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"I should've been there to protect you." She replies, brushing aside your entire argument. "From now on, I'm never going to leave your side."

"...I understand that you're worried about me, but someties we'll-"

"Never." She interrupts you. There's a spark of light burning in her eyes as she stares you down. For a moment, you find yourself panicked and terrified. "I'll never let you go anywhere alone anymore."

> Agree
> Deny
> Try and calm her down
> Try and cheer her up
> Hide under blankets
> Explain that you only boarded the ship because of Karas
> Ask about something (what?)
> Ask for someone (who?)

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>Who are we?
Maka, an exiled noble Exalted as a Zenith-caste Solar. She was in the western city of Tianna as a guest of queen Amata, an old friend. Abyssals are targeting the city for conquest, Lintha pirates have infiltrated it with spies and agents, and the Realm is probably planning to get rid of you.
But things are also looking up. You have gathered a lot of allies and friends, have a powerful Manse under construction, and are unifying Tianna in a great nation under your overwhelming charisma.
You just discovered the reason everyone seems to be so interested in Tianna: an enormous magical fortress lies buried underground, a relic of the First Age with enough firepower to destroy anything...

>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=Solar%20Quest

>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

>Any questions?
http://ask.fm/Exaltedfag

>>36280814
> Try and calm her down

Rolled 6 (1d10)

>>36280814

> Ask about something (what?)
Is the murdering heart still alive?

>>36280814
>try and calm her down

>>36280814
>> Try and calm her down
> Hide under blankets
invite her in for comfy, we're too sore for sex. then explain the circumstances

>36280814
> Try and calm her down
> Explain that you only boarded the ship because of Karas and have spoken to him about it.

> Hide under blankets

So Maka will only be able to have threesomes now? I'm fine with that.

Rolled 1 (1d10)

>>36280814
> Try and calm her down
> Remind her that she, like you has responsibilities.

> brespi imprisoned
...really captcha?

Question on the archived threads i only made it to 35(lot of reading jesus)what happened between the time tiana told everyone we were marrying and now?

>>36281040
...a lot. A whole lot. A fuck-tonne of a lot.

>>36281040

Lots of things, really. Like an awesome festival, and making a truce with the abyssals, fighting dragon-blooded, discovering a huge weapon under the island, and starting to build our own city.

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"...Tia, you're... You're scaring me a bit. Calm down." You whisper.

"...I... I just don't want you to get hurt again." She breathes a deep sigh. "I'm calm. I'm calm."

"Look, sometimes we'll have to act separately. Like in this operation, we had to split up as part of the plan." You reason.

"And that was a mistake I'll never do again." She replies. "I'll be always next to you."

"Look, Tia, I'm an Exalted. I'm a Solar. I can take care of myself."

"No, you can't." She replies. "But that's alright. I will take care of you from now on."

She didn't calm down at all. She just LOOKS calm. But her expressionless face, twisted in a trying-to-be-reassuring fake smile beneath crying eyes, gives you the chills.

Someone knocks at the door, and the sudden noise startles her. "I will protect you." She repeats, as she stands back up, reaches for her Daiklave, and turns to the door...

> See what happens
> Talk her down
> Try and distract her
> Try and restrain her

>>36281089
Get up and hug her.
Hug her hard. HARD.

>>36281062
Agreed hug her

>>36281089
>Try and distract her

Time to show her Maka's blessing and divinity.

>>36281089
>Distract
Ask her to get over here and hug us, then ask who is there at the door

Rolled 6 (1d10)

>>36281089
Oh, wait, is this clinginess Tia's equivalent of our ill-considered orgies?

> Try and distract her
> Try and restrain her
Yeah, get up and hug her.

Rolled 7 (1d10)

>>36281089

Seconding this
>>36281112
Cool down hug time!
Perhaps talking to the heart time.

Also turn on your dice guys.

>>36281089
HUGS

>>36281089

Fookin' Yandere. Hug her, then pin her to prove that you don't need her protection.

Make her feel bad when your wounds tear open.

Rolled 8 (1d10)

>>36281127
Y u no dice my fone

>>36281124
Ugh, great writing, terrible dice system.

FUCK YOUR DICE OP, I'M JUST HERE TO READ YOUR BOOK.

Rolled 9 (1d10)

>>36281089
>> Try and restrain her

Rolled 3 (1d10)

Hug her

Rolled 6 (1d10)

>>36281119
Rolling

>>36281089
>> Talk her down
>> Try and distract her

>>36281089
>Talk her down

Rolled 3, 6, 7, 7, 1, 8, 9, 3, 2, 1 = 47 (10d10)

>>36281089
ALL THE ROLLS

Rolled 3 (1d10)

>>36281089
> Hugs!

Uhh, guys? Captcha's scaring me.
>sunsedr mercy

>>36281139
>Great writing

Rolled 3 (1d10)

>>36281169
WHY do I always forget my DICE

Rolled 82 (1d100)

>>36281089
rolling

Rolled 10 (1d10)

>>36281089
Rolling

Rolled 1 (1d10)

>>36281089
rolling.

>>36281183
Try again anon

Rolled 4 (1d10)

>>36281089
roolingg

Rolled 8 (1d10)

>>36281089
rollin'.

>>36281216
Don't worry, I am.

Rolled 9 (1d10)

>>36281089
> Talk her down

>>36281183
>>36281204
>>36281213
>>36281230
>>36281230
>>36281233
What are you doing? Quit wasting bumps.

Rolled 5 (1d10)

>>36281240
I'm rolling.

Rolled 7 (1d10)

>>36281089
> Talk her down
> Try and distract her

Rolled 10 (1d10)

>>36281089
> Try and distract her

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"Tia."

Something is wrong.

"Tia!"

You try and stand up. It's a slow and painful slog, and even wrestling the blanket off you is an uphill battle.

You thought you managed to bring Tia's crazy somewhat under control, but apparently it can always resurface...

Legs and arms burn and sting as the fresh, raw skin of your flayed wounds rubs painfully on the bandages, the blankets, the bed, and each other.

Physical + Zenith = 6 7 8 9 3 6 3 3 = 3 successes

Tia is clearly about to put her daiklave through the door, directly. She doesn't even know who is behind the door. She doesn't care. It could be Karas, or Amata, or anyone. Worse, it could be a mortal crewman coming to check on you, someone who stands absolutely no chance to survive or dodge.

You stumble with a couple hurried steps across the small room and throw yourself at Tia.

It's like waking her from a trance. A moment ago she was so perceptive she woke up when she detected your change in breathing from sleeping to conscious. Now, she doesn't even hear you stumbling noisily across the creaky wooden floor, and just jolts in surprise when you fall on her.

Throwing away the daiklave to keep it away from you and trying to cushion you and sustain you, you both end up falling in a tangle of arms and legs, sprawled on the ground. She breaks your fall with her body.

"Don't." You whisper in her ear.

Amata opens the door, and stares down at you two with a look of disapproval.

"Maka, what the hell are you doing? You're barely alive, covered in wounds and bandages, pumped full of medicine, and all you can think about is sex? And on the floor, even? I realize the bed is a bit small here, but..."

"N-no, wait." you try and get back up, but slip as your strength fails you and plant your face in Tia's chest. "It's not how it looks like."

"Talk about a chichéd line." she giggles, offering a hand to both of you, helping you to your feet. Tia seems still confused and dazed, like she has no idea what just happened.

(Cont)

>>36281274
Her Great Curse seems like a lot less fun than ours.
And a lot more likely to get someone killed.

>>36281325
Our great curse isn't fun when people start saying "No." Either.

That's when we start punching people.

>>36281341
>people saying "No" to Maka

>>36281341
Yeah, but it doesn't default to "Stab anyone who comes near our waifu, no matter their intentions."
Also, Maka is charismatic enough that Mind Rape is more likely to result than the regular kind.
I'm not saying our's isn't inconvenient, just that in the long run Tia's is likely to be more troublesome.

>>36281368

I so want to see Karas' great curse. Everyone else's as well!

>>36281355
Can happen. And when it does it's going to be someone who's going to be able to punch a lot harder than us.

>>36281368
You're right. Tia's can be directly a lot worse it seems.

>>36281376
Please don't be so eager about everyone we know going insane.

Rolled 2 (1d10)

>>36281376

It would be fun to have everyone limit break together!

Not sure if our brothers limit break would be valour or conviction based.

>>36281392
Sorry, NEARLY everyone

>>36281376
>>36281400
I want the Ebon Dragon and Neverborn to leave

>>36281424
Eddie is love though.

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>>36281424

Oh come on. It would be fun. It would be the first age all over again.

As soon as you're back up, both of them shove you delicately back on the bed.

"You should rest. You're wrecked."

"...Right. Right. Stay here."

You put up a token resistance. "But I want to know whay's going on."

"Alright, alright, I'll bring you up to speed so lie down now."

They sit down on the edges of the already-narrow bed, on either side. You see Amata's hands and forearms are bandaged, and she has a fresh scar across her forehead. "...yeah, the Lintha didn't give up easy." She explains, noticing your gaze. "We fought hard all over the Murdering Heart. You missed some pretty good action."

You glance sideways to Tia. She probably didn't see the rest of the fight either, as she's listening intently.

"Did you kill it?"

"Rajan got nearly blown to bits as well, but he managed to make good with his oath. We broke into the Murdering Heart's organ cavity and he insisted to personally slash its hearts open." she grins grimly. "Damn thing had a lot of blood in it."

"Got anything interesting?" You ask.

"A pretty good haul. They had quite a bit of loot in their hold, probably taken from some recent raids. Trade goods, gold and silver, raw gemstones, silk, iron, spices."

You wonder how it works when a monster ship carries in its hold/stomach spices, as your mind wanders for a moment.

"And directions for the Black Atoll." She adds.

"How did you get them?" You have to wonder.

She looks away. "...Five Tails is very good with a knife."

You never heard about a Lintha betraying his kind, not even under torture. This is a first.

"So, now, we-" You start, but Amata interrupts you.

(Cont.)

"You do nothing. You're going to stay here and help me coordinate." She pushes you back down on the bed, interrupting your half-assed attempt to stand back up. "You're not frontline material now."

Tia nods vigorously.

"But-"

"Think of it as... Queen training."

"Queen training?"

"You're still inexperienced in tactics and strategy. Being removed from the action for a bit might give you perspective."

> Alright, I'll stand back.
> Only until I'm healed.
> No way, I'm going.

>>36281517
>Only until I'm healed.

Maka needs to be ont eh frontlines, showing off.

>>36281482
I seem to remember that whole thing not ending very well.
But what are the chances of that happening again?

>>36281517
> Only until I'm healed.
"Exalts can get back up again, boats, mortals, they can't."

Rolled 6 (1d10)

>>36281517
> Only until I'm healed.

>>36281517
> Only until I'm healed

so, uhhhh, whatd you guys think of Karas?

>>36281517
> Alright, I'll stand back.

It's good advice.

Maybe we'll get some use out of HEP. Karas isn't likely to have it anyway.

Rolled 9 (1d10)

>>36281504
>Only until I'm healed.

Rolled 5 (1d10)

>>36281517
>> Only until I'm healed.

Rolled 1 (1d10)

>>36281517
>Only until I'm healed
Mannnnnnnn

Rolled 1 (1d10)

>>36281517
> Only until I'm healed.

Rolled 3 (1d10)

>>36281517

> Only until I'm healed.

At least our fleet and mortal army's are still intact. I imagine we will have to lead our pirates into battle.

Rolled 1 (1d10)

>>36281517
> Only until I'm healed

We gotta get stuck in! And I'm bored by political bullshit.

>>36281482
4 of them are primordial war vets, but why is it The Hierophant that looks old while Deus looks middle aged and Bright S.I. looks young?

Solar aging man.

Rolled 10 (1d10)

>>36281565
>>36281556
>>36281551

Fuck the rolls for this, how are they going to stop use?

Still rolling though.

>>36281517
> Alright, I'll stand back.
Reserves anyone?

Rolled 3 (1d10)

>>36281579
Forgot tah roll

Rolled 10 (1d10)

>>36281517
>Only until I'm healed.

>>36281517
> Only until I'm healed.

WE ARE THE DESTROYER INCARNATE, LIGHT OF THE SUN.

Luls, we are a diplomatic caste that uses gunboat diplomacy. We do need a better guard though, that's where we really shine by creating and inspiring the meat shields.

Rolled 9 (1d10)

>>36281597
forgot to roll. Which you apparently do with each post? This system confuses me.

>>36281597
>that's where we really shine by creating and inspiring the meat shields.
But we only have one war charm, whereas we have multiple personal combat charms.

>>36281597
I suggest integrating shields to our gauntlets the next time we find some orihalcum.
Possibly add armor-piercing spikes to work with our HTH.

>>36281621
>I suggest integrating shields to our gauntlets
From what I remember our Gauntlets are meant to be sleek, sort of like opera gloves, so they don't look out of place on the rare occasion we wear formal clothes.

>>36281609
Pffft. Force multipliers is where it's at. We get so much more out of having a bunch of awesome mooks than gassing out our personal combat charms.

I mean, we're still a social specced class, we're going to get fucking ROCKED by combat specialist classes.

>>36281517
>>Only until I'm healed
Being a queen sounds very boring
I binged on exalted quest all this week and I'm finally caught up and in an actual thread woo

>>36281684
Yes we're primarily Zenith, but Resistance, which deals with taking blows to the face and laughing them off, is a Zenith skill. And Dawn is our Second highest skill, if we were really social specced that would be Eclipse.

>>36281723
Eclipse is overpowered, not social.

>>36281738
What nonsense are you blathering?
Socialize, Beuacracy, and Linguistics are all Eclipse skills, how is that not necessary for a social specced character?

>>36281738
Sometimes you really wish you had one of those awesome Spirit Charms.
Like Measure The Wind.
Cheap. Effective. Immediately know what you're dealing with.

And Zenith's are Social-Personal while Eclipse's are Social-Group.

>>36281761
I think you missed the joke.

Rolled 6 (1d10)

>>36281772
>Social-Personal
>not Social-Group
>has Performance

>>36281761
It's a joke about Eclipse's over powered as fuck Anima power, charm share anon.

"Unlike you, I AM a frontline type of person." You reply with a sly smile. "You're going to keep me boxed only while I'm this badly hurt, but as soon as I'm back on my feet..."

You suddenly stop, noticing Tia's gaze fixed on you.

Those are the eyes of someone that's seriously, non-ironically, actually considering amputating your legs or something similar, to keep you "safe".

Amata either missed it or decided to change the subject right away to keep the conversation going. "We're setting sail for the Black Atoll now. We just finished loading the Heart's cargo and scuttling it. Or killing it, if that's a more appropriate word."

"Good. When will be arriving?" You try and shake off the cold sweat.

"A day or so. It's a good outpost, tactically. Square in the middle of an area of sea outside of the direct path of most shipping routes, but with many rich routes within three days of sailing." She sounds impressed.

One day. Wonder if they'll let you take part in it. "What kind of force will we face?"

"No idea." She shakes her head. "We don't even know if the Admiral, that Lintha you fought - probably a pureblood - was in charge of the whole operation or just of the Murdering Heart. We just know where it is."

You sink into the bed, sighing softly. Your skin itches.

Zaan certainly helped, with his medicines, but you know that the speed at which your wounds heal is increasing, compared to when you attacked the Wyld swamp. You have this perception of your powers growing steadily, in different ways and directions.

Do Exalted just steadily become stronger and stronger, more and more powerful with time? Linearly, or does this growth plateau after some time? How much time?

And yet, no matter how strong you feel, you still got almost killed. Well, you don't consider yourself a specialist warrior, in any case.

That train of thought distracted you. You should...

>Ask for someone (who?)
>Ask about losses and damage
>Ask about the loot
>Ask about something else (what?)

Rolled 9 (1d10)

>>36281793
>>Ask about losses and damage
>>Ask about the loot
In that order.

Rolled 1 (1d10)

>>36281793
>Ask about losses and damage

Rolled 1 (1d10)

>>36281793
>Ask for someone (who?)
I think we should talk with our brother now that we aren't in mortal danger.

Rolled 7 (1d10)

>>36281761
>>36281738
>>36281723
>>36281684

Well since we got a dawn now, who can be the combat monster and train our troops. We can now afford to some dots in eclipse and come eclipse charms so we can become the ruler that Tianna needs.

Although I imagine the next port of call is to get a charm that allows us to kill immaterial stuff. Also getting a 'fuck CoD' charm would be a bonus.

>>36281793
>Ask about losses and damage
>Ask about the loot

>>36281793
>Ask about losses and damage
then
>Ask for someone (who?)
Our brother

Rolled 10 (1d10)

>>36281793
>>Ask about losses and damage
>>Ask about the loot

>>36281723
> Dawn has one point higher

> 2 scene specific offensive combat charms, and 1 anti-undead

> 1 scene specific soak charm

>1 for balance & sneaking (stealth & not falling), 1 for jumping and leaping

> 4 environmental protection charms

> 4 social charms

> 1 scene specific and 1 that permanent training charm for mooks in combat

So, we're tough, and we have a slight edge in Dawn, but we're clearly set up to a) Convince people to join us, and b) buff them up. Not particularly great at the second part, but it works with the "convincing people to join us" part.

We are a survivalist command centre, not a combat monster

>>36281826
No, next port is AST and soak upgrade. To not die.

>>36281793

Lets ask for Karas. We need to catch up on events. I wonder how did he got an exaltation. Did he stop a ship with his bare hands too?

Rolled 1 (1d10)

>>36281793
>>Ask about the loot
>>Ask about something else (what?)

Where is our Broski?

Rolled 7 (1d10)

>>36281845

Oh yea. Not dying is important.
Still, we need to be able to fight gods and ghosts without them trolling us by becoming immaterial

>>36281845
We can soak with upgraded meat shields. We just have to be able to survive alpha strikes.

I know it's a hard concept, guys, but in some games you actually have to run away from things that can/will kill you. I mean, I know it's stated to be that it's hard to actually kill exalted in this quest, but that doesn't mean we can't die. Or have people sacrifice themselves to save us.

If it wasn't for our friends (and our supreme Yandere) not even that would have saved us from our "Lead with our face!" tactics of fighting.

Rolled 2 (1d10)

>>36281793
>Ask about losses and damage
While cuddling with Tia and an arm around Amata

>>36281872
>survive alpha strikes.
>arguing against AST

I must be misreading something.

>>36281793
What losses did we take, what loot did we find, is the admiral crying in the galley now his life has no meaning, and is our brother dressing in frilly dresses again?
In that order.

Rolled 8 (1d10)

>>36281871
OR, and this is just a thought, we could get our friends who are specialists at this to help us out.

You know, since we aren't operating in a vacuum and we're social specced.

> Tia: Punch her in her soul

> Maka: I don't know how to do that

> Tia: I will make Zaan do it for you

Seriously, guys.

>>36281872
That just means we need to get better at fighting. We gain experience FAST in this quest, and people have noted Maka is growing quickly even by Exalted standards, we don't need to pigeonhole ourselves like that, especially since a lot of people who follow this quest LIKE Maka's current progression of primarily Zenith and Dawn.

>>36281890
Obviously I feel like we're strong enough to take a hit or two already.

I'm not against getting AST either, but just saying that we can get more out of diversifying into an army. Keep in mind that we weren't even getting our shit pushed in by the BBEG last fight, but getting worn down by mooks. MOOKS.

Tougher mooks, but still.

>>36281910
And a lot of people would like to progress her Zenith and Eclipse, as evidence by how the charms have been selected so far.

>>36281920
And that's why we need to upgrade our Soak.

"...what about our losses?"

"Gloria's been wrecked by gunfire. It's sailing back to Tianna for repairs. Out of the fight, probably for a while. Overall, fleet-wide, our losses were surprisingly low. Our Exalted sustained most of the fight, the toughest part at least. Overall, fifteen dead, fourteen wounded. Including pretty much all Exalted."
The Exalted will all make recoveries, of course, but some of the mortals might have been crippled for life.

Did you kill these people? You brought them to this fight. You picked a fight with the Lintha.

You shrug away those thoughts. The Lintha needed to be taken out, for too many reasons. Leaving them alone would have been worse.

"Rubel suggested setting aside part of the loot to compensate the wounded, and the families of the deceased. An old practice of theirs." Amata informs you. "Pretty good thinking for pirates." she begrudgingly admits.

> Good idea
> No, we need that money
> I have a different idea... (What?)
Combined with:
> Call me Karas, please
> I should focus on recovering before the next fight. Call me Zaan.
>(other?)

Rolled 2 (1d10)

>>36281959
> Good idea
> Call me Karas, please, and bring Zaan in too

Rolled 8 (1d10)

>>36281959
>> Good idea
> Call me Karas, please

Rolled 2 (1d10)

>>36281946
Or we could get meatshields to fight with/for us so that our soak doesn't get overwhelmed by shit dice rolls again.

Rolled 7 (1d10)

>>36281959
>Good idea
>Call me Ishmael

Having a Pension plan and benefits program will encourage a lot of people to join our navy/army, and encourages professionalism in the service. it is absolutely a good thing.

Rolled 9 (1d10)

>>36281980
Which is dependent on meatshields and their shit dice rolls.

Not the best of plans, we've been planning for this upgrade for a very long time, please don't fuck it up now.

>>36281959
> Good idea
> Call me Karas, please

Rolled 6 (1d10)

>>36281980
How many times have we been in a situation where we could afford to wait for the meatshields to do the heavy lifting?

No, we need that upgrade, we've needed it for a long time and have been aiming at getting it for even longer.

Rolled 8 (1d10)

>>36281959
>Good idea
> Call me Karas, please

Rolled 6 (1d10)

>>36281959
>Good idea
>Call me Karas, please

>>36281946
The problem is that we burn through our essence & health with no chance to regain it, and while we have good soak we're taking all the hits directly to our face pretty much, especially if we get shit rolls.

Not to mention that it only applies to wherever and whoever we're fighting at the time.

If we had better trained guys, then maybe Amata's ship wouldn't have been sunk. What if we had lost her because of that, guys. How would you have magically soaked that?

Look, I'm all for us being a badass battle bitch, but we are already at Queen and Commander level. And while we can lead from the front, we can't do everything and we're going to have to delegate.

I don't see why you would be opposed to something that could help us in our immediate battles AND with battles across our kingdom.

Rolled 7 (1d10)

>>36281959

> Good idea
Moral is important. Although we need to be careful not to let our losses get too high.
> Call me Karas, please
Although I imagine our brother is in worse shape then we are.

>>36281959
>> Good idea
> Call me Karas, please

Did anyone perform exceptionally well, if so mark them for Tiger Warrior Training.

Rolled 10 (1d10)

>>36282007
>mark them for Tiger Warrior Training.
I thought we were training all the crews at the same time

Rolled 1 (1d10)

>>36281999
>If we had better trained guys, then maybe Amata's ship wouldn't have been sunk.
How? We were the only ship on the scene and had to save Karas' ass, no amount of better trained mooks would have helped that.

Yes, we need to use better trained troops more often and in increasingly larger quantities, but we still need that soak upgrade, and we need it first.

For the love of god, don't throw a wrench in our plans when we're finally one step away from it.

Rolled 7 (1d10)

>>36281959
>Good idea
>Call me Karas, please

Rolled 6 (1d10)

>>36281959
>>36282007
Can I dice for finding valorous warriors among our ranks?

>>36281993
You make a good point, and I'm not really too strongly against AST. But I still think we should get on buffing troops for reasons mentioned by >>36281999.

That "being able to afford to wait" goes both ways, hey?

>>36281959
>>Good idea
>>Karas

Rolled 4 (1d10)

>>36282019
Eh, still probably not a bad idea to check for commanders & promotions, stuff like that.

Rolled 8 (1d10)

>>36281999
>What if we had lost her because of that, guys. How would you have magically soaked that?
How would more trained troops that were no where near close to being able to help have helped? Sure it's great if we have them to use them, but we didn't, and in situations like that, we won't, the plan decided that, and was dependent on that, so your argument is stupidly flawed.

Don't use that argument to try and guilt trip us, that's just pathetic.

>>36282027
We've been waiting for AST for about 20 threads, it's been a long term goal ever since EF said it was a thing. Meanwhile this is the first time you've brought this up that I can tell.

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>>36282027
>That "being able to afford to wait" goes both ways, hey?
No it doesn't, they are either in position to help, in which case we use them, or they are not, and we're hung out to dry.

Yes I'm all for buffing our troops, but we're getting AST first and thats that.

"Let's do this." You nod. "Leave it to him, I trust his judgement. He's been sailing and fighting on the sea longer than either of us."

During all your discussion with Amata, meanwhile, Tia is staying silent, half-sprawled on your bed, laying her head on your belly like an oversized dog who thinks he's still a puppy.

"And... I'd like to have a talk with Karas and... If you can also call Zaan to change these bandages and give me some more of his happy juice, please?"

Amata nods. "Sure. I'll go rest as well, it's been too long since I had a chance to. Best to be fresh when the next fight will happen."

She leaves you alone with Tia.

"...Maka?" She asks, without moving.

"Yes?"

"I'm sorry."

> don't be sorry, be careful.
> it's all right, don't worry.
> you need help, Tia.
> (other?)

Rolled 3 (1d10)

>>36282027
Dude, we've been planning for more than 20 fucking threads for this, yes we know about better trained troops, and yes we're planning for it, but we've got a plan in place, and it means we get AST first.

Don't fuck with the plan.

Rolled 5 (1d10)

>>36282053
> it's all right, don't worry.
> don't be sorry, be careful.
"We need to watch out for each other Tia."

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>>36282038
You mean to either help us with the assault, or to protect the ship that went through fierce fighting while defended only by her and a bunch of regular people? How could having trained troops have helped in that situation? Gee, I don't know.

Maybe we would have been enough of a threat that they would have had to actually focus on us instead of the captain playing cat-and-mouse with us? Or directly defending the ship?

It was a bad situation we were in regardless, but that note really points out that if we just go full combat then we're missing out on our actual force multipliers such as being able to be effective in multiple places. We got the charms to organize and control a large army, lets make them a legitimate threat on their own that can help defend us, or wear down an enemy so they're spending essence to get to us.

Remember, whoever blows through their special attacks first usually loses.

Rolled 9 (1d10)

>>36282053
>> (other?)
HUGS

and also >>36282060

>>36282055
I thought I agreed to getting AST. Just not going full-combat route. We have specialists on our side for that already.

It feels like the party bard is trying to tank.

Rolled 1 (1d10)

>>36282053
> you need help, Tia

Wait, what does AST stand for?

>>36282053
> don't be sorry, be careful.

All Exalts should be careful.

>>36282053
>you need help, Tia.

Tone down on the yandere.

Rolled 5 (1d10)

>>36282053
>> you need help, Tia.

We all have our curses but sometimes . . . yours scares me. It seems like you would do anything to keep me safe, but that sometimes you don't listen to what I say. I'm not a pet or a thing to be kept locked up, I was exalted for a reason, and I'm going to go out and fulfill that.

>>36282067
In Exalted, a Zenith is more a paladin than a bard.

Seriously, you're ruining the plan.

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>>36282061
>You mean to either help us with the assault, or to protect the ship that went through fierce fighting while defended only by her and a bunch of regular people? How could having trained troops have helped in that situation? Gee, I don't know.
What.

In either case they would not have helped, if they came aboard to assault, they wouldn't be helping the Gloria, sure they would be helping damage the MH, but still not stopping the Gloria getting shot at, in the second case, they still wouldn't help with it getting shot at.

Also, you do realise how small the Gloria is right? It's like a yacht, it can't hold many people, the small crew piloting it and us Exalted are pretty much max capacity, so both your 'arguments' are stupid and poorly thought out.

No matter how you try to dress it up, more trained troops would not have been able to help the Gloria after we committed to help Karas, not unless the Gloria can hold a couple hundred troops...

Rolled 1 (1d10)

>>36282061
>1
>>36282087
>10

The dice gods agree, you're arguments are crap.

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>>36282067
>It feels like the party bard is trying to tank.
Don't try to use such a comparison, you just make a fool of yourself then.

Getting AST is not going 'full-combat route', its making sure we can effectively command the battle and best use our army commanding and leadership abilities and help finish off the fight.

And please, we're not anywhere near close to being a bard.

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>>36282092
Well, far be it for me to argue with /tg/'s RNG. We all know how awesome that is.

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>>36282061
>How could having trained troops have helped in that situation? Gee, I don't know.
If you can't see how they would not have helped in that situation then you really need to go and reread those threads, how are slightly powerful humans meant to stop canon fire from the Murdering Heart?

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>>36282053
>> you need help, Tia.
WE ARE BOTH IN DIRE NEED OF SERIOUS PSYCHIATRIC ATTENTION

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>>36282053
>> (other?)
"I think we both need help Tia. We just have to be careful."

MOAR HUGS

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>>36282053
>don't be sorry, be careful.

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>>36282053
> don't be sorry, be careful.
Also hugs.
Hugs forever.

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>>36282100
I guess the sexing made my mind go that way. And the fact that we can burn essence/spells to be tough for a round or two, and then get rocked.

But then again, I usually play either PF or more story-teller based games, I'm honestly not too familiar with exalted. But it said Friendly to Beginners at the top.

It just seems like it would be a better plan to not put ourselves in positions where we're taking max damage. Especially since, like I said, it seems like we have good social charms.

I'm not arguing against the AST, though, just against going directly into combat if we can avoid it.

"...you scare me, Tia. Sometimes, you really scare me." You tell her, with brutal honesty. She flinches from the words like they physically hurt her.

You sigh. You're not going to enjoy this, but...

"...I was Chosen for a reason, Tia. I'm not a small child to be protected, or a little animal to be kept in a golden cage. You're amazing, but I can fight too. I am... I am going to become tougher. So you can feel safe even without staying between me and danger every second of your life."

She gently nods.

"...sometimes you just shut everything else out and don't even listen to me. Like you decide that, in that moment, the entire world is your enemy."

"Except you." She adds. "The entire world except you."

You nod. "It's not. I want to fight together with you, even if I'm not as strong as you. So... Accept me as someone who needs a companion, not a bodyguard."

She nods.

(Cont.)

(Going to afk a bit, give me a hour or so.)

>>36282110
> We almost get killed by mooks, are worn out by the time we reach the boss, get deus ex machina save from Waifu

Allies are the worst, guys.

Anyways, fuck it, I'm tired of arguing. I mean, I can go on if you really want to, but I get the feeling neither of us wants to listen to the other.

Rolled 10 (1d10)

>>36282137
>It just seems like it would be a better plan to not put ourselves in positions where we're taking max damage
That is the plan, and was the plan, but Karas fucked that up royally.

>>36282137
They don't last "a round or two" They last a scene, which is an entire combat or in some cases a series of combats. Exalted can excel at multiple things, and in Solars case, the entire thing is excelling at multiple things.

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>>36282151
>> We almost get killed by mooks, are worn out by the time we reach the boss, get deus ex machina save from Waifu
Right, just go and put words in my mouth instead of reading my argument about that very specific context, I was not even addressing the rest of the fight, just the issues with your comments on how more mooks would have helped the Gloria.

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>>36282151
>but I get the feeling neither of us wants to listen to the other.
uninvolved anon here wondering what you're smoking as you're not even reading that anons post and just trying to strawman a tangential point.

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>>36282144
awww, we need to give Tia headpats and cuddles now

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>>36282151
>Allies are the worst, guys.
He wasn't saying that at all, so nice job there.

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>>36282144
We need some Tia TLC time while Zaan patches us back together again, maybe we can use Tia as a pillow for once?

>>36282212
Karas threesome

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>>36282223
No anon, we're not even going to try until we know if he wants that and our wife and husband are fine with it, and even then, I don't want t.

We just need a quiet night in front of the fireplace with Tia in our lap, while it rains outside, with a glass of wine in our hands.

>>36282223

I can second this.

>>36282223
Hell yes

>>36282223
Are you trying to start an argument that will kill the thread while EF is away?

Rolled 5 (1d10)

Our DB minion told us that she's also a dancer.
Has she danced for us yet?

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>>36282223
Please for the love of god no

>>36282252
No.
We should dance with her some time.
Invite Pyre Spark too.

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>>36282252
I don't think so, but she should

>>36282223
>>36282243
>>36282248
No.

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>>36282223
>>36282243
>>36282248
No thanks.

>>36282257
Yes please.

>>36282238
>glass of wine in our hands.
>not a glass of heroin piss

Do you even exalted? That said, i'd like to at least have a Karas x Tia thing to happen at least once.

>>36282169
Why not, you're the one ignoring the fact that there was fighting ON the ship, and that if we had been able to press the attack on their flagship then they might not even have been able to attack ours, instead focusing on us.

Instead, the captain of the ship had her crew harry us while they sunk the Gloria.

>>36282223
I get the feeling less people would be wanting to jump Karas's dick if we had more men in our harem. Our options for heterosexual love our woefully limited.

>>36282303

That's only partially true.

I was neutral on it, but I've decided to support it more because of the nay sayers now.

>>36282303
Maybe a few, but a most that want to go for it probably want to because of the incest angle rather than in spite of it

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>>36282301
1. They didn't sink the Gloria. 2. Yes it would have been great if we had more troops to press the attack, but where would they come from? The Gloria would not be able to have transported them, it's not big enough by any means, so that means they would have had to come on one of our other ships... Oh wait, they did just that...

Rolled 10 (1d10)

>>36282303
Tia has all the dicks we'll ever need.

>>36282320
That's just petty anon and makes you as bad as them, don't be spiteful.

>>36282336
How and why is it bad at all?

>>36282336
>Rolled 10 (1d10)
>Tia has all the dicks we'll ever need.

The dice gods agree!

>>36282341
The dicks or being a spiteful faggot?

>>36282336
>Tia has all the dicks we'll ever need.
But what about when Tia isn't around?
Do you expect us to go without?

>>36282365
Anon with how she just acted, I imagine Tia would break off a few for us to use if she ever needs to be separated from us.

>>36282336
>>36282365
>>36282372

Hey, she still wants Maka to have a large harem.

>>36282372
>Letting your Lunar order you around
I am severely disappointed in you.

>>36282386
That's just when she goes into kraken form

>>36282387
I bet he thinks the Usurpation was justified.

>>36282387
Who said anything about her ordering us around?

I just meant that if we needed to send her away she seems like the sort that would immediately plop off a few detachable penis' for us before she had to leave.

Rolled 5 (1d10)

>>36282395
silly anon, of course it was

>>36282403
Sorry, I misread you post, clearly it was Sidereal trickery. Or maybe Raksha.

>>36282407
Bronze Faction pls go.

Someone create Exalted General again

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>>36282419
All the elder Solars were so fucked up, there was basically no way of redeeming them and they had to be killed. You don't actually think they should have let the really fucked up Solars continue to do what they want?
I think they should have killed only the really bad Solars and created some sort of oversight that could hold Exalted accountable instead of "do whatever you want, as long as you don't fuck with another Solar, we don't care".

>>36282329
I have no idea why you think having a smaller ship, and thereby a smaller crew, would be an argument against having that crew be a trained elite.

>>36282454
It's not you idiot, read the fucking conversation chain. I was arguing about how having more would not have helped the Gloria in that particular instance because of the situation it was in.

I'm all for having more trained elite, but for fucks sake actually put some effort into reading for once.

>>36282450
>All the elder Solars were so fucked up, there was basically no way of redeeming them and they had to be killed.
Depends on how you interpret the 1st age really. Plenty of their ghosts turned out alright after all.

>>36282454
Anon, you do actually realize how powerful those trained 'elite' are when we are finished training them right?

They are still unexalted humans, they still cannot bunch cannon balls out of the sky...

>>36282450
That was impossible, the Sidereal barely won the
Usurpation thanks to killing most Solars before the fighting started, if the Solars would have had even a moment to prepare, they would have wrecked the Sidereals shit and mindraped them into submission.
Its also not true that "all" the Elder Solars were fucked up, there were plenty of good ones.

>>36282483
Ghosts aren't hooked into the Great Curse.

>>36282329
>"We almost lost the Gloria. It would have gone down under if not for Mika's charms. But it was still crippled badly. It's barely afloat, and we lost six sailors in the fight."

Hm, looks like you're right, they didn't sink it.

Still, remember when we were trying to disable the artillery and instead

>http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive/35972465/#p35974163

Got wrecked by their mooks? That was why I thought we lost it.

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>>36282496
then why didn't the good Elder do something against the fucked up ones if they were the majority?

>>36282509
The great curse isn't solely responsible for the Solars downfall, it just amplifies the effects, if the Solars would have stayed true to their virtues, the great curse can't do shit.

>>36282512
How could you miss that? It was the first thing we checked on after we woke up after going into a rage at the mere possibility of it being sunk.

>>36282516
Who said they were the majority?
I said "plenty" not "most".
And you assume the "good" Solars gave a shit about what the other ones did.

>>36282490
No, but they could keep the enemy mooks off our backs so we don't get worn down by them, grind off enemy Solars & DB, let us achieve multiple objectives like taking out artillery & ranged support while we're busy slapping cannonballs around.

Having them be trained means they don't just get wiped out casually and be useless overall, as well as us not having to worry too much about saving them.

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>>36282535
Are you really a good person when you don't care that your peers are engineering people to make beautiful music when tortured, then torture them and show them of as art pieces?

>>36282540
That's all well and good, and that's exactly what we planned for, and guess what, we have those troops, our pirates we trained up.

But do you know where they were? Not in the fight until well after we boarded the Heart to chase after Karas.

Yes they would have helped earlier if they could have.

But that cannot help what they cannot fight, and if they are still leagues away from the fight, then what the flying fuck are they meant to contribute to the battle?

>>36282550
Assuming that is a thing that actually happened. Which it didn't.
Most solars kept their shit to themselves. And you confuse solars with paladins if you think they are supposed to be "good people", they aren't, they are supposed to be heroes in the classical sense, that leaves plenty of room for fucked up-ness.

>>36282516
They were more of a sizable minority, and most of them probably didn't realize how bad things had really gotten with some of their colleagues.

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>>36282567
I'm pretty sure the music from tortured mortals thing is canon

>>36282550
"good solars" means not absurdly decadent, callous assholes. Not "lawful good" solars, which isn't a thing.
As a matter of fact there were Solars who did exactly that, but most solar didn't have a mandate to judge their fellows.

>>36282589
I mean the "showed their peers" part.
If they showed that kind of thing to anyone it would be to similar solars, not just to the deliberative.
The point was most solars didn't know what the other ones got up to, because Creation is a big place.

Rolled 8 (1d10)

This argument is fucking retarded. The only reason we don't have better-trained troops is because we ran out of time to train them. Next time, we will have them.

And we're definitely taking improved soak charms.

Everyone's getting what they want. Nobody is losing out on anything by getting it. Just shut the fuck up instead of pissing away ANOTHER hundred posts on this stupid fucking fight. These threads don't happen enough anymore top slam them into autosage with something so dumb.

>>36282558
We didn't have any trained soldiers with us. Tia (by GM fiat with no intervention by us) trained the Black Fang soldiers and had them with her.

We actually HAD the option to take people with us

> >Full speed ahead, flank it, and then we all board it.

But nobody even considered taking untrained mooks with us because, well, what's the point in having them in a Solar fight?

Then, like I said, we got worn down by THEIR mooks.

>>36282627
What are you even arguing here?

>>36282622
That's all I wanted. I don't have anything against Soak charms, I just don't want us to over-focus on direct combat. I agreed multiple times with getting AST. Just for some reason one guy got really pissed off that I said troops could have helped us.

>>36282627
>We didn't have any trained soldiers with us.
EXACTLY

THIS IS WHAT I'VE BEEN SAYING

How the fuck have you not gotten that yet?

We had our pirates and Tia's soldiers on the other ships, the ones that could actually carry them, and not on the Gloria which was a fast scout yacht.

So what the fuck is your point because I don't even think you know it now.

>>36282627
uhhh wut

dude, did you even read his post?

also
>We actually HAD the option to take people with us
no we didn't, they were on the other ships in our fleet, several kilometers away from us, the only fighting troops we had on the Gloria were the Exalted and us, the rest were crewing it for Mikahil

Rolled 3 (1d10)

>>36282643
Nobody was arguing against you. You were both agreeing at each other angrily without actually reading what reach other said. Just shut the fuck up. Don't even respond to this post. Just end this fucking idiotic argument/discussion. You're both regards who are literally killing this thread by wasting its post count.

Shut the fuck up.

>>36282643
No anon, you said troops could have helped the Glora not get sunk, which was fundamentally flawed several times over.

Rolled 5 (1d10)

Thinking about the use of trained soldiers. We will need all of them in order to crack black atoll and make it spew out all of this goodies.

Lintha are certainly going to supplement their forces with blood apes and other demons. We should find out why Zaan doesn't like to summon demons or at least find out if he knows any banishment sorcery.

>>36282689
We should just tell our Twilight to summon some demons for us. Thats what they are there for.
Elemental summoning is way too unreliable.

>>36282701
Our Twilight is a Crafts/Lore Twilight. They don't know Sorcery.

Rolled 9 (1d10)

>>36282701

1.Our Twilight doesn't know sorcery. She only know Thaumaturgy. We will need to correct that but we can't do it right now.

2. Did we bring our Twilight with us?

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>>36282701
She doesn't have any Sorcery.

>>36282714
As a Twilight she got Occult as caste ability, she can learn sorcery.

>>36282719
We brought everyone to the party, she was talking to Irene before we shipped off

>>36282725
But she doesn't have any is the point. She CAN l;earn it, but hasn't.

>>36282725
Not in less than a day.

>>36282757
Makes a sacrifice and buys the chrm. Problem solved. We've been ignoring charm training times the entire time.
And it was also a joke, because I keep forgetting how little people here sometimes know about the Setting and didn't realise its not as blatantly stupid an idea to them as it is to me

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The minute of tense, nervous silcence following is interrupted by a sudden knock.

Without waiting for a response, Zaan gingerly walks in the room, slamming the door behind him. He has a large canvas satchel with him, and his torso is messily bandaged and plastered with some kind of medical goo. He has a large fish in his mouth, clearly still raw and fresh. He must've started eating it from the tail, since the head is the part poking out of his teeth. It quiclkly disappears inside his maw, though.

"Sorry, was finishing my dinner when Amata called." He explains nonchalantly. "So, let's take off these bandages and see how it's going."

With the two Lunars' help, you remove them. It's a painful, delicate process. Your skin is pale and sensitive, feeling rather like the raw flesh of an open wound, except it's almost all over your body. The light and dark patchwork reminds you of a cow's pattern.

"Uh, I'll not stay like this for long, right?" You ask, suddenly worried.

"I don't mind it." Tia replies.

Zaan ignores her. "Sometimes supernatural wounds leave scars even on the Exalted, especially when they're very deep. This damage is extensive, but not deep. It'll probably regenerate. By the way, your healing speed is really amazing for a non-Lunar. Last time I checked you, on the Lintha ship, you had about 20 fractures all over your body."

The praise makes you smile, but he gives you a stern look that makes you shut up.

"You should be careful. They haven't healed completely. Your bones are still brittle. No heavy lifting, no fighting or hard work. No running or jumping." Then his hard gaze moves to Tia. "No physical activity."

She frowns sadly.

"Honestly." He mumbles, applying the healing salve over your burned skin and beginning to wrap you up. "You should really be more careful, you know. You could've lost them. You were lucky."

"I know. I promise I'll-" wait. "Wait. Lost who?"
(Cont.)

>>36282725
We should ask EF how sorcery works in this setting. Having to pay for EVERY individual spell when most aren't very useful strikes me as one of the things he might have changed.

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>>36282780
>You could've lost them. You were lucky.
Oh thank goodness.

>>36282780
>You could've lost them.
Gonna be hard to find the dad among those triple digits.

>>36282802
Pls no

"The babies, of course. I mean, Exaltation will help you there, but you should still be mindful of-" he pauses. "Wait, you didn't know?"

> (speechless)
> Wh-wha? ...wha? What.
> Turn to face Tia. Stare. Hard.
> B-but... I...

>>36282814
>> Turn to face Tia. Stare. Hard.

>>36282814
>> Turn to face Tia. Stare. Hard.

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>>36282814
>Turn to face Tia. Stare. Hard.

I thought we took tea against that?

>>36282814
>> Turn to face Tia. Stare. Hard.

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>>36282814
>>WAT

>>36282814
>B-but... I...
Looks like Maka didn't drink her tea.

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>>36282814
>Turn to face Tia. Stare. Hard.
I hope they're Tia's. I REALLY HOPE they're not some random fucker's from the city-orgy.

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>>36282720
>Allies 1
That still amuses me for some reason
We are her only friend

>>36282814
> Wh-wha? ...wha? What.

>>36282814
Use TTTH. Make sure that stare is recognized and Tia knows what we mean.

>>36282822
We took it after the orgy. If Maka and Tia got busy in the intervening month or so...

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>>36282814
>> Turn to face Tia. Stare. Hard.
Bwah

>>36282822
Just for that one time after the orgy, honestly chances are someone bought it with an art commision

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>>36282814
> Wh-wha? ...wha? What.

>>36282814
>> Turn to face Tia. Stare. Hard.
>>36282809
Well that's embarrassing

>>36282672
Trained troops, yes. Instead, Tia took HERS, while we didn't have the time to train any for our ship.

Ironically, we also had the choice to have Tia go on the Gloria, while we stay with the troops and our war charms.

And you keep saying it's a sloop with no crew, but all I can see is that it was outclassed by the enemy flagship. It's a trade ship that we had double as a warship see

> http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive/31797550/

So maybe you should check your facts a little bit before creating a narrative in your head.

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>>36282814

>How... many?

>>36282814
>Wh-wha? ...wha? What.

Oh god, what.

>>36282814
>(speechless)

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>>36282814
> Turn to face Tia. Stare. Hard

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>>36282814
> Wh-wha? ...wha? What.
We can't really blame Tia for this, we were just as much of in instigator.

>>36282814
>> Wh-wha? ...wha? What.

>>36282839
>Just for that one time after the orgy

Ah, damn.

>>36282814
Hahahahahahaha

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>>36282720
Blessing of the Setting Sun looks really good, any chance we could learn it as Maka?

>>36282901
Strikes me as a higher-level twilight thing.

So yeah, if we pump twilight i guess.

>>36282814
MAke an appontment for an abortion.

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I can't settle on a reaction image for this

>>36282720
>Shining Chest of Wonders
That never fails to make me chuckle.

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>>36282901
I'm pretty sure that's a charm for Twilights, it's suppose to be a replacement for there anima ability

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>>36282904
Looks more like Zenith to me, honestly. It's basically just more soak, why would it be twilight?

>>36282901
It's the Twilight Anima effect just like the Zenith Anima effect is destroying Creatures of darkness just by being around them, which is called Banish The Darkness on Maka's sheet, so probably not.

>>36282901
Its a representation of her Twilight Anima ability, so no.

Rolled 1 (1d10)

>>36282920
why is her anima free and our costs essence?
twilight OP, pls nerf

>>36282814
>> Wh-wha? ...wha? What.
>> Turn to face Tia. Stare. Hard.

>>36282814
>What
I thought we were drinking maiden tea.

Rolled 8 (1d10)

>>36282802
We took the tea for that after the festival, the only people we've been with since then is our family and lovers, and only Tia is equipped for that.

>>36282952
That doesn't work because maiden tea makes women infertile for a month.

Rolled 6 (1d10)

>>36282850
>but all I can see is that it was outclassed by the enemy flagship. It's a trade ship that we had double as a warship see
How about you go read when we first are introduced to the ship, the only narrative there is the one EF has written.

>>36282952
Unless Samiel is *really* Virile.

Rolled 2 (1d10)

>>36282964
The answer is that Tia knocked us up before that festival, back when we were galavanting around the island recruiting goddesses and pirates.

And no, it doesn't, it's something you need to drink every day for it to work reliably, like birth control pills.

Rolled 1 (1d10)

>>36282964
and I'm sure there was more than enough time to pass for it to get out of our system, or at least enough for Tia to break through

the festival was a long time ago

>>36282964

Maybe the tea failed?

Shit, I'd love that.

Rolled 9 (1d10)

>>36282968
Nah, Smoke's been draining him dry, Tia's the only one who could.

>>36282982
The rest of us wouldn't.

Rolled 8 (1d10)

>>36282986
>The rest of us wouldn't.
What? I would. Most of us are shocked, not upset.

Rolled 4 (1d10)

>>36282964
Still works, if we didn't take it reliablely then we probably got pregnant that one time we had sex with Tia in the barbarian camp, I wonder if that makes Iscariah something in relation to the baby, she was there when it happened

Rolled 9 (1d10)

>>36282976
Do you think it happened when we had our first 'date' with Tia and we sunk that island?

>>36282793
I'm glad I'm not the only one who jumped to that thought first

>>36282976
>And no, it doesn't, it's
Read Exalted Core book page 365, its says explicitly Maiden tea renders women infertile for a month.
So if the tea failed because it wasn't high enough of a dosage, then it could very well be from the triple digits.

Rolled 8 (1d10)

>>36282998
Probably.

>>36283000
In that case, we were definitely already pregnant before the festival. Probably when Tia broke our bed, or when we sank that island.

Rolled 6 (1d10)

>>36283000
Read where EF said we took more than enough of the tea to cover that.

It isn't from the festival.

>>36282978
>the festival was a long time ago
Really? Was it more than a month already, shit this long off-time fucked with my perception of time for this quest. How long has it been?

Rolled 2 (1d10)

>>36283011
Just a couple weeks, not an entire month.

>>36283000
>then it could very well be from the triple digits.
No it couldn't be, EF flat out said we drank plenty of tea and that rendered that possibility nil.

You stare at Tia. Hard.

Tia's face cracks in a broad, toothy, impossibly smug ear-to-ear grin, showing every one of her teeth from start to end.

It's the face more desperately in need of a punch you've ever seen. Not even for the sudden, unexpected news, nor for the sneaky sensation that she might have known and not told you anything. Just for how SMUG she is about it.

Zaan slowly facepalm. "...What the hell were you expecting? You're adult and gave every indication of being confident and knowledgeable about your sexuality, so-"

"I am!" You interrupt him. "And I take Maiden Tea habitually. I've been taking it for years, since before I Exalted even."

"I'm sure you did." Zaan nods sagely, grabbing Tia's head with both hands and gently trying to twist it around by 360° and snap her neck to make her stop doing that fucking face. "But did you consider, well, Tia?"

"You're saying Maiden Tea doesn't work on Exalted?" You had no idea.

"No. I'm saying Maiden Tea might not have worked with Tia specifically. There's only so much a simple medical infusion can do, and, to the best of my knowledge, Tia has been nothing but persistent about, well. You know."

You're still coping with the news. "...Yes, I know." Did Tia take the fact that you drank Maiden Tea as a CHALLENGE?

"...Is it...?" You ask, half-mumbling your words.

"A month and a half, I'd say. I only found out when tending to your wounds. It would have taken another four months or so to notice otherwise. So yes, it probably happened just after you two met for the first time."

You're not sure how to deal with this.

(cont.)

>>36283000
>So if the tea failed because it wasn't high enough of a dosage, then it could very well be from the triple digits.
The QM said outright that wasn't a possibility with the amount of Maiden Tea we drank after that.

>>36283007
>we were definitely already pregnant before the festival
No way to know for sure.

>>36283010
>>36283022

If >>36283018
is correct, then it must have failed since we can't have gotten pregnant after taking the tea.

>>36283029
>Did Tia take the fact that you drank Maiden Tea as a CHALLENGE?
Yes. Yes she did.

Tia a best.

Forever and ever.

Rolled 10 (1d10)

>>36283029
>Did Tia take the fact that you drank Maiden Tea as a CHALLENGE?
Just because you can doesn't mean you should Tia, I mean I'm impressed, but still.

>>36283037
Be patient anon, otherwise you get egg all over your face when EF updates.

See >>36283029

>>36283029
Tia best husbando, most fertile prince(ss)

Rolled 2 (1d10)

>>36283029
well, it's nothing even more maiden tea can't solve

>>36283029
Right, Tia, we need cuddles and don't you ever keep something like that from us again.

>>36283029
>"No. I'm saying Maiden Tea might not have worked with Tia specifically. There's only so much a simple medical infusion can do, and, to the best of my knowledge, Tia has been nothing but persistent about, well. You know."
Okay what. How did Tia somehow make Maka FERTILE AGAIN? Maiden's tea explicitly makes the woman infertile, barren, incapable of having children.

And even then, Maiden's tea causes abortions on top of that, so the child would have died after the festival.

>>36283065
I don't even know what you mean, did you honestly think there was any possibility EF was going to incite the shitstorm it not being Tias baby would have brought?
Seriously anon.

Rolled 7 (1d10)

>>36283029
>So yes, it probably happened just after you two met for the first time.
Well, thank the Unconquered Sun the 'triple digits' paranoid fucks were wrong.

>>36283029
>Did Tia take the fact that you drank Maiden Tea as a CHALLENGE?
No, bad Tia, BAD.
We need to figure out a way to return the favor. It will be hard since Solars don't have shpaeshifting, but I believe in us.

"I thought you'd know. I mean, what about your things?"

"My things?"

"Yes, your things."

"Oh, my things." You get it. "...actually, I heard from Amata that, uh." You lower your voice. "The shock of Exaltation sends the whole cycle a bit haywire, so I didn't think much of it when they didn't happen."

He shrugs. "Might be true, or might be only a Dragon-Blooded thing."

"I thought you knew this stuff. Being, you know..."

"I'm a shark, not a gynecologist." He replies, finally letting go of Tia's head. "Besides, I was a man when I Exalted and I've stayed a man, so I don't have direct experience in that regard."

"...You don't want them?" Tia asks, her smug grin now replaced by a worried expression.

Oh boy.

> Ask more details to Zaan first
> Wait for Karas before discussing this
> Call Amata
> I want them
> I don't want them
> (Other?)