>>32845771
Before you can really react to what just happened, the iron beast launches itself from the sand and lands upon Tabula. Flashes of light burst from the summoner and with each flash, a piece of his equipment vanishes.

“Does it not amaze you?” Asks the wolf, “That a few bits of gold are all that make you strong?” He looks over to Coyote and makes another brass howl.

The trickster, in turn, grabs the glowing man with his skeletal arm and lifts him up and up into the sky, and carefully places the First Man onto a cloud. Coyote turns to iron monster and rushes forward.

You are currently between two high powered monsters that are about to fight, your best friend is being mind controlled, your most powerful party member currently has no equipment, touching the wolf will make your equipment disappear, and you can't let anything happen to the Lander standing next to you! You need to think of something, and fast.

[ ] Tackle Canis to keep him from casting more silence spells on Tabula.
[ ] Attack the King in Iron with magic, holy lasers and other spells.
[ ] Get everyone to tactically retreat to the BRO and get out of here.
[ ] Other

Rolled 32

>>32845781
>[ ] Other:

Shoot the King in Iron with the Wand from the Best Quest Ever

>>32845796
Whelp, that was fast.

>>32845829
Seriously, we got it?

>>32845781
>[X] Tackle Canis to keep him from casting more silence spells on Tabula.

>>32845796
Holy shit, if you got it I will be so happy.

>>32845796
>>32845829
Oh, forgot.

[+1 1+2+1+1]
[-1 One-shot wand]

>>32845829

A random anon got the answer in like 30 minutes of you posting the first hint on twitter. He posted it on Cutie G so I shamelessly stole it.

>>32845781
>[ ] Other
do any of our party have the ability to banish demons or something like that, maybe dispel magic? or Maybe us Resurrection on the First Man

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>>32845781
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wi34XJx35ZE&feature=kp

Kill King in Iron with Clue gun.

Pick up crown from King in Iron's corpse and become the new King in Iron.

>>32845887
Cutie what?

>>32845796
Huh, I thought using a true lever was the right answer.

>>32845917

Cue Tee Gee

>>32845887
Wherever you got it from, I'm so happy someone posted it.

>>32845918
I thought magnets or that the entire fight would be the same as the initial fight against the Phosphors or whatever it was.

The Clue gun sounded too good to be true and just HAD to only do 100 damage. No sane QM would give the player an instant win item, but then again TinyShepherd clearly isn't sane and I don't think I'd have it any other way.

...I feel sorta embarrassed for thinking it'd be that damaging oil now.

So we're basically going to be killing a super-boss.
I wonder how much XP we're getting...

>>32846068
>Coyote steals all of it through special abilities

XP hording seems to be Coyote's shtick.

So this has to make Judi happy with us again, right?
We're basically saving a ton of people against a super-monster.

>>32846091
Shhh, don't ruin my hopes.
Besides, thanks to us she'll get to be with her husbando again, that's got to count for some plus points

>>32846068
Isn't Judi the one with the wand? She'd be the one getting the XP unless we yank it out of her inventory and do the shooting ourselves.

>>32846126
We're in a team, I think.
So ALL of us PCs are getting XP, if I'm reading it right.

>>32846126
Either way, it'll be our idea, which has to count for something.

>>32846120
>so much XP that we could convince Coyote to let her hostages go

You know, this calls for a celebration, after the super-boss is killed.

>>32846209
A tank building party???

>>32846239
I was thinking more cactus juice would be involved.

>>32846169
She wants her husband, which is why she was raging, right?
Well now she's got him.

>>32846068

I wonder what he will drop. Maybe we can mount it on the BRO as a trophy.

>>32846304
BRO mk 2.
We're going to be upgrading, you know.
Gotta travel to our brother in style.

Make it bigger, and more kickass.

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>>32845880
You try to think. Everything was happening at once. You start to panic, WHAT THE HELL CAN YOU DO!? Then like a bolt from the heavens, you remember something from days ago.

“This is the wand from the mansion.” Plays the voice of Judicature, “Not sure if it does anything. When the NPCs used it, it would instantly kill their target...”

“JUDI!” You shout, “USE THE WAND!”

“W-What wand!?” She calls back.

“THE ONE FROM THE BEST QUEST EVER!”

Her eyes widen. She knows exactly what you are talking about. She pulls the wand out of her inventory and takes aim.

The wolf gives off a heat filled scoff. “Plebeian vendor trash is no concern of mine.” It stares down Coyote. “Come, cash cow! Your hearts are wor-”

BANG.

The stick cries out and a line is drawn from the wolf to the wand. The green bar above the monster suddenly turns black. It falls to the ground and your are suddenly deafened by the sound of a level up. You look up and a nice 40 stands above your head and next to your HP bar. You just gained 9 levels.

You look the Judi. She looks to you, then to the wand, then to the monster, then back to you. She puts the wand back into her inventory. “Now I'm gonna go home and sleep with my wife!”

You mouth out, “What?” to her, and you probably would have some more words if you didn't hear the stomping of an ever growing larger Coyote behind you.

[ ] Believe Lilac when she said Coyote isn't angry at the world, and try to calm down the creature.
[ ] The thing is a rabid hound! Kill it before it kills you!
[ ] Get the fuck out of here! You can't take on Coyote right now!
[ ] Other.

>>32846304
My hopes is that he'll drop something we can use to build a better steam-landship.
He's basically an endboss focused on metal, right?
Maybe he'll drop some sort of fantasy metal we can use.

>>32846375
>[ ] Believe Lilac when she said Coyote isn't angry at the world, and try to calm down the creature.

>>32846375
>[X] Believe Lilac when she said Coyote isn't angry at the world, and try to calm down the creature.

>>32846375
>gained 9 levels
...Haha...
Pfhahaha...
YESSSSS

>“Now I'm gonna go home and sleep with my wife!”
We... we wouldn't mind being your wife, Judi

>>32846375
>[x] Believe Lilac when she said Coyote isn't angry at the world, and try to calm down the creature.

I have no clue what the fuck has happened or what's going on.

>>32846375
>Trust Lilac

>>32846375
[X] Believe Lilac when she said Coyote isn't angry at the world, and try to calm down the creature.

Let's hope it works.

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>>32846273
It might not be that easy. Getting her husbando back is such a big part of Coyote's character I doubt the King in Iron will be enough. It'll be a big chunk and will calm her down a bit, but if she's a recruitable character then she'll be all about the XP like the fucking munckin whore she is.

Also, we don't know how the Databasing affected Coyote's plan. Did Coyote have to "start all over"? How much XP does a single adventurer get her? How much XP does she need? How much of a percentage in First Man Revival XP is one adventurer worth?

All of those questions are important. In the end, Coyote is a trickster, but her motives are pretty simple and we can manipulate her into working for us.

>>32846375
>[ ] Believe Lilac when she said Coyote isn't angry at the world, and try to calm down the creature.

Don't try to waifu Coyote, though. That won't work.

so, if you could get a reward from Coyote, you in-game, not Ambrosis, what would you want?

Me, I'd ask for a book listing the entire fairy ring system and where they transport based on what time it is.

>>32846375
See, it pays to listen to Judi.
Thanks to her, we managed to kill a super-boss.

>>32846375
>[X] Believe Lilac when she said Coyote isn't angry at the world, and try to calm down the creature.
I haven't been here in a while what did I miss?

>>32846465
She already has the First Man back, from what I can understand (the wolf dude was planning on killing them both)

>waifuing coyote
Absolutely disgusting.
You don't try and steal someone else's waifu.

>>32846510

Whatever you do, don't read the spoilers from the Q&A in the archives.

>>32846510
We build a steam-landship, did really awesome in the race, and we just killed a super-boss, thus saving Coyote.

>>32846467
>reward

Coyote spirit guide. Like a totem that grants bonuses in trickster-related activities. Guile hero is best hero.

>>32846515
Really? I though First Man was still incomplete in the sun.

>>32846510
Steam tanks, races, dwarf drama, metagaming, autismal threadshitting.

>>32846529
Also this, seriously, don't do it.

>>32846465
>e don't know how the Databasing affected Coyo
>>32846437
>>32846435
>>32846424
>>32846409
>>32846398

[+1 ???? Coyote]

>>32846467
If I'm stuck in the game?
... Honestly, I'd like to be able to call on her, once, to thoroughly fuck with someone of my choicing, pulling out all the trickster shenanigans.
Or maybe just set it up so I get to rule some city or something through trickster shenanigans, that'd also be good.

>>32846548
I really need to stop highlighting things.

>>32846543
They were hugging each other before Mister Asshole Wolf came along.
He's pretty much got to be fixed in that case.

So Kanami has an Elder in her team.
...Can we get a Genius?

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>>32846590
Damn. Right when I think I read everything carefully, I missed something important.

>>32846613
>Elder
Goddammit, ANCIENT
how did I get that wrong

>>32846613
Are there Geniuses in North America?

>>32846619
Meh, happens.
Point is, Coyote should be reasonably happy... I hope.

>>32846613
Coyote wouldn't be a Genius no matter what. She's just a raid boss.

Geniuses (I think) are completely new bosses that were not present in the original game and are huge meta-gamers. Normal Bosses - like Coyote, MiB, or the Goblin King - act within the lore and premises of their original design. Even MiB isn't a Genius, as for all his intelligence and apparent meta-gaming, his plan and character don't really change. He wants to control markets. How he does that is irrelevant.

Adventurers becoming sentient was probably refreshing for him as now the MiB can have plans that involving manipulating them as finitely knowledgeable sentients and not quest-completing robots with access to information online.

>>32846676
They should be in all serves - they're pretty much the big bads, there to fuck everything up.

>>32846691
Believe you've got it right (metagamers might not be the proper term here, but eh).

>>32846676
There are about 90 Geniuses throughout the world. Japan has 4 confirmed geniuses, I believe.

Still writing.

>>32846542
>>32846547
how did we solve the dwarf drama?

>>32846736
I'd think it is. I haven't read that far in the LN, but it seems from what I've heard Geniuses took out vitally important NPCs almost immediately when the Databasing occurred.

If that's not metagaming, I don't know what is. What else do you call immediately breaking the world as soon as you are tossed into it. Geniuses basically killed Gandalf, Frodo, and Aragorn as soon as they could.

TinyShep, did the wolf asshole drop something good?
Would be good to get some better stuff to build BRO Mk 2

>>32846784
We pissed her off bad enough to give her the motivation to pull some mad scientist shit at the end of the race, decisively proving that she's a quality engineer.

>>32846784
We had this race with her.
if we don't screw it up, things should be fine.

>>32846797
You mean the Ancients and those fighting orders?
Or are there other super-important NPCs who've been removed?

>>32846803
You'd think it drops a shit ton of metal.

>>32846784

She technically won the race but blew herself up in the process.

We also promised her that we'd both stop if the Coyote showed up. Red Strings descended o'er the city, which meant it was the Coyote, but most people had forgotten about that.

So we both pressed on. Lilac didn't seem that pissed off at the end because she won while Judi was peeved. Ensue shitstorm and enter the Coyote.

Things should be fine now thanks to the King in Iron

>>32846845
Super-metal we can build a super steam-landship would be my hope.

>>32846839
I do know the geniuses killed all the knights that the Landers depended on, thus requiring the Goblin King to go unchallenged.

That is what happened, right? I know the Geniuses killed some important Lander.

If we got 9 levels... hopefully Judi got some levels as well.
Damn shame the Lander girl likely won't get any levels.

>>32846887
All I know is that the Geniuses fucked up the Ancients, yeah.
Not sure about killing any others, though...

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>>32846548
Coyote now towers above you like a titan when he finally reaches you.

“WAIT!” You shout with your hands up, “WE DON'T WANT NO TROUBLE!”

The trickster stops dead in his tracks. After a couple of moments he shrinks down to your height, having dawned the appearance of the youth he was previously, naked and all.

“Wow,” You say, “That is your-” You hold up a hand to block the view of this nether regions, “Umm... Okay. Uhhh...” You try to think of something, but the sudden change has caught you completely off guard.

“What is it you wish of me, child of Man and Alv?” Speaks the creature in a voice not quite masculine or feminine.

“Uhhh...”

[ ] Custom responses go!

>>32846900
Shiro probably hasn't done that whole magic thing where he can make Landers get to level up

>>32846940
Asking it not to kill us would be a good start...
I mean, Coyote has basically got what it wanted now, right

>>32846940
Isn't coyote well-known for being endowed? I don't think one hand will cover it.

"An instruction manual for this universe. Barring that, some help with the Man In Black constantly mind controlling my ass. I'm not even sure what he... it...? is planning, so some information on that front would be great. Particularly since there are gaps in my memory."

>1+2+1+1

Do we know what this means yet? It's in Shep's twitter header too, albeit reversed order

>>32846887
Well, amongst the Japanese Geniuses...

There's the one who is trying to short circuit the magic runes in major cities that keep monsters out and City Guard active.

Then there's the one that is making tons of fairy rings, most likely being the reason fairy rings seem to be completely random now.

Then there's the one who's trying to get a powerful enough ice spell to freeze the whole world.

There's also one that just sits in a dungeon and duels anyone that enters, so chances are they all have their own motivation for what they're doing.

>>32846940

Ask him if he has a cute sister

That or some fancy loot since we saved them from the Scrub in Iron

>>32846940
Is Lilac lucid? She's the resident loremaster, we should defer this shit to her. Ambrosis is terrible at diplomacy.

>>32847035
>Do we know what this means yet?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O5ROhf5Soqs

It was in the header as a reminder that you had the wand the whole time.


>>32847046
>>32846998
>>32846979
Goin' with this~!

>>32847068
>Is Lilac lucid? She's the resident loremaster, we should defer this shit to her. Ambrosis is terrible at diplomacy.
THISSSSSS

>>32847069
TinyShepherd please don't g o with the cute sister one.
Fancy loot might be better, but not the sister thing.

>>32847069

Oh God please don't do the sister one.

>>32847069
>>32846940
Man, I'd ask a ton of questions.

But especially
>"What happened to all the Adventurers that were used to revive First Man?"

They will respawn eventually, right?

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>>32846375
>“Now I'm gonna go home and sleep with my wife!”

...wat

>>32847157
Clue reference?

>>32847157
Clue the movie. Now I have to read it.

Also, I am so proud of anons for remembering the gun.

>>32847069
You mean asking about fancy loot, not anything related to a sister... right?

>>32847157
She made a movie reference.
It's a damn shame movies are no longer a thing in this world... maybe we can ask her to tell us some of her favorite stories, let her get something in common with other people?

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>>32847120
>>32847046
>ask Coyote if he/she has a cute sister
>Coyote laughs and tells to go find Rabbit

>>32847190
Now that we know Coyote is not waifu-able, who do we fall to?

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>>32847095
>>32847120
>>32847190

>>32847212
Judi, obviously.
She just took down asshole wolf, she's the best.

>>32847210
Tell us the story anon. We are not well versed in North American Aboriginal folk lores.

>>32846940
Uh
Not much?
What do you want?

>>32847230
Everything was going so well, too...

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>>32847212
We overskill engineering.

>>32847257
If anons do not rage at the end of a thread, TinyFather did not do his job right.

>>32847289
And make something Judi would be good at?

I still don't understand how she can run from others enough that she gets Riding 90.

>>32847237
Rabbit is cute.

>>32847289
We've already overskilled it like crazy by making a steam-landship.
Like, holy shit, this is awesome.

Fuck what Shiro and his people are doing, we're where it's at.

>>32847313
What is the Riding overskill?

>>32847313
Would think there'd be a preference for no raging.

Anyway, maybe we can do something to let Judi apply her awesome Riding to our next steamd-landship?
I think we should have time to test that...

>>32847339
War Chariots.

>>32847237
Which fucking story? Native Americans have more stories about Coyote, Rabbit, and Raven than Marvel does about Spiderman.

Rabbit is another trickster, although unlike Coyote, Rabbit uses his wits to escape foes rather than gain something from foes. And yes, Rabbit can shapeshift just like Coyote.

Basically the African American Brer Rabbit and the Looney Tunes Bugs Bunny evolved out of Native American myths. The general story is somebody (possibly Coyote, Fox, or a hunter) wants to eat Rabbit. Rabbit is almost caught, but uses clever ruses to escape and live another day.

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>>32847327

She's useless

>>32847339
And is there any way we can help her apply it to landships?
If we can, she's pretty much the perfect rider.

...And as a bonus, a landship would be much nicer to sleep in than what we had before.

>>32847353
>>32847358
Chariots of fire?

Judi would appreciate that.

>>32847364
Now I want to read American folk lores.

So, Landship
Here's what I'd suggest
We make it bigger, so we can carry more supplies, and have more beds
We add in weapons so that we can kill monsters without having to go out and risk ourselves
Should make it able to take some hits, too
We try and figure out a way that can let Judi apply Overskill to handling the landship

>>32847407
Landships cannot be "ridden" because they're too big FOR YOU.

If we built a smaller tank, Judi's abilities might work. I strongly suspect it'd have to be small enough that Judi and Judi alone is enough to operate it.

I think Lilac can help in this regard. It might be the need for a summoner fiddling with the engine that causes the tank to seem more like a boat to the game's logic systems.

>>32847438
http://www.native-languages.org/legends-rabbit.htm
http://www.native-languages.org/trickster-rabbit.htm

Knock yourself out.

>>32847480
The thing is, anon, TinyFather wants to get on with the story. The players want to get on with the landship.

>>32847489
Making a smaller tank that only Judi can ride seems counterproductive towards getting a way for us to safely reach our brother.

>>32847489
You know what we should have tried?

To see if Judi can ride and tame the King of Iron.

>>32847510
To be fair you can't exactly expect us not to love the landship.
So glad we made it - and there has to be a way to cheat so Judi can apply her skills towards it.

Judi can basically ride animals, right?
Well, animals can be pretty freaking huge - if a summoner brought forth some sort of dragon, she should be able to ride it.
If she can do that, why can't she do Overskill to ride the landship?

>>32847575
Can basically ride all animals, I meant.

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>>32847510
Timeskip. There, problem solved.

>>32847524
I dunno bout you, but when we arrive in New York, I want to have some serious firepower on our side.

Let's just spend some time working on our tanks and building one new one whenever we reach a city. By the time we get to our brother, we'll have more than enough to deal with the shit that is following him.

We already have a landship. Let's upgrade it, build a scout car or motorbike for Judi, and then head to the next city.

...Wait.
Landers basically advance at about 1/4 the time of normal adventurers, right?
So, at the very least, the Lander girl should have gone up 2 levels.
Possibly more, since she's got to be weaker than what we were

>>32847623

We built a tank in 3 days. We could probably do all the upgrades and scout car in a week.

>>32847623
We need to have engines for the firepower, you know.
So there's a very clear limit to how many tanks we can get.
I suggest we only have the one, and just seek to constantly improve upon it after we head off from here.

>>32847667
Every week we spend is a week New York is burning.

>>32847685

Not seeing a downside here

>>32847715
Our brother is there.

>>32847723

He has legs, I hope.

What subclass was the pirate again.

Also, tinyshepherd, have you considered doing a pastebin where we have character profiles or something?
Coule be helpful

>>32847679
A big part of the BRO's current weight is it's transmission. We build the BRO without Lilac's help, so who knows what benefits letting her be involved in the overhaul will bring.

Plus, since this isn't a race anymore, we can have it be a little bit slower. A scout car will make up for the speed that the BRO loses.

>>32847723
>>32847685
Adventurers are immortal. We have all the time in the world.

>>32847754
Brewer, I think?

>>32847754
Brewer

>>32847763
Does Lilac have forever? Glioblastoma is a terrible thing.

>>32847794
>>32847789
Right, thanks.
Once we figure out how to make real food, he and the ninja will be pretty valuable then.

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>>32847794
>>32847789
>sailor or beer

>>32847763
Hm, point.
So we might be able to just generally improve it, possibly enough to get more beds on top of all the weaponry we'll want.

>>32847803
She's in the game now, you know.

One more thing we should check.
ALL the people in our group should see if our abilities can be Overskilled to help the landship.

>>32847856
I admit, having a Sailor would've been really nice in terms of improving our landship, since they'd have to be the subclass that can get Overskills to do something there.

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“Could you not kill us?” You ask with an awkward smile.

“Consider it done.” He responds.

“Oh. Good. Umm... Have... any... cool loot we can have?”

He looks down to his nude body. Looks at his hands, then the back of his hands, then looks back to you. “I do not.”

“Of course.” You say, “Do you... Do know how to stop the Man in Black from mind controlling me?”

Coyote turns his head to the side, ears denoting confusion. “Did the Non-Man not care enough to tell you?” He puts his head back to its normal position. “The one you call the Man in Black is no more. He has been replaced by something.”

You have no idea how to take this news. You are both relieved, confused, and scared.

“Replaced by what!?”

“That is a thing I do not know.”

You put your hands to your head. Can you not get a single break!?

“So,” Lilac's voice comes from behind you, “What happened to the people you killed?”

“The same thing that would happen if others had killed them.” He responds to the dwarf.

You look to Lilac to see that she too is looking at Coyote, but unlike you, she is certainly not blocking her view. A short twinge of jealousy towards Coyote races through you, but it quickly dies down.

“Holy shit!” You hear Canis shout, “I've never seen so much gold!”

You look in his direction and see a large pool of gold where there was the King in Iron.

You turn back to Coyote only to see that he has vanished. “Where'd he go!?” You ask Lilac.

“He went off to be happily ever after.” She says with a small blush and a smile.

You turn back to Canis trying his best to get his McDuck on, attempting to swim in all the coins.

“Come on, babe!” He says to Aideen, “The let me shower you in my riches!”

“I'd love a golden shower.” She responds.

>>32847896
>ALL the people in our group should see if our abilities can be Overskilled to help the landship.

A general meeting on how to proceed is an extremely good idea. We still don't know who is in this for the long haul and who isn't. Hell, does our party even know why it's important to get to NY?

>>32847997
Canis begins to crack up, looking to you to confirm that she just said that. You try to hide the huge smile on your face when Aideen looks to you, completely baffled by the reaction the two of you are having.

“What did I say!?” Aideen exclaims.

“Baby...” Canis can't help but laugh. “Baby just... Just come here.”

She does as was asked of her and Canis whispers something into her ear. Her face then goes red.

“Is it gone?” Comes a somewhat familiar voice behind you. You turn around to see a somewhat familiar woman in a white hat. It was LittleTex, the sheriff of Ekechi 51.

[ ] “Yeah. Judi saved that day!” Give all praise to Judi. That'll impress the Morning Star.
[ ] “Yup. We saved the day!” Give praise to everyone.
[ ] “All thanks to my idea!” Praise yourself. It was your idea, after all.
[ ] Other.

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>>32848017
>[ ] “Yeah. Judi saved that day!” Give all praise to Judi. That'll impress the Morning Star.

"Best Quest Ever." And then fistbump.

>>32848017
[X] “Yeah. Judi saved that day!” Give all praise to Judi. That'll impress the Morning Star.

She did.

>>32848017
>[ ] “Yeah. Judi saved that day!” Give all praise to Judi. That'll impress the Morning Star.

>>32848017
>[x] “Yeah. Judi saved that day!” Give all praise to Judi. That'll impress the Morning Star.

>>32848017
>[X] "Yeah. Judi saved the day!" Give praise to Judi. That'll impress the Morning Star.
But also, she's earned it.

>>32848017
My quick thinking and Judi's quick reflexes were too much for such a pathetic beast

>>32848014
Mm.
The pirate and ninja seemed ok with going along with us, at least.
And Judi wants to help.
Not sure about the rest, we'll see.

Either way, we need to set up a plan for what to do here.

>>32848017
>[ ] “Yeah. Judi saved that day!” Give all praise to Judi. That'll impress the Morning Star.

Wow, I guess racing in there like a moron paid off after all.

>>32847997
Lilac won the Coyote?

>>32848040
I am with this man.

>>32848040
>>32848041
>>32848042
>>32848045
>>32848059
That was fast.

[+10 Reputation with Judicature]
[+0.5 Fist Bump]
[+1 Bet Won]

Captcha: Much OrkeyNo.

That's right, Captcha, we need to make it more orky.

>>32848182
>That was fast.
We gotta do right by Judi, dude.

>>32848218
And really it was all because of her wanting to go do the Clue quest, her knowledge of what the item did, and her decision to keep it.

>>32848327
Yeah, exactly.
If it wasn't for her telling us, we would've had no idea it'd be so good.
It IS thanks to her that we've done good here.

Is Tabula's gear gone for good? Poor dude must've had some nice equips if he's level capped.

>>32848415

He basically has ALL THE MONIES right now, plus he's gotten a huge amount of progress to his next level.

>>32848415
He was called a diamond in the rough. I think it meant his abilities go beyond his equipment.

Mayhaps in the new world summoners can literally chain anything under their command.

>>32848462
He was called Diamond in the Rough because the only other people nearby were us with our shitty equipment.

>>32848501
This. The phrase literally means "something valuable among things of little value."

>>32848501
Speaking of which.
We need to improve our equipment, together with massively improving the BRO.
We've got enough money for that now.

>>32848501
Good point.

I heard that the Log Horizon rpg was translated. Can I get a link?

So half the victory prize money, and an even split of the boss loot.
Pretty good deal, for being just level 40.

>>32845796
>>32845887
I'm so glad I bothered to put that in /qtg/
Thanks broseph

>>32848919

A third, we promised Judi a slice of the money.

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>>32848182
“Yeah.” You say. Then point to the duelist. “Judi saved the day.”

“Really!?” LittleTex responds.

“Oh yeah! You should have seen her!” You explain, “She looked right at the monster, took a hidden item from the Best Quest Ever!” You cup your hand over your mouth to better whisper, “Bet you didn't even know it was there.” You strike a heroic pose, “And there she was. Staring down the beast, wand in hand. It charged for her, but she was too fast for it! One shot. One kill! It fell like a sack of bricks!” You pause for dramatic effect. “Day? MOTHER! FUCKIN'! SAVED!”

She looks to Judicature. “Is this true?”

“Uhh... well.” Judi says. You get behind the sheriff and begin to nod Judi over and over again. Judicature meets your eyes. You stop nodding just in time for when Little looks in your direction.

She then turns back to Judicature. “Well?” Asks the Tex, “Is it true or not?”

“N...not entirely?” She says, “I... I mean, he...”

You cut off Judi “I reminded her to use the wand!” You say, “But the wand was her idea in the first place!”

“Is THAT true?” Little asks, losing a bit of patience.

“I... Yes. It is.” Judi responds.

The sheriff folds her arms and looks quite impressed. “Well I'll be damned. I didn't think you'd have it in you.”

You put your arms around LittleTex and point to Judi, “Judicature isn't the hero we deserve, but she's the hero we need in this world!”

The sheriff is, unfortunately, unimpressed. “You're laying it on a bit thick.”

“Ah. Okay.” You say, taking your arm off of her. “But my story IS true!”

The sheriff scrunches her face up in thought. “I don't have the jurisdiction to promote you, but I'll talk to the sheriff of Big Apple. You're still going for Big Apple, right?”

“Yes.” She responds.

>>32848967
“Yarr!” You hear, “We need chests for all this gold!”

You and the party soon begin to gather up all the gold. It came to about 3k for each of you, including Aideen. Then you all get onto the BRO, taking Lilac's M along with it.

Everyone cheers and dances and laughs.

Aideen sings a somewhat disturbing song to everyone.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SH0Fv73Ik0I

“About a maid I sing a song. Rikitty tikitty tin!

“About a maid I sing a song. She didn't have her family long!

“Not only did she do them wroooooong! But she did every one of them in!

“She did them in! She did every one of them in!”

You get to relax now. You finally get to relax. Your body feels so light. This was the relaxation of a champion. The resting of a man who has accomplished so much. It felt so good. Lilac had long ago fallen asleep on the steel silk covering of the desk.

“Aaaaagh!” Judicature suddenly cries out. “Why do so many people want to be my friend now!?”

You smile to her. “What's wrong with friends?”

She mumbles, “They're scary...”

You chuckle, but then suddenly remember something. “Didn't I bet you that you'd have a bunch of friend requests after the race?”

She looks a bit confused at you.

“Yeah, I did!” You say, now remembering, “I bet you a hundred gold!” You chuckle again, “But it's okay. You didn't bet anything, so you only lose the bet.”

She smiles at your antics.

You close you eyes. You are really tired.

[ ] Best to just sleep.
[ ] Talk to Judi some more.
[ ] Talk with Tabula.
[ ] Call your brother.
[ ] Stay awake with song, dance, and beer courtesy of Aideen, Canis, and Trove.
[ ] Other.

>>32848991

[ ] Talk with Tabula.

Business before fun, let's get a new permanent party member first.

Also check up on our brother if we have time

>>32848991
>[ ] Talk to Judi some more.

Wait, where the bliming heck is our prize money?

>>32848991
>[x] Talk with Tabula.

>>32849022
In Boulder.

>>32848991
I would like to talk to Judi some more... but there's also calling our brother.
Wait, how late would it be over there?

>>32848991
>[ ] Talk with Tabula.

Did he get his items back?

>>32849047

Time to get chugging back I guess. What order did the other race participants come in?

>>32848991
>Call brother
We need to tell him we're really on the way now. With a ship. A really awesome ship.

Guys we may have to kill the lander.

>>32849078
Lilac
the BRO
Swagbros. What an upset!
TopCat He got swagged hard.
ThinkPink
GodKingFluffles.

>>32849131

Do we get any money for placing second?

>>32849131

Wait, we lost?

Aw shit, I must've misremembered last thread.

>>32849128
Wait, what?
Why?

>>32849162
IIRC, we are going to be declared the victor since we invented something that can be massproduced, which Lilac's stuff can't.

>>32849152
>>32849162
>>32849131
[spoilers]according to shep last thread, he said lilac came in first, but the 49ers decided her design was to expensive, so the 49ers say we won

>>32849192
Did you not listen to the song? She absolutely crazy.

>>32849210
fuck you s key

>>32849210

If you are going to spoil people, at least have the decency to do it correctly.

>>32849016
>>32849041
>>32849055

Calling due to time.

>>32848991
[x] Tabulsa.

We want to see the chance for him to show up now and then. He is too high level to be in our party. But we need a fire elemental summoner for the tank.

>>32849131
God King Fluffles. We should buy the technology to flight from him.

>>32849131
Poor Fluffles.

>>32849210
Might want to delete that m8.

It's a bit of a large spoiler.

Also, damn, I didn't expect us to solve that riddle THAT fast.

At least a good chunk of TinyShep's spoilers are invalid now that Coyote still lives.

>>32849213
Is Adeleen the Man in Black? Or is she just an avenue for TinySheperd to play strange tunes?

Or is she a monster unit rather than a lander?

>>32849283
No, fuck that furry.

>>32849303
How is he furry again?

A cat man?

>>32849298
All these questions could be resolved if we feed her blood to the gears.

>>32849298
Kill her and find out? Lets see if she gives decent experience.

>>32849320
>The way to absolutely destroy our party, the post
No thank you.

>>32849319
Yes.

>>32849303
ROCKET. LAUNCHERS.

You know you want that on the BRO.

>>32849320
How? Grind her over with BRO?

>>32849337
We're definitely getting some awesome weapons for BRO before we head out.

Can we start a donation drive to rebuild Area 51 after King of Iron did his best with it, and take a large cut of the donations?

>>32849374
We're not evil bastards, you know.

At least, I don't want us to be evil bastards. It would almost certainly also have very negative consequences in exchange for more shekels.

>>32849374
We're already going to get people wanting to help them figure out how to make landships.
That should give plenty of money/free stuff.

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>>32849248
You get up. “I'm gonna go talk to Tabula.”

“Okay.” Judicature responds.

You make your way to the stair down when you hear Tabula talking to someone.

“Yeah, we didn't spend nearly that much.” He says, “And the race was pretty close.” He pauses, “It's mostly made of iron. The most expensive part is the boiler, and that's only because it's made of Dragon Metal, which we have too much of already.” A pause. “Yeah, it's a tragedy that none of the raids have had any fire bosses in years.” He pauses, “Well, the set is the only one that actually looks like it could be a real suit of armor.” A pause. “I prefer to think of it as artistic in its efficiency and simplicity.” He suddenly gets a very disgruntled look on his face. “Fin, please get back on topic.” There is a long pause. “Yes. Even if we make it out of pure dragon metal it will only cost us half as much.” He pauses some more. “Alright. Talk to you later, Fin.” He turns around to see you at the top of the stairs.

You slowly walk down the steps to him. “What was that about?” You ask.

“Turns out we won the race.” He responds, “Not really, but that's going to be our story from now on.”

“What?”

“Like in all thing, money has decided the winner in this case.” Tabula explains, “While your friend did win the race, your friend's contraption requires very expensive materials we don't have. The BRO, on the other hand, is made of things we have an abundance of and we can easily dominate the market with our own brand of land-ships.” He sighs, “It's a bit immoral, but that's just the way the world works.”

You know what we deserve?
Lap-resting.

>>32849912
“So, how are you going to tell Lilac? Won't she be pissed off?”

“If I were her and a stranger just told me I lost a race because of his own greed? I would be extremely pissed, but that's why I'm not going to tell her.” He puts a hand on your shoulder, “You're going to tell her.”

You blink. “What!? But this is your mess!”

“I know, but if a friend tells her it won't be as bad.”

You let our a low cry of frustration.

[ ] “Fine. I'll tell her.” Tell her tomorrow when you're both awake and well rested.
[ ] “She has more friends than me, you know.” Get Judicature to do it for you.
[ ] “Hell no! I'm not going to be apart of this ring of bullshit!” Refuse to lie. Tell everyone the truth.
[ ] Other.

>>32849937
>[ ] “Hell no! I'm not going to be apart of this ring of bullshit!” Refuse to lie. Tell everyone the truth.

>>32849937
>[X] “Fine. I'll tell her.” Tell her tomorrow when you're both awake and well rested.

We'll just tell her that the judges decided they wanted us to win so they can have massproduced landships, while she still built the far superior vehicle.

>>32849937
>[ ] “Hell no! I'm not going to be apart of this ring of bullshit!” Refuse to lie. Tell everyone the truth.
Lying will bite us in the ass at somepoint

>>32849937
>[X] “Fine. I'll tell her.” Tell her tomorrow when you're both awake and well rested.
But she gets prize money as if she won.

And so do I, since I helped make your new line of fancy landships.

>>32849937
>[ ] “Fine. I'll tell her.” Tell her tomorrow when you're both awake and well rested.

>>32849937
>Tell her, but be upfront how it wasn't our decision and explain why that's what the guys running the tournament are going to be saying.

>>32849937
>[ ] Other.

Time to negotiate. Both teams should get full prize or you'll blow the lid on this dirty business

>>32849937
>[X] “Hell no! I'm not going to be apart of this ring of bullshit!” Refuse to lie. Tell everyone the truth.

>>32849937
>[ ] “Fine. I'll tell her.” Tell her tomorrow when you're both awake and well rested.

Demand compensation for both teams

>>32849962
>>32850002
>>32850015
>>32850037
>>32850041
>>32850062


[+2 Loads'a Money]
[+1 Negotiation Mastery]

>>32850135
>+2
best girl

>>32849937
>So you guys are going to take the steam tank concept and then sell it off for profit while lying to people about the race.
>I assume that I will be getting compensation via royalties or patents or whatever for each unit produced.

>>32850135

Yes, now we can finance our Steampanzer division and become a bona fide warlord

>>32850135
Haha!

We really need to grind the shit out of our levels, too.

Level 40/Level Whoseyourfuck Engineering just ain't gonna cut it when the Big Apple Food Riots kick off in the next couple sessions.

>>32850188
it will cut it when we roll in with our riot dispersing tanks of doom

>>32850135
God damn it guys, you never learn do you? Burning bridges is one thing, but making someone else hate you is another.

>>32850223
We never said to be dicks about it.

If we "won" the race, and our tank is getting mass-produced, we better fucking get some cut of the profits. Otherwise we're getting heavily taken advantage of.

And a big pile of money will greatly help soothe the sting of not really "winning" in the public eye for Lilac. Tabula and his superiors can and should be made to understand such.

>>32850295
But we are Ambrosis, we ARE going to be dicks about it. Everyone's going to hate us even more.

>>32850295
Lets use our cut, and lilacs bullshit superpowered magical magnets to arm the tank with a fucking railgun.
Double whammy of 'Youre a fucking amazing engineer' and 'we couldn't do this without you'
On top of superweapons and loadsacash

>>32850345
>>32850351
I think we should take the money from both of us, and combine our two designs to make a supercar.

>>32850372

Heathen

>>32850351
railgun plz yes

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>>32850390
Don't persecute me for my radical ideas!

>>32850392
it would be especially good to build in elder tale too, the main drawbacks of railguns irl are the need for huge capacitors to discharge electric current at once, and rails get dammaged due to the force exerted on it by the friction of the armature,
for capacitors, we have mages who can instantly release huge amounts of electric power
and for the rails, im betting some kind of blacksmith trait would be able to repair them quickly like repairing armor

>>32850430
Or we use the strongest damn metal there is. It would be pretty hard to damage something like Dragon Metal, I think.

>>32850351
Would certainly make us much more likely to succeed on our journey.

>>32850351
>>32850372
>>32850392
>>32850430
As an addendum-
For our incoming massive supertank, add an additional motor system to it of lilacs design, so we can keep moving while the steam is refueled, and so we have a functional turret.
Honestly, the combination of the designs leaves us with so many, many options.

>>32850488
Holy shit this is brilliant. Use the magnets to power the guns or the engine when refilling is great. Keep us constantly on the move.

>>32850488
Gentlemen, I do believe we are going to make it to save our brother and whoever that other girl is.

>>32850488
This is a great idea.

We also need someone new to power the steam part, if we're not going to have Tabula and his summons.

Time to search for a new party member! Or keep Tabula is he wants to stay.

>>32850559
He's Level 90... might make it too easy for us.

>>32850188
Super-landship of doom should be able to stand up to most issues.
That said, we will likely be having fights all along the way, giving us chances to level up.

>>32850135
“Fine. I'll do it.” You say, “I'll tell her, BUT only if both of us get the prize money AND... umm...” You try to think of something important, “AND you have to help us make a bigger, better land-ship.”

“Done.” Tabula says, his hand extended. You hesitate a bit, but then shake his hand.

“That easy?” You ask.

“It was what we were going to do anyways.” He says, “We're not monsters, you know. Just businessmen.”

“There isn't much of a difference is there?” You respond, semi-joking.

“We wear suits.” He says with a chuckle, “Most monsters don't do that.”

“Most.” You echo.

“It's going to be okay. In a week's time she won't even be angry anymore.”

“She's going to be incredibly angry when I tell her, isn't she?”

“Most likely.”

You sigh. You didn't want to deal with this now that you just felt like you've done everything right. “I'll tell her tomorrow.” You say, “When she's awake and I'm not tired enough to say something done.”

Tabula gives you a solemn nod.

You head back up to the deck. Everyone is taking turns singing all kinds of songs, with the exception of Lilac who is still asleep and Takeshi, who is... Somewhere?

[ ] Call your brother. He probably deserves an update before you head to bed.
[ ] Go celebrate with the rest of the crew before heading to sleep.
[ ] Go straight to bed.
[ ] Find where Takeshi went. He cannot be left alone.
[ ] Other.

>>32850657
>[ ] Call your brother. He probably deserves an update before you head to bed.

>>32850657
I say we make a quick call to our brother, before partying it up with Judi and the others.

>>32850657
>[X] Find where Takeshi went. He cannot be left alone.
Despite being a complete and total moron, he's not that bad a guy.

>>32850657
>[ ] Go celebrate with the rest of the crew before heading to sleep.
>[ ] Find where Takeshi went. He cannot be left alone.

>>32850657
>Call brother while looking for Takeshi
Don't want to see either of them get hurt.

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>>32850657
>[ ] Call your brother. He probably deserves an update before you head to bed.

If he's in New York I say we take our sweet fucking time because clearly he doesn't want to be helped.

>>32850657
>[ ] Call your brother. He probably deserves an update before you head to bed.

>>32850657
>>[ ] Call your brother. He probably deserves an update before you head to bed.

>>32850657
>[X] Call your brother. He probably deserves an update before you head to bed.
The last time we ignored this option, he killed a dude.

>>32850657
>[ ] Call your brother. He probably deserves an update before you head to bed.

>>32850671
>>32850726
>>32850712
>>32850711
>>32850709
>>32850690
>>32850678

Everybody choosin' everything!

[+1 Multitasking]

>>32850759
Here's hoping we don't fuck both up by concentrating on neither!

Hey shep, mind if I give some friendly advice?
Check out a few other quests. Your writing feels a bit stilted if that makes sense. It's like you're just hitting bullet points to try and craft a narrative as opposed to using your words in a way to craft a lively scenario and a breathing world. Merc has this exact same problem.

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>>32850759
First thing's first: You look at your friends list. You select your brother's character name, Vertigo, and hit call.

RING

RING

RING

RING

RI-

“Aaagh. Wha- Hello?” Asks the groggy and obviously had been sleeping Vertigo.

“Hey, it's me.” You say.

“Who wha? God damn it, Anthony, I was sleeping.”

“Sorry about that.” You say, “Just wanted to check up on you, ask how you're doing, and to tell you that we're heading for you now.”

“Okay.. cool...”

“Where are you by the way?”

“Umm...” He takes in a long breath “Somewhere between Big Apple and Brotherhood.”

“Oh! So you and King got out of there?”

There is a pause.

“Oh.” You say.

“We're doing the long distance thing right now.” He says.

“Long distance never works.”

There is another long pause.

“Sorry.” You say, “I'm sure things will work out just fine.”

“When the guild gets enough money to expand into Brotherhood, that's when we'll get to see each other again.”

“You think that'll happen?”

“Well, it'll happen sooner or later, I just... I'm just worried that it will be later rather than sooner.”

You sigh and start whispering so no one else on the ship can hear you. “Everything's going to work out fine. Ninety percent sure a friend of mine is about to become some high ranking officer in the Morning Star over in Big Apple. When that happens we'll just explain what happened and I'm sure everyone will just agree that it was some really bad shit that went down, but no one is at fault.”

“You think so?”

“Yeah. Just get to Brotherhood, find a nice inn to stay in for a while, and I'll be there before you know it.”

“Okay.”

“Alright.” You say, “Go get some sleep. I'm sure you've earned it.”

“Okay.”

CLICK.

>>32851484
You stare up to the night sky and sigh.

Now the second biggest problem. Where the hell did Takeshi go!?

You look up and down. He seems to be nowhere on the ship. Then a sudden question creeps into your mind. If you are here, and Judi is there, WHO THE HELL IS DRIVING THIS THING!? You fling the door to the bridge and see Takeshi sitting in the chair, legs crossed, both lever full forward, and his eyes closed.

“WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING!?” You shout.

“The samurai code says that a warrior should meditate every day and every night.” Takeshi responds.

“Not while you're driving it doesn't!”

Takeshi meditates on your statement.

“Stop doing that!”

“You are right.” He finally responds, opening his eyes, “The samurai code says that one should always remain vigilant.”

Your hands seemed to want to strangle the assassin so much, but you put your hands up and just exhale your frustration. “Good. Do that. Remain vigilant while driving.”

He nods. “Just as the samurai code commands.”

You headed out of the room. You needed a drink badly.

You walk over the the partying quartet and snatch up a bottle of booze. “Fuck whatever you guys were singing a second ago, we're singing Protomen now!”

Canis give you a nod and mouths the words, “Hell yeah.”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mBcDoZnN8ac&feature=kp

When all the singing and merriment dies down you drift off to sleep.

You wake up looking at the bright blue sky.

[ ] Go find Lilac and talk to her about the race.
[ ] Put off talking to Lilac by talking to Canis and Aideen.
[ ] Put off talking to Lilac by talking to Judicature.
[ ] Other.

>>32851499
>[ ] Go find Lilac and talk to her about the race.

We are responsible

>>32851481
Any quests you can recommend that have the best/least-stilted writing?

>>32851499
>>[ ] Go find Lilac and talk to her about the race.

Probably angry dwarf time.

>>32851481
Oh yes, I like Merc, but worldbuilding is not one of his strengths.

>>32851518
Different anon, but I would recommend Deniable Assets Quest and Shadow Quest as starters.

>>32851499
>Find Lilac

>>32851499
>[x] Go find Lilac and talk to her about the race.

First, we tell her we liked her ride. She beat us fair and square. Then we tell her, that despite how awesome that ride worked, the needs to make it apparently didn't appeal to the 49ers. We tell her this is in a way, good. She gets to be unique. She's got her goddamn DwarfMobile. She's going to be the only one around in one, and everyone will be fucking Jealous. Tell her the whole situation they're gonna do, liberally reminding her that half the money is her team's. Then make sure that we then give her a hug, saying we're sad the 49ers aren't picking her model, but goddamn it is cool.

>>32851499
>[ ] Go find Lilac and talk to her about the race.

I would like to know what Aideen's class is at some point.

>>32851518
Magical Girl Noir Quest
Peter Parker Quest
Witcher Quest
Banished Quest
Deniable Assets Quest

Are probably the best written quests currently running.

>>32851585
He uses sighs, shrugs, and eye rolling like periods. It's not so much the world building or lack thereof that bother me about Merc it's that reading dialog exchanges feels like a chore because he treats it like a script rather than a book like quests should feel like (in my opinion).

>>32851644
>I would like to know what Aideen's class is at some point.
She's a LANDER. Probably commoner/basic expert or warrior.

>>32851518

Different anon, but Hellborn Quest and Witcher Quest both have good writing and are fairly new.

>>32851513
>>32851578
>>32851593
>>32851604
>>32851644

[+1 Gettin' down the buisness]

>>32851518
Books.

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>>32851484
>Foreshadowing for Judi and cohorts persecuting the shit out of our brother for his past wrongdoings
Oh dear.

>>32851780
Otis killed the Lander. Our brother was just scared.

>>32851808
I don't think the "put into eternal torment, then ask questions later" guild is going to draw that fine a distinction, anon.

And Ambrosis is dumb enough to bring the subject up to her guild, too.

>>32851753
And we have a winner.

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>>32851690
You slowly get up to your feet, the steel silk wobbles slightly beneath your feet. Brushing the stuff from your eyes, you look around. Judi is missing from the deck. You conclude she's probably driving right now.

You notice Lilac standing near the edge of the ship, arms resting on the railing.

You look down, arms at your side, trying to think of what to say.

Play it cool? Just go over there and say, Hey, I heard you lost, unlike me, who won, cause I'm awesome.

That's not cool at all, that just makes you sound like an asshole.

Perhaps just be honest? Hey, so, you won, but you lost. The 49erS are assholes, but they're paying us off for it.

Yeah, that sounds a bit better. Perhaps throw in some praise for her Dwarf Mobile? Yeah! Now that's a plan.

You head over to where she is, leaning down onto the railing. “Hey.” You say.

“Hello.” She replies.

“So, the race, right?”

“Riiiight?”

“Well, okay. Umm...” The plan you had just moments ago devised seems to have fluttered away from your mind. “You won.” You finally blurt out, “But you didn't win.”

“What... do you mean?”

“I mean that. Okay, hear me out completely first. You beat us. You won the race, right?”

“I certainly remember that, yes.”

“Okay, well, the 49erS don't like your car and they want to sell the,” You make air quotes. “'Best' racer, so they're saying I won instead of you because they can mass produce my design, but not your design.”

You steel yourself for the coming storm. You could feel it deep inside. She's going to yell and scream and thrash and gnash!

>>32852318
“Oh. Okay.” She says, “It makes sense from a business perspective.”

You would not be undone by her tricks. You continue to brace yourself.

“What are you doing?” Lilac asks.

“I'm readying myself for your sorcerer rage.”

She stares at you in silence, blinking a few times before she speaks again. “I'm not angry if that's what you mean.”

You ease your body. “Wait. Really?”

“Really.”

You bend down trying to examine the dwarf closer. You carry an unsure face as you try to determine if she is really okay with this, or secretly burn-the-world angry.

“Do you really not believe me?” She asks.

“I don't know yet.”

“Look, I didn't do this for fame or glory or money or... or anything! I did it so...” She goes silent and then goes back to staring off into the distance. “Forget it.”

[ ] “Just tell me.” You need to get to the bottom of this.
[ ] “Okay.” She'll tell you when she wants to.
[ ] Other.

>>32852340
>[X] “Just tell me.” You need to get to the bottom of this.

"I think it's an awesome piece of engineering, personally."

>>32852340
>[ ] “Just tell me.” You need to get to the bottom of this.

Whatever it is it's been bugging her since she started traveling with us.

>>32852340
>Just tell me
We're far too socially unaware to realize its a bad idea to push it. Besides, she needs to get this off her chest.

>>32852340
>[ ] “Just tell me.” You need to get to the bottom of this.
>I did it so..
Either secret feelings, or she just wants to be accepted as a good engineer, or she wanted to do something great before brain cancer kills her

>>32852340
>[ ] “Just tell me.” You need to get to the bottom of this.

>>32852340
[ ] “Just tell me WHILE WE BUILD AN AWESOMER LANDSHIP.”

>>32852391
Seconded.

>>32852340
>[X] “Just tell me.” You need to get to the bottom of this.
Also, you're still getting the full amount of prize money that was advertised. My team is too.

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>>32852415

Everybody's gotta know!

[+1 Knowledge on Lilac]

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>>32852444
“Just tell me.” You say, “It'll make you feel better.”

She looks to you, looks down at her feet, looks off to the horizon, then back to you. “I just...” She looks back down, hand on her head. “You can't tell this to anyone.”

You gotta know the answer, so you nod. “Okay.”

She sighs, looks up to the sky, chews on her lips a little and finally says, “I needed to prove to myself that I can still get things done. I... I don't really work in weapons design for the government. Well, I mean, I did, but I don't anymore. I was fired.”

“And?”

She mumbles, “And I was fired because I wasn't good enough anymore.”

You motion over to the chrome machine. “You built that. You raced it. It is the fastest racer in the west. Who cares what a bunch of old government dudes think about your stuff? You can do amazing work! Hell, with me and you working together, we can make the biggest fuck-huge land-ship the world has ever seen!”

She opens her mouth to say something, but then she just smiles. “I guess you're right.”

“Damn straight I'm right! That's the philosophy of not giving a fuck!” You pose and point to the sky, “Who gives a shit what other people think! As long as you know you can get the work done, you can do it!”

She chuckles, “Judi explained it a bit differently, but I guess you are right all the same.”

“Damn straight.” You repeat.

“We should get to work blueprinting your fuck-huge land-ship, then.”

“Hell yeah, mother fucker.”
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End session.

>>32852682
Aw fuck yeah. Pumped for next week!

>>32852682
Good End [Spoiler] For now [/Spoiler]

Did we sign a contract at the start of the race? This whole thing was probably in the contract.

It still feels bullshit they get our design and I don't think we'll be getting checks in the mail for every one produced.

>>32852682
So what next?

>>32852789
We'll be getting paid when we roll up to their office with our fuck-huge rail gun mounted on our fuck-huge land ship of doom

>>32852682

That was fun

And we covered most of the spoilers in your previous session so that's nice.

Did you expect people to get the correct answer to King in the Iron in the first minute of the thread?

>>32852789
It doesn't matter. There's no way in hell the adventurer population is respecting copyright on a steam engine. There might be a short duration where it makes the dudes money but they aren't managing some grand steam empire without ALOT more swindling.

>>32852818
I was quite concerned that no one would remember as I didn't even remember until I was explaining my quest to a friend. Then when I got to the Murder Mansion, I suddenly remembered the wand.

I went back in the archive to make sure that Judi had actually explained what it was and how it worked before leaving the hint.

Looking back, I'm really surprised that no one in the thread even made mention of it. People were too busy arguing about guild logistics to notice what I just gave them, I guess.

>>32852923
...I wonder if we can make more of that thing.

>>32852923
Would the wand have worked on whatever is inside the MiB's skin?

>>32852923
I think speculation was that it was dealing 100 damage and that's it.
The fact that it was insta-kill is really damn awesome, happy we managed it.
And hey, if Coyote is no longer fucking with people because the First Man is back?
Means that travel will be much safer, so suddenly night travel is possible.

>>32853008
Yes.

The 100 damage caveat was more of a contingency if you guys did something crazy, like try to shoot the moon or the earth with it.

I really did mean it to be a total and free one-shot anything stick, which is also why I only gave it one charge.

>>32853031
He'll probably murder the shit out of others, but not us. Yay for travel bonuses and night fighting!

>>32853083
>got to sleep on the road
>wake up to coyote guarding our camp
>just smiles and waves
This is a good feel

>>32853083
Well hey, gives us an advantage in the world - everyone else has to worry about a raid boss coming to beat them up, while we can just have smooth sailing get it? smooth sailing? because we've got a landship?.

>>32853008
We'll just ram our landship down its throat, and fire ALL the weaponry.

I love our landship, and now we're going to be improving it.

Landship has been made. Time to try and engineer an emergency blimp escape pod.

So the thread is saved on suptg now, right?

>>32853326
It is not. I cannot think of a good description for the session.

>>32853444
you feeling lucky punk?

>>32853444
>The Race's Aftermath?

>>32853471
Goin' with this.

On an unrelated note, next thread should have a bonus Vertigo story at the end of it, like the one from thread 14, unless people are no longer interested in that.

Before this is over, we need to find a reason to sing "just glue some gears on it (and call it steampunk)"

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>>32853534
Sounds good. Next Tuesday again, yeah?

Horrible things are going to happen to him, I'm sure.

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>>32853646
Yup. Next Tuesday.

>Spoilers
Did you know Leonardo specifically mentions lynchings happening in Big Apple before he left?

Did you know that at 1 damage a second, it would take an average raiding guild's tank about 3.79 IRL hours to hang to death?

That's 91 in-game hours.

>>32853780
CUT THE NOOSE

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>>32853780
ohgodnoohgodnoohgodnoohgodno

We need to build our death-landcruiser pretty fucking quick.

>>32853835
Our brother has already left.
We can come back with a asskicking landship and establish some goddamn law and order.

>>32853791
Speaking of, no one posted that image this thread.

I didn't save it. Can you provide?

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>>32853909
Daily Dose?

>>32853946
You know, considering when he posted that, I don't think we've Cut the Noose yet.

And we've sure as shit done none of the others.

I wonder if not Fleeing the King in Iron will come back to bite us.

Killing a Genius level monster in this world could have unforseen consequences.

>>32853985
Well we definitely feared No One back when Shep reminded us what Outis means in greek.

>>32854071
We didn't Beware the Grinning Man.

Instead, we stole his map to win our race, and made lots of money.

Going back to Boulder might not be the best experience.

>>32853985
Killing a Genius is pretty much pure benefit.
They're the ones killing the Ancients, and fucking up everything.
Now there's only 89 left in the world, and not all of them are awake.

>>32854110
Killing something is very, very rarely only a benefit in an ecosystem.

I believe that Log Horizon is just that--an ecosystem.

Geniuses serve a purpose--one and all, even if we don't know what it is yet. Remember, to the Landers, this world always existed. Nothing is without it's purpose.

We also know comparatively little about Genius level mobs. Maybe there are always 90 of them in the world. If you kill one, maybe another is created.

Or I'm just full of shit. I only watched the anime. I haven't read the LNs.