- I dont know
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Generally, yes. The orange and black variety apparenrly generate mild venom but not enough to be a risk to a person.
Still, since I wouldn't trust this book, I'd say use charms.
Also there is a difference between the mild venom of one snake bite and amount of venom we would get from an entire pit of biting snakes.
Charms.
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- Ratatozsk
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Had we turned left instead, we may have encountered something like this...
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You start to swing your amulet like a pendulum and begin to hum softly. The heads of the snakes sway gently in time, like wheat in the summer breeze. Still humming the charm, you step onto the living carpet which writhes beneath your sole, while baleful hisses warn you not to linger. Garter snakes coil around your thighs but they are nestling there and do not bury their venom-tipped fangs in your soft flesh.
You step trancelike across the living carpet of snakes and through the far door, where you face another spiral staircase. Once outside the door the snake coils loosen and they glide to the floor out of sight.
Turn to 180.
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Various cabbalistic signs like ancient cave paintings have been daubed on the outside of the topmost door in terracotta and charcoal. If your hopes are not disappointed the Jewel of Sunset Fire lies inside this topmost room.
At the top of the staircase is a series of frescoes showing the tower and depicting the grisly fates that befall those who rashly try to climb it. To your absolute horror and consternation the final fresco is a picture of you, squashed flat beneath a gigantic bloated black spider. Above the spider you can see the orb shining brightly in its frame.
You walk on up a narrower spiral of stairs that lines the outer wall and at last pause before the final door. Gingerly you push it open, wincing at the creak of rusty hinges. There is a brooding presence of evil here. Your heart hammers in your chest as you step forward.
Turn to 150.
 : This bodes quite poorly.
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The ceiling of the room is clear crystal. The dome of crystal that tops the tower is supported by huge iron struts from a black boss directly above the jewel. You look up as you start to cross the floor to the casket, just as a flash of lightning illuminates everything in stark outline. The angled struts are in face the legs of a giant spider whose eyes seem to follow your every move as you inch slowly beneath the arches of its legs.
The keening of the gargoyles reaches a new frenzied high and the crystal that protects you from the tower-spinning spider explodes into shards and dust. The wind falls away, the keening drops to a low moan and now you hear for the first time the wheezing sysurratioins [sic] of the spider's breath. You can see its thorax opening and closing like a bellows.
Will you dash beneath it to seize the jewel and casket (turn to 164), or attack it from the doorway (turn to 186)?
: ...where are the easily charmed snakes when you need them?
Character Sheet posted:
Jay 'The Hammer' Sherman the Nazirite
Skills: CHARMS, CUNNING, SWORDPLAY and WILDERNESS LORE
Life Points: 7/12
Gleenars: a large, meaningless number
Possessions: Amulet, sword x2, wand, elfin boots (x1 use of AGILITY), incense censer, throwing daggers, healing salve (restore all Life Points), evidently a dagger (?), one slightly used crossbow bolt, sack full of slime and vomit-soaked sawdust, sucking chest wound, a broken-off spear shaft, a severe case of time-sickness
Codewords: Satori, Codex, Sunset
Kills: Embracer, a guard, an Infernal Machine and the tiny man inside it, a pointy-toothed native, Ejada, the Moon Dog, Skarvench, our credibility as a tactician, any chance of furthering whatever the gently caress kind of relationship we had with Lucie, some unlucky guard
Failures: Root'd to death, despair!'d, swallowed and digested by a Colossus beetle, ate a pig and failed to avert an ecological cataclysm, slave'd and toil'd to death, pulmonary arrownation, stabbed in the eyes and left to "live" off the land, lightly dragon'd, tree'd from a great height x2, Countless Swords of the Westermen'd, gale'd, yardam'd, rack'd, pulp'd, flatten'd, eat'd (nobley), rubble'd, cul-de-sac'd, what-once-used-to-be-the-harbor'd
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Sep 22, 2015 01:50
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- Thuryl
- Mar 14, 2007
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My postillion has been struck by lightning.
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Since it's apparently going to crush us to death, let's not make that easy for it by running underneath it. Attack it from where we are.
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Sep 22, 2015 02:45
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- Decoy Badger
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It's like the book keeps saying "wait, you didn't pick the cool choice!" Never met a railroading GM disguised as a gamebook before.
Look at this lucky person who never suffered through Legends of Skyfall.
Doorway.
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Sep 22, 2015 03:52
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- Jefepato
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This?! This is a glorious dance! That has been passed down! In my family for generations!
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On one hand, the "hey look there's already a picture of your death in the lineup" thing is a nice touch.
On the other hand, it seems...less than subtle as hints go. Unless it's a fakeout.
Doorway.
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Sep 22, 2015 04:31
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- Ratatozsk
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Had we turned left instead, we may have encountered something like this...
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Page 186 posted:
How will you attack the giant spider that lurks so menacingly above? The fresco outside the door warned you only too clearly of your fate should you falter or fail.
If you have SPELLS and a wand you could conjure a gas cloud (turn to 79), a flash of stunning force (turn to 73) or multiple illusory images to confuse your foe (turn to 208).
If you have some throwing knives and wish to use them, turn to 138.
If you have the Jade Warrior's sword and wish to throw that, turn to 234.
Otherwise, you will have to make a dash into the room, beneath the giant spider, and make a grab for the jewel, turn to 164.
: A broch! I thought I'd finally have the chance to use WILDERNESS LORE!
Character Sheet posted:
Jay 'The Hammer' Sherman the Nazirite
Skills: CHARMS, CUNNING, SWORDPLAY and WILDERNESS LORE
Life Points: 7/12
Gleenars: a large, meaningless number
Possessions: Amulet, sword x2, wand, elfin boots (x1 use of AGILITY), incense censer, throwing daggers, healing salve (restore all Life Points), evidently a dagger (?), one slightly used crossbow bolt, sack full of slime and vomit-soaked sawdust, sucking chest wound, a broken-off spear shaft, a severe case of time-sickness, a gargoyle-shriek migraine
Codewords: Satori, Codex, Sunset
Kills: Embracer, a guard, an Infernal Machine and the tiny man inside it, a pointy-toothed native, Ejada, the Moon Dog, Skarvench, our credibility as a tactician, any chance of furthering whatever the gently caress kind of relationship we had with Lucie, some unlucky guard
Failures: Root'd to death, despair!'d, swallowed and digested by a Colossus beetle, ate a pig and failed to avert an ecological cataclysm, slave'd and toil'd to death, pulmonary arrownation, stabbed in the eyes and left to "live" off the land, lightly dragon'd, tree'd from a great height x2, Countless Swords of the Westermen'd, gale'd, yardam'd, rack'd, pulp'd, flatten'd, eat'd (nobley), rubble'd, cul-de-sac'd, what-once-used-to-be-the-harbor'd
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Sep 23, 2015 02:08
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- MysticalMachineGun
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We have knives and we wish to use them?
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- That Italian Guy
- Jul 25, 2012
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We need the equivalent of the shrimp = small pastry avatar, but for ambulances and their mysteries now.
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Avatar + Post Combo (Chef Tony's full set of Miracle Blades Knives. They can slice through a Giant Spider!)
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Sep 24, 2015 11:01
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- Ratatozsk
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Had we turned left instead, we may have encountered something like this...
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The knives are perfect for the job. You send them end over end in quick succession into the bloated gasbag of a body which is punctured. Black ichor sprays all over the room and the spider hunches up against the ceiling to die. Delete the knives from your list of possessions as they are now out of reach high in the dead spider's web.
You step up to the frame and hold the jewel aloft in both hands. The room is suffused with a glow of power. At last you have a weapon with which to combat Hate. Now all you have to do is bring it safely down from the tower.
Turn to 308.
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Clutching the Jewel of Sunset Fire, you marvel at the play of colored light in its facets. Note it among your possession on your Adventure Sheet.
The climb back down is easier than coming up.
Delete the codeword Sunset and turn to 160.
Alright, this little bit is complete. Now over to this update, but with our expanded inventory...
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You quickly ignite the incense, and smoke billow forth from the censer. The Jade Warriors are soon swathed in the roiling white clouds, and you grope your way through the smoke towards them. One of the warriors looms towards you, the light gleaming dully off its facets and its sword is working mechanically. You recoil in fright but it lumbers past making elaborate passes in the air, as if engaged in a display of an ancient style of swordplay. The others are also lurching about at random. The smoke seems to have scrambled their senses. Each is cutting and thrusting at the air around it but they seem oblivious of you..
If you have FOLKLORE, turn to 119.
Otherwise turn to 133.
If we had STREETWISE following our diamond theft, we'd have been able to not only sell it for more but also visit a second vendor and purchase a tome that would add FOLKLORE to our skillset. FYI.
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Each of the Jade Warriors has a vivid plume of feathers adorning his helmet. One is azure, another black, the third is viridian and the fourth old gold. You decide to try to take one of their swords, but which will you take?
That of the azure-plumed warrior (turn to182 [sic]), the viridian warrior (turn to 123), the black-plumed warrior (turn to 11), or the warrior decked in old gold (turn to 129)?
Character Sheet posted:
Jay 'The Hammer' Sherman the Nazirite
Skills: CHARMS, CUNNING, SWORDPLAY and WILDERNESS LORE
Life Points: 7/12
Gleenars: a large, meaningless number
Possessions: Amulet, sword x2, wand, elfin boots (x1 use of AGILITY), incense censer, throwing daggers, healing salve (restore all Life Points), evidently a dagger (?), one slightly used crossbow bolt, sack full of slime and vomit-soaked sawdust, sucking chest wound, a broken-off spear shaft, a severe case of time-sickness, a gargoyle-shriek migraine, The Jewel of Sunset Fire
Codewords: Satori, Codex
Kills: Embracer, a guard, an Infernal Machine and the tiny man inside it, a pointy-toothed native, Ejada, the Moon Dog, Skarvench, our credibility as a tactician, any chance of furthering whatever the gently caress kind of relationship we had with Lucie, some unlucky guard
Failures: Root'd to death, despair!'d, swallowed and digested by a Colossus beetle, ate a pig and failed to avert an ecological cataclysm, slave'd and toil'd to death, pulmonary arrownation, stabbed in the eyes and left to "live" off the land, lightly dragon'd, tree'd from a great height x2, Countless Swords of the Westermen'd, gale'd, yardam'd, rack'd, pulp'd, flatten'd, eat'd (nobley), rubble'd, cul-de-sac'd, what-once-used-to-be-the-harbor'd
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- Pierzak
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Let's take the black warrior's sword, there's no way it's not a trap option  also, page 11.
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Sep 25, 2015 02:42
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- Hermetian
- Dec 9, 2007
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Old gold, because it sounds the most significant.
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Sep 25, 2015 06:09
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- MysticalMachineGun
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Let's go viridian
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- Ghostwoods
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Say "Cheese!"
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Gold is the closest in colour to a sunset.
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Sep 25, 2015 10:25
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- That Italian Guy
- Jul 25, 2012
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We need the equivalent of the shrimp = small pastry avatar, but for ambulances and their mysteries now.
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Old Gold best gold.
Also,
The knives are perfect for the job.
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- Ratatozsk
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Had we turned left instead, we may have encountered something like this...
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The gold plume sways as the Jade Warrior swivels its head to observe you closely, brandishing its sword as it does so. It clicks and whirrs ominously as it advances to do battle. You steal up behind the Jade Warrior and throw yourself against its sword arm, wrenching the blade from its grasp.
The other warriors close in around you and though you defend yourself ably with the Jade Warrior's sword you are no match for three magical bodyguards of the Megiddo dynasty vaults. You are slain and there is no one left who can save the Judain. Hate will conquer all.
Death: Thrice jaded
We were unfortunate enough to vote for the ONE instadeath. Two other wrong choices result in a 4 Life Point loss. The correct one, however...
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The black plume sways as the Jade Warrior swivels its head to observe you closely, brandishing its sword as it does so. It clicks and whirrs ominously as it advances to do battle. Its sword has a halo which glows more strongly than the others. You maneuver behind the Jade Warrior and throw yourself against its sword arm, wrenching the blade from its armored grasp.
There seems to be a mind inside the sword itself, prompting you to issue orders to the Jade Warriors. ‘Obey me!’ you cry out.
To your relief and amazement they line up before you and stand to attention. The warrior from whom you robbed the sword picks up another from behind an awning. The warriors are ready to do your bidding. They whirr and click as they follow you dutifully to the edge of the precincts of the burial chambers, and there they grind to a halt. There is nothing you can do to move them further. Although you cannot command the Jade Warriors to go forth and attack Hate, you tell them that they must attack Hate if it should loop its coils into the burial chambers of the Megiddo dynasty. You leave all the doors and traps wide open in the hope that Hate will blunder in and get carved up.
Sure enough, when you return the next day the place shows signs of an epic battle. Great gouts of translucent flesh hang from lintel and corners. There is a fine green powder in the air, like pulverized glass. The Jade Warriors have been ground to dust by Hate but, judging by the quantity of purple ichor smeared over the walls, they must have given the monster acute indigestion. Remember to note the Jade Warrior’s sword on your Adventure Sheet. You can also take one of the plumed helmets if you wish.
Record the codeword Hecatomb and then turn to 174.
And finally, let's check out the prison. Again.
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You hack wildly at the cloying purple flesh of Hate, opening up great gashes in its side which pour out vile yellow pus. As fast as you cut so the tentacle twitches, spasms and convulses, sucking the wretched guards into its soft embrace. You are not making any progress, you are just burying the guards deeper in the morass of despair.
If you try using the flat of your sword instead, turn to 370.
If you try to torch the purple flesh of Hate, turn to 228.
If you ask some of the trapped guards what to do, turn to 215.
If you have SPELLS and a wand, you could conjure a poisonous fog (turn to 173), a blast of energy (turn to 165), a spell of Bafflement (turn to 154), or a spell of Rulership (turn to 122).
 : Well, that didn't help much.
Character Sheet posted:
Jay 'The Hammer' Sherman the Nazirite
Skills: CHARMS, CUNNING, SWORDPLAY and WILDERNESS LORE
Life Points: 7/12
Gleenars: a large, meaningless number
Possessions: Amulet, sword x2, wand, elfin boots (x1 use of AGILITY), incense censer, throwing daggers, healing salve (restore all Life Points), evidently a dagger (?), one slightly used crossbow bolt, sack full of slime and vomit-soaked sawdust, sucking chest wound, a broken-off spear shaft, a severe case of time-sickness, a gargoyle-shriek migraine, The Jewel of Sunset Fire, Jade Warrior's Sword, plumed helm
Codewords: Satori, Codex, Hecatomb
Kills: Embracer, a guard, an Infernal Machine and the tiny man inside it, a pointy-toothed native, Ejada, the Moon Dog, Skarvench, our credibility as a tactician, any chance of furthering whatever the gently caress kind of relationship we had with Lucie, some unlucky guard
Failures: Root'd to death, despair!'d, swallowed and digested by a Colossus beetle, ate a pig and failed to avert an ecological cataclysm, slave'd and toil'd to death, pulmonary arrownation, stabbed in the eyes and left to "live" off the land, lightly dragon'd, tree'd from a great height x2, Countless Swords of the Westermen'd, gale'd, yardam'd, rack'd, pulp'd, flatten'd, eat'd (nobley), rubble'd, cul-de-sac'd, what-once-used-to-be-the-harbor'd, three magical bodyguards'd
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Sep 27, 2015 19:57
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- Son Ryo
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Excuse me, do you know where Saiyans hang out?
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Torch it. I can't see any possible bad side effects from inhaling burnt Hate.
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Sep 27, 2015 21:07
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- Sneaky Fast
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Flat of the sword
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Sep 27, 2015 23:05
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- I dont know
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That Guy here...
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We went to the trouble of getting a jade sword, might as well use the flat.
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Sep 28, 2015 03:52
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- That Italian Guy
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We need the equivalent of the shrimp = small pastry avatar, but for ambulances and their mysteries now.
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Pat it gently.
By the way, was there anything we've missed in order to pick the correct plume? Or is it just a 25% bs, 50% bad, 25% good blind choice?
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Sep 28, 2015 15:03
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- MysticalMachineGun
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Use the flat of the sword - seems to be the most anti-hate way to handle it.
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Sep 29, 2015 02:41
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- Ratatozsk
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Had we turned left instead, we may have encountered something like this...
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Pat it gently.
By the way, was there anything we've missed in order to pick the correct plume? Or is it just a 25% bs, 50% bad, 25% good blind choice?
Ask me in the post-book.
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Using the flat of your blade reduces the viscous purple flesh of the monster to jelly. Several of the guards are now able to pull themselves out of the body of Hate as it recoils from your punishing blows. Those still trapped implore their comrades to stay and free them, but not one of the those you have rescued is prepared to risk his life for his friends. Eyes wide with terror, they bolt past you.
Turn to 34.
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Do you have the codeword Venefix? If so, delete it. If not, acquire the codeword Satori.
As soon as they are outside the gates of Grond, the freed guards flee. They are leaving the city taking only what they can grab as they run. This is the most sensible options and a very tempting one for you.
Will you return to Bumble Row and ponder what to do next (turn to 6), or return to Grond to free more of the guards and prisoners (turn to 311)?
: FREEDOM!
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Grond is as you left it. There are still prisoners clamoring to be set free. You open as many doors as you can, prising the shackles off the poor prisoners, some of whom are too far gone to even be grateful.
Soon you have released a multitude from the prison fortress. A mob of escaped convicts and their cruel guards start fighting outside the fortress walls. You leave them to it. They probably deserve each other. The city has sunk into a desperate state. You could almost imagine you were in hell.
A moment of inspiration lightens your mood, however, as you decide to have the massive chains which support the portcullis of the prison taken out. A sorcerer of ancient times forged these metal links.
Perhaps you can use them to tether Hate. Note the chains among your possessions and then turn to 45.
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You also manage to free two hundred of the grateful guards who cannot believe their luck. They wipe themselves off along the walls. Most of them look as if they are in shock. They shouldn't give you too much trouble. You are more likely to face trouble from the Judain you have set free. They can see their tormenters among them and they want to take their revenge. 'Now die, dogs, die slowly and in pain!' they cry. 'Let us see how you like to be put to the torture. Kill them! Heat the irons and warm their vitals.' The Judain are near hysterical and they begin to slaughter the guards out of hand, while others try to drag some of them back to the torture chamber. The guards are petrified.
Will you stop the slaughter by killing one of your fellow Judain? In the heat of the moment there is no time for finesse, and your people are behaving no better than savage beasts who have lost all control; turn to 269.
Or will you let your people take their natural revenge, turn to 348.
: Wow. I don't know how I missed all these guys the first time around. There are so many of them, but somehow I just ended up freeing Mameluke.
 : But who among them has invited you for an invigorating post-Hate bath?
: You make a good point.
Character Sheet posted:
Jay 'The Hammer' Sherman the Nazirite
Skills: CHARMS, CUNNING, SWORDPLAY and WILDERNESS LORE
Life Points: 7/12
Gleenars: a large, meaningless number
Possessions: Amulet, sword x2, wand, elfin boots (x1 use of AGILITY), incense censer, throwing daggers, healing salve (restore all Life Points), evidently a dagger (?), one slightly used crossbow bolt, sack full of slime and vomit-soaked sawdust, sucking chest wound, a broken-off spear shaft, a severe case of time-sickness, a gargoyle-shriek migraine, The Jewel of Sunset Fire, Jade Warrior's Sword, plumed helm, some chains that are ensorceled or something
Codewords: Satori, Codex, Hecatomb
Kills: Embracer, a guard, an Infernal Machine and the tiny man inside it, a pointy-toothed native, Ejada, the Moon Dog, Skarvench, our credibility as a tactician, any chance of furthering whatever the gently caress kind of relationship we had with Lucie, some unlucky guard
Failures: Root'd to death, despair!'d, swallowed and digested by a Colossus beetle, ate a pig and failed to avert an ecological cataclysm, slave'd and toil'd to death, pulmonary arrownation, stabbed in the eyes and left to "live" off the land, lightly dragon'd, tree'd from a great height x2, Countless Swords of the Westermen'd, gale'd, yardam'd, rack'd, pulp'd, flatten'd, eat'd (nobley), rubble'd, cul-de-sac'd, what-once-used-to-be-the-harbor'd, three magical bodyguards'd
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Sep 30, 2015 06:43
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- MysticalMachineGun
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Neither option sounds ideal, but if we can get the guards on side and the Judain calmed down that sounds like a better outcome. Kill one of our own.
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Sep 30, 2015 07:07
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- That Italian Guy
- Jul 25, 2012
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We need the equivalent of the shrimp = small pastry avatar, but for ambulances and their mysteries now.
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Heat the irons and warm their vitals.
Yes fellow hoo-man. I mean, kill the alien Judain lord.
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Sep 30, 2015 09:21
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- Ghostwoods
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Say "Cheese!"
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Try to halt the tide. 269.
Man. I'm trying to imagine the uproar this book would have generated if it'd been published today and anyone had noticed. It's not easy.
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Sep 30, 2015 12:47
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- Sneaky Fast
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Stuff like this is published today! It's just only available in niche market stores. Kill our own homie
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Sep 30, 2015 12:58
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- Ratatozsk
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Had we turned left instead, we may have encountered something like this...
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Luckily it is enough that the Judain can see by the look in your eyes you would kill them to protect the wretched guards. They fall back.
'Have mercy on these poor dogs,' you say. 'Do not fall to the depths of their depravity. Is this not the fate they have reserved for you? Are we not more noble than they? Let us show them our superiority by sparing them, that their very existence may be a testament to our nobility.'
Your exhortations have appealed to their sense of vanity. They will spare the guards. You wander through the dark bones of the castle foundations, freeing those who are still alive, before returning to your hideout.
Turn to 159.
: Why the hell do I need a hideout? I basically run this drat town!
Enough with the backtracking, let's return to here.
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Somehow, from the midst of chaos and despair, you must fashion a way that will deliver your people and save the city. But one wrong move will end in disaster.
There are three things you might use against the monster.
If you possess the Jade Warrior’s sword and want to use it, turn to 230.
If you have the Jewel of Sunset Fire and want to use it, turn to 349.
If you retrieved the chains from the prison of Grond and hope to use them to shackle Hate, turn to 392.
If you have none of those items, turn to 187.
OK, so we've caught up, acquired Satori a few more times over and piled up some more tools to aid us in our final confrontation. So how shall we put them to use?
Character Sheet posted:
Jay 'The Hammer' Sherman the Nazirite
Skills: CHARMS, CUNNING, SWORDPLAY and WILDERNESS LORE
Life Points: 7/12
Gleenars: a large, meaningless number
Possessions: Amulet, sword x2, wand, elfin boots (x1 use of AGILITY), incense censer, throwing daggers, healing salve (restore all Life Points), evidently a dagger (?), one slightly used crossbow bolt, sack full of slime and vomit-soaked sawdust, sucking chest wound, a broken-off spear shaft, a severe case of time-sickness, a gargoyle-shriek migraine, The Jewel of Sunset Fire, Jade Warrior's Sword, plumed helm, some chains that are ensorceled or something
Codewords: Satori, Codex, Hecatomb
Kills: Embracer, a guard, an Infernal Machine and the tiny man inside it, a pointy-toothed native, Ejada, the Moon Dog, Skarvench, our credibility as a tactician, any chance of furthering whatever the gently caress kind of relationship we had with Lucie, some unlucky guard, an enormous ceiling spider, a particularly punitive yet otherwise non-descript Judain
Failures: Root'd to death, despair!'d, swallowed and digested by a Colossus beetle, ate a pig and failed to avert an ecological cataclysm, slave'd and toil'd to death, pulmonary arrownation, stabbed in the eyes and left to "live" off the land, lightly dragon'd, tree'd from a great height x2, Countless Swords of the Westermen'd, gale'd, yardam'd, rack'd, pulp'd, flatten'd, eat'd (nobley), rubble'd, cul-de-sac'd, what-once-used-to-be-the-harbor'd, three magical bodyguards'd
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Oct 1, 2015 02:29
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- I dont know
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That Guy here...
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Jewel
Finally a choice that feels relevant. More than half of the choices seem to either be blind chance (which plume?) or "you said you want to do x, but are you sure?"
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Oct 1, 2015 02:52
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- Veyrall
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- MysticalMachineGun
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Do we get to come back and try again if one fails?
If so Jewel followed by Chains
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Oct 1, 2015 06:20
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- Thuryl
- Mar 14, 2007
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My postillion has been struck by lightning.
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The jewel was the hardest to get, so it follows that it's the most powerful.
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Oct 1, 2015 06:45
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- That Italian Guy
- Jul 25, 2012
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We need the equivalent of the shrimp = small pastry avatar, but for ambulances and their mysteries now.
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Chains to begin with. I'm sure we'll end up inside Hate again and we'll have to use the Jewel to burst out.
That Italian Guy fucked around with this message at 10:15 on Oct 1, 2015
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Oct 1, 2015 10:06
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- Ratatozsk
- Mar 6, 2007
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Had we turned left instead, we may have encountered something like this...
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Page 349 posted:
There is no sunlight to power the Jewel down here in the street. Your gaze is drawn up to the towers and parapets of the city, where the sunset yet flickers like a golden flame against the blue-grey of the sky. You must scale the crumbling wall to reach the daylight. As you start to climb a pile of rubble, Hate lashes out at you. If you have AGILITY, you effortlessly dodge the attack and continue climbing unscathed. If you do not have AGILITY, lose 5 Life Points. At last you reach the parapet with just a few steps left to climb. Sunset bathes the stone wall just above where you stand. A huge bloated tentacle, the largest of all, rises up out of the canal and looms over the rampart at the top of the parapet. It is blocking your way but you only have to drive this last tentacle aside and you will be able to reach the sunlight. You prepare to smite the tentacle but looking out of it at you is Lucie! Her face and body are embedded in the purple mass which you must rend and smash if you are to reach the top.
Will you forget about Lucie and smash the tentacle to pulp (turn to 147), or will you hesitate (turn to 103)?
 : Oh. No. Not you, the...girl I...knew...or something...?
 : A͚͕̣̜̰ͪͧf͓̘̜̙̞͌͌ͧt͇̝̜̭͖͇́̾̋͒é̞̺̲̘͇̭͙͌̾̾́ͅr͙̖̬̐̿ͩ̋ͩ͗̅̽ ͚̖̳̜̹̱͙̬͈ͥͩ̚ã͚̤̈̑̍̐ḻ̺ͮ̏ͯ͌̈́ͭḷ̗͇̒ͦ͛͆̃̆ͅ ͚̯̟̦͉͇̠̘͙̓̓̈̌͌̓̂t͖͇ͮͪͤͤͮ͊h̞̩̝̊̆͒a̠̗̪̫͓̬ͮ͊͗̄t̙̘͈̰̹͈͂́̍͐ͅ ̙͍̐ͤͭ̿̅ͩI̥̰̖̪̤̦̘ͭ̐̒̾͗̔ͅ'̗̅͒̃ͣv̮̥̘͉̜̺̦̬ͯ̽e̠͔͕̦̹̟̠͇̤͂̋̈̈́.̜̹͓̯̏̂͒̽̓͐̓.̰̙̘͉̘̞̣̈́̔͐.̤͎̘͙͇̼̰̿̌͊ͦ̾̑p̥̙͙͎͇̳ͭ̋̄̌ȍ͚̺̭̤̻̺̞ͧ́̐̄̒ṫ͚͓̹ͣ̃̇̄̂ͦě͎̱͔̜ͦ̄͊ͬ̊ͨ̎̋n͖̘͔̻̖͔͕̲ͤ̾ť͎̻͍͋ǐ͖̖͉ͧͯ̅̏̓̒a͚͕̖̣̜̗͌̈̃ḽ̭̯̤̗͉͎̆̈ľ̹̭̟̩̤͍̇ͧ̽̽y̺̪̗̟͎̙̞͆ ͎̘̱̩̲̙̹̠ͩͪͯ̎d̼̣̠̫̖̦͐͆o̪̖̤̘͇̱͔͐̈́ͭͣͫ͂͂ͥ͛n͓͔͈͓̬̆̅͛ͫͯ͋ẽ͎̹̱̩̲͙͉̯͆͛͂ͬ̚ ͔͎̹̝͚̱́͂f̮̯̘ͪ̓͛ͪ̉ͪo͔̞̤͇͈̣̱͍̿̈́̆ͪͦr͈̩̲ͬ̈́̋̈́ͭ͆ͦ̎ ͖͖̩͕̚̚y̪̯̱̭͉̰̬͔͛̇̋̇o̘̩ͣ̈́̃̍̔̚u̮͇̙̻̽͋ͅ!̩̩̙̮̠̘ͧ͐ͦ̿̑̌ ̠̬͎͋͒̎̐ͪ̇Ĭ̩̱̯̠͎̲͉ͧ̓ġ̱̖̉̃̐͒n͈̟̻̝̮ͦ͆̔̍͗o̪͖̗̼̼̤̳̪̪̾̈̒ͧ̂͌̃̚r̻̤͂̍͆͋̏e͙̹͈̱̼͉̍͒̃ͥ ̫̗̣̙͙͍̋͐͆ͦͣ̓̇t͓̝̜̖͇̪̙̩̳͊̄́̔̍̋̀ͤ̌ẖ̰̦̹͚̱͕̫̝͐̈́͌ͣe̖͚̲̾̔̒̂ͭ̚ ̯̜̗̹̪͑ͫͦ͋̆f̻̗͙̜̖͛͗͆̂̑̓̀̔̄a̼͎̹̭̤̔̈̋̌ͯͬͩc̦̹̜͕͇̫̼̩ͩͥt̞̤̭̤̼̪̱̉ͫͥͨͮ̏̅ ̠̳ͥ̎̓t͍̟̹̳͎ͦ́̈́̉h̙̜̪̘̅ͮ̉̄̊ͭͧa̙̱͉̩ͯ̓ͪẗ̼̪̱̪͇̟̹ͤͯ͛ͦ͋̒ͧͦͅ ̻̮͍̠̫̹̭̭̀͊͐͌͆ý̝͓̪͇͗ͯ̆̈o̠͉͎̘̮̘̙͇͛ͨ͆ͦ̈ǘ̪̗̜͚̠̭̎͋̽ͤ̀ ͖͔̳̣͍͔̳̂̇m̮̘̰͙ͨ̐ͦͧ̓̒ͤͅa͔͙̙͍̮̒ͮ̄̇̋ͤy̭̮̺̣͖̩͕̿͌ͭ͂̾̓̚ͅ ̱̭͇̉̀̄̓͗̽h̲̭͈̩͇̫̯̹̝̊͂ä͎͔̜̫́̓͛ͨ̓ͩv̪͍͔͇͚̪̫̱̀́̄̓͊̃͛̊e͉̐͗͒ ̙̳̲̲̭̣̳̫̓͐͐̓̈́̆̔r̯͎̹̰̘ͦͩ͐ͦ̏̽e͉ͫ̊ͯ͗̍̐̊̚â͚̩ͣc̻̙̻̘̜͂̂̂h̲̯̝ͣ̋͐ͅe̜̝͍̦̪̗̰̐͛̔̄̅ͬͬ͐ḏ͈̤̫̾̆̃̏̆͆ͨ́̐ ̲͆̎ͩt̮̤̺̑̈̿ͯ̓̉ͧ̉ͅh̟͙̬̽͌̄ͬ͛̽i̱͕͓̤̯̣̘̰̅ͮ͐ͧ̇̓s̜̪̣͓ͥͮ̔̊̓ͧ̇ ̤͈̪ͤͦ̓p̱̙̼͌̍͌̇̆ͮo̮̙̔̑ͬi͎͈͈͙̮͇͇͗ͧ̄ͤͯn̟̣͉̺͍̟̜͂̋t̳̪̪̱̳̗͕̠̹͌ͥ͆ͯ͌ͣ̅ ̺̙̲̖̖̓ͭ͐̔̓w͙͉͖͖͇̹ͬ͐̋͊̏͒ͅī̜͉̤͍̥͛t̺̬̙̰͙ͮ̾h̦̪̟̱̯̲̭̋͂̓ͤ̎ ̳̮̟͋͂́̃͗̈́̍n͓͈̈́ͥ͐͒ͅͅo̜̙ͦ͒͒ ͕͇͙̻͐ͭ̓i̥̥̪ͣ̓̀͋ń̖̭̮̦̠͔̫͉͕̂̾ͪt͖͔̩̝̘̥̻̩̃͌ͤe̠͙̞̘̍̃r̟͎̜̖͙̖̀̂ͧ̈́̈́̾͆ͪa͈̹̦̔ͫ̅č͎̝̲̮̼͖̻̹ͯ̇͗̐t͔̺̩̲̱ͬͫ̿̂͗͊̈́ͫi̗ͮ̄̐ỏ̬̼̹̻͚̺̣͚ͦ̈́ͤ̽̈́͊̽̚n̟̺̗͖̝ͦ ̲̬͖͒̌w͍̙͇͒̑ͨͦͧi̫͚̞̘͚̦͎̞͋̐̄̄ͫ̚t͍̞͖̲̲͉̳̹͓̎̓̽̔̒h͍̀ͥͅ ̪͍̫͖̺͍̖͋ͫm͉͈̳͕̦͇͎̾̓͑̔͋ͩ̃̀e̪̫̬̱͕̩̲̪̱̓͋ͦ̾͒̆͗̍ͧ
̦̞͇̝͎̟͉ͦ͂̈́̇̇ͅb͉̰͎͙͓̆ͨ̆ͦ̂͛͑̚e̲͒̐͋ͯ̆ͮs̞̥̻̘̯͐ͧͪ͋̓̆̿i̟̻̥̲͍̼̎ͫ̏̅ͭ̚ď̹̱͈͙͇̿̃̽̂̆̎̚e̦̪͕̗͍̜̖͔̪͋ͯ̈́ͭ͂s̻̼͖̬̼ͦ̒ͤͮ̎
̞̤̟̖̝̻̼̇̐͋͒̍͊m͙̬̰̜͓̖̪͋̀ͩ͌̋e̮͔̜͖͚̰̮̊̈̃ ͕͎͉̆̊ͫͥ͒̂b̻̗̺͔̝̿̑ͮ̏ͮe͔̫͍̙̬͊̒̇̈t̪̥̄͋̓͊ͩ͂̅r̠̤̠͙ͨ̿ͭͅa͙̱̟͍͙̪͐͗̽̎͋y͚̩̗͔̟̰̫̩͊̓ͫ̊̓ͭ̂̄i̲̮ͬͥ͊ͨͫ͐̍ͤn̩̯̉͌͒̈́̀ͫ̽g̮̺̮̱̀ͤͬ̈
̻̩ͪ͑̍͆̋ͬ̃y͎̙̪̫͈̝̣̖̆͊͂o̼͕ͤͪ͊̓̏u̬͈͎̟̯̳ͣͮ̇ ̟̱́̏͋̂̏̈ẗ͔͉̘͉̯̣͉̯́̆ͩ͌̃ͯͅo̞̻̣̼̻͛̔ ̬͓̪̫͉̱̝̜̅t̤͎̱͍̻̭̱͓͖̂̎̑̌̾ḧ̻͔̺̙̰͖̤́ͪͤe̝͈͛̌̂͐̑ͭͨ̈͑ ̰̱̘̠̣̒ͮͪ̏ͅO̟̖͍͕̅ͭͩ̊͊ͅv̥̲̪̹̓ͧ̄͛̄ͨ̌͑͌ė̞̊r̻͕̗͇̘̘̦̪͑ͨ̃ͥ͆̓l͕̼̞̲ͮ̒͆͌̅̊̐̎ͯò͙̲̣̼̭̊̓ͯ͊̓̉̎r͎͍̦͕̣ͪͣͧ̆̐͆d̼̤̻͔̉ͩ̀̏̾͐̔ͅ'̫͕͍̥͊̍ͭs̪̭̊̊̌̓͌
͇̝̜͙̝͚̠̟ͯ̂ͧ̎ͥͦg̭͖̜̞̫͖͆ͯͭú̮̖͍̭͕̻̠͇ͧͣ͛a͉͕̺̱͓͇̥̦̿͐͂̇͗ͥ͑͐r̻̻̲̣̱̲̖̈́̓ͅḓ̱͚͕ͩ̇͊s̻̟̫̈́̃ͧ̈̅͐ͧ̂!̯̺̺ͪ͑̀ͨ͆̎
Character Sheet posted:
Jay 'The Hammer' Sherman the Nazirite
Skills: CHARMS, CUNNING, SWORDPLAY and WILDERNESS LORE
Life Points: 2/12
Gleenars: a large, meaningless number
Possessions: Amulet, sword x2, wand, elfin boots (x1 use of AGILITY), incense censer, throwing daggers, healing salve (restore all Life Points), evidently a dagger (?), one slightly used crossbow bolt, sack full of slime and vomit-soaked sawdust, sucking chest wound, a broken-off spear shaft, a severe case of time-sickness, a gargoyle-shriek migraine, The Jewel of Sunset Fire, Jade Warrior's Sword, plumed helm, some chains that are ensorceled or something
Codewords: Satori, Codex, Hecatomb
Kills: Embracer, a guard, an Infernal Machine and the tiny man inside it, a pointy-toothed native, Ejada, the Moon Dog, Skarvench, our credibility as a tactician, any chance of furthering whatever the gently caress kind of relationship we had with Lucie, some unlucky guard, an enormous ceiling spider, a particularly punitive yet otherwise non-descript Judain
Failures: Root'd to death, despair!'d, swallowed and digested by a Colossus beetle, ate a pig and failed to avert an ecological cataclysm, slave'd and toil'd to death, pulmonary arrownation, stabbed in the eyes and left to "live" off the land, lightly dragon'd, tree'd from a great height x2, Countless Swords of the Westermen'd, gale'd, yardam'd, rack'd, pulp'd, flatten'd, eat'd (nobley), rubble'd, cul-de-sac'd, what-once-used-to-be-the-harbor'd, three magical bodyguards'd
Ratatozsk fucked around with this message at 01:29 on Oct 2, 2015
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Oct 2, 2015 01:25
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- Sneaky Fast
- Apr 24, 2013
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Scorch the bitch
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Oct 2, 2015 01:57
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May 3, 2024 13:16
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- I dont know
- Aug 9, 2003
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That Guy here...
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Lucie gone. Crush, Kill Destroy.
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Oct 2, 2015 02:05
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