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You stand up, holding out your cloak so you can inspect it. It appears as it always does, giving no outward indication of what it's capable of. Eventually you remove it carefully from your shoulders and fold it neatly. Without the cloak, you almost feel like you're missing an arm. It contains all of your worldly possessions, and you must admit you've grown quite attached to Ricky. Still, if it's influencing you unduly you're going to need to go without it for a while.

You wander over to your bed, setting your cloak down on a bedside chest of drawers. Then you strip off your boots, robes, and underrobes so you're left in only your silken trousers. Taking a moment to admire yourself, you note that you seem a little more toned than you recall being the last time you bothered to check. Not that you have anything to show off, really. You're thin and lanky, but perhaps in a few months time that won't be the case.

Regardless, you retrieve your brooch from your cloak and lay down on the bed, your bed. That will take some getting used to. Using the connection afforded to you by the brooches, you reach out to your Master. You feel the connection open after only a moment's delay. {Master Karim, I seek your advice. Recently a powerful anger consumed my thoughts due to an incident which seems... well, not minor but undeserving of such a strong reaction. As the anger abated I was struck by a crippling headache and passed out for a short while.}

{I've recently meditated and discovered that only thin tendrils of frayed vys remained in my head. I also found that my soul was reduced, somehow. It had taken on a grey pallor and lost some of its usual brightness. I fear that my cloak is slowly corrupting me, or perhaps merely draining my vys. Have you ever heard of such a thing?}

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Your Master responds after a few moment's thought. {The Void is a curious place, Mikhael. What little we know of it mostly comes from a few disparate first hand accounts and a collection of writings from Vatis who went insane long ago. In the modern age no structured, rigorous study of the void has taken place. That being said, I've had some dealings with void creatures in the past.}

{A close associate of mine once encountered a creature he described as a gaping maw with legs. He said its mouth opened up into a universe all its own, stars twinkling tantalizingly in that strange space. It attacked him, and he managed to kill it after a drawn out battle. Its corpse dissolved into thin air, preventing him from studying it. This associate of mine was overcome with a deep obsession with this creature, he wanted to find out all that he could about it. His research led him into the void itself.}

{I lost contact with him after that, but when I next met him a few decades later he was a changed man. He had only a thin grasp on reality, his frame emaciated and eyes withdrawn. He appeared as if he hadn't slept in months, and he was constantly twitching. I didn't even recognize him until he called my name.}

{Anyway, I invited him into my home and fed him a hot meal. He rambled on and on about discovering this vast bureaucratic entity which saw to the day to day operation of reality. I thought he'd simply lost it. He left with the dawn and I didn't see him again for quite some time. Eventually I received an envoy from the Shah himself, calling me to join a band of experienced Vatis in putting down one of our mad colleagues. I had a feeling I knew who it was.}
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{When I arrived at the palace and met with the others, they explained the situation to me. Peasants had arrived that morning and beseeched the Shah to hear their plea for help. They'd survived the slaughter of their village by a mysterious creature they believed to be a Vatis. According to them, it appeared from a tear in the sky and just started mindlessly killing anyone that it saw. The survivors were those villagers who ran.}

{As you can imagine we went to the village and verified the peasant's claim that it was destroyed. There was no sign of any creature, so we set camp in the hopes that it would return. True enough, as the sun set a tear opened in the sky and a creature fell out. It was the hideous thing, the skull of an animal with these beady black eyes. It wore a robe that seemed to twist around it like shadow itself. We fought the creature long and hard, one my my colleagues taking a mortal wound in the process.}

{When finally we killed the creature its robe melted away, along with the skull that served as its head. What was left was a naked, emaciated corpse without a head of any kind. The others weren't certain who it was, but I knew it had to be my old associate. I had felt a foreign presence in my mind throughout the battle, calling out to me. Asking me to kill it and put it out of its misery. We all assumed that he'd found an artifact in some forgotten hole and been swiftly corrupted by its influence.}

There is a long pause before your master next speaks. Your mind is alight with paranoid worries. {I don't believe that you yet have anything to fear. My associate had close contact with the void for years, making numerous voyages into that black realm. Who knows what creatures he encountered, or what he saw whilst there. That being said, I think you should avoid any contact with the void or with that cloak of yours for a few days. Purge your system of any accumulated influence. Like fasting.}
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>>37560875
Think you could host a vote to pitch some money to build a Siege! Arena? Since we kinda created it. Thought maybe we could do it at the party to showcase it to our friends who almost all happen to be mages who themselves could play.

Great marketing.

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Though you are calmed somewhat by the knowledge that your Master thinks you'll be okay, you still find yourself worrying about just how extensively you've been corrupted. Another part of you wonders if you even are corrupted. For all you know, what's happening to you and what happened to your master's associate could be completely different. {Thank you, Master. I intend to separate myself from the cloak for a time. Hopefully I'll have been returned to good health before it's time for my little housewarming party.}

The connection severs and you set the brooch down on the table. You hesitate for a moment before grabbing hold of your cloak and reaching out through the mental connection you share with Ricky. A subdued screech fills your mind, and you're filled with a sense of gratitude for the delicious living flesh you were gifted yesterday.

You shake your head to dispel the sensation. You try to impress upon Ricky that you're glad he enjoyed your gift, and follow it with a vague sense of curiosity accompanied with an image of your soul as you recall it appearing not moments ago; that is to say, dull and lifeless. Ricky responds with a wave of confusion.

You try something else. You picture yourself, with the dull golden orb sitting in your chest. Then you picture Ricky standing next to you. Finally, you imagine a stream of golden light flowing from the orb in your chest into Ricky. You cap the series of mental images off with a sense of inquiry, that you're asking a question.

Ricky's response is emphatically negative. You're bombarded with a sense that what you displayed is distinctively 'Wrong'. You can't really put a finger on what sort of emotion Ricky is sending you beyond that. You would almost go as far as saying the idea is anathema to him.

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>>37560901
>>37560925
>>37560889
FINALLY WE FOUND OUT WHAT THE CLOAK DID.

Of course, this merely raises more questions. If it's not him, what is it? Is it the cloak? Is it the void itself? Is Ricky lying? Can Ricky even lie? You're not inclined to think you would imagine it would be hard to fake emotions shared across a mental link. Then again, you're not familiar with the minds of void entities.

Regardless, you focus on a sense of gratitude towards Ricky and then set the cloak down. That done you stand up and strip the bed of its sheets, taking a moment to shake them out and remake the bed. Finally you crawl into bed and make yourself comfortable, the mattress proving surprisingly soft for being so apparently old.

You are troubled by thoughts of your soul and its depletion, but eventually you feel your thoughts still and the world begins to drift away. The last thing you're conscious of before you surrender yourself to dreams of your past is the soft brush of a hand against your forehead.

You awaken some unknown hours later. The world beyond your window is black, only the moon and the stars above providing illumination. The soft sounds of waves crashing against the docks are almost enough to lull you back to sleep, but you reluctantly force yourself to sit up. Rubbing your eyes, you consider what you wish to do this morning.

>Contact Fulvia and have her give you an update on how things went yesterday, she doesn't sleep.
>Go out and search for that green soul you saw. Meditate first to get your bearings on where it is.
>Head downstairs and fix breakfast, perhaps read a book until others begin to wake.
>Meditate on something more practical, an element or effect.
>Write-in

>>37560995
You think the cloak will do that to us? I serioulsy doubt it.

>>37561009
>Contact Fulvia and have her give you an update on how things went yesterday, she doesn't sleep.
>Go out and search for that green soul you saw. Meditate first to get your bearings on where it is.

Well, the mirror showed us with tentacles around our head right? Maybe we can use it to measure our void corruption. If we fast from the cloak for a time and it does not reflect us covered in tentacles....then yay?

>>37561009
>>Contact Fulvia and have her give you an update on how things went yesterday, she doesn't sleep.
>>Head downstairs and fix breakfast, perhaps read a book until others begin to wake.

>>37561009
>Contact Fulvia and have her give you an update on how things went yesterday, she doesn't sleep.

>>37561009
>>Contact Fulvia and have her give you an update on how things went yesterday, she doesn't sleep.
then assuming nothing is on fire
>Go out and search for that green soul you saw. Meditate first to get your bearings on where it is.

>>37561009
>Contact Fulvia and have her give you an update on how things went yesterday, she doesn't sleep.
>Head downstairs and fix breakfast, perhaps read a book until others begin to wake.
Breakfast is the best way to start the day

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>>37561009
>The last thing you're conscious of before you surrender yourself to dreams of your past is the soft brush of a hand against your forehead.
Who was it?

>>37561009
>Meditate on something more practical, an element or effect.
Metal Battle Mediation.

>>37561009
anything but the green soul shit.

No more plot hooks.

>>37561091
darzi was the only one who knew about our condition

>>37561009
>Head downstairs and fix breakfast, perhaps read a book until others begin to wake.
>>Contact Fulvia and have her give you an update on how things went yesterday, she doesn't sleep.
>>Go out and search for that green soul you saw. Meditate first to get your bearings on where it is.

>>37560941
>>37561009
Can you do this Soma?

Also are we inviting our family to the Banquet? If so which ones?

>>37561091
Prof

>>37561009
>Contact Fulvia and have her give you an update on how things went yesterday, she doesn't sleep.
>>37560995
highly doubt it.
also soma confirmed the cost of the cloak. Not that it might not be a side effect.
But don't you think it might have more to do with something more recent?

BTW how much vs do we have in the sword?

>>37561009
Write-in
we need to start writing down our experiences with the void and the collections of beings we have met,

>>37561091
Chrys

>>37561135
>>37561149
I'd love a siege arena

I think we had talked about keeping a journal before, it's a good idea.

>>37560941
All you really need for a Siege! fight is an open area. Still, having an area set aside might be cool.

>>37561140
So before we meditate today we should dump 40 Vys into the sword.

That bank saved our ass in the mine

>>37561140
the vys corruption showed up before the book incident so, it has to be from being point blank range at the nuke.

Oh shit! I almost forgot. I'm going to go get some food. Back momentarily.

IN THE MEAN TIME

>Put on a demonstration of Siege! for your guest at the party and pitch the idea of building an arena for it.
>Don't do so, no need to be a show off.

Additionally.

>Invite your family to the housewarming party.
>Invite only the family members that you like to the housewarming party.
>Don't invite any of your family members to the party.

>>37561181
true, but we could also have seating, different fields, raised platforms, ect ect.

>>37561181
Well some grass for nature users might be nice.

Also a pool in the middle for a versatile battleground.

and raised daises for the players to sit on at either end.

But over all pretty cheap.

>>37561199
>Put on a demonstration of Siege! for your guest at the party and pitch the idea of building an arena for it.
>Invite your family to the housewarming party.

>>37561199
>Put on a demonstration of Siege! for your guest at the party and pitch the idea of building an arena for it.

>Invite your family to the housewarming party.

>>37561199
>>Put on a demonstration of Siege! for your guest at the party and pitch the idea of building an arena for it.

>>37561199
>>Invite only the family members that you like to the housewarming party.

>>37561199
>>Put on a demonstration of Siege! for your guest at the party and pitch the idea of building an arena for it.
>Invite your family to the housewarming party.

>>37561199
>Put on a demonstration of Siege! for your guest at the party and pitch the idea of building an arena for it.
>Invite your family to the housewarming party.
I want to rub it in the face of the cunt, plus our mom would bitch about it.

>>37561199
>Put on a demonstration of Siege! for your guest at the party and pitch the idea of building an arena for it.
>Invite only the family members that you like to the housewarming party.

>>37561199
>Put on a demonstration of Siege! for your guest at the party and pitch the idea of building an arena for it.
>Invite only the family members that you like to the housewarming party.

>>37561199
>>Put on a demonstration of Siege! for your guest at the party and pitch the idea of building an arena for it.

>>Invite only the family members that you like to the housewarming party.

GUYS
What if VarVar is drawing on our vys to stay alive in the void?
WHAT IF WE NEED TO WEAR THW CLOAK TO KEEP VARVAR ALIVE??

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>>37561091
Who knows anon?
>>37561149
Yes please, though I would also like to write multiple journals for other things, but the void one might be a bit more pressing
>>37561199
>Put on a demonstration of Siege! for your guest at the party and pitch the idea of building an arena for it.
>Invite your family to the housewarming party.
Only because it would look bad if we snubbed them like that

>>37561199
Is this Arena gonna be pritave on the grounds of our mansion or a public somewhere in the city

Cause if private yes, if not then we need to get with father/whoever is gonna be running the El-Amin branch of Siege!

>>37561199
>Put on a demonstration of Siege! for your guest at the party and pitch the idea of building an arena for it.
>Invite your family to the housewarming party.

Are we gonna need a separate pastebin for our house?

>>37561199
>>Put on a demonstration of Siege! for your guest at the party
no pitch
>Invite your family to the housewarming party.

anyone else think we should give

>1x Enchanted Gauntlet
>3x Technician's Armor
>1x Rhynian Computer
>1x Rhynian Officer's Pistol

To SK to experiment with? Though I think he already has the computer.

>>37561399
Computer yes.
Others? No.
Those are almost certainly enchanting, which is our field of study.

>>37561399
I don't see why not. Tell him not the break the pistol tho.

>>37561399
we already gave him the comp.

>>37561399
He can have the technician's armors not the others.

>>37561423
Anon, the computer has more enchanting than every other thing we have in our cloak ten times over.

Just saying. But going on your logic we can still give him one set of tech armor. And the gauntlet if pretty useless since it was torn off of a full set.

>>37561459
>he computer has more enchanting than every other thing we have in our cloak ten times over
Yeah but mik can't into computers so its useless to us, unless soma wants to let us meta it
>But going on your logic we can still give him one set of tech armor
Yes, I'm fine with that.
>And the gauntlet if pretty useless since it was torn off of a full set
Nothing is useless.

>>37561508
Except the gauntlet.

>>37561459
>And the gauntlet if pretty useless since it was torn off of a full set.
It seemed to be similar to the gems in our sisters hands. However if it did come off a full set it will be pretty weak.

>>37561582
And it must be bolted into the skin. I don't think anyone in our party would do that.

>>37561105
I think it's impulsive for Soma to create them by this point. Or he's just pushing us to see how many we can collect.

>>37561602
Mik would.
SK might if it would give him magic

>>37561652
It would orevent him from wearing his armor. His full set of armor, so no he wouldn't.

Not to mention that Mik probably wouldn't be comfortable with bolting something into himself for the rest of his life.

So contacting Fulvia seems pretty unanimous.

>>37561038
>>37561084
>>37561129
>Search for green dude

>>37561070
>>37561087
>>37561129
>Fix breakfast

>>37561095
>Meditate

I'll start with just contacting Fulvia and then we'll see where folks lie.

Putting on a demonstration seems more or less unanimous.

>>37561269
>>37561261
>>37561252
>>37561237
>Invite only the family members that you like.

>>37561233
>>37561236
>>37561246
>>37561251
>>37561289
>>37561304
>>37561356
>Invite your family.

Also, at the next available opportunity you'll give the bot to Skull Kid.

>>37561617
Mostly they're already there and I just reveal them as they become relevant. I neither want nor expect you to run after every little thing, nor do I want or expect you to ignore any given plot point. They're simply there.

>>37561709
>rest of his life.
Its pretty easy to chop off an arm nigga

>>37561717
so are we fixing breakfast and then searching for green dude?
They aren't exclusive.

>>37561717
Does SK have the whip like sword we bought from the old dude in the town near the temple?

Cause it's not in the pastebin, afraid you'll forget about it.

>>37561737
We're gonna have a vote after fulvia.

Please not the green dude. we have plenty of shit on our plate already. like mediating on shit, or reading, or exploring our mansion, etc, etc

This will just take up time and add to the list.

>>37561744
>Does SK have the whip like sword
I don't remember anything like that, I do remember a lightsaber though

>>37561717
The Green soul probably has to do with enchanting.
>>37561789
Yup we gave him a lightsaber but the pastebin never got updated.

>>37561789
yeah it was a lightsaber that could extend, he only loosely compared to to a whip. saying that fighting with it would be closer to fighting with a whip than a sword.

>>37561778
I was already thinking of changing my vote, I'd rather up our vys maximum in preperation for the seige showing, we'll just jot down the green souls for something to look into later if that's the consensus.

>>37561827
I sincerely thank you.

>>37561827
I just realize what the green soul is a Nature enchantment.

you know Anons, I had a idea. Ricky has a bit of artistic talent right? What if we buy him some art supplies to use as a hobbie? I assume he must get bored in there.

>>37561459
>>37561508
What you guys on about? We already gave the computer to SK.

http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive/35010320/#p35014993
Right here. Unless Chryss magically, I'unno, ate it on her way to deliver it or pawned it off to some random soldier then SK has had it all this time.

>>37561858
Possible.

>>37561879
The pastebin Anon. It's not int he pastebin.

>>37561893
Then the pastebin wasn't updated, because we never took it back from him into our cloak.

>>37561893
Yes it is, go check.

>>37561866
Why the hell not

>1x Rhynian Computer (Skull Kid)
Eheheh. Thanks Soma.

>>37561913
http://pastebin.com/tWc3Zjje
go check it out.

>>37561913
Soma just added that

>>37561921
I figured we could get him some paints, a couple brushes and tons of paper and pencils, maybe he'll be able to create something good enough to display or sell one day.

>>37561921
by the way, is there a full length mirror in our cloak?

>>37561289
If we want to write hournals, we need to develop our secret language first.
Will I finally get to post my alphabet?

>>37562031
I hope. Ever since I saw that little bit on Soma's ask I've been hankering to see it in full when it can become relevant.

>>37562031
By all means you may as well, we could start writing it as we eat breakfeast.

can we check ourselves in the mirror now?

>>37561858
Didn't our dragon staff have a green orb in it? Or was it red?
hint: it's a dragon's soul

>>37562060
Are these raiders we're going to meet the same raiders as

> You've heard vague rumors that a ancient race has been stirring in the north, raiding and pillaging along the far northern coast lines. You've no idea if this is true though, reads like a children's story.

That has been tantalizing us in our pastbin since the beginning of the quest.

>>37562090
Dragon souls are red not green.

>>37562093
didn't mean to quote

>>37562093
I recall that the image Soma used for them showed them with horned helmets.
One must wonder if it's only the helmets that are horned, and they don't just follow the shape of the body,
Chrys relatives?
Man, I just realized, baby Hrys probably only had nubs for horns, otherwise it'd be a bitch to give birth to,

You throw your legs over the side of the bed, getting up and taking a moment to stretch. Once you've worked the stiffness of sleep from your limbs, you make your way over to where you discarded your clothing the night before. You lethargically pull on your under robes and the expensive black and silver silk robes you bought only a few days prior. You really should think about getting some traveling clothes. A shirt and a sturdy vest or something. Silk, while soft and strong, is also very expensive.

As you make your way out of the master bedroom and into the second story balcony, you reach out to Fulvia via the brooches. {How did everything go yesterday?} You take a minute to survey the dining hall from the upper balcony. The old tables are gone, and most of the ratty carpet that covered the floor has been dragged out. Most of the dust and debris that covered the area has been swept up. Zahak is sleeping in the center of the room on top of his blanket, which cast strange shifting shadows across the walls. A few burnt husk of rats lay in a pile next to him.

Crates, chest, and all sorts of materials lay scattered all across the dining hall, almost forming a maze. You imagine this is where they're storing most of the supplies bought yesterday. You spy massive bolts of thin, transparent silk propped against one corner, and a crate of what appears to be gold plates next to it. Seems they really made the most of their funds.

Fulvia responds promptly. {Work is progressing at an acceptable pace. The reflecting pool in the entry hall has been cleaned out, the kitchen has been tidied up as well. Work in the ballroom is slow going but we had almost finished when the day was concluded. The dining hall has been cleared out, cleaned, and is currently being used as storage. We also managed to tidy up the library. Unfortunately we weren't able to get to the guest bedrooms in the time we had.}
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>>37562135
We have only seen a single dragon soul, a fire dragon's, and it was red.
Maybe there are more than one type of dragons.

>>37562144
maybe she is originally from the Forrest, soma did post a picture hinting at what the inhabitants look like.

Well, that's fine. You've got two more full days to work on fixing the place up. {Good, I'm glad things are proceeding well. How much silver did you have left over after the shopping was all said and done?}

Fulvia responds immediately once more. {After concluding our shopping we had a remainder of two thousand, five hundred, thirty-eight silver. Prema has suggested it be placed into a house fund to be used either for emergencies or for future projects.}

So that means they put seven thousand sixty two silver to use. You can't help but feel they could've gotten a better price, but you suppose you can't really be sure.

{How did Prema do as a negotiator? Did you have to step in often to haggle down the price?}

Fulvia responds after a moment's hesitation. {While she seems to understand the value of an item, she was reluctant to negotiate for prices which were less than the value of the object. She did not over pay, but she did not get a good deal either.}

You suppose it could be worse, then.

>Accept her idea to put the remaining money into a house fund.
>You'll need to consult with your companions before you make a decision, most of it is probably their money after all.
>You don't think it's a good idea to keep a house fund. You still don't trust Prema with it.
>Write-in

>Head downstairs and fix breakfast, read until the others begin to wake up.
>Head back into your room and meditate for a while.
>Head out into the city to track down that green spirit.
>Write-in

>>37562193
>You'll need to consult with your companions before you make a decision, most of it is probably their money after all.
>Head out into the city to track down that green spirit.

>>37562193
>Accept her idea to put the remaining money into a house fund.
>Head downstairs and fix breakfast, read until the others begin to wake up.

>>37562193
Why would Mik think it's probably theirs?
>Sure, house fund is fine
>read and breakfast

>>37562193
>You'll need to consult with your companions before you make a decision, most of it is probably their money after all.
>Head downstairs and fix breakfast, read until the others begin to wake up.
Jesus we are not letting her go shopping, bitch doesn't know how to haggle if was us we could have gotten this and more with 5k silver.

>>37562193
>You'll need to consult with your companions before you make a decision, most of it is probably their money after all.
>Head back into your room and meditate for a while.

>>37562193
>Accept her idea to put the remaining money into a house fund.
>Head downstairs and fix breakfast, read until the others begin to wake up.

>>37562193
>You'll need to consult with your companions before you make a decision, most of it is probably their money after all.
>Head downstairs and fix breakfast, read until the others begin to wake up.

>>37562193
>37562193
>Head downstairs and fix breakfast, read until the others begin to wake up.
>You'll need to consult with your companions before you make a decision, most of it is probably their money after all.

>>37562257
Mik only contributed 2000 silver, where as your companions contributed 7600 silver. It's a proportional thing.

>>37562193
>>Accept her idea to put the remaining money into a house fund.

>Head downstairs and fix breakfast, read until the others begin to wake up.
>Head back into your room and meditate for a while.
Either of these doesn't matter as long as not that green shit.

>>37562013
I think there is, there is a lot, but I'm willing to say so

>>37562193
>Accept her idea to put the remaining money into a house fund.
>Head out into the city to track down that green spirit.

>>37562193
>You'll need to consult with your companions before you make a decision, most of it is probably their money after all.
>Head out into the city to track down that green spirit.

>>37562193
>>Head downstairs and fix breakfast, read until the others begin to wake up.
>>Head back into your room and meditate for a while.
No more plot hooks please.

>>37562193
>You'll need to consult with your companions before you make a decision, most of it is probably their money after all.
>Head downstairs and fix breakfast, read until the others begin to wake up.

>>37562193
>>Accept her idea to put the remaining money into a house fund.

>>Head downstairs and fix breakfast, read until the others begin to wake up.

>>37562223
>>37562263
>>37562267
>>37562274
>>37562277
>>37562320
>>37562369
>Consult with companions first

>>37562300
>>37562291
>>37562269
>>37562257
>>37562238
>>37562373
>Sure, sounds like a plan.

>>37562320
>>37562300
>>37562223
>Track down greenie

>>37562238
>>37562257
>>37562263
>>37562269
>>37562274
>>37562277
>>37562291
>>37562355
>>37562373
>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eFmFtwe2-QQ

>>37562355
>>37562291
>>37562267
>Meditate

>>37562193
>>You'll need to consult with your companions before you make a decision, most of it is probably their money after all.
>Head out into the city to track down that green spirit.

>>37562193
>>You'll need to consult with your companions before you make a decision, most of it is probably their money after all.

>>Head back into your room and meditate for a while.

>>37562193

>Consult companions
>Fix Breakfast for others

>Write in: Time to fulfill our deal with the shrine spirit. Once a week Prema and slaves will dedicate a small but meaningful offering/service/prayer in front of the shrine, and all visitors will give a small token to the shrine when they enter. Companions are immune, and at entrance a small bowl of offerings can be selected from so that visitors don't have to feel obligated to contribute something of their own every time they visit.

Also give everyone a fair warning. Don't fuck with the house cat with human eyes. He is a spirit but, more importantly, a business partner. Treat him as you would treat each other.

>>37562193
>You'll need to consult with your companions before you make a decision, most of it is probably their money after all.

>Write in
>Head downstairs and fix breakfast, work on your secret language and void journal

>>37562409
I support that write-in
>>37562387

>>37562387
Soma, did you used to listen to the AnonDJ streams?

>>37562409

Secondly, we need to get Profectus a goddamn shield. No more of this glass cannon bullshit.

What we are gonna have is a goddam shield that he designs, then, we are gonna enchant that motherfucker so that when he uses his class cannon of an arm that goddamn shield acts as a magnifier. So that when he gets up close and personal with his fight, and the fight isn't going his way, he activates that goddamn shield and blasts that fucker to smitheriens.

Skull kid has already made a leap in this area, with his gauntlet absorbing ambient vys and creating a charge.

>>37562454
Yeah, years ago. He did a great remix of the breakfast song. What ever happened to that guy? I haven't heard about him in ages.

>>37562477
Prof, would love to meet the cat.

>>37562409
I'll second this, since there's no reason that cat should be left a mystery for them.

You think about it for a moment, but it wouldn't feel right to just consign your friends' money to a house fund without at least asking them first. {I'll consult with the others and see what they think. I assume you support the idea?}

Fulvia responds promptly. {Yes. Even if Prema is not what I would call good with money she seems obedient enough and quite content with her station in life. I would not worry about her attempting to run off or steal from us.}

You start to drift downstairs, still half asleep. You kind of want to take a bath, but you don't know what sort of crap might have begun to grow in that bath. It's been sitting more or less stagnant for years now. Whatever, it's not like skipping a few days of bathing ever hurt anyone. {I'll keep that in mind, Fulvia.}

After that the connection is severed and you're left to navigate the complex maze of boxes, crates, and stacks to the opposite end of the dining hall. You consider stopping to give Zahak a hug, but he seems quite content where he is. You wouldn't want to disturb him. Eventually you emerge on the other side and push open the door, finding the foyer vastly nicer than it was when you first saw it. The reflecting pool is clear and clean, no longer choked with mold and scum. The floors as well have been scrubbed and any detritus removed.

The kitchen proves to be similarly tidied. No longer is the air choked with dust or mold growing in the slats of the windows. You check the various pantries, cupboards, and drawers and find that Prema thought to stock up on all manner of spices and supplies. You find that there is a small cellar beneath the pantry for the storage of perishable items; meats, fruits, vegetables, and the like. Most of the meat she bought has been salted, but some hasn't. You pick out a pomegranate and crack open its shell, sucking out the sweet seeds inside while considering what else you'd like for breakfast.
(1/2)

Rolled 2 (1d2)

should i go to school today
1 - yes
2 - no

Eventually you settle on making lentil soup and some tea. You find that you have most of the necessary ingredients but lack certain spices your mother usually incorporated when she cooked. Nothing vital, fortunately. It isn't long before you're sat at the island in the center of the kitchen, enjoying a hot cup of strong tea and a filling breakfast.

Unfortunately you forgot that all of your books are kept in your cloak. You'll need to run upstairs and fetch one, since you're determined to only wear your cloak when absolutely necessary. When you go out on the town, for instance.

>Ritual Book of Surya (5/16 Chapters Read)
>Excidium (5/13 Chapters Read)
>Metal Codex (3/10 Chapters Read)
>On Empire: The Rise of Civilization (Unread)
>The Serpent and The Staff (Unread)
>A History of Pidjata (Unread)
>Devotional Booklet to Pani (Unread)
>The Fall: A Hiacian Perspective (Unread)
>Metamagic Instructions: Beam (Unread)
>Metamagic Instructions: Selective (Unread)
>Metamagic Instructions: Hidden (Unread)
>Metamagic Instructions: Area of Effect (Unread)
>Metamagic Instructions: Delay (Unread)

>Utility Effects(Unread)
{Mark, Animate, Create, Confuse, Sleep}
>Enhanced Interrogation(Unread)
{Pain, [Poison], Hallucinate}

>The Varistha's Notes (Partially Read)
>The Varistha's Memoirs (Unread)

Sadly, I'm starting to burn out and I need to wake up tomorrow. That in mind, I'll start the thread on Saturday with the results of this vote.
If anyone is interested, I might host a EUIV game on Sunday when I wouldn't otherwise run. It depends on how much work I need to get done that day.

The lag is FINALLY gone just as I finish the thread.

>>37562789
>The Varistha's Notes (Partially Read)

>>37562789
>>37562775

Do these please

>>37562477
>>37562409

Especially the write in for the 409 post.

Metal Codex to read next.

>>37562789
>Metal Codex (3/10 Chapters Read)
Can we open the book outside using manipulate?

>>37562789
Metal codex.

>>37562789
>The Varistha's Notes (Partially Read)

>>37562789
>Metal Codex

>>37562789
>Enhanced Interrogation(Unread)
Hallucinate

>>37562871
Meant to talk about the magic book we unsealed of course.

>>37562789
Dat
>Metal Codex

You can have one of us host the EU4 game if you don't have the DLC, Soma.

>>37562837
>>37562871
>>37562888
>>37562893
>>37562937
You're forgetting that the last time we read the Codex, it told us to improve, and closed on its own.
We need to improve in metal more before trying again. Get to the next level at least.

http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive.html?tags=Banished%20Quest
Archive here.
Hit a nigga up on his ask if y'all got qeshuns or shit.
Gonna pass out now.

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>>37562789
>EU4
Casuals.
Real men play Vicky.

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>>37563015
>Im-fuckin'-plying
I actually probably have more hours in this game because I usually don't play through steam.

>>37562775
>You consider stopping to give Zahak a hug
awwwww

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>>37563061
You just don't understand the joy of pops yet Soma, pops are addictingly lovely.

>>37562789
>>The Varistha's Notes (Partially Read)

>>37562789
>Metal Codex (3/10 Chapters Read)

>>37563061
>>37563015
Double Casuals.
Real men play Dorf fort.

>>37563082
p-pops?

>>37562789
>The Varistha's Notes (Partially Read)

>>37562789
Codex

>>37563113
Dwarf fort

>>37563122
Population, each person in Victoria 2 is modeled with a religion, culture and class.

>>37563929
Well appchanx just forced that out before I meant it to, I was going to saw dwarf fortress is pretty casual once you get past the interface.

>>37563104
>>37563372
see >>37562981

>>37562789
>Ritual Book of Surya (5/16 Chapters Read)

>>37562789
>Ritual Book of Surya (5/16 Chapters Read)

>>37562789
>Excidium (5/13 Chapters Read)

>>37562789
>The Varistha's Notes (Partially Read)

>>37566784
>>37567249
>>37567306
>>37567476
>voting this long after the 5m mark

>>37567956
Regular votes aren't capped at 5 minutes.
Granted, Soma might not count these since they were posted several hours after his post, but still, 5 minute mark is saved for final destination.

>>37568167
>Regular votes aren't capped at 5 minutes.
Yes they are.

see;
>>37562387
>>37561717
And how only the votes within the 5m mark were counted. Look at the previous threads if you need further insight.

>>37568167
>>37568291
It changes between them depending on Soma's mood, if my archive binge is anything to go by. It wanes in the mid-threads into only mattering on FD votes.

And fuck the both of you for making me think for one millisecond that he had been running today.

>>37562789
>Metal Codex (3/10 Chapters Read)
>>37562409
>>37562450
I'd also like to get these two out of the way.

>>37568922
The codex told us to fuck off until we get good and we're still shit at metal.

>>37569921
Don't bother, if someone is voting for the codex at this point then they just don't read non-Soma posts.

>>37567956
>>37568167
I posted the last one just to fuck with the other guy cause i thought it was funny he was still voting.

I had already voted long ago.

>>37570915
>Metal Codex (3/10 Chapters Read)

>>37573171
You're right, sorry, I forgot the option of just doing it out of spite/for the heck of it.

>>37573278
>Metal Codex (3/10 Chapters Read)

Until we improve in metal we can't get anything more from the metal codex.

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>>37573525
>Metal Codex (3/10 Chapters Read)

>>37573278
>Metal Codex (3/10 Chapters Read)

bump

>>37562889
>>37562833
>>37563101
>>37563148
>Notes

>>37563104
>>37563372
>>37562937
>>37562893
>>37562888
>>37562871
>Codex

Looks like you'll study the codex for a while. I'll start writing in a little bit here, going to run out for breakfast. I'll just use this thread until it 404s, then start the next thread 101 at that point. Going forward, you shouldn't feel obligated to keep these threads alive. Just let them fall off the board.

Votes are not confined to 5 minutes, usually I try to alot at least 10 for voting outside of Final Destination, but really I just call it whenever it seems like most of the votes are in. That said, more than 6 hours late is kind of extreme, and it's not like the votes from that point forward would've changed the outcome.

>>37587181
The Codex will just tell us to fuck off if we try to use it in the magical way, won't it?

>>37587224
Yeah, but there is stuff to be learned from reading it mundanely.

>>37587229
Oh, I almost forgot, I had an idea.
Would it be possible to do the out-of-body thing during meditation, where we can see our body from a different POV, and use ice blades to study anatomy? I THINK our senses are dulled when doing that, so it'd take care of the pain, since we can just heal it up before finishing the meditation, right?
Also, welcome back nigga, you're early today <3

Took me a bit to realize this but now we know a magi-medical [that term even real?] reason for madness; a depleted soul.
And also we know what to look for if we want to find a mad person, just look for greyish'd souls.

Question, inbetween the stuff we're doing are we going to teach our master Void Meditation or introductions to Enchanting before we leave for Chryss' husboslam or upon our hopefully inevitable return?

>>37587488
While small, there IS a possibility of us getting rekt while on the way to/returning from the husband killing, considering it's likely we'll get in trouble, so it'd be safer to do it before, but then that also has some possible negative outcomes.

>>37587488
Do we even know how to teach enchanting?

The meditation upon the designs of the universe is, at least in fluff text, just the deepest meditative state we can achieve. Beyond that part and what runes look like and do I'm not sure how we'd teach him, even if we do an example in front of him while he's meditating I'm not sure how much that helps in regards to figuring out how to sever ones own soul and forcefeed it into an object.

Oi. You guys gave me an idea.
What if we meditate on the designs of the universe,
now bear with me here,
from inside the void during a void meditation?

>>37587671
No, at least not now. We gotta take a break for a couple days to regulate.

>>37587573
We're a grandmaster in water and fire magic, m8. I think we'll be fine.

>>37587732
>GM in fire
M8.

Let's not get ahead of ourselves here.

>>37587732
Not a GM in fire, just water unless I missed a thread where people rolled beautifully

>>37587732
We're not a GM in fire, and do not even imply that there aren't things our there that could easily fuck us up.
Even just some mid-tier vatis with hallucinate or pain could fuck us over.

>>37587732
A water grandmaster who only knows 4 effects and 4 metamagics. Technically one of those metamagics isn't really combat applicable unless its done ahead of time in some preparatory form.

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>>37587802
>>37587772
>>37587770
>>37587756
We also have enchanted weapons and armors up the wazoo. Soma said we're equivalent of grandmaster in fire, we just haven't taken the test yet.

>>37587802
Man I forgot all about golem crafting. We've got the runes for it now, but not the time.

>>37587834
Just don't get cocky, kid.
If a bunch of barbarians charge us, run in circles and and cast cast cast.

>>37587834
He never said that.
To be GM in fire, we need to do a GM meditation, which we haven't done.
>enchanted weapons
80% of which we have no idea what they do
>and armors
Same as above, except we can also only wear one at a time.

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>>37587880
I swear he said we were the equivalent of a grandmaster in fire because of entering the heart of surya. I guess I was wrong ;_;

>>37587908
Even if it were the case we'd still be relatively "weak" on the GM scale. A dual GM can pull a lot of bullshit but we're still limited by vys, and leech isn't always a reliable option. But dat vys bank sword tho, that shit's always dope.

>>37588507
I'm sure Soma will pull a ,"oh there's always been vys crystals and potions, you just needed to search for them a little better" sometime soon

>>37588573
I'm kinda surprised nobodies asked Thadty-Humbo for a Vys collector that we can leech from in dire times. He made one for his gauntlet simply enough, making one for the purpose of leeching shouldn't be too hard.
Though if he really based his designs on the lanterns it may prove a difficult task.

>>37588603
anon ur

ur

a fucknig geniuos

>>37588603
That's been brought up several times in discussions, but of course no one remembers to actually do shit in this quest, that's why we haven't even developed 20% of the techniques discussed so far.
Regardless, I'm fairly sure we could do something like that pretty easily with enchanting, just study the voidlamps.

>>37588603
>>37588663
Problem being, the Rhynians would've mass produced something that useful for all their commanding officers, we wouldn't heard of it in some form before if they knew how to mechanically gather Vys, it's the most logical "next-step" for powering up an extended empire.
But because there's no reason not to, unless it had long term consequences beyond their mage-soldiers relying on leech, it's odd that we haven't seen hide nor hair of it when they didn't really seem the type of people to care too much about negative side effects.
The closest I can think of based off what SK already has would be running Vys through a coil that is connected to the Vys collector itself, and then only leeching from that. But still, previous concerns apply.
Though it may just be a case of my historical paranoia taking the form of "oh the romans should've had this tech, because they had all the stuff for it!" but in reality they may have never seen the need for it's invention in the first place, and it's really just safe but time consuming.

>>37588734
>wouldn't
Would have.
Brain a shit.

>>37588734
They did make stuff though, Fulvia's body has one and it isn't exactly unique, it was a secretary model.
The lamps are also vys collectors, and there were plenty of them in Longia.
Regardless, we won't know until we try, but we should only use it in emergencies, to ot to get reliant on it and not forget to meditate and such.

>>37588734
>"oh the romans should've had this tech, because they had all the stuff for it!" but in reality they may have never seen the need for it's invention in the first place
Like with El-Amin completely lacking standard methods of water purification. Angled screw pumps into angled screw pumps, relatively clean salt-free water for days.

>>37588781
Yeah, they had them, but not purely for leeching from.
Of course I did neglect the possibility that their magitech was so good they didn't see a need for it, as another alternative to the previous lack of necessity in its invention.

Y'know, Fulvia would may be able to answer a quarter of this crap.

In reference to Skull Kid, I remember Mik asking him to pick a better name. Unless he really wants Skull Kid on all his crazy future gizmos and advancements.

>>37588879
I'd honestly like to just call him Thad, even if he doesn't like it. I think it's a nice name.

>>37588879
>>37588934
Thadbot. Thadbolt. Skulthad. Thaskull. Skulleus Kibolt.

>>37588965
Domehead. Ballhead, Discoball. Panic in the disco. Panic in the disco: electric boogaloo.

>>37588965
Got a laugh out of Thadbot.
Thaskull is cool though

Oh my fuck.

My sides cannot contain this. Thaddeus T. Humboldt in an anagram maker gets HOLD THY BUTTHEAD, BADMOUTH DOLT, etc.

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>>37589025
>humblest hut boltheads dad mudbaths dod deadbolts dot thumbhole dud dumbbolts that buttheads thud

>>37589025
>Bald Thud They Hot
God damn it, even the anagram finder is getting NTR'd away from us.
SK has to be stopped before he takes everyone from us.

Reminder that Burnout was the name Skull Kid introduced himself with.
He changed it when we asked his name.

>>37589109
Thaskull Skulleus Burnbot.

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You leave your food on the kitchen island and make your way back up to your bedroom, careful to avoid disturbing Zahak. Your cloak is exactly where you left it, sitting on the chest of drawers beside your bed. Out of curiosity you decide to pole around the chest of drawers, but don't find much of interest. Dust, some tattered threads of cloth, and a dead spider. Sliding the drawers shut, you lift up your cloak and reach inside to retrieve the Metal Codex.

You admire book's rusted iron cover, whatever design originally decorated its front long since worn away by the trials of time. You wonder just how old this book must be; older than anyone alive today you would imagine. Truly, it's remarkable how well it's held up through the millennia.

Tucking it under one arm you make for the kitchen once more, navigating the vast maze of boxes and loose articles that is the dining hall at the moment. Eventually you find yourself once more seated before a steaming bowl of lentil soup and a cup of hot tea with lemon and honey. You set your book down carefully on the counter next to your breakfast, gently pulling open the cover and leafing through its beautifully decorated pages.

The moonlight streaming in through the slats in the windows gleams brilliantly off the gold, silver, and lapis that decorates each page. Eventually you find the point where you left off reading last time and begin to scan the page while absentmindedly taking a sip of tea to wash down a spoonful of soup.

(1/?)

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It seems like channeling metal magic into the page caused the ink which sits on each page to leap up and act out whatever scene the text was describing. You left off on a page voicing concern for the future of Dhatu's church, stating that belief waned among the populace as their god continued to slumber. Flipping the page you find that the author continues along that line of thought, stating that if Dhatu does not awaken soon then time will pass him by. His name will be forever lost to the ages, his tenants forgotten. His cult with either abandon him or die off one by one, until none remain.

The author also warns against taking drastic measures in an attempt to awaken the god. Though it may be true that the death of a Vatis releases a pulse of energy which draws the attention of many lesser gods, self-sacrifice will serve no purpose save shrinking the church. Besides, Greater Deities like Dhatu, Pani, Prthvi, Surya, or even She Who Is Banished are above the notice of such pitiable burst of magic.

Turning the page once more, you find massive full page illustration of a collection of warriors encountering an old hermit seated in front of a cave, a city visible in the background. The caption on the right of the image is simple enough, but sounds to you like paranoid rambling. It states: “They will hunt us, Brothers and Sisters of the faith. They call us heathens and madmen. Band together, and obey your elders.”

On the next page you find no text. It seems you've entered a new portion of the book, this one dedicated to more practical advice. A figure sits in the center in a meditative pose, his head a golden orb. Black tendrils of ink creep from the edges of the page, prodding and grasping at the central figure's mind to no avail.
(2/5)

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You turn the page and find the image on the previous pages largely repeated, except with more detail. Veins crawl across the central figure's form, illustrated with copper ink. A bright golden orb sits in the center of his chest. You're not sure if it's his vys reserve, or his soul. It could be either, you suppose. The black ink continues to assault the figure's mind the golden orb that is his head remains unassailable.

Turning the page once more, the man appears to be eating a piece of the golden orb in his chest. At least, you think so. The golden orb is missing a chunk and the man is holding the missing chunk like he's about to eat it. They didn't actually draw a mouth, so you suppose you can't really be certain.

Turning the page again you find it filled with men in women contorted into various impossible poses, the dull grey of iron filling in an increasing proportion of their body. One man appears to be standing on one hand, his legs held up straight as an arrow. A woman has managed to twist both of her legs behind and over her shoulders and proceeds to stand on her two feet. It hurts just to look at it.

As you continue reading, you find what appears to be a manual of arms. A man sits at the top of the left page, but instead of hands his arms end in long, sharp blades. He goes from one form to the next, slashing at invisible figures. Some of the forms remind you of Marsala Ve, where as others remind you more of the sort of thing you'd see in a boxing gymnasium; upper cuts and quick jabs.

(3/5)

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The next page after that is the point at which you think the book slammed closed previously. It's devoid of decoration save for a single box of text at the center. It seems to be a mandate of some sort from some forgotten priest, or perhaps the author of the text. You can't really be certain. Regardless, it states that the only way for Dhatu's priesthood to survive into the modern era was through magical and martial excellence. By becoming an intrinsic part of the war effort, they would bring honor and wealth to their god.

Obviously it didn't work, because before reading this tome you'd never heard of Dhatu. You can only imagine they failed, or died off. Perhaps their faith was deemed dangerous and correspondingly suppressed. That would explain the author's paranoia regarding being hunted by some mysterious 'they'.

Turning the page, you find that the text and elaborate decoration once again returns. This section of the book seems to relate to the actual methods of performing the actions depicted in the previous chapter. It states that to ward off the influence of those lesser creatures descended from She Who Is Banished, one must be willing to consume that which makes them whole. While it is an inelegant and drastic measure, it is often necessary when coming into direct contact with the Descendants. As one improves their understanding of Dhatu's mysteries, they will learn to instead apply the same methods they use to reinforce their bodies to their minds.
(4/5)

You must admit, as beautiful as the pages may be it's far easier to understand when you just channel magic into the text. At least that way you don't have to keep stopping to parse a line, figuring out how it works grammatically before continuing on. Old Samjan had eight cases, three numbers, three grammatical genders, and five declensions. That's just the nouns. The verbs were even more complex. Even if the spelling hasn't changed much in the last eight thousand years, the language has been immensely simplified.

Out of curiosity, you place your hand flat against the page and channel metal magic. You're forced to jerk your hand away as the book slams forcefully shut, the sound echoing through the kitchen and the entry hall beyond. You hear scrabbling from the dining hall and then a high pitched sound fills the air. It's some kind of mix between a squeak, a growl, and a hiss. Hard to describe and surprisingly loud, though not particularly intimidating. You think it was Zahak's first attempt at roaring.

He comes crashing into the kitchen a moment later, smoke curling from his nostrils. Upon the sight of you, he seems to grow confused. He flicks out his tongue to taste the air, and sniffs at the ground. Apparently he decides there's no danger and happily crawls across the room to sit beside you at the kitchen island. He's really gotten pretty big. Even sitting on a raised stool as you are he still manages to rest his head in your lap. He's not quite as tall as the island itself, yet.

You scratch at the base of his horns, a contented growl rumbling up from his throat. It's not really a proper purr, although it might be mistaken for one. You imagine it will grow more distinct as Zahak gets older.

(5/6)

You begin to hear faint footsteps echoing through your new home. It's only a few minutes later that Chrys wanders into the kitchen, eyes half-lidded and hair a mess. You'd forgotten how long her hair was, she always has it hidden beneath that shawl of hers. It hangs down well past her shoulders, burnt orange in color. It seems to grow thicker around the base of her horns, though you're not sure why.

She fills a bowl from the pot of lentil soup you prepared and digs around for a spoon. You're grateful that Prema had the foresight to buy simple iron cutlery, in addition to gold and silverware. Once she's found a spoon she sits down across from you, mumbling a brief 'good morning' before beginning to eat her breakfast.

You take the time to glance outside, and find that the pale light of dawn has begun to light up the sky. It's probably six or so in the morning. You're not entirely sure what the sleeping habits of your companions are, but you imagine at least Darzi and maybe Mortia or Skull Kid should be waking up in the near future. Profectus is, of course, a lazy son of a bitch and would probably sleep until noon or later if you let him.

>Return to your reading, now that you've caught up.
>Try to teach Zahak to meditate, might as well.
>Kill some time by trying to construct your own secret language.
>Head over to your parent's home and invite them to your housewarming party.
>Ask Chrys what she thinks of the estate.
>Go search for that strange green soul you spotting last night.
>Head over to your master's home and teach him the secrets of enchanting.
>Write-in

>>37590061
>>Head over to your parent's home and invite them to your housewarming party.
>>Ask Chrys what she thinks of the estate.

>>37590061
>Try to teach Zahak to meditate, might as well.
>Ask Chrys what she thinks of the estate.

>>37590039
I suppose we'll have to make "build special facilities for Zahak" to the list of future house necessities.

>>37590061
>Ask Chrys what she thinks of the estate.
>Head over to your parent's home and invite them to your housewarming party.
>Head over to your master's home and teach him the secrets of Void Meditation.

>>37590061
>Try to teach Zahak to meditate, might as well.
>Head over to your master's home and teach him the secrets of enchanting.

>>37590145
Do you really want to invite Mik's parents to a party with commoners, muties, degenerates, and crazed vatis?

>>37590061
>Ask Chrys what she thinks of the estate.
>Try to teach Zahak to meditate, might as well.
>Head over to your master's home and teach him the secrets of enchanting.

>>37587181
>>I'll start writing in a little bit here, going to run out for breakfast.
>said Soma 3 hours ago
>>37589943
>40 seconds before I could post this
You fucking bastard, you did this on purpose, didn't you?
>>37590061
Okay, so we have to git gud at Metal before we understand that shit.
>Ask Chrys what she thinks of the estate
>Try to teach Zahak to meditate, might as well
I want to post my alphabet, but it is not yet time.

>>37590061
>Ask Chrys what she thinks of the estate.
>Head over to your master's home and teach him the secrets of enchanting.

>>37590061
>Try to teach Zahak to meditate, might as well.
>Head over to your master's home and teach him the secrets of enchanting.
If we bring Zahak with us we can teach both of them at the same time.

>>37590061
>Try to teach Zahak to meditate, might as well.
>Ask Chrys what she thinks of the estate.

>>37590061
>Head over to your parent's home and invite them to your housewarming party.
>Ask Chrys what she thinks of the estate.

>>37590280
While I agree with your overall vote, I believe attempting to teach him enchanting shortly after he has only just begun to learn meditation is a bit of a stretch.
I'm sure our boy has the capability, but it'd be rushing it.

>>37590061
>>Kill some time by trying to construct your own secret language.
>>Head over to your parent's home and invite them to your housewarming party.
>>Ask Chrys what she thinks of the estate.
>>Go search for that strange green soul you spotting last night.
>>Head over to your master's home and teach him the secrets of enchanting.

>>37590337
I'm talking about teaching Zahak to meditate while teaching our master enchanting.
That way he can help us teach him to meditate as well, he is after all an experienced teacher.

>>37590061
Supporting >>37590280
But also >Ask Chrys what she thinks of the estate.

>>37590362
Now that's an idea I can get behind. Seconded.
Though taking the carriage there and back is a bit of a hassle.

>>37590391
Easier than walking imo.

>>37590391
We can work on our secret language during the ride, just some preparatory thinking, so we don't have to roll for it or anything, maybe we can get a larger bonus to it when we do meditate on it if we do this?

>>37590061
>Ask Chrys what she thinks of the estate.
>Try to teach Zahak to meditate, might as well.

>>37590147
>>37590208
>>37590222
>>37590246
>>37590280
>>37590384
>>37590319
>Teach Zahak to meditate

>>37590145
>>37590201
>>37590320
>>37590342
>Invite your parents.

>>37590280
>>37590263
>>37590222
>>37590201
>>37590208
>>37590342
>>37590384
>Try to teach your master enchanting.

>>37590342
>>37590320
>>37590319
>>37590263
>>37590246
>>37590222
>>37590201
>>37590145
>>37590147
>>37590384
>Ask Chrys what she thinks of this joint.

>>37590342
>Construct a secret language

So talking to Chrys, teaching Zahak, and teaching your Master all have a lot of support. We'll leave inviting your parents for later.

>Teach Zahak first, then leave to visit your master.
>Leave to visit your master, then teach Zahak when you get back.
>Bring Zahak with you in the carriage, and try to teach them both at the same time.
>Write-in

>>37590436
>Bring Zahak with you in the carriage, and try to teach them both at the same time.
I'm sure Mik can multitask well enough.

>>37590418
I'd be willing to do that. Have a capable servant take the reigns and stuff so we can multitask and not waste time in transit doing nothing.

Actually, regarding that;
>>37590436
Soma, how did the servants react to our boy?

>>37590436
>Teach Zahak first, then leave to visit your master.

Other wise we might get distracted by something.

>>37590436
>Teach Zahak first, then leave to visit your master.

>>37590436
>Bring Zahak with you in the carriage, and try to teach them both at the same time.
and this:
>>37590418

>>37590436
>Bring Zahak with you in the carriage, and try to teach them both at the same time.
and this:
>>37590418

>>37590462
I think if we walked on foot instead of taking the carriage we'd be distracted much easier.

>>37590436
>Teach Zahak first, then leave to visit your master.

>>37590436
>Teach Zahak first, then leave to visit your master.
>>37590418
I'd love to get a start on that.

>>37590436
>Bring Zahak with you in the carriage, and try to teach them both at the same time.

Why aren't we mediating on Metamagics?

>>37590436
>Bring Zahak with you in the carriage, and try to teach them both at the same time.

>>37590061
I'll add what >>37590280 and >>37590362 are saying to >>37590246 actually.
>>37590513
Soon, anon, soon.
We get to next level Metal, develop partial invisibility, and I promise I'll vote to medidate on metas/effects.

>>37590513
I want to, and though I suggest it every thread I want these obligations and goals that we've established to be completed much sooner.

>>37590513
We only have leaping read, and honestly, right now create is a lot more useful.

>>37590513

We have obligations to fulfill

>>37590561
Actually we've read Create, Slow, Speed, and Leaping.

>>37590547
>develop partial invisibility
We can't develop it until we become a Grandmaster in Fire.

>>37590450
You're not sure, Fulvia neglected to comment. Presumably if she didn't mention it, they didn't kick up too much of a fuss about it.

>>37590504
>>37590495
>>37590474
>>37590462
>Teach Zahak first

>>37590446
>>37590477
>>37590484
>>37590505
>>37590517
>Bring Zahak with you.

>>37590418
>>37590450
>>37590477
>>37590484
>>37590504
>Get a start on your super sekrit language on the ride over.
Basically I'll have this be a flat roll with a success meaning you get a bonus on later rolls to construct the language.

>>37590561
You don't actually need to read metamagic scrolls before meditating on them. Well, I mean. You do, but it doesn't have to be its own separate thing.

>>37590577
I know, was talking about metamagic.

>>37590598
See
>>37590592
>You don't actually need to read metamagic scrolls before meditating on them. Well, I mean. You do, but it doesn't have to be its own separate thing.

>>37590592
Can we still suggest ideas later on to get additional bonuses? Even if the ideas conflict with what gets thought up now if we succeed?
Also, what do you mean by "it doesn't have to be its own separate thing"? That we can try to figure it out on our own, and if we succeed get a bonus or something? Or just not need to spend time reading?

>>37590577
I actually forgot we also read Confuse, whoops.

>>37590598
My mistake. Five vys waiting then.

>>37590615
Yeah, alright, I still believe create is our best option at the moment.
The other metamagics just don't seem that useful.

>>37590436
Where did the idea of a secret language come from?

>>37590628
>create
>metamagic

>>37590591
Can you link me to where this was confirmed?
I don't remember where it was, but it does feel like Soma said that before.
Or Soma can just confirm right now.
>>37590628
>create is most useful
I don't think it has much practical use, outside of in the Pa'vala.

>>37590621
I mean that you don't have to read a scroll as its own vote before you're able to meditate on a metamagic or effect. So long as you have a scroll you can just vote to meditate and read from the scroll as you go along.

>>37590639
I don't really remember.

>>37590639
Mostly Soma's ask page, It's been discussed for a while now.

>>37590644
I'm not saying it's a metamagic, I'm saying it's what we should meditate on.

>>37590639
>>37590654
It's a long time coming.
Happened around the time of that crazy make a journal out of our own frozen blood idea came around.

>>37590639
It's been discussed before, probably originates because of shadowrunning and coolness factor.
>>37590654
Ah, okay, I see now.
I think my asks about the secret language got deleted, so that's why you wouldn't be able to find it, not sure if I was the first one to mention it though.

Is language anon actually here and ready, tho?

Nem hazudnék ilyesmiről, főleg nem Somanak!

Whatever the fuck that means.

>>37590653
>I don't think it has much practical use, outside of in the Pa'vala.
Honestly, I think there's a shit load of uses seeing how it can make pretty much anything with the right knowledge.
I mean, after we get the Eludian steel recipe, we'll be able to freely* produce it.
I also recall a bunch of questions on Soma's ask regarding combinations of create+other elements which a lot of them seemed pretty useful.
Imagine being able to create acid and water magic it at our enemies.

>>37590699
It's just Hungarian.

>>37590719
Aww, I got my hopes up for hungrarians. Now that's a suckerpunch.

>>37590699
>I wouldn't lie about something like this, especially not to Soma.
Someone was doubting me.
>>37590684
I am.

>>37590742
Hype.

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>>37590790
What is this?
An Emir for ants?!

Animate soon?

>>37590742
I was doubting you.

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>>37590813
Yes
here have an invasion for ants

>>37590758
Don't get too hype, I told you my letters were ugly, made them with a mouse.
>>37590875
I hope to prove your doubts baseless tonight.
Maybe once we get back to our house, we can do a real language meditation, I'll post my shit then.

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>>37590931
If you post it now I could go over it with a tablet.

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>>37590987

>>37590653
>Can you link me to where this was confirmed?
Question: How did we manage to get the ability to make moving illusions?
Answer: We reached Master level.

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>>37591008
Tempting, but I kinda want to keep it a surprise.
Would you be willing to go over it after then, or is that too much to ask?

>>37591082
Don't see why not.

>>37591098
>tablet anon just turns the letters into a bunch of animal dicks

>>37591122
shhhh

>>37591082
I'm not see much value in inventing a new language when we can just communicate through telepathy.

>>37591148
That was not really its purpose.

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>>37591067

I'd like to propose a dungeon raid. When we busted into Fulvia's facility in the first half dozen or so threads, we acquired the locational of all nearby Rhynian faculties, including the regional research HQ. According to her, there might be a ton of awesome tech and weapons there. I'd like to specifically note that in Fulvia's facility, the Rhynians had tanks.

>>30549301
The first thing that catches your eye are the... statues? You think they're statues facing into the gloom that blankets the chamber beyond the golden glow of your lantern. They're great metal things, a long pole with a hole bored down the center of it extending towards the rest of the chamber. They have four wheeled legs, and they seem meant to be carted around. Some sort of fleshy mass is draped over them though, binding them to the floor.
http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive/30548262/images/1393624455280.jpg

My thinking is that if they had heavy vehicles, maybe they'll have something lighter we can use to traverse the Pavala, maybe eve

>>37591191
Add it to the long long list of "shit we need to do," and don't get too energetic for it.

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>>37591167
Then what is it's purpose? All I see is a waste of time when we could be improving ourselves.

>>37591318
Perhaps read anon's comments to gain the insight you seek.

>>37591318
Not like our brooches could be broken
Not like writting is a useless ability
Not like so many things you bloody fucking retard

You push away your long since emptied bowl of soup and the dregs of your tea, turning your attention to Chrys. “So what do you think of this place? Pretty nice, isn't it? I mean, it needs some work put into it at the moment but eventually it ought to be quite impressive. Especially with all the improvements we've set out to make. We'll want for nothing in terms of facilities.”

Chryssa seems drawn at least slightly further into the land of the living by the sound of your voice. She shakes her head to dispel some of the lingering cobwebs of sleep. “I think it shows much promise. The structure seems well built and easily defensible should we find ourselves besieged and the facilities allow us to be largely self-sufficient. I would like to see about relegating a portion of the gardens for the growing of fruits and vegetables, though I am unsure how Mortia will take my suggestion. She seems quite taken with the idea of using it as an herb garden.”

She pauses to slurp down another spoonful of soup. “I will say, we could use a contingent of guards to keep the place protected whilst we are away. While I've no doubt at least one of our party will wish to stay here and pursue their craft, it would still be prudent to see that the place is not robbed or otherwise trespassed upon.”

You suppose that's not a bad idea necessarily. If anything they'd serve to keep your slaves in line and keep the riff raff from hanging around the docks. However, you would be expected to pay them. It's generally held that arming slaves, regardless of how well treated they might be, tends to end poorly. It gives them too much power, and invites usurpation. The Samjan have used it as a tactic in war, allowing large numbers of their soldiers to be captured and enslaved, earning the trust of their new masters, then inciting a revolt within Rhynian territory. Why, it was how the City of Azash, now El-Amin, was recaptured after it first fell to the Rhynian armies so long ago.
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>>37591374
>Not like our brooches could be broken
>implying we shouldn't just study the fucking brooch instead
>Not like writting is a useless ability
>implying I said it was also sign language would be better for us to learn
>Not like so many things you bloody fucking retard
>implying you could present more.

You disregard your historical musings and focus once more on the issues of guards. If you were going to pay them a wage, you would want to have some form of reliable income. While the investments you've made so far may well supply that income once they start to show returns, they may not show returns for years to come. Then again... perhaps you could construct a number of golems to act as your security force? They wouldn't be very smart, but if Fulvia could manage them directly as she claims she could that wouldn't be an issue. On the other hand, it would mean she'd be forced to stay here rather than joining you on your adventures.

In the end, you decide you'll just need to think about it more later. “I'll keep that in mind, Chrys. It would be nice to have some sort of guard force, we have the armory to equip them and everything, but it would likely prove quite a large expense.”

Chryssa shrugs, nonplussed. “Buy a tavern and allow that slave of yours, Prema was it? Allow her to manage it. Is not the reason you hired her to keep track of your various investments and endeavors?”

That is true, although you don't know if you'd want to buy a tavern. Certainly not the worst business to have a few fingers in, but there are likely other, more profitable enterprises to invest in.

Chrys glances over her shoulder briefly, sitting very still for a moment. You take a moment to shoot little jets of flame at Zahak. He seems to quite enjoy it, and you're careful to avoid lighting anything on fire. By the time Chryssa speaks you've gotten him to roll over onto his back so you can bathe his belly in fire, a loud rumbling growl filling the air as Zahak begins to doze off.

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When Chryssa finally does speak, you cut off the flow of magic. Zahak whines, but you ignore him for now. “We are a very odd group of people. I suppose one has to be odd if they wish to essentially live their lives as wandering mercenaries and grave robbers. Anyway, I wanted to ask; will you be leaving for my village after the party? I do not wish to seem impatient, but I am quite eager to have that task resolved.”

You understand the implication, she's asking when you intend on leaving to kill her husband.

>It's the very next thing on your to do list, you'll leave the day after the party.
>Well, maybe not immediately after but certainly within a week of the party.
>Just tell her not to worry, you'll get to it eventually. You've just got a lot on your plate at the moment.
>Write-in

>>37591515
>Just tell her not to worry, you'll get to it eventually. You've just got a lot on your plate at the moment.

>>37591515
>It's the very next thing on your to do list, you'll leave the day after the party.

That's in two days right?

>>37591515
Tell her not to worry

>>37591515
>It's the very next thing on your to do list, you'll leave the day after the party.

I don't actually care that much about killing the guy, but I would like to begin the backlog of shit to do

>>37591515
>Well, maybe not immediately after but certainly within a week of the party.

>>37591515
>It's the very next thing on your to do list, you'll leave the day after the party.

>>37591515
>It's the very next thing on your to do list, you'll leave the day after the party

>>37591515
>It's the very next thing on your to do list, you'll leave the day after the party.

Tell her sorry for taking too long. Once something catches our attention we get distracted easily.