Rolled 76

I've never caught a thread this early!

Rolling d100 for general player competence.

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Recent Events Summary:

Verlia and the queen agree that only Erebus's true might can do the job that must be done. With the future poised on a knife's edge, you traveled to the Palace of Shadow, Erebus's old base. First, you must subdue the final shard, and then set out to the place beyond Venia - from where Erebus originally came.

Your battle with Wrath tore open the palace and spilled out onto the snow-covered ice of the Frozen Hand, but you reigned victorious and united the final shard of your old self. In investigating old magic in the Palace, you saw a vision of what you believe to be Erebus's place of origination - a lone island in the Endless Void, far south past the edge of the world.

A sudden new arrival had you on your toes once more - but the Black Lady has proved a reasonable leader, and seeks new opportunities through your growing alliance. If negotiations go sour, you've pledged to stand at her side, but hopefully it won't come to that.

After she left, you continued to explore the palace, hoping to find clues or magics left behind by your old self. The altar in the inner chamber proved a tempting starting point, but it rejected you when you touched it, initiating a spell to destroy the entire palace. You were able to mitigate some of the explosive power by eating away at the apparatus, but the resulting blast took out your old home in a storm of shadow.

You decided to return to Haven, both to check in before venturing out after Adavan and informing them of your meeting with the Black Lady...

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Have some pity hype.

WOO SHADOW TIME

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Lets do this

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Ability Tree

GREEN abilities have been unlocked and learned.

BLUE abilties are unlocked, but are not yet purchased.

RED abilities are revealed, but locked due to prerequisites.

UNDERLINED abilities are active-use, as opposed to passive. Not all active abilities require mana.

All Revealed Ability Descriptions:

http://pastebin.com/u3X81ZvJ

Books the Main Character has read:

http://pastebin.com/dAXR00gP

Character Sheet including learned abilities and other important information:

http://pastebin.com/GYcAVe8k

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IT'S TIME

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Current Statistics:

HP: 81/81
Mana: 58/58
EXP: 10

Shards of Order and Chaos:

(Retribution) - Strong
(Maker) - Weak
(Silence) - Normal
(Peace) - Empowered
(Breeze) - Strong
(Hammer) - Strong
(Ardor) - Empowered
{Resolve} - Strong
{Humanity} - Resonant

--Summoned--

Wisp - 1 mana to order

--Automatons--

Earthen Construct (currently in Haven)

--Equipment--

Utility belt with purse

--Inventory--

Sun-Moon Key
Lightning Key

--Teleport Anchor--

Haven - Inner Fortress

--Current Location--

Haven

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Known Mana Pools:

Jacob's Field - entrance to Hecate's tomb - Spirit
Palthair Mines - Magnock's Lair - Spirit
Archon - Spirit District - Spirit
Archon - Shadow District - Shadow
Archon - Earth District - Earth
Archon - Water Distric - Water
Haven - Shadow
Abbotsford - Shadow
The Frozen Hand - Palace of Shadow - Shadow

>>28070669
Does this mean we're not going to die today?

>>28070717
Hate to be that guy SM, but Ardor should be Broken.

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>>28070661

>>28070741
And the Palace Mana Pool should be no more, unless I'm mistaken.

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>>28070741

Yeah, thanks.

>>28070755

Yeah, thanks.

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>...after your arrival back in Haven...

Auriel slams her hands down on the table. "You met with WHO?!"

<The Black Lady.>

"...elements," Ila whispers. "That must have been something. The strongest shadow mage in the world."

<I couldn't sense her at all, actually.>

"I wonder how she contains her strength."

Flint shakes his head. "Shadow...sometimes, you know, when..." He coughs to clear his throat. "When some people have been bit hesitant to stretch out a bit, you know you can count on me to back you up. But this time..."

Auriel wheels on him like a hawk. "Who are -some people-? Would that be ME? The sole voice of SANITY!? Yes, yes, Hyperion forbid I question us dealing with the Black Lady!"

Tyrael, standing behind her, puts a hand on his forhead. Cain cowers behind Ila. Hamil, as usual, stands with his arms folded, face blank.

The group is gathered in the still-unnamed black airship. The bridge is silent, though a few lights blink and hover over the various consoles and input stations. Your group is gathered around the table at the back of the space.

After combing through the halls and rooms extensively, they've concluded that no dangers linger within. Auriel's been having Haven practice evactuations to the ship. Most of the mages and angels have moved out of their temporary cabins and into the rooms in the vast crew deck altogether.

"Look," Flint says, raising his hands defensively. "I'm just saying, sometimes, you can be...you're..."

"I'M WHAT?!"

"...beautiful in every way, light of my life." Flint finishes. He tosses you an apologetic glance.

>con't

So we have a broken shard and a weak shard.

I know we can take more risks with them now, what with the seal integrity a lot better, but maybe we should... help those shards? Sometime before the alliance as well.

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"...hmph." Auriel settles back on her heels. "Maybe...my intolerance has effected my judgement in the past." She glances at you. "But Shadow, for the sake of the Light and the Darkness both, you've gone too far this time. Yi Fang is already too much for Arland to mentally cope with. If we show up with the Black Lady, too, then we lose all credibility. She's hated. Actively despised. Do you understand that? Blackwater and Obis had enough trouble getting his people on board for an alliance with Archon; even Vellik might beg off from that, and he's desperate as hell right now, considering he doesn't even have a country."

<With three demon lords in play, we can't be picky about allies,> you say. <She is powerful and intelligent - and, I believe, a fair and wise ruler. We simply have to introduce her at the right time.>

"They'll burn us at the stake," Auriel says. "I have a lot of public influence, but not enough to save us from the fallout from that."

"You're looking at this the wrong way," Hamil says. He steps forward. "This is an opportunity for us. If we have to chose between Arland and the Black Lady, I'd rather have her."

"Don't sell us short," Flint says.

"I'm not selling you short. I'm just saying, even with the Windburn, your father probably couldn't defeat her." Hamil gestures at Auriel and Tyrael. "Even Sandalphon avoids confrontation with the Black Lady."

>con't

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Auriel shakes her head. "He avoids confrontation because the last open war open a hole in the nether." She looks at you. "Don't you remember, Shadow? The Lady had no problem summoning a demon lord of her own when Archon and the Ring City stood against her. Its curse was what afflicted Michael."

<Against two enemies such as that, I'm not surprised she went to such lengths,> you say. <But in the end, she recognized that the fighting was growing out of control and agreed to an armistice, didn't she?>

"That doesn't mean we can trust her."

"Do we have the luxury of choice, though?" Tyrael asks. "I mean...as for us, and Haven...if we don't have someone big backing us, realistically, the Ring City would roll over our fort here. The Black Lady could be that someone."

"I'll take that under advisement, lieutenant," Auriel says.

"I don't know, Hamil," Cain said. "I think we're better off without her. She's too big a variable."

"I think that without her, we're nothing," the spirit mage counters. "We already know we can't trust Yi Fang as far as we can throw him. If Shadow vouches for the Lady, that's good enough for me."

"...I don't think we have enough information to make that kind of decision," Flint says.

Your group seems divided. Auriel and Flint are against it; Ila and Hamil are taking your side. Cain and Tyrael seem on the fence.

How do you convince your allies to accept the Black Lady?

>we'll act as if her arrival is a surprise to us as well, and then convince Arland to accept her as an ally out of desperation
>inform them of the Black Lady's personal history and possession of the Staff of Winds
>don't bring the Lady to the summit at all; rather, simply have her arrive with her forces when she is needed
>some other strategy (write-in)

>>28070802
>>some other strategy (write-in)

This is gonna take a bit SM,

writing.

>>28070802
>>we'll act as if her arrival is a surprise to us as well, and then convince Arland to accept her as an ally out of desperation
endsrnSA Pressure

>>28070802
>don't bring the Lady to the summit at all; rather, simply have her arrive with her forces when she is needed

This is the safest option. For us and for The Lady.

We promised not to reveal her story, but... these are our closest allies, I'm torn between telling and convincing them and keeping our word.

>>28070802
>inform them of the Black Lady's personal history and possession of the Staff of Winds

and tell the crew to keep it quiet around fang

>>28070802
>inform them of the Black Lady's personal history and possession of the Staff of Winds
Just Auriel. Telepathically. She's the only one we really need to win over here, and the less people that know, the better.

>>28070886
we only promised to let her reveal herself to fang

>>28070802
Not her personal history, but certainly the history of her involvement with Vampiria. Her rise to power, and how she handled it, speaks well for her.
She also hasn't exactly been the aggressor, in much of the past conflict. And the authority on that (Ring City putting out the official word) isn't exactly reliable when it comes to information concerning rival nations.

A reminder that Shadow has been nothing if not honest in his observations and evaluations of people is in order, and we believe her to be good people when it comes down to it. And good people is something this world sorely lacks.

>>28070902
We told the black lady that we wouldn't tell anyone, so lets no go back on that now for our own sakes.

>>28070922
Also, we should consider this and refine it a bit. Auriel really is the sticking point, I think. And if there's anyone I trust to be discreet, it's Auriel.

>waiting on that dude to write

>waiting on consensus

>playing fire emblem

I like the idea of informing only Auriel, telepathically. I hadn't thought of that. Would be interesting...

In any case, please continue.

>>28070802

>don't bring the Lady to the summit at all; rather, simply have her arrive with her forces when she is needed

Tell them about how she came to power, how she handled conflict and that she does not spread vampirism. Also say that we vouch for her, as she has showed character.

Auriel shouldn't be judging people like this, she was wrong about the shadow when she met us and she is wrong again.

>>28070956
We did tell her that?

Then can we just say that she promised us to keep it a secret, but there is a reason we trust her?

>>28070802

I second the idea of only informing Auriel. She wouldn't let that information slip.

Maybe introduce her to the people of Haven and then Blackwater and work our way around till everyone is cool?

>>28070802
>>inform them of the Black Lady's personal history and possession of the Staff of Winds
Let's also tell them that left Fang because she thought he asshole

>>28070802
>inform them of the Black Lady's personal history and possession of the Staff of Winds

Also tell them we accidentally asploded the Palace of Darkness.

>>28071083
Well let's just tell them the second thing.

That apparently our own temple no longer recognizes us as Erebus.

>>28071034
Eh we don't need to tell everyone.

Sway Auriel and the rest will likely follow.

So are we thinking
Publicly:
*Melody's rise to power, why and how she handled it
*Her desire for legitimacy as a nation, rather than antagonism and expansionism

To Auriel:
*Melody's possession of the Staff of Winds
*Her past involvement with Archon and what exactly she thinks of Fang's policies (as support for her not being a shit-eating cunt like our good friend the Archmage)

And I'd get a kick out of offhandedly mentioning that we accidentally Erebus' palace, but I'm not sure if now is the time. Then again, when is the time, so fuck it - throw that in.

>>28070802
Why don't we get Auriel and Flint to meet her in person?
>oh right, hundreds of miles away...

If we tell Auriel about her history as Melody then we might be able to convince her via how upset Melody was with Fang and his methods, and how she chose to rule very differently.

But Auriel has a history of a big mouth...

>>28070802
Tell only Auriel that the Lady is Melody, but tell everyone about the palace explosion and that the Black Lady is a fair ruler, doesn't spread vampirism, etc. That the Lady's goal is to keep peace on her lands.

>>28070971
4chan ate my post and I am MAD.

>>28071132
seconding this

>>28070971
>Yay, shadow quest is early, eurofags rejoice!

Informing Auriel only is a good idea. As >>28071118 said, sway her and everyone else will follow in the end.

>>28071132
I think we shouldn't tell anyone that the Black Lady IS Melody.

Like that seems more important than her possessing the Staff of Winds.

>>28071132
Thirding this.

My family just arrived, so I'll leave a vote here and take it up in a few hours.

FYI, votes in the first five minutes count, since I won't be around to cut it off.

Vote 1:
>inform them all the Black Lady's handling of her sudden rise to power, her curbing of vampirism, and her current goals. Tell only Auriel the specific personal details.

Vote 2:
>tell them all her public and personal history

Vote 3:
>don't bring the Lady to the summit. Call upon her when needed.

>>28071210
I think that if we tell Auriel we should get her to PROMISE ON HER LIFE that she will not reveal that detail, because of Melody's previous relationship with Fang.

I think she'll understand well enough to keep her trap shut.

>>28071222
1

>>28071222

Note that in choice (1) only Auriel will be informed that she is in fact Melody.

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>>28070679

>battle with Wrath

What now?

>>28071222
1

>>28071222
1

>>28071222
1

>>28071222
1

>>28071239
I lol'd

>>28071222
1

>>28071210
Black Lady being Melody is going to come out if we communicate anything about the Staff, I think. We discussed the "message" Melody left on Xile with Auriel, IIRC. And if we didn't discuss the possibility of this unknown, extremely powerful Shadow Mage being the Black lady, Auriel will deduce it soon enough once she's aware that BL has the staff.
That saidd, I refer to her as Melody in my post because it's shorter than Black Lady - not because I'm dead set on revealing her personal identity or anything.

>>28071222
Don't forget telling them we accidentaly the whole palace, SM.

>>28071222
1

So....
What do we do for the next few hours?
Aside from suffer.

>>28071222
1

>>28071306
Maybe we shouldn't say it was an accident.

Play it up instead,

<I decided to destroy my former Palace. It was for the best I think.>

>>28071222
1

Rolled 15

So who is up for trying to finish the spirit tree.

>>28071328
Seems interesting, but what kind of huge power we'd have to unleash in order to do that?

I think it's best to say that our palace regarded us as a "corruption". That means we are seen as an enemy of Erebus by his old devices, which is very good info to Auriel and Flint.

>>28071389
Yep. I think we should either buy mind crush right now or spirit lash to see what it reveals.

Mind crush just sounds better though.

>>28071328
"So how was the Palace of Shadow, Lord?" Ila wistfully asks, awe evident in her voice - the mere concept of walking those hallowed halls enrapturing her.
<Hm? Oh. It was... dark. Cold. Very... Erebus-esque.> You reply nonchalantly.
She presses you, "Yes - but what was it like? to be in such a place of power? What magnificent truths did you discover? What secrets did Erebus leave behind?"
If you had a face, it would be deadpan as you look her straight in the eyes. <I would not know. I followed my standard procedure, when encountering the toys Erebus left behind. I ate it.>

Stunned silence.

"You... ate it?" Ila's face transforms from confusion, to shock. Your comrades - Auriel, Tyrael, Hamil, Cain - are also rendered speechless.
Beside you, Flint guffaws.

>>28071389
We've got quite a bit to go through for that sweet new thing anyway, and Spirit looks like the quickest to complete as well as being pretty useful. I support it.

>>28071389
To be honest, I'd like to buy Spirit Lash, Kindle, Summoning 1, and Ghost.

We're going to need to get into summoning if we want Grave Silence.

>>28071461
Are you sure we need summoning 1 to get to grave silence?

Rolled 96

>>28071445
I'm partial to trying to finish up the eartyh tree since it has 3 great abilities that i realy want.
Machina Vita(we need to upgrade our construct automation while we are at haven)
Machina loqui(makes our robot smarter and actually gives us a chance to handle City 001 and 002)
And
Corrode(this affects defenses and would work wonderfully with a DW,Erode combo)

>>28071445
I too like Mind Crush.
Mostly because it doesn't sound like we need to aim it, and auto-hit (before resistance) sounds nice to have.

>>28071461
We go through Ghost to reach Grave Silence, anon. Not Summoning I.

>>28071486
>>28071461
I think we should only just focus on the Spirit tree for now. It's the tree that has least XP needed to complete currently.

>>28071513
I mean to say that I THINK it is, unless every one of those unseen abilities is a minimum of 20.

Rolled 18

>>28071458
Yeah plus we need to finish up our middle tree anyway, plus we finaly are getting some of its more useful abilities.(i have been arguing for the spirit tree for the past 20 threads.)

>>28071461
I second summoning 1 since its so cheap and should reveal a few things.

>>28071389
I think now would be a good time to buy Shadow Totem and equip Haven with a good load of defense turrets. Also it reveals two new abilities that must be pretty powerful.

>>28071555
It only reveals 1 thing. I'd rather focus on spirit.

>>28071513
>>28071545
I'm very attracted to the Spirit tree for the completion bonus as well. Ever since we found out that completion bonuses are a thing, I've wanted to collect them all.

>>28071486
My only problem with trying to complete the Earth tree is that it has a good chunk blacked out. I'd like to complete it soon, but we're really not very far into it, compared to our other trees.

>>28071555
I could make this concession, it's only 2 XP and Summoning is a good deal of versatility (if for now-minor things).
MFW it only reveals Summoning II

>>28071583
I concur with this gentleman

>>28070886
Holy shit our alliance is going to flip the fuck out if the Black Lady shows up unexpected.

>>28071583
You make a good point.

We could put some on the Nyxstyx as well.

>>28071645
All three of those options verbatim are bad ideas for our party, the planned alliance, and our character, so yeah. That's just the worst of them.

>>28071583
By the elements, Shadow Totem and Machina Vita lead to something in common. A shadow tank made of adamantium? Or maybe a shadow fortress?

>>28071665
SHADOW BATTLE MECHS

>>28071583
Seconding this and I also have another idea. We should meditate on our weakened shards and then try to make a shadow dynamo for the Cirrus again. We didn't have Maker back then, now we can use it to bolster our efforts when making the dynamo.

>>28071688
There's so much no and anti-info to respond to in your post that I instantly lost the motivation to say anything at all. Congratulations.

All right guys, I was bored and decided to brainstorm a bunch of name ideas. Also, feel free to point out the shitty ass ones (all of them) but we should try to come up with SOME names competently.
For the Ship:
Voidhammer
Nyx
Nox
Nightblade
Heart of the Void
Do'Vak
Alduin
Furlinastis
Vul'Kin
Vokum
Tarterus
Hades
Regnum Umbra
Haven
Ungoliant

Names for ourself:
Umbreon, Abby-Summon
Umbreus
Vulon
Oberon
Penumbra
Ebon
Leath
John Shadowborn

Yeah, some of the names are silly, or don't make sense. I was trying to find names that fit in with SM's existing naming conventions. I used a bunch of Greek or altered greek names and words for shadow, void, and oblivion. Also I was trying to call our airship a shadow dragon in some other language, but I didn't feel that the latin one fit, so I did what SM did for naming the shadow dragon we've already seen, and threw in some of Skyrim's dragon language words for shadow.

P.S. I know that most all of the names are terrible. I just wanted to see if we could come up with any good names for shadow and the airship.

>>28071768
You spent this much time on names. THIS MUCH TIME.

Why couldn't you be more like the Kan-Abar sperger?

>>28071792
I actually spent five minutes on it.

>>28071768
How about Brelden Burgeryowl? Darius Mothmop? Hampshire Glans? Sachsby Frewrsberg? Bryse Chowdermilf?

These are all good names that we must consider for use.

>>28071768
I just don't see what's wrong with Shadow, Ship, and Hammer.

Also, those names for ourselves.
You are rusing me. You are funny guy.

>>28071768

the name of the Ship I don't really care about

Our name is Shadow, stop being a faget trying to change it.

>>28071585
We don't know that it looks like both summoning trees connect.

>>28071869
There's just one line to another ability is all he's saying, rather than the person who used plural when referring to it revealing multiple things at once.

>>28071848
>Next time on Asperger's Quest
>Our hero Sperg, set off an on adventure with his retard friends
>Why does he have such a simple name because the questers are unimaginative idiotic neckbeards of course~

>>28071583
I think we should focus on spirit since its cheaper.

I think we should focus on finishing up the spirit tree or the earth tree next.

>>28071869
I put forth the motion that SM re-write the summoning tree(s) so that they consist only of Wisp-themed and Wisp-related upgrades, in order to make the option more attractive.

>>28071906
Earth tree is mostly unfinished, but yeah it has shown to have extremely good abilities.
I also still think we should upgrade the construct while at haven.

>>28071898
More like it's a hold over from when Abby used to call us Mr. Shadow that we don't want to change as we've rocked it for the entire quest thus far.

did we ever get confirmation that our friends caught the penguin? he makes me uneasy, and im not sure if they ever said they caught him. dont want him running off to ring city for amnesty in return for information

>>28071768
You spent so much time thinking of names and they're all shit. Congratulations.

Apparently pastebin is down. What do you guys think we should focus on getting next in the exp tree? What exactly does Machina Loqui do?

>>28071829
>Ship.
I like it.

>>28071941
talking to machines, in binary. remember talking to robots? that, more efficiently

>>28071941

better robots

Am i the only one that thinks rushing void walker is a good idea?we might even meet legion

>>28071938
But I said they'd be shit
And I was in the shower for five minutes and didn't feel like fapping
What would YOU have done?

>>28071931
It's a highly simplistic name and makes us look bad as questers for being so unimaginative that we can't even come up with a decent name. Next you'll tell me we'll start calling the other elemental lords by their actual element.
>HEY SPIRIT I SEE YOU ALSO HAVE AN OVERLY SIMPLISTIC NAME HURRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR

>>28071941
>What exactly does Machina Loqui do?
1.Better, and smarter constructs
2.We can actually handle machines(maybe even pilot the ship)
3.Maybe make a robotic hand for abby(though some people just want to go straight to city 001 instead.)

>>28071992
>Slippy Slope

>>28071992
And as a character, Shadow doesn't have much imagination.

You think we need to be perfect at everything?

>>28071768
>not naming the ship "The Big Black Hawk"

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>>28071992
But what's the sense in changing it if we've had it since like, thread 2? Seems kinda guy.

>>28072039
>not naming the ship "Muh Dick"

>>28071932
They did. We made the questionable decision to mind-wipe him, remember?

>>28072052
>The Shadowy Appendage

>>28071965
I'd have fapped.

>>28072050
I hated the name then and I hate it now.

>>28072050
Get it right man it's totally a slippy slope fallacy

>>28072070
Technically he did both.

>>28072065
My reaction cringe every time I see that name since its so shitty.

>>28071992

all I heard there was "blah blah blah arbitrary reason blah blah "unimaginative" blah Muh Slippery Slope."

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>>28072096
So you think the name is creative?

>>28072089
>Cringe Quest 80

>>28072108
I think the point was that nobody cares whether it's creative or not.

>>28072108

I think creative is a subjective term.

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>>28072126
>nobody cares
>mfw this is the world we live in

>>28072061
I still think it was better to straight up killed him.
+Bitching magical hat
+Dead Evil Criminal
+More money
+No loose strings
-His death could also cause the ring city to react(even though people assumed the death of a high ranking angel wouldn't any way)
-A vacume of crime can happen
Changing his memory
+Not cold blooded murder
-The memory change can get discovered
-His memory could come back
-He continues his life crime

>>28072144
>Caring this much about the name of a fictional character in a quest on 4chan.
The world would be better off.

>>28072106
Yup the spirit tree looked like it can handle mages.

>>28072144
Does anybody care about anything anymore?

>>28072062
I like this name the best so far for the ship.

>>28072189
You're basically a hipster if you care about anything really, modern times means apathy is the sign of true intelligence and meritable character.

>>28072154
>If you think Shadow is a bad name you should meet my cousin
>Destiny Hooker
>Cringe every time

>>28072052
>not naming the ship "Uranus"

>>28072236
Now I know the name of my next character.

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>>28072236

>>28071222
I gotta go to sleep SM, I'll see the quest tomorrow in the archives.

Voting 1. Having the context of the Black Lady's rise to power should help to convince them. They do raise valid points, I'm guessing Arland and Yi-Fang won't be happy about her at the summit. I think if we are planning to bring her to the summit, they need to know the general context of her rule too.

>>28072148
>-The memory change can get discovered
Fat fucking chance. Adavan was the best of the best back in the day.
>-His memory could come back
Same as above. Adavan is the best mindmage around.
>-He continues his life crime
Shit sucks, yo.

I think the best course of action would have been to alter his memories, but in a different way.
>Steal his hat.
>Give him some crazy PTSD
>Make him think he saw Lucifer get killed by the dragon and the sky sever faces really going for him.
>Make him think the natives of Xile stole hat
>Set up delayed suicide so that he kills himself after Sandalthong interrogates him and gets a bunch of bologna.

>>28072108
No, but it's... plain? Honest? Transparent?

Unintentional or no, I've grown to like how it reflects the general personality of the character.

>>28072293
I really couldn't care less about someone's opinion who writes pretty shitty smut.

>>28072293
I think that my favorite name for our shadowy friend is John. It's as plain and honest as Shadow, and yet it's more representative of our humanity, of who we've chosen to become.

>>28072318
I don't want to be called John because John fucked Abigail.

>>28072318
B-but I don't want to live in a cabin after humanification.

I wanna keep being the caretaker of the world.

>>28072318
No, John was the worst side of our humanity.

>>28072337
>Thinking SM won't give us the choice to still fuck her quite soon.
>You can't stop it anon.

>>28072363
Not if he values his life.

>>28072316
It's almost like my opinion carries the same weight as every other anonymous user who you have no personal investment in.
Welcome to 4chan.

>>28072318
John was plainly a step further than we wanted to go.

>>28072382
It's almost as if it carries no weight so long as I see the name and the trip.

>>28072287
>Fat fucking chance. Adavan was the best of the best back in the day.
This is against a paranoid angel who has experience mind altering magic in war.
There is still a chance that he could discover it.
>>28072287
>>Steal his hat.
>while he is still alive
No that was half way doing it and we didn't know what it could do.

>>28072318
Will you just fucking stop already.

>>28072397
>>28072382
>>28072316
It's almost like opinions have never once in the history of mankind actually carried any weight to begin with. Oh dear.

>>28072411
>No that was half way doing it and we didn't know what it could do.
We were rooting around in his head. It would have been a simple matter to extract the information. Then, since we were going to be altering his memories anyway, we could make him forget anything about it.

Even if it had some sort of tracking device, it's moot if he doesn't remember there was one.

>>28072411
The Vonnegut decision is over and done, anyway. No need to hash it out further, at this point.

On current topics: do we intend to give Fang a hint about Melody, or we just gonna say fuck him?

>>28072445
voidbearer when did you become this insufferable

i mean really what the fuck changed

can't you tell you're just being bait and antagonizing others
really.

maybe we should ask the Black Lady to Help us/let us borrow the Staff of Winds so we can free Geb guys.

>>28072445
Yes you are. Stop trying to ruin the quest.

>>28072454
Let her tell him if she wants to. We should get the staff so we can free Earth.

>>28072452
He has pictures and a crew he would find out some one was fucking with his mind once he and other people notice his missing hat.
>>28072454
I'm not really, but i think we should at least tell him since if we can recognize her then fang sure as hell could.

Where is SM?

>>28072464
Speaking of which why didn't we ask if we can barrow the magic stick.

>>28072454
We keep our promise.

But I would get behind advising Fang to talk to her diplomatically, long before the council actually comes around.

>>28072507
Visiting with family for a few hours.

>>28071222
>My family just arrived, so I'll leave a vote here and take it up in a few hours.

As far as ship names go, unless you're naming it after a geographic locale, you generally want your flagship to be called something either impressive or symbolic in some way.

I'd probably want to name it Penumbra (the faint illumination at the intersection of light and darkness) or Horizon (the far-off point at which the sky and earth seem to intersect, as well as being historically relevant in ship navigation) or something else that's both unconvoluted as well as symbolic and balance-y.

>>28072454
>On current topics: do we intend to give Fang a hint about Melody, or we just gonna say fuck him?
Let him wait on it. Melody more or less asked us outright not to tell him, and on top of that, we want his reaction when they meet again to be genuine, rather than giving him ammunition as well as tons of time to get up his own ass with plotting as to what he's going to do when he meets her again.

>>28072507
Family gathering

>>28072517
Ahhh riiiight.
Archon is ruled by council.
Yeeeuup. Gonna have to get them to talk personally way before the Alliance comes about.

>>28072488
>He has pictures and a crew he would find out some one was fucking with his mind once he and other people notice his missing hat.
How do you not understand this?

Mind magic -> "Oh, my hat got lost / destroyed / whatever -> IF: enchanted to be trackable THEN: Make Vonnegut forget the tracking enchant exists.

We trusted the mind magic to make him forget that we're Erebus. We don't trust it to make him lose hat?

>>28072560
He's talked about the war council, not the Archon council.
The war council will take place elsewhere, Fang is the representative (as the current Arch Mage).

(That's my understanding of the situation, anyway)

>>28072562
he was willing to give a famed sword shard of evil for it, i'm sure he would try something about the hat.(but this is an trivalent talk.)

>>28072589
I meant having Fang and the Black Lady talk in person long before the war council is brought together.
If they have any arguments against each other it would be best to settle them before everyone meets, especially because Archon's forces are what primarily man the wall.

>>28072614
Plus fang might need to pull some strings.

>>28072614
>add
Because Archon, despite being spirit, is basically the most opposed to the Black Lady to ensure their "alliance" with the Empire of Light.
If they can agree to some terms together then the weight of their cold war can be turned on Kan-Abar.

>>28072614
My only fear would be that an airing of personal grievances might break the deal before it is struck (where if they first met at the war council, they would not bring up personal issues at all because Business).
If we want to do it that way, though, we'd need to get Melody on board. She seemed pretty set on the Surprise route.

>>28072658
well she is really hated and its better to get fang on her side.

>>28072658
Yeah that was the next thing I was trying to think of how to solve. It's just like a shadow mage to want to surprise everyone.
But I really think it would be best for them to work something out behind the backs of the war council beforehand in order to have some sort of a mutual assurance in how Vampiria gets involved, and that if they're on each others sides ahead of time they can accomplish a lot more just in case the Alliance doesn't go the way we plan it.

>>28072614
This idea. I like it.

>>28072734
>add
Because the whole alliance thing is still pretty up in the air, and a step towards an Archon that isn't against Vampiria basically ensures a union of powers that are nigh unstoppable.
There's some other cross comparisons but I mostly came up with that because they're the strongest of the potential allies we have, and it would be better to get them to work together sooner than later- As Archon/Vampiria are the only real oppositions to the Empire of Light.

>>28072678
>>28072734
Sorry, didn't mean to give the impression that I was against it. I quite like the idea - it's just that I want to explore the potential negative consequences. Doesn't hurt to be thorough, you know?

>>28072818
I didn't think you were against it at all actually, you came across as pretty supportive.
Anyways I'm working on language to convince her to meet and speak with Fang in person about their war circumstances. And of course convince Fang of the same... shame I'm shit with dialogue.

>>28072818
>>28072853
Those last five words were a hint, by the way.

>>28072853
Eh, I dunno.. I'll throw something together real quick, I guess, and that can be revised/rejected - should we choose to pursue this as a group.
<Melody. I've successfully convinced most of the leaders to give the Black Lady a chance to appear at the summit - without killing you.>

<I do have concerns, though. About Fang.>

<There is much that has happened between the two of you. Before you make a point of it, I will abide your decision on this. But hear me out.>

<If, or rather when, Fang recognizes you, it will put a strain on negotiations wholly unrelated to your title. I would not want something... delicate to be dredged up, in front of others, where neither of you is comfortable dealing with it.>

<I propose we set up a meeting - before the actual summit. Considering the numerous disputes along the Vampiria-Archon border, there's reason enough to do so regardless of your past. But it would also give you an opportunity to see Fang yourself, somewhere he won't be required to wear the mask of an Archmage, should he choose to discard it.>

<So, there it is. You'll get to evaluate Fang - uninfluenced by anyone else - as well as get your chance to surprise or humble him without it threatening the summit meeting.>

Long-winded and overly verbose, as I tend to be. It's a starting point.

>>28073111
I dig it. Supported

>>28073111
I like it. I like it lots.

>>28073111
She asked us to call her Lady, not Melody. Otherwise it isn't bad.

>>28073111
Neat.

Got anything good for Fang?
Something alliance with vampiria something not beholden to empire of light anymore something vampiria no longer an enemy something.

>>28073211
Well, I can write something up. But to be frank, I don't think Fang will need much convincing. Once he's aware that the Black Lady will be attending the meeting, I hardly think he'll turn down a personal meeting beforehand to hash out their various border disputes. Hell, I think he'd be eager. He never struck me as being enthusiastically anti-Vampiria. Always struck me that he viewed it as a chore, assigned to him by his angel not-overlords - who he's already eager to fuck over.

>>28073274
Works for me.

>>28073274
Hey guys, let's all hate this guy just because he writes smut, even though he's one of the only guys in the quest who has his shit together when it comes to managing relations!

Seriously, it's like you're the only one who puts effort in. If we were all dedicated enough to write smut, I think the quest would be better off.
At least for a couple minutes, then everyone would fuck off to fap to each other's writing and then we'd have a REAL circlejerk.

Words words words SM hurry up.

>>28073274

In addition, Fang considered himself the linchpin in holding Archon's nobility together. He should be able to associate what the Black Lady has done by uniting the northern tribes...

Not to mention it was his own science project that created the Vampires, and Melody has inadvertently become the pinnacle of his failed experiment...

>>28073162
Only lady in front of others.

>>28073274
Plus when we asked him about the black lady he did say he considered an alliance with her, but didn't try since she was such a mystery to him.

You people are so strange. One minute it seems like you're all rusers passive aggressively tearing each other apart, and the next you seem to concentrate on some actual long term in-character planning with the settings nations.

>>28073432
Actually no. She said she is no longer Melody, as we are no longer Erebus. The past is behind her now. Calling her Melody would be disrespectful, just as if she insisted on calling us Erebus.

>writing for choice (1): publicly inform the group

In the meantime:

Vote 1:
>try to arrange for the Black Lady and Yi Fang to meet beforehand as per
>>28073111

Vote 2:
>don't do that

>>28073970
1

>>28073970
1

>>28073970
1

>>28073970

That is, publicly inform the group of the generalities, inform Auriel only of the personal details. Just to be clear.

>>28073970
1

>>28073970
1

>>28073970
1

Whyyy did we choose publicly inform? She specifically asked us not to reveal her identity.

>>28074045
The group will not be informed of her identity, just how she rose to power.

>>28074045
>>28073987
Oh, well. I feel like an idiot then.

>>28073970
1

>>28074045
Details to Auriel, and public things that her own people know go to our group. Pretty distinct.

>>28074045
>not reading this badly.

>>28073987
We don't tell flint?

>>28074085
We don't have a reason to yet.

>>28074085
We all know Auriel wears the pants in that relationship.

>>28074115
true, but he is our best friend and i do think he should know at least.or we can wait till the last minute like last time.

>>28074148
Or we can continue to try to keep the promise we made as much as possible and only tell the person that needs convincing the most, yeah? Yeah.

>>28074085
>>28074148
I love flint, but i don't trust him to keep a straight face.

>>28074148
He'll find out during pillow talk with Auriel anyway I'm sure.

>>28074134
She probably is the one doing the fucking in the relationship.

>>28074175
He didn't find out about our true selves.(though that info could have been too early in their relationship.)

>>28074134
Mhm. Tight pants. Pants that hug the curves just right to accentuate her deliciously toned ass.

>>28074206
This is Sorry bait.

>>28074174
True, he is bad at lying.
>>28074167
you mean the one where we promised not to keep any secrets from him?

>>28074175
How? >Fuck me like Fang fucked Melody, who is actually the Black Lady!

>>28074226
I mean the one to BL-Melody, obviously.

>>28074134

>Only cause Flint's are off most of the time.

Ba-zing!

>>28073970
1

>>28074231
You're too funny anon, just spilled my soda all over the break room table. Fuck, ha.

>>28074253
true, but using promises as an excuse is not that great of a reason when we make a lot of them already.(i do agree with not telling him straight away, but i think he should find out about it in a timely manner.)

>>28074294
Could we just tell him that we know something about the Black Lady that convinced us of her trustworthiness, but she asked us to promise not tell anyone?

>>28074226
We should probably be more careful about how we word promises in the future.
For now, we can either compromise one promise completely, or compromise a few promises partially. After the summit is a better time to tell Flint - Melody may or may not release from our promise at that point, but flint knowing AFTER wouldn't impact her trust, I feel, nearly as much as if he knows BEFORE and she finds out.

>>28074294
Flint isn't gonna gain much from knowing this is my point, it's just unnecessary.

It's the equivalent of dredging up someone else's personal history (who they don't know) to your friend in a really petty way. You're not even suggesting it as a method to convince him of the alliance or anything substantial.
I think I'll ignore you from now on.

<...there are reasons I put my faith in her,> you say. <She told me quite a story - a story of how she came to rule the land called Vampiria.>

You go on at length about the Lady's history; her origin as a scholar, though you don't say from where. She retreated to the far north to study your old palace, and then found herself wrapped up in the internal affairs of the country she'd made her home in. One thing led to another - a following turned into a civil war, which turned into real war, which turned into a goal to unite the north and finally achieve peace between the fractured nations so as to stop the conflict once and for all.

And then, her isolation and alienation by a Ring City that feared the power of a Shadow Mage, and her forced stand against the angels, and Archon.

Tyrael and Cain seem greatly swayed to your side by the speech - even Flint is wavering. But Auriel's arms are folded, and her lips are set in a frown. "Shadow, it all sounds well and lovely put like that - but remember what it looked like from our side. A powerful shadow mage on a level comparable to Sandalphon came out of knowhere and seized the entire northland. What if she told you a load of bull? What then?"

<...could I speak with you in private?>

The room pauses for a long moment. Auriel lowers her arms and nods. "...alright." You follow her behind the table, into the hallway behind the bridge of the airship. She turns back to face you. "What do you have up your sleeve? It better be fucking good."

<It is good,> you say. <Remember the mage, Melody?>

"That bitch from Xile? Sure."

<She and the Black Lady are one in the same.>

>con't

>>28074341
It would make him look ike more of a viable canidate for future king of arland

Auriel stands there for a moment, not reacting. And then the implications slowly dawn on her face. She licks her lips, opens her mouth - then she takes a breath and settles back. "...the staff?"

<She has it in her possession. But that's not all.> You then tell her the real story - her relationship with Yi Fang, and their conflict over his changing attitudes to rule, mostly due to his time in the Archonium. And then her leaving Archon after they fought, and then exploring Xile alone. Her transformation into a vampire, and subsequent retreat to what would become Vampiria.

Auriel sits on that for a long time, then finally arches and eyebrow at you. "Unbelievable. Yi Fang's old flame, Melody, is the Black Lady. Who would have guessed?"

<She didn't say anything about romantic attachment, but - >

Auriel flaps a hand at you. "For element's sake, Shadow, read between the lines. When a woman tries to get a man to chase her, it's not because she dislikes him. It's because she's trying to get him to wake up." Auriel sighs. "This makes things more complicated. This is really just..." Her expression fades. And then her face lights up like white Light. She rubs her hands together and cackles. "...this is perfect."

<...I think I'm missing something, here.>

"Shadow, don't you get it?" she says. "We have leverage over Yi Fang. We have something to reign him in! That's been my biggest worry the whole time - that Fang would start scheming for right after we'd gotten rid of the demon lords, and that his very idiocy might prevent us from getting that far in the first place. But if Melody can drag him back to reality, or at least throw him off for a time - then damn. We've got him right where we want him. Useful in stopping the demon army, and too off-balance personally to get into his bad habits."

<She asked me to keep it a secret from everyone,> you say. <She isn't Melody anymore. Just like I'm not Erebus anymore. I couldn't betray that trust. I only told you because I needed you with me.>

"So she wants to do it on her own terms, huh." Auriel folds her arms behind her back. "Fine. I won't make a move on Fang...but. Here's what we do. She obviously respects you a lot, right? As the former Erebus...Shadow...thing...well, whatever the hell you are now, right?"

<...uh...right.>

"So, at the summit, we play a bit of matchmaker," Auriel says. "You encourage and cajole her when the mood is right. Then we lock them in a room and walk away. Problem solved."

<Are you sure? If we get involved, we could be setting off an very nasty explosion. I've had a bad experience with that lately, and - >

"Leave it to me," Auriel says. "Besides." She narrows her eyes. "You want me on board for this? Then we have to use this wonderful tool we've been given. Otherwise, I don't want the Lady anywhere near us and ours. Capiche?"

What is your response?

>...alright. I hope you know what you're doing.
>No. We shouldn't play games like that.

>>28074383
Instead of either of those two shitty options tell her about our plan to get Vampiria and Archon to work together.

>>28074358
Lol.

>>28074341
1.He will figure it out once he see the staff
2.I said timely manner not straight away it could be just like sorry said.
>>28074331
here be after she is more open to the idea.

>>28074383
>...alright. I hope you know what you're doing.

>>28073970
1

>>28074383
>...alright. I hope you know what you're doing.

>>28074383
>>...alright. I hope you know what you're doing.

Welp. We are so gonna be playing mediator with our nightblaze at the summit.

>>28074383
We really shouldn't play games like that. That's a NATURAL ONE moment.

>>28074400
What?

isn't that the plan? to install Flint as the king of archon and present a united front against the ringed city?

>>28074383
>...alright. I hope you know what you're doing.

So... are we still going to arrange for an early meeting between Fang and Melody? We could tell Auriel about that... right?

>>28074383
Hm.
Can we discus with Auriel the terms specifically with how we use this "wonderful" tool? It's risky the way she puts it.

>>28074424
that is probably gonna be used to kill abby or maybe flint or all of haven

>>28074383
>...alright. I hope you know what you're doing.

Well, it isn't like people weren't going to attempt to play matchmaker anyway.

>>28074383
I didn't think angels were the sort for cackling.

>>28074413
>they're in a room together, lights dim
>finally, our alliance is secured
>oh shit, huge pulse of magic, NIGHTBLAZE IT SAVE LIVES
>turned out it was magic to help Fang get it up
>Shadow, professional cockblocker
>"Ignorance potions, anyone?"

>>28074429
Yup, just the way you presented it made me lol is all.

Because if you have actual reasons for a decision you present them with the choice first, not after the fact with a bunch of silly meandering points. Ugh.

>>28074383
Do we talk to melody about fang?
using sorry's plan?

>>28074383
GUYS.

It seems Auriel doesn't know that Yi Fang isn't going to NEED reigning in. Not with how Archon is going to be from now on. We need to bring that point up as well.

>>28074477
that is the way of /tg/

and i just arrived, that was my first post.

>>28074495
She might not care, she seems a suspicious sort.

>>28074481
Anon, plz. I make words. >>28072614 you guys make plans.

>>28074508
I know. But it's also true that she doesn't know of Archons new situation. Or at least she hasn't given any indication that she has.

>>28074383
This is an instance where our plans are vastly superior to yours Auriel. Thankfully.

>>28074383
>3
Bring up our own game we wish to play, and the current upheaval in the Archon system to placate her (if she's not already aware).

>>28074383
Tell her our plan, and why we made it.

>>28074383
>we could be setting off an very nasty explosion. I've had a bad experience with that lately, and - >
Oh you.

>>28074429
>install Flint as the king of archon
I want some of whatever you're on.

>>28074383
Yi Fang is already sort of on the path to being able to give up the addiction to plotting, mostly thanks to Abby. We did a reasonable amount to convince Melody as such during our first meeting.

The groundwork for all this shit Auriel wants to do is already there. We actively want Yi Fang to start back toward being a reasonable person again. We want him and Melody on good terms with each other so that the summit doesn't go ENTIRELY nuclear when she shows up.

And most of all, we want Yi Fang to start to want to reign Yi Fang in; not just us having something on him in order to keep him in line. That's not a sustainable situation, and would only serve to cause tension in the future.

Why does Auriel want to hold it over us like some kind of hybrid Yi Fang-tier plot/sword of Damocles?

>>28074604
>Why does Auriel want to hold it over us like some kind of hybrid Yi Fang-tier plot/sword of Damocles?
The same reason SM decided to gleefully not place the >write-in option there, at least that's my guess.

>>28074604
Yeah, we should point out how like Yi Fang Auriel is being right now. I like that...

>>28074642
He's kind of a dick?

>>28074604
Hey, SM has been kinda building Flints public opinion up like crazy and Arland is the only major country (besides atlantis, and even then there is leviathan) that we haven't gotten the support of. and he is the prince with the royal familys honor/reliability brought into question. Seems like the next logical step

>>28074604
>Why does Auriel want to hold it over us like some kind of hybrid Yi Fang-tier plot/sword of Damocles?
Because she's lived in ring City for 700 years and he been dealing with plot and intrigue and Yi Fang the Indomitable Douche longer than we've been sapient.
She's not used to doing things the Shadow way - which is to shove everything together and make it work out.

>>28074687
Oh you.
Probably just tired.
Yep. Juuuust tired.

>>28074699
I hope Joey doesn't come running into the War Council asking after Flint.

>>28074604
Yi Fang already wants to reign Yi Fang in, he just isn't in the position to do it.

IE: if there were no wars Fang ould probably stop all his plotting and shit and settle down. or if that wasn't enough for him he would raid the timorian deep or some shit

>>28074702
Well we do have child like belief that every thing will work out some how and are more willing to change.

>>28074731
That would actually be a Good PR stunt if Joey can bring out some water works or something. Have him comfort a crying joe who was distraught at the absence of his honorable master, like politicians kissing the babies.

or joey has become a badass, SM said he had a plot for him

>>28074699
The post he quoted asks about installing flint as king of ARCHON, not ARLAND. If you're the guy he's quoting, then you may have mistyped your original post... Archon doesn't do kings, anyway.

>>28074604
>And most of all, we want Yi Fang to start to want to reign Yi Fang in
Though this is a good thing to bring up to Auriel. We are here to fix things, afterall. The right way - not with duct tape and rubber bands.

>>28074733
I feel like we've got him on the right side of the fence about it, but he could use a little bit more nudge, know what I mean? A good kick in the pants to get going.

>>28074747
We only believe that because we have the power to make it happen

>>28074778
He was turned into one of the Light Empires equivalent of the Nazi Youth.

>>28074791
oops, i meant Arland

>>28074802
Oh wait nevermind, he was probably killed because he showed sympathy for monsters or something because of how we changed his perspective.

Or he was imprisoned or something. Yeah.

>>28074778
Why do people insist on bringin back joey?

>>28074837
>implying Joey isn't going to kill hyperion

>>28074802
filthy shadow/spirit mage detected.

>>28074847
He's NORMAL. He's a KID.
We can DEAL with him, easier than most.

You don't want a pet?

>>28074847
I kinda like him. he was a major part us realizing our humanity there for a bit. and he reminds us of how powerfull we are.

All in Favor of Servanting Joey?
Y/N

>>28074837
i bet you joey is getting something done to him by the big bad angel.(the fucker didn't come out to search the forest after a top ranked angel of his was killed off, so he is trying something big.)

>>28074884
No he is very likely to be used as a slave/servant/experiment.that is if he isn't already of course/

>>28074886
Sandlethong isn't aware of Lucifers death yet, at least that was somewhat the point of letting Vonnie have his day. Anyways...

>>28074884
I think we should make sure he matures properly before voting on it.

So who do you guys think is the worm feeding on flint is connected to?

>>28074886
Joey is the subject of a whole lot of /ss/ back at ring city.

>>28074916
either his brothers, his father, or his ex

<I don't think he needs to be reigned in,> you say. <That's what Abigail is doing. He's actually reigning himself in, for her sake.>

Auriel gives you a flat look. "That's exactly it, Shadow. You're talking about a man capable of intentionally allowing himself to be passive-aggressively subverted by his own niece to ensure her rise to power. Why you trust him at all is more than I can understand."

<...I feel like if you'd seen the look on his face...maybe you would.>

"Anyway...you see what I'm saying, right?"

<I guess it's something to keep in our back pocket, just in case,> you allow.

"It'll be in my front pocket."

<...just, talk to me before you do anything, alright?>

"Fine."

You slip the communication rod out of your pocket. <She gave me this to get in touch with her...and I've been thinking that it might be better to have her and Fang meet before the summit. Hash things out. But I also need to let her know that we'll be having her on board.>

She eyes the device and nods. "I guess you should talk to Fang before you use it. I don't care to talk to her. You can represent us just fine. Even if you do have a knack for making ferocious friends. But actually - do you think he'll recognize her?"

<Well, I didn't, and that was going by a projection we saw on Xile,> you say. <It's been years since then. She's...changed quite a bit.>

>con't

>>28074884
Barring some new information, no.
Frankly, he's kind of useless in a fight. Servanting won't fix that. A decade or two of training and experience or a couple of days in the Archonium fix that.

>>28074916
Brother. if not him, father. If SM is feeling cliche, that girl he had a crush on.

"You would know better then me. Well, I've had enough intrigue on my own airship. Let's go." Auriel marches back down the hallway and kicks open the door to the bridge. The group jumps slightly. Everyone looks up with expectant expressions. "Alright, here's the deal," Auriel says. She plants her fists on her hips. "As far as I'm concerned, the Black Lady is in."

Flint looks between you and Auriel. "...how did you convince her?"

"He talked dirty to me."

Flint almost falls over as he splutters for a response. <I don't remember that part,> you say.

Auriel grins, then steps over and kisses Flint on the cheek. "You're so cute when you're struggling to take a joke. I couldn't resist."

"You have a way with words, Shadow," Ila says.

"Yeah, right up until he starts trying to name things," Auriel says.

Everyone has a laugh at your expense. You feel a bit miffed that they're making it some kind of running amusement...but then, with smiles on everyone's faces, you can't bring yourself to stay annoyed for long.

What do you do now?

>head to Archon; speak with Yi Fang on the subject of meeting with the Black Lady
>do something else first

>>28074912
Wasn't he rushing the penguin because sandy kept pressuring him to hurry it up.So it is reasonable to say that the 1 or 2 month period of having not been able to contact one of your highest ranked angels who is also the fastest .(wouldn't he have at least send more high ranking angels to find out what happened?(

>>28074974

It's been about a week since Xile.

>>28074973
> on my own airship

Aurial is trying to be the BBEG behind the BBEG. Hrm. Not sure how I feel about that.
Anyways;

Let's recharge at our mana pool and heal and then head to archon.

Just gonna bold it for you guys. MANA POOL AND HEAL.

>>28074973
How about we go find obis and adavan first

>>28074973
We should buy Shadow Totem and install turrets all over Haven, connected to our mana pool. Maybe also meditate on our weakened shards.

>>28075004
Oh wait I'm fucking retarded, we already did that apparently. urr

>>28074973
Look for addy and obis first we need all our allies for this.

>>28075008
>>28075027
The problem is that could probably take a lot longer than flying over to Archon to setup something that will probably be a bit delayed.

>>28074973
>>28074973
this >>28075008
then this >>28075016
and then this>>28075004

>>28074991
I was including the time we meditated and was on the island as well, so how long is it now since i doubt he kept contact with him on the island.

>>28074973
>my own airship
That sorta jimmied my rustles.

>>28074973
How long is it before THE WAR SUMMIT?

>>28075016
I'm against this i vote we try finishing up the spirit tree.