4/4 Noce Richard 2011/06/17(Fri)23:05 No. 314453 ID: 8a1253
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"Well, in that case it can't be helped.

>Negotiations successful!

>Encyclopedia: Centaur
*Haughty creatures.
*Natural-born hunters.
*Social behaviors vary on area, much like humans.
*Do not like being ridden like animals.
*Born with an instinctive need to nurture pure creatures. In extension, holds strong dislike for the impure.

>>314453
Explain to him your heroic Journey, and how you need to get through the mountains!

STOP STUTTERING. WHO THE HELL STUTTERS ANYWAY. You want to be a big man and go out on adventures and stuff like that?! You've said you've read the books, right?! Well then you need to be A HERO. And if you've read the books, you know how a hero is and how a hero acts and what a hero does. DO THAT. STUTTERING IS NOT PART OF THAT.

(Also 95% of these voices are impure as fuck, so this centaur may decide to selectively detest us)

Now is the time. Ask if you can ride him.

>>314459
no.

anyway, explain your quest.

>>314453
Introduce yourself, N.R., and then ask for his name, and try to be polite as possible. It would also be nice to not scare him off with talk about being infused with a blessed spring because, you know, it sounds crazy.

>>314453
I don't like that nose bleed.

>>314453

Yeah, kinda saw that coming after >>314247 for whatever reason.

Ask him how you should safely move through the territory.

Holy crap, that pure trait is more useful than I thought.

>>314453
If you wanna KEEP that pure trait, I'd recommend caution around that centaur....

Noce Richard 2011/06/27(Mon)00:15 No. 318294 ID: 8a1253
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>Inform him of your noble quest.
>Have him guide you.

"What are you doing on the mountain, anyway?"
"I wanna be a hero! But I can't hero in the south."
"Touching."

He doesn't ask me why I didn't take the caravan trail, because it would be a very silly thing to ask! I would be mugged and stripped naked. It has happened 3 whole times since I first left off and I am not sure if I can keep my fur coat the fourth time. Or even be able to buy my clothes back!

"Why is it you're so fixated on heroism? It certainly doesn't fit your..."
"Well that's why. Cyclops are big bad raiders and stuff to people, so I thought if I was a hero they could be big bad raiders and normal people and heroic people just like everyone else!"

2/2 Noce Richard 2011/06/27(Mon)00:15 No. 318295 ID: 8a1253
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"...How noble."

>>318295
Ask if he wants to be a hero too! You can always use more heroes to help you.

yeah, invite him to the party. I'm sure he won't try to molest you or anything.

Explain to him matter-of-factly that you know, or at least you're pretty sure, that you're a good and decent person, and that shows that cyclops can be good and decent people. Which means that the preconception that they're otherwise is wrong, and that 'heroics' is simply a manner of which to advertise the truth to people who are currently operating under misinformation.

>>318299
Yes!

:3

you may as well ask what's up with the special spring. cause we forget everything if we aren't talking to someone so he may tell you what blessings we can actually do.

Ask if there are anywhere you might be able to do some heroic deeds, or at the very least do some hard, somewhat rewarding work so you can build some muscle to help you perform bigger, more heroic acts (and hopefully keep from being mugged again).

Ask why he keeps bleeding whenever you talk. Put on your most innocent trollface.

>>318380
Yeah, ask if he needs any medical help. You want to make sure that your new friend is ok!

1/3 Noce Richard 2011/07/06(Wed)19:05 No. 322599 ID: 633ab8
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>Invite Centaur to party

"Do you want to join me?"

2/3 Noce Richard 2011/07/06(Wed)19:06 No. 322600 ID: 633ab8
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"Unfortunately not."

>Invitation failed!

"I have responsibilities in town here, and it would be silly to drop anything for a cyclops. I haven't even reached adulthood yet--"

3/3 Noce Richard 2011/07/06(Wed)19:06 No. 322601 ID: 633ab8
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"--Your face is filthy -- so I wouldn't be able to leave even if I wanted to. Which I don't."

He reminds me of my grandmama.

>>322601
"R-really?" Puppy dog eyes, go!

Puppy dog EYE, but the principle remains the same.

>>322620
you mean puppy dog EYE. but yes, it seems cute is this person's weakness.

>>322620
>Puppy dog eyes, go!
>eyes
...
:I

>>322623
Yeah, that joke was just TOO obvious.

Hey now, he said he has responsibilities. It'd be rude to bug him about this.

But y'know, an escort to where you're going probably wouldn't take too long. You can ask for that.

No, it's best that you respect his wishes. Tell him that you understand that he has responsibilities, and you know that since you're trying to be the protagonist of a heroic story it's best you go alone anyway. It's okay that you don't know the area, aren't aware of the dangers of the world, and aren't exactly well equipped to defend yourself... You're sure you'll be okay

Ask him if he has any advice about the area! A good hero is always prepared. And you have not been a hero for very long, so every little bit helps!

>>322623
>:I
I think you mean
0I

Noce Richard 2011/07/07(Thu)16:12 No. 323073 ID: 633ab8
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>Respect his wishes.
>Let him guide you.
>Enquire about the area.

The waterbasin leads off a nice path of squishy soft dirt.

"What's around here?"
"The mountain belongs to the centaurs. The town is built into flatten ridges in the mountain."
"Oooh."
"Northeast is a tiny valley, and straight north is the ocean."
"Ocean?"
"This is a lower island on a sizable archipelago. There's the mainland island right above us, and much smaller islands to the west. You should get a map of the land."
"Is the mainland island flying?"
"..."

let's visit town. maybe they haave maps, and use for an adventurer?

>>323073

Never seen a map, kid? It's like a drawing looking down on the entire region. Your centaur buddy there is describing the region as if he were looking at a map (he's probably imagining one he's seen before).

>>323073
Offer to help him with his task. It's the kind of stuff a wandering hero would do.

Politely ask if you might be allowed into the centaur town for at least a little while

1/4 Noce Richard 2011/07/08(Fri)02:58 No. 323466 ID: 633ab8
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>>323100
Ooohhh I get it! It's like a picture of the land from where a bird would be looking down, right? That makes the land sideways and then it would be up!

Maps are so neat!!

"Are we going to go South?"

2/4 Noce Richard 2011/07/08(Fri)02:58 No. 323467 ID: 633ab8
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"...Do you even know what the word 'south' means?"

4/4 Noce Richard 2011/07/08(Fri)02:59 No. 323469 ID: 633ab8
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"No."

Tell him that it's a direction, like "up" or "sideways"

South is rightward when you face into the rising sun. The rising sun is east, the setting sun is west. The left when you face the rising sun is north. People say out west, up north, down south, and back east. That's what he meant when he said "above", he meant it's to the north. When something is halfway between being one direction and another, you just stick the words together. So northeast just means it's halfway between being north and being east.

>>323469
...Where were you raised?

>>323469
South is the opposite of North, almost everyone knows that.

>>323469

Just let him explain to you.

>>323476

Cyclops tribe, duh. They're not the most lettered of people.

1/4 Noce Richard 2011/07/15(Fri)21:28 No. 326726 ID: 633ab8
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???????????????

2/4 Noce Richard 2011/07/15(Fri)21:29 No. 326727 ID: 633ab8
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"Well if it isn't the autumn colt?"

OH NOOO

3/4 Noce Richard 2011/07/15(Fri)21:29 No. 326728 ID: 633ab8
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"I feel immediately threatened by your very existence."
"No need, Autumn. I do wonder what you're doing out here. I thought you didn't like the hunt?"
"Enjoying my spare time while armed. I myself wonder what you're doing out here, without any kind of tool. I thought you did like the hunt."
"We already brought in our load."
"Of course."

4/4 Noce Richard 2011/07/15(Fri)21:30 No. 326729 ID: 633ab8
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"I'm assuming you're going to the baths, then?"
"Yes. Is that where you were coming from, then?"
"Yes. All questions answered. You and Night may continue as usual."
"...Hold on a second."

What do I do????

stay hidden until they pass by.

Peek out shyly. You're being escorted, and I think they know you're there, so this shouldn't be a problem.

Poke your head out and happily ask "What are we hunting?!"

>>326729
Ride the man. As a centaur, he likely cannot reach his own back. He will be helpless.

>>326799

He won't like that, don't do that.

Ask who the new people are.

Do you recognize the voice of the other centaur? Maybe you should get down and hide in the underbrush until they're done talking. Don't cause any trouble. You probably want to ask Autumn Colt some questions on how to act in front of other centaurs afterwards.

Like maybe you can get a mountain guest pass or something.

>>326738
Do this. After all you're not doing anything wrong. Just play up your innocence a bit and you should be fine.

inspect centaur tits.

>>326849
Do not inspect centaur tits.
If they havent seen you yet, get out of sight.

Stay put and attempt to inspect centaur tits while remaining unseen.

ADVENTURE CANCELED: INTERRUPTED BY PUBERTY

>>326849

They're just breasts, every mother and wet nurse in the cyclops tribe would have had their breasts out to feed the babies.

It's no big deal.

It aint polite to stare.

1/6 Noce Richard 2011/08/01(Mon)22:50 No. 335286 ID: 37c25a
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Should I come out or not? I don't think they know I'm here, and usually when I appear I put the person I'm with in big trouble, and the centaur has been so nice to me so far so it feels rude to just...

"You've been active lately, have you not? Autumn Colt."
"I find you're very insistant on wearing out that subname until the following year. How is that assumption?"
"Accurate. You're very perceptive."

2/6 Noce Richard 2011/08/01(Mon)22:50 No. 335288 ID: 37c25a
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"Is there a point to this inquiry? I need to return immediately."
"Oh, you say this, but you are so far from the village. What is the point you need to return to?"
"That is my own business."
"Very well. I have found an observation that is unrelated. Your legwork with a spear is very clumsy."
"And you're fat. We all have our vices."
"Cute. But you need fat in order to build strength. No, I was thinking of something else...Your legwork seems..."

3/6 Noce Richard 2011/08/01(Mon)22:50 No. 335289 ID: 37c25a
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"...Human."

4/6 Noce Richard 2011/08/01(Mon)22:51 No. 335291 ID: 37c25a
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Uh oh! He's right by the edge now!

5/6 Noce Richard 2011/08/01(Mon)22:51 No. 335292 ID: 37c25a
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"To speak to me with such ill words to my face, you pathetic ridden pack animal! How dare you?!"
"Very cute. Quite the defense there."
"Leave! Now!"
"Come now, it was just a joke, little Colt..."

6/6 Noce Richard 2011/08/01(Mon)22:51 No. 335294 ID: 37c25a
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What shoud I doooooooooooo?

He sounds like he's going to bug him more and not leave, but if he can handle it I'd rather stay hidden or he might get in trouble...

this guy is a douche. talking to him would be more trouble than its worth, remain hidden.

Maybe sneak around behind him and put a hand on his leg. That might remind him to calm down without you having to show yourself.

>>335294
Let them have their little fight. This one might be important too Autumn so it's best to let him be.

>>335298
what?! no,never sneak up on something with horse legs, he could get started and kick you to death.
i say pop out and go RAR!

>>335294
Remain hidden, if one of the others notices you and calls you out just claim to have been passing through without knowledge of the exact boundries of their territory when the three passed by and you hid out of fear, and try not to get your friend there in trouble unless he insists he knows you.

>>335294
You're a hero, aren't you? Sneak around and jump on that black centaur's back!

Their relationship is something that's been between them for quite a time, so it's not as if this is something new. This might be a new line the one has crossed, but all in all it's not your business to butt in. You might, however, wish to keep low and move around so that if your friend runs off you'll be in front of him.

1/5 Noce Richard 2011/08/09(Tue)16:08 No. 338325 ID: 37c25a
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>stay hidden

I'm too scared to know what happens next.

2/5 Noce Richard 2011/08/09(Tue)16:09 No. 338326 ID: 37c25a
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...

3/5 Noce Richard 2011/08/09(Tue)16:09 No. 338327 ID: 37c25a
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...?

5/5 Noce Richard 2011/08/09(Tue)16:10 No. 338329 ID: 37c25a
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"...Hurry up. I want you off this mountain by nightfall."

he got punched! give him a hug and say you are sorry he got hurt for you.

Tell him that you are sorry that he has to endure such abuse, and that you too are something of an outcast, but you're certain that he'll grow stronger because of it and surely find his place in the, uh, herd.

>>338329
Hug him and say that you're sorry.

1/5 Noce Richard 2011/08/09(Tue)18:01 No. 338398 ID: 37c25a
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>comfort and apologize

"I'm sorry I made you take me past here. I feel like a big pile trouble. I'm always a big pile of trouble."

He stretches his arm and plants his spear.

"I'm trying my best to be a big help, but all I'm doing is bothering people, no matter what."

2/5 Noce Richard 2011/08/09(Tue)18:01 No. 338399 ID: 37c25a
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"But I think, even if you're a big trouble, if you can help people too, that's alright. Even if you don't fit in, if you really try to make people's lives easier, you'll be liked. So even if someone calls you something you hate and treats you badly, if you prove to them you can make their lives nice, then they'll be nice back. Because that's nice. You always have to think of other people's happiness, because if you just try to make yourself happy you'll just make everyone dislike you."

3/5 Noce Richard 2011/08/09(Tue)18:02 No. 338401 ID: 37c25a
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"...Ha. Only you can make a speech like that."


That's the first time I saw him smile.

4/5 Noce Richard 2011/08/09(Tue)18:02 No. 338402 ID: 37c25a
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"So. Why did you become a 'hero', exactly?"

5/5 Noce Richard 2011/08/09(Tue)18:02 No. 338403 ID: 37c25a
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"Oh, uhmmm...Well, when I lived with grandmama, she read me a lot of stories of heroes. And instead of fighting evil cyclops and stuff, they fought dragons and witches and wizards and demons. When they saved the kingdom or a village from the bad guys, everyone loved them and gave them gifts. So I thought if I was a hero, they'd at least appreciate me...Stop laughing!"

Well I'm guessing he'll want to part ways, so make sure to thank him for his help and express your highest hopes for things going better for him back with his herd.

>>338403
We will just have to make sure you are the bestest hero and get all the gifts, Noce. All of them.

Okay, so, just make sure that that lantern lit path you're going down isn't human territory. Now would be a terrible time for bandits.

1/6 Noce Richard 2011/08/09(Tue)23:45 No. 338551 ID: 37c25a
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>Thank him and part.

"Thank you for everything. I'm really sorry for being such a bother."
"I don't remember saying anything of the sort."
"Even so."

2/6 Noce Richard 2011/08/09(Tue)23:46 No. 338552 ID: 37c25a
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"Are you sure you don't want to camp in the woods until sunrise?"
"No. I'd rather travel by night, when everyone is either asleep or can't see me in the lighting."
"What about the lamps?"
"I'll go around them!"

3/6 Noce Richard 2011/08/09(Tue)23:46 No. 338553 ID: 37c25a
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"Well. Rest if you're tired. Goodbye."

He's the first person to be nice to me.

4/6 Noce Richard 2011/08/09(Tue)23:46 No. 338554 ID: 37c25a
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But I don't feel lonely.

5/6 Noce Richard 2011/08/09(Tue)23:47 No. 338555 ID: 37c25a
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Not anymore.

"I will. See you!"

>>338559
>.gif
ooo animation

But you are alone. So alone. Poor lil guy.

>>338559
1920's. Classiest fashion sense ever.