Deedeequest or The Wonders of Mundus: Be Careful Who You Pretend To Be - A Genderous Isekai Quest

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    Dice rolls are 1d10 + Stat + Proficiency + any applicable bonuses, such as Boons.

    You may spend 3 Tension to Overdrive for a retroactive +5 to your roll (a Determination Overdrive), or +3 to an ally's roll (a Teamwork Overdrive). I will also automatically overdrive to avoid exhaustion or unconsciousness.

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    • Spirit grants an Aura bonus.
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    Dice are rolled on a first come, first serve bonus. You only roll for Deedee.
     
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    • So we're gonna be splitting up in town after the morning meeting, right? It seems as though each of our group is gonna have different priorities, and I'd hate to, like, hold up Alesha searching for her kid just because we have imminent physical needs like "finding shelter" and "getting a job".
     
    There will be some splitting up and regrouping going on, yes. You can talk to each other via the Sendjewels in an emergency, after all.

    Still, who goes with you where matters. Figuring out Deedee's priorities is going to be the major theme of this chapter.
     
    Yup, makes sense.

    So in lieu of actually deciding on votes yet, I'm going to think aloud a bit and explain how I'm approaching our day plan.

    In practical terms, I would divide the list of options into two sections. The first is places where Deedee, personally, already has business to take care of.
    Talia B said:
    - [] The Armories and Shops, to get better equipment.
    - [] The Baths and Spas, to clean and recover from the road.
    - [] The Temples and Cathedrals, to seek Jasmine and blessings.
    - [] The Residential District, to check housing prices and meet with Shadi's father.
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    Of these, the Baths and Spas is, in a way, most urgent - if we're going to go there, it makes most sense to do it today, before Deedee's first night in a proper bed.
    The other two - getting fitted for new kit, and learning how to use our pirate treasure - can wait for tomorrow if we don't have another reason to go (f'rex, going with someone, or because it's interesting/cool/a vote on the battleground of "Knowing What We Want"). And I'd argue that meeting Shadi's family probably should wait for tomorrow so that the whole guild can come, since, after all, it was the whole guild who was invited:
    Talia B said:
    "It won't be your home," she says, "but you should come to mine. My father... my father will want to meet the adventurers that saved me from worse than death. To see your faces, and to thank you." She takes your hand, and squeezes.

    You sigh, and smile down at her, a little homesick.

    "I'll talk with the others about it, but I don't think we can refuse an offer like that," you say.
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    The other category is made up of things that are more purely matters of interest.
    Talia B said:
    - [] The Adventurer's Guildhouse, to register Ace and see the Free Company.
    - [] The Inns and Taverns, to rent rooms and get food.
    - [] The Academies and Observatories, to seek magical weirdness and clues.
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    We don't need to be along for any of these, which means that this is where we could go because we want to.

    But using that classification to produce a concrete vote... well, people have made no secret of their agendas in this thread, so I guess I should explain my own.
    1. I want Deedee to win, for some very fuzzy (no pun intended) definition of "win". I want to make choices that will help our protagonists be successful, and more importantly, happy. This has been my primary agenda so far.
    2. There legitimately is stuff that would interest me to get into in this game, and I can recognize an invitation to articulate that when I see it.
    So I guess I will be thinking a bit about how to balance those agendas as the voting window approaches!
     
    Talia B said:
    - [] The playerbase campsite, to keep them in the loop and see who you know.
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    Good to consider! But personally, I think this one lands in the same category as the Residential District, in that we'll get the most bang for buck here by waiting a day or two. Better to spend the time to learn what we can, so that the loop they're kept in is as complete as possible.
     
    [] Places to visit today. You have the Morning, Afternoon, and Evening.
    - [] The Palace, to meet with the Countess. (Mandatory).
    - [] The Adventurer's Guildhouse, to register Ace and see the Free Company.
    - [] The Inns and Taverns, to rent rooms and get food.
    [] We should spend free time with (top two win):
    - [] Ace.
    - [] Alesha.
    [] We should talk about our... gender... thing, with
    - [] Sekhmet.
    [] Do you like it here, in Mundus?
    - [] Yes. This place is fascinating.

    Alright then. The visitations I've chosen all seem mandatory to me, and we have no time slots left after them. We haven't spent much time with Ace and Alesha, while DD was previously closest to Sekhmet. As for her opinion of Mundus, at first I was going to go for the "fuck that shitty reality we came from" option for relatability, but then I decided that it'd be more fun to read about a protagonist who likes the isekei world rather than just hating their original world.

    EDIT: mistook the time.
     
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    Talia B said:
    [X] Places to visit today. You have the Morning, Afternoon, and Evening.
    - [X] The Palace, to meet with the Countess. (Mandatory).
    - [] The Adventurer's Guildhouse, to register Ace and see the Free Company.
    - [] The Armories and Shops, to get better equipment.
    - [] The Inns and Taverns, to rent rooms and get food.
    - [] The Academies and Observatories, to seek magical weirdness and clues.
    - [] The Baths and Spas, to clean and recover from the road.
    - [] The Temples and Cathedrals, to seek Jasmine and blessings.
    - [] The Residential District, to check housing prices and meet with Shadi's father.
    - [] The Playerbase Campsite, to keep them in the loop and see who you know.
    - [] Write-In (describe, subject to veto)
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    My inclination at this point is to go for [] Armories and Shops and [] Temples and Cathedrals.

    Arms and armor is the golden goose laying the eggs. Money pushes back the time limit on a lot of problems, and right now that's earned through fightin'. Safer fightin' is gooder fightin'.
    It's probably a good idea to get in on this early, because more people are always arriving, and I am guessing that these shops and smithies don't simultaneously restock everything they own at precisely 6:01 AM. Equipment shortages might become a thing in short order.

    The Temples and Cathedrals just because of Alesha's daughter Jasmine. It just... feels like the right thing to do, honestly, finding out whether or not her daughter is stuck here too.

    I have no strong feelings one way or another about how Deedee should feel to be stuck in Mundus (probably fascinated), but my vote on who to talk to will be [] Hikaru and also [] Hikaru, because Hikaru is cool and I like him. :V
     
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    Winged One said:
    Alright then. The visitations I've chosen all seem mandatory to me, and we have no time slots left after them. We haven't spent much time with Ace and Alesha, while DD was previously closest to Sekhmet. As for her opinion of Mundus, at first I was going to go for the "fuck that shitty reality we came from" option for relatability, but then I decided that it'd be more fun to read about a protagonist who likes the isekei world rather than just hating their original world.

    EDIT: mistook the time.
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    Good explanation of why, though. Refresh the page in 10?
     
    MooseHowl said:
    I have no strong feelings one way or another about how Deedee should feel to be stuck in Mundus (probably fascinated), but my vote on who to talk to will be [] Hikaru and also [] Hikaru, because Hikaru is cool and I like him. :V
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    Hey @bii induct this one into the Potato Fanclub!

    In all seriousness, good explanations and I'm glad he resonates with you.
     
    The vote is open. Post your ballots.

    Welcome to Viacruz, the City on the Crossroads of All Mundus.
     
    [X] Places to visit today. You have the Morning, Afternoon, and Evening.
    - [X] The Palace, to meet with the Countess. (Mandatory).
    - [X] The Baths and Spas, to clean and recover from the road.
    - [X] The Residential District, to check housing prices and meet with Shadi's father.


    [X] We should spend free time with (top two win):
    - [X] Sekhmet.

    [X] We should talk about our... gender... thing, with
    - [X] Ace.

    [X] Do you like it here, in Mundus?
    - [X] I haven't spent nearly enough time here to actually tell yet.
     
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    Mattnificent said:
    [X] Places to visit today. You have the Morning, Afternoon, and Evening.
    - [X] The Palace, to meet with the Countess. (Mandatory).
    - [X] The Baths and Spas, to clean and recover from the road.
    - [X] The Residential District, to check housing prices and meet with Shadi's father.

    [] We should spend free time with (top two win):
    - [X] Sekhmet.

    [] We should talk about our... gender... thing, with
    - [X] Ace.

    [] Do you like it here, in Mundus?
    - [X] I haven't spent nearly enough time here to actually tell yet.
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    Welcome to voting on Quests here at SV!

    You only need to include what I did above, and need to check the boxes above the subthings you're voting for:

    [X ] Like
    - [X ] This
    (Space added to make the forum software ignore my example.)
     
    [X] Places to visit today. You have the Morning, Afternoon, and Evening.
    - [X] The Palace, to meet with the Countess. (Mandatory).
    - [X] The Inns and Taverns, to rent rooms and get food.
    - [X] The Baths and Spas, to clean and recover from the road.


    [X] We should spend free time with (top two win):
    - [X] Alesha.
    - [X] Hikaru.

    [X] We should talk about our... gender... thing, with
    - [X] Ace.

    [X] Do you like it here, in Mundus?
    - [X] I haven't spent nearly enough time here to actually tell yet.
     
    [X] Places to visit today. You have the Morning, Afternoon, and Evening.
    - [X] The Palace, to meet with the Countess. (Mandatory).
    - [X] The Adventurer's Guildhouse, to register Ace and see the Free Company.
    - [X] The Inns and Taverns, to rent rooms and get food.
    [X] We should spend free time with (top two win):
    - [X] Ace.
    - [X] Alesha.
    [X] We should talk about our... gender... thing, with
    - [X] Sekhmet.
    [X] Do you like it here, in Mundus?
    - [X] Yes. This place is fascinating.
     
    Hokay. Time to make a votepost.

    First off: after considering, I think the absolute best impact we can have - for Deedee, for DC/AC, for solving the mystery of why everyone's stuck on Mundus, and even for selfish "nice, more content like this" reasons, is to go to the temple district.

    Here's why:
    1. Alesha is probably the person on our team with the most urgent action item out of any of us. Supporting her will mean something important, to us and to her, and might tip the scales for Jasmine getting found sooner than later.
    2. The order of the day is "Knowing What You Want". That's Flamma shit, and we have a hookup for doing Flamma shit as soon as we can get in touch with a proper priest. Also: both before and after Mutan's help, our dreams have been hammering pretty hard on "when you get to Viacrux, go see Flamma". That's a hint. We'd do well to take the hints we can get.
    3. Deedee doesn't know it, but from our perspective, the gods are our biggest lead to what's going on here. The University district might be listed as the place to search for clues, but it's likely - if only via passing by the temple of Io and realizing there's a commotion - for us to find out something purely by accident as a side effect.
    4. As a bonus... well, Deedee's a Monk of Sylphan. It seems like the natural place to pick up class quests and so forth, if we have time and they happen to be available.
    So no matter what else, I think going to the Temple district is the move for today.

    For my second vote... I'll tentatively go with the Baths, because our group really does need to take a load off, and because if we're holding Mutan's hand here anyway, we might as well take the other hint and used this relaxed environment as a place to have the, ah, egg conversation. But I'm willing to be convinced otherwise on this one!

    [X] Places to visit today. You have the Morning, Afternoon, and Evening.
    - [X] The Palace, to meet with the Countess. (Mandatory).
    - [X] The Baths and Spas, to clean and recover from the road.
    - [X] The Temples and Cathedrals, to seek Jasmine and blessings.

    I'm going to deliberately skip "we should spend free time with". Fewer thoughts on it, willing to go with the flow of folks with stronger opinions.

    As for the gender conversation...

    [X] We should talk about our... gender... thing, with
    - [X] Write-in: Ace and Hikaru.

    Whether our protagonist realizes it or not, Ace and Hikaru are the two team members who clocked Deedee preemptively. If we open up to someone other than them about this, it'll needlessly complicate the dynamic, with them knowing what they know but not knowing Deedee knows, and Deedee not knowing they know either. Best nip it in the bud. (Edit: Deedee even has an IC reason: they're the two trans folks on the team who don't share the apartment, and coming out to old friends is, sometimes, the more awkward and trepidacious process - easily procrastinated upon.)

    And finally, to address that question about Deedee's feelings about Mundus, about this world...

    Talia B said:
    - [] ...yes. This beats the hell out of a life wasted working for Tote-Em-Snax.
    - [] No. "A World Of Adventure" turns out to just mean your life is in danger.
    - [] Yes. This place is fascinating.
    - [] I haven't spent nearly enough time here to actually tell yet.
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    I think every option here is a "right option" for Deedee.
    I think we're being asked because any of these answers is one that Deedee could pick with all honesty.

    So the question has to come down to the meta level - what do I think will succeed, and what do I think will make a good story.

    We can already tell that there will be people in DC/AC who will long to stay in Mundus, and people in DC/AC who will long to return to 2040s Earth. I don't want Deedee to reject either world; I think that road lies troubles.

    That leaves either "This place is fascinating" or "I don't know yet".
    I think, in the end, I will want to choose "This place is fascinating".
    But I want to give Deedee more in character reasons to say that before we choose it. I want to build the foundation of what, exactly, is so fascinating and wondrous.
    And, once again - trusting in Mutan as I have been all post long - it seems, from our latest dream, that the best time to make this decision is not quite yet.

    [X] Do you like it here, in Mundus?
    - [X] I haven't spent nearly enough time here to actually tell yet.


    Much later edit:     Don't want to repost all this just to add the missing part, but on further thought... if we're at the temples with Alesha and having egg talk with Hikaru and Ace... especially given that egg talk is with Hikaru and Ace... then I want to be certain Sekhmet isn't left out.

    [X] We should spend free time with (top two win):
    - [X] Sekhmet.
     
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    Talia B said:
    Hey @bii induct this one into the Potato Fanclub!

    In all seriousness, good explanations and I'm glad he resonates with you.
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    He does! Also I think Pixies are great in general. Probably due to a combination of childhood fairy tales, and the berserker-smurf Pictsies of Discworld (who are endless fun).

    [X] Places to visit today. You have the Morning, Afternoon, and Evening.
    - [X] The Palace, to meet with the Countess. (Mandatory).
    - [X] The Armories and Shops, to get better equipment.
    - [X] The Temples and Cathedrals, to seek Jasmine and blessings.
    [X] We should spend free time with (top two win):
    - [X] Hikaru.
    (any of the rest are a fine second choice to me)
    [X] We should talk about our... gender... thing, with
    - [X] Hikaru.
    [X] Do you like it here, in Mundus?
    - [X] Yes. This place is fascinating.
    - [X] I haven't spent nearly enough time here to actually tell yet.
    I like both "yes" and "maybe" as answers.
     
    As an aside:
    Winged One said:
    The visitations I've chosen all seem mandatory to me, and we have no time slots left after them.
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    This is why I asked the question at the top of this page. I agree that it's mandatory that these things get done, but since it's not mandatory that Deedee does them... IMO we have some flex here. Also, while Ace absolutely should get added to the team, I am not sure that has to happen today? Presumably we'll have a couple more days in town before we have to move onto the next adventure...
     
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    [X] Places to visit today. You have the Morning, Afternoon, and Evening.
    - [X] The Palace, to meet with the Countess. (Mandatory).
    - [X] The Baths and Spas, to clean and recover from the road.
    - [X] The Temples and Cathedrals, to seek Jasmine and blessings.

    [X] We should talk about our... gender... thing, with
    - [X] Write-in: Ace and Hikaru.

    [X] Do you like it here, in Mundus?
    - [X] I haven't spent nearly enough time here to actually tell yet.

    Unsurprisingly, i only want good things for Deedee and AC/DC and so far I agree with Quoheleth and will party with them.

    ... Not least because Sekhmet did just tell us to leave negotiation on price to them.
     
    [X] Places to visit today. You have the Morning, Afternoon, and Evening.
    - [X] The Palace, to meet with the Countess. (Mandatory).
    - [X] The Baths and Spas, to clean and recover from the road.
    - [X] The Temples and Cathedrals, to seek Jasmine and blessings.

    Dream advice is as good a reason as any imo.

    [X] We should spend free time with (top two win):
    - [X] Alesha.
    - [X] Sekhmet.

    I want more roomie talk, plus since we're talking about gender with Ace and Hikaru...

    [X] We should talk about our... gender... thing, with
    - [X] Write-in: Ace and Hikaru.

    I agree with this idea of having them both be there, considering how they already seem to know/suspect something.

    [X] Do you like it here, in Mundus?
    - [X] I haven't spent nearly enough time here to actually tell yet.

    Yeah, probably best to wait more before figuring out what to feel about this.
     
    [X] Places to visit today. You have the Morning, Afternoon, and Evening.
    - [X] The Palace, to meet with the Countess. (Mandatory).
    - [] The Temples and Cathedrals, to seek Jasmine and blessings.
    - [X] The Baths and Spas, to clean and recover from the road.


    [X] We should spend free time with (top two win):
    - [X] Alesha.
    - [X] Hikaru.

    [X] We should talk about our... gender... thing, with
    - [X] Ace.

    [X] Do you like it here, in Mundus?
    - [X] ...yes. This beats the hell out of a life wasted working for Tote-Em-Snax.
     
    [X] Places to visit today. You have the Morning, Afternoon, and Evening.
    - [X] The Palace, to meet with the Countess. (Mandatory).
    - [X] The Adventurer's Guildhouse, to register Ace and see the Free Company.
    - [X] The Academies and Observatories, to seek magical weirdness and clues.
    - [X] The Playerbase Campsite, to keep them in the loop and see who you know.

    [X] We should spend free time with (top two win):
    - [X] Hikaru.
    - [X] Sekhmet.

    [X] We should talk about our... gender... thing, with
    - [X] Ace.

    [X] Do you like it here, in Mundus?
    - [X] Yes. This place is fascinating.
     
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