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Ask Mark where Adrian is, and Clarice.

ask mark about help training the boys, and if they have any faults that he would help with
especially with spiderdan, him being not of the usual anatomy, is there anyway he could further exploit his advantages against human opponents

>>21196560
i wanna get them adventure ready as possible, have them by our side ASAP

>>21196547
You ask Mark where Adrian and Clarice have gotten off to.

>"Adrian went off to an Eleven city, Sileo. Clarice followed him to learn some new magics."

If you find Adrian, you find Clarice.

>>21196560
>"I ain't seen 'em fight. But if they're your lads, well, they're probably damned good. The spider fellow, he could be a real game changer. He's got the shock and awe factor, and if he's like his dad, then that web stuff."

>>21196574
You get the lads formed up with you and tell them they're to accompany you to Sileo.

>"I've always wanted to go there, sir. Me ma used to tell me stories about it. Houses built into trees, and a restfulness that no one has ever seen."

Steve seems adamant about it.

>"Sounds alright, but elves, sir? I know you didn't have the best experience with that one elf."
Gary adds.

SpiderDan just looks giddy.

What do you do?

where is everyone tonight?

>>21196635
These threads take a little while to build up speed.

>>21196630
sometimes you just have to step into the fire
sigh, lets get this over with, and dont think you are getting off light, both myself and mark will be training you everyday on the way

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>>21196656
INDEED THEY DO. AND AKU ACTUALY ARIVED ON TIME FOR THIS ONE! SADLY, AKU CANNOT STAY. TIME WORKS EVER AGAINST ME. I THINK IT'S PISSED ABOUT ALL THE PORTAL-TEARING I'VE BEEN DOING.
JUST MAKE SURE YOU LOT TORMENT ADRIAN PROPERLY WHEN YOU FIND HIM. AKU HOPES TO SEE MANY ROLLS FOR SAN IN THE ARCHIVE.

>>21196662
>"I might not be as strong as Daniel, but I think I have more combat experience. Maybe. But I do have far more combat styles, less unorthodox, I've never known anyone but him to weaponise dancing... But I can show you hundred of sword stances."

The lads like the sound of that, if they have many styles of combat they can counter others easier.

You return to the docks, and board your ship.

Mark, the lads, and yourself all board and check for break ins. None found.

What do you do?

>>21196745
Ask Mark if he knows where the city is.

Rolled 18

>>21196745
make a pray to hydra for a swift and safe journey

>>21196851
>"Oh yes, Adrian gave me a map for when I had finished with the war. It's in my pack."

Mark drops his shoulder pack and roots around in it.

>"It's in here somewhere..."

Mark's tossing things left and right, just dropping them on the deck.

>"Ah ha! Found it!"
Mark lifts a piece of cloth over his head and waves it above him.

You go to your cabin and lay it out on the table, holding the corners down with a knife.

>"See, we're here,"
Mark plops a finger down.
>"And our destination is here,"
He traces it along the map.
>"So we follow this current, and it'll take us right to them."

Sounds good.

"Alright, let's go. There's a few weeks worth of food in the hold, and I'll just grab food from the seas."

>>21196912
You ask Hydra for swift winds, and calm seas. You fell a nod from the waves.

What do you do?

>>21196937
Train the three apprentices while the ship sails, get Mark to show them new things.

>>21197023
This, but also play them off of each other a little. Tell them whoever is able to learn our lessons first gets a prize. The rivalry will push them to learn a bit faster than they would otherwise.

>>21197023
You man the helm of the ship as Mark shows the lads new fighting styles, how to counter and parry, how to riposte.

You watch as you steer, as Gary gets faster and fast with his strikes, while Steve learns to move and attack, and while SpiderDan learns how to use those natural abilities of his.

Before long Steve and Gary are immobilized under a thick web of silk.

Mark is trying in vain to cut them free, and before long you have to leave the wheel and tear it apart.

>>21197064
>"What's the prize, sir?"

"None of your business until you win it."

What do you do?

>>21197084
Practice the fine art of privateering. In a nonlethal and humorous fashion of course.

>>21197147
Roll 1d20 for luck on ship sightings.

>>21197156
hoping for something big, slow, and defenseless.

>>21197084
so, how are your fellows hand to hand, you shouldnt have to rely on your weapons, you have to have the most amount of trust in yourself
so, lets practice

>>21197158
Email field, friendo.

Rolled 10

>>21197158
I am an idiot.

Rolled 16

a big slow merchant galley

Rolled 17

>>21197156
Hopefully it's a noble's ship..

Rolled 20

>>21197158
aight rollan

>>21197184
next time i will dance for that roll /tg/dice

>>21197171
>>21197178
>>21197179
You see a little dot, and it quickly becomes a big dot.

"I fell like having a bit of cruel fun."

You send SpiderDan up the mast to fly the Black, showing that if you capture them you'll show quarter.

>"Daniel, are you sure this is morally right?"

"Yes, we're not going to take anything, this is basically a Public Service, showing the dangers of unprotected sailing."

>"Well, if it's just a lesson..."

"Oh it is."

You put on your three cocked hat and grin.

You sail in close, your dainty little ship is almost nothing in comparison to the massive galley next to you.

"Dan, send up a few silk strings. Give us a way up."

>"Yesh shir."

SpiderDan fires off 5 silk shots that you and your crew climb.

When you board the vessel, the Pearly of Profit, you're greeting by a hoard of men and women, all of them in the finest clothes you've ever seen, and all of them sipping champagne.

What do you do?

>>21197209
Hello ladies and gentlemen, I wonder if you would care to donate to my fine public service, if you would be so kind and pass over all of your valuables to me, none of you will be harmed, this is mandatory by the way, of your pretty coats will be stained with spinal fluid and crimson

>>21197229
or your*

Rolled 8

>>21197209
Put on a show. "Ladies and Gentlemen you should feel honored. You get to experience being robbed by pirates. Hand your fine cutlery to the man with the sack. "

>>21197229
>"I'll have you know sir, that I am a good friend of Sir Gerald, the owner of this vessel, and he will have your hide for this."

Oh that's rich, by technicality you own this vessel.

>"Now see here"
One says as you take his chain.
>"I issue you a challenge, I will duel you, man to man, for the ownership of this vessel. If I win you leave, if you win, we'll give you everything."

What do you do?

>>21197209
Greet them and introduce yourself, confirm with them if they have weapons to protect themselves and if not issue a citation for not protecting themselves properly in appropriate form.

Rolled 6

>>21197251
Pirates don't duel for loot. Knock him out. These people need to be taught fear of pirates.

>>21197251
well then
i shall duel you, swords, axes, h2h, you may pick
and as we are civilised men, first blood, not death, none of wishes to die if we can avoid it

>>21197251
"I gracefully accept you request, however for training purposes I ask that you duel my apprentices instead. you may pick among them if one does not volunteer. To be civilized I propose to first to draw blood."

>>21197267
"I don't think you understand what's happening right now."

You punch the man down and take his valuables as others look on in horror.

"Come on, I'm a pirate. What did you expect?"

>"A bit of honour, between warriors!"
His wife says.

"Really?"

>"Well, no..."

"Exactly."

The crowd goes quiet and you go around taking whatever catches your eyes.

Soon the crowd is cleaned and preened.

What do you do?

>>21197312
lecture them on traveling with protection for a few minutes then send them on their way.

Next port you meet send back their valuables to Sir Gerald with a note of politeness warning him to train our boat owners better.

Why are we robbing these people again?

>>21197312
Leave and take the loot. Make a note to hand it over to Gerald, so he can return it and claim he defeated a vile pirate.

>>21197346
BECAUSE WE CAN!

>>21197312
I am hopeful you have learned that sailing without protection is bad for your health, and in a show of good faith, I will return one item per person, that they originally owned
(then send the rest onto gerald, with a note telling him what happened, saw he fought and defeated us(the tricorned serpert), earning him some rep)

>>21197360
>insert yar har har here

>>21197346
Because as a collective, you're truly horrid people.

>>21197348
You take what you can, and break the lines and leave. You make a note to give it to Gerald to return it to them with a message to lecture them on safe travel.

What do you do?

Rolled 70

>>21197394
Ask Hydra if there are any problems that are close by. If not continue sailing while singing a jaunty pirate tune.

Rolled 14

>>21197394
Sail on to the elven port! We will feast our eyes on strange, hermaphroditic elven warriors! Also, we'll meet Adrian's family and shame them once more! He will never restore his honor! AHAHAHAHAHAHA!!

>>21197394
leave these people to their thoughts, sail on to our destination, singing jaunty tunes, and then start training the boys again, they are getting lazy

>>21197430
I thought we agreed that doing nothing at all will be the worst abuse we could do. The paranoia will cause him to make a fool of himself.

Rolled 14

>>21197444
Right, right. My bad. be a perfect gentleman to Adrian and his family! Make them all love us!

>>21197418
oh good its been a while since we bothered him hahaha

>>21197444
yes I liked this idea perfectly

>>21197418
>"Apart from roving pirates, there are none. These waters are protected by the Kraken, a charge of mine. Though there are things stirring in the deep. If I need your strength, I shall summon you."

>>21197430
You continue on to the Eleven port of Sileo.

The docks are a bit empty, but there's still trade. You dock in at the end and leave.

"Where exactly is Adrian's family?"

>"I heard they were nobles, that's why he went to regain honour."

"Adrian's a noble born elf?"

>"Yes, so please, have some decorum."

"Of course..."
You grin under your helmet.

What do you do?

>>21197480
We're going to be polite as all hell, the paranoia will drive the elf mad. It is the perfect plan.

>>21197480
Go buy what ever seems to be the local food and take it as a git. Adrian won't know what to believe.

Rolled 10

>>21197486
Find the elf's family, and be as courteous and polite to them as possible.

>>21197480
we act the perfect gentleman, visor down, and inquire to Adrian's whereabouts. knock about the apprentices if they misbehave.

>>21197494
Not just the local food. A delicacy. If unsure, ask Mark what passes as one.

>>21197505
While we're at it, tell them to behave and not remark on anything they might consider strange. ANYTHING WHATSOEVER.

Rolled 10

>>21197508
For the record, I think we should ask Mark how he met Adrian and Clarice.

>>21197494
we're gonna freak the heck out of adrian i love this. because FUCK THAT GUY

>>21197517
eventualy yes but we will save that for a better time when it could be potentially embarrassing.

>>21197480
Give Clarice and Adrian a jovial greeting and hug the both of them, without any perverse comments or gestures. Paranoia shall be our prank.

Rolled 6

>>21197528
Perhaps whilst we dine with Adrian's family?

>>21197530
clarice is not hear right now please leave your message after the scream

>>21197540
Thought Clarice was with Adrian?

>>21197536
oh annon you read my mind

>>21197486
You decide to be as polite as possible, as to increase the creepy factor.

"Well then, Mark, lead us on."

>"Righty ho, off we go."

You, Mark, and your lads walk off along a cobbled street into the city of the Elves.

After a day's walk you begin to hear the sounds of city life through the trees, and know that you're closing in.

>"Daniel, before we go in there, know that these people practice restraint. They have a way of controlling their emotions and what not. So if they ask to check out yours to help, say no, I know what your anger is like."

>>21197517
>"I was out on the docks on day when I was no older than your boys, and I didn't know what to do or where to go. And Adrian comes along and asks if I needed a hand. We traveled together, him searching to restore honour, and I a knight errant. Oh the joys of youth... As for Clarice, she was a slave, a soothsayer that Adrian and I won in a tournament. We set her free and she decided to join us. The rest you know."

You've arrived in the city center, there's a great market square, every type of fruit or vegetable is being sold. Beyond it is the town hall, carved out of the biggest tree you have ever seen.

What do you do?

>>21197555
Begin grocery shopping, get something rather nice for dinner, and ask where you can find Adrian.

>>21197555
Buy some Apples, and then look for souvenirs. Tell the apprentices to look for anything they like.

>>21197570
None of your money has value here, so instead you have to trade with silver chunks and pieces.

You grab a plethora of items for the feast you're going to create without telling them.

"Do you know where I can find Adrian?"

>"I assume you mean the Atopado? It means the Returned in your tongue. He'll be up at his father's villa, follow the red stone road."

The merchant points to a road, that is, infact, Red.

What do you do?

>>21197594
Nothing phallic shaped, or we will mock them upon returning home

>>21197598
Stride down it in a most noble fashion.

>>21197598
Head up the red road, and take in the sights along the way.

>>21197604
You straighten your hammer and sword, fluff your hat, and polish your helmet.

Then your group walks in formation down the road to the villa.

>>21197609
All around is covered in massive trees, there's enough wood on them to keep a family warm for 10 generations.

But soon they begin to clear, and you see fields stretching out across the flat land. Elves of all sizes are walking along, harvesting the crop.

You can see a large house, it must be the villa, over looking the fields.

>"That's his house, I know the sigil that flies above it."
Mark comments.

You are standing infront of the villa, with a sack of food.

You clean your boots on a bristle mat.

What do you do?

>>21197636
Knock politely. Introduce yourselves and companions and show that you brought the makings of a feast.

>>21197645
Anon... You're a tad late...

>>21197645
We already did that

>>21197636
Knock clearly and loudly, and then ask about Adrian. Tell him his friend Mark is here.

>>21197652
You knock thrice upon the door.

>"I'll get it."
Comes from a familiar voice inside.

Adrian opens the door, he's no longer wearing his hair braided. He looks up at you.

>"No, no, no no no no no!"
He tries to slam the door shut, but you step forward quickly. Adrian feels like he's trying to push a mountain.

Mark moves past and into the house.

>"Mark? I thought you were in a war?"

>"I was, but Daniel ended it."

Adrian scoffs.
>"How? He murdered the entire enemy army in one night?"

Mark bristles his mustache.
>"Not at all, it was a peaceful solution. Daniel ended it with a few words."

Adrian glares at you.

Before he can give you an essay on why he hates you, another elf walks into the foyer.

>"Oh Adryboo, you're friends! You never told me they were coming!"

>"Only one is my friend, mom. The others are people I know."

>"Oh, Adryboo, don't leave them out there. Come in, come in!"

Adrian's mother ushers you into her house.

What do you do?

>>21197700
Display the makings of a feast, ask how Adrian's been, ask his parents how they area, make conversation and be a very pleasant person.

>>21197700
"Adrian! So good to see you again, how have you been?"

>>21197721
This. A proper gentleman and a master of etiquette. We shall be the posterboy of such virtues.

>>21197700
Adrian!!
My comrade at arms, how wonderful it is to see you again, you have a fine household, it is an honour to be here, hello ma'am, might you pleasure me with telling me your name?

>>21197700
Show nothing but proper decorum.

>>21197700
"Adrian never told me his Mother was such a beauty. Sir Daniel Fortesque at your service milady."

>>21197721
>"Chère femme Oh femme..."
SpiderDan mutters. He's like his father, clearly.

You present the food you bought.

>"Oh come on now dear, we've got plenty, you didn't have to."

"Adrian said that it would be impolite not to, and I didn't want to impose."

>"Oh my... Such a... Gentleman."

>>21197742
>"I've been fine,"
Adrian grates his teeth.
>"Daniel. How have you been?"

"Oh, same old, same old, saving the world, helping the needy, you know. Now about your wonderful mother, her name, perhaps?"

>"Never!"
Adrian hisses.

>"Oh please, Adryboo, you can tell your friends my name. It's Ubera."

"Such a nice name, very distinctive. May we enter?"

>"Oh yes, please, take a seat in the lounge."

Ubera shows you to the lounge room, it's bigger than Erik's library.

You and your crew take a seat on a massive sofa.

Adrian glares at you through unblinking eyes.

What do you do?

>>21197793
We don't want to say anything that could possibly be construed as flirty.

>>21197801
"Adrian, you never told me your city was so beautiful! I should have come to visit sooner, it really is a lovely place. I'm glad to hear that you've been well, when I heard about Mark's predicament I was worried that you might have gotten tangled up in it."

>>21197801
Ask him if he knows where Clarice is.

>>21197801
no wait, is she umbra?
the evil mage?
you did not do this to use storyman, we dont like the guy, but we cant kill his mother

>>21197825
Ubera not Umbra. Umbra is somewhere near a Volcanic area.

>>21197825
>Umbera
>Umbra

Difference my dear.

>>21197824
>"She's staying with the city's clerics and mystics. Learning a new art."

>>21197823
>"I would've destroyed you. You're lucky my mother's here, or I'd do it now."

"Come now, Adryboo,"
That gets him mad.
"We're all friends here, and besides, you'd never be able to beat me. We're too close like that."

What do you do?

>>21197838
that distinctive name comment has set me on edge
anywho, lets play this nice
give adrian our biggest small

>>21197857
It's Latin for "teats". Like almost every name I've used so far, Latin that means something.

>>21197856
"Oh come on, if you wanted to destroy me you would have done it when the inquisition asked if you knew where I was. Can we drop the enemies act for a while? For crying out loud, first thing I did after I found out I was in limbo for 3 years was check up on all of you to make sure you were all ok."

>>21197856
Ask how he's been during these three years. How'd the tower adventure go.

>>21197856
give him our biggest smile
if you know the american pie movies, we are stifler making nice, until we reach our goal, making him utterly made
so lets just smile and be as sweet as can be

>>21197888
This, we want to lull him into the best false sense of security we can.

>>21197888
>"I was doing that for Mark and Adrian, not you."

>>21197896
>"It went fine, I found my father's blade and returned his honour. Without you."

>>21197901
>"The very fact your monstrous face can grin further is a testament to how much of an abomination you are."

Adrian glares at you with hate.

>"I'll play nice until I don't have to. One slip, Daniel, one slip and I'll kill you."

What do you do?

>>21197937
so, do you think your mother needs some help in the kitchen, i suppose a feast is in order, as soon as we can get clarice, the old gang getting back together, anywho, in all seriousness, who stole your fathers blade?

>>21197937
"For what its worth, I did miss you. "

>>21197937
Like I keep telling you, you can't kill me. Did you forget the whole I'm a skeleton bit?
Anyways introduce him to our apprentices.

Rolled 5

>>21197937
be sincere.
"Adrian, I know we've had our differences in the past, but I'm sorry, well and truly sorry. After being gone for the past three years, I've had a lot of time to think, and I'd like to put our past behind us."
Well, fake sincere.

>>21197937
since we're no good at cooking i say we encourage adrian to go find clarice
>hums the gangs all here

>>21197937
"So you found your father's blade. Glad to hear that, did you take care of the culprit?"

>>21197988
We can cook, we cooked ourselves breakfast when we first got avatar powers.

Rolled 8

>>21197959
I second helping his mother in the kitchen.

>>21197937
"Still checked up on you. And you've had plenty of opportunities to kill me besides that you know."

>>21197986
>"My uncle took it, when he tried to take over the household. My father killed him in single combat, but the blade was gone. Every noble house has a sword that reaches back through history, without it it's not a true household."

>"Clarice is busy, but if you want, and you probably will, you can go find her tomorrow."

You stand up and go to help Adrian's mother in the kitchen.

She's standing above a stove, stirring a stew and tending to a piglet suckling on a spit.

What do you do?

>>21198027
Ask if there's any way you can assist. Comment on how lovely her house is, and thank her for welcoming you.

>>21198027
ask her is there any way we can make ourselves useful

Rolled 8

>>21198027
Help her cook and talk about Adrian and how he should be looking for a nice young elf.

>>21198027
comment on her lovely kitchen, never stop praising the house.

Offer our services in any capacity.

>>21198027
Dance the dance of feast preparation?

Rolled 75

>>21198058
INDEED!

>>21198027
Not a suggestion but
ON BLACKENED GROUND, IN STARRY SKIES
SERIOUSLY, FUCK THAT GUY

>>21198027

Help her with the cooking and ask her to tell you about little Adryboo's childhood. Moms love talking about that kinda stuff.

Rolled 87

>>21198077
I like this too.

Rolled 28

>>21198058
Dance the Truffle Shuffle despite lacking the necessary parts.

>>21198088
Your roll says we lack the necessary parts. And lets keep it classy, not outrageous. Humming a simple tune to ourselves and bobbing our heads to the beat will suffice

>>21198077
Also comment on how beautiful her home is. She has excellent taste.

"What a lovely house? How long has your family been here?"

>"Since it was built, my husband's line have manned it since the first timber was placed."

You ask if you can help in any way, she tells you that if you want, you could go and fetch a drum of cider for the dinner.

You go down into the larder, and bring a drum up.

>"Thank you, just put it down on the table."

"Tell me about Adryboo's childhood, please?"

>"Oh well, since you asked so nicely... Adry was always a strange child. While the other male-bodied kids were out practicing with swords and shields, running about and climbing trees, Adryboo was writing poems about sunflowers and daffodils."

Oh this is gold.

>"When he went out on his test of valour, he didn't go out and fight monsters or a war, he went out and became a traveling Bard, who liked to fight. I'll admit it was pretty funny, but he used it to his advantage."

>>21198082
>"Oh Daniel, Adry said you could dance, but I never expected that. You move like a water nymph... It reminds me of my childhood, when I'd spend the long summers down at the lake."

>"Tell me, why do you keep your helmet on indoors? Surely it's hot in there."

"Have you ever heard of Don Quixote?"

>"No."

"Well, I'm having the same problem he had."

What do you do?

>>21198082
>>21198088
my spare roll to cancel.

>>21198150
Ask about how she met her husband, or failing that ask about their stance on non-humans.

>>21198150
Well madam, I wear a helmet for the same reason I became a paladin of Hydra. Sadly to say, it unnerves most people, and I would prefer not to spoil the evening.

>>21198150

"Skin condition. I'm abit selfconcious about it, I hope I'm not being rude by keeping my helmet on?"

"Also what do you think of Clarice? I think she's very pretty."

>>21198209
No no, no Clarice stalking here

>>21198150
Adry's been talking about us?

>>21198150
"I tend to keep it on in deference to people's sensibilities.

I admit I'm caught in a bit of a predicament, keeping a hat or helmet on indoors in quite rude, but my visage is not something meant for polite company such as yourself."

>>21198193
>"Oh, it was so long ago... But I was walking through the woods, gathering the ingredients for blackberry jam. And some rapscallion jumped me and took them. My husband heard me crying and came to my rescue. I've been in love with him ever since."

>"As for non-humans? Takes all sorts to make a world, like a fruit salad. As long as they wipe their feet, they're fine by me."

>>21198199
>"Ah, another time then, you should have nothing to hide in this house, Daniel."

>>21198209
>"She's a nice girl, but she's awful twitchy, and she screams in the night, shouting about the "Winking"."

>>21198224
>"Oh yes, Adry's been nattering on about you, how you and he stormed Kerm and killed Janus, and how the two of you went back to back in Roland's keep. I do hope you looked after him."

Adrian's got an infatuation with you. Aww.

What do you do?

>>21198243
I think we should explaain the winking to Clarice. Perhaps an explanation would help her sleep better

>>21198243
I knew it. I knew the elf was tsundere. I am the romancemancer. It is me.

>>21198243
We should discreetly take our hydra form to join them to dine. Also, invite Clarice.

>>21198243
Ask for some elfish recipes to share with the folks at the manor.
>>21198267
Nah a little trauma makes for stronger mages.

>>21198243
"You're a truly kind person and by the looks of things a magnificent cook. I do my best to look after Adrian when I can.

If you don't mind me asking where is your husband currently?"

>>21198288
Overcoming that trauma makes for stronger mages. And we've put her through a lot, probably more than she could handle as a mere fledgling mage.

>>21198243

Hang on, Adrian really is tsundere for us? I thought it was something we made up as a joke!

We are anonymously getting him daffodils and sunflowers in the morning.

>>21198299
I think the husband is dead dude, better not ask that

>>21198304
If she gets San loss because of blink how does she expect to have her way with reality? Letting her overcome this will make her stronger, and telling her the trick will only hamper her growth.

>>21198355
Yes, but we don't want her going crazy and blowing herself up. She's still a frenemy.

>>21198288
>"I have a big book on them, feel free to copy some down."

>"Looks like it's time for dinner. Help me move some of this stuff into the dining room."

You lift the food and drinks and carry them to the table. You help Ubera set the plates and cutlery.

>>21198299
>"My husband is out on an a political job. Setting up trade routes. He'll be back in a week or two."

Ubera calls everyone into the dining room.

Everyone sits down and takes a bit of food for themselves.

>"Daniel, are you not hungry?"

"Hm, oh, no, but I have two faces, neither are good to be seen at dinner."

>"Believe him mother, I've seen them."

>"Come now Daniel, you're a guest. We can accommodate a little quirkiness. There's a spider knight at the table eating a rack of ribs for goodness sake!"

"Well... Okay."

You activate your Hydra from, feeling the skin and muscle grow, and organs fill your torso. You remove your helmet to the table.

Your apprentices don't actually care, and stuff their faces, Mark's seen it before, along with Adrian.

Ubera looks at you with curious eyes.

>"Lizard man, got it."

"Actually, no. Undead with a gift from his god."

>"Your god gives you the ability to eat dinner? Pretty nice God, I say."

>>21198309
You make a note to order flowers for Adrian.

What do you do?

>>21198309
Fuck anonymously. Leave them on his nightstand with a note. A sincere note.

>>21198374
Pleasant dinner conversation. Ask Adrian what else he's been up to these past 3 years. Should be a bit more civil with his mother at the table.

Just look at these threads.
No wonder we're all sorts of insane.

>>21198367

But if our quest is to kill crazy mages we can make her insane and kill her to make Eric happy!

This is a joke btw.

>>21198374
Talk to Adrian about his days as a bard. Just how did he traverse a possible deadly tower to gain his father's sword back.

>>21198390
Well, our ultimate goal is to have Eric at the top.

We must be prepared, nonetheless.

>>21198374
"Usually I''m just a human skeleton, but I couldn't really eat the lovely repast you have provided should I be in that form. Hydra has blessed me quite a bit. He's a rather kind god.

Thank you very much Ubera for insisting I join you in this manner. It means quite a bit to me.

So Adrian, what have you been up to for the past 3 years. I'm sorry for not being in contact, I was trapped in a forest by a entity that twisted time and forced me to relive the same day hundreds of times."

>>21198416
I thought she was researching clerical magic?

>>21198374

Tell him that his mother told us about his time as a bard and politely ask Adrian if he could grace us with a poem for some nice dinner entertainment.

>>21198437
Adrian can sing, we can dance. Awesome.

>>21198423
Eric is a lich and a necromancer. Albeit not a very active one.
What do you imagine a practitioner of clerical magic has against undead?

>>21198461
They smite EVIL, not undead. We've dealt with this with Mark trying to smite us. Clerical and paladin powers both come from gods, and so far we haven't seen anything that smites anything other than alignment.

>>21198461
Nothing if they know what's good for them. If they want to start something we can negotiate via applied force.

>>21198386
The courses go by as you make pleasant dinner conversation with Adrian.

"So, Adry, remember when you and I took on Janus, together, like with Roland?"

Adrian swallows his food hard and looks a tad flustered.

>"Yeah..."

"I think we should do it again, I've gotten a tip about one called Umbra, no connection to your lovely mother, and you and I should team up like old times. Whadda you say?"

>"I-I-I'll have to decline, Daniel, it's your quest, afterall..."

He glares at his mother.

>>21198405
>"I was a traveling musician, courting fair maidens far and wide. I got into the tower under the cover of night, using my daggers to pick the locks. I used my sneaking skills to move past the guards like a shadow, and I reached the top. Once there I dueled the lord of the tower, and I bested him and took my father's sword."

You know damn well that's a lie.

>>21198437
"How about a poem on some nice daffodils?"

>"How about you go fuck yourself."

>"Adrian! Be nice to our guest! Your poems were always so nice, just one, one for mummy?"

>"Yes mother...
>"I wandered lonely as a cloud
>That floats on high o'er vales and hills,
>When all at once I saw a crowd,
>A host, of golden daffodils;
>Beside the lake, beneath the trees,
>Fluttering and dancing in the breeze."

You wipe away a fake, crocodile tear and clap.

"So moving... Hnngg"

>"I'll end you."

What do you do?

>>21198474
Make a note to ask him in private about what happened. We may need to assist in some revenge on behalf of that fucking elf.

>>21198461

Aren't Clerics known for having anti-undead magic in many games? Or is that what you're hinting at? Because I'm bad at getting hints.

>>21198488
You'll ask him for real details after dinner, when you can get him alone.

>>21198497
Anti-Evil. Erik is the personification of neutral.

>>21198474
You didn't write that you smarmy little fuck

>>21198504
No! Bad. We're still being polite, remember?

>>21198470
>>21198471
Wizards.
Never allow them room to use their magic which they are dedicated to, when engaging them.

Morality should have little place in magics undead-related, or spells in general.

>>21198504
No no, don't want to make a scene in front of his mother

>>21198504
No shit, Adrian's arse gets jealous of all the shit that leaves his mouth.

>>21198474
"It's lovely Adrian. Isn't it wonderful Ubera?

I don't know how I could have managed not to hear his verse before. You must recite more some time.

Ubera, you have my sincerest complements on the stew and the cider is the best thing I have had to drink in over 153 years."

>>21198511
Its more religious than magical for clerics. Although I'd imagine that in this setting they must have some common ground. Maybe with mages, the power driving the spell comes from the caster, but with clerical magic it comes from their patron deity? Would explain how we summmon leviathans and shit.

>>21198510
MMMRfefhjreplagiarismmmmrgh

Fine. It was beautiful. Adrian most talented poet.

>>21198474
There's no way in hell he dueled anyone and won, but no need to demean him infront of his mother.
As to the poem I think he's trying to say he wants to come with us.

>"I wandered lonely as a cloud
Lonely as a cloud. Surround by similar things, yet not able to touch them.
>That floats on high o'er vales and hills,
Elves= thinking they are better than others.
>Fluttering and dancing in the breeze."
Dancing. This is pretty clear.

So why do we hate this twerp again?

>>21198557
Because the alternative is to love him?

>>21198555
Yes. That must be it.
We better take him with us when we leave.
Maybe without his mother seeing, yes?
He did decline strictly in front of her, so that must mean something as well!

>>21198566
greatest answer of all time

>>21198557
Because fuck that guy.

>>21198535
>"Why thank you Daniel, it's so rare we get a
champion of a God here."

>>21198543
Adrian's shit eating grin is spread nice and wide.
>"Thanks, Daniel, I came up with it myself."

>>21198555
No it means I'm lazy and googled "Daffodil Poem". But read into it however you want..

>>21198557
Only person who hates us because of what we are, not what we're like.

You help Ubera clear the table up after the dinner, and help her wash up.

When it's all done everyone retires to the lounge.

Mark is telling stories about his travels with Adrian and you.

What do you do?

>>21198566
We're so fucked in the head, aren't we?

>>21198580
Go explore the house while they're distracted.

>>21198580
listen with great interest, then regal them with tales of our own, from our forest adventures, and those from when we were a young adventurer

>>21198580
suggest that we go visit Clarice, should get the gang back together

>>21198581
We're completely fucked in the head. Even a succubus took a look at us and said that we were way to fucked in the head for her to even consider touching our mind.

>>21198580
After they've told some stories tell some stories of our own about our battles and life when we were still fleshy. Let the Avatar mode drop part well through telling, don't make any fuss about it.

>>21198580

"How did your Dragon adventure end? Did you beat him at chess?"

>>21198622
It was clarice playing chess, Adrian was preening itself in a mirror the whole time

>>21198580
Listen in on the storytime

>>21198606
You allow Mark to finish, and then you ask to tell them a story of your own. You start off with your first ever battle, when you went out to defend the good people from a large band of wargs. From there your tales get darker and darker, you just can't seem to stop.

"Then after I killed their god down below the mountain,"
Your skin recedes and your skull shows through.
"I slaughtered them all. Man, woman, child. All of them fell to my steel."

Before you realize it you're staring into the fire place.

"Then I knelt down and told him it'd be alright, Salin looks relieved, but the wound was fatal. With a single touch I blew him apart and scattered him across his house. I've seen some shit."

You look up and around, no one's saying anything, and a few are holding their breath.

"Oh, right, carry on. I'm going out for some air."

>"But you don't even have lun-"

>"Adry, go with Daniel. He needs company. He's our guest."

>"Yes mother."

You're standing out in the gardens, looking out into the night as Adrian walks up and stands next to you.

>"I never knew you did those things, really. I just thought you killed monsters and stuff."

"I do, not all monsters look like monsters. Nomad, for one. In the end I always show up and kill them."

Adrian says nothing.

What do you do?

>>21198689
"So what really happened with your father's sword?"

>>21198689
So how did you really get your dad's sword?

>>21198711
>"I went in dressed as a whore. Fucked every guard unconscious. Then I stuffed the blade under my dress. The guy at the top was 90 years old, and blind. I just slit his throat and ran, I couldn't watch him die, I'm not like you or Mark, I'm not cut out for murder, just theft."

"Every single guard?"

>"Yes."

"All of them?"

>"Yesss."

"Damn..."

>"I know."

What do you do?

>>21198689
we do things in this life that we arent proud of, but we know they are the right thing to do, and someone must, the hard choices are what defines us, but sometimes, they are worth it, for the child's life you saved, and the gratitude you see in the mother's face, but those moments are coming less and less.
sure i have my fun, but you have to , to keep a grip on the last shreds of sanity that keep me on the path of justice.
but enough about me , how did you really get your fathers sword, because there is one thing i have learned, lying never works out well

>>21198689

Have an awkward silence.

...

"Adrian. Am I a monster?"

>>21198725
So want to come with me to fight Umbra and get some real glory? There will be death, adventure, and possible large fires.

>>21198748
I should add we can offer to kidnap him.

>>21198725
a victory is a victory, no matter what methods you employ, you use what you have, no one can do anything but

>>21198725
There's no shame in not wanting to kill. It's an ugly thing that makes people ugly inside. I guess I am a monster when it comes right down to it.

>>21198748
Adrian does not like killing, I don't think we should pressure him into coming.

>>21198725
"And that's why people like you and me should lie about our stories. I'm just too fucked in the head to lie about it any more. When I was all fleshy I lied my ass off, didn't tell any of the pretty barmaids or shepardesses about what really happened.

You know, you're one of the few people who I consider a friend and you hate me most of the time. I literally tore someone's soul apart and scattered it so he would never rest in peace.

Am I a monster? Does the fact that I only go after bad people actually make me any better than them? Hell I seek them out so I can kill things and not feel bad about it.

>>21198774
I was suggesting he come in case we need the skills of a thief.

>>21198784

We can also train him to a be a fighter, perhaps teach him a variety of stunning blows or something.

>>21198797
Or we could use his skills as a bard to bolster our dances.

>>21198797

a better fighter*

>>21198743
>"Daniel, elves of my family can sense emotions radiating off of people. Like joy, or love. Each one has their own distinct colour and feel. When I'm near you all I feel is hatred, anger and depression. The anger most of all, if I had the option of having a bath in lava, or being on the receiving end of /that/, I'd take the lava."

Adrian sighs.

>"Yes, Daniel, you are a monster. But that doesn't make you evil. You do things that no other man would even think about, but you know they need to be done. And for that I thank you."

>>21198764
>"If you could see yourself the way I see you, the way your soul looks, Daniel, how can you even stand your own existence?"

>>21198777
>"There's a quote about that, I'm sure. But I'm not coming with you to kill Umbra, Mark will, and maybe Clarice. But I know those lands, only the mad and foolhardy would go there. Or you, so thirsty for blood."

Adrian goes back inside and leaves you alone.

What do you do?

>>21198797
He's not exactly tough, don't think he's cut out for it. He's sneaky, we're a juggernaut. Wed don't really have much in the way of technique that he can use.

Rolled 43

>>21198806
Ask hydra for guidance. How can we calm our rage?

>>21198806
take a minute to compose our self, then head back inside, ask adrian to strum out a tune, and engage in a dance of joy, for we have friends, and need to be jolly

>>21198806
Just stare at the stars for a while, damn our eyes for being unable to cry and contemplate stuff.

Rolled 23

>>21198834
We are needed to get rid of evils in this world that no one else can. Our rage helps us do that. What we need is some internal balance. Something that could drive us the way our rage does, but that won't consume us.

>>21198834
>"It's a part of you, there is no calming it. You can't stop the seas from flooding a coast, no more than you can tell the sun not to set. Learnt to focus it, instead of lashing out at everything."

>>21198850
You straighten up a bit, remove a bit of food stuff from your chestplate, then return inside.

You ask Adrian to play a little song.

Roll 1d20 for dance.

Rolled 66

>>21198834
>>21198859
roll higher you fucks

Rolled 12

>>21198869
Let us dance the dance of revelry and anti-depression!

>>21198859
Clearly it must be Love.

Rolled 18

>>21198869
Feet don't fail me now.

Rolled 8

>>21198869
do a little dance, make a little love, get down tonight

Rolled 7

>>21198879
Maybe we don't need to get rid of our rage, just have something to balance it out when we aren't fighting.

Rolled 17

>>21198885
screw that
>>21198880
lets go with that result

>>21198879
>Implying anyone would reciprocate

>>21198880
Your feet don't fail you, for now.

Adrian's music gets faster and faster, but your legs keep up, you dance through the hour.

Eventually you offer a hand to Ubera, and you tango and waltz, giving Adrian a sly wink when you ask him to slow it down.

The evening ends and they all leave for bed, leaving only you in the dark with the fire for company.

What do you do?

>>21198901
Wonder how the monks stay in hydra form all the time. Put our helmet on, see if Clarice is still awake. If not, just wander around.

>>21198901
We just need to find someone else with as much rage as we do. So a barbarian woman who is constantly full of rage.

>>21198927
People like us plenty, we've just got too much baggage for us to find anything healthy. Clear that up and we might have a chance.

>>21198901
go see if he has a library, read a tale of wonder, a pure fantasy, something that we can laugh at how inaccurate it is

>>21198901
Ask around for a shrine of hydra. Maybe some monks can teach us something about balancing ourselves out a bit.

>>21198901
When we get back we need to give Rebecca a hug. Maybe listen to her some more.

>>21198923
The monks ARE lizard men. Clarice is in the town, in the cleric's house.

>>21198940
You find a library and search for a trashy novel to read.

A story of a man who rose up from poverty to become the greatest king who ever lived. The sheer political inaccuracy makes you laugh. If this was real, the man would of died in weeks.

Soon the sun rises once more, and you meet the others in the lounge once more.

>"Good morning Daniel."

"Morning, Ubera."

What do you do?

>>21198901

Guess it's time to collect sunflowers for Adrian. Place them on his bedside table with a note saying "Sorry."

>>21198978
Huh. I'm surprised Ubera has acted the way she has considering the elves in this family can feel emotions and she can probably feel Daniel's.

Time to go find the last member then perhaps?

>>21198978
"Good morning madam, I apologize for my conduct last night. I should know better by now."
dat ptsd

>>21198999
She married into the family.

>>21198978
Ask Adrian for as much detail on the landscape of the volcanic area as possible, we need to know what we're up against.

Then we can find Clarice and apologize for everything.

>>21198999
It might be passed down on the father's side

>>21198999
Ubera knows what you do, she's not deaf to stories coming out of the West. She knows of the Dancing Knight, and the things he does.

>>21199010
>"I know, I know. My brother was like that, but he only fought other elves and men on a field of battle, nothing like you."
She consoles you.

>>21199014
>"Just keep going East, you'll see the sky darken and fell the ground rumble. There's also a fucking Volcano. You can't miss it."

Your next goal is to find Clarice and talk with her, then it's off to Umbra.

http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive/21196399/

G'night, ladies. More tomorrow.

>>21199046
Thank you OP, wonderful as always

A scholar and a gentleman ye be

Night Op. There was a lot of development today. Adrian's character seems really interesting and stuff instead of just a comic relief we get to mess with. I'm sorta looking forward to Clarice's arc but from that slavery comment I'm guessing it'll be very sad.

>>21199182
Things get Dark, the story Arcs. Then light again. Then we learn about Erik, and thing's go really fucking bleak.

>>21199191
bleaker than time itself

>>21199220
Time doesn't have a colour... It's not really a physical thing, either.

>>21199191
But but but Erik was amusing as the lazy, perverted necromancer. I don't know if I want to see him otherwise. Next, you're gonna have a super dark arc with Rebecca, aren't you?

>>21199236
No. I'm joking about Erik. He really is just an apathetic Lich who loves trashy romance novels.

>>21199236

Stop saying names! He'll bleakify everything you'll say! I don't want No OP no to be sad!

>>21199282
It'll just end up with Daniel's soul getting even more full of rage due to all the bleakness. And he will wander the lands as the rage knight.

So Adrian was really pants-shitting terrified every time we saw him in battle. Literally to scared to think about why skeletons wouldn't be affected by arrows. We're a PTSD-affected soldier who doesn't even get the peace of death. Mark's shaping up to be just like us. Guys....this story isn't whimsical anymore :C

but dear god is it awesome

>>21199294
No, we must be remembered as the heroic dancing knight. This I swear. Also....How did we die? Do we remember?

>>21199304
And Clarice is a former slave who we've kind of traumatized.

>>21199282
I'm on holiday right now, so I'm pretty cheerful, that, and the shop has 1.25 L of coke for £1.

Damn good stuff.

But yes, like I said a while ago, people like Daniel don't get to go home and sing songs and be happy. They get drunk every night to stop the dreams. War makes monsters of men, but the magic of dance heals.

>>21199317
Sword through the heart in battle.

>>21199321
She'll get over it.

>>21199335
We get 2 litres here in america for $0.99. You know you're jealous.

>>21199335
What was the battle? Or is this going to be a "Wait and see" thing since it might be plot relevant?

Rolled 1012

>>21199335
Roll to seduce...?

Rolled 1863

>>21199335
>she'll get over it
Phew, was worried for a moment there

>>21199350
No. Would you like to know why?

I have the accent you lot cream yourselves over.

>>21199359
Really powerful Bandit made himself a king, tried to forge a kingdom. You stopped him before he could take down any more towns and villages.

You both died with each other's swords in you.

>>21199364
>>21199366
We've been over this, we're not going to seduce her. We must woo the lady to get that die down from a d10000. And anyways, you heard Adrian. He/she fucked an entire guard tower unconscious.

>>21199376

Our last words?

"No homo."

>>21199395
More like;
"Oh you cunt."

>>21199376
In each other's places, we both have dat foreigner charm.

>>21199376
I wonder if we're going to run into that fucker again.

>>21199366
>>21199364
Don't try to seduce Clarice, we've caused enough damage. We apologize, ask how she's been, make sure she's doing okay, and see if she wants to go kill someone with us.

>>21199404
>He thinks he'd have foreign charm here in Old Blighty
>As an American

Oh man, that is so wrong. Well, depends on the state.

>>21199417
Its simple, I just have to not be a complete twat.

>>21199429
Which state are you from?

>>21199417
I'll never have foreigner charm. I'm from the area of the US where we have no accent. Our accent is a lack of accent. Everything is enunciated properly, no weird lilts or drops of tone, we sound like news reporters.

>>21199433
I'm from all over the place. Montana, California, Nevada, New Mexico, Mississippi, Texas. Didn't spend much time in the last two. They're all vastly different places, and it did a good job of teaching me how to be well-liked when I'm out of my element.

>>21199451

I know that feel bro. I live up in the Northwest and was originally from California. No accent whatsoever.

>>21199464
>Texas

Oh good Lord you'd be torn apart here. Even visiting that place is ground for a verbal duel.

>>21199475
So don't mention having set foot in Texas, got it.

>>21199482
The rest is fine, California is a good conversation starter, use that. Then wake up covered in wenches.