>>39667972
welcome

>>39667972
What about the dwarves? Aren't we also going to take care of that problem?

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>>39668010
>>39667988
Hi

Yeah, I was wondering about them dwarves, too.
Lets wait for 1 more person and we can start.

>>39667972
What up dude.

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>>39668316
Howdy. Okay, let's get started, then.

***

"And how are we going to find them? we left the rockit ship in Albion" -says Aritsu
"Well, Eldric could just go back for it. It would take him about an hour to come here with it? should be faster than looking on foot through the mountains" -Lyann looks around at the very uneven terrain as she answers
"Why don't we try sending the harpies as scouts?" -suggests Brass. It'll give them something to do

>Let's go get the boat and be back asap
>Let's send the harpies
>Other

>>39668482
how bout we just dress all fancy and go on a ride through the woods

>>39668482
Do we have any honey fairies with us? We could have them supervise the harpies so as to ensure they do a good job scouting.

>>39668482
>Other
Let's send out Atruma, Miel II, and the other Honey Fairy we have.
With how low level the Harpy girls are, I don't want to risk them.

Wait, since they're part of our Menagerie, if they were to die, would they get automatically teleported back to our Menagerie and have their Death Counter paused?
Or would the Death Counter proceed as normal?

>>39668512
like to be a big target for the bandits? great!

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>>39668520
sure

>>39668512
I dont get the reference, sorry.

>>39668522
Yes, they get teleported back but then you cant call them again for a whole day

>>39668607
Okay, then changing >>39668522
To include sending out the Harpies under the guidance of Miel II so they can get used to working with others.
Also, so they can stretch their wings instead if staying in stasis inside our Menagerie.

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>>39668656

The harpies look much nicer now, having had their first (and quite thorough) bath, followed by grooming and some proper clothing thanks to Ellie and Zoe adapting some long shirts as one piece dresses for them.

Some of them have their hair braided into ponytails, while others have it clipped short in a slightly tomboyish way (these are the ones that kept rolling on the grass outside after their bath and getting leaves and twins and other things on their hair), and one that seems the most girlish has it wrapped softly with some white lace.

They pop our of your menagerie into the room around you one by one, either sitting down or flapping their wings, stretching or asking for food. That last one may be Stella's fault since she was playing with them for a good while.

"Alright, listen, I..."

They are not paying you any attention. They are not trying to go away either, they're just... lazyng about, or asking to be petted, played with, or fed.

"Girls, listen, alright?!" -Eldric tries clapping to draw their attention, and it works for a little while.

"I need you to fly off and look for some soldiers, alright?"

They look at eachother for a bit, then back at him.

"What is a soldyer?"
"Is it food?"
"Master, food!"
"Should we bring it back?"
"What does it look like?"

"You know, those are fairly good questions, I think" -says Python with a smile

"I will handle it" -Lyann takes a piece of coal (the ground here is rich with it. You can literally reach out and grab it any time. The locals use it for heating sometimes, or as stomach medicine) and starts drawing an Alquian soldier on the ground.

When did she learn what the Alquian uniform looks like, anyway?

"Like this, see?" -she says as she talks to the harpies

The harpies are quite excited about this. If for the wrong reasons. They really liked Lyann's drawing, and want her to draw other things.

"Listen, when you spot a soldier, come back and let us know, alright? I'll give you something tasty then."

1/

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>>39669017

"Yay!"
"Food!"
"Petting?"
"Bath!"
"I want to play with Stella"
"Food?"

>Girls, please focus. Fly away until the sun is straight up, and if you haven't found a soldier by then, come back, alright?
>Come back as soon as you spot a soldier
>Come back before sunset
>Other

>>39669151
>Girls, please focus. Fly away until the sun is straight up, and if you haven't found a soldier by then, come back, alright?
>Other
Ask Miel II to help, and get Atruma out here to help with her agoraphobia.

>>39669151
>>Girls, please focus. Fly away until the sun is straight up, and if you haven't found a soldier by then, come back, alright?

>>39669151
>>Girls, please focus. Fly away until the sun is straight up, and if you haven't found a soldier by then, come back, alright?

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>>39669202
>>39669177
>>39669169
>Girls, please focus. Fly away until the sun is straight up, and if you haven't found a soldier by then, come back, alright?

"Yes!"
"Alright!"
"Food?"
"I'm going!"
"But I want to play with Stella"
"Bath!"

"Miel, you go too, alright?"
"Yes master"
"Atroma, you too"

The dragon (in girl form) looks around at the vast open spaces, the huge slopes, the open skies, the sparse woods...

"Can I go back into the sword?" -she says
"You have to get over this. You are find at home, right?"
"It has a nice, tall fence, so I can't see outside the garden"
"You will be fine. I promise. Do you want to go with Miel?"
"I can't go back into the sword?"
"Please go with Miel"
"A-alright..."

"Meanwhile, we will prepare a big lunch for everyone, alright?"
"Yay!"
"Food!"
"Food?"
"Food!"
"I want bbq"
"I don't like veggies"
"Meat?"

This is Stella's fault, how did her bad eating habits get spread to them this fast. They've only known eachother for half a day!

"Don't worry, we'll have plenty of meat!" -says Brass

Ah, right. It's this guy's fault, too.

We send everyone off, and sigh.

"We should probably buy some meat and start getting lunch ready" -says Lyann

Mako pinches Eldric's hand, just firmly enough that it hurts a little.

"Ouch, why?"
"W-why do you have so many girls?" -she complains softly
"It sort of happened. You were there when I got most of them!"
"Umph!" -she looks rather cute when she puffs her cheeks

Well, we better get started on lunch...

>Let's just grill a lot of meat
>Let's get as much meat as vegetables
>Let's prepare an actual lunch with several dishes

These are basically Spoil tenderly <===I====> Educate options, btw.

>>39669460
>>Let's prepare an actual lunch with several dishes

>>39669460
>Let's prepare an actual lunch with several dishes
We need to learn recipes and level our Cook Job to prepare stat-buffing dishes like Stamina Fried Rice and Celestial Banquets.

>>39669460
>>Let's get as much meat as vegetables

>>39669460
Make an actual lunch if we got the materials. Meat's good and all, but ya gotta eat those veggies if you want to be healthy.

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>>39669533
>Fried Rice
I will always remember the disappointment that was learning how to prepare fried rice...

>>39669586 >>39669533
>>39669508
>Make an actual lunch if we got the materials. Meat's good and all, but ya gotta eat those veggies if you want to be healthy.

>>39669570
>>Let's get as much meat as vegetables

back in 5 minutes

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>>39669688

"Alright, so let's send..."

Looking at our group, if we send Stella or Brass to get food, we will be left with nothing but meat. Python... we should assume he's like Brass in that sense. Mako... does she even know what ingredients look like when they are raw? Lyann always helps at home, so we could ask her to go... ah screw it, we'll go ourselves while the others wait and clear this area for our lunch.

"Alright, you guys stay here and clear the area, then Aritsu and Mako can magic up a large kitchen and some tables. I will go get the ingredients, alright"
"Ah, I'm going with you!" -Lyann quickly grabs Eldric's left arm
"Sure"

"Ah... I want to... I want to go as well" -says Mako while Aritsu just stares with shining eyes

>Alright, let's take the three of them. It'll be fun
>We should take just Aritsu, she needs more time
>We should take just Mako, she needs more time
>We should take just Lyann, she needs more time
>Let's leave them here and just quickly go by ourselves
>Other

>>39669964
>Alright, let's take the three of them. It'll be fun

>>39669964
>>Alright, let's take the three of them. It'll be fun

>>39669964
>>Alright, let's take the three of them. It'll be fun

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>>39670118
>>39670065
>>39670033
>Alright, let's take the three of them. It'll be fun

Brass chuckles a bit as we take the girls away, while Python doesn't seem to mind one way or the other.

"Princess, remember to use your kitty ears and your nyas, alright?" -says Mai as she secures the prop on Mako's hair
"Yes..." -she says softly while looking down
"It should be, yes, nya!" -says Ami
"Yes, nya!"
"Aahh..." -starts Mai
"So cute!" -says Ami

Well, it looks like the shadows are staying behind, but they are almost certain to follow their princess from a distance.

And thus, we left with Aritsu, Lyann and Mako into town.

The houses are solid stone on the first floor, with the few second floors around being built of lighter stuff.

There are no garden walls per se, and it seems the neighbors roughly share a responsibility for their shared gardens. There are no visible sewers, albeit it is hard to imagine them having plumbing.

After walking about for a bit (With Aritsu holding Eldric's left hand and Mako on his right), they reach the shopping street and wander in, looking for local foodstuff.

Well, most of it is familiar to them, being common food drops in any foodgeon, with the exception of some vegetables that come from unknown monster plants.

After all, in the hard, cold ground this far up, it's hard to have farms, and even back on Earth, only the incas developed terrace farming to get around that problem.

"President, what do you think of these? the store owner says you just boil them on salt water for about an hour, then they get creamy and soft" -Aritsu shows you some large veggies that look quite similar to corn
"You know, I'm not the chess club president anymore, you can just call me Eldric now"
"Ah... a-alright... s-should I?" -she blushes softly as she lowers her ears
"Yes, please do. And I think those will be fine. We should try new things when we have the chance."

1/?

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Lyann pays for the vegetables and stores them away in her item box. After a while, you have more than enough food to feed everyone. Hopefully.

Mako stops by a liquor shop. It's not as if she particularly likes drinking alcohol, but she knows that General Li, back in the empire, enjoys it, so she wants to buy something new for the old lion.

>Let's also buy some for lunch. Brass and Python may enjoy it.
>Let's pay for the bottle for her.
>Other

>>39670635
>>Let's pay for the bottle for her.

>>39670635
>>Let's also buy some for lunch. Brass and Python may enjoy it.
Maybe if we get drunk and fight, we can unlock the Drunken Master Job.

>>39670635
>>Let's also buy some for lunch. Brass and Python may enjoy it.

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>>39670691
>>39670670
>Let's also buy some for lunch. Brass and Python may enjoy it.

>>39670649
>Let's pay for the bottle for her.

***

After buying the bottle for Mako and a couple for Brass and Python, we wander about for a bit and then make our way back.

The orcs dress in a mostly utilitarian manner, with fur and leather being omnipresent in everyone's clothes. Kilts are used by both genders, but thankfully this is not not-scotland. Rather, it seems they simply prefer the ease of use, albeit when the weather turns colder, they may change into something else.

There are no city guards that we can see inside the city walls, but the ones at the entrance seem to favor two handed weapons. Either greatswords or spears.

Even so, looking inside weapon shops, we find a wide variety including one handed weapons and shields. Of course, the quality of these weapons is fine at best, but it is also quite cheap and plentiful.

Lyann buys a nice looking obsidian knife for dad, saying it will make a good letter opener. Honestly, its quite sharp ad its of [Fine] quality so it even has a minor enhancement.

We may or may not have read something in our last world about some surgeons preferring obsidian tools to modern day scalps and other surgery tools...

Still, with this abundance of coal and obsidian... obsidian comes from volcanic rock, right? and coal... well, wasn't there a town in the US which had some accident happen and was going to have a burning underground for a thousand years or so? this place may actually be a very bad area to settle in if it has active volcanos.

1/?

>>39670951
>well, wasn't there a town in the US which had some accident happen and was going to have a burning underground for a thousand years or so?
It's in Pennsylvania, and the entire town is abandoned, and it's going to burn for a long time.

>>39670951
I live close to that place and it will only burn for 250 more years

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centralia_mine_fire

>>39671014
>>39671084
Fascinating, I didn't know about that. I think there's also a flaming crater someplace in Russia that's gonna burn for a good long while as well, but I think that one runs off natural gas.

>>39671014
>>39670951
Centralia, Pennsylvania.
It also extended to another town, Byrnesville.
Estimates say the fire will continue for another 250 years.

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>>39671084
>only
Uhm...

>>39670951

Well, if they have this much coal laying around, maybe actual mines may be viable in this world? but would a mine be safer than killing inside a foodgeon? it's not as if mining accidents were unheard of. Quite the opposute.

Well, the dwarves have mines, right? but dwarven mining is on another level.

"Eldric, what are you doing?" -Lyann is standing by his side as he crounces down and pokes a bit at a bit of coal sticking out of the ground.
"Ah, I was thinking that there's a lot of coal around here. The orcs could sell it for a lot of stuff, I think."
"They sell it as a folk remedy for tummy ache. And of course, you can use it to cook. What else is there?" -she kneels down next to him, her dancer's dress gracefully floating as she moves down, then cascading around her to show a purposefully sensual peek of her body without showing 'too much'.
"Oh, you can actually do more stuff with it than that. I'll show you later"

Eldric smooches her cheek and gets up, then helps her up as well

When they make it back to outside the city, they find that the group already cleared a sizeable area and have prepared some thick, solid (if somewhat rough) tables, as well as a stone kitchen.

Preparing lunch with everyone is quite nice, with Stella and Zoe playing in the nearby area, poking the local critters and then either chasing them or getting chased by them. Of course, even if they were to get caught by a gryphon, that can only end in Stella eating the gryphon.

After having Mako use some metal magic to make some cooking pots (how do you even get pink metal, anyway?), we throw the vegetables into the boiling water and add some salt.

We are just coiling them for now. Once that's done, we will get to making an actual cream or soup with them.

As the sun starts raising in the sky, the first of the harpies comes back, and then another, and another.

2/?

>>39671397
Without fail, they each land next to Eldric and try to ingratiate themselves with him, cuddling up and nuzzling as they ask for food.

"Food?"
"Master, I'm back!"
"It was tiring"
"Food"
"I worked hard, so praise me!"
"Food"

"These girls are really transparent" -sighs Lyann- "But at least I don't think we need to worry about them 'that way' you know?"

Mako nods nods, while Aritsu sighs

"Ah, can I stop using nya now?"
"No, no, you need to practice and get used to it, princess!" -says Ami
"A-alright, nya"

Ami hugs Mako with a expression of joy on her face.

In the end, Miel and Atroma come back. The harpies... forgot what they were looking for, but these two did spot the soldiers towards the south and came back to tell us.

As for lunch, the harpies find soup to be a challenge. Or more specifically, the spoon.

Lyann, Brass, Ami and Mai show their childcare expertise as they teach them how to use the tableware, but they still tend to lean down and lick it up whenever their teachers aren't watching.

Well, it will probably take more than a few minutes to teach the birdbrains anything, after all.

But, it sure is nice having lunch with a lot of people.

As for the soldiers, Atroma reports that they have adapted a cliff out of the way as their base, with solid looking lifts as the only way to go in and out by land. Of course, she could carry us there, or we could use the rockit ship.

Just what were the harpies doing during their search, anyway?

>Let the harpies enjoy their lunch. They worked hard, in their own way.
>Admonish them, since they forgot what they went out for.
>Other

>>39671654
>Let the harpies enjoy their lunch. They worked hard, in their own way.
We have to level them so that they get better Int and Wis stats.
Then, if they continue to forget, we admonish them.

>>39671654
>>Other
ask what the harpies were doing?

>>39671859
I'll support this, let's see how the harpies respond to questioning.

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>>39671701
>Let the harpies enjoy their lunch. They worked hard, in their own way.

>>39671859 >>39671958
>ask what the harpies were doing?

***

"I wasn't stealing more meat!" -says the one next to the grill, while looking extremely guilty

"No, you can just ask for more. I mean, did you forget why you were sent out?"

"To do flying!"
"To fly?"
"To fly until lunch!"
"To watch when the sun was highest!"
"Food?"
"Looking for soldiers!" -looks like the one with the white lace on her hair is a genius. In harpy terms, anyway
"To play until lunch!"
"Cause its fun!"

"...alright. You, from now on, you are in charge of the others, alright?" -Eldric points to the one wearing a white shirt and a long white lace on her hair.
"What does that mean?" -she says while looking at you
"...not much right now. Ah, I should have asked what your names are..."
"...name?"
"You don't have names?"
"I have a lace, and a shirt!" -she says happily as she shows you her lace
"Alright, hold on..."

***
name ideas for a girl with wings? All I can think of right now is Porno Diano and that's a Bastard!! reference.

>>39672128
Nina - one with lace
Nona
Nani
Papi
Pipo
Pina

Too repetitive?

>>39672210
this works so well.

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>>39672210
Hey, I'm the one that came up with Ami, Mai, and Mia, so what makes you think I get so say anything on it?

Anyway, honestly I dont think I could remember all of those, lets ju- waaaait a minute, Papi? I know that harpy name from elsewhere...

Anyway, I dont think I could remember all of those, let's just name Nina for now.

***

"Hold on, Nina. You were looking for soldiers?"
"Yeeees. You wanted soldiers, right?"
"Right"

Well, she went towards the west, higher into the mountains... I guess Atroma and Miel did find them by luck. Can't really blame her if she was looking in the wrong place, since we sent them out in different directions.

"Who is Nina?"
"You, you are Nina"
"I am?"
"Yes"
"Since when?"
"Since now."
"I'm not harpy?"
"You are A harpy, and you are Nina"
"Really?"
"Yes"
"Since when?"
"Si- you already asked that"
"Alright"

Eldric pats Nina softly, and gives her more food.

"Master, I found the soldiers, why don't I get more food?" -asks Atrome
"Of course. You worked hard. Do you want more? you did a good job?" -says Eldric while gently patting Atroma

Miel looks like she wants praise and pettings too, but she is too petite for the later.

"Eldric, me too! me too! I want petting too!" -says Stella as she approaches and hugs him, sinking her face on his chest
"Why, what did you do?"
"I found a funny bug"
"..." -Eldric sighs- "Good girl" -he pats her head softly and scritches her ears, making her fluffy tail wag happily from side to side

Well, once lunch is done with, Lyann quietly goes over and washes the dishes and pots, then stores them away in her item box.

"Lyann, you don't have to do all the chores alone"
"Uhmm, but I'm your slave, right?"
"Is that what this is about?"
"Does it bother you?"

>Yes, please ask for help, or let's take turns
>...whatever makes you happy
>Other

Now that we know where the soldi- brigands are, we can begin thinking on how to approach them.

>>39672730
>>...whatever makes you happy
and kiss her

>>39672730
>>Yes, please ask for help, or let's take turns

>>39672730
>...whatever makes you happy
We may not be able to pat Miel on the head, but we can still stroke her head with a finger.
In fact, we could stroke her from the top of her head to all the way down her back.

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>>39672873 >>39672802
>>...whatever makes you happy

>>39672839
>>Yes, please ask for help, or let's take turns

>We may not be able to pat Miel on the head, but we can still stroke her head with a finger.
>In fact, we could stroke her from the top of her head to all the way down her back.

T-that sounds LEWD. Plus, wouldn't it hurt her wings? tho I guess if we are careful, it can be cute/lewd?

***

Eldric gently takes her hands and gives her a kiss.

"Whatever makes you happy, I give up."
"Yes master" -she says with a beaming smile

Well, should we...

>Let's go get the rockitship to attack the brigands
>Let's ride on Atroma for that extra awe factor when a dragon rushes your campsite
>Let's spy on them before deciding to attack
>Other

btw which pic do you prefer for Atroma, >>39672994 or >>39672730 ? or do you have a better one?

>>39672994
>Plus, wouldn't it hurt her wings?
Not if we stroke the area between her wings.

>Let's spy on them before deciding to attack
Let's be sure we're getting all of them when we strike.

>>39672994
>>Let's spy on them before deciding to attack

>>39673070
the first one

>>39673070
This one >>39672730

>>39672994

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>>39673100 >>39673185
I think I like more the clothes of the first one with the glasses of the 2nd one, but that may be because the 2nd one looks more scholarly to me,

>>39673098
uhmm... want it to be a casual thing or a more personal, slightly lewd thing?

>>39673100 >>39673098
>Let's spy on them before deciding to attack

>>39673248
Maybe in a few years, she could be more daring? OR we could get another, mure sultry and lewd dragon, I guess. That way we have a timid one and a lewd one.

***
"Alright, let's try and spy on them fi- wait, did they see you?"
"No, I was in human form so I did not stand out that much" -says Atroma
"I doubt it, people just don't tend to look upwards, and guards specially tend to be wary of the road, bushes and such." -says Miel with confidence
"Well, I'd like to spy on them for a bit, first, but I seriously doubt we can take everyone along for that"

"Ah, yes, I am as stealthy as a rolling rock" -says Python- "And I'm the stealthier of us both" -he says pointing to Brass

"Well, let's see... Lyann, Aritsu, Mai, Ami and myself, we all have the stealth ability. We can take turns spying on them as needed while the others wait here, I guess?"
"Aren't they just thieves, however? we could just take them out. It's not like they are lost and could not find their way out of the mountains. They're not THAT complicated to travel through." -says Brass
"I still want to learn a bit more about them, first"

Brass shrugs

So, we are taking
>Everyone with stealth
>We don't really need anyone else, we can do it on our own
>We could take someone else and take the chance to teach the ranger job to that person
>Other

>>39673418
>>Everyone with stealth

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>>39673486
Looks like everyone is taking a while to reply, probably going back home from work? im going to take this chance to go take a shower. Back in 10 minutes or so

>>39673418
>Everyone with stealth

Good spies are never seen.

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>>39673816 >>39673486
>Everyone with stealth

***
"Well, its not as if I expect them to be building a super weapon or something. I just want to know what are they up to. Its hard to imagine a entire platoon going missing and nobody noticing. The armistice allowed for a orderly retreat, after all" -says Eldric

"So... super weapon?" -asks Aritsu
"No, I meant that as a joke. I really doubt it"
"You think maybe it shoots monkeys?" -asks Nina
"What? no! why would it-"
"Maybe it's a giant cannon like the ones they have in Alquia? building it secretly within striking distance of Eopolis"
"No, I was just joking... how long is the range on those things?"
"I don't know, it just sounded more interesting than shooting monkeys"
"I like the monkey gun idea!" -says Stella
"Alright, stop! there's not going to be a super weapon, alright?"
"""""Awww"""""

***

Let's stop here, I guess, since it looks like we lost someone and its about the normal ending time, anyway

>>39674791
ok thanks for running.

>>39674842
you know, ive noticed you (I think its you based on how you post, I mean, i think its the same person) always stays to the end and you're pretty nice. If you use messenger, add me.

My yahoo messenger handle is maglad_triunfant
I use trillian to handle irc, icq, yahoo messenger, skype, etc, so if you are worried about having more than one messenger program, I recommend you try it too.

Anyway, see you tomorrow