>>36406671
>>Tell her something
wanna come 'explain' the situation to my brother? im sure we can bring him around

>>36406671
>Stand up from the bed, go and look for Karas.
We need to sort him out. Tia's fine.

Rolled 4 (1d10)

>>36406671
>Tell her something (what?)
She has to a lot more gentle now
>Stand up from the bed, go and check Zaan
Double check that babies are ok

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Nevermind, I'm silly, didn't update the XP. you're at 4.

Anyway.

>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

Rolled 2 (1d10)

>>36406671
>Tell her something (what?)
What's she thinking about, if rather not get up from bed, in pretty sure we're suppose to be resting.

Great to see you back EF

Rolled 5 (1d10)

>>36406671
Stay in bed. Rest. Make sure that Karas is sent back in when he regains consciousness, but otherwise just chill and focus on growing back our everything.

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>>36406671
>Stand up from the bed, go and look for Karas.

We still need to actually go see him.

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"What's on your mind?" You break the silence.

"Mh." She mumbles, hugging her knees.

"Are you worried?" You ask her, leaning a bit closer, your hair brushing on her shoulder.

She shivers. "Yes."

"Don't mind all that screaming. We'll tackle this together, one step at a time. Karas is just overreacting." You pat her head, trying to calm her down and cheer her up.

"...I... I don't think..." She turns to you. You see tears streaking down her face.

It's so strange to see her cry. She's so strong that you'd almost think her to be entirely beyond tears.

"...I don't think... I should be allowed... to be... so happy."

"...why not?" You can only ask after a long, silent pause, broken only by her sighs and hiccups.

"I... I hurt you. I let you run around alone. I put you in danger. I..."

"I'm alright. I'll be alright, Tia. I'm sturdy. We'll be alright."

"I'm not going to leave you alone." She mumbles. "Ever again."

You lie back down on the bed.

Some more minutes of silence pass. You stare into the wooden ceiling, listening to the noise of the waves and the steps of the crewmen above and around you.

"...We'll be happy, Tia. I promise."

She sniffs and nods slowly.

"...Tia?"

"...Yes?"

"...Can you go and call Karas?"

She stands up and walks up to the door of your room, and opens it. You hear a crewman walking by, along the corridor, then his steps suddenly stop. From the bed, you can't clearly see what's happening.

"Um... yes?" you hear him ask, nervously.

Silence.

"...Lady Tia? Is everything alright? You're-"

"Bring Karas here."

"K-Karas?"

"Do it."

"Yessir I'll do it right away."

"..."

"...Um, M-miss Tia?"

"What?"

"Er, can you put me down? Or else I can't-"

"Oh." sound of boots touching the wooden plank floor. "Sorry."

"...Thank you." You hear him dashing away.

(cont.)

>>36407371
nearly-yandere best dere

Hey, no being mean to mortals!

Just think "What would Maka do"

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A few minutes layer, you hear another set of steps approaching. Tia, who has been sitting on the floor, stands up, alerted.

Karas enters the room. He looks more in control now, but he still has a slightly wild look on his face.

As soon as he shows up, Tia stands up between you and him. The two stare into each other's eyes.

"Behave." You warn both of them, and they both lower their eyes. Tia lets him approach.

"...I don't know what to say." Karas mumbles, kneeling down next to your bed and taking you hand in his. "This is all happening way too fast."

"It'll be alright." You reassure him.

He doesn't look too convinced. "Maka." He says, looking dead serious into your eyes. "We need to talk."

You sure do, you think.

"...You're going to marry here in Tianna."

You nod.

"...What about Gem? What's going to happen to our homeland? Are you going to just leave it under that usurper, Rankar?"

>I don't know.
>I plan on unifying the crowns of Gem and Tianna under myself
>I plan on abdicating... or, rather, renounce my claim on Gem entirely. My home is here now.
>I was thinking on leaving the crown of Gem to you, since you're second in line.
>I'll worry about it some other time.

>>36407479
>>I plan on unifying the crowns of Gem and Tianna under myself

>>36407445
She is funny like this, could she be feeling guilt over killing the first age solar?

Rolled 9 (1d10)

>>36407479
>>I plan on abdicating... or, rather, renounce my claim on Gem entirely. My home is here now.

>>36407479
>>I plan on unifying the crowns of Gem and Tianna under myself
The Unconqured Sun has given me the world, all that is left is to convert it

>>36407479
>I plan on unifying the crowns of Gem and Tianna under myself
>But if you want, I can leave the crown to you instead, since you're second in line
How about we ask if he wants to become king before claiming two Kingdoms for ourselves?

>>36407479
>I plan on unifying the crowns of Gem and Tianna under myself

Rolled 2 (1d10)

>>36407479
>I plan on unifying the crowns of Gem and Tianna under myself
Those are our cities

>>36407517
I mean we could, but he'll probably say he didn't want it

>>36407574
I don't expect him to accept, but it couldn't hurt to be polite and ask.

Rolled 2 (1d10)

>>36407479
We're planning on unifying, right? Consolidating a power base in Tianna and then retaking Gem?

>>36407597
That's what we've said before I believe

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>>36407479
>>36407517
This if we can

"I'm going to unify them in a single kingdom." you reply, confidently.

Tia nods energically.

"So... You plan on overthrowing Rankar?"

"Of course." you smile. "By the way, what do you know about the situation back home?"

"As far as I know, Rankar is just a mortal. He doesn't have much supernatural help, or at all. Heck, you could probably retake Gem on your own. Unless he's allied with the Realm, but even then, Gem is still a long way from everywhere else. No reinforcements for him."

"That's also the problem, is it." You reason. "It would take way months to get to Gem from here. And right now I can't leave Tianna that gingerly. Unlike Gem, there's plenty of supernatural trouble going on here. Trouble that needs the Exalted." You look at him. "...did you consider becoming King of Gem yourself?"

You see a look of utter horror and panic on your face. "Me?! I don- I don't know the first thing about rulership! I don't know... Like, taxes, or trade, or stuff like that! I don't even remember the names of the noble families of Gem! I'd just end up ruining everything."

But, you reason, if Rankar doesn't have supernatural help, Karas, with maybe a bit of extra assistance, could easily retake it. But you'd have to divert Exalted manpower from Tianna, to fight on two fronts...

> Karas, how about you bring Mikahil with you to Gem and together you retake it for me?
> it wasn't a serious suggestion... I want to focus everything with the trouble we have here, for now. Gem will have to wait.

Rolled 8 (1d10)

>>36407710
>> it wasn't a serious suggestion... I want to focus everything with the trouble we have here, for now. Gem will have to wait.

>>36407710
>it wasn't a serious suggestion... I want to focus everything with the trouble we have here, for now. Gem will have to wait.

First rule of nation building, don't get greedy and take more territory than you can hold

>>36407710
>> it wasn't a serious suggestion... I want to focus everything with the trouble we have here, for now. Gem will have to wait.
gem is a pleasant cathartic experience, or perhaps some flashbacks. not a priority when we have a TITAN that is underneath our island

>>36407710
>it wasn't a serious suggestion... I want to focus everything with the trouble we have here, for now. Gem will have to wait.
Plus I really don't want to send away our Dawn now that we got one

> it wasn't a serious suggestion... I want to focus everything with the trouble we have here, for now. Gem will have to wait.

Don't even joke about that. We need both of them here. Mikahil for ruling Pearl and Karas for happy family and fightingand incest

>>36407710
> it wasn't a serious suggestion... I want to focus everything with the trouble we have here, for now. Gem will have to wait.

"...it wasn't a serious suggestion, don't worry." You shake your head. "I don't want to split our forces."

"...but, mom and dad..."

You fall silent.

"They might be in Gem, for all we know. Rankar might still have them. Same with sis."

That is something you didn't consider.

"...are we just leaving them there? Now that we found each other, and we've been both Exalted with the power to do SOMETHING about it?" He urges you.

"...what do YOU intend to do?" You ask him.

"I'm rubbish at planning, you know." He shrugs. "Honestly, I have no idea. On one side, I want to say, well, Maka is fine, she has friends and allies, she can take care of herself. I'll go back to Gem alone. But on the other side, now that I found you, and you're in... In this condition? I don't want to go." He sounds terribly conflicted.

> ...you should go to Gem. See if they're there. Help them.
> You'll stay with me. We'll send someone else, someone good with covert work.
> It might sound callous, but we can't do this now. We'll have to be patient.

>>36407821
sheeeeet. not good.
> You'll stay with me. We'll send someone else, someone good with covert work.
mik and 5tails?

>>36407821
>> You'll stay with me. We'll send someone else, someone good with covert work.
>>36407823
theyre probably the best we have, along with archer dragonborn for backup

>>36407828
blooded* im out, need sleep

Rolled 8 (1d10)

>>36407821
>> You'll stay with me. We'll send someone else, someone good with covert work.

>>36407823
yeah those would be the best bet

Rolled 1 (1d10)

>>36407821
>You'll stay with me. We'll send someone else, someone good with covert work.

Rolled 8 (1d10)

>>36407821
> You'll stay with me. We'll send someone else, someone good with covert work.
Send someone more subtle than him

>>36407821
>You'll stay with me. We'll send someone else, someone good with covert work.
We'll get them out first and then take back Gem when we can

Rolled 9 (1d10)

>>36407821
At MOST I want to send one of our sneaks to go try to locate and liberate the rest of our family. We need Karas for Titan business. Maybe send our 'dancer' to go see what she can find and quietly, efficiently kill our family's way to freedom? She's powerful enough, especially with those artifacts, and I can scarcely think of a greater sign of trust and responsibility.

>>36407821
> You'll stay with me. We'll send someone else, someone good with covert work.

>>36407847
Her, Mik, and Tails would be a good team to send

Rolled 7 (1d10)

>>36407868
I hope we'll get to play as them sometimes.

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>>36407847
I approve of this plan.

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>>36407821
> You'll stay with me. We'll send someone else, someone good with covert work.

>>36407868
>>36407949

We will need Mik for Pearl.

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>>36407976
yeah, at most we can afford to send 5Tails and DancerMcAbs

>>36407976
Why?

>>36407976
Pearl won't be ready for a while plus as far as long distance travel is concerned, he's out fastest guy, he could get to Gem and back faster than anyone else

"...I'll send someone there. Someone good with covert work. If mom, dad and sis are there, they'll save them." You reassure him. "But at the same time we have to focus here. We..." You lower your head. "...we're Exalted. We have a responsibility towards all of Creation now, as well."

He nods. He doesn't like the idea any more than you do, but he seems to understand.

"...speaking of which, you still haven't told me why you're here in the West. What happened? How did you Exalt?" You ask him.

"...I put up a fight against Rankar before getting caught. He wanted to teach me a lesson, I guess. He sold me into slavery to a merchant, as a galley rower."

You listen intently.

"...and they were attacked by a pirate ship near the Coral Archipelago. I was part of the loot."

"What pirates?" You ask.

"The worst kind. Skullstone pirates."

You heard about Skullstone's naval might. A nation of shadows, where the dead and the living exist side by side. With vast military, economic and industrial power. Led by the wise and enigmatic Silver Prince.

Putting things in perspective, it's not hard for you now to guess that this Silver Prince must be another Deathlord.

"...you've seen Skullstone?"

"Wish I hadn't." He nods. "Don't believe the stories of an utopia beyond life and death. It's bullshit. It's a carnival of horrors there. I've seen people, humans, bought like slaves and used as construction materials. Harvested for flesh and bone. And... I might be dumb, but I can make basic math."

"...and?"

"And less than one-twentieth of the dead leave a ghost in their wake there. The numbers don't match up."

(Cont.)

"...where do the missing ghosts go?"

He shrugs. "No idea. I'll make an educate guess, though: I don't think they pass into Lethe and reincarnate peacefully." He takes a long sigh. "I Exalted when my time for being harvested finally came. The Unconquered Sun spared my life, out of... so many dead. I... I'd like to think it was because I'm supposed to do something about it."

You shiver. Has it been always this cold? Tia is lying on the ground, staring up at Karas, immobile. Her face is still streaked with tears, but she is utterly expressionless now, apart for her red, veiled eyes.

"...that first bit of poetry you said." You recall. "The melancholy of the skies, mixed with wind and rain and dust..."

He laughs humorlessly. "I was marked for death. They didn't think of me as human. I learned a few secrets there, since they talked about them freely in front of me."

"A password for the Silver Prince's agents?"

He nods. "They're all over the place. I wanted to make sure you weren't on the Silver Prince's side."

"...even though I'm a Solar?"

"The captain of the pirate ship that boarded us was a Solar. A Dawn. Moray Darktide." He replies. "I don't know why, but he works for the Silver Prince of Skullstone."

You massage your forehead. You're about to get a headache, you know it.

>ask him about the Silver Prince's agents
>ask him about the Silver Prince's plans
>ask him about the Tyrant of the Doomsday Machine
>ask him another question (what?)
>(other)

>>36408088
>ask him about the Tyrant of the Doomsday Machine

What happens when you nuke a shadowland?

Rolled 10 (1d10)

>>36408088
>ask him about the Silver Prince's plans

looks like we found our next target after taking care of the Lintha

>>36408088
>ask him about the Tyrant of the Doomsday Machine

Rolled 1 (1d10)

>>36408088
>ask him about the Silver Prince's plans
Any idea if he plans to attack?

> evil solar
Man fuck him

Rolled 6 (1d10)

>>36408088
>>ask him about the Silver Prince's plans

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>>36408088
>The Unconquered Sun spared my life, out of... so many dead.
Did he speak him with, with Sol I mean.

Rolled 2 (1d10)

>>36408176
If he did we should have a joint 'prayer' session and say hi to UCS-sempai

>>36408254
>'prayer'

Hey, that's legit praying that Maka does, you know?

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>>36408176
I wonder if senpai mentioned us, and that's how Karas found us.

You sink in the bed. "What is he planning?"

"You promise you're not going to laugh?" He replies.

You blink. You're not seeing anything that could be so funny right now.

"I promise. Come on, tell me."

"World domination."

You start laughing. Karas quickly joins you. Even the silent and moody Tia cracks a grin.

"You're pulling my leg."

"No, I'm honest. I think all Deathlords are messed up in the head like that or something."

"Yeah, probably."

"Seriously, now. He's building an army and a fleet. A BIG fleet. Of powerful ships with advanced magic and technology."

"...How powerful?"

"I'm no expert in naval warfare, even though I've been studying." He points out. "But I'd guess... If the ships I've seen under construction get completed, crewed and launched? It's not even going to be a fight worth betting on."

"Even against the Realm's Water Fleet?"

"Even if they combine the Realm's Water, Air, Wood, Fire and Home fleets. No bet."

You whistle. "That's impressive, in a way."

"The wrong way."

"Yes, of course, the wrong way, but it's still a way." You add.

"...We have a problem with a Deathlord in Tianna, too."

"Tyrant of the Doomsday Machine. I heard something."

"What do you know?"

"Not much." He admits. "The Silver Prince's fleet considers her an enemy force. There's no friendship between them. Other than that, she has a small but elite naval fleet, and seems to prefer aerial forces." He thinks about it. "The Silver Prince is more political. Economical. He's a leader and a religious, messianic figure. From what i gathered, the Tyrant seems more like... Engineering. Technical. Military. More pragmatic. More focused. They also don't seem to have interests in Creation other than Tianna."

"Sounds like that." You explain. "We have a truce with them. I'd like to think we can reason with them."

He crooks his head to the side. "With a Deathlord?"

>If it's possible to solve this peacefully, it's worth a try.
>I'm just buying time. I don't actually trust her.

>>36408298
>If it's possible to solve this peacefully, it's worth a try.
It all depends on what her deal is, what she's after in the long run.

Rolled 10 (1d10)

>>36408298
>If it's possible to solve this peacefully, it's worth a try.

>>36408298
>>If it's possible to solve this peacefully, it's worth a try.
We don't trust her, but we acknowledge the pragmatic reality of her factions power

Rolled 6 (1d10)

>>36408298
>>If it's possible to solve this peacefully, it's worth a try.

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>>36408298
>If the ships I've seen under construction get completed, crewed and launched? It's not even going to be a fight worth betting on.
Not unless you have a Titan on your side

>>36408298
>I'm just buying time. I don't actually trust her.

They won't stop unless they have the Titan. There will be no diplomacy.

>>36408377
>Titan
Infinity+1 like in kindergarten. That said,
>I'm just buying time. I don't actually trust her.
How do you reason with a deathlord? Barring them being EFs sacred barbeque, you don't

>>36408298
>I'm just buying time. I don't actually trust her.

>>36408400
>How do you reason with a deathlord?

I don't know but
>"Can... can these Abyssals be brought back to the light? And what of the Deathlords themselves?"

>"NO EVIL BORN OF A HUMAN HEART IS BEYOND REDEMPTION. NO DARKNESS BORN OF A HUMAN SOUL IS TOO BLEAK FOR LIGHT."

>"THIS IS THE REASON WHY THE GIFT OF EXALTATION WAS GIVEN TO THE HUMAN RACE, AFTER ALL."
Are you saying UCS lied to us?

"I want to leave all options open. If we CAN have a peaceful solution..."

"...with A DEATHLORD..."

"...I still want to have that option. We have enough enemies, there are enough troubles and problems in Creation right now."

He takes a long, long, slow, deep breath, trying to regain composure. "I'll go along with your plan, Maka. But it's because I trust you."

An idea strikes you. "... recently, despite the truce, there has been some events in Tianna which suggest a Deathlord's involvement. The Tyrant's Deathknights deny it's been their doing, however, and blame a third party."

"That's what they would say."

"I know, but... what if it's the Silver Prince? Does he have agents in Tianna?"

He seems to take your suggestion seriously. "...I don't know for sure, but he might. I wouldn't be surprised. That could explain it, I imagine. But the big question is, why Tianna? It's a large island, but it's not densely inhabited, it's not rich in resources or magic, and it's not strategically positioned. Plus, it's, well, full of Exalted right now, so really, what's the reason behind all this? I can't figure it out."

>I have no idea either (lie)
>...Because of the Titan. (truth)
>(Change subject. To what?)
>(Other?)

Rolled 9 (1d10)

>>36408298
>If it's possible to solve this peacefully, it's worth a try.
>I still don't trust her, of course

>>36408444
>There's a reason, we can't tell you but there is one
I want him to take it seriously, but we still got to keep the promise we made with Amata

Rolled 10 (1d10)

>>36408444
>(Change subject. To what?)
>so, got a girlfriend yet? Want help finding one? Or maybe a boyfriend? Or both?

>>36408444
>I have no idea either (lie)
We need to find a way to turn this Titan into an asset we can use rather than a secret we need to hide from everybody.

>>36408444
> Something that could wipe out the Prince's fleet
Don't forget that promise we made

Rolled 2 (1d10)

>>36408444
>>36408466
This

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>>36408444
>I have no idea either (lie)
I hate having to lie to people. We need to figure out who Amata made that oath with so we can get rid of it.

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>>36408466
>>36408444
>Wana share?

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>>36408444
>(Change subject. To what?)
"Who knows why a Deathlord does anything? But having you here makes me feel a little safer. We've had run ins with the Tyrant's servants. Nothing serious so far but I get the feeling that the Tyrant is losing patience."
"Maybe you should have chat with Mikhail about Skullstone. I'm sure he'd be most interested."

>>36408444
>>36408479
> Something that could wipe out the Prince's fleet

I don't remember any promise, but we gotta have respect for our brother and our Dawn. Gotta let him in on things.

Rolled 5 (1d10)

>>36408520
We did promise to not tell anyone about the Titan, though it wasn't bound with magics or anything.

>>36408520
We promised Amata not to talk about the Titan with anyone, she wasn't suppose to either, but she kinda got around it by just not really but totally showing it us

>>36408444
>I have no idea either (lie)

>tfw perfect moment to post art
>tfw it's not finished and the moment is lost

Suffering.

>>36408599
We'll remember you said this when you do finish the art, or at least when you post it

Rolled 10 (1d10)

>>36408599
post a wip

You hesitate.

"...It's confusing." You admit. "To be honest, I have no idea what Tyrant's ultimate goal is. Or if the Silver Prince of Skullstone is in on it. But he probably is."

"Mh." He nods silently.

"But, for now, we have to focus on the Lintha. Let's worry about the Deathlords later."

He nods again, lost in thought.

"So how about you. Any girlfriends? Or boyfriends?"

He nods again. "Mh." Then, he shakes his head, confused. "Bluh? N- no, wait."

You grin and wait for an answer, silently pressuring him with your gaze.

"...I, uh. No. No one. I- I haven't had exactly... I've never been in one place a long time..." He mumbles, flustered.

"Come on, you can tell your big sis." You grin.

"No, really, I don't have anyone." He's sweating bullets.

"Not even someone you fancy?"

He stays silent. Tia exchanges a sly grin with you.

>Press on. You want to know.
>Leave him his space. He'll tell you when he feels like it.
>Change subject, talk about something else. (what?)
>Continue with some light conversation. Time to kick back and relax.

>>36408658
>>Press on. You want to know.
C'mon you've already met our wives

Rolled 9 (1d10)

>>36408658
>Press on. You want to know.

>>36408658
>Press on. You want to know.

[Shit eating grin intensifies]

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>>36408658
>Leave him his space. He'll tell you when he feels like it.
>Continue with some light conversation. Time to kick back and relax.

>>36408658
>>Press on. You want to know.
Show that you're a joking nee-san rather than a dissaproving mother, though

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>>36408440
Believe in the UCS

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>>36408658
Big sister time! Keep asking!

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>>36408658
Press onwards!

>>36408658
>Leave him his space. He'll tell you when he feels like it.

Onee-chama~

Rolled 9 (1d10)

>>36408658
>Press on. You want to know.
Matchmaker Maka is on the case

Rolled 9 (1d10)

>>36408658
>Continue with some light conversation. Time to kick back and relax.

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>>36408658
>Leave him his space. He'll tell you when he feels like it.

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>>36408744
>>36408740
>>36408707
>>36408676
Deez nines. Also, dice anons, we may need them

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(Unfortunately i have to AFK, and it could be a while. Next updates will be unpredictable.)

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>>36408658
>Continue with some light conversation. Time to kick back and relax.

>>36408755
Damn, Well to pass the time: Does anyone have suggestions for the name of the God-of-Getting-Pregnant-Despite-Drinking-Maiden's-Tea? It's kinda tripping up my little fic
(He's a friend of the God-Of-Excessive-Hyphens)

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>>36408755
Darn, we'll be waiting EF

>>36408658
>Continue with some light conversation. Time to kick back and relax.

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>>36408658

>Press on. You want to know.

Tease him? Would we do that?

>Press on. You want to know.

We should get him to open up while Tia is around, for maximum teasing.

Rolled 9 (1d10)

>>36408772
There probably isn't a god quite that specific. He'd be the god of failed contraceptives. His manager would probably be the god of unexpected pregnancy, in the Department of Reproduction, in the Bureau of Humanity.

As for a name? Just mash some Asian/African-sounding syllables together.

>>36408608

It's a commission, so I can't 'finish' it.

>>36408612

I might, depending on what Karas' answer is. But I need to run it by EF first, I don't want people knowing who I am here.

I won't be trading it for experience

Rolled 6 (1d10)

>>36408899
>He'd be the god of failed contraceptives. His manager would probably be the god of unexpected pregnancy, in the Department of Reproduction, in the Bureau of Humanity.
I love that this in an actual thing that can be figured out

>>36408899
>His manager would probably be the god of unexpected pregnancy, in the Department of Reproduction, in the Bureau of Humanity.
I was going to have his boss be the god of unplanned pregnancy, but otherwise you have his background right. Though of course the Bureau of the Heavans is trying to steal his department for on some bullshit pretext.

Rolled 6 (1d10)

>>36408914
>It's a commission, so I can't 'finish' it.
When you post it then, or whatever

Are you going to be spending it on one of the kids?

>>36408943

Maybe

I really wish we have a few threada focused on family time and kid raising.

Rolled 6 (1d10)

>>36408922
The Bureau of Humanity is a really major bureau, too, but Reproduction is a sub-department of Health. Health gets a majority of the bureau's prayers. I imagine the God of Failed Contraceptives mostly gets prayers to not do anything. He's a great example of a god who only ever dies his job occasionally in order to keep the prayers coming.

But yeah, it's not too hard to figure out where Celestial gods are employed, whereas Terrestrial gods are mostly self-employed entrepreneurs.

Rolled 2 (1d10)

>>36408965
>dies
Does, rather. Phone typing here on a Thanksgiving road trip.

Rolled 10 (1d10)

>>36408962
I assume EF will do it once the time comes and there's enough push for it, and I assume there will be. I would hate to miss out on Maka being a mom

So, exalted people, our children won't be exalts. Will they be halfcastes? Is there a fullcaste? Tell me what we should expect from our progeny

>>36409037
They will be extremely powerful godblooded, if only due to all the training charms we will use on them. They'll be a bit weaker than an inexperienced terestrial in their specialty, but will likley beat them in nonspecialist area's due to training charms.

Rolled 7 (1d10)

>>36409037
If they're half castes - which is a term for a non-exalted mortal who inherited some Celestial essence from an exalted parent - they'll be Lunar half castes. The older, more powerful, more experienced exalt determines the type - Tia, in this case - with Solars trumping only in the case of ties. We aren't old or powerful enough to produce them at all yet, while Tia probably is.

In the default game, half-castes get a small essence pool, a very low maximum Essence score, and limited access to Exalted charms. In this quest's terms, they would probably have a stat cap of 4, the ability to purchase charms at double normal costs, an essence pool half that of an exalt, and mortal health rules.

Full-castes are just actual exalts.

Half-castes tend to be wildly unpopular, and I personally hope EF just gives them Enlightened Essence and maybe a slightly higher than mortal dice cap and leaves it at that.

>>36409124
we've gone over this a hundred time. Half Castes are a thing in this particular version of the exalted setting, and
> In this quest's terms, they would probably have a stat cap of 4, the ability to purchase charms at double normal costs, an essence pool half that of an exalt, and mortal health rules.
This is wrong.

>>36409124
>wildly unpopular
Other than being born to mary-sue, is there a reason for this? And what happens when a god and an exalt breed?
>>36409075
OK, thanks

>>36409075

So, three kids.

One fighter boy taking after Tia, one social girl taking after Maka, one smarts girl/boy taking after Amata.

It's perfect.

>>36409148
Well, all of them will have 3-4 in every stat due to training charm abuse, so they'll all be quite compitent at everything, with weak "charms" (I know we can't do that now, but by the time they are ten our circle will probably have most/all training charms)

Rolled 9 (1d10)

>>36409145
Mostly it boils down to Half-castes infringing on what should be the Dragon-Blooded's place, people who's power comes from lineage and blood.

There's more to it than this simplification of course though

>>36409145
>Other than being born to mary-sue, is there a reason for this? And what happens when a god and an exalt breed?
The mechanical implementation of Half Castes was lazy, terrible and gamebreaking when used as written.
>>36409171
And yet no one has any trouble with ghost, god, fae or demon blooded, which do the exact same thing. Also, children of half castes are normal humans, so it really, really doesn't.

>>36409171
Do lunars raise gigantic barbarian hick inbred tribes of them?

>>36409180
Nope. Half caste is not an inheritable trait. They do have beastmen tribes, but that's a totally different thing.

Rolled 2 (1d10)

>>36409179
Stop trying to start an argument. Nobody cares enough.

>>36409196
Eh, I'm just tired of people "expressing hope" that EF won't use them when he's said he will a dozen times. Stop with the badwrongfun already.

>>36409195
What about genetic changes? Would our great-great granddaughters have a chance of getting incredible boobs, or only the great boobs we had before exalting?

Should I wait for 3e exalted to come out properly, or download 2/1e to get the setting first?

>>36409217
>What about genetic changes? Would our great-great granddaughters have a chance of getting incredible boobs, or only the great boobs we had before exalting?
Probably not, any children of our children will be normal humans unless they have sex with something nonhuman. Which they probably will, now that I think about it.

Probably download for the setting.

Rolled 7 (1d10)

>>36409217
Get the good 1e books (the good ones are fantastic) and 2e everything else and start reading. It will be nearly a decade after the 3e core book comes out before it's an actual semi-complete edition.

>>36409212
Nobody's saying that. The only statement was an expression hoping half-castes don't get exalted charms. Stop trying to start a fight. Nobody cares.

>>36409179
>Also, children of half castes are normal humans, so it really, really doesn't.
Unless they breed with other high-essence beings. They can keep some power in the bloodline for a few generations.

>>36409280
>get exalted charms
I'd be OK if they got ~just~ the excellencies. Those aren't really that big a deal.

>>36409297
Some of the blooded have that ability, but there is basically a sidebar that says that its really really rare and you shouldn't do that.

"Come on, tell me everything."

"..."

"Tell me!"

"..."

"Tell me, tell me, tell me!"

"Alright, shut up!" Karas almost flips your bed over in frustration. He grumbles.

"Are you mad at me?" You ask with a grin.

"A bit." He combs his messy hair back. "You've... You've always had everyone fawning over you. Paying attention only to you. And now you Exalt and this gets multiplied a hundredfold."

You nod. "You were more lonely, I imagine." Both in Gem and later, it seems.

"And I show up and then you've raised a literal army of hot guys and cute girls at your beck and call. Is it normal for me to be envious?"

"Maka is Maka." Tia remarks, offering her point of view on the situation.

"So, who is it?"

"...I don't- I want to think about it. I'm not sure." He hesitates. "But maybe, if I stick with a chick magnet like you, I'll manage to find someone myself?" He grins.

"As you don't steal ours." Tia warns him.

"Ours? Aren't you full of yourself, you-"

Karas and Tia begin to struggle, pulling on each other's cheeks.

You spend the rest of the day peacefully. You talk. You joke. You manage to channel away some of the animosity between the two of them, you imagine. You hope.

>just focus on rest and light conversation. Relax.
>you still need to ask something... (What?)

(Still afk-ish, replies will be very slow)

Rolled 3 (1d10)

>>36409328
>>just focus on rest and light conversation. Relax.
HUGS

one on either side

>>36409315
>>36409280
From ask.fm
>What sort of powers can enlighten mortals/godblooded/half castes learn? I know they can use basic dice-adders, but is there anything else?
>You know, I honestly hadn't thought about that in detail up to now. Now that you ask me, I'd guess I'd let them have a +2 dice-adder charm (instead of an Exalted's +3) and some of the low-tier effect-based charms. Maybe at a slightly higher cost.

Rolled 3 (1d10)

>>36409328
>>just focus on rest and light conversation. Relax.

Rolled 3 (1d10)

>>36409328
Just relax. Heal. Enjoy being around our family again. We heal fast, but only if we rest.

Rolled 9 (1d10)

>>36409328
>>just focus on rest and light conversation. Relax.
We'll find him someone, I still want to introduce him to Valeriana when we get the chance and other fight inducing people that will remain nameless

Rolled 10 (1d10)

>>36409328
>just focus on rest and light conversation. Relax.
we really need to find him someone.

>>36409328
>just focus on rest and light conversation. Relax.

>>36409328
>>just focus on rest and light conversation. Relax.

>>36409328
>just focus on rest and light conversation. Relax.

Rolled 5 (1d10)

I can't wait for our brothers reaction when we introduce Silk to him.

>Hey bro, this is Silk, my pet fae and occasional condom
>.......... *faints*

>>36409384
"...clearly you didn't use her enough then."

>>36409328
>you still need to ask something... (What?)

Kinda pertinent question is how he got off of Skullstone after exalting. I mean if the Silver Prince has solar exalted openly working for him how did Karas escape?

Aww, he's not lusting after Maka. That's disappointing and now I have a few commissions made useless. Fuck.

>>36409328
>>just focus on rest and light conversation. Relax.

>>36409360
They're both socially awkward. Could be cute.
There's also Pyre Spark.

Rolled 8 (1d10)

>>36409464
>spoiler
Also a good idea

I knid of want to focus on people we haven't had sex with yet so he isn't absolutely upstaged

>>36409407
I don't like the implication that raises, but I would like an answer.

Rolled 8 (1d10)

>>36409464
Nah PS is ours

>>36409409

Would you confess an incestuous crush on a sister to her face while she's teasing you about a mystery crush?

>>36409328
>offer marchmaking services
>for a small fee

Cupid Maka on duty.

>>36409532
Wouldn't Maka know if he was bullshitting her?

>>36409532

I would. A way to fluster her back.

>>36409550
Now that I says that: is there any way for Maka to know when someone is trying to bullshit her at 100% ?

Rolled 4 (1d10)

>>36409552
So like Gay Chicken, but with incest?

Rolled 9 (1d10)

>>36409558
There's a charm that let's you know when someone is lying about something yes, we've had access to it before.

>>36409564

Something like it, I guess.

>>36409564

I would have liked it sinply because of Tia teasing him about her ownerhip over Maka.

Rolled 1 (1d10)

>>36409558
JET, Judge's Ear Technique. It perfectly determines mundane dishonesty, and I think allows a roll-off for magical dishonesty. But you have to actively use it, meaning you have to already be suspicious that something is a lie. Improving our soak charm is a way higher priority than that extremely-situational charm.

Rolled 3 (1d10)

>>36409629
It's scenelong here, but I don't think he was suggesting getting it now

>>36409644
I was just asking.

Call me paranoiac, but I have the feeling he isn't telling us everything

Rolled 4 (1d10)

>>36409726
Probably not, but I mean we can just ask him, or let him tell us himself.

We just got to trust him with this kind of thing

>>36409726
would you want your sister stealing your girl/guy?

>>36409744

I'd rather my sister be my guy.

>>36409744
Not really, no.

>>36409737
Well, trusting people is not always the wise thing to do.

I mean, I don't think he'd betray Maka, but we should get him checked to make sure he wasn't released by the pirates to fuck shit up through some magical compulsion/ mind control

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Rolled 6 (1d10)

You spend the next few hours with Tia and Karas, in idle chatter.
You talk about boys and girls (Tia being very repetitive about it), hair and clothes, you reminisce about old events, tell Karas all the story of your adventure since your Exaltation, anecdotes from your childhood, things like that.

You needed that. You all did. That family feeling. This peace.

Makes you almost forget you're going at war.

[HEALED 1 HEALTH]

You get a restful night's sleep, and, when you wake up, you feel your body being warm, like you're running a light fever.
Your skin itches, but you realize it's the feeling of it regrowing back. You're returning to your normal, uniform color. It'll still be a while until you make a complete recovery, though: you feel your bones still hurting with every movement.

Tia has fallen asleep in bed with you, nuzzled up to you like a koala to a tree. It's amazing you've managed to fall asleep. You must've really needed it.
Her body temperature is absurdly high, and she's radiating heat like a stove. You begin to worry, but you notice her instantly cooling down as, sensing that you're now awake, she wakes up as well, stirring and yawning.

...was she keeping you warm?

Karas is nowhere to be seen. As a matter of fact, the ship seems quite a bit more silent now than yesterday, like most of the crew left during the night.

"Maka." Tia simply says, her own good morning to you.

Is it even morning? You focus your sixth sense for a second... About noon, it seems. You should have arrived at the Black Atoll by now.

Something is wrong.

"...they left us behind." You tell her. Looks like they moved out and attacked the Lintha fortress without telling you anything.

>we must join them. They're not keeping me out of this.
>damnit, they've really tricked me. I can't blame them, though, I do need some rest.
>i'll stay here, but at least you, Tia, go and join the fight.

Rolled 6 (1d10)

>>36410481
>>i'll stay here, but at least you, Tia, go and join the fight.

Rolled 4 (1d10)

>>36410481
>i'll stay here, but at least you, Tia, go and join the fight.

Rolled 10 (1d10)

>>36410481
>i'll stay here, but at least you, Tia, go and join the fight.

Rolled 5 (1d10)

>>36410481>
>i'll stay here, but at least you, Tia, go and join the fight.
Also, you probably need to go yell at your tribe for leaving you out of this. It will be harder to you to unite the tribes under your leadership if you sit this fight out.

Rolled 5 (1d10)

>>36410481
>>we must join them. They're not keeping me out of this.
No way is Tia going to leave us alone, not after what happened already, but we can go together and we can lead from the back, put those War charms to good use

>>36410481
>>i'll stay here, but at least you, Tia, go and join the fight.
Make a nice corpse pile to make up having to leave me.

>>36410481
>damnit, they've really tricked me. I can't blame them, though, I do need some rest.

>i'll stay here, but at least you, Tia, go and join the fight.

Use TTTH to get her to go.

>>36410481
>>we must join them. They're not keeping me out of this.

We might not be good for being a beatstick but we have war charms. The soldiers we've brought to assault the Atoll are going to need our leadership.

Rolled 10 (1d10)

>>36410481
>we must join them. They're not keeping me out of this.

>>36410481
>we must join them. They're not keeping me out of this.

Oh no, faggots can't keep Maka away from the frontline like this.

Rolled 9 (1d10)

>>36410481
>"Tia, do you want me to go fighting? I'd understand if you don't"

>think of a way to help even if you don't participate

Dice.

Rolled 7 (1d10)

>>36410565
If telling Tia to go fight does win then I'll second using Talking to the Heart to help her go

>>36410481
>>we must join them. They're not keeping me out of this.
>>damnit, they've really tricked me. I can't blame them, though, I do need some rest.
Maybe we could combine these two by joining the sidelines of the fight? Like sail over there but don't join in fighting unless needed?

>>36410481
>we must join them. They're not keeping me out of this.
If she objects strenuously, go with
>i'll stay here, but at least you, Tia, go and join the fight.
As a compromise.

Rolled 6 (1d10)

>>36410647
That's what I wanted to do when I voted for both of us going, just because we're heading into the fight doesn't mean we have to go fight on the frontlines

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"...Damnit. I've been had."

Tia nods. She's not letting you go, by the way, despite you both being perfectly awake.

You try and stand up.

Tia is keeping you pinned to the bed.

You struggle a bit.

"...Tia?"

"They are right. You need to rest."

You narrow your eyes. "Was this your idea?"

She shakes her head. "Amata."

"But you agreed."

Of course she agreed. "Leave it to them. Stay here."

You struggle another bit. "I can stay on the sidelines. Out of the fight."

"A stray arrow could hit you."

You sigh, exasperated. "...Tia, arrows bounce off me."

She doesn't let you go.

"...How about you go, then? You're not wounded, and you're arguably the best fighter of our entire force. I'm sure you're needed on the battlefield."

"I'm not leaving you."

"Then bring me with you."

"No." She replies, adamant. "Besides, once I leave, there'll be no one to keep an eye on you."

"I'm not going to sprout wings and fly to the battlefield on my own." You try and talk some sense into her. "Please. I'm just worried about the others. Go there and help them."

She doesn't answer, but you know the look that's in her eyes: She doesn't CARE about the others. She's going to stay here and protect you even if it means letting everyone else die. Amata, Karas, Mikahil, Valeriana, Samiel, Irene, everyone.

"Tia. Go help the others."

"No."

[TALKING TO THE HEART] [ESSENCE: 5/6]

Social + Zenith = 6 4 10 5 5 10 9 7 6 = 6 successes

"Tia. Go help the others."

"No."

You keep staring into her eyes, utterly dumbfounded.

>Try harder.
>Appeal to reason.
>Appeal to emotion.
>Give up.

Rolled 9 (1d10)

>>36410815
>Try harder.

>>36410815
>appeal to emotion
>if my wife or my brother die, I will never, ever forgive you. I WILL ask for the divorce!

Damn, that's some sttuborness. Crazy high mental DC.

>>36410815
>Appeal to emotion.
She can try harder than we can. We gotta use our brain meats to get outta this situation.

Rolled 1 (1d10)

>>36410815
>Appeal to emotion.
Well shit, I super didn't expect that to happen

Rolled 7 (1d10)

>>36410815
Appeal to emotion. Make it clear that the success or failure of this mission determines our safety. That if her staying here makes it fail, she will be endangering us. Make participating be the emotional equivalent of protecting us, instead of the emotional equivalent of endangering us.

>>36410815
>>Appeal to emotion.
Tia if you don't go it'll break my heart and I'm going to be very sad and worry too much and not able to get rested. If you go I'll feel better and get better faster.

Rolled 5 (1d10)

>>36410815
>Go help the others
>no
Tia please.
>Appeal to emotion

Rolled 1 (1d10)

>>36410815
>Try harder.

Rolled 6 (1d10)

>>36410853
It's that Solar Bond yo, fucking six successes and a TttH didn't do shit

>>36410815
>Try harder.

So is this part of Tia's Great Curse, or just her being Crazy?

Rolled 10 (1d10)

>>36410815
>Appeal to emotion.
Guys.
I don't think she's budging.

Rolled 9 (1d10)

It's rad that Tia has a Hearth Cat in her Heart's Blood Library. A kraken too. We should try to track down a magma kraken for her to hunt.

>>36410918
almost assuredly it's her Curse.

When we stopped her from murdering the first person through the door earlier all we did is tune her curse dial down to a 5 from a 10.

Rolled 8 (1d10)

>>36410815
>Appeal to emotion.

Pathos is a go!

Rolled 5 (1d10)

>>36410815
Get all cuddly with her too, make the most out of that HSDD

Rolled 6 (1d10)

>>36410929
Hearth Cat?

Rolled 7 (1d10)

>>36410815
>Give up
>swear we will not go to the battle
>Tell her the two of us must help anyway, in any ways we can

Dice.

You groan and sink deeper in the bed.

"...Tia, they might lose the fight without your help."

"I'm sorry."

You talk slowly, like you're explaining some particularly complex math problem to a particularly thick-headed child. "...I want them to win. I need them to win. We need the resources. We need to be able to sail freely. Or we will never have a Pearl. We will never develop Tianna."

"That's important." She admits. "But you're more important. And our children are, as well. I'm not risking all three of you."

"But if they get wiped out, what's going to happen to us? We're on a boat with a skeleton crew in the middle of Lintha waters. They'll find us. It's more dangerous for me if you DON'T go to the battle."

"If the Lintha get here, I'll kill them." She shrugs like it's no big thing.

"All of them?"

"All of them." She nods. "I will protect you."

Her answers are all instantaneous. Automatic. Absolutely no hesitation. She doesn't even think about them.

You try another approach. "...I don't want to lose them. I don't want anyone to get hurt. They might die, Tia."

"I'm sorry."

"No, you aren't! You don't care if they get killed! Even though you could save them!"

"I..."

"It's like you WANT them dead!"

[TALKING TO THE HEART] [ESSENCE: 4/6]

Social + Zenith = 9 1 7 5 1 6 10 9 8 = 6 successes

She lets go of you. "...That's not true. That's not true! I don't want them dead. I love them."

"You have no idea how sad I will be if they're hurt."

"..."

"Whose fault will it be?"

"..."

"Whose fault will it be if they get hurt?"

"...Mine." She mumbles, standing up from the bed.

"...Please, help them."

"Promise me that you're not going to leave this room until we're back."

>Promise (truth)
>Promise (lie)
>Don't promise

"I will

>>36411108
derp, ignore the final ""I will", it was a copypaste typo.

>>36411108
>Promise not to leave the ship (truth)

Gonna want eyes on the battle.

Rolled 5 (1d10)

>>36411108
>Promise (truth)

Rolled 6 (1d10)

>>36411108
>Promise (truth)

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Rolled 1 (1d10)

>>36411108
>>Promise (truth)
Now I feel super bad

Rolled 3 (1d10)

>>36411108
>Promise (truth)

Rolled 2 (1d10)

>>36411108
>Don't promise

As painful as it is for Tia I think we NEED to be there. We won't fight but the mortals we brought need our leadership.

HEP will make them far more effective in this battle.

We just have to promise her we will never be on the frontline.

>>36411108
>Don't promise
>I will have to leave it if I want to welcome you all after you come back from the fight.

Promises never end well.

Rolled 6 (1d10)

This whole arc has just been really shitty for Tia

Rolled 9 (1d10)

>>36411108
>Promise (truth)

>>36410815
>>Give up.
Tia a best

>>36411108
>>Promise (truth)

>>36411108
>Promise (truth)

Rolled 10 (1d10)

>>36411108
At least tell her we love her before she goes

>>36411108
>>Promise (truth)
"kiss me for luck"

"...I promise."

Tia nods, apparently satisfied, and leaves the room, with a final hesitation on the door, looking back at you.

She disappears beyond the corner.

Then she turns back. She stares at you for a few seconds.

"...well?" You ask her, puzzled.

"Nothing." She replies. Stares for a few seconds more, then turns and leaves.

Ten seconds later, she returns, walking back to your room.

"Goodbye kiss." She proclaims.

"...Alright." Fair enough. You indulge her. "Be safe."

"You too." She says, leaving.

A minute passes.

"...Tia, I didn't hear your footsteps up the stairway. You're still hidden in the corridor?"

"...no."

"Tia. I can see a corner of the hem of your dress from here."

Shuffle shuffle.

"Tia."

"She stands up and walks back to your room.

"Goodbye kiss-"

"TIA!"

She kisses you a second time and runs away. This time you do hear her running all the way up to the upper deck and-

CRASH!

A hideous noise of shattering, tortured wood shakes the ship, together with the startled and horrified cries of the few sailors left onboard.

Then, the loud thud and floorboard creak chorus of something extremely large and heavy being delicately put down on the deck.

A few seconds later, a crewman, deathly pale, shows up on your door.

"...Lady Maka, we- er- we might..."

You massage your forehead. That damn headache is back. "She tore off the mainmast?"

"She tore off the mainmast." He nods, still sweating.

>Order something to the crew.
>Stand up for now, inspect the ship.
>Stay in bed.
>(Other)

So, Tia leaves for the battle while Maka rests.

Sidereal feelings intensifies.

>>36411321
>Stand up for now, inspect the ship.

My fucking sides.

Rolled 8 (1d10)

>>36411321
>>Order something to the crew.
Status update, who left, when did they leave, how many are still on-board, where are we

Rolled 2 (1d10)

>>36411321
>Stay in bed.

Rolled 6 (1d10)

>>36411321
>>Stand up for now, inspect the ship.

>Order something to the crew.

Ask for some grog.

>>36411321
>Stand up for now, inspect the ship.
Come on, that was unnecessary, we promised we wouldn't leave. What if one of their ships that are out pirating comes back?

>>36411376
>Asking for alcohol
>While Pregnant
Fetal Alcohol Syndrome, ho!

>>36411321
>Order something to the crew.
Get to work on fixing it, I guess. I wish I could help, but I promised her I wouldn't leave this room until she got back, and I meant it. And I want the entire crew to be able to honestly back me up on that. But we're stuck here for now. So here's what I want you to do. I want you to get every member of the crew that knows how to write. And I want them to talk to all the members who can't, and write down their experiences of the last few days. I want to read a stack of papers by nightfall that tell me exactly how you all feel, and what we'll be telling the people back home when we get there.
Let's hear it for building a social group's internal bonds and working on getting our stories straight.
IS there anyone musically inclined in the crew? A good singer? Someone quick with a dirty limerick even?

Rolled 3 (1d10)

>>36411321
>Order something to the crew.
"Do what you can, I'll help when I'm back on my feet."

Rolled 7 (1d10)

>>36411415
Ordinarily? Problematic.

But allow me to rebut your assertion sirrah.

Solar Exalted.

I think we've been yelling too much at Tia and not enough at Amata. We can't be an effective coruler if she blatantly undermines our authority in such a fashion. A power sharing political arrangement not only requires trust and cooperation but a public perception of both to prevent factions from forming, which is kinda hard if she sidelines us like this.

>>36411415
Fetal Exaltation Syndrome, more like

Rolled 8 (1d10)

>>36411321
>Stay in bed
>ask for Status report
>don't leave the room until Tia comes back
>Try to find a way to communicate with the persons at the battle or help in other ways

Dice.

Time to use that brain

Rolled 9 (1d10)

>>36411451
I don't think it was just her anon. Pretty much everybody knows we're pregnant so everyone probably agreed to leave us on a boat while they did all the work.

So we have words with everyone.

>>36411451
>blatantly undermines
>in the privacy of the bedroom
>public perception

Dude, you suck at politics?

>>36411451
She isn't there. She'll get a spanking when we can put our hands on her. And a stern discussion, because not everything can be sexyfun time.

Rolled 1 (1d10)

>>36411415
Our kids have the blood of a Solar Zenith and a Lunar.
The kids are probably Rambo-tier survivors already in that womb.

>>36411471
Yeah, but we do need to explain to her that our coruler arrangement simply won't work if our response to disagreements is to say one thing then order people tk do what we want anyway.

Rolled 1 (1d10)

>>36411533
Oh I totally agree that it's a slight bit of undermining but I don't view it as a particularly bad one. It's not Amata undermining our authority in Pearl or something like that. It's Amata doing what she perceives as protecting her pregnant wife from a battle with magical pirates.

So just put in into perspective is all I can really say.

Rolled 10 (1d10)

>>36411525
A FULL MOON Lunar.

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"...How's the ship?"

Man. That girl.

"...Well, apart for the damage, we're left with a skeleton crew and moved all the weapons except for a Lightning Ballista on another ship-"

"It's alright, Arrel." A familiar but unexpected voice says from behind him. "I'll fill her in."

You blink. "AMATA?!"

"What?" She asks, surprised by your surprise.

"You're not with the others?"

"I left battlefield command to Karas. They have Zaan for sorcery. In any case, I'm not much of a military leader. My place is here, away from the action."

"...Tia didn't know-"

"...That I'm here? No."

"Why not? IF she did, she might have felt better about leaving me here. Knowing that you were going to protect me."

She smiles. "First of all, I'm not much protection. And second... I'd like to think that what just happened was a lesson she needed to learn on her own, with your help. I had no place in it."

You groan. "More of your manipulative plans?"

"It's what I do best." She smiles.

>Ask her something (what?)
>Ask her to send a message to the battle (what?)
>(Other?)

(Sorry if I'm slow, gonna be still slow from now on. Stuff happening.)

>>36411725
>ask her for hugs and kisses
>talk about babies

You at work, EF?

Rolled 5 (1d10)

>>36411725
>Ask her something (what?)
"How goes the battle?"

Rolled 10 (1d10)

>>36411725
Amata and Tia are simultaneously the best and worst

Rolled 3 (1d10)

>>36411725
>Ask her something (what?)
I love you Amata, I really do, more than I do Tia

So what about that status report, what have you heard of the battle, where are we still out at sea or are we anchored somewhere?

Rolled 1 (1d10)

>>36411725
>>Ask her something (what?)
Does she know what the battle plan is/was, I wish we had been awake for that at least, we could have been useful there

They probably didn't want to wake us up because we could have convinced everyone to let us go, fucking Social Solars

Rolled 7 (1d10)

>>36411725

What >>36411803 said.

Rolled 9 (1d10)

>>36411725
>Ask her something (what?)
"Amata, us being co rulers is going to be rather difficult if you blatantly manipulate us like this. You really need to work on sharing authority better."

Rolled 7 (1d10)

>>36411725
>Ask her something (what?)
"What lesson did Tia have to learn? And why do you think I had to be the one to teach it?"

>>36411769
True

Rolled 10 (1d10)

>>36411725
>>Ask her something (what?)
Ask about the babies and her thoughts on them.

Then pray to the Unconquered Sun that our loved ones will be victorious this day.

Rolled 5 (1d10)

>>36411883
>Then pray to the Unconquered Sun that our loved ones will be victorious this day.
Let's do this too, like actually honestly do this

Rolled 6 (1d10)

>>36411569
Fiance, not wife. We still need to do the big ceremony. Aside from that, yes.

>>36411725
Ask for battle updates. We may be able to get in a bit of leading from the rear. And ask for a pregnant belt kiss, maybe?

Rolled 3 (1d10)

>>36411911
We can pray in other ways, we dance because we want to, but we can do literally anything else, we can even sing if we want

>>36411948
>we can even sing if we want
I absolutely want to do this

Rolled 9 (1d10)

>>36411883
Oh, shit yes, let's get some prayer in. That's the primary function of our caste, after all.

>>36411948

Changed my mind. I'd rather dance anyway.

I want to discover how enthralling Maka is when her skin still growing back.[\spoiler]

>>36411911
>We shouldn't be dancing yet,
Agreed, having another three digit orgy wouldn't be good for the baby.

>>36412003
Hey! We've danced several times and and it has only escalated into and orgy once.

>>36411569
Yes, but we do need to deal with that issue sooner rather than later. Amata is used to being in charge of the whole island in her own person, and she does need to get used to sharing power.

>>36412003

You kidding me? They won't even feel a thing, babies aren't unprotected, you know? All these doujins with semen being spurted directly on a baby are all fucking wrong.

But anyway, I'd like another orgy, but I can wait for after the babies are birthed.

>>36411883
Shit yeah, pray to UCS senpai

>>36412058
Lunars.
That's all I need to say in this situation.

>>36411883
Yeah. Let's go Zenith up in here.

>>36412058
There's actually a mucus plug that forms at the entrance of the uterus which keeps foreign shit from going in and makes it perfectly safe to copulate during pregnancy

>>36412061
UCS is a very do-it-yourself kind of god. Even before he turned his back on Creation he didn't interfere very often.
Mars might be a better choice.

>>36411883
Yeah pray to UCS for our girls and boys on the island, I'm sure he'd favor us for smiting some bitchass Lintha

"So, how's the battle going?" You ask her, after calming down.

"Better than the last one." She concedes. "The Lintha have apparently two powerful demon-summoners and are led by another Pureblood. But, without a demon ship as a battlefield, they don't have that same kind of home advantage. Last I heard they were steadily losing ground. As soon as Tia arrives, it's going to be a complete defeat for them."

"...We're completely out of the action here, right?" You ask.

She nods. "I'm not as insanely overprotective as Tia is, but I DO thing that you should be sitting this one out. For another reason."

"...The Abyssals." You mumble.

"The truce is up to the defeat of the Lintha at the Black Atoll. They might attack immediately afterwards, when most of our forces will be wounded and tired. It will do us good to have kept you in reserve, if that happens."

That's a worrying thought. "...Do you think they'll do that."

"No. I don't think so. But I might be wrong. Or..."

Mental + Eclipse = 5 10 3 1 7 = 3 successes

"Or the OTHER Deathlord might act up, and try and pass his actions as the Tyrant's." You conclude her sentence.

She seems delighted by your guess. "It's what I'd do. Act just when we'd expect Tyrant to act, to confuse all of us."

You think about it, spending the next few seconds in silence. The thought is worrying.

You sit up on the bed, close your eyes. and focus your thoughts. There's only one thing you can do right now.

"...Are you praying?" She guesses.

You nod silently.

"I thought it had to be done with dancing and singing." She notes.

(cont.)

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Rolled 10 (1d10)

>>36411725
Seconding >>36411828

Dice.

>>36411803
>Social Solar

>>36412103

Yeah, that's what I was talking about.

>>36412171
I figured, just thought I'd elaborate and throw down some knowledge on those that didn't

Rolled 1 (1d10)

>>36412153
I'm not gonna lie, Just two summoners and a single pureblood does not sound like the home base of the Lintha. I think we're just hitting a different base.

Rolled 10 (1d10)

>>36412153
Speaking of the other Deathlord, we need to tell her what Karas told us

>>36412208
of course we aren't hitting their primary base. You'd need more firepower for that.

>>36412206

Well then, thanks anon.

Rolled 9 (1d10)

>>36412208
We're hitting their primary base FOR OUR ISLAND. Not the main base in the West or even the region. One pureblood and two summoners isn't too odd.

Rolled 3 (1d10)

>>36412294
Tianna isn't even a major city as far as the West is concerned

>>36412206
>>36412103
We're fucking a Lunar. I get we're Exalted but we'd need to be using charms if we didn't want that baby to feel it

>>36411725
>Ask her something (what?)
Gonna repeat my earlier suggestion from >>36411422. Get the crew working on a ballad and some tall tales to tell the folks back home. As long as we're stuck here, we should do what we can to start spin control. Also, get some unbiased reports (since it's fellow mortals asking for opinions instead of us asking directly) to see where we stand in the eyes of the crew.

>>36412306

But anon, dear. We are going to bang mortals.[/spoilers]

Well, actually, Maka has done everything while pregnant. I think your fear will only be relevant in a few more months.

>>36412305
It will be, anon. It will be

Rolled 8 (1d10)

>>36412306
>not using charms during sex
I bet Maka and Tia light up like a bonfire everytime they fuck

>>36412305
Yet.

Rolled 9 (1d10)

>>36412336
>>36412348
Of course, of course

Rolled 9 (1d10)

>>36412337
If we were a dude i'd make a joke about heaven thunder hammer being a very versatile charm.

>>36412306
Given what Maka has done while pregnant, that baby's got an adamantine mucus plug protecting it

Just caught up, got a question.

I gotta wonder, how did Amata hide from Tia? Or was Tia that out of it?

>>36412208
It's their regional hub, not their central home.

>>36412306
Ox Body. Iron Kettle Body. Solar Hero Style. We got this.

Rolled 4 (1d10)

>>36412370
Amata's Air Aspect, she has Stealth favored

>>36412370
Most likely the latter; Tia is likely suffering from the Great Curse at the moment which is amping her fears to the eleven.

Rolled 4 (1d10)

>>36412403
I get the feeling Tia is going to be really difficult to handle while we're pregnant. Her Curse is gonna be flaring up all of the time thanks to that mega bond.