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    • GAWR said:
    [X] I want to know more about my daiklave.
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    "I want to know more about my daiklave."

    LOGRIS: "I am sorry, but I have nothing else to tell you about it beyond describing its appearance. It was a long blade with an extended grip, maybe shoulder height on you, a handsbreadth across, curved gently like a sabre. The scabbard was blue-black lacquerware with minimal ornamentation. Shogunate make would be my guess, just from the aesthetics, but I am no expert."

    LOGRIS' FACE: But it is gone now.

    "Alright, thanks. Maybe I can remember something about it."

    LOGRIS: "If you have had it for a while, perhaps Dragonlord Mei could tell you more. If you can convince her to talk to you."

    LOGRIS' FACE: Good luck.

    [ ] I want to know more about the corpse-thing you mentioned.
    [ ] What was I like?
    [ ] What did I call myself when we knew each other?
    [ ] Actually, I'd rather ask about you.
     
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    • [X] What did I call myself when we knew each other?

    Well, that's. Something. I put three obols on the corpse-kraken thing being what erased our memories, possibly as a defense mechanism on our part.

    [X] Review Thought Cabinet: Examine The Dweller In Chaos Thought
    I'd just like to see the description, we're not gonna be able to think about it anyway.
     
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    I mean, reviewing our Thought Cabinet is probably a good idea at this regardless. It hasn't exactly been hours, but checking in on things is worth doing right now.
     
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    • GAWR said:
    [X] What was I like?
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    "What was I like?"

    Logris blinks twice behind her large spectacles before responding.

    LOGRIS: "Magistrate. I have the greatest respect for you and your office, which is why I have no intention of lying to you. You were difficult."

    LOGRIS' FACE: You were a horrendous garbage fire and it is a miracle the ship did not sink sooner.

    "Wow, your face is really expressive."

    LOGRIS: "I beg your pardon?"

    LOGRIS' FACE: I beg your pardon?

    "Nothing, please continue."

    LOGRIS: "Where to begin? You gambled with jade. You slept nude on deck. You started fights almost every day. You stole alcohol from the officer supply to keep yourself constantly drunk. You sold one of the legion officers cocaine laced with firedust, which started a fire belowdecks. You knocked out one of my officers because, and I quote, 'boat is a perfectly good word'-

    "Oh, yeah, Fincher mentioned that one."

    LOGRIS: "-and were generally as terrible and openly criminal a passenger as it was possible for you to be."

    LOGRIS' FACE: This was the short list.

    LOGRIS: "You were, frankly, very clearly in the midst of some kind of emotional breakdown. I pitied you, and tried to help keep your spirits up. But after a few weeks of this behaviour, I did have to keep you confined to the brig, for the safety of the ship and crew."

    LOGRIS' FACE: And because you were very annoying.

    [ ] I'm sorry.
    [ ] Man, past me was so much cooler than present me.
    [ ] Why did I have firedust-laced cocaine?
    [ ] Did I do anything good at all?

    Diamond and Thunderbolt
    The highest calling of any Dragon-Blood is to fight the Anathema. They are some of the few adversaries in the world who can outmatch you in single combat, and a material and spiritual threat to the order of the world. Those who have slain one of these terrible creatures have a unique place of respect anywhere the Realm or the relicts of the Dragon-Blooded Shogunate hold sway. Could you be one of these heroes? Is your secret mission to slay the human demons that haunt this island?
    War -1 (Personal Deeds Only)
    24 hours.

    The Dweller in Chaos
    You had a daiklave. How did you obtain this precious treasure? What is its history? Where did it go? Is there any chance you might be able to get it back? Probably not, honestly, but surely an outside chance of having a cool sword is better than nothing.
    Craft +1 (Contemplate the Material)
    Integrity -1 (Memory Hole)
    12 hours.

    Mysterious Stranger
    Someone has changed the numbers. What does it mean? You have to know. Someone is here today who wasn't yesterday. Do you remember their face from before they were here? Will you remember them tomorrow? Why are they here, what are they planning? You have to know.
    Integrity +1 (Someone Has Changed The Numbers)
    Presence -2 (Wild-Eyed Paranoia)
    10 hours.

    The New Black Jade
    This island was the last known location of the infamous sorcerer-warlord Yonris and her armies. She was Dragon-Blooded, like you. You don't know who you are. It doesn't take a genius to figure out that you might be one and the same... but it does take an idiot to seriously entertain the idea. Have a good long think about Yonris and try to figure out if there's any good reason to think you're not her.
    Sagacity -2 (Objectively Preposterous)
    Presence +1 (Appeal to Vanity)
    8 hours.

    The Prisoner's Dilemma
    You asked for the gag back. Why? Did you derive some value from it? Was it the joy of violence? The warm satisfaction of eating well? The exhilaration of surviving danger? Was it perhaps that it was just funny? Is it possible that it might be some other, mysterious, fifth thing, heretofore unknown to you? Take some time to ponder the gag thing. Then talk to Fincher about it.
    Integrity +1 (Do You Know What You Want?)
    Sagacity -1 (Obviously Irrelevant)
    8 hours.

    You are currently thinking about Unbroken Rushes (Complete), Maker, Builder, Breaker (19 hours), and The Opening Gate (25 hours)
     
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    • [X] I'm sorry.
    -[X] (If possible) It's not becoming of my station to do such things, or respectful towards you or your boat.

    I would like to note that this is the third time in a row that GAWR has voted first, which is the only reason I'm voting.
     
    Would it be possible to institute some sort of rule to open the vote up to new people that haven't previously voted? I've been eager to participate but I keep missing the vote. Obviously you should still keep the structure of just one vote determining things.
     
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    • Parabola said:
    [X] I'm sorry.
    -[X] (If possible) It's not becoming of my station to do such things, or respectful towards you or your boat.
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    "I'm sorry."

    LOGRIS: "You did say that a few times. But I suppose it behooves me to accept, what with you having saved my life, as I said."

    LOGRIS' FACE: Please do not do any of that again.

    "I promise to be more respectful to you and your boat in future."

    Logris sighs.

    LOGRIS' FACE: That will have to do.

    [ ] I want to know more about the corpse-thing you mentioned.
    [ ] What did I call myself when we knew each other?
    [ ] I'd like to ask about you.
     
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    • Arrow said:
    Would it be possible to institute some sort of rule to open the vote up to new people that haven't previously voted? I've been eager to participate but I keep missing the vote. Obviously you should still keep the structure of just one vote determining things.
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    I do value new voters, but it feels like it would be a lot of work to have a "new voters only" entry and then check back to verify. One benefit of the first-vote system is that it gives me a very fast response so I can just keep on posting when I'm in the mood for it with minimal delay.

    Maybe something appropriate will come up in future that I can restrict to first time voters, I'll keep it in mind.
     
    Mare Internum has been selected as one of SV's picks of the month.

    Crumplepunch said:
    1) Voting in this quest is first-come-first-serve. The first person to make a response with one of the options guides the next action in the quest.
    2) To prevent any one person from from monopolizing the action, nobody can make such a vote on two updates in a row. Alternating is fine.
    3) Writein options are not permitted except as general suggestions to modify the approach of an existing option, which I will apply at my discretion.
    4) These rules do not apply if the post is marked "This is a consquential decision, please vote." Those votes require a majority vote as normal, and writeins are allowed.
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    Welcome once more to new readers.
     
    There is a part of me that derives great joy from the thought of telling people that care about their impressive ships that we like their boat.
     
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    Woahhhhhhhhhhh this is awesome. How am I only seeing this now? Genius way of staging Disco mechanics as a quest! May I get caught up and participate someday, if my focus allows it.
     
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    • etranger01 said:
    [X] What did I call myself when we knew each other?
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    "What did I call myself when we knew each other?"

    LOGRIS: "Oh, yes, I suppose that would be a reasonable question. But I'm afraid it will be of little help in discovering your identity. You introduced yourself only as the Wolf of Sibun. I assumed it was your idea of a joke."

    LOGRIS' FACE: I was confused as well.

    SAGACITY: DIFFICULT
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    SAGACITY: Sibun was the imperial winter palace in Luo-Han. It was mysteriously destroyed thirty years ago. The Wolf of Sibun is the name used for the supposed Anathema responsible, though there is no information on them, if they even exist. It's just a baseless rumour to explain the disaster.

    Could I actually be the Wolf of Sibun?

    SAGACITY: Maybe? The only thing anyone knows about them is that they destroyed the palace of Sibun thirty years ago. You're old enough, so it's not impossible. Why would you do something like that, though?

    Why indeed?

    THOUGHT GAINED: The Wolf and the Falcon

    "Isn't that a little unusual?"

    She stares at you levelly.

    LOGRIS: "Yes, that is a little unusual."

    LOGRIS' FACE: I mean, obviously.

    "Wait, so I just came on board and said 'I'm a famous Anathema, one ticket to death island please'?"

    LOGRIS: "More or less, yes. A month into our journey we recieved coded instructions to make port at Iora to pick up an important passenger. The message was properly coded but unsigned. It might have come through some unconventional channels in the admiralty, or from the only other person with authority over the water fleet."

    LOGRIS' FACE: The Empress.

    "How did you recieve this message at sea?"

    LOGRIS: "Through the legion's sorcerer-adjunt, the Bane of Kadj. I did not ask him for specifics."

    LOGRIS' FACE: I fucking hate the Bane of Kadj.

    LOGRIS: "Now, I think I have exhausted my knowledge of our travels together. Perhaps we should talk about someone else?"

    [ ] I'd like to talk about the corpse-thing you mentioned.
    [ ] I'd like to talk about Mei.
    [ ] I'd like to talk about Fincher.
    [ ] I'd like to talk about Usamir.
    [ ] I'd like to talk about The Bane of Kadj.
    [ ] I'd like to talk about you.
     
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