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You take a deep breath, trying to calm an accelerated heart rate. Why are you so nervous? It's just a simple request. Sure it's kind of a big deal. It means the return of your family name. It means the return of your family pride. It means getting Kadir to come crawling on hands and knees to apologize to you. Really, that's what you want more than anything else. You want to see Kadir humiliated in front of the entire Shahdom. Lessened in the eyes of every peasant, noble, and merchant. You take a moment to steady yourself, and when you finally speak your voice is confident.

“I want you to unbanish me, formally. Declare to the whole kingdom that I am an innocent man. I want a ceremony. I want validation that what you did was wrong and I want you to apologize in front of a crowd of hundreds.” Gods above, you hate this man. It's a little unsettling, to be honest. You didn't know you could dislike someone this intensely. Even during a moment as cathartic as this.

Kadir sighs, shaking his head wearily. “I can promise no apology, nor will I admit 'what I did' was wrong. What crime is there in having a garden, enjoying the fruits of nature? I'd hardly call it a crime. Certainly not thievery.” Is he serious? Every drop of water in the city of El-Amin, or damn near every drop, is produced by Vatis laboring tirelessly to desalinate sea water and filling the reservoirs which provide running water to the various fountains, bathhouses, and homes of the wealthy. Including the Shah's palace in its entirety. Wasting valuable water, water that you often worked day in and day out to produce, on something as frivolous as a garden filled with plants not naturally intended to survive in the desert is insulting to say the very least.
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You're snapped back to reality by the sound of Kadir's voice. “What I can offer you is this. Formal unbanishment and a ceremony in your honor, as well as high praise and additional landholdings for your family.” You're about to respond but he holds up a hand to stop you. “In addition, I must stipulate that this will not go into effect immediately. In the short term, I will send out word to those high ranking members of the City Guard to leave you to move and act as you please, and to release you should you be brought in. However, I will not actually unbanish you until my sister either lies dead, or is proven innocent.” His tone brooks little room for argument, but to be perfectly honest that's quite alright with you. There's much left for you to do in the world and you don't intend on settling down any time soon.

The two of you stand stock still, staring daggers at one another. Eventually, Kadir breaks the silence. His tone is unexpectedly soft, you'd even go so far as to say sympathetic. “Regardless of the result you've saved my life, and I don't intend on having you chased out of the realm by the guard. No matter how much of a deceitful, mean-spirited, prideful jackass you might be.” He pauses, leveling you with a look of absolute disgust. “And let me assure you, you are quite-” He stresses the word excessively, and once more his tone grows cold. “-the mean-spirited, deceitful, prideful jackass.”

>These terms are acceptable. Take your leave, you've more important things to do.
>You'll be unbanished now, and you'll accept no substitutes.
>Accept his terms, but ask a question. (Write-in)
>Write-in

>>36029666
>These terms are acceptable. Take your leave, you've more important things to do.

>>36029666
>These terms are acceptable. Take your leave, you've more important things to do.

Thank you devil digits, the contract is sealed.

>>36029666
>>These terms are acceptable. Take your leave, you've more important things to do.

>>36029666
>Accept his terms, but ask a question. (Write-in)

Might have been answered earlier but, why Exactly were the Shah and his son both sailing here anyway?
Also, probably never get support for this, but ask that if he needs any proof about his sisters duplicity, we be allowed to help.
I'd just like to be sure we implicated the right person

>>36029666
>These terms are acceptable. Take your leave, you've more important things to do.

>>36029666
>These terms are acceptable. Take your leave, you've more important things to do.

This is what we wanted. Let's go, we need to git gud.

>>36029684
>>36029666
This, we should say something like this just to fuck with him.

>>36029666
>These terms are acceptable. Take your leave, you've more important things to do.

>>36029740
They were sailing on vacation.

>>36029666
>>These terms are acceptable. Take your leave, you've more important things to do.

Fuck you Kadir, you're as every bit as mean-spirited, deceitful and prideful as you claim we are

>>36029666
>>These terms are acceptable. Take your leave, you've more important things to do.

>>36029666
>These terms are acceptable. Take your leave, you've more important things to do.

Don't say anything or ask any questions, we don't want to get bogged down with any extra commitments. We're in the promised land.

>>36029755
I don't think sternly proclaiming through the gritted teeth a wide insane smile "THE ACCORD HAS BEEN STRUCK," is a very wise thing to do at this juncture. I am almost positively sure that it is not, in fact, a good idea at all. Not even slightly. Not one bit. Null.

>>36029666
>These terms are acceptable. Take your leave, you've more important things to do. (like kill a husband!)

>>36029666
>>These terms are acceptable. Take your leave, you've more important things to do.
Sounds good. Even if our sister is a bitch and finds us. We will be fine.
So guys I am thinking massive read-a-thon.
Also look into having fulvia read some books with us.
Have her skim ahead several of the books we plan to read. tell us which are the shit chapters. Which ones contain the things we're looking for.
* Or who ever reads it to tell us how to obtain what we're looking for.* Say everyone grabs a different book, meditate on it. Gives us the cliff notes on how to get it done. and we all share with each other. even if 1-2 people fall behind it'll be a wealth of knowledge.

>>36029829
Naaah.

>>36029666
If we were half as mean spirited as he thinks we are, he'd be dead and we could let the Shahdom rot.

>>36029457
Nope, we read about it in Master Rostam's journal, it's a combination of Earth and Nature.
>>36029666
Acceptable, no insult or coments, just concluding like men do.
>>36029740
I'd honestly rather have as little to do with this as possible.

>>36029666
>These terms are acceptable. Take your leave, you've more important things to do.

"For what it's worth, if it is someone other than your sister it would be for the best. The Shahdom has suffered a heavy enough blow with the loss of your father. I wish you luck in becoming the ruler your people need you to be."

>>36029829
That's a disgusting way to approach reading

>>36029774
>Fuck you Kadir, you're as every bit as mean-spirited, deceitful and prideful as you claim we are
but he is a king now. So all of that matters not.
But we to have become king killers/ and king rescuers.

>>36029829
nah, don't skim books, read that shit in whole to get the proper effects of it

I can't wait to go to sleep again and see what the Entity has to say about our monkey paw dickery.

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>>36029829
>cliff notes
Check out this joker. Have some rape horse because you got me to laugh.

>>36029829
Why would we do that and miss out on the vys for every one of those books that we don't read.

>>36029869
>>36029844
eh just a way to get as much done as fast as possible.
But I do enjoy reading the books and having soma explain 'em.

But I do think we should have fulvia read the chest of notes and books. and categorize them for us. * It would be awesome if ricky could do that..we should have fulvia teach him how to read and talk in our language*
like "these are fore xx element, these are for your armor, these are about his life, ect."

>>36029866
I kind of like this, to be honest.
>>36029829
Fuck that. What we SHOULD do, however, is learn speed-reading.

>>36029883
>read that shit in whole to get the proper effects of it
you do know we don't half learn any effects/meta's
it's either a pass or fail. and we either master it or don't.

>>36029866
I like it, if only it gives into his self-doubt that we learned of from his little scribblings.

>>36029917
lurk moar, new guy, those are not very good ideas, Varvar's chest is only for us, we are the first one to read things and then maybe let others read specific things.

>Terms are acceptable, take your leave.
Tippity tap-tap typin. I'm glad we got all of that wrapped up this session.

Now that you're free of obligations, there are no immediate catastrophes to solve, and you're once again more or less your own man; what shall you do?

>Get together with party members who want to and read in the library.
>Read with your dragon in your room.
>Read alone in the library, no distractions.
>Meditate in the Meditation Chamber
>Seek out Kaur for a training session.
>Seek out someone else for a training session.
>Write-in

>>36029969
>Meditate in the Meditation Chamber
Mistral arms

>>36029969
>Seek out Kaur for a training session.

>>36029969
seek out Kaur, this is what's immediately connected to being at the temple, afterwards we can read with our baby.
Phone(brooch) Chrys to gaurd our door and tell us if smoke comes out the door

>>36029969
>Seek out Kaur for a training session.

>>36029969
>>Seek out Kaur for a training session.

>>36029969
>Seek out Kaur for a training session.

>>36029969
>Seek out Kaur for a training session.

>>36029969
>>Seek out Kaur for a training session.

>>36029969
BATTLE MEDITATION

>>36029969
>Seek out Kaur for a training session.
That's the meditation where we move, correct?

>>36030052
yes

>Seek out Kaur
Writin'.

>>36029969
>Seek out Kaur for a training session.

>>36029969
>Read with your dragon in your room.

>>36030070
hopefully she has mastered it now, and she can do more with it since.
What exactly is this meditation good for?
fire element? or just for kicks and giggles?
"LOOK AT ME I CAN MOVE WHILE I MEDITATE!"

>>36030164
we could meditate when we're on moving things like our carriage or al gasreed

>>36030191
You can already meditate on your carriage, actually.

>>36030191
Oh shit yeah, lets use the viewer artifact to look at al gasreed!

>>36030164
generally cool to do, I expect makes learning martial arts, magic techniques, and mixed techniques easier to learn/develop. Could help us do difficult precise handiwork shit by slipping into trance while doing it, maybe.

>>36030239
I thought it didn't work on things that have left this world?

>>36030259
he could still be alive......

>>36030266
Ha ha ha.

>>36030228
It could improve our rune inscription/inscribing, right?
Is it possible to learn to speedread, Soma?

>>36030274
okay well what if we looked at the dragons back in the mountain, make sure the AC killed um off

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>>36030266

>>36030306
>implying
I'd damn hope the AC didn't kill them, what we were afraid of was the AC driving them out of Longia, to the surface. Hopefully they destroyed it or something by now, would hate to have killed so many of thought-to-be-lost creatures.

Soma, could we meditate on what to name our baby after we know its sex? What would happen if we did?

>>36030394
I'd probably suggest a list of 10 or so names, nothing particularly mystical.

>>36030343
>would hate to have killed so many of thought-to-be-lost creatures.

They are dragons anon. The fewer of them left the better, aside from ours and one of the appropriate age and sex to mate with him/her.

>>36030405
You're saying we couldn't feel our baby's preference/taste through our link, or is it too young to have something like that?
We should probably hurry with this though, having a name is a pretty important partnof development in society.

>>36030435
They are our forefathers though, if that children's story is to be believed. They were doing just fine, chilling down there, didn't bother no one.

>>36030449
But is it important to DRAGON society?

>>36030470
The questoon is if it's important in OUR FAMILY.
The dragons in the mine were dicks, our baby will be much more civilized and polite and affectionate. Maybe. Not sure how good a father Mik actually makes.

>>36030470
Probably.

Soma, have you decided on how dragons work by now? I have a crazy "theory" but I don't want to influence you with it.

>>36030552
More or less, if I understand what you mean by 'how dragons work'.

Still kind of mad how our incorp potion got burned up.

>>36030579
It didn't. There's a reason it's still in the pastebin.

>>36030566
Well, here goes in that case.
>our newborn baby is white
>layed in magma
>skilled in fire and something else(I expect earth)
>the dragons in Longia were red/brown
Dragon colors are determined by what elements they learn while young, when they are able to learn any of them, but this gets set in stone later. Our baby is good at fire/earth because of the surroundings, but we could teach it anything.

This is pretty stupid, but I had to post it because it's such a ridiculous idea.

You extend an arm, and Kadir does the same. The both of you clasp one another by the forearm. “I agree to your terms, Padishah..” You shake once, and then separate. The agreement sealed you quickly bow and begin to make your way to the door, and freedom. Thankfully Kadir doesn't see fit to interrupt your escape, instead returning to the Varistha's former desk to read his letters.

You slip out of the twin stone doors, shutting them firmly behind you. The two guards which escorted you to the room stand to either side, one spares you a glance but the other keeps their attention focused towards the hallway. You're honestly too relieved to pay them any mind. You managed to escape that asshole without causing some sort of international incident.

Swiftly you march down the hallway, the Varistha's room vanishing around a turn. It doesn't take you long to find Kaur's room. You listen for a moment to make sure she's not otherwise occupied, and then knock thrice. Unfortunately you receive no answer. You try again, and once more are met with silence. Frustrated by this turn of events you try to think back on where it is Kaur typically spends her time. Your options are either the gardens, or the atrium. The latter is closer.

You march swiftly through the halls on your way to the atrium, determined to finally get that meditation you're owed out of Kaur. It doesn't take you long to find her, surrounded by a number of other monks. One of the Brothers turns a truly generous helping of lamb meat on a spit over a fire he seems to be maintaining via magical means. Brother Aziz sits next to Sister Kaur, one arm wrapped around her waist while the other holds a lamb skewer. He waves the skewer in greeting as he sees you approach.

“Well if it isn't the man of the hour! Word's been getting around about how you weakened the pirates enough for the Varistha to finish them off. Where've you been? I feel like I've seen neither hide nor hair of you in days, my friend!”
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>>36030566
When did you decide to have dragons at the bottom of Longia?

You return his wave, stepping up to the small circle of friends. You really can't fault Aziz for being the friendly sort. In comparison to his openly pleasant mood, Kaur looks at you with a mix of respect and annoyance, you can't quite decide which is dominant. “I've been quite busy, since the explosion. Lots to deal with, lots to settle. I think I've finally managed to dig myself out from beneath the pile of obligations I've had laid on my shoulders.” You turn your attention to Kaur. “Are you ready to finally pay the debt you owe me? I expect a meditation session in the near future.”

She waves a skewer airily before tearing off a chunk. Fortunately she's polite enough to chew and swallow before speaking. “I'll be free after I finish eating. Care to join us?”

>No, that's okay. You'd rather get some reading done in the meantime. When she's ready, she can find you in your rooms.
>That sounds lovely. Sit down and have the cook carve you a portion of lamb.
>As above, and invite your party.
>Write-in

>>36030703
>1/20
Jesus christ soma.

>>36030721
READING

>>36030729
That was a typo. I did not write a 40,000 character update.

>>36030721
>That sounds lovely. Sit down and have the cook carve you a portion of lamb.

Negotiating is hungry work.

>>36030721
>That sounds lovely. Sit down and have the cook carve you a portion of lamb.

>>36030721
What about the other 18 posts soma?

>That sounds lovely. Sit down and have the cook carve you a portion of lamb.

>>36030721
>As above, and invite your Chrysi

>>36030721
>>That sounds lovely. Sit down and have the cook carve you a portion of lamb.

>>36030721
>That sounds lovely. Sit down and have the cook carve you a portion of lamb.

Invite the others. Ask if it's okay first.

>>36030721
>As above, and invite your party.

Also have them inform you if dragon is making a ruckus in your room. Not open the door or anything but just listen in as they pass by.

>>36030721
>That would be lovely, but I have some things I'd like to check before then. If I finish withbthem I'll come join you, though.
Go to outside our room, check on baby with Nature magic.

>>36030766
stop the waifu shit.

>>36030721
>As above, and invite your party.

>>36030766
>>36030721
Supportan'. Get Darzi down here because she needs to learn this stuff too. Better she get it from the source than secondhand.

>>36030721
>>That sounds lovely. Sit down and have the cook carve you a portion of lamb.

>>36030766
No, she can guard our room instead, so brooch her up.

>>36030721
>Write in
Read

>>36030794
How about go fuck your cock eating dog, you flimsy tackled greenface.

>>36030840
stop the waifu shit.

>>36030721
invite prof

>>36030840
not that anon, but she's still married, and dates are inapropriate like that.

>>36030858
Speaking of Prof, I was thinking he could get in on the /fit/ regimen

>>36030721
>No, that's okay. You'd rather get some reading done in the meantime. When she's ready, she can find you in your rooms.

>Sounds lovely.
Writin'

Soma quit making anal sex jokes on your ask page and get back to writing.

>>36030975
?

>>36030975
Would you watch Void TV? I would

>>36030894
>>Darzi likes dick she just isn't sure Mik is a good fit.
Does this mean Darzi thinks Mik's D ain't big enough for her?

>>36031060
I think the good fit part refers to the compatibility of Mik and Chrys. Might be wrong, of course.

>>36031043
What on the porn channels?

>>36031043
>watching dubs
I would download the fansubbed episodes of the MikVentures though.

>>36031219
Prof's dreams

>>36031060
Pretty sure it just means she isn't sure Mik and her "fit" personalitywise but that yes, she is straight.

You take a seat at one end of the circle where there's space for you, and the cook sets about carving you a skewer of lamb. “That sounds lovely, Kaur. Thank you for the invitation. To be perfectly honest, I'm not even entirely certain of the last time I ate. I think I forgot to yesterday.” You seem to vaguely remember eating some of your rations at some point, but it's a hazy, indistinct memory.

You dig into the lamb voraciously, tearing off large chunks and doing your best to remember to chew. As you eat, you reach out to Chrys via the brooches. {Could you check on my Dragon? I'm going to meditate, so may not be back for several hours. It seems to enjoy, or at least tolerate, your company.}

Her response is swift. {I would be glad to, the creature is interesting and I feel may prove a useful asset in the future. In addition to being quite cute.} With that, the connection is severed and you return your attention to the meal. You've little time for conversation, though you do make small talk between bites. Once you've finished you pat your gut and sigh contentedly. It wasn't exactly the fanciest meal you've ever eaten, but the spices were just right and the meat cooked to perfection. By some miracle you're not the last to finish, and so you pass the time chatting pleasantly.

You learn that Aziz apparently intends to make an attempt at attaining Grandmastery over Water in the near future, sometime later this week. Kaur has yet to decide on a method she wants to attempt, but will likely do so soon. Indeed, most of the monks present seem to be either Experts or Masters, some in multiple elements. No Grandmasters, oddly enough. You're not sure just how many are present at the temple but you would've liked to pick their brain for more information about becoming a Grandmaster.
(1/2)

Conversation turns towards the Varistha's recent passing, or assumed passing. You find yourself grilled for information about his last moments, but you manage to avoid giving out much of anything either with the excuse of not knowing or something about the Varistha's privacy. Truth be told, you still haven't fully accepted that he's dead. That entity you met last night said that the Varistha may yet live, and you cling to that slim hope.

The meal gradually ends, some of the monks leaving while others stay to continue their conversation. You think it's early morning, meaning this would be your breakfast. Convenient, maybe you'll get three meals in today. Eventually Kaur and Aziz share a brief kiss before she stands and gestures you follow. “Come on then, lets get this meditation session over with then. I want to get into the chamber before the usual morning crowd fills the place entirely.”

You push yourself up and follow her out of the atrium, you get only a few steps before Kaur stops, snapping her fingers. “Ah! Did you want to invite that friend of yours? Sister Darzi, was it?”

>Invite Darzi.
>You can always teach her later, she may be asleep for all you know.
>Write-in

Endurance is flagging, going to finish up this meditation then call it a night.

>>36031377
>Invite Darzi.

>>36031377
>>Invite Darzi.

>>36031377
>Brooch her and offer that she is welcome if she wants to come. Act like you're thinking while waiting for an answer. If she doesn't, say you'll just teach her later, if she does, say you'll go get her real quick.

>>36031377
>>Invite Darzi.

Lancers gotta stick together. Who knows when we might have to fight the big bad guy and seem to win but ultimately lose because of personal deficiencies?

>>36031377
Get darzi in on this.

>>36031377
>Invite Darzi.

>>36031377
>Invite Darzi.

>>36031377
If we invite her, should we do it personally so we can check up on the others, then later meet up with Kaur at the chamber?

>>36031377

>use the brooches to invite Darzi

>>36031377
>>Invite Darzi.

>>36031377
This better not end in Kaur trying to ship us. Or interrupting Darzi and prof or something
>Invite Darzi

>>36031480
>Darzi and Prof
What? Prof is going for Mormor, and I don't think Darzi is interested in him.
>not wanting to be shipped with Darzi
Mik/Darzi is a totes cute ship, dude.

>>36031505
>Prof is going for Mormor
Prof would stick it in anything that moves, up to and including Ricky's older sister

Oh! Right. Writin' for
>Invite Darzi.

>>36031532
Well yeah, but I like to believe Darzi is better than to shag with Prof.

>>36031552
She's a dirty gypsy, if he has the money (he does) then it could happen

>>36031620
But she has money as well.

>>36031480
Darzi's a solid nine, at least in looks. I'd be down for hitting that

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>>36031532
But those glorious tits on MoMo! I really want some decent interaction with our newest party members next thread. We have decent bit w/ SK, but have barely talked to the girl who got us out of Dodge City.

>>36031620
You do realize she's filthy rich now, right? After the wonderful idea of sharing our wealth with everyone in the party, everyone is filthy rich, and we can no longer buy out a medium sized country.
God, what a horrible decision that was, I actually wish the "but muh jew" anons could have convinced people to vote against it.
>giving Prof money after he lost his share on a bet fair and square

>>36031643
Mor is seriously beautiful, would marry even with her NEEThikki personality. Like honestly, hers is the most beautiful profile pic in the whole quest, though I'm afraid I don't quite understand what Soma's description of her body meant.

>>36031629
>>36031647
Please, its already feeding her thirty-nine aunts and uncles. Gypsies are pretty much elves.

>>36031631
But she's also mildly PTSD from the whole tortured-for-a-month thing. And Soma's not talking about whether she was raped. You want to deal with that big old bag of snakes, go ahead.

>>36031643
This, I want interaction and reading before the next bout of crazy shit

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>>36031647
>After the wonderful idea of sharing our wealth with everyone in the party

Cry harder bitch, it hard to hear the soothing pitter-patter of tears on a keyboard from where I live.

>>36031647
All we must do is have a game of poker where we bet small cities for bug blind

>>36031704
>tfw cheating with Nature magic
This is so incredibly tempting now.

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>>36031671
>would marry even with her NEEThikki
>even with

That half the appeal.

>>36031691
>giving Prof his lost share
>trampling over the sacred laws of bets

>>36031728
>not swallowing

>>36031747
It would gum up her internal workings. Aegis still a best.

>>36031671
What was her pic again?

Yo Soma, am I right in assuming our Rhynian suit has a magnetism function? That's how we got through the generator field, right?

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>>36031803
Yarp.

>>36031797
Here it is.

>>36031815
Hmm, not that anon, but I actually forgot she has freckles and remembered her paler and a thinner/longer face with a bigger nose.
Still plenty cute though, waifu/10
What did you say her body was like, again? Homey?

>>36031815
Is that Yennifer?

>>36031815
So much cuter when you picture her in a sweatshirt and jeans.

>>36031853
Source seems to be a deviantart commission of a character name "Rahalel" or something like that.

>>36031853
From the Witcher? I don't think so.

>>36031850
I actually don't remember exactly, but I picture her as generally softer and more classically feminine (by human standards) than Darzi and certainly more so than Chrys. Girl-next-door type sorta. Very grouchy, reclusive girl-next-door.

>>36031860
MUH HEART
MUH DICK
Holy shit anon, thank you for this mental image, I am in love.
>Mortia thinks the giant egg is weird but she doesn't know what the hell it is and doesn't what to look like some pleb who doesn't even recognize eggs.
The cutest.
>>36031899
You're not making me like her any less with this, I hope you know this senpai. In fact, if that was your goal, then you're really fucking yourself over with this.

>>36031899
How old is she?

>>36031948
I don't think I've said in-character yet, though I might've. Mid-Late 20s. Roughly of an age with Mik.

>>36031958
>Christmas Cake NEEThikki hipster

>>36031958
That pretty much what I thought the pic looked like but I kinda had it in my mind she was like late teens-early twenties.

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Ah! I remember what I based her body type off of. Wide hips, average breast. A la this picture.

>>36032007
So, approaching your ideal female body type, then? you said hips>tits>ass after all

>>36031982
And I cant fucking type "that's" for the life of me tonight.

>>36032007
Thought Prof had commented on her having a great rack? I suppose given different cultures that could very well qualify, but I though it was to the level she needed an athletic bra for support. Oh well.

>>36031980
What age would Mik consider Christmas Cake ya think?

>>36032007
>Unlimited Blade Works

>>36032059
Or wait... were the Rhynians the ones who like modest chests? Could have sworn that was the Samjan.

>>36032078
>chuuni christmas cake NEEThiki hipster

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>>36032007
Hey Soma, I rolled a crit in Totemist Quest, just for younot really. Did I do gud?

>>36032073
Well, depends on how well they're holding up, right? I mean, Ghada was pretty attractive and I think she was pushing 500 years.
But this only applies to those who haven't been married of course, so probably approaching 30 is when that group starts to dwindle significantly, I'd guess?
Should ask Soma about that.

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>>36032106
Quite good.

>>36032106
You have done well, brother.

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>>36032094

>>36032094
It keep happening, she just keeps getting better and better!

You hold up a finger, reaching out to Darzi via the brooches. You're surprised to find her wide awake, and apparently quite energetic from what you can pick up based only on the vague surface thoughts afforded to you by the brooches. {What are you doing up so early?}

Her response is swift. {I'm usually up early, though I've been slipping lately. I like to do some simple exercises. You know, push-ups, pull-ups, sit-ups, some stretching. Just basic stuff. Stay in shape.} She seems quite enthused about it, judging by the mental 'tone' of her thoughts.

You press on. {I probably ought to get myself on some sort of similar routine, but that's not why I contacted you. I'm finally going to get in that meditation session with Kaur. You know, the method she used that allowed her to move without losing slipping out of her trance? I was wondering if you'd like to join me.}

There's a pause before her response, and when it does come it seems as though she's calmed down. {Sure thing, Mik. I'll be down in a moment.} With that, the connection severs.

You turn your attention once more to Sister Kaur. “She'll be down in a moment.”

You're not sure why she's staring at you like that. What did you do? When she finally speaks it's to pose a question. “How do you know? You just sorta stood there staring off into the middle distance for a couple minutes. Can you communicate telepathically? Because I was relatively certain you hadn't attained anywhere close to Grandmaster rank in Nature magic; I'm pretty sure telepathy is almost exclusively a Grandmaster technique.”

(1/3 or 4)

Huh, you had sort of a vague idea that telepathy was something Nature Vatis could do. You recall the Varistha using it on at least one occasion, but attributed that more to his age and power than anything else. Regardless, you grab hold of the brooch pinning your cloak closed and hold it up to the light. “This little device is actually what allows me to communicate with my party telepathically. We're all linked into a network, allowing all of us to communicate independently.”

Kaur nods appreciatively. “Impressive. It never ceases to amaze me the wonders we've lost to the past. Can you imagine where society might be right now had Rhynia and Hiacia not fallen?” She shakes her head saddly. “I can tell you, we would not be scrabbling over leftovers.”

Before the conversation can progress much further, Darzi joins your small group. Her hair is wet, though she's quickly drying it with Water magic. She seems to have washed her Monk's robes as well. It is with no small amount of embarrassment that you glance down at yourself. You're garbed in the tattered strands of your Master's robes. The white linens of your underrobe peek through several rents, fortunately keeping you descent. Only your cloak remains pristine; oddly so.

Now is hardly the time to worry about your state of dress, unfortunately. You can think about swinging by a seamstress' workshop at some later date.

“What did I miss?” Darzi ask cheerily enough while the three of you march towards the meditation chamber. You can't lie, you're looking forward to this technique. Being able to meditate while in battle, to clear your mind completely and focus on the task at hand, would prove invaluable.

(2/3 or 4)

Kaur replies with a shrug. “Nothing of particular import, we were discussing the Imperial Collapse of the last millennia.” As you come to the proper door, Kaur presses her palm flat against its surface. Just a touch of vys, and it slides back without resistance. You're pleased to see that the meditation chamber is more or less empty, save for a few monks who seem to be intensely focused on quiet contemplation. The Three of you take up position in the center of the chamber, so you'll have plenty of room to move.

Kaur straightens herself to her full height and folds her arms behind her back, she reminds you more than a little bit of a drill instructor. “How much do the two of you know about Marsala Ve?”

Darzi is the first to respond. “I've several years of training under my belt, received from the El-Amin City Guard. I have faced seldom few opponents I cannot best, and know all of the ninety-three forms of Marsala Ve.” Kaur seems impressed, and you have to admit you are too. You didn't even know there were ninety-three forms of Marsala Ve. You thought there were thirty-one.

You clear your throat uncomfortably. “I received a modicum of training as a youth, and some from my Master as well. However, I am primarily a learned man. I know only a bare two dozen Marsala Ve forms.” Kaur winces, and you must admit you feel a little inadequate. Especially considering Darzi's expertise.

Kaur holds up her hands placatingly. “Alright, that's fine. You ought to be able to work with twenty-four. You ought to think about sparing with your friend some time in the near future, as the mastery over one's body is just as important as mastery over one's mind for this particular method of meditation. Now then, to start with why don't we simply go through the thirty-one basic forms?”

>ROOOLL ME 3D10+2 vs DC 15!

>>36032279

Rolled 9, 3, 7 + 2 = 21 (3d10 + 2)

>>36032279
fuck, fucked up the email in >>36032296

Rolled 6, 9, 4 + 2 = 21 (3d10 + 2)

>>36032279

Rolled 6, 3, 8 + 2 = 19 (3d10 + 2)

>>36032279

Rolled 3, 3, 2 + 2 = 10 (3d10 + 2)

>>36032279
Hope my luck holds.

>>36032309
>>36032314
>>36032316
>21, 21, 19
>Great Success!
Writin'

>Mik acting all self-conscious around Darzi
Am I reading too much into this, or is this a QM hint?

>>36032317
It didn't.
>>36032343
Hint about what? That Mik is attracted to Darzi, or he feels more down to earth, or that he's saner now?
>>36032330
So what, we're gonna learn the 7 basic forms we had left just like this? Or are we calling upon the knowledge we got from Darzi when dealing with 'atma?

>>36032343
I think its his sanity coming back. He normally wouldn't care.

>>36032343
He has a full belly and a lot less shit looming on his mind so seeing a party member the same race as him but not all shabby helped him register that his robes have been through hell is all. That Darzi is smoking hot by his standards may have something to do with it sure. It's probably more a moment of clarity thing though. Murderhobo realizing they look like a murderhobo do.

>>36032363
She really got screwed over on that deal.

>>36032343
>Darzi covered in sweat, running up to you in the morning after exercising, being all cheery about training with you
What absolute faggot wouldn't be self-conscious about that? Definitely not any attracted-to-females person in their right mind/with good taste.

>>36032441
How? When we mind melded she got a bunch of magic training, we got some combat skill
Or do you mean when she asked for the meaning of life when we learned enchanting?

>>36032441
I don't know man, she got to just below vatis level in water magic I think. Remember that we had to suffer for years under our Master's training, making us drown to just a hair's width from death until we learned to enter trance while underwater and shit.

>>36032343
I'd chalk it up to less shit to deal with and having a slightly more clear mind.

>>36032455
The later yeah. Sure the temptation made sense but man that's like asking a Djinn the meaning of life for one of your 3 wishes. Well its a lesson learned at least, always bargain for something concrete when dealing with spirits.

Initially you find yourself stumbling, but with both Darzi and Kaur helping you through the forms you quickly find yourself flowing easily from the Rearing Sandworm to the Striking Rattlesnake, and so on through all the thirty-one basic forms. You don't truly have them memorized, but over the course of perhaps the next half-hour you certainly feel that you know them better than you did in the beginning.

Once she feels that you've gotten the movements down, Kaur stops both you and Darzi and clears her throat. “Now then! The next step is to focus on slipping into a trance, as you would normally, while at the same time continuing to run through your forms. You need to be able to simply treat movement as background noise, much like you already do sound, scent, and sight.”

She demonstrates first, slipping smoothly from form to form. One moment her motions are controlled and careful, but the next they seem to come naturally to her. Her body loosens, her breathing comes slow and steady, and her head seems to roll limply from side to side as she goes about her movements. It's a little strange to be honest. Yet she snaps out of it just as suddenly as she slipped into it. One minute she's sliding into the Spitting Camel, the next she's standing straight and still, wide awake.

“I doubt I need to instruct either of you on slipping into a trance, I'm sure it's routine for you by now. Remember, don't focus on the movements themselves. Focus on the trance. The movements are simply ambiance. A framework on which to build your trance, if you will.”

(1/2 or 3)

This is fairly standard pseudo-mystical rambling. You've already started going through the forms, trying to focus on letting your consciousness slip away. Darzi's doing the same beside you, all under the watchful eye of Kaur. After a time, you feel a heavy fog descending on your thoughts. Your eyelids droop low, and your breathing slows. You slowly, ever so slowly feel your consciousness slipping away. Soon you're surrounded by a sea of purple, green, and blue vys. Flashes of red burst into existence here and there as you move through the forms passively, letting your body do as it wishes while you focus your mind on the ebbs and flows of vys.
>Technique Learned! Meditation on Forms
>Allows you to gather vys and meditate, while at the same time slowly improving your martial skill. At your level of martial expertise, inflicts a -2 malus on meditation rolls. This will improve as your martial talents improve.

After a time, you find yourself naturally slipping out of your trance, returning to the realm of conscious thought. You feel refreshed, you think you've managed to replenish your vys pool. Darzi and Kaur are chatting amicably next to you, sitting in the sands of the meditation chamber. Your arms feel a touch sore, as do your legs. However, it seems your abdomen is the worst affected by such an extended period of exertion. It feels like rubber, and uncomfortably tense. You suppose a sign of progress.
>Vys Pool: (36/36)

You're not sure how long you've been out, but it must've been several hours. Your reserves are certainly replenished. Oddly enough, the meditation chamber is even less populous than it was when you first entered. So much for the morning rush, eh?

>End Thread!
>Weak ending, but meh. It's SoL sorta stuff.
>Hope you enjoyed!

http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive.html?tags=Banished%20Quest
Archive here! Can't believe it's already been 80 threads. Endgame is in sight, though. A bit sooner than I would've expected.

>>36032572

End game? You don't mean to end the quest do you? Soma... Soma, let's be reasonable here. It's too soon! Too soon!

>>36032572
>endgame in sight
Please no Soma, I'm willing to follow you until thread 200 or more, we haven't even went on any of our bigger missions or made our dragon armor!
Thanks for the thread though, was nice to have some relaxing moments for once.
Guys, remember to check up on our baby as soon as we can in the next thread.

>>36032572
>End
The fuck soma? Why would you tell us that? what about all those journeys, quests, and GM in all elements and shit?

>>36032586
>>36032590
Hey, I just said it's in sight. I didn't say it was right around the bend or anything. I don't see this quest ending before thread 100 barring MC death.

>>36032572
I will cry

>>36032572
Listen up Soma, I know you may not think so, but BQ deserves a lot more than double this.
>>36032600
I will not accept BQ ending when it's not even had half as many quests as fucking PGQ. I think we both know which of those two deserves more time among the living.
hint: It's run by Soma-senpai

>>36032572
Thanks for running though I am with these guys >>36032586 , >>36032590 there's a whole lot more interesting stuff to mess with.

>>36032600
Well if we can get all the stuff on our bucket list including getting that gem from the warlord done in 20 threads sure!

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>>36032572
If this is the cost of my crits, I'm never rolling again.

>>36032612
I don't know, I don't want to push the quest far past what would be it's 'shelf life'. I mean, the way I see it... maybe around thread 150-200 I could reasonably see an end. Accounting for all the stuff in Elaudia, and all the side quest there. Plus the elven warlord is going to eat up a lot of threads, assuming things work out how I sorta kinda think they're gonna work out. Might end up getting to see Aleamond. I hope so, I got a lot planned for Aleamond.

>>36032614
>implying
Do you know what happened in the last 20 threads? We passed out from healing Darzi, talked with Monks, pirate things happened, spirit thing happened, dragon thing happened, and now the Shah thing happened.
That's all, 20 threads, gone just like that.

>>36032600
>>36032642
Forgot last half of post. Wanted to ask if this picture looked sorta like Chryssa. I saw it back in the Archives and liked it a lot.

>>36032647
>70-120 threads from now.
>In sight
>With Soma's ridiculous conceptualization of time
Oh Soma...

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>>36032660
I could see it as a younger Chryssa, or maybe Chryssa's kid, or maybe some other variant of Chryssa's people. Pic related is Chrys though, more or less exactly.

>>36032680
Whoops, that's me.

>>36032660
search for female tiefling on google for Chryssa's profile pic
>>36032647
Oh thank god, that seems much more reasonable. God Soma, you really scared me there, when you said "not ending before #100" I thought that meant "ending around #100-130". If you say 200 then I'm okay for now, we might be able to get you to keep going by then after all. But seriously, PGQ is on thread 212 right now, and that is not even 1/10 as good as Banished if you ask me.
Looking forward to next time, Soma!
<3
Did you like my teaser on your ask of what I had planned after you answered my autism ask-spam?

>>36032665
We have been forcing him to play out each living day instead of relying on timeskips. It might of effected his sense of time.

>>36032722
Okay, real talk, once we got a good amount more accomplished and it's at a good point, I'd be fine with a time-skip if it meant Soma would keep running, and I'm the anon who said that I don't want timeskips every time it's been brought up.
But I hope this would only really bee needed around thread 170 or so, though hopefully later than sooner.
Still, if it means we get more Banished, then I'll consent to it-

>>36032758
I think it's more because we've sorta committed to becoming unbanished now. Requesting that of the Shah was the endgame trigger, though I doubt it will be as simple as I'm hoping it will be.

>>36032776
Fuck, I sure hope not, I was actually afraid getting unbanished might be something more trouble than it's worth. That's why I didn't vote for it. I mean, I hoped we'd just spend some time with our Master and visit our family, then go off adventuring again, though more sensibly than before.

>>36032654
I'm well aware of that. I was being facetious, as I do not expect that much to be done within twenty threads. Hell I'd be surprised if we completed the bucket list in 50 threads.

>>36032647
Honestly if the other things are all taken care of and Mik and Co are swoll and reasonably successful in their past endeavors I'd even like to see the building of the new empire that half the group is somewhat geared for (with Fluvia and Mortia being 100% on the Rythian empire at the least). Though maybe a sequel quest for that would be best if ever done.

>>36032797
I mean, it IS "Banished Quest"

>>36032799
If I don't get to explore aspects of the setting I really wanted to, I'll definitely run another quest in the same setting. However, before the sequel I'd need to finish off LQ to a satisfactory degree and start up the Sci-fi quest.

>>36032803
It'd be great if Banished Quest ending just meant that Soma would start running Vatis Quest staring Magic Mik and His Merry Band. I'd be all about that. Alternatively... Soma how many laws does a guy gotta break to get you to run a game set in Mundus online or in person?

>>36032799
To be honest, if a sequel is needed, I think it'd even be possible to have Mik as the MC again, he will presumably be a water GM with an insanity-removing ring by the end after all, I fully expect him to be able to live for thousands of years if nothing drastic happens, and possibly even then.
>>36032820
>That's it folks, Banished Quest is ending, I decided not to do an epilogue, sorry. Hope to see you in my next quest?
>A week passes.
>Welcome folks, to Vatis Quest! You play as Mikhael, a prodigy magician, explorer, and papa of a merry band of misfits, what do you do?

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>>36032820
I'd be willing to run a game on Saturdays, maybe. Once a week, maybe once every other week depending on my course load at the time. I'd probably do it over IRC, and I'd need to start it with the strict understanding that the PCs will never appear in Banished, or if they do only as background character shout-outs.

I'd also need to decide on a system to run it. My first instinct would be RuneQuest 6th, but Talislanta, Savage Worlds, or M&M might also work. I'd have to really limit power selections in M&M though. Dark Eye could work as well, but I've only ever played it, never run.

>>36032647
Shit, I thought you meant within like 20-30 threads when you said "in sight". My ticker can't take those kinda scares man.

>>36032564
Thanks, great start for a day :P

>>36032841
We're really more like an annoying, irresponsible uncle that knows all the cool people, is handy with a gun, and knows where shit goes down than a father figure, really. At best, we're Profectus' older sibling, the dragon's nerdy dad, Fulvia's awkward boss who keeps asking her uncomfortable questions, Chryssa's boyfriend obviously, Darzi's BFF, Skull Kid's friend who moved to a big city in another state and dragged him along, and a really bad tourist guide to Mortia.

>>36032866
Please don't do that unless BQ is finished(so hopefully never). It would take away the surprise threads from us, not even the temptation of playing in a game run by you can convince me to support this while you're still QM'ing something.
Honestly, something in LQ canon might also work, the players don't even have to be as special as Don.

>>36032889
Oh, and the country we're showing her around is North Korea.

>>36032866
Well shit. I'd be down if you ever decide to do that. Honestly I like your simple system here the most because the world and the nature of magic is more important than the system used to run it (so long as it doesn't get in the way). Though yeah, I wouldn't want to distract you from Banished stuff like >>36032895 is worried about.

>>36032895
I could see nWoD maaaybe working for LQ, but I honestly don't think LQ is quite as well suited for an RPG as say, Banished is. I could also maybe do D20 modern, but I dislike D20 as a general rule.

Wait, what the fuck am I saying? Shadowrun is perfect for LQ.

>>36032572
And we still didn't get the fucking dragon sexed!

>>36032930
Soon, Anon. Soon.

>>36032923
>>36032895
It probably only seems like a good idea because I'm typsy. I'll wake up tomorrow andwonder why I suggested this.

>>36032930
Oh the dragon will be sexed all right ;)

>>36032572
bitch, don't even joke about that

banished quest is forever. forever, I tell you!

>>36032937
Probably, but if you still think its a good idea whist sober down the road just say the word.

>>36032924
Yeah mate, LQ is specifically paranoid scifi shit with magic fuckery, 100% shadowrun.

>>36032937
I second what >>36032981 said, I'd be up for pulling allnighters to play with ya, which would be needed if you're not running in the morning. I am alivating at the though of being able to directly shadowrun and sperg out on powers and shit with you.
I'm pretty sure around 10-20% of your ask page is me at least, would need to check to know for sure.
In fact, I'm going to do that right now, I'll be back with a number and percentage.

>>36033010
Okay, doing this purely off memory is harder than I thought, but I'll try.

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>>36033077
See mate, this is the reason why /tg/ isn't completely kosher. Relax. You need to calm down. Like, my autism meter just pinged Phil Fish levels of spurge. At this point, you're just saying shit for the act of saying shit.

>>36033134

The funny thing is, this kind of thing doesn't really bother me. It's harmless, so I just shrug my shoulders and move on. What gets to me is when we're in a game and people pull one of those, "these people that are our friends need to know that they're under us and remember their place." Luckily BQ doesn't have a lot of that in general, but every time I see one of those things I tend to get the creeps and be glad I don't know those people in rel life.

>>36033134
Eh, I've been putting it off for months now, might as well get around to it.
Oh yeah, and in response to people who said self-immolation is not a good method because sanity:
>> How much of a san lost would lying in fire for a week entail?
>Not too terribly much. No more than any other method of attaining Grandmastery.

Please dont end BQ

>>36032572
I'm willing to patreon for BQ to stay running

>>36032866
only after BQ is over.

A good part of this quest is exploration and we wouldn't want to take away from the main thing.

>>36034025
Blood Battles 4 lyfe

>>36034527
>not wanting superhealing

>>36034817
Yours is boring and provides minimal bonuses.

>>36034892
>implying
What are these god tier bonuses of blood battle that makes it worth spending weeks on it?
I didn't even want to start an argument about this but now you're just begin unreasonable.

>>36034909
Im being unreasonable on purpose anon.

Though i do still believe the blood battles method to yield more favorable bonuses

>>36034927
Ah, well, fair enough, I suppose I'm a bit tense from going through Soma's ask page for my questions.
>only halfway done
But seriously, we should really consider what's more important to us with water magic, healing or control. We can already do some really freaky shit at Master level control if we study anatomy, and that will increase significantly once we hit GM regardless of method. I also tried coming up with ways to cheat the system and get bonuses for healing and control, but then realized it's not worth the effort and risk and I decided that taking the fast option of self-immolation, getting god-tier healing is the best choice in my opinion. Honestly, submerging ourselves in magma/lava would be even faster, but that's a bit too risky even for me.

>>36034968
>cheat the system and get bonuses for healing and control
The blood battles method does that

and it would only take a week or to for that method aswell

>>36035681
It is also the least risky method there is.

>>36035681
It's not even close to the healing bonus burning ourselves gives us though, and takes longer. I seem to recall it being month or so, did Soma change that? We'd also have lots of water vatis around us if we self-immolate at the temple, so that'd reduce the risks significantly.

>>36035715
Still as is now our Water Control is shitty and we already have GM level healing. Bloodbattles will boost our already GM healing and bring our Water Control up to strong levels.

While at the same time giving us valuble combat experience from us fighting ourself thousands and thousands of times.

>>36035743
Eh, I suppose I won't be able to change others' minds anyway. It just seems like a really lame, anticlimactic way of reaching GM to me.We already have GM healing, but even if we burn ourselves we'd have GM control and supegoodrGM healing, compared to goodGMhealing and goodGM control.

>>36035766
more of

Stronghealing and Strongcontrol

We already have Good healing

>>36035776
Nah, we have baseline healing, and a whole lot of good that does, we can't even handwave whole harms back. I doubt regenerating blood is anywhere even in the same plane as regrowing the whole body and keeping one's self alive while being a skeleton with a couple organs in the open fire.
I expect fire method to give us at least very least 3 times better healing than bloodletting.

>>36035766
It would actually be very climactic, just imagine Soma writing the gladiator-esque battles when it comes down to the final battles. The fine amounts of control as we battles ourself simultaneously with tons of unique fighter.

Imagine the final fight.

>>36035803
Soma said we'll never be able to handwave limbs back. hands yes, not limbs

>>36035803
I doubt it.

Remember that during the fighting we'll also be repairing the damaged winners with our own blood so it's a constant thing.

>>36035804
The anticlimactic part is it would take weeks, there is no way Soma can properly write that while making it exciting.
Imagine instead as you set yourself on fire and welcome the incredible pain, then as it slowly recedes and you lose all sensation as nerves burn away, left with your thoughts as you continue to keep yourself just a step away from death, and eventually learning a secret of the universe.
>>36035828
It's still just making more blood, pretty simple, if difficult, repairing organs is way more complex shit.
>>36035814
He said it would be beyond our level if we reached GM because of insufficient vys, and I doubt constantly regrowing entire limbs and muscle would not make it significantly easier to do.

>>36035864
The self immolation was supposed to take 1-2 weeks as well, about the same.

And that sounds like you really couldn't write more than a couple paragraphs on it. At least with the blood battles it's constant action.

yeah, its not as good at the self immolation at healing but it is still a difficult task that will net us a good bonus to healing.

And you seem to be misundertanding the whole self immolation process. The plan was to let it burn away our skin and just halt theburning there with regen. Not limbs and organ be created every couple of minutes.

It'll be closer to stasis than a constant fight for survival.

>>36035864
Not that anon but do you really wanna have Chrys watch as we become a burnt husk before her very eyes?

Other methods will have our companions staring at us in wonder, this would disgust and horrify them.

>>36035922
Self immolation takes a week tops, closer to 5 or so days, actually. Submerging in lava takes like 2 to 3 days, 5 at most I'd think.
http://ask.fm/Quidam_Asinus/answer/117374757435
>>36035934
Eh, they've seen us do crazier things for less, and this is actually pretty legit, as far as GM meditations go.

>>36036007
I just think there better and cooler options

self immolation seems kinda valinna

Honestly, if we're serious about getting grand master, we might want to level up our nature magic a bit for the bonuses we would get first, no matter what method we use. Whatever we do, I want to get it right the first time.

>>36036007
Still think the extra bit of time is worth the benefits

>>36036007
Mate, let's just take the safe option and do the blood thing, it's the best combination of safety, time efficiency, and versatility.

>>36036075
of course

>>36036060
I would think being a skeleton with a bit of flesh on it that's on fire is pretty far away from being vanilla though. Blood-battles are basically just glorified Siege battles, which are pretty vanilla since every vatis can do it.
>>36036077
I guess we will just have to agree to disagree on that point. To be honest, I think even if they took the same time I'd still vote for immolation, it's just more appropriate/fitting/legit if you ask me. I mean, GM methods include eating a hydra's heart, huffing spice and meditating for weeks, those are metal enough to deserve something on the level of setting ourselves on fire. I'd also be fine with the frostbite option tbh, if you guys only want blood stuff for control, frostbite also has healing and control and would take about a week as well.
>>36036087
Eh, I just think attaining GM should not be safe, it makes it feel cheap and forgettable, especially when compared to methods we know of. I honestly doubt anything that doesn't have a significant chance of us dying would have good enough benefits to be worth the time and choosing it over the ones we know give us really good shit and don't take long.

>>36036135
Getting GM is getting GM, sure it's different depending on the method, but it's the same fucking goal at the end, I'd rather no risk death for the sake of some narrative satisfaction or some minor benefits.

>>36036171
I can't deny the logic in what you're saying, but I also can't deny that I feel there are proper ways to attain GM, and those are not the safe ones carefully thought out to have as many benefits and as little drawbacks as possible, especially since we don't actually know what benefits they would give because Soma refuses to say it. The only thing I'm sure of is that blood method wouldn't give nearly as good healing as fire/frostbite method, while the frostbite method might give great healing as well as control. See how the dangerous methods sound like they would give better bonuses?

>>36036171

To be fair, in the end, some narrative satisfaction is the whole point of these threads. I'd much rather make a choice for that reason then a lot of other reasons out there.

>>36036215
I'm not doubting what you say, I'm just saying it would really fucking suck to accidentally end our quest due to the assumption that we could possibly gain some minor benefits by risking much more than we should.

>>36036266
Again, I don't disagree, but have some faith in Soma.

>>36036295
I seriously think it's worth taking the risk to make our first GM (and hopefully the other ones too) special, since we'd be in a place with a ton of Master healers and possible even GMs to save our ass. And I fully believe that Soma also thinks fire/frostbite would be the most metal, cathartic method but refuses to say so because he doesn't want to influence us.
Ah well, I'm about done with counting this shit so I'll finish that real quick, then maybe we can continue the discussion, or switch to a different topic once everyone has said everything he wanted to.

>>36036295

Oh, I do have faith in Soma. Whatever happens I already know it'll be good. Personally I don't really care about the method we use because I trust him. That being said, I can't think of a better reason to want to do something then, "because I think it'll be cool."

>>36036391
I'd think a better reason would be "Because this might not be as cool, but is safer and would allow us to possibly do even cooler stuff in the future." Maybe. Unless it's really fucking cool, which is not the case in my opinion in this particular case.

>>36036438
Honestly, what is the danger in it when we're in the meeting place of high level healers, and even Darzi and Chrys, hell even Fulvia, maybe even Prof couls snuff out the flames? The cooler stuff is really subjective though, I think healing shit is way cool, and doing cool water control shit doesn't really require supergood control. To give an example, once we're good enough in nature and know the human body, we could totally just use water magic to move the liquid inside enemies' semicrcular canals, utriculi, sacculi, and cochlea(s?) to make them lose balance, become dizzy, faint, hear voices, or overload their hearing, even at our current level I think.
Thinking about it, I expect fire/frostbite to give us a bonus of significantly lessened pain sensations from having our nerves constantly fucked up during the process, beside the already established shit.

>>36036135
>I would think being a skeleton with a bit of flesh on it that's on fire
thats not what it would be.

>>36036135
So your voting on something because its metal/dangerous?

your a terrible quester

>>36036661
Right excuse me, I should have said with some organs on it.
http://ask.fm/Quidam_Asinus/answer/117376737339
>you'd essentially be a charred skeleton with some organs dangling out.

>>36036646
because GM methods are always dangerous, especially if they involve burning yourself alive

>>36036690
But we wouldn't be regenerating those organs. the only thing we would be doing is regening skin and muscle. not that great

>>36036689
Yes, go ahead and disregard every one of the points I brought up and the legitimacy of my arguments just because I also said that my vote also happens to be the more metal option. I'm not the one who voted for the mask or the bar, or even for messing with the dragon heart when we found it.
Fire method is perfectly legit and has serious points for it, I can accept you not agreeing but please don't act so ignorant.
>>36036710
Yeah, but they are possible to succeed in even when one is on his own, being surrounded by great healers significantly lessens the chance of the death, even if it doesn't help the chance of failure.
>>36036722
I understand it as letting our skin and muscle be burned away, and then keeping our organs functioning as the flames eat away at them, so regenerating them at the rate they are being burned. Soma has stated the reason this and frostbite would work is because the whole body, every cell would be regenerated at one/several point(s).
http://ask.fm/Quidam_Asinus/answer/117533831739
Or at least the same is true for fire, but even if not, those organs are definitely not covered with muscle/skin and kept alive by healing.

>>36036710
Just throwing it out there, setting Mik on fire is not nearly the most dangerous meditation for GM we know of. Hell, I'd say it belongs to the safer ones.

>>36036775
It does, it just seems that after all the facts are put out your decision is ultimately made by how cool it is

>>36036817
I apologized if that seemed to be the case, but I can assure you that it is not in fact what my decision is based on, it is simply a bonus and a point I thought might convince others who were on the fence about the issue.

>>36036775
It's not safety that makes it want blood battles method, it's the benefits.

>>36036845
I can accept if you think having decent/mediocre control and healing is better than god tier healing and normal control, I'm just trying to argue for my stance.

>>36036862
It'd be good healing and good control.

Along with a boatload of combat experience.

We already have decent GM healing.

>>36036900
Soma said we would have good/normal/baseline GM-level water control at least, regardless of method used to advance.

>>36036962
So the Blood Battles would bump us to Strong?

Either way I'd rather not have our water control be shitty, especially with how much we use it. Double especially with Point Defense/Offense

>>36036999
We would never have shitty water control, even baseline GM water control can wreck Masters, remember?
I'm saying going fire route would still let us have good enough water control to curbstomp fuckers, especially since now we know Fire magic, which is way more suited to combat than water.

>>36037023
That reminds me, we should really start thinking of some Fire techniques soon.

>>36037023
So we would have Strong healing and Great control.

I'd rather have that than excellent healing and average control

>>36037033
We have a list. Like 3 are for fire I think

>>36037080
You do realize that we'd also have to leave our dragon alone for weeks to do Blood Battles, compared to the days of Immolation, right?

>>36037109
We can impress that we gotta do something for a little while and we'll be back soon. It would be a great opportunity for it to bond with the party.

And we're not doing it now. We're gonna wait until we got a bunch of other stuff on the list. So the dragon should be a little more mature.

>>36037095
If you mean >>36029475 then I'd say then I'd say only blowtorchwhich for some reason is still listed as firecutting, FUCK(would only count it if we got it to Ozai vs Aang levels) and liquid fire could count as combat techniques, and liquid fire is a share fire/water thing, so we might have to use water techniques with that, I'd only count it as a half.
So we have 1.5 techniques thought up.
I was thinking kind of like PD, except we can set up a sphere around us and snuff out flames that come inside it or set enemies on fire with Nature magic? Probably do flash grenades inside people's eyeballs. Things like that.

>>36037193
Liquid fire and magnification are both fire

>>36037193
None of those techniques made sense

>>36037153
Eh, okay that is more reasonable, let's wait a bit then. I'd really like to meditate on this before trying it though, just the whole situation and to consider our techniques, like we did with the Shah assassination, get Soma to give us hints and shit, should prove informative. Also, since Kaur's bf is trying for it soon, we could ask them about it.

>>36037223
I second this suggestion.

>>36037223
Definitely meditate on it.

And of course we'regoing to ask around, and watch their attempts

>>36037208
Did you read the post? Liquid fire is a mix of water and fire magic, and magnification is not a combat technique.
>>36037220
Excuse me but the flash "grenade" inside/in front of enemies' eyes totally makes sense, remember that Fire controls light as well, this could be a non-lethal way to disarm foes not skilled in extrasensory Nature magic.

So the decision is that we need more info.

>>36037223
Meditating on it is a good idea, we should try to read up on water GMhood and think up lots of methods for it before than though, so we have a lot of options.

>>36037278
Seems that way.
No one loses outright, and we get more/clearer info than what we have right now. A win for everyone, if you ask me.

>>36037258
The liquid fire we still count as a meditation I think.

And it doesn't matter whether the magnification is a combat technique. It's still a meditationfor fire.

And the whole Flash thing is a good idea.

>>36037335
Oh yeah, those are definitely good meditation ideas, but I was talking about actual combat techniques like the ones we have for water.
Also, we should probably decide now what we want to concentrate on, actual flame/heat magic, or illusions, to get that semi-GM bonus for it.
This can wait until the middle or so of next thread though, of course.

Also, I'm the anon who was going to count his asks.
So yeah, counting only the ones answered that haven't been deleted, and because my memory isn't perfect possibly including some that weren't asked by me on accident, with the ones I know for sure were asked by me, I got the result that the maximum number of my questions Soma has answered is around 554, that is, 23.3% of all the answered questions on his ask page at this moment.

>>36037425
a combination for fire

>>36037425
oops my b.

I suggest illusions and the like. but we should read our books first to check things out.

>>36037457
Yeah, we should read all our books and advance in the other elements before messing with Fire so we know what the best way to go about it is.

Oh man, we went beyond the bump limit before Soma woke up. Such a shame, maybe we could have gotten another Q&A from him, or maybe another thread. Well, might still happen, but yeah, less likely now.
So, have you guys been working on anything? I made that alphabet mentioned on his ask page and are still working on it, as well as thinking of what language properties to use.
That's probably all I can work on until we read Varvar's and our books though, not really anything that outside researchers could help, since we shouldn't try to meta.

Okay, here's what we need to do, we need to git gud with the our and movementmeditation to be able to play the song of our soul on it while meditating. Besides being amazing, could also help with sound magic, which reminds me that we should go and study how the musician plays the oud. Could do some fun flirting while doing it too, could be adorbs.

>>36038309
It's on the list

I love you, Soma-senpai!