- Location
- Brazil
[X] Take Sammy's Offer
[X] Get something special to store Somewhere for the tournament (I.E. nets, ect)
[X] Get something special to store Somewhere for the tournament (I.E. nets, ect)
The College of Jewels (Magical Academy Quest)
- Thread starter Lexica
- Start date
- Original
- Location
- Voidbetweenstars
[X] Don't
No just, no this has 'will make everything go to hell' Written all over it.
[X] Get something special to store Somewhere for the tournament (I.E. nets, ect)
No just, no this has 'will make everything go to hell' Written all over it.
[X] Get something special to store Somewhere for the tournament (I.E. nets, ect)
- Location
- USA
- Pronouns
- He/They
[X] Take Sammy's Offer
[X] Get something special to store Somewhere for the tournament (I.E. nets, ect)
-[X] Powdered breathing/eye irritant of some kind- hot pepper, quicklime dust, etc
--[X] Don't use against wind users.
[X] Get something special to store Somewhere for the tournament (I.E. nets, ect)
-[X] Powdered breathing/eye irritant of some kind- hot pepper, quicklime dust, etc
--[X] Don't use against wind users.
- Location
- Rochester, NY
[X] Take Sammy's Offer
[X] Talk to Henry about how things are going with the archmage's volunteer.
[X] Talk to Henry about how things are going with the archmage's volunteer.
[X] Don't
To be frank, we don't need more attention on us. We're already apparently getting attention by the fact that people want to know who we are (the hanging out with the TA and Ruby thing), let alone our magic. I'd rather not invite negative attention as well. And possibly Divine attention as well because 1) If the Goddess of War/Conquest knows about us, it's possible other Divine beings do and 2) Depending on how the Goddess of War views us, we might be put into the same position as Sammy in that, given we have her attention, we're probably not worth letting free.
Can someone explain the benefits of taking the deal?
[X] Get something special to store Somewhere for the tournament (I.E. nets, ect)
-[X] Powdered breathing/eye irritant of some kind- hot pepper, quicklime dust, etc
--[X] Don't use against wind users.
To be frank, we don't need more attention on us. We're already apparently getting attention by the fact that people want to know who we are (the hanging out with the TA and Ruby thing), let alone our magic. I'd rather not invite negative attention as well. And possibly Divine attention as well because 1) If the Goddess of War/Conquest knows about us, it's possible other Divine beings do and 2) Depending on how the Goddess of War views us, we might be put into the same position as Sammy in that, given we have her attention, we're probably not worth letting free.
Can someone explain the benefits of taking the deal?
[X] Get something special to store Somewhere for the tournament (I.E. nets, ect)
-[X] Powdered breathing/eye irritant of some kind- hot pepper, quicklime dust, etc
--[X] Don't use against wind users.
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Cybandeath
Lord Darkness, and Representative of Mad Science
- Location
- The United States of America
[X] Take Sammy's Offer
[X] Get something special to store Somewhere for the tournament (I.E. nets, ect)
[X] Get something special to store Somewhere for the tournament (I.E. nets, ect)
- Location
- Voidbetweenstars
Well everyone is going for the shiny, again.
PhDEevee
Mathematician and Questgiver
- Location
- Sydney
On the topic of Sammy's news, I can think of 3 not necessarily exclusive things:
1. Diadem is to be sacked.
2. Sammy's successor has been appointed.
3. Sammy will soon be released from her eternal bondage.
I'm willing to bet that Sammy is trying to do something sneaky - her declaration that she wants to do something is pretty incongruous with what is actually not that an important fight in the grand scheme of things. I don't think she's trying to trick Saphira though - it's only to her benefit. So it's safe to take the offer. But what's her plan directed at then?
The benefits of the offer, of course, are that Saphira doesn't have to kill people if she doesn't want to. I'm not convinced nets are going to cut it against even simple fire use, for instance. That's probably going to take enchanted equipment. For that reason I'm leaning away from getting equipment afyer this. I'd rather talk to Henry or try to figure out what Saphira's reputation is like.
[X] Take Sammy's Offer
[X] Talk to Henry about the archmage's volunteer
1. Diadem is to be sacked.
2. Sammy's successor has been appointed.
3. Sammy will soon be released from her eternal bondage.
I'm willing to bet that Sammy is trying to do something sneaky - her declaration that she wants to do something is pretty incongruous with what is actually not that an important fight in the grand scheme of things. I don't think she's trying to trick Saphira though - it's only to her benefit. So it's safe to take the offer. But what's her plan directed at then?
The benefits of the offer, of course, are that Saphira doesn't have to kill people if she doesn't want to. I'm not convinced nets are going to cut it against even simple fire use, for instance. That's probably going to take enchanted equipment. For that reason I'm leaning away from getting equipment afyer this. I'd rather talk to Henry or try to figure out what Saphira's reputation is like.
[X] Take Sammy's Offer
[X] Talk to Henry about the archmage's volunteer
My only concern is that the point of the tournament is to have people killed so the archmage doesn't have to deal with the budget. If we are deliberately going out of our way to not kill people, that might actually gain more attention than if we hadn't. Going all the way to a Goddess of War help is likely to attract even more. The archmage's, if anyone's. Which...is not a good thing.
And face it, even if we don't kill them, it's highly likely that the archmage will, with his emphasis on 'violently expel' and all. So it's not like we're saving their lives. Or likely even making Saphira feel much better about it.
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PhDEevee
Mathematician and Questgiver
- Location
- Sydney
The point of the tournament is to get rid of students - by whatever means. It's entirely possible the archmage could kill them - but it's not guaranteed, or even likely. Otherwise he would have just killed his 'volunteer' after Ruby spared him. The archmage seems to take sadistic pleasure in forcing people to fight and kill each other - so yes, it's entirely possible Saphira will end up on the archmage's radar. But I seriously doubt Saphira is going to be the only person going around avoiding killing people (I doubt Henry will, for instance; the same with Ruby, unless she has to), and she's already friends with someone the archmage doesn't like - Ruby.
- Location
- Voidbetweenstars
Another thing is that most of the people in the city are at odds with the Goddess of war, if people find out we are friendly with said goddess, well it would be bad.
Mm, maybe. I'm not going to hold my breath for Henry and Ruby. Ruby because Diana is here and pretense or not, I doubt she'll do anything against what the Dragon wants her to do. Remember that the TA said that there are no disloyal servants to the Dragon. And Henry because to be frank, I can't say I trust him. He's the son of a noble and good at negotiation, he can present whatever face he wants. I would honestly not be surprised if he was hiding a sadistic streak or something. We haven't seen him fight yet, after all.
I would find it amusing if Henry's shaking everyone's hand is part of his scheme as he can 'tag' them or something and use it against them.
As for the Archmage, he likely derives amusement from watching people suffer. Thus the 'volunteer'. And he's going to expel them anyway, why WOULDN'T he kill those we refuse to kill? We'd still suffer, it lets him flaunt his power, AND he gets the budget out of the way anyways.
And yes, we're friends with Ruby, who's on his shit list. But that's more of a secondary thing. And I doubt he wants to utterly piss off the Dragon of Wealth if he actually abuses her or anything. Him being directly annoyed with us is likely to not end well because we have no such sponsor. In other words, we were beneath his attention. Annoying him directly is going to have him focus on us fully. And I doubt he'd miss the Goddess of War thing, which would probably end up even worse.
And yes, the Goddess of War bias thing is still a concern.
I would find it amusing if Henry's shaking everyone's hand is part of his scheme as he can 'tag' them or something and use it against them.
As for the Archmage, he likely derives amusement from watching people suffer. Thus the 'volunteer'. And he's going to expel them anyway, why WOULDN'T he kill those we refuse to kill? We'd still suffer, it lets him flaunt his power, AND he gets the budget out of the way anyways.
And yes, we're friends with Ruby, who's on his shit list. But that's more of a secondary thing. And I doubt he wants to utterly piss off the Dragon of Wealth if he actually abuses her or anything. Him being directly annoyed with us is likely to not end well because we have no such sponsor. In other words, we were beneath his attention. Annoying him directly is going to have him focus on us fully. And I doubt he'd miss the Goddess of War thing, which would probably end up even worse.
And yes, the Goddess of War bias thing is still a concern.
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- Location
- St. Petersburg
Personally, I accept her offer because I also share her views in regards to this:
She is not exactly wrong here. Our every action does not have to have a carefully weighted cost/benefit analysis attached to it. That way lies mediocrity. (And safety, but mostly mediocrity.)
Ruby would do what the Dragon orders her to, but she herself is not a killer. We've seen enough of her to know that. And Henry... sometimes a cigar is just a cigar. Killing people is a way to fame, but it also reduces the number of people who know about you, and the fame is of a different kind than the one he tried to earn so far.
He can present whatever face he wants, but as someone who is also in a position of power, why does he need to hide his true intentions? In absense of clues pointing otherwise, I think I am willing to accept him at face value.
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Malaquez
[MUFFLED EUROBEAT]
- Location
- Singapore
Get well soon dude!
A shocking twist!
Lexica
Persevere
- Pronouns
- She/Her
[X] Take Sammy's Offer
[X] Get something special to store Somewhere for the tournament (I.E. nets, etc)
In the end, you decide that you won't say no to having a Goddess on your side, regardless of whatever potential complications that might bring. You do have to say that you're kind of underwhelmed by the ritual Sammy walks you through however. She just had you kneel and say a prayer for victory in battle in front of some candles. You can't say you really feel any different, but she assured you that it would work. You want to stick around and ask some more questions after that, but Sammy just ushered you out of the library saying that she had 'things to do.' Despite the fact that you accepted her offer you're still a bit suspicious of her. What exactly did she mean by 'do something' anyways? You don't think you accidentally killing someone or not was really all that important in the grand scheme of things.
Regardless, there was one thing you still wanted to do before the tournament- get some options besides just dropping rocks on people's heads. You have some vague ideas about maybe getting nets or some kind of irritating dust or power that will get in your opponent's eyes. Now, the problem was actually finding those things.
Nets were probably a bit much to be getting last minute like this. You have no idea where you would get any, and you aren't skilled enough at elemental magic to make some kind of approximation. Nor do you really know anyone who could do that well enough to ask. You don't really know how much time you have left-
As if on cue, the archmage's voice fills the corridors of the college.
"Attention. The tournament starts in an hour in the main courtyard. Anyone late will be expelled. Painfully."
Well, that gave you a time frame at least. You don't really trust the Archmage not to start early either, so you figure you have a maximum of 45 minutes to be on the safe side.
Hmm. What would be good additions? Maybe sand or dust? You could probably find that lying around from student's experiments with Earth Elemental magic. Speaking of, water would be a good idea too wouldn't it? With your elemental planar portal skills you could potentially fill a pocket dimension with a very large volume of water in the time remaining.
Nothing else you can get on such short notice immediately comes to mind, so you rush off to try and find some sand. Ten minutes later, you've managed to come across a classroom with a massive pile of ash in the center of it filled with scorch marks. Close enough you figure. Seconds later, it's tucked away inside a pocket dimension.
Hmmm. You don't really want to be seen filling a pocket dimension with water from an elemental planar portal in front of the rest of your class, so you should do that now too. You'll give it about a half hour before you head off to the main courtyard.
[X] Get something special to store Somewhere for the tournament (I.E. nets, etc)
In the end, you decide that you won't say no to having a Goddess on your side, regardless of whatever potential complications that might bring. You do have to say that you're kind of underwhelmed by the ritual Sammy walks you through however. She just had you kneel and say a prayer for victory in battle in front of some candles. You can't say you really feel any different, but she assured you that it would work. You want to stick around and ask some more questions after that, but Sammy just ushered you out of the library saying that she had 'things to do.' Despite the fact that you accepted her offer you're still a bit suspicious of her. What exactly did she mean by 'do something' anyways? You don't think you accidentally killing someone or not was really all that important in the grand scheme of things.
Regardless, there was one thing you still wanted to do before the tournament- get some options besides just dropping rocks on people's heads. You have some vague ideas about maybe getting nets or some kind of irritating dust or power that will get in your opponent's eyes. Now, the problem was actually finding those things.
Nets were probably a bit much to be getting last minute like this. You have no idea where you would get any, and you aren't skilled enough at elemental magic to make some kind of approximation. Nor do you really know anyone who could do that well enough to ask. You don't really know how much time you have left-
As if on cue, the archmage's voice fills the corridors of the college.
"Attention. The tournament starts in an hour in the main courtyard. Anyone late will be expelled. Painfully."
Well, that gave you a time frame at least. You don't really trust the Archmage not to start early either, so you figure you have a maximum of 45 minutes to be on the safe side.
Hmm. What would be good additions? Maybe sand or dust? You could probably find that lying around from student's experiments with Earth Elemental magic. Speaking of, water would be a good idea too wouldn't it? With your elemental planar portal skills you could potentially fill a pocket dimension with a very large volume of water in the time remaining.
Nothing else you can get on such short notice immediately comes to mind, so you rush off to try and find some sand. Ten minutes later, you've managed to come across a classroom with a massive pile of ash in the center of it filled with scorch marks. Close enough you figure. Seconds later, it's tucked away inside a pocket dimension.
Hmmm. You don't really want to be seen filling a pocket dimension with water from an elemental planar portal in front of the rest of your class, so you should do that now too. You'll give it about a half hour before you head off to the main courtyard.
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Thirty-five minutes later you're just entering the now rather crowded main courtyard. You don't see Ruby anywhere, but you're probably better off avoiding her for now anyways. You do see Henry, and next to him is standing the Archmage's 'volunteer' looking, if not exactly happy, at least much better than he did last time you saw him. So you suppose that that must have worked out to one degree or another. You also think you spot Adam from the day before in the arena. He spots you as well so you go for a respectful nod. He just scowls and looks away. Whatever.
In the center of the courtyard, the crowd is much thicker, and over their heads you can see what looks like some kind of notice board hung up. Pushing your way through the crowd, you get a look at it- it appears to be a list of fights for the tournament. Examining it, you see Ruby going first against... Henry. The last name is thoroughly scribbled out with black ink. You're pretty sure who that is, and it makes you worried. Henry seems like a nice guy and it's annoying that whatever his status is, it's apparently got him drawn into the Archmage's continuing grudge against Ruby. You meanwhile... Are going not dead last, but very close to it against someone whose name you don't recognize. Given the TA's hand in who you got placed against, you very much doubt that they're particularly noteworthy. So that was good for you at least.
Still, the fight between Ruby and Henry had you a bit worried. It was definitely going to go badly for at least one of them.
In the center of the courtyard, the crowd is much thicker, and over their heads you can see what looks like some kind of notice board hung up. Pushing your way through the crowd, you get a look at it- it appears to be a list of fights for the tournament. Examining it, you see Ruby going first against... Henry. The last name is thoroughly scribbled out with black ink. You're pretty sure who that is, and it makes you worried. Henry seems like a nice guy and it's annoying that whatever his status is, it's apparently got him drawn into the Archmage's continuing grudge against Ruby. You meanwhile... Are going not dead last, but very close to it against someone whose name you don't recognize. Given the TA's hand in who you got placed against, you very much doubt that they're particularly noteworthy. So that was good for you at least.
Still, the fight between Ruby and Henry had you a bit worried. It was definitely going to go badly for at least one of them.
Given the choices you've made so far, your fight isn't going to be interesting to play at all. Therefore, you're going to be playing your choice of either
[] Henry
or
[] Ruby
for their fight against each other.
[] Henry
or
[] Ruby
for their fight against each other.
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MasterDrakus
DEUS SOL
- Location
- Minas Gerais, Brazil
[X] Ruby
We barely know the guy and ruby is our friend.
We barely know the guy and ruby is our friend.
chocolote12
A Penguin Flailing Against The Keyboard Of Life.
[X] Henry
This isn't us rooting for them, this is us being them. And I want to know who this guy is.
This isn't us rooting for them, this is us being them. And I want to know who this guy is.