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>Who are we?
Maka, an exiled noble Exalted as a Zenith-caste Solar. Queen of Gem, now ruling the western island of Tianna. You have gathered a lot of allies and friends, and have a powerful Manse under construction.
But Tianna is actually an artificial island, built around a First Age Titan: an almighty flying fortress built in an ancient, forgotten age, and although this is kept secret, two Deathlords are seeking to obtain it.
The Tyrant of the Doomsday Machine, ghost of your past incarnation, seeked it as a weapon to cut her ties to the Neverborn. But you have persuaded her to try and seek redemption in the eyes of the Sun in other ways, and count her as an unlikely ally.
But now the Silver Prince is coming, to punish her and claim the Titan for himself in the name of Oblivion. And this looks like a battle you won't be able to talk your way out of...

>Solar? Zenith? I don't know Exalted...
This quest is as newbie-friendly as possible, and I want it to work as a newbie's intro to Exalted. If you have ANY question, ask in thread. For the setting, google "1d4chan exalted".

>Archive?
http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive.html?tags=Solar%20Quest

>System?
Dicepool-like system. When performing an action, everyone rolls 1d10 when posting. the first X rolls are considered, where X is equal to attribute + ability. Yes, this means that the more people are posting, the stronger Maka is, up to a limit of her attribute + ability.

>XP?
Attributes cost [current score x5] xp. Abilities cost [current score x3] xp, except Zenith costing [(current score x3) -1]. Charms cost 10 xp, except for Zenith-based charms (related to charisma and physical/mental fortitude) which cost 8 xp. At the end of every "session" (thread) you will be presented with a list of possible acquisitions.

>Twitter?
@exaltedfag

>Any questions?
http://ask.fm/Exaltedfag

>>38578556
>Explain her everything clearly.
He did it for you Mils.

Hey EF, nice to see you.

(...also, yeah, you have 6 XP. Sorry, couldn't update the character sheets.)

Rolled 2 (1d10)

>>38578556
>> Explain her everything clearly.

I kissed him and he became a superhero!

>>38578556
> Explain her everything clearly.

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>>38578556
> Explain her everything clearly.

>>38578592
Let's use Talking to the Heart if that'll help too.

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>>38578556
AW

SHIT

NIGGA

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>>38578776
Messed up my dice again.

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>>38578556
>> Explain her everything clearly.
CLARITY AND GRACE

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>>38578689 here, I'll second >>38578776

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"...WHAT DID YOU DOOOO."

"calm down, Millian!" Is a little mortal girl about half your height really putting you on the ropes?

Maybe it's true when they say that a woman's tears are the most powerful weapon in Creation.

You DO feel a bit guilty yo even use a Charm on this, but... you're doing this with the best of intentions and just to make things clear. You don't want to risk making them WORSE, and poor Millian seems already stressed-out enough.

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

"Millian, calm down. I was using a Charm to Awaken Regis' Essence."

"You... WHAT?" She falls down on the floor, sitting up.

You sigh, and sit down on the bed, trying to look nonthreatening.

"...I can give this gift, to just a few people at a time. It's a blessing from the Unconquered Sun. It gives mortal a fraction of an Exalted's power. The ability to channel Essence, to wield artifacts, to use Charms and magic."

She slowly stands back up on her own, her eyes locked on Regis' forehead as the symbol vanishes.

"...You can DO that?" You see she has trouble standing upright from the revelation, or maybe all the things happening at once and the emotional turmoil she's in.

"...Yes. It's a bit overwhelming, so it knocked him out."

Nothing suspicious here, honestly.

She inches closer, drawn by Regis' sleeping face. "...Let me guess."

"Oh?"

"...He persuaded you with some stereotypical macho line like that he wants to protect me no matter what happens to him."

"...Well, actually, I've made the proposal to him, but yeah, he did say that line more or less." You giggle.

"...It's not fair." Again that phrase. She lifts her head, eyes red from crying. "...Miss Maka, I..." She looks like she's gathering her courage...

>Let her finish.
>Interrupt her with a "yes"
>Interrupt her with a "no"
>(Other?)

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>>38579013
>Let her finish.

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>>38579013
>>Let her finish.

>>38579013
>Interrupt her with a "yes"

>>38579013
>(Other?)
Gently lay her down next to Regis and let her lie there, but don't interrupt her.

>>38579083
We don't eve know what she is saying, so don't go and be rude and interrupt her and agree to whatever it might be without knowing it.

>>38579013
>Let her finish.

>>38579111
But that's the fun.

>>38579013
>Let her finish.
We were thinking about offering it to her, but we need to make it clear what this will mean.

If we do this it'll mean going out to battle with us and being expected to fight at our side against the worst Creation had to throw at us.

>>38579122
No that's not fun, thats being stupid, Maka might not have a lot of Wis or Int, but she's not retarded like you are just randomly pushing red buttons.

>>38579135
Don't be so mad, anon.

>>38579147
Don't be so retarded and there won't be reason for others to get mad with you.

>>38579157
Stop shitposting.

Rolled 9 (1d10)

>>38579013
>"calm down, Millian!" Is a little mortal girl about half your height really putting you on the ropes?
Note to self, crying is effective. I wonder if crying in front of Tia will send her into Limit Break.

>Let her finish.
Like anon said, make it clear what we'll expect of her if she really wants this.

>>38579180
You're the one who is shitposting, going for the stupid options to stir shit because its fun.

Rolled 17 (1d20)

>>38579013
>"Let her finish"

>>38579214
wrong dice anon

It takes a while for her to put together her sentence.

"...That idiot."

Well. That was simple.

"Lady Maka! I... I have a request."

You shift your weight and make yourself comfortable, waiting.

"I'll never ask anything else from you. I realize I'm already... I've already been so lucky. I've already had so much. But... Will you let me be even more selfish? One last request?"

You nod.

"I swear I'll never ask anything from you again. But... I don't want Regis to leave me behind like this. If he will fight for you... I want to do that too. I want to be to his side." She gestures at the cart full of clothes. "...I want to be able to do more than this."

"Even with this blessing, you're never going to be a match for an Exalted." You warn her.

"...I guess so." She mumbles. "But... I... I don't really have a reason for asking this, I guess. I... I just want to be able to be at Regis' side from now on. I don't want to be just... some kind of damsel in distress."

"...Well, up to yesterday the damsel in distress was Regis, actually." You smile.

You actually manage to get a smile out of her, and lighten the mood.

>Grant her the Kiss of the Sun
>Try and talk her out of this
>Tell her you'll give her the blessing only if Regis agrees, and wait for him to wake up
>Tell her that you'll think about it.
>(Other?)

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>>38579251
>Grant her the Kiss of the Sun
>Let's finish your training before, however.
>Initiate TWTT montage

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>>38579251
>>Grant her the Kiss of the Sun

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>>38579251
>Grant her the Kiss of the Sun

don't let Tia teach her sex charms, Regis will never be the same

>>38579251
Kiss the maid

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>>38579251
Hey EF, any chance we could get an estimate on how long it would take to Train up Milly?

I'm all for doing it, I'm just trying to think if it would be better to hold off until we do train her or do it now and let her get used to having Essence.

Rolled 6 (1d10)

>>38579251

>(Other?)
We need to make sure that she's serious about this. We should give her a task to prove it, like doing some training in her spare time.

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>>38579330
She just asked for it and we always knew she would want it to be with regis. Stop delaying it, that's not moving the quest.

>>38579305

Millian right now is:
Physical 1, Social 2, Mental 2
Dawn 1, Zenith 1, Twilight 2, Night 2, Eclipse 1

From the way she is now up to the maximum stats you can give her right now (up to 3/2/2 - 3/3/2/2/1), it would take 6 days.

Once you Awaken her Essence her cap goes up to 4, but you have 4 or more only in Zenith, which makes the new max 3/2/2 - 3/4/2/2/1. Seven days of training, 4 hours a day.

Incidentally, Regis is 3/1/2 - 2/1/1/2/1 right now.

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>>38579330
>We need to make sure that she's serious about this.
What the fuck are you smoking....

Did you even read what she just said?

>>38579364
Millian is as trained as Regis? Surprisingly satisfying

>>38579398
She isn't.
She can be, however.

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>>38579364
To get both Milly and Regis up to at least Phys 3/Dawn 3 we need 5 days total, that leaves us with 2 extra days to put into some Zenith into them.

And that's just what we can give them, I think EF said they'll gain stats like we did when we first Exalted so we can have them focus on stuff too

>>38579409
Oh, right, I miscounted

While training, we should probably also save up xp for dawn or physical upgrades.

That way we get the full benefit of awakened essence minions + get better in fighting ourselves.

"...Come here." You gesture to her, with a smile.

She approaches, cautiously, and you make her sit on your lap.

"...Wh... what do I need to do?" She asks, clearly feeling tense. Understandably so.

"Nothing." You whisper. "Just leave it to me."

"Um!" She interrupts you, "I... I promise... you won't regret... this... I'll make you proud."

"You don't need to. You already have." You brush her hair up, clearing the forehead, and kiss her on it.

The room is flooded with light as your Essence flows inside her soul and empower it.

She goes suddenly limp, and, like what happened with Regis, goes out cold, knocked unconscious by the shock.

You lay her delicately on the bed, next to Regis, side by side, and take a step back.

These two are so cute together.

You hope you did the right thing. You hope you made them safer, rather than put them even more in danger.

Right now, though, there isn't anything you can do. You have the feeling they'll be out for a while.

>Grab a seat, wait for them to regain their senses.
>Leave them here, go and look for Tia.
>Leave the room, check the cart full of clothes.
>Go and see if Amata is back on her feet.
>Go and explore the Titan some more like you decided.
>Talk to Samiel.
>Talk to Irene.
>Talk to Valeriana.
>Talk to Zaan.
>Talk to Talon.
>Talk to Pyre Spark.
>Talk to Dancing Smoke.
>Talk to Mikahil, Five Tails and Denzik.
>Head to sea, meet Ocean Father.
>Meet your three captains.
>Look for Speaker.
>Head to Pearl.
>You need to spend some time alone.
>(Other?)

>>38579251
>Grant her the Tongue of the Sun

Rolled 8 (1d10)

>>38579523
>>Leave the room, check the cart full of clothes.
Put them all in our stash before we go, make changing clothes for the next Week go easier

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>>38579523
>(Other?)
Leave a note for them explaining things.

>Leave the room, check the cart full of clothes.
then
>Talk to Pyre Spark.

>>38579523
>Stay but check the cart full of clothes.

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>>38579523
>Look for Speaker.
>Head to Pearl.

I would say look for Tia but I'm reasonably certain she's gonna tackle-hump us on the way out.

Besides we gotta start getting people motivated for some quality MANUAL LABOR if this insane plan is going to work.

>>38579523
>Grab a seat, wait for them to regain their sensesthey are such a cuties

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>>38579523
>>Leave the room, check the cart full of clothes.
>Talk to Pyre Spark.
Call Pyre Spark, we need to get her to start making plans for the Cult to head to Pearl.

This week is going to be tough.

>>38579523
>Leave the room, check the cart full of clothes

it's like a shopping spree, but free! (pun intended)

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>>38579588
we've got a bunch of people to talk to here before we can leave for Pearl yet, we need to get shit organised before going there

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>>38579588
Let's wait for Regis and Millian to wake up first, we want to take them with us so we can Tiger Train wherever we go

>>38579605
>Pyre Spark
I wonder how hard she molested Karas.

>>38579523
>Leave, Talk to Pyre Spark

>Regis and Millian will now wake up and find themselves in bed next to each other.
>Leave a note telling them to "continue to develop their unity of purpose" with oneanother, so we can train them together.

Rolled 6 (1d10)

>>38579610
We can meet them at Pearl anon. The planning stages don't really require us since we don't have the sorcerous, technological, thaumaturgical, or economical savvy that our peers do.

What we CAN do is get cracking on motivating people and getting all the laborers committed to the task.

>>38579644
I wish we'd have time to Tiger Train anon, but I think spending 4 hours a day training Millian or Regis instead of hauling supplies or rallying flagging workers is a bad idea considering the level of threat heading our way.

>>38579691
Then it's not Pearl Maka should go to, but Freeport or stay in Tianna recruiting people.

Rolled 2 (1d10)

>>38579691
>The planning stages don't really require us
Yeah it does, you know, getting our fleet organised, dealing with our cult, our agents and DB, all those which are not in Pearl? How are we meant to organise them when we're in Pearl and have no means of communicating with them?

don't be daft anon.

Rolled 2 (1d10)

>>38579728
We have a lot of laborers already at Pearl doing foundation excavation according to Valeriana's plan.

I do agree with your thought to stay in Tianna for a short time to pep talk the people and maybe get some (all) of them to prepare to work their asses off. But we shouldn't spend too much time socializing when we don't need to.

Now is the time for elbow grease.

You walk out of the room, pulling the cart full of piles and piles of clothes behind you, and close the door behind you with a half-smile.

Tia is nowhere to be seen. You wonder where she ended up.

You start going through the clothes. They're... a lot. Where did all these things come from?

You recognize some that must come from Amata's old wardrobe, adjusted for your sizes. But some are completely new. Some of these clothes are so bizarre and elaborate that it takes you a while to figure out how to wear them.

After a moment, you begin to notice the marks of Valeriana's handiwork. She must have made some more clothes while you were away, probably in her spare time. She seemed to enjoy doing that.

And you've seen her turn fabric and raw materials into a finished, extremely elaborate dress at incredible speeds.

You instinctively know that your powers let you "store" Elsewhere twenty-five sets of clothing. Now you only have to pick what to keep ready in your Charm and what to leave in a more conventional closet or chest in your room.

http://imgur.com/a/Qm11Q

(There are (or should be) 111 images. Vote by saying the consecutive number of the images you want to vote for. First image is "1", second is "2" and so on. You can express howevermany votes you want, as long as they're meaningful (so no voting for "all of them", that's retarded). But if there's like some clothes you don't like but are fine with most you CAN vote for "everything except ## and ## and ##" or things like that. Of course, you can't vote twice for the same dress. The 25 clothes with the most votes get picked. If there's a tie, I'll decide.)

(I'll continue with the quest after a bit, but this vote will be open for the entire thread. Just quote this post so I can track your votes throughout the day.)

Rolled 6 (1d10)

>>38579691
>What we CAN do is get cracking on motivating people and getting all the laborers committed to the task.
Which is what we're doing, here, where they all are... Those laborers are already at Pearl, but Those Exalted we need to work with? They are not, neither are our mortal forces.

Rolled 10 (1d10)

>>38579761
I meant the planning for this crazy ass plan to throw up the manse in a week.

Besides considering how this is going to be the focus of our efforts for the next few sessions I'd be willing to bet that everyone we'll need to talk to about stuff like that will be at Pearl themselves.

Rolled 3 (1d10)

What do you guys think about going to Father ocean and seeing if he can't slow down the Fleet a bit for us?

Also, a warning for the future: don't freak out of later in the quest you see one of the pictures in that gallery being used for a NPC or something. There are only so many cool pictures in my image folder, and I might recycle those that don't get voted for eventually)

>>38579841
>http://imgur.com/a/Qm11Q
There are 111 image sin there and we can only store 25 of them. It's cool.

Rolled 5 (1d10)

>>38579835

Father Ocean would probably slow them way down, which would be nice to buy maybe an extra day or two of time to get more done. But why slow when we can destroy?

Who's the god of Hurricanes? Lets talk to him/her.

Or maybe that Shark goddess with the megalodons.

Or the god/dess of Maelstroms.

Catch a chunk of that fleet in an exalted scale Charybdis and we can potentially drastically reduce the numbers of incoming enemies.

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>>38579775

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>>38579918
Father Ocean probably has some good tricks up his sleeve, mile high tsunamis, sudden whirlpools, high speed water spouts, but I suggested him because we've met him before and he's invited us to talk to him again once we got back to Tianna.

I mean he said when things calmed down, but I think asking him for another favor in exchange for something from us is worth it.

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>>38579944
Well hey, why do we have to choose between the two? Let's hedge our bets and shoot for both.

Are we going to evacuate Freeport? According to Tyrant, the standard Abysial MO is to send detached forces to harvest nearby undefended populations.

We might want to assign some people to ship the remainder of the Freeport population at least to Pearl, where they have a chance of being defended.

>>38579775
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>>38579976
We absolutely are.

We should probably have anyone that can help go to Pearl and send the sick/elderly/children to Tianna,everyone that goes to Pearl should be expected to lend a hand and not cause trouble.

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>>38579775
Can't really make a good list from my phone, but I like the more dress-like ones, not so much the eastern-styled things. Definitely Rei's stuff, we should take Tyrants too since she liked it enough to give it to us.

I'll try and make an actual proper list when I get to a better computer.

Rolled 7 (1d10)

>>38580011
We should keep everyone we can get together around Pearl. If only so we can focus our forces instead of having to leave a garrison in Tianna to protect a lot of infirm people.

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>>38580082
We're going to have a forces in Tianna no matter what we do, we aren't going to leave it defenseless.

>>38579775
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Geez, too many. I lost count too many times for my taste.

Rolled 3 (1d10)

>>38579775
13,17,23,50,76

Beyond those I don't care

>>38579775
7, 13, 26, 36, Rei's Stuff, Tyrant Dress, 49, 50, 53, 56.

These ware what I really want, the rest is all equally good.

>>38579918
If Father Ocean was scared of a single ship the Lintha had, why do you think he would go against an abyssal fleet?

Rolled 5 (1d10)

>>38579775
2, 9, 23, 26, 36, 40, 45, 46, 53, 55, 58, 66, 71, 74, 77, 82, 83, 93, 94, 98, 105, 108, 109

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>>38580204
I don't remember him being scared, we didn't even talk to him until after we had taken down the Lintha.

>>38580011
We need to make this clear. In the last few threads we haven't said much about evacuating Freeport, and I don't think EF's posts ever mentioned it during the strategy meetings.

Well, since the quest is paused for now, might as well post this. Have a summary of the last thread: http://imgur.com/cvQdbie

Art by toorops, our resident quest drawfag.

>>38580216
There is a reason why he didn't oppose the Lintha, it was even mentioned he couldn't or wouldn't act against them because of their ship.

(You can keep voting, I'll tally them at the end of the thread)

One by one, you wear the clothes on the cart that strike your fancy the most, or that seem fitting for this or that occasion, and with a though make them disappear off you one after another.

The scene does weird out some of the servants, maids and soldiers walking around the castle's corridors, but by now most of the people in Tianna have gotten used to this sort of events.

You have to hand it to Valeriana, she's gotten amazing at this. The ones Millian adjusted are sometimes a bit tight here and there or with some minor problem or issue, but everything she made are almost like a second skin, even the ones that you'd think should be amazingly uncomfortable, or that seem to defy the laws of physics in some way.

Once you're done and picked one of your favorite to wear, you try moving around in it a bit, slip your boots and gauntlets back on, and feel ready for business.

Regis and Millian will take a while more to wake up. And it might be better to leave them alone You quietly tie a red ribbon (taken from a dress you discarded) to the door handle, a sign for "do not disturb" in Tianna, and think on your next step.

>Look for Tia.
>Go and see if Amata is back on her feet.
>Go and explore the Titan some more like you decided.
>Talk to Samiel.
>Talk to Irene.
>Talk to Valeriana.
>Talk to Zaan.
>Talk to Talon.
>Talk to Pyre Spark.
>Talk to Dancing Smoke.
>Talk to Mikahil, Five Tails and Denzik.
>Head to sea, meet Ocean Father.
>Meet your three captains.
>Look for Speaker.
>Head to Pearl.
>Head to Freeport.
>You need to spend some time alone.
>(Other?)

(For reference, nearly all the Exalted part of your plan are in Tianna for now, planning on heading to Pearl tomorrow or later as soon as they're done with their business here.)
(If you need a reminder of what everyone is doing, just ask)

Rolled 3 (1d10)

>>38580282
>>Talk to Pyre Spark.
Did we have any plans for her?

If not we need to go see her and tell her to gather the Cult and get ready to ship out for Pearl.

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>>38580282
>Talk to Pyre Spark.
>Head to sea, meet Ocean Father.
>Meet your three captains.

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>>38580270
Noice
>>38580282
>Head to sea, meet Ocean Father.
>Meet your three captains.

>>38580270
That's amazing.

Rolled 1 (1d10)

>>38580282

>Talk to Pyre Spark.
We need to do Cult stuff and awaken Pyre's essence. we also need to give her a chance to drool over our socal 5 body

We also need to pencil a meeting with silk sometime so she can make hobgoblins and stuff.

Rolled 8 (1d10)

>>38580319
Hey EF, quick reminder, what did Ocean Father say about the Litnha ship?

>>38580282

>Talk to Pyre Spark
Sort out cult stuff, ask about use of undead warding ability, awaken essence
>Talk to Dancing Smoke
Get her permission to fix her brain, so she won't be so surprised/upset with us when her memories return

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>>38580282
>>Talk to Pyre Spark.
Glorious priestess fangrill

>>38580327
Not EF, but the thing with the Litnha flagship was that it could dump toxic waste into the sea around it, essentially they were using that to limit the Ocean Farther's influence on the sea around the ships and to some extent "hold the sea hostage".

Rolled 3 (1d10)

>>38580282
>Talk to Pyre Spark.
>Talk to Mikahil, Five Tails and Denzik.

>>38580327
Not much. You talked to him after taking care of the Lintha, and didn't touch on the subject.

But yes, gods in general are quite blackmailable if you have the power to damage their stuff. The Lintha could. The Deathlord? You don't know, but... you know, getting in the way of a Deathlord's fleet is like cutting off in traffic a guy whose car is built out of the bones of his former enemies.

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I'll have to AFK now, unfortunately. It might be a while until I'm back.
Votes for the clothes will stay open for the entire thread, so pick your favourites and take your time.

>>38580384
So basically we need to either bribe him big time or bribe him and tell him not to worry about possible retaliation from the Deathlord, like because we're going to kill him.

5, 6, 13, 16, 26, 28, 29, 31, 35, 38, 42, 47, 49, 50, 53, 54, 56, 58, 65, 68, 71, 73, 76, 84, 95, 99.

Fuck, more than 25. Ah, well.

>clothes catalog
Muh dick. Too much cheesecake.

>>38580282
>Talk to Pyre Spark.

>>38580426
>5, 6
Oops, got those wrong. It's 6 and 7

>>38579775
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>>38580384
>You don't know, but... you know, getting in the way of a Deathlord's fleet is like cutting off in traffic a guy whose car is built out of the bones of his former enemies.
What can we offer ocean Father that'll convince him to help us?

Something tells me an IOU won't be enough in this case.

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>>38580282
>Talk to Pyre Spark.

>>38580663
Going through it again, that 86 is supposed to be 87

Rolled 8 (1d10)

>>38580282

>Talk to Pyre Spark

Rolled 10 (1d10)

Oh shoot, forgot my dice

>>38579775
6, 10, 13, 17, 25, 28, 31, 35, 40, 47, 48, 49, 53, 55, 57, 63, 65, 66, 68, 76, 79, 81, 82, 108, 111

>>38580282
>Talk to Pyre Spark.

>>38580660
Well, either way he invited us to visit his temple in Tianna to chat with us.

So clearly he wants *something*

>>38580282
>Talk to Pyre Spark.

Rolled 8 (1d10)

>>38580813
I sincerely hope so, it'll give us something to bargain with.

>>38580282
>Head to sea, meet Ocean Father.

I'm sure we can convince him to help out. The Lintha were bad, but Deathlords are awful, and we do have an okay plan for defending Tianna. I'm sure he won't want to see the place become a Shadowland.

Actually, why is the Silver Prince attacking us? He does have thirty First Age warships, some deathknights, an unknown number of warstriders and hundreds of elite troops, but Tianna is an incredibly hard target, with First Age defences and almost a dozen assorted Exalted around the island.

Maybe he feels that he needs to attack now, before our position becomes completely unassailable? Does it just come down to that?

Rolled 9 (1d10)

>>38580974
Originally he was sent to take down Tyrant for rebelling against the Neverborn, but he also knows about the Titan exist somewhere on Tianna so he's using this chance to go after both the Tyrant and the Titan.

>>38580974
Tyrant turned against the Neverborn, he is a loyal lapdog.

Also, the Titan.

>>38580988
>>38581006
Seems like a really risky move, to engage all the Exalted here at once at our strongest point. It can't be his entire plan.

Maybe he intends to cause a distraction on one side of the island so he can murder us piecemeal, or something. Actually, why are we defending Pearl, again?

>>38581025
Because it's an important place. And once completed, it will double as a fortress.

>>38581035
Alright, makes sense.

>>38581035
A fortress plus a beacon of light which will hurt his army and make his exalted uncomfortable simply by existing.

>>38581082
>>38581035
What's the design for Pearl again? I forgot.

Rolled 3 (1d10)

To be honest I don't 100% trust the tyrant. She could be waiting for us to get tired fighting the silver prince before stabbing us in the back

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That's 21 choices. My vote is for the remaining 4 to remain open 'as needed,' and/or be filled with less pretty, more utilitarian outfits - like robes with a large hood and veil for a commoner disguise, for example, since we'll need very concealing, loose clothes if we're ever to go anywhere and not stand out for our staggering beauty, or specific uniforms like formal religious/queenly vestments as appropriate to the religion/nation we end up formally in charge of.

That, and if we always keep one slot open, we can always disappear anything we're currently wearing, to go from, for example, manacled and clad in rags, to nude and free.

Does that make sense to you guys? To spend less than 20% of our storage capacity on utility rather than fashion?

Rolled 3 (1d10)

>>38581093
The city as a whole is designed to be a temple city to UCS, but the actual manse proper is going to be a huge tower/lighthouse/cathedral thing.

It's going to be cool

>>38581105
can't we insure against that with some eclipse oaths?

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>>38581108
Yeah, I like the idea of keeping some capacity free and putting a few useful rather than fashionable outfits in there. That notion has my vote.

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>>38581108
Yeah I don't mind keeping some slots open.

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>>38581108
Disguise is Larceny (Night) + Manipulation (Social), right? Yeah, I'd be down for keeping a few situational disguises in our lineup. It might be a good idea to put a masquerade gown and mask in there, for example, in case we need to change up suddenly during a social event.

Hell, I'd be down for picking up a disguise charm, too, once the current threat of the Silver Prince is passed.

We REALLY shouldn't be picking up non-combat anythings starting now, and finishing with that situation being resolved one way or another. The army-fighting charm would be a good next purchase.

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>>38580282
>Talk to Pyre Spark

>>38579775
Goddamnit, I can't open the album on my phone, not enough badnwith.
I don't suppose someone would be willing to make a catalog pic of it, would they?

>>38581144
>Giraffes.jpg

Sorry, on my phone. Just a post to reassure you all that i am reading, i have not abandoned you and that i like the current discussions going on! Sorry again for being AFK so long.

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>>38581144
I'm all for picking up more combat/war charms, but I want to hold off on buying the mass combat attack on until we know more about what kidn of units the Silver Princes has, if he has mostly undead stuff like Tyrant did we can get rid of those with Banish the Darkness. If it turns out he has a variety of troops then yes, I'm all for that charm.

>>38581108
I disagee completely. With this charm, Maka won't ever need new clothes again, unless they are forced on her.

Rolled 10 (1d10)

>>38581185
I'd advocate getting it immediately. Considering the fact that these transports have, apparently, a very limited supply of troop capacity, we were advised that they would likely be carrying elite troops, rather than mooks. Exploding an army of undead minions is all well and good, but I don't expect to be getting that, especially since even the goddamn Tyrant is worried about what's coming.

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>>38581189
And I disagree with your disagreement. Uniforms, disguises, situational outfits, and more. Keeping 4 slots open for utilitarian affairs is only a cost of 16% of our total capacity, and I think it's an investment worth making, because cool outfits aside, there might totally be times when we want to have other things on hand.

She MIGHT need new clothes ever again, forcedness totally aside.

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>>38581204
Granted, the Tyrant was worried, but I suspect that having what amounts to something approaching a perfect circle standing ready to take on this bullshit... I dunno. There's much less doom & gloom than there'd otherwise be IMO.

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>>38581225
The Tyrant has a pet perfect circle and was worried. We only have three of our own Solars on hand. We should be much more worried. Assuming we'll in any way be able to solve this situation with our 'bye bye undead' charm is silly. This is going to be an insanely serious fight, and we're probably going to lose exalts to it.

Rolled 5 (1d10)

>>38581204
It depends on what classifies as an extra. Anything without a name? With one health? ones that are part of a group?

I'd kinda like EF to clear that up if he can.

>>38581237
No, the Tyrant had a Circle of Abyssals.

A *Perfect* Circle is a full circle of Solars, plus their Lunar mates, plus their Dragonblooded backup.

We're missing a Night caste, but we've to a n almost-full complement of lunars, and some fairly strong Dragonblooded.

This is on top of the Tyrant's Abyssal Circle.

>>38579775
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>>38581277
>We're missing a Night caste
And our Dawn.

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>>38581291
I hope Amata remembers to send that message.

>>38581291
True enough, but he may well return in time for the throwdown, as opposed to us not really having a Night in the first place.

And hey, maybe he'll get obnoxiously lucky and come back with his Lunar Mate. Maybe.

>>38581253
EF from an session 3 thread:
>"Heroic Mortals" is more of a narrative idea of someone being badass enough to have a face of a name.
>There isn't really a way to "become" one: if you are important enough to the plot to have a name and a face, instead of being a faceless member of a crowd, you're automatically "heroic". (this is not really canon, but it's how I run it.)
>Heroic Mortals have 3 HP, a face, a personality, and actual stats. They are able to learn their own magics, less powerful than what the Exalted can do, but still useful and meaningful.

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>>38581351
Fuck, let me try again.
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Tallying this clothes vote is going to be a nightmare.

>>38581525
I'm already doing it. Gonna post it when EF calls the vote for it, so probably at the end of the thread.

It would be hot if one of Maka's outfits was just her skin completly covered with a layer of gold

Shall we try to capture one of their ships and a warstryder? Or only a ship?

Rolled 4 (1d10)

>>38581689
Well Irene already asked us for a ship, so we'll take at least one of those and hope it comes with goodies.

Hopefully we can loot other stuff from people we take down, but it'll stuck if there are no actual Warstriders and Silver Prince has nothing but Bonestriders or something.

>>38581568
Interesting from a scientific standpoint, if nothing else. When is something considered clothing, and when is it considered really ineffective armour?

Charms come from the soul, so it's probably dependent on Maka's perception. In any case, we could easily do this by jumping into a vat of molten gold and using Hardship-Surviving Spirit to not die. We're strong enough to be able to move normally while wearing an unjointed sheet of solid gold, probably.

Rolled 3 (1d10)

>>38581745
We're not that strong.

That's stupid.

Just have Val make a form-fitting bodysuit out of micro-fine gold mesh.

Rolled 1 (1d10)

>>38581745
Or it could be just gold body paint as opposed to actual gold.

>>38581745

Dude, sheets of gold can be thiner than paper. A normal person could move with it covering their skin (even if it would be damaged by moving too much)

>>38581745
That would be a terrible experiment and a waste of essence, not to mention it would horrible because as flexible as gold is, it still is a metal and bended metals are ugly.

>>38581745
Go away hexer.

>>38581781
We're a Solar. Why settle for the easy and reasonable answer when we can it do the showy, pressive and impossible way?

>>38579775
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>>38581808

Because we're like Gilgamesh, not the Joker.

Is it too late to suggest that Maka's brother was in fact sent by the second Deathlord to remove Maka from the city's defense, and has vanished to report to his master rather than find his lunar mate?

>>38581817
Fuck, another vote to tally.

Rolled 7 (1d10)

>>38581881
That's a perfectly reasonable suggestion.

But probably wrong.

He's a Dawn; the Silver Prince wouldn't have sent someone like that for something like that.

>>38581881
Yes, very late. Also terrible theory, there is no basis for it other than him not heing in the city.

>>38581873
>Gilgamesh.
>Mr. Imma insult the gods, kill that humongous bull they send after me by wrestling it to the ground and then go hunt the Guardian of the Cedar mountain using impossibly heavy weapons.
>Not Unreasonably flashy and impressive.

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>>38581808

We still got a century or so before we shed our sanity and start going FIRST AGE!

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>>38580270
Nice, XP or something for yourself?

>>38581894
>>38581925
Well, he did Exalt in the Silver Prince's slave pits, right?

There certainly could have been a deal forged or something. "Convince your sister to take back Gem and leave the island for her own good" or other manipulation. He couldn't have just pulled that boat out of thin air, right?

I'll admit that my exalted knowledge sucks, but is it beyond possibility that Karas could have been turned or otherwise manipulated as a newly exalted solar by an older and more powerful Death guy? I can't imagine a new solar would go unnoticed, especially if solars are the source of these folks.

>>38581881

I had some doubt at the start, but now the only thing like that I could see as possible would be if someone tempered with his mind.

Did we made him have a full mind scan like we said we should ? I remember there was talk about it because there was something he was hiding in his story

Rolled 8 (1d10)

>>38582005
It's not impossible that he got brainwashed or something after he Exalted, but a Deathlord can't give anyone a Solar shard, they only can work with Abyssal ones.

If you guys are really worried about his loyalty then getting Sun King Radiance will force him to use our MDV score to determine whether he betrays us.

>>38581689
Preemptive strike time
>Turn Tia into a giant fish or some such, have her pull Maka and other Exalted under water toward enemy fleet
>Ask Father Ocean or the local Water Spirits to identify which ships are riding lower in the water (ie the ones weighed down by carrying warstriders rather than just soldiers)
>Maka uses "banish the darkness", majority of enemy ship crews spontaneously evaporate
>Under cover of night+ensuing chaos from sudden crew annihilation, Exalted board relevant ships, kill enemy heroic mortals, steal ships carrying warstriders
>Take Warstriders back to Pearl, tell Regis and Millian we have new armour for them to try on.

>>38581959
Full First Age is a function of millenia.

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So what do you guys think of Blessing Pyre?
Yes or No?

>>38582126
Maybe. That would help her administer the cult, yeah?

>>38582126
Yes. She's the best Tiger Warrior we have, and if we get the Twilight Training charm we're probably going to be training her in that too.

>>38582126
Yes.
She's currently at max mortal physical + dawn due to tiger training, and since she's head of our cult it'll probably do us alot of good if in the longer term if we are able to pump her Zenith to 4.

Rolled 1 (1d10)

>>38582153
There's a few advantages to blessing her
>fully trained Tiger Warrior
>Head Priestess of the Sun Cult
>immensely loyal
I bet if we blessed her and had her focus on increasing the Cult while we wait we could bump our rating up by one or two depending on if what milly said about everyone lovign us is true or not.

>>38582126

Yes.

Among other things, I'm curious of what her anti-undead wards would do with the boost the Blessing will give her.

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>>38582153
>Maka and Pyre with Zenith 5/4
>Both dancing naked together in prayer to the sun
Shit, they won't even need charms to convert people to the cult

We really need to get our Dawn and/or Physical up to 4 to get benefits from all these essence awakenings we are doing. Cost should be 15 for physical, 9 for dawn.

Rolled 8 (1d10)

>>38582210
We do want to do these soon-ish, but right now I really want to focus on combat charms, for now getting all our Blessed up to Phys/Dawn 3 will have to do.

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>>38579775
Just some that caught my eye, don't care what fills up the rest of the slots
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We need a good name for our enlightened mortals.

>>38582369
Sun kissed

Question: I think Maka's way of fighting was once referred as more "brutal brawling" than "martial art". Is she a trained fighter who just prefer to fight without frills, or does she simply rely on her enhanced physical attributes and fight instinctively ?

>>38582235
Which combat charms?
Bear in mind that to effectively use the ones we already have in a battle will already drain us from max essence to zero very quickly, so if we went down that road we'd better stick to permanent only charms.
ie Solar Hero + Armoured in Righteousness + Two shots of Tex-Ox + Heroism Encouraging Presence (for the minions).

Rolled 2 (1d10)

>>38582412
Both-ish, Maka uses a fighting style called Solar Hero Style that is instinctual to all Solars, but it can also be learned as a proper Martial Arts by other people

Rolled 10 (1d10)

>>38582443
Getting Fists of Iron would do the job of those two Ten-Ox for one less essence, plus EF has mentioned he's re-configuring the system to help deal with us running out of essence after one fight.

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>>38582005
>He couldn't have just pulled that boat out of thin air, right?
It was a rowboat, and he's been free of those pits for months at this point.

You're WAY overthinking this.

Almost back home. Sorry for the wait and thank you for your patience. Just a little more.

Gentleman who's doing the tally of the votes: what's the most-voted option as of now? That's the costume Maka currently wears.

(Technically, she has 26 costumes, including the one currently worn. I'm assuming that she'll use 25 and keep one for "being naked". Also the idea of allocating some slots to utility costumes is good, i'll consider it once i get back home and do the full tally.)

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>>38582388
A few, or maybe just one anon has been referring them to the Blessed.

Rolled 1 (1d10)

>>38582498
Note that it's only 1-4 slots that people want allocated for utility. Even for those in favor of it, they want to use less than 20% of our available slots for that - 16% or less.

>>38582487
>a rowboat

It was a goddman magical artifact boat that was fast enough to keep up with val's superboat

>>38582412
>Question: I think Maka's way of fighting was once referred as more "brutal brawling" than "martial art". Is she a trained fighter who just prefer to fight without frills, or does she simply rely on her enhanced physical attributes and fight instinctively ?

Maka has very little formal training in unarmed combat. Think "a couple years of afterschool karate lessons twice a week when she was a kid" or something along those lines.

She mostly operates on that, plus a bit of instinct, riding muscle memory inherited from past incarnations of her Shard, and the experiences matured in the fights she's been in since exalting.

>>38582556
Or Karas has Sail Charms

>>38582556
>>>38582487
>>a rowboat
>It was a goddman magical artifact boat that was fast enough to keep up with val's superboat
It was a normal boat.

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>>38582556
>It was a goddman magical artifact boat that was fast enough to keep up with val's superboat
No, it was a rowboat, and Karas has Sail charms.

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>>38582585
How the hell does a Dawn in a rowboat get enough sail charms to catch up to an Eclipse-with-sail-charms boosted superboat?

Did Karas just blow all his charm picks on sailing with nothing left for actually fighting?

>>38582562
Thanks!

Rolled 10 (1d10)

>>38582669
Eclipse is probably his Secondary, and he probably took more Sail charms than Mikahail instead of also buying merchant charms and shit.

For example, imagine if someone had Zenith as their secondary and used it to purchase exclusively harsh environment and animal-training Survival charms. They'd be wildly better at those things than us, despite them being Zenith things.

Does that make sense, anon?

>>38582669

Wasn't he with other people on the boat ?

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>>38582669
It's not like an Eclipse buying Sail charms makes them more effective than anyone else as long as they have the same eclipse score and if Karas has spent most of his time since he Exalted sailing around the West, yes it wouldn't be a surprise to find out he's loaded with Sail Charms

>>38582669
>How the hell does a Dawn in a rowboat get enough sail charms to catch up to an Eclipse-with-sail-charms boosted superboat?
>Did Karas just blow all his charm picks on sailing with nothing left for actually fighting?

Maybe they simply both have the same amount of speed-improving Eclipse sail charms. Does that seriously sound like that terrifyingly big of an investment?
After all, as an example, you and Karas have the same number of range-improving Dawn archery charms.

Rolled 8 (1d10)

>>38582732
No it was a one-man crew boat. Just him.

>>38582744
If they had the same amount, Mikhail should still be much faster since the superboat has a much higher baseline speed than a rowboat.

Rolled 9 (1d10)

>>38582811
Then Karas clearly had at least one more.

How is this hard to wrap your brain around?

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You swap around your clothes a bit, getting used to them and sorting out your mental inventory. Then you pick something that you know Pyre Spark will enjoy, and head to the room that's been temporarily allocated for her use while she's a guest in the castle.

Her reaction when you open the door is suitably priceless, eyes widening, mouth agape.

Then, she flies into your arms with a delighted scream. "DIVINE MAKAAAA~"
She doesn't hit quite as hard as Tia, but you do get a brief reminder that despite her harmless appearance she's actually a fully-trained Tiger Warrior.

"Hey, hey." You swing her around a couple of times before setting her down gently. "Did you miss me?"

"You have no idea! It was terrible! I was sooo worried!" She hugs you tighter, burying her face in your chest with delight "And I'm so happy now! To think you even managed to conquer a Deathlord, I knew you would do it! I never doubted you, Divine Maka! And you've returned from the ordeal even more beautiful and resplendent! The Unconquered Sun is rewarding you for your success without doubt!"

>about planning
>about Tyrant
>about Kiss of the Sun
>about the cult
>about yourself (what?)
>about her (what?)
>about Regis and Millian (what?)
>(other subject)
>say goodbye, leave

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>>38582830
>about Kiss of the Sun
"How about a kiss? Show me dem titties so I can plant it somewhere pretty."

>>38582830
>>about Kiss of the Sun
>>about the cult
>>about planning

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>>38582830
>about Kiss of the Sun
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>>38582830
>>about the cult
>about Kiss of the Sun
First things first, before she passes out we need to give her a few directions, she shold gather them up and get them over to Pearl to start help building. See if she can't upgrade our little Cult to something bigger while she does too.

>>38582830
>about Tyrant
>about Kiss of the Sun
>about the cult
>about planning

>>38582824

I'm questioning EF's specific proposition that they had the same amount.

How is that hard to wrap your brain around?

Rolled 1 (1d10)

>>38582830
>about planning
More specifically, her wards

>about the Tyrant

>about the cult

We'll have time talking about the Kiss once we're updated on her take on the current affairs

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>>38582830

>about the cult
Are they gaining popularity because of the undead approaching our fair city?

>>38582871
>I'm questioning EF's specific proposition that they had the same amount.

Pick one:
1) The charm just makes you sail at a specific speed rather than being an adder or a multiplier to the base speed of the ship.
2) Mikahil was purposefully moving slower than his theoretical top speed because of reasons Maka doesn't understand because she doesn't know how sailing works.
3) Magic.

>>38582830
>other: "We're in private... so it's Mistress Maka."
>other: ask about her warding undead.
>ask about Kiss of the Sun, cult and planning

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>>38582830
Also the same stuff we told Regis and Millian about being Kissed, it's a big deal with lots of responsibilities involving going to to life and death fights with us, she should know what's that's like with the whole Deled thing, but what's about to happen will make that seem like a walk in the park and we'll be expecting much more from her.

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>>38582871
Sorry, let me rephrase.

Shut the fuck up. You're an annoying cunt.

>>38582830
>Did she and Karas mert? Did she molest him?

>>38582498
I am. Currently, with >>38582664 68 is the top voted outfit, ahead of 53 by one vote.

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>>38582930
>68 is the top voted outfit,
Is that one of Rei's sketches?

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>>38582953
It's this

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>>38582975
That's what I though, nice.

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>>38582975
Did Tyrant's gift make it in?

I'm not a huge, huge fan of it, but I do like the mask.

>>38583000
Plus it'd be nice to wear when we're around her.

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>>38583042
It's really the only reason I voted for it.

>>38582830
Do we still get the buzz when we're around her? We have a cult rating, but I can't remember if we still have the cult giving prayer to us. I seem to remember us not liking the idea but not telling Pyre to stop outright. Do we get anything from that?

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>>38583063
It wasn't that we didn't like it, it was more that we wanted them to not pray to us directly, it's a Cult to UCS and we wanted to keep it that way.

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>>38583063
Yeah, we still get bonuses. The decision on having them not pray to us directly was whether to adopt them as a personal cult, thus increasing our cult rating, or instead rededicate them to the UCS himself.

>>38582907
If 1, that invalidates a pile of the reasoning given for scouting with the supership in the first place.

If 2, plausible, but really damn odd given the context of what was going on.

If 3, would it kill you to just give a straight answer the first time instead of tripping yourself up constantly with bullshit hypotheticals?

>>38582928
I love you too, cunt.

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>>38582830
>about planning
>about the cult
>whether she or her followers have run into any other ghosts searching for stuff

>>38579775
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>>38583077
I wonder if that could be a way to help with the Essence regen issue. Don't prayers from cults help with that?

>>38583079
Why does hypothetical boat speed matter so much to you, anon?

>>38583150
Internal consistency.

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>>38583130
Yes, that's what they do, Cult rating increases Essence Regen. It's why I want Pyre to see if she can't raise our Cult rating while we do things.

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>>38583130
It helps with long-term essence regain - during downtime, we'd need to rest for less time.

But that's never been our issue. Our issue is that we don't have enough essence mid-encounter to activate all of our fighting charms, and if we fight in two fights in a row without an extended rest, we're worthless in the second fight.

Normally, in Exalted, you gain 5-10% of your maximum essence back every action during a fight, meaning you can end a fight with 100% essence if you fight conservatively or the fight goes on long enough. In this quest, you usually end a fight at nearly 0% essence, because each passive buff takes almost 20% of your maximum pool, and there's no way to regain it save from long-term rest.

Essence-Gathering Temper would be a shitty bandaid for that, were it not for the fact that our combat style is designed around literally never taking damage.

So, to answer your question, no. A cult wouldn't fix what our actual problem is - the need to take downtime after literally every fight.

>>38583176
We were never on a boat though. It was and has always been a duck.

>>38582930
(Thank you. Rei is going to be happy to know that. The success of #53 does surprise me... I guess that's the only sort of underwear Maka is willing to wear. I'll leave how that thing stays in place up to your imagination, together with the realization that that thing was designed by either Amata, Valeriana, or Milliam. pick your pervert, I guess)


"Well... maybe." You reply with a smile. You consider striking a pose for her, to flaunt what you've got a bit, but you're afraid she might overreact. She seems a bit over-excited now. Must've been the tension of being in that meeting, sitting at the same table with you, but being unable to properly express herself.

You're actually surprised by her self-control back then. She clearly knows that Amata is really making a big exception by including her in these talks, since she did pride herself on the religious freedom and independence of Tianna. Letting her sit at that table without giving the same treatment to the representatives of all other cults and religions is nothing short of favoritism.

Speaking of which. Even though you learned to "tune out" the gentle buzzing noise Pyre seems to radiate, you get the feeling it's gotten slightly stronger than it was last time you've been with her.

"How's the Cult of the Unconquered Sun in Tianna and Pearl going?"

"Oh, we've been a bit busy with applying seals and blessings to the city walls lately, but we're mostly done with that, so I've focused a lot on evangelism now. Most of the people in the Cult are tidying up their things here in Tianna City, packing up, and moving to Pearl to settle and help in the construction effort."

"...I hope Amata isn't mad that we're depopulating Tianna." You have to wonder.

"Tianna was suffering a bit from overpopulation, so I don't think her majesty's too mad about that. In any case, once you will have defeated the second deathlord in a row, people from all over Creation will flock to Tianna to witness your splendour!"

(cont.)

>>38582975
Delicious transparent stripper outfit
>>38583176
Karas' boat was better because it was powered by sibling love. He needs a reward in kind.

Rolled 7 (1d10)

>>38583203
>In any case, once you will have defeated the second deathlord in a row, people from all over Creation will flock to Tianna to witness your splendour!
This... isn't wrong. After Thorns, even people in the East will start making pilgrimage to Pearl. Or, well, attempting to, anyway. Getting to Pearl from the East is a bit like Aztecs making it to Mecca on slave-rowed ships. It's not really going to happen.

Rolled 6 (1d10)

>>38583203
>people from all over Creation will flock to Tianna to witness your splendour!"
And we are splendid

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Rolled 2 (1d10)

>>38583268
>Getting to Pearl from the East is a bit like Aztecs making it to Mecca on slave-rowed ships. It's not really going to happen.
That kind of puts Maka being in Tianna in a new perspective. Maka being in Tianna is a bit like Marcus Aurelius fleeing to Japan following the death of Caesar. It's a fucking staggering journey, but one that's so retardedly distant that there's a 0% chance that mortal agents of the usurpers will pursue.

Maka must have had TREMENDOUS reason to be that scared.

>>38583300
I've been working under the theory the Usurper was an Exalt of some type.

Rolled 3 (1d10)

>>38583353
Nah. Just rich by even Gem's standards, and with a mercenary army several times larger than that of most militant nations. The usurper is the canon ruler of Gem, and he's a ruthless fucking bastard - like most rulers of Gem.

Our parents were also probably ruthless, rich bastards, just less so, and thus got outplayed.

Right.

On top of all your powers and blessings, you also have to deal with Pyre Spark being so incredibly head over heels with you and singing your praises and reminding you of how awesome you are. If you have any failings at all, you're certainly never going to hear any criticism from her.

You ARE worried that one day all of this will go to your head. Or maybe it already did.
...You'll handle this kind of soul-searching some other day.

"So... the Cult is growing?"

"It grew slowly but surely until yesterday, but I think just with today it tripled in size!"

"Why?" You wonder.

"Well, you DID defeat a Deathlord single-handedly! And, on top of that, more and more people from Tianna are joining the Cult just after seeing you! It- it's a bit troublesome in a certain way, but it's definitely the good sort of trouble."

That sounded weird. "What do you mean?"

"Well..." She looks like she's struggling with finding the right words to explain. "As more and more people join, it'd becoming harder and harder to keep the... orthodoxy? If that's the right word? Of the cult."

She's trying to be diplomatic about it, but you instinctively know what she means. More and more people in the cult are starting to worship you directly rather than the Unconquered Sun.

Of course, Pyre will consider this a bad thing only as much as you do. You have absolutely no doubt that her own prayers, thoughts and wishes make up a decent percentage of the steady, ever-growing trickle of Essence flowing in you.

(cont.)

>Tell her to rein the Cult in and keep the worship focused on the Unconquered Sun
>Tell her that the people are free to worship both the Sun or yourself, but the Cult's official object of worship is the Unconquered Sun and it stays that way.
>Tell her that the people are free to worship both the Sun or yourself, and that likewise the Cult's official object of worship will be both the Unconquered Sun and yourself.
>Tell her that the people are free to worship both the Sun or yourself, but to change the Cult's official object of worship from the Unconquered Sun to yourself.
>Tell her to change the worship practice of the Cult, which no longer will worship the Unconquered Sun directly, only through you.

Rolled 2 (1d10)

>>38583444
>>Tell her to change the worship practice of the Cult, which no longer will worship the Unconquered Sun directly, only through you
FIRST AGE INTENSIFIES

Anyway, actually voting for
>Tell her to rein the Cult in and keep the worship focused on the Unconquered Sun

Rolled 5 (1d10)

>>38583444
>>Tell her that the people are free to worship both the Sun or yourself, but the Cult's official object of worship is the Unconquered Sun and it stays that way.
They can worship us, but they need to know who's the boss of this relationship.

Also Tell her the things UCS told us when we asked about his cult.

Rolled 5 (1d10)

>>38583444
>Tell her that the people are free to worship both the Sun or yourself, but the Cult's official object of worship is the Unconquered Sun and it stays that way.
Honestly, we can't actually stop people from praying to us, and we'd end up way too overbearing if we tried to. But it is a cult of the Sun. We are His representative, but He should always take priority.

>>38583444
>Tell her that the people are free to worship both the Sun or yourself, but the Cult's official object of worship is the Unconquered Sun and it stays that way.

I can't keep tallying the votes for longer, I'm going to post what I have right now soon.

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Rolled 6 (1d10)

>>38583444

>Tell her that the people are free to worship both the Sun or yourself, but the Cult's official object of worship is the Unconquered Sun and it stays that way.

Rolled 2 (1d10)

>>38583444
>>Tell her that the people are free to worship both the Sun or yourself, but the Cult's official object of worship is the Unconquered Sun and it stays that way.
We can tell them ourselves, if need be. I'm sure they'd be a lot more inclined to listen if we're the one saying it.

We need to lead another group prayer and explanation of our philosophy soon, it seems.

>>38583444
>Tell her that the people are free to worship both the Sun or yourself, but the Cult's official object of worship is the Unconquered Sun and it stays that way.

Rolled 6 (1d10)

>>38583433
>Well, you DID defeat a Deathlord single-handedly! And, on top of that, more and more people from Tianna are joining the Cult just after seeing you!
I'm glad people know about that, I really hope Tia stood on a rooftop and screamed about it, because that shit is super cool.

>>38583444
>Tell her that the people are free to worship both the Sun or yourself, but the Cult's official object of worship is the Unconquered Sun and it stays that way.

>>38583444
>Tell her that the people are free to worship both the Sun or yourself, but the Cult's official object of worship is the Unconquered Sun and it stays that way.

>>38583510
And what a defeat it was.

It's not often that you get to bang a deathlord into submission. I hope Tia mentioned that part as well.

>>38583444
>>Tell her that the people are free to worship both the Sun or yourself, but the Cult's official object of worship is the Unconquered Sun and it stays that way.
"Just tell them that I can empower 5 people, granting the gift of essence and abilities on par with Godblooded. The UCS is powering 300 solar shards. THAT is the difference between us."

Rolled 9 (1d10)

>>38583551
Unfortunately she left before we banged her, we need to mention that though, we won that too.

Rolled 5 (1d10)

>>38583552
>"Just tell them that I can empower 5 people, granting the gift of essence and abilities on par with Godblooded. The UCS is powering 300 solar shards. THAT is the difference between us."
That's a pretty fantastic illustration of the difference between us and the UCS.

Rolled 2 (1d10)

>>38583444
>Tell her that the people are free to worship both the Sun or yourself, but the Cult's official object of worship is the Unconquered Sun and it stays that way.

Rolled 1 (1d10)

>>38583552
Just make sure Pyre really hammers in the difference between us, Maka is Maka, UCS is UCS
Maka loves UCS.

I don't want this to accidentally turn into an incident where people start claiming Maka is UCS, like maybe his wife one day, but not actually him.

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Rolled 4 (1d10)

>>38583603
>like maybe his wife one day, but not actually him
I would be 110% on board with being the Unconquered Sun's wife and bearing his Incarnae-blooded children.

>>38583603
>I don't want this to accidentally turn into an incident where people start claiming Maka is UCS
Yeah that would be suck. Let's keep that from happening.

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Some of my choices I'm keeping in mind that Maka's now a mommy. Gotta find some clothes that make her look sexy while having a swollen belly. Maka needs to stay sexy as top MILF after having kids!

Rolled 5 (1d10)

>>38583433
>>38583444
>>Tell her that the people are free to worship both the Sun or yourself, but the Cult's official object of worship is the Unconquered Sun and it stays that way.

>>38583510
"...Pyre, I want you to straighten the cult a bit."

She sounds almost hurt by the remark. "Our worship does not satisfy you, Divine Maka?"

"It's not that." You gently ruffle her hair, and you're surprised by how cat-like the buzzing, purring sound in your head becomes. "But the Cult worships the Unconquered Sun, and it stays that way. He is the one more worthy of worship."

"...Yes, Divine Maka."

"But, I won't deny being worthy of worship myself, although in a far lesser amount." You admit. It's not even a matter of modesty: at this point, it would be just silly self-denial to claim that you don't deserve prayer to your name. "No one should be forbidden from praying to me. Just... privately. Don't make it part of the official worship practices of the cult, and don't encourage it."

She nods.

"Which brings us to the second subject." You smile, and gently put an arm around her. "Would you like to receive a special blessing, from the Unconquered Sun himself, through my own power?"

For a few seconds, she stands there, transfixed, her eyes lost in yours as her brain processes the information.

Then, she slowly starts to slip out of her flower-ridden two-piece swimsuit, blushing furiously. "...I... I am not worthy of such a gift, but... if that is your will, I will gladly submit to it." She says, baring herself completely to you.

(cont.)

Rolled 1 (1d10)

>>38583728
>Then, she slowly starts to slip out of her flower-ridden two-piece swimsuit, blushing furiously. "...I... I am not worthy of such a gift, but... if that is your will, I will gladly submit to it." She says, baring herself completely to you.
Millian and Regis got it on their forehead. Let's give it to her on mons Venus. Since she's already presenting herself, and all.

>>38583728
Way to misread the situation, Pyre.

Not that I disapprove. Pyre Spark a cute.

Rolled 10 (1d10)

>>38583728
>Then, she slowly starts to slip out of her flower-ridden two-piece swimsuit, blushing furiously. "...I... I am not worthy of such a gift, but... if that is your will, I will gladly submit to it." She says, baring herself completely to you.
Well we can, but we need your forehead Pyre.

I don't think we have time for this right now actually though.

>>38583285
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>>38583805
Yes, it looks like shit. I was making it prettier, but I accidentaly deleted everything and had to use a backup. I jave no time forthis shit anymore.

For a moment, you're lost in contemplation of her naked form.

As a mortal, you would consider her quite beautiful. But minute imperfections acutely remind you that those Exalted blessed with a delightful appearance, like Tia and Amata and many of those living with you, are in an entirely different league, and that now you yourself are in an even superior league compared to them.

You see her knees shaking, and not from the cold. She must be feeling horridly envious, or supremely inadequate. Or terrified, you realize. Terrified that she will not be enough for you That must be her greatest fear.

And she's right. Compared to the Exalted, she's nothing special. Maybe a cute diversion. Compared to yourself, she's utterly unremarkable if not unlikable. That is, considering only her appearance and presence.

How important is that to you?

"...Well, it wasn't a metaphor for anything." You laugh.

She looks up, awkwardly confused, clinging to you.

"I mean that I have the power to awaken your Essence, and grant you a fraction of the power and magic of a Solar. It's a blessing I can perform on only a handful of people, and I wanted to grant it to you." You gently sweep her off her feet and lay her down on her bed. "It might be a bit traumatic, however. And..." Your face tenses up as you shift to the more serious implications. "...You've seen what an Exalted fight is like, with Peleps Deled. It will be worse. Far worse. This will give you a lot more responsibilities. Put you even more in harm's way. And you will become even more of a target for whoever wants to hurt me than you already are. I want you to consider this seriously."

"My body and my soul are yours to do with as you wish." She says, with absolutely no hesitation, staring straight into your eyes.

>Talk her out of it
>Change your mind. She's not ready yet.
>[KISS OF THE SUN] on the forehead.
>[KISS OF THE SUN] on the cheek.
>[KISS OF THE SUN] on the lips.
>[KISS OF THE SUN] on the heart.
>(Other?)

Rolled 10 (1d10)

>>38583862
>>[KISS OF THE SUN] on the forehead.
Then on the lips, we need to keep up the castemark theme.

>>38583862
>[KISS OF THE SUN] on the lips.

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Rolled 3 (1d10)

>>38583862
>on the navel

Rolled 1 (1d10)

>>38583862
>[KISS OF THE SUN] on the heart.

Rolled 7 (1d10)

>>38583862
>[KISS OF THE SUN] on the navel
That anon had the right idea.

What's more powerful ? A sun kissed or a heroic mortal ?