Fortunately, your warning came while the charging behemoth is still a ways away... but the thing is still coming right at you and it's easily about three times the size of the ones that are pulling the carriages.

You're somewhat hopeful that this incident will pass without anyone getting hurt Since Sir Gregory's here, but you still open the carriage door so that you can get a read on the situation.

"Marianne? Melanie? Are you two alright?" you ask, turning to face the two girls inside the carriage.
"Y- yes, I'm fine..." the Princess replies, clearly distressed.
"I'm not hurt either," Melanie says, doing her best not to have a panic attack.
"Alright, then," you say as you peek your head outside the carriage. "Just stay calm, I think Sir Gregory's about to handle things."

Looking outside, you see the drivers of the two carriages doing their best to keep their own behemoths calm in the face of this threat. Nicolette's also out of the carriage, and Sir Gregory is staring in the direction of the oncoming Behemoth, filling the air with a stream of loud obscenities.

>[1/2]

>>28148423
>[2/2]

"Fucking hell, Vincent's the one whos equipped for fighting giant fucking monsters..." Sir Gregory mutters as he grips the pommel of his sword.
"But you -can- handle this, right?" Nicolette says with a worried tone. "You can just cast Buster Cannon or something and take it out in one shot!"
"No..." he sighs, "...if I was to use that, I have no fucking idea how far the beam would go. If it reached a town or something... I don't even want to think about that."

"Then what should we..." Nicolette says, her voice growing more and more uneasy the closer the behemoth gets.
"Nico..." Sir Gregory says as he produces a scroll, "...I'm going to cast Santctuary on you."
"Wha- why me, I should be out there with you-" she shouts in protest.
"-YOU- are the only one I can trust with this, you got it?" he places a hand on her shoulder. "The spell works on line of sight, and I can't target Thierri because his stupid ass won't be able to resist the urge to try and fight this thing himself if he leaves that carriage. And I need the target to be something that it'll be able to see, just make sure."

"Then just have Sylvie come out here and use her as the target!" Nicolette shouts.
"Dammit, Nico..." Sir Gregory sighs.

>chime in
>keep quiet

>>28148423
random encounter event Archelon? or do we get to roll for it?

Took a while for me to get back into the writing groove after a few days away, but here we are once again.

Running late tonight, most likely. There's a specific point that I want to end this thread at, and I intend to stay up until we get there.

>>28148448
>chime in
"Nicolette, we don't have the time. Sir Gregory's got more experience, let's defer to his decisions here."

>>28148448
>chime in.
"I'll do it."

>>28148448
>chime in
i think i got something for it. stone shell time!

>>28148477
Basically this. He's her superior too, right? She should follow his orders.

>>28148448
>keep quiet

I THINK I see his plan here.

If he casts Sanctuary on Nico, and the beasty wants to eat Nico (which seems to be the case, along with the rest of us), it won't be able to approach us on account of the magical fuck-off protection bubble.

At least, I hope that's his plan.

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>>28148448

Dammit, I want to volunteer for it but if we do so, we'll not be able to protect the princes-

hmmm...

>>chime in

"I'll do it. But cast it on my while I'm next to the Princess and Melanie. It'll keep them safe as well."

>>28148471
it's alright, at least you got a breather, AND it's at as time i can join in.

>>28148496

Those things SHATTER.

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>>28148477

ye

>>28148504
doesn't work that way. other wise, create a huge stone shell over top of it, use it to hammer it till it's K.O.ed.

>>28148534
only when you follow up with FIST!

>>28148448
"I hear you might have a vacancy for Operation: Monster Bait. Mind if I filled in?"

>>28148448
>chime in
volunteer.

>>28148448
>>chime in
"You could cast it on me if you're really going to argue about this"

>>28148579

Wat

Sanctuary traps those in close radius to the target as well. They'll be stuck inside too,.

>>28148448
So what exactly is the plan here? Use the sanctuary person as bait as well as a target to cast buster cannon on?

I'm kind of not sure what's going on here.

>>28148504
What do you mean, Melon is right there with her and she's the strongest

>>28148677

Get yhem caught in sanctuary as well so they'll be protrcted as well.

>>28148710
The sanctuary spell is for the bait, though. I don't think they'd be very happy to be used as bait.

>writing

>>28148448
>chime in
"So what's the plan and how can I help?"

>>28148732

And yet its the safest place to be.

>>28148669
Gregory casts Sanctuary on a person.
Everyone within the area is theoretically safe as long as the target stays within the spell's area of effect.

Buster Cannon is out of the question for someone like Gregory to use, it channels 1/3 of the user's base magical reserves into a beam of destruction. If Gregory was to use it, there's no knowing how far it would travel before finally dispersing.

One of the drawbacks of being stupidly powerful.

>>28148800
It seems like a waste of a sanctuary, honestly.

>>28148818

We're not casting it.

Sir gregory is.

>>28148838
Still seems like a waste, unless he's to the point where he doesn't need scrolls to cast it.

>>28148813
So basically it's volunteering for someone to be out in the open while everyone else stays inside or fights the thing?

>>28148862

> stupidly powerful
>>28148813

>>28148813
i see. and now THIS is the reason we should be packing a long bow and some arrows.

i wonder if Sylvia can cast "Uplift" right in frount of it as it's charging so it rams right into it and put's it's charging to a stop.

>>28148813
Why not have Gregory fly into the air so that when he cast it, the beam travels at such an angle as to bore a hole in the earth rather than chop off a distance mountain peak?

>>28148944
>Planet pierced by magical beam of light
>Resulting tectonic and volcanic activity destroys civilization.

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Personally I would have just tried to distract it into another direction using tailwind and sparkle shine.

After giving the sanctuary scroll to melanie just in case of course.

Great timing...
I'm getting pulled away for about an hour or so sorry about this. The post is about half done, and I'll get right back on it the second I get back.

>>28149107
Good fortune to you in your travels, young one.

>>28149107
welp, shit happens. we'll be here.

>>28148399
Fuck yeah, Takamaru Quest!

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>>28149107
We will gladly wait as long as it takes

>>28149785
Saying high to the other princess.
So when should we tease nico?

>>28149107
Hey is Idol master good and where should i start with the series?
Also are the games good?

>>28150398
Start with the anime because only the psp games are translated and even that isn't entirely done yet.

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>>28150398

Start with Xenoglossia

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>>28150398

Watch the anime, or to the albums. Really, I'd just watch the anime, because it's decent enough to start out with. Then move on to the games, because they are pretty good.

Iori best girl

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>>28150421
Puchi please.

>quest goes on indefinite hiatus
>two more threads a couple days later
>the next week it's back in, apparently, full force
Has this ever happened before?

>>28150580
I don't think he ever said anything about an indefinite hiatus.

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>>28150459

I use some of these way too much.

I can't help it, they're perfect

>>28150580
I' ve seen a month hiatus without any word, but nothing that specific.

>>28150580
>indefinite hiatus
What.

>>28150580
Miss the QTG or?

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>>28150623
Well it's not like anyone could blame you.

>>28150610
>>28150628
He ended with
>next update: Unknown
Or something along those lines.

>>28150652
If you're talking about the last thread he straight up said it was going to be in the next few days. He just wasn't sure when, exactly, it would be. He does have classes to worry about.

>>28150652
He never said it was an indefinite hiatus. Just that he had exams and may be busy on the weekend so he didn't know when the next thread would be.

It was more "I'll get back to you once I figure it out" kind of thing.

>>28150652
That was not indefinite hiatus.

>>28150673
>in
Meant 'after'.

>>28150652
You sure man? Might not know their schedule for the next week. So, maybe they don't know yet?

>>28150697
>their
>they
Wait, what's going on now? I thought we were just talking about archelon?

>>28150744
we are.

>>28150652
Anon, that is very different from indefinite hiatus and you should be ashamed of yourself.

>>28150794
Is archelon some kind of convocation now?

>>28150818
>that is very different from indefinite hiatus
Not in my experience.

>>28150824
I think that fag is just pretending he doesn't know what gender archelon is and that this is tumblr so assuming male by default would be horribly offensive and/or not a safe bet.

>>28150824
We are archelon
We are legion

>>28150824
>>28150860
The secret is out.

>>28148448
Melanie Is the one least proficient infighting, as far as we know; lock sanctuary on her.

>>28150899
>Melanie Is the one least proficient infighting, as far as we know

You know exactly how this goes.

Mel is the sweet innocent maid who is the Princess' friend because she could annihilate everyone in the castle if she wanted to

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>>28150824

shit, he knows

>>28150927
Secret top-tier assassin maid? I'm down.

>>28150927
With her special spell: sweet lovu-lovu she would love everyone to death.

>>28150946
We must silence him before he tells anybody else.

Back.
And now it is time to

>writing

>>28151015
Quick. QUICK! Type FASTER!

>>28151015
Did you have fun on your adventure?

>>28151040
I rode around in the rain and got to eat a gigantic cheeseburger.

>>28151055
What burger place?

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>>28150697
Every time someone chooses political correctness over grammatical correctness a puppy dies.

>>28151159
Thats nice to know. Me hates puppies.

"If you need someone to target the spell onto, then I could always do it," you say as you exit the carriage.
"Reinhold, you would actually..." Nicolette says, looking at you in shock.
"I'd basically be the bait, right? I can do that."
"Dammit Reinhold..." Sir Gregory mumbles, sighing. "Whatever, if you insist."

"DRIVERS!" Sir Gregory shouts as he turns towards the carriages.
"Yes sir!" they reply, standing at attention.
"Move those carriages closer together, I'm about to use Sanctuary! And do it fast!"
"R- right away!" the driver of the Princess's carriage exclaims as he scrambles back into his seat and gets to doing as he was instructed.

After the carriage is moved and everthing is set, you follow Sir Gregory and Nicolette to a point a few yards away from the caravan.

"Alright, Reinhold. You volunteered for this, so let me explain what to do while we still have time," Sir Gregory says to you.
"Alright," you reply.
"Whatever you do, STAY IN THE FUCKING BOUNDARY. Aside from that, just make sure everyone else does the same and keep them safe. You're in charge until we get back, and DO NOT FUCKING LISTEN TO THIERRI. HE'S FUCKIN SUICIDAL ABOUT THIS SHIT," he says, pointing at you for emphasis.
"Uh... no problem."

>[1/?]

>>28151237
I think we are going to have to order the king around against his wishes to leave.

Way to endanger Nico, team!

>>28151237
>>28151279
I see a big rank up for Reinhold if/after he manages to boss her dad to stay in.

>>28151159
In asia they eat those puppies, maybe it's for the best then.

>>28151279
No no no no, Just confuse him, not order him

"REINHOLD, WHY DID GREGORY CAST SANCTUARY"

"That's what this is? I thought the circus was in town and he wanted me to be a tent pole"

>>28151237
I still don't get what we are doing exactly. We will just be sitting inside sanctuary while Gregory pummels the beast outside right? How the hell are we a bait then?

>>28151326
Sanctuary keeps out things with intent to harm. If it can't see us, there's no intent to harm.

I think.

>>28151302
Not if we have to knock out the king to keep him there.
>>28151326
We have to keep everyone in the boundry that we can see so they can get the passive benfits of the Sanctuary. Hopefully Behemoths aren't smart enough to just want to attack someone not us, cause then they'd could get in the boundry.

>>28151355
Does this mean debris and shit can get in too? We might be pretty busy.

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>>28151326
Because we have to stay inside and KEEP EVERYONE IN AS WELL

I think the idea was: Nico may have the clout to keep Thierri inside, we may not. We're going to have to roll a pretty nasty bluff against the King to keep him from trying to take him on himself because he was an adventurer in his day.

Speaking of which, let's warm up them dice.

>>28151326
The spell keeps us out of harm's way, we're just the focus point

>>28151237
I wonder if Sir Gregory will use a scroll or if he's a TRUE BELIEVER

>>28151431
Some people can apparently get good enough to cast it without being a true believer, though.

>>28151382
If some's all
>I'll soot just outside the sanctuary and have the debris hit them
It will get stopped. but if they're all
>I'm a dumb animal and that rock pissed me off
It might get through

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>>28151237

Better start rolling up them dice.

>>28151388
Just make it all about his daughter. He might like hitting things but you can guilt any dad into doing something for their kid.

>>28151490
This.

>>28151431
>"Nico..." Sir Gregory says as he produces a scroll, "...I'm going to cast Santctuary on you."
Actually reading Archelon's posts would be nice.

>>28151490
That's sorta cold blooded, but I like it. Better it'll probably work too.

>>28151490
We're charged with defending his daughter, though.

>>28151237
>[2/2]

With no more time to dawdle, Sir Gregory unfurls the scroll and lets the wind catch it.

"Sanctuary."

As the scroll is consumed by flame, the ground beneath you begins to shine with a brilliant light. Beginning about three yards or so in front of you, you notice that a border line has formed along the ground, extending around the area that the carriages are stopped inside.

"See that?" Sir Gregory says, pointing to the line. "Don't cross it until we've finished killing this Lindwurm."
"Got it," you reply.
"Nico!" he shouts. "Try to keep up!"
"Got it!" Nicolette yells back, a confident smile forming on her face.

Sir Gregory unsheathes his sword and lets out a deep sigh.

"Winds of the frozen north, let the swing of my sword call forth your might. ARCTIC BLADE!"

Slashing in the air with his sword, a wave of ice forms along its arc and flies towards the oncoming behemoth. After giving it a second or so to gain some distance, both he and Nicolette chase behind it at top speed.

"Thanks, Reinhold!" Nicolette shouts as she runs behind her father, her lance at the ready. "I owe you one!"

>tell the Princess and Melanie what's going on
>tell the King and Sylvie whats going on
>>[OTHER]

>tell the Princess and Melanie what's going on
the Marie is our priority
plus the King and Sylvie know fist

>>28151570
>tell the Princess and Melanie what's going on
Kind of need to keep the king out of the loop here.

>>28151570
>>tell the Princess and Melanie what's going on

>>28151570
>>tell the Princess and Melanie what's going on
>>tell the King and Sylvie whats going on
>>>[OTHER]

SACK UP
INFORM EVERYONE

>>28151570
>>tell the Princess and Melanie what's going on
We have to make sure your father doesn't go after it.

>>28151570
>tell the Princess and Melanie what's going on
>Ask them to distract the king

Priorities people

Get them to start a crazy distraction pronto.

>>28151570
Tell the Princess. Don't tell Thierri until he comes out to see.

>>28151570
>tell the Princess and Melanie what's going on

>>28151570
>tell the Princess and Melanie what's going on

And ask the princess to sit with her dad and keep him in the carraige.

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>>28151570

>>tell the King and Sylvie whats going on

Else hes liable to just run off by himself if he sees it.

The Princess and Melanie are less likely to do so.

>>28151570
>tell the Princess and Melanie what's going on
>tell the King and Sylvie whats going on
>>[OTHER]
Do it all. Tell them to stay the hell put too.

>>28151570
"Be careful out there! And bring back a souvenir!"

>>28151608
I like this.

>>28151570
>tell the King and Sylvie whats going on
Preventive is best. If we go speak with the Princess and Melaine the king might dash over the barrier while we aren't looking.

>>28151593

Oh come on
DON'T TELL THE KING HE'LL RUN RIGHT OUT THE BORDER.

>Tell no one, if anyone asks, smile and nod

>>28151608
>>28151615
These.

>>28151627

Not telling him is what will get him running once he sees whats going on.

The key is not to listen to him

>>28151608
>>28151615
Operation Distraction Princess is go.

>>28151646
>not listen to him
>he immediately runs out of the border

He doesn't need our approval, you know

>>28151672
Plus its not like we can run after him if he does leave the border

>>28151684
>>28151672
Clothesline that fucker. No one in, no one out.

>>28151672

>just make sure everyone else does the same and keep them safe.

No he doesn't but it's our job to convince him otherwise.

Honestly, if we can get the King not to run off and fight the thing with his bare hands like a MANLY MAN, I think we actually kind of want the King to be able to see.

Seeing Nico in action alongside her father against something that's actually impressive (as opposed to bureaucratic castle guard duty) will probably go a long way toward getting him actually thinking about that maybe she's a reasonable candidate for Knighthood.

And as long as things look like they're going well, it's probably our duty as her friend to hint at how awesome she's being in order to plant that seed in his head.

>writing

>>28151691
He'd rip off our arm and eat it

>>28151711
That's better than Gregory ripping out Reinhold's still beating heart.

>>28151622
This. Don't care about who to tell

Arrrrccch,

I tried asking at the end of the last thread but I think you went to bed.

How does the princess look like?

>>28151790
>How does the princess look like?
How does the princess look like what?

>>28151790
Maybe the pic he uses for her every other thread?

>>28151829
He'd even go so far as to say look as.

>>28151835
That's boring. Make up your own princess instead.

>>28151790
Your question was answered in the last thread.

>>28151865
I'm pretty sure he did and that pic is the closest approximation of what he imagined.

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>>28151790

Best bet is to refer to the pic he uses, but that's an already existing character. All I know is that most of her is described in the first thread.

>>28151860
My god. How can one man withstand such recklessness?

As Nicolette and Sir Gregory head out ot fight the behemoth, you turn around to check what exactly the area of this Sanctuary spell was that Sir Gregory used you as the focus of. The total area of the spell affects a circle of about four years away from the carriages in any direction. There's enough room to move around in without leaving the boundary and negating the spell, but it's close enough so that you can actually get a decent bearing of what's around.

With that out of the way, you head to the Princess's carriage and peek your head inside.

"Mr. Reinhold, what's going on!?" Melanie asks frantically.
"Y...yes, is everything going to be okay?" Marianne joins in.
"Nicolette and Sir Gregory went to go fight that giant behemoth," you reply. "He cast Sanctuary on me, so we should be fine as long as nobody leaves the boundary of the spell."
"...Nicolette's fighting it as well...?" the Princess says with concern. "I understand that she wants to impress her father, but now is not the time for that..." she sighs.

"But that's a wild Lindwurm," Melanie says under her breath. "It's really dangerous, not like the domesticated ones that we use to pull carriages..."
"What was that?" Marianne asks.
"Umm, I have some relatives who work on ranches so I know a little bit about things like this. Humans bred Lindwurms to be smaller and more docile than normal so they'd be manageable, but something that big would have to be a wild one. It's not as bad as if that was a Salamander out there, but they're still really dangerous... I hope they understand that."

"I see..." the Princess says, turning to you. "Have you already informed my father and Sylvie about the situation? It's too dangerous to just keep them in the dark..."

>go tell them yourself
>ask Marianne to do it instead
>ask Melanie to do it instead

>>28152095
>Ask Marianne to help, she'll be the one best at reasoning with her father

>>28152095
>>go tell them yourself

We're about to save the royal family, knighthood is imminent! That, or we're going to fail and get horribly injured-- we'll have to miss the ball and the Princess will return with an engagement ring on her finger.

>>28152095
>ask Marianne to do it instead

"No, I'm worried your father will immediately dash outside the boundary and try to beat it to death with his fists."

>>28152116
Seconding. It would probably be a good idea to get everyone in the same carriage as well.

>>28152133
>>28152116
Thirding.

>>28152130

Oh I've totally misinterpreted the last couple posts. Disregard.

>>28152095

[x] Go with Marianne. We'll try first but she can help if we fail.

>>28152095
>of about four years away
What the fuck kind of measurement is that?

>>28152157
Think he means yards.

>>28152095
>ask Marianne to do it instead

Tell her that Greg ordered us not to let him out of the barrier under any circumstances, and she's probably the most qualified to convince him not to run off and play hero.

>>28152116

[x] This

And get everyone to go into the same carriage for now.

>>28152157

You know what he means, let up a little on all the nitpicking.

>>28152095
"Gregory was concerned that your father would rush out immediately, so I thought it might be better if you talked to him?"

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>>28152116

Ditto.

>>28152143
>>28152177
This. Don't just leave Melanie there.

>>28152116
Of course.

>ask Marianne to do it instead
"Try to convince the King to remain here, I'm worried he'd prefer to fight."

>writing

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>>28152238
"I'd actually prefer if you told him. I don't think that I could stop him from trying to slap the Lindwurm in the face with a gauntlet."

>about 4 years

so he broke time and space with his magic?

cool

"Sir Gregory was actually worried that he'd rush out right away to go fight, so maybe it'd be better if you talked to him instead?" you say.
"Yes... that does sound like the kind of thing that he would do," Marianne says with a sigh. "And if Sir Vincent was here instead of Sir Gregory, they'd probably be out there right now fighting that Lindwurm together..."
"Yeah, I was kind of expecting as much from what Sir Gregory was saying."
"Very well, let's go... Melanie?"

"Um, yes?" Melanie replies, not having expected to be included in this conversation.
"Would you like to come with me? It'd probably best for all of us to be in the same carriage for now, anyways," Marianne replies.
"Umm, certainly!"

You then help the two ladies down and then walk around the carriages to the other one's door.

"Wild Lundwurms are very territorial, so that's probably why that one charged us..." Melanie says as she looks over to where Nicolette and Sir Gregory are fighting it.
"You're probably right, the Princess replies. "But first things first..."

KNOCK KNOCK

"Father? I'm coming in," Mariane calls out as she opens the carriage door.

Marianne opens the carriage door to the sight of Sylvie doing her best to keep the King seated.

"M- Marianne!?" Sylvie exclaims. "Could you help me here? Sir Gregory said to keep him inside this carriage, but he keeps trying to get out..." she says, sounding quite exhausted.
"Marianne?" the King says, turning towards his daughter. "Would you mind telling Sylvie to let me go?"

>[1/?]

>>28152405
>[2/2]

"Father, would you please stay in your seat?" Marianne asks.
"Only because you asked so nicely," the King replies, sitting back down.
"Th... thanks, Marianne..." Sylvie replies, relieved.

"So I assume that you know what exactly is going on out there?" the King asks.
"I'll only tell you if you promise -not- to try and chase after Sir Gregory," Marianne replies.
"C'mon, Marianne..."
"Absolutely not. I mean it." she says, sternly crossing her arms.
"Alright..." he slumps down. "...you're just like your mother when you do that..."
"Thank you," Marianne replies. "Anyways, Sir Gregory and Nicolette have gone off to kill a wild Lindwurm that's trying to attack us."

"A wild l-" Thierri's eyes grow wide with shock. "Dammit, I need to be out there! It's a WILD Lindwurm! Not one of the little baby ones that pull our carriages!"
"SIT DOWN, FATHER," Marianne says, raising her voice. "You're the King, you can't just run off to fight monsters anymore. Anyways, we should all be safe, since -he-," she points to you, "is the target of a Sanctuary spell."
"Oh, hey Reinhold," the king says, waving to you.
"Hello, Your Majesty," you reply, waving back.

"Now would you mind moving over so that Melanie and I could sit down?" Marianne says as she enters the carriage.

>go inside with them
>go outside and keep watch just in case
>[OTHER]

>>28152545
>>go outside and keep watch just in case
Front line seats!

>>28152545
>go outside and keep watch just in case

>>28152545
>go outside and keep watch just in case

>>28152545
>go outside and keep watch just in case

>>28152559
Barricade the carriage door with our scabbard or something while we're at it.

>>28152545
>go inside with them
Time to thug out with Thierri and the RWA, Royals Wit Attitude.

>>28152545
>go inside with them

Why bother watching? what are we going to do? Go help?

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>>28152545
>go inside with them

>>28152545
>>go outside and keep watch just in case

>>28152588

Deus Vult!

>>28152587
we are the bait

>>28152545
>>go outside and keep watch just in case

>>28152545
>>go outside and keep watch just in case

>>28152545
>go outside and keep watch just in case

>>28152601
The caravan is the bait, we are the object that can't leave the forcefield.

If anyone needs to be keeping watch, it's Sylvie, because she can actually walk outside the barrier.

>>28152545
>>go outside and keep watch just in case

>>28152545
>go outside and keep watch just in case

>>28152613
No one is supposed to walk outside the barrier. Our whole job is to make sure everyone stays inside it.

>>28152613

Remember the rules of sanctuary.

It only deflects hostile intent against the target so we need to be seen.

So an attack which has no hostile intent against reinhold will pass through the barrier.

We need to focus its hatred and hungry on Rein if it gets that close.

>>28152545
Stay outside, just in case

>>28152626
No, WE specifically can't walk outside the barrier because it will collapse.

Sylvie isn't supposed to because it puts her in danger and Vincent would kill us, but she can, mechanically, walk outside of it any time she wants.

We can't, what can we do by watching? What do we hope to accomplish other than get tempted to walk outside?

>writing

>>28152545
>>go inside with them
>>end up looking out the window constantly regardless because seriously, we're not going to miss watching a couple badasses (one of whom is a good friend) fighting a giant dinosaur

Seriously, do you think we would ever get away with this?

>N: Oh man, did you see that? We were awesome! Almost makes me not want to throw my old man off a bridge.
>R: Nope. Sat dutifully in the carriage. I'm sure you did great, though.

>>28152639
To inform the rest of what is going on in case something does go wrong.

Also totally ignoring the fight going on outside just because you don't want to be subjected to temptation is really damn stupid

>>28152633
this

>>28152545
Go outside and keep watch, but stay within the barrier

Sitting in a four-person carriage with 5 people, 3 of which are hot chicks.

Good plan.

>>28152697
Yeah, but the other one is one of the hot chicks' father.

That would be incredibly awkward.

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After both Melanie and the Marianne are safely inside the King's carriage, you turn around.

"You're not coming inside too?" Melanie asks.
"I'm the bait, remember?" you reply. "If the behemoth doesn't know that I'm in here, the spell's useless."
"Oh. Umm, take care then!" she says with a weak smile.

"I wonder how it's going out there, I hope they're doing alright..." Thierri says with a sigh.
"I'm sure they're fine," Marianne replies. "Sir Gregory may be a jerk, but there's no way that he'd allow Nicolette to accompany him if he wasn't confident in her abilities."
"Yeah, I guess you're right. Still wish I was out there helping, though."
"If you even try to get up, I'll freeze you to your seat," Marianne says in a stern tone.

"Umm, Reinhold?" Sylvie asks. "Would you mind me helping you keep watch?"

>YES I DO MIND STAY INSIDE THE CARRIAGE DAMMIT
>no, as long as you don't try something stupid
>[OTHER]

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>>28152697
>>28152717
bueno

>>28152761
>>YES I DO MIND STAY INSIDE THE CARRIAGE DAMMIT

>>28152761
>>no, as long as you don't try something stupid
Why not.

>>28152761
>no, as long as you don't try something stupid
As long as she stays inside the barrier...

>>28152761
"Just stay put for now. I'll tell you if something happens."

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>>28152761
I do mind, that thing sees you and attacks, it can get into the barrier and push all our shit in.

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>>28152761
"Sure, just don't go running out there to out do Nicolette and we wont have any problems."

>>28152761
>>YES I DO MIND STAY INSIDE THE CARRIAGE DAMMIT
"Bitch, what makes you think I want you near me?"

This is not a serious vote.

>>28152782
People leaving the carriage might tempt the king. Seconded.

>>28152761
>>no, as long as you don't try something stupid
My ability to say no to Sylvie is nonexistent.

>>28152761

>>[OTHER]
Yes, please stay inside.

If it focuses on you, its attacks will get through.

>>28152783
This.

>>28152774
No Wrenloft you are the carriage

>>28152801
So you want to tempt the King or did you misquote?

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>>28152783

This

>>28152802

Even if it puts her in danger?

Remember that if the beast targets her, the attacks will go through.

>>28152804
>>28152785
This.

>>28152801
>>28152816
Meant to link to this- >>28152783

>>28152783
This.

>>28152783
this

>>28152761
>>no, as long as you don't try something stupid
"I wouldn't mind the company, but I really don't want Sir Vincent to kill me, so please be careful."

>>28152804
>>28152823
>If it focuses on you, its attacks will get through.
Pretty sure this would require higher brain functions that a territorial wild animal would lack. (e.g. being able to distinguish and single out one target to the exclusion of a second)

And presumably, even if it WERE capable of that kind of thought process, as long as we intended to protect Sylvie from the Lindwurm, it would be intent on harming us to get through to her, which would make the Sanctuary work as intended regardless.

>writing

>>28152761
Have her stay inside. Don't want to tempt the king or make any loopholes. Or have her take off after Nico if something happens and not be able to stop her since we can't leave ourselves.

>>28152848
Is it worth the risk?

>>28152823
Danger helps nurture her Vincent-nature. She needs lots of it.

>>28152852
>Or have her take off after Nico if something happens and not be able to stop her since we can't leave ourselves.

This is my biggest worry, if she takes off then the only one who would be capable of getting her back would be Thierri and if he goes he ain't coming back.

>>28152873
If Nico gets seriously hurt, Gregory would go damn the collateral damage and fire his giant laser at the damn thing.

>>28152859
The risk is basically nil, because no wild animal is going to suddenly think "I MUST EAT THAT GIRL, AND ONLY THAT GIRL, BUT MOST DEFINITELY NOT THE GUY STANDING RIGHT NEXT TO HER, HE SEEMS LIKE AN ALRIGHT DUDE". Unless we're secretly part dragon

The odds of that is about the same as it deciding to eat the carriage and everyone in it but not us for some reason.

I'm honestly more worried about the thing getting knocked inside the barrier by a stray blast more than anything. I want everyone in the carriage just in case we need to get the drivers to take off and use our own sanctuary scroll to re-establish protection.

>>28152919
It would bounce off. I want that to happen now.

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>>28152940
Remember that one post last thread about the thing acting like a savage kitten attacking the lights that we for some reason didn't work with?
Have you ever seen that gif/video were the lioness tries to get the toddler but fails due to the glass, so she just sits there on her hind legs and paws at the glass, trying to get through?
It'd be like that.

"Just stay put for now," you say. "I'll tell you if something happens."
"Oh... okay," Sylvie replies, sounding -quite- disappointed.
"And now you know how I feel," the King teases.

turning away from the door, you stand beside the carriage and focus your attention at the ongoing fight against the Lindwurm. You're somewhat surprised that Sir Gregory didn't just slay the thing outright by now, but then you remember his previous comments about wanting to avoid collateral damage.

"Nico, you alright!?" Sir Gregory shouts as he slashes at the behemoth's front legs.
"Yeah, I'm okay!" Nicolette shouts back, dodging a swipe of the lesser dragon's claws.
"Good, now get back!" he shouts as he draws his sword back. "Winds of the frozen north..."

Nicolette leaps out of the way just as her father lets loose a point-blank Arctic Blade right into the behemoth's face. Unfortunately, the attack only causes a shallow cut before exploding into an array of ice crystals, sending the beast reeling in pain.

"Fucking hell, the weak shit doesn't work and I can't use my main spells without risking hitting someone in the crossfire..." Sir Gregory grumbles to himself as he readies another spell.
"So what should we do?" Nicolette asks, positioning her lance for another lunge.
"I'm gonna catch its attention. You fall back and use Fragment Lancer for as long as that necklace I gave you can stand it."
"For as long as...?"
"Just don't overdo it so that you get burnt! Now do it!"
"O- Okay!"

>[1/?]

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>>28153023
>"Oh... okay," Sylvie replies, sounding -quite- disappointed.
Now look what you guys have done.
I hope you're happy.

>>28153050

Yes.

>>28153050
Your waifu is a big girl who will get over it.

>>28153068
I'm with meido, I just don't like making people sad.

>>28153050
called keeping her safe. being a bit sad is better then dead

>>28153068
Whoa there shitlord, turn that paranoia down

Finally managed to be here when a thread is alive...
So, question: why didn't we ever read that money book we borrowed?

>>28153084
There was zero risk to letting her outside the carriage. People were just grasping at straws because they're afraid that if they don't give her the cold shoulder it'll somehow get spun into romance.

>>28153120

Whatever you say anon.

>>28153120
We're a guard, we know she can take care of herself, but we're paid to be extra paranoid.

>>28153130
We're paid to be Marianne's friiiiiiiend.

>>28153023

Doing as her father instructs, Nicolette jumps back out of the behemoth's reach as she pulls out her necklace and casts Fragment Lancer repeatedly, stabbing each new weapon it forms into the ground before casting it again.

"Over here, you piece of shit!" Sir Gregory shouts as he begins to float in the air. "Radiance of the heavens, gather in my hand and light my way!"

As the behemoth lunges at Sir Gregory in an attempt to bite him in half, the knight deftly glides out of the way and stretches out his arm right in front of its eyes.

"ILLUMINATE!"

A bright flash of light is released from Sir Gregory's hand, completely engulfing the behemoth's face for a split second. With a roar of agony, it thrashes about and swings in the air with its claws, unable to see where its enemy has gone.

"Nico! Now, while it's distracted! Throw those at the underside of its jaw!" Sir Gregory shouts.
"Alright!" Nicolette shouts back.

With aim honed through years of training, Nicolette grabs one of her makeshift spears in each hand and lets loose the second that the lesser dragon shows her an opening.

>[2/3]

>>28153023
...Can we change our mind?

Aside from Melanie, Sylvie is my favorite, and I want to talk to someone...

>>28153198

One.

Two.

Three long pieces of jagged metal pierce the underside of the Lindwurm's jaw, causing it to roar in agony. It frantically attempts to knock the spears from where they are embedded, but it's prevented from doing so by the limited movement range of its front limbs.

Having finally regained its sight, the behemoth lets out another pained roar and searches for the one who caused it such agony... and then it finds her.

"Oh shit-" Nicolette gasps as she realizes that she's now the primary target.
"Nico, get out of the way!" Sir Gregory shouts as he drops the spell he had been casting and flies towards her as fast as he can.

Nicolette does her best to dodge the Lindwurm's attack, but its adrenaline-fueled rage has given it newfound speed...

"NICO!!" Sir Gregory screams, reaching his daughter just in time to get between her and the beast's claws.
"DADDY!!!" Nicolette shrieks.

WHUMP
WHUMP

>roll 1d20

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>>28153120

man who cares
what's done is done

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>>28153219

OH GOD

Rolled 11

>>28153219
Whee

Rolled 17

>>28153219

Rolled 1

>>28153219

>>28153219
EVERYBODY DIES!

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>>28153219
it was nice knowing you Nico.

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>>28153227
>>28153229
HA HA LAST SECOND SAVE

>>28153227
Well, that's pretty good. Thank god this >>28153221 was unlinked.

>>28153221
This doesn't count, right? I mean, it wasn't directed at the post >>28153219

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>>28153229
I would've paid to watch this

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>>28153229

THANK GOD YOU DONT COUNT YOU FUCK

>>28153238
Yes it counts.

>>28153170
I wonder if our predecessor was, too, because on paper it's a terribad idea.
>lower-class
>male
>army (=unsophisticated)
>keep trying until it works, risking wearing off the Princess' patience

I think the King thinks any problem can be solved with sufficiently badass dudes.

>>28153238
It shouldn't.

>>28153248
It wasn't even SUPPOSED to be a roll for this, I say no

>>28153257
Yeah, its not an actual roll its just some faggot who leaves his dice on as a way to be a special snowflake.

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>>28153252
Are you questioning the King's decisions, knave?

He's right

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>>28153248

Interestingly enough, the post is at 2:05 while arch's post is at 2:06.

rip sir gregory

>>28153238
My time stamp actually puts it at being posted before Arch's post.

>>28153255
But it does.
Told you guys last time not to overdo it, you know.

>back to writing

>>28153279
It's unlinked and the time literally puts it before your post.

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>>28153219
>21:06
>>28153221
>21:05

>>28153279

But why? It doesn't even link to the posts.

>>28153279
but it really shouldn't. last time was counting a vote that shouldn't have been. are we going to do the same again and take that dice?

>>28153279
If it didn't count, wouldn't we have a Nat 1?

>>28153290
He has spoken, now shut up and accept it.

>>28153296
No, we'd have a 17.

>>28153279
Last time it was a guy replying to your first post, wehn you obviously wanted rolls but hadn't said anything. This... this is apparently just a 4chan formatting error

>>28153296
Nope. 8, 11, 17.

>>28153285
Huh.
So it does.
Very well, your timestamp saves you.
seriously, though. how the fuck does a post made before mine shoe up after it?

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>>28153279

>>28153252
Man, this kingdom is basically built on the sufficiently badass dude policy. It's literally all of their plans.

Hell, I wouldn't be surprised if the SBD what their unit of currency

>>28153310
I don't know how anyone can shoe anything. Except for horses.

>>28153310
Maybe 4chan got an influx of posts and it took it a while to process them all, or something

>>28153308
>>28153303
Ah, well fuck that then.
That thing was rolled before the post came.

...Well, it's still an 11 so it shouldn't be that bad.
This is Gregory we're talking about.

>>28153310
The magic of /tg/ dice?

>>28153310
Because 4chan formatting apparently wants sir gregory dead.

>>28153310
Server lag? Delay from the spam filter counter thing?

>>28153310
I, in my infinite wisdom, blame Wrenloft

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>>28153279

IT BEGINS

>>28153279
Sorry Arch, usually with you, but it really shouldnt count, since it was up BEFORE you even posted. Doesnt make sense to count something that literally has nothing to do with what youre judging..

>>28153337
>Blaming Wrenloft
But that's wrong.

>>28153337

Amen, brother.

When in doubt, blame Wrenloft.

>>28153338
>>28153343
See:
>>28153310

>>28153344
But it feels so right!

>>28153351
Preach it brother!

>>28153310

Chances are it was lagged, but even then it is two posts after yours according to the No.

>>28153219
>>28153221

>>28153310
It's up to you how to handle things either way, but setting a policy of counting unlinked votes just because they came after your story post chronologically only serves to encourage anyone who is posting during the run-up to a story post to leave dice on at all times in hopes of getting lucky and preempting a 1d20 request in the story post itself.

Kind of seems like the opposite of what you wanted to encourage in the first place.

>>28153368
Let's be nice

>>28153398
>4chan
>be nice
You can't have your cake and eat it

>>28153398
Screw that round up the torches and pitchforks. We have an angry mob to form.

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>>28153412

THERE HE IS

GET 'IM

>>28153424
Only if you know where to find me

>>28153424

FOR THE GLORY OF SATAN!

"...the hell is that knocking sound?" you say to yourself as you look around. But you don't notice anything.

You turn back around just in time to see Sir Gregory getting smacked through the air and into the distance.

"DADDYYYYY!!!!!" Nicolette shrieks as she watches her father rapidly disappear from view.

The Lindwurm lets out a triumphant roar as one of its enemies has been removed from the scene. It then turns back towards Nicolette, who was the initial target of its rage.

"You... you piece of shit I'm gonna fucking kill you..." Nicolette says through gritted teeth, tears streaming down her face.

But the Lindwurm cannot understand the words of men, and simply roars in her face as it raises its front limb to crush her. Nicolette roars back as she dashes to the side just in time to avoid being smashed into the ground, grabbing another of the lances she created and throwing it right into the beast's face.

Or rather, its eye.

Another roar of agony cuts through the air as the behemoth reels back and does its best to remove the lance from its bleeding eye. But Nicolette isn't done, timing her throws with perfect precision and piercing the beast's eye with her remaining two spears.

>[1/?]

>>28153431
Is that a challenge? It sounds like one.

You don't want to challenge 4chan to find you.