are we making a golem for the Chess Club first, or go straight into our personal golem?

>>37568357
I'm voting personal golem first

>>37568357

I am fine as long as we make both eventually

Oh, the tab didnt say there were posts. Was just checking before going to the bathroom

Having said that, hi!

also brb

>>37568545
Wouldnt it be better to use our golem-making skills for the first time with cheaper materials and making a public golem, than risking our better materials on our personal golem for our first try.

>>37568763
Yeah, basic golem first, Aritsu shouldn't have to work so hard.

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>>37568829
>>37568763

So, copper golem for cleaning and protocol? also, preparing tea and such.

>>37568894
Also would be funny if static from golem shocked somebody, or if it was like a parrot and could pick up bad language.

>>37568950
Alright, so, for now we fluff it out and along the week come up with its stats? anyone has a problem with that?

unrelated but i always liked this theme

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X-_aoJrpQDc

>>37568950
so what HK-41

>>37568894

Sure, copper chess droid.

CG-1.
Cegeone.

>>37569086
More like a parrot that can tell embarrassing secrets and that you might have to remind not to say certain words.

And our personal golem will of course have a female appearance, to add to our growing harem.

>>37569086
We totally need to make a killbot. I hope he picks up on the HK series eccentricities. That was black comedy gold.

>>37569142
sorry i dont remember that, elaborate

>>37569193
http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/HK-47

>>37569138
naw man too much, we need more fellas in the cast

>>37569193
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vg1gTas7OAA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1CqpGfWrmc4

HK-47 and others based off of him had a hilarious way of saying things and dearly, truly loved to kill things. It is what made him happiest, the moment when one living meatbag became a dead meatbag before his eyes. Listen to him talk, it's fucking great.

>>37569270
oh, that sounds fun. Sorry it took me so long to replay, was watching the videos

Well, anyone has something against a intelligent golem constantly whining about his chess, helpfulness, and cleaning program despite being the strongest and most lethal thing in the continent, except for its creator and friends?

>>37569434
Only if there is black comedy and maximum snark

>>37569434
Hell no it amusing as hell; anyone one who doesn't like HK-47 after finding out who he is then they can die in a ditch.

>>37569434

Sure. I am fine either with the chess bot being a c3p0 template personality or a HK47 one.

Rather have one of our personal golems be the hk personality.

Leave the fussy one in the chess club.

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>>37569520
Sounds good to me
>I am now imagining a female humanish robot styled after HK-47
Yes boner!

>>37569434
I would rather him have the same dark enthusiasm for chess. He desperately wants to destroy people in chess. He wants his opponents to cry like children as he takes their pieces. Nothing gives him more joy than to see another piece fall to his labyrinthine statagems.

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>>37569605
this seems extremely funny to me. Because of the way golems are made, he's going to have about 7k str, dex and con, but just 20 int, wis, cha, app. Want to have him whine a lot about all his warrior prowess and it not making him any better as a chess player.

>>37569520

As Okaba leans over the blackboard to finish drawing the schematic of a smaller generator as seen from above, Aura is sitting nearby, sipping some citrus juice, legs crossed as she sits sidewise and observes him, looking quite prim and proper.

Neither one is wearing the standard uniform, but they can't really be blamed for it since their wings get in the way. Okaba is wearing his traditional royal blue robes, while Aura is actually wearing a slightly modified version of the normal uniform, with a couple of carefully hidden slits on the back of the shirt for her wings.

"Welcome" ~says Aura as Eldric and Lyann enter the lab.
"Thank you"
"Thanks"

Okaba nods his head, and invites Eldric to check the schematics. They start talking about it while Lyann goes to greet and talk with Aura.

The boys start talking about the magic conductivity of different materials, while the girls talk about the boys, cooking, body soap scents, Advanced Supersymmetric Quantum Mechanics, and velvet vs silk for kamisks and other bedroom clothing.

"You know, I feel it would be a good time to finally try my hand at alchemy." ~says Eldric
"Are you trying to turn lead into one of the rainbow metals?"
"No, just... you know, constructs."
"Well, I have never actually tried my hand at that"
"What about the chair, and the centipede carriage, and that talk we had about giving an auto pilot to the rockit ships?"
"Sure, but those are simple programs. Moving under someone about to sit, walking from A to B. Or, well, flying from A to B. You want something to talk back and think on its own, right?"
"Right"

1/?

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>>37569738

"Well, I have not done that" ~he says as he straightens up and looks at Eldric~ "Do let me know if you need help, however"
"Alright. Can you at least point me in the right direction?"
"Well, what will you build it with? your abilities pretty much mean that its materials are not really very relevant, right?"
"I was thinking copper"

>So, lets go into a dungeon and farm ourselves a nice fat mana crystal for its hp (12k or more)
>Lets just use a crystal from the adventurer's guild. (1k)
>Other

>>37569841
>So, lets go into a dungeon and farm ourselves a nice fat mana crystal for its hp (12k or more)

>>37569841
>So, lets go into a dungeon and farm ourselves a nice fat mana crystal for its hp (12k or more)

>>37569841
>>So, lets go into a dungeon and farm ourselves a nice fat mana crystal for its hp (12k or more)
lyann would make this go faster with her ability.

>>37569841
Farm up a nice fat one, when you see a product made by Eldric and Associates you know that you're looking at quality.

>Captcha: Anesthesia
Healing magic does the trick, otherwise it would be wise to introduce this. It's discovery was vital for modern life-saving surgery.

>>37569841
>So, lets go into a dungeon and farm ourselves a nice fat mana crystal for its hp (12k or more)

More xp is good.

Can do it in our sleep. Just decide in dungeon depth, and we can go that deep. Number of mobs needed to. Take more time to loot most then to kill.

We have spellchanter on everyone also, so decide how that affects it too.

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>>37569853
>>37569878
>>37569885

"..so if you raise it to...?"
"Lyann, could you help me get the mana crystal for the golem?"
"Of course" ~she says with a smile as she stands up from the chair next to Aura's

Lyann straightens her uniform and walks towards Eldric with a smile, taking his hand.

"We're just going to farm the first floors, right? should be fast" ~she asks
"Right. I was thinking in going down to the fifth floor, than back up, then down again a couple of times."
"Actually, I could do that while you go get materials and such"

>Right, it is extremely unlikely for her to have trouble with the low lvl mobs. She can just get the mana while we get the materials. She could even go and get materials if she goes to a dungeon in Opal city where monsters often drop ores
>But its nice going with her
>Other

>>37569984
It's nice to go with her, so we should.

>>37569984
>>But its nice going with her
ya lets not make one of the worlds most dangerous people sad or angry.

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>>37569984
>But its nice going with her
My paranoia sense is tingling!

>>37569984
>But its nice going with her

>>37569984
>But its nice going with her

Turn on botanist for maximum laughs. Chickens explode into 400 wings.

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>>37570004
>>37570024
>>37570013
>>37570037
>>37570059
>go with her

Alrighty.

***
"Should we change into our adventuring clothes?"
"You think you'll need armor?"
"No, but I don't want to get blood and filth all over my uniform, or yours."
"So, its not that you want to make me uncomfortable with your dancing clothes?"
"Oh! there's that, too!"

Eldric facepalms after giving her ideas.

"No, we'll be fine. You can just dance them to death just fine as it is!"
"Eldric..."
"Yes?"
"E~eldr~ic" ~she sings his name sweetly
"w-What is it?"
"Do you like my school uniform that much?" ~she asks softly with a dangerous smile

>Joke
>Playfully lewd joke. Try to make her blush
>Lovey dovey
>Serious
>Other

>>37570161
>Lovey dovey

>>37570161
>Lovey dovey

>>37570161
>>Lovey dovey

>>37570161
Make her blush, we haven't done that in awhile.

>>37570161
>Playfully lewd joke. Try to make her blush

>>37570224
why do you think we voted for lovey dovey she is to used to lewd joke to make her blush and she will turn it against Eldric.

>>37570161
>Lovey dovey

She is used to the jokes. She wants the lovey dovy, it will make her blush.

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>>37570195
>>37570201
>>37570202
>Lovey dovey

>>37570240
>>37570224
>Make her blush

Anyway, you guys know I liked those dresses(?) on the posts above as elegant but sexy slave girl clothes (Because yes, i'm quite lewd) but what do you think of shoes to go with them? found some that seem to go from silly to outrageous but they all seem like "hey, that could be a thing" because they look like it would be simple to make

***

"You do look lovely in your uniform. You look lovely in anything, but it makes me smile whenever you walk by dressed this way" ~says Eldric while holding her hand gently, entwining his fingers with hers so she can't run away in embarrasment
"y-Yo.. wh... t-that's not fair, all of a sudden!" ~she half way cries as Eldric holds her gently captive by his side

He leans down and gives her a kiss. She goes as red as her hair while he looks at her.

"t-That's cheating... you meanie" ~she says softly

Eldric gives her another, soft, gentle kiss, and tugs from her hand to go into the university's dungeon together.

She's blushing bright enough for it to be noticeable through her white cotton shirt.

She could farm much faster by dancing and applying damage to every mob, but she's too embarrassed to dance while "alone" with Eldric right now, so it takes a little bit longer as she actually hits the mobs, letting off some steam that way.

Those poor mobs get hit with the full power of her embarrassment, so those are some mighty powerful hits whenever he gently praises her or looks at her too much.

It takes a evening, but you easily farm a dozen thousand mana points into a new crystal before picking up Mako and Ren to take them home from school.

"Why is Lyann acting like that?" ~asks Ren
"Ah, she had a fun day" ~says Eldric

Indeed, the lovely redhead is being quite shy and skittish right now.

>Ask Ren about dungeons in her capital
>We could perfectly well invite Ren and Mako for a new excursion. It's not as if it will be dangerous
>Other

>>37570395
for some reason, that shoe seems elf-like to me

>>37570395
>Ask Ren about dungeons in her capital

>>37570395
>>Ask Ren about dungeons in her capital

>>37570395
>Ask Ren about dungeons in her capital

>>37570395
>>Ask Ren about dungeons in her capital

Obviously

>>We could perfectly well invite Ren and Mako for a new excursion. It's not as if it will be dangerous

Very tempting, but it would not be proper for an Empress to do so. Maybe she shouldntalk to herbguards sonthat way she has practice in those situations. Just in case.

>>37570395
>[X]We could perfectly well invite Ren and Mako for a new excursion. It's not as if it will be dangerous

>paranoia intensifies.

Is there a summon with a bodyguard skill to take attacks for others?

>>37570421
I kinda pictured them with Moccasins

>>37570626
brief power blackout. Had to restart the pc. Hold on, reading, then typing

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>>37570626
>Moccasins
is that something they could make with the materials at hand? honestly wooden shoes makes sense to me, if we are talking about elves. Maybe they could have rubber soles, I guess? the maya people knew how to make rubber when they were conquered, and the technology just sort of got lost for hundreds of years.

>>37570623
>>37570626
>invite Ren and Mako for a new excursion. It's not as if it will be dangerous

<-- these just make me laugh. The "original idea, do not steal" that designers come up with sometimes make me facepalm

>>37570623
>>37570547
>>37570498
>>37570469
>Ask Ren about dungeons in her capital

I was typing a long post, and suddenly wondered. Do we call her Ren, lady Ren, empress, or what?

>>37570877
ren when relaxed lady ren when were being snarky.

>>37570906
Second

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>>37570906
uhmm... I think it would be good if we went with lady Ren most of the time? she is an empress after all, and it would be a breach of etiquette, no?

Can call her Ren in private I guess? what do you guys think?

>>37570906
seems to support a more informal relationship

<-- these look really good, I think

>>37570951
Bah screw etiguette!

>>37570951

Ren in private here. Lady Ren in public at school. Empress in public in her country. Lady Ren in the semi private of her palace.

She always has her shadows, but they don't care. We have to be aware of her Palace stuff or such.

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<---these confuse me, they could work (they look super simple to make) but at the same time they are just so odd

>>37571032
Well... if you guys say so.

"Ren, I was wondering, your city has dungeons, right? are they very old?"
"...?" ~she looks at Eldric with a smile and a expression full of curiosity
"Eldric, you shouldn't call her by her first name, so casually!" ~chides Lyann. She goes quiet and red when he holds her hand again, however
"Ah, Lady Ren?"
"We will allow this" ~she says, trying to stand as tall as she can, which is about as tall as Eldric's tummy
"Thankyou... are there many ancient dungeons in your capital?"
"How would we know? we can try asking general Li and have him find out for you. You are the duke in charge of the city security and minor matters, so you could ask you-- count... have you even checked your new manor, or your office staff?"

>o-Of course I have! what kind of administrator do you think I am!? (Uhmm let's see if we can export Aritsu from Albion to Mantequila and leave her in charge)
>...not really?
>I will... do that... right now... yeah, right now
>Other

>>37571178
>I will... do that... right now... yeah, right now
Oh man, we're turning into our grandfather.

We're a terrible administrator/caretaker/Project Manager!

>>37571178
>I will... do that... right now... yeah, right now

>>37571178
>>I will... do that... right now... yeah, right now
try and make a golem go on an adventure across the sea

>>37571178
Kinda brutal to dump on a kid who is not yet an adult.

She must be teasing us.

>>I will... do that... right now... yeah, right now

We need to set up a skilled regeant too.

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>>37571207
>Oh man, we're turning into our grandfather.
This makes me laugh

Also, I've chosen a few songs for grandpa's funeral, when it happens
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XLNjqSp12s0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b5UinjyhinA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n9k_HUq1Kd4


>>37571207
>>37571231
>>37571251
>>37571216

>I will... do that... right now... yeah, right now

>>37571251
>Kinda brutal to dump on a kid
In reality, you are 42, tho. She is 12. You are 13. She expects you to be more capable than she is

***

So, we take her and Mako to the capital, and quickly excuse ourselves to go check on our manor and offices.

"Master, what about the golem project?" ~asks Lyann as she helps Eldric into the palanquin that will take him to the manor
"Why are you calling me master now? what if one of our friends hears you?"
"It's another continent, it's fine, isn't it!?" ~she basically begs with a little cry

>Fine, just climb up, alright?
>...no, please don't embarrass me like that
>Other

>>37571408
>...no, please don't embarrass me like that
Lyann please.

>>37571408
>...no, please don't embarrass me like that

>>37571408
>Fine, just climb up, alright?
We can't go around dropping the ball on our responsibilities like this anymore.

>>37571408
>Fine, just climb up, alright?
She's gonna keep wheedling exceptions out of us until she get's what she wants.

>>37571518
This! We have made a major oversight.

>>37571408
>Fine, just climb up, alright?

If we didn't give in now we'd give in later.

Not related to the current vote, but I can't remember; did we ever start working with our little sisters on chantless casting? Both to learn it and to build their MP pools.

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>>37571501
>>37571489
>>37571464
>...no, please don't embarrass me like that

>>37571518
>>37571554
>Fine, just climb up, alright?

"Uhmph!" ~she puffs her cheeks, while still managing to look adorable

The manor is quite wide, but only 2 floors tall. The servants have been in service in the house for their whole lives, and most of them for several generations, serving the lord in charge through several empresses.

Our gentleman's gentleman is a respectable looking, positively ancient fox tribe beastman named Xong Zau.

The Xong family has been at the service of the duke's house in the capital for countless generations.

He welcomes you with a smile, having heard about your deeds in favor of the empress.

"My lord, I hope you will find your home in proper order" ~he says while bowing deeply as you descend.

>Thank you. I am afraid I have only come for a brief visit this time. Please show me the house
>Are there any impending problems I should be aware of?
>Other

>>37571666
No, we didn't, but it's definitely something we should be doing.

>>37571715
>Thank you. I am afraid I have only come for a brief visit this time. Please show me the house
He'll point out any urgent problems if there are any.
Let the man show off the job he prides himself on.

>>37571715
>Are there any impending problems I should be aware of?

>>37571715
>>Are there any impending problems I should be aware of?
lets fix problems

>>37571715
>Are there any impending problems I should be aware of?

>>37571715
>Are there any impending problems I should be aware of?
We arrange a full meeting with senior staff soon.

>>37572014
...Should arrange.

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>>37571666
I just assumed we have been doing that all this while. But I guess we can have a omake mentioning just that?

>>37571742 >>37571772
>Please show me the house

>>37571775 >>37571802 >>37571819
>any impending problems I should be aware of?

"Uhmm... the rest of the nobility have positively bombarded us with requests to meet you, and ball invitations, sir"

Yes, that does sound rather reasonable.

"Mister Xong, can we organize a ball here?"
"Of course, sir. The house is spotless."
"How much time would you need?"
"Three days would be enough. There is the matter of money, however. Moving money requires your personal seal on any related documents."
"I... don't have of those, do I?"
"Not just yet, sir. Would you want me to arrange for one?"
"Yes please"

The house is... quite asian-like. It has plenty of wooden halls, and rooms without locks with sliding doors. There are actual beds, however, and it looks as if the rooms on the second floor are reserved for Eldric's family, while the ones on the first floor are the servant's and utility rooms, such as kitchens and baths.

There is a small bath on the second room, but the hot water must be carried up by hand from the kitchens.

1/?

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Do we take our shoes off inside the house? I think I asked this at some point but dont remember if yes or no

>>37572056
In short, the house is quite large, if not very tall. It is made with stone and white wood, and has ample stone and decorative gardens, as well as a small forest glade in the back just for the scents of rare aromatic trees to flow into the house thanks to the dominant winds.

After asking mister Xong to arrange for our personal seal, we hand him some money to arrange the ball with, and get ready to check our office and staff.

We give him
>5k gold. Please organize an amazing celebration and fix anything that needs ficing in the house.
>500 gold- Please organize an elegant celebration and use the rest for minor repairs and such.
>Other

>>37572056
>hot water must be carried up by hand from the kitchens.
How primitive. But Eldric doesn't have time to fix that all himself.

...Plumbing golem?

...An army of them?

...Plumbing that acts like those mana eating spider things to create a huge network?

I forget if this has been brought up before, but what are the sewer systems like in Eldric world?

>>37572157
>>5k gold. Please organize an amazing celebration and fix anything that needs ficing in the house.
money who care we can earn more in like 1 day in a dungeon.

>>37572157
>Other
[X] 1500 gold. 5k is too much, even for us.

>>37572157
>5k gold. Please organize an amazing celebration and fix anything that needs ficing in the house.

It is our coming out party. Might as well pull out some cash.

Besides, from the cash list you gave us, it is close to a rounding error.

>>37572157
>5k gold. Please organize an amazing celebration and fix anything that needs ficing in the house.

>>37572209

King did a quick calc of our cash generally. We have like 200k on eldric. If we count what Lyann is holding, we got like 1million gold.

Remember, even if we split loot and such, we get tons and tons of relic mats and equipment that sell for thousands. Not to mention we sometimes get hundres or thousands of drops in a dungeon trip now.

>>37572157
>5k gold. Please organize an amazing celebration and fix anything that needs ficing in the house.

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>>37572171
>I forget if this has been brought up before, but what are the sewer systems like in Eldric world?

Depends. I imagine that in Sbastia and Albion, quite good, IF they arent just magically getting rid of waste.

In Eopolis... quite good. Actual, massive, sewers. You know, for all those sewers adventures.

Here... they're not huge, but they're about the size of modern sewers.

>>37572207 >>37572215 >>37572246 >>37572286
>5k gold

>>37572209 >>37572209
>1500 gold

"Very well sir"

The old man bows again as we board the palanquin and head to our offices in the palace.

Thanks god, it looks like the situation is not the nightmare of stockpiled work we feared it would be.,,

***
You guys know how in pokemon all the nurses and the cops are all the same? I was thinking in a joke like that, by having Sinoe, Aritsu's twin sister, be our secretary in this continent. And she has kept things going smoothly all this time.

And of course she's extremely overworked with no thanks. Because its obvious

>>37572372
Eldric lightbringer he ruin's Elf princesses

>>37572465
I thought it would be funny.

But nobody else has said anything

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>>37572465

>>37572523
I totally want that. But I wasn't here when the vote went on last time.

>>37572523
I think it's kind of boring to just have a replica of an already existing character to be honest

>>37572523
The imprinting thing, do they do it because of how we appear (consistently coming out of dungeons with swag loot, meaning we went deep, meaning we stronk) or do they instinctively know our stats and that we're way more powerful than most people?

>>37572523
i think Mister Xong is doing a good job i mean he knows the country and the nobles he would make the best secretary or Minister for the lands.

>>37572523
I agree with >>37572574 I would just like to stick with our single overworked elf princess. So she doesnt become a character only used as a joke

>>37572465

Lightbringers in general likely ruin elves. At least Elli won her man, even as a second wife. Be funny to find Aritsu asking her for advice on Lightbringer denseness.

Wonder how many Grandpa ruined.

>>37572372
>>37572523
Ehh, I gotta agree with >>37572574.

If you want an homage to pokemon, make them all LOOK the same, but be their own people and think that nothing is weird at all if they ever see each other. If you showed them a picture of the other, they would instantly recognize that it's a different person even though they look exactly the same.

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If we're hosting a ball, all our ladies need new dresses. Need to get ahold of best tailor dwarf guy quick.

>>37572719
Indeed, we and ladies need to look FABULOUS.

>>37572719

We should drag Dad and our Moms there, just so they can meet people.

We will have to mark this placebwith tree stride too.

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>>37572591
I assumed it was a bit from A and a bit from B, really.

>>37572626
uhmm... that does sound fair, I guess it is okay.

I just realized I still have a free slot for character creation on TERA. I cant play it anymore, but may use the character creation to try and make Eldric and Okaba portrairs

Well, I guess i wont make the pokemon joke, then.

***

We go into the palace and see Mako hurrierfly walking around, carrying a little bowl with water on top of her head, dressed in full court regalia.

When the little princess spots us, she eeeps! and runs away, while one of her shadows picks up the water bowl.

Well, she is probably practicing her regal walking?

Anyway, our office turns out to be inside the palace, but not in the innermost section. It is an administrative area, after all.

We have a young assistant, a secretary belonging to the fox race, just like our butler.

Miss Yin Aillyn has been keeping the office running smoothly in our absence. She is wearing a soft looking white kimono that chashes beautifully with her dark brown hair, and compliments her milky pale skin.

Her clothes are quite long, and only her head and shoulders are bare. She has rather attractive features, and would have been a traffic stopped in our old world, but we know plenty of attractive and competent people here.

"Are you lost? can I help you?" ~she looks at us without any hostility.

It can't be helped, she has never even seen us before, right?

It's a little shameful

1/?

>>37573210
>It's a little shameful
Little? No. Lots.

>>37573210
just a quick question did we just get a fox girl

>>37573450
technicly yes, but we still need to work for the fluffy tail

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>>37573450
is that a problem?

I thought everyone liked the fluffy tail. Dont fox people have more tails? isint more fluffy tails better?

***

Eldric introduces himself, while Aillyn looks at him with a curious expression.

"I.... think I got a memo about that...?" ~she looks for an unrolls a small scroll~ "Right! you are the new count for the capital, right?"
"Yes..."
"...you are real? I mean, for the first week I was expecting you to show up every day, but then the week became a month, and then another..."
"I am genuinely sorry"
"Alright. Uhmm... so... you are my superior?"
"...yes miss."
"Could you please take a sit? over there."
"Here?" ~Eldric sits
"No, there"
"Here?"
"Yes, thank you"

She leans over now that Eldric is sitting next to him, taking a good look at him.

"Uhmm... I guess you do match the description. I am not being pranked, right?"
"No, miss"
"A...alright"
"Could you please look at some documents, then?"
"o-Of course!"

Lyann sits by Eldric side, as if to support him

2/?

>>37573903
>is that a problem?
sir what im stating is this is opposite of a problem.

>>37573903
>is that a problem?
Pfffthahahahhaha fluffy tails is never a problem silly king

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>>37573903
You are absolutely correct sir, everyone, and I mean everyone, loves fluffy tails. If they say they don't, they've never touched one. Thus, everyone loves fluffy tails, it is only that some people don't know that yet.

And you're right, more is better, as this video demonstrates.

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>>37573903

Well, from what miss Yin shows us, the office has been running efficiently despite our absence, but there are a few big decisions that will actually require our authority.

What to do with the money for this year's budget. The general Li wants to use it for defense and buy a fleet of rockit ships for the army, modernize the fleet, and shrink the army by cutting out on conscriptions, and instead moving to an all professional, full-time army.

Meanwhile, the empress wants to use the money for building orphanages and schools, as well as better roads linking all cities and towns in the empire.

There is not enough money to do both, and doing a bit of both will not make anyone happy.

>Modernize the army
>Improve the nation's roads and infrastructure
>Other

>>37574221
>Modernize the army
We don't know when the demon invasion will occur exactly, so better to get the military modernized first, then get the infrastructure upgraded.

>>37574221
>Modernize the army
Metagaming as fuck considering demons

Hey, sorry if I missed it, but is there an archive of the thread somewhere?

>>37574221
>>Improve the nation's roads and infrastructure
>Other
can we purpose a tariffs for the roads for traders to allow the government to earn money to modernize the army later.

>>37574221
>Other
Start with the army, then have the army raise funds for infrastructure by raiding dungeons.

>>37574221
>Modernize the army

>>37574008
The facial expression were a little creepy, but I was never a fan of full ANIME eyes.

That's some solid choreography, though.

>>37574221
Roads for sure. EVERYONE benefits from that.

Military schools would provide incentives for people to enlist and go for higher positions, but it's got quite a few downsides of its own.

>>37574329
this>>37574221

>>37574221
>>37574329
Genius, I'll get behind that.

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>>37574305
http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive.html?tags=eldric+lightbringer

>>37574309
we could but either way it would be something that wouldnt happen until next year anyway

>>37574269 >>37574283 >>37574331
>Modernize the army

>>37574309 >>37574350
>Improve the nation's roads and infrastructure

>>37574329 >>37574355 >>37574360
>Start with the army, then have the army raise funds

Alrighty, army time now. I also have the perfect song, since this is not china

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZSS5dEeMX64

>>37574221
>>37574329
With Rockit ships, the army can cover more grounds with fewer patrols, freeing up manpower to raid the dungeons. This also raises the soldiers' level.

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>>37574451

"Yes, count" ~says miss Yin as she stamps the army's document and seals it~ "There is one more thing."

As it turns out, Alquia wants to open trade routes to the empire through the southern seas. It would also greatly benefit all the southern nations, including Hêven (Okaba's nation), but ...

Do we want to let Alquia recover its economic power if it will also benefit many other nations?
>Yes. It is for the greater good
>No. Fuck them
>Other

If we deny them the right to trade with the empire, should we give it to the coalition? it will benefit Eopolis, Sbastia, Blacklake and even Bastion, all of which are Coalition members, but noone else.
>Yes, nothing wrong with trade
>No, it would be unfair use of our power.
>Other

>>37574635
>No. Fuck them
>Yes, nothing wrong with trade

>>37574635
>Other
>Other

Implement regime change in Alquia using our new position in the Empire and the fact that we now control their trade routes.
Alquia can be useful in the upcoming demon invasion.

>>37574635
>No. Fuck them
we have on evidince that they tride to kidnap Mako
>Yes, nothing wrong with trade
ignore the fact eldric is the prince of the coalition he saved mako removed corruption.

>>37574635


>Other
Let them send their ships. But, see below.

>If we deny them the right to trade with the empire, should we give it to the coalition? it will benefit Eopolis, Sbastia, Blacklake and even Bastion, all of which are Coalition members, but noone else.
>Other
Send our ships (which are faster on average because rockit ships) first, crash the market on their export goods. They will lose MORE money than if they had sent nothing at all. Try to speculate on their trading companies, or however that works.

>>37574635
>Yes, for the greater good

Kidnapping Mako won't stop no matter how good or bad their economy is. In fact, I'd like a challenge, let them get more dudes, we'll still waste them all.

>Yes, nothing wrong with trade

Everyone needs money, and why shoot ourselves in the foot.

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>>37574790
>Yes, for the greater good

>>37574653 >>37574752
>>No. Fuck them

>>37574653 >>37574752
>>Yes, nothing wrong with trade

>>37574730 >>37574774
>>Other
>>Other

Well guys lets stop here for now. Will come back every little bit to answer questions and comments. Also, see you tomorrow for New World quest, hopefully

>>37574774
So basically, you want to turn them into a banana republic using the economic hitman model. A sound plan, but such models royally fuck over the population of the country victimized. It's only their leaders that are bad people, by fucking them over like that we're hurting innocents simply because we have a grudge. Don't people understand that?

>>37574873
I was also thinking about trying to gain controlling interest in a lot of their companies during the downturn so we can control part of their empire.

From there we could look into ways of mitigating the fallout on the little people.

>>37574870
See you tomorrow!

>>37574873
>because we have a grudge
Also, I mostly wanted to do it to slow down their war efforts and make a lot of money, rather than a grudge.

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>>37574873
To clarify for those who don't know, the "economic hitman" model is quite simple and can conquer a country easily without ever needing an army (or at least your army). One way or another, you get the target nation to take out very large loans. This can be because their economy is crashing or they seek to build infrastructure. Either way, you get them into debt upto their eyeballs.

Now, because their debts are so big, they can't possibly pay them off. You get aggressive about demanding your money. Then, relent, say you'll give them a bit more time. All they have to do is X. X can be anything, a new law, stopping a genocide, a vote at a notUN, tax breaks for a company you like that's operating within those borders, ect...

In essence, you grab them by the balls with debt and drag them around. How this fucks over the people, well, where the hell do you think they get the money from to pay you back? One way or another, they take it from the people. Many times these nations are poor already but even if done to a rich country it would still contribute to a destruction of their middle class and a worsening of overall poverty. You fuck the people so you can get their leaders to do what you want, hence while it is effective, you can't really consider it a "good" option even if your goals are noble. Ends do not justify means.

>>37574870

Miss the 2 econ votes due to driving, oh well.

The idea of training the army then using them to raise some funds to go ahead is nice.

>>37575075

They get money the simple way.

They invade and conquer other nations. Loot and Pillage.

Granted they got their ass kicked last time, no idea how it will happen this next time.

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>>37575220
That is another answer, but the end result is the same. In fact, it's a bit worse, you've indirectly subjected a third party to the horrors of war and if they're successfully conquered the resulting loot and pillage will simply send *them* into poverty. It still won't help them though, the debt's interest is variable, it's on the contract if you thought ahead. You can keep them on an endless debt treadmill up to the point they can successfully conquer you.

This is why the technique is usually applied to 3 world countries. Their tech level is inferior and their population size not terribly great or capable of fighting a war. Thus, the "conquered" country can remain under your thumb indefinitely. It's quite the evil genius way of going about conquering the world. Hell, if ya got multiple countries yolked this way you can play them off one another so they never focus on you as a group. Divide and Conquer, genius.

>>37575351

When there is military parity, or close parity it is much harder. You also have the issue of them saying fuck the debt, repossessing everything and daring the other nations to go to war.

In this world they could get away with it. They are basically a first world nation.

Our world, there were so many nations, it would happen less. Often in colonial times until WW1 the nations simply invaded and collected the taxes and left.

Because most were third world nations as you said.

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As it turns out, Alquia wants to open trade routes to the empire through the southern seas. It would also greatly benefit all the southern nations, including Hêven (Okaba's nation).
>Including Okaba's nation.

Well well well, looks like King got us, we just royally fucked over one of our bros. Good job guys.

>>37575220
>They invade and conquer other nations. Loot and Pillage.
Why do that when running dungeons, sending an army into a dungeon to get loot, is faster, more reliable, and doesn't result in increasing taxes?

>>37575351
The Alquia Empire is a first world nation, and if the trade route to the West fails, it's not like they can't simply stop trade.
Not to mention, they can simply default on their loans. What are we going to do, send an army after them?
That's exactly what they want anyway, and it would be disastrous for us, when we're trying to build up the Coalition's military for the demon invasion.

>>37575550
>Why do that when running dungeons, sending an army into a dungeon to get loot, is faster, more reliable, and doesn't result in increasing taxes?


Because we think outside the box.

Most people don't in this world. It is a key factor in that it is a jrpg world.

>>37575506
>we just royally fucked over one of our bros
It's trade that they weren't getting anyway. We didn't actively make their situation worse, we just didn't make it better when we could have.

>>37575671
Still backstabbed our buddy, I'm betting he'd like things to get better given how he's always on about "the people" and everything.

He will not be pleased when he figures everything out, especially with us, the person who did it. It will damage our friendship with him at any rate.

>>37575717
Then him yelling at Eldric will be good, because it'll show the people who voted "No" that they're short-sighted fuckups that contribute directly to Eldric's image of irresponsible laziness.

One of the others was for opening the trade routes. Does that count?

>>37574635
>>Yes. It is for the greater good

I sadly missed the vote, I would have gone.

People trade in this era regardless. It was not uncommon to have say Rome and Persia at war, and then a massive trade and smuggling going on in the middle of the war.

>>37575765
are you saying that they wouldn't over charge Heven to make even more money claiming that any goods they sell them are extremely rare.

do you guys even jew.

>>37575765
I'm more hoping it'll be something that teaches him as a character. That he needs to realize that the actions of powerful people have consequences beyond what he thought and that it is best to not let emotions and sentiment figure into these big decisions. One must see "the big picture", not the picture they themselves possess.

Yes, they try to kidnap Mako, of course they do given what they need her for. A powerful man would make the same call even if they weren't all that evil they'd ask her first, but if she refused they wouldn't take no for an answer. He, however, cared for her personally and came to wish to spite them for this, and in so doing screwed over a ton of innocents. Had he kept his emotions under control and considered their side, things would have turned out better. That's a good lesson for a person to learn, and sadly it's usually in the hard way that the lesson gets taught.

>>37575963
Smart merchants know what's rare and what ain't, you can't play a player. Kinda how the going price is determined too. A merchant likes to take things that are common in one area to another area where they are rare (and thus, can fetch a higher price). That's trade in a nutshell.

>>37575991
>Smart merchants know what's rare and what ain't, you can't play a player. Kinda how the going price is determined too. A merchant likes to take things that are common in one area to another area where they are rare (and thus, can fetch a higher price). That's trade in a nutshell.

while this is true; demand can make diamonds just rocks and wheat more valuable than gold and if you control the supple you have the power to price the good your selling.

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Briefly back. Still cant get pen pressure to work, and without it, it feels as if im drawing with crayons

Will give a try to the tera character maker and take a screenshot, at least to have A pic, I guess

>>37576099
True, but to do that you have to first corner the market or control the majority of the good. I think that's how they keep diamonds so damned expensive or at least was the case some time in the past.

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>>37576359
IIRC its diamond monopoly plus really good advertising

First they convinced people that diamonds were romantic, which only happened in the last 70 years.

In the middle ages, a big diamond was just a shiny stone, no more useful or precious tha any other stone. BECAUSE DIAMONDS ARE MUCH MORE COMMON THAN PEOPLE THINKS.

Again, due to advertising

There are now 3-4 eays to make artificial diamonds.

When people made slowly lower quality diamonds, the industry said
"It's low quality, do you REALLY want a LOWER QUALITY diamond in your ring?"

When people learnt to make perfect diamonds, way more perfect than natural diamonds, they said
"But its artificial, it has none of the romance, the microscopic imperfections that grant character to a real diamond, that something that come from the hand of God"

Now we have artificial diamonds that even come in different colors, and the industry keeps bashing them, because its really a monopoly trying to cling to their product.

btw, that "it takes millions of years" thing is bullshit. A diamond can be made in as little as two days in the natural world. During a eruption, lava comes up, but earth also goes down and then gets puked up (sometimes) and that gives us new diamonds.

>>37576628

Marketing was a large part. Monopoly was another.

Another issue is that before the start of the 20th century, the cuts sucked. A diamond without a good cut is a clear stone.

A proper cut makes it brilliant which is important.

In the US, there is a state park you can go prospecting at for a small fee.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crater_of_Diamonds_State_Park

And man made diamonds, if it is clear should be no different to most people then a 'real' one.

If you are not told it is artificial, you would not know the difference.

>>37576628
Gotta love marketing, it's why I never trust commercials. Their end goal isn't to inform me of a useful product at a good price, it's to get me to buy it at their price regardless of whether or not I'm in the market for such things.

Plus, once you learn about how propaganda works you realize damn near every commercial is a textbook example of it. I don't much like propaganda, what with it's almost scientific methodology of trying to circumvent the logical parts of your brain. They wouldn't need to do this if something underhanded wasn't happening.

>>37576628

So when we farmed up the mana, we just cycled the top few floors quickly, right?

>>37573210

Here is a minor question, obviously there is a strong 'touch fluffy tail' contingent.

How many will be in the harem? Only 2 I really see as locked are Mako (second wife) and Lyann (first wife)

Will we end up having 2, or will we go full harem anime size having a full 5-8?

The fewer, the less likely they are nothing then a check mark of tropes of course.

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>>37576628
So, what did you call King? You gonna punish us or call it with us being magnanimous to one degree or another given a popular namefag's unfortunate circumstances along with an optional dick move that correlates with a given option? I won't feel bitter about either, it is the GM's perogative to play the "gotcha" game. You do control the antagonists after all, it would be boring if, after giving the players proper signals and them choosing the "wrong" option anyways that something "bad" didn't happen. It's that aspect of "game theory" that makes it interesting.

How do you best the other players? It's like blackjack, you, the dealer, go "last" as it were. This gives you and advantage, but you also are restrained by given rules and the players know that. This influences their decisions as well as your own. For example, in blackjack, the dealer MUST stand once he's above a certain number regardless of if a given player is above it. You know when you "should" raise and when you "can't", but you don't know if that'll turn out well for you on that hand. You may even know the odds, but they are just that, odds, there is no true guarantee here.

This is, interestingly enough, an opportunity for me to get at how you think and such. I have no real idea how you're going to play all this, an attitude I think any good GM knows how to cultivate within their players. You know him "well", but not well enough to be a kind of Nostradamus seer. The end result of any choice is ultimately uncertain, just like in RL. I will eagerly await the results of this episode.

>>37578285
>So, what did you call King? You gonna punish us or call it with us being magnanimous to one degree or another given a popular namefag's unfortunate circumstances along with an optional dick move that correlates with a given option? I won't feel bitter about either, it is the GM's perogative to play the "gotcha" game. You do control the antagonists after all, it would be boring if, after giving the players proper signals and them choosing the "wrong" option anyways that something "bad" didn't happen. It's that aspect of "game theory" that makes it interesting.

As a rule he should like go with how he called it. Not everyone can make every vote. And votes cast afterwards should not count.

We should really spend more time discussing these things mid vote, instead of after the fact though.

Some selection choices are more complex the others, but that is the general flow with co-operative board quests.

He does get final say. Either way, the selection would match up with Eldrics shoot from the hip, not always think things through personality. Take on more things then he has time for.

We set up the chess club, and kinda ignored it for 2-3 years in game.

We did not take care of Asmund's father when we should of either, which would have been as soon as possible.

Now we are an important noble, that needs to be hands on, while at school and soon to be saving the world.

>>37579254
Should we hire a secretary? Someone to schedule things so we don't miss our responsibilities. Aritsu maybe?

>12:30 Lunch with the girls
>1:45 - 4:00 : Inventing time
>4:00 - 5:00 : Hunt down a bandit camp for Honoria
>5:30 - 6:00 : Snuggles with little sisters.
>Don't forget tomorrow is your duel with Lord Hobnobbington. Be in Lightbringer square in Eopolis at dawn! It's to first blood, don't forget. Not like last time.

>>37579943
>Should we hire a secretary? Someone to schedule things so we don't miss our responsibilities. Aritsu maybe?

If we hire her to be Eldric's secretary, then he will need to hire her 2 more secretaries for all the stuff he will absent-mindedly dumps on her.

Going to need to spend like 1 day a week to handle our duties in the capital. 5 days of school, 1 day of rest.

We also going to need to hash our if we release info on those mana generators to anyone.

Make it public or just start selling them ect.

I think we should open up a Rock-it ship production branch in the Empires capital.

We should also make a few dozen of those small potion producers and place them with the seal of the Empress around the capital in easy to reach areas for the lower class sections, so they have cheap healing.

Start a business selling hot water heaters and cold water coolers for use in the houses of nobility.

It is like we need a staff just to manage the ideas was dump out.

>>37580099
>we need a staff

We really do.

>>37580099
>>37580287
If we hire a staff how do we screen out infiltrators? Alquia has quite a bit few agents around.
And I'm sure other countries or individuals would love to infiltrate Lightbringer International.

>>37580420

Probably have to stick to people we know at first, or people recommended to us.

We would have to start small of course, but that lets us get to know the people involved.

Of course Asmund's dad burned us by likely just getting some agents in the same school, it would have been easy to set up.

>>37580558
Hmm... I wonder how old are the oldest of the orphans? Would any of them be finished with their education?

S1 EP 35 isn't archived.

What do?

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>>37578285
Uhm? im not QMing to "trap" anyone. I want to have fun, and at least for myself, antagonizing people on purpose is not fun.

You could have done one thing or the other, but neither was inherently bad.

For example, if you helped Alquia and the southern nations, they would have a better structure when the demons invade later on, but now the coalition will have a better structure.

It just changes the way the story goes. I am thinking the coalition is much more secure now, and they can help rescue the nations that will get devastated, while if we had spread the wealth, the fight would have been evenly hard or easy all across the globe-

It was a "create a bastion of safety from which to fight out" vs a "everyone can fight to some extent" thing.

Also, can someone go to download.wacom.com? i keep trying but it throws me to a blank registration page. And when I say blank, I mean the web address is wacom.registration.en-us but the page is literally white. There's nothing there

>>37579943
>5:30 - 6:00 : Snuggles with little sisters.
For some reason this seems totally adorable, but I think it should be longer, and nap time

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>>37581338
probably misnamed. About 2 or 3 times I did made a mistake naming/labeling the threads.

>>37584727
What browser are you using? Some trippy shit has been happening on firefox. Or it just might be my internet.

>>37584923
chrome, but it takes away my tripcode too, sometimes.

Ugh I really cant get the free software that is meant to come with my tablet. I have the access code but when I finally found a register page, Chile is not listed among the countries. Hell, there's not even a southamerica tag.

Does Wacom seriously think nobody down here draws? or is this one of those "lies, they have computers in Chile!? I thought you guys didin't had electricity yet!" thing, like what happened to me some years ago when a player found out I am Chilean

>>37585070
>>37585070
Sometimes it's laws and regulations. Either they need a license for something or some politician is going out of their way to get his cut. Or there's this really, really tiny detail that generates a huge amount of paperwork and is ridiculously difficult to program out.

Other times, it's in-company politics. There's X number of simple things to do that make complete sense, but we can't do it because Y department's Z is only contracted to be used in so-and-so countries, etc.

Plenty of companies just don't pay enough attention to some regions. It might not be profitable no matter how it looks to us, or they might not be willing to develop the market. Our GDPs might not be high enough to actually warrant all the trouble.

>>37585213
Well, I hope they don't later whine about piracy because if X paid the money, and X had the right to download something, yet X cannot do so, X will download a pirate copy, and learn to do so regularly.

(psst... X is me)

>>37585293
>>37585293
Usually, if they didn't bother porting it over to your country, they won't bother with copyright infringement. Just look at LN translations and how they only ever get shut down when Yen Press calls dibs(even though they take forever and will likely never make it to your bookstore).

You can call them and test their customer service for competence and actually knowing what the hell their job is, but piracy is probably what you'll have to stick with.

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>>37585375
uhmm... can't make Eldric look as young as he is on TERA

>>37585500
>>37585500
Damn, that's beefy. Are there enchanted equipment that can shrink your body size? Eldric might run into some trouble with passageways half his height(little demon tunellers).

Well, good night.

>>37584846
Ok thanks King. Enjoying the quest so far.

>>37585659
the good thing is, you usually see them ordered by date, I think

>>37585553
well, like i said, can't make him look as young as I wish I could.

That's light armor, btw. Heavy armor looks like something a primarch would wear

Also, so sad, i tried to play and I really cant see well enough to play on tera anymore. At least not with Stella, who as a warrior, requires the sharpest reflexes and eyesight

>>37585737

That is weird light armor. Pretty heavy for light, looks like a medium mix of armor.

Maybe my view is affected by d&d i guess.

We really need to have Eldric set up like 4 or 5 companies just for everything he js involved in.

>>37586277
Indeed, great leaders know how to delegate their responsibilities. We need more secretaries and vice-presidents.

>>37584727
Okaba's still gonna chew us out for this. Which he should, we still fucked over innocents, innocents that also include the his own people, no matter how well it all turns out. Eldric needs to learn how to see the big picture, how there are costs and benefits to any action he takes.

>>37586696

We deserve it. We need to be chewed out also simply cause of the things we end up starting.

It is also weird as we are a 13 year old kid in universe, who is now wielding a crazy amount of economic, physical and political power.

>>37587071
new world thread is up, btw

>>37587034

>>37586696
>we still fucked over innocents
We didn't take away anything, and doing this ensures that the Coalition is in a better position to invade and conquer Alquai so that we can institute policies that will better prepare the south for the demon invasion.
Instead of passively accepting the admonishments of people who are ignorant of the impending demon invasion, we should be moving ahead with actions to prepare the world.

my bad, correct link here

>>37587592