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The fact that your Master is proud of you somehow means more than the fact that you've earned your father's approval. You love your father, and indeed most of your family, dearly. However, your father was not the man who truly raised you. That honor goes to your Master, and even before you were shipped off to be an apprentice it was really your mothers who took care of you.

“It was nice to catch up with everyone again. I'd been so focused on my work and my research as a Vatis that I hadn't found the time to keep in touch. It's nice to know they're all doing well.” In a way you're sort of glad that you were banished, yet at the same time you resent the fact your people so callously cast you off to die in the desert. Especially when you were telling the truth, mostly. You may have exaggerated certain aspects of the truth but that was only to draw attention to the real issue.

Your master nods his head sagely, or perhaps he's merely tired. “I've heard you intend to set off later today for Anthus, then?”

You sigh, wriggling deeper into the mound of pillows that surround you in an attempt to get comfortable. “I suppose, I have business to attend to in the north and I've put it off for too long already. I've yet to decide whether I will depart via carriage over land, or charter a ship going to Anthus.”

Your master narrows his eyes, staring off towards the opposite wall, and frowns. “Why charter a ship? Most traders will allow an experienced Vatis to ride free. You might have to put on a bit of a demonstration, and you'll have to work to earn your keep, but you'll get there just as quickly and you'll not need to pay.”

>Your master is right, you'll see about signing on temporarily with the crew of a trading vessel.
>Eh, you'd rather just journey by land. You intend to bring Zahak with you and there's no way you could hide him on a ship.
>Write-in

>>38380364
>Eh, you'd rather just journey by land. You intend to bring Zahak with you and there's no way you could hide him on a ship.
Tell our master that we might find some hidden treasures if we journey by land.

>>38380364
>Most traders will allow an experienced Vatis to ride free.
I SEE YOU SOMA. I SEEEEEE YOUR GAME.

>Eh, you'd rather just journey by land. You intend to bring Zahak with you and there's no way you could hide him on a ship.

>>38380364
>Your master is right, you'll see about signing on temporarily with the crew of a trading vessel.

>>38380364
>>Your master is right, you'll see about signing on temporarily with the crew of a trading vessel.
Why the fuck would we bring Zahak with us?
Regardless, I'm assuming the sea route is faster here, correct me if I'm wrong.

>>38380506
By land it's about 4-ish days to Khmedi and closer to a week to reach Anthus. By sea it's 3 days to Anthus and then you'd proceed by land to Khmedi.

>>38380364
>>Your master is right, you'll see about signing on temporarily with the crew of a trading vessel.
WE AINT BRINGING DA DRAGON

>>38380364
>Eh, you'd rather just journey by land. You intend to bring Zahak with you and there's no way you could hide him on a ship.

>>38380364
>Your master is right, you'll see about signing on temporarily with the crew of a trading vessel.

Not taking Zahak on a fucking assassination job.

>>38380364
>Your master is right, you'll see about signing on temporarily with the crew of a trading vessel.
Zahak as an assassin is retarded. He can stay with Chrys

>>38380585
>>38380588
>leaving Zahak here

>>38380364
>>Eh, you'd rather just journey by land. You intend to bring Zahak with you and there's no way you could hide him on a ship.
Plus it'll give us the chance to get Al-Gasreed remains...; ;

>>38380364
>Your master is right, you'll see about signing on temporarily with the crew of a trading vessel.

>>38380612
He can meditate and hang out with chrys, he wanted to git gud at earth anyway.

>>38380577
>no way to get back in time for birthday
Soma y u do dis?
And 8 days is probably too much to procastrinate, damn it.
I'm expecting a surprise party at our family's place when we get back.
Do Samjan even celebrate birthdays with parties though?

>>38380585
>>38380588
Why not? We have to take him adventuring with us eventually unless you intend to keep him locked in the estate for the rest of his life

>>38380588
>>38380608
Why would we be bringing him to the assassination? We could just tell him to wait distantly.

That'd work.
Also you're totally playing into Soma's voibarian raiders plotline.

>>38380364
>Your master is right, you'll see about signing on temporarily with the crew of a trading vessel.

>>38380364
>Eh, you'd rather just journey by land. You intend to bring Zahak with you and there's no way you could hide him on a ship.

>>38380647
>adventuring
This isn't an adventure.
>unless you intend to keep him locked in the estate for the rest of his life
Stop being an idiot.

>>38380647
He's just gonna adventure on his own over the skies of El-Amin. Problem? Invisible! No problem.

>>38380364
>>Eh, you'd rather just journey by land. You intend to bring Zahak with you and there's no way you could hide him on a ship.
Unless of course he could pretend to be a sailor.

>>38380608
You mean stay with the party, not just with Chrys.
Though we'll have to tell Darzi and chrys not to let Prof full Zahak's head with his disgusting degenerate elf bullshit.
>>38380647
There'll be a chance for that with the Pa'vala.

>>38380364
>Your master is right, you'll see about signing on temporarily with the crew of a trading vessel.
Picking up naval skills is worthwhile.

>>38380684
You're forgetting nature vatis.

>>38380687
>You mean stay with the party, not just with Chrys.
Chrys would be with the party, so yeah. The reason I specifically said her was because Zahak views her as mother and would be able to control him best.

Oh so this is what you meant by "you won't avoid them, at least I think you won't." Pretty gud there.

>>38380687
>There'll be a chance for that with the Pa'vala.
Indeed. Hopefully no one forgets that.

>>38380364
>Your master is right, you'll see about signing on temporarily with the crew of a trading vessel.

>>38380364
>>Your master is right, you'll see about signing on temporarily with the crew of a trading vessel.

Maybe we can figure out how to do the wave riding trick Var Var used to get to the island while we're on a boat.

>>38380780
Teach, not control anon. You don't control kids, you teach them. The latter is difficult the former is nigh impossible.

Seriously, please stop samefagging

>>38380820
Sodium chloride.

>tfw pirates again+warlord
please no
>>38380820
You do have to control them though, like control them so they don't walk in front of a car and shit, obviously that's not applicable to Zahak, but something similar.
DON'T FUCKING FORGET TO SAY GOODBYE TO OUR SON.

>>38380820
Anyone could simply teach Zahak. Chrys is the one he listens to the most, therefore control. And yeah, you do have to control children.

>>38380856
It's not "goodbye," it's "See you when I get back!"

I think it's funny nobody is realizing that his personality means he's going to try to follow us anyways, if we don't ask him not to.

>>38380364
Soma, I am fucking pissed.
When will we finally give Zahak a kiss on the nose/cheek/forehead?

>>38380364
>Your master is right, you'll see about signing on temporarily with the crew of a trading vessel.
>trading vessel
Smells like shekels to me.

>>38380364
>Your master is right, you'll see about signing on temporarily with the crew of a trading vessel.

>>38380364
>Your master is right, you'll see about signing on temporarily with the crew of a trading vessel.

Always wanted to do some good honest merc work

Plus a trading vessel would kill to have a GM water vatis

>>38380942
Fuck off samefag

>>38380364
>Eh, you'd rather just journey by land. You intend to bring Zahak with you and there's no way you could hide him on a ship.

>>38381000
Nice trips, retard.

>>38381044
Nice dubs, faggit.

>>38380364
>Your master is right, you'll see about signing on temporarily with the crew of a trading vessel.

>>38380999
>a trading vessel would kill to have a GM water vatis
This reminds me, we should word with Skull Kid to create a submersible.

>>38380820
From the year I spent in psychology seems like manipulation is the way you want to go

>>38381080
>word
work

>>38380641
Birthday celebrations are a Roman invention, in fact the Roman birthday isn't that dissimilar to the modern birthday. There are presents, a party is thrown, sweets are eaten. It's pretty much what you'd expect. In Islam, celebrating one's day of birth is considered a sin. In Hindu society, they celebrate death rather than birth. Because death marks the release from mortal obligations and needs.

So come to think of it, if I wanted to stay true to history, only Mortia, Skull Kid, Profectus, and Fulvia would think to throw you a b-day party. I suppose I could say that the tradition was adopted by those within the Shahdom due to Rhynian influence. We'll see.

>>38380942
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>>38381057
>Master knows best

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>>38381006
>Father son bonding.
19 IPs and 21 votes. Hmm.

Writin'

>>38381080
Wat

>>38381080
Well geeze why don't you just revolutionize ship to ship warfare completely. Don't stop at submersibles, go with every procedural upgrade experienced by naval warfare ever since the great wars.

Actually, isn't our family building some ships right now, for which our father is responsible?

After this excursion what are we planning? We could hunt down the sanity artifact in the desert

If you guys want to take Zahak with you why not try figuring out shapeshifting.

>>38381115
Final Destination it?

>>38381115
>19 IPs and 21 votes. Hmm.
Final destination.

Hey Soma, answer your ask some more, i want to know whether the Grand vizier has a good public policy and whether he has a good image to hide his goatee-twirling villiany

>>38381140
You haven't really read the threads, have you?

>>38381115
Can we ask Master if he thinks it's still worth it with all the enemy naval activity up there in recent times? I mean, we probably won't run into the, but still.
Oh who am I kidding, of course we will.
I hope we can at least advance in magic while on the boat.

>>38381140
I'd still rather put that off for a month mang or at least an extra week

>>38381115
One of those IPs is yours too.

>>38381136
>Well geeze why don't you just revolutionize ship to ship warfare completely.
Okay.

>>38381080
>>38381094
You guys do realize the Elaudians already invented that shit right?

>>38381115
It's not worth a final desalination.

>>38381161
>>38381148
Nah. There's samefagging on both sides, I don't think a FD vote would change much of anything.

>>38381161
the difference is way more than 2, doesn't really matter.

>>38381115
>19 IPs
I'm seeing 22, are we looking at the same thing?

>>38381167
lel

>>38381197
And El-Amin doesn't have any, anon. Not seeing your point here.

>>38381216
It just jumped after he typed that out.

>>38381140
You could also read the archive.

>>38381147
because it's not feasible to change an entire body. you have to decompose the part of the body you want to change first with the technique that we've heard legends about

Wait, so you fuckers seriously just voted to leave our baby boy for several weeks again?

>>38381268
Mik takes after his father.

>>38381251
We've also heard legends of the Draconic father of Samja taking a humanoid form to be with his beloved.

>>38381240
Do you know what the number of IPs is on average for BQ?

>>38381268
Mik is just your average black father.

>>38381268
>several
It's 2 weeks or so.

>>38381147
He can already become invisible if there's a chance of being spotted. There wouldn't be very many people to avoid for long stretches of the journey either

>>38381268
Better than taking our baby boy for an assassination/murder.

>>38381331
He wouldn't be involved.

>>38381331
Not really.

>>38381283
right, we need to research that. the technique that the crazy samjan who could change his arms used doesn't have useful info for disguising zahak though.

>>38381331
Just bring him along but leave him with the rest of the party while we go kill the guy.

We could have one of our companions train with him

>>38381377
We're going alone, man. The party is staying in El-Amin.

>>38381377
What party?

We're going to Anthus alone.

>>38381377
Wasn't going to just be Mik going?

>>38381287
Depends. During the quest it would be around 20-40. But at the end it usually hits about 60.

>>38381397
>>38381401
>>38381403
Oh. In that case bring him along but leave him in a hotel room when we go kill the guy.

>>38381316
3 days to Anthus, we're probably going to be there 1 or 2 days depending on what happens. Week to Khemdi from Anthus. Probably a day there as well, and another week from Khemdi to El-Amin.
All this without considering any random encounters and the big event Soma mentioned along the Provinicia shores.

>>38381443
Anon, vote's settled. We're going by ship so we can fight some voibarian raiders.

>>38381461
>fight
You mean slaughter?

>>38381447
3 days to Khmedi from Anthus. Sorry if that wasn't clear. Both the four days to Khmedi and week to Anthus were starting in El-Amin.

>>38381403
We could offer our companions to come.
They could just head to El-Amin once we're done in Anthus instead of coming with us to khemdi.

>>38381447
It's annoying that we'll have to buy another guar if we want to make good time from Anthus-Khemdi. At least we have the moolah.

>>38381474
Sure, sure anon. Absolutely.

What kind of name for a city is Chem-D anyways?

>>38381481
Both go through the mountain pass and are about the same distance though.

If we get raided we're going to board them and steal their stuff, right?

>>38381481
So assuming the estimates are correct, 10 days altogether?

>>38381547
Intelligent raiders don't keep hauls on their ship unless they raid more than once a day. But we can hope.

>>38381489
We're a grandmaster water vatis fighting at sea and they wear metal armor. It's gonna be a slaughter.

>>38381547
>their stuff
We're throwing them into the ocean and stealing their ship with everything on it. Their clothes too, assuming we kill them.

>>38381553
Not counting any time we spend in Anthus and Khemdi or any random encounters.

>>38381583
I wouldn't presume anything about an enemy we've never faced, anon. But I do like that you keep in mind what elements we have in our favor, as it isn't a good idea to forget what those are.

>>38381592
Khemdi will literally be like 2 hours.
Anthus I plan on being at most a single day, if we can arrange them to set up a GM test through the brooches with our bro, and a quick check to the library will be all it takes.
We still need to read all our borrowed books before we reach Anthus, keep that in mind.

>>38381583
What was the bonus for a GM water vatis fighting in wet conditions? Something like +8? Niggas gonna get their shit wrecked

Reminder that Mik is six feet under in alternate universes where he didn't choose water as his primary element.

>>38381583
>inb4 Soma gives them pet Hydras just to spite you

>>38381659
Ah, just what I wanted, time for double GM in water!

>>38381642
Which ones are those?

>>38381658
He probably died in Licae to those AIs.

>>38381642
On that note, should we convice out Siege partner to come back with us after our bisness is done in Khemdi? I'd like him to meet our father.

>>38381733
He still needs to actually run the business.

>>38381658
>>38381726
actually that mik would have joined those illegal vatis or joined a military group.

>>38381733
>Yo nigguh come visit my dad that I have contact with through my master because that teacher position you have doesn't take time out of your week broooo

>>38381703
I don't know, but Soma can probably tell us.
>>38381658
Reminder that alternate reality Metal starting element Mik could resist the Entity and the draco-lich on his own, might even have managed to not let the Entity latch on to his mind, and is perfectly fine because he went colossus in battle.

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>>38381658
Nope in an alternate world Mik got /fit/ and joined the military.

Lauded as a conqueror, liberator, and hero

He's leading the next expedition alongside the army he's fought with for 5 years

How about disguise Zahak as a bird?

>>38381839
Why a bird and not a human?

>>38381839
how about we just call him a weird rhynian experiment we dug up?

>>38381839
Glue feathers to him?

>>38381777
>Yi nigguh take some vacation time and come with me, we gotta plan out some shit for new versions of siege and I want to introduce you to my father, who handleing distribution in El Amin.

>>38381839
How about he just stays invisible when he needs to be? There's no reason to disguise him as anything

>>38381876
His anatomy isn't similar to a human.

>>38381887
Because people know what dragons are?

>>38381956
That's why we use illusions.

>>38381961
Do they now? Well, they probably just think they know what dragons are. Tell them they're being silly.

>>38381961
clearly it was a rhynian experiment to make a dragon. Didn't work though, they just made a big lizard that fly's and spits fire. look it only has two legs everyone knows dragons had four legs.

>>38381283
We should ask our master to research that in the grand library while we're gone.

>>38381961
Dragons have 4 legs and 2 wings.
They are also almost gone from public knowledge.

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You consider your options. Going by land would likely be safer, since you cleared out the bandits plaguing the mountain pass. It would also be a faster route to Khmedi, which is your real goal in all this. You want to get to Khmedi, kill Chrys's husband, and then get back to El-Amin so you can set off to whatever your next adventure is. Either retrieving that artifact from the Pa'vala or journeying into Elaudia to retrieve the recipe for Elaudian Steel.

“I think I'll take your advice and sign on with the crew of a trading vessel. I imagine it will offer me an opportunity to expand my business relationships and I've always enjoyed sailing.” Your Master insisted that you learned how to sail as an apprentice. He'd have you work at the docks and once even signed you up for a voyage to Marqash to the south of El-Amin. You consider yourself an acceptable sailor, although it was never really a true focus of your studies.

Your master nods, a ball of water forming slowly above Rasim's head. It grows steadily, flecks of ice floating through its mass as he brings it to just barely above freezing. “Well I suppose I should be getting home then. You ought to get some rest as well, Mikhael. One ought never undertake an important voyage without first getting a good night's rest, a generous meal, and the company of a beautiful prostitute.”

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>>38382078
Doesn't zahak only have two legs though?

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Your Master just seems full of life lessons. Patting you once more on the shoulder he allows the ball of water he's formed above Rasim's head to splash onto the young Apprentice's head. He bolts upright, spitting out water and struggling to catch his breath after the cold forced it out of him. You remember all the many, many times your Master did the same to you. It's not a pleasant way to wake up. Once Rasim is awake your Master stands and motions for his apprentice to follow before hobbling towards the door.

Rasim leaps to his feet and chases after your Master, dripping ice cold water across your marble floors. You take a moment to dry your pillows and floors, whilst considering the things you must do before departing for Anthus. You need to pick up your clothes from the tailor, and you need to speak with your companions about what they ought to be doing while you're away. You also need to find a trading vessel destined for Anthus to sign on with. You also need to say goodbye to Zahak. You feel a little guilty leaving him behind, but it's better than dragging him along to watch you kill a man.

>Get a good night's rest, as your Master recommended. Errands can wait until morning.
>A few sailors ought still be awake, enjoying what the inns and whorehouses of El-Amin have to offer. Search the docks for a captain willing to take you North.
>Write-in

>>38382121
exactly

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>>38382118
>all that dialogue for how much better by land it is
>oh no I'll take a trading vessel
>mfw

>>38382140
>>Get a good night's rest, as your Master recommended. Errands can wait until morning.

>>38382121
No? Dragons aren't really dragons if they only have two legs.

>we could have gotten back in time for our birthday if we only went to Khemdi

>>38382140
>Get a good night's rest, as your Master recommended. Errands can wait until morning.

>>38382140
>Get a good night's rest, as your Master recommended. Errands can wait until morning.

>>38382140
>Get a good night's rest, as your Master recommended. Errands can wait until morning.
We aint asking our master about peoples walls?

>>38382140
>Get a good night's rest, as your Master recommended. Errands can wait until morning.

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>>38382158

>>38382140
>Get a good night's rest, as your Master recommended. Errands can wait until morning.

>>38382140
>Get a good night's rest, as your Master recommended. Errands can wait until morning.

>>38382140
>meditate

>>38382140
>Get a good night's rest, as your Master recommended. Errands can wait until morning.
A nights rest will do our soul good.

>>38382140
>Get a good night's rest, as your Master recommended. Errands can wait until morning.

>>38382140
>Get a beautiful prostitute, as your Master recommended. Errands can wait until morning.

>>38382231
limits*

>>38382140
>Get a good night's rest, as your Master recommended. Errands can wait until morning.
Time to say hello to who ever comes knockin.
Also will we ask master about teaching mortia( also banging her), and peoples walls?

>>38382140
>Fuck the previous vote, take Zahak with you.

>>38382244
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>>38382257
>>38382277
>Sleeep

>>38382249
>Meditate

>>38382268
>Gibe da pusi b0ss

>>38382173
Zahak only has two legs.

>>38382277
What's this peoples walls you keep on aboot?

>>38382158
>2015
> still expecting the most rational decisions from BQ players

>>38382344
He means the limits.

>>38382344
He's so autistic that the fact Soma is using soft limits irritates him to no end. So he's trying to make walls a thing, and failing.

Can we give Zahak a project to work on while we're gone? It doesn't have to be anything terribly important, but I think giving him something constructive to do will help keep him from doing anything that could cause future problems.

>>38382382
To be fair, I personally really enjoy his autism, it's very entertaining.

>>38382140
>Get a good night's rest, as your Master recommended. Errands can wait until morning.

>>38382409
>Can we give Zahak a project to work on while we're gone?
I'm sure that's possible.

>>38382409
Water magic healing and earth magic erosion.
He's got some teachers available for both, we'll tell him to pester Darzi for the first and Chryssa for the second.

Things to do before we leave:
Gems.
Get Fulvia to watch over Mortia's experiments and procure some humans for her.
Get Karim to tutor Mortia.
Get Darzi to teach Vasuda self defense.
Pick up traveling garbs.
Get someone to sort out the library.
Check out that vault.
Get Karim to tutor Zahak.

>>38382409
I want him to learn more water magic

>>38382483
Right, the vault. Man, this one day is going to be a long ten threads. We'll have to try scheduling with a ship leaving quite late at night.

>>38382483
don't forget to look through our cloak, i'm hopping soma lets us do this so that we have everything in stock.

>>38382483
Fuck nigga I just want to get on the road again

>>38382456
I'm just not quite sure what to have him do, I was thinking of asking him to check the tunnels for anything living that doesn't belong there, it would also give him something to hunt.
>>38382469
>>38382497
having him learn more magic definitely isn't a bad idea, and I like the idea of having a dragon as a backup healer

>>38382529
Look through our cloak for what? Be specific or nobody is going to be interesting in voting on vague potentials.
Do you mean the hazardous materials, or what?

>>38382529
>look through our cloak
Why? Ricky keeps everything organized for us and we always know what's in the cloak.

>>38382483
>Get Fulvia to watch over Mortia's experiments and procure some humans for her.

Wait wat

>>38382140
>Get a good night's rest, as your Master recommended. Errands can wait until morning.
We could use a good night's rest.

>>38382483
Take care of anything that has to do with the water desalination project.
Ask SK about a printing press.
Check what Chrys and Prof are going to do while we're gone.
See if anyone needs anything from Anthus.

>>38382483
>Get Fulvia to watch over Mortia's experiments and procure some humans for her.
>Get Darzi to teach Vasuda self defense.
Both of these have already been handled. Darzi agreed to teach Vasuda to fight and Fulvia will sit in on Mortia's experiments regardless of whether she wants her to or not.

>>38382356
Well, it seems silly to me. We don't have to take Zahak on our trip to Anthus on land, so it's not some really pertinent stopper on the idea, and going by land we already have the means to do so without searching for a boat.

>>38382585
Mortia has to be supervised, remember she tried to hide the fact that the rat got away.

>>38382566
>>38382559
We have been stuffing it with random shit, and forgetting whats in there.
17x assorted gemstones
3x large lumps of iron ore
Two pound bag of black pepper
Ornate Lockbox (Unlocked)
Loot
>13x Magic Lanterns
>2x Good Wine
>1x Wine
>1x Date Liquor
>4x Honeyed Sorghum Beer
>3x Bandit's Personal Chest
>1x Crate of High Quality Opium
>2x Armor Sets (Elaudian, Eastern)
>1x Weapons (Elaudian Axe)
>Bandit's Personal Journal
>11x Monster Venom Glands (Lethal)
>1x Rhynian Map (Shows near-by Ruins)
>4x Hazardous Materials Shipments
>1x Enchanted Gauntlet
>3x Technician's Armor
>1x Rhynian Officer's Pistol
>1x Surgeon's Tools
>1x Clavichord
>1x Brass Horn
>1x Optio Armor
>3x SMGs [146 shots remaining]
>2x Shotgun [5 shots remaining]
>1x Oversized Handgun [5 shots remaining]
>1x Needlegun

>>38382628
I actually did not think of going by land without Zahak.
I presume Soma made the decision that way to kill 2 birds with 1 stone.
Easier that way.

>>38382601
See what the fuck is up with that green soul and if it really belongs to Rasim.
Check where the black soul is and if it's really the shah's sister, check for some news about her regardless though.
Get Darzi to teach Zahak proper manners and see if she can't get him to talk normal.

>>38382610
You think we could get Karim to agree to do some house visits to tutor Zahak and Mortia?

>>38382610
Good, good.

>>38382754
If you want him to talk normally than why not learn air magic?

>>38382809
Because it doesn't exist.

>>38382830
>Because it doesn't exist.
The Ritual book says otherwise.

>>38382830
It is a subset of fire magic.

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SOON™

>>38382873
>>38382869
It's not actual manipulation of air though.

>>38382754
I think that Zahak should learn manners and speech from Chrys instead, considering how much he likes her. It's good to have one strong mother figure

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>>38382893
SOON™

>>38382910
I thought the same, but then I remember she's a fucking barbarian who doesn't understand Samjan culture.

>>38382668
>Bandit's Personal Journal

Can we read this next time? Just to get it out of the way.

>>38382904
Thats like saying lightning magic isn't the manipulation of lightning.
>>38382910
>learning manners from the barbarian

>>38382904
Soma has said before that gases fall under the domain of Fire magic, it's totally possible that we could make real air magic by extrapolating from Air Burst.
Remember that magic is constantly being developed.
>>38382610
>Fulvia will sit in on Mortia's experiments regardless of whether she wants her to or not
Best maid.

>>38382945
>"I hid all the best stuff at this location."
>OHSHITHEREWEGOAGAIN

>>38382754
I'm not really sure how much manners matter for a dragon who won't be interacting with anyone who isn't in our party for the foreseeable future

>>38382754
Why does he need to talk normally when he can just mentally speak to people now.
He can also hear brooch conovos as well.
>>38382668
I think some of these are already gone, but i might be wrong.
anyway we need to look through.
>3x Bandit's Personal Chest
>2x Armor Sets (Elaudian, Eastern)
>1x Weapons (Elaudian Axe)
>Bandit's Personal Journal
Give mortia some
>11x Monster Venom Glands (Lethal)
Open these in the catacombs
>4x Hazardous Materials Shipments
What are these?
>1x Clavichord
>1x Brass Horn
Might want to give these to SK
>3x SMGs [146 shots remaining]
>2x Shotgun [5 shots remaining]
>1x Oversized Handgun [5 shots remaining]
>1x Needlegun
>>38382945
It would help get rid of the speculation on where they got the money.

>>38382904
>>38382965
Or invisibility isn't the manipulation of light.

>>38382910
put your waifu aside, and let him learn from a samnji.
Chrys is retarded socially.

>>38383042
>Chrys is retarded socially.
Damn right.

>>38383042
By Samjan standards, but we're probably retarded socially by her people's standards.

>>38383042
*socially retarded.

>>38383070
Nah her people value bluntness, and straight to the point, which means anything subtle goes over her head.
Hell our party can't even understand what she is thinking/saying half the time.

>>38382993
>Open these in the catacombs
Hell no, we know what's inside, no reason to open until we actually have time to mess around with them.
>What are these?
Instruments
>Might want to give these to SK
Nah
>>38383070
Nah, her people's standards are just saying what you mean, you can't fuck up such barbaric ways. Stop the waifu shilling please.

>>38383070
she is socially retarded by everyone but her own cultures standards.

>>38382969
not
>"My fortune is yours for the taking... but you'll have to find it first. I left everything I own in One Piece!"

>>38383070
She's socially retarded by everyone's standards but her own people's.

>>38382965
>Thats like saying lightning magic isn't the manipulation of lightning.
Not really, the air burst described in the book is just a side effect of the fire, the vys doesn't actually affect the air.
>>38382967
He said gases fall under the domain of fire when it comes to the create meta magic.
>>38382991
You never know mate, if we taught him manners before we brought him to El-Amin he wouldn't have wrecked Kadir's oven and all that mess.
>>38382993
>Why does he need to talk normally when he can just mentally speak to people now.
We may want to introduce him to people at some point under an illusion, or whatever, he may as well learn it now.

>>38383042
Can Zahak actually speak telepathically to any of our companions or is it just Mik?

>>38383070
Zahak is not a fucking barbarian though.

>>38383151
And lightning and light are just a side effect of fire too are they?

>>38383183
Nah, he's just an animal.

>>38383123
>Hell no, we know what's inside, no reason to open until we actually have time to mess around with them.
I figured it was the safest place to do it, since it seems to have become an impromptu testing place for our companions.
>Instruments
Should we sell then?
>Nah
True, i'm just trying to find a use for them.

>>38383070
Yes, and we are not about to raise our son according to the social standards of a shitty human village

>>38383189
Not really, fire seems to be able to control different sorts energy or whatever, I dunno, I'm not a scientist.

>>38383151
>Not really, the air burst described in the book is just a side effect of the fire, the vys doesn't actually affect the air.
That is literally the same thing as illusions.
>Kadir
What? Do you mean Karim?

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>>38383203

>>38383159
He spoke to chrys/darzi after he meditated, he can also hear our brooch convos.

>>38383225
How about we learn how to airburst and see how it works.

>>38383208
But there's no reason to open them, they'll kill anyone without proper equipment and they are safe in our cloak.
>>38383225
To be exact, heat is really just kinetic energy when you get down to it.

>>38383203
Well yeah, but he should still be raised by dark elf standards.

>>38383225
>>38383151
You do know that soma said that fire magic is controlling atoms/particles, and that most samnji don't understand fire magic the higher their mastery because of this right.

>>38383239
>What? Do you mean Karim?
Clearly.

>>38383263
>>38383225
Well light is simply directed energy.

>>38383263
>But there's no reason to open them, they'll kill anyone without proper equipment and they are safe in our cloak.
we have gear for that actually, and so do our companions.

>>38383308
Well Elves/Humans/Slightly Taller Darker Elves are just skeletons and sacks of flesh

>>38383308
No, light is electro-magnetic radiation i.e. photons.
Really, when you get down to it, all matter is just energy, since E=mc^2
>>38383332
Some of our companions do, but there's still no reason to open them. What if they infect some rats, and those rats infect other rats, and they infect people in the city?

>>38383332
But there is still absolutely no reason to open them. We know whats inside and its bad shit.

>>38383374
>photons
A type of directed energy along with sound.

>>38383374
>>38383308
I will resist the urge to keyboard physicist the fuck out of you two in favor of suggesting we consider what order we're going to be doing things in today.

>>38383374
>Some of our companions do
all of them except maybe SK and Mortai have gear that can protect them agianst this stuff, hell we can ask SK to tell us how to handle it as well.
Also you are getting a bit paranoid about rats, when we know for a fact that a large portion of them jumped into the statue.

You decide that your Master is right, a good night's sleep is just what you need. Especially considering your recent run-ins with the Child in the void. That in mind, you push yourself to your feet. You're loathe to rise from your mass of pillows but you really should spend at least a few more hours with Zahak, or at least near Zahak, before you leave him all alone for yet another week long stretch.

Making your way through your estate, slaves stop to bow or otherwise acknowledge you as you pass. Seems they're still hard at work cleaning up after the party. For the most part the dining room has been tidied up, but they haven't even begun work on the ballroom and sitting room. It will be a few hours yet before they retire for the night. Prema seems to be directing it all. She's proven to be quite the competent manager of your estate. You chose wisely when you bought her.

Slipping into your bedroom you see Zahak is no longer asleep in the fireplace. Rather, he's staring out one of the windows in the room, seemingly quite focused on something or other outside. You make your way over to your bed, tossing your cloak onto your dresser and kicking off your boots.

As you shed your robes and crawl beneath the silken covers of your bed, you reach out to Zahak via the mental connection you share. {What are you looking at? See something interesting?}

He responds quickly. {I heard one of my kind roar, and I saw them flying in the distance. They were really far away though. I was worried that they might find me, but I don't think they did. They looked really big though, even from this far away. I could feel them, it woke me up.}

That's incredibly concerning. {You mean there was a dragon flying by El-Amin? Did you recognize them in any way?} You worry for a moment that you may have driven the dragons out of their caves beneath Mines of Longia by turning on that broken cooling system. You can only hope that's not the case.

(1/2)

>>38383438
Give one good reason to open them.

So are we just going to have Chrys's husband vanish (into the cloak he goes or kill and burn to ash), or are we going to make it look like an accident?

>>38383375
>We know whats inside and its bad shit.
Not, really we just know its hazerdous.
We should ask Fulvia and SK o help out though.plus that shit being in our cloak is a bad idea to me

Zahak's thoughts are troubled, you can tell. {I didn't recognize them. I just knew it was like me. It felt the same. I can't really describe it. Papa, I don't want to leave. You're not going to let them take me, right?}

{Of course not, Zahak. It was probably just scouting around the area, nothing to worry about I'm sure. Try to get some sleep, I have a task for you to start tomorrow.}

Zahak reluctantly pulls away from the mirror and makes his way over to the bed, hopping onto the top of the covers and curling up near your feet. He's almost too big for the bed, the frame complains loudly as he settles himself in. Before long, he'll have to sleep on the floor.

You rest your head against the pillow and try to suppress your worries. It's difficult, but eventually you manage to fall asleep. Your dreams are troubled with images of El-Amin aflame, a massive dragon the size of a palace stomping through the ruins. However, these nightmares are soon replaced by the scattered, incomprehensible jumble of memories and thoughts that usually compose your dreams.

When you awake the next morning you find that the city has not been burnt to the ground while you slept. You're not sure what time it is, but it doesn't feel like you overslept. Zahak still snores softly by your feet, so you do your best to slide out from beneath the covers without waking him. Busying yourself with the usual morning routine, you consider your plans for the day.

>Pick up your clothes from the tailor first and foremost.
>Find a Captain willing to let you sign on with his crew.
>Speak with your companions about what they ought to be doing while you're gone.
>Write-in

>>38383470
its the same shit that infected chryss you nonce.

>>38383452
>I heard one of my kind roar, and I saw them flying in the distance.
Thanks, Mik.

>>38383464
To get them out of our cloak.
To find ou if they have loot.
To see if SK or fulvia can find a use for them.

>>38383452
Oh fug. I knew that was going to happen sooner or later. Can someone remind me why we fucked with the cooling system?

>>38383438
Why, just why, should we open barrels with radioactive waste? The only thing you can do with it is contaminate something, why would we want that.

Okay, so we know that magic is brute-forcing the code of reality to get different results, while enchanting is actually rewriting it.
What I wonder about is if magic also rewrites the string of reality temporarily.
>tfw Eluadian Steel is literally just normal Steel reinforced by a Metal GM that had Permanency cast on it.
>>38383467
You are retarded, we need to leave the body to be discovered for the marriage to be null.
Just slit his throat with some ice, why are people making elaborate plans for a simple thug?

>>38383482
>Speak with your companions about what they ought to be doing while you're gone.
Get one of our slaves to pick up our clothes.

>>38383482
>Speak with your companions about what they ought to be doing while you're gone.

>>38383507
It was plan B.

>>38383499
It can still be of use to SK or fulvia.

>>38383482
>Check out that vault.
>Speak with your companions about what they ought to be doing while you're gone.
>Ask Karim about tutoring Zahak and Mortia while you're gone.

>>38383482
>Before long, he'll have to sleep on the floor.
No, he'll have a floorbed all on his own. Composed of eternally reheating pillows. I refuse to let him sleep on some damn clean floor.

>>38383482
>Speak with your companions about what they ought to be doing while you're gone.
Practice, practice, practice.

>>38383482
Open the vault.

>>38383482
>Speak with your companions about what they ought to be doing while you're gone.

>>38383482
>>Speak with your companions about what they ought to be doing while you're gone.
Can we mention that material in our cloak to fulvia and SK?

>>38383506
They don't have loot you retard, they are full of corrupted vhys that nearly killed chrys and mutated a robot like fulvia into a giant monster. They are as safe as possible in the cloak.

>>38383482
>>Speak with your companions about what they ought to be doing while you're gone.
We should also have the conversation we meant to have with them. Clean up any loose ends before we leave.
About the child and bumbeling like a child in darzi's arms.
On darzi's free time, along with teaching her how to kill she should be taught more about our culture.

>>38383549
plan b... to do what exactly?

>>38383512
No clue if its waste, but that can be of use as well.
We just have to check if fulvia or SK will need it.

>>38383482
Supporting >>38383575

>>38383482
Damn, dragons can probably eventually sense Zahak if he can sense them. El Amin is fucked if we leave him here

>>38383556
It cant it mutated a fucking robot into a monster. Its too dangerous to use.

>>38383584

>Speak with your companions about what they ought to be doing while you're gone.

And see the vault for yourself

>>38383605
In case we were caught/be chased that it would slow them down.

>>38383506
>To get them out of our cloak.
Why?
>To find ou if they have loot.
They don't, they are cares of waste.
>To see if SK or fulvia can find a use for them.
Maybe later, but I doubt this would be productive.
>>38383452
Hahaha, I was right to be paranoid about the cooler!
We have brought forth the apocalypse again!
Good job Mik, you ruined the world.
>>38383507
Because we were retarded.
>>38383482
>send a slave for the clothes
>talk with our companions

>>38383482
>Speak with your companions about what they ought to be doing while you're gone.

>>38383637
Hmm.

>>38383637
If El Amin loses to a dragon with all the GMs it has, it deserves to burnt to ash.

Hopefully the dragons can teach those degenerate elves to be civilized.

>>38383575
>>38383627
>>38383584
>>38383643
>Vault

>>38383575
>>38383627
>>38383543
>>38383519
>>38383579
>>38383596
>>38383597
>>38383604
>>38383664
>>38383665
>Companion chat

You'll find your companions and have a chat with them. After that you'll send a slave to fetch your clothes and have Chrys show you to the vault.

>>38383637
Well if we taught him metal he could hide himself from the dragons.

>>38383696
Anon, dragons are fucking scary.
Plus, even if they win, they will probably kill a lot of civilians.

>>38383701
Excellent.

>>38383701
Can you cram in asking Karim about tutoring Zahak and Mortia?

>>38383602
>>38383638
Figured we can find a use for them thanks to the two future people in our party.
Also having that shit next our other stuff doesn't bode well to me.
>>38383664
Funny enough an idea just hit me, that Spirits might like to eat it, or that it can be used to distract rythain robots.

>>38383726
All they can really do is spit some fire and cast some magic.

>>38383701
We talking to master through the brooches right?

We should probably warn somebody that dragons are back.
At least master Karim.

>>38383790
I would support it.

>tfw Mama dragon comes back for Zahak because she loves him
Well tough shit, shouldn't have left him outside the nest like some trash, bitch.
I wouldn't mind being friendly to Mama dragon if at all possible, to be honest.
>>38383755
Read Longia's dragon nest part again.
>armored scales
>at least GM fire
>at least GM Earth
>flight
>huge body with claws and shit
Dragons are fucking scary, especially if that fucking Water Spirit let the dracolich revive. Just young dragons are probably no problem, but old ones definitely are, there's a reason they used to rule the earth.

>>38383828
>shouldn't have left him outside the nest like some trash
Totally unlike how we're leaving him behind here.

>>38383749
Fuck no we don't want to feed it to anything, we don't need more fucking mutants. Just leave it in the void that absorbs magic where it is harmless
>>38383755
Dude zahak is a few weeks old and better than most fire masters, what do you think his thousands of years old mom can do?.

>>38383701
Since we would be talking to our companions, that means we would ask our master to do stuff.
So does that mean we can ask him peoples limits, and warn him of a dragon sighting?

>>38383849
I think knowing their limits is pretty irrelevant. They're obviously going to try and become as skilled in magic as possible regardless

>>38383726
(Grand)master vatis working in tandem are scarier. Regardless, if dragons can track Zahak and find us with him outside of El Amin, we're both dead (or just Mik dead with Zahak taken).

>>38383848
>we don't need more fucking mutants
You do know i said SPIRITS right?
I figured it can be used for haggling.

>>38383846
He's in our house, and he's been sleeping on our bed.
we're not leaving him behind like trash, we're leaving him behind like a treasure that we value a lot and don't want to get hurt or be stolen.
Maybe he should go into the catacombs for a while, in case the dragon is looking for him.

>>38383846
Haha, fuck him, he's probably just going to get taken away by some dragons or El-Amin guards while we're gone.

>>38383846

Hey I wanted to take the land route just so we could take him with us. SO don't give me that.

>>38383878
Actaully it helps us figure out what to do with people, and not just force them to keep learning magic.

>>38383886
Yes I don't want fucking mutated SPIRITS. Regular ones are bad enough.

>>38383917
Land route might have been bad since there are dragons there.
>>38383921
You do know Atma ate a core that was mutated right?

>>38383945
>Land route might have been bad since there are dragons there.
Anon you're so cute but you're not cuddly.

>>38383921
Jesus christ anon, tone down on your paranoid shit.
We know radioactive stuff is corrupted vys, spirits like to eat corrupted vys for some reason.
That shit does not mutate them.

>>38383790

It would be pretty stupid not let someone know that a dragon was around.

>>38383963
He's right you know, we'd be passing through the pass with the mountains where Longia is.

>>38383994
I think we should definitely conceal the fact that we messed with the cooling system though. We'll likely be blamed regardless considering we were the only ones to interact with dragons in a fucking long time

I can't help but feel like choosing the boat route is going to be a worse decision than the mask.

>>38383963
What, just stating what has been show.
The mountain pass is where we would need to go to, and thats where the dragons nest would be.

>>38384032
>>38384005
There's so many things wrong with this assumption I don't even know where to begin.

>>38384031
Anon pls. Nothing overly bad will happen. I Promise™!

>>38384059
Don't bother, people tend to not really think too deeply about things when they're feeling kneejerky.
Also they're obviously joking.

>>38384032
>>38384005
>Soma is railroading us this hard
So thats why he said he was sure anons would meet the raiders.
Since anons would change thier mind the second that was implied.
>>38384029
The cooling system might be one reason, but i think the other more likely one is that we still had his heart.

>>38384082
>implying we won't return to an utterly destroyed El-Amin

>>38384031
Dragon

So Zahak was the only one to hear the roar?

Either
ThatsBullshit.jpg
And its a ruse

Or Soma is tickling our anuses.

I can say I don't quite like this feel mang.

>>38384087
>anons would change thier mind the second that was implied.
But we decided to take the boat before he made any mention of dragons...

>>38384082
>Zahak gets taken.
>Mik gets killed by shore raiders.
>Shore raiders show up, bodies summon a fucking hydra.
>We take too long to reach Khemdi and >Chrys's husband leaves before we get there.
Just listing the first few possibilities that come to mind.

>>38384119
>Dragons
>Not having enhanced hearing

>People
>Thinking anything of some faint, distant noise
>Not even distinguishable as a roar.

>>38384130
That doesn't mean mik can't change his mind, it has happened before in the quest.

>>38384119
Who says he was the only one?

>>38384158
Never happened when it would've mattered, the GMing water thing doesn't count either.

>>38384158
We leave today, Anon. I doubt in the next 10 hours or whatever that Mik is going to find any reason to change his mind.

>>38384085
>>38384059
I wasn't, but please point it out where them being near the mountain pass would be unlikely.

>>38384173
If we had Magnify we could check out the skies for the dragon.

>>38384185
They just left the place, why the hell would they be there?

We should get that portal out of Kadir's palace by the way.

I still don't get why anyone voted to take the boat route.
Jesus.

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>>38384082
Meh worrying and panicking won't do much but start up more shit flinging.

Just waiting warmlyLike 3 more weeks to spring fuck yes for the next post boss

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>>38384185
Look at the map, dispshit.

>>38384208
Zahak saw a single dragon in the sky, and you're assuming all of them left Longia.

>>38384185
Zahak never specified a direction, for one.

>>38384234
Cause it's faster and water is cool

>>38384259
So you didn't think basically.

>>38384235
>highschool kiddie detected
Spring break starts at the end of the week for me.

>>38384234
Because it was juxtaposed against a bad option. Soma knew what he was doing.

>>38384290
How was the land route a bad option?

>>38384119
Do you understand how dragons communicate.
That roar was audible for a bit.
and the telepathy could have been more far reaching.

>>38384208
>They just left the place
>They

Shoot, forgot. What do you actually want to tell your companions to work on? I assume you'll have Fulvia organize your library, Profectus, Chrys, Darzi all git gud, Skull Kid works on experiments, Mortia works on potions and also gits gud. Anything I'm missing?

>>38384310
+Zahak.

>>38384208
Not all of them will leave the place immediately.
>>38384246
If the anon above is right, than that means they would have wondered towards the mountain pass.
>>38384256
Got me there.

>>38384234
1) Always wanted to do some simple work like this
2) Sailors/Captains would fucking Love a Water GM plus Nature vatis

>>38384328
That's just about it.

>>38384329
There's a little thing called write-in.

>>38384310
It was implied to take longer.
I only just now realised we could've been back in 8 days if we had not gone to Anthus.
>>38384328
SK work on plant plans.
Fulvia work on a bunker in the catacombs?

>>38384353
It doesn't matter anymore.

>>38384328
Have each of them group meditate with Zahak as much as possible