2/7 Coralina!94Ud9yTfxQ 2009/12/15(Tue)03:05 No. 92439 ID: 4553b2
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>destroy Vresch.
...I'm not sure that is even the best idea anymore. I mean, yeah, he fucked up everything, but... he's also putting everything back together.

>we should probably get a better idea of how everything works around here before we suddenly destroy the city's power structure.
Exactly. If I can find a way to make him unnecessary, then killing him would be my best plan. But for now... I don't think it would help. It might even make things worse, I don't know.

3/7 Coralina!94Ud9yTfxQ 2009/12/15(Tue)03:05 No. 92440 ID: 4553b2
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Cora: "Actually, I've been telling people I'm a reporter, and I think it'd be better if I met the leaders... privately. If I could get some papers to back up that story...?"

Vresch: "Certainly. Consider it done."

4/7 Coralina!94Ud9yTfxQ 2009/12/15(Tue)03:06 No. 92441 ID: 4553b2
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Cora: "Thanks. Uh, on that list you gave me, you noted the Men's Club, NWA, and the Church of Life with "Be Careful." What should I be careful of?

Vresch: "Their current leaders are mentally unstable, morally loose, and very intelligent. Those three groups are very likely to use underhanded tactics to support their agendas, such as bribery, assassination, or outright violence. You could take advantage of their less savory character to do all sorts of things other, loftier groups would not think of doing, if you are so inclined. I care not how you achieve notoriety as long as your ascension is believable."

5/7 Coralina!94Ud9yTfxQ 2009/12/15(Tue)03:06 No. 92442 ID: 4553b2
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Cora: "Oh! Yes. About that ascension thing. The Sorcerer's Guild has offered me a teaching position for Conjury."

Vresch: "Did you accept?"

Cora: "I told them I would give them an answer on Monday. I was wondering how you felt about taking the job."

Vresch: "It is certainly a very lucrative position, but I don't imagine a humble schoolteacher would make a believable overlord. Unless you have a plan to push you into the higher ranks of the Guild, it does not seem a practical choice."

Cora: "Are you saying I shouldn't take it?"

Vresch: "At this point in the game, I'm willing to let you have free reign over yourself. If it gets down to the wire and you are making no headway, I will intervene as I see fit. At any point, I will freely give you help with anything you ask of me, but I would rather see you succeed on your own, if possible."

6/7 Coralina!94Ud9yTfxQ 2009/12/15(Tue)03:06 No. 92443 ID: 4553b2
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Cora: "How strong is Hope when she's possessing people?"

Vresch: "Not particularly. She has a fair amount of magical skill, but she loses her bond to the crystal when possessing someone. So, she has about as much magical might as whatever she possesses. If she gets her hands on an experienced spellcaster, this would be dangerous, but on most things, no."

Cora: "How about a two inch tall summon?"

Vresch: "...I'm not sure I entirely like where this conversation is going. But, summons have little magical power in and of themselves. Most of their magical power holds them together, so she would not have much to work with, no."

7/7 Coralina!94Ud9yTfxQ 2009/12/15(Tue)03:07 No. 92444 ID: 4553b2
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>We have an appointment with Arcanitech Thursday, but I've completely forgotten what today is.
Today is Tuesday. We'll do Arcanitech in the thread after the next one. Man this quest is going to be long. We're on Day 3 of 30.

>Where are we going next?
Well, we still have the Bleeding Hearts, the Church of Life, the Experientialists, the Men's Club, the NWA, Nihilism Tech, the Retirement Association, The Secluded, and Technotics. I feel like I've done so little so far. But, the plan is to visit the Secluded and Nihilism Tech tomorrow, unless you guys have other ideas.

Coralina!94Ud9yTfxQ 2009/12/15(Tue)03:30 No. 92446 ID: 4553b2
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Alright, do you guys have more questions for the big V, or should I go see Hope now?

>>92446
How much influence will we have? What even are Vresch's plans for improving the world, especially once he has us in place?

Ask Vresch for his opinion on a new plan.

Step 1: Accept a position in the guild.
Step 2: Use your field of expertise that nobody else could master to gain supporters in the guild.
Step 3: Use newly found connections in the media to get out a message about freedom of information, learning and creation. Mix it up with reminders that you also need to act responsibly with the stuff you learn and not be a dumb fuck who sets his own house on fire.
Step 4: Get more involved in guld politics as well as intercompany and party politics to set up an anti Rastin power base.
Step 5: Take over after Rastin and find a way to do an epic troll on him.

After you get Vresch input on the plan I suggest we find hope and play some mario kart with her. She only has one hand so we should win easily.

Rip and tear! Rip and tear!

>>92451
Ask V whether or not this plan works

Remember that Vresch is a damn demon, no matter what else is true about him. We shouldn't ever tell him any more than we have to. Go see Hope.

>>92451
This sounds like a very good plan. And getting Vresch's support will be useful, so we should keep him informed of anything that we doing that isn't related to trying to get rid of him.

>>92444
[Is there any reason why we have specifically 30 days? Is the moon going to crash into us?]

If the moon is crashing into us, where is our time machine? When can we see Eloi?

>>92451
Don't forget that we still have the leader of the Sorc Guild to deal with. Who, if the professor we talked to is to be believed, is a big gobbo bitch.

Let's look at some of the other institutions first, and then lay out a roadmap to power.

>>92642
>Time limit?
That's when we're scheduled to take power from Rastin. It would be a pretty big event, and will probably require a lot of coordination on Vresch's part. That's why there's a deadline.

If we need to, we can probably talk to Vresch about pushing that back, but let's not unless it's clear we need to. So far, we're only a few days in.

Coralina!94Ud9yTfxQ 2009/12/23(Wed)01:46 No. 96939 ID: bde1b8
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>>92451
>This plan
Cora: "...and when that's all done, I'll hopefully have some sort of loving power base to form an anti-Rastin agenda with, and stage some kind of take over or another. Do you think that'd work?"

Vresch: "Hmm. Yes, that is feasible. Playing to your strengths is always a sound strategy. I will be attentive to news concerning the Sorcerer's Guild in any way, and keep you informed, so you can best accelerate your way through the ranks."

Cora: "...Oh, thank you. I didn't even think of that. This is only a temporary plan, in case nothing better presents itself."

Vresch: "Of course. We are not very far in, so there is plenty of flexibility available in planning."

Coralina!94Ud9yTfxQ 2009/12/23(Wed)01:47 No. 96940 ID: bde1b8
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I bid Vresch a good evening, then head on down to go see Hope. But... we kind of broke off on bad terms the other day. What should I say to her?

"Yo hope, you wanna do something or something?"

>>96940
"I 'hope' we can still be friends~"

>>96979
> "I 'hope' we can still be friends~"
NO. Do not make fun of her name. She will hate you.
People cursed with unfortunate names do not find it funny. Just trust me on this.

Hook up the machine so you can play Mario Kart with her.

>>96981
Hey Jude~

>>96940
"Want to have hot lesbian sex? Alternately, I think I can rig it up so you can play Mario Cart through there."

Coralina!94Ud9yTfxQ 2009/12/23(Wed)12:11 No. 97063 ID: bde1b8
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"Hey Hope! Do you wanna do something or... something?"

Coralina!94Ud9yTfxQ 2009/12/23(Wed)12:12 No. 97064 ID: bde1b8
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Hope: "Are those my only two choices?"

Cora: "Agh! Uh. Well no. I mean, I hope we can still be friends."

Hope: "Don't do that."

Cora: "Do what?"

Hope: "...Never mind. What are you doing down here anyway?"

Cora: "Vresch explained to me how to set up Mario Kart down here, so I was wondering if you wanted to play."

Hope: "Uhh... huh. I'm going to have to pass. I don't really have fun staying at the starting line the entire time."

Coralina!94Ud9yTfxQ 2009/12/23(Wed)12:12 No. 97065 ID: bde1b8
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Uh... huh. On the upside, it looks like she isn't angry at me anymore. She still seems pretty sullen though.

If I got Vresch down here he could probably hook it up so she could play too... or I could try summoning a body for her to possess so she could play. Or we could try doing something else entirely. Orb?

Summon a body that looks like hers, but with no magical ability.

Then hug her. :3c

"... I was meaning that you get to play too."

Offer to ask Vresch to hook something up first THEN you try offering to summon a body for her.

>>97064
Would allowing her a direct connection to the outside world via the controller be a security risk? If not just do that.

Summon a body for her.

Also, my proposed options were better. Just sayin'

Suggestion 2009/12/23(Wed)13:06 No. 97093 ID: 12fc66
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>>97065
> She seems pretty sullen.
Of course she's sullen. She's stuck inside the crystal, probably bored and lonely as hell.

Even if she has no magic, giving her something full size, or even child size, means she can walk around, open doors, and search for some way to restore her full power and/or burn the world. There's a reason the Rastin clones she possessed were trashed, right?
Even if we're trying be friends, you can't forget that she's potentially very dangerous.

So instead, let's make her very tiny. Like, we're talking pocket size.
It'll prevent her from being able to pick up or interact with most objects, opening doors, and generally making her as helpless as possible without our direct interaction. Which means it will be much easier to watch her, and help prevent Vresch from flipping out. Most importantly, it'll be easier to squash her if she gets uppity, even without summoning, and might even teach her some humility.
Rastin might even be amused.

I suggest anywhere between two inches tall... to maybe about a foot, dependent on how careful we want to be, and whether it's important or not that she be capable of being hugged and/or holding a controller in her own hands.
Essentially; cricket size, or plushie size?

If we'll summon her a body, just give her normal size, and be sure to not let her leave the room.

Seriously.

Guys, if she summons a body, she won't see anything.

>>97112
She can see using the summon's eyes.

>>97118
Yeah, but then that's mandatory screenlooking!

>>97065
Vresch is a TechnoDemon.

Surely he should be able to steal a page from Star Trek and whip-up a mobile holo-emitter for Hope.

Coralina!94Ud9yTfxQ 2009/12/23(Wed)15:29 No. 97146 ID: bde1b8
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"...I meant you get to play too."

"Oh really? And how are you going to do that?"

Coralina!94Ud9yTfxQ 2009/12/23(Wed)15:31 No. 97147 ID: bde1b8
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"Like this."

Step 1: Conjure MiniHope.

Coralina!94Ud9yTfxQ 2009/12/23(Wed)15:32 No. 97149 ID: bde1b8
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Step 2: Touch the crystal so Hope can take over MiniHope.

Coralina!94Ud9yTfxQ 2009/12/23(Wed)15:32 No. 97150 ID: bde1b8
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Step 3: Break the mindlink so Hope doesn't blind me by shattering it. MiniHope fizzles a bit. C'mon....

Coralina!94Ud9yTfxQ 2009/12/23(Wed)15:32 No. 97151 ID: bde1b8
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SUCCESS!

>>97151
Now Hope, we are working on trust here. Don't abuse this.

Can we dispel Minihope, if comes to it?

>>97151
Revel in the success of this totally unplanned experiment that we had no idea would work.

Chapter 12 End Coralina!94Ud9yTfxQ 2009/12/23(Wed)16:16 No. 97171 ID: bde1b8
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"Now Hope, this works on trust. Please don't abuse this."

"Sure, whatever. Can I get an extra arm or something? This is really hard."

"Heh. Sorry, but the body isn't under my control anymore."

>Can we dispel MiniHope?
No, but Hope could dispel MiniHope. Basically, she formed a new mindlink with it. Except I don't see the eye rune thing, so I'm... not completely certain how it works.

Regardless, the body has barely enough magical power to hold itself together. If she tried any magic, it would obliterate MiniHope. So we should be pretty okay.

Coralina!94Ud9yTfxQ 2009/12/23(Wed)16:16 No. 97172 ID: bde1b8
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So that's all for tonight. Hope and I played Mario Kart for a couple hours. She eventually figured out that, since she was made of magic, she could reshape herself, and she replace her wings with another couple arms. After that, she got good enough to actually play decently.

We both still lost miserably to the CPU though.

For tomorrow: What should I do with MiniHope? Take her with me or something? And should I wear casual or business outfit tomorrow? We're currently planning on seeing The Secluded and Nihilism Tech. Unless people have other ideas.

The point is I don't want to wear the same outfit 3 days in a row.

>>97171
Have Vresch make hope her own set of teeny tiny itsy bitsy Wii controllers.

Totallynotsamefag!!V1AJL5LzHl 2009/12/23(Wed)17:42 No. 97209 ID: eae9a6
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>>97172
Normally I'd be all over the business suit, but considering who we are checking out, let's go casual.

Let's take mini-hope, it'll cheer her up at least.

good job at following the 3 day rule btw.

>>97172
Still think we should check out the NWA at some point.
Also I vote casual too.

>>97172
I'd say wear the casual clothes. Wearing a tuxy suit while claiming to be a "reporter" might set off alarm bells.