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[Egan_BW]

Promising.

[Enemy post]

I think my section is missing from the spoiler at the end.

[Nirur Torir]

*claps slowly*

My prediction is that the Princess dies by the 10th week. Probably sooner.

Your optimism disturbs me.

I give it turn 3, tops.

"Now you have a goal. Sadly, nothing worthwhile has ever been accomplished without Sacrifice. And so, Sacrifice is a crucial branch of magic, able to do great things. It has great costs, but it need not be you, or I, who pays them. It is easy enough to find a peasant willing to sacrifice themselves to let their family live better, so sad as their lives are."
Rouse some peasants with the need to fix its problems with .. aristocrats probably take their houses or something.
Get the princess to sacrifice the best of these peasants, as a first foray into sacrificial magic.

[randomgenericusername]

"Someone forgot to put a warning about the nightmarish abomination locked in the basement and now the poor thing is alone and lost in the tower. Be careful with it."
Continue with the lessons of Dagon magic, but try to teach the princess that she doesn't have to be afaird off the basement. The difference between the darkness and light is that you can't see the horrors that lurk in the shadows while at broad daylight your mind would break completely upon sighting them. If they hide in the dark, it's because they fear of what is outside. I will continue the lessons on the basement II. The fact that she has an affinity to sea cucumbers just helps me because they also live in sea water and can be affected by Dagon magic.

If I have enough time, move all sea cucumber tanks to the basement II and empty them there. If there is not enough sea water down there, fill the basement II with more sea water, enough to be able to float, but not much so people can also walk on it. Once that is done, teach her in Dagon magic by using it to mutate the sea cucumbers and try to make her stop fearing the basement. If Nji is going to be helping me, then Maxime can't stop both of us, right?
"Talking about sacrifice, I believe doing a pact with an infernal being would be better and more straightforward than sacrifice magic. Better boons and the payment is almost always you already have."

[IronyOwl]

I think my section is missing from the spoiler at the end.

What the

I seem to have forgotten to stat you up entirely, then also forgotten to apply your turn gains to either of you.

Spoiler: Hopefully Complete Statuses (click to show/hide)

Princess Marcille
Terrified
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+0 Dabbling Sea Cucumber Mage (0/2)
+0 Dabbling Vitamancer (0/2)
+0 Dabbling Magical Theorist (0/2)
-1 Incompetent Dagon Priest (1/2)
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Enthusiastic Vitamancy: One thing has gone right so far!
Noodle Armed: Poor Marcy is not very martially inclined, tending to quake and quail at calls to valorous combat.
Cruel: The princess is a little... bitter.
Basement Phobia: The princess doesn't like going down there.
Noble Cause: The princess believes that something must be done about the plight of the common man.
Cucumber Princess: Little Marcy insists she's a sea cucumber whenever somebody tries to drag her out of the sea cucumber tank to force her to learn eldritch magic.

Nallihen Talandr (Caellath)
Healthy
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+3 Adept Polymorpher (0/16)
+2 Apprentice Vitamancer (28)
+1 Novice Resilient (0/4)
+1 Novice Charismatic (0/4)
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The Great Crab: Worshiped by a nearby cult of terrified peasants who occasionally leave offerings to The Briny One. Attempts to explain that he is an evil and fearsome dragon rather than an arctic crab have failed.

Maxime Pfeiffer (NJW)
Healthy
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+3 Adept Psychoarthropodist (0/16)
+2 Apprentice Subterfugist (0/8)
+2 Apprentice Gemcrafter (0/8)
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Overlouse: Seems to have some kind of cultural or spiritual significance to the dream lice now infesting the tower, and who will occasionally leave her strange offerings or... maybe just garbage for her to take out? She's not really sure.

Nji (Secheral)
Healthy
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+3 Adept Mycomancer (0/16)
+2 Apprentice Life Mage (0/8)
+2 Apprentice Dagon Priest (0/8)
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Above the Law: Your reckless disregard for civility and law has earned you a fearsome reputation as a ruthless outlaw, not to be lightly crossed.

Enoch (randomgenericusername)
Healthy
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+3 Adept Dagon Priest (1/16)
+2 Apprentice Archarus Priest (0/8)
+2 Apprentice Hag Magic (0/8)
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Starsucker: Has a knack for sucking nightmarish abominations into the world. Does not have a knack for controlling nightmarish abominations.

Dennis the Mage (enemy post)
Healthy
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+3 Adept Sea Cucumber Mage (2/16)
+2 Apprentice Sea Cucumber Caretaker (0/8)
+2 Apprentice Chef (0/8)
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Cucumber Lord: Has a deep affinity with sea cucumbers. This might not sounds useful or remarkable to the untrained ear, but lots of things sound different to mages than to normal people.

Archeux "Archie" Venison (OceanSoul)
Healthy
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+3 Adept Academic (0/16)
+2 Apprentice History Mage (0/8)
+1 Novice Enchanter (0/4)
+1 Novice Polymorpher (0/4)
+0 Dabbling Magical Theorist (2/4)
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Arkanikon: Has glimpsed the terrible truths of basic magic and recorded these unspeakable secrets into a blasphemous tome, available at most book shops and read widely by children. Has more familiarity with basic and intermagic principles, and haunted by swarms of living and ghostly children wanting autographs and deeper fell knowledge.

Cio Cioae (Tiruin)
Healthy
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+3 Adept Air Mage (0/16)
+2 Apprentice Prophet (0/8)
+1 Novice Life Mage (0/4)
+1 Novice Illusionist (0/4)
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Philosopher: Renowned as a guru and philosopher, granting improved understanding of foreign, sometimes downright alien and inexplicable, psychology and conditions.

Mordred (Nirur)
Healthy
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+3 Adept Public Speaker (1/16)
+2 Apprentice Poll Mage (0/8)
+1 Novice Tactician (0/4)
+1 Novice Sacrificer (0/4)
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Noble Hero: Celebrated as a noble hero, especially by the vile aristrocracy and hungry wraiths of the Untouchable Wastes.

[OceanSoul]

Er, I didn't get the bonus points to magical theory.

"Sigh...Miss Marcy, if you don't come out of that tank, you won't Forget that eldritch magic. Bathing in that water won't be that good for your skin. Marcy, I can promise you that I will avoid teaching you magics without your consent. As for the others, I am sure we mages can reach an agreement about what not to involve you with.

Archeux looked through his belongings for a gavel, and, failing that, decided that knocking on a table would do well enough. He called out, on each of the floors, that he would be holding an impromptu guild meeting on the fourth flood to address some rules for preserving the princess's mind, body, soul, sanity, existence, and, most of all, interest in learning magic.

Continue her education on general magic, from within the tank if necessary. She won't be able to do basic, general spells from in the tank, so the next classes will have more of a focus on the two of them figuring out what branches of magic she is innately interested and attuned to.
Archeux knocks on the table in a firm, yet awkward manner. "I have called here a meeting amongst ourselves to impose some rules upon ourselves for the preservation of the princess. I have only _ rules in mind, but these are but an outline on what we could agree upon, if anything. Firstly, whatever we try to teach or do with her, we should have consent in the first place. If she changes her mind afterward, though, we can still proceed with our lesson. Second, we are able to deny the princess a lesson if more people oppose the lesson than support it, but she can veto this if the opposition is less than double the support. We may not have any Oathmaking mages here to enforce this, but there should be enough trust among us for the time being. Now, who is in favor of these rules, who would like to suggest alterations, and who has not attended the meeting? "

[IronyOwl]

Er, I didn't get the bonus points to magical theory.

Here's hoping this is not an iterative process.

[randomgenericusername]

"I do not agree with creating rules. Our duty is to teach her and these rules go against this purpose by making our job harder. I also want to propose to flood the basement with sea water for her. It would be better than a small tank and would give us more space to be able to teach her. We could have her swim instead of staying on a small sea cucumber tank. Repurposing the basement and flooding it with sea water will greatly help the princess. She has a great affinity to sea magic."

"We have to remember that she is still young,
and can be easily manipulated and tricked. She doesn't know what is best for herself and our duty is to have her mature and learn about how does the world works. My proposition is to have the basement flooded with sea water and used as her new room because she has shown to enjoy the water. From there, I will continue tutoring her in the priestly magics with help of Nji, if he wishes to help with that instead of having her fight against the vermin of the tower with mushrooms. That was very dissapointing of you, my friend Nji. She could have gotten hurt. The least you could do now is to help me with the lessons of priestly magic."

[OceanSoul]

"Our duty is to RAISE her. Teaching is a large part of it, yes, but so is ensuring her stability and capability. Like you said, she can easily be manipulated. We must not let her mind be twisted by overcome by unruly obsessions and traumas. There are many things her mind is not ready for, from the truth and tragedy of war to these eldritch and otherdimensional thoughts. Trust me, I've seen many a youth corrupted to their end in such a way. Acting like she is a sea cucumber is by far based off one of those things. We cannot and should not allow her to last like this. Soon, we will have to bring her back to dry land. While you are correct in that she does not know what is best for herself, neither do we. We must let her mind grow, and leave her with options and choice, as least 'till the day she is mature enough to decide what she really wants. And, lastly, I would not like to see that summoning circle on the bottom floor be ruined by this endeavor".

[Caellath]

Nallihen was satisfied with the princess' adequate learning pace. He'd expected some more difficulty in learning, or even complete failure since she was one hundred percent human and had previously been kept sheltered and away from the wonders of magic. There was still some hope his new pupil could actually maybe almost touch the very base of his marvelous talents.

What the dragon hybrid didn't like was having to deal with a princess who now insisted she was a sea cucumber. That was ridiculous! Just how weak did her mind have to be for it to break so easily? That was absurd! Nevertheless, he'd persevere. Teaching the royal hatchling did help him train his own skills, and maybe she'd stop being a cucumber if she gained more confidence and her frail mind recovered.

Keep teaching the princess Vitamancy since she still has interest in that. If she refuses, then instead try to use Charisma to convince her to accept the teachings.

[Secheral]

"Um, sure Enoch. I'll help you with the lessons. I thought they were made out of stronger stuff. Like an adamantine skeleton. It's what makes them royal, right? Maybe they ran out when they were growing her."
Help Enoch with the lessons. Then, when he uses Dagon magic on the sea cucumber, grow fungi in the water and use Dagon magic on it.

[Tiruin]

"I do not agree with creating rules. Our duty is to teach her and these rules go against this purpose by making our job harder. I also want to propose to flood the basement with sea water for her. It would be better than a small tank and would give us more space to be able to teach her. We could have her swim instead of staying on a small sea cucumber tank. Repurposing the basement and flooding it with sea water will greatly help the princess. She has a great affinity to sea magic."

"We have to remember that she is still young,
and can be easily manipulated and tricked. She doesn't know what is best for herself and our duty is to have her mature and learn about how does the world works. My proposition is to have the basement flooded with sea water and used as her new room because she has shown to enjoy the water. From there, I will continue tutoring her in the priestly magics with help of Nji, if he wishes to help with that instead of having her fight against the vermin of the tower with mushrooms. That was very dissapointing of you, my friend Nji. She could have gotten hurt. The least you could do now is to help me with the lessons of priestly magic."

"Enoch is observant," Cio said. "And since it is merely the first week, I'm seeing a lot in the Princess' character. No single person ever developed a sense of cruelty in just one week. The mind is not like that, as I've personally seen (do not tell the clergy this). We should start building her up there--not by guiding and holding her hand along the way, but by giving her the tools and letting her learn for herself, of course under guidance and encouraging support. The former ensures she will learn quicker; the latter ensures she will learn better. After all, meanspiritedness is...ah, say, a token of the spirit, from somewhat...negative influences early on in life, or at least by witness of cruel actions.

"I will attempt to help her with this, by showing the building blocks of insight. We will be training in the guild garden, which I could spruce up if anyone would help me with this."

Cio bit her lip as she wondered if her own eloquency was a guise enough for her understanding: There were little studies and scholars to back up her knowledge, but she felt in her head-spirits that this was right. She then adapted her own schedule to account for these times for the Princess--in her own opinion, at least backed by several other children, she noticed this was an important block for character building.

Use Prophetic properties to aid in the Princess' character building. Let her learn about cruelty, by countering it with understanding. (Or in anyway better for your writing--DO prophecying, but make it like telling parables about people's fates and otherwise. It's like storytelling, except I'm reading people's lives as storybooks, without the storybooks with me!)

If others help me with this task, adjust my action to Life Magic gardening for our garden! Some healthy herbal plants, some...err, possibly a geothermal aquifer link, and 'warding' plants that scare off insects while being beautiful and fragrant would be good.

((HAH, my '1' is exhausted! I shall not fail in this! she says, as she fails in this))

[randomgenericusername]

"I fear that removing her from the water could hurt her. I would prefer if you did some kind of aquatic garden instead, to let her enjoy this obsession with sea water until we can get her to stop believing she's a sea cucumber. Having her learn in a more friendly enviroment could greatly aid us into filling her mind with knowledge. We shouldn't try to force her too much and let her be a sea cucumber for now because of how fragile she still is, and we shouldn't let her do choices entirely by herself because of how little she knows about the world."

[Tiruin]

"I fear that removing her from the water could hurt her. I would prefer if you did some kind of aquatic garden instead, to let her enjoy this obsession with sea water until we can get her to stop believing she's a sea cucumber... Fancy words good words focus on sea cucumber"

"Excuse me, what?"

Cio checked the other floors of the guild before returning with an exhausted look on her face.

"...By the first week, we have a Princess who has several different frights-of-haunts, displays a cruel streak, and believes she is sea lettuce. I...think this is a good time for swimming practice; perhaps we can try training her in water magic with combined efforts in our own arts, by association. Say, did anyone try communicating with her other than myself to know about her personality? She seemed apprehensive when I met her, talked about darkness within the walls and all."

[randomgenericusername]

"That might be the horror that was locked in the basement. Someone forgot to inform me about it and when I opened the basement, the thing fled into the rest of the tower. The nightmarish being has been haunting the tower since then. This is why I proposed flooding the basement with sea water and have her swim there instead of staying inside a small sea cuccumber tank. The monster probably is afaird of the basement after being locked there for so long and eon't return there if it's full of water. A safe place where the princess could peacefuly swim without being haunted by the abomination."