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No sense worrying now. Everyone did their absolute best, and this fortress, erected in but a few days where it should have taken months or years, is proof of that. All that's left is for you to do your best as well.

Samiel said he'd wait for you in his room. It probably shouldn't take long for him to be prepared, but this whole deal about restoring Dancing Smoke's memories... it could take longer than you suspect. You doubt it'll literally be as easy as pulling a lever.

>But it's top priority, so go and pick up Samiel, then ask Tia for a lift up to the volcano for the two of you.
>First of all, I need to put in four hours of training - they can even be just 2 thanks to Silk's Bottle - to properly train my retainers. (Regis / Millian / Pyre)
>I should have a chat with Amata first.
>Let's see what Irene needs from me. She was really hyped up last night, maybe she calmed down now.
>(Other?)

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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

New System Info: http://pastebin.com/pvAZpsJ6
Characters info (player-made): http://pastebin.com/5WnD47jp

Give silk her sword back

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>>40126404

>Let's see what Irene needs from me. She was really hyped up last night, maybe she calmed down now.

I imagine that restoring smoke would have some fallout we need to deal with. We should get the orders for the workshops in as soon as possible

>>40126404
Silk and her sword grace

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>>40126404
>Let's see what Irene needs from me. She was really hyped up last night, maybe she calmed down now.

Big robot? Big robot.

>>40126404
>Let's see what Irene needs from me. She was really hyped up last night, maybe she calmed down now.

>>40126514
>>40126453
These are both me btw, goddamn phone posting

>>40126404
>Let's see what Irene needs from me. She was really hyped up last night, maybe she calmed down now.
Let's go see our daughter about that mech, and hey, we totally got her those ships she wanted.

Short thread today EF?

>>40126404
>Let's see what Irene needs from me. She was really hyped up last night, maybe she calmed down now.

>>40126404
>Let's see what Irene needs from me. She was really hyped up last night, maybe she calmed down now.

We can also maybe ask her for details about restoring smokes memory. She worked on that project, right?

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>>40126404
>First of all, I need to put in four hours of training - they can even be just 2 thanks to Silk's Bottle - to properly train my retainers. (Regis)

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You had to Irene's laboratory, in the underground levels of the Manse, right next to the main workshop (where Valeriana is): A smaller room, but still quite large and impressively illuminated by light-crystals and lined with heavy, stone stone tables.

A foundry assembly is set in the far was, smaller than the one in the other room, but the area around it is filled with boxes and barrels, tools, anvils and bellows, and strange blocky metallic machines, some inert, some with moving and spinning parts. Showers of sparks and ear-piercing noises erupt from them, together with flashes of colorful light and stray motes of Essence flying through the air, as a good two dozen of white-cloaked engineers from the Tianna military busy themselves around.

Both Irene and Aexel are here, directing the work. As you approach, you can see that part of what you thought was machinery is actually the skeletal frame of a warstrider, apparently assembled by bits of the broken units you recovered from the beach. It seems to be a bit larger than those, a hollow humanoid structure of metallic beams laden with pulleys, chains, wheels and springs to transmit movement from the pilot to the rest of the body.

"That's... impressive." You admit, approaching. At this point, you can barely tell the arms and legs apart. "You got rid of the Soulsteel plating?"

"Maka!" She welcomes you. Nope, she seems still hyped up. "Yeah, it just won't do. Besides, the Silver Prince could find a way to turn it against us if we left some in. We're replacing it all with Jade."

"I thought you were short on Jade." You reply, confused.

"Not anymore." She beams. "Mom recovered a good deal of old Jade bits in the, uh, in the dungeons under Tianna Castle, long forgotten."

"Oh, right, I never got the chance to ask her what her... investigation turned out." Good to know that she didn't accidentally betray the big secret in the heat of the moment.

(cont.)

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"I actually didn't even have the time to check what most of the stuff we got from down there WAS!"

"That much in a hurry, huh." You muse.

"I know, right. So we just packed up everything and headed here on the double. But now I've gone over all of that stuff, and it's AMAZING." She looks like she's about to jump up and down on the spot.

"Calm down, Irene." You smile. "So, what goodies did you bring?"

"Well, a lot of Jade and Jade alloys of all five colors, mostly in broken artifacts, but some pure ingots as well, and several intact artifacts, mostly weapons and armor, but a few minor utility artifacts. A good deal of other mundane metals, but very little of other magical metals. But." And here her grin becomes even larger. "We also found a lot of standardized magitech spare parts, probably meant for maintenance. And we also found something crazier..." She steps aside and drags you away from Aexel, who was beginning to pay more attention to your conversation than to the work going on.

"What is it?" You ask her, once you're sure no one can overhear your conversation.

"First of all, other three suits of Ashigaru armor, but that's not the best part. The best part is that we found the assembly line. With the presses for the parts and all the blueprints and instructions."

"So... you can just MAKE Ashigaru armor now?" You ask her, astonished.

"Not that easy, it'll take a long time to set up a new workshop... but we can try! AND! That's not even the BEST part!"

"I thought it was." You reply, trying to not look too amused by her enthusiasm.

"The BEST part-" She ignores you and continues, on a complete roll "-is that we found bits and parts of, get this... a giant, magical automata dragon."

"...A what."

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>>40127086

>"The BEST part-" She ignores you and continues, on a complete roll "-is that we found bits and parts of, get this... a giant, magical automata dragon."

Oh boy.

>>40127086
They found a fucking Thousand-Forged Dragon?

Well no, I guess that makes sense, the Titans were suppose to house like 50 of them

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>>40127187
She gestures to a burned-out husk to the side, one you didn't may much attention to. But now that you look at it, you can kinda see it. A blackened metallic skull, with powerful jaws and deep-set eyes. A neck structure, with a clawed paw still attached to it. The beginning of what should have been a wing. You feel shivers.

"It's a level of magical technology so far beyond what we know today that I don't even know where to begin!" She continues. "And you know what?"

You sigh. "...That's not even the best part?"

"THAT'S NOT EVEN THE BEST PART! With some components from this, others that I found around, and a few coming from the wrecked ships and Warstriders, I've found the pieces that I was missing to finish repairing and upgrading the Swiftrider!"

"The what?" You try to remember. "Oh, that First Age mechanical horse machine? Does it work fine now?"

"Well, it worked sorta alright even earlier, but now I've customized it." She says, grabbing a cloth draped over something lying around and pulling it off in a grand gesture.

When the dust clears, you see before you a sleek, compact machine crafted from orichalcum-infused brass, steel and gold, set with Jade and glass gemstones.

"...Whoa."

"I KNOW, RIGHT!" She sounds inordinately proud about it.

"...Doesn't this thing need a Hearthstone to work?" You point out, noting the visible votrtex of Essence powering it from within.

"It should, but I came up with a backup system where it can work with the same Essence cartidges I make for fueling Essence-discharge weapons. But on top of using those, it also drains the Essence of whoever uses it, so it's really inefficient. Still, it's a way of using it for now, until we can make more manses." She pats the machine proudly. "I want you to test it."

(cont.)

"Me?" You ask back.

"Yes. You're the one who travels the most out of all of us, generally, and asking lunars to fly you around all the time can be a bother. With this, you can travel in style."

"But... what about you?"

"I don't travel around as much as you do. Besides..." She half-turns to look a the Warstrider being assembled behind her. "...I'm still working on my ride."

>Accept.
>Propose giving it to someone else. (who?)
>Refuse.
>Ask for specifics on the Swiftrider.
>(Other?)

>>40127291
Sure

>>40127291
>Accept.
>>Ask for specifics on the Swiftrider.
I actually really do want it, if we can ride it at least and until we can get a nice wet of wings.

>>40127291
>Accept but after the battle, we need all our essence right now.
>Ask for specifics on the Swiftrider.

>>40127291
>>Accept.

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>>40127291
>>Accept.

Delicious

>>40127291
>Accept.

>Ask for specifics on the Swiftrider.

>>40127291
>>40127388
this +
>Ask about when the dragon will be ready

>>40127431
She has not yet found all the dragon anon

>>40127431
Give it a few decades, maybe a century.

>>40127291
So the Swift Rider will probably take like a Commit to use, but god damn that list

>Swift Rider
>Ashigaru assembly line
>Thousand-Forged Dragon
>Super Warstrider
>lots of Jade
If only we could have found this stuff earlier.

>>40127456
then what the fuck is the point of telling us about it if it can't do jack fucking shit to help in the fight?

all I'm seeing is a bunch of cool but ultimately useless shit we can't use for the battle

>>40127491
For after the battle. You know, the centuries dragonblooded and multiple millennia that most solars have to live?

Think long term.

>>40127491
Because it's there? Because this fight, while a huge deal is not everything? You know, an aftermath? So we can use this later?

It's not 'win one fight, live happily ever after'. Exalted doesn't work that way.

>>40127524
It's not even worth thinking long term without getting through this battle first.

>>40127531
anon, this fight, if it doesn't go well for us, means we don't have ANY aftermath other than seeing what being dead is like

it's not a sure shot we're going to come out of this fight unscathed and worrying about what comes after it before getting through it is asinine

>>40127531
If we don't win this fight we don't get to live at all let alone deal with the cool but useless loot. You have your priorities backwards anon.

>>40127291
>Accept
>Ask Irene to go on the test ride with you
women and motorcycle seats, mmmm.

>>40127543
I'm well aware that a head to head with a Deathlord + Minions is a dicey proposition. But it's not like we're diverting resources to fix the dragon right now.

We know it's around and it's something worth keeping in mind. That's it.

I mean, what do you want? Disassembling it to see if there are any parts we can use piecemeal?

>>40127291
>Accept.
>Ask for specifics on the Swiftrider.

>>40127569
So she shouldn't have told us about it at all?
It was there, we've wanted to know what they've found for a while and it's a shame we can't use it, but at least we know that now.

>>40127622
When she gets us all excited about finding a fucking automata dragon, I kind of expect to be able to use a fucking automata dragon, especially considering the fact that we could really fucking use it right now.

"Oh... Alright. Thank you." You reply, patting the machine in turn. It gently hums with power. "Is it loaded?"

"It has enough cartridges to work for several hundred kilometers, yes. But this way of using it puts stress on the engine, so once things calm down, I'll have to take a look at it." She nods. "There's a gauge that will tell you when it's about to run out of Essence, so you'll know."

"Still." You scratch your head, trying to find a way to not sound too full of yourself. "Will it be that useful? Even without Tia, I can run pretty fast, you know. And have the endurance to keep it up."

"Oh, I'm pretty sure that the Swiftrider is going to be faster than you. It might even give Tia a run for her money."

"Don't tell her." You giggle. "She WILL take that as a challenge."

"And also, technically, the Swiftrider is a horse." Irene adds.

"Technically? What do you mean?"

"I mean that charms meant for riding horses and other living creatures will work on it."

That does sound amusing, but you don't know any. You've never had much experience with riding.

...You shouldn't say that out loud, though. The joke practically writes itself.

"Also, this." She reaches out and pushes a button and the Swiftrider noisily collapses itself, folding into a small, square metallic backpack.

"Wow. Neat. You made it do that?"

"It was already designed to. I couldn't make this stuff up." She waves her hand dismissively.

"So, when are you repairing the dragon?" You ask her.

"Never." Is the reply. "There's barely anything left, and I don't even know where to begin. It's just too far beyond me."

(cont.)

"Oh. I see... but the Warstrider will be ready, right?"

"I will MAKE it ready." She replies, determined. "I promise. It will stride through THIS particular war."

You hold a giggle at that.

Well, considering all this news, how should you deal with all this other loot?

>Ask for a full list of the artifacts, you'll take care of this.
>Ask Irene to handle it or find someone who will, making sure that weapons and artifacts end up in the hands of who will put them to best use.

Combined with:

>Ask her something else as well (what?)
>Training time. (who?)
>Go see Amata.
>Go see Silk.
>Go meet Samiel and leave for the Volcano.
>(Other?)

>>40127673
>"Never." Is the reply. "There's barely anything left, and I don't even know where to begin. It's just too far beyond me."
Yep, fucking useless. So much for those hopes and dreams...

>>40127491
Maybe she's just a girl who loves magitech and is excited to have found something amazing, and wants to tell someone about it.

Sometimes people have a personality, you know.

>>40127641
Well aren't you an entitled little shit, then?

>>40127673
>"Never." Is the reply. "There's barely anything left, and I don't even know where to begin. It's just too far beyond me."
godfuckingdamnit

>>40127690
>Ask Irene to handle it or find someone who will, making sure that weapons and artifacts end up in the hands of who will put them to best use.
>Training time. (who?)
undecided on whether to train Millien or Pyre, they could probably use it and we trained with Regis last

>>40127703
>something amazing
It ceased being that a long time ago, it's a shiny paperweight now.

>>40127690
>Ask Irene to handle it or find someone who will, making sure that weapons and artifacts end up in the hands of who will put them to best use.

>Training time. (Regis)

If it matters, your retainers' statblocks (and equipments) are, straight from my notes:

REGIS (Cutlass) (Ashigaru Armor)
3/1/2
3/2/1/2/1

MILLIAN (Awakened)
1/2/2
1/2/2/2/1

PYRE (Awakened)
3/2/2
3/3/1/1/1

>>40127690
>Ask Irene to handle it or find someone who will, making sure that weapons and artifacts end up in the hands of who will put them to best use.
>Go see Silk.

>>40127690
>Ask Irene to handle the artifacts or find someone who will.
>Ask Irene something else as well
(Ask her if we need to know anything special about reactivating Smoke)
>Training Time (Regis and Pyre)

>>40127747
(before anyone asks, the reason Regis doesn't have the tag (Awakened) in my notes is that I accidentally cut it when copypasting, but he should have it.)

>>40127690
>>Ask Irene to handle it or find someone who will, making sure that weapons and artifacts end up in the hands of who will put them to best use.
Maybe put Amata up to it if she's awake or Samiel to while we train Regis. Save us anything neat they find, something that's not armor or weapons I mean.

>Training time. (who?)
Two days is enough to train Regis for Phys 4 and one point of Zenith.

>>40127690
>Ask Irene to handle it or find someone who will, making sure that weapons and artifacts end up in the hands of who will put them to best use.

>Go meet Samiel and leave for the Volcano.

>>40127783
>Two days is enough to train Regis for Phys 4 and one point of Zenith.
we've only got about 30 hours and remember that we need to go reactivate Dancing Smoke which might take a while plus travel time

>>40127690
Go see silk

Is going to see Silk the same as training time? because they are in the same place and it doesn't make much sense to make them exclusive

>>40127805
As long as we do it before we get leave and after midnight we'll have time, we can do it at least now and as long as Silk's thing doesn't take half a day to do we'll have time.

>On top of that, if you intend to further Tiger Warrior Train your followers, you have today and tomorrow for that. And today is running out. You can only do that once per day, and the day ends at midnight, six hours from now.

>>40127843
>and after midnight
I think you mean before midnight, otherwise we can't spend 2 hours in Silk's bottle tomorrow doing it again, which would be stupid not to do

>>40127842
We'll definitely do it in her Wyld, we should give her the Sword before we actually start the training

>>40127747
Poor Maid, so neglected.

>>40128009
that's why I want to do 2 hours today before we see Smoke, then 2 hours tomorrow, so we can do maid and one other, probably Regis

>>40127747
Why is Millian going to have the best stat block by the time we finish training her.

>>40128025
I'd rather not train Milly yet, we aren't going to have time to fully train her so she won't be out fighting with us so we should be taking the time to train Regis, who will be out fighting with us.

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You thank Irene from the bottom of your heart for all the work and enthusiasm, and leave, round up Regis (who was doing exercises by himself to get used to the suit of Ashigaru armor he's now wearing) and head back into Silk's realm.

This time, you manage to parry Silk's headlong assault and avoid getting bits of her all over you like usual.

"MAKA! I missed you so much!" She inglobes you in an enveloping hug.

"I was here earlier today, Silk." You futilely try to talk some sense in her, then look around. "...Where's my brother?"

"Oh, I'm rapi- taking care of him in my palace." She mentions, pointing at the large construction in the distance.

"You can be in multiple places at the same time here?" Sometimes you forget just how crazy Fae can be in their natural element, but fortunately she never fails to remind you.

"Oh, sort of." She grins. "It makes it easier to do all sort of fun things."

"I bet it does." You nod, seeing the potential. You notice that a thin tentacle of Silk's blue matter connects her mass to the river flowing not too far away from you. You wouldn't be surprised to see a similar appendage connecting the river to... whatever's happening in the palace.

Oh, well. If everything goes right, your brother will emerge from this not just having recovered from his wounds, but with some training under his belt as well.

"And how are you." She drops down to Regis' height and ruffles his hair amicably. "No mutations yet? No weird things in weird places? Good, good. You're a sturdy tiny mortal."

"He's not tiny, he's young, Silk. We've gone over this." You groan.

"It's alright." Replies Regis. "It's not like she'll ever learn the difference. So... what are we doing today?"

"Did you get used to your armor?" You ask. The elaborate suit of technomagical armor fits snugly on Regis' lithe body, having been custom-tailored for his smaller stature by Irene. His cutlass hangs from his belt, looking well-used.

(cont.)

>>40128060
Anon, the Prince will be sending assassins and infiltrators, we need to expect everyone will fight

>>40128111
>"Oh, I'm rapi- taking care of him in my palace." She mentions, pointing at the large construction in the distance.
Wait, so Karas really was screaming about Silk raping him?
No I feel bad.

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"I think so, yes." He closes and opens his hand, as if testing how well the gauntlet's plates connect to each other.

"How does it work, actually?" You ask him.

"Well, when I do this..." And he pulls down his helmet and cowl, which were hanging behind his head, connected to the rest of the suit like a hood to a sweater. The helmet covers his head and face entirely. It has five red glass lenses for eyes, and covers the mouth with some sort of filter. "...It activates." His voice is now hollow, like if coming from someone speaking from one end of a steel drum. "I can see even better with this visor, even in darkness, and I can make things bigger as if looking them through a spyglass just with a though. The suit has an air supply I can breathe from if I need to, and filters in case the supply runs out and the air around me is still poisoned or something."

"I see." You nod. That does sound interesting.

"And I can do this." He seems to relax and focus for a moment, and the armor plates shift in color, mimicking the surroundings.

"Nice trick. I didn't know they could do that."

"Irene helped me out figuring it. And, on top of that, it's a really sturdy yet light armor."

"Well, then. Are you ready?"

He bows formally. "Yes, teacher!"

>Train Physical
>Train Zenith
(cannot train Dawn beyond what you already have)

>>40128182
>>Train Physical
Two more health and a supernatural stat for now.

>>40128182
>Train Physical

If we get time, we should have a chat with the water nymphs. Get them to wait until the enemy tries to deploy troops and then flood their beachheads.

>>40128165
Just punishment for running off without telling onee-sama.

>>40128182
>Train Physical

>>40128182
>Train Physical.
Next training we should probably bump Pyre's physical to max as well

>>40128317
Yeah. With intense sessions of nonstop sex.

>>40128182
>>Train Physical
>"Silk please don't rape my brother."

>>40128332
If thats a valid method of training for her and that, I'm all for it as long as we use Silk as both lube and a condom, don't ask why we'd need a condom, that's Silk's job

I don't have much time for participating today, but I do feel the need to make a reminder. Training up Physical is the most important thing if we train any Tiger Warriors. Skills only give dice to the dice pool. Physical, though, gives dice, health, and damage. We should boost our Tiger Warriors to Physical 4 before we boost any other traits.

>>40128390
For normal tiger warriors, yes.
But the charms Regis, Millian, and Pyre ca learn are probably ability based like ours

So I know it's poor form for a Solar Exalted to make plans for what happens if they fail (being creatures representing victory and supremacy and all that), but do we have a backup plan for the artifacts if they fall into the wrong hands?

>>40128540
Like if we give them to not so great people or if they get taken from us?

Either case we send Five Tails, Radiant, and Zareen to take them back.

Actually with most MM Artifacts we probably won't be giving them to any non-Exalted

"Very well. First of all, punch that house in half."

"Yes, teacher!"

The amazing part of Regis being newly-awakened is that he's at the phase where he's realizing that what he used to think of as his old limits no longer apply to him, so he's trying to redefine them.

You went through that phase too. And Regis now doesn't have a clear idea of what he can or can't do.

Which means he actually tried to punch the house, instead of stopping and replying "no way, that's impossible, stupid, and actually pretty damn dangerous" like a sensible mortal would.

Good.

Over the next four hours, you subject him to all sorts of trainings. He can forget about the armor and the cutlass: you focus on drilling his body. Strength, speed, coordination, endurance. Running, weight-lifting, jumping, things like that. Of course, scaled up: You chuck rocks at him and have him punch them into pieces in mid-air, sprint uphill carrying you on his shoulders (while dodging Silk's tentacles), jump higher and higher and more and more dangerous obstacles, and so on.

By the end of the training, he's a wreck, barely capable to stand. Wreathed in a pale golden glow, you can tell that he's also burned through all of his essence.

But he's still standing, and that's what's important.

"...You're at your limit." You smile at him. "You pushed yourself harder than anyone else. This is more or less it, your body wouldn't take anymore than this. And you can come this far only because you have Awakened your Essence... without that, you would've broken."

He falls sitting down, panting.

"You can still improve in other ways, and actual combat experience will do you good, but, physically speaking, you're at your peak."

He collapses.

(cont.)

"...Alright, maybe we overdid it a bit. If he stayed here, would he suffer or develop mutations?"

"Eh, he's a tough little candy."

"It's "tough little cookie", Silk."

"Whatever. I don't think a day or two in here will do him any changes." She turns to you. "Some mutations are useful, you know. They can be cool, you know. Don't be like that."

"I'll be like that." You point out forcefully. "Can you keep him here to rest as well? He needs time to recover." And you follow that up with a glare. "But be clean with him. He's not my brother."

"Of course." She smiles. "He doesn't have deep wounds anyway, just a lot of cuts and bruises. I can take care of that.

And said that, Silk just grabs him and shoves him inside her own body, where he starts floating.

You give her a long glare.

"What. I'll give him air, don't worry. I'm not stupid." She replies. And then grins. "...Isn't there something else you wanted to tell me? Or... give me?"

>Leave (go where?)
>Give her her Sword back.
>Give her her Sword back, but only if she renews an oath.
>Give her her Sword back, but only if she renews an oath sanctified by Mikahil.
>How did you know what I've been thinking?
>(other?)

>>40128623
>Give her her Sword back.
And a kiss, our pet does need regular affection.

>>40128623
>How did you know what I've been thinking?
>Give her her Sword back, but only if she renews an oath sanctified by Mikahil.

It's too late for me to get my contract lawyering on so I'm just going to collapse into bed now, thanks for the thread EF

>>40128623
What was the old oath we have on her?

>>40128623
>How did you know what I've been thinking?

>>40128623
>How did you know what I've been thinking?
>Give her her Sword back, but only if she renews the oath.

>>40128623
Giver her her sword back

>>40128623
>Give her her Sword back, but only if she renews an oath.
The Fey don't need to have oaths sanctified, oaths are unbreakable to them anyway.

But yeah, the Oath should be that her Sword is to never be turned on Maka and those she protects, but instead turned on those Maka tells Silk are valid targets.

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>>40128623

>Give her her Sword back.

I guess its time for hobgoblins

>>40128623
>>Give her her Sword back, but only if she renews an oath.
We're doing a lot for her, we're letting her feed on our people, we're giving her the Sword back, she's living in our very nice manse, all we ask is an Oath from her.

>>40128623
>>Give her her Sword back, but only if she renews an oath.

>>40128623
>How did you know what I've been thinking?
>Give her her Sword back, but only if she renews an oath sanctified by Mikahil.

"...How did you-"

"Because it's about time you did. It would make for a good story." She explains, calmly. "Besides, I've been obedient up to now, right? So this is just about when you start to weight your options and consider the chance I could betray you a calculated risk to be balanced against the help I can give you against the Silver Prince."

You pause. "That was... explanatory."

Fair Folk aren't real people, you remind yourself. They're just very good at pretending they are. Up to now, Silk has been playing the part of your harmless, amusing pet. Now, you're about to change her role in your story.

"You're not entirely wrong. I've grown to trust you, Silk. And, unlike yours... those are my real feelings."

"My feeling are just as real, as long as I decide to believe in them." She cheerfully points out.

You pull the knife out of your pocket. A beautiful, curved glass dagger. You can see it gleam in Silk's eyes.

You changed clothes so many times since you took it, but it's still in your pocket. You don't remember ever moving it.

...Your dress doesn't even HAVE pockets.

"Will you swear a new Oath?" You ask her.

"Yes." She replies.

"Do you swear that you will never turn this Sword against me or my people, or against my will, but only against my enemies?"

"And do you swear that I will be kept safe in your home, well-treated, well-fed and entertained?" She replies.

>Exchange oaths.
>Reword oaths. (how?) (s+z)
>Back up.

>>40129052
>Yes
>Also add that collecting gossamer needs to be done in fun and pleasurable ways instead of nightmares.
Is this possible, actually?

>>40129052
>Exchange oaths.

>>40129052
>>40129078
this

>>40129078
I think so. If possible we should do it, it would make her interaction with the mortals less harmful.
>>40129052
Seconding >>40129078 I guess.

Rolled 5 (1d10)

>>40129078
If that's possible then I want that added into her oath.

Rolled 7 (1d10)

>>40129052
Dice.

Rolled 1 (1d10)

>>40129117
rolling in case that is considered rewording the oath

should we use any charms for this? we kind of want to ensure it succeeds

Rolled 5 (1d10)

>>40129052
>Exchange oaths.
>Also add that collecting gossamer needs to be done in fun and pleasurable ways instead of nightmares.
>She cannot refuse friendly humans into her realm, and must treat them well.
Might as well suggest this. I want mortals to have fun in her realm of the unreal too (after properly protecting them against mutations)

Rolled 10 (1d10)

Rolled 4 (1d10)

>>40129052
Dice. Activate ECSJ? Is Silk vulnerable to it?

Rolled 5 (1d10)

>>40129052
>Reword oaths. (how?) (s+z)
>"And do you swear that I will be kept safe in your home, well-treated, well-fed and entertained?" She replies.
As long as it does not cause undue harm to us or our people.
Commit MRP and maybe Talking to the Heart, we don't want to fail this roll.

>>40129214
>She cannot refuse friendly humans into her realm, and must treat them well.
I don't really like that, Silk at least deserves the right to choose who to have in her Realm

Rolled 1 (1d10)

Rolled 3 (1d10)

>>40129238
Don't think so. But we can use MRP

(gonna take a short AFK)

Rolled 3 (1d10)

>>40129238
She isn't, we should be using MRP and Talking to the Heart since it's protects us from failure.

Rolled 4 (1d10)

>>40129052
Dice. Use MPR, commit.

jesus christ these dice suck arse

fuck we need moar charms and moar dice

Rolled 4 (1d10)

>>40129078
I don't think so, might as well ask though

Commit MRP and pop TttH

Rolled 6 (1d10)

>>40129052
Geez, we are rolling like shit today. We using MPR and TTTH, right?

>>40129238
>Is Silk vulnerable to it?
If she is I vote we use it

>>40128489
>But the charms Regis, Millian, and Pyre ca learn are probably ability based like ours
We have no reason to believe, nor disbelieve, that.

>>40129392
We know they're basically Solar Half-caste who work exactly like that.

>>40129409
>We know they're basically Solar Half-caste who work exactly like that.
In 2e, Solar Half-Castes literally learned actual Solar charms. In EF's system, we have absolutely nothing to go on as to how their charms work.

>>40129052
We should point out that if Sh3 tries to grab all the gossamer she can, the mortals and exalts will figure it out and try to kill her. If she accepts less, she'll ultimately get far more due to a lack of lynch mobs

>>40129795
Maka will protect her from any lynch mob.
What needs to be said is that Pearl is a palce for light and happiness, and gathering gossamer through pleasure will add to her story, be a contribution to Pearl, and make her more liked by the mortals. It will also make Maka very, very happy.

>>40129848
This.
It will also make her a rather unique fae, in that she will become loved and appreciated while doing things that make her happy herself. Not a whole lot of Fair Folk stories that go that way.

[MAJESTIC RADIANT PRESENCE] [BURN ESSENCE 6/8]
[Enemy-Castigating Solar Judgement does not apply to Shaped Fair Folk]
[Soc + Zen = 5 7 1 5 10 4 5 1 3 3 4 4 6 = 3 successes]

"Only if you also swear that whatever gossamer collection you do will not hurt or harrow people, physically, mentally or spiritually."

"To the best of my ability, of course." She smiles. "But some things will just be lost. Dreams, happiness, sadness, kindness, anger... even if I restrain myself, and just eat the littlest amount and spread it out among as many people as possible, what I do is still eating. And even then, I'd be nearly starving myself. I wouldn't be a very strong ally for you like that."

You're about to form a rebuttal, but then she continues:

"Oh, but the dreams and feelings of the heroic and the Exalted are really stronger. So delicious. Can I eat a bit from then, too? Just a bit, like I've done up to now. I bet no one even noticed."

"Hang on." You pause the oath for a moment. "...You've been eating from me?"

(cont.)

"Just a little bit. You didn't even notice, did you?" She licks her lips. "You're so wild and proud and strong... it was so good."

"And you're eating from my brother, too?"

"Causing pleasure and then eating it is really simple, with humans. I've been learning a lot from you, after all." She smiles. "Oh, don't scowl like that. I told you, I'm not hurting anyone. Why would I? If I did, you'd find out, and then you'd be mad at me and kick me out. And I'd lose all this." She gestures around. "My own realm, isolated and protected, where I can play and laze around for centuries, and in company of such interesting people, such amazing stories, such grand dreams, such exquisite food. I take the long view, you know. And I'd very much like to stay here as your loyal pet, Maka. I want to grow with you. I want to be a part of your amazing story."

>...Alright, no. No deal. I thought I had broken you, but you're too manipulative for your own good. GET OUT. NOW.
>It is true that you haven't hurt anyone and kept faith to your oaths, and when you've fed, you've taken care to do as little damage as possible. I'll approve this oath.
>No, I changed my mind. I'll hold on to your Sword, and we'll keep the old Oath in place. I want to keep you docile.
>(Other?)

>>40129990
>It is true that you haven't hurt anyone and kept faith to your oaths, and when you've fed, you've taken care to do as little damage as possible. I'll approve this oath.
I see Silk is becoming a succubus.
I can only approve.

>>40129990
>It is true that you haven't hurt anyone and kept faith to your oaths, and when you've fed, you've taken care to do as little damage as possible. I'll approve this oath.

>>40129990
>It is true that you haven't hurt anyone and kept faith to your oaths, and when you've fed, you've taken care to do as little damage as possible. I'll approve this oath.
If she is causing the pleasure and then taking it, she is not actually hurting or subtracting anything. Works for me.

>>40129990
>>It is true that you haven't hurt anyone and kept faith to your oaths, and when you've fed, you've taken care to do as little damage as possible. I'll approve this oath.
We're going to need to find an alternative to feeding her soon, shorter term we can steal other fae's lunch money, longer term we should see if we can't get our Crafts nerds to Solar something up.

>>40129990
>It is true that you haven't hurt anyone and kept faith to your oaths, and when you've fed, you've taken care to do as little damage as possible. I'll approve this oath.
So, how exactly does Silk does it? She helps mortals in dreaming of Maka? OR approach them in the night (looking like Maka or not) and banging them?

>>40129990
>>...Alright, no. No deal. I thought I had broken you, but you're too manipulative for your own good. GET OUT. NOW.
This will come out to bite us in the ass later if we keep her.

>>40130066
thats always been the plan, once Tianna is past this current predicament we can work on that.

preferably while Tianna is hovering over Gem

>>40129990
>>No, I changed my mind. I'll hold on to your Sword, and we'll keep the old Oath in place. I want to keep you docile.
this is like deja vu with that first fae we 'broke'

>>40130124
>Tianna is hovering over Gem
Fuck. I forgot repairing Dancing Smoke would restore the titan. I don't want easy mode.

>>40129972
Would more successes made any difference?

>>40130163
>I don't want easy mode.
it won't be easy mode, the titan is nowhere near being in operational shape

>>40130163
>thinking that anything major we do won't have benefits and drawbacks
Ain't nothing easy in Creation, son.
Except Maka

>>40130163
>I forgot repairing Dancing Smoke would restore the titan.
It doesn't. The Titan is broke as fuck, we stripped many of its operational components to help build Pearl. It's very likely that, at this point, the Titan will never fly again, let alone be war-ready.

>>40129972
3/13 dice

so much for those odds you parrot around...

>>40130219
There will always be swinging, nerd. On 13 dice, the average number of successes is 6.5. Sometimes it'll be way more, sometimes it'll be way less.

>>40130216
but we didn't do that? we explicitly only went for non-essential components

>>40130216
nah, we voted not to destroy/strip the stuff that would let it fly

the titan is repairable

>>40130237
>ST is 7 yet somehow thinks odds of a success are just under half
you don't math gud do you anon?

>>40130192
>>40130216
Oh, damn. Right, we removed some parts of it, but we still have the chance of reassembling them, no? And...IIRC, we chose to only explore the titan for more goodies.
>>40130219
Remember last thread when we scored 22 successes? Yeah...

>>40130219
How come I never see complaining about swinging odds when we hit something with 11 out of 13 successes

>>40130216
I can't remember what we voted to salvage from the titan's systems, but I do remember we didn't damage anything crucial to it flying again and such.

EF, care to clarify?

>>40130258
a 10 is double successes, so it actually does bump up to ~6.5

>>40130264
>Remember last thread when we scored 22 successes? Yeah...
And that was only because we doubled them, only twice in this quests history have we gotten 11 successes before doubling them with charms.

Compare that to how many times we've gotten only 3 successes from this many dice.

Yeah...

>>40130090
>>40130066

Thze thing is Fae can learn a charm to feed on ambient energy and not nead to nom people.

So she is being highly manipulative right now, so we ought to couter offer her, or block this shit.

>>40130294
Exactly 6.5. You have an exact average of .5 successes per die.

>>40130271
Because it's so fucking rare that it's to be celebrated.

>>40130294
That's not how probability works anon.

Rolled 4 (1d10)

>>40129990
>No, I changed my mind. I'll hold on to your Sword, and we'll keep the old Oath in place. I want to keep you docile.
She's being a little too manipulative for my tastes.

>>40129990
>>It is true that you haven't hurt anyone and kept faith to your oaths, and when you've fed, you've taken care to do as little damage as possible. I'll approve this oath.

>>40130299
>so we ought to couter offer her
Which we can't do...

Also how has she not learned that charm with how much she's been feeding since we first bound her and started Pearl?

>>40129990
It is true that you haven't hurt anyone and kept faith to your oaths, and when you've fed, you've taken care to do as little damage as possible. I'll approve this oath.

>>40130299
We really need to have one of our smart people study up on fae. Or have Silk swear an oath of honesty to us.

>>40130310
>You have an exact average of .5 successes per die.
Nope, it's .4, the 10 counts as one, with its second success added outside after that, the scale isn't 1 to 11.

>Thze thing is Fae can learn a charm to feed on ambient energy and not nead to nom people.
We really need to get that for her, how do we get her to learn it? She should have more than enough energy or whatever for it with how we've been feeding her.

>>40130316
>That's not how probability works anon.
Yes, it absolutely is. It modifies the average number of successes per die, which is the only thing we care about when talking about sufficiently large dice pools.

>>40130342
We had her spend all the gossamer she gathers, twice at least, I think.

>>40130369
>Nope, it's .4, the 10 counts as one, with its second success added outside after that, the scale isn't 1 to 11.
No, it isn't. We're not talking about 'the odds of a die coming up with one or more success' we're talking about 'the average number of successes from a pool of sufficient size.' And the average number of successes per die added to a pool is +.5.

>>40130383
on what?

>>40129972
Why did we even bother spending that essence when it didn't achieve anything for the extra dice and such?

The result was the same as if we didn't pop any charms at all, so why did we?

>>40130439
Because we voted for it to happen and no one was against it. Just because it was ineffective doesn't mean we get to take that back.

>>40130488
Doesn't make much sense to me to spend essence on nothing.

>>40129990
>It is true that you haven't hurt anyone and kept faith to your oaths, and when you've fed, you've taken care to do as little damage as possible. I'll approve this oath.

>>40130509
No it doesn't, but no one said anything so we went through with it.

>>40130299
What is this charm, how much does it cost, how do we get her to learn it?

Because until she gets it and stops feeding off of us and the population I'll treat her like regular fae and not our pet.

>>40130533
Well that's downright stupid.

>>40130537
Tell her to search for alternative options to feeding. Charm rules for fae aren't like Core because of how EF feels about Fae and rules.

>>40130562
Say something next time.

>>40130562
Yes, you are. Next time speak out against it.

>>40130406
Once recently to move to Pearl, before when we visited her in the ex-marshes, I think. Not too sure on the latter.

>>40130598
I wasn't here for the vote, if I was I would have.

>>40129990
>(Other?)
>I want you to search for alternative ways of feeding, ones that mean you don't need to prey on people.

>>40130278
>I can't remember what we voted to salvage from the titan's systems, but I do remember we didn't damage anything crucial to it flying again and such.
>EF, care to clarify?
Confirmed.

>>40130299
>Thze thing is Fae can learn a charm to feed on ambient energy and not nead to nom people.
Feeding on ambient energy still dampens moods and feelings around. That's what she's talking about when she says "spread it out among as many people as possible".

>>40130718
>Feeding on ambient energy still dampens moods and feelings around. That's what she's talking about when she says "spread it out among as many people as possible".
so is there a charm or charms she can learn that means she doesn't need to feed off people at all? because from your wording it would seem like she already learnt the charm that anon was talking about

>>40129990
>>It is true that you haven't hurt anyone and kept faith to your oaths, and when you've fed, you've taken care to do as little damage as possible. I'll approve this oath.
Accept, but tell her we're going to start looking into alternate ways of feeding

>>40130718
So what we need to do is have Valeriana and Irene make a magitech essence to emotion converter, and plug it into a hearthstone near Silk.

>>40129972
>Dreams, happiness, sadness, kindness, anger.
>Sadness, anger
"Hey everyone! I know that was one horrible battle, but if you'd like to get rid of all that nasty emotional baggage, Silk will be happy to help!"

>>40130804
>turn her into a gloryhole for bad feelings

>>40130781
thats an inspired idea, please remember that and post it in the future anon

>>40130781
Man, I know what you are trying to say, but all I see happening is the two of them building dildos and cause Silk feed exclusively onlust.

>>40129990
>It is true that you haven't hurt anyone and kept faith to your oaths, and when you've fed, you've taken care to do as little damage as possible. I'll approve this oath.

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>>40130772
>so is there a charm or charms she can learn that means she doesn't need to feed off people at all? because from your wording it would seem like she already learnt the charm that anon was talking about
She did. And, well, the most efficient way for feeding for a Fae IS human emotions. Silk is already employing the other ones (feeding from the Wyld and feeding from a Manse), but the wyld is a little pocket and the manse has most of its Essence channeled in other effects, so it's not much.
"...Can't you find other ways to feed?" You ask her.

"I can survive on the essence flow of the Manse." She explains. "But just survive, little more."

"...What if we went out and raided other Fae's domains for their Gossamer?"

"We can do that." She seems to like the idea. "Although I'm mostly liking your arrangement because I don't want to have to deal with them. But it'd take time."

"Of course it would." You sigh. "Well. It is true that you haven't hurt anyone and kept faith to your oaths, and when you've fed, you've taken care to do as little damage as possible. I'll approve this oath."

She hugs you, "Thank you, Maka."

You pry her off you. "Don't make me regret this. Is that clear?"

"I won't. I promise."

"You promise...?" You urge her to continue, holding the glass dagger in front of her. She places a slimy hand upon it

"This I promise, by my name, and by the Ring and the Cup and the Staff and the Sword, to hold in my Heart, 'till all else is unbound."

When she lifts the hand, the knife is gone.

"Finally." She grins. "I AM WHOLE AGAIN!" She cheers, balling up her fists, growing up to twice her size. Her shape shifts, to a mush harsher, spikier, powerful form. "Ahahaha! You have made a serious mistake, but one you won't have time to regret! And now! Now, Maka! NOW I WILL DESTROY YOU!"

(cont.)

She lifts her massive claws to strike, and then makes a confused face, stopping in mid-motion. "Not buying it?"

"Quit horsing around." You groan.

She sighs and returns to her normal shape. "I thought you'd be at least A BIT spooked."

"So, how much Gossamer do you have that we can use for something in this battle? Now that you have your sword back, I expect you to pull your weight around."

"...I don't have much, but it's still some. What would you want with it?"

>I need troops, footsoldiers, a combat force of some kind.
>Can you make powerful weapons?
>Some means of transportation that will let me move troops around quickly.
>Keep it all for strengthening yourself, and fight alongside me.
>...Is it enough to craft a Behemoth from it?
>Focus it all in a weapon, curse or magic of some kind... We could use a single-shot trump card.
>I said I expect you to pull your weight. It's up to you now.

>>40131046
>>...Is it enough to craft a Behemoth from it?

>>40131046
>Keep it all for strengthening yourself, and fight alongside me.
If she can feed midbattle, that could potentially start an empowerment loop.

>>40131046
>Keep it all for strengthening yourself, and fight alongside me.

>>40131046
>>Keep it all for strengthening yourself, and fight alongside me.

>>40131046
I am sorely tempted to do
>EVERYTHING!
but I shall be kind and restrain myself.

>I said I expect you to pull your weight. It's up to you now.

>>40131046
>>Keep it all for strengthening yourself, and fight alongside me.

>>40131046

I think the best strategy for this battle is to go for a decapitating strike. I would imagine that the Silver Prince would want this to turn into a siege/blockade

>Focus it all in a weapon, curse or magic of some kind... We could use a single-shot trump card.

>>40131046
>>Focus it all in a weapon, curse or magic of some kind... We could use a single-shot trump card.

>>40131035
>pic

Our condom got sexy.

Those are words I honestly never thought I would say

>>40131046
Quick question, can she feed on ghosts?

>>40131046
>Focus it all in a weapon, curse or magic of some kind... We could use a single-shot trump card.
I don't want her to fight directly, she could get hurt.

>>40131046
>...Is it enough to craft a Behemoth from it?
if not
>Focus it all in a weapon, curse or magic of some kind... We could use a single-shot trump card.

>>40131046

>The Silver Prince himself is coming. Can you think of anything to help against him?

>>40131046
>>...Is it enough to craft a Behemoth from it?
Ah shit, I think I have an idea for a possible behemoth, if we ever get to choose/customize it.

>>40131046
>...Is it enough to craft a Behemoth from it?

>>40131046
>...Is it enough to craft a Behemoth from it?

>>40131180
Generally death-things are anathema to wyld-things, so no.

>>40131350
Dang, alright.

>>40131320
>>40131326
Geez, way to make me look suspicious, anons. I appreciate the support for the behemoth option, though.

>>40131046
>...Is it enough to craft a Behemoth from it?

"...Can you make a Behemoth from it?" You think of the giant monsters you fought when you invaded her old master's territory.

"Mh. It'd be a small one, but I could try."

"Try your best, then. If it doesn't work, either find a way to make something equivalent, some special trump card, or use it to arm yourself."

"Will do!" She nods.

>Still got something else to talk about (what?)
>Leave, go to the volcano with Samiel
>Go somewhere else (where?)
>(Other?)

>>40131775
>>Go somewhere else (where?)
Let's rescue our brother from this madness.

>>40131775
>>Leave, go to the volcano with Samiel
Let's test out that Swift Rider!

We need riding leathers, 18 will do for now, but we're going to have to switch that out for something better when we can.

>>40131775
>(Other?)
Check up on Karas then let Amata know we're dealing with Smoke and
>Leave, go to the volcano with Samiel

>>40131802
we need him to stay here so he can heal with the rapid timeflow

>>40131775
>Still got something else to talk about (what?)
>"Show me to my brother."

>>40131775
THreesome with Karas and Silk to blow some steam off, then leave with Karas

>>40131775
>See how Karas is faring, promise to give him a dress if he behaves under Silk's care.
Then
>Leave, go to the volcano with Samiel

>>40131824
It's not going to happen yet, anon.

>>40131775

>Leave, go to the volcano with Samiel
We need to get the risk of being burnt to a crisp out of the way.

Time is of the essence!

>>40131802
He still needs healing, he's fine.

>>40131775

>Leave, go to the volcano with Samiel

Say goodbye to husbando and waifu

>>40131775
>Leave, go to the volcano with Samiel

Rolled 1 (1d10)

>>40131821
Seconding, plus

>>40131819
#18 on the bike.

>>40131841
Seconding the dress promise

>>40131775
>See how Karas is faring, promise to give him a dress if he behaves under Silk's care.
>Leave, go to the volcano with Samiel

>>40131867
Shit, now we might have a cool use for #18.

>>40131775
>>Leave, go to the volcano with Samiel
I'll second 18, I'm already looking at motorcycle girls on danbooru.

Rolled 2 (1d10)

>>40131775
>Leave, go to the volcano with Samiel

>>40131775
>See how Karas is faring, promise to give him a dress if he behaves under Silk's care.

>>40131775
I MADE IT!
I'm reeking of ash and smoke and perfume, but I made it before the thread was over!

>>40131775
>Leave go to the Volcno with Samiel

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This matter settled, you head to the palace to see how Karas is faring.

You ARE kind of feeling guilty for leaving him with Silk. She can be... a handful.

You walk up to the palace's doors and crack the open to find him and eight Silks in a vast, well-furbished room in which the disheveled, damaged bed has clearly seen a terrifying amount of action lately. The entire room is also trashed, but less obviously so, but one table still stands, in the middle of the room.

You see it has been covered with a well-made to-scale replica of a small portion of coastline you dimly recognize, and about a hundred small figurines, none taller than a couple inches, scattered on it, as well as several dices, both of which seem to be made from well-painted wood.

All of Silk's body copies are standing or sitting (on chairs made from their own slimey body matter, so you're not sure it counts) around, looking at the table with varying degrees of interest, except for one who is reading a rather thick book, and two draped around your brother, one by his legs and one around his shoulders.

In all this, Karas is buck naked, save for a few bandages covering the wounds that haven't still healed completely.

(cont.)

"Alright, end of my movement phase and start of my shooting phase. Well, the two units of archers here and there will shoot on your war ghosts by the second trench."

"Do they get a cover save?"

"No, they're behind the trench but not inside it." He calmly explains, clearly trying to stay focused despite the Silk by his feet licking his inner thigh as he speaks.

"But they still get their normal armor save." Silk nods.

That's when Karas lifts his eyes from the table and sees you. They widen with surprise, then narrow with pleading. "...Please get me out of here. I'm running out of ways to distract her." you read on his lips as he mouths voicelessly.

"Are you gonna roll or not?" Silk grins, while the other Silk hugging his shoulders from behind playfully nibbles on his left earlobe.

>Looks like you're really enjoying this, Karas. Well, see you tomorrow, or I guess in two days for you! Ta-ta.
>...What in Creation are you two - or howevermany you are - DOING?
>...Alright, I guess I did bully you a bit too much. You cam leave, if you promise to stay in bed, rest and behave.
>(Other?)

>>40132228
>Looks like you're really enjoying this, Karas. Well, see you tomorrow, or I guess in two days for you! Ta-ta.
Lol, he's wargaming.

>>40132228
>Looks like you're really enjoying this, Karas. Well, see you tomorrow, or I guess in two days for you! Ta-ta.

>>40132228
>...Alright, I guess I did bully you a bit too much. You can leave, if you promise to stay in bed, rest and behave.

>>40132228
>>Looks like you're really enjoying this, Karas. Well, see you tomorrow, or I guess in two days for you! Ta-ta.
NERD

>>40132228
>>(Other?)
"Yeah they get their normal save unless the archers are firing blessed arrows to kill ghosts"

>>40132228
>...What in Creation are you two - or howevermany you are - DOING?
What the fuck, Silk, pls.

>>40132228
>...What in Creation are you two - or howevermany you are - DOING?

>>40132228
>>40132264
this, then
>...Alright, I guess I did bully you a bit too much. You cam leave, if you promise to stay in bed, rest and behave.

>>40132228
>You're doing an awesome job Silk.
>Looks like you're really enjoying this, Karas. Well, see you tomorrow, or I guess in two days for you! Ta-ta.

>>40132228
>"Brother, dear. Just fuck her already. You are never goin to get a girlfriend if you are too scred of fucking her"
Oh god, what.
And/or
>...Alright, I guess I did bully you a bit too much. You cam leave, if you promise to stay in bed, rest and behave.

>>40132228
>>Looks like you're really enjoying this, Karas. Well, see you tomorrow, or I guess in two days for you! Ta-ta.
I guess this is one way to train your Dawn

>>40132228
>...Alright, I guess I did bully you a bit too much. You cam leave, if you promise to stay in bed, rest and behave.
after this game.

>>40132228
>Looks like you're really enjoying this, Karas. Well, see you tomorrow, or I guess in two days for you! Ta-ta.

>>40132328
Training War? Rather Social... or Wits... or Insanity, if Silk misbehaves particular badly

>>40132228
>Looks like you're really enjoying this, Karas. Well, see you tomorrow, or I guess in two days for you! Ta-ta.
>Silk, you should reward him if he wins. *Wink wink*

>>40132321
>>"Brother, dear. Just fuck her already. You are never goin to get a girlfriend if you are too scred of fucking her"

I think the wrecked bed implies that they fucked to exhaustion and beyond and Karas is desperately trying to distract Silk from fucking him even MORE.

>>40132410
Pfff, clearly he is not fucking enough. Shamefur dispray, he doesn't honor his bloodline.

>>40132410
Then he needs the Physical/Zenith training.

>>40132228

>...Alright, I guess I did bully you a bit too much. You can leave, if you promise to stay in bed, rest and behave.

Good thinking Karas

>>40132228
>...Alright, I guess I did bully you a bit too much. You cam leave, if you promise to stay in bed, rest and behave.

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Oh, he's just teaching her how to play Wardaiklave 4000.

Well, that can be a peaceful diversion, you note, regarding once more the throughoutly-trashed bedroom

"Well... Looks like you're really enjoying this, Karas. Well, see you tomorrow, or I guess in two days for you! Ta-ta."

"NO! PLEASE, DON'T LEAV-" He starts pleading, as you close the doors behind you and leave Silk's realm, satisfied.

You deploy your Swiftrider and decide to give it a try. Changing into appropriate clothes, you mount the strange contraption, finding it strangely comfortable. You let your Essence flow in it, seeing the vortex of energy within it turn from a colorless white-azure to a swirl of molten gold as it roars with power.

Damn, this feels good. You try to give it a bit of speed, and find yourself rocketing through the corridors of the manse at a sudden, neckbreaking speed.

Letting out a scream, you narrowly dodge one Erymanthus, a work crew carrying around a brass panel, a pile of barrels stacked to one side of a passageway, and finally plowing straight through a single skeleton walking around with a small stack of bricks in his hand, turning both him and his cargo into fine dust with the impact.

Blasting up of a set of stairs, you launch off them like a ramp, flying off the roof of your Manse and landing straight into the courtyard where workers and demons alike, finishing the last touches to the manse's exterior, pause for a moment to look at your sudden arrival.

You flick your hair around, bringing it back under control after the wild ride, and turn to stare at a dumbfounded Samiel, In Dancing Smoke's favorite outfit, sitting propped up against a wall, waiting for you.

"Get in, loser." You motion to the back of the machine, where there's space for a second rider. "We're reawakening a god."

(cont.)

>>40132645
>"Get in, loser." You motion to the back of the machine, where there's space for a second rider. "We're reawakening a god."
I want to see swooning

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>>40132645

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Have a crappy propaganda poster I made.

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[COMMIT ESSENCE: 7/8]

With Samiel holding on to you from behind, the Switfrider is a bit too heavy and feels a bit slower and more sluggish, but, on a well-paved road like the one that has just been carved between Pearl and Tianna, it can still easily reach a ridiculous speed. The scenery around you is just a blur, and the wind slams so forcefully against you that you feel almost like riding up a waterfall.

"WHAT IN MALFEAS' TRUE NAME IS THIS THING?!" You can dimly hear cream behind you, his words drowned out by the roar of the Rider. You hear him more because his chest is pressed against your back and the vibrations of his words transmit directly through your bodies, than because it actually reaches your ears.

"BLAME YOUR SISTER!" Is your reply.

"I DO!!"

Now the problematic part: the paved road only gets you up to a certain point. You'll have to cross through mountains to reach the volcano... and up to now it's a trip you mostly just did on Tia's wings. The terrain looks really, really rough and hard to negotiate. The Swift Rider is clearly very sturdy, and you know you and Samiel are as well, but you still have to ask yourself how to proceed from here.

>Full speed, even offroad, even of the rocks. (p+n)
>Let's move offroad, but slower. Try not to hit anything painful. (p+n)
>Let's fold the Rider and continue on foot. (p+n)
>(Other?)

Rolled 6 (1d10)

>>40132867
>>Let's move offroad, but slower. Try not to hit anything painful. (p+n)

>>40132867
>>Full speed, even offroad, even of the rocks. (p+n)


I just saw Fury Road, this is the only real choice for me.

Rolled 9 (1d10)

>>40132867
>>Let's move offroad, but slower. Try not to hit anything painful. (p+n)
>You can dimly hear cream behind you
Assuming that's not a typo.

Rolled 9 (1d10)

>>40132867
>>Full speed, even offroad, even of the rocks. (p+n)
THE MAKA TRAIN HAS NO BRAKES

Rolled 5 (1d10)

>>40132867
>Let's move offroad, but slower. Try not to hit anything painful. (p+n)

>>40132867
Shouldn't that be Eclipse, not Night? Eclipses are the ones with Ride.

Rolled 6 (1d10)

>>40132867
>Full speed, even offroad, even of the rocks.
Dare to be stupid.

Rolled 2 (1d10)

>>40132867
>Full speed, even offroad, even of the rocks. (p+n)
WIld life Maka.

Rolled 3 (1d10)

>>40132867
>>Let's move offroad, but slower. Try not to hit anything painful. (p+n)

Rolled 9 (1d10)

>>40132867
>Let's move offroad, but slower. Try not to hit anything painful. (p+n)

>>40132937
Blast, you're right, i thought i had typed "e". sorry.

>>40132937
Same dice pool, but that's a good question.

Rolled 6 (1d10)

>>40132867

>>Let's move offroad, but slower. Try not to hit anything painful. (p+n)

I missed the vote, but why be a jerk to our bro?

Rolled 1 (1d10)

>>40132867
Just rolling for this crazy thing

>>40133047
Milking some Solar gossamer, I guess.
>>40133022
>>40132937
It's the leather's fault.

>>40133047
>I missed the vote, but why be a jerk to our bro?
he lied to us and made us worry

Rolled 2 (1d10)

>>40132867
>Let's move offroad, but slower. Try not to hit anything painful. (p+n)

Rolled 9 (1d10)

>>40133121
To keep Silk entertained.

>>40133047
Because he went off half-cocked and made Maka worry.

It's a sibling thing.

>>40132645
>>40132867
We should pick up some Ride charms after our spirit charms or raise Eclipse which is just a good idea in general.

>>40132867
>>Let's move offroad, but slower. Try not to hit anything painful. (p+n)

[Physical + Eclipse = 6 9 9 5 6 2 = 2 successes]

[COMMIT ESSENCE: 6/8]

"Hang on tight." You inform your passenger, veering off-road and heading into, and up, the harsh mountains of central Tianna. You both have to keep your mouths shut from here on, as the numbing vibrations are strong enough that you'd probably bite your tongue off if you didn't.

It's around midnight, by your best reckoning, when you finally manage to negotiate all the way up to the caldera of the volcano.

After a bit of rest to recover from the ordeal, Samiel stares down at the boiling lava and grits his teeth. "So. We're doing this."

"Yes." You nod.

"You still haven't told me why it's a LEVER that can restore her memories. And why it's literally inside her own volcano."

"I haven't." You admit. "And I can't."

"Mom dragged you into another of her secrets." He sighs. "Am I just a pawn here?"

You need a moment to think of an appropriate reply to that. "...Honestly, I think I know just a little bit more than you. But I don't think we're pawns here."

"What are we, then?"

You look down into the boiling lava as well. "...People who are forced by circumstances to make decisions with very little planning, information or preparations."

"I'm sure there's a word in Firetongue for that." He notes.

"There is, in fact." You smile.

>Drop down into the volcano, swim up to the essence vent, and flick the lever the way Amata told you to.
>Drop down into the volcano, swim up to the essence vent, and inspect it to find out what is actually going on. (m+t)
>Try and call Dancing Smoke. (s+z)
>Say something to Samiel (what?)
>(other?)

>>40133399
>Drop down into the volcano, swim up to the essence vent, and flick the lever the way Amata told you to.

>>40133399
>Drop down into the volcano, swim up to the essence vent, and flick the lever the way Amata told you to.

Just gonna drop all pretense of Maka being smart.

>>40133399
wow, the bike takes 1 CE each turn?

jesus thats thirsty, we're never using this thing again until the current conflict is done with

>>40133399
>Drop down into the volcano, swim up to the essence vent, and flick the lever the way Amata told you to.
Pop both dots of AiRS

>>40133399
>>Try and call Dancing Smoke. (s+z)
Tell her it's time to do this thing.

Then
>Drop down into the volcano, swim up to the essence vent, and flick the lever the way Amata told you to.

>>40133399
>Drop down into the volcano, swim up to the essence vent, and inspect it to find out what is actually going on. (m+t)
The fact this option exists should be a hint that something is not right.

>Try and call Dancing Smoke. (s+z)
>Say something to Samiel (Tell him the word)
>Drop down into the volcano, swim up to the essence vent, and inspect it to find out what is actually going on. (m+t)
>Drop down into the volcano, swim up to the essence vent, and flick the lever the way Amata told you to.
IN THIS ORDER

>>40133427
Yep, pretty damn fuel inefficient considering it also runs off of essence charges, but for the amount it's sucking from us each update it may as well not even have those with how thirsty it is.

Rolled 5 (1d10)

>>40133399
>Try and call Dancing Smoke. (s+z)
Tell her its time and pop AIRS to get ready.

Rolled 3 (1d10)

>>40133399
>>Drop down into the volcano, swim up to the essence vent, and inspect it to find out what is actually going on. (m+t)

Rolled 7 (1d10)

>>40133399
>Try and call Dancing Smoke. (s+z)

Rolled 8 (1d10)

>>40133399
>>40133471
Don't mind me linking my post...

Rolled 9 (1d10)

>>40133399

>>Drop down into the volcano, swim up to the essence vent, and inspect it to find out what is actually going on. (m+t)

Rolled 10 (1d10)

>>40133442
Dice just in case

>>40133427
Per scene, more like. We just rode across the entire island and up the side of the volcano; that's normally a day-long horse ride. Per combat turn, it probably costs nothing.

>>40133492
>>40133495
>>40133521
>>40133525
quick what charms should we use to get the benefit of these dice?

>>40133399
>Try and call Dancing Smoke. (s+z)

Rolled 8 (1d10)

>>40133399

Adding

>>Try and call Dancing Smoke. (s+z)

to my vote here>>40133521

>>40133535
We used up 1 essence per update whereas the trip is one scene

>>40133399
>>Try and call Dancing Smoke. (s+z)

Rolled 5 (1d10)

>Say something to Samiel (what?)
"It translates to 'brave'."

>Try and call Dancing Smoke. (s+z)

>>40133538
Just vote for something that needs a roll. You don't have to though, just cause we rolled will or something needs a roll doesn't mean that's the right option.

Rolled 4 (1d10)

>>40133399
changing >>40133454 to
>Try and call Dancing Smoke. (s+z)
then
>Drop down into the volcano, swim up to the essence vent, and inspect it to find out what is actually going on. (m+t)

Rolled 6 (1d10)

>>40133399

>Try and call Dancing Smoke. (s+z)

Small question does anyone know why Tianna is mostly bedrock?

>>40133588
well the m+t roll is only a dicepool of 5 and I was wondering how we could expand that for more successes because we rolled pretty well

>>40133651
we have no way to expand that pool. The dice adders for occult or magitech stuff are in Twilight.

>>40133427
We can do a bit more testing after the Silver Prince for specifics and we can ask Irene if she can make it more efficient or ask around to see if anyone has an extra Hearthstone.

>>40133665
damn, then I guess 3 successes is the best we can hope for on that roll

>>40133682
>or ask around to see if anyone has an extra Hearthstone.
After the prince leaves we'll finally be able to start on the Water Aspect manse we own off-shore.
Unless something else immediately goes wrong.

>>40133715
We should be okay ish, if we destroy the Prince's body in this fight we'll have a year and a day to build forces and exert influence in Skullstone to dispel his lies.

We can also handle the stuff we put on the backburner in the face of this threat.

We can crash the economy of this Direction with Mikahil, rescue mummy and daddy, and get more work done in Tianna.

>>40133715
That too, I wonder how Valeriana will like working on two manses at once.

>>40133763
Can't we just capture him and seal him under pearl?

>>40133647
What the fuck are you talking about? Tiana is mostly Titan, past a certain depth.

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You clear your throat, and, as the dry wind rises, scream into the volcano's firey pit:

"DANCING SMOKE! I, MAKA, PRINCESS OF THE EARTH, CHOSEN OF THE SUN, BESEECH YOU!"

[Soc + Zen = 5 3 7 8 9 10 8 5 4 6 = 5 successes]

"Oh, my." You hear a familiar voice intone playfully, as from the caldera's smoke the volcano-goddess materializes before you in a flash of fire. "I haven't been besought in quite a while."

"Smoke." Samiel says.

"Sammy dear." She floats closer and hugs him. "You came for me! And in my favorite dress!"

You leave them a few seconds. "It's time." You then inform her.

"It is, huh." She sighs. "I wonder what I'll remember. I wonder how it will change me."

"You're still sure you want to do this?" Samiel asks her.

"...Yes. I want to be whole again." She smiles. "I plan on remembering, not forgetting. Certainly not forgetting you."

"But we don't know what will happen... How much you will change." He points out, worried.

"...If I'll become a different goddess, then please... be kind to her as you have been to me. Promise me that."

He nods, and you as well, right after.

>Jump, inspect the vent. You want to know what Amata has in mind before you follow through.
>Jump, pull the lever.
>Say something. (what?)
>(Other?)

>>40133818
Maybe? I mean the only reason that could ever be a possibility is because the Manse is absolutely against him in every way.

But if I were him, I'd destroy my own body to prevent capture. Spending a year reforming in front of the Neverborn is better than spending 100 years a captive.

>>40133827
Yeah, but that begs the question where all the solid rock above comes from since the earth even above that is pretty clearly a product of time and weather

>>40133830
>Jump, inspect the vent. You want to know what Amata has in mind before you follow through.

>>40133830
>Jump, pull the lever.

>>40133830
>>Jump, inspect the vent. You want to know what Amata has in mind before you follow through.

>>40133876
The rock was placed there deliberately, the island was formed as camouflage

>>40133830
>Jump, inspect the vent. You want to know what Amata has in mind before you follow through.


>"...If I'll become a different goddess, then please... be kind to her as you have been to me. Promise me that."
Sniff.

>>40133830
>Jump, inspect the vent. You want to know what Amata has in mind before you follow through.

>>40133830
I need to get some sleep now but I really really really hope Smoke doesn't' change for the worse and is still awesome and happy together with Sammy.

>>40133830
>Jump, inspect the vent. You want to know what Amata has in mind before you follow through.

Activate AIRS