You think your name is William Daylight or Damien during the brain damage incident. You are a worthless, magicless student of Astra University leashed to a woman that views you as her pet for entertainment. You refused to be converted into a demon and enslaved to her will. Choosing to instead stand up by your own efforts in a school filled with furries, trannies, mad scientists, arrogant rune knights, and other hidden enemies. You turn to the Ords, a faction of magicless students who are lazy, unmotivated, slackers, whose mean pettiness knows no bounds. You already began the process of recruiting students with the will to see real change from Muffin, Virgil, Alice, and maybe even Betty to help your goal of surviving the school. But before all that you need pry breakfast out of the hands of a stalker in denial.

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>>5947815
Previous thread from >>5902325
I think it was archived any scuff elements is entirely due to having one day of planning and sleeping late trying to bash out a system

>>5947815
“I thought you didn’t want to hear the dirty details?” Asks William as he gives Betty a look of disappointment.
“Not about your master! I am asking about the tutor, keep your mind out of the gutter. Also, no aaah boyfriend should talk that openly about that kind of stuff.” Yells out Betty before pulling her voice down to a whistle to avoid attention.
“You didn’t specify!”
“I didn’t think I had to!”
“Fine, I liked to learn and ran into my tutor while I was busy visiting a friend about personal things.”
“Your teacher for cantrips? It's a bit surprising you're pushing for knowledge in this school.”
“Hey, it is something to do for a graduation that will never come.”
“Aw so it is a cute fir-wait homicidal master? That wasn’t a sex thing?”
“Here you were bragging about listening to every detail and till now you remember it?”
“I was distracted and you were distracting me so I had a lot to process.”
“All I hear are excuses for your laziness.”
“Hush but you're owned?”
“What is the big deal? Isn’t that your plan after leaving Astra and getting a rune knight to own you?”
“Uh yeah head chef but that is different. Tt can’t be that bad right?”
“Well my leash is longer than most and I am fine so far but it is still a leash to someone greater to me before I get replaced or worse.”
“But you're still in one piece?”
“A pet can lose its novelty and mages see all Ords as toys or distractions. The only difference is how long you last compared to non-pet Ords. Afterall we are all replaceable.”
“Is that why you wanted my help? To avoid and handle your mage owner?”
“No, I can deal with my owner in other ways sooner rather than later.” Says William as his thoughts wonder on what Hellscream means by entertainment required to be given by the end of the week.
“Ugghh, now I feel bad.”
“Why? That is not important right now as breakfast and tutors are the topic for the day. Also I need breakfast.”
“Okay one last question about that then. Why would you leash yourself and not leave Astra?”

>“To eventually stand up.”
>“A leash, a casket, or a coma are the only options.”
>“A debt owed that will be repaid.”
>“Homelessness is no laughing matter, I definitely do not recommend it.”
>Write-in

>>5947820
>“A leash, a casket, or a coma are the only options.”
you know, the first time I saw that quest of yours I thought it was a troll but seeing that you managed to go long enough I'm tempted to play.

>>5947820
>“A debt owed that will be repaid.”
>“To eventually stand up.”

We will ascend or die trying!
A Lancaster always pays their debts!

Once we reach power we'll be better then the mages.

>>5947892
>support
>There's worse things than death in this world...*whisper *

I like the underdog story. We the protagonist. Plus we already died once. Wasn't terrible....kek

>>5947935
>>5947892
>>5947888

“Oh you know plenty of reasons. Let me count them off.” Says William with a hiss as he has to give her real information but content it is not relating to Alice. Giving a second glance around himself to avoid anyone hearing him as he whispers his answers.
“I only need on-”
“For normal Ords like you, a leash, a casket, or a coma are the only options or worse. Those are the expected outcomes for mages that get “lucky” enough to attract mage attention.”
“What could be worse?”
“Hah, there are much worse things in this world than just death. At least with death it is an end but mages know how to make you beg for death rather than to live.” William whispers in a harsh growl making Betty flinch back.
“What factions?” Asks a disbelieving Betty.
“Take a guess they aren’t hard to figure out. The fourth reason is as much as I hate to admit it, I owe my master a debt for stepping in and offering me a choice to be a slave, to take her patronage, or to stand alone. For that choice alone I need to repay her but on my terms to make up for all her support she gave me.”
“Your master stepped up for an Ords and didn’t force you into their hand?”
“More like encouraged into it but it was still a choice she gave me partly out of amusement and partly disbelieving of my will.”
“Why didn’t you just join her if she came to you and offered more than what Prisma and even Animus would?”
“Fifth reason. I did want to lose my Humanity and I believed I could eventually stand up on my own merits and power. Because what is the point of living if you have to give up your body or mind to only exist as a shell of what you once were? I want to look her in the eyes and have her know I am a peer not a pet. No matter how long it takes, how much blood I lose, or the sacrifices I might make, I will either survive or stand as an equal or better than the mages.”
“That is stupid you could have had a sa-you know what I gave you my word I will drop this. So you really are determined to resist?”
“Of course if I didn’t want to fight I would have left when I lost my scholarship.”
“You are going to get yourself killed eventually by constantly running your mouth.” Sighs Betty as she bags the food boxes.
“I will succeed or die trying. I already made that decision.”
“Fucking idiot. Fine, I will help you with the social aspects and psychology of mages. Just don’t involve me in fights.”
“Bit of a turn around from your previous stance?”

Cont.

>>5947940
“Before I just thought you were an idiot all talk trying to interrogate me but turns out you aren’t all talk and have been trying to learn cantrips when that is something mages would hate. Then the reason you want to resist is to be free of your leash and not be afraid. So you at the very least won’t spill my secrets and letting you go to get killed without at least some help would weigh on me.” Says Betty as she wipes her hands off her apron before pulling out her phone number.
“Thank you for the help then.”
“Just don’t do anything stupid and actually attempt to study your marks before you interrogate them. While mages don’t major in social aspects they will be able to see forced dialogue also we got five minutes left so I only got time to answer two questions before they come.”

Gained a reluctant Betty ally!

Pick two.
>“What do you know of Animus and Prismas.” (Deeper Lore.)
>“What do you know of Blessed Blades and Coven.” (Deeper Lore.)
>“What do you know of High Ring and Revelations.” (Deeper Lore. Oh god lore dumps)
>“What do you know about Lora of Animus?” (Gain general information +5 during negotiations/deceptions against leader unit)
>“What do you know about Holly of Prisma?” (Gain general information +5 during negotiations/deceptions against leader unit)
>“Who is the leader of Blessed Blades?” (Gain general information +5 during negotiations/deceptions against leader unit)
>“Who is the leader of High Ring?” (Gain general information +5 during negotiations/deceptions against leader unit)
>“Who is the leader of the Coven?” (Gain general information +5 during negotiations/deceptions against leader unit)
>“Who is the leader of Revelations?”(Gain general information +5 during negotiations/deceptions against leader unit)
>“I will head out early to avoid getting in your way.” (Negate mage encounter roll.)
>Write-in

Also yes this is auto base level access to Betty’s field specialization and can be further refined if she is given more information to work with.

>>5947942
>>“What do you know of Animus and Prismas.” (Deeper Lore.)
>“What do you know of Blessed Blades and Coven.” (Deeper Lore.)
Do i need to read the previous quest to understand this one ?

>>5947942
>“What do you know about Lora of Animus?” (Gain general information +5 during negotiations/deceptions against leader unit)

>“Who is the leader of Blessed Blades?” (Gain general information +5 during negotiations/deceptions against leader unit)

>>5947957
I'd prefer stat Buffs we can get info from other people and the library or by asking someone from those factions with our new buff in stats.

>>5947942
>“What do you know of Animus and Prismas.” (Deeper Lore.)
>“What do you know about Lora of Animus?” (Gain general information +5 during

Virgil has that deal with the animals and Prisma has been the most met faction. It's between this and coven for me and that could wait.

>>5948001
>>5947970
>>5947957

>>“What do you know of Animus and Prismas.” (Deeper Lore.)
>“What do you know of Animus and Prismas.” (Deeper Lore.)

>“What do you know of Blessed Blades and Coven.” (Deeper Lore.)

>“Who is the leader of Blessed Blades?” (Gain general information +5 during negotiations/deceptions against leader unit)

>“What do you know about Lora of Animus?” (Gain general information +5 during negotiations/deceptions against leader unit)
>“What do you know about Lora of Animus?” (Gain general information +5 during negotiations/deceptions against leader unit)

wirting processing done

>>5948155
“So to start off, what do you know of Animus and Prisma?”
“Bit of a broad question that requires a lecture or time to go over.”
“Just summarize them for me a bit.”
“There is too much to summaries as that will only get so far and will lack a deeper understanding but I will try to focus on a few of their aspects. For Animus they rule like an actual animal where strength and intelligence puts you as the alpha of their pack. An alpha can only be replaced by another Animus that is just or more stronger than them. When Ords get offered power most jump on it assuming they can climb the ranks to regain their Human form like Lora but most either forget about it or are content not being dirt and instead being a minion. Those that are offered enjoy the crumb of power and are obedient little dogs that hop at every jump for more power or a hybrid form only to fail and stay at their position. Usually they move in teams of three or five and can easily track by scent and favor Conjuration spells like Entangle and Flock of Familiars as they really hate how prepared Prisma is when moving between classes.”
“So they try to impress their owners in any way they can or avoid wasting their time?”
“Pretty much as they expect pets, minions, and leaders to stay in their positions and mostly focus on Prisma as they can’t track or follow them due to their spell school. Oh right for Prisma, how do I say this? They really like Charm Person, Command, and Sleep for quick getaways as they rely on enchantments with a splash of spells from other schools for side options. The original council are a bunch of fatherless snowflakes that think the world’s problems are caused by men and hate when it's pointed out that women make half the problems with their emotions.”
“Isn’t that just normal women?”
“Well yeah but they don’t want to admit that as it indirectly states they aren’t perfect and only respect the male mages because one would fold either ten or twenty of them and if they do make a problem then the rune knights come after them.”
“What happened to their fathers?”
“Their fathers abandoned them as trash. They are bastard children of a mage father and an Ord woman as a mistress or prostitute. They hate men because of that one fact but as bastard children they are looked down upon. It only further radicalized them and pushed them to actively recruit marks to groom.”
“Wait what?”
“Oh think about it, mage society looks down on you, men are not willing to give up a piece of themselves, and normal women love their fathers. So the next best thing is to aim younger."

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>>5948156
“You don’t mean?”
“Daycares, orphanages, adoption. They infiltrate small businesses for “volunteer” work, gain business trust then slowly push or recommend workers to switch careers and when you're an Ord you take the out. From then on their real work begins as they take the chaff and slowly convince them to join using small things at first giving them pink clothing and flowers, dolls and costumes, emotional readings and history. Gaslight, lie, omit, and peer pressure to get kids to accept their cult over the course of years as they restructure their entire worldview to become a fully zealot Prisma.”
“Oh my god how is the school not full of them?”
“It takes a long time to groom for a full zealot and having to fund those operations requires money so while they don’t have an extensive network they are gaining a steady supply of recruits and hope to get more seats in government positions for special tax status, funding, or diversity hire policies.”
“I thought they were just idiots but they are organized? Then why bother with recruiting students?”
“Willing recruits are much easier and faster to convert especially as their numbers are limited and they focus their attention on the new converts as every new student helps find a new grooming target. When one is offered their card they get marked for assimilation that is only avoided if the Ords change zip codes. I have seen a few girls and guys try to resist but being too afraid to say no are converted and when they come back after indoctrination they feel like a part of themselves is missing.”
“H-hwo nhw how long does it tttkae?” William asks as fear bubbles up in his chest.
“Either between one week to several months.”
“Wait that long?”
“They need willing recruits as for some reason those have the biggest power spikes. I do not know the specifics but if Prisma uses Charm Person spell to take someone they end up being a tier 1 or tier 2 mage and having a crippled mana potential. If they convince the person after months of trying they turn into a tier 4 or even tier 5 mage after coming back to school. Why did you ask that?”
“I got offered Holly’s card and took it.”
“Oh fuck, oh shit. She-what did you say to her?” Asks a panicking Betty.
“Nothing! Just that we said we were porn addicts.”
“Oh no she probably assumed you wanted to join but didn’t want to taint their sorority. I am trying to think ah, okay so Prisma will follow their usual protocol for willing recruits giving them more leeway in their interactions to lure you in with a friendly face. This week they will let you simmer on the option and if they are not approached will send in wellness checks.”
“What are the options?” Ask William with a tinge of desperation.
“FUckfuckfuck, option one pretend you have a porn addiction long enough and hope they become disgusted with you and leave you crippled on the floor.”
“Not a good option.”

part 2

>>5948157
“It is option one. Option two change zipcodes and abandon the school.”
“I can’t run as I will just end up homeless and lose all my work.”
“Option three hide and avoid classes but eventually Prisma will find you or you get kicked from Astra for not attending classes and flunking out.”
“I have to stay in.”
“Option four uses other leaders as shields. You know Lora?”
“I am in contact with her now and gave me a token to hand to Virgil.”
“Make yourself useful to Lora and she will need to protect her assets but she might just go for the quick solution of just turning you into a furry.”
“I will not give up my Humanity.”
“Option five is a dangerous option. Become friends with Holly, learn her ticks and I can at least give you an intelligence brief on how to navigate her. More you know of her, the more specialized work I can make that is targeted at her. I don’t have my note pad right now on her.”
“Won’t that just dig me deeper?”
“All the options are shit or you can’t follow through. It is either that or hope you survive death if you refuse to meet them.”
“I’ll come back later for what you have on Holly then. Lora what you got that might help me?”
“Lora, Lora, Lora, oh right Animus. She relies on authority to get things done and uses a more brute force method for efficiency and reliability. Need to talk to someone she hunts the people herself, need to know information she demands quick, concise, and short answers. Hates when her authority is challenged or disrespected by the smallest of words. When she says jump you ask how high and has a short fuse for rants or useless information. The fact she gave you a token when she would usually hunt the person down herself means she might have marked you down as a future recruit too. Wait how the fuck did you meet two leaders? What did you do?”
“I seeked her out to ask about an ambush to check if she was alright and to tell me what happened.”
“You just have the worst of luck as she saw that as initiative, something Ords rarely have and surviving a mage ambush means you're a lot more resilient as an asset.”
“So she will hunt me down too?”
“For Animus no as they prefer to see reliability so the more useful you become they would offer an equivalent or higher rank if converted. But they might send in an Animus sometime next week to shake you down to see how well you can handle pressure. So something normal like broken bones or acting as bait to help ambush Prismas.”
“Fucking great I got two leaders that will hunt me down.”

part 3

>>5948158
“For her it is difficult to navigate, if you become too useful she will push for recruitment but are protected by Animus, fail too badly and she will prune the disease, mediocracy should be good or distract her with a greater threat as she prefers a personal hands-on approach and can’t see lies as easily as Prisma.” States Betty as a timer ring out announcing the start of breakfast.
“Fuck, I will come back later for the Holly info.”
“I will grab what I can and have it ready.”

Gain +5 negotiation/deception checks +5 context information= +10 diplo checks against Lora.
Revealed Holly’s forced encounter Monday of next week.
Revealed Lora’s forced encounter sometime next week.
Gain future incomplete specialized information on Holly.

>Roll 1d100 DC 60 to escape as the mages have arrived.

part 4
Send help the lore dumps are keeping me hostage.

>>5947957
Oh didn't see this. I will summarize the last thread. Ords are your friends, mages are your future enemies, current idea is work toward a batman build with quiet armor and unarmed combat from Virgil. Encode Thoughts allows you to copy memories to gain skills and gaining tier 9 spells will happen but to avoid overwhelming chat we starting on cantrips first then going up. Lora is a wolf, Holly a cultist, and Hellscream holds your very long leash.

Rolled 77 (1d100)

>>5948159
>bring food to the library trybto catch muffin and Virgil on the way.
>we may need to tell our master we're about to get bullied and turned into a girl or furry. And we'd love a strong demon girl to protec- uhh dominate us and flex her power over us... and all the bullies.

Maybe if he'll scream kicks some heads in well be le safe. We needed to spend time with her anyways...

>>5948174
Write ins are not ready to open just waiting on the rolls to see if you nat 1 and trigger Prisma event early. Also I will say right now Hellscream will let you die or get converted as she accepted your decision to let you die on your feet than to live on your knees. She will not come to your rescue again.

Rolled 7 (1d100)

>>5948174
Second roll checking if its nat 1 time.

>>5948174
Grabbing the food bag William begins rushing toward the exit preparing to slam into the door only to stop and open the door normally checking outside for any mages about to walk into him. Seeing no one nearby by hearing the footsteps of groups he slinks away with his goods as conversations begin getting louder and nearer as he makes his way to the Library breathing a sigh of relief at dodging the mages for another day. Opening the door as he enters the still quiet library wondering where Muffin and Virgil are as he makes his way to Alice as he heads to the totally non-existent fort base. Climbing up the stairs to see Alice flicking a thought strand in her hand before taking a bite at it before dispelling the strand as her eyes light up at seeing real food.

“You didn’t hit any trouble?”
“None so far and but a lot more things to worry about now.” States William as he passes the food box to her.
“So I got breakfast for you and a few extra for my friends later.”
“Hmm, smells delicious.” Says Alice as she opens the box and begins grabbing the toast and drinking the syrup whole to the disgust of William.
“I-I have forks.”
“No time, breakfast go.” Mumbles Alice as she inhales the toast.
“Okay so what is the plan for today?”
“You eat breakfast first and we can either do cantrips again now that you recovered but tier one spells are still beyond Ords abilities.”
“We can’t practice it?”
“When you can constantly cast cantrips without bleeding then you might be able to cast tier one spells but I doubt it as Ords don’t have mana worth a damn. Or from what I heard from the pervs, use boosters if you want to hit a higher level.”

>“Well I do want to test Encode Thoughts to get cantrips.”
>“Might as well try a tier one.”
>“So I am being hunted by two leader factions so that is fun.”
>“How are you doing?”
>“Any luck hiding your halo?”
>Write-in

Damn it, thought we had more time before we deal with a negative event. Maybe we should cause a war to distract both sides.

They already have bad blood let's light a match.

>>5948318
>“How are you doing?”
>“Any luck hiding your halo?”

Some small talk first and then work.

>“Well I do want to test Encode Thoughts to get cantrips.”

Might as well get something useful to use without boosters. Would love to check magical potential by trying tier one spells but we need tools first.

Rolled 4 (1d100)

>>5948159
alright, I'm still confused so let's see
>>5948170
thanks, what's our name btw ?

>>5948318
>“Well I do want to test Encode Thoughts to get cantrips.”

>>5948346
Oh right haha forgot our name. It used to be Daniel but somehow I started calling him William instead and rather than retconning that I just blame it on the brain damage. We are William now.

>>5948319
You got time and Betty has options she can provide she just needs to find her note pad afterschool. Also its not a nat 1 level event just a between a scale of 1 to 100 its a solid 40 bad shit but workable as you immediately went to Betty, completed her interrogation, didn't try to deflect again, and picked Prisma knowledge. Now if Monday rolls around without any prep or knowledge then it becomes a nat 1 event or a game over.

>>5948321
>support
>get counterspell and dispel magic runes.
>then find muffin.
>>5948318

>>5948321
>>5948349
>>5948377
“How are you doing?”
“Great it has been awhile since I had real food that was actually warm instead of lukewarm. I forgot what food used to taste like from always shifting through the trash.”
“I can’t imagine how little food you manage to find while diving.”
“It is annoying having to fight the birds but on the plus side of having furnace dumpsters is no insect or animal come by to taint the food. And if they did I can clean it with presiti.”
“And the halo?”
“Stupid thing is not physical so I can’t hide it under a hat and presti doesn’t go high enough.”
“Is it an illusion then?”
“It shouldn't be but then again I don’t know what Coven did to me to have this thing on me all the time. So I can’t exactly know what to do about it.”
“Well I am not a researcher so I can’t help and instead we can focus on learning cantrips with Encode Thoughts.”
“Seems a bit overly ambitious to learn a cantrip using a cantrip.”
“I was told it was possible by a friend so I have to check.”
“Sure we can just remember while you can learn most of them it will tax your body as you can only cast two right now. So pick which ones you want.”

dnd5e.wikidot.com/spells
Any cantrips are available

>Pick two cantrips

>>5948412
>Prestigation
>Mend

Fix doors we break. Clean up blood spilt.

>>5948461
>+1
this coz' I dunno much about these things

>>5948412
We have control fire and spark I believe, so I'd go with Gust and Prestigation.

>Gust
>Prestigation

>>5948470
>>5948461
William's learning using Alice's aid and add a +2 to roll from previous overflow.
DC 5-10.

Rolled 9, 10, 10, 7, 4 = 40 (5d10)

>>5948583

>>5948585
If we get a bonus one to learn.

>Guidance
>Eldritch Blast
>minot Illusion

>>5948585
>>5948470
>>5948461

“I will go with Mending and Prestigation.”
“Sure okay so I got the book here now, remember to think of the spell then read the process. Now what is Prestigation?”
“House cleaning.” States William as he tries to think of the spell.
“No it is more than house cleaning it is a piece of you pulling the leyline to alter reality. ”
“Do I grab the leyline?”
“No never try to copy someone else’s routine. ”
“Components of the spell vary from person to person; some like to sing to it to get its attention and follow their will. Some like to guide it to an outcome using hand movements by plucking at the line. Others make a fix point on their body to allow the leyline to attach and be pushed along a thought process.”
“But doesn’t it need structure or will just cause backlash?”
“Yes it needs structure but every cantrip, every spell, and every scroll can be altered based on the experiences of the user. One can pretend to feel their skin on fire to trigger fire resistance, another may point their finger to the sky to call upon a familiar, and another could channel a warm memory to call upon a healing spell. You decide what the spell should latch onto to make casting easier.”
“Every part of my body can store the mana, every memory can guide it, and every action can channel it?”
“Yes now what do you think the spell does?”
“I thi-I know that I pinch a fraction of the leyline to have a piece of reality to follow my imagination.”
“Good now Mending is different. It has a single-use outcome that can be applied to anything. Rock golems to erase fractures, cracked glass to rearrange back together, torn metal that is melded back together. It is a simple spell with broad use. What is it?”
“I think I pump magic into it to push it back into place?”
“No, you do not pump magic without structure. Again.”
“Hmm, I pool my mana into the tips of my fingernails to spike and pull the material back together. Then allow the leylines to flow between my thumb and fingers to stitch it back together.”
“Sure that works. Now cast the spell.” Says Alice as she plucks a strand of hair as it turns into a cold white color as the thought strands are offered.
“Encode Thoughts is not a copy of thoughts, it is the assimilation of memories, thoughts, and goals at one second condensed into a single strand of magic.”
“An incomplete picture of someone’s soul, their identity, their will, their self to be understood in one flash of existence.”

Continued.

>>5948744
Grabbing the strands, William casts Encode twice as his mind feels the new information slotting itself into his mind. Understanding how the spells work in a flash of light as his foundation of magic evolves with Alice’s help. Seeing magic isn’t just something in the air barely understood with a body that can’t channel it, but a sentient force looking for a fix point to flow and latch on to. Knowing he doesn’t have to channel the magic all over his body to cast a cantrip but that specific parts can be segmented to save on mana costs and directed to prepared veins to avoid depletion. Feeling his meager magic sparking and pulsing a little bit more and only feeling half of his body flagging from depletion this time.

Gain 32 points overflow to learning future spells.
Gain access to Mending and Prestigation

“Huh you're still standing?”
“I am not supposed to?”
“Usually Ords can only cast two or three cantrips before collapsing.”
“Is it normal to be learning cantrips this fast?”
“Well to be fair I did summarize two years of mage teaching into one speech after a lot of practice by myself. Also, all mages have access to the same list.”
“Does mana reserves expand?”
“That is just your mana being pushed to its limits before depletion. You have a gift for understanding but not the mana reserves for tier ones.”
“Yeah mana will always be the limitation.”
“You should avoid casting any more cantrips for the day as your body recovers but hey we know your limit is three cantrips now. A much better number than last time at two also I will try to think of lesson plans for tomorrow as that speech was the simple explanation for a foundation.”
“Not a bad start, also one moment I need to eat my food before I forget.” Says William as he begins chomping down on his breakfast trying to regain all his lost energy from casting.

>“Okay it is time for me to head out and visit a few friends.” (Find Muffin and Virgil)
>“I am going to find the booster dealer.” (Search for Rose)
>“I will head to class.” (Complete attendance requirement and gain class notes)
>“Meet with Hellscream.” (Complete obligation)
>“Find Betty.”(Not ready until after school.)
>Write-in

>>5948747
>“I will head to class.” (Complete attendance requirement and gain class notes)

Get the obligations out of the way.

>>5948796
>support
>muffin and Virgil are in our class yes? Give food gift.

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>>5948796
>>5948928
“I will head to class for now to avoid getting kicked out. Wait, how are you still in school?”
“Library credits and maintenance still counts as an elective. The old librarian had to pull some strings to put me down as an assistant. As far as I know the school saves on salary and I get counted as a student so they can double dip.”
“That is impressive that the school can think that well enough to rob the government.”
“Every student helps fill up their budgets. Now I have some dusting to do.”
“Sure see ya tomorrow Alice.”
“Also make sure you wipe your shoes on the rug when you enter!”

William makes his way to one of his classes as he pulls out his phone picking out Virgil’s number as he text him about breakfast for him and Muffin with an added question to meet in class to cover their requirement. Immediately getting back a thumbs up for breakfast as William moves corner to corner of the hallways as he reaches the class Virgil and Muffin are hanging out in. Seeing a few Ords napping on the table as a few others use their phone to reflect the images of any mages that might enter as they stay near windows and doors. Virgil speaks animatedly and loudly to someone on his phone being obnoxiously loud and looking busy as Muffin is trying to stack homework papers like a house of cards. Seeing no mages around William approaches his allies as he hands breakfast to them. With Virgil putting away his phone and Muffin stowing away the paper as they begin tearing into the food as Virgil whispers to William.

“Okay I annoyed the students away from my loudness for some privacy.”
“I hate ripping my homework in half. It takes me like five minutes to piece it together and it looks awful.”
“I can hand you my copy, it is not like I will be filling out the papers anymore.” Adds William.
“William not doing homework anymore? You really are a different man.”
“Are you alright? Usually you kept up with me trying to aim for 40s.”
“I just have more important things on my mind now. So how’s it going for you two?”
“On the Ords side trying to get these idiots to do more than just report rumors and movements is a bit slow but I am holding off on beating heads in till I train you how to throw a punch in case they jump my inner circle.”
“For me the legs have not been done yet but the blueprints and padding has been added to the gloves and soles. But the basics are set up so I just need to get lucky in the junkyard for some motors.”
“On my side I got the Encode Thoughts down and only almost passed out. I also got Alice and Betty to help me out with things on my side. So a pretty productive day oh and I found out Lora and Holly are targeting me for recruitment so that is fun.”
“Waht?
“No!” Screams Muffin before she muffles her voice.
“What happened? Did you get got?”
“Nononono.” Whines out Muffin as her hands start shaking.

cont

>>5949396
“Guys it is fine I got time to think of something and I have Betty working on getting me information to survive this.”
“What do you mean fine? You got two well three faction heads on your ass. Yo man did you like genocide an entire country in a past life or something to get all this bad luck? I don’t know if my training can help but I can crash course you later.”
“Fuck I thought I had more time. I just skip all my classes and focus on the upgrades. Wait, I was with you, what happened?”
“So it turns out saying you wanted to join but couldn’t due to being a degenerate was not enough to deter them.”
“They have standards?”
“Wait won’t they target me too?”
“Ah no I was the one offered and took the card so thankfully only I am targeted. But we should just focus on the now and I will deal with this later. We can speak on phones for the more important things.”
“First of all, what class is this?”

Pick one class and action choice

Class
>Adjuration(??), Conjuration(Animus), Divination(??), Enchantment(Prisma), Evocation(High Ring), Illusion(??), Transmutation(??).

Action
>“Take notes and try to learn a tier 4 spell.” (Gain a learning multiplier modifier and DC attempt)
>“Hang out for a class slot.”(Skip class session.)
>“Ask Virgil about the training.”(Learn how training martials works.)
>“Ask what Muffin needs for faster progress.”(Learn the bottlenecks of research.)
>Write-in

>>5949397
>Adjuration(??)
We need counterspell ect.
>“Take notes and try to learn a tier 4 spell.” (Gain a learning multiplier modifier and DC attempt)

Anti-magic field get.

Can we find our master and tell her she has competition. Hopefully she'll get super defensive about us and protect us from the fembots(prisma). I'm willing to offer a "cute date". For her interfering on our behalf.

Qm question are there werewolves/werebears/weretigers, ect?

>>5949436
I will wait for more votes on the options but for the werecurse assume Muffin told you about this during one of her romance novels readings that she talked to you about against your will.

Skip to the end for the answer.

So for some worldbuilding lore the werecurse was generally ignored and seen as a footnote. Being at the edge of the wildlands the council left Ords villages alone to deal with wereattacks. They didn't last long as entire villages were raided every night. It took years but it became a mage problem when several villages of feral werewolves attacked a proper city and became known as the Howl of Midnight. Fast, strong, and terrifying monsters push building to building mysteriously attracted to the lights of downtown skyscrapers where the largest collection of mages and people celebrating the new year. Fireballs, meteor swarm, incendiary cloud, and whirlwind spells end up causing just as much damage as the werewolves. Several mages died, the ferals put down, and a few hundred civilians were caught in the crossfire.

Accusations of incompetence were thrown at the mage council at noticing a pack of animals moving unnoticed in the city. Debates raged for days until a second outbreak of the Howl of Midnight occurred in Ords and mage hospitals where they were treating the injured. After cleaning that mess and quarantining mages and executing the Ords the next day the council issued a crusade to burn the werecurse out of their lands. Entire forests were burned out and hunting parties sent out to exterminate any infected wildlife during full moons to avoid collapsing the ecosystem. It took several decades but as far people know the animal werecurse has been purged. But affected mages lobbied the council for protected class status and allowed weremages to rise and sponsor Animus education.

With modern medicine weremage houses treat the curse like its diabetes or blindness. It is transferable but requires good insurance to afford treatments for control but the government does require you to be registered on a health database to avoid another Howl of Midnight. And anyone caught trying to spread without going to health screening or government approval would be sentenced to life in prison or execution by fire.

Wereanimals were purged as far as people know and weremages do exist in Animus and the government it is just uncommon.

>>5949397
>>5949436
+1

>>5949500
Thanks!

1 more question.

Is psionics a thing? Aka not magic but mental powers. I know 5e doesn't really have it but 3.x does.

Cool quest, wish the best mates!

>>5949572

I will have to say psyonics don't exist here as fitting psy lore in would make everything messy and have to bolt in a patch work explanation to their origins to an already barely held together setting.

Rolled 2, 7 = 9 (2d10)

>>5949572
>>5949515
William's learning gainz

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>>5949572
>>5949515
“Ah freshman Adjuration since I figured you needed a something, something to make my gift special.” Adds Muffin.
“Good job Muffin so I need you guys to keep watch and smack me as I try to gather notes.”
“Being a freshman class we have a fifty chance of getting noticed by a mage so what should we do then?”
“Since we are Ords the mages probably will assume we are part of the note taking group.”
“Hmm, if I get caught leave me behind but recover my body and if I am alive pull me to the infirmary or if my guts are spilling out pass me my mana stone.”
“You got a stone?” Asks Muffin.
“A Hellscream gift and a last resort type of thing. I don’t like to think about it.”
“Still weird how her ancestors used to be real ugly demons from long ago.”
“Maybe they found the joys of makeup products and fleshcrafting?”
“Ugh, makeup you basically just throw paint on your face.”
“William, that is rude, people spend hours perfecting their looks to be the best image they can be.”
“And burn through a week’s paycheck for an hour.”
“Not even an hour more like ten minutes after an intense jog.”
“That is because you have flapping arms William, at least Virgil exercises.”
“Tis true need to keep in shape to catch Ord runners.”
“Okay, okay keep watch as I take notes.”
“Sure.”
“Ayy, captain.”

Muffin hands over a notebook and pen to William as he lays down on the table with one eye pointing to the wall. Watching as several students come flocking in wearing robes, armor, nun outfits, or casual wear. Noticing freshman mages walking in groups of their preferred team Prismas grouping together, Animus furries snapping at them, as new rune knights come in to tape their seats as both factions stare them down. With rune knights quickly taking their seats as they keep a hand on their weapons waiting for someone to strike as the door is kicked open showing another student roleplaying as a blueberry come in with a sword on her hip. Holding a smile as her eyes land on the rune knights only for her eyes to trail toward the Prismas and Animus before she sends a glare to force both factions to sit down. Seeing the animals back down the blueberry hops toward her knights.

>>5950243
“Hey squires sorry I came late. Have to make sure all the new knights get settled in their first year.”
“Ms. Elizabeth, thank you for the honor.” Says one of the rookie knights.
“For my new squires it's the least I can do to meet you all. Now I have more obligations to do but here are some guidelines of your responsibilities.”
“Report or confront any mages that get uppity or cause collateral damage to property or classrooms and have Encode to help in identification of belligerents.” States Elizabeth as she watches the mages.
“What do we do if we can’t handle them?”
“You can and if you can’t then these mages will know what happens if they injure a knight in training.” Adds Eli letting the threat hang in the air.
“We will make the Blessed Blades proud Ms. Elizabeth.” Says all three new rune knights.
“I know you will now remember always in groups, never alone for the first year at least.”

Giving a quick few handshakes as Elizabeth makes her way out not even bothering to see the back of the class as a glowing rectangle appears in front of the class. A shimmering door being opened as a teacher with a cut of coffee with a cigarette comes out of the portal with a normal white shift and black pants. A far cry from the usual magic robes normal teachers usually carry as he sets down his coffee mug before clapping his hands together while muttering an incantation. Summoning an Unseen servant as it picks up a clip board and begins taking attendance as it checks off names as the mage begins his lecture.

“Alright you fucking brats today we will learn a spell you can use to annoy the shit out of each other. Counterspell, now being freshman you fuckers will take at least a week or two to learn this properly. And it is not because I get paid by the hour, no this is a third tier spell, a bit of a jump from cantrips.”
“Can’t we just yell counter and be done with it?” Asks one of the rune knights.
“No you stupid shit. That is something you can brute force with cantrips but tier spells require a bit more effort than mana vein channeling and focus thought.” States the teacher as the rune knight bows his head in embarrassment.
“Tier 3 spells require you to resonate your mana to your soul or the leylines to create a unique disruptor effect.”
“What? Doesn’t counterspell break any magic?” Asks a Prisma as an Animus clicks his teeth at her much to her disgust.

>>5950244

“You stupid bitch I just told you to resonate your inner mana. While the structure of counterspell can break any magic it is stuck to one frequency and easily countered by adding more power to the spell. Now by linking your counterspell to your mana you provide a type of intense disruption wave that can break a tier spell stronger than it as soul frequencies have a bit more power and ability to punch above its weight class. The more unique or intense the frequency the stronger the jamming affect becomes it can even be sync’d to your heartbeat for a steady output, a shout for a sudden climax, or even a part of a lullaby like twinkle little star can scramble the flow of a spell.” Says the teacher as the class snickers at the analogy.
“Next person that laughs gets failed and kicked to the rune knights.” Threatened the mage as the class goes silent once again.
“Now we will first practice spell structure for a few days to make sure none of you get backlash from pumping in more mana than what is supposed to.”

William furiously tries to write down bits and pieces of the lecture as his pen races against the paper trying to memorize the notes as he tries to applying what Alice taught him

>Learn Counterspell tier 3: roll 1d100 DC ???

Rolled 64 (1d100)

>>5950245

Rolled 1 (1d100)

>>5950245

Noooo, have mercy

Rolled 54 (1d100)

>>5950337
>>5950486
Okay well it is a good thing I prepare for this beforehand and that you grinded knowledge with Alice before coming here.

Spell learning mechanic update
We have learning points gained from studying alone or with Alice.
Next we got class modifiers starting from 1.5x for freshman classes containing cantrips to tier spells 3, 3x for sophomore tier spells 4-5, 6x for junior tier spells 6-7, and 9x for senior tier spells 8-9
Class modifiers multiply learning gains and convert it into knowledge and stored on William’s notebook that can be burned to push to meet the maximum DC.

Burning knowledge to get the max DC will improve the spell’s power or lower the cost to keep the upgrades simple since I need to track all these things on docs.

The learning DC is capped at 100 but the cost to fully learn the spell will increase.
For every class attended I will roll a mage encounter with Freshman class has a DC 50, sophomore DC 75, junior auto caught, and senior classes will trigger a nat 1 mage event.

You don’t need to remember the math. I will deal with it in the background. I mostly want to have my patch notes saved here in case I lose my laptop to water damage again.

Nat 1 overrides so class modifier is negated and 30 knowledge is burned leaving 11 knowledge left in William’s notebook.
>Acquired Counterspell tier 3

Also rolling for DC 50 mage encounter.

>>5950641
Okay no mage encounter your safe for now. While I am at work pick your next action so I can have the next update ready seven hours from now.

2 AP left before Betty is ready with her Holly brief.

>Muffin on resource and bottleneck costs of the equipment.
>Virgil teaching martial arts.
>Find this Rose character.
>Bother Hellscream
>Test the gloves and armor if it can handle tier 3.
>Write-in

>>5950646
>Bother Hellscream
Cute date to not die. These people trying to steal yo man.

>Find this Rose character.

>>5950646
>Bother Hellscream

>Test the gloves and armor if it can handle tier 3.

Get hellscream off our case and test our upgrade so muffin can correct things next time we see her.

>>5950902
>>5950756
Flexing his fingers William gets ready to begin taking his notes but is reminded that he is still inside a freshman class full of arrogant mages. And immediately his note taking gets derailed as the teacher announces the first lesson of the day.

“Now as a tier three spell and being the start of the school year, this class is at the edge of sophomore studies you need to watch your mana to avoid mana ove-”

A small detonation of magic and a pained yelp is heard from an Animus cradling his smoking hand. With several Prismad snickering at their incompetence as one of their number begins to channel the same spell only to see a stronger explosion and a few fingers blown off. Cries of pain echo in the classroom as William ducks down to avoid bone fragments.

“Did none of you take the cantrip course of channeling your mana veins? Did all of you skip the intro classes just to rush counter spell? This is going to be like the fireball incident again. White or in the back!”
“What me?” Asks William instantly nervous at being singled out getting ready to run with his team.
“Go to the bathroom and get me paper towels for these idiots to clean out the blood messes they are leaving.”
“Sir don't you have the spell slots to he-” Asks one of the rune knights only to be interrupted.
“Of course I have the spell slots but I am not wasting my valuable magic on idiots that didn't read the syllabus. All you're getting is towels, a zip lock bag, and being secretly laughed at by the ords.”

Immediately all the mages turned to look at the back of the class as ords jump back getting ready to run. With everyone looking to the windows or doors to escape and gauging who to sacrifice to allow others to escape.

“All you sit back down before I give you mana poisoning. Whitey go get me my towels and everyone else we will have to do drop feeding so you don't blow up your other hand. After class you all will go to the trauma units to get this fixed as I am not paid to heal stupidity.”
“Right away sir.” William states as he rushes out of the bathroom with his notebook.

Rushing through the hallways collecting more towels as William tries to cram the teachings. Half reading and half carrying a few rolls of towels with him as he makes his way back to the classroom as he attaches the spell to Alice's raw teachings after missing a deeper understanding from the teacher. Turning over the spell in his mind memorizing the components and mana channeling from Alice's previous work even if it is an incomplete understanding. Entering the classroom to see a rune knight blowing wing on his burnt hand next to a steaming sword, a Prisms being soothed by her team, and Animus students casting healing words on each other as the teacher talks.

Part 1

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>>5950969
“-ttle mana and it just buzzes in your hand and fizzles out, too much power and no mana vein channeling would detonate your elbow off or cause organ rupture on tier 5 and below. Tier 6 and above things get eldrit- ah the towels have arrived. Get to cleaning your blood and class dismissed since half of you mages refused to listen to my advice.”

Seeing class is done, Ords run out of the room as mages grumble about the extra work as they are watched by the teacher to not miss a speck of red. With Virgil and Muffin making their way out and to William as they quickly leave the area.

“I forgot how excitable fresh mages get when they can finally practice magic in an open setting.” States Muffin.
“Their parents must be sick of them blowing up their house if they ship them off to Astra.”
“It is annoying that I lost my class notes but at least we don't have to worry about attendance for the rest of the week. Anyway I will see you guys later I mean to bother someone to see if she can help.”
“Still wierd how she doesn't just Prisma you to accepting that rock.” Says Muffin.
“Oh shit she proposed to you with an expensive rock when is the wedding?” Asks Virgil as he looks behind himself for mages.
“I keep pushing until I carry the mana stone with me and one fancy rock is not enough for a wedding.”
“Ah, so its health insurance then.”
“Yeah you need the caterers and invitations first.”
“Hush both of you I will head out and hope Hellscream has something useful and pray it is nothing too costly to use.”
“Good luck William.”
“Remember to watch out for the Rune Knights as they are setting in now.”

William peels away from the team as he pulls out his phone as he sighs and texts Hellscream for her location. Waiting for a few minutes as a response comes back to meet her in the towers of the school where the Evocation branch is founded. Taking a few breaths William begins moving toward the upper towels taking a few flights of stairs as he passes by a few injured ords craddling their arms or a broken jaw. Sucking in a breath as William pushes from hallway to hallway trying to get to the Evocation class before texting Hellscream he is at the entrance of the towers before a hand clamps down on his shoulder. Immediately William seizes up as Hellscream’s voice breaks him out of his panic episode as he turns around to see Hellscream.

“Took you long enough to make it hear. I was starting to wonder if you were scared off.”
“Sorry for the delay but I had to avoid running into any other mages and getting delayed.”
“Hmm, true after all it must be something important if you came to me out of your own free will. Especially since you have not been in your usual classes and skipped them for the past day.”
“You've been keeping an eye on me?”
“Only if there is a High Ring member nearby. So what is so important that my pet came by for a visit?” Asks Hellscream with a grin.

>>5951003
“Well just wanted to let you know uh thank you for all your generosity and help so far.”
“Ah compliments first, you know how to appreciate your owner at least.”
“Yes, and uh I wanted to let you know that I might need a bit of help for some problems.”
“And I might have some power to offer.”
“I am being targeted by Prisma and Animus recruitment.” Says William bracing himself for whatever Hellscream might do.
“Well that is quite a problem.” Says Hellscream as she leans against a wall.
“Yes I was hoping if you have any suggestions to help.”
“I have one. It is very simple and can fix all your future problems.”
“Really? What is it?” Asks William surprised at being given a solution this fast and easily.
“Easy, pop that mana stone and convert right now and both factions will leave you alone.”
“That is not the solution I expected.”
“It is the only solution I will give you. After all, what did you say “I will keep my Humanity for as long as I can” something like that?”
“I did say that.”
“And you come crawling back to me at the first sign of trouble so that spine of yours was empty air afterall.”
“I assumed you would like to keep your pet healthy and all.” Adds William as a bit of anger taints his voice.
“No, I already saved you once and if you end up as an animal or lobotomized well I guess you still have that mana stone as your last safety net. That is assuming Animus or Prisma don’t ambush you or that you have enough time to activate it.”
“Tch, well thank you for taking your time out of your day for me.”
“One moment since you're here I want to know what has my pet been doing for the past night, day, and a half?”
“Well normal things like breakfast and making sure all my brain is still there.”
“How about a deal then? Either you tell me something about your adventures or I can parade you around for a few hours as my new pet to the other members.”
“Why not just use magic to get what you want?”
“Magic won’t erase your will and I would much rather wait until you willingly pledge your life to me. You refuse to bend at your lowest so now I want to see how long you're willing to stand up. Afterall you're not my old William you are much more focuses and don’t cower at me anymore.”
“I can’t afford too.”
“That is the iron will I want to grind down with my words alone.”
“Do I get a choice?”
“Yes, I want you to choose my entertainment and if you don’t like either you should have something to make it up to me later.”
“That is very generous.”
“I am a kind master but if it is not enough, I might ask questions.”

>Talk about Alice the librarian. (Omit the halo and coven info)
>Talk about Betty the baker.(Omit social expert and Prisma brief)
>Talk about personal magic studies. (Subvote on what to reveal or hide)
>Take the leash, play as a pet.(Do tricks for High Ring mages)
>Pass on both.(Gain a major social obligation)
>Write-in

Part 3

>>5951023
>and here I thought we could go on a cute date... just when I thought you weren't that bad of a master. But I guess I was wrong. Being a furry is better than a girl. I guess I'll go talk to Lora. Since we had such a nice walk before...

>>5951027
Goal is to make her jealous and hopefully reconsider.

>>5951023
>Talk about personal magic studies. (Subvote on what to reveal or hide)
>catrips

This doesn't implicate anyone else and it isn't really a danger.

She's the one who called us. I wasn't here to ask for help.

>>5951028
Rather her not kill or lock up the Mc. She's a crazy Yandere trying to make the Mc bend the knee. She alsongave the Mc a chance to return to school and join the other factions.

Rolled 88 (1d100)

>>5951321
>>5951027
Hellscream's mood DC 50-90

>>5951321
Called? William called her for a meeting and came to her not the other way around.

>>5951027
>>5951321
“And here I thought we could go on a cute date…”
“Wait a date?”
“Just when I thought you weren't that bad of a master. But I guess I was wrong. Being a furry is better than a girl. I guess I'll go talk to Lora. Since we had such a nice walk before…”
“Hah, just wait a few days and you will know how much worse other masters will be compared to me or maybe I should introduce you to the other faction leaders since you already know three of them. Won’t that be fun and entertaining?
“No! I mean I will have less potential time to spend with you.”
“And for your adventures. I at least gave you a choice and a promise of no harm, the others won’t.”
“Tha-”
“Quiet. We both know you won’t go furry not after you were willing to die before it. So go on your walk. Maybe you might become a snow leopard or a house cat if you anger Animus, or come back as a demon after biting something too big for you to chew.” Clapping her hands together Hellscream prepares to make her way out.
“Wait.”
“Wait what?”
“Wait master.” Says William through gritted teeth.
“With a smile this time.”
“No.”
“Fine, what now pet?”
“I have been on an adventure for the days.” Sighs William having to give something up.
“Hmm, if it's good enough I can count it as our time but if not then I am dragging you somewhere in the future.”
“Well thank you for the pressure I can really feel the leash tugging.”
“Oh please I am barely even touching it right now and at most I threatened to take only a few days from you.”
“For now. Wait several days?”
“Hush, now go on.”
“I have been learning cantrips from time to time, just so you know the basics of Thaumaturgy, Mending, Presitigation, and Control Flames.” Reveals William avoiding Encoding, mana channeling, and counterspell information.
“Ah so my pet is learning to clean after himself?”
“I guess I can help with the dishes as it would only take a single cast with only us and the maid being there.” Says William as Hellscream winces.
“That is one observation.”
“Also I don’t want to bother the maids with laundry from a guest.”
“Do you even have more than one change of clothes?”
“Well I didn’t exac…tly…” William trails off suddenly remembering he doesn’t have any basic necessities from before the incident.
“I can deal with that later. But anyway cantrips are a good thing to keep me distracted from never graduating from Astra. If I can’t have my degree at least I have cantrips to keep me company.”
“Well that is enough for the day I still have class to go to but thank you William for sharing that with me even if I had to pull it out of you. Also the obligation is still up.”
“Fuck.”

part 1

>>5951837
“Oh don’t worry it will only be on Saturday or Friday afternoon depending if I have work to finish up.”
“Can I escape from this?”
“No, I know where you live. I am pulling the master card now.”
“Is it too late to hop sides?”
“Yes also you have my mana stone on you so faction leaders might actually kill you as stones are basically for initiates so don’t ever show that to mages.”
“You tell me this now?”
“When you came back I was a bit emotional at the time, you then avoided me, and you were busy doing your own thing, then slept somewhere else.”
“Okay fair enough see you on the weekend then.”
“Don’t worry I come up with something.”

>Virgil punch
>Muffin wack
>Rose search
>Equipment spell check
>Stay with Hellscream
>Betty brief(Still not ready)
>Write-in

>>5951826
Didn't she call him up in the library and wanted him to make time for her. Only reason we went to her to keep her off our back.

>>5951839
>Equipment spell check

we shoukd check the equipment before heading to muffin for upgrades.

>>5951951
Yes but she assumed it would be much later and was originally calling to see where he disappeared to for the night. Being called on in the middle of school was a surprise for her.

>>5951953
“Sure, fine see you on the weekend. Now I have to go slink away back into the hallways.”
“Make sure you don’t stay out too long or do and call so I don’t stay up for the night.”
“See later then Hellscream.” Says William as he makes his way back to the library.

Pushing through an hour of pausing and hiding as William makes his way through the library not seeing Alice near the door or the rails. Making sure there is no one seeing him, William slinks away into the hidden bookcases to finally get some real progress. Reaching Muffin’s workshop as he puts on the chest armor and hooks up the gloves with cut wires to the chest power nodes. Spooling up power as he feels the gloves buzz to life flicking with a white glow as he flexes his hands. Casting Presitigation to flow sparks from his left hand as he tries to figure out how to work with verbal casting. Trying to rely on Alice’s teaching and Muffin’s technology to push a counter spell into a wordless cast not seeing a way to hook the energy into his body.

Focusing on his right hand channeling the power to his fingers as he imagines the counterspells structure as he chains its frequency with his soul. Remembering anti-magic runes lining a weapon to disrupt magic but pushing the idea to work in a melee or range target. Imagining a counter magic swipe from his hand only to realize that is not aimable before settling on a second idea of gripping the magic but failing to affect the cantrip. With one more idea falling to using an open palm strike to parry or block spell attacks to rely on the glove disruption power. Hoping the melee focus would better enable switching magic spells between his thoughts.

Taking a breath as William pools the power and fires off a wordless counterspell at his cantrip seeing it shatter and burn his left hand. Feeling his cantrip shatter and cause imaginary daggers stabbing into his hand at the counterspell’s heavy power. A smile spreads across his face at the progress as he feels his right hand heating up a bit, noticing some power was lost and not enough padding was added to his gloves.

Mage Gloves lvl 0: Can disrupt cantrips and cast spells using energy.
Mage Armor lvl 0: Theoretically can protect vitals has 7/10 energy available. Requires to be recharged each night.

>Attempt to build arm supports to add more batteries and armor. (Gain energy and +5 melee mod)
>Attempt to build leg mods with padding and server motors.(Gain +5 to sneak mods)
>Decentralize the chest armor and power storage.(Lose 10 energy double limb modifier gain)
>Recentralize the chest power storage and placed on the back(Lose 5 energy, chest armor can be worn and hidden)
>Write-in

>>5952678
>Attempt to build leg mods with padding and server motors.(Gain +5 to sneak mods)

The armor as is was made to be hidden? Unless or am i mistaken?

>>5952744
Wraith armor is going to be made to be hidden but the chest armor needs to be reconfigured as Muffin did not have the time to reassemble that piece of armor as she was busy working on the legs.

Rolled 8, 4, 9, 2, 8 = 31 (5d10)

>>5952744
Muffin notes and work on the legs DC 10-20

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>>5952744
William looks over the workshop notes, seeing Muffin’s blueprints showing stretches of the leg limbs. Leather padding lacing his feet and along the edges of his legs, with smaller server motors along the legs to help support his weight, and wire sockets and bracket attachments for the chest armor. With future space reserved for armor or extra power ready to be slotted in or modded in the future using better resources. Seeing most of the metal being wood and plastic to hold the wires in place as a frown touches his face. Giving the notes a second glance to see the blueprint motors is barely strong enough to support his weight leaving little room for armor and the skeleton frame.

Fitting motors and split wires to each other and casting mending on his fingernails to pull the metal and wires together to cover up gaps and holes on the leg supports. Feeling his mana strain as he maintains the cantrip to stitch the leather together as he uses a quick and dirty method of applying glue to the leather to keep it secured to the soles of the limbs. Looking around the workshop for a box cutter as he opens up Muffin’s toolbox and opens a drawer for extra pieces of leather. Cutting pieces up as he applies it to the foot wood pieces spending two hours making fake shoes to hide the wooden pieces of the leg. Wiping the sweat from his forehead as looks at his phone seeing the time reaching 4:39 PM enough time passed for Betty to be finished. Closing up shop as William adds small notes and corrections on the blueprints to take account of the weight and heat problems the equipment will have to help future research. Putting away the tools and notes as William makes his way to Betty.

>Gain leg limbs with padding and server motors.(Gain +5 to sneak mods)

This time waiting a bit longer by the door as William listens for any students walking outside the hallways before sneaking out. Rushing from corner to corner as he searches for the stalker at the cafeteria not seeing a mage that will derail his plans again. Coming to the cafeteria as he enters slowly to see it is empty of mages again before going in and beelining to Betty. Coming to the counter as William knocks on the glass panel as a chef looks up and yells the white guy is back again. With Betty coming to the front grabbing William as he drags him to the back again.

>>5952892
“You know people will talk if this becomes a regular occurrence.”
“There are no witnesses and I paid off the chefs to be on my payroll.”
“They get paid?”
“Well yeah they have families. So back to the Holly stuff while I don’t have as much info on her due to anyone finding anything about her gets snipped I have general knowledge that can be tailored.”
“I would be very worried if you had no knowledge.”
“So Prisma are simple and from what the girls that survive them say they respond the best to echo chambers and anything that agrees with their point of view. When they ask something do not use logic or facts use emotions to agree with whatever they say”
“So say the opposite of what I think?”
“Yes, Holly from what I heard likes to push small changes at first like gifting darker clothes like jackets if they are guys or if they are girls styling their hair. Slowly weaving and grooming their targets with small changes at a time.”
“And I have to refuse them?”
“You can refuse the first week but after that the requests will get a lot more pushy but in this first week Holly will let some things slide so you don’t need to worry about getting your face melted off.”
“I hate how that is now an option.”
“Welcome to Astra. Now during the first week you need to pull out as much information as possible as I only have the base level knowledge and can’t tailor it any better as the only thing I got is rumors and people seeing her work on second hand accounts.”
“Ah so that is your payment then?”
“Well yeah information is great for me and since you're marked you get to stay alive and I get better data to keep you alive and help others. Oh right, if you need to buy time or distract her just ask her about what are the main problems of men and that should get her on a tangent for an entire day. Just add the occasional really, and how, and interesting to make it seem you're paying attention.”
“This sounds like something normal women would fall for.”
“Oh yeah women love to talk about themselves or complain about something else so you got some prep down. Now I am going into speculation. I do not know what would be better to try and be her friend or negativing every suggestion or compromising on things as Prismas don’t follow any known logic like normal people.”
“Echo chambers, the occasional response, society problems, and just wing it then?”
“Yeah pretty much and as long as you hang with Holly Prisma will mark you for avoidance or defense as your a grooming target.”
“Feels like I am going to be kidnapped.”
“Oh you're definitely will be at some point by Prisma, Animus, or some other bullshit down the line. Leader pets are like exotic to the mages as ords somehow gained their interest enough to be shown off and the fact one leader took a look at you is a surprise.”
“Well three, Animus, High Ring, and Prisma.”
“What did you do?”

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>>5952895
“I don’t know! It just got dragged into this.”
“Wait, you're owned? Shouldn’t you be with your slaver?”
“She gave me a lot from freedom than I expect.”
“Okay anyway I think that is all I have and if I think of something else I will text it to you later as my notes are a bit scattered and making guesses on assumptions and logic gets iffy.”
“Well thanks Betty I will see you tomorrow then if I live.”
“No problem William, just remember to write these notes on your hand if the panic sets in.”
“Wait panic oh fuck an I going to have a panic attack?”
“I mean it's Prisma. I would be worried if you don’t have a panic attack.”
“What do I do? Am I going to get my face melted off?”
“Well I did say the first week will be the easiest so just tell Holly that and spin it as having jitters talking about a sensitive topic. I mean they have to know all their man hating would make anyone nervous and they will either cast Calm Emotions or do it over text.”
“Why are they accommodating?”
“Fresh and relatively fast recruits. Though three leaders watching you might raise eyebrows when none of them are staking their claim. Might be that you're being used as a trophy in the social mage games.”
“Oh my god more bullshit.”
“It makes sense if your first slaver didn’t claim you and another leader steals their pet away that is like bragging rights for their faction. Plenty of ords switched from Prisma to Furry, High Ring gets recruits every once in a while, and the other factions compete for the top position in the school”
“This feels like middle school all over again.”
“Well Astra is basically a middle school but with worse temper tantrums that can level a classroom so its not too far off.”
“Well at least I feel more prepared now than before.”
“Yup! Had to rush some things and I don’t have enough data to give you more solid advice but the more information you learn from the leaders the better I can specialize and simplify it. Now get out of here I need to clean up the kitchen.”
“Okay, okay see ya Betty.”
William begins exiting the school as he looks around for any mages before moving on to catch the train back to Hellscream’s mansion. Time passing by as he memorizes Betty’s information and turns Muffin’s blueprints over in his head trying to think of better designs as he makes his way to the mansion. Knocking on the doors as a maid opens the door and bows allowing him to enter as he walks in. Giving the mansion a closer look as he winces at all the wasted space and luxuries lining the room with a giant staircase front and center. A gold theme spread across the insides of the mansion as he thinks on what to do for his last third of the day.

>Go to your room and practice with mana depletion.
>Call someone subvote on who.
>Bother Hellscream what does she even do after school?
>Write in-

>>5952900
>Bother Hellscream what does she even do after school?

We should try to drag info out of her. She is a faction leader.

>>5953067
Thinking about his options William didn’t want to risk mana depletion without Alice to watch over him and learning more cantrips would get him a headache. Turning on his phone as he weighs whether or not to call up anyone before remembering Betty’s advice about information. With a groan he turns back to the door maid as she closes the door and asks where is Hellscream. Giving a raised eyebrow and directions to her library/common room where she does university work. Thanking the maid as he goes on the hunt and reaching the library room as he knocks before entering the room with bookcases lining the wall and a fireplace at the other end of the wall. Seeing Hellscream sitting on a velvet sofa hunched over a table as she turns toward the door with a look of surprise as notes are scattered around the table.

“What happened?”
“I just thought I would come to visit and bother you a bit.”
“Aah, sure? It is weird that you're just coming over out of nowhere.”
“Well you are my master so might as well get to know you a bit since I am living under your roof and under your care. So what do you usually do?”
“Well I am still a student for my third year in Astra so homework is still a constant bother. Also take a random seat and come over.”
“Are you a reader with all these books around?” Asks William as he grabs a random chair as he sits down near the table.
“Ha, no not really. All these books are like randomly bought by my parents to look well read. I don’t even think they read even one book in this place.”
“I can imagine since who would actually read about three hundred books here? Are they real books or cardboard cutouts?”
“I am pretty sure they are real books in case anyone ever tried to inspect them.”
“Does anyone have the time to even read hundreds of books? Maybe the elves, the old mages, and definitely the demons with their longer life spans.”
“Ah, so you're a nerd.”
“What? No. I don’t read any of these books as I am still a young demon so I don’t have the patience for that.”

>“How did you turn out to be in charge of High Ring?”
>“Why study aren’t you at the top of the class?”
>“Where is the rest of your family?”
>“Why me?”
>Write-in

>>5953266

>flirt
>ask her about her day.

Try to unbalance her and see if anything slips out once we get to the serious questions.

I wonder if we can use this library?

>>5953318
>support
Fuck it we ball

>>5953318
>support
>+can I brush your hair later tonight?

>>5954032
>>5953645
>>5953318

A few ideas run through William’s head trying to think what would be good flirting ideas for Hellscream with the first idea coming to complement her horns only to get discarded since he doesn’t know if that is a good idea or not. The second idea comes up as a blank on what even counts as flirting as he knows he mostly made fun of Betty and listened to Alice. With his third idea coming up is her hair as everyone appreciates their hair except the bald. Having a barebones flirting plan and asking about her day should be good enough to start the talks as he listens for anything important. Taking a breath as he tries to compose his nerves at having a normal-ish conversation with her.

“Need me to brush your hair later tonight?”
“Wha? Really? You want to spend more time with me and brush my hair?” Asks a confused Hellscream.
“Well I know how annoying it is to keep white hair clean as any dirt would show up much faster. So I thought I should help my host keep her beautiful hair maintained.”
“Of course you would say that.” Says Hellscream with a light laugh.
“Well I am biased that my hair color is the best one. You and Holly having it as well is just a coincidence. Now do you want me to help or not?”
“Sure, let me just pop Dimension Door to get my brush. One moment.” Taking a quick few seconds to pop in and out as Hellscream hands over a very old, worn, and normal brush.
“So how was your day? Seeing you get homework must have been a teacher’s bad day.” Asks William as he begins to carefully comb through the surprisingly soft hair.
“Ugh, it is like teachers have it out for all the mages too. Complaining about the young generation not appreciating the basics.”
“Normal old people complaining then?”
“Heh, yeah pretty much. Throwing in history, philosophy, workshop, training, combat, and other class homework to keep us busy and not blow our hands off or rushing for spells like fireball.”
“Okay I have to ask why is running for a specific spell bad?” Asks William trying to needle in some small safe information first.
“Freshman and Sophomores think since they have the mana they could rush a spell and don’t have the patience to learn the basics of mana channeling, iron focus, and mana adjustment.”
“Aren’t those the same thing?”
“No mana channeling is focusing your mana veins to make certain spells easier to channel in your body, mana adjustment is like trying to fill a small cup using a dam full of water, and iron focus takes a bit of time for students to train themselves to only think of a spell instead of having a million thoughts in there head.”
“How have highschool mages not blown themselves up?”
“For normal mage families and demons and probably elves too they would lock or siphon their kids magical power to create mana stones turning years of magic backlash into a controlled magical crystal that can convert their chosen recruits.”

>>5954320

“Maybe they have mana batteries or something?”
“Mana batteries hold a neutral charge to be used in normal appliances so Prisma would still need to spend energy to convert it to their specific magic school. They are doing something to get more magic. So far my faction has bets on the answer being eldritch, secret government conspiracy funding, or human trafficking for mana stones.”
“Don’t they take over orphanages and push out the old staff?”
“They do? I thought those were rumors ords were whispering.”
“They do own orphanages and groom them into new recruits.”
“Well that gives the human trafficker bet more ammo.”
“No one decided to go and confirm the bets?”
“That is not important enough to start a fight over and the mystery is more fun.”
“And what is your bet?”
“Eldritch shit.”
“Hmm, what do you use to keep your hair silky smooth?” Asks William giving Hellscream an out.
“Ah! Well this beautiful hair your master is allowing you to touch is maintained by ent tears mixed with minerals molded by specialized druids. They can only make a limited number per month that gets sold out in hours.”

>“How are your friends doing?”
>“So why study in the library instead of your room?”
>“Ideas on what you will do after Astra?”
>Write -in

>>5954321

>“Ideas on what you will do after Astra?”
>“So why study in the library instead of your room?”
>Get her to show us her room.
>give her a massage. Her muscles must be all tight after that combat training.

>>5954321
>>5954348
+1

>>5954321
>“How are your friends doing?”
>“So why study in the library instead of your room

Changing vote

>>5954321
>>5954679
>supporting

>>5955074
>>5954679
>>5954348

Tossing around a few ideas in his head as a thought of offering a massage pops into view only to be discarded as he did not know the first thing about massages. Combing Hellscream's hair as his thoughts drift to his other bullies and what they are doing.

“So how are your other friends doing?”
“Sarah is complaining about her tutor being a hard ass, Veronica is still trying to kiss my ass to be the next president, and Julia is having boy trouble not finding anyone meeting her standards. Why? You are looking for another master to take you in?”
“No, I was wondering what they were up to since the last time I saw them and I didn’t see them when I called you up. Also you're getting presidential candidates?”
“I am graduating in like two years so I might as well have the next leader picked out. Still trying to decide between Sarah who is behind her studies or a distracted Julia, as a kissass would just fuck it up. ”
“Talking bad about your best friends behind their back is bad form. Here I thought you guys would cling together.”
“They aren’t clinging on me all the time just when it's convenient to look good. It is a girl thing too as we all compete to look our best.” Winces Hellscream.
“Yes, nothing like passing the time picking on random magicless students. Really showing the class your power.” Says William as he tugs a bit too hard on Hellscreams hair before flinching his hand away before returning to untie the hair knot.
“Well what else are ords there for if not for mild entertainment? Not like we can find you.”
“What, they miss their favorite punching bag?” Asks William as he tries to recall the memories only drawing a blank from his pockmarked memories only to still feel a familiar hate.
“Pretty much since you don’t go to your normal classes anymore we had to move on to the next victim.”
“Yup, a pretty good show of power to those that can’t fight back. Mages have too much spine to be worth the trouble.”
“We can try to mess with the mages but that would just break the hallways and get the hall monitors on us and detention. Or the golems if we accidentally break something in the workshops or the magos library.”
“Which type of golem?”
“I think they vary between the lowest bidder between rock golems or weird metal ones with anti-magic on them to prevent theft from libraries and workshops.”
“You think with all the government money the school could afford the damage.”
“Right? I think they are playing favorites with the rune knights since they are pulling double duty of being their police baton and students. Save enough money they pay themselves bonuses and just throw credits to the knights to keep everyone in line.”
“Can’t be that bad or you're just seeing things.” Asks William trying to needle more information.

part 1

>>5955892

“They gave the knights an entire gym and combat ring to test their combat skills against training dummies. All the other classes have not even gotten new tables, they are just cast Mending and ignored.”
“Is that a mage problem I am too magicless to understand?”
“It is like you can feel the warpedness of wood and metal twisting and not completely smooth.”
“Speaking of wood, how come you're studying in the library instead of your room?”
“Its… I have good memories here with my parents before they are constantly at work.”
“Ah, so they read you bedtime stories in here?”
“Among other things.”
“So you are a booknerd.”
“No, I just someone else to read it for me. Since my parents are always dealing with emergency this, family feud that, siblings needing a small loan of our parents' services, and surprise meetings with business associates.”
“How did you sleep during all that?”
“Earplugs or the mansion is big enough to muffle the noise.”

>“Pick a kids book I will read it.”
>“What is wrong with your friends?”
>“So are the horns naturally pointy or…”
>“What makes you choose the next leader?”
>Write-in

QM note: Sorry for the delay had to deal with DPS shit. Everything should be back on track with one update a day.

>>5955898
>“What is wrong with your friends?”

>“What makes you choose the next leader?

>“Pick a kids book I will read it.”

>>5956158
“What is wrong with your friends? Some drama and girl stuff that is too important to be talked about?”
“Ahhh, I would not call them friends more like acquaintances that we usually hang out with. Like teachers who assign group projects while we can get along, we aren't real friends that you know since middle school. ”
“So what demon families just shipped you out to Astra?”
“Well yes, being the best school you have to leave behind friends you knew about as they have other plans or not enough status to get in with you.”
“But you know them for at least a year?”
“Sarah would be more hot headed and refuse to sit still, Veronica is from a politician family so that is her natural state of things with her scheming something, and Julia doesn’t take uni seriously as she is just coasting until she graduates and takes a nepotism job. None of them have a true focus on a goal for the future. At least you have a goal you're trying to achieve while everyone else just hangs around.”
“Is that why yooour… Having a hard time thinking a leader?”
“Yeah it leads into that nicely. Someone with a goal they know they want, willing to pursue it as best as they can, intelligent,being an equal demon rank, and having the smarts to reach tier 9 spells.”
“Then how did you not find a senior to take that up?”
“I am looking for a junior or a promising freshman but since I gave up a demon mana stone it limited my options a bit but I am sure I can get a candidate eventually.”
“That is nice.” Says William tapping at his demon stone.
“So what is on your mind William?”
“Currently in my mind is a book. So pick a kids book so I can read it to you.”
“What?”
“Pick one as I bestow you my voice as an idea.” Says William as Hellscream gives a scoff and hands over a random book she mage hands toward William.
“Thank you. A First Contact with the Aeternus Imperium? I said a kids book not a biography.”
“It's a history book and why would I hand you over my favorite book from my childhood. That is just embarrassing.”
“Who will know the maids?”
“Yes.”
“Just tell them not to spill.”
“They will spill and they will enjoy the gossip.”

>“A threat is a threat. I will read this book to you.” (Learn elves lore)
>“So what is with demons are they the same as mages or…”(Learn demon lore)
>“Well I will head out for tonight Hellscream.” (Skip to next day)
>Write-in

>>5957681
>“A threat is a threat. I will read this book to you.” (Learn elves lore)

We must follow through!

>>5957701
>Support
>Try to slip an arm around her shoulders. Try to be smooth.

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>>5957751
>>5957701

Humming to himself William settles on going through with his threat as he tries to think of how to keep Hellscream in place to avoid running. With one idea popping up of smoothly sliding in and grape his arm over her shoulder before he shakes his head knowing he doesn’t know how to be smooth. Instead going with another idea of making it look more like a threat to avoid making it awkward. Scooting closer to Hellscream as he snakes his left arm under hers and clamping down on her shoulder as he brings the book to rest on his lap and her lap.

“What are you doing?”
“I said to pass me a book and I will read a book to you, so I am following through with my threat.”
“I refuse.”
“You can’t teleport, you will just take me with you and you can break my arm to escape.”
“I can’t damage my property that will look bad for my image.”
“Sounds like a perfect situation to read history to you.”
“Hell no, I don’t have history class until Thursday.”
“Get an early lead on the content then.” Says a smiling William.
“We don’t go over foreign politics until chapter eight!”
“Better to make notes now.”
“I will forget about all this and the rest will be blurry!”
“Well it is a good thing to start reading early so you remember something.”
“Is this because I refused to give you my favorite book?”
“Yes and I am curious about the elves and need someone to torture and give commentary.”
“I am going to pass out here.”
“Hold on till I get through one chapter and give you a pop quiz.”
“Now you're sounding like an old crone.”
“Now is not the time for distractions, now it is time for learning. Foreword tha-”
“I changed my mind get me out.”
“I refuse, where was I? Okay skipping to the first page of the actual book. The Aeternus Imperium was first discovered seven hundred and thirty eight years ago during the second colonization wave with the focus being toward the Western sea after establishing communications with the Divinus Lumar empire from the East.”
“Oh my god you weren’t bullshitting.”
“Now I expect you to write notes while I talk.”
“I will pay you to shut up.”
“I have no need of money. Now let me read to you.”

William begins reading the book as he organizes what he is reading to better keep track of the book contents. Aeternis Imperium is the elves current government system adopted after two hundred being in a first contact war with the Ashlyn empire with what was assumed to be tribal savages living in balance with nature. With the Ashlyn empire making several cities and outposts seeing very little active resistance from the natives allowing harvesting natural plant reagents for potion and enchantment trade back to the home nation.

>>5958408
Attempts to capture elven specimens were impossible as at the time the natives disappeared into thin air only for a few more generations past till scientists discovered elves were using Pass without a Trace and Tree Stride to avoid capture.

Three generations of light patrol defenses and the occasional raid that left little damage lulled the Ashlyn empire into complacency allowing the elves to channel their most devastating power against the empire. A new type of magic formula came into being as elven mega spells were brought into warfare, a type of magic weapon the Ashlyn took years to recreate through great effort and sacrifice of a few test sites. Tribes of elves pool their magic together to unleash hurricanes, tornados, and flash floods wiping away entire cities. Plants literally came to life and burrowed under defenses to deliver tree roots for rapid elven deployment of their elite fighters. With the most grunt level elves being on par with the mage interns relying on poison effects, alpha strikes, and hit and runs to tire out isolated Ashlyn forces.

On the field vivisections showed elves carrying more mana potential within their bodies as they are more naturally attuned to the leylines as their nature patheon helps maintain a balance. However the war forced the elves to rapidly adapt when faced with an existential invasion and ecology loss from control burns and over exploitation of their lands. Forcing an unprecedented level of cooperation between warring tribes to beat back the invasion by relying on their long lives to build up nature spirit armies, mega spells, and recruiting oceanic animals to help turn a normal outpost into a death trap. With current technology levels shown rapidly advancing in spite of the elven population difficulty of reproduction slowing their learning and replacement rate. Due to the more readily available leylines in their lands the elven nation can more easily power their defensive armies and mega spells to act as a deterrent.

While the war raged for a few more decades it was not until the newly elven nation shattered the third fleet invasion did they reach out with a translation spell sent over by a captured Ashlyn mage to begin negotiations. Most of the old mage council worried about mega spell use against their territory and decided to surrender their claims and pay reparations to the affected party going so far as offering a technology exchange to smooth over relations. While the Ashlyn empire moved on from that stain on their history, the Aeternis Imperium still refuses any trade with the empire due to their long lives and rush to reach parity with the nation.

>>5958410
Current theories on the question of why the Imperium reached out to end the war range between population attrition, mass ecology die offs, to even war exhaustion have been put forth but the main theory is accidental damage to an elven node tree. A purple tree the size of a building housing a major clan of elves that we assume to be grown on top of a leyline node point to funnel the magic of the world. Old documents show Ashlyn Empire attempted a decapitation strike against the leadership only to fail and activate Meteor Storm and Firestorm as distraction as elves shown to hate uncontrolled fires on important cultural sights. It was not until losing a third fleet did the elves offer diplomacy right after their node tree sustained heavy fire damage however this is all speculation as the Imperium has refused to help burn away the fog of war from a centuries old war. We can only hope the Imperium will join the union of cooperation to ensure the safety of the seas together.

Pulling his thoughts away from the book as William rubs his eyes at all the reading as his left arm cramps from not moving. Turning to the left to see a sleeping Hellscream on his shoulder with bits notes half written down as William closes the book having had enough reading for the night.

>Call the maids to get Hellscream to bed.(Sleep)
>Look around what else is in the library.(Vote for what book your looking for)
>Wake Hellscream continue the book reading.(Lore)
>Write-in

>>5958412
>Look around what else is in the library.(Vote for what book your looking for)
-magetech book
-social book
-Martial arts
-factions

This is just off the top of my head. Can we have the maids take Hellscream and continue or does she stay right there so we don't get kicked out?

>>5958678
>support
>princess carry her to bed.

Rolled 4 (1d4)

>>5958678
>>5958711

Hellscream allowed you to live in the manor and move around for food so they won't kick you out. I will go with the book option first.

1. magetech, 2. social?, 3 martial, 4. factions.
1d4 type and 1d100 if it is actually useful.

Rolled 80 (1d100)

>>5958993
Does the library have update up info or folktales.
DC high is better.

>>5958678
Also mac you're really going at it on the four different information angles, calm down I barely have the school zone filled out.

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>>5958711
>>5958678

Gently guiding Hellscream’s head to rest against the table, William turns his attention to the wealth of books in front of him wandering around the walls and grabbing the first book that looks important. Yanking out a book with a simple sentence of world history checking the date to be 1403 After Ash. About five years out of date for the current year as William thanks his luck that Hellscream’s parents apparently want up to date information. Flipping over the book as he begins learning more.

Popping open the first page to read about tribal savages roaming the countryside as bandits, marauders, and enslavers that have managed to evade the mage council justice. Vagrants, criminals, and exiles that abandoned a life of comfort for the dangers of wilderness to enjoy terrorizing frontier towns. Do not approach these animals(this is not a slur against the morally outstanding citizens with Animus standing) and expect compassion or empathy as they would either kill, kidnap, or enslave you for their sick enjoyment. While common bandits do not pose a threat to actual convoys with mage defendants, the rats refuse open combat against the Empire’s steel and only target under defend towns. Current reports show them as very slippery enemies that have erased entire frontier towns of peasants leaving not a single soul or piece of scrap metal behind. Decade after decade minor outposts are established to expand the empire’s holdings but sees these cities overrun by aggressive wildlife, disease, raids, or disappeared under a night. Citizens are advised to avoid visiting under defended frontiers and the exclusion zone from where werewolves were first spotted. While the werecurse has been burnt out the government still does not know where this infection originated in nature and will shoot and execute any trespassers that attempt to gain entry.

These policies have been implemented throughout the years to ensure the safety of the empire’s citizens as the emperor of Ashlyn decrees with the council of mages. Emperor Marcus continues to oversee the protection and prosperity of the nation ensuring the safety of his citizen’s lives and continued efforts to usher in an alliance of the three empires. To prepare for the hidden threats of disease, monster attacks, and whatever threats might rise from nowhere to threaten the peace. Everyday the Emperor of this great nation makes sure problems and corruption is solved quickly and speedily with crime levels at an all time low. Having the Emperor visit a location is a great honor that many citizens look forward to showing their gratitude to the one that protects them all.

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>>5959184
With the Emperors continued guidance allowing the first glimpses of the Divinus Lumar Empire to the East of the Empire. An enlightened society led by spiritual Yokai that defend the seas of the East from hurricanes and oceanic monstrous squids and krakens. With their talismans being the basis of the creation of rune knights and the Empire providing aviation in a technological exchange for a deeper friendship to the Eastern allies. Using the information provided by our guests we estimate them to be a hybrid of Divine magic and using an unknown magic type called Ki that somehow acts like the equivalent of Stoneskin but unaffected by anti-magic runes. Further questions on this topic were denied by the Divinus Lumar Empire. Both empires appear to have similar governments with peasants supporting the base of society and enlightened ones being in positions of power to help progress society by the decree of their leader. The current empress of the Lumar empire being Kayla Fluctus currently on a crusade subjugating oceanic monsters.

Flipping through the pages a bit more as William feels the sleep trying to overtake him as his eyes pauses enough to catch the word representative. Representatives are positions of power given to normal citizens where a mage or some other official position could not be fulfilled due to lack of recruitable mage applications. Such positions include steel union heads, logistic centers, and public waste disposal. Jobs of minor importance where mage talents would be wasted if placed in a dead end job. Here citizen representatives have a higher degree of autonomy to better be able to hit production quotas and provide citizens with vertical social mobility to help aid the empire. Usually if these positions cannot be fulfilled by a mage it will be assigned by hand from the previous representative to maintain the work flow to due disruption of mage operations. While it is regrettable that mages do not want all positions of power available the empire makes due with second hand resources to meet its demands.

>Call in the maids and sleep.(Sleep.)
>READ MORE(Roll a d3 for book and I roll a d100-25 mod from tired)
>Worte in

>>5959185
>Call in the maids and sleep.(Sleep.)

So ki is impossible for us to discover?

>>5959185
>princess carry her to her bed.
>go to sleep

>>5959226
Theoretically you can learn it, practically you would not have the time to get the good shit unlocked. Better to have your focus on mage spells, martials from Virgil, and whatever else you ord allies can provide. Adding too much fields would just split your focus and resources too thinly. Plus getting a fox patron would either require crits or some major narrative shit to do down.

>>5959432
>>5959226
Rubbing his eyes one more time William decides he had enough ready for the night and walks over to Hellscream hooking an arm under her legs and around her back as he tries to lift her. Letting the weight shift as his arms struggle to budge her body due to Hellscream either being too fat or his arms are too scrawny to handle the weight. Squeezing his arm muscle to feel only squishiness rather than toned definition William wonders if Virgil has something to get fast results. Giving out a sigh as William calls in the maids as he makes his way to his warm bed for the new Wednesday as he plans out for new goals.

>Greet Hellscream over breakfast. (Social)
>Skip school and read more about a discovered topic. (Representatives, fox empire, emperor, or the outskirts. You guys pick a topic and roll 1d100 for quality search)
>Skip school, stay in Hellscream's study room and find lore.(Pick a topic and I roll d100 for quality for each.)
>Skip to Alice spell training.
>Skip to Virgil martial practice.
>Skip to finding the druggie Rosa
>Skip to Muffin production.
>Skip to Betty knowledge
>Write-in

>>5959882
Also guys a quick heads up after the Sunday Hellscream social and the Prisma event I am going to switch things to a weekly timeskip as working out every individual day would never finish this quest. Plus I want to speed things up so I can add in minor combat sooner so I can practice making up a combat system when mage combat eventually happens.

>>5959916
>Greet Hellscream over breakfast. (Social)
>Skip to Virgil martial practice.
>Skip to Muffin production.

Does Betty have anything new that justifies meeting her? Also how many days slots do we have?

>>5960063
Right now four-five-ish but when the time skips start it will be seven slots a week but I will just add a multiplier mod to speed things up. For Betty every time you give her a target she can provide social bonuses and research into a faction using rumors to figure out what when they start hunting, skirmishes between factions, and their stats/build doctrine for combat bonuses. Since mages don't hide their magic they announce how they fight every other day.

Rolled 83, 99, 62, 52 = 296 (4d100)

>>5960063
Virgil's practice. bo2
Muffin's application. bo2

Rolled 97 (1d100)

>>5960885
William's combination +31 from Muffin's attempt.

>>5960886
>>5960885
Oh okay 99 martial theory, 62 muffin theory, and William's innovation 121. And Encode thoughts got issued and is a cantrip with 10 uses now after training counter spell with the suits power. Might take a bit as I try to figure out how to translate this into game terms. Oh also Muffin stayed up all night to work on arm limbs after William did the legs. Scrap amount down to 2 units and needs to be refilled.

>>5960889
Do we vote for two more actions after this since we were supposed to have 4-5 actions or were Virgil and muffins actions boosted?

>>5961022
You got one school action left and one after school action. So there will be a choice on what to do after I get the Virgil and Muffin thing done. I got the reward idea now I just need to write it down.

Rolled 27 (1d100)

>>5961197
William's resistance to headaches.

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>>5960063
Climbing down the stairs as William yawns as he enters the dinning room where Hellscream is eating a smoked salmon with some kind of cheese looking spread of a bagel. With several maids ready to tend to her needs, a maid comes by and offers an omelet with a side of eggs and bacon to William. Seeing the delicious breakfast he gives his thanks before settling down on the table and digging in as he turns to Hellscream.

“Morning Hellscream. Had a restful night?”
“Ugh, I had weird dreams about fox girls and a droning narration from a nature documentary describing politics.”
“Sounds like an eventful dream and you learned a bit from the book.”
“I learned nothing and didn’t bother with the notes.”
“I guess I can help you with another history session.”
“Oh god no, I will get the bottle spray on you.”
“You think water can stop me?”
“I will get the hose.”
“Okay maybe that will stop me.” Says William as he stuffs his face with breakfast.
“But still about last night thank you for the entertainment even if it was torture.”
“I can find worse books. Next we will learn language arts and Divas language.”
“I don’t want to speak fox.”
“Think of the future opportunities if you ever met a fox you would impress them with your understanding or funny accent.”
“You somehow make learning seem worse.”
“I aim to break expectations but anyway see you after school or at schools. I got some friends to catch up on.”
“Sure, sure don’t get stabbed.”
“I cannot promise that later.” Says William grabbing a bagel to go as he leaves.

Giving a quick call to Virgil and Muffin to meet him at the workshop to begin training and production as a with roger and kay messages greet him in response. The morning concrete, subway, and trees blur together as William taps his fingers against the subway as he looks forward to seeing what Muffin could create as makes his way through the school’s later hours. And what knowledge Virgil can give him to throw a punch. Muscle memory lets him reach the library easily as he gives Alice a quick wave as she gives a quick wave in response before melting back into the books.

Entering the workshop as Muffin shows off a blueprint as she gives animated gestures of her arms and gives a few exaggerated swings. Trying to apply theory to practice as Virgil shakes his head and adjusts her footwork to have a better balance. Adjusting her position Virgil shows a quick swing while keeping his arms near his body to avoid overextension and better protect his body. Clicking the door closed as Virgil turns and greets William as Muffin writes down notes with the new adjustments.

Part 1

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>>5961688
“Hey man so I was talking with Muffin about upgrades and seeing as she had ideas for the limb additions we are going to skip to martial memories first.”
“Are we in a time crunch? And shouldn't the limb guards go on first so I can get used to them?”
“No. First thing about fighting is you need to know your body's limits, your strength, and your weaknesses. Armor, weapons, and spells will be useless if you can't run straight or roll with damage.”
“Okay give me four memories to start the process.”
“Woah man you first of all need enough magic to cast that control several times. And you're no mage that can handle all those castings.”
“I got the armor chest piece that I can cast with. Plus my cantrip limit was three so pushing four should be doable.”
“Okay fine but as soon as you feel building pressure, confusion, or a stinging pain from memory overload stop and try again later. My old boss told me that these are the symptoms of a burst blood vessel so I got Spare the Dying ready to go.”
“You just carry that?”
“I beat Ords daily, of course I will carry that. So now start casting your shit and I will focus on my fighting style and a move called Second Wind ready?”
“Yup hand me your string.”

Virgil brings two fingers to tap on the side of his head as multiple strings slide out of his head. One string, two, three, four, six, eight strings clump together like a ball of glowing yarn as William grabs the strings and begins focusing on copying in Virgil’s move as he casts Encode and gets a rush of memories. Seeing Virgil’s point of view as he is guided by Knight Everhart, his old friend. Seeing her intense glare watching his every movement as she adjusts his footing making sure feet are flat on the ground with one foot forward and a foot back ready to push forward or backward to dodge blows. Her hands adjusting his fists pushing them closer to his center mass and never extended to ensure rapid strikes while wasting little time leaving oneself over extended. With a nod she smiles and waves Virgil to try a few swings as Virgil throws three punches back to back with one arm always protecting his body.

Part 2

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>>5961691
“Great job Virgil. Now remember to always stay on the move and never stop. Mages will be able to one tap you with one hit but they need distance to fully use their magic and since I lost my status and memories I can’t help make any runes. So always stay close, move constantly, and always fight dirty as there is no honor on the field.”
“Yes ma’am I hope to make you proud.”
“Well you did pick up my notes well. Like a prodigy.”
“I do learn from the best miss knight.”
“Well how can I call myself a knight if I don’t have my favorite squire?”
“Do I get a sword to help slay a dragon?”
“I can get you a wooden sword.”
“Close enough so all we need is a steed.”
“I got my motorcycle so we can use that to go on adventures to fight the mages. But first you must prepare for the fight. Now the next step is called Second Wind.”
“Sounds like an awful knight move. Well at least it is not something stupid like blade cutter.”
“Ehhh, don’t look up fancy sword names. So anyway you focus on your body and pump out a rush of adrenaline to get back up. While normal fights you would have normal amounts of adrenaline using this tactic will dump what reserves are left in your body.”
“Mind over matter type of thing?”
“More like a mind pushing matter out. You focus on your heart beat and flex your entire body at once, bite your tongue to use the pain and trigger a fight response.”
“Ugh, blood will get everywhere.”
“Okay, not too hard and use the Spare the Dying cantrip that I taught you to help stitch the wound back up if you bite too hard.”
“Sure, sure I will now what is next?”
“Well this week we will focus on hand to hand combat and next week depending on your progress I can teach you action surge.”
“This sound like a drug.”
“Nope is is natural and is used when yo-”

A pulsing headache stabs into William’s head as he clutches the side of his head as he drops several thought strings as he bumps into the table. Muffin immediately holds onto him as Virgil winces as he pulls out a knife and cuts his hand as he mutters under his breath as a white glow flashes on his fist as he taps William’s shoulder. Feeling a wave of peace wash over his as William shakes his head as he refocuses on the room.

“Your boss was a knight? Whoa headaches are stingy.”
“Ex-rune knight. Turns out she was one of the rare people with a conscience but got burned for it when her house fell due to politics.”
“She was the one that taught you anti-mage stuff?”
“Tactics and constantly interrupting their verbal or somatic casting but yeah. She couldn’t get a weapon and would get too much heat if mages see an Ords with a sword. So throwing hands was the only thing she could pass down. I tried Encode to get the memories but they did something to her memories to erase the important bits but muscle memory still stayed and help train me with a bastardized version of her class.”

Part 3

>>5961697
“Thank you for the trust Virgil. Also, I hit my memory limit.”
“It is all good man. For the memory we can pick it up tomorrow or when you go back home as those thought strands last for eight hours. So we should move onto what Muffin has.”

Muffin makes sure to have William sit down on a stool as she practically bolts for her blueprints and brings them over for William to see. With bits of sketches tossed around with arm braces, knuckledusters, and bladed edges scribbled on the paper.

“Well! I had to stay up all night to get something out. So originally I tried to think of clawed hands to help climb walls but the surface area was too small. Next I thought about a grappling hook but I don’t have any titanium infused magic wire or an advanced servo motor to meet that. Then I thought about a blade but unless a rune knight adopts you that is a dead end. Lastly I thought of syringe gloves to inject poisons into mages for an edge but needles will break too easily from what Virgil said when I showed him my ideas.”
“Fragile equipment unless used first in an ambush will break.”
“Sooo I workshopped a blueprint with him a bit and got arm bracers, knuckdusters, and bladed arm guards that can flip out with a button.”
“That is a lot of mods you sure you got the metal for it?”
“Of course I have the metal. It won’t be good metal and can only slash once before breaking as it's made out of aluminum for now. But it can get a poison or chemical into someone’s bloodstream.”
“Won’t the poison just slip off?”
“Easy fix, just mix the poison with grease or vaseline. Needs to soak for a day, mix it every half an hour, and it will stick on the blades for one slash before needing to be refilled. I don’t have the material to make syringes or better armor as I ran out of material so I need to head to the junkyard for a top off.”
“So Virgil would the knuckle and arm guards help?”
“Yes since being close range would force mages to either back off or use melee spells and with the mana gloves you should have a better chance of interrupting spell casting. That is assuming they don’t have fire resistance and fireball their feet.”
“The blades?”
“That is a bit more niche but if you reposition then you can get a slash on their leg to cut a tendon and poison them. A bit experimental but there is use in that it is just I only worked with my hands so blade integration will be on you to learn.”
“Okay so might as well start, wait what about the mana gloves?” Asks William as he turns his attention back to Muffin.
“Ah, I can resize the guards and knuckles to fit them in. Also I only have it in black as that is the cheapest spray paint ords have.”
“Then it is good so might as well start building.”
“Actually I do have one more thing to add.” States Virgil.
“I am building the guards and the headache is only lightly buzzing my head now.”

Part 4

>>5961700
“Not that it is about the training. While you do have the knowledge you don’t have the muscle memory or the intuition to fight.”
“Meaning?”
“You need to get your ass kicked from a trial by fire.”
“Fine, come at me Virgil.”
“Not from me. A teacher beating you would be over too fast or I would hold back too much. Instead you need to fight amateurs so you can compare your basic skills to their sloppy maneuvers. It is one thing to read a cooking recipe, watch someone cook, but it's completely doing it yourself.”
“So I should beat Muffin?”
“Hey, don't damage the merchandise! I bruise easily.”
“No as of right now no one knows your technically my right hand so if you want fast results you need to practice with people at or a little bit about your level. You learn the best when faced with failure so you learn to not do that again.”
“That sounds like shitty advice.”
“It was how I was taught and I like to think it was worth the struggle. Even if I did lose a few teeth. So I can shadow you as you beat some Ords for me and swoop in if you take too much of a beating.”
“I am going to get my skull cracked open again.”
“Keep your arms near your body so you can protect your head and I got the spell ready to stabilize you..”
“I swear to one of the divine gods if I die I am escaping from the after live and haunting your ass.”
“Sure, now after you make those arm guards with Muffin do you want to head out right away to fight some Ords in the forest, hallways, bleachers, or in the streets and how many do you want to try to take on?”
“Is there a difference?”
“Hallways will be cramped and you control the direction they are coming, the forest you can practice using the vegetation to cover your approach, bleachers are more open and you got metal beams to use as cover, and the streets will be hard mode as both sides can go all in. I say one or two people is your limit as you're just starting out but if you want three or more that will force you to adapt a lot faster but risk bone fractures that need like a week to heal.”
“Put a pin on that as I want to build the arm blades.”
“Sure and if you pass out I can take you to the nurse for a quick morphine shot. Also I need you to hit the gym with me so you can pack muscle on those noodles to hit harder.”
“Fuck.” Groans out William.

Part 5

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>>5961702
Turning back to Muffin as both students begin the hours long process of beating metal together using half broken drills to cut metal pieces off, a hammer to beat the shapes to be molded better, with a small buzzsaw ripping metal shavings off the metal to fit in the blades on the edges. Hours pass as discard metal gets mended together to stay in one shape and redrilled to get the correct measurements. Control Flames and Spark used to burn corners to smooth out sharp edge to avoid stabbing someone’s wrist as metal plates stack on top of each other as a bolt is run through the holes before being blowtorched into slag to hold its shape. Latches and straps fitted in to keep the arm guards secured as William and Muffin step back to appreciate their work.
One school and one afternoon slot left.

>“Okay I think it's time to inflict violence on some idiots.” (Fight Ords pick location and number of enemies)
>“That is enough work I need to study.”(Find Alice and LEARN.)
>“I am going to find a certain drug dealer.” (Find the Rose character)
>“Wait what is stopping us from going to the junkyard right now for scrap?”(Lore)
>Write-in

>>5961704
I knew I was forgetting something.

Gained knowledge of 1st level in fighter.
Fighting Style: Unarmed fighting deal 2d4 blunt damage, knuckledusters give 1d4 on top as well.
Second Wind gain hit points 1d10+ 0 level fighter(for now).

Wraith arms level 1.
Arm braces with bladed edges that can be coated in poisons, paralytics, or other liquids for combat. +5 combat mod can be further improved and causes 2d4 blunt/slash damage and injects liquids into an enemy. Can only be used once before breaking.

Willaim Hit Points 10 and DC to be hit 50.

>>5961704
>“Wait what is stopping us from going to the junkyard right now for scrap?”(Lore)

>“Okay I think it's time to inflict violence on some idiots.” (Fight Ords pick location and number of enemies)

Can we just ask Vergil what he thinks we can handle as a beginner and the results of each option vs the risk?

>>5961704
>tell Virgil we'll meet him after school to beat ords.

>go to Alice learn booming blade. It'll be good to have. it'll stop people from running away from us.

>start a daily workout routine.

Qm question can we learn the mageslayer feat? And sentinel?

What about rogue stuff? I'd like sneak attack and expertise in stealth/sleight of hand.

>>5961748
Virgil would say start one on one in familiar territory to get your first taste of combat. It is mostly how fast you guys want to risk things. At worst you get like a bone fracture and a -10 to rolls for a week since Virgil's safety net can let you take a lot more danger. At best you unlock fighter level 1, get combat mods, and the hit point increase immediately if you win hard enough.

>>5961869
Okay did not know mageslayer existed. You automatically get that from Virgil's backstory. Sentinel I will have to see if its something an ex-rune knight would carry.

Gained mageslayer feat.

>>5961966
Final question do warlocks exist?

Because getting an imp familiar from find familiar spell would be dope and we can drop darkness on people and see through it.

I want to learn silence (spell) and Misty step at some point too and of course Darkness.

And thanks for keeping the quest going qm. It's pretty good.

>>5961869
You can get sentinel from Virgil when you hit fighter knowledge level 4. Rogue stuff you can get it too you just need to find the right ally and gain their trust to let you take their memories.

>>5962177
In character William thinks warlocks are a myth like santa claus and believes more real things like the tooth fairy especially after the teeth incident of 77. A good dozen high tier mages and a few normals lost their teeth after a botched summoning and binding ritual of a fae. They manage to banish it back to its dimension but could not regain or heal their teeth back and now can only drink soup.

Out of character the rune knights were established by the original council to hunt down and suppress warlocks as they are a major cult problem that grew too powerful and started their wars during the age of Ash. The mage council suppresses any information, sightings, or rumors about warlocks to avoid the public realizing there are more gods than just the elves, fox, and empire’s. It is the reason Astra was made and why it's pumping out tier 20 mages so they can help keep vigil and hunt for multiple gods' interference.

Warlocks are basically warlocks but replace patrons with other gods from distant lands. Actually warlocks are basically clerics of gods but with different abilities to be used as deniable assets like black ops to start shit in other gods home territory to gain followers or power or information.

Also any new feats will be locked behind interaction or survival against rune knights as they are the martial class.

Also ally update and social link
>Virgil level 8 fighter. SL: 10 Trusted leader.
>Muffin level 3 artificer pushing for armorer(debuffed). SL: 10 Trusted researcher.
>Alice. Commoner? SL: 2 Curiosity
>Betty. Commoner? SL: 1 Acquaintance.

Rolled 9, 6, 10, 8, 6 = 39 (5d10)

>>5961869
Booming blade cantrip learning

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>>5961869
>>5961746
“So I should get a workout routine to help with the training?”
“Pretty much but I need a week to get a training session setup here and you should focus on the Prisma meeting rather than focusing on gains. You got how long before that comes up?”
“I think on Monday.”
“Yeeeah, focus on any prep for Prisma and by Tuesday I will be running you through the drills to help with mobility and weight lifting. I need to get Muffin to make some weights for you on your legs and arms so you're constantly working.”
“How long will that take?”
“At least a month before you see any gains or if you got some magic drugs to help speed it up the process sooner but I don’t have any dealers as I went all natural from Everhart’s training.”
“Well better to start the second half of training so lets crack some skulls in after school then so I might as well see what I lack.”
“Sure I can point you to a forest trail to jump two guys that are ignoring my call ins. Should be an easy first trial with those gauntlets and knuckledusters. Also always keep the sleeves on we do not want any information about your weapons leaking out or at the very least build a mask and don’t say a single word.”
“Ords would squeal?”
“Man those idiots would gossip about the most random of shit and it's a reason why I don’t share anything about encoding or fighting as that will give them ideas of power.”
“Are they all incompetent?”
“Yes! Animus and Prisma take the best so all I got are the rejects and spares. Except Muffin and you for sticking with me.”
“Wait, so what is stopping us from going to the junkyard right now for scrap?” Asks William as Muffin pipes up.
“Oh you know the usual things, skipping class, grades, watching the ords, mage patrols, and the Purifiers.”
“The what?”
“Oh right, only me and Virgil know about them. Okay so they are the sanitation guys that pick up trash of ords and mages that don’t have the patience to learn enchantments to build a furnace dumpster. Everyone makes trash and turns out mage trash have magic reagents, failed potions, and defective or weak enchantments. Trash and failures for mages but a gold mine for ords that actually I don’t know what they do with the mage trash as they take it to their buildings or ship it out with garbage trucks.”
“Who would buy that shit?”
“Rich ords, desperate people, a collector. Plenty of people can definitely use weak enchantments against other ords as that could give them a magic edge.”
“So a black market over trash.”
“Hey man don’t insult trash! That is where I got all the mana nodes, amplifiers, and metal for the equipment you are wearing!”
“Did you clean it?”
“Most of it.”
“Ew.”
“Don’t you ew me so back on topic. It is one of the safer areas to hang around where no mage would ever visit.”
“What's so bad about arrogant janitors?”

Part 1

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>>5962538
“Here look at this pic I caught during one of my adventures just before sundown.” Shows off Muffin a normal looking runt just standing around looking for a fight.
“They don’t seem too bad.”
“They have molotovs, flamethrowers, fire axes, and a few glocks. And these are just the night patrol as everyone else needs to sleep for the morning shift so I usually go with Virgil to grab things at night in the middle of the day where there is less trash traffic.”
“So you punch for scrap?”
“Nooo, if they get more resistance they will add a few patrols as a show of force as they don’t want to lose the junkyard to rival gangs.”
“How did you not get caught?”
“We did but we always ran with what scrap I could get a hold off. It takes a long time to get useful things but having only Virgil there is dangerous when I can’t help him fight.”
“Hmm but danger?”
“William we could take on the Purifiers when Ords can’t teach you more before you head to fight mages. Escalate the danger to help you learn faster but Purifiers will aim to kill with those flamers but they will be much easier to fight than mages. If word goes around someone is beating or killing mages it will summon rune knights and tier 10s to investigate the attacks. So you need to be prepared and be stronger than me to handle those threats.” Adds Virgil.
“Oh! Also if you fighting people and need to use your equipment you need a mask and change your voice to avoid anyone ID’ing you.” States Muffin.
“You got ideas?”
“Maybe if you only fight at night, wear all black, and put on a cape so it makes it hard for people to get an accurate idea of you. Or a suit and mask as no student here wears suits.”
“Heh, what would be my name to write on the walls to leave as my calling card?”
“The darkness, shadow vigilante, the phantom, the whisperer, silent night, the revenant, the iron bulwark.” Says Muffin.
“The black man, the black blanket, the black fist, the nigger, knight of midnight, the silent watch, if you scream when hit the screecher.” Rattles off Virgil.
“Man I don’t screech especially when I was dying.”
“The black silence.” Adds Virgil.
“Hmm we can workshop this later but great job everyone and Virgil send me the text when its time to move I want to get some studying with Alice.”
“Ah the nerd I am kinda surprised she has not found this place yet kinda thought she would know the library like the back of her hand.”
“Well from what I know about her she has other things to worry about but anyway Muffin do any last minute touches while I go study.”
“Sure boss, don't pop a blood vessel.”
“No promises.”

William exits the workshop as he looks around the area seeing no mage or Alice watching him as he makes his way to the book nerd. Looking for his teacher for a new day of learning hoping to add a bit more damage to his weapons.

Part 2

>>5962556
Pulling out Alice’s number and texting her for another session of learning as he gets a second floor, same place text back. Walking up the stairs as William sees an Alice putting away her book as she turns her attention to William.

“So you have recovered from mana depletion?”
“Yup and now I am ready to learn some more.”
“Anything you are looking for specifically?”
“Anything that can add damage to attacks.”
“There are plenty of those cantrips.”
“Hmm, is there one that can keep people from running?”
“Oh but yes that would be a booming blade cantrip. Ready?”
“Yup, so read the spell quickly and make an idea.”
“Booming blade put booming energy in a melee weapon. My arms are melee weapons.”
“Hmmm.”
“No it's true, anything can be a weapon, even a pencil.”
“That sounds stupid.”
“No, no. A pencil is basically a small spear with one pointy bit.”
“I guess? Now continue.”
“Now the victim takes thunder damage when they move? Okay so I channel the mana veins along my forearms and fists.”
“By vibrating your mana molecules using your soul to shake them with its frequency.”
“A constant pounding force that matches my heart beats, every step, every swing, every action, carrying my hatred demanding a resonance.”
“To make everyone pay for taking everyone’s futures.”
“To push my limits farther than possible to gain the smallest of edges.”

Focusing on his mana and heartbeat as William tightens his fists feeling a soft vibration coating his hands and arms as energy pools demanding a release as he takes a knee and slams a fist into the floor. Sending a resounding crack as the floorboard splitters from the force as his hand comes back unharmed. Feeling a rush of mana return back to its normal levels and not leaving a hint of exhaustion of mana depletion.

“So I have to ask considering you going through all this trouble for cantrips and knowledge and that I am in your little club. What is with your secret passageway?”
“You know?”
“Of course I know you don’t live in this library and don't notice how often someone comes in to hide in the back. I didn't investigate it myself before as I didn’t want to get involved with what you're doing before. But since now I am involved I kinda want to know why all this sudden combat rush.”

>Gained Enhanced Booming Blade cantrip: Channel d8 thunder damage to melee attacks and if hit the victim takes another d8 thunder damage if they move.
>Mana reserves are stable.
>Learning 32 points +39 points -10 points for cantrip booming blade= overflow 61

Pick one and roll d100.
>“I helped build mage armor that could break spells.”(DC ???)
>“I am preparing to fight ords.” (DC ???)
>“It is better that you don’t know how deep the rabbit hole goes.” (DC ???)
>“Ask tomorrow when I have everything ordered for a complete report.” (DC ???)
>Write-in

>>5962557
>“Ask tomorrow when I have everything ordered for a complete report.” (DC ???)

>>5962557
>“I am preparing to fight ords.” (DC ???)
>>5962644
>+1

Figure we'd tell her a tid bit but we'll tell her the rest after we see how it goes.

>Learn message cantrip before we go. Would be good to be able to tell Virgil to attack with us when we do ambushes. not necessarily for this fight.

Qm how hard would it be for us to learn move without trace, silence, and darkness? They're all level 1 spells I believe.

We going to be the ultimate gankers. Do we know of any rogues?

Rolled 10 (1d100)

>>5963145
Silence so nobody can hear the beat down.

Rolled 90 (1d100)

>>5962557
>>5963145
Forgot to roll

>>5963145
They are level two spells and you 61 overflow points so you can easily get those spells in a day grinding the ordz library. Your mana reserves are low, but you can use the chest armor to power them. But I would recommend you take a CLASS option to convert raw learning into structured knowledge as the DCs increase at every spell level with level 9 spells being triple digit DCs to learn one spell.

>>5963145
Looking for specific dnd classes you need to run into them or get extremely lucky to be noticed by motivated characters. Students with actual classes are snatched up by all the mage factions so take that as you will.

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>>5963145
>>5962644
“Alice, I have to ask you to ask this question tomorrow.”
“Why?”
“The short answer: I am going to go punch some ords to stretch my arms right now. The long answer is I need to collect my thoughts as I have a lot of things going on in the background. I am not kidding, the sheer amount of bullshit on my head is so stupid and I want to get everything in order to give you a complete report tomorrow.”
“Can’t you do this right now?”
“I could but I want to first see if resisting is even possible at my weakest. If I can’t get through the afternoon with my goal then there would be no point to continue fighting. So I don’t want to waste your time dumping dangerous information on you if I can’t handle the pressure and give up.”
“Sheesh, that sounds like a lot of problems piling up.”
“You have no idea so I want to get through today and tomorrow I will answer all your questions to the best of my ability.”
“Okay I will hold you to that and wait for tomorrow. Now anything else before you go off to do boy things?”
“Do you have anything that sends secret messages?”
“That would be a message cantrip. I have to look through the chapters and find them for tomorrow's session.”
“I can lo-” *Ping.* Says William as he looks at his phone seeing the text message from Virgil about two Ords making their way to the forest.
“You got a date?”
“Nah, a friend of mine sent me my work for the afternoon. Okay I will be back in the morning for that message cantrip.”
“Don’t show up too early, I am not a morning person.”
“Kay see you tomorrow nerd!”

William exits the library as Virgil is leaning against the wall near the entrance as he hands over the modified mana guards letting William put them on. Feeling the cold plastic touch his bare skin with him making a mental note to add padding for the next blueprint level.

“Okay so I got two guys leaving early and will use a forest path to get by. One would be too easy so I am throwing you at two guys and should be enough to push your limits.”
“Are they dangerous?”
“No, they don’t know how to throw a punch so you will see what you should not do in a fight as you got my memories but you will need to alter the knowledge to fit your style.”
“There are options?”
“Yes, while you have things downloaded your fighting style will be based on your instinct. Rune knights, Animus, and ords have different priorities. Animus fight like animals relying on brute strength and savage attacks to overpower mages, rune knights use their weapons to parry and stay close to their enemies to disrupt magic, and ords rely on footwork to run and dodge everything.”
“Can’t I learn all that at the same time?”
“No as I was only able to give you basic knight training if you want to combine more fancy feats or create combinations you would need to watch or live through real rune knight combat to have examples to learn from.”

Part 1

>>5963355
“So to get better at things I have to be in constant risk.”
“Pretty much as when your life's on the line you learn faster than spending a year in some dojo reading technique instead of doing. Doing all three is possible and maybe you can find tips from the injured Ords that come out of the rune knight gyms. While they don’t kill as often as other factions they do leave broken bones and internal bleeding.”
“Oh so they don’t kill as much as others?”
“After one session with them you will wish they just killed you instead.”
“Okay so two ords should be easy.”
“Should but never expect a fight to go down easy as one wrong step can turn an easy fight into a slaughter even if you tried your best to avoid that.” States Virgil with a sad look on his face.
“Right, I will keep that in mind.”
“Please do now I will hide in the bushes in case you get downed or you actually crack their skulls and pop Spare the Dying on them. So pick a focus and remember the memories and no magic as this is about your skill learning.”
“Sure, sure I will just start behind a tree and stare at it while I think about life and stuff.”

Immediately William gets to thinking, trying to figure out what is better. Knowing magic spells can be reached using the chest armor power but his hands and body need more of an edge to survive the future. Fireballs, thunderclaps, and AoE spells from mages, mind domination from Prisma, brute force of Animus, the expert combat training of knights, and whatever gimmicks other factions might have. His thoughts were abruptly interrupted as a yell from two ords broke his trance as he saw a scrawny looking student next to a slightly fatter student looking his way. Clicking his teeth at the horrible ambush William makes his way to them giving up the stealthy approach as he rushes them as both students hastily put up their fists.

>Ordz combat: 1 v 2, William HP 10, Ordz HP ??

Pick one.
>Style training: Parry mods, deal 1.5x melee damage, dodge mods, or all three(requires rune knight interaction and survival)

And Roll 2d100+5 for the fight and 2d6 for melee punch damage.

Rolled 54, 57 + 5 = 116 (2d100 + 5)

>>5963370
>dodge mods

We a glass house atm best to not get hit at all.

Rolled 1, 4 = 5 (2d6)

>>5963370

>>5963370

Rolled 67, 14 = 81 (2d100)

>>5963370

Rolled 5, 4 = 9 (2d6)

>>5963370

Rolled 47, 32, 95, 53 = 227 (4d100)

>>5963448
>>5963414
67+5 attack mod, 57 dodge. Future dodge mod picked.
9 damage to ords if hit.

Ords Retaliation. 4d100. First two to hit, second two are dodge DC 72. All their rolls get -15 due to inexperience.

>>5963866
Both Ordz miss and one gets hit with 5 damage.
William HP 10
Ordz HP ??-5

Writing when I get back. Also maybe I should double dice to 4d100 to move this faster? What do you guys think?

Rolled 100, 3, 72, 14 = 189 (4d100)

>>5963867
Sure

Rolled 32, 15, 56, 84 = 187 (4d100)

>>5963867
Ok

>>5963867
“You're worth 50$? What kind of idiot just stares at a tree?” Yells out the bigger Ordz.
“Might be a junkie booster fucker watching mold grow.” Adds in a smaller mousy looking guy.

Immediately the mousy guy charges forward a bit faster than expected as he throws a few swipes at William. Taking a few steps back at the poor form with only the tip of his fingers clawing at the air. Balling up his fists as William steps forward and swings a fist forward only to hit air as the smaller guy backs up immediately. William's fists continue swing trying to touch the guy only for the mouse to abandon his momentum and scrambling away as he ducks and weaves from the punches. Pushing forward on the mouse with a few steps as he falls on the ground and tries to roll away from being stomped on.

A sudden crunch of leaves breaks William's focus as he ducks, feeling a swing fly above him. A slow kick is launched forward as William throws himself back. Another hand comes trying to grab his face only for Willaim to step back out of reach not risking parrying the larger hand. Instead he lets the arm overextend away from the ordz body before grabbing the forearm with his left hand, pulling the arm to his body to keep him in place, and backhands his right armored fist into the bigger Ords face. Feeling his fist smash into a cheek bone as bone rattles his metal glove before being pushed away by two hands as William falls back first on the ground. Panicking, William rolls to the side into dirt, twings, and leaves as debris covers his clothing to avoid being stomped on or dogpiled. Quickly getting backhand taking a few steps backward as he glances to the two ords.

The bigger one taking a few steps back as cradles his cheek as a few trickles of blood drips from the side of his face already having some bruising coloring his face from the backhand. Spitting out a glob of saliva as the big one looks to the mousy ord circling to the side of William. Seeing a pincer starting William keeps his focus on the big one to let the faster one get closer as William brings his fists close to his body ready for harder and closer punches. Shifting his footwork as he puts one foot forward to hold his weight while keeping his other foot back and ready to push or pivot his body.

Watching the bigger one nod at the mousy one as he gets low to the ground with one hand touching the dirt and leaves. With a knee bending down getting into a football tackle position with his focus on William. As the mosey one pulls out a pocketknife ready for a swipe at his face or chest. Both taking the fight more serious as they make sure to be flanking William while the mousy one avoids being in the way of the tackle. A thundering heart races as William feels a rush of blood beating inside as a small smile spreads on his face. The tense standoff broken by a blur of movement as the big one charges forward, the smaller one dashes ahead, and William turns and charges on the smaller guy.

Rolled 78, 12, 18, 48 = 156 (4d100)

>>5964019
>>5963995
Ords retaliation 4d100 first two to hit dc 84 and 72. Second two to dodge William dc 100 and 15. No debuffs but no advantage on hit as they are using barebones tactics. Enemy damage 2d3 if they hit.

Rolled 4, 2 = 6 (2d6)

>>5964277
William throwing hands.

>>5964278
>>5964277
Ords miss both hits again and get smacked with 6+12 damage +5 from last round. 23/21HP
Both Ords drop. William Wins.

>>5964019
>>5963995
Immediately William rushes behind himself catching the smaller Ords off guard from the sudden turn around as he raises his arms to shield his face. A bigger smile spreads on William’s face as the adrenaline pushes him forward to draw more blood out of his enemies. Bending slightly down stopping his charge as William launches a vicious kick toward the smaller ord’s groin. With a low thud the victim wheezed out a breath before vomiting from the pain and collapsing on the ground. William immediately throws himself to the side as a freight train of meat rushes past him as he scrambles to get back up to see the big one sliding on the ground before charging again. William scrambles backward toward a tree as the bull tries to catch him before reaching cover only for a tree to reach William first. Moving around the tree forcing the bigger ords to stop running and shift along the side as William turns around the corner and punches his throat stunning his breath as William rains down move punches as he straddles the Ords sending fist after fist onto his face until a hand taps him on the back as Virgil pulls him off before Virgil bends down and slaps a spell on the ords.

“Okay man damn I would have thought you would at least get punched once. And that kick was brutal.”
“Street fighting man. No rules.”
“Still that is terrifying and you should be prepared if they do that to you too.”
“Yeah, yeah but damn that was a rush! Got another one that needs a beating?”
“Uhh not right now? So how do you feel now?”
“Great and focused and a bit stiff and I feel like I still have energy to burn.”
“Okay so that is mana in your body settling down after it was getting ready to heal you with a Second Wind.”
“I have regeneration?”
“Kinda more like a reserve but all living things can use the natural magic in themselves and from the leylines to heal. If you take a beating you take either a day or a few to recover from fractured bones and blood loss as the gods don’t like to lose mortals. A long rest can heal most things but a shattered or misaligned bone can cause bone cancer as it tries to heal in all directions.”
“Then what is my mana doing now?”
“It is going to buzz a bit and stabilize but by morning you should feel a bit hardier. So now you can take a bad bunch and keep moving.”
“So what now?”
“I guess go home now as your body needs a day to stabilize. Also congrats man you're a fighter. I will drag these guys to their homes.”

>>5964331
>Gained fighter level 1. HP 10 to HP 20.
>Gained Mage level 1. Cantrips are now free casts and gain mana reserves to cast two tier 1 spells. Tier 2 spells and up require armor energy to cast.
>Unlock Second Wind.
>Unarmed adapted gain 2d8 melee damage
>Attach mods +5, dodge focus gain +10 to dodges.
I will keep track of the mods and math on my side.

>“Huh, I guess now I got the time to keep a promise.” (Go to Alice and finish the promise.)
>“I will go home and sleep off the soreness.” (Go to the manor)
>“I am going to wander a bit in the forest.” (Fuck around with MANA reserves)
>Write-in

>>5964333
Milestones.

>Win your first fight.
>Face the Fear, Break the Cycle. 2/??

>Survive joining a class and beginning the fighter class
>The hope to be a better person. 2/??

>>5964333
>“Huh, I guess now I got the time to keep a promise.” (Go to Alice and finish the promise.)

>Learn Silence and Misty Step.

Yeeet. Before we leave can we run their pockets? Looooot

>>5964423
Student ords are too poor to get any worthwhile loot buuttt
>Monies gained +$98

Mages and purifiers and gangs would get you reagents or a street legal(nerfed) glocks. Also save spell studying for the next in game day as the next slot will be either Alice slot or a d2 depending on if Big Mac chooses something else.

>>5964468
Fuck yeah $98! Let's buy snacks for Alice before we go and some sugary drinks.

>>5964559
Oops and whey protein. We gonna get ripped.

>>5964333
>“I will go home and sleep off the soreness.” (Go to the manor)

Let's not get caught up by any makes looking for stragglers after school. We'll visit Alice the next day and the drug guy to see what he's got.

>>5964582
??? Why? We promised Alice we'd tell her.... we can always go sleep after Alice. Bit confused on your reasoning mac.

>>5964895
We promised her tomorrow not today in game. Avoid the makes and come back to her tomorrow afternoon.

Rolled 1 (1d2)

>>5964423
>>5964582
1 library, 2 manor sleep

Rolled 100, 19, 47 = 166 (3d100)

>>5965033
First dice mage encounter afterschool DC 25 to run into.

Second dice mage type 1-30 Animus, 31-40 Prisma, 41- 55 High Ring, 56-70 Blessed Blades, 71-85 Coven, 86-99 ???, 100 ?.

Third roll hostility level lower the number the worst shit becomes.

>>5965052
We're a ninja. No one can stop us now.

>>5965092
No Animus found you DC was them to find you.

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>>5964582
>>5964423
“Huh, I guess now I got the time to keep a promise.” Says William as he picks at the Ord’s wallets and pockets $98.
“Yo man you're just robbing them now?”
“Hey they wanted to kick my ass for $50 so it's only fair that I take 50 from both of them.”
“Fair but still they need at least ten dollars for the train ride.”
“Aren’t you taking them back?”
“I will need to get a cab for these fuckers and get them back and I was going to put it on their tab.”
“Dibs.”
“Yeah, yeah just don’t get robbed right after you earned that money.” States Virgil as he easily hefts both bodies onto his shoulders as he makes his way out of the forest.

William begins making his way back to the university pushing through branches and bushes as he tries to think about what he should reveal to Alice. Only for his thoughts to drift to his new experience in fighting with his hands still tingling from smashing metal on bone and the rush of the battle high giving him a cheerful attitude. Glancing at his body as he appreciates his new found strength having proof that he can slowly grow to fight back in the future. As a burning question worms into his mind if he could get here shouldn’t there be others like him resisting? Pushing one more branch away from his face William sees two Animus, a fox and wolf paused in front of a tree. With the wolf wearing a surprisingly well groomed jacket while having one of his hands glowing with green magic before flickering out.

“That was a tier 3 spell you made me waste you runt.” Growls out the wolf Animus.
“Looks like it's Lora’s new pet.” Adds in the fox Animus.
“I swear it is like she has a thing for whites.”
“Well duh, who wouldn’t like the color of their own hair?”

William steps back from the Animus remembering the howls of the night as memories he has been ignoring surface back up as he tries to look for a way to escape. Sharp teeth glinting in the night as thunder booms in the dark forest as William’s legs tense trying to think.

Roll 1d100 DC 60 fear check to maintain control.

Rolled 4 (1d100)

>>5965125
Well shittt. However... we ain't scared of some animals.

Rolled 93 (1d100)

>>5965125
The exact thing I wished to avoid.

>>5965203
>>5965490
Sucking in a deep breath as William stabs his fingernails into the palms of his hand focusing on the pain to suppress the rising panic as he holds still. Knowing if he runs he might make things much worse when an Animus smells fear or prey in their natural territory. Steeling his nerves, William's mind races trying to think what he can afford to lose to survive a minor beating upon seeing the scowl on the wolf’s face. Waiting to let the wolf speak first remembering they are part animal and are predators to him. For now.

“That was a third tier spell you made me waste.” Growls out the wolf.
“You really need to speed up your casting.” Adds in the fox.
“Not now. So runt you will stand still while I beat you till you drop within an inch of your life.”
“Wulf I am not cleaning your hands. I need to save up my magic for the conjure animals job.”
“Fine, hopefully this counts for Lora’s job. But credit where credit is due Ords at least you didn’t run so this shouldn’t hurt that bad.”

Gritting his teeth as William’s body tenses from the threat trying to weigh his options between running, fighting, or tanking the hits. All the while his hands paw at the demonic mana stone and Lora’s favor in his pockets.

>Take the beating and pretend to fall unconscious. (Lose 10 HP out of 20, roll a d100 DC 40 to avoid injury.)
>Fight back. (Enter combat against Animus mook.)
>Offer money.(Lose 98$ and roll d100 DC 60 to end the encounter. On failure take a beating and lose all your money.)
>Burn Lora’s claw favor.(Lose Lora’s token, end counter.)
>Run away.(Enter chase sequence against both Animus.)
>Write-in

>>5965920
>Fight back. (Enter combat against Animus mook.)

Let's booming blade these cunts.

You should really use bo3 or 2 in this case.

Otherwise we're always going to have terrible odds.

>>5965973
It is intended to be terrible odds as you're a level 1 fighter with barely any mods against an entire mage academy with either better equipment, spells, experience, or special gimmicks. It was why Virgil told you to start with Ords or purifiers before even thinking about fighting mages.

>>5966020
Well let's fight them if they start to fuck us up. We'll pull loras token.

>>5966020
Honestly confused how we got into this when we beat the DC 25 with a nat 100

>>5966203
I was rolling for the mages to hit above the encounter DC and I am still getting use to questing with dice. Plus I look it as if I roll then bad shit is happening and if you roll its usually when I ask for a roll or check.

>>5966239
Ah I see. Damn so basically impossible to miss them. With a DC 25.

>>5966360
Yup, afterschool is such a danger as Prisma, Animus, and all other factions come out when school ends. Hell Prisma caught out William the first time after spending the whole day in the library workshop then leaving at the tail end of uni. Now I know normal unis have classes all day and night but I needed to give you guys a specific time to avoid so you aren't constantly trapped in school by roaming mages.

>>5965920
>Take the beating and pretend to fall unconscious. (Lose 10 HP out of 20, roll a d100 DC 40 to avoid injury.)

Two reasons I don't want to fight back are an Ord taking initiative is either a recruitment target or a person to kill. Secondly they're above our weight class as animal people that have a true form and mages.

>>5965973
>>5966024
>>5966574
Coming down from the close panic attack Willaim tries to go through his options. Giving away money might not satisfy the wolf's ego and just taking a beating will get him nothing. But a fight with Lora's token can at the very least let him test what little power he gathered without getting disemboweled. Between getting beaten or fighting and getting beaten is much more preferable to get a few punches in. Much better than wasting the demonic mana stone even if Lora's single token is used up. Bringing his fists forward and straightening his back ready for a very difficult fight. Laughter escapes from the wolf as the fox squints at William as he takes out his phone and jolts down something.

“Well looks like you got some fight in you then. Good, I will enjoy turning you into a bloody mess.” States the wolf as he flicks his hands as sharp claws slide out of his finger tips.
“Don't disembowel him or Lora might dock your ranking for killing her mark.” Says the fox as he taps his phone.
“Fine, what about injuries?” Asks the wolf as he massages his claws back into his finger tips.
“Just don't snap his spine but everything else is free game.”
“Okay I can work with that. Ready runt? Also don't bleed too much on my clothes.”

Shifting his position William focuses on the wolf flipping through his cantrips looking for a plan. Only for William to click his teeth at limiting himself to 3 cantrips to avoid them questioning why mana depletion is not hitting him.

William HP 20+second wind.
Cantrips: Encode, thaumathurgy, control flames, spark, mending, presitigation, and booming blade(changed from d8 to d6+2).
Melee: 2d6(if using booming blade roll 3d6+2)
Mods: Attack +5, dodge +10

Vs
Animus mook HP ???
Spells: ??
Melee: ?
Mods: Holding back.

>Roll 2d100. And 2d6 damage. First roll attack, second is dodge. (I will rule that each voter is a round of combat to see how combat goes.)
>Write-in a plan and any cantrips.

Rolled 14, 28 = 42 (2d100)

>>5967443
Booming blade we try to hit and kite. So he explodes for extra damage. While dodging.

Rolled 3, 6, 5 + 2 = 16 (3d6 + 2)

>>5967517
Fuuuckkk

Rolled 91, 58 = 149 (2d100)

>>5967443

Rolled 6, 4 = 10 (2d6)

>>5967443

Rolled 52, 97, 64, 65 = 278 (4d100)

>>5967786
>>5967517
Animus mook first two dice are attacking, second two are dodging. 4 Damage(debuffed) against William per hit.

>>5967517
William rolls
14+5 and 91+5 to hit, dodge 28+10 and 58+10
Animus
52 and 97 to hit, dodge 64 and 65.

William hits one deals 16 damage.
Animus mook hits both deals 8 damage.

William HP 12/20+ second wind(d8)
Animus mook HP ???-16

worting

Rolled 4 (1d8)

>>5967966
Booming blade bonus damage procs

Rolled 3 (1d10)

>>5968419
William's second wind proc +1 HP from 1 fighter level.

>>5967966
With a sudden rush the wolf sprints forward catching William as guard as the wolf raises his fist for a haymaker. The arm pulls back extensively as William prepares to duck, only for the wolf to drop his arm as he throws out a kick instead. A shoe dragging low across the ground as dirt and leaves get tossed aside as the kick crashes into William's knee sending a jolt of pain as his legs collapse from the force. Dropping on to his knees as William tries to catch his breath only for a furry hand to grab his shirt and lift him in the air. Taking a moment to cast booming blade by flailing his arms around to look like he is panicking as he pools his mana along his arms feeling a slight tremor shakes running along his arms as the vibrating mana gets absorbed into his gauntlets.

Grabbing onto the wolf’s arm as William prepares to slam his fists to break the grip only for the wolf to adjust his grip, and slams William into the ground knocking the air out of him feeling his body smack into the ground again and again. The violent slams shaking every bone in William’s body and breaking the blooming blade mana pool from the lapse of concentration. Until another shift in movement forced William to have his body drag against the ground. A stinging heat scraping his forehead and the side of his face against twigs and grass as skin turns raw and blood begins dripping from the side of his head. Feeling the warm liquid leak out of his body and staining his only clothes he owned before being kicked out of Astra. Another huff is heard as the wolf tosses William a bit away to play with his prey further as William has back to the wolf as he channels another round of mana into booming blade again. The familiar feeling of vibration and the rush of danger focuses his mind as he waits for his enemy to get closer as he actually catches his breath from being knocked around. Trying to will away the pulsing pain from his leg only for it to still continue stabbing his body.

“Usually runts are at the edge of death from that. Looks like you're made of sterner stuff huh?” Taunts the wolf as he walks closer.

Putting one leg under his body as William waits a little bit longer as the wolf is one foot away from him as he rockets a booming fist upward hoping he catches his chin. His hand flying upward as his metal knuckled fist meets bones forcing the wolf to stagger a step back as he reels from the surprise hit. Thinking of doing another groin kick passed by William’s mind but was quickly discarded as he was not sure if there was in or out and instead aimed another fist toward the wolf’s chest. Pulling from Virgil’s memories to aim for center mass and below the rib catch to take his breath away and buy a few more seconds of damage. Another vibrating hand smalling into much tougher and oddly tensed muscles which from Virgil’s memories could say that he was definitely fighting someone much stronger than him.

Part 1

>>5968456
Knowing that the cheap trick would not buy him any time as his fists retreated to prepare for the counterattack. Bringing his hands back to his chest and face ready to attack to dodge as he sees the wolf carrying a snarl on his face as his fist lashes out too fast to dodge and smashes into William’s arms. Feeling a stone wall the size of a baseball smashing into his limbs as bones rattle as they are pushed into his body throwing William back into the ground from the sheer strength as he scrambles away for distance. Coughing out a few mouthfuls of blood as William tries to clear his throw to avoid drowning as he sees the wolf untouched from the fists that smashed into him.

The wolf gives a quiet chuckle as he steps forward one, two, four, five, six steps before stopping and vomiting out his lunch tainted with streaks of his own blood. Orange chunky gruel with blobs of blood spotted all over his jacket tainting his blue with hues of oranges, red, and bits of brown from the scuffle. Taking a moment to pull at his jacket to examine the damage as a sneer spreads across his face replacing his smug confidence with anger as he looks back to William. Breaking eye contact with William the wolf looks toward the fox giving him a questioning look only for the fox to continue typing in his phone before looking back to the wolf. Taking a moment to put away his phone as he gives a nod and takes a knee on the floor as he brings his hands into a prayer.

“Okay first of all what the fuck was that spell?” Asks the wolf.
“Booming Blade cantrip is one of the ways rune knights keep mages locked down during incidents. Usually no ords would not bother to learn that cantrip as they would need weapon to cast it on.” Adds the fox as a sharp intelligence analyses William like a true predator.
“Huh, a wannade knight that uses knuckledusters. Kinda stupid and off theme.”
“Right, you think he would have gotten a knife instead like a normal ords but I guess that is why Lora marked him down.”
“Well anyway, runts a bit stronger than what I expect but let's see if you can handle a little bit more.”

William keeps his silence not bothering trying to talk as he focuses on the battle giving a cold glare to the feral as he prepares. In response to the silent treatment the wolf flicks his hands as claws extend out while his posture changes from a relaxed tone to an aggressive stance as he goes on all fours as he adjusts his footing getting ready for a sprint. Claws digging into dirt as his entire body gets ready for a burst of action as William watches the fox giving him a lot more attention than from the beginning unsure if he saw him use the first booming blade but instead deciding to lock himself back down to one cantrip. Better to let them still think he can only use three cantrips before risking mana depletion.
Part 2

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>>5968459
Taking a breath as he pulls from his energy reserve to stay in the fight just a little longer as he watches the wolf’s claws easily dig deeper into the ground and keep his body stable. A moment passes as William’s leg pain fades and the wolf charges.

William HP 17/20 no second wind
Cantrips: Encode, thaumathurgy, control flames, spark, mending, presitigation, and booming blade.
Melee: 2d6
Mods: Level 1: Attack +5, dodge +10

Vs
Animus mook HP ???-16-4
Spells: ???
Melee: (holding back)2d6+2
Mods: (holding back)Level 3: attack +15, dodge +15.

>Roll 2d100 and 2d6. (First roll attack, second roll dodge.)
>Write-in battle plan for mod bonuses.

Part 3

Rolled 97, 43 = 140 (2d100)

>>5968460
Same thing booming blade and le dodge. Afterwards throw loras token at him. "I'm spoken for, leave me alone."

Damn I was hoping we'd drop the first one. I don't want them to "accidentally" kill us so I'm trying to hit him good one more time before we throw in the towel.

Rolled 4, 3, 1 + 2 = 10 (3d6 + 2)

>>5968460

>>5968493
Question qm since that's over 100 on attack does that count as a crit? That'd be super cool if it was.

And any way for us to get stat increases? Sucks pretty bad to be +0s.

Rolled 75, 2 = 77 (2d100)

>>5968460
Does mending take an extra turn where the dogs can attack without opposition?

Rolled 6, 2 = 8 (2d6)

>>5968460

Rolled 100, 64, 62, 88 = 314 (4d100)

>>5968460
First two rolls attack with +15, second two dodge.

>>5968499
Nah only natural 100s count as crits otherwise stronger mages will crit more often and high tier mages will crit every roll. For stat ups just keep doing things since I decided to do level ups tied to milestones or events. How will I figure that out? I will make it up as I go.

>>5968698
Yes since your focusing on doing a mending action rather than constantly applying pressure.

Rolled 2, 5 = 7 (2d6)

>>5968787
+2 going for the crit first.

Rolled 15 (1d100)

>>5968788
-18 damage to William and -10 to Wulf
-1 HP to William and wulf ???-16-4-10
William drops and wolf is barely standing.
William injury save. DC 50

Rolled 3 (1d8)

>>5968789
does bomming blade drop him?

>>5968790
Nope writong lives at 5 HP

>>5968787
Mending isn't a heal spell.

Uh I wanted to throw loras token before the second attack... le sigh

>>5968791
Bits of dirt flings off the ground as the wolf charges forward with each paw thing step as William smacks his arms with another cast of booming blade. Magic rushing into his gauntlets as his hands touch metal and plastic giving another tremor as William breathes out. Watching as the wolf charges forward with his arms extended looking for a grab as William tries to time his swing for a head on collision. Only for the wolf to stab his hand into the ground to stop his momentum seeing William's plan as claws rain down. Too fast to dodge after being distracted by the charge William and feel a stab of claws takings across his thigh. Blood spurting out from the harsh hit as another claw stabs into his side forcing a wheeze to escape from William.

Tossing aside the attempts to dodge William grabs the snout of the wolf and pulls it up to expose his throat. Sending punch after punch into his throat trying to cave in his windpipe. With the first punch making the wolf chock on his blood as the second collapses the throat. Winding up another punch only for William to feel a claw tear across his ribs from the hand still stabbed into him. Chunks of pink and a splatter of blood sprays out of William as shock takes over his body as his body seizes into itself. Legs losing control and collapsing the body as William's breathing wheezes out while drowning in blood. As agonizing pain burns across his stomach and ribs as William's vision darkens at the edges as he clings onto his consciousness not wanting to go back to that moon thing. Willing his hands to avoid reaching for the demon stone as William tries to gather more air to calm down as more blood gushes out of him. Feeling his legs being bitten by a cold goreing chill spreading upward as Willaim prepares for a race between blood loss or stuffing enough fabric into him to avoid dying from shock. Gripping and pulling at his shirt as he tries to shove cloth into the hole.

Eyes drifting to the wolf to see him staggering back as another tremor shakes him forcing more blood to be vomited out. Bringing the animal down on all fours barely held together out of either sheer spite or having enough blood to hold on. Going from a confident posture from the beginning of the fight to a damaged animal whining in pain as he drops to the ground in a coughing fit. Shuddering wheezes also escape from the wolf as he tries to catch his breath as he turns his face away from the fox.

Turning his head to the side as William sees the fox casting some healing spell he doesn't recognize. Seeing some fey thing flying forward into the middle of both people as it unleashes a warm pulse. Forcing a wave of mana to seek into his skin as skin and muscle knit together like worms coiling together. Uncomfortable heat burning on his body as minor damage is healed but the echo of claws still stings his body in physical and phantom pains.

Part 1

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>>5969165
William wobbles back up getting ready for round two as the wolf doesn't even look at him as his face is still refusing to look at the fox. Knowing what is going to happen William braces himself against the fox next bringing his arms up as he finishes into his jacket for the token.

“Put your hands down, you're barely standing and just a flick of my hand will put you down. But first Jacob you will go back to basics for getting your ass beaten so far by an ord.”
“Yes, sir.” States the wolf as he never raises his head.
“Second I really thought Lora just liked white heads and didn't think you would stay standing after one hit. Then here you come taking two hits and one brutal slash that disemboweled you and brought your fists up again. Any thoughts Jacob?”
“I assumed he was a normal ord and… doubted Lora's mark.”
“Good you recognized an early mistake but to be fair I would have done the same so your retraining will be light.”
“Thank you for your kindness.”
“Back you William. Congrats you almost brought a level 5 mage down even if he had to tie both hands and a tail behind his back.”
“I hope to make up for my mistakes in the future.” Adds Jacob.
“Quite, so William you're free to go, but do contact Lora after your lungs get fixed up as she would like to hear your version of events to get a clearer picture. She would be especially interested to know how one of her grunts was barely standing at the end of it.”
“So you won’t kill me?” Asks William breaking his silence as he still braces for a fight.
“No, when Lora makes an order Animus will follow it and I like having my rank. Now disembowelment or broken bones are fair game but that is it for now.”

Turning his back on William as the fox whistles Jacob to his side as both return to the treeline to do whatever they are doing. William turns to the university before gritting his teeth and back down, not willing to risk another encounter and begins heading his way back to the manor. A limp making the journey take a little bit longer as he enters the train cart passing by other ords as William takes a standing spot near one of the rail handles. Adjusting his grip to avoid pulling on the same side of the injury as a man taps him on the shoulder and offers him his seat seeing William’s state. With a quiet thank you William sits down as he takes a short rest as he keeps his eyes open to avoid falling asleep to think about tonight.

>Gained short rest and a minor injury max HP dropped to 6/15. DC for recovery 50 and one night.
>Survived against a level 5 Animus mook.

>Have dinner with Hellscream. (Social)
>Go to sleep and Mending your clothing.(Skip to next day. Roll d100 DC 50 to heal off injury)
>Call Lora.(Social again)
>Call someone(Who)
>Browse the internet(Pick topic.)
>Write-in

>>5968876
You could cast booming blade on your gauntlets since they are like on you but mending is like taking the time to fix an item which is not useful during a fight. Fixing a shield sure, mending bone no, mending something on the ground sure but all that would take focus and ignore enemies.

Also didn't want to use up the token as that is a major item compared to cantrips and won't burn it from just one vote and I needed Big Mac's approval.

>>5969167
>Have dinner with Hellscream. (Social)

We can tall to Lora in person the next in story day.

I wonder what the token can be traded for in concrete terms? Fight training? Spells? Material? Or would that show our hand too much?

>>5969174
You're welcome to try it. Also, guys how was the combat session? Took two days to get through it and I didn't think the fight was going to be that close as I originally had the fight scheduled for the next in game week but then the nat 100 and d6 roll just lined up. If you didn't do the Virgil training action this would have been a stomp and William would have gotten worse injuries and learning debuffs without that extra 10 HP.

>>5969188
It was flexible enough but simple enough to plan and didn't take too long. It was well done and didn't get us stuck on one event.

>>5969188
Did we by chance gain a level? We bodied a level 5 mage pretty good. Having action surge would be nice.
>>5969174
>support

>>5969188
I'd prefer best of 2 cause dice rolls can be very wishy-washy and we can just get killed by a series of bad rolls. Other than that it was great.

>>5969370
Yes a level or two is pending I just need to do another Virgil scene to get it slotted. Also I am hoping to sit down on Friday to finally work on the milestone levels since William got a lot done in the week. Bo1 is a thrill since combat is suppose to be very lethal and dangerous against stronger and experienced mages. On the plus side the milestone XP if you live.

>>5969174
>>5969370
The soft screeches of the train’s wheels scream along the train tracks as William is jolted awake from the soft stop as he pulls himself off the seat and follows the mob of ords. Taking a quick look around seeing other students, workers, and families hopping off the seats before the trains leaves its stop. Seeing another mob of people waiting for their turn before being packed like sardines with the few seats being given to the children and any injured people who also had runs in with mages. Lightly poking his ribs William winces at the pain as the train whistles its impending departure as he makes his way to the manor. Passing by rundown buildings and slums of apartments of homeless ords live under as William avoids gang territory as gunshots echo in the distance. Moving through the main streets where most traffic and freight passes by as a designated safe zones to avoid drawing mage attention if they somehow cause too much heat to drop on them. Police cruises quickly passing by to give an air of safety and control but refusing any ground patrols to avoid inciting the gangs or mages.

Passing by the buildings as it slowly turned into commercial buildings to hide the slums away from eye sight. Trecking throught a few several miles as William reaches the manor and
giving a knock against the door as a maid opens up the door and allows him in giving a light bow before stating that dinner is available. Taking a moment to process that response William decides to join for dinner to recover energy to make more blood. Shuffling toward the dinning room as William opens the door and enters the room to see a distracted Hellscream scrolling through her phone as she chews on a steak. A maid quick spots William and rushes out to get another plate as he sits across from Hellscream wondering what her reaction would be.

“Hello Hellscream.”
“Hey you-what th-what happened to you!” Yells out Hellscream as she spits out the food to clear her voice.
“Just normal mage things.” Says William, as a maid brings him a steak as he begins eating.
“How are you still standing? Your entire chest and head is soaked in blood?”
“Oh, I forgot about the face wound. It should be fine after some rest and dinner.”
“Are you okay?”
“The pain is dull but the worst of it passed and I am fine now.”
“Okay if you say so. I will just go back to my routine then.”
“Sure, go ahead. Tell me what my master thinks.” States William as he gestures to Hellscream to speak as he brings pieces of steak to his mouth to chew.
“Well pet, did you enjoy your little scuffle?”
“It was great. I almost took down a level five mage using my fists.”
“A bit-now it is impressive considering you're still human.”
“I think I could have won if I just used my arm to block the swipe. He was literally a touch away from dropping too.”
“How did you even get caught out?”

part 1

>>5970023
“After school movement is just a health hazard after getting tangled with Prisma and Animus.”
“You really need new clothes as those are filthy and are they the same ones I met you with last week?”
“I can mend it.”
“You didn’t clean it.”
“I can prestigi cantrip it.”
“That is disgusting.”
“I am not exactly flush with cash but lets move on from my choice of clothes.”
“You mean lack of choice.”
“It is my favorite set.”
“Only set but anyway you need some wine to wipe away that pain a bit more.” Says Hellscream as she snaps her fingers for the maids to bring in wine glasses for both.
“You know drinking before a heal is against doctor recommendations.”
“All those doctors are just incompetent mages that couldn’t branch out of more than two schools of magic so I would not trust their expertise. Sooo tell me about the fight and how you manage to bring a level 5 mage down.”
—-----
>“I am the greatest fighter ever known where I unlocked inner piece.”(Arrogant)
>“Just learned a few cantrips like booming blade and casted it until I was almost depleted.”(Straightforward)
>“I told him I did not consent to a beating and he had to fight himself.”(Joke)
>“Got taught some tricks from Virgil to handle myself considering I got three leaders hunting me.”(Factual)
>Write-in

>>5970025
>“I told him I did not consent to a beating and he had to fight himself.”(Joke)

Give as little info as we can get away with but distract with jokes/flirt. Continue the convo strategy!

>>5970025
>“I told him I did not consent to a beating and he had to fight himself.”(Joke)

>though I might be willing to spill the truth if you'll hit me with a heal spell (insert winning smile)

If she does.

>“Got taught some tricks from Virgil to handle myself considering I got two leaders hunting me.”(Factual)

Don't need to say 3. We don't need to antagonize hellscream.

>Ask if she would like her pet to be able to beat a level 5 mage? (If she says yes say "Well the next one has your name on it")

I'm hoping we can kill her with kindness, flirts, and our determination to not take her short cut.

"Just think how much stronger I'd be if I was already strong before taking your precious gift"

>>5970126
Hellscream doesn't really care about the MCs power level. She has a crush on him somehow and decided to crush him until he bows and becomes hers by becoming a demon.

It's why she so cool right now. She knows he won't willingly transform by any of the factions and in the very likely situation he does she wins.

Don't know what would happen if she realizes we may have a real chance of getting our from under her.

>>5970130
She's a tsundere. She cares it's the reason she modifies how she speaks. She goes to say one thing then stops herself and changes it to something else. If she really didn't care she wouldn't be putting on an act and she would of just forced us to use the item she gave us. She's secretly rooting for us.

>>5970494
I didn't say she didn't care about the Mc. What she doesn't care about is how strong he is. I don't think she's rooting for his success. Her reaction to him turning demonhood down makes me think that. She cares about his well being but I don't thinknshe cares nor wants success. She wants him to cave and use the stone.

>>5970526
She wants us to use the stone to become powerful. Otherwise why would she care? She could just use magic on us to change our appearance into a demon. That would be easy asf for someone of her power.

>>5970574
The reason she doesn't wish to do it by force is she wants his love and him to be under her. To be apart of her faction. Earlier the Cafe girl even says some leaders try to steal perceived pets from one another as status symbols. The transformation itself is a status symbol.

This is the girl that bullied him and got him kicked out of school to put him in the position where he had to live with her. She wanted him to be forced to crawl to her for protection. Only for him to go to the Ords instead.

>>5970621
She really does not understand William's ironwill deciding to turn his back on a safe life and instead risks it all to stand for himself. Lost his scholarship and refuses to turn, got his head cracked open and refused, got disemboweled and still refuses and crawled his way back to the manor not even making it a big deal. She knows other ords would leap at this deal but William refuses at every turn.

>>5970062
>>5970126
“I told him I do not consent to a beating so he had to fight himself.” Joke out William with a smile.
“Probably tossed him a stick or got him to chase his tail then?” Chuckles out Hellscream.
“Something like that but I might share more details if you hit me with a bit of a healing spell.” Smiles William as he coughs out drops of blood as he winces from the phantom slash on his stomach.
“Fine, since you did well enough surviving that and not looking like your going to fall over your master will help heal you a bit. Healing Word the second ring.” States Hellscream as she flicks her hand as red magic pools around her hand and swims toward William.
>HP 15/15(injured)
“Well thank you master so is it normal to still feel the pains?”
“Yes, usually magic is a quick and easy fix for anything but it runs the risk of interfering with your natural mana and disrupting the leyline’s work to restore your body.”
“Like a longer bed rest or…”
“Magic cancer. If you overheal and I use a 9th level heal that magic doesn’t disappear it has to get absorbed by your body and with that same magic fights your mana to find a place to go. So if it can’t be used it forces itself to be used and can cause cancer growths, too much bone, too much blood, and helps any disease to multiply and become a health hazard.
“Is that why pieces of my brain were in pieces everywhere on the floor?”
“Yes, since your brain was heavily damaged and I used a high tier spell as a dirty surgery operation it avoided the cancer problem but kinda scrambled your old self.”
“That is not as important since I am doing well as I am now. But how do are the leylines not poison too?”
“Well healing spells is more like a tsunami beating into your body for rapid repair while leylines make streams to connect your mana and supply it with magic to heal itself. It is why they take eight hours to repair compared to a heal spell that is six seconds.”
“Huh, nice. Anyway I got taught some tricks from Virgil to handle myself considering I got two leaders hunting me.”
“Well three.”
“Hmm, you have not electrocuted me or threatened my life so eeh.”
“That is true I have only threatened to have you play tricks for my entertainment.”
“Still less worse than getting slashed open or worrying about anything said to a Prisma.”
“I swear I had my eye on you first and here come the rats to try and scoop you up.”
“I think it was an accidental meeting. I don’t even think I had any classes with them.”
“How would you remember you have brain damage?”
“Oh right so anyway would you like a repeat performance of me beating another level five mage?”
“Wait a level five? How are you still alive?!”
“Well turns out Animus is a lot more disciplined and tied their limbs behind their backs during the fight. So what do you think?”
“I think you still should use the stone.”
“No.”

part 1

>>5970647
“Aaah. Fine but I am changing my original plans from Saturday and moving them up for tomorrow.” Groans out Hellscream.
“Where am I being kidnapped?”
“A clothing store as you only have one set of clothes and it would look awful for my image if you don’t look more presentable.”
“I cannot afford super mage armor and that would just get me jumped for my shoes.”
“I wasn’t going to give you top of the line armor, just some change of clothes and maybe leather or whatever I find at a tailor. Since you constantly want to throw yourself at danger everyday.”
“I don’t have the money.”
“It is charity since I don’t want to risk you getting cut in half so fast that the mana stone has nothing to latch on to pop the conversion.”
"I am fine."
"You're a level zero it is a miracle your even alive."

>Refuse.(Skip to school tomorrow.)
>Accept. (No school but Hellscream social.)
>Later(Afterschool DC 80 to get Hellscream to agree)
>On loan.(Accept but give something in return. Vote on what to exchange.)
>Write-in

part 2

>>5970648
>Later(Afterschool DC 80 to get Hellscream to agree)

I want to continue our pride streak but I can't think of anything to trade her. Time? Actions?

We can't skip school today, we have to talk to Library girl and Dog leader today.

What does she mean level zero? Is that just what everyone calls ords or can she not tell we have a level?

Also can levels be lost due to brain dmg or it was will always LV 0? How fast is normal Leveling?

Rolled 84 (1d100)

>>5970648

>>5970689
Muh pride. Tomorrow. All Normal ords unclaimed or unsupported stay at level 0 to avoid attention and recruitment. All she knows is William got jumped, threw a few punches, and came back half dead, injured, and covered in blood after losing. There is no spell scanner to peek at levels since why would anyone need that?. Yes brain damage can lose levels as memories get fractured and its another reason Prisma is dangerous. With their memory and charm spells as people risk losing a bit of themselves every fight if they aren't prepared. William was always at level 0 all he lost was his identity and family memories with only random pieces of lore still in his mind.

>>5970648
>Later(Afterschool DC 80 to get Hellscream to agree)

>Give her a very bloody $50 we got from looting ords.

>Uh this is all I got. I'll get you more in the future.

>>5970872
>Thank her for healing you and being the nicest of the three leaders.

>You're definitely leagues better than them.

Hopefully that'll give her the warm and fuzzies.