>>799416
...that's not a bad way of phrasing it. Giving our possessions away instead of banking them.

Asking the definition is kinda too cute for Fen, tho.

Wait to see if anyone else volunteers the info and see what happens when they do.

We do not have much in the bank in town so mentioning we have some travel clothes probably will not hurt. If you have to mention the antidote refer to it as "travel rations" or something. Or just a gift from a friend.

Say yes sir. There's nothing that important in it, just clothes, weapons and change; you've given the important stuff to Holly.

>>799409
Tell him that you have some equipment and funds in the bank. Will he allow you to retrieve them? You would be quite well supplied if so. It'd be a bit unfair to the other pawns though, you were expecting to only be able to retrieve your equipment when you became a lesser knight.

Oh and tell him you'll share more of your story in private if he wants. I'm sure he'd like to hear more about the fight. (we should leave out Cheese's name because we don't know if that's public or safe information to give out, but the dragoncloth is something he's supposed to know about, at least)

Just say yes, see what his follow up questions are. Don't admit you hid stuff with Holly unless he mentions it first; and don't mention the poison unless you think you can pass it off as barbarian superstition by saying "Tomato poison".

1/2 Fen 2017/05/02(Tue)22:16 No. 799447 ID: bfb318
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I raise my hand.

Aira, Bolk, and Valsano also confirm they have items in the bank.

"Anyone else? Good! We'll all stop by the bank and collect your shit to move to headquarters so it can be moved to a bank in Erja Nokol! The other three without anything won't mind, then, if they never get a chance to stop off at a bank before we go to Erja!"

Firzel looks surprised, and deeply uncomfortable. He says nothing. Orjin yells at Padli if he has anything in the bank. Padli starts to speak, but Orjin punches him.

2/2 Fen 2017/05/02(Tue)22:17 No. 799449 ID: bfb318
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Once we finally make it back into town, as ragged as we're ran, we immediately go to the banks. Each of us has our own bank, and one of us goes in with Sir Mopp at a time, where he brings a back to get our belongings, and the rest of us wait outside.

Upon my turn, we go inside.

>"Hello. I am Quill Knight Mopp." he explains to the bank clerk. "I am withdrawing one of our unit's items for transfer."
>"Password and number, please."

I give them the number, the recognize my face, and within moments, bring out everything. Sir Mopp begins putting items into my backpack for more efficient storage.

>"You have good gear. That's good, it'll let you immediately start paying me back for the healing cloth once you reach knighthood." He stops at the vial. "What's this? If it's food, it'll have gone bad by the time it reaches Erja Nokol."

>>799449
It is a deadly poison with a no cure within hundreds of miles.

It's not.

>>799449
Tell him it's an incredibly deadly poison. Very much not food. The antidote is... uh... yeah, gonna have to tell him Holly is carrying it for you. Tell him he might want to put that in a more secure place than your backpack.

>>799449
"It's already gone bad, that's poison."

>>799453
No, we don't have to say diddly squat about the antidote.

>>799447
>Firzel looks surprised, and deeply uncomfortable.
Something tells me he has stuff in the bank, but because he didn't say anything thinking it'll be taken from him, he's not going to be allowed to go get his stuff. Or he came here with nothing but the clothes on his back and he's just now finding out that he could've brought stuff with him to put in the bank.

>>799449
>He stops at the vial. "What's this? If it's food, it'll have gone bad by the time it reaches Erja Nokol."
"It's not food, it's a deadly poison. I don't have the antidote with me."

Should we mention that it's poison from an Erja Nokol mutant kobold? As long as we don't tell him Tomato's name or what he looks like it should be fine, right?

Just say it's not food, holy shit.

>>799449
It's lube.

It's poison, not for eating

1/4 Fen 2017/05/02(Tue)22:56 No. 799462 ID: bfb318
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"It's poison."
>"That'll probably go bad too. Should I just throw it out?"
"No."
>"... your choice."

2/4 Fen 2017/05/02(Tue)22:57 No. 799463 ID: bfb318
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We move on. Firzel stares hard at a bank that none of us claim to have anything in, and we pass it. I suspect he was afraid that admitting he had things inside of the bank would be detrimental, but now he feels it would be worse to admit he had things in a bank after the fact.

Once we get everything, we head back to headquarters. Mopp takes our bags to a store room, but Sir Orjin yells again.

"Line up on the wall!"

We do so, and a field kobold in what I think is faux dragoncloth comes in.

>"This is them?"
"This is them! Worms, this is Grand Helm Knight Zall!"
>"Just Sir Zall, or Knight Zall, is fine. Sir Orjin, they've attained your respect enough to attain lesser knighthood?"
"Let's not get carried away with 'respect'! They just have my approval!"
>"Dame Frais, was it?" Zall says to Frais.
>"Yes?"
>"What is Sir Orjin's opinion of Lesser Knights?
>"Shit, sir. Better equipped pawns playing at being a knight."
>"Then we'd better let these pawns get dressed so that they can be called knights. They are all at least close to knighthood through normal procedures, right, Dame Frais?"
>"Yes, sir, at least by blood knight standards."
>"Alright. We are in need of full fledged knights who aren't being tested by the hindering system we have in place, with holding privileges and all that. Sir Orjin, you have notoriously high standards, so I know that you would not create knights that were not battle tested. So I will waive the kill count. I will also supply my recommendation echoing Sir Orjin's, so each pawn here will receive both recommendations needed. As for the test, well, that involves two things. First, the ideals of a knight as outlined by our standards book. Thoroughly studying and reciting important passages is expected for greater knights, but for lesser knights, the test is simplified and is nearly a formality. Almost a joke, it is so easy. Sir Orjin, just be sure they've skimmed the book and can cover the key points. The second part of the test, well..."

3/4 Fen 2017/05/02(Tue)22:58 No. 799464 ID: bfb318
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>"Sir Orjin, how is their kimankara?"
"No one gives a shit about board games in the mausoleum!"
>"Haha, not unless they want to be a helm or spear knight, I suppose not."

Aira lets out more relief than I've seen her visibly show before, before Zall continues.

>"Very well, I don't have time for this, so I'll fully trust Sir Orjin's judgement. By the powers granted to me by the Dragon Knights, you are all lesser knights from this day forward. You will earn wages and be expected to fight with valour. Depending on your performance, you may wish to become proper assassins, but as blood knights of the assassin branch, you are expected to be offensive monsters. Spend the next week - perhaps two, depending on how soon we need Sir Orjin - preparing. Make sure you are in the best fitness of your life. Find the coldest cavern you can at this time of year - the mausoleum is known to be cold. Meditate and sleep on burial grounds until you are comfortable in such places. Until then, we will send Sir Orjin more information on what the mausoleum campaign will entail. Needless to say, this is an unusual campaign, as our dead are used by the enemy. We have many troops entering, but only the elite troops will be seen at the front lines. There, you will be expected to do catastropic damage, and should you die, you should only die after making them pay dearly for your life. Sir Orjin, I entrust these knights back to you."
"Congratulations, worms, you're all knights and in my eyes you're still shit! There's not even a ceremony for this! We don't even have your emblems ready to be picked up, that's how little of a shit we give about your rank! Rest up, because you're going to work even harder tonight! The only difference is now you're paid! I lied about moving your bank stuff to Erja Nokol! You'll move it your own selves, because right now Sir Mopp is dumping it with all your gear you had as pawns, and you will all get it back as of right now! Buy some armor if you don't have any, because you'll need it! Either way, get outta my sight!"

4/4 Fen 2017/05/02(Tue)22:58 No. 799465 ID: bfb318
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We're starving, so the first thing most of us do is get something to eat in the kitchen. Holly is already making a batch of food for everyone, so we're able to eat, but Holly pulls me to the side.

>"So, Red Maw, huh?" she whispers.
"Word is travelling fast around here."
>"Sir Orjin seems to trust me. I'm not actually that surprised, you know. I mean, I find Zizi's brother wandering the turtle, Rasyan dies, well, I didn't think it was you, but the thought certainly crossed my mind in a daydream. Anyway, you're a knight now, so you can have certain liberties. You can go shopping if you like, or send some letters to people freely. Or, you know, sleep, while I run some errands for you."

>"No one gives a shit about board games in the mausoleum!"
Hahaha, I'm glad we didn't skip sleep to practice the game now.

>already a knight
That was fast.

>>799465
Sending a letter to Cheese (or home? Do letters go there?) might not be the worst idea, but we don't actually have new information to pass to Cheese, and we can't put sensitive information in the Empire's mail system (assume they have spies reading mail).

We might want to look into an armor upgrade. Or a new weapon- swords aren't very good verus skellies and zombies. You want a good blunt weapon to smash bone instead of one to cut flesh.

...sleep is probably smart, in the immediate short term.

>>799465
If you can write a letter to Cheese to let her know you lived to lesser knighthood already.
Take Holly and let her pick out appropriate armor pieces for you she would know good leather more than you.
Try to play the game with Aira some more and keep her warm for the next couple of days while she sleeps to help her heal faster.
Make sure to work out when ever possible and scout the catacombs for a cold spot to sleep and work out in.
also talk with Sir Orjin for working out at least once to push yourself as far as possible.

>>799465
Let's send a letter back to Cheese and uh, your guard friend whose name escapes me, telling them everything's going well.

Get your nice outfit back on. Get your stuff you left with Holly, so that your belongings are in one place again. Then ask her to go out and get a sturdy carrying case for the vials so you don't have to worry about them breaking. Also, a kimankara board and a strategy book for it if there is such a thing.

Wait, actually, is she sure she wants to go walking around town? She got assaulted before.

"You're asking me to take liberties? Hm." You probably should go shopping for some better armor and a kimankara board. Could get some metal plates riveted to the leather for brigandine, get a breastplate to protect your vitals without slowing down much, or get suit of chain. Both of the latter could and probably should be worn over the leather, I think.

>>799468
>your guard friend whose name escapes me
Moss.

Looks like Firzel got lucky! Now he can go get his stuff from the bank.

>>799465
>"So, Red Maw, huh?"
>I didn't think it was you
"Well, to be fair, you told me that you didn't want to know I was the Red Maw, so I didn't tell you."

Look into some extreme cold weather gear, additional training, and a plan for paying off that debt. Make sure Aira pulls her weight in the last regard.

And make damn sure you don't screw up the ceremony. The fact that it's simple will only make it more embarrassing if something goes wrong.

Ask Aira if she wants to spar at some point.

Hell, ask Bolk/Frais if there's any regulations involving sparring matches.

>>799476
>plan for paying off that debt
You mean, for instance, paying it off immediately because we have the funds right now to do so?

>>799479

No we don't, most of our money is still with the crows. Or Cheese, if she retrieved it since then.

>>799463

Hmm. Interesting purple eyes on both our upper knights. Did we ever see other knights equaling their rank or above? We know that magical enhancement is a thing, so I wonder if the empire invests in it for knights above a certain rank. At least for the assassin branch, who need the most power compacted into as few people as possible?

>>799465

Ask how quickly it would be possible to get a letter to the Fence and back. If you had time to get a letter to Cheese and receive a package back within a week, it'd be a good investment.

Points to cover in such a letter:
- news that you're a lesser knight now (include the date you're writing), and your new privileges (describe it as if it's something she has an curiosity for, rather than you just blatantly saying "here's what I'm allowed to have now, give pls").
- asking her any advice about working in and around Erja Nokol, including anything that would be good to inform your fellow knights about. (I think Cheese was supposed to have already taken a moment to fill you in on things like that, since she knew you were going in advance, but I'm not sure if she actually got around to it?) She might have already arranged for a pile of info to be left for you somewhere in Erja, though, if she's smart (which she is).
- asking her "a good place to relax and pick up news, like that diner in the Fence you introduced me to" (hopefully she'll pick up that you mean "a place where I can securely pick up/send messages to you and your contacts from")
- asking her to send or transfer to you a decent amount of money, perhaps reminding her that "our friends in the black uniforms" (the crows) should be willing to provide.
- asking her if she'd like you to drop by her family, and if she'd recommend any gifts they'd like.

As for right now, get out your old gear and use it while you practice. It's out of its home zone now, so it'll be decaying and you'll have to get more later (you could probably do with something a little different for the purpose of undead-fighting, anyway), but you can get use out of it for conditioning yourself.

A lot of your shopping will have to wait until you have more money, so for now get to training, both training yourself and helping your companions train. Maybe see if you can still get tutelage/training from your elder knights (especially Orjin, though it's probably risky to ask him for anything). In the evenings when you're resting up, study on being a knight and playing that board game, since you're still aiming to reach higher (I also wouldn't be surprised if being passed without the tests might bite you later, in terms of the esteem other knights show you or similar, so it'd be good to catch up on what you're supposed to be able to do so you can do it if you get challenged later; suggest this to your fellow former pawns as well.)

Do as suggested and get comfortable with the cold and dead things. Maybe find a local butcher and/or undertaker and see if you can do a little volunteer work?

Also take some time to talk to Aira soon. You should apologize for not giving her the knife like you originally planned to do, the sword being more useful for covering a wide area and the dagger for stealth, et cetera. Maybe discuss with her how you want to handle her debt. Offering to pay off the debt entirely might hurt her pride, or perhaps not (you should wait until you know you'll have money). A middle solution might be to just offer to pay off her interest on the debt if she accrues any, or to give her interest free loans to buy anything her reduced pay is insufficient for.

You don't want to get a reputation as a guy who's too free with his money - if Cheese sends you a roll of gold coins don't let on that you have them. Obviously you'll reveal you have some money and it'd pay to be a bit generous (maybe take your pack of fresh knights out for their own celebration, since they're not getting one? Just a good meal or something, once you have your seals and such?), but don't try to solve everything with money. People like money but coins are cold, especially if people think you have lots, so if you want to build a relationship doing some non-monetary things is essential. Share in chores and so on.

Send a letter to Cheese explaining whats going on. Give her the basics and see if she knows a source of gear for you back in her homeland.

And ask Holly for help shopping for some cheap armor. Also for advice on army life and how to proceed.

You can sell your useless pawn equipment for full price now right? Ask the Quill Knight if you own it now or if it's just still being rented. If it is yours you can exchange the worse stuff for 15-20 silver and pay off 2/3rds of the debt. You can probably scrounge up enough to pay off your debt if you stretch yourself but it's not a priority right now. That money could also be used to keep yourself going for the next week or two.

The thing you need to research is if you will be able to buy good gear in Erja Nokol since the stuff you'll buy here will start to rot eventually. If the quality is the same it might be better to wait.

Also get the lowdown on how to keep increasing your rank.

The letter will take a week to get to Cheese and a week to come back so if you ask for a gold or two through a letter you'll have to include instructions about where in Erja Nokol to send it too.

Your pay is 2 coppers a day, which I assume you can live off of, so you'll still pay off about 5.6 silver of the debt by the end of the two weeks anyway. The best reason to pay it off is to dodge the half-loot confiscation.

>>799490
>No we don't, most of our money is still with the crows. Or Cheese, if she retrieved it since then.
Actually, >>799479 is right, we can immediately pay off the debt, since we're allowed to send letters to Cheese to send us the money we asked her to hold for us plus whatever we asked Holly to hold for us as well, not sure if we can get anything from the Crow Zone. And according to this: http://tgchan.org/wiki/Fen_Quest_Statistics , we have 30 silver, 46 copper, 305 gold, and 3 mithril.

So, yes we could pay off our 60 combined silver split evenly between Aira and Fen right now and not have to worry about 10 additional silver owed by both total for each season it takes to repay the debt.

However! I don't think it would be a good idea to pay it off all at once! Because it would look very suspicious if we got that much money at once! Also, the messenger could get robbed half way back to us with the money. Holly was beaten up while we were underground, which the stats page doesn't tell us if she was also robbed of everything we gave her or if she still has it. And the stats screen says whatever we have in the Crow Zone might be moved around while Fen's out of contact with them, so the amounts shown on the stats page might not be accurate.

So, I think we should go out and buy whatever we need for Erja Nokol and whatever money we have left that's with us and not with Cheese or the Crow Zone, should be put towards our debt.

>>799522
I REALLY don't think that mithril belongs to Fen. He probably still has claim to some gold, though. I thought we brought a few gold here, but I guess it was just silver. Seems unusually conservative.

We could send for a couple gold. That's probably small enough to transfer via mail. Another thing we'd want to find out is how long Tomato's poison will remain potent.

>>799522
Also, eventually Sir Orjin is going to find out about Vackles, who is the 2nd noble we killed.

And if we kill 3 more nobles, we'll get our title upgraded from "noble killer" to "noble slayer"! .....let's not do that.

>>799535
Well, it must belong to either Fen or Cheese, otherwise it wouldn't be listed on the stats page!

Actually, wouldn't it be better to buy things in Erja, so they don't decay? I assume it's a different zone. Maybe we won't be given time before being thrown into combat, though.

Or maybe Erja's such a terribadawful zone that it's got some sort of universal decay effect. That's sort of related to the question of whether Tomato's poison counts as an Erja-attuned item. It probably will go bad after a week here, though, and the antidote. Maybe the only use for it now would be to have a shot at building some resistance? That sort of thing. I think it takes longer than a week or two, though. It seems unlikely that we'll have to poison anyone in that time.

I don't think paying off Aira's debt for her would be a good thing. Not being able to pay people back or earn things on her own has been a thing for her. Let her prove herself to herself, and think she's earned something. Let her have her pride.

>why didn't we bring gold / more money?
Because we were led to believe we couldn't use it in the army, and we might lose everything we were carrying when we enlisted. So we brought silver- way more than enough for operating costs in town, but easily shrugged off if we lost it with gold stored elsewhere.

Still don't think it's worth having Cheese send us money. We want to raise in the army by our own merit and build an impressive reputation, not have people whispering it's only due to outside funding and expensive gear. We're already maybe getting too much attention with the Red Maw and White Eyes Barbarian things.

>mithril
It belongs to no one, since it was Cati's money, Apanya knew about it, and already appropriated it for rebuilding Fence. >>/questarch/733876

>Well, it must belong to either Fen or Cheese, otherwise it wouldn't be listed on the stats page!
There's a note right there on the page that says the list is not current since Fen is out of communication with the crows. That's what Fen remembers leaving at the crow bank, not what's still there.

1/8 Fen 2017/05/03(Wed)15:13 No. 799564 ID: bfb318
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"You also said you didn't want to know if I was Red Maw, didn't you?"
>"Oh, I did, huh! Well it is dangerous knowledge. Keep your sleep habits hidden and unpredictable, and around guards.
"Are there letters that would go back home, to my brother?"
>"Other than the extra cost, absolutely. You sometimes got runners to deliver mail, right?"
"Yes."
>"Yeah, they're just runners for hire. Not as trustworthy as the internal empire lines, but still fine."
"Is it possible to write letters anonymously?"
>"Sure, though you'll have no idea if it failed to reach its destination or not, but it's usually reliable. Any rush, or just want to have them delivered with the next teleportation?"
"The next teleportation is fine. Is it much more otherwise?"
>"Yeah, the empire's a big place, and non-teleportation means a runner has to run a whoooole lot of miles, and fast to make it even worth it."
"Alright. Is metal armor worth it?"
>"If you're in heavy combat, and you probably will be sometime, it'll save your life. Normal weapons can't even pierce plate anyway. It's tiresome and noisy, so if you need to sneak, your leather outfit is better. You don't have an abnormal body though, so maybe you don't need to get armor custom fit. It makes a big difference though in mobility. I'll get your measurements and see what your options are, later."
"I may want other weapons, too. Would a club do better than a sword against zombies or skeletons?"
>"Geez, I don't know. I mean, it would, but I don't know if you're going to be fighting those. You might be fighting living bodies that just don't have a soul, but still have a heartbeat. You can bet there's going to be abominations in there, too. Wouldn't hurt though, and a mace isn't too expensive."
"Kimankara board?"
>"Heh, sure. Yeah, actually, you might get a lot of downtime. Better get a pasttime."
"Hold on. Are you okay with going out to run errands? You got assaulted before."
>"Sir Orjin said I can grab a shield knight to be an escort."
"A carrying case, for vials."
>"Sure."
"I think that's it."
>"Okay. I'll pick up some stationary, too, and some cold weather clothing. Let me get your measurements, then get some sleep."

2/8 Fen 2017/05/03(Wed)15:13 No. 799565 ID: bfb318
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I apologize to Aira for not giving her the dagger as originally planned, but if anything, she seems confused by my apologizing.

Despite that Sir Orjin seemed to say that becoming a lesser knight hardly changed anything, we are given private rooms, a slight bonus on top of our wages, and a better access to what the quill knight's shop has for us. Despite the individual quarters, I sleep with Aira, especially since the nights do get cold. It may not be necessary, as the blankets we receive are thick, but she appears receptive enough towards my staying with her. This gets some jokes from the other knights, but we don't share the brunt of it. Valsano and Mowbow share a room as well, and are mocked for the intimate positions they sleep with each other even if just to get used to sharing warmth. Aira, Firzel, and field kobolds in general start getting referred to as 'mobile heat blankets,' and there are jokes about how we're under orders to get fat for this campaign. Holly tries to laugh and joke back about being a half mobile heat blanket, but she seems more serious than I would expect about our situation. Still, people take a liking to her, and the stigma about her having only one leg seems to fade, at least inside of our area.

Aira and I sell some of our surplus pawn gear. Aira promises that after spending money needed to survive, which essentially amounts to food, she will spend half on the healing cloth debt, and half to save for a good set of equipment. She had some leather clothing and a sword in the bank, along with some private, sentimental items.

3/8 Fen 2017/05/03(Wed)15:14 No. 799566 ID: bfb318
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I ask Sir Orjin if he knows workout techniques. I thought I might have been disturbing him, as I asked him while he was in the middle of a conversation with some others knights, but he immediately dropped everything and ordered me to follow him.

The resulting exercise involves receiving more screaming than any single period up to this point, but he does push me. He either assumes I need, or heard I was interested in, wearing heavy armor, so he trains me in with that in mind, even if it still mostly amounts to picking up rocks and walking or running laps around the buildings.

Normally I would have thought this would have been some form of punishment, but the advice he yells at me regarding armor and form appears to come from a passion of the subject. Plus, it reminds me of how Tevliss trained me back home.

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Once I get the chance, I write a letter to Cheese saying that I made it to knighthood. I also ask where her family lives, along with a request for various advice she can give while I'm in Erja Nokol. She did not give me as thorough of a lesson as we had hoped, she should have the time to give me a long written lesson. I also request some funds. Although Aira has insisted on paying back her debt fully by herself, she has accepted my temporary help so that she can avoid having interest build up.

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I also write to Moss, after Holly helps me find out where I would deliver towards. He preferred quiet areas, to work as little as possible while still fulfilling his duties, and despised Krix. His new assignment turned everything upside down, so I'm hoping that my correspondence will help. Although I don't outright speak of pulling him out of his duty, I believe he understands that the farther up the ranks I get, the closer I will be towards pulling him back out. I also thank him for his helpfulness in the break town, and tell him how to contact me if he'd like to write a reply.

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Lastly, I write a letter to my tribe and family back home. I tell Zizi he should have told me more. A lot more. I tell them that I am going to Erja Nokol soon, and would like advice. I can guess what the reply is going to be, but I still can expect, and would like, a reply.

7/8 Fen 2017/05/03(Wed)15:17 No. 799570 ID: bfb318
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I would have liked to have a little ceremony with the others that were promoted to knight along with me, but Sir Orjin keeps us busy. We are drilled as a team through much of the day. Supposedly, we have free time, but he hunts us down during then and yells at us and gives us unwanted work to do if we're not using our free time to studying or further training. Aira and I avoid this by hiding in parts of abandoned catacombs, where we spar and rest. Holly can confirm that we don't slack on our training. It does get to be freezing.

>"Aira, mind your toes. Buy some socks and a pair of good boots, it'll be even more important than armor, because you're only sometimes fighting, but the ground will always be freezing your feet. Fen, remember to massage the back of your horns periodically, or they will fall off. Sleeping is going to be more dangerous than normal."
"The shroom forest does get cold at winter. My tribe does often sleep together for warmth."
>"From what I'm hearing and what I know, that forest is a tropical sauna compared to the lower depths of Erja Nokol. When you two sleep, you'll want to keep your feet inside each other's thighs. Aira, you're going to have to look into good circulation while you sleep, because you wouldn't be the first field kobold to get warm, sweat, then have the sweet freeze your fur and then never wake up. Fen, your kit should include flint to start fires. I'll get you both a shopping list of gear, because there's more you'll want to go in with than weapons and food. Flint, medical supplies, equipment upkeep gear, so on."
>"Don't our wages cover equipment maintenance?" Aira asks.
>"Yeah, when you're in places where you can pay, but word has it that combat in there isn't just front line engagements, it's a lot of hunting and searching with a lot of hidden tunnels that the enemy can sneak around from. Hunting parties can last for days at a time and get lost. It's been mostly scouting parties, at least that's what I've been told, but Knight Zall didn't put me at ease by making you all knights so fast."
>"Better than sending us in as underequipped pawns."
>"For sure! But the assassin's branches don't care about bolstering their ranks, they care about elite troops. Grand Knights normally care a lot about going through the procedure of study, getting to know greater knights for recommendations, and so on. So, for him to just waive those requirements and make a bunch of new knights, it means that they feel a need to replace lost numbers, faster than they normally get knights. So, sorry, but I am nervous about what you guys are being sent in for."

It doesn't matter to me, I already decided I would go through anything just to meet Lily again.

>"Gah, and Fen, I need to teach you how to be wary about assassins and kidnappers, because people are probably in search of Red Maw while the trail is hot. Word about what happened with all those gold nobles at the turtle has spread all over the place." Holly explains.

Now that I've been reminded of Lily, I wonder if she's heard all of this, too.

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>"Ah, maybe I should have just given him a vase. Oh, a basket! That would have been nice, too."

>>799572
I wonder if we can send her a letter?

>>799565
>there are jokes about how we're under orders to get fat for this campaign.
Well, getting fat will help them retain body heat and keep them warm.

Still doesn't change the fact that it's funny to actually be ordered to get fat! XD

>>799572
No ^&*(, Lily.

>>799572
Meanwhile, in an alternate universe, there's a bloody battle with everyone killing each other for the "dragon vase".