>>44485412
Here

>>44485412
Miellewds-guy here.
Don't worry about it, taking care of an actual fire takes precedence.

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>>44485521
I dont get it. When I got here, I noticed some marks of fire on the kitchen and they commented to me laughing that it had caught fire 3 times in the past.

In the time i was living here, this is the 2nd fire. The first was due to a gas leak despite me telling the owners that i could smell gas every night, but, at the risk of sounding sexist, the ladies didnt care until it literally blew up on their faces, because, im a guy, so what do I know?

And now... cigarrette butt into a paper bin... WHY!? isnt that clichéd enough that it shouldnt happen anymore?

Anyway, I got quite understandably sidetracked, where were we?

>>44485585
We were still on the fence about making a deal for diamonds.

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>>44485585
Ah right, IIRC we said yes to rubber, slaves, and diamonds, and no to insect meat, giant insect beasts of burden, and diamonds.

So, we are buying the succubus to relocate them to the north shore of Heven so they can have their own village, right? Obviously rubber has a lot of industrial and everyday uses other than just making balls for sports like the spiders in lapsiona are doing right now.

And diamonds have lots of industrial uses, but they require a lot of special tech to work. I guess we can use high pressure water to cut them?

So, Duamonds

>Yes
>No

>>44485735
Yes.

Though we probably look like a fool to the Lapsionian nobles.

As for cutting the diamonds, grinding them against each other until we get a pair of diamonds to cut other diamonds was the way it was done in the 1600's, I think.

>>44485735
>>Yes

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>>44485796
Well, just remember that, in a real world without a good diamond advertising campaign, diamonds really are pretty cheap, almost worthless, really, so don't suggest to make them into jewelry because it will be the same as just doing jewelry with pretty shiny rocks.

Diamonds are not real "gems". They're not outrageous enough.

And gems are really, really outrageous

>>44486004
our mana generator uses carbon as its fuel then couldnt we use the diamonds as a fuel cell

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>>44486326

There you go, the shortest video I could find on diamonds

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N5kWu1ifBGU

>>44486004

***

We can think of a number of industrial uses for the diamonds, and compared with the prices on good old earth, these are being sold as if they were apples.

The baron still feels we are the dumbest kid he's ever come across, buying shiny rocks as if they were valuable food, but, hey, we can make good use of them!

Hopefully.

"Eldric, let's dance?" -Lyann comes over and tries to pull us away towards the dance floor.

Holding our childhood friend between our arms, we move around the dancefloor for a while before going out of the manor towards the gardens.

Some of the nobles are playing some backyard games which seem quite similar to polo. Of course, they are something like a centaur already, so they have no need for any mount.

"Ah, you are one of the ambassadors from the Cialliance, right?" -one of the ladies approaches us, holding a very large feathered fan in her left hand.
"The coalition, yes. This is Lyann. I am Eldric."
"Pleasure to meet you. I am the lady Ellena. You are quite young to be an ambassador."
"Eldric is very accomplished" -Lyann cuts in with a smile as she squeezes our hand
"Oh, I understand you were at war with the Alquien Empire until recently, right?"

>Yes, we won, of course
>An armistice was declared, yes
>Other

>>44486345
>>An armistice was declared, yes

>>44486345
>>An armistice was declared, yes

>>44486345
>An armistice was declared, yes

>>44486345
>>An armistice was declared, yes

>>44486345
>An armistice was declared, yes

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>>44486466
>>44486454
>>44486426
>>44486422
>>44486406

"Oh, the war had no clear winner, then"
"I am confident we could have pushed for victory if we hadn't been worried about the loss of life." -we say
"Uhmm... I see. That sounds very noble, but, I don't quite see why should we sign a trade treaty, or any other treaty, with an alliance of countries that are a continent away"
"Heven is right next to you"
"Yes, but we have quite similar resources. We are not going to trade apples for apples, are we? Alquia on the other hand, is much closer than the parts of your Coalition which could held an interest for us."
"Well, that is an interesting point, but as you said, we are further away, and thus our goods are much more exotic and varied, since we also have a larger overall territory variety."
"Well, being too far away is not good either, is it?"

>The new rockit ships will make it seem like a much shorter trip
>Quality and variety will be worth it, regardless.
>Trade isn't really our main objective. There are larger threats against which we hope to unify as many lands as possible.
>Other

>>44486627
>>The new rockit ships will make it seem like a much shorter trip

>>44486627
>>The new rockit ships will make it seem like a much shorter trip

>>44486627
>The new rockit ships will make it seem like a much shorter trip

>>44486627
Feel free to trade with whoever you want, your options are more limited than you think.

>>44486627
>The new rockit ships will make it seem like a much shorter trip
The world is getting a little closer, and those who don't recognize this well; there's always some backwater somewhere.

>>44486627
The world is becoming a very small place, next time you may find youself knocking at our front door looking to trade.

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Will we get to talk with Empress Ren and her advisors once this meeting with the Lapsionians is over, so that we can begin planning for the Imperial reconquest of the Alquian colonies?

Did we name the flagship of the Imperial air force yet?

>>44487457
I'd rather back Empress Miel.

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>>44486829
>>44486823
>>44486746
>>>The new rockit ships will make it seem like a much shorter trip

"Alright, but then, why should we prefer your rockit ships over the ones from Alquia?" -the lady Ellena says
"Alquia does not have rockit ships"
"Is that so?" -she fans herself a few times, looking at us with a raised eyebrow
"...as far as I know?"
"You should check the docks on Darale. Just a couple of days to the south... or a few hours in a rockit ship."
"...alright"

The lady Ellena nods, and walks away towards a snack table.

"What do you think, Eldric?"

>I think we are taking a small trip south
>Well, they had that small base, remember? I suppose its possible, but we would have heard of it. I mean, we... uhmm... grandpa has spies, right? right?
>It may be similar, but it is still worth checking
>No, the lady is just jesting with whom she sees as children.
>Other

Sorry it took so long, had a problem with a collapsing wall due to fire damage. Shit

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>>44487535
when i think of miel empire ships, i think of protoss carriers, for some reason

>>44487573
>I think we are taking a small trip south
Grandfather is as clumsy as he is stupid. Of course he's done nothing to sabotage the Alquian Empire's reverse-engineering efforts.

>>44487573
>>I think we are taking a small trip south

>>44487573
>I think we are taking a small trip south

>>44487573
Sabotage Mission Ho!

I think it's time we used our ninja stealth training.

>>44487573
>>I think we are taking a small trip south

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>>44487605
>i think of protoss carriers
Why not a mothership?
Shouldn't it also worship the hive queen that commands each vessel?

>>44487780
fuck yea

>>44487605
Why not, millions upon millions of tiny engineers.

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>>44487605
That it launches waves of drones does fit the Carrier.

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>>44487780
I havent played the newest starcraft. My steam nick is Maglad, from Arica Chile. Feel free to gift it to me -nudge nudge-

But seriously wtf is that thing?

Also somehow I think that the idea of having huge ass hive ships intruding anywhere they want just to get to the flowers is somehow terrifyingly cute.

"Why is it so dark?"
"Its spring"
"So?"
"The hiveships block the sun a lot this time of year, sweetie."

Ride of the valkyries as dozens of enourmous motherships unload millions of bee workers unto the flowerfields, pollinize the flowers, then go back to the ships and keep following the blooming of flowers across the planet.

>>44487644
>sabotage
>Grandpa

Yeah he's not the kind to do that even if he knew about it

>>44487644
>>44487695
>>44487704
>>I think we are taking a small trip south

As soon as we are back in the carriage, we talk with our friends about the rumours the lady Elleanor dropped on us.

"Well, as two opossing forces fight each other, they inevitably begin resembling each other" -says Alard- "But even if it is true, I don't see what we could do about it. It's not illegal to build or own ships of any kind."
"Our rockit ship fleet gives you a distinct advantage. If the enemy has them as well, it will be very different from the easy fight we were hoping for next time we face them." -says Okaba- "But, wouldn't it be nice if we secured their help against the [ERROR]s?"

"Either way, what do you want to do about it? I am not going to support or allow any acts of piracy or sabotage!" -Sinoe says with a surprisingly firm tone of voice, and Lazard, her guardian, nods with pride on her princess honor

"Lapsiona is neutral ground right now. Wouldn't hitting ships here set a terrible precedent?" -Honoria comments with some worry
"Well, we should at the very least see how far they have gotten with the technology." -suggest Asmund

1/?

>>44487931
All the while treating nations that all bees will withdraw from pollinating should The Empress's will be denied.

>>44487931
>But seriously wtf is that thing?
It's one of the motherships used by the main antagonists from the Stargate: SG-1 TV series.

They're impressive, so long as you're just another primitive screwhead who doesn't realize that the 'gods' are just alien techno-scavengers.
And while the militaries of Earth laughed at the design, it still had shields that could handily brush off any nuclear weapons fired at it.

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>>44487973
That is actually quite the threat. What % of pollination was thanks to bees, again? like 40%? higher?

>>44487988
Oh so its a Goa'uld ship? or however you spelled it
I didn't know they actually shot nukes at them. I guess I missed the final seasons, sadly. Maybe i should torrent them

>>44487931

"Well, I really just want to take a look first." -we say as the carriage moves to our ship
"Well, we could go and return this very night. I don't see a problem with that. But we would probably need to notify the authorities about our small trip. We can't just go whenever we please inside this country" -Okaba reminds us calmly- "And receiving the authorization would take us maybe a day or more."

>Lets just go quickly and come back before they know it
>Let's wait for permission
>Other

>>44488059
>I guess I missed the final seasons, sadly
Shooting nukes at the motherships was actually pretty early, when Apophis was still a System Lord and a credible threat.

>Let's wait for permission
Let's do this right. We don't know how good are the internal security services of Lapsiona.

>>44488059
>I just want to make it clear right now that one of two things will happen. Either they will have no airships or your country will have new leadership within days. I could always ask Ren if she wants part of her empire back.

Their use of airships is a disaster, hidden troop movements, spies or assassins moved in and out of countries without notice. They've been a problem for too long.

>>44488059
>>Other
we have a golden dragon mount fly there our self under the cover of darkness and investigate our self

>>44488139
Didn't we get spotted flying around Albion with Radiant, even during the night?

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>>44488218
1) It was daytime
2) even if it was night time, it was our fault for having a shiny golden dragon

I like the idea of going in our own dragon, btw, we havent called him out for a while now

>>44488218
>Didn't we get spotted flying around Albion with Radiant, even during the night?
we were flying around in the day

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>>44488366
So, are we going on our dragon? are we going alone or taking someone along?

>>44488507
Stealth mission, get placed closeby and we sneak rush the target.

>>44488507
Since it seems two people want to go, and I'm outvoted, may as well go with Radiant, and ask if Ami or Mai could come along with us.

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>>44488660
>>44488660
For some reason my mouse sensitivity is huge right now. It is double clicking a lot of the time.. anyway, so we plus one more? everyone fine with that?

>>44488840
sure

>>44488840

Onward, to smite heresy!

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>>44488917

After asking Mako, she instantly offers to send Mai with us.

Why Mai? because Ami is a bit of a musclehead, honestly. Her first reaction is of the smashystabby sort, while Mai is more calm and prone to observation.

Honestly, as a bodyguard, Ami is advantageous in many ways, since her reaction time to danger is much lower, but it becomes a problem when you need her to do other things.

She's not dumb, just... violent.

**A few minutes later**

"Why am I not going?" -Lyann looks at the redheaded shadow rising behind us
"We can't all go. People knows you are always with me, so if you make yourself visible, it will make it seem as if I am here as well."
"...alright"

Mai briefly considers to hugs us tightly to tease Lyann, but ends up opting out of it.

"Do not worry, I will take care of him" -she says instead
"Alright... please do so."

Mai nods

At high altitude, its quite cold, but thankfully, both of us have high enough resistances that it isn't actually bothersome, even if some ice forms on the edge of our clothes.

"What are you planning on doing if there is a rockit ship?" -the ninjette asks calmly

>Explore it, specially its engines
>Sink it
>Comandeer it
>Other

>>44489071
>>Comandeer it

Would you look at that, there's a rogue skyship that seems to target people we don't like who'd have thought. It surely didn't come from our shipyards.

>>44489071
>>Explore it, specially its engines

blewing it up and they are just gonna make more so lets look for flaws that we can exploit if we get into a fight

>>44489071
>Explore it, specially its engines
We want to know, without the Alquians knowing that we know.

>>44489114
It's like we haven't learned at all from the debacle when we tried to be sneaky around Asmund.

>>44489143

Everyone's going to know what happened but it's not like they have definite proof. I don't feel bad about fucking over the people who tried to kidnap Mako.

>>44489071
>>Explore it, specially its engines
we should be able to cast invisibility thats a thing we learned to do right?

>>44489071
>>Explore it, specially its engines

>>44489164
You do realize that the best way to fuck them over is to just pop over there and tell them we rule them now, right?

In fact, that's what we were supposed to do, but didn't because we wanted to play with our girlfriends instead.

How good are we at making subtle illusions.

>>44489197
>invisibility
Not a spell as far as I can remember.

>>44489114
>>>Comandeer it

>>44489127
>>44489118
>>>Explore it, specially its engines

As we approach the city, we can see its lights beneath us. It is a rather small city on the shore, but it looks like quite the nice place.

There is public lighting in the main streets, and many of the houses have at least one bright window, showing that the people inside have access to either oil or magical lamps at night.

The streets look like most in Lapsiona, with very wide spaces to accomodate the ample spiderkin as they travel up and down their length, and while they are mostly deserted right now, we can still spot a few soldiers on patrol along the main street. as well as other groups patrolling the alleys and specially the edges of the city.

Well, as a jungle city in a fantasy world, it probably gets its fair share of monsters and other invaders at night. Why, it is just about to get 2 more right now.

Towards the docks, we can see several ships... honestly there are plenty of Alquian merchant ships, boasting the flag of the golden lion on their masts.

Which one do you want to check first?

>The one to the north. I dont see any masts, so it probably uses other means of propuilsion.
>The one in the middle. It has an interesting design... (it looks like a river boat with a large propeller wheel at the back)
>The one in the south. It is the smallest one, so it would be cheaper and easier to make as an early prototype.

>>44489322
>>>The one to the north. I dont see any masts, so it probably uses other means of propuilsion.

>>44489322
>The one to the north. I dont see any masts, so it probably uses other means of propuilsion.
Can we approach from the sea?
If we come in underwater, it might be easier to sneak up on the ships.

>>44489322
>>The one to the north. I dont see any masts, so it probably uses other means of propuilsion.

late

>>44486326
Not fuel, but more like a filter or tuning fork? We needed the carbon to figure out the correct frequency for optimal mana generation, I don't think we need it anymore.

>>44489322
>The one to the north. I dont see any masts, so it probably uses other means of propulsion.

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>>44489351
>>44489340
>>44489427
>>>The one to the north. I dont see any masts, so it probably uses other means of propuilsion.
>>44489427

Alright guys, lets end here for today, I have to prepare to go have new year's dinner with some friends so i better make myself look decent. I'll see you tomorrow, God willing.

Will also check the thread later for questions and comments.

Happy New year!

>>44489322
>>The one to the north. I dont see any masts, so it probably uses other means of propuilsion.

>>44489455
then i guess finer tuning

>>44489490
Maybe since they're carbon structures they'll be better for enchanting materials? We still need to figure out in universe what defines the number of slots things have.

>>44489487
Alright, see you tomorrow.

I hope Miel has been able to present her regal self as the Queen-Empress of the Miel Hegemony among all these spider-kin.

When you think about it, Miel and Mako are tied for control of the most powerful empire, and Miel is the most senior of the representatives here.

>>44489593
Empress-Queen Miel of House Miel, First of Her Name, Protector of the Hegemony, Queen of the First Hive, and First of all Honey Fairies.