Baron of Spades 2010/06/03(Thu)21:45 No. 187503 ID: e55fec
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>Well your mine now, and what kind of man would I be if I didn't take good care of my property?

Baron of Spades 2010/06/03(Thu)21:46 No. 187505 ID: e55fec
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"Afterall how can I enjoy damaged goods?"

"Eh?"

>>187505
bow chicka wow wow

>>187505
Well played. :V

good one... give her a kiss, just a little peck on the lips.

Continue to be a goddamn tease, and swiftly change the subject. Ask her what she was talking about before. She saw some kind of glow?

>>187521
Yes, change the subject. Tell her that you need rest, and are not to be disturbed.
Then stick us around her neck so we can screw with her mind without annoying the piss out of you.

Baron of Spades 2010/06/03(Thu)23:28 No. 187553 ID: e55fec
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>>187529
>>187521
>>187516
All very interesting, but honestly I'm too tired to care.

"Yeep!"

"Oops.

Baron of Spades 2010/06/03(Thu)23:30 No. 187554 ID: e55fec
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"Good night."

"Ah...lord-Ju Gwah...get off of me! Please! I-ah...ah...no~I can't breathe...Oh...ah-not so rough..."

[sleep mode activate, awaken when he does.]

Baron of Spades 2010/06/04(Fri)23:52 No. 188066 ID: e55fec
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Ugh...I have no idea how you convinced me that was a good idea. Now my back is all sore.

"Ah Lord Venian, glad to see you are still alive."

"You look like crap Veni."

"Enough of that crap. How did the search go?"

"Great, we found a cache of weapons, oughta fetch a good price for a collector, and a big stash of coin. Unfortunately it was all in local currency so it's ah...useless outside of Eastaland."

So much for that...

"Just show me the map."

Baron of Spades 2010/06/04(Fri)23:58 No. 188070 ID: e55fec
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"So Naroubu responded to Hayaso's attack in the usual way, according to Kuta. His main force routed Hayaso's forward armies which are now back here, and somewhat in our way. Moreso from what Kuta DID know about Naroubu's plans, was that Naroubu is pulling his armies back from Manjiku's lands to deal with Hayaso, and has placed a force of his troops to defend their hold on neutral territory, which we're guessing, now has a larger Hayaso presence than before."

"What this means Lord Venian is that our current route, should we continue shall be...problematic."

could we bribe them with that fat sack of cash? juast like 'here is a a sack of cash to just let us go through'. or is he a kill first ask questions later kinda guy?

>>188066
Don't blame us for that; we said to use her as a pillow, not a mattress.

Take the cash anyway. It's useless to you now, but any raiding parties can use it next time they're here.

>>188066

Gold is gold, Boss. We can get a goldsmith to melt it down back home and make something nice with it. Maybe a nice salt cellar. Those always seem to be popular with goldsmiths.

>>188070
You might still be able to use that cash to bribe your way through some less important areas.

Hmm. lets see keep going towards the neutral territory. You might have to go through Hayasos forces and hug the coast to avoid Naroubus force. But you might get lucky and they annihilate each other or Naroubu pulls them back to deal with Hayasos forces that have invaded Naroubus territory.

Baron of Spades 2010/06/05(Sat)21:56 No. 188593 ID: e55fec
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>>188092
I'm not going to ask.

>>188073
>>188132
"What if we continued along our planned route? Could we not bribe our way through?"

"Doubtful Veni. One this coin only works in Naroubu's territory, because it's all stamped with his face. Swear the guy has an ego bigger than Rezo. That and this is Hayaso we're talking about. Given their xenophobic nature, they'd probably just kill us and loot our corpses."

"Lovely."

>>188593
Well if we can't bribe Hayaso's men, let's bribe Naroubu's men!

>>188593

Are the coins made of mostly pure gold, or are they a really cheap gold alloy? Or are they composite, which is to say mostly a cheap metal with a little gold on the outside?

I ask because the coins can be re-minted at a later date, if the metal they are made of is worth the effort.

Were you not aware of this, or are the coins made of something else entirely?

>>188593
Well then we can try bribing Naroubu's men. And the front might have shifted them out of our way once we get closer.

Baron of Spades 2010/06/07(Mon)18:09 No. 190033 ID: 8b3219
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>Well then we can try bribing Naroubu's men. And the front might have shifted them out of our way once we get closer.

"Naroubu. The same man that dumped Queen Bitch on us, forced us to cut our test short, and wants us dead or gone by next month? And we are to try and bribe his elite corps? Veni, did you hit your head too hard?"

just look at our options, if we don't go through an army will will have to go around, and that would result in us losing time we don't have.

Baron of Spades 2010/06/07(Mon)18:13 No. 190037 ID: 8b3219
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"No I-AY!"

"No offense Veni but that was one of your dumber ideas."

"True lord, we would put a lot to chance. Something we Rezan cannot afford."

Fair enough. Remind me off the terrain.

Well we got the bamboo forest which we are hiding in currently. They're all over the place in Hayaso land and good for cover but the Mo Sala live here and are very cautious about humans, considering Hayaso's anti-nonhuman attitude...and then there are the plains of Naroubu's land which both nations avoid like the plague so we know they wouldn't follow us there...though for good reason probably.

>>190033
Hey, here's a point: Didn't he say that nobody is to know she's been kicked out?
If you dress this up as a disguised royal procession then she can order her father's men to let you pass and give them cash to 'help maintain her disguise by having a lower officer pretend to take a bribe'. Alternatively, have her claim that she has taken an interest in you for 'diplomatic reasons', and give them a 'preemptive bonus' for 'aiding national security' by keeping her 'covert diplomacy' quiet. They'll understand the subtext of that.

Naturally, doing that would would require that she be fiercely loyal to you, meaning that you should spend as much time as you can on the approach building up your rapport.
Obviously, doing this would clearly be keeping your entire caravan from severe harm and thus meeting the terms required for fast-track citizenship.

>>190037
Hmm, you do have weapons and gold to spare now. The Mo Sala might be willing to listen to you and let you through now that you have something valuble to trade with them. And they might know paths through the warzone, I would say it's worth checking up on.

i want to ask Kuta what's up with the plains. he should know. but i do like >>190053
this plan. let her know that those other guys were super secret attack guys, most of the troops wouldn't know of the plan yet, but we are on a time limit, after time is up he wont bother with using a scalpel to take her out, but a sword.

>>190037

Arid plains are usually difficult places to start farming communities if the local aquifers are small or have been depleted. Expect to find large grazing beasts, and apex predators that prey on them. The region may support nomadic hunter tribes. Without more intelligence I cannot extrapolate further.

Baron of Spades 2010/06/09(Wed)14:30 No. 191032 ID: 8b3219
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"Hear me out, and don't you dare hit me again."

"Depends."

"When I said bribe Naroubu's men, I meant under disguise. They will never let us pass as foreigners, but as say the Royal guard for the princess..."

"..."

"Naroubu has not made it public yet that she's missing, so we can use that to our advantage."

"Well that's not enough to merit a whack on the head but, there are some holes. One we do not have about three sets of armor from Naroubu's men, and none of them have the colors of a Royal guard. Secondly, Naroubu was never too stable. There is no chance he might decide to cut our time short if he hears we passed through HIS lines."

"It's that or the Mo Sala."

"Yes but compared to the fighting force of Naroubu's men, they won't be as much trouble in my opinion."

"Shadeleaf?"

"If we were to get our hands on some more uniforms, we MIGHT be able to pull it off...I feel there are too many variable with a factor as vague as the Mo Sala."

>>191032
Well maybe you can send out some people ahead of your main force with the uniforms you currently have. They could try to aquire some more uniforms before you get there.

The Mo Sala should be somewhere along the way right? If that's so you might be able to meet up with them before you encounter Naroubu's men. Then you can make an assessment of how likely they are to be able to help you.

>>191032
No, not disguised as a royal guard, disguised as a royal guard that's disguised as a convoy of rabble.
That doesn't require uniforms, just a royal to escort. Further, you tell the elites that since her presence here is to be a secret no word of her presence should be sent - after all, it is a war zone and the enemy would move to capture her if their spies had even an inkling that she was in the area.

The entire plan, of course, hinges on her keeping to the story once they've separated her from you to ensure she isn't being intimidated into playing along.

The best part? This changes the timeframe for when she would 'go missing', and gives somebody for Naroubu to blame regarding her disappearance. The soldiers will hold their tongues until word of her capture comes down the line, at which point they'll tell the story we want them to tell.

>>191051
double disguised?! that is as complicated as it get's. if we pull that off...
i say go for it. need to explain to the princess and have her understand her part to play.

The disguise plan will be a great deal of trouble. Consult with Kuta about the Mo Sala and the plains If he doesn't know enough, then I suggest that you pump the slaves for information (offer minor rewards for information now, and substantial rewards if the information proves reliable). You need intelligence to make decisions about your next course of action.

>>191472
It's a risk, but a rather small one.
The slaves are best kept uninformed, and Kuta's out of commission for now. Talk to the princess.

If she has the authority to order high generals around, then this is trivial. If not, then she can bribe them.
Really, if you can convince her to help then this is going to be quite simple.

Baron of Spades 2010/06/10(Thu)20:30 No. 191692 ID: 8b3219
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"I meant we go disguised as royal guard disguised as refugees."

"I-what?"

"Lord that is a bit complicated, though we are indeed in no short supply of rags."

"But the determining factor will be the princess. Odds are Naroubu's men still do not know about her exile-excommunication thing. But even so I'll need to verify with her what we can do.

"Still seems risky..."

"I've heard nothing else so far. I'll speak with her. If she cannot help us then I hope one of you has a better plan when I return."

I'm not looking forward to this. I can't let her feel like she's in control. I'll need a little extra cunning from you now.

>>191692
Oh, that's easy; she's not in control at all, and she knows it. If she betrayed you, then the soldiers will take her, her father will find out, and she'll suffer a horribly unpleasant death. Doing what you say is the only way she'll survive.
However, you can motivate her to be a better actress fairly easily.

Phase 1: The buildup.
Go get a tool for disciplining slaves that doesn't leave marks, then go to your tent and express your dominance over her by using said tool as a 'reward' for her good behavior.

You want to get her to the point where she's begging for you to claim her, at which point we move on to phase 2.

Phase 2: The letdown.
Once she's begging for you to lay with her tell her that you would love to, but her position is so low that it's actually a crime. Bringing us to phase 3.

Phase 3: The hook.
She'll beg anyway; take a moment to act like you're contemplating the idea, then tell her there are ways to improve her standing to make it permissible, but they're few and far between and you'll be on the lookout for them.

Phase 4: The cooldown.
Be gentle with her while her rush is wearing off. Firm, yes, but gentle. She wants to be treated like property, but it helps to show that you care for her.

Cycle through these phases on a daily or semi-daily basis to build up her resolve, but DO NOT tell her about the plan yet.

After a few days of this, take her on a walk in the woods alone. Once you're away from everybody, take off your shirt, release her from her bonds, chuck a knife at the ground in front of her, turn around, and say "I will give you one minute to kill me and escape. When that minute is over, I will take you back to camp and, having chosen a life of slavery, you will be my property for all time."
Wait one minute, then put your shirt on, grab the knife, and lead her back.
While this sounds risky, it really isn't. She has already decided that she wants to be yours, and the next few days will cement that. What this does is it forces that decision to the front and removes her ability to delude herself into pretending she doesn't want to be here or that she still has some spark of defiance left. This will secure her lifelong loyalty, and render her bonds optional - although since she enjoys them you might as well keep using them.

A few days before you reach Naroubu's forces, tell her that her chance to improve her standing has come and explain the plan to her. From then on, have her involved in the planning of this encounter.

The double disguise plan will invite trouble. Plus, the plan to ensure compliance from Gyoji eats up whole days by design. If we don't have time to wait for Kuta to wake, then we certainly don't have time for that.

Get information on the Mo Sala and the plains, if not from Kuta then from Goyji or the other slaves. I am arguing, strongly, that you collect more information before you make your decision about how to conduct the last legs of this journey.

we don't need to ensure complicance right now. she is already putty in our hands. seriously making a complex plan to ensure the loyalty of someone already loyal is pointless. just approach her and tell her that you have come up with a plan to get past a blockade of troops and you need her help, she has no real reason to not help you. betrayal will result in her death.

>>191878
Yes, it will eat a few hours per day. However, it looks like we have much more than a week until we hit their lines if we go through the no-mans-land.
Besides that? This is something that needs to be done anyway.

Oh, and we need to control the flow of information to the slaves, which means not using them as a source of intel.

>>191879
Of course she's compliant. We don't need to establish compliance, and that's not the point of this exercise at all.
We need to establish framing and give her a solid sense of conviction. We don't want her going along with the plan out of fear, since that would make her act a dead giveaway. Besides lacking solid motivation to make her believable, it would cause her to be more flustered if and when the plan deviates from the script. No, what we want is for her to do it because she wants to do it; for the reward offered, to make her master happy, and because she's completely convinced that it's the right thing to do.
Then there's establishing in her mind that she's not in control even when she's the one holding all the cards, which my plan accomplishes.

Besides that? Preparing for this plan does not exclude any other plans.

Not that any of this actually matters yet, seeing as how no other plans have been suggested, leaving my plan - and thus myself - in control of the situation by default.

If there was a second plan on the table then we could talk risk v reward, but there isn't.

If you spot a hole in the plan or have a suggestion to improve it then by all means please do so, but so far the opposition basically boils down to people saying "I don't like this plan".

Oh, also, my plan can be started in a matter of minutes, meaning we can advance it before Kuta wakes up and gives us the ability to get more intel.

>>192074
you also forgot that we are currently in camp and when we pack up we wont have enough time to stop and do the several hours a day your plan needs.

>>192074

>Not that any of this actually matters yet, seeing as how no other plans have been suggested, leaving my plan - and thus myself - in control of the situation by default.

Ever the insufferable ass.

Here's my plan: Get intel. Go through Mo Sala Territory and the plains. Go home. Fuck Bitches. BOOSH!

>>192076
Of course, I have an excuse this time - I'm right!

>>192075
No, I didn't.
Veni And Gyoji are riding, while most of the others are walking. The pace will be set at a forced march, but that is scaled for walking instead of riding. That means that they can do with less rest than the others without sacrificing their ability to function.
That's assuming that Veni doesn't pull himself off of watch duty.

Baron of Spades 2010/06/18(Fri)01:25 No. 195248 ID: 7f1561
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Well I suppose the riding crop may be used though it was designed for a riding beast with a hardened hide, not a pampered politician.

"LORDS! The last of the slave parties have returned! Hayaso is being pushed into the forest! We have an hour before they reach us!"

"Prepare for retreat."

"What lords?"

"Even a routed unit is more than a match for us by numbers alone."

"Your Orders Lord Venian?"

Put everything on hold, we'll decide as we move!

Baron of Spades 2010/06/18(Fri)01:27 No. 195251 ID: 7f1561
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"Round up the slaves! Gather our mounts! Get Kuta's body on a cart until he recovers! We have an hour before we are discovered. So we need to be gone in half the time!"

Baron of Spades 2010/06/18(Fri)01:36 No. 195258 ID: 7f1561
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Total score 1600/1700

Bonus days(Combat situation): +2
Penalty(Movement plans dragged too slowly): -1

Final day passing: 11

Bonus unlock: Fushimu Nakata's Mural The Foreign Bloodwalker Defeats The Sightless Eyed Mage
Initial scribblings found among the gathered belongings from slave pits. For Complete Mural seek the Makag archives.

>>195248
My plan is a multi-day process, so you can put it off until you stop for the night.
Remember to mask your trail!

Aww bummer, we're short a hundred.

With all the information we had at hand, we might as well have flipped a coin to decide which way to move on. Seriously, we don't know jack about the risks each plan presents, except that one is completely unknown and the other is outrageously complex and risky.

>>195337
Why do people seem to think my plan is complex? It consists of disguising the raiders as refugees, and having the princess tell the commanders that she and her guard are hiding with refugees from the war zone.

We ride along with the princess when her act goes on to keep things going smoothly. If need be, we have her subtly suggest that she's having a fling and wants her dad kept out of the loop. With money.

This is not complicated.

>>195339
it looks good on paper but we need to ensure that EVERYONE follows it perfectly. if it was 3 guys and princess it would be simple but we have a lot of peeps that need to do things.