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[crazyabe]

Princess Bloodthorne is my spirit animal

Annnd Sig'd.

[Egan_BW]

Listen to Maria! She's yourself from some other dimension or something, so she knows her stuff. Bloodthorne is just a made up character! Uh, no offence.

[Sir Knight]

Step 1: Look behind you.

I still maintain that back here it looks like there are stairs up.

Step 2: If results are boring, give the radio a single check-up just in case the voice has some actual, practical advice that can be delivered in 50 words or less.

Step 3: Blow this popsicle stand.

[Gentlefish]

Step 1: Look behind you.

I still maintain that back here it looks like there are stairs up.

Step 2: If results are boring, give the radio a single check-up just in case the voice has some actual, practical advice that can be delivered in 50 words or less.

Step 3: Blow this popsicle stand.

Those are the stairs we went down to get into the room.

[Egan_BW]

Step 2: If results are boring, give the radio a single check-up just in case the voice has some actual, practical advice that can be delivered in 50 words or less.

Oh! Yes! Maybe they will provide advice willingly if we state a maximum word count! This will prevent them from waffling on forever, and if they actually want to help us will hopefully cause them to say something useful.

[Sir Knight]

Step 1: Look behind you.

I still maintain that back here it looks like there are stairs up.

Step 2: If results are boring, give the radio a single check-up just in case the voice has some actual, practical advice that can be delivered in 50 words or less.

Step 3: Blow this popsicle stand.

Those are the stairs we went down to get into the room.

No, that is the exact opposite direction.  See here.

[spümpkin]

Listen to Maria! She's yourself from some other dimension or something, so she knows her stuff. Bloodthorne is just a made up character! Uh, no offence.

This. We need all the exposition we can get! Just tell the radio-person that we don't want to be sitting around forever, waiting, and we want actual info.

Maybe apologize, too.

[Tiruin]

Listen to Maria! She's yourself from some other dimension or something, so she knows her stuff. Bloodthorne is just a made up character! Uh, no offence.

This. We need all the exposition we can get! Just tell the radio-person that we don't want to be sitting around forever, waiting, and we want actual info.

Maybe apologize, too.

This!
Because underneath our nervousness, we're a pretty nice fellow?

(Also prioritize this over any leaving of radio)
Exposition, go!

[Dermonster]

Ignore radio! You don't need it! You can figure this out on your own!

[DolosusDoleus]

You don't need no stinking radio! You're a strong independent young woman! To the window!

[Sir Knight]

(I wonder how unhelpful I should be . . .)

Divide into two quantum versions of yourself, then both listen to the radio and not-listen to the radio.

(Because why not give yourself a splitting headache??)

[monk12]

Listen to Maria! She's yourself from some other dimension or something, so she knows her stuff. Bloodthorne is just a made up character! Uh, no offence.

Hey, Maria's just as hallucinatory as Princess Bloodthorne at this point! At least Princess Bloodthorne is honest about being a version of us that doesn't exist. And frankly, if I'm going to take advice from a probably-fictitious persona, it's going to be the persona with faith in our own strength, courage, and unequaled fashion sense!

Believe in the Princess Bloodthorne that believes in us!

[TankKit]

To hell with Maria! Make her go away! You only need Princess Bloodthorne!

[Solifuge]

Ignore radio! You don't need it! You can figure this out on your own! Now seems like an opportune time to do some investigating. >Approach window

After a quick farewell to your Advice Hallucinations, you resolve to continue exploring.
You're confident you can handle this without ambiguous help, from ambiguous strangers.
Whoever was on the other end of that Radio can just go worry about themselves.
And they'll surely give up and leave eventually. Right?

Meanwhile, you'll find your way around on your own. And you'll figure out what's happening, too.
You'll be fine. Everything will be fine.

>Examine window. Who says you can't get out of here? You can leave whenever you want. >... >Right? Guys, it's still not a window. It's a doorway. Assuming nothing dangerous is spotted, autodefenestrate

For now, you decide to backtrack to where you first woke up, and look outside the bright opening.
As you head toward it, you hear a hurried clicking sound behind you, as Clax catches up.
You don't really need their help either. But part of you is still glad they're comming with.

Together, you make your way to the small, lit chamber.



After all that time in the dark, you forgot how bright it was outside this window.
Or was this more of a doorway?

Whatever. It's a hole in a cave wall. It's technically neither of those things.

But man, that glare is something else. You can barely see what's outside, from in here.
And it's really bringing that headache from earlier back. And kinda makes your teeth itch?
...is that normal?

Either way, you step under the stone arch, and out into the blinding light.



With this awful glare, it's hard to tell what you're looking at.

And your head is absolutely killing you.

Spoiler: GM NOTES: (click to show/hide)

Happy 10,000 view-niversary! Really flattered folks enjoy this. I will continue to do my best to make it a worthwhile read!

That Chat Mode thing worked fairly okay. I think I might play with it some more; just focusing on text with minimal art helps make updates pretty easy. I'll compile Update 24 soon, but going to hold off for a little bit. Because...

That thing I mentioned a bit ago happened. I am become Aunt, spoiler of children. It's not quite the adventure that it will be for the parents, but I'm still pretty excited to embark on that whole thing! For now, I'm house-sitting for the parents while they stay at the hospital. It might be well into next week, and it might only be for this weekend, depending on how things go... but I ought to have time for an update. Mostly, I'm just planning to play the copy of Breath of the Wild my sweetheart brother left for me, take care of some cats and a dog, and make sure the place is clean and ready for the new tiny human resident.

Princess Bloodthorne is my spirit animal

I'm glad you guys liked her. Pretty sure she's the incarnation of Hana's Irrational Overconfidence (and maaaaybe a better-left-forgotten Baroque Rap phase).

Spoiler: CHARACTER STATUS: HANA (click to show/hide) SATED: ≫ HANA HAS EATEN RECENTLY. ≫ SHE WILL BECOME HUNGRY AFTER A DAY WITHOUT FOOD. AWAKE: ≫ HANA HAS SLEPT RECENTLY. ≫ SHE WILL BECOME TIRED AFTER A DAY WITHOUT SLEEP. ENERVATED: ≫ SOME OF HANA'S WILLPOWER IS BURNED. ≫ IT WILL NOT RECOVER BY NATURAL HEALING. ITEM SUMMARY: (Capacity: 24kg / 30kg) Boots (1 kg): Rugged leather. Travel-Worn. Clothes (N/A): Warm-Weather. Beet Pun. Duffel (1 kg): Brown Canvas. Zip-Top. 12 Slots. Flashlight (1 kg): Bright, sturdy, and reliable. DUFFEL CONTENTS:  ≫ Batteries (2 kg): Fist-sized, heavy-duty power cells.  ≫ Cat Plush (N/A): Handcrafted. Cute and useless.  ≫ Circuit Board (N/A): Electronics part. Unknown purpose.  ≫ Corroded Bar (2 kg): Dense, metallic, and burnt.  ≫ Rope (8 kg): Natural Fiber, 20 meters.  ≫ Sketchbook (1 kg): Worn. Full of sketches and schematics.  ≫ Toasted Notes (N/A): Mine Supervisors' Log, partially burnt.  ≫ Toolkit (10 kg): Assorted Crafting and Repair.  ≫ Ukulele (1 kg): "Memento Mori". Sturdy and Travel-Worn.

Spoiler: CHARACTER STATUS: CLAX (click to show/hide) ARMOR II (PHYSICAL): ≫ CLAX IS ARMORED. ≫ INCOMING PHYSICAL DAMAGE IS REDUCED BY 2. ARTIFICIAL: ≫ CLAX DOES NOT EAT, SLEEP, OR BREATHE. ≫ THEY ARE IMMUNE TO ORGANIC MALADIES. GATE FATIGUE (EXTRACT): ≫ CLAX EXTRACTED MANA FROM MATTER RECENTLY. ≫ THEY CANNOT EXTRACT MANA AGAIN FOR AN HOUR. ITEM SUMMARY: (Capacity: 0/20 kg) None MANA SUMMARY: (Capacity: 4/5)  ≫ Fire Mana  ≫ Fire Mana  ≫ Grass Mana  ≫ Willpower  ≫ Empty

[Egan_BW]

Okay, hopefully this can help us understand what that person meant when they said this place was a "shard". This one hypothesizes that the entirety of the world of Ashwood Cross is comprised of similar "shards". Presumably because something smashed the universe. You following that, Hana?

We should examine the whole landmass we're on, while trying to ignore the "non-space" outside. Seriously, don't look at it.