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Guts raises an eyebrow, and asked: "You... fought? Each other? What happened?"

I like how even the traders have a personality.

Wow, ooh,ooh,ooh!. this actually makes sense. I hope the cow speaks up soon.

I'll take them... Or you. Ooh, ooh! Can't I just roleplay like I'm a guy in a freaking furry suit? Would make it a lot easier for me. And I could have an awesome mustache!

Crap, I forgot my animal sound, so here is double the amount: Ooh, ooh, Ooh, ooh!

Guts lets out half a smile, put the flagon down on the table before him, not intending to drink from it, and answers: "Valco. I'm... alright, been doing some odd jobs for this place. My training... it went well, I have trained in the way of what the Copper Fox calls a Raider. There's not much to it, really. He thought me a few tricks on how to get the most out of short weapons when facing multiple enemies, and how to handle heavier weapons than I'm used to. Not that I need that, Lifestealer is still serving me well." With that, Guts pulls out the dagger, and lays it out on the table in front of him. He continues: "Different? If you say so... Have you met Nerwen? Nerwen, meet Tarn Valco, gentleman at arms, Valco, meet Nerwen."

It's fun to copy and paste my words without the things that make them make sense in between, that's your first point in a nutshell, basically. Of course voting for (one of) the main accuser of Petey is defending Petey. Don't be ridiculous. And not conveniently. At that point, it could still go either way between Petey or Pennie. I said how about I felt about Petey before, so I switched votes, it's quite obvious. I called Petey aggresive because at that point there was no reason to react like that, check the timestamps, I was just asking questions. And if I am aggresive? That's an opinion, maybe, now. But at that point? I don't think so. What was your actual suspicion again? it seems to have gotten lost, because I don't see it.

Results of Round Eight of the Warehouse Battle: Boomingham vs. Metasimian (Halberd) - Hit (Power 31 x 2 = 62 Damage) Ellaria heals Nyx - No Healing Rufindel heals Skrall - No Healing Atramor vs. Metasimian(Crossbow) - Special Mirror Skrall vs. Metasimian(Scroll and Spear) - Damage (12 - (19/2) = 2 Health) Nyx vs. Metasimian (Flail) - Magic Counter (No Summon)(11 Health + 3 SP - (18/2) = 5 Health) + (WP: 13 x 2 = 26 Damage, 1 ether.) Metasimian (Scimitar and Shield) - Free hit against Slim (26 damage) Once again, there is the clashing of weapons on weapons. Boomingham jumps forward, blocks with his shield against the massive halberd, and stabs forward with his sword in a classic manouvre, and it works. He deals 62 damage. Ellaria and Rufindel both fail to heal their respective targets, don't their gods want the heroes to win? Atramor swings his new sword at the weak crossbowman, but he has to stop his attack as the Metasimian managed to shoot a bolt in Atramor's leg, effectively slowing him down. The former pirate has a few tricks though, and he uses his voodoo pirate magic to cause the same effect in his legs to the crossbowman. But it does not matter, as he collapses from the poison right after. Skrall is not quick enough to dodge the nimble metasimian's attack and has to suffer another spearwound. Nyx on the other hand, hits Louie with her book, but his swinging flail hits Nyx on the side of the head as well. In the back the Metasimian with the shield can be seen slashing his sword wildly, accidentally hitting the slow Slim. Stim and Louie take 10 damage from poison. Enemies: Metasimian "Slim"(Halberd) "Why hit me?" Type: Humanoid Level: 25 Health: 150/476 Special: Sweep: Everyone in the same row takes 10 damage, regardless of row or SP. Drops: Monkey Bar Metasimian "Scim"(Scimitar and Shield) "Sorry big guy, let's finish them off" Type: Humanoid Level: 26 Health: 306/309 SP: 7 Special: Shield Bash: Causes the Hero to gasp for breath, causing them to be Sealed. Drops: Nutritious Banana, Round Metal Shield Metasimian "Stim"(Scroll and Spear) "I have a bad feeling about this." *Deadly Poisoned* Type: Humanoid Level: 19 Health: 103/343 Special: Bolster: Encourages two random allies. Drops: Scroll of Recklessness Metasimian "Louie"(Flail) "..." *Deadly Poisoned* Type: Humanoid Level: 18 Health: 56/293 Special: Bruise: Stuns and causes the Fragile effect to the Hero Drops: Heavy Flail Party: Lord Lawrence Boomingham (Zepher) -Party Leader- Level 18 Paladin *Counterstriking* Power: 31 Defense: 5 Health: 32/40 Ether: 12/12 Gold: 79 Equipment:King of the Desert (Longsword) (WP: 9, FireDarknessEarth) Shaduex Shield (SP: 5), Hood of Belthazar Bluehood (+4 to Power, -6 to Ether), Counterstrike Gloves (On Free Hits, Deals damage to enemy equal to Boomingham's level) Inventory: , Frozen Saber (WP: 9, stunned effect, Light), Dress Uniform (User is encouraged for the 1st round of battle), Bedroll, 5 Bones, 4 Meads, 1 Phoenix essence, Pick-axe, 1 Jo-no Tree seed, 1 Grand Tonic, Emerald Lamp of Summoning Skrall (Waterbrick Down) Level 21 Hunter *Favors Humanoid Enemies* *Immunity to Slowed and Bound* Power: 41 Health: 2/34 Gold: 4 Equipment: Leojagd (Greatsword, WP:20, User is Slowed), Hunter's Quiver (Bows and Crossbows +2WP, allows Hunters to favor two types of enemies), Winged Sandles (Immunity to Slowed and Bound effects) Inventory: Hunter's Crossbow (WP:11, +4 vs. Beasts), Heavy Crossbow (WP:8, Knockback), Smoke Bomb x1, Zoot's Plaything Nyx (Pandora) Level 21.66 Battle Mage *Immune to Asleep and Sealed effects* Power: 34 Defense: 3 Health: 5/30 Ether: 28/31 Gold: 0 Equipment: Book of a Thousand Creatures (WP: 13; each roll has a 1/6 chance to summon a creature Edgar to aid the hero), Sandman's Parasol (immune to Asleep) Robe of the Archmagi (SP:3, Max. Ether +5, protects from Sealed-effect) Inventory: Dawnstar II (WP: 9), Shiny Helmet (+1 Max Health), Healing Staff (WP: 5; healing effect), Wooden Shield (SP:2), Ruby (Fire), Amethyst (Darkness), Topaz (Lightning), Sapphire (Wind), Emerald (Wood), Garnet (Earth), Scroll of Weakening, Potion, Remedy, Tonics (2), Grand Tonics (2), Holy Bomb, Bones (5), Ether Core, Bedroll, Explosive Staff – WP: 12 (Does 1/2 damage to all enemies on a successful hit (normal damage to targeted enemy) and 1/2 WP damage to self on a roll of 4 (disregarding SP/row)), Bomb XX Atramor Gibbin (CallMePie) Level 21.33 Witch *Deals Badly Poisoned* *Counterstriking**Slowed* Health: 11/38 Ether: 19/19 Gold: 1 Equipment: Ratsbane (WP: 10, absorbs 2 health on successful strike, fire, ice, earth, wind elemental), Witch's Talisman (Poisoned Hits becomes Badly Poisoned Hits), Counterstrike Gloves (When hit by a Free Hit, immediately deals damage equal to level) Inventory: Sword of Ancestral Hatred (WP: 5, gains 1 WP every kill made with it) Staff of the Elven Warlock (WP: 5, wood elemental), Topaz, Grand Tonic, Fire Bomb, Bomb XX (Deals 30 damage to all enemies and 10 damage to all heroes, all damage ignoring SP/row), Dragon Scale (Gives Lucky and Blessed effects on consumption) Ellaria Arbour (Sandy) Level 16 Druid *Immune to Sealed-effect* Power: 26 (22) Health: 22/31 Ether: 19/21 Gold: 22 Equipment: Ignis Fatuus (WP:10, fire-elemental staff), Mage's Muffler (protects from Sealed effect) Inventory: Sylvania's Crossbow (WP:6, wood-elemental crossbow), Potion, 2 Grand Potions, Tonic, Grand Tonic, 2 Elixirs, Remedy, Phoenix Essence, Nostrum, Venom, 2 Smoke Bombs, Flash Bomb, 2 Fire Bombs, 2 Ice Bombs, 2 Lightning Bombs, 2 Water Bombs, 2 Holy Bombs, Bedroll, Pickaxe, Telescope, Magic Compass Rufindel Galadhras (Rufus) Level 13 Cleric Power: 23 Defense: 2 Health: 23/23 Ether: 16/19 Gold: 15 Equipment: Fauxthril Staff(WP:10) , Warlord's Helmet (SP:2 Grants 'Natural Respite'), Cloak of Chimera (+2 Health, +2 Ether) Inventory: Malfunctioning Staff (WP:12, on succesful attack, has a 50% chance to do half of WP damage to self instead(Ignoring SP and Row)),Potion x2, Remedy x2, Bone x2, Pickaxe, Tonic x2, Bedroll, Venom, Grand Potion, Wooden Shield(SP:2) Party Leader, post the order of action. Everybody, choose your actions and targets. To clarify, this following round Atramor can still act.

Guts sat at the table Nerwen and the two others were sitting. Guts absently touched his face, there was something weird about the woman not wanting to say how he looked. It had been long since Guts had even though about women in a romantic way, but that did not mean he did not still care. A little, anyway. The bald man with the broken nose recognized Dek'ra, and with a look both disapproving and slightly annoyed, he answered: "Yes. We have met. Love... it's difficult, and different for everyone, different races have different views and no one has a definition, and I don't think anyone ever will. Some will go their entire life without knowing it, others will have it multiple times. Some long for it, others hate it. I would describe it as an emotion, but not neccessarily a positive one. But, as far as emotions go, love is probably one of , if not THE, strongest. That's my view on it, anyway." Guts looked at Nerwen, she was an elf, and Guts was well aware of the average lifespan of elves, but had still trouble of imagining her to be hundreds of years old. Pulling out an orange and starting slowly to peel it, Guts asked: "What happned? With Lenwe?"

That does it, I'm running for mayor! Gordon Gorilla for Mayor 2012! Because no likes stinky lions! Ooh, Ooh!

Oh Brigit, you know I only make that noises when I look at my portait of you in my bedroom. ... ... I love you Brigit! Please leave that dirty Lion, you know your life would be better with me! Ooh, ooh!

Guts slowly raises his head from the hard wooden table, the morning light falling through the Hall's high windows hurting his eyes. The man scraped his throat, it was dry as sandpaper, and he felt like he had a hangover for the ages. What had they been feeding him, when he was in the... dream... thing? Dry bread and stale lager, probably, that's how it felt like, anyway. Slowly Guts collected all the mess on and around the table, empty wooden plates, pieces of various cloth, a bunch of writing paper, two or three empty inkpots, a few glasses and a lot of empty bottles. Guts put everything in an empty jute sack, and dropped it behind the counter of the bar when Scheherazade was not looking. Guts walked down the stairs with his eyes pinched, took a quick look at the Questing board, and was ready to walk back, when he heard a familiar voice, Guts said: "Nerwen! How have you been? It's been a while."

Feel free, ask me anything, look at anything, I don't care. And easy for you to say, your species has a word for the sound you make.

Look. I find it interesting you acted like you was sure of Petey's Innocence, something only the dirty (I bet they have fleas, too) cultists would be sure of. I'm sure you will say: "But I did not say that." Face it, you acted like it. Now you pull out a quote from yesterday basically saying: We should look at this guys. How about you look at it and you act like it. Oh wait, you are scum so you don't want to do anything yourself. You are scummy. Ooh ooh. This rule is stupid.

You are so scum. Ooh, ooh.

I can say this without giving away anything I think. I have it on good authority I was protected. Ooh, ooh!

The sound of Gordon drumming his chest is heard. I think I might have a clue about what happened. Remember those vials the ones who weren't dumb and could solve the anagram could choose from? I bet my tail that one of them has had something to do with the Walrus's death.

Guts, first of the party to be back, opened the doors to the Hall, walked in without looking at the Quest Board, any patrons or even Scheherazade. He walked straight through to his usual table, the mess he left before leaving now dusty, layed his head down, and fell alseep. He was surprisingly tired, after spending so much time in a dreamlike state.

It was a joke.

I'll be honest mate, you lost me at render.

Yeah, Docken and Hybros are beasts! Guts... not so much, until the last battle

I recognized Uma, which means shadow.

About Quest 39: It was a very good quest, I think! The length and the battles were the best thing I think, and the story was interesting and the setting something completely different than anything we have seen. I also liked you did the mist on the pictures, someone needs to teach me that sometime . A few questions: Did the latin from the names from the third battle mean anything? What really was the point behind the fourth battle? I did not get it. Do you have the stats for the enemies we did not pick for the arena battle? I'm interested. Was this ending the intended one? What would have happened if we screwed it up?

"Thank you, Guffington. You made the right decision. I... Will come visit you. I have visited countless lands in my time, I bet I have seen things even you have not. I hope you likewise do not forget Heroica." Guts turns around, and walks out of the manor, straight to Heroica hall without looking back once. He had a lot to think about, that was for sure.

"Well, I'd never thought I'd do this, and I bloody well hope the fact that this happened does not leave this... whatever this is, but here we go. If this is not a marvel, what else is?" Guts performs a dance, using his new dancing shoes.