- Location
- Yes
Being pretty is still technically a reason so the answer to your question is...
Yes.
Underneath the twisted blue moon
- Thread starter LordPenguin
- Start date
- Crossover
Being pretty is still technically a reason so the answer to your question is...
Yes.
Kufufu
Adequate at best
- Location
- What's it to ya?
[X] New contract
Does Dace know? Is this another situation where he knows but we dont because he hasn't actively thought about it?
Does Dace know? Is this another situation where he knows but we dont because he hasn't actively thought about it?
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Looking over the relations chart there's really not much money in avoiding pissing random people off, so we're better suited burying roots in those we want to get close to instead.
Incidentally, we should take Not!Monokas invitation simply because we have no power here, which means no power to escape, either.
[X] Plan Why Not?
-[X] New contract
-[X] Before heading over, catch a server and order a glass of their classiest, most expensive drink for the pink haired beauty, along with a napkin which carries a quickly scribbled apology and offer to meet again to continue this conversation at another time. With that done, go join that table as per invited, apologize for the delay, make small talk and keep yourself on guard against any and all magical shenanigans until the first opportunity to politely disengage presents itself. Take it, and hightail it out of there with all due haste. Sirius is a known philanderer, and it was only a matter of time before he winds up exactly where she wants him. Time to see what you can get out of the Blacks for such knowledge.
Incidentally, we should take Not!Monokas invitation simply because we have no power here, which means no power to escape, either.
[X] Plan Why Not?
-[X] New contract
-[X] Before heading over, catch a server and order a glass of their classiest, most expensive drink for the pink haired beauty, along with a napkin which carries a quickly scribbled apology and offer to meet again to continue this conversation at another time. With that done, go join that table as per invited, apologize for the delay, make small talk and keep yourself on guard against any and all magical shenanigans until the first opportunity to politely disengage presents itself. Take it, and hightail it out of there with all due haste. Sirius is a known philanderer, and it was only a matter of time before he winds up exactly where she wants him. Time to see what you can get out of the Blacks for such knowledge.
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- Pronouns
- He/Him
Hey @LordPenguin, what's the scope of the write-ins? Immediate next action, or overall strategy/approach/fallbacks/goals for the encounter as a whole?
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[X] Plan Why Not?
-[X] New contract
-[X] Before heading over, catch a server and order a glass of their classiest, most expensive drink for the pink haired beauty, along with a napkin which carries a quickly scribbled apology and offer to meet again to continue this conversation at another time. With that done, go join that table as per invited, apologize for the delay, make small talk and keep yourself on guard against any and all magical shenanigans until the first opportunity to politely disengage presents itself. Take it, and hightail it out of there with all due haste. Sirius is a known philanderer, and it was only a matter of time before he winds up exactly where she wants him. Time to see what you can get out of the Blacks for such knowledge.
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[X] Plan Why Not?
-[X] New contract
-[X] Before heading over, catch a server and order a glass of their classiest, most expensive drink for the pink haired beauty, along with a napkin which carries a quickly scribbled apology and offer to meet again to continue this conversation at another time. With that done, go join that table as per invited, apologize for the delay, make small talk and keep yourself on guard against any and all magical shenanigans until the first opportunity to politely disengage presents itself. Take it, and hightail it out of there with all due haste. Sirius is a known philanderer, and it was only a matter of time before he winds up exactly where she wants him. Time to see what you can get out of the Blacks for such knowledge.
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Kufufu
Adequate at best
- Location
- What's it to ya?
[X] Plan Why Not?
-[X] New contract
-[X] Before heading over, catch a server and order a glass of their classiest, most expensive drink for the pink haired beauty, along with a napkin which carries a quickly scribbled apology and offer to meet again to continue this conversation at another time. With that done, go join that table as per invited, apologize for the delay, make small talk and keep yourself on guard against any and all magical shenanigans until the first opportunity to politely disengage presents itself. Take it, and hightail it out of there with all due haste. Sirius is a known philanderer, and it was only a matter of time before he winds up exactly where she wants him. Time to see what you can get out of the Blacks for such knowledge.
-[X] New contract
-[X] Before heading over, catch a server and order a glass of their classiest, most expensive drink for the pink haired beauty, along with a napkin which carries a quickly scribbled apology and offer to meet again to continue this conversation at another time. With that done, go join that table as per invited, apologize for the delay, make small talk and keep yourself on guard against any and all magical shenanigans until the first opportunity to politely disengage presents itself. Take it, and hightail it out of there with all due haste. Sirius is a known philanderer, and it was only a matter of time before he winds up exactly where she wants him. Time to see what you can get out of the Blacks for such knowledge.
- Location
- At the computer
What it says on the tin. You write anything in, as long as it isn't wildly OOC ( him dressing up as a ballerina and dancing his way away, for example) and Dace will do it, you can have multiple plans and fallbacks at the same time too. It's why write-ins are going to be rare outside of battles.
- Location
- Norway
I assume dropping/hinting a job offer wouldn't be within expectations.
It is our hire a security chief option. At least it would give her a plausible reason for us being in a shabby bar.
It is our hire a security chief option. At least it would give her a plausible reason for us being in a shabby bar.
I suppose there's nothing stopping us from doing so other than it being both greedy and a way to keep us there past peak evacuation timing
So yeah im not gonna bother adding that in in the interest of self preservation lol
Turn 1 : Spring 1982
- Location
- At the computer
[X] Write-in:
People were walking around him, seemingly not seeing him as the gears in his mind turned as fast as possible. He'd killed enough vampires to know a confrontation here and now would be suboptimal, but he also knew that if he bolted immediately, the vampire was likely to go after him, and he had neither the time nor the means to engage right now. As such, he would have to be more subtle about his retreat.
In that, the heir of the Black provided an adequate distraction, even though the woman had been mostly ignoring him in favor of his companion. Dace didn't doubt the Black family would have countermeasures to mesmerism, but there would be no harm in warning them, after he got himself out of this rather uncomfortable situation.
Dace called for a server, a gangly young man with acne on his face and slightly large ears, as he kept the group in line of sight. The woman had engaged the two in conversation and was getting some sheets of papers out.
"Would you mind sending your most expensive bottle in their direction in about..." He scribbled down an apology message on one of the parchment pieces he kept for that kind of occasion. "Five minutes?" He handed the folded note to the young man, whose head was alternating between Dace and the table hesitantly.
"Sure, but we'll need you to pay upfront." Dace raised an eyebrow at the proposed bottle and price. Domaine Leroy 1953, and if he converted the prices.... At least, they wouldn't be able to tell him he was being inconsiderate here.
-3,000 Galleons
Content that an escape route would be provided, he walked towards the group and sat at the free spot that was provided for him.
"I apologize for my lateness, may I ask why I was invited here?"
The vampire tittered, while the red-haired male shrugged, his earrings twinkling in the light. Now that he looked at it more closely, there was something engraved on it. An eye.
[Erudite activated]
The eye of Ra, to be more exact. Interesting, he didn't think he would stumble upon any devotees of the Old Religions here of all places, although the Shafiq made no secret of having some measure of reverence towards the persian pantheon.
The heir of the Black family laughed, chugged down his drink, and slammed it down on the table.
"Ask the lady. She's the one who invited us."
"I did, didn't I?" The vampire smiled. "As I was explaining to those fine gentlemen, I would like to launch an expedition into some ruins I found west of Cardiff. According to the texts I found, the ruins are related to the Darkness that seems to have devoured several continents, and to those creatures that almost killed the head of the Macmillan family during that unfortunate scouting expedition."
That had the men straightening their backs, as Dace felt his wariness of the woman increase. It was too good to be true. Even if vampires were persecuted, her not reaching out to the Ministry, or more likely, the Terrorist was suspicious. Especially considering he was here tonight because that woman was hunting down O'Sullivan. This looked a lot like she was planning to isolate them, but why?
The Irish man reached for and took some of the plans.
"This looks like the ruins of an old village, but completely flooded?" The woman nodded.
"According to my research, this place is a village that belonged to the Old Kingdom. It was called Oakvale."
Perception (people) roll : 9 + 5 (Perception: People) = 14 : Failure.
Dace's neck began to itch.
"Isn't the Old Kingdom the one that got destroyed while the Ulster Cycle was taking place?" Charles asked, frowning in concentration as the vampire hummed.
"It is a longstanding debate on when the Old Kingdom got destroyed. The less said about the accuracy of information on the Mythic Era is concerned, the better. However, the most accepted date is at the very beginning of the Christian Era."
Perception (people) roll : 98 + 5 (Perception: People) = 113 : Tier 2 success. +1 Base intrigue (capped) +5 Perception.
As the waiter finally arrived, providing Dace with the occasion to finally retreat, he got a glimpse of the Black heir's surprisingly blank face, and managed to catch what he was murmuring.
"The Old Kingdom fell over a millenium ago."
For some reason, chills were creeping up Dace's spine, though that may have been because of the woman's smirk. As he finally exited the building, he let out a sigh, wondering what he should do.
[] Warn the black their heir may be compromised.
--[] Do so anonymously.
[] Do nothing.
He rubbed his hand to the back of his neck. It felt itchy before, but now that he was alone in his study, it was positively burning, and it hurt so much he blacked out. When he woke up, he felt strange, but at the same time, he didn't.
Perception roll: 51 + 50 = 101: Tier 1 success. +5 Perception
Utility magic roll: 83 + 20 = 103: Tier 2 success +1 Base Mysticism (capped) + 5 Utility magic
Research roll: 47 + 70 + 10 = 127: Pass.
Empathy roll: 1 + 0 = Critical failure
Dace decided to deal with it immediately, and quickly found the cause of the burning. It was a defensive spell. One geared against something so... Alien it made his head hurt to even think about it. However, from what he could percieve, whatever it was that this spell was defending against, it had an emotional component.
In fact, he could even tell that the burning feeling came from the fact that this spell was triggered. Thinking about when he noticed that particular spot, that meant something attacked him as he was sitting on that table.
In other words, that vampire lady saved him from an attack he didn't even see coming.
[Pride activated]
This was completely, utterly unacceptable. He'd have to correct this posthaste.
First, to make sure he kept tabs on the vampire...
Dace exhaled in annoyance. It seemed that protection came with a price, as he couldn't seem to remember what the vampire looked like. Neither could, he found out a little bit afterwards, anyone who came into contact with her.
Trait mutated:
Heartbreak Syndrome : - 40 Empathy, - 40 Perception : People. Time until Heart Breaks : 10 Turns.
Became:
Heartbreak Syndrome: Time until Heart Breaks : 10 Turns.
Untouchable heart: - 40 Empathy, - 40 Perception : People. Immune to Corruption. Empathy may never rise over 0
April 12th 1982
-[X] Attend lessons to his own Academy.
--[X] There were a few lectures about history and Nobility, but most importantly, about Basic Diplomacy. + 1,000 Experience.
[] The old tales are sometimes true. Dace deals with facts, and those facts point towards something very alarming. He may want to look into that.
Rolled: 50 + 75 + 10 = 135: Pass
As expected of his family's archives, after a bit of searching, he found what he wished for. In fact, it was a bit peculiar, how readily that information came to him, but in the end, he wasn't one to look in the gift horse's mouth.
The tome, "Tales and Legends of the First Albion" was an old, leatherbound book, and even though the preservation charms still held, the pages were yellowed and brittle. Thankfully, Dace was fairly fluent in the Old tongue, both spoken and written, and as such, besides the unfortunate tendancy to not to put spaces between the words, it was a fairly smooth read.
Little is known about the Void between the Worlds, save that only one man ever came back alive from it. William Black, the first and greatest Archon is famed to have explored that place, obtaining the Sword of Aeons, a weapon of colossal power, in order to defeat the Court that terrorized the kingdom.
However, this wasn't without price, as the Archon wasted away, his hair fell out, his skin become akin to parchment, and Darkness following his every step, as even though he paid the Sword's price, he never paid the Void's.
Once more, the Archon went to the Void, however, this time, he never returned.
What was the Void's price? Nobody knew, however, if one takes into account the rather glaring coincidences between the Archon's disappearance and the hero, Scythe's first appearances, one could hazard an educated guess, one that gained a lot of credence due to the events surrounding another void-spawned entity.
The Corruptor.
What little was known of it was that it was an extremely dangerous entity that killed or destroyed anything it touched, only weakened by the light that it can consume. The Corruptor was known to prefer acting through proxies, willing or not, and had twisted many a hero into horrifying monsters to serve it. Simpler beings, such as hobbes or balverines, weren't fully erased, which allowed a particularly smart hobbe to transmit some information through drawings left in its grotto.
The Corruptor, according to that hobbe, would be the price the Archon paid for his stay in the void. A shard of his power, twisted by the place's darkness, yearning for both revenge and completion, sitting inside the place that saw to its birth, waiting for a rift to open, for it to be unleashed upon the world.
Such a place was provided during the last days of the Old Kingdom, though the author of this book is oath-bound not to mention it, they can only give you one warning.
No matter what, the shattered tower must not be rebuilt.
Dace frowned upon reading the warning, and the text in its integrality, but the warning was the most important thing.
The shattered tower. He read about it somewhere...
Lore roll : 53 + 40 = 93 : Failure.
But he didn't know where.
-[X] Anchor hunting.
--[X] Order
10 + 85 = 95 : Failure
The expedition ran smoothly, and he met nothing strange when he arrived at the ruins in a remote part of the Orkney islands. However, he wasn't the first to have arrived here, as there was an empty space where the Order Anchor should have been.
May 20th 1982
-[X] Spend time with Social Links.(+2 RP)
--[X] Aife (+3 RP)
Dace hit the books, however, he was confronted with a rather annoying fact that the Terrorist probably counted on. Namely, that he wasn't an expert when it came to magical matters, and Aife wouldn't be of any help here, busy as she was mourning the child she aborted on a murderous impulse.
Dace didn't feel one way or another on that topic, but it did explain the remarkable lack of her trying to commit parricide those last months.
Utility magic roll : 40 + 25 = 65. Failure.
??? : (88+21) + 100 = 209 : Tier ??? Success
??? : (89+81) + 135 = 216 : Tier ??? Success
His trying to lift the curse inflicted on her was a complete failure, but it seemed that rumours went quickly through the muggleborn network as a self proclaimed curse expert, one Monique Bridge, waltzed in with glowing recommendations from several people including the head of his Academy and from the Gringotts Curse-breaking department. She didn't look like much, wearing the latest trendy clothes and her voluminous blond hair pulled in two blond pigtails on each side of her head, held by black and white bear ties.
What was more concerning was that she wanted nothing from him in exchange for the service, merely a favor from his daughter. After ensuring said favor wouldn't be used to commit an act going against her morality -the woman had implied that there was a high likelihood of it being illegal- or against him, he also made her take an unbreakable vow that her intervention wouldn't cause irreparable damage or death to her patient. Then, to his great irritation, she swept into Aife's room and shut the door on his nose.
Five minutes later, the woman pranced out of the room, hesitantly followed by his blood covered daughter with the curse on her thigh completely healed. Aife tried to inch away from the older woman but she held her firmly in place.
"As you can see, she is completely fine. Feel free to have your heartwarming family reunion, I'll be going now~" She had a rather off-putting giggle and expression as her blue eyes watched a card holding a black mark that had the same shape and feel as his daughter's curse.
If he was hesitant before, now he was downright worried about the woman's mental state.
Still, the woman had proven herself competent.
Would Dace take her as an advisor?
[] Yes (Monique qualifies as a Diplomacy, Stewardship, Martial, or Mystisicm advisor)
-[] Where do you assign her?
[] No
Blah blah vote close in 24h.
People were walking around him, seemingly not seeing him as the gears in his mind turned as fast as possible. He'd killed enough vampires to know a confrontation here and now would be suboptimal, but he also knew that if he bolted immediately, the vampire was likely to go after him, and he had neither the time nor the means to engage right now. As such, he would have to be more subtle about his retreat.
In that, the heir of the Black provided an adequate distraction, even though the woman had been mostly ignoring him in favor of his companion. Dace didn't doubt the Black family would have countermeasures to mesmerism, but there would be no harm in warning them, after he got himself out of this rather uncomfortable situation.
Dace called for a server, a gangly young man with acne on his face and slightly large ears, as he kept the group in line of sight. The woman had engaged the two in conversation and was getting some sheets of papers out.
"Would you mind sending your most expensive bottle in their direction in about..." He scribbled down an apology message on one of the parchment pieces he kept for that kind of occasion. "Five minutes?" He handed the folded note to the young man, whose head was alternating between Dace and the table hesitantly.
"Sure, but we'll need you to pay upfront." Dace raised an eyebrow at the proposed bottle and price. Domaine Leroy 1953, and if he converted the prices.... At least, they wouldn't be able to tell him he was being inconsiderate here.
-3,000 Galleons
Content that an escape route would be provided, he walked towards the group and sat at the free spot that was provided for him.
"I apologize for my lateness, may I ask why I was invited here?"
The vampire tittered, while the red-haired male shrugged, his earrings twinkling in the light. Now that he looked at it more closely, there was something engraved on it. An eye.
[Erudite activated]
The eye of Ra, to be more exact. Interesting, he didn't think he would stumble upon any devotees of the Old Religions here of all places, although the Shafiq made no secret of having some measure of reverence towards the persian pantheon.
The heir of the Black family laughed, chugged down his drink, and slammed it down on the table.
"Ask the lady. She's the one who invited us."
"I did, didn't I?" The vampire smiled. "As I was explaining to those fine gentlemen, I would like to launch an expedition into some ruins I found west of Cardiff. According to the texts I found, the ruins are related to the Darkness that seems to have devoured several continents, and to those creatures that almost killed the head of the Macmillan family during that unfortunate scouting expedition."
That had the men straightening their backs, as Dace felt his wariness of the woman increase. It was too good to be true. Even if vampires were persecuted, her not reaching out to the Ministry, or more likely, the Terrorist was suspicious. Especially considering he was here tonight because that woman was hunting down O'Sullivan. This looked a lot like she was planning to isolate them, but why?
The Irish man reached for and took some of the plans.
"This looks like the ruins of an old village, but completely flooded?" The woman nodded.
"According to my research, this place is a village that belonged to the Old Kingdom. It was called Oakvale."
Perception (people) roll : 9 + 5 (Perception: People) = 14 : Failure.
Dace's neck began to itch.
"Isn't the Old Kingdom the one that got destroyed while the Ulster Cycle was taking place?" Charles asked, frowning in concentration as the vampire hummed.
"It is a longstanding debate on when the Old Kingdom got destroyed. The less said about the accuracy of information on the Mythic Era is concerned, the better. However, the most accepted date is at the very beginning of the Christian Era."
Perception (people) roll : 98 + 5 (Perception: People) = 113 : Tier 2 success. +1 Base intrigue (capped) +5 Perception.
As the waiter finally arrived, providing Dace with the occasion to finally retreat, he got a glimpse of the Black heir's surprisingly blank face, and managed to catch what he was murmuring.
"The Old Kingdom fell over a millenium ago."
For some reason, chills were creeping up Dace's spine, though that may have been because of the woman's smirk. As he finally exited the building, he let out a sigh, wondering what he should do.
[] Warn the black their heir may be compromised.
--[] Do so anonymously.
[] Do nothing.
He rubbed his hand to the back of his neck. It felt itchy before, but now that he was alone in his study, it was positively burning, and it hurt so much he blacked out. When he woke up, he felt strange, but at the same time, he didn't.
Perception roll: 51 + 50 = 101: Tier 1 success. +5 Perception
Utility magic roll: 83 + 20 = 103: Tier 2 success +1 Base Mysticism (capped) + 5 Utility magic
Research roll: 47 + 70 + 10 = 127: Pass.
Empathy roll: 1 + 0 = Critical failure
Dace decided to deal with it immediately, and quickly found the cause of the burning. It was a defensive spell. One geared against something so... Alien it made his head hurt to even think about it. However, from what he could percieve, whatever it was that this spell was defending against, it had an emotional component.
In fact, he could even tell that the burning feeling came from the fact that this spell was triggered. Thinking about when he noticed that particular spot, that meant something attacked him as he was sitting on that table.
In other words, that vampire lady saved him from an attack he didn't even see coming.
[Pride activated]
This was completely, utterly unacceptable. He'd have to correct this posthaste.
First, to make sure he kept tabs on the vampire...
Dace exhaled in annoyance. It seemed that protection came with a price, as he couldn't seem to remember what the vampire looked like. Neither could, he found out a little bit afterwards, anyone who came into contact with her.
Trait mutated:
Heartbreak Syndrome : - 40 Empathy, - 40 Perception : People. Time until Heart Breaks : 10 Turns.
Became:
Heartbreak Syndrome: Time until Heart Breaks : 10 Turns.
Untouchable heart: - 40 Empathy, - 40 Perception : People. Immune to Corruption. Empathy may never rise over 0
Spring 1982
April 12th 1982
-[X] Attend lessons to his own Academy.
--[X] There were a few lectures about history and Nobility, but most importantly, about Basic Diplomacy. + 1,000 Experience.
[] The old tales are sometimes true. Dace deals with facts, and those facts point towards something very alarming. He may want to look into that.
Rolled: 50 + 75 + 10 = 135: Pass
As expected of his family's archives, after a bit of searching, he found what he wished for. In fact, it was a bit peculiar, how readily that information came to him, but in the end, he wasn't one to look in the gift horse's mouth.
The tome, "Tales and Legends of the First Albion" was an old, leatherbound book, and even though the preservation charms still held, the pages were yellowed and brittle. Thankfully, Dace was fairly fluent in the Old tongue, both spoken and written, and as such, besides the unfortunate tendancy to not to put spaces between the words, it was a fairly smooth read.
Little is known about the Void between the Worlds, save that only one man ever came back alive from it. William Black, the first and greatest Archon is famed to have explored that place, obtaining the Sword of Aeons, a weapon of colossal power, in order to defeat the Court that terrorized the kingdom.
However, this wasn't without price, as the Archon wasted away, his hair fell out, his skin become akin to parchment, and Darkness following his every step, as even though he paid the Sword's price, he never paid the Void's.
Once more, the Archon went to the Void, however, this time, he never returned.
What was the Void's price? Nobody knew, however, if one takes into account the rather glaring coincidences between the Archon's disappearance and the hero, Scythe's first appearances, one could hazard an educated guess, one that gained a lot of credence due to the events surrounding another void-spawned entity.
The Corruptor.
What little was known of it was that it was an extremely dangerous entity that killed or destroyed anything it touched, only weakened by the light that it can consume. The Corruptor was known to prefer acting through proxies, willing or not, and had twisted many a hero into horrifying monsters to serve it. Simpler beings, such as hobbes or balverines, weren't fully erased, which allowed a particularly smart hobbe to transmit some information through drawings left in its grotto.
The Corruptor, according to that hobbe, would be the price the Archon paid for his stay in the void. A shard of his power, twisted by the place's darkness, yearning for both revenge and completion, sitting inside the place that saw to its birth, waiting for a rift to open, for it to be unleashed upon the world.
Such a place was provided during the last days of the Old Kingdom, though the author of this book is oath-bound not to mention it, they can only give you one warning.
No matter what, the shattered tower must not be rebuilt.
Dace frowned upon reading the warning, and the text in its integrality, but the warning was the most important thing.
The shattered tower. He read about it somewhere...
Lore roll : 53 + 40 = 93 : Failure.
But he didn't know where.
-[X] Anchor hunting.
--[X] Order
10 + 85 = 95 : Failure
The expedition ran smoothly, and he met nothing strange when he arrived at the ruins in a remote part of the Orkney islands. However, he wasn't the first to have arrived here, as there was an empty space where the Order Anchor should have been.
May 20th 1982
-[X] Spend time with Social Links.(+2 RP)
--[X] Aife (+3 RP)
Dace hit the books, however, he was confronted with a rather annoying fact that the Terrorist probably counted on. Namely, that he wasn't an expert when it came to magical matters, and Aife wouldn't be of any help here, busy as she was mourning the child she aborted on a murderous impulse.
Dace didn't feel one way or another on that topic, but it did explain the remarkable lack of her trying to commit parricide those last months.
Utility magic roll : 40 + 25 = 65. Failure.
??? : (88+21) + 100 = 209 : Tier ??? Success
??? : (89+81) + 135 = 216 : Tier ??? Success
His trying to lift the curse inflicted on her was a complete failure, but it seemed that rumours went quickly through the muggleborn network as a self proclaimed curse expert, one Monique Bridge, waltzed in with glowing recommendations from several people including the head of his Academy and from the Gringotts Curse-breaking department. She didn't look like much, wearing the latest trendy clothes and her voluminous blond hair pulled in two blond pigtails on each side of her head, held by black and white bear ties.
What was more concerning was that she wanted nothing from him in exchange for the service, merely a favor from his daughter. After ensuring said favor wouldn't be used to commit an act going against her morality -the woman had implied that there was a high likelihood of it being illegal- or against him, he also made her take an unbreakable vow that her intervention wouldn't cause irreparable damage or death to her patient. Then, to his great irritation, she swept into Aife's room and shut the door on his nose.
Five minutes later, the woman pranced out of the room, hesitantly followed by his blood covered daughter with the curse on her thigh completely healed. Aife tried to inch away from the older woman but she held her firmly in place.
"As you can see, she is completely fine. Feel free to have your heartwarming family reunion, I'll be going now~" She had a rather off-putting giggle and expression as her blue eyes watched a card holding a black mark that had the same shape and feel as his daughter's curse.
If he was hesitant before, now he was downright worried about the woman's mental state.
Still, the woman had proven herself competent.
Would Dace take her as an advisor?
[] Yes (Monique qualifies as a Diplomacy, Stewardship, Martial, or Mystisicm advisor)
-[] Where do you assign her?
[] No
Blah blah vote close in 24h.
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- Location
- Norway
[X] Warn the black their heir may be compromised.
--[x] Do so anonymously.
There is no reason to not tell them. Yet, we have no proof so telling them in person would be a bad idea, as it would most likely backfire. Tell them anonymously.
--[x] Do so anonymously.
There is no reason to not tell them. Yet, we have no proof so telling them in person would be a bad idea, as it would most likely backfire. Tell them anonymously.
- Location
- Somewhere in the area
- Pronouns
- He/She/They
[X] Don't Be Too Clever
-[X] Warn the black their heir may be compromised.
--[x] Do so privately, mention the Oakvale expedition
-[X] Yes (Monique qualifies as a Diplomacy, Stewardship, Martial, or Mystisicm advisor)
--[x] Mystisicm
-[X] Warn the black their heir may be compromised.
--[x] Do so privately, mention the Oakvale expedition
-[X] Yes (Monique qualifies as a Diplomacy, Stewardship, Martial, or Mystisicm advisor)
--[x] Mystisicm
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[X] Don't Be Too Clever
-[X] Warn the black their heir may be compromised.
--[x] Do so privately, mention the Oakvale expedition that was being discussed and how Daces suspicions of the conversation in general.
-[X] Yes (Monique qualifies as a Diplomacy, Stewardship, Martial, or Mystisicm advisor)
--[x] Mystisicm
The entire point of gathering intel is to be able to leverage it, people. If we have info the Blacks would want, we should own up to it. Yes, our empathy sucks and yes, the Blacks currently dislike us but so what?
We're still giving them good intel, for free. We'll also name drop the Oakvale thing so they'll understand what the big deal is as well. If the Blacks make any use of that information whatsoever theyll wind up owing us a massive debt.
Which we can further leverage in our favor.
That's how playing Intrigue works.
-[X] Warn the black their heir may be compromised.
--[x] Do so privately, mention the Oakvale expedition that was being discussed and how Daces suspicions of the conversation in general.
-[X] Yes (Monique qualifies as a Diplomacy, Stewardship, Martial, or Mystisicm advisor)
--[x] Mystisicm
The entire point of gathering intel is to be able to leverage it, people. If we have info the Blacks would want, we should own up to it. Yes, our empathy sucks and yes, the Blacks currently dislike us but so what?
We're still giving them good intel, for free. We'll also name drop the Oakvale thing so they'll understand what the big deal is as well. If the Blacks make any use of that information whatsoever theyll wind up owing us a massive debt.
Which we can further leverage in our favor.
That's how playing Intrigue works.
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- Somewhere else
[X] Martial Advisor Get.
- Location
- California
So we can't be corrupted, but we still have heartbreak syndrome and our empathy is nonexistent.
I guess our
Well damn. I suppose Dace would feel more sympathy here if he didn't have heartbreak syndrome.
Are we sure we want her in our employment? It's says the favor she wants is not stated, but there's a chance it will work against us.
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It's complicated, but you're misreading it. Dace made sure the favor wouldn't be harmful to him or something Aife would find morally repugnant.
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- California
[X] Don't Be Too Clever
-[X] Warn the black their heir may be compromised.
--[x] Do so privately, mention the Oakvale expedition that was being discussed and how Daces suspicions of the conversation in general.
-[X] Yes (Monique qualifies as a Diplomacy, Stewardship, Martial, or Mystisicm advisor)
--[x] Mystisicm
-[X] Warn the black their heir may be compromised.
--[x] Do so privately, mention the Oakvale expedition that was being discussed and how Daces suspicions of the conversation in general.
-[X] Yes (Monique qualifies as a Diplomacy, Stewardship, Martial, or Mystisicm advisor)
--[x] Mystisicm
- Location
- Florida
- Pronouns
- He/Him
[X] Don't Be Too Clever
Kufufu
Adequate at best
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- What's it to ya?
Dammit guys, what does Tehchron have that I dont?
It's the fockin pot innit?
Well I'll tell you what's what! I have a mask! And a dream but that's less important.
It's super cool, look for yourself!
Behold its splendor.
Dont you want to be apart of the Cool Mask Club instead of the Lame Broken Pot Party?
I dont know what else to say in order to convince you to change your ways...we have the good kush? I mean I think it's good, my friend picked it up at the dollar general so it must be the good stuff right?
Pity vote anyone?
It's the fockin pot innit?
Well I'll tell you what's what! I have a mask! And a dream but that's less important.
It's super cool, look for yourself!
Behold its splendor.
Dont you want to be apart of the Cool Mask Club instead of the Lame Broken Pot Party?
I dont know what else to say in order to convince you to change your ways...we have the good kush? I mean I think it's good, my friend picked it up at the dollar general so it must be the good stuff right?
Pity vote anyone?
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Part of the issue is that this spooky blonde lady sounds like she would be better for mysticism than martial, not dissing her ability to fight, but here we have a clear example of her talents in esoteric matters. While we have no clear feats in her ability to knockout her or our enemies.
Plus theres the fact that we have, right there in the update, an example of the kind of leverage we can pull on the Blacks by giving them this information ourselves.
Rather than dropping it off anonymously or under a pseudonym.
Benefits.
- Location
- United States of America, Michigan
Panda did say on the discord that Not!Junko's best stat is martial but really she's good at everything with her greater than 20 stat line.
Right, a worthwhile nugget from the Discord:
Equally, some early Martial might get us set up with some competent guard maids and other security staff, which could help significantly in keeping raiders and infiltrators out. And since the Rumour Mill choice just negated our hiring of a Martial adviser, it might be prudent.
Diplomacy... eh, having fewer grudges levied against us at a time when people are about to start holding bigger grudges could be useful but having her as a Diplo adviser would mainly be useful for the very very hard task of trying to convince the Welsh ministry to move in our future city. Might also need Aife for this...
Mysticism would be good for unit upgrades and stuff like building unlocks but that's more long term and we probably don't lose much if we don't slot her in here immediately.
The main disadvantage of @Kufufu 's plan is that it doesn't try to be clever with the information about Sirius and trying to use it to gain leverage over the Blacks. But the alternative slots the adviser into a place where she'd arguably be the least useful in the early game.
As such:
[X] Martial Advisor Get.
Though Stewardship early would arguably be better. make sure our city gets settled and self-sufficient before the collapse since we already spent a turn faffing about.
She'd be great early on as a Stewardship adviser so we can set up a self-sufficient city before everything crashes. We could flip her to something else later on.
Equally, some early Martial might get us set up with some competent guard maids and other security staff, which could help significantly in keeping raiders and infiltrators out. And since the Rumour Mill choice just negated our hiring of a Martial adviser, it might be prudent.
Diplomacy... eh, having fewer grudges levied against us at a time when people are about to start holding bigger grudges could be useful but having her as a Diplo adviser would mainly be useful for the very very hard task of trying to convince the Welsh ministry to move in our future city. Might also need Aife for this...
Mysticism would be good for unit upgrades and stuff like building unlocks but that's more long term and we probably don't lose much if we don't slot her in here immediately.
The main disadvantage of @Kufufu 's plan is that it doesn't try to be clever with the information about Sirius and trying to use it to gain leverage over the Blacks. But the alternative slots the adviser into a place where she'd arguably be the least useful in the early game.
As such:
[X] Martial Advisor Get.
Though Stewardship early would arguably be better. make sure our city gets settled and self-sufficient before the collapse since we already spent a turn faffing about.