>>39750744
Announcements: twitter.com/REQMX

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or
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or
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>>39750744
>Give it to Sheszka- She can make sure it keeps till you arrive. Then you can cook it.

>>39750744
>Food on the go. It's time to start heading back to Oakring.

Everyone rides on the Lyra butt anyway, apart from Sheszka, and somehow i doubt she will have problems eating and moving.

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>>39750744
>Food on the go. It's time to start heading back to Oakring.

LET'S GO ALREADY!

>>39750744
>Food on the go. It's time to start heading back to Oakring.

>>39750744
>Give it to Sheszka- She can make sure it keeps till you arrive. Then you can cook it.
Freezer wolf is convenient.

I've been binge-reading this quest the past few days and just got caught up last night, and now there's a new thread today. Hurray!

>>39750762
>Give it to Sheszka- She can make sure it keeps till you arrive. Then you can cook it.

If Sheszka eats the horned one on the way than Ezzy is gonna be hissing for a week.

Snack on the way back with your portable cooler.
Writing!

You take a few minutes before you get underway-

Nin has scrubbed the snake a bit, but she's still, y'know- absolutely coated in dried blood.

So you warm some water, slowly dipping her in and scrubbing her ridged scales clean. Your friends help out- She isn't big by anay means, but she's definitely getting long.

With your snake properly cleaned and stowed, you set off- Adventure awaits!

You are in fact going to Oakring, which is a woodcutting village, and kind of devoid of adventure, really. You've had some adventures, for sure. Some of them even involved the village- But for the most part, it was more of a... what's the word you're looking for?
Damn.

You made your own adventure. Mom could likely describe it as looking for trouble, and then glare at you over dinner.
But if you travel, then adventure- or trouble, maybe- should come to you, yes?

The breeze is nice, and the sun is already high- the heat lacks the stifling humidity of summer, the air light and cool, the forest slowly filling with the scents of autumn.

You'd set Sheszka to carrying the snacks- because, really, that's all they'll amount to, even without you present. Even a bit off heat will start to set the meat off, but with your friend's powers of refrigeration- The possibilities are limitless! So long as the limits are 'I want my meat to stay cold'.

She is, however, a wolf- And a wolf carrying around a small pile of dead rabbits tends to get ideas.
Like 'I am hungry and carrying rabbits'.

>>39751598
Which leads you to the current situation: Carving up rabbits, feeding them to your friends, and walking.
As far as multitasking goes, this is fairly leisurely.

Jin is utterly content, her only real distress emerging from having to wake up in order to eat the rabbits. Sheszka is still hungry, but that's easily solveable- You switch off with the impatient girl, taking the bag of food and sending her after more.

She returns looking like she'd spent her time rolling in piles of leaves, which you suspect is entirely accurate.
Maybe you could cheat hard enough via magic to get a pile you could jump in?

Maybe later. There isn't enough leaves on the ground yet- It'll likely be a while before the trees are bare.

The village is up ahead, the hill gently sloping down towards it...

>Go see Mom first. Let her know you're back.
>Check in on those wolves again.
>Swing by the trader's place, see what she can tell you about the caravans coming in.
>Other (?)

>>39751607
>>Swing by the trader's place, see what she can tell you about the caravans coming in.

>>39751607
>Go see Mom

>>39751607
>Check in on those wolves again.

>>39751607

>Swing by the trader's place, see what she can tell you about the caravans coming in.

>>39751607
>>Go see Mom first. Let her know you're back.

>>39751607
Check on wolves

>>39751607
>>Go see Mom first. Let her know you're back.
She'll know what's going on with the wolves so we can take care of both at the same time.

>>39751607
>Check in on those wolves again.

This is the last big thing we need to do before we set off.

Other stuff could be done off screen and time skipped over if we wanted to.

>>39751607
>Other (See Lia, find out how things went with the other harpies)

Torn between her mother and wolves, Lyra makes the only choice she can-
Mutual destruction.

Writing!

>>39751607
>>Go see Mom first. Let her know you're back.

Offspring No.1 reporting to Parental Unit A

>>39751815

...we're going to walk in on her drill-sergeanting them, aren't we?

>>39751598
>With your snake properly cleaned and stowed, you set off- Adventure awaits!

Kek.

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Hey I found a picture of nin on the internet.

>>39752108
Please, nin is no where near that stacked

>>39752125
Give it a few years and some evolutions.

>>39752125

Yet.

And then she will smother Lyra with them.

And then they will do naughty things.

>>39752163
>>39752179
No Nin will be forever flat as Lyra grows so she can make motherly queen or tracks of the queen's land jokes

>>39752197

What was that bit about ruling over the Queen's tracts of land?

Lewd Moth disease.

Going to be highly amused if our little moth friend gets swept off her feet by a man. The entire teasing would reverse fast enough to cause whiplash.

>>39752215
No she is the Herald it is her duty to transverse all of the Queens lands

After being waved through by the guards-

You think you see one writing down the 'purpose of your visit' as 'Trouble'-

You decide that you can graciously forgive such preposterous slander. Trouble indeed.
And with that out of the way, you head to the makeshift prison to talk to the resident convicts.

The wolves, specifically. Who aren't technically convicts because there isn't a judge in the town, so they haven't been convicted of anything.
They're still totally in trouble though.

The town itself is mostly empty at this hour- workers are out in the woods, and the rest have their own chores and duties to see to. You could probably round up a pile of adventurers- but they'll be in either the Inn or the guild, and they hardly have anything resembling regular hours to begin with.

Well, there is two people who you know will be there- two spots, anyway.

The guards posted outside the shed are chatting amicably with-

Lia and your mother. It's a bit odd to see the older harpy perched atop your mother's back. Is that what it looks like with you and Jin? Just, more red. And white. Huh.

"Hello."

All four turn to you, the adventurers watching expectantly, and your mother grinning like she does whenever she is about to cause problems.
Maybe that is why she recognizes it so easily.

"Lyra."
"Mom."
"How have you been, yes?"
"It has been a day. I visited my friends homes."
"And you aren't hauling monster corpses, or even looking like you've run through field of blades. Well done."

"You say that like I didn't get it from you, yes."
"I am not nearly so bad-"
"Lia has sold you out, yes. I've heard stories."

She twists, a faux shocked look on her face.
"Traitor!"
Lia swats her with her wings.

"Stop arguing with children."

>So? What's the decision?
>Have you two just been waiting outside the shed for me since I left?
>Anyway, I didn't get into any trouble at all while I was gone, yes.
>Other(?)

>>39752562
>So? What's the decision?
>Anyway, I didn't get into any trouble at all while I was gone, yes.

>>39752562
>>So? What's the decision?
>>Have you two just been waiting outside the shed for me since I left?
Also ask where Jin get's her laziness from

>>39752562
>>So? What's the decision?

>>39752562
>Have you two just been waiting outside the shed for me since I left?

>>39752562

>>So? What's the decision?
>>Have you two just been waiting outside the shed for me since I left?

>>39752562

>So? What's the decision?
>Have you two just been waiting outside the shed for me since I left?

The third might set off Nin.

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>>39752562
>So? What's the decision?

>>39752562
>So? What's the decision?
>Anyway, I didn't get into any trouble at all while I was gone, yes.

>>39752562
>So? What's the decision?
Time to see how the rest of the harpies feel about the matter.
>Anyway, I didn't get into any trouble at all while I was gone, yes.
My comings and goings certainly didn't result in an entire village of moths being either in agony or unconscious. Nope, certainly not.

Decisions and jokes and misdirection.
Writing!

Quiet today. Or my page isn't refreshing properly. Meh, either way.

>>39753408
Nope just quiet.

"I- I really want to know what was decided, yes?"
"Of course." "The harpies have-"
"But first- Please. I have to know. Have you been waiting outside the shed since I left?"

Both women stare at you blankly for half a moment, before your mother groans, shaking her head side to side.
"You are awful, yes. Just awful."
"That is... very hurtful."
"And your joke was terrible, little one. You have wounded me."

"Should I get a healer, then?"
"So you don't really want to know what's been decided."
You pout, but your mother is immune, merely crossing her arms over her chest.

"Fine, fine- I am sorry, yes?"
"Lyra. Such hurts do not heal so easily, I am afraid. It could be many years before-"
"Yes, yes. Hugs?"
"This won't always work, you know."

"It barely works even now, yes. I still get into trouble."
"Mhm."

She embraces you, whispering quietly into your ear-
"Idiot."
"Love you too, yes."
"My little idiot."

She steps away from you, smiling wide, and Lia clears her throat.
"You know I am sitting on you, yes? I can hear everything."
"No you can't." "You didn't hear anything, yes."
"Of course, that is just what the world needs. A younger Nialla who gets into more trouble."

"But really though, what is going to happen to them?"
The harpy sighs, ruffling her feathers and slowly switching gears.
"Some people wanted them out-"
"Eh-"
"Oh, let me finish, yes. They were the minority. A bunch of people were happy to have them, so they can feel like they're stronger than the wolves. The adventurers are okay, because they think they'll work well with them. And Sheszka has gone a long way with the village. Most people didn't see the attack with the wall. So-"

"So they can stay?"
"They can stay."

>Can I talk to them, then?
>Are you letting them out now?
>Grab Sheszka. How does the Alpha thing work? Do you just need to declare it, or what?
>Other(?)

>>39753532

>Can I talk to them, then?
>Grab Sheszka. How does the Alpha thing work? Do you just need to declare it, or what?

>>39753532
>>Can I talk to them, then?
>>Are you letting them out now?

>>39753532
>Can I talk to them, then?
>Are you letting them out now?

>>39753532
>>Are you letting them out now?
>>Grab Sheszka. How does the Alpha thing work? Do you just need to declare it, or what?
>Can I talk to them, then?

>>39753532

>Grab Sheszka. How does the Alpha thing work? Do you just need to declare it, or what?

That first, then

>Can I talk to them, then?

>>39753532
>>Are you letting them out now?

>>39753532
>>Can I talk to them, then?
>>Are you letting them out now?

>>Other(?)
What about the wolves who fled into the surrounding forest? We can't just let them starve.

>>39753532
>Can I talk to them, then?

>>39753532
>Grab Sheszka. How does the Alpha thing work? Do you just need to declare it, or what?
>Can I talk to them, then?

>>39753621
By now they are long back into their side of the forest. And they are wolves, they can feed themselves you know?

>>39753621

Unfortunately, those ones have probably already starved/been killed by forest creatures/just died from depression, or they've gone feral/bandit and would attack us.

It sucks, but nobody was really in a position to help them back when we might have been able to.

>>39753532
>>Grab Sheszka. How does the Alpha thing work? Do you just need to declare it, or what?

>>39753532
>Grab Sheszka. How does the Alpha thing work? Do you just need to declare it, or what?

>>39753685

The ones who'd been captured had gone into a depression and were reluctant to eat, if I remember correctly. Wouldn't surprise me if a good number of the ones who ran simply laid down and let themselves die.

Sure, everything, whatever-

Writing!

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>>39753767
Sometimes being qm is suffering...

>>39753742
>The ones who'd been captured had gone into a depression and were reluctant to eat
They were captured because they had gone into depression. So the ones that escaped were the ones that didn't.

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>>39753767
I know that feel.

>>39753532
>Are you letting them out now?

I wonder how much more hunting Ezzy will need to do to level up?

>>39754150

Those are some awfully feminine hands.

>>39754150

She was at 40 "on the way home", according to the pastebin, and I'll guess she got five or so from the rabbit fight, so she's halfway there, nearabouts.

>>39754378
Also from the pastebin, Shez (lvl 88) and Jin (lvl 83) have overtaken Lyra (lvl 77).

This is more disturbing to me than it probably should be.

>>39754465
Arn't they at a lower evolution level anyway?

Mind, Lyra has not gone hunting and killing for a while since the army thing.

>>39754465
They overtook her already by the level update before then.

>>39754486

Nope, all three (plus Nin) are third tier.

>>39754486
They are the same Tier as Lyra, but Lyra is from a more powerful race, which is why she grows slower.
And since Sheszka and Jin get basically the same amount, that means the inevitably they will have more level than Lyra from now on.
Nin will definitly overtake Lyra too, as will Ezzy if she keeps working, since they grow even faster than Jin and Sheszka.

>>39754507
Huh. Well, i guess we should actually go do something instead of waiting around for the next caravan.

>Level 4: Special Class: Ranger: A hunter who fights side by side with monsters, and can mimic the powers of their partners. But Lyra is leaving-

When did this happen? Should we help her make more monster friends?

>>39754465
>>39754486
Weaker race AND we also have mad skills with our spear. That's how Mom was trouncing Lyra despite her being the same tier evolutionary.

>>39754465
Lyra's functionally a tier ahead of the others, due to her being a giant spider and giant spiders being awesome like that.
Everybody else can be expected to out tier Lyra eventually in raw tier ranking, but she'll be above them in functional tier-XP so long as they're not a tier above AND higher XP.

>>39754613
>Nin's Secret Skill: Rank 3
I'm more worried about this one.

>>39754665
I'm glad to see she ranked up her Heraldry thought

>>39754665
$10 on lewd dust

>>39754665

It's Lewd-dust, she's been practicing for when she assaults Lyra to make her urges known.

Duh.

You lean a bit back groping blindly to your left- Till your hand finds a pair of fuzzy ears, and a giant mass of hair.
That means Sheszka.

"Er. How does the Alpha thing work?"
"Lyra?"
You drag her around in front of you.

"You volunteered, yes? How does it work, otherwise? Do I just... declare myself alpha? Do I have to punch everyone again?"
"You probably shouldn't punch people."
"I'm not going to- It is very hard to tell when you are being sarcastic."
"Isn't that the point?"

"Sort of? You need to- no, this is not the time for this."
"Okay."
"So?"
"So?"

"Alpha stuff, please."
"You are already my alpha. Tell them that they belong to you now."
"Okay."

You look up and away from to wolf- who simply leans back in your hands, flopping her head backwards and watching everything upside-down, without a care in the world. You look to your Mom and Lia, and to the guardsmen and back again.

"Are you letting them out now, then?"
They shrug. Mom shrugs. Lia sighs.
"Why am I the one responsible for all this?"
"I do not live here, yes." "I'm not paid enough." "Me neither."

She clicks her tongue.
"Yes, fine. Whatever. I take responsibility, let them out."
You nod.
"I am going to talk to them, yes."

"Obviously."

The wolves filter out slowly, watching all around, still subdued.

>Hello, yes, I am your alpha now.
>Set the ground rules.
>Let them know they can stay, first. So they stop being depressed.
>Other (?)

That's a thought, should we learn Alchemy?
Being able to apply heat via hand would probably allow Lyra to make alchemy bombs on the go.

>>39754732
>Set the ground rules.
>Let them know they can stay, first. So they stop being depressed.

>>39754732
>>Set the ground rules.
>Let them know they can stay, first. So they stop being depressed.

>>39754756
Wouldn't that be more something for Nin or Ezzy?

>>39754732
>Let them know they can stay, first. So they stop being depressed.
>Hello, yes, I am your alpha now.

>>39754732
Implying it won't be all the things again. But for the order
>Hello, yes, I am your alpha now.
is hilarious
and then
>Let them know they can stay so they stop being depressed.

>>39754732
>>Set the ground rules.
>>Let them know they can stay, first. So they stop being depressed.

>>39754776
Nin could supply dust to supplement, but being able to heat at will with precision, and therefore cause reactions, not to mention infuse mana with fine control, makes Lyra singularly suited for Alchemy compared to them.

>>39754839
>not to mention infuse mana with fine control
You mean the exact thing Lyra isn't capable of?

>>39754732
>Hello, yes, I am your alpha now.
>Set the ground rules.
Shouldn't we do something about the other wolves that escaped?
They're rogues and will likely attack anything in desperation, making them a threat to the woodcutters and miners.
Sure we could fight them off, but wouldn't finding them and rounding them up with these wolves be easier and safer for the villagers?

>>39754839
Lyra would always need to expend from her Mana Stone to infuse anything, throwing bombs would also get in the way of using her spear, and then I have to wonder why she would need bombs to begin with? it doesn't do anything she can't already do. Ezzy and Nin could use ranged attack options, Lyra has them and doesn't actually need them that bad.

>>39754732

> Set the ground rules
> Let them know they can stay if they follow them

Does it seem dickish to anybody else to declare yourself someone's sworn leader and then immediately abandon them?

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>>39754732
>Let them know they can stay, first. So they stop being depressed.
>Set the ground rules.

>>39754870
>Shouldn't we do something about the other wolves that escaped?
Didn't them being on this side of the river mean they would eventually be killed off by the other spiders?

So does Sheszka looks a bit like this?

>>39754870
Well our wolves are going to be guarding the town anyway. If any of others have gone feral nearby, they'll be dealing with them as with any danger. (Although they may ask to join up after a beatdown.)

But most of them probably went back to the wolflands, either trying to fit into packs or scrabble something together.

But mostly, they're fucked. Life ain't nice for wolves.

Start by getting less depressed wolves. Move onto other things, like rules, and the fact that you now pretty much run this shit.

Writing!

>>39754911
Given that a load of my briefings for jobs have consisted of "I'm your boss go do what that guy over there says", not really. Delegation is perfectly normal.

Also, we're not abandoning them, just leaving for a while.

>>39754868
She can draw mana from her stone and then infuse it into something, she has mana control. She just doesn't generate it herself.

>>39754904
It could also be used for making potions, acid flasks, alkaline, weapon bleaches, etc.
Not to mention if you make a bomb, you could lay a trap with it. e.g. a net studded with pressure bombs thrown onto a foe.

Use your imagination.
It is always a good idea to have multiple options available.

>>39754920
>Didn't them being on this side of the river mean they would eventually be killed off by the other spiders?
Yeah, if they stick around in spider country.
But there's still the border forest area between spider and harpy territories they might lurk around in.

>>39754933
>If any of others have gone feral nearby, they'll be dealing with them as with any danger
Yeah, but wouldn't it be better to be pro-active about something like this and not wait for someone to get attacked?

>>39754947
Or we can have Nin be the specialist chemist with Lyra helping and maybe adding some past life knowledge, instead of her doing everything herself.

>>39754911
>and then immediately abandon them?
I would consider it more stationing them as guards while we are gone.
Although I would have preferred to have someone else do the Alpha thing, way less trouble if the authority is actually around.
Most seem to have agreed, since only 3 or so voted for Alpha, but I guess its not a important detail since REQM put it in anyway, so its not likely going to cause trouble.

So, we are alpha of a wolf pack now. Does this mean we are to screw all of the pack come meeting season?

>>39754973
Can easily learn it together.
Nin will have an advantage with her dust, but she is limited in carry capacity and always needing a stationary heat source, unless she uses Lyra. Lyra is her own heat source, and has mana control which can be used to infuse.

There is no reason not to learn such a skill if we can.

>>39754947
>Use your imagination.
Yes, my imagination tells me that the people who naturally produce ingredients and don't already have a bazillion special abilities and magic to throw around, would be far better suited and would gain more from using alchemy or other devices.

>It is always a good idea to have multiple options available.
I'm not sure why you don't realise how contradictionary you are being here. if Ezzy or Sheszka do the alchemy thing, we have more gain in options than if Lyra does it, because she already has so many things she can do.

>>39754970
>Yeah, but wouldn't it be better to be pro-active about something like this and not wait for someone to get attacked?
Woods are big and wolves are sneaky when there's just singulars of them.

And, they do not specifically target the villagers any more than any other random monster.

Seriously, they're just a tiny blip on the local danger value.

>>39754988
Nin get off the computer.

>>39754988
No it just means Lyra got first dips on the prettiest bitches.

>>39755012
Your imagination is lacking.
Nin has one thing: ingredients, in her favour, while Lyra has Mana control and precise portable heat source.
Both can easily use each other, but Lyra is the most likely to be able to use it on the fly if isolated.

That is not contradictory at all, there is no guarantee we will always be around everyone else at all times.

At the very least, learn it up until basic health potions, then if something happens to the other healer we can help them properly.

>>39755125
Why would health potions need a portable heat source? You can just make it and then use it whenever.
You have this terrible munchkin disease of wanting the MC to do everything that can be done by themselves, leaving the rest of the cast without anything. When is Lyra supposed to brew all that stuff, next to all the stuff she already enjoys doing, like forging, hunting, training?
Its pointless and makes no sense for the character.

>>39755125
You're thinking that learning things is something done instantly and without effort, which is wrong. Enchanting things takes a whole damn lot of studying time from Sara and she does nothing but study magic and it's applications. It's not something you just "pick up"

>>39755125
>Nin has one thing: ingredients, in her favour, while Lyra has Mana control and precise portable heat source.
You do realise that access to ingredients is a lot harder to get than access to a portable heat source?

>>39755125
>not realising that Nin will already delve into alchemy anyway so she can make fizzy drinks for Lyra

>>39755241

Always possible her special skill IS alchemy.

>>39755209
Fair point, but i was suggesting a useful skill instead of commenting on the time to learn.

>>39755219
Very much dependable on the ingredients, the portable heat source is a point i was mentioning due to the fact Lyra can just keep walking and do this absent minded, theoretically anyway.

>>39755185
I dont know, when the QM states how potions are used then i'de be able to comment, but a heat source is usualy a key part of allot of alchemy.
Its not being a munchkin to suggest a skill that the MC could be suited to. We disagree on this point and your being a bit ingenuous viewing it this way. But what ever, different opinions.
As for the rest of the cast roles: Fair point? I dont want to learn everything, it was a skill suggestion that i argued the good points for, this seems to have been blown up a little. The time to brew would depend on the method, but since she can walk and heat at the same time, its essentially strap a few bottles to the side of the spider but and let them simmer on the go.

>>39755241
Should be coffee, caffeine gets spiders drunk.

>>39755301
>but a heat source is usualy a key part of allot of alchemy
For making, yes. But not for using, which was your argument. Anyone could do the alchemy thing if Lyra just provides a fire for them. Only in combat would it make a difference, and then Lyra has other stuff to do. Under that argument, Sheszka could be using Alchemy too, since she can also create heat.

>>39755301
>Should be coffee, caffeine gets spiders drunk.
A:
Alcohol ALSO gets Lyra drunk.

B:
>not drinking fizzy coffee
>whateverthefuckthedateisinspideryears
>ISHYGDDT

>>39755301
>can just keep walking and do this absent minded, theoretically anyway
You can't just heat up and ignore that sort of thing anon. Really, basic chemistry lessons should tell you that. I would make way more sense for someone on Lyras back to brew on the go while she provides passive heat.

>>39755338
Learning the skill to make and then use, you know, a dual combo. If it was just using then we wouldn't really need much alchemy skill other than "Throw this". Fair point on the anybody part.

Come to think of it Sheszka's cooling ability would be rather useful for alchemy as well.

>>39755376
Fair point i suppose. again, i was just suggesting learning the skill, but that seems to be fully shot down. Fair enough.

I do hope to see Lyra Nin and Shes working together sometime though.

>>39755301
>Should be coffee, caffeine gets spiders drunk.
I think you are missing the point. Lyra has expressed desire for fizzy drinks to Nin, which is why she would be inclined to make some for her.
Nin doesn't even know what coffee is.

>>39755424
>Nin doesn't even know what coffee is.
yet

>>39755441
Lets hope for Lyras dignity it takes a long time for her to find out what it does to spiders.

>>39755454
Jokes on Nin. Lyra is a giant spider, it takes 100000% more coffee to get her drunk.

>>39755301
Potions exist in world. They were mentioned ages ago before the dungeon that wasn't. I think they were then misplaced.

I've had to think about alchemy for potions and the like a bit.

>>39755472
The experience from the moth village show that not to be the case.

>>39755472
so we need to find espresso is what you're saying?

>>39755492
Wheres Dr. Unoriginal when you need him, he probably has a decent amount of notes on alchemy that are hopefully not entirely nonsensical. (Granted, a lot of his alchemy stuff involved actual narcotic usage.)

>>39755498
Lyra drank allot at the moth village.

>>39755523
But definitly not 100000% more than anyone else.

Rolled 3, 98 = 101 (2d100)

Did jin surpass us in evo?

Something that keeps making me wonder, do you think there is a IC reason why all of Lyras companions turn white in color?
veryone except Ezzy and Lyra is. And Ezzy might still become a Shirohebi or somesuch.

>>39755539
Not yet, but soon.

>>39755551
The Royal Guard colours.

That, would actually make sense.

>>39755572
>[Majestic Queenly Presence] intensifies

>>39755551

Jin and Shez are going white because of their ice associations (Jin's a comet and Shez got ice magic or something). Nin's naturally white and has actually been getting less so with her brown spottage and golden tracery on her wings.

>>39755644

Golden tracery for the Imperial Waifu.

>>39755644
>Shez are going white because of their ice associations
Shez only got a ice association when she evolved, she had no such association before then.

>>39755644
There was no particular reason for Shes to turn into a arctic wolf though. I could see maybe the Moon blessing, but she wasn't stronger associated with that than the average wolf.

>>39755644
Hell, that's actually raising a good question.
Is "comet" associated with "shooting star" or with "ball of ice on path through space"? If it's the former, it has jack and shit to do with ice. If it's the latter, it absolutely does.

>>39755551
I assumed it was because of all of the group visiting the waterfall with the stars. That was almost certainly the case with Jin.

>>39755701

She also only went white when she evolved, she was brown before then.

We only went red when we got the Blessing of the Goddess of Protection. We were black before then.

The power and the colour come in tandem.

>>39755737
Since Star elemental control gives light missiles to throw, I would say the former rather than the later.
especially since Jin got Fire manipulation on top of that.

Well, I just woke up. didn't actually expect this to be here today.

>>39754732
>Let them know they can stay, first. So they stop being depressed.

Cheer up sadwolves.

>>39755763
>She also only went white when she evolved, she was brown before then.
Yes? And? The point wa that there was no particular reason why she turned white or developed ice powers, depending on what way around you want to see it.

>>39755619
And we have exactly four Guardian Devas.
Jin, Shez, Ezzy and Nin.
Nin can be Nonon. Even though she's not a snek.

>>39755764
Jin was all about the stars even before the waterfall. Hell it's the reason we even brought her there. Everybody else (including other spiders except Sara) only got "yeah it's very cool" from it rather than star magic.

>>39755822
Not sure if you mislinked or what that had to do with what I said.

Anyway, Sara already had Star magic befre the waterfall too, since thats the reason we visited it the first time.
I would think visiting it helped Jin developing star blessings, due to how evolutions are based on things you do.

>>39755721

We'd need to see REQM's notes for her to check, but she may well have ticked the required boxes for moon association before we met her.

>>39755783

Nialla explicitly stated that the colour and the blessing are linked back when we were freaking out about having red hands.

I'll give you that I'm not sure why the power came in regards to them, but the original question was regarding why our friends were all white. The point is that they're white because of the way their powers developed.

>>39755864
Here's to hoping Lizzy ends up a white dragon snake or some such. Royal Guard all the way.

The female is the first to speak up again- Asarra?
Yes, that was it.

She glances slowly between all of you- from Sheszka to you, to Mom and Lia, to the guards-
And then she nods slowly, her melancholy expression never changing.

"You have decided what to do with us, then."
"Yes. You'll be staying."
"We understand. What we have done- What?"
"You will stay here. Live here. In the village."

"But- the pact-"
Lia coughs into a wing.
"As far as the harpies are concerned- Your previous alpha broke the pact, and has been punished."

The wolf looks around helplessly, trying in vain to make sense of it all.
"We- we cannot. How would we live? What would-"
Even now, they're still moping, still depressed- You click in irritation, her head swinging round to face you, eyes peeking beneath dirty bangs-

"Enough. I am Lyra, yes. I am your new alpha."

The effect of that is immediate- Backs straighten, an almost military bearing coming over the wolves, worried faces breathing sighs of relief, watching and waiting for you.

Sheszka wasn't this bad, was she? No. This almost seems pathological- how much of their depression was just feeling aimless, lost? Well, you kind of did take in Sheszka right away. And she was worried about being abandoned, even after the fact- Just wolves, then? But why did none of them step up to be alpha?

>>39755864
>Nialla explicitly stated that the colour and the blessing are linked back when we were freaking out about having red hands.
Yes I know.. What are you trying to say? No one is saying they aren't.

>The point is that they're white because of the way their powers developed.
But that doesn't answer the question at all, because the point was why they all turned white, the answer "because Shes developed ice powers" make doesn't answer it, because than the question is, why did she develop ice powers which made her turn white?
Its still very much more than coincidence that all our companions turn out white over the time.
Its actually more likely REQm gave Shes ice powers to connect it to a white coloration.

Also, its not actually true she turned white because of the ice powers per se. She is white because she is a arctic wolf, which explicitly doesn't come with ice powers by itself.

>She's now an Arctic wolf. Which is solely the dominion of her colouration, and offers no powers of it's own.

>>39755922
You shovel all that to the side, for now.

"You will be living in the village from now on- Helping guard it, helping hunt, working with people as they need you. Do you understand?"
A chorus answers you, all five of them responding in the positive, some accepting, some happy.
"Good. A few rules, then."

They form a semi circle in front of you, waiting attentively. Your mother is biting her finger and trying not to laugh- You'll remind her later that they're better behaved than any of her children ever were.
And yes, you know what she'll say in response.

"To start- You don't need to rush to rebuild the pack, yes."
The other female- who's name escapes you completely blinks back, looking confused.
"But- there's so few, Alpha."
"Yes. But why do you need a bigger pack?"

All five of them look confused, glancing at each other.
There's a murmur of consent before one of the men speak, softly, as though the statement were more of a question being offered.
"To keep the pack strong? To be safe."
You nod, and they nod, and you continue.

"There aren't any packs to war with here, yes. You are safe. The whole village is a part of your pack- They will help defend you if you need it, and you will do the same for them."
They consider it for a moment, and then they nod again- it seems like they actually understand, instead of just obeying you, thank gods.

>Drop the I'll be leaving bomb
>Start in with more rules(what?)
>Drag them all to the river and throw them in, to start. Maybe set Elle to clothe them. Dirty scraps are a no go.
>Establish your chain of command. Who else do they have to listen to?
>Other(?)

>>39755938
>Drag them all to the river and throw them in, to start. Maybe set Elle to clothe them. Dirty scraps are a no go.
>Establish your chain of command. Who else do they have to listen to?
Mom, Lia, Head adventurer, etc. Nin should be ignored.

>>39755938
>>Drag them all to the river and throw them in, to start. Maybe set Elle to clothe them. Dirty scraps are a no go.
>>Establish your chain of command. Who else do they have to listen to?
Wash wolves to establish extra dominance.

>>39755938
>>Drag them all to the river and throw them in, to start. Maybe set Elle to clothe them. Dirty scraps are a no go.
>>Establish your chain of command. Who else do they have to listen to?

Lia and whoever works as village chief, maybe the guild leader too.

Also Mother, because she won't take no for an answer and she is scary.

>>39755938
>>Drag them all to the river and throw them in, to start. Maybe set Elle to clothe them. Dirty scraps are a no go.

>>39755938
>Drop the I'll be leaving bomb
>Drag them all to the river and throw them in, to start. Maybe set Elle to clothe them. Dirty scraps are a no go.
>Establish your chain of command. Who else do they have to listen to?
>The local spiders, meaning Elle and maybe Aria. And Asarra can be otherwise in charge of the rest.

>>39755938
>Establish your chain of command.
"I am strong, but my mother here is my Alpha. If neither of us are here, Lia is Alpha. You will be taking most of your direction from her, since she's the one who actually lives in the village. If you want to challenge the alpha, keep in mind you'll have to challenge me, or I'll wreck you when I get back."

>>39755938
>Drop the I'll be leaving bomb
>Drag them all to the river and throw them in, to start. Maybe set Elle to clothe them. Dirty scraps are a no go.
>Establish your chain of command. Who else do they have to listen to? Nialla and Lia.

>>39755938
>>Establish your chain of command. Who else do they have to listen to?
>Drop the I'll be leaving bomb
The adventurers and shopkeepers should be keeping them well stocked in things to do.

>Other(?)
Introduce them to money

>>39755965
>>39755938
Seconded, with an extra helping of ignore the moth

>>39755965
This, especially the Nin part. Can't be letting the moth get ahead of us.

>>39755938
>Drag them all to the river and throw them in, to start. Maybe set Elle to clothe them. Dirty scraps are a no go.
>>39755991
supporting this for chain of command

>>39756027
>>39755938
oh:
And elle!
They should listen to elle too.

>>39755938
>Drop the I'll be leaving bomb
>Establish your chain of command. Who else do they have to listen to?
>Drag them all to the river and throw them in, to start. Maybe set Elle to clothe them. Dirty scraps are a no go.
Near enough everything really.

>>39755938
>>Drag them all to the river and throw them in, to start. Maybe set Elle to clothe them. Dirty scraps are a no go.
>>Establish your chain of command. Who else do they have to listen to?
if mother was holding back laughter before she's going to bust a gut at this... MAKE SURE SHE HELPS CLEAN

>>39755938
>Establish your chain of command. Who else do they have to listen to?
Mom, Lann (go go ranger, even with us gone she won't be able to avoid monster shenanigans!), Lia, Shez, and the usual village head honchos past that.
>Drop the I'll be leaving bomb

Dirty wolves, Lines of command. We'll start from there.

Writing!

So.
did we manage to steal any fizzy drink for later?

>>39756216

I think we got the recipe?

We know it's dust at least.

So we just have to shake Nin and make drinks out of what comes out.

Then test them on Ezzy, because she's small and easily controlled in case what we make is rage/lust dust-based.

>>39756298
>So we just have to shake Nin and make drinks out of what comes out.
L-LEWD. Way too lewd.

>>39756298
we STILL don't have antivenoms for ezzy or us.

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>>39756342
We don't have any for ourselves either, which are probably way worse.

>>39756366
well, yes. That's why I said "ezzy or us".

We both need antivenoms.

>>39756376
I missed that, sorry.
But I don't actually think we need any. Since Nins Cure and Heal dusts seem multi-purpose.

>>39756366
do we know how to make anti-venoms for our poison? Perhaps mom could teach us. She would have 'accidental' poisoned dad as some point.

>>39756395
Thats pretty unlikely, the only thing we would need to worry about is someone eating something we poisoned. If we would accidently poison someone directly, they wouldn't survive long enough for any antivenom.

I don't think spider bother with that sort of thing, otherwise mom would have taught us when Sheszka showed up.

>>39756395
Yeah I'm not sure if effective anti-venoms can be made for the types that liquify.

>>39756412
The reason I want antivenoms is because us and ezzy are one poorly placed spinning piledriver away from biting someone we care about.

Or, really, any move that sends us flying.

>>39756395

I think spider venom is more a "you have to force it out" than a "you have to make sure it doesn't come out" deal.

Like you wouldn't accidentally venom someone in the throes of passion because you'd actually have to be trying to inject venom when you bit them.

>>39756452
>are one poorly placed spinning piledriver away from biting someone we care about
I'm not sure what you are trying to get at here?
How would something that send us flying somehow cause us to bite people?

Actually I'm not even sure if we don't need to consciously 'use' our poison, I don't think it injects on its own from biting.

>>39756452
Venom injection is a conscious muscle movement. As such just biting does not auto inject.

>>39756488
well, the thinking is accidental bites happen.
>>39756505
though this might make things a bit better.

>>39756528

It takes effort to poison someone, accidental bites only happen if someone, namely us, being retarded and keeping our fangs full of venom when it's unnecessary.

That's one of several problems out of the way, then.
You let out a sigh of relief, nodding again to your new pack.

"For now- Follow me, yes."
You turn, leading the trail of utterly filthy monsters through the town, talking as you go.
"A few more important things, then."

You take a right, heading past a small cluster of houses, keeping up a slower pace to give you time to tlak.
"You will need to listen to people in town as well, yes. Not everyone- And do not let someone order you to do something you do not want, yes? But if you need instructions- My family, the Harpy who was with us just now, or a half-elf adventurer I will show you to later- All of them will carry my authority, yes."

Another small string of agreements, understandings.
"Will you not be here?"
You hum to yourself, trying to phrase it right-
"I will be exploring, yes. Scouting. And I will trust you to keep the town safe n my absence."
"Yes, Alpha!"

The response is enthusiastic- people who've suddenly found reasons and goals, lives suddenly filled. The sheer adoration makes you feel a little guilty- You know you're doing this to help them, but it just sort of feels... you don't know. It's weird.

>>39756696
You keep it from your face and voice, sounding chipper and happy as you roll up to the bank of the river.
"Here we are, yes."
You can practically feel waves of trepidation coming off them.
"The- the river, Alpha?"
"You will not be crossing it, yes?"

"Then...?"
"You are all filthy."
They glance between themselves, one of the men sniffing at his own arm before making a face.
You'd use the bath, but- Well, a rinse first would probably be best. There's enough muck on them to dye the whole thing brown, most likely. You nod to yourself.
"Now, get in."

Blessedly, they seem to take to the water more like dogs than a set of wild animals- A little too enthusiastically, really. You end up reigning in he women, helping them scrub down- Jin and Sheszka simply opt to play in the water themselves.

Nin and Ezzy aren't fans of the cold so much.

That reminds you-

You gather them up from the river, retreating as they all shake themselves off. You'll drag them to the guild next- They can meet Lann, and you can show them the baths as well.

"One more important thing, yes?"
"Alpha?"
"Don't listen to Nin. She can't be trusted."
"Hey!"

>>39756712
>"One more important thing, yes?"
>"Alpha?"
>"Don't listen to Nin. She can't be trusted."
>"Hey!"
Bullet dodged!

>>39756712
And that'll be it for tonight!
Next session will be... sometime. I'm being dragged off on vacation. I may be able to slap together a short thread, or I might switch to early times and do it before people decide to do something for the day.
As usual, comments and the like answered in thread!

>>39756811
Thanks for running. Sent you things

>>39756811
Thanks for running.

>>39756811
Thanks for running REQM.

>>39756811
Thanks for running.

>>39756811
>>39756835
Thats me

>>39756811
Thanks for running!

>>39756835
>>39756841
>>39756839
>>39756847
>>39756855
Thanks for playing!

>>39756852
Alright, I'll be sure to check!

>>39756811
Yeah, that's about right. See you next time, eventually!

You best be ready for bazzaar a scene when we eventually get to a city though. We've got so much looking-for-things-we-miss to do.

Are we going to be discussing spiderbutt evolutions soon? Or is it still going to be a while before we are ready to get more HUEG?

>>39756903
Well we arn't near any unique evolution conditions yet, so even if we can evolve again, we might hold off until we meet criteria for a varient.

>>39756903
With the current pacing, we have some ~20 threads or so before that happens. We can start talking about them when we reach close to level 90.

>>39756751
Indeed. Otherwise Lyra might have had her own royal guard greeting her in the morning, Elle and Nin having conspired to design and make a heraldic flag for the wolves to carry about.

If these wolves evolve now, Would they evolve our characteristics just because they are ours, or do they need to be in contact with us for it?

>>39756892
I'll get ready, then.

>>39756903
>>39756939
You're close to several, but yes, you need levels first.

>>39756991
>Elle and Nin having conspired to design and make a heraldic flag for the wolves to carry about.
>implying it would be hard for Nin to convince Elle to make that for the wolves
We didn't tell them to not listen to Elle.

thanks for the game.