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[Knightwing64]

Why are you here, then?

Why shouldn't I be? It's fun for me.

But... you just said...

*brain failure, commencing self destruction

[Enemy post]

I'd rather not leave whether or not Tal is our love interest up to a coin flip, so I'm going to skip updating tonight.

[King Zultan]

1

[Enemy post]

We're interested in Tal.

"You know," you say slowly, "I've been starting to think I've been overlooking the obvious myself."

Tal catches your meaning: her eyes widen. "Us? But…won't that maybe ruin our friendship?"

"Maybe it'll take it to places it couldn't otherwise go," you say.

Tal seems to be genuinely considering your offer.

How far do you want to try to take this tonight?

1.Just a kiss, and I'll be happy.
2.I'll see if she wants to stay the night to cuddle.

Spoiler: Stats (click to show/hide)

Foo Orison

Appearance

A bookish, spectacled man wearing a shimmering cloak and tight black clothing fit for a thief or an assassin

Magic
  Negation:6
  Automation:4
  Glamor:1
  Divination:1
  Vivomancy:8

Skills
Ancient History: 3 (Decent)
Fighting: 1 (Bad)
Subtlety: 5 (Good)
Charisma: 2 (Decent)

Personality
Optimism:47%/Caution:53%   
Humor:62%/Solemnity:38%   
Empathy:29%/Calculation:71%   

Relationships
Romances (Interested romantically, but not sexually, in men and women)
None

Tal: 61 (Very Good)
Cos: 50 (Fine)
Church: 40 (Bad)
Undiscovered relationships: 3

Kingdom
Adoration: 50%/Vilification: 50%

Inventory
Gold: 220 gold
Sword
Alchemy Set
Torc of Life and Death
Clutch of Dragon Eggs
History Book, True Life of Abraxas
Golem Manual

Students
None

Pets
None

The Dead
The Academy Inquisitor

Plot Points

Chapter 1

You and Tal stumbled on an ancient magic academy.
You discovered a book of vivomancy, and an inquisitor chased you.
You found an ancient dueling ground.
You killed the inquisitor with negation magic.
You explored the academy library.
A divination revealed a potential ally in the form of a golem, so you took a manual on the operation of golems from the library.
You animated a serving tray to retrieve an alchemy set, but in the process, you released some dangerous chemicals.
You found a laboratory with a trapped specter.
You destroyed the specter.
You obtained a clutch of dragon eggs from the crow's nest of an ancient airship.
It became clear that the spilled chemicals were going to consume the whole academy.

Chapter 2


You flew up the coast of the Negative Sea back to Akriton.
You created two horses and freed them in the woods.
You made your parents think your finds in the academy were purely of historical interest.
You read in True Life of Abraxas that those who follow orders regularly are more likely to be glamored.
You learned the location of the Magisterian capital from True Life of Abraxas.
You met a hat seller but bought nothing from her.
You allowed a thief to steal from Fruitseller Fran.
You agreed to hunt a dodecapede with Tal.

[Glass]

1

[brewer bob]

I'm fine with either choice, so going to skip this one.

[Maximum Spin]

I'm fine with either choice, so going to skip this one.

I'm uncomfortable with either choice, but I guess 1?

[Yellow Pixel]

1

[brewer bob]

I'm uncomfortable with either choice

I'd rather get rid of romances from fiction altogether, to be honest. They most of the time feel awkward and forced.

[Maximum Spin]

I'd rather get rid of romances from fiction altogether, to be honest. They most of the time feel awkward and forced.

Good to have you on team "Please, god, no."

ETA: To expand, that's one of the reasons - not the most important reason, it also just makes me really uncomfortable, I don't want to be "represented", I don't want to "feel seen", that's when you need to dive for cover - that I don't like the "put yourself in the game" style. It makes this problem so many times worse. Just look at that last choice there - we know nothing about this mayor other than that, okay, I guess he's a little down for some reason, and that he's a dude, so he's available if you're into that. How is that even fulfilling to anyone?

[BlackPaladin99]

1
we dont want to rush this. 

[Enemy post]

Just a kiss. (Also, regarding the mayor, talking to him isn't primarily a romance option. The main purpose of that scene is usually that you're probing to find out if the town knows you're a spellcaster, IIRC.)

You kiss Tal, savoring it with your eyes closed. She returns the kiss enthusiastically.

When you open your eyes, Noodles looms next to your faces. Tal barks a startled "Bah!" and jerks back.

Maybe it's just as well you didn't plan to go any further. "Maybe we can resume some time we don't have a magic monkey running around," you say.

"I think I'd like that," Tal says. She looks really pleased.

Tal parts amiably, but not before you exchange one more joyous kiss, which lasts until Noodles impatiently taps her on the shoulder, and the two depart.

You awaken the next morning a bit groggy, having stayed up rather later than you intended.

You head to Tal's place to embark on the hunt you agreed to.

You and Tal travel north to the Crown Mountains, where snow from the past winter is still gradually melting into the River Mnemos. It is three days' ride to the feet of the mountains, where your quarry was last seen munching farmers' crops. You travel without animals, since they couldn't follow you into the mountains.

You hunt a dodecapede, a shaggy, white-haired, twelve-legged mammal bred by the ancients as a beast of burden for the mines. Tal says it looks rather like a giant, elongated Pekingese dog.

The dodecapede's tracks are no great feat to spot: each depression is nearly two feet wide, leading very evenly up the hill through new-fallen snow. Tal assures you that it's not as big as it appears; the beast knows to step in its own tracks and widens them that way.

You have never been much help to Tal on her hunts before, as you've never been a great fighter compared to her, so you're eager to prove your worth this time.

What's the plan?

1.Follow the tracks, blast the beast, bring back the head.
2.Create a new crop for the beast to eat with vivomancy, and convince the clients the problem is solved.
3.Find a new food source for the dodecapede with divination, and convince the clients the problem is solved.
4.Leave poisoned food outside the beast's lair. (Requires alchemy set and 25 gold.)
5.Revive the old mine machinery with automation to drive the beast out of its lair and possibly recover some gold.
6.Defeat the beast in melee with my sword and Tal's luxgladius.

Spoiler: Stats (click to show/hide)

Foo Orison

Appearance

A bookish, spectacled man wearing a shimmering cloak and tight black clothing fit for a thief or an assassin

Magic
  Negation:6
  Automation:4
  Glamor:1
  Divination:1
  Vivomancy:8

Skills
Ancient History: 3 (Decent)
Fighting: 1 (Bad)
Subtlety: 5 (Good)
Charisma: 2 (Decent)

Personality
Optimism:47%/Caution:53%   
Humor:62%/Solemnity:38%   
Empathy:29%/Calculation:71%   

Relationships
Romances (Interested romantically, but not sexually, in men and women)
Tal

Tal: 61 (Very Good)
Cos: 50 (Fine)
Church: 40 (Bad)
Undiscovered relationships: 3

Kingdom
Adoration: 50%/Vilification: 50%

Inventory
Gold: 220 gold
Sword
Alchemy Set
Torc of Life and Death
Clutch of Dragon Eggs
History Book, True Life of Abraxas
Golem Manual

Students
None

Pets
None

The Dead
The Academy Inquisitor

Plot Points

Chapter 1

You and Tal stumbled on an ancient magic academy.
You discovered a book of vivomancy, and an inquisitor chased you.
You found an ancient dueling ground.
You killed the inquisitor with negation magic.
You explored the academy library.
A divination revealed a potential ally in the form of a golem, so you took a manual on the operation of golems from the library.
You animated a serving tray to retrieve an alchemy set, but in the process, you released some dangerous chemicals.
You found a laboratory with a trapped specter.
You destroyed the specter.
You obtained a clutch of dragon eggs from the crow's nest of an ancient airship.
It became clear that the spilled chemicals were going to consume the whole academy.

Chapter 2


You flew up the coast of the Negative Sea back to Akriton.
You created two horses and freed them in the woods.
You made your parents think your finds in the academy were purely of historical interest.
You read in True Life of Abraxas that those who follow orders regularly are more likely to be glamored.
You learned the location of the Magisterian capital from True Life of Abraxas.
You met a hat seller but bought nothing from her.
You allowed a thief to steal from Fruitseller Fran.
You agreed to hunt a dodecapede with Tal.
You kissed Tal.

[Maximum Spin]

Just a kiss. (Also, regarding the mayor, talking to him isn't primarily a romance option. The main purpose of that scene is usually that you're probing to find out if the town knows you're a spellcaster, IIRC.)

Wait, really? How on earth are you expected not to think it's about asking him to dance when it says it's about asking him to dance?

[Glass]

I'm thinking either 1 or 2. Either could be successful, so I think that goes more in which one we want to advance.

I'm inclined to say 1, it'll be easier to prove we got the job done with the thing's head than with our 2 charisma.

[Maximum Spin]

I'm kind of interested in 5, but 1 is the simplest and most direct plan.