>>1035904
B

>>1035904
B. Consider it settling the book before it becomes an issue. There's been a change for you that would require reduced hours. You'd be glad to help when possible but that's just how things are for you right now.

Since the vote is going for mostly B, let's get a hoodie on to conceal our hair, and wear our glasses (even if we don't need them) so that people don't question our appearance

>>1035919
Why? We dont need to hide anything about us. And glasses will just make things too blurry. Just wear what we usually wear without glasses.

I was thinking we can try to get our old look back somehow, and use the new look as a secret alter ego, kind of like a super hero. that way we can keep Mia's personal life and mediator life separate and not risk any potential enemies knowing who Mia is and try to get at her when she is at work, school, or home.

Unless Reggie is really good at keeping secrets for us.

We are in a dark cave and all available weapons produce light that may blind the pilots. Maneuvering while wearing those dark goggles must be very risky.

I can operate the turrets but get someone ready to replace me near the tunnel. You are underestimating the usefulness of a second pilot in this situation.

>>1035896
Radar and BVR don't really work when you are flying through a bunch of huge bendy tubes.

>>1035896
Also lasers don't use any ammo, and plasma would use minimal ammo, so that would actually be more cost effective than using expensive missiles.

>>1035901

Lasers can use ammo! Haven't you heard of capacitors? Sometimes those are single use 'bullets'; laser revolvers exist. ALSO, parts for combat lasers wear out because they get overheated and distorted and need replacement!

Also, it'd be cheaper to use missiles because you aren't... you know... losing the entire airplane and the pilot, and are instead expending a relatively cheap missile (you do NOT need the most high tech missile to defeat a WWII tech airplane!), and leveraging the fact that you can fire it from well outside the engagement envelope of the other plane (possibly vertically not just horizontally!) to, yaknow, get 100:1+ kill death ratios. Laser weapons, particle beam weapons, and plasma weapons have utility, but in an atmosphere with clouds and diffraction and scattering and all the problems with AIR and such, their range is QUITE a bit lower than a missile in this context! They're not being fired from massive ground or orbital installations to power through this kind of thing, after all! Laser weapons are good for point defense and intercepting missiles and other sorts of incoming fire, since it's point and shoot, but generally only if they are under automatic computer control!

I call foul. Something VERY VERY weird is going on; I expect interference from some sort of 'outside context' agency or power to bring about this set of events and circumstances.

>>1035881
Find a turret and radio in with the other male Tobaks and sects. Role call! Who's manning what battle stations! We need all turrets gunners operating the turrets since yesterday!
Turn of safeties and fire back at those jet fighter fucks!

>>1035886
Stroke yourself hard until you can get your dick in your mouth.
Then stand on your dick and massage your breasts. See which side of you cums first.

Berate him in the most sexy tone possible, doggy style?

On one hand, you can actually kinda RESPECT his audacity here. [PURITY] being morally repugnant in this multiverse doesn't make it any less legitimate as a [PATH] to power, after all, and this is a guy who knows what he's doing with his life, at least.

On the other hand, that's a "yikes" on a MORAL level.

Maybe play to that "double life" aspect somehow? I dunno, I'm not great at NSFW suggesting.

Try and let him take the reins a bit. Lie on your stomach, and let him plow you from behind. Should be a good position for him to return some of those spanks you gave him. Or play your ass like bongos. It's what all men, be they human, demons, or angels, truly desire. True story, many will deny it, but we all just want to play the butt bongos.

For banter, critique him on his form. Being a professional dommy mommy, point out all the areas where he could improve. It's both good advice, and hopefully infuriating enough that he'll be a better lay.

>>1035888
HAND
HOLDING

THE MOST SINFUL OF SEXY TIME SHENANNIGANS!

A/b - Let's stick with the local flavors for now! Too exotic and it might put her off.
H - Well, obviously you're gonna try to give her the MODEST proportions! (modest compared to a certain stor-owning bird, at least...)
I - Let's see how she does being Ceri-hipped.

E C H I Hehe ecchi

A

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>>1035706
E ( tiger! big and strong!)
G
I

E F J

Absurdity DeVoid 2022/06/24(Fri)17:15 No. 1035876 ID: 527ed9
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Well I don't know just how much those stupid NFTs are but you will have to buy them all from Lemon Satan. Also a transportation to leave this place could be a good thing. Oh and one last thing I will need one cantaloupe.

Absurdity DeVoid 2022/06/24(Fri)17:18 No. 1035877 ID: 527ed9
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Yeah I can give you all of those things, you can have my rocket submarine. But there is just one thing that I will need from you before I grant you all those wishes. Can you turn all the negative reviews into positive ones?

Absurdity DeVoid 2022/06/24(Fri)17:20 No. 1035878 ID: 527ed9
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I man I could but that seems like a lot of work to do with my one finger...

Absurdity DeVoid 2022/06/24(Fri)17:24 No. 1035879 ID: 527ed9
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Inner monologue. Interesting she is willing to give me more thing in order for my reviews to change. maybe I could use that to milk more things from her.

Now that I think about it, does our security guard friend want anything? I don't think we need anything else personally, but our security guard friend might want something.

First, bring the negative one star reviews to... TWO star reviews (she didn't explain HOW positive she wanted it, lol, loophole) then give the security guard the phone, and tell the manager you'll leave it up to him to raise those two stars reviews to more stars, so she better make him happy and give him whatever he wants.

it's his birthday after all!

I wonder if we might be able to make our own hivemind one day using our connection to the void/the parasitic mushrooms/other things we find on our journey.
A slimemind would be pretty cool.
Also visit bramble.

Suggestion 2022/06/22(Wed)22:28 No. 1035779 ID: b01382
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>>1035778
Sounds like one way to recreate what the Goddess Slime once was. I like the sound of that. We could harmonize and try to make a slime song with other slimes if we ever go back to that one Slime reserve.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9MPOO4F3aPI

Suggestion 2022/06/22(Wed)22:29 No. 1035780 ID: b01382
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>>1035778
Sounds like one way to recreate what the Goddess Slime once was. I like the sound of that. We could harmonize and try to make a slime song with other slimes if we ever go back to that one Slime reserve.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9MPOO4F3aPI

Go see how the operation went. For good or ill, the bugkin probably want to know we've solved their mushroom problem. Sorta. And will be taking 'their' blade. Sorta.

If we're gonna be bringing those mushrooms back, perhaps the bugkin should have a say in it? There could certainly be problems if we brought them back without the bugkin realizing they weren't evil and hostile, just overprotective and misguided. They deserve the truth as much as anyone involved, besides.

Does Godrender have anything he wants to say to Bramble? They did wield 'em for a while, after all.

And I s'pose we gotta thank Bramble's sister for the help. Things might've gotten dicey without Godrender.

>>1035801
If we bring the mushrooms back it will, presumably, be only on our body. It definitely won't be in the mine.

3/4 Buckwheat 2022/06/21(Tue)16:51 No. 1035632 ID: 15a025
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Fox: "Shit!"

He hears me coming and manages to grab my arm and keep the knife away, but that doesn't stop me from clawing his arms with the other.

4/4 Buckwheat 2022/06/21(Tue)16:51 No. 1035633 ID: 15a025
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His grip loosens and I try to stab him, but he manages to shove back and side step out of the way. He brandishes a knife and hunches down a bit. His legs seem spread out evenly as he slowly weaves the knife around.

Something about his stance and movements sends a chill down my spine. I get the feeling this ain't just some thug off the streets...

Yeah fighting him directly is a recipe for getting murdered. Never have a knife fight; the most likely outcome is that both people die, the winner just dies later. You're going to have to be clever.

Maybe you can lure him into a bad situation? Trick him into stabbing a speaker and getting electrocuted? Trip him up and collapse a speaker onto him?

Neither was that last guy. Hopefully Norb can help in some way.

Maybe you can talk this guy out of torturing your girlfriend and let her go. You won't be backing down, and even if he's better than you, like >>1035636 said, not even the winner is gonna come out of this alright.

>>1035633
You've got a size and numbers advantage but he's clearly an experience bladesmen. Kick your left leg and spin that stage light in his eyes and shout for Norb to rush him while he's stunned! If everything goes well you'll have time to knock over that barrel before Kaari drowns in it!

After that its a hard guess where this fight goes next but if you can find something to secure a reach advantage that might just be your best bet! A microphone pole or anything just to keep him at bay until you and norbert can wear him down and tire him out.

>Up the ante
UHHH YOUR MOM, no wait that's stup-
No wait maybe - I got it, has your mother ever literally had so much sex her partner died from the strain?!

Too silly? How about you force him to genetically modify himself with your blood multiple times before he can publish or distribute his work?

No wait the answer is obvious! How many soul karvings you're allowed to inflict on him and the Hegemony soldiers! If he reneges to that war crime, the Hegemony deserves your genes, and all the screwed-up curses of your society that come along with it!

And be sure to declare the square root fold cost!

Oh, also he will have to sign a limited Non-Disclosure agreement in regards to the contents and information of your blood.
Basically, he cannot share any of your blood, publish any papers about it, release any information about it or anything for about 6 years.
Basically, he can study it to his heart's content but not a single soul other than him gets even a hint of it until 6 years are up.
Of course he can still study it and make his own breakthroughs, they just cannot be known by anyone but him for 6 years.

This is a necessary precaution as there is trouble with cultists and corpse magic so letting the enemy get even your blood type would be troublesome. You'd be doomed if they got access to your dna.

>>1035748
Also, and this is extremely important, make sure he can only take up to 10% of your blood and no more, that syringe doesn't look like it can hold much but he might pull out more.
10% is the max where you won't start getting sick, anymore and you will start feeling very ill.

In order to clarify, say he can take no more than 1 pint, as the body contains about 10 pints of blood.

Are you seriously considering selling state secrets?

>>1035754
For the low, low price of immediately turning those we're selling the state secrets to, into state-owned, soul-karved slaves.

I'm wondering if he's stupid enough to take such a deal.

>>1035622
Confront. “...You didn’t really mean what you said, did you?“

Can’t just ignore what was said.

After that, tell Jaina that someone needs to disable the reducer that shrunk you. Otherwise more of the archeology team might accidentally activate it and then there would be even more tiny tallmen running around.

>>1035677
I don't think that was playing dumb. She had a choice, to wait until he got stepped on and hope that happened without the other archaeologist realizing what happened, or to risk exposure herself to prevent him from exposing them. The latter choice is actually the same come to think of it, regardless of whether or not she realized he wasn't Formecian.
Things are getting complicated for her and she doesn't like it, so it's actually fairly normal to lash out a little. Even if part of what's complicated is that she likes him(which I think is the case, based on her behavior and dialogue).
It's very likely IMO that she was upset that the elders banished him because she didn't want him to leave, not because she wanted him dead. I'm sure she was ready to argue for mercy, if she hadn't already, but didn't expect the elders to just let him go like that.

Confront, but alone if possible.

Sam 2022/06/24(Fri)14:38 No. 1035866 ID: 899c9f
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I’ll try not to take it too personally. She’s a product of her environment, after all… I guess it’s the action, and not the thought that counts.
“Okay, let’s go.” I thank Mira for her hospitality and the two of us depart. One final, long ladder brings us all the way up to the topmost shelf. Maybe it’s the last climb, maybe it’s the big meal I just ate but I’m feeling a bit winded and maybe a little dizzy after all that climbing. Jaina’s breathing is heavier, but she seems used to this.
“Tired already? There’s going to be a lot more of this on the road ahead, you know.” Jaina asks.
“No, I… went hiking up mountains all the time. It’s no problem at all,” I wheeze.
We catch our breath sitting on a pencil by the edge of the shelf. I’d feel more comfortable if they installed some handrails or something, but I can understand why they haven’t gotten around to it. Sitting up here does give us a nice view of the room.
I try to keep the conversation on lighter topics. “You know, everybody looks so tiny up here. Like ants, even.”
“Well, no, those grey ones are shellbacks.” Jaina points to the fields below, where I notice large round shapes moving among all the tiny brown ones. The shellbacks do seem pretty big compared to the Formicans, which makes them much bigger than any pillbugs I’ve ever seen. She explains that some of them are trained as pack animals, but most of them till the fields by burrowing under the mycelium, while the Formicans mix in dried fungus harvested from the wastes on top.
I wonder if the Formicans even had ants on their planet, like we had lizards. “It was nice meeting your family. How many siblings do you have exactly?”
“Eight, including Anet. The rest of them were aunts and uncles. They’re alright.”
“Just alright?”
“I don’t see some of them much outside meals. Everyone’s busy with their own jobs.”
“Oh. Were you and

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>There must be other colonies out there, right?

>>1035866
>I kinda wish I could stay here longer and learn more.

B! Play it stoic. This can go any way you want it it.

B. As much as we need to stay in the princess' good graces, we need to figure out if this guy might be a threat.

>>1035558
Agreed. That sounds hilarious.

A. Let her have this.

A, but pretend you have no idea who this guy is.

Toxoglossa 2022/06/23(Thu)19:49 No. 1035834 ID: 9272af
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“Casey and Clio can tell you all the details, but they caught and branded them.” Kol says, “Good to see you uncle.”

“And you as well, Kol. A branded dullahan, eh? Now that's an interesting catch...” The elder bardo looks at the furnace of lichfire with intense interest.

Toxoglossa 2022/06/23(Thu)19:49 No. 1035835 ID: 9272af
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“So is it true? Are we necromancers?” Kol asks.

Sifr’s hand reaches under his hat to scratch his head and he sighs. “It’s certainly not the first time people have considered the possibility. The fundamental nature of our magic separates our souls from our bodies.” He waves a hand as he explains, “What’s more, the final trial for becoming a Medium is a kind of death of the self. One in which the body is brought as close to death as possible, before returning.”

“So it is necromancy?” Kol cocks his head.

“Well, slow down there a moment.” Sifr holds a hand up. “The key distinction here being the term ‘necro’. We’re still living beings, unlike vampires or liches. From what I remember, its been theorized that the magical that the Path was founded on may have been necromancy once, but was fundamentally changed by whoever created it. But we still don’t know who that was.”

“That actually makes sense.” Casey jumps in. “One of the things Graves told me about Hekal was that he was good at taking spells apart and putting them back together. He might have been the creator!”

“That’s a bold claim.” Sifr blinks back amazement. “Where’s all this coming from?”

The book.

"Well, I suppose that leads into WHY we have a branded dullahan here. He hired a thief to steal the book we were translating "mortal style," then tried to turn around and brand the poor guy a thief - the roles kinda got reversed in the ensuing sting we pulled to catch him in the act of meeting his accomplice, and the guy that got roped in is fine now. Purportedly, his reason for arranging all of this is because that book contained necromantic spells his bosses wanted to keep out of mortal hands, and Graves confirmed the presence of that theorized ur-medium magic. I think."

Pardon our enthusiasm, but we're connecting a lot of pieces real quick. Mediums are just that. The middle line between life and death.

Sarcopholacooda 2022/06/23(Thu)16:34 No. 1035820 ID: 11f77a
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Fletch immediately comes to his aid, taking his arm to help. “Oh fuck! Grutter! Are you okay? Ooah—shit!”
“I’m fine! Blugh... C’mon. Help me up, Fletch... I may hunch a bit but I can still walk fine. Come on.”

Only a moment to breathe, thinking of the next move. Obviously to run. But what measures?
-
His eyes yellow in the darkness of the woods, The Vitruvian limps into the moonlight. Mangled, his right side is scorched. One of his robotic arms is missing--the other sparks and twitches behind him like a folded wing.
The boys turn to see the zepher.

“No..."
"No. No. No. NO!!!”

The Vitruvian stands three yards away. Other than the riot shield, he has no other weapons; the rifle is missing. His eyes look at Stobor’s floating body and he sneers.

...

...

“You could run. Probably will.”

...

He looks to Fletch.
“Your friend won’t have a chance to keep up with you. Not long anyway. If you two split--then I’ll be going after him first. You’ll have your head start, sure... but easy to follow. I’ll be on your heels by tomorrow.”

>>1035820
"What do you want."

There's two ways this could go.

First up.
Grutter: "Fletch, go."
Fletch: "What?"
Grutter: "There's only one way I get out of this alive. The cops obviously heard the shots. Besides, the only way I get fixed up is if I get to a hospital. I play the victim, I might avoid jail. I take any of the credits with Yeager's stamp, they'll know. Now GO!"
Fletch: "...Fucking hell, you better not die..."

The other way is to roll the dice. This guy's a cyborg, obviously full of metal. Heavy dense metal. Metal that could cause him to, say, sink to the bottom of a lake. Even if he can breathe underwater, he can't catch them from the bottom of the lake. He could leave to get a ranged weapon of some type, but that would effectively let both escape. Still a dice roll though, because this guy is quite unconventional. He's good at doing unexpected stuff.

Oh wait, there is a third choice. Stobor's gun still has ammo.

Lure him into the mud. Then use both guns to put him down. He only has ONE shield now.

He says you'll be easy to follow, but when did we ever take this guy's advice on anything?

Run on all fours, man! Pain is just weakness leaving the body!

Let's run back to the populated and be as loud as possible when this cyborg genius decides to follow us in the open.

>>1035810
Could Ptamet knock us up? It would be pretty convenient to het st least one of the three out of the way here and now.

>>1035810
If Ptamet was physical, you would be remiss not to hug him, and slap him... and get knocked up by him, seeing as he would definitely help with progress towards the book. Also, that eyebrow wiggle.
Can you glean anything interesting from the Kama Sutra-Nomicon as is?

Water boi needs preparation and help. The varkians could be interesting, but you stand to lose more than you gain by going right for them and getting double teamed is a possibility. You have the advantage on Garden boi with fire magic, but tentacles are going to leave you rather tired, whether physically or magically. Probably enough spare fluids to knock yourself up though.
The father son rhino duo are already competing and have beaten and fucked two mates each, so perhaps you could turn them on each other by declaring a challenge, and then finishing off the victor? A solid start, new meat, a chance to gauge your enemy (based on their mates), and you might actually wind up with some muscle on your side. Assuming you even have to fight them. Scope them out, if you can.

I'd go for birds over rhinos. It's the most urgent, as you did hear them mid-battle. Tricking rhinos seems like that'd need a Charisma check, but she'd be able to catch the birds by surprise to take one out.

>you guess it should be worse, because while you don’t really care for it, you don’t actively hate the act either.
If it helps, keep a journal to write about it later. I'm sure your descendants would appreciate a record of the tests, tricks, and traps here.

>Though, while you admit he is kind of adorable at times, you don’t really find any kind of perversion “delightful”, be it from a fertility demi-god or otherwise.
How funny would it be if it turned out this pure goddess Agnieszka was ace like you, but also bland (unlike you, you woman of culture), so her followers were basically like fanboys trying to impress her?

>>1035821
>>1035826
Unless there's some bad news when we come back, guys... Think about where she's calling from.

>>1035810
Go for the Varkian warriors.

If they’re in the middle of a fight or they just recently finished fighting, then that means that they’re going to be tired, which would make it easier for us to beat them.

>>1035843
>Tricking rhinos seems like that'd need a Charisma check
>>1035624
>Charisma: 0
Yeah, you’re right. Going after the rhinos sounds like a bad idea.

>>1035849
This

A, take Nuki and go to Wyrn. Since Key knows the situation you've gotta check out already, ask her and Mia to shop for supplies, as you intend to travel WEST very soon. They're free to invite Kris and/or Charisse if they run into them.

Enjoy the quality time with Nuki, you haven't had any with her yet. Maybe offer a piggyback ride, she seems small and easy to carry, and you really really want to hold her.

B. Lets buy stuff!

A and B seems important, but C looks urgent. Have a brief meeting to keep your companions on the loop with the [WILD] thing.

You and Nuki go to A. Mia and Key go to B. Tomorrow early we march WEST.

In the case Mia can also percieve the mana AND thinks its dangerous: Go today to WEST with Mia and Key. Nuki can handle A meanwhile or go with everyone.

>>1035832
>A, take Nuki and go to Wyrn
>Have Key and Mia go shopping
Do this.

>>1035850
Hmm, but Nuki would be the best pick for a shopping trip. She doesn't need to physically go to Wryn, does she? I'm sure Key would be able to follow along if we take her with us instead. (Other than that, I'm in support of this plan.)

Braedon: Ask how things are with Sarah

Frint 2022/06/19(Sun)20:24 No. 1035488 ID: 98888b
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>>1034864
So how are things with Sarah going?
She’s doing fine. The kids, too.
I’d imagine completely relocating to California would really suck.
Yeah. I’ve been having calls with her occasionally. When work permits.
But you basically work from dawn to dusk every day. Even on the weekends.
And by ‘occasionally’, I mean once every two weeks.
Ah.

Frint 2022/06/19(Sun)20:24 No. 1035489 ID: 98888b
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Soooo... Do you have any idea what you’re gonna be getting?
Nope.
For someone who so desperately wanted me to walk all the way down here...
I know, I know.
Funny thing is I don’t know either.
Yeah. They have those donuts back again though.
Ooooooh. The jelly ones?
Yep, raspberry jelly donuts.
Oooooohoohoo.

Task as either Jacob or Braedon: Continue to ask questions, and maybe decide orders for the coffee shop.
12/30 minutes of break time have elapsed.

Hmm, what's the public response yet? Any protests? Uhh, long term environmental impact...
Would it be spoilers to talk about what the hazardous material does, or what it is?

One of them can ask the other what they think about people saying it's the end of the world.

rolled 7, 9, 9, 10, 3, 1, 4, 6, 9, 9, 10, 8, 5, 4, 9, 10, 2, 2, 8, 3, 6, 4, 9, 2, 1, 7, 1, 10, 10, 10, 5, 6, 2, 9, 7, 4, 6, 4, 8, 3, 4, 2, 2, 10, 5, 10, 9, 4, 6, 10, 6, 8, 5, 5, 3, 9, 1, 5, 1, 5 = 352

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>>1034589
> Are you going to prevent the Stirges from turning around and going back to town?
They were hired to escort a consignment of goods. Goods aren't done being transported, their job's not done either. (Also, that makes it easier to keep an eye on them.)

> Girl, don't you bother the dragon!
"Your concern for our time and attention is admirable, Ms Costa,"
> You want me to pop you in the mouth?
"...if, perhaps, overzealous. May I speak with the child for a moment?"

Assuming a yes (or terrified deer-in-headlights stammering) I'll crouch down to the kid's level, produce a writing brush and paper from somewhere, and formally extend the Immaculate Order's hospitality.
"Your petition for refugee status is provisionally approved, to be reassessed once the satrap is healthy enough to get back to work and public order has been restored. How many others are in your group?" Writing down relevant details as I go, handing over the permission slip once it's complete.

Rolling... I dunno, charisma + linguistics or wits + bureaucracy or something... to make it clear to the kid I'd protect her from Ms Costa, too, if necessary, without quite saying so out loud.

rolled 1, 3, 2, 3, 9, 5, 8, 9, 2, 7, 8, 4, 3, 3, 8, 4, 5, 3, 5, 10 = 102

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>>1034875
You make it back to town with some of the villagers still in tow- a portion of them were soothed and left to go back to their homes, but some of the stay close to Marisa to see the resolution of the towns new visitors, or to take shelter in the presence of a Dragon-Blooded guardian.

>>1023374
Having dealt with the distractions preventing you from handling your actual business in Ironport, you go about following the footsteps of your younger cousins. Their trail stays within a few miles of town, and ends where they head out to sea- not much of a physical trail on the ocean you can track at this point, and they are since far too long gone to follow their ripples on the loom. General direction lines up with the vague pointing of Stirgefolk when asked where their home is though- they remark on coming from an swampy island not too far out to sea from here.

So, night falls roughly two hours before Marisa will finish escorting the villagers to their respective homes/Ironport. In 72 hours, give or take, the celebratory feast Buonaparte and her daughters have invited you to as honored guests will be commencing. You have been told her family has a garden of deadly chakra orchids that, purportedly, they planned to cultivate in the threshold in an attempt to combat shadowlands. It also seems as though the location your cousins left to go investigate (a blank spot on the ocean, as far as your maps are concerned) lines up roughly with where the stirgefolk report their house to be.

In addition, the rightful Satrap, Ruban Écarlate, wishes to ab

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rolled 1, 4, 2, 6, 6, 7, 7, 9, 8, 6, 6, 5, 1, 9, 4, 3, 2, 9, 7, 7, 1, 3, 5, 8, 7, 3, 1, 5, 1, 9, 2, 10, 10, 3, 7, 4, 3, 5, 8, 2, 5, 5, 6, 5, 8, 6, 10, 7, 5, 3, 1, 5, 3, 3, 9, 1, 4, 6, 3, 8 = 309

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I'm going to try to arrange separate private meetings with Ruban Écarlate, Limani, Tellus Dasos, Eiser Torc, and at least one respected member of the local working class, see if I can get recommendations from them about who should take over as satrap, and opinions from each about whoever the others vouch for.
In the all too likely event that no agreeable consensus emerges, I'll propose to Posu that Ms Costa should get the job when we leave, and start setting up an astrological curse penalizing any attempt on Ms Costa's part to conceal violations of her oath of office.

rolled 10, 6, 8, 2, 4, 10, 8, 8, 3, 9, 9, 9, 4, 4, 2, 8, 8, 8, 8, 5, 2, 2, 2, 6, 9, 7, 7, 6, 7, 4, 8, 7, 5, 8, 2, 3, 8, 9, 5, 3, 2, 8, 5, 3, 4, 3, 10, 3, 8, 2 = 291

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>>1035796
The trader will be facing significant delays in his journey to Esca, as following the day of frustratingly finding crimes that require a much longer touch, the Crashing Riptide is interested in digging up something much more immediately resolvable, especially since he stole supplies from an active Wyld Hunt, and she was going to extract her half pound of flesh for that. Only half because of the fact that he was forthcoming about the theft in the first place.

So she is settling in for a long night on the ship of reviewing and cross comparing every last document he requires to keep on hand for a merchant operating in Realm territories and documenting every single place where they are contradictory or missing information.

As she was she would also ask passing questions on Esca and where he acquired his wares and to whom his wares tended to go.

rolled 2, 5, 2, 1, 10, 1, 9, 9, 4, 1, 9, 8, 4, 3, 4, 5, 4, 2, 3, 6, 8, 9, 6, 10, 4, 7, 8, 1, 2, 10, 2, 3, 7, 6, 3, 5, 6, 5, 9, 1 = 204

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With writ in and and everyone starting to sort of settle in after the brief investigation, Ribbons is going to recruit a few stirgefolk. The only one sticking out of importance was the one they talked to in the forest and asked questions about. Ribbons would try to conscript her for the cause and hopefully with her help, recruit some range combatants of they have some trained in that. As for where to sleep? Not alone. Perhaps a Daughter or two would not mind soft company while a simple god-blooded individual catches them up on the basics. . . Doing a little informative demonstration of some tactics they may use (to makes them shadow fingers), and help make sure any stress of the dragon's presence is dealt with. If time permits, would work up a plan of how to word a request to fate to help Bonaparte get into the position that she is seeking more easily. How could the sign of the Lovers help? Or maybe a different sign they know could help.

rolled 13, 19, 13, 19, 8, 7, 16, 8, 16, 10, 4, 15, 13, 15, 13, 6, 14, 4, 16, 1 = 230

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"Broken town with racist guests and an idiot manager and a sex-starved wife and a rotted maintenance system and I hate these ferrets no hate these fire NO HATE HATE HATE THESE MAGMA MUSTELIDAE MOTHERF-"

Reiko has begun screaming her head off. She directs it towards the magma weasels.
Intimidate (Intelligence + Effort)

rolled 8, 15, 9, 2, 20, 11, 14, 7, 2, 4, 14, 3, 9, 5, 16, 5, 11, 13, 10, 10 = 188

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Saoirse takes a deep breath, quickly extinguishing her staff by whipping it through the air fast enough to suffocate the flames, and she tenses her legs. Her duster was sturdy, even slightly flame resistant, but she couldn't rely on it when swarmed by a bunch of weasels that count volcanic magma as a comfortable napping spot.

So, she smirks, "Oh, by all means, head back to your beds, I ain't gonna stop you." And then, she dashes, mindful of the weasels, stepping evasively around them to try and make her way to Reiko's side as soon as possible (1 Effort level to evade the Weasels, that's 4 speed pool spent, thanks to the duster/light armor). And in doing so, she demonstrates how quick she really is, covering an impressive distance in a short time (Fleet of Foot activated).

Mask uses fleet of foot to move a short distance while also rallying the townsfolk. Tayle the chirurgeon follows Mask toward point A, saying something about smoke inhalation, accompanied by some other local who has a prosthetic nose and looks like they lift heavy things for a living. The three of them will arrive next round. Mask can start helping Eliznyabeth immediately on arrival, other two the round after that.

>>1035249
>rolled 13, 6
Eliznyabeth continues clearing debris from the burning house's doorway. Some timber shifts unexpectedly, and her blade gets stuck. Soon enough it's loose again but that's still a few precious seconds wasted.

Grundlehaven reaches the semi-abandoned wainwright's workshop. At a glance, plenty of tools and materials which could come in handy for a simple carpentry job. Could start on that immediately... or could try Adjure Creature, plus a level of Effort (total cost of 4 intellect after Edge discount), to help get the aneen under control. Normal aneen are not "of the Leviathan," subject to such influences, but four of these nine seem to be.

Natalina recovers to Might 8/9, Speed 10/13, and could use the Learned special ability again. Her next recovery roll will require ten minutes of rest, which is unlikely to be possible before the current encounter is over.

Magma weasels from point B reach the southernmost tongue of lava and dive in. Those that were injured, short of incapacitation, will be fully healed in a few rounds. Lid from the barrel of iron tools is mostly charcoal now, will need to be replaced.

Paprika has a set of twenty roof tiles, six inches wide each, picked out, stacked, and sprayed with fireproof coating. Next step is to

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rolled 6, 14, 20, 15, 12, 13, 12, 3, 11, 5, 2, 10, 1, 6, 5, 15, 15, 14, 13, 19 = 211

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>>1035804
Recovered, Natalina ties a handkerchief around her lower face and then activates Phase Sprint, rushing off to the burning house at point A, passing Mask, Tayle and co. on the way. One hand on her pillbox hat, the arkus leaps through the front window of the burning home, near Eliznyabeth, with the intent of helping clear the entrance from the other side.

Speed Pool drops to 9/13. Intending to apply the speed defense bonus from Phase Sprint towards getting through the window safely, and since she's near Eliznyabeth, the Jack's connection should apply towards easing the task.

rolled 9, 5, 19, 13, 17, 12, 10, 14, 5, 18, 9, 8, 10, 7, 16, 11, 18, 5, 18, 12 = 236

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Reiko massages her neck with her free hand, and then gets to work repairing the Volcano Tamer. If only she had a repair cypher, but oh well...

Radio 2022/06/22(Wed)21:21 No. 1035774 ID: a70a13
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Sitting directly across from you are two boys, perched over each other on the old creaky couch. One of them is already looking your direction, smirking as if he wasn't just obviously making out....but the real question is what is he wearing? The two of them seem to be wearing your schools uniform, or at least you assume that's what the smirking guys outfit once was. You're not one to judge how hard people stick to the rules, but it's like he turned the dress shirt and got rid of the SHIRT part...but somehow this isn't even the biggest surprise in the room.

The guy sitting next to the crossdressing guy, who was obviously shoving face together, is dressed nearly perfectly. Shirt, tie, sweater, pants, even his hair is perfectly in order. And that would make sense...considering that's the head of your class.

You don't really have many friends, but you suppose you 'run in similar circles' with him at least. The difference is that while you're only good at science and chemistry, this guy over here is like, SUPER smart at every subject. He's in AP everything, probably already doing college prep. The question is, what is a kid like him doing in a place like this? And better yet, what the hell is he doing making out with some punk?


This was not what you imagined Roki doing in his freetime, but then again it's not like you imagined that in the first place.

The smirking kid keeps his hand on Roki's face, caressing his chin while speaking up. "Oh! Hey, sorry but I don't think my mouth can take anymore than one person today, but feel free to hang out!"

You feel a weird chill up the back of your spine at that joke, and the honor student is currently avoiding eye contact and wiping away a dribble of spit from his lips. Yikes.

"Oh shit, same clothes!" He calls out, pointing over to you in some kind of polite

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>>1035774
C.

With the weird vibes that you're getting... I think Roki might be in some kind of trouble here, although the specifics elude me. B, ignoring this punk.

Eh. I see nothing wrong here... yet. Most people get shy about making out in front of people.

C.

He doesn't deserve being talked past and A would technically be a lie.

B!

Right, I forgot: When making direct eye contact with anyone, he can cast a spell that lets him see things through their eyes. Whether he'll actually use it on a children's card tournament, or only if he considers the grand prize too good to pass up, I cannot say.

Name: Spectre of Dead Quests Past
Quest & Author: Innumerable and Unnameable
Duel Strategy: Lots of interaction with the graveyard. Cards that resummon other cards, cards who's powers are based on the graveyard, etc. etc.. Lots of undead themed cards
Special Notes: Definitely the type to pull some out-of-the-game bullshit, like trapping your friends in coffins and threatening to bury them alive if you don't win the match or something. Frequently says "You don't stand a GHOST of a chance!"

Name: Conway
Quest & Author: NOISE (From yours truly ;P)
Duel Strategy: Their deck focuses on connecting characters together, avoiding tributing monsters by instead meeting ability conditions to summon stronger and stronger monsters. Basically ‘weaving’ cards in a web of connection.

Special Notes: First card played is usually laughably weak and understates his intense dueling ability. The weak card is always used to gradually build up his decks strength. He’s very friendly and probably knows everybody at the tournament for some weird reason!

>>1035460
Just make sure his pants aren't see through this time, alright?

> Blanket of wholesomeness (romance festival/Hatterson/Catalyst/Sexcom)

Immediately destroy a lewd card and replace it with a 100 atk 1000 def blanket
It's too wholesome!

I had a card suggestion because I remembered the Hatterson romance festival 2021 incident.

If any of that paint is spray paint, it sure would make your explosive knives more explosive.
Otherwise, nails would make good improvised caltrops.

Though if you really want to go big, why not blow that sword of hers to pieces with your knives?

>>1035666
That's be worse for Argine you dope, she can't shoot what she can't see!

>>1035673
Quick clarification:
Tape explosive knives to her blade.

Let's use the Pitch Per-

*sigh*

the Pitch Prefect on the door and floor, it will give us time to prepare some projectiles to throw at her while she tries to move past the tar.

We should also use the Barrier Generator to ram her out of the way so we can leave the room.

>>1035184
Mmm. Hell of a thing going down here. Astrolysis, whatever you hope to get out of this: may it be more than you expected - and twice as funny.

>Another plan
Pull out Plug and a Voidsplit card. Argine, no matter who you are and what you want, you can take Astrolysis' point and impale her with it. Make her have to acknowledge that you drew first blood, just the way she wanted, in the way she wanted it... when she supposedly wasn't even holding back.

>Edge against the edge
Brush the 'unlock' button just as Astro's blade slices through. Yes, it slices unnaturally, but the molecular dividing effect must run along the edge itself, not the whole thing. Just make sure the blade is such that the movement of the door can yank it.

>Singular moment of awe
Activate the card, spend your next act lunging out the opening door, using Plug to draw first blood (however bad a blow you can deliver) and from there - second action - dodge/parry Astro's inevitable counterstrike, kick or elbow. She's a melee monster with blind-sense, I refuse to believe she won't have an interrupt on the way no matter how fast you go. If for whatever reason she does not - draw blood again, but do not be tempted for a third blow. You need your third act to be your getaway.

>Strike and disappear
Run past her and scatter her feet and your line of retreat with explosive knives on short timer. Use those explosions to shift yourself around in directions you weren't going before; make her have to guess where you're headed - make YOURSELF guess where you're headed so she can'

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>>1035697
Ugh, and if you wanted to be dead boring you could instead use those three acts to sticky her stuck with the Prefect, step back and fill her and her zone full of quick-timed explosive knives and THEN run like heck and hope she doesn't manage to somehow avoid the 'splosions and stay on your tail.

If it works, I dare say that'd make her flaming mad too - especially if the pitch lights from all them 'sploses.