Title: Anon's excellent adventures in Tartarus pt3 Author: Unamazing_Writefag Pastebin link: http://pastebin.com/BtJnNCaF First Edit: Wednesday 25th of April 2012 01:29:50 AM CDT Last Edit: Wednesday 25th of April 2012 01:29:50 AM CDT Wherein Unamazing introduces nothing new about Tartarus.   >You are Anonymous, a human marooned in Tartarus. >You don't know how you got here, and you don't know how to get out. >and staring you in the face is a dog who may have the answer to one of those questions. Start talking. >To his credit, he manages to maintain his composure. "Whattya wanna know?" he asks, in a casual manner. >you take a moment to think. There was a lot of questions that needed answering. First off: Why were you stalking me? >He hesitates for a second, looking ready to make some sort of quip. >however, he deigns against it. >"Ya look like another one'a yer kind that captured down here." >Huh. That explains what they were screaming when you rushed their asses like a madman. There were other humans? >"At least two. Maybe more, if da legends and rumors and shit are anythin' t' go bye." >He fidgets. >"Look, we don't die wiffout air in dis place, but breathin's still gonna make dis easier." he says. "So why don'tcha get offa me?" And let you run away before telling me what I wanna know, or attack me again? Fat chance, Fido. >"Dat's Fido." he retorts, pointing a finger to the third dog who had attacked you. "I'm Buddy." >You roll your eyes, but nonetheless you ease up on the pressure a little. Elaborate. >"Well, his name's Remu--" >You smack across the face, annoyed. You know what I was talking about. >"Sweet Father, none of ya crazy bastards can take a joke, can ya?" >You're getting more and more rustled by this idiot. Do I /look/ like I'm in a joking mood? >"All right, all right. So yer not the first one t' come here, y'know dat, right?" >areyoushittingme.png /Yes/... >"What're you gettin' yer tail inna twist about?" >you punch him this time. >"Ow! Dammit, all right!" he yelps. /Talk./ >"Fine! Shit, you insane dicks're somethin' else..." >before you can hit him again, he regains his composure and begins >"We only know of two fer sure. Some say dere's three, others four, but whatever." >So there were other humans in your situation after all... >"The first one came here wif da Boss. 'E's da one who fucked up the Boss's plan to bring th' dog Father back to the land of the livin'." >Good on him, then. >"We had captured his sorry ass. Tortured him for probably a year. Then one day, he up 'n' escaped." How? >You figure you'd want to know. After all, you WERE stuck down here with these mutts. >Knowledge is power. >"We dunno. some say he got out himself, others say another human came'n busted him out. All we know is that he's gone now." >Interesting... He may still be out there. And the other? >"Dat guy... I'm glad 'e's gone." >intredasting.png And why is that? >To your surprise, he visibly shudders. >"He was... he was scary as shit. Huge bastard, probbly da height o' dat tree." he says, indicating the tree with a finger. >you estimate it to be roughly eight or nine feet. >dafuq >"And he had dis tough as balls grey armor, and he kept screamin' somethin' bout de 'Emprah' or some shit... he went on a goddamn crusade against us." >hold the shitting phone >Did he just describe a fucking Spess Mehren? >what_the_fuck_am_I_listening_to.png >you raise an incredulous eyebrow at the dog. What'd you do to deserve that, I wonder? >"Well, we DID kinda kidnap dis broad who was apparently his friend. One of Discord's kids, I think. Dunno why he liked her so much." And what happened? >"Here's da part I'll never believe, even though I was there fer it." Go on... >"He pretty much stormed the Dog Father's base, took us all on, and damn near won. Ended probably a couple hundred dogs that day, at da least. Took on both the Father an' th' Boss, before freein' his bud and gettin' da fuck out." And how'd he do this? >He shrugs as best he can with you pinning him. >"Opened a portal or some shit. I'unno. Got knocked out before it ended." >So. The two previous encounters both escaped this "Dog Father"'s wrath. That explained why they were following you. >"So, uh... dat gonna be all?" No. How do I leave? >"Die again. That'll be tough, tho. Tartarus don't let go'a its victims easy." >Are_you_fucking_Kidding_me.jpg Besides that? >"You wanna try and get past Cerberus? Cuz if we knew another way, you think we'd still be in this shithole?" >A fair point. Figures. >you rise, placing one foot on the Dog's chest. Now all I need to do is figure out how to make sure I don't have to deal with you. >"Gonna kill us again, aren't ya?" he grumbles. >lolwut No need to do that, you're already dead. >"Oh. Well...ask nicely?" Buddy offers, with an innocent smile-- an attempt at one, at any rate. >you laugh humorlessly. In Tartarus? How stupid do you think I am? >"Woulda worked on the first guy..." Yeah, no. Good night. >And with that, you swing your foot forward, and it connects with his chin, knocking him out. >You then gaze around to find that, to your pleasant surprise, all of the dogs are still out cold. >Bueno. >I'mouttahere.gif >Turning back to the forest, you begin a steady jog. >Sounded like you'd be here a while, whether you liked it or not.