Remove ads

Mare Internum: An Exalted Quest

Reader mode
Ah, wonderful to see this back. Each hiatus only improves our ability to roleplay an erratic amnesiac. Please do keep returning to this, no matter how long real life keeps you away!
 
Remove ads
For A Better World 168
  • Threadmarks
    • Legionman said:
    [X] Remove your mask.
    Click to expand...
    Click to shrink...

    "Remove your mask."

    His eyes are hidden behind the gleaming metal, but you can tell he is giving you a long stare.

    Then he looks to the side, behind his workbench. He draws a long dagger.

    CRAFT: Single-edge, curved for slicing, silvered, impractically ornamented. Expensive.

    WITS: Very sharp.

    He lays it down on the desk and pushes it towards you. He gives you what you assume is an expectant look.

    INTEGRITY: DIFFICULT
    3 3
    CHECK PASSED

    INTEGRITY: Nobody likes him.

    What?

    INTEGRITY: Nobody likes him. Nobody talks to him.

    Yeah, I'm getting that impression.

    INTEGRITY: Nobody told him we have lost our memories. Everyone else knows, but nobody told him.

    MANIPULATION: We should bluff him.

    PRESENCE: Can't we just tell him?

    INTEGRITY: No, I agree with Manipulation. There is great danger in revealing weakness here.

    [ ] Pick up the knife and look questioningly at him.
    [ ] Pick up the knife and cut your finger.
    [ ] Push the knife back towards him.
    [ ] "I don't know what that's for."
    [ ] "I would rather not."
    [ ] "I trust things are going as planned."
    [ ] "You know I can take it from you if I want."
     
  • Threadmarks
    • While just clicking a random button does lead to my desired outcome of bad decisionmaking, I would also like people to read the story, maybe?

    Please read the update before voting, even if you really want to be first. You are on the honor system.
     
    For A Better World 169
  • Threadmarks
    • Broken25 said:
    [X] "I don't know what that's for."
    Click to expand...
    Click to shrink...

    "I don't know what that's for."

    INTEGRITY: What did I just say?

    MANIPULATION: Wait, we can still salvage this. We just need to give him a convincingly knowing look. That way we can convince him we were just being coy.

    You do your best attempt at a knowing look. It's difficult, because you're used to not knowing things.

    MANIPULATION: DIFFICULT
    6 3
    CHECK PASSED
    You lean back a little on your stool and fold your arms. Well, you sort of fold your arms. Your arms are broken, so you sort of hold one over your chest and shimmy your sling over your belly to project the effect. You give the sorcerer what you hope is a suitable expression.

    THE BANE OF KADJ: "Well. You can't blame me for trying. Soforth, look away."

    The cockroach demon in the corner shuffles its legs and averts its gaze to the corner of the cabin.

    The Bane of Kadj removes his mask. His pale eyes glitter coldly in the filmy light. The skin across his cheek splits as he sets the mask down. You see something dark and glistening slither across his cheekbone before the wound is stitched together from within.

    [ ] Did you really call your scribes Such and Soforth?
    [ ] What's up with your name, anyway?
    [ ] Can you give me some silk?
    [ ] So... how are things going?
    [ ] What did you want to talk about?
     
  • Threadmarks
    • By the way, since it has been a while

    The reason we're talking to Kadjy here despite literally everyone we meet saying that he should be avoided is because we have a sidequest to try to obtain some silk so Rooster can makes some drawstrings for the Arbalests

    Not saying we can't chat with Kadjy a bit in the meantime, now that his mask is off
    But we should probably ask him for some silk eventually, since it's the reason we're here
     
    Last edited:
    For A Better World 170
  • Threadmarks
    • Bohnenpflanzer said:
    [X] Did you really call your scribes Such and Soforth?
    Click to expand...
    Click to shrink...
    "Did you really name your scribes Such and Soforth?"

    Wait, who?

    AWARENESS: The scribes.

    What scribes?

    SAGACITY: The demon scribes. They are a species of demon called aalu.

    You lost me. Whose scribes are we talking about?

    PRESENCE: The Bane of Kadj. The guy you are talking to.

    What kind of name is the Bane of Kadj?

    NAVIGATE: We are on a boat.

    CRAFT: I can confirm this.

    AWARENESS: The Bane of Kadj is sitting in front of you.

    PRESENCE: He's saying something about demons, but you don't really care.

    Man, why am I even talking to this guy?

    INTEGRITY: Perhaps we should recap our situation.

    Okay.

    [ ] Appearance, how are we looking?
    [ ] Awareness, what can we sense?
    [ ] Craft, what do we have on hand?
    [ ] Presence, how are we doing socially?
    [ ] Integrity, how are we feeling?
    [ ] Manipulation, what lies should we be keeping track of?
    [ ] Navigate, where are we?
    [ ] Sagacity, what should I know?
    [ ] War, what's the situation?
    [ ] Wits, what's happening in here?
    [ ] Physique, how's the body doing?
     
  • Threadmarks
    • Thanks for waiting, it's been a tough few months. I could have continued but I wouldn't have been happy with it, so I opted to wait instead. Hopefully we can now proceed.

    In celebration of this new beginning, I redrew Vesper.
     
    Crumplepunch said:
    Thanks for waiting, it's been a tough few months. I could have continued but I wouldn't have been happy with it, so I opted to wait instead. Hopefully we can now proceed.

    In celebration of this new beginning, I redrew Vesper.
    Click to expand...
    Click to shrink...

    Welcome back, hope you're doing well. Also Mei still hates us right? Also were Vespers iris's always blue?
     
    [X] Presence, how are we doing socially?

    Edit: dangit, didn't refresh; too late
     
    Last edited:
    Reader mode
    You must login or register to reply here.
    Remove ads
    Back
    Top