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Loyalty or No SV you Are the Daedra

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[X] Basic attack for you and a basic attack for you and a basic attack for you!

I'm a simple man. Oh, yes, before I forget

[X] Jump around like Yoda or something. Gotta train that acrobatics skill somehow...
 
[X] Turn the dagger into a greataxe
-[X] Flurry like it is going out of style
--[X] whenever you get the opportunity, knock people screaming into the abyss.
---[X] Yell out "Weapon triangle, bitches!" Repeatedly.
 
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Build a Wall!
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    • You don't bother transforming your dagger back into a sword. Smaller faster weapons make striking fast and hard easier and you're going to live up to your name! And there's one more thing.

    "We don't have to put up with you immigrant goblins from Morrowind!" You shout and cut down the nearest goblin with a perfect upward slash. It's friend sweeps its spear at you but your followup slash takes you out of its reach. "Coming into our lands and kidnapping our hardworking elves!" Red splashes on the ground. Two goblins down.

    There's a third, already in the way of the last part of your flurry. It jabs at you, trying to keep you back. You ignore it, letting the point skitter off your armour. "Cyrodiil's bandits work hard for these kidnap extortion jobs and I for one-" the goblin doesn't hear the rest of the sentence but its friends do "-won't let lazy immigrant Morrowind goblins steal them!"

    The four remaining goblins form a spiky defensive cluster. You descend on it like a madman, not feeling the spear heads driving into your armour with your own fervour. Your dagger darts up and down and side to side like a striking snake, almost faster than the eye can see and leaving only destruction in its wake.

    Only two goblins remain and one of those scrabbles at an oozing slice down one arm, the fear of you in its eyes. "I'm going to build a wall along the border!" You declare and raise your dagger against the single un-wounded goblin. It doesn't stay that way for long.

    "And I'll make Morrowind pay for it!" You shout as the goblin with the injured arm sprints away from you down the tunnel.

    You hear a noise behind you and turn. Diana is clinging to Tenor's back, face visible over his shoulder plate, and she looks torn between confusion and horror. Lucas is being carried bridal style by Baritone for some reason. He looks absolutely livid about something... probably the way he's being carried by your minion. Yeah that has to be it.

    Diana slides off Tenor, lower lip white with pressure as she bites it. "Y-You didn't mean all that about walls and lazy immigrants. Right Fast?"

    Oh.... Shit, none of that sounded good, did it?

    [ ] Sorry no time to explain gotta rescue Morlia. Bye!

    [ ] It's not what it sounds like, I can explain!

    [ ] Yeah, I meant every word! Is that a problem?

    [ ] Write in

    How do Diana and Lucas get across the chasm?

    [ ] The don't, no time, gotta go Fast!

    [ ] Maybe the minions can jump it, you did! Sorta.

    [ ] Throw them!

    [ ] Write in

    I feel horrible for writing this, like seriously horrible. So you all get to suffer with me because you've disappointed Diana and hugs ain't gonna fix it.
     
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    • [X] Say jovially "Ha! Not In the slightest! We were just aping the "quality" political discourse we have back home, as a cunning strategy to confuse and demoralise the foe."
    -[X] Try to transform your sword into a long, wide plank, and test it to see if it can take their weight.
    --[X] If it can take their weight, use it to bridge the chasm, otherwise turn your sword into a grappling hook and snag the bridge supports on the other side, and tie it on both ends of the chasm.
    ---[X] Have them cross one at a time, starting with Bass.
    ----[X] Borrow Bass's sword, and go charging off after the goblins.
     
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    [X] Sorry no time to explain gotta rescue Morlia. Bye!
    [X] Maybe the minions can jump it, you did! Sorta.

    No explaining the joke. It's not a joke if we have to explain it to anyone.
     
    [X] Sorry, it's a metajoke about another universe, involving this one guy who's trying to gain power in this one place by...I just thought it'd be funny to... look, it's just more of my usual nonsense, promise. I love Morrowind! Some of my best friends are from there. But these goblins have got to go!
    -[X] Anyways, gotta go save people, hurry up and figure out how to get across okay? Could use the help.
    --[X] Take the time to heal while speaking, then take off deeper into the cave once we've said our piece.

    Alternatively

    [] Only illegal immigrants like these goblins! The hard-working dark elves and other inhabitants of Morrowind who come to Cyrodil are okay by me.
    -[] And no I'm not really going to build a wall. Promise. We've got better things to do, and I probably wouldn't want to build one even if we didn't.
     
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    [X] Say jovially "Ha! Not In the slightest! We were just aping the "quality" political discourse we have back home, as a cunning strategy to confuse and demoralise the foe."
    -[X] Try to transform your sword into a long, wide plank, and test it to see if it can take their weight.
    --[X] If it can take their weight, use it to bridge the chasm, otherwise turn your sword into a grappling hook and snag the bridge supports on the other side, and tie it on both ends of the chasm.
    ---[X] Have them cross one at a time, starting with Bass.
    ----[X] Borrow Bass's sword, and go charging off after the goblins.

    @Kyrina, do we know if our minions can transform our sword?
     
    [JK] "Have you seen my sword?"
    -[JK] 'Hold up dagger'
    --[JK] "It's Hhuuuuuuuge."

    [X] Skewfiend
     
    Skewfiend said:
    [X] Say jovially "Ha! Not In the slightest! We were just aping the "quality" political discourse we have back home, as a cunning strategy to confuse and demoralise the foe."
    -[X] Try to transform your sword into a long, wide plank, and test it to see if it can take their weight.
    --[X] If it can take their weight, use it to bridge the chasm, otherwise turn your sword into a grappling hook and snag the bridge supports on the other side, and tie it on both ends of the chasm.
    ---[X] Have them cross one at a time, starting with Bass.
    ----[X] Borrow Bass's sword, and go charging off after the goblins.

    @Kyrina, do we know if our minions can transform our sword?
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    That's our doing i'm afraid. For now our poor poor minions are but normal Order Knights. That said we are improving our control of the power we are getting from the obelisk all the time, so maybe one day.
    No
    Oh come on, it wasn't that bad.
    We almost destabilised.
    What's life without some risk of turning into soup?
     
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    Verminlord said:
    That's our doing i'm afraid. For now our poor poor minions are but normal Order Knights. That said we are improving our control of the power we are getting from the obelisk all the time, so maybe one day.
    No
    Oh come on, it wasn't that bad.
    We almost destabilised.
    What's life without some risk of turning into soup?
    Click to expand...
    Click to shrink...
    Just out of curiosity, is the merit of the shapeshifting in us or in the sword?
     
    [X] Say jovially "Ha! Not In the slightest! We were just aping the "quality" political discourse we have back home, as a cunning strategy to confuse and demoralise the foe."
    -[X] Try to transform your sword into a long, wide plank, and test it to see if it can take their weight.
    --[X] If it can take their weight, use it to bridge the chasm, otherwise turn your sword into a grappling hook and snag the bridge supports on the other side, and tie it on both ends of the chasm.
    ---[X] Have them cross one at a time, starting with Bass.
    ----[X] Borrow Bass's sword, and go charging off after the goblins.
     
    [X] Say jovially "Ha! Not In the slightest! We were just aping the "quality" political discourse we have back home, as a cunning strategy to confuse and demoralise the foe."
    -[X] Try to transform your sword into a long, wide plank, and test it to see if it can take their weight.
    --[X] If it can take their weight, use it to bridge the chasm, otherwise turn your sword into a grappling hook and snag the bridge supports on the other side, and tie it on both ends of the chasm.
    ---[X] Have them cross one at a time, starting with Bass.
    ----[X] Borrow Bass's sword, and go charging off after the goblins.



    To be balanced we have to say 'I don't recall' like 1000 times next time we get questioned by local cops about something and need to stall clearly :p
     
    [X] Say jovially "Ha! Not In the slightest! We were just aping the "quality" political discourse we have back home, as a cunning strategy to confuse and demoralise the foe."
    -[X] Try to transform your sword into a long, wide plank, and test it to see if it can take their weight.
    --[X] If it can take their weight, use it to bridge the chasm, otherwise turn your sword into a grappling hook and snag the bridge supports on the other side, and tie it on both ends of the chasm.
    ---[X] Have them cross one at a time, starting with Bass.
    ----[X] Borrow Bass's sword, and go charging off after the goblins.
     
    [X] Obviously its a long term project and I won't do it before we're done with the Black Brotherhood.

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    I am aware it's the dark brotherhood.
     
    We should totally form a circus
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    • "Ha! Not in the slightest! We were just aping the 'quality' political discourse we have back home." You make air quotes from your sword to frame the word quality, just to make things clear. "As a cunning strategy to confuse and demoralise the foe." Not that you probably needed it given just how effective those flurries of blows were against said foes.

    "I don't think you should repeat any of that in a town... people might start thinking walling Cyrodiil off from the rest of Tamriel is a good idea." Diana says uncertainly, hands clasping and unclasping in front of her. "Besides all goblins are native to Cyrodiil, everyone knows that." She tries to smile but it breaks after half a second.

    "Forget that, get this thing to let go of me!" Lucas distracts her admirably from where he's still stuck being carried by Baritone. He struggles with the crystal arms holding him but Baritone is much stronger and tougher than he is.

    "His name is Baritone, try asking politely." Diana says in a syrupy sweet voice. "I'm sure that would work, right Bass." She pats your other minion on the forearm.

    "I think so." Bass confirms. You're pretty sure Lucas is glaring at the pair of them.

    "Fine, Baritone put me down." Lucas snaps. Nothing happens.

    "Say please." You suggest, there's no way you'd miss getting in on this. Even if you aren't sure how it happened.

    "Please." You can hear how hard he has his teeth clenched. Baritone drops him. "Ow" That worked exactly as you intended. Perfect. Now to figure out how to get them across the chasm. It shouldn't be that hard.

    You hold up your dagger and frown at it. What you want is a long thin plank of crystal. It's not hard to visualise and you push the mental template you've created onto the dagger. It trembles in your gauntlet, expanding out a little to a more plank-like shape. You push harder and something somewhere protests with a loud crystalline screech.

    Unlucky. Good shot though... gives me an idea.

    You're left holding your sword, nothing more nothing less. "Damn." You thought it was working there for a second but you suppose not. Maybe it's not designed for large non-weapon constructs? Oh well on to plan B!

    I do not approve this plan. Knights of Order are not known for their balance or acrobatic skill.

    Morphing your sword into a grappling hook complete with length of chain is child's play. Throwing it accurately across the gap is harder and you don't snag the support post on first try. Bass and Baritone helpfully hook it around for you, then loop the chain around once more just in case. On your side of the chasm you loop and fuse the chain around a support post sturdily. No way that's coming off unless you want it too.

    "Alright, Bass first 'cause I need to borrow your sword buddy." You pat the taught chain gently. Bass looks at it. If he had a face to emote with you're pretty sure he'd be giving the chain a very dubious look. Lucas rolls his eyes.

    "Allow me to demonstrate." The thief says and hops up onto the chain lightly. He pauses a moment, taking a deep breath, then walks across the chasm, eyes fixed somewhere past you and definitely not on the chain links under his feet. He reaches you in a handful of seconds and hops off with a showmanly flourish. "Tah-dah"

    "Can I borrow your sword?" You ask him eagerly.

    "Have you ever seen me carrying a sword for you to borrow."

    "Well..." you check, there's no sword at his side, "no. Come on Bass, it's easy." You call to your minion.

    Bass considers the chain for a moment before grabbing it with both hands and proceeding to climb across sloth style. He releases the chain, lands with a crash then scrambles to his feet to present you with his sword.

    "Thanks Bass." You say brightly, taking his sword. Diana approaches the chain with trepidation. Lucas is standing by the post, watching carefully and smiling encouragingly at her. They look well able to handle this.

    New sword in hand you charge deeper in the tunnels. You've got to be nearly there now. There's no way the goblins who took Morlia can be much further ahead of you.

    You've gone maybe ten paces, past a turn in the tunnel, when you hear a high terrified scream from behind you that cuts off abruptly. You know that voice. Diana

    [ ] Go Back! If something attacked her you'll tear it to shreds and set them on fire for daring!

    [ ] Keep going. Lucas and two Knights of Order are with her. You trust them. She'll be fine... right?

    *Evil Laughter* Ahem, I mean, write ins remain a welcome addition to this quest and the dice gods remain evil.
     
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