You absentmindedly swirl a finger through the seawater surrounding you, sitting comfortably in your small bubble of air. You can see vague, distorted figures above, combing the beach for you or your belongings. They don't seem to be having much luck. You casually contemplate killing them where they stand, but for now you've got more important things to worry about. Namely, calming your panicked companions.

Darzi sounds desperate, and perhaps a tad frightened. Who can blame her? She's just borne witness to the deaths of hundreds of men in a matter of hours. The attitudes of the rest of your companions are more difficult to gauge, considering they're not currently speaking and you can't see them. However, they're presumably in similar states of shock, concern, or fear. {I might have good news, it depends on your perspective really.}

{What is that supposed to mean? Is it good news or is it bad news, how is this at all ambiguous?} Darzi's thoughts come rapidly, almost stumbling over one another, and the 'tone' of her thoughts clearly communicates her irritability despite being hard to pin down. Communication through brooches in general is imprecise, at least when it comes to emotions and subtleties like sarcasm.

You launch calmly into your explanation while keeping your eyes on the two, or perhaps three men on the shore. {I've gotten a good look around the island which the pirates inhabit. I've discovered a vast storage room filled to the brim with kegs of gunpowder. Were I to set all of these kegs at once, there's little doubt in my mind that it would utterly destroy the cove where the pirates likely dock their ships.}

Darzi responds excitedly. {That's fantastic! How on Earth could that be interpreted as bad news? You just have to wait until they return from battle, swoop in, and send the whole place flying straight into Surya's screaming maw.}
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You begin to shake your head, but catch yourself. {The island which the pirates inhabit is home to a fully functional, as far as I can tell that is, Rhynian fortress. There is also a small, ramshackle village that seems to exist solely to house excess crewmen, along with a number of women, children, and elderly. The fortress itself is impressive, and seems to be able to monitor the actions of the fleet at all times. Their communications network is rather extensive as well, many of them seem to have communication brooches like our own. Were I to set off the gunpowder, much of this technology would be destroyed.} You tack on, almost as an after thought. {Oh, and the Shah is dead. They hung his corpse from a post above the entrance to the cove. I've secured his signet ring as proof, but they've left him little else. He was naked and half-eaten when I found him.}

There is a long pause, before Darzi speaks. {We need to tell the Shahzada, his father is dead and he must assume his place. As for the fortress, while an incredible find, it lies in the hands of our enemy. It is more important to rob them of their base of operations than to risk defeat attempting to recover it.}

>Tell the Shahzada? Is she crazy? Keep it a secret for now.
>You don't have a problem with telling the Shahzada, so he might assume his proper role.
>Write-in

>You really don't think blowing the powder store is a good idea, the fortress is too valuable.
>You agree with Darzi, as soon as the fleet pulls into the cove you intend to blow the place sky high.
>Write-in

1st for banished

>>35510028
>Tell the Shahzada? Is she crazy? Keep it a secret for now.
>You agree with Darzi, as soon as the fleet pulls into the cove you intend to blow the place sky high.

>>35510028
>>You don't have a problem with telling the Shahzada, so he might assume his proper role.

>You agree with Darzi, as soon as the fleet pulls into the cove you intend to blow the place sky high.
i dont even care, nuke the fuckers

>>35510028
>You don't have a problem with telling the Shahzada, so he might assume his proper role.
>You agree with Darzi, as soon as the fleet pulls into the cove you intend to blow the place sky high.

>>35510028
>You don't have a problem with telling the Shahzada, so he might assume his proper role.
>You agree with Darzi, as soon as the fleet pulls into the cove you intend to blow the place sky high.

>>35510028
>You don't have a problem with telling the Shahzada, so he might assume his proper role.
>You agree with Darzi, as soon as the fleet pulls into the cove you intend to blow the place sky high.

>The Shah is Dead, Long Live the Shah!
>Time to blow shit up.
Writin'

>>35510028
>Write-in
Tell her that someone in the Shah entourage set him up, before she tells Kadir, she must talk with the old man for he his wise counsel.
>Write-in
Tell him of the pirate GM, so he can give us some intel on the guy, what kind of GM he his and if we can blow the place up without him foiling the plan

>>35510028
>You agree with Darzi, as soon as the fleet pulls into the cove you intend to blow the place sky high.

Seconding >>35510257 as well.

Can we ask Darzi is ask the Varistha about a grandermaster nature vatis with a trickster brand? Just in case he's even slightly in the know.

Guys...guys....I've had either the worst or most brilliant idea ever. Retrieve the our our from the cloak, ghost up, go to the village, and drive everything not deaf away using out incredible talent.

>>35510310
How about we turn down the random shit when we're in real danger, anon?

>>35510310
Incorporeal beings unfortunately must use the manipulate metamagic to play musical instruments, which is all at once a mild vys expenditure but also I don't believe our manipulate abilities will quite capture the the inner essence of Oud technique.

>>35510365
As an aside, attempting to play the Oud with manipulate ought to have some interesting results. But at another much safer time.

Quick vote, should you tell Darzi about what you heard in the command tower? Specifically, the tidbits relating to hunting the Shahzada for a 'client'.
>Tell her
>Don't

>>35510416
Tell her

>>35510416
>Don't
We still don't know if we can trust the Shahzada, and we don't want him to know we know about the pirates being paid off.

>>35510416
>Tell her
I trust her not to tell anyone else, though her sense of duty may override that trust as it did when she decided to go on the suicide mission in the first place...

>>35510440
Well we're obviously going to tell her to keep that shit to herself and the old man if she goes to him for guidance what with the potential for a traitor and all.

>>35510416
>>Tell her

>>35510416
>Tell her

>Tell her
Writin'

>>35510466
Not that keeping a secret from the Varistha is at all that possible if he wants to know what someone is hiding, of course.

We still up for luring them out of the tower and into the cove so take care of them too? I doubt the blast is gonna take out the tower. Also the ability to loot whatever isn't pure ash afterwards

>>35510530
Well I mean I doubt he can detect the brooches but yeah if our companions talk to each other about it he'll know since they don't all have them.

>>35510549
Yeah, get an alarm going first so we get as many of them in range of the blast as possible.

>>35510549
I've been trying to think of ways to lure the GM nature vatis in the command center to the cove when the ship've come back and I haven't been able to think of anything that doesn't cost major amounts of vys without putting us in at least a little bit of danger. In other words I ain't got squat.

>>35510501
Can we ask our other companions opinions on this? I mean Darzi is the captain of the guard and extremely loyal, the navy getting blown to shit and her shah being dead might be clouding her judgment, I mean it seems sound, but we are a half insane vatis with a entity made by a cult worshipping a dead God stuck in our head. Our idea of sound is probably off.

>>35510549
Firstly does anyone know the average explosive force of gunpowder?

>>35510601
3 megajoules per kg.

>>35510549
An Anon calculated how big the explosion would be last thread.
It'd be like a small nuke.

>>35510416
>tell
>also tell her to report it to old man in private

>>35510614
>>35510549
Bruh... That shit is gone unless some vys force field bullshit pops up

>>35510587
Honestly I think anything that will get a nature GM to investigate in person is out of our reach for now.

Unless. We talk to our SIEGE partner and tell him to ask the head of the academy for advice on dealing with nature GMs since he's one.

>>35510587
We have our sword and we can leech people. I'm thinking we create a bunch of ice soldiers modeled after rhyian sailors, create some fog and then cause some havoc. Fog limiting nature boys sight should piss him off too. And spoopy ghost sailors should scare the pirates. Panic=progress

>>35510651
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oSi2IRXrhSo
This is basically what we're setting off.

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>>35510622
>mfw the steel powder containers are made of enchanted metals that don't transfer heat/energy to the contents and igniting one doesn't do shit for triggering the others

>>35510651
Would you really be surprised if they had a force field? I wouldn't.

>>35510672
>spoopy

>>35510651
The Rhynians have been known to have such things.

>>35510700
Listen bub I just want to blow shit up. Now is not the time to be a scalpel that time is ogre

>>35510698
Don't forget they probably are built with being forcibly exploded in mind so the enchantments will limit the explosions anyway. I mean these pirates aren't dumb, we have seen that already, they wiped out the shahs entire navy. They wouldn't leave 500 kegs of black powder all close together if it was dangerous

>>35510672
Panic means that they're on alert.
They should be panicking once they realize that it's all coming down around them.

I'm still interested in what their "artifact" is, unless they were talking about their ship.

>>35510759
They're dumb enough to kill the Shah.

>>35510759
I don't know, Anon. I get the feeling that a lot of this technology they don't really understand. They know how to operate it, but not why it works.

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>>35510759
Blast + Extra oomph Fire?

>>35510807
>Giant ship artifact
Do want

Only 3 hours, I'm proud.

>>35510861
Charge the pistol is what I'm thinking.

>>35510881
That's gotta be a record.

>>35510824
I still refuse to believe that until I get a DNA test

I just realized...we don't need to get him into the storage room. We just need to get the Masters out of the tower and away from the ship. And so we'll need to set up a trap or distraction that can be delayed in activation that's serious enough to warrant their attention. And we've got exactly the right tools to do that.

Anyone wanna start chuck Lethal Monster Glands at some watering holes/soup/kitchens? Dinner is almost ready. Lots of hungry men coming to eat. Sounds like we can help out a bit by adding flavour to the local cuisine.

We also need to call Ricky and see if he fucked up the guys who digged our shit.
If he did, we can ask him if he could use dem tentacle to weild swords and shit and serve as a pair or extra arms

>>35510861
>not knowing they'll suck in the vys from the enchanced fire making it utterly useless
Also if they have a fire gm we are royally fucked, I bet that's gonna be the captain, he probably super charges the canon

>>35510913
Except that skulking around while corporeal will net us the attention of the grandmaster nature vatis even with our handy dandy cloak.

Also, luring them away from the ship wasn't the intention, it was luring them to the cave so they could get BTFO. Though it's fine if we can't.

>>35510913
Holy shit, we've even got hazardous waste materials that could royally fuck up the surrounding plants and people!

>>35510913
Poisoning the food?
Great idea!
Do you think we should also tamper with the engineering level? Or do you think that'd be too suspicious?

>>35510970
>going into the tower
Suspicious as all fuck

>>35510958
The hazardous materials are a mystery box.
For all we know they could be hibernating dragon eggs in there.

>>35510929
And see if he managed to acquire a brooch from them as well, since the nature vatis GM said he lost contact with the scouts around here. Though he could just mean they disappeared from his sight into our cloak, he may have been communicating with 'em.

Guys, lets just blow up the god damned powder room and be done with it.

>>35511039
Ideally.

>>35511027
I'm pretty sure the lost scouts went into the tower and that's why it says "death to all who enter" on the tower entrance.

>>35511039
Pls this

>>35511039
And then the tower was fine and gm mc her killed us. The end

>>35511039
But loot!
I also feel that if we don't investigate it'll bite us in the ass later.

>>35511039
well yeah that's the main plan the other stuff is just things to do if we get the opportunity

>>35511039
Or we could take out more targets and not be stupid.

>>35511098
>gm mc her
?

>>35511098
The Empire has plenty of GMs.

The only thing special about these pirates is the rhynian tech.

>>35511068
No, I'm pretty sure that's an auto turret that isn't being used atm. It also has no bottom entrances as it was described.

>>35511131
Auto correct
McGee

>>35511146
Are you talking about the tower? It has a chained off door with something about death being inside.

Let's wait right here until they return, then blow this shithole.

>>35511176
Yeah, a chained up door. Keyword being chained.

>>35511142
Rhyian tech is godly, if they have the right things the explosion will keep them safe. And I thibk you're forgetting how strong gms are.

Do we really have 31 vys stored in the shockwave sword?

>>35511146
Fortunately, the tower seems just as abandoned up close as it did from afar. The door is locked with a heavy iron chain, the padlock larger than your fist. A sign out front reads in both Rhynian and Samjaan “STAY OUT: DEATH LIES HERE”. You can't help but feel curious as to what might be inside...

From last thread

>>35511215
The rhynian tech should be mostly destroyed by the explosion.

And GMs aren't god tier like you
re describing them. Pidjata has hundreds of GMs.

>>35511234
I think so. And before you say we should sword nuke them. No, the sword isn't as strong as you think.

>>35511240
Yeah, that means no bottom entrances anon. If they'd tried accessing it we would've noticed the lack of a chain & padlock when we returned for our stuff.

>>35511234
Incredible I know.

>>35511255
No I wasn't going to suggest that, I was just surprised we had such a nice emergency cushion.

>>35511240
Makes me think some ancient Ryhnian shit that they couldn't tame is still in there

>>35511266
>>35511240
>>35511146
>>35511068
Pretty sure Ricky killed them all

>>35511251
Force fields.
And gms are God tier, master vs gm is like a football player punting a newborn.

>>35511300
Same. The open cloak alluded to it specifically.

>>35511266
Well Ricky had a snack I guess.

>>35511307
Nah, masters have a chance against gms

>>35511285
Another fulvia? I want more of them. Gotta catch EM all. You guys ready to act like a commander again?

>>35511307
Pretty sure it's more like a football player punting an average fit guy.

>>35511307
No, not even close.

And there is no evidence of a force field. We can assume that the tower won't be destroyed but we can also assume that the fleet will be destroyed.

>>35511340
Fuck that, keep those AI cores to feed to spirits.

>>35511324
Small but still there.

>>35511372
>not wanting more Robutts
It's like you don't even want to have your own army of robot soldiers.

>>35511340
I swear to god if the Rhynian empire gets revived and we go down in history as Dux Cyprian imma be pissed.

>>35511408
It's like you don't even want to amass favors from spirits.

Spirits > Robots

So when we do blow up the powder kegs, how about trying to rend the steel of a greater number of the barrels before blowing 'em?

I know black powder will ignite within a barrel from just friction (you can drop it from six storied in a tough container and it'll explode), but gunpowder tends to be trickier. Thoughts?

>>35511430
>spirits
>owing anyone favors
Besides we only fed the crazy bitch to spirit man because she was a crazy whore. If this one is sand we are keeping her, more rhyian knowledge man.

>>35511448
That would cost way too much Vys

>>35511462
Mate, spirits know so much more than rhynian AIs

>>35511490
And they drive a hard bargain, are less likely to give us the good stuff, are les likely to even take the cores, and are more likely to kill us. Ai's litterally cannot oppose an authority figure.

>>35511470
Not all of them obviously, just more than the amount they've left open. A nail sized crack is all it would take for the fire to transfer.

>>35511524
we're gonna ignite them all simultaneously, no need to a chain reaction.

>>35511490
>implying that they aren't one and the same

>>35511523
Pretty sure we just got lucky with fulvia.

>>35511543
We can't because they're in steel barrels anon.

>>35511524
But what we can do is just open the barrel taps with manipulate. That's the EASY way to get them all reliably ignitable.

>>35511545
What if that fire spirit was the ai creator and he wanted us to kill off a broken one? Dude did teach us enchanting

>>35511564
Did you not read the prompts? The option to ignite them all simultaneously was the option for 6 Vys.

>>35511583
That was an option for the barrels that had been opened, anon.

>>35511562
I doubt that, unless you mean sanity wise, they are probably all designed with not being able to oppose authority, it would be a standard failsafe across all models.

You consider your options for a moment before nodding, more to yourself than anything else. {For what it's worth, Darzi, I agree. Our primary concern should be crippling or destroying their fleet and the quickest way to do so would be to set off the powder store. Consequences be damned.} You pause for a moment to gather your thoughts, trying to word what you say carefully. {As for the Shah's death, be sure that nobody is around when you inform the Shah. While I was eavesdropping in the control tower I heard that they were hunting for the Shahzada at the behest of some unidentified 'client'.}

Darzi seems shocked by the revelation. {You mean they were hired for this task? By who? Who would dare to assassinate the Shah and his heir?}

Logically speaking whoever was in the line of succession after those two would stand to gain. However, you've never heard anything about Shahzadi Shahnaz being particularly ambitious. Opinionated, certainly, but you doubt she had any longing for the throne. More of a warrior than a ruler.

You push your musings to the back of your mind and focus once more on the task at hand. {I wouldn't know, Darzi. I merely worry that the revelation someone is out for his life might panic our new Shah. It would be better to bring up the topic with the Varistha and see if he might have any advice. He is well over a thousand years old, after all. If anyone in Pidjata qualifies as wise, it ought to be him.}

Darzi responds in the affirmative after a moment. {Very well, Mik. I'll relay your findings to the Shah and the Varistha and see if we can't organize some sort of alternative transportation, now that the Shah's Navy rest on the seabed. Ideally we'll be able to launch an assault against them while they're disorganized.}

(1/2)

That seems as sound a plan as any. {I'll leave it to you then, Darzi. Good luck.} She responds solemnly. {Don't get yourself killed, Mikhael. Stick to the plan, and don't take unnecessary risk. So long as the enemy fleet is destroyed, we'll have a chance against these bastards} With that, you feel your connection to Darzi's mind severed.

Profectus cuts in, speaking up for the first time so far. {Yeah, seriously man. If you die who's going to drag me out of whorehouses and nag me about meditating? My mother?} Profectus ends the connection, as do Mortia. Skull Kid wishes you luck before cutting off his own link.

Fulvia speaks up once it's just you, her, and Chrys. {Should the storage vessels function as I remember them functioning, they're designed to limit the force of an explosion and reduce its damage. If at all possible, I would recommend compromising their structural integrity before setting off the explosion. Poking holes in them, or spilling out their contents.} With that helpful advice, that strange, alien presence that indicates Fulvia's mind fades away. It doesn't truly vanish, merely lessen.

Which leaves only Chrys. She waits a long while before finally 'speaking', her thoughts carrying with them an uncomfortable, perhaps nervous tone. {Should you fall in battle, I will ensure that the lives of every man, woman, and child on that island are extinguished swiftly. You will not go unavenged.}
(2/3)

>>35511593
>>35511583
>>35511564
>You take a moment to consider the number of kegs before you, taking account of the room you're in. If you had to guess, there are around five hundred kegs stacked up and tightly packed inside this room. The room itself is massive, but if you were to set off all of the kegs at once you can only imagine you'd cause the cave system to collapse on itself. You may even cause the ceiling to collapse, or cause the destruction of the entire cove. Of course, this doesn't effect you at all, you're incorporeal. There is no way that whatever pirates remain won't be on high alert after you do this.

>Set off all the kegs at once. (6 vys)

Promising to kill women and children isn't exactly your idea of romantic, but you suppose it's the thought that counts. She doesn't stick around long enough for you to offer a reply, severing her connection as soon as she's finished speaking. You're left sitting passively on the seabed, listening to the faint, distorted murmurings of the men on the beach.

>Wait for them to leave, the best possible outcome would be for them to report back to their boss with an all-clear.
>Hurl spears of ice at where you think they are, roughly, from your position on the seabed.
>Get dressed, then rise out of the sea to face them in combat.
>Write-in

>>35511652
>Wait for them to leave, the best possible outcome would be for them to report back to their boss with an all-clear.

>>35511625
>I would recommend compromising their structural integrity before setting off the explosion. Poking holes in them, or spilling out their contents

Hahaha, take that! I was correct!

>>35511652
>Wait for them to leave, the best possible outcome would be for them to report back to their boss with an all-clear.
We are sneaky.

>>35511652
>Wait for them to leave, the best possible outcome would be for them to report back to their boss with an all-clear.

Get dressed in the meantime, just in case.

>>35511652
>Wait for them to leave, the best possible outcome would be for them to report back to their boss with an all-clear.

>>35511652
>>Wait for them to leave, the best possible outcome would be for them to report back to their boss with an all-clear.

>>35511652
>>Wait for them to leave, the best possible outcome would be for them to report back to their boss with an all-clear.

>>35511687
Doesn't mean we couldn't do it. It would just increase the explosive output.

>>35511652
>>Get dressed,
Call out to Ricky so he can give us an explanation and maybe one of their brooch

>>35511652
>Wait for them to leave, the best possible outcome would be for them to report back to their boss with an all-clear.

Should we take this opportunity to recharge?

>>35511652
Use the water to create ice soldiers, have them walk out of the ocean and attack for you.

I say we just chill in the ocean until the fleet arrives.

>>35511652
Soma, when we were flying through the village and fortress, we did get a good look at the surroundings right? Are there tons and tons of plants that would severely compromise our stealth ability? Or is it just limited to the tower and strategically significant fortress portions?

>>35511652
>Wait for them to leave, the best possible outcome would be for them to report back to their boss with an all-clear.

>>35511713
Couldn't do what? Making holes and ripping open the barrels was my suggestion.

>>35511717
Yes. Whats our Vys at? We should do a quick Vys gathering.

>>35511742
Soma already spent some time describing the vast amounts of jungle and foliage everywhere we went anon.

>>35511743
Someone said that we couldn't ignite them all at once. They are wrong.

>>35511742
The vast majority of the village is covered in vegetation. It's very tropical.

>>35511760
21/30.

Anyway, writin' for
>Wait until they leave.

>>35511760
>>35511717
I was thinking we relocate more out to sea somewhere, do a meditation and then return to a different location than this particular tower before using the cloudsauce and blowing 'em up.

>>35511794
So let's gather Vys until the fleet gets back. Prying open all those barrels will cost some serious Vys.

Maybe move a bit farther out too sea.

>>35511779
Well, good for you? I don't see the relation.

>>35511825
>>35511717
>>35511811
Seconding.

>>35511760
I think we're a bit to close to the island to be doing meditation

Also guys I think now might be a good time to use the tool bot to do something. Surely it could have some use here?

>>35511839
Thought u were him.

>>35511855
Maybe it has a drill and can drill into the kegs?

>>35511855
How? We wouldn't be able to get it into the cove without it getting spotted by the nature vatis.

>>35511855
>Alerting them that we're still here.
Fuck no

As is they'll probably think whatever we were bugged the fuck out

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Soma... I want one. How much do I have to bribe you with to get one?

>>35511880
It has a welder and a buzz saw, actually. It would be perfect for tearing some shit up.

>>35511897
For shame. We're gonna have a dragon baby.
Dragons > Gryphons.

>>35511913
Except there's no way they wouldn't see it.

>>35511897
A gryphon? Who says you'd need to bribe me?

>>35511897
Take a lion and a hawk, cut off all the parts you don't need, use water magic to stitch them together.

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>>35511939
But... our dragon baby!

>>35511939
Probably need to head to the mountains for that.

>>35511913
I like it.

>>35511944
Ease up there Mengele.

>>35511944
I wish we could get away with setting up some kind of horrible laboratory for mendelian experiments.

>>35511973
Do you want to get caught?

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>>35511939
Muh dick

Time to go hiking.

>>35511923
>Not wanting both

I love the shit out of Dragons man Gryphon's too

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>>35511955
I'm not saying you'll get one, I'm just saying they might or might not already exist.

>>35511986
Who's going to stop us?

>>35511998
Maybe it's part of his plan.

>>35512010
One of our companions. IE, Darzi.

>>35511944
>Water Vatis
>No sense of right or wrong

>>35511986
not really our style.

>>35511998
Darzi is on her way to show our hand to the mastermind of this plot so I don't think it's particularly important once were that close.
Plus I want to see what sentience the lil not has come up with.

>>35512009
So our dragon is a dragon/gryphon hybrid? You know since the dragon abandoned it due to racial issues.

>>35512032
Just tell her it's all part of our plan to graft a horse cock onto ourselves.

>>35512034
>>No sense of right or wrong
uhh, false, very false.

>>35512061
...
What?
Did I miss something?

>>35512052
ARE YOU IMPLYING THE VARISTHA IS THE CLIENT?

That doesn't make any sense at all anon, Darzi wouldn't tell Kadir about there being someone after him right after she told us she wouldn't.

>>35512052
That is a theory with no basis.

Once they catch sight of that thing not only will we lose it but the entire island will go on high alert and we will not be able to complete the mission.

>>35512085
Yeah, man. Weren't you there when Soma told us about her furry fetish?

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Soon fellow Vatis.
As in, Namek, soon.

>>35512085
>he missed the orgy

>>35512085
You must've because we've been planning this for dozens of threads.

>>35512092
He did willingly ignore the giant pirate base not that far from his temple

>>35512102
>>35512114
>>35512124
Did I slip universes again?

>>35512153
No. You just haven't been paying attention to anything posted in-between chunks of the story.

>>35512153
they're fucking with you.

>>35512153
you they're fucking with.

>>35512153
fuck you with they're

>>35512307
>five minutes late and forgot to bring the period
0/10 see me after quest.

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>>35512008
>>35511897

You sit patiently, waiting for them to leave. You follow them like a hawk whenever their murky figures come into view on the beach. After a time, you hear them crashing through the rainforest at the edge of the beach, and a few moments later they fade out of earshot. You wait for several minutes, just to be sure of the fact that they're gone, and then manipulate the water such that a narrow opening stretches from your bubble of air to the surface. It was starting to get hard to breathe, but the rush of fresh air is a relief.

The unobstructed line to the outside world allows you a much better idea of what's going on. The chirping, cawing, and crying of birds seems to fill the rainforest, and you can faintly here figures crashing through the underbrush. Presumably they're hunting for you, but they'll have no luck. You feel safe enough here that you ought to be able to get in a session of meditation, though you may end up missing the return of the flagship and her escort.

That raises another question in your mind. The flagship is almost assuredly the Rhynian vessel the pirates recovered. Just taking out that ship would rob them of their advantage over any other navy in the world. You're forced to consider whether you'd like to simply trigger the explosion as soon as the flagship returns, or if it would be better to wait for the entire fleet. The former means the pirates will still have some sort of naval capability; however, the latter introduces yet more opportunities for everything to go tits up.

>Meditate
>Read a book while you wait.
>Just sit there, no reason to risk being caught off guard.
>Write-in

>Set off the powder store as soon as the flagship returns.
>Wait for the entire pirate fleet.
>Write-in

>>35512448
>Read a book while you wait.
Don't meditate, the Grandmaster might find out where we are.

>>35512448
>Set off the powder store as soon as the flagship MOORS

>>35512448
>Just sit there, no reason to risk being caught off guard.

>Set off the powder store as soon as the flagship returns.

>>35512448
>>Meditate

>>Set off the powder store as soon as the flagship returns.

Pidjata can take care of the rest.

>>35512448
>Read a book while you wait.
>Wait for the entire pirate fleet.

>>35512483
Fuck, I hadn't thought of that. What if he can see vys, and notices the disturbance or something?

>>35512448
>Read a book while you wait.
>Wait for the entire pirate fleet.

>>35512448
>Recharge Vys using Leech+Sword
>Set off the powder store as soon as the flagship returns.

>>35512448

>>Read a book while you wait.

>>Wait for the entire pirate fleet.

>>35512516
>dis un

>>35512448
>Read a book while you wait.
>Wait for the entire pirate fleet
I believe you meant more opportunities for FUN!

>>35512448
Recharge through our sword and then
>Wait for the entire pirate fleet.

>>35512448
>Just sit there, no reason to risk being caught off guard.
>Wait for the entire pirate fleet.

>>35512503
changing to>>35512516

>>35512448
>Read a book while you wait.
>Set off the powder store as soon as the flagship returns.

>>35512448
recharge via sword and wait for the entire fleet.

Read a book.

Voting closed. One moment while I count.

>>35512448
>Read a book while you wait.
>Wait for the entire pirate fleet.

If we need to refill we should just use Leech.

>>35512598
>>35512565
>>35512558
>>35512546
>>35512529
>>35512514
>>35512512
>Entire fleet

>>35512486
>>35512498
>>35512516
>>35512580
>>35512575
>>35512533
>Just the flagship
So we're waiting for the entire fleet and...

>>35512580
>>35512546
>>35512529
>>35512514
>>35512512
>>35512483
>>35512598
>Read

>>35512565
>>35512498
>Sit there

>>35512503
>Meditate

>>35512598
>>35512558
>>35512533
>>35512516
>Recharge via sword

You'll drain some vys from your sword to replenish your reserves and then read.

While I start typing, what will you read?

>Ritual Book of Surya (5/16 Chapters Read)
> Excidium (2/13 Chapters Read)
> On Empire: The Rise of Civilization (Unread)
> Metal Codex (Unread)
> The Serpent and The Staff (Unread)
> Utility Effects (Unread)
>> {Mark, Animate, Create, Confuse, Sleep}
> Enhanced Interrogation (Unread)
>> {Pain, [Poison], Hallucinate}

>>35512719
>Ritual Book of Surya (5/16 Chapters Read)

>>35512719
>Ritual Book of Surya (5/16 Chapters Read)

>>35512719
>>35512734
Actually scratch that, could we do one of the metamagic scrolls we got from the bandits?

>>35512719
>> Excidium (2/13 Chapters Read)

>>35512719
> The Serpent and The Staff (Unread)
or
>Ritual Book of Surya (5/16 Chapters Read)

Sorry about >>35512737 I forgot i had the name on, deleting it asap.

>>35512719
> The Serpent and The Staff (Unread)

>>35512719
> The Serpent and The Staff (Unread)

>>35512719
>Excidium (2/13 Chapters Read)
Mystery box is go.

>>35512719
>Ritual Book of Surya (5/16 Chapters Read)

>>35512719
> Excidium (2/13 Chapters Read)

I'm all for this Nature train that's been choo chooin through but when we meditate can we finish Fire Mastery? It only takes one more meditation.

>>35512754
Sure, those would be
> Beam
> Selective
> Hidden
> AoE
You'd need to meditate on them to learn them, though. You also don't get vys just for reading scrolls.

>>35512719
>>Excidium (2/13 Chapters Read)

>>35512817
Whenever we go to the fire temple, obviously!

>>35512817
Do it for the baby!

>>35512816
>>35512781
>>35512758
>>35512845
>Excidium

>>35512734
>>35512741
>>35512764
>>35512786
>Ritual book

>>35512778
>>35512769
>>35512764
>Serpent and Staff

We've got a tie! Final Destination vote.

VOTE
1
To read the Excidium

VOTE
2
To read the Ritual Book of Surya.

>>35512887
1

>>35512887
1

>>35512887
1

>>35512887
1

>>35512887
2

>>35512887
2

We never asked Ricky if he ate them dudes!

>>35512887
1

>>35512887
2

>>35512931
There's always time. Unless we die right now, which is possible.

>>35512931
Lets talk to ricky before we meditate

Just gonna throw up a list of techniques that we have yet to create. Feel free to add to them.

>Liquid Fire
>Magnification/Telescope technique
>Invisibility
>Point Defense
>Point Offense
>Maybe the Metal soundwaves thing somewhere down the line?

>>35512887
2

>>35512898
>>35512903
>>35512905
>>35512910
>>35512939
>1

>>35512918
>>35512922
>>35512944
>2

>>35512887
2

>>35512967
>Liquid Fire
napalm? yes please!

Oh and what about using fire to manipulate the air?

>>35512984
missed one but the outcome is the same.

>>35512968
This vote counts, but doesn't change the result.

>>35512994
Bit of a stretch.

>>35513004
>Excidium
whats the book for again?meta magics? or fire?

>>35513026
It's for the insane.

>>35513026
We do not know. We only know that is was expensive as fuck and looks really old and printed on really nice paper/elaborate book.

>>35513026
We have no idea.
Probably lore.

>>35513025
come on! How cool would it be to cause gusts of wind? to blow up women's skirts

>>35513050
And have chrys break our arm? Eh worth it.

>>35513050
If we ever need to give Profectus more motivation for meditation and the learning earth magic to turn his arm into a well focused cannon thing doesn't grab him I believe this will at least aid his priorities in learning fire magic.

>>35513050
Just not really mechanically possible.

>>35513082
Would she still break our arm if we used it to look up her skirt?

>>35513107
Why would you want to look up her skirt? I bet it's gross.

>>35513098
ehh sorry if it isn't, I don't know who wind works other then something about cold and warm fronts.

>>35513098
C'mon, heat moves air! Pressure differences made by temperature changes create wind, it's totally feasible for vast amounts of vys and long days meditating on how to create proper gusts of wind.

>>35513125
how*
And I can't spell.

>>35512967
>Earth Surfing/Swimming
>Exploding Punches
>Rock Armor

>>35513128
We just don't have that precise or that dramatic of control.

>>35513154
None of those are things that we actually have mechanical plans for. Let's keep it to things we know can work and have plans on how to do them.

Though the exploding punches thing may be doable at our level, it just might hurt us as well.

>>35513160
Tis a shame.

>>35513160
Yet.

>>35513039
>>35513040
we knew once upon a time..I think it's for learning meta magics..
the sounds like firey.

BUT wow. you guys choose to read a book you've NO IDEA what its for. Great job.

>>35513050
Just build a panty tank

>>35513225
why the anger, mang?

>>35513225
The price, length, and look or the book all point towards important and valuable information being stored inside.

>>35513248
A what?

>>35513225
What we know is that an insane grandmaster wrote it and we bought it on the off chance that it'd help us attain grandmastery.

>>35513225
I voted for the fire tome too, but Soma's not going to waste his time writing about a fake book that's completely useless.

>>35513261
of

Will we ever read all of our books and meditate on all our effects/metas?

>>35513299
No.
There's always more to learn.

>>35513299
Someday.

>>35513319
all of our

>>35513299
No. People will still be advocating for meditating on water arms or something in the last thread.

>>35513332
>implying water arms are bad
>implying any talk of meditation happened last thread
Fuck off

>>35513332
>last thread
>implying BQ will ever end
Haha no.

>>35513351
>>35513353
That's kinda cool

>>35513250
It's not anger this is just a falm palm at stupidity.
Somewhere in the archive we know what this book does.
a few people basically just said, we've this book fuck it lets do this.
I am not one for fire magic. But damn if you guys want more fire magic read the book about fire magic that again increases our understanding, and will likely give us a few good pointers on fire meditations.

Remember thats the first book we ever picked up I believe and we just never got around to reading it.

We should get on that as soon as this whole fiasco finishes up.

Get our books out of the way. gain a few vys. and meditate for a bit before we head into the deep desert. we're going to be needing the vys/magic for it any how.


BTW guys, how do you feel abou telling Kadir we're the ones who finished off his enemies and brought the Shah's signet. Look for a pardon, while we're at the temple The old guy would likely see to it we're not harmed at least. And best case we come out with a pardon. and Darzi gets some honorary ranks up and some gold for our trouble.

>>35513353
Soma will probably die from alcohol poisoning or sleep exhaustion before BQ ends

>>35513412
We should tell him that as we sink our spear into his gut.

>>35513418
It better be at the age of 85

>>35513418
Or even more depressingly - get a job an have no time to run a quest.

>>35513431
I have some bad news.....

>>35513442
Or quite because he doesn't find it fun anymore

>>35513412
Let's hold off on telling him that until we're successful with our mission and everyone is calm.

>>35513427
I like my plan. But I also like yours more.

So lemme guess.

We're gonna get captured and have a talk with mister leader dude. Find our he's not a bad dude and he too was betrayed by the current shahdom. He informs us about some evil plot of theirs. He then explains that it is his goal to stop this and overthrow the shahdom and take power for himself, or set up some sort of democracy. He will then ask us to assassinate Kadir.

I say we accept.

>>35513489
Or they just kill us.
That could happen.

Rolled 5, 3, 1 = 9 (3d10)

>>35513489
only if he give us half of everything on the island, and the flagship.
[Jewing intensifies]

>>35513489
Come now, anon, its more likely he's just a douchebag

>>35513489
>democracy
I say we tell him to fuck off.

>>35513474
I like >>35513427

But in case things go sour, And he out right attacks us. and says bullshit like we killed the shah or something.

Be prepared to lose Darzi she already seems like a cunt about all of this.
But also think long term. Once we kill Kadir, The shah has been killed. The heir is no where to be found.
The Navy has been decimated. Thousands of soldiers have died.
>Expect a war against Samjan's Because we're weak.

>>35513489
You wanna trust the words of a nature vatis who carries the Trickster brand?

>>35513489
Let's offer him our cloak to seal the deal. Nothing could possibly be lurking inside it ready to eat him

>>35513514
But then getting to Kadir is really fucking hard since he will never get on a boat again and has an army and can get a really big army if he needs too.

>>35513519
I'd settle for just some awesome loot. No need to go overboard.

>>35513535
It's the only way we get loot out of this. Plus
Kadir is an ass and we do have to kill the Shah.

>>35513568
PIDF pls go.
Gas the pirates, naval war now.

>>35513568
Nah.

>>35513554
fuck off with your Darzi hate faggot

>>35513561
If it's a simple Kill Asshole A for Item B. When we were gonna kill Asshole A anyway then yeah.

>>35513554
Eat shit

>>35513568
>We have to kill the shah
>have to

>>35513598
To be fair she's a huge cliche of undyingly loyal soldier even though they have been shown just how shit their givernment is

>>35513568
>>35513563
>>35513561
I'd like to bring up a good point. Once we take the potion where do you guys want to hide our shit? In sea bubble? Put all our stuff inside of cape now? place cape some where?

Also we're going to be useing some good 'ol earth magic making holes in the powder room.
it's better we over do the holes and spend like 6 vys making holes into the walls.
>Holes focused on where the command center is facing. Making the brunt of the blast kill the higher ups and boats.

You unfold a flap of your cloak, reaching in to withdraw the handle of your shockwave sword. The cracked gem embedded in the hilt of the weapon glows as bright as any torch, light streaming violently out of the fissure int its center. The light striking the water of your little dome creates an interesting effect, the light scattering and seeming to fill the little bubble of air. You leech enough vys to fill your reserves, the glow dimming only slightly. Then you push it back into your cloak and withdraw a book.

The Excidium. The binding of the book is faded and cracked, the title only barely legible. You flip to the opening page, where the author's name and the dedication are written. “Florus Vincius. For my beloved.”. Considering the name of the book means 'Destruction' in Rhynian, you doubt this is going anywhere pleasant. Regardless, you dive back into Florus' tale, opening the book to the page you bookmarked.

You reread the last few paragraphs, to remind yourself of where you were. Florus Vincius has only recently found employment in the 'Exotic Provinces', and departs 'ad ille mundus'. Upon your first reading, you took this to mean 'at that Earth'; however, it occurs to you that it might also mean 'to that Earth', which makes far more sense. Regardless, he's going somewhere that isn't Earth, somehow. You read on in the hopes that his method of transport might be revealed.

The fourth chapter begins with Flors Vincius leaving his dilapidated villa, as you recall the only thing his family gave him upon his marriage to a common woman, with various bags of clothing, tools, and books packed away and carried by slaves behind him. His wife accompanies him, as does a trusted friend referred to only as 'Lutherius'. This is the first time the man has been mentioned but Florus seems to interact with the man as if an old friend.
(1/3)

>>35513633
>>35513598
Darzi is insanely loyal. To the douche bags.
She is why we're in this mess as it stands.
So I will not fuck off or eat shit.

I am not saying we may/want to kill her. But if we kill Kadir just saying be prepared if she goes batshit crazy. And we have to put her down like a rabid dog.

>>35513642
We can use earth magic to make a hole beneath the water and store our goods there, nicely sealed away from the sight of the GM natre vatis and inaccesible to anyone but a water/earth vatis.

>>35513642
If you want to kill the higher ups you're gonna have to lure them to the cove, assuming the explosion doesn't blow the tower to bits.

Now that i have revealed his plan no one will proceed as he wants them too.

For a journal, you find the structure of this book odd. It's written in third person, and in the past tense. It's almost like you're reading a narrative, rather than a first hand account of something happening to the author. Regardless, they board a 'trahitor'. If your knowledge of Rhynian is correct, that means something like 'one who pulls'. You're not sure what it might mean in this context. A colloquial word for cart, perhaps? Regardless, the trahitor carries them swiftly to the capital city, Rhynia, for which the Empire is named. There they are met at a checkpoint of some sort and escorted off of whatever vehicle it was that they'd boarded.

They're lead to an area below the Imperial Palace, a place frequented only by spirits and the servants of the Emperor according to the Author. Further and further down, they're led. Eventually they stop in front of a massive set of lead doors, the seal of the Emperor stamped onto each of them. Their escort, described as a 'barbarus', a savage or a foreigner, throws open the heavy doors with easy and stands aside to let them enter.

They're greeted by a full squad of 'The Chosen', at least you think that's the best translation. You've never seen this particular word before, though you still somehow understand its meaning. The soldiers, and they must indeed be some form of soldier, help Florus, his wife, and Lutherius into a series of golden coffins, wired together and attached to a 'strange device'. He describes it as akin to a generator, but carved with innumerable runes across the entirety of its surface.
(2/3)

Once he's locked into the 'golden coffin', his slaves are butchered by the soldiers and their corpses carried off into the next room. Florus describes vividly the sensation of helplessness he experienced as his bags were casually rooted through, and divvied up amongst the soldiers. Unfortunately, your reading is interrupted by the sound of an explosion, like a gunshot magnified a hundred fold. It's followed by a chorus of distant cheers and a dozen or more gunshots, sounding almost precisely like your Officer's Pistol.

>Seems as if they've returned, you'd do well to investigate. Bury your things and imbibe the Incorporeality potion.
>Get dressed and armored in your Hiacian armor, try to slip closer to the festivities undetected.
>As above, but dress in Rhynian armor instead. This is a Rhynian facility after all.
>Try to swim around the island undetected, to get an idea of what's going on.
>Write-in

>>35513677
Literally go fuck yourself you autistic piece of shit. Can you not interpret even the most basic social situations?

>>35513709
>bury it and drink dat potion

>>35513709
>Seems as if they've returned, you'd do well to investigate. Bury your things and imbibe the Incorporeality potion.

>>35513709
>>Seems as if they've returned, you'd do well to investigate. Bury your things underwater and imbibe the Incorporeality potion.

>>35513715
>Can you not interpret even the most basic social situations?
How is us killing an enemy then an ally goes bat shit crazy so we deal with crazy psycho bitch being autistic?
Again she may react in a "normal" way to her king dying. And move on.

>>35513709
>Seems as if they've returned, you'd do well to investigate. Bury your things and imbibe the Incorporeality potion.

>>35513709
>Seems as if they've returned, you'd do well to investigate. Bury your things and imbibe the Incorporeality potion.

>>35513709
>>Seems as if they've returned, you'd do well to investigate. Bury your things and imbibe the Incorporeality potion.
but bury them underwater this time

>>35513775
I think what he means is if you believe Darzi will go batshit insane for us killing Kadir you've not exactly grasped her characterization all that solidly.

>>35513775
At worst she says that she cannot travel with us anymore.

>>35513709
>Seems as if they've returned, you'd do well to investigate. Bury your things and imbibe the Incorporeality potion.

hey, lets go check out that "death lies here" tower

>>35513807
This, burying them underwater is safer.

>>35513807
>>35513774
Second this line of thinking.

>>35513709
>Get dressed and armored in your Hiacian armor, try to slip closer to the festivities undetected

>>35513829
haha no

no more complications

>>35513709
>Seems as if they've returned, you'd do well to investigate. Bury your things and imbibe the Incorporeality potion.

>>35513845
BUT MIK'S SO CRAZY!!!!!
Okay but I get what you mean. Straight to business then.

>>35513821
no she has said that already when she saw how we acted during our travels together and how we treated our "guide"
It'll be very different as to how she reacts to us killing her/"our" new king.

But hey >>35513815
this would be great if i am just overreacting.

>Seems as if they've returned, you'd do well to investigate. Bury your things and imbibe the Incorporeality potion.

>>35513709
>>Seems as if they've returned, you'd do well to investigate. Bury your things and imbibe the Incorporeality potion.

>>35513815
>>35513821
>loyal soldier
>not attacking the killer of the shah
That said though I don't plan on letting anyone know it was us

Looks like
>Bury your shit and chug.
Wins. Writin'

>>35513709
>Seems as if they've returned, you'd do well to investigate. Bury your things and imbibe the Incorporeality potion.

Hey, anyone wanna take out the Monster Glands in case some sabotage opportunities come up?

>>35513883
That is the point I am trying to make.
I guess I will just have to do my part to make sure Darzi doesn't find out we kill Kadir if it comes to it.

>>35513883
Can we at least TRY and see if there's a way to "kill" the Shah without destabilizing the country?

>>35513898
Chug, chug, chug, chug, chug, chug, chug.

>>35513883
Me either.

Except of course the Varistha is completely aware of everything that happens within the temple and the surrounding lands because nature vatis big brother op.

>>35513906
poisoning? Oh what if we hand those off to Christmas cake for her to distill into a better poison?

>>35513898
>>35513912
DRINK mothafucka DRINK mothafucka DRINK mothafucka DRINK!

>>35513911
Putting someone not shit into power? Giving the economy a boost by spending some dosh at the capital? Joining the military or atleast becoming a sellsword?

>>35513926
He CAN be aware.
We're not sure yet if nature GM means that you can process all that information just that it is available to you.

>>35513911
Impossible. Kadir is not Shah material. His too wasteful/frivolous and would eventually lead the country to ruin or slight depression.

>>35513911
Nah, the chaos is obviously what the spirit of death is after in the first place.

>>35513981
>implying gardens aren't the future

>>35513981
We need a list of the people in line for the throne and what mik knows of them. We'll keep killing till we hit someone not garbage.

>>35513967
We have no idea of Kadirs' capabilities as a leader.
Just a personal opinion of the man himself.

How about we just fuck off and don't get involved in politics at all.

>>35514007
Man, he's shown himself to be whiny and unlikable and wasteful. We had physical evidence of this until we healed it up.