[X] [Fsr] Best-in-class
defensive equipment, including that which can be used for wide-area defense of others (we need to be the last bastion in a fight, so as to continue nullifying attacks on the party, as with the Bear)
Further build on Captain Martin's impression of our righteousness
and gets Lilly much-needed staying power. (Would also be useful for protecting our family on the run.)
Furthermore, our demanding defensive, rather than offensive capabilities makes Captain Martin less worried about us trying to tear our own pathway through the nation. Our emphasis on the defense of others makes him feel more it more likely he and his guard will continue to play a part in our upcoming upheaval.
[X] [AC] Risk assessment before sneaking off to the Prime Tree. Recruit Captain Martin and elite if necessary.
It might not be necessary, but better safe than sorry. Lilly's YOLOing tendencies are only matched by Captain Martin's himself.
[X] [AC] Give Captain Martin the transcript of everything we heard. The disgust practically speaks for itself.
We might as well do this.
If Slyvena thinks bringing him on the Lillyspiracy is a "bold move", that makes me in itself leery, but regardless of that, anything short of multi-ethos and Evie is
for sure a tell. And, as Cleaver of Fortune on Steroids told us, Captain Martin is looking for an excuse, a true gamechanger. Might be best not to complicate the issue with spirits and all, but:
[X] [QoNG] My Ethos grows faster.
[X] [QoNG] and I have more than one Ethos.
[X] [QoNG] and I have more than one Ethos.
-[X] [Auw] Tell Captain Martin. Whatever he hopes to accomplish, this will change things.
[] [Fsr] Whenever I am not with them, I want a personal guard assigned to my home.
This seems like a sensible precaution (don't leave open leverage hooks over the golden goose) to the point that I'm hesitant to outright demand it.
[X] [Fsr] I want an educated tutor who will teach me anything I want to know, no questions asked.
[X] [Fsr] Whatever Captain Martin feels is appropriate.
[X] [DoD] Write in. Tell Captain Martin what we overhead and head to the camp to identify the traitor.
[X] [DoD] Tell Captain Martin what you have overheard.
[X] [DoD] Head to the Watch's camp soon, find the traitor using your Eavesdropping and Essence Sight at a distance when Samuel stops there to give the watchman Lord Waters' instruction.
[X] [AMahs] For all the experience I've gained, I think my melee skills have only been sufficient because I have never seriously fought an armed attacker. There is much I have to learn. In fact, Mathew probably has techniques he hasn't even started teaching me yet.
[X] [AC] Find out what is going on with Myah, if necessary try and smuggle her out of Harmuph
[X] [AC]
Take Myah under your wing, she wanted to run away with you, collect her before it's too late.
[X] [AC] Visit the hill our mother told us about
[X] [AC] Dig Deeper wrt what's going on with Zach, try to avoid him picking up an Inverted Ethos
[X] [AC] Write in. We need to save Myah. Tell Captain Martin.
[X] [Lmt] Whatever the circumstances, I made a promise before witnesses and it would be looked down upon to renege.
Plan Almost Everything is almost everything I want, so:
[X] Plan: Almost Everything
I was horrified for a moment because I thought Lilly was about to waste her Cleaver of Fortune on a simple goodbye... but no, Cleaver really pulled through for us. And it still had enough gas in the tank to gave us a heads up on Myah. With any luck, her vampiric abilities will end up a potent supplement to our forces.
Senus Marnic can hurt people with their own attacks
Indirect, wide-area, unavoidable environmental attacks. Sudden pits/trampolines, sudden application of [Forest Fire is of Warm Now].
Sebastian can turn his malice into weapons that target any weakness you possess
Mental powers to remove malice. [My Resolution, Thy Bedrock] might very well be an unexpected hard-hitter, since it seems to come with some kind of morality siphon showing him at his "best".
Could even be a path to the secret route "actually, we don't have to be mortal enemies"
except in the sense where we've replaced you with a new person, though more likely he does what everyone invariably does upon realizing they've been indoctrinated. Though, in this case, we may actually be the indoctrinators, unless that's secretly Samus?
Never let him choose the place you face each other, he can warp the land to his advantage
Running battle where our guards harass his party before retreating back into the woods, waiting for him to come to us. On the offchance, maybe even an air battle.
"This was the easy way, whore. I look forward to next time," before continuing on his way.
Zach bristles at the remark (in addition to a number of watchmen), but Micah puts a hand on his shoulder in case he was thinking of anything stupid.
Good news! Zach's inverted ethos is no longer likely to be based on his jealousy issue, which bodes well for everyone's continued survival. Nothing like an external enemy to make former rivals suddenly forget their differences.
[My Revolution, Thy Hedchop] (Civilizational): (Flow/Oath) {Inverted}
Your sister gained yet another ethos for the preservation of the past, and you were left with mixed gratitude. Yet, sometimes the old world proves so rotten, its existing power structures so irreparably malicious that no other choice remains but to start anew. Your encounter with Sebastian Waters demonstrated far greater threats not only to your family, but to the people as a whole, than any vapid unappreciation. What your sister overheard of their departing words left no further ambiguity as to the true deserving targets of your righteous rage. Tear down the powers who seek to silence your family and village; recruit allies from among the vagabond or elite; lift spirits and inflame tensions through the propagation of masterful rhetoric. In doing so, find your place among the movers of history: a true equal standing alongside your sister. Sebastian Waters created his own greatest enemy this day... and it wasn't Lilly.
