>>79227
"Why don't you share the land?"

ask about bandits, and let them know that they're 2 of the 3 survivors. They can have as much land as they freakin want

Suggestion 2009/11/19(Thu)14:05 No. 79241 ID: 7eda8b
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<- do this

>>79241

For the love of god, also use lines this thick.

Ridder 2009/11/19(Thu)14:08 No. 79248 ID: fb5d8e
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"You are two out of three survivors. You can have all the land you want. Now please tell me what you saw of the bandits. What do you know about the fires?"
"Only survivors?"
"But then who will clean the barns?"
"More importantly, who will reap the grain?"
"If your mill goes out of business, I will employ you."
"No sir, I believe your farm will go out of business and I will employ you."

>>79248
"No one is going out of business."

>>79248
"You're both going out of business. Join me in my GRAND QUEST!"

"By the strength of my muscular yet curvaceous thighs, what is wrong with you idiots?"

Ridder 2009/11/19(Thu)14:17 No. 79261 ID: fb5d8e
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These two men are obviously demented.
I can't make them join my army, nor will it do them any good to stay here. There is not even any grain, cow or chicken in sight.

>>79248
"neither of you are out of business. You are now in charge of all farming and milling in town. Customers will arrive shortly. I am building up a proper army. You will be able to find me in the old church if you need me."

Explain to them "I am not going to be working. I am a knight who is building an army to fight the great evil is taking over... the same evil that burned your town. You both are going to help me it. Not by fighting of course, but supporting the army I'm going to build up. We'll provide you with help, and you'll obtain the foodstuffs we need. I understand your feuding, but this is a time to put such matters aside. If not, we are all going to die."

If they won't see reason, leave them to stew. Maybe they'll be more agreeable in a few days, after the reality of the situation is on them.

Go find another thing.

Ask them where the cows and grain are.

Ridder 2009/11/19(Thu)15:02 No. 79313 ID: fb5d8e
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"Where are your cows and grain?"
"What now?"
"The boys always took care of that."
"Did you steal them?"
"Bandit!"

Say "You are boring."

Go find another thing.

"DO YOU NOT UNDERSTAND THIS SITUATION! EVERYONE IS DEAD! THERE WAS A FIRE!? YOUR CROPS AND COWS AND EVERYTHING WERE DESTROYED BY THE EVIL BANDITS. Either you two make up and stop fighting, or I will leave you two to die alone. Your choice.

>>79313
Well.

This is bad.

Gently break the news to them that they've been getting all their support from their families, and it's quite likely that they are dead now. Ask if they are still fit enough to get a farm started.

Ridder 2009/11/19(Thu)15:25 No. 79341 ID: fb5d8e
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"Sirs. It is quite possible that your family has passed away."
"Huh? No, I'm sure the boys are just out slacking off again."
"My dear Gruffy must be out picking herbs."
"They've been gone for a while though, I'll give you that."
"Heh, enjoy it while you can, old man. When they come back it'll be real noisy again."
"You're one to talk! All your daughters make such a racket that even my grain covers its ears."
"..Are you still fit enough to farm?"
"Of course. I could lift you right now."
"If I wanted I could lift the both of you."
"I could lift you both and myself!"

They aren't of any use. They're old, and they won't work. Just ask about the incident itself and leave em' to rot till they come to your church. Just tell them to come to the church when they agree with each other. And that they have to come together.

End this fruitless conversation, already.

Ridder 2009/11/19(Thu)15:37 No. 79357 ID: fb5d8e
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"Alright. What do you remember about the incident? Did you see who started the fire?"
"What fire?"

... Hmm.
I can offer these two shelter in the church for a short time. However, I can't turn my base into a refugee camp. I don't have the manpower to maintain it.
I will need to come up with a more definite solution.

"you two need to look at the town right now."

Leave already.

Just ask them to stay in your church, and have Timotei check up on them. Goal: Find what else they're good for. Realistically our first goal is being able to SUPPORT the army we'll build. We have money. Let's head for the other towns and see if we can buy the services of peasents to reap the soil here... and buy livestock.

These old men can lead the peasents.

We can stop by the South tower on the way to other settlements

Ridder 2009/11/19(Thu)16:22 No. 79391 ID: fb5d8e
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Very well. I shall take them to the church.

"Gentlemen, please follow me. I will take you to a safe place."
"Safer than my farm?"
"Anything's saver when you're not there."
"Why, then I'll come with you!"
"Then I'll stay here."
"I can provide protection from bandits."
"Maybe I will go anyway."

I lead the two men through the smoldering streets. They appear unmoved by the scenery, possibly due to dementia or bad vision.

..Hm, that's odd. There is a mount in front of the church.

>>79391
Wark!

>>79391
Fuck year chocobos.

Obvious chocobo resemblance besides, this means that there's someone in there. Investigate and hope that they didn't find your lair and that if they did they aren't hostile.

>>79391
Draw steel and advance with caution.

Oh, also tell the old men to wait outside.

No, tell the old men to go in first. If there's gonna be battle we can afford to lose these two useless things.

>>79398
You sir have no honour. Tell the old men to wait outside.

Ridder 2009/11/19(Thu)16:43 No. 79404 ID: fb5d8e
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"Wait here. There may be a bandit inside."
"I knew I shouldve stayed at the farm!"

I draw my longsword. With caution and stealth I enter the church.
I find a heavily armored figure trying to open the hatch.

>>79404
ello there? Problem with the hatch latch?

WAIT! It's a sungod temple underneath. Chances are that this guy is good.
Still, hide behind a pew and ask if he's a paladin.
(also, are Timotei and Sticks down in the temple?)

>>79404
Cough politely to inform him of your presence.

>>79404
Sneak up with your sword pointed at him and make sure he can't reach his sword before you stab, then ask what he thinks he's doing?

Ridder 2009/11/19(Thu)16:58 No. 79413 ID: fb5d8e
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I approach silently until I am within range of him. I grab onto his sword with one hand, as I press my blade against his neck with the other.
Hopefully this will be enough to prevent a fight.

"What are you doing?"
"Hmf.. Are you the one who put that awful flag there?"

"Friend or foe!"

>>79413
That depends. What reason have you to care about such an "awful" flag in this place?

>>79413
Who are you, what are you doing here, and where were you a few days ago?

>>79413
"Awful? What do you mean? It was the banner of my fallen lord Baron Malto. I used to be his knight."

"That'd be the flag of the late Lord Malto, last ruler of the land. And you're the owner of the catacomb underneath?"
(disarm him and sheath your blade)

Ridder 2009/11/19(Thu)17:15 No. 79426 ID: fb5d8e
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"What reason have you to care about such an "awful" flag in this place? It was the banner of my fallen lord Malto. I used to be his knight."
"Tsh! I thought we got rid of you crooks years ago!"

My mind flashes back to my days of failure.
The armored man immediately takes advantage of my lapse in focus. He unbuckles his shield and sheath, and makes a hard roll out of my range.

"Long live the revolution, Malto scum!"

>>79426
State you are no longer allied with Malto. You merely await another cause under which to fly your banner.

>>79426
That marks him as a definite enemy. I'm not sure how you feel about striking down an unarmed combatant, but that would be the expedient option.

Well, if we do end up killing him, he seems to have a bit of armor-loot that we could use.

But before that we should try diplomacy.

>>79426
Looks like all we'll be getting from him is the same tired old stream of revolutionary bullshevik.

Why does this man feel so strongly against your fallen lord? Strike him down.

>>79426
Assume a battle stance.

Demand to know why he insists on befouling the name of your lord.

>>79427
But is Ridder no longer allied with the Malto family? Is he no longer loyal to his king?
What of the king's cousins and their families - surely they yet live, which gives him someone to remain loyal to?

I digress. At this point, Ridder must deal with this revolutionary.

Say "Identify yourself, that I may know who I am burying this day."

>>79436
No, Ridder's focus has shifted. He will deal with the evil at hand, when he realizes it is a malto he is dealing with, we may have a potential ally in front of us. Try not to kill this person.

Get over it. He's not evil. His revolution may have been pure in heart. Timotei can be the judge of his evil.

This is the time to make new allies.

"Give me a break. The revolution is over. I refuse to fight you over a war that no longer exists. I would like you to help me. And I swear, in the name of the sun god that it doesn't involve the rule of Lord Malto. It involves fighting a great evil creeping upon our land, and judging fom the fact you have a base in this church... you have a stake in defeating it too."

Hand out for handshake, other hand still on your sword in case he tries to punch you out.

>>79440
We don't know it's a malto we're dealing with.
The moment ridder recognizes this, we'll have a identity crisis

Ridder 2009/11/19(Thu)17:40 No. 79455 ID: fb5d8e
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I fight in my lord's name. Whichever evil will face death by my blade will feel it in my lord's name. I will forever be loyal to it!

"Identify yourself, that I may know who I am burying this day."
"My name is Vite Vispa, knave. You may take it into hell where you will burn like all the people you killed yesterday."

>>79446
Juuuust thinking ahead, i suppose we /quest/ors should pretend we don't have foresight.

>>79455
Waitwaitwait. He thinks you did this. You gotta convince him otherwise somehow.

>>79455
"I killed noone yesterday. I came to find this town in flames, and saved the only person I could in time. ...though I did later kill a zombie, but I doubt that counts as a person."

>>79455
I don't remember you killing anyone yesterday.

Ridder 2009/11/19(Thu)17:48 No. 79470 ID: fb5d8e
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"I killed noone yesterday. I came to find this town in flames, and saved the only person I could in time!"
"If it's not some Malto loyalist, then who the hell did do it, huh?!"

>>79470
Tell him we have circumstantial evidence that suggests the lord of the dungeon to the west was responsible.

>>79470
If we could find evidence, would he hear us out?

>>79470
"As if the Malto is the source of all evil in the world! Do you cry out 'Malto' when your milk spoils?!"

>>79470
"I do not know, but I aspire to find out. I suspect it may be whichever evil lurks in the caves west of here."

Lower your weapon. Show non-intimidation
"It appears we have the same goal. I found a paladin who sensed a great evil coming from the cave to the west. We investigated, and heard that 'the boss' of the cave was here. We ran back to intercept the boss, but found this city in flames. Is there anything you know? Did you see anybody who may have done this? I talked to two old men, who are just outside, and a thief. They don't know who's responisble."

Ridder 2009/11/19(Thu)18:03 No. 79483 ID: fb5d8e
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"It appears we have the same goal. I found a paladin who sensed a great evil coming from the cave to the west. We investigated, and heard that 'the boss' of the cave was here. We ran back to intercept the boss, but found this city in flames."

As I speak I lower the sword. The armored man also loosens his stance.
We no longer threaten eachother.

"Then we have a common goal indeed. I am willing to put our feud aside until we find the person responsible."

>>79483
Hmm. Hand him back his sword, but be ready at any time to use yours. Ask him who he is and what he's doing?

>>79483
Introduce the man to your companions.

Ask him what he knows. Compare notes.

>>79483
Is our sword glowing?

Get the old men in. Open the hatch. Have big group talk (assuming that Timotei and Sticks are down there).

You might want to tell him you're not trying to reconquer the kingdom or anything like that despite your flag.

Ridder 2009/11/19(Thu)18:20 No. 79495 ID: fb5d8e
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I hand the man his sword back as a sign of good will.

"How much do you know about the attack?"
"Absolutely nothing. I run the refugee camp to the south and everyone claims to have seen something, but almost none of the stories match."

He lifts his helmets visor.

"If I hear anything new I'll share it with you. And if you keep the frontline here then you can also count on me for supplies... But you're still not welcome any further south than that, Malto scum."

>>79495
"We will maintain this outpost as long as we can. If you have any supplies or manpower, please send them here."

"What has Lord Malto done to incur such wrath upon him and his followers? I saw not but a noble deeds of good from him."

(note: OH SHITS! Look familiar... cept... without round eyes?)

The old men! Give them to the refugee camp! Their families are probably there (also means that there were many survivors).

Invite the man into what was the temple. (you may want to stop using it as a base conisdering you're messing around with the guy's property... might)

>>79501
And that too. You've never heard of the dark side of Malto.

>>79495
Tell her about the old men outside. They are most definitely refugees.

Well, that's better than nothing. That's an ally, and we need as many as we can get. Give thanks for the support, you're unlikely to convince anyone against being revolutionist scum.

Ridder 2009/11/19(Thu)18:40 No. 79515 ID: fb5d8e
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"Outside are two elderly men I found on the outskirts of town. Perhaps their families are in your refugee camp."
"Very well, I'll take them with me."

We exit the church where the two men are bickering as usual. Vite forces them both on top of her mount.
It will be a long walk with that much armor, but she must understand that these men are far too old for any kind of walk.

"Help, I'm going to fall off!"
"We won't fall if you stop shaking so much."
"..."
"Hey, did you fall asleep?!"

I watch her prepare her mount for the journey in thought.
Just as she is about to leave, the question rolls off my tongue.

"What has Lord Malto done to incur such wrath upon him and his followers? I saw not but a noble deeds of good from him."
"That's because you and me are from different worlds, knight."

Without another word she walks off.

>>79515
Ah, yes. As a knight I'm assuming you were born into the noble class, Ridder?

yell "Okay but that doesnt make any sense" after her.

What nerve to persecute those who might follow Lords when they are unknowing of their misdeeds and not even presenting evidence.

The rebels are animals.

Ridder 2009/11/19(Thu)18:53 No. 79523 ID: fb5d8e
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Yes, I myself was born into noble class. My parents were not originally from Piacevole, but were recognized by lord Malto for their valor and bravery when they were working as mere mercenaries.

I mark the location of the refugee camp on my map.

>>79523
Yeah, that would explain it. I assume Ms. Vispa was a touch more common in lineage. There tends to be a bit of a difference in treatment between nobility and commoners.

We will need to discuss this issue later. To improve trust between this new ally we must dig deeper into her grievances with Lord Malto.

If indeed the man was evil when not in public, what will you do Ridder?

explains much. Time to get a base up!
First stop, buying the services of peasents in other towns!... and stopping at S tower on the way. 2 birds, 1 stone

>>79523
Ok, this intruder has amply demonstrated that we need to set up a watch. Can't have strangers wandering into our camp like that.

Would the remains of the windmill serve as a watchtower?

Ridder 2009/11/19(Thu)19:15 No. 79529 ID: fb5d8e
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I have no business judging my lord. Not when he was alive, and not now he's gone.

Hiring peasants from other towns brings several obstacles: I have no gold to pay them with. There may not be peasants available to travel so far from their homes. They may not even be willing to join me in the heart of a recently deceased city with the intention of holding off an unspeakable evil.

>>79529
Then you have to find those sympathetic to your cause.

I think it's obvious going back to the old kingdom for help against this evil might not be pleasant, but there might be old friends there who will be more than glad to help stop such an evil in the name of Lord Malto. Or more like our recent ally, then well...

We should also think about heading to Sepia Town. A criminal haven might be a good source of information on this evil.

There's gotta be a ton of gold and valuables in the rubble!

>>79529
didn't we get a bunch of gold from that room with the dead people in it?

End of chapter 4 Ridder 2009/11/19(Thu)19:43 No. 79566 ID: fb5d8e
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Indeed, I need men who are dedicated to the cause. The call of coin will attracts looters and criminals to the buried treasure around here soon enough, and I don't need them in my base.

Now there's just the question where I can find such men.

In addition I need to get my priorities straight.
I can't help but feel I'm overlooking some things.

>>79529
The main problem here is that we need to have grains and stuffs. Without the basics, we have nothing. We'll need farmers, millers, tree cutters, and builders before we can get anywhere.

Essentially, we need to rebuild the town. The way an empire gets an army is by using its towns' resources. We need a town to start off.

>>79566
OH Snap... just realized.
We have the entire refugee camp down south. They can (and probably want to) rebuild. No money's even needed. Just get them up, and begin salvaging/building.

We should also ask Sticks if she has any contacts we can use.

>>79566
>>79529

looking pretty evil overlord there boss

>>79572
Shh, we can't let him know he's a foil.

For starters the followers of the sun god will probably want this temple back.

Also... you don't even know who started the fire and are jumping to conclusions based the loosest evidence.