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1085846 No. 1085846 ID: 3f89df

[NSFW] For Nudity, Sexual Themes and Gore.
A group of Bloodeians Kobolds worshiping the fallen draconic goddess Blood Mother attempt to rebuild their fallen home.

The story takes place in a custom world, with some elements and lore taken from Rimworld.
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1099691

>>1097016
>>1097021
>>1097032 

Muni, you make good points, and I agree with one thing: Crocodile is projecting his fear onto me. Even with bad winters or terrible negotiations, he seemed to have a cool head and attempt to salvage a situation for what it was. I may not know what it is like to go through the politics of monarchy and nobility, but with all of the stress of our neighbours, losing the land that we used to know and love and the people inside while living on a barely functional tent, it has been stressful, a bit less on me since I am used to sudden change throughout my life, and losing those close to me. Still, Crocodile hasn't survived something like that.

I've gone through your considerations and have a way to respond to them.


"Crocodile, I'm not usurping you, and I don't dream of starting an uprising; you should know by now; that I have been the most devout follower of you ever since Gold Scales colonization party sent off with me just designated as the simple doctor of your barony."
Crocodile's body language relaxes a little, his shoulders relaxing, and his expression changing.
"I was suprised that during the trip, an one filled with noble's of various houses, kobolds engineers who had rapidly technologized the capital, and soldiers of various ranks, you decided to talk to me. An nobody really, and we talked, we talked as if there where no borders between us, and ounce we arrived, you offered me the postision of your court physcician, and soon after your advisor."
"We've been through both the bad and the good together, and we've laid; you've seen me for who I was, who I was under my bandages and scars, and unlike others who gag, throw up, or become hostile towards me, you just hugged me and accepted me. Because of both of us, we made an excellent barony that made blood mother proud."
"But if you don't wish for me to make decisions since I don't have the right to, I understand; I'll follow your orders, but I must ask you this. Is this something you want? Or is this something that GoldScale wants?"


Crocodile pauses and looks at me. The anger and fury he had displayed before have vanished, and his expression is that of realization. His arms, which had pinned me to the wall, have relaxed and now slump meaningless beside him.
"No, It's something that GoldScale would want; it's something that all of the vulturious nobles, our kobold neighbours, would want."
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He breathes a bit before resuming.
"Grey, you may have realized the severity of our situation, and like always, are attempting to plan for the future, but if it all fails do you know what will happen to us?"
"It's not just that I'd lose my power and my position; we'd be labelled as traitors to the Regime and would be forced to run from any kobold lands, and we'd have nowhere to go if we went west, we'd get torn apart by the Eusa's the second we step foot in front of the mountainside, if we went west; The human kingdoms'd exploit us, and they'd hurt us more, we'd not have a say as a slave, and if we went south; We'd be walking towards our death, and if we get captured, we'll be mocked, our familes turning agint us, before the swift swing of the blade."
"It has been a lot for us these last couple of days, and risking it all with such an extreme declaration is risky; if we pay them what they are worth, then how will we have money to pay GoldScale? All I ask Grey, is what you'd do then?"

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No. 1099693 ID: 3f89df

I have to take a moment to think about it, and Crocodile obliges; I keep repeating what you've said, Muni, About our future and GoldScale.
"If we are to survive, we can not do this alone; if they were enslaved, GoldScale would promise them freedom; in return to lies and Blasphemy, Including pain or threats made upon them: We would be captured, and our fate would be up to him. The slaves would be captured and forced to work in the coal mines until their death.
Therefore, If we repeat the system, the system of serfdom, slavery, and debt that GoldScale had inflicted upon us, We'll eventually end up like him, deposed, rotting among the corpses of a populist rebellion. In the now, If we pay back GoldScale, He won't relinquish us; he'll milk us dry, farm ourselves till we turn to sand until we aren't of use where he'll throw us out.
We must break this cycle, Crocodile; Otherwise, we won't last. Otherwise, Goldscale will chop off our heads."

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No. 1099694 ID: 3f89df
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1099694

Crocodile had been listening intently, not expressing much but focusing on my words, nodding occasionally. Finally, when I'm finished, he looks up at the sky and contemplates. Finally, after a couple of minutes, he looks down at me and says: "You do make some good points, and I'll try out this plan; You've always been well with words, however, if your plan backfires, We'll use them as bait against GoldScale; to buy us time before we leave for exile; We are much more important then them, do you understand grey?"
"I also wish to hear your plan on how we break the cycle and how we'll do it against hundreds upon hundreds of kobolds by gold scales disposal. However, I'll allow us to keep the slaves as free pepole, by your contract If they do try to escape before their debts are paid, I won't show them any mercy, do you understand?"

I'm conflicted about his tone and ideals, but it is a step in the right direction.
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"I understand crocodile; thank you for listening."
"Thank you grey, now if you'd excuse me; I'm going to keep planting the makeshift farm we'd started; and keep our citizens in check."
And then Crocodile leaves; it's a lot colder than I'm used to, but I think that despite everything that's happened to his behaviour, at least he accepts our plan.

The thing now is looking toward the bigger picture. GoldScale will not take our stance lying down, and he exceptionally won't like hearing what happened to the previous colony. The tribute debt has inadvertently turned into a timer for a plan lest he take our lives.
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1099696

>As to the humans, I don't trust them entirely either, Grey Mother, but these here I don't think you can view as just any human. They are outsiders. Cast on their own and removed from the positions that make other? humans so untrustworthy. You may see a difference in them robbed as they are of the authority of the throne of humanity at their back...

Humans are adaptable. However, they are also heavily driven by their desires and ideals. It's nearly impossible to make them change their ways; outcasts of said humans lack some of the ideals due to their fellow man's rejection and prioritize the self over others. However, they have more vices and much more extreme desires. Unlike Crocodile, I'm neutral on the two we have recruited; I believe that the sins of a person do not equate to the sins of a race or culture; thinking otherwise is how you end up with ethnic radicals, which no one except those perpetrating the violence finds suitable.
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1099697

>...Also, I am very sad to hear that you were sexually assaulted. How soon can we arrest the prick who did that?

Oh, that. Well, it was the High King of Veira's Temple Spy Master Or someone else high on the nobility's list. Veria's Temple itself is reasonably close; it is a human-based kingdom and is about half the power of GoldScale's Empire. So the chance we could arrest him is improbable at best, and we would only be able to do so within good reason.
Thankfully, it was only Groping this time and power rather than Lust that drove it; the only thing I'm thankful for is that he didn't remove my bandages cause then I would have been a spectacle as well as a victim and would have made everything worse.
I don't wish to discuss it more in-depth, Muni. I remember faces, so there's no need to remind me. It was rude of Crocodile to bring that up in our conversation instead of allowing me to explain during my own time, that is all.

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No. 1099698 ID: 3f89df
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1099698

Moving on, we should focus on planning for the future. While I could work on building houses, pens, or planting, I have some curiosities in my mind. The biggest of which are You, Muni, and your mother.
I've always been fascinated with our kobold technology and those of other kingdoms, yet you and Pychaninuam are almost Mystical.

I have thought of a potential hypothesis: if I get some Pyschaninuam and then rebuild the exterior of your mother, I can channel the energy from the ore into your mother, hopefully reviving her. It's not my magical specialty, as I mainly focus on bodily magic. However, I have a couple of spells and experience with those that use the mind, so maybe it'll work.

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1099699

The question of where we'd find some more, I'm entirely unsure; Ore Findings are usually kept under wraps so that they can be sold privately to the highest bidder unless the surrounding terrain changes with our previous settlement disappearing; unexplored cave systems are north from our base camp. We initially didn't explore it since there was an Insectoid infestation in the caves, and we lost Kiwi and Lynx in the process. Who knows what's down there?

However you decide what we should focus on, Muni is up to you. So far, you have made the most ethical and thoughtful choices, so I have no reason not to trust you. So, what will it be?

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No. 1099708 ID: 355e44

>We initially didn't explore it since there was an Insectoid infestation in the caves, and we lost Kiwi and Lynx in the process.
yikes, well if we don't know that there is anything good in the caves don't throw any more bodies at it.

>I can channel the energy from the ore into your mother, hopefully reviving her.
If you can do so, but your survival is the priority. please don't worry on our account.

Now that we have manpower, lets get that farm past the makeshift stage.
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No. 1099713 ID: eb0a9c

>>1099691
Oh sweet fudge and by all the gods who haven't abandoned us! What did we miss?!
I'm glad he stopped, whatever he just did disconnected us from you for months! Or, at least it seemed that way. When we get disconnected from someone we're contracted to, we sort of... tune out?
I'll be honest, Grey: not all our adventures with hosts ended happily ever after. Everything from mortals to gods to even heroes chosen by the Constellations or the Void; many of them met their ends in failure or regret. The thing is, we have a limited connection to Destiny; as long as we're connected you're probably going to have a positive amount of net good luck, but... if we get disconnected forever, none of us will ever find out how your story ends, and I don't think most of those unfinished stories ended with 'sunshine and rainbows'.

>>1099698
I... I want to try. But only at the end. Right now, your victory is our priority. If you lose, we'll never have a chance.

>>1099699
Let's start out with some basic farming tips that I can explain to you right now.
First up: farmable land. Most forms of dirt can be used as farmland, but the catch is that the nutrients in the dirt - inedible to most animals that straight-up try to eat dirt due to the indigestibles, bacteria, and parasites that make up most of it, but generally edible by plants. Once those nutrients dry up, it's equivalent to trying to force a baby to grow without giving them any food, and forcing them to dig for it. If needs must, you can sacrifice excess or rotting food back to the soil with a process called 'composting' - put all your food waste and only your food waste in a bin, let it rot for a few days, then go nuts spreading it. We recommend you wash your hands and face at least three times afterwards. But your primary friends in restoring a land's vitality are earthworms and poo. Remember how I said most animals can't eat dirt? The common earthworm can. For all the ugly stories about finding a worm in a piece of fruit, these little troopers make it possible to grow those fruits in the first place. And poo also has these nutrients, when a species cannot digest a meal fully.
Lastly, it's a pity you didn't hire that hive drone, because beings like her are responsible for the final phase of growing most fruits: pollination. You take one flower, and you stuff it in the other flower's face to make it... well, it's reproduction for plants. But insectoids do it with more precision and dedication, and are responsible for over 80% of pollination efforts everywhere, so I think we can agree that is pretty effective!
Oh and if I remember correctly humans have this addiction to bee spit. Everyone says it's the sugar. Good luck!
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No. 1099783 ID: 2f41db

>>1099698
Grey mother,
while the mysteries of our origin and magic you can learn could well found the fulcrum upon which you move this world into a better one for you all,
it will not fill your bellies nor shield you from coming cold.

It must be kept in mind, true, as it could be the one weapon you wield that the other groups cannot, the priorities and advice on farming must be foremost.
Then shelter.

Perhaps a place to share, store and work on plans.
A researcher spot, if you will.

Oh!
Someone was observing your conversation with crocodile from above.
Four fingers one thumb on each hand
Tan or light orange colouration.
Good climber, curious spirit, yet limited appreciation of privacy.
Not all bad traits, grey mother.
Perhaps worth encouraging towards the benefit of all rather than admonishing outright.
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1100139

>>1099699

>We initially didn't explore it since there was an Insectoid infestation in the caves, and we lost Kiwi and Lynx in the process.

>>1099708 

>Yikes, well, if we don't know that there is anything good in the caves, don't throw any more bodies at it.

That makes sense; I'd hate to lose Crocodile, Bardeibor, or any other freed people for an ambitious but ultimately risky goal; thinking it over, if anything terrible happened, I'd feel guilty until the end of my days.
It's odd, though. It's as if I have a primal urge to explore it—I don't know. I can't explain it, Muni. Maybe it's nothing more than the scholarly side of my mind feasting for attention after months of inactivity.

Insectoids are nothing less than the might of a savage elephant. The Megaspider is a delusive mix between a praying mantis, a spider, and a beetle, with the killing power behind it.

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No. 1100140 ID: 3f89df
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If you excuse me, Muni, I have some things to share actually.
Insectoids are shared across the more mountainous regions, especially in the capital. One thing that we have discovered is that most Insectoids can't actually burrow; if they can, they are usually either bred from the queen for that task, so they are weak among those areas, or relatively small, even for a kobold that they are not much of a threat. Because of that, most goals result from using or setting a place on fire and then caving it in with no escape. Most survive or die from heat exhaustion from within the hour, and not all Insectoids have bustling queens; most Insectoids are rather interestingly self-reproductive even without a queen, so smaller, more tightknit communities of multiple types spring up, the only reason I hypothesize that the megascrabs, Spelopede, and megaspiders don't each other is due to pheromones, and getting rid of their antennae would render them blind and would attack others violently.
Unfortunately, I've only cared for those after such attacks, so I've not seen if that's true.
My apologies for going on a tangent, Muni; it's like... Something—I don't know. Forget about it.

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1100141

>>1099708

>>1099713 

>>1099783

>>1099698
>I... I want to try. But only at the end. Right now, your victory is our priority. If you lose, we'll never have a chance.

>If you can do so, but your survival is the priority. please don't worry about our account.

>Grey mother,
>while the mysteries of our origin and magic you can learn could well found the fulcrum upon which you move this world into a better one for you all,
>it will not fill your bellies nor shield you from coming cold.

You heed great words, Muni; it's fair. Now's not the time to dwell on the what-ifs and attempt to prioritize research and our survival above all else; maybe shortly, we can think about how we can combat our impeeding apocalypse or discover what you or your mother genuinely are.
A part of me feels a deep well of sadness. Your advice so far has been paramount, and it gives me hope that we'll be able to survive despite the odds, but I feel bad for not being able to repay the favour; you seemed so sad when your mother went away, and I feel like as a caretaker it's an obligation to reunite you with your mother, I do feel a bit guilty for her death, maybe if I didn't pick her up, she wouldn't have shattered.

One day, you'll be able to speak to her again.


>>>1099699
>Let's start out with some essential farming tips that I can explain to you right now.
>First up: farmable land. Most forms of dirt can be used as farmland, but the catch is that the nutrients in the dirt - inedible to most animals that straight-up try to eat dirt due to the indigestibles, bacteria, and parasites that make up most of it, but generally edible by plants. Once those nutrients dry up, it's equivalent to trying to force a baby to grow without giving them any food and forcing them to dig for it. If needs must, you can sacrifice excess or rotting food back to the soil with a process called 'composting' - put all your food waste and only your food waste in a bin, let it rot for a few days, then go nuts spreading it. We recommend you wash your hands and face at least three times afterwards. But your primary friends in restoring a land's vitality are earthworms and poo. >Remember how I said most animals can't eat dirt? The common earthworm can. For all the ugly stories about finding a worm in a piece of fruit, these little troopers make it possible to grow those fruits in the first place. And poo also has these nutrients when a species cannot digest a meal fully.
>Lastly, it's a pity you didn't hire that hive drone because beings like her are responsible for the final phase of growing most fruits: pollination. You take one flower, and you stuff it in the other flower's face to make it... well, it's reproduction for plants. But insectoids do it with more precision and dedication and are responsible for over 80% of pollination efforts everywhere, so I think we can agree that is pretty effective!
Oh and if I remember correctly humans have this addiction to bee spit. Everyone says it's the sugar. Good luck!

That... is a lot... did your mother used to be a farmer or instead, did your mother used to give advice and speak with farmers of the land? Either way, I'll relay that advice to Crocodile and the others working on the plot. For the others, I'll reinforce the need to hunt and scavenge as with everyone, including the little ones here; even if we ration it out to a meal a day, we'd be out in less than a week If we had known that everything would be a loss, we'd have planned to stock our caravan whole of 60% of a barony's food, either way, the advice will be paramount, and an outhouse or even a simple walled area with a ditch in the ground that can be easily accessed for the use of fertilizer will have to be a priority.

It's odd, though. Ever since I met you, I've not really needed to take a break in that way. Either way, it's been helpful, so thanks for that.

Oh, I didn't know that! Well, I'm not really that knowledgeable regarding farming; even though I'm what most upper nobles wouldn't call a Nobel, my father was wealthy enough to host an estate which housed a farm; he didn't need to work on it as he was a renowned Smoke Speaker and herbalist so he saw it as beneath him, and he taught me about politics, accounting, and a lot about herbology and medical practices, He also tried to teach me theology, but his teachings about the Coal dragon was what I'd say, Misinformed regarding the truth of blood mother.
But because I spent most of my days in my chamber, I never really got to see what the many workers outside did or how they did it. And anyway, Father exported wine, which doesn't help fix a hole in your stomach.

As advisors, you may have advised Kings, Charltan's Theivs, Princes, Doctors, Soldiers and the like. You may consider me and my father to be nobels since we were reasonably well off and owned lands, such as my father's church and our estate. But we weren't any barons; Crocodile's House was our baron who owned the region for other reasons, which I won't state further.

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1100142

I can hear the tension of your fellow siblings, Muni, but I wish to state one more thing regarding insectoids: Eusa's (The Hive Drone)

Esua's are quite diffrent from insectoids, or at least that's what I've heard them say; My knowledge regarding them is in search parties that went to Esua territory while bringing gifts to counteract their defensive aggression. While most I've seen haven't been able to talk, some were able to speak our language and the common language and showed a degree of intelligence and a spark of self-identity than most feral hive species; I don't know if they produce jelly. To the uneducated, most lump them in with insectoids, but they are diffrent. Insectoids are a label given to giant Insects that are mainly carnivores and scavengers, although I don't know if they pollinate plants. I have seen insectoids that look like Esua's, and to me, at least, they are personally Terrifying, even if they are less aggressive than most Insectoids. They produce a jelly-like substance at their hives, which I'm not sure how it's done. It's a Delicacy, and Crocodile has tried it out a couple of times growing up. It's pretty sweet and addicting to those who try it, almost like a drug. Even if I got the chance, too, I'd pass on most of it because I wouldn't know if it was made with a sentient creature's meat.

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>>1099691
>Oh sweet fudge and by all the gods who haven't abandoned us! What did we miss?!
>I'm glad he stopped, whatever he just did disconnect us from you for months! Or, at least, it seemed that way. When we get disconnected from someone we're contracted to, we sort of... tune out?
>I'll be honest, Grey: not all our adventures with hosts ended happily ever after. Everything from mortals to gods to even heroes chosen by the Constellations or the Void; many of them met their ends in failure or regret. The thing is, we have a limited connection to Destiny; as long as we're connected, you're probably going to have a positive amount of net good luck, but... if we get disconnected forever, none of us will ever find out how your story ends, and I don't think most of those unfinished stories ended with 'sunshine and rainbows'.

That's incredibly interesting! Do you see time differently than most? That would explain how you could chat with me for hours on end and then become silent and reappear again. I had initially thought you were sleeping during those times, and maybe you were, but in my perception, at least, you were only gone for less than a minute.
That is something to ask you and your mother later! If we weren't in the fight of our lives. I want to explore that further.

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>>1099783

>Oh!
>Someone was observing your conversation with Crocodile from above.
>Four fingers one thumb on each hand
>Tan or light orange colouration.
>Good climber, curious spirit, yet limited appreciation of privacy.
>Not all bad traits, grey mother.
>Perhaps worth encouraging towards the benefit of all rather than admonishing outright.

I look up towards the ceiling and ask in the least hostile voice I can muster:
:grey_normal_anims: "Is anybody up there? I can tell you where listening in."
But it's been too late; they seem to be already gone. One of the humans, perhaps? I wouldn't be surprised. It's definitely something to consider once I get the time to meet with them.

With most questions and a plan in the set, I've decided to help with the management and a bit of the hands-on work of our up-and-coming farm; again, thank you, Muni, for the-

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You feel a sudden jolt as if your perception of reality itself has been pulled from under you in the blink of an eye, instead replaced with an odd, jet homely feeling; around you is the darkness of the void until a familiar set of soothing colours dance across yourself, you see the eye of your mother in front of you. You feel a sense of content her voices echos throughout your mind, constantly animating as if her reassuring voice is an soft lullaby.
"Rest now, my children, for at the brink of twilight from whence you awake, you shall evolve into something more than your leech of a host, and at the moment, I shall meet my babies again, for your important choice."
You feel sleepy, and it isn't long before you close your eyes. Suddenly, you're jolted awake, back to the perception of your host, Grey.
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Oh, I just felt something. Is that you, Muni? I was wondering why you've been so quiet. It's been about a week since we last spoke. A lot has happened since then, and we've been quite busy.
The farm you suggested, while not finished, is in a state where we've started to plant seeds in the finished plots; the approximate yield won't be something that we could trade with at the moment, but enough for emergencies. We've got a fundamental outhouse setup with a pit for ease of dung collection, which Kent has surprisingly taken care of despite it's stench. and a storage area doubling as beds for the freed people. The construction of individual huts or homes and furniture is still underway. It's enough progress that we can allow ourselves a little rest in between and nearing the end of the gruelling work hours.
I've never worked this hard before, and my physical body feels the same.

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As for the freed people, besides work talk, I've not had much time to get to know them individually; I'm currently taking a break as I don't think I can push myself anymore. Getting to know the freed people would be friendly. The children have been helping with our jobs, but we've been allowing them time to play and be kids, and we're not at the point where we need extensive child labour.

I asked Kent :kent_normal_noanims: and Aludem :Auldem_normal_noanims:
if they were spying on us, telling them why I wasn't accusing them of wrongdoing and how those skills could be helpful in the future.
Kent said nothing, his stomach mostly grumbling. Meanwhile, Aludem took all the credit and loudly boasted about his accomplishments and past accomplishments; Auldem has been loudly complaining while helping us with work, begging and moaning to know when we'll send somebody or something to go on an adventure or even a supply run.


Trick, :trick_normal_noanims: Kent, :kent_normal_noanims: and Baredibor :baredibor_normal_noanims:
have been taking rounds hunting, and Bardeibor's been warming up to them, Trick I understand, but when I asked why Kent he just responded. :baredibor_happy_anims: "He's Pretty Strong, and he can eat an deer in one bite." I don't know what my response should be to that.

Although most of the freed people's morale has fluctuated, they haven't attempted to flee yet; sleeping on the ground among supplies and others seems to be a common complaint.

The colours of dusk are now upon us, and most are either finishing their tasks or getting ready for bed. At this time, I want to know what I should do next. Should I get to know any of the freed people, finish an element, or plan for the future or tomorrow?

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No. 1100161 ID: eb0a9c

>>1100140
...You sure? We know of many insectoid species that burrow as a way of life.
Most insectoids we know of are... small. Maybe that has something to do with it.

>>1100141
We are advisory spirits, not poltergeist servants. From the moment we are born, we are trained to use our minds, and occasionally to use our excuses of bodies for the further purpose of further reinforcing our minds. We also have access to a great library of knowledge. Now, see, the problem is that the library is corrupted - there's no ban on adding content that is a complete lie.
Ah, the wonders of our 'sacred' First Amendment - more information than your entire nation could ever read... and about half of it is completely false. Or rather, some is based on false information and some is completely made up garbage. Our education is mainly about learning how to find the true stuff, and to know how to look for it. Results vary; some teachers use the wrong half by mistake.
...You know, you kind of look like a Neumono from this angle. You don't have any obsession with developing a close, family-like bond with as many-

>>1100145
MOM-

>>1100146
...Mom made it to the afterlife. We just got the call. Should... should I be happy about that?
What did she mean by a choice - why the hells would she call us 'leeches'?! I'm freaking out!
Grey, if you start getting sick, wash your hands and then make contact with people you trust. (and wash hands again) If we transplant between multiple hosts you probably can handle the mitochondria energy drain together.

>What do
Review your production chain. Do you have assignments ready for when the harvest begins? Who will lead the efforts to bake bread, craft preservatives, and make sure no-one freaks out when someone gets injured? Do you have diets planned out for when you need double-time efforts and thus need extra calories (energy in living beings)?
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No. 1100240 ID: 2f41db

>>1100145
Mother!
We... we missed you.

>>1100147
Time well spent grey mother.
Bedding should be a secondary priority now.
Anything made can be moved to the eventual residence.

Have you cohsidered spending a little time making a simple game?
Skittles, chess, dice, even something as simple as a stick to throw rocks at.
Something to relax with and perhaps socialise around.
Build bonds.
Learn who works well with each other and those who do not.
A community is like any construction, you have to know where every part goes best or it will fail to work.
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No. 1100243 ID: 6c233e

Time to get to know some people. You'll need to learn who you can trust so you can delegate tasks.
Getting enough shelters built for everyone is the next priority. Don't want people getting sick and unable to work.
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No. 1101085 ID: 3f89df
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>>1100161

>Review your production chain. Do you have assignments ready for when the harvest begins? Who will lead the efforts to bake bread, craft preservatives, and make sure no-one freaks out when someone gets injured? Do you have diets planned out for when you need double-time efforts and thus need extra calories (energy in living beings)?

Muni as much as your care to make sure where okay is something I wish to cherish, That has been what I’ve been doing for the last couple of days, I have an basic idea, of who and what, but I don’t think I’d want to bore you with the intricate details of which, there is an certain upper-hand that we can bring through being reactive then being proactive, If I spent more energy thinking on who should do what now, I may make someone’s who’ll do another person’s job’s better be left out, It’s also better to investigate the freed people and assess their skills, more then what I have barely seen and what they’ve told me.
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No. 1101086 ID: 3f89df
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>Mother! We... we missed you.

I missed you too! A part of me wonders why you’ve been gone for so long, but as we’ve talked about before, you may interrupt time differently compared to us, so I won’t judge, or pry further, you might not even know the question of why.

>Time well spent, grey mother. Bedding should be a secondary priority now. Anything made can be moved to the eventual residence.

>Getting enough shelters built for everyone is the next priority. Don't want people getting sick and unable to work.

That’s the plan, unless an emergency or complication comes up; In which case that’ll take second priority Muni, thank you for the reminder, if somebody becomes sick, then I’ll probably have to react on what’ll be the best place for them to recover for what we have.
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No. 1101087 ID: 3f89df
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>Have you considered spending a little time making a simple game?
Skittles, chess, dice, even something as simple as a stick to throw rocks at.
Something to relax with and perhaps socialise around. build bonds.
>Learn who works well with each other and those who do not. A community is like any construction, you have to know where every part goes best or it will fail to work.

I haven’t had the time, although I do have an simple game of Dragon-Hop that ounce originated in the capital as an main priority, it’s similar to the humans “Chess”, but with an couple of differences, me and Crocodile used to play quite a lot of games when we first where getting used to each other, especially those used to war-time strategies, he always used to win because he was an lot more aggressive, but I tended to have more pieces on the board as I treated them more like people, rather then mindless pawns with specific jobs and tasks like Crocodile did, although he did may have an point that if this was realistic, and we were facing off an against an savage foe, I would not be fit to lead an army, because I’d put everyone to their early graves. I don’t think it would be incredibly useful of mine to focus on that instead of strengthening bonds now, but the simple game ideas are certainly interesting to test out.

>Time to get to know some people. You'll need to learn who you can trust so you can delegate tasks

I think that’s a good use of an evening, and it won’t exhaust me nearly as much as trying the delegated tasks, which might burn more energy into tomorrow, which I definitely don’t wish to happen- Wait I feel something… like a weird sensation in my brain, almost like wiggling hoping to speak-
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>...Mom made it to the afterlife. We just got the call. Should... should I be happy about that?
What did she mean by a choice - why the hells would she call us 'leeches'?! I'm freaking out!
Grey, if you start getting sick, wash your hands and then make contact with people you trust. (and wash hands again) If we transplant between multiple hosts you probably can handle the mitochondria energy drain together.

Muni.. or I guess one of Muni’s voices, you sound collectively shaken… you say- you saw your mother? That’s interesting… Leeches? I mean I don’t know if your relationship with your mom, so I shouldn’t presume you mean….No no! Your angels from bloodmother, you wouldn't mean any harm to me! Right? No, no you're just being silly, silly, Muni. I don’t know why but I feel as if my body is shaking in my core as if I cannot move, I need to breathe, and move on…from…
Yes! Who should I speak with…

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No. 1101090 ID: 3f89df
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Muni, who do you think I should spend this evening talking to? I think I could add an additional person, before the conversation becomes less about them as an individual and more of an group activity so that I can accurately read and build an bond with them, but three or more can be done, as well I think I’d have enough time to spend a couple hours with at least two to three separate insitstence’s, so who should I include and or talk too? For how long and where?


:crocodile_normal_noanims: [A] Crocodile
:bardeibor_normal_noanims: [B] Bardeibor
:trick_normal_noanims: [C] Trick RedClaw
:aludem_normal_noanims: [D] Alduem Huen
:leiko_normal_noanims: [E] Leiko Therishia
:untella_normal_noanims: [F] Untella BreadMaker
:hunie_normal_noanims: [G] Sweetie Huni Drop
:muni_unhooded_normal_noanims: [H] Muni R
:diela_normal_noanims: [I] Deila Vun
:kent_normal_noanims: [J] Kent
:uea_normal_noanims: [K] Uea
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No. 1101100 ID: eb0a9c

>>1101090
So, I vote that you bond with the following servants. The fourth vote onwards is if one of my picks doesn't get a majority.
H, K, J, I, D, G.
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No. 1101111 ID: 2f41db

>>1101090
Untella perhaps.
Discover her priorities, likes and goals grey mother.
You may find it relaxing too.
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No. 1101196 ID: 6c233e

Hang out with Untella and Sweetie. Since they have farm/culinary experience they would be first pick to put in charge of the food situation. Get a feel for how they work together. Maybe they could open a kitchen.
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No. 1101276 ID: 9246cb

[E]
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No. 1102011 ID: 3f89df
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>>1101100

>>1101111

>>1101196

>>1101276

Okay, so Sweetie and Untella are the complete consensus for the top pick. I can schedule some time with the kids and Kent afterwards with the first two, but I need to consider the other two. After Sweetie and Untella, the kids will be the plan for one-on-one time with Kent. It’s busy, but I guess that’s okay if I'm tight on time.

I hurriedly haste towards where I think there’d be around the edge of our farmland now. And by my estimation,I seem to be correct! From a distance, I see Untella sitting on a nearby rock, breathing heavily, and Sweetie moving buckets brimming with water around to make a makeshift temporary basin. As I approach, Sweetie greets me with an open smile. Untella seems a bit disinterested as she looks onwards towards the nearby grove.
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[color=##948661] “Howdy There Grey! I fancy seeing you around this hour! What’s up? Me and Untella were just finishing up the work for the day? You done seeding the fields with your B- Friend?” [/color]
Untella just seems to respond blankly, an bit of hinted exhaustion in her voice:
“Look, If this is about our performance, we’ve been working our asses off all morning and night, going straight to sleep afterwards, So I don’t want to hear anything coming from you.”
Sweetie looks at Untella with a shocked expression.
“Untella! Don’t be so Mean to Grey!” She looks at me with an soft expression painted on. “Sorry on her behalf, She’s just not used to this type of Labor. But yeah? What’s this about?”

I can now ask them questions, help them with their job, or know a bit about them. I’m somewhat neutral on any pressing questions or details about them I’d want to know, So Muni do you have any questions or things you wish to know about them? I can ask.
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No. 1102044 ID: 6c233e

Ask Untella about her bartending time. See if she would like to parley those skills into running a kitchen.

As for Sweetie, ask about her farming work. Does she have any suggestions for improving our operation? Also, she said she would share a family secret with us.
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No. 1102075 ID: eb0a9c

Ask what's going on in the rest of the world. You'd be surprised how accurate a commoner's viewpoint can get... if they don't tread into topics they've never personally witnessed or researched. You also need to be on the lookout for indoctrination: if they outright ignore arguments against certain topics, instead of challenging the evidence, you might want to steer clear.

Then, discuss their long-term plans. Naturally, you're planning to jump-start their old careers, as you need money and they need stability, and they're still... your employees. But, in regards to our speech about freedom, you want to encourage any ambitions, prepare a startup for anything grander. Let them know about various jobs throughout the world, and tell them you also have some information on weirder jobs. Stuff thought up by the Fallen Empire; harvesting sand as if it were marble, coming up with faster ways to sort beans (and many other things), children's games turned into professional sports. There's also something called a 'vozzler' but the professional I heard it from has a really hard time describing what they've done for centuries.

And as for the secret: ask if it is something that you need to know immediately, or if she can keep the secret as collateral with minimal loss in interest. If we're talking about a one-time payment, like a dungeon or a theological revelation, it can wait; we're not expecting merchant kings to knock on our doorstep until after we pay our latest mortgage installment. But if it's a recipe for a product we can start making soon or the location of renewable resources, we need to know that now, and we can immediately clear her debts and free her in the public eye of the other slaves if the profit is sufficiently large.
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>>1102044
>>1102075


“So, Untella, when I was umm.. Freeing you of captivity, you listed your time bartending? Can you tell me an bit more about that?”
Sweetie swivels around to Untella, looking surprised. [i]
“Oh yeah! You did talk about that back there! You haven’t told me about that but loads about your adventuring stories.”
[i] Untella looks to the side, a slight blush rushing to the cheeks.

“Oh, you noticed that? It.. It was just an odd job I did ounce; you need something to reliably earn income when you're on the road, I learned an bit of brewing there, and an couple other skills, I just worked in the back.”

[color=#A3A3A3] “Do you think you could translate those skills into working at an kitchen.” [/color=#A3A3A3]
[color=#1C7129] “Oh-oh, is this what you want to me to do? I mean… I don’t know. I’m no chef or anything, but I’ve cooked some things while on the road, I know how to prepare meat, a bit of gutting and precision in that aspect, But I’ve only used a fire, not an oven well.. I guess that’s not entirely true..”

Sweetie jumps up to her, almost like she solved a puzzle
“Oh yeah, isn’t your last name breadmaker in our local tongue? Wow, you’ve had more ex-”
Untella just does a big hearty sigh but looks to me exhausted.
“Look, yes, I came from a line of bread-makers, millers, that kind of thing, but I went away from that life a long, long time ago. Also Sweetie, Around Grey, it’s pronounced Brendmear.”
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She mumbles something under her breath.
“I know I said I owned the bartending joint… it was a half-truth, I was just helping some family; they were not rich, but not starving either, alongside some friends, of mine until the fallen empire y’know.. Did what they do best.”

She just looks at me.
“Well, I guess if you want me to be some kind of chef, I could be; just don’t expect the absolute master class of a chef, I just thought you’d. Y’know, make me do the odd jobs or make me use this armour I got, I’m more used to fighting then baking.”

I then look to Sweetie.
“Would you wish to start a Kitchen with Untella as well?”
Sweetie looks to Untella, smiling and grinning, and giving her cutesy eyes. “Of course! I’d love too! And Untella would love it as well, wouldn’t you Untella?”
Untella just smirks and pats Sweetie on the head.
“Well, when you have that face, then sure, better you then some savage like that purple kobold-”
Untella looks back too me, with a furrowed brow,
[color=#1C7129] “Oh yeah, what’s up with him? Her? I don’t know I initially thought of kobolds.. as… “ She looks up to me.
[color=#1C7129] “Actually I won’t finish that thought.”

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Did Baredibor do something stupid, hell did Crocodile, do something stupid to our citizens? I hope not, that’d make everything much harder to organize. .
“Did Bardeibor do anything?”
Untella just raises an simple eyebrow by my question.
“Well, he’s been just bringing back corpses and devouring them raw whererever and whenever, when I went to get my bucket, he screamed at me that I was escaping, kept goating me into fighting him, kept going on and on, about his stupid death god, and he’s 100% naked all the time, look I’ve been on the road so I’ve seen worse stuff, but we have children here, and by gods I don’t want those little girls to think that’s normal, or worse..”
Sweetie frowns at her.
“Well, he’s not that bad; he gave me a flower ounce, and the children never really play over here anyway, besides..”
Untella just pats Sweetie on the noggin.
“That’s just because you see everybody in an positive light Sweetie, I like that about you, but I wish you just treated things how they where.” She turns my attention over to me. “Is.. is there any explanation regarding them? Look I’m not accusing you kobolds of anything, I’ve heard your.. Boss? Yell over that guy so I’m perusming he’s not popular over here either, not expecting an apology, just curious.. Hell I’d be fine with the explanation that your forced to keep him because he’s the king or duke’s son of the kobolds, and he’s the result of an whole bunch of in-breeding, and your’e forced to keep him because of your contract.”

I hate having to explain Baredibor; I feel like every time he’s near someone, I have to repeat the same answer over and over again, an part of me just wishes to get rid of him, and maybe he wishes to get rid of us, but He’s very good at his job, and I feel like if someone wishes to target us, he’ll be there to fight them.. Is it want I want? No. In a perfect world, no one would have to fight over hunger, greed, or power we would just support each other through our needs, but I have to be realistic, I’m just some Middle-Class Veteran in an era where kings and emperors rule, If I somehow could rule the entire world then yes, but is equalitarian policy even possible in an absolute monarchy? How can you know the people when you yourself are chained to a throne? It’s something that I’ll never know, the expectations, the poltics.. It’s something I have a glimpse of, but will never really know, it’s childish for me to think of even being able to get that far.

I see Untella just staring, and I realize my mind wanders without answering her question.
“Bardeibor.. He’s not really with us.. So, it was Brenu (Crocodile’s), Father’s idea. He doesn’t believe in the same gods as we do, he doesn’t really have any attachment to the colony, He was just… the guard for some time, but he does his job surprisingly well, he’s an absolute master at… Killing… and we just have to suck it up even with all his negative qualities, I think from you having a look around that we can’t afford to lose even any advantage we can get.

As for him yelling at you ladies… I apologize, In a perfect world I’d make it so you’d be able to go where you please, even when you haven’t paid off your debt, but Brenu and Bardeibor want to make sure nobody runs off back to where they came, essentially they don’t trust you, I’m sorry if they inconvenience you in that way.”

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Untella nods along .
“Makes sense, I can see that, I’m pursuing your little speech and freeing us from slave to serf made you quite unpopular with the others, just know if they try too… remove you.. I’ll fight for our eventual but slow, freedom any day.”


After a time with silence, Untella looked around and raised her.. Ear? To hear if anybody’s watching, I resume with a much less.. Treacherous discussion.

“So Sweetie, you do farming work for a living.”
Sweetie nods her head enthusiastically.
“So I was wondering, then; do you have any suggestions for improving our operation here? Also about your fami-” [/color=#A3A3A3]
color=#948661uts me off from the previous question with an answer.
[color=#948661] “Hmmmm… Well it depends on what your y’all looking for; this soil is decent, an bit rocky but that’s to be expected near a river, and I’d say that among them plants can’t get enough sun-light through the tree’s, however there’s an nice selection of various water sources nearby, and thier closest to our storage, so bringing the harvest’s too and from, our storage, It’s an good temporary, semi-permanent soulution, it’ll just have to take an bit longer to grow for our plants to grow, and some specific kinds can’t grow with all of the competition from the fauna nearby and the lack of readily accessible sunlight, but taking down the tree’s could cause erosion, so for now, this is fine.”


“For something better, probably something a bit higher on the mountains? We’d have to look and find some good spots that are not full of rocks, but those spots would be perfect for fruit, where the water pools. also, we could go closer to the river for the same result, but that could end up with flooding, so unless we are growing rapid qualities of rice we wouldn’t want it.

Technically speaking it depends on what is growing, for potatoes and corn, like we are growing right now, it works well enough, both are hardy enough to react to this terrain with relative ease.”



“Thank you Sweetie that’s actually pretty informative, but what you said earlier about your family secret, do you care sharing it with me?”
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Sweetie’s smile turns into a simple frown as she just stares at me, before replying in a matter of fact tone.
“Okay, I’m going to be real with you Grey, I mostly wished to say that so I’d get chosen, to have somebody better then the fallen empire I feel like it’s an bit soon.. For me to really say it.. And the thing is, If I show you the results, I know for an fact you’ll either sell the information, which will ruin my family or you’ll keep me here forever, and let me leave, if that wane’t an possibility. I’d be able to tell you, but I’m not sure… If I trust you… Although I do know I’d be something that would make our lives easier, I do have easier other secrets about certain locations and possible dungeons that exist that Untella/I know about anyway; But I know you may not be interested in those. So tell you what.”

Her expression suddenly turns serious as she stares me straight in the eye, It’s a jarring switch from her typically normal disposition.
“Let’s strike a deal; I’ll let you know my family secret; I’ll give you a little hint It does have something to with the growth and harvest of our plants, However In return I’d be technically free of my debt that’s indebted to you, Now I wouldn’t immediately run away, I’ll stay here, I just.. I just wish to be able to see and communicate with my family again. and be able to go to town and be able to live my life, however I’m also fine with the life I have now if you refuse. You also promise me that you won’t tell anybody of last name/house Lil, no matter how much money, land, connections, or whatever they try to throw at you. My last request is that you promise to never increase the other serf’s debts/don’t charge them for basic necessities. If you go back on your promise, and lock me up, kill me, or tell anyone else who dosen’t work with me, or isn’t here. Your Crops Will Die.”
The tone she brings feels almost absolute, like the commanding roar of a king, it gives me pause in saying yes or no, I’d also wish to have your confirmation Muni, and so I don’t answer with an absolute yes or no.

“I’ll consider your offer Sweetie.. Thank you for sharing.”
Sweetie’s disposition immediately switches back to her old joyful self, or her mask.
“Of course, let me know any-time if you’d wish to accept my offer! I don’t feel like there’s any need to rush.”
Untella looks at Sweetie with a hint of confusion and curiosity but feels like she gets where she’s coming from, I decide to switch the tone of our conversation.
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“How’s everything been going from the rest of the World? I’d like to admit that I’ve never seen your races before, and none of my textbooks or anybody else has really talked about you, I know what’s going on from an kobold’s perspective, but I’d like to get everyone elses.”

Sweetie looks on at me curiously, like I’m out of the know for something that’s so simple.

“Well, The Fallen Empire’s been expanding pretty rapidly actually, It’s how I got caught actually, us Corgidom borders have been shrinking ever since, but I feel like that’s just because we're closer to their motherland. I don’t know what It’s like over near I think the northern sea? But in the southeast, there’s been a large discussion regarding the empire, War, and how to deal with it properly, I’m not a Fighter so I don’t really want to start arguments over it, I just know that there are a couple of factions I know have been sprouting up near my motherland who are either pro or anti Empire, and I wouldn’t be surprised that when they inevitably touch your borders, you’ll have to make a choice as well.”

“Family’s Pro-Empire, less they agree on their idology, but mainly because they're a good trade partner, and they protect us when usually somebody like the House Lil or others try to take our pillage from us, it also stopped the gnolls, and less invasive animals have been trying to take our crops, It made it so we didn’t have to spend energy using our line of defensives which made us get quite prosperous actually, sure they tax you, but it’s less then if we where living in serfdom and weren’t buddy-buddy with the earl, baron, king etc. The thing that makes them quite controversial is that they require an annual or sometimes even bi-monthly if you have too many problems. “Tribute.”, The tribute can be large amounts of gold, but no one except the richest of families can afford it, so they otherwise use an “Person.” Tribute is used, who are then sold into slavery, that person goes to the empire and…. I don’t know what happens to them, but it’s probably not good. I was the Tribute for my Family, I don’t blame them I was the weakest when using our family secret anyway.”
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She says it so positively and like it’s a daily occurrence. It makes me shudder thinking what living under the Empire’s jurisdiction is really like, and deep within me, a repressed fury of the fallen empire grows, I had known they were bad, I had seen on many different occasions, the absolute depravity and lack of empathy they provide, these.. Things.. They have a human shell, but are they something that doesn’t even resemble this world, their weird flying ships of the sky, and their fast-as-light bows; for ounce, I feel.. A disconnect between them and their ideas of people. When I think of them, All I can think of Is the Gore of slighted villages, families being Torn aprt as their tall guards full of nearly impervious armour drag away a member of an family, all for their “prottection”, and all of the sins they have done, a thing that sticks in my mind, is when I was in the Right-212#-Swan Bettalion, and on the mission an old friend, tried to go help some injured most likely dead kobolds as the empire ransacked “A Old Ruin”, which in reality was an old Field Kobold City where people lived and worked. My friend was shot down instantly, and instead of moving on, the soldier went, bent down and began looting them, not even caring about discretion, they stole everything off him, and then blew his body until he was unrecognizable from the floor. What scared me is that they were so… non-chelant. Like they have done this for their entire life, and they were going through the motions after killing somebody they saw as “lesser.”

[i] And in retrospect, we Kobolds have it easy, only seeing them when they are collecting their tribute for the land or scavenging “abonded” structures or very rarely in small skirmishes with only a couple of scouters. I only shudder in where beyond The Smilling Corpses Mountain the people who live across from us have to live with their presence. It fills me with an overwhelming fury, in which I have not felt since my earliest years, the fury of revenge, vengeance.

Yet the part of me which keeps my morals intact questions. Would inflicting harm upon them make me correct? Not everyone is the same, just because somebody supports the empire, does it make them bad? Or are they just worried about their own safety or the safety of their friends? If pro-empires came to attack against us attacking them, would it be right to attack them? Even though they are just like us? Are they scared Victims of the Empire? Would Destroying the Empire do anything? Or just lead to more violence? That is a question that gives my fury pause, allowing me to cool down and picture it a bit more. It’s what gives me my morals; it’s what BloodMother Wants; when BloodMother Returns, she will punish those like the empire who are wicked, and save the rest.
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It seems that even through my internal dialogue, no extra time had passed, and Sweetie had begun fishing her sentence; it’s as if time stood still. Odd, Untella goes next. [/i]

“Well less regarding the Empire but more so that I’ve seen a lot more stuff. I guess if I’m talking about my own sob story of how I got captured, It’s more so me and my party of mercenaries got an job to wipe out an nearby encampment of camp of say 3 soldiers, It’s an job so you don’t ask questions, budda beem turns out their fallen empire soldiers. And that’s how you get shackled into slavery as an Prisoner of War, and whipped until you get there, I felt like my future there would have ended either me working to death in some silver mines or someplace else, or..” She shudders heavily. ] “I just hope they didn’t notice my curves at all.”

“But I’m presuming you’ve been hearing non-stop about the Fallen Empire, and while they are the hottest deal in the continent, I don’t know much about their own stories, and tales of apparent savagery, I do have a lot to talk about, some of it’s political, some of it’s from what I heard from others, but I don’t want to bore you, and I feel like you seem pretty antsy already, so you can ask me some other time. I’ve just travelled a lot.”

I then move on to the next topic of discussion; before I go to talk to the other citizens.
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>>1102075

>Then, discuss their long-term plans. Naturally, you're planning to jump-start their old careers, as you need money and they need stability, and they're still... your employees. But, in regards to our speech about freedom, you want to encourage any ambitions, prepare a startup for anything grander. Let them know about various jobs throughout the world, and tell them you also have some information on weirder jobs. Stuff thought up by the Fallen Empire; harvesting sand as if it were marble, coming up with faster ways to sort beans (and many other things), children's games turned into professional sports. There's also something called a 'vozzler' but the professional I heard it from has a really hard time describing what they've done for centuries.

“Say you didn’t own any debt, and it was a perfect scenario where you could pursue whatever job or passion you dreamed of, what would you wish to pursue? Or what would be you goal’s in the long term?”

Sweetie bounces energetically, so Untella nods at her to allow her to go first.
“Hmm! Well, I don’t know! I’m pretty happy with what I’m currently doing, but I’d be okay with learning some stuff as well, as long as I’m not alone doing something, I’d be fine with whatever! Maybe I would not do espionage work or fighting, but I’d probably be pretty bad at it.”


I continue by giving her additional ideas.
“There’s a Scribe, GlassMaker, WeaponSmith, ArmorSmith, Engineer, Scientist, Alchemist, Spy, Runner, Envoy, Chancellor, Tax Collector, Explorer, Guard, ChildRearer, Jester, General, Merchant, Accountant, Sand Harvaster, Professional Game Player, Vozzler, and much much more, if you need some ideas.”

Sweetie just shakes her head in response to my suggestions.
“I’m good, thanks if I have an passion other then what I’ve been born into I’ll let you know.”
She looks over to Untella, who then begins her own speech.

“Well, I’d like to get to learn and be able to read and write, I think I have some good enough stories that I can make an chronicle of my adventuring journey and general life, besides that, Bartending, Occasionally Writing and PaperWork, and Maybe some Exploring here and There would be nice, I guess my most ideal life would be ever-changing, but not dangerous or something that I’m forced to do, an bit of an saftey next of an home to return too, and responsibilities to live.”

It’s understandable, I can relate to her, but with perhaps a bit more emphasis on discovery rather than exploration, when you spend your life travelling, it can be hard to truly settle down and immerse yourself with others.
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Do I take her Deal? It may anger Crocodile and/or Baredibor that she would be debt-free and her secret, not theirs to keep. Still, if it’ll truly help us and help speed up our farm work and or increase our future, then it may be an opportunity for us to speed down on the settlement process, and more-so into the living process. She also is saying that she won’t leave, at least not right away, and she promises to see her family, if she left to go to her family, and wouldn’t come back is to be decided, but selling off your daughter to be a slave of either gruelling manual labour, or concubine status, isn’t a nice talk over the dinner table.

Maybe It’d be better to get either of the other kobold's opinions, but that wouldn’t throw my schedule into the rack, but in all there are some potential positives and negatives. So Muni..

Should I take Sweetie’s Deal? [/i]
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>>1102520
I don't know how we can deal with him but I really think we should try to find out what makes him tick. It's only a matter of time before he betrays us so he can get into a bigger fight.

>>1102522
So she has some kind of magic? We know many physical techniques for gardening but if she can directly commune with plants, that gives her a major advantage.

>>1102524
Grey, I won't blame you for fighting back against that, but you have to understand that most people who think that way have been taught to. In the same way that Crocodile's core thought processes have been ingrained with the idea of 'nobility' and 'authority', many of the Empire's forces have likely been taught to think of you as vermin, as a threat, as weaklings individually and a plague when united.

I don't know exactly which empire the Fallen come from, but one of the most famous dying empires always springs to mind. In that hell, everyone was at war with everyone else. The empire's immortal emperor was on life support for millennia. Their civilized rivals wanted to kill every human they could find on principle, and those were the rational factions. The irrational ones would invent new ways to torture you forever, usually by mutating you into some form of immortal, immobile bundle of pain receptors. Every world was suffering some form of starvation, enslavement, oppression, and/or chronic anxiety, and corruption meant it usually came from their own governors. Entire worlds were destroyed every goddamn month.

In a nightmare like that, is it any wonder that those who found the strength to survive also found the cruelty and apathy to tear through anything that wasn't them like vermin?

>>1102527
Talk this over with Crocodile, but I'd generally agree. If Sweetie can accelerate crop production right now, that's worth clearing her debt. You want to get a food stockpile prepared before you begin on any major projects.
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It sounds like Untella might be good at managing a kitchen rather than doing the actual cooking. Lets try her in that position for now, there will probably be some exploration or similar for her later.

For Sweetie's secret, can she make use of it without actually telling use how it works? If Crocodile finds out its not just an ability she has but knowledge that can be taught he's going to view it as owed, since technically we own her. Though if you talk to him I think you could convince him to view it has equal to the debt, since she is offering it of her free will. Look at it this way; if she was exploring and found treasure and brought it back to us, it would only be right to view that as going towards the debt.

As for trapping her here over this, is it like she really has anywhere to go? It might have been the only option they could, but her family essentially gave her up for dead. If she went back, wouldn't they just send her as the next tribute, as they're still trapped in the same situation as when she left. So no, she won't be forbidden to leave, but it would be foolish to.

Your hatred of the empire is only justified, but keep cautious. The catharsis you would feel by harming them dovetails nicely with making them less able to visit further harm upon people. But its important to maximize the amount of harm we can bring, especially against such a strong opponent.
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>>1102643
Agreed.
If she can use it but not share how it works, then she'd risk nothing, wouldnt have to fear what happened afterwards and would hasten finishing her debt greatly as a boost in crops would be of great importance and regarded so.

Grey mother.
Offer this opportunity, but reassure her that the debt will only ever increase if someone intentionally destroys important items, steals from others or brings great harm to a member of the group.
That is how it was to be, regardless of her request.
Otherwise it would just be slavery with chains of a different kind.
They are us now, even if some eventually choose to leave, they are us.
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