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The previous days have been spent mostly probing the terrain, checking its solidity and if there were any dangers to construction, and tossing around ideas between you, Mikahil, and the workers (who were useful in pointing out that some of your ideas did not happen to be exactly feasible in the realm of reality). About a third of the land you're planning on using must still be checked, but, geologically speaking, you have no reason to suspect any part of this side of the island to be anything less than solid.

Of course, it DID pop into existence from nothingness less than a month ago, ripped out of the Wyld, so better safe than sorry.

You've never heard of underground Wyld pockets, and neither have your men, but knowledge of the fact that this was all Wyldlands, and that there's an island of Wyld nearby, upsets them. You've already heard a few of them blaming missing or misplaced tools on goblins and similar nonsense, so better to show them all that there's no Wyld left here, on the ground, underground, or anywhere else.

...Can airborne Wyld pockets be a thing? That's an interesting idea.
...Probably better not to talk about it. Mikahil got pissed when you mentioned the underground ones to the workers.

You turn to the blocks again. You have several designs for the manse in head, and both Maka and Mikahil said that they trust you with the final design. Or at least that's how you chose to remember it.

Opening your notebook, you flip through the pages. Now that you have the stone and almost finished all preparatory work, it's time to start the construction itself.

First of all, you'll have to pick which on out of the various designs to use. Each has its pros and cons, of course...

>PYRAMID (+Religion, -Government)
>CATHEDRAL (+Religion, -Military)
>CASTLE (+Military, -Culture)
>TOWER (+Military, -Religion)
>PALACE (+Culture, -Military)
>WALLED GARDEN (+Culture, -Government)
>DOME (+Government, -Religion)
>PARLIAMENT (+Government, -Culture)

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Sorry for posting so rarely this last month, but it's been terribly busy. Hopefully this month will be better.

As for the choice itself, assume Valeriana has an idea of what Maka said she wants/needs.

As usual, the archive is on http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive.html?tags=zenith

>>32500408
>PALACE (+Culture, -Military)

>>32500408
S'cool

>>32500378
>CATHEDRAL (+Religion, -Military)
I'm assuming if a design doesn't have a modifier it stays neutral, so this would have a normal Culture and Goverment, right?

>>32500530
Yep. Also feel free to ask if something isn't clear.

>>32500378
Pyramid seems thematic for what I've imagined the thing to look like in my head, but as far as bonuses go I'm gonna have to go with
>CATHEDRAL (+Religion, -Military)

>>32500378
>>PALACE (+Culture, -Military)
>>32500408
Glad to have you back.

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>>32500378
>CATHEDRAL (+Religion, -Military)

Cathedrals are cool. Which style of architecture should it use? A subset of gothic style? Perhaps flamboyant? Really emphasise those windows - Fitting for a place dedicated to the unconquered sun. I can imagine an array of windows designed to let light into the cathedral proper in a beautiful pattern.

>>32500357
Man this girl is smart as fuck and good to see you back, I was worried you might have been getting burned out

>>32500357
>you feel like you can actually DO things without people screaming at you or trying to stab you.

>-real workers! Who are following your instructions! You still can't get over this.

>Or maybe that's just sleep deprivation, it's not like you've had any rest lately.

Goddamm Val is adorable.

>>32500594
>CATHEDRAL (+Religion, -Military)
Gonna change my vote to this. It should have one of those mirror systems that channel light all over the place.

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>>32500606
I can never get enough images of flamboyant style windows

I mean, goddamn

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>>32500530
I still want to go for the Cathedral but if we do can we still get some sort of military installation that would let us train people with TWTT more easily or in greater numbers?

>>32500378
>>WALLED GARDEN (+Culture, -Government)

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>>32500861
forgot mah dice

fellow anons, get them die rolling

>>32500378
DOICE

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>>32500887
...

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>>32500887
>>32500890

SHIT FUCK KEYBOARD

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>>32500378
>PYRAMID (+Religion, -Government)

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>>32500378
>>CATHEDRAL (+Religion, -Military)

CATHEDRAL SOLAR

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>>32500357
I guess I expected her to be not very fighty, but after last session I have to ask, none of the Solars on the island are combat guys are they?

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>>32501053
She rolls 4 dice in combat and can soak a bit, which isn't awful, but yeah, they're support solars.

Fortunately, we have combat monster Tia and a fuckload of Dragonblooded for backup.

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>>32500378
What about a GARDEN DOME for +Culture, -Religion?

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>>32501053
TBH the big hamstring to her fightyness is not knowing sorcery as a Twilight. That shit's big, yo.

>>32501053
You know that Mikahil can handle himself, at least.

>>32501085
Could be.

I'm going to leave this vote up for a bit because it's fairly important, I think.

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>>32501085
>-Religion
I'd rather not have anything that cuts down our religion, Temple City to the Unconquered Sun yo

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>>32500357
Could we have the Altar or Stage be on a platform that can be raised on the highest tower of the design? So we can have someone preach or do TTWT or deliver messages to the entire city or island?


Also could it be possible to go for a diffrent design?

A fucking Lighthouse?

Lets build the lighthouse of Alexandria!
>Lighthouse!

Only ours will be able to shine the light of Sol Invictus and protect the entire island from Abyssals and such a like and direct ships from way further than any other lighthouse ever.

What would that be like, in terms of pro and cons or do we need to select tower for that?

Seriously we are in a coastal city on a large island. Not making it a huge magical lighthouse is a huge mistake.

We can have it as a temple but the functionality will remain

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>>32501202
thats a fucking awesome idea anon

though I'd wait on EF's word to decide whether I'd vote for it or not, depends on its +/-'s

>>32501202

That makes sense.

The problem is that the demesne itself is not on the coast, to the manse will have to channel the power up to the coast to light the demesne. Essentially it will be, in a way, a very long building, with the "core" at one end and the lighthouse tower at the other.

>LIGHTHOUSE (+Government, -Military)

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>>32501186
How about PYRAMID GARDEN for delicious double penalty to government.
>>32501251
>(+Government, -Military)
That seems backwards. Lighthouses are good for navies.

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>>32501202

That would be awesome!

A gigantic lighthouse serving as a temple to show that the light can shine even in the night!

Illuminating the place with the rays of our enlightenment.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kRTPugHpUho
"Children of the Sun, Beloved of Sol...
Do not fear the dark heavens.
The stars are a sign unto you,
To bring the Light to dark places,
And so many wondrous lights we carry...
Illuminating people and places.
Know that our cause is Holy,
Set appart for an immortal destiny.
Stand true, Children of Sol,
Let the rays of our enlightenment
Shine ever before the Almighty."
- Maka, the Exalted Zenith, on the lighting of Pearl.

>>32500378
>CATHEDRAL (+Religion, -Military)
I think a Pyramid would look best but I don't like the boni it would give us

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>>32501251
It could be tall enough not to matter that is not on the coast.

I mean if the intent is so that it can shine light over the entire island.

It would function as a probably the greatest navigational aid in the entire archipealago if not in the whole west. Probably like a permanent start that hugs the ground showing the position of pearl.

>>32501276
But a tall tower exposed to the sea is a huge target and a long, fragile (has to channel magical power) building that cuts through the city is more of a liability than an asset.

On the other side, it does help naval power, trade and commerce, and i'm counting those things under "government".

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>>32501308

Yeah, but that would be detrimental to port activity in a stormy night.

Unless one has auxiliary lighthouses dotting the coastline.

The Manse Lighthouse functioning on a strategic level while the coastal ones on the local level.

Unless this lighthouse can cut/ dispel through fog and smoke and such in the area around pearl.

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>>32500378

Um.... this is a hard decision. However I think I would go with
>CATHEDRAL (+Religion, -Military)

Tianna can be our military place. Also remember our mission in getting UCS-sempai to notice us. Getting a celestial IOU would be awesome

>>32501347
You mean a Celestial Fucking

>>32500378
>LIGHT HOUSE

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>>32501319
Well the lighthouse could potentially be converted into one massive Solar light cannon if need be.

Holy Ray of Death style burning away the impure.

>>32501308
Good point. Creation IS flat after all.

If the lighthose is central inside the town, then at that point it works like the Tower listed earlier.

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>>32501287
It's cool, but I'm still pretty hooked on a Cathedral, I just like the idea of our manse being THE place of worship for UCS, I want people to hear about it and want to pilgrimage to it, to get a chance to pray to UCS with an honest to Sol, Zenith leading the prayer

>>32501354
Naw... UCS is too classy for that.

Plus he's got that fine ass maiden of serenity living with him

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>>32501319
Hmm. Yeah. I don't like it.
>>32501368
But, but
>-Religion
We can't PRAISE THE SUN like this!
Maybe we can put the big glowy thing on top of a Cathedral, then build proper lighthouses around the island for it to feed with THE POWER OF THE SUN?

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>>32501368

Well if its a lighthouse and has a temple function for the faith of sol seeing as it is a lighthouse meant to shine the light of sol in adverse conditions i don't see how its going to have a - religion.

>>32501337
Well as a huge lighthouse or tower one has more option if the thing is able to project a shield or repellant aura against abyssals and undead and demons and such or shoot solar laser rays, seeing as it can cover a larger area to target its power if said power works on light touching it since it is high up and can probably target the entire island from all angles and all sea approaches barring the one obscured by the volcano if it is shorter than the volcano.


>>32501368
I think i figured out the problem.

Probably a lot of us think this pros and cons in design will be the only ones.

I think it as the first of a set so that is why it is not scaring me off, as a tower or lighthouse design may have some drawbacks but later function and design decision will come with their own pros and cons, correct?

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>>32501411
>We can't PRAISE THE SUN like this!

Exactly

That is what Maka is best at. We should play to that strength.

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So basically we want to build the Eye of Sauron, except good, not evil.

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>>32501380

A lighhouse is more theme apropriate, and it can have a temple in the base of it. I mean look at the Alexandria design. It's effing huge. Skyskraper huge.

I bet a Exalted will make it bigger.

We can have more room in it for a temple than the Sistine Chapel, for people to pray in knowing that from this place the light of sol shines over creation. Literally, not Figurative.

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>>32501467
Pretty much.

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>>32500378
>>CATHEDRAL (+Religion, -Military)
but styled like the Lighthouse of Alexandria idea, its light can be a beacon to all who worship the UCS

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>>32501482
>>32501468
>>32501467
>>32501445
>>32501380
>>32501368


Okay so

So what if

What if we made it a Really, really tall, narrow cathedral with a bit shiny lamp/dancefloor on top

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Just imagine if the lighthouse could project an image of 'Tia's Girls' into the sky.

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If we go for the Lighthouse, make sure that the very top is a platform so Maka can dance as close to the sun as possible

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>>32501514
thats why I voted like >>32501509

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>>32501509
A cathedral is probably designed to better house people inside and ad you can preach to all of them and all of them can hear and al their prayers are focused say in one point or some such. With the same Mass and probably volume as a Lighhouse

A lighthouse wont probably do that the best way, but it gets to be effing tall and shoot Sol Invictus light in everyone's faces.


>LIGHTHOUSE

If we have a lighthouse, it might backfire.
I mean, it's a giant "WYLD ME RIGHT IN THE HUNT" sign. Oh well, at least it'll probably help the other Solars find us.

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>>32501468
A cathedral is more theme appropriate to build in a temple city, but a lighthouse can't be a dedicated place of worship, we could hold prayers in there and stuff but it wouldn't be the same as a building meant to do that rather than one that's suppose to function as a lighthouse

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>>32501539
If its stlyed like something then it is something.

It will basicaly be a lighthouse but also function as a Cathedral.

It wont have the design of the Cathedral.

This is the vote for the shape of the thing.

You cannot have the shape of a Cathedral DESIGN and expect it to function like the Lighthouse of Alexandria or the Eye of Sauron because its going to be shorter.


You can however have the DESIGN of a Tower or a Lighthouse and at its base have the people gather for prayer. However it will not house as many people because the DESIGN means it has to be narrow and tall so it has the highest point to shine light every way possible.

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>>32501514
+1

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>>32501547
why not have the lighthouse be atop the cathedral, being its tallest and largest minaret?

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>>32501592
>WYLD ME RIGHT IN THE HUNT

You misspelled one of those words.

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Let's just make a cathedral for now and build the lighthouse(s) later.

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>>32501592
Well if its really tall and shines light it can be easily converted into a Giant Laser cannon tower that can Laser Fire everything it sees. So big fleets bearing up on as are a big no no, if we have people with scopes looking every approach route and port. 24/7

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>>32501592

Well, I am pretty sure that building a temple-manse would start the countdown to the wyld hunt if we haven't triggered it already.

Still, I think we should still build it. We don't want to suddenly get the message "Solar Temple Manse has been built in a faraway land"

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>>32501610
>You can however have the DESIGN of a Tower or a Lighthouse and at its base have the people gather for prayer. However it will not house as many people because the DESIGN means it has to be narrow and tall so it has the highest point to shine light every way possible.
or you could just plonk the lighthouse on top of the cathedral and call it a day

architecture ain't hard

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>>32501610
You do realise Cathedrals tend to have very, very tall spires?

In many cases, much taller than that of conventional lighthouses?

If this is going to be a rank-5 solar manse, we can make it a fuck-ass-big cathedral with a fuck-ass-alexandria-grade spire with a flaming light on top.

We literally have a divinely-enhanced architect and magical land to work on, here, guys.

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>>32501655
>Solar Temple Manse has been built in a faraway land
So mad, fuck you civ

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>>32501636
Assuming the same amount of volume or material One choice will always be better at its main function than the other.

If we really want something that puts us on the map for every Sol Cult and probably Every Sailor too its a lighthouse.

I mean this way there is no way in hell one can get lost on the way to Pearl, because the pilgrims stream in to get to see the Lighthouse of Sol or Pearl, and the Sailors praise sol for the lighthouse and know where it is.

Plus everything has to come in by boat, barring a few exceptions.

Thus my option , A LIGHTHOUSE.

>>32501685
>Solar Lighthouse Manse has built in a faraway land
And right after that you get the next message.


Anyway
>Lighthouse

>>32501720

silly me wrong link
>>32500378
>Light house.

>>32500378
>CATHEDRAL (+Religion, -Military)
Glad to see you back EF

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>>32501411
>We can't PRAISE THE SUN like this!

Good point.

Seems like the thread is favoring the idea of a religious-style building a la pyramid or cathedral, but with the design idea and aesthetics of a tall tower in the middle of the town that acts like a lighthouse (and possibly weapon mount a la Light of Judgement in Final Fantasy 6.)

I'd allow this as a custom choice ("none of the above"), if you like.

Unless there's a lot of opposition to this in the next posts, we'll go with that, okay?

>>32500378
>LIGHTHOUSE (+Government, -Military)

Building a miniature sol to shine in the night and stormy weather?

Yes please

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>>32501781
so what exactly would the +/-'s be?

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>>32501781
Sure, I don't mind as long as I get my temple

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>>32501781
Sounds good to me.

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>>32501781
This werks.

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>>32501781
That sounds like the perfect compromise.
Is it +/- nothing, or +Religion/-Military?

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>>32501781
I'd really rather get the bonus to religion

>>32500378
>CATHEDRAL (+Religion, -Military)

>>32501781
Just above the beacon, or bellow it we could place a observatory with mirror system for people to look at the things the light shines on. We can also see stuff like far away fleets and ports.


I mean if its has downsides as a miilitary building there is no reason to to milk its design for all its worth to get forwarding.

I guess that would fall under government. Surveying the sea traffic and port traffic of far of places around us that are not obscured to the tower and we can discern.

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>>32501781
>possibly weapon mount a la Light of Judgement in Final Fantasy 6
This is a great idea
I'm for it as long as we still get the +religion bonus

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>>32501791
'tall cathedral with the possibility of upgrades to make it into a super-lighthouse' is also fine.
I mean, tall spires reaching up to PRAISE THE SUN.

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>>32501812
I think it gets that, its kind of a muddled conversation though

>>32501811
I'd say it shares the pyramid's +religion -government.

>>32501781

This here, can it be done:
>>32501833 Capital Idea! good sir.

Also i have questions if the light cannon/ heat ray mode for the lighthouse is possible to do on just physical effects for close by things or would it absolutely require essence, and not just have the additional option to be essence boosted?

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>>32501842
Ok that's cool. As Long we get to PRAISE THE SUN, I'm good with whatever

>>32501849
I was hoping more for the Cathedral design, with the tallest spire acting as a lighthouse, not for the bonus, but it seems more in line with what we're going for

>>32501888
aesthetically
posted that too early.

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>>32501849
>-government
How would that work, I don't think it would be something like an active penalty or anything, would we just not get any bonuses for goverment?
I'd honestly rather get the Cathedral still

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Getting pretty phallic in here, guys.

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>>32501918
WHERE ARE THE JUNGLES

AND RED RIVERS

WHY ARE THERE NO JUNGLES

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>>32501781
>>32501849

Um... Well, I don't really want any - to government since this city is supposed to be a shining example of a solar built city, and having it well governed would only add to that image. .

>>32501918
That's pretty much perfect design wise for our cathedral.
Now make it gold.
Or Orichalcum

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>>32501849
>-government.
why that? why not -military like you reasoned before? sure the possibility of a giant laser is awesome, but its a massive target and investment sink

to me it makes not much sense for it to detract and negatively impact governance

>>32501940
Indeed. As a lighthouse we cant get - to government since it automaticaly boost economy and posibly surveilance with spyglass options

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>>32501940
Our priorities are clearly
1: PRAISE THE SUN
2: ABYSSALS PLS GO AND STAY GO
3: uh, something to do with keeping the people happy, I guess?
(...)
9001: practicality.
>>32501957
Building something that large entirely out of gold would cause it to literally melt under its own weight.
Orichalum of course would not have such a problem, but how the hell are we going to get that much of it?
>>32501966
Because it will draw in loads of worshippers and we'll have to employ a bunch of dudes to handle them. That means passport checks, security clearances, translators, tour guides, etc etc.
And of course, Maka's arch nemesis: paperwork.

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>>32501918
>Maka finally makes it to pearl
>Maka sees massive Cock tower

"Valeriana?"
"Yes?"
"...Have you built this manse to look like a giant penis?"
"Yes. I thought that would appeal to you."

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>>32502004
>ABYSSALS PLS GO AND STAY GO
Nah we don't want that, we want to save them, we want them on our side and we want to convert them back to Solars

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>>32502013
>"Good girl."
>>32502023
It's a reverse-troll tactic, anon. We tell then to go, they just want to stay more.
>"Lookit! Big shiney Solar stuff!"
>"LET'S SMASH IT!"

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It's a few hours that the workers are milling about without much to do, as you spend most of the morning pacing back and forth across the demesne and paging through that book.

Bit by bit, you hammer together, in your mind, the perfect idea.

You rip a handful of pages from the book, the sudden noise jolting awake a few of them, and crumple them.

"...Is everything alright, miss Kava?" The man who's in charge of the workers, an engineer from Tianna you appointed two weeks ago called Leah, approaches you with a worried look. "You worked hard on those designs..."

"I know. But They don't matter anymore. I have an idea!"

With infinite patience, the man folds his arms, sighs, and listens.

"First, Give me a deep foundation around this area. Make it a circle, centered on the Demesne." Flipping to another page with a map of the area, you draw a flawless circle by hand with a pencil.

"...That large?" He asks. "Just a circle?"

"Well, there will be other buildings, but we need a very deep foundation of the tower might crumble in the wind."

"Oh, so you're going with the tower design?"

"Yes, only larger." You explain.

He eyes the book again. "...How much larger?"

"Think we can get the main structure up to two hundred meters?" You ask him.

He makes a strange noise with his throat. "That much?"

"Well, just the main structure, of course. Then, on top of that, I'll place..."

He puts a hand on your shoulder. "...Miss Kava, maybe it's best if we just focus on the main structure now?"

"Oh. Yes." Good thing you have Leah to bounce your ideas off. He keeps you grounded in reality.

At least until you find whatever god's in charge of gravity and beat him up. Then no one is going to tell you what you can or can't do anymore.

(cont.)

>>32502013
More like
>Valeriana?
>Yes?
>...Have you built this manse to look like a giant penis?
>No, but I think I see what you mean. I'll write it down.

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>>32502068
>At least until you find whatever god's in charge of gravity and beat him up. Then no one is going to tell you what you can or can't do anymore.
That's a real Solar attitude

>>32502004
I would say - military.
The laser sniper canon is just one. And without intel and scouting not more tgan a extra essence cannon

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>>32502089
Maka could learn a thing or two from this girl. And I'm just talking about sex.

>>32502089
We could also try and design superior load bearing structure and mock this god into his face

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>>32502082
>Valeriana?
>Yes?
>...Have you built this manse to look like a giant penis?
>Oh? Is that you think it looks like? Tell me, what was relationship with your father like?

>>32502122
>Well, he, I and my six siblings used to have orgies about once a week. Why do you ask?

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>>32502122

The digging work is the worst part. You keep looking at the sky and seeing the towering lighthouse in your mind, but for now, all the work you and your men do is just going down rather than up.

You know a building can't do without it, but it's so... disheartening.

For some reason, Leah keeps insisting that you shouldn't be taking part in the digging, but you still haven't figured why. You want this part to be over as soon as possible, and one more person with a shovel is going to help with that, right?

Meanwhile, a trickle of immigrants keep coming from Tianna in addition to those from that small port village in the northern islands you've forgotten the name of because it wasn't important. Some of them looking for work, some of them some kind of religious refugees. You're leaving them to Mikahil for now.


After three days of digging, something entirely unusual happens.

As you're in the hole that will be the foundation of the lighthouse with the other workers, you suddenly hear a loud, metallic scraping noise.

"Uh, milady?" One of the workers raises his voice, putting down the shovel. "I've hit something. Not a rock."

Work slows down as the other workers take an out-of-schedule break to check what's happening, and rest a bit.

"...Go back to work, you people. I'll check it." You scold them, approaching and picking up the shovel.

It's damaged, the metal sporting a deep dent. It collided against something hard.

You kneel and sift through the soil and rocks and pebbles, and finally find a shard of hard metal, about ten centimeters long and sharp like a razor.

"...Is this gold?" the worker asks, amazed. You rub the dust off its surface, and reveal a bright shine that fills the dark hole with a dim golden glow.

"Orichalcum." You reply.

>Stop the digging and take time to inspect the piece.
>Focus the digging in that area for now, putting the works for the manse on hold.
>Everyone keeps digging, I'll check this on my own.

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>>32502243
>Stop the digging and take time to inspect the piece.

THIS CAN LEAD TO MANY WONDROUS IDEAS.

>>32500357
what happened to the other slutfu?

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>>32502243

>Everyone keeps digging, I'll check this on my own.

Discovery time!

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>>32502243
>Everyone keeps digging, I'll check this on my own.

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>>32502243
>Everyone keeps digging, I'll check this on my own.
No need to stop on our account
But since we're about to do some investigation, let's activate Eye of Sudden Insight

>>32502262
First session of the month is a different PoV session

>>32502243
>Everyone keeps digging, I'll check this on my own.
DOSH

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>>32502243
>>Everyone keeps digging, I'll check this on my own.

Activate Eye of sudden h4xsight

>>32502243
>Focus the digging in that area for now, putting the works for the manse on hold.
Gotta sort it out quickly

>>32502243
>Stop the digging and take time to inspect the piece.
Also, I assume we're using Shining Chest of Wonders, right?

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>>32502243
I'll second charm use

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>>32502325
>Shining Chest of Wonders

We're using Maka's tits?

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>>32502243

Eye of Sudden Insight = on

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>>32502243
>>Everyone keeps digging, I'll check this on my own.

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>>32502243
>Everyone keeps digging, I'll check this on my own.

Rolled 6

>>32502243
>Everyone keeps digging, I'll check this on my own.
SCIENCE!

Rolled 3

>>32502262
Maka's busy seducing the enemy, actually is this happening at the same time as that or will we get to finish our conversation with Yagara next thread

>>32502393
Right, we get him into bed, then get caught by our favorite immaculate monk.

Rolled 10

>>32502393
>Next thread starts with us waking up next to both of the other Immaculate Monks

Rolled 7

>>32502325
We should be using it every day. And we should use Eye of Sudden Insight to inspect the Orichalcum

Rolled 3

>>32502243
>Everyone keeps digging, I'll check this on my own.
Also +1 for Eye of Sudden Insight.

>>32502405
>"What's gone on? ... No wait, I know exactly what's going on. Permission to go get drunk, oh Prince of the Earth?"

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>>32502386
Elegant Nova of Progression when?

"...Alright, everyone. Keep digging. Nothing happened. Just tell me if you find anything weird. And be careful, there could be bits and pieces of sharp metal in the soil." You inform everyone, mounting on the lift with the newest load of moved earth, carefully holding the shard of magical steel in your fingers.

Once you reach the light, you realize that, yes, you weren't mistaken. Only Orichalcum catches sunlight like that. This is the first time you see a piece so large.

[Eye of Sudden Insight] [Essence: 6/7]

(Mental + Twilight = 4 3 6 9 8 2 4 2 3 8 6 = 3 successes)

You spend the rest of the afternoon examining it. Magnifying glass, alchemy, essence conduction, harmonic resonance tests.

It's definitely weapons-grade orichalcum, and the sharp edge and the fracture lines makes you think it must have come from a daiklave or other edged weapon. It was definitely fractured under stress... so, shattered in battle.

Just the idea of an orichalcum daiklave shattering in battle boggles your mind. You honestly have no idea of the kind of strength it would require.

Then, there's the matter of the layer you found it in. Alchemically, you have dated it back to the end of the First Age. But after checking the layers of soil under Tianna, you reached a disconcerting conclusion, something that you would've never been able to figure it out without this little bit of orichalcum here.

Tianna doesn't make sense, geologically.

The soil layer here should be very thin, just like it works with every other island in the West. But you've been digging for three days and you're still at the soil layer.

You thought, for a moment, that it was because this land was Wyld until recently, so it might not make SENSE geologically: it has a different history from the rest of the island, after all...

...But Wyld naturally retreating and falling back into creation doesn't spawn bits of magical swords into itself, does it?

(cont.)

Rolled 1

>>32502622
>Tianna doesn't make sense, geologically.
What is up with this island

This has really gotten you utterly stumped. No brilliant idea incoming, no flash of genius helping you make sense out of this, nothing.

Either all this soil was generated by the wyld, which just "forgot" that islands here are supposed to have bedrock after a few meters... and also generated a piece of Daiklave for some reason?

Or the Wyld didn't seep underground, which means that the entire island - or maybe only this side of the island? Is just a giant pile of sand and soil with no rock underneath.

But is it? This island might be poor in stone and ores, but it has a mountain range and even an active volcano. Besides, you only sampled around here, and have no idea how the stratigraphy of Tianna is in other locations.

...What should you do?

>Ignore this, it's distracting me. Focus on the Manse.
>Halt the works, have the men dig for clues.
>Go take samples in other locations and compare. (where?)
>Ask for advice. (to whom?)
>Other?

Rolled 8

>>32502704
>Go take samples in other locations and compare. (where?)
Let's go check out the Mountain range and the land near Tianna proper

Rolled 9

>>32502704
>Ignore this, it's distracting me. Focus on the Manse.

>>32502704
>Ignore this, it's distracting me. Focus on the Manse.
Macha wants us to build a manse, so we build the best damned mase ever. We don't want to get distracted and piss off our employer like last time, and the time before that, and the time before that....

Rolled 5

>>32502704
>Ask for advice. (to whom?)
Mikhail can look after the project for a couple days while we go talk to Amata and Maka about this.
Mainly Amata, and possibly Irene if she shows up.

>>32502704

>Ignore this, it's distracting me. Focus on the Manse.
We can play detective after we build the best fucking manse ever.

>>32502704
+1 this>>32502739. I want to know what the fuck is up with this place

Rolled 3

>>32502704
>Ask for advice. (to whom?)
Mikahil

>Go take samples in other locations and compare. (where?)
see if we can't organise samples from near Tianna and the new reclaimed land from the Wyld and the volcano

Rolled 9

>>32502704
>Ask for advice
Amata, maybe she knows something about the history of the island

Rolled 8

>>32502704
>Other?
Tell Mikahil to look into it and let Amata and Maka know, meanwhile, we've the best manse and city ever to build.

Rolled 3

>>32502704
Seconding >>32502790

Rolled 4

>>32502704
Adding my vote too >>32502739.
>>32502790
Amata probably already knows. I bet it has something to do with the secret she's keeping from us(Maka).

>>32502704
>Go take samples in other locations and compare. (where?)
If we have a way to move fast, near Tianna proper. Otherwise, on Yaraon's plain.

>Ask for advice. (to whom?)
Write to Amata

Rolled 6

>>32502704
>Ask for advice. (to whom?)
I think we should talk to Mikahil about this, He's the one that's known Amata the longest, if there's something off about the island then he should know, if not or he doesn't or can't say then we can do some investigating

>>32502817
>Amata
Actually, do we know anything about Amata that she didn't tell us? I'm not sure bits of her life story make sense

>>32502704
We cant build a manse on sand, can we?
I think we should investigate first.
As for the manse i see the frame akin to Eiffel. Four or more main struts huffing a massive cavernous complex that unite at its top and continue as a tower.

Militarily this is going to be hard to defend. We could however surround the manse with a garden and plaza and that again with a castle wall, similar to the Alexandria Lighthouse.

Rolled 5

>>32502862
There's the mystery of Samiel's dad

>>32502704
>>Halt the works, have the men dig for clues.
A good portion of this area will eventually be excavated for foundations and basements so we should definitely ascertain if something is amiss before continuing.

>>32502871
And how a Dynastic girl ended up ruling an independent kingdom in the Threshold

Rolled 7

>>32502862
She has explicitly told Maka she is keeping things from her. Big things.

>>32502704
>>Ignore this, it's distracting me. Focus on the Manse.

Rolled 4

>>32502888
EF said Amata is an Outcaste

I bet that our dawn will be something like this samus aran
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQDPuODPLDw
Combat junkie but complete distinct temperament. Probably highly resistant if not immune to social manipulation when in combat mode

>>32502900
She told us she grew up at the Realm. Combine this with the fact she seems to have no family here other than her children.

Rolled 5

>>32503057
When was this again?

>>32502704
>Ignore this, it's distracting me. Focus on the Manse.
Is it bad that I find Valeriana to be hotter than Maka?

Rolled 8

>>32502704
>Ask for advice.
Amata and Maka

Also, why do so many people want to ignore this? It's our first clue as to what is happening on this crazy island.

>>32503057
>She told us she grew up at the Realm. Combine this with the fact she seems to have no family here other than her children.
Because she's old enough that any mortal family of hers is almost certainly dead of old age except for nephews and grandnieces and such.

Rolled 5

>>32503129
I want to start with Mikahil, he's closer and he's known Amata a long time, he was already here when Maka first exalted after all

>>32502704
>Ignore this, it's distracting me. Focus on the Manse.

Rolled 2

>>32503100
She is pretty hot.
Maka should definitely fuck her

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This is bothering the hell out of you.

The next morning, you wake up and head back to the dig to find Leah with other four pieces of Orichalcum, all apparently from the same source as the first.

"What did we hit, miss Kava?" He asks, confused. "We're wrecking all of our shovels and pickaxes. We can't keep digging like this."

"Sure we can." You reply. "Is there another choice? We can't just make these bits of metal disappear."

"It's not just the bits of golden metal." He replies.

"...oh?"

"We've hit a different layer. It's still soil, or rather, it looks like thick-grained sand. We can dig through it, but it ruins our tools."

"...Those bits of orichalcum you found were in this layer?"

"Yes. Probably that first one was just an outlier. Seem we've hit some really weird strata."

"...Send someone to call Mikahil and bring me some of this sand." You order him, keeping the bits of the blade.

In about ten minutes, both assignments are carried out and you're explaining the issue to your fellow solar.

"Going to Tianna right now is not a good move for us two." He warns you. "There's a lot of chaos there with the Immaculates. Maka is working on them, but it's best if we don't show up until everything's solved." He looks at those bits of metal. "...Any chance we can use them?"

"Not like they are now, but I can probably reforge them. It would let us circumvent all the troublesome process of refining gold into orichalcum. This is actually an orichalcum-steel-bronze alloy, though, so it's really only useful for stuff like weapons and armor." You explain.

"And that sand?" He asks, pointing at the nearby box where you had some of it collected.

"It's sand."

"Uh-huh."

"But it also has bits and pieces of Admiral's Brass in it."

"...What's that?"

"A first-age alloy used in naval construction."

He takes a second look at the sand. "Are we building on the site of a first-age port or dockyard?"

(cont.)

>>32503078
Thread 26.
>"...Maka. I've spent years of my life in the Realm. I've seen... things, compared to which whatever orgy, whatever sexual deviancy you might have is NOTHING. I've seen, even done, things that make my skin crawl to this day."

>>32503143
We don't know anything about them and she has good enough breeding to have two of five her children exalted even though her husband was a mortal.

>>32502704
>Ask for advice. (to whom?)
Amata and Irene. Take the blade fragment with us. There's something funny about this island. They know its history best.

Rolled 3

>>32503145
I'd be fine with asking him before we maybe left to go talk to Amata, we need smeone to manage the project while we're away anyway. But look at how many people have voted to ignore this completely. I just don't get it.

>>32503211
Because we want to finish the bloody manse?

Rolled 6

>>32503220
One or two days would'n make a difference, Manse take moths to years to construct.

>>32503192
>"Are we building on the site of a first-age port or dockyard?"
It's a ship Mike!

>>32503211
Because we have to murder the Lintha before we finish up with the mystery of the island.

Rolled 7

>>32503220
>>32503237
Let me try that again with proper spelling
One or two days wouldn't make a difference. Manse take months to years to construct.

Rolled 3

>>32503253
Why can't Valeriana begin working on the mystery while we focus on the Lintha?

Rolled 5

>>32503282
Teamwork!

"We're certainly building on something." Is your response. "We're finding too much stuff for all of this to be born out of the Wyld. Evidently, the Wyld was only in surface. Probably this layer of worked metal actually prevented it from spreading too far underground."

He slowly nods, looking lost in thought. "How does this work with the demesnes we have here? Sites of long-gone first age manses, whose power has resurfaced once the Wyld has been cleared?"

"Maybe. Maybe." You concede. "But I don't want to stop or slow down the construction for this."

"It could be important." He points out.

"Which is why someone has to worry about it."

He points at himself quizzically.

You nod.

"...I know nothing about manses and demesnes and geology and this kind of stuff."

You shrug in response. "I've got my hands full, Mikahil. I have a giant tower in my brain that I need to give birth to."

He gives you a weird look.

"What?"

"N-nothing. Alright. I'm kind of good at keeping out of sight, I guess I can try and sneak into Tianna and ask Queen Amata about this. Will you be fine alone here?"

>Yes, don't worry about me. I can handle myself.
>Maybe it's better if you stay here after all. Just send a letter or something.
>Other?

Rolled 10

>>32500357
I'm a little curious, who's the one dot Ally she has?

>>32503301
>Yes, don't worry about me. I can handle myself
We'll be fine.

Rolled 7

>>32503301
>Yes, don't worry about me. I can handle myself.
Ask him to pick up some soil samples too

Rolled 7

>>32503301
>Yes, don't worry about me. I can handle myself.
Unless that ship doubled back to Pearl, there isn't really much to be scared of.
But we can fight a one-armed crazy monk man.

Rolled 4

>>32503299
Exactly!
>>32503301
>Yes, don't worry about me. I can handle myself.
We'll be fine.
We won't be fine.

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>>32503002
I kinda want our Dawn to be a man so he could look like this.

But we already have our combat monster and a sneakmaster, so we shouldn't really expect more solars.

>>32503301
>Yes, don't worry about me. I can handle myself.
"I can call upon Maka's Fae pet if need be. That reminds me, they can build flying things, maybe I can put essence cannons on them? I wonder how that would work"
cue mumbling distraction..

Rolled 10

>>32503324
Not really she can't, Vale doesn't have a single combat charm, besides some Soak charms and she has the same base pool that Maka has for Combat

>>32503333
Just thinking about that would distract her for hours. I approve.

>>32503301
>Maybe it's better if you stay here after all. Just send a letter or something.

It sounds like Amata has enough of her own shit to shovel at the moment. Let her deal with this issue at her own pace

>>32503301
>Yes, don't worry about me. I can handle myself.

Rolled 2

>>32503301
>>Maybe it's better if you stay here after all. Just send a letter or something.
its not a time critical issue

Rolled 3

>>32503301
>Maybe it's better if you stay here after all. Just send a letter or something.
yeah nah, she's worse than Maka in a fight

Rolled 5

>>32503194
That just means she could have visited or trained there, I don't think it's uncommon for Dynast to pick up Lost Eggs and treat them like shit

>>32503418
It might be a First Age megadreadnought, y'know

Rolled 7

>>32503435
That would explain why the Deathlord is exalting so many Sailors

Rolled 8

>>32503435
Are you saying the whole island could be a super cool warship?

Rolled 3

I'm surprised she doesn't have more magitech artifacts.
She can build a ship but can't afford to make an Essence Cannon or something?

Rolled 3

>>32503435
and finding that information out a couple of days/week sooner than otherwise impacts things how?

>>32503333
"I always wanted to build an airship."

>>32503458
Well, if Metagalapa can be a flying fortress, I don't see why Tianna can't be a swimming one

>>32503458
It's a possibility. Either the ship sank and was covered by dirt and Wyld, or the first-age solars acted to hide it and sealed it in a cocoon of soil.

Rolled 3

>>32503270
And Val has a 10X GOTTAGOFAST construction charm.

>>32503486
That's Lethe (AKA Exalted Atlantis). Which was smaller than this island by an order of magnitude.

Rolled 3

>>32503307
Probably Mik.

Now that she's in our circle th

Rolled 5

>>32503474
I assume she wasn't able to get the material for a magic cannon as easily as she could ship building equipment

Rolled 3

>>32503538
I don't think we've spent enough time with her to have her firmly in our Allies background, Zareen wasn't before we upgraded

Rolled 8

>>32503538
Circle mates don't count as Allies, so it can't be Mikhail or Maka.

>>32503567
Other PC's don't count as allies to be more accurate.

>>32503307
(You)
(You're her only friend)
(;_;)


"...Don't worry." You reply to him. "I'm fairly sure I can take care of myself here."

"...Well, alright. I'll take one of the horses then. I'll see what I can drag out of Amata."

"She's good at keeping secrets?" You ask.

"A master. She's the toughest nut to crack I've ever met."

"But you still trust her."

He nods. "We have a deal. Actually, an Oath. So maybe I can use that to get some answers from her. Answers she wouldn't even give Maka."

"I just need to know what the heck I'm building on." You point out.

That said, he parts ways and you return to your dig. In the meanwhile, another piece of Orichalcum has been found. Trying to assemble them like a puzzle, you figure out that they must have belonged to a long, straight-bladed, double-edged orichalcum daiklave.

You could assign some men to sift through the moved earth and soil looking for other bits and pieces of the blade, or possibly other relics, but that would be inefficient...

...on the other hand, you could take the day to build a giant sieve to put all that earth through. It would still slow down your work, but not much.

>Good idea. Let's sieve all the earth we move here. Who knows what's down there.
>No, better focus on building the manse as fast as possible.

Rolled 5

>>32503599
>>Good idea. Let's sieve all the earth we move here. Who knows what's down there.

Fuck it, Let's do it.

SOLAR ENGINEERING STYLE

>>32503599
>Good idea. Let's sieve all the earth we move here. Who knows what's down there
No telling what we may find.

>>32503599
>Good idea. Let's sieve all the earth we move here. Who knows what's down there.
Better than breaking all the tools on hand.

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Rolled 5

>>32503599
>(You)
>(You're her only friend)
We should go shopping with her then

>Good idea. Let's sieve all the earth we move here. Who knows what's down there.
Let's get it all out of the way before we wreck more of our tools

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Rolled 10

>>32503599
>(You)
>(You're her only friend)
>(;_;)
Isn't is sad Valeriana

>Good idea. Let's sieve all the earth we move here. Who knows what's down there.

Rolled 3

>>32503599
>Good idea. Let's sieve all the earth we move here. Who knows what's down there.
I want to build the Manse, but I keep getting distracted.
God damn.

Rolled 2

>>32503599

>Good idea. Let's sieve all the earth we move here. Who knows what's down there.

>>32503618
So, what do we call it? Celestial Archimedian Technique?

Rolled 3

>>32503599
Also don't forget to use our charms, I'm not sure which would apply here though
Master Artisan Skill?

Rolled 1

>>32503599
>Good idea. Let's sieve all the earth we move here. Who knows what's down there.

Maybe we can pawn some of this stuff for quick cash.

Rolled 9

>>32503599
>>Good idea. Let's sieve all the earth we move here. Who knows what's down there.

As if there were any other option.

Rolled 3

>>32503599
>(You)
>(You're her only friend)
>(;_;)
Now I want Maka to cuddle her.

>Good idea. Let's sieve all the earth we move here. Who knows what's down there.

Rolled 4

>>32503599
Given that we started the thread with all our essence, we probably haven't activated Chest of Shining Wonders for the day. We should do that.

>>32503599
>Good idea. Let's sieve all the earth we move here. Who knows what's down there.
Who knows what we'll need it for later

Rolled 1

>>32503599
>>Good idea. Let's sieve all the earth we move here. Who knows what's down there.

All the Orichalcum! All of it!

Rolled 9

>>32503599
>>Good idea. Let's sieve all the earth we move here. Who knows what's down there.
its not like building a Manse happens in a few days...

Rolled 2

>>32503599
>Good idea. Let's sieve all the earth we move here. Who knows what's down there.
Too bad Maka likes punching, or we could get her a beam weapon.
Actually, are beam weapons a thing in Creation or do they only exist in Autochthonia?

Rolled 6

>>32503599
>>Good idea. Let's sieve all the earth we move here. Who knows what's down there.

OUR ROLLS ARE AWFUL

Rolled 1

So, Exalted newbie here, what charms should we be popping as Val/when should we be popping them?

Rolled 10

>>32503599
>Good idea. Let's sieve all the earth we move here. Who knows what's down there.
also
>>32503679
Chest of Shining Wonders. It lasts all day, let's use it.

Rolled 7

>>32503710
Look at the OP, every charm has a description on the character sheet, right now we should be activating Chest of Shining Wonders.

Rolled 8

>>32503656
>>32503719
I'll second whatever charms you guys think we should be using

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Rolled 8

>>32503599

>Good idea. Let's sieve all the earth we move here. Who knows what's down there.
MAGIC-SCIENCE TIME!

Also use
>Craftman needs no tools
>Shining chest of wonders

Rolled 9

>>32503745
>>Craftman needs no tools
This one is Permanent, but yes SCW and maybe MAS

>>32503745
>Craftman needs no tools
There's no need. We have all the tools we need

Rolled 5

>>32503719
>>32503733
Wait, I Fucked up the word order, it's Shining Chest of Wonders.
>>32503745
Craftman Needs No Tools is permanent, no need to activate it.

Rolled 1

>>32503704
Maybe we can get gauntlets of distant touch for her, for punching people at range.
That or Perfect Kata Braclers

>>32503733
She does indeed have a chest of shining wonders. So does Maka, although it's more along the lines of dark wonders.

Rolled 7

>>32503704
>>32503758
I pretty sure we decided on God-Kicking Boots.
Specifically High Heeled God-Kicking Boots, for Kicking ass in style

Should we use Grand Architects Scheme?

Rolled 10

>>32503751
>>32503755
>>32503757

Oh, it is.
Was thinking about vanilla exalted too much.
I got to ST a game today

Rolled 5

>>32503774
We can get both
But heels are a priority
They look nice

Rolled 6

>>32503758
Don't Perfect Kata Bracers need Starmetal as well as whatever Magical Material you're making them out of?
Unless that Material is Startmel, then you need Orichlcum.
Or am I thinking of a different artifact?

Rolled 9

>>32503782
Sure, we need all the help we can get with this set of rolls.

Rolled 5

>>32503800
Oh yeah, forgot about that.

Rolled 8

>>32503824
We could just kill a god for it. It would make Amata happy if nothing else.

Rolled 3

>>32503599

>>32503782
>>32503814
Going to agree with activating Grand Architects Scheme as well as Shining Chest of Wonders

>>32503846
Killing a god is only half of the process. Also, a Blasphemy

>>32503877
Only a Blasphemy if you don't fill out the correct paperwork in Heaven first. If you get all the forms filled out, and can make a case in a celestial court that the god in question failed their duties or acted against the Bureaucracy, then they can be killed and harvested for Starmetal. The Bureau of Destiny actually arranges for a certain number of false convictions every year to keep Sidereals supplied with Starmetal weapons.

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[Shining Chest of Wonders] [Grand Architect's Scheme] [Essence 5/7]

You spend the rest of the day with Leah and other two men assembling a giant sieve out of wooden frame and reforged iron wire, and shoveling endless piles of dirt through it.

By night, you have collected almost every pat of the daiklave, enough to reverse-engineer its design. You sketch it on your book for future reference.

In any case, some pieces still miss, so you can't exactly reforge it. Besides, it's too ruined. Best you could do is to melt down the metal and recycle it.

It's probably something you could do right now. You just need a very high temperature. Solar mirrors are needed to purify gold into orichalcum, but to melt a steel-bronze-orichalcum alloy high temperature and lava should be enough.

That volcano goddess might help.

Ideas of what to make with this much weapons-grade orichalcum alloy are already dancing in your brain...

>Let's go ask her, she might know something as well.
>Let's finish the dig first at least, so if you find other pieces you can melt them all at once.
>Other?

Rolled 6

>>32503963
>Let's go ask her, she might know something as well.

Rolled 2

>>32503963


>Let's finish the dig first at least, so if you find other pieces you can melt them all at once.

Stay focused!

>>32503963
>Let's finish the dig first at least, so if you find other pieces you can melt them all at once.

>>32503963
>Let's finish the dig first at least, so if you find other pieces you can melt them all at once.
Besides, no reason to go trekking across the island at night

Rolled 2

>>32503963
>Let's finish the dig first at least, so if you find other pieces you can melt them all at once.

Rolled 65

>>32503963
>>Let's finish the dig first at least, so if you find other pieces you can melt them all at once.

Rolled 9

>>32503963
I don't mind finishing but I don't want to keep the mortal working all night, they aren't Exalted like we are, they do get tired and hungry

Rolled 4

>>32503963
>Let's finish the dig first at least, so if you find other pieces you can melt them all at once.


Also, how ancient Val'd say is the layer of dirt?

Rolled 3

>>32503963
>Let's finish the dig first at least, so if you find other pieces you can melt them all at once.

Rolled 8

>>32503963
>Let's go ask her, she might know something as well.

Rolled 9

>>32504014
First Age at least

>>32503963
>>Let's finish the dig first at least, so if you find other pieces you can melt them all at once.

>>32504005
We don't have the charm that let's us stay up for days, so we wouldn't be much better off than them.

Rolled 8

>>32503963
>Let's finish the dig first at least, so if you find other pieces you can melt them all at once.
Much as I'd like to see her.

Rolled 10

>>32504038
forgot mah dice

>>32503963
>>Let's finish the dig first at least, so if you find other pieces you can melt them all at once.

Practicality, ho!

Rolled 6

>>32503963
dice+1d10

Rolled 9

>>32503963
>Finish the dig at least to find other pieces and melt all of them at once

You restrain yourself and spend the night doodling sketches and making calculations instead of sleeping, at least until Leah forcibly turns your lantern off.

(After that you continue with your castemark for a bit.)

The metal isn't a lot, but if you supplement it with some more steel it should work fine without downgrading quality. It will prevent you from attaching magical qualities to it, unfortunately, which means it'll be good for just weapons and armor without any kind of enchantments. Which is a pity, you always wanted an essence firearm for yourself.

Three days later, the foundation of the tower is finished. Without hitting the bedrock at all, but it's deep enough that you're confident that it will hold admirably. Actually, the fact that you didn't hit the expected layer of rock means the hole ended up being a lot deeper than you were prepared to make it

Other shards and bits of materials were found while digging, mostly pieces of magical materials. The only thing sturdy enough to survive sort of intact, perhaps? It's mostly orichalcum and jade, with a bit of what you imagine to be moonsilver.

All in all, about four kilograms of orichalcum are at your disposal. How do you plan to use them?

>Barrel and essential parts required to turn your staff into a magical firearm. You'll still need other parts, including 100% pure orichacum, to finish it.
>Set of orichalcum-bladed tools
>Set of throwing knives, x3
>God-kicking boots
>Smashfists
>Light suit of mail
>Melt some of it in a more diluted steel-orichalcum alloy that will let you build a taller tower
>Reaper daiklave
>Shield
>Other?

Rolled 5

>>32504252
>Melt some of it in a more diluted steel-orichalcum alloy that will let you build a taller tower

Phallic Tower, ho!

Rolled 7

>>32504252
>Melt some of it in a more diluted steel-orichalcum alloy that will let you build a taller tower
how much taller are we talking here?

Rolled 4

>>32504282
Wooooo! Agreed

Rolled 2

>>32504252
>God-kicking boots

Rolled 8

>>32504252
>God-kicking boots
Oh fuck yeah, Oricalchum boots!

>>32504252
>High Heeled God-kicking boots

Friendship!

>>32504252
>Set of orichalcum-bladed tools
>Smashfists
>Melt some of it in a more diluted steel-orichalcum alloy that will let you build a taller tower
Tools for us, alloy for tower, Smashfists for Maka.

Rolled 8

>>32504252
>High Heeled God-kicking boots

She'll deny she made them extra sexy for Maka, but we all know the truth

>>32504252
Forgot to tell, each option is worth about one kg, so Valeriana can do up to 4.

>>32504252
>God-kicking boots
>Maka I made you a present

As an aside though, I think a shield would be nice to have too, It would make a nice image for Maka, Tools to defend herself, but not to attack with
Not that she needs them

Rolled 4

>>32504252
>Melt some of it in a more diluted steel-orichalcum alloy that will let you build a taller tower

The tallest tower. Tall enough to touch the sun.

>>32504305
I don't think we have enough for all that, would be pretty cool if we did, but replace Smashfists with God-Kicking Boots

>>32504252
>Smashfists

Rolled 7

>>32504290
A far more important question is how much more phallic we're talking.

>Melt some of it in a more diluted steel-orichalcum alloy that will let you build a taller tower

Yes to the crazy tower