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>>2197013
The darkness that creeps across the face of the unlit peak proves that is no longer the case.

"We have to tell everyone." you say.

Paradigm nods her head in agreement.

Now isn't the time to be scared. That comes later. Now is the time for action. You start running towards the city at full tilt. Paradigm holds onto your furry jacket sleeve for dear life.

The city is full of adventurers, and many of them are much higher levels than you are. If you can get the word out, the spattering of 90s stuck in town can probably carve their way through anything waiting in the darkness with ease and relight the fire.

But if one fire has gone out, what if the others are running low on fuel too? Someone will have to go and refuel them as soon as possible, or everything may be over before anyone even has a chance to stop it.

Maybe the fire just went out from a lack of fuel, but there are other more sinister possibilities to consider as well. The dead cannot set foot where the light of the midnight sun touches, and that includes the light cast by the beacons, but adventurers and other monsters don’t have that limit. You don't want to think about it, but sabotage is certainly not something you can rule out.

PKers may be lying in wait for whoever goes to light that fire again.

You finally reach the gates of the city and
[ ] Run to the guild hall to find the Sage.
[ ] Look for the nearest <Morning Star> and tell them. They love pretending to be heroes, so maybe their guild will step up.
[ ] Run around the city yelling about the beacon, surely someone will listen.
[ ]Call Hiroshima and tell the <Kool Kids Klub>.
[ ] Do something else? (Write in, but stay on track, this is a top priority IC)

>>2197017
> [X] Call Hiroshima and tell the <Kool Kids Klub>

Fuck those Morning Star cucks

>>2197017
>[ ]Call Hiroshima and tell the <Kool Kids Klub>.
Agreed, I don't feel like giving those Morning Star bastards any more ammunition to control the city. even if it is a semi-reasonable thing to do when trying to keep the peace.

>>2197017
>[X] Call Hiroshima and tell the <Kool Kids Klub>

>>2197017
>[ ] Do something else? (Do call Hiroshima and Dank to to our house maybe the dig a bit about the KKK and give then some real drink? Hordig that knowledge will end badly for us in the end The sage used to be a asshole with us when this was just a game. He probably won't change his atitude. Morning Stars are a P K-killer they won't move unless involve players since this might be the action of mobs )

>>2197046
>>2197038
>>2197035
Should we invite the KKK for a drink?

>>2197052
sure why not.

>>2197017
[ ] Look for the nearest <Morning Star> and tell them. They love pretending to be heroes, so maybe their guild will step up.

>>2197058
Get out of here cowboy. This is KKK thread.

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>>2197058

>>2197035
>>2197038
>>2197046
>>2197048
KKK

>>2197058
Morning star

Do you guys want to invite them for a drink after?

>>2197142
Definetly.

>>2197142
Yes. The real stuff too.

>>2197142
Definitely. Share the truth about our alcohol, they seem like bros.

Quest reward for lighting the pires: Actual alcohol with flavour

>>2197017
>Nu-thread already
It was too young to die

> Call Hiroshima and tell the <Kool Kids Klub>
They are competent and will actually treat this issue seriously.

>>2197162
They also seem to be the nest bet against the Morbing Starts Tiranny. To think that /pol/ would be against a regime.

>>2197162
>/pol/ being the reasonable choice when seeking help
Now I've seen everything.

>>2197171
Well /pol/ basically started as a way to invert affairs. Its kind of in that boards spirit, i mean before the alt right waded in and shat over everything.

>>2197174
Well we are in another world so, if levers and drinks behave different maybe /pol/ will have change their perspective.

>>2197175
Let's not forget that although there is some radicals most of those people are so anti-social that they would easily avoid a game such as a MMO that requires to cooperate with others. And, in my opinion if one board would have a wide knowledge of politics and human history wrong doings that would be a someone from /pol/.

>>2197142
You realize you probably should tell Hiroshima to tell the <Kool Kids Klub> guys what is going on too.

You find his name on your friends list and call.
Ring… Ring..

"Yo, whats up?"

"Bad news. One of the fires is out."

"Fires? Please don’t tell me you are talking about the ones on the mountain…"

"What other fires are worth calling someone about?"

"Shit! Are you kidding me?!"

"Would I joke about something like that?"

"I don’t think anyone would. Well almost anyone. Some people might. Some people are total assholes…"

"Fair point, but what do you think we should do?"

"Get some wood up there ASAP."

"I don't think we can do that." you say "That peak is probably crawling in 80+ undead, and plus it may be a trap set by Pkers to lure people away from the city and the <Morning Stars>."

"Shit that’s definitely possible…"

"Do you guys think you can get fuel to any of the other beacons? You should have an hour or so head start towards Range and the furthest north peak."

"Alright, good idea! I'll call up some people I know and make sure the word gets out, then we will knock over some trees or something and start heading for the nearest one to us to make sure it doesn’t run out too."

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>>2197237
"Alright, thanks. Lets all have a drink when you guys get back. A real one."

"Are you telling me you found out how to make real drinks?" Somehow he doesn’t sound too surprised, but maybe he just has a good poker-voice. Is that a thing? Close enough.

"Yeh. Sorry I didn't say so earlier, we only just met you guys." you say with a twinge of guilt.

"I get it. Secrets are secrets. We can keep our mouths shut. We won't fuck you over like some people would. "

"Thanks again. Tell everyone we said Good luck."

"Yeh. Later man."
Click.

You hang up the call and start heading for the town center. Even with the help of the <Kool Kids Klub>, if you and Paradigm get the one south of the city, that’s still only two beacons out of seven and won't do much to help lighting the one that went out…

You need to do more.
[ ] You don't like it, but the <Morning Star>s have a strong presence in the city and several 90s at hand. Tell them.
[ ] If the <Morning Star>s get any more adding to their ego, they will probably try and take over the city or something. Avoid them and look for other 90s.
[ ] Go to the guild hall and see if the receptionists can post a quest or something?
[ ] Offer booze to people to go light the fires. Half the adventurers in the city are 84+, but like everyone else, a lot of them seem too dejected to do anything.
[ ] Other (write in)

>>2197237
>instantly understood what we were talking about and got shit organized

Well that's it Hiro has reached my bro-list.

>>2197255
>[ ] Offer booze to people to go light the fires. Half the adventurers in the city are 84+, but like everyone else, a lot of them seem too dejected to do anything.
This is one way to make a name for ourselves.

>>2197255
Go to the guild hall.

>>2197255
>Go to the guild hall and see if the receptionists can post a quest or something?

A reminder that this quest exists should push people in the right direction.

>>2197255
[ ] Offer booze to people to go light the fires. Half the adventurers in the city are 84+, but like everyone else, a lot of them seem too dejected to do anything.

>>2197255
>[ ] Go to the guild hall and see if the receptionists can post a quest or something?

Easiest way.

Posting a quest at the guild is really passive and requires people to check the quest board or however that works.

>>2197290
It's also the best way to avoid telling pkers that people will be out of town. Since some of these lvl 90 not associated with the Morning Stars can just be Pkers that will back stab us once we have out backs to then. Don't forget we are just a lvl 75 monk.

>>2197296
I mean, it's not like we'd have to leave town once letting everyone know. And the town is safe anyway, so the risk is minimal. We could just focus on cranking out the beer for the after party.

>>2197300
I don't think Pkers would be interested in drinking more in killing people going out for the quest. Because they may still think this is a game and try to use it as a excuse to kill people and grab their gold.

>>2197272
>>2197279
>>2197285
Guild hall

>>2197282
>>2197262
Booze

[+1 Quest]

>>2197317
There is the fact that by the end of this quest if lots of people show up we might not be able to procude enough drinks for everyone. And we might end up without any ingredients to make more booze by the end of it.

I'm thinking more in a long distant plan. But this would be ideal to spread the drinking and give people some hope i guess?

But the we run back at the fact we might end up without ingredients and pkers will have us as a target. since to get the ingredie t we would need to either buy from the landers or go out and hunt mobs for their loot

>>2197255
>[ ] Go to the guild hall and see if the receptionists can post a quest or something?

>>2197331
how about a bonus of +ale 2 bottles?

>>2197367
We can still offer it as a reward for those who accept the quest.

>>2197388
this is what i think too...offer it as a bonus

Bonus sounds like a plan, after posting it to the guild hall.

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Look at me. I am the quest master now.

>>2197318
How can you get the other adventurers to do something? This problem needs immediate action… Maybe you can post a quest? How would you even do that? You have no idea.

"Hey, do you have any idea how we might be able to get a quest posted?" you ask Paradigm.

"Maybe we can go to the guild hall? I mean, That’s where the Sage is, he gave out all the quests in the storyline. And if he can't do it, maybe the receptionists can or something?"

"Do you think that will work?"

"No idea! If worst comes to worst, maybe we can just write it on the message board ourselves?"

"Alright, better than doing nothing!" you say as you run towards the guild hall.

You barge through the door and run into something you forgot about. There is at least a twenty minute line.

"Emergency! Let me through!" you shout trying to push your way past.

A level 85 swashbuckler named OnTheFence grabs you as you try and push by him.

"Wait your turn like everyone else dude, come one."

"Did you not hear me? I said it was an emergency!"

"I'm sure it can wait."

"One of the fires went out along the top of the mountains!" you practically yell in his face.

A dark look crosses his face. "Emergency! One of the fires is out! Get out of the way!" he yells as he starts helping you push towards the counter.

>>2197432
We will quickly replace that stuck up sage. We become a lander now! A kitsune lander eith Booze!

>>2197452
Welll...would you look at that. Did all the competent people got stuck in Alaska? Not complaining of course.

>>2197452
>"One of the fires went out along the top of the mountains!" you practically yell in his face.
>A dark look crosses his face. "Emergency! One of the fires is out! Get out of the way!" he yells as he starts helping you push towards the counter.
Thank God this dude isn't some idiotic asshole. Nobody wants to fuck around with a potential zombie apocalypse.

>>2197452
That definitely seems to cause a stir. People start talking to each other, and rather quickly a panic breaks out. Many of them run out of the guild hall to look for themselves.

The three of you make it to a counter and the receptionist looks at you with a horror struck face. "Is it true?!" She asks in fear "I was worried when you adventurers stopped taking the fuel to the braziers, but is one of the fires really out?! This hasn't happened in over 100 years!" She wails in despair.

100 years? Hmm. If you think in terms of game time, that makes some sense… The expansion that opened up this area was around 10 years ago, and each day IRL is 12 game days.

"Yes, you can go look for yourself if you don't believe me, but the second furthest west fire is out." you say gravely. "We want to know if there is any way you can post a quest."

"I don't have the power to do that, but I can get Sage Terril, surely he can rouse some adventurers to the cause! They are always asking him for things to do and usually he just has them run some sort of pointless errand to keep them busy!"

Well, that explains that quest line…

"Thanks, if you can think of any other way to get the word out, please do." you say, "Oh, and for good measure, tell anyone else who comes to the guild if you can."

The guild lady nods and runs off, presumably to find the Sage.

Hopefully that will be enough, but you are still worried…
[ ] Get some fuel and head towards the closest beacon yourselves. (south of the city)
[ ] Get some more people from the adventurers here and head to the closest beacon.
[ ] Tell someone else. (Specify)
[ ] Do something else (Write in)


Also I will be out for a bit, my pipes froze and backed up into my dishwasher, so I need to get fast food for dinner. I will probably be back in like 40 minutes.

>>2197466
>[X] Get some more people from the adventurers here and head to the closest beacon
Start with that swashbuckler

Ideally look for people without a Guild affiliation. This joint experience may be how we create our own Guild.

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>>2197466
>usually he just has them run some sort of pointless errand to keep them busy!"
>Well, that explains that quest line…
Kek
[ ] Do something else (Write in)
Go to a big public square and announce you'll give real alcohol to everyone who helps out with the fire situation. Give out some samples to prove you're not lying.
Let's be real, we're a little underleveled for this quest, and this is a prime opportunity to get our name out there once we open a bar. One way or another it's gonna be known we cracked how to give things flavor, so might as well do it now.

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>>2197452
I like this OnTheFence guy. We should try and recruit him to the team.
>>2197466
>[ ] Get some more people from the adventurers here and head to the closest beacon.
If people like us abandon it, this is going to become a ghost town. We need someone to step forward and say "I'm staying. I'm rebuilding". We need a community leader, and it's going to be - US!
Seriously, we should just go full Quark. Open a bar and get our fingers into every pie in town.

>>2197459
Alot of the people who play elder tale are relatively older than usual for MMOs since the game is so old. Most adventurers are in their 20s and that generally means they have their act at least somewhat together.

Also pretty much everyone over level 60 has at least started the quest line here, and many of the 80+ players are doing/have done the second half of it. The expansion teased a legion raid in this area that was supposed to end the quest line (the level 100 one without a specific location on the map), so people have been hyped up for it too.

>>2197466
>[ ] Do something else ( Grab on the fence and Paradigm, go home and brew more of that fire breathing drink, and use it as god dam fuel for the pires fire.)

And with that, I will be back in a bit.

>>2197477
>give
Whoa-whoa-whoa.
Sell.
We will SELL real alcohol to everyone who helps out with the fire situation.
Rule 21, never place friendship above profit.

>>2197494
Dead men make no money.

Just because we give out drinks now does not mean we do so later, besides, if we give our a free round now and get our name out, making our pub is going to be a hell of a lot easier.

We need to rope in a chef to do food for us as well.

>>2197466
>Do something else
Thank that ontheFence guy. See if he's willing to help us.
>>2197477
Than do what this anon said.

>>2197498
A fair point.
One free drink on return to the heroes will get the word out, and win us an inordinate amount of good will, which we can then leverage for greater profits in the long term.
You have a devious mind, friend.

>>2197494
First taste is free mate.

>>2197477
Supporting.

>>2197486
You already have several Dragonbreath Flasks, they aren’t a long term fuel though you assume since the emote only lasts a few seconds.

Plus any magic class can use fire spells and fire aspected weapons are fairly common here do to the number of ice enemies.

>>2197577
On mobile and forgot trip*

>>2197577
So, could we keep the becons permanently lit via a couple dozen flame swords stuck into a braiser like arrangement and set to "on" ?

>>2197596
Probably not, enchanted swords don’t do anything unless someone is holding them, otherwise the sword shop in the town would probably be on fire.

>>2197625
Shame.

We really need to find a way around this, or import some fire critters.

>>2197596
Just make some kind of pipe system using engineering. And lot's of stocked up fuel.

>>2197628
>import some fire critters
Good instinct there.
And as Rule 9 states, opportunity plus instinct equals profit.

>>2197633
Good thing best girl's subclass is Engineer. Granted, she's the only girl, but first girl status can't be denied.

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>>2197628
A underground of pipe system deliverying flamable gas to the pires?

>>2197633
That would be difficult to set up, but might be possible. The beacons are roughly 30-80 miles from the town though, so it would be a medium-long term project.

>adventurers create the Alaskan pipeline

>>2197643
Let me guess, those <Morning Star> pinkos will start protesting and whining about "muh environment".

>>2197643
That vould even be used to warm up the landers houses. Of course it would need to be a joint work with landers and the different guilds but we would manage a pipping system to deliver heat to every house hold AND to keep the pires burning.

>>2197652
>That vould even be used to warm up the landers houses. Of course it would need to be a joint work with landers and the different guilds but we would manage a pipping system to deliver heat to every house hold AND to keep the pires burning.
And as the Gas King, we can turn a tidy profit on the whole system. Brilliant!

>>2197643
So it's doable. Well since each day in real life equals to 12 days in game i say we will have plenty of time to do these things

>>2197667
We're living those 12 days 1 to 1 now, so it's not like time moves faster or anything.

>>2197657
How could we possibly get enough fuel for that?

>>2197678
"Gas"

If this place is like earth, then oil and gas will be here in the shed loads underground. The fires are rather small considering.

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>>2197678
We DRILL.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k-ZmLWyNiSw

>>2197678
All you would have to do is tap into the vast natural resources under the frozen wastes that are crawling in undead!

>>2197648
You doubt it. They roleplay cowboys/wild west sheriffs. OrbitalBlur even had a big cowboy hat that looked ridiculous on him.

General consensus seems to be go and bribe the adventurers with booze then grab OnTheFence and maybe someoene else and head for the south beacon, correct? (the south beacon should be fairly easy to reach, its in a level 62 area and is closest to town)

>>2197728
[+2 party members]
[+10 brand recognition]

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>>2197740
You head back out into the plaza in front of the courtyard. Everyone is panicking. Somebody needs to get them organized and set them on task. That somebody might as well be you. This seems like about as good a time as any to capitalize on your discovery.

You make your way up onto the platform where the broken fairy gate stands quietly over the gathered crowd.

"Hey!" you yell into the swarm of players. Nobody seems to give you the time of day.

Paradigm looks at you with a gleam in her eye. She points her staff and you start yelling incredibly loudly.
"HEEEEEEEEEEEEEYYYY PAY ATTENTIOOOOOOON!!!!" That seems to have done it. It seems Mage Howling can be used for this as well. Everyone is staring at you.

"A bottle of free beer to everyone who helps get the fires lit!" you yell.

"The fuck kinda reward is that?" someone asks.

"They are like 10G on the AH retard!" someone else adds

"Do those have taste?" you ask.

The crowd goes silent.

"Are you saying yours does?" a Cleric in the front row asks.

"See for yourself." you say as you hand him a bottle.

"Holy shit! He ain't joking!" The cleric shouts.

>>2197950

The crowd starts whispering among themselves, you can hear sever people saying he is in on it, so you toss several more into the crowd.

"Fuck! This guy's legit!"

"Its real! Its Really real!"

"God Hasn't abandoned us!"

"I'm not old enough to drink, someone else take it!"

"You heard the guy! Lets get some fires lit!"

"OOOHHH!!!!!" a cheer goes through the crowd and they start breaking off into parties.

"Whoever is going to the dark one, be careful! Its probably covered in undead and maybe Pkers! Also, we already have some people heading towards the beacon closest to Range, so that one is all set!" you yell out to the masses.

From where you are standing, it looks like things are going well. A party of 90s is rapidly assembling led by Allbright, the cleric, and after only a few minutes, more people start running out of the side streets to join the crowd. Looks like the word is out, you are going to have a ton of brewing to do soon.

In short order, the 90s have formed a full raid of 24 people to retake the unlit beacon. They will probably be able to blow through anything in their way. You feel relieved, it would seem your strategy worked a bit too well.

"If anyone wants to come along, we are heading to the south beacon personally." you shout out.

>>2197950
>The crowd goes silent.
>"Are you saying yours does?" a Cleric in the front row asks.
>"See for yourself." you say as you hand him a bottle.
>"Holy shit! He ain't joking!" The cleric shouts.
And thus it begins. Soon we're gonna be raking in the gold.

>>2197955
>"If anyone wants to come along, we are heading to the south beacon personally." you shout out.
I think we would be better served barricading ourselves in the brewery and churning out beers instead. Every hour of our time spent that way would probably buy half a dozen manhours from players of higher levels than us.

>>2197955
Suddenly you are swarmed by adventurers. Two of them in particular stand out, Whisperer, the level 71 Druid 82 Wood Crafter who you were raiding with before everyone got stuck here, and OnTheFence the level 85 Swashbuckler 85 Duelist who helped you earlier.

You don't really want too many people since your beacon should be the easiest, so you point out to them and they join you on the platform.

"Alright! Make sure someone from every party adds me and has a list of who went. I want to make sure everyone gets the reward they deserve. Good Luck and God Speed!"

(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P6XB-KXvZJ8)

The adventurers cheer again and storm off towards the directions of their respective gates, as they go, you are bombarded with friend requests and quickly accept them all. That’s a lot more than 5…

As you head towards the south gate, you get a call from someone named DesertFox from <Touch Fluffy Tail>.

You accept the call and the voice of a young woman sounds in your head. "Hello? Is this Hiroshima's friend?"

"Yes?"

"Nice to meet you, I'm DesertFox, he said you could use some help."

You recall him saying he had been offered to join that guild several times, so its not really surprising that he is friends with one of them. Looks like that’s who he was calling.

"Sure, that would be great. Meet us at the south gate of the city in like 10 minutes."

"Alright. See you there."

Click.

Before you go, is there anything else you want to do? It is roughly a two to three hour walk each way.
[ ] Go buy some horses. You have been legging it enough today with the hour and a half trip to the Frozen Fortress and the hour and a half back earlier.
[ ] Nope. All set.
[ ] Write in.

>>2197980
>[ ] Go buy some horses. You have been legging it enough today with the hour and a half trip to the Frozen Fortress and the hour and a half back earlier.

>>2197980
>[ ] Go buy some horses. You have been legging it enough today with the hour and a half trip to the Frozen Fortress and the hour and a half back earlier.
Would probably be worthwhile.

>>2197980
>[ ] Go buy some horses. You have been legging it enough today with the hour and a half trip to the Frozen Fortress and the hour and a half back earlier.

We should try to get ourselves some new mounts at some point. A flying mount or something would be helpful.

>>2197980
>[ ] Go buy some horses. You have been legging it enough today with the hour and a half trip to the Frozen Fortress and the hour and a half back earlier.
How expensive are horses? Considering there are other mounts available, such as the gryphons that Shiroe rode on, I imagine horses are probably one of the cheaper variants, relatively speaking. Granted, the gryphons were from a whistle he got on a raid but eh.

>>2197980
>[ ] Go buy some horses. You have been legging it enough today with the hour and a half trip to the Frozen Fortress and the hour and a half back earlier.

>>2197997
The only flying mounts you know of are Grand Eagles. They are given out as a reward by Uncle Sam to the placers in his 4rth of July "Birthday" pvp tournament

>>2197987
>>2197989
>>2197997
>>2198012
>>2198015

[+ 5 Horses]
[- 0 Gold]

>>2198027
Ah, excuse my mistake, that should be
[+5 "Horses"]

>>2198072
There's a difference? Should we be concerned?

>>2198020
>Grand Eagles
Damn, and I presume those are non-transferable, even if someone wanted to trade. Ah well. Maybe we'll find some other way to travel long distances.

>>2198072
>"Horses"
Ominous.

>>2198094
Grand Eagles are non tradeable in the game, but you have no clue how that works now that you are stuck here.

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>>2198027
You are tired of legging it like a pleb. The three plus hours you have already run today are more than enough for you, and its about time you got a mount.

Well, when you say that, you mean a mount that works here. Your normal horse just gets slowed when it is in the snow, and it ends up being the same speed as normal running. Unless you are a cavalier or something, which you are not.

With all the money you expect to be rolling in from the sale of beer over the next week, you can spare the expense.

"Lets go get some mounts first, It’s a long walk there, and we have already run enough for one day." you say.

"Sure, why not." Whisperer agrees.

"Aww, I kinda liked being princess carried." Paradigm says with a smirk.

"Lewd." Whisperer says.

"I already have one, but I don't mind taking a pit stop." OnTheFence adds.

As you turn to leave, you feel a hand on your shoulder. "I couldn't help but overhear that you need a horse."

You turn around and find OrbitalBlur staring at you from under his cowboy hat and large glasses. For a magic class, he sure is fast and quiet. You didn't notice him at all.

"Yes, is that going to get us hanged or something?"

"No. That’s for criminals, not defenders of Justice. If you are looking for a guild, <Morning Star> is always looking for proactive individuals. Brimstone, sends his regards, keep up the good fight." He says putting several whistles into your hand and walking off while waving his cowboy hat back in your direction.

Maybe he isn't so bad after-all. Sure he was glaring at you the whole time, but 5 of these whistles are 1.5 Million gold…

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>>2198250
With a hand full of expensive whistles, you head for the South gate.

When you arrive, a level 90 Foxtail woman is standing there waiting.
<Touch Fluffy Tail> DesertFox, 90 Bard, 90 General.
Looks like Hiroshima has some friends in high places.

"Nice to meet you." She says looking at your party. "Good choice by the way, Fox Tail master race." she says greeting you with a wink. She is tall and blond/blue eyed beauty with a yellow tail that looks more suited to South Angel or Pueblo than Portage. Between her name, her "master race" comment, and her character's style, you can see why Hiroshima likes her.

"Thanks." you say. Fox tails are more of a weird race than a master race in your opinion. Only masochists, people who don't know the game, and people willing to grind through numerous characters until they get lucky play them. You were in the second group when you made the character, but thankfully luck was on your side and you got skills that are actually incredibly useful.

<Touch Fluffy Tail> is usually full of the third variety.

You hand out the whistles, but DesertFox and OnTheFence refuse. Looks like you just made 600k. You will split it with Paradigm later.

Everyone goes out of the city into the snow and blows on their whistles.

Four Courier Moose and a Jingle Reindeer come running out of the forests in the distance, as your moose rushes past you, you naturally hop up onto it. The others do the same, and Desert Fox hops onto the reindeer.

Its probably about a two hour ride, anything you want to talk about with anyone?
[ ] Call Hiroshima and ask how he knows DesertFox.
[ ] Ask DesertFox about her experience as a Fox Tail.
[ ] Ask OnTheFence what it is like being a cat person.
[ ] Ask Whisperer what she has been doing since she got here.
[ ] Ask Paradigm something. (write in)
[ ] Ask someone something else (write in)

>>2198253
>[ ] Ask Paradigm something. (write in)
Might as well discuss plans about opening a bar. We're already obligated to make a shit ton of free beer, might as well capitalize on the good will and brand recognition we're gonna get.

>>2198253
>Ask DesertFox about her experience as a Fox Tail.

>>2198253
>check inventory to see if you have any other usefull booze with you. Your party could use the extra buff.

Also make more advertisment of that sweet drink.

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>>2198253
>a level 90 Foxtail woman is standing there waiting.
><Touch Fluffy Tail> DesertFox, 90 Bard, 90 General.
>>2198253
>[ ] Ask DesertFox about her experience as a Fox Tail.

>>2198253
I am of the opinion that we should join touch fluffy tail. They seem cool.

>>2198299
saving that image

>>2198304
Be aware, Paradigm wouldn't be allowed in. Foxes only.

>>2198311
What, we can't declare her to be an Honorary Arya- I mean Foxtail?

>>2198317
That would be fine with <Kool Kids Klub>, but <Touch Fluffy Tail> is specifically fox tail only,its not a /pol/ guild, its a guild specifically for helping people who are going for that perfect combo, and now that everyone is stuck here, trying to help people who gimped themselves and are stuck with it.

>>2198304
Nah dwarfu wouldn't be allowed in it. Besides i like to remaind guild neutral.

>>2198304
Why not found a guild for people who make real fucking food, and corner the market?

>>2198297
You have plenty of booze on you since you make it in batches of 12 servings and only drank one split between you and Paradigm of each type. You don't really know if you will even run into combat. You can drink some anyways, or you could try feeding your moose a move speed boosting brew or something.

If you want to boost something specific not already listed on your char sheet, write it in and i will tell you if it exists or not.

>>2198333
Eh.
Guess we'll make our own Guild dedicated to ruthless, cut-throat capitalism.
We can call it <Profits Walk>.

>Ask DesertFox about her experience as a Fox Tail.

>>2198275
>>2198299
>>2198353
DesertFox

[+2 Character backstories]
[+1 Fluffy Tail Touched]

>>2198333
So going Foxtail gives a number of random skills while taking some away? I know on our character sheet it mentioned losing a couple of skills. How does that work exactly? What's the appeal for rolling Foxtail? Besides fluffy ears and tail I guess.
>>2198339
What this guy said. Best bar is neutral bar.

>>2198382
Fox tails have a 30% chance to lose a main class skill every ten levels. When they lose a skill, they gain a new one from a random class. In addition to this, they get a big bonus on INT and WIS, some special skills, and some minor true damage on their auto attacks.

A lot of people roll them for the looks, but some people roll them over and over again going for a useable combo with the potential to have incredible stats and special surprises up their sleeves. You know at least one of the 5 best PVPers in the game is in <Touch Fluffy Tail> and relies on their incredibly lucky combo to overwhelm their opponents.

From what you know about Hiroshima's skills so far, he may be on the way to surpassing them in terms of damage output as long as he doesn't get gimped at 80 or 90.

>>2198382
>How does that work exactly?
Each time you level up you randomly loose a skill, which is replaced by another random skill. That's why we are a monk with assassinate a assassin exclusive skill.

>What's the appeal for rolling Foxtail?

Hardcore mode and also the skill to get mutiple skills from various jobs and create the perfect combo.You can be a fox tail enchnater but have some healing from the cleric job if you are lucky in your selection. Is a very hard race but it can be very game breaking to.

>>2198423
Fox tail master race.

>>2198423
Well damn, that sounds like a lot of fun. Checking the character sheet again, we gained assassinate, which is nice with a stealth ability we have, and dual bets, which is really nice for a monk.
We lost adhesion bee and long range covering, what do those do?

>>2198444
Long range covering lets you take the damage that would be dealt to someone on your back line as a reaction, Adhesion Bee makes you appear behind someone as a reaction if they use a movement skill like a blink, dash, or teleport, giving you a free extra Major action attack on them.

>>2198468
Dam those skills are perfect for dodge tanks.

>>2198487
Ah well, win some lose some. Foxtail still master race.

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>>2198487
you cant dodge damage you take with Long Range Covering, since it basically dodges you into the way of whatever would hit your teammate.
Adhesion bee was an unlucky loss. Now you cant do this with other monks.

>>2198487
Long Range Covering is mostly good as a PVP skill. Adhesion Bee is a shame to lose, but Assassinate generates CRAZY Hate, so with proper application it's actually pretty useful to us.
>>2198524
Ah, Buso Renkin.
I miss that manga. Nobuhiro Watsuki has some sort of direct line to the part of my brain that controls enjoying manga.

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>>2198365
As you ride along, you feel like you should make some conversation to pass the time. You already have plenty of time to talk with Paradigm and you have talked with Whisperer before, so you figure you should talk to one of the two new faces.

Since you have heard plenty of horror stories about Fox tail players stuck with entirely unviable builds, you decide to ask her about DesertFox experience with the race.

"So," you start "How long have you been playing?"

"Oh, I go way back," she says "Probably about 15 years now?" Wow. That’s a long time to play one game.

Slightly intimidated, you ask "Have you been playing Fox Tails the entire time?"

"Oho? So are you interested? Want to hear a story?"

"Sure." you say

"Alright, sure." she says. "The price is I get to touch your tail."

You stare at her for a second. "Only if I get to touch yours." you say.

"You are a bold one, huh? Don't you know its rude to ask a lady that?" You did not. Or maybe you kinda did. You had a general feeling at the very least, but you said it anyways.

"Hey, it’s not rude if we are both doing it, right?"

"Hmm~ Perhaps~" she hums.

You ride your moose closer to her reindeer and she reaches over to touch your tail.

"Its coarse and thick, very different from Hiro's or Sammy's~, maybe because you are a monk.~ A big strong tail for a big strong guy." It feels nice. Very nice. You can feel your cheeks turning red, this is rather embarrassing, it feels strangely intimate.

"Alright big guy, your turn~" She rides her reindeer in front of you and flicks her tail into your lap.

>>2198684
You pet it. Its very soft and fluffy. Much more so than your own. You want to snuggle with it. Its like what you imagine heaven would feel like if heaven came out of a lady's ass.

That seemed a lot less dirty before you thought it. Either way, it feels wonderful. Crap, this could become an addiction

"MMMMH~ AHHH~N" she says (moans?) as you pet it. "Oh yes~ right there~!" You aren't sure if its genuine or she is doing this on purpose.

Paradigm looks over at you with a slight pout showing on her face.

"Lewd." says whisperer looking a bit jealous.

OnTheFence looks jealous too, but he seems jealous of you rather than DesertFox.

"All right big boy, that’s about enough for now.~" she says flicking her tail back to the other side of her reindeer and moving away from you a bit.

"So, here is my story."
"About 15 years ago, I started playing Elder tale. When I did, I was just coming out of middle school. I rolled up a sorcerer and my friend rolled up an enchanter." You nod as she talks. "Back then, I didn't know how wonderful this race was, so I was only a stupid elf." Whisperer seems to take a slight offense at that. She continues; "Anyways, after I got that account to 70, I was kinda bored. Oh, that was the max level back 10 years ago… That’s a bit after when I met Hiro."

Apparently the two of them go way back.

>>2198689
"He was playing a fox tail and had just reached 70 himself. After we played together for a while, he decided that he wanted to try again for a better combo since his skills felt weak. I thought it was an interesting Idea, so I went along with it and rolled a Fox Tail character too. We kept doing that, and we found a bunch of other players to do it with as well, and that’s how <Touch Fluffy Tail> was formed."

Does that mean she is the guild master? No, on second thought, you are pretty sure the guild master is the PVP guy now, FoxyGrandpa, that was it. Maybe she handed it off to him. Being a guild master of a big guild is fairly stressful after all.

"Now here we are, I'm 7 characters in and I'm finally satisfied. Hiro though? That’s his thirteenth character. I would probably have stopped at most 5 characters ago, but that guy is just way too into it." Is that serious? Thirteen fucking characters?! Jesus Christ, you haven't even gotten one to 90.

"So, did you like my story? Want to join the guild? Hiro wont come back since he is off with /pol/, but we could always use some more of our kind, especially now that we are a rare breed.~" she says with a voice loaded with implications.

"Maybe I will eventually," you reply, "I am still not sure what I want to do for a guild."

"Oh come now, I saw the look in your eye while you were petting my tail~, You know there are plenty more fox girls there.~" That’s… Tempting. Very tempting.

But right now you are pretty sure you want to stay with Paradigm and you know that they won't let non Fox tails join.

Would you like to talk about anything else as you go?
[ ] Ask OnTheFence what it is like being a cat person.
[ ] Ask Whisperer what she has been doing since she got here.
[ ] Ask Paradigm something. (write in)
[ ] Ask someone something else (write in)
[ ] Make Idle conversation
[ ] Skip to the fire pit.

>>2198352
More like <Wealth of Nations>

Gotta love the hyper-capitalist guild.

>>2198694
> Ask people about the possibility of making a brewers/food makers guild

>>2198694
>[ ] Ask Whisperer what she has been doing since she got here.

Gotta get in all them social links.

>>2198689
>"Back then, I didn't know how wonderful this race was, so I was only a stupid elf." Whisperer seems to take a slight offense at that.
Get wrecked Whisperer
>>2198694
>>2198717
This looks good/ We're one of the few brewers available, and the first in town to figure out the secret. Seems like we're in a good position for guild leader.

>>2198694
Ask onthefence about his experience as a catperson.

>>2198684
>"Hey, it’s not rude if we are both doing it, right?"
No, just lewd.
And I FULLY approve.
>>2198694
>[ ] Ask OnTheFence what it is like being a cat person.
>>2198710
No see, it's a stupid bit of wordplay. So in Deep Space Nine, a common Bajoran farewell is "Walk with the prophets." Well, a friend of mine once proposed a silly t-shirt idea. A picture of Quark (the Ferengi in >>2197481) with the caption "Walk with the profits". I figure it's a spergy enough reference to be reasonably in-character.

>RESERVE FERRETERIA
Y'know captcha's right, we should get a pet shoulder-ferret.

>>2198717
Supporting this.

Start by taking to Paradigm

If we do make a corporation/brewers guild, maybe we can reach out to the KKK,TFT, and/or Morning Stars/Regulators for a mutually beneficial alliance

>>2198717
I'll switch to this.

>>2198788
>>2198752
>>2198734
>>2198717

[+1 Brewing conversation]
[- Several Drinks]

>>2198810
+1 Sucessfull Marketing
+1 trade mark on Drinks with taste

why does everytime we play LH we always make that dorf jealous or something?

>>2198904
Because dworfs are cute when jeaulous? Hopefully we are a guy more aware of girls licking us.

>captcha chestnuts for days

L-lewd

also i forgot
>Tetra trap when?

>>2198909
Look, we can't help that DesertFox's fluffy tail makes her automatic Best Girl.

>>2198928
Tera is on the Japanese aerver. But i get what you mean and do you really think that DesertFox was a girl in real life?

Also DesertFox mentioned that Hiro used to be from FlufflyTail. At least that's what i assume with her saying he doesn't want to come back.

You think that the 'Some People' he was refering to are/is from his days in the Fluffly Tail guild? Also can't help but to notice she came alone and without anyone grom her guild to back her up

>>2198898
Time to sell a bottle of champagne for 7.7 mil

>We Corpus now bois

>>2198952
I know you're joking, but that would completely destroy any good will we've built up so far.

>>2198953
But what if it had ALL the buffs?

>>2198952
>>2198767
>>2198717
Jesus wtf is wrong with my phone, why does my ID keep changing

>>2198960
Gotta get level 100 brewing to make that happen then, don't we?

>>2198953
He ain't joking anon there are drinks that cost that much. But i say we sell something with our very on mark. Maybe add something like a less sweet cibder since we are monk to make the drink more 'punchy'. Or just plain make the normal beer a little bit stronger, need to make our brew have something else.

And then we can seel the secret to brewing think with taste, and by default the secret to make tastefull food. At a huge valour to the corporations guilds.

>>2198966
With the amount of brewing we will be doing after this event i guess we will up four or five levels in brewing.

>>2198968
>>2198953
I was also referring to the history making sale here in Flipland

>>2198810
Hearing the origin story of <Touch Fluffy Tail> kinda makes you want to join a guild. Actually, more than join a guild, you kinda think you want to start your own. You already have a product, so that’s checked off. With how much demand for it there obviously is, you could definitely make some real money.

"So on the topic of guilds, do you guys think a brewing guild would work?" you ask, "I learned how to make beer and other drinks have taste, do you think it would be possible to make a guild with other brewers and open up a Bar or something?"

"Beer with real taste? Hmm~ Maybe that was what Hiro meant when he said it would probably be worth my while helping you guys out.~" DesertFox says "When I saw you, I had assumed he just meant that he found another potential recruit, but that’s just as good in my opinion.~ I could really use a drink."

Why the hell not. You pull out some beers and pass them around.

"Kanpai!~" the foxtail shouts.

"Kanpai!" the rest of you join in the cheers. This game really is full of weebs…

The fox woman downs her beer in seconds.
"Puaahh!~ That was delicious big boy~ I might just let you pet my tail some more if you keep me hydrated.~" She holds her hand out.

You hand her another beer.

"Thank you darling, that’s the stuff~"

You look around the group to see if anyone else needs a refill and notice that Paradigm is still pouting. Is she jealous? You weren't sure if you were close enough for her to be jealous. It seems a bit fast, but you have never been in any sort of relationship before. Asperger's is a hell of a drug when it comes to that kind of stuff, so you figure you are probably misreading something.

You hand her another beer as well, then get one for yourself and clink your bottle against hers. Hopefully she will take that as an apology.

>>2198974
>The fox woman downs her beer in seconds.
>"Puaahh!~ That was delicious big boy~ I might just let you pet my tail some more if you keep me hydrated.~" She holds her hand out.
>You hand her another beer.
>"Thank you darling, that’s the stuff~"
I'm honestly not sure if this is a woman who's legitimately that confident and flirty, or secretly a guy who's being over the top.

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>>2198974
After you have all had a couple beers, you remember that you were trying to ask a question.

"So do you guys think it would work?"

"Maybe." says OnTheFence "I mean, its kinda limited by how willing people are to keep your method a secret, right?"

"Yeh, the cat is right, someone will probably just learn your secret and sell it." says Whisperer.

That’s probably a good point. You should probably be more hesitant in finding other brewers to show the method if you want to control it. Its entirely possible that they will join your guild just long enough to steal it and sell it for millions, or perhaps even billions of gold to one of the production guilds. The big ones would definitely have some interest in it. Perhaps you should just sell it to each of them. If you sell it to one, you can pretty much bet the others will be clambering for it as well, possibly for an even higher price, before the first makes too much money off the monopoly and drives them out of competition.

"If I were in your position, I think I would just do what you were saying earlier." Paradigm says. "Do it small scale, you will still make plenty of money and everyone will love you."

You think you like that idea the best after-all, just you, a couple of good friends, and a bar. Take things easy and enjoy life as it comes.

>>2198981
"I doubt people will be willing to harm the only person giving them booze, and you can always just sell the method later on once you pay off the bar if things start getting dicey." That sounds slightly less pleasant, but it is a possibility. Holding a monopoly on such a hotly contested secret could prove to be fairly dangerous for you. "And even if you sell it, people will still remember you as the first and your bar would still probably get plenty of business."

You probably need more time to decide your course of action on this…
Good thing there is a two hour ride back after you are finished here. Plus, its not like you have to decide tonight. Who knows how many more days you will be stuck in this city? Time is all you have. You have too much of it. You would sell it if anyone was buying. Unfortunately, everyone who might is stuck right along with you in the same boat, that boat being the city of Portage.

You approach the end of the trail that your mounts can traverse, and you find yourself standing about three fourths of the way up the mountain.
[ ] Go through the dungeon like you would in the game. It is meant to be doable by a solo player at level 62, so your party will have no problem.
[ ] Climb the mountain. Its not a game anymore. A new path is open and waiting for you. As a monk you should have it easy.
[ ] Use Wyvern kick on the Ice goats along the slope until you can target the Frosted Condors circling the peak. In the game they were just untargetable scenery, but they seem to be fair game now.


>>2198980
She clearly sounds like a woman, probably in her late twenties. If she is a trap, she is dam skilled at being one. You have heard some guys stuck in the bodies of women since you got trapped here, and they just sound like normal guys.
You could probably ask Hiro if you are still curious.

>>2198980
Same.

>>2198981
>You think you like that idea the best after-all, just you, a couple of good friends, and a bar. Take things easy and enjoy life as it comes.

I like this plan toi. Not like we NEED money in this world and having good friends and some good drinks and food will be enough for us.

>>2198985
>[ ] Climb the mountain. Its not a game anymore. A new path is open and waiting for you. As a monk you should have it easy.
Dorf can ride on our back if she can't climb very well

>>2198985
>[ ] Go through the dungeon like you would in the game. It is meant to be doable by a solo player at level 62, so your party will have no problem.
I want the EXP, we're underleveled for a worst case scenario of the Midnight Sun going out and that mildly worries me. Not to mention to even get to the nearest major city we need to be at minimum level 80, if I recall correctly.
>[ ] Use Wyvern kick on the Ice goats along the slope until you can target the Frosted Condors circling the peak. In the game they were just untargetable scenery, but they seem to be fair game now.
Can we test this out before entering the dungeon? Exploring the limits of the world's rules are important.

>>2198985
>[X] Use Wyvern kick on the Ice goats along the slope until you can target the Frosted Condors circling the peak. In the game they were just untargetable scenery, but they seem to be fair game now.

>>2198989
>You think you like that idea the best after-all, just you, a couple of good friends, and a bar. Take things easy and enjoy life as it comes.
Also, I agree with this. Starting small with a few friends in a single bar is good. No need to mess around with strangers selling our secret. Paradigm is probably game to stick around. If we can get a chef that'd be amazing. We already extrapolated that a chef is required for actual food right? Getting a chef might be too risky, since if we start asking around, people might realize that the brewer who figured out how to make real alcohol asking for a chef means something.

>>2198994
You would get next to no exp since there is a level 90 in your party. If you really wanted, they could use the teacher system to go to your level, but you are kinda in a rush to keep the beacons lit right now.

>>2198980
Probably a lonely Christmas Cake who figures this new world is her chance to finally get some Vitamin D back in her diet.
Cakes are love. Cakes are life.
>>2198985
>[ ] Use Wyvern kick on the Ice goats along the slope until you can target the Frosted Condors circling the peak. In the game they were just untargetable scenery, but they seem to be fair game now.
Time to pull some crazy Exalted-style bullshit.

>>2199006
No it's fine, learning how to work together is good as well.
>>2199009
>Cakes are love. Cakes are life.
Comrade!

Althought cool the wyrvern kick will only make US go up the mounyain right? I guess doing mountain climbing would be a better way to keep our party with us?

>>2198985
>Go through the dungeon like you would in the game. It is meant to be doable by a solo player at level 62, so your party will have no problem.

>>2199021
Its not like more than one or two people have to get to the top. Unless it is.

>>2198985
>[ ] Use Wyvern kick on the Ice goats along the slope until you can target the Frosted Condors circling the peak. In the game they were just untargetable scenery, but they seem to be fair game now

>>2198985
>[ ] Use Wyvern kick on the Ice goats along the slope until you can target the Frosted Condors circling the peak. In the game they were just untargetable scenery, but they seem to be fair game now.

So, when do we invent the Coin Kick?

>>2198994
>>2199004
>>2199028
Dungeon

>>2198998
>>2199009
>>2199032
>>2199037
Goats

[+1 convenient trick]
[+ 7 kicked goats and a condor]

>>2199037
We are about to invent the geppo.

>>2199042
>[+ 7 kicked goats and a condor]
We truly are the best of what represents America. Human ingenuity and good beer.

>>2199016
I blame Eva for my Cakelust. Misato's been my waifu since I was thirteen.

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Don't forget the combat and char sheet Neo.

>>2199042
Oh boi time to get ambushed

>>2199042
no
+7 goat and condor ingredie ts

>>2199062
We are immortal if anything this will serve as a lesson to anons. AND we get a cool skill. I'm just sad about it since we had that talk with dwarfu and she told us we don't need to carry everything on our backs

>>2199087
The only thing she wants you to carry on your back is her.

>>2199111
unf and this is why shes best girl

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>>2199047
Madoka's mom does it for me. God that business outfit.
>>2199111
>The only thing she wants you to carry on your back is her.
Best girl.

>>2199111
Well time to buy a sack so we can carry her.

>>2199042
The rest of the party dismounts and starts heading towards the entrance to the dungeon.

"Wait!" you say, "I have an idea!"

"Well? Don’t leave us hanging." says Paradigm.

"Ok, so you see those goats on the mountain?"

"Yeah, what about them?" asks OnTheFence.

"I can target them."

"Well, that’s new and interesting.~ How does that help us sweetie?~"

"Since I can target them, I can just use wyvern kick until I reach the top."

"That’s actually a pretty good idea." says Paradigm, walking over to you and grabbing onto the furry jacket on your back. "Lets see if it works."

Apparently she is coming with you.

"Alright, who has the logs?" you ask.

Everyone looks at you blankly.

"I didn't even think about that…" says OnTheFence.

"Wow, we really got caught up in the moment, huh" Paradigm adds.

"I just assumed you all had them already." says DesertFox with a swish of her tail and a shrug.

Whisperer raises her hand timidly. "I have some, I'm a wood crafter after all…"

Safe! Thank god! Now you wont have to climb back down half a mountain to get some wood.

"God bless you, you wonderful tree hugging elf!" you shout.

"I take offense to that!"

"Don't!"

She looks at you like you are an idiot. She is probably right. Either way, she gives you enough logs to put on the brazier for the repeatable quest and says "Try not to fall and die on your way back." while sticking out her tongue. Ouch. Cold. You can let that slide though since she just saved all your asses.

"Alright! Hang on tight! Wyvern airlines is about to depart!" you say as you target the first goat.

Paradigm tightens her grip. Her breath is warm on the back of your neck. It feels nice in the cold Alaskan air.

please don't hate me for this pun.

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You make a running start and jump into the air. Your foot soars towards the goat and impacts on his face. The poor goat is sent flying off the mountain by your knockback, but you are now standing on the ledge it was just occupying.

You repeat the action several more times knocking a total of five more goats from their perches to certain death below. Sacrifices most be made for the greater good.

When you stand on the second highest ledge, it doesn’t seem like you will actually be able to reach a condor from the next one…

"Hold on tight, ok?" You hope she doesn’t get motion sickness easily…

You fly towards the other goat, and rather than simply kicking it off the ledge at the end of your wyvern kick, you chain Dragon's tail into your combo with Aerial Rave and send it into the sky. As it approaches the top of its arc, you fly after it with another Wyvern kick, sending it further into the air, where it bursts into bubbles. You are high enough now to target a condor though, so before you fall back down, you add another Wyvern kick into your combo and fly into it. It lives with a sliver of Hp, so you use Turning swallow, flipping over it and slamming your leg into it from above, sending it slamming to the peak below. It too explodes into bubbles.

You land shortly after it and take some minor fall damage, but for how quickly you got up here, it was worth it.

Paradigm gets off your back. "Ugh I feel like I'm gonna throw up again…"

"Go ahead and let it all out, I won't judge."

"Then it must be true love." she says while looking rather green in the face.

"Sorry about that, I didn't really think it would be high enough that I needed to use Dragon's Tail…"

"Nah, Its fine. Probably saved us half an hour. You get the logs on the fire while I take care of business over here…" she says walking over towards the opposite side of the peak from the party.

It looks like you got here just in time. The old logs are burning down to the last coals, and when you look out at the other peaks, two of the other fires have already gone out and one more looks like it could go any minute.

seriously, I swear to god I had to do it.

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>>2199189
You carefully stack the logs onto the fire. Its fairly easy since you can literally reach all the way into the fire while only taking minimal damage, this is nothing compared to the Inferno Hiroshima made earlier.

Speaking of Hiroshima, you give him a call.

"Yo, we are almost there, whats the status on the other beacons? I can see a couple of them are out from where we are…"

"We are just now fueling up the one south of Portage." you say.

"Nice!" He think-shouts over the telepathy. "Jesus man, if you guys hadn't caught this when you did, we would all probably be royally fucked by the Entropic King's skele-dick."

That’s an unpleasant thought. Both the dying and being raped by a skeleton part. Thankfully you are pretty sure skeletons don't just go around doing that though, they just kill people. Although, that may not necessarily be true for every monster in this world, there are definitely plenty of savage humanoids to be found. More than plenty if you include the population of the South American server… Hiroshima would probably enjoy that joke.

"Alright, call us back when you guys light up your beacon. Good luck, stay safe."

"You too."
Click.

After you finish stacking all the logs into the fire and all the rest you cant balance on top in the brazier's magic box next to it, you go look for Paradigm to head back.

The dwarf wipes some puke off the edge of her mouth, and you offer her a water-beer to rinse and gargle with.

"Thanks." she says.

"No problem. Fire is all set, lets head back down."

"Carry me with your hands this time, I don't know if my grip can take another one of those…"

It’s a long way down…
[ ] Call OnTheFence and ask him if you can wyvern kick him to get down without taking fall damage.
[ ] Sled down on a sheet of metal from Paradigm's inventory.
[ ] Go back down through the dungeon like a loser.
[ ] Jump off and rely on Whisperer's revive to pick you back up.
[ ] Other (write in)

I will forgive you if you drop my quest after you read pic title. It had to be done. I'm sorry. I'm not actually sorry.

>>2199191
>[ ] Sled down on a sheet of metal from Paradigm's inventory.

>>2199191
Sled down.
For fun!

>>2199191
>[X] Sled down on a sheet of metal from Paradigm's inventory.

Sit her right on your lap and hold her nice and tight so she feels safe.

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>>2199191
>[ ] Sled down on a sheet of metal from Paradigm's inventory.
It must be down.
Also I love that pun. The Raid Boss agrees with me.

>>2199191
>Look for a tough enough mob and kick surf it down
Like [Prototype]

>>2199191
>[ ] Other ( use fire breath to melt the snow and let the cold wind of Alaska and also the low temperature caused by the peek high point so we can create a ice slide dow toward the mountain path. Oh also check if the other adventurers had problems with the others firepits

So since the elf is a wood carver would that make her a wood elf?

>>2199194
>>2199195
>>2199196
>>2199198
[+1 race]

Give me 1d100s best of three.

Rolled 66 (1d100)

>>2199211

Rolled 64 (1d100)

>>2199211

Rolled 53 (1d100)

>>2199211
Nat 1!

Rolled 15 (1d100)

>>2199211
Wehehehehe!

Rolled 78 (1d100)

>>2199211

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>>2199212
>>2199215
>>2199217
I knew we should be drunk while doing this stuffs.

>>2199212
>>2199215
>>2199217
[+ ??? place]

>>2199223
New? Bad?

>>2199227
Oooh, did we discover a hidden cave that was added in the expansion?

>>2199231
Guess we fou d our way into the underground. Maybe it's a hidden raid dungeon.

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>>2199223
"Lets sled down!" you say.

"With what?" Paradigm asks, "You get the sleds at the entrance of the dungeon." Oh yeah…

Back when it was a game, they added those to make it a bit quicker getting back to the bottom of the slope. It was a well received patch. Now that this is all real, you are staring down an incline that would probably equate to a black diamond on a skiing mountain you frequented as a kid. It’s a little intimidating, but with this body, you are 99% sure you can handle it.

"Do you have a piece of metal big enough for us to sit on?"

"Yeh, I have a bunch of it… Is this really a good idea?"

"Probably, not, but I'll bet it’s a fun idea!"

"Can't argue with that logic! Not like broken bones are anything a healer cant fix anyways." she rationalizes.

You take the big heavy metal plate and place it on the snow, then down a shot of "Liquid Courage" for good measure. Paradigm gladly takes one as well.
You bend the plate back at its edges a bit to make a nice sledding surface. Its fairly easy with your Monk strength. Apparently it doesn't count as engineering either since the plate bends and doesn’t just shatter or something.

"Alright. I'll call them and we can race!" This idea is getting better and better.

You call DesertFox.
Ring..
"You guys all good up there?"

"Yeh, lets race down. Tell everyone to grab a sled."

"Sure, one sec.~"

You sit down on the sled and get ready. Paradigm sits down on your lap. She has a soft butt. You keep that thought to yourself and grab onto her with one hand.

"Alright, ready?"

"On your marks!
Get Set!

Go!"

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>>2199269
You push off the top of the hill with your free hand and rapidly start gaining speed. The top quarter of the mountain is quite a bit steeper than the bottom, and you quickly go barreling by Whisperer who got a late start.

You rapidly approach DesertFox and OnTheFence and quickly pass them as well.

Then you hear music. DesertFox slides by you and you eat the powder her sled sprays behind it.

She is playing a bard song on her bow like it was a lute! Is that cheating? You aren't sure, but if she can do it, so can you!

"Cast haste on our sled!" you shout to Paradigm.

"Aye Aye Captain!" she shouts, "Haste!" The sled glows white and suddenly you are going even faster. Bard songs are a much longer buff, but they cant compete with Haste! The two of you barrel down the slope in your home-made sled. The end of the hill is in sight. Its neck and neck! Almost….

Dammit! So close! Your Haste spell runs out of duration just before you pass her. She slides across the finish line seconds before you.

"Aww." says Paradigm.

"Hey, don't worry, we are still second." you say "Plus she had a huge head start." "And maybe cheated depending how you count that…" You whisper the last part to her quietly so DesertFox doesn't overhear.

Whisperer comes in next, you were expecting it to be OnTheFence…

You look up the slope and he is sledding down covered in snow and pine needles. Looks like he crashed somehow.

Paradigm slowly gets out of your lap. It was a nice feeling while it lasted… You get up after her.

OnTheFence crosses the finish line.

"Alright~ What did I win?" DesertFox asks.

"What do you want?" you ask.

"Oh, I think you know big boy.~"

Oh…

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>>2199271
You turn around and present your fluffy tail to her. She kicks you in the butt. "Not that, give me liquor!~ Liquor!~ The best bottle you have!" she whines.

"Oh." You turn around and blush a bit. Woops… You really misread that one. Paradigm looks relieved at least. Maybe she really is jealous. You will have to let her pet your tail later. Girls love fluffy tails.

You hand DesertFox a bottle of your highest level liquor, a bottle of champagne, and another bottle of vodka just in case its alcohol content doesn't correspond to its level. You have plenty of it and its easy to make anyways, plus you are going to be busy brewing all day tomorrow as it is to supply all the adventurers.

"A round of applause for our lovely winner!" you shout.

Everyone claps and cheers while DesertFox pops the bottle of champagne.

You may not have won, but you are glad you came up with the idea. The world may be dark and full of terrors, but at its core, this all used to be a game. What kind of person would you be if you cant enjoy a game?

After your celebration ends, you all mount back up and start heading back to the city. You check your menu clock, it is 3 am. You will never get used to the whole "Eternal Twilight" thing… That’s another full day done. This time, you actually think you had a pretty good day today.

Would you like to talk about anything on the way back?
[ ] Ask Paradigm if she wants to pet your fluffy tail.
[ ] Write in.

>>2199273
>[ ] Ask Paradigm if she wants to pet your fluffy tail.

>>2199227
>>2199231
close, but the answer was 2nd

>>2199273
>[X] Ask Paradigm if she wants to pet your fluffy tail.

>>2199269
>Paradigm sits down on your lap. She has a soft butt. You keep that thought to yourself and grab onto her with one hand.
Careful, we might get arrested by Chris Hansen.
>>2199273
>[ ] Write in.
Ask her if she wants to help us run a bar.
Then
>[ ] Ask Paradigm if she wants to pet your fluffy tail.

>>2199273

[ ] Write in: Check out with the other groups and go toward our house as they finish to light the fires we can start creating more booz and get things ready for our' bar' opening.

Time to up some levels of brewing boys!

>>2199280
She said she is 22! I swear!

>>2199280
>>2199276
As a apology i think we should make a cherry flavored beer abd a Hot german rum for Hiro and Dank

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>>2199284
Tell it to the judge, criminal scum! Look at what you've done to this poor defenseless dwarf loli.

>>2199274
>>2199276
>>2199280
[+1 Ride-along]
[+1 Petted Tail]

>>2199295
>[+1 Ride-along]
>[+1 Petted Tail]
We're becoming a criminal. All we need is a van and a sign offering fluffy tails to rub.

>>2199296
Does that make us a slut? We just allowed two women to touch our tail.

>>2199303
It's only as weird as you make it. As long as we're not just walking up to people offering to let them rub our tail, we're good.

>>2199305
So when we inevitably do this how much do we charge?

>>2199307
The same amount we will charge for those who ask to drink our brewing from our soaked tail

>>2199309
I don't know if our tail is high-class enough for that. We know it's coarse due to us being a Monk. DesertFox's tail was softer and fluffier.

>>2199310
I guess we would need to have some levels of courtesan to pull that of.

>>2199307
Slightly below the price of buttsex

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>>2199295
As you ride back through the twilight that serves as night here, you pull your moose alongside Paradigm's.

"So, what do you think about today?"

"You're a perv."

"What brought that on?"

"Don't think I didn't see your face when you two were petting each other's tails earlier. And then you offered to let her do it again? I see your game. Perv!" she pouts.

"You want to pet it, don't you."

"No." she huffs and faces away from you.

"Come on, I can read your face too." you say slyly, "I know you want too~" you flick your tail over towards her.

She reaches out to pet it…
You flick it away before she can!

She looks betrayed.

"Oh come on, don't look at me like that, I'm just messing with you. You can pet it all the way back if you want."

"Just for that, I'm taking you up on that offer." she says and puffs up her cheeks cutely.

"Its not as soft as DesertFox's, but help yourself." you say, picking her up off her moose and putting her down behind you.
Thankfully the moose comes with a fairly large saddle to accommodate THICCer characters, so there is just enough room for a rather slim Fox tail and a smol dwarf. You would probably be out of luck if you were a guardian.
As she leaves the saddle, her moose senses that it is dismissed and runs off into the forests that line the trail.

>>2199355

She starts stroking your tail. "What was she talking about when she said it was coarse? Its so fluffy~ I feel like I'm holding a cloud!~" she exclaims lost in the pleasure of your luxurious fluff.

"Hmmm~" DesertFox hums when she notices "The fluffy tail claims another victim~ I'm Jealous."

"Sorry, but he's taken." Paradigm says while wearing your tail like a scarf.

"So it would seem~ I apologize if I made you jealous dear, I just can't help myself when it comes to tails!"

"I- I'm not jealous!" she throws out a classic tsundere line…
"Because its already mine." she whispers quietly into your fluff.

Wow. That’s somewhat surprising…
She may not have realized you heard her, but your fox ears aren't just for show…

"Alright, I'll believe you~" DesertFox says. "You two have fun.~" she rides off while giving you a discreet wink.

As you continue to ride, Paradigm continues petting your tail. It is definitely a fairly intimate feeling. You aren't sure if she quite gets that, but you will let it go. After that comment, maybe being a bit intimate with her is OK? You are pretty sure you are OK with it as long as she is. Is this what its like to fall for someone? You aren’t quite sure.
Its nice though.

Maybe it’s the suspension bridge effect? You two have been through a fair amount of shit together in the past couple days with nobody really there to rely on for more than a few hours at a time other than each other. Its only natural that you develop some feelings, right?

You are still worried that it’s a bit to fast though. What if its just her way of running away from reality? Trapped in a slightly depressing and fairly scary new world, you came, picked her up, and saved her from being all alone. Maybe she sees you as a prince charming or something? That feels like a lot of pressure. You will have to work hard to keep up with it.

Maybe you are doing the same thing? A cute girl in need of rescue appears before you so you try to act the part of the hero who saves her from despair? Isn't that just running away from reality too?

If it is, does it make your feelings any less real? You aren't really sure. The only thing you are sure of is that you are unsure. Paradigm slowly strokes your tail. You love the feeling of her small hands running through the fur that you only recently acquired.

If it really is running away from reality, maybe that is OK too?
After all, like you said earlier, running is what you are best at.

Maybe if you run far and fast enough, you can escape the reality that holds the two of you back and be happy here in this world together.

You turn around and pick her up then put her in your lap.

"Will?"

"Do you mind?" You ask

"No, I think I like it better this way."

You think you do too. After all, you cant see her when she is behind you. You flick your tail around so that she can hold it while sitting in front of you and start petting her head gently while she relaxes in your arms.

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>>2199356
In the distance, you can see the lights along the mountains burning brightly again, and beyond them the Aurora Borealis paints the sky in beautiful colors.

This world really is a thing of beauty when you look at it.

You fell like you could keep running forever.

[ ] End Session.

>>2199358
This is some good shit. I like confirmation that there's something there to bloom in their relationship. And thank god that this is the end, it's 5 am and I'm exhausted. Next session, locking ourselves in a room making alcohol for the after party!

>>2199358
I am not sure if I will run tomorrow, my eyes are killing me right now. If I do run, I will probably be a bit later than usual since I will be writing it up tomorrow instead of before I go to sleep. I will get back to you guys at around 4 PM on whether I will or not.

Feel free to ask anything and everything, provide constructive criticism, tell me how you feel about the cast so far, or even shitpost. I will be around a bit longer before I can sleep.

>>2199359
Thanks. Its hard to right a realistic relationship if you have never had one. I apologize for any fuck-ups on my part in doing so. Honestly I was expecting it to be a bit longer before we went with one girl, but I am trying to base decisions on player sentiment when I can see it and people like picking her options.

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>>2199358>mfw that entire post

>>2199360
So did any PKers camp the other fires? Or are some of them realizing that eternal undead horde would cramp their sprees?

>>2199360
Yo dog you need like. More drinks and stuffs. I like the cast so far, DesertFox and OntheFence could be a cute couple.

Not as cute and Will and dwarfu though. Also what is the sage doing right now? What about the fires are all of then lighted up?

>>2199367
I'm still wondering what made the fires start dying. Was it a internal sabotage? Most likely. But by who and why?

>>2199368
All of them are currently lit, and much brighter than they were last night.

>>2199367
Maybe.

>>2199368
The sage is probably complaining to the guild lady who went to ask him to post a quest about how adventurers are stupid and going to kill us all by not keeping the fires lit properly.

>>2199369
From what you saw, it just ran out of fuel. It is possible to take logs out of the brazier's magic storage boxes though.

You've never had a girlfriend? Is the Log horizon anime good? Does it have a good ending or go to shit like so many?

>>2199374
1st season is good

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>>2199374
Nope Aspergers.

First season is wonderful, second season got assraped by DEEN, kings of QUALITY

The ending is alright. Too bad it was animated by DEEN.

>>2199372
>implying it's our job to keep the fires lit.

Okay new plan we lvl up and leave town. Let's see if next time people will go do the fires if they don't receive free booze.

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>>2199372
What if we bribe the PKers by offering to do pic related.

Also how the hell do I spoiler on mobile

>>2199374
Season one is perfect. Season two is...not as good but watchable.

>>2199380
How many people went to light the fires. And more importantly can we acommodate everyone in our house for the drinking?

>>2199380
Girlfriends can be a pain, not a big deal really. How about gundam 00?I haven't seen second season.

>>2199380
Don't blame Assburgers and get yourself a qt girl, shouldn't be too hard.

>>2199383
Not like he can do it, he can't leave the area of the guild hall.

>>2199388
Way more than you can fit in your house. The party of 90s probably couldn't even fit comfortably. There were 24 of them, a full raid. As for the rest, there were probably about 80 split between the other 4 beacons. You guys had a small party since yours was very close to the city and in safe territory and Hiro had a small party because he was already half way there and would probably be able to beat anyone under level 90 himself.

>>2199389
Haven't seen Gundam 00. I was never a big mecha guy.

>>2199391
It ruined my first attempt because I couldn't control it back then and I have never been able to get closure on it since she moved away. I have tried several more times, but it always feels really empty when I do.
Honestly, I'm just not sure if I could even be a decent boyfriend so I don't think i can get in a relationship.
Loneliness is only lonely if you are a bad runner.

>>2199402
So what is more likely we run out of ingredients or we end up leveling our brewing after serving all of these guys?

>>2199427
The second, especially if you brew cider for them since its one of your highest leveled beverages and is so cheap to make. You bought a ridiculous amount of apples since they were so cheap. You also have 40k worth of other ingredients and the AH is still full of stuff you can buy since nobody else can use it in any worthwhile way

>>2199432
Well guess we will need to serve people in the street.

>>2199456
You might be able to convince someone to lend you a guildhall. Between the promise of real booze and saving the city from a horde of rape hungry skeletons, you are basically a full blown hero to most of the players who you encountered today. You are also nothing less than the talk of the town. People will remember the name Will2Fight.

>>2199360
>>2199364

Thanks for running, I had a lot of fun. I was a little worried at how fast the romance is going, but seeing as you addressed it in character, I'm glad that the MC isn't dense enough to ignore it. It does seem realistic enough for people to latch onto each other to try and preserve their comfort.

It seems less like we're waifuing Paradigm, and more like she's husbandoing Will, which is a refreshing change in pace. It's been a while since I've seen a quest where people are actively interested in the MC and pursue them. I'll give her a pass, even if she's first girl.

If I may suggest something, it would be allow the MC to pick dialogue for themselves for things that might be important. It looks like Will is a predetermined character with an established personality, so I understand why there aren't many dialogue options. Consistency and speed, after all. Regardless, including dialogue options that fit his personality would help people get attached to Will as a character. Bonus points if you manage to make dialogue non-intrusive.

With all that said and done, I'm loving the quest so far. Lots of fun. Paradigm a cute, but Judi is still best girl.

>>2199389
Season 2 of 00 is...
It's a much more conventional Gundam series than S1. All those Gundam mainstays that Season 1 carefully avoided? They're present in full force. As an example, Graham starts running around in a mask and calling himself "Mister Bushido" (a magnificently retarded name).
It's still not bad, but it's not as good as S1.
Also the 00 itself is kinda derpy looking compared to the raw sex appeal of Exia.

I am 2-3 days late from constantly traveling and having shitty internet to say this:

>>2191064
CALLED IT

Honestly, I don't think we should keep the secret that long. Make a tavern that acts as a gathering hub for parties of brazier lighters, sell them beer as a sending off and returning home privilege.

Promise that we will reveal the secret of alcohol on a couple of conditions:
>we've got a more permanent system of pipelines, conveyor belts, protected passageways or whatnot
>We all have a party and the secret will be revealed once everyone's piss-drunk
it's not about the security of the secret, it's about making it fun to learn by following the questline.

>>2199548
Works for me.

>>2199380
>>2199388
I mean you guys are right but I like the frog dude and the bot character is a cool concept. I feel like the raid has a lot of payoff as well.

>>2199563
Season 2's PLOT is good.
But it requires you to suffer through DEEN.
I just bailed and read the books instead.

Sorry for the late start today guys, but I am running. I just need to write up the first post.

>>2199573
Whats "DEEN"?
I've only seen up to season 1 I think...

>>2199981
Its an animation studio notorious for having crappy animation quality.

Also for being generally shit.

>>2199981
Studio DEEN are infamous for low-quality animation.
And god damn is LH season 2 a great example of why. I mean it's not like Satelight, the studio that did season 1, are amazing or were working with a massive budget, but DEEN found a way. And so the drop in animation quality with season 2 is very noticeable and EXTREMELY jarring.

>>2199989
Oh...
Well that's a shame. I didn't even know there were more seasons.
I have to get watching it than. I guess it's kind of what they did to "Berserk" making it CGI and all that. I hope the story is still good.

>>2200002
That's the thing.
2016 Berserk is bad not just because it's eye-searingly ugly, but ALSO because it fucks up the story.
Log Horizon season 2 still nails the story, it's just... not a good looking show.

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>>2199929
You are William Pierce. Equally so, you are now Will2Fight, a level 73 Foxtail Monk. 3 days ago, you and thousands of players like you were trapped in the world of Elder Tale, somehow transferred into the bodies of your player characters. While it may seem like a dream come true for many people to live in a video game, not everything has been sunshine and rainbows.

Food is tasteless, raid bosses are intelligent, and you are being haunted by some sort of static ghost.

But not everything is bad either. Since you got here, you met a girl named Paradigm( or should you start calling her Sarah now?), who you are pretty sure you are developing feelings for, learned how to brew beer with taste, and organized people into preventing an undead apocalypse by a matter of hours.

That’s right, you are a hero.

The entire town is in a state of celebration, and rightfully so.

Thanks to some random stroke of luck, on your way back to town from raiding with the <Kool Kids Klub>, you just so happened to notice that one of the beacons that protect the town had gone out.

Thanks to that, with the help of your real booze, you were able to organize players into relighting the fire and refueling the other beacons just in time to stop the whole network from going dark.

And today you are dealing with the aftermath.

To fill the massive demand for celebratory drinks, you bought an extra Brewery station and are currently running two of them side by side in the makeshift workshop in your house.

This is your chance to create a Brand, and you have no intention of wasting it. Roughly one hundred people will be receiving free drinks in exchange for their help with the beacon incident.

While you could always just give people whatever liquor you had left in your inventory and call it a day, you are going to capitalize on this opportunity as much as possible.

Once the celebration starts, any doubt that you are a fake will disappear. You suspect that people will be flooding you with orders, and you intend to be ready.

What do you want to do to define your brand?
[ ] Focus on brewing Cider. It is your best EXP to cost ratio and goes great with the cold, plus its thematic.
[ ] Focus on brewing beer. It is the absolute cheapest drink you can make and will likely turn over the greatest profit. Everyone loves beer.
[ ] Focus on harder drinks. Beer may be good, but sometimes people just want to get smashed.
[ ] Focus on celebratory drinks. Whiskey and Champagne. Its an occasion.
[ ] Make a little bit of everything. Demand is high and varied. The more different things you have the more people will be satisfied.

Secondary vote: Both are doable along with the main votes.
[ ] Make some other drinks too. You can brew Teas and Juices as well. Some people aren't old enough to drink alcohol, and while you don't particularly care, you don’t want to force anyone to drink it since it’s the only drink with taste.
[ ] Add your own twist to something. (write in)

>>2200031
>[ x] Focus on harder drinks. Beer may be good, but sometimes people just want to get smashed.

>[x ] Make some other drinks too. You can brew Teas and Juices as well. Some people aren't old enough to drink alcohol, and while you don't particularly care, you don’t want to force anyone to drink it since it’s the only drink with taste.

>People not getting fucking sloshed on something that actually tastes like something when everything else tastes like nothing.

>Implying