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THE RADICAL'S REWARD
[OMORI OST - 104 Clams Clams Clams]
"Honestly......."
"I've been too kind to these people, haven't I? Look at this artist alley. I walk through it and artists aren't throwing gifts at our feet."
"What is the point of going on a date with a Radical Priest if gifts to her glory aren't pouring out from every hand?"
Grams
2024-12-18 18:47:26
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"Don't you worry Dear, I'm confident they'd shower you in gifts if you were to show your face around more often."
"I mean, did you see that marsue from a couple stalls back? They were shaking harder than our arise blender!"
Grams
2024-12-18 18:48:26
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"In all honesty though, the only gift I need is your company, Dear. It's been far too long since we last had a date."
"Let's go shake up some nerds, shall we?"
Longfur
2024-12-18 18:48:53
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"I do love being with you, dear, but........"
Longfur
2024-12-18 18:49:14
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"What is the point of controlling this event if no one fears you? Look, watch this."
"You there! Do you fear the wrath of god?"
"..................................................."

Judas takes a quick skim of his notes.

"Alas, I don't believe in fearing God anymore. Only loving one's God."
Grams
2024-12-18 18:51:33
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"...Yeah I think I see what you mean, Dear."
"It is disgusting. And if that thing wasn't a robot I'd transform it an instant!"
"You cannot change me into a form that would be worse than my current existence."
"I'd believe that."
Longfur
2024-12-18 18:53:59
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"All these artist types.... they're already suffering!"
Grams
2024-12-18 18:54:50
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"Still, surely the whole venue can't be this stupid, right, Dear? I'm not letting this put a damper on our date today."
"Sorry, what am I saying? I'm making this all about me. What do you want to do today, dear?"
("I just expected a little more power in this story.")
"If you want power, what's wrong with getting some ourselves, hm? Surely we can put the fear of god into someone, right?"
Grams
2024-12-18 18:55:59
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"Not giving up easily is a virtue, Dear!"
Judas
2024-12-18 18:56:17
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"Actually, you are thinking of patience."
"If she wants persistence to be a virtue, then she will have it!"
"Ok, have it as you wish, but it is not canon."
"Dear, if you own cannons and still somehow manage to be this miserable then I really don't know what to tell you."
"Maybe if you used your cannons more you'd be happier!"
"........................................."
Judas
2024-12-18 18:58:01
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("Obmilists... mmm....")
"Oh, one moment dear! I forgot I need to get you a gift."
"I left it with one of these shopkeepers, stay here, let me find it."
Grams
2024-12-18 18:58:44
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"Oh? You shouldn't have, Dear!"
Grams
2024-12-18 18:58:59
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"I'll wait here for you, then. Love you!"
"Love you more!"
("God have mercy on my soul.")
"Customer at 5'o clock, Barley. ;)"
"We're going to need to wait that long?"
2024-12-18 19:01:23
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Vodka points at Grams.

"Ah...."
"Hey lady! Looking to invest in blockmons?"
Grams
2024-12-18 19:02:32
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"Block Moms? Dear, if you're trying to buy me with ads that raunchy, you're gonna have to go older."
Barley Bonekeeper
2024-12-18 19:03:04
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"Ma'm you're thinking of Block MILFs. Blockmons aren't preverse rug pulling bait. They're a real investment."
Grams
2024-12-18 19:03:41
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"Well are you offering Block GILFs or is this conversation heading nowhere then, dear?"
"I am not offering you anything like that. I am offering you a blockmon."
"They're an amazing product that's going to hatch into special creatures one day."
"They're like eggs, but fake. ;)"
"Ah, so that's what you meant by investment."
"What's their price then, huh? I'm waiting on someone and I'm considering if it's worth getting them a gift for when they return."
Grams
2024-12-18 19:05:47
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"Also, you might want to get the kid to walk away for a few seconds."
"My haggling skills are cutting edge, you see?"
"Vodka can stay. She can watch me haggle."
Barley Bonekeeper
2024-12-18 19:07:01
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"Especially if I don't find her parents.... she'll have to stay with me."
Vodka
2024-12-18 19:07:59
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"I do miss mum, but Barley is ok. ;)"
Barley Bonekeeper
2024-12-18 19:08:24
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(JUST OK.....)

Grandma sighs.

Grams
2024-12-18 19:09:02
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"Dear, I think you don't quite get what I mean."
"Hey, Vodka, dear, was it? Could you look over there for a second? I think the marsue writer from a couple stalls down is giving out ice cream!"
"Free ice cream? No way! ;)"
Barley Bonekeeper
2024-12-18 19:10:44
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"Vodka, I said don't trust marsu- oh, she's gone..."
2024-12-18 19:09:58
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...While Vodka's looking away, Grams walks towards Barley.

Then stabs him in the gut.

Grams rolls a 20 sided die with a modifier of +10. A 25 is rolled.

Barley is ripped open as he tries to push Grams away.

[Inscryption OST 12 - The Temple of Technology]
"Wh-What the fuck are you doing?"
"I'm pretty sure it isn't long before Longfur's coming back soon, dear. I'm running out of time for this."
"I can lead you to a hospital if you need. It'll take a second since I'm on a date, but surely that's the better option, yes?"
"At the very least I don't think that kid would want to see you like this."
"You really tripped over that obnoxiously sharp rock over there? Just like that? How clumsy can you get, dear!"
Barley Bonekeeper
2024-12-18 19:23:01
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Barley can barely process anything that's going on. "W-what the fuck, lady? Is this a robbery? Are you fucking murdering me in public?! There's people watching!"
2024-12-18 19:25:08
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Judas looks at Grams......

She waves.

Judas looks the other way. He's not snitching today.

"Dude!"
(Ignoring.)
"Oh, dear. You got a couple things wrong."
"First off, this isn't a robbery."
"The term you should be using here is 'donation'."
"Second off, I don't know how to tell you this, dear."
"...But it doesn't have to be a murder either. It's really not a hard choice."
Vodka
2024-12-18 19:29:19
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"I didn't get any ice cream, but I kept talking to the marsue until she gave me 10,000p to go-"
"Oh bummer, I was hoping you'd take longer."
"Uuuwuwuwu? Why is Barley's guts outside of his body? Vodka did not do this this time."
"Put Barley's guts back! ;)"
"That's a bit harder than it sounds, dear."
"B-but I w-want the guts back in....."
"Did you know ambulances cost money in most planets? Sort of the same deal."
"Not that I'm interested in cash."
2024-12-18 19:32:57
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Grams props Barley up in a slightly more comfortable position. Can't have him dying yet.

Vodka is in distress.

"Don't worry, Vodka. I have this."

Grams takes a step back.

"Didn't take you for someone with backbone, dear."
"Thought I had sliced that part pretty well, rather."

Electricity sparks from Barley's mouth.

"Your soul is going to be put to good use."
"We'll see about that, dear."
"Pretty sure Dear's got the ownership of that one."

IT'S A CLASH.
Grams goes to stab Barley!

Grams rolls a 20 sided die with a modifier of +10. A 23 is rolled.

Barley pauses........

2024-12-18 19:38:06
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Barley rolls a 20 sided die with a modifier of +20. A 1 is rolled.
[Inscryption OST 04 - The Trapper]
2024-12-18 19:47:40
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Grams aims for Barley's mouth, in one quick motion stops him from attacking, and rips his pelt from his skin. The bundle of wires under untangle, disallowing the body, though in its now disfigured shape, to support itself.

The wires do not seem to end as they flow like blood. An impossible amount forming a loose creature wearing a pelt.

Grams has no time to escape before she's entangle by the rapidly tightening wires.

"You hurt Barley really bad....."
"I think it is Barley's turn to rip out your guts!"
"It is only fair for Barley!~"
"I'm pretty sure he took it quite well, actually, dear...!"
"Great Radical! You're really-"
"What is happening here.....?"
"..."
"...Tried to get you a gift?"
"She is getting verified! ;)"
Longfur
2024-12-18 19:52:08
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"Grams, what have you done?"
"Radical! Please listen. She did not haha, know what you were."
Longfur
2024-12-18 19:52:30
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"We were all watching you from afar, you understand?"
Grams
2024-12-18 19:52:43
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"Yeah, I definitely can't say I'd have stabbed a limbo god had I known beforehand."
".........................................."

The coils tighten.

"Radical, please listen. This is not a demand from me, it is a request, one I am begging of you! You sent this champion to me to save me! That's what we're all here for, yes yes?"

Longfur looks around.

"............................................"
".............................."
2024-12-18 19:54:43
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The coils tighten.

Grams tries to struggle..? Is it getting tight in here or is it just me? S-surely there's a way out of this? Right?

Longfur kneels in front of the god half.

"I understand. A 100 lifetimes changed into new forms, I can offer you that for her life. She will understand better when she has had to live such ways!"
"................."

The coils tighten.

"1000 lives! Just for you, Radical god!"
".........................."
2024-12-18 19:57:23
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The coils tighten.

Grams is gasping for air.

"...Hah-ha! ...I suppose getting to live life again as something else wouldn't be that bad a deal, huh...?"
"I understand Radical. 1000 life times for her, and a return to punishment for me. This is what you are imposing for me dealing with the Poetnix? I can understand, you just say the word Radical, and I will agree!"
2024-12-18 19:59:42
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Can she cut the wires with her knife? Surely, surely something can be done? ...Right?

...Right?

"................"

The coils tighten.

Grams can't move her hands to cut the coils.

"..."
"...W-well if it had to be by something... I, cghh, a limbo god's not the worst way to go, i-is it?"

Longfur grabs Vodka.

"You are the other half! You tell me what to do! Tell the Radical to stop killing my wife!"
"........................................................."
2024-12-18 20:03:17
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Vodka does nothing.

"...F-funnily enough I think a part of, ccghh, a-a part of me was hoping it'd be by the Neo of all... Of all g-gods."
"No don-don't talk, you need your breath, the Radical is MERCIFUL, this is a test, don't worry."
"The Radical is going to stop. I just must believe."
2024-12-18 20:04:34
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Grams tries to turn around from inside her bonds, and gives Longfur a slightly strained smile. She's tough. She can act tough. She can act tougher than she is at the moment. Tougher than she's ever been.

"...Y-you know, D... Dear."
"...I t-think a part of m, a part of me was just scared of loving you."
"...I-I tend to out, ccgh, outlive my partners, y'see..?"
"..."
"I really did love you, though."
"It was fun."
"Try not to get caught by those notails, eh? Dear?"
"...I wonder if the Neo's laughing. Damned overgrown lizard."
Longfur
2024-12-18 20:06:37
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"No, no. You're not going to die, please do not speak like this. Do not show weakness to the Radical please...."
"Radical, look what an amazing speech she gave! One of true love that's-"
".............."

The coils tighten.

Grams is slain.

-but Longfur keeps going. "- what you wanted yes, you wanted to hear true passion and love, and now you have heard it!"
"She's dead."
Longfur
2024-12-18 20:08:32
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"You........ test me. She is not. I believe this so."
"She's dead."
"...............................I see. You do not want me to call you a liar....."
"Amazing job killing my wife, Radical! Bravo."
"Please bring her back now."
Vodka
2024-12-18 20:09:32
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"Oh, I don't think Barley will, I think he has something cool he'll do instead!"
"What if I gave you this?"
"It was a gift for my wife, and now it is yours! A life for a life."
2024-12-18 20:12:19
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There's a quick blinding light that comes from the disembowelment of Barley. A single wire presents Longfur with a blockmon.

The body of Grams is no more.

".................................."
"You......."
Longfur
2024-12-18 20:15:39
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"Verified my wife's soul!?!?!"
"It's on the house. ;)"
"........................................................................."
"You wouldn't reject a gift from Barley, right?"
Longfur
2024-12-18 20:16:53
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"I.... I....."
Longfur
2024-12-18 20:17:10
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"I am.... I am not rejecting your gift... Radical. I am..... coming back fo-for it later......."
2024-12-18 20:17:21
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Longfur escapes the area.

"Alright, just don't forget! ;)"
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