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					title: 00053
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					created: Mon, 02 Jan 2023 14:15:49 -0700
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					updated: Mon, 02 Jan 2023 14:15:49 -0700
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					### 00053 {#00053}
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					> The GDB flashes, vibrates, and murmurs electronic static as it
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					> collects information from the Hemogoblin. "Peculiar readings indeed"
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					> Alex mutters, stashing the blood sample and readings from the device.
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					> Best to scp a copy of these for safe keeping.
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					> ```
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					> scp gdb-readout.dat blood-soaked-handky hq:~
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					> ```
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					> Alright little guy, dunno what's wrong with ya, but you seem just as
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					> sweet and chipper as you were before, best not let anything foul
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					> befall you. Alex scoops the little hemogoblin up and puts him into
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					> his pack. The little goblin chirps happily, soaking the back in
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					> blood. "Hmm I guess I'll need a new cloak when we get to town.. good
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					> thing the STAGS are water proof." Taking accord of the situation Alex
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					> notices that Ink has dropped onto the deck, and is hurridly beckoning
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					> what looks like a stretcher and confidence down the zip line. "I
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					> guess things went not so smoothly back in the hotel then.."
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					> Looking up past confidence along the zip line Alex also notes a set
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					> of cyberplasms making their way clumsily along the zipline. "Shit!
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					> Inky, Confidence! Get the hell on the ship NOW!"
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					> Alex dashes back up to the helm of the ship and grabs the wheel. As
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					> soon as Inky has Confidence and the stretcher safely on the deck Alex
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					> grabs the wheel and casts the wheel hard to starboard side, ripping
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					> the zipline and moarings from the wall of the hotel. "Inky cut the
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					> zipline, quick a you can, and check the side of the hull for any stow
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					> aways!!" 
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					~
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					> As the toques slide down the last few feet to the deck of the
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					> balloonship. Inky takes out a sharp knife and saws through the
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					> zipline. As they patrol along the edge to check the side of the
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					> hull for additional company, Inky pulls out a tea strainer from
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					> their kit and opens a bag of limequats, small round fruits they
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					> keep around for their zest and juice to flavour some infusions.
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					> They drop a limequat into the strainer, preparing to fling a ball
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					> of citrus at the potential presence of any stowaways.
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					Inky and Confidence carefully dump Bread onto the deck of the ship.
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					They grunt at the impact and mutter a weak thank you.
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					Inky starts to saw through the zipline with their knife. The closest
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					cyberplasm can almost reach out for the railing and haul itself up.
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					The second pirate is not far behind it. Alex yanks the ship hard to
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					starboard and---thanks to Inky sawing on it---the line snaps cleanly
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					in two.
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					Inky looks over the railing in time to see the second pirate fall
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					into the sea of clouds with a surprised look on its face. There is no
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					trace of the first one. As Inky patrols alongside the edge to check
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					for additional company, they see one ghostly hand and then the other
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					reach up and grab hold of the rail.
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					When the cyberplasm pops its head up and peers over the railing, the
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					first thing it sees is a tea strainer flying at its face. It tries to
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					turn away, but ends up with a face full of limequat juice
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					nonetheless. As the citrus starts to burn, it squeezes its eyes shut
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					tight, even tighter than its grip on the railing. All of its focus
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					and effort is concentrated on the burning sensation in its eyes. On
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					autopilot, one of its hands lets go of the railing to quickly wipe
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					the juice away.
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					When it grips the railing again, its hand is now slick with juice,
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					and it slips. Knocked off balance and unable to get a grip, the
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					pirate cries out as it too falls into the ocean of clouds, eyes
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					squeezed shut the whole time.
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					Poking its head and arms out of the pack on Alex's back, the
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					hemogoblin claps and cheers.
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					The balloonship sails away from Runesocesius and from Kelsun Peak.
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					The sun is starting to set, and the clouds are turning brilliant
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					pinks and reds. This delights the zephynos, who leap and cavort in
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					the clouds, and run playfully alongside the ship for a while.
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					You have in your possession a stolen pirate airship, a recovered
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					Ginnarak Crystal, a couple novellas and manhwa, two warrior toque
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					tour guides, and a childlike hemogoblin who may or may not be
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					possessed by some kind of spirit.
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					END OF CHAPTER 3
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					- What do you do once you get back to the Milk Market?
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					- Do you keep the airship?
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					- What becomes of Confidence and Bread?
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					- What do you do with the goblin child?
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					[www](https://framalistes.org/sympa/arc/tildepals/2023-01/msg00019.html)
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<li><a href="#00050" id="toc-00050">00050</a></li>
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					<li><a href="#00050" id="toc-00050">00050</a></li>
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<li><a href="#00051" id="toc-00051">00051</a></li>
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					<li><a href="#00051" id="toc-00051">00051</a></li>
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<li><a href="#00052" id="toc-00052">00052</a></li>
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					<li><a href="#00052" id="toc-00052">00052</a></li>
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					<li><a href="#00053" id="toc-00053">00053</a></li>
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<li><a href="#bestiary" id="toc-bestiary">Bestiary</a></li>
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					<li><a href="#bestiary" id="toc-bestiary">Bestiary</a></li>
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<li><a href="#geography" id="toc-geography">Geography</a></li>
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					<li><a href="#geography" id="toc-geography">Geography</a></li>
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<h2 id="stats">Stats</h2>
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					<h2 id="stats">Stats</h2>
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<p>Total length: 54985 words / 234 minute read. (Mind you, that’s the
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					<p>Total length: 55749 words / 238 minute read. (Mind you, that’s the
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length of this entire page, including all the extra bits and bobs. Not
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					length of this entire page, including all the extra bits and bobs. Not
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just the story.)</p>
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					just the story.)</p>
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<p>There have been 181 messages posted over 173 days since the first
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					<p>There have been 185 messages posted over 173 days since the first
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post on July 13, 2022 for a daily post rate of 1.04.</p>
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					post on July 13, 2022 for a daily post rate of 1.06.</p>
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<h2 id="about">About</h2>
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					<h2 id="about">About</h2>
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<p>This is a game that me and the kids in the basement are playing over
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					<p>This is a game that me and the kids in the basement are playing over
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email.</p>
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					email.</p>
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<p>WHAT DO YOU DO</p>
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					<p>WHAT DO YOU DO</p>
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<p><a
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href="https://framalistes.org/sympa/arc/tildepals/2023-01/msg00016.html">www</a></p>
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					href="https://framalistes.org/sympa/arc/tildepals/2023-01/msg00016.html">www</a></p>
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					<h3 id="00053">00053</h3>
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					<blockquote>
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					<p>The GDB flashes, vibrates, and murmurs electronic static as it
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					collects information from the Hemogoblin. “Peculiar readings indeed”
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					Alex mutters, stashing the blood sample and readings from the device.
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					Best to scp a copy of these for safe keeping.</p>
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					<pre><code>scp gdb-readout.dat blood-soaked-handky hq:~</code></pre>
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					<p>Alright little guy, dunno what’s wrong with ya, but you seem just as
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					sweet and chipper as you were before, best not let anything foul befall
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					you. Alex scoops the little hemogoblin up and puts him into his pack.
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					smoothly back in the hotel then..”</p>
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					<p>Looking up past confidence along the zip line Alex also notes a set
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					of cyberplasms making their way clumsily along the zipline. “Shit! Inky,
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					Confidence! Get the hell on the ship NOW!”</p>
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					<p>Alex dashes back up to the helm of the ship and grabs the wheel. As
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					soon as Inky has Confidence and the stretcher safely on the deck Alex
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					grabs the wheel and casts the wheel hard to starboard side, ripping the
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					zipline and moarings from the wall of the hotel. “Inky cut the zipline,
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					quick a you can, and check the side of the hull for any stow
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					aways!!”</p>
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					<p>~</p>
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					<blockquote>
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					<p>As the toques slide down the last few feet to the deck of the
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					balloonship. Inky takes out a sharp knife and saws through the zipline.
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					As they patrol along the edge to check the side of the hull for
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					additional company, Inky pulls out a tea strainer from their kit and
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					of any stowaways.</p>
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					</blockquote>
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					<p>Inky and Confidence carefully dump Bread onto the deck of the ship.
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					They grunt at the impact and mutter a weak thank you.</p>
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					<p>Inky starts to saw through the zipline with their knife. The closest
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					second pirate is not far behind it. Alex yanks the ship hard to
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					starboard and—thanks to Inky sawing on it—the line snaps cleanly in
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					two.</p>
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					<p>Inky looks over the railing in time to see the second pirate fall
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					into the sea of clouds with a surprised look on its face. There is no
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					trace of the first one. As Inky patrols alongside the edge to check for
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					<p>When the cyberplasm pops its head up and peers over the railing, the
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					first thing it sees is a tea strainer flying at its face. It tries to
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					As the citrus starts to burn, it squeezes its eyes shut tight, even
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					tighter than its grip on the railing. All of its focus and effort is
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					its hands lets go of the railing to quickly wipe the juice away.</p>
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					<p>When it grips the railing again, its hand is now slick with juice,
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					and it slips. Knocked off balance and unable to get a grip, the pirate
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					cries out as it too falls into the ocean of clouds, eyes squeezed shut
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					the whole time.</p>
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					<p>Poking its head and arms out of the pack on Alex’s back, the
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					hemogoblin claps and cheers.</p>
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					<p>The balloonship sails away from Runesocesius and from Kelsun Peak.
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					The sun is starting to set, and the clouds are turning brilliant pinks
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					and run playfully alongside the ship for a while.</p>
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					<p>You have in your possession a stolen pirate airship, a recovered
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					Ginnarak Crystal, a couple novellas and manhwa, two warrior toque tour
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					guides, and a childlike hemogoblin who may or may not be possessed by
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					<p>END OF CHAPTER 3</p>
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<p>Some of the creatures who inhabit the world of Basmentaria</p>
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<li><a href="#bestiary" id="toc-bestiary">Bestiary</a></li>
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<li><a href="#geography" id="toc-geography">Geography</a></li>
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<h2 id="stats">Stats</h2>
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					<h2 id="stats">Stats</h2>
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<p>Total length: 54985 words / 234 minute read. (Mind you, that’s the
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					<p>Total length: 55749 words / 238 minute read. (Mind you, that’s the
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length of this entire page, including all the extra bits and bobs. Not
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					length of this entire page, including all the extra bits and bobs. Not
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just the story.)</p>
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					just the story.)</p>
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<p>There have been 181 messages posted over 173 days since the first
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					<p>There have been 185 messages posted over 173 days since the first
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post on July 13, 2022 for a daily post rate of 1.04.</p>
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					post on July 13, 2022 for a daily post rate of 1.06.</p>
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<h2 id="about">About</h2>
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					<h2 id="about">About</h2>
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<p>This is a game that me and the kids in the basement are playing over
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					<p>This is a game that me and the kids in the basement are playing over
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email.</p>
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<p>WHAT DO YOU DO</p>
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					<p>WHAT DO YOU DO</p>
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<p><a
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href="https://framalistes.org/sympa/arc/tildepals/2023-01/msg00016.html">www</a></p>
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					<h3 id="00053">00053</h3>
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					<blockquote>
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					<p>The GDB flashes, vibrates, and murmurs electronic static as it
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					collects information from the Hemogoblin. “Peculiar readings indeed”
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					Alex mutters, stashing the blood sample and readings from the device.
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					Best to scp a copy of these for safe keeping.</p>
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					<pre><code>scp gdb-readout.dat blood-soaked-handky hq:~</code></pre>
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					<p>Alright little guy, dunno what’s wrong with ya, but you seem just as
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					sweet and chipper as you were before, best not let anything foul befall
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					you. Alex scoops the little hemogoblin up and puts him into his pack.
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					The little goblin chirps happily, soaking the back in blood. “Hmm I
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					guess I’ll need a new cloak when we get to town.. good thing the STAGS
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					are water proof.” Taking accord of the situation Alex notices that Ink
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					has dropped onto the deck, and is hurridly beckoning what looks like a
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					stretcher and confidence down the zip line. “I guess things went not so
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					smoothly back in the hotel then..”</p>
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					<p>Looking up past confidence along the zip line Alex also notes a set
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					of cyberplasms making their way clumsily along the zipline. “Shit! Inky,
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					Confidence! Get the hell on the ship NOW!”</p>
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					<p>Alex dashes back up to the helm of the ship and grabs the wheel. As
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					soon as Inky has Confidence and the stretcher safely on the deck Alex
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					grabs the wheel and casts the wheel hard to starboard side, ripping the
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					zipline and moarings from the wall of the hotel. “Inky cut the zipline,
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					quick a you can, and check the side of the hull for any stow
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					aways!!”</p>
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					<p>~</p>
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					<blockquote>
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					<p>As the toques slide down the last few feet to the deck of the
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					balloonship. Inky takes out a sharp knife and saws through the zipline.
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					As they patrol along the edge to check the side of the hull for
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					additional company, Inky pulls out a tea strainer from their kit and
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					opens a bag of limequats, small round fruits they keep around for their
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					zest and juice to flavour some infusions. They drop a limequat into the
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					strainer, preparing to fling a ball of citrus at the potential presence
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					of any stowaways.</p>
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					</blockquote>
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					<p>Inky and Confidence carefully dump Bread onto the deck of the ship.
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					They grunt at the impact and mutter a weak thank you.</p>
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					<p>Inky starts to saw through the zipline with their knife. The closest
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					cyberplasm can almost reach out for the railing and haul itself up. The
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					second pirate is not far behind it. Alex yanks the ship hard to
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					starboard and—thanks to Inky sawing on it—the line snaps cleanly in
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					two.</p>
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					<p>Inky looks over the railing in time to see the second pirate fall
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					into the sea of clouds with a surprised look on its face. There is no
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					trace of the first one. As Inky patrols alongside the edge to check for
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					additional company, they see one ghostly hand and then the other reach
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					up and grab hold of the rail.</p>
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					<p>When the cyberplasm pops its head up and peers over the railing, the
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					first thing it sees is a tea strainer flying at its face. It tries to
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					turn away, but ends up with a face full of limequat juice nonetheless.
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					As the citrus starts to burn, it squeezes its eyes shut tight, even
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					tighter than its grip on the railing. All of its focus and effort is
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					concentrated on the burning sensation in its eyes. On autopilot, one of
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					its hands lets go of the railing to quickly wipe the juice away.</p>
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					<p>When it grips the railing again, its hand is now slick with juice,
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					and it slips. Knocked off balance and unable to get a grip, the pirate
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					cries out as it too falls into the ocean of clouds, eyes squeezed shut
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					the whole time.</p>
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					<p>Poking its head and arms out of the pack on Alex’s back, the
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					hemogoblin claps and cheers.</p>
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					<p>The balloonship sails away from Runesocesius and from Kelsun Peak.
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					The sun is starting to set, and the clouds are turning brilliant pinks
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					and reds. This delights the zephynos, who leap and cavort in the clouds,
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					and run playfully alongside the ship for a while.</p>
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					<p>You have in your possession a stolen pirate airship, a recovered
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					Ginnarak Crystal, a couple novellas and manhwa, two warrior toque tour
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					guides, and a childlike hemogoblin who may or may not be possessed by
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					some kind of spirit.</p>
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					<p>END OF CHAPTER 3</p>
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					<li>What do you do once you get back to the Milk Market?</li>
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					<li>Do you keep the airship?</li>
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					<li>What becomes of Confidence and Bread?</li>
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					<li>What do you do with the goblin child?</li>
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					</ul>
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					<p><a
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<h2 id="bestiary">Bestiary</h2>
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					<h2 id="bestiary">Bestiary</h2>
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<p>Some of the creatures who inhabit the world of Basmentaria</p>
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					<p>Some of the creatures who inhabit the world of Basmentaria</p>
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