Inactive [LP CYOA] Overlord

[Nevill]

Plez. No slime sex. It would be nice to preserve at least some dignity and not offer yourself to be raped by any monster you come across in vain hopes to get some.

If this indeed works (hah, as if it's that easy), we'll know soon enough, once we have taken them home.

But of course some would want to copulate with slimes in full view of the kids. Why would I even.

 

[Elfberserker]

That's why we have another face spell. Did you seriously think that it was for intrique?
No!
That was to somewhat hiding part of our identity, while we heroically assault slimes and using our own body to shield teenager by throwing ourself selfless towards slimes.!!!
Besides I wouldn't be that surprised, if angels had big resistance against body effecting substances....Or it could us to become carnage pidgeon.
Either way this is good way to look cure as well know more about our angel body.

 

[Nevill]

I know Aria, like Cao'er, will accept us regardless of the stunts we pull (at least as long as we do our OP tricks for her to copy, that's some nifty superpower they have!), but seriously, dude. We really are becoming a hobo exhibitionist.

I know we chose to be affected by our condition, but I didn't mean to become that desperate.

 

[lightbane]

So, even Erd hates underwater levels. Good thing he's able to think outside of the box. I wonder how did he managed to pass/cheat the mandatory "lava/fire temple" section.
In any case, this update confirms Aria has great potential. That, or Erd should try to stop leaving his spell-book unattended, allowing anyone passing by to read it (doubly so if said book has a title which says "propierty of Erdrick Mercant" written on the cover with golden runes, which I bet he does ).
Changing the topic... It finally happened. treave played Corruption of Champions and/or Monster Girl Quest. I find it funny that the female (?) slime singled out the wizard knight as the target. Coincidence, or deliberate intelligence? What's more suspicious is that say boy wizard is named after Ni No Kuni's main character, but that's probably a harmless coincidence as well, no? Either way, he won't be pure-hearted anymore for sure.

Aanyway, I vote for D:

Let's get Aria out of here and then watch how the male/female slime depletes the boy's natural (mana) reserves then it goes for the others, before following it to its lair. No way we're going to risk our hide to save a guy, nor is getting assaulted in front of everyone worth it. Even Luka-boy got sure his rapist was an actual female before allowing it. I know that the Codex wouldn't mind if that's the case, but even an Overlord has some standards.


If that's not an option, then: A>B.

 

[asxetos]

B.
And we should have a talk with Aria afterwards.

 

[treave]

Let's get Aria out of here and then watch how the male/female slime depletes the boy's natural (mana) reserves then it goes for the others, before following it to its lair.

Or they could get their shit together and manage to destroy the slime without Aria, then you're back to square one. Whereas with Aria around, she knows you're here for the slimes and might do something along those lines.

 

[Kz3r0]

C.

 

[Kz3r0]

BTW anyone noticed the Queen's Blade reference?
http://www.funny-games.biz/queen-hunt.html

 

[Nevill]

There is no mistaking it. This is Gigadyne, or more specifically, its lightning form. Gigadyne Verandert. Granted, it is weak, does not provide any sort of incorporeality, and has ended up leaving its caster without a stitch on their person – which might possibly be an improvement – but you recognize the basic principles all the same.

We must teach this version to Rin.

It seems that the twins are more valuable than we thought. Would be interesting to see if they are indeed adopted, or if they are something like changelings and just copied the appearance of children. I do not think Aria learned the spell through reading - we never gave her magical training, and our spellbook is bound to be written in our language, if we have a spellbook at all. If all we could do was to decipher the simplest spells from Barzamite books, I would not expect a rookie to fare better. That leaves some copycat powers as a potential explanation.

Adding extra effort for a long term master plan to cultivate two illiterate peasant minions who are perfectly loyal seems a bit strange and out of the way when you have a lot of other perfectly loyal minions at the moment.

Could this prod Erdrick to take their training more seriously, seeing how they have potential to become one of his most powerful companions after Rin?

I wonder what power Arlin has. For some reason, I doubt it's the same one.

Anyway, the girl is exhausted, so it might not be wise to put her through more trials. On the other hand, she is a mage while very few of the squires are. If the slimes follow JRPG conventions, they should be vulnerable to magic. Aria may lacks the stamina to capture the slime, but she probably can scare it off and establish her position among the kids now that she trashed their leader. She knows we want slimes, so even though she might be reluctant to save their asses, she will do whatever it best for the mission. It's her show, and I would not want to ruin it.

Alternatively, we can capture the slime ourselves. But then we'd have to introduce ourselves and have Lucy keep a distance, as she is the most distinct thing about us.

I think I like the stalkerish overtones of A.

Also, what happened to the fish? I'd hate to go though all that only to be denied dinner! Aria must bring it to us when everything is said and done!

BTW anyone noticed the Queen's Blade reference?

I hesitate to ask, but what part do you think qualifies as a reference?

 

[lightbane]

Uh, I guess these trainees will not stand still and passively watch their comrade being assaulted, contrary to what would happen in many animes and Jrpgs.

 

[Kipeci]

B seems to imply an attack on the slime, I'd rather not have that as our first contact.

I'll go with A>C. I'd rather give Aria the chance to come up with something-- she has been very prudent in embracing Gigadyne, the answer to all problems, without I think her ever seeing us cast it-- but being dumb and seeking to get intentionally engulfed by the slime is still better than attacking it, so I'll leave that option open.

 

[Kz3r0]

I hesitate to ask, but what part do you think qualifies as a reference?

engulfed in a pink, gelatinous mass. Weirdly enough, it is a jelly-like mass that appears to have taken on the shape of a cute girl.

 

[Nevill]

she has been very prudent in embracing Gigadyne, the answer to all problems, without I think her ever seeing us cast it

She had seen it once - during our battle with Rin.

B seems to imply an attack on the slime, I'd rather not have that as our first contact.

The devil is in details.

Our first contact with the gobbos had us wipe out a good number of them, and our partnership with Rin started with her hacking our wing off. As long as both sides have something the other need, the initial 'conflict', if it may be called that, is fairly irrelevant, especially if it is bloodless, as a capture would imply.

That's if you don't see it as catching a wild pet to domesticate it.

The folk lore is chock full of tales about fairies and the like who pushed their luck too far and got caught. Usually they have enough intelligence to realize they have dun goofed, and exchange their freedom for a favor, rather than treat is as an attack - because the fault for crossing the line lies with them.

I wonder if their relationship with the knights are even antagonistic. I mean, what would they even eat if the kingdom didn't send delicious little boys there to train?

engulfed in a pink, gelatinous mass. Weirdly enough, it is a jelly-like mass that appears to have taken on the shape of a cute girl.

That's, like, every other hentai sto-

>_>

On second thought, I deter to the experience of my senpais.

 

[ScubaV]

I'm not sure Aria can handle the slime if the squires fail since she seems to be roughly on par with their leader and is fatigued.

As for C it certainly would be lulzy, but there's no way our condition gets solved that easily. Besides , do we really want to advertise our impotence in front of a bunch of Methussian adolescents?

B

 

[Kipeci]

Sure, I don't think we're totally screwed in slime diplomacy if we take B. But you have to consider how this is different than those other cases.

With the goblins, for instance, we did incinerate a bunch of them right off the bat, that's true. But it was in a tremendous show of force that was not intended for their destruction, and we ripped to shreds their former leader. So we liberated them (admittedly from living in many cases), established that we were clearly the most powerful guy around and also that we did not intend to melt all of them on sight, just that we were more or less indifferent to whther or not they lived or died. They had a lot of incentives to start supporting us right then, even ignoring ancient prophecies and all.

B just establishes that we are powerful enough to take care of one slime, likely one not that high up on the totem pole, and has us at least temporarily joining with the side that has been grinding slimes for EXP, from the slime perspective. We deny the slime a meal and aren't even courteous enough to give it angelic fare in return.

It's easy enough to correct I suppose, but I'd rather a better impression with the slimes.

 

[Nevill]

B just establishes that we are powerful enough to take care of one slime

More than anything, B establishes that we have a pet slime to talk to. Uh, if they talk, that is, and not just gurgle.

I am voting A, myself, I just don't share your concerns about B. I think its advantages and disadvantages would be of a different kind.

Having said that, 'impressing the slimes' cracks me up every time I hear it.

Poor Arlin.

 

[lightbane]

You bros convinced me: I'll switch back to A>B: this is Aria's show, let her shine. She can't do worse than Rin anyway. Plus we have Lucy. Alternatively, Erd might pretend to be the responsible adult for once and fix this mess.

It seems that the twins are more valuable than we thought. Would be interesting to see if they are indeed adopted, or if they are something like changelings and just copied the appearance of children

It could be they're just hybrids monster-blooded. Perhaps Aria and/or Arlin have Demon or Angelic blood/ancestry or even both. It would fit with their mysterious background and their missing father. There's plenty of stuff like this in fairy tales and fiction in general.

I wonder what power Arlin has. For some reason, I doubt it's the same one.

You already saw it: It's the power of being ignored and/or underestimated all the time, no matter the circumstances and the person he's dealing with. Unfortunately for him, it cannot be turned off.

 

[archaen]

If we had regeneration I would have picked C. As for now I think capturing the slime gives us a direct line to slimekind and doesn't have us wandering looking for another specimen.

B >A

 

[Kipeci]

How do we intend to capture the slime, treave? They're kind of... goopy. We don't quite have a mason jar to stick it in yet, and in a lot of fiction they have a tendency to be able to ooze away in the ground and escape... short of just threatening to turn it in to steam with lightning bolts or something, I'm not sure what we can do that it can't wriggle out of.

Remember that every option has its advantages and disadvantages. So far as I may determine:

A: Aria has a chance to grow (or fail miserably), if she screws up we can say that she was acting out of order with our intentions or whatever. Methuss relations are probably damaged somewhat if we allow a slime to chew up these kids, but they're garbage anyway. If the group does get their stuff together, they might kill the slime and then we need to search for one, but I don't think that should be that much of an issue... this area is described as infested with slimes, it should not be an issue to come across another one soon enough. Still, -1 harem for cute pink slime.

B: We probably save the boy from his fate and reveal ourselves to the squires, they will probably be at least somewhat grateful for that; we do reveal our presence here to Methuss, though. If we start Overlording about with a heavy slime component in our army, they might start matching dots from this. The slime is captured if everything goes well, hoping that we don't accidentally blow it up or watch it escape right away. It's not clear exactly how intelligent slimes are; this one hasn't been talking any or doing much other than digest the guy, but I don't imagine you would have all that much to say to dinner either. We also don't know anything about slime culture, or if they do have one; obviously Barbatos indicated some sort of Slimelord, so there's got to be some organization going on if only in at least the sense of a bigger one commanding business. Whether they react positively to one of their kind being 'captured' or not is unclear. Aria doesn't do anything more, but she's had a good fight and all.

C: Our character's concern about his penis has ramped up to the point where he's attempting to get raped by wildlife in front of four children and his soul... but if it works or does something, great success? I don't think we need to worry about not having regeneration with this because our foe is low-level garbage. The slime will probably be fine with swapping one meal for another unless angels turn out to be gross, and our intention is obviously to keep the slime alive so I think this is probably the most slime-positive option, it just comes at the cost of our dignity. +1 harem for slime cutie, though.

 

[lightbane]

The best part about C would be if when it fails, be it because the slime is not strong enough to overcome angels' natural anti-rape physical defenses, or because angels need some sort of mystical ritual in order to get "into the mood". Worst case scenario, the slime tries its best but fails to do anything, resulting into an awkward scene in which everyone is staring at Erd blankly, or at least until his clothes are dissolved by the slime ooze, revealing his angelic features and causing all of the children (and perhaps even the slime) run away screaming.

But hey, at least we would discover that something stronger than a mere slime will be needed to fix Erdrick's ailment.

 

[Nevill]

If slimes are corporeal enough to attack people, they can be caught. They are more like jelly than water.

I wonder if we can't modify one of our protective spells for that purpose. They are usually used to not let stuff (attacks) get in, but the same properties could prevent stuff from getting out, no?

I think that in A, Aria can take the lead and get the rest of the kids out of their state of shocked inaction. There are still 5 of them, and only 1 slime. I doubt it poses much of a threat, especially if they get their hands on Oliver's wards.

Also, where does the notion that the slimes chew up kids come from? Barbatos specifically mentions what kind of ration the pink slimes prefer. Perhaps the reason why Methuss sends kids to train here is that they don't risk anything except their dignity. I suppose men could die from exhaustion...

this one hasn't been talking any or doing much other than digest the guy

I think you are misreading it.

We also don't know anything about slime culture, or if they do have one; obviously Barbatos indicated some sort of Slimelord, so there's got to be some organization going on if only in at least the sense of a bigger one commanding business.

It is customary for the slimes to have a Slime Queen. Don't ask me how I know, though. >_>

if it works or does something, great success?

Think of it this way - if this is indeed the solution, why do we need to do this here and now?

Edit.

Still, -1 harem for cute pink slime.

Plez. No cute pink slimes. No cute pink goblins. I think one cute pink cow in the harem is about all I can handle right now.

 

[Kipeci]

In the media that I think we have both regrettably experienced, a slime was able to travel through a person's shower, and this seems to be borrowing from that thus far so a watery state isn't out of the question... my understanding is that a slime can hold itself in a person shape but generally have no problem with being in puddle-like states? They're hard to grab by the collar and drag around in chains.

I don't think C is a great option, I don't think we'd come across the cure quite so easily, but I think it does provide us better slime relations (diplomatic) which is the whole point of why we came so it's better than attacking slimes to save some punk Methussian kids.

 

[Nevill]

my understanding is that a slime can hold itself in a person shape but generally have no problem with being in puddle-like states? They're hard to grab by the collar and drag around in chains.

Puddle is fine, but I don't think a large puddle can just seep through the earth just like that. I think capturing a slime would not be a problem if we put our mind to it.

Anyway. Right now I am more interested in whether Aria is going to wear the trophy cloak like a towel until the end of our adventure. Do we have spare clothes with us? If not, what are Arlin and Rin going to say about that when we come back?

Maybe Aria should take Eileen's equipment in recompense for her own. Looks like the brat got a nice shield on her.

 

[Jester]

C
Fuck it. In this case literally. Erd's Rodriguez need this for revival.

 

[treave]

How do we intend to capture the slime, treave?

In general, ice spells should do the trick. Freezing Touch will reduce the slime's malleability and allow you to grapple the slime directly.