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She smiles at you, gesturing at your two servants to leave the room. They do so, leaving the breakfast behind, but they di linger for a moment, shooting one last worried look at you. Concerned about your wounds, or... They sensed your unease, maybe? "You must have a lot of questions, Maka."

Oh boy. Why does she look like she's enjoying this so much? She pulls up a chair and sits next to you, wkithout letting go of her disarming smile for even one second.

Were her eyes always this blue?

>...You're not a Dragon-Blooded. Mind explaining?
>Who are you and what did you do with Amata?
>Who was that green-eyed woman? Is she still around?
>I've... never seen that style of martial arts. How did you DO that?
>I do. I hope you're actually going to give me answers this time.
>So... the jig is up? No more secrets? You're going to tell me everything?
>(Other?)

(New tripcode. Long story. It's still me. Proof in twitter if you need any.)

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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.

>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
Quest in ebook format (player-made): https://www.dropbox.com/s/i7oz3l0g5dvbebo/Exalted%20Quest%20-%20Threads%2001-82%20%5Bpdf%5D.rar?dl=0

>>41704292
>>So... the jig is up? No more secrets? You're going to tell me everything?

>>41704292
>So... the jig is up? No more secrets? You're going to tell me everything?
Nice to see you again so soon EF

>>41704292
>So... the jig is up? No more secrets? You're going to tell me everything?
still think she needs a spanking.

>>41704336
Last thread was actually surprisingly inspiring for me, all things considered. I'll admit I was upset at first that it didn't end up as I expected, but that actually gave me a lot of new ideas.

Nothing like your players surprising you (for good or for ill) to get you to rethink and re-evaluate yourself as a GM, I guess.

>>41704393
Nothing like failing to make you see what you hadn't before

We're going to have to make it up to Senpai for that too, I'm sure he's just as disappointed as we are, if not more so.

>>41704365
Not even the Aegis of the Sun Unconquered could save her from that fate.

>>41704393
I think the biggest lesson after the last thread was that Adamant Skin Technique does not equal "utterly impervious to danger".

That's the trap I personally fell for in the final battle vs the Bod.

>>41704292
What kind of casualties are there? I know on our side we lost Tyrant and Flow, but how did Silver Prince's forces go?

Speaking of Tyrant, we're going to have to apologize to the Abyssals

>>41704274
You know, before I've ever entered these threads I thought the woman in the OP was a gender bent Pegasus (YuGiOh) with delicious brown skin.

>>41704440
If any of the Abyssals are still alive. Tyrant came to Tianna castle alone it seemed.

As for the rest we probably lost close to 2/3rds of all the mortal soldiers we mustered for the defense.

The prince's forces got worked. If Ebon Siaka and the King survived the first fight then they would be forced to contend with essence artillery, a dawn solar, two lunars, and umpteen hundred mortal soldiers, Moray is going to have turned his back on the Prince and his bullshit permanently, and the prince lost what we can safely assume to be a sizeable portion of his FUCKTHEWORLD fleet from Island Five.

The prince also presumably lost a significant number of abyssal exalted. The Herald got face fisted by Tia, the walker got piledriven by Tia, the knight of ghosts and shadows was probably taken down by somebody.

Also the Bod himself got annihilated.

So all things considered, even though we stumbled in the final stretch we actually beat the forces of Skullstone and the Bod really really badly.

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>>41704424
>I think the biggest lesson after the last thread was that Adamant Skin Technique does not equal "utterly impervious to danger".
You're right, of course.

>>41704440
>What kind of casualties are there?
You still don't know the whole story. Hopefully you'll get a full report shortly.

>>41704465
>You know, before I've ever entered these threads I thought the woman in the OP was a gender bent Pegasus (YuGiOh) with delicious brown skin.
Huh, never thought of that. In any case, if you're new, welcome to Exalted Quest!

(combining an OOC reply with an actual post because the actual post is really short, but I think it's a question you'll want to answer to)

---

"So... the jig is up?" You look up at her, hopeful. "No more secrets? You're going to tell me everything?"

She smiles a knowing smile and leans closer. "If I told you "yes", would you believe me?"

>Yes.
>No.

>>41704514
>>Yes.
If she says it's the truth at least, she kept secrets before, but she's made that clear before.

>>41704514
>>Yes.

>>41704514
Amata would hate it if we ever learned JET, she'd never get to have fun anymore.

"Yes." You nod, without hesitation.

"You're adorable." She sneaks a kiss on your cheek. "You really are my weak point."

You five her a funny look. What does that mean?

"You're right, of course. I'm not going to lie to you any longer. I promise. But... that doesn't mean I'm going to tell you everything."

"How delightfully cryptic." You roll your eyes in exaggerated annoyance. "Explain."

"...Let me put it in a way you'll understand." She thinks about it a second. "I'm a secret agent."

Maybe she was expecting you to react with surprise to that statement, but you're too tired to. You simply nod for her to continue.

"I work for the most secret organization in the world. Our job is... to protect Creation from its many enemies. By any means. It's called the Five-Score Fellowship. And it's based in Heaven, and headed by the Five Maidens of Destiny."

Alright, THAT got a reaction out of you. "...You mean the City of Heaven?"

She nods. "Yes. Yes, I mean Yu Shan. No, I never met the Unconquered Sun in person. Yes, I have a house there. No, you can't come over. Sorry." She intercepts your next questions with quasi-telepathic accuracy.

You sigh. "...You're not a Dragon-Blooded."

"No. No, I'm not. I'm a Celestial Exalted like yourself and Tia, though I'm neither a Lunar nor a Solar."

"...There are other types of Celestial Exalted?" You're away out of your depth here.

"Secret organization, remember." She winks. "Call us... Sidereals. Out of the Five Maidens, I was Exalted by Venus, the Maiden of Serenity."

It makes sense. Things click together in your head. You had a dim memory in your head, about this. From the... time before.

"Lotus was actually one of us. Under deep cover. I can't go into details, but she helped stack the odds a bit more in our favor before the battle."

"She did attack us, though." You reply.

(cont.)

"Auto-hypnotism. At that moment, she was honestly convinced she was on the Bodhisattva's side. The phrase I told her was the password to snap her out of it."

You slowly nod. "So... you're the ones who hid the Titan?"

"My organization, yes. We had to make sure that no one could discover it." She grins. "Until the situation degenerated, and we had to let you discover it because... Well, I decided that letting you find it would have been the lesser evil." She giggles. "Now the cat's out of the bag, I guess."

>Whats the situation? What's the damage? casualties?
>What's going on in Pearl? Any news from there?
>What about Tyrant's Abyssals? Where are they now?
>What are we going to do now?
>...Does this mean Samiel and Irene are adopted?
>Why can't I visit Yu Shan?
>Can you call me here (someone)?
>...I need to go back into the Titan. I need to check something.
>(Other?)

>>41704709
>>...Does this mean Samiel and Irene are adopted?
Honestly curious about this

>>41704709
>>Whats the situation? What's the damage? casualties?

Rolled 9 (1d10)

>>41704709
>Whats the situation? What's the damage? casualties?
>What's going on in Pearl? Any news from there?
>What about Tyrant's Abyssals? Where are they now?
>What are we going to do now?
>...Does this mean Samiel and Irene are adopted?

I NEED TO KNOW ALL THE THINGS

>>41704709
>>...Does this mean Samiel and Irene are adopted?

>What about Tyrant's Abyssals? Where are they now?

>>41704709
>...Does this mean Samiel and Irene are adopted?

Ease the mood a bit first.

>>41704709
>...Does this mean Samiel and Irene are adopted?
>What about Tyrant's Abyssals? Where are they now?
We should probably commit BMM too

we should have a private dance for UCS-senpai at noon to see him and speak to him again, I probably won't be around later when the opportunity arises but can anons vote for that in my stead?

>>41704709
>>...Does this mean Samiel and Irene are adopted?

>>41704709
>...Does this mean Samiel and Irene are adopted?
>Whats the situation? What's the damage? casualties?
>What's going on in Pearl? Any news from there?
>What about Tyrant's Abyssals? Where are they now?

"...Does this mean Samiel and Irene are adopted?" You wonder.

She nods. "...Yes. They don't know. But I'll have to explain things to them, now. To come out clean. They were both lost eggs. Assigned to me while still infants, as part of the ruse. A Dragon-Blooded ruler should have children with a fair chance at Exalting, after all."

She looks at you, and frets a bit, standing up. "...O-of course I still loved them as if they were my actual children-"

"Yes, I don't doubt that." You reply. "So... your previous marriage...-"

"Oh, part of the cover story." She nods. "Was that what worried you?"

"...I was just curious. You've lived your cover story for so long..."

"When I said I'm a secret agent, I wasn't kidding." She sits on the edge of the bed. "And I take my job very seriously. So... I might not lie to you, but there are still a lot of secrets I have to keep from you. No matter how much I trust you: I'm simply not allowed to.

"...I understand." You nod. "...What happened to our Abyssals?"

"I know that a few of them are in the Titan. They already know what happened." She looks down. "They didn't take it well. Especially Fleurdelis. I think the other understand what happened, but she's... distraught.

>Whats the situation? What's the damage? casualties?
>What's going on in Pearl? Any news from there?
>What are we going to do now?
>Why can't I visit Yu Shan?
>Can you call me here (someone)?
>...I need to go back into the Titan. I need to check something.
>I need to return to Pearl.
>(Other?)

>>41704709
>Whats the situation? What's the damage? casualties?
>What's going on in Pearl? Any news from there?
>...Does this mean Samiel and Irene are adopted?

>>41704868
>Whats the situation? What's the damage? casualties?
>What's going on in Pearl? Any news from there?

>>41704868
>Pull her into our arms so she's lying with us.
>What's going on in Pearl? Any news from there?
>Whats the situation? What's the damage? casualties?

>>41704868
>>Whats the situation? What's the damage? casualties?
>>What's going on in Pearl? Any news from there?

>>41704868
>>Whats the situation? What's the damage? casualties?
>>What's going on in Pearl? Any news from there?

>>41704868
>>Whats the situation? What's the damage? casualties?
>What's going on in Pearl? Any news from there?
We're going to have to talk to Fleurdelis, I wonder if she'll even want to talk to us after this.

>>41704868
>>41704884
This, time for a cuddle conference

>>41704868
>Whats the situation? What's the damage? casualties?
>What's going on in Pearl? Any news from there?

Commit Body Mending Meditation.

>>41704909
>Commit Body Mending Meditation.
I'll second that if we don't have it going already

>>41704868

>>41704884
>Pull her into our arms so she's lying with us.
I'm seconding this. And Body Mending Meditation.

>>41704909
>Commit Body Mending Meditation.
Right

>>41704909
Agreed.
Sooner or later we're going to give our victory speech, and walking up in front of everyone half-dead is got going to be good for morale.
Maybe leave a few injuries though, remind everybody that we lead from the front.

>>41704952
Leaving injuries is for people with something to prove. We don't. There's no need to remind people when a thousand people saw us lead from the front.

>>41704966
And due to the fact that most of the people who saw us lead from the front were ON the front, a great many of them are now dead.

In the eyes of their widows are children gazing out at the rubble of their city, we certainly do have some things to prove. First on the list is "Was it worth it?"

[BODY-MENDING MEDITATION]

You sigh deeply. "...What's the situation? The damage? ...Casualties?"

"...Still counting." She admits. "The palace is completely wrecked, as I'm sure you've noticed. Tianna City suffered a lot of damage, but fortunately the outlying villages were mostly spared. As far as we heard, Pearl is in much better shape, though it'll still need some repairs. Administratively, I think it makes sense at this point to move the capital over to Pearl at this point."

She makes a brief pause. "...Military losses are about 2500. That's... about half of the men we started with. As for civilian casualties... around two thousand. About half caused by the battle, half by the earthquake. Disaster relief is in progress. The reason you don't see Tia here is that, by the way. She wanted to stay by your side all the time, but we managed to explain to her that you'd be sad if you found out that she didn't help."

How delightfully manipulative. But well, it's for a very good reason. And the people out there buried under tons of rubble need someone who can lift buildings with one hand more than you do right now.

"We didn't lose a single Exalted, and that's a miracle. But a lot of them are wounded, some very seriously, and some don't heal as fast as you or the Lunars. It'll be a while before we're back to full strength."

She's probably talking about herself as well here: she's clearly badly beat up, with cuts and bruises all over, though they have had make up applied to them to be less noticeable.

"What about the Skullstonians?"

(cont.)

>>41705013
>Skullstonians
That sounds like something out of the Flintstones.

Or He-Man.

"Their armed forces were almost completely annihilated. Ghosts are dispersed or banished, and the few lingering ones are being hunted down. The mortals... mostly killed or captured. When word went around that the Bodhisattva had been killed, it completely crushed their morale. Many committed suicide, others surrendered. A few are still hiding around, but I don't think they'll be much of a threat beyond a bit of sabotage. We'll get them, eventually."

"As for their assets?"

"Five ships or so fled. We captured three almost intact. All the others have sunk or are destroyed or completely wrecked, though maybe there are some salvageable parts. Same for the Warstriders, most are smashed, but we have a few nearly intact. Adding that to, well, captured weapons, technology, Vodak armored suits, and the fact that we have Zaan, Irene and Valeriana at work right now, since they weren't wounded... and I'd say that we've got a frankly amazing war booty. Our usual problem, the small number of Manses, will keep us from making full use of the heaviest stuff, but... well, we'll talk about this when we plan for the future." She grins enigmatically.

>What are we going to do now?
>Why can't I visit Yu Shan?
>Can you call me here (someone)?
>...I need to go back into the Titan. I need to check something.
>I need to return to Pearl.
>(Other?)

>>41705054
>>Why can't I visit Yu Shan?
Maka wants to be scolded for foolish behavior in person

>>41705054
>>Why can't I visit Yu Shan?
Let's get this question outta da way.

>>41705054
>What are we going to do now?
>I need to talk to the Abyssals.

>>41705054
How about there Exalted?

Moray survived I think, but what about the rest?
Actually we can probably use Moray to gather up all the soldiers

>>41705054
>Why can't I visit Yu Shan?

>>41705054
>>...I need to go back into the Titan. I need to check something.

>>41705054
If we do head down to the Titan I want a chance to pick up those incisions we found, maybe we can give the one of the Tyrant to Fleurdelis as a sort of apology

>>41705054
>Why can't I visit Yu Shan?
>...I need to go back into the Titan. I need to check something.

>>41705054
>Why can't I visit Yu Shan?
>Cuddle with her on the bed

>>41705054
>>...I need to go back into the Titan. I need to check something.

>> I also need to talk with Fleurdelis.

>>41705054
>(Other?)How's mikail? Five Tails? Moray?

>>41705054
>>41705132
this and >>41705108

then we can head downstairs

>>41705054
>Why can't I visit Yu Shan?

You know, the irony is that any reason Amata could come up with would be defeated by Maka’s Mentor 5 (The Unconquered Sun) that Maka doesn’t know she has.

>>41705054
>(Other?)
"What are we going to do with all that Soulsteel?"

>>41705054
>other
What about Moray?

>>41705170>>41705146
>>41705132

And the Flame that marched against the Sea?

>>41705054
>Why can't I visit Yu Shan?
In a related note, thanks for the little story, EF. I rather enjoyed it.

"...Their Exalted?" You finally ask.

"Karas killed Ebon Siaka in Pearl. After you knocked her into the ocean, she came back. There was one heck of a fight, but in the end he took her out. While all that was going on, though, the King of Uncloaked Steel escaped on one of the surviving Skullstonian ships."

"...That's bad." You mumble.

"I don't know. Depends if he's the kind of person who holds a grudge." Amata replies. "Their Daybreak, Herald of the Treshold, is also dead. We found his body in the Titan, or what's left of it. After Tia was done with him, it looked more like a soft ragdoll. I and Radiant Starfall killed the Midnight, Lady in the Untold Depths."

"The one with the white dress?"

"Yep. Knight of Ghosts and Shadows, however, has disappeared. I've got Starfall looking for him, but I think he left the island by now."

"How's Darktide?"

"Fainted from all the wounds, and probably some shock. He'll be alright, he just needs a day or two. Mikahil's about as badly wounded with him, but Five's taking care of him."

"I see."

You rest your mind a bit. Amata stays silent, and you just spend a few minutes next to each other. You reach for her hand, and she lets you hold it.

"...Why can't I visit Yu Shan?" You ask her, serious.

"I'm not even allowed to tell you why I'm not allowed to tell you." She smiles.

"Come on." You're not joking, and she soon realizes this. "...I want to meet Him. I... I need to."

"...I can imagine. But... let me put things this way: Many of the things I'm doing are not making me very popular with the Fellowship. Both the results and the methods. To say nothing about marrying you."

You nod.

"These people could very well have me arrested and sent to jail in Heaven if they wanted, and believe me, they do. I had to make... promises, let's say. One of them was that I'd keep you out of Heaven for now."

You can't help but smile at the thought. "They must be terrified of me."

(cont.)

"You have no idea." she replies, a bit amused herself. "To many of them, you're the most dangerous thing ever. More than the Deathlords. Maybe even more than the Yozi."

"Really?"

"Well, that's what they believe. So... please. Work with me on this. I can't let you visit Yu Shan just yet. One day we will, I promise. But until that day comes... I need you to not talk about this to anyone."

>Alright. I promise. No one will know about Yu Shan.
>At least Tia must know.
>At least my circle must know.
>Why not? I think we should tell everyone.

Combined with:

>Can you call me here (someone)?
>...I need to talk to Flame. I need to clear up a few things with her.
>...I need to go back into the Titan. I need to check something.
>I need to return to Pearl.
>What are we going to do now?
>(other?)

>>41705356
>>Alright. I promise. No one will know about Yu Shan.
>What are we going to do now?
Future plans?

>>41705356
>At least Tia must know.
>...I need to go back into the Titan. I need to check something.
get those inscriptions from our quarters then go see Flame and bring Samiel

>>41705356
>(Other) At least UCS-senpai must know the mean sids are keeping me out of heaven.

>...I need to talk to Flame. I need to clear up a few things with her.

>>41705356
>>At least my circle must know.
>What are we going to do now?
They deserve to know, they've been in the dark and helping us anyway for a while now.

>>41705356
>Alright. I promise. No one will know about Yu Shan.

>...I need to talk to Flame. I need to clear up a few things with her.

>>41705356
>At least Tia must know.
She's Also Amata's wife, too.

>...I need to talk to Flame. I need to clear up a few things with her.

>>41705356
>>At least Tia must know.
>At least my circle must know.

We should at least tell Tia and the other Solars what's the deal. If Amata is super hesitant about this we can offer to have Mikahil sanctify our oath of secrecy.
>...I need to go back into the Titan. I need to check something.

Get those gold murals and take them outta there.

>>41705356
>At least my circle must know.
>...I need to talk to Flame. I need to clear up a few things with her.

>>41705356
>...I need to talk to Flame. I need to clear up a few things with her.
>...I need to go back into the Titan. I need to check something.
Unfinished business.

>At least Tia must know.
Hard to have a stable threeway if we keep on member in the dark all the time.

>>41705356
>Alright. I promise. No one will know about Yu Shan.
>Tell Amata about the talk we had with The Unconquered Sun about the Titan.
It might help her to know that even if her boss isn’t happy, her boss’s boss’s boss’s boss’s boss thinks differently.

>>41705356
>>41705383
this

>>41705356
>Alright. I promise. No one will know about Yu Shan.
>...I need to talk to Flame. I need to clear up a few things with her.

We should ask Amata to tell us more about Yu Shan, that sort of information could be useful in our job as a Zenith.

>>41705383
I'll second this, too.

>>41705383
>>41705421
Five incisions, plus those replacements that were still hanging on the wall.

We can probably take those down and melt them for gold, but the others we might want to keep.

If we really want to talk to UCS we could use the Primordial War ones as a prayer sacrifice to talk to him.

>>41705383
>get those inscriptions from our quarters then go see Flame and bring Samiel
This this this.

Well, Maka's reaction at least proved that Amata's threat to Chejop Kejak was a good one.

I feel really guilty about Mikahil's wounds, though. We need to check in on him and apologize.

On a related note, I want to preemptively vote on repurchasing Final Ray of Light. Hopefully we go a longass time before needing it again, but we've already seen first-hand how useful an extra life in our back pocket is.

>>41705403
Assuming Starfall isn't listening in right now.

>>41705356
...shouldn't our counter intel people know that some of your rivals in the Fivescore fellowship will be trying to infiltrate us?

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Ask about our fucking babies.

We may know out-of-character that they're probably fine, but Maka should be worried as fuck about them right now.

How was that not the first shit out of our mouth?

>>41705577
>Ask about our fucking babies.
Shit, yes this.

>>41705516
Agreed. The replacements aren't particularly worth keeping, but the originals are.

I say we bring them all to Pearl and make a smallish, dedicated shrine for each of them along the walls of the entrance hall, with UCS's portrait in a freestanding one towards the center, with decorations cast from the gold melted down from the replacement panels.
It seems fitting that the ornaments intended to replace his image be made instead into icons praising him.

>>41705577
>Ask about our fucking babies.
Fuck, you're right. Damn it, this.

>>41705516
>If we really want to talk to UCS we could use the Primordial War ones as a prayer sacrifice to talk to him.
or we could just dance and pray to him at noon

>>41705531
>On a related note, I want to preemptively vote on repurchasing Final Ray of Light. Hopefully we go a longass time before needing it again, but we've already seen first-hand how useful an extra life in our back pocket is.
I'll second the absolute fuck out of that if we've got the XP for it.

>>41705356

>>41705577
Seconding the shit out of this too

>>41705611
>I'll second the absolute fuck out of that if we've got the XP for it.
And I'll third it.

>>41705611
Yeah, so that we can go and throw it away and ruin an incredibly dramatic moment. Only slightly salty now, but still salty.

>>41705596
It's not a bad idea honestly, UCS is still a god and a sacrifice given to him especially at a temple manse dedicated to him is a huge thing, especially since we fucked up the final boss fight it would go a long way to get in contact with him.

"...Can at least Tia know?"

She rolls her eyes. "I knew you were going to ask me that... but, well, Tia isn't really the talkative type, so I think she can keep the secret. Better than you for sure."

"That's mean." You complain. "...And, I need to go back in the Titan and talk to Flame."

"No one has seen her since the fight." She sighs. "Samiel wanted to see her too. He things something weird's up with her, and he might be right."

"I'll pick him up. Where can I find him?"

"Leading the relief efforts in the city, but tell him he can go with you. I'll put Irene in charge there. They need some rotation anyway, and I want to be sure Flame's not about to go ballistic or anything." She sighs tiredly. "Damn gods. I told you that she was going to be a handful since day one."

"Wait." You just realized. "So the reason you've always hated and mistrusted gods is the fact that your work-"

"Stand up and get to work." She pulls you upright by your hand. "YOUR job is to cheer people up right now."

"...Yes." You can't fault that reasoning.

Amata leans in for a kiss, then leaves, leaving you possibly even more confused than you were when you started the conversation.

Heaven? Secret fellowships of mysterious Celestial Exalted? What the hell.

You calmly have breakfast with he tea and biscuits that Millian prepared, feeling like you really needed that. Your body hurts all over, but finally having something in your stomach is soothing.

And yet, for all the damage you suffered, the only wounds you have are the ones caused by the fire breath emanating from the Dragonkaiser's fist. All the wounds you suffered up to that point, your crushed neck, Howler in Darkness stabbing into your stomach... gone. Not a sign, not a scratch.

You nearly died, and was brought back. Was that your own Exaltation refusing to die, or was it actually the Unconquered Sun stepping in in person? It felt like it was a bit of both.

(cont.)

>>41705648
Preferably during a big ceremony.

>>41705663
>You nearly died, and was brought back. Was that your own Exaltation refusing to die, or was it actually the Unconquered Sun stepping in in person? It felt like it was a bit of both.

We need to be really careful, lest we get killed again by jumping in to protect our allies...

We need to get more tanky.

>>41705647
You're not the only one.

>>41705647
>>41705707
I hope that the three of us anons can keep the others from going bonkers next time.

I don't want that kind of situation anymore.

>>41705706
We should look into upgrading our gloves and heels, I bet Val could make them give us a good defense bonus, maybe look into some defensive hearthstones from the water temple we intend to build.

>>41705706
>We need to get more tanky.
I don't think it's physically possible for us to get more tanky, save by increasing Physical and buying more Ox Bodies.

What we need is to get more fighty. We need to max Physical and Dawn, and start picking up a few more combat charms to further increase our survivability.

But that can wait, especially until we've repurchased Final Ray of Light.

...You have to wonder. Zaan told you that your Gift of Exaltation would protect your babies just like yourself, up until they're born. You're at no risk of miscarriage from illness, accident or violence. He said your delivery will be perfect and healthy and that your pregnancy will not show or impede you in the least up until the very final days.

But are they really alright, after all that they've been through?

How would you know? You answer yourself. You probably need someone checking up on you, and Zaan, the one person you know to have extensive medical knowledge, is in Pearl right now...

>Trust Zaan's word. They're surely alright. Your wounds are external anyway, and already healing.
>You need to go to Tianna and see him, first of all. (run/get a horse/get Tia/Other?)
>Ask Tia. She might... not be a medic, but she's a Lunar and has sharp senses. She might be able to tell.
>Look for Valeriana. You don't know if she can help, but you have a feeling she can.
>Seek a mortal doctor to help you.
>All doctors and medics right now are probably swamped with the wounded from the fight. You can wait, they can't.

>>41705743
>You need to go to Tianna and see him, first of all.
>Use that sweet ride Irene gave you.
Where is our bike? WHERE IS IT!?

>>41705706
we also need to buy that charm again

Regarding the whole "Stay out of Heaven" thing, everyone should read this thing EF linked on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Exaltedfag/status/628861400434216960

Anyway,
>>41705743
>Ask Tia. She might... not be a medic, but she's a Lunar and has sharp senses. She might be able to tell.

There's basically no way Tia won't be able to tell. She's the father, even.

>>41705743
>All doctors and medics right now are probably swamped with the wounded from the fight. You can wait, they can't.
Put on a brave face. Not knowing will be torture, but there are people whose lives are at immediate risk. We'll have to be brave, for our people.

Damn it.

>>41705736
>Final Ray of Light
Gods know how much we need it!
>>41705743
>>All doctors and medics right now are probably swamped with the wounded from the fight. You can wait, they can't.

We have work to do first. The crisis is not yet finished. PERSONAL PROBLEMS COME AFTER AFFAIRS OF THE REALM!
>capcha: click the baby strollers
FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU

>>41705647
would you have preferred we not have had it? I mean I'm disappointed as hell and annoyed at anons for being retarded and EF being EF too, but no point being that salty about the single charm that saved us from so much worse.

>>41705743
>All doctors and medics right now are probably swamped with the wounded from the fight. You can wait, they can't.

>>41705743
>All doctors and medics right now are probably swamped with the wounded from the fight. You can wait, they can't.

Knowing won’t change it one way or the other.

>>41705743
>>All doctors and medics right now are probably swamped with the wounded from the fight. You can wait, they can't.
I really don't want to tell Tia this, can you imagine what she would do if she knew we even suspected it?

>>41705736
There's actually a few things we could do, like anon said we can upgrade our boots, get some neat hearthstones, even more ox-bodies or more essence would go a long way

>>41705743
>All doctors and medics right now are probably swamped with the wounded from the fight. You can wait, they can't.
we kinda decided to go into the titan now after collecting Samiel

also you said Zaan was in Pearl, then the option for that says he's in Tianna...

>>41705795
>I really don't want to tell Tia this, can you imagine what she would do if she knew we even suspected it?

She can't kill the Bodhisattva again in such short town, can she now?

>>41705810
I'm half afraid of her limit breaking right then and there

>>41705779
It is a sign anon, they are fine and we need to start deciding what colour to paint their room in Pearl.

>>41705810
*time, not town. brain afk

>>41705808
Typo, sorry. I meant to say he's in Pearl. I'm silly.

>>41705736
That's assuming that we're doing nonstop mega fighting.

Next on our plate is the Coral economy crashing with Mikahil plus sending Radiant and Zareen and maybe Karas to rescue our parents from Gem.

We can hold off on purchases of Dawn and Physical for now and pick up JET and other useful bureaucracy and political charms.

>>41705818
She saw us getting our ass whopped, I was kind of afraid she'd snap then and there and go berserk but hey! Good thing she didn't!

>>41705835
don't forget we need to repurchase Final Ray of Light.

>>41705835
We also need to launch a propaganda counterstrike against Skullstone. We just decapitated them, and we have both a Solar and a bunch of soldiers who know the truth.

We can DESTROY everything that the Prince has built up, so that by the time a year and a day passes, all of his groundwork will have been undone.

This is vital and urgent, because otherwise he'll come and push our faces in again in a year's time.

>>41705743

>Trust Zaan's word. They're surely alright. Your wounds are external anyway, and already healing.

>>41705850
Moray is still around, if Lotus is too we can have them go into Skullstone and do that from the inside

>>41705861
Exactly. But it still needs to be something that gets done. We can't ignore the Skullstone situation.

>>41705861
Tyrant's Abyssals too since I doubt they're going to want to stick around with us, if they want to at least.

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...No, there are people a lot more fragile than you who need expert medical help a lot more than you do. You'll have to wait.

But... you feel like they should be fine.

You finish breakfast, pick a dress to put on, and head out to meet Samiel along the way. Apparently he had been warned by Amata already and was heading over to meet you.

He looks quite exhausted, covered in dust sticking to his sweat, but he puts on a brave face.

"...Hey, Maka." He greets you, oddly hesitating. "I was just coming to see you. Mom told me you were going to see Flame. I want to come with you." He looks away. "...I would've gone earlier, but we're marshaling all our remaining troop strength to help with the earthquake."

"Yeah, she told me." You reply, noticing he's avoiding your gaze. "I think Flame will be in the Reactor core ruins."

"Yeah. The whole place powered down and even the volcano erupted and then went cold. If there's any fire left, it's down there. Man... the light of Judgement sure was awesome."

You bite your lower lip. "I'm sorry I missed that."

Awkward silence ensues as you climb and jump down the wreckage leading into the belly of the broken Titan.

>...Do you have a problem with me?
>Are you worried about something? Come on, you can tell me. (s+z)
>Don't say anything, just climb down with him to go and meet Flame.

>>41705925
>Just go on in silence, everything is fine.

>>41705925
>>...Do you have a problem with me?

>>41705925
>Are you worried about something? Come on, you can tell me. (s+z)
I hope he doesn't ask us about the secrets... anons tend to reveal those to everyone!!

>>41705925
>...Do you have a problem with me?

Might as well ask.

Rolled 2 (1d10)

>>41705925
>>Are you worried about something? Come on, you can tell me. (s+z)

Rolled 5 (1d10)

>>41705925
>Are you worried about something? Come on, you can tell me. (s+z)
>>41705947
At least toll when voting for the roll option.

Rolled 4 (1d10)

>>41705925
>Are you worried about something? Come on, you can tell me. (s+z)

Stepson, tell mommy what's up.

Rolled 2 (1d10)

>>41705925
>Are you worried about something? Come on, you can tell me. (s+z)
I am your adoptive step-mom-to-be, after all.

Rolled 2 (1d10)

>>41705947
Dice..

>>41705925
>>Are you worried about something? Come on, you can tell me. (s+z)

Rolled 8 (1d10)

>>41705925

Rolled 1 (1d10)

>>41705925
>>Are you worried about something? Come on, you can tell me. (s+z)

Rolled 10 (1d10)

>>41705925
>Are you worried about something? Come on, you can tell me. (s+z)

God damn it dice, work with us here.

Rolled 2 (1d10)

>>41705944
I didn't vote for it, but I might as well roll just in case

>>41705976
>>41705970
>>41705968
>>41705963
>>41705953
These rolls...

baby-strollers again in the capcha... I really think this is a sign from above (or below)

Rolled 10 (1d10)

>>41705981
forgot dice

well these rolls are off to a shit start.

>>41705998
Eh, we got two 10s:
>>41705986
>>41705995

>>41705998
Five successes in the end, decently average.

Is he avoiding you?

"...Are you worried about something? Come on, you can tell me."

[s+z=2 5 4 2 2 8 1 10 2 10 = 5 successes]

"I..." He stops on a metallic beam, all bent out of shape, jutting out of the wreckage. "I'm sorry for what happened. I... I didn't want to activate the Dragonbreath while you were in there, but... I felt the Titan lifting off, and, I panicked and pulled the lever."

Oh, so that's what it was.

"...I'm sorry. You, you probably didn't hear our shouts. We couldn't warn you in time, and... well, we didn't know what it could have done. There was no time to test it. It could have... killed you."

>I don't want you doing something like that ever again.
>Next time be more careful, alright?
>Don't worry for me. I'm sturdy. See? I'm still standing.
>No, you did the right thing.
>(other?)

>>41706055
>Don't worry for me. I'm sturdy. See? I'm still standing.

>>41706055
>>No, you did the right thing.
Stopping the Bod saved all of Creation, us being there was our own fault.

>>41706055
>Don't worry for me. I'm sturdy. See? I'm still standing.

>>41706055
>No, you did the right thing.

>>41706055
>No, you did the right thing.

Hug the boy.

>>41706055
>>No, you did the right thing.
We were in the wrong

>>41706055
>No, you did the right thing.

Even if we HAD died, it still would have been better than letting the Prince start flying the Titan around.

>>41706055
>No, you did the right thing.
Not even because we survived, it was just the right thing to do.

>>41706055
>Don't worry for me. I'm sturdy. See? I'm still standing.
>No, you did the right thing.
It was our fault for ignoring the warnings. We totally heard him.

>>41706055
>>Don't worry for me. I'm sturdy. See? I'm still standing.

>>41706055
>No, you did the right thing, it was my fuckup, I heard you and didn't listen like an idiot, I thought I could still do something I couldn't.

>>41706126
>>41706152
Maybe next time they'll work on a way to contact us that others can't hear. Like those charms already in 2e exalted. Or those artifacts which can do it.

Might be useful. Might be very useful.

>>41706152
Kinda like this. Seconding.

Fucking kayaks again.

>>41706055
>You did the right thing. I made a huge mistake trying to pull the sword out of Flame, and between her, the prince and Dark tide there was very little chance that I'd have been able to pull myself out of that fight to give you a clear shot

>>41706152
>I thought I could still do something I couldn't.
Accurate summary of both the Tyrant and Maka's contributions in that battle.

Hey, can we ask why only dragon kaiser showed up and the rest of our allies didn't drop in after two minutes like Tia said they would?

>>41706218
>after two minutes
...how long do you think we were down there?

>>41706232
15 minutes?

>>41706218
May as well Ask flame why she didn't help the Tyrant or appear until she got stabbed by the sliver prince. A.K.A, no reason at all.

>>41706055
>No, you did the right thing.
>(other?)I'm sorry for worrying you so.

>>41706232
I don't know, but when the dragon kaiser dropped I'm wondering why Tia, starfall or Talon didn't appear to help lend a hand. It would have been WAY EASIER to get ourselves out of that situation if we had had someone to occupy at least one of the other combatants

I'm worried about Tyrant. What if gentle repose didn't work?

What if she's still going to get buttfucked by the neverborn?

>>41706243
>15 minutes?
Try, like, a minute and a half. We exchanged a couple sentences, had a very brief exchange of combat, woke up, and then our people showed up, with Dragonkaiser as the vanguard.

Fights are extremely brief affairs. I'd imagine less than 30 seconds passed between dropping down there and dying, total.

Rolled 8 (1d10)

>>41706055
>No, you did the right thing.

>>41706296
Either we find out in a year or we can ask UCS if we can talk to him later.

>>41706296
If gentle repose didn't work we'll find out about it in x number of years after the Neverborn have finished torturing her into servitude again.

>>41706307
We had a talk with the Dawn. Then we had a brief exchange, fought with him and died. Several minutes later we wake up and find he's fought with the Dawn and then stabbed the console to get Flame. That's more than two minutes by far.

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"...First of all, don't worry for me. I'm fine." You reassure him. "But most of all... You did the right thing. You shouldn't think of yourself like this. Even if I had died there, it would have STILL been the right thing. Stopping the Bodhisattva at that point was more important than anything else."

"...I know." He nods. "I... I just don't know if I would've been able to live with it."

You can't help but think of Amata.

"...Sometimes you might need to do something you hate because it's the right thing to do." You ponder. "Sometimes, it might even be to hurt someone you love. Knowing it's the right thing to do won't make it any less painful, but, at the same time, it being painful is not a good excuse for doing it."

He nods again. "I understand."

You've reached the reactor. The place is even worse of a wreck than you remember. The damage is indescribable. Only the pillar of light and machinery towering in the Titan's heart is still intact.

You hear a faint sobbing noise coming from a corner. Moving in closer to check, you notice... Fleurdelis, huddled in the now-empty crater in which the Tyrant of the Doomsday Machine was crushed and killed. She doesn't seem to have noticed you at all.

>Move in closer, wait for her to notice you.
>I'm sorry. I wish I could have done more.
>She saved us all.
>She's free now, Fleurdelis.
>You'll deal with her later. Turn to the reactor, call Flame.
>(other?)

>>41706341
>>I'm sorry. I wish I could have done more.

>>41706341
>>She saved us all.
If anything is a sign of a Deathlord's freedom from the Neverborn it's fighting and dying to save Creation.

>>41706341
>>I'm sorry. I wish I could have done more.

>>41706341
>I'm sorry.

>>41706340
>That's more than two minutes by far.
It's definitely not. It was a handful of sentences and then a short, brutal fight.

I'd be shocked if we spent more than a full minute conscious down there.

The only thing we don't know is how long we were dead.

You have an absurdly poor grasp of how long talking/fighting actually takes.

Rolled 1 (1d10)

>>41706341
>She saved us all.
>She's free now, Fleurdelis.

She did good.

>>41706341
>She's free now, Fleurdelis.

>>41706327
Let's make sure to ask him this. If we're going to fight the neverborn for the soul of a friend I'd like some preptime

>>41706055
>>No, you did the right thing.

Rolled 3 (1d10)

>>41706341
>I'm sorry. I wish I could have done more.
>She saved us all.

>>41706341
>She's free now, Fleurdelis.

Rolled 8 (1d10)

>>41706341
>>Move in closer, wait for her to notice you.

>>41706341
>I'm sorry. I wish I could have done more.
>She saved us all.

>>41706341
>She's free now, Fleurdelis.
>She saved us all.

>>41706378
Why don't we just ask in character what happened? That'll clear things up and we won't have to needle each other over this

>>41706378
>The only thing we don't know is how long we were dead.
Which was clearly a minute or so considering he had fought both the dawn and done all of the directional Titan shit.

>>41706341
>She saved us all.

Let's hold off on saying "She's Free now" until we're one hundred percent sure that Gentle Repose worked, ok?

>>41706427
Again, fights are brief and brutal. Slicing the Dawn and shanking the Titan might have taken him less than 15 seconds after he downed us.

>>41706427
I highly doubt it took a full minute for the Bod to get a single wound on Moray.

The instant he hit him once with his sword he's immediately under his control, i'd be surprised if that part of the fight lasted longer than 10 seconds.

>>41706440
Yeah... that sounds kind of conceited so...

>>41706341
>I'm sorry.
>She saved us all.
>And now she's free, from him and her Neverborn masters. And I won't forget her ambition to stop them, and I won't forget what all of you have sacrificed to stop the Bodhisattva of Dark Water

>>41706427
>clearly a minute or so
You really have no fucking clue how fast a fight is.

Rolled 10 (1d10)

>>41706341
>I'm sorry. I wish I could have done more.
>She saved us all.

>>41706481 >>41706409 >>41706401 >>41706389 >>41706387

But do we know that she's free 100%?

>>41706341
>>Move in closer, wait for her to notice you
Wait until she sees us to communicate with her. Just... showing up and saying shit without letting her know of our presence is a bad way to start a conversation with a grieving person

>>41706341
>She's free now, Fleurdelis.
>I'm sorry. I wish I could have done more.

>>41706296
We've done all we can

The only way to even check if it worked would be to wage a war against Oblivion and fight all the way to the Neverborn, and that's not gonna happen.

Yet

>>41706341
I'm sorry Fleur. I'm really really sorry. I wish I could have done more. If I had just...done better maybe I could have saved her. I tried to do right but everything just...fell to pieces in the last few minutes of the fight.

I felt so useless-she was the one who saved us all, I just got my ass handed to me over and over again and screwed things up. The only thing I really did to help her was to help her pass on, to give her soul a chance to escape the neverborn.

If that didn't work, if she is in any danger of returning into their hands in a year, I promise you I willl do anything to make it right, no matter how hard that is

>>41706503
>But do we know that she's free 100%?
We don't know that we're actually still alive 100%, but we know it to the best of our knowledge.

>>41706503
Are you asking us, the readers? Yes, by the way EF talked about it and how Maka felt after, we set her free with our touch of gentle repose. It also probably had something to do with her actions, which made it likely to free and guard her soul from the Neverborn. In a way, she did redeem herself.

You step closer. It's always hard to know what to tell in these situations.

She lifts her eyes from the ground and looks up to you, expressionless. Her eyes are filled with tears, and her face is a mess of ruined makeup.

"...She saved us all." You say.

"...WELL YOU DIDN'T DESERVE IT!" She replies in a hoarse scream, suddenly standing up and throwing you a drunken, wayward punch.

There's no Charms or Essence behind it, no technique. She doesn't really want to hurt you. She's just venting anger. Acting on instinct, you narrowly dodge the first blow, but then others come.

>Parry, dodge and move out of the way, trying to calm her down. (s+z)
>Block and try and keep her in a hold. (p+d)
>Take each and every single one of them. Let her vent. (p+z)
>(other?)

Rolled 7 (1d10)

>>41706553
>Block and try and keep her in a hold. (p+d)

>>41706553
>(other?)Hug her.

She needs it.

>>41706503
>Move in closer, wait for her to notice you.
I want to say a lot of stuff, but it's impolite to just dump that on her without warning.

Rolled 3 (1d10)

>>41706553
>Take each and every single one of them. Let her vent. (p+z)

>>41706553
>Block and try and keep her in a hold. (p+d)

>>41706553
> Block and try to hold her

say

>>41706537

Rolled 8 (1d10)

>>41706553
>Take each and every single one of them. Let her vent. (p+z)

Rolled 9 (1d10)

>>41706553
>Take each and every single one of them. Let her vent. (p+z)

>>41706537
>I just got my ass handed to me over and over again and screwed things up.
Are we ever actually competent outside of social situations? Last time we fought someone serious we got completely wrecked and the time before that we did too.

Rolled 7 (1d10)

>>41706571
Forgot my dice

>>41706341
>>Move in closer, wait for her to notice you.

Rolled 3 (1d10)

>>41706553
>Take each and every single one of them. Let her vent. (p+z)
Just hug her when she's done, cry with her.

>>41706604
Yeah, I like this. Already voted for taking it.

>>41706604
>>41706587
>>41706585
>>41706576
>>41706571
You, I like you.

Rolled 7 (1d10)

>>41706553
>>Take each and every single one of them. Let her vent. (p+z)

Rolled 9 (1d10)

>>41706604
We couldn't even be with her in the end

Rolled 2 (1d10)

>>41706604
>when she's done, cry with her
Agreed.

Rolled 1 (1d10)

>>41706553
>>Block and try and keep her in a hold. (p+d)

Rolled 6 (1d10)

>>41706553
>Take each and every single one of them. Let her vent (p+z)

Rolled 3 (1d10)

>>41706553
>Take each and every single one of them. Let her vent. (p+z)

>>41706592
Well the trick there is how one defines "fighting someone serious". We tangoed with a couple of Abyssals and came out alright, but then those don't get counted as being "someone serious". The last two times we got thoroughly blown up were, to my recollection, a world-class elder Dragon-Blood martial artist, and a godsdamn Deathlord. Those are opponents where it's not too surprising that we'd take a beating.

>>41706655
Don't forget the Lintha demons and boat

>>41706655
There is also the lintha admiral and the murdering heart ship. First time Maka reached 0 HP.

>>41706672
We were doing okay until Tia dropped a boat on us by accident.
We REALLY need to learn to get out of our allies way.

>>41706570
>>41706576
>>41706585
>>41706587
>>41706595
>>41706604
>>41706624
>>41706625
Six successes. Maka sure does know how to take it in the face

>>41706655
The Abyssals were holding back. We got completely killed by Lintha and got our ass handed to us twice by a Deathlord who'd been fighting all day.

Again, I fail to see Maka's competence here.

Rolled 10 (1d10)

>>41706553
>Take each and every single one of them. Let her vent. (p+z)

>>41706694
>We really need to learn how to actually fight on our own and be competent
Fixed for you.

>>41706720
>We got completely killed by Lintha
We got "completely killed" by Tia dropping a boat on our head. We were doing fine against the Lintha.

>>41706720
What the fuck are you talking about "The Abyssals were holding back".

It was a full scale war. The abyssals on the beach were there to KILL us. We beat the king by blindsiding him with five tails and Siaka by going 3v1 with tia and karas.

>>41706655
And while combat is our secondary focus, that still doesn't make us a combat-focused Dawn. We were really under-prepared for fighting them one on one, and I think the smartest thing Maka did last thread was tell Tia and Amata to pull back.

>>41706553
>hug her

>>41706553
>>41706604
>>Take each and every single one of them. Let her vent. (p+z)
>Just hug her when she's done, cry with her.
this

>>41706720
The Deathlord hadn't been fighting goddamn at all. The Tyrant has been fighting all day. The Silver Prince was at full motes and health.

We showed up with 6 Health and most of our motes missing.

Shut the fuck up already, you stupid, obnoxious faggot.

>>41706741
>We were doing fine against the Lintha.
Aside from the fact we were basically dead and just got grappled by the Lintha head honcho and were almost going to die from her?

>>41706741
You know, a freaking Solar exalted doing fine against some Lintha really isn't saying much. They're barely better than mortals, even with their freaky demon-blood magics.

>>41706742
Two different instances of Abyssals. >>41706720
Is talking about the Tyrant's Abyssals. You and I(>>41706655) were talking about the defense on the beaches of Pearl.

The Lintha part is a good point though.

>>41706734
There is no need to have to be able to do everything ourselves. We need to learn that when someone says "get out of the way Maka" they mean "I'm about to AoE the area you're in

>>41706767
>You know, a freaking Solar exalted doing fine against some Lintha really isn't saying much.
It's not saying anything, in fact. Because once again, it was Tia who fucked us up in that fight.

>>41706756
>The Silver Prince was at full motes and health.
Despite fighting a dozen exalts in a row. Sure.

>We showed up with 6 Health and most of our motes missing.
And then we came back and got completely flattened again.

>>41706769
Maybe we should stop throwing ourselves into combat situations without backup

>>41706720
The Abyssals weren't holding back, and we were doing okay against the Lintha until that friendly fire incident. It doesn't excuse going one on one with a Deathlord though, that more then anything that is where our incompetence lied. It doesn't matter that he was a bit tired from fighting, a Deathlord was still way above our weight class and there were people armed and willing to fight him that were better suited to fighting him.

>>41706783
>Maybe we should stop going into combat
fixed that for you.

>>41706777
Considering we're always the first into a fight, yes we really do need to learn how to fight properly.

Maybe learn a Sid martial art from Lotus or Amata.

>>41706782
>Despite fighting a dozen exalts in a row.
Which he didn't do. His soldiers did.

>And then we came back and got completely flattened again.
Because we charged straight back into a three-on-one fight against him, Flame, AND a Dawn.

It's a miracle we survived doing something that fucking retarded.

>>41706783
Then we would have lost against the Lintha, and Tianna would have ceased to exist and the titan would have fired its lazor.

We cannot afford to wait in these situations where we need backup to not get flattened.

>>41706802
I would like to reiterate my push for Arms of the Unconquered Sun Style.

Wait, how did Amata adopt lost eggs when they were babies? I thought exaltation was basically impossible to predict.

[p+z=7 3 8 9 7 3 7 9 2 = 6 successes]

You let her hit you. Even with your wounds, even without any particular investment in your charms, you can easily take this punishment. But she needs to give it.

She needs something to blame and to rage against.

When she's done, her anger vented, her strength exhausted, you hug her.

"I'm sorry, Fleurdelis. I wish I could have done more."

She doesn't reply. She just sobs softly in your arms.

"She saved us. And, in the end... I think she died like she wanted to. In the same place she died the first time, but this time..."

She interrupts you, squeezing you harder. "The voices. Without her... She couldn't kill the voices. You didn't let her."

You stroke her hair gently. "It could never have worked. She knew that too. She just... couldn't see another way of doing it. She was desperate. But I think that she settled... for doing what she could do."

She grabs you by the shoulders and pushes you back, at arm's length, and stares straight into your eyes. A wild stare, filled with madness.

"She's DEAD. She's DEAD AND GONE. BEYOND DEATH."

"Y-yes..."

"Now it's up to YOU. YOU must kill the voices. You must take up her quest. Find a way. Or one day, both our worlds will be devoured. Promise me."

>...What are you even talking about.
>...Yes. I'll find a way. Promised. (true)
>...Yes. I'll find a way. Promised. (lie)
>...What about you? You know them more than I do. Why me?
>...No. It can't be done.
>...I don't know if I can. Or anyone can.
>(Other?)

>>41706829
Terrestrial and Sidereal exaltations are predictable, if unreliably, by Sidereals.

>>41706831
>...I don't know if I can. Or anyone can but I will try.

>>41706831
>I don't know if I can. Or anyone can.

>>41706831
>...I don't know if I can. Or anyone can.
"But I'll be damned if I don't try."

>>41706782
we got flattened because we went right back into fighting people we were not capable of hurting effectively. Had we, I don't know, not done that things might've turned out differently

>>41706831
>(Other?)I'll do it, if you help me. I can't do it alone. (truth)

Rolled 7 (1d10)

>>41706831
>...Yes. I'll find a way. Promised. (true)

>>41706831
>>...I don't know if I can. Or anyone can.

>>41706831
>...What are you even talking about.
>...I don't know if I can. Or anyone can.

>>41706831

>You want me to kill the neverborn? I'm not sure if I can but I'll try. I will take up her quest. Will you help me?

>>41706831
>I can't do it alone. I'll need help, Fleurdelis.

Seconding >>41706882 and >>41706906

>>41706831
>...I don't know if I can. Or anyone can.

>>41706851
Hell, even other Dragon Bloods do a decent job at predicting it, what with it being breeding-related and all. It's not perfect, but mostly functional.

Let's not forget that Amata does have other kids who just never get any screentime because they're not Exalts.

I'd also like to point out that we did get Dawn 4 two threads ago, which not only means we'll be a bit better in all kinds of combat, it'll open up some better charms. So we ARE working towards fixing that weakness.

>>41706831
>...What about you? You know them more than I do. Why me?

>>41706831
>>...I don't know if I can. Or anyone can.
>>...but I'll try. I can't do it alone, though, I'm going to need your circle's help in tackling an enemy like that.

>>41706795
>and we were doing okay against the Lintha until that friendly fire incident.
We weren't though? We got obliterated by the curse eyes and were at low health, if it wasn't for Karas we would have been absolutely murdered and if it wasn't for Tia we would have been killed

>>41706831
>I don't know if I can, but I'll try.
Exalted were designed to do impossible shit, it's practically in the job description. If anyone in Creation could do it, it's Maka with her Directional Titan.

>>41706795
>we were doing okay against the Lintha
Being at 2hp with no essence is okay?

>>41706831
>(Other?)
You saw how we dealt with one of the whisper's minions. How are we going to deal with all of them? We're weak and fragile, we can't fight anything like that.

>>41706976
>with her Directional Titan.
which is worse condition than ever before, and was already extremely unlikely to ever be a threat to them...

>>41706976
>Directional Titan
Directional heap of junk you mean. After that battle flame's going to be fucking useless

>>41707003
How so? The Directional Titans were built after killing the Primordials, we don't know what will happen when we fire upon one.

Ok, it's obvious we need to change our combat style. Either A. We focus on beefing up to the point where we can handle ourselves in MOST fights (it's going to be impossible for us to do that for every fight)
or B. We make sure we always fight WITH a buddy, focus on becoming really adept at buffing others

>>41707025
U wot m8? Try speaking in english and having some reading comprehension next time you post.

>>41707003
>>41707006
EF confirmed with time and resources it's repairable. It's a long term investment, just like fighting the Neverborn, but it's not hopeless.

>>41707006
>>41707003
It COULD be repaired. It would take a while but it could be done. The point is that it wouldn't be able to be used without destroying Tianna

>>41707027
If we learn a Sid martial art A is entirely possible. Even in harder fights.

I suggest Obsidian shards.

>>41707027
We're already doing A and B is entirely unfeasible as we've already outlined many times.

>>41707046
It would take more than a year, by which time the Prince will be back wrecking shit again.

"...I don't know if I can." You say. "But I'll try."

She gives you one long, hard stare. You see all sort of emotions swirling in her eyes.

Anger. Pain, Hopelessness. Confusion. Panic.

She abruptly lets go of you and runs away. She leaps up, and with a series of consecutive jumps climbs the wreckage.

>Run after her.
>Let her go.
>(other?)

>>41707068
>>Let her go.

>>41707065
The Prince is dead. Like dead dead. They used the cannon on him remember? Killing the unkillable.

>>41707068
>>Let her go.

>>41707068
>Let her go.

>>41707068
>Run after her.

I want to see what's going on

>>41707065
It's very possible that the Prince is dead dead, anon. As in, not going back to his masters. We don't know for certain because EF wouldn't confirm either way, but if it's true we have a real chance of, if not killing the Neverborn, killing all it's Deathlords.

>>41707068
I want to yell something at her to the effect that she can come back and seek us out whenever she needs us, but I can't put it into words properly.

>>41707068
>Run after her.

Rolled 5 (1d10)

>>41707068
>Run after her.

>>41707094
We should take over skull stone now, while we can before some other group snaps it up or one of his lackeys tries to ritual sacrifice the entire population to un-dead him

>>41707055
You're assuming that the Sidereal Elders will ever allow Amata to teach us a sidereal martial art.

Gold and Bronze faction sids don't want it to happen since that takes away their best weapon against everyone and everything.

Independant sidereals like amata probably wont do it because they'll suffer a tragic case of infinite punches to their face the next time they report back to the Bureau.

>>41707065
The Prince is very likely dead, anon. As in row row fight the powah dead.

>>41707068
>(other?)
>Shout out to her "She's dead but we're not, I'll need your help when the time comes Fleur."

>>41707068
>Let her go.

>>41707055
I'm against learning a Sid MA, it's just more XP expenditure that we could spend on diving deeper into Solar Hero Style.

Our problem has never been our MA being weak or ineffectual.

>>41707130
she could always go Ronin.

>>41707068
>>Run after her.

>>41707068
Run after her.

If for some reason we decided to let this emotionally unstable woman run away to commit suicide or hurt herself OR SOMETHING we should at least shout something at her

>>41707055
>I suggest Obsidian shards.
The only SMA I can see Maka learning is Sapphire Veil of Passion

>>41707141
To be on the safe side we should assume it didn't work.

If anything could work it would be the Light of Judgement but let's not be too hasty in writing off the Bod as dead forever.

>>41707094
>>41707141
He got hit by a bigass lazor, he didn't get his soul released from his current cycle to be reused in another incarnation entirely unconnected to him, Tyrant is dead dead, the Prince, until we're told otherwise, is just regular dead, and will be back.

>>41707161
Ma nigga

>>41707068
>Run after her.

>>41707159
>Run after her.
Do we have time to pamper her? Are we her babysitter?

>>41707068
>Run after her.

>>41707174
Currently Yes, considering her old boss and entire reason for living is dead because of us. Fleur is our responsibility.

>>41707174
With Tyrant gone I'm pretty sure we're all the Abyssal's babysitter.

>>41707169
if the big ass laser DID NOT kill him then that seems like kind of a waste. I mean this was a thing that could kill gods, and it's single remaining shot gets used on a guy who had all his essence drained and could be (feasibly) just stomped to death?

>>41707156
She could but then what's to stop Kejak from sending a hit squad of elder Bronze sidereals to come kill her and us while they're at it.

No it's very likely that Amata had to swear to never teach us sid martial arts or how to get into Yu Shan because otherwise she would have never walked out of Yu Shan alive.

>>41707169
Man, I don't know how the cosmology works, but if it was impossible to nuke his soul straight back to his Neverborn masters EF would've confirmed it. All I know is EF has left it up in the air, and he wouldn't do that for no reason. He could really be dead dead, and the Light of Judgement basically nuked any and all part of the Silver Prince out of existence like something out of Wheel of Time.

>>41707216
Why didn't they just stomp him into unconsciousness and locked him up in Pearl where he can't regenerate essence?

>>41707220
>>41707216
Something else to ask UCS if we get the chance

>>41707230
Because even with 0 essence a Deathlord is still a superghost with stats in the 8-10 range?

>>41707230
because nobody knows that when a Deathlord dies they go back, and sure as hell don't know if the Silver Prince will go back. If there was one thing that could nuke a Deathlord out of existence, it would be a direct hit to the face of a Light of Judgement.