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You slip the edict dictating the arrest of the Demirs into your cloak just as Faris grabs you by the arm, dragging you towards the open doorway. His sword remains drawn, and you don't think to protest as the two of you trek through the vast hallways of the Marble Palace, Zahak loafing along behind you. He finally releases you at the vast stone gates, turning to you as they slowly grind open. “Why did you not tell me that you knew of my daughter's kidnapping?”

He's angry, though not really at you. His ire is directed inwards, at his own inability to protect his family. “Quite simply because I assumed you'd react much the same as you are now. I need the Demirs alive, or at least I need most of them alive, and I assumed that if I'd told you at the city's gates that the Demirs are responsible for the kidnapping of your daughter you'd run off to collect their heads and I'd be left with little in the way of reward for my efforts.”

The grinding of Faris' teeth seems unreasonably loud in the expansive hallways of the palace, but as loathe as he might be to admit it, he knows you're right. Truly the man is horrendous when it comes to hiding his emotions. Anyone with even a basic grasp of Nature magic would be able to read him effortlessly. He says nothing to you as the stone gates grind to a halt, stalking off towards the gardens that flank the Marble Palace on either side.

You follow him passively, down a long flight of stairs into the collection of fountains and greenery that comprises the Gardens of Marqash. You're not quite sure what to make of them, water streams from every surface, pouring in water falls from channels beneath the palace and from oddly constructed pavilions, each one shrouded behind a curtain of cascading sea water.
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A mist hangs heavy in the air which, in the absence of the sun's rays, prompts you to pull your cloak a little tighter around yourself in the hopes of preserving some warmth. You suppose it might be pleasant around midday when the heat is at its worst, but with the last vestiges of light vanishing over the horizon it's less than pleasant. Your brother in law leads you to a small gate built into the garden's wall, which seems to lead directly into the Floating District.

Here the estates of the nobility and Vatis alike loom enormous at the edges of the canals, slender flat-bottomed row boats navigating the grand canals. If you recall correctly, Marqash was originally forced to expand outward, into the sea, because the Shah sought to limit their influence by forbidding any further expansion on land. Ironically their canals are now one of the main draws for anyone visiting the region, and many a noble family maintains an estate in the Floating District.

Faris turns to a guard, tersely delivering his orders. The Demir estate is to be surrounded, and anyone caught fleeing is to be arrested and held for questioning. You note that the City Guard seems to host a disproportionate number of Water Vatis, judging by the fact that their boats lack rowers. They seem to glide silently across the water, guided by will alone and propelled by the subtle manipulation of the current.

You remain on shore, standing beside Zahak, as Faris climbs into one of the squat boats that the city guard seem to use for transport around this part of the city. He turns to you, briefly eyeing Zahak before he speaks. “I trust you can reach their estate on your own. You'll recognize it by its banners, their heraldry hangs from every wall of the villa. Going by air I'm sure you'll arrive well before I do.”
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That would be helpful, if you could only recall the Demir's heraldry. You think their banner might be a hammer poised to strike an anvil, the golden sun blooming between the two, but you could well be confusing the Demirs with the clan Haddad. “Would you remind me of their clan's banner? Heraldry wasn't exactly the focus of my studies as a Vatis.”

Faris gestures vaguely to the south, deeper into the Floating District. “Blacksmith's tongs holding aloft a silver mask, against a golden background I think. Now, listen, I can respect that you need survivors to parade before the Shah and I do not wish to seem ungrateful. Were it not for you I cannot say how long my daughter would have remained their captive. However, I cannot allow this insult to go unanswered. Some of these rats must die, and I will be the one to see their sentence carried out.”

>Let's keep this in perspective, all they did was kidnap a girl. Underhanded though it may be, having the culprits executed would be a bit disproportionate.
>Honestly, your family straddles the border of war with the Demirs already. You plan to do little beyond see his daughter safely released and take perhaps one or two hostages. Whatever else happens, the Al-Misra must accept responsibility for.
>You were planning on arresting the lot of them and then putting their estate to the torch, after a thorough looting of course. Perhaps he can simply 'forget' the ones responsible for kidnapping his daughter inside, to be consumed by the blaze.
>Write-in

>>45682749
>>Honestly, your family straddles the border of war with the Demirs already. You plan to do little beyond see his daughter safely released and take perhaps one or two hostages. Whatever else happens, the Al-Misra must accept responsibility for.

>>45682749
>>Honestly, your family straddles the border of war with the Demirs already. You plan to do little beyond see his daughter safely released and take perhaps one or two hostages. Whatever else happens, the Al-Misra must accept responsibility for.

>>45682749
>Honestly, your family straddles the border of war with the Demirs already. You plan to do little beyond see his daughter safely released and take perhaps one or two hostages. Whatever else happens, the Al-Misra must accept responsibility for.
>Write-in

Surely a few Demir's will "resist arrest", nobody would blame Faris for acting in self defense.

>>45682749
>Honestly, your family straddles the border of war with the Demirs already. You plan to do little beyond see his daughter safely released and take perhaps one or two hostages. Whatever else happens, the Al-Misra must accept responsibility for.

>>45682749
>>Honestly, your family straddles the border of war with the Demirs already. You plan to do little beyond see his daughter safely released and take perhaps one or two hostages. Whatever else happens, the Al-Misra must accept responsibility for.
Suggest that we capture the ones responsible and have them brought before a judge for trial
Maybe try and convince Kadir to banish them at some point, that would make our family seem impossibly powerful

>>45682749
>Honestly, your family straddles the border of war with the Demirs already. You plan to do little beyond see his daughter safely released and take perhaps one or two hostages. Whatever else happens, the Al-Misra must accept responsibility for.

>>45682749
>>Honestly, your family straddles the border of war with the Demirs already. You plan to do little beyond see his daughter safely released and take perhaps one or two hostages. Whatever else happens, the Al-Misra must accept responsibility for.

>>45682749
Does nature magic give bonuses to haggling rolls? It's not really relevant now, but the way we've been able to read Faris seems like it would be valuable in negotiations.

maybe we could meditate on the beam metamagic with our son? maybe teach him manipulate and leech as well.

>>45682749
>disproportionate

>>45683063
That would make sense I think
>>45683094
I'll definitely support a vote to teach Zahak beam, but I think the other two are things we might want to teach our whole party, not just Zahak

>>45682764
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>>45682875
>>45682893
>>45682968
>>45683039
>Nigga you do you, but Mik ain't getting involved.

>>45683063
You know it, fampai. I plan to start adding half your bonus in Nature Magic to any speech roll once you hit Expert, and your full bonus once you hit Master.

>>45683103
What? That's spelled correctly.

New saddle needs to be added to Zahak's Inventory Soma.

>>45683134
It was a vote, just didn't feel like typibg more than a word

>>45683154
If you highlight text before hitting reply it is automatically copied into the reply box. Yah dingus

>>45683135
Fix'd.

>>45683176
I'm on a phone ya dummy, it's a hassle to do that here

>>45683135
BABY BOY GOT BLING NOW

>>45683197
Copy and paste. You cutie.

>>45683254
What do you not get about "it's a hassle"?

>>45683346
>What do you not get about "it's a hassle"?
I'm on my phone and this took me 15 seconds

>>45683357
that's a long time m80

>>45682749
>You were planning on arresting the lot of them and then putting their estate to the torch, after a thorough looting of course. Perhaps he can simply 'forget' the ones responsible for kidnapping his daughter inside, to be consumed by the blaze.

>>45683346
What'd you do to annoy him?

Can't wait to terrify the Demirs with Zahak.

I bet he's gonna get a fucking kick out of it.

>>45683737
WAIT
WAIT WAIT WAIT SOMA

can we
can we illusion ourselves and zahak up to make us look extra spooky and terrifying when we raid them

>>45683762
we should put on our armor.

>>45683815
We should wear nothing and hit them with our nigger sized dick

>>45683762
We can play up the surya angle, start talking about how the hakims were long ago blessed and how they made a big fucking mistake by fucking with one of their blood

>>45683885
>tfw you accidentally draw the wrath of surya
>tfw a dragon burns your house down
>tfw a child of surya fucks your wife
being demir si suffering

>>45683952
>I thought you said you werent getting involved in the killing
>I'm a method actor

Zahak was a mistake

>>45683885
We should threaten them with our Army.

And when they say "What army?" We start cutting our arm off and regrow in it repeatedly and then using the same thing we do to move our water golem to have our "Army" invade their compound and sexually harass anyone they find.

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>>45684030
you were a mistake.

>>45684030
just like you.

>>45683880
We should tear off our dick repeatedly, then fuse all of our discarded dongs into a giant grotesque genital golem. We should use this meat-stick meat-man to murder-rape them all.

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More and more, your father's assessement of Faris seems accurate. He is a man driven by emotion rather than reason, and though he seems a good man you cannot help but think him course and unrefined. “Faris, allow me to be blunt. My family is on the cusp of full blown war with the Demirs as it is, and slaughteirng them in their own estate would no doubt merit a response in kind. Though my family is no doubt powerful, we have exhausted ourselves over the past several months and are in no place to fight a war. Our fleets were crushed in a battle off the northern coast, and our levy has been exhausted fighting off an invasion by creatures which dwell beyond the mortal realm.”

You haul yourself up onto Zahak's back, and calm your son as best you're able before he can launch you into the sky. “If you want to drag them into the public square and divorce their heads from their necks, be my guest. All I ask is that any consequences which follow fall upon the shoulders of the Al-Misra, and not the Abdul-Hakim. Whether my family will march to war alongside your own I cannot say, but it will not be for my actions that the peace of the realm is shattered.”

The man does not seem disuaded from his course. “I do not fear the might of the Demirs. I crushed the army of the Samraat twice at the fortress of Tel Hareb and a third time before the gates of Selepp, with barely a thousand men at my back.”

With those bold words, your brother in law waves his men forward. His boat slips from the docks without a sound, and before long he proceeds at a good clip through waterways of Marqash. You'd guess he has perhaps a hundred of the city guard with him, in twenty of those odd boats which seem so popular in this part of the town.

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>>45684050
>>45684053
Zahak best decision and best son.

>>45684030
Zahak was the best thing that ever happened to us. May the quills of a thousand porcupines infest your anal regions.

Zahak takes to the air with little urging on your part, his wings struggling to carry you ever higher as the Floating District stretches out beneath you. You don't see any sign of the Demir's heraldry, but as Zahak flies further and further south the estates get progressively more elaborate. It's as you near the center of the Floating District, and the vast market which lies there, that you finally spy your first glimpse of the silver mask on gold that Faris spoke of.

You direct Zahak to circle around the estate, trying to get an idea for what you might expect in terms of defenses. The estate seems to be built up around a central courtyard, with perhaps six floors raised above ground level. Every now and then you'll spot a guard patrolling along the balcony on the third floor, but there seems to be little that would pose any actual threat. You think there might be some sort of feast taking place, because the courtyard is absolutely packed with men and women in noble's garb.

>Wait for Faris to arrive before making your presence known, to ensure that none escape.
>Land in the courtyard and demand the release of Nithya, before Faris can kill anyone important.
>Land on the roof and use some simple illusions, perhaps a bit of fire, to draw their attention. They'll think Surya himself had descended from the heavens to punish their misdeeds.
>Write-in

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>>45684087
y-you too

>>45684106
>>Wait for Faris to arrive before making your presence known, to ensure that none escape
put on our armor

>>45684106
>>>Wait for Faris to arrive before making your presence known, to ensure that none escape.

>>45684106
>Land on the roof and use some simple illusions, perhaps a bit of fire, to draw their attention. They'll think Surya himself had descended from the heavens to punish their misdeeds.

>>45684106
>>Wait for Faris to arrive before making your presence known, to ensure that none escape.
Wait for him to encircle the estate first, then land in the courtyard and demand the release of Nithya while illusioned up as eldritch terrors.

>>45684106
>>>Wait for Faris to arrive before making your presence known, to ensure that none escape.

>>45684106
>Wait for Faris to arrive before making your presence known, to ensure that none escape.
put on our armor.

>>45684106
>>Land on the roof and use some simple illusions, perhaps a bit of fire, to draw their attention. They'll think Surya himself had descended from the heavens to punish their misdeeds.
Maybe make some constructs too, probably stone ones wreathed in fire

>>45684106
>Land on the roof and use some simple illusions, perhaps a bit of fire, to draw their attention. They'll think Surya himself had descended from the heavens to punish their misdeeds.

>>45684106
>>Wait for Faris to arrive before making your presence known, to ensure that none escape.

>>45684234
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>>45684153
>>45684149
>We have you surrounded! Come out with your hands up!

>>45684181
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>>45684155
>Crashing this party, with no survivors.

>>45684106
>fly back to faris's troops and illusion them up
>march through the streets looking like an army from hell
T H E A T R I C S

>>45684284
Mik plays vaporwave on the oud

We should ask Faris about giving us some tips for commands armies.

>>45684106
>Land in the courtyard and demand the release of Nithya, before Faris can kill anyone important.

Nobles are likely to see through illusions.

>>45684590
>Nobles are likely to see through illusions.
Just like the entire magical college classroom did

Quick poll.

>Wear the Heavy Warlock Armor
>Wear the Warlock Armor
>There's no need for armor.

>>45684749
>take off all our clothes

>>45684673
they were just a bunch of imaginative, impressionable kids. these are a group of people known for their wealth and paranoia, in a world ancient magical artifacts are ubiquitous. learn the difference.

it wouldn't be pointless to use illusions, mind you. the common folk and the bards would probably suck the act up something fierce. I just don't think it would be worth it, since I think we should at the very least have left for Elaudia before Kadir gets sick of the shit he's been hearing about us and cancels the unbanishment.

>>45684749
>>Wear the Heavy Warlock Armor

>>45684749
>Wear the Heavy Warlock Armor

>>45684749
>>Wear the Heavy Warlock Armor

>>45684749
>Wear the Heavy Warlock Armor

>>45684749
>Wear the Heavy Warlock Armor
Would draining any of our vys into our pendant help mitigate vys burns from the armor if we're not already full?

>>45684749
Can we try channeling water into the spikes, see if they don't burn a bit less?

>>45684749
>Wear the Heavy Warlock Armor

>>45684749
>>Wear the Heavy Warlock Armor
Might as well ball out

>>45684749
>Wear the Heavy Warlock Armor

>>45684749
>>Wear the Heavy Warlock Armor

>>45684770
>ASSERT YOUR DOMINANCE. PISS ON THEIR FURNITURE.

>>45684796
>>45684831
>>45684848
>>45684880
>>45684903
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>>45684938
>Heavy Warlock Armor

Writin'

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Filler conversations:
>What are you listening to
>What's your favorite /his/ meme
>Can you turn it into a /bq/ meme

>>45685364
/bq/ is a meme.

>>45685364
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vABcaQrclfw
/his/ a shit

>>45685598
Holy shit, that was gay as fuck.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EbRxL5Opf3U&index=7&list=PLch05LSuI0LCQ62zb9aGTc-IamhyVlOHp
playing Fallen London in another tab

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You have Zahak keep circling for now, the veil of invisibility descending unbidden over yourself and your son. Zahak's doing, you think. His grasp of illusions has really improved since those first few lessons you gave him so long ago, when he'd only just barely hatched. Sometimes you worry he might outpace you, if you don't press yourself harder to advance in the magical arts.

You don't have to wait long for Faris and his troops to appear in the canals below. It seems he split his men into two groups, with one grou approaching from the north and the other from the west. The guard standing on the balcony notices their approach, but he doesn't make it far before a shard of ice impales his throat. He slumps lifelessly to the tile floor, bow slipping from his hands. Another guard patrolling the south sound of the compound remains oblivious to the death of his compatriot, and the guest celebrating in the courtyard are none the wiser.

You wait until Faris and his men have the estate well and truly surrounded before urging Zahak forward. You fade back into visibility just in time to see your son's wings fold against his sides, and your stomach lurches into your throat as Zahak falls to the Earth. His wings snap out at the last moment to slow his descent, powerful muscles tensing in his shoulders to arrest your fall, and a roar splitting the air to give the noble guest of the Demirs enough warning to clear out of the courtyard.
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Zahak ends up landing atop an elaborately carved wooden table, shattering it violently. His claws crack the marble tiles and his wings send glassware crashing to the floor in every direction. Someone among the crowd with the presence of mind to react hurls a bolt of fire in your direction, but it's snuffed out before it gets anywhere close to striking you or your son. Finally Zahak settles his weight on the crux of his wings and you smoothly dismount from his saddle, transluscent tentacles sliding from your cloak to bind you within the last few pieces of your Heavy Warlock armor.

The helmet slides over your head just as your feet touch the ground, blinding you until those spikes of carapace drive themselves into your spine. The pain is immense, burning through you with the all-consuming fury of dragon's fire before finally the soothing pulse of vys floods into your limbs, numbing you to the outside world. Your vision returns altered, the ebb and flow of ambient vys filling the courtyard with ghostly trails of color.

You do your best to suppress the Sight, focusing on your mortal perception for the moment. The crowd of nobles cower at the sight of you garbed for war, with a dragon at your back. Many have already fled the courtyard, seeking to escape to crafts left moored outside or to hide themselves away in the far reaches of the estate, but judging by the screams echoing from beyond outside the estate the guest have already met Faris and his men waiting outside. Those that remain are either too stubborn or too awe-struck to run, with one man in particular staring at you defiantly.
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He is dressed simply, in a white robe tied at the waist with a red sash, but what draws your eye is the strip of cloth hung about his shoulders. Purple, ornamented with gold. He is either a Grandmaster in one of the elements or a man presenting himself falsely as such. His beard grows thick and grey, placing his age somewhere around five hundred years, and even subdued as it is you can tell via the Sight that his vys reserves are enormous.

Your voice thunders forth, amplified not only by the walls of the courtyard but by your armor itself. “Surrender Nithya Al-Misra and the men responsible for her kidnapping, and I will leave you in peace. Resist, and there will be nothing left of this estate but ash come sunrise.”

A man steps forward, garbed richly in noble's dress. So much gold dangles off the man you're surprised he can stand at all. “Who are you to invade my home and make demands of me?! The Satrap will skin you alive when he learns of this insult!”

>Produce the edict signed by the Satrap himself, authorizing their arrest. That should be more than enough to dissuade further arrogance.
>This guy seems important, maybe a little bit of intimidation is called for. Use Manipulate+Vys to drag him forward, and demand the release of your niece. (2 vys)
>Write-in

>>45685847
>Sometimes you worry he might outpace you, if you don't press yourself harder to advance in the magical arts.
Well duh it's the only reason respectsus in the first place.

>>45685847
>Sometimes you worry he might outpace you, if you don't press yourself harder to advance in the magical arts.
I'm extremely worried that if we don't GM fire sooner or later, he actually will rebel against us in the epilogue.

>>45685890
>>Produce the edict signed by the Satrap himself, authorizing their arrest. That should be more than enough to dissuade further arrogance.
but be 100% ready to lay the smack down on him

>>45685890
>This guy seems important, maybe a little bit of intimidation is called for. Use Manipulate+Vys to drag him forward, and demand the release of your niece. (2 vys)

>>45685890
>>Produce the edict signed by the Satrap himself, authorizing their arrest. That should be more than enough to dissuade further arrogance.
Hit him with the law before anything else

>>45685890
>Produce the edict signed by the Satrap himself, authorizing their arrest. That should be more than enough to dissuade further arrogance.

>>45685890
>Produce the edict signed by the Satrap himself, authorizing their arrest. That should be more than enough to dissuade further arrogance.

He can be smart and fight this in court, or he can fight a dragon.

>>45685890
>>
>>Produce the edict signed by the Satrap himself, authorizing their arrest. That should be more than enough to dissuade further arrogance.
>>This guy seems important, maybe a little bit of intimidation is called for. Use Manipulate+Vys to drag him forward, and demand the release of your niece. (2 vys)
Both. Duh.

Cant wait for him to rip it up

>>45685890
>Write-in
>“Who are you to invade my home and make demands of me?! The Satrap will skin you alive when he learns of this insult!”
I'd start laughing madly after hearing that.

>This guy seems important, maybe a little bit of intimidation is called for. Use Manipulate+Vys to drag him forward, and demand the release of your niece. (2 vys)

>>45685890>>Produce the edict signed by the Satrap himself, authorizing their arrest. That should be more than enough to dissuade further arrogance.

It's saturday night, I got home drunk and Banished Quest is on.

Let's do this shit.

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>>45685990
this desu

>>45685923
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>>45685963
>>45685987
>>45685990
>>45686041
>>45686113
>Hah, fuck you.

>>45686016
>>45685990
>>45685942
>>45686113
>Torture: 60% of the time it works every time

Writin'

>>45685890
>>Produce the edict signed by the Satrap himself, authorizing their arrest. That should be more than enough to dissuade further arrogance.

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>>45686078
Remember to assume the correct position when posting in a Banished Quest thread.

>>45685364
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D6AuC-dNArw

What should we grandmaster in?

We already have water and I was thinking fire and metal.

Hay Soma, when will you let Mik meet Rick and Morty and go on adventures?

>>45686177
I'm assuming a position that involves more alcohol entering my body, that's the correct position, right?

I'm such a responsible voter.

>>45686587
You mean Ricky?

>>45686587
Mik is Rick. He has multiple Mortys he captured from the wild by substituting vys for Morty Manipulator Chips.

>>45686687
>vys is fleeb
>spice is turbulent juice

>>45686859
GOTTA GET THAT FLEEB JUICE

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You reach into your cloak, drawing out the edic dictating the arrest of the Demirs and unrolling the parchment. “Let it be known that the honorable Satrap Farouk al-Latif hereby orders the immediate arrest of all members of the clan Demir residing within the confines of Marqash. They are to be held until they can be questioned regarding the kidnapping of Nithya Al-Misra, with full authority in this matter granted to any member of the city guard, or to the Mirza Mikhael of the clan Abdul-Hakim.”

As you finish your recitation you hold out the document for all to see, the signature of the Satrap scrawled prominently across the bottom of the page. “I'm afraid there will be no skinning alive, at least not upon the Satrap's orders. The Captain of the Guard may not be so forgiving considering it is his daughter that you've stolen off the streets.”

The nobleman is clearly furious, but it is the Vatis who speaks. “Let us have enough of these petty threats, Mikhael. You and I both know that none among my family will die this day, not by your hand. Can we not allow cooler heads to prevail, and thus avoid the spectre of war?”

You gently roll up the parchment, slipping it back beyond the horizon of your cloak. “What you say is true, Grandmaster, but I have never claimed that any would die by my hand. It is my brother in law you must fear. Your insult has sent the man into a rage, and he has promised to mount the heads of those responsible upon his trophy wall.” A bit of a colorful exaggeration, but not much of one. “If you desire to avoid war, I recommend you produce his daughter, and quickly. Hıs men have already surrounded the estate.”

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The noble opens his mouth to protest, but all he manages is a dry rasp as the Vatis leeches the moisture from his throat. “Very well, Mikhael. Your niece is on the sixth floor in one of the guest rooms. I will inform the guards to bring her down.”

He remains standing, motionless, before a long table stacked with all manner of seafood. Shrimp stripped of their shell and marinated in some manner of red sauce, oysters served in their shell ornamented with cilantro and black pepper, and all manner of other local delicassies. It reminds you that you haven't eaten since you left Nazir, but you ignore the complaints of your stomach.

Seemingly unbidden the gaurds arrive, holding between them a woman you presume to be Nithya. She wears a rich red dress trimmed with gold lace, heavy earing hanging from the lobes of each ear. She is an attractive woman, probably no more than sixteen or seventeen years old, with dark skin and a well toned figure. Though she seems unharmed, it's obvious that the girl is terrified. Every muscle in her body seems coiled like a spring, and the only thing stopping her from running is the firm grip each guard has on one of her arms.

The Vatis gestures magnaminously about the villa. “As you asked, we have produced the girl. Now, I trust we may leave her in your care and that may be the end of this dreadful little display.”

>They will need to produce the men responsible for her kidnapping, and you will be taking the nobleman in for 'questioning'.
>The edict stated that every Demir living within the confines of the city is to be arrested, including their guards and their servants. Demand they assemble themselves and wait for Faris to arrive.
>It's fairly obvious that the Vatis is the one really controlling this branch of the family, even if the nobleman may be the nominal head. You'll be arresting them both.
>Write-in

>Post every thirty minutes instead of every hour
Is this the difference caffeine makes?

>>45686986
>They will need to produce the men responsible for her kidnapping, and you will be taking the nobleman in for 'questioning'.

>>45686986
>The edict stated that every Demir living within the confines of the city is to be arrested, including their guards and their servants. Demand they assemble themselves and wait for Faris to arrive.

>>45686986
>>The edict stated that every Demir living within the confines of the city is to be arrested, including their guards and their servants. Demand they assemble themselves and wait for Faris to arrive.

>>45686986
>>The edict stated that every Demir living within the confines of the city is to be arrested, including their guards and their servants. Demand they assemble themselves and wait for Faris to arrive.

>>45687019
>Is this the difference caffeine makes?
I'm a hopeless addict.

>>45686986
Scan the fuck out of her with magic sight, we aint getting now two bomb skull face shit today

>>45686986
>The edict stated that every Demir living within the confines of the city is to be arrested, including their guards and their servants. Demand they assemble themselves and wait for Faris to arrive.

This but let's try to calm down Faris after we deliver his daughter to him. Let's at least try to not escalate this.

>>45686970
>drawing out the edic
>edic
Good job Soma

>>45686986
>>The edict stated that every Demir living within the confines of the city is to be arrested, including their guards and their servants. Demand they assemble themselves and wait for Faris to arrive.
Please say no. Please say no. Please say no.
>>45687054
good point. might wanna go ahead and channel all the different kinds of vys into our helm, or combine nature with other elements.

>>45686986
>gaurds

>>45687054
Sounds wise.

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>>45687100
>>45687080

>>45687080
>implying there weren't a dozen typos before that one in this thread

>>45686986
>The edict stated that every Demir living within the confines of the city is to be arrested, including their guards and their servants. Demand they assemble themselves and wait for Faris to arrive.

>>45687112
Put down the bottle.

>>45687112
If pointing out typos is all it takes for us to get drunk Soma, I'm gonna go ahead and reread the whole thread now. Drunk Soma is awesome.

>>45686986
>>The edict stated that every Demir living within the confines of the city is to be arrested, including their guards and their servants. Demand they assemble themselves and wait for Faris to arrive.
Oh to bathe in the blood of Demirs

>>45686986
>>The edict stated that every Demir living within the confines of the city is to be arrested, including their guards and their servants. Demand they assemble themselves and wait for Faris to arrive.

>>45686986
You know what would be a nice thing to do? Remove our helm to soothe the little girl. I'm assuming she is still familiar with us.

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>>45687148
He'll put down the bottle as soon as his imouto puts down his edic.

Remove demir

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>>45687054
Nah anon it'll be fine I promise

>>45687123
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>>45687095
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>>45687179
>Line the Demirs up against the wall.

>>45687019
>You only want the noble.

Writin'

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>>45687208
>tfw "Demir" means "Iron" in Turkish

>>45687112
>implying you weren't already drinking anyway

>>45687255
It's basically the equivalent of having the last name Smith. Also ties in with their heraldry. The smith's tongs, the mask, et cetera.

I'm tired of being involved in shitty family conflicts.

>>45687292
Same here. All I want to do is meditate for the next 2 weeks.

>>45687292
Don't worry, Anon. This'll be the last of it that Mik is directly involved in, and this is basically just setting up the conflict that will take place while he's in Elaudia.

>>45687292
I'm tired of you being a bitch, but we all can't have what we want can we?

>>45686986
>>The edict stated that every Demir living within the confines of the city is to be arrested, including their guards and their servants. Demand they assemble themselves and wait for Faris to arrive.
But do offer our thanks to the vatis, he seems like a pretty coo guy.

>>45687292
After this we have group therapy and meditation with our companions.

And lots of learning magic and shit with Zahak and everyone.

>>45687319
My Samjan brother

>>45687249
But will we check paz's vagina for the second bomb?

>>45687323
So dad's gonna crush the Demirs under his foot with the aid of SK?

We should send word to dad to make full use of SKs technological potential. Though i thnk he's smart enough to figure that out on his own.

>>45687345
He's probably behind all this shit desu. I bet he regularly cucks that nobleman's wife and all the kids are his.
>>45687289
Probably should've went with Demirel, which means "Iron hand" and is an actual surname as common in Turkey as Smith is in England.

How many more nature sessions until we can play Siege! without having to meditate?

>>45687389
>SK

oh yeah, completely forgot about him

hey soma, whats he been up to

>>45687389
>make full use of SKs technological potential
Even we can't do that. I mean, here we are, wasting time and effort on water purification plants, when we can just inscribe a few cisterns with sustain+large+create+water and provide half the city's water needs.

>>45687419
As far as we know he's working on the water purification plant and working with the shahs men to outfit the capital for dragons. Plus his personal projects.

>>45687461
sheeiiiiit

>>45687461
Well yeah, but SK can create factories to mass produce primitive firearms and cannons and all the other goodies. He alows for the average person to be better rather than relying on mages all the time.

Though i will say enchanting would solve half the shit he'll be working on.

I am super sad that we'll never get to use that carefully applied version of create+vys we saw on the meta scroll to give SK magical powers

>>45687507
You know, we could just ask Master Karim to talk to SK about enchanting and work with him to design some stuff.

>>45687366
>group therapy
>"Well Profectus would you like to share?"
>"Sure. Sometimes I hate going on adventures."
>"And why is that?"
>"I can't count how many times I've seen you willingly almost kill yourself. Hell I almost killed you and everyone here."
>"And how does that make you feel?"
>"Terrified. Terrified that I might lose the only friends I have in the world. Terrified that I might be the cause. Terrified that I might kill my best friend. Terrified that I might have to watch him put some mask on or go through some portal and never seen him again. Or the thing that returns is some Abomination that I have to kill."

>>45687507
Not really. Even with magic, things like cars, ironclads, plastic explosives, airships/planes, firearms and long-range artillery can only benefit from advanced engineering.

>>45687596
I was expecting a joke, not feels

>>45687596
That's frighteningly accurate to what might actually happen. Now I feel kind of bad for our friends, having to see us do these crazy things.

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>>45687596
Damn nigga, you got Profectus down pat.

>>45687600
>build howitzer cannon
>mark targets with a magic binocular
>cannon and shells are marked with seeking enchantments

We're missing like two runes before we can go dragonslaying with 105mm HE shells. we got iron, mark, attract, invert/revert, just need to find a way to mark distant targets

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>>45687596
f-feelings are gay

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>>45687783
That's using enchanting, magic only Mikhael has. Mikhael already has the capacity to enchant artifacts that will empower his companions above Elder Dragons. Creating an immobile cannon that we'll have to maintain, create ammunition for by enchanting individual shells, and protect would be superfluous.

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>>45687826
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>>45687738
You know, despite all you say about Mik and Prof being bffs, they haven't done much together in a while. Unless I missed something or forgot something. How about a short story about a bro moment between them or something? Aren't we going to have a small timeskip/freeday after this?

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>>45687848
Shut up rob

>>45687848
Oh, you're absolutely right. We'd have to jot down the enchantments as a blueprint to have other people do the carving and teaching finalization to someone else so they're the ones spending all day routinely showing bits of their soul into each individual ammo. Worth it? In the epilogue, maybe.

By the way, neither Darzi nor Mik will ever get Avatar mode.

>>45687949
>neither Darzi nor Mik will ever get Avatar mode.
>implying

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>>45687994
>good decisions
>Anonymous

>>45687596
That was really gay
just like prof

>>45687949
Avatar mode is something Darzi can accomplish if we enchant just two artifacts. In addition, these artifacts would have massive utility use out of the Avatar state, giving Master tier Nature bonuses and access to a GM tier fire magic technique to whoever wears them. Speaking of which, we really need to start leverage Mortia's abilities as a chemist. Enchantment is made easier with isolation chambers, and we get mechanically, a +2 bonus to ever sense we deprive ourselves of. Let's call in the favors we earned taking her punishment at the water temple to have to tutor Darzi and Prof, and have create sense dampening potions for us to use while enchanting. Surely a grandmaster of alchemy such as herself will find that task easy, right Soma? >>45687738

stop posting rob

>>45688122
Create a potion to dull the senses? You know, I hadn't really thought of it before.

I suppose she could probably brew up some sort of dissociative pretty easily, and that would probable offer some sort of bonus to enchanting.

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>>45688122
>Sense dampening potions
>Not just literally rotting our senses away

>>45688210
>>45688185
It's like you don't even use your severed limbs as weaponry

Anyone has a Banished playlist for ambient music?

>>45688185
See? The pieces for the Avatar project fall into place naturally. With two meditations, we will be able to gain one point of Vys and a level in Nature, or allow ourselves to reach the brink of fire Grandmastery, or if we're really lucky, two points of vys in techniques. With two sessions of enchantment, we can get Master tier nature bonuses and permanent, free access to a Grandmaster fire magic, and then combine them to elevate one of our companions over an Elder Dragon. Time wise, this is less than half a day's worth of labor.

>>45688278
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9IUDZ2EcuXI
Just listen to this on repeat

>I didn't know this, but apparently PCP is a powerful dissociative.
Mik high on PCP is a horrifying prospect.

>>45688385
Can't be any worse than spice.

>>45688385
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OBmtHjVG668

>>45688122
SHUT UP ROB

>>45688445
As autismic as rob is i still want to pursue the avatar project. Never say no to godlike power.

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>>45688724
yes anon, what could possibly go wrong with godlike power

>>45688777
Magic is literally godlike power.

>>45688777
If you dont want god like power you dont belong on /tg/

>>45688906
never said i didn't want godlike power.

im implying about the posibilites that something might go wrong whenever someone tries to get godlike power

Oryx? she/he was bound to servitude to feed a parasite in her/his soul for eons with the life of living beings.

>>45688906
I don't

Too much power Is boring.
Immortality is boring.

Who's this setting's not!China?

>>45688965
Oh please. Halo ripoff Satan took the easy way out. The Avatar state only needs three things: Fire Mastery, Nature Mastery, and Marsala Ve Mastery. By making the Suryan Firebrand, we're getting Fire Grandmastery tier magic. By making the Inversion ring out of Spirit Ivory, we get Master tier Nature bonuses. And we ourselves as well as one of our companions have competency and mastery in Marsala Ve. We're not brokering any deals with demons, we're not sacrificing our soul; this is just the logical culmination of a lot of hard work.

>>45689022
>Suryan Firebrand
what is this

>>45688965
See, that's what becoming a cat Disciple fuckboi would've led to. The Avatar project? That's our own road. We've earned it, and we'll take our demigodly power without any strings.

>>45688989
Dis guy. He ain't here for a long time, he is here for a good time.

Sad.

>>45689058
Invert+Revert+Fire=Plasma.

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>>45689058
The Invert-Revert array puts objects into a more refined state of being. Implemented on the mind, we get more powerful in mentally dependent tasks. On elements like Fire, it'll place the element into a higher state of being, IE Plasma. This energy, once created, is child's play for any Vatis competent in fire to control and is in fact, direct equivalent to an actual Grandmaster of Fire's lightning.

>>45689058
Create lightning runes.

soma confirmed that once lightning has been created it is really easy tot control, and lightning is plasma so once you have control of it you are basically wielding liquid plasma. Plasma you dont even have to spend the vys to create, just control.

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>>45689123
>Zahak's face when we magic a ball of concentrated plasma into existence to hurl at our enemies

>>45689222
Pretty sure it'd be the opposite. He'd be in awe and immediately attempt to emulate us thinking we're the coolest dad ever. Which we are.

>>45689058
>>45689123
I would further like to note that the Suryan Firebrand is a purely optional artifact. The reason I made it was to further boost the raw damage an Avatar could dish out, without draining their Vys. Fire magic is the only form of magic able to be used side by side with Marsala Ve in a Martial Trance. Darzi and Prof are good at it. Being "good" at Fire Magic turns one's martial trance into a terrifying sight. Unlimited Grandmaster Lightning will elevate a user of the Martial Trance into an Avatar capable of dueling Elder Dragons.

http://somaqm.tumblr.com/post/139141537677/im-actually-more-interested-in-post-34740939

>>45689303
Shut the fuck up Rob

>>45689303
ur a faget

>>45687848
>implying we don't just use pure vys cannonshot

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You try to get across an apologetic tone, but your armor strips your voice of any emotion. “I am afraid it can't be that simple, Grandmaster. The edict states that all Demirs residing within Marqash are to be arrested, a demand which includes the servants and gaurds of your noble host, as well as his wives and children. The Satrap seems a fair man, I trust he will spare them the lash assuming they were not directly involved in the kidnapping of my niece.”

The nobleman regains his voice, hoarse though it may be. “Rostam, are you really going to let this glorified thug give us orders, in our own home? To hell with the city guard! You could kill them all with a thought! We will fight our way-” His voice cuts out as once again as the moisture drains from his mouth, sending him into a fit of coughing. You can't imagine that's very pleasant.

The Vatis glances briefly towards the noble, shaking his head. “You'll forgive my nephew, he speaks out of turn. Allow me a moment to speak with him in private and I will see that he agrees to your terms.”

You feel a pulse of vys, and the guards relax their grip upon your niece. She rips her arms free but seems torn between running towards you, and running towards the balcony. Frustrated, you try to think of some way to remove your helmet without deactivating your armor completely, and unbidden your vision cuts out. You're left blinded for several seconds, before your helm splits down the middle and slowly slides away.

A gasp runs through the small crowd of assembled nobles, which have assembled themselves into two loose groups. Presumably one constitutes visiting nobles, and the other consist of the Demirs themselves. The Vatis merely raises an eyebrow, while the Noble scowls at you fiercely.
(1/2)

>>45689303
We should all get together and form the Fire Nation.

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You don't particularly care about them, your attention focused upon the horrified girl across the room. “Nithya, I don't believe we've had the pleasure of meeting but I'm your mother's younger brother, Mikhael.”

She approaches hesitantly, both curious and afraid. “She's spoken of you before, quite fondly. Though she did not mention that you glow.”

What is she talking about, glowing? “Well I don't usually, in fact I'm not even entirely sure what you're talking about. I assume it's related to this armor I wear. Regardless, your father should be arriving soon. Why don't you wait with Zahak?”

She timidly approaches you, and then at your gentle prompting moves to stand by your son. Zahak, for his part, is being remarkably well behaved. He's been bombarding your thoughts for the last several minutes with his urge to burn them all and let Pani sort it out, but to his credit has resisted this urge remarkably well.

Faris finally arrives as the rest of the family begins to trickle into the courtyard from the rooms above. He arrives with his sword drawn and bloody, a slash across his abomen having bit deep enough to draw blood. You heal it almost on reflex, the wound knitting closed without leaving so much as a scar. At first you worry he might do something rash, the way he glowers at the nobleman, but then he catches sight of his daughter.
(2/3)

>>45689303
>>45689123
>>45689022
>>45688283
>>45688122
>>45687848

I actually really enjoy the ideas and gamebreaking minmaxing enchant plans that get thrown around and find them more interesting to read than the shitposting, especially since there's a lot of fairly creative autism thought put into them

far more than that fleshcrafting idiocy, at least
ircabal is still cancer and the worst thing to happen to this quest

She rushes from Zahak's side and hugs the man tightly about the waist, seemingly undisturbed by the gore-soaked image of her father. His sword falls from his hands, clattering loudly against the marble as he wraps his daughter in a warm embrace. Guardsmen are slowly filing into the courtyard now, taking up positions around the perimeter with spears held at the ready, a crowd of terrifed nobles filtering in with them. Presumably those were the ones who tried to escape.

Most eyes seem focused on you, presumably because you're apparently glowing. You wish you could catch a glimpse of yourself in a mirror, but there don't seem to be any available. Fortunately, Faris remembers where he is and gently separates himself from his daughter, calling out to the guard. “Arrest the Demirs and see them escorted to the Satrap's palace. They'll be locked in the cells until such a time as they can be questioned. All others are to be detained here, until it can be determined whether or not they are creatures of these imbeciles.”

The Nobleman speaks, sounding utterly defeated. “Captain, if you will guarantee the safety of my family until such a time as they can be tried before the court, I will surrender myself peacefully alongside the men responsible for your daughter's kidnapping. Let it be known, the Demirs do not desire bloodshed.”

(3/4)

>>45689545
>Though she did not mention that you glow.
WE HAVE TRANSCENDED THIS MORTAL SHELL AND BECAME A DIVINE FIGURE

Faris seems disinclined to accept those terms. Expression grim, he retrieves his sword where it fell. “Then it is a shame that I do. You'll produce the men responsible and I will have them dead, or with the Gods as my witness I will personally see each and every one of you burned upon an altar for daring to lay a hand upon my daughter.”

>You've no reason to step in here, you've done your job. Let Faris do as he pleases.
>Remind Faris that you need a few of them alive as captives. The nobleman and his sons, should he have any, will do.
>Try to calm your brother in law, you doubt his daughter is thrilled by the idea of her father burning alive a bunch of women and children.
>Write-in

>>45689545
>Zahak, for his part, is being remarkably well behaved. He's been bombarding your thoughts for the last several minutes with his urge to burn them all and let Pani sort it out, but to his credit has resisted this urge remarkably well.
kek
fucking zahak

if we dont git gud at fire magic i imagine hes going to get really fucking unruly and hard to control when he gets older and bigger

>>45689571
use water to see what we look like

>>45689601
>>Remind Faris that you need a few of them alive as captives. The nobleman and his sons, should he have any, will do.
>>Try to calm your brother in law, you doubt his daughter is thrilled by the idea of her father burning alive a bunch of women and children.

Shit man. Calm down.

Wouldn't it be pretty easy to add a create fire and then a shaping element to the plasma thing to turn it into a lightsaber?

>>45689545
>burn them all and let Pani sort it out
he is our son in all the ways that matter

>>45689601
>Try to calm your brother in law, you doubt his daughter is thrilled by the idea of her father burning alive a bunch of women and children.
Well unless she is of course.

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Gonna run out for some eats and some coffee.

>>45689601
>Try to calm your brother in law, you doubt his daughter is thrilled by the idea of her father burning alive a bunch of women and children.

Think of your daughter dear brother, she does not need to see this.

>>45689601
>Try to calm your brother in law, you doubt his daughter is thrilled by the idea of her father burning alive a bunch of women and children.
Chill out man, your daughter is completely unharmed, if a little terrified.

>>45689559
>fleshcrafting
Fleshcrafting would require us to emulate insanity to distort our self image which would great for enchanting too.

>>45689601
>>Try to calm your brother in law, you doubt his daughter is thrilled by the idea of her father burning alive a bunch of women and children.

>>45689601
>Try to calm your brother in law, you doubt his daughter is thrilled by the idea of her father burning alive a bunch of women and children.

calm yo ass, nigga

>>45689617
It's Nature you faggot.

>>45689645
she and zahak will get along great

>>45689715
what?

>>45689601
>You've no reason to step in here, you've done your job. Let Faris do as he pleases.

>>45689601
>>Try to calm your brother in law, you doubt his daughter is thrilled by the idea of her father burning alive a bunch of women and children.
Try to point out that no permanant harm has been done at this point, and that since these are nobles, there should be a trial before sentencing.

>>45689601
>>You've no reason to step in here, you've done your job. Let Faris do as he pleases.

>>45689608
Soma did confirm dragon adolescence will be fucking awful.

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>>45689559
Gamebreaking you say? I'm just preparing us as best I can for what comes next. Do you think the Elaudian Jungle, which has swallowed whole Grandmasters of multiple elements with hundreds of Vys along with single element Grandmasters party will bow to one Avatar? Do you really believe we were the first to tame a dragon? The IRCabal was given this image earlier today.

>>45689601
>>Try to calm your brother in law, you doubt his daughter is thrilled by the idea of her father burning alive a bunch of women and children.

>>45689652
>Doesn't post messages from his sponsors
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ck5f9LzQmjY

>>45689601
>Try to calm your brother in law, you doubt his daughter is thrilled by the idea of her father burning alive a bunch of women and children.

>>45689731
Nature is ESP, Water is healing.

>>45689601
>>You've no reason to step in here, you've done your job. Let Faris do as he pleases.
If the Demirs and the Al-Misras go to war that's a good thing for us.

>>45689545
Damn Zahak.

I think we're going to have to have another hunting trip with Zahak on our way back to our companions to quell his bloodlust a little bit.

>>45689817
we use a puddle of water as a mirror what the fuck did you think i was suggesting

god damn soma I just want to be done with this pointless drama shit and get back to fixing our party / leveling them up / powering them up and re-equipping for Elauda

Faris can be a murderous faggot for all we care, we don't even give a shit about the daughter besides how we used her as a political pawn Zahak totally has the right idea of killing them all and letting pani sort out the souls

>build a shrine
>peace out

>>45689864
Keep crying bitch nigga.

>>45689601
>>Try to calm your brother in law, you doubt his daughter is thrilled by the idea of her father burning alive a bunch of women and children.

Toss a little jab at the Vatis about the previous assassination attempt and warn Faris QUIETLY that the Demirs have gotten their hands on some abominations of artifacts that can possibly rip the souls right out of men.

Chatty Mc noble nephew was also talking far more than he should have, and should be discretely separated for questioning by the Satrap. Also warn him that they used some sort of artifact to kill our previous witnesses before they could talk.

>>45689829
> Draconian puberty

I say we find Zahak a lady dragon to bang. We could maybe set her up as the ruler/protector of Anthus and introduce her to the idea of taxation vs. Getting assassinated by the Mikster.

Then we can both do Angus boots calls.

Once again, we no longer have a pressing reason to go to eluadia since we got rid of the Rotting God from the mask.

>>45690096
Anthus Booty, fukkin autocorrect.

>>45689782
Fuck you sound like a faggot

>>45690096
Wasn't the thing to fuck the mask bitch off in the desert place?

>>45690310
Yes. The trip to Elaudia is for the steel recipe.

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When?

>>45690486
cozy

>>45690486
not going to lie, when i think Prof i see COle

anyone have any ideas how to go about getting a female dragon for zahak

>>45690630
Save it for the epilogue.

>>45690630
Rhynian mine 2: electric boogaloo

>>45690630
Figure out how to say "prime dragon dick over here" and then roam around yelling it.

>>45689993
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>>45689622
>Hey man, don't just go whipping out your murder boner in front of your kids. That's fucked up.

>>45689622
>Yo, bruh, you still need captives.

>>45689819
>>45689765
>>45689752
>You don't give a FUCK mayn.

Writin'

>>45690648
But why

The epilogue is probably a year away.

>>45690679
Dragoi zakil handia hemen, etorri eta lortu du!

>>45690689
This is me.

>>45690630
We kill a female dragon and animate it using water magic or enchantments and control it to go on dates with zahak
This way we get to be his father and his waifu and gives us best son/husbando. It's all win

>>45690782
>My Girlfriend is my Dad?!
Sounds like an anime fampai.

>>45690782
Fuck off creepy dragon anon.

>>45690782
>Dragon fleshdoll for best Son
>Implying he couldn't seize his own dragon pussy

>>45689782
>tame a dragon

You can go right to Surya's maw with that kinda thinking.

>>45690846
>Implying you don't want to be zahaks first

>>45691201
No I really don't faggot.

>>45690986
We should have let him get his murder bone on.
And backed him up. Having most of them die, and the rest imprisoned to use as bargaining chips would have been easy to deal with.
Then having Faris taking most of the murders on his hand. The demise can't go to war with both us and our brother in law. While we have captives.
We should seriously see about taking over their lands and killing the core of their army and retaining those willing to give up information on the demirs.

>>45691247
We just stated why starting a war with the Demirs would be a bad idea.
Not to mention would piss off the Shah.

>>45691247
It would imply to the people that the Abdul-Hakims ain't nothing to fuck with.
It would imply to the Shah that the Abdul-Hakims can't handle their own shit and keep the peace by successfully negotiating a simple hostage ransom.

Trust the head jew of the family, this is the best and most profitable path.

>>45691247
You got picked on a lot in highschool, huh? Just trying to think what could have happened to convince you this was a good idea to post.

>>45691394
And since we're nobles, the opinion of "the people" isn't a significant concern in this situation.

>>45691247
>let's render all the careful planning and politicking on our father's advice (that we sought out) completely moot by murdering everyone!

Being a glory hound and champion of the people beloved by all after our unjust exile despite being told to keep our unbanishing on the down low is one thing

Going full insane murderhobo for no reason (ESPECIALLY since we've reached a peaceful, amicable resolution without even having to roll) is next level retardation

We have respected the letter of the law, displayed our political pull, military might and done everything above board and shown the world we're a goddamn dragon rider and wasted two threads doing nothing interesting

Why would you want to ruin that bruh

>>45691649
No but it sounds like some one has had their fair share of wedges.

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>>45691677
At least not if we let them have cake.
>Crying Frenchmen.jpeg

>>45691960
Implying he ate a lot of wedge fries and was fat seems a little rude and uncalled for m80

>>45691805
Because it's not the Abdul name being used to carry out the murder.
We would just be defending our family if attacked. Like healing our brother in law and paralyzing enemies for the duration of the fight.
I'm sorry if I worded it wrong.
Our brother in law goes ape shit and kills the demirs. We control him, so both sides see we are being level headed here.
But w.e our father is likely right.
We can pull in the shah to strip them of some power and hand it over to us.
Take their biggest city or something.

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>>45691972
kek

update never

>>45692350
soma is kill

>>45692350
Art when

You're really starting to get tired of Faris, and you've only been in Marqash perhaps an hour at most. “Faris, I understand you're angry but try to keep this in perspective. Your daughter is unharmed, and they seem to have treated her as well as could be expected under the circumstances. I doubt she's eager to see her father burning alive women and children who had seldom little to do with her kidnapping.”

The remind of his daughter's presence softens your brother in law, some of the fire leaving his eyes. Color returns to his knuckles as he relaxes his grip upon the hilt of his sword, yet he still doesn't seem entirely convinced. He struggles with the idea that he might ruin the heroic image his daughter has of him, but at the same time he wishes to see the Demirs punished for what they've done.

You barely need to focus at all to bring your mind in contact with Nithya's own. You could swear that at the corner of your eye you can see the threads of reality bowing out around you, but when you try to focus your attention on them they vanish. {Don't just stand there gawking, say something before your father starts slicing people apart with that sword of his. Some of these simpletons are actually important.}

She startles, glancing around the room for the source of the voice in her head. You frown. {It's Mikhael, I'm communicating with you mentally. Vatis are very strange creatures, you've no need to remind me. Now talk to your Father.}

Apparently that was the impetus she needed to finally speak. Hesitantly, she places a hand upon her father's arm and tries to pull him away from the Demirs. “Mikhael is right, the Demirs treated me well even if I was kept captive. They permitted me to walk the grounds and allowed me a servant. I'd rather not see them killed on my behalf.”
(1/2)

There's a collective sigh of relief from everyone in the room as Faris finally sheathes his sword. “Fine, fine. I suppose they deserve a trial.” He sounds drained, emotionally and physically. It seems like the Demir's house guards might have put up quite the fight, though you can't say with any certainty that Faris wasn't simply attacking anyone he came across wearing the Demir's colors.

Faris lightly ruffles his daughter's hair, much to her displeasure, before turning his attention to the nobleman. “I will accept your terms, and guarantee the safety of your family as far as your trial. However, I can promise nothing further. Now, who were the men responsible for stealing my daughter from me?”

The nobleman gestures vaguely to the crowd of gathered nobles and as two of his guards step forward, three men make a break for the exits. You channel a bit of vys, ice accumulating rapidly on the marble tiles, and two go down immediately. The third actually manages to scramble across the ice only to whacked in the throat with the haft of a spear by one of hte city guardsmen. He goes down choking on his own spit, gasping for air.
(2/3)

All three are quickly shackled and hauled off to stand with the Demirs, who themselves are being bound with their hands behind their back and slowly being dragged off to the rafts Faris used to transport his men. For now, it seems the crisis is averted, though you note with some curiosity that the Vatis does not number himself among the Demirs. You wonder what his fate will be. Technically, as a Vatis, he surrendered any rights he had to family name or noble title. Thus, he could probably argue for his exemption from the edict.

>Arrest him anyway, you think he's probably the one who's actually behind all this.
>He's dealt with you fairly, and all that aside you'd only be able to hold him of his own free will. Leave him be.
>Who cares? You've done your part. Tell Faris you want the nobleman and his two oldest sons as captives, and then get out of here.
>So long as you're in Marqash, why not visit your sister? Offer to take Nithya back to Faris' estate while he finishes up here.
>Write-in

>>45692376
>>45692396
>>45692418
WHO IS THI-
oh, you saved it.

>>45692418
>Who cares? You've done your part. Tell Faris you want the nobleman and his two oldest sons as captives, and then get out of here.

>>45692418
>Arrest him anyway, you think he's probably the one who's actually behind all this.
remove demir

>>45692418
>So long as you're in Marqash, why not visit your sister? Offer to take Nithya back to Faris' estate while he finishes up here.

We can dick around for a bit here.

>>45692418
>He's dealt with you fairly, and all that aside you'd only be able to hold him of his own free will. Leave him be.
>LEAVE MARQASH

>>45692418
>Who cares? You've done your part. Tell Faris you want the nobleman and his two oldest sons as captives, and then get out of here.

>>45692418
>>Who cares? You've done your part. Tell Faris you want the nobleman and his two oldest sons as captives, and then get out of here.
>>So long as you're in Marqash, why not visit your sister? Offer to take Nithya back to Faris' estate while he finishes up here.

>>45692418
>He's dealt with you fairly, and all that aside you'd only be able to hold him of his own free will. Leave him be.
>Who cares? You've done your part. Tell Faris you want the nobleman and his two oldest sons as captives, and then get out of here.

>>45692418
>So long as you're in Marqash, why not visit your sister? Offer to take Nithya back to Faris' estate while he finishes up here.

>>45692418
>Invite the Vatis to drinks sometime, as a fellow grandmaster, he seems cool.

>>45692418
Let's go visit the markets.

>>45692418
>He's dealt with you fairly, and all that aside you'd only be able to hold him of his own free will. Leave him be.
>Find somewhere secluded to meditate

>>45692418
>>He's dealt with you fairly, and all that aside you'd only be able to hold him of his own free will. Leave him be.

>>45692418
>>Who cares? You've done your part. Tell Faris you want the nobleman and his two oldest sons as captives, and then get out of here.

>>45692418
>So long as you're in Marqash, why not visit your sister? Offer to take Nithya back to Faris' estate while he finishes up here.

>>45692418
This: >>45692495
And
>So long as you're in Marqash, why not visit your sister? Offer to take Nithya back to Faris' estate while he finishes up here.

>>45692418
>>45692495
seconding meditation

>>45692570
>>45692544
>>45692495
>>45692418
These.

>>45692495
Let's meditation.

>>45692418
>>So long as you're in Marqash, why not visit your sister? Offer to take Nithya back to Faris' estate while he finishes up here.

>>45692504
>>45692486
>>45692477
>>45692459
>>45692544
>>45692597
>>45692628
>Visit your doting older sister.

>>45692432
>>45692469
>>45692475
>>45692477
>>45692479
>>45692502
>All in a day's work.

>>45692495
>>45692544
>>45692570
>>45692597
>>45692628
>Meditate.

>>45692493
>Visit the markets.

>>45692488
>This nigga seems aight.

>>45692497
>>45692495
>>45692544
>>45692479
>>45692469
>>45692570
>>45692597
>Let sleeping Vatis lie.

>>45692457
>He's shifty.

So, we've got three options more or less tied. I'll write for
>Tell Faris you want the Nobleman and his two oldest sons as captives.
>Offer to take Nithya back to his estate, so you can see your sister.
>Leave Rostam alone.
>Meditate at Faris' estate.

Writin'

>>45692495
Let's meditate on Air so we can add sound to our illusions.

>>45692636
nice
finally meditating again

>>45692636
Meditate with Zahak!

>>45692684
Nah.

>>45692662
Dude, air magic isn't a thing.

>>45692684
This. I don't think we've ever meditated with him before.
Also get him a goat.

>>45692738
we have

And we can find him better shit to hunt on our way back

>>45692736
It fucking is. Air burst meditation unlocks Air magic.

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>>45692684
We should.
But will we?

>>45692783
No.

Fire magic allows for some limited control of air currents. And can cause some explosions that simpletons may confuse as manipulation of air. But Air magic is not a thing.

>>45692736
But we can manipulate air with magic. I we can. It was something we theorized back before or after we blew up the pirates base.

We need to meditate on nature for the extra vys

>>45692795
The magic worth teaching him right now are air manipulation and shapeshifting.

Reminder that the Cat's shrine on the corpse of the guardian is a very good place to meditate and probably can help us get a second 2nd GM

>>45692811
It's a technique from the ritual book we learn about illusions from.

>>45692877
>>45692811
Heating air to cause it to move is not air magic.

>>45692376
>Vatis are very strange creatures, you've no need to remind me.
Sometimes I wonder if Mik gets a little self-conscious around normies when it comes to his oddness.

>>45692875
Not going until we're near GM for all elements.

>>45692886
I didn't say air MAGIC fucktard. I said manipulate air currents and such.

>>45692905
There are definitely occasions where Mik has trouble relating to non-Vatis. He sometimes forgets that people can't just regrow limbs, or that it's not normal to just invade other people's thoughts.

>>45692886
And bending light with heat isn't light magic even though it is according to Soma.
Soma right out said Fire governs Air manipulation dumbass.

We need to tease our sister and brag how our kid can beat hers.

>>45692959
No. Illusions fall squarely under Fire magic

>>45693000
This is something Soma fucking said you retard.

>>45692922
Would meditating on the nature of void creatures, in particular Ricky, provide a nature insight?

>>45693090
It would be better to do meditation on form unless you have an actual experiment we could do.

>>45693131
I'd like to try some enchanting

>>45693182
Then vote for it but the reason people don't vote for enchanting is because it slows our magical progression.