Crus 2015/08/31(Mon)20:03 No. 666140 ID: d5d5e1
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“You should know that the healing water only works inside the walls of the cathedral.”

> “It’s not far, is it?”

“No.”

> “Then what’s the problem? I can get you into Roztown anytime you’d like. Just tell Maria Mayweather you’re a friend o’ Fat Andy. She’s the lovely lady who shouts profanity at people when they approach the city.”

“Thank you. Have you seen anyone else? And of the other Heroes?”

> “Amos and I had a bit of a falling out. He figured his gold digger of a ladyfriend was more important than me old mum’s funeral. Ah… I know I’ll forgive him someday. I can’t stay mad at nobody. Just hurts. You know?”

“Yeah…” I trail off, and my thoughts go to someone else. “What about-”

> “Misco?”

He knows who I mean before I confirm it.

> “Dead.”

The room seems hazy. Hazier than it was, anyway. “Dead?” I say.

> “Gee Lynx, I… I didn’t mean to phrase it so harsh. I know you were, you know, sweet on him and all that.”

“That was a long time ago. What happened to him?”

> “He sent me a bird one day out of the blue. He said his wife-”

“Wife…?”

> “Yeah, his wife. He said some bandits took her and he wanted my help. You know how he was. Didn’t trust his own self much less the city guard. So we went to fetch her back. Well, we found her. It’s… it’s not easy to say how we found her, but let’s just say there was nails and wood and no clothes. He flew into such a rage that he didn’t see that it was a trap. There weren’t no bandits, Lynx. Out ‘round the bluff road Rufio Ortise.”

The name strikes like a whip.

> “That Ortise started rattlin’ off a list of crimes our old boy was said to commit. Theft, murder, affronts to Avigrade’s holy justice or some old rubbish. Before old Joto Misco could run off, the White Dragon put a lance through his heart.”

“How did you escape?”

> “I lamed his horse and ran. I weren’t so fat back then, Lynx. His men went after me, but I got up in the rocks where the horses couldn’t follow. Up there’s where I met me boss. He kept me safe, and I started up as his axeman, hauling barley and cuttin’ wood-”

Crus 2015/08/31(Mon)20:03 No. 666141 ID: d5d5e1
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> “O-oh! Well speak o’ me boss, there’s his ward now!”

Crus 2015/08/31(Mon)20:04 No. 666142 ID: d5d5e1
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> “H-h-hello.”

> “How long were you standing there, lad?” says Fat Andy.

> “Pretty much… pretty much the whole time. Like ten minutes maybe…”

OHHHHH it's the guy your boss owes money to, now. Wait Crus doesn't actually know about that yet does she? Dang.

Well ask what he's here for.

Wait so what was our goal in talking to this guy again? Flour?

>>666468
It was, yes.

>“I need flour, butter, and salt to make bread. I need squash and peppers. I need to commission a weaver to make our banner. I need a new set of clothes that aren’t black. You should probably get yourself a proper weapon, too.”

We still need butter and salt, though I expect we can get both of those from Andagur.
We also need to visit a weaver and a tailor, then a blacksmith.

Crus 2015/11/02(Mon)16:28 No. 680979 ID: d5d5e1
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“The Barley King will get you set up with the food y’need. Consider it a favor from old Fat Andy,” the fat man says. He stops and make a slow turn toward me again. “Though there is something you could do.”

“What?” I say.

“Well, y’see… if we could get the Last Heroes back together, I think-”

“No.”

“Why not?” says Andy, “I could lose a couple of pounds, sure, but think about the good we could do!”

I cross my arms. “We never did much good when we were young and healthy. What could we do now? Bully cutpurses into dropping their haul? Chasing kids away from the old folks?”

“I’ve got a project of me own, actually,” says Andy, “Roztown didn’t used to be a slave city, y’see. And it doesn’t need to be nor more if you and I can help it. How about it, huh? I’ll get everything you need and more from the Barley King if you come with me on one last mission as a Last Hero. For old time’s sake.”

“I dunno, Andy…”

“Heck, if things go well… maybe we could find a little more work. What ya say, Lynx?”


This sounds like something I’m going to need a weapon for either way. I have no idea who I would be getting tied up with if I say "yes".

You once wanted to make a difference. You still want a goal in life.

This is the opportunity you were hoping for. Grab it.

You are going to need help to deal with the dagger stuff so why not a old friend?

Might get you in a mess but such is life.

No, you are not ditching your squad mates and a secure base to fight slavery in a single town. But YES, you can do something about it as an organization, and you intend to look into the matter - for real.

Your new organization is basically a hospital. You're a selfish bunch, and you'll adhere to doing good things for the community with self-serving benefits. That means, you won't talk ethics or sit on your thumbs when there's rewards to be earned from saving lives and liberating cities. Saving this town could mean a good source of income, so that's beneficial.

That's the deal, Andy; harder response teams, more intelligent long-term choices, and a broken moral compass replaced with some statistics and votes. You going to let us work here, or do we have to leave?

>>680979
Ask him how he plans on reversing slavery. You're no fan of it, but undoing institutions and systems usually means more than breaking a few heads.

Crus 2015/11/07(Sat)17:17 No. 682207 ID: d5d5e1
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There is a lot that I want to say, but I feel like I shouldn’t. I keep myself concise. “I think I can help,” I say. “Do you have a plan?”

“It’s been a busy day,” says Andy, “I have a man on the inside of the slave trade already. He told me that there are three major slavemasters making their rounds across the Leaf this month, and they are stopping in Roztown for a few days to inspect the market.”

“And they’re here now?”

“Bingo,” he says, “they’re stayin’ in this building, actually. Finest room, o’course. They usually end up making the largest bids at the auctions, so they get… a warm welcome from the townspeople. Good for the economy and all that. I have another agent who took on the mission too, and I want you to join up with him in an hour.”

“To do what?”

“He’ll create a distraction,” says Andy, “and you’re going to make sure those masters never buy another slave. It’s not going to end the trade, but it sure will send a message.”

Run out of bubblegum. Kick ass.

Wetwork's good work!
Let's kill some slavers.
And make it messy!
Gotta get that message across.

I'm afraid killing a few leaders will just create opportunities for their lieutenants, or set people against us.

But what the hell, not an hour ago someone was transparently and shamelessly trying to trick you into selling yourself into slavery. Maybe a lesson does need to be taught.

Killing them will only cause a power vacuum that may cause massive collateral damage.

BREAK THEM.

If you can torture all 3 and leave their broken and still-living shells out on the field for the public to enjoy, it will stopgap said power vacuum. Make everyone think that the slave trade is cursed or hounded by demons with a passionate desire to create living art. This will cause a level of paranoia, but given the upcoming war, that should help prevent enemy spies from moving around so much. Meanwhile, you set up a series of economic transactions that leave you the de-facto rulers of the city while the war is online, and then leave cold-turkey to garner favor by claiming your resistance to corruption once the war ends.

Guys, this is a slave trader operation, not gang warfare or mafia. There is no power vacuum to deal with since they're not leveraging anything to get slaves, they literally kidnap people to do it.

One concern, however. The slaver merchant told us that the slaves were all criminals. Was that a lie?

Crus 2015/11/12(Thu)17:51 No. 683619 ID: d5d5e1
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I’m not torturing anyone, but I don’t have any qualms with killing if I have to. If I can succeed in this, I’ll prove to myself that I’m really not afraid anymore.

“The slaver said that the people he was bringing into town were mostly criminals,” I say, remembering the words of the sketchy Horidian outside Roztown’s walls.

“Some of them are,” says Andy, “Als Eyvor sends prisoners to the slave market sometimes. Others are captured from villages, some were monks and priests, some were hookers and war deserters. Some o’ them warlords around here even capture peasants to fight for ‘m.”

>>683619
Let's do it.

One set of overlords for another set of determined, more diverse overlords.

Get your game face on.

Let's not kill the slavemaster, just make sure he won't do it again.

I dunno. This doesn't seem all a great idea.

Crus 2016/01/04(Mon)20:42 No. 691745 ID: 3a9db6
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Well, alright. It’s too soon to tell if I’ll regret this.

Andy happily gave me his instructions.

“First, you need to disappear. You can’t draw any attention to yourself, so you’ve got to go wear what the locals wear. Don’t let anyone see your scars.”

Crus 2016/01/04(Mon)20:43 No. 691746 ID: 3a9db6
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“Next you’ve got to get yourself some cold steel. My man Remio across town can hook you up.


“Hey man, you lookin’ to buy a plowshare?” says Remio.

“You mean a weapon, right?” I say.

“Sh-shush! You wanna get me in trouble? I know a good shovel when I see one,” he says, rushing to the door to look outside, “yeah pitchforks are real swell!!! Gotta love those trowels and sometimes a pair of tongs!!!”

“Uh-”

“Sh-sh. What kinda plowshare you lookin’ for?”

Crus’ selection of guerilla class has affected her weapon specialization. She will only be able to buy the following.

Crus 2016/01/04(Mon)20:43 No. 691747 ID: 3a9db6
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Money: 800g

Tell him Big Andy sent you, say some stuff that Andy told you to verify. Ask for a discount.

Buy the Trowel and Shovel, and a Whip. Test out the whip's ability to choke stuff.

Normal hammers and the throwing knives, that's what I'm voting for.

We gotta save some money for the clothing and banner. Ask how much those'd cost you- he should give you a ballpark figure that we can save for.

Trowel and shovel!
they'll be useful for digging some graves

>>691746
...if you wanna speak in code, why are all the signs in front of your shop uncoded? Not very circumspect.

>weapons
No spear? And here I thought you were clearly a lancer. Oh well, one must make concessions for concealed weaponry, I suppose.

The short sword and dagger are the most practical and the closest to how we've seen you fight before, I think. The Rake is hella cool and I'm sorely tempted though. Wicked claw hands.

>whip, hard to kill with
If you actually want to kill someone with it, you basically have to stop whipping them and use it to strangle them instead.

trowel and shovel

>>691752

I'm leaning toward the tonfa "normal hammers". Easy to conceal - and to draw quickly from concealment - useful for blocking as well as striking, and with the spikes, it should be easy enough to deal lethal as well as nonlethal damage. Plus, tonfa are cool.

what we need is AN AVERAGE RAKE and A PAIR OF NORMAL HAMMERS for NORMAL NON-ILLEGAL BUSINESS.

>>691747
NORMAL HAMMERS & TOWING LINE.
This gives us a good Combo of a slow but punishing reach attack along with swift (potentially) non-lethal melee attacks to follow up with.
We will also have 300g left over for the other stuff.

SHOVEL AND SMALLER SHOVEL

>>691747
>Normal Hammers and Throwing Trowels (600gr)
Versatility in a short blunt weapon, and an expendable ranged weapon is useful for numerous reasons (no exposure or needing to get in close, or even just a distraction)

Crus 2016/01/05(Tue)22:10 No. 691945 ID: 3a9db6
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It is a tough choice, but I will stick with what I am most familiar with, which is the short blade. I strap both of them behind my back where they will not be as easily visible. I have 300& left.

Crus 2016/01/05(Tue)22:10 No. 691946 ID: 3a9db6
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“After y’ pick up your weapon, just head over to the one shanty that hangs out a lantern during the day. No, not that one, the other one. It looks a little bigger on the inside.

Crus 2016/01/05(Tue)22:11 No. 691947 ID: 3a9db6
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“You’ll find the other agent there. Talk to him. He’ll know what to do. Good luck, Lynx.

The agent is in h-

No… it can’t be…

>>691949
Go glare at him. Ask how he got inside.

Crus 2016/01/05(Tue)23:05 No. 691953 ID: 3a9db6
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“What the hell, Ortise. How in the hell did you get in the city?”

Crus 2016/01/05(Tue)23:05 No. 691954 ID: 3a9db6
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“Ok, get this,” he says, “some idiot let me pay him to pretend to be a slave… and he wheeled me right in the front gate!”

>>691954
"Man, you're irresponsible. Also, there was a hole in the wall, you could have gone in for free!

Look, let's get this done. We can discuss an alliance with Andy when we get this mission over with. What's the plan, Boss."

>>691954
Well good for you, then. Shall we get rid of the girls so we can discuss business?

>>691954
Curse his dumb luck.

>>691954
Well good news then! I probably have to kill that guy, so you might get your money back.

>>691954
Lighten your load by giving him the bag of veg, then tell the girls a weird lie about Ortise for some privacy

>>691954
Damn it, I ruled that out as an obvious trap.

You're lucky you're too annoying for anyone to actually sell you into slavery.