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First things first, you suppose, and that is giving Itza his first task as the head of House of Letters. Well, Itza did want to check the physical and magical seals of the Anasazi tomb next door, and he's got a perfect staffmember to do it with.
A while later, Harry Gloomward is inspecting the gate with awe in his eyes, supervised by Itza.
"Such powerful wards! I would be honored to learn how to repair this, Mr. Itza."
"Very good, very good! Now, look with your third eye to that corner glyph, they're usually the first to wear out..."

You return to pressing matters: that of the missing six Aqrab light tanks. While king Harqa Wahid decides to check his shipping lanes, you decide to peek into your underworld.
"Ah, hello, President Sam. I hope none of my boys are troubling you?" The voice of Juan Martinez comes through The Telephone, lukewarm yet calculating.
"No, they've kept to their turf. What I need now is information - has there any rumor about foreign combat vehicles circulating in the black markets?"
"Well, that kind of info has a price..."
"As long as the info matches, I'll pay."
"Heh, alright. Just a thousand Dolores for this one, then. Military vehicles are generally too hot for black markets - but I'll keep an ear out. But I've heard rumors among the hired guns - mercenary companies are starting to move people and material towards El Carambol..."
El Carambol! The provincial capital of your westernmost province, Montenero. Parts of the province were seized from your neighboring country, Meldenza, as reparation for their invasion attempt some decades ago.
"Thank you for this intel. 1000 Dolores has been transferred to your offshore account."
"Nice doing business with you, President Sam." The line closes, leaving you to inspect a recently-arrived report.

Ever since the mass production of aero-gel was announced, the army immediately tries to use it as a better vehicle armor. Their military engineers have came up with this update to the 'Percevejo' APC: replacing the metal slats it uses as windows with transparent aero-gel, and adding modular aero-gel plates to the sides. Transparent aero-gel is way better than bulletproof glass, and definitely light enough for the APC to stay nimble on the battlefield.
You make a note to give all personnel involved a raise - just as Risonha calls you.

It's been a while since she contacted you, but you guess that she's working hard behind the cloak and daggers.
"Your excellency, we've finally tracked down who the Agitator is."
Oho, the slippery target finally slips!

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>>5406418

>How do you deal with this rumor of mercenaries in El Carambol? You could divert the Zayyine cooperation team for this.
>□ Ignore it, you have more pressing matters
>□ Have a small group of investigators/spies look into it
>□ Send a military squad to check it out
>□ Go to El Carambol yourself
>□ Other (fill in)

>What do you do with the Agitator?
>□ Arrest them immediately via police
>□ Black-bag them immediately using spies
>□ Don't spook them into hiding, monitor discreetly
>□ Try to contact them discreetly
>□ Other (fill in)

>>5406419
>□ Go to El Carambol yourself
Our army's good, yeah?
>□ Black-bag them immediately using spies
We need to get them NOW

>>5406419
>□ Send a military squad to check it out
>□ Go to El Carambol yourself
We want things done we better do them ourselves, bros.
>□ Black-bag them immediately using spies
We need the bag delivered before dinner.

Welcome back IG.

>>5406419
>□ Go to El Carambol yourself
>□ Black-bag them immediately using spies

>>5406430
Just to clarify, I wanted to merge both options. Go with a military squad so WE don't get bagged.

>>5406419
>□ Go to El Carambol yourself
>□ Send a military squad to check it out
What >>5406433 said. Go in with armed backup and guard, like Skull Face with his goons in mgs5
>□ Black-bag them immediately using spies
Take no chances. Be as decisive and surgical as possible

>>5406419
>□ Go to El Carambol yourself with a military squad as backup
>□ Black-bag them immediately using spies

>>5406419
>□ Send a military squad to check it out
>□ Go to El Carambol yourself
Such a lust for tanks? WHOOOOO?!

>□ Black-bag them immediately using spies
We need the bag delivered before dinner.

>>5406419
>□ Send a military squad to check it out
>□ Go to El Carambol yourself
We will lead an army or armour to annihilate this threat.

>□ Don't spook them into hiding, monitor discreetly
We'll learn who they are, what they want, who they work for... THEN move against them as we deem appropriate, given that intel.

>>5406423
>+1

>>5406419
>□ Go to El Carambol yourself
>Bring a military squad to check it out with us.

>□ Black-bag them immediately using spies

>>5406419
>□ Send a military squad to check it out
>□ Go to El Carambol yourself
Stolen tanks and mercenaries sounds like bad trouble, We cant have separatist sentiments in our country.

>□ Black-bag them immediately using spies.
Also we should really try to secure the loyalty of our spies/secret police. We are relying on them quite a lot.

>>5407754
>Also we should really try to secure the loyalty of our spies/secret police.
Absolutely, we really need to do that as soon as possible

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>>5407829
LIVE photo of Paneiran dictator Samuel "Chainsaw" Evil with armed guard visiting El Carambol!!!!

>>5407953
Konami is our presidential news network name from now on. We're broadcasting that shit for clout.

Let's hope we don't get played like a fiddle.

>>5406419
Drawing, update within a day.

Rolled 3 (1d10)

>>5408614
Of course I'd be late

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>>5409002

You give the order to black-bag the Agitator to Rosinha, knowing just how efficient she could be.

The same day, a sleepy college student of UNdP (Universidad Nacionale de Paneira) by the name of Mariposa Floriano waits for the bus to her campus in Materia City. A bag over her head later, she gets taken for a ride elsewhere, courtesy of Rosinha's agents.
After waiting in a concrete room, arms and legs strapped to a chair and vision obscured by the opaque sack, Mariposa can hear a door opening and closing. Then, someone speaks from behind her - so close that if it weren't for the bag, she'd feel the sweet honeyed breath carrying that Ranchero accent.
"Well, well, well! Look what we got here. Feelin' comfy? Hope you do, since I don't even know what'll happen next if you don't loosen your purdy lil' mouth."
"Please, I'll talk, ma'am, I'll talk!" Mariposa is trembling.
"Good. I have a few questions you could answer..."

Too bad you couldn't ask the Agitator personally, because you're on the way to El Carambol: the provincial capital of Montenero, your westernmost province.
The thing is, El Carambol is big - not Materia City big, but still sizable. It's built on the side of a mountain, over a long-depleted mining site, and sprawled in the usual Paneiran way. Those mercenaries must be lurking somewhere in the city, but where exactly? And also, what troops are you bringing with you?

>What questions do you want to ask the Agitator?
>Roll 2d20, first roll highest 3 gets chosen - second roll for how much the Agitator knows about the answer
>□ (fill in)

>Where in El Carambol should you visit first?
>□ Governor's Office building, the one with the clock, maybe the governor knows something
>□ Former mining tunnels turned commercial area, could be hiding here
>□ Wild woodlands on the mountains and hills around the city, they could be roughing it up
>□ Elevated railroad station, mercs gotta arrive somewhere, right?
>□ Other (fill in)

>What force composition did you bring with you?
>□ Two Army squads in two Percevejo APCs
>□ Two Airforce squads in two transport helis
>□ Mixed - one squad from each, with one APC and one transport heli
>□ Other (fill in)

>>5409537
>Agitator, how are you getting your intel?

>□ Elevated railroad station, mercs gotta arrive somewhere, right?
>□ Mixed - one squad from each, with one APC and one transport heli

>>5409537
>What questions do you want to ask the Agitator?
not sure what to ask so I'll wait for any other anons to come up with some
>Where in El Carambol should you visit first?
>□ Governor's Office building, the one with the clock, maybe the governor knows something
at the least we can find out what trouble makers are in town or who n town has the wealth or connections to support armed mercs
>What force composition did you bring with you?
>□ Mixed - one squad from each, with one APC and one transport heli
they worked well together once may as well give them some team bonding

>>5409544
Don't forget to roll 2d20

Rolled 4, 2 = 6 (2d20)

>>5409537
>□ Why would a straight-A (if she isn't, she could quickly become one...) UNdP student be trying to agitate the Samoros protesters?
>□ Is someone using her to merely execute their orders?
If applicable:
>□ Who are her "friend/s"?
>□ Would a little "push" in college and a cash boost convince her to be truthful with us?
If this fails to get answers, remember you can roll for it again :^)

>□ Governor's Office building, the one with the clock, maybe the governor knows something
Take some troops with us, the rest goes to
>□ Elevated railroad station, mercs gotta arrive somewhere, right?
>□ Mixed - one squad from each, with one APC and one transport heli

Rolled 10, 7 = 17 (2d20)

>>5409647
Yeah, this seems like a good question, but, the mercs have transports and an APC, they're not gonna be arriving in train


Instead, i think they should check the woodlands area

Rolled 12, 6 = 18 (2d20)

>>5409613
Right, thanks!

Rolled 12, 5 = 17 (2d20)

>>5409537
>Who is your boss?
>Who are your co-conspirators?
>How do you communicate with your boss?

>Check the hospitals. Mercs get hurt. Somebody has seen something. There are names on file at the very least and maybe an address.

>□ Two Army squads in two Percevejo APCs

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>>5409537
>□ Elevated railroad station, mercs gotta arrive somewhere, right?
>>□ Two Airforce squads in two transport helis

Why are we picking a mixed squad? It's tactically more annoying to coordinate what amounts to a light tank and a flying bus instead of just two of each.

>What questions do you want to ask the Agitator?

Before asking her anything concrete, threaten her and try to make her give information freely.
Don't make it clear why she's being bagged, let her fill in the blanks on what SHE thinks we want.

If you ask a target a question then they might make up stuff related to those questions instead just to make you happy.

>>5409725
Damn, good idea, we should do that for the interrogation before trying to ask any questions

Rolled 13, 14 = 27 (2d20)

>>5409537
>What questions do you want to ask the Agitator?
Threaten her and make her try to give anything that comes to mind freely, if that fails to leave a mark
>□ Why would a straight-A (if she isn't, she could quickly become one...) UNdP student be trying to agitate the Samoros protesters?
>Who is your boss?
>Who are your co-conspirators?
(Not sure if I should or need to roll but I'm doing it to be safe.)

>Where in El Carambol should you visit first?
>□ Elevated railroad station, mercs gotta arrive somewhere, right?
>□ Mixed - one squad from each, with one APC and one transport heli

>>5409537
>What questions do you want to ask the Agitator?
Threaten her and make her try to give anything that comes to mind freely, if that fails to leave a mark

>□ Elevated railroad station, mercs gotta arrive somewhere, right?
>□ Two Airforce squads in two transport helis

>>5409537
Who is financing you and how are you doing it ?
>□ Former mining tunnels turned commercial area, could be hiding here
>>5409537
>□ Two Army squads in two Percevejo APCs

>>5409537
How are hippies still legal in our glorious country? I figured we'd outlawed improper attire by now.

>>5409537
Drawing update, expect it within a day.

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>>5410096
We should encourage them to become ecogoths. Skull motifs for all!

Rolled 3 (1d6)

>>5410840
Sorry fellas, things got a bit tired. Add another day to that delivery.

In the meantime, RNG time.
>1 = Natural/man-made disaster
>2 = Soleil, closing in
>3 = International event
>4 = Ecocult internal turmoil
>5 = Francesca's research results
>6 = Astra finds a trace

>>5411908
Sorry lads n lasses, I'm definitely under the weather, feeling sick in the esophagus. I've only got like 10% of the drawing done, but I knew what I'm gonna write, so hopefully I'll update this by Monday.
Sorry about this! Seems like it's my turn to get QM cursed.

>>5412709
Relax and get well. Sending positive vibes your way, QM.

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>>5412709
Oof. Feel better soon, IG!

>>5412726
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>>5412776
Thanks fellas, fully intending to beat this thing before it grew into a full-blown illness.

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Cutting off the easily-accessible escape plan comes to mind, so you decide to arrive with your mixed squad onto the main elevated train station.
Indeed, within moments you've caught a handful of inexperienced or unlucky mercenaries that thought it would be that easy to get to El Carambol.
But, due to this operation the station's being temporarily blocked, and the local citizens are starting to feel uneasy. From their commute being unexpectedly delayed, to a rumor of another purge akin to the Materia City favela operation.
Good thing that you've caught these few mercs, though - some say the rest of the mercs are roughing it in the rocky wildnerness outside city limits, while others say the old mining tunnels are where the briefing would be done.
Where do you go next?

Meanwhile, you receive a call from Risonha on the way to your next destination.
"Your excellency, she spilled the beans! Turns out she's not the only Agitator out there - she's part of this Eco-cult splinter cell called Eyes Wide. She only gets contacted when there's a social issue near her area of operations."
"Oho, good job. She told you why she stirs up trouble?"
"Apparently this splinter cult believes that Gaia's will is to eradicate the social ills plaguing our country - admirable, but their methods can quite easily make the situation worse. I don't think they understood this much. Mariposa here truly believes she's helping the country, this way." A soft sob - or is it moaning? - can be heard faintly behind Risonha.
"Hmm, so they're bringing these problems up for me to fix for them. Concerning. So, got any names from her?"
"Oh, I pushed her a bit and she gave some. She named Jimmy Novelas as the current 'leader' of the Eco-cult, and then she gave me the Eyes Wide's leader, Yelena Williams. Curiously, she also namedropped Kruger Junkers, although who he is to the Eco-cult or the Eyes Wide is still to be seen."
"Very good. Wait for further instructions."
You close the line just as another report comes in.

Your foreign ministry had just sent a report that a member of Bordecian nobility is visiting - completely unannounced.
The third prince of House Bordec, Treytak von Bordec, had landed on Materia City just this noon, as you arrived on El Carambol. The prince immediately went to the Bordec embassy when informed that you are away from the capital.
Thing is, this visit is totally unexpected, and your diplomats in Bordec also reports this isn't an official visit.
So what led the prince to Paneira in the first place?

>>5415916

>Where do you go next in El Carambol?
>□ The rocky wilderness
>□ The old mining tunnels
>□ Other (fill in)

>What do you do with Mariposa?
>□ Return her to her dorm with hush money
>□ Return her to her dorm with threats upon exposing this secret
>□ Recruit her as our spy in Eyes Wide
>□ Imprison her in one of our dungeons
>□ Other (fill in)

>How should we deal with the third prince?
>□ Ask him via phone about his goals here
>□ Find out if there's anything happening in Bordec
>□ Give him a tour of Materia City until you get back
>□ Leave him be in the Bordec embassy
>□ Other (fill in)

>>5415917
>□ The old mining tunnels
>□ Recruit her as our spy in Eyes Wide
>□ Find out if there's anything happening in Bordec

>>5415924
>support

>>5415917
>Where do you go next in El Carambol?
>□ The rocky wilderness

>What do you do with Mariposa?
>□ Other: Have her killed. Frame some Neges she was aggitating.

>How should we deal with the third prince?
>□ Ask him via phone about his goals here

>>5415969
>that write-in
But... Why?

>>5415984
To break the morale of Eyes Wide in their little social justice endevors. To those not in the know it will just be random crime.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=t7HD2xG92-0

We are an Oil Baron now.

>>5415917
>□ The old mining tunnels
>>□ Imprison her in one of our dungeons
Trying to recruit her as a spy won't work, she believes in her cause, so she'd probably tell them even if we threatened her. Instead, she gets a nice trip to the dungeon.
>□ Ask him via phone about his goals here
Just ask him. What, did his father declare the Seed Urn Ceremony?

>>5415917
>□ The rocky wilderness
>□ Recruit her as our spy in Eyes Wide
>□ Ask him via phone about his goals here
The red phone is ringing
>>5415916
>>moaning
>what did she moan by this
I have a question, IG. Is this conspiracy stuff with cult/murderer/etc planned out ahead, or are you writing it as we discover things/take actions?

Again, do you people realize that there is quite literally nothing stopping her from taking the fall and telling the agitators the moment we return her?

>>5416024
Trying to recruit her won't work only if we let her believe the lies. Besides, she can't demand to tall to higher-ups without putting a mark on her back - there's a pretty high chance they will end up bagging her ass like we did. You know, a field mook saying the president knows the organization leaders' names? They've got to at least consider the possibility of her being the one who gave the information.
Also, disappearing their agent for long mighy tip them off that something's up.
I propose we provide her proper (re)education on every bad shit that eco cult has done, how it affects the normies in the long run, apologize and convert her to our side, before sending her back quietly.

>>5416034
She's a hippie. Our chances of indoctrinating her are small, and if we had a spell to indoctrinate people, we would have already used it on people like Risonha.

>>5416029
Writing it up as we roll, so to speak. Of course, we could have different things happening if, say, we chose a different country to rule...
But of course, once it rears its head from the RNG morass, things get planned ahead.

>>5415917
>□ The rocky wilderness
>□ Imprison her in one of our dungeons
>□ Ask him via phone about his goals here

>>5415917
>□ The old mining tunnels
Cut off the head.
>□ Recruit her as our spy in Eyes Wide
Install her as our puppet.
>□ Find out if there's anything happening in Bordec
>□ Give him a tour of Materia City until you get back

>>5416042
The moaning indicates otherwise.

>>5416069
It's one thing to force someone to reveal a secret, it's another to force them to continuously work for you.

>>5415917
>□ The rocky wilderness
Like the one Venom Snake is in in the MGS5 trailer?
>□ Recruit her as our spy in Eyes Wide
She really wants to help us better the nation? She'll get it the hard way for her idiocy and naivete.
>□ Ask him via phone about his goals here
He's on our international level. Let's see what this french fuck wants with our country. He better not be the big boss of the EiDoc bastards behind the plantations

>>5416042
Just woke up and haven't read the post yet, Hippies are totally easy to turn. Otherwise we'd still have hippies today and most of them wouldn't have sold out then got a real job when they finished having their fun.

>>5415917
>>5415917
>The rocky wilderness
>Recruit her as our spy in Eyes Wide
>Find out if anything is happening in Bordec

>>5416179
Hippies stop being hippies when they *get old*, this woman is a college student and we'd be sending her right back into the group where all the propaganda is.

>>5415917
>□ The old mining tunnels
>>5415917
>□ Recruit her as our spy in Eyes Wide
>>5415917
>□ Find out if there's anything happening in Bordec

>>5415988
But to those IN the know, it will make our government one more such problem to solve.

>>5416077
We are a dictatorship, not a democracy. Creating unwilling double agents in the opposition is our specialty.

>>5416193
With the intention of monitoring, subverting, and eventually puppeteering the Wide Eyes. What else is she gonna do? If she squeals on us the Wide Eyes are just as likely to kill her as we are, and if she runs away that’s one less Agitator to worry about. We got nothing to lose by making her into a spy.

>>5416238
Again, you are relying on the notion that she'll be willing to betray her group under threat. If she doesn't, the whole thing is going to get way harder.

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>>5416283
>all this schizo paranoia shit to imprison a student
touch grass, NOW

>>5416562
I do think that releasing an member of an terrorist organization is a bad idea, yes.

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>>5416573
Sounds based as fuck

>>5416283
She already betrayed her group under minimal pressure. Like fuck, we didn’t even pull the bitch’s nails out. Her loyalty doesn’t run that deep.

>>5416780
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>>5415917
>>□ Recruit her as our spy in Eyes Wide
I have faith that Risonha has the ability to turn this doe-eyed youngster into a willing sub...I mean spy, for the country.

>>5415917
>□ Find out if there's anything happening in Bordec
>□ Give him a tour of Materia City until you get back
We should greet the prince while our secretary figures out what's going on a brief us as soon as possible

>>5416995
>into a willing sub
damned moaning!

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>>5417195

He he he

Real update within 2 days, lads!

>>5417260
>IG has submarine transformation fetish

>>5417704
Finally... I don't feel so alone.

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While you feel like the actual brains of this merc gathering might be booking out of the tunnels of El Carambol right now, you think that a bunch of hot-headed mercs laying about will cause more problems sooner than later. So you order your two mixed squads to the wilderness behind El Carambol instead - let's hope the intel is correct...
After just a half-hour, your Airforce snipers detected a former camp site that had been commandeered by mercs. From their helicopter vantage point, they can see about a dozen people setting up camp - they might have gotten here just this morning.
You have 6 Airforce snipers, 2 heli pilots, and 12 Army soldiers packed in a Percevejo mk. 2 APC. How should you proceed?

Before you make your move, though, you have two more things to do: one of them is dealing about the Eyes Wide member that Risonha captured. Well, they might have their own uses... you order Risonha to recruit her as a double agent in Eyes Wide.
An hour later, when the afternoon Academic District streets are the emptiest, Risonha leaves a dazed Mariposa next to a bus stop. If asked where has she been recently, she'll answer that she'd been gone on a Glimmer trip. Another pawn in Risonha's hands, ready to funnel intel when Mariposa receives them.

That done, you dial the next number on The Phone: that of the Bordec Embassy. Soon enough, Tretyak is on the other end of the line.
"Oho, Tretyak! It's been a while since you visited Paneira. Why, you were but a kid then. What brings you here, now?"
It is true, you recall about a decade ago when the Bordecian nobility took a diplomatic visit to Paneira. Tretyak was fascinated with your historical stories back then - then again, he was 13 then and 23 now.
"Uncle Sam! Aha, sorry for coming in unannounced. I know you're busy with presidential duties, but can you help me out with a personal matter?" His respect for you haven't diminished, all these years.
"Maybe, what is this matter of yours? I might be able to help after my business in El Carambol concludes."
"Aha, thank you, uncle! Well, to put it simply... I have fallen in love with a Paneiran girl I saw on international broadcasts. Could you help me find out who she is, so I can properly court her?"
Love, eh? Then again, isn't Bordec laws kind of strict with who their nobility could marry and whatnot? Tretyak's request might be a political minefield. But perhaps you could leverage some favor with Tretyak this way, and a closer Paneira-Bordec relationship...

(Contd.)

>>5420024

>How should you approach the mercs' campsite? (Roll 2d100, highest 3 first roll for choice, second roll for effectiveness)
>□ Shock and awe directly in the middle of camp
>□ Have the army dismount and approach from the woods, while airforce gives them aerial support
>□ Have the heli circle around to look at the surroundings while the APC slowly advance
>□ Other (fill in)

>How should you deal with Tretyak's love life?
>□ Agree, help him find his woman
>□ Agree, but only provide info, the approach's all his
>□ Agree, but for a price/favor (what?)
>□ Look into Bordec nobility laws first
>□ Deny, this might be too much to handle
>□ Other (fill in)

>>5420032
>>□ Agree, help him find his woman
>>□ Look into Bordec nobility laws first

Finding her for free is fine, but to arrange so she will pass Bordec nobility law is when we solicit favor in return.

Rolled 73, 59 = 132 (2d100)

>>5420024
>□ Have the army dismount and approach from the woods, while airforce gives them aerial support
Make sure both the aerial and ground forces keep in touch through radio, and the heli can provide recon while they're at it.

>□ Agree, help him find his woman
But only if he can assure us that this won't cause an incident that will harm diplomatic relations with Bordec.

Rolled 74, 61 = 135 (2d100)

>>5420032
>How should you approach the mercs' campsite? (Roll 2d100, highest 3 first roll for choice, second roll for effectiveness)
>□ Have the army dismount and approach from the woods, while airforce gives them aerial support.

>How should you deal with Tretyak's love life?
>□ Other: Agree to help but order a deep background check on her to make sure she isn't a spy or serial killer or scam artist or whatever. Stall Tretyak until the investigation is completed.

Rolled 34, 8 = 42 (2d100)

>>5420032
>>5420043
+1 to this. It's good that we know each other, but there's enough wild shit going on already without a political scandal or something...

>>5420032
>□ Have the army dismount and approach from the woods, while airforce gives them aerial support

>□ Agree, but only provide info, the approach's all his
>>□ Look into Bordec nobility laws on the side, to decide whether their leadership should be informed

Rolled 6, 61 = 67 (2d100)

>>5420032
Oh, and my roll...

Rolled 38, 30 = 68 (2d100)

>>5420032
>□ Have the army dismount and approach from the woods, while airforce gives them aerial support.
Double team them!
>□ Agree, but only provide info, the approach's all his
>□ Look into Bordec nobility laws on the side, to decide whether their leadership should be informed
>□ Other: Order a deep background check on her to make sure she isn't a spy or serial killer or scam artist or whatever. Stall Tretyak until the investigation is completed.

Rolled 86, 75 = 161 (2d100)

>>5420032
>□ Have the army dismount and approach from the woods, while airforce gives them aerial support
Do we only look at effectiveness roll in the post with highest first roll or do we look at effectiveness rolls in all posts supporting the chosen option?
>□ Look into Bordec nobility laws first
>□ Ask him who it is
Get all intel first.

>□ Look into Bordec nobility laws first

Rolled 47, 76 = 123 (2d100)

>>5420032
>□ Have the army dismount and approach from the woods, while airforce gives them aerial support
>>5420032
>□ Agree, but only provide info, the approach's all his

>>5420032
Called it, update in a day or so.

Rolled 3 (1d6)

>>5422356
RNG time.

1-2 = Francesca's research
3-4 = Soleil does something unexpected
5-6 = Astra finds something

>>5423456
>3-4 = Soleil does something unexpected
He dabs over the corpse of his victim at the end of his recording

>>5423480
Dab-dab-dab-dab-dab-dab if you're actually trying to save the regime.

>>5423456
>Soleil does something unexpected
He kills himself

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"Treytak, I'll try to find as much information about her as I can - but how you approach her's all up to you." You say, mentally noting to check about Bordec nobility laws when you'fe back at the office.
"Oh, thank you, uncle! Yes, I'm fine with that." The young noble replies enthusiastically.
"Before that, though, can you give me more information about her? Just 'I saw her on television' is not enough, I'm afraid."
"Ah, indeed, uncle. I remember three things about her:
One, she wears glasses. I don't remember the exact model, but she looks elegant that way.
Two, she has this accent that just hits right, from how she spoke on TV.
Three, she was on TV, I see her kinda often when I tune to the Konami channel. That's all I could remember..."
"Well, good enough for an inquiry. I'll talk to you later, Treytak."
You close the line, looking at the soldiers ready for orders, sitting in the APC with you.

Remembering operation Favela Cookout and how these mercs may have heavy weaponry, Zayyine or otherwise, you order for the soldiers to dismount from their APCs - as well as you, because the APC might turn out to be a death trap. As such, you also order the heli to provide cover from a higher altitude. You order for the soldiers to approach from the woods to the north of the camp.
So far so good, they haven't been spotted yet. They report seeing two mercenaries discussing weapon calibers close to the edge of the woods, close to where the soldiers' entry point is supposed to be.

Just before you join them, The Phone rings again. Julia is on the other end.
"Sir, news about Solaire - he hit his next target - but left him alive."
In a condensed summary, and later on in detail back at your office, you receive a report that the investigative team had tracked Solaire's third target, the elusive lumberjack Kruger Junkers. They arrived to Kruger, hand pinned by a Bordec-made bayonet and bleeding on a table. Kruger was in emotions, and repeated "I'm sorry" over and over.

(Contd.)

>>5424041

>How should the operation proceed? (Roll 1d100, first 5 gets averaged for results)
>□ No prisoners
>□ Yes prisoners, you got questions
>□ Capture officers, sod the rest

>What do you ask Kruger? (Up to 2 choices)
>□ Do you know who Soleil is?
>□ What did you do to get Soleil to target you?
>□ Did Soleil say who his next target is?
>□ Who were Soleil's targets?
>□ Other (fill in)

>Do you have an idea of who Treytak's potential lover is?
>□ Julia Oxoa?
>□ Risonha?
>□ Francesca Diaz?
>□ Daisy Karamazova?
>□ Maybe someone else? (Create a character?)

Rolled 26 (1d100)

>>5424049
>□ Capture officers, sod the rest

>□ What did you do to get Soleil to target you?
>□ Who were Soleil's targets?

Soleil's identity is less important than what he is doing and why. He may not have stated his next target, but if we figure out ore details about the nature of his campaign here, we can puzzle it out ourselves.

Also, Risonha doesn't have glasses, Francesca doesn't seem like she'd have been on TV much (and is currently crazy and on lockdown)...

So it's Daisy or our secretary. And I like our secretary too much to hand her over so easily

>□ Daisy Karamazova

She's on TV more often anyway, I'd bet, as a corporate rep.

>>5424071
>support

>>5424049
>□ Yes prisoners, you got questions
>□ What did you do to get Soleil to target you?
>□ Who were Soleil's targets?
As for the woman, i'm not sure? I would have said Daisy, but she doesn't seem to fit the accent part, does she?. I don't think it's Julia, since she doesn't appear a lot, i'll reckon, it's not Risonha since she doesn't wear glasses, it's not Risonha.

Rolled 96 (1d100)

>>5424210
Oh yeah, forgot to roll

Thinking about it , it might be Francesca, right? She's got the glasses, and she probably appears on TV, as a scientist.
>□ Francesca Diaz?

Rolled 14 (1d100)

>>5424049
>□ Yes prisoners, you got questions
>□ Do you know who Soleil is?
>□ What did you do to get Soleil to target you?
>□ Julia Oxoa or Kara Kent (mild mannered reporter of the Daily Paneria, who covers a mysterious vigilante fighting crime and saving lives)
I figure the [Create Character] option means that this isn’t necessarily a puzzle and that we have some control over who Treytak’s potential crush is.

>>5424232
>I figure the [Create Character] option means that this isn’t necessarily a puzzle and that we have some control over who Treytak’s potential crush is.

This is very yes!

In that case, i still think that having it be the crazy scientist woman is more interesting.

Rolled 3 (1d100)

>>5424049

>How should the operation proceed? (Roll 1d100, first 5 gets averaged for results)
>□ Yes prisoners, you got questions

These guys are innocent until proven guilty.

>What do you ask Kruger? (Up to 2 choices)
>□ Do you know who Soleil is?
>□ What did you do to get Soleil to target you?

>Do you have an idea of who Treytak's potential lover is?
>□ Julia Oxoa?

>>5424049
>□ Yes prisoners, you got questions

>□ Why was he left alive?
>□ Why is he sorry?

Not voting for the grill, his dumass can watch TV until he sees her again and takes a photo or sees name on the screen.
>>5424041
>Konami is now canon
based

Rolled 91 (1d100)

>>5424439
forgot rollan

>>5424071
+1 but Francesca instead of Daisy

>>5424049
Cutoff point, update within a day or so.

>>5425428
Ohh hey weren't you somebody from Death Amongst the stars?

>>5426090
Yeah, used to post there as a player. Good times, good times...

Update delayed 1 day, was tired from making Caastengels (a kind of cheese snack).
In the meantime, coin flip.
>1 = Julia
>2 = Francesca

Rolled 1 (1d2)

>>5426194
Fug forgot the coin

>>5426195
Nooo!

Damn shame, would have been fun to see a prince trying to swoon a crazy scientist

Well, good taste i suppose.

>>5426202
ah fuck now i wish i voted for that matter...

>>5426329
I blame you, personally, for this terrible (albeit likely amusing) turn of events.

>>5426362
It's not gonna be *too* amusing

I mean, we won't have our secretary anymore if he succeeds, i suppose, but that's about it.

>>5426365
There is potential for far greater shenanigans here, as I suspect we shall soon see.

>>5426367
Well, i mean, there's political shenanigans i suppose, since you'd have an prince marrinyg an literal army glowie, but not the comedic kind of shenanigan

>>5424049
>□ Capture officers, sod the rest

>□ Do you know who Soleil is?
>□ What did you do to get Soleil to target you?

>□ Daisy Karamazova?

>>5426362
>>5426365
>>5426367
Maybe we can gaslight him into thinking it was Francesca instead of Julia to prevent losing our trusted right hand?

>>5426708
>anons already in cope mode
Ffs, just because he’s courting our secretary doesn’t mean that she’ll immediately jump ship after she’s married. This is an opportunity to greatly influence diplomatic relations with a foreign nation, hell, maybe even their future leader, and do so with some trust that he won’t immediately backstab us for short term gain. This is a win-win, even if Julia decides to go live in Bordec. Hell, maybe she will convince the Prince to emigrate here instead.

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"Alright, handle it. Ask him about his past and the other targets."
You close the line, and prepare to give another order, this time to the soldiers in position.
"I want nonlethal captures, if possible. Go."
With a nod, the dozen soldiers pour out of the woods, assault rifles trained at the mercs. To their credit, the mercs know when they're outmanned and outgunned. Aside from the few that surrendered on the spot, the rest scatter to the wind.
Only three of the dozen or so mercenaries were captured. The snipers from their heli contacts you.
"We've got visual on the runners - should we take shots?"
"Negative, don't waste ammo on these likes. Return to rendezvous point, we'll be going home soon."
Your guess is correct, seeing at the three you captured doesn't look like officer material. In their haste to scram, the mercs left behind their equipment - the weapons are mostly old local army surplus, no Zayyine weaponry. There's a field radio with notes about a certain frequency, but nothing else.
Then again, you could ask your captives why they were congregating in El Carambol - back at the capital.

As you return, a report arrives from the liaison to the Interfeds, Lena Santos, regarding Kruger.
Apparently, most of Soleil's targets in Paneira were involved in an event known as the Massacre of Lukavic, where a village was suspected of harboring pro-Monarchist sympathizers and was burned alive in their own homes by Eisen Doctrine troops.
Kruger said that Norman was the officer who ordered the massacre, and Andre enacted it. Kruger, on the other hand, was sickened by the atrocity, and deserted right after. He said he rescued a child hiding outside the village as he ran, and that there's no mistake - that kid was Solaire.
You wonder how your airforce general Clifton or the fifth unknown target figured in the massacre, until you reviewed some official post-war inquiry by Bordec authorities. As a mercenary airman in the war, Clifton was ordered to drop incendiary bombs on 'enemy encampments in Lukavic', but didn't sortie out due to sudden bad weather.
As for the mysterious fifth, the info that the village harbored sympathizers was supplied by an 'Agent Succubus', a freelance spy under the employ of the Eisen Doctrine. Interestingly, this is the only time the agent is mentioned in the reports. They seem to have disappeared after the war was over.

(Contd.)

>>5427046

Reading these Bordec reports reminded you to check out the Bordec nobility laws, and Treytak's possible paramour. As you call Julia to fetch the hefty law-book, you think that she might be the one. She's no stranger to being on TV - didn't she accompany you during that Eco-talk thing? She does wear glasses, but as far as you know, she doesn't have any accent - at least when speaking Panlatin, Paneira's official main language (and also several other nations' main language in the area). She might have an accent when she speaks Gothica, though.
"Ever thought of marriage, Julia? It seems that Treytak fancies you, or so I think."
She apparently didn't, from her blush and almost-stammered reply.
"Er, duty comes first, your excellency. Unless you order me to get close to him...?"
Well, you don't know exactly if Julia is the one Treytak likes, after all - should you tell him about Julia? Or set them up for a date?

>What do you ask the captured mercs from El Carambol? (Pick two max)
>□ Why do you gather?
>□ Who is the brains of this operation?
>□ Do you know of Zayyine weaponry?
>□ Other (fill in)

>What should you do with Kruger?
>□ Witness protection
>□ Let him loose as your citizen
>□ Deport to Bordec to face justice
>□ Keep him in one of your dungeons
>□ Other (fill in)

>Any guess on who this 'Agent Succubus' and fifth target is? (Optional)
>□ (fill in)

>What should you do with Treytak and Julia? (You're going to read up that nobility law next update)
>□ Tell Treytak about Julia and let him approach her
>□ Tell Treytak about Francesca instead
>□ Tell Treytak about Julia, but tell him that nobility laws doesn't let them together (lie?)
>□ Set up a date between Treytak and Julia
>□ Order Julia to approach Treytak
>□ Other (fill in)

>>5427065
>□ Why do you gather?
>□ Who is the brains of this operation?
If it's related to zayyine, we'll find out
>□ Witness protection
We'll need him, probably.
>□ Other (Just let him point out which one it is)
We have a whittled down pool of who it might be, let him point out which one of the girls it is.

>>5427065
What do you ask the captured mercs from El Carambol? (Pick two max)
>□ Why do you gather?
>□ Who is the brains of this operation?
What should you do with Kruger?
>□ Witness protection

What should you do with Treytak and Julia? (You're going to read up that nobility law next update)
>□ Tell Treytak about Francesca instead

>>5427065
>□ Who is the brains of this operation?
>□ Do you know of Zayyine weaponry?
>□ Witness protection
>□ Risonha probably...
>□ Tell Treytak about Francesca instead

>>5427067
+1; EiDoc are the enemy confirmed.
We should talk to our airforce general Clifton about this. Soleil will still target him under the logic of "if there wasn't sudden bad weather, he still would've dropped those bombs", I expect.

But why would Soleil target Junkers if Junkers is the guy who rescued him all those years ago?

>>5427170
Because he's still bitter about his friends and family being burned alive?

>>5427170
That's almost certainly the reason he just stabbed his hand instead of killing him. It's a statement - "I still hate you for what you did, but I chose to spare you because of what you did for me".

>>5427065
>□ Why do you gather?
>□ Who is the brains of this operation?

>□ Witness protection

>□ Tell Treytak about Julia and let him approach her

>>5427065
>□ Why do you gather?
>□ Who is the brains of this operation?
>□ Witness protection
>□ Risonha
Bae… why?
>□ Tell Treytak about Julia and let him approach her

>>5427396
Huh, you're right, it might be Risonha

>>5427065
>□ Why do you gather?
>□ Who is the brains of this operation?

>□ Let him loose as your citizen
>>Surveil him
If Solaire wanted him dead, he'd be dead. And even if he does... Let's watch him. He may be good bait.

>□ Risonha

>□ Ask Julia if she'd be interested in a date
>>If so, set it up
>>If not, set him up with Francesca

>>5427065
Alright, votes counted, update in the works. Expect it in a day or so.

>>5427065

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Earlier in the day, you asked the captured mercenaries some questions. Apparently, they gathered there because a big-name St. Charlottan smuggler and pirate by the name of Big Mama Amadou was hosting an arms auction - and rumor has it that it's mostly Zayyine weaponry. No doubt that by now, the auction's cancelled or moved somewhere else due to your raid.
The mercs, in the meantime, can enjoy the comforts of your dungeon for now.

Elsewhere, in the suburbs of Vacasgrande, the capital of Norteste province, a government salaryman is dropped off at his new government housing. His neighbors pay no mind, as they are salarymen as well. The man that was Kruger Junkers looks at his house, remembers that he is now Gerald Zapata, and enters his new life.

Ah, where were we? Oh right, the Bordec Noble Laws. Written in Gothica legalese from a century past, it took you some time to decipher the rules for third princes.
So, basically, eligible bachelorette candidates must either be first cousins, a noblewoman of good standing (with a noble certificate to prove it), or an exceptional military woman. Aha! That's one concern down.

Now, it all comes down to Julia's own decision. You turn to her, who was diligently standing near you as you were reading the lawbook.
"Julia, are you at least interested in a date with Treytak?"
She blushes before replying.
"If it's a date... yes."
"Perfect! I'll arrange things, then."
Good thing, because even your undead trait of sleeplessness is starting to get drowsy reading this book.
Hmm, what would be good for a date between Julia and Treytak?

>How would you set up the date?
>□ Dinner at a high-end restaurant
>□ Romantic river cruise
>□ An evening at the Carnivale
>□ A trip to the Paneiran museum of history
>□ Ask Treytak what he'd do
>□ Other (fill in)

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>>5431779
Fug, forgot pic

>>5431779
RIP State Secrets

>>5431779
>□ Romantic river cruise
Make sure they're guarded, don't want any 'incidents' happening. Also tell her not to share any sensitive information about the country.
I'd be funny if it wasn't Julia who Treytak wanted to be with. Oh well, nothing we can't smooth over.

>>5431783
Which state's secrets, though? :)

>>5431779
>□ Ask Treytak what he'd do
We're his uncle, not his dad, and he's a grown man, let him choose
>>5431788
A river cruise is about the most dangerous of those you could choose

>>5431779
>□ Ask Treytak what he'd do

t. >>5426367

>>5431779
>□ Ask Treytak what he'd do.

Big Mama Amadou sounds like someone we need to make an example of.

>>5431789
All of them that Julia can lose

>>5432241
The other anon was implying that SHE could provide access to Bordec secrets for US.

>>5431779
>□ An evening at the Carnivale

>>5432424
>other anon
that was IG

>>5431779
Alright, drawing update, expect it in a day or so.

>>5432588
Huh. So it was.

>>5432923
Get hype!

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Well, why don't we ask the ones involved on where they should date?
"Julia, where would you like to go on your date?"
"Oh, anywhere's fine, really!"
Ah, she's the accomodating type? Then you'll ask Treytak. Not a minute later, The Phone connects to the Bordec embassy.
"Hello, Treytak! I think I found the woman you're looking for. Since she's in my employ, I'd like to arrange a date between the both of you this weekend. Where would you like to go?"
You hear a sharp intake of a happy breath.
"Ah, thank you, Uncle Sam! I've always wanted to visit the Museum of Military History in Materia City - I would also like to treat her to dinner after."
Such refreshing youthfulness!
"Very well then, I shall arrange things over here."
"Again, thank you, uncle! By the way, what's her name? I'd like to prepare, too!"
"Her name is Julia Oxoa. I hope you two will have a fun!"

You close the line. Julia's still standing there with that blush on her cheeks, awaiting something.
"Well, there you have it, Julia. I order you to have fun this weekend!"
"Thank you very much, your excellency! I won't let you down!"
Her blush stays until her work hours are over. Ah, to be in love, how wonderful these fleeting lives must be.

Later on, you are Julia Oxoa, back in your government housing in a complex in Materia City's governmental district. It has been so long since you've had a date - you don't quite know prince Treytak outside his diplomatic profile.
Which brings you to this current clothing conundrum. You absolutely have to dress properly! Three major options stand out in your mind.

There's the formal party option, you rarely wear these except at governmental holiday parties. It's kind of revealing and the heels make mobility a bit slow, but you'll look stunning.

Then there's the cool casual option, the outfit you usually wear during the few vacation days you are able to take. It has more freedom of movement, even though the leather short jacket can sometimes come off as intimidating.

And then there's the military uniform, the one you always wear. It seems like prince Treytak might be a military buff, so this could be to his liking - but then again, who the hell wears their work clothes on a date?

Then there's the issue of your own interests - you just hope that there's enough overlap to make good conversation topics...

(Contd.)

>>5433822

>What outfit should you wear for the date?
>□ Formal party
>□ Cool casual
>□ Military uniform
>□ Other (fill in)

>What interest do you have? (Choose one only)
>□ Movie buff
>□ Book nerd
>□ Military geek
>□ Other (fill in)

>What should you prioritize during the date?
>□ Flatter Treytak
>□ Find out what kind of man Treytak is
>□ Have fun
>□ Pry for juicy Bordec rumors
>□ Other (fill in)

>>5433822
>>What outfit should you wear for the date?
>□ Military uniform
This is probably the outfit she wore when he fell in love with her.

>What interest do you have?
>□ Military geek
Probably what he's expecting, and what he'll be most interested in. And it's also probably in line with who Julia actually is as a character.

>What should you prioritize during the date?
>□ Find out what kind of man Treytak is
>□ Have fun
>□ Pry for juicy Bordec rumors
No reason we can't do these three at the same time.

>>5433850
Meant to reply to >>5433825

>>5433825
>□ Formal party
You're meeting a prince, this is a very important situation.
>□ Military geek
She's an military major and it's not exactly standard for a woman to dedicate her life to the army, so i'd say that she *has* to have at least some interest in military matters.
>□ Find out what kind of man Treytak is
>□ Have fun
Just be good, eh

>>5433825
>□ Military uniform
>□ Book nerd
>□ Pry for juicy Bordec rumors
But also:
>□ Have fun
We were given ORDERS, after all

>>5433825
>>5433825
>Cool casual
>Military geek
>Find out what kind of man Treytak is/Have fun

Our orders were to have fun. We should have fun. That said, I feel like showing up in uniform sends the wrong message. Like we're there on a job. Which we sort of are, but still.

>>5433886
+1

>>5433825
>Cool casual
>Motocross
>Find out what kind of man Treytak is

>>5433825
>□ Formal party
>>5433825
>□ Book nerd
>>5433825
>□ Find out what kind of man Treytak is

>>5433825
>>□ Military uniform
>>□ Military geek
>>□ Have fun

As per rules Julia needs to be an exceptional military woman for this to work out at all.

>>5433822
wtf op i dont wanna roleplay as a women

>>5434394
You'll live.

>>5434456
wtf anon i don't want to roleplay as a living person

>>5433825
Update on the works, but since I'm in the middle of a big commission, it might take two or three days.

Rolled 1 (1d2)

>>5435524
Coinflip between:
>1 = Military Uniform
>2 = Cool Casual

>>5435584
Yesss.

>>5435524
Do you have a page for art/comms or something, IG? I kinda wanna see what your more serious stuff looks like.

>>5435806
I have a deviantart, pixiv, two instagrams, and a fiverr for comissions. Sometimes under Indonesian Gentleman, but also under Carriontrooper and Greensniperhat.

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You decided to stick to your trusty military uniform - the formal dress is a bit restrictive in movement and acceptable time to wear, while the casual clothing might not meet Treytak's standard.
And over all, it's what's the most comfortable for you - and what lines up with your interest: military stuff! It's why you entered the army in the first place, your heart just rises when you look at military hardware.
You hope you can see the artillery exhibit! You've heard about it, but your work had sadly prevented you from going to the museum since it was opened early this year. You've also wanted to see the medieval armor section - you heard they have a full set of Franconigerian Cavalry armor on display! Then there's the sword collection, they have almost every kind of sword from all over the world.

Days pass, and D-day comes. You arrive on-time at the museum, your uniform freshly ironed. Prince Treytak is already waiting outsidd, in a formally casual attire.
"Uh, hi." You couldn't calm down for a formal greeting, and this is what came out instead.
"Oh, my! You look more beautiful in person, Julia my dear!" Just where does Prince Treytak get that confidence?
"Ah, thank you. May I call you Treytak?"
"Of course, of course!" He gestures for me to take his hand.
"Between you and me, right now I'm supposed to be just Treytak, a tourist to Paneira. A suggestion from my bodyguards."
"Oh, I understand." You take his hand in yours, and the both of you enter the Museum of Military History.

The grand foyer is as breathtaking as the pamphlets make it to be. A set of Hinomoto levy armor, complete with spear! A display showcasing an ancient Zayyine shield and sword! Wheel-lock pistols and muskets from the Arcadian Independence era!
You notice that Treytak paused a bit as if mesmerized, or taking it all in to remember. Then, he spoke.
"Well, Julia - you're my 'local guide' here, why don't you pick which exhibit should we see first?"
"Well then, in that case..."

>Which exhibit room should you go to?
>□ Paneiran Warfare Through the Ages
>□ Swords of the World
>□ A Record of the Paneira - Meldenza Conflict (it has an artillery exhibit)
>□ Balkhanate Armors (it has Bordec stuff)
>□ Unexplained Events in Warfare
>□ Other (fill in)

>>5437932
>□ Swords of the World
SWORDS

>>5437932
>□ Unexplained Events in Warfare
Spoopy!

>>5437932
>□ Swords of the World

Swordchucks, yo.

>>5437932
>Franconigerian Cavalry
Wide as fuck. I got that Disco Elysium reference

>>5437932
Oh right
>□ Swords of the World
the Boner of my Sword...

>>5437932
>□ Unexplained Events in Warfare

>>5437932
>□ A Record of the Paneira - Meldenza Conflict (it has an artillery exhibit)

>>5437932
>□ A Record of the Paneira - Meldenza Conflict (it has an artillery exhibit)
<insert innuendo about his cannon>

>>5437932
>□ Unexplained Events in Warfare
Sounds like fun.

>>5437932
>□ Paneiran Warfare Through the Ages

>>5437932
Alright, called, expect update in a couple of days.

Rolled 1 (1d2)

>>5438913
Oh and coinflip:
1 = SORD...
2 = /xk/

>>5438916
>Oh and coinflip:
>1 = People die when they are killed.
>2 = Une/x/plained /k/ombat

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"...the Swords of the World collection! It is said to be one of the top ten most comprehensive sword collections of the world."
It's true - there are Indigenos Paneiran Machuachuitls and Mandaus, Zayyine Shamsirs, Cleavers and Khopeshes, St. Charlottan Dueling Epees and Machetes, Bordecian Gladii, Zweihanders and Choppers, and even one of a possibly prehistoric example of swords - a huge, broad two-handed sword made from bone.
Your heart is aflutter at the sight of so many swords, and you can see Treytak is also getting excited.

Especially when the two of you find the Bordec Royal Sword among the collection. Now, both of you know that this is but a replica - like the other royal or noble weapons in this museum - but still, you can't help but admire the blade.
"That is one fine blade, Treytak!"
"Indeed, the real thing's locked somewhere in the ancestral castle - I guess my brother Pervusha will have it if he doesn't abdicate as crown prince. Else Vtorak will get it, I guess."
"What about you, Treytak?"
He sighs. "Well, it's a finely crafted sword, dripping with Bordec history - but as the third in line, I may never get to touch it. Which suits me fine, by the way. Can't indulge in learning about history when I'm too busy handling matters of state."

It was at this moment that you sensed a pair of eyes watching you. A woman is suspiciously keeping an eye on you and Treytak, so you point at her.
"Treytak, who's that?"
He looks to the woman and lets a long sigh.
"That, my dear Julia, is my ex-fiance, Vanya. Vanya! What are you doing here?!"
Her deer-in-headlights expression doesn't say it all, but enough that she isn't supposed to be here.

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Meanwhile...

"Risonha? I have a task for you, concerning Soleil. Meet me at my office as soon as possible."
Back in your presidential office as Chainsaw Sam again, you close the line and rest the receiver of The Phone down.
Behind you, a calm voice, yet resonating with cold, calculated vengeance rang out.
"Very good, Mr. President."
Soleil's silenced gun is aimed at your head. You're more annoyed at the gesture, and the fact that you have to play along unless you want the fact that you're a lich being known to this ruffian.
"There, satisfied?"
You didn't detect his presence at all as you entered your office today, nevermind how he got past your presidential guards.
"Perhaps, perhaps."

[END OF THREAD THREE]

>>5442151
Gonna take a month-ish long break before I start Fall of the Regime's fourth thread - gonna shake off this writer's block, chalk up what's happened so far, and plot for the future.

In the meantime, feel free to ask stuff! It's going to be a QnA session until thread drops off page 10. Fire away!

>>5442151
Dun dun DUUUNNN

>>5442154
What is the extent of Sam's magical power?

>>5442154
So, Sam is just an skeleboy from who knows where, right?

How did he even come to become an dictator?

>>5442151
Don't we have any spell that erases memory ?

>>5442229
Sam's spells are more of the utility variety, and next to no offensive spells. He is risen as a lich to become a leader to his people after all.

>>5442270
Samhain arose in Tirna Nog, somewhere deep in the Old Country to the west of Bordec, sometime about two millenia ago. Liches may be eternal, but memory sometimes fade, and Sam does not perfectly recall his entire lichdom. He does remember:
>Rising as a lich
>Leading his people to the east during a little ice age
>Being hunted by anti-undead zealots in the dark ages
>Going into hiding in a crypt
>Ending up in Paneira when his sarcophagus was looted by pirates
>Starting an independence movement from behind the scenes
>Seized power during a messy power upheaval and turned it into his own country

>>5442295
Sam may have something like that, but he really, really hated using it because it erases some of his memories too, as a cost. He will only use it in very dire straits.

Okay, i gotta finally ask, what is up with his face? It looks like a mask, a gas mask, some sort of frankenstein screw, an skeleton head and a hoodie all at the same time, so what is it?

>>5442316
Skeleton in a hood, but with added gas mask filters and some slight glamor to make people think the skull is a mask.

>>5442307
What a backstory! I dig it. Thanks for running, IG.

>>5442336
Well he sure fooled me, spooky sneaky scary skeleton

>>5442336
I see, so the mask filters are like, attached to his skull directly?

>>5442151
Don't give up, skeleton!

>>5442377
Technically, yes.

>>5442151
This Soleil guy's really starting to wear out his welcome... thanks for running, Indo--still loving it! I guess since we're doing a Q&A, what can you tell us about the other countries besides our own? We've gotten a taste of a few, but what about the lesser-discussed places? How do they feel about our regime, if that's not too spoilery?

Not an actual question to IG, but wouldn't it be easier for Sam to just take the shot and get Soleil? Just kill him with your hands or something.

He cant exactly do much with the secret if we're dead, but if Risonha comes, then we involve her, and we dont want *her* to know about our condition

>>5442489
Well, the countries mentioned so far...
>Paneira (hey, that's ours!)
>Bordec: a parliamentary monarchy steeped in history, major trading partner with Paneira. Holds a warmish relationship with Paneira, sees us as a trade partner. Part of the Old Country and rhe Balkhans.
>Zayyine: major supplier of arms everywhere, whether they want to or not. Views Paneira cordially diplomatic-wise, as an equal in military matters. Also as a buyer of their oil.
>St. Charlotte: one of the prime tourist attractions of the world - but also the #1 site for offshore banks, and a historic site of piracy. Thinks of Paneira as yet another tourist source.
>Meldenza: rival countey to our west. Had a war with us a decase or so back, with them trying to nab Paneira's western provinces - and kinda backfired. Still views us with distrust and might still be planning something.
>Nordinnik: a snowy country to the north of Bordec. Mostly keeps to themselves. Views Paneira as an exotic country.
>Arcadia: a forested country way to the east of Bordec and Nordinnik. Our 'rival' in the lumber industry. Views Paneira as a far-off non-threat.
>Hinomoto: Far-off country on the other side of the world from Paneira. Economic and cultural powerhouse. Paneira is generally unknown to them.
>Tirna Nog: an extinct land where Sam is from, west of Bordec. Part of the Old Country, where it is now is occupied by the Albion and Hibernesse countries.
>Albion: a monarchy to the west of Bordec, historically colonized a lot of places. Views Paneira as a non-threat.
>Hibernesse: a republic to the southwest of Albion. Notable agricultural country, former ancient colony of Albion. Views Paneira as an exotic country.

>>5442688
>Tirna Nog: an extinct land where Sam is from, west of Bordec. Part of the Old Country, where it is now is occupied by the Albion
The perfidous albion has no rest in his machination, does he? It is clear now that Sam must liberate his ancestral lands from those bloody hooligans.

>>5443294
More like Tirna Nog ceased to be during that ice age Sam remembered, and afterwards people migrated to where Tirna Nog was and later became Albion and Hibernesse.

>>5442545
We're SO doing it next thread, holy shit.
We can even safely attempt to dodge his barrel and disarm him, and if that goes well he'll be horrified of us and have no clue we couldn't die anyway so we can keep him alive.

>>5444630
He's pretty skilled, so i doubt it.

But i suppose that it would be easier to let him yap about what the hell is his goal and then kill him.

>>5444672
>He's pretty skilled, so i doubt it.
But there is no reason we can't try and get the best outcome, right? And everyone will think we're based if we succeed, it's free PR.
Can't miss out.

Thread archived:
https://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/qstarchive/2022/5406409

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And a bonus for the archive readers :B

>>5447776
Treytak, you lucky bastard.