Then I wait for @Evenstar to chime in before editing the plan~
Evermark Underground: RPG Brothel Management
- Thread starter Evenstar
- Start date
- Original Mature Fantasy
Evenstar
Triple Jump Unlocked
- Location
- Canada
- Pronouns
- She/Her
Clean Æ, yes you can buy silk and then immediately spend it.
Well alright then.
[X] In Which Brothel Quest Becomes A Band Quest (Alt. Title: In Which A Silk Salesman Gets Some Dosh)
-[X] Write in: Buy 10 silk bolts for 10Æ per bolt.
-[X] Install silk in a business room to make it a VIP room. Cost: 3 Bolts Silk, 30 Clean Æ.
-[X] Build a courtyard patio for guests to enjoy the weather on. Cost: 25 Clean Æ
-[X] Continue Filia's education in Markish and Tradecraft.
-[X] Turn the hellish magicians in to the authorities. +75 Clean Æther.
-[X] Do extra band practices in preparation for the spring festival.
-[X] Attend the Kalinsha's classes in order to continue your education in the Way of the Broken Fang.
Ten is a good number, I think. We're not intending to add more employees and 7 Silk Bolts would fit the need of letting our Band dress up nicely for their debut. Also, how far along are we on the Broken Fang training now? One more training before we finish BFW II?
[X] In Which Brothel Quest Becomes A Band Quest (Alt. Title: In Which A Silk Salesman Gets Some Dosh)
-[X] Write in: Buy 10 silk bolts for 10Æ per bolt.
-[X] Install silk in a business room to make it a VIP room. Cost: 3 Bolts Silk, 30 Clean Æ.
-[X] Build a courtyard patio for guests to enjoy the weather on. Cost: 25 Clean Æ
-[X] Continue Filia's education in Markish and Tradecraft.
-[X] Turn the hellish magicians in to the authorities. +75 Clean Æther.
-[X] Do extra band practices in preparation for the spring festival.
-[X] Attend the Kalinsha's classes in order to continue your education in the Way of the Broken Fang.
Ten is a good number, I think. We're not intending to add more employees and 7 Silk Bolts would fit the need of letting our Band dress up nicely for their debut. Also, how far along are we on the Broken Fang training now? One more training before we finish BFW II?
[x] Plan [insertnamehere]
[X] Buy 3 silk bolts for 10Æ per bolt.
- [X] Install silk in a business room to make it a VIP room. 3 Bolts Silk, 30 Clean Æ.
- [X] Search for contacts in the city.
- [X] Make a further "donation" to the struggling House Galero. 250 Dirty Æ becomes one House Galero favour.
- [X] Set up a hidden lab to make the research of proscribed technologies and magics possible. It'll cost 100 Clean Æ: the best shielding is solid earth.
- [X] Do extra band practices in preparation for the spring festival.
- [X] Take more time alone to cultivate your Aura and Orbite.
Basic idea is to go for more power projection stuff - hopefully we should be able to keep up the donations to Galero and get more money moving from magic research stuff soon and generally play for more influence and such.
[X] Buy 3 silk bolts for 10Æ per bolt.
- [X] Install silk in a business room to make it a VIP room. 3 Bolts Silk, 30 Clean Æ.
- [X] Search for contacts in the city.
- [X] Make a further "donation" to the struggling House Galero. 250 Dirty Æ becomes one House Galero favour.
- [X] Set up a hidden lab to make the research of proscribed technologies and magics possible. It'll cost 100 Clean Æ: the best shielding is solid earth.
- [X] Do extra band practices in preparation for the spring festival.
- [X] Take more time alone to cultivate your Aura and Orbite.
Basic idea is to go for more power projection stuff - hopefully we should be able to keep up the donations to Galero and get more money moving from magic research stuff soon and generally play for more influence and such.
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Evenstar
Triple Jump Unlocked
- Location
- Canada
- Pronouns
- She/Her
Broken Fang Way II 9/10
I am most inclined to agree but at the same time, there's the difference turning over a bunch of practitioners of proscribes arts/ideologies or doing so to a group noted to have 'hellish aura' and offputs even the said practitioners. After all...
...there are still valid reasons as to why Contract Magicks are proscribed. Overblown, I agree- but never wholly wrong.
Sweet. Time to finish that before taking it somewhat easy on the physical training.
- Location
- Sol III
- Pronouns
- She/Her
I read it as the fan-club=Liberation-Front being offput by the actual practitioners=Contracted.
Um. Nope.
Had it been for anyone else but the Contract Magicians- whom had a Contracted among them- saying it, I would have gone for the contact option. But when they get scared to the point of encouraging us to turn the 'hellish aura' Contractors- and with the implications that soul stealing really is a thing that happens from time to time...
...well, that's just guilt-free Clean Aether and doing a good deed, I think.
- Location
- Somewhere in the area
- Pronouns
- He/She/They
[X] In Which Brothel Quest Becomes A Band Quest (Alt. Title: In Which A Silk Salesman Gets Some Dosh)
I would prefer getting a drummer to round out the band, but practice also works.
I would prefer getting a drummer to round out the band, but practice also works.
- Location
- Israel
[X] In Which Brothel Quest Becomes A Band Quest (Alt. Title: In Which A Silk Salesman Gets Some Dosh)
I like this plan, even if I am apprehensive about calling the authorities to arrest the bad magicians. But if those guys scare other mages and Succubus, maybe they deserve it.
I like this plan, even if I am apprehensive about calling the authorities to arrest the bad magicians. But if those guys scare other mages and Succubus, maybe they deserve it.
ThatGuyWithIdeas
Treize died for our sins
- Location
- Romania
[X] In Which Brothel Quest Becomes A Band Quest (Alt. Title: In Which A Silk Salesman Gets Some Dosh)
Vocalist
Verdant Maiden in Violet
- Location
- By a Cedar Tree
[X] In Which Brothel Quest Becomes A Band Quest (Alt. Title: In Which A Silk Salesman Gets Some Dosh)
No objections here. By the way, @Evenstar I am curious about Classes. The information sheet on Orbites did not mention them, and I feel like there's still a hole in my understanding of this world's system. What determines a person's Class? Can it be chosen like an Orbite? And if so, why would anyone choose some of the lamer-sounding Classes, like Temp or Immigrant? If Orbite helps you get better at expressing certain virtues, then do Classes help you perform certain jobs?
No objections here. By the way, @Evenstar I am curious about Classes. The information sheet on Orbites did not mention them, and I feel like there's still a hole in my understanding of this world's system. What determines a person's Class? Can it be chosen like an Orbite? And if so, why would anyone choose some of the lamer-sounding Classes, like Temp or Immigrant? If Orbite helps you get better at expressing certain virtues, then do Classes help you perform certain jobs?
On Classes
Evenstar
Triple Jump Unlocked
- Location
- Canada
- Pronouns
- She/Her
Classes: A Primer
One's class is determined by one's actions. It is in a sense a summary of what your life is about right now; though it doesn't always match your job, it often does.
Classes are assigned by Aklesha, and it also determines the boundaries between classes. Having a different class can outright change your ability to harness magic, faith or skill: it is a stronger effect than that produced by aura or Orbite. It is always based on real experience of the class's associated discipline. (eg. for a Dom, dominating people.)
Classes come in three tiers. Tier 1 classes take little skill to develop: "Temp", "Cook", etc. Tier 2 classes are professional: "Chef", "Mistress", etc. Tier 3 classes are reserved for exceptional people: "Courtesan", "Idol", etc. There is a single-digit number of 3rd-tier individuals in all of Gradentine, and most likely a two-digit number across all Evermark.
It is known that being the reigning Imperator is a tier 3 class. It's speculated that being the Empress is unique and in fact a tier 4 class, but the people who are interested in class theory usually do not mix with the nobility, and in any case the Empress is across the water back in Ostmark.
Asking after one's class is an extremely common job interview question, because having Classed Up is observable enough to be difficult to fake, while also being a good marker and/or source of skill. The capital letter preceding Chef the class rather than chef the profession is quite audible, as the blessing of Aklesha is both highly valuable to any professional and is something that must be earned through sustained effort.
One's class is determined by one's actions. It is in a sense a summary of what your life is about right now; though it doesn't always match your job, it often does.
Classes are assigned by Aklesha, and it also determines the boundaries between classes. Having a different class can outright change your ability to harness magic, faith or skill: it is a stronger effect than that produced by aura or Orbite. It is always based on real experience of the class's associated discipline. (eg. for a Dom, dominating people.)
Classes come in three tiers. Tier 1 classes take little skill to develop: "Temp", "Cook", etc. Tier 2 classes are professional: "Chef", "Mistress", etc. Tier 3 classes are reserved for exceptional people: "Courtesan", "Idol", etc. There is a single-digit number of 3rd-tier individuals in all of Gradentine, and most likely a two-digit number across all Evermark.
It is known that being the reigning Imperator is a tier 3 class. It's speculated that being the Empress is unique and in fact a tier 4 class, but the people who are interested in class theory usually do not mix with the nobility, and in any case the Empress is across the water back in Ostmark.
Asking after one's class is an extremely common job interview question, because having Classed Up is observable enough to be difficult to fake, while also being a good marker and/or source of skill. The capital letter preceding Chef the class rather than chef the profession is quite audible, as the blessing of Aklesha is both highly valuable to any professional and is something that must be earned through sustained effort.
Glad to see we managed to put together a good band! We wouldn't even need a drummer, really.
Hmm… Remember that conversation between M. Estellé and Edie? Back then in Chapter Fade 1900.
If the magicians with a Succubus contracted are already freaking out…
Freedom for everyone and everything, as long as it doesn't hurt other people.
Looks like it would be justified in this case.
The rest of the options in this plan are cool, too.
[X] In Which Brothel Quest Becomes A Band Quest (Alt. Title: In Which A Silk Salesman Gets Some Dosh)
Hmm… Remember that conversation between M. Estellé and Edie? Back then in Chapter Fade 1900.
If the magicians with a Succubus contracted are already freaking out…
Freedom for everyone and everything, as long as it doesn't hurt other people.
Hellish aura magician: "So suddenly eating souls is bad. Why do you get to set that arbitrary limit? Seems rather hypocritical to me!"
M. Estellé: "Hmm! Interesting question… Let my friendly neighborhood Inquisitor answer that!"
Inquisitor: "HERESY!"
Magician: "Oh, crap. Ruuun!"
M. Estellé: "Hmm! Interesting question… Let my friendly neighborhood Inquisitor answer that!"
Inquisitor: "HERESY!"
Magician: "Oh, crap. Ruuun!"
Looks like it would be justified in this case.
The rest of the options in this plan are cool, too.
[X] In Which Brothel Quest Becomes A Band Quest (Alt. Title: In Which A Silk Salesman Gets Some Dosh)
Fade 1901
Evenstar
Triple Jump Unlocked
- Location
- Canada
- Pronouns
- She/Her
Varielle comes up to you while you're sitting in a polished-wood booth having a morning cup of oolong tea.
"You wanted an update on those hellish-aura contract magicians?", she asks.
You set down your tea. "Certainly."
"Read the morning paper. It was a succubus summoning cult; fifty or so slaves under some degree of contract, two succubi running the show with a half-dozen human stooges and collaborators. They caught and summarily executed one of the succubi; the other escaped. The collaborators are looking at the death penalty for slavery, soul trading, enthrallment, heresy, treason and conspiracy against the crown; the stooges may get better sentences, but most of them are still looking at 10 years or more of hard labour up at Fort Point. I almost feel bad for them."
You raise an eyebrow. "Interesting. What about the slaves?"
"They've been released and are being rehabilitated by medical and magical experts. Many of them need serious help to repair the damage done to them and to their auras."
"And for our part in this…?"
"We get 200 shiny new Æther and our names kept out of the papers."
"Wait, two hundred?"
Varielle nods. "Apparently our information cracked the case. They were able to use it to narrow down the succubi's summoning location to one of two places. They investigated both carefully, and picked the right one."
"Well, that's a nice little bonus." You take a sip of your tea.
"Indeed it is."
"Well," says the Kalinsha, after you finally throw the most experienced student on the class. "I suppose I can't delay for any longer."
You blink, still catching your breath from the workout you just had. "Delay what?"
"Delay naming you a Kashava. It means "warrior.""
"What's the issue?"
"To be Kashava is to be respected by the Ceverra. It is not a title to be conferred lightly, and it is very rare for such a title to be given to a non-ceverra. I will be scrutinized and criticized for this. But I believe you have earned the title. Do not make me regret my decision by neglecting your training."
"Yes, Kalinsha."
"You have great potential. You could even become a master one day. Don't squander it."
"Yes, Kalinsha."
You bow low, and then the Kalinsha is gone, on to another student in the sandpit of the beach. You find your eyes drawn to the rough-cut broken fang in the tree stump that your teacher brought you here to see almost two years ago. It feels calming, somehow.
You stand up, and walk over to the symbol. You touch it, feeling the rough bark… and something else, something glassy and deep blue, dark like an ocean, soft like the slapping of waves on the beach behind you. It feels… big.
You take a breath, and the feeling shivers a little, and when you take your hand away from the tree, the symbol is glowing blue.
When you turn around, every single student in the advanced class is looking at you. For the first time, you really notice that you're alone, a single human in a sea of Ceverra.
The Kalinsha turns, and bows to you.
… so this is what it means, to be kept by faith. To be a channel for something you don't really understand. To feel that sea-deepness…
It's still there, in the back of your mind. Something as constant and untroubled as the sea.
You touch it, lightly, and words tumble off your tongue. "Hach, Estellé baira dolen."
So, the stars are an ocean.
"Stellebaira!" the Kalinsha barks. Starsea.
"Stellebaira," the other students repeat. And now they bow too.
"Congratulations," says the Kalinsha. "You've graduated. Now go where your faith takes you."
Broken Fang Way II 10/10
Broken Fang Way III 0/25
Filia notices your new aura when you come in the door for your daily Markish lesson.
"So that crusty old goat finally gave you the title! Can I get a fist bump?"
"Sorry, no."
"Aww. What's your title? Mine is bairashe, seasurf."
"Stellebaira. Starsea."
Filia whistles. "That's a strong one. Any weird aura stuff?"
"I have this sense of the sea in the back of my head…"
"That's your Unfanged training connecting you to him. He's strong and deep, and when you become strong enough to bear that you'll be able to invoke him like a Kalinsha. Normally I'd say if, but with a title like starsea…"
"Don't flatter me, miss. And in any case, we have grammar to review. You brought your books this time?"
"Yep!"
"Then let's get down to business."
When you get out of your practice session with Filia, you call a general meeting to review the rest of the month's plans. Though installing the patio in late fall doesn't seem like a real moneymaker, you're sure it'll pay dividends come spring and the festival; as for the VIP room, you're already seeing returns from discerning guests. The meeting splutters out after that, without really enough meat to get started; you head downstairs and listen to the band play instead.
After basic interviews with all your staff, you've compiled This Spreadsheet regarding them.
Upgrades:
Tier 3 Wards
Tier 2 Warded Strongboxes
Tier 1 Signage
Tier 1 Silken Wonderland
Tier 1 Landscaping
Tier 1 Renovated
Tier 1 Exclusive
Tier 1 Cosmetics
Treasury:
7 Discretion
260 Clean Æther
490 Dirty Æther
1 Vansaga Blessing
1 Unfanged Blessing
3 House Galero Favours
1 All Faiths Favour
8 Ostmarkian Tea
7 Blackroot Tea
7 Blackroot Coffee
7 Silk Bolts
Current Monthly Income:
30 Clean Æther from Tea
200 Dirty Æther from Sex
5 Clean Æther from Cooked Books
5 Clean Æther from Fine Cuisine
20 Clean Æther from Harbour Laundry
10 Clean Æther from Ostmarkian Tea
10 Clean Æther from Hostelry
25 Clean Æther from The Band
5 Clean Æther from Blackroot Tea
10 Clean Æther from Blackroot Coffee
30 Dirty Æther from VIP
10 Clean Æther from VIP
Current Monthly Expenses:
-15 Clean Æther Maid Service
-5 Clean Æther Weekly Checkups
-5 Dirty Æther Cooked Books
-10 Clean Æther Bouncers
-20 Dirty Æther Harbour Laundry
-20 Dirty Æther Gang Sponsorship
-10 Clean Æther Chef
-15 Clean Æther Gardeners
-1 Ostmarkian Tea (Served)
-1 Blackroot Tea (Served)
-1 Blackroot Coffee (Served)
-10 Clean Æther Exclusivity
-10 Dirty Æther Exclusivity
-5 Clean Aether Cosmetics
Current Monthly Net:
60 Clean Aether
175 Dirty Aether
-1 Ostmarkian Tea
-1 Blackroot Tea
-1 Blackroot Coffee
Control under Holly:
[ ] Build another back of house room, at a cost of 75 Clean Æther.
[ ] Call in a favour with the Libertines and have a room built on the cheap. Cost: 30 Clean Æ, 1 Libertine Favour
[ ] Call in a few favours with the Ceverra and get a room built for the price of materials. Cost: 10 Clean Æ, 2 Ceverra Favours
[ ] Search for more contacts who sell goods & services under the table. (IE, that you can pay in dirty money.)
[ ] Purchase cheap costume jewellery for all the escorts. 50 Clean Æther.
[ ] Install silk in a business room to make it a VIP room. 3 Bolts Silk, 30 Clean Æ.
[-]Renovate the entire back of house into a silken wonderland. 17 Bolts Silk, 170 Clean Æ.
Charm under Edie:
[ ] Build a cellar to store more goods in safety, cold and quiet. 250 Clean Æ.
[ ] Search for contacts among the Ceverra.
[ ] Search for contacts in the city.
[ ] Upgrade the store to a fancy new neon sign. 50 Æther.
[ ] Put in some planter boxes outside the store. 10 Æther.
Intrigue under You & Filia:
[ ] Continue Filia's education in Markish and Tradecraft.
[ ] You've grown accustomed to the underworld here, but more contacts are always a good thing. Cultivate more criminal contacts.
[ ] Continue cultivating contacts along the local waterfront. Surely there's something more interesting than the fish market next door?
[ ] The Succubus Liberation Front claims that the succubi are badly mischaracterized. Attend a monthly meeting and keep your ear to the ground.
[ ] Try to find a printer willing to print revolutionary materials for you. Didn't Innumerable Aspect have one…?
[ ] Make an under-the-table donation to the cause. 100 Dirty Æ becomes 1 Libertine Favour.
[ ] Make a major under-the-table donation to the cause. 500 Dirty Æ becomes 5 Libertine Favours.
[ ] Make a further "donation" to the struggling House Galero. 250 Dirty Æ becomes one House Galero favour.
[-]Have a Writ of Patronage written naming your business. Costs five House Galero favours and requires that the premises be "of fine quality" beforehand. You would say your premises are of reasonably fine quality.
[-]Ask that you be introduced to Court. Costs 10 House Galero favours and requires that you both have appropriate attire for Court and know the proper etiquette.
Lore under Varielle:
[ ] Expand the front of house to add storefront for a magic shop. 250 clean Æ.
[ ] Having witches and wizards on your side can only ever help. Try to make more contacts in the magical community.
[ ] Innumerable Aspect seeks to promote freedom of Orbite, encouraging the unbanning of proscribed Aspects. Go to their monthly meeting and keep an ear to the ground.
[ ] Set up a hidden lab to make the research of proscribed technologies and magics possible. It'll cost 100 Clean Æ: the best shielding is solid earth.
[-]Call in a major favour to excavate a large cellar beneath your property, perfect to conceal a hidden lab with space left over. 5 Libertine Favours.
[-]Purchase a smuggled load of succubus artifacts in order to research them. 100 Dirty Æther, success has a chance at unique items. Requires a hidden lab.
[ ] Go make contact with the contract magicians & their Succubus Contracted.
[ ] Turn the contract magicians in to the authorities for a major bounty. +300 Clean Æther.
Faith under Leah:
[ ] Send Leah to attend this month's meeting of All Faiths Harmonious and keep her ear to the ground.
[ ] Reach out and try to connect with the local preachers, temples and shrines.
[ ] Idols, Magical Girls, and the radio broadcasters who make them famous can all be found here in Gradentine. Try to get closer to that brilliant glamour.
[ ] Build an outdoor stage for your house band to perform on. 25 Clean Æ.
[ ] Try to find your band a drummer.
[ ] Do extra band practices in preparation for the spring festival.
[ ] Call in a Caducite priest to bless the building. Surely All Faiths Harmonious knows someone liberal enough? 1 All Faiths favour.
[ ] Ask Leah what's going on regarding your new changes in aura.
Personal:
[ ] Take more time alone to cultivate your Aura and Orbite.
[ ] Take some time to get to know one of the staff. (Write in a name.)
[ ] Spend some time relaxing and unwinding in the gardens.
[ ] Experiencing your own business from time to time can generate real insights. Take tea at Harbour Tea.
[ ] Take Edie aside and try to talk her out of succubus liberation. It's just a bad move.
[ ] Go to the local jeweller's and see if they have anything that strikes your fancy. (Opens jewellery store event; likely to cost a few hundred Clean Æ.)
[ ] Go to the local magic shop and see what trinkets and doodads they have on sale. (Opens magic store event; likely to cost a few hundred Clean Æ.)
[ ] Go to the proscribed apothecary and haggle over lines on spices, teas, medicines and potions. (Opens apothecary event; likely to cost a few hundred dirty Æ)
[ ] Try to find somebody selling silk, so that you can renovate the back rooms with it as well. (Opens silk merchant event; likely to cost a few hundred clean Æ)
"You wanted an update on those hellish-aura contract magicians?", she asks.
You set down your tea. "Certainly."
"Read the morning paper. It was a succubus summoning cult; fifty or so slaves under some degree of contract, two succubi running the show with a half-dozen human stooges and collaborators. They caught and summarily executed one of the succubi; the other escaped. The collaborators are looking at the death penalty for slavery, soul trading, enthrallment, heresy, treason and conspiracy against the crown; the stooges may get better sentences, but most of them are still looking at 10 years or more of hard labour up at Fort Point. I almost feel bad for them."
You raise an eyebrow. "Interesting. What about the slaves?"
"They've been released and are being rehabilitated by medical and magical experts. Many of them need serious help to repair the damage done to them and to their auras."
"And for our part in this…?"
"We get 200 shiny new Æther and our names kept out of the papers."
"Wait, two hundred?"
Varielle nods. "Apparently our information cracked the case. They were able to use it to narrow down the succubi's summoning location to one of two places. They investigated both carefully, and picked the right one."
"Well, that's a nice little bonus." You take a sip of your tea.
"Indeed it is."
"Well," says the Kalinsha, after you finally throw the most experienced student on the class. "I suppose I can't delay for any longer."
You blink, still catching your breath from the workout you just had. "Delay what?"
"Delay naming you a Kashava. It means "warrior.""
"What's the issue?"
"To be Kashava is to be respected by the Ceverra. It is not a title to be conferred lightly, and it is very rare for such a title to be given to a non-ceverra. I will be scrutinized and criticized for this. But I believe you have earned the title. Do not make me regret my decision by neglecting your training."
"Yes, Kalinsha."
"You have great potential. You could even become a master one day. Don't squander it."
"Yes, Kalinsha."
You bow low, and then the Kalinsha is gone, on to another student in the sandpit of the beach. You find your eyes drawn to the rough-cut broken fang in the tree stump that your teacher brought you here to see almost two years ago. It feels calming, somehow.
You stand up, and walk over to the symbol. You touch it, feeling the rough bark… and something else, something glassy and deep blue, dark like an ocean, soft like the slapping of waves on the beach behind you. It feels… big.
You take a breath, and the feeling shivers a little, and when you take your hand away from the tree, the symbol is glowing blue.
When you turn around, every single student in the advanced class is looking at you. For the first time, you really notice that you're alone, a single human in a sea of Ceverra.
The Kalinsha turns, and bows to you.
… so this is what it means, to be kept by faith. To be a channel for something you don't really understand. To feel that sea-deepness…
It's still there, in the back of your mind. Something as constant and untroubled as the sea.
You touch it, lightly, and words tumble off your tongue. "Hach, Estellé baira dolen."
So, the stars are an ocean.
"Stellebaira!" the Kalinsha barks. Starsea.
"Stellebaira," the other students repeat. And now they bow too.
"Congratulations," says the Kalinsha. "You've graduated. Now go where your faith takes you."
Broken Fang Way II 10/10
Broken Fang Way III 0/25
Filia notices your new aura when you come in the door for your daily Markish lesson.
"So that crusty old goat finally gave you the title! Can I get a fist bump?"
"Sorry, no."
"Aww. What's your title? Mine is bairashe, seasurf."
"Stellebaira. Starsea."
Filia whistles. "That's a strong one. Any weird aura stuff?"
"I have this sense of the sea in the back of my head…"
"That's your Unfanged training connecting you to him. He's strong and deep, and when you become strong enough to bear that you'll be able to invoke him like a Kalinsha. Normally I'd say if, but with a title like starsea…"
"Don't flatter me, miss. And in any case, we have grammar to review. You brought your books this time?"
"Yep!"
"Then let's get down to business."
When you get out of your practice session with Filia, you call a general meeting to review the rest of the month's plans. Though installing the patio in late fall doesn't seem like a real moneymaker, you're sure it'll pay dividends come spring and the festival; as for the VIP room, you're already seeing returns from discerning guests. The meeting splutters out after that, without really enough meat to get started; you head downstairs and listen to the band play instead.
After basic interviews with all your staff, you've compiled This Spreadsheet regarding them.
Upgrades:
Tier 3 Wards
Tier 2 Warded Strongboxes
Tier 1 Signage
Tier 1 Silken Wonderland
Tier 1 Landscaping
Tier 1 Renovated
Tier 1 Exclusive
Tier 1 Cosmetics
Treasury:
7 Discretion
260 Clean Æther
490 Dirty Æther
1 Vansaga Blessing
1 Unfanged Blessing
3 House Galero Favours
1 All Faiths Favour
8 Ostmarkian Tea
7 Blackroot Tea
7 Blackroot Coffee
7 Silk Bolts
Current Monthly Income:
30 Clean Æther from Tea
200 Dirty Æther from Sex
5 Clean Æther from Cooked Books
5 Clean Æther from Fine Cuisine
20 Clean Æther from Harbour Laundry
10 Clean Æther from Ostmarkian Tea
10 Clean Æther from Hostelry
25 Clean Æther from The Band
5 Clean Æther from Blackroot Tea
10 Clean Æther from Blackroot Coffee
30 Dirty Æther from VIP
10 Clean Æther from VIP
Current Monthly Expenses:
-15 Clean Æther Maid Service
-5 Clean Æther Weekly Checkups
-5 Dirty Æther Cooked Books
-10 Clean Æther Bouncers
-20 Dirty Æther Harbour Laundry
-20 Dirty Æther Gang Sponsorship
-10 Clean Æther Chef
-15 Clean Æther Gardeners
-1 Ostmarkian Tea (Served)
-1 Blackroot Tea (Served)
-1 Blackroot Coffee (Served)
-10 Clean Æther Exclusivity
-10 Dirty Æther Exclusivity
-5 Clean Aether Cosmetics
Current Monthly Net:
60 Clean Aether
175 Dirty Aether
-1 Ostmarkian Tea
-1 Blackroot Tea
-1 Blackroot Coffee
Control under Holly:
[ ] Build another back of house room, at a cost of 75 Clean Æther.
[ ] Call in a favour with the Libertines and have a room built on the cheap. Cost: 30 Clean Æ, 1 Libertine Favour
[ ] Call in a few favours with the Ceverra and get a room built for the price of materials. Cost: 10 Clean Æ, 2 Ceverra Favours
[ ] Search for more contacts who sell goods & services under the table. (IE, that you can pay in dirty money.)
[ ] Purchase cheap costume jewellery for all the escorts. 50 Clean Æther.
[ ] Install silk in a business room to make it a VIP room. 3 Bolts Silk, 30 Clean Æ.
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Charm under Edie:
[ ] Build a cellar to store more goods in safety, cold and quiet. 250 Clean Æ.
[ ] Search for contacts among the Ceverra.
[ ] Search for contacts in the city.
[ ] Upgrade the store to a fancy new neon sign. 50 Æther.
[ ] Put in some planter boxes outside the store. 10 Æther.
Intrigue under You & Filia:
[ ] Continue Filia's education in Markish and Tradecraft.
[ ] You've grown accustomed to the underworld here, but more contacts are always a good thing. Cultivate more criminal contacts.
[ ] Continue cultivating contacts along the local waterfront. Surely there's something more interesting than the fish market next door?
[ ] The Succubus Liberation Front claims that the succubi are badly mischaracterized. Attend a monthly meeting and keep your ear to the ground.
[ ] Try to find a printer willing to print revolutionary materials for you. Didn't Innumerable Aspect have one…?
[ ] Make an under-the-table donation to the cause. 100 Dirty Æ becomes 1 Libertine Favour.
[ ] Make a major under-the-table donation to the cause. 500 Dirty Æ becomes 5 Libertine Favours.
[ ] Make a further "donation" to the struggling House Galero. 250 Dirty Æ becomes one House Galero favour.
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Lore under Varielle:
[ ] Expand the front of house to add storefront for a magic shop. 250 clean Æ.
[ ] Having witches and wizards on your side can only ever help. Try to make more contacts in the magical community.
[ ] Innumerable Aspect seeks to promote freedom of Orbite, encouraging the unbanning of proscribed Aspects. Go to their monthly meeting and keep an ear to the ground.
[ ] Set up a hidden lab to make the research of proscribed technologies and magics possible. It'll cost 100 Clean Æ: the best shielding is solid earth.
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[ ] Go make contact with the contract magicians & their Succubus Contracted.
[ ] Turn the contract magicians in to the authorities for a major bounty. +300 Clean Æther.
Faith under Leah:
[ ] Send Leah to attend this month's meeting of All Faiths Harmonious and keep her ear to the ground.
[ ] Reach out and try to connect with the local preachers, temples and shrines.
[ ] Idols, Magical Girls, and the radio broadcasters who make them famous can all be found here in Gradentine. Try to get closer to that brilliant glamour.
[ ] Build an outdoor stage for your house band to perform on. 25 Clean Æ.
[ ] Try to find your band a drummer.
[ ] Do extra band practices in preparation for the spring festival.
[ ] Call in a Caducite priest to bless the building. Surely All Faiths Harmonious knows someone liberal enough? 1 All Faiths favour.
[ ] Ask Leah what's going on regarding your new changes in aura.
Personal:
[ ] Take more time alone to cultivate your Aura and Orbite.
[ ] Take some time to get to know one of the staff. (Write in a name.)
[ ] Spend some time relaxing and unwinding in the gardens.
[ ] Experiencing your own business from time to time can generate real insights. Take tea at Harbour Tea.
[ ] Take Edie aside and try to talk her out of succubus liberation. It's just a bad move.
[ ] Go to the local jeweller's and see if they have anything that strikes your fancy. (Opens jewellery store event; likely to cost a few hundred Clean Æ.)
[ ] Go to the local magic shop and see what trinkets and doodads they have on sale. (Opens magic store event; likely to cost a few hundred Clean Æ.)
[ ] Go to the proscribed apothecary and haggle over lines on spices, teas, medicines and potions. (Opens apothecary event; likely to cost a few hundred dirty Æ)
[ ] Try to find somebody selling silk, so that you can renovate the back rooms with it as well. (Opens silk merchant event; likely to cost a few hundred clean Æ)
[x] Plan Setting up the Buisness
- [X] Install silk in a business room to make it a VIP room. 3 Bolts Silk, 30 Clean Æ.
- [X] Upgrade the store to a fancy new neon sign. 50 Æther.
- [X] The Succubus Liberation Front claims that the succubi are badly mischaracterized. Attend a monthly meeting and keep your ear to the ground.
- [X] Set up a hidden lab to make the research of proscribed technologies and magics possible. It'll cost 100 Clean Æ: the best shielding is solid earth.
- [X] Build an outdoor stage for your house band to perform on. 25 Clean Æ.
- [X] Go to the proscribed apothecary and haggle over lines on spices, teas, medicines and potions. (Opens apothecary event; likely to cost a few hundred dirty Æ)
Basically, this is a general 'go for upgrades' plan, and hopefully should let us get well set-up for doing magical research stuff through potion supplies - the plan doesn't spend any dirty AE, so we should be able to get a lot, if we want to, and should be good starting up supplies for the lab once it's established.
- [X] Install silk in a business room to make it a VIP room. 3 Bolts Silk, 30 Clean Æ.
- [X] Upgrade the store to a fancy new neon sign. 50 Æther.
- [X] The Succubus Liberation Front claims that the succubi are badly mischaracterized. Attend a monthly meeting and keep your ear to the ground.
- [X] Set up a hidden lab to make the research of proscribed technologies and magics possible. It'll cost 100 Clean Æ: the best shielding is solid earth.
- [X] Build an outdoor stage for your house band to perform on. 25 Clean Æ.
- [X] Go to the proscribed apothecary and haggle over lines on spices, teas, medicines and potions. (Opens apothecary event; likely to cost a few hundred dirty Æ)
Basically, this is a general 'go for upgrades' plan, and hopefully should let us get well set-up for doing magical research stuff through potion supplies - the plan doesn't spend any dirty AE, so we should be able to get a lot, if we want to, and should be good starting up supplies for the lab once it's established.
- Location
- Sol III
- Pronouns
- She/Her
[X] Plan Sage
-[X] Search for more contacts who sell goods & services under the table. (IE, that you can pay in dirty money.)
-[X] Build a cellar to store more goods in safety, cold and quiet. 250 Clean Æ.
-[X] Try to find a printer willing to print revolutionary materials for you. Didn't Innumerable Aspect have one…?
-[X] Go make contact with the contract magicians & their Succubus Contracted.
-[X] Ask Leah what's going on regarding your new changes in aura.
-[X] Take more time alone to cultivate your Aura and Orbite.
-[X] Search for more contacts who sell goods & services under the table. (IE, that you can pay in dirty money.)
-[X] Build a cellar to store more goods in safety, cold and quiet. 250 Clean Æ.
-[X] Try to find a printer willing to print revolutionary materials for you. Didn't Innumerable Aspect have one…?
-[X] Go make contact with the contract magicians & their Succubus Contracted.
-[X] Ask Leah what's going on regarding your new changes in aura.
-[X] Take more time alone to cultivate your Aura and Orbite.
- Location
- Israel
[X] Plan Sage
I really like both plans, but I'd rather first try to make a cellar and make more contacts to gain more favors.
I really like both plans, but I'd rather first try to make a cellar and make more contacts to gain more favors.
ThatGuyWithIdeas
Treize died for our sins
- Location
- Romania
[x] Plan Setting up the Buisness
- Location
- Somewhere in the area
- Pronouns
- He/She/They
[X] Plan Libertine Aura
-[X] Purchase cheap costume jewellery for all the escorts. 50 Clean Æther.
-[X] Upgrade the store to a fancy new neon sign. 50 Æther.
-[X] Make a major under-the-table donation to the cause. 500 Dirty Æ becomes 5 Libertine Favours.
-[X] Go make contact with the contract magicians & their Succubus Contracted.
-[X] Ask Leah what's going on regarding your new changes in aura.
-[X] Take more time alone to cultivate your Aura and Orbite.
We haven't really made any donation/contact with the libertines in a while, I'd like to show them that we're still around and still supporting them. I'd also like to use the favors we'll get to excavate a cellar and hidden lab, since we tend to need clean AEther for other upgrades/purchases.
Speaking of clean AEther purchases, a few more upgrades won't hurt us. Along with reaching out to the normal Contract Magicians to see how they we're effected by the other group being grabbed.
Other than that, I want to focus a bit more on our Aura now that we've completed our Broken Fang training, to see how our normal cultivation has been effected by it.
-[X] Purchase cheap costume jewellery for all the escorts. 50 Clean Æther.
-[X] Upgrade the store to a fancy new neon sign. 50 Æther.
-[X] Make a major under-the-table donation to the cause. 500 Dirty Æ becomes 5 Libertine Favours.
-[X] Go make contact with the contract magicians & their Succubus Contracted.
-[X] Ask Leah what's going on regarding your new changes in aura.
-[X] Take more time alone to cultivate your Aura and Orbite.
We haven't really made any donation/contact with the libertines in a while, I'd like to show them that we're still around and still supporting them. I'd also like to use the favors we'll get to excavate a cellar and hidden lab, since we tend to need clean AEther for other upgrades/purchases.
Speaking of clean AEther purchases, a few more upgrades won't hurt us. Along with reaching out to the normal Contract Magicians to see how they we're effected by the other group being grabbed.
Other than that, I want to focus a bit more on our Aura now that we've completed our Broken Fang training, to see how our normal cultivation has been effected by it.
Vocalist
Verdant Maiden in Violet
- Location
- By a Cedar Tree
It's a tiny bit more Dirty Aether than we actually have right now. @Evenstar , will we be allowed to make up the difference with this month's profits? If the answer is yes I would be happy to vote for this plan. Dirty Aether is easy enough to come by that we would actually make up the cost for the cellar faster this way than paying for it in clean money, despite the fact that it's twice as expensive in pure numbers.
Anyway I'm quite excited about our protagonist's new breakthrough. And the information on Classes is good too! It seems that Classes aren't subject to the same level of social control as Orbites, probably because they're assigned through an impersonal (divine?) force and can't be influenced by the ruling class. And it also seems that anyone can proclaim their Class verifiably if they wish, but that you can't really tell otherwise - which explains how Witches or Madams can live daily life without getting instantly arrested.
Evenstar
Triple Jump Unlocked
- Location
- Canada
- Pronouns
- She/Her
You'll be able to make up the difference with this month's profits.
Well, that happened! The bonus is nice, but what's even more interesting: despite succubi mischaracterization by imperial propaganda, that doesn't necessarily mean that all succubi are nice. Some succubi are still assholes and you've got to deal with them. Let's hope the one that got away won't be a problem for us in the near future; although, maybe they will give us another reward if we manage to put down the filthy slaver.
And the breakthrough in Unfanged training… That's important. Now it's a good time to stop and try to assimilate, understand what just happened. We're getting in contact with something big out there. Besides, talking about this with Leah would be a nice way to learn more "in character" about aura and possibly other matters.
[X] Plan Libertine Aura
Another good idea, showing the Libertines that we still remember them. Instead of looking for more new contacts, we could consolidate the older ones.
And the breakthrough in Unfanged training… That's important. Now it's a good time to stop and try to assimilate, understand what just happened. We're getting in contact with something big out there. Besides, talking about this with Leah would be a nice way to learn more "in character" about aura and possibly other matters.
[X] Plan Libertine Aura
Another good idea, showing the Libertines that we still remember them. Instead of looking for more new contacts, we could consolidate the older ones.