You say that again, I might just fucking believe you.

Eistia 2011/09/23(Fri)01:19 No. 351642 ID: 8b7065
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Eistia lifts her head off the table and stares off.

Entire city! Gone! Good freaking job Eistia! That's just the kinda welcome home gift your mom wanted!
'Hey mom welcome back, oh the whole damn city is gone!'
Damn humans! I should kill the stupid king myself!

At least the survivors are safe in the main kingdom...

I'm out of wine...

>>351642
Life is failure.

Adulthood is failure.

You're gonna fuck up. You have fucked up. You've realized this. Good. Great. Now. Now, what the fuck you gon' do about it, bitch?

You can appeal to other races for an alliance against a clearly powerful foe.

You can appeal to the Dragons for their help in this endeavor. You can appeal to your mother for advice.

YOU CANNOT FUCKING SIT DOWN AND LET THIS PASS.

You're breaking your no alcohol rule already? Well, just don't go overboard like last time, I guess.

I guess we should break you out of that self pity, first. Let's start simple. How many survivors are there? How many people lived because you put that jackass in his place? How many people are still around because you did what no one else has managed to do by killing the human king's right hand man?

there was literally nothing you could have done. he destroyed the city within seconds. there was no way you could have even detected him before he wiped out the city. your entitled to grieve for the lives lost, but the important thing now is the lives you can go on to save.

Eistia 2011/09/23(Fri)02:28 No. 351650 ID: 8b7065
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Yeah... Yeah! Fuck this! I saved a buncha lives!
I'm pretty damn awesome!
I mean yeah I lost the city but I did my best!

>"Eistia?"

Eistia 2011/09/23(Fri)02:37 No. 351651 ID: 8b7065
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>"Hey Eistia... You've been in here for days now.. Are you okay?"

"I'm fine! Me an the guardians 'ere are juss having a talky."

>"Ah okay.. Well... I was just checking on you."

Ah Saisai, she's been so helpful the past few days. More then my stupid brother has!

>>351651
Your 'stupid brother' has more important shit to do than babysit a woman who won't GO OUT AND DO SOMETHING ABOUT THE PROBLEM SHE'S BEEN FACED WITH.

GET SOBER. GET MOVING. GET THINGS DONE.

>>351654
Maybe I'm being too harsh, Eistia. Maybe I'm being rude. But look into Saisai's eyes for me. You see that? she's worried. She's scared. She's afraid she's losing a good friend (or more, goddamnit) to alcoholism. That's what you're becoming, Eistia. You're becoming an alcoholic, and you're letting your wone failure ruin you forever. Is that what you want to be, Eistia? An alcoholic? A drunk? Do you really want to do that to Saisai?

Oh, hey, Saisai's back. Did Artemis manage to find your mother, or did he come back without her despite having the watch that can find anything and the really cute and smart Saisai helping him?

Eistia 2011/09/23(Fri)03:07 No. 351658 ID: 8b7065
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>>351657
Yeah he found her, and teh sexy saisai helped!

"Saisai, cmere."

Saisai moves a bit closer.

"Cmere... I need to tell you something.."

She kneels on the floor next to Eistia. Eistia grabs her and pulls her very close.

"I'm swear to alcoholics I won't be a god... I promise.."

>"..... Okay Eistia.. Why don't we go out for a bit..?"

"NO YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND!"

She grabs onto her shoulder and pulls her closer. She touches Saisai's face.

"I don't like it when you look sad you know? And it's like when I get sad you feel sad. No wait I mean.... It's like a wheel you know?"

>".... No..."

>>351658
You're drunk. You can't put words together, really. You slur and misplace them.

Naw, gotta use action.

ok when your drunk is more or less the worst possible time to do this sort of thing. just ask Saisai to help you home and sleep this off.

>>351658
Not the time. Ask her to take you home and hold you while you sleep.

Ahaha. I bet you can't even say it if you had the words!

"When you're sad it makes me sad"

"It's a cycle"
Go on, fuck it up again.

>>351658
The time for brooding is past.
Go with Saisai, away from the drinks. Get something to eat, perhaps.

Can you tell if she's eaten already? Taste her mouth, you might be able to tell.

>>351665
Do that, make sure to use your tongue....To be sure, that there's no food there...

...yeah, no. you're making a mistake.

>>351669
Definitely. Need to make sure.

>>351658
Tell her you like her.

Eistia 2011/09/23(Fri)13:30 No. 351715 ID: 8b7065
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Eistia grabs Saisai's head and gives her a kiss.

>"Uh.... Eistia... Why are you licking my nose...?"

>>351715
Lower, you silly git. Lower.

Now what are you doing trying to kiss a girl, Eistia?

just say love several times.

stop that, Eistia.

Eistia 2011/09/23(Fri)14:18 No. 351738 ID: 8b7065
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"Love love love love love love~~"

Eistia sings her heart out. Then she passes out and slams her head onto the table.

Eistia 2011/09/23(Fri)14:19 No. 351739 ID: 8b7065
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Oh god my head....

What the hell..? Dammit I was drinking again huh..?

At least I don't feel sick this time...

>>351739
>You passed out, she put you on the bed on your back

We should have some words with Saisai.

Anyway. As soon as you're able to move and walk and talk, get offa yer duff. We got shit to do.

>>351739
You tried to kiss Saisai, missed, then started singing to her about how much you love her.. then passed out and hit your head on the table on the way down.

Stop drinking, you dumbass.

Since you've been inebriated for the past I-don't-know-how-long, how about you hand us off to Art so we can find out what happened while you were bending that bender.

what do you remember?

That pain in your head? It's not from the drinking. It's from you slamming your head into the table when you passed out. You really need to thank Saisai for helping you out again and tell her you like her in a way that doesn't involve drunkenly singing the word love.

you know what'll make your hangover go away? more alcohol!

>>351754
that is the worst idea. by the way, how long ago was the city destroyed? we lose time if you get to drunk.

>>351739
You got drunk, stumbled around talking about how you loved Saisai, then fell and banged your head.

Artemis 2011/09/24(Sat)23:42 No. 352282 ID: 8b7065
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oh god what...? Here... Just... Ugh..

Eistia gets out of bed and goes into a larger room. The room seems to be mostly barren with only a few couches and tables. Charts and graphs line the walls with needles on them showing recent use. Most of the needles are on Central.
Artemis is laying on one of the couches. Eistia tosses the Guardian to him and wanders off.
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GP:115
Guardian Skills:
Regain Mana 5, Heavy Slash 5, Flash Step 5, Struggle 5, Change Gender 5, Minor Psionics 20, Cloak Object 10 15 20, Shadow Shield 0, Summon Ombra 110, Shadow Ball 25, and Limit Break 1 90, Limit Break 2(healing) 100.

Guardians! Eistia finally decided to give you guys back, it's been like 8 days.

okay, follow eistia around and repeat "it's not your fault" to her until she starts crying and then hug her. she needs to let it out.

>>352282
You look manlier each time we see you. You must be beating away the ladies.

has she been drunk that entire time? our memory gets spoty if she gets drunk. theirs a gap in our memory between when the city was destroyed and just before she last fell asleep. if shes been staying that drunk for that long I think you should talk to her.

Seriously? Uh, has the earth dragon's war destroyed the world yet?

It took her eight days to run out of wine and leave her with nothing to do but talk to us? We need to find that girl a better way to cope with that kind of thing. Well, it seems we have some catching up to do, so fill us in on everything that's happened since you left to find Minerva. And has your mother come by to visit yet? I imagine she would have been concerned by the town you were living in being destroyed.

Artemis 2011/09/25(Sun)11:26 No. 352432 ID: 7fa82e
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Uhm.. I've tried talking to her, it's difficult when she's like this. Saisai's the only one she lets enter her room without attacking them. I have quite a few cuts from trying to talk to her.

So what happened... Well I got Minerva, she's with the other Dark Elf leaders. Uhm... We're all in the main Dark Elf Kingdom. Uh... Things have been mostly quiet. A few fights here and there but the king has made no major moves.. Oh! It seems he actually managed to kill a Light Elf though! The Light Elves are on high alert now.
That's about it I think..

Someone enters the room.

"Artemis.."

Artemis turns and sees the Dark Elf King.

"Lord Sils?"

"Come with me, we need to talk."

go with him dude.

Artemis 2011/09/25(Sun)11:29 No. 352436 ID: 7fa82e
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Artemis follows him to what they've dubbed the War Chamber.
When he steps inside he almost gasps. In the room is every leader from all the races.

LE: "This is the one?"

Sils: "Yes.. Artemis. The human king has been attacking all our lands nonstop. At this rate he might actually win. We need to know any and all secrets from the human kingdom if we want to stand any chance of winning.."

explain that he has been careful, you have no proof but you are certain he is the dragon. other then that we have no secrets of the humans. but groups made of some of each race would probably work best, if they send out a team that is good against one race send out another. render their training useless against something useless.

tell 'em that the king is actually Myli, so they need you and your special little blade to off him.

>>352436
"This entire war is because the king wills it. If he is removed the war will end, but this has not happened because he is so much more powerful than anybody in the human kingdom and non-humans would have to fight their way through the knights.

The reason why he's so much more powerful than anybody else is because his real identity is Myli, the dragon of earth. I would have slain him already, but he was been protected by Regulus. Now the issue is getting to him to remove him."

Artemis 2011/09/25(Sun)12:00 No. 352453 ID: 7fa82e
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"While I was a knight it was only for a short time. I don't know many of the secrets but I do know that the King is actually Myli the Earth Dragon."

LE: "What!?"
T: "Foolish."
C: "I'm assuming you have proof to back up this claim?"

"Well... Nothing concrete.. But I know he is the Earth Dragon. I can't give you any evidence but I know he's a dragon."

Sils: "Okay... Assuming he is one... What do you suggest we do..? We can not beat a dragon."

LE: "Well maybe not 'you'.."

C: "Oh shut it. You'd be crushed just as easily."

T: "If we all attacked at once then maybe-"

"Wait!"

Artemis pulls out the Dragon Slayer.

"This blade was made just for weakening dragons. It was forged by the water dragon Sharaes. If I could just get to the King I could take him down with this."

Sils: "The king is almost always in his castle, surrounded by the most powerful of knights. How do you plan to get to him?"

all out attack, each race attacks from a different direction forcing him to put all his knights out to defend the city.

what a moron. we're not the council made out of the supreme leaders of every single race out there, so why's he asking us for strategic aid?

Artemis 2011/09/25(Sun)12:43 No. 352471 ID: 7fa82e
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I don't think he's asking me for advice, more like he's just being sarcastic.

"Well if we all attack it could give me an opening to get to the king."

Sils: "I see. Well thank you Artemis.... We'll call upon you when you are needed.."

He escorts Artemis out of the room

I get the feeling they don't plan on calling me.

>>352453
A small group of skilled fighters sneaking in and using time magic to prevent discovery.

>>352471
Councils are always useless. It's the weirdest thing. Separately, each one is smart enough to lead a nation. Together, they're as smart as a sack of stones. Thus, you should attempt to sway them one by one.

Starting with the Tigerfolk. All you need is a distraction, something to pull away the Knights to get you close enough. Working with the Light elves for time-shenanigans and the Dark elves for support, it should be doable.

And frankly, it's not like anything they are trying is currently working.

>>352471
I guess it's time for plan B then. Plan B being "ask the dragons for help." I realize they don't approve of killing him, much less of helping with doing so, but seriously, if the only thing that can keep him in check is the threat of dying then we need to make it apparent that not only are we willing to kill him, but that no defenses he sets up will be able to help him. And if he still refuses to behave despite all of that? Then at least we can say we tried to settle it peacefully, but you do have a responsibility to keep him from attempting to commit genocide.

As far as downsides with the idea go... we'll be asking for multiple dragons and the dragon slayer to be in Central. And they'll be weakened just by being near you, making it relatively easy to kill them. Hm, maybe that isn't such a good idea.

Plan C, then! We assemble a team of badasses, if we can call most of you that with your mother outclassing you to the degree she does, and plow our way through the mooks guarding Central and the king, then point out how easy it was and offer him a chance to surrender and step down from his position as king. Failure to comply, of course, results in his death.

Do you have anything to say to this? Objections, alternatives, alterations or the like? Any advice at this stage is more than welcome.

>>352490
they are only weakened by being near him. if they attack places art isn't at he can do stuff.

I think asking the dragons for help would be a good idea. also we should keep in mind that the king might not be the earth dragon. we know the earth dragon is helping the humans, but he might be doing it from the shadows. using the king as a puppet or ally.

Artemis 2011/09/25(Sun)14:19 No. 352509 ID: 7fa82e
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It would be very helpful if the dragons could aid us but most either won't or don't want to.

Sharaes is still recovering.
Aeryr is... Not nice.
Masil won't interfere.
Thasti is... Not nice either.
Ombra is inside my head.
Oraes is busy with her people.

Oh and Myli is trying to kill everything.

I think gathering people I know would be a better idea but who?

>>352509
Everyone, doofus.

Artemis 2011/09/25(Sun)14:33 No. 352513 ID: 7fa82e
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Okay so let's say I manage to get everyone to join, what the hell do we do?
We can't take on all the Knights on out own. We're not 'that' strong.

Maybe if I had some kinda magic book that let me learn every spell possible then sure I could do it but as it stands I'm rather weak.

>>352509
I don't think Thasti's that mean normally, he just tends to stop thinking when his temper gets the better of him. Besides, he's promised to kill you if you kill another dragon so making him at least understand why you're doing what you're doing will help you out.

Now, as for who you should bring? All of your friends and Minerva, for one thing. Oh, and your mother, she'll more than double our chances of success. Anyone else I can think of will work, too.

you could ask these guys to give yuo a such spellbook but really, do you even have the time to learn it all before Myli eats everyone?

hmmmm i think we are going about this wrong. this is'nt a fight, this is a war. we know how to build some rather impressive weapons, we could do that and give our side an advantage rather than go for a the king right away. guns won't do much against really strong mages but it would make your sides normal fighter much more dangerous. also if your side has a strong enough lightning user we might be able to make a rail gun. nothing says screw you like reducing someones castle to rubble from miles away.

>>352513
Make love to one another until the world ends.

Or you could stop giving up and start trying to sway the kingdoms to help you individually.

>>352513
Dude, trust us on this one. Even if you did somehow manage to find a magic book that could teach you every spell possible you'd end up only using one or two of them at the most in the battle. The thing's practically worthless unless you just want to use it to learn baraast or something, and Morgan's breasts are already rather large now.

Artemis 2011/09/25(Sun)21:18 No. 352655 ID: 8b7065
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You're right, I shouldn't give up.. But I've never been much of a talker. How can I sway these people?

>>352523
There aren't 'that' big...
I miss her, I haven't seen her in a while.

well maybe if you sat down you can think better.

>>352655
Sit down with Morgan and talk. Not about potions, not about your relationship, not about the world. Just... talk. You'll be surprised how easy it is to think.

>>352655
Morgan's right there. Talk to her.

Artemis 2011/09/25(Sun)21:48 No. 352664 ID: 8b7065
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sit down... Yeah...

>>352663
huh?

Artemis 2011/09/25(Sun)21:52 No. 352666 ID: 8b7065
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Oh snap!

"M-morgan!"

"Hey. I was wondering how long it'd take you to notice.~"

".... So... How's everything?"

"As good as can be, you?"

"... Tiring."

"What's wrong?"

"It seems none of the leaders believe me, or in me."

"I believe in you."

"I know you do Morgan.. But I need the others to as well. If we don't get everyone to help us then we're gonna die."

Artemis 2011/09/25(Sun)21:56 No. 352668 ID: 8b7065
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"Have you tried talking to them?"

"They won't listen."

"Well together they won't but maybe one on one you'll convince them. You may not know it but you can be quite charming..."

hehehe, thank her and give her a hug. whoever leaves first we talk to. who it is will change the plan so we need to wait.

She's right. Councils of nations like that are not only influenced by you, but by the whole table. If you're the only one who believes in yourself there, well, it's natural they'll becomine dismissive.

Approaching them man by man (or woman) is a great idea. Take your peeps with you, it'll help.

>>352668
That was an invitation to be charming towards her if I've ever heard one. Maybe you should spend some time with her before moving to the thorny business of saving the world?

>>352668
Ohhh now that's a good idea. Heheh. That deserves a kiss!

Artemis 2011/09/27(Tue)23:30 No. 353546 ID: a49380
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Artemis gives her a kiss

"You're a genius."

She blushes bright red and mutters out a thank you.
Artemis hears the door open and sees the King of the Tigerfolk, Warlord Raze.
Like most Tigerfolk he loves battle but he isn't stupid about it. He values tactics highly.

"Sir, may I have a private word with you? I know your time is scarce, but I think you'll want to hear about this."

>>353547
he will assume it's another scheme. let's try flattery and giving something. "ah, sir, i was wondering if there was anything i could help with. i mean, even if i wasn't much of a help with information i still want to help any way i can."

I wonder if we could lure the king out of his castle and then cut him off somehow? He did take the field himself at one point. Perhaps we could achieve the same thing again.

alternatively, "'sup dog"

First off apologize, as the blade bearer it was your job to stop Myli before things went so far. As it was, all you could do to keep him from taking it for himself. Admit that your idea of a full on attack wasn't much of an idea, but you can help him make one that will work. Tell him you have some resources besides this blade.

Artemis 2011/10/02(Sun)12:46 No. 355002 ID: 8e6a0b
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Artemis approaches the Warlord

"Excuse me sir, I know your time is scarce but I need to have a quick word with you."

After seeing him though it comes out more like

"E-exuse m-m-me s-sir b-but I uhm... C-can I speak with you a m-moment...?"

He stares at Artemis

Oh god I can't do this what do I say!?

>>355002
Gog damnit.

[change gender]

>>355008
...that seems like it might give entirely the wrong impression as to what Artemis wants to talk to him about, y'know?

>>355002
Stuttering whenever a man-hunk looks your way? No wonder Saisai is too much woman for you to handle!

[Change Gender]

"If a human kills the king they become the king. If you can get my team and I close enough then we can end this war instantly."

Oh you are a meek little man. Let's fix that, in the usual way.

[Change Gender]

Oh for the love of...

[Change Gender]

Seriously, Artemis, if you want them to listen to you you need to act confident. If you can't even talk to allies without stuttering like that, how can they expect you to help them take on the Myli?

GP-5 =100 Artemis 2011/10/02(Sun)13:34 No. 355029 ID: 8e6a0b
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"I have a way to defeat the king. If you could just get my men close enough we can end this war."

"Artemis, it was Artemis right? I do not wish to insult you but I simply have no proof you are much of a warrior at all. My entire army can not defeat the king and you are asking me to place my trust in you and allow my men to fight, and most likely die, for you."

>>355029
ask for a chance to proof our strength. perhaps fight someone he regards as a great fighter.

>>355029

to be honest? we're almost certain that the humans are only winning thanks to the aid of Myli. all they need is to keep you very ready for the next time Myli is seen on the battlefield and quickly see to it that you make it there before he leaves.

there's not much to risk this way. surely a proven tactician like himself can see the value of having a dragonslayer on his side while he's fighting a war against a dragon?

>>355029
[Summon Ombra]

>>355029
I don't expect you to trust me so easily, that's why I would ask for that chance to prove my skills however you wish. And what I offer is not only my skill and this blade, but I need help planning to make use of them. And to convince the others of its worth."

You know how we feel about that, unless you can give him back we'd rather you didn't. Also neither he or you can wield the blade so well without the other.

GP: 0 Ombra 2011/10/11(Tue)14:46 No. 357498 ID: 2f2274
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Artemis summons Ombra. She appears before him and puffs out her chest.

"Hahaha! It is I the great Shadow Dragon, Omb-!?"

Raze snatches her up.

".... You summoned an imp? This is not impressive."

look closely at her left cheek. this is the physical manifestation of Ombra, dragon of shadow, who's soul is locked in me because the king tricked my father into slaying her.

>>357498
Ombra: Make his shadow slam him into a wall a few times, then tell him your death is a poor excuse for being so insulting.

>>357508
YEAH, LET'S TOTALLY ASSAULT THE KING OF A KINGDOM KNOWN FOR ITS STRENGTH AND BRUTALITY! THAT'LL WORK OUT BEAUTIFULLY!

>>357505
...Let's go with this and have Ombra do something small to prove it.

>>357538
Correction: He's the leader of a nation that respects strength. He just insulted an ancient, fierce, and adorable dragon; he deserves, and if he knew who Ombra is would expect, a swift and violent reprimanding.

Give him a beating with his own shadow, Ombra!

No assault, please. Restraint, maybe.

seriously Ombra are you gonna just hang there and take that

Ombra 2011/10/16(Sun)13:55 No. 358631 ID: aa4c27
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"I AM OMBRA THE SHADOW DRAGON!!"

[i]Ombra envelopes herself in shadows, the tendrils whip about and chip at the stone walls.[/b]

Ombra 2011/10/16(Sun)13:58 No. 358633 ID: aa4c27
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Raze: "Oh wow... I'm terribly sorry. I meant no disrespect."

That's better.

"So you really do have a dragon with you. And a blade that can kill dragons.. Artemis you have quite a few powers but I'm afraid I simply can not join your cause. Maybe if can get some of the others I'll consider it but as it is now I'm going to focus on my own people."

"that's fine, just as long as i know i have your support if it comes to it"

...Maybe Ombra should do the rest of the talking?

>>358633
"That's the plan. I'll contact you when I have more support."

>>358633
"He has a dragon supporting him, a blade that can kill dragons, and an enemy king which happens to be Myli the earth dragon.
This is everybody's problem, but every leader only cares about protecting their own people.
It's a tragedy of the commons, and the commons is everybody dies."

>>358655

the tragedy of the commons is that everyone knows about it but even so doesn't care nearly enough to do anything about it. let's just go with what he says and seek out to talk to some other council dudes.

Ombra 2011/10/29(Sat)01:19 No. 361957 ID: b9c01a
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So that was pretty much a yes..

Who should I convince next? There's the light elf... He'll probably say no to me... The Dark King himself. That catfolk and there was that pixie..

well, the king should really take your council. i mean, without you he wouldn't exist! so i think he owes you.

dahhhk kihhhng.

but if anyone else appears first we should talk to them.

Ombra 2011/11/01(Tue)23:45 No. 363188 ID: 8d592b
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The Dark King it is.

Ombra flies up to King Sils.

"!!! O-ombra...? Is that you..?"

The King of the Dark Elves. I remember when he was born. He's always been in favor of slow but efficient strategies.. He hates any rash actions.

If I can phrase my words just right I think we'll get our first real supporter.

yes sils, it is i. i can understand why you would not want to go with artimis' idea, it sounds foolish. but that was simply the basic idea. it would not be a straight brawl but each race using their skills to sabotage and destroy key areas as well as fight. each race has a special power, do you really think humans can withstand all of those powers at the same time?

>>363188
"I told Artemis that Myli is the human king. I saw his mark myself.
While the human war effort would collapse if Myli is exposed or slain, we probably won't get a good shot at either for quite awhile. At the rate their forces are rampaging across the continent we'll likely have them on our doorstep before an opportunity presented itself.
What we need right now is to slow their advancement so we can start strategic actions.

What would you say to running a little propaganda campaign?"

Ombra 2011/11/07(Mon)19:46 No. 364390 ID: 8d592b
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"I told Artemis that Myli is the human king. I saw his mark myself.While the human war effort would collapse if Myli is exposed or slain, we probably won't get a good shot at either for quite awhile. At the rate their forces are rampaging across the continent we'll likely have them on our doorstep before an opportunity presented itself.What we need right now is to slow their advancement so we can start strategic actions. What would you say to running a little propaganda campaign?"

"I'm listening.."
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"Interesting... That would be our best shot.. Maybe if we all worked together we could.. Hmm. Thank for the idea Ombra, I must summon everyone again.. Tell Artemis we will inform him of our decision within the next few days."

Sils heads off deep in thought.

Man I'm good. See 'that's' the respect I should be shown. With that we're sure to gain the others support. Good work me.
And you guys to.

>>364390
Hands on hips, throw your head back, and have a good evil laugh. Trust me, it's cathartic. Now get Arty on boning them chi- er, strengthening his alliances!

>>364390
Alrighty.
Say, can you think of a guy Morgan might be interested in besides Art? Everybody else has split love interests but her.

>>364392
...You say that like it's a good thing.

make art thank you graciously for your help.

>>364392

Ombra doesn't have any love interests. we should get on fixing that.

...so. what's your type?

Ombra 2011/11/08(Tue)22:33 No. 364646 ID: 8d592b
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>>364391
"MWA HA HA HA HA!"

>>364427

"Oh he'll thank me all right. Once I get my body back I'll be sure the son of sable repays my continuous kindness. I've honestly been far to good for him"

>>364392

"Bah, you humans and your silly relationships. These problems would all be solved if everyone stopped putting so much importance on single relationships. Sable would get me, he knew what it meant to be a man. If Artemis would just act more like his dad he wouldn't have any of these girl troubles."

>>364646
Kill a half-dozen birds with one stone.
Tell Morgan you're going to make heavy use of Art's body (nudge nudge wink wink) once you get your own back since he owes you at least that much, and you're going to drag Saisai into it because you're a goddamn dragon and nobody can tell you otherwise. Tell her she's welcome to join, as long as she can share.

It'll be hilarious. At least for you. And probably me.

>>364646
You know, Art's right there...

you have a crush on Sable? is getting killed your sexual fetish?

give him a kiss!

Ombra 2011/11/09(Wed)13:11 No. 364718 ID: b8e8f7
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>>364706
"What!? No! I hated dying! And a proud dragon such as myself doesn't degrade herself by mating with some human!"

>>364693

Ombra turns around

"Woah! How long have you been there!?"

"A few minutes. So I'm assuming you managed to convince the leaders?"

"Of course I have! I'm Ombra for crying out loud!"

"Great, you ready to return? I feel kinda lost without the Guardian."

Well.. Are we done here?

kiss him~

>>364718
No. First go tell Morgan you're going to make Art and Saisai your love slaves once you get your body back, and while you won't get in between Art and Morgan she's going to have to deal with it.

>>364742
That doesn't mean you actually plan to DO that, just that you should SAY so. Morgan doesn't have any relationship stress or drama, and she needs a push to make her stop being so damn passive about things.
Honestly, what's love if there's no struggle to it?

>>364742

okay what. what's wrong with you man.

>>364742
I'm a bit Meh on the love slave thing, change it to something more along the lines of "if you two don't get it on soon I'm going to take drastic measures".

>>365005
Pfft, we're not gonna actually do it, we're just trying to make Morgan show some backbone or crumple up like a used tissue.

Again with Seven's ridiculous schemes.

Anyway, looks like we're done here.

>>365007
I think she already has enough backbone. Also keep in mind that this sort of plan tends to make people pissed off regardless of what the end result is.

I hate you I hate morgen I like catgirl

Artemis 2011/11/22(Tue)00:54 No. 367211 ID: 9da432
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Haha you guys are pervs~
I'm heading back now but you guys go on messing with the boy.
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That's better..
I really do feel lost without you guys sometimes.

Well things are squared off with Sils. I think for the first time in a while I have some free time.

hahaha, o man, art, you would not believe what we talked about. once ombra is out you are gonna be her love slave and shit.

we can give some energy to mimi, for a change+-

>>367211
Go spend some time with Saisai and Mimi. They've probably had a lot more free time than you, and you'd feel better hearing their stories.

Artemis 2011/12/04(Sun)01:21 No. 369668 ID: a4a7f4
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>>367213
W-what...?

>>367218
That uh sounds better.. I think I know where Saisai is.

Artemis walks over to Eistia's room and sees Saisai standing in front of it. She glares at him.

"Yes?"

Thanks to the soul bind I can still she's irritated about something. Or maybe that's just common sense after knowing her for so long.

>>369668
Because you've been away, probably. Get to the point.

say sorry and give her a hug.

>>369668
No sense mincing words here, tell her you know she's irritated and to tell you whats wrong so maybe you can do something about it. Because otherwise you'll get irritated by her irritation and you'll keep irritating each other back and forth and it will be very irritating.

>>369668
Give her a hug and ask what's wrong.

ask her what's up.

Artemis 2011/12/04(Sun)13:18 No. 369753 ID: dd7b82
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"What's wrong?"

Oh god now she's pissed

"What's wrong!? Are you that fucking dense!?!? Your sister has been completely devastated by the fact that her whole fucking city is ash and I haven't seen you do a damn thing to make her feel better!! You're her brother yet -I'm- the one taking care of her like I'm her damn nanny!"

see, we knew you should of tried to help more. remember how saisai felt when you first made the bond? that's how eistia is feeling right now. so go make her happy, bro.

>>369753
Hug her and apologize.

>>369762
This won't fucking help. Saisai's about action, not being a little whiny faggot. Go DO SHIT if you're so sorry.

Artemis 2011/12/04(Sun)14:34 No. 369773 ID: dd7b82
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Action, right!

"I'll talk to her now."

Before Saisai can reply Artemis enters his sister's room.
She's completely covered in a blanket.

Well... What do I say?

>>369773
Flip the blanket off of her. Sibling bonding time. NOW.

>>369774
Sure. Then hug her, of course.

rip off blanket and say "eistia, it is time to get you out of this funk!"

Oh, before I forget.

Artemis 2011/12/04(Sun)14:39 No. 369778 ID: dd7b82
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>>369774

Artemis flips the covers off to reveal a pillow and a rolled up blanket.

>>369778
GRRRAAAAGHAGAAAA.

SAISAI WHERE THE FUCK IS SHE

bust back out the door and say "saisai, she's gone!"

oh wait, durr, use the goldeon watch to find her.

Artemis 2011/12/04(Sun)14:43 No. 369783 ID: dd7b82
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>>369779
>>369780
No no no! We can 'not' tell her she's missing! She'll be even more pissed!

Artemis looks around a bit and checks under the bed.

Well... Can't exactly keep a soul blade master locked up I suppose.

>>369778
Go hug Saisai, then set off together to find your sister!

go through the hole and use the watch.

Saisai can feel your emotions, I think she already knows something is wrong

>>369783
No hugging Saisai.

No lying. SHE'LL JUST BE PISSED THAT YOU LIED.

Use the watch, tell her you're going to find your sister, and HAUL PRETTYBOY CASTER ASS

Artemis 2011/12/04(Sun)14:48 No. 369788 ID: dd7b82
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Ah damn, the soul bind! I keep forgetting that!

"Hey Art... Everything okay in there? You're being really quiet."

And her super hearning... Forgot that to.

"no, she flew the coop, but i'm hot on her trail. send someone up with some mortar." then through the hole!

>>369788
Use the goddamn watch.

>>369789
and this

Artemis 2011/12/04(Sun)15:01 No. 369797 ID: dd7b82
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"Uh no.. She uhm... Left."

"WHAT!?"

"But I'm going after her now! I have the Watch still!"

"I'm going with you!"

Artemis and Saisai track down Eistia using the watch. It doesn't take to long as they finding her sitting down on a hill staring off into the Elven Forest.

Saisai looks relieved to see her.

quietly tell saisai to hide and just listen in. then walk up and sit next to her. then say "hey"

>>369797
Approaching someone who is clearly angry at the world + themselves:

Don't bring up what they are angry about. Let them talk, but don't allow them to walk away. Hugs are not your friend unless they appear receptive. Speak evenly and calmly.

Artemis 2011/12/04(Sun)15:14 No. 369802 ID: dd7b82
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Artemis holds out his hand telling Saisai to stay where she is and goes up to Eistia. He sits beside her.

"Hey Eistia."

"Brother."

"What're you up to?"

"Testing a rather bizzare human ritual. It doesn't work it seems."

>>369802
"I hear flipping a coin is better. It's not about the result, but what you hope for in it." then shrug, and hold us out in your palms. "Put your hands on it, I want to try something. It might help me understand."

"it depends on how you start and what the plant is. you gotta use the right one. can you show me how you are doing it?"

Artemis 2011/12/04(Sun)15:23 No. 369807 ID: dd7b82
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"I hear flipping a coin is better. It's not about the result, but what you hope for in it."

Artemis holds out the Guardian

"Put your hands on it, I want to try something. It might help me understand."

Eistia touches it. Nothing seems to happen.

hmm can you both hear us?

>>369807
"Well, drat. I was hoping both of us would hook up to it at once, sorta deal. Looks like it's only one at a time."

Artemis 2011/12/04(Sun)15:29 No. 369810 ID: dd7b82
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>>369808
Well just me it seems.

"Sorry, I was hoping it would let the Guardian speak to both of us."

"Hmph.."

She lets go and stares off again.

take out a coin "well since i asked about it anyway. heads, they like you, tails they don't" then flip it and catch. then put it away without looking at the result.
wen she asks what it was as back "what did you want it to be?"

>>369810
"Sorry for being gone for so long."
and when you say it mean it

>>369810
Just hand us over and motion for Saisai to sit down next to you.

>>369810
Ask her who it is she's picking petals for.

(Sasai will hear her answer.)

Artemis 2011/12/27(Tue)18:53 No. 375556 ID: 3cf86c
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"Sorry for being gone for so long."

"....."

She doesn't say anything for a while. Her body shakes slightly as tears start coming out of her eyes.
She hugs her knees closer to her as though she were trying to keep herself from breaking apart.

>>375556

TIME FOR HUGS.

>>375559
this guy has the right idea.

Artemis 2011/12/29(Thu)04:27 No. 375947 ID: 281eec
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>>375559

"Oh Eistia!"

Artemis goes up to her and hugs her tight. Saisai runs up and hugs her from the opposite side.

Eistia: "You're crushing me! I'm fine! Really I am!"

Oh I didn't even know how much I'd been hurting the poor girl! I'm so stupid!

Artemis 2011/12/29(Thu)04:35 No. 375951 ID: 281eec
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Eistia breaks out of the choke hug.

"All right all right that's enough. I'm better okay? You're a jerk and insensitive to peoples feelings, we got that and I forgive you."

Saiai: "I don't"

"That's to be expected."

She wipes away some tears.

"I've spent the past few weeks feeling bad for myself. Artemis has been just wandering around. Saisai... We've all been neglecting something. We need to do something about the human king and soon. With or without the others help."

Saisai: "I actually agree with that. Artemis, you have the dragon slayer. You're the one who should be leading us not these old kings. Sure they help but really this all falls on you."

"Me..?"

"Yes brother. You're the leader."

"Last time I was leader of something it didn't go to well.."

"Well here's your chance to make up for it."

it only failed cause one of the people on your team was a huge asshole. and that particular asshole is gone.

the old kings have the armies to match Myli's, whereas we have jackshit. so sorry, but we're not getting anything done without their help.

>>375977
what? it's not about matching it's about stealth sneaking and sabotage. we have people on the inside. get their help.

>>375977
The kings don't have something that can stop the greatest known power in the world. They don't have Ombra. And, most importantly, they don't have us.

We have to leverage everything we have - everyone does, if we can hope to win. The kings must rally their armies, and Artemis must move close enough to disable the King. Artemis will have to lead a charge into an army backed by a dragon, protected by his closest friends. He is the arrow, the kings and their armies, the bow.

Artemis 2012/01/07(Sat)23:36 No. 378430 ID: 85879a
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"I can't do this alone though."

Saisai: "You have us."

Eistia: "My people will help as well. At least the ones from my former city."

".... I think I can gather a few more people to. My mom, Apple, the twins... We know a few knights. Surely they'll be willing to help?"

Saisai: "They'd better after all we did for them."

Artemis nods.

I just need to find a way to get in contact with them.. I think Morgan can help with that..

Artemis and the others walk back into the city. He goes into Morgan's room and sees it's completely empty.

Saisai: "What the..?"

There's a note on the table. Artemis picks it up.
It reads:

Kan't write for long
I hope you aren't mad at me for leaving you..
Don't worry everything's fine. It's just I
need to go back to Central.
Please understand I don't want to fight them.
Do not try to come after me.. And

Don't fight against the king anymore.
A fight against your own kind.. It's foolish.
Don't you think?

Morgan

Saisai: "What the...? Did she just abandon us? Just like that..?

well that's probably the most blatantly obvious false letter I've ever seen. i mean come on,
"A fight against your own kind.. It's foolish.
Don't you think?"
who even talks like that? we need to go after Morgan, if someone planted this letter it was probably after snatching her. we need to catch up to them before they reach central.

fffffff

>>378430
K
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P
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D
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KIDnPD DAD.
The presence of a hidden message is obvious, but it's hard to read once discovered. She is terrible at this.

Ok, so what probably happened is that her dad was captured and she was forced to leave under duress. Use the watch to find the respective positions of her and her dad, then go check on Mimi.

Meh. Earth Dragon being a dick as fucking usual.

TIME TO RESCUE MORGAN'S FATHER

CALL UP APPLE, ASK HER IF SHE'S WILLING TO BE A THIEF ONE LAST TIME.

>>378442
let's see you make a better one in a minute. anyway, good thing we have a magical all seeking watch.

Artemis 2012/02/02(Thu)19:37 No. 383987 ID: 5a6216
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"This note... I think it's a code. Morgan is in trouble! We have to get her!"

>Saisai: "But what about the plan? Our first priority should be defeating the king."

"If we rescue her we can kill the king while we do that!"

>"Oh yeah sure we'll just toss it on the list of things to do while recklessly going into the kingdom to save the girl. Forget it, you go save her on your own. Tell me when you're actually gonna be focused on killing the king."

She starts walking away.

"Saisai wait. I need your help to."

She turns.

>"I didn't offer it."

She seems really really mad. And jealous?

"it's.. you're stronger then me, i can fight the king, but only because my sword would make him weaker, against the normal guards you would be better."

>>383987
Of COURSE she's jealous, you thickheaded bumbling fool. You're essentially asking the girl who was smitten on you to save your current girlfriend. It's... insensitive. Rude, even.

Look, if you take out the King, his threats become meaningless. He's counting on you to go for the girl first. Surprise him. Shock him.

she still has some feelings for you I think. its pissing her off that you would risk everything for Morgan. speaking of that, as much of a bastard as I feel pointing this out, Morgan is one person. running off to confront the king now is probably exactly what he wants you yo do. if he manages to kill you and capture your sword the entire world is screwed. I'm not saying we should just write her off, but saving her comes in a distant second to killing the king.

>>383987
NO SHIT!
She's madly in love with you and you just asked her to help you with a suicide mission to rescue the person you love instead of her. You've been pretty nasty about how you've been rejecting her, too.

Saisai is right. If the king has her then we can't do anything without a solid plan, and the solidest plan involves removing the king first.

Ask for the various leaders to have their spies look into this. We need more information. Meanwhile, you can try to be a better friend to Saisai.

>>384004
[Use GP to help this along as needed]
Forgot to tell you what you should be doing.
First, sigh.
"I'm sorry, I lost it for a moment.
You're right, I can't help her, not now, but-"
Wrap your arms around her and let the tears flow
"I can't do this! I know I can't go help her, I know it's a trap, I know it's the best way to help her, but it hurts so much to leave somebody in danger... I've never been able to let people suffer, not you, not the twins, not Sharaes, the Ori, monsters, or even enemies.
Help me, Saisai. I'm not strong enough for this; I'm not strong enough to fail."

fuck it. you don't need her. I though she was our friend, but if she's gonna be like that, she can stay here and spend her days taking care of Eistia's drunkard ass for all I care.