>>6096986

For the first time since the meeting began, Suuri, the Intangible teacher, speaks up, "How so? Please tell."

"Sometimes, solving something create more problems," Nina answers without really answering.

"The fuck does that even mean? Listen, I said I'd help them, and if that's bad, then you need to stop beating around the bush and tell us why we shouldn't."

Nina stays silent. This usually happens when she feels saying too much would alter her predictions. Even so, that didn't stop it from being really annoying when it felt like she could only talk about her visions in cryptic riddles.

"I suppose history does have a way of repeating itself," Ayn says. "Let's come back to the point, the first years will have their next exam soon, mind telling us why you chose this dungeon design, Kit?"

"Ah, yes! Well, you see..."

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You wake up next to Table. Her pleasant warmth makes it quite hard to get out of bed, but you need to prepare breakfast for her. well, okay, you don't need to, but she's always so happy when you do, it's hard to resist. You slip out of the bed, dress up, and leave for the cafeteria, coming back with hot chocolate and bread. You start gently combing her hair, waiting for her to wake up with a smile.

"Mnhhg- d-did you? Come on, I was supposed to wake up before you this time! You didn't even have an alarm set up, too!" Table complains. Of course, that doesn't stop her from gratefully accepting the food you give her.

"First come, first served!" You retort. "Although I guess you're the one being served here, so that doesn't quite work here."

You spend another peaceful morning arguing over this and that. Unfortunately, it doesn't last long as you need to get ready for the exam, which requires the two of you to stay in your respective dorms. It's fine, you'll get to celebrate with Table later.

>>6096987

The exam start as it always does, and you are teleported to your next challenge: a room full of pressure plates. They're not hidden at all, and as a matter of fact, you landed right on one. You don't think the teachers would be so cruel as to make you spawn on something that would make you instantly lose the exam, so you think you're okay. Even so, the rumbling you hear under you makes you panic and move to another pressure plate anyway, and the moment you leave, the pressure plate falls downwards into what looks like a water pit.

"Hello, hello!" You hear the voice of the summoning teacher from the walls. "I thought it'd be a little cruel to not explain to you the gimmick of this one, since it's only obvious when completed. You'll receive the key when each plate of this dungeon has been triggered! That means you need to step on all of them, and then get to the door. Oh, also, you're not alone again! But this one isn't the focus of this dungeon, so don't worry about that too much, good luck!"

Huh, so it's like one of those platformers puzzle where platforms disappear as you walk on them? That sounds...too easy? You're sure they made it impossible to complete without magic, maybe there just isn't a path for you to take that would allow you to step on each pressure plate without backtracking. That means you need to find a way to either get over a water pit, or stop a pressure plate from activating before you need it to. Mana ripping the enchantment is probably not a good idea, since you need it to trigger to get the key.

Well, you'll figure something out. There are other paths north and south, maybe you could find something helpful in the dungeon? They did say you weren't alone again, so maybe rushing isn't a good idea either, but what can you do when the pressure plate seems to be on a timer? Ah, your plate is rumbling again, you need to move.

Mana: 85/85

Available spells: https://rentry.org/carzyq9g

>What will you do? (Write in)

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>>6096988
I forgot to add the dungeon map

>>6096994
Welcome back QM
I know these puzzles. I hope there's a button to reset the tiles because this can be easily unwinnable. Unlike the old games we can go diagonal here as well as relocate or maybe trigger the plates remotely... but we don't have the opposite of lighten. Might be a mob inthe water too

>>6096988
I think we should check out the other places soon. Can we jump into the corridor to either the south or north without triggering the plate?

>>6097012

The tiles are a little bit too far apart to easily make it with a jump. However it doesn't feel like an impossible jump, it'd be possible if you were just a little faster or stronger.

>>6097019
We could use the strength spell. Normally I'd say it wouldn't be worth it...buuut, I'd rather not risk getting stuck without a floor.

>>6097009
It's actually not hard. Once we find the door, we can just go around them. If the door is on the north that'll be very easy. If it's on the south, it'll be harder, but i still have an idea.

>>6096988
Hell yeah, we're back!!!

>>6097023
I support the plan, but with an addendum. If the door is in the south, we should jump out to the square on the right before the strength spell wears out. Otherwise when we go around, we'll have to jump the length of two blocks rather than one.

>>6097023
+1 to this plan.

>>6096988

>>6097023
+1, we need our bearings fast

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>>6097044
>>6097043

You decide to cast the strength spell, and you can instantly feel the difference. With this, you can jump almost twice as far as you normally would, even if it kind of hurts to push your muscles to the limit like this. The pain isn't unbearable or anything, but it is unpleasant.

You decide to jump past one plate to the north, and sure enough, jumping over it didn't trigger the plate. You look to your right, and it looks like there's another path that just leads right back to the main room, there's also another path upward that you think also goes right. The strength spell allows you to skip a few plates, but it's hard to tell with certainty how you should go about this without a layout of the dungeon, hopefully there's a way to reset the plates, if not... well, you'll get there when you'll get there.

Mana: 65/85

>What will you do? (Write in)

>>6097061
We step on the right plate path to trigger it, then slip round that corner to step onto the north one. Then follow the path around the corner up ahead. Sound good?

>>6097061
We should check out that area north.

>>6097065
And by nortn I mean the northwest path right up from where Atlas is standing right now

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>>6097067
>>6097066
>>6097065

You take the north path, you jump past each plate, and you run into another corner. There isn't a lot of stuff here, this dungeon really feels like nothing but pressure plates. You count the plates of the path forward, and realize that you can't exactly jump and turn the corner at the end of the path at the same time, meaning you'll need to trigger two plates at the end. Then again, you could just trigger all the plates right away by not jumping? The same problem is behind you, that's an issue.

Mana: 65/85

>What will you do? (Write in)

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>>6097102
Okay, well, I don't think we're supposed to go there right away. I think i'd rather check out the southern portion.

My plan is, we set off those plates, then we jump the last one. This way, when we're going BACK for one reason or another, we only have to jump the distance of one. I assume the strength spell is still active.

>>6097104
I should specify, i want to jump into the SOUTHERN AREA. I want to check the southern area to see if either the door is there or something else.

>>6097104
>>6097107
But turning back clears those tiles so we can't go back to the long path without hitting the water.

>>6097113
Oh, i read the map wrong t we were going to go all the way through those corners, since that's not what i voted for. I just thought we were going to check what was there.

I dunno, go south i guess. My plan was kinda ruined since we decided to go all the way there and trap ourselves for no reason.

>>6097119
I didn't think we were going*

I just voted to check out the area north, not 'let's go around activating plates one after the other and going through several corners to trap ourselves in'

>>6097119
>>6097120
Yeah fuck it GO ALL THE WAY DOWN THE SOUTH PATH

Honestly since we decied to be stupid and just trap ourselves, i would have preferred if we activated all the plates on the way here so we wouldn't be stuck having to find a way to reset the tiles now that we can't actually access them.

We basically already lost unless we can find a way to reset the tile because of that unprompted decision.

>>6097124
These puzzles are super easy to fuck up anyway, and I think we can still pull through if we fall into the water

>>6097126
Sure, but the issue is that it happened because of something we didn't vote for...

>>6097129
Should the QM rewind time back to that vote then? I'm fine either way

>>6097135
I can rewind to just the north west tile if people agree on it, it's true that he moved without player input, everyone okay with that?

>>6097190
also do pick what you'll do once you get there and if you decide to activate all the pressure plates on the way there if you decide on that, might as well.

>>6097190
I would prefer, that, yes. I just wanted to check out the northern region before going south, as planned in >>6097104

Even if we do go back that way eventually, it would be smarter to activate all the plates so we can get the key.

>>6097190
Yeah back to this tile >>6097061 is good. Don't worry man, any QM can fuck up like we players can

>>6097192
I'm backing this guy >>6097104 >>6097193

>>6097194
>>6097195
>>6097193

Alright, so just to make sure I get this right, you're using this path right? unless you want to jump straight south

>>6097218
Sorry I meant THIS (>>6097104) path that you drew here, not sure why it didn't put the reply, maybe I misclicked it

>>6097219
Yeah looks good

>>6097218
Specifically, we're jumping the last one. So we can later jump back.

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>>6097222
>>6097220

You decide to go back and use the small path under it, weirdly enough the small space doesn't have a plate like everywhere else. You can't find anything peculiar about this space at a glance, maybe it's just here to rest without the floor giving way.

You keep stepping on every plate you see on the way south, however you jump the one that leads to the southwest path, so you have a way to go back. It looks like there's a button at the end of the new revealed corridor, but it's also under a pressure plate. You could easily jump there, but you could also just ignore the button entirely, maybe it's just here to trick you.

It also looks like there's a path east of here, you're not sure you have the time to take a peek for a good look, you'd need to step on the tile in front of you for that.

Mana: 65/85

>What will you do? (Write in)

>>6097282
That button doesn't look too far away...could we press it with our shoe as an extension? Or alternatively, if we throw it, and it falls, will that be enough to trigger the plate?

>>6097286
Oh wait, the button itself isn't under a pressure plate, just the one in front of us right? If that's the case we can jump...i think that could be the reset button.

>>6097287
>>6097286

The button has a pressure plate under it, you could try to press it via pocket space, but setting the whole thing up might take just enough time for the plate under you to give way, since you'll need to take off your shoes or whatever else and then use it and that might take a few precious seconds.

>>6097297
Oh, the whole damn thing is plates. Well, fuck it, let's just press it. If it does nothing, we go check out the corridor.

>>6097300
I should specify it, I want us to just jump and go. If it does nothing, go into the corridor.

Honestly, I think I'll just brute force this one. We cleared every other dungeon so far and defeated one guy. We've definitely got a passing grade.

>>6097300
>>6097301
+1
>inb4 the northeast long path is a dead end

>>6094828
>>6095128
Can you explain the process you used a bit better, please?

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>>6097302
>>6097301
>>6097300
>>6097282

You decide to jump past the middle plate and land next to the button, and with no better idea, you press it. You look back, and see...something crawl out of the water pit you left behind after you jumped. Weirdly enough, the plate actually goes back up after it crawled out of it. It's a weird looking thing, it looks like a humanoid with sharp claws and no eyes. It crawls along the wall to the nearest water pit and crawl into it, ignoring you entirely. After that, the pit he entered lifts up the plate like the one he came from.

You're not sure why it chose the plate north of it, but maybe it picked it because it was closer to it? Is this thing linked to the button? If not, it's going to be annoying if it can crawl out from anywhere, and if it is, you're not sure how to use this to make things easier for yourself. Maybe it crawls out from the nearest open pressure plate closest to the button? Mana analysis hardly gives you any explanation on how the button works.

The good news is that since it crawls along the walls, it doesn't trigger more plates than necessary, so you don't need to worry about an entire room's worth of plates disappearing.

Mana: 65/85

>What will you do? (Write in)

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>>6097354
Actually forgot to show you did get a glimpse of the other path while jumping, and since I'm going to sleep, might as well show it now to save time.

If you're wondering, no, you can't see the door anywhere from here, and there doesn't seem to be any more paths that you can see.

>>6097354
>>6097357
So are we meant to, like, trigger all the plates and THEN hit the button? If this isn't the sort of puzzle where you reset it, then I say we just rush around the far right path back up to the north, swim quickly south and trigger that thin passage plate in >>6097282, then haul ass onto the nearest plate and walk normally across them south to the button and then press it.

>>6097363
On mobile so I can't draw, but it's clearly a passage to the north, so we need to find a path that lets us trigger everything without going into the water. That thing will probably take us out if we do.

>>6097369
But look at the pic in >>6097282
We already fucked up not getting that one tile in the middle. The best thing we can do is simply walk north normally to get the tiles on the way plus the one the sea monster raised back up, then try to make that jump from the very left wall edge of the northmost tile to the middle corridor one. Then from the middle corridor one, we have no choice but to get in the water and swim 3 tiles up and crawl onto the northmost tile at the start of the path. Then we just walk normally all the way south around the isolated east corridor triggering all the tiles as we go. Then we arrive near the button as seen in the image >>6097357 has. From there we angle ourselves and short jump to the button's tile and press it.

>>6097354
so the monster is swimming ?

>>6097392
It would seem so. Or lurking wetly, anyway.

>>6097381
I actually have a plan for how to deal with that.

First, we go north, but jump the middle tile in the corridor to be safe. Then, crossing all the way on the central western tiles, we go to the corner, and use our strength to JUMP on that middle tile. Then, we use SEAL to seal our shoe to the wall and use that to basically "wall walk around the corner into the northwest passage. Then we just run all the way around.

>>6097398
Wait we also have Unseal from Table don't we? I don't know if Atlas can rapidfire cast Seal-Unseal-repeat to wallrun or walk. He's still going to be pulled to the water off the wall thanks to gravity.

>>6097402
Why would he? Anyway, I don't think he even needs unseal. He only needs to use it like twice, right? Once around the corner, once to get to the next tile. He has two shoes.

He's basically using them as ledges. We were able to do it before. We can do it again.

>>6097403
Okay I see what you mean. Good plan

Can we seal a pressure plate before stepping on it to prevent it from activating?

If we can, we could make a safe spot to cast more advanced spells at the pressure plates we forgot and activate them from a distance.

>>6097416
Maybe, but there's no point in our situation. We should save up our mana to do the Sealing trick.

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This is what i meant by my plan, if you'll ignore the outdated map.

Jump through the middle plate in the lever corridor just in case, then run, through the ones the creature raised, then jump into the middle patth corridor tile. After that, since it's not far from the wall (That is there's no distance) we can easily seal our shoe in the wall as a 'stepping stone', and we can scale it to the other side. If we need to, we can even use 'unseal' to get another step or two. Though i would only use it if necessary. Once we get in the corridor, it's easy, just go activate every single plate on the way until we go back south. Boom, we'll have done every single tile.

Since we haven't found any door anywhere, I must presume that ocne we take out all the tiles that's it.

>>6097809
Yeah I agree, let's do it

>>6097346

so, i usually can use just SingleFile (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/single-file/?utm_source=addons.mozilla.org&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=search).
the way it works is similar to say how wget behaves when creating a mirror. it finds resource links (e.g. css, images), follows them, saves them (inline in the same document in this case, encoding image bytes to something printable) and rewrites the links to point to these new local copies.
however since OP used rentry links i had to ensure that would show up too. html has this tag called iframe. its used to embed other sites. the most common use would be to display a pdf file while still having control over the rest of the tab, but it was designed with what im doing in mind, since it sandboxes styles and scripts.
anyways, so what i needed is to scan the page and upon every link text insert an iframe with its resource property pointing to the link. for this i threw together these:
https://files.catbox.moe/8tl2y3.js
https://files.catbox.moe/8t79xk.js
the "container" one is really just for organizing purposes.
the "inliner" does the heavy lifting. i used gpt to aid me as i cant fucking stand the browser API, but i had to really break it down it into steps so it would do what i wanted. if you can read it you will notice that i actually iterate twice. first i walk the whole DOM looking for regexes matching a rentry link, this converts them to actual link tags. then for the second run i use a proper query to iterate link tags and create the iframes. this was useful for debugging purposes too and not just for prompting. in my experience js has this shitty quality where the more code you have, the easier it becomes to debug. this has to do with the terrible type system and the batshit crazy abstractions. afterwards i did not have the stomach to clean it up.
now, with links iframed, SingleFile can do its thing like the page has never been tampered with.

any more questions?

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>>6097363
>>6097369
>>6097381
>>6097381
>>6097398
>>6097395

Right sorry for the delay, but just to make sure I'm getting this right, that's the plan, right? (assume that the scribbled dot is where you seal the shoes, and that a line going outside the walls is a jump)

>>6097809
Oh wow I didn't update the page in 7 hours, so I didn't see that drawing, it's more or less the same result I guess, but yours is safer since it uses the resting tile.

>>6098175
Yes. There's less risk that way. Then we go all the way around until we end back in the button, triggering all the plates.

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>>6097809
>>6097398
>>6097381
>>6097363
>>6097381

You decide to jump over the middle tile just in case you need to go back, leaving the floor of the button to fall behind you. You activate as many tiles as you can, and make a diagonal jump towards the 'safe' tile. You almost mess it up, but you manage to hold on to the ledge and climb back up. Now, all you need to do is seal your shoe on the side of the wall to use as support for your following climbing maneuver. You really start to understand why humans are so renowned for their clothes, because your shoes can hold on to your full weight pretty well. Maybe you should learn a spell to summon rocks or something so you don't mess up your shoes every time, since the summoning teacher found a way to just throw the clothes back at you now, but he doesn't fix them. You preferred when he bought you new ones.

Anyway, after that it's only a matter of running down the very linear corridor. You wish you had the time to inspect these walls, there's no way they're all normal walls, there's been some sort of invisible illusion in nearly every exam thus far, no reason to believe there isn't one here too.

Just like that you're back to where you came from, and you're pretty sure you activated every tile, now here comes the problem of the button that you can't reach. You really hope the button leads to the door or you may need to take a dip. You still have a lot of mana left, so if need be you can always throw hands with what's down there, but if you did everything right, it shouldn't come to this.

Mana: 50/85

>What will you do? (Write in)

>>6098182
..Are we sure that the button leads to the door? It was said that we would get the key once ALL the tiles were gone. Doesn't that mean we need to wait for the last one too?

>>6098185
I guess I should specify, should we not hang onto something to wait for the last tile to fall before pressing the button? Maybe once the final one falls we'll get the key. The last thing we need is for the button to make the creature lift up a tile we have no way of reaching.

>>6098182
Did we not get the corridor one?

>>6098192
+1

>>6098192
Yeah that sounds about right. We have Seal to use if we need to. Just remember to do it close to the button if we can. In case we need to press it after all.

If nothing happens after the last tile falls, THEN we press the button.

>>6098193
the small corridor in the middle-north is the safe space that doesn't actually have a tile, if you're worried about it having a secret tile, I'll just say that Atlas checked with mana feel or something to make sure and there isn't one, I'm not that cruel.

>>6098198
Okay thanks for clarifying

>>6098192
>>6098194
DO IT

Remember, we were told that we would RECEIVE the key when they were all activated. So if we don't have the key, that means they aren't all activated.

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>>6098206
>>6098194
>>6098193

You seal your remaining shoe on the wall close to the button, and wait for the last tile to fall off. At first, nothing happens, but you notice that your pocket feels heavier, and sure enough, the key was materialized in there. Unfortunately, you still have no idea where the door might be, and with no other idea, you press the button, hoping it won't undo all the work you did.

You hear a rumble on the corridor at your right, peeking over the corner, you see that a path opened here, but it's at least two tiles away, and you're sort of out of shoes. Well, you could unseal the one you have right now, but then you'll have nothing holding you to the wall, and you're not sure if you have the dexterity necessary to quickly seal and unseal the shoe to move along the walls.

Mana: 35/85

>What will you do? (Write in)

>>6098232
Okay, first question, I don't know exactly how 'seal' works, but wouldn't it be possible to use our socks? It's not like durability matters when we're magically sealing it, right?

>>6098236

Seal sort of meld part of the item with something else, but that doesn't change the actual texture, if the sock can't support your weight, it'll rip and break.

>>6098261
Okay, well, what if we use our pants? Folded up, our pants should be able to support our weight.

Man, we really do use our clothes a lot.

>>6098267

A little awkward to take off your pants while holding on to one singular shoe, but it is possible, if could also probably use your shirt that way too.

>>6098267
I got a better idea. Why don't we use the pants to...swing around? Fold them up at least twice so they won't tear too fast, seal them into the wall as close to the corner as we can, and then we swing around and jump? Even if we fall into the water it'll be close enough to not matter.

>>6098274
Better yet. Tie the two together to form a sturdy rope. Then it definitely won't tear. Hell, use our socks too if we need to

Atlas is not beating the exhibitionism allegations

>>6098277
Okay, +1ing this.

>>6098277
+1
We didn't take swimming as the workout option because of Table, and now swimming is coming back to haunt us with this dungeon puzzle. As long as we don't drop the key and lose it in the water, we're good to go. Atlas should easily be able to swim while holding it in one hand
>spoiler
How will Table react when Atlas walks into her room soaked and almost completely naked?

>>6098289
You should be worried about getting to our room first. Also, we're still going to have our underwear.

>>6098291
At that point with Table in her room, Atlas might as well drop that entirely.
>inb4 she's already wet from the dungeon challenge

>>6098293
Listen, Atlas might have a burgeoning exhibitionism fetish, but that doesn't mean we're going to walk naked in public.

>>6098289
>>6098277
>>6098267

You take off your pants, trying to not think of the fact that a teacher is probably watching right now, and try to tie it up in a rope. Your pants are rather sturdy, they're the one you used to travel from the human city to the school, which means they can take quite the punishment. You also take off your shirt and seal it with it to further elongate it. With this, you have a pseudo rope you can seal to the wall and swing around in.

You seal it to the corner, and swing from the side. Your heart beats faster as you let go of the 'rope' and launch yourself towards the newly revealed path. Your hand barely grabs on to the ledge, and if it wasn't for your enhanced strength, you're pretty sure the impact would make you lose your grip. You pull yourself up, and spit the key you were holding between your teeth, since you sort of had to abandon your pockets here. Thinking back on it, there was a very real risk of you accidentally choking on the key, but it all worked out.

The door is right there, and with a sigh of relief, you use the key. You don't even think of checking more of this place, you're out of mana, and the strength spell is starting to wear out, it's time to go.

You teleport back to your room with a very surprised Table.

"Hey, how did it- Why are you half naked?" Table asks, flabbergasted. "Did you know I was going to wait for you here? Or did you somehow lose all your clothes in the dungeon?"

"The latter, I guess? Either way, I did it. A little disappointed I only really used two spells, but hey, it works."

"And those two spells needed you to strip? You weren't so brazen that you stripped before going out the door to surprise me, did you? The teachers can see that, you know?"

"What? No! Taking off my clothes was very important, I sealed it to the wall, so I could avoid falling into the water, that's all."

She narrows her eyes at you. "hmm... fine, I'll believe you. Anyway, the reason I was waiting for you is... is... No!" She shakes her head violently. "I see what you're trying to do! Distract me with your vile charms! Well, it won't work!"

You have no idea what she's going on about, but you might as well play into it. "I think you're just imagining things," you pounce on her, your strength spell is barely active, but it's enough to hold her down. You kiss her forehead, and she looks away, embarrassed.

"I wanted to play that game again, okay? I swear for once I wasn't here for sex, and I won't be sidetracked! I even made notes on what I wanted for a new character!"

"You're sure you wouldn't rather be playing with me?"

She groans. "Is this really what I sound like to you?"

"Yes," You let go of her. "Anyway, sure, we can play that to celebrate. What did you have in mind?"

She smiles. "Well! I just picked strength and speed because it makes sense, but there's that sword that scales off of intelligence, do you think strength and intelligence would work?"

(going to sleep so no choice for now, but I guess you can theorize for the duel that will follow, that or you can come up with ways to mess with Table during the gaming session, up to you)

>>6098297
I meant in her room, dumbass

>>6098322
>Atlas teasing her back
The Tables have turned. The bracelet on her has awakened Atlas to how amazing Table really is, and now that that's sunk into his psyche he can never see her another way again (except if she takes the bracelet off, but you get what I mean)

>>6098323
Goodnight QM

>>6098323
>you can come up with ways to mess with Table during the gaming session, up to you)
You remember back when we Atlas and Table were still friends, and she basically forced us to sleep on her lap because we were basically running ourselves ragged? We should do that while we play. Atlas can put her head on his lap while we play. And see how long she can keep her focus.

>>6098323
Looking forward to the next update.
>>6098325
>The bracelet on her has awakened Atlas to how amazing Table really is, and now that that's sunk into his psyche he can never see her another way again
It's honestly nice to see how their relationship has evolved. Though if this is how Atlas has got just from having her curse temporarily shut down, I can only imagine how he'll be once we finally cure it for real. I wouldn't be surprised if he just proposed on the spot.

>>6098327
>eventually it devolves into Table unable to take it and proceeding to pull Atlas' pants down and shoving her face into his crotch and simply staying that way without even blowing him just for max scent nuking herself

>>6098333
I agree. I also like how he has never given up on his magic autism and enthusiasm either, and I hope he never ever does.

>>6098374
>pants
We left our pants in the dungeon, remember?

>>6098378
Oh right. That's even better right now

>>6098322
>Table curious about STR/INT
Finally we have somebody else like us fallen for the lure of magic unga

>>6098378
He still has his underwear on. Not for long...

Yo OP, here you go
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Convert that from base64

>>6098912
Wrong thread...?

>>6098913
No, it's on purpose because the OP is french

>>6098912
thanks, but why ?

>>6099017
See >>6098928

>>6098327
+1

>>6098912
Doesn't work for me.

>>6098323
Sleep well, and thanks for running!

>>6098680
>>6098374
>>6098333
>>6098327

"Alright, get on my lap," you ask, pulling out your laptop from your pocket space. "It's more comfortable than just watching from the side, right?"

"Heh, comforTable- wait, aren't you going to put some pants on, first? I'm not blowing you this time! Video games! If we do anything we'll have to clean everything up, and I'm just not in the mood for that hassle."

You shake your head. "No, I'm still sweaty from all the exercise I had to do in the dungeon, so I don't want to dirty them, you know?"

"Then take a shower!" She says, a tinge of regret in her voice. "Then you can put some clothes on, and we can play!"

You're running out of excuse at this point. "Okay, but I don't want to, too bad. Besides, I already turned on my laptop, and it's wasted energy to go to the shower now, so let's just get started."

She grumbles and rests her head on your lap. You're not even horny right now, you just think it's fun to get back at her sometimes. You start up the game, and create a new character. This time Table makes much better choices, but her build is rather subpar in the early game where she has nothing that really scales off intelligence. Even so, you can tell she thought a lot about this, because she already has a general idea of how to get to the item she need as fast as she can.

You're a little disappointed she isn't distracted at all by the fact her head is so close to your crotch, she's putting all her attention on the game. It looks like she's equally fascinated by the game as the depiction of the city itself. It is pretty detailed, despite the limited graphics, you can recognize a few places you've been in before.

"Man, I wish I was human so I could live there. It sounds nice."

"It has its perks, but it can feel a little cramped sometimes, you know? Then again, it's where I lived all my life, so I never realized until I went outside. I like being able to jog around as much as I want around the school, in the city you'd probably end up accidentally walking on some corporation's area and get fined, most people prefer spending time inside because of that."

"Is it really that bad? No public area to hang out with people?"

"There are. Like you can see in the game, there are cafés, and the workplace, and gyms, it's just that you're expected to spend most time inside a building, it's seen as weird for someone to walk outside for too long."

"Yeah, but video games, though..."

"But no magic! That's the worst part! I mean, technically you can cast magic, but if you use anything too advanced people would assume you're an outsider spy or something. I'm much happier here with you."

"Pfrrt, you're so corny. I'm still not blowing you, go finish that quest already." She sticks out her tongue(s) at you.

"Hey, keep being mean to me, and I'll be mean back." You hover your hand above her head menacingly.

"What? You wouldn't force me to do anything, I know you, come on."

>>6099158

You touch her head and cast tracking scent on her. The effect is immediate, and you can feel her finger dig into your thigh as she tries to regain control of herself. "No fair! Cheating! You can't just DO that!"

"If it bothers you this much, you can just move your head, can't you?"

"You know what? Fuck you." She pokes you and casts tracking scent on you before putting on the wooden bracelet. "Let's see who breaks first! Keep playing the game!"

And so, you keep playing. She does smell nice, but you assume it's a lot harder for her than it is for you, considering her position. At least it stays that way until she finds more creative ways to move her body around while still keeping her head on your lap. It's getting ridiculous at this point, you can barely see the screen here.

"You remember when you slept on me like this? We weren't dating back then," Table suddenly asks, looking up at you. "I remember, I was a little scared you'd think I was being weird, but I guess I was thinking something like 'he'll forget about me sooner rather than later, and I'd rather try than live with regrets', you know?"

"Did you really think I'd forget you?"

"How could I not? That's what always happens. It's hard to believe I can just do stuff like this with you every day, now. Mess around, tease you, get teased back, exercise, and even stuff that's supposed to be for humans only, like play that game! That's stuff I thought was just for other people, and sometimes I wonder, if I didn't take that risk, if I didn't try to be so forward with you, if none of this would've happened. It just makes me wonder how many opportunities I didn't take in my life, I guess."

You've never thought about your life that way, weirdly enough. Sure, you sometimes hesitate, but when you know what you want, you just get right into it. If you want something, you have to do what it takes to get it, even if it means leaving your homeland behind. You can't say you live with a lot of regrets, sure, you do wonder what would've happened if you did this or that, you can get nostalgic, but you wouldn't change a thing if you could start over.

"Damnit, it's gone, I'm losing this, aren't I?"

"What's gone?"

"Your boner, you had that intense look when you think about something deep, and it just went away. Ah, fuck it, whatever, I don't care anymore." She lifts your underwear up and breathes it all in for an abnormal amount of time. She stands there stunned for a while, drooling all over you. "O-Okay, got my dose, let's just k-keep playing... okay one more." She takes another sniff. "Okay, satisfied for real now, let's go." She takes off the bracelet, and dumps a lot of extra mana in her mana space.

>>6099159

Strangely enough, this doesn't lead into sex, not that you mind. She is right that it would get messy very fast and might even wet the laptop if you're not careful. The game is thankfully good enough that you don't feel the need to tease her further, tempting as it may be. She's already pretty good at the game, but she's clearly frustrated she can't play it herself.

"Man, how come no one figured out how to get past your gene lock stuff with material magic yet? It's not like your tech uses runes right?" Table asks.

"Well, my guess is that the goal isn't to outright stop the reverse engineering as much as it is to slow it down. Even if someone manages to disable the genelocks, most machines we have are encrypted to hell and have a bunch of useless stuff specifically meant to be confusing to figure out. Our electronics in particular are often made at such a small level that it'd take ages to figure out what feature does what and why. By the time someone figures out how to make a computer, humanity will already be three steps ahead, and anything outsiders will come up with will be easily hackable."

"Yeah, but I don't care about reverse engineering it! I want to use it! Think you could figure do that? Maybe ask the material teacher?"

"I could always ask someone in the human city if I ever go back here, but removing the gene lock is kind of illegal for obvious reasons. I think the computers in the vault aren't gene locked, but they're pretty old, I don't think they can run that game. I think I could buy some component individually to upgrade them though... hmm, food for thought."

You get pretty far into the game, but it's already night, and you both have to be ready for the duel that comes tomorrow. That's fine, whoever it is, you'll be ready, because this time, mana won't be an issue.

You wake up earlier than Table, but you're too excited to chill in the bed with her. Instead you re-read your notes to make sure the overdrive spell will work properly, along with basic practice of spells you already know. Table groans as your activity wakes her up, but she doesn't complain.

"No breakfast today?" Table grumbles. "Oh! Wait! That means I can get it for you! Stay right here!" She dresses up and leaves. As promised, she comes back with food and a hot chocolate. You start to understand why she was tearing up when you did that for her the first time, because it feels very nice to not have to do anything for once. But alas, the duel is coming, and just like with the dungeon, you both must be in your own dorms for the teleport to work. You do wonder about the logistics of that, would it just teleport everyone inside the room otherwise? Can it differentiate an animal from a student? Surely it can, right, or it'd just teleport every bug in the room with you, assuming you had any.

>>6099160

You find yourself in a similar enclosed room, except this one is made of wooden plans unlike the usual stone blocks that most dungeons use. It's also lit up without any torches, with the lights coming from no discernible source. The person you'll have to fight is... oh no.

"Ha!" Ivy laughs. "Another easy victory for me! Want me to go easy on you? I could, but I don't wanna! That's for accusing me of stealing your food all these months ago!"

"Are you still on that!? And you DID steal my food!"

"Nuh-uh. Don't care, and I'm going to win, and the winner is always right."

Alright, let's stay calm. Just because you have overdrive doesn't mean this fight is already won, and Ivy shouldn't be underestimated either. From what you've seen, she's fast, and worst of all, a very good summoner. The fact she can detach her head isn't great either, it means dismembering her might not give the best results. That doesn't mean she can't be killed however, wraiths can still take physical damage, but things like slashing tends to be less effective.

What to do...

Analysis results:
Name: Ivy
Race: Wraith
Mana: 950/950
Divination: 15
Life: 3
Intangible: 4
Material: 10
Summoning: 25

Mana: 85/85 (not yet under Overdrive)

Available spells: https://rentry.org/carzyq9g

How will you fight? (Write in)

>>6099161
Alright, let's go.

I'm thinking...we should start slow. Try to use spark + mana flare to see if it works. But the idea is to make her cocky. Make her think she's undefeatable. And when she does, we cast reinforce belief.

Once she's under reinforce belief, we OVERDRIVE.

>>6099196
+1

We really need to learn more offensive spells...we should sign up for Intangible class next month.

>>6099112
Too dumb to read what I said to do, huh

>>6099161
Backing >>6099196

>>6099161
>>6099196+1

>>6099196
>>6099201
>>6099225
>>6099227

Deep breaths, you can do this. First, you open up with a spark to see if her clothes will catch on fire. It...doesn't, and she laughs.

"Poor, predictable Atlas. So simple, so foolish. My clothes are made by a spirit! They can't be put on fire! More resistant to all types of damage in fact!" She gloats.

Don't take the bait, if you lose your cool, you're screwed. That's fine if her clothes can't catch on fire, if you use spark and fire flare fast enough, you don't even need to start a fire, the explosion will happen anyway. Well, that's not entirely true, it wouldn't work under water for example, but here it works just fine. She's taken aback, but it doesn't look like she took a lot of damage. The fire didn't burn anything in the wooden room either, since fire flare automatically extinguishes whatever fire it's linked to.

You did consider burning the entire room, but you're pretty sure that would screw you over more than anything.

Your thoughts are interrupted by a familiar voice. Isn't that your childhood friend's voice? What was her name again? Claire, right? Clearly she's not actually here, but how would Ivy know that you-

You almost get impaled by a rising wooden spike. It was a confusion spell, you knew it was an illusion, but you didn't think that questioning that illusion was the point, it was supposed to distract you from something else. Another wooden spike- seriously? The first one was an illusion from a delayed double? You dodge that one too, but now you're a little paranoid. You can't trust her attacks at all.

You can tell she's not going all out either, she's just messing with you. Your plan is to make her cocky, then bait her into making a mistake, but you're not sure how to do that without dying. It would only take a well-placed spike for you to die, and there's no way she'll let you get close enough for your usual portal cut.

You could activate reinforce belief right now, but you'd rather wait for the right moment to cast it. How should you go about it? Say something to piss her off? Or praise her in some way? She must have some weakness somewhere.

Mana: 49/85 (not yet under Overdrive)

Available spells: https://rentry.org/carzyq9g

>How will you fight? (Write in)

>>6099318
Wait, how df did we go down to 49? We can't even cast reinforce belief anymore.

>>6099323

Hold on I got it wrong, I calculated it as two sparks + two fire flare, but it was two sparks and ONE fire flare. Your actual mana is 64

>>6099323
>>6099325
Reinforce Belief is 50
We pop Overdrive then go in for the kill? With what, just burning her alive?

>>6099325
Okay, well, in that case...

I believe our best bet is to provoke her. If she was still holding a grudge from when we insulted her that long ago, insulting her should work.

How about...we begin telling her that she only knows magic because she was born a spirit? Make it seem like we're "sour grapes" and jealous. Then we pop reinforce belief, AND THEN we go Overdrive.

>>6099327
+1 but should we plan for after? Or just make it to her being caught up in Reinforce Belief and Atlas on Overdrive?

>>6099327
Sure, let's go with this

>>6099341
Oops, it changed. I'm >>6099201

>>6099340
Well, it says that things like slashing doesn't work much...what if were to cast Strength + Juggernaut and then beat the absolute shit out of her while also spamming flare when we can? She's only got Life 3.

>>6099344
Ghost Punching?

>>6099361
Well it says they can still take physical damage, right? So that means we can punch them, i assume. Please correct me if i'm wrong QM.

>>6099363
So Overdrive into Strength+Juggernaut(+Remove Hurt?) and just punch rush her? Or can we punch her, cast Spark as we hit her, then Fire Flare her on melee impact? Flaming fists of fury?

>>6099365
I guess whatever works. I don't know how much we'll get from Overdrive.

But again, that's assuming we can punch her.

>>6099363
Yeah, slashing isn't as effective since they can dislocate limbs, but blunt damage and the likes will still leave damage that can't be fixed by just cutting yourself in half

>>6099375
Alright then. Time to beat a girl.

>>6099375
It's time to recreate the Ghost Puncher of /x/ fame

EVERYBODY HOLD ON, I HAVE A GENIUS IDEA TO DISTRACT IVY

>>6099318
>"Spirit clothes you say? Even after KNOWING there's a spell that let's you SEE SPIRITS?! Oh Ivy, how lewd of you! Aren't sure you're a pervert? My, and to think I have a spell just like the one I described"

Idk if I'm correct, but I do remember this kind of reasoning coming from Atlas on the first thread when he learned Spirit Sight, tho maybe I'm confused a little and he was just theory crafting with that spell

>>6099389
I don't want her stripping or doing something stupid here

>>6099389
>>6099390
I mean if it were outside a duel and if Table was here then I wouldn't say no to messing with Ivy alongside Table

>>6099389
No, that's dumb. We're trying to beat her up. We want her to become overconfident with reinforce belief so she stops trying to shishkebab us and we get enough breathing room to cast overdrive and then beat her to death.

>>6099326
>>6099327
>>6099340

"Well, of course you're winning, you were born as a wraith, you have an innate advantage when it comes to magic."

You use reinforce belief as you say this, hoping it will somehow get her cocky or mad enough to make mistakes you can capitalize on.

"I wasn't born that way," she says with a strangely calm look on her face. "Is that what you think? That my life's easy because I'm like this? I can't even cast a bunch of spells for myself because of the way I am. You think YOU have it bad? You think I don't try? That I don't work hard? Screw you! SCREW YOUSCREWYOUSCREWYOU."

She dissapears. The good news is reinforced belief looks like it worked.

The bad news is that it looks like it worked.

You dodge a spike, but it was an illusion, the second was one too, the third wasn't, but you dodged that too. Strenght allows you to jump further than normal, which makes dodging easier, but the pace at which she's throwing her attack is ridiculous. You're pretty sure there's no specific pattern to take advantage of either, it's like she's randomly spamming spikes and illusions with no regards to her own mana pool. You don't have much of a choice, and decide to use overdrive and add juggernaut so you can survive the occasional spike.

You still have no idea where she even is, is she invisible? There's no way she already knows that spell, but what else could it be? Did she phase through a wall? Is that even allowed? But how can she even see where you are if you're- oh right, the remote view spell.

On a whim, you slam yourself against the wooden wall and sure enough, there's another identical room behind it with Ivy. You're pretty sure it takes some time for a wraith to phase through solid things. They're more like jelly than incorporeal being, they have to push themselves against until they pop right past it. In other words, if she tries that again, she'll give you ample time to punch her to death. Of course, she did cast a spell to hide her escape before, so you'll have to be wary of that.

But she's not running away. As a matter of fact, she doesn't even look mad anymore, she has a serious look in her eyes that doesn't quite feel like her.

"You're smart, and honestly, I'm a little scared of you sometimes, so don't take it personally when I don't want to give you a chance to use your tricks."

You think she has about a quarter of her mana left after everything she did before, she can't have that much more left up her sleeve. You could try to rush her, but something tells you to be careful. She doesn't have any life spells, so it's likely that if you can get one solid hit on her in your buffed up state, she's done for.

Mana: ???/??? (OVERDRIVE)

Available spells: https://rentry.org/carzyq9g

>How will you try to finish the fight? (Write in)

>>6099409
Let's do...a PORTAL PUNCH. Displace a portal so we can use it to punch her, using delay double to trick her first too.

>>6099416
Actually, addition, use a fire flare to distract her first. When we use sit, it took her back, so we fire flare, making it seem like we're going to charge at her, but then we use the portal to give her a big sock.

>>6099416
>>6099422
+1
Let's rock

>>6099409
>You think she has about a quarter of her mana left after everything she did before, she can't have that much more left up her sleeve.
>>6099161
>Name: Ivy
>Race: Wraith
>Mana: 950/950
She burned like 720 fucking mana in less than 10 minutes? What the fuck is she doing?!

>>6099409
>Mana: ???/??? (OVERDRIVE)
why is our mana stats unkown ?
>>6099422
>+1
>>6099516
I mean, most spells are pricy and she just spammed those spikes + illusions, plus the spell she used to hide her escape.

>>6099519
Are most spells truly that expensive? Wow we really do suck at this as a human huh? We don't have much of an idea how expensive spells end up getting yet; all we know are the spells we have access to right now
>why is our mana stats unkown ?
Because my fellow ESL anon, Overdrive jacks up mana regen and the mana cap temporarily. But you're kinda right about one thing

>>6099409
HEY OP
Could you also put in the descriptions of each of the spells into the rentry list?

>>6099521
>Because my fellow ESL anon, Overdrive jacks up mana regen and the mana cap temporarily.
that I know, but I didn't take to mean technically infinite mana for a while

>>6099602
It's ??? because we don't know the cap yet, not because it's infinite. Like, Table's mana is listed "???" because we've never seen her run out.

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>>6099225
Don't be a shit. I converted it to the link, but the link didn't function. I may have done it wrong, maybe.

>>6099416
>>6099422
+1

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>>6099635
Works on my machine, fag. But even then, I've never seen mega links give that error before. If you copypasted it right and converted it properly using the first damn site google gives you when you search "(insert code method here) decoder", then you should get the exact same link I did and that you're meant to get from this.

>>6099684
That's what I do. Not sure why it didn't work. Why are you being so weirdly hostile about it?

>>6099974
>Why are you being so weirdly hostile about it?
We are on 4chan and I'm too used to people being retarded at simple shit. Also I am less hostile in that post than I was initially because I'm starting to realize what you're experiencing with the link might be some other issue I've never experienced before. Is Mega country-blocked or something? Could you try a VPN if you have one to see if that works?

>>6099519
>>6099516
>>6099425

Alright, show time. First, you use a fire flare with spark to distract her, but...nothing happens. She flickers, another illusion? Again? You look around, but by the time you see her, she's already too far away from you. You try it again, but she's prepared and easily dodges it. Fine, whatever, you'll go straight for the kill then. You throw multiple pocket spaces around so that you can punch through them. One wouldn't do much, since she'd just float away from them, but now you just need her to stumble close to one and-

You hear a sickening crunching sound as your fist breaks against your own portal. She was close enough to one of your portal for you to punch her through them, but you didn't account for her putting an embargo on your own portal to stop your fist from going through. Looking back on it, it's not like you can actually make your fist go through portals, maybe you should've bashed her with a plank of wood through the portal or something.

It's fine, you don't feel anything, and you realize the juggernaut effect made it so the damage to the fist wasn't that dire, it's still usable...somewhat. That's what you tell yourself until every single one of your portals reverse course and come rushing at you, hitting you like blunt objects, you manage to disable most of them before it hurts too bad, but she creates portals of her own to use as improvised battering rams, which you can't disable as easily. You try to mana rip one of them to carve a path, but you severely underestimated how great her control over her own portals were, and she uses that opportunity to slowly advance the portals towards you. You try to jump over them, but-

You wake up in your room.

Ha. You think you jumped right into one of her portals. That's fine. You're fine.

No, you know what? You're NOT fine. That was BULLSHIT. She barely had any mana left, and yet she's still capable of pulling THAT off? What were you supposed to do? Even when you tried to hit her, turns out it was a stupid illusion! What do you even have that can- well, okay, you have bright sight, but her illusions looked advanced, so you're sure it wouldn't have worked! Probably!

You gesticulate wildly into your bed to get it out of your system. You should've won. This was your moment to shine, you had overdrive, you had all the mana you could ask for. If you could just get your HANDS on her, she'd be DEAD in an INSTANT. Now she'll think she's better than you! She's not! She got lucky! A rematch! YOU WANT A REMATCH!

You're still mad. You just need to... do something to let it all out. Something nice. You'll bring Table too, you're sure she can help calm you down.

>Jog.
>A trip to the town.
>You've heard Charlotte has some fishing equipment, maybe fishing can help you put your thoughts in order.
>Something else (Write in)

(sorry for the delay, I got distracted by a 3 hour video on romance in games, couldn't miss it.

Also deadlock)

>>6100179
>, it's not like you can actually make your fist go through portals,
...What? Since the hell when is that true? And didn't i specifically vote for using delay double? Why wouldn't the delay double have worked on our portal too?

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>>6100180
QM, stop playing THAT Deadlock and start playing THIS Deadlock

>>6100184
Fuck, he's right
>Even when you tried to hit her, turns out it was a stupid illusion! What do you even have that can- well, okay, you have bright sight, but her illusions looked advanced, so you're sure it wouldn't have worked!
There's no reason not to pop Bright Sight and other buffs while under Overdrive. I never thought of this
>You're smart, and honestly, I'm a little scared of you sometimes
Bitch also fucking lied about this, I guarantee it

>>6100185
Except that was BEFORE. She was an illusion BEFORE when we tried to use FLARE. When we were hitting her she wasn't. But apparently we just didn't use delay double?

If we had used delay double LIKE THE VOTE SAID, she would have cast embargo on a FAKE PORTAL and we would have got her.

>>6100184
Specifically, you can't make your fist go through TWO portals to attack at a distance. You always needed to use another item as a proxy to interact with things outside the second portal.

If you're wondering about the delay double, I did forget to put it in, not that it would've worked, she would've either dispelled the illusion or noticed the fakeness very fast with how good she is at summoning.

>>6100179
>Jog.

>>6099980
It inexplicably started working today, so I'm going to guess maybe a browser/cache issue.

>>6100190
>Specifically, you can't make your fist go through TWO portals to attack at a distance
We were always able to make a fist go through a portal, we were able to use it to press the lever before.
>she would've either dispelled the illusion or noticed the fakeness very fast
How does that matter when it's a delay double for an portal? Even if she 'noticed', if she went to 'dispel' it in the first place it'd be too late since the punch would already be going.

Well, i guess you just wanted to force a loss to take us down a peg or something.

>>6100191
>It inexplicably started working today
Wait so the link did work?
>browser/cache issue
Figures it'd be something minor like that. Ah well. I hope you enjoy that series though anon
I also hope the QM saw that and knows about it. It's one of the french cartoons known on the internet outside of Dofus/Wakfu

>>6100193
No you weren't, you used your shoe to interact with the lever before,

You can also refer to this >>6097297 where I specify that if you did want to press the button, you'd need to take off your shoes to press it from afar via pocket space

>>6100196

I remember code lyoko, weird show now that I look back on it. Can forcefully come back to the status quo via time travel so they kind of routinely do apocalyptic stuff, kinda neat

>>6100200
That doesn't make any sense. We can put our hand through if we're holding a shoe but not if it's just our hand? That's dumb. You should describe spells better instead of failing people because
>oops you didn't actually understand this description of this spell from 1000 pages ago, sowwy

>>6100209
I admit I'm not the best at explaining, but this quirk of pocket space was explained multiple times. You've also used the spell multiple times, and every single time it was shown you did use the spell via an item. As for how you've used the item through the portal, you were holding the item inside the portal, with the item poking out. Your hand wasn't actually outside, it was holding an item that was.

>>6100215
>was explained multiple times
No, you mentioned it in a single line in the early parts of the first thread, and then never explicitly mentioned it again. You just said we used an item, not 'oh actually you're holding it from outside the portal'

And then despite knowing that, you just didn't say "Actually that's not how the spell works" despite it being something that Atlas SHOULD KNOW, forcing him to apparently act retarded and fail because of a shitty explanation of a spell. What, do i have to check every single mention of a spell in the old thread every time we're going to use it to make it juuust suure you didn't add some random clause that completely ruins our plan which you refuse to say?

>>6100179
>Something else
Go punch something and imagine it's Ivy. Do we have a punching bag somewhere?

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>>6100220
Anon, I get you're annoyed, and the explanation could have been better, but it's over, there's no need to be so angry.

>>6100220
I do admit that making him punch the portal was maybe out of character and something he should've known, but as for when it's mentioned
>mentioned by the teacher that pocket space can't be used to transport a whole body, even if you can hold hands through them
>Mentioned when you try to improve the spell with spell displacements
>Mentioned during the lever part, and multiple times out of character I reminded people that's how it worked.

I do agree I should've made it more clear it wasn't going to work before writing, and I'll try to avoid obvious mistakes like this in the future. It's something I usually do, but I got distracted and thought people already knew about that part of the spell since it felt like it came up so often. I'll try to be more clear in the future.

>>6100233
>mentioned by the teacher that pocket space can't be used to transport a whole body, even if you can hold hands through them
So we can hold hands through a portal, but not punch someone through it?
>I'll try to be more clear in the future.
Have you considered adding the descriptions and any changes you add to a spell to the rentry so we aren't forced to go crawling through thousands of posts just to avoid missing because of something you mentioned several dozen updates ago?

>>6100233
Based QM being rational and understanding and not losing his cool.

>>6100233
While I think spell descriptions and known limitations makes sense to add to the pastebin, I don't think it's unreasonable to think anons could double-check those things (even though I didn't) or that our first-year student wizard might fuck up in the heat of the moment.

>>6100239
I understand why he's mad. I personally believe I made the spell's function clear, but also I'm literally the QM and of course I'll remember details better than most players, so I'll take some time to add descriptions of each spell to avoid issues like this.

Mind you, the fight itself wasn't unwinnable, but it was designed to be pretty unfair. Ivy has both good summoning and divination spells, and good mobility. Her erratic mindset also makes her ironically hard to manipulate via reinforce belief because of the way she'll misinterpret what you say. She was for all intents and purposes a counter to your most common tactics, but with bright sight it would've been doable I think.

I guess i should vote for something so we can get past this anyway

>>6100221
+1

>>6100221
+1

>>6100179
>You hear a sickening crunching sound as your fist breaks against your own portal. She was close enough to one of your portal for you to punch her through them, but you didn't account for her putting an embargo on your own portal to stop your fist from going through.
wait, so the embargo makes it work like a wall ? shit

>[...]until every single one of your portals reverse course and come rushing at you, hitting you like blunt objects, you manage to disable most of them before it hurts too bad, but she creates portals of her own to use as improvised battering rams, which you can't disable as easily.
...that's a thing that can be done with portals ? fuck

>Jog.

>>6100221
Can we do this and then jog? I'd like to do both with Table

>>6100289
>I'd like to do both with Table
ryonafags on control, I see

>>6100295
I meant punch something else together with Table also punching alongside us. There is a time and place for ryona and Table is neither

>>6100215
>>6100220
>>6100233
>>6100250
that's was a thing that happened. my only input will be that you should warn us when we choose an action that doesn't work, 'coz ic it's something Atlas would know and we'd just end up looking like trolling for some reason.

https://rentry.org/carzyq9g I updated it to show spell description. Looks like shit and kind of a mess though, might use markdown to make it more readable, but for now just use ctrl F to find a spell.

>>6100297
Yeah that's fair, I think it's something Atlas should've known, and while it's not impossible for him to make mistakes, I don't think it's necessarily fair to the players. Anyway, I think votes are tied between jogging and punching something. I'll lock in both just because I can.

>>6100305
wait actually jog only has 2 votes I miscounted. Well, I'll add it in anyway, too late to go back.

Look on the bright side anons, with this duel finished it's time for summer vacation!

I think.

>>6100313
The promised beach episode... Soon™ my brothers...

>>6100318
Eh...I don't care much for beach episodes, we can already see Table in a bikini, underwear, or naked if we want to. Plus the beach is not very comfortable, the salt water means you can't even really run anything without basically exfoliating the skin.

What I want is to visit the city again. And maybe introduce Table to our parents if we can.

>>6100297
>>6100305
I hope we've all learned a valuable lesson today, friends. To think better, preferably with better portals
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bju0gS-YjkU

>>6100191
>>6100221
>>6100258
>>6100277

It's fine! It's fine. You just need to punch something. You don't want to break anything though, so you decide that you want to do that in a secluded area on something no one cares about. A tree! You'll just buff yourself, and punch a tree as hard as you can. It'll take a while to get to the forest, so you'll jog there to get faster, besides, you could use the exercise.

Table greets you the moment you open the door. "Hey, how did it go- are those your running shoes? Are you really going to jog right after a duel?"

"I want to punch a tree," you state, trying to not sound mad.

"Can I join?"

"Sure."

You both jog to the forest until you find a punchable enough tree, which did take more time than you thought. Turns out a bunch of trees either have souls, are protected by some spirits, or contain some wildlife you'd rather not anger, so you had to make absolutely sure the ones you picked were safe.

"So, wanna tell me why you're in a tree punching mood?" Table asks nonchalently.

"BECAUSE I SHOULD'VE WON!" You cast juggernaut and strength on yourself, the duel necklace made sure anything you did in it didn't mess with your body, so it's pretty safe to cast it again like this. "Now, she's going to think she's better than me! I just made ONE mistake, how is that fair? I thought I could punch her through the pocket spaces, I mean, it would've worked if I used something to get out of the other portal, but then she used embargo on it! And she kept using illusions somehow, she was RIGHT here, I was looking at her! How did she cast a body double? There's no way she knows invisiblity already! I should've used delayed double too, why did I forget to use that, I'm such a dumbass, DAMNIT."

She calmly listens to your tantrum. You do expect her to judge you, saying something like 'why didn't you do this?' or 'she was just better than you', but she doesn't. She just listens.

You punch the tree as hard as you can, your fist holds tight this time, and you leave a small hole inside it. You try to imagine it as punching Ivy, but the tree isn't very Ivy like. "This was supposed to be MY time to shine. I had everything, how can I lose with limited mana but win when I have as much as I want? It makes NO sense!"

"Yeah, you're right, it was probably a fluke on her part. I'm sure she got lucky" Table answers. "I'm sure you'll kick her ass when you fight her again."

"What if I don't? What if they never pair me in a duel against her again and she'll just brag for the rest of the year about how she beat me? I hate it! I hate it, I hate it!"

"You could ask her for a rematch?"

"I could but..."

What if you lose again? In public? Could you really live with that? With the shame? What if it wasn't a fluke? What if you really are worse than her? You punch the tree, again and again. Even with that strenght, you can't even destroy a damn tree, this sucks.

>>6100347


The strenght spell runs out, and you collapse on the floor as the drawback sets in. You don't want to move, you don't want to do anything.

"Hey," Table lays down next to you on the leaves. "Does it matter what other thinks?"

"I don't know, I didn't think I'd care, but when it comes to Ivy, it makes my blood boil to imagine people thinking she's better than I am."

"But you know you're better than her, and I know you're better than her, isn't that all that matters? Why should you care about people who are wrong."

You're not sure how to answer. Of course you know your rage is illogical. This duel doesn't really matter in the grand scheme of things, and yet... it pisses you off so much. Maybe you were never satisfied with just being a mediocre mage, maybe you always strived to be much more than that.

"Hey, Atlas? Vacations are in a month, right? We don't have an exam at the end of this one, still some classes though, any idea on where we should spend that vacation?"

"I don't know. Anywhere with you is fine, I guess?" You reply not so calmly.

"Boooo, corny boring answer! It doesn't have to be realistic, just think of something!"

Well, if anywhere is fine, then...

>The human city
>The beach
>The school
>Wandering around the city.

>>6100349
>The human city

>>6100349
>The human city
Time to introduce the girl and future wife to the parents

>>6100347
>I should've used delayed double too, why did I forget to use that, I'm such a dumbass
A good QM weaves in his players's discussions and his own fuckups into the quest like this

>>6100349
>The human city
If we can meet our parents, let's ask them for our college fund too. If we have actual money, we could probably buy some cool artifacts, right?

>>6100349
>The beach
I bet we've never been to a beach, and the human city sounds lame AND dangerous to Table.

>>6100361
Table doesn't like swimming though, and salt water is probably even worse for a wormgirl like her.

>>6100362
I also do not like swimming. The beach is still pretty, and the first time someone sees the ocean is still magical.

>>6100383
Well, it's a long vacation, two months, and we probably won't be able to spend much time in the city with table IF we even manage to get a visitation.

We could end up doing both.

>>6100349

We should spend most of our time in the bunker, maybe try to get a part-time job in the city and explore there some. There are plenty of side projects we can work on to expand our knowledge of magic with: golem core, spider robot, Table's curse, our limited magic, the original spirit that led us to the bunker.

Take a side trip to the beach for a break after classes end but we are a magic autist and left our entire life behind to study magic so lets study magic.

>>6100347
>I had everything, how can I lose with limited mana but win when I have as much as I want? It makes NO sense!"
I assume you meant the opposite here
>>6100349
>The beach

>>6100349
>Maybe you were never satisfied with just being a mediocre mage, maybe you always strived to be much more than that.
Power and Knowledge like the mystery merchant question was about

>>6100299
hey QM, I saw you mentioning wanting to clean up the formatting for the spell list and took a stab at it, feel free to copy/paste it into the official link
https://rentry.org/wmqys6c2

I noticed a few things while doing this:
1. Delayed Double had an X at the end, meaning we don't know how to mix it, yet the mana cost specifically says "...cost of the spell you're mixing it with..."
2. Spirit link is listed as unlearned, but that's what we used to communicate and follow the spirit to the bunker right?
3. Shouldn't Table know Seal?

>>6100527
Right, so
1. You used spirit sight to communicate with the spirit, not spirit link. Spirit link is a different thing entirely that allows you to essentially have a pseudo familiar.
2. Delayed Double, just like Spell Displacement are spells that are a little special in that being mixed with others is how you use the spell. The spell by itself does nothing, but using it with another spell is considered spell mixing. I put the X because it's a way to say that trying to actively mix the spell will not give any interesting result, if you mix the spell with spark for example, it will just make you cast an illusion of spark. In other words, it's less that X makes them unmixable as much as I'm saying anything with X you shouldn't mix unless you want to waste your time.

3. Table should know seal yeah, I didn't note everything, but I noted everything Atlas should know, so I'll add it.

>>6100452
Also yes, it's supposed to say 'I had everything, how can I win with limited mana but lose when I have as much as I want? It makes NO sense!" my bad

I really wanna learn spirit link so we can go try to fix the vault computers and get another reward from the spirit. Reinforce Belief was great, if we can get another spell like that or even just an upgrade to reinforce belief, we'll be golden.

>>6100452
>>6100361
>>6100359
>>6100351
>>6100352

"The human city sounds nice," you answer. "There's arcade, and movie theaters, I think you'd like those a lot."

"Wooow... I don't know what either of those are. Is a movie theater like, them recreating the movie in a theater?"

"They're the same thing you saw, except the screen is much, much bigger, and they have speakers to make sure the sound surrounds you to make it more immersive. Arcades are a place where you play a bunch of games with friends on blocky looking machines."

"That'd be nice... man, I really want to get in, now. Why did you have to do that? Well, I wanted to check it out ever since I played that game, but now I want it more!"

"You said anything! Of course, I was going to pick something that's unrealistic," You wince as the remove hurt spell runs out too. "Ow, owowow, it hurts all over. Why did I have to punch a tree? It hurts even though I punched it with juggernaut, what's up with that?"

"I think juggernaut IS what's hurting you, idiot. Cast skin heal on yourself."

"Out of mana."

"Alright, let me just- hold on, let me see if I can pull something off." She rolls on top of you, and licks your cheek. You feel some of your mana reserve fill up, but Table doesn't look too pleased. "Owth, therth wood splinth'er thuuck." She painfully pulls out some wood bits that were apparently stuck on your cheek.

"You were finally punished for your thirst, Table. No more sweat licking for you."

"You think that'll stop me? I'll... okay, maybe that will stop me, I'm not eating wood for dinner. Anyway, do you think I could come to the city as a visitor? Surely there's a space outsiders can visit, right?"

"There's a trading space, I think? It's heavily regulated, and it's the type of space where if you make a wrong movement and you don't have the right papers, you'd probably get shot."

"Brutal, didn't you say that some high ranking people could? What if you became, like, the best human mage, would that make them consider it?"

"Officially? Probably not, but high ranking humans are pretty corrupt, I'm sure if you threw enough money or favors their way they'd be willing to look the other way. I'm sure there's one human royal with a harem of outsiders somewhere he keeps secret from the public."

>>6100851

Talking like this makes you forget what you were mad about. It was losing to Ivy, right? It's weird, you don't feel like you care that much anymore. Well, okay, you do care, but it doesn't feel like the infuriating thing it was before, it just feels mildly annoying now.

"Thanks, Table."

"For what?"

"For being here, I guess. Not judging me when I'm freaking out, I don't know."

She laughs, even without the bracelet, it sounds angelic. Maybe she is an angel, what else could she be? Those are cheesy thoughts, and you don't say them out loud, you've embarrassed yourself enough today as is, but you still believe that she's the best thing that ever happened to you.

"Anyway, we got one more month, any idea on what you want to take this month, magic boy?" Table asks, rolling off of you.

"Well, I need one more month to figure out the spirit link spell, so I'll take Divination, as for the rest..."

(You will get two votes this time, the two most popular votes will be picked. Divination is already picked by default as the third choice)
>Summoning
>Intangible
>Life
>Material

>>6100853
>Summoning
>Intangible
Let's try to pick some offensive spells this time. Summoning has also been pretty damn useful so far. Maybe we can find an actual portal spell we can put our hand through?

I gotta say, the formatted archive in >>6100527
is really helpful. You should use it OP, you can copy the whole thing by pressing edit even if you don't own it.

>>6100853
>Life
>Summoning

>>6100851
>the best human mage, would that make them consider it?"
Isn't he technically already us? Unless you mean of all time that is...

>>6100879
is*

>>6100853
Alright, made my decision, I think I'll go with what >>6100859 said and support
>Summoning
>Intangible

>>6100859
+1

>>6100859
Oh wow, you're right, it does look MUCH better, yeah I updated it by copypasting that, it's much more readable, thanks for the work >>6100527 anon.

>>6100853
>Summoning
>Intangible

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>>6100859
>>6100892
glad i could help

>>6100853
>Summoning
>Intangible

>>6100918
>>6101181
>>6100882
>>6100867

"Summoning and Intangible, I think. I've been neglecting summoning for a little bit too long, and I think I could use some extra offensive options for duels with Intangible, you know?"

"You REALLY want that rematch, huh?"

You try to nod, but it's hard to even move your head with how exhausted you are, you underestimated how big the drawback to strength was. "She won't see it coming. And if she refuses, I'll just say that it's because she's scared she'll lose. Not now though, I have to make absolutely sure I'm ready for it."

"Hmm, I dunno, I think I prefer when you're a little scrawny nerd than a big muscly fightstarter, you know?"

"Isn't this what girls are usually into? You have weird taste, Table."

"I'll let you know I can taste you just fine, thank you very much. Well, I guess you'll always be a nerd at heart, no matter how strong you get."

"Yeah, well in magic the nerds are the one in power, so really I'm cool no matter what way you slice it."

You keep the banter going until the night comes and you have to walk back to your dorm. As expected, you get the paper to pick what classes you want for the month, and you settle with your previous choices. Summoning, Intangible, and Divination. To Table's chagrin, you have to take a shower to remove most of the dirt, leaves and bits of woods from your body after your little tantrum in the woods. You also notice there's a lot of dead skin falling off your body, which you assume is a remnant of using juggernaut. Thankfully it doesn't remove pre-existing skin, juggernaut feels like it just adds additional tougher skin on top of the one you already have.

>>6101381

You wake up to breakfast from Table. Well, not her breakfast, the one from the cafeteria, but she did bring it to you. You've heard the school has a public kitchen students use sometimes, you'll have to check it out. You were never much of a cook, people hardly needed to prepare meals in the human city, most stuff is pre-processed, but there's something romantic about serving something you made yourself.

Wait, isn't there a kitchen in the vault? It's not functional anymore, but you could always look into it later. Later being the keyword here, since you have Summoning class today. The good news is that you've checked your schedule, and you've got more free time than before this month, something about a second year teacher having defected, so the teachers had to spread their classes some more. Surely they don't run the entire school on five people, right? But you've only ever seen your teachers, anyone else was just summons from the summoning teacher. This place really is weird.

Anyway, Summoning class! Turns out you never really had a proper summoning class apart from the one you had at the start of the year before, so you're going to have to learn pretty basic spells, you might as well listen to the teacher while you're at it, this IS a class, after all.

"Hello, hello!" The summoning teacher greets all of you. "Now, a few of you here are new, so I'll just repeat what I said before, alright? I did say summoning worked best when mixed with other spells. That's still true! But what if you still wanted to fully commit to being a summoner? What can you really do that way? Well, the answer is portals, really just portals, and nothing else. The good news is portals are quite versatile! Some of you may have realized you could use them to harm people offensively, or as shields, or to redirect people's attacks. If you use your portals in a smart manner, you'll realize that you can do much more than just summon stuff!

Now, some of you may have realized the inherent limitation of your pocket space, like the fact you can only make items go through multiple portals. The truth is you can actually make your hand go through more than one portal, even with pocket space, but the spell has some inherent safety measure put into it, and for good reasons. Why? A lot of reasons, so many reasons that this type of advanced portal is usually only allowed to be used by third years, very rarely second years. It has to do with the soul exploding into bits, sometimes your hands may get stuck on another dimension because of the way the mana is spread, sometimes the portal moves one millimeter too far, and it starts spinning out of control. Pocket space is notoriously unstable when it comes to dealing with living things that are at three places at once, and it's only recently that it became capable of putting your hand in there at all. Anyway, today's lessons will be on portals, so listen up!"

>>6101382

You check the book, and sure enough, a lot of those spells seem related to portals. You recognize a few of those spells as one that Rath could teach you.

>Unsafe Portal: Disables the inherent safety measures of a portal. For example, pocket space will allow you to put your hand through more than two portals at a time, which can be used for much more destructive results than a simple portal cut.
>Embargo: Can be used to stop anything from going past a summoning portal. Often used against other people's summoning spells, and the effectiveness highly depends on your and your target's summoning skill. If one is creative, it could be used on their own portals for interesting results.
>Pocket Artillery: A slightly modified version of the pocket space. Works similarly, but it will throw anything inside of it at a relatively high speed. While not inherently a mixed spell, better intangible knowledge increases the speed at which it can come out.
>Speedy Portal: Enhance the speed at which a portal is created, this also makes moving portals faster. This makes the portal cost 50% more mana however, so it's best to use it sparingly.

>>6101383
>Pocket Artillery: A slightly modified version of the pocket space. Works similarly, but it will throw anything inside of it at a relatively high speed. While not inherently a mixed spell, better intangible knowledge
I had an idea i stole from JoeJoes, what if, using Magic (so we can take it to a duel) we made some fuckin' acid in a bottle, and then threw it at people through portals?

>>6101383
>Pocket Artillery: A slightly modified version of the pocket space. Works similarly, but it will throw anything inside of it at a relatively high speed. While not inherently a mixed spell, better intangible knowledge increases the speed at which it can come out.

>>6101383
>>Pocket Artillery: A slightly modified version of the pocket space. Works similarly, but it will throw anything inside of it at a relatively high speed. While not inherently a mixed spell, better intangible knowledge increases the speed at which it can come out.
sounds fun.
however, do note that we MUST learn embargo and quite well before facing Ivy

>>6101383
>Embargo: Can be used to stop anything from going past a summoning portal. Often used against other people's summoning spells, and the effectiveness highly depends on your and your target's summoning skill. If one is creative, it could be used on their own portals for interesting results.

>>6101383
>Pocket Artillery
Could we line up several pocket artilleries to basically create a coilgun to nuke people with? Like, imagine just putting like, three of these portals really close, then chucking a rock through it.

>>6101383
>Embargo: Can be used to stop anything from going past a summoning portal. Often used against other people's summoning spells, and the effectiveness highly depends on your and your target's summoning skill. If one is creative, it could be used on their own portals for interesting results.

>>6101383
>Pocket Artillery: A slightly modified version of the pocket space. Works similarly, but it will throw anything inside of it at a relatively high speed. While not inherently a mixed spell, better intangible knowledge increases the speed at which it can come out.

>>6101512
>>6101466
>>6101402
>>6101397
>>6101396
>>6101386
>>6101385

Pocket artillery sounds very useful. You're not sure how effective it'll be against Ivy and her stupid embargo, but it still sounds like a very versatile spell. You realize the classroom is equipped with runes that makes any portals cast within it safer. Probably so people don't make themselves explode using unsafe portal spells. From what you understand, summoning really is a dangerous art when used improperly, and you're sure the only reason it isn't used in war more often is because it's just as likely to screw over the user as it is the opponent. It's even worse if your opponent is a good summoner as they can easily turn your own portals against you, it's a pain.

"Atlas? Can I get your attention for a lil' minute?" The teacher snaps his rat fingers to get you to look at him. "We got a new student, new-ish, showed up last month, actually. Now normally I'd take care of her in private lessons to make sure she catches up, but because of err, recent unforeseen events, I'll be a little booked. Think you can help her with a few things?"

You're a little annoyed at this, why should you do HIS job? You're only a first year, and you're already busy enough as is. Even so, it doesn't look good to refuse a teacher, so you'll have to comply. "What do you want me to help her with? I'm still not THAT good."

"Well, she has abnormally low mana, and you've been taught spells specifically so that you could cast them as efficiently as possible. Each spell book here is personalized! Kinda, not really, it's just that we can add notes to the book whenever we want, so we change the content as we go. The one you have is specifically made to help low mana students, and we've been updating it a lot from ever since you got here! Lots and lots of updates. Anyway, I want you to help her with a few spells, sorry to take your time! I'll make it up to you, promise." He points behind you, and you see a beastfolk girl seated at the back of the class, she looks like a humanoid eagle. She stares intently at her book, it seems as if she's out of mana already and has no choice but to rehearse theory for now.

"Table, can you give her some mana?"

She rolls her eyes. "Giving mana is something VERY intimate, I'll let you know. You just want me to touch another girl, you sick fuck."

"Didn't you give me mana the first time we met? Wouldn't that make you a slut, giving mana to the first guy you meet?"

"Alright, ouch, first of all, how do you even remember that? Second of all, yes, but I'm your slut. Anyway, fine, I'll give her mana, I guess"

The teacher clears his throat. "Can still hear you, y'know. Keep it clean with that girl, okay? She's a shy one."

>>6101582

You take your seat and sit down next to her, she's startled, even though she clearly saw you get all the way over here. She's not as startled by Table sitting down next to her for obvious reasons.

You tell her you're going to help her, and she replies with a barely audible 'okay'. You test out a few spells after Table begrudgingly gives her some mana, and...wow, her mana really isn't that high. If your analysis is correct, it sits at about 200. If she was a human it'd be pretty high, but she's not, Rin had about 600 when you fought her if you remember correctly, making this amount about 4 times worse than most beastfolks. Even worse, she apparently already knows the up mana method, so her mana was originally sitting at about 100 at the start; it took her very long to even get to that point.

Even though she doesn't talk much, she still winces every time you mention her low mana, so you avoid bringing attention to it too much. You feel kind of bad for her, you don't think she tried to make any friends, and now that you think about it, you didn't even notice she was even there this past month. There's irony in your forgotten girlfriend being more noticeable than a regular beastfolk, although it's not really comparable considering how important Table is to you.

Anyway, you tell her certain tricks she can pull off even with low mana. Seal is a useful spell, and when in doubt, using your clothes is a good idea to save up mana. You also tell her about the good old pocket space cut, which should help her in a duel when it comes. Of course, now that you've fought about 3 students with it, she'll have to deal with people who are more prepared and wary of portals spawning near them, so that sucks for her.

The class ends, and you realize you barely had time for your own studies. You really hope the teacher was serious about this 'making it back to you' business, because even though you don't mind helping classmates, that's not really what you're here for.

You're about to leave the class, but you realize there's probably more to teach her, is it really fair to just leave her to her own devices just because the class is over? You ask Table, and she agrees she's a little pitiful, so you decide to help her. Her name's Fet, by the way, now that she ever told you, the teacher had to.

>Help her make some friends, it's clearly hard for her to talk to other people.
>If she spent so much time with low mana, maybe she knows a thing or two that you don't? Anything could help.
>Keep teaching her magic, that way it'll be done and she won't be as behind as when she started.
>Something else (Write in)

>>6101584
>If she spent so much time with low mana, maybe she knows a thing or two that you don't? Anything could help
Hmm, how curious. Some random girl with low mana who knows about the up mana method. I don't know why, but I feel like there's something here we don't know.

>>6101589
Anyway, I guess i should specify my vote...my goal would be to try to get to try to "Open her up" a little by having Atlas be "relatable" so to say? The idea being that if we're trying to learn from her too, then we're not teaching her, we're "sharing", being on the same situation.

You know, less "You're an incompetent who is somehow worse than a human at magic." and more "I know how you feel"

>>6101589
Supporting this, but only because Atlas seemed annoyed to be interrupted from his studies. How quickly has Table's affection made us forget this boy studied magic so much he had to buy an hat of wakefulness to avoid just collapsing where he stood from just straight up not sleeping so he could study more.

>>6101584
>Help her make some friends, it's clearly hard for her to talk to other people.
>>6101631
that's a good point, anon.

>>6101599
I like this, and a good segue into helping her make friends too

>>6101582
>Second of all, yes, but I'm your slut.
We love our slutty manabattery

>>6101582
>Giving mana is something VERY intimate, I'll let you know
I like Table ascribing to the Fate/Stay Night version of mana transferring only with Atlas
>how do you even remember that?
I love this character development on Atlas' end in enduring the curse effects
>yes, but I'm your slut
Atlas needs to propose to Table right after he cures her curse

>>6101584
backing >>6101589 >>6101599

>>6101631
>this boy studied magic so much he had to buy an hat of wakefulness to avoid just collapsing where he stood from just straight up not sleeping so he could study more
He's OUR autistic wizard-in-training

>>6101584
>If she spent so much time with low mana, maybe she knows a thing or two that you don't? Anything could help.

>>6101685
>We love our slutty manabattery
Best. Girl.

>>6101584
>If she spent so much time with low mana, maybe she knows a thing or two that you don't? Anything could help.

>>6101780
>>6101764
>>6101743
>>6101685
>>6101589
>>6101631

You all sit down on the lawn of the campus ask her if she picked up any specific habits from casting spells with low mana, since you only started casting real spells a few months ago, barring the lighten rune you spent years learning.

Looking back on it, you feel so stupid for taking so long learning such a simple spell, but you also had to learn a lot of the basics of magic by yourself with outdated and erroneous information, so you wouldn't say it was all wasted time. You also didn't have Table to recharge your mana back then, so there was only so much practice you could do.

Either way, she takes her time to answer your question. She stares at the ground, mumbling something under her breath.

"Speak up, I can't help you if I don't already know what you're capable of." You get closer to her to hear her better, and she makes a weird mix between a mouse squeak and bird chirp as she stumbles backward. You maybe got too close. You raise your hands up in the air to show you're not going to do anything to her, but she flinches as if she thought you were raising your hands to do the opposite of that. Table looks intently, not saying anything; that's a shame, because you wonder if Fet would be a little less jumpy if it was another girl talking to her.

"Fet, if talking is hard for you, that's okay, would you feel more comfortable writing what you want?"

She looks back at you, as if she was trying to see if you were joking or not. Seeing you're serious, she pulls a piece of paper out of her bag and starts to write. You take the piece of paper she offers you and... wow.

"Your handwriting is really pretty, can't be easy with these talons of yours either." It looks like she liked the compliment, you hear Table cough loudly behind you. You turn back to her, but Table just tells you to continue reading. Fet is saying, or writing in this case, that she dealt with her low mana mostly by either asking her family to give her extra mana, or by storing a lot of mana in a rune that she could then use later. "Wait, how do you take back mana from a rune you made? Sounds like it could be helpful to me."

Fet perks up when she realizes she knows something you don't. She writes, 'It's a two step mixed spell. First you have to know the 'Give Mana' spell. Give Mana is a mix between Give Life and Mana Feel. Then you mix Give Mana with a 'Store Spell' Material rune."

"I don't know the store spell thing, did you learn it from someone else?"

She nods.

"Could you teach it to me?" You ask.

"Hey," Table interrupts you. "Aren't you supposed to teach HER things? Don't take advantage of the poor girl."

>>6102435

To your surprise, Fet speaks up for once. "It's- It's okay! Uhm, I'm happy to help, and, uhm...." She trails off, her voice getting quiet again as she notices she's back to being the center of attention.

"How about that, I'll teach you a few things, and you'll teach me that spell, how does that sound?" You offer a compromise.

She nods vigorously. She doesn't look as sad now that she doesn't feel like a hindrance to you anymore, and you have to admit you're happy that you're also getting something out of this too. It's not that you mind helping people or anything, but if you have to choose between learning more magic and helping someone you don't know about their problem, you'd probably choose magic. Of course, if it's someone you know and care about that's something else, but you barely know this girl, so she doesn't quite count as a friend just yet.

You spend a good chunk of the day teaching each other what you know. She's still not very talkaltive and opt to use writing when she can, but you don't mind, since she can accompany the spell instructions with helpful doodles to give you a better idea of what to do. You also relate a lot to her struggle when it comes to living with lower mana, which makes it easier to get along.

When you part way with her at the end of the day, Table starts saying what she thinks of Fet more overtly. "You know, maybe you shouldn't be so nice to her."

"What do you mean? She's nice. You're not jealous, are you?"

"Jealous? Hardly, I've seen your reaction to my shapeshifting, you're not that kind of guy. And if you WERE interested in her, I'd be able to tell. No, I just think it's a little cruel to lead her on, that's all."

"I think you severely overestimate how good I am with women, Table."

"With most women? Maybe. But with a girl that's alone, shy, that shares your woes, one that you make feel special by letting her teach you things. I'm just saying she might get the wrong idea."

"But she knows you're my girlfriend, and even if she does somehow fall in love with me, how is that my fault? What, do you just want me to be mean to her? She doesn't deserve that. I really just think you're overreacting here. Besides, you didn't react that way with Dill, so what's the difference?"

"Dill feels more mature, I guess? Not like she acts like it most of the time, but I don't think she'd be the type to fall for a guy that just gives her a little bit of attention."

"Whatever, we barely know her, I still think you're overthinking it."

>>6102436

Whatever Table thinks of her, it's not like you can ignore such a useful spell. You know Table uses a mana pocket space she can store mana in, but apparently it's different from the version you use to transport mana between you and her. It's a lot more expensive, and worst of all, it can't contain mana for very long without it 'rotting', whatever that means. A rune would be much safer and most importantly, you could bring it into dungeons and duels if you make it inside the school.

So, for the following weeks, you try to learn what you can from her, all while teaching her a few tricks of your own. You don't think you can teach her overdrive, since it was designed for humans, but you do pass her Jack's book the Intangible teacher gave you as long as she promises to give it back. She's very happy that you're willing to trust her with something important to you like this, maybe a little TOO happy.

You can't help but remember what Table said. It's hard for you to think you could make a girl fall in love with you on accident, especially this fast, but surely it can't hurt to be safe, right? You make offhand comments about Table, compliments here and there, and you make sure to empathize the title 'girlfriend' when you can. You can't see much of a reaction from the bird girl, but it's hard to tell when she looks at the floor so often. Table's happy with your attempt at setting boundaries at the very least, and maybe that's all you need.

>>6102437

Anyway, you have more pressing matters, like the Divination class you have today, and you're actually a little bit thankful you're not sharing the class with Fet. You don't want to deal with the unnecessary drama--imagined or otherwise--while you're studying.

Of course, you're still trying to figure out the Spirit Link spell, but you think you might just have time to learn another spell in the meantime too. As much as you love magic, it's very tiring for your brain to try to learn one thing for a long period of time, so you need to diversify a little bit. As for what you can learn...

(Learn a spell from the two previous classes. Spells that take more than one month to learn have been omitted because of the investment required.)

>Extra: A spell that makes a spell seem much MUCH stronger than it actually is. A fireball may look bigger, faster, and more dangerous, and illusion spells will be much more effective. Has no noticeable effect on spells that directly affect the mind.
>A moment in time: Can 'record' a memory and play it back. This spell has multiple stages of mastery, with the first being sound, the second being sight, the third being touch, the fourth being taste, and the fourth being smell. Full mastery makes the playback very hard to differentiate from reality without dispelling the illusion with a spell.
>Body Double: Create an illusion of yourself or someone you know to do something simple. The double is hard to differentiate from you without the use of magic, but a keen observer may be able to notice inconsistencies even without it.
>Confusion: Create an illusion that will confuse the target. The illusion automatically shifts to what would surprise the target the most, but how good the illusion actually looks depends on your Divination profficiency.

>>6102438
>Body Double
Clone Jutsu GO
>Confusion
Imagine how strong this would be with Reinforce Belief

I still don't fully trust this 'Fet' girl.

>>6102438
>Body Double
>Confusion
You know, I'm surprised that the Threesome anons haven't spoken up.

>>6102442
Maybe it's too early to say, but aside from not trusting her, I just don't feel that strongly about Fet for the moment? We've only seen her for one update. Sawyer was a lot more...crucial to the story, and Weaver's relationship was a way bigger focus too. So a threesome with sawyer felt like it could add something? Beyond just a meaningless "more girls good"?

I just don't feel that strongly about Fet right now, and I'm not even sure we're supposed to.

>>6102446
That's fair, I guess Table just makes every other girl look lame compared to her.

>>6102442
I'm the original guy from back then. I agree with >>6102439, this bird girl is suspicious. I also agree with >>6102448 on staying the Table-only route.

>>6102438
Body Double
Confusion

>>6102448
I wouldn't go so far as saying that, though i certainly think Table is the best, I just don't think we know her anywhere near enough to consider something like that.

I'm of the opinion that a threesome route has to mean something, not just be a meanignless waifu collection.

>>6102473
>a threesome route has to mean something
That's exactly what I said about the Sawyer thing in CC

>>6102474
I'm of the opinion that it could have meant something if we hadn't gone so hard on an Etsy purism route. By the time we basically gave up on everything just to marry her and fuck off to Russia with our kid, it was a bit too late.

>>6102475
We were afraid for the family and future due to Sawyer's own unstable power and drug addiction. Leaving that nameless city was the best option with how shitty everything continued to devolve around us. Hunkering down and waiting the contract out to defy all bait was the smart play for survival. I don't regret how we played the quest out

>>6102478
I don't either, but it's not like it was impossible to save Sawyer as we proved like...thirty years later. If we had done *that* more early when we were still new to our relationship with Etsy, I could have seen it happen.

But like i said, it's a different situation, Sawyer adn Etsy were both the 'first girls' so to say, they were the main original options. There were other girls, but they were either evil (Mona) or a hidden path (Leah). That's different from this situation, we just met this Fet like one update ago, but we've been with Table since the start.

>>6102439
I'm in the Extra + Reinforced Belief camp myself, but Confusion could have more interesting mix applications elsewhere

>>6102480
Or the coworker comrade girl
Anyway the biggest suspicious thing about Fet is her knowing about Up Mana Number and her being TOO happy about the Jack book. Is she an anti-human enemy agent or am I paranoid? I think making a private copy of the Jack book should be a wise next step to take for Atlas so he doesn't need to hold onto the library copy forever

>>6102483
>I'm in the Extra + Reinforced Belief camp myself
Anon, read the whole thing. It explicitly has no noticeable effects on spells that affect the mind directly.

>>6102483
>Anyway the biggest suspicious thing about Fet is her knowing about Up Mana Number and her being TOO happy about the Jack book
Also, I wouldn't say that's what's suspicious about her. Jack's up mana method was seemingly distributed far and wide, though most people only used it a little increase their mana. According to the teacher who introduced him to us first, his teaching methods were rather well received even if he wasn't that 'epic' of a mage. And obviously, someone dealing with low magic is going to be happy they found a book that deals with their troubles specifically. We were, too.

No, what makes me suspicious about her is just...a feeling. I just feel like something's missing. It doesn't necessarily have to be malicious.

>>6102438
>Body Double: Create an illusion of yourself or someone you know to do something simple. The double is hard to differentiate from you without the use of magic, but a keen observer may be able to notice inconsistencies even without it.
seems reliable in most cases

>>6102438
It says learn a spell, not two.
So...
>Body Double: Create an illusion of yourself or someone you know to do something simple. The double is hard to differentiate from you without the use of magic, but a keen observer may be able to notice inconsistencies even without it.
Infinite Clone Works in combat sounds viable.

>>6102705
I just assumed it meant 'one spell from each class' since curseqm didn't say anything despite all the votes.

>>6102712
Yeah sorry, it's one, I should've specified. Basically you're already using one 'slot' to finish learning spirit link, and the other to learn a new spell. Right now body double's in the lead, will lock votes in uh, I don't know, one hour.

you, as she was introduces, for a second i was sure it would be Atlas's used-to-be human friend

>>6102480
>>6102478
>>6102474
for everyday im wasting not reading up on OPs previous thread, i suffer one more spoiler

>>6102438
>A moment in time

you know, with spells like this, i wonder if Doom could run on magic

>>6102716
No, it's fine, i'll just change >>6102439 to Double Body.

>>6102719
*you know,

>>6102439
>>6102442
>>6102457
>>6102484
>>6102691
>>6102705

You'll learn body double, even though it's not a perfect illusion spell, you've seen how useful it is to confuse your opponent with Ivy. It does make you wonder, though, how did she use it while you were looking at her? Body double doesn't make you disappear, and you're pretty sure she doesn't know invisibility, if she did, she would've used it right away, and it would've lasted more or less the entire fight. There had to be something else. You skim through the book, and you find a spell that should do it, 'Blink'. Unlike what the name implies, it doesn't teleport you, but it makes you very briefly very invisible. It even bypasses some checks like dispel illusion and bright sight. That means she talked to you, then used body double and blink at the same time to trick you into hitting her fake self.

There is, as far as you know, no obvious way to tell when someone starts to blink. There is however ways to tell when someone is a body double, and if you can find that out, then you'll be able to tell when she blinks, and after that you just need to look around until she reveals herself! Sounds like a plan! Then again, when you fight her again, she might learn a few new tricks, so maybe it won't be so easy. Ugh, you just need to win ONCE and that's it, that's all you need.

Table pokes your cheek. "What are you grumbling about, magic boy? Better not be thinking about another girl."

Well, you were technically thinking about another girl, but not in the way she thinks. "I'm just trying to figure out how to cast Body Double. There's a lot of weird parts to that spell, don't you know how to cast that, actually? I think you used it before."

"Yeah, although I don't use it that often. You have to use it when your opponent's distracted, or blinded, or whatever. Then you make a double and hide somewhere. I thought invisibility would be great, but if someone uses bright sight it'll be very obvious what I'm doing. I dunno, it sounds cool but it's hard to put into practice."

"But you can help me with it, right? I need it to beat up Ivy."

"That does sound like a good use for it, but are you sure it'd work? Pretty sure she'd be able to tell when you're making a fake."

"Is there a way to like, counter bright sight? Or illusion dispels?"

"Not sure about the latter, but you can screw over bright sight pretty easily with flashing lights, basically blinds them."

>>6102809

Now that you think about it, she was very startled by the spark flare you threw at her. Maybe the explosion didn't hurt her, but with it being so close to her eyes, you're sure it at the very least messed with her vision. You remember her life magic being pretty low, so it's likely that bright sight would be the only life spell she knows. That means that if you blinded her, she'd have no real way of fixing it.

Class is over so fast, you wish you had more time to practice it. You have to learn from Fet too, and- and-

"Jogging," Table says, pulling your sleeve. "Gotta get yourself in shape, come on."

"But I want to learn more spells, it can wait, right?"

"You've skipped on your jogging for 3 days now, it's supposed to be a daily thing."

You remember hearing that jogging weekly is just as helpful for your cardio, but you suppose that as long as you don't overexert yourself, it can't hurt. That's what you tell yourself, but you know it DOES hurt, and it DOES suck, and you DON'T want to do it. However, you have no choice, and Table grabs you outside and forces you to run with her. Sure, it became easier, you can run further now, but it hardly got more enjoyable. When does it start to 'click', you wonder. There must be a reason why people take up jogging other than for the health benefit, right?

After your third lap, you notice Fet looking up from her book to watch you run. Every time you look at her, she looks back down though. You feel kind of bad for her, no one's talking to her or anything. You're tempted to ask her to run with you, but with what Table said, is it giving her the wrong idea? Is it being too friendly? You wish Table didn't say anything, you're overthinking it now, so you're just going to stop thinking altogether.

You run headfirst into a signpost.

Maybe you should've thought a tiny little bit. Your nose is bleeding, and since you're not using remove hurt, it's actually pretty painful. You're not going to cry or anything, but it's hard to focus on anything but the pain. Fet runs up to you, and fixes you right up. You didn't really need her help, you know the skin heal spell yourself, but it's still nice of her. She quickly goes back to her spot with her book without a word, she doesn't even let you thank her.

>>6102811

"Weird," Table says. "Did you really not see that signpost? You just kind of... swerved out of your path here."

"I wasn't really paying attention, I guess? It happens."

"Yeah, it happens, but... whatever, it's nothing."

"Table, we're not going to start hiding stuff from each other NOW, are we?"

"Okay, fine! I just think it's a little weird that you just so happened to run headfirst into a signpost and she just so happen to have a spell at the ready to fix you up."

"I didn't feel confused or anything though, I don't think I was under a spell."

"If you say so, but maybe... I don't know, maybe we could ask around about her? She speaks so little, it's hard to get anything out of her, maybe others know more."

It sounds a little paranoid to you, but you'll decide to trust Table as you've always done. You just hope Fet doesn't take it the wrong way.

>Ask the teachers.
>Ask the other students.
>Stalk her in secrets to find out anything weird.
>Just leave her alone. table is just being paranoid.

>>6102813
>Ask the teachers
The teachers won't spread rumors, if we ask under the guise that we're curious about her (we are), they'll probably say some stuff.

Actually, is there anything stopping Table from following her around a little? Being a forgotten, this shouldn't be hard. As long as she doesn't use the bracelet. If she notices it, then that's noteworthy too.

Maybe Table could do that? I feel like that wouldn't be bad.

>>6102815
I like the "send table to snoop around" idea, but we should probably ask the teachers first to make sure we don't misunderstand anything

>>6102719
You have only yourself to blame
https://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/qstarchive.html?tags=Curse%20Carrier
Here you go anon

>>6102813
Backing >>6102815 and what >>6102818 said
>capcha D00RKG
They sure are dorks, G

>>6102442
I don't get that vibe from our boy Atlas, and Table transparently isn't into that.

>>6102813
>Suggest Table follow her and see what's going on if she's worried, or ask around, since folks won't remember or hold it against her and you don't want to make Fet feel bad if it's nothing
It's cool if she doesn't want to, but that's sort of an implicit admission that's he's being paranoid.