The Captain sounds suspicious as hell
("walk into this dark forest with me, and I'll shower you with fortune and wealth" / *steps back* "suuure, Captain"), but I trust from everything else that it's unintentional.
[X] [CI] Okay. I'll come.
- [X] [CI] [Yes] I trust you not to push me too far sir. (Agreement)
[X] [APC] Yes, you will likely need their help to get there in the increasingly treacherous forest.
- [X] [APC] [Reveal] Try to convince Captain Martin to detour toward the Prime Tree.
I think we're, for better or worse, already all-in on these people, and what better way to ensure their loyalty than with bonds of battle, while showing our indispensibility!
[X] [DwtFLU] She was all the forest and all the forest was her.
Intelligence/reconnaissance; the dearth of which had gotten us into this situation to begin with.
I'm a bit worried that it only works
in forests, though. Meh.
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[X] [BB] The swinging blade crept forward glacially. {..im..}
Bullet time is always good. Lilly's tactical thinking is already strong so it's less essential than it would be for other people.
Would also be a benefit for planning. Instead of hesitating in her speech, Lilly can bullet-time plan the speech.
[X] [BtCabE] Remain as conservative as humanly possible, only draw upon Pithe to save another's life.
Not risking this; also keeping a powerful secret back from them hopefully.
[X] [DD] She'd likely never have another shot at this. He who sows the most seeds, reaps the greatest harvest. (Evie's {{REDACTED}} will not replace your fifth Ethos choice (available Ethea will be rerolled))
More bonds in battle from the future attacks (failure mode is if the guardsmen suspect that we're the cause, but considering how well organized they are about this, I doubt it), more chances to show our indispensability.
Also, this battle is a good time for a new ethos (I could be wrong on this; it's not as good as back when we were moments from death). More coordination, more indispensability, better sensors?
[X] [FM] To get help quickly, I was forced to show the guards most of what I can do. We need to talk about the wider world at some point. I can't afford to be kept in the dark any longer.
See
below.
[X] [NIV] Meanwhile across the Ocean.
Because
why not? C'mon, people!
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[X] [DwtFAME] I embrace the connection between all things.
Increase coordination even further? Hive-mind? Either way, make us even more indispensable.
[X] [DwtFAME] I embrace that which hides beneath the waking world.
Stranger powers sound good for survival. Tunneling powers, on the other hand, would be more meh. (Well, unless literally no one else can affect the Earth below, in which case we can make like a mole.)
[X] [DwtFAME] The Dream should not be pruned, I grant it unrestrained growth.
If it really is unrestrained growth, we can farm effortlessly and set up natural barriers against invasion; a strategic boon. Would also better convince the Captain to side with us.
