>>36971069
my body is ready

also marry Christmas

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>>36971144
hi! Oh btw, I went to the doctor and he put me on the strongest eyedrops the hospital had. Said that if that didint do it, we would go to surgery, but that there was a huge chance i would go blind from it.

So ill try these drops for two weeks and then the surgery. Let's try to get things moving so we can get as much as possible done, alright?

When someone else shows up, of course, tho being xmas its likely noone else will, so if noone shows in 10 minutes, we'll just start

>>36971197
ok good to know if you do get the surgery i hope it goes well

P.S. i still laugh at the card for Aura

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>>36971226
are you the same anon or another anon? and yes, I think it was kind of mean to add that into her card, wasn't it?

Thought about building it around vigilance, or maybe giving it an untap ability instead, but this way you CAN tap her if you want, but do you want to?

>>36971340
same one

but then she might find out were the malehood is if i tap her.

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>>36971357
that made me spill my water
Well, like i said, it's xmas. Let's see if anyone else can shake turkey shock and get up

>>36971069

Merry Christmas.

No wonder they didn't want to push surgery if there was a blindness risk.

Hope in the end it all goes well regardless.

Of course day off + Christmas, will be around in and out.

>>36971387
that's fine but i should tell you that subtg is acting funny.

>>36971197
really, this bad blood between captcha and noscript almost makes it not worth being here.

Almost.

I hope that advice is solid, because I don't recall eyedrops being very good at curing conditions, just staving off symptoms.

Also, get your trip back on.

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>>36971407
well, what he said was: The surgery has a big chance of leaving you blind.

But what I heard after all his explaining was: The surgery WILL reduce your eyesight further because the stress and added strain to the eye will kill plenty of the few remaining nerve cells since we have taken so long to do it.

So if we had gone to surgery when I was 40% blind I may have been left 70% blind, but it would have stopped.

Now that im %95+ blind, it may leave me fully blind because it will likely kill a lot of cells. So it would have been better if we had done surgery earlier.

>>36971412
how so?

>>36971459
what's noscript?

Yeah, basically he told me that without the surgery I WILL go blind within a couple months, but the surgery MAY save some eyesight, so I should think about it at home, and I was like "Between low chances and no chances, what am I meant to think about? surgery please"

Anyway, let's start, I guess?
We were in the palace's public areas, in a tour with Asmund, Dawn, Honoria, and.. i don't remember who else... Zoe and Stella?

>>36971542
It's an add-on that blocks scripts, which are generally integral parts of websites, but also a very common medium for adds and malware.

Blocking most stuff and unblocking what's important generally gets rid of a lot of clutter and keeps things safe, but apparently it doesn't like captcha too much. I've spent a good 3 hours or so wrestling with my computer just to figure out why I couldn't post on 4chan.

>>36971542
>how so?
subtg wont let anyone on it but for some reason you can still archive


>Anyway, let's start, I guess?
we just told our bee queen to spy for us as everyone continued tour to keep suspicion low

>>36971542
>So it would have been better if we had done surgery earlier.
and uh, yeah, I was trying to tell you that. It was on this poster at my eye doctor's.

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>>36971607
hey, i kept asking for surgery since day one but the doctor wanted to try and use eyedrops.
Well, its a young doctor, maybe fresh out of college so he may be afraid to operate? I dont know, but I kept and kept asking and he kept giving me eyedrops.

***

The faery bee shrinks down as fas as she can, and flies into the inner palace compound while we go back to our tour group.

Stella is sniffing at the air with a hungry look. Well, it has been a while since lunch time, and she may have caught a whiff of the palace kitchen's.

"Eldric, let's get some food?" ~she asks while hanging from our left arm.

"Ah, I'd like to eat something as well" ~says Dawn

Asmund asks the guide for a place to eat, and the man takes us to a close restaurant. Of course, being this close to the palace means it is an upper class place... it is rather fun to watch this world's not-china's decoration. It looks like a grab bag of asian cultures, but in a positive way.

Then again, chinese philosophy always was a grab bag of "we pick what we want from everyone else and leave the rest", anyway.

Meanwhile, Miel...

Shrinking down to about the size of a large beetle, the faery flies about into the palace, her wings making a soft humming noise as she flutters about.

She goes into the inner gardens and heads straight for the flowers... well, she's a bee, perhaps it can't be helped.

After enjoying the exotic flowers for a bit, she takes off towards the nearby building, flying over the heads of some government officials while they do paperwork busily.

They notice her, but beyond the "ugh, a bug" reaction as she goes by in and out of rooms, there's no big reaction. They don't get to take a good look at her, and she's just interested in making herself a mental map of the building, so she barely takes a look into every room right now.

1/?

>>36971814
>chinese philosophy always was a grab bag of "we pick what we want from everyone else and leave the rest"
that's not....completely true. They're just better at refining what's already been made. Which is a problem when they don't have access to what's already been invented, so....

>>36971542
I feel ya man. Better to gamble than to accept defeat. Too bad I'm gonna miss this update, gotta spend time with the family.

>>36971592
You use it too? Captcha works fine for me so long as I allow google, 4cdn, and gstatic. Not every script is revealed upon clicking the button though. Once you allow some things others come up that you didn't see upon first opening the page.

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>>36971814

"I can't read this" ~Zoe is struggling with the menu.

Well, even tho the western and eastern continents share the same language, with some minor differences, their written characters seems to be extremely different.

Stella has her tail and ears down, and she looks like she's about to whine as she struggles with the menu as well.

"What would you like? I'll look for something in the menu for you" ~says Asmund

Well, looks like the count can read western characters.

Meanwhile, in the palace, Miel is about done checking the eastern buildings, so she flies towards the northern ones... with a small detour towards the central gardens again.

"Ah! what is this?" ~one of the government officers notices her while taking a break from work.

Looking carefully, it notices that Miel has a class and job.

"Oh, thou are a visitor, then?" ~the old man seems quite interested, but as he approaches her, Miel stares at him for a few moments, then flies up and north.

The man watches her go, wondering if he should call security or not.

2/?

>>36971881
I'm 1/2 chinese. Yes it is.
Also, China invented pretty much everything for the first 4/5th parts of modern civilization.

>>36971920
Take care, man. That's normal during these times. Been GMing like 20 years and its always the same around these dates.

By the way, is the exp-tracking anon around? wanted to talk about Miel's exp

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>>36971962

Asmund helps everyone order a meal, but he himself only has some tea and cookies.

Stella and Zoe are enjoying the local cuisine far too much, digging into the tasty new flavors with gusto.

"Eat some vegetables t-- come think of it, Eldric, are your "sisters" able to eat vegetables?" ~asks Dawn before she continues

(this post is really short because honestly I dont know. I mean, they ARE based off carnivorous animals, right? SHOULD they be omnivorous just because they're humanoids?)

>>36972017
sure why not

some thing has been bugging me tho since elli is 140 and elves work with a 10 to 1 ratio; for every 10 years alive it is equivalent to 1 year human time so she would be 14.

my question is would dog years and cat years be a thing?

>>36972017
Yes, I think they should be omnivores.

>>36972065
I think the cat and dog years thing is already covered by the Beastman accelerated physical growth factor. It doesn't seem to affect overall longevity, from what we've seen with Brass.

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>>36972065
I want to say probably not. But I can see arguments for both sides of it.

Let's go with yes for now?

***

Asmund helps everyone order a meal, but he himself only has some tea and cookies.

Stella and Zoe are enjoying the local cuisine far too much, digging into the tasty new flavors with gusto.

"Eat some vegetables t-- come think of it, Eldric, are your "sisters" able to eat vegetables?" ~asks Dawn before she continues
"It is fine, they eat everything at home."
"Alright. Girls, have some vegetables too, they're cooked different too, you may like them"

Zoe nods and gives it a try, while Stella watches her and keeps sniping at the meat.

"Stella, have some veggies too. Try them with the sauce"
"Okay..." ~she starts nibbling on the greens

~O~

Miel meanwhile is flying about the northern buildings. She finds the baths, the doctor's quarters, the armory... some of the lion beastmen notice her, and immediately head towards her. First to make sure it's not some wandering monster, and then to question her.

They don't take chances when it comes to the safety of the inner palace.

"Miss, do approach, please" ~they keep their weapons sheated for now
"Huh... ahmm... sorry?" ~she flies out the window

Shortly after a whistle is blown off, warning the rest of the guards.

As if from thin air, from around every corner, groups of armed lionmen begin popping up, cornering Miel until she leaves the building and heads up into the air again.

(As Miel)
>Head back to the Inn
>Leave the inner palace, than go around through the outer palace to check the eastern and southern buildings
>Other

>>36972293
>>Leave the inner palace, than go around through the outer palace to check the eastern and southern buildings

i got to go will be back tho

>>36972293
>Leave the inner palace, than go around through the outer palace to check the eastern and southern buildings

>>36972293
>Other
Leave the inner palace, then go through the city to get rid of any tails before going to the inn.

The palace is on alert, so the Eastern and Southern buildings will likely also be on alert.

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>>36972450
>>36972318
Well, time to go out and around.
Luckily the guards don't fly, no matter how disciplined they may be.

Going over the wall and around to go back in over the wall shakes them off nicely. Probably

Coming in again, this time into the southern buildings. it looks like this side of the palace complex is mostly empty.

There's a few ornate buildings, but they look quite comfortable, somehow.

Heading towards one in a literal beeline, Miel finds that these are the dormitories. As she enters through a window, she is suddenly stopped by a sword's blade right before her.

"Wh--!?"

Just the tip of the sword is visible, while the rest of the blade, and its wielder, remains in the shadows.

Miel gets the clear impression she's about to be stabbed, when Ami/Mai's face emerges from the shadows behind the sword.

"Who are you and what are you doing here? speak now and die"
"W-w-what? shouldn't it be speak now OR die!? i-is it you, Mai? Ami? wh-why are you already here?"

>Shouldn't you be taking care of Mako?
>Why are you here?
>Other

>>36971542
good luck with the max strength drops and the surgery

>>36972525
this is obviously a shadow assigned to ren...
but would miel know that?

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>>36972660
I dont think she knows the story, so probably not

Heh, this pic is from my very brief FFXIV play. Hated that game, so much backtracking to artificially pad the game's lenght

>>36972683
in that case
>Shouldn't you be taking care of Mako?

>>36972525
>Shouldn't you be taking care of Mako?

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>>36972704
>>36972712

The shadow hesitates, and lowers the sword.
"Thou know the princess? is she alive?"

The other three shadows also lower their weapons and come out from hiding. They quickly and discretely have an argument with their eyes, before deciding to take Miel in for questioning.

"Thou are"
"coming with us."
"We want to hear"
"about this"

"Oh gods now it's coming from four mouths. Two were bad enough" ~Miel is a bit confused by the shadows talking in turn from four different directions.

>Resist and try to flee
>Go with them

>>36972814
ah damn... this is a tough one. if we fuck it up miel dies. (what were we thinking sending her alone?)

...
>Go with them

>>36972814
>Go with them
Miel hasn't been leveled enough to where she could effectively resist four Fists and be able to survive.

>>36972814
>Go with them

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>>36972866
>>36972854
>>36973018

"...o-okay..." ~the faery says softly, and falls into the shadows custody

At about this time, Stella is happily wagging her tail after her meal, humming softly and swaying her feet as she rides the carriage back to the inn by our side.

The faery hasn't returned home yet. Perhaps it did get herself lost in this big, strange city?

"I will go have a bath before dinner. See you later" ~Asmund takes his leave for now.

"Eldric, I'll go visit the kitchen. Maybe they could cook up something else." ~Apparently Honoria fell in love with the local food. Stella tags along with her, wagging her tail

Zoe goes in to find Mako, looking for ear scratchings.

Going to our room, we find Lyann taking a nap in our bed, She looks like she came after having a bath, and is wearing a silk robe as she cuddles with an Eldric plushie.

"Lyann, what are you doing here, you have your own room" ~Eldric shakes her gently until the redhead sits up
"Was waiting for you. How did it go?"
"I asked Miel to take a look around. I was hoping she would be back already"
"Cant you just draw her back into your sword or crown or whatever? how does that work? she's part of your menagerie, right?"
"Uhmm..."

We try summoning Miel, and thankfully it works. She is called back into our crown and dissapears from the palace dungeons.

"Miel, are you alright?"
"Sire! y-yes! I got caught. Sorry!"
"What happened?"
"I think I wandered into the princess' private residence within the palace. Her shadows caught me at the window so I didin't got to see her. They were interested in news about Mako. I'm sorry"

So the shadows know that Mako is alive and here, is this a good or a bad thing?

>>36973372
>So the shadows know that Mako is alive and here, is this a good or a bad thing?

Should be good, shadows are loyal to the princess, I hope.

Not good if the personal guards are not personally loyal to her.

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>>36973372

"You did good. Now we know which one is her room right? maybe I should ask Ami or Mai to talk to the local shadows... do they know where exactly are we in town?"
"No. They were quite strict, but it didin't seem like they wanted to harm me after a bit. They wanted to know how Mako was."
"Uhmm"

>Ask Mai or Ami to get into touch with their local counterparts
>Keep gathering info, look for the minister of the left's residence and history.
>Other

Sorry it took me so long to reply. I was busy, and im not sure but I think I used the drops twice... I cant really remember if I used them earlier so I just used them again, but im not sure

>How's this for a grown up Lyann for when we go back home from our time in eopolis? thinking she'll be 18 and we'll be 15 by then

>>36973399
>>Ask Mai or Ami to get into touch with their local counterparts

we power leveled them they could take own a small army together

>>36973399
i think that pic works

>>36973399
>Other
Sneak everyone, mako included, into the place miel found. Once they see mako they should let her come with us to see her sister. and if not we will have enough firepower to force the issue

>>36973399
>>Ask Mai or Ami to get into touch with their local counterparts

Need more info really. They sound more loyal hopefully to her sister then anyone else.

>>36973399
>Ask Mai or Ami to get into touch with their local counterparts
Did we ever bring Atroma along with us on this trip?

>>36973564
the dragon i believe she is in our sword atm

>>36973576
I have to wonder cause honestly it been a while since we last heard anything out of her.

>>36973595
she is very shy

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>>36973467
Really? I was worried it was too princess leia-like
I like the exotic dancer (literally, not stripper-like) atmosphere of the pic

>>36973564
>>36973550
>>36973433

>>36973564
>>36973576
yes
***

"I'm sorry, that must have been scary"
"Not really... I mean, they were just lots of Amis and Mais. They're not scary
"I see."

"Eldric, what are you thinking about?" ~Lyann sits next to us, sitting with her knees together and her feet towards a side as she straightens her hair.
"I believe we should gather some information about the current government, and send Mai to greet the locals."
"In that order?"
"Yes"
"Alright"

Lyann leans over and gives Eldric a very light smooch before going away.

"Just in case, don't take Mako along while snooping around. If things are bad, she may not want to hear about it" ~she says as she leaves the room
"Alright"

That night, Zoe comes by into our room, and casually kneels next to us and starts shaking us until we wake up.

"What is it?"
"Bathroom"
"uhm?"

Oh, right, it took her a few days to get used to the bathroom on the ship. She's the kind of person that has a hard time going anywhere but home, isin't she.

"Alright..."

We escort her to the bathroom and stand outside while she does her business.
While standing there, we see light in Asmund's room.

>Go take a look
>Stay where we are, then escort Zoe back to her room

>>36973702
>>Go take a look

i think the pic would be more of a honeymoon thing while the pic you had of Moau from Moau yussha works better for daily

>>36973748
I was thinking more of a dancing suit, therefore also battle (as a dancer class). Obviously not a daily use thing. Too spiky and non huggable

>>36973702
>>Stay where we are, then escort Zoe back to her room

>>36973702
>Stay where we are, then escort Zoe back to her room
As much as my curiosity wants to check it out, my moral compass says it would be bad to leave Zoe alone.

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>>36973748
go check it

>>36973831
>>36973816
stay with our kitty/lion sister

***
"Eldric, are you there?" ~Zoe's worried voice comes from the bathroom
"Yes, I'm here"
"Okay~"

She finishes her business, washes her hand, and comes out of the bath, looking quite sleepy, and sort of adorable.

Even tho its a beauty in a half open shirt, all Eldric feels is warm feelings as she grabs his sleeve, and thenguides her back to her room.

"Thank you"
"You have to go on your own tomorrow"
"But I don't know it here."
"I can't go with you every time"
"Pwease?"
"Alright, just tomorrow, then you have to go alone"
"yay! I love you~"

Once Zoe is in her bed, and after a smooching her on the forehead, we go back to our room.

"Atroma, do you want to come out?" ~we ask our sword/dragon
"No, it's nice here."
"You can just be in the room"
"No, thankyou"
"Alright, but tomorrow you are joining us for breakfast"
"Do I have to?"
"Yes, you can't always be afraid of the open"
"...alright"

Eldric sighs, between the lion that needs his escort to go to the bathroom, and the dragon that doesn't wants to go ANYWHERE. his perception is getting skewered, isin't it?

Well, at least Mako is still cute and adorable. She hasn't become an action girl ready to punch people to rescue us. Yet

"Miel, do you want to sleep on top of a pillow, or are you alright on the crown?"
"Pillow please"
"Alright"

Well, a pillow is like a king size super soft bed for our faery. That seems really fun.

Like this, we finally go back to bed

1/?

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>>36973977
After looking at it for a bit, I honestly think this is not only a great swimsuit, but also a great "seducer" outfit for Lyann (18+)

***

Well, the following morning, we all have breakfast together in the private dining room. For an extra gold, we have an open kitchen, so Stella is delighted to gorge herself in sweet and sour meats for breakfast.

Honestly, you'll gain weight, Stella. I know you like meat and all, but it cannot be healthy.

Well, at least it looks like the fat goes to the right spots on her, so... *shrugs*

Mako seems quite happy. Well, of course she is, she's having her favorite foods after being away for years.

Should we
>Bring her along as we ask for how things are going in her absence. If its good news, it'll cheer her up, and if its bad news, she should know of how her people is doing.
>She's a cute 11yrs old girl, let her play with Zoe all morning while we go snoop things out.
>Other

>>36974131
>She's a cute 11yrs old girl, let her play with Zoe all morning while we go snoop things out.

>>36974131
>She's a cute 11yrs old girl, let her play with Zoe all morning while we go snoop things out.

>>36974131
>>She's a cute 11yrs old girl, let her play with Zoe all morning while we go snoop things out.
>>Other
Let her play with Atroma

>>36974131
>>She's a cute 11yrs old girl, let her play with Zoe all morning while we go snoop things out.

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>>36974158
>>36974157
>>36974153
>>36974181

Sounds fine, and leaving Atroma out to play sounds like a good idea. They're both cute shy girls, and can keep eachother company.

***

We go out with Asmund to check the rumours and the like. Well, it's not as if we can go to a tavern at 9am and hope for some drunkards, so we go to the local adventurer's guild.

"Why are we here?" ~Asmund seems only mildly interested
"Well, I hoped that looking at the requests people make from adventurers would help us see what they need"
"I see. That probably sounds good, but if they had problems with the government, would they be allowed to ask for her elsewhere?"
"Better than nothing"

We take a carriage towards the adventurer's guild, and find that the place is closed. It looks like it has been closed for a while, actually.

Asking an old lady that was sweeping the street, we learn that the adventurer's guild has been closed by imperial decree since a year ago, or so.

The Minister Regent said that, as an armed force unrelated to the government, and openly mercenary in its nature, the adventurers were not welcomed in the capital anymore. They can work elsewhere in the nation lands, but not in the capital.

Having left the old lady's company, we walk down the street for a bit.

"Well, so much for that. Still, you have to admit it makes some sense." ~says Asmund
"Its obviously a way to secure control" ~says Eldric while looking around, wondering what to do next
"Oh, of course it is. I am just saying it is not a lie. Having a small army of powerful mercenaries right within your walls is not something any government enjoys. Now what? go visit the edges of the city? the slums?"
"Why the city edges?"
"People coming from the countryside would probably settle there. It's a good place to hear about how things are going elsewhere without going ourselves"
"I see!" ~we nod~ "Well, we could probably slip people some coins for rumours on the slums"

>city edges
>slums

>>36974365
>slums

>>36974365
>city edges

>>36974365
>>city edges

Pretty good there, better then poking the slums.

>>36974365
>>city edges
we would need costumes/ less nice clothing for the slums

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>>36974396
>slums

>>36974490
>>36974506
>city edges

"By the way" ~says Asmund while walking as straight as a fiddle by our side~ "Now that we are here, can't you tree stride back and let your parents know everyone arrived alright?"
"I could, but I got an extra pair of those linked notebooks, so I can talk with dad, grandpa and uncle wolfric any time. They know we are alright"
"Ah, that sounds fine"

The tall young man (vampire?) signals an empty carriage and we head for the city edges, where the newly arrived countryside folks settle down while finding their spot on the city.

Of course, it is full of city folks trying to rip them off as well, but that truly completes their introduction to city life.

The area is full of tents, the smell of cooking, and only a few guards here and there (not lion beastmen, just regular guards) keeping the peace among the immigrants.

"Now, where to start?" ~Asmund looks around after descending from the carriage.

We pay the driver and hop down as well.

"We should be very polite and try not to antagonize these folks. Doubtlessly they have had it rough if they decided to drop their roots and find a new home"
"I did not expect you to be the sensitive type"
"Hey, I lived in what most people would consider a horror story, I know about wanting to leave your home"

From what you hear, people is not allowed to freely leave their homes in the countryside, but once they arrive into the city, it is already too late. If the government began returning everyone to their homes, it would need the creation of a whole new branch of government.

The stories of the new arrivals most often refer to the way the local lords overtax the peasants, starving them in order to pay the taxes.

Well, it could be the local lords, or it could be that they too, have higher taxes to pay.

1/?

<- yeah, im thinking this look is properly lewd yet cutesy

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>>36974680

Other than problems with the taxes, most people seem to have come simply lured by their rumour and tale induced dreams of wealth in the capital.

It really looks like immigrants you could find anywhere, until you start noticing how many of them are injured.

Apparently, an important percentage of the immigrants left their homes because the soldiers were forcefully relocating them into new, state run farms, trying to "modernize" them, and developing unsettled lands.

Which usually means stepping into wilderness and areas where monsters strong enough to discourage previous settlers, live.

Well, it is an imperial decree to bring the whole of the land under the heavenly throne. A decree approved ty the Regent Minister.

"...ambitious, but a lot of people will die because of this" ~says Asmund, toughtfully
"Why does someone even need to move the peasants around so much?"
"Who knows? maybe its just as he said, and he is trying to develop new land."

Roll 1d100 for a charisma check. Will keep the best of 3

<-- okay this one is a bit more lewd than cute

Rolled 70 (1d100)

>>36974792

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Rolled 21 (1d100)

>>36974792
we are like very charismatic

Rolled 74 (1d100)

>>36974792

Rolled 64 (1d100)

>>36974792

Sounds a lot like what happened in Stalinist Russia with the State Run farms.

Lot of it really sounds like collecting more and more power directly into the hands of the Heavenly Throne and then being controlled by the Minister.

As they control more and more, easier to control/limit dissent.

Of course without adventurers out there, most peasants could not do anything to armed troops

Rolled 20 (1d100)

>>36974792
I want to see the sorta shenanigans we cause when we get a nat 100

>>36974832
sounds more like Mao

>>36974855
Sounds like time for FREEDOM

>>36974831
74

You talk with the injured people. They have been attacked by monsters, bandits, and in the worse cases, by the troops that were meant to keep them safe.

A few of them are here for the open audiences the Heavenly Throne holds for the people, once every year.

For three days, the empress will meet with ordinary citizens to hear about their problems, and that annual event is just a week away. The problem is, the Minister Regent has announced that from now on, it takes 10 gold coins per person to meet with the empress, to diminish the numbers of assistants and prevent the miles-long lines that are well known as traditional on those days.

"Are you thinking what I am thinking?"
"That depends. Are you thinking about asking for an audience, or are you thinking about giving the money to a few delegations of villagers?"
"Those are... not bad ideas"

>Help the villager's representatives meet with the young empress
>Ask for an interview ourselves
>Other

>>36974949
>Help the villager's representatives meet with the young empress

>>36974949
>>Ask for an interview ourselves
but also help the villagers by addressing there concerns as well

>>36974949
We're filthy rich, right? Why not both? Are we not some of the richest people in the world?

>>36974949
>Help the villager's representatives meet with the young empress

>>36974855

It is a general play in a lot of wold be communist dictators. Of course such controls even predate communism of course. Just a method of control.

Especially in an agrarian society.

To me a better way would be to encourage settlement of the land would be similar to the American Homestead act. Settle and then improve the land (Often just a home) and then you would be granted ownership of a certain amount of land. 160 acres in the American West.

Something like this would work better as only the adventurous would seek out the land and then they would be followed by others.

>>36974949

>For three days, the empress will meet with ordinary citizens to hear about their problems, and that annual event is just a week away. The problem is, the Minister Regent has announced that from now on, it takes 10 gold coins per person to meet with the empress, to diminish the numbers of assistants and prevent the miles-long lines that are well known as traditional on those days.

If there are mile long lines just to meet with the Empress it sounds like the government bureaucrat are seriously screwing up managing things.


>Help the villager's representatives meet with the young empress

Why not, they need to first select someone who understands what they want. 10 gold is a brutal amount to ask the poor to produce.

>Ask for an interview ourselves

Due to our wealth, I have no doubt we could clear the bribes needed to set up an interview otherwise too. Meeting her would likely throw everything for a loop.

Then again our levels would also end up throwing people into confusion too.

>>36974949
>>Help the villager's representatives meet with the young empress
>>Ask for an interview ourselves
why not both?

>>36974949
>Other
Combine the two in a specific way.
Namely, by joining the village delegation yourself, this helps keep a low profile

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>>36974974
>Help the villager's representatives
>>36975022
>>36975034

>>36975034
>>Ask for an interview ourselves
>>36975007

Well, we're back to our 5 standard posters, I guess? you guys had a nice xmas?

Well, if you have ONE festival a year when anyone can meet with the empress, I think that, considering the size of the empire, its not unreasonable for there to be huge lines

***
We talk to the villagers and ask them to decide on representatives, which we will finance so they can go before the Heavenly Throne.

After giving them enough for 200 different groups to meet with the empress, we sign up into the waiting list ourselves. The clerk tells us that our number in the waiting line is #304, so we will be among the first people to meet with the empress during the third day of the festival.

We are not allowed to carry weapons in the empress presence, and while we CAN check weapons at the entrance, he suggests we simply leave them home to prevent anything from going missing, considering the hundreds of people that will assist to the festival every day.

>Wait until our meeting with the empress to reveal Mako to the court
>Ask Mai to go meet with the local shadows and arrange a meeting
>Other

>>36975221
>>Ask Mai to go meet with the local shadows and arrange a meeting

>>36975221
>Ask Mai to go meet with the local shadows and arrange a meeting

>>36975221

>Ask Mai to go meet with the local shadows and arrange a meeting

I hope they can be trustworthy and are loyal to the empress, not the minister.

Although there were 4 more which were almost identical, I wonder what magic is there. Are they grown magically or something?

>>36975221
>>Ask Mai to go meet with the local shadows and arrange a meeting

>>36975221
>Other
talk to some of the earlier groups and ask how it went. try to find out if the minister is there or just the princess
As the answer changes what we should do. if its just the princess and her body guards, then we can reveal mako to her then

>>36975221
Also, our class ability to summon our bound "beasts", do they come with their carried equipment? because that can be a neat trick to summon our weapons to us, bypassing the check

>>36975351
by that i am referring to how we summoned miel last time

>>36975330
just keep it in item box
we don't look like a class that even has item boxes

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>>36975351
Uhmm... I dont know, I mean, you can call them to you from anywhere, but im not sure about ... no, im going to say its fine. If you couldnt summon them with gear, they would appear naked. Since we have more than just beasts, lets say clothes and such also appear with them.

>Implying a kraken's cock isin't intimidating enough

(on second thought, dont octopii just spray semen on eggs? i dont have a clue)

We go back and meet with everyone...

Mako is in the garden, gently scratching Zoe's tummy as our lion(kitty?) sister lies on her back, wearing a small top and pants, leaving her tummy exposed for scratchings.

Zoe, you're not meant to purr... do lions even purr? *sigh* our lion and wolf sisters are way too mellow, aren't they?

We meet with Lyann, Okaba and Honoria to let them know how it went.

"What sort of clothes should we wear to this event?" ~ah, right, Okaba's one eccentricity that we know of. He HAS TO try the local fashions and food anywhere he goes, doesn't he?

Honestly, our demon prince bro is also too mellow, sometimes.

"Well, what are we doing, meanwhile?" ~asks Honoria.

Thankyou for being a practical person, Honoria.

"I was hoping Mai could get in touch with the local shadows and arrange to have a message delivered to Ren... her highness?"
"Uhmm... her highness is probably appropriate until she says so." ~Lyann tries to be helpful

Asking Mai, she seems agreeable, but a bit confused by our question.

Why are all the shadows alike? isin't the appearance of everyone unique to their role in life? we are the only us, so we look different from everyone else, but as far as they can tell, all the lionmen guards look alike.

*Facepalm* Come think about it, she's right. The lion beastmen in the palace did all look alike, didin't they? how come we didin't notice before?

Is this a continent-only thing? what is this, pokémon, with a thousand nurse joys and Jennys?

1/?

>>36975395
>just keep it in item box
I assumed they somehow searched those
>we don't look like a class that even has item boxes
oh, right. neat trick. we can set the class and job such that we appear to have no item box.

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>>36975614

Well, it may just be a regional thing...

Should we be worried about this for some reason?

>Yes, lets look into it when we can
>It may be magic, bitch, they don't have to explain anything.
>Other

Captcha: mmmmm
really, moot? as if my eyes didint had enough problems just checking normal captchas

>>36975653
>Yes, lets look into it when we can
Ah shit clones.....

>>36975653
probley breading pits

>>36975614
>(on second thought, dont octopii just spray semen on eggs? i dont have a clue)
octopuses have a single very long tentacle penis.
a ton of sea animals breed externally, octopuses are of the rare exception

also
1. octopi is a latin conjugation, but octopus isn't latin (and has never been in latin), its greek. So it would be octopedes not octupii
2. despite having a greek origin, the word has been fully assimilated into english, and as such would be conjugated the english way. Hence Octopuses
http://grammarist.com/usage/octopi-octopuses/

>>36975653
>Yes, lets look into it when we can

>>36975653
>>Yes, lets look into it when we can

are you doing stereotypes like all Asians look the same

>>36975614
>Is this a continent-only thing? what is this, pokémon, with a thousand nurse joys and Jennys?
so... extreme inbreeding? cloning facility?

>>36975653
>Yes, lets look into it when we can

>>36975653
>>Yes, lets look into it when we can

Thats just, well weird.

Born into your caste and always look like it too.

Make and Ren will likely be clones of their mother too.

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>>36975689
>octopuses have a single very long tentacle penis.
way to make all that hentai 20 times worse, man

>>36975697
1) im 1/2 chinese
2) im doing a pokemon joke, really

>Let's look into it when we can

***
"Alright, that's... a little interesting. Well, can you meet those other shadows and have them tell her highness that Mako wants to see her?"
"Of course."
"Great, please do so"
"Now?"
"No, it could be after lunch and some tea to digest it with"
"Ah, that's nice"
"I was joking, could you please go now?"
"But my princess likes it when we eat with her"

That's right. They are always around Mako when she's eating, aren't they?

"Alright, then please do go after lunch and a digestion-helping tea, please"

Mai nods. Is there something wrong with every one of our friends, somehow?

Stella and Zoe are gluttonous and cutesy to a fault.
Lyann insiste in calling us master to tease us. (this one may be our fault really)
Okaba keeps Aura waiting to start their life together, and basically obsesses over local fashion and cuisine wherever he goes.
Aura can't find the malehood
Dawn insists in playing pranks
Asmund is a fucking patricidal vampire

"Honoria, I can only count on you to be a rock of reality anchoring me to reality"
"...no problem?"

No, wait,Alard is also a normal person, right? well, he looks like a more athletic brad pit now, but he's still a library geek... no, we should say he's fine, right?

Anyway... we ask Mai to meet with the local shadows after lunch.

What should we do this evening, meanwhile?

>We still haven't taken Mako out for a stroll
>We could go get some local clothes for the festival with everyone
>Try and learn more about the Regent Minister and his policies
>Other

>>36975995
>We could go get some local clothes for the festival with everyone

>>36975995
>We could go get some local clothes for the festival with everyone

>>36975995
>>We still haven't taken Mako out for a stroll
>>We could go get some local clothes for the festival with everyone
combine have her help pick things out for every one she would know

>>36975995
>We could go get some local clothes for the festival with everyone
>Try and learn more about the Regent Minister and his policies

>>36975995
>>We still haven't taken Mako out for a stroll

>>36975995
>>We still haven't taken Mako out for a stroll
>>We could go get some local clothes for the festival with everyone

Should take her out on a stroll, and maybe go shopping with her and Lyann.

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Alright, so, getting clothes for everyone, taking Mako along, which should fit in the everyone part, and trying to learn more about the guy's policies.

***

Thus, we take everyone shopping, including our kitty princess Mako (we are so asking Lyann for a plushie like this), to get new local clothes for the festival while Mai tries to contact the local shadows.

Of course, this means we have to wait a little until after Mako's after lunch nap.

The kitty princess has a very rigid schedule.

However, once she's up, we go along with everyone and go check the local stores.

There is nothing like massive markets of Eopolis here, but there are merchant districts, and we go into a high class shop to make the clerk very happy.

Buying clothes with two succubi its about as fun as you would think. In the end, Aura and Dawn go with light silk dresses that look like a hybrid kimono and china girl clothes, with a criss-crossed top completely exposing their shoulders and a generous amount of cleavage down to their bellybuttons, and a kamisk-like bottom.

The rest of the girls all dress much more conservatively, but look every bit as nive to look at. Honoria was going to buy a simple black dress, but when Mako comes out with the same dress, she decides to switch.

Well, its understandable, Mako just looks too cute, you know?

Zoe and Stella go with full, white and black outfits, tailor made for beastmen, so their tails have a tiny fold they can come out from without ruining their clothes.

We are still having fun by making Lyann try yet another dress, when Mai catches up to us.

How did she knew where we were? anyway, she says that the empress wants to meet with Mako as soon as possible. This very night, if we can manage, so she wants to meet with us on the inner palace gardens.

"Oh, that was amazingly fast"
"Well, I did not talk to her directly, but it is the message her shadows gave me"

>Alright, lets go tonight
>Other

>>36976512

>Alright, lets go tonight
hope for the best prepare for the worst

>>36976512
>>Other
question this Mai she could be an imposter if she passes we go if she fails we go but armed.

>>36976567
Changing my vote to this.Deleting old one

>>36976567

I'll back this some.

If it is her, yeah lets go meet.

>>36976567
>9
>>36976637

Of course forming a group is the easy way to check too.

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>>36976542
>Alright, lets go tonight

>>36976567
>question this Mai
>>36976587
>>36976637


"Mai, how did you find us?"
"Of course I can find the second princess. I was born to protect the royal family, you know?"
"Alright, accept my party invite..."

She's not Mai. She's "called" Mai on her "sheet", but she's only a level 40 shadow/slave. Well, normal people can't see stats, so she had no reason to suspect we would find her out like this.

What should we do?

Im leaving this one as an open question rather than giving options.

>>36976772
>HE WHO STRIKES FIRST WINS! DETAIN HER!

>>36976772

Tough choice, well if we wanted info, we have someone here who can provide it.

Be nice if we could non violently detain her.

Just make sure our Ami is protecting Mako.

>>36976772
Take a moment to turn on all Jobs for us, Lyann, Stella, and Zoe. It'll take a moment but to everyone we'll just be staring into space for a minute.

"You're very good. But what did you do with our Mai?"

>>36976772
i say capture her then interrogate her
(if we have to kill her to capture her then preserve the body then prep a place to hold her then revive her.)

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>>36976959
Do you imagine the size of Mako's trauma if we kill a shadow in front of her? Then again...

***

As Mako comes out of the dressing room again, she walks over and looks at the shadow for a moment.

"Hello. Who are you?"
"Second Princess, I am Mai"
"No, Mai is the prettiest" ~she immediately noticed, didin't she?
"..."
"But, I am Mai, too"
"I see, it is nice to meet you" ~well, Mako is completely relaxed around this strange shadow. She doesn't has any reasons not to be, after all.

She's been nothing but lovingly cared for by the shadows, after all. Perhaps it should not be at all surprising that she can tell the difference.

Much like how a parent can tell the difference between his/her twin children, after all.

"Second princess, your sister wishes to see you tonight"
"R-really!?"
"No, the Regent Minister instructed me to say so."

This guy is the worst spy ever.

>Wait, why did she just say that to Mako... oh, right! the shadows "exist to serve the imperial family"!! The Regent may give her orders, but Mako easily overrules him!
>Alright, that's enough, let's take her down and figure out what to do once we are back at the inn.
>Other

>>36977097
>Wait, why did she just say that to Mako... oh, right! the shadows "exist to serve the imperial family"!! The Regent may give her orders, but Mako easily overrules him!

>>36977097
>>Wait, why did she just say that to Mako... oh, right! the shadows "exist to serve the imperial family"!! The Regent may give her orders, but Mako easily overrules him!

Where is our Mai then?

>>36977097
>>Wait, why did she just say that to Mako... oh, right! the shadows "exist to serve the imperial family"!! The Regent may give her orders, but Mako easily overrules him!

our adorable kitty princess is to cute

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>>36977111
>>36977149
>>36977157

From what this Mai says, the Regent can order them in his role as protector of the imperial family, but he is still under the females in the traditional matriarchy that is the Heavenly Empire, thus Mako or Ren can overrule him if they do so directly.

Once our Mai delivered her message, as we asked her to, the shadows delivered it to the Regent, as they had been told to.

The Regent instructed our Mai to stay back while he sent one of his own to us.

Well, she was... all of them, the shadows, were conditioned and trained their whole life to obey, so perhaps it shouldnt be that surprising, but, please Mai, don't get added into the lump of oddballs that make our team, alright?

Alright, so it is an ambush. Should we go? if the Regent brings the shadows with him, Mako can simply order them to arrest him.

What if he brings the lionmen imperial guards? what about them?

According to what this shadow says, they too, are only loyal to the imperial family.

Uhmm...

>Let's go to the palace and have Mako order the shadows and imperial guards to arrest the Regent
>Let's go to this ambush to gather more evidence before we move for the kill.
>Other

>>36977299
>>Let's go to the palace and have Mako order the shadows and imperial guards to arrest the Regent

>>36977299
>>Let's go to this ambush to gather more evidence before we move for the kill.

i want to make sure he cant use political pull to get out of any thing.

>>36977299
>Let's go to the palace and have Mako order the shadows and imperial guards to arrest the Regent

>>36977299
>Let's go to this ambush to gather more evidence before we move for the kill.
Let's see if we can't get this shadow to bring back the real Mai on Mako's orders.

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>>36977325
>Let's go to the palace
>>36977343

>>36977341
>Let's go to this ambush

Guys, my eyes are killing me right now. I guess I cant sit here at the pc for as long anymore. Since we are going to the palace, I CAN tell you now that he was gonna take his own hired mercs to the ambush, which should have been a pretty easy fight for us, even with their numbers because, you know, levels.

Let's continue tomorrow. I wonder if any of you played Sengoku Rance and saw what happens when you take Kenshin with the headband to meet the demon lord

Anyway, Im going to end here for today. Cant stree my eyes too much. Will try and check back in 1/2 an hour to see any comments or questions you may have.

>>36977403
its pretty good place to stop

figured the guy would pull something like that
also suptg is working again.

>>36977403

Fine by me.

Obviously the brainwashing here in not China is pretty good.

Must make completely dictatorial royal family members a real problem to deal with.

He likely uses his own mercs to control ren.

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>>36977424
Im trying to archive the thread right now, but cant get it to work. Could you please?

>>36977458

Pretty obvious that the Minister considered any imperial family a threat, since they have direct control over much of the military.

The newer, stronger and a bit more confident Mako obviously is quite a big threat to him.

Even more so if he ends up finding out that weird people she has been influenced by.

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>>36978127
yeah, our kitty Mako has punched a lot of chickens to get where she is, At least three!

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Good night, guys. See you tomorrow

>>36979606
good night.

>>36977458
>Im trying to archive the thread right now, but cant get it to work
someone already archived it, they called it
>(Quest Thread) Reborn in an RPG S01 Ep 34
I recommend archiving the thread soon after you start it, so that you could make sure it gets named properly.

Speaking of, having the word "thread" in the title is completely and utterly redundant.
Just put down
>RPG REBORN QUEST S01 EP35
instead of
>Quest Thread RPG REBORN S01 EP35

although i remember it used to be called "REBORN IN A RPG" rather than "RPG REBORN".

I wonder where XP tracking anon is

>>36971069

>>36979969
He is trying to calculate how much XP Santa Clause has earned

We should make sure that we powerlevel Miel and Atruma, and take our pet Kraken out for a spin.
I wonder if it retains its original size, and we can use him as our own personal ship/submarine.

New thread here
>>36985267