Martial Artist Quest: Chasing Giant Fire Birds [Ranma/Exalted]

[X] Angrily demand the remaining fox pay for the food by marrying your daugh- Wait, no, he's probably not a martial artist. Also, that's stupid.
-[X] Make the kid clean up the mess he made. Explain that if he wanted food he should have just asked for it, but now he made a mess. If he liked the food so much then he ought to have no problem cleaning up the mess. That's just being responsible.
-[X] After he cleans up, double check with him to make sure he doesn't know any secret fox martial arts or something. You're not above learning a new technique no matter where it comes from. You can always bribe him with more food... probably.
-[X] Ask if he and his fellow foxes are really that hard up for food.
Well, to bring up a familiar discussion to those that were in the original ranma quest, do we dare....create a Martial Art of our own?
Nah, Anything Goes all the way.

That said, I can think of a new move.
Promethian Breath...Or Sun Wukong's Grasp...Fire Ice Cycle?

In Exalted, it's always said that Solar Exalted stole power from the sun, and I always thought it would be cool if someone actually did that.

Basically we would have Ranma play with Soul of Ice and his Mōko Takabisha to, essentially, continually respire and/or take in the strength of the sun, drawing in heat and light around him.

He could then, of course, use it in his attacks.

If nothing else, I figure it would make that one tornado attack much more powerful if he has both the Hot Ki and Cold Ki cycling within himself.

Oh, also, it might make him fully enlightened if he isn't already.

At the very least, it should make the Tornado skill stronger.
 
Hey, speaking of, we had all kind of agreed to NOT Exalt simply to prove that mortal or not Ranma is a hard core motherfucker.

I am still all for that.
 
Hey, speaking of, we had all kind of agreed to NOT Exalt simply to prove that mortal or not Ranma is a hard core motherfucker.

I am still all for that.

I would like to point out that there are roughly 700 people running around creation right now, who, with some effort, could become so skilled at Martial Arts that Ranma could never even hope to hit them.

Also, technicly you really don't have a choice in most exaltations, Just Abyssal and Infernal. Refusing the first makes you die horribly, and refusing the second gets you eaten by an angry demon.

The rest? Just minding your own business, then you suddenly get stabbed with a third soul.
 
I would like to point out that there are roughly 700 people running around creation right now, who, with some effort, could become so skilled at Martial Arts that Ranma could never even hope to hit them.

Also, technicly you really don't have a choice in most exaltations, Just Abyssal and Infernal. Refusing the first makes you die horribly, and refusing the second gets you eaten by an angry demon.

The rest? Just minding your own business, then you suddenly get stabbed with a third soul.
What about Alchemicals?
 
What about Alchemicals?
What about Alchemicals? Those are created from the souls of dead heroes, and I seriously doubt that if we die we'll still be playable, even if Autocthon's gut fauna human inhabitants somehow manage to get ahold of Ranma's soul and recognize it's true worth.
 
Menacing....
Fox Child Bullying Form
On the road to Lookshy
Somewhere past Nexus
Rising Wood, RY 763


I strode forwards- quickly but softly, careful not to break my stealth and alert the last one to my presence as well. Though, in all likeliness, it looked like I wouldn't need to keep up this facade of stealth anymore, because he wasn't noticing my approach. Not even when I stood right in front of him, less than a meter away.

I tapped him on the shoulder, and he looked up.

ゴゴ ゴゴ ゴゴ ゴゴ ゴゴ

"W-what?" The sudden atmosphere of my menacing aura was almost palpable. He tried to push himself back, farther into my furs. I could see his eyes widen to the size of dinner plates before me. "I-I-I-I-I-I-"

I stepped forward one step, and he scrabbled backwards some more, staring not quite at me in terror. He seemed to be staring at something right over my shoulder, like I had summoned a monstrous asura or something of that sort.

I think I heard a cracking of knuckles, but I hadn't moved a digit.

"Let's talk." I told him, and smiled thinly. I saw tears begin to sprout in the corners of his eyes.

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I worked my way through a bowl of soup as I watched the kid run around the camp hauling stuff back and forth. All my stuff was re-arranged in nice neat piles or was soon about to be, and this bowl of soup was pretty good. I didn't know what root was, but it was a good idea to put this in here. The starch really stiffened up the broth in lieu of oil from a fattier animal- the trap meat that I had gathered tended to be rather gamey and not all that rich in oils or fats. Some of my bad mood dissipated.

"Hey kid." I called out.

He stopped in place and slowly turned around, still shiver. I guess I had really scared him or something. "Y-y-y-yes?"

I held up a full bowl of soup, still warm. "You want some?"

"Me-?" He pointed to himself questioningly, and I nodded. After checking around to make sure that there was no sudden other kid standing behind him that I was actually pointing to, he nodded eagerly and hopped over to take up a bowl. "Yes!"

I poured another bowl for myself. Now that I had forced him to clean up my camp, what other sort of thing should I force him to do? Based on my experience- in exchange for the food, I should now force him to be engaged to my daughter- but I didn't have a daughter and he didn't seem like the sort of kid who would grow up into an extremely strapping and also extremely handsome martial artist, who incidentally happened to be the best at martial arts in the world, unmatched in his field....

...also it was dumb. Really dumb. It made me feel kind of stupid for even considering it after I had thought about it, and almost nothing made me feel stupid so it was a really special sort of dumb.

"So kid, what happened to the other little thieves who took off with my food?" I asked him. "They ran you off all alone here. They going to come back for you?"

"I- I think so." He nodded. "Well.... the others sort of have a short memory, so I don't know if they'll remember- and we're not thieves!"

He suddenly turned around to me with an indigent expression on his face, anger overpowering fear for a short time. "We are divine messagers of her mighty grace, who was entrusted with us as her loyal retainers by the Lord Who Prowls at the Edges of the World!"

"Mighty grace huh?" I noted, spoon halfway to my mouth. "She send you to steal my camp?"

"No!" He refuted resolutely. "We were merely sent to deliver a message.... and were distracted by such an array of food before us... because it looked very good... and we hadn't had anything to eat that wasn't caught in the wild for a long time."

He finished and sort of just trailed off embarrassed apparently by his lapse of discipline. He looked off to one side. "Her grace tries to provide, but it is hard... on all of us."

Right. So basically what he's been saying is that he's been camping out in the woods, and wasn't used to it, so he just made a grab for my food. I kind of understand. I've been through similar circumstances. He and his friends were hungry for food that didn't taste like game and the wilderness.

I could understand that.

I took another sip of my soup. "What message were you supposed to send anyway?"

"Oh-!" He lit up. "We were supposed to inform you that you have been partaking too much of the land! On behalf of the local nature spirits, the lady has requested that you reduce your hunting! In doing so, you unbalance the nature cycle of nature, and threaten the bountiful nature of the land!"

I nodded. Hm. It looks like some sort of divine retribution really did come after me for wasting food. I feel like someone just went 'I told you so' at me but I couldn't figure out why. It irritated me. "Yeah, I guess I should cut down on that a bit."

And he really did have a point. But, still... "That said, you did still go through my camp and steal my supplies."

"Yes.... that is true...." His expression dropped. Is this kid a fox spirit, or a dog spirit? I got the impression that his tail just stopped wagging.

"And I do need to find a way for you to repay me." I pointed out.

"Yes.. that is true..." His expression dropped even further.

Hm. What do I normally want out of people? He doesn't have food, and I don't really trust fox magic to help try to cure my curse. "You have any martial art techniques?"

He shook his head. "No..."

....well, bummer.

I wondered what I should do...
[ ] Just take this in stride. It wasn't like it was that big of a deal really, I'd been hungry for real food plenty of times before and I would really commiserate with him too. Let him go, and keep on going to Lookshy.
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[ ] If this 'grace' is his benefactor, then maybe she could repay me for her underlings mistakes? That seemed like a reasonable thought. Yeah... maybe I could get something good out of her.
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[ ] Well, I still have this fox kid. Maybe I could use him as a lackey train him in martial arts as a way to correct his obviously incorrect way of living life. Yes, definitely. I certainly could feed another mouth.
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[ ] I can definitely come up with a better idea than those!
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Note: Short update, but this is the splitting of your current quest and a sidequest. I really don't recommend you pursue this sidequest until you're stronger, it's going to be fairly tough to tackle it as a mortal, even one as tough as Ranma. Also, on an unrelated note I'm using Terrifying Argent Witches as homebrew for this quest.
 
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[X] Let's make a deal. You talk some about the place around here, and let me know a bit about the area, and you can tag along and share some food. When we're at the edge of your territory you can skedaddle.
- [X] Talk story about your adventures and what generally goes on? It is nice to talk with someone who is not a Rival or a Fiancee. ... You are male right? Not a girl who will grow up fixate on me later, right?
 
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[X] Well, I still had this fox kid. Maybe I could use him as a lackey train him in martial arts as a way to correct his obviously incorrect way of living life. Yes, definitely. I certainly could feed another mouth.
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Oh wow, this is nifty.

I'm honestly feeling like just letting the little bugger go, after showing him how to cook food with a fire.
 
Oh wow, this is nifty.

I'm honestly feeling like just letting the little bugger go, after showing him how to cook food with a fire.
The problem isn't that food tastes nasty raw, though that is true. It's that to cook foo you have to have at last some seasonings. I mean, have you eaten something without anything at all? No salt, no pepper, herbs, garlic, spices, nothing?

If you're really hungry, it tastes great. But eat it for long and you realize that it tastes absolutely the same and doesn't excite the tastebuds like you'd assume it would.

He's craving good food after roughing it for a while. You'd be better off giving him a couple of handfuls of salt.
 
[x] Just take this in strike. It wasn't like it was that big of a deal really, I'd been hungry for real food plenty of times before and I would really commiserate with him too. Let him go, and keep on going to Lookshy.
 
[X] Let's make a deal. You talk some about the place around here, and let me know a bit about the area, and you can tag along and share some food. When we're at the edge of your territory you can skedaddle.
 
[X] Well, I still had this fox kid. Maybe I could use him as a lackey train him in martial arts as a way to correct his obviously incorrect way of living life. Yes, definitely. I certainly could feed another mouth.
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Can't go wrong.
 
[] Well, I still had this fox kid. Maybe I could use him as a lackey train him in martial arts as a way to correct his obviously incorrect way of living life. Yes, definitely. I certainly could feed another mouth.
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Doesn't this sorta fly in the face of the commandment to hunt less?
 
[X] Let's make a deal. You talk some about the place around here, and let me know a bit about the area, and you can tag along and share some food. When we're at the edge of your territory you can skedaddle.
 
[x] Just take this in strike. It wasn't like it was that big of a deal really, I'd been hungry for real food plenty of times before and I would really commiserate with him too. Let him go, and keep on going to Lookshy.
 
[X] Let's make a deal. You talk some about the place around here, and let me know a bit about the area, and you can tag along and share some food. When we're at the edge of your territory you can skedaddle.
 
Just a note, the kid's not actually from around here, he tells you he's from Halta the east. So if you want to talk about places in the river province, he's not going to be able to tell you much other than what he's seen traveling through it so far.
 
[x] Just take this in strike. It wasn't like it was that big of a deal really, I'd been hungry for real food plenty of times before and I would really commiserate with him too. Let him go, and keep on going to Lookshy.
-[x] Try to get a future favor out of him though. In case you're passing through his home sometime in the future, it'd nice to have some back up when shit inevitably hits the fan and everyone starts pointing fingers at you.
 
[x] Just take this in strike. It wasn't like it was that big of a deal really, I'd been hungry for real food plenty of times before and I would really commiserate with him too. Let him go, and keep on going to Lookshy.
-[x] Try to get a future favor out of him though. In case you're passing through his home sometime in the future, it'd nice to have some back up when shit inevitably hits the fan and everyone starts pointing fingers at you.
 
[x] Just take this in strike. It wasn't like it was that big of a deal really, I'd been hungry for real food plenty of times before and I would really commiserate with him too. Let him go, and keep on going to Lookshy.

Remember, he's a kid with memory problems. Asking for a favor? Well, that's reliable.
 
[X] If this 'grace' is his benefactor, then maybe she could repay me for her underlings mistakes? That seemed like a reasonable thought. Yeah... maybe I could get something good out of her.

Talk to the Terrifying Argent Witch. This can in no way go wrong :whistle:
 
[X] Let's make a deal. You talk some about the place around here, and let me know a bit about the area, and you can tag along and share some food. When we're at the edge of your territory you can skedaddle.
- [X] Talk story about your adventures and what generally goes on? It is nice to talk with someone who is not a Rival or a Fiancee. ... You are male right? Not a girl who will grow up fixate on me later, right?

:p
 
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