skypotato has connected.
Ganaroth has connected.
vonel has connected.
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Ganaroth:
extremely
kooked.
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vonel:
have
ac in my bed room and fans everywere else, so it's not to bad in
here.
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=^v^=:
also
did you ever end up playing world of final fantasy?
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Ganaroth:
I
think that I'm slowly but surely making my way through the back
10% of Sturgeon's Law anime. I have no real way of knowing,
though. At any moment, the current of decent shows keeping me
afloat might become a waterfall that I'm tumbling over. There are
ways to estimate how much decent material there is left, but they
involve math that is harder than I have ever known how to do.
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Ganaroth:
So
far I've kept finding what I think of as pretty good ones, but who
knows, maybe this one is the last?
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=^v^=:
jujutsu
kaisen s2 ep 1 dropped like today or yesterday
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Ganaroth:
...if
nothing else, it's getting harder to find clues pointing me to the
good stuff, but I think that's more because I've tapped out the
last few years, and anything before that doesn't have nearly as
much of a footprint online.
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Ganaroth:
Mushoku
Tensei S2E0 dropped last week too.
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=^v^=:
also
thefuck? fhere is a new ruroni kenshin?
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Ganaroth:
Yeah,
I heard something about that.
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Ganaroth:
Though
I still think the Suicide Squad Isekai has it beat for thefuck
value.
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=^v^=:
know
what would be horrible? Outlaw star season 2
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=^v^=:
sucide
squad iseakai done by the re-zero guys no less
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=^v^=:
which
makes me go, "Hmm, what about re-zero?"
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Ganaroth:
Yeah.
I can't remember, is it out? If so, I should probably prepare for
a fucking acid trip in the near future.
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vonel:
I
don't know, Genesis of Aquarion getting two sequal shows was
pretty thefuck
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=^v^=:
irregular
of demonl lord acadame season 2 was another "But the story ended?"
thing
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Ganaroth:
"But
everyone has been covered in wax for like two years! How can they
still be alive?"
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=^v^=:
another
sequl coming out that's insane
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=^v^=:
they
are making moe naruto
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=^v^=:
pre-timesqkip
naruto
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Ganaroth:
"86"
had one of those very rare endings that both feels reasonably
complete and allows for further story. To my understanding it is
getting another season, and I'll happily watch, but I also
wouldn't be hugely sad otherwise. Nice trick to pull, if you can.
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=^v^=:
gwitch
is getting another season I think? since like, it's gunpal is
super popular
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=^v^=:
pre-timeskip
naruto filler arc
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=^v^=:
which,
to be fair, the one of those they did in boruto where he
teleported back in time to pre-timeskip narutoland wasn't bad
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Ganaroth:
I
am aware. there were like 80 fucking filler episodes between the
end of manga part 1 and part 2, and everyone thought that was the
devil. So, yeah, sure, let's make literally more of that. The
Boruto one wasn't terrible, but we are in the small minority of
people who tend to compare it favorably to the source material.
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=^v^=:
I
liked how they were all, "Oh shit, the cuddly ball of fox-shaped
energy was actually a bairly contained eldrich abomination back in
the day!"
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Ganaroth:
Eh,
not enough emotional attachment to narutoverse to really remember
what you mean, sorry.
|
Riot has connected.
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=^v^=:
the
part where boruto flashed back to when narurto's possessd by
tailed beast was actually a bad berserk mode not just super sayan 2
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Riot:
hi
hi. Sorry, that took longer than expected. Though I'm honestly
surprised I decided to expend the energy after spending the entire
day in 110 degree heat lol
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=^v^=:
you
shoud not spend time in 110 degree heat it's bad
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Ganaroth:
Yeah,
that's a rookie move.
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Ganaroth:
(memories
of getting heatstroke in kindergarten repeatedly flood back into
my poor, ravaged brain.)
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Riot:
lol
if only my job did not require it
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=^v^=:
rise
up overthrow all bosses etc
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=^v^=:
get
dr note that says you are made of flesh and blood
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Ganaroth:
Just
tell them no. What are they gonna do, shoot you? That was a joke.
A bad one, but a joke nonetheless.
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Riot:
I
mean we do ground runs and maintenance test flights on our
helicopters. And we live in Vegas so it's very hot
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Ganaroth:
Yeah,
my last memory of vegas was something like 114.
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=^v^=:
I
drove past vegas, I think I stopped in reno, was not worth i t
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Ganaroth:
I
psychologically can't gamble, so Vegas is mostly a wasted
experience on me.
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Riot:
There's
a lot more to it but I don't blame you
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Ganaroth:
I
know there is. I've done fun stuff in Vegas too, but everywhere
anyone has ever taken me has either been casino or
casino-adjacent, so I naturally have a skewed view of the matter.
And then since all the things that I actually kinda like are
walled behind large crowds, loud noises, and flashing lights, all
of which send my anxiety skyrocketing, and even those things
acquire a sour tinge.
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Riot:
Yep,
entirely valid honestly. My friends visited a couple weeks ago and
I could only do one thing a night and not for very long
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Ganaroth:
There's
that whole line about how some people have to travel for work,
while some people get to travel for work, right? I think Vegas
might work like that. Some people get to visit Vegas, etc...
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Ganaroth:
But
then, I've heard some people's thoughts about pacNW culture that
were really surprising. Insiders and outsider always see different
things regardless. Welp, anything interesting been going on?
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Riot:
Not
really! Just set some Thai red chicken curry to start
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=^v^=:
the
west coast had basically hazardous air for the 4th apperenty
|
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Ganaroth:
No
curry here, more's the pity. I've just been existing as an
entirely material, and thus soulless, being.
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Ganaroth:
Did
we? I didn't go outside the whole day, so I didn't really notice.
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Ganaroth:
Anyway,
folknsuch ready to continue on? And, while this is usually not
where my weak link is located, can someone prompt me about where
we left last week? I have plot events in my head, but it's more
like a branch plan, and I'm uncertain where ended up. -.-
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Riot:
Last
I recall we were discussing what we were gonna do with the guy who
might nuke our house
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Riot:
I do
not recall what the final result was
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Ganaroth:
(As
I recall, there was no particularly great result on that
specifically, but the subject of Si En Kelar's security being
absolutely terrible during a high profile international summit did
come up, and there was at least a little discussion of ways in
which the basement dungeon does and does not resemble a rune maze.)
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vonel:
We
got out of the basment and told Rai about what had happened.
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=^v^=:
we
did speculate on the nature of the place and Vul was all, "We
could charge admission to an actually holy site" and Rai was all,
"no"
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Ganaroth:
(Ok
then, Unless there's something that anyone wants to say during
this conversation, still, I'll probably move things along. That
said, if there are any scenes that you want to happen before I
skip ahead to STUFF, please say so, and we'll do that. Yeah,
Patience is in favor of money, but not in favor of the general
public walking in and out of her base of operations all day.)
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vonel:
(( can move on. ))
|
Vul totally talked to people anyways!
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Ra'ven even might come back at some
point with that guy wanting to talk to his ghost buddy
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Rai Patience Cantor sighs. "Well, now
that I've been primed by the appropriate amount of insanity, I
should inform you of the schedule. In three days, the first of the
public forums surrounding this event, which we now suspect to an
incipient pregnancy on the part of Garmera thanks to the late Ms.
Tenning's notes. We can assume that, regardless of what is said,
the truly powerful in each of the league of five, and perhaps
beyond, have already had private meetings about how to address
this issue, but a tremendous amount of policy and finance will be
set over the coming days nonetheless as the second echelon
responds to this maelstrom. These will range from those who are
merely absurdly wealthy, to those with more specialized interests
and less clear motives. We know a little more than the others, and
that means that we have the opportunity to steal a march on them,
and attempt to get close to the people who will want to use our
services." She pauses. "Which brings me to my point. To a certain
extent, at least, we will be a mercenary company, in the strictest
sense. After all, I think we all understand that the goal is to
undertake dangerous tasks for pay. However, there is a great deal
to discuss when if comes to what KIND of mercenary company we
should be, both philosophically and aesthetically. Both of those
things can have enormous effects on finances. I told many of you,
earlier, that I did not wish employees, but rather partners at
this stage, and that means that I cannot simply chose the... level
of ethics... that I would consider to be most profitable. All of
you must be consulted as well, and some kind of consensus must be
reached. And even more importantly, by the time those talks begin,
we must decide on how we will present ourselves. We cannot be a
motley gang of scruffy bandits. We will need a name, a crest,
official colors, and if those could be colors you wouldn't mind
WEARING on occasion all the better... everything. We will win no
friends or contracts if we don't seem as though we're already
seasoned professionals. The issue with the madman in the basement
can probably afford to keep longer than this."
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Rai Patience Cantor:
"Once
decided on, I can have whatever accoutrements we require created
swiftly, if not cheaply, so the decision itself is really the most
important part. We aren't large enough to require larger-scale
bespoke manufacturing, yet..."
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Vul:
"I
mean, red probably works? My favorate dress is red, Ra'ven wears
red, Alsyne's hair is red, Lucky wears red Pretty sure Perra would
look pretty as well, Not sure if there is a color that woudln't go
with Elieen?" He looks to Io, "Do you like red?"
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Io:
"I'm
known for liking many colors, red among them."
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Clarity looks to Patience, then down
at her own (clearly well worn but also cared for) outfit. It's
clearly ornate but utilitarian in nature. A sad look flashes
across her face, until Vul mentions red.
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Clarity:
"I
like red!"
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Clarity nods a little overexcitedly.
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Vul ironically is not, in fact,
eearing any red at all
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Lucky:
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Lucky:
"I
am aware I have a red shirt and red dye in my hair."
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Rai Patience Cantor:
"Hmm.
I'll admit, I do have a certain fondness for red as well, not that
I ever get a chance to wear it. It just doesn't go with my
coloring, more's the pity."
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Eileen shrugs, "Should probably pick a
trim color as well."
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Vul hmms, "Probably best to pick
something like, popular for trim?" he looks to Patience, "I mean
it's to sell something."
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Lucky:
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Rai Patience Cantor:
"We'll
want to be careful with that, quite correct Eileen." She clicks
her tongue at Vul. "Trim is not merely about what is popular. Let
us imagine that we have settled on red as our primary. What does
it say about how we wish to present ourselves if we use black
trim? What about white? Gold? Do you see what I mean?"
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Vul:
"I
mean, gold is fancy to go with red... "
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Lucky:
"I
mean black more as a secondary, not necessarily trim."
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Vul:
"I
like silver more, since it's more shiny...""
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Lucky tugs on the lower edge of her
black leather vest.
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Vul tilts his head, "What really do
you expect them to hire us to do?"
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Eileen:
"Never
been a mercenary before have you? It's gaurd work mostly, protect
some thing or some one as it get's moved from one place to
another, some times you get hired on to be part of an army."
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Rai Patience Cantor smiles. "Why
Lucky, you might be unexpectedly clever at this game. But yes, you
understand. Red primary with a gold secondary denotes class and
prestige. Red with white is somewhat similar, but with an intent
to emphasize nobility and decorum. Red with black is a banner to
the world that you wish to be seen as disciplined and deadly. Any
of these personas can serve us well, but we are unfortunately
allotted only one reputation."
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Eileen:
"You
even get ired to just stand around and look scary or pretty every
so often as well."
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Rai Patience Cantor:
"And
is that the kind of organization you see yourself wanting to take
part in, five years from now?"
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Eileen looks at the others, "I've been
doing this for some time, so that ones on the rest of you."
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Rai Patience Cantor:
"It's
an honest question. Exactly how much peril are we willing to place
ourselves in? We can take guard duty for a pittance if you wish,
but we both know that skilled work pays much better."
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Vul hmms, "I mean I was sorta a... not
really guide, but part of a guide crew?"
|
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Vul:
"Never
a mercinary really... Also in that long I wonder... I mean look
how much has happened just now?"
|
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Lucky:
"Look,
I got paid to find things. Not necessarily to hurt people, but
that doesn't mean I haven't had to do it, or that I'm not good at
it."
|
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Vul:
"I
would not have suspected my current place that long ago."
|
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Vul:
"Whatever
we end up doing we will need to be able to travel a bunch."
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Vul:
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Clarity:
"I
was... a soldier. Now I'm just a tracker. l'm sort of the same as
Lucky. I can hurt people and do it well, but I'd rather not hurt
people who don't deserve it."
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Rai Patience Cantor:
"If
you wish, when I begin mingling it would be very easy to sell us
to potential customers as an elite team capable of solving highly
sensitive tasks... or a team that specializes in, say, disaster
relief, as I have no doubt there will be need of that. Or one that
specializes in land grabs, though I doubt you'd consent to that
one." She listens to the rest of you, nodding. "So a minimum of
agression is preferred... several of you have expertise with
scouting and related skills. This immedietely suggests a course we
might take as our "speciality," then. Or at least it suggests as
much to me. Anyone care to guess what I'm thinking?"
|
Riot:
(( brb gotta fluff the rice and put
the chicken in the instant pot ))
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Lucky 's eyes light up. "Treasure
hunting?"
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Rai Patience Cantor:
(gotta
have that fluffy rice.)
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Rai Patience Cantor smiles. "I'd
prefer the blanket term "retrieval," but yes, in the model I
imagine, we would be contracted to find and retrieve specific
rare, high value cargo. Now, that could be a mystic blade, a
legendary gem, an ancient tome... or it could be, for instance, a
lost child. Potentially even the rescue of hostages, if we feel
that we have those skills available. Depending on what you want
our reputation to be, we might even engage in contracted thievery.
That's my idea, at any rate."
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Rai Patience Cantor:
"Working
on challenging and novel jobs for orders of magnitude more pay
than a common mercenary grunt? I can't imagine that sounds
completely terrible, Eileen."
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Riot:
(( back ))
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Rai Patience Cantor:
(Welcome
back! Sorry, stuff continued while you were gone. My bad...)
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Rai Patience Cantor:
(OH
BUT WAIT.
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Rai Patience Cantor:
(All
that stuff was just me, so we're good.)
|
=^v^=:
(( yes just the one line ))
Riot:
(( no that's fine, I figured it would
))
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Vul:
"I
mean pay can be used to obtain goods and services..."
|
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Eileen:
"Sounds
fine to me, might even have something that could help a little bit
with that sort of stuff..."
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Rai Patience Cantor:
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Eileen:
"Haven't
had much of a chance to use it my self so not sure how helpful it
would be."
|
=^v^=:
(( hey, my desk has a 27". this is on
a tv cabinent with a keyboard on a traytable next to a bed xP ))
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Clarity:
"Oh?
Do you mind saying what it is? Sounds interesting!"
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Rai Patience Cantor:
"Hmm?
Well, if would like to share, we might be able to come up with an
idea or two."
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Rai Patience Cantor:
(
*if YOU would like to share)
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Eileen nods and takes out a rolled
sheet of vellum, and opens it up. Tapping on it she let's it do
it's thing.
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Eileen:
|
This map grants Eileen sight beyond sight.
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|
Effect:
You command the map to redraw
itself, depicting the surface area in a 10-mile radius
around you. The map doesn't go into precise detail, but it
is accurate. It shows only aboveground terrain, not
underground areas. The map displays the following features.
*:
General terrain, such as mountains, rivers, and lakes.
*:
Structures 5,000 square feet or larger in area.
*:
Structures important for travel, such as bridges and portals.
*:
Lairs of creatures that are significant threats.
*: Names
or general descriptions of any of the above features, if
such information is well known within the area represented
by the map.
The sketch remains on the map until this
power is used again.
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Across the surface of the fine parchment, streaks of ink begin to flow
as though from a hundred invisible brushes applying their strokes in
unison. within moments, much of the city is accurately depicted. Ther
usual structures are depicted, along with a number of sigils in various
places where the marks go from looking like ink to looking like char;
locations where the local spirits warn of danger. Amusingly enough, Nasi
Manor, where you are now, appears to be nothing but a tiny smudge of
pure charcoal on the page.
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Vul wonders if they are a lair of a
threatening creature
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Vul:
v.v
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Lucky:
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Vul:
"Neat!"
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Eileen:
"Shouldn't
be that suprising considering what we found down there."
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Rai Patience Cantor:
"Eileen,
this ability is remarkable." She stares. "...That's not common
magic. I know military men who would kill for such a thing. Do NOT
show that to anyone else in the city, please. Think of how the
officials might respond if they knew that a military strategist
was within the walls carrying an item that can instantly reproduce
a detailed map of their fortifications and street layouts."
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Vul nods, "Ya, most spirits don't, you
know, care that way."
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Eileen nods, "Wasn't excatly plaing on
it."
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Eileen:
"It
takes a while before I can have it do that again, but until I do
it'll keep this map."
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Rai Patience Cantor:
"Interesting.
Now, Eileen, why have you chosen to show us your marvelous map?"
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Riot:
(( brb, last time I promise ))
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Rai Patience Cantor:
(np)
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|
Eileen rolls the map back up and tucks
it away, "Because it seems like it'll be usful for what your
planing for us. A lot of those no name islands out there were
hidden items have been stashed away arn't going to have any sort
of maps made of them."
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Rai Patience Cantor:
"Oh,
of course. You're quite correct; unless we choose to cleave to
purely one or the other, we'll have to be capable of completing
missions both in and away from civilization."
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Eileen nods, "Plus imagine having the
map redraw it's self out side and seeing some a ruin or something
that no one else has found before suddenly being marked on the
map. You'd want to be the first in there to see what might be had
right?"
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Vul:
'Or
if that othrwise savfe cave has that mark on it"
|
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Vul:
"Woulda
been really helpful when we crashed..."
|
Riot:
(( back ))
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Rai Patience Cantor:
"Clever.
If we happen upon other potential caches in the same area as our
primary targets, we'll have full control of the information with
that. Certainly there is no lack of ruins sticking up out of the
earth on any given island."
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Rai Patience Cantor:
(wb!)
|
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|
Rai Patience Cantor:
"So,
then. For those in attendance, may I take it as given that we have
a provisional consensus to contracted treasure hunting and rescue,
thievery to be discussed later, as our primary service? I will of
course bring what we speak of here to the others, and we'll have a
larger meeting with everyone later, but I find it useful to work
on these things ahead of time."
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Lucky:
"Works
for me. Does that mean we get to wear red and black? Did we decide
on trim?"
|
|
|
Vul seems almost cagey about being the
one to agree
|
=^v^=:
(( or, you know, looking less and
less like he wants to be the one saying so ))
|
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Clarity:
"Sure.
I like the rescue part, at least. And I'm partial to the red and
black too. But obviously the group consensus matters."
|
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Eileen nods
|
You whisper to Ganaroth: since Vul's real answer of "where do you see
yourself in 5 years" is "far from here, doing something else likely."
since he sorta gave up putting down roots for power
Rai Patience Cantor whispers: I understand.
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|
Rai Patience Cantor:
"If
we do use red and black, we should probably be careful of our
symbols and naming, though. Black and Red, with very little
creativity behind it, are most often associated with darkness and
blood. Redeeming those colors to use for a more friendly operation
could be an interesting challenge. And remember that those things
will also affect others' perception of us and what we do, which
will intend influence what we have the oppportunity to do. Does
anyone have an idea for a name, or iconography?"
|
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Vul:
"Ya a
lot of the devils use red and black, don't they?"
|
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Vul:
"I
mean we could use a fox, since they are tricky and swift and there
isn't a devil fox to my knolwedge, plus are cute sometimes..."
|
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Clarity:
"We
don't have to use red and black... Maybe red and gray? Would that
give off a serious enough but slightly less threatening... um,
aura?"
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Rai Patience Cantor:
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Lucky:
|
=^v^=:
(( vul 100% thinks foxes are the best
))
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Rai Patience Cantor:
(I
don't actually have a problem with it, I just knew it was coming,
that's all.)
|
Riot:
(( it did not surprise me one bit lol
))
=^v^=:
(( ra'ven would not go with foxes ))
=^v^=:
(( I mean Vul thinks dragons are
almost as best,, but fears Io would resent being a mascot ))
Riot:
=^v^=:
(( but not a mascot ))
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Rai Patience Cantor:
"It's
used by some who fight devils also..." She frowns. "...though I'm
having a little trouble remembering whom, exactly. Regardless,
gray is an excellent compromise, and there are many places on an
outfit for a black accent or two."
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Rai Patience Cantor:
((Symbol
or Mascot... it would kind depend on how you pitched it to them
the first time, lol.))
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Vul:
"I
mean a dragon would work to but they are more strong and magestic
right? We are doing quick things..."
|
=^v^=:
(( the quick brown fox jumps over the
lazy dragon also works ))
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Rai Patience Cantor:
(Snrk.)
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|
Vul looks to Io with the dragon thing
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Io:
"While
I am always happy to be revered in such a way, I must concede that
the form of a great dragon not does not express subtlety. Not that
dragons cannot be subtle, but they are rarely rearing up to the
sky, wings spread, while they do so. I must reluctantly vote
against it, for the purpose of this exercise."
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Vul nods, "It's a good symbol, just
not for what we are doing right?"
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Clarity breathes a quiet sigh of relief
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Vul:
"It
made me sad when they had a dragon symbol corrier service."
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Vul:
"They
did not, in fact, have a dragon to corrier things."
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Vul radiates that he checked
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Rai Patience Cantor:
"Really,
a red fox is an excellent choice if we want to emphasize our
cleverness and finesse, which we should be promoting with this
direction. I can't think of a good reason to say no to it, unless
someone else has an idea. And we will require a name as well.
Eventually we'll need more, but nobody is going to ask for our
motto in old Adhikhaari within the next few days."
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=^v^=:
(( n before our motto is "Not much
what's a motto with you?" in old adhikhaari ))
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Vul nods, "It's not even me, since I'm
a white fox."
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Io:
"Unless
that dragon was charging a truly monstrous sum for that work, I
would be ashamed of any who did. My people were made for more
glorious things."
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Vul:
"I
mean it's not a terible job for people watching, so I did check."
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Vul tilts his head, "Dragons do that
right?"
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Rai Patience Cantor:
"Red
and gray and black... foxes..." She writes her notes down in front
of her; rather more words than she's actually saying out loud.
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Io:
"Of
course they do. Mind, it doesn't always end well for the one being
watched."
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Riot:
(( like, how long of a name are we
talking? One word? Two or three? I've literally never been involved in
party naming before (if that's what you'd consider it, anyway) ))
=^v^=:
(( precident says 'lol we have never
named a party ever except back when someone ironicaly did it because of
a field on the character sheet' ))
Riot:
(( lmao gotcha ))
vonel:
(( Was going to say. ))
=^v^=:
(( and it was 'the big ballers' so
not a great thing ))
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Io:
(I
rarely have either, actually. Most of the players I've worked with
have just never bothered naming the party, and honestly there
wasn't a compelling reason to do so. But since this plot currently
involves literally starting a company, I think a name is called
for.)
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Riot:
(( so it's not really the party then
and more the company that we are partners in ))
vonel:
(( yeah ))
=^v^=:
(( ya mercenary company can't just be
'unnamed mercinary company' cause that's too irronic capitalist ))
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Io:
(Essentially,
although they're sorta one and the same for the moment. Patience
has ideas for future expansion though, of course.)
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=^v^=:
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Lucky waves her hands around. "I
dunno. Deliverence, Inc? Works for the rescue and the treasure
retrieval aspect? And I guess the thievery, too, if you want to
split hairs. Like I said, I'm bad at names."
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Io:
(War
Crime Solutions: You've tried the rest, now try the oh my god it's
in my eyes, I can feel my optic nerves melting!)
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Riot:
(( lmfao ))
Riot:
(( my SA forums name for a long time
was War Crime Syndicat, with a profile picture of a cat in a general's
outfit ))
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Io:
Wooo!
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Io:
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Riot:
(( lol ))
=^v^=:
(( thugs4less ))
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Io:
Still
love that character. I find the whole "League of Extraordinarily
Racist Gentlemen" gag to be a lot less funny then I did back in
2005, though.
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Io:
(Anyway,
sorry for going off on that tangent. Back to playing.)
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Vul:
"I
mean you can just go like 'Red Fox Consultations' or the like,
since it leaves precisly what we are doing slightly vague?"
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Vul frowns
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Vul:
"If
not for hiding the fact, 'Wolf's Eye Aquisitions" has a ring to
it? Ra'ven probably would like that..."
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=^v^=:
(( I'm making a giant assumption in
that the term 'wolf's eye' is used non-literally more then literally in
a world where that's the primary source of light ))
=^v^=:
(( so someone wouldn't find it
strange for that to be attached to a thing that isn't in the shape of a
wolf ))
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Rai Patience Cantor:
"Deliverance....Not
bad. A name that works on multiple levels. Considering the colors,
probably best to treat it seriously, rather than going for
something tongue-in-cheek, when it comes to the symbol. "Red Fox
Consultations, ironically, actually gives more leeway for humor
and whimsy. As I'm sure you're aware, I'm not a whimsical person.
But in this case, both dignity and the appearance of whimsy are
equally effective."
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=^v^=:
(( the in-universe equilivant to
like, 'daystar' for the sun ))
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Rai Patience Cantor:
(Akaiku,
that interpretation seems reasonable. Actually, a directional
light source being colloquially called a "wolf's eye" instead of,
like, a "searchlight" would make a lot of sense.)
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Rai Patience Cantor:
"Regardless,
thank you very much for your input. In the larger meeting, we'll
discuss this in more detail, but for now I think we've an idea
about who we're going to be. And, interestingly enough, it gives
me an idea about what kind of job we could lobby for. You said
before that people are being posessed, or some such by Iron Empire
soldiers? And even that some of them can be turned on and off,
from one person to the other? We already know that the young woman
you rescued came from a wealthy family. I imagine that there must
be more like her, and more parents that would very willingly pay
to have their children saved, and this threat cut off, most
especially once word spreads of the details. Even if nothing more
lucrative immediately presents itself, I'm sure that I can
convince someone that this is a job worth paying for."
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Eileen:
"Not
having an army of sleeper agents in your main city is always a
good thing."
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Clarity:
"I'm
always happy to root out Iron."
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Vul:
"Probababy
would be good to try to figure out exactly why as well..." He
sighs, "The hostage taking bit of it is annoying."
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Rai Patience Cantor:
"Really,
if anyone in the city could potentially turn into an Iron and harm
someone else or themselves, what we're really dealing with is a
very large scale hostage scenario, isn't it? An entire state taken
captive, and demanding a much more clever solution than simply
charging in and hoping that everyone you hit in the end was one of
the villains."
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Rai Patience Cantor:
"Eileen,
I would appreciate it if you would help identify the necessary
skills that an operation like this might require... and while it
galls me to ask, I know that you're more than capable of the task
as well, Clarity. I can handle the money and legalities, but we'll
need real expertise when it comes to dividing us up for
operations. That said, I turn nobody's contributions aside."
((Like last week, I think I'd like to end a bit early. I'm willing
to predict that by the next time we play, I'll be back to full
speed, though.))
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Rai Patience Cantor:
"In
fact, Lucky, I'm quite certain you once told me that you've taken
on the odd bit of investigative work in the past. You should
consult with them as well."
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Rai Patience Cantor:
(sorry,
had to put that line in)
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Riot:
(( No worries! I have a very long day
in the heat again tomorrow so ))
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Rai Patience Cantor:
Bleh.
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vonel:
(( No problems ))
vonel:
(( yeah sucks getting stuck out there
in the heat like that ))
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Lucky:
"I
can always see if Gillert can point me in the right direction."
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Lucky:
"Might
know if anyone I know is in the city, knows anything."
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Rai Patience Cantor:
((Why
do we have to live on a world that orbits a GIANT BALL OF FIRE?))
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Clarity looks like she's going to get
overexcited again, but clearly forces it back down and just nods
in response, despite the barb in Patience's statement.
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vonel:
(( Giant ball of fire not so bad, we
kind of fucked everything up to make it seem bad. ))
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Rai Patience Cantor:
(You're
not wrong. Gnight!)
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Riot:
(( true ))
vonel:
(( Just remember, we are still in the
middle of an Ice Age. ))
Riot:
(( Okay, gnight all! ))
=^v^=:
(( see, thats why we are in superior
rp world ))
=^v^=:
(( orbits a GIANT WOLF ))
=^v^=:
(( also I guess a doomstorm ))
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vonel:
Night
all, see ya next week.
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vonel is disconnected.
Riot is disconnected.