>>23838393
Let's stay like this for a little bit longer.

We're going to have to get up soonish though so we don't wind up late or anything.

I want to give her the collar now, but I'm sure more people still want to wait for Paris just like they did yesterday.

>>23838393
I think our banked action was keep cuddling and try to read Liz for any change in mood to something more active in bed, but not to push for it. Nothing wrong with waking up to some intimate cuddling every once in awhile.

>>23838393
Cuddle for a little longer, then we should get up if we don't want to be late.

No reason to push for anything more, both because we don't have much time, and because sometimes something like this is a nice change of pace from all the kinky sex.

>>23838459
also inform her that she's a good girl.

>>23838393

Be the immovable mountain of comfort and protection for a little while longer.

>>23838393
"Mmmm, good morning love."

>>23838511
>>23838459
this

>>23838393
>I picture these beautiful moments and reflect on how adorable it is but then I always crack up upon remembering that Max is still bald and has a gibberish as fuck purple tattoo right on top of her head.

As for what to do, lets just stay for a minute. This is a nice change of pace from full throttle dickings.

>>23838441
Well, I mainly want to wait to give her the collar on a weekend, so we don't have to worry so much about school and responsibilities. But reguardless we still need to make/acquire a lock first.

>>23838568
Her hair's actually grown more than a week in, so it's not quite actually bald anymore.

"Good morning," you whisper to her.

She plants another kiss on your lips. "Good morning, Mistress."

"I could stay like this all day," you say, giving her just a bit of a squeeze.

"Me too," she agrees. You stay like that for a while longer, holding each other, kissing, and just enjoying each other's presence before Liz finally starts disentangling herself from you. "I'll go make breakfast. You should probably get started with Selene or your morning workout or something, Mistress."

What do you do now?

>>23838675
Quick workout, get showered and dressed and whatnot, then go see Selene.

>>23838675
I wonder if Selene would be up for some tai chi again.

If not, let's just >>23838687

>>23838675
workout with Selene do more Tai Chi

>>23838675
Quick workout, rinse off then grab Selene (if she's awake) for a little mommy time while breakfast is being made. Have a nice family breakfast for once.

>>23838675
Tai Chi is a good stretching workout in the morning, hell get Selene involved again it can be a daily thing with us and her or at least bi weekly

You head on downstairs to see if Selene is up yet. You find her playing with Fap, and she runs up to you excitedly as you enter. "Mama!" she calls out.

"Hey there, sweetie," you say. "Do you want to do more tai chi with mama this morning? We could exercise together."

She thinks about it for a moment, then clearly decides that more slow-dancing with her mama sounds like a fun thing to do. She nods vigorously. You two get started, and you start trying to show her how to move.

Roll Body to demonstrate for her. You get a +2 for Focus and a +1 for Calm. I'll consider the first seven linked 1d100 rolls.

Rolled 98

>>23838820

let's 'dance'

Rolled 16

>>23838820

Rolled 32

>>23838820

Rolled 87

>>23838820
Bow before adorable dryad!

Rolled 42

>>23838820
everyone was kungfu fighting!

Rolled 15

>>23838820
Rollan

Rolled 53

>>23838820
Plant dance

Rolled 38

>>23838820
Be Mulan!

Rolled 4

>>23838820

>>23838832
>>23838841
2/7, good enough I guess.

>>23838832
>>23838841
She's not terribly coordinated or focused, and she has a habit of giggling at inopportune moments, but she follows along as best she can and pays attention when you show her how to do it right. When you finally finish, she goes from tai chi 'dancing' to just silly little childish boogieing. You dance along with her for a minute before scooping her up.

"Breakfast time!" you tell her.

"I wanna stay with mama!" she says, thinking you meant you were going to drop her off with Breakfast.

"No, I mean it's time to eat, sweetie," you explain.

"Oh," she says, then gives you a squeeze.

You carry her upstairs, where Liz has set out bacon, eggs, and juice for you and her and a sippy cup with a couple bacon strips for Selene. You sit Selene down, sit next to Liz, and get started. Lin comes climbing on down, yawning, shortly thereafter.

"Save any for me?" she asks groggily.

"Yeah," says Liz. "Check the pan."

Lin doles herself out a plate and sits down too, giving Selene a little rub on the head as she does. "You're planning on taking Selene and her sister home with you this winter, right?" she asks you.

What do you say?

>>23838921
Probably?

>>23838921
"That was the plan."

>>23838921
Of course we are.

The first year we should be fine going back to our house, but we might actually want to set up some wards there if we plan on going back in later years.

>>23838921
"I was planning to, yeah, why?"

>>23838921
Yeah. Probably have to set up a ton of wards though.

>>23838921

"yes, but i haven't figured out how to disguise them yet."

>>23838921
"That's the plan. If something comes up or it's too dangerous for us to spend the full break at home then I'll still take them for a visit."

>>23838921
"yep what were you planing on doing?"

>>23838968
enchantment bind a strong spirit to a bracelet sorta simple for us.

"Yeah, probably," you say. "I haven't figured out a way to disguise them yet, though."

"You should get to work on that," she suggests. "While you still have a couple months to work out the kinks. Something reliable that doesn't require you or them doing constant upkeep, you know?"

"Yeah, that makes sense," you agree.

Lin grins after that. "If their leaves fall out - because, you know, it's going to be wintery outside - are you going to reshave your head to show solidarity with your daughters?"

What do you say?

Here's a question for you Femcock - are we going to NEED to disguise them?

I recall in the first thread you mentioned Max found out that she was really a girl from the doctor's scrying spells. That kind of implies that magic is around in public - but then we've never heard of a lot of it.

Given Max's knowledge of the world, what would the reaction of the average person gonna be seeing something clearly non-human walking down the street?

>>23839060
You misremembered. It was a counseling session for non-magical families whose children had been invited to the Scholomance.

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>>23839054
Disguise, you say?

>>23839054
Time for drama!

"Unfortunately I cannot do such a thing, for my lovely little slut has expressed a desire to see her mistress with long hair, and I do so love spoiling my little sluts, and shaving my head again would get in the way of that."

>>23839054
"Don't say things like that :P"

but ya, I am sure Dad will have some useful tips on mostly permanent glamors

>>23839054

*Sigh* "And it was just starting to come back it."

Then rub your head.

"If it would make Selene feel better"

>>23839078
Wasn't the anon who asked, but somehow I missed this as well. Thank you for clarifying FemCOCK. though this does torpedo my Halloween at home plan...

>>23839078
Thanks for clarifying Femcock.

>>23839133
>The one night a year little kids dress up as monsters and nobody can recognize them.

We don't even need to buy a real costume.

>>23839189
That's just begging to start issues with Selene and her future sister.

>*Sniff* "You just think we're freaks! We hate you Max!"

And then they stop talking to us or run away and get eaten by [wild Scholomance beasty].

>>23839220
And then we drop our pants and reveal that we, too, are a freak.

Then freaky plantgirl incest sex happens.

>>23839189
Have them all go dressed up as trees and flowers and shit.

>>23839259
Selene would prefer Rafiki or Mulan for sure.

>>23839287
She would make an awesome rafiki! Also that kind of a costum could easily hide her lack of eyes and bat like ears in the false head.

If Selene's vision works by overlaying color onto her echolocation, can she see things that are too far away for her to echolocate? Like the sun? Can she see through glass? Can she perceive brightness, or only color?

>>23839315
Well, she could perceive brightness through the intensity of the colors she's skimming. She is probably a bit short sighted though. (considering that her brain lacked a visual cortex at time of Brits I don't think any direct vision we could have given her would have been that precise)

>>23839349
I don't see how Selene's brain structure holds any relevance since the visual processing is done by whatever construct we give her to see.

Magic, yo.

You rub your head. "I was planning on growing my hair out for me slut," you say, looking over at Liz. Then you look at Selene. "If that happens and it really upsets, her though... I don't know. I guess if it would help I might."

"Mama, wats a dis guys?" Selene asks you around a bit of bacon.

How do you answer her?

>>23839449
A costume. Like what Timon and Pumba were wearing when they tricked the hyenas.

>>23839449
"It's something you put on to make you look a bit different and blend in. Like when Mulan pretended to be a man."

>>23839471
Actually, I forgot that she has seen Mulan, too. A Mulan comparison would be much more apt.

>>23839449
It's something you wear to make you look like something or someone else.

You can wear it for fun, or to hide who you are.

You'd need to wear one when we went home to see grandma because the place I live doesn't have dryad little girls..

>>23839449
>>23839471
this
>>23839486
and this

>>23839449
definitely this >>23839502 possibly this >>23839501 to

>>23839501
and every one would be so jealous they would try to steal away the most adorable little girl away from me (then give her a big hug and kiss )

>>23839490
>>23839486
Mm, not that one, since it (almost) ended kinda badly when she was found out.

>>23839536
Keyword being almost. And after Selene watched Mulan for the first time she was jumping around jabbering about how she wanted to be just like Mulan.

>>23839536
yea but if any one found out what she was It would end supper bad for us.

>>23839501
>>23839524

also these are great

>>23839449
...why do I think this disguise thing is going to start Selene's lifelong interest in cosplay?

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>>23839596
My heart! My dick! My pancreas! Everything!

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>>23839596
Her not having eyes means she can paint big, ridiculous anime-eyes on her face.

Oh the horror!
>Pic kindarelated.

>>23839618
Perhaps I should have kept that thought to myself? Eh, Anon's fine.

>>23839596
>love of disguises and costumes
>experience with sensory magic from an extremely early age
>being taught tai chi and other martial arts since about the time she learned how to talk
>fondness for the night and ability to operate completely normally in perfect darkness, even sensing around walls
She's going to be a ninja/spy. I mean seriously, come the fuck on. Then JotunnDryad is going to be her equipment bitch and DragonDryad is going to be her backup heavy-duty firepower.

>>23839654
>three dryad sisters as a shadowrun team

>>23839654
>dryad shadowrun team

>>23839672
>>23839665
>runnermind

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>>23839629
we have to put a stop to this.

>>23839654
Huh, I though dragon dryad was going to be the lazy, alcoholic, womanizing (or manizing, probably both) sniper.

>>23839690
I thought pyromaniac since fire actually heals her thanks to the phoenix ash.

Sorcery proficiency lends itself nicely to being a firebug.

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>>23839690
She'll also be ridiculously tough and will heal in the presence of high temperatures, especially fire. She'll be a pyro and demolitions expert, probably toting a fucking trench gun.

>>23839690
As long she is haughtier than a wolfgirl merchant, I'm happy.

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>>23839690
Get her pic related, fill it with dragonbreath rounds.

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>>23839715

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>>23839830
No, one of these. We're in Eastern Europe, we should be able to get Soviet-era firearms.

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>>23839848
>>23839836
>>23839830
All of you are bitches. This has a bullet that can knock out a car, AND light the ground on fire if shot from anything lower than a kneeling position.

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>>23839848
We need to get her an obrez.
>Haughty dragongirl dryad with an obrez in one hand and a handle of vodka in the other

>>23839875
>>23839874
>nagantmind

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>>23839875
Or an Osa loaded entirely with dragonbreath.

>>23839708
Yeah, I meant sniping with magic since sorcery is good over a distance, but it seems my comment has sparked an entirely different discussion...

>>23839875
>sounds like Zuli, the red oni girl from Hobo Quest

>>23839906
Apparently I need to hit the hobo quest archives.

>>23839906
Zuli aint haughty, though, shes just angry.

>>23839926
Mainly because of MC shenanigans and boob honking.

>>23839874
>Not getting her a gigantic sniper rifle that fires specially alchemized thermobaric rounds.
Why do you hate our daughter?

>Actually putting our daughters in harms way before they're all good enough mages that they don't need sniper rifles or nagants or anything like that.

>>23839973
>implying a nagant is not already a serviceable sniper's weapon
>implying you need fancy thermobaric rounds when you can just shoot them with a big fucking bullet
Why must you spit in face of good engineering with your overwrought toys?

"A disguise is like what Mulan wore to make everyone think she was a boy," you explain. "We're going to give you one because if everyone saw what you cute little dryad you are, they might want to take you away from me. You can also wear them for fun, which is what we're going to do on Halloween!"

"Halloween?" she asks.

"Yes!" you tell her. "That's where you dress up in a costume - that's another word for disguise - and get tasty treats from people! What do you want to dress up as?"

"Ping!" she says excitedly. "Like Mulan!"

What do you do?

>>23839998
>a nugget
>good engineering

>>23840015
Hey, it fought and won several wars!

Mostly against itself, but it also beat the Germans.

>>23840010
"Excellent choice!" Then ruffle her flowers.

We can make her a nice little costume and then put an enchantment on it so that muggles looking at it just think she has the most perfect costume.

>Good engineering
Let me tell you about good engineering. It's making things that are fit for its purpose and continue to do so for years.

How many products from 30s and 40s are still in use in their main function and not as curiosities in museums?

Nugget IS a product of good engineering. One of the best from its time.

>>23840010
go choice sweety.

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>>23839998
>Not wanting giant ridiculous guns
{screams internally]

>>23840088
indeed bitches love canons.

/tg/ sure does love its guns, even in settings where they are either non-existent or will quickly become obsolete (like this one).

The time we spend teaching our daughters to shoot could be spent teaching them more skill with magic so they don't need guns in the first place, and have a ton of extra skills besides.

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>>23840088
Because they're silly. Also this is at least a somewhat-realistic setting. Giant guns don't work nearly as well as a reasonably sized one and some plastic explosives for the rest.

>>23839998
Nigga we got wizard bullets

>>23840010
"Good choice, sweetie, I'll make you the best disguise ever!"

>>23840132
I love that people in this quest keep discounting guns when they've actually been very prevalent and useful.

Vampire Lord? Shot him (Ok, the final kill was telehearted, but the handgun would have worked)

Liz vs Sanjay for killing those dog things the gun beat out his gay little fireballs in that SotA trial.

The tengu was a sniper. Lunch had a dartgun that would have fucked us up a lot worse if we hadn't had backup. She could have just shot us with a normal gun and ended it.

The dextra 5th year that fought dad and Petrov was a specialized sniper.

Dad and Petrov kept an armory full of guns up into their 5th circle.

The dextra's buddies that I can't remember the name of hunt demons with guns and papal artifacts.

That dextra upperclassman who was standing outside Breakfast's dorm room was carrying a gun. It was her go-to for if Max had gotten aggressive, not magic attacks.
Save the magic for "nuke it from orbit sun summoning".

>>23840132
Some basic proficiency and gun safety is a must just so they have a decent non-magic ranged option for when they need it. But you are right it is a sideline and or backup to there magic skill.
>>23840138
is probably not worth the effort

>>23840010
This >>23840238
Should we invite Liz or just tell her we will take care of her costum?

>>23840132
But magic in this setting takes a LOT of prep time and foci, even then it can fuck up or fail. You don't need prep time to whip out a pistol and shoot somebody.

>>23840247
And you forgot how a 1st year kinetic shield completely nulls out bullets.

>>23840288
Pistol, no, but people talking about making our daughters into some OPERATOR team with specialist weapons is just retarded.

>>23840267
We should let Liz do it, that way she can bond more with Selene.

>>23840247
I thought guns were primarily for dealing with low level monsters (first circles are probably considered low level monsters).

>>23840308
That goes without saying, but we should atleast teach them some rudimentary gun use.

>>23840301
>>23840322
You're ignoring the higher circle members keeping guns.

Specifically that Dextra sniper. He made it to the 6th circle with Petrov

Getting our shit wrecked by that simple shield is more an example of us being unprepared than it is an indicator of guns being useless compared with magical attacks.

>>23840329
No problem with that, I just saw this thread getting awfully /k/ on us suddenly, which in this setting seems like a fine way to get killed.

>>23840346
Do you honestly think he got through all 6 years by sniping?

I would imagine that the sniper rifle was used in conjunction with a lot of magic. Relying on guns to carry us through to the later years is a stupid idea.

>>23840346
>Specifically that Dextra sniper. He made it to the 6th circle with Petrov
And you forgot how he died like a bitch as soon as he went against someone who was competent.

>>23840346

magic piercing, alchemy bullets.
Magic enhanced guns.

the possibilities!

>>23840346
Sniper implies the use of a gun but does not necessarily mean that. We sniped pre-Lunch with a mind bullet, for example. I'm not saying the dextra didn't have a holy rifle, I just don't think we should assume that's the only option.

>>23840392
Femcock specifically said that by the time we needed to enhance guns by magic, it would be counter-productive to keep using guns.

>>23840374
Of course he used magic with it.

>>23840379
>And you forgot how he died like a bitch as soon as he went against someone who was competent.
Claiming that he didn't face one competent target before Petrov is just wrong.

Also we don't know if he died or dropped out. The dead body in the tower was the other Dextra, not the sniper.

>>23840352
Yeah, this happens every once in awhile. Agree it's probably a dead end as far as survival strategies go.

>>23840405

i missed that, bit of a shame really.

>>23840374
Also forgot to mention that while it's obvious he was using a ton of magic being a 5th year in murderhogwarts, you don't have people calling you a sniper unless you do a lot of sniping as well.

>>23840392
>Magic piercing alchemy bullets
How exactly do you plan on making a bullet pierce magic? And don't counter with 'lel magic', because the other side already has kinetic and conjuration wards.

>>23840267
Liz and Max can work on it together.

>>23840440
Dad only said he was a sniper when we asked why his body wasn't in the tower, and we were told his body was elsewhere because he was sniping, as I recall.

Doesn't necessarily mean he was a full-time sniper, just that he was sniping in that instance. The fact that he never returned to the tower and discovered Dimitri locked up suggests that he's dead.

>>23840010
>>23840309
Has it right we want Selene to bond with her Mommy more and having Liz make her a tool she will a lot probably for the rest of her life is good. Liz can also make her her Halloween costume. Also now is a good time to ask how far she has gotten on her and the meals tattoo designs.

>>23840521
I can go look for it in the archives if you really want it, but dad said "the Dextra just left me in here to rot because they're evil". Suggesting that he lived.

>>23840556
But would Petrov take that risk? After all, it seemed he didn't want anyone to know about Dimitri, and leaving a Dextra alive who knew about the location of a trapped Incubus would be a slight flaw in his plan.

>>23840554
This reminds me, weren't we going to help Liz with tattoo design at some point?

>>23840613
IIRC she said she had it under control.

>>23840583
I suppose that would be a pretty big flaw, but we simply don't know if Petrov killed him or not. No body, he could have just gotten behind wards or holed up in the Dextra sanctuary and teleported to classes each day and then back until Petrov scored higher and won out through scores.

We just don't know, but the fact remains that he made it to the top 2 and whatever his ultimate fate was doesn't change that.

>>23840711
It's been fifteen years, odds are Petrov sun'd him somewhere along the line to keep the tower a secret, otherwise someone would've broken in long before us.

>>23840711
Other guy apparently scored higher than him.

>>23840732
Or he lobotomized him and is using his body as a power source or experimental specimen. There are a number of ways Petroc could have taken the sniper (gender?) out of the game with or without killing him(?). Also plenty of uses he could have found for the beaten dextra, employing him as a sniper for example.

>>23839715
I love every aspect of that gun, we should get six.

>>23840132
But if we make magic guns for our daughters when theyre still young, they will still be useful. We are like that max leveled guy giving a newbie world destroying artifacts that happens in every MMO.

>>23840908
I have been saying this for awhile, guns might be fairly useless to us by the end of next semester, but they should be safe enough for our daughters to play with before they get serious about learning magic.

>>23840908
I'd far rather keep our daughters out of harms way until they're skilled enough to rely on magic.

>>23840908
The problem is we don't really have enough free time for hobbits that don't contribute to Max's attribute growth or produce long term equipment or plot items (the collar).

>>23840977
Hobbits should be hobbies...

>>23840908
> world destroying artifacts
Or we could just teach them basic and intermediate conjuration so they can just sun nuke people.

>>23840442

You know the anti-[school of magic] wards? Rig a makeshift power cell out of a bullet (or other type of) elemental, and cover it with wards.

>>23841057
That sounds like far too much time and effort for one bullet which may or may not hit.

Honestly, we shouldn't even be thinking about sniping people. If at all possible, we want to kill our enemies from the safety of our own sanctum.

>>23840966
So would I, but it would be nice to know that just in case something goes horribly, horribly wrong, Selene still has that anti-tank sniper we gave her.

>>23841092
Or an emergency teleport charm.

>>23841081

Then make Sorcery penetrate the wards, and have a self-aiming bullet. Point in their general direction, fire, and watch them die (probably)

>>23841092
But a sniper rifle is not a "shit is fucked up" weapon, it's a careful ambush weapon.

You do not whip out a sniper rifle when you are taken by surprise.

Pistols are fine as backup panic weapons, but a sniper rifle has an entirely different function, which can be achieved far safer through magical assassination.

>>23841128
But if we're going to all that trouble, we may as well just cut out the gun and use magic to kill them.

>>23841142
This. Just think of all the damn foci we would need for each bullet, then assume the target is intangible.

Given what we've able to do with enchantment and alchemy so far, anyone who's incapable of thinking up ways to make guns viable weapons at the equivalent of high-level play is creatively deficient. OP included. The shit we ought to be able to do to ammo even now would be terrifying if it weren't for the fact that we've realised we're also capable of teleporting the sun onto people.

>>23841128
Or a bullet that contains a piece of the sun that is kept in check by wards. The moment it enters their anti-conjuration wards the containment fails and they die
If we use a piece that is small enough, collateral damage can be minimized

>>23841185
It's not so much that they are inviable as it is the fact that they are grossly inefficient.

>>23841205

They're only inviable if they don't teleport back into the gun after stopping.

That would be too dangerous to take outside the shelter. We are the only one that can throw up anti-conj wards, any competent kidnapper would start off with that gambit, instantly setting off the sun bullet.

>>23841243
Should link >>23841200

>>23841200
Or we could bind various elementals to rounds for various effects

>>23841205
That's the thing, though. It means a lot more prep-time - making a bullet that can do something amazing is harder than doing the same thing with a spell, and takes more time. But it's also exponentially faster to deploy, doesn't cause us strain at the time of deployment, isn't dependent on a ton of foci, and if we've sunk the time in to make multiples can give us a hell of a lot of firepower in a short space of time. It's basically the oh-shit backup weapon - we wouldn't use guns as a primary attack when we're on the hunt because then we can come up with magic to do it better, but we should have fuckawesome guns to hand in the event that something unexpected happens or things go tits up because they're reliable backups. Could save our life.

I mean, frankly, if I were Max I would have already alchemised our 1911s and the casings used in the bullets to be incredibly hard so we could make ridiculously overpressure rounds, and hell, transmuted bullets out of Osmium or something - with the superhuman strength and durability we have we ought to be able to use a gun like that and it would be amazingly powerful. Unless I'm mistaking how this system works, people can't just put up magical anti-bullet fields that make firearms completely ineffective - they can have shields that protect them, will help deflect bullets or slow them and shit, but if basic physics is at all involved the heavier and faster we make our projectile the harder it is for those shields to effectively protect against them.

>>23841411

Plus it's harder to enchant bolts of energy with wards.

>>23841411
And I'd also have had the guns engraved and enchanted to use as permanent foci for a variety of attack spells in the same as we've done our tattoos, because it'd be an amazing way to feint against people who expect us to be shooting us with boolets just because we're pointing a gun at them.

>>23841411
We should have dad make a few bullets like that to test out the next time he alchemizes up a batch of ammo.

Might want to reinforce the gun though so it doesn't blow up on us or something.

"That's a great choice, sweetie," you tell her. "I'll help you with that, but your mommy especially can help, okay?"

"You can, mommy?" Selene asks, turning to Liz with an excited look on her face.

"Sure," says Liz, giving you a smirk. "We can figure something out. Are you sure you don't want to dress as Mulan at the end?"

"Ping," says Selene flatly, like she can't figure out why Liz wouldn't want to let her costume be of someone who's in disguise. Like it's incredibly obvious.

What do you do now?

>>23841524
Assuming the bullets we've currently been using are jacketed lead, osmium bullets would be about twice as dense and would need a lot more oomph in the propellant department to achieve similar muzzle velocities, necessitating strengthening of the cartridges, firing chamber and barrel. Personally I'd like to make the guns as strong as we possibly can and make rounds as powerful as we possibly can, then scale downwards if necessary to make something that's still usable. Even if we can't make maximum use of the materials we can make, we're still capable of using guns with way more kick than these peashooters.

>>23841411
Good point about the shields, which actually brings me to something I've been wondering about. Could you make a selective translocation shield with conjuration? Anything that hits the barrier with enough kinetic energy gets teleported somewhere else. Seems like an easy way to deal with physical attacks if possible.

>>23841606
How're we doing on time?

>>23841411
I really like the Idea of making a mental attack foci gun, with the bullet being a temp foci,casing with a brain with a light blot through it, replacing the gunpowder with a roffie, and semen. cause its unexpected method of attack. from a gun.

>>23841606
get reedy for class
go a bit early so we can tell frenchey we can "help" him

>>23841606
How cute. She wants a double disguise. Let's get ready for class. We still need to take a shower I think.

Were we still teleporting to class? I can't remember.

>>23841606
We should also ask Liz How her and the meals tattoo designs are cumming along. ( It shouldn't have our name in it because that is jinxed).

>>23841720
We should teleport since Liz can't free run like us. Seconding everything else here.

>>23841662
The gun part is cool the other bit is retarded because the utility belt dose the same job better.

>>23841774
I don't know, it's kind of like setting up a disguised mental attack kit. Work in around ten drain prevention foci and that could be very useful if we get ambushed.

>>23841774
how does it do it better? would you like to search pouches for 1/2 a dozen foci of point a gun? speed id better some times. Utility belt is great, but some times you don't have prep time So the gun like this is a great idea.

also an enchanted holster so muggles can't see our guns would be great.

>>23841905
You don't have to hold all your foci to use them though. If we know what's in our belt, we can just use some of them up for the spell where they are.

>>23841905
Based on previous casting it appears that we don't actually need to search our utility belt for foci when we use them - just having them be present and knowing that they're there appears to be sufficient for using them on the fly. This makes bizarre temporary foci bullets unnecessary (although they're thematically interesting), and has the bonus property of letting the gun continue to be useful as an actual gun.

>>23841926
And even if we need them on hand a single container with all the foci you want to shove into a bullet is as convenient and keeps the gun a useful gun.

Taking all bets.
>Internet
>Indian food
>Pet
>Fed up with us
>Other

>>23842693
Indian food (or Thai)

>>23842693
>Other
Methinks Milady is in the shower

>>23842693
>>23842709
>>23842716
Fools its a Rancor or a Wendigo

>>23842693
Internet and Pet

>>23842740

a cross breed that has a heart of power armored with its lovers skin.

>>23842693

gonna go with Internet and maybe personal hygiene.

>also going to sleep
>goodnight.

>>23842709
I'm allergic to peanuts. I was taking a shower with my pet.

>>23842872
>>23842693
I said shower. Where's my winnings?

You get Selene and put her back in her room, get cleaned up and dressed with the other girls and, once you're done, head up to outbound teleportation. Your dad and Lunch teleport you out, leaving you three suddenly standing outside of class, you with your hat still on until your hair is long enough for your tattoos not to be as visible. Pierre is already waiting there, and comes right up to you as soon as you arrive.

"So," he says, looking down at you. "Will you tutor me, then? I've waited about as long as I can. If you can't, I'll have to find someone else."

What do you say?

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>>23842895
Useless info

>>23842960
Sure. Meet me in the library after class.

>>23842960
"Sure I can."

>>23842960
Dad did teach us the flawed shield spell right? Say yes to him.

>>23842960
yea, had to find a mind shield that well lotus do it different than most and I couldn't show you like that. What you doing after class?

>>23842997
He did.

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>>23843005
yea, had to find a mind shield that well lotus do it different than most and I couldn't show you like that. What you doing after class?

Are you that dyslexic guy?

>>23842960
"Sure, I'll meet you at the library after class."

>>23843073
highly. so say this "yes I will help you, I was looking in to what t teach you, because I can't show you the way my society do it.I am all reedy now, what are you doing after class?"

>>23843087
Do we know if the library has safe study rooms? Because we can't take him home and we are not following him to a dextra sanctum.

>>23842960
yes see if he is free to work on it after class

>>23843129
Library's big as fuck. Just sit at a table with him and don't make him scream.

We aren't made of bribes.

>>23842960
If studying in the library is possible, do it there.

If on the other hand the librarian does not accept any noise whatsoever in her library, we will have to figure out an alternate venue for teaching later in the week.

>>23842980
>>23843087
I'm against the library

>>23843156
Hey, just trying to make sure we're out of the Librarian's hair. We can't afford to tick her off needlessly.

>>23842960
"I'm game"
Empty classrooms are the traditional haunt of study groups doing clandestine work irl, so may as well bear that tradition out here.

>>23843087
>>23843129
>>23843156
I'd say rather than the library, tell him that we'll set up a secure location for study and let him know where it is later in the week.

Can't be too careful with all the monsters and demons that're no doubt lurking out there.

>>23843196
its as good a place as any just make sure to tell him to be super quite

Next time we get to the library, can we ask the librarian how safe the library really is? I'm sure she won't let us sleep there but if we study there are we safe from attack?

>>23843357
Fucks sake no. We aren't asking anymore stupid questions like that. If you must ask then text Dane or another Lotus upperclassman.

>>23843357
We aren't wasting our recent bribe on that. No.

Rolled 100

>>23843387
God, this, please. Do not pester the librarian with stupid questions.

>>23843387
yes do this

>>23843357
no

>>23843404
...oh god I know the seed is time based but shit does that hurt anyway.

>>23843404
The dice have spoken, this is now settled.

>>23842960
Tell him you will text him the Location later

>>23843404
Well dice hath spoken so instead of asking the librarian how about asking both Dimitri and Dane.

"I will tutor you," you confirm. His face lights up, both happy and relieved, when you tell him that. "I'll text you later when I figure out where and when we'll meet. Maybe the library. Maybe an abandoned room somewhere around here."

"Thank you so much, Max!" he says, giving you a big hug. He may be taller than you, but you can feel that he's a lot less strong. You sort of uncomfortably pat him on the back. He walks away grinning. Liz gives you a look that makes it clear she wants to break him like a bitch.

What do you do now?

>>23843493
How about just asking dad to start, he should know and given that Dane just murdered a SoA member maybe we shouldn't text him around Petrov. He needs any plausible deniability we can give him not to get involved.

>>23843554
>break him like a bitch
That's my girl

>>23843554
Wait for classes to begin.

>>23843554
Wink at Liz. She will break him.

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>>23843554
>Liz gives you a look that makes it clear she wants to break him like a bitch.
Yes.

If we have time text dad "Library should be safe enough for teaching Pierre, yeah?"

>>23843579
this
then wait for class

>>23843554

what is our rank in the class at the moment?

Please don't break pierre. Send him home or something. He's not actually malicious, just kinda misguided and dumb.

>>23843554

When you're absolutely sure that he's gone, say:

"Later. Not now."

>>23843593
We were 8 before, Lunch was probably in the top 10 .
So unless she was 9 we're 7 now assuming nobody else suddenly got a lot better or worse.

But it's probably gone and changed.

>>23843554
"Soon honey."

You wink at Liz. She smiles and blushes. You pull out your phone and toss your dad a text.

"Can I teach someone in library?"

He responds after a couple minutes with:

"Presuming the librarian is sufficiently bribed, it should be allowed so long as you remain quiet and somewhere off to the side. It should be relatively free from oversight too as few would dare to intrude on her demense with scrying or something more hostile."

For fuck's sake, is he incapable of writing a text like a normal person? That got split into, like, three separate texts.

What do you do?

>>23843554
Whisper to Liz "Don't worry my love, he will be mine yet"

>>23843629
I thought Lunch was in the middle? (which would explain her half-assed ambush that still nearly got us killed)

>>23843601
We asked him on the first day whether he thought that the Dextra was justified in killing half-breeds who didn't even have any choice in what they were.

He said it was perfectly fine, and they should burn in hell.

He's pretty damned malicious.

>>23843629
I believe Femcock said that Lunch was in the middle of the class somewhere. So she was probably below us in the rankings.

>>23843655
See if the rankings have changed.

>>23843683
I think we get told when they're posted.

>>23843655
Library decided.

If rankings are updated regularly check them. If not Let's not ask Petrov. I don't think he'd appreciate it.

Go into the classroom so we don't have him gripe at us to get a move on like last time too.

>>23843717
>Go into the classroom so we don't have him gripe at us to get a move on like last time too.
This. Let's not piss off Petrov if we can help it.

>>23843731
thirded

New mental augment idea: "common sense" or "forethought," in cases of two strongly supported, opposed plans of action we have an opportunity to roll mind to see which is least optimal.

>>23843833
>common sense"
thats probable so high a level self aug even Carl thinks its dumb to try and get

>>23843655
Whisper to Liz:
"I think I could break him pretty easily if he tried anything. He admits he's absolute shit at enchantment, and he felt pretty weak during that hug."

Check our rankings.

>>23843994
I'm pretty sure it's less that Liz wants him broken as she wants to break him herself. Please stop tempting her to act on her own.

>>23844031
I'm just trying to reassure her that we can fuck him up hard if he does try anything.

>>23843994
Don't whisper anything out here, we have no idea of the capabilities of most of the students, someone could have some means of boosting their hearing.

Just get to class.

>>23844031
not to mention the fact that discussing this in the open is a really fucking bad idea

>>23843655
go to class

>>23843833
perhaps analytic mind, so we could coldly appraise every risk ?

>>23844048
I know, but she wants to break him because he has a crush on us, not because she thinks he's overly dangerous, which he may well be but that's secondary to the thinking.

>>23844109
I think that falls under Calm.

>>23844109

Bad. This is FETISH QUEST. We don't want to suddenly have an epiphany that sex is very overrated, do we?

I was wondering, does focus count towards mental attacks? What about mental defense?

>>23844109
I very much doubt that would be allowed since it limits our ability to make dumb choices. I'm only trying to get a shot at stopping dumb things that have vocal minority opposition.

You check your ranking. Yes! You're up to seven and Liz is back to number one! After that, the three of you head in to class and take a seat, not wanting Petrov to chastise you for being tardy again. The room is empty aside from you, and a few minutes later Petrov pops into existence in the front of the room and gives you all a chastising look.

"Don't enter the class room before I've arrived. I sometimes need to set it up beforehand, such as when building the obstacle course," he says as he strides to the classroom doors and pushes them open. "You're all tardy. Take your seats," he says to everyone outside.

You feel like he would chastise people no matter what they do.

"Today, we're going to be having an independent study period," he explains. "I'll be walking around answering questions and observing what you're working on. Feel free to get creative with your projects and show off your expertise. Try tricky things that you might want my advice on. Get to it."

What do you do?

>>23844279
Petrov is a special kind of asshole. Something tells me he's based on someone you knew. Is he your chemistry professor? Is his classroom going to catch on fire one day?

Lets try to work on some sorcery or conjuration. Sorcery because we need to get less god-awful at it. Conj because getting close to a 4box is neat.

>>23844279
I vote we get out our notes on the elemental environment.

>>23844351
He suggested working on something that shows off our expertise. I'd say that it would be best to work on something we're good at, like alchemy or enchantment, since what we do here will most likely affect our rating.

>>23844351
>>23844375
Derp meant enchant not conj.

>>23844367
Let's make some Summoning Drain Foci until we run out of Alchemy, then summon and bind simple elementals on dad's list until we run out of Conjuration.

>>23844367
How about creating a disembodied intelligence that can puppet multiple elementals allowing them to work/live together in harmony.

>>23844367
This is a great idea. It's pretty advanced - and he'll probably recognize it as one of Dimitry's ideas.

>>23844367
>>23844415
He suggested working on something complicated we'd need his help with. Those aren't complicated. We could do those at home. We should probably think of a project that having an archmage's input on could be useful. Let's be a bit more ambitious.

>>23844440
Trying to find a way to make our artificial ecosystem more stable.

>>23844279
try to summon two or three teeny tiny elementals of various types, try to get them to 'live' together in a glass bottle.

Tricky, maybe possible, and if we can balance things out it will be good practice. And advice from Petrov could be helpful across the board.

>>23844279

Alchemy up a miniature terrarium. Fill with very small elementals. (read: Conjure up in batches, not as individuals)

>>23844445
The individual summoning components aren't complicated, but making them all work together in a stable way definitely is.

>>23844461
Yes lets do that.

>>23844279
Let's teach Liz some alchemy and get her to teach us some Enchantment.

>>23844461
Support

>>23844494

...

...

my idea's doomed.

>>23844489
But we're better at enchantment than she is.

>>23844461
support for this, this is actually useful information for our enhancements to the tower.

>>23844279

>>23844461
I like this how about we put in a passive enchantment fled for them to get along better after we create the terrarium so the spirits get along better.

>>23844461
Huh, so we're going to do the brunt of the father-daughter bonding activity without dad.

>>23844576
Nope. This is just a test-run, we're going to demolish it when we're done with class.

>>23844576

>>23844587

What he said, except why waste elementals? Just use them as part of the 'seed'

>>23844576
This is nowhere near the 'brunt' of the activity.
That's like saying that reading those books is doing it all ourselves.

It occurs to me that this was something Dimitri was apparently interested in setting up before he was imprisoned. Here's hoping Petrov doesn't recognize it and assume we're just stealing our dad's work to make ourself look good.

I still feel we should be doing something we're better at. We are kind of mediocre at conjuration, and we don't have access to any foci to boost conjuration or mitigate strain from it.

>>23844687
thats why we add the calming effect by enchantment cause we are good at that.

Voting against elemental tank.

>>23844746
I think he means that just getting enough of them summoned is going to be a hassle in itself. We only have 2 boxes, so we're going to need to make summoning strain foci first to get more.

>>23844776
got a better idea?

>>23844789
yea but we want what we do summon to get along

>>23844835
Do we actually need elementals to test out a passive mental calming field? We're doing more proof of concept work than prototyping.

>>23844461
that will be interesting, cause petrov will probably recognise our dad project.

>>23844874
This is a good idea, a mental calming field has multiple applications. Both for our project here, and perhaps to capture enemies in a slightly less brutal way than full-on mindbreaking at some point in the future.

>>23844915
even for personal meditation possibly

>>23844874
Actually, getting work done on a calming field would be useful especially because >>23844938

>>23844874
>>23844915
>>23844938
I second this, let's focus on an enchantment project that can be useful for the terrarium, but also for other applications. Having Petrov's input here would be useful, and it shows off Enchantment, which is our best school.

>>23844915
>>23844938
hell we could eventually turn up sexual stimulation for every one in our bedroom

I love this plan

>>23844915
>>23844938
>>23844959
>>23844971
>>23844989
So basically, ongoing emotion-influencing fields.

Sounds interesting. I'll second it.

>>23844874
Just wanted to cite Qurl Dox >>23844746 for the calming idea.

>>23845013
once we master it for calmness, we can use it for lust

>>23845150
"...and this here is the orgy room. Why do we call it the orgy room you ask? Well why don't you step inside and find out."

Voting for orgy pacification field.

>>23842966
Holy fuck, this is the most I've laughed in a long time, thank you.

>>23845164

And this is the suicide room, Pierre. I won't tell you what it does; go in there and find out for yourself.

>>23845164
Why set the field to a room? We're part incubi, hook it up to our aura.

>>23845224

Yes. So much yes.

>>23845206
Missed that, thank you for making me look and thank you other anon for posting.

>>23845224
We probably don't want it running all the time, could be awkward. Still, we could attach it to an object that we can either leave hooked up to a specific room, or carry around the rest of the time.

>>23844279
>"Don't enter the class room before I've arrived. I sometimes need to set it up beforehand, such as when building the obstacle course," he says as he strides to the classroom doors and pushes them open. "You're all tardy. Take your seats," he says to everyone outside.
Petrov's great.

>>23845224
>>23845233
>Amplifying the incubi aura when we're trying to be somewhat stealthy to hide from DD
>Disrupting class and pissing off Petrov
Good luck

>>23845243
You're right of course, but I'd rather find a way to keep it self sustaining once activated while still allowing us the option of turning it off at any time.

>>23845266
I...I agr-

I agreghghgh

I AGREEEEEEE WITH SNAPPLE

jesus fuck that was the hardest thing I've ever done, and I've passed kidney stones.

>>23845266
Fine, fine. Build it into a ring and set the field to draw energy from the ring wearer but otherwise not effect them.

I am still voting we work on a location fixed calming field, just throwing out ideas for future applications.

>>23845266
Snapple is, horrifyingly enough, right. No doing anything to tip people off to our nature. Still, we can work on the theory of it without testing it out here.

>>23845330
We could do calming field for now, sure, then build on the knowledge we get from that to speed up research into other, sexier types of fields later in the comfort of our own home.

>>23844445
The elemental environment is extremely complicated, and a fifth level mage (one of the top 6% of all mages who are accepted to Scholomance) considers it hard. For a first year, it's totally advanced.

>>23844576
We need hundreds of elementals. During a class period we can make, at absolute best, maybe a dozen.

>>23845224
We wouldn't be able to disable it, so that could be inconvenient at times.

>>23845315
He's been posting a lot more good suggestions lately.

>>23845355
Give it time, he'll latch onto another retarded idea soon enough.

>>23845345
>The elemental environment is extremely complicated, and a fifth level mage (one of the top 6% of all mages who are accepted to Scholomance) considers it hard. For a first year, it's totally advanced.

It's probably a bit too advanced for us to do here. I think the pacification field is probably a better subject to research.

>>23845355
I thought so too for awhile, and then he came back with the leather idea, which was the dumbest thing I've EVER heard.