- Location
- Southampton, Great Britain
- Pronouns
- He/Him
Just rewrite it so Geirfinnr wasn't there? Him not being there to step up doesn't really change much compared to being there and not stepping up.
NorseQuest: Collective Edition (Group-Based Xianxia Settlement-Builder)
- Thread starter I.F. Ister
- Start date
- Original
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- He/Him
Honestly, that line aside, the interaction probably works anyway. His issue is that the other kids are looking to Bo because of that incident...him not even being there works just as well to explain that as him not stepping up.
- Location
- The United States
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- He/They
Ragnar discovering, in front of everyone, that his son had gone off to do dumb norse shit while he was trying to stop all the players from doing dumb norse shit would be a neat story beat.
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- He/Him
I'd personally find it really frustrating, because it presents Ragnarr's wife as incompetent and means we can't actually say things like 'my kids are going to the shelter during the attack' and have those statements mean anything.
It hamstrings our ability to actually take precautions or care about our characters NPC family.
Like, him going and doing stupid stuff is not the issue (that's arguably this whole incident, and is acceptable), it's the ignoring me taking specific precautions.
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- Location
- New Jersey
"Heh aye, I'm afraid unlike your kinsman or any of the others I'm not one for many pursuits besides fighting. Though I might have to change that if I wanna trade for as much of this brew as possible!"
Downing another mouthful of his drink he savored it on his tongue; knowing the season that awaited would be long and full of work. The taste carried a hint of the same as the Golden Grass they'd become accustomed to mixing with everything over the past seasons, sweeter however and with a provided numbness that made him giddier than he would naturally be outside of his comfort zone amongst family.
"Tell me" His voice seemed to carry a bit of wonder as he took a spot besides Liv "How is the view from atop your watchtower? I was accustomed to a grand sight of Gotland back home but obviously the sights higher up are barred from us, would you be willing to allow me to man it for some time to stay up there?" Silent as he was amongst the villagers he had no reason to hold back his natural rapid mouth loosened by the drink as it was.
"The sight of the sun rising above the horizon, be it in Gotland or here I believe any amount of work would be worth such a sight."
I.F. Ister
Fortifying The Thread
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Yeah, I'll go make some edits to rectify that error
- Location
- Hell
Erik furrows his brow for a second, but keeps his smile up.
"Really? That is a mighty serious claim and hardly sounds like my boy. Bo may be the talkative sort, takes after me and all, but he knows better than to to insult someone to their face for no reason. Now I know kids get into mischief and bandy some words every now and then, but I am sure that it is not anything so Nid-worthy.
"Now, have you seen what Harald has gotten into? He was halfway to dreamland before he disappeared and guess where I found him...?"
- Location
- Southampton, Great Britain
- Pronouns
- He/Him
"It wasn't words," Sigmund corrects Erik grimly, "Bo struck Geirfinnr in the face. Hard enough to leave bruises."
Nando
they, them
"Ah..." Liv looks into her drink, around, at the closest flame, back into her drink. "The sight is...nice? I wouldn't mind sharing the duty of keeping a watch-eye out for any trouble, but...while mine hands raised the tower, it does rest on land that, by rights, is my brother's, and so it is his right to invite others onto it."
Liv glances at Akali, back at her drink, at him again. Takes a sip.
"But feel free to tell him, I invited you."
- Location
- Southampton, Great Britain
- Pronouns
- He/Him
"And the fact your son remains silence while Geirfinnr has a bruised face is rather indicative of who is at fault, Erik. As is your apparent desire to just brush this incident aside."
Edit: OOC reasoning at the request of Discord. Sigmund knows that Geirfinnr has a bruised face while Bo isn't answering his question while Erik has come up and tried to brush things off as not being a big deal. Because of those factors, he is starting to make a guess at who is at fault and, well, he is a warrior not a diplomat.
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- Location
- Hell
His smile drops.
"You swear it?
(I imagine this is preluded by a yes)
"Then let me talk to my son."
I pull my son off to the side to talk to him in private @I.F. Ister
I.F. Ister
Fortifying The Thread
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Passives 1.0 -- interrupted by RP
2. Gotcha
3. Planner-Buck says that it's a good idea to train Glima, specially since you've got so many hands to use it with. With regards to Grid, he says that you should probably kill something impressive and offer her its heart alongside your declaration of love. She's the kind of woman that values a powerful partner as it reflects well on her. He also says that perhaps Agmundr should take a couple steps back to make sure that Grid is the person he wants to marry--even though they can divorce, that has its own hoops to jump through wealth and status.
4. You do so
5. You do so 2
6. You do so 3
1. Ongoing
2. Gotcha
3. Planner-Buck says that it's a good idea to train Glima, specially since you've got so many hands to use it with. With regards to Grid, he says that you should probably kill something impressive and offer her its heart alongside your declaration of love. She's the kind of woman that values a powerful partner as it reflects well on her. He also says that perhaps Agmundr should take a couple steps back to make sure that Grid is the person he wants to marry--even though they can divorce, that has its own hoops to jump through wealth and status.
4. You do so
5. You do so 2
6. You do so 3
- Location
- Southampton, Great Britain
- Pronouns
- He/Him
"Aye," answers Sigmund, his posture softening, "Geirfinnr came up with a large bruise on his face and claimed Bo did it. Ragnarr is speaking with Geirfinnr and I decided to get the other side of the story for the sake of fairness."
OOC: This is how it went down from Sigmund's perspective: Sigmund went up to Bo and asked a question. Bo doesn't answer while Erik comes up to Sigmund and starts trying to downplay what happened. So Sigmund starts to put together a picture from his limited view of the situation.
I.F. Ister
Fortifying The Thread
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- He/They
Bo blinks, "What are you talking about?"
- Location
- Southampton, Great Britain
- Pronouns
- He/Him
OOC: @I.F. Ister, I'm going to assume that Erik took Bo aside like @Sivantic 's post. We seem to have two timelines of the same conversation.
- Location
- The United States
- Pronouns
- He/They
Harald snores softly, surrounded by moving dirt in the shape of regular sized frogs that occasionally squeeze out massive eggs.
He wakes with a start, and remembers what he was doing, standing up.
*Where did Gefjoza go?*
He started to walk off, before noticing that someone had left dirt all over the floor. Picking it up with his Kunna and storing it at the bags at his side, Harald slowly walks off, shaking his head at the impropriety of all these drunks.
*OK. Find Gefjoza. She's wearing that ridiculous outfit she thinks hides her figure, she should be easy to find. Retrace her ste....Gefji!!*
Harald sees her on the other side of the room, and goes cross-eyed for a moment trying to path out a clear way to her. After only a minute of firm concentration, he nails it, walking over to her smoothly, almost completely hiding his stumbling by controlling the soil tucked into his shoes.
"Gefjoza, I'm so glad I found you, I've been thinking about the directional moisturization problem and I realized that with a mill and some flax sponges we could..."
At that point, Harald's peripherals slowly filtered information to him about things besides Gefjoza and obstacles to reach her, and he. noticed who was sitting next to Gefjoza.
His words froze in his throat as his thoughts and words sharply diverged.
He looks slowly between Gefjoza(@CoatRackRanger ) and Anja(@theknightofiron )
*Lady Freya, I have sacrificed to you in two lands across five years, should this have instilled in you any regard for me I ask that you are merciful in your judgements for any crimes against woman kind that I've committed. *
"Oh, you two know each other.
Neat!"
I.F. Ister
Fortifying The Thread
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Look, I think it's kinda unfair to me to do it the way you have been, but you've already started down this road so it's the path you've chosen.
Carry on
- Location
- Many Places
Kare wanders over to Gunnar and somewhat drunkenly tells him, "Gunnar, dude, keep your Fylgja in your soul, dying because someone hit your goat is, is really bad.
I.F. Ister
Fortifying The Thread
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Alright, you do so
- Location
- Southampton, Great Britain
- Pronouns
- He/Him
Sorry about that.
***
Deciding that Erik and Ragnarr can handle their kids and the fallout from it better than he can, Sigmund steps back to spend time with his wife.
OOC: It is after midnight for me and I want to start relaxing my brain for the night rather than keep it active dealing with this drama so Sigmund is stepping back to let the parents handle their kids
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- She/Her
Can Katla use a poison kunna to strengthen the beer?
- Location
- New Jersey
"By Odin's beard I must be drunk, it's supposed to be sheep!" Akali takes a look at the last of his Maize Meed and shrugs before chugging the draught and relaxing besides his talking companion, gazing into the fire silently.
I.F. Ister
Fortifying The Thread
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Passives 1.1 - I'm only going to be responding to passive actions that require me to, though all the actions do still happen.
2. You do so (-1 Cloth)
3. You do so (+4 Gambesons, High Quality. -4 Cloth)
4. Erik returns with a good catch
5. You manage to extract a yellow and what you're hoping you can twist into a red at some point in the future. At the moment it's just kind of brown-ish.
6. You do so
7. You do so
2. Prepared Siblings Acquired
3. You do so
4. You do so, earning yourself +1 Ordstirr for the gifts
2. You do so
3. You do so
4. With the guidance of the Feeder-Ones, you make a number of nice recipes
5. You learn some more of the language
6. You do so
...I'm just gonna start only responding to the parts that actually need me to respond to, I reckon.
You receive an Ash Seed from Alfatella as well as her well-wishes--it seems that asking that favor of her has earned you her respect.
You notice that any interaction between local wildlife is a competition--and an active one at that. Sometimes you'd wake up to find that a plant you'd been studying the day before had withered away overnight--drained dry by a rival.
Weird.
1. Basic House Acquired
2. You do so (-1 Cloth)
3. You do so (+4 Gambesons, High Quality. -4 Cloth)
4. Erik returns with a good catch
5. You manage to extract a yellow and what you're hoping you can twist into a red at some point in the future. At the moment it's just kind of brown-ish.
6. You do so
7. You do so
1. You do so
2. Prepared Siblings Acquired
3. You do so
4. You do so, earning yourself +1 Ordstirr for the gifts
1. You attempt to, but as most parents teach their own children you don't have a lot of takers
2. You do so
3. You do so
4. With the guidance of the Feeder-Ones, you make a number of nice recipes
5. You learn some more of the language
6. You do so
1. You do so
...I'm just gonna start only responding to the parts that actually need me to respond to, I reckon.
You receive an Ash Seed from Alfatella as well as her well-wishes--it seems that asking that favor of her has earned you her respect.
Basic House Acquired
You notice that any interaction between local wildlife is a competition--and an active one at that. Sometimes you'd wake up to find that a plant you'd been studying the day before had withered away overnight--drained dry by a rival.
Your land doesn't seem to have anything overly interesting on the surface. Though... Looking up in the sky, you notice that there seems to be a weird dark smudge that doesn't like to move.
Weird.
I.F. Ister
Fortifying The Thread
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Passives 2 -- Once more, only responding to that which needs it. Everything still happens regardless of that.
You realize, as you start to study the Necromouser's notes, that you still don't speak the language.
Drat.
+3 Units of Tar
+5 Units of Basic Lumber
Basic Defenses Acquired
Jungle Spirit Shrine Acquired
Flax "loaned" to Harald
2x Tier 1 Farm Plots Acquired
Language improved
Basic Defenses Acquired
Seeress will get back to you on the orb
Rune Compass Acquired
Rune Flashbang Acquired
Rune Necklace Acquired
Rune Ring Acquired
Local Language improves
You realize, as you start to study the Necromouser's notes, that you still don't speak the language.
Drat.
Basic House Acquired
+3 Units of Tar
+5 Units of Basic Lumber
Basic Tannery Acquired
Basic Furniture Acquired
Sod House Acquired (No Materials Used)
Basic Defenses Acquired
Jungle Spirit Shrine Acquired
Coral doesn't seem evil or anything, which is good
Flax "loaned" to Harald
Void Eagle Skull adds +1 Prestige
2x Tier 1 Farm Plots Acquired
Language improved
Basic Defenses Acquired
Seeress will get back to you on the orb
Rune Compass Acquired
Rune Flashbang Acquired
Rune Necklace Acquired
Rune Ring Acquired