I say you should go back to living in squalor.

>>18057915
>peins
Is it bad that I read that as 'penis'?

It is helpful to make quests overt OP.

Invest in a heavy pair of goggles, so you don't become blind again.

>>18058339
We don't know how we became blind in the first place. It was probably genetic.

Also what's the relative value of a pien? How does it correspond to IRL money? Like, how many whores can it buy?

>>18058360
I fail to see how not knowing how we became blind in the first place is a valid argument against preventing such things from happening in the future. Eye protection is needed first! And then we shall whore about the countryside!

Buy a pair of Goggles and join the Wizard academy, impress them with our natural genius level intellect. (Except when applied to colors, we still don't really get those things.)

>>18058444
I can't imagine colors or like, knowing how to read, could be important to wizards.

BOY, YOU GET BACK TO TURNIP FARMIN' LEST THE REEVE CATCHES YOU WASTING DAYLIGHT!

>>18057915
What kinda knife you got there, squire?

>>18058473
There's no such thing as a blind turnip farmer, we couldn't have been a turnip farmer.

...we were probably a beggar.

>>18058444
I support this, the Wizard that doesn't know what red is.

Stare into the beautiful sun. Gaze at it's vibrant beauty.

I was born blind. I don't know why. But it's good I was cured! Too bad I didn't get a chance to thank him.

Well, pien is uh. I guess day's meal is about 8 pien. Whores- I don't know.
Goggles, they don't sell them around here. Sometimes we get traders bringing all kinds of stuff. There are some here right now!

Yes, wizard academy! I think there's one in the capital of this country.

>>18058510
>Whores- I don't know.
TIME TO FIX THAT.

>>18058510
Are you a boy or a girl? Also, what's up with the freaky spiral eyes there? That's pretty crazy.

Why'd the wizard cure you, anyway?

>>18058517
>Become cured of blindness
>Have insatiable urge to whore immediately afterward

We sure do have some funny voices in our head. I think that we should talk to that one girl with the really sweet voice, and show off all our seeings.

>>18058510
Wait, what the fuck is up with our eyes? Find a mirror ASAP. Also, do we have a name?

>>18058510
Go to the market, get a pointy hat, get work on caravan to the capital, become Wizard.

>>18058510
35 days of food then.

Hmmm.

Looks like you'll need to find a steady stream of income or at least some where to put your ass up for board and rent.

Wizard school probably costs money as well. Robe and pointy hat maintainance, skulls with candles on them, alcoho- I mean, potions.

My, what swirly red eyes you have. Is that a side effect?

I SEEN DIS IN AN ANNIE MAY BEFOURAH.

YOU GOTS SATAN IN YO' EYES.

>>18058538
We can probably get a scholarship.

We can also try to intimidate bakers into giving us free food with our devil eyes.

>>18058510
exactly how old are ya kid?

>>18058526
Maybe the wizard like, imprinted his thoughts on us when he cured us. So he was thinking about whores. So to find him, we should go to the brothel. Possibly several.

>>18058557
Or we could pick up a bit of sleight-of-hand, scare the peasantry, and bullshit our way to wizardry.

>>18058563
This sounds like reasoning I can get behind.

>>18058567
That has the downside of not giving us bitching magical powers though.

...do we have any parents?

i saw we eat all 200 piens worth of food in one sitting

Lets take the piens, spend it on the best courtesan we can find for as long as the money lasts, and THEN we set out for adventure!

It's not like adventuring takes some sort of start-up cost, we can put the money to good use, and then set out! Allot of people start out adventuring penniless, without the benefit that they got some well-spent and sweet lovin' beforehand.

Plus we've been blind for our life, why not take in some lovely sights for starters?

>>18058632
We should just find a courtesan who looks like she might be a useful adventurer and hire her, then go adventuring with her. Two birds with one stone.

Or we could invest our Pions into the fabled castle of WALL STREET. Word on the street is it's full of happiness and free moneies and happiness. But mostly free moneies.

>>18058632

Alternatively, just spend 50-100, provided the company is still nice, and then the rest on supplies.

Because really, as just starting out as an adventurer, is the difference between a 100 pien sword and a 200 pien sword really going to be that great?

>>18058641
Or we could spend money on food/supplies before we just hit the road. I mean, do we even have proper shoes?

>>18058641

And just pay her with loot as we go along, that we come across?

That sounds like a good idea, well thought. Whelp, I guess it's off to the wenchery to find us a strong beautiful orc courtesan.

>>18058677
We should go to these traders I guess. What's our checklist?

>Goggles (preferably shades for the cool factor)
>Sword (or other suitable weapon)
>A Prostitute

>>18058687
Oh shoes! That's a good idea.

>>18058687

see

>>18058677

>>18058695

Sure, get the basics, like decent clothes and basic supplies, maybe a leather chestplate, a decent sword and shield (wooden maybe).

Then spend the rest on a mistress, ideally one that is willing to travel. Ideally one that is attractive and not disease-ridden.

>>18058695
Armor too? Or a change of clothes? And some camping stuff

>>18058510
We want to be a wizard, a pointy hat is a must. Everything else is optional, though the goggles are probably a good idea.

(Not OP)

>>18058730
Just a badass cape.

>>18058742

Ok so a pointy blue wizard hat, goggles, a badass cape, and a sword, maybe shield. And the basic food supplies and the like.

Then the rest to a companion.

Name's Daniel.
Eyes are not supposed to be swirly like that?
Well, I did get some weird looks ( or were they normal? )
Might have been a side-effect! I mean, I am not sure if it was a wizard. Before he even healed me, I could see his outline! Sort! Maybe it was a god. I need to find that guy and thank him.

I am an orphan. 15 years old. I sucks. I live with other kids with similar troubles. We spend large amount of day begging for pien. I have saved money for 8 years already. They won't miss me.

But yes, let's get me some goggles, maybe a pointy hat! I hear that there are no brothels in the town. Supposedly some very strict religious group burned them away anyway.

Now, let's get those gogg- oh god what is that.

>"What 's it kid?"

how about we look for perhaps a future employer? Someone who might be looking for some protection, or maybe a messenger?

>>18058768

Aw dude we totally need an lovely older lady to help us in our travels.

>>18058768
It's... a dude? Give him the old 'look them in the eyes' move. Now that you can actually do that.

>>18058768
That's a person Danny, just keep calm. Ask him if he knows where to get the stuff you want.

>>18058780
Man, we should go it alone. Think about it. We've been going it alone for 15 years. 15 years! Blind! Blind and we still made it!

Now that we can see, quite frankly, I think we might just well be invincible.

Oh, it's speaking, it must be a person. That is what people look like. How hideous.

"Where's the nearest plot convenient merchant caravan heading to the capitol?"

>>18058768
>"Where do whores go?"

So what kind of zen fighting prowess have we developed over the years of being blind?

Get some scraps from a local inn for a few piens and feed them to a stray dog. Gotta have a dog companion if we're going on an adventure.

>>18058768
It's a person. Recognize the voice?

>>18058768
You there OP?
I wanna become a wizard. ;_;

No, I've seen people like me. I guess merchants are a different deal tho.

"You are a merchant?"
>"Yeah, I'm merchant."
Merchants look weird.

I buy goggles and a cape. 60 pien! I did not buy a sword, as I already own one! It's the only thing my parents left me.

"Are you going to capitol?"
>"Yeah, three days travel."
"Can I come with you"
>"We can take you with us, but it will cost ya 50 pien. We will leave in the morning at sunrise. Come bit earlier than that, okay?"

Hm, should I?

>>18059088
Use your DARK EYES of INTIMIDATION to lower the price.

Say 80 pien for the purchase and travel, be willing to go up to 100 pien.

>>18059088
Put on the goggles and hat.
Offer to work to mitigate cost.
Best Nightwatch man in the world cause lol blind.

>>18059088

That sounds like a good deal, accept. Also see if he has available a pointy blue wizard hat.

>>18059088
Ask him if there are any whores on the caravan. Or in the capitol.

>>18059130

Good question.

And yes, offer services, so that we don't have to go more than 100 for the entirety of our expenses.

>>18059088
Ask if you can take a dog with you, if not we'll have to get our dog companion in the capitol.

Yep, managed to get it down to 100 pien! Now I just have to wait...
Wait...
Waiting is boring.
What should I do meanwhile? I have bit of time before going to sleep.
Oh, yeah!

"Are there whores on the caravan?"
>"No. Capitol has lots of fine whores tho."
"Cool."

Buy rope. Always buy rope. Never be without rope.

You'll know why.

>>18059310
Go find a helpful dog companion.

>>18059310
Seconding the rope.

Also, feed some scraps to a stray dog and try to make him our pet. This can only benefit us in the future.

>>18059310
Go get your sword!

>>18059310
Sey goodbye to any friends you jave I guess. Or maybe we can recruit one into your party.

>>18059351
Hell yes, let's get the big silent one and the sneaky thieving one, along with a dog.

Just a note for when we become a wizard: we need to teach our dog to speak.

>>18059390
>teach
>not use magic

>>18059434
I don't see how else we'd teach a dog to speak.

We could become a master linguist instead though.

>>18059088
Woh woh woh, Why're we getting Charged to travel with them?
We have a sword, they should pay US (or at least give us a free pass) to act as an escort. We've a cape and goggles now, so we look less of a useless street urchin now.

Matter of fact that, we should find a blacksmitch to get our sword sharpened. We've been blind, cant say we've maintained the sword much in 15 years.

I searched high and low, but couldn't find a dog. I asked around for stray dogs, but last one was adopted by that crazy old man.

I managed to get myself some rope. It is four times as long as I am.

I also bid farewell for my buddies. Jonathan is kinda jealous, Tom wishes me good luck and cheers.
Oh well, might as well go to sleep now. I have to wake up early!

>>18059496
Gonna have to wait till the capital to get a dog, then.
Recruit the FUCK out of Jonathan.

>>18059496
What, Johnathan, are you going to sit around all your life, and wait till you get picked up by some farmer only to make you break your back in the fields?

Hell No.

Stand up, put your MAN pants on, and you're going on an adventure with me, We're going to see the world, you hear me?

Als you're going to need to put together some peini for travel expenses. But i can loan you it if you need it.

>>18059540
>>18059571
Which one is the one with the eyepatch? He looks much cooler than the other one. Bring him.

>>18059586
Bring both.

Sad that we don't have one beefy mute friend and one shady thieving bastard, but what can you do.

But Jonathan doesn't even have arms and Tom has only one leg. They might really hinder me, and Jonathan is completely fine living here.

Not to mention, the merchant might expect me to pay more. Jonathan and Tom don't have much excess pien.

Anyway, good night!

>>18059705
Note for when we become a wizard: come back and merge Jonathan and Tom so they have 2 arms and 3 legs altogether.

>>18059705
Wake up early, get on caravan, go to capital, become most powerful wizard of the age.
Cast regeneration on Jonothan and Tom

>>18059705
>But Jonathan doesn't even have arms and Tom has only one leg.
Hahahaha. Damn!

After we get breakfast, and some rations for the trip, We'll need to get a sling bag or something too, blanket (or we can use our cape), flint and steel, a flask or canteen of some sort, and go to the blacksmith and get our sword sharpened!

I wonder if Jonathan can fight with a sword in his mouth.

Good morning!

Yes, when I become the best wizard, I will give Jonathan arms and Tom an eye and a leg! I promise!

As for the slink bag and canteen, I don't own those. The orphanage however, does.
I will borrow them for a while. They probably won't need 'em. I will return them when I have more money to get my own canteen and bag.

I think the sword is sharp enough. Blacksmith is lazy and won't get up in few hours.

>>18059944
Man those eyes are freaky.

Sword, canteen, rope, cape, goggles, flint and steel.. Check!

I arrive at the caravan. They are still loading some stuff inside. It looks like they are almost finished.

>"You are the human kid going to Joros?"
"Uh, I guess."
>"You look... scrawny. You won't be much help with loading. Just get inside with the other folks. We'll leave soon."

Hmph.

>>18059982
It's time to show off our insanely powerful muscles.

>>18059982
IT'S LIFT TIME.

>>18059982
>human
So... what are the other species?

>>18059982
>Human

Soooo, what are the other species?

Just quietly get in the caravan and see who else is there. Hopefully there's someone willing to be recruited by a 15 year old kid with a sword and without even a helpful animal companion.

>>18059982
"It looks like you just bought yourself a ticket... to the GUN SHOW."

Then pose.

The art reminds me of Moomins.
In a good way, that is.

>>18060078
Is there a bad way to be reminded of Moomins?

>>18060126
Now try to sleep.

"What, scrawny?! Check this out!"
He must be really impressed!

>>18060279
Aw jeah that is straight up 1000% badassitude there. Probably all faintin' and shit cause he can't handle out raw projection of masculinity.

He just told me to get inside. Blah.
There are two other passengers. One is like the merchants, other one is human.

It is really silent.
I guess the robed guy with pointy hat is asleep. I can hear him snoring.


[ continuing tomorrow, thanks for playing ]

The merchants aren't... human?

>>18060316
Thanks for running, I guess. Kinda interesting although not much happened.

(Let us do more cool/silly things!)

rolled 3 = 3

>>18060207
>Buka

Someone needs one day to sit down and create D&D version of that walking nightmare. Just so we can all scare our players shitless.

>>18060327
>pointy hat
>pointy hat
>pointy hat
Oh wow, it's a fucking wizard.

>>18060338

No, notice the long ears they have. Same as the sleeping guy.

They remind me of Nu Mou from FFT.

Anyway rock and roll, we got ourselves some good starting gear, a steady trip to the capitol, 100 pien for a lovely courtesan, and to top it all off we have 15 years worth of living blind and developing senses, only now we can see! It's practically like having super powers, or being an elf/dog hybrid.

MOAR OP, MOAR!

let's try to talk to our fellow travelers and learn who they are. Perhaps they might be adventurers, and the snoring one might be a wizard.

On second thought, leave the dozing one alone. Never pays to make a wizard angry AND sleep-deprived.

Bump.

>>18063236
OP said at the bottom of the most recent post it'll continue tomorrow.
Page 15 alone will take some time to reach anyway so just keep it from there?

(also, maybe take your e-mail out of the e-mail field unless you need it there, bud.)

[This appears to be the same setting as http://tgchan.org/wiki/Tory%27s_Tower, for those of you who are confused.]

Bumpade~

The day was boring. Nothing special happened at all.
I did talk with the other passengers tho. The sleepy one was a mage, journeying to Capital to make a report. The other human passenger is a blacksmith visiting cousins. I thought about asking about sharpening the blade, but decided not to. Caravan is mostly those long-eared folk.

And I learned something about races. There are six major races: Human, Caowe ( merchants I have been seing ), Satyr ( horned goat-things ), Elfs, Dwarves, and um, Ongigil ( bird people ). That's about it.

I am now on night watch with one of the long-eared folk ( I think it is the same one who was not impressed by my amazing muscles ). It has been peaceful, but there's been quite bit of annoying rustling going on for a while now.

>>18066390
Activate night vision super eyes.

>>18060789
I thought it was a hat.

>>18066390
[x] draw sword
[x] investigate rustling

>>18066414
This. gather some xp and grow magical powers in short order,

>>18066390

Rustling you say?

>>18066670

This man raises a good point, before doing anything else we should check the status of our Jimmies. Who knows what sort of rustling could have taken place without our knowledge?

The plethora of jimmy rustling related images warms the cockles of my heart. God bless you sir.

>>18066748

Sir this is no laughing matter, there is some serious amounts of rustling going on here which we must check out.

>>18066780
That gave me an honest laugh in real life. Please no more, it will wake my family and I must save them all.

I'll check that out. But first I'll put the goggles on! Just to be safe!

>"... What is it?"
"Heard something."
>"I heard nothing."
"Well, I'm going to check it anyways."
>"Whatever."

Hm, it is not that bad! I can see pretty well in the dark!

rolled 13 = 13

>>18067002
Activate Spirit Vision

I found the source of the rustling!
It's some sort of beast. It smells like dead rats. A corpse? And there's some sort of circle on its head. Or am I just seeing things?

Anyway, it sure does looks menacing.

>>18067042
Probably just misunderstood. Befriend it.

>>18067042
Looks Harmless to me.
Anyway, Poke the creature if you sword.
Violently

>>18067042
See that thing? You don't want to go near that thing.

You want to head back to the camp and wake everyone up.

Things that smell dead and look like that are NEVER good news.

>>18067042
[x] Enter the zone
[x] Do this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MNlSoDoEHbQ&feature=related

>>18067081
Dot Zatoichi(2003).
Not Doing Zatoichi(1988)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5npny5uHUM

You know, for future acquisitions, we really need a scarf and a pointy hat. And a pipe and a harmonica. And a pair of high-laced boots to travel safely with. And some whiskey to taste around the campfire with our friends on a star-lit night. And a very laid-back anti-establishmentarian worldview.

>>18067042
Gee, uh... grandpa always said you should talk to yourself quietly and back away diagonally if you saw a big fuzzy beast looking at you in the woods.

Grandpa didn't talk about this exact kind of big fuzzy beast though. I wonder if it's a scavenger, or could we play dead?

Try to see if you can pick-up rocks first and chuck it in the direction of the rustlings.

When morning comes, try looking for a knife. It'll let you make pointy sticks to start skewing food with over an open flame. You can carve stuff with it that you can sell. You'll also have a back-up weapon if ever you can't reach your sword. And once you get someone into your party, you have a handy weapon to equip them with.

If not a knife, you could instead get a wood-cutter's axe and start working as a lumberjack. Sell the firewood to the merchants you're travelling with, or to the market once you reach the city.

Also, don't dual-wield. Your penalties will make you feel silly.

Well, I guess I shouldn't just stand here. I take run for it.
It begins to chase me. For a corpse, it is quite fast!
"Wake up! Something dead is after me!"

The long-eared guy notices my call and begins to wake up other folks.
>"Hey wake up! We are being attacked!"
>"Undead? Ah fuck."
>"Hang in there, we'll be there in a second!"

>>18067849

Get ready for fightan gaems.

Run towards a horse, AND SLIDE UNDER.

Horse meat should be just as tasty as human meat to the undead. Never mind that the cart its pulling will also be pulled from the momentum, at least you're alive.

>>18067849
KILL IT.

And under horse I slide! The beast attacks the horse, just as planned!

>"Burn!"

Both beast and horse are engulfed in flames.
I bet this won't end well for me.

>our life is now in debt to a wizardy mage user of some sort, maybe the mage we sat next to

Oh boy time for apprenticing

Not much apprenticing I guess.
The merchant is mad for killing one of his horses. He demanded us to compensate for the loss. Mage paid it. He says it's not my fault really. There had been reports of rogue necromancer around here.
I won't be on the night watch anymore. I guess it's good, I get to sleep more.

>>18069991
We should ask the mage about magic and shit

After yesterday's screwup, I asked him about magic. He did not tell much. He just told me that there are many basic schools of magic, about wizard academy and about dangers yadda yadda.
The basic school are uh, general magic, elemental magic ( which is divided to more schools ), ,conjuring, summoning, warping and enchanting and uh. That's about it. He might have left out a few.

Then he just told me to bug off. The horse-incident had costed him 120 pien.
I can see why he is not very fond of me right now.

Soon we'll be in the capital. I cannot wait!

Rest of the trip went fine. I don't think I left a fine impression on my passengers and the merchants. I might not get another ride for a while from them.
Finally I have arrived to the capital! It's HUGE! It's incredible!

Now, what should I do?
I have only 100 piens left...

>>18070285
We wanted to become a magic man, right?
Well, first start inquiring how to do that. Ask around, visit the mage college, maybe search for a tutor.

Or visit a tavern for ale and whores!

This quest is great and OP should feel great.

>>18070380
True. I like the art.

We look like a wonderfully psychotic Snufkin.

We should wander about town and find a basic school of magic. Or well... we're obviously meant for greatness since we just came out of our 15 years of blindness, so why not go straight to the academy and badger them for an opening? If nothing else, at least a janitor's or a kitchen helper's job would be nice to keep us clothed, fed and housed, and we could use our access to the place to sneak a few peeks in some magic booksies.

Anyway, let's find the wizard's academy.

>>18070285
op, you're gone?

>>18070285

The central motive for how to spend our remaining pien should be as it always has; spend some time with a lovely courtesan.

I found the academy. Why is everything here so big? And white. And by the I guess the tower's somehow enchanted. Cool.

Holy shit you can't even see the top. That is a right proper wizard's tower
Head on inside and see what enrollment involves

>>18071188
Find the entrance and enter the place. Ask them where to apply to learn magic

Be careful with those wizards. They may get angry and take away your vision or something else. So use respect but not too much, don't be a doormat.

So this is the academy? So weird.
Circles and strange marks everywhere. It looks kinda off, like they are glued on my eyeballs.

>"Ahem."

Oh right.

>"I guess that like others, you want to apply in our academy."
"Yeah!"
>"How are your spellcasting skills in general."
"Uh."
>"Oh, okay. What family are you from?"
"Um."
>"Give me a reason to let you in."

>>18071256
I really want to learn the magic and it's nature.
*puppy eyes*

>>18071256

Show him your eyes, let him guess as to their nature. Tell him you want to find out more about them.

rolled 22 = 22

>>18071256
I was blind, but a mage healed me. I want to study hard until I can travel around and track him down to thank him.

I doubt this is good enough to convince him, but I'm not having much inspiration atm.

>>18071256
Look at him
and say.
"Give me a good idea for not doing"

Damn it see this is why we needed to buy a wizard hat, they would have let us just right in!

Look him in the eyes and say "I was blind, but a mage healed me. What better way to repay him then to use these new eyes to learn magic?"

"I was blind, but a mage healed me. What better way to repay him then to use these new eyes to learn magic?"
>"Wait a moment here. How long have you been blind?"
"Since birth."
>"That is... very unique. According to my recollection, there is no single spell that can heal birth defects."
"Uh what?"
>"You see, most of healing spells can only reverse most recent injuries. The oldest injury ever healed by magic was regrowing King Zeben's arm. He had been missing arm for 4 years. Some of course debate whatever it ever happened. Please, let me see your eyes."
"Uh. okay."
>"Yes, quite unusual. Have you been feeling weird lately? Do you have any idea about who healed you? Do you see things which other people don't? Where are you from? Were the eyes you were born with like this?"
"Um. Maybe"
>"No matter, you should come with me. We'll go see someone might be interested in this. We might be able to negotiate about your enrollment after all."

Yeaah.

>>18072181
Sweet!
We get some magic!

So, we're this close to getting into the wizard academy. There's a chance we'll meet the wizard that saved us and paid for us again. We should make it out current medium term goal to pay him back.

>>18072274

Well we're still 20 short regardless.

>>18072181
>Do you see things which other people don't?

Well, we do see the runes. Like on the tower, and on the head of that beast we assume was undead. Maybe that's something worth noting.

Although I wonder if it's safe to tell the magic people that.

>>18072480

Maybe we should hold off on it then.

The more I spend in this place the cooler it looks. I've seen lots of mages! Mostly humans and elves, I think I saw a satyr... Haven't seen the one that was in the caravan.

"Hey, about your questions.."
>"Yes?"
"I haven't noticed any sort of strange things with my vision. I couldn't see the healer because, well, I was blind!"
>"Not even after you were granted sight?"
"No, he was just gone."
>"He? How old do you think he was? Did he have any sort of dialect?"
"Not very old I guess. And I don't know about dialects..."

We arrive at a door. Inside the room there's a human sitting on a bed.

>"Dionne, I have a visitor who might interest you?"
>"Oh please, it better not be-"
>"No, not Scott. I have a visitor who has quite interesting eyes. He claims that his blindness was cured by someone."
>".. Well, that's a quite thing."
>"I will leave him with you. Do not remove his eyes. Test if they have any special proportions."
The old man leaves the room.
>"He was kidding about removing eyes, honestly."


[ Continuing later, archive thread if you will. Thanks for playing. ]

>>18073042
Oooooh, thanks for having us.

>>18073042
thanks for running this, op

Somebody archive this.

While kind of interesting, I felt we basically had nigh on nil input in this quest.

I like your art style but if you want to tell a story, tell a story.

>>18078193

Hey as long as we get to slam out some fine bitches, I don't care how OP takes this quest.

>>18081250
That's a fair point I guess?