Thread 3: https://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/qstarchive/2025/6311572/>You find the kidnapped lady by being kidnapped yourself>With a little help, your egg daughter saves you>The group rescues the kidnapped lady, but get shot>Don't worry, you got better by the next day, and are sent out again to look for an anomaly>You talk to an old homeless man and go shopping
"What is your plan with Margaret, anyway?" Zul says, "I love her to death of course, but she isn't exactly the 'motherly' type. What did Tamako say when you mentioned her?"You glance over to the changeling and the goddess ahead. They are looking into a nearby store window and talking about what's inside. It appears to be a second hand clothing store, and though you don't know much about anomalies you doubt what you are looking for is in there. You mutter that you haven't actually told her about it quite yet."Oh. I just assumed with how gung-ho she was about finding a mother she'd know." Zul replies, "Well, if it doesn't work out long term that's probably for the best."You ask a bit defensively if it's so bad to have a little fun while trying to find a mother for Tamako. Honestly, you've never been in a position to play the field so you figure you might as well enjoy it."I suppose checking your options isn't a terrible thing. Just be careful which fairies you get 'friendly' with." Zul says, "Some Fae are pretty well known for drama and jealousy after all."You ask if fae are evolving due to how modern perceptions are changing, if she thinks that anomalies might also be evolving alongside with them. You might be the first known living anomaly, but that doesn't mean you are the first ever. Maybe the ones that came before just exhibited it in much more subtle ways."It's possible I suppose. There are some well known humans in the past that are suspected to have carried anomalies. Perhaps they were just one themselves?" Zul says convesationally. "Hopefully we don't get any more human anomalies for a while though. One is enough."Deciding to get back on business, you say that researching the Gravel Family while you wait for the ghost tour seems the most sensible. Between having an archivist and a researcher on your team it seems to fit the skill set well. You wonder outloud to Zul if the old man might know about the Gravel Family."I suppose he might, if he's been around here for a while." She says with a sigh. "Just take what he says with a grain of salt."
>>6358837>"well, we definitely have the time, we can get some info from the old man and crossreference it with whatever we or the MiB can find to be...well, maybe not 100% sure, but as close as we can get"glad to have you back EggOP! hope you had some nice holidays
Weeee're back!>>6358842+1
>>6358842SupportWelcome back Egg OP. Happy New Year
>>6358836We're back! With an adorable and fun OP image!>>6358837>Go talk to the old homeless fellow again while the others are nerding out at the librarySure, why not? I don't think he'll tell us much, but the other anons love this guy, and you never know.
You wander back towards where you saw the old man, finding him and his chair across from where you were before. You approach him again, and he eyes you warily before giving you a look of recognition."Oh, it's you again. Couldn't resist the allure of immortality, eh? Like I said before, I'm not telling." Ted says.You say you wanted to ask about something else. You ask the man if he's lived here for a while, and if he knows anything about the Gravel Family."Lived my whole life here, and yeah I know about Ol' Otto and Jess. People say they were murdered, or just up and left one day. I know what really happened though." He says, leaning forward conspiratorially. "The mines were too successful. They were digging too deep. Too greedily."You ask what happened."Taken by the mole men." Ted says with a serious glare. "After that I don't know what happened, but it probably wasn't something good. Those things aren't very found of surface dwellers."You heard there was no sign of a struggle or break in, and ask if it could have been the ghost. Or that the Gravel Family themselves became ghosts."The mole men are clever, and well equipped. They've teamed up with the aliens and they've swapped technology." He says, giving a piteous shake of the head like this was the most obvious thing in the world. "Like I said, I haven't personally seen this ghost so I don't know if it's any of the family returned from the grave. Heck, maybe the ghost everyone is talking about is just a mole man? Like I said they are pretty smart."
Also, Happy New Year everyone :)
>>6359023>Molemenoh fuck! this actually makes sense! we dealing with mines, people digging, we know there is a huge chance those are actually real, the lack of evidence could be because they took everything down with them, it there are reports of weird sounds coming from a house (cant remember if that was mentioned before, its been a while since the last thread) those could have been cause by molepeople digging around and then disappearing and covering their holes, elaving everyone wondering why there is nothing.i say this is something worth considering and discussing with Zul
>>6359025Happy New Years.>>6359051I dunno... He also thinks that they're trading technology with the aliens, and we know that "the Aliens" are just fairies. Unless... Maybe the Unseelie making these robot duplicates is involved here, too?
>>6359060Their disappearance happened a fair while ago, so the likelihood of bots being involved is rather low.
>>6359067But maybe the Molemen or ghosts who got them have been trading technology more recently with the Useelie robot manufacturer and THAT'S what Steinsson saw?
>>6359060>Maybe the Unseelie making these robot duplicates is involved here, too?i say its a real possibility.>>6359067>the likelihood of bots being involved is rather low.but not 0...afterall, we ARE an anomaly magnet
>>6359023I suppose get more info on his understanding of the Molemen and the aliens. Hate bright lights, don't like loud noises, etc.
