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[Ozarck]

"Don't criticize my methods if you don't want to help me find the truth. The only one of you who has done anything but criticise me me is Nyw."

[Naturegirl1999]

I think we’ve determined Alex isn’t an enemy of any of us. I don’t see the purpose in continued interrogation, or in threatening Alex’s life. The information provided would have been lost had it not been for him

[Pancaek]

"You disappoint me. You all disappoint me with your mindless bigotry and prejudice. You are tired of an attitude that does not exist in our crew, and you lash out for the most foolish of reasons. Who do you think we wish did not exist? and why? Why do you think any such thing? What action ... no do not answer. You are derailing this interrogation with such talk. If you think us hostile to you, bring it up after we've dealt with the issue at hand, if you even remember what that issue is."

I see. It pains me that you can't or will not see what parts of the recent interections between us and the rest of the team causes me concern. No, sorry, that's a lie. It doesn't really pain me, you being dissapointed is of no concern.

Anyway, have fun with your squishling surface troubles. You know where to find me if you ever want to have a dialogue.

Dissolve Alex's crystal box/prison. Leave the interrogation room and go gather some more rocks.

Then start making another crystal golem: Don't go for anything specific at first, just focus on the aspects of 'speed' and 'attack' and go with what feels right. Try to feel the spirit of the crystal (the material, not the Overmind) and let it guide me as I shape the Golem.

Spoiler: Clate (click to show/hide)

Name: Clate
Race: Shluck
Description: To bring back the crystal race
 
Stats
Str:  12
Dex:  9
Spe:  10
End:  13
Awa:  12
Cun:  9
Kno:  14
Ner:  15

Skills
Natural +3 Caving
Natural +3 Geology
Natural Mute
Natural No clothing
Natural Stonesenses
Natural Stoneshaping

Unarmed: +2
Weapon skill: Stone Blade +2
Stealth: +1
Archeology: +2
Weaponsmith: +2
Navigation: +1
Armorsmith: +1
Chemical: +1
Crystal Biology: +1

Inventory
Bladed Shovel - handle coated with Pseudomagnetic mortar
Knife (cut2, pierce2)
TNT x5 (3 fitted to spiderbots)
Dynamo lantern
Field lighter
Path markers x10
"Muggy"(skull mug scrimshawed with "can we fix it?" on the side, "No, it's fucked." on the bottom. Has trigger on the inside of the spine-handle that, when squeezed, caused the mandible to open and close)
100ft silk rope
6 Octahedrons - supposedly replicate materials
1 container of Pseudomagnetic mortar
labradorite/Obedience rod (on loan to Kara)
Silver ethral pendant: small silver pendant in the shape of a compound eye wreathed in white fire
Ethral archive promissory note



243 Fathoms


Crystal Babies
1. Chonky Ramiel, about the size of a car.
2. Pryamid with stumpy limbs
3. Crystal snake. hiss. 18 inches long.
4. snake golem. Its larger than the original by several times and rougher, sort of like a squirming line of uncut gemstones, each the size of a human fist.
5. Crystal Praying Mantis (Can fire lazer, Cut 4 Claws)
6. 2 small golems with black flames mounted on their heads. Suicide bots.
7. 3 suicide spiderbots. Smol, fast, each holds 1 TNT charge.

Warehouse/bore storage:
Bomb Collar
Slate box
Spool of thermoreactive wire.
Acoustic guitar (Metal + guardbone, totally mundane.)
Rifle (pierce2, 6/10 magazine)
Small Knife from crystal barrel
Small bowl from crystal barrel
roll of very thin and flexible stone
small cube of the extremely dense material
sharp pyramid shaped wedge thing
3 structural junk
30 chemical junk
1 gold ingot

[banelord]

So, what now then?

[syvarris]

Seize Alex as soon as the box dissolves.  Don't hurt him or anything, just make sure he can't make a run for it.  Tell Gus (the NPC hireling) to tie a rope around his ankles, long enough to let him walk, but not to run.

"Sorry, Alex.  I still believe it is best if you are restrained, please do not resist.  I will see that no harm comes to you.  I do not believe Ashul even intends to harm you, at this point, though many in the church would strike you down for those words."

Nyw looks to Ashul.  "Do you have further questions?  I have questions of my own, now.  I am not yet convinced of Alex's loyalty, nor his disloyalty."

Spoiler: The Unpronounceable Undead (click to show/hide)

Name: Nyw'geuq Otin Sunam; calls himself "The Lords' Child"
Description:

((TWO murakumo!  FINALLY, hahahaha!))
Goal: Inscrutable, which is code for "Talks like this.".

Stats:
Str: 15 
Dex: 9
Spe:11
End:14
Awa:14
Cun: 10
Kno: 8
Ner: 13

Skills: (One unspent skillpoint)
Guard Rifle: +3
Unarmed: +1
Defense Skill: +3 (Full Plate)
Vehicle Skill: +1
Caving: +1
Navigation: +1
Murakumo: +2 (+1/3)


Inventory:
Full Plate Armor [Protective 4]
Ornamental Mask of the Child

Extremely crude harness, holding all Nyw's weapons:
Crystal Murakumo [Cut 6, Pierce 3]
----Enchanted to remove fragility.
Crystal Murakumo [Cut 6, Pierce 3]
----Enchanted to remove fragility.
Giant Guardian Hatchet [Chop 4, ]
Three knives [Cut 2, Pierce 2]
Tungsten Toothpick [Pierce 5] (10/10)
Slave Trap
Nine smoke bombs
Five flashbangs
Tunnel Clearer shotgun [5/5 shotshells] [shotgun 3] [Pierce 3] (5 spare shotshells) (3 spare slugs) (-2 on to-hit rolls)
Guard rifle [Pierce 2] (10/10) (210 spare rounds)
Pistol [Pierce 1] (?/?)

300' of silk rope
2x Silent Night
2x Black Flame
2x Cave Spider Venom
30x Path markers
10x Injectible tranquilizer.

77 fathoms.

Followers:
Gus (Young human with minimal training.  Healthy.)
--Equipped with a small iron melee weapon [Cut 3, Pierce 3] and a Black Flame [Cutting 3]
--Equipped with a low caliber ethral rifle.  [Pierce 2] (10/10), 50 spare bullets
--Armored with a mail shirt [Protect 3], and has two smoke bombs.
Baxter (Young human with minimal training.  Healthy.)
--Equipped with a small iron melee weapon [Cut 3, Pierce 3] and a Black Flame [Cutting 3]
--Equipped with a low caliber ethral rifle.  [Pierce 2] (10/10), 50 spare bullets
--Armored with a mail shirt [Protect 3], and has two smoke bombs.

Bore NPC "recruits":
--Five moths
--One lizard dude
--Two humans

[Ozarck]

"Ask away. I won't interrupt. I've learned more than I expected from this anyway, about more than Alex or questions of religion."

[syvarris]

Nyw nods.

"Alex, you said that the Church's goal was preservation of humanity.  And you say that the warrior's purpose--and my own--was both to save humanity, and to defeat the comet.  The Cthonic god.  My purpose remains to be the protection of humanity, but I do not hold any hatred for Cthonics, nor the darkness they worship.  The warrior, however, seems to hold great hatred for its ancient enemy."

"So I ask this: what is the harm in choosing the side of this alien god which the warrior so despises?  Why would the best choice be war with the strongest organization in the underground, an organization which does try to protect humanity, and was indeed formed for that goal?  Is the Cthonic god so harmful?"

Nyw looks at Ashul now, his expression unreadable below his mask.  He says nothing more, but does tilt his head inquisitively.

[Ozarck]

AsHul sits quietly, hands clumped in his lap, attentive to questioner and questioned. He titls his head in similar fashion to Nyw, though in a much more awkward, wobbly way.

[Radio Controlled]

So, what now then?

Adam turned to Ony and, with a deadly serious expression, told him: "We stick to the plan, the one we agreed to. It's important we get a clean resolution here or it might fester and poison the group dynamic permanently.

That said, if you wish to do something else instead of waiting here, feel free to. Only Nyw, Ashul and Kara absolutely need to be here, and Alex of course, the rest of you are free to go do your own thing if you wish, we'll let you know when we're done here and ready to move on."

[Hotfire90]

"I'm aware that the Church may want to kill me for knowing all of this and that's the problem. How do they protect humanity by suppressing the truth and killing those who discover it? They surely know more about their history and the god they worship than I do, so why do they hide it? If they and their god had noble goals and intentions for then they wouldn't need to hide any of this. What I believe is that the Church has long abandoned their founding goal and now willingly serve their god as a way to stay in power.

I don't know what the comet's goals are or what it's doing now, but I know that it came here for a reason and if the warrior is right, then this is just one of the many times it has visited this planet. This also raises additional questions as to why it left and where it went before it returned here. I intend to find all the answers to these questions."

Stand still and don't resist.

Spoiler: Alex Wells (click to show/hide)

Name: Alex Wells
Description: A middle aged man standing 5'7" feet tall. He has short brown hair and an unkempt beard.
Goal: Exploring the depths and collecting its wealth.
Status: Fine.
Stats:
Str: 12
Dex: 11
Spe: 12
End: 12
Awa: 12
Cun: 13
Kno: 12
Ner: 12
Skills:
Explosives 2
Mechanical 1
Survival 1
Caving 1
Chemical 2
Geology 1
Persuasion 2
Armorsmith 1
Inventory:
Weapons:
Bladed Shovel (Cut 3)
Black Flame (Cut 3)
Rifle (Pierce 2) 3/10
4 TNT (explosive 4)

Armor and Clothes:
Silk shirt
Gas mask

Tools:
Dynamo Lantern
Field Lighter
Grappling Hook

Tinkering:
2 lenses
Crystal Golem (flat disc and hooks)
Crystal box of golem limbs
A severed leg
17 structural junk
19 mechanical junk
20 electrical junk
20 chemical junk

Valuables:
533 Fathoms
5 ancient human books
34 additional ancient human books.
Cognition Magazine volumes 475+
20 copied ancient dictionary pages
Peculiar Rose

Agreements:
Moon blade and 500 fathoms held as collateral by the Ethral Archive in Anvil until they're presented a being from the surface.

[piecewise]

"I'm aware that the Church may want to kill me for knowing all of this and that's the problem. How do they protect humanity by suppressing the truth and killing those who discover it? They surely know more about their history and the god they worship than I do, so why do they hide it? If they and their god had noble goals and intentions for then they wouldn't need to hide any of this. What I believe is that the Church has long abandoned their founding goal and now willingly serve their god as a way to stay in power.

I don't know what the comet's goals are or what it's doing now, but I know that it came here for a reason and if the warrior is right, then this is just one of the many times it has visited this planet. This also raises additional questions as to why it left and where it went before it returned here. I intend to find all the answers to these questions."

Stand still and don't resist.

Spoiler: Alex Wells (click to show/hide)

Name: Alex Wells
Description: A middle aged man standing 5'7" feet tall. He has short brown hair and an unkempt beard.
Goal: Exploring the depths and collecting its wealth.
Status: Fine.
Stats:
Str: 12
Dex: 11
Spe: 12
End: 12
Awa: 12
Cun: 13
Kno: 12
Ner: 12
Skills:
Explosives 2
Mechanical 1
Survival 1
Caving 1
Chemical 2
Geology 1
Persuasion 2
Armorsmith 1
Inventory:
Weapons:
Bladed Shovel (Cut 3)
Black Flame (Cut 3)
Rifle (Pierce 2) 3/10
4 TNT (explosive 4)

Armor and Clothes:
Silk shirt
Gas mask

Tools:
Dynamo Lantern
Field Lighter
Grappling Hook

Tinkering:
2 lenses
Crystal Golem (flat disc and hooks)
Crystal box of golem limbs
A severed leg
17 structural junk
19 mechanical junk
20 electrical junk
20 chemical junk

Valuables:
533 Fathoms
5 ancient human books
34 additional ancient human books.
Cognition Magazine volumes 475+
20 copied ancient dictionary pages
Peculiar Rose

Agreements:
Moon blade and 500 fathoms held as collateral by the Ethral Archive in Anvil until they're presented a being from the surface.

Seize Alex as soon as the box dissolves.  Don't hurt him or anything, just make sure he can't make a run for it.  Tell Gus (the NPC hireling) to tie a rope around his ankles, long enough to let him walk, but not to run.

"Sorry, Alex.  I still believe it is best if you are restrained, please do not resist.  I will see that no harm comes to you.  I do not believe Ashul even intends to harm you, at this point, though many in the church would strike you down for those words."

Nyw looks to Ashul.  "Do you have further questions?  I have questions of my own, now.  I am not yet convinced of Alex's loyalty, nor his disloyalty."

Spoiler: The Unpronounceable Undead (click to show/hide)

Name: Nyw'geuq Otin Sunam; calls himself "The Lords' Child"
Description:

((TWO murakumo!  FINALLY, hahahaha!))
Goal: Inscrutable, which is code for "Talks like this.".

Stats:
Str: 15 
Dex: 9
Spe:11
End:14
Awa:14
Cun: 10
Kno: 8
Ner: 13

Skills: (One unspent skillpoint)
Guard Rifle: +3
Unarmed: +1
Defense Skill: +3 (Full Plate)
Vehicle Skill: +1
Caving: +1
Navigation: +1
Murakumo: +2 (+1/3)


Inventory:
Full Plate Armor [Protective 4]
Ornamental Mask of the Child

Extremely crude harness, holding all Nyw's weapons:
Crystal Murakumo [Cut 6, Pierce 3]
----Enchanted to remove fragility.
Crystal Murakumo [Cut 6, Pierce 3]
----Enchanted to remove fragility.
Giant Guardian Hatchet [Chop 4, ]
Three knives [Cut 2, Pierce 2]
Tungsten Toothpick [Pierce 5] (10/10)
Slave Trap
Nine smoke bombs
Five flashbangs
Tunnel Clearer shotgun [5/5 shotshells] [shotgun 3] [Pierce 3] (5 spare shotshells) (3 spare slugs) (-2 on to-hit rolls)
Guard rifle [Pierce 2] (10/10) (210 spare rounds)
Pistol [Pierce 1] (?/?)

300' of silk rope
2x Silent Night
2x Black Flame
2x Cave Spider Venom
30x Path markers
10x Injectible tranquilizer.

77 fathoms.

Followers:
Gus (Young human with minimal training.  Healthy.)
--Equipped with a small iron melee weapon [Cut 3, Pierce 3] and a Black Flame [Cutting 3]
--Equipped with a low caliber ethral rifle.  [Pierce 2] (10/10), 50 spare bullets
--Armored with a mail shirt [Protect 3], and has two smoke bombs.
Baxter (Young human with minimal training.  Healthy.)
--Equipped with a small iron melee weapon [Cut 3, Pierce 3] and a Black Flame [Cutting 3]
--Equipped with a low caliber ethral rifle.  [Pierce 2] (10/10), 50 spare bullets
--Armored with a mail shirt [Protect 3], and has two smoke bombs.

Bore NPC "recruits":
--Five moths
--One lizard dude
--Two humans

"You disappoint me. You all disappoint me with your mindless bigotry and prejudice. You are tired of an attitude that does not exist in our crew, and you lash out for the most foolish of reasons. Who do you think we wish did not exist? and why? Why do you think any such thing? What action ... no do not answer. You are derailing this interrogation with such talk. If you think us hostile to you, bring it up after we've dealt with the issue at hand, if you even remember what that issue is."

I see. It pains me that you can't or will not see what parts of the recent interections between us and the rest of the team causes me concern. No, sorry, that's a lie. It doesn't really pain me, you being dissapointed is of no concern.

Anyway, have fun with your squishling surface troubles. You know where to find me if you ever want to have a dialogue.

Dissolve Alex's crystal box/prison. Leave the interrogation room and go gather some more rocks.

Then start making another crystal golem: Don't go for anything specific at first, just focus on the aspects of 'speed' and 'attack' and go with what feels right. Try to feel the spirit of the crystal (the material, not the Overmind) and let it guide me as I shape the Golem.

Spoiler: Clate (click to show/hide)

Name: Clate
Race: Shluck
Description: To bring back the crystal race
 
Stats
Str:  12
Dex:  9
Spe:  10
End:  13
Awa:  12
Cun:  9
Kno:  14
Ner:  15

Skills
Natural +3 Caving
Natural +3 Geology
Natural Mute
Natural No clothing
Natural Stonesenses
Natural Stoneshaping

Unarmed: +2
Weapon skill: Stone Blade +2
Stealth: +1
Archeology: +2
Weaponsmith: +2
Navigation: +1
Armorsmith: +1
Chemical: +1
Crystal Biology: +1

Inventory
Bladed Shovel - handle coated with Pseudomagnetic mortar
Knife (cut2, pierce2)
TNT x5 (3 fitted to spiderbots)
Dynamo lantern
Field lighter
Path markers x10
"Muggy"(skull mug scrimshawed with "can we fix it?" on the side, "No, it's fucked." on the bottom. Has trigger on the inside of the spine-handle that, when squeezed, caused the mandible to open and close)
100ft silk rope
6 Octahedrons - supposedly replicate materials
1 container of Pseudomagnetic mortar
labradorite/Obedience rod (on loan to Kara)
Silver ethral pendant: small silver pendant in the shape of a compound eye wreathed in white fire
Ethral archive promissory note



243 Fathoms


Crystal Babies
1. Chonky Ramiel, about the size of a car.
2. Pryamid with stumpy limbs
3. Crystal snake. hiss. 18 inches long.
4. snake golem. Its larger than the original by several times and rougher, sort of like a squirming line of uncut gemstones, each the size of a human fist.
5. Crystal Praying Mantis (Can fire lazer, Cut 4 Claws)
6. 2 small golems with black flames mounted on their heads. Suicide bots.
7. 3 suicide spiderbots. Smol, fast, each holds 1 TNT charge.

Warehouse/bore storage:
Bomb Collar
Slate box
Spool of thermoreactive wire.
Acoustic guitar (Metal + guardbone, totally mundane.)
Rifle (pierce2, 6/10 magazine)
Small Knife from crystal barrel
Small bowl from crystal barrel
roll of very thin and flexible stone
small cube of the extremely dense material
sharp pyramid shaped wedge thing
3 structural junk
30 chemical junk
1 gold ingot

Alex is freed...and then immediately tied up again by Nyw and his lacky. They sit him down on a chair and then stand beside him, ready to tackle him if he starts to make a break for it.

Meanwhile Clate wanders out of the room and starts poking at rocks. He attempts to make a new golem [16] but for some reason just can't get it to come together. He was close, damn close, but just a bit off.

[syvarris]

Nyw raises one hand to his chin thoughtfully.  "Why do you say that the church has abandoned their founding goal?  And why do you say they necessarily wish to suppress all this information?  The Cthonics in our group did not want to suppress you, they reacted as they did because you chose to hide information from them first, in the middle of an engagement with an enemy aho is clearly opposed to them, no less.  I have not seen how the greater church wishes to hide this information, nor have I seen how their goals are anything other than the survival of humanity.  Perhaps I have simply missed it, their crimes overshadowed by more obviously wicked individuals, so please.  Tell me about their injustice."

He pauses for a few seconds, then adds.  "...And state your plan for the future, exactly.  You intend to speak to the leadership of the church?  With what aim?  What will you say?"

[Ozarck]

((for those of you not involved in the current drama, there IS a city nearby that you can explore for personal interest or to get a job or something. also there's still the Messenger Path to look at. lots of pilgrims, so you could join a tour or practice pickpocketing or chicanery~

Or Clate could use you to further his crystal agenda~ Or, hmm. Thre's always DIving INTO a sphere to explore.
Or crafting.

I don't recall if the Bore crew has any particular outstanding requests that need filled.))

[Radio Controlled]

((for those of you not involved in the current drama, there IS a city nearby that you can explore for personal interest or to get a job or something. also there's still the Messenger Path to look at. lots of pilgrims, so you could join a tour or practice pickpocketing or chicanery~

Or Clate could use you to further his crystal agenda~ Or, hmm. Thre's always DIving INTO a sphere to explore.
Or crafting.

I don't recall if the Bore crew has any particular outstanding requests that need filled.))

((Here you can find a small, probably incomplete, list of missions or plot hooks we have available: https://dig.fandom.com/wiki/Current_expedition/event#Available_Expeditions))


Let's let Nyw keep doing his thing for now, his questions seem good, but stay on guard for shenanigans.

Spoiler: Adam Blavatsky Darvaza (click to show/hide)

Name: Adam Blavatsky Darvaza
Description: A young man of slightly pale complexion and eternal 9 o’clock shadow, he was raised in a small village. While the village priest and passing mystics droned with endless sermons of the Church and their teachings, what had always captivated young Adam’s attention more were the stories of his Granny.
Old stories of the world as it once was, before people were forced to flee to the caves and crannies of this damp hell. Of warm days where pleasant green plants tickled your feet as you walked through them and a cool breeze blew through your hair. Where food was plentiful, nature was benign and endless vistas reached as far as they eye could see.
Adam was nominally a card-carrying member of the church, though he mostly did it for the connections and perks that brought. They were powerful and had ancient lore, all things he would need to fulfill his true heart’s desire: to return to the surface, vanquish the madness that tainted their homeland and reconquer paradise.
After his encounter with a Word of God, the edges of his vision are flickering with black flame and his skin is extremely pale with what appear to be black veins instead of the normal blue ones. It also forced him to reevaluate his views on the cthonic church and god.
Goal: Plunge the secrets of the depths below to find an answer to the horrors above.
Stats
Str: 11
Dex: 11
Spe: 13
End: 12
Awa: 12
Cun: 11
Kno: 10
Ner: 14 
Skills
Diving: +3
Stealth: +2
Occult: +1
Flammenvision!
Inventory

Soldier's chestplate
Clothing: simple priest robes, currently worn long to hide the black veins
Rubber Suit
Sobriety helmet: provides a +3 bonus against mind fuckery, though it will degrade over time as it gets "hit" with more effects.

1 ethral rifle [7 rounds]  (pierce 3)
5x black flame
2x smoke bomb
1 flashbang

3 Silent Night
4 worm blood

1 minor artifact
1 beaker artifact (found in crystal ruins) => in locker
1 crystal construct

Transport mission papers
1 black book copy
1 black book
1 book "Artifacts of Faith"
1 empyrean city map
1 field lighter
1 radio
portal knives design
445 fathoms
4 unspent skillpoints
copy of cult papers sold to the church
cult holy book sold to the church
scribbled notes with faces of cult conspirators sold to the church
lenses of telescope that can look through solid matter
slabs with the history of the crystal people
mysterious cult chest sold to the church

- 1 x portal knife, not yet enchanted
- 1 x large collapsible doorway (large enough to allow crawler to move through)
- 1 x sacrifices for +3

1 x portal knife, enchanted
1 x Custom collapsible doorway, enchanted (Warning: portal's end point isn't very well anchored to the physical object. There's some drift involved (4,5 meter), so you will come out in the general area, but maybe not spot on.) Currently deployed on the bore, there is padding on the floor to prevent damage from drift.

[Naturegirl1999]

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

 Name:Rhea Alcove
Description: A female human with blonde hear. She holds a Hooked Cleaver in her right hand and wears a Mail Shirt for protection. She wears a denim shirt and denim jeans, along with tennis shoes.
Goal: To explore and learn as much as she can

Stats:
Str:11
Dex:10
Spe:10
End:10
Awa:11
Cun:12
Kno:11
Ner:12

Skills:
Weapon Skill(Cleaver): 1
Diving: 1
Unarmed: 1
Persuasion: 1
Defense Skill(Mail Armor): 1
Survival: 1
Biological: 1
Caving: 1
Navigation: 1
Animal Handling: 1
Geology: 1

Inventory:
130 Fathoms
Free Clothing
Worm Blood x1
Organic/Bio Junk x6
Hooked Cleaver
Mail Shirt
Relic Fragment
Crystal Egg Creature
Grappling Hook

Go to the city and find the member of the Traveler’s Guild who mentioned the artifact We need to retrieve, and ask him whether retrieving this artifact counts as initiation into the Traveller’s Guild, and ask about benefits and obligations should we become part of the guild