aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

Feel the weight of an entire empire stomping on you with two-inch-long high-heels.
Wring him dry!

Rip and tear!

Muschio 2023/10/26(Thu)12:12 No. 1075671 ID: 46e818
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>"STOP!
>How?!
>How can--

>Enough! You win!
>I'll never cross your path again!
>I'll never even return to this world!
>I beg you -- stop!"

Muschio 2023/10/26(Thu)12:12 No. 1075672 ID: 46e818
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"No amnesty.
No mercy."

>>1075672
Make the devil fear you...

Muschio 2023/10/26(Thu)12:26 No. 1075675 ID: 46e818
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"Just

Muschio 2023/10/26(Thu)12:27 No. 1075677 ID: 46e818
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ME."

>You can't kill me! Not here! Not in any way that matters!
Looks like that was a bluff.

Tell me the name of god.

So how well do you want this demon to be done? I prefer extra-crispy!

>>1075678
Maybe not a bluff, but shear ignorance. He seems confused about what is happening to him

Rip and tear.

We can ask a demonologist later.

Is it really you Muschio?
Where does that power come from?

>>1075689
It comes from the heart.

Because he is a man of focus, commitment and sheer fucking will.

>>1075677

Whatever you do be sure you carry it out 'till the end.

It may be scared of, it may be in agony. But that does not mean you can eradicate it. Be sure whatever remains is enclosed in a perennial fire and after seek a shaman/cleric/priest to unmade it for sure.

You can never be too careful.

Buh-bye, Padre.

I'm not convinced this isn't all some kind of long play where he lets us think we've won. Maybe this is how he gets everyone. This seems far too easy.

Keep rippin' I guess.

What, isn't this what you wanted? To live in our mind? Well, you got it - we just need to help you fit in. Shattered home, shattered guest. I'm sure being asked to stop never worked with those you've pulled apart before, so you'll understand if we take those words to be quite meaningless.

>>1075677
I'd normally say to leave him alive, as a source of information if nothing else, but he's already proven that he's both duplicitous and willing to kill.

Gouge out his eye, and rip him apart.

Muschio 2023/10/27(Fri)13:00 No. 1075733 ID: 46e818
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>"Now I see what you are.

>Only now, at the end, do I recognize you."

Muschio 2023/10/27(Fri)13:01 No. 1075734 ID: 46e818
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>"MMMOOAAAAAAAUUUUUUUUAAAAGHHH--"

Muschio 2023/10/27(Fri)13:01 No. 1075736 ID: 46e818
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Hooaarrkgh

... Well, that's either puke, or demon essence. If it's the latter maybe give it to Tislomer to see if she can do something with it.

How are YOU doing though boss?

How's it taste?
Black licorice or more like coffee?

Since you're up anyway - and provided you can stand without your knees shaking - pop into the dungeon, check on Pendle real quick.

Otherwise, rest.

Well done, Muschio. You took quite a bit of initiative there. Maybe you don't need us as much as you think. Or maybe your mind acts less fractured when you're in it.

Any idea what the demon was talking about?

Hey, boss.

You okay?

Give us a status report.

Go pay Ona a visit, she’ll probably have something to help you feel better and fall back asleep.
We can take care of checking on Pendle for you.

Oh. Problem, Muschio. At the very end, as it was pulled apart, the demon turned into its symbol. You better go get a full checkup from Ona.

>>1075737
Now that takes way back, with the Kobold girl in the village.

lap it up like the dog you are

Better get yourself a checkup, Prince. And check this isn't still a dream by pinching yourself or looking at the words in one of your books or something. Careful with whatever you just hurled. Maybe get out the Orb and have a look at it, too? Maybe make sure everyone's shards are fine? We probably need to watch ourselves, too. Anyway, once you recover and you've confirmed all that stuff was real, for a given value of real - good job! Your people have been protected, and you have dealt justice to the deserving! Once again you have demonstrated the virtues of a king.

First things first, we need to check on our ally who was possessed to see if he is still under the demon's control

So. It appears his brand was a signature based on a vision he once had.
He just didn't realize that vision was of his own doom.

But it's possible the demon's playing dead. Acting like a total weakling to get you to release Pendle early.

Find a fully-qualified exorcist. Though, the crusades are still seething at your existence and the pandering of your puppet king, so asking directly might result in more casualties. Check with Ridder, see if one of his holy connections has a temple on-demand.

That blue glow wasn't us. It was Ona's freaking sigil, tearing him apart!

Oh no, check the sigil! The one behind that tarp.

Well look at the big bad psychic badass.

Stellar work boss! Might wanna get both you and Pendle checked up on though.

...So, glowy blue hands.
In hindsight seems very familiar, wasn't one of them what saved young Ona from that falling pipe?

It does seem to have some kind of connection to that glyph of hers, though I don't think it has sole responsibility for that wonderful display. Ona herself definitely doesn't appear to think it's capable of any of the events that just happened, nevermind temporal telekinesis.

Muschio 2023/10/28(Sat)14:18 No. 1075790 ID: 46e818
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"FINESSE! BABRAKUS!
ONA!
EVERYONE!

GET UP!
EMERGENCY MEETING -- NOW!"

Muschio 2023/10/28(Sat)14:19 No. 1075791 ID: 46e818
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>"It's the middle of the night! I'm sleepy!"

"You can sleep when you're dead!"

Just give me 5 more minutes!

>>1075792
You get one, and only so you don't come to the meeting commando style.

well done sire!

... those blue hands, are they the same that saved Ona's mom? Are they extra-powered by Ona's rune on the wall, or will Muschio reach back through time to save her? (?)

>>1075901
OH SHI-

>>1075733
>>"Now I see what you are.
>>Only now, at the end, do I recognize you."
We are a VERY big deal apparently.
You know what this means, don't you?

We have an extremely good shot with Sadie, now.
Even a dragon can't pass up a psychic time wizard.

Next chapter:

https://questden.org/kusaba/quest/res/1076106.html