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Anderson Quest: Killing Vampires and Werewolves and Leprechauns (Hellsing/Bloodborne)

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    • "Well," you say, sitting up slowly so as not to aggravate your sore everything, "I got the shit kicked outta me, but that's only the second time I've managed ta kill a pagan god. Pretty good on the balance."

    You don't talk about the Nashville Incident. And you thought Andrew Jackson was a bastard before he died...

    "It has been eventful, then?"

    "You could say that," you reply as she helps you up. The Dream is as static as ever, though its serenity is quite welcome after your exciting recent ventures. You stumble for a moment, but the Doll helps you retain your footing. Despite the place's cleansing effects, you're still bone-tired and you still ache.

    "What manner of beast did you slay, Hunter Anderson?" she asks, oozing curiosity.

    "Some kinda giant demon with eight arms. It-"

    You pause as your knees begin to rattle. You're still not steady on your feet.

    "Sorry, still a bit out of it. Jus' need a moment."

    The Doll turns and pats the stone railing behind her. "Then sit. Take the time you need and tell me of your travels."

    You nod and slouch your way over, plopping down in a terribly undignified manner. The Doll sits beside you, polite as ever with her hands on her lap, and listens to your story.

    With nothing moving, it's impossible to tell how long you sit there, speaking of the men and women and monsters you've encountered since your last meeting. Perhaps it doesn't make a difference that nothing is moving; it is a Dream, after all.

    It's pleasant. That's a good word for it. Obviously, you enjoy the wanton slaughter of the profane as much as the next proper Catholic, but it's nice to be away, to not have that chain you so gladly carry dragging you ever forward.

    "Don't get me wrong, it was a proper donnybrook while it lasted, but I can't help but feel a little let down, y'know? Didn't even have to exorcise its unquiet spirit, let alone pry loose its squamous talon-grip on our reality. Jus' stabbed it a bunch and blew up its face and down it went. I'm startin' ta think that thing was just a jumped-up giant invisible spider. "

    "You desired a more dramatic conclusion?"

    "Right, somethin' with a bit o'...gravitas, I s'ppose? I guess I can't really complain too much, though. If they all go down that easy, I might have this whole mess wrapped up by mornin'."

    You are fully aware that you're basically putting your balls on a chopping block, handing the universe a meat tenderizer, and telling it to go nuts with that statement, but if the universe can't handle a bit of trash talk, that's its problem.

    "But enough about me," you say, shifting your body to better face the Doll. "Have ye found a name ye like?"

    "Well," she replies, "my role is to aid the Hunters who pass through this Dream in any way I can. There is one thing they have all needed, however, that I was never able to offer. Gehrman needs it as well, though he does not show it."

    "And what's that?"

    "Hope," she smiles. "This way, you can never say there is no hope so long as I am here."

    Well, you suppose that works.

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    -[] Ask about the tool
    -[] Other topics?

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    • Skybreaker said:
    @Tricia So did chanting/praying actually hurt that thing?
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    The chanting and praying pissed it off. When you consider yourself a god, the idea that there's another god who's stronger than you tends to hit a nerve.

    As far as physically hurting it? No. The Great Ones aren't demonic in the traditional sense. The ward hurt it because it's built to hurt unwanted intruders, not specifically because of its nature as a Great One.
     
    Tricia said:
    "Well," she replies, "my role is to aid the Hunters who pass through this Dream in any way I can. There is one thing they have all needed, however, that I was never able to offer. Gehrman needs it as well, though he does not show it."

    "And what's that?"

    "Hope," she smiles. "This way, you can never say there is no hope so long as I am here."
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    D'aaaaaaaaaaaaw.

    Plain Doll 10/10, best waifu.

    Unless she's really an Great One in disguise, after all. In which case her name is fitting, since she would be a False Hope, guiding the deluded along the wrong path.
     
    Sunder the Gold said:
    D'aaaaaaaaaaaaw.

    Plain Doll 10/10, best waifu.

    Unless she's really an Great One in disguise, after all. In which case her name is fitting, since she would be a False Hope, guiding the deluded along the wrong path.
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    Hey,

    being a Great One doesn't neccasrily preclude you from being a good person. Rom was pretty cool, before the Paleblooded Hunter hauled off and murdered them.
     
    God and the Snake said:
    Hey,

    being a Great One doesn't neccasrily preclude you from being a good person. Rom was pretty cool, before the Paleblooded Hunter hauled off and murdered them.
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    And the most accepted theory about the Moon Presence is that it established the Dream in order to give humanity a chance to fight against the other Great Ones.
     
    On an interesting note, the Moon Presence apparently doesn't give a shit about Ebrietas (the source of the Healing Church's blood), since the Hunter doesn't need to kill her for the contract to be completed.

    Also, I apologize for forgetting that being a Great One in disguise wouldn't necessarily mean nefarious intent. Though even with good intentions, Great Ones can still be horrible monsters.
     
    [x] Look for Gehrman
    -[x] Ask about the tool
    -[x] Ask about the thing you fought    .
    -[x] Ask where can we get heavy artillery without debasing ourselves with heathen, pagan rituals.

    In case you're wondering about what the 'tool' is:

    Tricia said:
    You head over to the chest and begin fiddling with it. To your surprise, it's unlocked, and you heave it open to find an odd metal tool. It looks almost like a wine opener, possessing a grooved handle you can turn to raise or lower the stamp-like bottom.

    "Any idea what this is?" you ask, offering it to your companion. Eileen looks it over, turning it this way and that in her hands.

    "It looks like something you'd find in the Dream workshop. I'm afraid it's been too long for me to remember exactly what it's for." She hands it back to you. "Gehrman would know."
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    Sunder the Gold said:
    On an interesting note, the Moon Presence apparently doesn't give a shit about Ebrietas (the source of the Healing Church's blood), since the Hunter doesn't need to kill her for the contract to be completed.
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    Probably because Ebrietas was somewhat irrelevant. The Great Ones need humans to propagate, and thanks to the Paleblood Sky they don't exactly have any humans left with which to recreate Mergo and the... other two results. As such, it doesn't need to kill Ebrietas, it just needs to wreck her results.
     
    Tricia said:
    "Well," she replies, "my role is to aid the Hunters who pass through this Dream in any way I can. There is one thing they have all needed, however, that I was never able to offer. Gehrman needs it as well, though he does not show it."

    "And what's that?"

    "Hope," she smiles. "This way, you can never say there is no hope so long as I am here."
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    There is no hope

    [x] Look for Gehrman
    -[x] Ask about the tool
    -[x] Ask about what the thing you fought    .
    -[x] Ask where can we get heavy artillery without debasing ourselves with heathen, pagan rituals.
     
    Xomniac said:
    Probably because Ebrietas was somewhat irrelevant. The Great Ones need humans to propagate, and thanks to the Paleblood Sky they don't exactly have any humans left with which to recreate Mergo and the... other two results. As such, it doesn't need to kill Ebrietas, it just needs to wreck her results.
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    What does a paleblood sky mean anyway?
     
    [x] Look for Gehrman
    -[x] Ask about the tool
    -[x] Ask about the thing you fought.
    -[x] Ask where can we get heavy artillery without debasing ourselves with heathen, pagan rituals.
     
    [x] Look for Gehrman
    -[x] Ask about the tool
    -[x] Ask about the thing you fought.
    -[x] Ask where can we get heavy artillery without debasing ourselves with heathen, pagan rituals.

    Works for me.
     
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