Karkat made a perplexed face at Thomas. Man don't you ever fucking think sometimes. Auuugh! The little troll massaged his temples. This prince was obviously forcing them to go seek for a necklace that was hidden somewhere in this cave. Not only this. They would be forced to fulfill their part of the bargain if Clavicus granted the said wish. Karkat was seeing trickery with his judgement. The same judgement Terezi says she trusted so much. It did made him sick a little in the digestive acid sack now to think of those events. He shortly shook his head to chase those thoughts away. 'I DON'T WANT TO HAVE ANYMORE DREAMS OR AS MATTER OF FACT, CALLING THEM NIGHTMARES WOULD BE MORE ACCURATE. BASICALLY THOSE THAT TROUBLE ME WHEN I FALL INTO SLUMBER.' Karkat said, might as well follow Thomas in this huge clusterfuck he was getting himself into. Bros until the end, right? 'AS WELL AS GETTING OUT FO THIS STUPID HOLE. YOUR PLACE FUCKING REEKS. YOU SHOULD MAYBE CONSIDER REDECORATING' the little smartass said, unlike his palemate, he sounded blunt and it was obvious that the troll leader was extremely skeptical. NOPE! THIS TROLL WASN'T LIKING THIS! and maybe he was right... He was probably right to wary of this. But it would maybe be their only way out.

The statue had a special glow all of a sudden. A pillow poofed right in front of the young troll. The pillow had this strange aura of peaceful-ness. An aura that was so soothing and mother-like. It was almost like being grasped by the arms of a dear mother, comforting you and rocking you.

And then, the sound of ammunition crates slamming the floor of the cave floor. could be heard. Said ammunition were the wishes of the Wendigo, along with everything he asked.

"I kept my words, bold adventurers. Now go. Seek my necklace at last so I can be happy. I hope you have something to defend yourself, you never know what could lurk deeper. Not my doing, of course. Caves like these always have pests roaming around. I cannot stop them, because, you know, I am a stone statue. Shoo, now!"

The troll silently looked at the pillow. This sure was strange... He then threw it in a captchalog card. Now to fulfill their side of the bargain. Things lurking he said. Well that was just great. Karkat wore a sour expression. He was ,of course, going to twap his palemate on the back of his head... On another hand, Clavicus might be their only way out of this cursed cave..

Karkat's throat rumbled with a displeased growl. He also wondered why Clavicus didn't spawned what Thomas had requested at the said location he wanted it to be!

'FINE. WE'LL GO GET YOUR STUPID NECKLACE. BUT THEN YOU WILL GIVE US A WAY BACK TO THE SURFACE. I DON'T WANT TO END MY DAYS IN A DARK PIT.' He said with a snort. He was letting Thomas ask the question about the crate. That was his business anyway.

Thomas was less than amused. Hadn't he stated very plainly that he would like the crates in his bedroom at the Hive? Wasn't that clear? I mean, Thomas thought it was. The Wendigo's displeasure, however, wasn't evident on the surface of his being. No, the only sign was a sharp exhalation. There wasn't any need to get upset or stressed over this. There was a big assault soon, and the last thing Thomas needed was a stress-induced heart attack.

Not that it would do anything permanent, mind you. But heart attacks were still nasty.

"Alrighty! Thank you, sir. Now I'm off to retrieve your necklace for you. Though, if it wouldn't be too much trouble, could you please place the crates in my bedroom? I'd be ever-so-grateful. Besides, statue or not, I'm sure it would be trivial for a prince of your caliber." the Wendigo said, before rushing after Karkat.

Once the duo was out of sight, his face fell slightly.

"I just made a deal with a daemon. If he were here at the moment, Director Goldstein would be ripping me a new asshole unless I had a very, very good reason."

The Daedric prince was getting impatient. Questions. Always the questions. Why not just do the damn errand? The statued one groaned of impatience and answered the wendigo's question.

"UGH! Fine! I will put your newest possession to your living quarter! Can you just go? My necklace is really important! It's a question of life or death. I don't want any more questions asked. Just do as I tell you, and you will get riches."

And he then looked at the young troll.

"And yes, I will manage to get you a way out, don't worry about it. Now just go already! Fetch me my belonging at last!"

Karkat made a perplexed expression... He then leaded forward behind the statue. He saw right through when the statue requested no more questions. Well two can play at that game of craftiness. Karkat had a crafty manipulation Matesprit he could somehow judge when someone was trying to trick them... His sense was tingling he knew this would bite them in the ass...

Even though... Karkat thought that it might as well be paranoia. Better safe than sorry...

'CHREKK CRHK RKK' He mumbled to himself as he followed Thomas reluctantly. 'YOU'RE AN IDIOT.' The knight of blood said with a growl. 'WE DON'T EVEN KNOW ON WHAT WE'LL END UP STUMBLING UPON? DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA HOW VAGUE THIS ASSHOLE WAS? YOU DON'T NEED TO HAVE GOLDSTEIN RIPPING YOU A NEW ONE! I WILL RIP YOU A NEW ONE. ESPECIALLY IF THAT WHOLE SHIT ENDS UP KILLING BOTH OF US. YOU NOOKSNIFFING SHAPESHIFTING ASSWIPE!' He grumbled, taking once again his sickles out. 'TEREZI MADE ME EVEN MORE CAUTIOUS ABOUT SPEAKING WITH PEOPLE LIKE THAT. THIS GUY ITS PROBABLY FUCKING US OVER AND ITS GOING TO BITE US IN THE ASS IN THE MOST CATASTROPHIC WAYS? YOU SHOULD WORRY. BECAUSE EVERY FUCKING TIME I'VE SAID THAT. SHIT HIT THE WHIRLING DEVICE AND IT HIT HARD.

"If this business ends up killing the both of us, Karkat, then when we get back I will personally spit-shine your shoes for a week." Thomas replied, cheery as ever. It was almost as if he didn't realize, or had forgotten, that he'd just made an almost literal deal with the Devil. "Besides, dear palemate, there are three things I do believe that you're forgetting about this little adventure of ours.

"One, it's a lovely opportunity for some bonding between moirails. Two, Vile back there is a daemon. It is in his nature to attempt to screw us over, just purely for fun and potentially profit. But mostly fun, yes. This isn't anything I haven't already accounted for, Karkat. I fully expect the shit to hit the 'whirling device' right after we finish our end of the bargain. So, if I'm expecting betrayal, it isn't really betrayal. And, number three, and this is the most important bit...

"He's a statue. Made of stone. Stone breaks."

The grin on Thomas' face had gone straight from "cheery and/or polite" all the way into "Hope you weren't planning on sleeping tonight" territory. Oh boy...

The Vile Necklace.... START!


And off they went. The young troll and the Wendigo went into the doorway behind. As soon as they stepped in... WHAM! The boulder hiding the entrance covered said entrance, making it impossible to get out... Yet! The Boulder was also covered in a magic barrier, making it indestructible and unmovable. Well, that sucked. They were stuck until they did the errand of Vile.

The cave was damp, and on the way in front of them, there was two paths. They might have to choose which path they want to go. But for now... they got interrupted.

As the group went further inside, there was a nasty bugger. A rat. It was looking at them hungrily. It was quite big in size than the usual rats. As it saw them, It leaped on Karkat, trying to have a bite of it's new found food.

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1. If the first poster manage to do more damage than the foe's health on the very first turn, it is stopped to 1hp, so the other can have a hit too.
2. Special abilities only work on bigger foes. Smaller foes are battled with normal attacks. You will be warned when a Big foe pops out.
3. Smaller foes will use a level 6-10 dice. Big ones will use a level 16-20 dice. They will only attack one time, each targets alternatively (Karkat -> Thomas -> Karkat ect.)
4. You use your level dice, as usual.
5. You might find enhancing items on the way.. some might reduce foes damage, some might boost your attacks. It's a surprise!
6. HAVE FUN.

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Rat 15/15

The member 'Universal NPC' has done the following action : Dice Rolls

#1 'Attack/Heal (6-10)' : 9

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#2 'Coin Flip' :

'YOU BETTER FUCKING MAKE MY FUCKING SHOES SHINE!' he growled. His ears however twitches on what Thomas said. 'FINE.' he grumbled, not seeming to be entirely convinced. But he trusted Thomas... 'THAT BETTER BE A BADASS QUEST SHIT OR WHATEVER. AND FUCK. IF WE DIE TOO BAD FOR HIM! HE WON'T HAVE HIS STUPID NECKLACE! AND WE'LL BE JUST FUCKING FINE! FUCKING LOSER!'

Well that could have been their ticket out. But no. He was almost certain that this was just a way to play them. Well Karkat was trying to plot something to fuck this fucker with his own fuckery right the fuck back. He was unamused. His plans were not to end up in a fucking cave having stupid adventures over a stupid deal that Thomas first made with a FUCKING DEAMON PRINCE?! gaaaah! Well this could at least be interesting and bonding was kind of a nice thing, its just that Karkat was too stubborn to show any appreciation at the moment. He would continue to scowl and growl. Well GUESS its time to chose a path.. Wait..

'RAGBALRGAH!' The troll had kind of been caught off guard. His lusus would have been so pissed if he ever got to know about that! However his sickles materialized in his hands and he proceeded to try to knock out that stupid nut creature! However, the poor rat didn't got much of a taste from this troll his skin was probably too thick like the one of a crab. 'FUCK FUCK FUCK! I HOPE THAT LIL' SHIT DIDN'T HAD SICKNESS!'

Armor: 11/20
hp: 180/180
ap: 26/26

The member 'Karkat Vantas' has done the following action : Dice Rolls

#1 'Coin Flip' :


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#2 'Attack/Heal (11-15)' : 14

Oh, good GOD. A giant rat? Seriously? If Thomas played video games, he would be both giggling and lamenting this often-overused convention of role-playing games. Rats, especially giant ones, were ALWAYS fodder for low-level adventurers. Really, it was terribly ironic, if one looked at it like this, that the first creature that the duo of troll and Wendigo encountered was a giant rat. What, was the end boss going to be a dragon?

Don't answer that.

Ah, but then the giant rat made a fatal error. It attacked Karkat. That was a massive. Fucking. Mistake. And really, there was only one way to fix that sort of mistake. And that was through some good, old-fashioned rat stomping. And so, that's exactly what Thomas attempted.

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Armor: Leather Longcoat (Reduces 10% of incoming melee damage. Ranged attacks are unaffected.)
HP: 120/120
AP: 17/17
Attacks: 1 Attack (1 coin/1 die, -0 AP. Mori Has 7/7).

The member 'Thomas Steele' has done the following action : Dice Rolls

#1 'Coin Flip' :


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#2 'Attack/Heal (6-10)' : 3

Oh blimey! It seems that the duo couldn't destroy the rat right away! It seems pretty darn resilient to them. The rat did tumble from Thomas' hit, but not too much. The rodent, after being hit by the wendigo, lunged to Thomas' throat to try and take a nice chunk of it, hopefully eating something better than that little gray skinned bugger!
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Rat: 12/15

The member 'Universal NPC' has done the following action : Dice Rolls

#1 'Coin Flip' :


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#2 'Attack/Heal (6-10)' : 7