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As much as it hurts your pride to admit, you wouldn't be able to make something like this. Not yet, and probably not for quite some time. Certainly not to as high a quality. {No, Zahak. I'm afraid I'm not yet capable of making something like this saddle, though perhaps one day that won't be the case. Rather, an...} How to describe your relationship with Mahana? You're not sure if you'd call him a friend necessarily, but you're certainly on good terms. {Well, an associate of mine created it for you on my request. You can think of it as a reward for your hard work today, though I'll also be giving you half of that ruby we pried out of the beast's mouth.}

You urge Zahak skyward, and with one powerful leap he carries both of you into the air. In this new saddle you don't feel nearly as at risk of falling to your death. Probably because you have actual stirrups now, rather than simply the the saddle horn to grip for all you're worth. Honestly, though you loathe to admit it the Rhynians had the right idea as far as saddles go. You're not sure why your people still insist on scorning the stirrup.

You wave to the three adventurers who's lives you briefly intruded upon, much to their benefit. They return the gesture. You can't help but wonder whether you'll encounter them again, but don't think it's particularly likely. The ruined temple quickly recedes with each steady beat of Zahak's wings, and soon the coast becomes faintly visible on the horizon. No doubt Zahak is better able to see it than you are, dragons seem naturally gifted with sharp eyes.

Once he's steadied you on a course towards Marqash, his thoughts once again mingle with yours. {Is that what you were doing in the hollowed out piece of the worm? Having this artifact made?}
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Shrugging your shoulders, you allow yourself to relax into the raised back of the saddle. {Yes and no. My associate is a spirit, and likely one you're familair with. Have you ever seen a black, white, and orange cat stalking through the estate back in El-Amin? Has it perhaps ever spoken with you?}

Zahak transmits a vague sense of confirmation to you, after both questions, so you continue. {That cat is a manifestation of a spirit. Basically, a false representation of his true form more easily comprehensible to us mortals. His name is Mahana, and he was actually living at our estate long before you or I were ever born. He was living in the tunnels beneath the estate before the estate was even built, or the city for that matter. He's very wise, and a good source of information, but not the most reliable you understand. He has his own goals, and isn't above manipulating others for his own gain.}

You think that's a fair assessement of Mahana, perhaps even generous. {This is true of most spirits, that they are motivated primarily by self-interest and care little for the affairs of mortals unless they conflict or coincide with their own interest. Spirits can be fine allies, but they can also be fearsome enemies. They're also fickle creatures, and the line between ally and enemy can be thin indeed. I can only recommend that you deal with spirits carefully, and only when absolutely necessary.}

Zahak seems to puzzle over this for a time, his thoughts turning over the ideas you've introduced slowly and carefully. {So, where did spirits come from, if they're not like us? What makes us mortals and the cat a spirit?}
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If you were being honest, you'd tell him you're not wholly certain of that yourself. However, you have some pretty good theories cobbled together based on what Mahana and others have told you already. {Zahak, the origin of spirits lies with the Gods themselves. The Gods are the creators of all that you see. They created this world, and the systems which ultimately led to both your birth and my own. They protect what we know as reality from intrusion by creatures which would see us destroyed, and they ensure that the cycle of death and rebirth continues unending.}

You don't want to get into the various dead gods and divine conflicts right now, that's a conversation for another time. {Spirits originated as creatures known as void entities, which are ultimately the distant descendants of the Gods. Thus, they are made from the same divine essence as the gods, where as you and I only have a shard of divine essence, our soul. Some of the void entities grew jealous of mortals, for the Gods have always favored us amongst their many creations, and some abandoned the void to enter the mortal realm. These creatures which fled the void would ultimately become spirits, though spirits today are quite unlike their ancestors.}

You think Zahak mostly understands, though there's still some confusion. {So, why would the cat make this saddle for me? Was it just because you asked? Is he your slave?}

If only that were the case, enslaving a spirit as powerful as Mahana would be an impressive feat indeed. {No, nothing of the sort. Rather, we have an agreement that I perform certain task for him, and he grants me certain favors in return. That strucutre I built from the carapace of the worm, it allows Mahana to draw power from the area. He, in turn, granted me the saddle as a sort of payment. I in turn gave it to you as a reward for all the hard work you've done lately.}
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Zahak accepts this, approval and affection radiating from him as heat from a flame. Still, other matters call your attention. {I'd like to speak further, but Mahana also told me some disturbing news about Anthus, a city to the far north where I have friends. I need to speak with them, but it shouldn't take too long.}

Your son seems more interested in experimenting with his new saddle, manifesting softly glowing blue barriers both above and below you, as well as at various different angles around himself. He tries to touch one of the barriers with his tail when it's beneath him at an angle, but the closer his tail gets the further away the barrier shifts.

Allowing your focus to slip, you reach across the vast distance separating you from Demetrios, your thoughts brushing against his own. He seems worried, but not desperately so. {I've heard that the situation in Anthus has worsened since my departure. Just how bad has it gotten?}

At the sound of your voice his thoughts scatter, but they quickly reassemble themselves into something reminiscent of coherence. {Gods above and below, Mik. You scared the crap out of me. Isn't there some way for these brooches to warn a man before you go prodding their thoughts? I swear, you're even worse than Megalos!}

That will never cease to entertain you. {Honestly, Demetrios. You should be getting used to it by now. When I can I specifically choose to interrupt your thoughts at the most inconvenient possible time. I'd thought by doing so I'd force you to adapt, but I suppose I've been lax in my efforts recently.}
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SECOND THREAD HYPE

He's not really irritated, though he acts as though he is. {Well I can only hope that remains the case. I was enjoying the last two weeks of unmolested thought.} The conversation stalls, and when next your friend speaks he's decidedly more somber than before. {It's been getting worse by the day. The dragons have been torching any ship which gets within a mile of the harbor, and the fields which kept the city fed are little more than ash at this point. Our stores will last us another few months, or perhaps a year at most if we put the city on starvation rations tomorrow.}

You suppose the dragons seek revenge for their slain brethren, but you can't imagine why they'd try to starve the city rather than simply put it to the torch. That dragon you saw towering over Khmedi could probably manage it alone. {Do you think they plan to take over the city?}

Exhaustion filters through the connection. {At this point, I only wish I knew. Some think they plan to starve us all to death. Others think they're merely softening us up before butchering us all. Still, others claim they'd lift the siege if we'd only surrender ourselves to them. Though, you don't find many people claiming that openly. The Lords have ordered any sympathizers hanged from the walls. Personally, I don't think they're doing anything more than spread fear through the city's populace.}

{We've been doing what we can to supplement the city's stores. Much of the gardens and the grounds have been given over to farmland, nurtured by the Academy's Nature Vatis. I've heard the Archmagos plans on calling in the support of his allies abroad. The king of Agrealla, trapped in the city as he is, has promised his support and the support of his retinue. I've heard he's been trying to get a messenger out to other Rhynian pretenders as well, but I don't think any of his attempts have succeeded.}
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{The Lords of course are asking for the aid of Autokrator Vladan. What goes on in the halls of the Lords of Anthus is a mystery to me, but I can only hope they've been successful. Though I must admit, I do worry that by inviting that glorified warlord into the city, they may as well surrender our independence.}

It all sounds like quite the mess, really. You're surprised things have gotten so bad in just the two weeks since you've been gone. You're also glad you're not involved, you have enough on your plate as is.

>Perhaps you could put them in contact with your Master and, by extension, the other Vatis in El-Amin.
>You'd rather not get the Shahdom involved in a war with the Dragons, but ask after Aylin at the very least.
>Have they tried talking to the dragons? They're intelligent, perhaps they can be reasoned with.
>Write-in

>>45547208
>You'd rather not get the Shahdom involved in a war with the Dragons, but ask after Aylin at the very least.

>>45547208
>Perhaps you could put them in contact with your Master and, by extension, the other Vatis in El-Amin.
Have they tried talking to the dragons? They're intelligent, perhaps they can be reasoned with.

>>45547208
>Perhaps you could put them in contact with your Master and, by extension, the other Vatis in El-Amin.
Ask about Aylin too though

>>45547208
>>Perhaps you could put them in contact with your Master and, by extension, the other Vatis in El-Amin.

>>45547208
>>You'd rather not get the Shahdom involved in a war with the Dragons, but ask after Aylin at the very least.
>>Have they tried talking to the dragons? They're intelligent, perhaps they can be reasoned with.

>>45547208
>Have they tried talking to the dragons? They're intelligent, perhaps they can be reasoned with.

I also doubt the dragons are united, maybe they can turn some against the others through bribery or murder. Dragons CAN be killed.

>>45547158
>zahak playing with his new artifact
cute

>>45547208
>>You'd rather not get the Shahdom involved in a war with the Dragons, but ask after Aylin at the very least.
>Have they tried talking to the dragons? They're intelligent, perhaps they can be reasoned with.

>>45547208
>Have they tried talking to the dragons? They're intelligent, perhaps they can be reasoned with.
If they can figure out what the dragons want, they can make them lay off, probably.

>Perhaps you could put them in contact with your Master and, by extension, the other Vatis in El-Amin.

>Ask after Aylin also.

>>45547208
>>You'd rather not get the Shahdom involved in a war with the Dragons, but ask after Aylin at the very least.
Not like the Shahdom would help humans anyway.

Can we just ship like a bunch of repel fire enchanted things to anthus? Think of the cash we could make

>>45547208
>Have they tried talking to the dragons? They're intelligent, perhaps they can be reasoned with.
>You'd rather not get the Shahdom involved in a war with the Dragons, but ask after Aylin at the very least.

>>45547208
>Have they tried talking to the dragons? They're intelligent, perhaps they can be reasoned with.

>>45547386
>>45547332
>>45547252
>>45547227
>>45547499
>You'd rather not get the Shahdom involved, but how's Aylin?

>>45547237
>>45547241
>>45547249
>>45547343
>Perhaps you could put them in contact with the Shahdom's Vatis.

>>45547332
>>45547343
>>45547277
>>45547252
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>>45547529
>Have they tried talking out their problems?

So you'll ask about Aylin and suggest that they try negotiating with the dragons, but won't offer to put them in contact with your Master. Writin'

Commander, research has unveiled significant enchantment opportunities!

Mind Inversion-Reversion Ring: Using the said array, we can tailor a ring to significantly boost a user’s metal magic or nature magic, or create a lightweight item that can boost both. Increasing bonuses beyond the initial array will result in an item that places some strain on Sanity however. At the same time, if combined with Boar Soul Tusk, we estimate the bonuses to Nature and Metal magic to be immense, at least 8, maybe more.

Suryan Firebrand: By using the Inversion-Reversion array on Fire, we’ve managed to uncover a way to create Plasma, the equivalent of Surya’s Vice energy and the Lightning magics of Fire Grandmasters! This energy is hard to create, but once it has been, it is exceeding easy to manipulate, such is its taste for destruction. Assuming of course, that there is a competent Fire Vatis to control it. If created with the Fireboar Tusk, we estimate even more powerful destructive potential.

Suryan Avatar: Current diagnostics via http://somaqm.tumblr.com/post/139134930142/so-going-off-post-38664336-we-only-have-the and http://somaqm.tumblr.com/post/139141537677/im-actually-more-interested-in-post-34740939 reveal that Darzi is capable of significant damage if she is able to attain a martial trance, including the ability to combine fire magic with her significant repertoire of combat maneuvers; this standard form is said to be a terrifying sight. However, she lacks the Nature capacity to do so. If Darzi is equipped with a Suryan FireBrand as well as the Inversion Ring, we predict she will have the ability to enter a martial trance of apocalyptic power, able to employ Master tier Combat maneuvers with GM tier fire magic in a meditation that can destroy a small army, with no loss in precise striking power due to the fine control allotted by meditation and her mastery over Marsala Ve.

>>45547208
>>You'd rather not get the Shahdom involved in a war with the Dragons, but ask after Aylin at the very least.
>>Have they tried talking to the dragons? They're intelligent, perhaps they can be reasoned wit

We should let our father know about this once the chance arises. he can find a way to capitalize on this once the dragon thing gets resolved. importing food/materials to rebuild. Or just man power, and such.
We could also have Demetrios Set up/buy the bank of Anthus to take over for us while we're gone. And have one of Dad's associates/workers control it.

Once we finish up, We can take the shrine into the city and bring tons of food into the city in with us. And "buy" the bank and a shit ton of land. And slaves to leave under our families care in our name. Or something. Anyway you slice this we have to profit before this thing stabilizes.

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>>45547636
Anon, inquiry from our leading expert has revealed further evidence towards current theoretical research projects!

>>45547636
How is the new Xcom game? I've been thinking about getting it.

Reminder that mik should try and get a cut in profits from the portal/dungeon we cut out.

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I also had this idea for a fairly simple enchantment. It's basically a grenade.

The two enchantments on the object are just composite enchantments, so it should be fairly easy to actually finalize the enchantment (DC 35).

The way this object would work is that it would be a basic sphere of crystal or metal with the enchantment. The permanent enchantment would protect the object itself and aid in the violent expulsion of plasma.

The triggered enchantment would countain plasma in an area around the sphere while vys was channeled into it. We could safely trigger the object remotely by channeling with the hidden metamagic. This would cost at most 2 vys. When the channeling stopped, the containment would vanish. The result would be an enormous explosion.

I think that we could easily enchant this object with very little effort, since the necessary enchantments on it are so simple. It would allow use to create huge destruction very efficiently: only 2 vys to trigger from a distance an explosion that basically requires GM fire (or Master and even more vys) to create under normal circumstances.

>>45547685
fun needs a peformance patch

>>45547685
It's hasn't had nearly enough time to spent on finish. Enemies are repetitive and boring. Fun to kill, but you get tired of seeing the same troopers, robots, and archons again and again. Psionic enemies were not developed to their full potential, Your soldiers all end up with predictable stats due to the consistent stat gain mechanic they introduced. You'll have solider preformers, but rarely will you get trick shotting snipers out of COD or a psychic that could mind control an ethereal.

The only way enchanting will ever get done is if there's a time skip

>>45547734
nigga you need to pastebin all of your enchantment ideas so we can see them in one place and then get soma to use them with skull kid as your mouthpiece

>>45547705
Of course we will.
Do you know the cost of wood in El-Armin?
We're going into the jungle. Wood is going to be a fucking joke to buy.
We can literally buy fucking a few tons of it, bring it back. Sell some to our family not for money but for now a permanent % of the profits on our ships. Since they could double their ships if not increase it buy more.
Sell the rest and invest it into our family and Skullkid. A mother fucking money making machine.
Also buy several gadgets we come across once we hit the technology civilization that doesn't like magic. For skull kid to help him advance faster. Possibly also throw in Create vys into skullkid to give him the ability to try and master metal.

>>45547772
I feel like this quest would be better off using timeskips. Instead of us having to choose to meditate or read to level up, power ups could be handled like Hellborn does it. Would make threads a lot less tedious and the progression of strength would make more sense (Chryssa has gone from literally not knowing anything about magic to GMing earth in the span of a few months)

>>45547828
>buying wood
>not just shoving everything into our cloak as we trailblaze our way through the jungle
>not just deforesting the entire area as we pass through it, causing untold harm and mass devastation upon the ecosystem that will no doubt have long lasting repercussions that we won't really give a shit about

>>45547828
Our family name will be the biggest name in history.

>>45547915
and we wouldn't have to deal with 20 threads of Namek

>>45547915
If only, but soma gets hard ons watching us struggle and cry

>>45547828
Create vys does [BAD THINGS]. Do one to gather and store ambient vys or convert air to vys instead

>>45547983
And we'd actually get to our adventures instead of having in depth downtime that isn't actually downtime. Also, I seriously don't know why some conversations are written out word for word. There's been times where Mik has summarized what happened the past couple of threads at an NPC, when it could've just been written, "You explain what happened in the dungeon to your dad"

When are we going to get so good at manipulating the strings of reality that we can identify a foe and simply remove them from existence?

>>45548225
That's god-tier bullshit.

>>45547915
meh I am alright with it.
And as for Chys, She is heavily talented. But I will say we should see about having her see an earth GM and learn over the basics, to give her a better foundation and have her be a more rounded vatis.
Same with Mortia,Profectus and Darzi. Next time we stop in Anthus. We could likely go on a small adventure with Zahak while they gain a better foundation, and everyone feels better about themselves.
>>45547958
I am not opposed to this. Spend like 20 minutes just having Ricky literally pulling in several tree's a second. Making a road from the portal to where ever we are going.

>>45548225
>erode some strings near enemy
>push their soul into the void

>>45548296
That is some evil shit.

Did someone archive the last thread?

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>>45547673
>>45547636
The Avatar project has gained new intel commander.

<~Soma_QM> You'd likely want to make sure Darzi reached Legendary first, and you'd want her to be in her armor. Maybe up her Fire Magic to Master level first, if not Grandmaster. But yeah, she could become a whirlwind of death very easily. Especially since the armor makes her nearly invincible.
[21:51] <~Soma_QM> I imagine since Fire Magic also controls illusions, and since mortals can tap into something of the divine when they reach the deepest depths of a meditative trance, she'd also start to appear to take on aspects of Surya as she fought.
[21:52] <~Soma_QM> So, head replaced by a flaming maw. Arms sprouting off of her left and right striking at opponents in every direction, becoming a formless mass of fire one moment and a four-armed monstrosity the next.
[21:53] <~Soma_QM> The aspect of psychological warfare would probably end up being just as valuable as the sheer physical might.

>>45547983
And it would make somas constant attempts to distract us make sense since actual weeks would have passed instead of literally hours.

>>45548385
We need this shit for ourselves. Us and Zahak need to become partners wielding fire and death to everything in our way.

What would be stopping Mik from doing the same thing Surya's doing and incorporating divine essence into himself after gathering it from people or spirits and then scrubbing it clean of influencing factors?

>>45548475
Let's just go find a needle to jam in our head that gives us lengedary martial skill

>>45548668
Godhood

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>>45548475
>>45548676
Make an artifact with Leech+Mind and steal Darzi's ability to kill shit desu.
Then do the same to everyone else in our party.

>>45548369
A critical development has occurred Commander! Research has shown MIKHAEL IS CAPABLE OF THE AVATAR STATE! Mikhael has both extremely high Fire magic and Nature magic skills, and is currently capable of the Martial Trance! http://somaqm.tumblr.com/post/139134930142/so-going-off-post-38664336-we-only-have-the

If his martial skills are further developed, he is the second most probable candidate for Avatar State! We estimate Avatar State compatibility in three to four ranks of Marsala Ve Advancement! (That's a lot, when we could be enchanting.)

>>45548225
>>45547622
Hey Soma, if we identified the strings that defined something in reality (say, by noticing a person's mind warping reality), could we dismantle those strings and replace them with something else? How hard would it be? Would it be harder to do to a person because of the spiritual pressure of their soul and mind on reality?

>>45548740
entity get out

we got rid of you

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>>45548771
If the entity was still around I'd want to do the same to it.

Imagine what we could learn from a god! Even a false one.

They really don't have any good options, but you can think of at least one they don't seem to have considered as of yet. {What about trying to speak with the dragons? I understand there's a language barrier, but they're obviously intelligent. I managed to communicate with one essentially by accident when I was sailing into the city's port last time.}

You neglect to mention that you're also raising a dragon as your son. Not for any particular reason, it's just not a conversation you want to have right now. When you were last in Anthus you were still trying to keep Zahak a secret. You've since decided that's more trouble than it's worth, but considering the trouble dragons have been causing Anthus lately it's probably best to just leave Demetrios in the dark.

His response comes tinged with annoyance. {We've tried, though they haven't exactly been forthcoming. As you've said, there's a language barrier. We think a sufficiently skilled Nature Vatis would be able to understand meaning without understanding the words, but we haven't had the opportunity to test out this theory as of yet. Grandmasters aren't exactly common, and the Archmagos has been reluctant to take to the walls himself. As you've said, they're clearly intelligent. They're just quite alien when compared to say, humans. We need to find someone capable of communicating with them.}

Your thoughts turn to the girl you rescued from near death at the hands of a pack of corrupted dragons. {How has Aylin been adjusting to the Academy? I assume life isn't totally grinding to a halt under the threat of draconic invasion.}

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Some of the levity returns, though you can still tell he's absolutley exhausted. His thoughts are slow, and sluggish. They often seem indistinct, only resolving themselves into language after several second's delay. {She is adjusting well to the Academy, I'd say. There were some initial disciplinary problems, she was fighting with some of the other girls. Some of the boys as well. Fortunately these issues seem to have resolved themselves, I think most of the other students are a bit scared of her.}

Amusement drifts through the connection, brief snatches of memory rising to the surface. {You know, I don't think most of the students here have ever really been in a fight. Sure they'll spar one another or they'll get in the occaisional scuffle, but they haven't been trained. Not like that girl. You should have seen the expression on one of our upperclassman's face when he tried to scare her a bit with a bolt of fire and she broke his nose. You would have thought she'd stabbed him. I've never seen a grown man bawl their eyes out like that.}

You don't know if you like the idea of her fighting the other students, though you suppose it's good that she's not falling in with that crowd of girls that were trying to get her to steal from Hayes' workshop. {I hope her relations with the other students are not purely adversarial. She has friends too, doesn't she?}

Demetrios focuses once more, thoughts becoming slightly more distinct. {Oh, of course! She's gathered quite the little social circle, I'd say. Some of the younger students look to her as some kind of vigilante, and if nothing else she's earned the respect of a certain crowd. I do try to keep her out of trouble but I'm only one man, and a committed bachelor at that. I'm not exactly the best with children.}
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>>45548847
>As you've said, they're clearly intelligent. They're just quite alien when compared to say, humans. We need to find someone capable of communicating with them
Get Zahak to do it.

Well, you suppose it's good to hear that she's not miserable, and seems to be carving out a niche for herself. You're about to ask after her studies, but Demetrios interrupts. {You know, that reminds me actually. Aisha's been nagging me for quite a while to let her speak with you. I promised her the next time you called I'd let her. Of course, I might conveniently forget this conversation ever happened...}

>No, no, he shouldn't trouble himself. Have him put you through to Aisha. Might as well get this out of the way.
>You've got other matters to attend to, you'd appreciate it if he kept this secret. Wish him luck with the dragon situation.
>You know, he really doesn't have to run interference for you. You wouldn't mind speaking with her from time to time.
>Write-in

>>45548889
>You've got other matters to attend to, you'd appreciate it if he kept this secret. Wish him luck with the dragon situation.

>>45548889
>>No, no, he shouldn't trouble himself. Have him put you through to Aisha. Might as well get this out of the way.

>>45548889
>>You've got other matters to attend to, you'd appreciate it if he kept this secret. Wish him luck with the dragon situation.
More important shit to do right now

>>45548889
aw shit
>You've got other matters to attend to, you'd appreciate it if he kept this secret. Wish him luck with the dragon situation.
i completely forgot about her

>>45548889
>No, no, he shouldn't trouble himself. Have him put you through to Aisha. Might as well get this out of the way.
Time to learn about lil' mik number two

>>45548889
>>No, no, he shouldn't trouble himself. Have him put you through to Aisha. Might as well get this out of the way.
Crit fail pregnancy incoming

>>45548889
>No, no, he shouldn't trouble himself. Have him put you through to Aisha. Might as well get this out of the way.

>>45548751
Holy shit. Two Avatars of Surya, and Mik is one of them. Yes fucking please. I imagine Mik would do more magic shit and illusion shit, and Darzi would do the reaping of blood and battle.

>>45548889
>You've got other matters to attend to, you'd appreciate it if he kept this secret. Wish him luck with the dragon situation.

>Write-in
>Offer to help with the dragons. At some point.

>>45548889
>>You've got other matters to attend to, you'd appreciate it if he kept this secret. Wish him luck with the dragon situation.
Who cares about that slut?

>>45548889
>>You've got other matters to attend to, you'd appreciate it if he kept this secret. Wish him luck with the dragon situation.

>>45548950
She's actually pretty chaste.

>>45548889
>>45548751
>>45548943
Is this true Soma? Can Mik do Surya Avatar bullshit? How much more martial training do we need? Can we just rely on our lightning and magic in the trance?

>>45548889
>>You've got other matters to attend to, you'd appreciate it if he kept this secret. Wish him luck with the dragon situation

>>45548889
>>No, no, he shouldn't trouble himself. Have him put you through to Aisha. Might as well get this out of the way.

>>45548889
>You've got other matters to attend to, you'd appreciate it if he kept this secret. Wish him luck with the dragon situation.

>>45548889
>No, no, he shouldn't trouble himself. Have him put you through to Aisha. Might as well get this out of the way.

>>45548889
>No, no, he shouldn't trouble himself. Have him put you through to Aisha. Might as well get this out of the way.
at least say hi to her.

>>45548985
Slut ass whore put out on the first date.

>>45548889
>No, no, he shouldn't trouble himself. Have him put you through to Aisha. Might as well get this out of the way.

adopted daughteru time!

>>45548889
>You've got other matters to attend to, you'd appreciate it if he kept this secret. Wish him luck with the dragon situation

>>45548889
>No, no, he shouldn't trouble himself. Have him put you through to Aisha. Might as well get this out of the way.
Can't avoid the yandere forever

>>45549022
Aisha is the chick we fought/fucked
Aylin is daughteru

>>45549022
Aisha. Not Aylin.

>>45549022
Nah, Aisha is the Aghtaki we knocked up. Aylin is the humie we adopted.

>>45549022
Aisha's the crazy samja murderer lady we fucked, not the daughter

>>45548889
>You know, he really doesn't have to run interference for you. You wouldn't mind speaking with her from time to time.
>well, depending how this goes, anyway

>>45548225
>>45548889
>>No, no, he shouldn't trouble himself. Have him put you through to Aisha. Might as well get this out of the way.
>>45548950
Might be preggers with mik junior
[Spoiler]send a meeseek to miscarriage[/spoiler]

>>45548889
>No, no, he shouldn't trouble himself. Have him put you through to Aisha. Might as well get this out of the way.
Is it worse to be a slut or to knock up a slut and never talk to her after?

>>45548889
>You've got other matters to attend to, you'd appreciate it if he kept this secret. Wish him luck with the dragon situation.
Hope she gets killed by a dragon while we're in Elaudia desu

>>45548889
>No, no, he shouldn't trouble himself. Have him put you through to Aisha. Might as well get this out of the way.

>>45548968
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>Embrace the high melanin lifestyle.

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>>45549112
>Get it over with.

>>45549071
>He doesn't have to screen your phone calls.

Calling it.

Couldn't we a combination of fire, air, and electricity for flight?

>>45548889
Send a shadow to make sure the bitch falls down a flight of stairs and than make sure to kick her in the stomach multiple times.

>>45548889
>eyy tell crazy hank (I think that's his name anyway) we learned a bit about the esteel recipe. Its apparently [whatever crap the paramatma told us] but we have no idea how to make it yet.

>>45549120
>>45548992
Hey. You. Guy. Can Mik into Avatar state and become a god damn superhero for reals to Zahak?

>>45549120
Getting it over with wins out by a single vote.

Gonna run out to grab some food and coffee. We're in this for the long haul. Or at least two to three more hours.

>>45549120
Yo you missed my vote.
>>45549141

>>45549179
If he gets better in Nature Magic, sure. Probably also want to be at least Master in Marsala Ve as well. Fire Magic though he's rock solid already.

>>45549185
>two to three more hours
So one more update.

>>45549190
Ur a niga

It seems like a really bad idea for Mik, currently on Surya's shit list'l, to become the avatar of Surya

>>45549185
Don't forget to add the miscarriage through meeseeks option.

>>45549185
>We're in this for the long haul
aww yiss

Why are so many QM's so blatantly racist?

>>45549222
Surya is a cuck

>>45549222
Just kill the fagit kid already he is a pain in the ass and a waste of space.
Who needs a horny teenager?

>>45549222
It's the name of Battle trance.

>>45549179
>>45549206
If Mik creates the Invert+Revert+Mind ring we discussed in the last thread, and makes it out of boar tusk, he'll already have the nature magic aspect down Anon. That's an 8-10 nature magic bonus, with his vatis bonus. GM Nature ability right there. However, since he's only a practitioner, he'll have to train 9-10 times to get to a high enough rank. This is why I selected Darzi for the Avatar project. She actually have the time to train. We've got better shit to do, like magic and enchantment.

>>45549222
I don't think it actually has any connection to surya, it's just like some super saiyan mode. Though I could be wrong

>>45549222
It doesn't actually have anything to do with Surya.

>>45549248
Fuck off

>>45549275
>>45549272
Yeah, it's just a name I chose. I deliberately tried for the most badass one possible. Look at >>45548385 Also, the bonuses are worth it. >>45548369

We gonna make that one mind booster enchantment thing any time.soon?

>>45549328
>implying soma will ever give us time to enchant things

>>45549328
We have the materials, the runic knowledge and the right insanity level to do it this thread if we want

So no.

>>45549357
I have a very easy solution for this. We simply tell Darzi about the Avatar project. And thus, she be able to keep scatter brained Mik on it until it reaches fruition.

>>45549306
Is it possible to use Water and Metal/Nature instead of Fire and Nature?

>>45549412
We should absolutely do this.

>>45549412
Ooh. Tell Darzi and get her to do the work for us.

Sorta like telling SK and getting him to do everything except finalizing enchantments

Give it up anon. Great ideas are destined to never happen because anons are too easily distracted

>>45549427
Could combine it with point defense.

>>45549427
Unfortunately commander, Martial Trance relies on Marsala Ve, which is based on fire magic forms of the Suryan Priesthood. This is how Fire magic can be combined with fire magic in the Martial Trance, and how aspects of Surya can be tapped into by an Avatar. Pani has no such martial practices nor affinity.

>>34740939
>You shake your head, briefly. “I'll need to know more about the technique and the work itself before I agree.” She frowns, slightly. “Fine. Essentially the method involves shifting through all of the basic forms of Marsala Ve. I found it difficult at first to perform without a spear on hand, as many of the forms are reliant on the spear. I've been trying to turn it into some sort of 'battle trance' but I haven't managed to perfect the method yet. I find that it's particularly useful if you're trying to learn fire magic, likely because the forms of Marsala Ve are so closely tied to the ancient orders of warrior-priest dedicated to Surya. That said, it's just as useful as normal meditation for any of the other elements.”

>>45547734
All this shit needs a timer or a stop function so it doesn't just go on forever.

>>45549498
>>45549427
Err, I meant,
>This is how Fire magic can be combined with Combat Manuevers, how the trance is boosted by the Avatar's competence in Marsala Ve, and how aspects of Surya can be tapped into by an Avatar.

>>45549498
What if we invented a martial trance of our own?

>>45549499
>needs a timer or a stop function so it doesn't just go on forever
Nah that'd add to the DC.

>>45549545
This is a very unlikely project commander. Not only does our form have to be deeply in tune with aspects of Pani, Mikhael lacks any practical knowledge of martial combat beyond his limited training. He has neither the religious knowledge, attunement with Pani, or martial ability to develop a powerful combat form, deeply in tune in Pani, that can be employed in a state of meditative martial trance.

>>45549593
The simple answer is to find a new martial art that resonates with water or metal.

>>45549593
What about a trance that improves only our magic skills?

>>45549683
Unlikely. Martial trances rely too heavily on our martial ability.

I do distinctly remember Soma talking about water magic being mentioned in some sort of trance based fighting style. Probably created alongside marsla ve by worshipers of Pani during the time of the Empire.

I ahve returned, and am writing.

>>45549812
The follower of Dhatu also had their martial arts.

>>45549934
Shit. We practice Dhatu's weird Tai Chi thing right?

>>45549927
Can we do something with that Soma? Use the forms of Dhatu we learned to become an Avatar of Dhatu?

>>45549980
Nope. People were too busy going for the shiny soul magic.

>>45549980
Damn. What going Dhatu Avatar mode even do? Would you become completely impervious to all harm soulwise, magic wise, and physically? Control the minds of all who come near?

>>45549980
You'd need to do a training session involving the forms you saw in the book, at which point I'd probably give you a new martial style.

>>45550040
Hnnnnnnng. We need to create a team of Avatars. We're Dhatu. Darzi is Surya. Chryssa is Prthvi (worst god for worst girl). Mortia will probably be some weird Rhynian Avatar. I dunno what the fuck Prof can Avatar.

>>45550040
So we missed out on combat bonuses and a new martial art.

>>45550040
Holy shit. Would a Dhatuan Avatar be able to wake the god up? I bet a Dhatuan avatar could cross the void like he was taking an afternoon stroll.

>>45550089
> dunno what the fuck Prof can Avatar.
>dunno what the fuck a guy with a lava arm can avatar
>>45550040
Should put that option in next time there's a chance to train.

>>45550040
Just curious if someone happened to become Legendary in different martial styles would it be possible to combine them?

>>45550111
Fuuuuuuuck. If Mik does become a Dhutuan Avatar and if we wake him up, he's definitely making us the steward of whatever harebrained people's cooking up. It'll probably be something stupid like sentient robots.

>>45550150
You mean like how a GM can use multiple elements? Very likely.

>>45550111
>>45550093
>>45550089
The basis behind the enchantment wouldn't still apply. The name is purely for asthetics.

To create "other typed avatars" we basically need to find/create and enchantment combination that:
A: Synergizes with the Inversion Rings (Expanded mind, +8-12 bonus metal and nature rolls)
B: Fits the Dhatu styled martial arts. Preferably in a way that allows us to take advantage of an unending font of power, like is created by the Suryan firebrands.

>>45550156
>something stupid like sentient robots.
>not wanting to stand on top of a leviathan harvester terminator at the head of an army of other harvesters

we need to have a word or two, son

>>45550111
>Would a Dhatuan Avatar be able to wake the god up
Probably not desu.

What we should do is start killing a lot of people and then using Attract+Soul and Contain+Soul on an item to gather their essence, then feed that to Dhatu.

>>45550198
So this is it then. The state beyond Grandmaster. Avatarhood. Embodying the god of your element itself.

>>45550232
>feed it to dhatu
>not ourself
look at this fuckin pleb

>>45550232
I don't understand why people keep trying to intentionally kill Mik in the dumbest ways.

>>45550254
Oh good point. Why wake a god when we can become one ourselves?

>>45550089
>I dunno what the fuck Prof can Avatar.
A Rhynian god of fertility.

>>45550312
What would our element be though?

Soma how THICK is Profectus?

>>45550339
That's funny because he's an elf, though they are both degenerates

Rhynian Martial Training: Trainee Rank (+1 to Short Swords and Blocking.) (0/1 insight)
Using the shield we would be better at. If we just get this one training.

Marsala Ve: Veteran Rank (+6 to Spear and Hand to Hand combat. +4 to Long Swords and Daggers, +2 to Bows and Short Swords) (3/4 insights)
We should do this first, and stop at master for a while. Better at handling the spear.

>>45550232
Why..

Anyway, I do say we should learn Dhatu's martial arts, derived from what I can only assume is directly from a god or from a very devote follow who gleaned some martial arts directly or indirectly from a god.
We may meet a master of such in the jungle. If we meet a legend of Dhatu's martial arts that doesn't want to kill us, We should do a free sessions with him.
Since by then, with master and hopefully by then a basic understanding of the art. We could likely rank of fast since we're also should be fit enough to handle most movements and strength and precision of the shit we will learn.

>>45550345
Why restrict ourself to one bullshit gimmick?

Godlike power is all that is necessary.

We shall become the God of Power (Divine Essence and Vys)

>>45550345
Metal. Dhatu is sleeping anyway, he won't notice for a few thousand years.

So how are we gonna GM metal?

>>45550345
We shall tread our own path, to take in the five elements to form our divine soul.

>>45550407
Use it to suck our own dick.

Training montage of getting swol and proficient in multiple martial styles when?

>>45550407
We suck our on dick

>>45550407
When's the last time we read our metal codex?

>>45550407
We mess with strings of reality or souls.

>>45550443
we finished it nigga

>>45550407
Go into the void through the cloak and create a stable rift to base reality

>>45550452
Arrange the strings in front of a portal to Surya's heart so that they spell out "आपण सूर्य संभोग".

>>45550388
I say once we get this thing with our niece out of the way. We come back to Nazir and take a few days to train.
Read a book or two.
Learn 1-3 effects.
gain master and novice rank start the third.
Practice with nature and forms.
With Profectus,Darzi and Chys. The forms meditation, all 4 of us should get a better understanding of "battle trace" And be able to do it to some degree.
While pointing out any errors in how they channel vys/spread it/obtain it w.e Giving them a better vatis education.
Feel that the team as a whole would appreciate us more, and respect us more as a whole.
Well good luck and good night guys. Don't kill us.

>>45550459
I thought it showed us different shit as we improved our metal skill or something

So soma, on a scale of 1 to Bugs Bunny, how funny is it to come up with new shit to distract us every time we resolve the old shit in any way shape or form?

>>45550486
this is actually a pretty good idea

>>45550407
Our Metal GM meditation can be Darzi's Legendary Rank advancement.

>>45550513
We got rid of the Entity in our head.
Only thing we have to worry about is the bad voodoo coming from out cloak.
We should get a necklace to counter its effects or negate it to a certain extent, and act as a vys storage. Next time Mahana offers us the option. Likely in 3 more shrines or something.

>>45550486
Put in that we'll practice the battle trance with all of the elements first, then go on to teach them all that would be their affinity.
Chrys can be earth avatar, Prof/Darzi Fire or Metal, we can be our own avatar, all of them.

>>45550569
You keep saying avatar but it's not really accurate

>>45550569
So then we could make an elemental Voltron and/or Captain Planet?

>>45550569
asshole, You need nature to see while your in a meditation. It has nothing to do with element.
They can add w.e element they want afterwards.
Nature + certain degree of martial arts should be kind of required. Other elements are a bonus to damage. So they can be brought up once they are efficient in nature + martial arts.

>>45550583
I don't know what else to call it.
>>45550602
Combine them all.
>>45550607
just so you don't feel left out

>>45550345
Asshole.

Fuck off bob

>>45550345
Insanity

If Dhatu refuses to wake up for anything, I wonder whether he'd sleep through a sneaky sneaky Samjan comin up on him and siphoning out his divine essence all slow like over the course of a few thousand years and incorporating it into himself.

If we got the runes for a the nutrients we need it'd be really simple to make an object that generates just enough food to keep us fed and then implant it in our stomach. Or just go with the design philosophy of seemingly every enchanter ever and make it a tummy belt with a bigass needle on it that can poke through our front and inject it so we can take it off and not have to worry about surgery every time we want to mess with the thing.

>>45550602
Sounds more like super sentai (Power Rangers for you gaijin) to me.

>>45550775
What the fuck man

>>45550794
Would you rather make it a feeding mask that sticks a tube down our throat? It's less stabby but it would interfere with our ability to talk. Not a problem if we get Nature up a bit more I guess but until then it'd be inconvenient.

>>45550775
>enchantingfags

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>>45550775
What do you think would happen to Mikhael if he took in to much essence through that method?

I think his stomach would get really big lol so I drew that happening

>>45550856
Naw. He's just some weird fucker obsessed with collecting Divine Essence. We have nothing to do with that creep.

>>45550850
Or we could just eat food. Ya know, normally.

>>45550880
So basically

>>45550775
>godfags

>>45550856
>wanting to be bound by bullshit rules like "you die if you don't find food"
Naw man fuck that I'm sick of being animal-tier. We need a food crystal implant.

>>45550885
And if we're in a place that doesn't have food? Like the void or some godforsaken dungeon or some hellish cyberpunk dystopia where all the food tastes like someone drank petrol and shit it back out?

>>45550885
Eating/gathering food and water takes up time we could otherwise spend on reading or meditating or some other form of getting good.

We should just enchant the roof of our mouth with Create+Small+Small+Small Water so we never have to drink and tear off, regrow, and then use Fire magic to cook strips of our flesh.

>>45550891
Yup. Godfags are the worst.

>>45550775
Sorry bruv I think you've got the 'tism.

>>45550916
We can literally always have food and water readily available in our cloak

Soma is dead. Post never. rip

>>45550885
>>45550850
or we can separate our soul from our body whenever we got hungry/thirsty then build a new body for ourselves. Idiots.

>>45550775

holy fuck, maybe we should try becoming a spirit first before becoming a god.

>>45550977
Looks like we'll only be getting one more post after all.

It's getting real retarded in here real fast. Hurry up and post soma.

Okay guys I'm the new Soma now.

Vote on what you want to do next:
>Create a belt that feeds you so you never have to eat (drawback: you have to put up with my inflation fetish)
>Learn Dhatu's martial art so you can become pull off this Dhatu avatar shit (drawback: Dhatu is really fat so you end up looking like him)
>Kill your party members and incorporate their divine essence into your soul (drawback: this makes your soul really big which makes your body big in turn)
>Write-in

>>45550984
Not possible.

>>45550968
The cloak storage is vast but we can still only keep a finite amount of food in it. Storing the amount of food needed to sustain Mik over the course of a several thousand year void excursion would be enormous, especially since we're limited to things that won't spoil, and the act of eating the food itself would represent a massive time sink over the course of such a lengthy project in comparison to automatically being fed by an enchanted device.

>>45551017
Fuck off homo

>>45550998
>getting retarded
>implying it's ever stopped being retarded since the first BQ thread

>>45551017
>>Write-in
Turn the city the Demirs reside in into a massive runic array designed to rip the soul out of every living being there and feed them to us.

>>45551017
Fuck off.

>>45551032
You seriously think were gonna do your idiotic plan for thousands of years?

>>45551032
The body would die
Then we just build a new one

>>45551032
Are you retarded?

>>45551017
Why is there no siege option?

>http://pastebin.com/aYPzn0aU
>The MC's Vys Pool grows by
>+1 point for every experiment they complete successfully.
>>+1 point for every level they gain in a major element.
>+1 point for every magical tome they finish.
>+1 point for every effect they learn.
>+2 points for every metamagic feat they learn.

>>+1 point for every level they gain in a major element.
>>major

>>45551032
We have Create, we could just turn vys into food.

>>45551032
What about shitting? Imagine all the shit that would pile up and all the time wasted shitting. We need to enchant a poop elimination device and shove it up our asshole and keep it there for thousands of years too.

>>45551092
just use runes to transmute shit to food

>>45551075
For the same reason there is no "kill fake Soma" option.

>>45551092
Easy, just enchant a second coat and then stuff it into our intestines.

>Be American
>Get shot

Has there only been one update this thread?

>>45551050
Fuck no, I'm just responding to your statement that regular eating would be viable in that kind of situation.

>>45551142
Two, in three hours.

Soma probably fell asleep.

>>45551092
>Not making a pair of Destroy+Shit underpants
Honestly we have no reason to not make those right now.
Bonus: We subtly let someone find out about our shit-destroying underpants and then later on tell them we have a spare pair. Give the fake enchanted underpants to this person and cackle madly over the knowledge that we tricked some fucker into shitting his pants.

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You sigh, though Demetrios can't hear it. Do you really want to deal with this right now? You've still got a few hours until you reach the city of Marqash, though the sun has started its long descent towards the horizon. Still, you've neglected her for two weeks now and you doubt she'll be particularly happy with you.

After a few more moments of hesitation, you reach your decision. Better to get it over with now than let it stew any longer than this. {It's fine, I think it's probably time that I deal with this. Whatever this entails, I suppose.} You can't imagine what's so vital that she just has to speak with you. {Hand over the brooch and I'll speak with her.}

The connection is severed, and you find yourself once more fully aware of your surroundings. The air has cooled somewhat over the course of your conversation with Demetrios, but Zahak still coasts easily upon the currents of warm air. To your right, an endless expanse of blue stretches out towards the horizon, while to your left the desert is interrupted by patches of verdant green or the blocky rooftops of a village. Fruit groves and fishing villages seem to populate this part of the coast.

Seconds turn to minutes, and minutes turn to hours as you wait for the brooch to once again interrupt your thoughts. You find yourself dozing off, your head resting against the empty pack strapped to Zahak's saddle. You notice something odd as you balance on that thin dividing line between wakefulness and sleep. Light and color play across your mind's eye, brief snatches of dream flaring into being only to die the very next moment. Yet there's a pattern to it all. The color, it corresponds to vys. Each burst of color illuminates Zahak in an array of colors, and the cities below appear as smears upon the horizon.
(1/2)

>>45551208
haha or tell our party that's what we did when we really gave the person the real pair when we really have the fake pair then cackle madly over the knowledge that our party has to deal with us smelling like shit haha

>>45551249
Oh thank god you're back.

Before you have any real opportunity to investigate this phenomena, a voice intrudes upon your thoughts. Aisha, your Anthosian mistress, finally deigns to speak with you. {Mikhael? Gods, but this is strange. Do I really just think and trust you'll hear me?}

You interrupt her before her rambling can carry her any further down that chain of thought. It seems like everyone has a little trouble wrapping their head around the idea of the brooches the first time they use them. {It's really that simple. Truly, can you believe the conveniences we've learned to live without since the death of our ancient predecessors?}

Her thoughts recoil, and only slowly do they reach out once more to mingle with yours. She's nervous, but happy. She's also very annoyed. {Do you know how long I've been trying to contact you? Two weeks! Demetrios has been redirecting me at every turn. Have you been using him to ignore me?}

Well, it's a fair question. {Not really, no. I've just sort of been caught up in the various trials and tribulations of life in Pidjata.} You feel like you've been telling this story a lot today. {I apologize for neglecting to reach out to you, but I've been making my way slowly towards Elaudia. As is usually the case I can't seem to make it a hundred feet without getting side tracked by some vast crisis which demands my attention. Even now, I'm heading south to rescue my kidnapped niece.}

Annoyance rapidly turns to worry. {Who kidnapped your niece? I would have thought a family like the Abdul-Hakims above the petty squabbles of wider nobility. Before my banishment yours was among the most powerful and wealthy families in the Shahdom, it would seem foolish to provoke you with something petty like kidnapping.}
(2/3)

>>45551264
>I would have thought a family like the Abdul-Hakims above the petty squabbles of wider nobility. Before my banishment yours was among the most powerful and wealthy families in the Shahdom, it would seem foolish to provoke you with something petty like kidnapping
>Before my banishment yours was among the most powerful and wealthy families in the Shahdom
Wasn't she banished 20-30 years ago?
When our family was mid-tier merchants?

She raises a good point, your father probably could have just brought news of the kidnapping to the Shah and had it taken care of, though Kadir might not be quite so fond of your family as the previous Shah. {I think my banishment may have hurt our reputation to an extent. Still, it's not something you need to concern yourself with. I've worked out a plan with my father that should resolve the issue quite satisfactorily.}

Her thoughts calm, only to start churning again a moment later. Anxiety builds, until finally she forces herself to speak. {So, I have some bad news. I assume Demetrios already told you about the siege, but this is of a bit more personal nature. I worry that, well... Pani may have seen fit to bless our union. I haven't bled in nearly a month now. I mean, that's not terribly odd but I thought to tell you. Just in case.}

You can tell even with your rather cursory understanding of Nature Magic that she's nervous, incredibly so. You can't say this revelation is wholly unexpected, but you still find it somewhat unsettling.

>Don't they have alchemist in Anthus? Have them brew something up, even if you're not yet certain.
>If she's not late yet there's no use worrying about it. You'll deal with it if it becomes a real issue, but until then don't worry about it.
>All your children are going to be bastards according to the law anyway, if Pani has blessed you you'll see the child brought into your household.
>Write-in

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>>45551190
Looks like I didn't need to make this after all.

>>45551302
I don't even know what to say.

>>45551302
>[blare intense worry over brooch]

>>45551302
>>All your children are going to be bastards according to the law anyway, if Pani has blessed you you'll see the child brought into your household.

>>45551302
>All your children are going to be bastards according to the law anyway, if Pani has blessed you you'll see the child brought into your household.

>>45551302
Well we're going to need to introduce this little bastard to Zahak

>>45551293
Ten years ago, if I recall correctly. Pretty sure it was ten. Anyway, your family were never really 'mid-tier' merchants. Your father's been at the helm for the last thirty some-odd years and he's done a pretty good job in that time.

>>45551302
>All your children are going to be bastards according to the law anyway, if Pani has blessed you you'll see the child brought into

>>45551302
>darn

>>45551302
>All your children are going to be bastards according to the law anyway, if Pani has blessed you you'll see the child brought into your household.

>>45551302
>Don't they have alchemist in Anthus? Have them brew something up, even if you're not yet certain.

>>45551302
>>All your children are going to be bastards according to the law anyway, if Pani has blessed you you'll see the child brought into your household.
Zahak needs a brother

>>45551302
>Write-in
>That's fa-I'm being approached by a dragon, I'll contact you after!

>>45551302
>If she's not late yet there's no use worrying about it. You'll deal with it if it becomes a real issue, but until then don't worry about it.

Put our problems off forever. Maybe Aisha will perish in dragonfire and we won't need to do anything about it?

>>45551302
>What, you think I won't love your child? He'd also be my blood.

>>45551302
>All your children are going to be bastards according to the law anyway, if Pani has blessed you you'll see the child brought into your household.
Miks a pretty responsible dude, sorta, maybe.

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>>45551302

>>45551302
>All your children are going to be bastards according to the law anyway, if Pani has blessed you you'll see the child brought into your household.
Zahak and our kid can play, does aisha even know about zahak? We should tell her

>>45551302
do we want the kid?

I know we don't want aisha, even if she's not the clingy yandere we thought she might be yet but we already have a son

what's aylin to us anyways? unofficial daughteru? unofficial niece? future mascot and/or protege?

>>45551382
I'm thinking protege.

>>45551302
Do really old Samjams like Var Var have to worry about accidentaly fucking their granddaughters if they frequently have sex?

>>45551395
Distant relative fucking in Samjan culture is like it is in the Middle-East. Common and not cause for concern.

>>45551382
Yes want kid
>implying we dont want the qt yandere
Ay is best waifu/daugheru

>>45551302
>So, I found this palace mansion thing in the void that I think could potentially be a great place to raise a kid after I clear out all the potentially deadly things and maybe figure out how to wire the teleportation array to my house in El Amin

>>45551302
>Don't they have alchemist in Anthus? Have them brew something up, even if you're not yet certain.
Not dealing with this shit.

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>>45551413
>raise
>a kid
She can do it herself.

>>45551330
We'll get all our bastard children growing up around Zahak so they can all have a bestest big brother.

>>45551413
Our house has a hidden nursery you know.

>>45551426
Yeah that was the idea, I just wanted to stick her in the void house rather than Anthus or El-Amin.

>>45551430
Exactly, Zahak is our first child, and he is going to be the heir

>>45551444
>I just wanted to stick her in the void house
And then close off the portals?

>>45551302
>>All your children are going to be bastards according to the law anyway, if Pani has blessed you you'll see the child brought into your household.

>>45551449
No.

>>45551302
>>Don't they have alchemist in Anthus? Have them brew something up, even if you're not yet certain.

>>45551449
Nah.

>>45551302
>Don't they have alchemist in Anthus? Have them brew something up, even if you're not yet certain
She only wants to keep the kid because we're an Abdul-Hakim.

>>45551302
>Don't they have alchemist in Anthus? Have them brew something up, even if you're not yet certain.

>>45551302
>Write-in
>Well I have an estate in El-Amin I could smuggle you into easily enough should you desire it. A cushy life, if not a glamorous one. We're both vatis and aghtaki, so it's not like any children of either of ours was going to be noble born in the first place.

KEK
just realised that we'd be an excellent example of our racial stereotype anyways
>pullout game weak
>accidentally have kid
>k well I'm gonna go down to the corner store for some milk Elaudia for some artifacts
>forget about kid while off having adventures
>never come back for it

>>45551302
>All your children are going to be bastards according to the law anyway, if Pani has blessed you you'll see the child brought into your household.

>>45551302
>Don't they have alchemist in Anthus? Have them brew something up, even if you're not yet certain

>>45551302
>Well, I suppose Zahak's going to have a little brother or sister now.
>Oh, right, I never told you that I adopted a baby dragon.

>>45551484
Vatis aren't really supposed to have kids, remember? Even if she weren't aghtaki, the child wouldn't be recognized just from either parent being a vatis, let alone both of them.

>>45551302
WRITE THE NEXT POST SOMA

>>45551361
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>>45551324
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>>45551491
>Meh, all your kids are going to be bastards anyway.
I just realized that if Mik ensure that Zahak is adopted, Zahak will need to be adopted by his father, since Mik isn't supposed to have any legal descendants.
Not a big deal, really. It just means officially Zahak will be your brother rather than your son.

>>45551417
>>45551339
>>45551467
>>45551484
>>45551487
>Straight abort that shit senpai.

>>45551320
>>45551317
>>45551351
>PANIC

>>45551413
>You know I've heard about this wonderful little timeshare in the void...

>>45551489
>Smuggle dakimakura

Writin'

>>45551302
>Don't they have alchemist in Anthus? Have them brew something up, even if you're not yet certain.
Why would we want another kid?

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>>45551489
>Keeping an aghtaki in our house
Are you retarded?

Fucking waifufags.

>>45551507
We're still fucking rich.

>>45551519
We could pretty easily get rid of her brand and change her face enough that she wouldn't be recognized. It's hardly an issue at this point.

>>45551489
If we're going to smuggle her into El-Amin, we should show her that book on fleshshaping so that she doesn't get recognized by some bitch ass nigga from her past and get us in trouble.
To be honest I just want someone we know to learn that shit. I don't give a flying fuck if she lives near us or not/

>>45551541
>Keeping an aghtaki in our house
>Because muh waifu
Okay you're retarded.

Ok, admit it, you guys just wanna invite Aisha to our house so you can eat popcorn when Chryss chimps out and crushes her skull.

So the next time Soma gets drunk an decides to write something dramatic we're up for Loss, right?

>>45551513
>Not a big deal, really. It just means officially Zahak will be your brother rather than your son.
WHAT

>>45551574
No.

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>>45551513
>my father's son
FUCK YOU SOMA

I'M NOT PLAYING A KEK

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>>45551513
>Not a big deal, really. It just means officially Zahak will be your brother rather than your son.

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>>45551580
Of course.

>>45551513
>I just realized that if Mik ensure that Zahak is adopted, Zahak will need to be adopted by his father, since Mik isn't supposed to have any legal descendants.
Not a big deal, really. It just means officially Zahak will be your brother rather than your son.
Reminds me of how gays used to adopt their lovers when they weren't allowed to get married.

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>>45551513
>just means officially Zahak will be your brother rather than your son.
REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

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>>45551513
HE IS NOT BY BLOOD SO I DEMAND AN EXCEPTION

>>45551513
>I just realized that if Mik ensure that Zahak is adopted, Zahak will need to be adopted by his father, since Mik isn't supposed to have any legal descendants.
Not a big deal, really. It just means officially Zahak will be your brother rather than your son.

That's crafty of you, Soma.
It looks like we're going to have to join our old master and his associates in their fight to get the Vatis more rights and freedom.

>>45551701
AOE POISON THE SHAH

VATIS WAR NOW

>>45551582
>>45551605
>>45551606
>>45551617
>>45551635
>>45551693

it's ok guys Henry VIII made his own religion so he could divorce his wife

same dif, we'll just form our own country where we can have kids or overthrow the shah or just back the vatis revolution that our master is part of

>>45551720
>we'll just form our own country where we can have kids
This desu

Set it up in the void.

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>>45551720
>letting mages rule over the magicless

literally how the evil empire forms anon

>>45551733
>i'll just make my own plane of reality, with blackjack and hookers.

>>45551744
>implying fucks are given

>>45551744
but it could be OUR evil empie

>>45551744
>a country that was made by mages and only has mage citizens
>in a world where mages are prolific in our people
>in a world where magic talent is usually passed on
>a country where mages rule each other is evil

Is there anything stopping us from making a space ship and traveling to another world which we seed with only Samjan? I mean, other than Mik not knowing shit about space.

>>45551744
Literally every sandnigger elf can use magic to some degree.

>>45551744
It'd just be the 3rd Reich if Hitler was right about there being people innately superior to others.

Sounds like a pretty okay place to me desu.

>>45551779
which then turns into a magocracy where the magically strong rule over the magically weak

this is how tevinter started anon

>>45551837
>implying Hitler wasn't right

>>45551845
Are you trying to say the magically weak should rule the magically strong? Cuz that is dumb

>>45551874
How? It makes perfect sense.

>>45551744
>a desert shithole that is sustained by mages >who can grow food
>create water
>whose abilities drive technological and cultural development
>the current shah is an incompetent who couldn't understand that his garden pet project was squandering water and killing his own subjects
>shah then proceeded to banish the man who called him out on it

like if you were making the argument that all vatis are as morally irresponsible as Mik and that normal folk are required for society to function then sure but when the guy at the top is an absolute fuckwit it seems pretty obvious that the restricting the rights of the class that holds your entire society and culture together is a recipe for revolution, especially when it seems like 90% of the rest of the culture is a meritocracy

>>45551845
Magically strong i.e 2+GM is relatively rare/hard to get to. So that'd be limited by two things: that desertelves like talking and reason, and there'd be more weak ones than strong.
Ants to a bird, anon.

>>45551891
It's retarded. The weak should serve the strong.

>>45551924
not that guy, but from the way Soma has depicted Samjan society it doesn't really seem like a "magic strong vs magic weak" society overall

like, yeah, Vatis and their ability are central to the culture, but the non-magically inclined are just as important in their own way. Merchants merch, craftsmen make shit, farmers grow and harvest food, etc. Vatis have the ability to enhance all of the other shit in various ways, but both sides are irreplaceable.

Rather than Vatis should rule non-Vatis or non-Vatis should rule the Vatis, it seems more like they should have equal roles. Vatis are tank / DPS, non-Vatis are support, etc.

>>45551924
Any magically strong vatis who starts making moves towards trying to set himself up as a dictator among vatis will very quickly be killed by one of the several hundred vatis who would object.

>>45551977
That's because we haven't brought enchantment back into the world.
When we do, Vatis can literally do everything without the dirt farmer commoners.

>>45551924
Oh wait I read that wrong. You're right desu.

>>45551924
But that's not how it works in real life.

I wonder if enchanted or magically infused food is a thing?

>>45552138
It's how real life should work.

>>45552138
That's how it's worked for most of human history, anon, and I'd attribute the movement away from Monarchism to Samuel Colt.

You suppress the initial urge to panic, reasoning that all your children are going to be bastards anyway. The fact Aisha may simply be the mother of your second is nothing to panic about. {Well, I suppose if you're not yet certain we shouldn't worry ourselves to death over it. That being said, if it does turn out that Pani blessed us then I'll adopt the child into my household. A sibling would be good for Zahak.}

There's a pause before Aisha responds, her thoughts muddled by a wide variety of emotions. Mostly curiosity, though you can detect perhaps a hint of jealousy. {Wait, you already have a child? When did this happen? I don't recall you ever mentioning a child.}

What's the harm in leading her on for a while? {Didn't I tell you? He's adopted, but I've raised him as if he were my own blood. I found him abandoned in an old mine quite some time before the two of us met.}

She relaxes, thoughts growing still. {Oh, that makes more sense. I mean, you're barely out of your apprenticeship. I've known apprentices who ended up with child before they earned their robes, but it's not exactly a common occurrence. What made you decided to adopt one of the clanless, then?}

It's difficult but you manage to suppress your amusement at her expense. Hopefully it doesn't filter through the connection {Well I couldn't bring myself to leave him there, if I hadn't stepped in he probably would've sat there forgotten in that forsaken ruin until he finally met his end. Sure Zahak doesn't exactly look like most other Samjan. I mean the enormous wings are a bit odd and the scales set him apart, but I love him all the same.}

Now she's annoyed, and perhaps disappointed as well. {Mik I'm trying to be serious, I've been worrying myself sick over this all week.}

(1/2)

>>45552166
He did make man equal.

Adopting a more somber tone, you focus on conveying a sense of your sincerity. {I'm being serious. I found a dragon egg in an ancient mine, put in the time and effort to hatch that egg, and now I have a draconic son whom I wouldn't trade for the world. In fact I'm riding on his back right now to reach Marqash, where I plan on parading through the city to rescue my niece with all the pomp and circumstance of the Shah himself paying a visit to his vassal.}

It slowly sinks in that you're not lying. Panic turns to calm acceptance, and then to defeated resignation. {Gods above, I've slept with a madman. If we have this kid we'll both be insane within five years' time.}

>EEEEEND THREAD
Kind of a weak way to end the thread, and we still didn't get as far as I would have liked, but it's getting hard to stay awake.

>>45552183
THANKS FOR RUNNING SOMA

NOW I CAN FINALLY SLEEP

WE WILL NEVER
EVER
MAKE IT TO MARQASH.

>>45552183
I'm not even mad frankly. This quest is an consistently excellent read

>>45552147
>mundane farmers march in protest
>WE CAN'T COMPETE WITH ENHANCED FOOD
>NO MM FOODS IN OUR COUNTRY
>NO CROSS CONTAMINATION
>WE DON'T KNOW ENOUGH ABOUT THE LONG TERM EFFECTS
>vandals destroy experimental crops
>new laws are passed forcing all markets to label whether or not foods are magically modified
>due to propaganda, even starving nations undergoing famine reject MM foods sent to them as aid
>certain leaders go as far as to claim that they would rather their people die (which they do, in droves) than have them partake in magically modified food