Chocomaca 2016/02/13(Sat)17:35 No. 701641 ID: b2e8b1
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I am Shafan. My people, the Dragon Marked are renowned. We’re no match to the city-states and nations in numbers, but we wield additional powers such as telepathy, technology and magic that are strictly arcane to the commoner.

Chocomaca 2016/02/13(Sat)17:36 No. 701642 ID: b2e8b1
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There it is.

Chocomaca 2016/02/13(Sat)17:40 No. 701644 ID: b2e8b1
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“Huuuman!”, a bronze dragon whoops.

To this I say, “Dragon, touch me and this DRAGON POISON touches you!”

“I am Shirnight, I mean no harm.”

>>701644
whatcha doin with the dragon lady

>>701644
Seduce dragon.

(What are you here for, again?)

Chocomaca 2016/02/14(Sun)03:02 No. 701761 ID: b2e8b1
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“Shirnight...“

I attempt to seduce the dragon lady: “I’ve come to claim your dragon’s love and become your human disciple.”

The dragon is immediately affiliated and replies: “Taken I am, Take me as your dragon master and my mother will give you a quest when she returns!”

Chocomaca 2016/02/14(Sun)04:49 No. 701768 ID: b2e8b1
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Shirnight: "Please, choose me as your Master, pup!"

Well that was easy.

Whatever, take the offer. You can switch to her mother later.

Chocomaca 2016/02/14(Sun)08:59 No. 701807 ID: b2e8b1
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"I gladly accept your mastership, Shirnight! Woah! I'm a real dragon apprentice! YES!"

I can now put the poison away. I've done a deal and this dragon is not eating her word.

Chocomaca 2016/02/14(Sun)09:01 No. 701808 ID: b2e8b1
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Shirnight is likely unaware of my true intentions to grab power and conquer the surrounding lands with dragon powers, secret knowledge and my cult brothers in Kunk Noll.

Chocomaca 2016/02/14(Sun)09:01 No. 701809 ID: b2e8b1
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I would start from my city of five ziggurat-districts, Kunk Nol in the ancient language of the city.

>>701808
Would a dragon even care that you're planing on conquering other humans? At most, I'd expect them to respect or be proud of such ambition.

Chocomaca 2016/02/14(Sun)10:44 No. 701841 ID: b2e8b1
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Should I immediately tell her about my ambition? I am sure she would be proud.

>>701841
Why not. Let your dragon master know you aspire to greatness.

At what point is telling a queen about your plans about world domination a good idea?

YOU SHUT UP.

Chocomaca 2016/02/15(Mon)11:48 No. 702111 ID: b2e8b1
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Daydreaming and chatting stuff and nonsense with my new master, or should I say mistress, a cold wind starts to creep over the rocky desert cliffs. I wrap my abandoned warm clothes around me tight and soon hear powerful flaps and roars. The angry dragon mother lands next to me,

“NO MOTHER! SHE’S MY NEW DESCIPLE!!”

“I SEE YOU VERMIN LEECHER, FARMER OF DEATH AND MISERY!! LIKES OF YOU SHOULD LICK THE DUST! LOOK AWAY SHIRNIGHT!”

>Insert an Epic argument against death.

This is the whole problem with seduction. Angry parents.

...maybe now is the time to let your ambition to burn bright.

I will be no miscible farmer nor vermin! I am dragon blooded, and by the power that is my birthright, I will hold dominion over the lands of puny men and women! I came to you with respect and to learn, but if I must begin my path by overcoming you, so be it. *brandish dragon poison, prepare for a fight you'd almost certainly lose, hope dragon backs down*.

1/4 Chocomaca 2016/02/15(Mon)13:47 No. 702143 ID: b2e8b1
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>>702125

Instead of YIELDING or Panicking...

2/4 Chocomaca 2016/02/15(Mon)13:48 No. 702144 ID: b2e8b1
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Or trying to dodge desperately until you couldn't...

3/4 Chocomaca 2016/02/15(Mon)13:51 No. 702145 ID: b2e8b1
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I toss the Miracle condensed into a mastercraft sectioned piece of throwable weapon from thick crystal glass and most potent of poisons. A weapon deadliest specifically at this range...

The poison starts to foam out like a miniature volcano thick with air, but potent still.

4/4 Chocomaca 2016/02/15(Mon)14:55 No. 702159 ID: b2e8b1
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This.

“I will be no miscible farmer nor vermin! I am dragon-blooded, and by the power that is my birthright, I will hold dominion over the lands of puny men and women! I came to you with respect and to learn, but if I must begin my path by overcoming you, so be it. “

The big momma is cleared, it happens the dragon “pup” is still out there. A gold-coated ceremonial sword, I’m not used to that shit!

No wait, the “pup” is landing by its… Could this Shirnight actually be that retarded? Shirnight is checking back with her dead mother. She doesn’t seem to latch on that dragons can die this fast. Damn dangerous to walk around here with the poison spilled...

A ritual sacrifical dagger lying by the egg.

Uhhhhhhh...

You just killed her mom.

Methinks this may put a strain on your relationship.

...the idea was to bluff and hopefully cow her. Making your big damn speech after you've fired really isn't gonna have any chance of making momma back down.

Your 'master' isn't liable to be very loyal to you after watching you kill it's mother.

Are we sure the mother is already dead? Is there an antidote? Perhaps if we saved her after defeating her we'd earn respect and loyalty.

Do we have any more of those? Dangerous working with dragons if you've used up your only dragon killer.

>>702167
I'm starting to think that our protagonist may not be the brightest torch in the village.

Chocomaca 2016/02/15(Mon)17:00 No. 702190 ID: b2e8b1
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>>702162
>>702167
>>702169

If you get an offer to buy Dragon Poison in the Dark Market, you're really powerful. Yes, there were wars before that. I just had to gain some confidence. Compared to getting it, using it was really fun. For me being a dragon killer, I've just DOUBLED the wealth of my town. Now how could I get the dragon kid still with me? Getting a dragon kid alive in a leash to the city is worth a second million or more even if it's not able to teach. I can’t be loved anymore, so...

Chocomaca 2016/02/15(Mon)17:14 No. 702198 ID: b2e8b1
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The salvaged reasoning that probably doesn't fit to the character but is neccessary to attach here as something the alchemist Luxaria told the protagonist

Luxaria:

Dragon poison is hot stuff in the dark markets. Don't know what goodies they brew into it but it takes years to finish and also heard about several wars for getting and then spreading the recipe... something about black markets created for it and Making it - totally not my thing to make the poison really. But you know how freaked people are of different parts of the dragon, especially horns and teeth that are easily preservable and taken from the corpse?

Okay, if the poison cost maybe ONLY fifty thousand man's labor years to brew, and the dragon bone powder that can be acquired from one dragon is worth one million golden dinars and as I said that's what our city of fifty thousand maybe sells stuff to other cities in a year. With that sum you can buy half a district in Kunk Noll.

Now you would imagine that dragon killing poison would mean the end of the Age of Dragons, but no. It requires skill to throw the vial and it sometimes misfires and burst either to a wrong direction or in most unfortunate instances, right back to the thrower's face. So I rather fuck people and lick their ass to get it but then pass the "fun" of using it to others.

Shafan:

I was pretty sure that the dragon was not fucking around with that blue wall of fire coming out of her mouth already. I decided to defy her so I did like I did. If you thought you could get anything of value from this dragon while it's alive, you've mistaken. Instead it was clearly a threath to Kunk Noll and the Marked Ones.

>Now how could I get the dragon kid still with me? Getting a dragon kid alive in a leash to the city is worth a second million or more even if it's not able to teach. I can’t be loved anymore, so...
Well getting it to love you is certainly harder now, since you killing it's mother after it accepted you is a betrayal.

If we wanted to win it over, you should probably immediately apologize for destroying it's mother to save your own life, and swear some kind of oath to protect her in her mother's place and to right this wrong. You regret it, but you had not choice if you wished to live. She had already turned her fire on you.

Mix with kind of a tough bargain. Who else could the immature dragon rely on, now? She needs you, as much as you need her.

You just killed the most intimidating figure in her entire life with one shot. All you have to do is threaten to do the same

to her little sister in that egg.

Also, why is dragon breeding not a thing yet? I get that it takes an entire country's worth of GDP to make a single dragon killer, but it wouldn't be that hard to find a few dying dragons, force conception, and brain-damage the kids so that they're incapable of understanding anything but eating and sleeping.

What gives? They are cruel enough to sacrifice their own children, so you could easily set up a dragon mill and fight for power among the other major factions who also have dragons.

Chocomaca 2016/02/16(Tue)16:07 No. 702452 ID: b2e8b1
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Lie seeps inside me...

>Apologize
Shafan: “Ohhh.. Oh *I take a shaking begging pose*. I’m sorry. I’m sorry. What could I do? *I place my palms on my breasts*. I was protected against a dragon. The same instinct took over your mother, destroying her. I promise, I will grow the scales of your mother if that’s what it takes.”

>An oath
>Subtly threathen the egg
*I pose to strike the egg* “I swear to protect you Shirnight in your mother’s place. Before the unborn.“ *I drop the sword, it rattles.* “Teacher, it’s dangerous here, we must go! There is so much more to discover in our travels.”

Master Shirnight: “Growl… Yes. We must. Come.”

>World Lore: Dragon Breeding
“There is a place for dragons where they can grow with other dragons that lost a mother. I’m not sure where, but we will find out. I have heard stories.”

Master Shirnight: “No. I want revenge... Who makes the poison that made it possible?”

>World Lore: Dragon Poison
Shafan: “Let me recall…It’s a mystery. People from dragondreams and far distant places in the soul of the worlds."
I recall this: >>97863
“Soul of the Worlds, DAAARK Universeeees…” *Shafan shouts the words and collapses and loses consciousness slipping into a death-like trance*

I see stringy shades of two dragons, the other one is dead, the other one is hooting around the dead one.

Chocomaca 2016/02/16(Tue)16:08 No. 702453 ID: b2e8b1
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Who made the poison?

Chocomaca 2016/02/16(Tue)16:09 No. 702454 ID: b2e8b1
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What is it?

Chocomaca 2016/02/16(Tue)16:17 No. 702455 ID: b2e8b1
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Where is he?

Chocomaca 2016/02/16(Tue)16:52 No. 702475 ID: b2e8b1
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*Shafan mutters*
"He's with the elves... a celestial being. Different dimension or plane, he was moving on a leafship. He is dark and likes poisons. The poison is a... piece of spiked jewellery... I think I fell into another dimension."

Chocomaca 2016/02/16(Tue)16:55 No. 702477 ID: b2e8b1
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A Standard Lapse has been indicated to end phase by suggestions for the first time. A power to choose has been called: Would you like to advance in time to a possible point where Shafan has managed to set up a Dragon Breeding Organisation and is facing the first difficulties in an attempt?

Don't skip just yet. We need to find Shafan a safehouse to build her base in. Also, make sure that the egg is safe; Shirnight's dumber than a sack of bricks but give her a few years and she'll realize that you were smart enough to spare her mother but didn't. You WILL need a deterrent to prevent her from roasting you.

>>702477
Don't skip. We have to earn dragon-master's trust in a very trying time- that's complicated interpersonal stuff!

Chocomaca 2016/02/19(Fri)09:40 No. 703442 ID: b2e8b1
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"Uhh... Noh.. I must have fallen unconscious again, or something.. The poison fumes must have knocked me out earlier... What happened? I remember throwing the poison and shouting somethinig about holding dominion over peasants... Ohhhh, a headache."

Chocomaca 2016/02/19(Fri)09:42 No. 703443 ID: b2e8b1
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Shafan: "Shirnight..."

Master Shirnight: "Stand up, disciple! You've for wayyyy slept too long."

... is it just me or does the dragon look like its about to kiss her

Chocomaca 2016/02/19(Fri)12:04 No. 703469 ID: b2e8b1
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Shafan: "Yuck Shirnight, yuck!"

If you're covered in dragon slobber and poisons maybe a bath would be in order.

Chocomaca 2016/02/19(Fri)14:14 No. 703503 ID: b2e8b1
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Shafan. "So you were after all a natural runner and not so much of a flyer?"

Master Shirn' "I am a half spine dragon by body, but a civilized bronze dragon by soul."

Shafan "Tell me about spine dragons."

Master Shirn' "My father is a spine dragon. They are intelligent, but not very reliable. My father saved my mother from a dragon hunter horde..."

Shafan "A dragon hunter horde?"

Master Shirn' "In the roundleaf forests there are humans and other races that band together into hundreds to hunt down dragons with nets and large arrow throwers..."

Shafan "Ballistas."

Master Shirn' "Yes. They use the big crossbows they mount on beasts and then ballistas with nets... then they kill or put us to sleep and do terrible things. My father was brave and intelligent."

I chatter with my dragon master as I approach the Noambi lake through ten miles of wet grasslands.

Wait, do you still have the dragon egg?

for now, head through the forest and try to find the hunters. Shirnight should follow the river while you scout ahead.

Chocomaca 2016/02/19(Fri)16:04 No. 703555 ID: b2e8b1
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>>703529
I could have forced Shirnight to carry her sibling to the slave market, is that it?

I also could have taken some of the gold with me and go show off my dragon. Would that be wise?

I need a plan for getting the valuables from the nest. Especially the dragon bone.

Should I go back now?

>I could have forced Shirnight to carry her sibling to the slave market, is that it?
I'm not sure selling your master's sibling into slavery is the best thing for building loyalty. But surely, the egg can't be left to fend for itself?

>I also could have taken some of the gold with me and go show off my dragon. Would that be wise?
Probably premature. You've made gains, but you haven't grown in power or been taught anything yet. Bragging now will make you a target for thieves and bandits. People who will consider you and your immature dragon a much easier target than her mother was.

>I need a plan for getting the valuables from the nest. Especially the dragon bone.
How much dragon bone? All of it? That's a lot to carry. And I'm not sure the dragon would be safe to butcher while it's still covered in potent poison. How is one supposed to harvest dragon parts?

I meant that you need to take on the hunters, neutralize or dominate the threat.

And YES, please grab the egg before someone else grabs it!

But find a safe place to hide in the woods first, somewhere that hunters normally do not scout.

Chocomaca 2016/02/21(Sun)01:39 No. 704121 ID: b2e8b1
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Shirnight: "I have found a hut that suits our needs. Now let's get the egg to safety. It'll be a heavy load but I can manage it."

Approve hideout?

Chocomaca 2016/02/21(Sun)01:48 No. 704122 ID: b2e8b1
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>>703562
I guess the dragon bone is extracted with a steel chisel and a hammer. I'm not exactly sure of that.

It's dangerous business to extract the dragonbone, yet the easiest part as the tusks, teeth and spikes are outsied the scales and muscles that are hard to penetrate.

The poison evaporates within two weeks, but the greediest dragon hunters don't care to wait, but put slaves to work on the parts and bury the dead afterwards.

>Approve hideout?
It'll do... for now. We'll need something better eventually. Either we'll have to improve it, or find a better one.

>>704122
Sounds like you have two weeks to figure out how to harvest dragon bone, since you don't wish to die of poison, and have no surplus of slave lives to spend.

Chocomaca 2016/02/21(Sun)12:54 No. 704208 ID: b2e8b1
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Put me through this shit! Someone's already found the nest! Whatdoido!!

Sneak up on them.

If it's one person stealing your bones, let them do the hard work of harvesting the bones, then ambush the thief and reclaim your loot.

If it's someone using a bunch of slaves, attack now, before they get the slaves killed working in poison. You can save your goods and claim the slaves after defeating the thief.

>>704208
Looks like the treasure hunter is a beastmaster of sorts.

You can easily claim the treasure as your own since Shirnight is an identical relative of her mother. But tell him that you're willing to give the lion's share of the loot if he works for you

since cutting up Shirnight's mother for crafting ingredients his HIS job. Plus, his little snakes can help carry all the loot.

Chocomaca 2016/02/21(Sun)14:20 No. 704236 ID: b2e8b1
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>Sneak up on them
Mysterious snakemaster: "EY YOU! HOLD! WO ARE YOU?"

>Reclaim loot
Shafan: "I am Shafan, slayer of dragons. This dragon was slain by me and the remains belong to... ME and Mistress Shirnight."

Mysterious snakemaster: "O' in tät can I ask you wat you are going to do wit den Carcass?"

Shafan: "It's all yours, but I want the lion's share for killing it. Shirnight over here is her

Mysterious snakemaster: "Wat are you waiting for, kill the little smuck. O' you ran out of poison? Expensive... expensive. Ow did YOU, a lean woman get your hands on the poison? You aren't that pretty either. But I like it."

Shafan: "I have intelligent and very beautiful friends who know about poisons and people and how to get hands on exotic goods. I am myself a Dragon Marked. May I ask who the hell are you?"

Mysterious snakemaster: "Ha! Dat makes a difference. A Dragon Marked. Den you passed your first test in my order. You may now command your cult broders. Personally, I like you. I invite you to visit the cult capital in Kryddcarn city. Visibly wear color of de gods, all red, and dragonbone and you will be recognized and contacted in the streets after a wile."

Shafan: "And your name? How do I know you are who you claim to be?"

Chocomaca 2016/02/21(Sun)14:40 No. 704246 ID: b2e8b1
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Mysterious snakemaster: "Orpidu, creator of dragon poison. You oukt to carry suspicion now... but so bravely did you destroy a great enemy of mine and successfully summoned me to inspect de occasion dat I repleniss your poison to prove my true identity. No one is given dis vial except directly by ME. Do not sell it furter, it is bad for you."

Chocomaca 2016/02/21(Sun)14:40 No. 704248 ID: b2e8b1
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Shirnight is furious!

Oh man, the dragon is not happy with the dragon poison maker.

Quick, take the vial he's offering you, before he tries to defend himself by firing at your dragon.

Shirnight, DOWN! He's a Tech Hero, his understanding of the poison and firing methods means that he can kill you without risk of a scratch!

Take the poison for now, tell Shirnight that you can use it as a key to get into the poison facilities. But this guy is an architect-class, he won't go down from an assassination attempt.

Take the egg, the poison, and some of the dragon's horde. We can deal with this guy later, but he has the experience to fight a dragon with his bare hands, and the capability to kill a dragon with the poison vials he has.

Chocomaca 2016/02/22(Mon)04:14 No. 704440 ID: b2e8b1
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I quickly grab the poison vial prepared to dodge possible dragonfire, but get surprised. The flames tickle around us, but cannot harm.

Shafan: "Mnmnnmnm"

Shafan: "SHIRNIGHT, STOP, You're doing a stupid mistake! MMmmnmnmnmn"

Chocomaca 2016/02/22(Mon)04:34 No. 704443 ID: b2e8b1
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Shafan: "You saved me there hahaha!"

Orpidu: "I was leaving anyways..."

Shafan: "You kissed me!"

Orpidu: "And you oukt to keep better company."

Shafan: "I'm not going back there, although it's a shame that the loot was left behind..."

Orpidu: "It's up to you, you can come wid me to Kryddcarn or go back, or elsewere."

I can't believe this, that poison really was something that put things together and broke the shit down! I wonder how long my luck is going to last...

>I wonder how long my luck is going to last...
Not so sure that was lucky. You lost your kill, the egg, and it looks like you lost the dragon you seduced. You got new poison, so you're basically back to square one now.

Shirnight's just that dumb.

Go back and berate her for the barbecue. She got her "revenge" (spitting dragonfire at the people responsible for her mother's death), so let's concentrate on protecting the egg from harm.

Chocomaca 2016/02/27(Sat)13:52 No. 705936 ID: b2e8b1
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During this cold, crescent-lit night I'm pondering... Where is Shirnight?

The Egg is gone as well. The gold is still here, well, most of it.

And now I lost the dimensional travel to the capital of the order, stuck with the pussies in the wet kindergarden with just a lifetime of a wealthy merchant's earnings. No egg, no dragon. And the legendary poison Orpidu personally trusted me with.

Sorry.

Grab some of the horde for now and bury the rest for later.

Find Shirnight. She's too stupid to survive on her own; maybe she went to the hideout in the forest?

Chocomaca 2016/02/27(Sat)14:00 No. 705939 ID: b2e8b1
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I'm left with the option to stay in Kunk Noll and gain status, servants and equipment... rather quickly in my case,

or travel elsewhere with as much gold as I can carry.

Chocomaca 2016/02/27(Sat)14:07 No. 705941 ID: b2e8b1
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It's hard to find Shirnight's shelter in the jungle. My first attempt fails. Should I try again another day or a couple of days or get to the dragonbone extraction operations and preparations?

So much at risk due to disorganization. This doesn't feel real.

You need to find Shirnight as soon as possible, or she might leave with the egg and never come back, or might get killed doing something stupid. You should respect her more, she may be stupid but she's loyal and brave.

But if you're not going to look right now, then bury the rest of the hoard so that your spoils won't get infiltrated by ANOTHER professional whose very presence damages the bond between you and your idiot friend.

Chocomaca 2016/02/27(Sat)14:30 No. 705944 ID: b2e8b1
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>>705942

It hits me hard. The egg is not only worth a fortune, but if it hatches... Don't know how long dragons take to grow into maturity! I don't know! But with life extension potions I could tame AN OWN DRAGON into whatever suits me best. I need to breed dragons, it's what the world needs. I'll... I'll get the egg and Shirnight back.

You are an idiot, Shirnight will kill you if she sees you again. Take the gold, hide some, bring the rest back to town and use it to hire a slave crew and have them harvest the dragon corpse, Find someone you think you can trust to oversee the work, and then you can set out to find shirnight and the egg.

>>705944
Get searching. You need to find your prizes before someone else does.

Take good care of them when you get them back.

Cute. An entire fiasco and you lost your friend AND her little sister for two million bucks. For reference, you can buy a water ration for about one buck. Plus tax.

I screwed up. I really hope we can fix this.

If she finally catches on about the facts that YOU MURDERED HER MOTHER INTENTIONALLY AND WANTED TO SELL HER NEWBORN SISTER, please try to refer to her that you probably SAVED THEIR LIVES; Orpidu would likely have taken advantage of her the same way that you did, only you were going to make her your servant and he was going to process her and the egg for ingredients. If Shirnight's mother somehow kicked Orpidu's ass then she would go right back to ritually sacrificing her newborn daughter.

So yeah, put it into perspective, alright?

Good, use a fair amount of money to hire spies and informants who can point us to where Shirnight has fled too. Dragons are never all that low profile, right? There should be tales and rumors. You were given more dragon poison to work with, but keep in mind nothing is stopping you from hiring archers and hunting it the old fashioned way.

Chocomaca 2016/03/01(Tue)06:40 No. 706478 ID: b2e8b1
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I spend 100 000 gdins to establish a spy network using existing trade networks and intel from my order.

Shirnight has been spotted in the East, heading towards the Rusting Waste

A black dragon has been spotted northeast from Kunk Noll.

The reports took 2 weeks to arrive and were delivered from a weeks horseback travel one way.

Okay, gather a team and go after Shirnight, but also attempt to find the other dragon. Head East-Northeast so you can split up the team to go after both if necessary.

I don't think the average dragon is as dumb as Shirnight, so capture / diplomacy may not be an option. However, if your team can simply track the dragon to their nest, you can kill the dragon yourself and claim the eggs. They probably won't betray you because it's stupid to confront a dragon's nest without the poisons, and if they do betray you then they'll likely earn you favor with Orpidu. Easy.

Whatever you do, DO NOT EQUIP THE DRAGON POISON WHILE NEAR SHIRNIGHT. You can still salvage this relationship, however screwed up it is.

Don't be weak. If you think you can find trustworthy people, hire a few to travel with you. Before you leave to the east to chase down Shirnight, compensate the apothecary for the poison she gave you, and inquire with her about where she got it and the possibility of acquiring more. Be sure to bring enough money to hire people and purchase equipment as needed, and if you can find someone you trust to do it without your presence, set someone to process or sell both the dragonbone and impure gold.

Chocomaca 2016/03/04(Fri)09:14 No. 707236 ID: b2e8b1
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As a proper coincidence, an order from Kryddcarn by Orpidu himself reaches Kunk Noll by birdmail. It declares that Shafan is to be made the First Dragonblood in Kunk Noll, a leader. I accept this formality with ambition and proceed to the ceremony.


After the ceremony I gather all eleven Marked Ones and explain that I'm going after a dragon to domesticate it. I have thirteen followers from which to choose a fellowship.

>Alchemists:
Luxaria
Bentyl

>Artificers:
Uxmar
Zenix
Kelmaru

>Agents:
Yasmin
Enduil
Ramon

>Warriors:
Zicar

>Acolytes:
Ukkar
Medin
Farsa
Scylla

Naturally, I would choose women, but I need some strong arms and assertive men as well. I would foremost take Luxaria with me. She is fond of travelling and is the wisest among these jugglers. Other than Luxaria, I would choose Scylla to do menial tasks so she could one day advance in position and maybe become something. Kelmaru is too self-absorbed to be anything but harm. Uxmar knows more about how to fish the neccessities of life and crafts than he can craft anything unique. I would also take all the agents that tried to find Shirnight just to show them how it's done. Zicar is needed at Kunk Noll to keep order in the quarters.

Chocomaca 2016/03/04(Fri)09:16 No. 707238 ID: b2e8b1
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I have now gold to upgrade the quarters.

Well you know your team better than we do, so get this party started.

Chocomaca 2016/03/04(Fri)09:30 No. 707242 ID: b2e8b1
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The Bureau of Kunk Noll Dragon Marked can be upgraded by small and large rooms:

Large Premises expansions:
*Expanded treasure chamber

*Inn/Coffee House
for recruiting auxiliary and new members

*Arcane Library
allows training mages and scholars

*Training Hall
allows training of a military unit

*Alchemy Laboratory
for alchemy research

*Mythical Studies
for progressing in creative and occult cultures

*Embassy
for diplomacy and cultural studies

Small Premises expansions:

*Shrine
for making first contact with Kunk Noll spirits and deities

*Office
for managing Kunk Noll affairs

*Torture Chamber

*Jail

*Gym

*Animal Pen

*Quarters

ok, take Luxaria and Scylla, and the strongest from among the acolytes.

From the artisans, choose someone who might be able to operate or perhaps even construct a arbalest. You'll also need pack animals and/or a slave crew to help operate such a thing (once you have one of course).

Finally, select one of the agents, one you personally trust. Their job will be travel ahead of your retinue, scouting cities you visit for potential threats, more dragon sightings, more leads on dragon poison, and even if lucky opportunity to expand your network of spies.

Don't forget to stock yourself with adequate gear and provisions for the journey.

>>707242
Large Expansions:
* Expanded Treasure Chamber: Nah. Expect to spend large quantities of gold on a regular basis. You'll only want this if you find a powerful dragon who will settle for a huge pile of gold, and even then they can defend most of the hoard out in the open on their own.
* Inn/Coffee House: Really depends on how many people you intend to invite to your base. Even if their potential is high, you don't want that room to go unused during periods of war.
* Arcane Library: Technology is your greatest asset. You will want to train scholars to do research for you.
* Training Hall: Get this first! Your roster of soldiers is pathetic, you will need a small army to handle non-dragons, and training them from the ground up will help foster company loyalty.
* Alchemy Laboratory: When you get Shirnight and her sister back, you'll want this for all the dragon shavings you collect. Not exactly prevalent at the moment.
* Mythical Studies: Might be a good idea, but you'll want to pursue tech and alchemy trees first. You aren't exactly a mage-oriented company yet.
* Embassy: No. Not here, not now. You do not have enough assets to support your diplomacy.
Small Expansions:
* Shrine: I... don't think any deities will smile upon you. To say the least about your penchant for making friends of the orphans you made.
* Office: You'll need this, but not yet; your company is too small for this to make a profit. Try to position this in a center position, make it easy to find.
* Torture Chamber: You have no prisoners. Don't get this until your jail cell is crowding.
* Jail: You have NO prisoners. Wait until you get too many to look after yourself.
* Gym: This might be useful, but for now the Training hall will suffice.
* Animal Pen: This is a good one. Ranching your own eggs and meat will be good for self-sustainment during the winter. Plus, animals are good for stress relief!
* Quarters: Sturdy beds are always good for morale. There should be enough to fit your current squad.

So my opinion is Training Hall, Arcane Library, Animal Pen, and Quarters.

I agree that we need alchemy and arcane labs, and a training room for guards, but I think all these things will require recruits so I think a small external coffee house/inn would be a good.

A small treasure room is needed as well, as we can't very well carry the excess of wealth you've obtained already, let alone the rare materials you've collected. Make it well hidden, so that acolytes and new initiates dont get any ideas.

Chocomaca 2016/03/06(Sun)12:07 No. 707553 ID: b2e8b1
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I know some things about our agents.

Yasmin is an Ancient One. She’s proficient in foreign cultures and people. She originates from the Great Eastern Sands, or underneath them. She can defend herself too, but only uses blunt weapons to knock out enemies.

Ramon is an assassin from Kunk Noll. Unfit for royal games, he’s been raised in the way of His Shadow. Ramon is a womanly man, usually quite easy to get along with, but he isn’t assertive.

Enduil, a hari, teaches the way of His Shadow. Weird, but greatly intelligent, Enduil doesn’t fit among other haris. His patience, perception and attention make him an exceptional hari, but he’s so annoying.

Chocomaca 2016/03/07(Mon)12:37 No. 707713 ID: b2e8b1
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I chose Yasmin to be my trustworthy agent, scout and advisor on my travels. Do I trust her? Yes. She is a good being from heart, everyone likes her.

Chocomaca 2016/03/07(Mon)12:37 No. 707714 ID: b2e8b1
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What comes to the ohters, I chose Zenix to be the quartermaster and bowcrafter. I chose Luxaria to work as my right hand and Scylla for assistance in unrequiring tasks.

Before I leave I consult the mining and construction bureau and they give me a deal to excavate premises for a new tavern and coffee house in the nearby tunnels.

The construction bureau also agrees to expand the Dragon Marked premises so that a single large room will house an arcane and alchemy lab, a second large room will house training space for martial practices and new quarters will be expanded to house many new members in the future.

I guess its time to begin your great adventure then

Chocomaca 2016/03/16(Wed)13:00 No. 709715 ID: b2e8b1
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I'm only returning from House of Serpents in one of Kunk Noll's Upper Districts with mild inebriation from honor servings. These invitations have been raining to me after people started to discover I relieved the realm from a threat of a dragon and brought great wealth to the city.

"Slayer... Slayer..." A cloaked man mutters.
"Slayer..."
"Sleeps with serpents..."
"You will taste their poison BITCH!" He pulls out a dagger.

You're very lightly armed, as often. You only have a long court ladies' disabling needle you don't know how to use very well yet. It's used to cause disabling pain by connecting it to an important nerve, if neccessary. Assessing the situation with senses you seem to have a clear athletic advantage over the shady figure in the side alley. Other people nearby don't seem to notice the situation develop.

Chocomaca 2016/03/16(Wed)13:14 No. 709719 ID: b2e8b1
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The trip starts tomorrow...

>>709715
Weird mix of insults. Is he upset we killed a dragon or tried to ally with one? (Our seduction attempt went pretty badly south after we killed her mother, it's not like we even did any sleeping!).

>Assessing the situation with senses you seem to have a clear athletic advantage over the shady figure in the side alley.
Just try to disable or disarm them with hand to hand. You don't even need a weapon to make him lose his grip, or put him on the ground, or get him in a hold.

Also maybe he'll give up some information if he's not dead.

Dont want to get poisoned yourself so be careful to stay out of his reach. If you see an opportunity grab his weapon arm and twist it till it's behind his back.

If he turns out faster and is just feigning weakness a retreat to your cult would be wise. If you do get the upper hand some questioning is in order.

Stun him using anything in the room. Nonlethal takedown if possible!

Chocomaca 2016/04/14(Thu)11:05 No. 716494 ID: b2e8b1
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The assailant lies unconscious at my feet

Chocomaca 2016/04/14(Thu)11:05 No. 716495 ID: b2e8b1
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It's wearing a mask and it isn't human...

Kick the knife away and tie him up. Have at least three guards on him at all times.

>>716495
Have you even heard of non-human or non-dragon people?

>>716516
Taking your assailant prisoner seems reasonable. You can interrogate him later, find out why you were attacked, who he works for (if anyone), and what he is.

Is he a half lizard? I hope he's not half-dragon or anything like that (is such a think even possible).

Still, it sounds like he knows you pledged to Shirnight before your betrayal, we certainly need to find out who sent him before we leave. I wonder if Shafan is capable of torture?

Chocomaca 2016/04/19(Tue)06:47 No. 717834 ID: b2e8b1
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I kick the poison dagger very carefully out of his reach and start wrapping his limbs in cloth ropes that I create from my black silk robe. Expensive, this lizard should speak the shit out of his mouth. I don't like the thought of torturing it though, and even less do I want to know about a whole organisation hunting me down at this very moment...

>>716516
I assign 3 guards that have a stomach for gold. If the lizard escapes them he deserves freedom.

>>716540
Yes,
I've heard the tales from Yasmin about her race, the Ancient Ones. They are some sort of sauroids, evil and twisted from their minds, she explains. They live underneath a large death thirsty desert far in the East. Making it sound strange now, it's exactly the direction where Shirnight has flown.

>>716845
You don't really know about these sauroids and their ideas. They've been around since forever, maybe they really have found a way to interbreed their race with dragons - another species that has been around since the World Reckoning.

Now that this is out of the way I can concentrate on personal preparations. Strangely enough, I'm starting to feel like I'm in a game of poisoning.

Chocomaca 2016/04/19(Tue)08:39 No. 717846 ID: b2e8b1
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Martial Preparations for the journey involve equipment and alignment: Will Shafan concentrate her efforts on defending the party in case of an ambush or a self-initiated combat? Will nightly practice sessions involve a broad approach to possible violent actions, or will there be a special tactic to be learned?

Social Preparations, will Shafan readily fall into intimidation or bribery, or will she be more seducive and subtle in social confrontations. What items, such as gifts or religious idols will she carry?

How much gold and personal luxury should Shafan bring with her? Comfort and Recreation purposes are important for a human to maintain a productive mindset.

What kind of mount will Shafan personally ride? Mount is a powerful symbol of status.

Martially, work to obtain general proficiency in combat, as that will be required to pull of any special maneuvers anyway. Shirnight likely has a dragon cult, and at some point you'll need to plan a special attack against them but for now just concentrate on becoming proficient in combat.

Socially you should be flexible. Use Seduction or guile as a default, as we don't want to make enemies unless it's necessary, but don't be afraid to bribe or intimidate, particularly with those for whom an amicable relationship is not possible.

With regards to wealth and luxury, I assume this trip is going to involve a lot of spending, so we should be traveling in a caravan, as we'll need one to carry the gold anyway. In fact, it might be appropriate to hire a merchant and treat this as a trading mission, as it will allow you to travel with less scrutiny, and maybe offset the I'm sure significant costs of this journey and mission.

With regards to actual luxuries, be free with fine food and drink for this trip, and reward yourself and your subordinates as you want. Your cult has grown in power manyfold thanks to your recent victory (or perhaps failure, I'm not sure what you consider it), and it would be inappropriate not to celebrate it as your new status allows.

Chocomaca 2016/04/25(Mon)09:09 No. 719006 ID: b2e8b1
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>>717864

Luxaria goes through the inventory and cargo manifest with a pleased facial expression in her stout manner.

"I approve. Fine food and drinks for three months travel! I see that you decided to take 0.3 million dinars in gold, which is the value of the goods and wages of the actual cáravan."

"As to what comes to the merchant's role, we have two bad options. No MAN would go that far east."

Chocomaca 2016/04/26(Tue)02:59 No. 719275 ID: b2e8b1
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With help from Yasmin we hire a second ancient to our caravan. We should be well represented if we happen to meet the legendary underground habitants of the Rusting Waste.

"I hope he doesn't trick us in someway. How should we keep the lizard in check?" Luxaria wonders.

Remotely Detonated Shaped Charge to the neck. Duh.

Make sure you screw it in the back of his neck, don't use an explosive collar or someone might try to help him.

Chocomaca 2016/04/26(Tue)11:10 No. 719303 ID: b2e8b1
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>>719299

>>719299
>>719303
Well that's one way to enforce loyalty, I guess.

Chocomaca 2016/06/18(Sat)11:08 No. 730468 ID: b2e8b1
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A Second Lapse has been positioned in the astral. There is an option to open the next page in Dark Universe, before time there becomes forgotten, dark and full of terrors.