Baron 2015/12/23(Wed)21:12 No. 690152 ID: ca1cab
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And yet why does any of Rezan tradition matter? Why should I, or anyone care? Why should it suffer from the stifling politics of the ruling families? Why should we stay bottled up on our piece of dirt if the rules saying we should can be so easily erased?

Why should the families rule? Why shouldn't ruler-ship be given to one?









...why not me?

i think you mean, why not US.

hows the giant death bot been?

Sometimes reality is built on what the masses believe, what they support, and not the truth. They have more power than they know and their leaders just squander and subvert their potential to control them.

Unfortunately, truth is... an unknown concept. All we can do is stick to what we feel is both rational and profitable in context of our goals.

And right now, you feel that the Rezo Empire ought to be purged of its corrupt order so that you can rule alone. Are you sure you feel resolute about this?

... lol pun.

Tradition is a powerful tool for maintaining the status quo, keeping your descendants in line, and preventing a mad cycle of open warfare and civil war each time a new dictator wants to seize power. Tradition is a shortcut to loyalty, and a comfort to those that need something greater than themselves to believe in.

Tradition is one of the building blocks of nationalism, but not the only one. If you want to be a tyrant you can overturn tradition, but be prepared to build new traditions to foster stability in your new nation. Or be prepared to lose your nation.

Baron 2015/12/25(Fri)22:11 No. 690398 ID: ca1cab
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The Rezan Empire isn't corrupt, but it is backwards. They are mired in political squabbles content to live on their little island when there is so much out here to exploit. I am aware there will be those that resist, but that is an obstacle I will deal with when I reach it.


You mean the giant eyesore called the Guardian? It's still there, prattling on every hour. If you mean the machine that probed my mind, it's still underneath the city. The fuzzy things agreed to let me use their old city as a place to store it until they can really their people to reclaim the place. By the time that happens, I should be finished here.

Nevermind any of that. I should focus on what I need now.

I NEED to focus on three individuals: Gwendolyn and her secrets to forging metal. That and her immense strength would benefit me greatly if I had her on my side. If there are indeed more of those blue monsters, then I will need to be able to pierce their flesh without relying on the Guardian's weapon.

Speaking of which, that elf girl Lylia seems to have intricate knowledge of that monster. If I can get it out of her, it would benefit me immensely. When the Rezans arrive and I don't have control of that Guardian, it will be a blood bath.

And of course, I need more information about you. About this phenomenon he talks about. Mangalo seems to have devoted his life to studying you so that could mean interrogating him for whatever I can extract, maybe even find out where his loyalties lie.

And of course I only have a month before the Rezans arrive so I'd best get to it. Question is which one takes priority?

>>690398
Leave the Guardian research to Sergei. Try not to interrogate your paranoid staff if you intend to keep them long term, that just screws up their paranoia to destructive levels. Gwendolyn can help you design weapons that revolve around the physics of your planet.

>>690399
sergei is kinda busy being in the future, man.

>>690398
hmmm... i think we should go after the elf, lylia. the other two are less time constrained then this one. and Mangalo should at least be loyal to us(the orb).

as for ideas on how to handle it without any additional information, you can try openly stating your new rank as pilot, that a scan will show you have had the pilot implants installed. it will perhaps argue that you are not IT'S pilot, but can counter with that fact you having a rank at all in their system automatically makes you the leader by default unless someone else official can come along.

>>690437
Agreeing with all of this. The giant robot has the most immediate potential rewards, and once we have that we can use it to buy time for the other things.

As a side note, what is it you want with rulership, anyway?

Baron 2015/12/30(Wed)18:55 No. 690921 ID: ca1cab
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What do I want? Control of course. Based on Mangalo's records you have existed for quite a while. What if...what if there is more than one artifact that channels your power? The kind of power that can create or destroy a nation in an instant. Such artifacts need to be collected, and stored in one place. Prefereably in a nation that can handle such requirements. Like Rezo. Eastaland is in no shape, with its constantly shifting political structure, Westerland is just a bunch of primititves with close to no permanent structures, and Far Eastaland...well look at this place! The only source of safety comes from a giant machine REZANS made summoned here by freak accident! Enough of that though, we should be focusing on the immediate: Lydia or Gwendolyn?

Baron 2015/12/30(Wed)18:57 No. 690922 ID: ca1cab
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Lydia clearly didn't like me when we first began, earning her trust may be difficult. Especially now. Being abducted and drugged has hurt her pride immensely and it has become harder to approach her. If I want even a chance of accessing the guardian, I'll need to be on her good side.

Ach-ka she's still practicing out there? That's four solid hours now.

Baron 2015/12/30(Wed)18:59 No. 690923 ID: ca1cab
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Gwendolyn...I don't know. Our first encounter she thought I was her brother, and when she sobered up she hit me pretty hard on the jaw. Surprised nothing is broken after that. Ever since then though she's been obsessed with cleaning her sword. Won't talk to anyone, or even look at them. Granted I haven't tried talking to her yet, but after that crack and me, I'm hesitant.

>>690921
I find that giving a single family ultimate and unchallenged power is just a powder keg waiting for a bored descendant to unleash unconstrained horrors on everyone within their general vicinity.

But yeah, separation of powers is also screwed up because nobody knows who's getting what, so the luckier psychopaths ALSO have a smaller pool of victims to play lazer-guided nuke-spank on.

Long story short, please talk to someone about this opportunity to distribute what is currently unconstrained and planet-destroying weaponry. If you have to resort to sagely advice from chopped-up old dudes whose last words involve cursing your family using numbers that do not exist on the real spectrum, then fine.

>>690922
This is where you play the butler and get her some fruit juice. Exercise and other stressful activities tend to leave the brain fragile and easily persuaded, so you can start your conversation while her stubbornness is weakened.

>>690923
Find her a laboratory with some weapon mods. You don't understand her but you can show that you're willing to help. Also, let her slap you around for a few minutes, get her to realize that you're not some savage lecher.

>>690922
ask her to spar. practice alone is fine, but having a fight helps you get better faster. after that just ask her what's eating her. give her someone to vent to about how angry that situation has made her.

also, maybe explain the other robot underground is the guardian's brother? cousin?

>>690923
Humiliating as Gwendolyn's situation was, it's no surprise she only punched you. It was reflexive, I think.

You saved her, and that will count for a lot. Don't rub that in her face though. Just go talk to her and see if you can draw her out a bit. This may take a few days.

Baron 2016/01/03(Sun)00:46 No. 691437 ID: ca1cab
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Fine a quick word with her, and then see what I can get from Lylia.

"Oh hullo....you?"

"It's Venian, quite alright, you were rather intoxicated when I told you my name. How have you been since then?"

"Um...alright?"

"I'm glad to hear that."

"If ye came fer an apology I ain't givin' one."

"Pardon?"

"Ye heard. I dun promised i would slug ya. I canna say I remember much but I do remember promising that."

"Oh no, you were quite justified. You...remember nothing?"

"No. Just a bit 'ere and there but nothin' that makes sense."

"Ah. Did Mangalo tell you anything?"

"Nae. That Manjeh jus' said wait fer ye ta tell. I've been waitin' For while now. What happened?"

>>691437
Three things:
1. Rezo is self-righteous. There is no "Rezan Superiority", not when Rezan abilities and technology are based on the designs of other civilizations.
2. You can build your own empire here, and Gwendolyn can help you forge a society for this empire from scratch. Whatever she says now could last for millennia. There will also be cake. Lots and lots of emperor cake.
3. You'd like to know how to kill those big guys, because the big guys have epidermal armor that is really hard to cut into. Please advise now.

>>691437
She's putting something on her blade. Wonder what that is?

just tell her the truth as you know it.... lets start after you woke from that technicolor hellscape and met her brother. and go from there.

There is no need for deception here, just explain what happened... And hope she doesn't think your the one on drugs currently.

Baron 2016/01/09(Sat)22:37 No. 692632 ID: ca1cab
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"You...don't know what I am?"

"I know, but whatever happened to me...it keeps me from rememberin' what ye are. The start would be nice."

"Right...I came to this city escorting Mangalo, the er... eccentric human. An ambush led to me meeting your brother. Apparently some of my own soldiers were taken prisoner by-what did he call them? Gerhami? Goomahu?"

"Gormoamhi?"

"Yes them. We had stumbled upon your brother who said you were held captive by them. Do you remember anything of that time?"

"Things. I see pictures, none of them connect or make sense. Sometimes I hear sounds, and voices. Sometimes it's mine. But like I said. No sense to any of it."

"Ah well, you were heavily drugged when I found you, I suppose that would make sense."

"Was..was I wearin' anything."

"Ah-no. It was very awkward interacting with you. In fact for a majority of the time, you thought I was your brother."


"Alright enough! I-I...I need time. Time to figure this out."

Baron 2016/01/14(Thu)22:19 No. 693997 ID: ca1cab
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I guess the blue things' drug is more powerful than I thought. She seems so much more...quiet and restrained. Nothing like the crazy warrior I met down there.

I'm almost afraid to see how Lylia was affec"WHOA!"

"Ah, it's you. Sorry. I broke another training blade."

"I can see that, wait. Another?"

"They're too fragile for me I'm afraid."

Those things are solid iron...

"I guess Gwendolyn can make you a blade."

Ask what kinds of swords she usually uses.

>Those things are solid iron...
Literally all iron, or do you mean steel? Pure iron is actually pretty mediocre.

Baron 2016/01/22(Fri)14:00 No. 696488 ID: ca1cab
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It's not the sword made of iron that's the problem, it's that she's breaking them and bits are flying everywhere. The damn thing lodged itself in the wall!

"Is something wrong, or are you destroy Mangalo's property for fun?"

"The damned elves."

"Pardon?"

"Those damned elves! This is all their fault!"

"Aren't you an elf?"

"That changes nothing!"

Alright she isn't making any sense and-oh gods she grabbed another sword.

i am reminded of Cacame Awemedinade. an elf that lived in an elven village under control of the dwarf nation. the elves of the neighboring nation attacked the village in the name of "taking back what was theirs" but they killed indiscriminately. sir Cacame's wife was among the dead. so he joined the military and quickly rose in the ranks because even though he was an elf himself, the dwarves respected his prowess and hate of other elves.

basically, the other elves did something that she could not abide.

Baron 2016/01/31(Sun)23:25 No. 698704 ID: ca1cab
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Cacame Awemedinade...strange name. Never heard of him. Sounds like someone I'd want to meet. Maybe that is what's happening here.

"Miss Lylia, whatever the elves did to you in the past, are you certain they-"

"They did nothing to me! Aside from the events underground, this barely has anything to do with me!"

"Then how is this the elves' fault?"

"That was a coordinated attack. Those monstrosities that captured me and addled my mind? They were aiding a coalition from the south. Only way they could have gotten through was with the permission of House Dyaine, the elves that are 'supposed' to watch the southern border!"

"Maybe they themselves were attacked?"

"If they wanted to, they could have driven that force back easily. No, House Dyaine let them pass. Which means we are going to investigate why."

"We?"

"Yes, Dominore Mangalo is coming, which means you come as well right?"

"I suppose, but you sound upset about it."

"Because it means meeting my mother again..."

Is it possible the elves have switched sides altogether? We might want to have a backup plan for if they outright attack us when we are in their territory. (Maybe something relating to the guardian?)

ask if the guardian can come along as a deterrent to make sure they can't doublecross us.

Baron 2016/02/11(Thu)11:04 No. 700996 ID: ca1cab
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The Guardian? I've been attempting to get those things to work for me during those periods you go silent. I tried telling it what to do before. It has something called a 'Holy Directive' or some such nonsense and it won't let me do anything.

The machine I used has been excavated but any attempt to get it to do anything I'm told 'Power loss critical.' Not sure what that means but it can't be good.

"Are you sure a small party would be enough? What if they are planning a pre-emptive attack on us?"

"The elves? Hah! They've been at war with each other. They aren't about to abandon thier millenia old enemy to fight even a skirmish with someone else. Why? Did you think we would need the Guardian?"

"Well-"

"I would like nothing more than to scorch their towns with the Guardian but it goes against its Holy Directive. And these people-my people, are something we can handle easily."

>>700996
"Power Loss Critical" means it's almost out of fuel. Seriously, didn't they teach you that in middle school?

Okay, let's take a look at the "Holy Directive". We might be able to find a loophole or a weak point to hack.

Let's not erase the entire AI. There might be targeting algorithms written into the personality program to prevent selective hacking.

>>700996
Is the airship nearby? We might be able to shift some power around.
[Query the mech to determine its power plant type and intended fuel]

if it was a person it would be saying it's too hungry to do anything. in the case of giant robots it wants to eat something other then food.


anyway, what if there is a second army of those blue things? having the guardian nearby would let us wipe them out and show that it was a bad idea to strike any sort of deal with them.

Baron 2016/02/17(Wed)17:04 No. 702737 ID: ca1cab
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Airship? What airshi-

UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS

FUNCTION HOLY_DIRECTIVE IN EFFECT

Ach ka that's loud!

"Are you alright?"

Baron 2016/02/17(Wed)17:11 No. 702739 ID: ca1cab
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"Y.....o......u............r....."

Function:Holy_Directive in Effect

Level req: Aerch-Deacon

Baron 2016/02/17(Wed)17:16 No. 702740 ID: ca1cab
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"e..................y............e................s......................?"

Power Supply: Rez-Industrial Fusion Plant
Output: Error 7200: solid fuel supply insufficient
Recommend alternate source

>>702740
Oh, a fusion plant?
Is distilled water an acceptable source of light elements?

Oh doody, your cybernetics kicked in!

Welcome to cyberspace! You are currently seeing objective representations of protocol and status! Your mind has been adjusted to interact clearly and efficiently with the workings of the giant @#$%ing robot! This technology is beyond even us but is designed SPECIFICALLY so that you can build a snowman like an idiot and suddenly the giant robot learns how to play three violins because your actions are translated into master-level spells. Just think of this as using every neuron and memory in your body, from the ability to chop wood to the inner workings of some mathematical formula you've never used your entire life, all simultaneously interworking on a subconscious level while YOU push blocks and draw kiddie pictures in cyberspace.

Good news is, you can now understand and even program the giant robot.

Bad news is that using your cybernetics for extended periods of time could cause brain damage. Your mind is forced into hyperdrive so everything in real life seems to have slowed to a crawl.

First things first: fuel. You need to specify some guidelines.

Like not turning your civilians and slaves into "makeshift ethanol" because the robot can only see them as dots in cyberspace. Let's change that.

state atomic makeup of usable fuels.

Start listing available fuels to see if its Mr. Fusion can use them. Will it take coal? Wood? Store credit?

>>703035
>>702748
>>702750
No, idiots. You can't just chuck anything in there and expect it to work.

>>702740
There's only a couple of solid fuels worth using in fusion. A reactor this compact, light, and energetic probably uses the p+ Boron-11 chain, since that gives a good amount of energy with almost none of the energy released as neutrons. Furthermore, Boron-11 is stable, so the fuel supply would have kept. It might have been nearly exhausted when we found this machine, but it would have kept for all the time the machine was sitting idle. Lithium-6 would have decayed and probably been completely useless.

Boron-11 is the predominant isotope. Purification may be an issue, but this reactor might be able to run "dirty" with Boron-10 contamination.

>>703387
not just anything. is why i am asking what materials it can work with. if it can handle hydrogen for a bit to get it going so it can gather better fuel then that's good.

Baron 2016/02/27(Sat)23:20 No. 706057 ID: ca1cab
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Fuel required: 1 Rez-Industrial Solid Fuel Unit

Makeup: classified by RI Patent Office

Fuel Unit Transfer recommended

Transfer Platforms detected - 1

"A....................r...............e..........."

Baron 2016/02/27(Sat)23:23 No. 706058 ID: ca1cab
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Req : Fuel Unit


"y..................o..................u"

Baron 2016/02/27(Sat)23:28 No. 706059 ID: ca1cab
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Permission required
Level req: Guar"...alright? Speak! Say anything! Hello?"

"Grrk! I'm fine! Please stop shaking me!"

"Sorry, but your eyes. They looked strange for a moment, and you just stopped moving for a moment there. I was worried something had happened. Are you ill?"

"No! No, I don't think I am."

I'm taking a wild guess here, but I assume the thing the Rokof 'mech' was asking for was something from the Guardian. But it said something about needing permission? I don't know what that means but something tells me I may need Lylia to get this to work...my brain tastes like blue.

>>706057
Locate transfer platform. Scan for additional fuel alternatives. Run diagnostics: deep scan.

>>706059
Yeah, it seems like it needs the Guardian's permission to be able to use the transfer platform for resupply. I have no idea what it looks like, but if it can detect it, it's probably not too far away.

Summoning the transfer platform, or going to it, will give us a chance to look at it and see what other goodies it has. If it's a support unit I would expect it to carry munitions, fuel, spare parts, maybe materiel for a support company too.

Finding a solid fuel unit and giving Mangalo a directive to figure out what's in it should be a priority. We want to be able to make more of these.

>>706059
Also wow, Lydia has really beautiful eyes.

let's relax on the machine communing till the blue goes away.

actually, ask her right away that your mech is asking for the guardian's help. but it requires the permission of someone guardian rank. does her card have that?

>>706083
not a transfer platform system. just a tube. the guardian wants to link to our mech and send one of it's fuel pellets over.

Baron 2016/03/05(Sat)19:00 No. 707471 ID: ca1cab
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"I'm fine, I'm fine. G-get away!"

"No, your eyes were lit up, let me see."

"No! There's nothing there!"

"I could have sworn they were glowing, it looked like Sir Stoneheart!"

"Calm down and listen I need to know-wait what?"

"Sir Stoneheart, the one who found the guardian. His eyes were said to have the light of the Holy in them. Like yours."

"Light of the-what?"

"But you aren't even a believer! Why would you have the divine glow?"

Ask her about what happened to Stoneheart. If your cybernetics can cause health problems, you want to know NOW.

hate to burst her bubble, but that glow just means you are marked by a guardian, everything other then that is people attributing things that were just incidental.

Okay. So Seven01a19's request to the machine is probably what woke it up. It checked with Venian, who it apparently thinks has "Aerch-Deacon" level clearance for permission to refuel. Transfer of a fuel unit from Guardian requires permission from Guardian's handler, apparently.

Just tell Lydia that the machine you found just talked to you, and you now know you need permission for Guardian to transfer a fuel unit to it.

Baron 2016/03/12(Sat)17:16 No. 708619 ID: ca1cab
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"Fine, fine I can tell you want to tell me about this Stoneheart character, go ah-eeaAH!"

"Sir Stoneheart, previously Dominore Egicius Mongicello, the one who first was gifted the Guardian by the Holy-"

"Ya mean he tripped on its leg an' found it!"

"No! He received a vision after a week of fasting! That was what revealed it to him!"

"Ay, I start seein' funny stuff to ifn' I stave for that long."

"Then explain the holy glow! Explain that if he was just hallucinating!"

"Obviously, it's made up fancy nonsense like him being Dominore whatever! He wasn't even human. He was a dwarf!"

"That's a lie and you know it!"

So this Stoneheart person found the Guardian out there. Would that imply he became the 'pilot' to that thing and that is why it's so...garish now?

"Only liars is your heathen church!"

And they keep referring to Stoneheart as 'was'. Does that mean he's dead now? If so, how is that thing still functioning?

"Of course you northerners would say that."

"Cause we're right!"

"Girls, I am warning you. The next one to continue arguing has to sleep with three people of my choice.

Are we good? You're good friends and you're not going to argue like schoolchildren. Okay. I need an objective review of Dominore's life and abilities, anything that can give me a hint on how to work with this guardian. This guardian is trying to talk to me in a logical and concise manner, because it needs some VERY specific things and religious interpretation in the ingredients and methods will cause a giant explosion. I need to know WHERE THE FUEL FOR THE GUARDIAN IS.

And if you give a stupid answer you two will have to kiss and make up. Okay, go."

>>708624
the fuck? [negate all of that]

>>708619
he could have merged with it. just plugged in and never became unplugged and forget he was a being that was separate from it.

but yes, the religious order seems to be taking liberties with the story to make them more magical then the events really were.

you should go see it in person so you don't have to do any headache inducing mind talk and ask who has guardian rank. it may scan and realize nobody with that rank is alive still and adjust itself.

as for the girls being at each other's throats, tell them to test their theories, that is what it means to be open minded. if he was a dwarf then there should be proof of it somewhere.

>>708624

Please don't.

you know you could ask if stoneheart is still kicking right? that would be an easy way to find out what happened to him... Might also want to find something to cover your eyes so you don't get swarmed by a bunch of religious nut jobs.

Also speaking of religion ask the girls to stop arguing about theirs as you have a big enough head ache without people yelling at each other about who is and isn't right.

Baron 2016/03/19(Sat)22:22 No. 710542 ID: ca1cab
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That was...yes I don't think I will be doing that.

"Ladies! Your arguing tells me nothing! First of all is Stoneheart even still alive?"

"Of course not, he was still human, and this was a century ago."

"He is too still alive. You lot excommunicated him cause he was sayin' too much!"

"We did not! That is just your heathen little group trying to brainwash others!"

"Who're you calling-"

"Ladies please!If it is really such a debatable issue then can't we just test your theories to see who is right?"


"And what do ye propose for that?"

...I have no idea what I can propose that won't get them started again.

You can talk to the Guardian directly can't you?

You could ask it.

>>710542
well if he's alive couldn't you just... ask... him?

wait, maybe if we change the subject they'll stop fighting. Ask how they refuel their giant robot? We might get lucky and actually find a way to get your giant robot to stop yelling at you.

yes, the guardian itself should know the fate of it's own pilot.

Baron 2016/03/23(Wed)21:04 No. 711110 ID: ca1cab
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I suppose if he is still alive, I could ask the Guardian-

Contacting Pilot...Error

Not again...

Baron 2016/03/23(Wed)21:15 No. 711112 ID: ca1cab
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"H................e.........y............o..........u............r................. e.........y..........e..........s"

H..............e............i.........s..............d................o...............i.........n......
.g........i.........t........a..........g............a............i...........n."

"A.................g.........a......i.......n?....."

Pilot absent.
Location: Unknown
Auto-Pilot Engaged for: 587309.94 hours

WARNING: Auto-Pilot durations longer than 100 hours require cleanUp Program every additional 10 hours.

cleanUp last run: 734629 hours ago

I kind of want to do cleanup but it's probably best not to mess with something that working untill you have a good reason to.

Disconnect and tell them.

"I checked with the gaurdian and it hasn't had a pilot for 67 years. Though I guess that doesn't tell us what happend at least we have a date to check out."

Well shit, let's get started on that clean up program then. How long will it take?

Ask it to show you the logs of when the pilot left and find out what happened.

ask it for the nearest guardian ranked or higher person so you can get permission.

actually. the fact the clean up was last run a long time before the auto-pilot was turned on tells me why it's acting like it is. it has gained learned behaviors from it's pilot and has been following their example. so it smites heretics because the guy called the enemies heretics. actually, once we power up ours we should run that cleanup, maybe that's why it was overly aggressive?

If you run the cleanup program you will probably make it useless without a pilot in the seat.

Being able to bypass a lot of the usual interface layer is a powerful tool, but it means that stuff that you'd normally be locked out of doing is a very real possibility with our help.

Sit in the pilot's seat, THEN activate the CleanUp program.

Baron 2016/03/30(Wed)19:10 No. 712594 ID: ca1cab
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Yes, I don't think I could do anything with this Guardian unless I could be there physically.

"Girwf I- whaffuh?"

"Will you let go of him? That is most unbecoming!"

"But his eyes. Ye saw them didn't ya? Lighten up an' all!"

"I know, I told him it must be the light of the Holy, but he wouldn't lis-hey! Stop touching him!"

"Ye leggo first!"

STOP THAT.

Seriously unprofessional, girls.

okay, this may actually be the correct time for a crude joke.
girls, you can touch me all you want later *eyebrow waggle*

or just try to turn it off so they stop if you want to be boring.

Stop poking me while I talk to my giant robot. I'm try to get the damn thing running again so it will stop yelling at me

Leggo! It's fine! I'm just connecting with something when I do that so stop squeezing me!

>>712594
Squeeze them back?

Suggestion 2016/04/01(Fri)12:30 No. 713013 ID: ca1cab
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"You know what? Fine. Mind powers activate."

"Uwah?!"

"I guess I didn't hit you hard enough last time."

Wow that was dumb.

Okay, five minute break.

DOOOOOODGE

and then ask if they have calmed down now. this is important. you need their, and the guardian's help.

Baron 2016/04/02(Sat)14:51 No. 713349 ID: ca1cab
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"Girls! Hands off! Damn that girl's grip, I think she pushed a tooth loose! Seriously unprofessional, girls."
"What was that last bit?"

"I apologize, you're right. That...was unproffesional of me."

"Unpro-you were ready ta rip his shirt off."

"I was not you little-"

"It doesn't matter. Ach-ka it still hurts. The point is the Guardian...thing, has been empty for near seventy years. Yes?"

"Yes, but how did you-"

"The Guardian needs a thing called a CleanUp program."

"Wait, what?"

Wait, it's an icon for them, they don't understand.


>>713039
>>713040
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NSdUZhgOPe0[/spoiler]

>>713349
So do we reveal it's just a machine or take advantage of their beliefs?

tell them the thing is low on power so it needs to gather it's strength, it can do this but it needs to "clean up" or basically get it's shit together so it can recharge and move around again.

>>713351
wrong one. the guardian is the one that is on. ours is off.

try to explain it like a super intelligent dog. it bonds with a master and learns from them. everything the guardian does it learned from Stoneheart, before he bonded to it the guardian was an empty shell. now, some things from when it was empty are still around, in this case it needs someone it refers to as a guardian to give it permission to help me.

ask: maybe the guard you have? or a card someone else has?

>>713349
As a technical person, I can tell you maintenance is suggested for a reason.
Run the cleanup program and everything will be fine.

Suggestion 2016/04/09(Sat)17:41 No. 715295 ID: ca1cab
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That's my problem. I barely understand it. I can't explain something that baffles even me. I'll go with the dog thing I suppose.

"Look, the Guardian...it's like a large dog. Stoneheart was the guide, or maybe guardian, teaching it what it had to do. It needs a new guardian, I think."

"You think?"

"That's what I've been able to understand. When my eyes do whatever it was you said, I hear things. From the Guardian. But the Guardian says it needs a...new guardian for something it calls a cleanUp program."

"What's that?"

"I'm not sure, but I need to get inside to find out what. Lylia, I'm sure you can help me with that."

"..."

"Lylia?"

"I can't. I can help you, but I can't."

"I-I don't follow."

"You saved me from the beasts below, and for that I am grateful. But despite your heroism, despite your mark showing you as Touched, I cannot allow you into the Guardian without inducting you into the Order."

"Yet I saved you. You said it yourself. Doesn't that count for anything?"

"Your deed was benefit to me, but not the Order. There are plenty who would say you were in league with the beasts-"

"They're called Gormoamhi."

"Regardless of their name, some would even claim that you are trying to seduce me, that my rescue was staged. If you were to help me with this House Dyaine problem, there would be no way they could deny you."

"But you said it yourself, this matter with the elves is trivial. I don't see how that would help-"

"It is something I am formally requesting from you. No way it can be planned out by some foreigner beforehand. Also I really don't want to meet my mother alone!"

Tell Lylia that you can handle a Mafia feud like this, but she really needs to get a grip on reality. You don't appreciate her forceful re-association of efforts and events to people and organizations that she doesn't fully understand; it makes things harder to track and is a strong source of corruption in powerful organizations.

>>715295
ah, her mother. that explains it. mom probably doesn't approve of her choice in career.

Baron 2016/04/17(Sun)20:21 No. 717485 ID: ca1cab
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Of course I can handle them, but that isn't why I'm here. I'm here to weaken them. I suppose visiting these elves could help, if only to get a better knowledge of the surrounding territory.


"I'll do it if only for you. Not for that feud you have with your order. I don't appreciate your I hope I'm saying this part rightforceful re-association of efforts and events to people and organizations that you don't fully understand."

"Do...does that mean you will help?"

"Ach-ka...yes! Yes, I'll do it."

"R-really? That was easier than I thought it'd be."

I'm not sure if Lydia's mother disapproval is the problem. From what Yviel has told me, the House Elves are very...strange. It's one of the reasons her family moved to the mountains, and why they came to Rezo voluntarily. Despite our reach, few in Rezo know about House Elves aside from the fact they exist. If Lylia's mother is part of this...House Dyaine then I'd be a fool to pass an opportunity to learn more about them. But that does mean I'm going into unknown territory. I'd best prepare. You're the omniscient ones, any tips on dealing with magical beings with more power than sense?

>You're the omniscient ones, any tips on dealing with magical beings with more power than sense?
Well usually they act like spoiled man children as in they believe they can do no wrong, are easily upset, have a skewed since of right and wrong, and if they're as powerful as you think they are then they actually have the ability to back up their bullshit.

Also, how long have you been around us? You of all people should know by now that we are far from all Knowing.

>>717485
Limited omniscient powers. The more we use them, the bigger the chance something will change and then, oops, you end up your own grandfather or something worse. Mostly we make good guesses. Sometimes we do other things.

My advice? You have an expert on the matter right in front of you. Ask Lylia what to expect, and we'll see what we can learn from what she says and does not say.

Not that most of us know anything concrete about magic, but when it comes to idiots with superpowers, stay as low-profile as possible and lead them into coming up with plans that work in your favor.

Other than that, we might be able to interact with the House Elves if they use technology similar to our own, even if their inventions are made from magic magic and magic.

Baron 2016/04/24(Sun)17:09 No. 718884 ID: ca1cab
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I am aware you aren't all knowing, I'm more hoping you had some spark of wisdom or something. Like possibly you've had experience in dealing with beings that are ageless, and do strange things for strange reasons.

Where the hells is my armor?

I intend to ask Lylia as we go, though that may not be my best option. I don't know if she left of her own volition, or if she was cast out. If the latter, what she may know may get me killed. Dying puts a serious obstacle in my plans.

Dammit, it has to be here, it's my room isn't it?

I'm not asking you to alter reality, just to tell me what I should do with...elves. Only ones I know have adopted Rezan culture and that's no help.

Gods dammit if it's gone for some stupid time altering reason I'm going to...be really upset. What else can I do?

who's all been in your room since you last put it away? think someone might have taken it out to clean it or something?

Anyways, yeah we know of elves but we're kinda in the same boat as you. Elves are like people as in they don't have just one culture so it's kinda hard to guess what they are like without some kind of source to base it off of. I guess you could ask around while looking for your armor and see what the locals know.

maybe can help with that
[locate armor]

Baron 2016/05/07(Sat)15:11 No. 721655 ID: ca1cab
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Are you sure that's a good idea to use your power to-

"Dam■it! Armor's ██ █ █ ██nctional! P██ ██ █ack! Pull back!"

"B⌡ck off yo█u fakkin-"

Baron 2016/05/07(Sat)15:11 No. 721656 ID: ca1cab
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...you know what? Let's just assume my armor's gone, and leave it at that. No more bizarre magic reality bending crap. Please.

>>721656
we probably should have been a little more specific but yeah let's wait awhile before we try that again... unless you want us to try and us our reality bending powers to get some info on the elves. Or you could just ask around if you don't want us to do that.

You'd need formal attire with combat enchantments for your next mission anyway.

... Time to go shopping?

Baron 2016/05/22(Sun)17:35 No. 725258 ID: ca1cab
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NO! No, enough mind benders. I'll...hells now my head hurts. Yeah I can just ask around. Or-something.

"Lookin' fer somethin'?"

"Yes, my armor. I-ah, can't find it."

"Ah, Mangalo said yer memories was full'a holes. If'n ye need a new set, ye can come with me. I'll be headin' along too."

Baron 2016/05/22(Sun)17:37 No. 725260 ID: ca1cab
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"You are? Why?"

"I dun trust that elf. If it's as important as she says, why is she so demandin' to bring ye along?"

"So you think something is wrong?"

"Aye. That and...ye savin' me. This'll repay the boon owed to ye."

>>725260
why... is she blushing?

Anyways ask her what she knows about the elves then. I mean if the two of you are going shopping then it's as good of a topic as any to talk about while you go get your things. Also ask her what did happen to your armor, she seems to actually know about it so might as well ask.

Ask her if she needs supplies for her craft. Also, buy her a new blacksmithing kit.

I wonder how Gyoji's doing.

well, lets have her fill those holes. and then later you can fill her holes.

Baron 2016/05/28(Sat)23:17 No. 726616 ID: ca1cab
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Gyoji...it feels so long ago since I've seen her. Yet I can still remember her face perfectly. A conflict of emotions. Sadness. Fear. Relief? I wonder how she is doing? If she is with father she should be safe...unless father is doing something foolhardy like starting a war up north.

"Remind me again why I'm stripped down."

"The smithy needs yer measurements. Yer new armor remember?"

"Speaking of which, you said there were holes in my memory regarding that? What happened."

"Well I can't say I know proper what happened seein' as how I was out on yer back, so dun take me word for it. Ye marched out with some fancy named sword-what did Mangalo call it? Udumbli? Uminki? Whatever. While the other folk were busy keepin' the Gormoamhi, ye snuck out with me an' Mangalo tae get yer armor, then you an' the rest o' yer throng went out an' gave 'em a whoopin. Wish I was awake tae see it."

"That still doesn't explain what happened to my armor."

"Oh something about stormin' Mangalo's manor, settin' off a trap and meltin' metal. I wasn' nae payin' much attention tae that part of the story."

Make some armor for Veni. He can't face danger naked! Well he can but that'd be a bad idea.

RedGreenBlue 2016/05/31(Tue)17:08 No. 726998 ID: 93244f
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I'm not even reading this quest.
Whatever, have some armor.

Baron 2016/06/12(Sun)01:44 No. 729079 ID: ca1cab
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"Ye look silly."

"Don't mock, they made this. Tell me, what do you know about the elves?"

"Who is they? Wot, the blokes yer gonna fight?"

"We don't know if there is any fighting yet."

"There prob'ly will be."

"Why? Are they aggressive."

"Nai. They're a pain to figure out. Even if they don' try an' kill you fer breakin' some taboo only they know about, it's impossible to tell what they want ye tae do."

"And why's that?"

"Masks! They all wear masks all the damn time! An' just when ya think ye figure them out, they switch masks without ye lookin' and they act different. It's like dealin' with children! Children with magic that can kill ya!"

so they're like actors then, playing the part of the mask. Which means we're going to have to find out what their mask mean and what taboos they do and don't have. Well time to pin lylia in a corner and see what she knows. Maybe threaten that if she doesn't give us the information we need to actually go into this meeting without knowing how to avoid a fight we'll call the whole thing off.

Lylia will probably know the general idea of what the masks we are likely to see would represent. Would it help or make them mad if we got some masks of our own?

Baron 2016/06/20(Mon)16:24 No. 731105 ID: ca1cab
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Well you made more sense out of her than I did. The more I learn, the more Lylia's demands seem odd. She's hiding something, and that' unacceptable. I'm the one that's supposed to be deceiving people!

Speak of them and they come...

"Get this out by the hour, I don't care what it takes."

Baron 2016/06/20(Mon)17:12 No. 731128 ID: ca1cab
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"Lylia! You have some explaining!"

"Wha-"

"You want me to go and 'help' you, but I have no information on what I am facing. What are these masks?"

"What mas-who did you hear that from?!"

why does it matter who? do they have masks or not? and don't say they don't unless they really don't because if everyone puts on a mask at this meeting after you say no, i will be very cross with you.

Please stop lording over Lylia. You're being invasive.

Ask about how to step over the elves' tails (figuratively, as you might literally need to step on a few tails for reasons) and focus on the mission.

Suplex her continuously until she gives you some answers.

Baron 2016/06/26(Sun)18:46 No. 732058 ID: ca1cab
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She was going to let me go into a scenario where I could be killed by a bunch of crazy elves for not following some nebulous rules. Rules that she knows since she was raised by them. I am owed some explanation, and if intimidating it out of her is necessary, I'll do it.

But I will not suplex her. That's just...no.

"Why does it matter who? Do they have masks or not?"


"Well-"

"And don't say they don't unless they really don't because if everyone puts on a mask at this meeting after you say no-"

"No! They-they do! I just thought you didn't need to know because...I already thought you knew."

"No you didn't."

"I did! Well I didn't think you knew exactly. But I guessed you did. Because Mangalo?"

"And a guess was all you needed? Didn't need to ask me if I knew?"

"I used to be so good at deception..."

well, to be fair you have us in your head interpreting things. anyway, should we also have masks or would a non-elf wearing a mask be a grave insult that makes them disagree with anything we say out of principal? which could still be used to our advantage if we word the request right...

Considering she mentioned she was formerly good at deception, I wonder how much more she's lied to us about so far.

Baron 2016/07/02(Sat)17:52 No. 733308 ID: ca1cab
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"Start. Talking."

"I. Ah-I didn't even know of this issue. In truth, I was chosen by a commander for this because I am-was an elf of the Old Houses. That is why I am going."

"That doesn't explain why-"

"And when I was assigned, you were mentioned. After what happened with the Guardian, you have attracted a lot of attention from the militant leaders of the order. They said I was to have you come along. I do not know why."

"Why the deception though?"

"I was supposed to just bring you along, willingly or otherwise. I was hoping you'd come along willingly...I don't want to face the Houses alone. I've been away too long."

"And I was supposed to go in with no mask?"

"Oh! No, I-ah, was making one for you...it's still not finished. I planned to finish it as we traveled. I needed to know more about you to make it..."

Something tells me she only thought she was ever good at deceiving people. I barely even started prying and she's confessing everything to me. Though that is worrying. I am attracting unwanted attention.

She seems to have specialized training in one type of misdirection, but may be new to other types of psychological warfare. If her mother really did plan on abandoning her, then having her trained for one specific job and nothing else would maximize her chances of succeeding at her job and dying straight after.

Ask about how you're supposed to wear the mask.

hmmm, well, let's get back inside. if things get dicey during this thing you can just tell the guardian to blow someone up.

Baron 2016/07/10(Sun)16:49 No. 734983 ID: ca1cab
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Inside? Inside where? We're leaving soon on this expedition. If this is a trap, it's a poorly made one if she is so quick to reveal it to me.

"This is the mask? How am I supposed to wear this? It's too small for me."

"It will fit, just put it on and it will stay. Though I don't think you should wear it yet. It isn't finished. You won't see correctly."

"The holes are in the correct places. I could see just fine with this."

"No that's not what I mean."

Baron 2016/07/10(Sun)16:50 No. 734984 ID: ca1cab
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"I mean you won't SEE correctly."

Wow my head hurts.

...why does she look like a fox person thing?

Maybe take the mask back off.

So is it magically enchanted? What purpose could that be?

Either way this is going to be a strange and interesting party.

... Why the hell are her breasts smaller? Does this imply something disappointing? Not your problem, you're not dating her.

Ask her about the augmented reality; how "accurate" is it? I'd guess like 70% (physics, placement of entities, stuff other than appearance).

trippy.

Baron 2016/07/17(Sun)20:23 No. 736617 ID: ca1cab
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Take it off? How does one take off their face? What is the accuracy of reality if it isn't reality? Why must-

"See? It isn't ready yet. Neither are you."

The light dances across my eyes a shimmering glance upon my

Baron 2016/07/17(Sun)20:27 No. 736619 ID: ca1cab
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What the hells did I just say?

"The hells was that?"

"It is what the Houses see. What I used to see. You cannot see it yet, because the mask isn't ready."

"Want to explain that a little more?"

"It is hard, you did not live among the Houses, they have words for things you don't. I'm trying to explain, but 'see' is the best word I can think of. You need the mask to see, but if the mask isn't ready for you, then what you 'see' and what you 'are' become harder to know. I don't know if that made any sense."

Does that thing access your subconscious and stuff cocaine in the holes?

Your trip got weirder and weirder, so wearing the mask for extended periods may cause brain damage.

Specifically, through an axe to the head by anyone you piss off while tripping.

okay so, several layers of magic interacting with your perception at the same time. that means the mask actually DOES alter their personalities and they aren't just acting.

ok from what I'm getting off her is that the mask let's you see things in a new way (kinda like a drug trip) but since she isn't done working on the mask, when you put it on you lost the ability to tell what was real and what was fake (like a bad drug trip). So in order for you you see and actually understand what the fuck the elves are talking about you need to wait for her to finish the mask so it can filter out the unwanted noise so you can go on the drug trip without it fucking with your mind.

Or in short, the elves are hippy druggies that are baked 24/7 just without the drugs. The mask (once finished) will let you join there drug trip without actually going crazy since only a druggy can truly talk to another druggy and hope to understand each other.

Ask how long she think it's going to take until it's ready, because it would be nice to actually experience the masked sights and get use to them BEFORE we try and talk to her family.

Baron 2016/07/27(Wed)21:23 No. 739050 ID: ca1cab
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Okay I understood about half of that. All I want to know is how much this sets me back.

"Just tell me how long I have to wait before the mask is finished."

"Well that's a problem. I don't know how long."

"...why?"

"Because I don't know enough of YOU."

"What about me do you need to know."

"Not you as in you, I mean the YOU that makes you."

"I don't follow."

"Told ya they be a pain to figure out."

"You're not helping either!"

<sarcasm> Oh absolutely, do you want an entire autobiography in BACON WRAP AND METH or are you willing to wait for FIVE WEEKS for the lifetime analysis to arrive in the TIME TRAVEL?! </sarcasm>

We can't help you here boss, your personality core isn't something we can grab from your mind. Or even read.

What if you find a fairy-like lifeform and face@#$% them between your face and the mask? Let someone else take the drug trip for you.

We're not really useful when our clients are drugged out. Most of our suggestions to stoned clients are either A) trying to get them to snap out of it or B) trolling them.

And no, we're not giving you a @#$%ing encyclopedia on all of us, so don't try to shove the mask trip on our perspective in your stead.

she basically saying that she's basing the mask off who you are. As in the type of person you are. From what I'm getting the mask is more or less a physical representation of you. You know like how some people get paintings or bust done of them, she trying to do something similar with the mask but wants to it to representing who you are as a person instead of representing you at that point and time.

Or if none of that is making sense to you she's basically making you a second face and like real faces no to faces are exactly alike. Also she basically asking you about yourself so she's probably going to follow you around for awhile so be ready for that.

>>739050
She needs a personality profile, not the details of your history. Even though the former influences the latter directly, it isn't the same thing.

Assign her as an escort and bodyguard while you go about your normal daily tasks of.. what, inspection, exercise, and paperwork?

Wait, she needs to "know" you? Is she saying she has to sleep with you?

Well. She does have nice eyes.

i'd say be careful about the mask interacting with the guardians, if one of those sees through you while you are altered then shit WILL go tits up.

Baron 2016/08/05(Fri)22:06 No. 740650 ID: 3784a5
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Of course you think she has to sleep with me. It seems I'm doing that with every woman I run into ever since I picked you up, like I'm some Gamin slut fresh out of Primary Academia.

Frankly I don't know how the magic of the mask works, but it's strong. Very strong. Before I lost myself I could practically taste the stuff oozing off the mask. That's the sort of magic I don't want to tamper with unless I know damn sure what will happen. Jumping into the unknown like that is what lead to a Makag Patriarch exploding.

Perhaps having Lylia accompany as an assistance has some credence. If that fails perhaps I can get some help from Mangalo. We are heading for the border town Amicelli. Mangalo did say he had business here so I does mean I'll have an alternative if her observing me and...laying with me doesn't work.

"Lylia, if you need to KNOW me, perhaps you can accompany me today, we won't be leaving for House land for a few days yes? So maybe we can use this as a chance to-"

"Did I just see...?"

Nope, didn't see a thing. What's up, doc?

there seems to be a larger red glow coming from the bushes, kinda looks like you're holding something.

also see what?

gonna need you to rotate the uhh... viewpoint for us boss. our current angle puts you behind gwen.

Baron 2016/08/14(Sun)23:58 No. 742409 ID: ca1cab
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"What? What? What am I looking at?"

"You see it don't you? That flash of purple!"

"Where?"

"Down there by the orchard! It's him! It has to be."

"Pretend I don't know anything about your people for a moment. Who is he?

"One Eye we called him. Bastard lead a raid gainst us. Killed my father...my mother disappeared hunting him. Ta think he came this far south..."

does she want the guardian to step on him or fight him herself?

Baron 2016/08/22(Mon)00:46 No. 743857 ID: ca1cab
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I can barely get the Guardian to even speak to me, getting it to move halfway across the country to step on someone is beyond my ability.

"And if it is him, what do you-hey!"

"I have tae see it with me own eyes. I need tae see the beast fer meself!"

"Wait! We need to set up a search party! A group! Anything! Don't just-"

"I'm not lettin him get away! Not this time!"

"At least take the road!"

"Not surprising to see her run off. Her kind were always too headstrong for their own good."

just need to sweet talk it is all.
anyway, give her support, stealthily. only step in if it's too much for her to handle.

Baron 2016/09/02(Fri)00:22 No. 745649 ID: ca1cab
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Stealthily? I can barely

"Hrk!"

I can barely keep up with her.

"...taking it. My problems outweigh yours!"

Baron 2016/09/02(Fri)00:27 No. 745650 ID: ca1cab
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"Dammit! She's gone..."

"Apologies sir. If you wish, the Order will compensate your for your 'appropriated' horse."

"Order? That firebrand was part of the Order?"

"It seems so...sir...we'll never catch her on foot. I seriously recommend we go to the town."

"But what if that red...whatver thing she said is too much for her?"

"We can only hope that it isn't. Please, we must make for the town. At least then we can organize a search party. Yes it will take precious time away from out quest but..."

damn, okay can't hurt to try. just call up the robot, think of her face and think something like 'priority: protect'. if that fails you will have at least tried.

...damn, you know someone has problems when it makes us look sane by comparison.

But yeah, unless you want us to try and use our freaking search ability to track her down I think the search party would be best.

Baron 2016/09/11(Sun)23:04 No. 747658 ID: ca1cab
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Why do you keep telling me to tell the machine to search? I am still not totally sure how to even talk to the damn things and you want me to-what-command it to march out here and look for one woman?

How do I do that? Just say Guardian start scan and that will

Baron 2016/09/11(Sun)23:09 No. 747659 ID: ca1cab
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Moving to Optimal Position

"What the-"

"What is that sound-The Guardian?! What's it doing coming out he-!"

Parameter Missing: <Scan filter> Awaiting input

"What did you do?!"

"What did who do?"

Filter: Bunny Heartbeat

Looks like the guardian is simpler to command at times then you think, but you could insert what you know of her features and now have it scan.

well the guardian is ready to look for your girl

Just tell it search parameters are her gender, her race, her age (ball park it if you need to), and maybe even her name. That should give your guardian what it needs to know what to look for.

just think of what she looks like.

>>747659
Find Nearest: Female Biped WEARING purple cloth WITH sword
Return: Image, location, Unique identifier.

Baron 2016/09/20(Tue)23:48 No. 748873 ID: ca1cab
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Fine ub-de-uh. Filter: Bunny Heartbeat?

20,602 results
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Okay that's a number far bigger than one. Find Nearest: Female Biped WEARING purple cloth WITH sword

sssssssssssssssssssssssssssaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiddddddid

Parameter overload

wwwwwwwwwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaatttttttttttttt aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr yyyyyyoooooooooooooooooooooooooo

What does that even mean?! uh...find daoine female age...adult?

...1 match.

Where?!

Unknown command

Stop being so damned stupid! Where is she?!
doooooooooooooooooooooooooooiiing?

"ANSWER ME!"

I'M ASKING THE QUESTIONS!"

>>748873
The hell happened to his code? You'd expect a command prompt for nonzero search results. Fine whatever just say "PRINTLN(ans)" and wait for the information overload. There MIGHT be coordinates. Or just biodata on her.

Guardian user manual certainly wasn't in the first print... Oh wait lylia is talking to us, say your thoughts connected with the guardian and now it's scanning for Gwendoylin, technically true enough.

uh, say "identify location of target" or "relay target's location"

Those should work.

Also the blond mask elf wants to know that we're trying to play with our giant robot.

>>748873
[Return: Target Location]

Suggestion 2016/09/27(Tue)16:44 No. 750121 ID: 46f576
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Return target location."

Locations marked.

3?! you said one match! How can there be

"You. Will. Stop. Ignoring me!"

Baron 2016/09/27(Tue)16:46 No. 750122 ID: 46f576
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"Damn you, answer me! Why is the Guardian here? What did you do?! What in all of the Holy have you done?!"

"Lady Lylia, the Guardian! It's-"

"I know! And so help me I will get my answers!"

>3?! you said one match! How can there be

well either it's triangulating her location giving you a rough estimate of where to find her... or she's been torn into three pieces. But seeing how she only really just left and how far apart those pieces are from each other I doubt the second one.

But anyways we now know she's on that hill so let's get to looking. Oh and tell your girlfriend that our giant friend might have found our bunny.

all you did was ask it to find your rabbity friend. and it did.

Possibly a symptom of the system so old. An error, but one that's not insurmountable.

Or maybe it's looking into alternate dimensions simultaneously and it picked out the three best matches based on where she is in this dimension and its neighboring dimensions!

Who know! This is fun!

>>750122
She's grabbing you again. You should grab her back.

Baron 2016/10/09(Sun)18:04 No. 752072 ID: ca1cab
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"Look-stop shaking me-"

"Hands off barbarian!"

"Explain yourself, what. Did. You. Do?"

"All I know is that the Guardian is here, and it's saying that Gwendolyn is in three places."

"Three? You don't think-"

"I don't know what it means. All I know is that you're busy interrogating me when we can be out there looking for her! Unless there's some elf magic playing with this too."

"N-no! No...maybe? I don't think so. But-

"Whatever the reason, we now know where she MIGHT be. We should split and search the locations the Guardian marked. And can you tell this man to let me go?"

"Oh! Yes! Yes! We should but at such short notice...

"Dammit...just...hold this."

"Why what is it?

"You will find out soon enough."

"What's that supposed to mean?"

not sure what he means, he's just weird some times... by the way, sup.

could you tell your pet goon to let go of our friend. We were trying to help him find the bunny girl with anger issues and poor self control.

hi, we're the brains of this operation. our good buddy has to deal with us alll the time, so chill on thinking he is a spaz.

I cast the mystic spell SWORD TO DILDO on that goon's sword. Blatant abuse of reality bending powers to the rescue!

Baron 2016/10/18(Tue)22:23 No. 753799 ID: ca1cab
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"Gah! Voices!"

"What are you doooooooooooooooooooo

"I wasn't ready! I wasn't ready!"

Baron 2016/10/18(Tue)22:24 No. 753800 ID: ca1cab
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THEMAGICISDIFFERENTITISIWRONGTHEVEILWEAKENSANDTEARS!

Whoops. Level three involuntary astral projection. I don't think that's happened since that time in the noodle shop.

Those were some really great noodles though.

>>753800
huh... you ok their kid? You're spirt self is showing a little.

[turn completely off for 2 seconds.]

It is a good pain, yesss?

Oh jeeze magical backlash against a different type of magic? We are not WRONG though! *Attempt autocorrection*

Baron 2016/10/30(Sun)14:35 No. 756165 ID: ca1cab
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What

Baron 2016/10/30(Sun)14:36 No. 756166 ID: ca1cab
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Where is this?

What have you done?

And what noodles?

Looks like an obligatory inner-characterization trial. Basically, some disembodied voice asks you questions and you poke some objects to answer and it gives you powers and contracts and ^&*(. Just wait for the prompt.

huh, haven't seen anything like this except for that time we accidentally erased reality for a day. But to answer your questions

>Where is this?
either we're inside your mind or some kind of pocket space... or again, we accidentally erased reality. Don't worry it'll come back in a few hours if that's the case but I don't think it is.

>What have you done?
Sorry love but this one is on you. You panicked when you grabbed us and tapped into something, not sure what though.

>And what noodles?
cheap and tasty food stuff. When we get back we should go out and see if we can't find some.

Any more questions?

>>756166
We're an ancient artifact of immense power.
Well, 'ancient' is a misnomer; we exist outside of time and don't follow it the way mundane artifacts of immense power do.

We're not sure where you are.

You touched something you shouldn't have, with unpredictable results - every time we crop up people are warned not to touch us because it winds up being a huge debacle.
I think whatever magic was on you might have conflicted with our nature, and we may have purged it.

Lets not talk about the noodle incident.

we worked fine for everyone else, meaning something is up with you that didn't agree with us.

No no, let's not blame her for this, We tried to mess with that sword when we were loose, and my guess is THAT is what interacted with her own mojo.

Which is startlingly similar to what happened in the noodle shop, come to think of it. Man that feels like ages ago.

>>756212

Aw, thanks for reminding me of that. Well, at least she's not screaming like a banshee.

Yes, she's taking it quite well compared to our friend at the noodle shop.

I can still remember all the cursing and crying and screaming like it was yesterday, instead of an eternity.

Baron 2016/11/05(Sat)18:00 No. 757132 ID: ca1cab
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Noodle-wait no! If you are what I think you are, this shouldn't be! You aren't supposed to dispel my magic! You can't! Take me back! TAKE ME BACK!

Baron 2016/11/05(Sat)18:01 No. 757133 ID: ca1cab
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"Veni?! Oh you couldn't have picked a worse ti-"

"I know I know, my father wants to see me."

"Yes but before that, please see to that Tsang Naji you bought home, she's causing a real fuss. The Marker is at his wits end trying to hold her."

"LORD! LORD JU GWAH! HELP ME!"

"I'm guessing Ju Gwah is you?"

I can't tell if that was you or me that did this.

Well, that was literal.

This is Veni before he met you, but after he met us. Seeing as how this universe has paradox crumple-zones, I suggest you go straight to Veni and say something only WE would say.

It's easier to figure out what we would NOT say. We talk a lot of gibberish when we feel like it.

both. our power and your desires. please wait until he is alone before running up to him and talking about how his dang orb time traveled you.
we may be able to return to your present if you can make a more accurate description of it.

>>757132
What, exactly, do you think we are?
This is important.

You got your face right up next to that statue's junk.

hehehehehe

Baron 2016/11/13(Sun)17:09 No. 758302 ID: ca1cab
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"Veni! Finally, can you help me with your slave? She's being very disruptive. Even the soldiers you bought back can't hold her down long enough for me to karve it. And if I mess up her Mark, who knows how it will affect her personality."

My desires? My only desire is to leave whatever this place is. Where even am I? Who is Veni?


"UNHAND ME! DO YOU FORGET WHO YOU SERVE?! DID YOU FORGET WHO I AM?!"

"Gyoji, calm yourself."

"But Lord Ju-"

"My name is Venian."

Oh.


Wait. What you are? How can you not even know what you are?

You're the Antithesis. We try and create order, you sow chaos. We create through the Linear Lattice, but you? You draw What Shouldn't Be. It cuts the Lattice and dilutes Creation. And my own magic unravels around you. I don't know how, but you managed to tug on the Lattice and tried to merge it with The Foundations.

"And I said calm down."

Also shut up, the statue barely even has a crotch.

>Wait. What you are? How can you not even know what you are?
because our memories get wiped from time to time. Usually whenever we find a new guy to claim us and carry us around. And before you ask you're just borrowing us so that's why we didn't start over as a blank slate. But hey since you actually seem to know that the hell is going on mind explaining why things from other realities and myths are starting to pop into this world? I mean We're pretty sure those giant metal guardians came from the future and that's why the recognize Vini. He's kinda someone of importance in the days of tomorrow.

>>758302
chaos and order need to be balanced. we probably exist specifically because something is trying to create extra amounts of order, so the universe itself has created us, a singularity of chaos. besides, if you really wanted order you would have just used ice 9 and sealed the planet.

Think of us as a collection of drunk auditors.

You might think that perfect order is the ultimate and unattainable ideal, but there's always a chance that even the most stable system has a gruesome epilogue. And sometimes, that epilogue has a ruthless yet logical motive, sometimes even for a good yet misguided cause! There are entire universes where the Linear Lattice's end goal is the systematic destruction of all existing life. Why? @#$% would I know? Some 'guardians of order' will even go so far as to create self-destructive life and uplift it into creating celestial plagues to ensure that even the diseases don't survive.

We don't know what your system hopes to accomplish any more than we know the full extent of the consequences of our chaos. But if you push and we pull, cracks will form in the system and we can analyze what outcomes have been considered.

For example, you're witnessing a standard episode of Rezan's criminal culture as it happened. Take a look around, see if you can find something we didn't the first time.

Baron 2016/11/26(Sat)17:32 No. 761699 ID: ca1cab
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That's incredibly vague...this talk of futures and nonlinear time. This only sets to upset it all.

You don't understand. I don't want order. We now longer seek it. We seek balance. Between order and chaos, between change and stasis. We want unison in the Lattice. Yet you...you disrupt it with something else. You were able to merge myself and my Self before ripping it apart again. I don't know what you are. I can only say you shouldn't be. There are many things that shouldn't be according to my people, but you are probably the highest concentration of wrongness.

"You there, elf, who are you?"

"Who, m-me?"

"I don't recognize you, and your collar is unknown to me. Only Makag and its client families are allowed here. What family owns you? Why are you here?"

"I. I-ah."

This is actually the past? Not a memory?

"What's wrong? Is your family too poor to teach your the basics of our speech?"

Quick, recite Fernat's Last Theorem in reverse-falsetto!

"Any two natural numbers, no matter their rational wonder, can NEVER solve the equation of pythagoreas exponentiation modded beyond two~

The meaning of this quip, is to answer with a record thwip, that any attempt at combining inferior magical scrying powers, will not overcome your ORB OF INFINITE PSYCHE'S Crypto-Tower!

So by cryptosecurity protocols, shattered to bits by a mere password from a ball, you must listen to me, I am you(R-servant) from the will be now to THEE!"

>>761699
just say that the orb has done some time stuff and you are from the future so he should just ignore you until you go back.

Just say you're trying to figure things out about life and the ways of the universe. Also ask if he doesn't have anywhere more important to be or someone more important to talk to. Like his dad, or friend, or anyone really.

Because right now is when he has been summoned by his father to be told about the problems in the west where all the local tribes have banded together because sergals "a race from another reality" have shown up and are basically kicking their ass and pushing them west. He don't know any of this yet though.

>>761699
Wait a sec, did we already do this? Will have done this? Did do this in the present-past of our own tangled timeline? I should check the archive to make sure, see if you have a line. Wouldn't do to attempt to introduce a paradox, even if that might be impossible.

…Okay, good news and bad news. Good news, you don't have to worry about any lines, because this is new territory we're treading here! We didn't have already will done this yet! That, unfortunately is also the bad news. Isn't this exciting? Let's try not to mess anything up! I mean, any more than we already have, because we just interrupted a conversation that wasn't interrupted the first time through.

Um. Shit… Okay, first off, don't panic! Panic will only make it worse. Second, uh… anyone else got a good idea? I'm no good at smoothing over paradoxes. Do we need to redirect back to his original actions in this situation, or do we try to give him an advantage with future knowledge?

Baron 2016/11/27(Sun)20:24 No. 761995 ID: ca1cab
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"Um-ah-buh any two natural numbers, no matter their rational wonder, can NEVER solve the equation of pythagoreas exponentiation modded beyond two-why am I saying this?"

"Why are you saying that? Has the karving loosened your mind?"

"Um...no I'm trying to figure out the ways of the universe. That makes even less sense. Also don't you need to visit your father? Because right now you will be summoned by to be told about the problems in the west where all the local tribes have banded together because a race from another reality have are threatening your holds."

"..."

That's an unhappy face. I don't want to be here. Please, this time take me back.

"At the speed we're going, we'll hit Yang Quay by nightfall. And all it's pretty ladies...with those shining eyes...and welcoming smiles...and spread-"
"Please focus on the road Fayjinwa. I do not need to hear about your sexual escapades with half the city's prostitute population."


It happened again didn't it?

You get one explanation. Then I call the guards: Why did you suddenly appear?"

say magic orb

and hold us up.

and everyone else thinking of a suggestion, keep it short and simple.

... Seriously?

Recite the words "Take me FORWARD". Idiot.

> What do
Kiss and grope her.

>>762010
Yeah, this is the sensible option.

you know when I told you all that stuff about Veni, I didn't mean for you to repeat all of that in front of him. I was just trying to fill you in so you wouldn't be confused.

Anyways since you said take me back you have brought us back to our very first memory. Where all the crazy started. So congrats, if you jump any further back in time we'll be just as clueless as you are.

Oh and as for what to say, just say "magic orb" and leave it at that.

Oh and don't say this but you don't need to worry about her guards. They're going to be busy in a few moments.

>>762010
>>762011
wait for the third date guys.

>>762007
>>762036

What these two said.

Baron 2016/12/11(Sun)17:23 No. 765252 ID: ca1cab
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Well how am I supposed to know how you work? Why does your stupid magic have to be so literal?


"Um. Magic orb. Also your guards are going to be busy soon?"

"What do you mean-"

"AMBUSH!"

"JU GWAH! I'LL TEAR YOUR ARMS OF-AGH!"

"What's going on out there?!

"Ach-ka...tze igoga chuva roktsudi."

"What kind of speech is that?"

Oh that, that's just Rezan slavers attacking the caravan so they can steal it's wealth and capture slaves for their kingdom. If I recall this is these bands rite trail, the thing they have to do before they are consider an true slaver and an equal among their peers. Also I think they might be fucking with this chicks birds in a moment.

Also about our magic, it's a bit random but once you get a feel for it you can usually nudge it where you want to go... It's more fun that way.

>>765252
Might as well tell her she's going to meet her future love today in an unexpected location! Should distract her enough for us to return you to when you left. Hopefully.

Otherwise, things will get really interesting!

Baron 2016/12/25(Sun)16:08 No. 768188 ID: ca1cab
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" You're magic jewel thing wants me to tell you your lover is with them."


"I don't have a lover..."

"Well the jewel also says there are slavers out there. Slavers?"

"Slavers? Here?"

"Gakh! Tso tud'luo! Anikle! Anikle!"

"Wait! That's Jia! Stop hurting my bird!"

"That's a giant bird. That shouldn't...no. I've had enough. Take me b- forward. Take me forward."

Baron 2016/12/25(Sun)16:11 No. 768189 ID: ca1cab
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"Could you not scream so loudly? When I touched for the first time it I didn't scream."

"Ugh...what was the purpose of that?"

"To split us up. I can still speak with it even if I don't hold it. And they in turn can speak to you. You can hear them now yes?"

"Y-yes..."

"Good. By the way, when you started screaming, the magic practically exploded off of you. Want to explain what happened there?"

"I'm not too sure myself..."

that was time travel, you appeared at the exact same time and place you left so it doesn't LOOK like anything happened at all. ask him to think about the time Gyoji was causing trouble about her slave mark tattoo. we appeared there for a little bit and ran into him, does he remember that?

we jumped back to random points of our pass right up to where he met us for the first time in his little raid. Also tell him he was kinda of an asshole when we talked to past him, also what is he doing to that guard, also why are your eyes glowing?

Hey Venian it was awesome! Her clothes exploded off and ten we did some time travel and she put her face near a statue's junk and she looks pretty good in a kimono I think I tried to turn that guard's sword into a dildo, did that happen?

Anyway hi.

Hopefully we didn't break anything important. Major reason we don't resort to time travel for everything: paradox-vulnerable time travel, by definition, breaks EVERYTHING. Well, there is some precedent for debate as to the nature of the atomic structure and time-space in general; if you make a sound in one galaxy, does it affect any atom or spatial disortion in another galaxy that's millions of light-years away instantly? Gravitational theory says yes, but the changes would be so utterly miniscule that anything non-nuclear would be practically the same. Point is, when time travel destroys everything by definition, we don't resort to it.

Baron 2017/01/03(Tue)00:03 No. 770159 ID: ca1cab
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No, but you did make him drop it. At least I'm assuming it was you that made the guard drop it and not Lylia's annoying tantrum. Disabling him was much easier afterwards. So when were you planning on telling me you can go to the past?

"Something about time travel? I don't know. But I saw you. "

"Fascinating. Can we go now?"

"Not so fast. Do you recognize me? Do you think I'm familiar to someone back home? Remember the elf you spoke to when Gyoji was having trouble?"

"How do you know about Gyo-wait...you seem familiar...it can't be."

"I need to know. Who are you? Really?

"A simple northman-"

"No, you're not. I've seen the memories. I know you're more than some hired muscle, but I don't know what. If I'm to trust you I must know more. Who are you?"

Wait I'm confused.

You didn't tell her you're a prince? You took ownership of a Titan, go on diplomatic missions across decadent noble houses, you're always haughty and self-righteous and all that, you practically announced to her that you're planning to become an emperor starting with this island Tropico! And you didn't tell her who you are yet?!

Look, we (by which we mean us and "Oh-How-Dare-You-Take-Me-Back" Lylia) accidentally screwed around with your history two times: once with you when Gyoji was making a scene back when you first arrived with her in tow, and once with Gyoji right before you met us. We're worried that we broke something, hard. Gyoji is still your girlfriend, right? I mean, she's still sexually attracted to you out of sheer submissiveness and grew that huge rack, right?

... Oh wait, that last thing was a myth from the play that's going to be about you in the future. Sorry.

we kinda don't know what we can do until it happens, memory loss and all that.

but yeah, you should really tell her who you are.

>>770159
>So when were you planning on telling me you can go to the past?
Didn't know we could and I don't think we could do it again. From what I understand our chaotic powers when mixed with her powers which she said are meant to be all about balance the two sorta backlashed off each other and we got the ability to travel through our past. She saw you right before you were crowned and during your slave run were you met us sooooo...

yeah not sure how much you can bullshit your way out of this one so might as well tell her who you are but leave out anything that might make you look bad since whenever we saw past you, you were kind of a dick to her. Just saying.

>>770159
We'll tell you we can do that as soon as we figure out how.
Time doesn't work for us like it does you.

Baron 2017/01/08(Sun)16:26 No. 771350 ID: ca1cab
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I'm supposed to keep as much secret as I can! Letting what little I have slip is going to be hells below to explain enough when I return to Rezo! Though if it will help move things along, I'll make a few more exceptions.

And as for the issue with time travel. You and I are going to have a session later, see how much you can tamper with events passed. But for now-

"I can't tell you. Not right now at least. Right now Gwendolyn is out there with potential danger, and the matter of your parents are unresolved. I promise to tell you later."

"Anything?"

"I-yes....anything."

"Alright then. The soldiers are assembling. Do you remember where the Guardian told you the lady was?"

"Yes I can mark them on a map, do you have one?"

"Of course I do! We should split into two parties to cover ground faster. You can investigate one, I another, and then we can meet at the third."

Baron 2017/01/08(Sun)16:32 No. 771352 ID: ca1cab
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"The Guardian revealed these three locations. Here, here, and here."

"Well one on the top right makes sense. That's the deep woods, close to House Dyaine. If a beast wants to lose pursiot, they would go there. The center one is in the middle of Dominiore Agicavalo's hunting meadows, that makes less sense. "

"And the left-most?"


"That's...typical woodland. It's area marked for the wood sellers and carpenters. Not much to say about it. It wouldn't make much sense to find a beast there since it sees so many people using it. I suppose one could hide by one of the falls, there seems to be an abundance of those I guess.

Well Northman, which shall I take and which shall you?"

>>771350
> And as for the issue with time travel. You and I are going to have a session later, see how much you can tamper with events passed.
uh, I think the only reason we pulled that off is because whatever magic she has running through her mix with our magic and we got time travel as a result. Kinda like how we erased existence for a day when we killed that one thing because of all the magic we pumped into that blow. Still doesn't hurt to try... well it shouldn't hurt in theory.

but yeah since we can be with you and blondy now might as well split up to get this show moving.

I recommend you send an expedition to that inconspicuous third place. There might be ruins buried in that area. Take the titan with you, he can DIG A HOLE, DIG A HOLE, DIG A HOLE, etc.

But yeah, have a squad search the middle area. You'll catch up at the northwest area.

also because I didn't see you update

we'll start from least likely and work up. So you take the left most area, Lylia can take center and then you both can move to the right spot. Also she's a local so it would probably be easier for her to bullshit her way into private property.

and don't forget it could have been triangulating so she is actually in the middle between all three points.

Baron 2017/01/11(Wed)01:22 No. 771729 ID: ca1cab
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Just a heads up, I'm dropping a lore bomb in the discussion thread I just remembered is a thing.

>>38451

Baron 2017/01/22(Sun)15:42 No. 774023 ID: ca1cab
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Well Lylia was right about this place. I don't think Gwendolyn's here. And I don't see how having the Guardian tearing up the place will help besides making a lot of locals angry. Though there might be a c ave network nearby. Could be worth investigating.

There's a daoine sword over there, but it isn't hers. The crossguard is made of a different material and the grip is wrapped in...I dunno what that stuff is. Monster leather?

huh, think the sword is being used as a grave marker? I know some warrior cultures use the fallen's weapons as grave markers since a warrior should never be without their weapon. I also know some cultures like to plant trees over their fallen as a sort of cycle of life thing. You know life from death.

Anyways if this place is a grave sight it would give the bunny a reason to actually come here. You know to pay her respects and what not.

>>774042
it could also be what made a false positive, a different bunny is in the dirt here.

Record the location, dig up the grave. That sword is hella sweeet.

>>774023
Leave the grave alone.

Baron 2017/01/29(Sun)16:37 No. 775536 ID: ca1cab
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Alright, take sword, don't take sword. Dig up the grave, don't touch it. How about I take the middle ground and just look it over?

It's Daoine make for certain, the crude iron is full of imperfections. It's big. Bigger than Gwendolyn's. Something's inscribed on it. Delicate work.

Eagodhain Ui'Feginte - Loving Husband of Annael Ui'Feginte, Doting Father of Gwendolyn and Kellach Ui'Feginte. Taken by a bad fall. Till the End of All Things when we meet again.

yup grave, so she might have actually have come by here then. That's nice to know but still doesn't really help tell us where she is now other then not here.

Also probably best not to mess with the sword to much. We all know how hard that bunny can hit when she's pissed... and drugged.

Anyways call out for her and if she doesn't respond or we don't see anything let's go regroup and check out the last spot. And speaking of seeing anything I think their might be a cave or something behind the waterfall but it could just be a trick of the light.

yep, false positive, this was her dad so the scanner mixed him and her up due to genetic similarities.

Huh. I wonder if he literally fell in battle or just slipped on that giant rock.

Have a small regiment stand guard and post a banner saying that they're here to escort Gwyn. Also, post a security key in the form of an inside joke that only we would make. If they complain, just say that while the grave is off limits they can look around for buried treasures and jewels behind the waterfall and stuff.

Baron 2017/02/12(Sun)13:41 No. 779016 ID: ca1cab
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So Gwendolyn's father died out here. That does raise an interesting question. Gwendolyn said he died fighting One Eye, so why is there a grave for him out here?

Well now that you mention it, I did see a glint behind the falls...and another clue. I...can't think of any jokes you or any of them would get so I don't think that would help...

"Split your men, have some of them guard this area outside this cave, keep that grave marked. It may help in this investigation."

Another Daoine blade, and a shield with a Daoine pattern. But the spears aren't. They don't seem to be iron, but instead a bronze kind of metal. At least it looks like bronze. It looks like the same kind of weapons used by those monsters I ran into underground. What did Gwendolyn call them? And a pendant.


Daoine make again. Annae is carved in the back.

does she live here or something? I can't tell from here, does it look like anyone has been here in awhile or does this place look like it's been abandoned for some time?

Fishing harpoons? Investigate further, then leave. This base isn't going anywhere.

hold on to the pendant and move to the next area. we can ask her about this place later.

Baron 2017/02/19(Sun)15:09 No. 781250 ID: ca1cab
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This place has been lived in very recently. The smell is a good enough indicator someone uses this place regularly, and unless Gwendolyn's mother has a terrible bowel problem I doubt it's her. The place smells like a goblin nest back home!

Perhaps they are fishing harpoons? But it seems a bit overkill for this area. Fish speared by this thing will get cut into chunks. Not much meat left if you did that. They also have a lot of weight so unless the user has the strength of the Daoine or those beasts, they aren't spearing anything.

I suppose I learned all I can from this place. Why don't you see what Lylia has found? How do I make you do that?

>>781250
we do that by thinking about it, see ya
[switch to lylia]

>>781250
Holy crap, you've never heard of sushi have you?

Lol of course you have... right?

Quick explanation on the off-chance that you don't know, just ignore this if you already know what I'm talking about: There's a special form of grain that can be boiled to fluffy perfection, known as rice. You've probably seen this during your company tour in the Eastaland Islands. Pack a small bundle of rice together to make a ball. Next, there's a specialized underwater plant that looks like grass but grows like ivy vines. Most of this stuff gets caught on fishing nets, hence the name seaweed, and can be fried or roasted, then seasoned with sea salt for a snack. Place this on top of the rice. Then either cook the fish or take it raw and place on top of the seaweed. Serve with soy sauce or any other spicy / salty sauce that can kill the bacteria in unprocessed food. This stuff's worth a fortune, so consume sparingly.

Okay, you ruminate on that and maybe you can order a sushi dinner at Lylia's mother's place bye!

Baron 2017/02/19(Sun)19:07 No. 781308 ID: ca1cab
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I can feel you. In the back of my head. I'm not sure if I like that feeling. It's always there, until you arrive proper. Then it becomes impossible to ignore.

I suppose you're here on behalf of our mutual companion. His investigation has finished? You can tell him I found a grave marker. It's Daoine, follows typical Daoine customs. Though it is odd. The grave was done rather haphazardly, as if the one doing it had no idea what the practices of the Daoine are and was simply trying to mimic it.

I also found a pendant here. Eagodhain is marked on the back. Which clashes with the actual marker.

Annael Ui'Feginte - Caring Mother for an Unworthy Son. Taken by peace of age. Till the End of All Things when we meet again.

It may be relevant to the investigation. Daoine don't travel this far south unless they're traders, and they often take their dead back home with them. This burial is quite out of place.

the other site had her husband's grave. timeline rundown. the father died in.. grave said 'bad fall', and she buried him. when she died the only person to bury her wasn't taught the customs properly so it's haphazard. these two are Gwendolyn's parents, so the scanning system picked them up as false positives. meaning the third spot must be her, but it also means the system picks up dead things as valid targets so be careful.

Baron 2017/03/04(Sat)17:28 No. 784919 ID: ca1cab
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"So that wasn't the only grave marker. Both of Gwendolyn's parents were buried, but why? If they were aware of Daoine customs that still raises the question as to why weren't the bodies returned. The father is understandable at least, the wife made the decision to let him rest here, but who buried her?"

"I suppose we'll find out soon."

"When did you arrive?"

"I think a better question is 'Who is that?'.

We'd better stop Gwendolyn. That girl might know something, I'd rather we capture her alive.

And if there are any traps on her we can just superscan her with the titan.