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You make your way gradually across the city to your Master's home, still at least partially lost. What you'd initially intended as a shortcut seems to have turned into a massive black hole of time. You must have spent hours in that damned seaside estate. Still, a small price to pay for the knowledge and material wealth you've gained.

You eventually emerge from the dockside markets into the Vatis District proper, passing through the nearly abandoned streets. By and large foot traffic in the Vatis district uses the raised walkways which stretch between residence, rather than soiling themselves by stepping upon the cobbled streets everyone uses. You make good time to your Master's residence and find that the place hasn't yet burned down. At least, it doesn't appear so from the outside. Perhaps the interior tells a different story.

You knock on the door front door and step aside, waiting. Eventually the door opens to reveal your Master's new apprentice, Rasim, staring up at you wide-eyed and terrified. Before you can speak, he bombards you with a slur of panicked speech. “Thank god you're back the Master has been trying all day to keep the dragon calm but-”

You clamp a hand over his mouth and drag him inside, slamming the door shut behind you with a simple spell. You wait a few moments, before gently prying your hand off of his mouth. He looks up to you expectantly. “Now then, slowly. Explain to me what's going on and don't shout about my son in public.”

(1/2)

Nice

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Rasim takes a deep, shaky breath before continuing. “Your son has been tearing up the house all day! First he just sloshed water out of the bath and made it boil and steam, and that was fine Master didn't really mind, but then he ripped up the oven and crawled inside to sleep and now he's tracking ash all over the house and he set the master's favorite curtains on fire and-” He steadily increases the pace of his speech until it all just blends together into one stuttering mess. You cut him off with a gesture and push him aside, striding into your Master's home. The stones around the edge of the bath are charred black and water is everywhere, even on the ceiling and around the stairs. However, you don't see Zahak.

Climbing the stairs you find your Master sitting in the wreckage of his sitting room, the cushions torn to shreds and smoking where they've had holes burnt into them. Zahak has curled himself in a corner, tongue lolled out the side of his head and tail slapping against the floor rhythmically. Your master is smoking from a hose attached to his favorite silver hookah, a dazed look in his eyes. Seems he's quite far gone after the stress of the day.

>Go check on Zahak.
>See if your Master is coherent.
>Look for your party members, they're probably in the guest rooms.
>Write-in

>>37271376
>See if your Master is coherent.
Get Rasim to fetch the blanket we made for Zahak.

>>37271376
>See if your Master is coherent.
Remove some coins from Zahak pile as punishment regardless.
Gotta have him learn to mind himself when he's at someone's home.

>>37271376
>See if your Master is coherent.

>>37271405
it's in the cloak according to the pastebin

>>37271376
>Look for your party members, they're probably in the guest rooms.

>>37271405
>>37271432
These

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>>37271432
Yes. This.

>dragontantrum.jpg
>picrelated

>>37271432
Anon is right, need to teach that boy some manners.

>>37271376

Thank god we are getting our own place, we can have our dragon wreaking other people houses.

>>37271376
>>See if your Master is coherent

>>37271376
Jesus master is in a drugged fueled daze, i wonder how much this is gonna cost us.

>>37271432
nah, let's not depend on money too much for punishment/rewards

>>37271481
And a mansion too, big enough to house Zahak. It's even got caves with access to the sea underground, so Zahak can come and go as he pleases.

>>37271376
>Go check on Zahak.

>>37271376
So does no else noticed that our master basically drugged our dragon?

>>37271432
How about giving them Master as payment for the wrecking of his house. I'm sure he doesn't need it but Zahak needs to learn ''you break it, you buy it''.

I'm gonna grab a bite to eat. Back soon.

>>37271376
>Go check on Zahak.

>>37271493
I'd have say take the blanket for a while but Mik went home with it, it might have been that plus the fact that "pop's" didn't come back that turned him into a hellion

We should also give master the opium soon.

And teach him enchanting some time before we leave.

>>37271541
Yeah, we're a pretty shit father.

>>37271523
That's a very important leson

>>37271518
Eh let our boy ride his first high.

>>37271376
>Go check on Zahak.
>See if your Master is coherent.

>>37271357
>Thank god
>god
Is Rasim some kind of heathen?

>>37271580
We are NOT going to raise him as a pothead/junkie, forget it, if that's what you were thinking of.

>>37271564
We need to teach him how to moisture farm well before he gets old enough to go to toshi station.

>>37271564
1st children+no sense of right and wrong+other things.
We should also impress that when Daddy isn't here he'd better listen to Mommy Chrys Aunty Darzi and Fulvia and Unka Prof.

>>37271618
Our master drugged his ass heavily from the looks of it.

>>37271618
Drop of whiskey in the milk bottle, helps the babe stop crying and get to sleep, ain't no harm in it.

>>37271523
Supporting.

>>37271523
Voting for this

>>37271492
That crate of amazing opium should get us off the hook for most of it. Hopefully.

>>37271708
And also teaching him some enchanting.

>>37271724
Do you want to get him killed?

Writin' for
>Check on Zahak
>Check on Master.

>>37271732
We did already say we would, anon...

>>37271376

>Go check on Zahak.

If he doesn't have a good explanation, I support making him pay to fix the stuff.

Do we gain 1 vys for every new rune we learn? I thought that was a thing.

>>37271803
That's actually a really good punishment for dragons, unless he attacks when we try and take his gold

Can't wait for the scene where we give Zahak a spanking.
Can't wait for the scene where Zahak, now an adult remember the time he got spanked because he broke the stove of grand papy.
Can't wait for the scene where Mikhael, Zahak's son get mindblown that a lesser being spanked a dragon.
Can't wait for Zahak to tell his son that it was one of the most important moment in his life, where he discovered that his father loved him so much that he punished him as if it was his flesh and blood.

>>37271873
Second

>>37271859

If he attacks us, THEN he gets a spanking! He better not think that just cause he's grown a bit he's too big for the belt!

Guys do you think we could enchant a clock to tunr invisible, put it on Zahak so we could bring him with us to more places without spending vys?

>>37271925
Belt has to be made of ice for maximum chastisement.

>>37271925
Would your parents spank you for trashing your grandparents house?

>>37271953
how about not perma invisble but only when the guy/being attuned to it pour vys into it?

>>37271953
>zahak wearing a clock on a chain
>popularizes a new variety of music

>>37271967
Ever heard of a switch?

>>37271967
Which grandparent?
On my fathers side I would be in a shallow grave outside the house before my parents even knew I did anything
On my mothers side I would be given disappointed looks and nothing else

>>37272012
FUCK! CLOAK! I MEAN CLOAK!

>>37271995
I think we can make it to work on a set trigger or something.

>>37272026
Exactly

I would have gotten a paddle. Maybe the one with holes if it was bad

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>>37271873
I ain't fan of hitting a kid, especially not our own kid. It just seems like we're doing more harm than good by hitting him instead of talking to him about it.

>>37272049
I'd get a caning from both set of grandparents lol, then get my ass spanked by my parents.

You make your way first to Zahak, he is your son after all. As you draw closer you come to find that his thoughts are sluggish and thick. Happiness and lethargy seem to roll off of him in waves, you start to feel sleepy just because of the mental connection you share. You don't think anything's wrong with him, he's just high out of his mind. You don't even want to know how much opium your master had to give Zahak to get him in this state. Pounds of the stuff, you imagine. Then again you suppose you can't be certain.

Scolding him in his current state would do you no good, he wouldn't hear or remember a thing you said. Instead you merely reach into your cloak and extract his burning blanket, draping it over his curled up frame so only his head pokes out the end. You tuck him in, using fire magic to prevent yourself from being burned, then scratch at the base of Zahak's horns before turning your attention finally to your Master.

You cross the hall and take as eat on a pillow next to the hunched form of your master. He doesn't look at you, staring off with glazed eyes at a space on the wall. He used to do this to trick you when you were an apprentice, he'd wait until you tried to shake him awake and then make a lump of ice smash you in the back of the head. It hurt terribly, you always hated it when he did it.

Hesitantly, you reach out to shake him by the shoulder. Fortunately you feel him channeling vys and manage to turn the ice to steam before it smashes you over the back of the head. Instead of a painful concussion, you're just left with slightly moistened hair. Your Master whips his head around to face you, launching into a tirade.

(1/2)

“I'd call you a son of a bitch, but that would be an insult to your mother! Do you know the trouble you caused me trying to keep that beast contained?! You can't just leave someone alone with your adopted dragon son for two fucking days and expect to show up again like all is right with the world!” You shrink back instinctively. You're not sure why, but something about your Master yelling at you makes you feel like a child again, it's humbling.

“I raised you to be more considerate than this, Mikhael! Your mother raised you to be more considerate than this! Gods above, this is worse than the time you called Rajani a dyke and she challenged you to a duel. Far worse! At least that was an opportunity to bring honor to me and your family! Then there was that time you and Ismail got caught stumbling out of a whore house together; do you know how much I spent on bribes to keep that quiet? Six hundred gold, down the drain! I had to feed a pound and a half of good opium to that beast of yours to finally get it to calm down! How do you think you're going to make this up to me?!”

>Offer him the opium you set aside as a gift.
>Apologize sincerely and admit wrongdoing.
>Promise that you'll punish Zahak and do better going forward.
>Write-in

>>37271967

I'm being nicer then my parents Anon. I'm only spanking him if he tries to attack us. My mom would have already grabbed his arms with her nails and dragged him away while whispering to me how embarrassed she is that he would have done such a thing. The spanking would have probably come from my dad later.

>>37272114

>Apologize sincerely and admit wrongdoing.
>Offer him the opium you set aside as a gift.
>Promise that you'll punish Zahak and do better going forward.

>>37272114
>Offer him the opium you set aside as a gift.
>Apologize sincerely and admit wrongdoing.
>Promise that you'll punish Zahak and do better going forward.

>>37272082
There's a moment where talking isn't enough and you must get physical.
But nowadays people straight up either aren't on the page for corporal punishment, or go balls to the walls and breaks bones and shit.

You'd be surprised what a warm bum can do to a rebelious little shit.

>>37272114
>Offer him the opium you set aside as a gift.
>Apologize sincerely and admit wrongdoing.

>>37272114
>Apologize sincerely and admit wrongdoing.
>Promise that you'll punish Zahak and do better going forward.
>Offer him the opium you set aside as a gift.

>>37272114
>Gods above, this is worse than the time you called Rajani a dyke and she challenged you to a duel. Far worse! At least that was an opportunity to bring honor to me and your family! Then there was that time you and Ismail got caught stumbling out of a whore house together; do you know how much I spent on bribes to keep that quiet? Six hundred gold, down the drain!
We were such a dick as a little kid.

>>37272114
>you called Rajani a dyke
Fucking rug munchers always getting us in trouble

>>37272114
>Offer him the opium you set aside as a gift.
And enchanting

>>37272114
>Offer him the opium you set aside as a gift.
and
>Apologize sincerely and admit wrongdoing.
>Write-in
But we should (at least partially) defend our actions by telling him about the house, spirit and (maybe) deal.

>>37272114
>Apologize sincerely and admit wrongdoing.
>Offer him the opium you set aside as a gift.
>Offer him the brooch as well.
>Promise that you'll punish Zahak and do better going forward.

>>37272114

>Apologize sincerely and admit wrongdoing.

then, once he's calmed down some,

>Offer him the opium you set aside as a gift.

>>37272114
>>Offer him the opium you set aside as a gift.
>>Apologize sincerely and admit wrongdoing.
>>Promise that you'll punish Zahak and do better going forward.

All of them really

>>37272114
>>Offer him the opium you set aside as a gift.
>>Apologize sincerely and admit wrongdoing.

Both!

>>37272114
>>Offer him the opium you set aside as a gift.
>>Apologize sincerely and admit wrongdoing.
>>Promise that you'll punish Zahak and do better going forward.

>>37272197
This

>>37272114
No promise to punish, the other two are fine.

>>37272114
All+brooche+enchanting+void meditation.

>>37272114
>you called Rajani a dyke
You mean she isn't?
More bitches for the bitch throne then.
Lets go use our jewish tongue

>>37272114
>2 days
THAT FUCKING SPIRIT

>>37272114

>Offer him the opium you set aside as a gift.
>Offer him forbidden knowledge.
>Apologize sincerely and admit wrongdoing.
>Promise that you'll punish Zahak and do better going forward.

>>37272201
>>37272192
>>37272179
>>37272150
>Apologize & Gift

>>37272142
>>37272144
>>37272152
>>37272191
>>37272197
>>37272218
>>37272250
>>37272269
>Everything

>>37272173
>Gift only

Writin'

>>37272241

I agree. I at least want to hear Zahak's side before we punish him. He's probably in trouble, but he deserves the chance to defend himself before we decide what we do.

>>37272278
Also offer to teach him something neat.

>>37272114
>Instead of getting an artifact from the spirit, instead ask him for a shitload of opium we can give to master. Make the geezer od on weed

How about we do the 3 choices, then give him the brooch, tell him about the spirit&enchanting and whatever else.

Punish Zahak, make it looks like we're super serious about it, which we are. Then when the incident is closed turn the page and get serious about what happened in these 2 days

>>37272262
>implying her sexuality would have stopped us.

>>37272266
you're retarded.

>>37272266
Seriously.

Spirits: The Biggest Jerks.
Is going to be Mikael's first foray into theological publications.

>>37272324

Once again, I want to see what Zahak has to say before we punish him. Punishing him without any idea of what was going through his head is a bad idea, and a bad president.

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>>37272306
A neat trick you say?

>>37272306
>Something Neat

Like that during the 17th Century, the Sultan of Turkey ordered his whole harem of women to be drowned and replaced with a new one?

>>37272366
>Master Mikhael Habdul-Hakim treatise on dealing with spirits.

There's only one sentence.
>Spirits are dicks, deal with Progenitors or Elders.

>>37272401
for real?

Mik would make a good spirit.

>>37272446
He really would. Better than most spirits.

>>37272347
You're an idiot for thinking it's okay to use that as an insult. Well done for making /tg/ slightly worse.

>>37272376
>president

>>37272418
Technically it was his mothers doing but yes.
Ottoman's were crazy.

>>37272376
Of course, we gotta make sure he understand it's not a punishment just for the hell of it and that by doing that we'rer punishing ourselves as well.
Better if we do that before our master and the whole gang.

>>37272462
Retard

>>37272459
We would be a spirit of haggling and merchants everywhere would beg to make deals.

>>37272462

You are fucking retarded.

>>37272446
Lol fuck no, he'd do his best to fuck people over, use force on those he doesn't like or deems rude/inferior, make bullshit requests just because he can, and eat other spirits.
So unless you meant it in a way of "he'd be an exemplary spirit at being a spirit(i.e. an asshole)", I think you're wrong.

>>37272462
When did 4chan fill up with pussies?

I'm not even the guy you were talking to.

Is NIGGER not okay either?

>>37272418
Yep gottah love the Ottomans

>>37272520
Exactly

>>37272472

Yea.. I caught that after I posted. ... I blame the weak ass browser spell check. It's always screwing words up.

>>37272446
"What's that, you say you want to know the secrets of enchanting? First bring me 4 tons of baklava and a dragon egg and then we can discuss proper compensation for my services".

>>37272529
Funny that a Pidjatan-Rhynian fusion of architecture would net us similar infrastructure to that of the Ottomans...

>>37272520
I think that's exactly what he was implying.

>>37272549
Yes

>>37272524
Didn't want to get involved with this shit, it'd gonna clog up this thread.

This is /tg/ not fucking /b/, there was once a time where we abstained from that kind of behaviour.

Now everyone stop.

>>37272462
What a little bitch

>>37272462
we stayed home for almost 2 days anon, we left around the afternoon, the spirits wasted around 8-12 hours.

>>37272574
It's annoying yea, but complaining will just make it worse.

>>37272482

I'd rather make the talk private myself. That way we're not putting on a show, but making a correction. The punishment can be in front of the people that he wronged, but the talk should just be between us.

>>37272549
good good, now your second task...Oh I didn't say there was a second task? Guess I'm getting old, no matter, your second task will be to sit through my 12 hours Oud recital. Without deafening yourself nor slipping into a meditative transe.

>>37272574
Holy shit when did tumbr get here, we have been saying that phrase since the start of the quest,

>>37272599
I wasn't even the same anon who posted the 2 days thing!

>>37272609
I trully like your style anon

>>37272620
Yeah Soma (pbuh) also says nigga quite a lot.

>>37272462
quit your whining you retarded little faggot.

>>37272625

Then you are being more retarded for making a show and dram on how retarded hurts your feelings and isn't "OK to say".

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>>37272551
>Funny that a Pidjatan-Rhynian fusion of architecture would net us similar infrastructure to that of the Ottomans...

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>>37272644
>Implying Nigga and Nigger are the same

>>37272619
The setting - a spirit shrine in a large cavern custom built to amplify all sounds within. The stars - Magic Mik the spirit dick and a hopeful adventurer. The trial - find a perfectly spherical stone hidden somewhere in the gravel covered floor of the cave in exchange for untold enchanting knowledge while Magic Mik performs his longest oud solo yet. The trick - the only perfectly spherical stone for miles is located inside the oud itself.

Will the up and coming adventurer survive his ordeal or will he commit suicide like the other 17 guys? Will Magic Mik's Magic Dickery finally come to an end? Does anyone watch this show without muting the sound? Find out the answers and more tonight on the next season of Pidjata's Got Talent. Only on Void TV.

>>37272890
I love it 11/10

You hold up your hands in mock surrender. “You have every right to be upset, Master. I have wronged you. I have neglected my duties as a father and left them in your hands. I had no idea he would react this way to my absence, but I've learned my lesson and I won't leave you to deal with this again in the future. I'll be sure to dole out proper punishment and make sure that he understands this sort of behavior is unacceptable.”

Somewhat mollified, your master sighs deeply and begins to massage his temples. “Well at least you know when you've fucked up, you've got that going for you. None of that is going to fix my oven or get back my dope though. I mean I guess we could run over to one of the neighbor's to get a hot meal but it's hardly proper for a Vatis in my position to be seen begging for food. I'll just need to cook dinner myself, I suppose...”

You reach into your cloak, withdrawing bricks of thick, black, fragrant opium covered in greasy wax paper. Your master raises an eyebrow as you set them down in front of him. “At the very least, I can restore and grow your stockpile. It's the least I can do considering the damage Zahak has caused.” You state humbly, while your master is busy peeling back the wax paper and inspecting the goods.

He breaks off a chunk and rolls it between his fingers, wafting it under his nostrils and tasting it briefly. After a time he needs, tearing off another chunk and packing it into the bowl of his hookah pipe. He waves a hand, a flare of light emanating from the bowl, and then takes a deep drag from his hose. After what seems like several minutes of holding his breath he exhales a veritable cloud of rich, blue smoke.

(1/2)

>>37272619
Don't we have a Sax like instrument?

We should try that out

“This is really good.” He mumbles quietly, mostly to himself you think. He's slumped a little further into the pillows around him, his eyelids starting to droop. You're pretty sure if you don't do something he's going to doze off.

You reach into your cloak and extract the brooch you have left over from the deaths of those pirates by Ricky's hands. You wave it in front of your master's face, his eyes tracking it slowly. He's still conscious, then. “This is a artifact which will let me communicate to you mentally, my father wants me to give it to you so he can have a way to get in touch with me if he needs to.” Your master nods slowly, taking another drag from his hose. You go on. “I'm going to prick your finger, and attach it to your collar.”

You wait until he nods again before pricking his finger on the sharp point of the brooch, doing the same to yourself. Once that's done, you attach it to his collar and feel a new connection force its way into the growing knot of foreign presences at the back of your thoughts. Carefully you reach out and open the connection, his thoughts drifting lazily into your own. They mostly seem to revolve around Zahak, you, and his apprentice. Nothing specific really.

{Can you hear me, Master?}

His response is lethargic. {Yeah, yeaah. Loud and clear. Perfect. Never better. Listen, I'm goooing tooo... take a nap for a bit. We can... taalk about this tomorrow, okay?}

Wow, that opium really must be strong stuff. You wonder how long it had been locked in that vault before you uncovered it. {That sounds great, Master. We'll talk later. Get some rest now.}
(2/3)

He doesn't give you a reply, his mind disconnecting from your own. Seems he's dozed off. He must have been really high to start with if two hits was all it took to knock him out. Surely no dope can be that powerful. You glance at the hose for a moment before ultimately shaking your head, you've still got more to do today.

>Go check on your party.
>Take a bath and relax for a while. It's been a long day.
>Meditate on something or other.
>Read for a time.
>Write-in

I gotta run to the airport real quick, I shouldn't be gone more than an hour, probably something like 30-45 minutes. After that my evening should be clear. Sorry for the delay!

>>37273012
>Make sure Zahak can't reach any more opium.
>Go check on your party.

>>37273012
>Go check on your party.
Just a quick check then go take a bath or invite prof as well.

>>37273012
>Go check on your party.

>>37273012
>Go check on your party.
>>Take a bath and relax for a while. It's been a long day.

>>37273012
>>Go check on your party.
>>Take a bath and relax for a while. It's been a long day.

>>37273012
>Spar with a Companion

Time for /fit/ and Git Gud and bonding

>>37273075
thats what our battle meditation is for..

>>37273012
>Surely no dope can be that powerful.

Kek.

>Go check on your party.

>>37273012
>Go check on your party.

>>37273117
Well yeah but why not test the results vs one of our friends?
Well still be gitting Gud and bond a lil

>>37273117
Battle meditation won't help us learn to dodge better, a +6 would save our Ass

>>37273012
this
>>37273033

Trying Molly for the first time tonight, suggestions?

>>37273200
its because of people like you, that we're not even half way with any of our shit. ie experiments, reading, meta's, ect.

We should get a Meta for the test

>>37273225
actually battle meditation is a pretty good way to learn how to dodge, check the pastebin.

>>37273340
If anyone else wants to study/meditate on our metamagic backlog then I'm all for it. The 2Vys bump per meta is always great.

>>37273376
>>37273340
Yeah we need to do this.

>>37273376
I think next meditation spot should probably be used to sleep. We're starting to get effected by the lack of it, and I'd rather not let it get serious.

>>37273340
I'm wrong for wanting to get better at combat so we have better chances when it comes to close combat?

>>37273453

Nope. I think practicing battle meditation while we spar is a good idea, if for no other reason then to know what exactly the effects are if we ever need to use it.

>>37273453
Battle meditation.
>>37273452
Sleep isn't very important and we only do it to avoid penalties.
>>37273495
Good idea.

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>>37273335
on Dust_2, molly in the tun connector to b. double doors at long, and mid doors outside of ct spawn

>>37273573
>tumblr
Seriously.

>>37273521
>Sleep isn't very important and we only do it to avoid penalties.

That's exactly it. We're getting into the penalties area, and I don't want to wait till it actually fucks us up to do something about it.

>>37273593
many, many google searches will turn up things on tumblr, whether you go there normally or not

>>37273622
What penalties?

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>>37273593
i just googled mid crush gif. it was the one i was looking for, and i didnt change the name of the file

>>37273453
A battle meditation. Does exactly that, so we could be doing two things at once.
Learning a meta we need and gain some more martial arts at the same time.

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>>37273577

>>37273642
And this is why we don't sleep. The are really small.

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>>37273688

>>37273733
sleeves are the new pauldrons

>>37273642

When we spent the night at our parents Soma strongly hinted that we should sleep, and when we started the day, for the first time in almost 100 threads it was specifically mentioned that after we finished our meditation we still weren't feeling rested. We're getting the hints, and I'd rather not wait till we start hallucinating and chop off our own arm when we can just rest for 8 hours and reset the system.

>>37273790
>We're getting the hints, and I'd rather not wait till we start hallucinating and chop off our own arm when we can just rest for 8 hours and reset the system.
It take a month to get to that level paranoiafag.

>>37273012
>>Go check on your party.
>sleep

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>>37273733

>>37273198
>>37273072
>>37273053
>>37273044
>>37273038
>>37273033
>Check on party.

>>37273038
>>37273053
>>37273072
>Bathe

>>37273255
>>37273033
>Put the opium out of Zahak's reach

You'll hide the dope, check on the party, then take a bath.

>>37273843
Call me crazy, but I've always been of the opinion that if you're in the situation where the GM is strongly hinting to you that something is a bad idea, you should probably listen. No reason to make a scene over 8 hours anon.

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>>37273851

>>37273953
Well people haven't really cared about the deeper side effects of the cloak so why care about a little lost sleep?

>>37273953
And I'm of the opinion that if the GM "hints" then they are a fucking hack.

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>>37273956

>>37274003
>Bad things just fuckin' happen arbitrarily with no warning.

>>37274003

I'm sorry that you think Soma's a hack anon. Don't let the door hit ya where the good lord split ya.

>>37274059
>>37274060
>Evidence != Hint

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>>37274044

>>37274108
Call it whatever you want. It doesn't change that we need to sleep soon.

>>37274044
That is one sexy looking armor.

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>>37274139
They should have brought more cold iron.
Fuck fea.

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>Stone: Blank
>Mud: Blank
>Reinforce: Blank

Fookin' Spirots.

>>37274166
The difference is that one is concrete the other isn't basing decisions off of feelings is stupid.

>>37274003
Maybe you should just leave, better yet if you think Soma is such a hack why are you here in the 96.5 thread?

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>>37274183

>>37274233
Arguing semantics when the rest of us are paying attention to the actual situation is stupid.

>>37274003

What? I am trying to understand how could someone come to that conclusion like that,

>>37274328
You'd probably have to give yourself a lobotomy to come to a conclusion like that.

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>>37274354
Pretty much. Especially because everything in a well put together setting can be a hint for something else, a plot hook, a foreshadowing detail, a slightly more repeated phrase, etc.

Can we compromise that could be wise to sleep every now and then instead of meditating all the time. Can we all agree on that?

You sigh, picking up the bricks of opium and carrying them into the kitchen. You open the cabinet where you recall your Master used to keep his supply and find that little has changed in the last... well, you suppose it's almost been two years since you earned your robes and got a place of your own. You'll be turning twenty-seven years old in only fourteen days. It's a little strange to think that in such a short time you've advanced so far.

With the drugs out of your son's reach, you make your way towards the stairs and climb up to the third floor. The third floor is where the apprentice and the Master sleep, as well as where the master's study and the guest bedrooms are usually relegated. If you recall correctly your master's study and bedroom are both one room, the center door on the right, and the apprentice's bedroom is directly across the hall. The other four doors are guest bedrooms, so some of your party members must have doubled up. You don't see anyone in the hall.

At first you think about going door to door, but then you realize that's silly. You merely reach out to each of them via the brooches and send out an announcement. {I'm back! Sorry for keeping everyone waiting, I was waylaid in an old mansion by a spirit.}

Chrys is the first to respond. {I expect you'll be telling us all about this adventure of yours at the earliest of opportunities. Are you just getting back?}

{Of course Chryss, I'll tell you all about it. I've actually been back for some time but I was speaking with my former Master regarding the havoc Zahak has been wreaking in my absence. I'm in the hall right now.}

(1/2)

>>37274328
>I am trying to understand how could someone come to that conclusion like that,
Well GM's that give "hints" usually are pretentious wannabe writer's whose books never sell.

>>37274401
We have to sleep once every 7 days.

>>37274200
>Fae

Her head pokes out the door to your left a moment later, Darzi standing behind her. One by one your companions filter out into the hall; Mortia shy admitting she's glad to see you, Chrys merely nodding, Darzi scolding you for being so long in returning but admitting she had a fun time with your family, Skull Kid saying he hopes you had a good time at least. Even Fulvia seems glad that you're back. There is, however, one face missing. You don't see Profectus anywhere.

{Prof, where have you gotten yourself lost? Don't tell me I need to drag you out of another whore house.}

His response comes after only a brief delay. {Sorry Mik, I'm on my way back now. I had the weirdest fucking day, let me tell you. Met an old Vatis who took me to this amazing library. Anyway, I'll tell you more when I get back. It was great.}

Huh, the last thing you expected was Profectus to seek out the tutelage of an experienced Vatis while you were away. You're glad he's starting to take some initiative when it comes to the advancement of his magical power. Maybe he's really going to try and impress that hermit girl living in the mountains.

That was an odd series of thoughts. You never really expected to care about whether or not one of your friends will impress a mountain hermit.

>Tell your companions about all that happened now, might as well.
>Leave out the deal you cut for knowledge.
>Take a bath first, you want to wait for Prof.
>Write-in

>>37274443
>Take a bath first, you want to wait for Prof.

>>37274424
We all get it your opinions are shit. Just leave already.

>>37274443
>Take a bath first, you want to wait for Prof.

>>37274443
>>Take a bath first, you want to wait for Prof.
Fucker saw the library before we did.

>>37274443
>>Take a bath first, you want to wait for Prof

Watch him walk in with the artifact we need to steal

>>37274443
>Take a bath first, you want to wait for Prof.
We can swap stories right after another.

>>37274443
>Take a bath first, you want to wait for Prof.

>>37274443

>Tell your companions about all that happened now, might as well.

Nothing important enough to wait for, and we can give Prof the highlights later.

>>37274498
I would legit love him for ever if that happened.

>>37274498

The artifact we need to "Bring and use to unlock the book"! We don't not necessarily need to steal it.

>>37274544
But we are stealing it, right?

>>37274443
>Take a bath first, you want to wait for Prof.

Read in the tub with incense burning like a faggot

>>37274575
>>37274544

Let go with maybe. Also how did I fuck that last sentence so bad?

>>37274575
We're acquiring it.

Shit maybe we can even borrow it.

>>37274466
>Implying I shouldn't criticize Soma
God forbid I say something that's actually true. "Hinting" is something that should always be avoid when GMing because players never get hints.

>>37274632
That, that is true.

For anyone waiting for soma, you guys might want to try tap titans.

>Bath first
Writin'. Been writin'.

Ricky and his poker pals makes 5 elders.....is that a coincidence?
Which kind of Sire was Ricky's "creator"? Water?

>>37274733
We could ask him to paint us a picture of his family tree.
Of course, said tree may not be comprehensible by mortal man but it may be worth a shot.

>>37274632
I'm not saying you shouldn't criticize Soma, I just very strongly disagree that when a writer "hints" about anything they're shitty, there are plenty of successful writers that have plenty of "hinting" in their books that something might happen later or someone isn't what they appear.

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>>37274391

>>37274775
Successful Writer=/=Good Writer.

>>37274775
>writer
Oh I thought we were talking about GMs dumbass.

Where are these hints about sleep that the anon was talking about?

>>37274828
Dunno. They're there, somewhere. Maybe. Links would help. Shame they're never used.

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>>37274797
it looks like a krogan. did they steal from dune?

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>>37274797
Hey kid, want some boots?

>>37274933
That's a FFXI lizard

>>37274972
oh. i saw the image title and i thought dune.

did FFXI they steal it from Mass effect?

>>37274994
FFXI was around before Mass Effect.

>>37274994
Came out in 2002 after 2 or 3 years of dev, I doubt it.

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You hold up your hands, begging your companions hold their questions. “I'll tell you all about my adventures once Profectus gets back. For now I'll leave it at this: I think I've found us a base of operations here in El-Amin. At the very least it should be a good place to relax that's out of my Master's and my family's hair. I assume Darzi has already filled all of you in on what happened at my family home.”

You're met with a sea of nodding heads. Gods above, your party has gotten big. Seven people. Pushing that thought from your mind you turn on your heels and make your way down two flights of stairs to the first floor, where the bath lies. You carefully slip off your fancy new robes and fold them on a rack designed to hold such garments. Then you go about the process of stripping off your under robes and your trousers and hanging them on hooks made available for the purpose.

You slip into the steaming hot water with a grateful sigh, letting the warmth seep into your aching joints. Today had really taken a lot out of you. You started the day well enough with a training session, but having forgotten knowledge forced into your mind by an ancient spirit would tire out anyone. You take a few minutes to yourself, merely relaxing, but eventually your peaceful soak is disturbed by the sound of a door slamming open.

Profectus strides into the room. “Mik! Good to see you're okay. Why on Earth did the people who designed this house think it was a good idea to have the front door open up into the baths?”

(1/2)

You sigh, sitting up on a stone bench set beneath the water line. “It's because the entire district is connected to a system of pipes which deliver running water. The pipes run mainly using the force of gravity, so they couldn't be placed on a second or third story. As for why there isn't a curtain or something to preserve modesty; well, ask my master. I'm not sure.” You shrug. He's always been an odd one.

Profectus shakes his head. “I don't think I'm going to go asking an old man about his proclivities. You can feel free if you'd like. Anyway, find me upstairs when you're done and we can swap stories. I'm curious to hear about this spirit you met.” You nod, and he makes his way across the room to vanish up the stairs. You happily return to soaking in the hot water.

Once you feel sufficiently relaxed, the soreness and aching in your muscles and joints alleviated, you rise and quickly dry off. It takes only a moment to get dressed, at which point you make your way upstairs. You find your companions in your master's seating area, your master and Zahak still fast asleep among the pillows. Most of your companions are out on the balcony. It's a pleasant night; the temperature is perfect and there's not a cloud in the sky. Most of them are chatting pleasantly amongst one another and you see at least a few bottles being passed around.

You hadn't noticed at first, but at least Chrys and Mortia are wearing new robes. Chrys bought a set of black robes with dark blue trim and some sort of thin geometric design on the shoulders in gold. It's all quite minimalist. Mortia on the other hand went with robes colored a rich gold, the trim dyed in imperial purple. She has a black shawl with silver patterns thrown across her shoulders, presumably to keep warm. It must have cost her a fortune. Come to think of it, don't you have Chrys' money with you? Maybe she borrowed from Mortia...

(2/3)

>>37275015
>>37275028
my bad. I looked up the images, and i barely remember playing that way back when. i dropped it when i saw that X was better and i couldnt really get into the game itself.

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You join your companions, taking a seat amongst a pile of pillows arranged at one end of the balcony. Once you made yourself comfortable, Profectus speaks up. “So what's this about spirits and mansions, Mik? Lets hear it.”

>Tell them everything.
>Leave out the deal you cut.
>Down play it as a minor incident.
>Write-in

>>37274828
There were multiple hints, and I'm not going to bother looking for them all, but the one I think is probably the most worrying is,

Slowly the world slips away, until all that remains is the blackness of your trance and the bright, flowing strands of vys. They almost seem to sing to you, humming a subtle tune as they weave through the air. Old friends pleased to see your return. It's quite the surreal experience, meditation isn't usually like this.

Looks like we might be starting to have minor hallucinations. You can find the rest yourself if you want.

>>37275099
>>Tell them everything.

>>37275099
>Tell them everything.

>>37275099
>>Tell them everything.
Time to raise that storytelling skill

>>37275099
>Tell them everything

>>37275099
>Tell them everything.
Everything? Guess Darzy gonna bitch us again about stealing from the Library, maybe tell that part into our brooch?

>>37275101
Jesus, did you forget that was part of a meditation?

>>37275099

>Tell them everything.

How are they supposed to help if we don't keep them up to date?

>>37275099
>Tell them everything.

>>37275099
>Leave out the deal you cut.
Lets just handle this between us and our master.

>Tell them everything.
Almost unanimous. Writin'

>>37275146
That part was not part of the meditation. The gathering part hasn't changed from before. The different part of this meditation was when we started moving while encased in metal. Keep up man.

>>37275059
>>37275075
>Profectus casually chatting with a naked guy while he takes a bath.
What a homo.

>>37275101
Y'know, I had thought that was less hallucination and more of a side effect of our time with the Rickmiester and his extracting of a.. dinner.

>>37275235
Public bathing is the norm. Big meaty cocks probably aren't that shocking.

>>37275235

>Not making a big deal about seeing a man naked
>homo
>wtf?

So freaking out and stuttering about how Mik should get dressed while, blushing, is the straight reaction? Interesting thought process there Anon.

>>37275211
Tell the sensitive parts via the brooch and urges people to bitch at us that way, the walls have ears...

>>37275320
Real interesting. As in, we need to find this anon and test his theory.
I'll bring the fireman getup.

>>37275336
Well, it may be wise. Seconding.

>>37275336
Of course. We're not reckless anymore.

>>37275336
Yus.

>>37275336
this

>>37275336
We don't HAVE to steal it, as far as we know, anon.

Once our master is more lucid should we inquire if he knows anything of singing vys during meditation?

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>>37275044
>>37275472
Sure we can add it to the long list of shit we need to talk to him about

>>37275427
We do have ways of inquiring, discretely of course. If needed, we can likely leverage our house's position to do so or to get in position to purchase it. But if it seems likely that it is strictly not for sale, given that it is "on display". Kinda like trying to buy the Mona Lisa

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>>37275634
poot

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>One day Mik will create the mistral arms.
>The gang will be impressed and try to emulate Mik using their own affinity.
>They'll show us their progress being proud of themselves and Mik will praise them.
>Then outdo them by pulling two pairs of ice/fire/earth/metal and a second pair of arm
>His face when

>>37275634
>>37275655
>>37275708
Real mature there, guys.

>>37275634
>Surya's Butthole

Sounds nice, warm, and cozy

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>>37275719
i blame the boards. it has made me a very immature person

You lean forward, elbows resting against your knees as you launch into your story. “Well, I took a detour to avoid the crush of bodies in the market and I wound up wandering through the docks. I got a little lost and I wound up stumbling across this old abandoned merchant's guild headquarters. I asked a passer-by, a fisherman, and he told me it used to belong to some guild or other which got conquered by that Elven warlord rampaging across the north. Anyway, a sign out front proclaimed the building for sale and directed interested parties to inquire inside.”

You pause to make sure that you've got everyone's attention before continuing. “Now, the gate was chained and locked so I found it a touch odd that the sign would say to inquire inside. I broke the lock and poked around for a bit, didn't really find much of interest. A few knick knacks here and there. That is, until I came across a big fat tom in one of the old bedrooms-”

Profectus interrupts with a snap of his fingers. “Ths spirit, calling it now.”

You shoot him a glare. “Yeah, maybe it is maybe it isn't. All will be revealed, my friend. Patience.” You clear your throat. “Anyway, I didn't think much of it at first. It started following me around. Then I came to a library and used my staff to see if anything was lurking in the stacks. Wouldn't you know it, the cat wasn't actually alive.” You ignore Profectus mouthing the words 'called it' in favor of carrying on with your story.

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“So I tried to communicate with it for a while, but it wasn't saying a word. After awhile I just decided to ignore it and carry on with my investigation. Then this cat runs out in front of me and starts leading me around like it owns the place. I keep ignoring it, but then we get to this old study and things got a little... well, odd. There was a mirror which portrayed me as cloaked in darkness being controlled by black tentacles, and a desk with no obvious entrance. Then there was this ladder stretching up into the void of the ceiling. This was a seriously huge room. I climbed the ladder, took forever to reach the top. The cat was waiting for me at the top, of course.” You're met with a chorus of 'of course' in return.

“So by this point I'm convinced I'm in the company of a spirit, but what I found in the next room. Let me tell you, it was amazing. Books as far as the eye could see, a massive pillar with the biggest telescope you've ever seen sitting in the center, star charts and strange maps. You'll never guess what was behind one of the bookcases.”

Mortia speaks up this time. “Don't tell me it was a secret door.”

You sigh. “Apparently it's a cliché for a reason. It was a secret door to a room that seemed, in my opinion, designed for enchanting. The cat was waiting for me next to this carved orb at the back of the room, and there were all sorts of tools scattered about. I didn't take two steps into the room before that orb started glowing and knocked me unconscious.”

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>>37275719
>Implying you don't wish to nestle in the Butthole of the great Surya

Darzi sighs in exasperation. You, in turn, switch to using the brooches for the rest of the conversation. After all, you don't know who might be listening. {The cat turned out to be some sort of dragon-lion hybrid. It was a spirit, of course. Very strange. The first animalistic spirit I ever met. It called itself Mahana Atma'agaprthvi and acted all high and mighty, claiming to be one of the greatest of spirits. I have no doubt as to the validity of its claim, but it didn't really seem all that powerful. Long story turned short, I agreed to acquire an ancient key from the Grand Library of El-Amin in return for forgotten knowledge.}

Silence.

{Oh, and I'll be building a few shrines in its honor.}

Much to your surprise, Profectus is the first to break the silence. {Soo, I take it we won't be stealing from that massive compound of armed guards and incredibly powerful magic users. That would seem unwise, to say the least.}

Darzi seems to blame herself more than anyone else. {Gods, when will I learn to never leave you alone? I could've prevented all of this if I'd merely stayed the night. I'm a fool! You're a fool!}

Your other companions seem to be in various stages of shock. Save Chryssa. She merely calmly inquires {Could we not simply purchase the artifact?}

That is, in fact, a possibility. However, display artifacts are often prohibitively expensive. They're at least actually for sale, but it won't be cheap.

>You'll need a robed Vatis to make the purchase for you.
>You'll try to bullshit your way in to make the purchase yourself.
>You'll try to bullshit your way in to steal it.
>You'll try to sneak in to steal it.
>Write-in

>>37275802
>You'll need a robed Vatis to make the purchase for you.

>>37275802
>You'll need a robed Vatis to make the purchase for you.
can't we take the grandmaster robes test to prove that we are one and do it ourselvs? if not, >You'll try to bullshit your way in to make the purchase yourself.

>>37275802
>You'll need a robed Vatis to make the purchase for you.

10 High Quality Bricks of Opium one Enchanting lesson later and boom we got the key

>>37275802
>You'll need a robed Vatis to make the purchase for you.
Can we just buy it?
Otherwise our master probably could.

>>37275802
>You'll try to bullshit your way in to make the purchase yourself.
Illusion magic. The return of the merchant who sells red lamps, but now a Vatis who is looking for a neat artifact!

>>37275802
>I'll need to be declared a Grandmaster in order to enter.

>>37275802
>You'll need a robed Vatis to make the purchase for you.

>>37275826
Maybe/probably. You would certainly find out if you tried.

>>37275802
>You'll need a robed Vatis to make the purchase for you.
Can we tell them about the truth about god and how high level ricky is?

>>37275825
And that's how Darzi and the gang gonna pass their Vatis exams.

>>37275802
>You'll need a robed Vatis to make the purchase for you.
Ask our Master to do it. He is a grandmaster and either way we do need actual information on the object.

>>37275802
>>You'll need a robed Vatis to make the purchase for you.

>>37275802

>You'll try to bullshit your way in to make the purchase yourself.

If you want something done right, do it yourself.

>>37275874
>If you want something bought right, haggle it yourself.
FTFY

>>37275802
>You'll try to bullshit your way in to make the purchase yourself.

>>37275802
>Darzi seems to blame herself more than anyone else.
She is on the verge of falling into miks arms, you can just see it.
Chrys will be the wife that goes along with the follow while she is the one that keeps screaming stop.just like this quest playerbase

>>37275802
>You'll try to bullshit your way in to make the purchase yourself.

>>37275901
*flow

>>37275802
>You'll need a robed Vatis to make the purchase for you.

>>37275839
>>37275874
>>37275919
>>37275893
>Bullshit

>>37275871
>>37275865
>>37275858
>>37275843
>>37275837
>>37275838
>>37275825
>>37275935
>You'll need an accomplice

>>37275826
>>37275840
>You'll need to take the test for Grandmastery

Accomplice it is.

>>37275976
I wonder if a certain Apprentice is up to the task!

>>37275976
wait taking the test was an option?
Can we do a quick vote for that?

You know guys we don't need to do this right now. I mean it could be nice to have the mansion now. But we can wait until we are officially unbanish, it could probably make things easier too.

>>37275996
>autolose

>>37276002
Seconded

>>37276006
Yes, yes it could. But this way when we leave to go kill Chry's husband we can leave him in the care of... capable? -ish, companions. Rather than leave him in our masters abode for a week. Which will not do.

>>37276027
>Leaving Zahak alone again for a week.
I see Mik is a deadbeat dad.

>>37276002
Wait it was?

>>37276041
Well, we could bring him. Shouldn't be.. too much harm in that. Might be a fun little father-son outing. Maybe teach him some earth magic 'long the way.

I'll host a quick final destination vote, since it probably wasn't clear.

VOTE
>1
To rope in an accomplice to buy the artifact for you.

VOTE
>2
To see about testing for Grandmastery so you can buy the artifact yourself.

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>>37275901
>Chrys will be the wife
>Chrys
>Wife

Need I remind you that shit will get us banished. Again. In Samjan lands, at least.

Pic related. Its the Fulvia route.

>>37276041
Well he is black

>>37276061
1

>>37276061
2

>>37276061
2

>>37276061
Why not both?

>>37276061
2

>>37276061
1

>>37276061
1

>>37276061
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>>37276061
1

>>37276061
2

Inb4 we make the waves that gets our pending unbanishment annulled.

>>37276061
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>>37276027

Hmm, yeah I see your point. But can we try not to steal it. Even we can't buy it maybe we can convince the people in charge of it to come with us and see the book themselves and convince them open it (I know its far fetch and the other problems it could have), or study it closely and make a copy of it. The spirit only seems to care about about getting the book open. We should probably investigate and find out more about it, the mansion and the key.

So people don't want to haggle?

>>37276091
>>37276106
>>37276108
>>37276133
>1

>>37276126
>>37276104
>>37276096
>>37276095
>>37276072
>>37276149
>>37276153
>2

>>37276061
>To see about testing for Grandmastery so you can buy the artifact yourself.
2

>>37276169
We can haggle through the brooch. Its advanced haggling!

>>37276169
We'll haggle once we gain access to the library after the test.

>>37276058
Teaching him that killing his paramour's husband is a good idea is not a... ideal. With how good a dad /tg/ is, he will end up with an Oedipus complex and 70 threads from now we will be fighting him for "mama Chryss".

>>37276207
sweet tits of Pani. that would be horrible! and a worthly way to end the quest

>>37276058
>>37276207
Isn't this the perfect opportunity, though?

Chrys wanted us to keep this a secret for fairly obvious reasons, so when we leave for the killing with our companions safely in that house we can claim its a father son bonding trip or somesuch. Also, if we want to distract him during the assassination we can just give him a particularly difficult meditation challenge, or be really creative in some made up game.

>>37276313
Before we do anything for any kind of assassination we need to meditate on Hidden.

>>37276313
Maybe? I'm trying to internally balance the risk of leaving him in that spirits house with our companions and the risk of him coming with us and taking up some sort of murderish bad habit. Don't really want to leave him on his own, but having him observe us killing someone for no apparent reason would be bad.

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>>37276313
>distract him

The fucker is like the spawn of a 2 year old and a cat during mating season. At best he will overcome the challenge handily before coming to "help" us. And then we have to deal with a dragon while half of her podunk town is chasing us into the hills.

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