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The last few hours have been eventful. You've watched perhaps the most powerful man alive, the Varistha of this temple, battle creatures from beyond the veil of reality; hatched a dragon, a beast unseen on the surface in untold millennia; and enchanted an object, the first to do so since the fall of the Rhynian Empire more than a thousand years ago. Hard to believe it's only a few hours past midnight.

You make your way over to your bed, sweeping away some ash; the result of your new adoptive child setting your bedding aflame. Once it's sufficiently clean you sprawl out and reach towards Darzi tentatively, via the connection afforded to you by the brooches. {How did breaking the news of the Varistha's death to the monks turn out?}

Her response is prompt, and her mental 'tone' seems cheery enough. You're surprised she's still awake, it must be near three in the morning. {Surprisingly well, they asked me a few questions, mostly relating to how I knew and other such things. A few of the monks vouched for me, mentioning they saw the Varistha in full armor marching off through the gardens. Then they went and inspected his rooms and found a note. We're lucky, because it apparently corroborated the story you told me; he simply marched off to finish off the last vestiges of pirates and either die in the process or exile himself afterward.}

All good news then, seems Darzi was the right choice for this task after all. {Anything else? I presume they're calling up the Varistha's replacement from El-Amin, but will there be a period of mourning or anything of the sort?}

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Darzi seems to take a moment to think, though you can't really be sure. When her reply comes, she seems contemplative. {They didn't mention anything but if I remember correctly they ought to host some sort of public ceremony. Let me qualify that by saying the last time I saw Ghantak funeral it was after the death of the Dastur for a temple dedicated to Surya, I'm not sure if the traditions are the same for a temple dedicated to Pani.}

You squint at nothing in particular, replying with some confusion. {What on Earth is a Ghantak? Anyway, funerals for those faithful to Pani are no different from funerals for those faithful to Surya. The body is cremated while priest sing blessings to speed them on their way to Pani's loving embrace. In the absence of a corpse, there will likely simply be a bonfire and a ceremony.}

{Ghantak is what my people call the settled peoples. Those who have abandoned the deserts in favor of a sedentary lifestyle. I suppose I, too fall into the category of Ghantak; however, I've never really viewed myself that way. I doubt I ever will, as much as I'd rather not travel any longer. Call it sentimentality.} Darzi pauses before changing the subject. {Anyway, I wasn't told of anything special taking place, a messenger was sent out and I'm sure plans are being arranged for the funeral. I don't think it quite sunk in for them that the Varistha is dead, or as good as. They seemed shocked, or even flat out disbelieving.}

{Thanks for the help, Darzi. I appreciate it.} She responds that it wasn't a problem, and you sever the connection. Next, you turn your attention to Fulvia. {What was it you wished to speak with me about, earlier? I know you said you would contact me, but I started meditating and lost track of time.}

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Fulvia's response is as prompt as always, and unexpectedly quite eager. {Finally! Do you know how frustrated I was when I could not get into contact with you? I've been doing research on what little the Empire knows-or rather knew-of dragons. I've found a plethora of details regarding unearthed bones and skeletons, including a interesting treatise on the tensile strength of dragon bone. Did you know it was once used as armor by certain Dwoveth tribes to the north of Rhynia, before they were conquered and put to the sword, of course.}

She changes topic rapidly. {I've also read up extensively on sexing reptiles, and I believe if given time to properly study it I ought to be able to determine whether or not it's male or female. In addition, I'd like to take some measurements of its wingspan and length from snout to tail spade. If you don't mind, of course.}

>Sure, she can examine your dragon. After it wakes up, of course. It's sleeping at the moment.
>You're not sure you're comfortable with Fulvia giving it more than a cursory examination.
>You'll do quite fine raising your own child, thank you very much!
>Write-in

>Sure, she can examine your dragon. After it wakes up, of course. It's sleeping at the moment.

>>35838888
>You're not sure you're comfortable with Fulvia giving it more than a cursory examination.

>>35838888
>What is this about having sex with your dragon? Can she even do that?

>>35838888
>Sure, she can examine your dragon. After it wakes up, of course. It's sleeping at the moment.

Feels like you're early today Soma

>>35838888
>Sure, she can examine your dragon. After it wakes up, of course. It's sleeping at the moment.
>>35839024
Yeah, real early

>>35838818
Holy shit, you're starting early today, senpai.
>>35838888
>>Sure, she can examine your dragon. After it wakes up, of course. It's sleeping at the moment.
Can we change it to do it later, once it's comfortable, or maybe she can do it just by sight? I don't see grabbing a dragon's wings and pulling them apart forcefully as an endeavor that ends nicely.
dem digits

>>35838888
>>Sure, she can examine your dragon. After it wakes up, of course. It's sleeping at the moment.
But tell her to treat it like a new party member. And maybe tell her that she needs to be more friendly with it.

>>35839024
>>35839046
>>35839048
This is a good thing

>>35838950
Are you retarded?

>>35838888
>Sure, she can examine your dragon. After it wakes up, of course. It's sleeping at the moment.
Make sure to remind her this thing was just born, and she's already frightened it once, she needs to be gentle and we need to be there to bathe it in flames to calm it down

>>35838950
what the fuck?

>>35839054
>>35839048
>>35839046
>>35839024
>>35838931
>>35839115
>She can do it, later. After it wakes up.

>>35838945
>She can give it a look over but nothing detailed.

>>35838950
Sexing is a term which means 'determine the sex of' rather than the internet usage which is fucking someone.

>>35839115
I really think we should be the one doing the measuring, and Fulvia just direct us and notch down the numbers, maybe help a bit with metal magic.
Also, reminder that we're better at Fire magic than Fulvia is now.
Also, we need to tell her that we just enchanted a bedsheet to permanently give off scorching heat

>tfw Fulvia is just a golddigger robitch whose affection we bought back with Void portals, dragons, and enchanting
women

jk I love all the ladies in our party

>>35839195
I don't, only chrys is acceptable, darzi is far too bubbly, Robutt is a robot she's not even people, and Mortia, well we know jack shit about Mortia.

Oh, quick note. I've updated the spellbook to include the new description of Permanency. For those who don't read my ask page, I've altered it a fair bit.

>>35839254
I like it.

>>35839254
>tfw soul dickery
I hope we don't accidently shove our soul into our kid.

>>35839231
Mortia is a qt moe hipster hikkiNEET "chemist" with beautiful hair, a great face, and a wonderfully homely body.
Darzi is a cutie tomboy who's not sure how she relates to family and settling down but wants to do the right thing.
These are sort of simplified descriptions of course, but they're both great, imo.

>>35839373
When described that way, I'm forced to wonder whether Mortia is based on one of Soma's friends/exes.

>>35839402
I know she could be based on one of my ideals/fantasies.

>>35839402
>tfw Mortia is Soma's imouto aged up minus the dumblr stuff plus NEET
FUCK, we need to get to her before Prof does.

>>35839254
Soma senpai, did you read my asks with the ether shit in it? I know it isn't canon, but did you like my theories?

You consider it for a moment, recalling that your dragon seemed to be scared of or at the very least unsettled by Fulvia. {You can examine it, but not right now. After it wakes up. I'd also like to be present, as it didn't seem entirely comfortable around you. You'll need to keep in mind this is a sentient being, if a child. You'll need to treat it as you would any other party member.}

Her reply seems reluctant. {I would disagree with characterizing the life of a dragon as equal in worth to your life or the life of a human.} You find it interesting that she only mentioned you and humans; not the rest of the party, herself, or other races. {However, I will obey at your command and treat it just as I would you or any of those entrusted to my care. Please inform me as soon as it has awoken from its slumber.}

You push yourself up into a sitting position on your bed, turning your attention to the bundle on the floor huddled beneath your smoldering blanket, rivers of red and orange dancing across the white fabric. You can't believe you actually enchanted an object. You actually altered reality itself by your will alone. It's an empowering feeling, to say the least. You feel as though you could do anything, conquer cities or slay great beast. Not in the usual sense either; that is to say the desire for world conquest and wide-spread massacre you feel whenever the Entity is trying to sway your thoughts.
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>>35839473
It's fine, Profectus is Soma's self-insert.

Regardless, you've got a few task ahead of you that you ought to consider attending to. You've got the Shah's ring in your cloak; returning that to the current Shah may net you some good will. You might also read some of the books or notes the Varistha left you, or one of your other books. You could try to cast permanency on the blanket you enchanted, hopefully without waking the dragon. You're not feeling particularly 'up to' meditating at the moment, unfortunately.

>Begin reading the Varistha's memoirs.
>Leaf through the Varistha's notes, see if there is anything of interest.
>Read one of the books in your backlog, ones you didn't get from the Varistha.
>Head for the Shah's rooms and see if he's still in deep mourning, if so you can leave the ring with his guards.
>Cast permanency on the blanket, so that you will not have to worry about the enchantment expiring.
>Write-in

>>35839494
I don't believe I've gotten to it yet, Anon. I haven't been very attentive of my Ask page today.

>>35839254
So does this mean that our souls come from our dreams?
That's kinda poetic.

>>35839621
Have a chat with Ricky concerning these brooches and stuff

>>35839621
Look at the shah through the relic.

Then permenancy the blanket

>>35839621
>Leaf through the Varistha's notes, see if there is anything of interest.

>>35839621
>Spy on the new Shah.
>Cast permanency on the blanket, so that you will not have to worry about the enchantment expiring.

>>35839649
>Look at Al-Gasreed through the relic.
>that feel when you see a bunch of bones

>>35839635
There's been a multitude of literature written in-universe regarding the nature of the Soul, I'd prefer to elaborate on such topics, which are plot relevant for a number of things, in character.

In less flower words, can't answer that.

>>35839621
>Spy on the new Shah.
>Cast permanency on the blanket, so that you will not have to worry about the enchantment expiring.

>>35839642
THIS

and this
>>35839649
>>35839668

>>35839621
>Head for the Shah's rooms and see if he's still in deep mourning, if so you can leave the ring with his guards.

>>35839642
second

ask him if he killed the men back on the island

>>35839681
Don't mind me.
Just posing the question to the rest of the players.

>>35839649
I like the idea of looking at Kadir through the prism, but I fear getting caught
>>35839621
>Head for the Shah's rooms and see if he's still in deep mourning, if so you can leave the ring with his guards.
>Cast permanency on the blanket, so that you will not have to worry about the enchantment expiring.
>Read one of the books in your backlog, ones you didn't get from the Varistha.
Get our old bullshit out of the way, save the tasty bits for last.
I'm kind of scared of casting Perma coz we'll need to save and Kadir might do something irrational, and we have a dragon baby now.
How much time until The Time, Soma?

>>35839738
12 Minutes and 27 Seconds

>>35839738
0d 17h 14m 36s

>>35839642
>>35839687
>>35839713
>Check on Ricky.

>>35839649
>>35839687
>>35839668
>>35839686
>Check on Kadir using the Prism.

>>35839738
>>35839695
>Head for the Shah's rooms.

>>35839649
>>35839668
>>35839686
>>35839738
>Cast permanency on the blanket.

You'll do permanency first, since that won't take too long. Then check on Kadir. Writin'

>>35839832
WHAT ABUOT RICKY!!!!!!!!!

>>35839850
Calm down.

>>35839850
Fuck him

>>35839832
I thought Ricky and checking on Kadir could go together?

Please?

Please?

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Peek inside your cloak and check on what Ricky's doing?

>Y
>N

This will probably take place before anything else.

>>35839873
That's three things in one post.
That might be a little much for Soma.

>>35839873
Checking on him regarding what?

>>35839911
Y

>>35839911
I just gotta stop and say that's the perfect fucking reaction image save for one little detail.
>.gif
>Doesn't move.

>>35839911
>Y
I guess if it'll calm the spergs

>>35839911
Yes.

>>35839911
N
just think at him at most please, I'd rather postpone this for now

>>35839911
Y

>>35839911
Ask him if he ate the people ate the island

>>35839911
N

>>35839598
Are we fulvia's senpai?

>>35839970
>>ate the island
>It wasn't explosion that fucked up reality at the island
>It was Ricky all along

>>35839911
Think a chicken at him. I just realised, now we have two monstrous, hungry pets. I wonder if they'd get along

>>35839970
What? Are you retarded? Ricky and the other void creatures are seperate things

>>35839970
>>35839969
>>35839956
>>35839953
>>35839939
>Yes

>>35839992
>>35839959
>No

That decides it then, I suppose. Back to writing.

>>35839999
nice digits
We're her master/senpai/superior/officer
Also she of course has valuing the human life programmed into her.

>>35840009
Im talking about when we found our cloak open and laying on the ground and the "search party" missing.

>>35840029
Of course she doesn't value any of the sub-human degenerates.

>>35840029
But she's a rhyian construct, why would she give a shit about humans
Unless her maker built his boner for humans into all his robots

>>35840009
Are you retarded? He meant the pirates that dug up our cloak that we never found traces of

>>35840057
The Rhynians were an empire ruled by humans.

>>35840071
I thought they were elves?

>>35840071
Prof is an elf

Do we still have the drawing he made us back in the mines of the thing he warned us about? they where seven of these right? Maybe we could show Mortia that drawing and see if she can place a name on that thing?

>>35840097
Elves were apart of the empire, but only as a conquered people.

>>35840057
No she isn't.
She's a Rhynian AI that was alone for 1000 years in the middle of nowhere.

>>35840104
>>35840097
They were a mixed empire

>>35840288
And today marks the early arrival of the Soman and the return of ArtAnon.
May this blessed date be remembered through the ages.

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You whip your cloak off of your shoulders and look it over, deciding whether you really want to do this. After all, you're not exactly fond of the idea of finding Ricky eating a bunch of corpses. In the end, you decide you'd rather know what he's got in there rather than be left in the dark. That in mind, you take a deep breath and shove your head beyond the event horizon of your cloak, finding yourself thrust into that cold, airless void on the other end.

You find Ricky in all his semi-shapeless glory, his lower half sheathed in black stone while much of his other half is composed of some strange, transparent substance. Save of course for his head, which is sheathed in some sort of dark blue, smooth material and conceals his beaked mouth. White tentacles writhe all across his back, reminding you in same ways of fire or perhaps lightning shooting off in every direction. At the moment, he is seated at a table with four skeletons. Not skeletal figures, but rather skeletons picked clean of all flesh, the bones stained red with remnants of gore.

Their clothes are piled neatly on a shelf, and their belongings stacked on top. You see communication brooches on top of two piles, one on each. You also note an array of weapons; a spear, two swords, and a handful of daggers. None of them seem particularly special, but there is a pair of Vatis robes folded under one of the piles with a communication brooch on top. Apparently, one of them was magically adept.

Ricky has placed a deck of cards in the center of the table, perhaps one of the pirate's belongings? Regardless, he uses his tentacles to daintily grip a set of five cards, while the skeletons each have five spread out face-down in front of him. He's also set out an array of snacks, untouched of course, and some cups of water, untouched save for his own glass which seems to be empty.
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Playing cards with the dead seems a rather useless endeavor. You're forced to wonder if he just puts on these antics when he knows you intend to check on him.

>Ask if he'd be willing to hand over the brooches. Mentally, of course.
>Demand the brooches, he is subservient to you after all.
>Write-in

>>35840352
>Ask if he'd be willing to hand over the brooches. Mentally, of course.

>>35840352
>>Ask if he'd be willing to hand over the brooches. Mentally, of course.

P-please

>>35840352
>>Ask if he'd be willing to hand over the brooches. Mentally, of course.

Think chickens at him. Plump ones, with little fluff and lots of breast.

>>35840352
Ask nicely, we could always just eentually make more brooches if we had to, we have that enchanting swag now

>>35840352
>Ask if he'd be willing to hand over the brooches. Mentally, of course.

>>35840352
Challenge him to a game of cards for the brooches

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>>35840310
Probably only upload 6-ish? Pics then disappear again

Also have an early happy halloween and a 2spooky pic

>>35840352
Ask what he thinks about having Dregana à la Mode?

>>35840327
I seem to have missed a step somewhere. When did we put people in the cloak? We were incorporeal most of the time on the island.

>>35840352
>>Ask if he'd be willing to hand over the brooches. Mentally, of course.
Can we get in on the game?

>>35840507
Ricky took initiative

>>35840507
They dug up our stuff after we buried it on the beach and got chomped.

>>35840507
Peeps came to investigate the cloak when we buried it

>>35840327
Ricky, come on dude. Playing cards with the skellies of guys you killed and ate? Really? We need to get the poor guy a hobby besides interior decoration.

>Ask for the brooches politely.
Tippity tap tap typin'.

>>35840507
Remember when we found the cloak suspiciously open after having been dug up and nobody was around per man per task?

>>35840462
>dat pic
>Meanwhile in LifeQuest

ArtAnon pls I think Soma has enough ideas of spooky shit to send at us

>>35840512
we'd need some epic lung capacity for that, mate

>>35840523
Get him some friends?

Also, if he learned how to play cards from us what else has he learned from us..?

>>35840573
I told you, he's slowly leeching all our memories and knowledge from us, thus becoming more human-esque

>>35840573
The nature of tr-ue luve is two souls one body anon~

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>>35840551
>Soma has enough ideas of spooky shit to send at us
>Implying you can ever have enough

I was actually considering uploading pics for LQ as well but that'd probably be too much

You know, Banished-verse really is pretty /pol/ friendly.

>Elves are a once great race brought low by race mixing and hedonism
>Samjan are racist as fuck, their xenophobia working in their favor.
>Humans are just living in the shadow of a once great Empire, which they'd be better off restoring.

Where's the anon who wrote the notebook of theories on LQ? I am in need of your talents.
Actually nevermind, anyone will do as long as they are interested and obsessed enough.
I propose that someone look up every book on raising a child/dog/cat/whaeteverpetyoucanthinkof and compile the data so we can raise our precious into a proper, polite dragon who values friendships and is open abd their feelings to us.

>>35840806
>open abd their feelings to us.

>Daddy? My private parts felt tingly when I made the puny mortals bow down and worship me! Is that bad?

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>>35840649

>>35840806
How the fuck did I write 'about' as 'abd'?????

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>>35840843

>>35840806
Notebook anon here
Do I sound like a faggot to you? Our kid ain't no fagmosexual, and I won't help you make it one. And you probably want books about taming wild animals, this thing isn't a dog or a cat, it's a dragon.

>>35840989
>taming wild animals
Dude, these things have equal too our greater intelligence to our own.

It just has strong instincts as well.

>>35841031
Yes and that makes it worse, the best predator ever, that is more intelligent than any prey it will ever run into. Also wings and fire breath. If you fail to forget it has the strong instincts it will kill you, it already got pissy at us for moving its kill.

>>35840989
>fagmosexual
I'm stealing this.
But really, I was thinking the general training methods could work while our baby is still young, afterwards(and during) we'd obviously be talking/thinking/feeling to it mainly, I just thought dealing with a teenager who was never taught proper conduct and manners, and IS A FUCKING DRAGON wouldn't be very desirable.
Also where the fuck are those scans/transcripts you promised?

>>35841093
>spoiler
Coming at somepoint soon, but DF soon, aka whenever I can be arsed. I'm lazy and I'm still not satisfied with it.

>>35841093
>GOD, YOU'RE NOT EVEN MY REAL DAD, LEAVE ME ALONE!

>>35841167
>Son, do I have to remind you who burned off your egg goo and made your blankie? It was the very first thing I did as a Fire Master and Enchanter too!

>>35841217
I'm imaging some massive, ancient dragon curled up its layer around a horde of treasure. It reaches down to a little chest and carefully opens it, pulling out a tiny little blanket that barely even fits on the end of its claw.

I wonder what the little dragon being white means as far as its development?

>>35841240
D'awww

>>35841270
Aren't lots of animals born white or really pale? It's gonna darken.

>>35840806
Not notebook anon but I know some stuff for reasons.

What I'd first recommend is not assuming that dragon children have too many equivalencies to samjan kids beyond their basic needs, and that listening to and observing the behavior of our dragon would be the first real step to determining how to encourage it to be a more polite society friendly fire breathing monster. So far it already seems fairly open to us and the mental connection does a great deal to improve our communication.

If we want an even greater connection we know its enthralled by interesting methods of using fire magic, so that would be the healthy place to start. We've seen it respond overwhelmingly great to praise, so praising it for actions related to politeness to others may have that encouraging effect, as before it didn't seem to heavily grasp our admonishment as much as oblige our intent for it to not attack our companions.

There are of course the things we know by legend and hearsay of dragons and their solitary nature and greed. Attempting to force changes of that nature may have unpleasant consequences the same as trying to force an active outdoor dog to adjust to a small and calm living space, or a species of python who usually only befriends a few people and merely tolerates everyone else but will bite if it gets handled or surrounded too much.
How much of that stuff is its nature is what we'll have to find out first, before trying to make it less likely to eat people.

Also, since it just ate and went to sleep after being born its likely that when it wakes up its going to void its bowels and I don't think we want that to happen in our room. That is if dragons work like animals, if not then whatever the fuck.

Quick, think up nicknames to tease our baby with!
>gecko
>Lizzy
>Ally
>crococrunch
>scalebelly
>cracker

>>35841270
Likely more prone to skin cancers and eyes that are sensitive to light?

>>35841316
racism.gif

>>35841316
Mister slither

Shit! I forgot.
ALRIGHT! Time to roll 3d10 flat vs DC 20 to cast permanency on your blankie!

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>>35841345

Rolled 7, 9, 3 = 19 (3d10)

>>35841338
I was thinking more "magically inclined while being (comparably) physically weak"

>>35841358

Rolled 8, 3, 7 = 18 (3d10)

>>35841358

Rolled 5, 3, 6 = 14 (3d10)

>>35841358

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

>>35841358

Rolled 6, 4, 1 = 11 (3d10)

>>35841358
whelp

>>35841304
Do dragons poop or do they burn their waste and expel the gas?

>>35841351
Fuck you, you got that from Soma's ask back when he responded to my ask about GBQ, ddin't you? Fuck, can't believ I forgot it, it's the best mocking nickname in existance.

>>35841363
Anduh Shoah

Rolled 9, 10, 1 = 20 (3d10)

>>35841377
>>35841380
Breddy gud

spend it.

>>35841406
We'll eventually find out...

>>35841345
It's not racist if it's funny.

>>35841408
No actually. Though it is the best name ever. I named my boa that. Also obligatory great minds blah blah

>>35841377
>>35841380
Yes, soma, we want to spend 3

>>35841377
>>35841380
>>35841381
>19, 18, 14 vs DC 20
>Severe Failure!

You could spend 1 vys to make it a Regular Failure, or 3 vys to make it a Regular Success
>Spend 1
>Spend 2
>Spend None

Pretty sure I know the result of this vote.

>>35841434
Scientifically speaking blackies are incompetent U.S. presidents.

>>35841453
Spend 3

>>35841453
Not sure why I wrote spend 2, should read spend 2. You're at 21/33 currently.

>>35841453
Spend 3

>>35841453
Man, why do you even ask us this anymore? I don't think options like this matter out of combat.

>Spend 2

>>35841470
top lel

>>35841453
Spend none
What could go wrong?

>>35841453
Spend 2.¯3

>>35841453
what's the spendable vys amount again, .25*maxvys?

>>35841453
>>Spend 2

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>>35841470
You know what I mean.

>>35841406
>implying they don't work like robots and expel Fire out their ass

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>>35841470
Two it is. Looks like there's a discount today schmells.

>>35841496
Yeah, rounded up. We're at 1 vys away from being able to spend 9, we might want to get on that, read a book or something.

>>35841453
You know, you should just say that we are spending it and if anyone objects you can call a vote.

>>35841528
It would certainly go faster that way.

>>35841506
I don't, what do you mean soma-senpai?

>>35841496
Yeah, rounded to the nearest whole number. So the most you can spend is 8 vys, and with the 5 remaining you could only get the 14 to a 19.

Anyway, spending 3 will put you at 19/33. Writin'

Can we give ricky a broche?

>>35841406
Let's not teach our dragon the ancient fire vatis trick of the flaming asshole.

>>35841586
I'm game we just got 2 more, but we should have all three of our techies ready to break one apart to remake it for us, also we should study its runes so that we can make more.

>>35841586
For what purpose? He can already read our mind.

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>>35840959

>>35841628
So that we can communicate, and to see what happens.

>>35841628
So he can scream into the minds of our friends at inopportune times, of course

>>35841655
>not screaming pictures of food being eaten by im
>not him playing a game of cards while we give him our food
>not him stealing our memories and eventually our body

>>35841563
top lel again

>>35841642
>inb4 handing ricky a brooch nets us our last 2 on the sanity scale and the quest ends

>>35841586
Seconded, and now is the best time to try.

>>35841676
The 19 was actually intentional, since I started counting from the 21. Thus, 21, 20, 19. I really should've been doing this the entire time, because the point you're currently at totally counts towards the spell.

>>35841678
last 2?

you mean 4?

We're at 6/10. We just get a +8 for 5-8

>>35841678
We are at 6/7 anon, but its gonna get bumped up once we grandmaster water.

>>35841678
>last two
The hell you talking about? We at 6/10

So should we keep our insanity at 4 or 2?

>>35841716
>>35841721
>>35841727
This kind of simultaneous correction is arousing.

>>35841721
Then let's not self immolate/self boil and do something a little less sanity straining.

>>35841716
5-8 is +2 number+2

>>35841749
Soma said its gonna raise our insanity either way, but it depends on what we do is how much.

>>35841746
5

>>35841746
Until we figure out how to boost our enchanting bonus I'm fine with 6

>>35841746
I'm thinking we should keep our insanity at 4 since we can still see the other world, plus the enchanting bonus is nice.

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>>35841678
It would be quite a stupid end, but still leagues better than some of the bad ends numerous quests got.
pic related, yeah I know "Somnius Quests: The happening that keeps happening".

>Soma says he wants to keep the insanity as a background mechanic
>players sperg about what number to keep it at in meta

>>35841827
>thinking /tg/ won't try to game a mechanic like sanity
Its one of the most fun mechanics to play with anon.

>>35841803
I don't follow many quests but, do I want to know or not what exactly that means

So if 5-8 only gets us a +2, how in the hell did we get a +8 bonus for lack of sanity on making the blanket?

>>35841869
Bullshit bad end that breaks the laws of the source material .

>>35841909
You serious?

1-4 is a cumulative +1
so 4.
5 gets a +2
so 6
6 gets another +2
so 8

>>35841916
Huh
Well that sounds sucky

>>35841930
My bad i didn't see that it was cumulative.

You think in Ricky's general direction, a task which seems much easier with your head in the void. {Do you think you can hand me those brooches, Ricky? I've need of them.}

Before your very eyes two ethereal tentacles stretch from Ricky's back, winding their way across the distance between Ricky and the brooches. He plucks them both up delicately, wrapping them in whatever material his tentacles are made of and then lazily letting them drift over to you. You shove your hand through the cloak with some small difficulty and Ricky places both brooches into your hand.

As you're about to thank him, a screeching fills your mind. You wince, the sound reminiscent of nails scraping across a chalkboard. As the screeching comes to an end your vision clears of the spots which had filled it, and you see Ricky has returned to his card game. He needs some hobbies which he can enjoy by himself other than interior decorating, because it's just odd what he's got going in here. {Well, thank you Ricky. I'll leave you to... this.}

You pull your head and your arm out, inspecting the brooches. They're almost identical to the set you bought from Sadik, save for some minor aesthetic differences. The carvings in the material are different, but just as on your own brooches you see no obvious runes. You inspect them carefully for a moment just to convince yourself there's nothing wrong with them and then tuck them back into your cloak, you can decide what to do with them later.

(1/2 or 3)

For now, you've got a spell to cast. You turn your attention towards the blanket-covered mound that is your sleeping dragon, calling up the knowledge forced into your mind by a spirit perhaps as old as time itself. Images flood your thoughts unbidden, images of soulless husk staring dead-eyed at the floor ceiling above them, and images of triumphant men and women holding aloft artifacts of great power.

Suddenly you find yourself in a trance, your Third Eye focused inward, towards your own reserves. You see yourself as if from above, slumped against the wall behind you with your eyes closed and your legs splayed out inelegantly. You slide deeper into your trance, your reserves and the hazy form of your body fading away entirely. Instead, you find yourself staring at a small, tightly compacted orb of light sitting roughly where your chest would be, if your estimate is correct.

You side in closer, to get a better look. It burns with a bright, golden light. Brighter than any torch. Oddly enough the brooch fastening your cloak has a much smaller glowing orb at its center as well, but this one blue instead of golden.You don't recall ever seeing this in others when you've sunk into a deep trance previously. You didn't see anything resembling this when you enchanted the blanket earlier, and that was perhaps the deepest you've ever been in meditation.

Some strange instinct tells you to reach out, and so you do. With a thought you sheer away a portion of the golden glowing orb. As it separates entirely from the rest of the orb you feel your mind... dim, for lack of a better word. You feel duller, and just generally less intelligent. Your emotions feel less intense. That elation from your accomplishments yesterday and earlier this morning seem less significant, and for some reason you just can't get excited about what you're about to accomplish.
>Vys Pool: (19/[23])

(2/3)

You twist your perception in space, facing the blanket. You see your dragon lying beneath, a flaming red orb at the center of its body. It seems much larger, and seems to glow much brighter. Surrounding it is a hazy, ethereal sheet. Presumably your enchanted blanket. Carefully, you move the portion of glowing golden... stuff that you severed from your orb. Was that your soul? You would've thought your soul would be a little more spectacular than a little glowing orb. It's a little underwhelming. Regardless, you press it into the haze of the blanket and feel your connection to it severed.

The blanket snaps into sudden clarity, the orb you imbued the cloak with shifting from gold to a bright, royal blue. You don't feel a connection to it like you used to, though you do feel a sort of affinity with the blanket that you don't feel with any of your other enchanted equipment.

Suddenly you're within your own body again, your eyes opening blearily to stare out at your room. Outwardly, nothing seems to change. The blanket still covers your dragon, its colors shifting endlessly orange and red across a white surface. You feel a deep ache in your chest, a certain sadness. You've lost something of yourself, and you feel less of a person for it. However, some small inkling at the back of your mind reminds you that you've just successfully made an enchantment self-perpetuating. A feat worth celebrating.

>You really don't feel like moving right now. Just sprawl out, let the lethargy take you.
>No rest for the weary, haul your ass up and check on Kadir using the prism.
>Write-in

>>35841869
The MC of this Quest(Avatar Quest) had the bad habit to monologue, it was a quirk and everyone knew it'd come bite us in the ass at some point.
Now, he's a monologuing faggot but he's still the Avatar in the setting(think the Varista).
Now the MC's father lost it and tried to kill the MC, stuff happened, MC beat his father then starts monologuing.
Father(who is at most an expert earth vatis) pulled a feat that even the Varista couldn't do if he snorted a casquet full of spice crit hitting us enough to enter Avatar mode(think "Iwin button" yeah even that wasn't enough to make us kill our dear father)

>>35842005
>>You really don't feel like moving right now. Just sprawl out, let the lethargy take you.

>>35841952
Did you know? our bonus at insanity 10 is 36

>>35841930
Huh, I thought it was (insanity)+bonus
That makes more sense

>>35842005
>You really don't feel like moving right now. Just sprawl out, let the lethargy take you.

>>35842005
>>No rest for the weary, haul your ass up and check on Kadir using the prism.
wait did we just lower our vys pool by 9?

>>35842005
>No rest for the weary, haul your ass up and check on Kadir using the prism.
Yeah fuck passing out and having shit happen around us, plus this is important.

>>35842051
Nope, 10. And it's 100% permanent!

Not really we just need to nap or something

>>35842051
Nah, you lowered your vys pool by 10. Temporarily.

>>35842005
Get off your arse, check on the dick-ass Shah

>>35842069
ah ok.
>>35842077
I'm guessing is that it becomes permanent if we do it too much huh.

>>35842005

>You really don't feel like moving right now. Just sprawl out, let the lethargy take you.

>>35842005
>No rest for the weary, haul your ass up and check on Kadir using the prism.

>>35842089
Pretty sure we'd just die if we did it too much. Or at least lose our mind.

>>35842104
>>35842065
>>35842051
>Sleep is for the weak

>>35842032
>>35842048
>>35842096
>Nap time.

>>35842089
You'd become a soulless husk driven only by instinct.

FINAL DESTINATION TIME FOLKS!

VOTE
1
To TAKE A NAP

VOTE
2
To SCRY THE SHAH IMMEDIATELY

Am I the only one that thinks a potential confrontation with the asshole while we're weak and the one person that can stop him is dead might not be the best idea? Let's recoup guys, we need it.

>>35842118
Death is -10, but yeah it either becomes permanent or we take a sanity hit.

>>35842118
>>35842089
Maybe if we do it without recovering. But other than that i don't think so.

>>35842137
2

>>35842137
1

>>35842137
2

>>35842137
1

>>35842137
2

>>35842137
1

>>35842137
1

>>35842137
1

>>35842137
1

>>35842141
Scrying him isn't a confrontation.

You always gotta vet your kills anon.

>>35842137
1

>>35842137
21

>>35842141
you know we are using a tool to look at him right?

>>35842137
1

>>35842141
We're just looking at him
>>35842137
What about >>35842078

>>35842184
unless he can detect it

We should sleep of severing a piece of our immortal soul and stuffing it in an object before we do anything else.

>>35842137
1

>>35842137
2

>>35842206
And by that I mean sleep off.

Calling the vote and counting.

>>35842224
We're looking at him through a crystal ball, even Mik can't fuck that up

>>35842192

And from what we can tell any magically active person has a chance to notice it. I'd rather save our shenanigans for when we have Vys to spend myself.

>>35842137
OH SHIT SOMA

I voted 1 without realizing but sleeping to recover after we've just weakened our soul,

PREPARE FOR ANOTHER VISIT MOTHERFUCKERS

>>35842245
You know we were cautioned to be cautious with it right?

>>35842207
>>35842194
>>35842185
>>35842182
>>35842179
>>35842178
>>35842177
>>35842172
>>35842163
>Nap

>>35842158
>>35842164
>>35842173
>>35842221
>Work

Writin'

>>35842257
>implying a grieving son will notice
>implying the varish is a normal person

>>35842259
Yep time to have another fucking vision again, i swear people keep forgetting that.

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>>35841640

>>35842308
That is fucking perfect for Life Quest. Nabbed.

>>35842271
>strongest living mortal may have noticed, or maybe just waved in case we were watching
>pussy-ass bitch of a shah

>>35842276

>implying the asshole knows how to grieve
>implying we want to take chances with a piece of our soul missing

>>35842321
Please, he's not even experienced coronation yet. Shahzada, prince of the wimps.

>>35842318
>tfw, Soma-senpai will never notice you

>>35842338
>implying we want to take chances with a piece of our soul missing
>or we can sleep and let Satan's ghost buttfuck our sanity ever closer to the double digits

>>35842355
Start spamming his ask.fm with incest questions.

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>>35842318
>tfw that wasn't even the pic I wanted to upload

>>35842398
Ehh, it's fine. Some players seem to want to renege on our shadowy duties. A little reminder ought to set things straight.

>>35842398
Or we've could've you know done something normal like going to.make a sandwich

>>35842504
We should probably eat something proper after all this time. Bring our dragon to dine with the monks.

>>35842525
Hell no

Has anyone found our sandcastle yet?

>>35842548
It's a mystery!

>>35842547
Why not? Teach it to eat in a loud and packed atmosphere with many strange new scents and strange new voices. Surely, absolutely nothing could go wrong...

>>35842525
Letting anybody but our party even know our dragon exists is a terrible idea and is likely to have people hunting us down.

>>35842579
It's a shame everyone will know soon enough, eheheheh.

You try to convince yourself to get up, you really do. You try your very hardest to just haul yourself up to your feet and get to work. However, something always keeps dragging you down. Telling you that there's time to do it later. Telling you to just allow yourself a brief respite. Eventually, that voice wins out. You kick off your boots and halfheartedly pull the covers over yourself, not bothering to strip off your clothing and equipment.

When you clothes your eyes, you do not find sleep easily. Your mind is tormented by innumerable thoughts. Regrets from years past, embarrassing memories, thoughts of your failures. You find yourself dwelling on the negative, and only by force of will do you manage to clear your mind long enough for unconsciousness to find you. Gratefully, you let your grip on the world around you slip away, sinking into the blackness of sleep.

As you drift through dreamless sleep, you feel a consciousness pressing against yours. You feel small and insignificant in comparison to the great force encroaching upon you. It puts to shame petty creatures like the Entity and the ancient dragon you encountered beneath the mines of Longia. Even the Three, those strange skeletal spectators of your life, seem insignificant in comparison to this force. Still, you feel yourself in control. It is ultimately up to you whether you let this creature enter your mind.

>Allow it entrance.
>Ignore it.

>>35842613
>>Allow it entrance.

>>35842555
List of mysteries:
Who possesses the sandcastle
What happened to Al Gasreed
What the dragons are up to
Was Al Gasreed tasty?
Did a dragon eat Al Gasreed?
What the guy who we beat for our Master Water is up to
What the arsehole from the academy is up to
What Sadik is

Any others?

>>35842613
>Allow it entrance.

>>35842613
>Allow it entrance

>>35842613
>Allow it entrance.

>>35842613
Allow it Entrance.

We went to sleep, we better deal with consequences

>>35842613
>Allow it entrance.
I fucking told you guys this was gonna happen.

>>35842629
Sadik is somas self insert

>>35842613
>Allow it entrance.

>>35842629
What spirits do when they go on holiday from their entrapments.

>>35842629
Sadik is obviously our mother

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>>35842472

>>35842656
Eh? No you didn't. Nobody did~ Not that it wasn't obvious. If you cite any comment after the vote know that those are irrelevant~

>>35842613
>Ignore it.

pls no I've had enough of this otherworldly bullshit no not this time pls

>>35842691
>end of Banished Quest

>>35842693
Niggah i'm
>>35842065

>>35842691
>Mik discovers how dragons poop

Could we train our dragon to meditate with us?

Yo, my net died. Gonna try and get it back up. If that don't work, I'll use my phone as a hotspot.

>>35842764
Too vague to count as a warning anon-saaaan~

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>>35842722

>>35842781
I imagine we could try.

>>35842781
Maybe it could set us on fire while we meditate

>>35842661
I thought we'd figured out it was Thad, but named patrick

>>35842722
You're not the only one but it'd be useless for me to vote

>>35842865
Everyone is Somas self insert

>>35842889
...even us?

>>35842865
>>35842661
> Implying I have a self-insert.
Come on, Anons. I'm not 12 anymore.

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>>35842822

>>35842916
But soma, we all know you self insert. You can stop lying

>>35842916
All great writers have self-inserts Soma.

>>35842917
>mik finds his long lost guar all grown up

>>35842917
That's a penis with eyes

>>35842956
I waited for you...

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>>35842978
Here's a penis with wheels.

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>>35842917

>>35842978
Go see a doctor

>>35843018
Warham-fantasy wheels of chaos?

>>35843063
So he can meet a giant cock with a degree?

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>>35843054

>Allow it entrance

WE BACK BABY
But not for long because I need to grab some dinner before I'm too drunk to drive. WISH ME LUCK. I'll start writing when I get back.

>>35843173
Soma, drinking and driving is bad. Especially when you're under 21.

>>35843173
He's dead.
I'll miss this quest

>>35843173
It was nice knowing you quest master soma you will forever be in our hearts.

>>35843067
Purse owner Lover Arcana actually.

Where were you when a Soma crashed his car?

>>35843236
Illegally downloading video games on my desktop while reading entry level manga and eating lemons.

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>>35843168
Can also be see as:

You came to the wrong neighborhood motherfucker

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>>35843335

Guys I think I'm about to get a DUI

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>>35843397

>>35843397
then don't drink and drive dumbass.

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>>35843397

>>35843397
Well, he didn't crash atleast
Nice job retard

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>>35843397

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>>35843397
WELP

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He's white and vaguely charismatic. Soma will be fine.

>>35843557
>vaguely charismatic.
>be on 4chan for almost a decade
>has pretty autistic hobbies
Just be glad he can leave the house.

>>35843587
I've been on 4chan more than a decade and I'm fine.

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>>35843397

>>35843607
Suuuure you are, and I have a super model girlfriend who lives in Canada

I was joking, I breezed right by a cop without arousing suspicion.

Honestly I'm not even tipsy, just wanted to get it out of the way before I was.

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>>35843375
I don't know what if it's the colors or something else but something about thispic gets my dick hard

>>35843397
Whelp, he's in the clink for the night. Can Soma's Imouto continue the quest?

>>35843638
Go away soma, get your sister and as punishment for lying to us she gets to run the quest instead of you

>>35843637
Anon, truly, I am perfectly alright. I'm even also very clean often of myself and household thereof.
Perfectly normal.

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>>35843638

>>35843673
Seconding.

>>35843638
>Soma
>Not PhoneSoma

Looks like Soma also needs to get a new trip after spending the night in the drunk tank.

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>>35843375
I wonder what this asshole is going to want if we ever meet it

>>35843638
ARE YOU TEXTING WHILE DRIVING?

Don't answer this, just... please do not.

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>>35843676
The skeleton laughs at your sentence structure

>>35843638
You double nigger.

>>35843756
I was texting while sitting in a drive-thru Greek place. I wasn't moving.
Now I'm home.
Anyway! Back to writing.

>>35843375
>New Wallpaper git