>>35460621
Before you can answer you hear a certain ringing in your head.

RING

RING

RING

RING

It's your brother and although the vast majority of you wants to ignore this call, a tiny section remember he is watching the Manifest Destiny and it is possible he is calling about grand theft land-galleon.

RING

“I have a call.” RING “It's my brother.”

RING

“Okay.” She say.

RING

RIN-

“Hello?” You answer.

“Hoooooooooooo shit, motherfucker!” Your brother responds, “I have THE greatest ne-. Well, okay, not greatest. Second greatest? Third? Fuck. Okay, I have AMAZING news! You sitting down?”

“I'm laying down.”

“Well, stand up!”

You roll your eyes, but then get out of bed. “Okay, fine. I'm up.”

“Well, now that you're up, you're gonna wanna sit back down, CAUSE THIS SHIT IS GONNA BE CRAZY~!”

“I fucking hate you.”

“Okay, okay. But seriously, I'm about to blow. Your. Mind.”

“Just get on with it!”

“Okay, okay, so, you know the level 90 limit? You know how that new expansion raised it to 100 in Japan only?”

“Get to the point.”

“Well, for the game to work, all the servers would need to have those extra levels programmed in, right?”

“Either that or you can't change territories.”

“Well I'm pretty sure, they can, AND, we can break through the limit. What!? Yeah! We can. Boom! Blew your mind.”

You look up to the LVL 40 floating above you. “And I should care because...?”

“Wait, wait, wait! Cause... Cause you're going to appreciate this! Okay, so, xp gained from PvP, right? It pushes past the max level, but if you get some PvE xp before you hit level 91, you go back to down to the 90 cap.”

>>35460639
You think about it for a while. The game probably checks if you have reached the max xp for your account and if it is above the cap, it sets the current xp equal to the cap, but they must have missed that on the PvP xp function. Why would they even have a seperate function for PvP and PvE xp calculations, though? That's just stupid! I mean, sure, you have a system for gaining xp in PvP with all the calculations of number of times player has been killed by you and the level difference and equipment difference, BUT! You would feed the number that function gets into a giveXP function that way you don't need to write the code twice. That's not even them being lazy, it's them being stupid. Assuming your brother isn't just believing stupid rumors.

You sigh. “So, where'd you hear about this?”

“King told me.” He says, “There's this 91 viking named Niemand that's jumping through fairy gates spreading the word to the other servers. Flugelhorn saw him give this big ass speech and then started telling everyone about it.” He pauses. “So... Yeah. That's pretty much all I wanted to say. 90 cap can be broken with some hardcore PvP because of errors.”

“And you're sure he was a viking? What if he's just some guy with a Japanese account trying to start shit?”

“Well, I only heard it second hand- Well, third hand, really, but I'm pretty sure people would be able to tell the difference between two axes and all the other class symbols.”

“Huh.” You say, “Well, shit. Wonder how that's going to play out.”

“Probably something along the lines of all PvP all the time. Just a bunch of level 90s beating the crap out of each other until one of them hits 91. Of course, they'd need a kill to death ratio of at least five to make any xp profit.”

“Well, don't tell Edifice about it. He'll probably think it's a Japanese conspiracy to lower the total xp levels in America, or something.”

>>35460663
“But the guy was a viking, that means he's German or something. How could he think it has something to do with the Japanese?”

“I'm sure he'll find a way.”

“Ah. Alright. I'll be sure to not tell him. Oh! Can you also pick me up some breakfast? I'd go get it myself, but I can't leave this rolling fortress unguarded.”

“I'll see what I can do.”

“Alright. See you then.” CLICK.

You sigh.

“What's wrong?” Judicature asks.

“Nothing, just found out PvP can push you past level cap.” You turn around to see her shirt off. You give her a smirk.

Her face turns a bit pink and she looks away from you. “My shirt ran away.” She points to the shirt, fallen on the floor.

“I can see that.” You say.

“It's probably lonely. You should send your robe after it. So it's not so lonely.”

You grab your robe in one hand, and in one motion lift it off you and toss it to the shirt. “There. Now your shirt has a friend.”

“That's good.” She looks back to you, beckoning you over.

You crawl over the bed till you are over her. “Yeah, that is good.”
---
A Most Honorable Fade to Black.
---

She kisses your hand, the two of you snuggling on a not-completely-destroyed bed. “So, what should we do today?” She asks.

[ ] “My brother needs someone to get him some food. Wanna come with me for that?”
[ ] “Lilac probably has something to show me by now. We should go check on her.”
[ ] “Takeshi is probably going to try something stupid. Want to help me stop him before he does?”
[ ] “You know, I don't think I've really talked to Trove ever. Wanna go talk to him?”
[ ] Other.

>>35460693
>[ ] “Takeshi is probably going to try something stupid. Want to help me stop him before he does?”
Today we tackle this problem once and for all.

>>35460693
>[ ] “Takeshi is probably going to try something stupid. Want to help me stop him before he does?”

>>35460693
[ ] “Lilac probably has something to show me by now. We should go check on her.”

>>35460693
>[ ] “Takeshi is probably going to try something stupid. Want to help me stop him before he does?”

We got the car and the girl, the only thing we need now is better levels and a strong party.

ALSO Tiny please stop teasing us with fade to black.

>>35460693
>[x] “Lilac probably has something to show me by now. We should go check on her.”

Takeshi gets screen-time time-outs until he stops spazzing out or does something nice for us.

>>35460993
He won't stop being a spazz if we don't give him screen time for character development. Your way means we may as well cut him loose.

>>35460884
>>35460841
>>35460986

>Tiny please stop teasing
Okay. No more teasing.

[+1 Knowledge(Takeshi)]

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>>35460639
> You know how that new expansion raised it to 100 in Japan only?

Okay, this has got me a bit annoyed; why would an American game which has servers all around the world that players can migrate across to do different quests and interact with update in Japan, one of the smaller servers, first? As apposed to updating them all at once?

>>35461174
In universe, Japan is a glorified beta-test server and they get it early, but bug ridden.

In reality: So the Dragonhowl Mountains party had a reason to go to Japan. At least, that's my theory.

>>35461174
We already had this conversation when my mind got baffled by that.
My best guess is some person in Japan fucked up or daylight savings time made a guy jump the gun 30 seconds early. Even then not everything was unlocked and they had to get the npcs to unlock the raid in the novels and current plot.

>>35460693
>[x ] “My brother needs someone to get him some food. Wanna come with me for that?”

Make sure he is not getting into trouble.

>>35461174
Have you played FF XI?

>>35461490
Nope.

>>35461560
Then you won't understand the rage.

>>35461599
Even ffxi had same time updates. The problem was JP players had certain (ping) advantages which enabled unfair advantages and easier cheating that the devs didn't give a shit about.
Also they generally ignore anything the notJP players complain about but in the end that still doesn't explain why some random server exclusively gets new expansion content.

>>35462340

Huh.

I guess it might be a good thing that we're not getting a PSO2 release over here in the states.

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>>35461123
“Takeshi is probably going to try something stupid.” You say, “Want to help me stop him before he does?”

She kisses your hand a couple more times before saying, “Okay.”

You both separate the clothing friends and get dressed. Once both of your armors are secure you leave the inn.

No doubt the not-samurai is causing some kind of trouble, or will in the near future, but what that trouble is, you fear to find out.

You follow the party member arrow belonging to Takeshi. You climb ladder after ladder till you are as high up as you can go. Standing atop the rooftops, you focus in on the assassin, standing on one leg with arms extended out, like a big Y.

“Takeshi!” You call out, “Mind explaining what you're doing?”

Judi whispers, “Praising the sun.”

You glance over to her before focusing back on the assassin.

“Meditating.” He says, “I think I finally understand.”

“Dare I ask what you understand?” You ask.

“The lesson I was supposed to learn was that I should always be aware of my surroundings.” He ends his praise of the sun and stands normal. “I know now that the true warrior will always think before he engages in battle. Only once battle is joined should he empty his mind. Such is the Samurai Code.”

“Yeah, no, you need to stop this.”

“You are correct, a True Samurai does not need to meditate so much, for he is forever balanced. I must learn to be mentally balanced at all times.”

>>35462871
Your blood boils. This is coming to an end. Right here, right now. “Stop it with this samurai shit!” You shout, “You are NOT a samurai! I am NOT your sensei! Stop dueling me, stop acting like everything I say is some kind of test, and stop acting like this is some freeform RP chat!” You walk up to him and stare him directly in the eyes. “You are not a samurai named Takeshi. You are some kid from the internet wishing he was Japanese, even though it's obvious he know absolutely nothing about Japan!”

For the first time ever, Takeshi seems to be avoiding eye contact with you. “Yasuke wasn't Japanese either, but...”

“I don't give a shit! You're not a samurai! You're not even a samurai in the game! You're an assassin! Now you're going to tell me why you're so obsessed with being a god damn samurai and it better not be boo hoo you're stuck in a game, because you need to just fucking DEAL WITH IT!”

Your heavy breathing is all you can really hear right now. Takeshi remains silent, which only pisses you off more.

“Is that it!? Boo hoo you're stuck in a game!? God damn! You're fucking living the dream of every god damn high school I've ever known!” You can't stand him looking away from you another second, so you grab him by his jaw and force him to look at you. “Fucking. Deal with it.”

He whispers, “Samurai don't need to be strong to be powerful. They can beat tons of people at the same time, even if their enemies are bigger and stronger than them. Samurai just need skill.”

“You are NOT a samurai!” You scream into his face.

His voice falters as he finally whispers, “I know.”

You let go of him. He turns around and faces away from you.

[ ] You went too far. You should probably apologize. “I'm sorry, Takeshi.”
[ ] “Good. Remember that.” Leave. Takeshi should straighten out now.
[ ] “Mind explaining to me why you think you need to be a samurai?” Inquire about obsession.
[ ] Other.

>>[ ] “Mind explaining to me why you think you need to be a samurai?” Inquire about obsession.

>>35462544
TLDR: PSO2 probably wont have the same problems.
(Some of) the problems in xi:
JP could be douches all day and you just got told to suck it up if you call a GM while a JP can get you banned almost instantly. I'm sure you can see how ripe this was for abuse when NA tried to start endgame too.

Ping advantages. when the endgame(and even farming for rare staple items) content is based on who can claim the monster first as it spawns then the people living next to the server instead of the other side of the planet are going to have an advantage when it comes to their data going back/forth faster. This combined with how JP(and many endgame) groups would cheat like bastards while lying through their teeth about how they don't cheat made endgame very inaccessible to those who didn't want to cheat. This problem spiraled out of control for years until eventually linkshells started selling drops for gil to convert to cash to pay for their $4000 bots.
The entire endgame linkshells system has basically evolved into mercenary work as a long term consequence of this. Why farm when you can get some noob (or person that can't find a PUG because people buy the wins instead) to pay you 10~20 mil for an easy/short fight after all?

They had a Sadist idiot at the helm.

The last and main problem is that Japanese developers listen to JP players first and foremost. You can answer a problem 9 months ago then a JP says something stupid and they do that instead.

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>>35462924
>[ ] You went too far. You should probably apologize. “I'm sorry, Takeshi.”
>[ ] “Mind explaining to me why you think you need to be a samurai?” Inquire about obsession.

What the hell was that?

>>35462924
>[x] “Mind explaining to me why you think you need to be a samurai?” Inquire about obsession.

>>35462924
[ ] You went too far. You should probably apologize. “I'm sorry, Takeshi.”
[ ] “Mind explaining to me why you think you need to be a samurai?” Inquire about obsession.
Why are we such an asshole?

>>35462924
>[ ] You went too far. You should probably apologize. “I'm sorry, Takeshi.”
>[ ] “Mind explaining to me why you think you need to be a samurai?” Inquire about obsession.
Damn Anthony.

>>35462924
>[ ] “Mind explaining to me why you think you need to be a samurai?” Inquire about obsession.
Getting to the heart of the problem here. Glad that we finally shook him a little.

>>35463103

If I had to guess, it's because Anthony has had to deal with this consecutively and personally while we the players have had some time in between sessions to cool down.

Also, Anthony seems to be a bit abrasive toward certain types of people, like Symbology. Maybe Takeshi just rubs him the wrong way?

>>35463103
You think after all that [Fade to Black] we have got in the past... What, 12 hrs, we'd be a tad calmer at the moment.

>>35462924
>[ ] “Mind explaining to me why you think you need to be a samurai?” Inquire about obsession.

Start getting our brother some food.

Lastly we need to tell morningstar the bad news as it finally dawns on us wtf is about to happen next.(eg everyone going for pvp only means mass PK and completely ignoring monster kills) I'm thinking Judi explains it to her superiors as we get food and head to the airship with Takaeshi and Lilac.

Rolled 2 (1d2)

>>35463118
>>35463109
>>35463103
>>35463084
>>35463024
>>35463016
Half seem to want to apologize, but the other half does not, so...

Oh great, venerated dice gods, what path shall give us the most interesting story?
1) Apologize
2) Don't apologize.

>>35462924
>[ ] You went too far. You should probably apologize. “I'm sorry, Takeshi.”

>>35463259
[x] Apologize

>>35463259
[+1 Inquiry]
[+0 Apology]

>>35463343
Shepard pls

>>35463331
>>35463307

pls

>>35463343
Come on. Just apologize.

>>35463398
>>35463375
B-but...
muh Dice Gods.

I'm sure everything will be fine. Maybe.

Rolled 9 (1d20)

>>35463457
Fuck the Dice Gods. They don't exist. Watch I'll prove it.

>>35463481
Ha!

>>35463457
You have no other God but the Lord your God TinyFather. That includes dice gods.

Are you matching up the threads with episode release dates on purpose?

>>35463481
I feel sorry for your next party, welcome to 100 nat1s fool

>make dinner
>come back to THIS

Takeshi might be an asshole, but he's our asshole, dammit. He didn't deserve that.

>>35464008
Not to mention, Judi's right there. If we're going to blow up on someone, preferably in closed quarters.

>>35462924
[ ] You went too far. You should probably apologize. “I'm sorry, Takeshi.”
aaaand broke

>Build fighters, ImprovAizen, Hollow Quest Redux, Sacred Jewel, and Succubus Apprentice last night
>Aspiring Emperor Quest, more hollow quest, more ImproveAizen quest, Eclipsed Moon, Log Horizon Quest

HOLY SHIT HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO READ EVERYTHING

Rolled 19 (1d20)

>>35464155

The /tg/ way, of course! Let's see what your read result is like.

>>35464155

The dice have spoken, Anon. Man up and get to reading.

Remember when Tiny took 15 minutes to update?

All dat fade to black.

All I really want is the first fade to black scene, Shep. Also, yay for finally getting to figure out why Takeshi is a gigantic faggot.

>>35465724
Those were great times.

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>>35465724

>>35465724
sort of. At least it's not Artemis tier back when he was juggling 8000 things and the updates wouldn't come for hours.

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>>35463343
You fold your arms. You may have gone a bit too far to keep things civil, but it's nothing Takeshi didn't deserve. “Mind explaining to me why you think you need to be a samurai?”

Takeshi clears his throat several time. “M-m-my...” He pauses. He takes a deep breath. “My ancestor, Yasuke, was a slave, but even as a slave when he found himself in Japan he became so powerful that he was named Nobunaga's personal bodyguard. I want to be powerful like that.”

“Powerful like what? Powerful enough to be some Japanese dude's bodyguard?”

“Powerful enough to change everything.” He turns around and faces you. “When he first arrived in Japan, he was a slave, but he was made a samurai! He went from a slave to being the most powerful samurai in all of Japan!”

“And you think acting like a samurai will magically make you powerful?”

“I...” He ponders for a while. “I know that he is somewhere inside me. Somewhere in my genetic code. If I can just figure out how to access my genetic memories, then-”

“Stop! This isn't Assassin's Creed! There is no such thing as genetic memories! No amount of acting like a deranged samurai is going to help you change anything!”

“There is no harm in trying.”

“There IS harm in trying! Who knows how much time and energy you've wasted with this stupid samurai delusion of yours!”

“It is not a delusion.”

>>35466207
“Okay, fine, it's not a delusion. You have magic samurai genes in you. What are you trying to do with them? Git gud? Become the bodyguard of the most MLG guild leader in the world? What exactly is your plan?”

“I just... want to be someone powerful. Someone who can defeat anything. Someone who doesn't run away.”

“Run away from what?”

Takeshi stays silent. He slowly turns away from you again.

“Takeshi. Look at me.”

He does not look, but suddenly says, “I will meditate on what was discussed today.” He looks as if he is about to jump off the building, but you put a hand onto his shoulder.

“Wait.” You sigh heavily. You have no idea why you are doing this, but you feel a need to do it anyway. “Look. I'm sorry. I was acting like an asshole. If you want to talk about this some other time, just... just come talk to me, okay?”

He remains quiet and then leaps off the edge, jumping from roof to roof. Heading off to who knows where.

You let out an aggravated sigh. “Nothing is easy with that kid.”

“It probably did not help that you yelled at him.” Judicature says.

“I'm sorry, but he... he just rubs me the wrong way with that samurai crap.”

Judi remains silent. You feel like she is a bit disappointed.

“I'm sorry. I'll try never do something that again.”

She looks around the city scape. “So, what is next?”

[ ] “My brother need food.”
[ ] “Let's go see what Lilac has.”
[ ] “You know, I've never talked to Trove recently.”
[ ] Other.

>>35466236
[ ] “You know, I've never talked to Trove recently.”
I think we need a drink after that.

>>35465764
>>35465724
I'm so sorry.
I must have completely rewritten this post five times. Nothing felt right. It still doesn't feel completely right.

And half the time it made Takeshi look beyond the realm of human stupidity. Like some kind of stupidity elemental.

>>35466236
>[ ] “You know, I've never talked to Trove recently.”

>>35466313
By "this post" I meant >>35466207 >>35466236

I need more coffee.

>>35466236
>[ ] “You know, I've never talked to Trove recently.”
Let's go see what the pirate has to say.

>>35466236
>[x] “You know, I've never talked to Trove recently.”

He also came up with a way to brew alcohol earlier, right? Or was that someone else?

>>35466313
It's okay Tiny, we love you.

>>35466236
Lilac

>>35466340
>>35466355
>>35466381

Time has run out.
[+1 Good times.]

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NSFW.

Maybe it'll serve as an inspiration. At least all this waiting gives me time for this.

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>>35467239

Oh gosh.

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>>35467239
That's actually bretty gud.

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>>35466681
“You know, I haven't talked to Trove recently.” You say, “With Canis gone, I'm sure he's feeling pretty lonely.”

“Think we should go cheer him up?” She asks.

You let out a sigh of exasperation. “After that? I think he could probably cheer ME up more than I can cheer HIM up.”

“Alright.”

The two of you return to the lowest section of the town. Walking into the tavern you quickly spot the pirate sitting at a table. “Trove!” You call out.

The pirate spins around in his chair. “Yarr! Ambrosis! What ye be needin'?”

“Good friends, good times, and good booze!” You shout back.

“Come over here and we'll have all three! Yarr!”

You and Judi sit down with him, but as soon as you do Trove squints his eyes and looks between the both of you.

“Something wrong?” You ask.

“Yarr. Ye be different.”

“Different?” Judicature asks, “What do you mean?”

“Yarr. I can't be sure.”

“Well,” You interrupt, “Instead of worrying about that, let's just get to drinking.”

“I agree!” He raises his hand into the air. “Drinks for the table! Yarr.”

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>>35467239

>>35467379
Jesus christ, you make that cup of coffee or what?

>>35467379
Soon beers are served. It still tastes like water, but you remind yourself that watery taste or not, it will get you drunk.

“So,” The duelist strikes up conversation, “What have you been doing the past two days?”

“Yarr, I've been experimenting!”

“Oh?” She asks, “What did you experiment on?”

“Only the most important thing. Yarr. Booze!”

You respond, “What did you find out?”

“Yarr! I found out, if ye put fruit into booze, the booze tastes like the fruit!” He pauses. “It be more interesting than it sounds. Yarr.”

You glance around. You certainly know how things like this work now. Your brother inadvertently told you it. You could certainly steer Trove in the right direction, hinting that he might try brewing without the crafting menu, but your brother did beg you not to let that knowledge spread.

[ ] “Man, I wonder what would happen if you brewed beer normally instead of using the crafting menu.”
[ ] “Wow, that does sound interesting! If only we could figure out a way to make things have a taste normally.”
[ ] Other.

>>35467407
[ ] “Man, I wonder what would happen if you brewed beer normally instead of using the crafting menu.”
BOOZE FOR THE BOOZE GOD

>>35467407
>[x] “Wow, that does sound interesting! If only we could figure out a way to make things have a taste normally.”

Trove is a smart dude. He'll stumble across it sooner or later. But we did promise our bro not to tell anyone else, so we shouldn't betray his secret like that.

>>35467407
>[ ] “Wow, that does sound interesting! If only we could figure out a way to make things have a taste normally.”

Agree, we can't betray our only brother.

>>35467407
>[ ] “Man, I wonder what would happen if you brewed beer normally instead of using the crafting menu.”
Is this what we're using most of the Manifest Destiny for? A gigantic, mobile distillery?

At least it would justify putting weapons on it and fighting with it against raiders.

>>35467407
>[ ] Other.
So how did brewing beer work in the real world anyways?


No questioning about what happens if you make it normally, just question how to make beer normally.

>>35467407
>[ ] “Man, I wonder what would happen if you brewed beer normally instead of using the crafting menu.”
Hint fucking hint Trove.

>>35467407
you know what, I'll switch >>35467495
to
>>35467567

we should be the ones preparing the equipment, anyway.

>>35467567
How DO you make beer normally?

>>35467602
Fuck if I know. I think its yeast and ingrediants left to ferment?

>>35467602
It more or less boils down to fermenting grains, usually hops. Sounds straightforward, I know, but doing it right is actually exceedingly tricky.

>>35467407
[ ] “Wow, that does sound interesting! If only we could figure out a way to make things have a taste normally

>>35467602
>>35467626
>Get stuff that ferments
>Get clean containers
>Mix stuff properly
>Store stuff properly
>Keep everything CLEAN
I'm not joking about the CLEAN part. Molds ruining alcohol is just terrible, and it can take months to notice.

>>35467509
You know, I like this much better.
>>35467567

>>35467602

Hops and fermenting and yeast and stuff. There's brewing kits that have instructions on how to do it, and there's plenty of stuff online about the basic process. But there's probably a lot of delicate shit involved when adding flavor to beer and stuff.

There was an episode about beer brewing on How It's Made, I think.

>>35467407
I'll support this

>>35467739
What are you supporting?

>>35467785
free speech and conversation, duh.

>>35467407
>[ ] “Man, I wonder what would happen if you brewed beer normally instead of using the crafting menu.”

Just wondering.

>>35467407
>[ ] “Man, I wonder what would happen if you brewed beer normally instead of using the crafting menu.”

>>35467894
>>35467881
Gonna go with the horribly horribly obvious tip?
Really?

>>35467894
>>35467881
>>35467575
>>35467435
[+1 Maximum "Subtlety"]

>>35467958
Damn it.

>>35467958
Our brother is fucked.

>>35467958
I'm sorry, bro.

Well, I didn't expect the alcohol situation to not get overblown anyway.

>>35468180
>>35468243
Just what does his guild threaten people with who leak their secrets?

Just as an aside, Takeshi figured out how fruits could be used to flavor things long before our bro dropped the bomb on us. We can always claim our guild figured it out on our own accord if they give us grief about it.

>>35468369
>>35468369
>We can always claim our guild figured it out

We should reveal it so that we get a note in the history books.

So far we've made a tank, a ship, and we are really close to figuring out the portals, maybe. We're practically the Ben Frank of Elder Tales.

>>35468520
All these accomplishments shall pale in comparison to our greatest achievement; booze.

>>35468520
I'd rather us be tesla, not ben frank.

>>35460663
>Fear No One

I'm really wondering that no one pointed this one out

Niemand means no one in German.

Finally it's useful beimg german living here and in this horrible time zone for Log horizon quest

>>35469063
Boy did i fuck that sentence up

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>>35469063
Oh dear. Please excuse me while I kick my paranoia into overdrive.

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>>35467958
“Man, I wonder what would happen if you brewed beer normally.” You say, “You know, instead of using the crafting menu?”

“Yarr. What'd'ya mean, captain?” The pirate inquires.

“Well, I mean, when you flavor things like vodka, that's pretty much how you do it in real life. You take an almost tasteless alcohol and put something in it until it tastes like the thing you put in it.” You nod to your own point. “And you did that without the crafting menu, so, it just makes me think that maybe if you, you know, brew something like this is real life, it might do something.”

The pirate strokes his beard. “Yarr. I never thought of that.” He stares off into space for a while before getting up from his seat. “I...'ve gotta go...” He stumbles out, not looking where he is going, most likely imagining something in his head which blinds his vision. You are quite familiar with such inspiration.

“Did...” Judicature asks, “Did he just break character?”

“Hm?” You think back to his last statement and its complete lack of pirate-ness. “Oh... Oh wow, I guess he did. Huh. You know, for a while there I kinda thought he might have been an NPC or something.”

“Why would you think that?”

“Well, he never says anything about himself other than how much he wants to go on adventures. Don't think he ever really made any reference to the real world. I just...” You wave the thought away. “Sorry, I guess it was pretty silly, huh?”

“Well, after Aideen, I guess most bets would off, so it's not that silly.”

You go back to drinking your beer while you try to think of where to take this conversation.

“So...” Judi interrupts your thoughts. “What do you think your brother thinks of me?”

You shrug. “I don't know. He seemed to like you well enough.”

“Just didn't have the time to asking him about it?”

>>35469125
“Mmm...” You shake your head. “No, we just don't talk about that kind of stuff.”

“Oh. Is that mushy stuff too girly for you two to talk about?”

“No, it was more of a...” You pause for a moment to gather your thoughts. “He had once asked me about being in a long distance relationship and I told him being in one would be a stupid idea. After that we never really talked about things like that ever again.” You then add on, “I should probably mention that his current boy... girlfriend and him have been in a long distance relationship.”

“Boy-girl-friend?”

“Sorry. He calls her King, so I always assumed she was a man.”

“Ah. So she's slightly androgynous or something?”

You shrug again. “No idea. Never talked to her, never seen her.”

“So, you have no idea who this woman is that is dating your brother?”

“Nope.” You remark, “No doubt you are judging me right now.”

“No, I'm sure you have your reasons it's just... strange to me.”

“What do you mean?”

“I mean... If I had a little brother or sister, I'd want to know EVERYTHING about this person. I don't want my family going off with some internet creeper.”

“I doubt my brother is dating an internet creeper. Besides, he's old enough to take care of himself.”

“I suppose that's true, but you're not in the least bit curious?”

“Maybe a little, but we don't talk to each other about that stuff.”

“Well... what do you two talk about, then?”

>>35469142
“Mostly game stuff. Some times we tell each other interesting things we've learned.” You rub your chin. “He still needs to give me a new interesting fact after that beaver fact I gave him.”

“Beaver fact?”

“Oh, so, here's something interesting: Beavers know what and where to dam only by the SOUND of rushing water. They did this experiment where they had a speaker playing a loop of rushing water, and these beavers came over and covered the entire thing in sticks and mud until they couldn't hear the sound anymore.”

“Interesting.”

“Exactly. Anyways, the ball's in his court now. He still need to get me an interesting factoid.” You ponder back to this morning and wonder if him telling you about the going above level cap counts as something interesting.

Judicature downs the last of her drink. “Okay, where should we go now?”

[ ] “Let's go check on Lilac. She probably has blueprints for me.”
[ ] “I told my brother I'd get him some food. I should probably do something about that.”
[ ] Other.

>>35469154
>[ ] “I told my brother I'd get him some food. I should probably do something about that.”

>>35469154
was the level 91 thing not factual enough?

>[ ] “I told my brother I'd get him some food. I should probably do something about that.”

>>35469063

It seems fitting, now that his proclamation has probably created roving bands of level 90 players hungry for power. Or bands of lazy level 90 players beating the shit out of each other until they can't even remember their own names.

>>35469154
>[ ] “I told my brother I'd get him some food. I should probably do something about that.”
Let's bring him a feast.

>>35469154
>[x] “I told my brother I'd get him some food. I should probably do something about that.”

>>35469154
>[ ] “I told my brother I'd get him some food. I should probably do something about that.”

For some reason, I feel that Trove is going to do something stupid.

>>35469262
Well, I DID suggest getting the equipment ready before telling him. Now he's going to do his own thing.

>>35469262
Stupid as in creating explosions stupid?

Or stupid as in completely missing the point and going back to square one stupid?

>>35469174
>>35469185
>>35469209
>>35469218
>>35469262
First to Five
[+1 Tasteless Feast]
[+1 Brotherly Conversation]

>>35469311
We love our brother.


Right?

>>35469329
Yeah, we love that lovable idiot.

>>35469329
You know, after reading this post, I couldn't help but think about what things would happen if Ambrosis didn't love his brother, but his brother still loved him.

I do not want to feel these feels ever again.

Still writing.

>>35469711
One can't just not love their brother!

>>35469307
Stupid as in get himself in trouble and getting us in trouble because of it.

>>35469711
still there shep?

>>35470559
Yes.

I have run out of coffee.

>>35470063
Is his name Gregor Clegane?

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>>35469311
“I told my brother I'd get him some food.” You say, “So, I should probably do something about that.”

“Can't he get his own food?” Judi asks.

“Well, he's watching the Manifest Destiny, so if he leaves to get some food from Pueblo he'd leave the land-galleon unguarded.”

“Oh. Can't he, you know, take shifts with other people?”

“You know, he's never asked about that. I should probably mention that.”

The two of you get up from the table and pay off the tab before heading out the door. The two of you meander around the food stalls.

“What do you think we should get him?” Judicature asks.

“Probably the standard cooked stuff, but some fruit for taste.” You respond.

“Do you think he's even going to eat it?”

“He's hungry, so I imagine so.”

“Well, what I mean is, he's been eating food with taste this entire time. I don't think I could ever go back to eating bland food after that.”

“Yeah, but what else can we get him? We're already starting to run low on the cactus fruit, and people are starting to buy up base ingredient foods.”

“I guess that's true. I just want to impress him is all.”

“Alright, well, step one to impressing my brother. Buy him a slutty dress.”

“S-seriously!?”

“I want to say I'm joking because no one's done it before, but...” You let the thought trail off.

“W-what's step two?”

“Tell him he looks pretty in his new dress.”

“Your brother is... umm...”

“Now you understand why I've never wanted to talk to him about his girlfriend.”

“Well, I guess it's nice that she accepts his... umm... likes.”

“Actually, I think she's the one that gave him the fetish in the first place. Not that I can prove that.”

“Oh...”

“Yeah...”

“Is... Is there a step three?”

“Feel shame for him.” You respond, “Because I don't think he can feel shame for himself.”

She goes silent.

“That last one was a joke.”

“O-oh. Heh heh?”

>>35471077
“Hmm...” You sigh, “Sorry, I guess I'm sounding a bit too serious sounding.”

“Something wrong?”

You pick up the last apple on a cart and examine it for bruises. “Just kinda realizing I don't really know my brother all that well.”

“Well, why don't you go and talk to him when we get there with the food?”

“What am I supposed to say? 'Hey, bro. I just realized I don't know a god damn thing about you. Why don't you tell me about yourself?' I don't think that's going to work.”

“Why don't I just ask him questions for you?”

“I guess that could work.” You hold up the apple and purchase it at a gigantic markup.

With some fruit and a bunch of tasteless meat, you and Judi travel out of town and to the hiding spot of the MD.

The two of you start climbing the ladder to the deck when you hear your brother.

“Okay,” He says, “I'm on the deck. What do you want me to do here?” He pauses. “W-what!? But... What if someone sees?” A pause. “W-w-well, no, I can't see anyone, but just because I can't see them doesn't mean they can't see me!” Another pause. “You're so cruel...”

It is at this point you reach the top of the ladder. “Eh-hem!” You cough to get your brother's attention. At least he still has all of his clothes on, and none of those clothes are a frilly dress.

He looks at you like a deer in headlights. “AAAAAAhhhhhhiiIIIIIIIII-I knew you were there the entire time!” He shouts, “Ha ha, gotcha!” He gives you his nervous I-am-lying smile.

“Talking to King?” You ask.

He nods.

You ponder a bit before saying, “Tell hi- erm. Tell her I said hi.”

“O-okay.” He responds. “Umm.. So, my brother's here and he says hi.” A pause. “Yeah, a friend of his, Judicature. She's here too.” Another pause. He starts looking Judi up and down. “Yeah, you could say that.”

Judicature gives you a concerned look. You can only shrug in response. You have no idea what they could be talking about.

>>35471094
“No!” Zachery shouts, “I'm not asking her that!” A pause. He looks down at the ground, sighs, looks back to Judi, smiles, and asks, “Hey, don't suppose you're single?”

Both you and the duelist look at each other, as if to confirm with the other what was just said. You both look back to Vertigo.

“No.” She says.

You shake your head. “Nah. Not single.”

“Not in the least.” She adds.

You brother offers a raised eyebrow.

In response, you point to yourself and Judi.

Your brother offers you a thumbs up and mouths the word 'Nice.' “Hm?” He says, “Oh, no, she has someone.” A pause. “It's my brother.” A short pause. “No. No, no, no. That'd never work out.” A pause. “Because it's my BROTHER!” A pause. “That doesn't make things better! It makes them a million times worse!” A long pause. “Okay, how about this. YOU can ask them when we get to Big Apple. How about that?” A long pause. “I'll be sure to tell them to wear something formal for the event.” Another pause. “Okay. I'm going to go now, though; I need to get some lunch.” Pause. “Okay. I love you. Bye bye.”

He lets out a sigh that practically deflates him, but then he instantly smiles and says, “King says hi.”

Judi is the first to reply. “She seems nice.”

You add, “Did your girlfriend just invite us to a foursome?”

“I believe a more accurate statement would be she WILL invite you.” He responds, “And I sincerely hope you turn her down.”

“I think that goes without saying.” You respond.

There is long, awkward silence before your brother finally says, “So! Food?”

You toss him the apple. “You won't believe the price of that apple.”

“If it's more than a hundred gold, I think my guild's going to be very happy.”

Judi responds, “Prepare to have a happy guild.”

>>35471110
“God damn.” He responds, “People are getting desperate.” He takes a big chomp out of the apple and then talks with his mouth full, “Ah leash ih tayhh guuh.”

“Don't talk with your mouth full.” You say to your brother.

“So, Vertigo!” Judi announces, “Now that I'm dating your brother, would you mind me asking you some questions?”

Your brother swallows the apple bit. “Sure. Go for it.”

“Oh. Well.” She exaggerates thinking for a while before looking to you. “What do you think I should ask him?”

END SESSION

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FOR NEXT TIME
[ ] Custom options go!

>>35471132
His perception of Ambro

Where he met/what he likes about King

What does he want to do right now. No, not wait for others to tell him to do, what does HE want to do.

>>35471132
How old r u
Wit did u do irl
Where do u live/lived
Do u ave many/any friends in yer own guild or r u kings fucktoy
Did u go 2 collge and if so wit did u study
Wit r the major in game guilds
How much sway do u have

>>35471132
"Embarrassing stories.

...

That's a joke Judi."

>>35471132

Shep, shep.

Where the hell is my smut?

>>35471220
I'm working on it still.

>>35471255
You disappoint me, Shepard.

>>35471110
Wow, King has a filthy mind.

I'd be willing to wager she's a ca/tg/irl.

>>35471404
If it's of any consolation, I promised I'm not going to bed till I'm done with it.

No idea how long it will take, though. I am very new to this style of writing.

>>35471466
Go to bed, that one Anon's boner can wait until Tuesday.

>>35471466
Dude, it's cool, I was mostly kidding anyways. I find these things are better when written while well rested.

>>35471132
I like how Judi became our moral compass. I think we'll have a better time dealing with people if we have her at our side. Ambrosis can be a little eccentric and Judi is just the person to bring him back down to earth.

>>35474352
Two words.
Fuck.
That.

Ambrosis' eccentricity is literally the entire reason I picked up this quest. Nowadays I follow it for the trapped in an RPG civ quest elements as well. But if the focus turns to Judi entirely I'm dropping it.

Don't get me wrong, I like her, I think she's great for Ambrosis, and I look forward to those Fade-to-blacks in the works, but I just can't maintain any interest in a quest that revolves around a relationship between two characters exclusively. Shep only posts about 3-4 entries per thread, pet talk with Judi can only take up so much dialogue before it gets excessive. We need to divy up time between the many characters we deal with and that's difficult enough without our waifu accompanying us everywhere and taking up half the lines.

Dammit all I've already had to give up on the levers for gods sakes, don't take the landship away from me!

>>35474706
i liked the levers, but I couldn't figure out where to go from there, especially with the difference between normal levers and TRUE LEVERS.

Landship, though, THAT'S got progression. We can kit it out with weapons, or make it a boozetrain, and make it a safe haven for when Big Apple goes bad.

>>35474897
Have we figured out some way to apply overskill bullshit to that landship?

...We're not going to go along with King's proposal right?
I don't want to share Judi, and what King wants is downright creepy.

>>35475145
You know, what do you think the odds are that prior to the databasing King was a dude, one of those types that's way too into genderswapping shit to be healthy? Because her sexual proclivities sorta seem to suggest that to me...

>>35475291
Yeah, I'm starting to wonder...
I mean, at first I thought it was just something done because King liked being a dominatrix.

>>35475291
>>35475311

But surely Zachary/Vertigo wouldn't start a relationship with an anonymous person he only met online. Would he?

>>35475372
Oh, of course, of course, he couldn't possibly be that stupid.

>>35474352
It is somewhat adorable that a hentai artist is our moral compass.

>>35474706
Things are only focusing on Judi right now due to it more or less being a honeymoon period.

If things play out how I plan it to, MMO Civ will become more and more important, although I guess it's also possible that the players could just walk away from any responsibility.

>>35477692
Why would we walk away?
If we can set it up properly, we can live in luxury with Judi, cuddling and having fun.

Is there any way we can convince her to be more openly affectionate?

>>35477777
Openly affectionate? you want her to be a slut?

>>35477797
I want cuddling and handholding

>>35477797
Would footrubs count as being slutty?

>>35477875
So a slut?

Also, Tiny does give us cuddling, but obviously, I'd imagine Judi is way~ too awkward and shy to know how to express her emotions correctly. Keeping it closed seems to be her way of dealing with the prospect of messing up.

>>35477899
That's a little bit better than handholding but you're still a degenerate.

>>35477936
Then I'll be a degenerate, all while rubbing Judi's feet!

>>35477692
...Shep, you're not still writing those fade-to-blacks are you? I thought we told you to get some sleep.

>>35478436
I did get sleep.

I'm back to work now, though.

>>35478478
>>35475266

Here you go Tiny, some help.