You pull the cloak over your head and quickly shove your head inside. It pushes past the barrier between the world inside your cloak and the real world with surprising ease. You find Ricky sitting cross legged, apparently waiting for you. He waves when you enter. Odd, he doesn't usually show that much acknowledgment of your existence. You think very hard about Chrys, Profectus, Darzi, and Fulvia wearing your cloak, trusting Ricky to get the picture. He scratches his chin with some of his inhumanly long, clawed fingers. After a moment a sanity-rending screech rips through your consciousness and the image of Chrys wearing your cloak burns itself into the forefront of your mind. It will likely haunt your dreams tonight. You focus on your feelings of gratitude towards Ricky and then pull your head out of your cloak.

You reel backwards once returned to the real world, taking a few deep breaths. Your head feels like it's been split open, but oddly enough you feel like you're getting used to it. You withdraw your spear and your Hiacian saber, then whip off your cloak and fold it neatly over one arm, offering it to Chrys. “Don't sell anything enchanted, don't sell anything Rhynian, don't sell anything too expensive, and only sell the crappy bottle of wine. The one with all that weird gunk floating on top.” Chrys nods her head brusquely. “As you say, Mikhael.” She takes the cloak gingerly, inspecting it carefully before putting it on. Nothing special happens, no tentacles rip her apart. She hesitantly shoves a hand past the event horizon of the inside lining and withdraws a single gold coin. “This is not nearly so bad as I was expecting.” She pushes the coin back into your cloak and nods.
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You turn your attention to Darzi. “We'll need a carriage, I want something large but no ostentatious or showy. I'll also need you to buy food, water, and tents for those who don't already have them. Basically Profectus, Skull Kid, Mortia, Fulvia, and I.” You choose then to address the group as a whole. “Who is the best here at haggling?” Profectus speaks up first. “Well, I've always been fairly particular about how much I pay for certain... services. I could probably weasel a good price out of folks.” Darzi grins. “Before I joined the guard I spent my entire life traveling from village to village selling worthless baubles at exorbitant prices.” Fulvia decides to cut in as well. “I have a long list of expense reports to provide context for how much we ought to spend on food and water supplies.” Finally, Chrys speaks as well. More out of a sense of obligation than actually having anything to contribute. “I have only just recently come to grips with your concept of currency.”

You clap your hands together. “Fantastic! Work together. Now then, off with you! Don't take long, don't get killed, don't get kidnapped, don't wander too far past the main thoroughfares near the docks, and above all else don't you dare let anyone undercut you on price. I expect at least three thousand silver after you finish selling all that.” Profectus laughs. “Doesn't the last request sort of counteract the rest of them?” You wave a hand dismissively.

They set off shortly thereafter. You watch them go, and can't help but worry. Chrys has always been nervous in large crowds. You know for a fact there is no bigger crowd than the dock markets at noon. Not to mention you're sending Profectus into one of the seediest, most crime ridden, vice-filled places in the Shahdom, if not in the entire world. He'll likely feel right at home, but that's what you're worried about. At least Fulvia and Darzi ought to be able to keep everyone together.
(2/3 or 4)

You clip your saber to the side of your armor, it seems almost designed to be worn with this set. You end up using your spear as a walking stick, holding it in hand while you walk through the city streets. You feel naked without your cloak, but there was no way your companions were going to be able to carry everything you wanted them to sell. It's best this way.

Mortia drags you from your thoughts. “So, where are we going?” Skull Kid nods. “Yeah, Mik. You've sorta been wandering at random.” You glance up, looking around. You've made your way down into the city proper, a nicer part of town but not quite as nice as the Noble District. You had a friend who used to live around here, a guy about your age you used to get into all sorts of trouble with. He was an apprentice to old Master Barakat. “No, this is the right way. We're making our way towards the north gate.” Skull Kid crosses his arms. “Are you sure? I could've sworn you'd made four left turns.” You grin. “That's the nature of this city. The streets are an unintelligible mess. Half of navigating the city is getting strategically lost and going in the general direction of things.”

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Skull Kid scrunches up his nose, but relents. You continue to wander in a generally 'northern' direction until you hit the wall that surrounds the majority of the city. In truth, buildings remain fairly tightly packed together for another half mile or so beyond the city walls, but it's mostly traveler's inns, seedy bars, animal stabling, housing for the poorest of the poor, and various other services. There is also a slave market outside the city walls, primarily catering to the major landowners that provide food for the city. Overall, not that much of interest. You end up sitting on a bench shaded by a large palm tree with Skull Kid and Mortia, watching travelers pass by on carts loaded with goods and weary mounts alike. The outer wall has fallen into disrepair lately, the city hasn't been besieged in centuries and the inner wall is far taller and stronger. There are a few kids climbing across the crumbling ramparts, and a lone guard watching them passively.

>You'd read a book, but Chrys has your cloak, and Darzi was carrying the egg last you saw. Meditate instead.
>Take this time to give Mortia and Skull Kid the rundown on Samjan culture, just the most important stuff.
>Look for a bar to sink a few drinks in and catch up on the news you've missed since your banishment.
>Write-in

>>34121008
about time

>>34121134
>Take this time to give Mortia and Skull Kid the rundown on Samjan culture, just the most important stuff.

>>34121139
I walked the dog and ran some errands.

>Take this time to give Mortia and Skull Kid the rundown on Samjan culture, just the most important stuff.

Give Mortia and Skull Kid the rundown on Samjan culture.

>>34121134
>Take this time to give Mortia and Skull Kid the rundown on Samjan culture, just the most important stuff.

>>34121134
>>Take this time to give Mortia and Skull Kid the rundown on Samjan culture, just the most important stuff.

>>34121134
>Take this time to give Mortia and Skull Kid the rundown on Samjan culture, just the most important stuff.
While
>Look for a bar to sink a few drinks in and catch up on the news you've missed since your banishment.

>>34121134
>>Take this time to give Mortia and Skull Kid the rundown on Samjan culture, just the most important stuff.
ask them what kind of weapon they would like to use and send the request to the group shopping

>>34121134
>>Take this time to give Mortia and Skull Kid the rundown on Samjan culture, just the most important stuff.

Social link-fu. Also, exposition.

>>34121259
Have Darzi fish for info while shopping

>>34121134

>Look for a bar to sink a few drinks in and catch up on the news you've missed since your banishment.

Let's get skull kid some real liquor

>>34121308
lets get him some real kebab! blow his god damned mind

then he'll know why he came here

Soma can't be that heartless and let Al-Gasreed and the gang die, how about we buy a carriage and mounts for Mortia, SK and Darzi. Have the gang each take turns on the guar/carriage so no one gets too tired.

>>34121134
>Take this time to give Mortia and Skull Kid the rundown on Samjan culture, just the most important stuff.

>>34121134
>Take this time to give Mortia and Skull Kid the rundown on Samjan culture, just the most important stuff.

>Take the time to give Witch and SK the what's what.
Writin'

>>34121525
>inb4 Soma just uses the answers given from th ask page.

>>34121702
>implying you wouldn't

>Would trying to make vys flow through an object similar to how vys flows through vatis while mediating be a good starting point for attempting to mediate on Permanency?
>It actually would be, it's a good idea. The trick is to make that vys flow self-sustaining.
I can't wait to try this out.

>>34121757
OUD time.

>>34121757
>>34121779

Let's try it with our charge sword-thing?

>>34121817
Speaking of which, we should test out that sword with three gems.

>>34121817
>>34121844
We need to do it with something that isn't enchanted in order to learn Permanency.

>>34121895
Says who? If anything, trying it out by using an object that holds vatis in itself as a starting point SHOULD help us understand it better

>>34121934
>an object that holds vatis
vys

>>34121934
They already have a stable vys flow, we need an object that doesn't and give it one in order to learn Permanency.

>>34121973
S-sorry.

>>34122016
Again, says who? By dissecting the way one that does it already works, we can use it to gain an insight into how it works. Do you even reverse engineer?

>>34122055
Mastering a spell requires you to actually preform it not just emulate it.

>>34122105
>preform it not just emulate it.

I'm not sure we're understanding each other

>>34122204
I don't know about you but I'm the who invented the method in the first place.

>>34121008
>New Starter

Wait what? Since when?

>>34122283
Right, let me try this again. The method you proposed was a good one, so let's try it. However instead of going into it fucking blind let's try to learn how it works with the gem, and bring whatever we learn there into our future attempts.

>>34122288
It's been used for .5 threads for a while now.

>>34122332
The gem uses a rune to store vys. We'll learn nothing useful.

>>34122350
Damm I Must be blind then I've seen it posted that one thread but not as a starter

>>34122379
I wasn't aware

Did we ever have a talk with fulvia?

>>34122452
Not yet.

>>34122452
Read the quest.

>>34122428
If anything we should be studying how the vys flows through the object to sustain the enchantment.

>>34122478
Mother fucker I do and I have, I just though I might have missed it because of how cooperative fulvia is being

>>34122482
That's what I was getting at, I guess I'm just bad at words

You shift in your seat and absentmindedly bounce your foot. Why are you feeling so fidgety? This isn't like you at all. You sigh, and turn your attention to Mortia and Skull Kid to distract yourself. You probably ought to give them a rundown on the do's and don'ts of Samjan culture and, you suppose, this world in general. “I suppose now is as good a time to have this conversation as ever. Listen up.” Mortia glares at you. “What gives you the right to go ordering me around? I'm here by choice, because you said you planned to restore the empire.”

Skull Kid answers before you're able. “Lady-” She cuts him off. “Mortia. My name is Mortia. Why does nobody ever call me by my name?” Ugh, talk about moody. “Fine, Mortia. Whatever. What I'm trying to say is we've just been teleported to entirely new dimension surrounded by dark skinned elves-” You interrupt him. “Samjan, not elves. Elves are degenerate, inbred, incompetent, quarrelsome idiots. With the exception of Profectus of course, he's okay.” Skull Kid would probably be glaring at you, if he had eyes. “Damn it, Mik. You're just as bad as her. Let me finish.” How on Earth could he think you just as bad as Mortia? Her issue was petty and insignificant! He just insulted your entire race, you were well within your rights to correct him! You'll keep your mouth shut. For now. “All I'm saying is that we probably ought to listen to the native, you know? He's been around the block a few more times than we have.”

(1/3 or 4)

Mortia crosses her arms, but nods her head. “You're right, fine then. Say whatever it was you were going to say.” You nod your head. “First off Mortia, don't be so haughty.” You head her off before she has a chance to interrupt. “You're a foreigner in a land where foreigners have almost no rights. Just to drive a point home, if I were to have sex with you my people would consider it a crime on par with raping one of my own. I would be branded and cast out into the wilds while you would either be killed or sent to your homeland. You are quite literally lower on the social ladder than slaves, only slightly better than animals as far as the law is concerned.” Skull Kid seems irritated. “You see, Mik. This is the sort of thing you ought to tell me before I commit to living in your reality.” You wave him off. “Oh, that doesn't really apply as much to you as it does her. You're more likely to be viewed as some strange artifact I discovered. So long as you keep your helmet down, I can pass you off as some sentient guardian of some ancient ruin that I managed to capture and convince to serve me.”

He seems relatively okay with this, and Mortia is too busy brooding to respond. You press onward. “With that out of the way, just let me say that most Samjan aren't as hostile to foreigners as the law would suggest, especially not in larger cities. So long as you don't wander off all by yourself you should be fine. Not to mention you're a Vatis-” Mortia interrupts you. “Not a vatis, but a venefica. My mother always said that there was a difference between the two.” You raise an eyebrow. You've heard vague stories about venefica, women who supposedly ingested small amounts of poison until their bodies were so toxic a kiss could kill a man. You'd never lent such stories much credence. “And what exactly does it mean to be a venefica?”
(2/3 or 4)

She grins, seems she likes pretending to be the smartest person in the room, metaphorically speaking that is. “It's a trade that has been passed down matrilineally in my family for untold generations. Though like vatis I am able to use some magic, primarily nature magic, most of my talent comes as an alchemist. I can brew potions that will drag a man's spirit back from the land of the dead or poisons that will kill even the hardiest of soldiers with but a whiff of their noxious fumes.” You think on that for a moment, and then nod. “Very well then, I believe your art may have been lost to the ages but I will keep it in mind. For now, simply say you're a Vatis. It will open far more doors than saying you're a venefica or what have you.” You wave a hand absentmindedly, trying to recall what you were talking about before this.

“Look, I'll just skip to the important stuff. If someone touches their middle and fore fingers to their forehead and chest while bowing, it means you are in their heart and mind. You ought to return the gesture, assuming the person making it isn't an asshole. Don't make unnecessary contact with people, we don't shake hands like some cultures do, and consider the practice uncomfortable. Oh! You both seem like very clean people. Even in comparison to my own. If you wish to bathe you may go to the public bathhouses. There are facilities separated by sex but mixed bathing is also available. Don't scratch your neck in public, some people might think you're telling them to leave in a very rude manner. Don't bite your thumb, even if you're just chewing your nail. That's basically telling someone to gargle penis...” This goes on for quite a while, you filling them in mostly on things not to do. You'd never realized it, but your people have a lot of different ways to insult one another.
(3/4)

You finally wrap up your little speech, leaning back comfortably on the bench. The sun has moved a fair bit of the way across the sky but there still isn't any sign of your friends. You'd estimate that you've spent about two hours just talking and relaxing. Maybe you ought to find some way to better fill the time...

>Look for a restaurant, you're hungry and it's about lunch time.
>Just wait, you don't want to miss them or risk being identified.
>Maybe going looking for your old Master wouldn't be such a bad idea after all...
>You really should visit your family, if only to tell them you're alive...
>Check in on your other companions, just to see how they're doing.
>Write-in

>>34122821
>That's basically telling someone to gargle penis...”
L-lewd

>>34122848
>Look for a restaurant, you're hungry and it's about lunch time.
>Check in on your other companions, just to see how they're doing.

>>34122848
>>Maybe going looking for your old Master wouldn't be such a bad idea after all...
>>Check in on your other companions, just to see how they're doing.

>>34122848
>>Check in on your other companions, just to see how they're doing.
We just said don't go wandering on your own.

Rolled 9, 13, 15 = 37 (3d20)

>>34122848
>Maybe going looking for your old Master wouldn't be such a bad idea after all...
Inform our companions of course.

>>34122848
>>Maybe going looking for your old Master wouldn't be such a bad idea after all...
ask him to come here
>>You really should visit your family, if only to tell them you're alive...

>>34122848

>Just wait, you don't want to miss them or risk being identified.
>Check in on your other companions, just to see how they're doing.

>>34122848
>Check in on your other companions, just to see how they're doing.
Start teaching Skull Kid the basics of magic.

>>34122848
>>Maybe going looking for your old Master wouldn't be such a bad idea after all...

>>34122848
>Check in on your other companions, just to see how they're doing.

>Maybe going looking for your old Master wouldn't be such a bad idea after all...

>>34122848
>Just wait, you don't want to miss them or risk being identified.
>Check in on your other companions, just to see how they're doing.

>>34122848
>Check in on your other companions, just to see how they're doing.

>You really should visit your family, if only to tell them you're alive...

>>34122848
>Check in on your other companions, just to see how they're doing.
Better stay put, ask Mortia and SK what kind of melee weapons they'd prefere.

>>34122848
>>Just wait, you don't want to miss them or risk being identified.
>Check in on your other companions, just to see how they're doing.

>>34122848
>Maybe going looking for your old Master wouldn't be such a bad idea after all...
>Check in on your other companions, just to see how they're doing.

Rolled 1, 2, 2 = 5 (3d20)

>>34122848
>Check in on your other companions, just to see how they're doing.
If they haven't been kidnapped or whatever:
>Maybe going looking for your old Master wouldn't be such a bad idea after all...
Just remember to play a prank on him.

>>34122848
>Maybe going looking for your old Master wouldn't be such a bad idea after all...
>Check in on your other companions, just to see how they're doing.

>>34122986
>>34122916
>>34122933
>>34122937
>>34122976
>>34123044
>>34123059
>>34123083
>Go look for your old master.

>>34122988
>>34122937
>Family

>>34123043
>>34122987
>>34123009
>>34122925
>>34122966
>>34122975
>>34122977
>Stay put, presumably

>>34122878
>Grab some eats

You'll definitely be checking in on your companions, that seems damn near unanimous. I assume you're taking Mortia and Skull Kid with you to find your old Master, but if you'd rather leave them here speak up.

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>>34122848
>Maybe going looking for your old Master wouldn't be such a bad idea after all...

>>34122848
>>Check in on your other companions, just to see how they're doing.
>just wait. you dont want to miss them or risk being identified

>>34123130
I'd rather not go check on our master.

>>34123130
Take them with us

>>34123130
Yes, take them with us. We can't trust them to not completely fuck up/

>>34123159
Well, them's the breaks man. Majority rules and all that.

>>34123130
Bring them.

>>34123130
Bring 'em. The old coot ought to be delighted with Mortia.

>>34123130
Sure let's take them with us.

>>34123130
Yeah, nah Master can wait another day.

>>34123130
>explain to SK and Mortia that foreigners are dirt in Samjan law
>okay now that you know i'm gonna leave ya here with no brooch communication between us and go visit and old friend good luck bye!

Yeaaaah naaah. Pretty sure it's a good idea to keep 'em with us.

>>34123130
Fuck this is not going to end well.
Why the hell are we wanting to see a man that essentially tortured us during our training? Also how much do we know about his view on our banishment.

>>34123201
Adventure, dude.

>>34123130
Don't leave the strangers without comm devices alone. EVER.

>>34123201
hes cool with it

>>34123201
Agian read the ask page.

>>34123201
>Why the hell are we wanting to see a man that essentially tortured us during our training?
What? He lovingly raised and nurtured us into a capable Vatis.

>>34123201
He is guaranteed to not betray us.

>>34123245
That sounds like meta-knowledge.

>>34123370
It's IC knowledge. That why he posted it there.

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>>34123201
Because we became Water Vatis Master race because of him.

>>34123370
In character we know, our close family and master were saddened by our banishment.
Plus, Soma is planning on making a pastebin for our old contacts.

>>34123370
some of it is, most of it is stuff mik knows in character or things that are already irrelevant.

is soma ded

>>34123727
Soma is kill

>>34123727
It is worse than that, it must be the dreaded Imouto Curse.

>>34123727
>>34123738
man you guys are impatient

>>34123776
im worried

30mins, he should be posting anytime

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>>34123738
>less than 30 minutes

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>>34123727
>>34123738
It only takes him awhile because he posts everything all at once instead of posting what he has as he types it.

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You stand up, clapping your hands together. “Well, lets go on an adventure. Our friends have a lot of goods to sell and I doubt they're going to be done any time soon.” Skull Kid seems hesitant. “Are you sure that's a good idea?” You shrug your shoulders. “No, but I'm going to do it anyway and you're going to come with me. I'm not leaving you two here alone to get mugged or kill people or something else terrible.” Skull Kid sighs, but relents. Mortia, surprisingly enough, raises even less complaint. You get the feeling she was bored, or maybe she's giving you the silent treatment. Who cares?

While you make your way once more through the gates and into the city you reach out towards Darzi, Chrys, Fulvia, and Profectus. {How are things progressing?} There is a brief delay before Darzi responds. {Everything is going well. We have recently offloaded the jewelry, weapons, and mundane armor. I like to think we got a good price for it. The jewelry went for about three hundred silver and the armor and weapons for almost a thousand.” You nod, that sounds about what you were expecting. You turn your attention to Skull Kid and Mortia. “What sort of weapons do you want? Melee weapons, that is? I can't have you shooting guns off left and right here.” Skull Kid scratches his chin for a moment. “I want a big ass hammer, a warhammer. That's something your people have, right?” You nod your head, they're not particularly common but they exist. Mortia simply shrugs. “I will stick with my sword, it has been in my family for untold generations.” That works for you. {Be so kind as to pick up a warhammer while you're shopping, for Skull Kid to use.}

(1/2)

>>34123130
so has any of our immediate family gone prematurely batshit insane? i want to know if we have a genetic predisposition towards this shit

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Darzi responds in the affirmative. You decide not to tell her you're going to visit your Master, ideally you'll be in and out long before they're done shopping and there is no sense in worrying her. You make your way steadily through the city towards the Grand Library in the distance. You end up getting lost and wandering off course, though you act like you know exactly where you're going. Don't want to look like a target, after all. Eventually you stumble onto a wooden pier packed with people, the Grand Library just up ahead. Market stalls are set up on floating ships and crowd the water around you. You're assaulted on all sides by the sounds and smells of home.

You're tempted to stop and buy some kebab, some real kebab. Not that crap you ate in the hotel room. Unfortunately all of your money was inside the cloak. You really have come to rely on that thing. Ah well, your Master will likely have something to eat. You make your way carefully through the open air market until you pass once more onto stone streets, and then pause to get an idea of where you are. As you're surveying the area you spot a familiar face standing at a fruit stall arguing fervently with the man working it. Rajani Demir, one of your fellow apprentices. A particularly dark-skinned woman with an odd fashion sense. She's wearing the robes of a Master, just like you are over your armor. You seem to recall her as a shy, bookish woman more likely to simply shell out as much money was asked than risk conflict. Clearly the years have hardened her.

>Greet her! You've known her since you were both twelve, surely she wouldn't turn you in!
>Move on, you know your Master well enough to know he detest the Shahdom, but you can't speak for Rajani.
>Observe for a while, listen in.
>Write-in

>>34123898
>Observe for a while, listen in.

>>34123898
>Observe for a while, listen in.
Gotta feel the lay of the land

>>34123898
>Move on, you know your Master well enough to know he detest the Shahdom, but you can't speak for Rajani.

>>34123898
>>Move on, you know your Master well enough to know he detest the Shahdom, but you can't speak for Rajani.

No cloak, no captain, no risks.

>>34123898

>Observe for a while, listen in.

>>34123898
>>Observe for a while, listen in.
And go to meet your master, even though I'm against it.

>>34123898
>Move on, you know your Master well enough to know he detest the Shahdom, but you can't speak for Rajani.
No point risking it.

>>34123898
>Observe for a while, listen in.

>>34123898
>Move on, you know your Master well enough to know he detest the Shahdom, but you can't speak for Rajani

>>34123898
>>Move on, you know your Master well enough to know he detest the Shahdom, but you can't speak for Rajani.

>>34123898
>Move on, you know your Master well enough to know he detest the Shahdom, but you can't speak for Rajani.

>>34123898
>Move on, you know your Master well enough to know he detest the Shahdom, but you can't speak for Rajani.

>>34123898
>>Move on, you know your Master well enough to know he detest the Shahdom, but you can't speak for Rajani.

>>34123898

Move on, you know your Master well enough to know he detest the Shahdom, but you can't speak for Rajani

>>34123898
>Observe for a while, listen in.
I'm wondering if she's a potential companion.

>>34124006
We ain't captain of a pirate ship we don't need to get ten companions!

>>34124006
We have more than enough.

>>34124051
>>34124057
The more the merrier.

>>34123977
>>34123972
>>34123958
>>34123947
>>34123946
>>34123985
>>34123988
>>34123999
>>34124003
>Move on

>>34123935
>>34123937
>>34123949
>>34123953
>>34123959
>>34124006
>Observe

>>34124076
>The more the more loot gets divided
ftfy

>>34123876
So how didn't Skullkid and Fulvia notice we keep talking to our companions through our head?

>>34124006
Only if you want to make a group of wandering minstrell named Mik and the Gang

>>34124101
We can talk to Fulvia in our head too, and it's not like we're staring off blankly into space or moving our mouth or anything.

>>34124101
Fulvia knows, and I kind of recall we said so to SK

>>34124092
as if we could do anything with all the enchanted shit we collect other than use it to equip further soldiers in our adventuring army anyways.

>>34124092
We'll soon be able to make our own loot.

>>34124151
>sell it
>gain mats and services

>>34124151
I want an airship soon.

>>34124101
>>34124122
>>34124143
I meant Mortia.

>>34124101
Meant Mortia I guess?

>>34124162
Given the timescale of getting gud w/enchanting "soon" only works in this instance if you're going on valve time.

>>34124190
We could get Mortia to help us maybe.

>>34124181
An airship would be nice. Great big floaty cloud boats are always nice.

>>34124190
>Given the timescale of getting gud w/enchanting
As we lose sanity we become better at enchanting. Also we make enchanted items without runes using Permanency which we have an idea of how to get.

>>34124256
Yup, valve soon. Lots of potentials. Not a lot of commitments.

>>34124092
The more guys we have, the more difficult dungeons we can tackle.

>>34124277
Quite true. So you want her as a party member? I mean, she is a master after all.

>>34124256
I think to learn permanency we should study those lamps we got from the mine, I remember the vys looped inside of it in two loops.
It looked like it draws vys from the outside to sustain itself.

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As much as you'd like to catch up with an old friend, it's just not worth the risk. She seems to win the argument at least, judging by the way she grabs two of the pomegranates from the stall and shoves them into a canvas sack dangling over her shoulder. She passes the man a handful of silver coins and wanders off. You note with some amusement that she still over payed for those pomegranates, despite all the arguing. You keep on walking, up the hill towards the Grand Library. Your Master's home was just off the main thoroughfare a short distance from the library's gates.

The homes here are much nicer than in the area of the city you'd just left. Not as night as the homes in the Noble District, but damn near. Most Vatis are assigned a home in this area when they attain their robes, in fact yours wasn't that far from your Master's, though you're sure by now it's been reassigned to some other Vatis. Most of the houses are at least two stories with sturdy stone walls. The streets are almost abandoned save for a few market stalls, carts, and pedestrians. Most of the houses are connected by a series of walkways, so Vatis rarely need to actually set foot on the ground to move about within the district. Your Master's home is particularly well appointed. Five stories tall with lots of windows to allow natural light in and a wide range of facilities. A benefit of being so old, apparently. He's well over five hundred, though he never told you his exact age.

He probably already knows you're here, the trees outside of his door are his eyes and ears after all. You eye the stone step in front of his door with some small amount of paranoia before checking the awnings overhead for precariously dangling ice sickles or other hazards. You don't spot anything immediately obvious...

>Knock on the door.
>Go through the side entrance, the one for deliveries only. He might not be expecting it!
>Write-in

>>34124297
>>34124277
Please no, Managing more than a small group will become tiresome for players AND Soma

>>34124312
>Go through the side entrance, the one for deliveries only. He might not be expecting it!

>>34124312
>Go through the side entrance, the one for deliveries only. He might not be expecting it!
Fun

>>34124312
>>Knock on the door.

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>>34124312
>Knock on the door.

>>34124312
Use Manipulate to knock on the door.

Rolled 13 (1d20)

>>34124312
Use powers to make a nice bridge over walls.
Also rolling for spot check

>>34124297
Meh, maybe? If she seems interesting.

>>34124380
I'll second this.

>>34124312
>>34124380
This and >Go through the side entrance, the one for deliveries only. He might not be expecting it!

>>34124380
Thirdang.

>>34124312
>Knock on the door.

I doubt after 5 centuries we will be getting the drop on the old man.

>>34124380
Second

>>34124421
What's stop us from trying?

>>34124393
>>34124380

>>34124312
I like it!

>Knock on the door.
You'll use the manipulate spell to keep your distance. That will put you at 29/30 vys.

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>>34124439
Looking dumb in front of our two companions?

>>34124478
It'll happen either way.

>>34124514
Well, this is a quest on /tg/ so I have to agree with you on that.

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You gather your vys, though not much. It will only require a small fraction of your available vys pool to accomplish what you intend to accomplish. As you discharge the spell three loud knocks echo through the house. The door actually shakes a bit from the force, you might have put a bit more power behind that than you'd intended. Regardless, a voice calls down from the second floor balcony. Despite the obvious age of the speaker his voice is still filled with surprising strength. “Come in already, you silly bastard! The door's unlocked! What took you so long? Do you know how anxious I've been, waiting? You better have something to show for these weeks you've been gone, pup!”

Ahh, home sweet home. You make your way carefully towards the door, checking each step in front of you for ice or other dangers. Once, the stone drops away just before you set your foot down but you're quick enough to shift your foot and avoid tripping. When you reach the door, you step pointedly out of the doorway and motion for your companions to go first. Skull Kid seems hesitant, but Mortia opens the door with blasé arrogance...

The door swings open and there is terribly loud rush of air as pressurized steam is released from a barrel just on the other side of the door. Mortia is knocked clean off her feet, landing unceremoniously on her ass but fortunately not cracking her head against the stone. Your master has toned down the pressure, you see. Once you've helped her to her feet you step through the door and make your way into the first floor, your companions following you only reluctantly. The first floor is given over to the baths. A large pool surrounded by pillars, various alcoves surrounding it for the storage of clothes or to afford one privacy. The air is hot and humid, the baths kept hot by enchanted network of pipes that stretch out from the Grand Library. Much of the city lacks running water, but the Vatis district has always had it.
(1/2)

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You turn, and make your way to a stairwell. It twist around up to the second floor, and it seems like your old master has chosen to spare you the usual hazard of ice-covered steps. The second floor is your master's living space, a lavish sitting area filled with lush carpeting and plush pillows. Your master himself sits in a corner adjacent the long colonnade that opens up onto the balcony, a silver bit hanging out of his mouth. Blue smoke drifts lazily from his nostrils as he sees you enter, an apprentice probably no older than thirteen fidgeting uncomfortably to your Master's right. “Gods above, Mik. Take off that helmet. What are you, expecting a fight? Come here to kill me? Of course not.” He waves a hand dismissively.

Age has turned the once proud Karim Ahmad into a hunchbacked old man. His eyes are solid white, marking him as blind. Despite the disability you can't recall ever being able to get the jump on him. He has an almost preternatural sense of perception, afforded to him by his skill with Nature magic. He has a thick goatee, grey with streaks of black, and his hair has gone almost solid white. Rather than the robes of a Grandmaster, he wears simple brown robes layered on top of one another. They're more comfortable, apparently. How he can dress so heavily in the middle of the desert, you'll never know.

"Well? Why are you standing there gawking, boy? Your wits left you? You're not allowed to go crazy before I do, still need someone I can trust to put me down when the time comes. Gods know you'll have to, I'll kill that bastard... wait, what was his name again? Ah well, doesn't matter. I'll kill some bastard, probably. How have your travels been treating you? I hope you've gotten laid, boy. You never did get laid enough. Downright uptight, that's what you were!"

You've missed this old asshole.

>Tell your master of your travels.
>Ask him about his new apprentice.
>Introduce your companions to your Master.
>Write-in

>>34125045
>all three

>>34125045
>>Introduce your companions to your Master.
>Tell your master of your travels.

>>34125045
>Tell your master of your travels.
I love this old shit already

>>34125045
>Introduce your companions to your Master.
>Tell your master of your travels.
>Ask him about his new apprentice.

>>34125045
>Tell your master of your travels.
>Ask him about his new apprentice.
>Introduce your companions to your Master.

Master is giving Ricky a run for his money for best waifu.

>>34125118

why not both?

>>34125045
All three in the reverse order of their presentation.
Its only polite.

>Introduce your companions to your Master.
>Ask him about his new apprentice.
>Tell your master of your travels.

>>34125045
>Introduce your companions to your Master.
>Ask him about his new apprentice.
>Tell your master of your travels.

Introductions first then wax on about our very eventful month.

>>34125045
>>Tell your master of your travels.
>>Ask him about his new apprentice.
>>Introduce your companions to your Master.
fuck yeah. we're going to kill time may as well do it till we have to leave. He may give us something for at least visiting him. also when we leave tell him to stop by our parents and let them know we're fine and thriving in the world.

>>34125045
>Tell your master of your travels.
>Tell him you have a dragon as a kid now, also your best bro is a monster from the void

>>34125132
>>34125045
This guy knows what's up. Supportan'.

>>34125045
>Introduce your companions to your Master.

>Tell your master of your travels.

>>34125132
>>34125045
Based. Supportan this.

>All three
Reverse order does seem to make the most sense, so that's the order I'll write it in. Will probably be a long post.

>>34125176
I'll wait four days and subsist on chalk preserved raisins and lemon juice for your posts Soma. Take your time.

>>34125045
Ask the old basterd about the heart and who the Wander Merchant Saddik is! Afterwards of course. Manners and stories first.

>>34125190
>chalk preserved raisins

is, ah. is that a thing?

I really wish we had the cloak. There is so much cool shit in there we could show him.

Also
>Grandmaster Water Vatis
>Blind
For what reason?

>>34125190
You can preserve food with calcium carbonate? NIfty.

>>34125045
>>Tell your master of your travels.
How have you been you crazy bastard? Id show you some of the stuff that i have acquired but my extra-deminsional cloak is with my companions while they sell some wears.

>>34125231
It's a curse anon.
Or to show off.

>>34125231
No need to heal them, that and it they are technically healthy, I mean the guy is 500 something years old, he should be blind by that age

>>34125231
>Grandmaster Water Vatis
>Blind
He's a Grandmaster in nature too.

>>34125269
Lets get this nigga some transplants

>>34125248
curse my ass, these days niggas cant even enchant up a heated butter knife. aint noone out there thats gonna permanently cripple a water vatis what dont wanna be crippled. my guess is he thinks of the eyes as useless vestigial strash now that he gm up in that nature magic

>>34125280
500 years old i'd be surprised he's not a grandmaster in most of the elements.

>>34125302
He's Grandmaster in only 2 elements.

I'd venture a guess that he chose not to heal his eyes for a reason, most likely to become grandmaster in nature or some shit.

>>34125302
anyone ever calculate our max vis pool with all elements grandmastered and all our current effects learned?

also, we need to get enchanting mastered quick. the sooner we can make vis batteries like the shockwave sword, the better.

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>Master why didn't you heal your eyes?
>Where I'm going Mik, I won't need eyes.

>>34125302
He just don't care

>>34125342
He said it'd take like 6 threads or something, so nobody wants to do it.

>>34125360
10 threads to reach the next rank.

>>34125360
10 of non stop meditating on enchanting and experimenting

>>34125378
Considering how bad Soma is at estimating it will probably take twice that time.

>>34125378
>>34125375
How long with spice?
Why is it so fucking long, he was supposed to give us working knowledge of enchanting.
How many times would we have to do it just to get some basic use out of it?

>>34125378
this quest couldnt even survive that. that would kill it.
and if its gonna take like, 50 threads of on the side meditation to earn a single rank, then whats the point?
are you sure thats right?

>>34125269
If his eyes are whited out, then no, that is not "healthy". Wrap a white cotton shirt over your eyes and tell me you can see correctly. Water Vatis or no, his eyes are reflecting/refracting more light than is getting in.

>>34125438
>>34125439
Enchanting is FUCKING HARD to learn without a proper but Soma said he will revamp the enchanting system soon.

>>34125493
*teacher

>>34125493
"fucking hard" is fine and dandy, but "so hard its useless" is exactly how it sounds. useless. why even have it if its basically inaccessible until we have a teacher?

but like you said. revamp. hope that shit comes soon. or that we find a book on this shit somewhere. lord knows weve been through the deepest darkest ancient magitech ruin we could find without getting any. though the loot was tres excellent otherwise

>>34125621
We just have to find a teacher.

>>34125656
Well, there's this rumor I heard from a barkeep about an ancient accursed mask...

>>34125656
Lets just have Ricky learn, he's got infinite time anyway

>>34125621
He said we got it way earlier than expected so these problems are expected.

>>34125665
Bitch I will cut you so deep your subconscious desire for life will split itself into nothingness. It'll be like you were forced to read through the gantz manga four thousand times whilst simultaneously watching three million hours of House reruns beamed directly into your skull. BITCH.

>>34125656
like i said. whats the point of having it if its useless without a teacher.
we might as well not know shit about runes and just have a basic clue of where to find a teacher. that would actually put us in a better place than we are now. you understand the frustration?

>>34125700
*to be

>>34125719
no

>>34125679
I honestly can't think of any reasons why this would be a bad thing.

>>34125756
Right?

>>34125771
pls no

>>34125791
>>34125679
It's a great idea.
Just imagine how helpful he could be with Rune power.

>>34125843
How would he learn it if it's in our head?

>>34125878
Because so is Ricky

>>34125878
wait
shit

doesn't that mean he could passively learn it anyways?
he reads our mind for a living already

>>34125898
he should be careful in there. might catch our crazy.

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>>34125717
You rack disiprine, you not strong enough to make man cry!

>>34125901
He read what we concetrate on. Nothing to suggest he can read any deeper.

>>34125935
So when we meditate on stuff and read, concentrating real hard on magic and learning...

>>34125935
He knows what we want from him before we do, and he anticipates us when we stick our head in. I'd say he's more inside our head than he lets on

Why did Ricky pick Chrys?

>>34125967
She's crazy like us.

>>34125967
He sees deep in her heart, she is the waifu for Mik.

>>34125967
She can hear the voices too

>>34125967
She's next in line on the crazy train. She's our insane heir.

>>34125981
>>34125983
True.

>>34125982
Probably not.

>>34125982
Oh shit he's gonna take her out so we're all his!
Smooth move best girl Ricky, smooth move.

>>34125967

And, more concerning, why could we understand him now?

>>34125967
Handlebars make it easier to drag someone into the cloak.

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>>34125987
>She's our insane heir.

That is terrifying.

>>34126009
Tentcles.
And then Ricky never let Chrys wear him again. The end.

>>34126042
This is how two grandmaster earth vatis copulate.

>>34126064
More like, and that's how the Samjan race was created

One hell of a post this will be.

>>34126211
soma is kill

>>34126211
Probably end of thread.

>>34126211
Every sentence we utter will be interrupted by old-man comments.

>>34126042
i wish that i could instantly denude women with my raw male sexuality..

>>34126303
You can denude me anytime anon.

>>34126358
you wish to be the little girl?

>>34126451
Of course

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You absentmindedly reach up and undo the clasp on your helmet, removing it with some difficulty. You feel something warm running down your back, and when you look at the helmet you see a long spike protruding from the back, it would've stabbed right into your spine. Now that you've removed it, the spike retracts. You heal the gaping hole in the back of your head before returning your Master's greeting. “Master I cannot tell you how much I had come to miss you in the time I've been gone.” Master Karim waves a hand dismissively. “Oh come off it, Mikhael. What are you trying to do, talk your way into my bed? You know I don't swing that way. I'd never be able to give up wondrous femininity. Anyway, sit down! Who are these tag-along foreigners you've got with you, and why's the one got the metal bits all over himself? That doesn't seem healthy, shoving metal into yourself and all that. Seems painful.” You cross the room and sink into one of the plush cushions. Your companions uncomfortably following suit, Mortia especially seems out of her element. Perhaps it's merely because she received the blunt of your master's steam cannon blast, but she watches him like at any moment he's liable to attack her or something.

(1/a fuck ton.)

“Master, may I present to you Tha-” Skull Kid interrupts you. “Don't you even start, Mik. Don't you even start.” You smirk. “Ah, right. How could I be so absentminded? He prefers Skull Kid. As for this beautiful young woman-” Mortia interrupts. “Don't try to butter me up, pointy ears.” You ignore her, pressing onward. “-her name is Mortia. Isn't she just lovely?” Your Master grins wryly. “Quite the friends you've got here, Mik. I can really feel the love in this room. I'm sure glad you've got-” Your master seems to lose interest in sarcasm, waving a hand dismissively. “Well, you get my point. Seriously, are these the best friends you could scrounge up? Knew I should've socialized you more, won't make my mistake with this one...”

You laugh. “No, I have other friends. They're currently in the marketplace doing some shopping. These are merely two new additions to my little gaggle of misfits. I'm afraid they're taking the shift in dimensions a tad harshly.” Mortia comments with no small amount of annoyance to Skull Kid. “Look at them, talking about us like we're not here. Bastards.” Skull Kid remarks confused. “Aren't we doing the exact same thing right now?” Your master answers his question. “Yeah, you are. Now we're all assholes. Just one big gaggle of crochety bastards, except you three are far too young to be crochety. I'm five hundred, I've earned the right to be crochety. You three need to shut up and get happy.”

(2/?)

>>34126470
Thank god, Soma. Shit was starting to get weird in here.

You hold up your hands in mock surrender. “Who says I'm not happy? I'm, frankly, elated to be home. My venture into an alternative universe was entirely unpleasant. Seriously, don't leave this one if you don't have to.” Your master nods his head slowly, taking a long drag from the silver bit in his mouth. As he exhales a billowing cloud of smoke through his nostrils you decide to ask about the terrified young man standing to your Master's right. “Who's the new apprentice. It doesn't seem he's gotten used to your antics, yet.” Your master waves a hand dismissively. “Nah, it's not that. Just that the boy is timid as a leaf. I've even been going easy on him! Turned down the pressure on the steam cannon and everything! Know how hard it was to figure out how that thing worked all over again? Not very, but it took a while! What were we talking about again? Oh yeah! Ask the boy his own damn name, I'm not introducing him. Boy needs to learn to toughen up.”

(3/why are these paragraphs so long)

You turn your attention to the boy, and he looks at you like a deer caught in the headlights. Wide-eyed terror is writ large over every fiber of his being. Tiny for his age, to boot. He opens and closes his mouth desperately for a few moments like a fish floundering on land before finally managing to croak out a sound. “R-rasim. Apprentice! Apprentice Rasim! T-that's it, yeah...” He trails off. You look at him expectantly, waiting for a family name of some sort. When none seems forthcoming you turn your attention to your Master. “Clanless, you nitwit. Should've been obvious by his clothing. What, you think only nobles are the ones who can have magical power?” You scrunch up your nose in distaste. “No, of course not, but how did they even figure out that one of the clanless had magical talent?” Your master shrugs his shoulders, passively. “I don't know, boy. They don't tell me these things. Kid's got great talent but teaching him is a test of my patience. Now can we skip this useless small talk and get to the part where you tell me about the exciting crap you've done, so I can live vicariously through a younger man? It's the right of the elderly, after all.”

You start off your tail recounting your journey through the desert after they dumped you unceremoniously down the side of a dune. Your tell the story of sneaking up to the bandit filled cave and promptly making your escape. Your Master mumbles something you don't quite hear around the silver bit in his mouth, but you know him well enough to know it was probably a slight against your masculinity. You move on to recount the night you spent in the ancient Hiacian fort, and the temple to Surya you found inside. Not to mention the massive load of silver. You also go into detail about your fight against those human guards, perhaps presenting it in a more dramatic light than necessary. You had to save face after you fled the bandit camp, after all!
(4/?)

You talk about your encounter with Sadik, which gets a smile out of your old Master. “Sadik is still alive? Well cast me into Surya's burning maw, that bastard actually did it...” You ask your master what 'it' is, but that seems to be all he has to say on the matter. Perhaps something to ask the merchant when next you see him?

You talk about encountering Chrys in the great grass sea beyond the pass, and your journey with her back to her village. You talk about the meeting with the “Executioner” fellow who seemed to run the village, and the entire incident with Chrys' husband. His attempted extortion and then his attack on you in the city streets. Your swift defeat of him at Chrys' side and your flight from the city. Your master tsk quietly when you remark that you passed out at the end, but you ignore him. You glance over your second trip to the fortress to loot the rest of that silver you found, and then spend quite a bit of time talking about Anthus and your experience there. Especially the Academy. Your master merely shakes his head when you seem to have finished ranting about it. “How that place hasn't gone up in flames yet, I'll never know, but why on Earth did you think putting on some ominous mask was a good idea? That was just stupid, Mik. Downright dumb. You ought to know better than that.” You rub the back of your head uncomfortably, but when you mention Archmagos Megalos, or Suresh as he prefers you call him, your master seems incredulous. “That little whelp is the Archmagos of the Academy of Anthus now? Gods above, he's moved up in the world. I still remember that tasty little human tart he went and got pregnant. Beautiful girl, I couldn't blame him for going after her.”
(5/?)

Your master waxes nostalgic about Suresh and this 'human tart' for a while longer, but eventually quiets down to let you continue your story. You talk about your trip into the ruins north of Licae and the various mysteries you discovered there. Your master seems uncomfortable when you describe the strange array that fired blast of blue light into the air, and the machine that stabbed you in the chest, but he doesn't say anything. You talk about finding Profectus in a pod next to the massive mutated heart that had infected the facility. You also talk about finding Fulvia weeping in the cafeteria and 'convincing' her that you were a Rhynian dux. You speak at length about the various constructs you fought while in the ruin, and your first trip inside Fulvia's core. Finally you talk about your return to Anthus, and the assassination of Lord Spiros. It feels good to get what you'd done off your chest, you hadn't realized what a weight it had been until you told your Master the details. He simply listened without judging you, though his new apprentice seemed to shrink away from you. When you finish, your Master remarks casually. “I probably never met this Lord Spiros, but let me tell you he comes from a long line of assholes. I think I spoke with his... great, a few times, Grandfather. Guy tried to have me arrested for public urination and inciting a riot. Right bastard, he was.”

(6/?)

You ignore the fact that your Master apparently thinks public urination is acceptable behavior and move on to your defeat of the bandits and your rescue of Shahzadi Aqila. You spend quite a bit of time talking about the battle and your impressions of the Shahzadi, including the fact you sold the surviving bandits into slaves in her service. You also talk about your raid of the bandit camp in the top of Fort Longia. Your master actually grows serious when you reach the part where you rescued Darzi from the bandit's torture chamber, and the events afterward. In fact he's more or less silent throughout your stint in the Mines of Longia, even as you talk about discovering that disembodied beating heart and your battle with the plant monsters. He only breaks his grim audience when you get to the part about saving Chrys' life after she was poisoned by that strange Delerium waste. That gets a grin out of him, though you're not sure why. He only stops you when you reach the part where you discovered dragon at the bottom of the mine. He looks at you like you're crazy for a moment, and then speaks. “Boy is this a test, you trying to see if my wits are still about me? I knew there were some dark and terrible beast lurking in the mines beneath Fort Longia, but dragons? You've got to be testing me.”

(7/?)

You shake your head, and speak at length about the dragon egg you've been carting around with you and your meditations with it. Your plans to hatch it and raise it as your own. Your master actually seems stunned. “Gods above, Mik. A dragon? A damned dragon? You know the stories! Well... can't say I'm not impressed. Just don't let it conquer a swathe of territory and enslave us all to do its bidding. The Mines aren't that far from El-Amin, in fact I might need to inform some younger sprouts and have them embark on an expedition to check the shaft...” He trails off, muttering to himself. You move on to your discovery of the dimensional portal and your decision to step through it.

Your master listens rapt to your tale of the journey through Umdnus, especially when you talk about their weapons and technology. You remark that you'd love to show him some examples of the guns you found, but without your cloak you don't have them readily available. You talk about the entire 'bar' incident and taking Lucky hostage, which has your Master doubled over laughing damn near throughout. You regale him with your journey through the tunnels afterwards and the eerie feeling you had of being watched throughout the trip, the strange mask you found. You talk about the party of scavengers you encountered and the herd of pig-mutants you fought.

(8/?)

Finally you get to your emergence from the sewers into the city proper, and the breathtaking scale of it all. Life seemed to move at a blindingly fast pace. He listens attentively as you describe the hotel room and how vile the food was, and the ambush in the hotel lobby by the feds. You describe the Tower at length and the strange technology it contained, as well as your stint as a prisoner at the top of the tower, trying to figure out how to activate the gate and return home. Throughout the tale Mortia and Skull Kid chip in to fill in details you missed or simply didn't comprehend, they seemed to have finally relaxed for the first time since arriving here.

You wrap up your tale with your return to El-Amin through the portal. As your tale concludes, your master leans back and takes a long drag from the silver bit he's shoved into his mouth. “Always knew you'd do well in the real world. You had that ambition, that drive to do what needed to be done. I'm proud of you, Mikhael. You've made some mistakes, but you've striven to do what you think is right. I have to say you've grown into a man I can respect, not as master and apprentice but as colleagues.”

You can't help but grin. Somehow, those words out of your Master's mouth mean far more than they would from anyone else, even your father. You'd missed this old coot, you really had. Unfortunately nothing good may last. A voice intrudes impatiently on your thoughts. {Mikhael, where on this Earth are you? We've been looking all around the northern gate but have seen neither hide nor hair of you, the Witch, and Skull Kid!”

>End Thread

>>34126624
Soma please elaborate on all the enchanting whatnot.

Thanks for running Soma, even if you kept me up far to long drinking to get my blood drawn when I planned to tomorrow.

>>34126624
Good run.

Thanks for running this quest, when I saw the first thread in the catalog I looked over it. Worst mistake I've ever made on 4chan.

>>34126624
I'm surprised he didn't respond to us rediscovering the lost art of enchanting.

I wonder, should we actually give our last brooch to our master?

>>34126722
We might have left that out

>>34126665
I wish you luck, Anon. I too must do that in a few days.

>>34126656
What Enchanting whatnot? It's hard as hell to learn enchanting independently without a teacher, but you already know where to find the teachers. You learned it from one already.

>>34126722
You strategically left that part out. Your master would demand you teach him how to do it and you simply don't know enough about it to teach.

>>34126624
Thanks for the thread Soma.

Will continue stalking your twitter for more. Also, Karim a awesome.

>>34126744
>You learned it from one already.
So the best way to learn Enchanting is to do errands for spirits in exchange for knowledge?

>>34126763
Yup, and the older, more powerful spirits know far more runes than younger, less experienced spirits.

I'm still going to introduce the redone enchanting system at some point pretty soon. I've got a basic groundwork laid but i need to flesh it out.

Soma, is Ricky smart enough that if we give him the tools necessary to write that he might learn our language and converse via notes/writing in lieu of SCREEEEE?

>>34126777
Welp. Time to ask our master about any places he might know of that harbor great spirits!

>>34126778
I wonder if Ricky can use magic like us?

>>34126778
Ricky is really more of an images kinda extradimensional horror, but he might be able to grasp writing, eventually. It's worth a shot.

>>34126777
Is the Void Messenger a spirit?

>5846 silver (254gp, 2036sp); Filthy Stinkin' Rich! Absolutely nothing is too expensive for you! (Gained 3119 recently)
Damn, Darzi and those guys did a good job.

>>34126777
I assume he does not know that we're a big ol' plotonium device and the equivalent of WMD's (spice)?

>>34126805
Maybe, maybe not. Who knows?

>>34126822
That is not counting our literal chests full of money, right?

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>>34126851
Correct.

>>34126834
*and have the equivalent of WMD's (spice and heart).

Sorry, posting from my phone.

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>>34126865

We should buy a mansion.Soma how much does a mansion cost?

>>34126865
That is something we have to do once we're out of the city. Are we rich enough to take money baths yet? Are we richer than our family/most nobles?

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>>34126777
With that said gentlemen. We need to find atleast one more spirit. Get our shit together, get to master in metal/learn slow. We would be prepared to take on an army if we learn these two things.
Slow + 5 vys into healing = healing fucking anything
Slow + Metal into mind shielding = Protect from most magical shit. And from getting more crazy.
Eventually wouldn't mind testing master metal + grand master healing on chysa see if we can heal her crazy.

>>34126822
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ON-7v4qnHP8

>>34126900
We could commission the construction of an airship with that much.

So next thread... Let's introduce our friends to our master? I think it may be worthwhile. And I wanna show him Ricky.

>>34126951
>hey stick your head in my cloak so you can meet my otherwordly monstrosity
>i already told you i dont swing that way

>>34126822
And they didn't even sell the good, enchanted shit.
>>34126840
Did Darzi and Prof roll 25's all day or what?

>>34126900
You could get a home like your Master's for probably around 3000 silver, furnishing it would cost an additional thousand silver. A country villa, furniture, the land surrounding it, and slaves to work the land would probably cost about 3500 silver, you could also get loans with fairly good terms so long as the land was worked and profitable.

>>34126951
Sweet revenge for all the shit he's put us through.

>>34126902
I am fairly certain we've been richer than many nobles for a while.


On a different note. Once next thread starts back up. I'd like to address darzi's problem. If she will be staying with us or not.
If she won't be we can either try to heal her our selves. or have our master heal her or one of his friends.

Also seems like Sadik may have some kind of healing power/eternal youth thing going on.

>>34126902
>Money baths
Absolutely
>Family
Not quite, your family's total assets hover around 10,000 silver. Mainly from your younger brother and your family fortune.
>Most nobles
You have been for a while. A lot of nobles are flat broke but just get by off inheritance and reputation.

>>34126989
Anon we're already talked about this, we WILL be healing her at the water temple. What she wants to do then we will find out.

>>34127029
I only hope Pani blesses our rolls.

We should probably give master one of our communication brooches.We have 3 left right?

http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive.html?tags=Banished%20Quest
Thread archived. I sleep now.

>>34127089
only 1, and yes I believe we should.

>>34127089
Nope, only 1.

>>34127089
Yes. And also ask him if he knows of any similar devices.

>>34127114
Will we get a chance to get more?

>>34127089
I would like that a lot, but I feel like skull kid has already earned it. Between missing out on all of our previous brooch conversations and giving up his previous life to throw in with us, I think he should have it.

>>34127142
anon, questions like these...

>>34127151
we might as well ask

>>34127089
I wouldn't even be opposed to this.
With all the shit he may know..Heck I think even asking him about the water temple. Or his trails tobecome a grand master for his two elements would be cool and let us know what we must do or something similar.

>>34127089
We could give him a brooch and then tell him about enchanting from a safe distance.
He'll still probably find us though...

>>34127145
As much as I would like to give it to master.
I Think you're right. though he will be using a hammer. I think it'd be best to have him collaborate with Fulvia for creating the bullet mold. and powder. That way he can make a few more bullets for his shot gun.

Wait, I got it.

Our master said he now considers us a colleague.

Let's see if we can get him to have us and our friends have a nice REALFUD dinner and stay the night in rest!

>>34127496
I mean I'd love to do that, give everyone a good chance to meet, talk, nice beds to sleep in, count our money, maybe do a group fire session with Master and our egg. Ask him about the spice we have, if he's ever used it.

>>34127563
And introduce him to our vatis wargame too.

>>34127496
Sounds okay but the longer we stay here the more likely we'll be found out. It'd probably put him at least at some risk if he was found giving Mik shelter.

>>34127573
Fuck yeah, hay we might even have him Join the as a partner and promote it here if he wants. Gods know we have the money.

>>34127617
He can say that we held him hostage.

pfffffft

>>34126624
>“Always knew you'd do well in the real world. You had that ambition, that drive to do what needed to be done. I'm proud of you, Mikhael. You've made some mistakes, but you've striven to do what you think is right. I have to say you've grown into a man I can respect, not as master and apprentice but as colleagues.”
Aww... That is so sweet.

This was a great thread.