>>18123647
>Also, I must come up with a way to make some money.

See if any wizards not associated with the guild are looking for a help for their laboratory/store/whatever.

Let's keep trying, do we know of any wizard's operating in the city? I suppose we could just try to ask around the local tavern for rumors or follow the smell of explosions.

I checked around a tavern near the academy. I managed to find a wizard. He did not want me as his apprentice, no, but I managed to find people -who- might!

- Noel
Wizard specializing in study of runes. Is just visiting here, travels a lot. Might apprentice ( especially if I tell him about my ability ).

- Nenonen
Like Noel, he travels around recovering artifacts. Dunno about his specialization. He is actually here in this tavern!
He might need someone to assist him in his travels.

- Nxisa
A counter-mage. Dunno what that is. Actually wants an apprentice.

- Jan
'Mad legal necromancer.'
... I might get work involving corpses...

>>18125032
Thank the guy who told us about the other wizards.

Ask him about Noel's and Nxisa's specialisations.

counter-mage sounds really cool.
And she's willing to teach you.
Don't tell her about eyes yet, though.

rolled 21 = 21

>>18125111
Wait a sec, what's special about our eyes again? They can see in the dark?

>>18125362
I think they can see magic?

>>18125362
And we can see magic that's usually invisible to human eyes. Enchantments and stuff.

>>18125032
I'm going to vote for the counter-mage. Find out what that is and, if it's cool, go for it.

>>18125965
Would training in counter-magic prevent us from learning to heal people? We kinda promised somebody back home that we would come back and heal their injuries.

I found Nxisa. She's one of those goat-people. I ask her about the counter-mages.

>"...You want to be a counter-mage?"
"Well, I would like to know more, at least!"
>"Wonderful. I don't get many people asking about my trade or wanting to become an apprentice. People see counter mages as bit... unneeded! That's a load of shit. We, counter-mages, have a very important job: eliminating unwanted mages and removing magic from person. Recently amount of rogue mages have increased, and we've been really busy ridding of them and the spells they have laid upon people."
"Uh, so, you kill mages?"
>"Yes. Wild mages can be very dangerous, and must be rid off. Uh, we do use magic ourselves, but it's to counter and interrupt the enemy mage. We are not pure robe-wearing, spell-spewing mages. The job requires ability in physical combat. I will teach you basics of combat and counter-magic, and after that we'll be off. So, do you want to become a counter-mage or not? Please, we really need new blood."

So... Should I become one?

>>18125992
Absolutely. Also, tell her about the eye thing. That we can see magic. I would imagine that ability would be crazy-useful as a counter-mage.

Going to have to agree with the above anon, with the agreeing with her part. I'm still iffy on actually telling people that we can see magic. She can at the least teach us basic magics which we can extrapolate upon to learn other magics if we don't want to counter mage.

[ OP here. Sorry, I must go to sleep now. Early wake up tomorrow. Continuing later. Feel free to vote and suggest. ]

>>18126124

agree with the other, seeing magic on a person is highly useful for a counter-mage.

Granted being a necromancer could be awesome too- if he's actually "legal" you could gain the ability to put limbs back on your friends in your hometown!

Daniel is rather good hearted fellow, right?
Do we really want him to become necromancer or a magic hitman?
I'm not so sure about it.
Maybe we should ask those two other guys.

>>18126699
Well, the thing is, is that it's less "magic hitman" and more "police force for wizards." A common phrase is that wizards don't know right from wrong, as they've gone mad with power, yadda yadda. Counter-Mages put down any mages who break the law, kill innocents, so on and so such. It's not like we're joining the anti-wizard's inquisition or something, and if we don't like it we can just leave. Nothing to stop us really from also adding on other lessons from what we learn, after all in order to be a good doctor it is good to learn much about what can harm the body.

>>18126764
Still, it involves killing those rogue mages.
Killing, not "delivering to authorities" or "draining their mana".
I'm just not so sure about it.

Going to sleep anyway. I'll be back to look how it went down in few hours.

>>18126843
She never mentioned "killing," just eliminating. I've heard of people eliminating problem people, but that doesn't mean they kill them. I would guess that those who aren't as harmful are turned into proper authority, while those who are too dangerous do indeed get killed. Then again, isn't that the form of justice we're most familiar in dealing with in fantasy games? How often do you beat a guy senseless and then wait for the authorities to get there in a fantasy game, specially someone who's probably killed or harmed many people due to their malicious fault?

That, as well as getting a balanced knowledge of both physical and magical training so if we decide away from magic, yeah right, we could do other things. Fuck, I don't know, maybe learn bardic magic or something? It'd be an option.

>>18127082
Of course she said that they kill them.
Look:
>>18125992
>"Uh, so, you kill mages?"
>"Yes. Wild mages can be very dangerous, and must be rid off.

I vote to see the necromancer while telling the counter-mage you'll come back in an hour or so to give an answer.

couldn't hurt and I like trying random things to see how it ends up.

>>18128075
I agree, but let's see Nenonen the artifact acquirer before seeing the Necromancer. He's also in the tavern, I'm hoping he's the Indiana Jones type and we can learn to be awesome treasure hunter using our magic eyes.

>>18128137
Let's see ALL of them before we make a decision, if that's okay. I'm sure none of these people would want to take on an apprentice who would be better off elsewhere but, at the same time, would really like an apprentice who shopped around and still chose them. You know?

>>18128158

Agreed, I'm sure each person has something to offer to Daniel, no harm in looking about for a few hours.

I am leaning towards the Counter-mage (they have to fight, which benefits from our amazing muscles), but yeah, ask around.

>>18128158
Well, you convinced me. I'm agreeing with this. I'd tell the Counter-Mage that we first want to check out a few things first and think on the offer, so she doesn't just leave or something.

Bump for more suggestions

Bump

>>18131073
Don't bump without content. For example:

"Are we even sure we want to be a wizard? I mean, we're kinda diving head first into this. I guess we don't have enough money to live on for too long, but it still seems kinda rash."

>>18131091

I think the "extraordinary muscles" won't let him get by as a day worker, so it seems like a mages path would be best

>>18131386
And so far, the countermage promises to use both the fancy eyes and amazing muscles. I'm just curious if any of the other mages do too.

>>18131421
That's a fair point. We don't want to squander either of our extremely short list of talents.

I don't think we should become a necromancer, too... risky. I'd be fine with the others, but I disapprove of joining the necromancer.

Fuck yes! It's Katawa Shounen: Fantasy Edition again!

"About learning counter-magic: does it um, hinder learning healing magic?"
>"Um, don't know actually. While counter magic is very different compared to other kinds of magic, you can still cast spells like anyone else. You just won't focus on them. Of course, using counter magic can make using regular magic feel weird. All counter-mages need to learn some basic healing- and utility-spells"
"Oh, okay. Thanks! I'll think about it.I have to go now! Bye!"
>"Oh bye! Remember, we really need some more folks! With Dark Archmage rampaging and all!"

Okay, I am going to see Nenonen, Noel and than necromancer.

Met Nenonen.
>"So eh, you saw my thing on the bill-board?"
"Nope, I was told that you were kinda needing help."
>"Oh yeah, cool. My last partner, uh, kicked the bucket and fell into a spike-trap. So yep, I need help with carrying some stuff. Nothing heavy. You are also pretty small, so you might fit some tight spaces."
"Uh, I also heard you are a mage."
>"Yeah, I'm an elementalist! Thunder, ice, fire, all that shit! If you are interested, I can teach you some basic during free time."
"Awesome. How's the payment?"
>"Um. He he. Well, depends. I can pay housing and food, but I don't know how much I can pay in pien. Depends on how well we do! "
"Thanks! I'll think about it!"
>"Yeah, see ya."

Found Noel.

>"Uheh. Yes, help would be appreciated. I do need an assistant. Mostly nothing dangerous. Remember, we'll be traveling a lot. Studying and copying old runes and circles. We'll also make money by removing unwanted runes and circles. You cannot imagine how many people need that kind of help..."
>"Eh, I will need to teach you some basics of the trade tho. Nothing unpleasant. Enchanters are always needed. Powerful ones might be employed by the academy or royal family."
"Have you been in their service?"
>"For academy, yes. But I grew bored of it all. I and few of my colleagues designed the defenses of the academy's tower. Too bad no one won't see them... It was pretty great stuff."
"Hm~"
>"Anyway, think about it. I'll be leaving in two days. And as for the pay, we'll, I'll make sure you won't starve."

>"O h h e l l o ! You heard eh? I'll pay well! We'll start this night. The work might be bit icky, but you'll get used to it! See me later! I have things to attend! Like the... stove."
"!"

Hrm, I say go back to the goat-woman, learning about being a countermage sounds like interesting work.

>"Oh hey, bye! See you later tonight!"

Okay I am done here. It is time to choose...

I think we should go with the counter mage. Training to fight the DARK ARCHMAGE sound appropriately adventurous for someone with our fancy eyes and amazing muscles. But I am curious about the purple circle thingy.

>>18134113
I dunno. I like the necromancer. He seems like a pretty nice guy. A bit shy and awkward, but if you deal with the dead everyday you probably get rusty when it comes to living people.

>>18134237
I also like him, but I like the Countermage more. Currently I'd rank them

1. Nxisa
2. Necromancer
3. Nenonen
4. Noel

I like the counter-mage, necromancer and the enchanter. The enchanting sounds like the thing we would naturally be best at and it involves traveling, which is sweet. Counter magic is definitely protagonist power though. Can't we like, pick more than one?

Counter-mage or necromancer. Mostly the Counter-mage since it would be useful to learn how to screw over enemy mages.

>>18134299
I'm also not sure how much the other jobs would let us use our sword. Do you think the necromancer will be able to teach us how to fight? He seems like much too nice a guy for that.

>>18133890
Hoookay, Nenonen looks like Snufkin on drugs. Or maybe he didn't slept enough.


I'm voting for counter-mage lady or Noel.
Necromancer is just to creepy for me, and I think Daniel thinks the same.

Counter-mage. I don't trust dead people.

Well, since we're pretty much BORN to be a counter-mage... I say Neonen. Because who really doesn't want to be Wizard Indiana Jones? Don't deny it.

>Be here for entirety of first thread
>See this thread just now

I guess our original dreams of spending time with a saucy courtesan have been put to rest?

The goatwoman seems nice, and it does sound like she really needs help, she practically begged us to go with her.

>>18134045
He seems like a real friendly chap, but I'm going to vote counter-magic.

>>18136159
We should thank and hug her. Isn't a /tg/ quest without hugs.

I get back to Nxisa. I told her that I want to become a counter mage. She congratulated me for my choice.

She tells me that now that I am her student, she will take care of my living expenses. Cool!

>>18136175
Neat! Now we don't have to worry about starving because we can only afford two more weeks of food!

>>18136175
Let's tell her about our weird eyes. She should by pretty interested in that.

>"... And this is your room."
"Cool."
>"Make yourself comfortable. I need to go to fill forms and go buy some food."
>"... Humans can eat meat, right?"
"Yeah."
>"Good. We'll start your training tomorrow."

>>18136199
We should ask how she lost that eye and explain that we used to be completely blind.

>>18134741
Nothing stops us from doing that though. We just decided to get something going for us before spending the rest of our money.

>>18136199
We should search for opportunities to earn some money on the side.

>>18136261
Good idea, but we should see how much of our time the traning will require before we make plans for anything else.

I thank her with a hug!

[ Small timeskip incoming ]

>>18136307
>forgetting the horns erryday

Hah. I didn't even notice that

>>18136213
This. She needs to know about our weird eyes. That could be useful for training.

>>18136307

If you're dedicated to this- can we have an alt storyline where we join the necromancer for a small stint once this story is all said and done? I think a lot of us wanted to go that route.

>>18136411
I didn't and that's way too much work to ask of OP, by my reckoning.

>>18136422
I second that

>>18136474
I second the second.

>>18136489
Good, because him asking for a necromancer alt sounded to me like someone saying "Gee, thanks for the burger you made. Now, can you run out and get me a sausage too?"

Before the timeskip, can we check out our new room?

One year passed.

Learned basics of magic ( like healing and orb of light ) and some counter magic. A spell that allows me to disrupt a spellcast and one that destroys barriers. I told her about my eyes. She was absolutely ecstatic, blabbing about how useful such eyes are. However, she told me to keep it as secret. I also learned fighting with sword, but I am not too good she says.

She explained me the current situation too. There has been a large emergence of rogue mages. The Dark Archmage ( former archmage of mage guild gone berserk ) has been cause according to current archmage. The Dark Archmage himself has been avoiding public. Currently he has bounty of whopping 100 000 pien!
There has been other disturbances, like somethingsomething draconian lord causing ruckus in the east.

As for chasing rogue mages, well, I have been not. But soon...
I also learned how to read and write! Good for me!

>>18136751
inb4 Dark Archmage is the one who gave us eyes.

Did we earn any money on side jobs in meanwhile?

>>18136751
>She explained me the current situation too. There has been a large emergence of rogue mages. The Dark Archmage ( former archmage of mage guild gone berserk ) has been cause according to current archmage.
I smell something fishy about that.
I wonder how will it turn out.
Good that Daniel can write and read now.

But yeah, I haven't been making any money since she is only receiving pien to pay my living expenses ( some sort of support from academy ).

I just received a lots of pien ( 250! ) from Nxison. She told me to use it on equipment and potions. We are going to hunt a necromancer down tonight. An illegal necromancer, little north from this city!
Ohboyohboy.

I still have my sword. I have some robes that have been lightly enchanted against magic, but that's about it.

>>18137082
Get some armor that's protective but flexible, like a jack of plates or a hardened leather cuiress with a thick clothe gambeson.

>>18137067
Sweet.
Since we're going again a necromancer we should take stuff which will be useful there. Umm... like holy water? Do they say holy water?
Some healing potions would be nice and an armor to wear under robes.

>>18137098
Don't forget a nice metal helmet! That's the most important part.

>>18137082
We should write our old friends at the orphenage.

>>18137109
And some nice leather gloves with metal plates on the back of the hands. We don't want to lose a finger during a fight.

inb4 It's Jan who went rogue.

OP, let me just say that your art style is adorable and satisfyingly simple.

>>18137540


But he's madly legal!

>>18137826

Agreed, refreshing and simple to look at.

Let's get leather armor(mobility) but with some scales in most importatn places, for protection.

And some blinding/stun potion, beside obvious healing ones.

>>18137926
Don't forget a cloth gambeson, a metal helmet, and some sturdy gloves.

>>18138100
Buy something nice to eat for yourself and your boss.

>>18138100
Damn, the lack of a metal helmet really makes me fear for his safety. Back in the day, even when they couldn't afford leathers or chain shirts for peasants, they still gave them helmets. Oh well, I guess there's nothing we can do about it. Let's get some rope and basic tools like a hammer and a pry bar.

>cue shady alleyway merchant.

Here we go! I don't think metal helmet will do good tho, since it will reduce my ability to spell-cast. According to Nxisa anyway.

Anyway, leather armor and cloth gambeson under my robe. Gloves with metal plates, two healing potions and two bottles of holy water. I am not totally sure how effective they are. I heard they can dispel curses, which might be useful.

Anything else? I have plenty of pien left. Or should I head home? It need to go to sleep for a while. Striking at night and all.

>>18138155
Can we get any protective head gear? It's one of, if not the most, important places to protect during a fight. Even if it was just a heavily padded cap of cloth and hardened leather I would feel a bit better.

>>18138119
This, you deserve a good meal.
Then go back home and rest before setting out.

>>18138155
Proper boots that won't break down after some use. Possibly with a metal toe to prevent losing toes.

Also... GET YE GOGGLES!

>>18138176
A metal-toed boot is definitely a good idea. Oh, and a backpack/duffel bag.

>>18138119
Oh this, we definitely need to constantly thank her for teaching us.

Hm, food, headgear ( somewhat protective, but should not constrict my spellcasting ), boots!
Yeah, I am prepared for the night! Eat, catch some sleep and hunt deranged necromancers!

>>18138422
yay

>>18138422
'atta boy.

>>18138422
Awesome. Last thing I might see we could need would be a dagger to hide on us, you really never know when that could come in handy and when you do it tends to be too late to get one.

After that, I say we're good to go.

I can find daggers. Good night...

-----------------------

>"Hey, buddy, wake up."
Nxisa... Is it time already? ...
No, not Nxisa.

>>18138530
Then whom?

>>18138530
Something with completely no need to worry about! By that I mean we're getting ambushed by polite rogues.

"Burglars...?"
>"Heh, no burglars this time, no."

Am I dreaming?
... !
It is... the person who healed me!

>"So I see you have become a counter mage. That's marvelous. Marvelous."
"Y-yes, all thanks to you."
>"It's good to see that you are putting them in imaginative use."

>>18138642
"Thank you so much for the eyes! I decided to learn magic because of what you did for me!"

>>18138642
Offer him something to eat and drink. We don't want to be a terrible host to the person who gave us eyesight.

>>18138642
"Hey... who are you?"

I.. think this is a dream.

"Thank you so much for the eyes! I decided to learn magic because of what you did for me!"
>"Yes, I see. I too have deep interest in magic."
"... But who are you?"
>"Sorry kid, but I don't tell my name to anyone. Even you. However, you might call me Miracle Lord."
"...Miracle Lord? Oh."
>"I'll keep this short. Good luck with your career. Show that necromancer who is the boss. Don't forget that you owe me."
"Owe... you?"
>"Hehe."

>>18138872
>Don't forget that you owe me

Well... that doesn't sound too nice.

>>18138888
I wouldn't consider it a completely unreasonable claim though.

>"Don't worry about paying back. Our time here is up. See you in Xjaal."
"Wait!"

>>18138984
Hey. He has a weird eye like us!

The world collapses around us. I find myself in my room, alone.

>"Hey Daniel! Wake uuup- It's time for some necromancer hunting!"

It's the time already? Oh boy!

[ continuing tomorrow asdf. Thanks for playing ]

Quickly, hug him.

>>18139125
See you then, OP.
Don;t forget to archive this.

>>18138984
>"Hello, I'm Alucard from Hellsing, but with better body proportions"

Well done OP, see you tommorow.

>>18139125
Wonderful, this was fun, I can't wait to see more.

>>18139125

*claps* good job, OP- can't wait to see where this goes.

>>18139125
I sit just me, or has the swirl pattern in our eye change?

Well, let's get up and face the night then. To catching a necromancer and hopefully more. Also... My money is on the guy who restored our sight being the Dark Archmage.

Gather equipment, find a knife, and set out for adventure and bounty.