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You wave cheerily to the Varistha, grinning wearily. He doesn't return your wave. He looks... contemplative? Wary? You're not entirely certain. You turn your attention away from the Sehzade and instead devote it to the crowd. The cheers are starting to die down, slowly but surely. You bow low, once to all four sides of the arena. When the atmosphere is finally quiet enough that you can speak over the mutterings you raise your voice. “Honored friends! What you have just witnessed is your first glimpse at a new game I've invented. Books containing the rules to play are being printed as we speak. If you would be interested in procuring one, please speak with me when you can. For now, I must meditate.”

You carefully pick your way across the ice and snow covered arena. You're starting to realize you created far more than you consciously realized. Thick forest wind their way between odd glacial buttes. The crumpled, lifeless figurines of animals lay scattered across the field. You even notice a small shrine in a forest grove surrounded by prostrate worshipers. To be honest, it's a little concerning. You really hadn't intended to create such detail.

You slip out through the arena gates, wincing as you enter the sunlight. The clouds you conjured weren't as thick outside the arena and have quickly dissipated. You notice that people are only just starting to trickle out of the gates on the upper level, but you've no doubt that trickle will soon be a flood. You don't see your friends anywhere, but you suppose they know where your rooms are.

>Stick around and wait for your companions.
>Slip out before you get swarmed by people.
>Write-in

>>34368522
>Slip out before you get swarmed by people.

>>34368522
>>Slip out before you get swarmed by people.
>>Write-in
Contact Deme.

>>34368522
>>Stick around and wait for your companions.

>>34368522
>>Stick around and wait for your companions.
Let's wait for them then go around the temple for shit to do/discuss

>>34368522
>>Slip out before you get swarmed by people.

>>34368522
>Stick around and wait for your companions.
It's morning right? call Deme

>>34368522
>>Slip out before you get swarmed by people.
>>Write-in
Contact Darzi and our bussiness partner.

>>34368522
Let's not risk losing our "barely human(samjan)" friends

>>34368522
>Stick around and wait for your companions.

>>34368746
they already know the way, plus we are almost about to collapse, i rather message them though the brooch to meet you outside, instead of waiting for these guys to waste our time..

>>34368522
Are the monk speaking in Samjan or Rhynian, cause if they're talking in Samjan it's gonna be a bitch for SK/Mortia, do Prof/Fulvia knows a bit of Samjan? Guess the monks could always revert to Rhynian

>>34368522
>Slip out before you get swarmed by people.

>>34368522
>Slip out before you get swarmed by people.
We should talk to Demetrius

>>34368784
I think we should just tell them through the brooches, to go outside, and for them to tell our non-brooch friends to follow, plus we do need to mediate now since we are on the verge of collapsing.

>>34368750
>>34368707
>>34368683
>>34368664
>Stick around

>>34368632
>>34368647
>>34368701
>>34368743
>>34368789
>>34368797
>Slip out

Contacting Demetrios seems pretty popular. You'll do that, along with telling your companions you're headed inside.

>>34368784
They are speaking Samjan, Profectus has no idea what's going on. Fulvia can understand the basic gist of things.

>>34368825
Since we are about to meditate, can we contact Darzi and ask her if she wants to heal her scars now.

>>34368825
>They are speaking Samjan, Profectus has no idea what's going on. Fulvia can understand the basic gist of things.
Will they bother switching to Rhynian if it appears the gang doesn't speak Samjan?
Remember guys, Samjan are a tad xenophobic.

Since we have a lot of free time right now we should probably talk about what to do. I suggest meditating on the effects we learned, and only then starting with water meditation, because if we keep reading about effects without ever meditating on them it's going to be kind of useless.

>>34368522
>You even notice a small shrine in a forest grove surrounded by prostrate worshipers. To be honest, it's a little concerning. You really hadn't intended to create such detail.
FUCK

>>34368869
Yeah, I just checked, we have 3 effects we learned haven't meditated on, and we should also probably test our armor and weapon.

>>34368894
It's the dead god, huh

>>34368913
I think it's just because we used too much vys at once. Soma said it's bad for us.

>>34368913
GOD DAMN IT DEAD GOD

>>34368913
Probably, only other thing that relates to a shrine we've met is the fire spirit and the dragon, but the spirit was all business, and we resisted the mindfuckery of the dragon (for the most part)

>>34368962
I did notice the line where Mik's arms turned blue, but if using lots of Vys causes lapses of awareness that's a bit concerning.

>>34368993
>>34368962
Soma, said that there is no adverse affects from refilling our vys instantly, so i think its the same for wasting it.
I'm in favor of thinking its the dead god doing shit with our power.
Also i think the head priest noticed the army movements we used was rythian.
>>34368908
>>34368869
Lets try and get the healing thing out of the way first.

>>34368962
He said it harms where the vys exists the body

>>34369045
Where?
All he said is that the body deteriorate when it gets too much vys for it to hold, its also why we need a bigger vys pool if we don't want to feel fatigue from using our magic armour.

>>34369041
Before we heal Darzi I'd like to talk to her about what the bandits did to her.

>>34369073
Sure, but i have a feeling rolling will be needed, and we only have 1 vys.

>>34369065
>I hinted that expending too much vys too quickly can harm you though, especially where it exits the body.

>>34369041
>I hinted that expending too much vys too quickly can harm you though, especially where it exits the body
From Soma's ask page.

>>34369065
On the ask page.

>Do you harm yourself if you recharge your vys quickly.For example your in a battle low on vys you try to max your vys by absorbing from Fulvia's generator or from a enchanted item we have have that stores vys.And if it does what is a safe amount of time like 5 minutes to over a hour?

>So long as you're absorbing less than your maximum amount of vys, you won't harm yourself. I hinted that expending too much vys too quickly can harm you though, especially where it exits the body.

>>34369065
>magic armour.
Speaking of which should we use this, when we meditate?

>>34369108
Soma hinted on his ask page that it may have very positive or very negative effects, as far as I could tell

>>34369093
>>34369088
>>34369099
Huh, here is hoping healing can heal the damage then, but i also wonder if having a bigger vys pool lessens the damage.(like when we have 60/60 vys, wasting 30 will do nothing to us.)

>>34369125
Yeah, i think so to, but it seems like the negatives can be negated by having a larger vys pool.

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You make your way quickly towards the dilapidated bathhouse. You hadn't really noticed when you were inside, but it's practically a ruin. Large chunks of what was once an ornate facade are missing and the colonnade that graced the entrance has mostly turned to rubble. You slip through the crumbling doorway into the dimly lit bathhouse inside, reaching out towards your companions via the brooches. {I'm inside, I really, really need to rest. Darzi, come see me when you get the chance and make sure the others don't make asses of themselves.} Her reply comes a moment later. {I will do my best but I offer no guarantees.}

You press yourself flush against the wall to shimmy past the pool of water, but as soon as your hands press against the slick stone pain shoots through your arms. You jerk your hands away on instinct, taking a moment to inspect them. What you see... isn't good, at all. It looks like you've kept a hot coal clenched in your fist until it seared away the flesh. Your entire palm is red and raw, and the skin in the center as well as at the tips of your fingers is charred black. It won't be too difficult to heal, but in your current drained state you wouldn't be able to manage it. You'll need to meditate first.

You quickly hide your hands in the voluminous sleeves of your robes, carefully picking your way past the pool. Without the aid of your arms to steady yourself you have a difficult time of it, but manage to avoid tumbling into the water. As you begin to descend the stairwell into the temple proper, you reach out across a vast expanse to Demetrios. {Good news, my friend! I yet live!} His response comes only a moment later. {Mikhael! Gods above, I've been trying to contact you all week! Where have you been?}

>Tell him absolutely everything, leave nothing out.
>Edit your telling of the story to make yourself seem a little more heroic.
>Just tell him salient information. You visited an alternate dimension and it's given you ideas for the game.

>>34369169
>Just tell him salient information. You visited an alternate dimension and it's given you ideas for the game.

>>34369169
Forgot
>Write-in.
You can pretty much assume write-in is always an option though.

>>34369169
>>Tell him absolutely everything, leave nothing out.

>>34369169
>>Just tell him salient information. You visited an alternate dimension and it's given you ideas for the game.

>>34369169
>>Just tell him salient information. You visited an alternate dimension and it's given you ideas for the game.

>>34369169
>Just tell him salient information. You visited an alternate dimension and it's given you ideas for the game.

>>34369169
>>Just tell him salient information. You visited an alternate dimension and it's given you ideas for the game.

>>34369169
>Tell him absolutely everything, leave nothing out.
Give him some inspiration for the game.

>>34369169
>>Just tell him salient information. You visited an alternate dimension and it's given you ideas for the game.
He doesn't need to know the fuck up at the bar

>>34369169
>>Just tell him salient information. You visited an alternate dimension and it's given you ideas for the game.
We can tell him later, right now we're near unconsciousness and our hands are burned to a fine crisp

>>34369169
Ask him how Siege is doing

>>34369169
>>Just tell him salient information. You visited an alternate dimension and it's given you ideas for the game.

>>34369229
>>34369224
>>34369217
>>34369214
>>34369206
>>34369202
>>34369184
>Just the gist.

>>34369222
>>34369200
>Tell him everything.

You'll also ask about news and how Siege! is doing.

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Threadly reminder

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Could we meditate on making a drop of water rebounds without losing it's original size or something

>>34369742
whats that a reminder of again?

>>34369823
I rather get grandmaster healing, since we lost our chance to get grandmaster water manipulation.

>>34369831
>Banished Quest Water Grandmaster.gif

>>34369856
eh?

>>34369856
We did?

>>34369742
We'll need something stupid like that for fire earth nature and metal.
Maybe use the nature god from Monoke or something

>>34369893
If we meditate with something healing-related for all 3 or 4 insights we can get now, we'll have grandmaster level healing without being a grandmaster. We already have healing insights, so getting water manipulation early is impossible, is what he's saying.

>>34369893
Never mind, i thought we had gotten 2 healing insights instead of 1.
>>34369906
A mistake on my part, we can still gun for manipulation, but we would have to focus on water manipulation, unless people don't want to get a grandmaster level skill a bit early.

>>34369870
thank you

It looks like no one mentioned this, so here is a new pastebin, that soma made.
http://pastebin.com/PiCeiCyj

>>34369943
Healing > Water maniputation

>>34369988
Depends, grandmaster level water manipulation is also godly, and we already have decent healing. Getting grandmaster healing would make healing dirt cheap and let us regrow limbs.

>>34369943
You seem confused anon.

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gotta switch out Boscone for the sweet gal Darzi is

>>34370026
I keep forgetting that the healing meditation we did on our two companions failed.

{I don't have much time to explain, I'm rather exhausted, but I visited a different dimension and it's given me ideas for an expansion of Siege!. It was a strange, desolate land rife with twisted monstrosities and strange people. Humans were the only race, elves and my own people existing merely as legends from the distant past. The inhabitants replaced large swathes of their flesh with metal and wires.} You start to push memories of your time there to the forefront of your thoughts, with the hope that they'll be transmitted through the brooches. You focus on what you saw of the people, those strange rent open pigs, and the giant lizards you encountered. You also touch on the Elephant Man and various other mutants, and the scenery and weapons as well.

{Their weapons were strange. Instead of using sword, bow, or spear they had firearms. Pistols, rifles, and innumerable other categories. They're much more advanced than the firearms you or I would be familiar with though, capable of rapidly firing and putting holes in almost any armor.} As you conclude your little speech Demetrios' voice filters through the connection. {I'm standing here staring off into space wide-eyed and open-mouthed while in the middle of a classroom full of pupils, Mikhael. They probably think I'm crazy. Regardless, I'll make note of what you showed me. Do try to stay in this section of reality in the future, won't you?} You smirk, despite yourself. {No promises, now tell me! How is Siege! doing? What news do you have for me?

(1/2)

>>34369976
> Mohan Solak: Fellow Apprentice. A quiet young man who was secretly the biggest pervert you knew.
Alright Soma, this is important:
Is this guy a bigger pervert than Profectus?

You come to the door at the base of the stairwell and rip away a small portion of what little remains of your power, channeling it into the ancient wood. The door swings open after a moment and you pass quickly into the temple grounds, listening to Demetrios' response while making your way towards your room. {Siege! is doing well. We've gotten the rule book written and several scribes are working tirelessly to make copies. The copies we've sold have earned us good money but we've yet to turn a profit. Some of my students have been performing demonstrations in city squares, the marketplace, and on campus to garner attention.}

Well, you suppose that's good news. After all, they've started making copies of the books and bringing in money, even if they're still spending more than they make. {As for news, are you familiar with the Knyaz?} You squint at nothing in particular, trying to dredge up any memory of that title. {No, I can't say that I have.} Demetrios continues. {He's an elven warlord ruling on Elda.-} Ah, this must be that warlord Sadik wanted you to steal a gem from. {-I believe his official title is something like, 'Vladan I of House Dragov, Knyaz of the Isles'. Anyway, he recently declared war on a handful of small elven states on the Rhynian mainland. Some say he intends to unify the elves and found a new empire.}

(2/3)

That's... concerning. This might mean you'll need to change your plans regarding securing that gem. If he's off leading armies, you might be able to just waltz into his fortress and snatch it from him. Alternatively if he's taken it with him, you're going to need to find a way to infiltrate his army. {Anything else?} Demetrios' reply is prompt. {Eh, not particularly. Rumors and hear say. Experiments escaping from a Rhynian ruin, raiders harassing the northern coast. Other than that, it's been quiet.} Doesn't sound too out of the ordinary. {Thanks, Demetrios. I'll try to keep in touch.}

You sever the connection with that, pushing open the door to your room and stumbling inside. You collapse onto the uncomfortable mattress, for a moment finding it the softest bed in the world. You'd like nothing better than to just close your eyes, curl up, and take a nap. Sadly, there is much still to do today.

>Wait for Darzi, you'll need her here if you intend to heal her wounds.
>Catch a quick nap after all. It will recharge your vys and you'll be better able to focus when you heal Darzi.
>Begin meditating, simply to regain your vys, while you wait for Darzi to arrive. You're not sure how much you'll be able to recover.
>Write-in

>>34370023
>Getting grandmaster healing would make healing dirt cheap and let us regrow limbs.
Which is exactly why healing is better.

>>34370042
gonna have to redo that too

>>34369976
our step brothers a prick

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>>34370040
So who would this image represent?>>34370098
>>Begin meditating, simply to regain your vys, while you wait for Darzi to arrive. You're not sure how much you'll be able to recover.

>>34370098
>>Catch a quick nap after all. It will recharge your vys and you'll be better able to focus when you heal Darzi.

Sleep-time Samja! Think happy thoughts, and try to ignore the gibberings of the mad god inside your noggin.

>>34370125
Probably some Eulidian Demi-god

Siege! will also be a great way for low level vatis to meditate while having a lot of fun.

>>34370098
>>Begin meditating, simply to regain your vys, while you wait for Darzi to arrive. You're not sure how much you'll be able to recover.

I wish I knew why we are in such a fucking hurry to heal her scars. Can't this wait till we get to grandmaster level? Aren't we here at this temple because we want to level up?

>>34370107
They don't seem to mind, and chrysa seemed to like them.
>>34370111
He did get to marry our hot ex-fiance and get closer to the throne,.

>>34370098
>Begin meditating, simply to regain your vys, while you wait for Darzi to arrive. You're not sure how much you'll be able to recover.

>>34369976
Meant to post this on twitter but completely forgot. Thanks, Anon.

>>34370069
Easily. In addition to having a taste for humans, the things he made those poor prostitutes do...

>>34370125
Jesus is that a 6 page spread?

>>34370152
a prick os still a prick

>>34370167
So is he worse than Rocky, and would they get along?

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>Chryssa
>Fulvia
>Prof
Their faces when... I don't know yet

>>34370152
>>34370180
We should NTR our brother.

>>34370098
>>Begin meditating, simply to regain your vys, while you wait for Darzi to arrive. You're not sure how much you'll be able to recover.

>>34370098
>Catch a quick nap after all. It will recharge your vys and you'll be better able to focus when you heal Darzi.
Sometimes it is good to take some time off.

>>34370098
>Catch a quick nap after all. It will recharge your vys and you'll be better able to focus when you heal Darzi.
Interesting things seem to happen in our dreams when we sleep.

>>34370167
Hey soma, you should check out this character, you might like him.and hopefully make some one based off of him
>>34370125

>>34370098
>Catch a quick nap after all. It will recharge your vys and you'll be better able to focus when you heal Darzi.
We need a rest.

>>34370198
then we would be the prick (i agree whole heartedly)

>>34370173
7 I think, though I'd have to look it up.
I was thinking 9 at first
Image is from Sengoku Youko in case someone is interested, by the way.
>>34370219

>>34370098
>Catch a quick nap after all. It will recharge your vys and you'll be better able to focus when you heal Darzi.

>>34370219
>>34370245
I'll add it to my reading list.

>>34370225
>>34370217
>>34370127
>>34370213
>>34370293
>Nap time!

>>34370212
>>34370159
>>34370147
>>34370125
>Meditation

Looks like y'all are taking a nap.

>>34370310
Can we tell Darzi to wake us, up.

>>34370327
how about we just get enough rest?
We're not in any hurry.

>>34370310
Author of >>34370125 also did Hoshi no Samidare and is doing Spirit Circle alongside SY, both of which I recommend.

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ITS HERE!

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Darzi in a nutshell

>>34370363
>Hoshi no Samidare
A true masterpiece.

>>34370414
If you replace insane with stupid

>>34368825
>They are speaking Samjan, Profectus has no idea what's going on. Fulvia can understand the basic gist of things.
What about Mortia?

>>34370423
Indeed, it brought many tears to my eyes. But that is not unusual with Mizukami's other works either.

>>34370472
I'm still pissed the anime was canceled.

>>34370414
I've been meaning to ask since when did people think Darzi became muh justice? Was it becuase she was a guard or is it a joke?

>>34370512
Eh, it would never have lived up to the manga anyway.

>>34370537
Profectus_hits_the_spice.avi

>>34370555
Chryssa gives no fucks. Prof is a Rhynian soldier and probably doesn't even think most of the people we fight, those without Vys in particular, qualify as people Skull-Kid is a career criminal and rebel, sorta like an Irish Republican Army soldier. Fuliva is a possibly insane ro-bitch. Darzi is probably the only one who does give any fucks, and Mik gives fucks according to her and his own conscience.

>>34370555
She is the only member of our group that has strict morals, and would be against breaking the law.

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>>34370388

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You decide that maybe a nap wouldn't be such a bad idea after all. It will help you recharge your vys! Faster than meditation would, too. You're asleep practically as soon as your eyes close. You drift lazily through the realm of dreams for a long while, not really cognizant of what is going on. Memories twist together into incomprehensible jumbles of thought and vanish the next instant.

Slowly, you become aware of yourself. The color of your dreams begins to drain away, replaced by the pitch black of the void. You stand on an flat, invisible plane. Before you sits a familiar sight, Ricky and his amalgamation of furniture. However, you're viewing it from a different angle than before. Where you think your head would usually emerge from your cloak there is a thin slit of bright, white light, shifting and formless. Currently Ricky sits in mid air, floating, by some means you can't discern. Across from him sit a figure, similar but not quite the same as Ricky. It has four arms, and ist body is skeletal. Its face is a blank sheet of some strange, chitinous material. The same material covers the rest of its body. Its feet fade into a tangle of ethereal tentacles, their proper shapes impossible to distinguihs.

Floating above its hand is a strange, twisting object. Five pyramids are attached to a central cube, and at the top a diamond-shaped object spins. The creature seems to be in a conversation with Ricky, its fingers blurring together as it forms innumerable arcane gestures faster than the eye can follow. Ricky responds with chattering and clicks of his beak. Neither seems to have noticed you, which you find odd. You'd assumed Ricky could read your thoughts. Could he be showing this to you intentionally, or did you wander into some sort of secret meeting unconsciously?

>Interrupt. Waltz into the middle of Ricky's array of furniture.
>Just observe, the situation is too uncertain to take risk.
>Try to wake up. You're not at all comfortable with this.

>>34370738
>>Interrupt. Waltz into the middle of Ricky's array of furniture.

>>34370738
>Interrupt. Waltz into the middle of Ricky's array of furniture.
Ayyyyyeeeeeeeee

>>34370738
>Just observe, the situation is too uncertain to take risk.

>>34370738
>Just observe, the situation is too uncertain to take risk.

>>34370738
>Just observe, the situation is too uncertain to take risk.

>>34370738
>>Interrupt. Waltz into the middle of Ricky's array of furniture.
I knew this would, happen.
Weird shit always happens when we sleep, i'm surprise mik doesn't avoid sleeping.

>>34370738
>>Just observe, the situation is too uncertain to take risk.

>>34370738
>Just observe, the situation is too uncertain to take risk.
He's trying to warn us.

>>34370738
>Interrupt. Waltz into the middle of Ricky's array of furniture.

>>34370808
I blame the Dead God for this!

>>34370738
>Just observe, the situation is too uncertain to take risk.
Don't wanna anger some otherworldly king plotting our demise further

>>34370738
>>Just observe, the situation is too uncertain to take risk.

>>34370834
>>34370808
Yet people still vote to sleep, i can't name a single time where when we slept creepy shit didn't happen.

>>34370837
>>34370829
>>34370816
>>34370807
>>34370794
>>34370792
>>34370871
>Observe

>>34370832
>>34370808
>>34370755
>>34370779
>Go say hi.

Writin'

>>34370147
Healing her scars will get us closer to Grandmaster.

>>34370738
>Just observe, the situation is too uncertain to take risk.

>>34370885
Dropped muh trip.

>>34370881
It's better to know that creepy shit is happening and what that creepy shit entails than to just keep being oblivious.

>>34370881
uhhh...There was that on etime when Surya poked us, that could've just been a normal dream.

>>34370945
What the shit are you talking about?

>>34370958
its the one where Surya called us camel fuckers.also where the shit about our master fucking his pets started from

>>34370973
You do realize Surya is a chained, major god, and very much alive, whom we've never spoken to, right?

>>34371016
Yes and the surya in our dream called us a camel fucker.

>>34371061
I'm like, 90% certain that was what the human merchant was saying and it just ended up in our dream.

>>34371061
What thread was this supposed to be in?

>>34371016
And we were sleeping right next to his temple.

>>34371016
Thread#2
http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive/30305969/
>You dream of the sun god, Surya, looking down at you disdainfully from on high. He reaches across the great distance and stabs his finger roughly into your shoulder, the flesh seared where he touches. When he speaks, it is a language you've never heard before.
>“Γεια σου; καμήλα πόρνη;”
>He slaps you in the back of the head, sending you falling forward. The ground gives way and you tumble through blackness. As Surya grows ever more distant, his voice booms forth once more in that strange tongue.
>“Μιλάτε νότιο; Γιατί κοιμάσαι σε ένα παλιό φρούριο;”

>>34371090
like thread 2 or 3.
>>34371079
The possibility is still there.

>>34371108
Holy shit, sorry for being so hostile, I thought you were bullshitting me.

>>34371108
This was followed immediately by
>As you think you're about to hit whatever serves for the ground in this plane of endless blackness, you jolt awake. Someone is prodding you in the back. They haven't killed you yet, so they're probably not a bandit. You're also laying on your left side, obscuring the brand on your cheek. They might not realize you're one of the Aghtaki.

and

>You hear a sigh from behind you, and more mumbling in that strange language.
>“Αυτό εραστή καμήλα κοιμάται σαν πέτρα.”
>This is followed by cloth rustling and footsteps along the flagstone floor. It sounds like whoever they are, you think they're male judging by the voice, is moving away from you. To do what? Maybe they're getting reinforcements? Fetching a weapon? Leaving you to your rest?

>>34371108
Hello? Camel whore
"Do you speak Southern? Why sleep in an old fort? "

>>34371180
That's why I said in >>34370945 that it might have just been a normal dream, as a counter-example against the statement that weird shit always happens when we sleep. God damn it people, why are you so argumentative?

>>34371180
>“Αυτό εραστή καμήλα κοιμάται σαν πέτρα.”
"This camel lover sleeps like a stone."

>>34371180
This camel lover sleeps like a stone

>>34371206
We were sleeping near Surya's temple at the time.

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>>34370673

>>34371206
The dream was still pretty weird, especially when in character.
The only reason we know it was probably the guy is because of OOC knowledge.though the whole surya staring us down and the searing pain in itself is weird.

>>34371206
>>34371284
>that it might have just been a normal dream
>might have just been
>MIGHT HAVE

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>>34371461
Meant to quote
>>34371287

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Sorry about the delay folks, had to do some student aid stuff.

You realize with some small amount of disgust as you watch the creature gesture that it doesn't have four arms, rather it has two arms that split in half at the elbow, allowing it four hands. You can't help but wonder if this creature and Ricky are part of some broad category of monsters, or if they are unique amongst the endless expanse of the void. You decide to merely watch the situation unfold rather than interrupt and risk angering the creature.

As you observe, Ricky's chattering gradually grows in intensity and volume. By contrast the other creature's gesturing slows, becomes more understandable. You realize that is fingers don't seem to be linked in any way to his hands. They bend and twist in horribly unnatural ways and form symbols hands really shouldn't be able to make. You're not sure if they're arguing or simply chatting amongst themselves. Regardless, it seems to be growing heated.

Ricky lets out a horrid screech and you're forced to wince. The other creature abruptly stops gesturing and that levitating artifact above its hands seals itself off, the various pieces pressing flush against the cube at the center. It glows dimly, and then there is a bright flash. You're momentarily blinded. When you're able to see once more, the creature is gone and Ricky is standing passively where he'd once been levitating. He turns to face you slowly, nodding his head to you. You're not really sure whether to consider that a comradely gesture, or a greeting, or what. Regardless, you find your view of the void fading away.

(1/2)

Your eyes snap open to the sight of your dimly lit room. You feel unbelievably refreshed, no joint pain, throbbing headache, parched throat, or any of the various other ailments that come with being low on vys. You push yourself into a sitting position and stretch out, rolling your shoulders and cracking your neck. Darzi is nowhere to be found, so you assume she left you alone once she realized you were asleep. You're not really sure how long you've been out, there are no windows in this room after all. You feel like it ought to be sometime in the afternoon but you're not really certain. You do note a small pile of orange robes sitting on the desk. Those are likely your monk robes.

You take a moment to inspect your hands and find they're not as bad as they were before you fell asleep. Most of the charred flesh has flaked off, revealing the bones of your fingertips, but the reddened flesh has returned to a healthy shade. The wounds don't bleed, cauterized as far as you can tell.

>Heal your hands. (2 vys)
>Clean the wounds and wrap them in a bandage, let them heal on their own.

After your hands are taken care of, you think you'll...
>Go find Darzi, ask her if she's ready.
>Change into the monk's robes and seek out the Varistha.
>Write-in

>>34371764
>Clean the wounds and wrap them in a bandage, let them heal on their own.
We need that vys
>Go find Darzi, ask her if she's ready.

>>34371764
>>Heal your hands. (2 vys)
>Change into the monk's robes and seek out the Varistha.

What's our vys now?

>>34371764
Do we have full vys?

>>34371764
>>Go find Darzi, ask her if she's ready.

>>34371764
>Heal your hands. (2 vys)
>put on the armor

>>34371803
>>34371788
Man, I specifically set out to remember to write this out. You're at
>Vys Pool: (30/30)

>>34371764
>Clean the wounds and wrap them in a bandage, let them heal on their own.

Eh why not?I also want to see what happens

>Go find Darzi, ask her if she's ready.

>>34371764
>Heal your hands. (2 vys)
>Go find Darzi, ask her if she's ready.

>>34371764
>>Heal your hands. (2 vys)
>>Go find Darzi, ask her if she's re

>>34371828
>>34371825
>>34371810
>Heal hands

>>34371787
>>34371823
>Dress hands

Going to find Darzi seems fairly unanimous. Writin'.

>>34371885
why don't we use the broach?

>>34371921
Why? She should be like, across the hall from us.

Heurgh, parent phone call. Hang on folks.

Back to writing!

Well I have to get to sleep, so I'm just going to remind everyone that we should experiment with our armor, our sword and meditate on the effects we learned.

You channel vys into your palms, watching the flesh knit itself back together. It strikes you as intensely odd that channeling vys through your palms was the cause of your wounds in the first place, yet you're doing the same thing to heal them. It's even the same type of magic, Water magic. A truly double edged sword, you suppose. Once you've finished the flesh is smooth and flawless, exactly as it was before your injured yourself. Small amounts of flesh like this aren't a problem for you, but you have to wonder whether you'll be able to do the same for Darzi.
>Vys Pool: (28/30)

You stand up and make your way towards the door. When you pull it open you find the hallway filled with an unexpected number of people. You count at least twenty, crammed into the narrow little hall. Profectus has been cornered in front of his doorway by a group of monks varying in age and is chatting happily in Rhynian, they all seem to speak it fortunately, some rougher than others. Fulvia, Skull Kid, and Mortia are grouped together, Fulvia acting as a translator. Chryssa and Darzi are nowhere to be seen. As soon as you step outside you find yourself surrounded by curious faces.

“That was an impressive display! You really must tell me how you conceived of such a thing.” One of them exclaims. “You said there were rule books? Where might one procure one of these tomes from?” Another ask. “So why are you here? Are you striving to become a Grandmaster, or are you merely retreating here for a time?” Inquires a third. You're a little overwhelmed after only just waking up.

>Try to usher them out of the hall, you'll deal with this later.
>Try to fend off their questions and get to Darzi's room.
>Stick around to answer questions for a time.
>Write-in

>>34372534
>Tell them that you would love to speak with them, but you have made prior arrangements and are already late

>>34372534
>>Stick around to answer questions for a time.
Simple answers

>>34372534
This is hardly the place to discuss this please, could we do that somewhere else in a gentlemanly way?
Gotta put our swag on.

>>34372534
This:>>34372591

>>34372591
second

>>34372591
This is good.

We can talk with them more at dinner time or something.

>>34372534
stick around

>>34372591
seems like it's a winner, gotta point out that Mortia and SK are travellers and don't speak our language, could they please be kind with them and not acting like a pack of rabid fangirls

>>34372591
Writin' for this.

>>34372534
>“That was an impressive display! You really must tell me how you conceived of such a thing.”
It's magic, I ain't gotta explain shit.

Art thread here Soma: >>34368538

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You hold up your hands in mock surrender. “Friends, please! While I would love to speak with you I've made prior arrangements and I'm already late as it is. We can discuss this later, perhaps over dinner, yes?” There are some nods of assent and on of them, the oldest of the crowd, speaks. “Of course, of course. Apologies for cornering you like this. It's just such a perfect method for teaching our younger disciples control. I'm sure you understand.” You nod solemly. “Of course, and I'll be happy to expound upon this method at some later date, but for now I really must get going. Oh, and do go easy on my companions. Not many of them can speak our language with any sort of fluency.”

One of the monks grins. “Oh, we'll be sure to speak slowly and clearly so the degenerates can understand. That one woman seems a surprisingly quick study when it comes to our tongue. Her talent ought to be enough to cover for the rest of your entourage.” You're not sure why, but that really rubs you the wrong way. You're not sure if he thinks they're your slaves or if he just thinks them so inferior to your own people that they may as well be simple minded idiots. On an objective level you realize you're only offended because they're your friends, and you'd be like to agree with the man were they simply strangers, but it still rankles.
(1/2)

You wave the man off dismissively and brush past the crowd, stepping briskly up to Darzi's door and knocking three times. It jerks open after a moment, revealing Darzi's irritated face. When she sees it's you she pulls the door wider and grabs you by the collar of your robes, jerking you inside and slamming the door behind you. “Damned monks, they're like animals out there. Why did you have to go showing off and drawing all this attention to us?” You shrug your shoulders. “Because it will ultimately make me money? I need to spread the word about my investment.” She grumbles something you don't quite catch, and stalks over to her bed, plopping down next to Chrys. You hadn't even noticed her sitting there.

>What have they been doing?
>Ask them what they thought of your demonstration. It was probably the biggest you've ever put on.
>Ask Darzi if she's ready for you to heal her scars. Explain this will mean removing the scar tissue with a blade and then healing the created wounds. Make sure she's okay with that.

>>34373496
>What have they been doing?
>Ask them what they thought of your demonstration. It was probably the biggest you've ever put on.
>Ask Darzi if she's ready for you to heal her scars. Explain this will mean removing the scar tissue with a blade and then healing the created wounds. Make sure she's okay with that.

>>34373496
>>What have they been doing?
>Ask them what they thought of your demonstration. It was probably the biggest you've ever put on.
>Ask Darzi if she's ready for you to heal her scars. Explain this will mean removing the scar tissue with a blade and then healing the created wounds. Make sure she's okay with that.

>>34373496
>>What have they been doing?
>>Ask them what they thought of your demonstration. It was probably the biggest you've ever put on.
>>Ask Darzi if she's ready for you to heal her scars. Explain this will mean removing the scar tissue with a blade and then healing the created wounds. Make sure she's okay with that.

>>34373496

>What have they been doing?
>Ask them what they thought of your demonstration. It was probably the biggest you've ever put on.
>Ask Darzi if she's ready for you to heal her scars. Explain this will mean removing the scar tissue with a blade and then healing the created wounds. Make sure she's okay with that.

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>On an objective level you realize you're only offended because they're your friends, and you'd be like to agree with the man were they simply strangers, but it still rankles.

Mik that line of thinking is almost... Elvish. You wouldn't happen to be an elf now would you?

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>>34373496
>Ask Darzi if she's ready for you to heal her scars. Explain this will mean removing the scar tissue with a blade and then healing the created wounds. Make sure she's okay with that.
Good thing chrys is there to be a steady hand. It would have been better to use her help when cutting off our brand. This will be quit a bit bigger job.

>>34373648
He is too proud to debase himself to their whorish ways.

>>34373648
Should go chav mode the next time someone pull that shit on our gang.

>>34373648
Naah, he wasn't thinking about fucking them so it can't be properly elvish.

>All of the above
Writin'

>>34373733
Does Profecterus swing both ways?
Or is he into some freaky shit.

>>34373761
I'm pretty sure Prof swings both ways but I'm not certain. I think Soma said the Rhynians didn't have a proper idea of sexuality, there were only givers and takers.

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>>34373894
Some of the armor the gang is wearring would be really sexy with some fur on them.

>>34373949
90% of armor looks sexy with fur on it

>>34374123
100% of armour looks sexy on naked women.

Soma is kill?

“What have you two been doing?” Darzi shrugs her shoulders. “Chatting, mostly.” She grins sadistically. “Chrys had quite a lot to say about-” Before she can finish her sentence Chrys clamps a hand over her mouth, glaring holes into the other woman. Darzi rolls her eyes, and a conversation seems to pass between the two unheard. Finally Chrys huffs moodily and removes her hand from Darzi's mouth. Darzi simply sticks her tongue out at her tauntingly before returning her attention to you. “Sorry, guess I can't go gossiping all about her secrets.” Chrys simply grumbles. “By their very definition secrets are not supposed to be discussed.”

You decide to simply move on. Whatever they were discussing before you entered is hopefully none of your concern, and to be frank you find this sort of behavior impossibly tedious. “Well since apparently I'm not eligible to know the secret, what did you two think of my demonstration? Very nearly forced myself to pass out in the process of casting and maintaining the show, I'd hope it was impressive.” Darzi nods her head enthusiastically. “Yeah, are you kidding me? It was amazing. The detail is what really got me, the decorations on the fortress and the wildlife in the forest. It blew my mind that you were able to keep a battle of several hundred individual figures going while at the same time managing to simulate a wolf stalking its prey through a snow-covered forest. I'm not a fan of the attention it attracted but the event itself was amazing.”

(1/2 or 3)

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>>34374331
Thick and long post coming right at ya. Brace yourself.

Huh, you don't... really remember doing that at all. Perhaps you were simply acting on instinct? Your thoughts are interrupted by Chrys. “My sentiments mirror Darzi's. The monk's are annoying at best and offensive more often than not, but the demonstration was impressive. I look forward to the day I surpass you and put on an even more impressive display.” Sheesh, talk about cocky. You're not sure if she's teasing you or if she's serious about intending to one day surpass you in skill, regardless you don't think it's particularly likely. You trained with your master for more than a decade and he could still probably beat you effortlessly in a real fight. “Keep dreaming, Chrys. I'll be old and insane by the time you have a chance of beating me in a magical duel.”

You move on before she can respond. “Darzi, are you ready for me to heal your scars?” She nods her head, confidently. “I believe so, but I have been thinking. I want you to leave the scars on my arms untouched. They will serve to remind me of the trials I have faced and serve as proof of my captivity.” You raise an eyebrow. While that makes sense, it's certainly not what you were expecting. Especially considering how self conscious she is about her scars. Regardless, you carry on. “I can manage that easily enough. You do understand that in order to remove your scars I'll first need to cut out the tissue, correct?”
(2/3)

Darzi frowns. “I know, though I'm not particularly looking forward to the experience. Is there any way you could put me to sleep for the duration?” You rub your chin contemplatively for a moment. You could ask around to see if anyone has some poppy seed oil, that would put her right to sleep. You suppose you also have some liquor, if she drank enough she'd likely pass right out. You were hoping to save that, though. You haven't yet learned the 'Sleep' effect, though you have a book that contains it...

>Mortia is an alchemist, right? Maybe she has something that would help with this.
>Ask around the monastery. Surely they have an apothecary somewhere, right?
>Just pour liquor down her gullet until she falls asleep. That ought to do the trick.
>Write-in

>>34374496
>Ask around the monastery. Surely they have an apothecary somewhere, right?

Plus we could get our poison Distilled.

Also don't trust Mortia that much

>>34374496
Tell her we can probably do something nice about that if she can wait some time so we have time to meditate on the matter.
Maybe we can get grandmaster healing before then too and make sure we leave no nasty scars.

>>34374496
>Ask around the monastery. Surely they have an apothecary somewhere, right?

>>34374496
>Mortia is an alchemist, right? Maybe she has something that would help with this.

>>34374496
"Or I could just have our good friend Chryssa here pop you one in the head to make you sleep".
shit-eating grin and all. Have her choose how she'd get put to sleep.

>>34374496
Tell her we could meditate on the Sleep effect

>>34374496
Soma, does Sleep just put the subject into a normal sleep, or is it magically reinforced sleep?

>>34374572
would depends on how many vys you pump the spell with, like para/poison

>>34374572
It's a magically induced sleep, if they succumb to the spell outside of combat situations they'll conk out immediately and stay asleep for at least an hour, maybe longer. The more vys you use in the spell, the deeper the sleep will be and the longer it will last.

>>34374595
That's my idea, at least. Soma will certainly deliver a better explanation

>>34374496

>Ask around the monastery. Surely they have an apothecary somewhere, right?

Do so in a way that covers it up. Don't just ask for oil, it makes it look suspicious. Ask for a variety of things, say that you are looking for things that will supplant your water healing to save on vys expenditure.

>>34374496
>Ask around the monastery. Surely they have an apothecary somewhere, right?

>>34374619
Why would we be worried about acting suspicious?

Say could we use the archeota next time to film our meditation when doing the battle? maybe we could gain some new battle forms or something if we review it.

>>34374640
>>34374619
>>34374555
>>34374543
>Ask around

>>34374557
>Ask Mortia

>>34374559
>Pose the options to Darzi

Writin'

You hold up a finger. “One moment, I'll ask around. I'm sure there is an apothecary somewhere in the area, if not in the temple itself than in town.” She nods, visibly relaxing. “Very well, if you do not find anything I'm sure this temple features a brewery.” You nod, and slip out of the room. The crowd has thinned somewhat, but a few still hang around. The atmosphere at least is a lot less frantic, for lack of a better word. Oddly enough you don't see Profectus anywhere. You tap the nearest monk on the shoulder to get his attention and he turns, nodding to you. “Tell me friend, where might I find an apothecary?”

He smiles. “Ah! Of course, you'll want to head into town. There is an old woman who lives in a shack on the beach. She has all manner of tinctures, tonics, salves, and potions for sale. Some of them even the ancient enchanted potions of the Hiacians and Rhynians, though those are horribly expensive. Can't recall her ever actually selling a single one.” You nod your head in thanks, but a thought occurs to you. “Will I need to leave the same way I entered, or is there an easier way down the mountain?” The monk looks confused for a moment. “Were you not told? If you leave through the gardens there is a path down the mountain that exits in the temple fortress.”

>Leave immediately to visit the apothecary in town.
>Change into your monk's robes and go visit the Varistha first.
>Write-in

>>34375117
>>Change into your monk's robes and go visit the Varistha first.

>>34375117
>Change into your monk's robes and go visit the Varistha first.
Its a rule to ask permission from him first before leaving the temple for any period of time.

>>34375117
>>Change into your monk's robes and go visit the Varistha first.
>>Write-in
bring the alchemist morta.

I'm going to go see about getting some dinner. Back soon. May or may not end up cooking tonight.

>>34375117
>Change into your monk's robes and go visit the Varistha first.

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Oh, actually. One more thing before I go. Since it seems like seeing the Varistha first will win out:

>Wear your Master's robes over your monk's robes. This will be viewed as ostentatious and showy.
>Wear only your underrobes and your monk's robes, as would be proper.

>>34375362
>>Wear only your underrobes and your monk's robes, as would be proper.
Gotta be proper

>>34375362
>Wear only your underrobes and your monk's robes, as would be proper.

Nows not the time to be a flash git.

>>34375362
>>Wear only your underrobes and your monk's robes, as would be proper.

>>34375362

>Wear only your underrobes and your monk's robes, as would be proper.

>>34375117
>change into your monk's robes and go visit the Varistha first
>wear only your underrobes and your monk's robes, as would be proper

>>34375362
>>Wear only your underrobes and your monk's robes, as would be proper.

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>>34375358
Saw this and immediately thought of what our next Siege demonstration might look like

>>34375895
>mik on fulvias companion mission.jpg
Also, I wouldn't be surprised if the more practical minded Vatis started using variations of Siege! or its principles to simulate and plan for real life battles.

Hope the Varistha can help us with our dead god problem.

>>34376290
ditto, as much as I like the three stooges that bastard has been giving us alot of trouble

>>34376290
I suppose if we want help with it then it'd be a good idea to get it before Profectus inevitably gets us thrown out.

>>34376323
Or worse, he tells the monks about our various exploits. And his.

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>>34376290
What has the dead god done exactly?
What I'd worry about is those void creatures.
Also under 7 days till were supposed to kill the Shah.

>>34376818
He's trying to destroy our mind.

>>34376818
>>34376848
don't forget bring himself back into the world.
He/She/It is also not quite sane itself there IS a reason it was killed after all no need to bring that bastard back after someone went through all the trouble of getting rid of him

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>>34377061
>>34376983
Art Anon going hard

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>>34377625
Yeah mang got to if I'm going to keep getting distracted by Dragon Age

>>34377834
You have any good stuff with scaled creatures/beings?

I have returned! I'll run for about an hour or two more and then I need to hit the hay, class starts tomorrow and I gotta wake up at 6:30.

>>34378188
Allright I totally understand I class tomorrow too so you're not alone there

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Unfortunately not yet of the few creatures I have its either hides or fur.

>>34378188

You're not alone soma, not alone.

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Could've sworn I renamed this Void Seeker

>>34378188
Some, you don't need skool

You duck into your room and close the door behind you, taking a moment to slip out of your master's robes and instead pull on the robes the monks left for you. They're a bright orange with white trim, but fairly undecorated otherwise. Once garbed, you slip out of your room and make your way towards the gardens, where the Varistha had said to meet him when you were ready.

You press your palm flat against the door you recall opening into the garden and channel just a touch of vys into it. The door swings open after a few moments pause and you step through into the humid garden. Monks rush to and fro to attend to the plant growing here. You spot poppy flowers, haoma, flax, and a variety of other plants. The centerpiece of the room is a spindly olive tree, it must be unbelievably ancient judging by the size of it. It almost looks like five or six trees twisted together, with a small hollow at its center where the monks have placed a water basin.

You see no sign of the Varistha, so continue on to the portion of the gardens that extends into the caverns. There is no ceiling in these caverns, likely removed or collapsed some time ago. The centerpiece of this particular cavern is a large pond which seems to be where many of the monks have congregated to soak in the last few rays of sunlight before the cavern is plunged into shadow. Varistha Sehzade is perched on a rock, meditating from what you can tell. However, as you get closer you realize that he's snoring softly and his posture is slouched. He's fast asleep.

(1/2)

You pause, you recall your Master had a preternatural sense of his surroundings even while asleep. You'd certainly think that someone well over a thousand years old would have the same ability, if he'd been at all diligent about pursuing magical development that is. If that were the case he would already know you're here. Could he be testing you, somehow?

>Sit and wait for him to wake up, this is probably a test of some sort.
>Clear your throat and cough as loudly as you can manage. Hopefully that'll do the trick.
>Shake him as hard as you can, that ought to do the trick!
>Visit the Apothecary first, maybe he'll wake up while you're gone.
>Write-in

>>34379237
>>Visit the Apothecary first, maybe he'll wake up while you're gone.
and clear our throat we we come back.

>>34379237
>Clear your throat and cough as loudly as you can manage. Hopefully that'll do the trick.
Come on, old man. We got shit we need to do today.

>>34379237
>Clear your throat and cough as loudly as you can manage. Hopefully that'll do the trick
>Sit and wit for him to wake up, this is probably a test of some sort

>>34379214
Like literally every kung fu movie,
>Sit and wait for him to wake up, this is probably a test of some sort.

>>34379237
>Clear your throat and cough as loudly as you can manage. Hopefully that'll do the trick.
>Sit and wait for him to wake up, this is probably a test of some sort.

>>34379237
>>Sit and wait for him to wake up, this is probably a test of some sort.

>>34379237
>Sit and wait for him to wake up, this is probably a test of some sort.

Practice the Oud or whatever it was called. Just get a feel for it and the sounds it makes

>>34379237
We have the cloak right? time for some Oud training.

>>34379392
And by training, I mean play as badly as can be. Singing too.

>>34379237
>Sit and wait for him to wake up, this is probably a test of some sort.

>>34379377
>>34379392
seconding Oud practice.

>>34379377
>>34379392
Time to use that?

>>34379377
>>34379392
Yeah, that doesn't sound bad
>>34379237
>sit and wait for him to wake up, this is probalby a test of some sort
and practice with the Oud

>>34379392
>>34379377
This is genius. Play the Oud really badly and we could wake the dead.

>some new monk comes into my temple
>does a bunch of fancy tricks with toy figurines to get attention
>decide to take a nap between my meditations
>fucker sits down in front of me and plays an Oud like he's strangling a defenseless animal

Varistha life is hard.

>inbe4 the old coot teaches us how to play/sing.

>>34379430
>>34379471
Dear God

>>34379430
Meant it in more of a learn the damn thing

Rather than a Give the old man a heart attack thing

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>Play the oud
Gonna need some rolls. 3d10 flat vs DC 15 to learn something. 25 to not totally suck.

Rolled 9, 6, 6 = 21 (3d10)

>>34379541
DIIICE

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Rolled 1, 1, 7 = 9 (3d10)

>>34379541

Rolled 8, 1, 5 = 14 (3d10)

>>34379541

Rolled 7, 2, 2 = 11 (3d10)

>>34379541

>>34379541

>>34379541
DO NOT SPEND PLEASE

Rolled 6, 7, 1 = 14 (3d10)

>>34379541
And not a single thing was learned

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>>34379578

So we get to the water temple.

And then we get kicked out.

WELP

>>34379559
>>34379578
>>34379580
>>34379554

Pfft.

Rolled 5, 9, 10 = 24 (3d10)

>>34379541
Can we spend 30 Vys on playing the oud

>>34379559
that glorious Ahmadinejad troll roll

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>Dem rolls

>>34379578
>>34379559
>>34379554
>21, 9, 14 vs DC 15
>Regular Failure!
You could spend 1 vys to make it a success. 7 vys to make it a Great Success. Sadly, you'll suck regardless.

Rolled 2, 6, 10 = 18 (3d10)

>>34379640
Spend 1

>>34379640
spend 1

>>34379640
Spend 1 vys

>>34379640
don't spend please, let the old man yell at us for shenaningans

>>34379640
> 7

We'll learn this thing even if it kills us are Darzi later

>>34379640
Spend 1

>>34379640

Spend 1

>>34379640
SPEND 7~
I ROLL TO SEDUCE WITH MY OUD

shouldn't have make us roll, or give us negative mods

>>34379786
Wut?

>>34379826
We had negative mod for firing the Rhynian gun, why can't we have negative mod for playing the Oud?

>>34379854
The DC was 25 for it to sound remotely decent. It still sounds bad, you don't need to worry.

>>34379854
>>34379882
Are you both mislinking?

You sit down across from the Varistha and reach into your cloak, withdrawing your oud. Were this a play, ominous music would probably be playing as the villain reveals his secret weapon. Instrument in hand, you sit across from the Varistha on a large stone. You spend a few moments experimenting with the knobs, trying to figure out just what it is they do. It doesn't take you long to figure out they adjust the tension of the strings, though you're not really sure what sort of effect this has on the music produced.

You start to pluck the strings, tremulous and halting at first. The sound is... off, so you fiddle with the knobs some more. You pluck a few more strings and find that it sounds better, though the thinnest string still sounds really tinny and harsh to your ear. Ah well, you'll leave it as is for now and worry about it later. You start strumming away at the strings and a noise vaguely reminiscent of a cat practicing autoerotic asphyxiation thunders forth into the stillness of the gardens.

You hear a dog howling from the direction of the village, and soon other voices join it as you continue to strum away at the oud with senseless vigor. Birds flee through the hole in the ceiling as quickly as they can. Monks quietly begin to filter out of the gardens while others stare in awe at your (lack of) skill. Somewhere a musician begins to sob without knowing why. Your mind is filled with a hellish, unnatural screeching as Ricky begins to sing along in a voice incomprehensible to your mortal mind.

(1/2)

You finish your 'song', though really it was just a series of noises played very loudly and quickly, and the Varistha cracks open a single eye. You're not sure if he's irritated or amused. He opens his mouth, then closes it again. Searching for words to express his appreciation of your talent, surely. When he finally speaks it wasn't exactly what you were expecting. “I will pay you to not do that ever again.”

>EEND THREAD because classes tomorrow.
I'll stick around a bit for Q&A.

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>>34380166
>>34380188
Our music awakens the void.

>>34380235
Ricky enjoy's our music that's all that matters

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>>34380188
Thanks for the thread Soma

>>34380166
>Your mind is filled with a hellish, unnatural screeching as Ricky begins to sing along in a voice incomprehensible to your mortal mind.
HAHAHAHA

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>>34380166
>>34380188
Well.
At least we did better than last time.
Thanks for running Soma.

>>34380166
at least Rickey Likes it
>>34380188
>“I will pay you to not do that ever again.”
"Trust me you couldn't afford it"

>>34380188
Can we have him instead of paying us with money give us lessons in how to play relatively well?

>>34380188
Could we still cast if we had a sword and shield in our hands? Or do we need to have a hand open to do it?

>>34380188
Yeah, I really enjoyed that it was a great thread like usual
>>34380264
> "I will pay you to not do that ever again."
I think we annoyed the Varistha and traumatized a couple of people and animals.

>>34380188
>“I will pay you to not do that ever again.”
"And I doubt you could afford enough to stifle my dreams to play, although I am open to lessons"

>>34380277
>At least we did better than last time.
Like that's saying much.

>>34380326
Baby steps.

>>34380326
>>34380344
agreed baby steps you gotta learn to walk before you can run

>>34380370
I actually learned to run before I could walk. So long as I had that speed up I was fine, the minute I stopped without something to hold onto I fell.

So I take it this is a hint that a form of void metal band will be essential for our negotiations with the fate twisters eh?