Ask her what cool shit she's been up to lately, or awhile ago. Or in the foreseeable future.

>>192971
>"Eh, sure, why not? I've met more annoying things in these woods."
Wait... she thinks you're annoying? Damn, maybe it'll take a while for her to get used to you...

Joshua Eceart 2010/07/03(Sat)12:24 No. 202692 ID: 10c20a
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We arrive at the village. The gate keeper seems reluctant to let me in, but Shyen vouches for me and we proceed.

>>192987
The tavern is commonly a gathering place where people discuss daring do's that need doing, right? I put forth that we try there. As Shyen guides me along the way, I decide to ask her of her previous exploits.

"Wel,, I haven't done a whole lot of what you'd call "adventurous." Mostly hunting, scared off some Daragon that were snooping around, that sort of stuff."

We arrive at the tavern. We walk in and take up seats at the bar. The barkeep looks down at me, then back to Shyen.

"Pet's gotta be tied up outside, Shyen, you know that."

> "Pet's gotta be tied up outside, Shyen, you know that."

Shit's getting kinky, yo.

"What if she put me on a leash?"

Wait couldn't you just form around it

'are you calling me an animal? i may not be from around here but i am an intelligent being.'

Confidently introduce yourself and assert your independent status.

>>202692
Politely introduce yourself and let him know that you're no pet, but Shyen's newest acquaintance .

Joshua Eceart 2010/07/03(Sat)14:11 No. 202733 ID: 10c20a
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"I assure, my good drink monger, I am no pet. My name is Joshua Eceart. I am the lovely Shyen's new acquaintance."

"Well whaddaya know. It can talk! Das' a pretty good trick. What is it I kin do fer you an yer 'lovely' acquaintance?"

"Nice trick? Haha! My good fellow, let me show you a real razzle dazzle!"

HARMONICA.

>>202737
YEAH!! Blow him away with an amazing HARMONICA SOLO!!
That should impress Shyen too!

ask if he has heard any rumors in his time as the proprietor of this establishment, you are looking for adventure.

Best not to play your harmonica now. It would annoy people to randomly start playing in a bar.

He seems to think you as a lesser being, you'll probably get that allot being a slime. Ignore this for now, let your actions and bravery in your quests and day to day life prove that you are to be respected.

Tell him that you have set out on adventure and if he is aware of any rumors, enemies, problems or anything that need dealing with.

Use a vuvuzela instead.

Joshua Eceart 2010/07/03(Sat)17:45 No. 202786 ID: 10c20a
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Playing my Harmonica in a crowded bar may not be welcome... these patrons do not seem to be in particularly good moods at this moment...

I ask the barkeep if he knows of any problems or rumors around these parts.

"Oh, yeah, I heard plenty'a stories from da people comin and goin tru here. Most'a it's complete bullshit. All I been hearin' lately's been people bitchin' bout dem Ceretar soldiers dat been botherin' everyone lately."

then solving the ceretar problem sounds like a noble start, you shall use your grand skills at diplomacy and harmonica to convince them to leave.

Bothering people how, exactly?

Find out more about the Ceretar soldiers. Stuff like who they are, what they're doing and where they come from.

What's a Ceretar?

Joshua Eceart 2010/07/03(Sat)19:41 No. 202850 ID: 10c20a
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>>202795
"Um... what exactly is a Ceretar, and how ferocious are we talking about?"

"... Dey're people. Humans. From da kingdom of Ceretar, where we're at. You don't get around much do ya gooball?"

"Not yet, no, but I do aim to rectify that."

"What have they been doing?" Shyen asks.

"Dey've been goin aroun' squakin something about conscriptin' people ta fight in some war dey're havin wit da Daragon. Dey say since we had dat daragon round here dat dis town's 'tactically important' or some nonsense. Dey're pretty hard to miss, one of em's got one o' those, whaddaya call em, Dullahans o' somethin' big ass metal guys, he does most o' the preassurin'. The other two humans should be with him."

"So, why not expunge them for trying to boss you around? Are they too dangerous?"

What's a Daragon?

'i'm guessing you can't expel them for diplomatic reasons. but as i am not tied down by diplomacy i could try my hand at it."

Joshua Eceart 2010/07/03(Sat)21:55 No. 202916 ID: 10c20a
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>>202862
"Forgive my ignorance, but what is a 'Daragon'?"

"Daragon's what da humans call dem 'little' tan lizard fellas with the purple shells on der backs n' heads, live up in da mountains."

>>202860
"Can you not simply expell the humans from your town? One would think such a task wouldn't be to dangerous for citizens of your stature."

"Aw, naw, it'd be reeeeal easy-like ta take em out, just wait till dey go ta sleep and power down their damn metal man, then chuck em over da fence. Problem with dat bein' dat'd cause one o' dem, whaddaya call it, 'international incidents' or what have you."

"So you cannot expunge them for diplomatic reasons... Well, I am not of your town, and therefor hold no diplomatic tie to you or your fellows here. Perhaps I could persuade the soldiers to vacate of their own accord?"

"You spect dem soldiers ta listen to a SLIME? HAW! That'd be hilarious!" He jabs one of his elbows into the bar. "Tell you what kid. You 'convince' dem soldiers ta leave, and I'll give ya one o' my favorite weapons, just cause I don't see dat happenin' any time in da near future. HAW!"

oh ho. that sounds like a perfect first quest, and it net's you a weapon. i can't think of anything better. tell him 'you're on.' and go find the humans.

Hm, sounds like a challenge! Wonder if Shyen would like to come with?

>>202918
can't hurt to ask if she would like to watch us work.

>>202919
I don't know. If she comes you might not get the credit for doing it. Plus if we end up having to get rid of them or something they might blame the monster-kin if the find her tracks or something.
It depends on how we want to convince them.

>>202916

"I'll take that bet."

>>202920
point it.

>>202916
Well then lets get cracking. We shall charm them with the beauty of our music and the righteousness of our arguments.

Next we need to figure out what the humans would want to make them leave, aside from people actually signing up for their thingy. Maybe we can just try talking all anti-war at them and point out nobody's going to join so they'd be better off trying another place.

If all else fails, we can just annoy them until they go away or try to kill us, which means breaking the peace.

Joshua Eceart 2010/07/05(Mon)20:25 No. 203881 ID: 10c20a
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"You, my good fellow, have a deal!"

I turn quickly, so my cape does that little flourish thing that always looks so dramatic and cool just for effect, and exit the establishment. Shyen exits shortly after me.

"You really think they're gonna listen to someone like you? I mean... they wouldn't listen to people like US."

"Have faith, my dear, I know exactly what I am doing." I reassure. What the hell am I doing? We find the human soldiers the barkeep informed us of, it isn't hard, their giant metal man, I believe he called it a "dullahan" or something, stands out quite a bit. One of the humans seems to be standing behind the construct, giving it orders. There is another in front of it, seemingly helping to guide it as it navigates between the buildings.

"Ahem...
crap... how should I go about this?

Flail around wildly while angrily screaming incoherent obscenities. That's the universal method of greeting among humans.

>>203881
How durable are you? Think you can keep them from taking the harmonica from you? You could just annoy them by playing a song and never stopping. Heck you could play one note. FOREVER.

If they wouldn't have any trouble killing you (or at least, taking away the harmonica) then let's try just talking to them. Ask them what they're trying to accomplish here; it seems obvious that nobody here wants to join their army.

"greetings human soldier, i have seen you great machine and was wondering if i could get a closer look at it? if they let you then wrap yourself around the dullahan's leg and melt it with acid, drop your clothes so they don't melt too. without it they will be significantly weaker and have no real thing to push people around with. this is of course assuming most weapons do little to you as you are a slime.

>>203881
Are you any good at lying/bluffing?
You could simply tell them that there are a great number of Daragon gathering in <direction/location away from town>.

But you might want to talk with them a bit and get them to mention the reason why they're here (which should mention the Daragon,) so it doesn't look like you came up to meet them with an ulterior motive.

>>203912
This could be the most reasonable thing to do. You seem to have a way with words, so maybe some bluffing might help you out here.

>>203881
Ask them if they wouldn't want some entertainment for the evening. Pull out your harmonica to give them a taste of what you have to offer.

>>203892
>Heck you could play one note. FOREVER.
B Flat, 127 decibels
BZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ

Lets make a note of that and set it aside for later use. Might be useful, but not in the present situation.

>>203881
Lets use our formidable bardic charisma to chat him up for a bit. Then we steer the conversation towards what he's doing here, so we can figure out how to get them to leave peacefully.

"Bah weep grah nah weep nini bong."


It's the universal greeting, you know.

>>204111
I see what you did there

Joshua Eceart 2010/08/12(Thu)14:40 No. 217804 ID: 10c20a
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>>204109
Yes, perhaps chatting them up would be the best course of action. Break the ice, as it were, then strike with a most beguiling example of word wizardry the likes of which his human mind has never seen!

"Ahem"

"Hmm? What's this now? A slime? What's one o' you doin in a town like this?"

"Traveling, my good fellow"

"Well, how kin I help you two citizens?"

>>217804
Sing them the song of your people!

Well except that your lady friend is going to be singing and you're going to accompany her on the harmonica.

Anyway, ask him to listen to you and evaluate your chances of making it big time with your act.

Tell them that you heard they were having trouble with the Daragon and you want to know exactly what the problem is. You're a class A problem solver, after all.

>>217805
Are you looking at that construct and thinking drummer? Because I'm looking at that construct and thinking drummer.

Anyway, >>217839 for now.

>>217839
Basically this.

Joshua Eceart 2010/11/11(Thu)13:39 No. 255305 ID: 10c20a
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>>217839
"I hear tale that you've been having some issues with the Daragon? I was curious if I may be of some service, as I have am reputed as a class A problem solver."

"You? Well, as I'm sure you both know, we're at war. There've been sightings of Daragon scouts in this here vicinity and we were dispatched to the area. We tracked some o' there movements to this town. Unless you kin route the creatures outta the mountains yourself, or convince some of these Beast-kin here," he grasps his visor and nods to Shyen, "to join us, I doubt you can provide much help, unless you got some other idea."

Ask if we can point out where they might be in the mountains. We need to go talk with them and see if we can't solve the problem with our problem solving skills that are extremely well-honed to solve problems.

Say "I'm sure that some of the monsterkin would be glad to help you all if it meant you leaving their town sooner. They don't like you guys hanging around, you see."

Joshua Eceart 2010/11/11(Thu)15:06 No. 255339 ID: 10c20a
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>>255314
"I'm sure we'd be more than happy to help you if you'd get the hell out of our town." Shyen puts forth.

"We apologize for the inconvenience ma'am, but until we find out more about why the Daragon are snooping around these parts, for your own safety, our orders are to hold this town. Military occupation is rarely an enjoyable situation, I know, but we please ask you to bare with us."

>>255307
"Perhaps you could point us in the direction these Daragon are supposedly squatting? Mayhaps I could even solve this problem in a peaceful manner, I have quite a way with words, if I do say so myself... which I do."

"You offering to go by yourself? If that's what you're wanting, we're running off the assumption that they've been working out of the mountains to the North East of here." He gestures with his hand.

>>255339
"Well, alright then."

Turn to Shyen and ask her if she thinks others would be interested in joining the hunt or if we're going to have to do this alone.

>>255339
If there's no other information he can give us, then I guess we'd better head on out there if we can't get anyone else to come with us first.

Let's go to the mountains to see what they have to say about stuff and things. They're neutral with the beast people, right?

Joshua Eceart 2010/11/11(Thu)17:47 No. 255392 ID: 10c20a
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>>255355
"Well, alright then. Shyen, do you think any of your neighbors would be interested in joining us in our excursion?"

"I kinda doubt it, otherwise I'm sure these guys wouldn't be having so much trouble getting people to help them."

>>255362
As we turn to leave in the direction the soldier indicated, he stops us.

"One more thing, if you're really going to try and go talk to those monsters. We've found butchered corpses scattered about the forest. Don't know if it's them or what, but be careful, and stay alert. We'll be here awaiting any news upon your return."

>>255392
Off we go, then?

>>255392

Since you're a slime, you can't suffer stab or arrow wounds, can you?

>>255392
Go forth and talk the shit out of those Daragons.

Try not to be hacked up.

Let's carefully awawy

Joshua Eceart 2010/11/11(Thu)18:44 No. 255416 ID: 10c20a
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>>255395
I've... never been stabbed or shot before... I hear it's awful, being immune to that sort of thing would be super keen!

>>255394
>>255396
>>255399
We head off to the North East. As we enter the forest, night begins to fall. It grows dark the further in we get, the tree canopy working to block out the moon's light. I hear voices coming from some nearby foliage.

gentlemanly check it out first.

>>I hear it's awful, being immune to that sort of thing would be super keen!

For your sake, I sure hope so.

>>255416
Alright, let's see if you can't sneak up on these guys or something.

See if you can sneak up and identify species or make out what they're saying.

Mention to your companion "We're being watched."

Joshua Eceart 2010/11/11(Thu)19:35 No. 255441 ID: 10c20a
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>>255417
"What the hell language is that?" Shyen asks.

"Allow me to investigate m'lady."
It appears they're speaking in... Elvish... Ancient Elvish... peculiar... luckily that is one of the many languages I am versed in.

"That one put up a lot more of a fight than I expected..." the voice chomps down on some manner of meat, [i]"It got actually got Friend Shetelner."

"Hurry and eat, and stow the rest. We need to be at the rendevouz shortly, the beast-kin will be sleeping soon."

Eh?

Knock them both out like this: WHA-POW.

leap out and encase one's head. and then just let acid do the rest as it both suffocates and melts.

Trying to fight them is a terrible idea. Not only will we probably lose but they're still others, so it won't do much. We need to find out what they are doing here so we can figure out how to get them to leave. Hide and follow them to their rendezvous.

>>255448
FINE, gosh.

>>255448
This sounds the most reasonable.

>>255441
>Beast-kin will be sleeping soon.
Oh boy, this is NOT GOOD. THey must be planning to attack the Beast-kin while they sleep. Somehow I don't think a diplomatic solution can be achived here. But If we act quick, we may be able to thwart any hostilities. See if you can't get Shyen to help you knock them out/capture them.

Let us sneakily sneakfollow to find out what they are up to. I don't think we can take them - they are huge and strong and bad.

I think we should go back and warn the town.

Joshua Eceart 2010/11/24(Wed)13:51 No. 259511 ID: 10c20a
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>>255443
>>255444
With violence? I've never actually been in a real fight before! I don't know if I'm up to that sort of thing on my own...

>>255448
>>255452
>>255633
>>255592
>>255645
The two of them stand up, one kicks out the fire before I can get a good look at them, and the other deposits a pile what looks like bones by the roots of a downed tree. The begin skulking off into the woods. Should I pursue them now, warn the village, or go get Shyen? I can't decide what to do!

We follow. If we can find their home base, we can plan to launch a proper attack on them later.

>>259511
If Shyen's close enough, tell her to go warn the village, then follow yourself.

If we lose the trail, too bad; it doesn't sound like there's much time before they do whatever they're planning.

>>259513
This, um... this seems like a good idea, I think.

>>259511
Follow them, and while you do acidify a trail of vegetation for for Shyen to easily follow in turn. She'll catch up soon enough I think.

Send Shyen to warn the village and check to see what they deposited.

>>259513
This.

You're a slime. Probably darn near invincible to physical attack. Shyen's not and she can move faster. Sending her back to safety with a warning while you follow them is a fantastic idea.

Joshua Eceart 2010/11/27(Sat)11:45 No. 260143 ID: 10c20a
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>>259513
>>259597
>>259770
>>259806
I retreat back to the clearing temporarily and inform Shyen of what I over heard. I ask her to return to the village and warn the human soldiers and her towns people of the impending danger. I then slink off back into the brush.

As I return to the clearing I discovered the two creatures, I briefly inspect the objects they deposited at the base of the downed tree. It appears to be a pair of odd skulls and an assortment of various bones. Most likely from two separate creatures, given the diversity in the bones' appearances, and the lack of complete skeletal anatomy. I then follow in the direction I observed the two figures skulking off in.

I take refuge behind a large tree. I can hear murmuring and whispers in the same Ancient Elvish language as before. A faint light can be seen from the other end of the thicket, I think it's emanating from the village. I peer around the tree and I see more shadowy figures, but these appear to be wearing much bulkier clothing, like armor. I can faintly hear the sharpening of blades over the sounds of the night forest. This certainly seems to bode ill.

>>260143
Well, that's kind of good. The default thing for them to prepare for given Shyen's warning would be a straight-up attack, and it sounds like a straight-up attack. Be pleased there's no magical mumbo-jumbo going on.

I'm not sure if you can actually do anything useful here. I assume being sliced into little bits is not fun even for slimes, and would ruin your fine hat anyway.

>>260143

Wait a minute... I think we've seen those skulls before!

Also, see if you can sneak in any closer.

Your clothing is way too bitchin to get ruined in battle, especially that snazzy hat. Ditch you threads somewhere and pick them up later. They might give you away or slow you down anyway.

Plus if you are discovered you can pretend to be a brainless slime... thing... or whatever. I bet they've never seen sentient goo before.

>>260143
Absorb skulls. Create time paradox.

(This slime offshoot appears to be in the past compared to what Roqan is doing. Compare >>138000 and >>259511.)

Seriously though... let's just hope that Shyen does a good job of warning people. There's probably no way you can take these guys on in a solo fight, but you might be able to help out at crucial moments and let the Monster-kin take them down.

it would really help out Shyen's people to know exactly what their up against

if you can get closer to find out more about them, that would be great but don't do it if stealth is not your thing

Joshua Eceart 2010/12/15(Wed)12:32 No. 264585 ID: 10c20a
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>>260144
I've never been sliced up before, but it certainly sounds unpleasant.

>>260360
I can't absorb the skulls, I left them back at the clearing.

>>260149
>>260256
>>260413
I stash my clothing under a nearby bush. I can sneak better when I'm naked anyway. I slip up a bit closer, enough to try and eavesdrop. They're speaking in Ancient Elvish again.

"-prepared for the signal. We only have a small window of time to strike once the Sneaks have distracted their guards."

"Their guards look oddly alert... They could be wise to our approach."

"It doesn't matter. We've scouted the village countless times. We know their defender's capabilities, their strength shall be ours come morning."

Hmm... that sounds rather ominous...

>>264585
>"We know their defender's capabilities, their strength shall be ours come morning."
Fuck, that's why they eat people! They literally believe 'you are what you eat'. You want to be strong, eat the strong. D:

Indeed, it sounds ominous. It either we need to make sure the town knows what danger they are in, or perhaps help blunt their assault. I'm not sure how you would do that through song, though. :V

>>264585
Can you like, form into a puddle and creep closer, flat as can be? Or maybe keep your brainy core bits close while sending your hearing bits out on a long, gooey tendril over closer to them along the ground, the rest of you ready to slime up the nearest tree should they discover you?

trick one into eating you, eat it from the inside.

>>264585
How about we distract them so that they miss the window they have to strike in?

>We only have a small window of time to strike once the Sneaks have distracted their guards.
It sounds like they may be reluctant to take on the guards directly. I don't think you can learn much more by sticking around here, so it may be time to book back to village.

They need to be warned about some kind of distraction so they can put up a better fight. But it also sounds like these guys are confident of winning anyway. Alert the guards that this could be a no-win scenario; the enemy is too prepared and people need to be evacuated.

Joshua Eceart 2010/12/22(Wed)20:28 No. 265968 ID: 10c20a
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>>264643
>>264684
I gather up my cloths and make haste back to the village, attempting to avoid detection from the gruesome figures.

I arrive at one of the village's side gates and they let me in. I rush through the opening as it begins to close behind me. Shyen is standing in the road with one of the humans.

"Joshua! You made it back! Some of the townsfolk have gathered up their belongings and have begun evacuating out the southern entrance to the village. The soldiers said they'd escort them back to the safety of the military stronghold a ways south until we know what we're dealing with. Mark here's prepping his Dullahan to go investigate some suspicious activity we noticed on the east side of town with me and some of the guards."

[b]"Miss Shyen! I came to warn of an impending distraction! Once the village guards are drawn away, a signal will be set to start the-"[b]

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>>265968
*B-KOOM*

And explosion rocks the village. I wonder if that could be the signal...



Riarda Legends: Chapter 2

End

HOLY CRAP!

You're hat blew off! Go get it before the wind carries it off! Oh and then cling to Shyen until the next chapter starts.

Well crap! Better grab a sword and see if you're more than just a slime.

Save the hat!