself, and don't see anything coming out of this yet, so let's do something else.
Leads
we have right now are the Jasper stone fitting into the arm, and an
unexplored area on the floor with the gear room, the last known location
of Chance.
No.25340
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>>25337
>>25339
"I
don't feel any stronger, or that I can do anything special. I don't
even really feel like I'm wearing anything at all. It weighs nothing,
now."
No.25345
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>>25343
>>25344
"Ladies! Please! We must hurry, I can hear him!"
You look to Chronicle, and back at Saffron. You ask him if he can perform a shroud spell again.
"Not without the risk of me passing out for who knows how long. We must hide, please!"
No.25351
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>>25349
>>25348
>>25350
The three of you run for the other room, the sound of clacking bones and footfalls coming on faster than you've heard before.
No.25354
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No.25359
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>>25354
>>25350
Saffron
slams the stone door shut just in time, but not fast enough to prevent
Chance from seeing that there was a passage. As the three of you back
into the tunnel, you can a deafening roar as chance pounds on the door.
No.25363
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The
pounding on the door continues as you walk down the small corridor with
Chronicle. Saffron is following behind you slowly, staring intently at
the door. Dust and bits of chipped stone fall from the ceiling of the
tunnel as Chance tries to beat his way in.
No.25374
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>>25364
>>25366
The
air is getting noticably hotter as you walk down the hallway. Chance's
pounding on the door is muffled slightly now, like the beating of a
heart, constant and heavy. The walls of the hallway are unlike the rest
of the temple, seemingly scratched out of the rock itself. There are
deep grooves where claws had been, though if they were metal or belonged
to a living being, you cannot tell.
No.25376
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>>25375
"Honestly, Renne? I don't think we can. If he breaks down that door, I don't know what we're going to do."
No.25384
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>>25378
"…No."
No.25394
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>>25385
You
follow the tunnel until you reach the room. You can see the warm red
glow coming from the center hole in the floor, and the chain extending
up into the darkness of the ceiling. To the west is the shrine that
Saffron got the gauntlet from. There is a deep roar from the end of the
tunnel, followed by the sound of cracking rock and scraping claws. You
ask Saffron if she has any ideas.
"I don't know, Renne… I don't
know. I'm sorry. I was trying to prove a point to myself by wearing
the gauntlet, that I wouldn't chicken out the next time I saw Chance,
that I'd be less afraid. The only thing that the gauntlet has done has
made my lose my lunch. I don't know, Renne, I'm so sorry."
No.25399
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I think this attatched image makes the solution abundantly clear.
No.25414
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With
a crack, you can hear rubble falling. His roar comes crisp and clear
through the hallway, yet he does not immediately come down. If you had
to venture a guess, he's only made a hole.
No.25429
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The stone begins to heat up in her paw as it approaches the slot. Her breathing is calm, knowing what she needs to do.
No.25434
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>>25429
The
stone is pulled into the slot as if it were magnetic. The stone begins
to glow, along with the intricate lines carved into the gauntlet.
No.25437
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>>25434
No.25439
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<cutscene>
No.25443
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>>25439
<cutscene>
No.25446
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>>25443
<cutscene>
No.25449
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>>25446
<cutscene>
No.25455
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>>25449
<cutscene>
No.25458
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>>25455
<cutscene>
No.25463
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>>25458
<cutscene>
No.25467
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>>25463
<cutscene>
No.25473
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>>25467
Chance
lets loose a bloodcurdling howl, like none you've ever heard before.
It echoes down the hallway and fills the room to the point where you
have to cover your ears with your hooves.
No.25485
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>>25475
You
and Chronicle rush down the hallway, but make sure to be careful
peeking around the last corner. You find Saffron sitting next to the
broken door.
"Renne… It's stuck. The stone is stuck."
She looks up at you digits slick with blood just sliding over the surface of the spherical stone.
"I don't want the stone anymore…"
No.25497
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>>25486
>>25491
>>25487
You
try to use your magic on the stone, but it won't budge. It only gets
hot whenever you try. You quickly switch to scratching her behind the
ear, thanking her for all she's done.
"We're just overjoyed that you're okay."
You nod, echoing Chronicle's sentiments. You finally get a smile out of her, and then ask her exactly what happened.
"I
don't know. As soon as I put the stone in the gauntlet, I got another
jolt. But… it wasn't physical pain, this time. It was like my soul
hurt, if that's even possible… I-I got up, and don't remember being in
control of my actions. I could see it all happening, but… but it just
seemed like the right thing to do, so I didn't try to stop it."
No.25505
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>>25497
>Saffron's soul's been fractured
>mfw Renne eventually has to be the one to put Saffron out of her misery
No.25509
File: 1340885213227.gif (70.93 KB, 700x700, s07_53.gif)

>>25498
You
open your mouth to suggest getting "fresh" air, but there is a noise
far off in the distance. It is a deep recurring thump. Before long,
you start to feel it, shaking the very floor that you stand on. It is
mechanical in nature, you notice, but you can't help but think of it as
if the earth itself had a heartbeat.
It always gets louder, stronger, never seems to quiet, and is in perfect measure.
*THUMP*
*THUMP*
*THUMP*
No.25510
File: 1340885241529.png (12.08 KB, 700x700, renne.png)

SEE YOU NEXT WEEK
No.25517
File: 1340885647656.png (68.19 KB, 584x583, what could this mean.png)

>>25509
>>25515
LK you're a slippery bastard.
QR codes in the 4 corners
No.25521
File: 1340885853593.png (40.66 KB, 700x700, x4 sneak combo.png)

>>25517
Here's one where the QR codes aren't blurred.
No.25526
File: 1340886331042.png (4.22 KB, 832x644, QR.png)

>>25524
I have no idea how QR codes work. I figured LK wouldn't have made this easy.
Anyone handy with this stuff?
No.25527
File: 1340886422778.png (626 B, 39x39, QR Combined.png)

>>25524
Oh durr, they're each a corner of the QR code.