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Her head snaps back to you, as she slowly glides in your direction, her two pair of wings - one feathered, one leathery - spread behind her without any need to flap.

"And look at me now. I'm a CRIPPLE." She spits, with disgust. "My powerful body, my once-glorious form... broken, buried under waves and dirt, picked clean by scavengers..."


Ever since you Exalted and were blessed with the might of the Unconqured Sun, you've felt pretty good about yourself. Pretty confident. You withstood without too much trouble things that would have terrified you as a mortal. The Fae, the Lintha, Abyssals, even a Deathlord.

"...It was YOU. YOU were my tyrant. It's YOUR fault."

Now, you're genuinely terrified.

>Stay silent. Hope Samiel can make a good argument.
>Deny that you had any part in this. (s+z)
>Beg for her forgiveness (s+z)
>Ask how you can make amends (s+z)
>Use your authority, order her to calm down immediately (s+z)
>Point out that her grievances can be addressed at a later time (s+z)
>Leap up, try and wrestle her into submission (p+d)
(Other?)

Rolled 9 (1d10)

>>40194390
>Use your authority, order her to calm down immediately (s+z)
Oh hey, it's what we feared.

Rolled 7 (1d10)

>>40194390
>>Deny that you had any part in this. (s+z)
MRP

Rolled 1 (1d10)

>>40194390
>Use your authority, order her to calm down immediately (s+z)

Rolled 7 (1d10)

>>40194390
>Deny that you had any part in this. (s+z)

what charms should we be popping guys?

Rolled 2 (1d10)

>>40194390
>Stay silent. Hope Samiel can make a good argument.

Rolled 7 (1d10)

>>40194390
>Deny that you had any part in this. (s+z)
We're really sorry about what happened, but that wasn't us. We never hurt you or left you broken, but we do want to help you, because you're our friend. Ask her if she remembers or if she did forget.

>>40194390
"Regardless of what my first age incarnation may have done, I have fulfilled every promise I made to you. And I promise you this, you will fly again."

Rolled 5 (1d10)

>>40194429
We could pop MRP, but if we did we would be flaring and I'm kind of scared of flaring in front of someone used to First Age Solar fuckery so for now I'm against it.

Rolled 2 (1d10)

>>40194390
Majestic radiant presence and something between begging for forgiveness and reminding her that the person who did that was our predecessor, not us. That wasn't us, but please forgive us anyway, we're trying to fix her, yadda yadda.

>>40194429
TTTH, definetly.

Rolled 10 (1d10)

>>40194390
>Deny that you had any part in this. (s+z)
MRP commit. Leave the 3 burn essences incase we need to use TTTH

Rolled 3 (1d10)

>>40194462
We don't have the essence for it

Don't forget the clothes catalog!

Rolled 2 (1d10)

>>40194462
>>40194464
Definitely TTTH. That's our most mandatory charm right now.

Rolled 2 (1d10)

>>40194390

>Beg for her forgiveness

>Point out she is still the greatest and the most powerful

>We did everything we could to help her

Can we use a Charm? Because we need it

>>40194441
>Ask her if she remembers or if she did forget.
That's really good though, definitely slip that in if we can.

>>40194464
>>40194441
>>40194429

It's a lie, guys. We told Amata to scavange the place.

We can't build an alliance on lies

Rolled 8 (1d10)

>>40194390
>Deny that you had any part in this.
Emphase our plan is quite the opposite - we actually intend to rebuild her, that's why none of her critical parts have been removed.

>MRP Commit

>>40194500
we didn't hide her, we didn't turn her into an island, we didn't bury her under waves and dirt, we also didn't do anywhere near the amount of scavenging on her that other people have previously, we told Amata to not touch anything that would affect it's operation or systems

>>40194500
She's saying it's our fault in the first place, not that we scavenge, but that we were the Solar that was in charge of her. She's calling us her Tyrant

>>40194390

Supporting using TTTH

>>40194524
We don't have enough for it, we have one Burn essence and TttH costs 3

>>40194462
>>40194474
>>40194524
I don't think we have the Burn Essence available for it, though I'm not sure how to read the char sheet 100%

Though MRP is probably worth it right now

Can we point out she could have blows up without Maka discharging the Essence in her reactor?

Rolled 1 (1d10)

>>40194524
The chart indicates we only have 1 burn essence left, TTTH requires 3 burn essence.

Use commit MRP

Rolled 6 (1d10)

>>40194390
>>40194446
This sounds pretty good.
Denying everything could backfire if she has any kind of awareness of what happened between being knocked out and now.

>>40194531
If we let our caste mark flare or w/e it gives us access to the extra 2 commit and 2 burn which is currently faded out.

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>Who are we?
Maka, an exiled noble Exalted as a Zenith-caste Solar. Queen of Gem, now ruling the western island of Tianna. You have gathered a lot of allies and friends, and have a powerful Manse under construction.
But Tianna is actually an artificial island, built around a First Age Titan: an almighty flying fortress built in an ancient, forgotten age, and although this is kept secret, two Deathlords are seeking to obtain it.
The Tyrant of the Doomsday Machine, ghost of your past incarnation, seeked it as a weapon to cut her ties to the Neverborn. But you have persuaded her to try and seek redemption in the eyes of the Sun in other ways, and count her as an unlikely ally.
But now the Silver Prince is coming, to punish her and claim the Titan for himself in the name of Oblivion. And this looks like a battle you won't be able to talk your way out of...

>Solar? Zenith? I don't know Exalted...
This quest is as newbie-friendly as possible, and I want it to work as a newbie's intro to Exalted. If you have ANY question, ask in thread. For the setting, google "1d4chan exalted".

>Archive?
http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive.html?tags=Solar%20Quest

>System?
Dicepool-like system. When performing an action, everyone rolls 1d10 when posting. the first X rolls are considered, where X is equal to attribute + ability. Yes, this means that the more people are posting, the stronger Maka is, up to a limit of her attribute + ability.

>XP?
Attributes cost [current score x5] xp. Abilities cost [current score x3] xp, except Zenith costing [(current score x3) -1]. Charms cost 10 xp, except for Zenith-based charms (related to charisma and physical/mental fortitude) which cost 8 xp. At the end of every "session" (thread) you will be presented with a list of possible acquisitions.

>Twitter?
@exaltedfag

>Any questions?
http://ask.fm/Exaltedfag

New System Info: http://pastebin.com/pvAZpsJ6
Characters info (player-made): http://pastebin.com/5WnD47jp

>>40194556
>Use commit MRP
Well depending on the next 2 dice rolled, MRP might not be worth it as we're at 11 dice rolled and no successes in after the 10th roll so MRP wouldn't do anything and would just be a waste of Essence

>>40194558
ah so thats what that means, good to know for the future

>>40194558
No it doesn't, those faded out boxes represent our personal essence, the motes that don't make us flare, those are the first ones spent unless we say otherwise, we've already used those, the commit on the way here on the Swift Rider and all our Burn activating AiRS last session

>>40194472
My connection is so slow right now for some reason that I'm having trouble posting it. Give me a bit.

>>40194458
You're already flaring in any case, from activating soak charms earlier.

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>>40194612
Got you covered, boss.

>>40194612
>You're already flaring in any case, from activating soak charms earlier.
So does that mean we have access to all our Essence?

>>40194652
No, you spent a lot on soak charms, like I just said.

>>40194558
Wrong.

>>40194573
Right.

>>40194570
9 7 1 7 2 7 5 2 10 3 2 2 8
It should give us one extra success.

Also, what's the official stance on when charms should be declared? Can we wait until we see the regular dice result and then make a judgement as to using charms to boost that roll?

>>40194677
Well, yes, because it's not like it can be done differently with a quest format and these mechanics.
I mean, it's not by design, but it's an inevitable part of how the system works, so I just accept it.

I even it out with the NPCs being able to do the same when managing THEIR rolls, so it's alright.

(Incidentally I'd say that this and a few other things of my Quest's system actually make the Exalted in Exalted Quest be quite a bit more powerful than how they are in baseline Exalted... Which I don't mind. I like crazy.)

>>40194677
as metagamey as
>Can we wait until we see the regular dice result and then make a judgement as to using charms to boost that roll?
feels, I'd say thats probably the best way to go about it, it avoids arguments and shit getting kicked up when we vote to use something to get more dice, and still get no successes like in last thread

>>40194677

Six successes is pretty good. It should be enough to make her not kill us immediatly.

I just hope she doesn't attack the Tyrant, too.

>>40194719
Seven successes with MRP, six without.

>>40194719
>>40194727

Other thing is we may have to make multiple additional social rolls to fully convince her. So MRP scene length may be useful

>>40194756
true, which is why I voted for it

Oh, gods and angels.

I really hope Samiel wearing Dancing Smoke's favorite outfit won't backfire

I'm wondering if we should be popping AiRS too just in case she lashes out

>>40194813
It won't, if we manage to make her remember the good things in her life as Dancing Smoke.

But that's for later, right now we need to convince The Flame that Marched Against the Sea to not burn us alive because of First Age fuckups.

Hey EF, from the last thread, in Millian’s 1/2/2 stat block, was the 1 Physical?

Rolled 1 (1d10)

>>40194441
Seconding this. We aren't our previous Exaltation, and at every turn we've tried to preserve the Titan's functions. We took the risk to restore her memories and invite her anger because we wanted her to be as whole as possible. We also promised to be kind to whoever she became.

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You take your first steps up the broken, shattered mountaintop, the cracks in the rock quickly filling and overflowing with white-hot magma.

"IT WASN'T ME!" You scream up to Flame, as she slowly descends to meet you. You can see, behind her, Samiel trying to climb down the rock spike that was all that was left of the mountain around him trying to catch up with her.

"Oh, sure." The goddess replies, her face a mask of bitterness. "You'd really love to inherit the good but not the bad, would you? Have the power, the right, the mandate of heaven, the blessings of the Unconquered Sun. THOSE you have right to. But what about all the bad? Just blame it on the one that came before... HOW COMFORTABLE."

"It wasn't me." You repeat. "I'm a different person. I didn't do those things. I wanted to help! I wanted to help you!"

[MAJESTIC RADIANT PRESENCE] (Scenelong)
[COMMIT ESSENCE: 5/8]

[Soc + Zen = 9 7 1 7 2 7 5 2 10 3 2 2 8 = 7 successes]

"HELP ME?!" Another mountain explodes in the background, consumed in a blaze of flame. "Oh, sure, your HELPED me. You BROUGHT ME BACK. To a broken Age, to a crippled body, to such a sad excuse for an existence..."

(cont.)

She groans, more sad than angry anymore.

"You broke the world, Maka. You and your fellow Solars... you created a beautiful, golden age for Creation... and then, with those same hands, you smashed it into an ugly wreck. Much like you did with me. You took the time and care to actually make me, to forge me as the mightiest of weapons against Creation's enemies... and then, you BROKE me. Maybe it would've been better to never have existed in the first place, if this was how it was going to turn out."

>...You're right. We did something hideous. And for that... we deserve the consequences.
>If you're not going to listen to me, then listen to Samiel, at the very least!
>It wasn't me... the one you're looking for is the Tyrant. She's there, in that black airship.
>Won't you give me one chance? To prove that I'm different. To prove that I'm not the one you remember. (s+z)
>You're still needed. You can still fulfill your purpose as a bulwark against Creation's foes. (s+z)
>I can't change the past, Flame. But I can change the future. Will you believe in me? (s+z)
>You're stepping out of line, Flame. Stand down and return to your Sanctum in good order. Now. (s+z)
>Attack Flame, try and knock her out before she goes completely out of control. (p+d)

Rolled 3 (1d10)

>>40195062
>I can't change the past, Flame. But I can change the future. Will you believe in me? (s+z)
Each choice is equal to one action right?

Rolled 10 (1d10)

>>40195062
>I can't change the past, Flame. But I can change the future. Will you believe in me? (s+z)

Rolled 4 (1d10)

>>40195062
>Won't you give me one chance? To prove that I'm different. To prove that I'm not the one you remember. (s+z)
>You're still needed. You can still fulfill your purpose as a bulwark against Creation's foes. (s+z)
>I can't change the past, Flame. But I can change the future. Will you believe in me? (s+z)

>>40195062
I think an 'Enemy at our gates' kind of speech is in order here.

Rolled 1 (1d10)

>>40195062
>I can't change the past, Flame. But I can change the future. Will you believe in me? (s+z)

Rolled 9 (1d10)

>>40195062
>I can't change the past, Flame. But I can change the future. Will you believe in me? (s+z)
Is it really so bad now?

You have a child, you have Sammy

Rolled 6 (1d10)

>>40195062

>I can't change the past. But you, me, Samiel and all the others, together, can change the future

>I'm truly sorry for what you lost. But think of what you gained

Rolled 4 (1d10)

>>40195062
>I can't change the past, Flame. But I can change the future. Will you believe in me? (s+z)

Rolled 9 (1d10)

>>40195062
>>I can't change the past, Flame. But I can change the future. Will you believe in me? (s+z)
Add that neither herself nor the world are so badly broken that they can't be restored.

Wait, the "i can't change the past" doesn't mean we recognise that Maka is at fault, right?

Rolled 6 (1d10)

>>40195062
>You're still needed. You can still fulfill your purpose as a bulwark against Creation's foes. (s+z)

>>40195152
>doesn't mean we recognise that Maka is at fault, right?
Right. It just recognizes that we have no control over what's already happened.

>>40195088
Yes, and therefore makes you regain 1 Burn.

Would it be better if i tagged explicitly the moments when you recover the essence, or kept track constantly?

Rolled 4 (1d10)

>>40195062
>>If you're not going to listen to me, then listen to Samiel, at the very least!
You have him now and you have Shining Jewel, a child you made defending Creation.

>>40195152
no, it means we can't change the past, it isn't the
>I accept culpability for my previous exaltations actions
option

>>40195167
>Would it be better if i tagged explicitly the moments when you recover the essence
I think that would be good for now, we're usually not too bad at keeping track of the overall count, but once we start spending things we have to go reread updates and refer to the now-out-of-date charsheet, so updates like that would be very helpful

Rolled 7 (1d10)

>>40195062
>You're stepping out of line, Flame. Stand down and return to your Sanctum in good order. Now. (s+z)

>>40195167

Maybe just indicate it at the moment it happens?

>>40195196
thats what he means

Rolled 7 (1d10)

>>40195167
I think it would be best if you told us during moments like these, where it's important that we know how much essence we have at the time otherwise it's not really necessary unless you're telling us were topped off or something.

Rolled 4 (1d10)

>>40195062
>I can't change the past, Flame. But I can change the future. Will you believe in me? (s+z)

Rolled 1 (1d10)

>>40195062
>I can't change the past, Flame. But I can change the future. Will you believe in me? (s+z)

First time rolling.

Also, would we have time to get Millian to Physical 3 before the Silver Prince arrives?

Rolled 3 (1d10)

do we need more dice?

>>40195250
nope, the post before you is the 13th roll, by my count we have 6 successes

>>40195242
Worst case scenario we only get one training session before he arrives

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>>40195242
Shouldn’t have bothered rolling.

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>>40195267
That’s still enough.

>>40195242

If we train her charisma, she can help us in our prayer to UCS.

Even with Phys 3, I don't think she'd be very efficient on a battlefield.

>>40195312
Yeah, she isn't very suited for the battlefield. I'd rather have her assist Maka with other things instead.

>>40195312
She really wouldn't be, she'd be at a 4 dice combat pool, a DV of 2 which any regular soldier could hit every time. Dawn 1 so she probably doesn't know any combat charms either. The only thing she would really have going for her is a decent amount of health.

>>40195329
I want her to assist Maka in bed.

>>40195312
I wasn’t thinking about that, but more keeping roving soldiers away from innocents.

Rolled 6 (1d10)

>>40195062
>I can't change the past, Flame. But I can change the future. Will you believe in me? (s+z)
>Won't you give me one chance? To prove that I'm different. To prove that I'm not the one you remember. (s+z)
These two seem to flow together pretty well.

Rolled 7 (1d10)

Rolled 1 (1d10)

We still have MRP Committed, right?

>>40195388
Well all of our innocents are going to be inside our still nameless manse so if any soldiers are near them we've already fucked up.

We do have to worry about infiltrators and stuff, but even if we do train her she won't be able to do much against them and we're going to have better trained solders, demons, and ghosts keeping out for those kinds of things.

Thought I'd share some writefaggotry I did for EF recently: http://pastebin.com/4BTk6XMH

I tried my hand at smut, since people said they wanted it. B-Be gentle.

>>40195062
>I can't change the past, Flame. But I can change the future. Will you believe in me?
the You're stepping out of line option was very tempting

Rolled 9 (1d10)

>>40195422
What are the kinks and characters?

>>40195419
True.

I guess I just want a Super-Maid.

Rolled 3 (1d10)

>>40195062
>I can't change the past, Flame. But I can change the future. Will you believe in me? (s+z)
>Won't you give me one chance? To prove that I'm different. To prove that I'm not the one you remember. (s+z)

>>40195439
We'll get it soon, right after we finish dealing with the Silver Prince. You know, if everyone is still alive.

>>40195432
Irene and Starfall with a sensation-sharing artifact.

>>40195439
Wait.

Didn’t EF say there was a Twilight charm that would let us train Social?

Imagine Regis, Millian, and Pyre Spark all at Social 4.

>>40195548
>Didn’t EF say there was a Twilight charm that would let us train Social?
Yes. That's the other reason we need to raise Twilight. We need its training charm, we need Ghost-Eating Technique, and we need the one that expands our mote pools for good measure.

Once we're back in peace times, Twilight and its high-priority charms need to be our focus.

>>40195460

>"And for once, Tyrant, everybody lives!"
>"I'm still dead, Maka."

>>40195567
>and we need the one that expands our mote pools for good measure.
There's one in the Zenith tree or there was one in the old system, it was behind Essence Gathering Temper so it might still be there since that showed up a few threads ago.

>>40195422
Nice work anon, I enjoyed it!

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"...I can't change the past, Flame. But I can change the future. Will you believe in me?" You offer up a hand to her.

[Soc + Zen = 3 10 4 1 9 6 4 9 6 4 7 7 4 = 6 successes]

She stares at it with disdain. "Why should I?"

Those words hurt you more than a sword through the chest.

"Why should I trust you? After what you've done to me."

"It wasn't her!" Samiel has caught up to you. He's covered in sweat and burn and scorch marks, and it's hard to tell if his Anima is flaring or if he's genuinely on fire. "It's an Age long past!"

She snaps back at him: "NOT FOR ME!"

He slams his foot down, without stepping back, despite the strength of her vicious glare. "But it IS for everyone else! No one here was alive back then except for you! It's not fair to hold people guilty for crimes committed in a different life!"

"NOT FAIR?" She glowers, the great snake of fire in the sky coiling, ready to strike. "Do you know what's not fair? What I went through. I once soared through the heavens... one of the four mightiest fortresses ever devised, a bastion to protect humankind from the horrors of the beyond. A paladin of a golden age." You see tears of molten fire in her eyes. "I was turned against the people I was sworn to protect. The misdirected rage of a petty tyrant forced me to burn the very cities I was born to defend. And I had to obey. THAT is not fair."

(cont.)

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"...I'm sorry for what you went through, Flame. But... It wasn't my fault. Or that of anyone still alive, right here, right now." You say.

"Oh, you're wrong about that." She turns aside, looking westwards.

You see, far in the distance, the fire dragon floating through the air, heading for the Dark Omen landed just north of Pearl.

"First of all, I'll take care of the Tyrant. Then, I'll fly once more, and burn the Silver Prince with my Light of Judgement."

"Y- you can't take off." Samiel is astonished. "The whole island will crumble..."

"I'M NOT AN ISLAND!" She screams back. "I AM A DIRECTIONAL TITAN!" Her voice shakes Tianna from coast to coast. "I AM THE FLAME THAT MARCHED AGAINST THE SEA!"

"Flame." You just ask softly. "Please. Don't."

>Tyrant realized she did wrong. She is seeking for a way to atone. She deserves a second chance. (s+z)
>Destroy Tyrant if you will, but please, stop there. Don't go any further. Think of the innocents. (s+z)
>If you do this... you'd just be killing the people you should be protecting, once more, and of your own will this time. (s+z)
>I swear, Flame. I will restore you. You will fly again. You will incinerate the enemies of Creation. Let me help you. (s+z)
>...I understand, Flame. It must hurt. It must be painful. But... if you do this, it will just hurt more later. (s+z)

Rolled 89 (1d100)

>>40195661
>>If you do this... you'd just be killing the people you should be protecting, once more, and of your own will this time. (s+z)

Rolled 1 (1d10)

>>40195661
>If you do this... you'd just be killing the people you should be protecting, once more, and of your own will this time. (s+z)
>I swear, Flame. I will restore you. You will fly again. You will incinerate the enemies of Creation. Let me help you. (s+z)

Rolled 10 (1d10)

>>40195661
>Tyrant realized she did wrong. She is seeking for a way to atone. She deserves a second chance. (s+z)
>If you do this... you'd just be killing the people you should be protecting, once more, and of your own will this time. (s+z)
PANIC

Rolled 6 (1d10)

>>40195661
>If you do this... you'd just be killing the people you should be protecting, once more, and of your own will this time. (s+z)
>I swear, Flame. I will restore you. You will fly again. You will incinerate the enemies of Creation. Let me help you. (s+z)

Rolled 6 (1d10)

>>40195661
>>Tyrant realized she did wrong. She is seeking for a way to atone. She deserves a second chance. (s+z)
Flame please.

Rolled 4 (1d10)

>>40195661
>If you do this... you'd just be killing the people you should be protecting, once more, and of your own will this time. (s+z)

Rolled 5 (1d10)

>>40195661
>If you do this... you'd just be killing the people you should be protecting, once more, and of your own will this time. (s+z)
>Tyrant realized she did wrong. She is seeking for a way to atone.

Rolled 3 (1d10)

>>40195661
>...I understand, Flame. It must hurt. It must be painful. But... if you do this, it will just hurt more later. (s+z)

Rolled 4 (1d10)

>>40195661
>If you do this... you'd just be killing the people you should be protecting, once more, and of your own will this time. (s+z)
>I swear, Flame. I will restore you. You will fly again. You will incinerate the enemies of Creation. Let me help you. (s+z)

Also, since we're already flaring anyway I suggest we pop MRP

Rolled 2 (1d10)

>>40195661
>Tyrant realized she did wrong. She is seeking for a way to atone. She deserves a second chance
>If you do this... you'd just be killing the people you should be protecting, once more, and of your own will this time.
>I'll put in a safeguard against you being forced to harm innocents or Creation.

our dice just went seriously mediocre

Rolled 3 (1d10)

>>40195661
>3 Burn
Hit her with Talking to the Heart.

It absolutely wasn't fair and we're trying to help the Tyrant understand that.

Rolled 4 (1d10)

>>40195661
>>If you do this... you'd just be killing the people you should be protecting, once more, and of your own will this time. (s+z)

Rolled 8 (1d10)

>>40195661
>>If you do this... you'd just be killing the people you should be protecting, once more, and of your own will this time. (s+z)

silly bitch, listen to your boyfriend

Rolled 5 (1d10)

>>40195661
>If you do this... you'd just be killing the people you should be protecting, once more, and of your own will this time. (s+z)
>...I understand, Flame. It must hurt. It must be painful. But... if you do this, it will just hurt more later. (s+z)

>>40195716
we did anon, its scene long, so it should still be in effect

and we seriously need any extra dice our charms can give us right now

13 dice, 3 successes. Welp.

>>40195716
We're already using it, but I'll second Talking to the Heart since we can use that now

>>40195739
>Talking to the Heart
Agreed. This is seriously mandatory right now.

Rolled 1 (1d10)

>>40195661
>>...I understand, Flame. It must hurt. It must be painful. But... if you do this, it will just hurt more later. (s+z)

>>If you do this... you'd just be killing the people you should be protecting, once more, and of your own will this time. (s+z)

>Kneel and beg her

I'm tempted to say "if you have to kill someone, kill me"

>>40195674
>>40195675
>>40195684
>>40195686
>>40195694
>>40195702
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>>40195716
>>40195722
>>40195739
>>40195740
>>40195741
>>40195742

Wow only 3 successes.

>>40195672
A pity you didn't roll right, that could have been another

Looks like we'll have another DM railroad to failure.

>>40195661
>>Tyrant realized she did wrong. She is seeking for a way to atone. She deserves a second chance. (s+z)
Talking to the Heart

We're trying to make her better, just like we'll try and make it better with you.

>>40195661
>>40195674 here, adding TTTH to my vote, we need it

Fuck

Fuck

Fuck

Let's hope Samiel can do something.

Or that three successes are enough to make her wait our next argument

>>40195786
Yeah, I'm astonished that 6 successes barely got us anything in that update, if anything that makes 3 successes look like a crit fail...

I agree on Talkin to the Heart

>>40195798
It won't, as long as we don't roll a botch a failure is a failure no matter how far under we rolled.

>>40195757
Yep, we need TTTH with these abysmal dice results if thats all that 6 successes got us.

>>40195771
>Railroad
>Because of shitty dice rolls

The fuck are you smoking?

>>40195798

To be fair, six successes is like what you do automatically when you're First Age, and Flame is pissed off.

>>40195816
Well considering the impact we had with 6 successes, forgive me for thinking that 3 successes will do fucking nothing at all if 6 didn't even stall her or give her pause for thought.

>>40195798
She's a high essence God, like I'm almost positive she has at least 1 +6 stat somewhere in her pool, as well as shifting MDV, it can go up or down depending on a number of factors

>>40195825
Well this isn't the First Age, and importantly, neither is she now.

>>40195597
Thanks! I think I'll try something with Amata next.

>>40195841
I have no idea what anything that you said means.

>>40195845
Amata letting Maka boss her around in a reversal of roles maybe? Would be cute I think.

>>40195858
Hmm. Not a bad idea. I was going to try something serious and non-sexual, but I'll keep that idea on the back burner.

>>40195842

She's the closest you can be of First Age without being undead, and even without that she's used to that level of perfect convincing power.

Remember: she's pissed off at the Tyrant, and even her faded memory is more charismatic than anyone on creation right now.

>>40195880
You could blend the two ideas with some lovey dovey couple cuteness between the serious and the lewds if you wanted.

>>40195845
Amata exorcising Succubus Maka. It's her favorite RP in bed!

>>40195858
>I have no idea what anything that you said means.

It basically means that she's beyond the capacities of any modern Exalt, with numbers changing depending of circumstances

>>40195908
Well considering she's a couple centuries late to the party and her body and form are nowhere near the shape they used to be, I'd say some numbers should be changing depending on circumstance.

I just pray to UCS-senpai that Samiel can help keep her under control and bring her back before she does something stupid.

>>40195946
>I just pray to UCS-senpai
That's starting to look like a good idea.

>>40195897
Mmm. Lovey dovey cuteness is always fun to write. I'll find a balance somewhere, or just do different stories.

>>40195906
Not a bad idea, either! She has a special outfit for it, and the ritual is very... hands-on.

>>40195906

>Maka cosplaying as Mara

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>>40195906
And then Maka “interrogating” Amata

>>40195906
Amata has great fun roleplaying the Wyld Hunt

can someone post all the EQ art from Decu's latest drawthread, I don't have them on this pc

>>40196070
EF prefers that we post art at the end of the threads.

>>40196075
I'll be asleep then so hopefully the rest of you kind anons saved them and can post them.

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"If you do this... you'd just be killing the people you should be protecting, once more, and of your own will this time." You point out, trying to keep an even tone of voice. Trying to calm her down.

[Soc + Zen = 8 9 1 10 6 6 4 5 3 4 2 3 4 = 4 successes]
[TALKING TO THE HEART]

"I KNOW!" She screams, the giant fire dragon arcing in the sky, ready to fall down on the Dark Omen, utterly destroy it...

...she's a Deathlord. She might not die from that. But that's no excuse to let it happen.

Despite everything.

"...I know, but what can I do?..."

Samiel closes up enough to hug her, both arms around his waist. Only seeing the two of them like this, side by side, perspective and distance finally sink in: she must be around 3 meters tall. Next to her, Samiel looks... really small.

You see smoke rising from the two of them, and dancing in the windy air.

As a Fire-aspect, Samiel should be immune to normal fire and heat. But this is anything but normal. His clothes catch fire, as does his hair, and the air fills with the stench of burned flesh.

Flame looks down on him, almost uninterested, and simply says: "Let me go."

"No."

"I'm not Dancing Smoke."

He looks up to her. "...You remembered a lot of things. But... did you forget? The time we spent together?"

"...No."

(cont)

"Then you're still Dancing Smoke to me."

"Flame. Or Dancing Smoke. Or whatever you want us to call you." You sigh, stepping closer to the two. "You wanted to know why you should trust me."

She glares at you, but says nothing. Her arms rest to her sides, and she does nothing to try to break Samiel's hold on her.

"What have you got to lose? I don't have the codes or the ability to command you. You can just give us a chance. I can't force you to do anything against your will."

She looks away. "There isn't much I can do anyway."

You look at that enormous shape of fire coiled against the night sky, and your brain freezes for a second. If she considers that nothing, if she considers herself ugly, broken and helpless now, then... what must have been a Directional Titan at the height of the First Age?

"You can fall down on the Dark Omen and annihilate the only Deathlord actively trying to break free of the Primordial's grasp, then take off and kill the island's population of one hundred and fifty thousand people."

She groans, and the shape of fire slowly dissolves itself in the night. The tremors subside. "Thank you for pointing out once more how useless I've become."

>You're not. We need you. These people need you. Creation needs you. And Samiel needs you. (s+z)
>Give me a chance. I won't betray you. I won't let you down. And I promise, you will fly again one day. I made sure that all your essential systems were left intact, and deactivated your self-destruct switch. (s+z)
>If you have your memories from when you were Dancing Smoke... than you know I'm different from the old Tyrant. You know you can trust me. (s+z)
>Say nothing, just keep your hand outstretched to her. (s+z)
>Sucker-punch her while she's got her guard down. (p+d)

>>40196116
>both arms around his waist

DRINK!

Rolled 7 (1d10)

>>40196127
>You're not. We need you. These people need you. Creation needs you. And Samiel needs you. (s+z)
>Give me a chance. I won't betray you. I won't let you down. And I promise, you will fly again one day. I made sure that all your essential systems were left intact, and deactivated your self-destruct switch. (s+z)

Rolled 8 (1d10)

>>40196127

>Give me a chance. I won't betray you. I won't let you down. And I promise, you will fly again one day. I made sure that all your essential systems were left intact, and deactivated your self-destruct switch. (s+z)

Rolled 9 (1d10)

>>40196127
>Give me a chance. I won't betray you. I won't let you down. And I promise, you will fly again one day. I made sure that all your essential systems were left intact, and deactivated your self-destruct switch. (s+z)
C'mon Flame

Rolled 9 (1d10)

>>40196127
>Say nothing, just keep your hand outstretched to her. (s+z)

Rolled 10 (1d10)

>>40196127
>You're not. We need you. These people need you. Creation needs you. And Samiel needs you. (s+z)
Aw, man, you have no idea how hard it was to resist the sucker punch troll vote.

Rolled 6 (1d10)

>>40196127
>>Give me a chance. I won't betray you. I won't let you down. And I promise, you will fly again one day. I made sure that all your essential systems were left intact, and deactivated your self-destruct switch. (s+z)

Rolled 8 (1d10)

>>40196127
>>You're not. We need you. These people need you. Creation needs you. And Samiel needs you. (s+z)
He loves you

Rolled 6 (1d10)

>>40196127
>>You're not. We need you. These people need you. Creation needs you. And Samiel needs you. (s+z)
>>Give me a chance. I won't betray you. I won't let you down. And I promise, you will fly again one day. I made sure that all your essential systems were left intact, and deactivated your self-destruct switch. (s+z)

Rolled 6 (1d10)

>>40196127
>You're not. We need you. These people need you. Creation needs you. And Samiel needs you. (s+z)
>Give me a chance. I won't betray you. I won't let you down. And I promise, you will fly again one day. I made sure that all your essential systems were left intact, and deactivated your self-destruct switch. (s+z)

Rolled 3 (1d10)

>>40196127
>You're not. We need you. These people need you. Creation needs you. And Samiel needs you. (s+z)

(i'll note that the fact that she calmed down during the last action is entirely due to Talking to the Heart getting the social attack through, in case anyone's wondering.)

>>40196132
yeah, typo, sorry.

>>40196075
It's just a preference, not an iron-clad rule, don't worry.

>>40196203
>(i'll note that the fact that she calmed down during the last action is entirely due to Talking to the Heart getting the social attack through, in case anyone's wondering.)
I think everyone figured that.

Rolled 8 (1d10)

>>40196127
>>You're not. We need you. These people need you. Creation needs you. And Samiel needs you. (s+z)

Rolled 8 (1d10)

>>40196127
>>You're not. We need you. These people need you. Creation needs you. And Samiel needs you. (s+z)
I mean we will get her flying again, but for now I want her to come to our side because she loves Sammy.

>>40196203
>yeah, typo, sorry.
its no issue EF, I just need excuse to finish off this bottle of bourbon

Rolled 7 (1d10)

>>40196116
>He looks up to her. "...You remembered a lot of things. But... did you forget? The time we spent together?"
>"...No."
That' the power of love

Rolled 8 (1d10)

>>40196127
>You're not. We need you. These people need you. Creation needs you. And Samiel needs you. (s+z)

Rolled 4 (1d10)

>>40196127
>You're not. We need you. These people need you. Creation needs you. And Samiel needs you. (s+z)

Well, the dice seem to be working again.

>>40196250
4chan dice really make everything swingy, we brake average success like all the time.

>>40196127
>If you have your memories from when you were Dancing Smoke... than you know I'm different from the old Tyrant. You know you can trust me. (s+z)

>7 8 9 9 10 6 8 6 6 3 8 8 7
9 Successes. Maybe this will almost have an effect.

>>40196250
It was d100fag. He angered the RNG with his false dice!
SHUN HIM!

Rolled 4 (1d10)

>>40196127
>>You're not. We need you. These people need you. Creation needs you. And Samiel needs you. (s+z)

>>40196070
I have them, waiting the right time to post them. Got a lot of art to post this time.

>>40196270
That's 10 successes.

>>40196270
10 successes, rolling a 10 gives us two successes

>>40196291
Eeeexcellent, well this anon needs some sleep before my eyeballs explode so I look forward to seeing the pics and catching up on the thread.

Thanks for running EF.

>>40196304
>>40196327
So it is. For some reason I went retarded and read the last 7 as a 1.

>>40196127

>You're not

For how long do you think you will be able to run today, EF?

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"You're not." You smile up to her, closing in in a hug yourself, your Anima in full flare. "We need you. These people need you. Creation needs you."

To the touch, she' feels as hot as hugging molten steel, hotter than the very lava she has risen from. But the temperature, you feel, is quickly falling. The fires on Samiel's body have extinguished, replaced by his own natural Anima flare as well.

"And Samiel needs you." You conclude. "So please. Give us a chance."

"I.. I might not know anything you've been through. I might not be able to share that pain, or ease it." Samiel pleads. "But... I promise. From now on, I'll do everything I can to make you happy."

[Soc + Zen = 7 8 9 9 10 6 8 6 6 3 8 8 7 = 10 successes]

" I won't betray you. I won't let you down. And I promise, you will fly again one day."

She opens her lava-tear-soaked eyes wide, looking down on you. Even if you're quite tall, she still towers above you.

"...Me... fly again?"

You nod. " I made sure that all your essential systems were left intact, and deactivated your self-destruct switch. Your core systems are undamaged, or can all be repaired. You can fly."

"But... the people..."

"We will find a way." You reassure her.

She stares at the sky, lost in thought. "...I used to be the one who protects the cities of Creation... Never thought I'd become one of them."

(cont.)

She gently pushes Samiel away. "...But I'm not Dancing Smoke. Even if I remember how she was." She smiles lightly. "How fond she was of you. I don't know how seriously. But... I'm a different goddess."

"If you're giving Maka a chance to prove herself to you... won't you give me one as well?" He pleads.

"...I can't say no to those eyes." She replies., turning her back to him, but giving him a quick peek over his shoulder, before facing you. "...Maka."

"Yes?"

"I'll hold you to those promises. And if I ever feel unsatisfied by how you keep them... I will BURN. DOWN. EVERYTHING."

Despite how hot it is around you, you feel the coldest of shivers running down your spine. You look into her crimson eyes, and see the West burning.

"And... I want to see the Tyrant." She asks. But it wasn't a polite question.

"The Tyrant?" You HOPE you heard wrong.

"I want five minutes with her. That's all I'll need."

"...Do you plan to try and kill her?"

"It's not my plan, but I make no promises for what will actually happen." She replies, fierce.

>Yes.
>No.
>You don't need to ask me. You can settle things among themselves.
>Promise me you won't try to kill each other.
>(Other?)

>Yes.

>>40196515
I'll go tell her.

>>40196515
>Yes.

>>40196401
No idea. I hope until the thread autosages.

>>40196515
>Yes

>>40196515
>>Yes.
And commit Body Mending now, we really need those health levels back.

>>40196515
>Yes
>Promise me you will to try not to kill each other.

>>40196535
Welp, hope it lasts a few more hours.

Rolled 4 (1d10)

>>40196515
>You don't need to ask me. You can settle things among themselves.

Rolled 10 (1d10)

>>40196503
>>40196515
>Yes.
>Promise me you won't try to kill each other.
Something between those two.

The moral of this story is that being complete doesn't make you happy, and being ignorant doesn't make you sad, but you're still probably better off knowing and being whole.

>>40196515
>Yes.
>Promise me you won't try to kill each other.

Give the lady a kiss, but not before Sammy does, she deserves some after all this time and this wakeup.

>>40196515
>>Yes.
Just, we promised to keep her safe as well. Don't make us break any promises here.

>>40196631
Man. Sexing Flame will be awkward. But will probably help in befriending her.

>>40196614
And here I thought the moral was if you have an unstoppable god-killing superweapon with a mind of it's own, you TREAT IT WELL

>>40196515
>other
I won't stop you, but would advise caution, since Tyrant may remember your command codes.

>>40196515
>Yes.
>Just... please don't kill her, I think I made some progress in teaching her basic empathy and we really can't afford to lose an ally when the Silver Prince himself is coming to kill us all and destroy Tianna.

>>40196671
>I won't stop you, but would advise caution, since Tyrant may remember your command codes.
HOLY SHIT THIS.

>>40196515

Supporting >>40196631

>>40196515
>>40196671
This.

Rolled 1 (1d10)

>>40196672
>>40196671
Voting for this combined with a caution on the command codes.

>>40196722
Meant voting for yes with talking about empathy. Also that we want to be there with her.

>>40196756
As much as I'd like to support this, do we have the time to mediate the discussion between them?

Then again I suppose this has priority over other things since if things go south we will have more problems than just the silver prince.

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"...Yes. I imagine you two need to... talk to each other."

"Something like that." She mumbles, staring at the distant Dark Omen.

You don't have any sight-enhancing charms, but you bet that, if you had them, you'd be seeing the Tyrant, there, standing on the deck of the airship, looking right back.

You can't imagine with what face, though.

"...What if Tyrant knows your command codes?" You wonder.

"You want me to give everyone a second chance." She growls. "Even to her. Well, that's her second chance. If she uses those codes... I'll know exactly how little she has changed."

She seems determined.

"Will you fight with us against the Silver Prince?" Asks Samiel.

Man, now that you can get a better look at him... he's ruined. His skin is all burned, peeling off in places, third degree burns anywhere he touched Flame, his hair burned down almost to the scalp, eyebrows gone. And of the dress Dancing Smoke loved, almost nothing is left.

"No." She replies. "If invaders will come. I will fight them on my own. In my own way, on my own terms." She takes a few steps back towards the lava pool, and then spreads her wings and gently begins to float towards it. "I... don't really feel like following anyone's orders right now. I'll try not to get in your way, at least."

The both of you just look at the goddess disappearing into the fire, then, Samiel turns his burned-off, broken, messed-up face at you. It's hard to tell if he's trying to grin, or if his upper lip was simply burned off.

"I think that went pretty well."

Then he collapses.

>Better rush him back to Pearl on the Swiftrider. (p+e)
>Let's get back to Pearl by foot.
>Let's rush back to Tianna City by Swiftrider. (p+e)
>Time to walk back to Pearl.
>I still have something to do here. (what?)
>I'll get back to Tianna City, he's on his own.
>I'll get back to Pearl, he's on his own.

(small map because my connection is a shit today)

Rolled 10 (1d10)

>>40196912
>>Better rush him back to Pearl on the Swiftrider. (p+e)
We can't really leave him here.

Rolled 6 (1d10)

>>40196912
>>Better rush him back to Pearl on the Swiftrider. (p+e)

Rolled 6 (1d10)

>>40196912
>Better rush him back to Pearl on the Swiftrider. (p+e)
That's where all of our exalts and allies are. That's where he might get the best medical attention.

Rolled 9 (1d10)

>>40196912
>Better rush him back to Pearl on the Swiftrider. (p+e)

aww I wanted Sammy to kiss Flame at least

>>40196912
>Better rush him back to Pearl on the Swiftrider. (p+e)

Amata is not gonna be happy about this...

Rolled 4 (1d10)

>>40196953
They have to start over from the beginning anon, like she said, she might have all of Smoke's memories, but she's a different goddess now. Give them time

>>40196912
It took us two Commit to get to here least time so we should have plenty to get back, I'll second activating BMM

Rolled 9 (1d10)

>>40196912
>Better rush him back to Pearl on the Swiftrider. (p+e)

We should also bring him to Silk's place, but without the special 'treatment' Karas is getting.

Rolled 10 (1d10)

>>40196912
>Better rush him back to Pearl on the Swiftrider. (p+e)

Now, there is an important question we must endeavor to answer posthaste.
Is Flame still a sub or does she have a dominant streak now?

>>40196978
Yeah BMM sounds good

>>40196953
adding Activating BMM to my vote here

>>40197014
I hope those bits of her personality slowly come out for Sammy in the near future, it would really suck and be sad as hell for all that to be gone

>>40196912
>>40196932
Yeah let's Commit Body Mending Meditation now

>>40196912
So it's a super volcano now.

How big is 7 tiles of volcano?

>>40197014
>>40196995
>>40196953
>>40196932
For once in this thread the rolls look really good

Also hi EF, good to see you going for your usual time

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You rush up to Samiel and do a quick check.

You might not be a first aid genius, but you know enough to tell when someone's life is in danger, and Samiel's is... well, he's wrecked, but he's an Exalted, so he's not in any IMMEDIATE danger.

You're not in a much better shape yourself, you reason, looking at yourself. Every bone and muscle in your body hurts, and your skin is seriously burned in several places. Even your hair is singed hideously. Your damage is more internal than external, unlike Samiel (who took the brunt of Flame's rage, while you were mostly hurt by the Essence vent and the fall, but you're only marginally better off.

[BODY MENDING MEDITATION]
[COMMIT ESSENCE: 3/8]

You take a deep breath, try to stabilize the flows of Essence in your body, and set them towards repairing the damage you have suffered. Knitting laceration, repairing hairline fractures, patching your skin up, even regrowing your hair.

It'll take a while, but the sooner you start, the sooner you'll be done.

You unfold the Swiftrider and, Trying not to hurt him too much, get both yourself and Samiel riding up on it.

[COMMIT ESSENCE: 1/8]
[Physical + Eclipse = 10 6 6 9 4 9 = 4 successes]

Riding down the jagged mountains, you make for the road between Tianna City and Pearl, and, once there, accelerate to full speed towards your Manse.

The people there are understandably worried about the lightshow they just witnessed, but you can see a certain measure of relief in their eyes when they see you back... which then turns back to worry when they see your and especially Samiel's conditions, causing his soldiers and officers to become particularly anguished.

But you reassure them that you'll take care of him, and head immediately to Silk's Realm to drop him off.

(cont.)

>>40197170
>The people there are understandably worried about the lightshow they just witnessed, but you can see a certain measure of relief in their eyes when they see you back... which then turns back to worry when they see your and especially Samiel's conditions, causing his soldiers and officers to become particularly anguished.
Wait, so did The Flame That Marched Against The Sea actually announce her presence and status as a directional Titan to the entire island like an idiot, or was your description of how loud she was rhetorical?

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"I'm not a hospital, you know." Is her deadpan reply, when she sees you with yet another wounded Exalted to drop off.

"You are now." You reply. "Also, treat him well."

"You mean well like your brother, or-"

"I mean well NOT like my brother." You shoot her down immediately. "Is he coming along nicely, by the way?"

"Oh? Oh, yes. I'm milking a lot of Gossamer off him- er, I mean, his wounds are almost healed and I'm making sure he doesn't move around too much while I, er, tend to him." She grins.

You give her a long, hard stare, and then drop off Samiel in her arms. "How's Regis, by the way?"

"Oh, he's fine. Got back up real quick. He wanted to train more on his own, so I let him, but I think now he left after I pointed out to him that he'd been in here for a bit too long." She explains.

"Good." You nod.

>Let's get one last training session in. (who?)
>Off to see Amata.
>Go pay a visit to Karas.
>Stay with Samiel until he comes back to his sense.
>The Manse looks finished, which means Tia should be free now.
>Wonder how Irene's thingamajig is coming along.
>(other?)

So, on top of exposure to powerful Solar and Lunar essences, Maka's children have also been exposed to intense essence venting from the super weapon to end all super weapons and the Wyld. What else do you think they'll be exposed to before they're born, and what effect do you think all of these potent essences will have on their natures?

>>40197291
>Off to see Amata.
>The Manse looks finished, which means Tia should be free now.

>>40197266
I imagine they could see something but why did our husband not come to see if we were ok?

>>40197291
>Off to see Amata.
Deliver the report and also send for doctors to start treating us.

>>40197266

People probably just thought "volcano goddess is very angry"

>>40197291
>Other
Attune to the bloody thing. Even if all of the essence is being redirected rather than fed to us, we still need to claim ownership.

>>40197266
You're not entirely sure of how clearly her words carried up to here, but you wouldn't be amazed if they did. Even if they didn't, the sight of a Lesser Elemental Dragon of Fire probably still spooked them.

>>40197309
She might have, and not have made it in time to get up to the volcano. From when the conflagration started to when you left, only a few minutes passed, so if Tia did travel to the volcano as soon as she saw the lightshow, it's entirely possible you missed each other.

>>40197291
>>Off to see Amata.
I'll second sending for healers though.

>looking at Ride charm tree
>final charm is a ride on anything charm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BTtOUlhL0WQ

>>40197291
>Go pay a visit to Karas
>Let's get one last training session in. (Millian)
I'm mildly worried about her to be honest

>>40197294
super lewd and psychotic

>>40197291

>Go pay a visit to Karas

then

>Off to Amata

She must have heard about Samiel's state

>>40197328
Of the manse?

It's not ready yet, we still have to do a thing tomorrow at noon.

>>40197291
Actually EF, what time is it now?

>>40197342
>it's entirely possible you missed each other.
That works.

>>40197347
>super lewd and psychotic
Nah, that's just their genetics, from having a slutty mom and a crazy dad.

>>40197291
>The Manse looks finished, which means Tia should be free now.
Off to see Amata.

>>40197294
They'll be incredibly powerful Half-Castes, and uncle UCS and auntie Luna will always appear on their birthday parties.

>>40197328
Attune to the what thing now?

>>40197364
Around dawn.

>>40197364
>Of the manse?
Of the demesne, if not the Manse itself. They can be attuned to before they're ever capped, and the capping doesn't make the attunement lapse.

>>40197367
Tias gender is Lunar

>>40197394
When did gender come up? The one with the sperm is the father, no matter what their sex or gender end up being.

>>40197342
>You're not entirely sure of how clearly her words carried up to here, but you wouldn't be amazed if they did.
Damn, we are never going to get a decent timeskip are we?

>>40197376
Imagine having SOL INVICTUS as god-father

>>40197377
Hey EF, looking at this from last thread:

>MILLIAN (Awakened)
>1/2/2
>1/2/2/2/1

I think you forgot to update Millian’s stat sheet.

https://archive.moe/tg/thread/31752313/#31756087

>>40197400
It didn't, but I never get tired of lunar gender jokes/comments

>>40197394
Twin-faced Hero: Whatever you feel like being today.

>>40197291
>>Off to see Amata.

>>40196660
That's a moral? I thought that was common fucking sense. Jesus, First Age Solars, what were you thinking?

>>40196912
Poor Samiel... Amata is going to be so pissed. I hope we can get him healed and quick

>>40197685
>Common Sense
>First Age Exalts
Pick one and only one.

>>40197685

Moral lessons from stories are often pretty much common sense spelled out.

>>40197685
If the Great Curse railroaded them as hard as it did us, you really can't blame them.

>>40197685
Most of the time?
Something like "How can I fuck this mountain?" And "Hmm, maybe I can use these screams of pain and terror to make a good symphony?"

>>40197342
Aw man, if Flame broadcasted that to everyone on the island, it's only a matter of time before the Realm's navy knocks on our door. Lets hope we can convince Flame to give us aid by then

>>40197434
Right, sorry. Probably a typo. 2/2/2 it is.

You leave Silk's Realm and meet Amata in her rooms, which are, by now, one of the few locales in the manse to enjoy actual furniture. Not much, though: a desk, a chair, a bed, a few chests and cupboards and cabinets, clearly lifted from her (vastly more impressive) rooms in Tianna and carried all the way here.

"...Geez, you look like an incinerator has punched you in the face." She puts down the reports she was reading on her desk and looks up to you. "...Did it work?"

You let out a long sigh. "...Sort of. Sammy got a bit hurt..."

"That bitch." She snaps the quill pen she was using in half. "I'll END her."

"Calm down." You put a hand on her shoulder. You know she doesn't mean it. "He was great. If it wasn't for him... Flame would've probably killed me."

"So, she changed name?" She stands up from the chair and stretches tiredly left and right. "Got all the memories back?"

"Especially the bad ones." You note. "I've... never seen a god like that."

"She's a unique case, at this point." Amata explains, sitting down on the bed. "Her god-body is probably a lot more powerful than it was ever meant to be, and she probably ended up somewhere between actual goddess and elemental, beyond the matter-spirit line."

"That border that separated gods and elementals?" You wonder.

"Yes. Originally, well, she was obviously meant to be a goddess, but the association with the volcano and the fact that it was the only manifestation of her being that could be witnessed, for so long, changed her nature more towards elemental. That's my guess, at least. That, and well, the fact that when you turned on that vent..."

"...the Essence vented into her straight from the reactor didn't reach her in its pure form, but converted into heat by the venting system." You remember noticing that. "So now her association is as much with fire and volcanoes as it is with the Titan."

(can't post Amata's pic, fucking connection)

>>40197685
To be fair, First Age Solars were ALSO unstoppable god-killing superweapons. In fact, there were some in the Deliberative who thought that the Titans were an unnecessary waste of resources, saying "we've got US."

"Sort of." She lies down, staring into the ceiling. "Plus, with her "real" body, the Titan, so atrophied, her god-body, her anthropomorphic representation, became more powerful, since all the Essence ended up there instead." She turns her head to you. "Will she help us?"

"She will, though she wants to fight on her own. And... I think she's pissed at the Tyrant."

"Color me amazed." Is her sarcastic reply.

"Yeah." You grumble.

A short pause follows, filled with silence.

"...Aren't you mad?"

"For what?"

"I think that by now nearly everyone will know about the Titan. At least, now Samiel knows. With what he's seen and heard, I'm sure he's smart enough to put two and two together. And anyone within earshot knows, too."

"That was going to happen sooner or later." She groans. "I'm amazed we managed to keep the secret this long."

You nod, briefly lost in your own thoughts.

"...Once this whole deal with the Silver Prince is over, if we survive, everyone will know anyway. I plan on just telling it." Amata whispers.

"You?" That sounds rather odd, coming from her.

"Ever I get tired of all those secrets." She smiles. "I keep them because I must, not because I enjoy lying to people."

"You totally enjoy lying to people."

"Well, alright, I do, but only when it's amusing." She admits.

"...Once the cat gets out of the bag about the Titan, we'll have everyone against us."

"...No, I don't think so." She grins. "I think that knowing we have a Titan will actually keep them off us."

"You're optimistic."

"Who in their right mind would fuck with someone with a dozen-odd Exalted with a functional Directional Titan?" She points out.

(cont.)

"It's not exactly functional."

"What do they know?"

Well, she has a point.

"I hope you're right." You sigh, sitting down on the corner of her bed. "I really... I know that I have a duty towards Creation and everything, but I'd really, really like to be able to look forward to some time of peace."

"You will." She nods. "I'll try my best to make sure of it." And stretches both arms towards you. "Speaking of which, come on, Maka, give me some sugar."

You pass a hand over your burn marks. "...But I'm a wreck right now."

"I don't care." She replies, making a "gimme" motion with her hands.

>Give her some sugar.
>I've got stuff to do, maybe later. (what?)
>I need to ask you something else first. (what?)
>(other?)

>>40197902
>Give her some sugar.

>>40197902
>>Give her some sugar.

>>40197876
She does have a good point. If there are nations which still exist purely because they hold Soulbreaker Orbs, having an operational Directional Titan, especially Flame That Marched Against The Sea, would basically mean that either the entire world unites against Tianna (Highly unlikely), or the entire world says 'Oh shit, let's get on their good side'.

And then Maka does her thing, alliances are formed, and Mikhail crashes the economy.

Assuming we don't all get murdered horribly by the Silver Prince, of course.

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Thinking about it. Dancing Smoke's awakening must have caused a lot of essence to be discharged and that might send a red flag up to heaven.

The best way to defend ourselves from siddie's is to befriend gods.
We gotta meet with Fakharu as he is the celestial censor of the west.

>>40197902

>Give her some sugar

>>40197902
>Give her some sugar

>>40197902
>Give her some sugar.

Can we add Soc + Zen to see how much we wow her?
>40196063

>>40197902
Burns shmurns.

>Give her some sugar.

>>40197954
Bah.

>>40196063

>>40197876
So now Flame is both a goddess, an elemental, and a super fortress. She may one of the most powerful things in Creation short of everyone in Yu-Shan

Speaking of, I wonder how the Celestial Bureaucracy is handling The Flame That Marched Against the Sea's revival? Gods and Sidereals must be losing their shit

>>40197902
>Give her some caramel.

>>40197902
>Give her some sugar.

>>40197980
>>40197945
>>40197939
Oh! This is going to be FUN!

>>40197342
>Give her some sugar.
Are we suppose to say no?

>Lesser Elemental Dragon of Fire
Isn't that like, one step below what the Kukla is?
She's an Essence 8 or 9 Elemental?

>>40197980
>Making Sidereals lost their shit
There are some things you do for the simple pleasure of it.

>>40197945
I doubt Fakharu will do much to help us unless we promise to shake up Yu-Shan. He's a bro, don't get me wrong, but he's tired of the celestial bureaucracy's bullshit and he doesn't want to be involved anymore.

>>40197980
Sidereals have probably been losing their shit ever since the Silver Prince decided to declare war on a perfect circle of Solars and Abyssals.

>>40197945
>The best way to defend ourselves from siddie's is to befriend gods.
I know, let's befriend The Unconquered Sun.

>>40197980
Sidereals can't do shit because Maka is Sol Invictus' waifu

>>40197902
So... what exactly were your thoughts when writing that vote with that text above?

>>40197939

To be honnest, "we have a Titan" is one hell of a way to guarantee our new money is worth it.

>>40198022

Well the other thing we could do is to help the ocean father get all the gods in the west in order so he can spend more time in celestial politics.

>>40198043

He's too busy with the cosmic Xbox to help us.

>>40198068
>He's too busy with the cosmic Xbox to help us.
You know he's spoken to use every time we've prayed to him.

>>40197939
>inb4 fun times when instead of facing a Wyld Hunt we have Games of Divinity Thrones as various Dynastic Houses from the Realm try to curry favor with us.

>>40197945
Man, now would sure be a great time to have a badass divine mentor like, oh, wait, the Unconquered Sun himself? How about that?

But oh no, what if that's not enough? We'd need powerful allies like, say, the goddamn Ocean Father.

Don't get me wrong, we could always use more allies, and as the possibly highest-ranked high priestess in the entire setting, we're in a unique position to do just that.

>>40198068
Possibly, but he might just say "Well, you're doing a super job of that now! Have fun!"

Not that I'd blame him. Yu-Shan is dildoes for what happened to the Elementals alone, let alone everything else the Bureau has done.

>>40198068
Don't forget that EF said at the start that he likes having a more proactive Conky.

>>40197980
Gods and Sidereals have been losing their shit ever since we hit Social 5 and marked the UCS as a five dot background on our sheet.

>>40198106
Hence the divine waifuing

>>40198116
I wonder what the Bronze and Silver factions think of that shit. I bet Ketchup Carjack is pissed.

>>40198116
Except Nysela. She's busy switching between insanely jealous and hopeful.

>>40198135
>Silver Faction
I'm sure all 3 of them are having serious discussions

>>40198039
I wonder if the Sidereal EF has hinted at will reveal themselves soon.

>>40198135
Good. I hope he goes into cardiac arrest, the rotten bastard

>>40198148
What? There is no Silver Faction. Are you high?

>>40198149

Beware that one person that nobody seems to notice.

>>40198116
Well, in their defense, if Maka survives the Silver Prince's attack, she will be in a prime position to recreate the First Age.

I mean, she's not going to do that because she's a vapid whore, not a massive bitch, but the potential is there. It would not surprise me in the slightest if the Sidereals tried to meddle with things to set this battle in favour of Bodhisattva Anointed By Dark Water.

>>40198173
because that's such a good idea. Lets set up the one Deathlord in Creation who believes in the Neverborn's batshit crazy ideology to wipe the slate clean a victory. WHAT COULD GO WRONG

Man, with this latest event no one can claim that Maka's rise to power is a fluke. She has avoided having her face wrecked so many times by dint of force of personality and being so damn likeable that even people that should be her enemies like her.

She is literally 'You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar' personafied. I never knew I could consider a character like this even more badass than I consider some action hero's. It's a totally new feeling of watching someone be a badass because you literally can't imagine not liking them.

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You give her some sugar indeed.

You really needed to relax, at this point, and Amata is the best person you know for that.

To top it off, she also helps you by applying some medical creams and bandaging your burns and wounds, and lets you catch a quick sleep on her bed.

You wake up, feeling a lot better, healthier and more well-rested. It's late morning, and you can feel the essence flows in the Manse's geomancy twisting and turning, as it beings to successfully channel them. It's almost finished.

>Valeriana wanted me on the focal room at noon- Let's get there a bit earlier.
>Hey, Amata? Needed to ask you something...
>Go meet someone first (Karas/Starfall/Mikahil/Silk/Samiel/Aexel/Irene/Rajan/Zareen/Tia/Talon/Zaan/Lynne/Five Tails/Tyrant/Shining Jewel/Ririth/Regis/Millian/Pyre Spark/the three Captains/who else?)
>(Other?)

>>40198220
>TIAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! HUGS!

>>40198220
>>Valeriana wanted me on the focal room at noon- Let's get there a bit earlier.

>>40198220
>>Valeriana wanted me on the focal room at noon- Let's get there a bit earlier.
I want to know what powers our manse is going to have, I don't think we ever asked about that besides it having an AI eventually

>>40198215
Hey hey hey, all the Sidereals got together and agreed this plan is foolproof.

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>>40198173

Its a pity that we don't have solar circle sorcery so get rid of the shadowland skullstone archipelago before the silver prince comes back from being killed.

That would have been fun

>>40198220
>Go meet someone first (Tia)

>>40198220

>Valeriana wanted me on the focal room at noon- Let's get there a bit earlier.

stuff to do

>>40198043
>be bronze faction with passion
>tfw being endings caste killing solars by guiding them into their doom, weakening them and cosmic kung fu for ketchup carjack
>tfw your next mark has a dozen dragon-blooded, a full circle, five lunars, a warstrider, the support of the oceanfather, fakharu and UCS and a FUCKING DIRECTIONAL TITAN

... Can I still switch to the gold faction?