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You awaken in the largest bed in the tower, which isn't amazingly large; merely a queen-size bed. Alongside you is Ben, soundly asleep and snoring lightly, whose world you thoroughly rocked last night. You bite your lip as you stretch, feeling a delightful soreness in all the right places. With a yawn, you shake your hair out of your eyes and think. By the light that enters through the dusty window, it is morning, and the chirping of birds reaches your ears.

'Gods, I needed that. Playing with Merriam only goes so far. I doubt Kaylessa could compare... but then again, I haven't given him the chance.'

Ben shifts slightly, turning his head. You look over at him and give a small smile as you rest a hand on his chest. He had been building up some doubt of you lately, due to questionable things he had seen and heard, but you did quite a bit of work bringing him unknowingly back under your heel last night, explaining how you had been distant from him and the reasons for it. He apologized for his doubt and then expressed how much he cares about you and wants to protect you, a sweet gesture indeed.

Then came the sex, which you cared about more than his words.

'Let's see... Faye went off to seduce that paladin woman. Amalia? Amantha? Amanda! I wonder how well that worked out for her. I didn't keep track of the others... I wonder where they are.'

Nearby are your belongings, along with all the new loot from the tower that you haven't gone through yet that Kaylessa has sorted.

>Wake up Ben
>Go check on the others
>Sort through the loot
>Rest some more
>Other/Write-In

>>1091747
>>Wake up Ben
Then
>Go check on the others.

>>1091747
>Wake up Ben

>>1091747
>Wake up Ben
>Go check on the others

>>1091747
>Go check on the others

>>1091747
>>Wake up Ben

Then check out the loot

>>1091747
>Wake up Ben
>Get something to eat
>Sort through the loot

>>1091747
>Wake up Ben

>>1091746
>Wake up Ben
>Sort through the loot

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You gently shake and stir Ben until he awakens with a slight startle. He blinks and looks up at you. "Sirena... "

"Ben, I know you mean well, but we've spoken on this. Don't use my real name."

"I'm sorry, Mary," he says as he sits up. "I just like your real name, I think it's beautiful. Like you are."

Flattering words from a sweet boy. You give him a kiss that he eagerly returns, but before he can get too into it, you pull away and slip out of the bed. "I'm going to check on the others," you tell him as you slip clothing onto your previously nude form. "It's a new day, with new things to do."

"Right," he nods. "Should I get dressed, or...?"

"You can take a day off if you like. You've earned it." As you leave the room, you descend the tower ladder and open the secondary bedroom, which has a few small beds in it. Merriam is sleeping like a log (which you suppose runs in the family) but Kaylessa is up and active, standard for an elf. He is slipping on his boots when you enter.

"Mary, good morning," he greets.

You look around. "Have you seen or heard Faye?"

"The only thing I heard last night was you and Ben," he replies with a sidelong glance.

"Sorry about that... I rather enjoy being loud." You walk over to him and sit next to him on his bed. "We went over this before... about how open our group is. You aren't jealous, are you?"

His voice is less than enthusiastic. "I'm starting to wonder which one is open: the group, or you?"

You bite back an immediate and more-stinging reply to that accusation. After all, you are no whore! At least, you don't THINK of yourself as a whore. So you aren't. You cross your legs and lay a hand on your knee as you consider your response.

>Seduce him
>Well, you can sleep with anyone you like as well.
>Would you like to join in next time?
>What I do is my own business.
>other

>>1091793
>Would you like to join in next time?

>>1091793
>Well, you can sleep with anyone you like as well.
>Other
No sass.

>>1091793
Eh. He doesnt have to come to us if he is ever thirsty.

>>1091808
Also, remind him we've never discriminated against him for his gender. That alone should say volumes about our accomodations.

>>1091793
Woah, what's wrong boss?
Actually running during a time where eurofags can participate doesn't seem like you AT ALL.
>Well, you can sleep with anyone you like as well.

>>1091793
>Well, you can sleep with anyone you like as well.
"Same as everyone else in the world, or as it should be, these poor dears have grown up in a very sheltered lifestyle."
>Would you like to join in next time?

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"Well, you can sleep with anyone you like as well. Do you remember how I told you that our group was accepting? After all, we accept you for who you truly are."

He averts his eyes as his expression lightens. "I suppose... that is true. Still, I'm not as forward as you are."

"Why not?" you ask, turning his head to face yours. "You know, you could always join us next time."

"You and Ben?" he asks, blushing. "I don't know..." His voice drifts off, growing silent as his face reddens further.

"You want something, you take it. Just be confident."

His eyes meet yours. "Well... I like you. But I also think Merriam is very pretty. When you two were in bed, and I was there, it may have been the most erotic thing I've ever experienced." He is embarassed to say this, but you find it cute.

"Why not go for her, then? These two have led very sheltered lives. Imagine the things we could show them."

His eyes widen as you say this. He immediately changes the subject; his voice sounds concerned now. "I think she's ill. When she came in last night, she was terribly flustered and flushed."

You look over at the sleeping Merriam. Her hair is disheveled and her clothes are slightly out of order, like she was trying to loosen them but didn't get them all the way off. You smile as you remember that last night, before going up to sleep with Ben, you casted a spell upon her through the wand of shared sensation.

She felt everything you felt last night. Though she was not penetrated, she felt every inch of her brother sinking deeply within you as though it were herself sleeping with him, the very notion of which brings a shiver of taboo proportions up your spine.

"Oh, I think she'll be just fine," you smile, imagining her stumbling into this room last night after the deed was done. She had been cleaning the downstairs in the keep when it happened; that must be why Kaylessa did not hear her. You decide to leave it at that and change the topic. "Have you seen Faye or Brutus?"

"Brutus is outside, last I saw. I don't know if your 'twin' ever came home last night."

>Wake up Merriam
>Encourage Kaylessa to spend more time with Merriam
>Go sort through the loot
>Track down Brutus and Faye
>Other

>>1091871
>Encourage Kaylessa to spend more time with Merriam
>Track down Brutus and Faye

>>1091871
>>Encourage Kaylessa to spend more time with Merriam
>>Go sort through the loot

>>1091871
>Encourage Kaylessa to spend more time with Merriam
>Go sort through the loot

>>1091871
>Encourage Kaylessa to spend more time with Merriam

We should let her sleep some, I am going to try to collect everybody so that we can get to the truly fun part, divvying up the loot.

>Track down Brutus and Faye

>>1091871
>Encourage Kaylessa to spend more time with Merriam
He has our blessing, and if Merry has any questions, she can come to us.
>Track down Brutus and Faye
I don't want to lose track of Faye again.

>>1091871
>Encourage Kaylessa to spend more time with Merriam
>Go sort through the loot

>>1091871
>Encourage Kaylessa to spend more time with Merriam
>Go sort through the loot

>>1091871
>Track down Brutus and Faye

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"Hm. I'll track her down. In the meantime, why don't you spend more time with Merriam?"

"W-what do you mean by that, exactly?"

You lean in close. "Go on. Don't merely stare at her; talk to her. In time, perhaps you can kiss her, and lay with her..."

He swallows. "Would she, though?"

"You'll never know if you don't try."

You lean in close and give him a kiss on the ear that causes him to let out a tiny gasp. As you nibble on his ear, you whisper, "You know what I like the most about her? Her lips. Imagine them on your ears, or other places..." Your hand runs down this chest to his pants. He lets out a small cry that seems to wake up Merriam, and so you pull away from him.

You both look over and see her immediately go back to sleep. He lets out a sigh. "Mary, this teasing is going to kill me."

"Hopefully not anytime soon," you say with a wink before you slip away, leaving him to wake up Merriam. 'I wonder if he will go for her... He's forward in non-romantic matters. A little push in the right direction should help him.'

>>1091876
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>Find Brutus and Faye
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>>1091933
>Sort through the loot

You just can't make up your mind! The loot is up there, waiting, but you also worry about Faye, and the fact that she isn't here yet...

>Wait until you have the group together to split up the loot
>Go through the loot now and take what you want
>Find Brutus and figure out how much of a share of the loot he wants as this was never arranged
>Find Faye and whatever the hell happened to her last night
>Other

>>1091987
>Wait until you have the group together to split up the loot
>Find Faye and whatever the hell happened to her last night

>>1091987
>Wait until you have the group together to split up the loot

>>1091987
>>Wait until you have the group together to split up the loot.
>Find Faye and whatever the hell happened to her last night

>>1091987
>Wait until you have the group together to split up the loot

That way Brutus can also put in his 2 cents with everyone around

>Find Faye and whatever the hell happened to her last night

>>1091987
>Go through the loot now and take what you want
then
>Find Brutus and figure out how much of a share of the loot he wants

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'I'd better find Faye. She may have gotten into trouble...'

After leaving the tower, you look to a nearby tree and see Brutus with his back to it, sharpening his axe with a stone. He nods in your direction as you walk out towards the road.

As it happens, this is the moment when Faye rides up on her horse, looking somewhat... distressed. Each small bump with the horse seems to make her wince slightly. You put your hands on your hips and look up at her as she approaches.

"Well, what happened?" you ask her.

"I don't want to talk about it."

"You don't... What?" She dismounts gingerly and walks towards the tower, limping slightly. "The hell happened to you? Were you successful?"

"You could say that," she says, opening the door and walking inside. Brutus tends to the horse as you follow her in. "I just don't want to talk. Say... you wouldn't happen to know any ice spells, would you?"

"No... why?"

"I could use some..."

You and she proceed downstairs, where she lifts up her skirt. Her bottom is red, VERY red, with many clear and distinct markings, from what appears to be a hand and some kind of whip.

"I told you to seduce her!"

"And I DID, thank you very much," she says, putting a pillow down on a chair before sitting. This still makes her wince. "It turns out her tastes are... specific."

"What did she do to you?"

"A lot," she whispers. "Gods, a lot, things I had never experienced before..." She leans forward. "She dominated me."

You're almost in shock at yourself. "How could you let her? We're supposed to be the dominant ones!"

"Well then YOU spend the night with her and see for yourself!" Faye shoots back. "She didn't respond to my usual flirtations, so I had to go about it another way by pretending to be some deviant criminal she could 'punish', and one thing led to another, and before I knew it I was in chains, tied up, bent over a table and getting it HARD."

You slowly raise a brow. "Getting 'what' hard, exactly?"

"The handle of her mace!"

"Oh... wow. Was it sharp?"

"No. It was designed to be smooth, and now I think I know why..."

>So, what happened when it was over? Is she on our side?
>Check on her injuries
>Congratulate her on a job well done
>Did you like it?
>Other

>>1092077
>Check on her injuries
>Congratulate her on a job well done
You took one for the team.

>>1092077
>Congratulate her on a job well done
>Check on her injuries
>So, what happened when it was over? Is she on our side?
>Did you like it?

Might give us some insight to ourselves as well

>>1092077
>>Check on her injuries
>>Congratulate her on a job well done
Wow, that's... kinky.

>>1092077
>Congratulate her on a job well done
>Check on her injuries
>So, what happened when it was over? Is she on our side?
In that order.

>>1092077
>Check on her injuries
>Congratulate her on a job well done

Wow. Props for toughin' it out.

>>1092077
>So, what happened when it was over? Is she on our side?

>>1092077
>Check on her injuries
>Congratulate her on a job well done
>Did you like it?
Well she didn't exactly answer it...

>>1092077
>>So, what happened when it was over? Is she on our side?
>>Check on her injuries
>>Congratulate her on a job well done
>>Did you like it?

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>>1092134

"Well... congratulations on a job well done!"

She rolls her eyes. "Oh, thank you. It means so much to hear you say that..."

"Let me see again," you urge her, and eventually she turns around and hikes up her skirt again. You gently run your hand over her reddened sore spots, making her wince and let out small cries.

"Careful! That's tender!"

"I bet," you say, giving her a small kiss on her bottom. "There. All better?"

"If you weren't me, I'd kill you."

"I love you too."

After sitting her back down, you ask, "So, what happened when it was over? Is she on our side?"

"She wasn't the lover I thought she'd be when I first looked at her," Faye admits. "She kept calling me a 'dirty, naughty little girl' and 'criminal scum' for some reason... But when it was over, she did treat me... nicely. She cast a few healing spells and said a prayer."

"A prayer? To what goddess?"

"I don't know your gods. The point is, she was nice once she got her jollies out of what she did to me. She even kissed me!"

"Again, is she on our side?"

"I'd say I bonded with her in an interesting way," Faye mutters. "If we run into her again, she'll probably be much more receptive to working together."

"Again, I have to say, I'm impressed. You toughed it out."

"Yes, well... after a while, it started to feel good."

"How good?"

Faye deliberately avoids eye contact. "More than I'd be willing to admit."

"Oh, come now, it's me. What have I been missing out on?"

"She shoved her mace in a place I've never had anything shoved in before."

"Oh. There."

"And... I liked it. Perhaps it was her, perhaps it was the situation, but gods... I've never felt anything like it!"

"Do you think you'll want it again?"

She shifts slightly where she sits. "...Maybe. If it is with her, then definitely."

'Maybe I've been missing out on something after all...'

>Go split the loot
>Group breakfast
>Lay out your plans for the day
>Check on Brutus
>Other

>>1092149
>>Go split the loot
LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOT

>>1092149
>Lay out your plans for the day
>Go split the loot
>Group breakfast

>>1092149
>Check on Brutus
Then
>Group breakfast
Let's find out if Brutus has any immediate plans or if he intends on just hanging out for a while.

>>1092149
>>Group breakfast
>Go split the loot

>>1092149
>Lay out your plans for the day

>>1092149
>Go split the loot

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>>1092219

After gathering everyone up in the dining hall of the keep, they all eat (mostly rations) while you and Kaylessa lay out the treasure from the keep.

All in all, it is the following:

Treasure:

285 Gold

Gems: 15 in all
Crown Azurite (88 gp)
2 x Crown Moss Agate (83 gp each)
3 x Fine Rhodochrosite (79 gp each)
3 x Obsidian (53 gp each)
2 x Small Eye Agate (43 gp each)
3 x Small Hematite (49 gp each)
Uncut Azurite (60 gp)

Art objects: 3
Carved Wooden Box (101 gp)
Leather Belt with Silver Buckle (101 gp)
Painted Glass Holy Symbol (of a God of Beauty) (98 gp)

Misc:
Small Bag of Incense (169 gp)
4 x Oil of Lasting Flame (25 gp)

Magical:
+1 Staff of Command (840 gp)

The Staff of Command is a magical implement that will enhance all Thralldom spells cast through it. It also has a once-per-day power to gain nearly complete control over someone that you point it at for roughly ten minutes.

How should we split it up?

>>1092149
>Check on Brutus
>Group breakfast
>Go split the loot

>>1092241
Gems go into the Vault. Each party member get 30 gold and the rest goes into the vault.

Gotta identify the belt and box, glass.

Misc. Goes into the vault.

We keep the Staff

>>1092254
>>1092241

This.

>>1092254
Yup.

>>1092254
This is the most sound.

>>1092254
Support

>>1092254

I'll back it

We should draw up a ledger for all of this, gotta make sure the books are straight and we can keep a running total of what each party member has saved in our "bank"

>>1092254
This.

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After splitting everything up (and identifying the art objects as just that, mundane items) you take the Staff of Command and your share of the gold.

"So, what now?" Merriam asks.

"We need to clean this place up!" you say. "Renovation! New furniture, clean the dust.... This is going to be our base of operations, after all, from where we can set out adventuring!"

"Sounds good to me," Ben says. "With the money we've made, we can shape this place up nicely I think."

"What about a steady flow of income?" Faye asks.

"We have a deal going with Digger Mine. We're getting a cut of their profits when they start back up."

"When is that? We should go there and see."

Kaylessa points out, "Also, we can make money by adventuring. You know, the standard stuff; loot, payment for jobs done, that sort of thing."

"But that's not exactly a consistant stream of coin," Faye counters.

Brutus speaks up now. "I could make money, chopping down trees."

Ben raises his brow. "Uncle Jed might like that. Maybe you could help out at our farm?"

Eventually, they all look back up at you.

>Stay here for the time being and practice magic while renovating tower
>Take Faye with you as you look for trainers while the others remain back and renovate the tower
>Take a larger portion of the group with you as you leave (specify who)
>Send Brutus to go work for Cutter Farm
>Visit the Digger Mine and speak with Samson
>Visit Bridge Town and speak with the newly-elected Mayor Jed about work/income/property/taxes
>Other/write-in

>>1092405
>>Send Brutus to go work for Cutter Farm
>>Visit the Digger Mine and speak with Samson
>>Visit Bridge Town and speak with the newly-elected Mayor Jed about work/income/property/taxes

We only need Ben and Kaylessa to do renovations when the time comes. I'm sure Brutus would be much more happy doing good ol' fashioned work.

>>1092405
>Take Faye with you as you look for trainers while the others remain back and renovate the tower
>Send Brutus to go work for Cutter Farm
>Visit the Digger Mine and speak with Samson

>>1092405
>>Send Brutus to go work for Cutter Farm
When we need muscle, we'll call him, and this is a good way for him to make friends.
>Stay here for the time being and practice magic while renovating tower
Let's try not to teach Faye anything Thralldom related just yet...

>>1092405
>Take Faye with you as you look for trainers while the others remain back and renovate the tower
>Send Brutus to go work for Cutter Farm
>Visit the Digger Mine and speak with Samson
This seems like a decent list.

>>1092405
>>Send Brutus to go work for Cutter Farm
>>Visit the Digger Mine and speak with Samson

>>1092405
>Send Brutus to go work for Cutter Farm
>Visit the Digger Mine and speak with Samson
>Visit Bridge Town and speak with the newly-elected Mayor Jed about work/income/property/taxes

Take Ben and Merriam, they should be happy to see the family and spend time with us

>Other/write-in

Have Kaylessa check around town for job postings and adventurer spots

>>1092426
>Visit Bridge Town and speak with the newly-elected Mayor Jed about work/income/property/taxes

Also that, on the way there.

>>1092417
Add
>Visit Bridge Town and speak with the newly-elected Mayor Jed about work/income/property/taxes

Quick dinner break, I'm starving.

>>1092405
This makes me think...
Both how far we've come and how far we are yet to come...
Also
>Send Brutus to go work for Cutter Farm
>Start setting up a confrontation between Brutus and Super-Boris
>Visit the Digger mine and speak with Samson
>Leave Faye with the Necromancy Book
>Take of to the Thrallherd teacher
Are all the things we should do, the last two things preferably in this order

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>>1092577

Alright, basically:

>Brutus to Cutter Farm
>Visit Digger Mine
>Visit Bridge Town

But since I didn't get too many votes on the first two, let me be more specific:

Who do we want to bring with us, and who do we want to leave here? Brutus is a given, since we'll be dropping him off. But we don't need to return to the tower unless we want to at this moment; we can go elsewhere, see trainers, etc.

So, who?

>>1092603
Just us and Faye? Unless we want to bring Merriam as well?

>>1092603
Bring everyone.

The others can return without us if we need to split ways.

>>1092603
Just Faye can go with us. You can't renovate the tower if there's no one there to renovate.

>>1092607
>>1092603
Well, >>1092577
In regards to Faye, has the upside of having her occupied, so we can do whatever we want and not have her get us into troubble, when we come back we can ask her to teach us something, so we can widen the gap
I don't want her to teach Merriam, YET, until our grip grows ore firm on the twins and, eventually our elf and the minotaur.

>>1092603

Bring everyone, we'll split off with them at the end of the day but I'd like to get some group activities done as well to increase some party cohesion

>>1092603
aks Brutus what he wants

>>1092603
Also, we need to get an ornamental headpiece like this some day.

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You make plans for you, Faye and Brutus to leave the tower while the other three remain here to clean up.

As you head off into the library, Merriam catches up to you and stops you. "Mary! I think... I think something is wrong."

"What? What is it?"

"Something happened with me last night... I, I believe it may have been a ghost! This tower had them. I started feeling strange, like hands were on me, and, and lips, and..." Her voice trails off as her hands reach to her waist. "I felt like something was inside me, Mary!"

"But it felt good, didn't it?"

"What? I... I suppose, yes, it was very..."

"Pleasurable?" you ask, stepping closer to her. "Did it feel good, when it was inside? Thrusting in and out... in and out..."

She blushes fiercely. "Mary! Don't make light of this, I think a ghost may have done unmentionable things to me last night!"

You bring a hand up to your mouth and try to contain your laughter. 'Oh, you simple girl...'

>Tell her the truth about who the wand of shared sensation was used with
>Tell her you simply used a new magic spell to make her feel good but specify no one else
>Tell her that she has nothing to worry about and will not be harmed
>Yes, it was a ghost.
>Other

>>1092660
>Tell her you simply used a new magic spell to make her feel good but specify no one else

>>1092660
>>Tell her you simply used a new magic spell to make her feel good but specify no one else

>>1092660
>>Tell her the truth about who the wand of shared sensation was used with

>>1092660
>>Tell her that she has nothing to worry about and will not be harmed

>>1092660
>Tell her you simply used a new magic spell to make her feel good but specify no one else

>>1092660
>Tell her you simply used a new magic spell to make her feel good but specify no one else
Would you like to feel it again?

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You smile and place a hand on her cheek. "I'm sorry about that, Merriam. I was trying a new spell, and it seems like you got some of the side-effects."

"What kind of spell what that?" she asks, her face still flushed.

"Just something I picked up from Francis' tower. It simulates the pleasure of being with a man..."

"O-oh," she blushes harder. "I've never... You're the only one I've ever been with, Mary. It felt so... different."

"But nice, yes?"

"Yes, very," she nods, her spirit lifted now that the veil of a ghost isn't hanging over her fears. "I never imagined it would feel like that. I've had burning feelings there before, but never like that."

You lean down to her ear and whisper, "Would you like to feel this for yourself, for real?"

"Mary, I... I don't know any men like that..."

'You only think you don't,' you smile. "I'll share this experience with you, soon. Until then, I need you to stay here, and keep an eye on Ben and Kay for me. Can you do that?"

"Yes, Mary," she whispers. You reward her with a kiss on her forehead. "Th-thank you for the spell," she admits. "I did like it..."

"I'll try it again soon," you promise, and then you set out.

With Faye and Brutus, you first head towards Bridge Town. Your plan is to go there, then drop off the minotaur at the lumber mill, then head east to Digger Farm.

>Give me some 1d100s, please.

Rolled 5 (1d100)

>>1092782
May RNGesus be with us.

Rolled 53 (1d100)

>>1092782

Rolled 15 (1d100)

>>1092782

Rolled 34 (1d100)

>>1092782

Rolled 91 (1d100)

>>1092782

>>1092782

Rolled 74 (1d100)

>>1092782

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Upon entering Bridge Town, you seem to note that things are back to normal. The people are going about their business and daily routines just as before the election. Upon entering the mayor's office, you are surprised to see not only Jed here, but Lucia Rose as well. They are going over some plans for both of their upcoming projects.

"I see you two are getting along nicely," you say with a smile.

"Lucia and I have agreed to work together, for the better of the town," Jed says. "With new logs coming in, we can build her schoolhouse."

"On that note, I'm dropping my minotaur off at your farm. Don't worry -- he's harmless. He can chop down twice as many trees as a normal man."

This seems to have pleased him greatly. "Yes, with his help, I think Bridge Town's logging industry will boom!"

Lucia smiles. "Perhaps our project could be completed even sooner."

"He'll make up for your absence at the farm, leaving you here to do other things," you say, throwing a wink towards Lucia. Jed seems to understand and gives a light chuckle. "I was also hoping to work out a deal about my land. The taxes and what have you."

"What were you thinking?"

>Pay no taxes
>Pay the same as everyone else
>Pay 75% as everyone else
>Pay half as much as everyone else
>Pay 25% as everyone else
>Other

>>1092884
>>Pay no taxes

On the caveat that we will do great things for this town.

>>1092884
>Other
Pay the same as everyone else... except our taxes will be deferred indefinitely.

>>1092884
>Pay half as much as everyone else
Like the dude is actually going to let us get away with paying no taxes, let's give him an offer that he'll actually accept.

>>1092884
>Pay 75% as everyone else
We gotta do it, even if it sucks. 75% is as low as you could go without pissing off the villagers.

>>1092884
>Other

What would the current taxes put us at?

>>1092922

>Not haggling like a fishmonger

We can get him down to 42.2 percent if we try.

>>1092920
>>1092922
>>1092925
>>1092928
If we get our taxes deferred for a while, we can save up a bunch of money and then pay up when the taxes are chump change. It's not a crazy arrangement. Hell, we could even consider it a loan from the town to us if that smooths things over.

>>1092884
>Just pay taxes in full.

In Discord it was revealed that taxes are 5 coins a month. We can EASILY afford that.

>>1092974

Yeah, I'm just trying to put together a system based on some charts. Current going rate is five a month for Bridge Town specifically.

>>1092974
>>1092986
Is that per person existence tax or is it a land tax?

>>1092995

Hang on, I'm doing some additional stuff.

>>1092884
>Pay the same as everyone else

Alright, essentially our monthly expense is going to be 55 gold a month.

30 for lifetstyle, 20 for upkeep, 5 for taxes. This is all on an individual basis; we won't worry about anyone's expendature other than our own, unless they ask for monetary assistance.

Currently, we have no definite source of income, so it's just about making money to maintain our lifestyle. Looting, etc. This will allow us to clean up and furnish the tower and keep. Good thing is we've had some lucky hauls and have some money saved up.

So, generally speaking, people in the chat seem to be okay with paying full taxes. We have everything taken care of; Jed signs some documents specifying us as the land owners as he re-validates the deed to the tower and keep. We don't own any acres of land other than the tower itself so we'll let the land-tax/property tax just be part of the five gold per month in taxes.

That takes care of that. We'll deal with our first monthly expense not too long from now.

So, what from here?

>Drop off Brutus at Cutter Farm
>Check the town rumors
>Spend some time at the inn
>Search for that engineer dwarf
>Other

>>1093132
>Drop off Brutus at Cutter Farm
>Search for that engineer dwarf
I almost forgot about him. Where did that fucker head off to?

>>1093132
>Drop off Brutus at Cutter Farm
>Search for that engineer dwarf

>>1093132
>>Drop off Brutus at Cutter Farm
>>Check the town rumors
If I recall correctly there were two other quests around that we didn't take care of

>>1093132
>Drop off Brutus at Cutter Farm
>Check the town rumors

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>>1093157

"Well, that was fun," Faye says as you walk out and approach Brutus. "What next?"

"We'll be dropping this big boy off at the farm."

"With the rest of the cows?" she giggles. Brutus shoots her a nasty look. "Sorry!"

It is not a very far walk north. Upon coming to Cutter Farm, however, there is something curious to be seen. A small figure clad in white and gold is speaking with the Cutter matriarch, Jan, about something. As you and Faye ride up, with Brutus in tow, she takes notice and so does the small person -- who, as it turns out, is a child.

"Mary," Jan says with a small wave while the other rests upon her pregnant stomach. "How good to see you. I heard about how Ben helped slay a demon!"

'Devil, but let's not triffle over such things.' You smile back at her. "Hello, Jan. I've come to drop off your new worker. This is Brutus, and I assure you he is a very good worker and not half as frightening as he looks."

Brutus bows his head and says nothing.

Your eyes then drift to the small boy. Or... girl? You squint slightly. Cherubic features, rosy cheeks, long blonde hair, it seems to be a girl, and yet...

"You wouldn't happen to be an elf, would you?" you ask, recalling a similar situation recently.

"Oh, no, I am no elf. I am human, good lady." The child, apparently some kind of cleric judging from his getup, gives you a small bow. "I am called Alex Shepherd, a mere acolyte of the First Faith, and I hope I am not interrupting anything."

"This cleric was just asking for my permission to use the well," Jan explains. "I think it a bit odd for a child to be wandering around alone, but I don't mind."

>Drop off Brutus and leave
>Are you a boy or a girl?
>Ask why Alex is unaccompanied
>What do you need the well for?
>Other

>>1093196
>Ask why Alex is unaccompanied

>>1093196
>Ask why Alex is unaccompanied

>>1093196
Does detect magic identify the sex of a person?

>>1093196
>Ask why Alex is unaccompanied
>What do you need the well for?

>>1093208

Haha! No.

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>>1093212

"Why are you unaccompanied, child?"

"Oh, I am never alone, ma'am. My gods watch over me and bless every step I take. They keep the dark things away from me, and help me bring light to dark places. When I am lonely, they are with me, and when I am afraid they give me courage. With my gods, I am never alone."

Faye puts her hands together. "Awwww! That's adorable!"

The child blushes. "I am not..."

"Nevertheless; the wider world can be dangerous. Have you some power about you?"

"I only have the gifts my gods have bestowed upon me," the child replies somewhat timidly. "I can protect myself with their power."

"Could you demonstrate?"

"A true cleric does not brag, and does not boast of power, nor do they use their power lightly," the child says, as though quoting some teacher or scripture. "They must only use it to defend themselves, or others. Responsibility is a virtue."

"That's not what I learned when I was in the schools of holy magic," Faye whispers to you.

"I beg your pardon, ma'am, but I must continue my quest. Having secured permission from the owner of this well, which I have heard to possess blessed properties, I must now to the west."

"You're well-spoken for a child," you say. "But we are headed in that direction as well. Perhaps we could accompany you, so you could have someone to talk to other than the gods."

"Oh, well, if you insist," the child replies. "I am not used to the company of adult women, though, so I am terribly sorry if I make for poor converation."

Faye giggles. "I like this one. Can we keep her?"

"Him," he corrects, somewhat sheepishly.

'Damnit, I would've made the same mistake. Is this kid SURE he's not an elf?'

>Walk with Alex
>Offer him a ride on your horse
>Let him go off on his way; stay here at the farm
>On second thought, return to Bridge Town
>Other

>>1093313
>Walk with Alex

>>1093313
>Walk with Alex

"So do you just want a sample of the water or do you have goals for it?"

Does he have an aura about him?

>>1093313
>>Walk with Alex

>>1093313
>Walk with Alex

>>1093313
>Walk with Alex

>>1093313
>>Walk with Alex
wheres the monkey king?

>>1093313
>>1093313
>>Walk with Alex

STRANGER

DANGER

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>>1093350
>>1093351
>>1093355
>>1093391

After waving goodbye to Jan and Brutus, you head east with the young cleric. Faye leans in close and whispers, "I sense something strange."

"How so?"

"This child is practically bursting with holy power," she replies. "I have studied holy magic, I draw my power from gods, but this child..."

"Are you saying the boy is favored by the gods?"

"Perhaps. Or he has some deeper connection with them... I just tried to use some divination, and his aura is insane!"

You check yourself with your arcane sight; sure enough, the child is glowing like a beacon of purity, a white light of holy power and goodness. You dispell the sight from yourself as the child looks back.

"Is something wrong?" he asks in an innocent tone.

"No, not at all," you reply with a smile. "So, do you just want a sample of the water or do you have goals for it?"

"I plan to take only a small amount of it. I wish to bless it, and make it holy water, so that it may protect me on my journey."

"You mentioned a quest, and now a journey... What are you doing?"

"I am seeking for the tomb of my ancestors," he replies. "I am an orphan, and I have never had any parents... I was raised in a poor orphanage to the south. But one day a passing cleric handed me a book, and ever since then I have read it a thousand times." He holds up his tome, the holy scripture of the First Faith. "I have memorized its passages and have set out on my own quest to find my ancestors and make peace with their spirits. It is said that my bloodline is cursed, and I would seek to rid myself of whatever dark stain is upon my family line."

"You are quite honest and forthcoming, child," you remark. "I like that."

Eventually you come to the magic well. He lowers the bucket and brings the water back up. He says a series of prayers and sings a small song as he fills a leather canteen with it, all the while holding a holy symbol necklace in one of his hands and waving it in specific ways.

Faye leans over. "We should pick this child's brain for knowledge of holy power," she says. "Imagine it! The child must know so much he could teach us; you saw his holy aura yourself. The child is practically divine!"

>Part ways with the cleric
>Ask to accompany him to the tomb
>Ask if he would travel with you
>Stay at the well and sit for a while with him
>Other

>>1093407
>Part ways with the cleric
No.

We are NOT getting on any gods badsides

>>1093407
>>Ask to accompany him to the tomb
>>Ask if he would travel with you

I mean what could possibly go wrong?

>>1093407
>Stay at the well and sit for a while with him
Leave him be. She's dark and he's light. It won't work.

>>1093407
>>Ask to accompany him to the tomb
but frist we got to pick up some people

>>1093407
>>Stay at the well and sit for a while with him
Nigga, teach us some shit.

>>1093407
>>Stay at the well and sit for a while with him

>>1093407
>Stay at the well and sit for a while with him

>>1093413
>>1093419
If Faye can learn Holy magic, what's stopping us?

>>1093407
>Part ways with the cleric

It's really tempting but I don't know if we wants to fucks with that right now. This kid could probably poke us with his pinky and fry us in Divine fire.

>>1093442
How many necromancers can use holy magic?

>>1093449
Just because two schools aren't on the friendliest terms doesn't mean someone can't learn from both.

>>1093456
Wouldn't she have to get on good terms with the gods first? I don't think necros have a good relationship with them.

Guys we just had our alternate universe self have dominatrix lesbian sex with a paladin.

I think we can get away with talking and chatting with some fucking kid.

>>1093463
...I mean, fair dues there.

>>1093407
>Stay at the well and sit for a while with him

>>1093462
We are not a necromancer. We are a sorcereress with training in the school of Necromancy. There is a difference. Plus, we don't yet know the specifics of what it takes to learn and wield Holy magic; we're about to find out.

>>1093463
I don't mind teasing even, but I really don't wanna board the /ss/ train

>>1093482
We'll worry about whether the /ss/ train is even running the further we go.

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>>1093421
>>1093430
>>1093438
>>1093478

You dismount with Faye and sit near the well with him as he blesses the water.

"So, what's the deal with holy magic?" you ask him and Faye. "I don't know any of it, but I might be interested in learning. I only know arcane schools."

"Holy magic is different from arcane magic in that it comes not from the mana-weave of the cosmos, but rather the gods," Alex explains. "This distrinction is not always clear, and sometimes non-holy spells have very similar effects."

"Yes, yes, I know that the schools of magic are more of a formality," you reply. "Some spells seem more suited to other schools and some blur the lines between them."

"Precisely!" he nods. "Well, the gods are powerful beings, but they pay little attention to mortals. Or, it might be better to say that they pay attention in ways we often don't realize or understand. Like us, they come in all different forms."

"Some gods are good, while others are evil," Faye says with a slight wink that Alex misses. "Power can be drawn from all of them."

Alex turns to you and says, "The First Faith, my church, worships only a specific pantheon of good gods. The First Faith covers a wide variety of virtues that the gods represent, such as honesty, kindness, generosity, loyalty and such. These gods form a circle of harmony that allows things such as justice and goodness to prevail against chaos and evil. We try to remain as true to these virtues as possible, in the hopes that when we die, the gods will allow our souls a better resting place in the heavens."

"But there are other faiths, yes?"

"The First Faith is the largest and most popular of all, but yes, there are many. Some say the gods cannot be fully counted, for there are so many aspects of existence that are attributed to so many different kinds of gods. Not to mention their angels, saints, demigod children, ascended mortals and other such divine beings."

"Sounds complicated."

"Oh, it is! But worship needn't be. Some gods are very specific about their tributes, while others are more relaxed. Some want you to conform. Others may want you to be yourself. Some, ones I shall not speak of, demand service or slavery. They reward you with divine boons, which can manifest in different ways. Some, like paladins, use this power to smite evil. I like to use this power to protect others and heal the sick and wounded. Still others would seek to manipulate fate, or build great wonders, or inspire those who despair."

"It's a fairly large school," Faye says. "For every tome on magic in one school, there is likely three or so more that would be considered under the holy school, due to there being so many gods. Their courts and ways are so far above us, and yet we can grasp at the strings of their power."

"What gods do you worship anyway, Faye?"

"The gods and goddesses that represent aspects of beauty, nobility, charm and fertility," she says, throwing in a more obvious wink that makes Alex blush.

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>>1093567

>Ask to learn spells from the First Faith
>Ask about the history and structure of the First Faith
>Ask about other gods and goddesses and their domains
>Get to know the young cleric more personally
>Part from Alex
>Other

>>1093570
>>Ask to learn spells from the First Faith
>>Ask about the history and structure of the First Faith
>>Ask about other gods and goddesses and their domains
>>Get to know the young cleric more personally

>>1093567
>>Ask about other gods and goddesses and their domains
>Part from Alex

>>1093570
>Ask about other gods and goddesses and their domains
>Get to know the young cleric more personally
Clearly, First Faith domains won't be a clean fit for us, but I'm sure there's a god or goddess out there who fits our profile. We just need pointing in the right direction, specifically that which Faye pointed out. I mean, we DO have a holy symbol for a goddess of beauty sitting in our tower.

>>1093570
>Ask about other gods and goddesses and their domains
>Smack Faye on the back of her head
>"No /ss/"

>>1093570
>Ask to learn spells from the First Faith
>Ask about the history and structure of the First Faith

>>1093586
not wanting to become a god for end game

>>1093599
No one said we aren't going to attain godhood. But we need a leg up for right now, and Sirena doesn't quite have the sway to command her own religion yet.

>>1093603
soon

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>>1093581
>>1093586
>>1093588

"What other gods and goddesses are there? I've never really paid attention."

"Oh... Well, there is the Wild Circle, which druids often pay tribute to, and has gods of the earth, ocean, seasons and such... The Order of Alakaz is mostly comprised of gods who lord over domains of knowledge, wisdom and the various schools of magic. Then there is the Archon Triumvirate, gods of law, justice and arbitration. Those are just a few off the top of my head, but almost everyone has their own small pantheon they worship... The orcs, goblins, elves, and all manner of races have their circles. Sometimes worship overlaps between cultures, and sometimes cultures are defined by their gods; there are many barbarian dieties whose tribes war with each other just as the barbarian-gods of the skies do."

"I see... Do you have anything which I could study and learn from?"

"Oh, absolutely!" he says with a helpful smile as he takes a book out of his bag. "If nothing else, this catalog of deities should help you find what you seek. We all deserve a better place in the next world, no matter what gods we pray to. I hope this helps you."

"Thank you very much," you say, taking the book from him. "I'm sure I can find something useful in it."

He nods and stands up. "Well, I should be off, I have my quest after all. Thank you for your time, it was wonderful speaking to you! I hope we can meet again! Good fortune, and may the gods smile upon you both!" He politely bows and turns away.

He walks off and Faye pouts. "Why don't we go with him? Imagine how much fun it would be to corrupt him! All that power held in that naive form... So young and impressionable..."

"Shush," you tell her, handing her the book. "Take this and figure out which gods you have to pray to while in this dimension. Find some for me, so we can pay tribute to them together for more power."

"Hmm... I don't suppose there is a god of mirrors, is there? Perhaps a goddess of mirror twins who are very, VERY close?"

"That'd be convenient but rather overly-specific, don't you think?" you wink.

"Perhaps we could become those goddesses," she ponders as she flips through the pages.

"I'd prefer something more powerful," you reply.

>Proceed to Digger Farm
>Head south to Bridge Town
>Head North to the thralldom trainer, Vincent
>Stay here for a while
>Other

>>1093692
>Proceed to Digger Farm

Check on our associates, also having a finger in both digger and cutter farm allows us to make a LOT of money in expanding bridge town as we can source 90% of all matieral used in the construction of new structures with people we can further make money off by buying into their businesses

>>1093692
>Proceed to Digger Farm

>>1093692
>>Proceed to Digger Farm

>>1093692
>Proceed to Digger Farm

>>1093692
>Proceed to Digger Farm

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>>1093729
>>1093755
>>1093760

Heading east, you arrive at Digger farm in the early evening. There you hunt down Samson, who is in his home, and still not wearing a shirt, which you begin to suspect he simply never does.

"Been a while," he says, surprised at the appearance of not only you but another beautiful woman he doesn't recognize. "How can I help you?"

"How is getting the mine up and running going?"

"Hard work, considering nobody in Bridge Town trusts the Digger name anymore," he sighs. "I've only got a few workers. As much as I hate to admit it, things were easier when we didn't have to pay the miners. Not that I want to make the same mistake, you understand."

"Our deal is still in effect, yes?"

"Yeah, of course... I'm not going to try to go back on you. I know what you can do. Besides, I want to maintain good relations with the Cutters as well... Their lumber support would be vital to expanding the mine to line tunels with support beams."

"But expansion would only come after you start making a more consistant profit, is that right?"

"Right."

>Go to Bridge Town and find some people to hire
>Staff the mine with undead
>Make plans to use thralldom to enslave workers
>Have Uncle Jed work on bettering the Digger Name
>Other

>>1093812
>Have Uncle Jed work on bettering the Digger Name
We've got bigger fish to fry than going on a recruiting campaign for the Diggers. If Jed's word isn't enough, we can find some workers when we get back.

>>1093812
>Go to Bridge Town and find some people to hire

>>1093812
>>Go to Bridge Town and find some people to hire
they fcked up so they can impromve there name we alredy did alot for them

>>1093824
>we have bigger fish to fry

Like what? Besides this is impacting our profit margin

>Go to Bridge Town and find some people to hire
>Have uncle Jed improve the family name

Offer higher wages and offer to contribute stone to the school free of charge

>>1093824
>>1093828
>>1093830
>>1093847

"Alright then. We'll go to Bridge Town and clear your name, and find some more workers, too!"

"Sounds fine to me," he nods. "Good luck."

>Give me some 1d100s, please.

Rolled 20 (1d100)

>>1093871

Rolled 90 (1d100)

>>1093871

Rolled 71 (1d100)

>>1093871
Righto.

Rolled 82 (1d100)

>>1093871

Rolled 71 (1d100)

>>1093871

Rolled 13 (1d100)

>>1093871

Rolled 30 (1d100)

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>>1093922

Riding southwest to Bridge Town, you arrive just before the sunset. Soon it is night, and you are once more talking to Mayor Jed. He promises to do what he can, but the Digger name has been dragged through the mud already (pun slightly intended on his part) and isn't sure what good it will do.

Still, he promises to try, and is hopeful that the new Digger patriarch will turn the family name around.

As you step back out onto the street, you feel a cold wind blowing into town. As you look around, you see people bustling to get inside. 'Curious,' you think. 'Some omen, perhaps?'

You look up at the sky and see strange clouds. Faye suddenly grabs your hand gently and says, "Sirena, I feel something. I am divining something strange... I cannot tell what it is."

You and she walk to the bridge that constitutes more than half of the town and you see a thick fog rolling in from it. The hairs on the back of your neck stand up...

>Head back to the tower
>Head into the inn
>Return to the mayor's hall
>Remain outside
>Other

>>1093941
>Head into the inn

>>1093941
>>Head into the inn

>>1093941
>>Remain outside

Its the hags lets go somewhere discreet

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You and Faye hurry to the inn, just before they close the doors and lock them.

"What's going on out there?" you ask one of the workers. The wench shakes her head and rushes to find a safe corner. You approach the bartender. "What's happening? Is something attacking the town?"

"Something dark is out there," he mutters. "Bad magic. Don't know why they're in town..."

Nearby, you hear someone else say, "If only them paladins were still in town!"

Faye is casting some kind of divination spell. After she is done receiving her vision, she looks over and says, "It's hags."

A hush falls over the tavern when they hear that. Several patrons pay for room keys and go upstairs.

'Hags... Perfect. So they've come for me.' You look around the tavern, thinking of how you could get out of this situation.

>Hold up in here, make barricades
>Have Faye divine a way out
>Search for a window and climb out
>Head into the cellar
>Other

>>1094042
>>Search for a window and climb out

lets meet with them, but we arent joining any coven

>>1094042
>>Have Faye divine a way out
some how call to yuor friends to come help you?
magice lights and shit?

>>1094058
>help

why?

>>1094077
do you wana take them on?

>>1094092
No I want to talk to them

>>1094042
>Have Faye divine a way out
Also we should probably gettin' some offensive shit ready.

Heading to bed for the night. We'll continue tomorrow!

>>1094042
>>Other

Go find that lizardman to help us fight the hags.

>>1093599
>>1093603
>>1093617
>godhood comes with it's own set of rules and limitations. while the power is tempting, I'd rather we become something that is a bit more unbound and secure in it's own space.
Or we usurp a good position of divine power.
But hey, endgame.
Also we might need some extraplanar allies to do that properly.

>>1094042
>Hold up in here, make barricades
The hags might be able to tell if Faye is casting.

>>1094669
Yeah about that, we kinda screwed over our first extra planar with the devil, and till we know what mordrax is doing as well as if it affects other planes we're a bit stuck for other planar allies.

We could always set things right with the devil by giving him a better position to do his thing elsewhere, but hey for now let's see what the hags want

>>1094042
>>Other

Go out the front door, Sell it as we're going to Fight them, but in truth let's find out what they want

>>1094791
How 'bout that: we will make up for his losses by making sure he get's his casino as soon as we have a good grip on Bridgetown.
We'll bring the thing up as a matter of profit, for while he WAS a devil, his idea wasn't bad in the economical sense and since we are goodwilling people we can certainly steer the idea to something good.
Also extraplanar does not mean what you think in this context. I want allies with one of the powers that be, namely, beyond.

on an unrelated note, I just got through my first major exam just an hour ago, so I'm up for shenanigans as long as I'm riding the train home... which means all day

>>1094878

I'm interested to see if Damashi has got any ideas for outsiders that aren't the basic D&D devils/demons and angels. How about some Eldritch beings? Elementals?

Whatever we do though I think Damashi will give us plenty of good opprotunities.

>>1094883
>tfw still no eldritch sorcery

>>1094878
>we are goodwilling people we can certainly steer the idea to something good.

we are fucking evil its in the title

>>1094883
Pretty sure lovecraftian elder things exist in stock world but we'll see

As love as least a few of them don't want us to destroy the world I'm game for it

>>1094908
I think we would be better off with some kind of god of order or domination, since it would fit the character. Doesn't mean I wouldn't be up for some tentacle horrors from the abyss.

>>1094907
False sincerity is the key to a long life with many willful slaves, friend.
I was here from day one and helped engineer Ben's ascend into heroism, into our claws and I'm all up for learning how to make skin and bones.

>>1095195
We're more than likely going to adopt most of Faye's domains (beauty, nobility, charm and fertility), if not include any domain(s) of magic we can grab. They're the most natural fit for Sirena.

>>1095230
>nobility
There is nothing noble about us or what we are doing.

>>1095237
Sirena has a noble upbringing and experienced a meteoric rise in political power when she became Mordrax's apprentice.

>>1095239
The rank of Noble has nothing to do with being noble.

Hey folks, I am on my way home now!

>>1095239
Well, >>1095255 got it right. Our upbringing doesn't make my point invalid.
Also it makes me wonder about Faye...

>>1095237
>>1095379

One does not have to be noble to be a nobleman or a noblewoman. It is a function of status, not goodness. You are taking the moral definition of noble when Faye spoke of her domains, and I am not.

>>1095416
Good you clarified that.
Though Nobility is a rather ambiguos descriptor, you have to admit.

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>>1094793
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You look over at Faye and ask, "Can you divine a way out of here?"

She begins to cast a spell, closing her eyes and concentrating. As she does this, she moves her hands in tune to the spell and her eyes flash with a brief vision.

"Upstairs, a window, a rope hanging from it; we can use it to get up onto the rooftops."

You nod and go up the stairs with her close behind. You find the window she speaks of and open it; sure enough, there is a rope used to hang laundry. Before you can climb out onto it, Faye stops you and takes a moment to cast a spell.

"Protection," she explains. "From my abjuration school."

With that done, you and she both climb out onto the rope and make it to the next roof over. Your plan is to make it to your horse near the edge of town and ride back to the tower, but as you crouch low and move, you hear the flapping of wings and the familiar sound of a crow. You look up and see three black birds swoop overhead and dive into the fog before you -- and from that fog emerge not three birds, but women clad in black and old of age.

'Hags,' you think as you look upon them. They are cutting off your forward path on the roof.

"Don't run, little ones," the foremost among them says in a voice that is sickeningly sweet for an elderly woman. "We would have words with you."

>Run
>Attack
>Listen
>Threaten
>Other

>>1095453
>Listen
I'll humor you, crones, but I have business to attend to.

>>1095453
>Listen
I mean shit, what else can we do?

>>1095453
>Listen

>>1095453
>>Listen
>>Threaten

I will destroy you if I must, you hags.

>>1095453
this >>1095458

>>1095453
>>Listen
People stronger than us. Let's not piss them off.

>>1095453
>Listen

Might as well hear what they have to say

>>1095453
>>Listen

>Holy shit do NOT threaten or belittle them in any way.

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You and Faye stand defensively as you lower your hands, but keep them at the ready. "I'll humor you, crones, but I have business to attend to."

The three cackle softly. "Oh, I like her," one says. "She's fiesty!"

The leader points. "We have come to invite you two to a gathering!"

"What kind of gathering?"

"All the witches of the wild gather in a special place when the moon turns black in shadow, at the latest hour of the night. There, we will initiate new blood into our fold."

"I never said I was interested. What makes you think I would be?"

"Because this sabbath is to be special. Our great leader has died and her dark power must be passed on. A new witch must inherit it! Not only will our coven attend, but others, even those who are alone. Each will put forth a contender for the coveted title, and the winner shall be the Witch Queen."

Your eyes narrow further. "And why tell me this?"

"We know who you are," the crone says with a smile as her eyes brighten. Your fists clench as you prepare to attack, but then she speaks some more. "We know who BOTH of you are... and what you desire. We have felt it ever since you entered these lands; your heart burns for revenge. And now there are two of you, and so you both have given off an even more potent aura... and our wish is the same as yours!"

You look at Faye, and then back at the hags. "You seek vengeance upon him as well?"

"His history stretches across the country and beyond, and even into other worlds. Once, he wronged us, but too great was his power for us ever to avenge ourselves upon him. That your heart burns for revenge against him is how we felt you, for we feel the same!"

>I'll attend your sabbath. Where is it?
>I'm not interested.
>Begone, and if you return, this will end violently.
>How do I know this is not some trap?
>Other

>>1095530
>How do I know this is not some trap?

>>1095530
>How do I know this is not some trap?

But yeah. Sounds like a good thing to atleast check out.

>>1095530
>>Other
Get more info on what they expect out of us, and what they want in return.

>>1095530
>>How do I know this is not some trap?

>>1095530
>How do I know this is not some trap?
"How do I know this ritual won't instantly turn me into a hag?"

>>1095530
>I'd be lying if I said I wasn't interested,

but

>How do I know this is not some trap?

>>1095530
>How do I know this is not some trap?

>>1095530
>What exactly does 'the dark power of the witch queen' entail?
And more importantly,
>How do I know this is not some trap?

>>1095530
changing >>1095540 to include >>1095555
>What exactly does 'the dark power of the witch queen' entail?

>>1095537
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>>1095555
Well, this covers the important questions, I guess.

I really, REALLY like the title Witch Queen.

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"Hmpf. What you say, however interesting, doesn't change the fact that I don't know if this is some kind of trap. I was warned to be wary of you and your coven."

"Then we offer you this, wary one," she says, taking out a small circle of metal with a star inside. "This is our symbol. Any who possess it are forbidden from harm." She casts it to your feet. "Go on. Use your spells; there is no magic upon it."

You hold your hand over the charm and attempt to detect a curse or otherwise; there appears to be none.

"Southwest of the tower of the perverted one lies a circle of stones," she explains. "Come there on the night prior to the darkening of the moon. We will take you to the sabbath."

"Say I am interested," you tell them, picking up the charm. "Say that I do go. What exactly does 'the dark power of the Witch Queen' entail?"

"You're young," she cackles. "Use your imagination!" The three of them turn back towards the fog.

"And if I don't go?"

The leader turns back while the other two vanish into the mist. "We all pay our choices, no matter what they may be," she cryptically replies, then walks into the white fog. A moment later, three crows fly out, crying out in the night.

Faye, whose hand had been on your shoulder to keep you protected with her magic, now looks at you. "Are you going to go? Are we?"

"I don't know," you reply, looking at the charm as the foggy weather and chill begin to disperse. "We'll see."

>Go back inside the inn
>Ride back to the tower
>Head north and make camp outside
>Return to the mayor's office
>Other

>>1095618
>Ride back to the tower

Prepare for a new adventure!

>>1095618
>Go back inside the inn
Wine. NOW.
>Ride back to the tower
Comes after.

>>1095618
>Ride back to the tower

>>1095618
>>Other
Go to Elder Grey, she will probably know more about this.

>>1095618
>>Other
We STILL haven't visited Vincent.
Do that.

>>1095631
Changing the second part to >>1095653
We agreed to work out something and we're letting him wait and stew. Not something you want to do with a vampire.

>>1095618
Agreed with

>>1095653
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>>1095653
Oh yeah, we were on our way to Vincent, anyway. Let's see if we can't mosey his way.

>>1095618
I'll support >>1095653
and we could maybe ask if he knows anything about the power of the witch queen. I think we need to figure out exactly what we're getting into. If not Vincent, then maybe Francis or Francis' God-book knows something.

>>1095653
Support.

>>1095721
Too soon.
I don't want to touch his door knob more often then I have too.
And lets not talk about the other knob. Never happening.

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You return to the inn once things calm down. There, you get some wine in your belly as you sit in a booth with Faye, who also enjoys some.

"Tomorrow, we leave from Bridge Town and follow the river north," you tell her in a hushed tone. "We're going to be meeting a vampire."

"Ooohhh. We'll have to be doubly cautious. We don't want to end up a thrall, or a vampire ourselves. Or do we?"

"Not if it means being enslaved," you reply with a drink. You start to notice people coming back downstairs and things returning to normal.

>Give me some 1d100s

Rolled 61 (1d100)

>>1095764

Rolled 68 (1d100)

>>1095764

Rolled 83 (1d100)

>>1095764

/pray

Rolled 50 (1d100)

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>>1095743
I mean this could be a big deal, this power-up could permanently put the kibosh on us ever pretending to not be evil. Let's be cautious, is all i'm sayin.