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Dragon Harem Quest - Or: Saying You Were Gay Wasn't The Conversation-Ender You Hoped For

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[X] Brainstorm something that Abzu could work on in their spare time, like another magic item. They seem the sort that appreciates having a million things on the burner at once (you aren't, it's nightmarish) and this way they can ramble about their creative process for a bit.

I kind of just want to listen to Abzu talk a lot, it's insanely fun to read. They're great.
 
[X] Ask about this 'creating a bedroom' thing more in-depth. If they have some kind of architectural wizardry, maybe they'll be of some use back at your actual lair for sprucing the place up? That is one of the things Mother badgered you over.
 
[X] Ask about this 'creating a bedroom' thing more in-depth. If they have some kind of architectural wizardry, maybe they'll be of some use back at your actual lair for sprucing the place up? That is one of the things Mother badgered you over.

Annoy Makram, selfishly assume Abzu is willing to be Eldingar's handyman so we can impose further, and maybe achieve something so Eldingar can be sullen about while Mom criticizes it? Seems like the complete package to me.
 
ZerbanDaGreat said:
The character. If you the voter had to think of something there'd be a "--[ ] Write-in" subvote.
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[X] Brainstorm something that Abzu could work on in their spare time, like another magic item. They seem the sort that appreciates having a million things on the burner at once (you aren't, it's nightmarish) and this way they can ramble about their creative process for a bit.
--[X] Write-in: Suggest Abzu create a device by which you can carry lots of treasures and gold with you all at once

The character is looking for treasures and also relaxes by counting money, so I feel this might be useful to improving his quality of life.
 
[x] Give Makram some attention. He's all but pawing at your ankles and you're slightly concerned he'll start finding more dramatic ways to try and make the conversation all about him if you don't nip this in the bud. Maybe follow up on some of his pointed comments.

Makram is like an anxious cat. You have to pet him sometimes, or he'll just start yowling and climbing all over the furniture.
 
[x] Give Makram some attention. He's all but pawing at your ankles and you're slightly concerned he'll start finding more dramatic ways to try and make the conversation all about him if you don't nip this in the bud. Maybe follow up on some of his pointed comments.

More I think about it Makram is like that kind of cat that loves to annoy you, need attention yet dismiss it when given then bite your feet because just because they feel so.
 
ZerbanDaGreat said:
Over here is a book that reads itself aloud to you in a voice that is at once neutral and wonderfully expressive. [It was hard to teach it to speak when I couldn't just dictate.] [But that just made it more satisfying when I did.] [Sometimes I like to imagine that's just me reading aloud.] [But I never really had anyone to talk to before you so!]
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this is absolutely unfair how dare you just suckerpunch me with this shit zerban

ZerbanDaGreat said:
[I'm just teasing, dummy.] [But the point stands.] [Comfort zones are what you make of them, honestly.] [Your world's as big or as small as you're willing to let it be.]
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BIG ENOUGH FOR TEN Y'THINK!?

I do like this a lot actually, it's a pretty succinct statement of what seems to be the thematic core of the quest. The MC learning to grow and develop beyond the borders, some of them self-imposed some of them taught by others (his Mother mainly), that keep him confined pretty much solely to a rocky spire. That keep him isolated and kind of angry and really insecure and really unhappy. Even just learning to do shit as basic as meet and talk to people, to make friends and all that good stuff.

ZerbanDaGreat said:
[Nope! The Beyond only has natural resources and precursor ruins.] [The black water's manmade. Kind of.] [It collects in the groundwater and other subterranean reservoirs at sites of major battles and other conflicts.] [Charged with necrotic energy and endlessly fascinating.]
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mnyeah cute goowizard's probably made out of liquid death and is named for a dead god of deep springs and the primeval sea welling up beneath the earth, that is

alarming.

Glassware said:
Makram is like an anxious cat. You have to pet him sometimes, or he'll just start yowling and climbing all over the furniture.
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"I threw up in your shoes because I need you to care about me."

But nah yeah it's actually kind of interesting how...calling him needy is uncharitable but he's sort of superior air has a kind of fragility to it. He needs everyone to know he is superior, everyone to know exactly what he thinks and react appropriately, everyone to admire him. Eldingar getting used to his deliberately aggravating personality seems to legitimately be bothering him and it's kind of- he seems to want to be included in stuff. He came along on the trip after all. He just doesn't seem to know how to do it beyond "make everything about me".

[x] Give Makram some attention. He's all but pawing at your ankles and you're slightly concerned he'll start finding more dramatic ways to try and make the conversation all about him if you don't nip this in the bud. Maybe follow up on some of his pointed comments.

We're still giving some attention to Belial when we get back to the cave though. :V
 
Huh, "infinite" respawning dungeon-crawl pcg Beyond but a spherical world...

Gotta second Abzu, I'm curious.

[X] Brainstorm better riddles and/or puzzles for the entry chamber. Odds are equal or better that Abzu will take it as an attempt to help over another criticism and get defensive again, and maybe this way Makram will be snide and constructive.

Feels like this is the best way to help both. Abzu gets better security, Makram gets to preen.
 
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[X] Ask about this 'creating a bedroom' thing more in-depth. If they have some kind of architectural wizardry, maybe they'll be of some use back at your actual lair for sprucing the place up? That is one of the things Mother badgered you over.
 
>:3c

[X] Ask about this 'creating a bedroom' thing more in-depth. If they have some kind of architectural wizardry, maybe they'll be of some use back at your actual lair for sprucing the place up? That is one of the things Mother badgered you over.
 
TenfoldShields said:
But nah yeah it's actually kind of interesting how...calling him needy is uncharitable but he's sort of superior air has a kind of fragility to it. He needs everyone to know he is superior, everyone to know exactly what he thinks and react appropriately, everyone to admire him. Eldingar getting used to his deliberately aggravating personality seems to legitimately be bothering him and it's kind of- he seems to want to be included in stuff. He came along on the trip after all. He just doesn't seem to know how to do it beyond "make everything about me".
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I'm willing to bet a good part of it is being an all-powerful, wish-granting Ifrit... who gets used and then stuffed back in the bottle again all the time. 'Look, see how smart I am' is a way of saying 'hey, keep me around'... and every time he gets stuffed back into the bottle and discarded, he just wasn't impressive enough.

Despite being, y'know, an all-powerful Ifrit.
 
[x] Give Makram some attention. He's all but pawing at your ankles and you're slightly concerned he'll start finding more dramatic ways to try and make the conversation all about him if you don't nip this in the bud. Maybe follow up on some of his pointed comments.
 
[X] Give Makram some attention. He's all but pawing at your ankles and you're slightly concerned he'll start finding more dramatic ways to try and make the conversation all about him if you don't nip this in the bud. Maybe follow up on some of his pointed comments.
 
[X] Give Makram some attention. He's all but pawing at your ankles and you're slightly concerned he'll start finding more dramatic ways to try and make the conversation all about him if you don't nip this in the bud. Maybe follow up on some of his pointed comments.

Well, we did bring him along...

Alas, heavy petting isn't an option.

ZerbanDaGreat said:
[Comfort zones are what you make of them, honestly.] [Your world's as big or as small as you're willing to let it be.]
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Sanae Hanekoma, is that you?
 
Wait, if that's true and he wants to impress... then there was never a chance of any of our wishes going disastrously wrong. I mean, pretending to be our boyfriend would have been a disaster, but he wouldn't be intentionally screwing it up because that'd be proving he wasn't useful.
 
[x] Give Makram some attention. He's all but pawing at your ankles and you're slightly concerned he'll start finding more dramatic ways to try and make the conversation all about him if you don't nip this in the bud. Maybe follow up on some of his pointed comments.

Why are all our love interests so adorable? They one's we haven't met yet can't be as well, right.:o
 
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So goddamn cute.

This is wonderful.
[x] Give Makram some attention. He's all but pawing at your ankles and you're slightly concerned he'll start finding more dramatic ways to try and make the conversation all about him if you don't nip this in the bud. Maybe follow up on some of his pointed comments.
 
[X] Brainstorm better riddles and/or puzzles for the entry chamber. Odds are equal or better that Abzu will take it as an attempt to help over another criticism and get defensive again, and maybe this way Makram will be snide and constructive.

This option still seems like the best for both Abzu and Makram ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
 
The world ends with you Eldingar, gotta expand your horizons.

[X] Ask about this 'creating a bedroom' thing more in-depth. If they have some kind of architectural wizardry, maybe they'll be of some use back at your actual lair for sprucing the place up? That is one of the things Mother badgered you over.
 
Also, if everything we've speculated is true, then we know how we need to end this. Only ever use our second wish and then for our third wish we'll go for the secret R-rated version of Aladdin.
 
[X] Ask about this 'creating a bedroom' thing more in-depth. If they have some kind of architectural wizardry, maybe they'll be of some use back at your actual lair for sprucing the place up? That is one of the things Mother badgered you over.
 
[X] Give Makram some attention. He's all but pawing at your ankles and you're slightly concerned he'll start finding more dramatic ways to try and make the conversation all about him if you don't nip this in the bud. Maybe follow up on some of his pointed comments.
 
[x] Give Makram some attention. He's all but pawing at your ankles and you're slightly concerned he'll start finding more dramatic ways to try and make the conversation all about him if you don't nip this in the bud. Maybe follow up on some of his pointed comments.​
 
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