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>Who are we?
Maka, an exiled noble who found asylum in the western city of Tianna as a guest of queen Amata (DB), an old friend. Abyssals are targeting the city for conquest, but there seems to be a lot more going on and we're just scratching the surface. Maka Exalted as a Zenith defending the city.

>DB? 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%2C+quest

>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.

>Twitter?
@exaltedfag

>>30519462
>Talk about your meeting with Talon in the forest north of the quarry
Let's start with stuff she's probably briefed on.

>>30519462
>Talk about your meeting with Talon in the forest north of the quarry
We should be forthright about her sucking at massages too. But probably save that for the end.

>>30519462
YES! EXALTED QUEST!

>Talk about your meeting with Talon in the forest north of the quarry
then
>Talk about Phoenix's letter
and then about

Talk about the people s current reaction to ourselves and if she has any other ideas that might help, and if there are others not necessarily associated with here we could talk to about countering the immaculate preachers. Some priests of some gods or such.
If our current plan involves getting gods to help out with the abyssals might as well start up with their infrastructure.

We should also ask what the fuck happened at the wall, and if it was serious.

>>30519462
Dangit OP, I must buy doors in 6 hours and I need sleep

!>Talk about your meeting with Talon in the forest north of the quarry

Also tell Amata to go harder.

>>30519566
Multiple doors?

And yeah, let's politely suggest that she maybe go a little less carefully, in a suggestive manner.

>>30519462
She is using the excuse of a massage to play with a exalted body.

Dragonblooded will be Dragonblooded.
If they don't fight it they most likely fuck it.

Talon -> Letter -> Fight

>>30519462
well considering this two >>30519610 >>30519598
Amata is a bit shy about her personal wants, if more playful about communicating them. probably holds back because of political concerns. Still one bit of a response will be enough to confirm or deny this supposition.

As for talk, we should tell her about Talon, and of course the letter, and then ask about what happened in the city. battle and our influence on the population both.

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You quickly recount the encounter you had with the mysterious Talon near the quarry: how apparently the north side of the island has been claimed by him (and others, since he mentioned that he has to speak with others before taking decisions), and how he apparently isn't hostile, but is also very protective of his turf.

Also, how you got him to agree to a meeting, here in Tianna, tomorrow- which means tonight, you realize.

"...Strange things have always been happening on the north side of the island." Amata explains after hearing your story. "My grandfather tried to colonize it twice, but it always went... very badly. Since then, we left it alone and never had many problems with it. Sometimes barbarian raids, beasts, even a fae attack or two, but, you know, nothing major."

"Any of these things happened recently?" You wonder, staring out of the window. "I'm trying to figure out why this Talon would kill a bunch of barbarians outside of what they seem to consider their territory."

"I have a theory." She replies, still poking at your skin ineffectually. "It seems whoever is now controlling the north side of the island doesn't want to have trouble with us any more than we want to have it with them."

"So, some tribe of barbarians moves south and occupies the quarry, maybe as a staging point from where to launch raids into Tianna's farmland..." You begin.

"...And this Talon attacks them because he knows that, if those raids happened, we would organize an expeditionary force to deal with them, and maybe pursue them in the northern side of the island." She concludes.

"...I proposed this meeting on my own, without first asking if it was alright with you."

"It's alright, I wasn't there and you had to take decisions on your own. And you did good. Actually talking to these northsiders is something that we had to do sooner or later." She says, taking a short break from the massage. Either tired or stopping a moment to wonder if she's doing it right.

(cont.)

>>30519462

"Well, since this day I was technically working for you, i figured a report is in order. I'll just skip to the highlights if you do not mind. Its a bit hard to write it all down just now."

Stretch a bit so as to make her massage a bit more touching and the caress longer.

" I met a charming fellow that can spin illusions like a spider spins web. Gave a a ultimatum to the city that anyone crossing past the quarry is in foreign territory, and means war. Well i found that just so cute pulling of a annexation and told him to come over tomorrow for a talk- i'm not the one in charge of the city after all. This fellow, called Talon, then got caught flat footed screamed he understood and said he will have to talk this over with others. Short temper most likely."

Stretch some more, get her hands at our lower back.

"Oh, right almost forgot, Phoenix. That verbose fellow with the spiky bitch. He sent me a letter. Said i can reply by leaving a letter where I found it. Something about surrendering the city with as little bloodshed as possible. And diner."

Really hope she is at least getting a better massage, if not turn around, an have her massage our shoulders.

"Now if you wont mind could i ask what happened at the wall? And how antsy are people about me now?"

"...Because we need allies?" You ask. Seems a legit concern.

"I'd be satisfied if we could just sign a non-aggression treaty or something like that. Something of a guarantee that we're not going to get stabbed in the back from our own island while we're busy dealing with off-island enemies. Of course getting them to actually assist us would be great." She replies, leaning in and patting you in the back some more. "...Am I doing this right?" She starts wondering aloud.

>Talk about Phoenix's letter
>Talk about your Exaltation being complete
>Talk about the situation in town
>Talk about the signs of battle outside the breach in the walls
>Talk about anti-Abyssal plans
>Talk about diplomatic strategy for tonight
>Talk about (other)?
>End the discussion

combined with

>Ask her to stop massaging you
>Ask her to continue massaging you
>Ask her to massage you harder
>Suggest her to call for someone who actually knows how to do a massage
>Point out that she's royalty and giving massages should be beneath her
>Other?

>>30519462
Welcome back, EFG~

Have you considered adding your twitter here? https://twitter.com/Eisenstern/quest-runner-directory

Also, talk about Talon. Say that you barely feel her touch.

>>30519820
>Talk about Phoenix's letter

And:
>Say she can massage you harder if she wants to

>>30519827
Don't you just love it when your browser lags until the DM posted all 3 updates

>Talk about diplomacy for tonight
>Ask her to go harder

>>30519820

>Talk about diplomatic strategy for tonight

>Ask her to massage you harder

>>30519820
>Talk about diplomatic strategy for tonight
Let's get this done first.
>Ask her to massage you harder, if she knows what you mean.
Alright, feel free to strike the last part there.

>>30519820
>Talk about your Exaltation being complete
>Ask her to massage you harder

>>30519598
>Multiple doors?

There's a sale.

>>30519964
Ah, thrifty.

>>30519820
>>30519800
>Talk about Phoenix's letter
>Talk about diplomatic strategy for tonight

These two are linked on the same subject so we can do both at the same time. Mention the letter what it contains and the response medium.

Then talk about everything we observed and what we can conclude about Talon.

>Ask her to massage you harder
Harder. Better. Faster. Stronger.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hterg9W7s4s

Sun's up and I'm goin' down.
Have fun questing everyone.

"So, any plans for tonight? We don't even know who or what these people are." You voice your doubts.

"Lunar Exalted." She replies.

"...I'm sorry?"

"I'm not 100% sure, of course. But let's say it's 90%." Even if you're not looking directly at her, you can HEAR her smug grin. "I have my ways. You might be a Solar, but I've been around for a lot longer than you, and have access to the diaries, letters and archives of the previous rulers of Tianna. Plus, Samiel is a good scout and ranger. He might not be well-informed enough to understand the meaning of what he's reporting on, but thanks to him I've figured out a lot of things on the northside over the years."

"...Alright, I'll bite. What do you know?"

"The northern side of the island is actually roughly divided in three parts. One is shoreline and little islands, a pirate haven. One is a marshy wasteland touched by Wyld. The one bordering with us is a mix of jagged hills and mountainous forests. There are various barbarian tribes there. Some large, some small. Some fairly advanced as far as technology and knowledge go, some very primal. Tianna even used to trade with some of them a long time ago."

You nod.

"The largest power there is these Exalted. I presume there's three of them, maybe four. Moved in somewhere between ten and three years ago, probably not all at once. Since they need to consult one another when making important decisions, it's fair to guess they must be all fairly close in age and power and in good relations with one another. They are also cautious, though that could probably be because no one wants to do something stupid on their own and piss off the other two or three. They control the barbarian tribes, though only some directly. Their control is also not very strict." She explains.

"Otherwise they would have been able to avoid yesterday's small incident."

"Or solve it without killing their own people." She adds.

"Do you think that that might be a sign of infighting between them?"

(cont)

"No. If it were, then Talon wouldn't have said that he had to "consult the others". Also, if they were in an exalted against exalted fight, I'm pretty sure that one of them would have tried to ally with Tianna to gain an edge over his opponents long ago. No, that scene at the Quarry was because some barbarian tribe resented the ban on raiding Tianna's farmland and disobeyed them, They knew you were coming, realized there was no time to solve the problem peacefully. You were about to stumble into their camp, a fight would break out, and we would see that as an invasion of our territory."

"So they killed them all."

"Or killed some and routed the rest north, more likely. Makes an example of who disobeys them and solves the problem quickly in order to avoid a war with Tianna."

"...So what do we do tonight, knowing this?"

"We still don't know too much about them but I'd say we have three possible ways to approach this. Just push for a non-aggression treaty and be satisfied with that. We play it safe. Or, we could try and play them against one another. If it works, things might get bloody, but we stay in control. Of course this works only if they have some resentment towards one another. Or, third option, we try and get them to open up. Pointing out that the Abyssals are a threat to us both, or with some other argument. This has the most risks, but is the most beneficial to us if it works."

"By the way, Amata..."

"...yes?"

"You can massage me a lot harder than this, you know?"

"Uh, sorry." She mumbles. She drops her shoes and climbs on the bed, sitting on your lower back, removing her armored sleeves and starting to knead your shoulders harder.

She's still not very good, but at least now you feel it. Your locked muscles move around a bit, though... yeah, she's no trained masseuse.

>Suggest aiming for a non-aggression treaty.
>Suggest trying to play them against each other.
>Suggest aiming for an alliance.
>Other?

>>30520239
>Suggest aiming for a non-aggression treaty.
We really don't want to risk fighting on multiple fronts.

>>30520239
>Suggest trying to play them against each other.
Sounds fun.
Also even if she's still not great, let's show our appreciation with some groans of pleasure and praise.

Non-aggression is good enough.

>>30520239
>Suggest aiming for an alliance.
Might be a good idea to try?
And yeah, let's be thankful for the massage.

>>30520233
>>30520239

"Well the Abyssals are a threat to all, unless said Abyssals are part of the four. But still, If its a council of Exalted, well, we could go for a alliance and membership."
Turn around with the face towards her

"I mean Tianna now has her own Solar, and even if they outshine me, well, there still is Samiel, Irene and You."

Give a shit eating grin.

"Considering that they are quite smart about the issues involved, going for membership even if only in the future is in essence a modicum of alliance now, and opens them up a bit. There is little point in raiding if we are a active presence that trades with their population, and more support for that, having someone with mutual interests there. Also more people to call upon in case things get difficult again, provided we manage to get rid of the Abyssals."

>>30520239
>Suggest aiming for a non-aggression treaty.
Keep it simple. And massage, thank etc.

>>30520239
Oh man, political intrigue! Gotta go with the most interesting option.
>Suggest trying to play them against each other.

>>30520239
We are already in a non-aggression treaty of sorts, as long as neither of us infringes on each other's territory.

Let's go for a non-binding alliance where we would be able to request assistance from them if needed.

>>30520311
>>30520377
Well, getting inside their circle might be a way for that. Kind of like a EU of sorts only effectively working.

>>30520239
>Suggest aiming for a non-aggression treaty.
we want to be friends with them before we ask them to fight for us

>>30520239
Formalizing the non-agression should be a first, so that the whole tress pass and war gets overlooked.
Meaning some kind of sanctioned traffic between the two of us, for diplomatic dialogue and perhaps trade.

>>30520311
Membership might be a bit fast just now but starting to make the first moves for it and preparing the ground is not a bad idea.

But we need to have some time to see them as well. They know of us, we need to know of them and see if we can get along.

And we might need to focus on getting some social charm to talk to masses of people so we can persuade city people and their population that this is a good idea. That or a charm that detects their intentions, like sagacious reading of intent or master of small manners, so we do not step on their feet and know for what is being played at in various talks.

>>30520239
> aim for an alliance
> settle for non-aggression
Also
>"your better at other kinds of comfort, but i like this anyway. Thank you."

Also, ask her if she was serious about the collar, it was a joke right?

>>30520311
>"I mean Tianna now has her own Solar, and even if they outshine me, well, there still is Samiel, Irene and You."

If we go with this, we could gyrate our hips when we say 'and you'.

>>30520233
>I presume there's three of them, maybe four.
>1% or more of the entire Lunar host on this one island
>a Solar
>two Deathknights
WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK. What is Tianna, some kind of Fate-magnet? At this point, I'm almost expecting to find a pair of Sidereals serving subpoenas to rogue gods on the island.

>>30520239
>Suggest aiming for an alliance.
It's better to aim high, then dial it back if we don't get it. It makes the non-aggression treaty seem a lot more reasonable of they refuse the alliance.

"Mhh." You think about it. "...Getting them to agree to a non-aggression treaty seems a good first step, though the other ideas seem fine too."

"Keep an open mind and we'll see how to handle them. It's not a bad idea to start with playing it safe, and see if we have the potential to try something more interesting." You hear her say. "I'm going to handle the official negotiations, alright? The upfront stuff. Since I know more about local politics and besides, well, it will be confusing otherwise. We don't want to confuse them too much, confused people tend to act unreasonably."

"...What should I do, then? Backroom deals? I'm not too good at that..."

"No, but you are very much a people person. You should try and get to know them as well as you can, once they're here. What they want, what makes them tick. Meet them personally, have a chat. All "unofficial", of course. All "private" and "personal", pointing out that you're not officially part of the government."

"Plausible deniability?" You ask her.

"Something like that. You could get them to pen up better than I could, considering my station. With me, they'll have to weight both their and my words carefully. But you're not part of the government or of the decision-making process, and have no power to make deals or to make decisions for Tianna on your own, so you can get them to act a lot more casual with you. An outsider."

"It's going to be hard not being the center of attention." You joke.

"I'm sure you'll survive."

"Thanks to your massage, for sure." You both laugh.

By now she has warmed up your shoulders and back enough that you feel... not really "perfect", but fine enough that your world is no longer a hallway of pain. You could even move, and stand up!
Still, you're pretty sure that it's just as much thanks to the fact that you've been resting without moving for a fairly long time.

(cont.)

>>30520521
>It's better to aim high, then dial it back if we don't get it. It makes the non-aggression treaty seem a lot more reasonable of they refuse the alliance.
On the other hand, it'll also make us look weak. Which could be a big problem.

>>30520560
No, we're a Solar, we'll always look strong. It will make us look flexible, which is something Lunars tend to find favorable.

>Talk about Phoenix's letter
>Talk about your Exaltation being complete
>Talk about the situation in town
>Talk about the signs of battle outside the breach in the walls
>Talk about anti-Abyssal plans
>Talk about (other)?
>End the discussion

combined with

>Ask her to stop
>Ask her to continue
>Ask her to be more intimate
Also:
>1% or more of the entire Lunar host on this one island THAT YOU KNOW OF
>a Solar THAT YOU KNOW OF
>two Deathknights THAT YOU KNOW OF
It's less Tianna being a fate-magnet and more Exalted PCs being magnets for interesting stuff.

Also, imagine Tianna's island to be large enough that we'd have to edit the Creation Map to represent it. It's not a small atoll.
Maps soon, btw.

>>30520560

We will never look weak, that's part of the problem since Dragon-blooded actually have a point of getting rid of guys stronger than gods before they go all kick the puppy.

>>30520577
>Talk about Phoenix's letter
This is actually VERY important. The city's invaders trying to open a correspondence with us is something Amata NEEDS to know.

>Ask her to be more intimate

>>30520577
>Talk about Phoenix's letter
>Ask her to be more intimate
Might as well.

>>30520577

>Talk about Phoenix's letter
+
>Ask her to continue

No need to bed our dearest friend, sex destroys friendship...right? Right. :-3

>>30520577
Talk about our exaltation, ask her to be more intimate. But not overly. Just some royal cuddles~

>>30520577
>Talk about Phoenix's letter

>Ask her to be more intimate

>>30520624
Well I don't think we're in any shape for anything overly intimate right now anyway.

>>30520596
And getting her pregnant could be troublesome.

It's Exalted, that's a possibility.

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>>30520596
From my personal experience with this, its poverty that destroys friendships and relationships, not casual sex.

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>>30520577
>Also, imagine Tianna's island to be large enough that we'd have to edit the Creation Map to represent it. It's not a small atoll.
...really? I mean, a quarry that seems to be about at the center of the island is only a few hours' walk from a city that I assume is on the far side from it. That doesn't sound very big, considering how big Creation is.

>>30520678
Are you saying that Maka has a wyld mutation that gave her a dick?

Because I kind of doubt it. That would probably show up in our dresses, and probably would have been mentioned when we inadvertently flashed that guardsman.

>>30520705
Who says you need a dick? It's EXALTED.

The only system where it's even more likely for a woman to get anther woman pregnant is Weapons f the Gods.

>>30520714
>Who says you need a dick? It's EXALTED.
...needing one person to have guy parts and the other to have lady parts isn't averted in Exalted.

Except with Sorcery or Neomah demons.

>>30520577
>Talk about Phoenix's letter
&
>Talk about the signs of battle outside the breach in the walls

then
>Ask her to be more intimate

>>30520577
>Talk about your Exaltation being complete
>Ask her to be more intimate
Letter for last.

>>30520688
The quarry is not about the center and the city is not on the far side.

"Oh, you probably want to know about that letter."

She stops. "...what letter?"

"One of the Abyssals wrote me a letter." You answer.

"...You don't say." Is her reply. "Yes, you're right, I probably want to know about that. What did he write?"

"He wants to talk." You explain.

"Does he." She sighs, exasperated. "They could have tried that BEFORE smashing an airship into my city. I mean, it would've probably been completely useless, but still, they could have tried at least!"

"If you're tired, you can rest a bit." You suggest her. "I think you've massaged me enough."

"Alright." Is Amata's reply, as she lies down on your back. "Mhh. You're a bit too hard, it's uncomfortable."

Rather than pointing out that the bed is large enough for both of you, you slowly turn around (giving her time to lift herself up), going from lying stomach-down to supine.

"Still a bit hard, but at least on this side you have some comfy pillows." She notes, taking full advantage of them. "So, did you reply to that letter?"

"I didn't. After all, it says that they can discuss HOW they occupy Tianna, but the fact that they MUST occupy it is not something they're willing to doubt. I thought it was unacceptable for you." You reply. The feeling of her body pressing on your chest and stomach, going up and down with your breathing rhythm, is a bit distracting. She's a lot lighter than you thought.

"And you're right about that."

"Also the letter asked me to keep it a secret from you." You add.

"I see that we rank about equal as far as "following Abyssals' suggestions" goes."

"Yes. But..."

"I know. They worry me too. This letter actually increases the mystery. They want to capture Tianna intact. Or, well, at least mostly intact. Why?"

>Suggest a theory (what?)
>Suggest a way to find out (how?)
>Admit that you have no idea
>Talk about your Exaltation being complete
>Talk about the situation in town
>Talk about the signs of battle outside the breach in the walls
>End the discussion
>Other?

>>30520805
>Admit that you have no idea
>Talk about the signs of battle outside the breach in the walls

>>30520805
>Suggest a theory (what?)
>Admit that you have no idea
Guess that it's more about what exists on the underworld side of the city. They might be trying to keep the city intact and its population alive as a bargaining chip with the deathly city - or as a way of keeping a steady stream of ghosts populating it, instead of offing everyone and then having no new citizens. I'm betting it has to do with whatever's in Tianna's underworld.

Of course, that's just a guess. In the end, I have no idea.

>>30520830
Yeah, I'll back this one.

>>30520805
> suggest a theory
Considering thier boss's obvious fascination with first age tech, perhaps that has something to do with thier need to take Tianna intact?
Anything more dangerous than essence cannons around here?

>>30520805
>Admit that you have no idea
I'd suggest meeting the guy to try and get info from him, but between the chance of it being a trap, and the likelihood of it simply not working either way, it seems dumb.

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"...I don't really know." You admit. "Maybe it's something going on in the Underworld side of Tianna? Did you ever have problems with ghosts or stuff like that?"

"Not before now. Well, the occasional restless ghost and such, but nothing unusual. You know, the normal stuff that happens all over Creation all the time." She admits.

"Or maybe it has something to do with your stash of First Age artifacts?"

"...Maybe? We do have some interesting things in stock, but I can't think of anything that would require this sort of delicate... nah, if it were about that, they'd probably demand it specifically instead of asking us to surrender the entire city."

"Good point." you note. "Say, what's about those signs of battle just outside the breach?"

"Oh." She seems surprised. "Just... just a small-scale Lintha raid. We get them every now and then. They must've seen the breach in the walls and thought it was a good chance. We crushed them without a problem."

You have the feeling that she's trying to play it down, or maybe hiding something.

>Insist
>Don't insist
>Talk about something else (what?)
>End the discussion

(attached: the island of Tianna, general map drawn from Maka's knowledge and impressions. Geographically, but not politically, part of the Wavecrest Archipelago. South-eastern side.)

>>30521121
Oh man, that's a pretty great map!
>Insist
But, not too pushy. She is the queen after all. Just make sure she understands we just want to know as much as possible so we can help her.

>>30521121
>>Insist
"Oh not you don't, out with it! You shouldn't be keeping secrets from me Amata."

>>30521121
No shadowlands. Good.

>Insist
Be soft but strong.

>>30521121
What software did you use to make this map? Hexes look too regular for a simple graphical editor.

>>30521121
>Insist
But in a way that shows we're concerned about her, not upset.

>>30521121
Hmmm... We still might want to spend a night in the Underworld when we get a chance. There's sure to be a haunted house or something somewhere that has a tiny shadowland in it.

>>30521196
Hexographer. It's my program of choice for making quick maps. I literally whipped that up between updates.

>>30521216
Thanks, mate

>>30521121
Insist, but softly.

>>30521216
Well as anon said its a nice map. I like the position we are in. We have a lake on a river that comes from a wooded area and spills over into the sea where we could have a shipyard that is protected, and if we join up with the lunars their barbarians could have a market there, allowing them to bring their wood and commission their boats, or build their own.

And then the other river that comes from the mountains and through our city is another way where they could have mines and then via boat bring the wares to our city.

The city could be a second shipyard and port since it is pretty protected from the flanks from major weather bullshit.

If i am correct the red line is our border with the lunars to the north and to the east the wyld or fae, right? The lunars have the big forest.

>>30521121
Hmh we should insist on waht the Lintha are. They may be a danger after the Abyssals. mayhap we can conquer or diplomance them to our cause.

If they are fae, i really urge we start making some artifact or charm to push the wyld out of our island. We really don't want that shit here.

>>30520849

This. Plus, is Amata a Dragon-blooded related to Scarlet Empress?

regards, someone who don't know Exalted fluff a bit

>>30521276
The Lintha are a demon-blooded pirate clan. They're essence-users like exalts and notorious for castrating their prisoners.

>>30521276
Lintha are some sort of fish-people pirates that were created by and serve the yozi, aka the guys the Exalted defeated, crippled and imprisoned forever.
I don't think they'd work with anyone but an Infernal

>>30521288
She's probably not related to the Scarlet Empress. The Empress is less than a thousand years old and Amata doesn't bear a name of Realm nobility. She could be descended from a bastard line, though.

>>30521312
>>30521319
Both of these are true. The Lintha are demon-blooded pirates descended from Kimbery, the demon-ocean of motherly hate. They're essence-users, and they were used as a partial model back in the day for designing exaltations - not that anybody remembers this anymore. They tend to have mutations like gills and webbed fingers and toes, and they have pirate ships towed by giant beasts. They hunt down defectors, castrate prisoners and non-Lintha-family crewmates, and are generally horrible people.

Lintha should be killed on sight.

>>30521288
Depends. I think ALL great houses are related to her a bit, so if she's the descendant of a realm DB that had some fun while adventuring in the threshold or ran away, it's possible

um...

Do shadowlands form over water?
Are there any shadowlands over water? Or at they contained to the islands.

I imagine that getting a shadowland to form over water would involve lots of people crammed into lots of ships and killing them all at the same time.

I suppose it wouldn't be too hard to for a determined deathknight

>>30521312
>>30521319
In conclusion we want whalers. Lots of them. Perhaps some Orcas to work with as well like they did in Eden.
>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=04B02AAX7jA

Fuck'em right up. Lunars are going to be big help with that.
One more reason to form up a Federation

>>30521374
>I think ALL great houses are related to her a bit
You would be incorrect. Many great houses are just old Shogunate families given that status by her. Remember, Scarlet hasn't actually been around that long, and she's only had a couple dozen kids. The houses that are largely related to her (because adoptions of Lost Eggs is a thing, so not all of them will be 100%) are houses whose founders were one of her kids, like Mnemon.

>>30521394
I thought one of the reasons she has total control of the Realm were her dynasty charms, which would allow her complete control of a significant part of the DB population?

>>30521376
>Do shadowlands form over water?
They can, especially in an area of lots of shipwrecks.

Don't think of a shadowland like an environmental blight. Think of it as a 'haunted' area. Anywhere you can picture as being 'haunted' is somewhere that shadowlands can form. Reefs haunted by ghost pirates, haunted houses, haunted battlefields, haunted graveyards, haunted forests, and so forth.

"...Are you hiding something from me?" You ask.

"It was no big deal, I tell you." She replies, defensive.

"Amata." You reply, embracing her. "Come on. You know you can trust me."

After a few seconds of silence, she gives in. "...we have spies in Tianna."

"For the Lintha?" That sounds like really bad news.

She nods. "They knew about the breach. They knew that you, Samiel and Irene had left. They attacked in force and exploited our weakest point. We only managed to defeat them because I happened to be nearby, and could rally the troops right away. Plus, Amata's defensive works and artillery emplacements. We were really lucky, but not lucky enough."

"...What happened?" REALLY bad news.

"Of course they couldn't prepare enough men to stage an attack powerful enough to take such a large city so quickly. But I'm pretty sure that in the fight they managed to sneak in the town more of their agents, taking advantage of the chaos and confusion."

"Wait a minute, it's been barely a day and a half from when we decided to go and gather stone from the quarry, to when we actually left and they attacked." You realize.

"Yeah. There's a Lintha advance base somewhere around here. About a day of sailing. Which can be pretty much. Lintha ships can be fast as heck. Demon magic and whatnot. Could be one of the islands on the northern side of the island, or another island to the south a bit further away. We don't really know, and even though we're an island nation Tianna never had a very powerful navy."

"Why not?" You inquire.

She turns around, laying on you stomach to stomach, and looks into your eyes. "...Because the Lintha kept sinking it."

(cont)

>>30521403
I'm not saying most of the Great Houses don't have some of her blood in them. I'm just saying that not all of them are primarily descended from her. At the end of the day, the main reason she has total control is because she has Celestial Sorcery, the Imperial Manse, and is more than 700 years old. She's the goddamn Scarlet Empress.

"...I see." You can only reply. "...Why didn't you want to tell me? About the attack?" You want to clear that up right away.

"You seemed to have a lot on your mind. I didn't want you to feel guilty for not being here for the fight. I also don't want you to get distracted and worry about too many problems at once. I have a good spymaster, and I've..." She pauses, as if thinking about the right way to put it. "...Let's say I've called for reinforcements to deal with this particular problem. It's kinda spy stuff, so secrecy is paramount. Just trust me on this one and don't ask questions. I want you to focus on the OTHER problems we have."

>Try to get her to explain (rolled action, Social + Eclipse)
>Trust her
>Talk about something else (what?)
>End the discussion

>>30521409
>Amata's
You mixed up Amata and Irene again.

>>30521424
>Trust her
Honestly, she's right. We're already working on reconstruction, Abyssals, and Lunars. We should get at least one of those off our plate before we start tackling the Lintha.

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>>30521121

Assuming a hex is a single square mile on that scale (which may or may not be woefully tiny, given that the entirety of Tianna's walled city center falls within one hex) that scales the island of...er...(insert name 'cuz I don't know it here) to about 70 miles in length on a side.

So our immediate are is about the size of the Phillipene island of Samar. Not sure how useful that is.

>Insist
Not about the fight, though. Ask about what's bothering her.

I may be new to this, but I get the feeling being a Solar is like being a Paladin, crossed with Mr. Incredible (pic related)-a constant, almost pathological need to...help people.

Rolled 4

>>30521424
>Try to get her to explain (rolled action, Social + Eclipse)

>>30521434
Knowing more doesn't mean we have to act. It just means we know more.

>>30521424
>Trust her
Well, we should.

>>30521446
I'm not adamantly against knowing more or anything. I'm just willing to let this slide right now since we're not ready to act on it. Show her some trust by letting her handle something we don't have time for anyway without us.

>>30521424
Trust her.

Cloak and dagger (bad at) is very different from diplomacy and straight up fighting (good at).

>>30521424

>Try to get her to explain (rolled action, Social + Eclipse)
This might be connected with the Abyssals. And if they are not i don;t what them to join up. Heck we might get them set up to fight one another, if this Abyssals are after first age stuff.

Some invented story about a artifact we cannot use, but the Abyssals want and can, and with it could change the balance of power and want to destroy them to secure their position.

Just enough time to get up some support and then take them out one after the other.

>>30521424
>Trust her

>>30521381
Killer Whales eat sharks.
Mwuahahahah! Lunar Killer Whales eat Deamon Sharks! Mwuahahahahaha!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P6Si6BITmyA

>>30521409

>Because the Lintha kept sinking it.
>Jimmies status: rustled!

We have the potential of being a real naval power in the world and these knuckleheads are getting in the way of that. I feel the need for RIGHTEOUS POUNDING.

>Try to get her to explain (rolled action, Social + Eclipse)

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>>30521424

Great, have the infernals got their sights on this place too?

>Trust her

We shouldn't question her when were are in this no essence state. Lets wait for us to recover before we question people.

>>30521462
>And if they are not i don;t what them to join up.
Trust me, the Lintha and Abyssals would never team up.

>>30521479
Oh, so you already know about Leviathan?

>>30521483
Infernals and Lintha normally don't get along because Kimbery wasn't on board for making her own Infernal caste.

>>30521491
IC we don't really know that. And that can be played up with our social score as a possibility.

And since they wont all the more reason to play one against the other, considering the Abyssals kid gloves, meaning the Lintha will not be left with a weak opponent.

>>30521424
>>Trust her

then

>End the discussion with sexytimes

>>30521528

Um, no.

>>30521434
Goddamnit. Sorry, still a bit feverish here. (that's the reason i'm doing consistent updates: I'm at home!)

>>30521443
I don't really understand non-metric measures. I'm also a bit hesitant to put a strict scale on that map. In my mind, it's a fairly large island, not enormous but large enough.
One hour of walking, on flatland, on road, per hex? That would put it at about 5 km per hex. Same ballpark as Sicily, Hokkaido or Taiwan.
Keep in mind that I'm eyeballing massively, and also that I don't expect measuring distances in very small detail to be important now or ever.

"Alright." You cave in. "I'll trust you on this one. I'm not good at playing the spying game."

"I guessed as much." Amata smiles, rising up. Pulling the blankets on her shoulders like a cape and dragging them away from you and up with her, she stands up on the bed, looking down on you.
She lets her gaze run freely on your naked body for a few seconds, saying nothing.

"...What?" You ask.

"Was my daughter good in bed?" She fires, point-blank, giving you no time to react.

>Yes. (truth)
>Yes. (lie)
>No. (truth)
>No. (lie)
>Change the subject.

>>30521646
>Yes. (truth)

>>30521646
>How did you know?

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>>30521646

eep!

>Yes. (truth)

>>30521646
>No. (truth)
She was really inexperienced. Everything about that date with her screamed of the fact that she doesn't get much romance.

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>>30521646

>Change the subject
>"Why would you ask that?!"

>>30521675
>Dragonblooded
>Using sex and romance in the same paragraph

>>30521696
Not all Dragonblooded fuck all the time, and literally everything about Irene seems to suggest she's awful at sealing the deal. I don't think she's had much experience at all.

>>30521646
>Yes. (truth)
You can tell she's inexperienced but she tries hard.

>>30521646
"Good? For me, yes, but in overall performance? No, she's rather inexperienced, why do you want to know, want to help her improve?"

>>30521712
That's a good compromise.

>>30521646
Not enough time to react but enough to lie!
>Yes (Truth)

>>30521712
>>30521718
these are good, was she 'good' in performance terms, or was she 'good' in that we enjoyed it, no to the former, yes to the latter

>>30521646

>Yes. (truth)

Loving, passionate sex between two adults that like and want each other must be good.

t. an exbert

>>30521718 here, lemme improve it a bit

"Good? I greatly enjoyed it, but she's rather inexperienced, although the passion made up for it, she could use some personal tuition from the both of us if you want her to live up to your performance."

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>>30521780
Please, do NOT phrase it as clumsily as that.

>>30521795
i'm pretty terrible at dialogue, so your more than welcome to try to improve mine or write your own

>>30521646
What she lacked in experience she made up with and abundance of enthusiasm and passion.

>>30521825
this works

>>30521646

Oh, myyyy. Well if she's going to be forward, so will we.

>Yes (truth)

>>30519462
I've thought about following these threads for a while, but hadn't had the time. Now that I see our character is such a stone cold fox I might have to make time soon...

>>30521646
>Yes (truth)
"What she lacks in skill she makes up for with exuberance. And she gets so cute when she...um, why do you ask?"

You say the first thing that comes to mind, which is, incidentally, the truth.

"She was good. A bit clumsy maybe."

"Oh, so you're a big expert, huh." She replies in a superb tone, wrapping the blankets around her like a grand cloak, adopting a spoiled, haughty posture and expression (that fits her so well) while stepping on you, and then standing on your stomach. "You're a SPECIALIST."

"Well-"

"Maybe someday I'll ask you to demonstrate that skill, THEN."

"Amata-"

"Or maybe I'm too soft for you, miss likes-it-rough?"

After a few seconds, you finally decide that she's not actually mad, but just making fun of you. You both start laughing.

"Whatever. She's an adult." She says, jumping down from you. "She's probably older than you, she can do whatever she wants. Same goes for Samiel."

You frown. "I didn't do anything with him..."

"...yet." She ends your sentence with a grin, gathering the blankets in one large ball in her hands.

You sit up. "...Don't worry, Amata. You know I wouldn't do anything to hurt you or your kids."

"I know. Just... treat her well. Be responsible. Don't make her pregnant." She says.

You stare at her for a few seconds, confused. "...Amata? I don't have a-"

You're interrupted by her tossing the ball of blankets into your face. "You never know. You're full of surprises, Maka." She laughs.

When you've managed to clear the blankets from your head, she's left the room.

You look out of your window, at the sky. It's about noon. You should probably get dressed. ...You begin to wonder if it's this Exaltation stuff that has gotten everyone really interested in removing clothes from you.

>Prepare for tonight (how?)
>Go meet Irene at the city walls
>Go meet Samiel in the courtyard
>Go to the throne room, meet Amata again
>Find Millian, the maid
>Ask about the spymaster
>Go downtown
>Leave town
>Other?

>>30521946
Also, your rest has regained you your full Essence.

>>30521946
What's our Essence/Health currently at? That will affect whether or not I want to vote for us just continuing to rest.

>>30521946
>>Prepare for tonight
>Find Millian, the maid

Le us converse with the best character and ask about clothes (Since as of now we still don't have any).

>>30521946
>Find Irene and see if she can reserve us a tower top to meditate on again (for mote and physical regeneration, not communication with Sol)
>Have her snap us out of it personally an hur and a half before sunset so we can get a meal and some planning in before our meeting later

>>30521946
>>Prepare for tonight, get the maid to find us suitable clothes for a night time diplomacy meeting.

>>30521946

>Get some god damn clothes on, you delicious brown seductress.
>Meet Samiel in the courtyard.

Let's ask him what he knows about the northern barbarians.

>>30521982
That would'a been nice to know....ok, scratch >>30521997 and go with
>Find Millian, acquire appropriate clothes
>Find Irene and acquire some actual armor - ad least some greaves

>>30522029

Maybe some mid/heavy duty gauntlets would be good for us. Since we strike with our fists so often, we should at least try to protect our wrists and forearms.

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>>30521946

Lets see
>Prepare for tonight (how?)
Firstly we should get something to eat. How long as it been since we ate?

We should get ourselves introduced to the spymaster, since we should think about kicking the Lintha out of town but that can wait for later. Its a pity that we haven't gotten any investigation powers

>>30522046
Oh, definitely. Sooner or later, I want us to get some smashfists and god-kicker boots. Until we can get some artifact weapons, though, some gauntlets and iron/steel toe boots would be good.

If we can get them designed to also look like stylist arm-length gloves and high heels all the better.

>>30522046
Sounds good.

>>30522082
Sounds better.

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>>30522016
Let's get down to business.
To defeat the Han.

>>30522100
I support that choice of attire (sans hat) for our diplomatic dress. Maybe leave the hunting eagle in the roost though.

>>30522082
>high-heeled thigh-high boots with a concealed steel toe, steel heel, and steel knee cap
>arm-length leather gloves with similar padded plating on knuckles and elbows
I like. Very battle-princess.

>>30522117

Ugh, all this talk of diplomatic attire. We should just start wearing something simple and practical. If we keep making a show of ourselves, we'll seem way too self-important.

>>30521946
>Amata is entirely encouraging of us boinking her kids
Terrestrials are strange.

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>>30522117
>>30522159

I doubt Lunars are picky about diplomatic dress.
Since they are lunars.

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>>30522159

We are princess from foreign lands, exalted under Unconquered Sun. It's not a system where you think about "practical", it's a system where you think in Bayonetta terms, gun heels and hair tornadoes.

>>30522179
15 to 1 odds we don't fuck a lunar on this next portion of the quest. Taking bets now.

>>30522199
>implying we'll get a choice in the matter

>>30522188

B-but muh practical realism in fantasy settings...

We should still get some armour, though. At least something that will protect us under our clothes, so we can be all CUHRAYZEE without ending up totally naked.

>only 15 to 1

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>>30522188
Or we could just be tasteful.

>>30522199
>15:1 against

I don't think you know how odds work anon.

>>30522213
>Practical realism
>In Exalted
That shit's for mortals.

>>30522199
>implying we are the ones doing the fucking

I think the only way we're going to avoid being raped is because you can't rape the willing.

>>30522213
Like some kind of armored girdle and codpiece so we can rip off our dress and wresle?

>>30522213
I think you're thinking of Scion, the words "practical" and "realism" don't really apply to Exalted.

>>30522176
Terrestrials have a different outlook than historic feudal nobility. Its not land and money that gives power to the house and needs to be divided but numbers and knowledge. More terrestrial exalted or half dragon or god blooded that are overhuman in potential and tied by family ties. That is why the realm has pleasure slaves and its common practice. Not for the express pleasure of the ruler like harems of a sultan but with the veneer of pleasure to have a chance at spawning more DBs.

Said culture is probably from the first age where they managed to number in the millions high not high millions.

Its a different world view. you might say its magical realm but considering the different circumstance about the power dynamic it could not be any other way. DB society knows it needs numbers to be strong and the way to get numbers is fucking or adopting.

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>>30522234

Yes. Basically a skimpy dancer's outfit made of chainmail underneath everything.

>>30522259

>Said culture is probably from the first age where they managed to number in the millions high not high millions.


Said culture is probably from the first age where they managed to number in the millions if not high millions.


GAH!

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>>30522221

It's not how we should roll. Pic related is more appropriate.

>>30522221
We would look good in that tunic.

>>30522262
>>30522234

If its not artifact it wont help us much against weapons and chainmail does not help one against blunt force.

I say leather travel clothes with steal caps at the heels, tips, and the knuckles. Heavy bracelets like seen here that seem to be jewelry but can be used to hit with.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qUeB-RlRX9o

>>30522284
Absolutely not. I much preferred that white dress. After all, white fabric that's thin enough would really show off our dark nipples.

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>>30522284

Oh but if you insist on armour, I'd think it should be still more like pic related.

>>30522306
>I say leather travel clothes with steal caps at the heels, tips, and the knuckles.
That's fucking stupid. We're a princess living as a guest in someone's royal court and attending a diplomatic social function. We're not a D&D murderhobo ready to set back out on the road at the drop of a hat.

>>30522321
There is nothing saying that the leather clothes can not be fancy, say like a rider uniform. But they should be hardy ones that can soften up a hit.

>>30522306
I do like the dual use bracelet suggestion, that can be used as decoration and brass knuckles.

>>30522308

>show off our dark nipples

You sold me on that.
Seriously though - I don't have experience with a system, but I just think we should go for the top, you know, lavish clothes, baroque splendor and wealth pouring from our attire and manner of being etc. Simple white dress seems to me...too simple.

>>30522341
Hardy clothing is more or less pointless in this game. I'm pretty sure Exalted has actual rules for sexy minimal clothing giving more protection if it's made right. Probably has something to do with Venus.

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What about like the chick in pic related? It seems like a decent cross between classy and armored, imo.

>>30522341
>There is nothing saying that the leather clothes can not be fancy, say like a rider uniform. But they should be hardy ones that can soften up a hit.
That's really not how this works.

>>30522312
Hmm, that actually looks more dragonblood than solar to me, but I like the gauntlets.

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>>30522362
>lavish clothes, baroque splendor
>Simple white dress seems to me...too simple.
What do you know?

>>30522366
That looks fucking retarded.

Just wear a goddamn dress. We're a princess with the strength to rip the skirt off if we need more mobility, and charms that make our skin like armor. For fuck's sake.

>>30522391
Too bad that looks like shit.

>>30522341
>can soften up a hit.
Essence spiders' silk. The only correct choice

>>30522391
>Yaya Han
Why

>>30522362
I'm sure there's a happy middle ground where we can be a hedonistic princess wearing borderline-transparent white fabric, and also have amazing jewelry, ornamentation, embroidery, and so forth.

>>30522391
No, way to much restriction on our mobility, which means the second we try to move quickly we're going to shred the dress and show everyone everything.

>>30522221
>Tasteful

She's looking at his dick.

>>30522409
And your problem with that is?

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>>30522420
And?

You get dressed (with a random set of common clothes, shirt and skirt, from the room's closet), and head out to find Millian.

It doesn't take you long: She was waiting in front of your room's door. With a cart with, you presume, your dinner. Salad, sweet potatoes, freshly baked bread, spiced rice, water and shochu.

With a nod of greeting, she drags the cart in your room. "Here you go. I guess you'll be needing some clothing for tonight? Her Majesty mentioned an important diplomatic event."

"Yes. I don't really have an idea of what these Lunar Exalted from the north - if they really ARE Lunars - might consider appropriate attire."

She mhhs. "I think you should just focus on a style. A look, an image you want to project. Sort of a theme."

"You might be right." You concede. "What do you think?"

"Well..."

You spend the next five to ten minutes discussing clothing and looks, including any make-up or special hairdo. She also takes your measurements properly.

>Something very high-class, fitting of a ruler.
>Something appropriate for a sun priestess.
>Something balancing classy and martial, like a dress uniform.
>Something very martial and warlike.
>Something fitting for a servant, maid or concubine.
>Something like common, everyday clothing.
>Something fit for a traveller or adventurer.
>Something that will make you look like a scholar.

Combined with:

>The style should be overwrought and baroque.
>The style should be simple and essential.
>The style should be showy and seductive.
>The style should be tough-looking and armored.

Okay, listen, this is for people concerned about mobility, functionality, and so forth. You're clearly not very experience with Exalted, so let me explain something.

You know how in most RPGs you take penalties for doing things like swinging on a rope to hit someone, riding a collapsing pillar across a chasm, or doing kung fu in high heels?

Exalted doesn't do that. In fact, Exalted gives you bonuses. It's call 'stunting.' In Exalted, when you do something awesome, you get an extra die. When you do something awesome that also uses the environment, you get three dice. And when you do something awesome that leaves everyone at the table going 'holy shit,' you get three dice.

I don't know if our QM is including mechanical stunting, but that's the kind of system and setting Exalted is.

We have literally no reason to wear functional clothes. If anything, we'll do better fighting in high heels and a ball gown than we will in leather boots and wool slacks. Exalts do not follow the rules of realism, they follow the rules of awesome.

Understand?

>>30522453
Awesome != Stupid

>>30522448
>Something very high-class, fitting of a ruler.
>Something appropriate for a sun priestess.
A combination of these, we want to look like a Goddess-Queen.

>The style should be showy and seductive.
If we got it, flaunt it.

>>30522435
Honestly? It just seems wasteful and unappreciative of our hosts generosity in providiving us with formal attire. Just because we're a demi-gods doesn't mean we should act like a thoughtless asshole to the people we're in debt to.

>>30522448
>Something appropriate for a sun priestess.
>The style should be simple and essential.

>>30522458
No, but kung fu in high heels and a ball gown is, in this case, awesome, and wearing bland, functional clothes would be working specifically counter to Exalted stunting.

>>30522448
>Something appropriate for a sun priestess.
>Something balancing classy and martial, like a dress uniform.
These blended, and also showing some skin

>>30522477
forgot to add second part;

combine
>The style should be showy and seductive.
>The style should be tough-looking and armored.

>>30522448
>Something appropriate for a sun priestess.
>The style should be simple and essential.

>>30522474
>high heels
>Bronze age setting
You high, mate?

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>>30522448
>Something appropriate for a sun priestess.
>The style should be showy and seductive.

>>30522502
Oh god, that picture, its perfect

>>30522498
The setting is loaded with anarchronism, and heels and ball gowns exist right alongside togas and sandals.

>>30522464

This

>Something very high-class, fitting of a ruler Hierophant of a Sun Invictus.
>The style should be showy and seductive.

>>30522502
How horrible

>>30522502
whatever we wear, it must have a plunging neckline that threatens to show too much downstairs

>>30522502
Dude, that's clearly either a God or a Fae.

>>30522448

>Something appropriate for a sun priestess.
>The style should be showy and seductive.

We are a solar, we should take pride in what we wear. Non-showy stuff is for night caste's

>>30522448

>Something appropriate for a sun priestess
>The style should be showy and seductive

Sexy delicious brown priestess. Oh yes.

>>30522467
Considering if we get in a fight that requires us to hustle and crack some skulls, the situation is bad and having a solar on you side is well worth losing a dress, no matter how expensive.

Of course i assume that we'll be fighting for our hosts interests. Fair exchange if you look at it that way.

>>30522448
>>Something appropriate for a sun priestess.

>The style should be showy and seductive.
>The style should be tough-looking and armored.

>>30522448
>Something appropriate for a priestess of the sun.
>The style should be simple and essential.

>>30522448
>>Something very high-class, fitting of a ruler.
>>The style should be showy and seductive.
Let's do this.

>>30522535
>Non-showy stuff is for night caste's
Ha-ha. Hierophant and Gold-Shadowed Arrow disrespectfully disagree

>>30522448
appropriate for a sun priestess.
showy and seductive.

Not even a contest.

>>30522448
>Something appropriate for a sun priestess.
&
>The style should be showy and seductive.

just like the OP pic and the pic in >>30522502

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>>30522535

And for grognards.

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>>30522498
>mfw someone called Exalted's setting Bronze Age

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>>30522566
Git on me level.

>>30522570
HHNNNNGGGG

>>30522448
>>The style should be showy and seductive.
DARK. BROWN. NIPPLES.

SHEER. WHITE. CLOTH.

>>30522597
Pretty as that picture is, it should be priest-like, not gorgon or medusa like

>>30522628
It's just an anima banner.
What's ours, anyway?

>>30522627
Might as well make it a charm just so you'll stop talking about it...not that i disagree with you.

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>>30522628

>>30522639
Touche.

No idea

>>30522671
Athena bursting out of zeus's head. correct?

How is this relevant?

>>30522534
>Ragyo
>Anything but a high-Essence Zenith

>>30522643
>Exposed Nipples Methodology

>>30522807
Pretty sure she's a God of Rainbows (also storms) blooded half-god. But whatever. Given the setting I guess we could go for that if we wanted to look like we were trying to look unintimidating.

>>30522826
So mythology from anywhere with a warm climate year round? Why didn't you pick Egypt?

>>30522849
Methodology. Most Charm names in Exalted end with Methodology, Technique, Meditation, Prana, Style, etc.

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After a lot of suggestions, counter-suggestions and arguing with the shorty maid, you begin to narrow down your choices.

"...I think you should aim at sex appeal." She suggests, after a while, with a tone of voice that hints at being something left unsaid under it.

"Why?" You try and get her to talk a bit more, between a bite of your lunch and another.

"You don't even realize, do you?" She mumbles, exasperated. "Have you even looked at yourself in the mirror since you Exalted?"

It slowly dawns on you that you haven't.

"You might fool the princess and even the queen, but you can't fool a maid that can guess sizes and measurements with a glance." She replies, and points an accusatory finger in your direction. "You are unrealistic."

"...I'm sorry?"

"Your body type. You have proportions that are out of this world. Breasts that keep themselves up without any support, hair that is always perfect, never tangled or messy except when it needs to be, clean smooth and uniform skin all over, with no imperfections. You're even muscular! Building muscle mass burns up fat, and that's mostly what breasts are, but yours are still enormous!" She rants. "How do you explain that?!"

You really don't know how to reply. The small maid seems really mad at you.

"I bet you could eat all the sweets you want and all the fat would just go here and here.. It's unfair."

...Boy, this got really embarrassing.

"...I'm sorry, that was unprofessional." She then mumbles, clearly realizing she stepped out of line, and presenting you with a selection of clothes. the fact that they're all rather... provocative is either a genuine attempt to help your meeting of tonight or a further accusation, but you have to admit that they are quite pretty, especially considering that Miriam has been fixing them while you were talking. That girl has some talent as a tailor.

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>A lot of gold jewelry, bracers, a necklace, and a bra and loincloth with two long drapes, front and back, in white.
>Some jewelry (mostly gemstones), a bra and panties, and silk stockings and sleeves. Includes a small cloth hat/crown set with a ruby.
>An oddly-shaped golden tiara, white thigh-highs, and a cloth hanging from the neck covering the front and back, open to the sides.
>A colorful, elaborate, completely form-fitting silk dress.
>An outfit consisting mostly of a bra, panties and thigh-highs made from leather, with some polished metallic plates, some belt-like decorations, and gemstones and pearls

Combined with:

>Ignore Millian's outburst
>Help her to come to term with it
>Cheer her up
>Offer her advice
>Promise to help her somehow
>Other?

(picture is for reference, not actual.)

>>30523064
>A colorful, elaborate, completely form-fitting silk dress.
>Other?
Why would we take this kind of shit from an extra? She needs to be put in her place, first age style.

>>30523064
>An oddly-shaped golden tiara, white thigh-highs, and a cloth hanging from the neck covering the front and back, open to the sides.
JESUS FUCKING CHRIST THAT MIDDLE ONE IS HOT.

>Help her to come to term with it

>>30523064
>Outfit 3
>Promise to help her somehow

>>30523064
>>An oddly-shaped golden tiara, white thigh-highs, and a cloth hanging from the neck covering the front and back, open to the sides.
That should be thin and white enough to show off our dark brown nipples through the fabric quite nicely.

>>30523082
She has a name and some relevance and therefore a heroic mortal. Extras are faceless crowds

>>30523064
WHY MUST YOU MAKE ME CHOOSE ARGH

>Some jewelry (mostly gemstones), a bra and panties, and silk stockings and sleeves. Includes a small cloth hat/crown set with a ruby.

>Help her to come to term with it

>>30523064
>A colorful, elaborate, completely form-fitting silk dress.

>Seduce maid to cheer her up!

>>30523064
>An oddly-shaped golden tiara, white thigh-highs, and a cloth hanging from the neck covering the front and back, open to the sides.
Sounds good to me.
>Cheer her up
'Do you think hair-ruffling would work? No? Do it anyway.

>>30523114
>That should be thin and white enough to show off our dark brown nipples through the fabric quite nicely.

Whatever we pick, this must be applicable

>>30523064
>Some jewelry (mostly gemstones), a bra and panties, and silk stockings and sleeves. Includes a small cloth hat/crown set with a ruby.

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>>30523082

We haven't been alive long enough yet to loose sight the little people.

>>30523064

>Some jewelry (mostly gemstones), a bra and panties, and silk stockings and sleeves. Includes a small cloth hat/crown set with a ruby.
>Promise to help her somehow

>>30523064
I'll take door number 3 and door number 3!

golden tiara, white thigh-highs, and a cloth hanging from the neck covering the front and back, open to the sides.

Cheer her up

>>30523130

>We haven't been alive long enough yet to loose sight the little people.

lose sight of the little people

>>30523064

>An oddly-shaped golden tiara, white thigh-highs, and a cloth hanging from the neck covering the front and back, open to the sides.

YES

>Cheer her up

if there will be tie with other options, I suggest first since it's egyptian looking one

>>30523129
forgot to add second;

>Cheer her up

>>30523115
Extras have names. Having a name doesn't make her heroic. Names just don't matter when you get killed by being near a fight.

>>30523130
Power can quickly go to the heads of those who are irresponsible. For example: Every spiderman plot ever.

>>30523064

>An outfit consisting mostly of a bra, panties and thigh-highs made from leather, with some polished metallic plates, some belt-like decorations, and gemstones and pearls

And one solid steel bracelet that we can punch with in case we need to punch someone.

>>30523064
I'm assuming that the cloth in #3 is somehow magically resistant to revealing ourselves unless we wish it

>>30523064
>An oddly-shaped golden tiara, white thigh-highs, and a cloth hanging from the neck covering the front and back, open to the sides.
That third one is super sexy.

>>30523064
>An oddly-shaped golden tiara, white thigh-highs, and a cloth hanging from the neck covering the front and back, open to the sides.
Hot as hell.

>>30523064
>Outfit 3
>Flashing everybody, all the time
>Completely aware of this and not giving a fuck

>>30523168
Who cares? It's hot, that's all that matters.

Concerns about wardrobe malfunctions are for lesser beings!

>>30523193
I'd vote for it if its like >>30523168, lets flash people, but when we want to

>>30523064
>An oddly-shaped golden tiara, white thigh-highs, and a cloth hanging from the neck covering the front and back, open to the sides.
>Cheer her up
It's a tit-curtain done right! It also gets in our way while fighting exactly not at all.

>>30523114
>That should be thin and white enough to show off our dark brown nipples through the fabric quite nicely.

THIS THIS THIS

This is of the utmost importance

>>30523247
If we want to show off our nipples we can just get it wet.

>>30523064
>An oddly-shaped golden tiara, white thigh-highs, and a cloth hanging from the neck covering the front and back, open to the sides.
Assuming it's so thin it's almost transparent.

>Ignore Millian's outburst

>>30523247
We really need Decu to start running daily again...

>>30523064
>Help her to come to term with it
>Cheer her up
These.

>>30522826
Twin Peaks Shrouded by Mist Style.

Classier.

You're used at wearing some clothes, during formal occasions, that would otherwise be considered pretty silly or outlandish, from your past as royalty yourself. But this one is really... you wonder if Millian is trying to prank you, but that seems unlikely.

They had this in stock somewhere, which means that someone wore it. You have to wonder if this was Amata's.
Probably, because it is a bit too short for you, and you guess it must correspond to Amata being a bit smaller than you in both height and depth.

"Millian... I... I don't know what to say." You admit at the maid. "You're right. It is not fair."

She looks up to you from her work on your dress, clearly surprised.

"I can't do anything about it. But I don't want you to be angry at me."

"I'm..." She sobs.

"Listen, listen." You pat her head. "We're a team, right? We need to make a good impression on these Lunars that will come tonight. The future of Tianna could depend on it."

She nods.

"And... we're friends, right?"

"We... are?" She asks, eyes shining.

"Why not? You don't want me?"

"...It's not that, it's... that..."

"What?" You smile. "Who said that an Exalted and a Mortal can't be friends."

She sniffs one last time and slowly nod, finishing the needlework on your dress.
She made the frontal cloth a bit wider and longer by applying a golden border, to account for the difference of size between you and (you presume) Amata. You try moving around in it a bit. As hilariously impractical as it looks, the outfit somehow manages to work and stay in place despite all the common sense of this world (which, admittedly, isn't much). It's either magical, or so very well-made it might as well be.

It still leaves you basically in full view when looked-at by a large variety of angles, but you realize you aren't bothered by it much. It's like the slowly-dawning realization that your physical appearance has been vastly improved by your Exaltation has left you with much less, if anything, to be ashamed of.

(cont)

>>30523506
I just wanted to say that I love this game.

(sorry, short holdup, will be back to quest shortly-ish)

>>30523506
Ok, we're keeping Millian in addition to Irene. Tu always need a food tailor and she's too cute to leave moping behind. Also, names maid screams sidereal to me, so there's that.

>>30523760
Cool. Side note: do tiger warriors and similar things count as extras or heroic mortals under this system? Also, how do we get them?
I'd argue that they have health 2, physical 2 or 3, Dawn 1 essence 1 and 1 one essence combat power

>>30523875
In english please.

>>30523760
Quick question while you're out. Can we stack soak charms? Like, if we get a scene-long one, would we be able to use it and our current one to soak two damage, or would it just be one our the other?

If it's the latter, rather than the former, we should pick up some kind of parry charm to go with Solar Hero Style once we pick up the scene-long one.

>>30523885
Physical 3 is superhuman. If they have superhuman anything, it would be skill.

>>30523885
I wonder if we could make a social analogue of Tiger Warriors. Something like Graceful Swan Courtiers.

>>30523886
Fine fine.

Ok OP, we're keeping the maid in addition to the princess. You always need a good tailor and Millian's too cute to leave moping around Amata's castle when we leave. Additionally, having a named low level NPC on the castle staff screams conveniently placed Sidereal to me, so on the off chance that's a thing I'd like to keep a close eye on her. For reasons.

Better?

>>30523506
>"What?" You smile. "Who said that an Exalted and a Mortal can't be friends."
That's it. We're taking her home. Just carry her around and hug her wherever we go.

>>30523920
...I LOVE that idea. Train mortals to be magnificently-skilled diplomats, bureaucrats, and so forth.

Doesn't one of the Solar training charms already do that, though? The Lore one, maybe? Regardless, I would be on board for done training charms, but only AFTER we get a charm that makes us a better leader in some way.

>>30523943
> in addition to the princess
and the queen

>>30523920
Do you mean Harmonious Academic Methodology?

Also, generally Tiger Warriors count as both extras and mortal. I think that under OP's system it depends on whether they're rank-and-file or have a name and face and personality.

And Milliam already counts as a Heroic Mortal by this count.

>>30523957
We're not keeping the queen. She needs to stay in her kingdom. We need her as an ally more than as a travelling companion.

>>30523886
>>30523875
Paranoia sense tingling. A spy must be a maid or a stone cutter to have known Amats plan and Samiels take on it. It has to be someone in the palace or the work crews, or someone they know to whom they blabed.

>>30523975
fiiiinnne

but her bed becomes ours whenever we're in town

>>30523992
We already have that arrangement. I see no reason to discontinue it.

>>30523975
We're taking the kingdom with us of course. Queeny will be our first vassal.
>>30523960
As far as I can tell, extras seem to all be equal to each other, and tiger warriors are a significant cut above the average warrior. They are essentially knock off dragonborn after all.

>>30523978
Hmm, we should ask the Lunars if they happen to know the location of the Lintha's base.

>>30524023
>We're taking the kingdom with us of course.
We're gonna have to buff up a lot to go from barely carrying a large rock around to bringing a partial island with us.