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>also, here's the map of the known world, now with some labels

So... three more days... best way tp start a day is see whats hot in the tavern!

I seem to remember the world's having a sale on bullets. Time to pick up a few round for our recently aquired .357?

Rolled 72

We have unfinished business to take care of.

>>22660247
The fifteen .38 rounds should fit in the .357 just fine. And the .357 only fired off one shot before we acquired it, so it should have five shots of .357 remaining too. That said, yes, more bullets is probably a good idea.

>>22660257
Namely?

>>22660247
also check the close out prices at the shop
go to bar earn money
then tomorrow we buy things

try and add some magic to our songs to convince people to type harder

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>>22660280

Rolled 42

>>22660341

Sexy time can wait until after the shops are closed. Need supplies first - plus: were already out and about, anyways.

"Let's check out the General Store," you say to Jack, after a few moments of weighing your options. "Even if we don't buy anything, I heard that the owner is trying to clear some inventory to pay of a bank loan, and that those wand guns are driving down bullet prices. We should be able to get some ammunition for cheap there." You might even be able to afford to get something on your own now - you have some crowns from the tips you got playing the piano for a couple hours last night.

You and Jack take a stroll down main street. There are some people coming and going, a few on horseback, and it seems like most people have gotten the gawking out of their system now, going about their business instead of staring at the big, scary, wild orc walking beside you. The sheriff, though, stares at the both of you, unblinking, from the porch of his office as you walk past.

The General Store is pretty big - more like a warehouse with a cashier's counter off to the side in the front than a store with shelves and aisles. There are barrels of dry goods, crates of clothes, and tables of axe heads and other metal tools. Behind the counter are weapons, ammunition, and jars of spices. There are various other goods here and there throughout the store, and each area has a small slate with a price in crowns written in chalk.

And most of the prices are pretty good.

Do you look at anything in particular while you're here? What's your shopping list?

It's been two years since I've been on /tg/, heard your mod vanished and came back.

And I immediately see that /tg/ is still /transgender/

>>22660535
And /totally gay/. With our big, strong, hair husbando.

Anyway, I'm not sure what to get, or even look at, aside from ammunition.

>>22660576
>And /totally gay/. With our big, strong, hair husbando.
Oh. Willing change? That's a lot less fun.

>>22660606
Nope, not a willing change. But dat husbando.

lets see what guns are available even if we don't buy any thing it is still nice to get a general idea what to expect of fire arms

>>22660488
We should see if they have a brassiere in any of the clothes. After all, they didn't have one back at the trade post, so our underwear has consisted of only panties. If they don't, that's not too big of a deal, since as I understand it, we're relatively flat-chested, but we should still check.

>>22660701
oh, good point. What about makeup? We don't want to look like a whore, but we are a bard, we should care about our looks.

Some fancy clothes? I insist: nothing whorish, just elegant. Sexy if possible, but elegant. If we could, we should bring the orc with us to get an opinion about looks and current fashion trend.

capcha: marked taskyiv

>>22660488
any music internments
some pants that fit
see if we can work out a deal sing play songs and attract people Store people to the for a bit of a break on prices based on how many he gets in

then go full PT Barnum on this shit come one come all for the lowest prices on the finest merchandise you will ever see

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Sweet, caught the thread in time this time. Time to post some stuff I did while plundering the archive.

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>>22660965

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>>22660979

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>>22660991
and done.

You start with the weapons and the ammunition. They have a few lever-action repeating rifles chambered for various different types of rounds. There are a few revolvers chambered for .38, .357, .44, and .45, as well as a two-shot holdout pistol chambered for .22. They have an autoloader pistol - it looks more or less like an m1911 - chambered for .45, and a compact wand pistol made of a pale, cream-coloured wood with gun-brass fittings and trigger. The wand gun and the autoloader are well outside of your current price range, but you could get any of the revolvers with Jack's help and can almost afford the holdout pistol entirely on your own.

The ammunition is cheap - you could get a few dozen .367 rounds with just what you have on you. Jack actually grabs a box of .44 winchesters for his rifle, seeing how good the price is.

You move on to the clothes, looking for a pair of pants and a brassiere that fit. It takes a while - most of the pants are in men's sizes and most of the brassieres are too big - but eventually you find a pair of trousers that you think are for older boys or young men that fit, but stop half-way down your calf, and a simple cotton bra that you're pretty sure fits you correctly, or mostly correctly.

You ask the clerk if they have any musical instruments, and he brings out a decent violin and a nice acoustic guitar - either one of which would be a pretty big hit on your and Jack's remaining cash.

Do you get anything today?

>>22660965
>>22660979
>>22660991
>>22661004
>nice stuff!
>as always, I'm saving all of it for opening pics and appropriate moments

>>22661026

...well uhh...can we play any of the instruments actually?

>>22661146
So far, we can sing, dance, play the guitar, and play the piano. We already have a kinda-shitty acoustic guitar. I think our bard training covered basically every instrument.

>>22661175
...well what about 1 dozen of rounds, and the clothes?

>>22661026
>either one of which would be a pretty big hit on your and Jack's remaining cash.

Huh... we have made a decent living so far with our improvised sing and guitar, and I do not see any immediate benefit. I would vote for only clothes and leave the instruments. As for guns and ammunition, we should talk with Jack.

>>22661026
Bra and some ammo. Ask shopkeep about stuff around town, see if there's stuff going on around town we haven't heard of yet. He hears all the ladies's gossip.

>>22661026
We have a guitar, we should hold off on buying a new instrument, although dat violin.

>>22661026
We should get a satchel or rucksack or something. So far, the closest thing we have to storage is our gun belt. We don't have anything to carry our shit, and I don't think we want to force Jack to be our pack mule.

>>22661026
get the ammo and clothes
then make money sing pluck them strings

>>22661367
This. Husbando is great, but, we gotta do our part.

I just discovered this wonderful quest, and as such I'm on thread 1. However I have some questions/suggestions.

Have we sung It's a Kind of Magic yet?

Have we sung any songs by Freddie Mercury at all? Because we need to do this?

Also, if we are ever in a group of paladins, we must sing, "Praise the Lord and pass the ammunition." As well as the Battle Hymn of the Republic and modified versions of every IRA song we know.

You grab the pants, the brassiere, a box of two dozen .357 rounds, and, while you think of it, you look around for some kind of bag to carry, since you don't want to just leave everything in Jack's rucksack. You find a satchel made of oiled canvas and leather fittings with a simple loop and brass button as a fastener. The purchase costs all of the money that you had earned in the saloon, plus some of the money Jack earned from clearing out his cabin. You replace the .38 rounds on your belt with .357s, reload your revolver up to full, and then put the clothes, the brassiere, and the various spare ammunition in your satchel. Your current ammunition count is 15 .38 rounds and 29 .357 rounds - you feel pretty well-supplied on that front.

You decide to chat with the clerk for a bit about the comings and goings around town. He talks about how people who cross the law in the town usually either do something minor enough that they're released the next day or the sheriff puts them down in the streets. Few people actually see trial. He also talks about how the natives haven't been attacking settlers or travelers lately, but says that people have been going missing without a trace, and doubts they're unrelated. He confirms that the store owner has a loan out with the store up for collateral - gambling debts, apparently. And, of course, the rail workers. They come in to town about once per week and spend what little is left of their pay at the saloon.

What now?

>also, I don't think I've pointed this out, but this is a primarily dwarven town
>that's why the pants that actually fit you are short on you
>the rail company is dwarven-owned; so is the bank
>the saloon's proprietor is a human, and the sheriff is a dwarf with a dapper moustache and a swagger

>>22661530
Let's go looking around town a bit more, just explore. See if we run into any obvious quest hooks or find anything interesting.

>>22661588
Also, ask what Jack wants to do.

>>22661599
Agreed.

>>22661530
Lets put out Bard Charisma to use and try to ask him nicely more about the dept, and offer help if needed. If that fails, go to tavern

"You have anything you want to do?" you ask Jack, now that you've got all of your stuff put together. You have your gun on your right hip, your knife on your left hip, and your satchel hanging behind you with your guitar.

"Not really," says Jack. "There's not really much to do in town if you're just passing through. There's the saloon, but it's still too early for drinking, and I'm not overly interested in whores or gambling against cheaters," he says, giving you a smirk. "And from the sound of things, it's a good thing I'm not interested in the gambling either, if that's what landed the store's owner in debt."

You shrug. There isn't much that you want to do either. Maybe play some music at the saloon, try to earn some money - what little money there is to be had doing that in a town this small. Maybe pick back up where you left off this morning with Jack - but that could probably wait until bed time tonight. You guess you could take a walk if you get bored enough. You definitely want to go back to the saloon to try on your bra sooner rather than later.

"Let's head back to the saloon for now," you say. "I want to put on my new clothes and play some music."

"Sounds fine to me."

..::||continued||::..

>>22661868
You head back - the saloon is just across the street and a few buildings down - head upstairs to your room, and change into the pants. Then you go for the bra. You have a hell of a time trying to fasten it, then have to adjust the straps to fit your shoulders and chest. It's comfortable once you're done, and you put your shirt back on and head downstairs.

There are few people in the saloon right now - a drunkard at the bar, a couple people eating a late breakfast, and a game of poker in the corner, then men at the table smoking and probably trying to out-cheat each other. You sit down at the piano and start playing, converting more songs from your world to be played here. Jack plants himself in a chair, takes the head of his wood axe off its long handle, and takes out his knife, taking tiny, fine shavings off the handle and the fitting for the axe head. You remember that he was a carpenter back in Mildania - he's probably whittling away imperfections in the handle that you wouldn't even have the skill to notice.

Do you keep playing like that all day, taking a break for lunch in the middle, or do you stop to do something else after a while?

>>22661877
Keep playing, listen in on gossip and for anything out of the ordinary outside. Unless something happens to break us from our playing, no need to get up, unless we've got business to take care of. If one of the railworkers comes by, for example, we should hear more about what the deal is with the company.

>>22661877
Keep playing. Chat if there's anyone to chat with. Seems like a pretty slow day.

You keep playing. It's really fun - you think your enjoyment of the music is a result of the bard skills dropped in your head, because you would have never called something like this fun before - and it's far from the least productive way you've ever whiled away a day. If you were still in your world, you probably would have slept past noon and burned the rest of the day in a dark basement watching chinese cartoons and yelling about things on the internet.

When evening rolls around, you and Jack have dinner before the place gets too crowded. Now that the day is finally finishing up, you actually have some real options for things to do. You could play some more music, this time to actually earn some money, you could chat with people to try to learn more about the town and the going-ons, you could retire to your room early for some private time with Jack - hell, you could even get in on the poker game and try to earn some real money. Your bard skills probably cover gambling, right? Of course, they're probably cheating.

Anyway, what all do you feel like doing on this fine evening?

Wait! We should bring in some of our games from Earth! Bring, like, 9-mans-morris, or DnD or something. Blow their minds. Or, start working on blueprints for our future-inventions!

>>22662183
Probably not wise to try and outcheat the poker players, so play and gossip before we head to bed.

>>22662189
We're not sure how much of the earth technology that we might want to hypothetically recreate here is already covered by magic tech. Like those wand guns - people probably aren't going to want a machine gun if there's a rapid-fire staff gun already out there. We should probably save that stuff for later, once we know more.

>>22662226
Seconding.

>>22662240
Well, let's bard knowledge for what tech exists. Do we have machine guns? Hiw about.kelvar? Hand grenades? Don't tell me they're not useful.

>by the way, just so nobody is wondering where I went, around 5:00 EST I'll be heading out to give someone my car and have dinner and stuff
>it might take about and hour, maybe two, but I will be back tonight and will probably keep using this thread instead of starting a new one

>>22662338
Thanks for the forewarning.

>>22662320
We were a computer nerd with encyclopaedic knowledge of cartoons and games. We don't know shit about how to make any of those things. Also, why so weapon focused? Aren't there much more important inventions in the grand scheme of things?

>>22662226
Sounds good. I say we ask about politics up north. I'm curious to know if there are any wars or such going on.

>>22662368
Aren't we about as far north as we can get before shit starts getting arctic? I thought we were in the Arcadia region on this map:
>>22660102

>>22662383
Oh, shit you're right. Switch that to "down south" though and we're good. Got mixed up.

>>22662183
sing songs make money

You decide to do a little bit of playing - playing some of the songs that you've spent all day converting and teaching yourself by ear - and a little bit of chatting with people. You get in a conversation with one of the rail workers, hoping to hear about their wage issues. Apparently, the railroad company subtracts food costs, living expenses, and a few other charges from their pay before giving it to them. What they're left with is barely enough to go out and get drinks, let alone save up or send home to family. And what's worse, they're all under contract - if they try to leave before their contract is up, they'll have to pay more than any of them can really afford, considering their wages.

What a shitty situation.

You also ask around about the situation down south, in Marsen. There are a few small border wars going on among the human nations. Seelie and Unseelie are posturing for hostilities - as usual - while fighting a shadow war of assassination, sabotage, and espionage through proxies, agents, and deniable assets. The Great Holds are seeing their trade companies and corporations rise in power and sway in local and national affairs. Crime, especially organized crime, is on the rise in the Holds too. Meanwhile, piracy is on the rise around Graia, and orcish smugglers are running contraband from Gulai to various cities in Marsen, sometimes routing through ports in Sirocco to further obscure their trail.

..::||continued||::..

>>22662366
Because thee example used before was a machine gun. Thought I'd follow the pattern. We could work on cars and stuff. And, most weeboos I know have watched enough "how it's made" and stuff to have a brief idea.

>>22662576
Eventually, you decide to head up to bed. You take your money from the jar on the piano and take Jack upstairs with you. You both stand there looking at each other.

"Relaxing day," says Jack.

"Yeah," you agree.

There's a sort of quiet tension in the room.

What do you do?

>>22662584
KISS HIM

Rolled 20

>>22662584
The thing we do the best: to sing something to relax the mood. Maybe tell him a joke or two...

mmm...

So a dwarf walks into a bar... no, sorry, he walks under the bar.

>>22662584
Why, we bang of course. Lock the door.

>>22662584
We never did get to that bath... Or we can play it more delicately and just make some conversation, try to enjoy one another's company in a non-physical manner.

Rolled 18

>>22662584
sleep

>>22662638
lets wait 30 more years maybe we will become a double wizard

>>22662633
Warlock jokes!

>>22662685

there's only one thing you can be double, and that's a agent

Rolled 21

>>22662584
Pick up where we left off earlier, before we had to check the train schedule.

Rolled 16

>>22662685
Does our loli body is 30 years old?

BTW: does anyone knows if this body is... mmm... virgin? I have not read the entire quest so far, so is not like it matters if we bang him or not as for wizardry goes.

>>22662723
We were a virgin in the last world

>>22662723
>loli body
It's not a loli body. It's been described as slender, about 5' tall, with a narrow waist, curvy hips, and small breasts. We're a petite woman, not a little girl.

Rolled 62

>>22662712
- Hey, Jack, what is a warlock's favorite subject in school?
- Spelling!

>>22662849
>Which warlock pact is for hot guys?
>A six pact! HAHAHA

>>22662849
Ha-cha-cha!!!


>>22662723
I think we should stay chaste. Imagine if us fucking keeps Jack from becoming a paladin?!?

You decide to continue where you left off this morning. You take a step up to him, put one hand on the back of his neck, the other on the back of his head, and pull him down towards you for a kiss. It really strikes you in this moment how much taller - how much bigger in general - he is than you. You feel him reach down, slipping his forearm beneath your butt with one arm, putting a hand on the small of your back with the other, and lifting you right off the ground up to his level. You and him are just there, then, for a few minutes, kissing each other. Tongues in each other's mouths, you biting his lip, him sucking on yours, you giving a long lick of one of his tusks.

Then you're both on the bed, and he's above you, and your legs are still wrapped around his waist, and he's nibbling on your ear, and you're pulling his shirt off of him, and he's pulling yours off of you.

This is getting hot. This is getting really hot. This is getting you really hot.

But you're still a virgin - at least you assume this body is still a virgin. Maybe it's not a good idea to go all the way right now. Or maybe it is. Jack's a pretty fantastic guy, and you would be lying if you said you weren't crushing on him and really into him.

So, you guess you need to decide. How far are you going to go tonight?

>>22662946
I doubt being a paladin requires you to be chaste. After all, from what MP said, the Orcish Catholic Bible says that Jesus was conceived with the Overdeity raped his virgin mother. That said, maybe it does; we've never really asked. Also, we don't know whether or not Jack is a virgin right now. I would say there's a more than even chance that he's actually a lot more experienced than we are.

Rolled 88

>>22662962

Just tell him to be gentle - let our instincts do the rest.

THE WHOLE WAY

>>22662962
Well, if we're going this far, let's see how far Jack goes without prompting. We're obviously a little to.flusted with the ear nibbles to stop.

>>22662962
Just let things take their course.

Rolled 77

>>22662962
We describe our specific fetish, and try to describe and morbidly detail every page of our favourite doujinshi. Then, we use bard song to convince Jack to accomplish our fantasy.

>>Dimitry's art goes here

>>22663172
Bit late there, we've already sung the "orcs be rapin elves" song. It just went over the paladin's head as usual. So pure...

Time, hurry up and go faster so that Jack and I can have raunchy intercourse in the missionary position, while holding hands, for the sole purpose of procreation. [spoiler/]

>>22663561
woawwoawwoaw, we cant go getting knocked up on our third (fourth?) day of being a lady. that's pretty un-adventury, if ya ask me.

Rolled 61

>>22663602
It seems I accidentally my email field.

You decide that if it's going to happen, it's going to happen. You'll let things take their course. "Be gentle," you say. Then he's kissing down from your ears, down your neck, along your collar bone, between your breasts, down your tummy.

Then he's unfastening your pants, pulling them off, taking off your panties. You're exposed to him for the third time - the first being when he found you, and the second being when he saved you last night - and he spreads your legs with firm but gentle pressure from his hands. You brace yourself, trying to anticipate the pain of him taking your virginity, your eyes closed and biting your lower lip...

Then you feel his breath on your crotch. Then his tongue. You're lit up with sensation, turned on by the feeling of his breath and his beard as he pleasures you, and arching your back and moaning just feels to not do it. It doesn't take long until you're hit by a white wall of pleasure, and you close your legs around his head, digging your fingers into his hair, and screaming.

He climbs back on top of you and gives you a few kisses until you can move again. You roll him over, fumble with his pants, and then roughly pull him off him and - wow. He's big. You don't have a ruler or anything, but it's a lot bigger than yours was. Big enough to be, well, fucking scary, trying to picture it inside you.

Still, it's Jack. You're really into him.

You let your instincts take over and start reciprocating.

..::||continued||::..

You start working it with your hands - both of them - and start sucking what's left. You're good with the hands, more or less - you had plenty of practice on your own body in the past. You're pretty sure that your sucking and tongue work is clumsy, maybe even bad, though. Still, you work it, and start getting really into it, breathing hard and sucking harder and feeling the heat and the throbbing pulse between your lips, on your tongue. You can taste him, the smell hits you in the back of your throat, and you like it.

And then he starts to moan. It's a deep, gravely, rumbling thing, but he's not hiding it. He's open and vulnerable and you're apparently doing a good job. You keep going, and eventually you feel him start to tense up, put one of this big hands on the back of your head, and suddenly liquid is hitting you in the back of your mouth.

Your guts say to swallow, and you try to, but after the first couple gulps, you gag from it hitting you in the back of the throat. The taste and the smell start overpowering you too. They're not bad, per se - you might even like them - they're just really very strong, and you weren't ready for them.

So, you pull your mouth away coughing, strings still hanging from your lips as a few more pulses hit you in the face.

You catch your breath, then move up, straddling his hips. You reach down, get your aim, tough your lips to the tip, and then...

..::||continued||::..

Rolled 92

>>22663621
I think we should TRY for kids. Force Jack to always be with us.

Jack puts a hand under your butt, stopping you from lowering yourself. You try to ask him why, but it just comes out as a confused, breathy grunt. "No," he says. "We're not ready for that yet."

You look down at him and plead, "But I want it."

"So do I," he says, grabbing your hips and lifting you up to put you beside him. He wraps and arm around you, puling you up against his chest. "Later, though. When we've known each other longer. When we're both completely ready."

You pout. You were ready. You think. Probably. I mean, you were scared, sure. And it would mean losing your virginity to a man - that's not one you can take back. But you were ready.

Maybe he wasn't, you think.

You help pull the covers over the two of you, plant some kisses on his chest, and start humming a lullaby. You still really enjoy it, even if you didn't go all the way. You both drift to sleep.

You wake up in his arms, spooning, his morning wood pressing against you without pants in the way this morning. Your heart flutters a little when you think of last night, and you squeeze his hands. The sun's already risen - you're not sure how late it is beyond that fact without getting up to check. You realize your face and some of your hair is a little crusty too - you should probably wash that off if you don't want embarrassing looks.

What do you do with your morning? Sleep in, get dressed and groomed early, get breakfast?

>uh, sorry about making that so long

Rolled 88

>>22663669
Molest Jack whilst he still sleeps.

~daaaaaaaaaaaaaamn~

I think thats as explicate as I've seen a quest get.

Bath time, hide that crust with a little cantrip to avoid odd looks.

>>22663669
is there pipe smoke lets get some of that
their are hobbits there must be smoke lets get a nice pipe

>>22663669
Yeah, let's cantrip the cum off of our face, and off of whereever we snuggled into Jack. Then, munchies.

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>>22663669
Weeelll. Didn't expect that- the outright description- but I'm okay with this. Righto. Grooming and fooooood. Be on guard, though. Don't want to get snatched. The kidnapping ring isn't going to have forgotten about how we screwed over one of their boys.

You disentangle yourself from Jack and slip out of bed. You decide you would rather magic yourself groomed than risk someone seeing you like this in the hallway, so a few hand gestures and a bit of humming later and you're clean as can be. You get dressed, noting that neither you nor Jack had gotten around to taking your bra off last night.

You're hungry, and you're betting Jack will be too once he wakes up, so you head downstairs to get some food, then bring it back up to the room. The sound of your silverware on the plate most have woken him up, because you hear him pulling himself out of bed and walking over to you, and then he's standing there next to you, all big and naked and hairy and dangling right out in the open.

He leans down, plants a kiss on top of your head, then goes and pulls on his trousers and underwear before sitting down and starting to eat too. "I liked last night," he says, grinning his big, sharp, toothy grin at you. "Do you have anything you want to do around town today? I was thinking we could go for a nice long walk today if you didn't - maybe bring some food, have a picnic."

Well, that's certainly something at least. Do you want to go on a picnic with Jack, or do you want to do something else, like more performing, or more socializing, or investigating something?

>this will probably be my last post before I step out
>like I said before, I should be back in one, maybe two hours
>feel free to post ideas, make plans, and discuss stuff

Rolled 68

>>22664040
Picnic with Jack sounds lovely.

Do we have a speedloader or moon clips for our revolver?
If not, we should get one or the other. That way we can quickly fully reload the gun in an emergency rather than have to reload it one cartridge at a time.

>>22664130
This.

drawfag here, I think I fell a bit too much in love with the initial potential/waaacky ideas of this quest.

Best of luck for future threads. Polite sage.

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So... Great quest, or greatest quest?

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>>22664277
This, gentlemen, is why one always operates under the rule of 'fade to black' for anything beyond ecchi. Anything more risks skeeving out the prudish. A simple matter of pragmatic politeness that OP has ignored like a silly git, scaring off the drawfag that had formerly been attached here.

I suspect without the quaint art to buoy it through its sandboxy, direction-deprived infancy, plot and postership alike will grind to a halt within two threads. It's been a fun enough ride, and I hardly mind the erotica, clinical and dull though it was, but I will take a backseat and observe the likely death of this quest from a distance.

>>22664831
Best wishes for you too.

>>22664831
PapaNs quests are about the same and are rather successful. It's not the adult content that drives people away, its when it has taken over the quest and the quest becomes pointless that people abandon ship.
There's nothing wrong with a little dirtyness.

"A walk and a picnic sound nice," you say. You and Jack finish breakfast, stop by the general store to get some simple but nice foods, and then set out on your walk. By the time you head out, it's late morning - you should be able to walk for an hour or two before it's time to set down and eat.

While you walk, your mind wanders a bit, considering what you're missing back home. It's, what, the fifth? Sixth day that you've been here? You've missed the new week's releases of comics and cartoons. You might never get to know how the various plots would continue, or end, or just go nowhere at all. It bothers you a little, because it reminds you of what all you've lost, what you've left behind. You're surprised it doesn't bother you more, though.

You actually are liking it here now. You have magic. There are elves and dwarves and orcs. You get to carry a gun. Adventure is a real, serious thing that you can do. You know how to play music, which is awesome. You're young and attractive and charming. And you have Jack.

You never asked for this, but you think that whatever granted you that 'wish' may have been doing the right thing after all.

You talk with Jack as you walk, finding out about his two older brothers, his younger brother, and his younger sister. You find out that his family used to raise horses. You find out that he used to play what sounds a lot like lacrosse.

An arrow flies out of the woods through Jack's calf.

How do you react?

>>22665233
I'm with this gent here - I think we'll be fine. It was all in character, also. Several days of sexual frustration, and a few interrupted intimate moments. It had to happen sooner or later.

But it did, and now were past that. BACK TO THE ADVENTURE!

>>22664277
>I'm sad to see you go
>I appreciate all that you drew
>I hope you have a fantastic day

>>22665300
>An arrow flies out of the woods through Jack's calf.How do you react?

Crying, freaking out and generally doing stupid stuff? That's how most people react to blood and violence.

>>22665300
Take cover and draw gun. Jack's tough, he's probably pretty much okay. Are we a cool enough chick to dual wield?

>>22665300

Probably those kidnapping bastards...

If we know a minor healing spell, might want to bust that out.

Otherwise:

>pull out gun
>look in direction arrow came from (discern it by noticing which way it went into Jack's leg)
>get ready for fight

>>22665390
>>22665355

So we left Jack on its own in the same place where he was struck by the arrow? Yeah, no.

We try to help the orc to take with us, we can try to retail at the attackers later.

Rolled 71

>>22665472
No, I'm not saying we leave him - I'm saying we stand by Jack's side, heal him if possible, and get ready for a fight.

If we have to run because 'lol arrows everywhere,' the *we* will - we as in us and Jack. We pretty much owe our life to Jack, for all he's done for us.

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Jack falls to a knee in a grunt of pain, and is already swinging his rifle up to sweep back and forth across the woods. You drop down, drawing your pistol, and get an arm under his, trying to help him to his feet. Jack doesn't bother trying to stand, though, instead focusing on trying to locate the attacker, and you're not strong enough to haul him up on your own.

It's then that you notice that the forest is still. No bird sounds, no squirrels, even you and Jack have gone silent, trying to listen for the attackers. Then your elf ears start picking up on sounds. The creak of a bow string. The snap of a twig. Something brushing against something else. A shadow darting behind a tree. There's more than one of them out there, but beyond that, you have no clue how many or how few there really are.

Based on how Jack is still looking around, his senses aren't sharp enough to pick up on all of that.

"Then next one goes through his eye," a lilting, lyrical voice calls out from the far distance - well beyond the ones that you noticed moving around in stealth. You can't see where it came from. "If you come with us, we'll let him go. If you don't, we'll kill him and take him anyway."

Jack grits his teeth and snarls. "Don't listen to them," he barks out, adjusting his grip on the rifle to be clearly ready for a fight. "We have no idea why they want you."

The forest is still again. You have no idea how long you have to decide.

>>22665300
Try to track the source and take a shot (I forget who has the rifle, but obviously it's a better choice.)
If there's bleeding we need to put Jack on level ground and tie it up for now. Once we're relatively safe, cut off the arrowhead (assuming its sticking out the other side) and remove the shaft and treat it.

I would assume that basic medical care is something that most adventurers would have knowledge of.

>>22665745
In this situation we need to negotiate, obviously. Why do they want to take you? Are they one of the courts?

>>22665745
Stand in front of him and ask them who they are. They clearly want us alive for some reason.

>>22665745
Whisper to Jack "I'll be fine, I can escape from them, you can't right now. Get yourself treated and I'll get back to you soon. Trust me."

Then loud enough for them to hear "I'll come with you, come out where I can see you lot."

>>22665798
No.

Jack could end doing something stupid if he see us in danger, and he is an orc, most people don't trust him anyway.

We try to treat him first, or to try to get a word from the attackers.

You decide to try to negotiate, moving yourself to stand between Jack and the direction you heard that voice come from. "Who are you?" you call out into the woods. There's no response. "Are you with one of the courts?" Still nothing. "What do you want with me? Can't we talk about this."

The stillness is deafening.

"Nona," Jack whispers through gritted teeth. "You run. I'll try to hold them off and make sure you escape. If I make it, I'll head back to town."

A few heart beats pass.

"Put away your pistol and walk out into the woods towards my voice and we will not harm your mate further. If you do not, we will kill him and restrain you with force."

Fuck.

It doesn't sound like they're open to negotiation. Do you run like Jack said, surrender to protect his already-injured self, fight it out beside him, or do something else?

>>22665745
Draw out the encounter. It'll give Jack time to think something up himself without putting him into a range, we might be able to do something with our charisma/bardic skills, and if all fails we can threaten them with us biting our own tongue off.

They obviously want us alive, they hesitated killing Jack in the first place, they still haven't stormed our position. You don't go through all that effort for nothing, and we gotta find out why.

>>22666039
"You'll die if you hold them off. I'll be fine, I'll come back to you."

Give him a bit of healing so he can walk properly and then surrender.

>>22666039
Okay, we can guess from the fact that they use bow and arrow in a setting with magic and gunpowder that these are probably some of the native elves, unaligned with either of the two Courts. Being elves, we'll be way better off staying with our own kind then trying to fight them off with Jack's calf already ruined and their aim set.

Heal Jack's calf a bit so that he can walk, like the other anon stated, then we must surrender.

>>22666058
>They obviously want us alive, they hesitated killing Jack in the first place, they still haven't stormed our position. You don't go through all that effort for nothing, and we gotta find out why.

Fine, pull the emo card: we put our gun in our chin, pointing directly into our head. We cover the other side with our hand.

If they want us alive, they will better have to negotiate. Quite probabbly they will kill Jack anyway, and we are not sure how bad it would be for us. I don't want to play "petite elf forced whore quest"!

Rolled 15

>>22665797
I'm with this in the getting in front of him idea, as well as trying to find out why they want us.

>>22666039
Give ol'e Jackie a kiss on the forehead, and tell him to trust us.

Give him a bit of heals and turn ourselves in. Don't want the old bugger dying on us.

>>22666171
Ha! Found your weakness. You can't capture me IF I'M ALREADY DEAD!

>>22666197
Make sure he's already gone before we surrender though. >>22666171 Hold the pistol to our head until he's out of sight if we have to.

You swing your pistol up, putting the tip of the barrel against your temple. You really hope this works.

"Nona! What are you-"

"Jack, this is the way it has to be. We have no guarantee they would let you live anyway, and I'm not going to let you go down in a blaze of glory."

"But Nona, I can't let you-"

"You're not 'letting me' do anything. This is the way it's happening," you say. You lean down and give him a kiss on the top of his head. "Let Jack go. Let him go back to town, or I'll blow my brains out," you shout out into the woods. Then you whisper to Jack, "Go. Get to safety. Get your leg looked at. I'll find a way back to you."

Jack slowly lowers his gun, then uses the rifle to haul himself up to his feet. He definitely can't put weight on his injured leg, and he's using the rifle like a makeshift cane to stay upright. "I'll be back," he says to you, earnestly. "I'll come find you."

You give him a worried smile, kiss him one more time, and say, "I know."

He starts limping off, back towards town. Soon, he's far enough away that not even your elf ears can hear his loud, stomping limp.

And then you're standing there in a clearing, pointing a gun at your head, the entire forest silent around you.

And then, "Holster your firearm and walk towards my voice or we'll send one of the scouts after your mate to finish him off."

What do you do now?

>>22666535
Do what the voice says. They can still catch him given his injuries. We need to buy more time before we do anything.

>>22666535
"How do I know I'm not better off dead?"

>>22666535
Holster the gun.

>>22666571
Second. At this point is not about getting information, but buying time so the orc gets as far as possible from here.

>>22666570
>>22666571
>>22666581
>>22666587
>it looks like there's a tie, so could you roll to break it?

>>22666535
Tell them no, that you aren't lowering your weapon until you know that he's gone. And if you so much as hear a twig snap you're pulling the trigger. Also, try to retain composure, though I doubt that's going to happen so probably start tearing up like a bitch.

Tell them they might as well start talking because they've got 5-10 minutes.

Rolled 6

>>22666587
Fine

Well, I suggested >>22666571
so I'm not rolling for the other side.

>>22666535
Maybe this is late, but I would start spouting shit off.
"Wow, that's funny, I thought you were going to kill him then and there? What happened with that? What are you kids doing in the forest, anyways?

While sending him off, of course.

>>22666651
Wow... in a P&P my char would drop the gun crying, completely broken, or something like that.

Rolled 59

>>22666631
Okay. Rollan to holster gun.

>>22666719
We an ex-neckbeard with a gun, and nothing left to lose.

Fuck with Nona. I fucking dare you.

>>22666771

*everything to lose

We had nothing to lose, but then we became an elf. With a vagina.

>>22666815
And boobs. And assumedly a tight ass.

You realize that your hand is shaking. Your heart is beating incredibly fast. The adrenaline helped you ignore it, but you're fucking terrified. You feel tears starting to well up in your eyes. You put your gun shakily back in its holster, then hold up your hands and sniff, trying to drive the tears back down. "Okay," you call out. "Here I am."

Out from the woods steps a half-dozen elves. Four have wooden recurve bows, one has a hunting rifle, and one has a huge hunting revolver. They all have skin tones ranging from tan at the lightest to a milk chocolate colour at the darkest. You think, for a second, that they're all women, until your bardic knowledge kicks in; elves have less sexual dimorphism than humans. The only real difference between the sexes is that males have male sex organs and no breasts; they're otherwise the same height, same build, and have the same range of voices as the women.

You realize that all of the wild elves save for one of the archers is male. The female comes up to you, takes your bag, unlatches your gun belt, and takes that too. "You are now our prisoner," says the one with the revolver, "Until such time as your liege in the Unseelie accepts terms of ransom. What is your name and title, and who is your liege?"

Wait, your liege? Ransom? Oh fuck. This could get bad.

What the fuck do you do now?

>>22666872
Maybe we could diplomatically clear up this misunderstanding? Hopefully?

>>22666872
"Joke's on you, I'm a 30-year-old human man."

Make up something reasonable. A title that's high enough that them getting this ransom out to that person would take some time.

>>22666872
What?... I mean...unless i forgot alot of sutff, we dont serve anyone...

>>22666872

Claim to be an orphan.

>>22666872

"O-oh ok. My name is Nona, I have no rank nor Liege. I am just a wandering bard is all."

Might as well be somewhat honest

>>22666935
It's like you want to die!

>>22666872
Um, can we take a bard knowledge check on this? Maybe if we pretend to be a high-class noble, we can get out quickly.

Unfortunately, I don't see a lot of solutions to this, and we'll have to see what you type out before we make a decision.

>>22666955
The options are
[ ] Bluff
[ ] Truth

>>22666872
It's time to turn on every ounce of bluffing and bullshit that we can.

Start snickering and then laughing.

"Ransom, you actually thought you were going to get a ransom from me. That's hilarious.

My liege isn't the sort to pay ransoms, he doesn't care that much if I live or die, but he hates it when other people mess with his possessions and information gatherers.

You'll never get any money out of me, but your forest might end up burnt to the ground because of this. I 'surrendered' because I happen to like the company of my companion.

I suggest you let me go."

Use bardic magic to enhance our speech.

>>22666872
Either tell them the truth and hope they let us go when they realize we can't make them any money.

Or tell them the truth and they keep us a slave.

Or tell them a lie and also be kept a slave or abandoned by whatever "liege" we lore check for.

Or lie and buy time and hope our orc will... I doubt he could out track a pack of elves, so that's not gonna work either.

We're fucked. As far as I can tell our best bet is tell them we have no rank or liege, having given that life up... Wait we can't say that either because then we could be a runaway and they will just try to sell us off to one. Oh fuck that will probably the result for any telling of the truth.

Um... fuck. Just tell them we weren't a knife ear a week ago. Wizard did it. Hope they believe it.

>>22666980
This, if it makes sense in-universe for this to be true.

>>22667002
I'm guessing they have needs for elves aside from ransoms. If this hunting party is representative of their gender ratio they need more women, and that might be us.

>>22667018
I did the post and I think it would.

Bards are the premier spys, information gatherers, and so on, the Unseelie are known for shadow wars involving fucktons of espionage, it'd make sense to have someone investigating more of the railway change and how to best make use of that.

They're also known for using deniable assets, so they won't get a ransom, too public, but nobody likes having their agents fucked with so they won't leave the perpetrators unpunished.

>>22667002
>Or lie and buy time and hope our orc will... I doubt he could out track a pack of elves, so that's not gonna work either.
I dunno, wasn't he a farmer/hunter who turned ranger and has been living in this area for the past few years? I mean, put aside that the wild elves likely have literally centuries of living in the area and being stealthy and shit... Yeah, I've got nothing.

>okay, I count four votes for the truth and five vote for bluffing
>if that's accurate, I'll start writing up the next post in a couple minutes

Rolled 4

>>22667288
IT'S NOT
I VOTE FOR TRUTH
Except not about us being human just that we have no liege

>>22667288
I vote for bluffing, telling the truth won't end well. We're a Bard, bluffing is half of what we do.

>>22667018
>>22667050

Eh. But I don't think Nona would be able to keep cool enough to do such an action. I think people downplay the mental state here. This is, like what, fourth or fifth day here? Fourth or fifth day as a woman? The second or third time we've been scared witless, and this time we don't have 200lbs of muscle backing us.

>>22667416
>Spend all life pretending to be the big damn hero
>Actually get a chance to bluff about being the big damn hero
>Not take it

still a neckbeard at heart

>>22667416
We're a fucking Bard, we're made out of lying and acting. We got this.

>>22667454
I already voted, but I think we should tell the truth, because I see lying to them not working out for us very well at all.

>>22667448
Did we know that we pretended to be a damn hero?

Cause we certainly didn't get the body of one. Maybe in truth this is the story of an orc paladin and the circumstances surrounding the woman he champions.
No /tg/, you are the waif.

>>22667509
I...I am ok with that. And I'd say that makes perfect sense.

You take a deep breath. You'll need to get your voice calm and steady if you're going to make bald-faced lies. "I'm the Lady Nona Anon," you start with. "I'm on a special mission from my liege and cannot contact-"

"We will contact them for you," says the one with the revolver again. You're guessing he's the ringleader.

"Fine. But my liege isn't the sort to negotiate. If you expect to get paid you-"

At that, the female elf with your stuff actually cuffs you right in the mouth - hard, too. You taste blood.

"If all we wanted was money, we would simply steal it. Tell us your liege's name."

You settle on something that should, at the very least, buy you some time. After all, you don't have a liege, but you're not sure what they'll do to you once they figure that out. So, you state quickly, "My liege is Queen Mab." You hold your breath, praying they don't call your bluff.

They all look at each other. Their looks are cryptic to say the least. Then the leader nods to one of them, and he walks up to you with some rope, tying your wrists and hands up in such a way that you couldn't move your hands to cast a spell if you wanted to. The leader walks up to you, grabs a lock of your hair, and cuts off a couple inches of it.

"Follow us," he says, then turns and starts walking. One of the elves is still holding one end of the rope used to tie up your hands, so you suppose you don't have much choice regardless. You follow them.

..::||continued||::..

>>22667880
After a while of walking - maybe an hour, maybe more, maybe a little less - you come upon a clearing with a massive fire pit in the center. There's a strange mix of long log houses and large hide tends set up in the clearing. You're led to one of the tents and pushed inside - the floor is covered in loosely tossed animal furs.

The woman from the group that captured you takes a seat, cross-legged, in the doorway of the tent, facing out. You have no doubt in your mind that she's the guard.

What now?

>>22667901
Talk to the guard, see why they're capturing Fae women, it's probably because they need more women. Start conversing with her, get as much info about this little village as possible.

Also see if there's any way we have to loosen the rope or cut through it with something.

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>>22667901
Wait, she's facing out, as in, outside of the tent? Use this opportunity to slowly wriggle out of our cuffs unseen, while looking around the tent for something to use (for any purpose.)

If we have our hands free, we might be able to cast a spell. I think a good illusion of another elf would work, since they'd see it but be unable to track it after it was dispelled, and that'd make some sort of distraction.

...I'd also like to ask the guard some questions about what they are going to do to us.

Random question, though: what kind of armor are we seeing them in? Are they just wearing indigenous garb, something like pic related, chains or wooden plates, etc.

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>>22667901

Hold out for our hero.

Try to find out as much about what their doing as possible, I imagine.
Don't get ourselves fucked over by trying to break out of a small town of hunters. In midday, while everyone is alert.

>>22668024
>they're mostly wearing leather and hide clothes, no actual armor in sight
>moccasins too

Rolled 57

>>22667901
Can we try to seduce her

>>22668083
It doesn't seem like we could seduce our way out of the camp. At the very least I think we'd have trouble walking.

Rolled 5

>>22668227
Just the guard.

>>22667967
This.

We need to do Crazy Train at some point, because that opening riff needs to be introduced to this world.

>>22662721
>there's only one thing you can be double, and that's a agent
wrong, you can also be a double nigger

>>22668291

I'd prefer Crazy Bus.

>>22668083
Second

>>22663750
>~daaaaaaaaaaaaaamn~

>I think thats as explicit as I've seen a quest get.

Son, let me tell you a story about a little thing we called Maid Quest...

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>>22668305
Get on my level.

>>22668258
I doubt we could seduce the guard without drawing the attention of the rest of the camp.

>>22663750
Heretical Love Quest begs to differ. As does the shitball that was Slaver Quest.

Hell, I remember one quest that fucking STARTED with a three post description of some dude fucking a little boy in the ass.

>>22668338
Sure we can.

"So," you say to your guard. Unless you want to try to escape in the middle of daylight in a crowded camp full of skilled hunters and trackers, you figure that you may as well stay put for now. "What are you going to try to ransom me for? I mean, you guys said it wasn't money, right?"

Your guard remains silent.

"Is it jewels? Or art or something? Or 50 TB of really sick pornography?" you ask, trying to push her buttons and make her talk. "That's what it is, right? Some filthy shit you don't want showing up in your search history."

"We're trading you for citizenship," she snaps, turning around to glare at you. "We give you back to the Unseelie court in return for them inducting us as knights."

You try not to look confused, but fail. "Why would you want that?"

She looks at you like you're a perfect fucking moron. "This territory used to be ours, but every year the young races encroach on our lands. It may seem slow and gradual to the young races, but in my life alone this area has gone from untouched by any non-elf hand to dotted with towns and outposts and forts and cabins, crisscrossed by ugly slices of rail line. We only have one or two centuries left - at most - until they've completely settled OUR LANDS. The only recourse we can see is to join the Courts."

Now she's just staring at you, glaring, fuming.

That makes sense, you guess, in a weird, fae way. Blackmail your way into an organization.

What do you do/say now?

>>22668349
NOOO! We are faithful to Jack! Our husbando!

>>22668339
Catamite Quest! Ooh man, yeah. That was weird.

>>22668373
agreed, but more because I don't see that helping us much.

>>22668373
>>22668382
seconding...or thirding I guess?

>>22668369
"I suppose that makes sense, hell I can actually support that."

>>22668369
"It isn't going to work like that. I'm a deniable asset, nobody is going to admit I work for them in public, and inducting you would require them acknowledge my work for them.

Sorry, tough luck, I might be able to talk to the right people in private and help, but if you mention my name all you're going to get is people saying 'I don't know anyone of that name'.

>>22668369

Tell her if that's what she wants then we can't help her, and apologize. We are just a wandering bard with no real affiliation.

We don't want to get their hopes up. We're sorry for wasting their time, but they're the ones who wanted to drag us back here before they told us anything.

>>22668369
"There's more to knighthood than that. Knights are proud, strong warriors who train from childhood to master the way of the sword...I see no parallel to that in your tracking and hunting."

Note that you're slowly removing your bindings as you're speaking to her.

Rolled 33

>>22668369
sing a few songs

and then
new song
try to add magic to it

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y7IrvzBZF2U

>>22668455
Actually, I doubt there is. Knight is just the lowest rank of nobility. I think they're just going to try to get a baseline induction into a faerie court.

>>22668369
Use the history knowledge we no doubt have from our neckbeard days to explain how that isn't going to work. They'll get hung out to dry, or be traded for something the courts actually find valuable.

Best option is to play everyone against each other while trying to make alliances with other people who are losing out (the rail workers, for example).

>>22668475
...Okay, yeah. I just assumed that with the aging of elves, they'd have to train for about a century to gain that sort of talent. (They might be low nobility, but I remember knights having to be pretty good fighters.)

Unless we're talking about the kind of knighting that happens in modern society, where they just do it as a ceremonial thing to people they respect, not a way to create a lord's enforcers.

"What happens if my liege doesn't want to pay the ransom?" you ask. "I don't think they would want to admit I'm working for them, and they certainly would acquiesce to your demands."

"I'm... I'm not sure," she says. Apparently she hadn't even considered that, because she suddenly looks thoughtful. "That hasn't happened before. They've always been willing to grant us a title in exchange for the hostages. Seelie or Unseelie, they've always made us Sidhe."

"Mine won't," you say. "You must have heard of Queen Mab. She won't even admit I work for her, let alone pay my ransom. So what will happen? Will you kill me as a lesson in future ransoms? Rape me? Sell me to a slave trader?"

"I... I don't know," she says. She seems unsettled.

"Maybe you should find out."

Well, hopefully that will help. Or something.

What now?

>>22668739
"What is a Sidhe? Can you tell us more about the Un/Seelie Courts?"

Also, how is our progress on the rope binding us?

>>22668739
Teach them how to sing "Run To The Hills".

>>22668807

We know what a sidhe is. Court info could be useful, though.

>>22668807
I don't know if outing that we aren't aware of what's going on in the un/seelie courts would be a good idea. We're supposed to be a secret agent here for an important fae.

>>22668807
Sidhe are the nobles of the Seelie and Unseelie courts. The caste is made up entirely of elves.

>>22668807
Do not say this, we don't want to look like we don't know much about the situation.

Instead ask her how much she knows about the Courts.

>>22668739
"So, what do you know about the courts? Have you only heard the normal stories, or do you actually know how they work inside."

>>22668739
Well, this could actually go good for us. If it has never happened before and we've established that our involvement will be denied then they might just let us go. Or they'll torture us until we admit who our actual liege is... which could get real interesting.

If we do get found out that we are bluffing or whatever I think our next cover story should be something along the lines of being a wandering bard that was born on the road and lived on the road all our life.

All that's left after that is the truth which... might not go over well.

I guess for now sitting tight might be the best option. Rescue could be but is probably not on the way. If we get moved again we are going to be pretty far away.

Still, might want to keep an eye and ear out for any thing juicy, like an escape opportunity or chance to win some hearts or minds.

>>22668953

second

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>>22668953
Well, you corrected me on it and offered a much better idea, I will third it.

The picture's unrelated, but I figure I might as well add some pics to make it a bit less drab.

"What do you actually know about the faerie courts?" you ask. "I mean, aside from rumors."

"Well, Unseelie - your court - is the court of winter, predators, night, and trickery. Seelie is the court of summer, herds, daylight, and also trickery. Queen Mab rules the Unseelie court and Queen Titania rules the Seelie court. The lower castes of Unseelie are the goblins and the lower castes of Seelie are the little folk. And the courts hate each other. Everything else I know about the courts is rumor, I guess," she says. "We're trying to join either one of them really. We've already gotten some of our ranks into the courts."

"So, could you find out what will happen to me if Mab won't admit to me? I promise not to do something stupid like run away. Or you could take me with you, or something," you say, trying to shrug your arms.

She looks at you hard, then grabs your rope, and leads you to a collection of elves talking among themselves on the other side of the camp. You think at least one is a shaman, based on attire. "What happens if her liege doesn't admit to her?"

"We execute her and send her head to Mab."

The colour seems to drain out of your guard's face. She brings you back to the tent, guides you inside, and sits down again. She seems deep in thought.

"My name's Nona, by the way. I mentioned that before," you say.

"Varaia," she says back, almost automatically.

What now?

>>22669247
Sedoos, or at least befriend. GIRL TALK

>>22669247
"You should know that your friends are idiots.

For someone in my position, they aren't going to ransom me or admit to my existence publicly, but they aren't going to forget if one of their pawns gets offed. If my head gets taken and sent two things will happen, Mab will show confusion and publicly wonder who in the hell I am, and then have people kill every last one of you.

It's a matter of face, while she can't acknowledge my existence in public, she also can't let anyone think they can fuck with her informants."

>>22669247
We be polite, while they send word we serch for a way to escape

>>22669247
>>22669303
This fellow here has the right idea. If you kill one of Queen Mab's informants, she's going to kill basically all of you. Use your bardic talents to convince this one that it's a terrible idea, and try to convince the rest of them.

If we can't convince them, we can at least get the few we did convince to help us run away, back to the fort.

Have we thought of the possibility of Queen Mab actually admitting to us just to see who was foolish enough to lie about such a thing?

>>22669339
Yes, and that thought is even scarier than her not admitting to us and them chopping our head off.

Rolled 97

>>22669247
so um beheading isn't too bad is it?

mind un tying me I king of want to her a few songs before I die

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHPOzQzk9Qo

>>22669382
alt song

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RYSXBsGOVuc

>>22669382
>>22669426

even more of an alt song

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WhwbxEfy7fg

>>22669465
I think you mean
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8yvEYKRF5IA

Did anyone archive this?

"Well, it looks like you're going to have to kill me," you say morosely. "And then Mab will probably try to kill all of you. You know, for challenging her authority."

Varaia doesn't look pleased. At all. By any of this.

"So, how are you contacting her anyway?" you ask.

"The shamans will contact her, prove they have you be offering the hair, and then offer the terms of the ransom. She should accept, then you'll be free to go. Or she'll refuse, and..."

"And they'll cut my head off to prove they're serious."

Her face looks grim. You feel pretty similarly grim.

Are you going to try anything, or just see how this unfolds?

>>22669727
"Varaia, what you have here is a chance to save every single member of your village from a no doubt remarkably painful and excruciating death. Every single one of you hunted down, I want to avoid this because it involves me dying first.

Your elders and the shaman, they're probably way too stubborn to listen to what I have say and they'll try this stupid ransom thing.

If you want to live, if you want your tribe to survive you really have one option. Help me escape and once I'm gone you can tell them that I knocked you out with magic and escaped on my own."

>>22669727
>>22669727
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9Y_GLT4_9I

sing our last song

>>22669798
She obviously doesn't want to be apart of this. We could probably convince her to help us escape and then come with us. If she stays she'd probably be killed or something similar.

>>22669824
That also works, amend the last part to "Help me escape, you can either come with me or tell your people that I knocked you out and escaped on my own."

Rolled 10

We should really try to escape, slip our bonds if we're bound, theres no time to wait around since they're using magic to communicate.

>>22669824
>>22669848
Agreed. Varaia wasn't part of the team that helped capture us. Might as well give it a shot.

>>22669823
better more hope full song
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQ03ngpdU80
still cash

>in case you guys are curious, here's how each of your schools of magic works

>illusion magic lets you create illusions that fool one or more senses
>the more senses you fool, the harder it is
>the bigger it is, the harder it is
>a person who realizes that something is an illusion can try to use force of will to throw it off, but otherwise senses it as if it were real
>illusionary fire still causes pain

>enchantment does brute-force mind bending
>you can make people sleep, charm/dominate people, and on the higher scales even edit/remove/add memories and personality traits
>the smarter/more complex the mind is, the harder it is to do stuff to it
>the more alert a mind is, the harder it is to do stuff to it
>so, animals, distracted stupid people, and children are easy to affect, but smart and/or alert adults are harder

>spell songs are any form of magically-infused bardic music - though you can do it with dance, oratory, any kind of performance
>it's basically a subtler and not-as-strictly-powerful version of enchantment
>its base effects aren't as strong as enchantment, but it's not as impaired by intellect or alertness
>it's also much more easily able to affect large groups at once

>utility magic
>these are just simple cantrips that make life more convenient
>cleaning, warming, cooling, colouring, flavoring, starting small fires, that kind of thing

>everything other than spell songs have verbal and somatic components

>>22669947
so sing a sad son to get her to pity us and help us escape

>>22669947
Okay, our hands are bound so can we subtly mix in the spell song to convince her to help us. And to get her to retrieve our gear for us.

>>22669947
We desperately want to avoid having her suffer for helping us, and even if there is enough of a convincing situation that there is no implication of her aiding us, she will definitely pay for her failure.

"Listen. Varaia. Neither of us wants this. I'm going to get my head chopped off, and you and your friends and family are probably going to get killed by a very powerful sadist queen."

She's silent.

You decide to cut to the point. "Help me escape. Save both of our lives. I know that I can't get out of here on my own - your scouts would know I was gone before I even made it back into the forest. You could even lie and tell them that I knocked you out with magic and escaped."

"No," she says.

Your heart sinks. "No?"

"No, I couldn't lie about that. They know there's no way you could escape without help. If I help you, it will mean banishing myself from my tribe. Being without a tribe and without a court," she says, sighing. "I've heard the stories of Queen Mab, though. What you've said she'll do sounds a lot more believable than her paying your ransom. I'll help you. What's the plan?"

Shit, what is the plan? You doubt that she could simply lead you out of the village - surely someone would call foul at that.

>>22670054
Use an illusion to make ourself look like a wild elf. Change into wild elf clothes if need be. Then walk off into the forest with her to go do elf things or something, then loop around and head all the way back to Salvation. Simple, elegant, efficient.

>>22670054
"Unbind me and retrieve my gear. I'll use illusions to disguise myself and escape. You then raise the alarm and point them in the wrong direction before meeting back up with me."

>>22670054
could we get them to send an illusion of our head to the queen?

or, sneak away in the night.

either way, NEW PARTY MEMBER!

i can't help but feel bad for the wild elf as she is being led on by our bluff, and now it look like she will be banished from her tribe to help us.

>>22670181
But she can join us and Jack for glorious adventuring!

>>22670211
true but it feels like what we are doing to her is like what happended to Jack leaving her no chice but to leave behinde every thig she hold dear to her over a lie

>>22670079
Second this. We need to meet up with Jack as soon as possible (while being careful not to be caught again) and explain to him what happened so that Varaia won't trouble us. We can explain to her better after we get going for a while and she trusts us.

>>22670293
Honestly, the only part we were lying about was being Mab's agent. Everything else - the fact that Mab will deny we're her agent, the fact that Mab would probably kill all these wild elves - that's all true. She really is saving her tribe.

Let's please not ruin this nice elf girls life with a lie...

Feel guilty and tell her the truth?

>>22670386
No, no, no, no, no. We do not admit the truth at this juncture, it might get us killed. We should never admit the truth in my opinion.

>>22670340
Well, we still need to tell Jack about that so he's not confused of thinks we're lying to HIM.

>>22670293
Tell her that then she has been cool to us

Well, I suggest we use enchantment to screw with her head, but do so with her consent. Make it look like we're much better at it than we really are, and her being manipulated by us was in no way her fault.

The goal is to have her still help us escape, but make it look like she was charmed into magically.

>>22670340
It just doesn't feel right to me, maby i'm just too honest of a person. If tat realy is the only lie though i'll stand by as it realy would be saving them i guess.

>>22670443
I don't think that's a good idea.

>>22670386
Nor should we tell her the truth.

>>22670443
If our enchantment is good enough for this to work (maybe with a little bardic song push) then definitely. If not then I still say >>22670079
is the best option.

>>22670454
Could you explain why you think it's a bad idea?

Explain that we lied because we had no idea what would happen to us then tell her that most of what we said is true Mab won't accept the ransom because we Are not of he court. I the reason we are telling he this is because we don't want her to throw her life away for us without knowing the whole truth.

Imagine how jack would react if he knew what we were doing

>>22670473
There isn't really a reason to make it look like we magically enchanted her if she intends to travel with us. We don't have to worry about getting her back into the village. Plus, we might not be good enough at enchantment to make it convincing, and if we mess up we could hurt her.

"You set me free and get me my things," you say. "I'll disguise myself as one of the tribe with magic, then sneak out of the village. You raise the alarm, point them in the wrong direction, then come meet up with me."

"Meet where?" she asks. "The dwarves shoot Wild Elves on sight if we try to get into their towns without being accompanied by someone else."

"How about the clearing where I was taken?" you ask. "I think I know my way back there, and I'm sure you can find it easily enough."

Varaia nods to inform you that she understands the plan. She leaves and shows up again seconds later with your pack and gun belt. She cuts your ropes, then says, "I will wait for a few minutes, then send the village scouts in the opposite direction from where we're headed." Then she darts out of the tent.

You put your belt and satchel back on quickly, then take a bit of care to create as good of a visual glamour as you can. You give yourself dark skin, dark eyes, dark hair, and change your clothes and equipment to look more like what the wild elves wear. You sneak out of the tent, then stroll through the camp, sure that someone is going to see through your disguise - but noone does.

When you hit the tree line, you have to fight the instinct to start running. Instead, you maintain your casual stroll until you're well and truly away from the village, then drop the glamour and start sprinting off to where you're supposed to meet Varaia.

..::||continued||::..

>>22670674
When you arrive at the clearing, you're greeted by a welcome sight. Jack's in the clearing, poking around - you suspect he's looking for clues or a trail that he could follow. His lower leg looks bandaged up, though he's still using the rifle to support his weight. He sees you about the same time you see him, and his look of grave worry melts into one of happy relief. You run up to him and slam into him with a hug - unfortunately, you didn't consider his wounded leg, and you actually manage to topple him onto the ground when he tries to take a step back.

"I shouldn't have doubted you," he says, wrapping his arms around you and not bothering to get up.

"I had no idea if I would actually be able to escape," you admit. "I was just trying to protect you."

A brief look of horror passes over his face, but the relief comes back in short order.

You have an unknown amount of time here with Jack before Varaia is due to arrive. Do you get him in on the bluff you made or otherwise prepare him for Varaia's imminent arrival? Do you just enjoy this moment of being reunited after a mind-bogglingly-terrifying few hours? Do you fucking scram and leave Varaia to arrive at an empty clearing? Do you say or do something else?

>>22670662
I think we should do this, she doesn't like the fact that they will kill us anyways.

>>22670662
good point they don't seam like bad people just... down on their luck with no other option I feel bad for them

>>22670664
Ah, see, I was assuming she'd stay in her village. If you all decide to take her with i suppose the ruse isn't needed.

>>22670688
Tell him about Varaia and that we lied about Queen Mab being our liege, but make sure that he knows that it was so that we could escape.

>>22670688
Tell him that Varaia thinks we're working under Mab as a deniable asset. Then tell him that if we were working for her we wouldn't tell him and that we'll act like he doesn't know.

Then give him a kiss.

>>22659959
While the "Yo homes, smell yah later!" option is tempting I suggest we tell Jack that we had to bluff our way out of camp and explain the lie about Queen Mab.

>>22670799
Meant to quote >>22670688

>>22670688

"Ok, shit's still real sweety. I'll explain more when we're actually safe, but right now I need you to NOT shoot the first wild elf you see, cause it might be the one who helped me escape. Isn't it great? Our adventuring band is growing wonderfully! We'll be on our way to (that big city) and be making you a Pally in no time!"

I honestly think we should just walk the fuck out of here. Go lay low in town for a bit, and then catch that train and ride all the way to the orc Jerusalem place - or at least as close as we can get to it.

If the wild elves version of mercy is shooting our husbando in the calf, taking us hostage, beating us, and being ok with the idea of killing us, then fuck all of them.

>>22670799
>>22670738
>>22670729

Yes explaining the bluff is good and all, but we don't know when Vara will catch up. Last thing we want is our new friend walking in during the middle of explaining a lie. Wait 'till we're a bit safer, or at least out of yelling distance in case Vara decides helping us was a bad idea.

We at least have to stay to bring her with us, if we don't she'll have helped us escape and got nothing for it, we'll tell her we lied later with a "You're probably going to kick my ass after telling you this."

>>22670973
Very much true, we'll wait until Varaia catches up. Then we can tell Jack the truth.

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Unseelie elf bard, trapped in a world she doesn't undersand, no place in the courts.

Good-natured orc ranger, accused of a crime he didn't commit, can't go back home.

Wild elf tribal, helped a hostage escape rather than see her executed, banished from tribe.

WE ARE THE HOMELESS, THE ROOTLESS, THE HOBO-EST

>>22670973

>ok, i'll help you escape

Varaia, where is the prisoner? She was completely bound, and you were to watch her at all times....

>she escaped!

If she is powerful enough to escape, she wouldn't have been caught in the first place. Where is she?

>...

It's her life, or yours...


>the prisoner escaped disguised as one of us, and is running to the clearing we were at earlier - she's expecting to meet me there...

Good - we have a prisoner to catch.

>>22670729
You ahve a point. I wrote this>>22670729
and I still think it's a good idea, but that we should get away from the clearing. Close enough to see if she exposes herself.

>>22671072
just illusion us both as a big bush hide till we are sure its just her

"Okay, listen, I don't know how long I have to explain," you say, realizing that you need Jack on board for this to work.

Jack furrows his brow, but nods. You lean in close and whisper in his ear instead of talking out loud, just in case Varaia appears mid-conversation.

"I convinced one of the wild elves - named Varaia - to help me escape. I lied when I was captured, though, and said I worked for Queen Mab. I'm going to correct her, eventually, probably, but I don't want anyone getting themselves shot in the next few minutes," you whisper in his ear.

"Are you sure we can trust her?" he asks gravely.

"No," you say. "But she helped me escape, so I'm going to try, at least."

You lean in and give him a kiss, then give him a hand to help him balance as he gets back to his feet. Then you two stand there, nervously, awkwardly, as you wait for Varaia to arrive.

>I'm going to end it here for tonight; I'm getting all kinds of tired
>I should start the next thread early tomorrow afternoon, just like today and yesterday
>I'll archive the thread if it hasn't been archived yet
>if you have any questions, ask them now and I'll try to answer before I pass out

>>22671117
Fuck, meant to reply to >>22671072
for the first one.

>thread is archived; upvote if you want to make sure it doesn't drop off the archives, don't if you don't

>>22671120
They are elves as well. Implying they won't use her as bait to lure us out.

Just leave, while we still have the chance. We don;t know this Varaia at all, and we owe her and her people nothing.

>but she helped us escape!

and trying to return the favor to her will likely result in our's, or Jack's, or both of our deaths. The whole point of escaping is to live, and that all goes out the window if we risk our lives for something like this.

This is one of those times where we need to just walk away.

>>22671129
>>22671129
any chance we will meat any one else in our situation who took a different body and class?

because I am sure they would look for us once some of them earth songs get popular

>>22671171
but its the right thing to do

>>22671213
>>22671171
Again, stay out of the clearing until we can ascertain that the other elves aren't with her. I.E. long enough that she starts to feel frustrated

>>22671213
>any chance we will meat any one else in our situation who took a different body and class?

>you have absolutely no way of knowing one way or the other short of blind and baseless assumptions as to the nature of your current situation and its capacity for replication
>that said, if this world really is based on your personal fantasies - which you guys at one time chose to infer from what the voice at the beginning said - then it's unlikely that someone else would end up in your personal fantasy world
>so, probably only one of those assumptions - or even neither - is correct

>>22671171

We owe her our escape. Not saying we should stand around in the open, but considering what Varaia likely risked to help someone she knows nothing about, we could do worse than return the favor.

>>22671309
Also, it just doesn't seem to play into Nona's personality to be like that. Heck this is the sort of person that leaves the bathroom door unlocked even after being warned about possible rape.

>>22671269

could we ever get home?
is there a level cap in this world ?
can we level up?
and what would that feel like?

so is there pipe smoke like LOTR?
what are our stats?
are there psion here?
multiclass? is it possible?

what does the night sky look like here?

any weird animals like owlbears?or unicorns?

how long do elfs live? or orcs? or dwarfs ?


>>22671309
we should give her a hug and kiss on the check if she does come :)

>>22671569
>what does the night sky look like here?

>one normal-sized white moon, one small, dim red moon; dark sky, stars, and a few small colourful streaks of distant luminous nebulae; fantastical

>any weird animals like owlbears?or unicorns?

>yes, but some have been hunted to extinction

>how long do elfs live?

>until disease, injury, or deprivation kills them

>or orcs?

>into their 50's - 60's if they're lucky

>or dwarfs ?

>elders are usually well into their 200's when they finally pass on; dwarves who live particularly hard lifestyles, like mining or military, will usually die younger

>you have absolutely no way of knowing any of the other things

>I'm not going to give you meta-knowledge, just tell you things that your bardic knowledge would let you already know