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You're not entirely sure if she's merely asking to be friends as the two of you were throughout your youth, or if she's proposing a rekindling of the relationship you shared whilst the two of you were still betrothed. You don't want to preclude the possibility of friendship, but you don't wish to get her hopes up either. “Sadly I will be going abroad. I leave tomorrow for Anthus to see to my business endeavors in that city.”

The disappointment is plain on her face, the smile she's worn since you told her of your brother's departure faltering. In the end, you can't bear to completely disappoint her. “However, upon my return I would not be opposed to spending more time together. As friends, of course.”

Your words seem to have alleviated some of her disappointment but you still get the feeling she's not wholly satisfied. “Of course, as friends.” She pauses briefly, nervously chewing the corner of her lip for a moment before turning to slide her book back into its place on the shelf, speaking to you over her shoulder. “Well I suppose if you'll be abroad, learning to fight might be a worthwhile endeavor. I must admit that Darzi seems like a very kind woman. I will ask her about the possibility of lessons later tonight.”

Hopefully a female friend will help her return to some semblance of normalcy. Even if she is beautiful, and even if you do care for her, you find the way she seems to cling to you, or at least the idea of you, incredibly off-putting. A consequence of your brother's abuse, no doubt.

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You wander the library for a while longer, trying to take stock of your apparently vast collection. You have books of a range of topics; histories, biographical works, military tactics, magic theory, erotic literature, genre fiction, treatises on proper behavior, and nearly every other conceivable topic of writing. Sadly your laborers failed to organize your library in anything resembling an easily accessible way, and you doubt there is a catalog. Perhaps that's a project you could assign Fulvia or Prema to?

After touring the library you escort Vasuda back out to the second story balcony. You're faced with a few options. You could introduce her to Zahak, and show her your bedroom. You might also show her your study and the observatory above. Both of them would necessitate revealing information you might rather keep to yourself. In the case of the bedroom, you'd reveal the existence of your adoptive draconic son. In the case of the study, the various untrustworthy artifacts which dwell within.

>Show her the study and observatory.
>Show her the bedroom.
>Return to the party.
>Write-in

>>38332898
>Return to the party

>>38332898
>Show her the study and observatory.

>>38332898
>Return to the party.
I'm sorry for being an aussie Soma. Sometimes, I just really want to force the rest of the world to adapt to my timezone, even just once.

One day.

>>38332898
>Return to the party.

>>38332898
Party or study/observatory.
If the latter, just tell her not to touch anything, and to keep it a secret, we're showing her because we trust her and she's important to us.
Okay, the last bit may be a bit too romantic-sounding.

>>38332898
>>Return to the party.

>Return to the Party
Writin'

>>38332872
>It is currently the 3rd of Svarthi, in the year 936 NH.

Birthday in 8 days, get hype

>>38333127
>We'll be abroad on our birthday
>We haven't told our friends about our birthday
>Mik is going to be lonely and nobody will remember.

>>38333140
>implying
I am not accepting anything other than handling our business up north and getting back to El-Amin in time for our birthday so our family can throw us a surprise party.

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Mik
SK
Prof

>>38332872
Thanks for the date, please keep it for every opening post. It has been very difficult to follow the progress of the date, since we had only three dates (beginning of the quest, return from Namek, end of GM Meditation) so far and sometimes the days seemed to have more hours than usual between sunrise and sunset. Yes, it sounds a bit autistic[/Spoiler]

>>38332879
>the way she seems to cling to you, or at least the idea of you
I'm really glad Mik noticed this. Vasuda doesn't love Mik, she loves the image she's built up of Mik as this ideal husband based on their experiences as children.

>>38333293
That's because the Samjan day has no fixed length. A new day begins at sunset and last until the following sunset, thus some days are longer than others and some days are shorter. I basically just ripped off Jewish and Muslim religious calenders.

>>38332898
>Return to the party.

>>38333301
So she loves younger Mik from the past, is what you're saying.

>>38333352
That still means that there shouldn't be large variations within weeks though.
Assuming the BQverse solar system works similar to our own.

>>38332898
>Return to the party.

>>38333352
Did a fire grandmaster ever make an artificial source of light over a city and troll them into thinking night never came?

>>38333387
That honestly sounds impossible to do with a city, unless the GM had hundreds/thousands of vys at least.
Seems more doable with a village, but still pretty fucking hard, blocking out the sun as well as the whole night sky.

>>38332898
>Using my edit.
Why is my dick so hard?

>>38332898
>>38332879
>Even if she is beautiful
Is she more beautiful than Darzi? Or should I really not expect someone more beautiful than Darzi to just show up without explicitly being stated to be a ~10/10?

>>38333425
You could just use an illusion instead of blocking it out. I could see Varvar fucking with the monks and the villagers like that.

>>38333549
That's what I was implying, yes, but even with illusion, something big enough to cover a whole city and be detailed and realistic enough to fool them, as well as maintaining a miniature sun, should be incredibly draining.

Damn, Mik is gonna be away on his birthday.

>>38333573
Good thing they have hundreds of years to build up their reserves.

>>38333584
We can get back in time I think.
>>38333605
That's why I said unless they have fuck huge reserves anon, try to follow the conversation.

>>38333573
Well, instead of maintaining it you could cast permanency.

>>38333511
Wasn't Darzi stated to be a solid 7 or something?

>>38333628
Nope a 10.

>>38333617
>We can get back in time I think.
I think it's like a week in each direction.

>>38333628
9/10

You glance towards the door to your study, frowning slightly in thought. “Well, I would love to show you my study. However, there are a number of magical artifacts inside that I still don't fully understand. Of course, showing you into my bedroom would hardly seem proper, especially when there is still a party to be enjoyed in the ballroom.”

It's hard to tell due to the shade of her skin, but you're relatively certain her cheeks are flushed. She clears her throat, nodding once. “Of course, I am a married woman after all. Rumors of an affair so soon after my husbands departure could be disastrous for my reputation.”

The two of you make your way once more down the steps and into the dining hall. Your slaves have already cleared away the dishes and cleaned up any spills or messes left by the crowds of drunken guest which crowded the table only moments before. You wonder idly where Mortia and Fulvia are. Presumably they're in the cellar of the tower, still attending to that giant rat you helped create.

All told you probably spent slightly more than a half hour touring the estate with Vasuda. Returning to the ballroom, you find that the revelry is beginning to wind down. The band is still playing, but a slower tune. Rather than dancing it seems most of your guest are resting or engaged in conversations of their own. You note that many of your guest are absent from the ballroom, presumably lounging in the sitting room. Your father is currently relaxing amidst a pile of pillows, your family surrounding him. All save Chetan, who is sitting with Rasim and the apprentice girl who's name you still don't know.

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Vasuda touches you lightly upon the arm to get your attention before speaking. “I believe I will go speak with Darzi, but I really do appreciate you taking the time to speak with me Mikhael. I cannot recall being this happy in the decade since I married your brother.”

She departs, and you're left searching for someone to pass the time with in conversation. Of course, you could always call an end to the festivities here. Your father seems about ready to leave and it is starting to get late.

>Call an end to the festivities, have the Vatis stick around for a meeting.
>As above, but only have the Masters remain. The rest may leave.
>Relax with your family and catch up with your older brother.
>Seek out Mohan, Ismail, and Profectus.
>Look for Hadia, Rajani, or Derya.
>Find Delshad.
>Write-in

>>38333617
>That's why I said unless they have fuck huge reserves
Actually you never said that.

>>38333647
>All save Chetan, who is sitting with Rasim
They're bro already aren't they?

>>38333665
>Call an end to the festivities, have the Vatis stick around for a meeting.

>>38333665
>>Seek out Mohan, Ismail, and Profectus.
>>Look for Hadia, Rajani, or Derya.
CHILL WITH YOUR FRIENDS YOU BOLLOCKS

>>38333666
see: >>38333425
>unless the GM had hundreds/thousands of vys at least
Anon please.
>>38333665
>>Relax with your family and catch up with your older brother.
>>Seek out Mohan, Ismail, and Profectus.
>>Look for Hadia, Rajani, or Derya.
Whoever seems the most interesting/fun right now.
I really think we should just talk to everyone here before ending the party, to be honest.

>>38333665
>>As above, but only have the Masters remain. The rest may leave.

>>38333665
>Relax with your family and catch up with your older brother.

then


>Call an end to the festivities, have the Vatis stick around for a meeting.

>>38333665
>As above, but only have the Masters remain. The rest may leave.

>>38333665
>Relax with your family and catch up with your older brother.

>>38333694
This tbh

>>38333665
>Seek out Mohan, Ismail, and Profectus.

>>38333665
>Seek out Mohan, Ismail, and Profectus.

>>38333665
>Call an end to the festivities, have the Vatis stick around for a meeting.
>After explaining the basics have only the masters remain for the rest.

>>38333665
>Seek out Mohan, Ismail, and Profectus.

>>38333665
>>Relax with your family and catch up with your older brother.
>>Seek out Mohan, Ismail, and Profectus.
>>Look for Hadia, Rajani, or Derya.
>>Find Delshad.
Don't end the party yet, we barely talked to anyone!
Who is Delshad again?

>>38333665
>Relax with your family and catch up with your older brother.
>Seek out Mohan, Ismail, and Profectus.
>Look for Hadia, Rajani, or Derya.
Any of these.

>>38333665
>>Call an end to the festivities, have the Vatis stick around for a meeting.

>>38333748
>>38333738
>>38333695
>>38333694
>>38333777
>>38333778
>>38333773
>Mo, Is, and Prof

>>38333731
>>38333701
>>38333695
>>38333778
>>38333777
>Family

>>38333694
>>38333695
>>38333777
>>38333778
>Hadia, Rajani, Derya

>>38333757
>>38333693
>>38333785
>End the festivities, Vatis remain

>>38333703
>>38333699
>End the festivities, Masters remain only.

Looks like you're seeking out Mohan, Ismail, and Profectus

>>38333777
Delshad was one of the apprentices you grew up with. You were pretty close. He's the one with the female apprentice who Rasim and Chetan have been hanging out with.

>>38333777
>Who is Delshad again?
Delshad Ajam: Fellow Apprentice. A faithful companion. Often helped you study and sparred with you. Unsure of his current status.

Why is no one here today?

>>38334107
Waiting anon. We are waiting.

>>38334107
Orc Warlord was/is up earlier than Banished

>>38334107
Shh don't let a good thing pass you up anon.

>>38334148
13 IPs.

>>38334162
I don't think all that many BQ players play in OWQ. It's probably just the lack of a shitstorm and controversial votes/topics so far.
The battle has been going well, hope Ur gets at least one more boon out of this, but ideally 3 or 4.

>>38334107
No shitstorm-starting choices so far, relax while it lasts.
asdf best waifu.

>>38334203
Being a bit greedy there, since what we have been doing will only satisfy 2(crafting and sneaky git) god, maybe milf goddess as well.i'm more interested in what our guys will earn.

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Oh well, guess I'll fill up this void with art.

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>>38334319

>>38334319
no need to rush the thread into auto sage really.

>>38334265
OWQ seems to do well, from what I hear. If I start to follow, what focus (except on war probably) can I expect? What problems can I expect? Any danger of waifus?

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>>38334339

>>38334350
Alright.

>>38334363
I am just starting to read it my self but the dude put warning smut will happen in his first post.

>>38334363
>Any danger of waifus?

Yup, especially since the girls get orked slonged daily.

>>38334234
>asdf best waifu.
>not knowing that best waifu is qwertz
>>38334265
>implying we aren't about to begin a glorious bloodbath that will please Kul'zog Zor
Anon please, believe in the Ur. Lorsyth is getting destroyed today.
>>38334363
War, battle, waifus, smut, fantastic racism
But enough of this, instead I'll bring this up again:
Once we start to do anatomy studies on people, we should try this
>if necessary, cut off an arm
>regrow it with Water magic
>at the same time, use Nature magic to mimic the process with a plant, see if we can't make an anatomically sound arm from plant tissue
>maybe at the same time do it with ice, see if we can't make an anatomically sound arm from ice
I believe Soma has confirmed that this would count as an experiment as well, so we get a vys in addition to knowledge.

>>38334363
It has some smutt, but not too much.
Orcs take slaves, so multiple female characters are guaranteed, its decent and in my opinion similar in quality to aspiring emperor, but with less social shit.
Other than that, nothing too bad about the threads.
Except there are some people who waifu random shit, and others who want to abolish the orcish system with modern shit.

>>38334474
>want to abolish the orcish system with modern shit
God, "muh rights" and "muh democracy" fags are the worst.
Although that one anon obsessed with Ya'zada was also pretty annoying, but it seems he's moved on or shut up about it.
>>38334365
I don't see how that right arm would be in any way beneficial.

Testing to see if my internet is fucking up, and not letting me see post or if 4chan really shit itself.
Hopefully the latter, its a bitch to refresh on phones.

>>38334517
Nigga, set it to auto-update.
Browser version has that option, and Clover app has it automatically(warning: can't roll dice on Clover, or at least I have yet to figure out how to do it).

>>38334540
for rolling in clover, i usually fill in the top two options, and hope for the best.
What ends up happening is one rolls, while the other leaves the email shit with dice.

>>38333800
What would making a life size version of this be?https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zAGu2TPt_78
Would it be master or GM?

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You don't see Profectus, Mohan, or Ismail in the ballroom. You do see Derya, Rajani, and Delshad chatting amicably by the refreshment tables. However, as you cross the room you catch sight of a flash of light from the smoking room, and a surprised shriek, followed by laughter. Curious, you change course and instead make for the sitting room.

As you step inside a wave of heat washes over you, and you're surprised to see that hovering in the center of the room is a ball of molten fire. It glows a bright white, bathing the room in impossibly bright light. Profectus' arm has cracked open, light bleeding through the gaps in his stone arm as he stairs on mystified. Meanwhile, Hadia and Master Padma inspect the swirling ball of heat and light. Your friends Mohan and Ismail look on vaguely amused, while Ismail's mistress Jayashri stares on passively and Mohan's mistress watches the proceedings with mild distaste.

“Pani's tits, what happened here? Profectus, what are you doing slinging fire from that arm of yours inside my estate? Do you remember what happened in Anthus? You burned down an entire district of he city!” You scold him sharply. Your words seem to snap those in the room out of their reverie.

Profectus starts to speak, but Ismail cuts him off. “Sorry, Mik. He told us that his arm amplified fire magic and we bet Hadia that she'd probably get her ass whooped by an elf it came to a duel. She bet that she could extinguish any flame before it even had a chance to burn her, and this is the result. You've got a miniature sun in your sitting room”
(`1/3_

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Profectus laughs nervously, scratching the back of his head with his normal arm. “That's pretty much the gist of it, Mik. I know it was probably a bad idea, but you know... seemed like a find idea at the time.”

The ball of light winks out, and but the heat doesn't dissipate. You feel like you're standing in an oven. Hadia crosses the room, Profectus stepping back as if he expects her to hit him. Instead she swats Mohan in the back of the head, scolding him in Samjan. “You know how elves are! They have no self-control! You should have known better than to encourage such a foolish course of action.”

He apologizes, but he's still grinning like an idiot. Profectus seems entirely lost, eventually deciding to merely take a seat and be glad he's not getting hit. Hadia joins them as well, sitting down in a huff between Profectus and Mohan. Since it's not like you have anything better to do, you join them. You have to squeeze in between Profectus and Ismail, but you manage it.

Mohan speaks up once you've gotten yourself situated. “Fantastic party, Mik. It is exactly what I needed, an opportunity to relax and forget about the day to day worries of a Vatis. You know the Shah has ordered this grand project to construct a second wall, larger and thicker than the city's current outer wall, an additional mile away from the city gates? He says he plans to relocate the slum dwellers beyond the walls and turn the Eastern Slums into a fortress to rival ancient Eshnuk. This in addition to repairing the current outer walls.”

Mohan, being an Earth Vatis, will most likely be doing much of the grunt work that comes with any construction project in El-Amin. Mohan's mistress, a woman in the robes of a Master Vatis, nudges him with her elbow. “It's an opportunity to prove yourself, Mohan. Don't be so pessimistic. Now, will you not introduce me to our gracious host?”

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Realization seems to dawn on Mohan's face. “Right! Of course, I nearly forgot.” He gestures to Aminah. “Mikhael, meet my beloved. Mistress Aminah Joshi. She oversees the acquisitions department at the Grand Library.” Next, he gestures to you. “Aminah, my dear friend Mikhael Abdul-Hakim. I suppose I don't really know what to title you any more. Aghtaki? Adventurer? Mirza?”

How curious. Usually, if two Vatis form a romantic relationship it will be a Master with a woman who either served as his apprentice or who is a younger colleague of his. The fact he's dating an older woman, and more than that the fact he's moved in with her and not vice versa, is rather contrary to the norm. On the other hand, the Joshis are a powerful family with lands to the south of Marqash, and Mohan isn't even a minor noble. It sort of makes sense.

You shrug your shoulders. “Well, I'm not really an aghtaki any longer. I'm due to be unbanished by the Shah himself soon. I suppose Mirza would work. It was the title I bore before becoming a Vatis. How did the two of you end up getting together?”

Mohan smiles fondly as he presumably recalls their first meeting. “We met whilst I was studying a ruin at the edge of the Pa'vala. I was carefully clearing away the dust from a collection of glyphs carved into the wall of an old fortress. Then all of a sudden I hear the runners of a ship hissing across the sands. Fearing bandits, I ducked into the ruin. Instead I met Aminah. She was there to retrieve a book said to be lost somewhere inside the ruin I was studying.”

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Aminah takes over the story at this point. “I enlisted him to help me search the ruin, since I presumed he knew it better than I did. We were caught unawares by a pack of lions which had turned the deeper reaches of the ruin into their den. One of them bit me, and flung me against the wall. When I woke up I found that Mohan had fought off the pack and healed my wounds. The rest is, as they say, history.”

“I actually intend on moving in with her, in the near future. We're still waiting to see if the Shah executes Ismail for daring to so blatantly go against the established law by moving in with his mistress.” Mohan announces, earning a laugh from Ismail.

>Ask them how they're enjoying the party.
>Ask them how their research goes.
>You sort of want to know more about these construction projects the Shah is initiating.
>See if Mohan knows anything about the Pa'vala that might aid your impending voyage.
>Write-in

>>38334817
>Ask them how they're enjoying the party.
>Ask them how their research goes.

I gotta run off to class. Back soon!

>>38334817
>Ask them how they're enjoying the party.
>You sort of want to know more about these construction projects the Shah is initiating.

>>38334817
>See if Mohan knows anything about the Pa'vala that might aid your impending voyage.
>Ask them how their research goes.

>>38334817
>Ask them how their research goes.
>See if Mohan knows anything about the Pa'vala that might aid your impending voyage.

>>38334817
>Ask about that book.

>Ask them how their research goes.
>You sort of want to know more about these construction projects the Shah is initiating.
>See if Mohan knows anything about the Pa'vala that might aid your impending voyage.

>>38334817
>>Ask them how they're enjoying the party.
>>Ask them how their research goes.
>You sort of want to know more about these construction projects the Shah is initiating.
Could be a golden opportunity, and will allow us to know what he is planning.
>See if Mohan knows anything about the Pa'vala that might aid your impending voyage.
Anything helps really.

>>38334786
I guess Kadir is getting a little paranoid? Probably justified.

>>38334817
>>Ask them how they're enjoying the party.
>>Ask them how their research goes.
Is this research about the book, or what?
>>You sort of want to know more about these construction projects the Shah is initiating.
>>See if Mohan knows anything about the Pa'vala that might aid your impending voyage.
Sorry Soma

>>38334849
How long will you take?
Also would making a life size plant maze be GM or Master meditation?

>>38334817
>Ask them how they're enjoying the party.
>See if Mohan knows anything about the Pa'vala that might aid your impending voyage.
>You sort of want to know more about these construction projects the Shah is initiating.
Possible investments.
>Ask them how their research goes.
In that order

>>38334817
Putting on ice on someone in a really hot room should sting a bit, right? Yeah I think I read that somewhere

>Write in
>Create an ice cube on Prof's shoulder

>>38334910
I support this.
We could also just, you know, heat the room down a bit if it's still uncomfortable hot with some Water magic.

>>38334817
>See if Mohan knows anything about the Pa'vala that might aid your impending voyage.

>>38334936
supporting

>>38334936
Supportan

>>38334936
Supporting.

>>38334936
Unsupporting.

>>38334976
>>38335004
>>38335024
Please refrain from samefagging so obviously.

>>38334976
>>38335004
>>38335024
Such obvious samefagging.

>>38335100
>>38335109
Actually, >>38335024 was me, though I realize the others were obviously samefagging.

>>38335100
>>38335109
>>38335136
But >>38334976 and >>38335004 are different IPs.

>>38335167
The IP feature is shit.
Let's not get into samefagging arguments though.

>>38335109
brah, comon. nothing to worry about, >>38334976
is me

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>>38333127
Birthday skellingtons SOON™

>>38335466
They're going to cash in that favor on Mik's birthday, aren't they?

>>38335515
Of course perfect day for some abstract mystical Read as Bullshit Task

>>38335584
>Mik you need to castrate the shah

>>38335584
But then we'll get something awesome like the insanity ring. Plus, the return of skele-Mik

>>38335515
Mik is gonna miss his birthday, but when he comes back is when a surprise party hits him.
>>38335616
>not casting permanency+ paralyze on his junk

>>38335616
We'll just heal him after.

>>38335631
That was a task given to us by a different void entity, this one we're doing for free and no becoming a skeleton.

>>38334817
>>Ask them how they're enjoying the party.
>>Ask them how their research goes.
>>You sort of want to know more about these construction projects the Shah is initiating.
>>See if Mohan knows anything about the Pa'vala that might aid your impending voyage.

>>38335633
Won't that give him a hard on 24/7 all the time?

>>38335675
depends if he'd be sporting wood at the sight of Mik.....well shit....

>>38335675
Depends on whether he had a hard on while we cast it on him or not.

>>38335759
>>38335743
which would be worse?

>>38335743
>>38335759
I'm pretty sure anon is talking about how Paralyze presumably works by making all the muscles tense up, this not allowing the body to move relative to itself, and making someone's dick tense would increase blood flow to it, thus causing an erection.

>>38335801
Well, if he's stuck with an erection for his whole life could cause some serious issues very quickly.

You guys aren't going for enough.

Cast permanency+paralyze on the large intestine.
He'll die cause he'll be full of shit.

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>>38335631
>we'll get something awesome

Nice one I needed that laugh

>>38335633
>putting a part of mik's soul into kadir's dick

>>38335826
>putting a part of mik's soul up kadir's ass

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>>38335826
>>38335872
Top kek

>>38335654
I like the void, the spirits are pretty cool. Only hand lady spooked us and we never gave her a chance to communicate.

>>38335903
Lady spirit would have sucked all of our vys through our dick, and then give us some sort of vys STD

What's Mirza, Soma?

>>38335989
Or she could us should us void sex and then Magic Mik's Magic Dick would be a reality.

>>38336060
>Mirza
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mirza

>>38336070
Spirits fuck people over but not in that way anon

>>38336060
Mik's old man is an Emir, it means "the son of the Emir"

>>38336122
But spirits are cool man.
1.Ricky and Co.
2.Atma
3.The Follower of the Child
4.That ancient that gave us the ring

The only "fuck you" spirits were
>The parasite
Which i consider an animal without empathy
>The water spirit
Which we negotiated with well enough
>The cat
That was our hubris ruining the day

Hand Lady is/was a big old mystery box.

>>38336326
how about that thing with corrupt AI and that thing with dragon dildo that we gave to void entity

>>38336356
'atma was the guy who asked for the AI core and ate the poor girl's soul. We gave the dracolich phylactery to the water spirit.

>>38336449
I see, that was atma then.

>We gave the dracolich phylactery to the water spirit.
You should re-read that bit anon.

Kadir is the top dog in El-Amin
His siblings and children are next in line if he kick the bucket
The Vizier is the next in line if they all get wiped out
His children are if he dies as well.(maybe)
Mik's father and anyother Emir are directly after the Vizier.
Zaahir(elder brother) and the eldest sons of the other Emir families

Place somewhere in there Shezade's old position.

Anyone autistic enough to waste his time doing a sheet? I'm not at that powerlevel yet.

>>38336506
Fool, I would not use my power for such trivialities when there are Hun bugs to debug.

>>38336506
The Emirs are the same rank.
Its just the other emir has a shit ton of clout politically. Which means, we need to get our shit together and once we clear our mind.
Our dad should have started claiming the lands awarded to him.
Our unbanishment should have gone underway.
Our water planet should be up and running.
>Giving our dad the needed fund to settle the lands.
And we should work on gaining allies in the shahdom.
I honestly want Darzi to go with us to Pa'vala
but I want her to gain back her position as captain and with her new gear, and association with us to gain her a few ranks in the military.
Same with us I want to soon get our grand master robes.
>Gain a shit ton of power in the shahdom.
Eventually lead a small army and start conquering lands either the elves, the warlords or some petty kingdoms.
>We will have the money once our water planet is up and running. Deal with our dad, for more investments he needs capital for. And Started wrecking EVERYTHING.
but you know long term..After getting the elaudian steel, the red orb
And of course the priority cleansing our mind right after we kill Chys's husband.

>>38336713
also to add on to that.
>Khedives have been considered the equal of Emirs, and thus only one step below the Shah in terms of rank.
So we are totally asking for that as our unbanishment gift. And negotiate for some small lands or something.
And of course for the land we already own, by the docks that is our estate. Which will make it clear of any legal trouble and a huge rise in rank. And prestige for both ourselves and the family.

>>38336495
I don't need to, my memory isn't shit.
>>35701636

Why don't we teach Chrys fire magic?
Shouldn't that give us a hint if she is really related to the surya bastard children?

>>38336713
>>38336847
But anons, I don't want to be an emperor, I want to be a badass adventurer. Leave the politics to the politicians, how will we acquire unlimited knowledge if we have to deal with all of that other nonsense?

>>38336847
I actually don't think saving the Shah's life is enough to make you a Khedive.

>There have been three Khedives in the past one thousand years.
>The first was a warlord who rallied an army of human mercenaries, Aghtaki, and retinues to march on the Samrajya.........This may or may not have been due to the fact that the bastard's army outmatched the Shah's by a fair margin at the time.
This guy did it with military might.

>The second was the brother of the Shah, a powerful Vatis and a competent administrator. When the Shah died unexpectedly at a young age (poison, some say. Others say it was suicide), his brother became regent for his then infant son. He granted himself a stretch of fertile land along a desert canyon.
This was political masturbation

>The third was actually one of your many times great uncles. He was one of the most talented Vatis in history, a Grandmaster of the fifth degree before his hundredth birthday. He was also the son of the Abdul-Hakim dynasty's founder, and an accomplished soldier to boot. The events of his life are ill-recorded, but according to your family histories he singlehandedly repelled a invasion force sent by the Rhynian successor state which ruled the northern plains at the time.
And our uncle was a war hero who was way cooler than us. Saved the city rather than just one (albeit powerful) man.

>>38337021
Well lets cause a all out war with some kingdom or another. Then we join up and get our land.

>>38337021
Easy solution; conquer the old capital of our peoples.

We're going there anyway, how hard could it be?

>>38336953
I want the power.
Who leads it could easily end up being our father, since he has much more experience. And I wouldn't mind, and that would strengthen our position immensely.
honeslty even taking the lands of our rivals in our families name I would be fine with. So long as it keeps adding to our families power. And if Kadir isn't a cunt.we should keep him on the throne.
>>38337021
Soma said it would be fine. And even if he didn't.
You're telling me, saving the heir to the throne life isn't enough for a title? We're already a noble under the 3rd most powerful man in the kingdom. So it's not the biggest jump either.

He did say we may be asking for to much if we demand land as well as the title. But I am going to be going for it, even if we have to pay some taxes on it. and then have some one rule it in our name or something.

>>38336915
It is shit though, considering the deal was shanghaied and water spirit didn't get shit.
Also nice dead link.

>>38337021
>one of the most talented Vatis in history, a Grandmaster of the fifth degree before his hundredth birthday
D'awwww, we're walking in n*great grandpa's footsteps! Should we aim for Quintuple GM before 50, guys?

>>38337127
Before 30. Let's set a record mother fucker

>>38337117
>>38337096
We can go for a campaign against the elf warlord, or conquer/defend the territories from the rival samanji kingdom.
Speaking of which, where are those two on the map?

>>38337127
>yfw we will never become a five times GM
>safely

>>38337193
>not wanting flesh craft
That shit could have been given to us if we went with the headless option.

>>38337193
When was our life ever safe?
NO PAIN NO GAIN

>>38337225
>>38337127
Did soma ever confirm if we could do a metal GM inside a gate?

>>38337119
>doesn't use 4chanX
Are you literally retarded?
Here, you should really thank me for spoonfeeding you.
https://archive.moe/tg/thread/35734293/#35738084

>>38337189
Elda for the warlord, and between the desert of death and the forest for the kingdom, I don't remember

>>38337253
That is stupid anon, stop.
I think the Metal Codex will eventually show us a way to GM, if we git gud enough eventually. i.e. never

>>38337327
Once we clean out our head I seriously want to just fuck off and sit deep under the ocean in a ice done or a cave, no distractions, and git FUCKING gud

>>38337327
Its one of the ways i can see us getting GM metal focused on our mind.

>>38337416
>>38337327
Since every form of gm will be risky to our sanity, if we focused on its sanity protecting properties.
another way is maybe have a group of earth vatis try to make us go insane.

>>38337373
>"There are these men, you see, who isolate themselves from the world in order to immerse themselves in their passion, to seek without interruption the skills they desire, thus depriving themselves of the enrichment which the world freely offers."

>>38337416
I don't really think we NEED to focus on the Mental aspect. Honestly, its physical aspect seems cool as fuck as well.

>>38337500
Don't forget that we are immortal.
We could totally fuck off for 10 years or so and come back to civilization.
It will eventually become but a second in our memory.

>>38337469
http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive/32020236/#p32030416
These were some seemingly safer sounding methods.

>>38337509
No anon. We must become the solid stone standing within the river. If we are completly isolated from the outside influences we are in a much better position to do shit that fucks with reality, and also far more protected against the spirits wanting to fuck is in the skull

>>38337509
Its physically aspects are cool( than again we usually fight ranged), but i see this as guaranteeing that anything that tries to mind fuck or anything we do by mistake will be heavily resisted.
Plus i want to be old as dirt, and not rely on on giving away memories to stay sane.

>>38337253
I don't see why not.
But from expert and on we should focus strictly on mental fortitude. And I say once we've a good understanding of mental protection at master. We gain our insights that way. With our trait it should help Immensely.


GUYS
I never even thought about it.
The child came out of Surya's heart..The portal represents an entrance into surya heart no? Or some part of surya. The child literally ripped open a portal and came out of it.

>>38337570
We could also probably reverse the ring's enchantment and make it more active, make something that eats away at sanity fast, and counteract it with Metal.

>>38337530
its how most get a GM rank isnt it?

>>38337570
we were talking about gm stuff, what you said is apprentice shit.

>>38337592
That is true, I will concede that much.

>>38337617
the gates are portals spirits and shit use to travel. It was explicitly stated.

>>38337648
I know, that's why I just linked it as a reference. For meditation insights to bring us up to being able to resist outside influences with metal magic.

>>38337617
>The portal represents an entrance into surya heart no?
Obviously no, we were told they are portals used by higher beings to travel.
Also, I think the Child ripped a new portal into the Void, didn't use the Gate.
>>38337599
We have a sanity restoring ring, I doubt old age insanity would be a problem.
>>38337599
We still should get everything to Master or half-GM level before trying another GM meditation, to minimize the damage the limits/EXPONENTIALLY THICKENING WALLS will cause to our attempts.

>>38337267
See, was it so hard anon?

Fuck you too tho.

>>38337599
Well if we hit GM in metal. We can block out a lot of shit.
+ our trait we should be doing alright.
>>38337509
Anon yes I agree they are nice.
And I don't mind using that to get up to expert. But at a certain point, we need mental protection a lot more than we need physical.
As a gm in water, defense point should have become a lot easier. And thus less costly, we're working on nature. And we can dodge alot of stuff. And if it makes it past both us dodging it. And point defense. We have armor, We could reinforce that instead of ourselves and it should protect more.

>>38337712
>We still should get everything to Master or half-GM level before trying another GM meditation
I know, just throwing an idea out there.
>we have a sanity restoring ring, I doubt old age insanity would be a problem
Insanity was the second reason, my main reason is that i don't want our mind to become anyone bitch like it did in the mines, hell we owe the three stooges a favor.

I HAVE RETURNED. Apologies for the delay, decided to grab a late lunch/early dinner. Anyway, writing for all of the above, basically.

>>38337801
Aww Soma you make me want to verbally fellate you with praise.
But no, only the cold hard bypost opinions of stern questioning.
What the fuck did you eat?

>>38337836
Dead cats

>>38337712
I agree with you anon.
Getting to master in our elements should be something to strive for.
I still do think Metal does take priority.
We could likely gain 2nd GM with out a debuff.


I wonder if this quest will get to a point where we can do a time skip.
With all of our investments accruing money.
Rolling for certain things. And use the time skip, as a way to cover long chunks of like gathering funds to build armies/gathering armies.

>>38337836
I traded in my GBPs for some tendies.

>>38337873
>likely
But not certainly, and I'd just rather not risk it to be honest. Being well rounded is a good thing in any case.
I doubt we will be gathering armies, Mik isn't into that stuff.
And I personally dislike the idea of timeskips.

>>38337916
What about backlog-reading-finishing timeskips?

But no that'd be unfair to Soma.

>>38333628
I'm surprised her wandering jew family didn't decide to sell her off to highest suitor for a big fat dowry instead of letting her become a captain of the guard

>>38337916
>implying we won't make giant pits filled with hundreds of golems all across the land
We must be prepared at all times, what if the hakim family becomes under attack?

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>>38337900
What does it mean?

>>38337942
>tfw Soma will never pre-write all of our books' contents and start pushing reading subtly because he doesn't want all his work to go waster

>>38337953
She was supposed to take the signing bonus and run.

>>38337916
>Khedives
Is only part one.
We will be getting that. And keep on do everything we can to influence the world.
I want to take out the elf warlord and put someone like fulvia or perma there. And Continue on from there, while our name spreads. Eventually gaining more and more power.
We will show up as a major character in soma's book wither he wants it or not. Either live, or in the annals of history

>>38337997
>dat picture in the crystal ball.

>>38337984
Shit, anon, that's really terrifying.
A pit of stakes? Easily eroded or moved via magic by apprentice earth vatis.

A pit of snakes? Paralyze+AoE, easily done in by any knowledgeable vatis of ill repute.

A pit of Antimage Elaudian Golems with Rhynian AI? Well that's just fucking unfair.

>>38338045
No fap is suffering

>>38338045
Wizard waifus are always sluts
WIZARDS ARE CUCKS!

>>38338020
>putting our slave in place of an emperor
No.
And we are not getting the title of Khediv, Kadir was already reluctant to unbanish us and still put in a "execute if does something bad" part into the deal, he will not agree to making us a Khediv.
In fact, our best bet is to just conquer the rival Samrajya(?) and be the emperor of it, and then wait it out until Kadir's popularity wanes and is attacked from the outside, so we can snoop in and be a good guy and help rebuild the Shahdom under our guiding hand, take an El-Amin girl as our wife, and unite the two countries.

>>38337916
Soma still has notes about us joining the military, and doing campaigns like that.

>>38338107
He has notes on every little thing. That's not a particularly excellent argument of persuasion.

>>38338086
or, y'know, we could leave that for something for mike to do post-adventure, because rulership is boring as piss

>>38338107
Yes, but that is a life path that would've went with a different branch in our early years, possibly before becoming a team.
Mik has went through different experiences instead, he's not the same person he would have been had he joined the military.

>>38338069
>not mik AI
Those golems will shit talk you, and haggle your clothes off.

>this talk of political bs and empires
The fuck anons? What happened to gitting gud and devoting ourselves to being the best vatis/adventurer to ever live

>>38338151
I can imagine this, but it's raising the caloric intake of my hippocampus a bit too much.

>>38338179
ADD

>>38338086
Soma confirmed he would agree to give us the title only as a gift if we asked(to keep up appearances and shit), but land would be pushing it.

>>38338179
There's always been talk of being a ruler of some sort since the very beginning of the quest. And getting good and being an emperor is not necessarily exclusive to another

>>38338228
>having time to be The best vatis
>and rule an empire
>and adventure
No. Anon that's not how time works

>>38338086
Stop being a bitch.
Read before you trying pulling shit out of you asshole.
We could gain the title but gaining land would be pushing it. Which is where our jew skills come to play.

I would take shit lands like what the other emir gave to our father.
And pay our father to settle our lands for us, using the profits for our business ventures and have him oversee our lands for 15% of the profits or something from those lands.

>>38338296
Anon, Mik is immortal.

>>38338296
Obviously we'll need to fine the runes for Time, Vatis, Gud, Adventurer, and Empire.

Can't be that hard.

>>38338310
And quests don't last life times
>>38338323
Sounds like a good way to die

>>38338387
>And quests don't last life times
Says who?

>>38338387
It does, yes, I agree.

>>38338296
Well we can do two at a time.
And eventually adventuring won't be as profitable.
Also being a good vatis.
We're already there.
Best, doubt it will happen, but hey who knows.
I say reading our backlog of books. Would really help things out.

What I want is, to have fulvia/perma organize our library. See if there is anything on the void.
Or talk to the cat, we need to find out how to fight the weaker void creatures in there. SO as to fight our way out if anything happens.

We need to learn how to speak rune to talk to ricky

>>38337900
~soma~ guess what ancient piece of history was recently destroyed by religious extremist?

>>38338536
Please, anon, we need to update in less than eight hours of PHD tier disparaging descriptors of extremism.

>people actually want to become an emperor and turn this into a civ quest
what the fuck guys

>>38338536
What happened?

>>38338573
Just trying to pass the time really.
also the fcc not releasing the bill to the public is pretty damn shady, hopefully they didn't leave any glaring loopholes that the gov can abuse

>>38338622
I blame anons faggotry.
They don't know the joy of ADVENTURE

>>38338536
I bet it was something Jewish.

>>38338642
I still don't understand what the fuck net neutrality is

>>38338655
It's hard to know the joys of adventure when, y'know, we've not really adventured for several weeks in IRL time.

Adventure is a fire that constantly needs relighting, you can't expect people to continue loving what hasn't had its torch.

>>38338656
Anutha Shoah!

>>38338655
>>38338622
Guys this is end game. we're at 112.
So assuming we survive that long we're talking at 230 we would have the kind of clout and man power to do anything like that. With no pressing matters to attend to.

>>38338633
>>38338656
Assyrian artifacts getting destroyed by isis.
http://en.alalam.ir/news/1680239
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=48d_1424973113
>>38338681
Basically trying to keep the status quo of the internet with out it being controlled by corporations or governments.

>>38338760
Why even bother? Whats a winged bull statue ever done to anyone?

>>38338744
>230
We are only at a single gm right now anon. 230 is early as fuck unless we stop having adhd

>>38338744
We're not anywhere near endgame. It could easily take like 100 more threads to finish our current missions, and I'd be surprised if we didn't get any new missions as well

>>38338821
I feel like elven warlord and pavala are endgame level missions.

>>38338840
If Soma learned anything from his favorite Elder Scrolls game, Oblivion, then whatever we do will just scale appropriately to our capabilities.

>>38338840
>tfw we agreed to get that gem for an old gun
>tfw we now have a sack full of futuristic guns

>>38338817
>>38338821
I hope so, but Soma might end the quest earlier. At least that's what he stated, with his tendency to fail at predictions regarding time I'm cautiously optimistic.

>>38338760
Welp thats a lot of history down he drain.

>>38338760

Those monsters

>>38338876
His favorite is actually Morrowind, about Oblivion he said "no one could honestly call [TES]IV a good game".

>>38338878
Actually the old gun was shown to be similar to the future guns, and said to be better.
Hell our current gun is better than the future guns, the only problem it has is accuracy and rate of fire, but the latter can be ignored in favor of shooting spells through the gun.

>>38338880
No, he said we'll probably reach 200 threads.
If we don't die, that is.

>>38338912
>Hell our current gun is better than the future guns
Gonna need a citation on that.

>>38338912
Actually now that we're master fire vatis, I wonder how strong it'd be.

>>38338878
Maybe we could convince Sadik to give us something more interesting. He's GM earth, maybe he could teach us.

Or we could offer him a second favor in exchange for his knowledge of runes

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>>38338906
I know.

>>38338912
I kind of want to use the gun for ranged magic more often now that you mention it

>>38338930
The current gun can shoot explosions that destroy walls and shit when we channel magic through it. The future guns are normal guns.

>>38338973
Have we tried channeling magic into them?

>>38338933
Yeah, the gun seems pretty sucky, honestly we should probably just keep the gem, seems important/powerful.
>spoiler
no
>Okay then my friend, a favor for my knowledge of runes, right? Okay!
>Terribly sorry, but I don't know anything about runes.
>Now, what I want you to do is...

>>38338930
Future guns were said to be more accurate and have better rate of fire, but our current old gun does a shit load more damage.
Soma answered this on his ask page ages ago, when we first got the guns, no clue if he did the same in thread though.
>>38338932
I wonder what trying other elements will do.
>>38338965
Good luck with convincing people to use or gear properly.

>>38338986
Twice that I recall easily, once with fire against Rhynian robots in the ruins of Licae, and also with fire and poison against the bug in fulvia's system.

>>38338821
did you bother reading my post.. I said 230.
We're at 112
That is a 118 difference.
But I do agree with you 100+ threads to finish off our current mission and thats not bull shiting every chance we get.
>>38338930
We can shoot magic out of this weapon. Range not costing us anything because the rune is inscribed into the gun.
>>38338932
I fucking agree. I doubt we even need bullets anymore. We could likely just shoot magic out of the gun.And it be more accurate than it was before.
>>38338986
its not about channeling magic into them.
Its about that it was a gun made with magic in mind. Even has a rune for ranged so it costs us less vys to channel it into the gun and shoot.

>>38338996
>the gun seems pretty sucky
It was made with magic in mind thus better than all of our guns.

>>38338986
That is not how magic works, anon.

>>38339023
>>38339028
Have we considered carving some runes into the future guns?

>>38339060
If we first learn how the ones on the Rhynian Pistol are structured and composed, maybe it could be considered.

>>38339054
Isn't it? Dont we have a meta that does exactly that?

>>38339060
Maybe, but we probably would need SK help, since i can see that blowing an arm off.
We would also need to study the runes in the gun.

>>38339085
Yes, we can channel shit, but not the same way our magic pistol can, that has weapon channeling enhancer shit on it and runes to make using it easier.
I'm not even sure if channeling magic into regular guns would actually affect the bullets, might be we need to channel into the magazine/clip/bullets as well at the same time?

>>38338996
It is a more advanced version of the gun we currently have.
It is likely more powerful, and has more than just ranged inscribed into it.
Likely has beam.
possibly 2-3 more And such.

GUYS. The problem we were having before was we didn't know how to fuck around with the bullets.
Fulvia + SK's knowledge = more bullets
a factory of bullets really.
We should now have that covered. We should have SK work on that, to make more bullets and with now fire master I can only imagine the amount of damage it will dish out.

>>38339134
It is considered, now recorded, and now memory.

>>38339060
Are future guns made to handle magic?
We don't know. I would rather not try to be honest, least untill we run out of most of our bullets till we have like 4 bullets left.
We never practiced shooting which is why our shooting was shit. We need SK to make bullets. turn the - into a + and things get better.
I want to learn the shit out of the oud aswell

Can we use fire magic to make an explosion with substantial concussive force?

>>38339226
>what is Air Burst^2

>>38339202
Pff, fuck getting good at shooting. Juts enchant a machine gun to shoot lots of little fireballs and spray and pray.

>>38339202
>Are future guns made to handle magic?
They're not.
>>38339226
>explosion with substantial concussive force
You mean a blast wave? We'd need air magic for that.

>>38339226
>implying that hasn't already been suggested along with a flashbang
Face it anon, we will never become a masterful vatis.

>>38339257
air magic like lightning is inside fire magic.
>>38339256
Actually i believe all 3(4?) of our armour sets enhances strength so we could shoot it without fear of kickback.

>>38339226
I can't remember if we've actually ever used the blast effect before

>>38339313
we have, but because 3/4 of the time we aren't exploring we usually end up not using our offensive shit.
Hell we have a bag of mysteries in our cloak to sort through still(we should do that before heading out on our trip).

>>38339313
We have, but hell if I'm going to be able to find where. I know we used it right after we learned but I wouldn't technically count that.

We need to keep learning more about vys and bettering ourselves. Let's quit screwing around with politics.

>>38339417
>Learning more about vys
There is a meta for just that.

>>38339417
Mistral arms and /fit/ WHEN?

>>38339445
No, that's a meta for controlling vys.

>>38339417
don't get your panties in a bunch we are almost done here.
The trip to chrys place would take around a week to go to, and there is the college, and the side mission that soma says we won't skip.
so without the side mission, we wold be gone for almost 2 months, and its two glorious months of adventuring, and not getting bogged down by companions(faster writing).

>>38339492
Which would explain more about vys, most logically.

Soma rip

>>38339501
Two months of Zahak away from us. I'll miss the cute reverse-bastard.

>>38339501
Okay good, I was getting a bit worried. I found out about this thread two weeks ago and have been reading through the archives to catch up before making retarded votes. Don't want to see Mik abandon kicking ass for a desk job

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These are truly exciting times in which you live. If the practice of living openly with one's mistress becomes common among Vatis the logical next step would be the rights to marry and have children. “Well I can only wish you the best of luck then. Hopefully the Shah does not see fit to put a stop to such a harmless practice as living with one's beloved. It's not as if it isn't already common, Ismail simply lacks the social graces to be subtle about it. For that, we must thank him.”

Ismail scoffs. “Please, the two of you worry too much. We have lived together, both as master and slave and as lovers, for-”

He falters, grasping for a date. Seems between the alcohol and the opium he's a bit scatterbrained. Fortunately Jayashri saves him. “A year and five months. For eleven months I have been a free woman.” She states matter-of-factly. In a way, she reminds you of Chrys. Except not quite as stoic.

Ismail snaps his fingers. “Right! That's it. A year and a half now and neither this Shah nor his father did anything about it. Someone needs to stand up and tell our illustrious ruler that the systematic oppression Vatis have suffered for thousands of years must stop, and it must stop now. With out generation. Vatis play too vital a role in the government and in the running of the state. We deserve better.”

You must admit, what he says resonates with you. You never liked the fact that in order to become a Vatis you were forcd to renounce all claims to noble titles. Nor do you appreciate the fact that you're vowed to celibacy, even if it's a vow you have no intention of staying true to.

To shift the conversation out of seditious territory, you decide to ask about your friend's research. Most Vatis pursue some sort of research, although in the early years of a Vatis' career they usually make little progress. “So what has everyone been studying? Any breakthroughs to share with an old friend?”

(1/6 or 7)

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Hadia chooses now to speak up. “Actually yes, I've made good progress in inventing, or rather reinventing, a metamagic that I believe saw common use in the wars between Hiacia and Rhynia. It allows a caster to use ambient vys instead of their own vys to cast a spell, thus allowing them to theoretically cast as many spells as they wish without fear of exhausting their reserves.”

However, I've run into some problems. First off, it spells cast in this manor may harm the caster as well as the target. I learned that the hard way when I set myself on fire. Second, spells seem to be weaker than they would otherwise be if cast from one's reserves. Third, it severely limits the spells that you're able to cast. As I'm sure you all know, a Vatis must filter their vys in order to cast with it. You can't do that when casting using ambient vys. You have to rely on whatever vys is most prevalent in the area. In El-Amin, that essentially means you can only cast Water magic.”

That sounds incredibly relevant to your interest. “Have you managed to cast using ambient vys, or are you still only in the planning phases?”

She sighs. “I managed to cast a spell fueled by ambient vys. I don't think I've managed to cast a spell using ambient vys. I say that because I was attempting to heal a cut on my arm. Instead, I froze my arm solid. There is still some facet of my research missing. I'm basically trying to reverse the Hidden metamagic and it's just not quite working out right.”

(2/6 or 7)

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Ismail shrugs his shoulders. “My research is not nearly that impressive. I've been looking into large scale glass production using fire magic. I've worked out a system of pipes that I've been using to channel jets of flame which heat a variety of kilns evenly, thus allowing a single Vatis and a dozen or so slaves to produce far more glassware of far better quality than they would under usual circumstances. I plan on expanding this to other things as well. Iron smelting, coin minting, the works.”

Mohan pulls the silver bit of the hookah pipe in the center of your little circle out of his mouth. “My research has stagnated completely. I was trying to figure out if I might be able to use Earth magic to destroy someone's mind. There are documents which attest that Earth magic can be used this way but every time I've tried, I'm using birds as my test subjects, my 'grasp' on the magic just slips away. I can't act upon the minds of the birds. Now with these new construction projects, I'm just far too busy to put in the effort of researching anything.”

That actually raises a point you wanted to ask about. “Why is the Shah so interested in turning the Eastern Slums into some sort of vast fortress? It's been more than six hundred years since El-Amin was besieged. Repairing the current walls, sure. I can understand that. They're an embarrassment in their current state. Building an entirely new, even larger wall and populating it with the detritus from the gutters just seems unnecessary in my mind.”

(3)

Mohan shrugs his shoulders. “He's phrased it as some great bid for popularity. He's having us construct additional houses, streets, shops, public baths, basically everything a man could ask for in the space between the old walls and the new. He intends to flood the market with new homes, thus reducing their value to the point that slum dwellers could maybe afford them. The fact he's employing a vast number of these poor folk he intends to move into the new neighborhood will also put some money in their pocket. I don't know. I guess his heart is in the right place but the fact he wants to expand military presence in the city strikes me as worrying.”

Hadia poses a question. “So, wait, is it an actual military base or some sort of City Guard headquarters? Because if it's the Guard then I can understand, they've been understaffed for decades. They can barely monitor the Market District at all these days. If it's the military, I can only assume he plans on launching a recruitment drive. Maybe he's planning an invasion?”

Profectus actually chimes into the conversation at this point, speaking for the first time since you sat down. “I think you're all missing an important aspect here. I've met Kadir, briefly, and I can say with confidence that he's an arrogant bastard. It was common for the Imperator of the Rhynian Empire to engage in mass public works projects in the city of Rhynia upon coming to power, so he could name everything after himself. The Walls of Trajan. The Baths of Vespasian. The Hall of Apolonius. I'd bet fifteen gold El-Amin will soon play host to a Kadiran, or Kadian, or Kadirian something or other.”

Kadir does strike you as the sort of person who would move the sky above and the ground below just to put his name on something important. “I could see it. 'The Kadian Walls' even sort of has a ring to it.”

(4)

You spend some time relaxing and chatting amiably among your friends. Mostly about politics, but about anything really. You find out that Delshad's apprentice is named Sushila Mullur. She's not of any noble family, her father was a blacksmith and her mother a florist who operated a shop across the street from her father's.

Apparently some rather nasty rumors have been spreading about Delshad's relationship to his apprentice, some say he's been taking advantage of her naivety and youth for his own pleasures, but your friends discount such rumors as blatant attempts to smear his character. Apparently he killed a man in self defense, a man who happened to be connected to some rather powerful criminal organizations, and they're the ones spreading the rumors.

You also learn that the city of Marqash is going forward with its plan to resettle parts of the Pa'vala with freed slaves. Since the city freed all slaves within its jurisdiction, they've been crowding the city. The city has in turn experienced food shortages, riots, and a massive crime wive. Their plan to resolve the overcrowding is essentially to send the offenders off into the desert to die.

You choose then to ask Mohan about the Pa'vala “That reminds me, actually. I plan on making a voyage into the Pa'vala in search of a specific ancient artifact said to be near the old Imperial City of Hiacia. Do you happen to know anything about that accursed desert which might aid me, Mohan?”

He cocks his head to one side, tapping his chin contemplatively. “Hire a native guide. I saw a dozen expeditions enter the Pa'vala and only one came back. Now, three of the expeditions had native guides but apparently any expedition returning is a momentous event. There was a massive celebration in the border town I was staying in.”

(5)

“Oh, and stay away from the Palaka. I got to see a hunt in action. It was magnificent, the sight of it. It reared up above the sands, two hundred feet tall if it was an inch. To kill it they had teams climb up on its back and pry open the scales to reveal the soft flesh beneath. They put something underneath the scale and after they'd climbed off, an explosion seemed to shake the earth. A blast of wind actually knocked me off my camel as it rolled past. I'd never seen anything like the rain of blood and guts that followed in my life, but that was just to wound the beast. In order to kill it they just sat back and let it bleed out.”

Hunts are a rare event which take place on the border of the Pa'vala whenever a worm draws too close. Usually they stay well away from the border, but occasionally a large worm may slip through and when they do they wreak havoc and destruction wherever they go. Every man, woman, and child in a village will arm themselves and set out into the desert to track the worm and kill it. Some use poisons, others use traditional weapons. You've never heard of any worm being killed using a bomb.

>Excuse yourself to go chat with Derya, Rajani, and Delshad.
>Claim that it's about time you call an end to the festivities, but ask they they remain afterwards for a meeting.
>Eh, you don't really need them present at the meeting. Just the Masters.
>Write-in

>>38339882
>Eh, you don't really need them present at the meeting. Just the Masters.

>>38339882
>Excuse yourself to go chat with Derya, Rajani, and Delshad.

>>38339846
Not as cool as the Thaddean method of water filtration..

Is there a way we could redirect spells cast at us? If channeling ambient vys is possible, could we harness lighting or other forms of energies?

>>38339882
>Excuse yourself to go chat with Derya, Rajani, and Delshad, but ask they they remain afterwards for a meeting.
We have to be a good host and speak with all of our guest after all.

>>38339882
>>Excuse yourself to go chat with Derya, Rajani, and Delshad.
first, then
>>ask they they remain afterwards for a meeting.

>>38339882
>>Excuse yourself to go chat with Derya, Rajani, and Delshad.

>>38339846
>The Kadian Gate
I see you, Soma.

>>38339882
>Excuse yourself to go chat with Derya, Rajani, and Delshad.
I think I know how too make that spell work

>>38339882
>Excuse yourself to go chat with Derya, Rajani, and Delshad.

>>38339882
>Claim that it's about time you call an end to the festivities, but ask they they remain afterwards for a meeting.
>Disperse the vatis and keep only the masters for the latter part of the conversation so we can keep any sensitive information from sensitive ears.

>>38339882
>Excuse yourself to go chat with Derya, Rajani, and Delshad.
>Ask they they remain afterwards for a meeting.

>>38339882
>Excuse yourself to go chat with Derya, Rajani, and Delshad.
>Write-in
Can we mention to the girl that she should look into the AOE meta magic, since we found something similar to what she described happen there.
Also tell our friend that we know some one that could help him with making better glass.

>>38339882
>>Excuse yourself to go chat with Derya, Rajani, and Delshad.
>Ask they they remain afterwards for a meeting.

>>38339882
>Excuse yourself to go chat with Derya, Rajani, and Delshad.

Maximum social contact

>>38339882
>>Excuse yourself to go chat with Derya, Rajani, and Delshad.

>>38339980
Wait i mean the hidden Metamagic, but it could be the AOE, i forgot which one it was.

>>38339882
>Eh, you don't really need them present at the meeting. Just the Masters.

>>38339931
Doesn't manipulate do that?

>>38339783
Why not just use leech+manipulate?

>>38340022
>Wait i mean the hidden Metamagic
That was the Meta it was based on.

>>38339846
>Mohan shrugs his shoulders. “He's phrased it as some great bid for popularity. He's having us construct additional houses, streets, shops, public baths, basically everything a man could ask for in the space between the old walls and the new. He intends to flood the market with new homes, thus reducing their value to the point that slum dwellers could maybe afford them. The fact he's employing a vast number of these poor folk he intends to move into the new neighborhood will also put some money in their pocket. I don't know. I guess his heart is in the right place but the fact he wants to expand military presence in the city strikes me as worrying.

He is not a total idiot after all.

>>38339980
Hadia already mentioned the Hidden metamagic

>I'm basically trying to reverse the Hidden metamagic and it's just not quite working out right.

>>38339980
Seconded, I want to help out our fellow vatis

>>38340047
Yeah i know, its just i'm a bit fuzzy on which one we gained a clue on how to use ambient vys to cast spells.
>>38340077
I must have missed that, but i remember we got 3 clues.
One was asking us what would happened if we kept supplying a spell with vys, but i forgot which one it was from.

Fuck damn, why is it so cold? I'm wearing three layers indoors and I'm still cold.

Anyway
>Raja, Derya, Del
Writin'

>>38340037
Idk, manipulate reverses paralysis effects and poison and does telekinesis shit. Maybe if the intent is to keep a focused chunk of vys outside our body and hurl it in a different direction

>>38340134
>tfw, you will never cuddle with senpai for warmth

>>38340134
Lol, that Arkansas cold. People here aren't used to actual winter

>>38340134
Bro, what're you getting your degree in?

>>38340182
Nigga I lived in Chicago for 4 years, and Phoenix for 6 or 7 so I know what a real winter is like. I haven't ever needed to bundle up indoors. Think my windows must be really shittily insulated.

>>38340211
Mathematics (with a statistics focus) and History (with a Classics focus).

>>38340182
>>38340134
What temperature is it?

>>38340229
Present this quest to your history professor

>>38340134
can we mention some tips before parting?
Also can we ask them to stay behind for a discussion with the masters?

>>38340110
Well we still have to filter the vys. We could pull that off by creating a core with two layers around it and filtering the vys that way.

>>38340281
True, also here is hoping note/archive anon remember to put the clues in different sections.
We got 3 of them in rapid succession.

>>38339882
>“Oh, and stay away from the Palaka.'
Yeah, sure. As if there is any chance we will not be forced to deal with one.

>>38340332
I wonder if we can climb on top of it, and put that bomb SK was making under its scales.
I wonder if Ricky could eat the worm for us, and just leave the scales.
It would hopefully make him happy, and make us rich since the scales are worth a lot.(also might have gear in its stomach).

>palka scales degrade really fast
>palka probably have huge vys store
Ten bucks says we just gotta pump vys into it and cast perma to keep them around.

>>38340407
You know what I was thinking? That we should make an armor with Palaka scales reinforced with Elaudian steel.

>>38340332
How high do you think we'd have to roll to ride it? It can't be that much different from getting a horse to let you ride it.

>>38340526
We're bat shit insane. With a good enough roll we MIGHT be able to tell mik how it's done, he could make the hooks on the fly with magic too

>>38340407
Except the art of preserving scales was lost with the fall of hiccia
>>38340507
Maybe, but I sincerly doubt it's that easy.

>>38340526
I would suggest vys+manipulate, but that would probably take alot of vys.
We could always ask Mortia to seal ones soul in a bead, but i dn't know if she can.
It would be tremendous help though.
>>38340507
Thats a whole lot of scales, but i can see it being a good idea to do.
We should see if the second sword can store vys as well.
>>38340512
We first have to learn how to make armour from our fellow crazy friend in the college.