- Location
- Goose Land
I now regret us not doing that as a way to try to resolve the Lumburglars.
@Robinton is it too late to inflict DisneyTier I-want-song provoking on the Lumburglars without it being kinda an asshole move?
(The answer is obviously yes, I'm just imagining an even more comedic resolution to the whole affair.)
I mean, I should spoiler it, but also I kind of don't want to? Eh, I'll do it. After I post this first, and into divisions that I want.
A new Tree is also interested in Swords, so the two of you could collaborate on research efforts it sounds like.
Good questions! And with the Woo Clan so close we might actually get some of those answers @Robinton !
Being a Telepathic Hive Mind is really useful for casual privacy invasion isn't it?
Our telepathic range covers well beyond Newton afaik. But planting a Protective Grove around Newton isn't a bad idea at all.
New Magics confirmed!
Project unlocked?
Ah, fair.
Which says something about how much investment this would take...
So, there's absolutely a Chef somewhere that definitely deliberately and knowingly, with customer consent, uses Voidshard Dust/Flakes as part of their cooking.
Oh? What difficulties are going on then?
Oh! You meant taking the kid through the portal!
Nah, it's much simpler to bring either the Professor to us, or us to the Professor and maintain the link to allow for continuous education of the entire Forest, plot out the procedure over there, and then the Professor could consent to observe the operation in the Forest itself.
For bringing the Kid to the Forest, I'm thinking we send a...Copse? of Trees? along with Arthur, and have Arthur guide the Concert Casting Healing to keep the Kid stable til they get to the Forest.
I was primarily thinking of Still/Move Teleporting TUT to the Professor's Mountain, rather than having them walk the whole way.
....so they basically were paid the same amount of time they spent, plus whatever hypothetical loot they got, plus whatever they managed to sell the Lumber for.
That's...not quite unreasonable, but for stealing from a Hermit Wizard that still like they were low balled a bit, which makes sense for the surrounding circumstance of the Lumburglars actually being a deniable Intel Asset for our Malicious Enemies to try to get around our Void Shielding.
We should really rush Sensor Tree Upgrades as soon as they're available tbh.
That's- not strictly a bad thing for us, all things considered, as long as we're able to properly communicate our moral and ethical concerns and requirements.
.....
This is...really useful.
Especially if we can supercharge it, use our Wraith Friend as a Focus, and Locate Where The Wraith Came From.
Like, I cannot emphasize how much of a potential intelligence breakthrough this is, holy shit.
Materson. Buddy. Pal. Amigo. {Woodpecker That Nests Inside A Tree While Keeping It Clean Of Parasites}
How would you like to give the Woo Clan (and other assholes we still need to learn the names of) a really, truly, horrible awful rest of their lives? Or at least a swift death.
And it comes from an angle I don't think anyone would expect.
See, while the Hero of Undying Flame {thought recreation, as Granny Miller says it with a bit of teasing/sarcasm behind it}, especially with a {Forest} behind him, could do a lot of damage, that's not quite what we need.
Yes, this plan involves you becoming a Speaker, or at least Connecting deeply enough to draw on our {Resources} with relative ease.
However...
We have this Shadow-Spinner Colony, just right next door.
And a few of us have had ideas about how to make best use of them, with one particular Tree really wanting us to bring them into the Connection.
And I think we all know just how...dangerous such a thing would be.
All we'd really need from there is the big question of, Location, Location, Location.
And you my friend, have The Location Finding Spell, Experience Using It, and a whole {Forest} of Cooperative Casters.
{Acknowledgement of Several Steps Still Undone/Not Started}
{Follow up Acknowledgement that Materson and (Forest) both know how to be Hunting-Patient}
{Sensation of Watching the First Malice-Vines-Resource-Stealers-Attempted-Kin-Slayers Burn}
Informative! This also sounds like something to try to make a cooperative improvement project around, because Improved Sensing improves Precision which helps both of us.
Good speculation! We should probably care more about the potential answer than we honestly do! That last one sounds pretty neat, though we retain sufficient {Free Will} that everyone honestly probably lucked out with the {Forest} being as aggressively friendly as we are, if that one's the case.
Probably about as rude as us listening in on such a deep level, so how about we mutually forgive each other and not worry about it?
Two Leg Social Norms don't really exactly parse for a Collectivist Telepathic Hivemind? We're better at it because of Newton and our Speakers, but well. {Gestures at the Response Sequence here}
Honestly, your {expression of thought/mind/scientific inquest} is also {Fascinating/Attention Drawing/The Sensation Of Many Feet Chasing On Top Of The Ground, Known Only Because Of The Vibrations Felt Amongst The Roots And Trunks}.
More information!
And specific Magics mentioned! Can we get some more details on those well known but unnamed Information-Gathering Magics?
That is fair.
Ah.
What are the qualifications for joining, explicitly?
And how does a Protectorate go from Protectorate to Full Member, no particular reason for the asking
?(With the League's Feet Voting Policy, what is actually preventing the Ants from declaring themselves a Protectorate No More and applying for full membership/independence/"the political equivalent of telling CT&Friends to fuck off"? A lack of knowledge?)
Oh, well, if they can get set up elsewhere, here's the one that SV Ate.
Adversity: that which we challenge, Enterprise: the progression of our growth, Ūrere: (latin for "to burn") our burning ambition!
The Three Word Motto of
The Adventūre Association!
Interesting.
What are the requirements of being able to send an Ambassador?
Sounds like a combination of the Brotherhood of Steel and the SCP Foundation? Or maybe just the BoS, the Foundation's remit is a tad broader than the Archivists seem to have.
I wonder how they define technology...
Plus, with more information and our soon to be improved Sensing Trees, we'll likely have an even further detection range soon!
Especially if we pick up Ending (other's spell effects) and Gravity (Sensing)!
While we would appreciate your ability to come at problems from unconventional angles.
Continuing to develop your credentials for your "cover", learning more about the world, and making Diplomatic Contacts with sensible enough governments seems pretty useful, and specifically helping the Ants become better able to interact with the world on their own terms seems like a very helpful thing for both them and us.
