>>36284704
going to job interview soon but so excited for this!

>>36284787
I'm sure you'll get that post at mcdonalds you always dreamed of.

>>36284841
can't no phone/laptop :(

>>36284841
well, that was mean

>>36284947
On 4chan? Oh heaven's no! Call moot immediately!

>>36284787
I hope it goes well for you.

We had a short extra on sunday, and the following happened.

We had some fun on thebeach, played around, ran a lot, had tasty food, build a sandcastle, and shot fireworks from it.

On the night, some men tried to kidnap Mako again, but we took them out and used our necromancer levels to preserve their bodies this time, so they could later be revived and questioned, which told us that they were working for Alquian agents, which surprised absolutely no one.

We argued with uncle Wolfric about letting us fight against the alquian agents in town, and while he was opposite to it, he finally relented, as long as we took Euphrosyte along to watch over us.

So... how did you plan to do this? we know the name of the would-be-kidnapper's contact, Formate, a lizard beastmen staying in the 9th ring of Eopolis, north sector, at the Peerless Pearl inn.

>>36284883
why do you need a phone or laptop to work at mcdonalds?

Then again ive only gone like 3 times, ever.

>>36285022
follow and wait see and take note of who he goes to see then grab him integrate then talk with the people her talks to through the day

>>36284959
You "are" breaking rule #2, tho
If I was a mod, i would ban you for 1 minute, same as if you dared say you dont like chocolate milk

yeeeessss... i would abuse mod power in the funniest ways possible

>>36285022
Uncle Wolfric did have a point that we're easily recognizable.

I didn't see any Job that provides a Skill for disguising or changing our form; is that a regular skill we'd have to learn on our own?

>>36285053
Good thing you don't have that power, then. Since you would be the biggest faggot mod ever.

>>36285079
He's just the faggot mod that you deserve, shitstain.

>>36285090
Whereas he's the faggot mod you want? It doesn't seem like you thought your retarded comment through.

>>36285079
Thanks moot, I guess

>>36285054
eh, well, i guess we could simply roll appearance? or maybe dex. Wanna disguise Eldric as a girl, a la FF7?

>>36285090
but maybe not the one he needs (i said that in my batman voice)

>>36285128
>Wanna disguise Eldric as a girl, a la FF7?
I was wondering when this would become a futa loli quest. Thanks for not disappointing.

>>36285124
Having such a faggot mod around is a small price to pay to see shit like you get banned frequently and obviously.

>>36285161
>>>/reddit/
is that way. Go home, some mod dicks over there aren't stuffed in your mouth.

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>>36285128
Is... Can Eldric even into being a trap? I mean, you have to have a certain appearance to effectively crossdress.

Y'know what? Go for it, just to see how the other girls will react to him attempting it. Let's see who's into shotas.

>>36285149
That'd take a lot happening. Pretty sure we ain't gonna go down that route. Still want to see him attempt passing as a girl just for the sheer hilarity though.

>>36285054
All aboard the futa loli train

>>36285180
How about instead you go stuff some drain cleaner down your throat?
Go do everyone a favor and kill yourself, you parasitic waste.

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>>36285149
>futa loli quest
oh god i spewed my drink all over the screen
Anyway, I was obviously joking

So, disguise plan is a go? there was a dwarf among the would be kidnappers, do you want to try copying him and hearing some details from him, or acting as a 4rd party contact, or what?

>>36285180
i've heard of reddit but havent never even checked it, wtf is it? another imageboard?

>>36285199
I stopped reading that manga years ago, did it end already?

>>36285233
Has Mako been seen in public since last night?

Would it be possible to pose as a street kid/messenger from the kidnappers, that they were successful but were injured, and now they're laying low but need an extraction?

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>>36285233
I think it has, though that's just an image I grabbed because I thought was funny (and topical in any discussion about traps). It's something I got on my manga backlog ATM because of images like that.

And yes, let us become the little girl. For nothing else except that I find the prospect highly amusing.

>>36285233
>i've heard of reddit but havent never even checked it, wtf is it? another imageboard?
...you're rusing us, aren't you?

>>36285022

Uncke was largely right. I don't think any sort of make-up, cosmetics, trapish clothes or anything else will hide the lightbringer charisma that oozes out of Eldric.

We have such high scores it tends to skew everything. Like why are we not running the show.

We could be on the bust, but we are too likely to mess up infiltration. I am all for it until past the drrss up when it is decided it will not work and we need to get someone else to do the wet work.

>>36285233
What is the point of disguise here? Just to get a positive ID on the contact before we nab him? If so go with the dwarf and use craftsman to make some props for ourselves to look more dwarvish. We don't need anything that will survive extended inspection, just something good enough so that lizard guy outs himself.

>>36285344
Because we want to find out who this lizardman works for. Because Formate is just an agent, and we want his handler and the Alquian senior operative in charge of operations in this city.

>>36285375
Which we can get by interrogation.

>>36285281
>Has Mako been seen in public since last night?
uh... well, she was in her room still. Its just the following morning, so I guess no?

you want to attract the contact to you? that does sound suspicious, tho

>>36285319
im too blind to check other sites just because. If I dont HAVE to, i dont

>>36285344
well, at least we have honoria to say if we are dwarfy enough

>>36285375
>>36285386
I got this rather amusing idea... I know humour isint universal. Each time I watch a british comedy show i wonder "does ppl really think this is funny?" but I have an idea that I hope will at least be amusing, typing

>>36285424
We get the name of their contact from the dwarf in exchange for a lesser sentence. Instead of being sold publically, his crew will be kept as slaves owned by the city during 5 years and then expelled from the city.

Well, it may sound harsh, but kidnapping is a serious crime, after all. Normally they would just be sold to a handler and shipped to a foodgeon group somewhere for life.

Now, with Honoria and Lyann's assistance, Eldric is underway to become a splendid dwarf.

"Needs more beard" ~says our pretty sister as she looks at us, dressed as a dwarf
"What? no! it's fine this long, what do you think dwarfs are, walking beards? needs more muscles" ~says Honoria
"I think we padded him enough, maybe he needs more tummy?"
"Dwaves do not have tummies!"
"Uh..."
"We do not!"
"..alright" ~says Lyann

Looking at ourselves in the mirror, we are a rather handsome, if boyish dwarf.

"Is he ready?" ~asks Aura as she peeks into the roon~ "OOh, that looks so funny! needs an axe, tho! or a hammer!"
"Wha- why?" ~asks Honoria
"I thought all dwarves used axes or hammers" ~says the succubi
"Not all"
"But... you're a dwarf and you use an axe"
"So? just because one dwarf uses an axe, it doesnt mean all dwarves use axes!" ~Honoria rebukes Aura off the room

"You know, it would look better with an axe" ~says Lyann while taking a critical look

The fake beard is itchy

"Eldric, don't scratch! dwarves don't scratch!" ~says Honoria
"Geez, okay!"

And thus, disguised as a dwarf, we go to meet with the kidnappers contact

1/?

>>36285033
i think he misunderstood "post at mcdonnalds" to mean "use mcdonnalds free wifi to post in this thread from your phone"

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>>36285740
mcdonalds has free wifi? uh... i can see that selling lots of coffee

>>36285645
"Young master, I'm going to land on top of the inn and peek in through a hole in the roof, alright?" ~says euphry
"Alright... plug the hole after you are done"
"Sure"

"You are Laest?" ~asks Formate, a tall and lanky lizard beastmen
"I am. You are Formate?"
"Right... you look rather thin, for a dwarf. Why aren't you carrying an axe?"

Lyann gives Honoria a smug look (they're sitting in a nearby table)

"Not every dwarf uses an axe, you know!? should I make some lizard show joke, now?!"
"Jeez, calm down, you sure are as grumpy as any dwarf i've known!"

"Dwarves are not grumpy!" ~mumbles honoria, all grumpy-like

"So, how do we do this, now? we have the package in the back of a nearby wagon"
"Alright, here's the money." ~Formate places a bag of coins on the table
"Not so fast, it was really hard to get this package, you know? lost a few good men while at it!"
"We had a deal"
"I am altering the deal" ~we say in a serious voice~ "Pray I do not alter it any further"
"I don't have anything more on me, would need to... no, you will stick to your deal, nobody pulls this kind of move on the White Mouse Brotherhood!"
"White mice susterhood, eh?"

The beastman pulls out his sword...

Well, it was a short fight, which ended with us posessing a preserved beastmen body. Now what?

* Revive him for the authorities, he might talk to make his own deal
* Let him dissapear, we already know to investigate the white mouse brotherhood, no need to create evil guys who can level dreadnought all around
* Other

>>36285811
>* Revive him for the authorities, he might talk to make his own deal

>>36285811
>Revive him for the authorities, he might talk to make his own deal

>>36285811
Revive him. There's always a market for deserving slaves and he might just talk to avoid a harsh sentence.

>>36285811
>* Let him dissapear, we already know to investigate the white mouse brotherhood, no need to create evil guys who can level dreadnought all around

You people are idiots for reviving him after we know all he wants.

>>36285811
>* Revive him for the authorities, he might talk to make his own deal
can't hurt, worst case scenario he doesn't talk and we just investigate the white mice on our own.

>>36285873
No, worst case scenario is that we just created a seriously powerful bad guy who has a vendetta against us.

>>36285848
>You people are idiots for reviving him after we know all he wants.
1. reviving him just costs us some mana.
2. we don't know ALL, he hasn't named anyone.

>>36285889
>Seriously power
What? he is a total weakling. And he is gonna be a slave

>>36285917
>giving a bad guy the 2nd most powerful job we know of, the best class we know of and putting him in a situation where he has to get xp constantly to survive
>not a bad thing
yeah, you're retarded.

>>36285811
>* Revive him for the authorities, he might talk to make his own deal

>>36285950
>Hurr I am a retard
>Durr I call others retard
There is about 1 slave in the entire world who has reached level 100 at the moment.
Foodgeon slaves don't get to power level, he will be facing level 5 monsters, meaning he gets stuck at around level 10-ish.

>>36285972
>doesn't even understand what makes slaves strong
>calls others retarded

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>>36285832
>>36285841
>>36285842
>>36285873
>>36285963

>Revive him

>>36285848
>Let him dissapear

Later, at the Hall of Justice... I mean, the holding cell levels of the Keep.

We revive the WMB member for the authorities.

"That's really nice of you. I was worried we were going to actually kill a lot of people doing this" ~says Lyann
"Uhm? ah... right. Of course not, that's why we're reviving them and giving them to the authorities."

Lyann nods nods with shinin eyes. Well, we can't tell her we just wanted to question the guy,now.

Anyway, he refuses to sell his people. He realizes he can't just kill himself, but he won't give them up.

Do you want to...

1 Ask Lyann to step out and torture the guy
2 Scare him (with what?)
3) Other

>>36286081
>1 Ask Lyann to step out and torture the guy
Torture anon here.Tell me if you need any..."Ideas".....

>>36286081
>1 Ask Lyann to step out and torture the guy

>>36286081
>Other
leave him to the authorities. maybe they can get something out of him with whatever techniques they use.
If not, we will just do without. namely, start asking about his organization.

another option is to use him as bait, leave him somewhere where its easy for him to be rescued and track down his buddies when they do.

>>36286081
>1 Ask Lyann to step out and torture the guy
Sure, lets use the preteen girl to torture someone. What could go wrong?

>>36286081
fuck no on torture. aside from the morality issues, there is the fact we will disappoint our family, our friends, our girls, the goddess...
i mean holy fuck people.

>>36286143
you misread. its saying to ask her to leave so that she doesn't see eldrik torturing him

>>36286081
>3) Other
Leave him here for now, and go talk to Okaba if his research into the Sbastian mana spiders and the Instant Messaging Helmet have given him any ideas on producing a magical tracking construct.

We'll probably get more reliable information if we let Formate escape, and track him to either a safehouse or a place where other Brotherhood members gather.

>>36286081
>1 Ask Lyann to step out and torture the guy

>>36286171
>we will disappoint our family, our friends, our girls, the goddess...
This anon makes a good point that we live in a world with actual gods, who do watch the world and the people in it, and that we got their attention so they're watching us.

>>36286081
>Other
spike his food/drink with drugs.

QM, the vote is incredibly unfair to the no torture guys, because our options are "torture or write in", and every write in is going to be different. so the no torture votes get split up. It should be
Torture? yes/no
then if no, have a vote on what to do instead.

>>36286201
>and that we got their attention so they're watching us.
not only that, the lady explicitly told us she will continue to give us gifts if we remain good

>>36286204
>spike his food/drink with drugs.
Which effect are you going for?

>>36286204
Just samefag harder. You're already doing it.

>>36286081

Fuck no on torture the guy. It is out of character. Majorly.

Hand him over to uncle or someone else to squeeze after we do some basic questions.

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>>36286204

Uhmmm yeah I guess so, hold on

1) torture him
2) roll charisma on his ass to bluff him with torture or such
3) watertable him (hey, its not torture in the USA!)
4) Arrange for his escape and follow him
5) Let the authorities hang on to him
6) Other

I hope its better this way?

>>36286270
>3) watertable him (hey, its not torture in the USA!)
If it's good enough for obama, it's good enough for us

>>36286270
>making revote after revote when you don't get the result you want
Not even surprised at this point.

>>36286270
>2) roll charisma on his ass to bluff him with torture or such
If that fails, bluff him with threat of Granpa he probably has a scary reputation.

>>36286270
>3) watertable him (hey, its not torture in the USA!)

>>36286270
>Arrange for his escape and follow him

>>36286235
something like being drunk. gets people to reveal secrets

>>36286270
>4) Arrange for his escape and follow him

>>36286270
>3) watertable him (hey, its not torture in the USA!)
'murrica

>>36286270
>2) roll charisma on his ass to bluff him with torture or such

Bluff him. Maybe get someone nearby who can look nice and intimidating. Brass was good for that.

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>>36286326
>>36286349
>>36286283
>>3) watertable him (hey, its not torture in the USA!)
>If it's good enough for obama, it's good enough for us
I know, right?

>>36286306
eh, im just agreeing with that other anon in that i should be clearer.
>>36286373
>>36286322
>roll charisma on his ass
>>36286342
>>36286328
>Arrange for his escape and follow him

Alright, typing since we got a 3 way tie

>>36286306
that original vote was bad and you know it.

>>36286395
Splitting the torture vote up as well is not really the solution here.

it should have been
>Vote 1: Torture, yes/no?
if no
>What than? escape and track? intimidate? etc
if yes
>Water table? harder stuff?

>>36286270
>3) watertable him (hey, its not torture in the USA!)

>>36286395
You really need to learn how to hold votes better, though.
The original way you did it was bad, and your fix was pretty lackluster, too.

>>36286306
to continue >>36286437
You are also implying that the QM must have no veto power at all and must always go with the "majority". aside from samefag issues, the QM will quickly end up in a quest he doesn't want to write (futa lesbian waifu torture porn) and quit. Or write himself into a corner.
Railroading isn't the ultimate evil, it should be used sparingly and only when appropriate. but "this is not the kind of quest I want to run" is perfectly valid.

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>>36286395
After paying attention, I realize we dont have a tie, actually

***
Well, we use some magic to make a wooden container and table.

Hey, don't look at me like that, he's a reptile beastmen, you know? they're amphibious... I think

Well, he does have that second transparent eyelid, anyway.

And... yeah, the guy's amphibious... but it does annoy the hell out of him to switch back and forth between holding his breath or not.

"Now, I'm sure you can get an idea of what will happen if I were to heat the water up?"
"You wouldnt!?"
"I didin't know if you were amphibious or not, and we still did this, didint we?"
"Wh... it's pointless, I don't know anything you can use anyway. Im just contacted, I don't actually know who my superior reports to!"
"How the hell do you even know this botherhood is real and you aren't just being played with? White Mice? seriously? that doesnt sounds like a lie at all!"

Roll 1d100, well keep the best of 3 results. And im remembering we did watertable a guy as black point on the lady's scoresheet

Rolled 22 (1d100)

>>36286566

Rolled 30 (1d100)

>>36286566
for the dice gods

Rolled 31 (1d100)

>>36286566
>implying we aren't going to use the demonologist as our main job from now on.

Lady a shit.

Rolled 82 (1d100)

>>36286566
>And im remembering we did watertable a guy as black point on the lady's scoresheet
This should be more explicit, since some people forget that this is a fantasy world with actual gods judging our actions.

>>36286610
>implying we're not going to kill the gods

>>36286627
That's against the developed personality of the character. Besides being an edgy faggot, what reason do you have for Elrick to do something like that?

>>36286579
>>36286590
>>36286604
Gods say YOU are shit.

>>36286662
>developed personality
The one where he jealously hordes knowledge that gives him power and is super paranoid about sharing? The one where he casually murders people at age 10?

>>36286680
then i must renew my faith then

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>>36286579
>>36286590
>>36286604

Well, watertabling a waterbreathing beastman did nothing much except confuse the guards and annoy the guy in question. Instead, we begin assaulting this "brotherhood" of his.

"How do you even know they're real"
"Oh please, I got the tattoo to prove im in, and all!"
"Uhm? oh, its a pretty cute mouse... and you are sure this wasnt you being pranked? did you ever even meet anyone else on it?"
"The guy under me, and my handler"
"So... really, this brotherhood of yours could just be one guy playing you for a fool, who got you to tattoo yourself with a cute little mice"
""No..."
"You sure? when was the last time you even saw anyone else? it could as well have just been a pink cat, and you would have gotten a tattoo anyway, wouldnt you? or a little pink pony, for the lady's sake!"
"Of course not! I meet my handler the 1st of every month, and the gold!"
"Oh Lady alive, you really think that just because you meet someone once a month and he has gold, he's part of some secret group? and you actually got tattooed..."

The guards are starting to chuckle... you had never seen a lizardman blush before. He looks much more distressed than when you were waterboarding him

"If I get someone to tattoo you a pink mice, does that mean you are a pink mice brotherhood member, too?"
"Is that a thing?"
"...no. No it isin't" *Eldric facepalms for the first time since arriving to this world*

Hell, we were just trolling the guy, but he really is a retard, now WE arent sure if his group is real or not

1/?

>>36286695
That is countered by Elrick, being 40 years old and being well-educated in a First World nation, knows the disruptive effects of uncontrolled release of technology and knowledge.
And as for casually murdering people, he hasn't murdered anyone, he has killed in self-defense and in the defense of his friends.
And it's not like people necessarily stay dead in this world when they are killed.

>>36286566
>After paying attention, I realize we dont have a tie, actually
On the recount, we had 4 votes for non torture options.
And 3 votes for waterboarding (4 -1 deleted post)
So, 4v3 saying "do not torture"

The problem is that you called for a revote but failed to fix the broken voting system

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>>36286766
>knows the disruptive effects of uncontrolled release of technology and knowledge

>>36286764
>Secret society
>got a tattoo
that is rather unsecret of them. we could just check for tatoos.
Heck, we could just check tattoo artists and know who they have tattooed with mice.

>>36286766
>And it's not like people necessarily stay dead in this world when they are killed.
yea.
but we did perma kill some of those guys who tried to kidnap mako in the dungeon during our first year in mage school.

>>36286764
cant we just put a no lie curse item on him find his boss/meting spot the go up through the ranks

>>36286846
OH HEY! HEY! holy fuck hey!

remember when we got okaba to make us cursed items?
And the cursed items on the slaves in dorftown?

He has been captured commiting a crime, he is now a slave. Give him a slave collar that requires obedience. Order him to tell us truthfully all he knows.
Torture is completely pointless when you can magically compel people to speak, and to speak the truth

>>36286885
>remember when we got okaba to make us cursed items?
by that I mean that one of the curses we could get for lyann is not lying to us.
and obedience is bog standard

>>36286845
and never went back for there gear :(

>>36286885
or order him to pretend everything is normal and "finish" his job keep moving up the chain till we rout them all out.

>>36286846
>>36286885
Dammit, I can't believe I forgot about that.
Or why the damn guards, who do this shit for a living, haven't done it.


They were just trolling us, letting the kid think he's clever, all the while laughing at us, weren't they?

>>36286931
>and never went back for there gear :(
I thought we looted them all

>or order him to pretend everything is normal and "finish" his job keep moving up the chain till we rout them all out.
Won't they notice the slave collar? its worth a try at least.

>>36286931
>order him to pretend everything is normal and "finish" his job keep moving up the chain till we rout them all out.
We'd probably want to use an item other than a Slave Collar, like a cursed bracelet, ring, or maybe anklet, to make it less obvious.

>>36286957
>Won't they notice the slave collar?
If we use a standard Slave Collar. But since Okaba is so well-versed in Enchanting, he can just enchant any piece of gear with the desired curses.
So we could put the curses on some other piece of gear that wouldn't stand out so much.

>>36286957
we could make it look like a ring or bracelet, or pendant it Don't need to be a collar

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>>36286766
pic is obligatory
>>36286788
yeah, so i made the guy into an amphibian so it was more annoying that torturing, and then mindgames
>>36286764


Seriously, tho. Now we aren't sure this white mice brotherhood exists at all. It may just be someone having a laugh at the expense of an idiot

"Alright, so, you really think you are actually a member of a secret brotherhood, then?"
"Uh,,, yes?"
"And you know this because...? and dont say 'cause i got a tattoo' please"
"Because of the gold...?"
"I have gold, maybe I could just get someone on the street to tattoo themselves with 'I love mom' and tell them its a brotherhood, then? I mean, c'mon, i'm 10 and I can see you got duped!"

The guards are chuckling rather loudly now

"Oh, you're so smart, uh!?"
"No, you are just an idiot. Let's see, where were you meeting the guy?"
"The fountain in Golden Square at night, the 1st of every month"
"So... you have never seen the 'secret headquarters' have you?"
"I'm not high enough, yet"
"More like, there's no secret headquarters. Ugh I should just let them sell you as a slave, killing chickens may be just the right challenge for you. What does the guy look like? a guy with a cloak hiding his face so you cant tell he's laughing at you?"
"Human, tall, grey hair, wearing a red robe"
"Face covered?"
"...sometimes"

We look at the guards

"I know we can't place a collar on him until the court says he's guilty, but couldn't we just for a bit to make sure he's not lying?"

The guards apologize, but they say that is not possible.

Well now
1) Keep Mako hidden for the 3 days until the 1st of the new month, and go to that meeting
2) Start looking for people with tattooed white mice
3) Try our luck spreading rumours in the adventurer's guild, saying we want to meet with this brotherhood, while keeping Mako hidden
4) Other

>>36287002
>1) Keep Mako hidden for the 3 days until the 1st of the new month, and go to that meeting
>2) Start looking for people with tattooed white mice
>4) Other
can we ask the courts to prioritize his trial so that he gets processed faster? I don't mean any breach of law. just make sure that his trial happens as soon as legally possible?

>>36287002
>1) Keep Mako hidden for the 3 days until the 1st of the new month, and go to that meeting

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>>36286845
Hey, they wanted to take her back to an empire and marry her off to the vizier against her will. The whole situation, if they were successful, would have resulted in Mako getting raped.

Thus, in all, they kinda had it coming. Serves em' right for taking that kind of job.

>>36287002
Por que no los tres?

>>36287077
>Rationalizations:The post

>>36287002
>1) Keep Mako hidden for the 3 days until the 1st of the new month, and go to that meeting
Use the time to scout out the place of the meeting, prepare ways to close off escape routes and capture the man.

>>36287002
We need to get a "truth manacles". its not a slave collar, it does NOT force obedience nor denote your status as a slave.
It just forces you to not lie and answer questions you are asked
So that someone can get it before their conviction for interrogation purposes. since its not a slave collar, they aren't a slave

>>36287059
But wouldn't a trial make it obvious that his agent has been compromised, making it more likely that the handler flees?

>>36287077
To clarify, in >>36286845 I was not saying that we were WRONG to kill them.
I was merely pointing out that we have perma killed sapients before
I am 100% ok with killing them for what they tried to do.

I am also of a mind that we should rescue mako's sister before she gets raped by her "husband" (if she hasn't been already). remember her sister is 10 years old and has been married for a few years to the visir who orchastrated the death of their mother, the previous visir, and their 3 older adult older sisters. As well as intentionally putting mako in an easy to kidnap spot and tipping off the alquarans about it.

>>36287002
>1) Keep Mako hidden for the 3 days until the 1st of the new month, and go to that meeting

and
2) Start looking for people with tattooed white mice look around tattoo shops


do this after the first if things go bad 3) Try our luck spreading rumours in the adventurer's guild, saying we want to meet with this brotherhood, while keeping Mako hidden


also next time we collar them first get our info then turn them over.

also how does a medieval society not just truth collar them to confess as a first thing to do ?

>>36286662
This is very obviously a JRPG. Killing god is the final quest in every JRPG.

>>36287147
yea op said that happened some time ago when ever we first brought up that point

this is a 4chan world Stupid, cruel, and sick, mostly STUPID

>>36286627
pretty sure we got a date with one in 10 years......

we can still kill the evil/dark ones but yea...

>>36287147
That's more of a long term goal. Bad guy won on that one sadly. Bastard pulled off a perfect coup d'etat, we'll need some major power to undo that and that'll take a few years to build up. That has unfortunate implications yes, but smart good guys only go in once their victory is probable.

Even if the evil you witness is reprehensible in the extreme, to just blindly oppose it because "it's the right thing to do" will land you either in jail or in a casket without really doing much of anything. Gotta be the smart good guy.

>>36287221
Yeah, death to the dark gods if possible. Though that may not stick. After all, good and evil are largely defined by each other. Would not a world of only "good" gods eventually give rise to "evil" gods out of some kind of cosmic necessity?

>>36287115
only if trials are public affair here
are they?

maybe we can plea bargain like with the others. we have rather broken his resistance by now

>>36287294
>That's more of a long term goal.
Not really.

>Even if the evil you witness is reprehensible in the extreme, to just blindly oppose it because "it's the right thing to do" will land you either in jail or in a casket without really doing much of anything. Gotta be the smart good guy.
I agree, but the thing is, we are extremely overpowered right now. with the right planning we could pull off "kidnapping" her without revealing our identity, and then hiding her. And nobody will be the wiser.

>>36287294

>>Would not a world of only "good" gods eventually give rise to "evil" gods out of some kind of cosmic necessity?

IDK we would need to check the world pdf.

>>36286627
>Death to the gods
>>36287221
>>Giving the D to the gods
>FTFY
hehe.

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>>1) Keep Mako hidden for the 3 days until the 1st of the new month, and go to that meeting
>>2) Start looking for people with tattooed white mice
>>4) Other / Hurry up the trial

Honestly, a trial and investigation within 3 days of the arrest seems highly fucking illegal
>>36287099
>>36287162
>>36287066
>>1)
>>36287077
>1
>2
>3

>>36287103
that seems fine, really

>>36287147
but we dont know that, IC. Maybe talk about it with the shadows one day?

Well, this guy is too stupid to be lying, anyway... but now we aren't sure if that brotherhood is even real.

For now, we are keeping Mako in the house. She's not happy about it, but she's a nice girl and understands the why, so it's not a problem.

She does want us to stay and play with her, tho.

As for looking for that brotherhood... we ask uncle and gtandfather, but neither of them have heard of it. Does it even exist?

Well, its alright, Mako is fun to be around, so that's not really a chore. But what do we do about the lizarman's handler?

1) Try to disguise ourselves as a lizardman and go. We have good enough cha and app, we can probably pull this through the same shady mechanics that causes people to ignore skimpy clothes on dancers
2) Post our friends, disguised, and then stalk the place until the guy shows up. We can just kill him and stabilize him, anyway. Hooray for necromancer!
3) Other

>>36287002
>1) Keep Mako hidden for the 3 days until the 1st of the new month, and go to that meeting
>2) Start looking for people with tattooed white mice

>>36287375
>2) Post our friends, disguised, and then stalk the place until the guy shows up. We can just kill him and stabilize him, anyway. Hooray for necromancer!

>>36287375
>1) Try to disguise ourselves as a lizardman and go. We have good enough cha and app, we can probably pull this through the same shady mechanics that causes people to ignore skimpy clothes on dancers
>3) Other: Post our friends so that in case the handler notices something wrong before entering the square, or tries to escape, that we have someone able to run him down.

>>36287375
>but we dont know that, IC.
we don't? I was sure it came up already. huh.

oh fuck, if we don't know it...
>Mako has told eldrik she really misses her sister and home
>Eldrik now has access to airship
>Eldrik takes mako to visit her family, completely unaware of the evil visir thing
>Shenanigans!

>>36287375
combine 1 and 2.
hide nearby. when we see him, try to go out disguised as lizardman to get any info out of him that way.
when we hilariously fail, kill, stablize, resurrect in prison him.

>>36287375
>that seems fine, really
what i don't understand is how espionage is at all possible. all nations should be using plain old regular slave collars to root out spy networks.

I think espionage must have adapted to it. dead drops instead of face to face meetings, not seeing faces not knowing names, etc

Can we make that truth-cursed item before the appointed date?
I'd prefer to get the questioning done as quickly as possible.

>>36287351
probley not grandpa probley not the only one on the planet who knows about power Leveling
probley one or to over there as well also an entire army that could fuck up the common peoples we going to need a hell of a party to do shit, and then who knows how she will be stockholm syndrome, and brain washing are a hell of a thing.

>>36287375

>>Honestly, a trial and investigation within 3 days of the arrest seems highly fucking illegal

medieval times TRIAL by combat/ordeal/divination was a thing for a long time still done it parts of Africa, and pacific islands
and in this world we really have magic that Works I figured trial would be slap a collar on and make them confess then remove head reuse collar quick and clean.


1) Try to disguise ourselves as a lizardman and go. We have good enough cha and app, we can probably pull this through the same shady mechanics that causes people to ignore skimpy clothes on dancers

also draw on cute mouse tattoo get demanding about going up in ranks after success get him to spill as much as possible.

>>36287422
that is a very good point... still we will be 15 before its our air ship. actually we will probable learn IC about her sisters fate after we recuse Mako from a successful kidnapping.

>>36287462
that just makes it time consuming to find the top/ eliminate the bottom

>>36287496
>probley not grandpa probley not the only one on the planet who knows about power Leveling
True, but that knowledge is extremely ridiculously scarce and guarded by good people, and who is to say we would personally encounter someone who has that specific thing? and we have an entire party that is min maxed so if we do, it would be a gangup.

>probley one or to over there as well also an entire army that could fuck up the common peoples
Probably not. if they had it they would be conquering, considering what sort of imperial nation they are.
The visir MIGHT be one himself. But I doubt he shared the info

>and then who knows how she will be stockholm syndrome, and brain washing are a hell of a thing.
extremely unlikely. it hasn't been that long, and he is too busy ruling. I doubt he focuses his time on her rather than his rulership.
Also, stockholm does not apply here at all because it is based on isolation where the only person the victim can interact with is their kidnapper. However, as a princess she is interacting constantly with an array of servants.
Plus, we are gonna kidnap her anyways and worse comes to worse, we deprogram her. The fact her sister is with us and how much they love each other helps a lot.

Besides which, how the fuck is that an argument to leave her there for years instead of getting her ASAP? that actually supports my argument not yours.

>>36287375
>Honestly, a trial and investigation within 3 days of the arrest seems highly fucking illegal
investigation happens before an arrest. and there is not much to investigate. we have the testimony of dwarves, we caught him red handed (and it wasn't just us), and then he admitted it all in prison.
so all there is to do is a trial.

And we are talking about a world where orphans are sold as slaves and shoplifting makes you a slave for life. so I don't expect that much from the justice systems of that world.

that being said, we are now in eupolis not in the amoral wizard city. so they might have more just rules. still there is the orphanage issue.

>>36287558
>that is a very good point... still we will be 15 before its our air ship
actually, its "we will be 15 before its officially our shipyard, ship building corporation, and fleet of ships"
but even though its not officially ours, we can still get a trip there. like by comissioning one of the ships to do a commercial / passanger trip to that city.

>>36287422
both mako and the shadows were, in different ways, too new to the world to know what happened

>>36287496
what, like, we throw criminals into ponds and if they float, theyre guilty, so they weight less than ducks?

***
Let's try this out...

Eldric goes and writes "lizardman" on top of his forehead, then calls Lyann in.

"Eldric, what is i... what are you doing?"

Well... if that had been enough to work, we would have had to suspect some sort of waaaagh-like psychic force at work, which would have been funny in its own way

Wait... Lyann also has pretty good stats, let's try again by asking a random maid...

"W-who are you!? where's the young master!?"

Wait, seriously? no... wait... oh, she's playing with us. I see, she's just indulging the 10 years old.

Well, she's a nice person, I guess. Also, its good to know, after all.

But how do we disguise ourseves as a lizardman almost twice our height?

Well, after a while, we decide to ask help from uncle Wolfric, who is more than happy to be the bait in our operation.

And thus, uncle Wolfric is the lizardman for now.

The first of next month, we are standing on the roofs around the plaza, hidden while waiting for the lizardman's contact.

As the man shows up, exactly as described, we simply move in to arrest him, and he cries out as some cursed item kills him.

So... maybe someone else was watching? from where? or was that automatic? anyway, we stabilize his body and strip him to remove whatever caused his death,

This is starting to get serious.Now we have suicide agents, too?

1/?

>>36287601
I thought they just got a new leader who knows what a power hunger fuck has been building....

>>36287643
likes grandpa says Morality over Justice

>>36287672
that's a hell a long trip also she hasn't even fished school the "reason" she was sent here to start.

>>36287710
>maybe someone else was watching
Just because we watched Burn Notice before we died doesn't make us into a cover operative on the level of Michael Westin, it seems.

Can we use our Ring to examine all of the man's items, to see which one was the cursed one?
Any identifying symbols on his belongings?

>>36287710

>>what, like, we throw criminals into ponds and if they float, theyre guilty, so they weight less than ducks?

some involve drinking small amounts of poison to see if the guilty gets sick/dies (its mostly a dead game to get people to confess )

or sticking there hand into a pot of boiling butter and taking out a small stone (guilty are hesitant and get harsher burns)

or hot mettle spoon on the tongue (shit has been around since hammurabi and some nomadic cultures in the middle east still do it)

>>36287790
Do da ring scan

>>36287710
>>36287798
oh god youve never seen monty python?
http://youtu.be/zrzMhU_4m-g

>>36287716
>likes grandpa says Morality over Justice
He says morality over law
I wish I had that "where do you think you are!? this is a court of LAW, now a court of JUSTICE!" pic

Oh, also, unrelated, but I finished the latest MT chapter in japanese... all those feels, man. Seriously, get ready for it. SO many feels

***
Alright... we could not get a truthsaying bracelet done in time before, but we get Okaba to make one for this guy.

His name is Ahbdul, and he's from the not-Arabia... I mean, Alquian empire, so... there's that.

From him, we manage to learn a few things. That he's in contact by letter with the empire, that his orders are almost two years old (there were standing orders to kidnap and send Mako to the empire in every mayor city, it seems), that he doesn't knows about any other agents, but that he's sure they must exist, and that he had a emergency item at his room in the Falling Candle inn, where he was staying.

Looking at all of his posessions... the item that killed him was a ring, apparently matched with another.

And his emergency item was a random teleport scroll.

Well, It would have sent him e miles away in a random direction... not a bad escape tool, I guess.

Honestly, if they could make something like that, didint it make more sense to just releport when caught, instead of killing him? what? how do these Alquians think?
2/?

>>36287710
Fuck, they have magical cyanide pills. Not as effective as they could be thankfully, a perfected version would prevent any and all resurrection short of straight up divine intervention. If a god wants you to talk, you start talking.

>>36287933
>the item that killed him was a ring, apparently matched with another.
Can we trace this back?

>>36287933
>the item that killed him was a ring, apparently matched with another.
So it was a remote kill-switch, similar to the kill-switch enchantment that can be built into Slave Collars?

Can Okaba trace the magic from the ring, like he did with the Sbastian spiders?
And can we learn it as we observe him?

>>36287933
I have seen monty python live life of Brian

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AgJXXo97D4c
here is the oil one

>>36287933
>Honestly, if they could make something like that, didint it make more sense to just releport when caught, instead of killing him?
unless there are ways to prevent someone from teleporting.

>>36287976
>Fuck, they have magical cyanide pills. Not as effective as they could be thankfully,
i think you mean
>completely ineffective when arrested by a necromancer

So I was wondering - after we get stats on jobs and allocate xp, we're almost certainly going to have archdruid. Which means traveling between the magic university and eopolis takes a few seconds and a bit of mana. How are you going to enforce isolation from the waifus when dad sends us away?

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Well, I guess they didin't want anyone to know what the failed agent looked like, but still... just killing your man like that... harsh

Tracking the killer shows us to the ring it used. So now we have both rings... maybe one day they may be of use?

[Exceptional][Ring of Stewardship] [3/4 empty slots]
Bonus: +10 SR
Enchantment: Upon activation, this ring will kill the wearer without fail

Well, it was abandoned together with some clothes, so it's unlikely that we will find the agent now. Still, we did manage to get a copy of the letters the agents had been receiving, which is official proof of the Alquian empire's actions, but... technically we are still at war with them, aren't we? so... we can prove they have been spying on us but, so what?

What should we do with this? The orders have an official wax seal on them, which we could rip out, carefully, and re-attach somewhere else to make our own orders, one day. Or we could keep the letters as they are, and use them as evidence one day.

*Salvage the seals
*Preserve the letters
*Other

>>36287933
we recently signed a peace treaty with them, did we not?
couldn't we just talk to them
>Why you trying to kidnap mako?
>Stop trying to kidnap mako!

>>36288168
>but... technically we are still at war with them, aren't we?
I thought you said we signed a truce with them already.

>>36288168
>*Salvage the seals
Spying during war-time is to be expected and won't be of use.

>>36288168
>*Salvage the seals
this could be useful

>>36288168
>*Salvage the seals

>>36288172
>Why you trying to kidnap mako?
Need a legitimate heir to the throne for stability
>Stop trying to kidnap mako!
No

Well, that sure was useful!

>>36288168
>*Salvage the seals
>*Preserve the letters
if we preserve the letters, we can always salvage the seals from them if it becomes necessary at some other point in the future.
if we salvage the seals right this very moment, we could read what the letters say, which might be info of interest.

However, the post seemed to indicate we already read them, have we?

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>>36288151
oh right. i did some more

The Thinkerer (Black Lake version of the Arcanist)
+2 Dex
+2 Con
+5 Int
+2 Wis

+6 HP
+9 MP

+2 elemental

(A) Elemental ~ You gain access to the following elemental powers
???MP ~ Remote Aether Caster Station: You can, as a full round action, create a human-sized obelisk on any surface you are adjacent to, which is both solid enough and large enough for a grown human to stand upon. Once every turn as a free action, you can cast spells or use any Divine of Elemental abilities using the RACS as their source point. You must pay any MP cost of such spells or abilities. You can create one RACS, and one more (which takes its own full round action to create) for every 10 levels in the Thinkerer job. Your RACS last until dismissed.

(P) Remote Aether Surveillance Station: You can experience the world around your RACS as if you were present on the spot, but unable to act except through free actions.

Armor Proficiency ~ Light
Item Box ~ A number of slots equal to your Thinkerer level

>>36288275
>Once every turn as a free action, you can cast spells or use any Divine of Elemental abilities using the RACS as their source point.
Is this in addition to any other standard actions we do that turn, including casting spells?

>>36288168
So wait, ahbdul didn't know what the ring did or who was controlling it?

>>36288168

*Preserve the letters
we can use the seals later if we want

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>>36288172
that seems surprisingly adorable, and very IC for a 10yrs old

>>36288186
an armistice

>>36288215
>we already read them, have we?
yes. They are the orders to watch out for, and kidnap mako when possible. These orders are actually two years old, which if you are paying attention, makes them older than our friendship with her

Two years ago she was just arriving on the continent, so basically, whoever sent her to this continent, also let alquia know about it right then and there, and they have been looking for her ever since

>>36288304
yes, but you still need to pay any costs of the action. Maybe it would be better to say the casters get their own standard action?

>>36288335
he knew, he told you, but that person ran away after dumping the clothes and distinctive jewelry she was using, so you have only a description to go by on looking for her

That brings to mind... discuss about this with Mako, and explain her exactly what is going on? she still doesnt knows why these bad people are after her. Then again she's a sweet little girl, maybe we shouldnt scare her with it and just make her feel safe and protected?

>>36288490
She should know. (for one thing, it will advance that subplot).
also, if she is scared, we can promise to protect her.

>>36288490
seams like we should parade her around to every city to help rout out there spy's, you know if she would agree.

>>36288490
Can golems do facial recognition?

Can we build a few cheapish golems, set them up at various points throughout the city and have them sound an alarm if they see the person we're looking for?

>>36288490
Explain to her what's going on. It might give Elric a chance to learn about what happened to cause Mako to be sent here IC.

>>36288490
So basically, they sent her there as a kind of "present" all nice and gift wrapped for them. I'm betting it was some kind of alliance deal. You get your money's worth out of pawns as valuable/useful as her, if she was gift wrapped like that someone had a plan for something.

I say we make her feel safe. She probably has an idea as to why this is happening anyway. She is such a smart girl.

>>36288490
Oh, and tell mako.

>>36288602
If they wanted to do that, they'd have just sent her to the empire directly.

>>36288615
That might have complicated things. Such an overt show might anger the local populace where she came from. At the very least, it lets everyone know who you've decided to get in bed with. That always draws political flak. Now, if she just so happened to get kidnapped...

>>36288681
>Now, if she just so happened to get kidnapped...
Then those very same locals would be demanding that she be rescued, and the nobility would be in an uproar since this is obviously an attack by a foreign power on a member of the ruling family.

>>36288681
wut

If they wanted to ally with the Alquiora, they would've just allied with Alquiora using Mako. No need for conspiracies.

>>36288726
oh yea, political marriage is a thing.

>>36288726
Maybe someone high up wants to make a few friends, so he kinda leaked the whole Mako thing. Plots within plots man, someone's probably aiming for another coup, and believes some Alquiorian help is what he needs to tip the odds in his favor.

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>>36288542
shes a little girl that thinks you are amazing, she would agree to mostly anything

>>36288533
alright...

>>36288588
I guess? but they would need to be familiar with the person in question first, no? also you are assuming its in the city or that you have enough golems to cover a city that big?

>>36288602
they basically told about her to groups that might be interested, in general

***

A few days later, we are playing with crayons in Mako's room. She is quite a good artist, really. She's drawing Ami while the shadow lies down on the floor with an apple on top of her head.

We ...explain things to her... gently.

Well, she's a smart, sensitive girl. Maybe she trusts us too much? when we explain things to her, she just comes over and hugs us.

"But... Eldric will stay with me, right? You keep me safe?"
"Of course" ~we smooch the top of her head as we hug her

She's tiny and soft and warm.

We gently hug and rub her back, and promise to take care of her. She is obviously scared.

Asking her about how she got to the continent, we slowly rebuild a pretty accurate version of what happened to her.

"Eldric, I want to see my sister" ~she says softly
"We will go visit her one day"
"Really?"
"Yes, I promise"

She gives us a radiant smile, and clings from us for a while.

After a while, Ami picks her up and puts her to bed.

For now, it looks like Eopolis is safe for her, at least while she's staying with us. They did try to abduct her when she was out of town, and in Albion, but not while she's been in Eopolis.

1/?

>>36288805
>believes some Alquiorian help is what he needs to tip the odds in his favor.
Help from a nation that's on the other side of the planet and has no ability to project or provide military or economic power or logistical aide.

Nah, you're just an idiot.

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>>36288841

Later that night, we feel someone opening the door into our room, and the sound of small feet coming in.

*pat pat pat*

...it's Mako. Well, odds are Ami and Mai are somewhere around, as well.

*Send her to her room
*Let her climb up into the bed and cuddle through the night
* other

>>36288956
>*Let her climb up into the bed and cuddle through the night

>>36288956
>* other
Let Mako know we're awake.
"Please knock next time."

>>36288956
>*Let her climb up into the bed and cuddle through the night

>>36288956
>*Let her climb up into the bed and cuddle through the night
like we would say no

>>36288972
pfft, no.

>>36288956
>*Let her climb up into the bed and cuddle through the night

Was there ever really a choice here?

>>36288956
>*Let her climb up into the bed and cuddle through the night
CUDDLEZ!

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>>36288841
I see. Most likely an info broker deal then. Info like that is valuable, people'd pay top dollar to know where someone like Mako is likely to be found. We should look into making friends with such people.

>>36288841
>but they would need to be familiar with the person in question first, no?

can we do a composite sketch from Ahbdul's description?

>>36289041
i like those kinds of people you can always count on them to back-stab you but they will tell you about it before hand

>>36289081
Oh, and the amount of golems necessary is dependent on the layout of the city. I've been imagining it as having multiple layers of walls that it kept outgrowing, so you'd only have to build enough golems to cover all the gates.

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>>36288965
>>36288972
>>36289004

You know, I had a cute idea for the next morning, and then the coming month or so, but i suddenly got this idea i just really want to do for this scene. Like "And thus, Mako climbed unto Eldric's bed" and then fast forward 2-3 years in Albion to the morning when dad decides that enough is enough, we aren't in the age where we can just "safely" cuddle, sleep and bathe with girls any more.

Specially since the girls have been steadily growing more and more upfront about liking us all this time, and it's not "cute" anymore to go into his 12-13 years old son and finding him sleeping covered in nude teen girls, you know?

Wont get shipped off right away, still got to do 2 mayor plotpoints in Albion, at least, but I think its a good point to FF to about that point.

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>>36289117
Plus, y'know, info broker. Don't know something and you really need to? Got cash? Better call the broker!

>>36289136
That idea assumes that she hasn't just used a teleport scroll already.
All things considered, it's kind of dumb and slow-witted.

>>36289167
And this is why you are my favorite QM

>>36289167
>go into his 12-13 years old son's room and finding him covered in bitches

A part of me thinks he should say "good job" and close the door, but honestly, he's a good parent so thats probably not what would happen

>>36289167
So, again, what's to stop us from treestriding back and forth?

If mako is abducted when we're in party chat with her, we could be in the city in like 10 seconds, and chasing her with a dragon shortly after.

>>36289167
I would still prefer for us to go on a commando mission, in disguise, to "kidnap" mako's sister.

>>36289225
>>36289167
By then, shouldn't we be able to beat our dad easily?

I want to be able to kill our grandpa before the end of this trip.
Just straight out kill him, then Raise him, and kill him again.

>>36289167
I still find the thought of waifuing zoe and stella incredibly creepy. But do what you must.

>>36289225
>Implying that saying "good job son" is not what a good parent would do
The reason you are not supposed to get teen pregnant is that it fucks with your school and career.
Powerful adventurers don't have that issue
Rich business owners don't have that issue
Royalty don't have that issue.

We are all 3 of those things.

>>36289237
That's conveniently ignoring just how they'd be able to capture Mako in 2-3 years.

She should have stats comparable to what we are at right now.

>>36289225
Grandfather is the one who told us to do what we loved and wanted to do, and not be tied down by obligations.
If Father has a problem with that, he should take it up with Grandfather.

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>>36289214
fast forwarding from time to time? liking akeno?

pic unrelated, just something im still working on before starting it

>>36289237
>So, again, what's to stop us from treestriding back and forth?
A good, heartfelt chat with dad and promising him not to? (unless its an emergency, of course)

>>36289238
when we make it to 15, Mako and her sister will be 14, which means we still have a year before her wedding. I always planned to have us go and "kidnap" her at that point

>>36289261
would you actually hit your dad?
I mean, you COULD, but WOULD you?

>>36289267
honestly I was thinking in NOT doing that, because I thought it would be funny to have at least them NOT see Eldric that way, thus they can go with him to Eopolis, and then we get to shoo away potential suitors when they start going to classes with us

captcha: sideboob best

Caotcha has interesting tastes

>>36289355
>I mean, you COULD, but WOULD you?
Fuck yes, I would.

>>36289370
Ah, you're that anon with daddy issues.

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>>36289370
but why? our dad is a pretty cool dad

Anyway, you guys want to FF or continue with the remaining month in eopolis first? it just seems like a nice transition, you know? tiny cutesy Mako climbs unto the bed, and then we FF 2-3 years to a much more lewder Mako nibbling on eldric's ear in the morning

>>36289355
>when we make it to 15, Mako and her sister will be 14, which means we still have a year before her wedding. I always planned to have us go and "kidnap" her at that point
Oh, I thought she was already married. I am still inclined to do it ASAP (I mean, think of all those years of bonding we are missing) but its ok to wait some.

>would you actually hit your dad?
I wouldn't

>honestly I was thinking in NOT doing that, because I thought it would be funny to have at least them NOT see Eldric that way, thus they can go with him to Eopolis, and then we get to shoo away potential suitors when they start going to classes with us
I would be fine with either result. I can definitely see the appeal in that route.

>>36289355

>>would you actually hit your dad?
>>I mean, you COULD, but WOULD you?
dudes cool as fuck hell no

>>
honestly I was thinking in NOT doing that, because I thought it would be funny to have at least them NOT see Eldric that way, thus they can go with him to Eopolis, and then we get to shoo away potential suitors when they start going to classes with us

thank the lady!

>>36289455
My main concern with FF is that we wouldn't get any additional spells from the magic university, our levels would be much lower than if we actually punched through some more dungeons, and we wouldn't be able to get grumnir to equip everyone with 6 slot legendaries.

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>>36289500
uhm? we would still get exp as if we had been going to the dungeons, of course.

Also, the dungeons in albion only go down to like floor 35-40 and we wont get as much exp from them as if we kept doing the ones in eopolis, which go to floor 200+

anyway, lets finish our vacations and go back and then I'll ask if you guys want to ff.

Also, I wish that anon told me what he likes about the QT to know what im doing right

Anyway, typing

>>36289455
FF but lets plan it
weekly dungeon dives at the least
also keep working of fire works till we get shapes/colors and augment them with spells/enchanting to make something SPECTACULAR!
>>36289542

>>36289455
FF
just make sure we walk up and down dungeons a few times a week we gotta stay in shape

>>36289542
In addition to the XP there's also magical projects like our own mana condensers, constructs, and enhanced identify spectacles.

>>36289645
Speaking of which, have we ever talked to okaba about putting southern curses on cards like incubus/succubus to see if their effects reverse? Or trying to power southern enchanments with slots instead of curses?

>>36289706
we agreed to work with him on researching enchanting. he offered when we showed him the ring. so we should be getting progress there.

>>36289706
No. Honestly we should have been trying that ourselves.

>>36289747
It's been suggested and ignored repeatedly.

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>>36289542

Mako holds from our pajamas as she sleeps. Seriously, her sleeping face is just so cute! Gently, caressing her face with a fingertip...

"Ah, I like doing that, too" ~Mai causes our heart to leap out of our mouth as she just suddenly speaks behind us... in the bed!?
"Wha- when did y-?"

She totally ignores us, and stretches over us to gently brush some hair off from Mako's face.

"She's adorable, isn't she?" ~she says
"Ah... yes. Uhmm... are you naked?"
"Yes"
"Why are you naked?"
"I don't have pajamas."
"I'll get you some"
"thanks"

"Can I get some, too?" ~asks Ami from behind Mako
"Ah... sure" ~she's there when we turn around from looking at Mai.

Really, the bed is quite wide, but with four people... well, whatever

Mako is sleeping quite soundly, isin't she? well, they say that the innocent can sleep through anything, after all.

The next morning, Mako is already awake when we open our eyes. She was sitting on the bed next to us, sitting on her heels with her legs together as she draws our sleeping face.

Well, it's a very, very good portrait for a 10 years old. Also, it's made in crayons.

"Good morning!" ~she says with a smile
"Good morning"

She looks like she's already had a shower and a change of clothes... yeah, she's wearing a different pajama, isin't she?

"Mako, why are you still wearing pajamas?"
"But... we are in the bed. You wear pajamas in bed"

Well... she's not wrong

She pats pats our face softly. Ah... her hands are soft and warm, it feels pretty nice.

"Eldric's head has a funny shape" ~she says with a smile

1/?

>>36289763
the problem is that it sounds like something that has no first principles.
its like saying "what if we did FTL research?" how? how would you even start to come up with something like that?

>>36289821
wut
We know exactly how to place enchantments on objects. All that would need to be done for this test it to place an enchantment on a card and slot it in to see what effect it has.

>>36289840
You are not asking to just "try to enchant a card with an additional enchantment and then stick it in something".
You are asking to powerup the card's existing buff from a curse you add to it.
Also asking to power southern enchanments with slots instead of curses.

Now, a more reasonable experiment would be
"take a junk card, try to put an enchantment on the card, then insert it into something". that would tell us a lot.

then again, it might also create a demon

>>36289902
You have reading comprehension problems.

>>36289925
No, that is explicitly what >>36289706 says
>have we ever talked to okaba about putting southern curses on cards like incubus/succubus to see if their effects reverse?
NOT merely "try to enchant a card and insert it", but "try to modify a card's operation with a curse"... unless you are under the delusion that powering items via curses is just a matter of slapping a curse on it rather than actually linking a curse to the enchantment in a manner that lets it draw power from the curse.
>Or trying to power southern enchanments with slots instead of curses?
might as well say "lets research FTL". we have no first principles here.

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>>36289806

"N-no it doesn't" ~says Eldric as he feels his head, just in case
"I like it" ~she says with a smile, so... well, it's alright

After a while, Euphrosyne comes in with breakfast, and the shadows appear to eat theirs together with Mako and Eldric.

Over the following weeks, pretty much everyone short of Alard and Okaba show up for nightly cuddles.

"Aura, what in the name of the color blue are you doing here?"
"I thought i'd try being popular" ~she says
"Out"
"But..."
"Out"
"Awww" ~the dejected succubi leaves the room

Well, it looks like Okaba gave her some sort of punishment when she went back into their room... she looks both happy and sorry.. that girl it's so simple in a complex manner...

By the way, for our last two weeks, grandpa got us tickets for the airship service.

You see, the airships go from city to city in the north in a clockwise direction, so while the trip from Opal city to Eopolis is two days, the trip back is almost two week long, since the ship will go to Sbastia, Bastion and Black Lake first.

Well, it's still much faster and more comfortable than going back to Albion by land, and we get to see three more of the coalition cities, but two weeks in a ship is not exactly how we'd like to spend the rest of our vacation, so...

*Go by land. At least we get to enjoy the landscape and can stretch our legs whenever we want
*Acquire our own ship from among those currently in construction, we can probably guive it a good use afterwards.
* Other

>>36290011
>Being literally unable to read
>putting southern curses on cards like incubus/succubus to see if their effects reverse?
is exactly what it says. Putting a curse. On a card. And seeing what happens.

I'm sorry for your crippling learning disability.

>>36290028
>HURRR DURRR
>Being literally unable to read
>is exactly what it says. Putting a curse. On a card. And seeing what happens.

gee, its almost like I said >>36290011
>try to modify a card's operation with a curse

>>36290021
>Well, it looks like Okaba gave her some sort of punishment when she went back into their room... she looks both happy and sorry.. that girl it's so simple in a complex manner...
we should really talk to the guy. encourage him to talk openly with aura
or maybe talk to her and convince her to openly talk to him since he isn't gonna get it from hints

>>36290044
So yes, you're retarded. Glad you cleared that up for everyone.

>>36290021
*Acquire our own ship from among those currently in construction, we can probably guive it a good use afterwards.

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>>36290011
>trying to power southern enchanments with slots instead of curses?
wait, he wants to have enchantments with their own slots?

I have no idea how to make that work. Or is he asking about something like the charms of the alchemical exalted? which I also dont know how to do

>>36290021
>36290021

*Acquire our own ship from among those currently in construction, we can probably guive it a good use afterwards.

>>36290021
>*Go by land. At least we get to enjoy the landscape and can stretch our legs whenever we want
roadtrip!

>>36290074
Let's just start with cursing a succubus/incubus pair, slotting it in and seeing what happens.

>>36290021
*Acquire our own ship from among those currently in construction, we can probably guive it a good use afterwards.

>>36290094
>Let's just start with cursing a succubus/incubus pair,
Ok, why in the fucking twelve hells would you do something so fucking obtuse for your first experiment?
seriously? why?

Why not try instead to just enchant, without a curse (which is advanced stuff) a card with an additional southern enchant?
say, a card that gives +con
enchant it with +dex
see what happens.

why jump straight up the curse? and why waste it on a rare and valuable incubus/succubus instead of using trash cards for experimenting?

>>36290137
>rare and valuable
kek. No, the bonuses it gives are all but worthless to us. Much like any card that doesn't provide a % or immunity.

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>>36290065
>>36290086
>>36290124

>Acquire our own ship

>>36290087
>Go by land

>>36290094
those are pretty rare, you sure you want to burn them trying that?

>>36290176
it does give an extra % of healing and mana recovery, tho. But yes, it was much more valuable when we were first starting

How much money do you want to use buying the ship? and do you want a small ship, or a larger one to use as a cargo ship afterward? a larger one would also need a crew, tho I suppose we can easily afford people's salary for the first month while the ship start earning us money.

Oh, right, could have it on a smaller route between our factories/orphanages on Eopolis and Albion and other destinations to send our goods around

>>36290021
>Acquire our own ship from among those currently in construction, we can probably guive it a good use afterwards.

While we wait, can we introduce them to the idea of magical wind tunnel testing?

>>36290234
can you please repost the stats for incubus and succubus cards?

>>36290234
Small that way we can work on illusion magic weather magic to hid it from sight with clouds or completely invisible

>>36290234
Natural healing and mana recovery, which is pretty worthless.

How much gold do we have to spend? Having the ship make a big loop around the capitals of the coalition selling baking soda sounds like a plan.

>>36290234

Small, high speed if we can. For personal, family use.

It would be interesting to start as a trader, but means we would need to manage a trade empire. Still a bit young for that.

The faster it moves, the better.

>>36290263
Incubus Card.
INT -60, Max MP +300 and MP natural recovery -40%.
If the user is equipped with an item enhanced with the Succubus card,
it adds INT +20, Mac MP +300 and MP natural recovery +20% instead of its normal bonuses.]

CON -60, Max HP +2000 and HP natural recovery -40%.
If the user is equipped with an item enhanced by the Incubus card,
it adds CON +20, Max HP +2000 and HP natural recovery +20% instead of its normal bonuses.

that's with a kobold card, so halve all numerical values for the card alone. It's shit except for the mana boost.

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>>36290263
Succubus Card.
CON -60, Max HP +2000 and HP natural recovery -40%.
If the user is equipped with an item enhanced by the Incubus card,
it adds CON +20, Max HP +2000 and HP natural recovery +20% instead of its normal bonuses.

10. Incubus Card.
INT -30, Max MP +150 and MP natural recovery -20%.
If the user is equipped with an item enhanced with the Succubus card,
it adds INT +10, Mac MP +150 and MP natural recovery +10% instead of its normal bonuses.
Enhances: Helmet/Head Accessory

>>36290330
what does natural recovery mean?

>>36290345
The amount you get back from sleep.

>>36290356
so we have to sleep wearing armor in order to get benefit from those?

>>36290234
A larger one, so that it has roomy cabins and big cargo holds. As much as we can afford to have it be fast and big.

>>36290234
Enough money to get a millenium falcon-alike.

>>36290371
I've assumed that 'equipping' an item has ongoing effects even if it's in our item box.

>>36290330
ok so, 5% of our total HP from the HP boost, 15% of total MP from the MP boost, plus some extra from the int and con. (con gives another 2.2% of our total HP)

>>36290470
Spreadsheet anon gave us projected stats from experience. We have around 200k hp, so halve all the numbers relating to that.

>>36290279
Honestly I lost count let me see...

600g at home
2200g on us
4780g on Lyann

Maybe it would be simpler to have one of the new, specifically made-for-cargo (remember all the existing ones right now are repurposed from military duty) ships do a counter clock-wise route?

>>36290315
small and fast for family use
1200g more or less

would go from eopolis to albion on 4 days, or 5 days if it goes around the mountains. Safer route (its a small ship so we may want to avoid mountain weather and wind currents)

Honestly, the ship could make the trip in 2 days, but we need to sle... ah, nm, 2-3 days seems fine since we can take turns piloting it, with Okaba.

Teeeechnically Aura also would count as an "adult" but... i just cant see her in charge of the ship

>>36290345
you recover your constitution in hp every night, same with mp, only, that is based off your wis

>>36290376
6k, then? including the crew salary for the first month

Alright let me type it like this, then

*1200g small and fast ship. Will take 4 days if we go straight to Albion, and 5 days if we go around the mountains. Will take turns piloting it with Okaba
*6000g large cargo ship with crew. Will take 2 days since it can go over the mountains with no problems. Probably a good idea to stock it with cargo at both Eopolis, then Opal (chilled beer?) and finally Albion, then send it to Black Lake, Bastion and Sbastia before it goes back to Eopolis and starts the route again.

>>36290535
>*6000g large cargo ship with crew. Will take 2 days since it can go over the mountains with no problems. Probably a good idea to stock it with cargo at both Eopolis, then Opal (chilled beer?) and finally Albion, then send it to Black Lake, Bastion and Sbastia before it goes back to Eopolis and starts the route again.

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>>36290535
actually holy fuck 11780 on lyann. I just by custom assume we sell everything we get and she stores the money in her item box

>>36290535
>*6000g large cargo ship with crew.
We only need the ship to get to a place once, then we can treestride around much faster.

>>36290535
*6000g large cargo ship with crew. Will take 2 days since it can go over the mountains with no problems. Probably a good idea to stock it with cargo at both Eopolis, then Opal (chilled beer?) and finally Albion, then send it to Black Lake, Bastion and Sbastia before it goes back to Eopolis and starts the route again.
We can make that money back with our dungeon runs.

>>36290584
The ship itself will be a profit center, as it's mostly going to be doing trade runs.

>>36290535

*1200g small and fast ship. Will take 4 days if we go straight to Albion, and 5 days if we go around the mountains. Will take

>>36290565

12k fuck

Why not both?

One for a business, we hire a crew to bring that back nromally and our personal family one.

Ho buy/build a port when we get back too.

>>36290234
>those are pretty rare, you sure you want to burn them trying that?

Sure. Their useful lifetime is over for us anyway.

>>36290535
>Maybe it would be simpler to have one of the new, specifically made-for-cargo (remember all the existing ones right now are repurposed from military duty) ships do a counter clock-wise route?
yea. that works. or do the occasional direct route between cities

>>36290535
>*6000g large cargo ship with crew. Will take 2 days since it can go over the mountains with no problems. Probably a good idea to stock it with cargo at both Eopolis, then Opal (chilled beer?) and finally Albion, then send it to Black Lake, Bastion and Sbastia before it goes back to Eopolis and starts the route again.
its an investment

>>36290601
Well, he's not wrong, but the ship will make money constantly and probably faster, unless we spend a large amount of time on the dungeons every day.

Will probably need to acquire a large empty lot in Albion's merchant district to build a dock for the ship, as well as a warehouse.

Should be about 600g I guess?

***
We talk about repurposing one of the newest cargo ships with grandfather...

"Well, they're technically yours anyway, so does that not mean you are just paying your own company for it?" ~he says
"You can't just take out company resources whenever you want, you know?"
"Uhmm... how very responsible of you... alright. But you can't legally own the ship until you are 15, Eldric. Should we just write it as part of the company, then?"
"That seems fine with me."
"Also, I doubt you can actually land in Albion, you know? those mages are... hard to deal with. Didin't you leave your carriages and such at Opal, anyway?"
"Oh, right. So let's have the ship go to Opal instead of Albion. I will try and get permission and a proper dock built as soon as possible."
"Alright. Oh, how do you want to name this ship? it's the first completely civilian model."

What do you want to call it, guys?

>>36290856
Ardenuff

>>36290856
Zero Gravitas

>>36290856
Graf Zeppelin

>>36290856
Another Fine Product From The Nonsense Factory

>>36290921
>>36290946
I think we can all agree that we need to introduce Culture naming sensibilities to this world.

>>36290921
yes o god yes
even better when we build a war ship Maximum Gravitas

>>36290856
Transient Atmospheric Phenomenon

>>36290856
Radiant Ember

>>36290856
Anything Legal Considered

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>>36290921
>Zero Gravitas
the unimportant?

>>36290986
the most important?

>>36291015
alright, this is the only one that actually sounds like a fantasy name, so im going with it.

also, brb gonna goget some cookies

>>36291093
>ignoring all the good names for the most boring one.

Your taste a shit, etc.

>>36291110
I agree. That is one of the most useless names I have heard. I vote we call it the BEARSHARK HURRICANE

>>36291140
>Not SHARKNADO

pleb

>>36291093
My Other Ride Is Your Mother

Victory in Less Than Thirty Minutes or Your Megatons Are Free

Initiate Self-Destruct Sequence - Yes

Fisting the North Star

If You Can Read This, You've Just Experienced A Basilisk Hack

No, We Won't Give You Reach-Around

Freedom Is The Right Of All Sentient Beings

Our Ship's Name Is So Long That By The Time You Finish Reading It You've Given Us More Than Enough Time To Turn You Into A Rapidly Expanding Cloud Of Debris

Help! Help! I'm Being Oppressed!

The Revolution Will Not Be Commercialized

Your Mom Seized My Means Of Production Last Night

Obligatory Culture Reference Here, Right Next To The Gravitas Joke

We Built This City From Rock and Roll and Over Nine Thousand Missile Launchers

>>36290856
>Will probably need to acquire a large empty lot in Albion's merchant district to build a dock for the ship, as well as a warehouse.
I am all for it.

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>>36291162
This anon knows what's up.

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>>36290986
>a war ship Maximum Gravitas

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>>36291162
You sir, are awesome.

>>36291162
meh

>>36291147
>>36291140
Sharknado Bearicane?

>>36291316
YES

>>36291316
Glorious!

>>36291162
the hell... no "It's one of ours!" in the list?

"Alright... that's original, at least" ~grandfather smiles and writes it down.~ "Well, we still have a few days until the ship has been truly readied to go, so what do you say if we go to the marchants district and visit the nomad's tents?"
"That won't take us days, grandfather"
"There are twelve different merchant districts in this city"
"I stand corrected"

Grandpa messes with our hair slightly, and organizes a trip to the nomad's tents.

Honestly, it looks like a tiny city or a large town. There are just that many tents in place.

We have fun sampling exotic foods and looking at the goods the nomads bring from all over the continent....

roll 1d100, and we'll keep the best of 3

Rolled 31 (1d100)

>>36291703

Rolled 43 (1d100)

>>36291703
go go power pf profit

Rolled 60 (1d100)

>>36291703

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Rolled 96 (1d100)

>>36291703
Capitalism HO!

>>36291789
where the hell were 5 mins ago

>>36291837
if he had posted earlier, he woudn't have gotten that roll. The rng is seeded by time.

>>36291837
He was being a capitalist pig!

>>36291703
if you want the rest go to http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive/21019306/

>>36291837
finding the picture

>>36291878
That has some good names.

>My Nacelles Are Moving On Their Own
made me kek

>>36291789
Damnit Quark, why didn't you roll earlier you bastard!

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>>36291789
sorry man, you were 4th

>>36291750

You are going around on grandpa's left shoulder, while Stella and Zoe wrap their hands around each of his index fingers. Well, it's just that grandfather's hands are that big. Lyann is holding hands with Stella, which makes this more of a family excursion.

As your group goes around, you are sitting on grandpa¿s left shoulders, which means you are quite high over the crowd, when you spot a girl's long hair going up in a rather familiar way...

but surely no... not in this world, right?

"Grandfather, can we go that way?"
"Sure"

Indeed... there is a clay pot with two copper rods sticking out of it, and people is playing around with it... it's a primitive battery, isin't it?

"Oh, can I buy this?" ~we talk with the nomad while Zoe is having fun as her soft white hair flies upwards.
"Sorry kid, we had to bring it all the way from Bastion, you know?"

Bastion, eh? that's where the rockit ship technology came from... they have electricity over there?

"How much would it take for you to sell me this?"
"heh, at least a hundred golds"
"Sold"
"Uh?"
"100g is fine. I'm buying it"
"Eldric, what is it?" ~asks Lyann

Stella is having fun touching Zoe with the rods and making her fluffy hair stand on end

"It's a battery" ~says Eldric
"Well, they call these Juicers in Bastion"

Of course they don't call them batteries! How many things they have in this world we could make use of, which we dont know about simply because they go by other name!?

Someday, we need to travel the world and see for ourselves.

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>>36292072

"Grandson, instead of paying a small house's worth for this thing, why don't you get your ship to buy some for you straight from the source?"
"Ooooh, that's a good idea, grandfather! But I do want this one now! I want to try out how much juice it has!"
"Juice?"
"In a manner of speaking"

"Oh, don't drink the contents, young lord, it's poison!" ~says the nomad
"It's just a figure of speech... nevermind. I won't"

What do they use these for in Bastion? do they have lightbulbs? heh, if we could start a lightbulb factory, then we could really bring some light to the north.

"Oh, electricity, how I have missed thou!"~says our reborn engineer~ "Truly, one never appreciates things until one loses them"

Ah, perhaps we shouldn't get too excited.. it's just a claypot battery, after all, but just the fact that it works in this world it's SO encouraging!

Hah! now we get to show off to Okaba! he may know a lot about enchanting, but I bet he's never faced SCIENCE(tm) before!

>>36292220
do we practice our mwhahahaha laugh or not? it might freak out our friends

>>36292220
this is ist the moment we can become Jimi Hendrix

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>>36292220

That evening...

*break it open and see how it works
*See if we can fabricate a lightbulb with some copper and glass through our craftsman job abilities
*Use the "juicer" as materials to make several small batteries
* Other

>>36292283
>*See if we can fabricate a lightbulb with some copper and glass through our craftsman job abilities
Also try to find out if there are magnets in this world.

>>36292283
Damn, sona porked out in her old age.