rip off blanket and say "eistia, it is time to get you out of this funk!"

Oh, before I forget.

Artemis 2011/12/04(Sun)14:39 No. 369778 ID: dd7b82
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>>369774

Artemis flips the covers off to reveal a pillow and a rolled up blanket.

>>369778
GRRRAAAAGHAGAAAA.

SAISAI WHERE THE FUCK IS SHE

bust back out the door and say "saisai, she's gone!"

oh wait, durr, use the goldeon watch to find her.

Artemis 2011/12/04(Sun)14:43 No. 369783 ID: dd7b82
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>>369779
>>369780
No no no! We can 'not' tell her she's missing! She'll be even more pissed!

Artemis looks around a bit and checks under the bed.

Well... Can't exactly keep a soul blade master locked up I suppose.

>>369778
Go hug Saisai, then set off together to find your sister!

go through the hole and use the watch.

Saisai can feel your emotions, I think she already knows something is wrong

>>369783
No hugging Saisai.

No lying. SHE'LL JUST BE PISSED THAT YOU LIED.

Use the watch, tell her you're going to find your sister, and HAUL PRETTYBOY CASTER ASS

Artemis 2011/12/04(Sun)14:48 No. 369788 ID: dd7b82
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Ah damn, the soul bind! I keep forgetting that!

"Hey Art... Everything okay in there? You're being really quiet."

And her super hearning... Forgot that to.

"no, she flew the coop, but i'm hot on her trail. send someone up with some mortar." then through the hole!

>>369788
Use the goddamn watch.

>>369789
and this

Artemis 2011/12/04(Sun)15:01 No. 369797 ID: dd7b82
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"Uh no.. She uhm... Left."

"WHAT!?"

"But I'm going after her now! I have the Watch still!"

"I'm going with you!"

Artemis and Saisai track down Eistia using the watch. It doesn't take to long as they finding her sitting down on a hill staring off into the Elven Forest.

Saisai looks relieved to see her.

quietly tell saisai to hide and just listen in. then walk up and sit next to her. then say "hey"

>>369797
Approaching someone who is clearly angry at the world + themselves:

Don't bring up what they are angry about. Let them talk, but don't allow them to walk away. Hugs are not your friend unless they appear receptive. Speak evenly and calmly.

Artemis 2011/12/04(Sun)15:14 No. 369802 ID: dd7b82
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Artemis holds out his hand telling Saisai to stay where she is and goes up to Eistia. He sits beside her.

"Hey Eistia."

"Brother."

"What're you up to?"

"Testing a rather bizzare human ritual. It doesn't work it seems."

>>369802
"I hear flipping a coin is better. It's not about the result, but what you hope for in it." then shrug, and hold us out in your palms. "Put your hands on it, I want to try something. It might help me understand."

"it depends on how you start and what the plant is. you gotta use the right one. can you show me how you are doing it?"

Artemis 2011/12/04(Sun)15:23 No. 369807 ID: dd7b82
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"I hear flipping a coin is better. It's not about the result, but what you hope for in it."

Artemis holds out the Guardian

"Put your hands on it, I want to try something. It might help me understand."

Eistia touches it. Nothing seems to happen.

hmm can you both hear us?

>>369807
"Well, drat. I was hoping both of us would hook up to it at once, sorta deal. Looks like it's only one at a time."

Artemis 2011/12/04(Sun)15:29 No. 369810 ID: dd7b82
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>>369808
Well just me it seems.

"Sorry, I was hoping it would let the Guardian speak to both of us."

"Hmph.."

She lets go and stares off again.

take out a coin "well since i asked about it anyway. heads, they like you, tails they don't" then flip it and catch. then put it away without looking at the result.
wen she asks what it was as back "what did you want it to be?"

>>369810
"Sorry for being gone for so long."
and when you say it mean it

>>369810
Just hand us over and motion for Saisai to sit down next to you.

>>369810
Ask her who it is she's picking petals for.

(Sasai will hear her answer.)

Artemis 2011/12/27(Tue)18:53 No. 375556 ID: 3cf86c
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"Sorry for being gone for so long."

"....."

She doesn't say anything for a while. Her body shakes slightly as tears start coming out of her eyes.
She hugs her knees closer to her as though she were trying to keep herself from breaking apart.

>>375556

TIME FOR HUGS.

>>375559
this guy has the right idea.

Artemis 2011/12/29(Thu)04:27 No. 375947 ID: 281eec
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>>375559

"Oh Eistia!"

Artemis goes up to her and hugs her tight. Saisai runs up and hugs her from the opposite side.

Eistia: "You're crushing me! I'm fine! Really I am!"

Oh I didn't even know how much I'd been hurting the poor girl! I'm so stupid!

Artemis 2011/12/29(Thu)04:35 No. 375951 ID: 281eec
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Eistia breaks out of the choke hug.

"All right all right that's enough. I'm better okay? You're a jerk and insensitive to peoples feelings, we got that and I forgive you."

Saiai: "I don't"

"That's to be expected."

She wipes away some tears.

"I've spent the past few weeks feeling bad for myself. Artemis has been just wandering around. Saisai... We've all been neglecting something. We need to do something about the human king and soon. With or without the others help."

Saisai: "I actually agree with that. Artemis, you have the dragon slayer. You're the one who should be leading us not these old kings. Sure they help but really this all falls on you."

"Me..?"

"Yes brother. You're the leader."

"Last time I was leader of something it didn't go to well.."

"Well here's your chance to make up for it."

it only failed cause one of the people on your team was a huge asshole. and that particular asshole is gone.

the old kings have the armies to match Myli's, whereas we have jackshit. so sorry, but we're not getting anything done without their help.

>>375977
what? it's not about matching it's about stealth sneaking and sabotage. we have people on the inside. get their help.

>>375977
The kings don't have something that can stop the greatest known power in the world. They don't have Ombra. And, most importantly, they don't have us.

We have to leverage everything we have - everyone does, if we can hope to win. The kings must rally their armies, and Artemis must move close enough to disable the King. Artemis will have to lead a charge into an army backed by a dragon, protected by his closest friends. He is the arrow, the kings and their armies, the bow.

Artemis 2012/01/07(Sat)23:36 No. 378430 ID: 85879a
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"I can't do this alone though."

Saisai: "You have us."

Eistia: "My people will help as well. At least the ones from my former city."

".... I think I can gather a few more people to. My mom, Apple, the twins... We know a few knights. Surely they'll be willing to help?"

Saisai: "They'd better after all we did for them."

Artemis nods.

I just need to find a way to get in contact with them.. I think Morgan can help with that..

Artemis and the others walk back into the city. He goes into Morgan's room and sees it's completely empty.

Saisai: "What the..?"

There's a note on the table. Artemis picks it up.
It reads:

Kan't write for long
I hope you aren't mad at me for leaving you..
Don't worry everything's fine. It's just I
need to go back to Central.
Please understand I don't want to fight them.
Do not try to come after me.. And

Don't fight against the king anymore.
A fight against your own kind.. It's foolish.
Don't you think?

Morgan

Saisai: "What the...? Did she just abandon us? Just like that..?

well that's probably the most blatantly obvious false letter I've ever seen. i mean come on,
"A fight against your own kind.. It's foolish.
Don't you think?"
who even talks like that? we need to go after Morgan, if someone planted this letter it was probably after snatching her. we need to catch up to them before they reach central.

fffffff

>>378430
K
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P
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D
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KIDnPD DAD.
The presence of a hidden message is obvious, but it's hard to read once discovered. She is terrible at this.

Ok, so what probably happened is that her dad was captured and she was forced to leave under duress. Use the watch to find the respective positions of her and her dad, then go check on Mimi.

Meh. Earth Dragon being a dick as fucking usual.

TIME TO RESCUE MORGAN'S FATHER

CALL UP APPLE, ASK HER IF SHE'S WILLING TO BE A THIEF ONE LAST TIME.

>>378442
let's see you make a better one in a minute. anyway, good thing we have a magical all seeking watch.

Artemis 2012/02/02(Thu)19:37 No. 383987 ID: 5a6216
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"This note... I think it's a code. Morgan is in trouble! We have to get her!"

>Saisai: "But what about the plan? Our first priority should be defeating the king."

"If we rescue her we can kill the king while we do that!"

>"Oh yeah sure we'll just toss it on the list of things to do while recklessly going into the kingdom to save the girl. Forget it, you go save her on your own. Tell me when you're actually gonna be focused on killing the king."

She starts walking away.

"Saisai wait. I need your help to."

She turns.

>"I didn't offer it."

She seems really really mad. And jealous?

"it's.. you're stronger then me, i can fight the king, but only because my sword would make him weaker, against the normal guards you would be better."

>>383987
Of COURSE she's jealous, you thickheaded bumbling fool. You're essentially asking the girl who was smitten on you to save your current girlfriend. It's... insensitive. Rude, even.

Look, if you take out the King, his threats become meaningless. He's counting on you to go for the girl first. Surprise him. Shock him.

she still has some feelings for you I think. its pissing her off that you would risk everything for Morgan. speaking of that, as much of a bastard as I feel pointing this out, Morgan is one person. running off to confront the king now is probably exactly what he wants you yo do. if he manages to kill you and capture your sword the entire world is screwed. I'm not saying we should just write her off, but saving her comes in a distant second to killing the king.

>>383987
NO SHIT!
She's madly in love with you and you just asked her to help you with a suicide mission to rescue the person you love instead of her. You've been pretty nasty about how you've been rejecting her, too.

Saisai is right. If the king has her then we can't do anything without a solid plan, and the solidest plan involves removing the king first.

Ask for the various leaders to have their spies look into this. We need more information. Meanwhile, you can try to be a better friend to Saisai.

>>384004
[Use GP to help this along as needed]
Forgot to tell you what you should be doing.
First, sigh.
"I'm sorry, I lost it for a moment.
You're right, I can't help her, not now, but-"
Wrap your arms around her and let the tears flow
"I can't do this! I know I can't go help her, I know it's a trap, I know it's the best way to help her, but it hurts so much to leave somebody in danger... I've never been able to let people suffer, not you, not the twins, not Sharaes, the Ori, monsters, or even enemies.
Help me, Saisai. I'm not strong enough for this; I'm not strong enough to fail."

fuck it. you don't need her. I though she was our friend, but if she's gonna be like that, she can stay here and spend her days taking care of Eistia's drunkard ass for all I care.