>>39837549

You’ve never met the old Ushola, of course. It’s impressive how much loyalty she inspires, given she’s a couple planes of existence distant, and probably spends her time chilling on the banks of the Styx, with adoring consorts lining up to have their heads bitten off.

Political business keeps your little bit of paradise safe. Few in hell are willing to draw the ire of the Archduke of Mardusia, who guarantees your fief’s independence. Out of all the conniving nobles, kings, regents, and chiefs down below, however, it’s pretty damn annoying you got stuck with Ushola. While her assassins and troublemakers are poorly trained and their plans borderline incompetent, the sheer number and persistence of the saboteurs has a way of wearing down your patience.

Some people don’t know when to quit.

Which makes it kind of suspicious that Waldric hasn’t needed your help with anything for a couple weeks now. You’re usually on his short call list when things go bad.

>>39837562

Maybe the Countess did know when to quit?

But it’s whatever. You just have to live through a couple more days before kicking off your epic road journey legend voyage. Or rather... ride through a couple more days?

You are currently curving down Lombard street on your motorcycle, basking in the rushing wind and the scents it carries. Summer’s brought a whole hell of a lot of tourists to San Francisco, but you didn’t let that dissuade you from taking a ride down the picturesque road.
You zip out of the end of the snaking road, and ride down hill. You overtake a whole bunch of cars, taking advantage of your bike’s maneuverability to squeeze by on the crowded city streets.

You like driving around. It helps clear your head. But your head’s clear-ish now, and you find yourself thinking more about destinations than aimless motorcycling.

>Isaac and Waldric are holding one of their powwows. Might be cool to see what’s endangering the city next.
>Head down to Vikrama’s place. You need to get on that road trip planning, and her house is currently HQ.
>Wolfgang should be getting off work right about now. His dad’s lame for locking him in an office on a day like this.
>Other (?)

>>39837605
>Head down to Vikrama’s place. You need to get on that road trip planning, and her house is currently HQ.

She hasn't gotten any screen time lately.

>>39837605
>>Isaac and Waldric are holding one of their powwows. Might be cool to see what’s endangering the city next.

>>39837605
>Isaac and Waldric are holding one of their powwows. Might be cool to see what’s endangering the city next.

>>39837605
>Isaac and Waldric are holding one of their powwows. Might be cool to see what’s endangering the city next.

Maybe I am one of the autists it's meant to bug, but the pastebin still says that the crown is in front of Sierra's head.

>>39837605
>>Head down to Vikrama’s place. You need to get on that road trip planning, and her house is currently HQ.

>>39837605
>Isaac and Waldric are holding one of their powwows. Might be cool to see what’s endangering the city next.

>>39837605
>Isaac and Waldric are holding one of their powwows. Might be cool to see what’s endangering the city next.

>>39837605
>Isaac and Waldric are holding one of their powwows. Might be cool to see what’s endangering the city next.

Learning more about inhuman stuff is always cool

>>39837605
>Wolfgang should be getting off work right about now. His dad’s lame for locking him in an office on a day like this.

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Languid made a pic of Sierra, if anyone didn't see it for whatever reason.

>>39837605
>Isaac and Waldric are holding one of their powwows. Might be cool to see what’s endangering the city next.

>>39837605
>Isaac and Waldric are holding one of their powwows. Might be cool to see what’s endangering the city next.
I want to see what our new powers look like in action.

>>39837605
>Isaac and Waldric are holding one of their powwows. Might be cool to see what’s endangering the city next.
And invite Wolfyboy to come with us.

>>39837605
>Head down to Vikrama’s place. You need to get on that road trip planning, and her house is currently HQ.

Powwow it is.

>>39837722
Damn, metal as fuck.

>>39837722
Ohh, me like.

>>39837605
>Wolfgang should be getting off work right about now. His dad’s lame for locking him in an office on a day like this.
FUCK YEAH! HELL BORN QUEST!

>>39837722
I like how this crown is behind her head

>>39838108
Whoopie

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>>39838130
Behind does look less ridiculous. Also it looks Jesusy.

>>39838190
You'll fry for her sins

Were we going to get a level ten power vote? Or did the timeskip take care of all that?

>>39838491

I think some of the things we voted on (like blood vs fire magic) took care of that stuff.

>>39838491
>>39838571
I vaguely remember Languid saying that the vote would be this thread. He probably just didn't want to kick things off with the clusterfuck that is Hellborn upgrade votes.

>>39837722
>Hair looks like it has been cut
I am worried.

Sorry. Really close to an update, something came up. Back in 2.5~ hours.

>>39838960
The Lawn has arisen!

>>39838960
Fuck it, going to bed then.

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>>39838970
It grows

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>>39839068

>>39839136
>>39839068
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>>39839136
>Supposed to a fun night with two of my favorite qms running simultaneously
>both are away from thread for several hours now.
Life is suffering.

>>39839534
BQ?

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>>39839534
What's the other quest you're waiting on?

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>>39839511
Not if our savior has anything to say about it!

>>39839534
both of them have disappeared at the same time quite a lot of times now, last thread of banished quest is a good example of that and if you go back you'll see that it has happened a lot

I wonder when we'll actually get to check out Halth in person?

>>39839700
We already did. It was a frozen snake-infested shithole and we left within 10 seconds of arriving.

>>39839700

We have, if you mean for longer than 10 seconds, when we decide to become Imperiate

>>39839511
Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of overgrowth, I fear no Lawn

>>39839733
We'll decide to when we're damn-well ready.

>>39839733
>>39839700
I'd like to at least survey the property before we buy the whole country or whatever the fuck is waiting for us.

>>39839773
Fair point, I suppose being the boss doesnt mean much if your the boss of a shithole

>>39839700
Halth is basically Mars but with breathable air.

>>39839813
We might not even want to be boss. For all we know, they might not even have in-door plumbing.
I mean, who wants to be Emperiate of a third-rate plane that probably doesn't even have the Internet?

>>39839876
It doesn't seem to be all that great compared to Earth.
>“Oh. So I should date Ranthix’s niece, is who I should date,” Wolfgang says. “She is a religious zealot from a third world country, Mori.”

>>39839876
>>39840017
Fuck this Imperate thing, lets just merc

>>39840017
Hence why some Demons would prefer to live on Earth even if they have to hide who and what they truly are. Even if that part of it is torturous to them, the free starbucks wifi on every corner is worth it.

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>>39837722
>light ball

>>39840063
Fuck this merc thing, lets just Imperiate.

See how that's a useless statement that doesn't actually do anything? You have to say WHY that's a good idea.

>>39839876
Then why not buy said internet?
Or plumbing?
I'm sure there must be something like that if multiple worlds existed?

>>39840098
Stop that

>>39840098


Ultimately i think Imperiate is a long term thing, if we decide to, while merc is a career job thing, we do it until we want to do something else. and to get stronger.

Or we could, I dunno, try to make Halth less of a shithole? Is that a good goal? It's not like it'd be hard for us to travel back and forth. All we gotta do is find a landwell there and we can teleport between planes easy.

>>39840198
I agree. The two don't have to be mutually exclusive, at least not for right now.

>>39840201
This. Make Halth not suck. Make it the envy of every other plane.

>>39840017
It's a whole plane. With whole planets and stuff. And galaxies. Xan&Xath are from a third-world country, but there has to be at least one place in Halth that's not nightmarish.
Verwelkia holiday, anyone?

>>39840227
how about we import the glory of internet and plumbing to that plane?
I remember reading that not all demons are murderous demons, surely they would appreciate stable society?

>>39840153
That'd be rad, just dragging Hell into the 21st century.
Or hell, maybe Sierra will like getting all medieval on some fools on the field of battle way more natural and enjoyable that, say, attending an art school or whatever.
That would actually be interesting, if we went to Halth and Sierra lost stress way more easily, or it naturally drained from her or something.

>>39840091
I wonder if we could make the light spell generate a short, extremely intense burst of light, rather than just a gentle light emitting orb? Kind of like a flash bang.

SMOKE BOMB!

>>39840273

We could even make it superior to modern plumbing and internets, who needs sewage plants when you have magic

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>>39840327
>smoke bomb

Anon, please.

>>39840366
>sewage wizards
Well, if they exist anywhere, I would expect it'd be hell...

>>39840383

I was thinking more along the lines of all plumbers are wizards, just enchant the pipes, but that works too.

>>39840367
One step at a time, Anon.

>>39840404
Are there degrees in city planning? Can we get one?
It might help.

>>39840641
Closest would probably be civic engineering.

>>39840641
Hire someone? It seems easier

>>39840818
>inviting a engineer into literal hellhole
roll for engineer's san loss

>>39840949

Become Imperiate, build a university, Hire human professors.

>>39840958
>what are language barriers

>>39841083

I never said the poor would be allowed in, gotta keep some of that demon class system

>>39841083
Very common in universities

>>39837605
>Isaac and Waldric are holding one of their powwows. Might be cool to see what’s endangering the city next.

Alright, 20ish minutes until the Master Gardener returns

>>39837605
>Wolfgang should be getting off work right about now. His dad’s lame for locking him in an office on a day like this.
Oh cool, I didn't actually miss that much

>>39841186
[Citation needed]

>>39841312
Please see >>39838960
Of course I could have miss counted so sorry if I did

>>39839550
>>39839567
Yep

>All these posts about cityplanning Whencwe aren't even close to becoming an imperiate
Guys, we can do this later.

>>39841515
Oi nofun-anon. It's just an interesting topic to discuss while Languid's away. We do have some measure of realism.

I'm back. Sorry about that, things happened.

>>39841718
HE RETURNS!

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>>39841718

>>39841549
What about the things happening NOW?
I mean, we're in the middle of entering a new plot, but we can plan out what will happen?
Like that guy who is keep on sending assasins. What do? We can't just keep on diong that forever? And to count in that trip we're gonna go soon, what if they strike then?
>>39841718
>The lawn menace has been struck down by languid, questmaster.

While you do feel like you should stop by Vikrama’s sometime so you and her and everybody can get to plotting the roadtrip deal, going over there now wouldn’t really be the best idea. Rowan’s still down at Stanford doing whatever BS thing they’re doing, and Moriah takes time to mobilize. You don’t feel like lounging around for hours right now.

And besides. You’re responsible now, or at least you’ve maybe persuaded Waldric that’s the case. You know enough about Isaac and Waldric’s general comings and goings to know they’re having one of their powwows right now. Might be a good idea to check in and see what’s the new thing that’s going wrong, so you’re not surprised when you get back from your upcoming absence.

You steer yourself down to Waldric’s lair. It’s a nice drive, except for almost getting run over by a truck. People are the worst drivers.

A while later, you’re heading up the too-many stairs that lead to the apartment, helmet underarm. You decide to send Wolfgang a text, telling him to meet you there. He needs to get some distance between him and his dad, in your opinion. Nobody should be working in an office on a day like this.

You step up to the door to the apartment, a fancy studio thing on the top floor of an old complex. A bunch of miscellaneous potted ferns flank the doorframe, probably to ward off potential intruders.

Finding the door unlocked, you go ahead and let yourself into Maviel’s house. Or maybe Maviel and Waldric’s house? You’re not clear on the details, but after Waldric’s apartment exploded, you’re pretty sure he all but moved in with his fiancée.

The apartment smells like paint. Not run of the mill paint, though. The aroma bears touches of texture, dyes, and whatever else it is that goes into paint. Then there’s the smell of Maviel’s lavender conditioner, Waldric’s airy cologne, and a trace of Isaac’s sawdusty aura.

>>39841799

You step around the corner of the entry and see about what you expect. Isaac and Waldo are over by a window overlooking the street, intent in discussion. Maviel’s out of sight, but you can feel her over in the other room, feeling kind of somber and focused. Maybe she’s painting?

Paintings, photos, and weird knick-knacks adorn the walls. You get the feeling they all represent original artwork.

“- Mermenes have me running all up and down the coast,” Isaac’s saying. “The timing’s convenient, to say the least.”

Waldric maintains a neutral look. “The Stygians aren’t looking to partition their claims with anyone or anything,” he says. “Of the countess’s myriad charms, you can rely on her greed.”

Isaac notices your entrance. “Hello, Sunshine.”

>I thought you were supposed to keep these clandestine meetings somewhere all clandestine. Maviel’s probably eavesdropping on everything you say.
>Heyo.
>I have a theory the only reason you call me sunshine is because Rowan never let you get away with it.
>I thought you and all those mermaid fish-faces reached an agreement. You know, the kind of agreement where if they mess with you, you smash their gills in.
>Talk about convenient timing, I’m here now, so let’s quit talking about problems and start solving them.
>Other (?)

>>39841819
>I have a theory the only reason you call me sunshine is because Rowan never let you get away with it.

>>39841819
>I have a theory the only reason you call me sunshine is because Rowan never let you get away with it.
>Talk about convenient timing, I’m here now, so let’s quit talking about problems and start solving them.

>>39841819
>I have a theory the only reason you call me sunshine is because Rowan never let you get away with it.
>I thought you and all those mermaid fish-faces reached an agreement. You know, the kind of agreement where if they mess with you, you smash their gills in.

>>39841819
>Heyo.
>I have a theory the only reason you call me sunshine is because Rowan never let you get away with it.
>I thought you and all those mermaid fish-faces reached an agreement. You know, the kind of agreement where if they mess with you, you smash their gills in.

>>39841819
>Heyo.
>I have a theory the only reason you call me sunshine is because Rowan never let you get away with it.
>I thought you and all those mermaid fish-faces reached an agreement. You know, the kind of agreement where if they mess with you, you smash their gills in.
>Talk about convenient timing, I’m here now, so let’s quit talking about problems and start solving them

>>39841819
>I have a theory the only reason you call me sunshine is because Rowan never let you get away with it.
>Talk about convenient timing, I’m here now, so let’s quit talking about problems and start solving them.

>>39841819
>I have a theory the only reason you call me sunshine is because Rowan never let you get away with it.
>I thought you and all those mermaid fish-faces reached an agreement. You know, the kind of agreement where if they mess with you, you smash their gills in.

>>39841819

>I have a theory the only reason you call me sunshine is because Rowan never let you get away with it.
>I thought you and all those mermaid fish-faces reached an agreement. You know, the kind of agreement where if they mess with you, you smash their gills in.

>>39841819
>Other (?)
"Hey, Captain America. 'Sup?"

>>39841819
>Talk about convenient timing, I’m here now, so let’s quit talking about problems and start solving them.

>>39841819
>I thought you were supposed to keep these clandestine meetings somewhere all clandestine. Maviel’s probably eavesdropping on everything you say.

>>39841819
>Heyo.
>I have a theory the only reason you call me sunshine is because Rowan never let you get away with it.
>I thought you and all those mermaid fish-faces reached an agreement. You know, the kind of agreement where if they mess with you, you smash their gills in.
>Talk about convenient timing, I’m here now, so let’s quit talking about problems and start solving them.

>>39841819
>>Heyo.
>>I have a theory the only reason you call me sunshine is because Rowan never let you get away with it.

Whoops. Stop voting.

>>39842253
No

>Heyo

>>39842253
>Sleep

>>39842253
>Heyo.
>Those demons, amIright? Never know when to throw in the burning towel.

>>39842253
>"Sorry, I love >Heyo."

>>39842253
The Lawn Strikes Back!

“Steve Rogers, sup,” you say, stepping over and flopping down on the sofa. It’s an old, tattered thing, which makes it even more comfortable. You doubt Waldric had anything to do with its selection.

Waldric gives a humored snort, turning toward you and sending his silken hair cascading over a shoulder. “There is sarcasm here,” he says, as if pointing out an obvious truth.

“Captain America is a great man,” Isaac tells Waldric, leaning back against the window frame and folding his arms. “It’s a flattering comparison.”

“He’s a true patriot,” you say, purposefully ambiguous.

Waldric shakes his head. “Isaac calling you sunshine. That’s irony,” he explains.

“There’s nothing ironic about it,” says your legal guardian, his expression stern.

You snicker at Isaac’s defensiveness. “I’ve got a theory the only reason he calls me sunshine is cause Ro never let him get away with it,” you tell Waldric in a conspiratorial tone. “She hates dumb nicknames. He’s just looking for an outlet for his lame dadliness.”

Isaac gives you a look of disapproval, but Waldric’s eyes gleam. “So you let Isaac to call you whatever dumb nickname he likes?”

Something about his mocking tone gets under your skin. (+2 Stress: 22) “That’s not what I meant,” you reply.

“If you don’t like it, you could ask him to stop,” he says.

“I don’t care,” you say dismissively. “I mean. It’s not like I don’t not like it. Or it is, but – whatever. I don’t like you twisting my words around.”

Isaac smiles. “You owe Sierra a break,” he tells Waldric. “I know she’s been doing good work for you.”

“Boom. Right there,” you say, pointing at him.

“Breaks are hard to come by in my line of work,” says Waldric.

“Whatever. You’ve got a demonbane watching your back. Biggest break ever,” you say dismissively. “Anyway, so these fish,” you add, directing the statement to Isaac loudly enough to make it clear you’re interested in their earlier, secret conversation.

>>39843173

“I thought you and all those mermaids had an agreement. You know, the kind where you smash their gills in if they mess with your crap.”

“It might be time for a new agreement,” Isaac says, sounding disappointed. “Hassatur never liked the old one.”

Hassatur’s some weirdo sea-thing. Like Poseidon, you guess. Besides fighting demons (which he doesn’t do that much anymore, since the conclave took over), Isaac does a lot of work pulling coast guard duty. Apparently, the Pacific Rim is kind of a hot spot for magical aquatic shenanigans. Until they get the Jaegers on station though, Isaac’s the one that deals with the brunt of it.

“Isn’t it harder for them to do stuff now, though?” you ask. “I mean, with all the demons working with you, it’s kind of a crappy time to push the whole ‘claim dominion over the beaches’ thing.”

“The fief is in a precarious position,” says Waldric. “If something were to slip, we’d lose all we’ve accomplished.”

“Our friends in the sea know weakness when they see it,” Isaac adds.

“When they sea it,” you say, sniggering.

Isaac takes a moment to get back on his line of thought. “They had a hand in the abduction of your emissary,“ he tells Waldric. “You can’t overlook that.”

>>39843200

“I’m not overlooking anything,” says the baron, “but now isn’t the time to escalate the situation. What we need to do is retrieve the emissary, without looking like we were involved. Hassatur gets to think his ploy failed due to chance, and we get to bulletproof the Archduke’s emissary against future threats.”

>What makes you think Hassatur's got his fins in this one? And how dangerous fish king exactly? He's got a lot of fish on his side sure, but you smacked him down last time, yeah?
>I don't get it. Why not just have Ranthix roll in there with his sidekicks and execute a slick SWAT hostage rescue?
>Wait. You let the emissary from Mardusia or whatever get kidnapped? I mean, there’s dumb, and there’s really dumb, and that’s the latter.
>So let me get this straight. The mermaids secretly helped the Stygians to make you look like an idiot so... this is complicated.
>The Archduke’s won’t be happy his dude got nabbed. Probably makes him look bad. That kind of gossip’s what keeps court rats up at night.
>This sounds like it sucks. Lucky you got like, a hundred guys who could fix this thing in like, ten minutes.
>Secret missions are my thing. You got any personal effects of this guy? You know, maybe a pair of his socks? A hair? Or uh. A drop of blood? Blood would probably be best.
>Other (?)

>>39843257
>Secret missions are my thing. You got any personal effects of this guy? You know, maybe a pair of his socks? A hair? Or uh. A drop of blood? Blood would probably be best.

>>39843257
>The Archduke’s won’t be happy his dude got nabbed. Probably makes him look bad. That kind of gossip’s what keeps court rats up at night.
>Secret missions are my thing. You got any personal effects of this guy? You know, maybe a pair of his socks? A hair? Or uh. A drop of blood? Blood would probably be best.

>>39843257
>Wait. You let the emissary from Mardusia or whatever get kidnapped? I mean, there’s dumb, and there’s really dumb, and that’s the latter.
>The Archduke’s won’t be happy his dude got nabbed. Probably makes him look bad. That kind of gossip’s what keeps court rats up at night.
>What makes you think Hassatur's got his fins in this one? And how dangerous fish king exactly? He's got a lot of fish on his side sure, but you smacked him down last time, yeah?
>So let me get this straight. The mermaids secretly helped the Stygians to make you look like an idiot so... this is complicated.
>Secret missions are my thing. You got any personal effects of this guy? You know, maybe a pair of his socks? A hair? Or uh. A drop of blood? Blood would probably be best.

>>39843257
>Wait. You let the emissary from Mardusia or whatever get kidnapped? I mean, there’s dumb, and there’s really dumb, and that’s the latter.

>What makes you think Hassatur's got his fins in this one? And how dangerous fish king exactly? He's got a lot of fish on his side sure, but you smacked him down last time, yeah?

>>39843257
>Secret missions are my thing. You got any personal effects of this guy? You know, maybe a pair of his socks? A hair? Or uh. A drop of blood? Blood would probably be best.
>What makes you think Hassatur's got his fins in this one? And how dangerous fish king exactly? He's got a lot of fish on his side sure, but you smacked him down last time, yeah?

>>39843257
>So let me get this straight. The mermaids secretly helped the Stygians to make you look like an idiot so... this is complicated.
>I don't get it. Why not just have Ranthix roll in there with his sidekicks and execute a slick SWAT hostage rescue?

>>39843257
>its a stealth mission
Yay!
>in/around water
Fuck

>>39843257

>So let me get this straight. The mermaids secretly helped the Stygians to make you look like an idiot so... this is complicated.
>I don't get it. Why not just have Ranthix roll in there with his sidekicks and execute a slick SWAT hostage rescue?

These captchas are making me crave pizza

>>39843257
>So let me get this straight. The mermaids secretly helped the Stygians to make you look like an idiot so... this is complicated.

Aw yiss

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Just had a look at Sierra's character sheet. Apparently, the armored Slogbuh enjoys belly rubs.

How adorable!

Okay, so let's look at the facts.
Hassatur is a big deal around the water-side.
We hates the water and have traumatic memories of things in the water.
The fucker is names Hassatur. In case you aren't familiar with it, the king in yellow has a very similar name that shall not be directly invoked.
Also seamonsters in general. That noise grinds rubs me all kinds of wrong ways.
So with half the lovecraftian mythos sitting on the one side I feel it's safe to say we should stay far far away from the coast.

>>39844009
I bet he's made out of scissors

>>39841819
This is super late but
>Sunshine

Oh my god that is so adorable. Isaac is truly the best

>>39844057
We should casually call him and the rest of the Hallow's mom, dad, etc. at random, then act like we never said anything.
Could Sierra be Tsundere for family members?

>>39844116
>Sup Dad
>What?
>Huh what? Did you said something?

Naw, Sierra's secretly super happy Isaac calls her Sunshine. If she wasn't trying so hard to be cool all the time, she'd be exploding with happiness.

That's what I think anyway

>>39844009
Wait a minute, if I'm right, didn't something go down in korea a while ago? What if that guy had to do something with it?

>>39844134
God, that's just sickeningly cute to think about.
And horrifyingly depressing.
Her best father-figure is the one that tried to kill her as soon as he saw her.

“So let me see if I got this straight,” you say, rearranging yourself on the couch so you’re laying over the armrest. “Mermaids help Stygians make you look ultra stupid. I get why I’d want to do that, but for some reason, I don’t think they’re me,” you say.

“There are two things holding our realm together,” says Waldric. “The first is my reputation. I’ve proven myself capable of standing up to foreign influence. The second is the Archduke’s support, which hinges on his reputation.”

“This abduction is a public relations nightmare,” Isaac adds, cutting in. “Hassatur wants us fighting each other so no one worries about him. He knows this conclave stands or falls with Waldric’s word, so that’s what he’s going after. Taking away the pawn of a major supporter makes it look like your conclave can’t protect its own.“

“Well that,” you say, “and I bet Archduke’s won’t be happy his dude got nabbed. Probably makes him look bad. That kind of gossip’s what keeps court rats up at night.”

“Sierra’s right. The real danger from this situation is that the Archduke loses face,” Waldric agrees. “He’s out on a limb supporting us. We can take losses as long as we have the duke’s favor, but whatever happens, we can’t give him reason to withdraw his support.”

“So what’s stopping you from calling in a Ranthix strike and being done with it?” you ask. “If we’ve got any VIP’s besides me, the emissary’s got to count. Something about just cause and judicial application of force and all that, right?”

Waldric looks sideways at Isaac. “The objection on that count comes from the Marshal,” he says.

Isaac’s expression is grim. “Hassatur will escalate the situation only if we give him cause,” he says. “He’s a manipulator. He doesn’t like force. Doesn’t like the attention it draws. If we opposed him outright though, he would feel forced into taking more active measures to achieve his ends.”

>>39843257
>Why don't you call in Ranthix?
>So you lost the emissary? How did that happen?
>Have any blood?
>No vampire jokes though

>>39844200

“So, he’s the guy who always tries to push just a little harder than whatever he’s up against,” you say. “That’s kind of dumb though. I mean, if you’ve got a gun and the other guy’s using a knife, there shouldn’t even be a fight.” You know this from experience.

“We fight wars all the time, even when we’ve got a thousand a-bombs ready to go,” Isaac replies.

“Well, I guess you don’t drop nukes on every battle,” you concede. “Still though. Magic’s not nukes.”

“It might as well be, for the things you could do with it,” Isaac says. “Hassatur is very old, and very clever. I’d rather not push him. You don’t get that much power without being paranoid as heck, and him erring on the side of caution could mean a lot of trouble for us.”

“What makes you think Hassatur's got his fins in this one?” you say.

“I have it on good authority,” says Waldric, adding in his two bits of wisdom.

“You’re welcome!” Maviel shouts from the next room over.

“Huh. She was eavesdropping after all,” you say to yourself.

“Anything you say to me, you can say in front of her,” Waldric says.

Isaac nods in agreement. “That’s the way it should be,” he says.

“Okay okay, enough spouse junk. Back to fish nukes. Does it really matter if Poseidon-lite’s involved when push comes to shove? You smacked him down last time, yeah?”

“I did. And I might be able to do it again,” says Isaac. “But I’m a clever old guy, so I’m paranoid too. I only have so many tricks, and Hassatur knows a lot more of them now than he did back then. I can’t guarantee who would win between me and him. I’d rather win the fight without ever seeing him.”

>>39844216

“Hard to imagine somebody who could give you a run for your money,” you say.

“They’re more common than I’d like to admit,” says Isaac. “Not even I can fight everything out there.”

“Well. I’m sold. Sounds like a secret mission to me,” you say. “And, you know. Secret missions are my thing. You got any personal effects of this guy?” you ask Waldric. “You know, maybe a pair of his socks? A hair? Or... a drop of blood? Blood would probably be best, actually. The other stuff is actually kind of useless.”

“Blood can be provided,” Waldric states.

“She just graduated last week. Let one of your flunkies handle this,” Isaac tells the Belphegoran. “Or better yet. Own up to your mistake and fix it yourself. I’ve seen you be subtle.”

>Maybe some hands on work’ll show you’re not afraid of rolling up your sleeves when you need to, Waldric.
>No, I’m all for being all dangerous. It’s no problem, so long as he’s not off underwater someplace. And I get to stay on land.
>Or... maybe you could help out instead? I mean, who’d expect a demonbane to rescue a demon? They’d never suspect a thing, guaranteed.
>Pfft. It’s not like I’ll be alone on this one. I’ll take a buddy. (?)
>Other (?)

>>39844238
>>No, I’m all for being all dangerous. It’s no problem, so long as he’s not off underwater someplace. And I get to stay on land.

>>39844238
>No, I’m all for being all dangerous. It’s no problem, so long as he’s not off underwater someplace. And I get to stay on land.

>>39844238

>No, I’m all for being all dangerous. It’s no problem, so long as he’s not off underwater someplace. And I get to stay on land.

>>39844238
>No, I’m all for being all dangerous. It’s no problem, so long as he’s not off underwater someplace. And I get to stay on land.

Us doing more for the conclave gives us more pull. If we make it seem like Waldric can't get the dirty stuff done without us, it get us brownie points and a little more respect.

>>39844238
>Pfft. It’s not like I’ll be alone on this one. I’ll take a buddy. (?)
Waldric
It'll be just like good times when we busted the Gracie's
The best buddy cop pairing

>>39844238
>Pfft. It’s not like I’ll be alone on this one. I’ll take a buddy. (Waldric)

>>39844238
>Maybe some hands on work’ll show you’re not afraid of rolling up your sleeves when you need to, Waldric.

>>39844309
This with
>Maybe some hands on work’ll show you’re not afraid of rolling up your sleeves when you need to, Waldric.

>>39844309
>>39844313
Don't forget that Maviel, Waldric's fiance, is right there listening in. She might have an objection to having her future husband doing spec ops stuff they may get him killed.

>>39844309
Hah, supporting. If only to see if he actually agrees

>>39844238
>Maybe some hands on work’ll show you’re not afraid of rolling up your sleeves when you need to, Waldric.
>No, I’m all for being all dangerous. It’s no problem, so long as he’s not off underwater someplace. And I get to stay on land.

Work together on it?

>>39844309
I'm all for this.

>>39844238
>>No, I’m all for being all dangerous. It’s no problem, so long as he’s not off underwater someplace. And I get to stay on land.

>>39844309
This looks funny, I'll go with this.
What could possibly go wrong?

“No, I’m all for being all dangerous and stuff. So long as he’s not being held underwater someplace, and I get to stay on land, actually sounds like a lot of fun,” you say. “Or uh. I mean. Really important. Oh yeah.”

Isaac laughs. “You’re not fooling anyone here with that act,” he says.

You feign a look of confusion. “What act?”

Waldric sighs. He is not so entertained.

You get an idea.

“Hey, you know, it’s not like I have to do it all solo,” you say. You reach over and jab Waldric in the ribs, just barely able to reach him from your couch-bound position. “Maybe I’ll get the big boss himself to come along, you know, all buddy cop like with the Gracies. Maybe some hands on work’ll show you’re not afraid of rolling up your sleeves, right Wally?”

>>39844679

Waldric removes himself from range of your jabbing attacks. “As much as I would love to stroll into a Stygian den and curse the lot with unending agony,” he says, “Isaac’s point still stands. We’re not in a position where we can antagonize our water-bound friend. I’m recognizable.”

Isaac seems annoyed with the line of reasoning, but surrenders to it. “Seeing an active baron might mollify the Styigans, but it could just as easily give Hassatur the idea he needs to double up his efforts.”

>I have a good feeling about this. Trust me.
>>I never said anything about anybody seeing Waldric. We can be subtle. We can be so subtle.
>>Not if we shook things up somehow. If it just looks like Waldric got lucky in the rescue, then it doesn’t make it look like he’s a threat to Hassatur.
>You guys are lame. You want to sit this out, fine. I have other better people who can do anything.
>>See if Ulam can come along. No violence necessary. You know, maybe. And if there is, you'll have a giant crab on your side.
>>Wolfgang’s pretty low key. Maybe nobody would even know he was a demon. And you kind of want to see him in action.
>>Xanissil can do a whole lot with her blood magic. Might even learn a thing or two operating in such close proximity in a real world scenario.
>Whatever, you and your BS reasons. I’ll just do it myself in like, five minutes.
>Other (?)

>>39844693
>>Wolfgang’s pretty low key. Maybe nobody would even know he was a demon. And you kind of want to see him in action.

>>39844693
>>You guys are lame. You want to sit this out, fine. I have other better people who can do anything.
>>See if Ulam can come along. No violence necessary. You know, maybe. And if there is, you'll have a giant crab on your side.

Kind of want to see Ulam in action

>>39844693
>You guys are lame. You want to sit this out, fine. I have other better people who can do anything.
>>See if Ulam can come along. No violence necessary. You know, maybe. And if there is, you'll have a giant crab on your side.
First (and only?) scene with this guy was great, would love to see more.

>>39844693
>>Xanissil can do a whole lot with her blood magic. Might even learn a thing or two operating in such close proximity in a real world scenario.

>>39844693
>You guys are lame. You want to sit this out, fine. I have other better people who can do anything.
>See if Ulam can come along. No violence necessary. You know, maybe. And if there is, you'll have a giant crab on your side.

>>39844693
>You guys are lame. You want to sit this out, fine. I have other better people who can do anything.
>>See if Ulam can come along. No violence necessary. You know, maybe. And if there is, you'll have a giant crab on your side.

>>39844693
>You guys are lame. You want to sit this out, fine. I have other better people who can do anything.
>>Xanissil can do a whole lot with her blood magic. Might even learn a thing or two operating in such close proximity in a real world scenario.

>>39844693
>>You guys are lame. You want to sit this out, fine. I have other better people who can do anything.
>>>See if Ulam can come along. No violence necessary. You know, maybe. And if there is, you'll have a giant crab on your side.

Ulam's cool. He took down the twins with barely a sweat and we could use more screen time with him

>>39844693
>>I never said anything about anybody seeing Waldric. We can be subtle. We can be so subtle.

>>39844693
>Xanissil can do a whole lot with her blood magic. Might even learn a thing or two operating in such close proximity in a real world scenario.
Well I don't really want a partner, but if we are going with one might as well be her.

Well, unfortunately I have work tomorrow, so I have to sleep. Hopefully we'll be able to have a thread on Sunday or Monday, depending on my schedule. Thought we'd get farther with this thread, but I'm all right with what we have.

>>39844810
Ok then- Good night Lawngod. Thanks for running!!

>>39844693
>You guys are lame. You want to sit this out, fine. I have other better people who can do anything.
>See if Ulam can come along. No violence necessary. You know, maybe. And if there is, you'll have a giant crab on your side.
This guy seems intresting...

>>39844693
>You guys are lame. You want to sit this out, fine. I have other better people who can do anything.
>>See if Ulam can come along. No violence necessary. You know, maybe. And if there is, you'll have a giant crab on your side.

Not related to the matter at hand, but I'd like to throw out a suggestion for the road trip.

Mount Diablo isn't that far from here. Seems like a good spot for a landwell, and with a name like that it seems like a place Sierra would at least want to check out.

>>39844810
Thanks fof running!

>>39845069
Would it be possible to include on the roadtrip to Nevada's grave?

>>39845150
It's kind of in the opposite direction, but it's only like an hour away from the city. So maybe, I guess.

>>39845435
I don't really have track over where our landwells are, but there's got to be one in Yosemite.

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>>39845761
This should give you a rough idea of where our landwells are. Fresno is a bit south of this map.

>>39845924
They're a lot closer to each other than I'd thought. I see why mt Diablo would be a good place for a well.

>>39846033
>>39845761

Yosesmite is about three hours due east and puts us in the Sierra Nevada mountain range, so that's probably a pretty good idea too.

>>39846033
All the most famous mountains and ranges have a landwell.

I want to believe.

Climbing Mt. Everest to get a landwell.

Strolling up Mt. Fiji to chill with a super old landmaster who ain't worried about nothing.

Probably some fuck-off old landmaster on one of the poles who has been there since the ice age.

>>39846904
Roald Amundsen will be the landmaster of the South Pole in my head-canon, until Lawngod directly states otherwise.

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>>39847035
>>39846904
Makes sense. Fuji-sama and all that.

>>39847299
I bet there is some guy in the Sahara who hangs out with camels and rides a fuckhuge scorpion.

>>39847515
"WELCOME TO CRAZY HASAN'S GIANT SCORPION RIDES!"

>>39847543
>"Nono it is not a giant scorpian, it is carapace with stinger camel, yes! You should buy twelve today! No? Okay, you will get 4 to test drive, free of charge! If you do not like them, you can return them in 80 years!"

>>39847574
Dear god i hope Sierra meet's Crazy Hasan one of these days.....Would be fucking hilarious!

>>39847600
Just walking down the road with your crew on another plane when, in the distance, cries of "WEEEEEEELCOOOOMEE VALUED CUSTOMER!!!!" are heard.

>>39847620
>Sierra walks out of the tent with a leash connected to 10 camels
>Sierra:"Wait....What just happened?"

Well it's obvious now that Sierra needs to become a globetrotting demon-magician-lady.

Visiting every famous natural, and even man-made landmarks, because I'm sure quite a few will have landwells.

>>39847747
Definitely. We've hopefully got all summer.

>>39847696
It occurs to me, Hassan could be a landmaster, and a powerful mage outside of that, who goes around "selling" camels, and camel equivalents because he is bored and finds it amusing.

Gotta spice up your ALL years of life, after all.

>>39847299
And with immortality being a thing in this setting there could be quite a few historical figures still walking about in present time.

>>39847776
>https://www.google.com/webhp?hl=en#hl=en&q=r%C3%A9serve+%C3%A9cologique+louis-babel

Seems awfully convenient to have that nice little island shape going on.

Wonder what Roger knows about it.

>>39847917
>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Babel_%28Quebec%29

>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manicouagan_crater

Well would you look at that, the place was hit by a damn meteor.

>>39847888
Oh oh both Roald Amundsen and Fridtjof Nansen could be alive and kicking! I fucking love this, explorers is one of the few historical things my country can be really patriotic about. And if every mysterious mountain is a landwell they would be fucking stacked!

>>39850009
Nansen would be less likely because he died in Norway.
Amundsen, on the other hand, disappeared while undertaking a rescue mission on the North Pole. His body was never recoverd, and only bits and pieces of the plane was found.

>>39850467
Huh, i never bothered to check how they died.

But Nansen was both smart and a very public figure. He might have wanted to fake his own death in order to make his eternal youth less conspicuous.

And if that about Amundsen is true then he was definitely a landmaster.