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[Aklyon]

Quite a few brave souls checking out a barred building. Usually that means an experiment gone wrong in this world.

Either way, I will head for the academy with my fellow shapers.

Well, I didn't say it was a loud building, or a obviously dangerous one. just that you could see the glint very valuable puresteel in canister shape inside.

[Happerry]

(Updated my sheet. Is it now good?)

[Aklyon]

Yes it is.

You meet yet another apprentice on your way up the hill, and Kaguro says hello to him as well. He follows you reluctantly back up the hill, mumbling about expectations and family.

Once you make it inside, you are (4) Not bothered or noticed much until the head researcher is actually informed you five are here. He then slowly introduces you to everyone who cares to know that there are new apprentices, which ends up being a tiny 3 people out, plus Head Shaper Qwan. The three are Shaper Rik, Agent Zenenez, and Commander Steve. Com. Steve tells you to not ask why he has a boring name compared to the other two.

Shaper Rik gives each of the Shapers a separate but same first objective (learn how to and successfully create [creation])
Agent Zenenez gave Hikari directions to Room 312, but when he arrives there it is apparently empty...
Commander Steve asks Ima what weapon he wants to use.

(6) Apprentice Shaper Kaguro's job was to make a fyora.
(6) Apprentice Shaper Haika's job was to make an artila.
(1) Apprentice Shaper Anoth's job is to make a very durable (but not stupid enough to punch every apprentice to practice melee attacks on it) thahd.

You can go anywhere on the island now; It is mainly hiily plains, with farms closer to town and scattered forests. Head Shaper Qwan, when asked about why a Shaper would need money on a shaper controlled island, answered thus:
"The people of the town will stay happier if we do not simply take anything we require from them without compensation. There are many dozens of exceptions to this idea, but none of them involve apprentices. So take 100 gold if you wish to mess about the town or buy some kind of food we do not have, then come back here for anything you actually need to use. No alcohol in here, except for experiments involving it and the effect thereof on specific creations. That is what the townpeople made a tavern for."

Spoiler: Status (click to show/hide)

Shapers

Kaguro (KaguroDraven)
HP:50
Energy: 100
Essence: 189

Skills:
Essence
Fire Shaping II
Fyora II
Leadership I
Mechanics I
Stealth I
Firebolt I

Inventory: Discipline Wand (12/12)
Creations:
Fyora (2 Int) 25/25 HP

Anoth (Happerry)
HP:50
Energy: 100
Essence: 200

Skills:
Essence
Battle Shaping II
Thahd I
Cryoa Biology
Stealth II
Heal I
Haste I


Inventory: Discipline Wand (12/12)

Haika Unekaru (Haika)
HP:50
Energy: 100
Essence: 186

Skills:
Essence
Magic Shaping III
Leadership II
Artila I
Heal I
Firebolt I

Inventory: Discipline Wand (12/12)
Creations:
Aged Artilla (2 Int, -1 End) 8/8 HP

Agents

Hikari Shizume (adwarf)
HP:100
Energy: 200
Essence: 50

Inventory: 4 Living tools.

Guardians

Ima (Imakuni)
HP:200
Energy: 50
Essence: 100

Skills:
Melee IV
General Armor Proficiency
Shields II
Essence
Inventory: Chitin Armor (worn)

[KaguroDraven]

Go explore, and scout the barred building for guards and the like.

[Imakuni]

"I would like a baton, sir."

[Happerry]

I nod and go to seek out a essence pool to power my attempt to create a Thahd as asked, so that I may try more then once if the first try doesn't work without depleting my energy too much. But first I go get my allowance of 100 gold that we were just given.

[Haika]

"Hmm, I guess it cannot be helped." The Unekaru successor gathers his 100 gold(assuming the 100 is for each of us and not a group amount?).

Haika was brought up with old shaper values. The modern shaper world is much more open, and less oppressive. Even so, he dosen't like dealing with non-shapers much, and sharing what he knows to these 'instructors' is bad enough.

The fool asked for an Artila? WHY? Haika's elder Artila was right next to him the whole time. It takes some time for Haika to ponder this, even if the instructor wanted him to absorb the pet, it makes little sense to randomly have him make a new one. Either these instructors are totally incompetant, or more likely they are just refusing to teach anything to the new students since the level of trust is still so low.

Therefore, I shall appease his choice. Haika will attempt to create an Artila, with 150 points of es spread evenly across it's skills. Basically the highest quality Artila he can make.

[Aklyon]

(Do you want another one? The 6 let you skip the first task. Not complaining about it if you do want one, though. Also yes, 100 each.)

[adwarf]

Search the room for clues, or secret entrances.

[Haika]

(Do you want another one? The 6 let you skip the first task. Not complaining about it if you do want one, though. Also yes, 100 each.)

I'm curious to see exactly how it all works. So yeah, let's give it a try. I can always absorb it again in typical Shaper fashion right?

[Aklyon]

yep, you can.

(1) Hikari fails at everything searching related this time.
After finding an essence pool, Haika tries to make a new artila to give his older one some company, or something. The shaping is (1+1) unsuccessful, but the artila is alive...somewhat. Probably not for long.
Anoth's thahd on the other hand, is (6+1!) quite well made and impressive to look at, for a thahd. it cost 26 essence altogether, and Anoth seems to have learned more on thahds from examing his creeation.

Ima is given a normal thorn baton, and 6 thorn sets. It is a ranged weapon, so Com. Steve asks if you want a sword or something else before you go train, or do something else.

Scouting around the warded building shows no guards or surveillance, (2) but the door has a blastback ward on it to those who don't notice its there. Kaguro is knocked into the building opposite, but is not too hurt. He shrugs it off and decides where to explore next.

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Shapers

Kaguro (KaguroDraven)
HP:45
Energy: 100
Essence: 189

Skills:
Essence
Fire Shaping II
Fyora II
Leadership I
Mechanics I
Stealth I
Firebolt I

Inventory: 100 Gold, Discipline Wand (12/12)
Creations:
Fyora (2 Int) 25/25 HP

Anoth (Happerry)
HP:50
Energy: 100
Essence: 174

Skills:
Essence
Battle Shaping II
Thahd II
Cryoa Biology
Stealth II
Heal I
Haste I


Inventory: 100 Gold, Discipline Wand (12/12)
Creations:
Thahd (3 Int, 5 End) 70/70 HP

Haika Unekaru (Haika)
HP:50
Energy: 100
Essence: 174

Skills:
Essence
Magic Shaping III
Leadership II
Artila I
Heal I
Firebolt I

Inventory: 100 Gold, Discipline Wand (12/12)
Creations:
Aged Artilla (2 Int, -1 End) 8/8 HP
Useless Artila (-5 Str,Dex,Int, -4 End) 2/2 HP.(-1 HP per turn)

Agents

Hikari Shizume (adwarf)
HP:100
Energy: 200
Essence: 50

Inventory: 100 Gold, 4 Living tools.

Guardians

Ima (Imakuni)
HP:200
Energy: 50
Essence: 100

Skills:
Melee IV
General Armor Proficiency
Shields II
Essence

Inventory: 100 Gold, Chitin Armor (worn), Thorn baton (6/6), 6 thorn sets.

[adwarf]

Search again there is something here I know it.

[Haika]

Well, that was less than impressive. I shall absorb the useless Artila and try again. Now it's a matter of personal pride.

[Imakuni]

Oh, a baton's a ranged weapon? Huh. I haven't played Geneforge in years, and it seems like I don't remember much.

"Actually, on second thought, I would rather have a sword, sir."

[Aklyon]

Oh, a baton's a ranged weapon? Huh. I haven't played Geneforge in years, and it seems like I don't remember much.

"Actually, on second thought, I would rather have a sword, sir."

Yep, ranged. shoots thorns. thorn baton can't shoot venom thorn because that what venom batons to, and so on.
Swords and whatever else weapon you want is ok, like axes or something. (I'm not sticking to the games exactly, but most of it itemwise will be fairly close.)