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>Stay with Pyre Spark and relax, the crisis can wait.
>Go and explore the Titan some more like you decided.
>Look for Tia.
>Go and see if Amata is back on her feet.
>Talk to Samiel, who should be organizing defenses in Tianna City.
>Talk to Irene, who should be preparing machinery to be carted off to Pearl.
>Talk to Valeriana, who is probably working on the Manse's blueprint.
>Talk to Zaan, who is doing sorcerous work.
>Talk to Talon, who is rallying the tribesmen and warriors in and around Tianna City.
>Head to Dancing Smoke's volcano.
>Talk to Mikahil and Roan Denzik, who are handling mercantile and financial issues.
>Talk to Zareen, who is in charge of counter-espionage in Tianna City.
>Head to sea to meet Ocean Father.
>Meet your three captains.
>Look for Speaker for the Dead.
>Head to Pearl.
>Head to Freeport.
>You need to spend some time alone.
>(Other?)

>>38624850
>Ask Pyre how meeting Karas was like
I want to knoooooow

>>38624916
>Talk to Zareen, who is in charge of counter-espionage in Tianna City.
>Meet your three captains.
>Talk to Talon, who is rallying the tribesmen and warriors in and around Tianna City.

>>38624916
>Ask Pyre how meeting Karas was like
>Talk to Samiel, who should be organizing defenses in Tianna City.

Rolled 6 (1d10)

>>38624916
>Head to Dancing Smoke's volcano

So many option...

Rolled 4 (1d10)

>>38624916
>Talk to Zareen, who is in charge of counter-espionage in Tianna City.
I just remembered we got that pass code from Kara's about the Silver Prince's spies, give it to her and Five-Tails if she's around.

Nice to see you back EF, hey did our Cult rating go up last thread?

>>38625020
>did our Cult rating go up last thread?
It's not a full point yet (because Cult 3 represents a major local religion), but nearly. You'd need to either get a higher population in Tianna, to expand off-island, or to focus worship more on your own self (and you voted against that last thread) for Cult 3.

Rolled 3 (1d10)

>>38624916
>>Head to sea to meet Ocean Father.

Everyone else would just dump a load of exposition on us and we'd go "uh huh".

Let's see if Ocean Father would be willing to stymie the Silver Prince.

Rolled 8 (1d10)

>>38624916
>>Talk to Zareen, who is in charge of counter-espionage in Tianna City.
>Talk to Mikahil and Roan Denzik, who are handling mercantile and financial issues.

>>38624850
>If Pyre met Karas, did she molest him too?
>Head to sea to meet Ocean Father.

I think we can only go see one person at a time, guys.

>Speak to our captains
Tell them to goto Freeport and organise its evacuation

then

>Head to Dancing Smoke's Volcano
Ask for permission to restore her memories

>>38624916
So what is the plan for this week, we know we have to get the rest of Freeport out of the city or be murdered when the Silver Prince gets here. If we're going to ask the Ocean Father to slow the fleet down we should have at least a small offering ready even if we make a deal with him for something else, we could also use the chance to ask about Rajan.

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>>38624916
>Head to sea to meet Ocean Father.

The earlier he can start delaying them, the more they are delayed.

This should be done ASAP.

Rolled 9 (1d10)

>>38625200
those are all good ideas we should do

Rolled 10 (1d10)

>>38624916
changing >>38625104 to
>Head to sea to meet Ocean Father.

Rolled 6 (1d10)

>>38624916
>>Go and explore the Titan some more like you decided.

>>38624916
>Talk to Zareen, who is in charge of counter-espionage in Tianna City.

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"Sorry." You flash her a smile. "But I've got work to do."

"I want to come with you..." She mumbles, but she looks more like she's talking to the pillow than to you.

"Just stay here and rest." You respond. She probably can't even walk right now. "Take care of yourself."

"Mistres Maka?" Oh, she remembered.

"What?" You stop on the door.

"You are amazing."

"I know." You giggle, closing the door. "Now sleep it out."

You have stuff to do, unfortunately.

And first of all... you ask around for Zareen, who should be handling counter-espionage here in Tianna City. Five Tails has already left for Pearl, ahead of everyone else, to take care of the same problem there.

You know for sure that the Silver Prince has spies here, after all.

After a bit, you locate Zareen on the castle's roof, where she established a temporary command post for her operation. Messengers come and go, carrying reports and orders to and from one of the castle's fortified artillery towers.

It might not be a conventional place where to put an intelligence office, but it has a great bird's eye view of the city, surrounding villages, docks and bay.

You're lucky to find Zareen there. She's more of a field operative than she is an organizer, so you bet she'll spend most of her time down in the streets rather than here.

"Maka." She nods as you enter. "I just finished checking reports from all over the city." She groans, tossing a sheaf of papers on her table.

The "office", having been improvised, is very spartan, mostly consisting of just tables and chairs, with Tiannan soldiers, officers and magistrates milling about. You actually feel a bit in the way, both because you physically are (artillery emplacements aren't very spacious, even once you have removed the actual artillery) and because many of the workers here are finding you very... distracting.

"Let me guess." You reply, grabbing a chair. "You didn't like what you found."

(cont.)

(votes very close, Ocean Father will be after this)

"I didn't, but not in the way you imagine." She replies. That... sounded weird.

"...What do you mean?"

She tosses a map of Tianna City on the table. There are red crosses drawn in various locations. You recognize some of them: back alleys, abandoned housing, the docks. Looks like around two dozen marks.

"What are those?"

"Places where we found traces of incinerated undead." She explains. "Some of them with still-intact clothing that suggests that they might have been camouflaged as normal citizens. Others are traces of what Tianna's sorcerors and thaumaturges inform me it's the remains of slain ghosts."

You stare at the crosses a bit more. "...I don't get it." You admit.

"Neither do I." She nods. "Someone is taking out undead spies in Tianna."

"Someone who?" You ask.

She shrugs. "Some citizens talk of flashes of light and strange events that could be sorceries, magical battles, banishments or something like that. A lot of people are convinced that it's you who is doing this."

"...Me?" You ask.

"Well, yeah. Word is going around that you summoned an "Angel of Light" with your sorcery, to purge the wicked from the city." She seems to find the idea amusing.

"...These people of course have no idea that the people being incinerated are undead spies. They think that I'm blowing up random people?"

She nods. "Well, only some believe that. There isn't a popular consensus on what's really happening. Some actually talk of seeing "monsters" do battle with this "Angel of Light". And I'll save you the insane conspiracy theories."

"Please do." You nod.

>Try your best to hunt and apprehend or neutralize whoever is doing this.
>Try and contact whoever is doing this.
>Investigate on this, but don't act on it.
>Just accept it as a good thing and focus your efforts on avoiding collateral damage.
>Just accept it as a good thing and focus your efforts on creating a good cover story.
>(other?)

Rolled 9 (1d10)

>>38625453
>Try and contact whoever is doing this.
>Accept it as a good thing and focus your efforts on avoiding collateral damage.

>>38625453
>Try and contact whoever is doing this.
Give her the password too, if whoever is doing this is good then they won't know it and you two can work together, if they respond then it's some sort of trap and you can take them out.

>>38625453
>Investigate on this, but don't act on it.
Neat and useful. A secret collaborator, sidereal? Someone from the Tyrant? Lunar shenanigans?

Rolled 7 (1d10)

>>38625491
Forgot my dice.

>>38625491
>Give her the password too, if whoever is doing this is good then they won't know it and you two can work together, if they respond then it's some sort of trap and you can take them out.
What.... That makes no sense at all.

Rolled 4 (1d10)

>>38625453
>Investigate on this, but don't act on it.

Deal with it later.

Rolled 1 (1d10)

>>38625453
>>Try and contact whoever is doing this.
NIGHT CASTE WHOO WHOO WHOO

Rolled 2 (1d10)

Dice

>>38625544
That was an excellent and worthwhile post....

>>38625530
But Maka's sister is still on Gem being dotes on as the usurper's most prized harem girl

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>>38625569
And Maka's mother as well. Don't forget her.

>>38625453
Phoenix was sneaking around earlier doing something very similar to this in the Regis Quest episode.
>other
Ask the Abyssal representative (Speaker?) if our friendly Abyssals have someone continuing this work in the city.

Rolled 2 (1d10)

>>38625595
He wouldn't be described as an angel of light.

This sounds like a Night Caste Solar using their anima power to hide their features.

Rolled 1 (1d10)

>>38625453

>try to contact whoever is doing this

Rolled 3 (1d10)

>>38625614

We could try to find an undead and follow it until it's taken out

Rolled 9 (1d10)

>>38625453
>Try and contact whoever is doing this.

As nice as it is that this is happening we kinda need to meet whoever's doing this.

"...Sounds like an ally." You mumble. "Isn't this a good thing?"

"Is it?" Zareen responds, sounding frustrated. "We have no idea what this guy or organization wants, or is after. Can we trust what's happening?"

"Mh." You don't really have an answer. "Did you spot Phoenix again lately?"

"He's not in town, or if he is he's keeping his head very much down."

"Any chance this could be him?" You wonder. "The flash of light could be some essence-discharge weapon he has."

"Mh. It could be." The Wood-aspect replies. "He probably knows how to efficiently take out ghosts and undead. And if he's serious about us not finding him, I think we wouldn't have a chance to spot him." She hangs her head, disheartened. "Sorry, this kind of counter-espionage work is not something I'm very experienced at."

"It's okay." You reassure her. "You just started. For now... I'd like you to try and contact this mysterious individual. Confirm his identity, and so on. But... until you have proof of the contrary, treat him as a mysterious benefactor rather than an enemy. If he's a possible ally, even an ally of convenience, I don't want to alienate him."

"Ever the optimist, huh?" She grins. She doesn't seem to share your impression, but she seems willing to go with it. "Alright. It's a reasonable course of action. But let me tell you, this guy is GOOD. Someone that skilled in infiltration could've already caused untold damage to our forces with sabotage and misinformation and we would probably only realize once the battle starts."

You take a deep breath, and pat her back. "...Do your best."

She groans. "I'll try." She replies, grabbing a new report from one of the soldiers milling about as it's being offered to her.

>Say goodbye, prepare to meet Ocean Father
>Ask something else to Zareen (what?)
>Head somewhere else (Where?)
>(Other?)

>>38625683
>>Say goodbye, prepare to meet Ocean Father
Let's see if we have anything nice to offer him.

Rolled 4 (1d10)

>>38625683
>Say goodbye, prepare to meet Ocean Father

Rolled 3 (1d10)

>>38625683
>Say goodbye, prepare to meet Ocean Father

Find a suitable offering before going.

>>38625657

To know who they are, at least. We can't have an unknown factor this powerfulbrunning around in time like that.

What kind of offering would Ocean Father like ? Would the things we snatched from the pirates be enough, or does it have to be special ?

>>38625723

*powerful running

>>38625683
>Say goodbye, prepare to meet Ocean Father
>>38625552
You know what, I'm never posting dice alone again. Fuck wasting precious posts for a 2 again.

Rolled 1 (1d10)

>>38625683
>Say goodbye, prepare to meet Ocean Father

Rolled 10 (1d10)

>>38625723
I don't think anything specific is needed, like the more expensive the better in general though.

Rolled 9 (1d10)

>>38625789

So we could sink a boat full of precious things ?

Rolled 8 (1d10)

>>38625819
It would work yeah, we don't really need to sink it though, just be like, hey take this stuff.

We can't offer like anything too crazy because we still need to pay for Pearl and we need our ships to fight Silver Prince.

Rolled 4 (1d10)

>>38625839
Remember what we said to Mikahil when this plan got cooked up.

Money is no object.

Any salvage we can get from a first age class warship will pay for this. Plus Mikahil hasn't even done his red cowri Ponzi scheme.

Besides, being dead kinds puts a damper on any potential financial success.

Rolled 7 (1d10)

>>38625839

Well, it isn't really a sacrifice if it's something we can spend without worry.

Rolled 8 (1d10)

>>38625873
Eh gods in exalted don't demand the sacrifice of something near and dear for every little thing.

It's just that a sacrifice of that magnitude is worth more god-money for them up in Yu-Shan.

Plus we're a Zenith, a prayer and sacrifice from the likes of us is worth FAR more.

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You thank Zareen for her hard work and leave her improvised headquarters, going mentally through your "to do" list.

Ocean Father.

He's the main god of the Western Ocean. He's powerful, and, although you've only talked once, he seems to like you. You also asked him to see if he can find Admiral Rajan Hazaakaa, lost at sea in the battle against the Lintha.

If you want to meet him in a more proper manner, you'll have to do things in a proper way. You'll need something to sacrifice, decide how and where to meet him...

>There's a small temple to him in Tianna City, near the docks. You'll call on to him there.
>You'll take a ship and head to sea, and handle it yourself.
>You'll take a ship and head to sea, but first ask the temple's priest to come with you.

Combine with:

>You don't need to bring a sacrifice
>As a sacrifice, you'll dedicate a song or dance.
>As a sacrifice, you'll bring some minor trinket or gift.
>As a sacrifice, you'll offer to him something fairly major and important.

Combine with:

>Pick a dress for the occasion

Rolled 3 (1d10)

>>38625902

Could we create a dance specifically for Ocean Father ?

This seems like a good offering to me.

Rolled 6 (1d10)

>>38625942
>You'll take a ship and head to sea, but first ask the temple's priest to come with you.
>As a sacrifice, you'll dedicate a song or dance.
#25

>>38625961
I'm pretty sure thats what the song or dance option is, making one for him

Rolled 5 (1d10)

>>38625942
>You'll take a ship and head to sea, but first ask the temple's priest to come with you.
>As a sacrifice, you'll dedicate a song or dance.
#22
Bring a small gift like a necklace we often wear just incase.

>>38625942
>You'll take a ship and head to sea, and handle it yourself.

>As a sacrifice, you'll dedicate a song or dance.

#16

>>38625982
>Bring a small gift like a necklace we often wear just incase.
yeah thats a good idea too

Rolled 3 (1d10)

>>38625942
>>You'll take a ship and head to sea, but first ask the temple's priest to come with you.
>As a sacrifice, you'll offer to him something fairly major and important.
>White Mermaid Queen
We want to ask him to at least slow down SP's fleet, but we need to bribe him since he'll be worried about retaliation from SP if he does this, of course we can also mention that he won't have any problems if we just kill the Silver Prince.

We also have to remember that he wanted to ask us something, if had a job for us we can't exactly do that if we're dead.

>>38625942
>>You'll take a ship and head to sea, but first ask the temple's priest to come with you.
>>As a sacrifice, you'll dedicate a song or dance, plus a small gift
>#16

>>38625942
>>You'll take a ship and head to sea, but first ask the temple's priest to come with you.
>As a sacrifice, you'll offer to him something fairly major and important.
>As a sacrifice, you'll dedicate a song or dance.
#10

Rolled 9 (1d10)

>>38626016
It's unlikely the Prince himself has come with this fleet. Mostly likely it's that dawn solar Karas mentioned way back. Him and whoever abyssals or dragonblooded the Prince can scrape up.

That will keep Ocean Father from doing anything overt like smashing the fleet to pieces with a maelstrom.

>>38625942
>You'll take a ship and head to sea, but first ask the temple's priest to come with you.
>As a sacrifice, you'll bring some minor trinket or gift.
>#16 OR #22
Both costumes could be described as fitting, Maka tenda to dance as prayer and one of them hass a mermaid feel.

>>38626085
I meant 25, not 22. Oops.
Also, some of these outfits have interesting names. Can't wait to ise all of them, at least once.

Rolled 8 (1d10)

>>38626085
>one of them hass a mermaid feel.
25 is literally called Mermaid Queen, but if we're going to dance then one of the others might be more appropriate.

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You switch into an appropriate dress for what you have in mind with a thought, and head down to the docks to visit Ocean Father's temple in Tianna City.

...but, as you do, you feel something falling off you. You turn around, to see a bit of paper fluttering to the ground.

it says, hastily written in pencil in rounded letters: "If you want to talk to me that bad, we can finally meet each other once you're back!"

There is no signature except for a stylized smiling face in the corner.

You glance back at the stairs leading up to the roof. ...It must've happened there.

Was the mysterious agent there? ...disguised as one of Tianna's soldiers and officers, perhaps. Or just hidden very well? You hadn't noticed anything...

You look at the paper again. It doesn't look like a threat.

You focus on that word... "finally". How long as this been going on?

Thinking about it, you remember Amata telling you about the first appearances of the "Angel of Light" around the time of the expedition to the Lintha base... Or maybe earlier?

Shrugging, you walk into the temple. It's a small but luxurious marble building near the docks area, made from white, blue-veined marble cut in decorated pillars and a flat, triangular roof. Everything is adorned with aniconic imagery of flowing waves... probably an influence of the Immaculate Faith and its dislike of icons and images of worship. Pools of clear seawater, slowly flowing to keep it from becoming stale and algae-ridden, line both sides of the rectangular construction. In the centre, rather than an altar, a fountain has the seat of honor.

A few worshipers, all with a distinctively seaman-ish look, merchants or fishermen or navy personnel (some of which are familiar faces, from your crews), are standing around, in silent prayer, or tossing coins or little gems in the fountain.

(cont.)

One of the men standing around, a man with the grizzled, tanned look of a veteran seaman, nearly bald but sporting an impressive, greying beard outgrowing ancient dreadlocks, corresponds to the description you have of the high priest of the Ocean Father, going by the name of Kanaan.

You nod to him. "I need your help. Will you listen to my request?"

You see him nervously eyeing you, like he's unsure if he should throw himself at your feet or something like that. "D-divine Maka?"

Has Pyre Spark been spreading that way of calling you around?

"I wish to talk to Ocean Father. He and I had a meeting at sea not long ago, and I now need to see him again." You politely explain. "I was thinking of taking a ship out to sea and perform a rite for him. Would you help me?"

He seems reassured by your comfortable, friendly tone. He was probably expecting you to ask him to kneel before you or something. "I... I, but I, I'm not worthy of such..."

"You're Ocean Father's priest here in Tianna, are you not?" You suggest. "I can't think of anyone more worthy, and even if I could just perform the rite and prayer myself it seems like a rude gesture to not include Ocean Father's chosen representative."

He bows deeply. "You honor me." Some people around the temple spontaneously start clapping.

You gesture to your crewmen in the temple. "Once you're done, meet me at the ships, alright?"

(cont.)

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You and Kanaan meet on the Bloodshark with its captain, Rubel Sareni, and explain the situation to him.

"Alright, you basically just need to go into deep waters." He understands. "I'll admit, ever since I started working for you, life has gotten certainly interesting. I never thought I'd get to see Ocean Father twice, much less actually go out to meet him."

You smile. "How are the men?"

"Morale's high." he says, taking the wheel as the ship begins to build up speed and leave the docks. "We paid the men divvying up the Lintha's loot. It's more cash in a month than some of them have got in six months from pirating in these waters. Even those who didn't really feel like following your crazy plan was a good idea have come around."

"...Did you handle compensation for the dead and wounded?"

"We did." He nods gravely. "That's also a good factor in the crew's high morale. They feel like they're being taken good care of, which is the most they can ask for."

"...What do you mean?" That was worded quite oddly.

He turns to you. "We're in a world of gods and monsters and incredibly powerful beings such as yourself. I and my crew are just normal mortals. We don't really have the ability to chose our fate or forge a path for ourselves anymore. The best scenario we can hope for is to have some of these powerful beings on our side. Taking food care of us. And hope that we can stay employed. That we don't become useless and obsolete, that those beings stay powerful enough to protect us and provide for us, but not so powerful that they won't need us any more."

>It's just the way things are, I'm afraid.
>Don't be silly. You are great help, and I can't imagine you and the job you do ever becoming obsolete or unnecessary. (s+z)
>Even if I didn't have *need* for you, I would still provide for you and protect you. It's about friendship and compassion, not mere utilitarianism. (s+z)
>You're free to leave my service if you feel constrained. I wouldn't hold it against you.
>(Other?)

>>38626421
>Even if I didn't have *need* for you, I would still provide for you and protect you. It's about friendship and compassion, not mere utilitarianism.

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By the way, due to popular demand, from now on I'll be adding a (x+y) note at the end of options that call for a roll.

p=Physical
s=Social
m=Mental

d=Dawn
z=Zenith
t=Twilight
n=Night
e=Eclipse

Rolled 10 (1d10)

>>38625942
>>There's a small temple to him in Tianna City, near the docks. You'll call on to him there.
>>As a sacrifice, you'll dedicate a song or dance.
>>Dress #25

Rolled 1 (1d10)

>>38626421
>>Even if I didn't have *need* for you, I would still provide for you and protect you. It's about friendship and compassion, not mere utilitarianism. (s+z)
I don't mind a Talking to the Heart too

Rolled 3 (1d10)

>>38626421
>Don't be silly. You are great help, and I can't imagine you and the job you do ever becoming obsolete or unnecessary. (s+z)
>Even if I didn't have *need* for you, I would still provide for you and protect you. It's about friendship and compassion, not mere utilitarianism. (s+z)

>>38626430
You're very late anon, but thank you for the dice nonetheless.

>>38626428
You need to roll anon, you voted for the option that requires rolls.

>>38626421
>Don't be silly. You are great help, and I can't imagine you and the job you do ever becoming obsolete or unnecessary. (s+z)
Being practical and all, and Maka isn't that close with the pirates for actual friendship.

Rolled 7 (1d10)

>>38626429
Neat, thanks EF.

Rolled 5 (1d10)

>>38626443
Dice, pfff.

Rolled 3 (1d10)

>>38626421
>Don't be silly. You are great help, and I can't imagine you and the job you do ever becoming obsolete or unnecessary. (s+z)
>You're free to leave my service if you feel constrained. I wouldn't hold it against you.

Rolled 1 (1d10)

>>38626421
>Don't be silly. You are great help, and I can't imagine you and the job you do ever becoming obsolete or unnecessary. (s+z)

Rolled 8 (1d10)

>>38626442
When i voted, it was before the announcement.

Rolled 5 (1d10)

>>38626421
>>Don't be silly. You are great help, and I can't imagine you and the job you do ever becoming obsolete or unnecessary. (s+z)

Rolled 6 (1d10)

>>38626421
>Don't be silly. You are great help, and I can't imagine you and the job you do ever becoming obsolete or unnecessary. (s+z)
This is what they want. This kind of reassurance, to be useful to be wanted around. Friendship is nice and all, but it just doesn't between regular mortals and immortal beings. The mortals would either be forgotten, replaced, maybe get in a fight and lose the friendship, etc.

It's too frickle, friendship with mortals.

Rolled 6 (1d10)

>>38626421
>Don't be silly. You are great help, and I can't imagine you and the job you do ever becoming obsolete or unnecessary. (s+z)

Rolled 10 (1d10)

>>38626421
>>Don't be silly. You are great help, and I can't imagine you and the job you do ever becoming obsolete or unnecessary. (s+z)

Voting for TTTH

Rolled 3 (1d10)

>>38626421
>Don't be silly. You are great help, and I can't imagine you and the job you do ever becoming obsolete or unnecessary. (s+z)
roll'n

Rolled 4 (1d10)

>>38626421
>Don't be silly...

Rolled 1 (1d10)

>>38626421
>Don't be silly. You are great help, and I can't imagine you and the job you do ever becoming obsolete or unnecessary. (s+z)

>>38626474
>It's too frickle, friendship with mortals.
That's not it at all. It's much more that these pirates weren't our friends in the first place - they were our employees. Remember, we were royalty even before exalting. We go for friendly-but-not-actually-friends leadership by default, when we're employing people for a service.

It'd be like making friends with the mailman or something. A few people certainly might, but most will just at best smile, nod, and thank them for a safe delivery.

It's that they're our employees, not that they're mortals.

>>38626434
>I don't mind a Talking to the Heart too
I could be convinced of TttH. What's our essence currently at? We want to save enough for a really good prayer to the Ocean Father.

Who's hoping that the Ocean Father drops big hints that we're now the UCS's favorite?

Rolled 6 (1d10)

>>38626421

>You are a great help, and I can't imagine how you, or any sailors, would become obsolete. As long as one man will want to travel, you and your trade will be useful

Rolled 9 (1d10)

>>38626421
>Don't be silly. You are great help, and I can't imagine you and the job you do ever becoming obsolete or unnecessary. (s+z)
>Anyway, the Solar Exalted were put here to build a better world for all of us. That includes pirates, regardless of their usefulness. If you became obsolete, there's no way I would just discard you.

>>38626429
I'm uncertain about this. Won't this encourage people to weigh up the probabilities of success in rolls, rather than the relative merits of each choice?

Rolled 1 (1d10)

>>38626521
We've got plenty anon. Talking to Ocean Father will just take the essence for MRP.

Besides this session is shaping up to be a social one. We can drop essence for social stuff like nobody's business.

>>38626537
well we don't want to waste essence early on and then not be able to use it later when we need to

Rolled 3 (1d10)

>>38626521
We want at least two essence when we pray to Ocean Father, one for MRP and a Talking to the Heart too.

I'm not actually sure how useful TttH is when praying but we've used it before and we've had the option to before so I assume it helps.

Rolled 4 (1d10)

>>38626537
>We've got plenty anon.
Do we? We also need to save essence for the meeting with our mysterious benefactor after we return.

Rolled 4 (1d10)

>>38626544
Don't bother with TttH when praying. TttH is for saying something in a way that it will be taken the best way possible. It's wasted when we're saying something that can't easily be misinterpreted as offensive or insulting.

>>38626523

Not really. Succeding your roll doesn't help if you're doing something stupid

>>38626523
>I'm uncertain about this. Won't this encourage people to weigh up the probabilities of success in rolls, rather than the relative merits of each choice?
That's the reason I didn't want to do this in the first place, but since everyone got enormously pissed and filled my ask.fm with flames and insults, now you also get to cherry-pick rolls to ensure you only get to roll the things you're best at.

With all the prayer we do, why isn't a prayer enhancement charm on the table yet anyway?

Rolled 8 (1d10)

>>38626545
Well I'm basing this off the fact that we began this session at max essence. So yeah, we've got plenty.

One now for TTTH

One for MRP with Ocean Father.

That leaves us 4 for whatever we'll need it for.

>>38626571
As much as the possibility is there for it to be potentially exploited, its better to have it and keep us informed, and we're more likely to go with stupid in character options rather than smart options anyway.

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Rolled 9 (1d10)

>>38626571
>now you also get to cherry-pick rolls to ensure you only get to roll the things you're best at.
We already did that. Now we get to know when we're supposed to activate charms too. This is much better, and I'm glad you've made this change, EF. Thanks!

>10. 1. 3. 7. 5. 3. 1. 8. 5. 6.
We only got 4 successes. Hopefully, that's good enough against a mortal.

>>38626571
Yeah, fuck them. You should keep doing what you were and ignoring the whiners. Things were fine, we didn't have that kind of complaint before, or at least not as badly.

>>38626571
We kind of already tried to stick to what we're good at, now we just know when we should roll and when charms are applicable instead of not knowing what our character is actually doing...

Don't worry though, we'll still pick the full retard options even when the dice won't be favorable.

Rolled 1 (1d10)

>>38626593
>Things were fine, we didn't have that kind of complaint before, or at least not as badly.
There was a constant undercurrent of it, it just exploded recently after a particularly troublesome example of the problem. The change has been made; perhaps you should drop it now instead?

>>38626593
No things were not fine, and we have been complaining about it from the beginning.

When us the players, have no idea what our character is doing mechanically, and we're meant to be choosing our actions and using our abilities while being blind about when we can and need to roll, then we are not actually the players, we're just bystanders.

This change has been a long time coming and I'm thankful that EF has finally deigned to let us know what our character is doing so we can actually play them.

>>38626571

Cherry picking stuff we're good at but that doesn't help the situation is stupid

>>38626616
Yep, it's nowhere near as exploitable as EF is paranoid about it. I'm just glad he's willing to be this transparent about it, we've needed this for a long time.

>>38626571
I don't care so much what a roll is, so much as just knowing it's coming, so I can vote to activate a charm if need be.

>>38626631
Well, I guess we can try it, at least.

>>38626593
>Things were fine, we didn't have that kind of complaint before, or at least not as badly.
Hahahaaa ahahaha ah haaaa....

Clearly you need to be present in this threads more often

>>38626644
Exactly my point in needing this change, it won't change how we play Maka, she's still exactly who she is, except now we just know when we need to get crunchy

[TALKING TO THE HEART]
[ESSENCE: 5/6]
[Social + Zenith = 10 1 3 7 5 3 1 8 5 6 = 4 succ.]

"Don't be silly." You tell him. "You are great help, and I can't imagine you and the job you do ever becoming obsolete or unnecessary."

He smiles. "Thank you, Maka." Is his answer. "This... means a lot to me. And to my men."

"You're not just a crew." You inform him. "You're my crew. And you're a great crew. And if you stick around me I'll make you the best crew that's ever sailed on the western seas."

"Aye aye." He grins, as the Bloodshark sails into the deep sea.

It's time. You step onto the prowside deck, cleared for the occasion. As the sun sets, Kanaan blesses you with saltwater mixed with perfumes, sprinkled from a small, finely decorated copper amphora. Under his orders, Rubel's men toss small coins and seashells overboard, and the ship folds its sails and slowly come to a halt.

The rite starts. Kanaan solemnly puts in your mouth a perfectly cubic crystal of salt, as large as half a fingernail. As the taste spreads and numbs your mouth, he steps back and you begin your dance.

>[use charms?]
(feel free to propose ideas for the dance itself)

Rolled 7 (1d10)

>>38626674
>[use charms?]
Majestic Radiant Presence.

And, considering the effects of Husband-Seducing Demon Dance, something seductive.

Rolled 6 (1d10)

>>38626674
We should probably pop MRP.

The dance should be something flowy that is reminiscent of the oceans waves, maybe with the occasional sharp change in tempo and direction, to represent storms tides at sea.

"Oceans" Official Dance

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AvDpoWNNQ6k

Rolled 2 (1d10)

>>38626674
Definitely want MRP, I'll vote for TttH if it's useful too.

As for dance ideas, I don't want to do the exact same dance as before, I still want the same feel of it, something that feels like the ocean waves if that makes any sense, maybe something that could be danced as a duet to include the Ocean Father.

>>38626674
Something eye-candy, Maka is seductive to the max. Maybe some slow movements, use the hips as the waves, and raising the arms and lowering them one by one in repeated motions af if swimminh upwards?

>>38626717
>>38626727
dice anons

>>38626720
A duet with the high priest?

>>38626674
MRP
I would say ISP as well but I am not sure what qualifies as a 'large' group.

As for the dance it should constantly shift like calm waves to raging storms. Also try to incorporate a flowing theme.

Rolled 3 (1d10)

>>38626674

>[use charms?]
MRP since I guess this is a performance just for the Ocean Farther.

>>38626727
>>38626693
A seductive tone to the dance is ok, but lets try to keep it a bit sophisticated too. We're a Queen on serious business, and need to command a degree of respect.

Rolled 9 (1d10)

>>38626717
The white folk in that video really couldn't dance.

And neither could most of the black people.

Rolled 6 (1d10)

>>38626674
>charms?
Yes. At least MRP, also HSDD if we get the relevant write ins.

>dance?
Maybe something that takes advantage of the rocking of the boat? Also, clearly we are offering up our current attire as part of our tribute to Ocean Father.

for fucks sake anons, turn on your dice.

Rolled 8 (1d10)

>>38626735
>Calling for MRP, but not turning on your dice

Rolled 8 (1d10)

>>38626720
>I'll vote for TttH if it's useful too.
It's not.

Rolled 1 (1d10)

>>38626727
My dice. Also, how about changing outfits mid dance? It's a free charm.

Rolled 5 (1d10)

>>38626763
I hope you realize the irony of that post.

Rolled 8 (1d10)

>>38626735
Just MRP is fine, or more like we can't take advantage of both dice adders at once.

>>38626749
>Queen on serious business
>implying Maka can't be seductive or sensual in any possible situation.
Reminder that Maka flashed her nethers in diplomatic meetings when wearing the tabbard.

Rolled 2 (1d10)

>>38626674
Wave asthetic for dance, try to keep it at least a little regal

Rolled 9 (1d10)

>>38626674

For the dance, I suggest something with a lot of movement from the upper body (head, arms torso), alternating between near stillness and quick, sudden but graveful and flowing moves, to suggest the waves and the changing nature of the sea, while the lower body only has few but powerful moves that leave a major impact, to suggest the strength and mystery of the oceanic depths

Rolled 3 (1d10)

>>38626749
>A seductive tone to the dance is ok, but lets try to keep it a bit sophisticated too. We're a Queen on serious business, and need to command a degree of respect.
>not redefining serious business as sexy business.
Change the world to suit our advantages instead of changing our advantages to suit the world.

I'm only half joking here.

>>38626800
I wouldn't joke or half joke about that. That's pretty much what being a solar royalty is about, and Maka has no qualms about the sensual and the erotic.

Rolled 6 (1d10)

We should think about upgrading some of our Social charms after we deal with the Silver Prince or at least expanding on what we have.

>>38626894
and some more combat/survivability ones if there are any, we could very much use some.

Rolled 3 (1d10)

>>38626903
I believe the plan was to focus on combat charms and stuff while we plan for the upcoming attack.

The last purchase option was a tie between two combat charms actually.

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(Talking to the Heart is mostly useful to not be misunderstood and properly convey a meaning. You could want to use it once you make an official request to Ocean Father, but it's useless on a prayer roll)

[MAJESTIC RADIANT PRESENCE]
[ESSENCE: 4/6]

Your castemark light up, and you begin your dance.

It starts low and sinuous, sensual, attention-grabbing. you gently weave through the deck in slow circles, your transparent veils sweeping behind you in suggestive trails.

Then, bit by bit, you build up speed. You gyrate and sommersault, backflip, breakdance in wildly acrobatic movements.
But, going with the rhythm, you then slow down once again, and then speed back up, alternating between the two styles and everything in between, crescendo and diminuendo.

Finally, you end your performance on the very prow of the ship, facing the sea.

In front of the still-astonished faces of the onlookers, Ocean Father rises from the waves in front of you. Tall as ten men, flowing with water and light, the entire Ocean reflected on his rippling surface.

"Kanaan." the God nods gracefully at his priest. Even though you're here, and you performed the prayer, he's sticking to godly etiquette: Kanaan is his ranking priest here, so he is greeting him first. And then Kanaan should introduce you appropriately.

The priest bows deeply. "My sire, Lord of the West, Daimyo of the Seas. Maka, Princess of the Earth, Chosen of the Sun, desires an audience with you."

"That I grant." The god turns, finally, to you. "It's a pleasure to meet you again."

What are you going to ask him?

>Talk about the situation but make no requests
>Ask for help (intelligence on the enemy)
>Ask for help (slow the fleet down)
>Ask for help (provide help and supplies)
>Ask for help (unleash a storm)
>Ask for help (fight on our side)
>Ask him to join you in an official, long-term alliance
>(other?)
(s+z all)

(sorry, forgot to include the Prayer roll in the post, but it has more than enough successes )

Rolled 9 (1d10)

>>38626931
>Ask for help (intelligence on the enemy)
>Ask for help (slow the fleet down)

Rolled 4 (1d10)

>>38626931

>"The pleasure is all mine"

>Talk about the situation but make no requests

He will tell us what he want to tell us. Let's see on what foot he dances before taking the lead.

>>38626931
>Talk about the situation but only ask what he could help with.

>>38626931
>Ask for help (slow the fleet down)
>Ask for help (unleash a storm)
>Ask about the admiral.

Rolled 10 (1d10)

>>38626931
>Talk about the situation but make no requests
>Ask about Rajaan

We can get to requests after these.

Now I need to get some sleep, thanks for the thread EF.

Rolled 10 (1d10)

>>38626931

Adding

>Ask about Rajan

to my vote here >>38626971

Rolled 7 (1d10)

>>38626931
>Talk about the situation but make no requests

Rolled 7 (1d10)

>>38626931
>Ask for help (intelligence on the enemy)
>Ask for help (slow the fleet down)
>Ask for help (unleash a storm)
>Ask About Raijin

Rolled 2 (1d10)

>>38626931
>Ask for help (intelligence on the enemy)
Location and appoach direction of enemy fleet, number of ships carrying troops, number of ships carrying warstriders, number of exalted amongst them. Maybe he can have a minion point out specifically which ship carries what when they get closer.

Rolled 6 (1d10)

>>38627065
>>Ask About Raijin
I fucked that name up. I can never remember how to spell half our companions names

Rolled 4 (1d10)

>>38626931
>Ask for help (slow the fleet down)
>Ask for help (unleash a storm)
Two for one?
>(other?)
Did he find Rajan at all?

I hope he got to him in time.

Rolled 1 (1d10)

>>38626931
If we have time we should also ask about that thing he wanted to talk about before or at least make a promise to properly have a nice calm chat about it when we aren't in danger.

Rolled 3 (1d10)

>>38626931
>Ask for help (intelligence on the enemy)
He should at least be able to do that much without any risk to himself.
>Ask for help (slow the fleet down)
Bad sea states or seaweed fouling the propellars?
>Ask about Rajaan

Rolled 2 (1d10)

I really want more charms in general, it's an weird feeling, but spending essence makes me feel like what were doing is going to work or that it's going to be a huge success.

"The pleasure is all mine, Ocean Father." You make a deep bow.

"I presume this is about Skullstone's fleet." He gets to business immediately.

"You certainly know of everything of import that happens in your sea." You respond, suitably impressed. "Indeed, I and the queen of Tianna are worried about these developments."

"As the god of this ocean, I am not supposed to take a side in this conflict, you certainly realize." He says. "As hated and feared as Skullstone is in my realm, that country is not an enemy of mine. Just like Tianna, Coral, the Neck, Wavecrest, all the other nations of the West, they trade on my waves, fish under my waves, and pay sacrifice to me. I am the Ocean Father, and the Ocean belongs to everyone." He says.

"...I understand." You nod.

You see a flash in his eyes. "A champion of the Silver Prince prayed and sacrificed to me to ask for my blessing for the upcoming battle, but I denied him for this reason. And then, he leans closer to the ship. His enormous face feels your field of view. "But you... Maka. What would you do, if I told you that I refuse to help you in whatsoever way?"

>I would try to persuade you, but nothing more.
>I would threaten you. You do not wish to be my enemy.
>I would offer you compensation in exchange.
>I would accept it, and appreciate your honorable impartiality.
>I would accept it, but resent you for it.
>(Other)

Rolled 10 (1d10)

>>38627133
No, you want more essence in general. Our main limiting factor right now is not having enough essence to fuel all of our charms, forcing us into scene after scene where we're running on empty and unable to use charms at all. Buying more charms that cost essence just exacerbates that problem.

Rolled 8 (1d10)

>>38626931
>Ask for help (intelligence on the enemy)
>Ask for help (slow the fleet down)
>Ask for help (fight on our side)

Rolled 6 (1d10)

>>38627146
>I would accept it, and appreciate your honorable impartiality.
Seriously, if he's strictly neutral, that keeps Skullstone - with its MUCH LARGER economy - from influencing him against us.

Rolled 8 (1d10)

>>38627146
>I would try to persuade you, but nothing more.
>I would accept it, and appreciate your honorable impartiality.

>>38627146
>I would accept it, and appreciate your honorable impartiality.
Is this a test?

Rolled 9 (1d10)

>>38627146
>I would try to persuade you, but nothing more.
>I would accept it, and appreciate your honorable impartiality.

>>38627146
>I would accept it, and appreciate your honorable impartiality.

I'm pretty sure gods are supposed to fight enemies of Creation or at least try to hinder them somehpw, which a Deathlord certainly qualifies as

Rolled 2 (1d10)

>>38627146
>I would try to persuade you, but nothing more.
Theats and bribery are out, the abyssal probably already tried them.

Pesuasion does not exclude accepting it with honor after it has been tried.

Rolled 1 (1d10)

>>38627146

>I would accept it, and appreciate your honorable impartiality.

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(a note for your benefit and hilarity: in any moment during the quest, you can ask to change outfit. If there are even a few mentions for it and no one explicitly opposing it, I'll probably go with it.)

Rolled 6 (1d10)

>>38627146
>I would try to persuade you, but nothing more.
>I would accept it, and appreciate your honorable impartiality.
If his final answer was no then we would accept it as so.

Honestly that's pretty amazing as far as gods go, most would take whatever bribes they can from where they could to try and enhanced their position and there's nothing like the status of having a Deathlord at your back because you helped him once.

Rolled 6 (1d10)

>>38627191

That's a question of short term vs long term, though.

The Silver Prince hasn't tried to destroy Creation yet, so taking a side against him would make the other factions wary of Ocean Father's actions toward them.

Rolled 4 (1d10)

>>38627146
Can we combine two? Something like
>I would try to persuade you, but should that fail, I would accept it, and appreciate your honorable impartiality.
This is tough. On the one hand, I respect his neutrality. On the other, we could probably persuade him with even a decent roll.

Rolled 5 (1d10)

>>38627146
>I would accept it, and appreciate your honorable impartiality.
Ocean Father is pretty cool, didn't Amata tell us a while back that most gods in the west were really corrupt?

>>38627146
>I would try to persuade you, but nothing more.

>>38627213

I thought the only reason someone would have a Deathlord at their back is if the Deathlord was looking where to put the knife

>>38627213
Yeah, I'm kinda wanting to just let him be and ask about whatever he wanted to discuss with us. We could always go beneath the waves with him if it's private.

Rolled 8 (1d10)

>>38627233
not being corrupt is pretty nice, but he should still do this fucking job and not let Deathlords do what they want

Rolled 2 (1d10)

>>38627240
Well yeah, but corrupt gods are arrogant gods.

>>38627240
Especially if the Deathlord is an unabashed ally of Oblivion and thus invested in eventually destroying all of Creation. (As far as we can tell from the war flag, etc.)

Rolled 10 (1d10)

>>38627146
>I would try to persuade you, but nothing more.
because
>(other)
It's not what I might do, but rather what the someone as hated as the Silver Prince may do, were he to obtain whats on the island.

Rolled 1 (1d10)

>>38627146
>I would accept it, and appreciate your honorable impartiality.

>>38627146
>I would accept it, but resent you for it.
He's flying the flag of Oblivion, you dipshit. He is literally your sworn enemy and the enemy of your boss and the entire organisation you work for and you should be fucking fired for this!

>>38627227
Yeah, Ocean Father seems to be the cool Switzerland of Western deities, and I like him for it.

>>38627178
He's been around for a while, so he might be interested to see how we stack up to his memories of First Age Solars. Especially since by looks alone we're starting to get close to that point.

"Well, I'd try to persuade you." You admit.

"And if I still refused?" He suggests.

"I'd just accept it, and appreciate your honorable impartiality." You conclude. "In this day and age, where the corruption of the Earth is mirrored in the Heavens as well, it is a great show of honesty. Lesser gods would have milked both sides for as many benefits as they could possibly gather, perhaps even playing them one against the other even further."

The vast god giggles merrily. "Oh, you really have a mistaken opinion of me. I'm nowhere that virtuous."

But, a second voice speaks to you. It's Ocean Father's, but it echoes directly in your ears, a much closer whisper that must be inaudible to anyone else but you.

<<There is one thing you might offer me to obtain my help. Directly if you own it, or swearing a bound oath that you will hunt for it and turn it to me in the likely case that you do not. This might make you think less of me, and, if so, I am sorry, but if you are interested in this offer, nod once. If not, stay assured that the Silver Prince's emissaries denied it. I will remain impartial.>>

>Nod
>Don't nod.

>>38627296

Switzerland would actually take the bribe.

>>38627312
interested doesn't mean we accept does it?

>Nod

Rolled 5 (1d10)

>>38627146
>>I would try to persuade you
If that failed,
>>I would accept it, and appreciate your honorable impartiality.

>>38627312
>>Nod
Let's hear it.

>>38627312

Question: would nodding means that we agree to give it to him no matter what ? Or is it just to agree to listen to him ?

>>38627312
>Nod

We don't accept it if we do this, right? We only hear his offer

>>38627312
>Nod

What's he asking for? I'm wary of making promises we can't keep.

>>38627312
>Nod.

Tell us your secrets, Ocean Father! What do you want so badly?

Rolled 6 (1d10)

>>38627312
>Nod
I'm definitely willing to hear him out.

>>38627312
>Nod
Side quest get!

>>38627312
I wonder if this has to do with what he wanted to talk to us about before.

>>38627337
"Interested" in the offer.

Can someone explain how refusing to do his job but at least not working against us makes him honorable?
And he did make this offer to the Silver Prince, so he /is/ corrupt.

Why are you all so insistent on sucking his dick?

Inb4 he asks for a virgin

>>38627371
>And he did make this offer to the Silver Prince, so he /is/ corrupt.
That's not how corruption works....

>>38627361
Well we are dealing with a god who does make magically binding deals, that can mean all sorts of things, it can mean we're interested in hearing what the deal is, or we're interested in completing the deal, and we don't know which

Rolled 3 (1d10)

>>38627371
>Can someone explain how refusing to do his job but at least not working against us makes him honorable?
His job is literally to be a neutral facilitator of oceanic travel, fishing, and its ecosystems. Until the Prince's fleet is poisoning the ocean, or something, simply letting them pass without interference is EXACTLY his job.

So yes, the lack of corruption on that matter is fairly honorable, and even if it wasn't, CALLING THE OCEAN FATHER A CUNT IS A BAD MOVE POLITICALLY.

>>38627371
Why are you so stupid? That's not even anywhere near being corruption.

>>38627394
>CALLING THE OCEAN FATHER A CUNT IS A BAD MOVE POLITICALLY.
think we could maybe get him audited, then?
He is taking a bribe right now, after all.

>>38627394
What about offering him a cunt?

>>38627394
Yeah. Although it turns out he is corrupt, just the classy kind of corrupt where he makes backroom deals in plain sight.

>>38627411
I'll abuse my power to help me if you do something for me isn't corrupt how?

Rolled 3 (1d10)

>>38627415
That would be a smart political move.

>>38627412
No. Heaven doesn't care, and even if they did, there's nobody to replace him.

>>38627412
1) He's too big for that.
2) tfw no sidereal contact to pull the strings on the Heavenly courts
>>38627415
I think that would work better and more acceptable.

Rolled 6 (1d10)

>>38627371

He's doing his job of being neutral. It just turns out he can be bribed, after all.

>>38627312

>Nod

I don't care one way or the other about him being corrupt or not, he's offering to help us and also saying either way he won't be one the Prince's side if we turn him down.

That makes him okay with me, I'd vote to sleep with him if the option ever came up.

>>38627459
>he's offering to help us
he made the exact same offer to the Prince

Rolled 10 (1d10)

>>38627459
Yeah. When someone's position is 'worst case scenario, I'm not going to aid and abet your enemies, just not help you,' they're a reasonable individual.

>>38627459
I would as well, anon, but only after the war is won. If Flow took aday and a night, imagine how long the ocean will last for.

>>38627412
>He is taking a bribe right now, after all.
If they can get him audited, then other major gods can also be audited because they and everyone else in Yu-Shan also take bribes regularly, and these guys will then use all the blackmail they have on other gods to drag them down with them amd in the end of the day we'll have Heaven in disarray, minor gods squabbling and picking up what spoils they can while the Sids run around doing their best to do some damage control.
Meanwhile, Raksha, demons and other enemies of creation can run free because the Gods can't do their jobs well and the Sids are too busy to orchestrate their defeat.
all because some Zenith floozy from bumfuck nowhere decided to audit The Ocean Father.

>>38627467
Did he?

>>38627467
Eh, they turned him down.

I'm not going to mad about it.

Your spoken conversation goes on as normal.

"Did you find any trace of Rajan Hazaakaa, by any chance."

"I did not. I have asked the current spirits, the totems of the many creatures dwelling within me, and of those who inhabit the oceanic floor, and the search is still going on. As my servants expand the perimeter of their investigations, I begin to suspect that either chance or a definite will has carried away Rajan Hazaakaa from the area. Either that, or hidden to my gaze."

"A will? Could that will be his own? Could he be still alive and moving under his own power? He is a Terrestrial Exalted of the Water Aspect, and very much in his element within your domain."

"It could be, but I have no guarantee of it."

Meanwhile, the whisper continues:

<<There is an item I desire over anything else. I will name it and describe it to you only if you accept to seek for it. It is not an information I ever released to anyone not oathbound to secrecy. I will grant any one any request, within my power, to anyone who would find it and turn it over to me. On top of that, swear that you will do your best to aid me in finding this item, and I will aid you against the Silver Prince.>>

He must be detecting your suspicion, because he continues: <<Knowledge is power. If you knew what I seek, you could well retrieve it for yourself and then hold it hostage, or sell the information to others for your own benefit. If these conditions seem harsh to you, you are free to refuse. I will not hold it against you. As a ruler yourself, I am sure you understand.>>

<<If you agree to seek this item, nod once more. I will meet you in either Tianna or Pearl, wherever you and your circlemate Mikahil will be, so that he may sanctify our oath. If not, shake your head, and we shall speak no more of this.>>

>Nod
>Shake your head
>(Other?)

>>38627479
>stay assured that the Silver Prince's emissaries denied it.

>>38627477
so you're saying that he's too big to fail and we shouldn't even bother with justice. Okay, that's cool.

>>38627423
Because thats exactly what his job is.

Are you new here? Are you new to Exalted? This is not the first time such a thing has happened in this quest yet you pop up now like some retarded taxation office doing an audit, in a universe they don't belong in.

>>38627488
>Nod

>>38627492
>we shouldn't even bother with justice
Your fucking retarded, why don't you go and read about the setting and read the quest, then come back because at this point you are trying to argue the equivalent of auditing a horse for being brown.

>>38627488
>>Nod
We need the help

>>38627467
And? He's the motherfucking OCEAN FATHER, GOD OF THE WESTERN OCEANS AND SEAS, THEY ARE HIS TO DO WITH AS HE WISHES.

Fuck me you are stupid if you think this is 'corrupt'. This is his goddamned day job.

>>38627504
>auditing a horse for being brown
how about you read about the setting? Gods being corrupt isn't a fundamental part of their nature or anything.

Rolled 10 (1d10)

>>38627488
>Nod
Following one of my personal rules of roleplaying: When in doubt, make things more interesting.

Rolled 6 (1d10)

>>38627492
No, he's arguing that trying to sue the most-honest excessively major god in the West is like trying to impeach the president for smoking cigarettes. You don't understand the setting if you think jumping straight to auditing the goddamn Ocean Father is going to be a good idea.

>>38627488
>(Other?)

Will it harm Creation or Yu Shan?

If it's something of sentimental, personal value or merely something that furthers your personal goals, then yes.

This better be a damn big favor.

>>38627523
That is a terrible terrible rule...

Rolled 6 (1d10)

>>38627488

>"How could I succeed in finding this item if someone as mighty as you couldn't ?"

I'm not asking what it is, I'm just asking why he needs us. Knowledge is power, and we're not dumb enough to let OF keep it all for himself.

Plus, people getting screwed for agreeing things without knowing the terms is the oldest and surest way for tragedy

>>38627518
>This is his goddamned day job.
>Offering to help a Deathlord acquire a superweapon to destroy all of Creation
>It's cool, it's his job. We can't fault him for it
are you actually serious?

>>38627536
It's probably in the desert or something.
>>38627488
>Nod

>>38627492
>so you're saying that he's too big to fail and we shouldn't even bother with justice.
What I meant to say is that if he Did fail there would be a Political Shitstorm, and in a setting where Political Shitstorms involving the gods mean the laws of the Universe don't work properly, it's a horrible idea to try to get him to be fired over bribery.

>>38627492
Eh, he's already shooting pretty straight, i don't see why you think he's corrupt.

Rolled 2 (1d10)

>>38627488
>>(Other?)
"If you wish to keep the item in secrecy unless I accept I can propose a middleground, meed me in Tianna or Pearl, wherever me and Mikahil will be, and he can sanctify an oath that if I do not attempt to seek out this item to give to you, I will not seek it out for myself, to hold hostage either it in physicality or its information."

>>38627488
>>Nod
As long as it doesn't require us breaking any oaths or obligations we have.

Rolled 2 (1d10)

>>38627502
>>38627514
>>38627523

We don't need the help that much, guys.

He'll have to tell us more if he want to convince me, at least.

>>38627557
We do.

Rolled 8 (1d10)

>>38627520
Anon, they can't be corrupt, that would mean there have to be laws and regulations in place to stop their 'corrupt' activities, and guess what, its perfectly fine for them to do whatever they want that you perceive to be 'corrupt'.

Rolled 8 (1d10)

>>38627488
>Shake your head
Swearing an Oath to find a mystery item is fucking retarded. If we fail to comply after being informed, we get to eat Botches during the most important rolls for the rest of this quest. I'd be willing to swear an Oath of secrecy first, but swearing the Oath to do a thing before we even know what that thing is?

That's literally suicidal.

>>38627488
>Shake your head
aren't we really fucking busy with getting the manse built before the Silver Prince arrives? I don't think we have the time to do this.

>>38627488

Changing my vote from this >>38627536 to this >>38627551

It's a good middle ground

Rolled 6 (1d10)

>>38627488
>Nod
Turn your dice on, faggots

>>38627542
Yes, he can offer deals to whoever he wants, they are his seas and oceans, do you not understand who he is? How gods work? Fuckit, whatever you say can't be anywhere near a serious answer because either you shot yourself in the head with a nailgun as a child or you're trolling at this point.

Rolled 6 (1d10)

>>38627570
Gods do not have permission to do with their domains whatever the fuck they want. They often do, yes, but they're not actually supposed to.

Rolled 1 (1d10)

>>38627488
>Nod

If it's too valuable we can just punch him in the face and take it after we get it for him. We're a Solar, we can do that.

I guess we can ask whether it'll be dangerous, but it seems like a lot of effort to come up with a roundabout way of insinuating those questions into conversation. The punch contingency is easier, especially when he can just lie.

>>38627488
>>38627551
This, I'm not going to agree without knowing how badly its going to fuck us in the arse.

>>38627594

>Punching the Ocean Father

Wouldn't that pretty much destroy any chance we or our allies have to ever use the sea again ?

You have your doubts, of course.

But you nod nonetheless.

<<Thank you.>>

You see his smile brightening. "Very well, Maka. Regarding the Silver Prince... I will act on your side. Though I am worried about reprisals that the Silver Prince might inflict on me. He will certainly not be happy of me siding with you."

"How might that happen?" You wonder, suddenly worried.

"The Deathlords are as imaginative as they are evil, and my realm, which spreads far and wide, is difficult to oversee and defend, even with all my power." He explains. "What will you ask of me?"

>Ask for help (intelligence on the enemy)
>Ask for help (slow the fleet down)
>Ask for help (provide help and supplies)
>Ask for help (unleash a storm)
>Ask for help (fight on our side)
>Ask for help (other)
(s+z all)

>>38627488
>Nod
Man, all this arguing could fool me into thinking we're playing a sidereal.

Rolled 3 (1d10)

>>38627607
>Ask for help (intelligence on the enemy)
>Ask for help (slow the fleet down)
>Ask for help (provide help and supplies)
>Ask for help (unleash a storm)

>>38627488
>>(Other?)
"I will agree to have Mikahil sanctify an oath binding me to secrecy over this item, but I cannot agree to seek it out and hand it over to you without knowing what it is, not in this time when I have other things to worry about."

Rolled 1 (1d10)

>>38627607
>Ask for help (intelligence on the enemy)

>>38627607
>Ask for help (intelligence on the enemy)
>Ask for help (slow the fleet down)
>Ask for help (provide help and supplies)
>Ask for help (unleash a storm)

>>38627589
>he can offer deals to whoever he wants, they are his seas and oceans
He is not sovereign, he is a manager with superiors. He can't decide to help the enemy without becoming a traitor.

>>38627607
>>Ask for help (intelligence on the enemy)
>>Ask for help (slow the fleet down)
>Ask for help (unleash a storm)
Any boats you sink you can keep.

Not like we'll have a chance at getting them anyway

Rolled 9 (1d10)

>>38627607
Well fuck, hopefully he'll accept a bound oath of secrecy over the item if its that bad when we find out.

>Ask for help (intelligence on the enemy)
>Ask for help (slow the fleet down)
>Ask for help (provide help and supplies)
>Ask for help (unleash a storm)

>>38627607
>>Ask for help (intelligence on the enemy)
>>Ask for help (slow the fleet down)
>>Ask for help (provide help and supplies)
>>Ask for help (unleash a storm)
>>Ask for help (fight on our side)

>>38627628
>>38627642
TURN ON YOUR DICE

Rolled 4 (1d10)

Dice, my bad

Rolled 7 (1d10)

>>38627642
Forgot my dice

Rolled 1 (1d10)

>>38627607
>Everything
>Some water nymphs as well, why not?
>Is there anything else he'd like to have/receive/bed?

Rolled 9 (1d10)

>>38627610
That's what happens when you talk to gods.

No matter what.

Rolled 2 (1d10)

>>38627657
Yeah, yeah.

Rolled 8 (1d10)

>>38627657
Right, right, right.

Rolled 3 (1d10)

How about a charm? We are rolling rather poorly.

Rolled 2 (1d10)

>>38627607
>Ask for help (slow the fleet down)
>Ask for help (unleash a storm)
>Ask for help (fight on our side)

Harry them, sink their ships, and make our harbours impregnable. We need nothing less.

Rolled 8 (1d10)

>>38627650
dice

>>38627610
a Sid would just force him to do his job instead of bribing him

Rolled 4 (1d10)

>>38627708
Nothing we can really use at this point

>>38627607
The more time we can delay, the more time we have to finish Pearl.

Rolled 6 (1d10)

>>38627724
Sure there is. Majestic Radiant Presence would help, as would Talking to the Heart.

Rolled 5 (1d10)

>>38627754
MRP is already up, it's scenelong.

TttH, might help, I don't mind using it.

>>38627754
MRP is still active I'm pretty sure and TTTH wouldn't help much, its only good for getting our point across and not being misunderstood.

I know it's a bit late for this, but conspiring with Fair Folk, demons, agents of the Deathlords, or other enemies of Creation is a Severity 5 offense for gods, for all those that claimed he did nothing wrong and was within his right at stuff.

Rolled 5 (1d10)

>>38627754
MRP lasts for the whole scene, we should still be covered

[Social + Zenith = 3 1 9 4 7 1 9 2 8 3 2 8 4 = 5 succ.]

"Everything." You grin.

He seems taken a bit aback by your confident reply. "E... Everything?"

"First of all, I wish for you to provide me with all intelligence you have on the Prince's fleet." You inform him. "Then, fight him on the sea. Provide hostile currents and winds. Slow their fleet down. Call storms against him."

He fidgets nervously.

"Finally, my future city of Pearl is being constructed. I plan for it to be complete before the Prince's forces arrive."

He stares. "...You cannot possibly seriously hope for a city to be completed in seven days."

"I do." You point a finger at him. "And you shall assist. Speed the Denzik ships carrying supplies and construction materials to Tianna, and provide from the bounty of the seas to aid the construction effort. Fish and seafood. Granite. Marble. Iron. Copper. Silver. Gold."

You see him hesitate. "...You ask me much."

"You can't provide it?" You reply, planting your fists on your hips and standing up to him.

"...I can, but this will mark me as an enemy of the Silver Prince."

"As you should be, should you not?"

"If he strikes back at me in anger, will you aid me? Not as a mere gesture: do you have the power and the willingness to help defend my Realm from him just like I will do to you?"

>Your realm is your own problem, not mine. This is our deal. You are getting much from it, too. Is it not enough?
>I will. He is not just my enemy, but an enemy of all Creation. As a Princess of Creation, it's my duty to protect you.
>(other?)

Rolled 1 (1d10)

>>38627791
>>I will. He is not just my enemy, but an enemy of all Creation. As a Princess of Creation, it's my duty to protect you.
We are a Solar Reborn, our enemies shall fall to our feet dead or in love.

Plus he's after our Tyrant, can't have that.

>>38627791
>I will.
This is a powerful and excessively worthwhile alliance to make.

>>38627791
>I will. He is not just my enemy, but an enemy of all Creation. As a Princess of Creation, it's my duty to protect you.

>>38627791
>I will. He is not just my enemy, but an enemy of all Creation. As a Princess of Creation, it's my duty to protect you.

And isn't the term 'Prince of the Earth' gender neutral?

Rolled 6 (1d10)

>>38627791
>I will. He is not just my enemy, but an enemy of all Creation. As a Princess of Creation, it's my duty to protect you.

>>38627840
I prefer Princes of the Universe

>>38627791
>I will. He is not just my enemy, but an enemy of all Creation. As a Princess of Creation, it's my duty to protect you.

We would do this anyway, I think.

If he withdraws his support from us later on, we can send Mikhail to tell him that the support we can offer him will decrease in proportion. Never to nothing, of course, but perhaps not enough to forestall the entirety of the Prince's wrath.

Rolled 7 (1d10)

>>38627840
Maybe when speaking of them in general, but if we're talking about a specific one, it's probably best to go with what fits the person.

Rolled 2 (1d10)

>>38627791

> I will. The same I would help anyone under threat from a Deathlord.

>They are declared enemies of all Creation, Ocean Father. The Prince will hurt you as soon as he can.

>Talk To The Heart

Take this in the theeth, water coward

>I will. He is not just my enemy, but an enemy of all Creation. As a Princess of Creation, it's my duty to protect you.

I can't blame Ocean Father for being extremely worried about getting on the Deathlords' bad side, even though he IS supposed to oppose them. They're basically undead ghost mafia.

Allying with small Tianna against large and powerful Skullstone is an EXTREMELY hazardous choice from his point of view. One that's he's making exclusively because of two things:
1) we're going to help him look for his thing
2) we might be a small island but we have a large population of Exalted, meaning probably NO ONE has any idea of what exactly we can accomplish if we put our hearts and minds to it.
(Not even ourselves, probably.)

>>38627791
>I will. He is not just my enemy, but an enemy of all Creation. As a Princess of Creation, it's my duty to protect you.
It's not like crushing him like a bug and adding his empire to our own wasn't part of our plan already.

Rolled 5 (1d10)

>Tyrant was her past life
>Silver Prince wants the Titan
>Forsaken Lion wants her home city
Maka's life is filled with Deathlords.

Thinking about it now, E-CSJ is really going to help us in the long term.

Rolled 5 (1d10)

>>38627791
>I will. He is not just my enemy, but an enemy of all Creation. As a Princess of Creation, it's my duty to protect you.
Time to Solar up.

"I will. He is not just my enemy, but an enemy of all Creation. As a Princess of Creation, it's my duty to protect you." You say, brimming with confidence.

Internally, you hope you aren't trading short-term help for a hideous lot of long-term trouble. but not a trace of that shows through.

"Very well. I am willing to form such an alliance with you. We will discuss this privately." He points a huge finger up to you, and from it a small, white pearl, smooth and white, emerges, landing in your hands. "At dawn, drop this pearl in a vessel filled with seawater, and we shall meet again."

"Until then."

You end the meeting with the proper observances and the god melts back into the sea. You order Rubel, still awed by the God's presence, to turn the ship around, and arrive to Tianna's docks around midnight.

>Talk with Rubel
>Talk with Kanaan
>Talk with Pyre Spark
>Talk with Regis and Millian
>Talk with Tia
>Talk with Amata
>Talk with Irene
>Talk with Samiel
>Talk with Valeriana and Zaan
>Talk with Dancing Smoke
>Talk with Mikahil and Roan Denzik
>Talk with Speaker of the Dead
>Head to Pearl
>Head to Freeport
>Explore the Titan
>Spend some time alone
>(other?)
>(change outfit?)

Rolled 10 (1d10)

>>38627990
Let's find our new friend.

Except let's no go rushing out in a big show this time. Maka is learning and has gained a dot of Mental since then.

Let's changed though, since it's already past night, how about #3 Noble Evening Dress

>>38627887

I can blame him. He's already on the Deathlords' bad side since he's part of creation, and he knows he's going to be destroyed if the Prince has any say in the matter

>>38627990
>Other
Summon all of the local gods and utilise them to be on our side next

Rolled 10 (1d10)

>>38627990

Seconding >>38628016

>>38627990
It may be short term help right now, but being in the West makes an alliance with him a really good thing long-term, as well. I'd say worth it.

>>38627990
Lets re-meet hopefully our sister now.

Rolled 7 (1d10)

>>38627990
>>38628016
I'll second looking for our note giver.

So is it goign to be our missing Night Caste or will it be something else? Sidereal maybe?

Rolled 1 (1d10)

>>38627990
>(other?)
Meet our new friend

Rolled 6 (1d10)

>>38628016
Yeah, I like this too. Let's get the unknown variable accounted for.

>>38628016
I agree. And either Noble Evening Dress of the Formal Regalia.

Rolled 6 (1d10)

>>38628016
>Spend some time alone

Our sneaky friend is shy, he won't come out if we're always in meetings.

Rolled 8 (1d10)

>>38628142
Right.

>>38627990
>Meet our scret admirer/helper
>Formal regalia