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Buddy: "In a point-and-click you would need to get that chain. You would go through a lengthy process of obtaining dog food in the village so you can give it to the owner for his dog so you can borrow the poker so you can trade it for a shovel to give to the guy so he can shovel snow better and then convince him to overheat his home so the chain thaws a little and then use a small timing window to grab the chain while he is shoveling behind the hut."
LMAO
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GwTK0QCYRAs
LMAO
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GwTK0QCYRAs
Demons? Okay. Rainwater flooded underground? That makes Doomguy angry!!
"OBJECTION! To reduce this case to mere hypnosis is an insult to the very laws of arcane cognition!"
"Inquisitor Liandra, contain yourself and present your argument."
"Gladly! The victim did not simply forget! Their will was overwritten, their intent replaced, their very agency rewritten!"
"That is a bold claim."
"Bold? No, Region Inquisitor! Inevitable! Hypnosis bends the mind, yes, but it does not reconstruct it! What we see here is not suggestion, it is substitution!"
"Inquisitor, clarify the distinction."
"With pleasure. Hypnosis relies on compliance, on the subject's latent willingness. But this victim acted in complete contradiction to their established personality, history, and magical resonance!"
"Magical resonance?"
"Yes! Every Magic user leaves a trace, an arcane signature imprinted upon their thoughts and actions. The victim’s recorded aura before and after the incident shows a divergence so severe it may as well belong to two separate individuals!"
"Correlation is not causation."
"Then allow ME to demonstrate causation! The victim, a pacifist by all accounts, suddenly engaged in aggressive spellcasting without hesitation, without emotional buildup, without fluctuation in the use of Astral Energy!"
"Inquisitor, do not dramatize."
"I am understating it, Region Inquisitor! Even the most skilled hypnotist cannot compel instantaneous mastery of offensive casting from a non-combatant!"
"And you conclude?"
"I conclude that the victim did not act. They were MADE TO ACT!! Their neural pathways were forcibly aligned to foreign intent through direct MISUSE OF MAGIC!"
"Inquisitor Liandra, you are approaching speculation. ...And the stand cannot take it either."
"Then let ME remove speculation entirely! From the results recovered after administering the Mind Clarity Potion, the victim's mind shows traces of layered incantation, one to suppress resistance, and another to implant directive behavior!"
"Layered incantation..?"
"Inquisitor Liandra, contain yourself and present your argument."
"Gladly! The victim did not simply forget! Their will was overwritten, their intent replaced, their very agency rewritten!"
"That is a bold claim."
"Bold? No, Region Inquisitor! Inevitable! Hypnosis bends the mind, yes, but it does not reconstruct it! What we see here is not suggestion, it is substitution!"
"Inquisitor, clarify the distinction."
"With pleasure. Hypnosis relies on compliance, on the subject's latent willingness. But this victim acted in complete contradiction to their established personality, history, and magical resonance!"
"Magical resonance?"
"Yes! Every Magic user leaves a trace, an arcane signature imprinted upon their thoughts and actions. The victim’s recorded aura before and after the incident shows a divergence so severe it may as well belong to two separate individuals!"
"Correlation is not causation."
"Then allow ME to demonstrate causation! The victim, a pacifist by all accounts, suddenly engaged in aggressive spellcasting without hesitation, without emotional buildup, without fluctuation in the use of Astral Energy!"
"Inquisitor, do not dramatize."
"I am understating it, Region Inquisitor! Even the most skilled hypnotist cannot compel instantaneous mastery of offensive casting from a non-combatant!"
"And you conclude?"
"I conclude that the victim did not act. They were MADE TO ACT!! Their neural pathways were forcibly aligned to foreign intent through direct MISUSE OF MAGIC!"
"Inquisitor Liandra, you are approaching speculation. ...And the stand cannot take it either."
"Then let ME remove speculation entirely! From the results recovered after administering the Mind Clarity Potion, the victim's mind shows traces of layered incantation, one to suppress resistance, and another to implant directive behavior!"
"Layered incantation..?"
"DAMN RI- PRECISELY!! Hypnosis is singular in nature. It persuades. This was dual-structured Magic. It commands!"
"Mmmh. ...Could this not be an advanced form of hypnosis?"
"No, Region Inquisitor, because hypnosis cannot create memory voids with clean magical edges! The victim’s recollection does not fade, it stops! As if cut cleanly by a KITCHEN KNIFE! An object which in itself is often involved in crimes! Hah, the irony here-"
"Inquisitor, mind your metaphors."
"Then I will be direct! Their memory was not clouded! It was... EXCISED!"
"And this proves..?"
"It proves the presence of invasive mind alteration Magic, classified under Clause Forty Four, as will-binding Heresy!"
"You are making a serious accusation."
"I am making the ONLY accusation that FITS the evidence! The victim did not lose control! They had it taken!"
"Inquisitor Liandra."
"Yes, Region Inquisitor?"
"Lower your voice."
"OBJECTION! ...Ghh... Hrhm... My apologies... but the conclusion stands. This was no parlor trick, no stage hypnosis, no convenient lapse of judgment."
"Then what was it?"
"It was deliberate, precise, and malicious rewriting of the self."
"..."
"And if that is not Heresy, Region Inquisitor... then we surely need to define another meaning."
"...Haaa... Inquisitor, your conclusions hold merit, but please leave the rest to actors. Reasoning accepted."
https://youtu.be/7Cl98sQPDhU
"Mmmh. ...Could this not be an advanced form of hypnosis?"
"No, Region Inquisitor, because hypnosis cannot create memory voids with clean magical edges! The victim’s recollection does not fade, it stops! As if cut cleanly by a KITCHEN KNIFE! An object which in itself is often involved in crimes! Hah, the irony here-"
"Inquisitor, mind your metaphors."
"Then I will be direct! Their memory was not clouded! It was... EXCISED!"
"And this proves..?"
"It proves the presence of invasive mind alteration Magic, classified under Clause Forty Four, as will-binding Heresy!"
"You are making a serious accusation."
"I am making the ONLY accusation that FITS the evidence! The victim did not lose control! They had it taken!"
"Inquisitor Liandra."
"Yes, Region Inquisitor?"
"Lower your voice."
"OBJECTION! ...Ghh... Hrhm... My apologies... but the conclusion stands. This was no parlor trick, no stage hypnosis, no convenient lapse of judgment."
"Then what was it?"
"It was deliberate, precise, and malicious rewriting of the self."
"..."
"And if that is not Heresy, Region Inquisitor... then we surely need to define another meaning."
"...Haaa... Inquisitor, your conclusions hold merit, but please leave the rest to actors. Reasoning accepted."
https://youtu.be/7Cl98sQPDhU
"Wait wait waaaaait! After that I just HAVE TO switch to an Inquisitor mode! Gheh."
"W-What!?"
"...That must have negatively impacted the food stocks too! Ya know... Clashes with personal motives? Ah... and the incident you mentioned that happened the day before kinda does not work now? Tsshh-heh, Sister... Come ooooon!"
"Sh-Shut uuup! It has... It has been a while! I-I can get DETAILS wrong here and there, can I not? BESIDES- ...Hm?"
"Guys, this is Lake Mennerna. It is quite pleasant to see it recovered after all this time. There could still be ruins of a fortress sunk at the bottom of the lake. A single dragon was capable of it. If nothing else, then it is a reminder that you cannot be at multiple places at the same time."
""...""
"On a more positive note, Astara and Ishmaiyel had one of their arguments on magical topics here. Mm-hm-hm-hm."
""...""
"How do you catch all the fish in the lake? Astara was for lifting the entire volume up as a huge ball of water, shaking it, and let all the fish drop down."
"Whoa! Bro, I take everything back! You have been dodging ones all this time!"
"...Hahahahahaa!"
"Mm-hm-hm. Ishmaiyel suggested extracting all the fish at once and piling them up instead. ...While our possibly mutual friend was looking for Chaplasks and tentacles."
"Undoubtedly."
"Do you know what I want to know, Bro? How does it feel to die, and all that stuff? ...Gheh. MORBID academic curiosity considering how impossible it is for anyone else to tell!"
"SERIOUSLY!? DIMWIT!!"
"...You want to know too. You are lucky he asks."
"Ghh... Uuh... I..."
"Gahahaaa! Bro, you really need to start paying attention to how SNEAKY she is!"
"SHUT UP!!"
"...And what do you expect? I die. I come back. Do you really expect there to be anything special?"
"Whateeever... Saying no is also an option."
"W-What!?"
"...That must have negatively impacted the food stocks too! Ya know... Clashes with personal motives? Ah... and the incident you mentioned that happened the day before kinda does not work now? Tsshh-heh, Sister... Come ooooon!"
"Sh-Shut uuup! It has... It has been a while! I-I can get DETAILS wrong here and there, can I not? BESIDES- ...Hm?"
"Guys, this is Lake Mennerna. It is quite pleasant to see it recovered after all this time. There could still be ruins of a fortress sunk at the bottom of the lake. A single dragon was capable of it. If nothing else, then it is a reminder that you cannot be at multiple places at the same time."
""...""
"On a more positive note, Astara and Ishmaiyel had one of their arguments on magical topics here. Mm-hm-hm-hm."
""...""
"How do you catch all the fish in the lake? Astara was for lifting the entire volume up as a huge ball of water, shaking it, and let all the fish drop down."
"Whoa! Bro, I take everything back! You have been dodging ones all this time!"
"...Hahahahahaa!"
"Mm-hm-hm. Ishmaiyel suggested extracting all the fish at once and piling them up instead. ...While our possibly mutual friend was looking for Chaplasks and tentacles."
"Undoubtedly."
"Do you know what I want to know, Bro? How does it feel to die, and all that stuff? ...Gheh. MORBID academic curiosity considering how impossible it is for anyone else to tell!"
"SERIOUSLY!? DIMWIT!!"
"...You want to know too. You are lucky he asks."
"Ghh... Uuh... I..."
"Gahahaaa! Bro, you really need to start paying attention to how SNEAKY she is!"
"SHUT UP!!"
"...And what do you expect? I die. I come back. Do you really expect there to be anything special?"
"Whateeever... Saying no is also an option."
"Fair enough. Mm-hm-hm-hm. I do not quite understand it myself. ...The moment of death depends on the situation as you would guess. Extreme pain... Shock... Instantaneous... The type of death. I die, and then... Hm. Have you ever felt like this? It is a very hot sunny day. You lie down, and almost doze off. This state of half-sleep paralysis when you are somewhat aware of your surroundings, but most of your senses are low. No sense of time either. Unless you force your brain to work, or some stimulus kicks in, you lie there."
""...""
"Now imagine that, but you are also in excruciating pain depending on how you died. You partially learn to ignore it. Everything is hazy, blurry, you want it to end, but it never does. Time is completely meaningless. ...Eventually, you force yourself to work again. The sunny day nightmare finally ends, but it feels like the day never did."
"But time itself can never stop."
"Indeed, it cannot. Confusion comes. Decades? Centuries? Perhaps just the next week? I wake up in places where a lot of lives were lost... I spend the next minutes rapidly relearning how to move, walk, feel, do anything. The first week is always full of pain. As if all the deaths come at once. I throw up black blood until it stops happening, and... I am back to my own self, albeit weakened."
"Do you... lose any memories?"
"I do not, but ask yourself this: Do you remember exactly what you did today five years ago? Even a day from a month ago. It is the same. I remember... my whole life, but the fast-forward causes me to simply forget the same way. So much is a blur. Not to mention, the world is in a new state for me. ...Mm-hm-hm-hm, then I also need to get myself some clothes, and my appearance changes slightly."
"...I see."
""...""
"Now imagine that, but you are also in excruciating pain depending on how you died. You partially learn to ignore it. Everything is hazy, blurry, you want it to end, but it never does. Time is completely meaningless. ...Eventually, you force yourself to work again. The sunny day nightmare finally ends, but it feels like the day never did."
"But time itself can never stop."
"Indeed, it cannot. Confusion comes. Decades? Centuries? Perhaps just the next week? I wake up in places where a lot of lives were lost... I spend the next minutes rapidly relearning how to move, walk, feel, do anything. The first week is always full of pain. As if all the deaths come at once. I throw up black blood until it stops happening, and... I am back to my own self, albeit weakened."
"Do you... lose any memories?"
"I do not, but ask yourself this: Do you remember exactly what you did today five years ago? Even a day from a month ago. It is the same. I remember... my whole life, but the fast-forward causes me to simply forget the same way. So much is a blur. Not to mention, the world is in a new state for me. ...Mm-hm-hm-hm, then I also need to get myself some clothes, and my appearance changes slightly."
"...I see."
"I also see, but... man, you could have saved yourself all this explaining if you just said that it is what we call a hangover."
"YOU- mmmffff-haaa... YOU ARE SUCH A-A-AHAHAHAAAAA! AHAHAHAHAAAA!"
"GAHAHAHAAAAA! AHAH... GEHEHEEAHAHAHAAAA! DAMN, I am good!"
"DIMW- Ahahahahahaaaa!"
"Mmm-hm-hm-hm-hm-ahahahaaa! Noted, guys. Let's get going, shall we?"
https://youtu.be/9NcAWwrfpbQ
"YOU- mmmffff-haaa... YOU ARE SUCH A-A-AHAHAHAAAAA! AHAHAHAHAAAA!"
"GAHAHAHAAAAA! AHAH... GEHEHEEAHAHAHAAAA! DAMN, I am good!"
"DIMW- Ahahahahahaaaa!"
"Mmm-hm-hm-hm-hm-ahahahaaa! Noted, guys. Let's get going, shall we?"
https://youtu.be/9NcAWwrfpbQ
Hiryu? More like you gotta be high for that ryu :^)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJVIWGbBKf8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJVIWGbBKf8
"Tsssssk-tsssssk... Gyyyiiiiii-tssssguuuiiiyy... Mluuup! Mluuuup-tsssssk-keeeee! TSKREEEEEEEEEEE-MUUULUUUUUPPP!!"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_m5mHDLljq4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_m5mHDLljq4
"Bweeeeee-heeeeeeee! Nyyiiaheeheeeeeeee!! Bwee-bweee-bweeee-HEEEEHEEEEEE!! KUUUIIIIKEEEKEEEEE!!"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UeDxhSfQFdE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UeDxhSfQFdE
"Mistress Lorica."
"...Hrrh... It is nothing. Krrhch... It happens."
"Black blood."
"IT IS NOTHING!! ...I... hrrh... I used to scavenge for Health Potions... Anything... Decades? Haha... haaaGRRh... Two centuries? WHO KNOWS!! ...Like a damn Gruble... Ahahaha... But that is not it. Never has been."
"I beg you pardon, Heresiarch, for implying that I know better, but it is as I said before. Your body is your own. Your soul is your own. However, what keeps you alive for so long is a borrowed life."
"...Mmmh... You do know... better, Sister. ...Grrrhhgg... Krrch... krrch... I obtained a Soul Shard. Deep in a desert."
"..."
"Beheaded. Stabbed. Torn to shreds. Blown apart. Boiled. Frozen. Bathed in acid. Thrown in lava. Beaten to death. Choked in sleep. Mangled. Crushed. Poisoned. Vaporized by Plasma Magic. ...How? WHY? WHY WOULD YOU DO THAT!? ...This feeling... When it happens it is like all those deaths hit all at once."
"..."
"Give... Gggrhh... GIVE HIM BACK! JUST GIVE HIM BAAAACK!!"
"Mis... tress."
"BACK BACK BACK!! ...LET ME SEE HIM!! ...Aaaarggh... Hrrh... Haaa... I wish... I wish they were all-"
"Mistress."
"...You are right."
"Ish-Khalel-dem sometimes said that the concept of wishes can be both a blessing and a curse for humans. I would think that others would understand easily how you felt about Master Ketrick."
"A throne made of ash. Waiting for- Grrh... ...Master?"
"Of course, Mistress. To do so much. Your wishes come from a pure place. I am sure he would approve."
"...Approve!? APPROVE OF WHAT!? Why would he APPROVE OF ANYTHING I AM DOING!? Is there A BRAIN IN THAT HEAD OF YOURS or is it FULL OF MAGICAL ASH!? Krrch... kkch..."
"Neither. It is hollow."
"...Ahaha... Ahahahahaaaa! Haaa... No. Not in this world. It is no longer possible. If we ever meet again, then it will not be in this world."
"I see. No sacrifice is then meaningless."
"...Indeed."
"You are most wise, Mistress Lorica. I begin to understand what the alchemist told me."
"...Hrrh... It is nothing. Krrhch... It happens."
"Black blood."
"IT IS NOTHING!! ...I... hrrh... I used to scavenge for Health Potions... Anything... Decades? Haha... haaaGRRh... Two centuries? WHO KNOWS!! ...Like a damn Gruble... Ahahaha... But that is not it. Never has been."
"I beg you pardon, Heresiarch, for implying that I know better, but it is as I said before. Your body is your own. Your soul is your own. However, what keeps you alive for so long is a borrowed life."
"...Mmmh... You do know... better, Sister. ...Grrrhhgg... Krrch... krrch... I obtained a Soul Shard. Deep in a desert."
"..."
"Beheaded. Stabbed. Torn to shreds. Blown apart. Boiled. Frozen. Bathed in acid. Thrown in lava. Beaten to death. Choked in sleep. Mangled. Crushed. Poisoned. Vaporized by Plasma Magic. ...How? WHY? WHY WOULD YOU DO THAT!? ...This feeling... When it happens it is like all those deaths hit all at once."
"..."
"Give... Gggrhh... GIVE HIM BACK! JUST GIVE HIM BAAAACK!!"
"Mis... tress."
"BACK BACK BACK!! ...LET ME SEE HIM!! ...Aaaarggh... Hrrh... Haaa... I wish... I wish they were all-"
"Mistress."
"...You are right."
"Ish-Khalel-dem sometimes said that the concept of wishes can be both a blessing and a curse for humans. I would think that others would understand easily how you felt about Master Ketrick."
"A throne made of ash. Waiting for- Grrh... ...Master?"
"Of course, Mistress. To do so much. Your wishes come from a pure place. I am sure he would approve."
"...Approve!? APPROVE OF WHAT!? Why would he APPROVE OF ANYTHING I AM DOING!? Is there A BRAIN IN THAT HEAD OF YOURS or is it FULL OF MAGICAL ASH!? Krrch... kkch..."
"Neither. It is hollow."
"...Ahaha... Ahahahahaaaa! Haaa... No. Not in this world. It is no longer possible. If we ever meet again, then it will not be in this world."
"I see. No sacrifice is then meaningless."
"...Indeed."
"You are most wise, Mistress Lorica. I begin to understand what the alchemist told me."
"Hrrrh... gaah... krrch... HRRRH... haa... kcch... kchh... I wonder. I wonder if it is the same for her. I wonder how SHE did it. ...SHE KNEW! SHE KNEW!! She knew a LOT MORE AND NO ONE LISTENED! Again! And again! AND AGAIN!! AGAIN AGAIN AGAIN AGAAAAAAIN! AND AGAIN! AGAIN!! ...Hhrh... Bitch. I am going to rip her throat out if I see her... after she says everything. She was there. I know it. RIGHT THERE!! Krrch... Dammit."
"If you give the word, then I can-"
"NO!! No... I will kill her when I see her. I will squeeze her by her throat. I will let her LAUGH WHILE SHE IS CHOKING ON HER BLOOD!! I WILL MAKE HER SEE IT!! The terror of being alive for so long, and then finding yourself RIGHT BEFORE DEATH! GRRRH!! Krrrch... krrrrch... guuuuhraaah... SHE... KNEW!! Grrrh... krrch... Haaa... Haaa... Ahahahaa. Ah-hahahhaaa!! ...Enough."
"As you wish, Mistress. Call for me if you need me."
"... ...Stay."
"Certainly."
"Goddess bless; but who blesses the Goddess? Goddess give strength; but who gives strength to her?"
"..."
"If we are her eyes, who watches over her? If we are her ears, who listens to her? If we are her touch, who holds her? If we are her voice, who grants her speech?"
"He did, Mistress."
"...Please leave. ... ...Hrrrh... grruuh... Krrch... kcchhr..."
https://youtu.be/lBT9Z1g_3jA
"If you give the word, then I can-"
"NO!! No... I will kill her when I see her. I will squeeze her by her throat. I will let her LAUGH WHILE SHE IS CHOKING ON HER BLOOD!! I WILL MAKE HER SEE IT!! The terror of being alive for so long, and then finding yourself RIGHT BEFORE DEATH! GRRRH!! Krrrch... krrrrch... guuuuhraaah... SHE... KNEW!! Grrrh... krrch... Haaa... Haaa... Ahahahaa. Ah-hahahhaaa!! ...Enough."
"As you wish, Mistress. Call for me if you need me."
"... ...Stay."
"Certainly."
"Goddess bless; but who blesses the Goddess? Goddess give strength; but who gives strength to her?"
"..."
"If we are her eyes, who watches over her? If we are her ears, who listens to her? If we are her touch, who holds her? If we are her voice, who grants her speech?"
"He did, Mistress."
"...Please leave. ... ...Hrrrh... grruuh... Krrch... kcchhr..."
https://youtu.be/lBT9Z1g_3jA
