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>Who are we?
Maka, an exiled noble recently Exalted as a Zenith-caste Solar. She's in the western city of Tianna as a guest of queen Amata (DB), an old friend. Abyssals are targeting the city for conquest, Lintha pirates have infiltrated it with spies and agents, and half the island is controlled by paranoid Lunars. Fun times.

>Solar? Zenith? I don't know Exalted...
This quest is as newbie-friendly as possible, and I want it to work as a newbie's intro to Exalted. If you have ANY question, ask in thread. For the setting, google "1d4chan exalted".

>Archive?
http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive.html?tags=zenith

>System?
Dicepool-like system. When performing an action, everyone rolls 1d10 when posting. the first X rolls are considered, where X is equal to attribute + ability. Yes, this means that the more people are posting, the stronger Maka is, up to a limit of her attribute + ability.

>XP?
Attributes cost [current score x5] xp. Abilities cost [current score x3] xp, except Zenith costing [(current score x3) -1]. Charms cost 10 xp, except for Zenith-based charms (related to charisma and physical/mental fortitude) which cost 8 xp. At the end of every "session" (thread) you will be presented with a list of possible acquisitions.

>Twitter?
@exaltedfag

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Incidentally, movement speed:
If you move alone with Tia as a vehicle, you can fly one hex in 5 minutes.

Ships are about one hex in 15 minutes.

Land movement is 3 hex in 2 hours.

Rolled 4

>>30828255
>>Search for Mikahil.

Once we find him, either:
>Try and gather iron weapons for your men and ships.
or
>Search for Iohannes Quint.

whichever is appropriate

>>30828255
you forgot twitter again EF

>Search for Iohannes Quint.
&
>Try and gather iron weapons for your men and ships.

>>30828312
where about are we and where do we need to get to?

we can find the other captain and some iron weapons and send the ships off, then search for Mikahil and catch up to the ships and beat them to where we're going

>>30828419

Freeport is in the bay of the western island with six forested hexes.
Tianna is the large city.
Azure Lake is the only lake on the map.
The wyld area is the swamp.

>>30828511
So its roughly ~63 hexes for our ships to get to the river leading to the lake, which would mean 945 minutes, or 15.75 hours for them to reach the closest water entrance to the lake, and if they are going to leave after we search for the last captain and get some iron weapons for them, add 4-6 hours, meaning almost a day for them to get there.

For us to travel via Tia-back its 32 hexes, which would be 160 minutes/2.3 hours, so if we're not too concerned about having our ships there for the meeting and having them arrive afterwards, we could spend today gathering more men and weapons and travel in the afternoon to get to the lake by nighttime if we're in a hurry.

Also, where the fuck are all the other players?

>>30828605
>160 minutes/2.3 hours
2.6666*, derped my math

Rolled 8

>>30828605
>Also, where the fuck are all the other players?
Masturbating to chocolate tits, where else?

Rolled 6

>>30828618
you've good taste anon, I might go peruse some myself while we're waiting

Rolled 7

>>30828350
+1

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Added some tags to the map

Rolled 2

>>30828634
>Azure lake
Ah, I thought it was the big one, in that case >>30828605 is meaningless

>>30828255
24 hours to be at Azure Lake.

>Search for Mikahil.

Important.

>Search for Iohannes Quint.

2nd task.

>Check if the Black Eye has elected a new captain and bring them up to speed on the situation.

3rd task.

>Try and contact another spirit or god and persuade it to help you.

If possible.

>head back to Tianna, Try and gather iron weapons for your men and ships.

Do that this evening.

Rolled 8

>>30828747
>>head back to Tianna
why head back? that just means we'd needlessly go past the lake to get some gear, then pass it again to give our men and ships the gear

refer to >>30828634

>>30828758
Arming 2 crews with iron weapons is a bit tricky, i was hoping that we'd have an easier time getting them at Tianna rather than at Freeport, that and the men can go to the rally point while us Exalted can travel through the night. With crunch time so close i expect us work through the night.

Maybe we can do the recruiting of more gods and spirits during the night as well.

>>30828809
There could potentially be one or two very minor gods that live in a very old tree or tiny pond or whatever near the fae-zone.

Also, Maka could try to appeal to the local terrestrial burueacrats for some help. ie, "hey I bet the fae are really fucking shit up and making your job harder so hey if you either ignore what I'm up to or lend a hand that'll make my job of murdering them dead easier"

"yeah cool, business partners or w/e"

Rolled 2

>>30828809
but how would we get the iron weapons to our ships while they're travelling if we go to Tianna and back for them?

>>30828836
A large sack? A lot of rope? A box?

I don't expect to lug sixty sets of armor and arms around, but a few dozen iron tipped spears would be doable and greatly helpful.

>>30828829

There a mention of sail gods sometime ago, maybe they can help reduce the travel time of our ships?

>>30828870
Gods of sail, directly, are more of a celestial thing.

Also probably beyond maka's purview.

The terrestrial gods that lurk around the west are not pleasant sapient-creatures.

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"First of all." You state as you dismount the moored ship together with Tia and Rubel. "We need to find Mikahil."

"Mikahil is that sleep-deprived-looking man you were travelling with, right?" Rubel asks.

You nod. "He's very good at hiding, and he's... not really with me. He acts on his own a lot, and has his own plans. I lost sight of him yesterday, and I have no idea where he went. He's also very good at hiding and being subtle."

"Sounds like a hard person to find." Notes Rubel. "Isn't it more likely that HE will find US?"

"I don't know, should we just walk around town calling his name loudly so he knows we're looking for him?" You wonder. "Or just ask around about him, he'd probably realize."

"I'll send some of my men around to ask for someone with that name, saying that you're looking for him. If he's as good as you say, he'll get the message." The captain suggests.

After about a hour spent looking for the elusive Eclipse, he comes and meet you at a carrot stall at the farmer's market, where you were asking people if anyone had seen him.

"You're up early." He points out. He looks a bit more well-rested than usual, though not by much. You wonder if it's just his face that has that naturally tired look.

"I was doing the last few things before heading back to the main island and meeting the others in Azure Lake. Are you sure you don't want to join us?" You offer.

"I'm not much of a warrior. If this were a diplomatic mission, my Caste's blessing would be really useful to keep the fey at bay, I imagine. But in war? I'll pass. I have other business to attend to off-island."

"What did you do yesterday, anyway?" You wonder.

As a response, he pulls out from under his cloak a large leather bag and tosses it to you.

You catch it. It's heavy and noisy.

(cont)

"I did some deals. Some trading, some barter. Just to keep myself busy while I wasn't catching up some sleep."

You peek into it. Stuffed together without order or reason, you find a large amount of Guild-minted silver coins of various age and denominations, some of Tianna's domestic copper and silver coins and paper scrip, a few semiprecious gemstones, and several colorful cowrie shells.

You give its contents a quick count. It's not a fantastic amount of money, but it's a nice sum.

"Consider it my contribute to the war effort."

>Try and persuade him to stay with you
>Explain that you don't exclude the possibility of negotiation with the Fae
>Thank him, bid him goodbye
>Thank him, bid him farewell
>Ask him for advice (about what?)

Additionally:

>Check if the Black Eye has elected a new captain and bring them up to speed on the situation.
>Talk with Rubel (about what?)
>Talk with Tia (about what?)
>Search for Iohannes Quint.
>Try and take over the entire village.
>Try and gather iron weapons for your men and ships.
>Try and contact another spirit or god and persuade it to help you.
>Immediately head back to Tianna.
>Immediately head to Azure Lake.
>Explore the sea and other islands.
>Other?

Goodbye and farewell, what's the difference?

Rolled 4

>>30828985
>>Thank him, bid him goodbye
>>Thank him, bid him farewell
Whichever of these is more friendly.


>Check if the Black Eye has elected a new captain and bring them up to speed on the situation.

Then get moving.

Rolled 7

>>30828985
>Thank him, bid him farewell

>Search for Iohannes Quint.
&
>Talk with Tia (about what?)
give her half the money and get her to buy some iron weapons

Rolled 7

>>30828985
>kthxbye

>kthx buy iron w/mad dosh

>kthx black-eyed petes

>>30828985
>Thank him, bid him goodbye

Along with a hug and invitation for future cooperation.

>Search for Iohannes Quint.

Let's head out now. We need to get our own weapons and iron for the crew in Tianna, and ideally give Amata an update. That ands we simply do not have enough few time to keep fucking around here anymore - we wasted what we had of that hugging an orphan ands banging Tia.

>>30829294
>we wasted what we had of that hugging an orphan and banging Tia.
That's not a waste in my book!

>>30829307
It is when you're on a time crunch for something else entirely. Because of those diversions, we went from having plenty of time to do more things to having to rush just to do anything else.

Rolled 9

>>30828985
>Check if the Black Eye has elected a new captain and bring them up to speed on the situation.

>>30829380
Huh, and I thought the limiting factor was being completely out of essence after our meeting with the water elementals and not wanting to step into a situation alone where we'd likely need our social and defense charms and didn't have them. My bad.

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"...Thank you, Mika." You heft the bag and sling it over your shoulder.

"It's okay." He turns and leaves. "You still have some to learn, Maka, but you're a good person. I hope we'll meet again. I wouldn't mind working with you once I sort out my own stuff."

"Likewise." You tell him while he walks away, disappearing in the crowd. "Good luck. For everything."

Once he's gone, Tia gives you a "what now" kind of look. She's snacking on a roasted insects shishkebab-like thing she probably bought at a food stall.

At least, you hope she bought it.

"...let's try and find out where this Quint guy is." You fell her.

"On his ship. He's about to set sail, I heard." *munch*

"...Why didn't you tell me earlier?" You sigh, hurrying up towards the docks. She trails behind you.

"Didn't ask." *crunch* "He probably thought too many weird things were happening in Freeport with you around."

"...Can't really blame him." You note.

A few minutes later, you reach the Fell-Star, moored at the docks. The crew, all armed and on the deck, stares you down.

"Uh... good morning." You try and break the ice.

No response.

"...I need to talk to your captain, Iohannes Quint."

Looks like they're giving you the silent treatment.

"...Look, I don't know what's the idea you have of me by this point, but I can guarantee, I'm not some kind of monster. I just want to talk business."

You see a man with dreadlocks and a long brown coat walk up from below deck. "Captain!" Someone calls him. "Don't listen to her!" "She's a witch! A fey! A monster!"

"Shut the hell up, you guys." He says uncerimoniously to them, jumping down into the pier and walking up to you and Tia. "Business, you say?"

>Work for me as a trader
>Work for me as a privateer
>Work as an officer in my navy
>Lend me your assistance just this once

Combined with

>I can't offer you anything
>Threaten
>Persuade
>Seduce
>Point out that he'd have much to gain by allying with you
>Offer him a cut of any profits
>Offer him a pay

Rolled 3

>>30829412
>Work for me as a trader
>Work for me as a privateer
& when we get our navy together
>Work as an officer in my navy

>Point out that he'd have much to gain by allying with you
>Seduce
& if that fails
>Offer him a cut of any profits

>>30829433
All of this is fine. If he refuses, just tell him to go somewhere else or we'll sink him. We can do without him as long as he ceases to be a problem for Tianna.

Rolled 5

>>30829412
>Work for me as a trader

>Point out that he'd have much to gain by allying with you

Rolled 9

>>30829412
>Work for me as a privateer
>Persuade
>Seduce
>Point out that he'd have much to gain by allying with you

Rolled 8

Forgot my dice.

Rolled 1

>>30829412
>Work for me as a privateer
I don't think he wants to be a trader and we don't know anything about trading
>Persuade
>Seduce
>Point out that he'd have much to gain by allying with you

Rolled 9

>>30829412
>Work as an officer in my navy

>Persuade
>Point out that he'd have much to gain by allying with you


Nonsanctioned piracy is going to end in some time around this Island. And if you are really bent on getting away you could make a run for it. Or if you are smart you can join up. I already have two ships. I will have more and clear up the waters around Tianna and Three Rivers.

You get the chance to sink all pirates that do not see the wisdom in this and a front line ticket to any naval actions and business deals I'll try to make.

Rolled 1

>>30829484
Seconding this

Rolled 4

>>30829484
>>30829433
Aside from the seducing we should combine these two.


Working as a Pirvateer/Trader
And then officer in our navy when it gets formalized for us.


And we don't really need to seduce him. His crew is skittish but showing that they are better of working with us is probably going to look lot better than trying our feminine wiles that might be constructed as bewitching him.
Also now we have some money to pay the crews, even if there is not much loot from the Fae nobles. But that being said loot from fae nobles is going to be a good drive to incentive for them on working with us on this.

Rolled 7

>>30829412
>Work as an officer in my navy
>Persuade

Soc + Zen = 3 5 9 8 1 9 1 = 3 successes

You plant your hands on your hips. "I want you to join my navy, Quint."

A smirk breaks on his face. "You have a navy? And you are?"

"My name is Maka. I'm a Solar Exalted. Well, I have two ships right now. It might not be much, but I just started yesterday."

The crew starts murmuring. He seems impressed as well.

"Yours would be the third." You point out.

He strokes his chin. "...Is this a vanity project? You just want a few ships to parade around? Or are you actually planning something?"

"Short-term or long-term?" You reply.

"In that order."

"Tomorrow I have a meeting with an alliance of other Exalted, gods and elementals." You explain.

He whistles. "What for?"

"We're kicking the Fair Folk out of here. In exchange, the barbarian tribes of the northern side of the island will enter a mutual defense pact with the city of Tianna."

"Big changes." He nods to himself. "So you're working for Tianna?"

"I'm just doing Queen Amata a favor. The navy is my own. And I have my own aims."

"Which are?"

>Defending Tianna from the Abyssals.
>Kicking the Lintha out of local waters.
>Raiding shipping across the West.
>A long-term offensive against Abyssal and Lintha interests in the West
>Becoming a mercantile enterprise
>Conquering territory and carving a nation in the West
>Mounting an expedition to recapture Gem one day
>Other?

Rolled 1

>>30829627

>Kicking the Lintha out of local waters.
>Defending Tianna from the Abyssals.

And then either or:

>Becoming a mercantile enterprise
>Conquering territory and carving a nation in the West

Rolled 3

>>30829627
>Kicking the Lintha out of local waters.

Don't need to spread news about the Abyssals or Gem.

Rolled 4

>>30829627

Good choices. Is proclaiming our defending against the abyssals however a good idea to some pirates?

Perhaps we should leave that out.

Rolled 1

>>30829645
>>30829654
>>30829658

This is going to be a botch, isn't it?

Majestic Radience time?

Rolled 2

>>30829627
>kick out the Lintha
>Conquering territory and carving a nation in the West

Rolled 4

>>30829627
>Defending Tianna from the Abyssals.
>Kicking the Lintha out of local waters.

We want all of those eventually, but right now we need to get stronger. We can aim for a marriage with Amata and then expand from there after we get Tianna under our control.

Getting rid of all the big treats first should serve as good practice for our true long term goal of retaking Gem.

Rolled 10

>>30829627
>kick out the Lintha
>Conquering territory and carving a nation in the West

Please don't be a botch

Rolled 7

>>30829663
Yep, balls.

Rolled 6

>>30829663
>>30829666
>>30829667
Majestic Radiance.

The problem with it is that we are doing witch things..

Rolled 8

>>30829676
Saved!
>>30829681
True so Not Majestic Radiance. I would have rather we botched talks and went on a punching spree than be seen as a mind fucking witch..

>>30829627
>>Defending Tianna from the Abyssals.
>>Kicking the Lintha out of local waters.
>>Mounting an expedition to recapture Gem one day
These three.

Rolled 6

>>30829627
>Mounting an expedition to recapture Gem one day
I bet these pirates will be on board if they think they'll get paid in Gem's gems.

Rolled 6

>>30829689
>>30829667
Lets keep quiet about Abyssals and Gem.

We are supposed to be quite good at social stuff and mentioning things that are nigh impossible or without any gain for them is not something one does when trying to recruit people.

Rolled 1

>>30829645
>>30829666
>>30829676
I really don't want to carve out anything in the west. We'd be sure to step on Amata's toes sooner or later, and just going from city to city out here runs the risk of the Storm Mothers trying to sink us. All that aside, these pirates are sure to prefer the idea of getting paid by Gem.

I vote we tell him that.

Rolled 6

>>30829627
>Kicking the Lintha out of local waters.
>Mounting an expedition to recapture Gem one day


Waking up and see Exalted Quest running.

A good morning to you too.

Rolled 5

>>30829711
We already ran our mouth about Gem to Dancing Smoke, and I don't trust her to keep quiet.

>>30829627
>Mounting an expedition to recapture Gem one day
What we said to Dancing Smoke strongly implied she would get worship from Gem someday. I really don't want to go back on that word by deciding to stay in the West forever.

Rolled 6

>>30829720
We technically uniting the island in some federation scheme is essentially carving out a nation.

We just left out the part that we don't really have much aims in being its ruler, just one of the leaders or major forces in it.

>>30829627
>Mounting an expedition to recapture Gem one day

Rolled 8

>>30829733
And a Volcano God is going to blab to mortals. Because she is so social and invited to all the parties.

Plus going with a major cult in the west or something like that is just as fine.

Rolled 4

>>30829627
>Mounting an expedition to recapture Gem one day

Rolled 7

>>30829627
>Conquering territory and carving a nation in the West
They will think we're crazy if we tell them about Gem, or at least that it will take longer than they'll live

Rolled 7

>>30829757
>Because she is so social and invited to all the parties.
We are literally throwing hert a big party to which she is invired.

Rolled 5

>>30829627

>Defending Tianna from the Abyssals.
>Becoming a mercantile enterprise
>Kicking the Lintha out of local waters.
>Conquering territory and carving a nation in the West
>Mounting an expedition to recapture Gem one day

in that order

he wanted short term to long term...

Rolled 3

>>30829627
>Conquering territory and carving a nation in the West

Rolled 9

>>30829757
>>30829733
>>30829747
Actually regarding Gem, we could try to make her the volcano god around Gem without or before conquering Gem.

As a beachhead of sorts and in so doing planting a ally there. From that juncture we can decide weather we want gem or not since we then have the friendship of the main Vulcan there and if the piss us off we can have it erupt.

We would however need a disguise so we are not recognized as Maka, but else this is probably a good plan weather we want gem or not. Planting a ally there in such a way we have them with a gun to their head.

Rolled 9

>>30829627
>Mounting an expedition to recapture Gem one day

Rolled 6

>>30829663
for fucks sake, if your just going to randomly comment on how shit our rolls are, don't roll and add even more shit rolls to the shit roll heap

Rolled 1

>>30829790
>Actually regarding Gem, we could try to make her the volcano god around Gem without or before conquering Gem.
Agreed. That would work extremely well for her, and having an allied volcano god in Gem would be insanely useful for Gem.

Rolled 1

>>30829627
>Conquering territory and carving a nation in the West
Talking about what we'll do one day isn't going to convince a bunch of pirates.

Rolled 10

>>30829627
>Mounting an expedition to recapture Gem one day
That's where we were exiled from, right?

>>30829812
>Talking about what we'll do one day
...isn't that literally what they're asking us?

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Rolled 3

>>30829790
I have our disguise!

Rolled 3

>>30829627
>Defending Tianna from the Abyssals.
>Kicking the Lintha out of local waters.
>Mounting an expedition to recapture Gem one day
They probably don't like ghosts, are sure to hate the Lintha, and who doesn't want to get paid in giant fistfuls of grape-sized diamonds?

Rolled 7

>>30829809
True and even if we take over gem or not doing so gets us cultists if we make Dancing Smoke a godling in our pantheon.

Plus with her in Gem and near Tianna we can have a phone line between the two.

Why conquer Gem or Tianna when we can have all the people in them following our religion? If rulers will have to be consecrated by us as head of faith, you see how the game goes, right?

Aside from Amata and the Three Rivers Lunars everyone else will have to in effect be subservient to us.

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Rolled 8

>>30829627
Let's use one or both of our social charms here.

I'm actually fine with using both.

Aside from that, just give him the briefest of outlines - safeguarding Tianna (much to their gratitude) and then going back to Gem for fat cash and a bitching throne.

How rich are Lintha? Are they worth raiding from? What about Abyssals?

I've heard that Raksha are very rich, so how viable would a plan be where we finance our operations by raiding X-Com style.

Rolled 7

>>30829855
Eh, we should still probably take back queenship of Gem regardless.

But yes, if Dancing Smoke remains chief volcano goddess of both Tianna and Gem, we could easily communicate back and forth between temples in both cities, as long as Dancing Smoke is willing to pass messages.

Rolled 7

>>30829855
This is going to be fun making the ones who were were exiled for be our servants and butt monkeys from afar, without even bothering to show up in person.

And all of this can be done nice and easy from the Island paradise we are in, without bothering to set up a permanent residence in gem, just the initial trip .

>>30829862
>How rich are Lintha? Are they worth raiding from?
There is only one course of action regarding Lintha, ever:

Extermination.

>>30829856

Let's not. We wasted way too much when we boarded Rubel's ship. Even with using MRE we have two sucesses here which might be enough to convince them. With MRE we would have four successes.

We have this in the bag.

Rolled 2

>>30829862
>How rich are Lintha?
Moderately.

>Are they worth raiding from?
No. They're too dangerous to do anything other than sink.

>What about Abyssals?
Same story. Also, the Abyssals use an airship, not an actual ship.

>I've heard that Raksha are very rich, so how viable would a plan be where we finance our operations by raiding X-Com style.
Extremely. The Raksha should have a ton of Gossamer goods, which is strictly better than just about every other mundane material. Even their commoners' tools should fetch a MASSIVE price in Tianna, and if we can find some gossamer boots/gauntlets (which will, aesthetically, look like arm-length gloves and high heels, probably) they'll be strictly better than the mundane ones from Tianna.

Rolled 5

>>30829627
>Conquering territory and carving a nation in the West
Trying to recruit pirates with the promise of conquering Gem and paying them in gems is like trying to hire mercenaries in central Mongolia with the promise that one day, you'll go to America and find the fountain of youth

Rolled 6

On the topic of Gossamer.

Gossamer is a material made of the dreams and emotions of mortals. Fair Folk mostly eat it (they need some every day not to unravel) but also use it to make things. You can have an armored dress woven out of the feeling a little girl got when her mom hugged her, or a blade edged in the panic of the moment right before waking up from a nightmare, for example.

Gossamer items have a smattering of +1's to their stats (in the core system) and can further be made Exceptional for some more +1's. This makes them almost (almost) as good as Artifact items. Gossamer armor, on the other hand, has no Fatigue or Mobility penalty, meaning you could have a light, hooded robe that protects you as well as heavy chain swathings, or a gentleman's suit whose soft leather protects like steel plates.

As I'm sure you can imagine, this is some valuable shit. It's borderline-artifact-tier stuff that mortals can use freely - cha-ching! What it also means is that, if we find any Gossamer boots/gloves while we're raiding them, we can probably use them as an upgrade to whatever we're using and look DAMN fine in the process.

In other words, please throw us arm-length gloves and thigh-high heels that function as gauntlets and iron boots during our war against the Fair Folk, Exaltedfag.

Rolled 8

>>30829627
>Mounting an expedition to recapture Gem one day
Can't be a queen without a throne, and there's no reason to carve out new territory when we're already the rightful queen of somewhere.

>>30829911

Quint might be a honorable pirate since he only goes after Wavecrest ships. I do not know much lore, but it has been mentioned that Wavecrest does human sacrifice. It might be fine mentioning our plan to go after the Abyssals and Lintha.

Rolled 8

>>30829922
Or could we take over some Fae?
Could we mindfuck them into subservience to our glorious person with Husband Seducing Demon Dance and have a Gossamer production line?

Rolled 1

>>30829941
We have to push them off of this island. Probably have to find another infestation and take that over, if we can do such a thing.

Rolled 9

>>30829941
They'd still need the dreams and feelings of humans to forge stuff.
I'm not sure if Maka would be okay with that.

>>30829974
Pity they can't make it out of raw sexual energy

Rolled 5

>>30829941
>Or could we take over some Fae?
Probably not, and just keeping them alive would pretty much involve sacrificing humans to them to have their dreams/emotions/souls eaten.

There's only one way to take over the Fae and be able to trust them. You have to steal their Graces. You see, Fae don't have willpower/emotions/Virtues/souls like, you know, actual people do. They make magical tools - the Sword, the Cup, the Ring, the Staff, and the Heart graces - that serve the dual purpose of being a sweet tool and letting them run emotions basically as an emulator.

Taking one of their Graces renders you in control of that aspect of them. For example, stealing their Sword means they can't hurt anyone except on your order (that's their Valor). Stealing their Heart means they cease having free will or personal drives of any kind (that's their Willpower equivalent).

So, if we can find a Raksha and physically or trickily take, at the very least, their Sword/Heart Grace, we MIGHT be able to keep them around as a pet.

But honestly, at the end of the day, we should just kill the lot of them, loot all their gossamer, and consider it a DAMN good day to be rid of these soul-eating lovecraftian monsters from outside of reality.

>>30829941
>Or could we take over some Fae?

Possible. Honestly if we could borrow Mikahil for a bit it shouldn't be too hard. I wouldn't try it without a eclipses protection though.

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>>30829984
>the Sword, the Cup, the Ring, the Staff, and the Heart graces
You forgot the Way grace

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>>30829984
Oh, and in case people are worried that Maka might not know all this? It's actually common knowledge. Not in so clear of terms, mind you, but people know that, for example, getting a fairy to surrender his sword makes him helpless as far as fighting is concerned. That stealing their heart makes them your slave, and so forth.

It's included in basically every tale about them in the entire world, right alongside, "BITCH DO NOT FORGET SOME IRON. YOU WILL NEED IT." Mothers tell these stories to their kids as they fall asleep.

But for real, just kill the fuckers. Unless we're given a PERFECT opportunity to steal a Raksha's heart, don't even take the risk. These tricky fucks can turn things around on you SO quick, you should never give them a chance.

>>30829984

You could also bind them though eclipse oaths. It also might be a way to keep people from murdering and the likes.

"Don't kill on the lands of this exalt or the fae will have free rein over you!"

>>30829884

"Well, lots of things. There's the problem with the Abyssals." You start, gauging his reaction., To your surprise, he just nods.

"...Yes, I heard about their attack in Tianna. Dreadful stuff. I take it it was you the one who helped stopping them?" Quint asks.

You nod in reply. "Plus, you know, Lintha."

"Ugh." He groans. "I hate the Lintha."

"Join the club." You grin. "But really, my long-term plans involve two things." You extend one finger. "One: I plan to forge a nation here in the West."

He seems very interested. "...Here in Tianna? Or are you planning on ripping some of Wavecrest from the Feathered One and the Realm?"

"I'm still considering it." You reply, noting his reaction. "Do you have any suggestions?"

His gaze gets really serious. "Promise me one island of my choice as a fief and you will have my sword and my ship."

"That sounds like a personal... vendetta?" You wonder aloud.

"Is it important?" He replies. "What is your second plan?"

"...I plan on returning to Gem." You tell him. "If I will have the chance to."

"You're from Gem?"

"I was the queen of Gem. I wouldn't mind returning to that position." You understate with a smirk.

"Gem is far." He notes. "And hard to reach."

"That's why I don't have any definite plans for returning there. For now, my battle is here, in the West."

>Promise him his fief in Wavecrest if he serves you well
>Ask him what his problem with Wavecrest is
>Deny his request: He'll have to serve you on your terms.

>>30830048

On the other hand we have alliances with Lunars so thinking on it best not to try. Lunars have a habit of hating them.

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>>30830052
Good compromise! Dual kingdom, first here, then back home. I really like that middle ground, and it fits what we were saying with Dancing Smoke commuting.

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>>30830052
>Ask him what his problem with Wavecrest is

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>>30830048
Eclipse oaths only matter when people are afraid of breaking them. Fair Folk will eat the botches that oathbreaking gives simply because it makes a better story.

>>30829982
Who said they can't?

>>30830052
>Promise him his fief in Wavecrest if he serves you well

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>>30830052
>Promise him his fief in Wavecrest if he serves you well
>Ask him what his problem with Wavecrest is

He can have it, but I'm curious

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>>30829982
The pity is more that, in doing so, some of Maka's raw sexual energy would actually be literally taken from them. It's not a no-loss process.

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>>30830052
>>Promise him his fief in Wavecrest if he serves you well
seconding >>30830077

>>30830073
It's honestly not all that hard if you are smart about things and manipulate things right. In general though I suggest not doing it unless it's a special case.

>>30830093
Implying Maka's sexual energy is a finite amount

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>>30830052
Shouting over the railing is not the most civilized way of doing a deal, you know?

So now that we have established that we are both civilized why don't we get go for a cup of coffee or tea and talk more about this island you hate. It might be the biggest thing in the Archipelago or the most far away or some other thing.

But if you want a fief that you will have, the rest is still a bit well undecided so we have to hash that out some more.

So are you going to invite me to a cup of something or are we going to keep shouting from dock to ship?

>>30830110
So Maka's sexual energy is so great it enters MacGuffin territory? Seems reasonable

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>>30830141
We've been banging pretty much any fancy supernatural we found.

We are probably worse than Scarlet.

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>>30830150
>We've been banging pretty much any fancy supernatural we found.
We really haven't actually. So far we've only fucked three people in this quest and been fondled by some elementals. But the other Lunars, Samiel, Mikahil, Dancing Smoke - the list of 'supernatural badasses we haven't fucked' is longer than the list we have.

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>>30830167
That's only because we could not fit them in our schedule.

>>30830167
Dancing smoke's on order
Samiel's a juicy target,and shall not last long
Zaan seems to be down with casual sex

list goes on

>>30830230
I'd rather not screw Sam or Zaan. Actually, I'd like to keep our list of lovers to just women. If Tia ever notices, we just respond 'they wouldn't be you'

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>>30830217
>>30830230
The point is, we haven't yet. We might someday, but so far, we've had a decent level of self control. Aside from the queen we already had as a lover before exalting and the Lunar mate we recently acquired, the only person we've been with is the princess.

Despite Maka being supposedly all about sex and violence, there's actually been very little of either in this quest compared to diplomacy and alliance-building of all kinds.

>>30830250
Well the violence quota's about to skyrocket.

So we need to work on having more sex.

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>>30830241
/u/boat sighted

>>30830052
>Promise him his fief in Wavecrest if he serves you well

He seems ambitious and determined. Don't know if he'll settle for less (unless we make an awesome social roll). If we're promising that much, though, I'd REALLY like to know why he wants it.

I don't know how they're currently inhabited, so we might have to say that we can't step on any toes in doing so. Maybe one of the Lintha islands after we exterminate them?

Also,
>Ask him what his problem with Wavecrest is

>>30830295
not wanting /u/ just saying Tia's is the only cock we need

>>30830052
>Promise him his fief in Wavecrest if he serves you well

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>>30830305
the only one we'll 'need'

but we'll have plenty of others

>>30830241

Way too many /tg/ quest heroines are lesbian, so many that at this point even I am starting to get put off by the 'girls only' diet.

We should definitely break new grounds by going after men. It would be revolutionary.

A female PC actually going after men? Scandalous!

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>>30830305
>not wanting /u/ just saying Tia's is the only cock we need
Cocks. Plural. She has an entire library of them - she was real excited to try out Yagate's, if I remember correctly. She's like one of those chicks who collects exotic dildos, but these are actual penises.

>>30830241
>>30830295
>>30830305
>>30830318
Hey, as long as we don't forget to take maiden tea we'll be perfectly fine going full omnisexual.

Just don't want this to end up like CoC where even in a pure run you have 1000 kids.

>>30830230
Zaan maybe, if we talk to him more. But no Samiel, he's boring as hell

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>>30830353
Tactfully now that you mention it, as long as we do not birth them, that is a good way to star us on our godblooded army.

Plus we have to start getting our own cock collection to at least show Tia a good time as well. Shaping.

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>>30830353
I'm pretty sure we haven't been using protection with Tia, and Exaltedfag described her as being anything but careful when it comes to not knocking us up. We might already be pregnant.

>>30830369
Solar Shaping stuff is all Twilight. It ain't happening.

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>>30830369
>Solar
>Shapeshifting
yeah no

>>30830384

How high level would that be? We have 2 in Twilight. I am just curious...

>>30830354
Maybe a good hard fuck will make him less boring.

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>>30830421
Do you really want to waste hard earned Xp on that?

>>30830386
>sorcery

Though I don't want to imagine her going for that. Or figuring out the spell to do something like this.

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>>30830421
Pretty fucking high, and every last thing we invest in Twilight are points not-spent on things that actually matter.

>>30830436
Like twilight

>>30830469
>Twilight
>Important

lol. If we want something twlighty done we can go find ourselves one as an ally. Instead of wasting xp.

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>>30830499
Definitely. Unlike Zenith and Eclipse stuff, craftsnerding is something we can outsource - we can even get a DB to do it just fine.

>>30830469
right

>>30830052
>Promise him his fief in Wavecrest if he serves you well
That and be a landowner up to our standards. Don't abuse your serfs, don't throw anyone into any volcanoes, etc.

>Ask him what his problem with Wavecrest is
If it has to do with their habit of throwing people into volcanoes, he'll get points.

>>30830499
>>30830510
We already have a DB who can craftsnerd just fine, and we're sleeping with her.

We're good.

>>30830702
>If it has to do with their habit of throwing people into volcanoes, he'll get points.
>Caring about the volcanos

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>>30830702
>That and be a landowner up to our standards. Don't abuse your serfs, don't throw anyone into any volcanoes, etc.
Definitely that.

>>30830712
Honestly I would go looking for a DB or celestial with sorcery. Just so we have someone to fill in that niche later on.

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>>30830746
Zaan has sorcery

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>>30830746
Agreed. A DB craftsnerd with some Terrestrial Circle Sorcery is an ideal lieutenant for us.

>>30830712
For now, she's still part of the Tianna royalty, though, so we'll need to pick up a fulltime crafter eventually since she's needed there.

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Is OP gone?

>>30830891
Once we take out the Fae, Lintha and Abyssals I'm pretty sure Amata will be willing to lend her to us indefinitely.

>>30830914
She probably wants to travel with us already, especially once we make it clear she gets first crack at any unknown or First Age tech we find.

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>>30830914
>I'm pretty sure Amata will be willing to lend her to us indefinitely
The problem with that is that Tianna's defense and infrastructure is Irene's personal mission. I don't think she has any desire to leave her home, despite being into us. And I'm fine with that - girl knows where she wants to be.

If she wants to come with us, awesome. If not, that's fine too - we can find some other craftsnerd sorcerer DB somewhere, I'm sure. An entire plot arc around finding and recruiting our ideal lieutenant would actually be interesting.

>>30830969
As wonderful as Tia is, I actually miss Irene. That first date we had was really cute. I hope we can manage some more time with her after the Fae business is concluded.

>>30830894
Sorry, got a bit swamped with work. Will post very shortly.

>>30830969
Or we could end up finding an actual Twilight in hiding or trying to scour a dangerous tomb-vault. Maybe his own.

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>>30831010
Eh. Maybe it's just me, but I'm not too into trying to form a circle with other Solars. Or, rather, I don't want to rely on that. I want someone who's a proper lieutenant.

Dealing with other Celestials - aside from our Lunar mate - should be seen as more of an alliance of nations. They do not work for us, they work with us, and we should be self-sufficient without them.

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>>30831036
Then we'll have to live with TCS, because I don't think Tia wants to become a sorcerer

>>30831036
Eh, even then, Solar circles happen because the complimenting abilities make all of the cooperating individuals far stronger than they are on their own.

>>30831036
I hear you. Maybe we'll get situation like Mikahil, where we help each other when needed but otherwise are independent. An alliance, like you said.

Although EF has been shown able to make characters that really appeal to people.

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>>30831053
So? Even TCS is normally something that requires Essence 3 normally. What's more, CCS spells are RIDICULOUSLY hard to come by. CCS is pretty much outside of our range of options anyway.

>>30831089
I'm fine with that. I just want to try to get a lieutenant instead of NECESSARILY relying on other Celestials. We can actually count on subordinates consistently; circlemates are people we get to help is in a sort of 'cooperation of the nations' capacity.

"...You'll have your fief. I'll see that you can get it. But can I ask you what's your problem with them?" You ask him. You sense a story behind this.

"They exiled me. Well. I exiled myself. It was either that or becoming very dead." He explains succinctly.

"Did something happen?"

He takes a deep sigh. "You'll find it boring. Besides, you don't really care about my problems. You're just curious."

"I do care." You point out.

"They chucked my wife in a volcano." He explains. "Mostly because the god was hungry for some more sacrifice and the jails were empty. They accused her of being a necromancer"

You hesitate a moment, before asking the next question. "...Was she?"

"Yes." He nods. "But I don't think that's a good excuse."

His ship's skull-and-crossbones flag takes on an entire new meaning.

"You want vengeance?" You ask.

"I want to go back home." He says sounding so, so very tired. "And I want to be sure that this sort of thing doesn't happen to anyone else." He adds.. His voice is about to break, but no other outward sign of distress breaks out of his hard, slightly-smug-looking face. "...And I want the head of that particular high priest on a pike and the god in question to be taught a lesson in some way, but I don't intend to go on a blood-soaked rampage beyond that."

"What else?" he asks after a short pause, as if to challenge you.

>I don't think I want you working for me anymore.
>I'll give you your fief but I forbid you from changing the status quo.
>I agree to your terms. Welcome aboard.
>I like the way you think. Be loyal to me and I'll help you out.

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>>30831158
>I like the way you think. Be loyal to me and I'll help you out.
Maka doesn't like human sacrifice, anyways, and Shadowland Necromancy doesn't necessarily mean you're evil

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>>30831158
>>I agree to your terms. Welcome aboard.

non-Exalted educated anon here, could this be the same vulcano god we spoke to?

>>30831158
>"They chucked my wife in a volcano." He explains. "Mostly because the god was hungry for some more sacrifice and the jails were empty. They accused her of being a necromancer"
Okay, I don't think we have to worry about this guy abusing his serfs or throwing anyone into any volcanoes.

>>30831158
>I like the way you think. Be loyal to me and I'll help you out.
I think we can empathize with not wanting the people we care about hurt. And his story's like ours, though on a smaller scale

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>>30831158
>I like the way you think. Be loyal to me and I'll help you out.
>>30831184
nope, different vulcano

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>>30831158
I'll help you to your fief. We will see about the others later, but punching or cajoling gods out of human sacrifice is in my repertoire so its quite likely to happen in some way or another.

>>30831158
>I agree to your terms. Welcome aboard.

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>>30831198
so each volcano has its own god/goddess? good to know

>>30831158
>I like the way you think. Be loyal to me and I'll help you out.
We are literally the best person to help him with this. As a holy emissary of the UCS it's our duty to fix shit like this.

>>30831184
No. The volcano god in question would be the god of one of the volcanoes on the islands that are officially part of Wavecrest. The Wavecrest Archipelago has an agreement with the volcano gods stating that they perform human sacrifice when the volcano gods demand it (usually they throw prisoners convicted of capital crimes in, but when the volcano gods are really angry they'll grab anyone who's in for anything, or just accuse people on trumped-up charges just to get a sacrifice) in exchange for the volcanoes not erupting and feeding the soil and farmland they need to support themselves.

If we want to stop human sacrifice in Wavecrest, we're going to have to figure out another way for the people there to feed themselves.

>>30831158
>I like the way you think. Be loyal to me and I'll help you out.

Besides, we could always punish a volcano god by giving his domain to another ally of ours, Dancing Smoke

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>>30831219
literally every rock has it's own god/godess

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>>30831231
I really need to remember to just leave that in the e-mail field.

>>30831184
>>30831231
Specifically, Dancing Smoke was upset because all the volcano gods in Wavecrest get human sacrifices, so she was upset that she's not up to the social standard/standard of living expected of a volcano god.

It's a "keeping up with the Joneses" thing.

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>>30831158
>I like the way you think. Be loyal to me and I'll help you out.
We're also adamantly against human sacrifice to volcano gods.

>>30831219
Everything in Creation, down to the smallest blade of grass, has a god of some scale that makes sure it works right. Volcanoes tend to be major entities to island dwellers, so their gods are big and powerful.

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>>30831255

Dammit. I am made of fail this morning. Not that anon,

>>30831246
THAT anon

>>30831158
>I like the way you think. Be loyal to me and I'll help you out.
Oh, minor question, can we buy specialties like in Aberrant in this system?

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>>30831298
we can't even buy individual abilities, why would we be able to buy specialties?

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>>30831231
>If we want to stop human sacrifice in Wavecrest, we're going to have to figure out another way for the people there to feed themselves.

Or we could beat and fuck them all into submission and induct them into our cult and reform them from human sacrificing to human sexing, as long as they don't harm the oomies

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>>30831298
In actual exalted? Sure
In this extremely simplified version? Probably not

>>30831320
"Beat them all into submission and bring them into line" would also work, yes.

That's likely what will happen to the volcano gods if the Realm and the Immaculate Order properly take over Wavecrest. They'll get their designated festival days, and if they try to get more than their due (like, say, via human sacrifices) there'll be Immaculate Monks coming down on them to shove their heads up their asses.

The Immaculate Faith is actually pretty good for the common people, they're just completely incompatible with us now that we're a Solar Exalt.

>>30831315
In this case individual abilities would probably be the specialties. Lord knows I'd be willing to shell out for more lore just so we can stop arguing about what we do and do not know IC.

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>>30831378
much better to just get specialties in MA, instead of buying all of Dawn
No-one needs all 4 combat abilities

>>30831393
Probably wouldn't unlock charms though. Also, presumably you could only grab a specialty once/

No specialties in this system, sorry.

>>30831158
>I like the way you think. Be loyal to me and I'll help you out.
This is a cause we'd back even without him offering his service in exchange. We'll absolutely take him on. Then we'll go beat up some gods and give their volcanoes to Dancing Smoke (or swear them to similar terms with Mikahil's Caste Ability backing it up).

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>>30831158
>I like the way you think. Be loyal to me and I'll help you out.

Wait, wait... are we promising that we will go to war against a nation, conquer an island from it, and then give that island to this guy?

What do we even know about this nation?

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>>30831516
They sacrifice all their criminals to volcano gods and trump up charges when their jails are empty.

>>30831516
We're promisnig a small island off the coast of Tianna to him.

Then we're gonna go beat up some volcano gods.

Wavecrest is a pretty nice place to live aside from the whole human sacrifice thing, but that's a pretty big thing.

>>30831516
We kind of do want a nation. So a little invasion here and there should be fine.

>>30831552
>We're promisnig a small island off the coast of Tianna to him.

>>30830052

>"Promise me one island of my choice as a fief and you will have my sword and my ship."

>Response option
>Promise him his fief in Wavecrest if he serves you well


Are you certain we promised him an island off Tianna? Because it sure as hell seems we promised to give him a conquered island of Wavecrest, by the QM's given response.

>>30831590
The Wavecrest Archipelago proper is three fucking huge islands, if I remember right. I don't think he wants one of those.

Maybe we can get him one of the nearby smaller ones.

"Don't worry." You reassure him. "I have a definite dislike for human sacrifice and upstart gods. Welcome to the team. Heck, tell you what. If you'll need a hand with that and I'll be able to assist, you can count on my help. If things get rowdy or dangerous, I can probably wrestle a volcano god down."

"You're either very sure of yourself, or very powerful." Is his reply.

"Or both."

"Or both." He nods, shaking your hand. "However, my crew is not on board just for my personal reasons. They'll expect good work and either good pay or good loot."

"For now I can't promise you anything. I'm not financially stable yet. But then, I've just arrived around these parts." You explain.

"If you can't guarantee a decent livelihood to my men, I can assure you that they will jump ship, figuratively or literally."

"I'm aware of that." You sigh. "I'll guarantee I'll make things work."

"Well, you're the one who can wrestle with gods. I'll trust your word for now, and my men will trust mine. The Fell-Star is yours. Your orders?"

"Stay in port for now. But be ready to set sail." You instruct him, pointing at the other two boats in the bay. "Together with the Black Eye and the Bloodshark. We have some business with the Fae tomorrow."

"Fighting the Fae is pretty crazy." He mumbles. "...Will there be loot?"

You pat his shoulder. "Only one way to find out is there?"

"Then it's not much different from regular piracy." He turns and heads back to the ship. "Keep me informed, missie."

Well, now you have all three ships of the area under your order. That's nice. You stop and think about it: that's about a hundred and fifty men, all fairly experienced seamen and fighters, and three boats equipped for combat and speed. Not a bad force to start from, if you add a volcano goddess and a court of water spirits to the mix.

You look at the sun. It's late morning, almost midday. You could stop with Tia for a quick meal at the open-air market, but what are you going to do in the afternoon?

>Check if the Black Eye has elected a new captain and bring them up to speed on the situation.
>Talk with Tia (about what?)
>Try and take over the entire village.
>Try and gather iron weapons for your men and ships.
>Try and contact another spirit or god and persuade it to help you.
>Immediately head back to Tianna.
>Immediately head to Azure Lake.
>Explore the sea and other islands.
>Other?

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>>30831665
>Check if the Black Eye has elected a new captain and bring them up to speed on the situation.
And
>Get Tia to gather iron weapons for your men and ships.
we got some dosh now, give her some to get us some gear

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>>30831665
>Check if the Black Eye has elected a new captain and bring them up to speed on the situation.
>Then head back to Tianna or even Azure Lake, depending on our timing

>>30831665
>Try and gather iron weapons for your men and ships.

If we have free time after that we might want to grab another spirit.

>>30831665
>>Try and gather iron weapons for your men and ships.
We're really going to need this if we want to fight Fae.

Of course, if we go back to Tianna they might be able to supply us with better-quality iron weapons I guess, but I don't know how much time is left.

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>>30831665
>Check if the Black Eye has elected a new captain and bring them up to speed on the situation.

>Try and contact another spirit or god and persuade it to help you.

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>>30831643
>Check if the Black Eye has elected a new captain and bring them up to speed on the
situation.

Also, if we can delegate

>Try and gather iron weapons for your men and ships.

Are we going to need to bring the captains with us to Azure Lake? I believe you said that in the previous thread, EF, but I want to be sure since we're telling them to stay put and wait for order.

Also, there's a trend of throwing several choices at you at once. You've been rolling with it great, EF, but would you prefer a single choice?

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>>30831590
thats why I voted to ask and know about his problem cause I didn't want to promise him the main fucking island and find out that the volcano god we spoke (and will fuck) to is the one who ate his wife

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>>30831665
>Immediately head back to Tianna.
We need our weapons and to get our crews iron ones.

>>30831748
It wasn't Dancing Smoke. It was one of the volcano gods of Wavecrest, since she was thrown in as a criminal. That's not something done on Tianna's island(s). Dancing Smoke was also complaining about not getting human sacrifices like Wavecrest's gods do.

Tianna is part of the Wavecrest Archipelago in a geographical sense, but not in a political sense. It's a separate entity with its own practices.

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>>30831665
>Check if the Black Eye has elected a new captain and bring them up to speed on the situation.
And once we are done get all three captains for a flight to azure lake and get the strategy session started.

>Try and gather iron weapons for your men and ships.
Some arrows and daggers/spear tips at least for start.

>>30831665

>Check if the Black Eye has elected a new captain and bring them up to speed on the situation.
>Immediately head to Azure Lake.

>>30831665
>Check if the Black Eye has elected a new captain and bring them up to speed on the situation.
>Immediately head back to Tianna.

Send the fleet to Tianna and have them get the iron weapons there. Go ahead of them by air and inform Amata of their arrival before the markets close. Then we look for some more allies either around Tianna or where we are now.

>>30831747
>Also, there's a trend of throwing several choices at you at once. You've been rolling with it great, EF, but would you prefer a single choice?

Originally i disliked it because it made figuring out what you guys wanted harder, but the way i'm rolling with it now is that basically Maka's responses are non-binary whenever possible (i.e. you act as a mass of "voices in her head", or thoughts: she'll follow the strongest, but pay attention to all of them).

When the option is not binary, if you post multiple mutually exclusive choices, i'll act as if that's you saying "any one out of these X is ok with me, you get to pick" and act accordingly.

>>30831846
>but the way i'm rolling with it now is that basically Maka's responses are non-binary whenever possible (i.e. you act as a mass of "voices in her head", or thoughts: she'll follow the strongest, but pay attention to all of them).
Well, that seems to be working out well. People seem to generally be pleased with the way Maka responds to things.

You hand the cash bag to Tia. "Tia, do me a favour."

Your Lunar mate, who has been following you silently up to now, grabs it. "What do I need to do with this?"

For a moment you begin wondering if entrusting her with this is a good idea. Tia is someone you can trust blindly, but is not what you'd call a "people person".

Still, this is not rocket surgery. "I need you to find all the iron you can around Freeport. Have it turned into weapons. Swords, and tips for arrows and ballistas. Check with the weaponsmiths and blacksmiths, and offer to buy any iron tool off anyone to be turned into weaponry."

"Will do." She simply replies, and turns around and walks off.

Alright, you can only hope for the best now. Now you'll have to visit the Black-

Tia stops, as if she had suddenly realized she forgot something. Turns around, heads back, gives you a kiss, and then goes back on her way.

Alright, you can only hope for the best now. Now you'll have to visit the Black Eye and see who the new captain is.

[...]

"We haven't agreed on a man for the job yet, miss Maka." One of the misfits of the pirate ship's crew explains, clearly still intimidated by you.

"What's taking you so long?" You're on a timetable, and these people are stalling for time.

"It's that... well, captain Yagate..."

"He told you to pick a new captain, didn't he?"

"But... He was really afraid of mutinies, you see. So, well... There aren't many people who want to be captain now..."

You sigh. So that's how it is: He got rid of anyone with leadership skills and ambition in his crew, and made himself indispensable while keeping everyone in line with brutal discipline. Not a bad system, but your crew only works well with you in command, and loses any initiative and ability to look after themselves. You're pretty sure they didn't immediately disperse only because you stepped in.

You don't have time to let these people sort themselves out. And you don't have time to learn who among them is the best choice.

>I'll be your new captain.
>Tia will be your new captain.
>Regis will be your new captain.
>Elect one. NOW.
>I'll appoint one out of you, at random.
>Fight among yourselves, last man standing is the captain.
>I'll appoint a captain from you, from the Bloodshark's crew.
>You're useless. You'll sit this battle out. Wait here for us to return.
>You're useless. I'll split you up between the Bloodshark and the Fell-Star, you'll obey their captains.

>>30831486
>(or swear them to similar terms with Mikahil's Caste Ability backing it up).
EF, would Mikahil be amenable to helping that pirate guy fix Wavecrest's human-sacrifice problem?

Or would that risk too much attention from the Realm, given that the place is technically a satrapy?

>>30832028
>Tia stops, as if she had suddenly realized she forgot something. Turns around, heads back, gives you a kiss, and then goes back on her way.
Aww.

>>30832040
I half-want to give this ship to that crazy ranting guy from the Bloodshark, but I don't really see that ending well.

>>30832042
>EF, would Mikahil be amenable to helping that pirate guy fix Wavecrest's human-sacrifice problem?
>Or would that risk too much attention from the Realm, given that the place is technically a satrapy?
You'd have to ask Mikahil, who has just left.

In any case, messing with Wavecrest WILL draw attentio from the Realm. Maka is by nature a very high-profile Solar. Probably some people in the Realm already know about her.

>>30832040

This look for a job for that guy we had not gotten the name of. Seems like a good time to get him.

Captain Meno to the rescue!

>>30832040

God damn it. Would be nice to have them beat the shit out of each other for the right of captain. But that would make it harder and moving them to the other ships would be adding unknown men.

>>30832073
>You'd have to ask Mikahil, who has just left.
Ah, well, we're not planning on doing that right now anyway.

Rolled 7

>>30832040
Get someone from one of the other ships.

>>30832072
So do I, but he seems not that leaderish sadly.
We do need to at least get his name before we leave however, that needs to be put on the top of our to-do list.

Rolled 6

>>30832073
The realm is also aware of the crazy Dawn Solar in the north amassing legions of DBs and killing all other DB children not born to his legions.

That is probably why some people want a strong navy, so we can probably be to much of a force to take out like the crazy northern Dawn solar.

That one is also not very subtle at all.

Rolled 9

>>30832117
Marching, amassing and camping legions are by default not very subtle.

We however are one person and we are not very subtle.
You are comparing the subtlety of a major warlord with a massive army to that of one girl.

Somehow that just does not compute right in my head.

>>30832117
The Realm does have bigger Solar problems than this one naive exile queen who's spending all her time trying to actually help people, yes.

>>30832117
>Crazy Dawn Solar in the north
I think you're thinking of a parallel Shard. This ain't Cannon Creation.

Rolled 2

>>30832040
>Elect that crewman we were talking about last thread, the one with dreams of a crusade against the storm mothers to fix women, and liberate the sexy water nymphs for our cult

Rolled 8

>>30832152
>The Bull of the North
>Not canon
What the fuck am I reading?

Rolled 7

>>30832040

>I'll be your new captain.
At least as a temporary solution until we can get someone else

>>30832158
I don't know that this is the best use for him. We'd need to train him into an actual competent captain first, and we don't have the Charms for that yet.

Unless he turns out to have heretofore-unknown incredible leadership and command skills.

Rolled 5

>>30832177
ABSOLUTELY NOT. We know nothing about sailing, and are a magnet for the Storm Mothers. The captain needs to be a man.

Rolled 4

>>30832040
How about going to the either the Bloodshark or the Fell-Star, and asking the first mate to take over for a bit?

>>30832223
>How about going to the either the Bloodshark or the Fell-Star, and asking the first mate to take over for a bit?
This is probably a good plan. I'll back this.

>>30832152
>Cannon Creation
>Cannon

There is a creation that is a giant cannon?

Rolled 10

>>30832241
Yeah, Gunstar Autocthonia.

>>30832270
That is more a giant autobot.

Rolled 6

>>30832283
Creation in that setting was repurposed int a giant weapon platform, though.

>>30832293
Really? Been years since I read it. So I wouldn't be surprised if I forgot this.

>>30832040
>>I'll appoint a captain for you, from the Bloodshark's crew.

Appoint the crusade-agaisnt-storm-moms guy

Reasoning: He has an opinion and is capable of and willing to articulate it.

This basically puts him well above this whole lot who are scared of responsibility.

*however* make it a brevet promotion - It's a trial period. If he doesn't perform well, then he can be returned to his prior crew without a black mark on his reputation. If he does well, the promotion sticks.

>>30832368
seconding

Rolled 8

>>30832040
>I'll appoint a captain from you, from the Bloodshark's crew.

>>30832089
>>30832072

That guy needs to be trained up to be a captain. And we need his name and all that.

So my vote is...

>I'll be your new captain.

Because I'm certain we can find a sexy/slutty pirate captain outfit to wear...

But it seems like everyone wants to appoint the chucklehead that no one knows his NAME yet.

Rolled 8

>>30832368
>>30832040
The two captains should have a good choice for a captain. I mean if they get a prize ship they have to have a spare officer than can act as a captain for a while.

If not we go with that one guy....

>>30832482
Though, in all honesty, we could probably promote him to First Mate of the Black Eye, while we 'captain' it for the battle against the Fae to see how he does, then promote him to Captain afterwards...

>>30832482
we can't be captain-we don't know shit, and we bring down hell via angry gods

>>30832314
It's tasty. I was just reading it the other night. Anon was right in that Creation gets turned into a giant cannon if you consider Creation to be where all the Exalts are (who lost the Primordial War and are now fleeing into the Void). In truth, they're all living in Autochthonia (which is comparable to Creation in size) and have been re-purposing the Great Maker into world-weapon. True and proper Creation is called the Spiral now, and is a tiered constellation of worlds more fabulous and terrible than vanilla Creation. Oh, and TUS is now the Tyrant Sun hunting your asses down for his master, Theion.

So, anon was right in that it was a creation turned into a cannon. Just not Creation with the capital C.

Rolled 9

>>30832522
huh?

WTF are you talking here? I understand the words but the sentences do not form. Its just a string of nonsensical words man. Please explain this drivel and where it came from.

>>30832522
One of the mirror realities.

Rolled 10

>>30832547
He's talking about an alternate setting Shard from the Shards of the Exalted Dream book. In it, the Exalted Host lost the Primordial War, the Unconquered Sun surrendered to Theion - the dude who would become Malfeas in the main timeline - and the exalts booked the fuck out of there in Autocthon.

They are now turning Autocthon into a hyper-weaponized spaceship while trying to keep one step ahead of the Primordials in a Wyld that is outer space.

It's Battlestar Galactica in Exalted.

>>30831643
>"If you can't guarantee a decent livelihood to my men, I can assure you that they will jump ship, figuratively or literally."
We should find and recruit a good trader in Tianna to manage our funds. S/he can manage the trade aspect of our little fleet, unloading privateered goods, hiring them out as mercs (or caravan gaurds), giving them merchandise to transport between locations, etc.
We have the seed money that M gave us plus what we looted off that sharkman, ideally though the merchant will provide initial money and we provide the 150 sailors + 3 ships. (plus more sailors and ships later on, when we finish shanghaing the rest of them)

>>30832028
You have 3 ships, get someone from the other 2 ships as their captain. Actually, might want to split these guys up between the other two crews (or not, consult your other two captains on the idea)

Rolled 3

>Appoint new captain from the Bloodshark's crew.
We don't know shit about sailing, we'd be deferring to a first mate without leadership skills the whole time.

>>30832687
aside from that, we keep on going to do OTHER STUFF. the captain needs to stay with the ship all the time. We aren't ready for this level of commitment

>>30832368
Seconding

>>30832368
Who is that? I don't remember this guy.

>>30832822
We never got the dude's name, but he was in last thread.

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"You know what?" You raise your voice to be heard above the din and chaos aboard the Black Eye, and everyone falls silent and turns to face you. "Not to violate your pirate traditions or whatever, but, as your new employer, I kind of need you to be battle-ready in less than twelve hours, and don't have time for this. How about I appoint a temporary captain from the crew of the Bloodshark? He'd lead you for the duration of the oncoming operation, then step down for whoever you chose to vote - unless you pick him, of course."

Silence.

"...Well?" You urge their reply. They murmur in assent. It's weird looking at this mass of burly, muscular, testosterone-laden brigands being so confused and indecisive without their leader.

You do hope they get over it quickly, though.

You head back to the nearby Bloodshark and explain the situation to Rubel.

"Do you have anyone who could take that position?"

"Well... I thought the Black Eye's crew was a mass of murdering lunatics, but if they're as pliable as you say without leadership..." He scratches his head, thinking about it.

"Someone who knows how to handle a ship and a crew, with leadership, personality, initiative." You explain. "Your first mate, maybe?"

"Alexei?" He wonders. "You know him?"

You try and recall details about him. You have to admit you haven't paid a lot of attention to him: you mostly dealt directly with Rubel, and never had much time to spend socializing with the crew anyway. Was he the guy ranting about Storm Mothers yesterday? You have some vague memories about it...

The captain goes and fetch you a men from his crew. Evidently this Alexei, his first mate. Not being dressed as colorfully as Rubel is, he mostly blends in the background when he's around, but now you give him a better look.

(cont)

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He's young, or looks young in any case, and for a moment you're almost fooled into doubting he might be a woman in drag (something that happens from time to time, if some of the stories you've heard about the West have to be believed). But then you convince yourself that he's not... or, if he is, she's amazingly good at it. Or isn't he? She? Whatever?

...Given that you have your doubts, you decide it's just best to default to the assumption that he's male, being on a ship and all.

"Uh, you were asking for me, miss Kama?"

"Her name is Maka, Alexei." Saren slaps him in the head.

"Ow. Sorry... Maka. We didn't-"

"Yes, we didn't have a chance to talk before now. I'm sorry, I'd like to get to know every one of you, but that takes time we don't have right now." You decide to cut short without being impolite. "The Black Eye doesn't have a captain. We need someone to lead it for now. Once our campaign against the Fey is over, you'll return to the Bloodshark, unless the crew of the Black Eye accepts you as your new captain and you're willing to stay."

"...A chance for a command? For me?" He seems surprised. He looks at Rubel, who nods in assent.

"Do your best, Alexei. I know you're a good deckhand, a good navigator, and a good first officer. You know all the tricks. And while you lack some experience, you'll make it. I'm sure you'll be a good captain."

"...The crew of the Black Eye scares me a bit." He comments. "But I'll take the chance."

"Excellent." You congratulate him. "Now go take care of it! Ah, and spread the word to all three ships: Tia is trying to scrounge iron weaponry around Freeport. If everything works fine, by tomorrow all ships and crews will have a complement of weaponry effective against the Fair Folk."

"That's good to hear. I think every ship has its own little stock of iron weapons for emergencies, or, at least, mine does." Rubel nods as Alexei leaps offboard and runs across the docks to his new command. "But every bit helps."

(cont.)

Rolled 4

>>30833010
With the amount of money we got from mikhail we could arm not only our pirates but the three rivers most likely as well and even pay for wages if we had to.

Rolled 5

>>30833010
>>30832857
Well once he gets the ship squared away we can get the captains linked up with ourselves and Tia and fly over to Azure lake.