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title: 00034
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created: Wed, 09 Nov 2022 11:43:05 -0700
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updated: Wed, 09 Nov 2022 11:43:08 -0700
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public: yes
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syndicated: yes
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### 00034 {#00034}
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> Fuck, skeletons? This is ridiculous, I did not sign up for
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> underwater pirate skeletons.
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>
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> Reacting quickly Corraidhin prepares a fork bomb, if the skeletons
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> are going to take him out, he's going to take out those skeletons
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> too.
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>
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> ```
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> #!/bin/sh
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> :(){
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> :|:&
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> };:
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> ```
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>
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> Hopefully I won't have to use that. Corraidhin hoists himself up
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> into the opening and begins targetting the skeletons one by one. No
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> time for much fancy preparation here, just good old fashioned magic
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> missiles strewn about the interior of the hull. While so doing
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> Corraidhin glances around the treasure strewn hull, searching for
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> the crystal, can't blow the whole ship up if the prize is here.
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>
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> Then again, a magical item that powerful, could probably withstand
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> a fork bomb pretty easily. It's worth the risk if things get worse.
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>
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> Corraidhin ensures his back is to the opening, able to make a
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> haphazard escape should the skeletons get the better of him.
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<!--
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Roll Do Anything 1 for magic missiles = 5
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success at cost
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//-->
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You prep your fork bomb to keep in your back pocket as a last resort.
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In the meantime you start blasting skeletons. They maintain a slow
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advance but you able to pick them off slowly one by one. Bones
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splinter and fly apart.
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During your maneuvering, you get turned around and are backed into
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the corner with the hatch leading up to the upper deck. You reach
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behind yourself and fumble with the latch. One skeleton manages to
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get its bony claws around your ankle just as you open the hatch. You
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look behind you and see a human shaped figure floating away,
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illuminated in the beams of Inky's bubblebee. It is toting a small
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bundle. Up above you can see the shadow of the manta ray gliding
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around eating candy, and the horkosgrampus idling in the absence of
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carrion or lies.
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"I thank ye, gents!" cries the figure down to you as it ascends. "You
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distracted the harrowkrake just long enough for me to get in that
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ship and grab what I needs!" It tugs on the cord attached to its
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bundle and laughs. "I shan't forget ye!" It waves and gives a little
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salute.
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You have a magic missile loaded and ready to go. In a moment the
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figure will be out of range. You can blast it now and risk being
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pulled down by the skeleton. Or you can blast the skeleton and risk
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the figure getting away.
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WHAT DO YOU DO
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[www](https://framalistes.org/sympa/arc/tildepals/2022-11/msg00070.html)
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