I think we all agree that we should keep the mimic, and I do too. I think she's kind of cute.

>>358229
Sharing a hole with a plague spreader as a threat. I like it.

Go ahead and haul her back to the castle regardless. She heard that the gold was going to be given away as payment. That means intentionally stealing our reward.

it's not a good idea to make threats the first thing she gets from us when she joins us. we're supposed to have loyal followers who enjoy being on our side. if they're only helping us because otherwise they're gonna be locked up with a plaguespreader, of course they'll defect to our enemies' side as soon as they can.

>>358351
Agreed, can the threats.
Take the band, take her. go back to castle... and keep her the fuck away from our gold.

Also, it is possible she is tricking the elder slime and she didn't eat it but steal it and might be willing to give it to us if we treat her nice... remember she was giving us looks when we were last here and discussed our payment in her presence.

Although that is quite the xanthos gambit so i wouldn't bet on it. Do post a guard up on treasury and make sure she isn't allowed in. Use cute pictures showing her eating gold.

>>358359
This.

Put the Silva Doll and Nyx on Guard Duty for the treasury.

we should look into a cure for her curse. considering it seems like mimics work best when working around treasure, her being cursed to eat gold probably really sucks.

Hate to say it, but I'm scared to see how having a mimic will turn out for US. With our luck, it'll mutate into a mimic with legs and murder us all in our sleep.

>>358482
curse? it's just what she does. like how a succubus fucks dudes. or an imp plays tricks.

>>358482
Wouldn't that be like curing a vampire of the need for blood? (Though we might be able to find a way to reduce or suppress the urge.)

>>358482
No.

Also, folks, I am actually able to have up to three different things that say who we are. Yay for multiple electronic devices which have the capability to connect to the internet!

>>358484
>Though she's also cursed with the intense desire to eat gold or golden objects.
Yes, it's a curse. Removing it would be a great boon.

>>358493
no, he was just being flowery. a succubus is cursed with a desire to fuck dudes.

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You pick up the golden bracelet.

"How much is this even worth?"

You hear Alalia's muffled voice.

>"That's worth a few hundred G at least."

"I'll need more than that."

>"Well to bad."

"Excuse me?"

She pops out.

>"I said I'm not giving you anymore gold! It's mine okay!?"

She's getting a bit annoying. Maybe some time with Nyx would help.

poke that pentagram bellybutton, say "beep" as you do.

>>358625
Say: "Are you familiar with the concept of investment? Investment means that if we spend gold on things now, we can use those things to acquire more gold than we spent. A hoard will not last you forever."

>>358625
Overlord, have you ever heard of electroplating? Using a very small amount of electricity you can cover an object with a film of gold. Using a small amount of gold you can create an object that appears to be of far higher value. I don't think we should counterfeit currency, but tricking a greedy mimic into trading pure gold for electroplated things...

>>358625
"Yes. You own the gold, and I own you. Do you see where this is going?
Regardless, you'd rather give me the gold anyway. I'm trying to repair my castle's defenses, and since that's where you're going to be I'm quite sure you can see the value of things that will keep people from killing you and taking all the gold."

Jesus you people are abusive masters.
... just accept that.

do
>>358359

And go farm some lower levels and actually kill and SELL THE LOOT THIS TIME so we can build a barracks.

>>358634
I agree we shouldn't threaten her, but we should at least try to explain investment to her so we can use her greed for good profit.

Ehh, we haven't fallen to outright abusing our other recruits but instead try to earn their loyalty. Even if we are manipulative about it. This one is annoying and hoarding oodles of our cash but we'll work on her, in the meantime that is enough to get the barracks up. Let's get out of here and sell the loot then to do that and then go over what exactly our new companions are capable of.

I still want to scan around for that mage, we didn't want witnesses to Silva being alive after all. But if he isn't to be found then it can't be helped.

Wait... how about we ask his other companions where the local respawn point is?

we shouldn't use just a stick, we need a carrot. the elder slime said she was cursed right? we could offer to try and cure her. a craving to actually eat gold would probably suck for someone as greedy as her.

>>358627
This one.

Thank the slime for his time anyway, and that you'll be on your way.

On your way out, say this.
>>358628

Say this.

Overlord 2011/10/16(Sun)16:44 No. 358696 ID: aa4c27
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You let out a sigh. Trading fake gold items for actual gold seems like a good plan, you must speak with Styx about this later. You thank the Elder and drag out Alalia.

You open up her chest.

>"Yes?"

"Alalia, are you familiar with the concept of investment? Investment means that if we spend gold on things now, we can use those things to acquire more gold than we spent. A hoard will not last you forever."

>"Reeeally? I would never have guessed that!"

Your sarcasm detectors are going off.

>"For the last time this gold is mine, I won't let you have ANY of it."

"Is there nothing I can do to convince you otherwise?"

>"Not a damn thing."

....
You poke the pentagram.

>"!!!"

She turns away from you shivering.

>"D-don't do that you idiot!"

"Why should I not? You're not cooperating with me so why should I work with you?"

She takes off another gold bracelet.

>"There I gave you some more now leave me alone!"

>>358696
so cute, and I think we just sexually molested her.

ask her if her gold eating is a real curse like the elder slime said, if so we need to cure her of it.

>>358696
That was both amusing and profitable. We don't need to do it again though.

Overlord 2011/10/16(Sun)17:18 No. 358721 ID: aa4c27
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Alalia locks herself in the chest.
You take her and teleport to Fabio's shop again.

>"Overlord mah man what's happenin?"

You place the bracelets on his desk.

"I wish to sell these."

>"Ooh, nice nice very nice. I'll give you G650 for both of them. Gotta make a profit you know? Also got some nice shoes for sale. Makes your units run faster. Interested?"

>>358721
"G650 for both? Fabio, you're a great friend, but that's ridiculous. Give me G850 and you'll still net a tidy profit.

"As for the shoes, always interested. But how much faster, and how much are you charging?"

Sell one, keep the other for the plan. No shoes unless they're really cheap. Emily can't wear them and she's our main melee. Well, beastgirl could.

*get whole bunch of money, Fabio has awesome stuff.* I think we know who's the true mastermind here.

Well.. let's see what the shoes cost. We can at least afford the barracks easily now.

Sell one, keep the other for the plan. No shoes unless they're really cheap. Emily can't wear them and she's our main melee. Well, beastgirl could.

Also, pic up some cheap glass or copper jewelry or something. Nice stuff made out of a cheap material, please.

Ask for a discount on the next thing you guy instead of more money straight up.

Ugh, I'm tired of this. Bring the mimic in here. She has greed above all else, so lets take advantage of that.

"I'm sorry if I bothered you earlier. Look, here's the thing. I was all looking forward to fixing my castle up, and now even with these two I'm well over a thousand short. I am assuming what you ate is gone forever. I'm alright with that, really. But I also see you wear more gold. If you're willing to part with enough to cover the 1800 for my total expenses, I'm willing to set aside a quarter of the gold I earn until you are paid back double. And after that I'll give you 1/10 of whatever I earn. If you want it in the form of replacements for your items or other jewelry or valuables instead of coin you're likely to get an even a better deal. How about it?"

Oh and buy those shoes, if we can.

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"G650 for both? Fabio, you're a great friend, but that's really not fair. Give me G850 and you'll still net a tidy profit. As for the shoes, always interested. But how much faster, and how much are you charging?"

>"The shoes are only G50 and let a unit move an additional space, 2 if running. As for the G850.... How about G800?"

You look at Alalia to see if you can get anymore from her but the chest is locked shut

You figure you can probably get a good amount of scrap stuff really cheap.

>>358734
800 and he throws in the shoes. Buy a barracks and some jingly junk.

800? That's pretty close to our goal.

Those shoes are pretty damn good. Move speed is a major advantage, believe me. Buy them!

>>358737
This.

Fabio already moved up quite a bit from his original offer, so we shouldn't push it.

>>358734
G800 and throws in the shoes sounds good for me; if he won't move, then I guess we can buy them but that's annoying.

Buy a Barracks when we're done, and figure out what exactly our other remaining fortress restorations would entail.

>>358739
Seconding this. We should say we agree to the 800 and will also buy the shoes.

800, we buy the shoes, we fix up the barracks, and power ourselves up. Nice and easy.

Besides, he's been nothing but bro to us. We should be bro back.

Bah, stubborn mimic. Lets ask Fabio about loans... next time. We don't want to squeeze him harder than we already are. 800G, 750G after the shoes.

Overlord 2011/10/16(Sun)18:15 No. 358751 ID: aa4c27
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You decide to just leave it as it is. You take the 800 and buy the shoes along with some copper junk. He throws in the junk 'on the house' leaving you with G905.

You teleport back to your castle and pay Styx the G300 needed to repair the barracks.

>"Excellent.. This will be done within the week. I'll make some additional space for out newest recruits in the meantime."

"Sounds good. What is next after this Styx?"

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>"Well my Lord most repairs so far have been for comfort or cosmetic reasons. The only main defense we can build right now with our meager gold supply is the floatation ring."

"What purpose did that serve?"

>"It simply prevented land bound heroes from reaching us easily."

There is a loud knocking sound at the front doors.

>???: "Overlord, we know you're in there! Open up!"

>Styx: "Like that."

>>358753
Put Nyx in a maid's uniform and have her open the door.

Will the overlord be able to handle his new visitors? Will Nix be cured of her plague? Will Alice hug all the things? Tune in next time on How to be an Overlord Chapter 4!

spy on them from somewhere to see what they have. if they are all swordsman then put nix in front of them and laugh as they all lose their swords.

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>>358756

>>358753
Have Kass answer the door. A good-aligned cleric would throw them off.

>>358753
This is in the demon realm. Humans will not respawn. It is, in fact, safe to use Nyx. Also, Rose need not worry about death for now. Get Megan out here too. Ruby and Alice should hang out behind pillars, but be ready to flee.

>>358764
Well, we don't want to greet them with a plague-spreader, but having Kass open the door means putting our healer in stabbing range of potential hostiles.