You continue to fiddle around with your bracelet for a few minutes as you talk to Nicolette and Sylvie, but then Margot shows up with her usual food cart.

"Here you go," Margot says happily as she places a plate of spaghetti in front of each of you. "You know, I'm going to miss the three of you while you're off in Marconetti..."
"I'll miss your food while I'm up there," Nicolette replies.
"Oh you..." Margot chuckles. "I'm not the one who cooks it, you know..."
"But you're the one who brings it to us every day!" sylvie says with a smile.
"Yeah, thanks for always doing this," you say.

"Just doing my job... and now I'll let you all eat," Margot says as she and her cart return to the back room.

>CONSUME SPAGETY
>talk about a thing
>[OTHER]

>>28078851
>CONSUME SPAGETY
It's the only way to not drop it.

I'm free for the next two nights, so I decided to make the most of things.
Running LAAAAAAAAAATE so as to take full advantage of the timechange.

>>28078851

>>CONSUME SPAGETY

>>28078879
That's okay, arch. I don't need sleep anyway.

>>28078851
>CONSUME SPAGETY

>>28078851
>>CONSUME SPAGETY

>>28078879
>Running LAAAAAAAAAATE
But... but I guess I don't need sleep after all...

>GM for the first time just an hour ago
>PGQ just as I arrive home
Best. Night. Ever.
>CONSUME SPAGETY
Spaghetti for the spaghetti gods

>>28078851

>CONSUME SPAGETY
>talk about a thing
both can be done! i wonder who the chef is? i bet the chef is a sassy black woman!

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>>28078879
question Achelon, is this pic close to what you imagiened Nico to look like, other than the hair color?

>>28079002

obligatory 3DPG

Then again its still ew

>>28079002
>Duckface
God I hope not, or else I'd want to slap the beak off her.

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>>28079002

Nico looks like Archerko apparently.

I am totally fine with this.

>>28079018
>>28079040
>>28079043
this was in theroy if Nico was a real girl. i would like to think she would.

>>28079002
Someone suggested Archerko a while ago, and that fits pretty well.

>writing

>>28078851
But my hopes f or a margot route were pinned on the idea that she was the one cooking!
Now who will capture our heart with cooking?

>>28079292
Nicos mom?

Once Margot is ou of sight, the three of you go quickly to work at devouring your spaghetti. But by the time you're about halfway through your plate, Nicolette has already finished.

"Hm?" Sylvie says through a mouthful of food. "You were that hungry, huh."
"Not really... but I figured that I ought to get going sooner rather than later," Nicolette says as she gets up from the table. "See you two tomorrow morning, I guess."
"Tell your family I said hi," you say.

As Nicolette heads out of the kitchen, you and Sylvie resume eating your food. Before long, both of you have finished... though Sylvie was a little bit faster than you.

"I wonder if my mother cooked dinner tonight," Sylvie says with a guilty laugh. "I guess it's too late now, though... so, what are you doing for the rest of the night?"

>magic lessons?
>bothering Gerhard
>bothering Melanie
>bothering Niklaus
>[OTHER]

>>28079301
Nico's mom has got it going on.

>>28079312
>magic lessons?

>>28079312
>>bothering Niklaus
I'm curious as to what madness he's come up with this time.

>>28079312
>>magic lessons?
Sure thing, buddy.

>>28079312
>magic lessons?

>>28079312

>>magic lessons?

or magic practice.

Need to firm up the shield

>>28079312
>bothering Melanie
I kind of want to ask her about the seating arrangements.

>>28079312
> magic lessons?
Wh ich will lead to
> bothering Gerhard
And will unfortunately ignore melanie

>>28079312

Magic lessons, magic lessons.

>>28079312
>magic lessons?

>>28079312
>magic lessons?
we need to learn more spells.
healing for one thing.

>>28079407
I'd rather strenthen Holy Shine or learn Clay Spread. We're supposed to stop damage, not heal it.

>writing

>>28079416
I'd agree with Holy Shrine. We need to make that as powerful as we can.

>>28079416
ya I really want clay spread

>>28079416

Right now at this point, learning clay spread will probably leave us with a spell that we're not good at using. Like that learn a 3rd spell.

I say we focus on Holy Shine. If it really comes down to it, we kill if we have to.

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>>28079121
Wouldn't have been my first guess, but hey.

>>28079416
I'm a little hazy on how useful Clay Spread would end up being given our Metal affinity over the typical Earth. Bombarding someone with masses of clay to cling to them and slow them down is one thing, but if it ends up being metal instead, it's more likely to be more offensive than it is a deterrent.

That said, we don't know enough theory to know whether the intended purpose of a spell is more important than the execution. It could very well be that since Clay Spread is intended to be a crowd control spell rather than strict offense, even a metallic version of the spell would find some way to have the same effect. Or even that, unlike other Earth spells that become metallic if you have a metal sub-affinity, Clay Spread will remain earthen in order to maintain its intended effect.

Same deal with the ground-to-quicksand spell that I can't remember the name of off the top of my head.

Magic is complicated.

>>28079465
The thing about both Holy Shine and Tailwind though is that they were both spells with large learning curves. Clay Spread doesn't have as many issues with learning as those two do.

>>28079476
Clay Spread doesn't change.

>>28079476
Clay Spread doesn't change to metal.

>back to writing

>>28079485

We don't know about it yet.

The learning curve on Clay Spread might be aiming, the speed or size of the projectiles and maybe homing.

Thing is we won't know until we expend time and effort to learn the spell and i'd rather focus on something we definitely can use now instead of something that will still require time to master.

>>28079517
What I'm saying is that having a steep learning curve for maneuvering and having to train to strengthen the shield were things specifically mentioned in the spell description of those spells. There was no specific indication for Clay Spread in it's spell description. We pretty much picked the two beginner spells that took the longest to use properly.

We have a while still until we're at the ball. Couldn't we learn Clay Spread now and strengthen Holy Shine and improve with Clay Spread on our own time.

We do have to cast 80% of our MP before bed anyway.

>>28079616
The ball is tomorrow...

>>28079616
I read this as "We do cast 80% of our MP in bed anyway"

>>28079626
The ball is in two or three days. We're leaving tomorrow.

>>28079616

No time, we literally leave tomorrow morning.

We're better off improving our current skillset

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"Uh... you have time for another magic lesson?" you ask.
"Sure!" Sylvie says happily. "It's nice to see that you're taking an interest in magic, seeing as how Nicolette doesn't care about it at all... it's such a shame too, since she was pretty good at it back when she was taking lessons."
"Oh yeah, you were saying before that she took lessons with Marianne when they were little."
"Yeah, Aunt Ariane used to teach them. But then her grandfather got sick and she completely gave it up..." Sylvie sighs. "But let's forget that for now and get going!"

You then follow Sylvie out of the kitchen and into the hallways as you head to the library.

"Oh yeah," Sylvie says, turning to you, "did you have anything specific in mind for tonight's lesson?"

>a new offensive spell
>a new defensive spell
>a utility spell
>practicing a spell you already know
>leave it up to Sylvie
>[OTHER]

>>28079637
Still, we won't have a lot of time to practice a spell in that amount of time. We might not even be able to learn it before we leave.

>>28079654
>>practicing a spell you already know
Holy Shield

>>28079637
The ball is in four days.
You leave tomorrow.

>>28079654
>a utility spell
mo' utility mo' money

>>28079654
>>practicing a spell you already know

>>28079654
>a utility spell
Is there a spell that lets us wipe our ass without touching it?

>>28079654
>>a new offensive spell

>>28079654
>practicing a spell you already know
Holy Shine.

If we really want to learn a new spell we've got a Defense and Earth Spell book to try out on our own.

>>28079654
>leave it up to Sylvie
sensei knows best

>>28079654
>practicing a spell you already know

>>28079654
>a utility spell

>>28079654
>a new defensive spell
Stone Skin is something we need to learn eventually.

OR.
>practicing a spell you already know
Holy Shrine shield thing. Don't care really which it is.

>>28079654
>practicing a spell you already know
tailwind and holy shine

>>28079654
>practicing a spell you already know
Holy Shine

>>28079654
>practicing a spell you already know
Holy Shrine

>>28079654
ask her if it is possible to mix tail wind with martial arts.

>>28079654
What does the flying spell count as? Utility?

>>28079654
practicing Holy Shine.

>>28079720
Considering Tailwind Rider Kick was a legit option a few threads ago I think we're good there.

>Justice xisedie

Captcha is a rider fan, it seems.

>>28079654
>practicing a spell you already know

>>28079720
the answer to this will determine which one

>>28079492
It should totally turn into globs of mercury or warm galium or something like that.

>>28079654
>>practicing a spell you already know

Holy Shine

How long does it take to be able to use a spell without the poem? 5 second cast time = death in any real sword fight.

No arctic blade for you, I guess.

>writing

>>28079764
there is probably a higher level version of the spell that uses soft lead or something

>>28079791
We're a defender, man.

I'm honestly good with sticking to our pro swording skills for our offense until we get a good bit of defensive and utility magic down.

>>28079791
But arctic blade sounds so cool!
Sword baded spells are based sword spells

>>28079789
You can still swing a sword or parry while talking.

>>28079791
see >>28079789

being able to yell "holy shrine" to defend beats taking forever telling our opponent what we are about to attack them with.

One instant cast spell is worth three non-instant cast spells.

>>28079789
What do you think we've been practicing.

>>28079791
Don't worry arch, next time. Hopefully we won't need it soon.

Rolled 15

>>28079789
>>28079903
From what we have learned it seems that you really don't need those poems and the only reason they are used is for style.
You can just do what the crazy mage has been doing and just say 1-3 words per spell(though i can imagine it being hard to do.)

tail wind
holy shrine
arctic blade

I dream of the day we can instant cast all three of these.

>>28079958
Agreed.

Man I hope we get Arctic blade soon. Be good for Offence and Defence

>>28079949
>You can just do what the crazy mage has been doing and just say 1-3 words per spell(though i can imagine it being hard to do.)
Niklaus can do that because he's Sperglord Autismancer. It doesn't work for most people.

>>28079982
>Defense

How? It's a wave of exploding shrapnel ice.

>>28079949
1. long poem + name of spell
2. name of spell only
3. instant cast

These are the three levels of spell casting. Crazy arch mage was at level 3 but stuck to level 2 for fun.

We are level 1 with every spell right noe

>>28080002
Assailants are hesitant to swing at you when they have icicles embedded in their face

>>28079949
The poems are used to invoke the mindset needed to cast the spell. You can only use something else if you still invoke the same mindset.

It is not for style.

>>28080002
they cant attack us if they don't have a head

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>>28079988
"Umm... Daddy?" Sylvie says.
"No... not right now, anyways," Sylie laughs. "About the incantation for Cluster Impact... could you do something about that?"
"Whaddaya mean, coming up with an actual incantation that -you- could use for that thing took forever!"
"I know, and I appreciate it... but, um... it's kind of embarassing," Sylvie says, blushing.
"The hell're you two talking about?" Sir Vincent turns to them. "That shit's awesome, even Gregory loves it!"
"I know, but..." Sylvie replies, blushing slightly.
"You know, stuff like I AM THE STORM THAT EXTINGUISHES THE FLAMES OF EVIL," he says in his best impression of Sir Gregory's voice, "that stuff's all dramatic and awesome!"
"It's really really embarrassing to say out loud..."
"Bah, you'll get used to it."
True, but if you look up above we can still shorten it.(not to the autistic levels the mage has but still can do it pretty short.)maybe one day we won't need to chant simple spells anymore and they just pop up from thought

Rolled 80

>>28080015
I thought it was 4 levels
1. long poem + name of spell
2. long poem + name of spell+style(only if you like)
3.name of spell only
4. instant cast

Rolled 80

>>28080021
It is partially for style anon, and it was said if we become good enough with magic we can insta cast with out chanting(though it was stated to be hard)

>>28080085
It's for style if you still choose to use the long poem when you don't need to. It's like that in the first place so you can actually learn to cast the spell.

>>28080074
>Rolled 1d100: 80
>>28080085
>Rolled 1d100: 80

SORCERY

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>>28079958
sword is the only spell we will ever need

>>28080055
Half the fun of invocation is the look of terror on your enemies face just before he stoos having a face.
-sir gregory

What? Look Archy I shouldn't have to bother with all that wordy nonsense. Im very busy and that stuff is for babies.
-niklaus

HAHAHAHAHA!
Boom.
-King Thierri

"I'd actually like to practice with making Holy Shine stronger," you say.
"Oh? You didn't want to learn a new spell?" Sylvie replies, sounding a bit disappointed. "Alright then..." she stops for a few seconds.
"What's wrong?" you ask.
"Nothing, I was just wondering if Mr. Gerhard would mind if we practiced with that in the library... but since it's not like we can cause a mess with it or anything, so I guess it'll be okay."
"You sure you don't want to head to the training hall instead?"
"No, I don't really like the crowds that we always end up drawing..." Sylvie says, laughing nervously.

Before you know it, the two of you have arrived at one of the castle's many libraries. As sylvie places some books on a nearby table, you look around for Gerhard... as usual, he's nowhere to be found.

"Umm, let me move this table so we have enough room," Sylvie says as she pulls the chairs from under it.
"Let me help you with that," you reply as you walk to the other side of the table.
"Don't worry, I have this..."

Sylvie then effortlesly pushes the table a few yards, clearing up enough space for you to safely cast the spell (and also to fall over in case she ends up punching through your shield again).

>[1/?]

>>28080121
I kinda wish we could talk to the King more.

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>>28080055
>implying we aren't going to learn Unlimited Blade Works

>>28080074
>>28080097
basically 2 and 3 are the same difficulty. Name only with style is the same as instant cast. And, instant cast with style is autistic.

>>28080105
No we don't even need the sword any more we have magic bending metal.i was actually hoping for something like this or a parasite put on us when the crazy mage was telling us about the crystals
>>28080097
No like you said the poems are there to help remind you and help visualize the spell so it is safe to say that you can shorten the spell if you memorize the poem/visual it causes in your head.

>>28080141
We are a body guard anon.

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>>28080192
it could double as a defensive spell
warp all nearby enemies to a reality marble and slaughter them in there or alternatively just warp the princess in an area where we have totaly advantage

>>28080151
1. long poem + name of spell
2.name of spell+style(only if you like)
3.name of spell only
4. instant cast
It was supposed to be like that.
2 and 3 are almost the same difficulty since for two you are basically changing the poem in your own words, while three is just saying the spell name.

>>28080154
>No we don't even need the sword any more
sword never runs out of MP.

Sword is what we're GOOD at. Magic just lets us be better at it. Like, superhumanly good.

But sword still has to be our focus because honor duels only allow for a very restricted subset of magic.

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>>28080244
>sword never runs out of MP.
>
>Sword is what we're GOOD at. Magic just lets us be better at it. Like, superhumanly good.
The bracelet doesn't use up MP
And it was basically the utility weapon/tool the power gamer fucks kept trying to push on us.(plus i said that in a joking manner)

>>28080233
>you are basically changing the poem in your own words
I would surmise thats not the case.

the casting is about the same difficulty, but the spell translation itself is probably quite difficult if Sylvie can't do it.

>>28080192
Don't let that stop us from becoming stronk.

>>28080244
Honor duels are going to be the very smallest of our duties,, so practicing the magic appropriate for such isn't something to focus on, (which is why we should totally still get Vajira Spark) we should learn spells that play to our strengths and will help to protect the princess regardless of if they'd be useful in a duel.

>>28080273
>Sylvie can't do it.
She can, but the only spell she couldn't do it with was her fathers so its safe to assume the difficulty scales with higher level spells.

>>28080278
Actually, I'd suspect we're likely to see an honor duel or two in Marconetti.

But yes, absolutely. Job 1 is protect the princess, and that means "fuck the rules" if that's what it takes.

>>28080268
We need to integrate the crystals into our sword and truly become the sword that smites evil.

>>28080273
I thought it was because she had trouble visualising what the words were actually meant to do.

>>28080136

"Ah, practicing again?" Gerhard says, having appeared next to you.
"Yeah, I hope it's not too much trouble," you reply.
"No worries, watching the two of you is always an appreciated change of pace," he says with a bow. "As long as you don't end up breaking anything, I don't mind at all."

"Alright, all set!" Sylvie calls out.
"So, what spell are you going to be practicing today?" Gerhard asks.
"Holy Shine," you reply.
"I see," he chuckles. "Strengthening it, I take it? I wonder how well Miss Sylvie is at gauging such things..."
"She does hit pretty hard," you reply as you remember what happened when you first learned this spell.

Hoping that things will go better this time, you head over to Sylvie. Gerhard follows you, taking a safe position off to the side.

"Ready whenever you are," Sylvie says, cracking her knuckles.
"Alright, then..." you reply as you take a few deep breaths and extend your arm out in front of you.

"Light of the heavens, cast down your brilliance and deliver me from my enemies," you chant, Script forming in the air around you. "Holy Shine."

The Script then vanishes in an instant and a glowing wall of light forms in front of your hand.

"Time to test this one..." Sylvie says as she draws back her hand and lets loose.

With a soft shattering noise, your shield is breached as Sylvie's fist continues its journey towards your face.

>[2/?]

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>>28080192

We gotta start bulking up sooner or later. Being good on the defense is one thing but not being able to do anything back is something else when it matters.

>>28080055
I was assuming we'd end up with Unlimited Blade Works, but I could totally go for the Gate of Babylon as well.

>"DO YOU HAVE ENOUGH SWORDS, REINHOLD?"
>"YES. YES I DO."

>>28080300
I can't see us leaving her side long enough to have a duel, if a bitch needs a lesson in grabbiness, he'll learn it at the wrist if we need to get physical, and he'll learn it then and there.

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>>28080331
The best offense is a great defense

>>28080244
good point, the bending metal still takes magic but I wonder how much. I like to imagine imagine it takes a tenth the magic bending normal metal would because "science!" but we will always need sword. Sword will never let us down.

>>28080352
No, but if some knob challenges her (Or, gods forbid, she challenges someone), we can operate as her proxy in the duel.

>>28080353
Bu that image shows the exact opposite.

and I repeat an arguement from an earlier thread, purely defending means that we have to get lucky every time, while they only need to get lucky once, and since we aren't eliminating them, they get as many chances as they want.

We need to eliminate threats as they appear while escorting the princess away from danger at the same time and protecting her from said dangers.

We need to balance offense, defense and maneuverability.

>>28080353
And the best defense is a great offense.

What's your point? If we go full turtle mode, then we are basically entirely reliant on outside force arriving to help us. What if we're caught in an ambush and away from friendly support? What if the princess gets kidnapped or something? What if we need to get somewhere fast, but there's another defensive guy blocking the way?

Look, all I'm saying is that focusing on one aspect to the complete detriment of another is a very very stupid thing to do.

>>28080408
I agree with some of your points. However, our goal is not to defeat our foes, it is to get the Princess to safety.

>>28080420
What he's saying is dispatching someone is sometimes necessary for that goal, anon.

Been reading through the archives up to this point, and I have to say this.

I am expecting bad, bad things to happen in the future. Something that'll force us out of the palace.

What's the use of all this background information on things like elementals and dragons, information about the kingdoms on the coast, and all this other fluff if we never have to see it for ourselves? Which is why I'm betting that we're going to see all this shit at some point.

>>28080408
Or to put it another way:
Defending the princess is NOT the same as focusing exclusively on defensive spells.

>>28080440
>inb4 we get a Sealed King.

>>28080420
I respectfully disagree. Our job is not to get the princess to safety, it is to keep the princess safe.

Eventually, that will involve fighting things with the intention of winning, not just holding out until help arrives/the situation passes. If we can't do that, then we're not a very good bodyguard.

>>28080420
Killing/disabling everybody before they harm her makes her just as safe as running away does, and more so than just blocking.

It's not always the solution, but in many situations it's a better one than just running away.

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>>28080420

I'd rather save offensive spells for when we actually learn to cast and hold a spell while attacking. Right now defensive spells are all we'll be reliably able to use in combat until we recieve more training from Arnaud.

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>>28080420

If it gets to the point where we have to fuck a dude up I'm pretty sure we gotta learn how to get crazy.

Defending the princess includes defeating foes that try to harm her anyway. We have to subdue, or kill if it gets to that point, if that point comes.

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>>28080408
I prefer playing gas canon type, so i know how good a tank can be if they can survive since all they need is one hit as well.
Plus i didn't mean to say that we only need to focus on defense i meant that our main goal is protecting the princes and trying to be a hero isn't our job.
>>28080400
True, but i'm more partial to have great defense and agility/stamina.

>>28080329

But then it's stopped.

"Well, that was a close one..." Gerhard says, holding Sylvie's fist in place.
"oh no I'm so sorry Reinhold I didn't mean to Mr. Gerhard did I hurt your hand" Sylvie stammers.
"No, no, I'm just fine," Gerhard says as he lets go of Sylvie's hand. "I must admit that your punching form is quite nice, Miss Sylvie."
"Umm, thank you," Sylvie replies, blushing slightly.

After Sylvie regains her composure, she turns to you.

"Umm... Reinhold?" Sylvie says.
"Yeah?" you reply.
"I think the problem is that you're not really thinking of the light in the right way... I know it's kind of hard for people who aren't horribly religious, but, um..."
"Think of it as a light that nothing can break through," Gerhard says. "As if it was a solid object... which I suppose it is, as that's the primary function of the spell."
"Ah," you say. "I'll give it a shot..."

Keeping that in mind, you try and cast the spell again.

"Hm..." Gerhard says, tapping it a few times before the spell's duration ends. "Try that again, if you would? My apologies to Miss Sylvie, but I think I'd be a bit better at gauging its specific strength than you."
"Ehehe, go on ahead," Sylvie says with an embarassed laugh.

You then cast it a third time, Gerhard watching as the shield forms. He then taps on it a few times, and then...

"Haaaaa!"

With a single punch, the shield shatters. But unlike what happened with Sylvie, his fist stops right at where the shield once was.

>[3/?]

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>>28080141

Unlimited Blade Works + Niklaus crystals
not proud of the source but you get the idea

>>28080408
Yes, right up until you run out of offense. Then you have no defense at all.

>>28080542
Why the FUCK don't we ever put our hands up?

>>28080547
Thats more like gates of Babylon anon.

>>28080542
>[4/4]

"Hm. Not bad," Gerhard says. "I would say that's about as strong as the average wooden door? Perhaps a bit stronger? Not quite at the spell's strongest point, but you certainly are growing close to it."
"Wow, thanks," you say.
"Yeah, I didn't know you could hit like that..." Sylvie says.
"A butler must have many skills... in any event, just keep on practicing with that and you should get there soon."

"Thanks, both of you," you say.
"Any time," Gerhard says with a bow.
"Ehehe, yeah..." Sylvie says happily.
"Well, I have a bit of business to take care of, but I trust that the two of you can handle things here without me?" Gerhrd says.
"Yeah, I'll make sure to clean up before we leave," Sylvie replies.
"Very good. Have a nice night," Gerhard says as he disappears once again.

The two of you then go back to your training, with you casting Holy Shine and Sylvie punching through it every time(but doing her best not to punch through you as well). After about twenty minutes of this, Sylvie calls it a night.

"Sorry, Reinhold..." Sylvie says apologetically. "I'd like to keep going, but I need to pack..."
"Don't worry about it, I understand," you reply.
"So, um, I guess I'll see you tomorrow morning!" she smiles.

After Sylvie moves the tables back into place, the two of you say your goodbyes.

>where do you go now?

And now I start on my late-night cake baking.

>>28080579
go pack too, i guess

>>28080579
Is there a moon out tonight? I was thinking we could sketch something under moonlight.

>>28080579
Do we have any shit to pack? If so, do this. Otherwise, practice swording for a bit and then sketch

>>28080579
Maybe find Melanie or someone else who would know about tomorrow's carriage seating arrangements?

Marianne left it up to us and all we know is that Gregory and the King will be riding together and that we'll be riding with the princess since we're her bodyguard.

>>28080593
Caakei baaakei IV Damke

>>28080593
Reinhold bakes a cake in the castle kitchen for the road you mean? That's nice.

>>28080593
>>28080579
Go to our room and pack/read.

>>28080551
I'm advocating balance, you nitwit, not sacrificing defense for offense. It's like you didn't even read the post.

Does anybody else keep picturing Sylvie punching through doors and walls and shit and yelling "OHHHH YEAAAAAHHHHH" like the Kool Aid Man?

Because I do.

>>28080579
>average wooden door?

How much is that. Are we talking about medieval oaken doors that you need an axe and a lot of time, or plywood doors that go in a matter of moments?

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>>28080593
>>28080579
Pack and try reading the books we have left.

>>28080579
Practice sword along with tailwind until we deplete our mana reserves and got a good work out.

>>28080579
Spend mana, and then pack.

>>28080593
What kind of cake?

Packing for dudes:
1. Underwear
2. Some clothes or whatever
3. Survival gear/essentials
4. More swords (essential swords covered in pt. 3)
5. ???

>>28080579
meditate

>>28080579
Train swording and use up mana.

>>28080593
What's with all of those crazy people making weird food at weird time?

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>>28080633

>>28080593
damnit. now I'm hungry

Seriously, though, Rienholdt. Stop dropping your fucking guard, even if you really think the shield will protect you "This" time.

>>28080667
Sleep is high on the agenda. Good rest before what is likely to be a long and boring day.

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>>28080642
I was thinking we should try reading our earth magic book before using up all of our mana.

>>28080576
It's gonna be months before we can start thinking about creating a new spell, but when we do, I say we go with Gates of Babylon.

Either that or we develop the Royal Guard style from DMC.

>>28080678
>implying Reinhold doesn't want to be hit by Slyvie
The spaghetti would be adorkable.

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>>28080579

run everywhere with tailwind

>>28080690
Wasn't he already hit once?

>>28080579
why not sword some things while GO FAST

>writing

>>28080699
>>28080690
I'm sure it was cute the first time, but it's implied that she basically fist fucks our face every practice session.

Where's that guy who made the magic beatings joke like five threads ago?
Is this our fetish?

>>28080718
>gets almost killed by ice magic
>hugs the girl who did it to him
Maybe?

>>28080718
See, Reinhold was beaten so many times in his life, that getting a punch from a friend is actually something nice to him.

>>28080736
I feel like this needs more investigation. Or, more accurately, no more investigation.

>>28080740
That's... ok, that I can accept. This is basically what me and my friends do when we're drunk anyways.

Does care enough to bother with not getting punched in the face, just one of those things.

>>28080685
we can read the book without trying the spells. Our understanding of the basics if complete shit. Theory could do us some good.

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>>28080754
True, but i would like to self teach our selves plus we might find some fun earth magic.(we should get the other elemental magic books)

>>28080736
This >>28080740

Pain is the only thing that is real to Reinhold. He can't feel anything else.

>>28080754
Instead of memorizing the poem for holy shrine we need to meditate on the meaning. Only then will be able to instant cast.

>>28080780
To totally derail this for a moment, I'm not sure what the context of that image is, but it bothers me. Not that Kingpin did horrible shit, that's just kingpin. But who actually beat up kingpin? He's entirely muscle! He's a dump truck with fists!


>>28080789
CRAAAAAWLING IN MY SKIIIIIIIIIN

>>28080807
That's from his beginnings/starting out story.

Buncha guys beat him up in the prison showers when he was still young and starting out.

>>28080835
Ok, that I can deal with. He's got that whole fat calculating kid -> massive calculating musclewizard arc.

Figuring that you ought to get your things together as well, you leave the library and head up to your room. As you pass by the Princess's room along the way, you notice that there are several maids walking to and fro... maybe she's in the middle of packing as well?

After doing one last "just to make sure" check, you enter your room and look around. You don't have many belongings... just your uniforms, sword, casual clothes and a few other things. Deciding to get that out of the way first, you take your spare uniforms out of your closet and fold them neatly before placing them on a chair.

With that out of the way, you think about what's left. Your sword obviously goes on your belt, your pocketwatch stays with you as well... remembering your drawing supplies, you go through those and take two of the three books out, along with a few pencils. Putting those in the bag you got from the store, you then place the rest of them inside your desk.

The only thing left is your books...

>take none with you
>take all of them with you
>take some with you

>books held:
>Beginning Entrepreneurial Tactics
>A Beginner's Earth Magic: 12th edition
>Intermediate Drawing Techniques
>The offense of Defense

>>28080862
>take some with you
>A Beginner's Earth Magic: 12th edition
>Intermediate Drawing Techniques
>The offense of Defense

>>28080862
>A Beginner's Earth Magic: 12th edition
>The offense of Defense

Gotta get stronk and put across a good bodyguard vibe.

>>28080862
Take two.
>>Intermediate Drawing Techniques
>>The offense of Defense

>>28080862
>>take some with you
>Intermediate Drawing Techniques

>>28080862
>A Beginner's Earth Magic: 12th edition
>Intermediate Drawing Techniques
>The offense of Defense
These.

Shouldn't we read Beginning Entrepreneurial Tactics already?
I mean we're borrowing it aren't we?

>>28080862
>>take some with you
>A Beginner's Earth Magic: 12th edition
>Intermediate Drawing Techniques

>>28080862
i doubt there's going to be any downtime.

in any case, don't take library books.

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>>28080862

>take some with you

>Intermediate Drawing Techniques
>The offense of Defense

These two are new, pretty sure.

>>28080862
>>take some with you

>>books held:
>>Intermediate Drawing Techniques
>>The offense of Defense
>>A Beginner's Earth Magic: 12th edition
Read right now:
>A Beginner's Earth Magic: 12th edition

>>28080862
>take some with you
>Intermediate Drawing Techniques
>The offense of Defense

>>28080862
>take some with you
>Beginning Entrepreneurial Tactics
>The offense of Defense

>>28080896
We have a long trip ahead of us, man. The ball isn't for four days.

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>>28080862
>The offense of Defense
>A Beginner's Earth Magic: 12th edition

>>28080896
That only leaves the magic book.

>>28080862
>A Beginner's Earth Magic: 12th edition
>>Intermediate Drawing Techniques
>The offense of Defense
We own these three while the business book is from the library.

>>28080919
We bought the other two today.

>>28080862
>Take some with you
>A Beginner's Earth Magic: 12th edition
>The offense of Defense

Rolled 35

>>28080934
Yeah i think we need to go buy more books and maybe a book shelf.

>>28080862
>>A Beginner's Earth Magic: 12th edition
>>The offense of Defense

>>28080862
>Intermediate Drawing Techniques
>The offense of Defense

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>>28080906
Welp wrong image i posted there.

>>28080896
There is going to be nothing but down time while on the road. But taking library books is rude.

>>28080914
>We have a long trip ahead of us, man. The ball isn't for four days.
During which time we really should be PAYING FUCKING ATTENTION.

>writing

Rolled 31

>>28080971
You do know who is gonna be riding with us right?
I would be more worried about the castle being invade more than anything.

>>28080991
I don't think you quite understand how the whole "bodyguard" thing works.

Rolled 51

>>28081004
More like we will have nothing to do, and the princess will be right next us as well.

>>28080915
Jesus christ that's a horrifying picture.

>>28081033
You should see the other ones then.

You decide to take all but the one that you don't actually own- Beginning Entrepreneurial Tactics. Placing them on a neat stack on your desk, you then gather your undergarments and casual clothing... that seems to be everything!

As you look at the neat stack of your belongings, you realize that you don't know what they epect you to bring everything in. While you do have the duffel bag that you brought with you the first day, you won't even be able to fit your uniforms inside by themselves.

...but then you figure that since this -is- the castle and all, Arnaud or someone else will have that covered for you.

>what will you do now?

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>>28081083
Of course I forget to post the picture.

>>28081122
Get some sleep.

>>28081122
Use up mana then bed.

Rolled 56

>>28081122
Read magic book,

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>>28081129

What is wrong with these children?
Who is doing this to them??
And for that matter, why????

>>28081122
go to bed, we don't want to wake up late

>>28081143
>"Use up mana" then bed

FTFY

>>28081122
read the magic book then use up all of our mana practicing a spell.

>>28081129
Numbers 05, 10 and 18 are going to be bug me in my nightmares for a while. What kind of wretched experiment led to these abominations?

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>>28081155

I think those are dolls.

>>28081122
Read a book than use up our mana.(practice a spell if have the room).

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>>28081181
>>28081168
>>28081122
Read a book since we still have some time.

>>28081185
f the spell, we still need physical excercise

>>28081203
Tail wind then it does both plus we need better control on it any way.

>>28081202
Velcome to Russia.

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>>28081122

Retire for the night. Nothing better to do now.

>>28081185
Try running up the walls with tailwind.

>>28081122
Let's read the Beginning Entrepreneuial tactics

>>28081155
>>28081168
>>28081181

>>28081202 is correct. Those are little girls photographed by french artist Alain Delorme. 'tis supposed to be a satire of objectified women in advertising and media.

>>28081219
レイチェルさまぁぁぁ~

>writing

With that out of the way, it's now time for your training to strengthen your magical reserves. Combining it with your practicing with Holy Shine, you repeatedly cast it while doing your best to make sure that it's as strong as you can make it.

After you're pretty sure that you're around 20% of your base capacity, you call it a night, getting into bed and falling fast asleep.

Tomorrow's sure to be a long day, after all...

Awakened by the sunlight peeking through the cracks of your door, you get up and stretch your arms as much as you're able, then throw on something that's relatively clean. After making sure that you're presentable, you head out to the front desk.

Yesterday was actually a good day... aside from all the murder. To be honest, you're kind of surprised that seeing a bunch of guys getting killed didn't shake you up more. Citrine was pretty messed up for a while, but you bounced back pretty quickly... maybe there's something wrong with you?

But even ignoring the possible issues with your mental state, you're still kind of worried. VOLKER wants to adopt you? And Citrine? Well, you can actually undertand why he'd want to adopt her since she's super nice... but you're just some filthy kid from a terrible place and raised in a whorehouse and you don't deserve to be taken in by such an amazing person.

Even though you'd LOVE to learn how to sword people like that some day.

With a sigh, you take your position at the front desk... it's still early, and people don't generally show up to "do business" until at least noon. But despite this, the Boss was never one to pass up an opportunity to make money and so here you are.

...and here HE is, to make sure that you're earning your keep.

"Hey, Reinhold," the Boss says, approaching you.
"Good morning, Boss," you say as respectfully as you can manage.
"Yeah, it -is- a good morning," he replies with a wide grin on his face.

WHY IS HE SMILING.

>[1/?]

>>28081302
Aw shit.

>>28081302

"Umm..." you say, trying to figure out how exactly to ask him what he means without getting punched.
"My boy, today is a fuckin' GREAT day indeed... for me -and- for you. Now get lost," the Boss replies, motioning to the door.
"You're giving me the day off?" you ask, stunned.
"Yup! Our best customer's decided to buy out the place for the REST OF THE FUCKING WEEK, so you don't have to bother yourself with working until tonight's cleanup duty!" he says happily. "Now get out before I change my mind."
"Y- yes sir! Thanks, Boss!" you say as you scramble out of your seat and head for the door.

Just as you make it to the door, you hear a familiar voice calling for you.

"Hey Reinhold, wait up!" Citrine shouts as she runs down the stairs and towards you.
"Citrine? What're you doing here?" you ask.
"I happen to be too young for the tastes of our best customer, so the Boss is giving me the day off too!" she says, smiling. "So I figured that we'd spend our day off together!"
"Uh... sure," you say with a confused smile. "That'd be great."

With that, Citrine takes your hand and the two of you hurry out the door.

"Not so fast," a gruff male voice says.

Before you even know what's going on, you see an arm shoot out towards Citrine and grab her by her free wrist.

>[2/?]

>>28081302
>[happening intensifies]

>>28081320
aw crap

>>28081320

"Kyaa!" Citrine screams. "L- Let me..."
"Haha, I fucking love doing stuff like that!" Adrien laughs as he releases Citrine's wrist.
"Mr. Adrien?" you say, stunned.
"How's it going, little guy?" Adrien says, tussling your hair.
"Umm, what are you doing here?" you ask.

"Well... unlike our boss, me and my buddy here aren't into whores," Adrien says, pointing to Volker, who is standing behind him. "And seeing as how he up and decided to enjoy himself to the fullest before our little journey, the two of us are going to be pretty bored for the next few days," he sighs.
"I was hoping for a dramatic exit scene where the two of you see us off at the docks, but nothing ever works out as well as you hope..." Volker says, sighing.
"So you mean..." you say, a smile slowly forming on your face.
"Yup, we're going to be bugging you two until our boss finally gets his fill," Adrien says.

Oh man OH MAN! These two are awesome, and now you actually get to hang out with them for the rest of the week!

"So, uh..." Volker begins, "...is there anywhere in this town worth checking out?"
"Not really..." Citrine says, sighing. "But I guess the view of the river out by the docks is pretty nice?"
"Guess that's where we're going, then..." Adrien says.

With that out of the way, Citrine leads the three of you to the docks. By this time of the day, most of the boats have headed out into the river so it's less crowded than usual.

Fortunately.

>[3/?]

>>28081320

Hey, Archelon, might as well ask, since I don't think you ever precised it.

How old is Citrine then and now?

>>28081344

"Wow, this is pretty different from the view back home..." Adrien says. "Never bothered to actually check out the scenery before."
"It's pretty much the only good thing about this place," you reply.
"Heh, you might be right..." Adrien laughs as he takes in the view. "It'd be a pretty good backdrop for a fight, don't you think?"
"What, like in those plays you're obsessed with?" Volker replies. "Yeah, the atmosphere by the river is pretty nice... you wanna take advantage of it and show off for a bit?"

Adrien turns to Volker, staring at him as if he'd gone mad.

"Hell no!" Adrien shouts. "Unlike you, I actually take care of my shit and I'm not about to let you fuck up my sword just because you wanted to play around."
"C'mon, I'm not that bad..." Volker sighs. "I didn't mean any kind of serious thing, just a show for the kids."
"God damn it..." Adrien grumbles under his breath. "Alright, I'll give in this time. But if you break my fucking sword, I'm gonna break your arms."
"Yeah, yeah..." Volker says as he unsheaths his swords and twirls them around. "Just a simple back-and-forth, like we did to impress that nobleman that one time. I want to show my future son and daughter just how awesome my skills with the sword really are!"

"Whatever, man..." Adrien says as she cracks his knuckles and unsheathes the massive bastard sword that he had strapped to his back. "You don't break my fucking sword, I don't magic you into the ground."
"Fair enough," Volker replies as he takes a stance.

>[4/?]

>>28081356
On that note, how old are we? I think she showed up when we were 7 and the last flashback said she's been here a year? So 8?

>>28081356
Citrine's seven years older than Reinhold.
Fifteen during this flashback, and twenty-four in the present timeline.

So far we only acomplished making holy shrine stronger. But, from what I understand that isn't what we were trying to do. The people who voted for "work on holy shrine" wanted to reduce cast times.

W know that reducing cast times is possible and we know that it is difficult. But we don't know what kind of time frame to expect. If name only cast is a week away (with enough practice) that is one thing. But if it's a few months or even years away that is a whole different matter.

>>28081388
People just started talking about casting times all of a sudden. I wanted it to be better than a piece of plywood.

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>>28081364

Volker then leaps into action, forcing Adried back with a flurry of sword swings. Just as it looks like Adrien won't be able to counter at all, he dodges to the side faster than it seems like he should even be able to considering the size of his sword, and then swings at Volker with the flat of his blade.

The tide of the mock battle seemingly having turned, Adrien goes on the offensive. Volker is barely able to dodge his sword swings, and Adrien easily evades Volker's attempts to counter.

"Wow..." Citrine says in awe. "I didn't think that Mr. Adrien was so fast."
"Yeah," you reply, your mouth agape. "I wanna be that fast some day."

Just as it looks like Adrien's about to smack Volker in the face with the flat of his sword, Volker catches it with both of his, holding them as if they were a pair of scissors.

"You better fucking not," Adrien says through gritted teeth.
"I better not -what-?" volker replies, a wild grin on his face.
"I swear... if you break my fucking sword, you're gonna spend the rest of the week inside a boulder."
"Ehehehehehe..."

As he holds Adrien's sword in place, he looks around... their little show seems to have drawn quite the crowd.

"That's enough," Volker says as he releases Adrien's sword and jumps back, sheathing his own swords. "Don't want to draw too much attention, after all."
"You have a point," Adrien says as he returns his own sword to its resting place on his back.

>[5/?]

>>28081388
We should get it up to max power before we worry about the casting time.

Can we just cast that shield spell multiple times at once? Like have 1 directly behind the first one to boost strength.

>>28081401

Disappointed at the fight's abrupt end, the crowd quickly disperses, leaving only the four of you.

"So what now?" Adrien asks.
"Yeah... is there anywhere else here where we can waste time?"
"Umm..." you begin, "I always go to the alley by the brothel when I don't have to work. Nobody else ever goes there ever since the Boss announced to the entire village that he'd kill anyone who messed with his property."
"Meh, sounds good to me," Adrien says, shrugging.
"Lead the way, little guy!" Volker laughs.

Doing as you're told, you guide your little group to the close-off alley at the side of the brothel. OVer the years, it's kind of become your personal hideout. Either entrance is mostly blocked off by several large crates that you and Citrine dragged in, and there are a few smaller ones scattered about that you can sit on.

"Umm... here it is," you say nervously. "I know it's not much, but nobody should bother us here at least."
"Every man needs a place to get away from it all..." Adrien mumbles as he looks around. "I'm surprised how clean it is here."
"Me and Citrine are the only ones who ever come back here, so it's not that hard to keep tidy."
"Nice job, kid," Adrien says, patting you on the head. "So what now?"

"I could go and fetch some drinks if you'd like," Citrine says.
"Nah, that's fine..." Volker says. "Actually, I just got an idea..."
"Hm?"
"How'd you like to get some advance lessons on how to be an awesome swordsman like me," he says as he picks up a wooden pole from off the ground.
"Here we go..." Adrien says, sighing.
"I'll try and teach you the basics over the next few days. After we finally head out, you can go on and practice in your free time... I'll be looking forward to seeing your progress when I get back."

He then turns to Citrine.

"And also to hear your response," Volker says, smiling.

>[6/?]

>>28081302
When did murder happen yesterday? I can only thing of the drunk fight, or am I missing something?

>>28081453
Dream sequence back to childhood.

>>28081422
Scratch that, its a flashback huh?

>>28081453
This is a continuation of the last flashback. Volker up and killed a bunch of people trying to attack Reinhold and Citrine.

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>>28081453

It's a dream.

>>28081411
power is less important that speed. We only need it strong enough to support our weight if we're going to use it for double jumping,

>>28081453
Its a dream-memory. Kid-rienhold was attacked "yesterday" in his time, which we remembered in last night's dream. this is a continuation of said dream sequence

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>>28081423
>[7/7]

"Dammit..." you groan as you slowly drift into consciousness. "Dreaming about them again..."

With a sigh, you sit up in your bed and look around. Your stuff's still in the neat pile you left it in. And outside... it's just before sunrise. Your usual wakeup time.

After getting up and stretching, you waste little time in getting bathed and dressed. Today's the day... you wonder just how long you'll be in Marconetti.

>what will you do?

>>28081470
It's a damn shield. We use it to shield things. The double jumping is just an idea we don't even know works yet.

>>28081480
Read and check if we have control over Tina.

>>28081480
Go meet up with the Princess

>>28081480
1.Warm up our muscles
2.Look for a suitcase
3.See what needs to be done about the carriage.
4.mess with the bracelot

>>28081480
Ponder the implications of the sun smiling at you.

>>28081499
She is knocked out anon, its like 7 or 6 in the morning.

>>28081480
>>28081500
This.

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>>28081504
I'm onto you, Sun.

>>28081480
Find someone/something to pack our shit, then find out our exact itinerary for today.

>>28081411
If it's as strong as a mid-evil door it's strong enough to stop an arrow. I would like it to be fast enough to stop an arrow as well.

Protecting the princess and all.

>>28081500
>>28081480
sounds like the plan

>>28081480
I'm all up for praising the sun when first waking up.

Adrien and Volker don't come back, do they?

:(

>>28081480

>Praise the sun.

>>28081554
They are extremely dead. Or secretly pedophiles.
Maybe both.

>>28081480
I want to cast Sparkle Shine and then eat one.

That should make for quite the story!

>>28081554
Turns out they're bandits and they're the reason our childhood drama is a lot worse than it would be(relatively speaking of course, it is a fucking brothel after all)

>>28081498
Tina? am I missing something?

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>>28081504
Why wouldn't the Sun smile? Must be pretty ballin'.

>>28081480
Go for a walk, look for Arnaud. He seems like the guy to ask about itineraries, travelling bags, the clothes we're going to wear for the party, and anything else we have to take care of before we go.

Does Reinhold ever into glorious dual wielding?

Could be interesting if he's using magic as a shield instead of a physical one.

>writing

>>28081568
Bracelet.

>>28081568
Crystal Bracelet thingy.

>>28081569
I never liked when my little sister watched that.

The sun was pretty fuckin creepy, it's a flamimg baby head that cant stop laughing.

Actually, thats pretty fucking metal.

>>28081587
I've actually been wondering why Reinhold doesn't dual-wield when his mentor obviously did. Guess he just never got the lessons before he died.

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>>28081607

>>28081587
>>28081614
>Implying he isn't going to get beaten half to death and then pick up a second sword
>Implying Reinhold is left handed

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>>28081607

>>28081626
Oh my~. Picture an image of Solaire praising the Baby-Sun from Teletubbies.

Before we arrive at marconetti or before we return we need to race the cart by using tailwind

Whether just for exercise, entertainment or to make Marie facepalm

>>28081638
Reinhold doesn't seem like the type to pull something like that. If he does know dual-wielding then the only reason I can think of for him not having a second sword is because it's SWORDBREAKER dual-wielding and he's never come across another sword well-made enough to handle the abuse.

>>28081665

Whatever the fuck for.

Dont disgrace the royal delegation.

>>28081600
>>28081604
Oh OK, magic bracelet powers go!

We should rub the bracelet on our sword to try to cross pollinate it.

Or it might have already happened by accident and this was Niklaus' keikaku all along. Parasitic crystal sword.

>>28081587
Because delicious surprise.
Quoted from previous thread
>Balancing
>Dirty Tricks
>"Dirty" Tricks
>Surprise Dagger
>Knocking Off Balance
>Keeping Princess behind us

>>28081681
If this trip is going to take multiple days he is going to be begging to get out and stretch his legs after the first day.