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>>1610191
>Of course, milady.

>>1610191
>Of course, milady.

>>1610191
>>I make no promises.
Sometimes people just need a really good punch, or a Brightslap.

>>1608517
> “Fine. I’m coming.”
How can I say no to shenanigans!

>>1608517
>“Fine. I’m coming
She did follow through and joined us

> “Fine. I’m coming.”

You sigh. “Fine, fine. I’m coming.”

“Thank you, good God, thank you!” She hangs up then. To be frank, you’re only doing this because Caldwell devoted herself to the team as well. It only seems fair to repay that.

For now though, it seems you’ll head to work then.

-

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Caldwell’s office is currently filled with boxes and tubs of files, she hasn’t fully moved in just yet, it seems. Though you do spy some constellation charts, posters of space shuttles and rockets, and even an autographed picture of Tom Hanks? How did that happen? Caldwell lazily sits in her chair, along with her retinue, while the Captain files through dresses on her computer. “Let’s see…” You step inside, blinking. “Oh, Ellie, good to see you! What are you doing here?” asks the Captain.

You salute. “Chief Caldwell asked me to assist her with some files.”

The Captain smiles. “Ah, good, good. Keep up the good work!” She gives a thumbs up to Caldwell, who forces a smile on her face. “Now, tell me, Chief. What do you think of this one?” You step over to the desk, tilting your head. The Captain is sorting through custom dresses online on some generic website. The dress she’s looking at is a sky-blue gown. And obviously far too large for the Captain’s… stature.

Lyra smiles happily. “I think it looks good!”

“That’s what you’ve said the last five times,” says the Captain.

“Because they all look good!” Lyra says quickly. Ah good save.

“Poo.” The Captain grumbles a little.

Denise slides out from behind you. “Why are you searching for dresses, Captain?”

The Captain says, “The FleetFest Ball is this Friday. Unfortunately while our dress uniforms are quite dandy and very flashy, I feel that I should lead by example and wear a dress like the rest of our general studies students do. And in return, Gertrude Pool the Senior Class President will wear a dress uniform. A bit of switch ‘em up solidarity, show the classes there’s not much difference between Naval Studies and General Studies!”

“What about the Hall Monitors?” you ask.

“Oh, they have their own Ball,” says the Captain. “I went there last year. I tell you what, it felt like I was about to get drunk from all the Irish schtick.” Of course.

> Get to work, you’re not here to peruse dresses.
> Help the Captain choose a dress. Perhaps the faster she gets out of here the sooner you can get your work done.
> “You mind if I choose a dress for myself really quickly?”
> Other

>>1606059
>>Tell him everything.

Best to lay it all out, holding stuff back will probably only go badly.

Also Yay, botetiem!

>>1606059
>>Tell him everything.
He can *order* us to tell him everything, and then we don't have a choice.

>>1606059
>>Other
Is this an order sir?


personally, I'd like Sam to come clean because it's about her and she might want to talk about it rather than us do os

my name is Guy Mane

>>1602516
Good for you(?)
Your brain is overwhelmed with too many letters than you can keep track of while typing with this backwards setup. You just input:
>m
What is the next letter of your name?

>>1602758
a

>>1601387

old thread jere

>>1575433

>>1601387
Miellewds-guy here.

>>1601387
Here

Though we may travel forward, let us return to the moon that hung overhead, the cold winds, and the hidey holes. Let us return, even more, to the humans. The constants may change slightly, but they always stay the same. Yet this time their names are important, yet this time, their descriptions are too - but we shall come to them in a moment. First we must define, once again, their plan. It seems simple, yes? - to define one’s plans. Or perhaps not. Unlike the other constants, time is always changing, waxing and waning, ebbing and flowing. It is not lit by a moon, or inhabited by any manner of things. We are merely dragged along with it. As such, we must define the time before we define the plan, which we must define before we define the people. The time then was February 2nd, 1959, the time now is February 2nd, 2017. The plan then was to go on a ski trek across the Urals, the plan now is to find out what happened to the first group. The former people will be come to later, the latter people must be talked about now.

Michael is the one organizing this trip. Fair haired, American, pragmatist - what else is there to say really? He loves a good mystery, and is quite the debaucher. The thrill of being in control of these people’s lives, it excites him, makes him hard. What else should a man feel in these circumstances? A power over life and death would corrupt anyone, especially a man who hasn’t felt in control of himself for a long, long time. Michael is manipulative, but Michael is predictable. Dina is here to clear her head. Nothing else to do, and she wishes to be out of town for a while. She has come to the realization that she is in love with her best friend. Michael knew before she did, and thus invited her on the trip. She accepted hesitantly at first but then grew enthusiastic once she discovered the fault in her own feelings, the crack in her facade - that was before she arrived and discovered Michael there with a grin on his face, and her love there with one that matched. Zoya has run out of time. She is out of time - or, well, he. Michael has brought her along on this trip as a favor to her older brother, who needs her out of his hair while he deals with the loan sharks. She knows this, he knows this. They are usually inseparable but if worst comes to worst he will be gone by the time they arrive back in town. And no. She did not get to say goodbye. Finally, there is Borislav. Borislav is not a man’s man - in fact, the only reason he is coming is to get away from the bullying for just a moment. Perhaps in his heart he thought he could even gain some credit if he did well this evening with the women. Unfortunately, Michael already controls his persecutors - there is little chance of the bullying stopping yet. But, there is a yet.

Who are you?
>Michael, A Twisted Temper
>Dina, Judged
>Zoya, Dead to the World
>Borislav, Slowly Falling

>>1606997
>Zoya, Dead to the World

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the terry branstad stamp of approval for the thread

>>1605580
>THE KITCHEN
-There's a huge guy in there constantly making food that nobody seems to be eating

>>1605580
>THE TOWER

>>1602360
Pepperoni. Nothing else.

>>1602360
Why not all together?

>>1602360
Ham and pineapple. Hawaiian is best.

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LET US START THIS RIGHT

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Proceed....

It's another late night in Jump City.

Typically, it's quiet around this time. The decent people of this city are already in bed, resting up for whatever they have planned for tomorrow, while less decent folk are either out partying or getting themselves into trouble. Even in the city watched over by The Teen Titans, there are plenty of sirens that echo through night sky.

However, you happen know that tonight may have more sirens than usual.
You are a older teen currently living with one of the city's most dangerous biker gangs, The 47th Street Oni. You were just another deadbeat orphan digging through garbage for his 3 square meals when members of the gang intruded the alley you were enjoying dinner in. At first, they kicked you around like a mangy dog, but you showed them you had some fangs and fought back. Despite getting the shit thoroughly kicked out of you regardless, their leader happened to see your will to fight and decided that you were "beaten into the gang" on the spot.
You don't know if accepting the sudden initiation was a good idea, but you're certain that things are much better now than they were in the desolate alleys of the city. After being with the gang for a month, you've earned yourself real food, a bed, clothes, a bike, and a reason for people to be afraid of you plastered on your back.
Things have been good, but tonight you'll be taking part in your first turf war with a rival gang, The Hell Runners. Your gang expects you to spill blood in return for everything they've provided for you tonight, but you haven't really decided if dedicating your life to them is best choice.

Right now, you're outside a gas station filling the tank up on your bike. You lean against your machine and look at the red demondesign plastered on the blue exterior, quietly debating your commitment to the symbol.
You look over the pump's display and it tells you to see the cashier for payment.

A) Do as the display says, pay for your gas.
B) Ride off without paying.

>Consider your spell options
Your mood has improved somewhat with the discovery of your heightened MAGICAL PROWESS. You'll have to decide on a new spell to add to your repertoire, but right now you're tired as hell - the ritual and the seven hours preceding it drained you dry. You gotta sleep first.
You close the bucket of INFERNAL DISSOLVANT, and return it to the armory along with the MOP. You close the wrecked door to your best ability - you really hope nobody breaks in while you sleep.
You slither into your BEDCHAMBER, housing a bed that is impressive in size compared to your size. You set an alarm on your HELLPHONE, and you hit the hay.

>Meanwhile...

In Hell, you don't climb up on the corporate ladder. You climb straight down.

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>Be Acerparva
You are now ACERPARVA.
You are a LESSER DEMON serving Great King and President ZAGAN, commander of thirty-three Infernal Legions. Life is relatively good for you as a lowly accountant of the mighty SISIRRISI & SISIRRISI AVARICE TRUST - your coworkers treat you with as much respect as a lesser demon may possibly get and they pressure you into doing only 90% of their work. You don't feel particularly miserable, however, as you are practically in a ROMANTIC RELATIONSHIP WITH YOUR JOB, though sometimes even you feel overwhelmed by the amount of work piled onto you. Still, you're proud of yourself for clawing yourself up from coffee girl and stress relief punching bag status to the rank of accountant on the CORPORATE LADDER, despite being a lesser demon - most lesser demons at the Trust serve as footstools for the INFERNAL EXECUTIVES. Your sharp tongue, impatient nature and low level of DEMONIC POWER won't let you ascend further, however.
In your free time (about four full hours a week), you are an avid fan of BODY MODIFICATION - you have several PIERCINGS and turned your skin into a collage of various TATTOOS. You also read several MAGAZINES on this topic.
You also enjoy browsing the INTERNET from time to time, and have several BUSINESS ASSOCIATES all around Hell.
However, you have currently no time to engage in your hobbies, as you are too busy FREAKING OUT. You messed up, you messed up bad. You are so upset you can barely concentrate on the three different forms you're filling out at the moment.
A few hours ago, you were sent to a certain mortal called BRIGHTON MACKENZIE to retrieve an alleged asset of the Trust from her. Of course, the claim that the necklace is the Trust's property is a barefaced lie, one that you were instructed to tell.
Afterall, no demon owns the necklace holding DEMON LORD ZAGAN'S TEETH, except for Demon Lord Zagan himself.
In any case, the Trust's plan to curry the Demon Lord's favor and rise above its competitors by being the one to return the necklace failed. Mackenzie proved to be as stubborn as a drunk hellsteed and categorically refused to give up the necklace. Technically, she just rerouted you to the actual Holder of the Asset, but you're certain that the bloodthirsty Board of Infernal Executives will be all too enthusiastic to reinterpret this as refusal to give up the Asset, in which case the Legal Owner is permitted to retrieve it by force etc. etc.
You normally wouldn't care about a mortal getting gored by a bunch of corporate-hired MERCENARIES, except...
...Except this one is uncomfortably HOT. You're pretty sure you might be in love, which is both ridiculous and slightly worrisome.
You tried your best to convince her to give up the necklace to spare her from having to deepthroat a bunch of pitchforks, but she proved too stubborn. You returned to your office hours ago and you still haven't dared to file your REPORT. The REPORT FORM lies on your desk, accusingly empty.
>What do you do?

>>1602263
File a delay on the acquisition of the necklace. We'll try to convince her to relinquish it again... maybe over dinner?

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Last time on Paper Mario Quest... what exactly happened again? It's all a little hazy...

...oh yeah, Hazy Pinto! That Beanish guy! He stole your grey tie, with all your stuff in it! Seems like he had some kind of weird celery to put people in trances. He did that to you, and stole your good tie. It's all pretty crazy.

Wait, crazy? As in Dayzee? Yeah, you know one of those too! Mayzee, who you helped out of a wicked trance, is accompanying you on your search for Hazy Pinto. She doesn't like fighting, but her beautiful song is great for putting things to sleep. She also likes non-sentient plants.

"...bert? Boobert...?" You feel a light tap on your head, and snap back to reality, looking up at Mayzee, who seems worried. "Are you going up the tower to talk to the Sun?"

Oh yeah, that. You feel like you've been out of it for, like, six or seven months. Your gaze shifts toward the tall, earth-tone tower in front of you, clashing against the black of the night sky, with a very faint glow at the top.

>A. Yeah, let's go
>B. After you, Mayzee
>C. Something else

>>1599413
>>A. Yeah, let's go

>A

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>There was a storm

Well that's one way to look at it
Kerosene it is

>>1598713
First for not fucking things up with Hana and being a good boyfriend.

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>>1598713
Awwwwww yeah, time for Pokemans!

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Resources:
- There are 5 main resources:
1. Food (F)
2. Wood (W)
3. Metal (M)
4. Gold/Wealth (G)
5. Manpower (MP)

- Every standard tile when conquered gives:
+10 food
+5 wood
+2 metal
+10 gold
+1 manpower
3 legion capacity
- There are 3 different bonusses a tile can have:
Sea/lake tile; the tile is bordering a sea or a lake.
+5 food
+2 gold

- River tile; the tile is bordering a river.
+5 food
+5 gold

- Mountain tile; the tile is bordering a mountain.
+5 metal

- Forest tile; the tile is not bordered by any of the above.
+5 wood

Empire:
- You can claim up to 4 regions per turn.
Rolling 00 grants 0 regions.
Rolling 01-33 grants maximum 1 region.
Rolling 34-66 grants maximum 2 regions.
Rolling 67-98 grants maximum 3 regions.
Rolling 99 grants maximum 4 regions.
- Boats can Colonize 2 regions, after that the Boat is depleted.
- Vessels can Colonize 2 regions, after that the Ship is depleted.
- If you decide to claim land through a Boat/Ship (colonize) your maximum expansion is that respective region, no matter if your roll is for 2 or 3 regions.
(Thus if your roll is 56, and you wish to expand with a Boat, you can only claim one region that turn; the region the Boat colonizes. But if you decide to just expand, you claim 2 regions.)
- When you have 10 regions you can set 1 region as your Capitol*.
*A Capitol gives +25 extra gold for the tile and +3 gold for all surrounding tiles but sets all other resources in yhe tile to 0.
*A Capitol tile has a legion capacity of 6 and gives +1 legion capacity to its surrounding tiles.
Once a Capitol has been captured by an enemy, you can not set a new one. You can only (try to) retake it.
- Nations can create an alliance for a price of 60 gold per member. If a new member joins all old members must pay 60 gold again.
- If you are part of an Alliance you can trade/give Boats/Ships and regions with/to eachother.
- If you are part of an Alliance you can create trade agreements considering resources.
You can not trade your Capitol Region nor its adjacent regions.
- Resetting a new Capitol is possible after 8 turns. Your old Capitol Region will return into a normal region and its adjecent regions aswell.

>In the map white, blue, green and purple tiles have respectively 0,1,2 and 3 bonus factors.

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War:
- A nation can create 3 different kinds of army legions.
- Each army legion is worth 1 Army Power, if combined with multiple kinds of legions the Army Power increases with 1 point per legion:
For example: an army with Swords, Spears and Cavalry will have each legion be worth 3 AP, while an army of only Swords will have its legions only be worth 1 AP.

1. Swords legion
Recruitment:
25 gold
5 metal
1 manpower
Upkeep:
10 gold
10 food

2. Spears legion
Recruitment
25 gold
5 wood
5 metal
1 manpower
Upkeep:
10 gold
10 food

3. Cavalry legion
Recruitment:
40 gold
7 metal
5 wood
2 manpower
Upkeep:
15 gold
20 food

- Army legions must first be trained, after training a nation can decide to Mobilize* the forces in order to use them for war.
*Mobilized forces gain upkeep.
*Each conquered tile has a maximum capacity of 3 Unmobilized legions.
- There are 2 different kinds of battles: Field Battles and Sieges.
- When battling the attacker and defender do a Roll. Attacking or defending is decided by who declares first.
- If you attack another nations army (Field Battle) whoever has the highest Battle Power wins. The losers army gets destroyed and the winners army loses 40% of its AP.
- An armies Battle Power in a Field Battle consist for 70% of its AP and 30% its roll. Thus there is a luckfactor of 30%.

- When battling a Siege an attacker can conquer 4 territories per battle.
*Sieges can only commence when nations are bordering eachother.
*A Siege takes place at the territory which the attackers army attacks.
- In Sieges Unmobilized legions (maxium of 12) fight for the defender aswell.
- In Sieges the luckfactor Roll is 10%
If the defender wins he keeps the territory.
If the defender wins the Roll (but loses the battle) by more than 30 extra (att. rolls 40, def. rolls 70) the defender gets a Counterattack Bonus*.
If the defender with the Counterattack Bonus attacks the nation which attacked him in the last turn, he gets a 30% AP bonus.
If a defender gets attacked by more than one faction, he rolls a seperate defence-Roll for that battle.
If an attacker loses the Roll (but wins the battle) by more than 30 (att. rolls 40, def. rolls 70) the attacker gets an Attack Penalty on the respective defender.
If the attacker with the penalty attacks the same defender again next round, his AP gets a 15% AP penalty.
Thus per turn a nation can attack once per turn, and defend as much as he gets attacked.
*The Counterattack Bonus also applies to any Allies of the attacker which the defender wishes to counterattack.
- Succesful Naval Invasions (attacking from a Boat or Ship) requires that the Attackers BP is atleast 1.5 times higher than the defenders BP.

>>1608888
I'm guessing that's the final intro post.

>>1608869
Are multiple players allowed per faction?

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Bears live on the north island among the cool snow and stars. Due to their fur, they blend in nicely to their environment and become fearsome prey. Though omnivorous, they prefer meat. Their claws are very useful in combat and crafting.

Monkeys live on a sandy, tropical island. They have recently come out of the jungle, enjoying the sandy, warm beach. Their tails are very handy in swinging, holding, and climbing. They eat lots of fruits, vegetables, and small animals.

Goats live on a volcanic island recently teeming with life. They find a fascination with obsidian developed from a nearby volcano, who some claim is a great spirit. They like to eat. A lot. Their horns are well used in mating and combat.

Pigs are land mammals that love to eat too. They are settled near a waterfall. The waterfall holds a great importance to many, and some even claim all the world's water comes from there! They have tusks that aid in mating and combat.

Everyone has 45 tribals with a +1 per turn rate. They start with no knowledge, shelter, and entirely as hunters and scavengers. With that, I will wait for first turns once every tribe has one.

>>1598525
First for polarbears

Action: Scout North Island
Research: stacking compact ice into igloos

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starting islands

>>1599016

old thread
>>1579840

>>1599016
Stats
Heroes
Sigmund- Turned Knight
Gellen- Your loyal right hand man, currently unskilled can be trained in a number of areas
Crall- Turned Orc raider

Population
50 Vampires(Human)
153 Human thralls
3 Orc Thralls

Military assets
5 Mounted Warriors- Equipped with studded metal and light mail armor as well as a sturdy wooden roundshields, armed with swords, axes and bows

Other
50 Horses

We recently looted enough weapons to equip 5 more warriors and enough food to last through the winter until the next planting season

>>1599032
Also here is some information about the world

Other Known Factions
The Gnomish City-States-Wealthy, multicultural and technologically advanced, dominating seaboard trade with their massive navy and merchant fleet.The City-States were once an autonomnous region within the Dwarven Empire at the Zenith of its power 3 centuries ago. They suffered badly from the great plague, but have covered their losses with an influx of immigrants from all over the continent, including humans, elves and even the occasional civilized orc. Tend to squabble amongst themselves a great deal, heavily reliant on mercenary forces for their armies, they are not to be messed with.

Palma- Known for their explorers and worldwide holdings, the Palmese are the best seamen in the world, their galleys and merchantships traveling the known world and beyond with impunity

Roya- Famous for the final silks sold from the city, as well as their cloth and weaving industries, nobility from the known world come here to purchase the greatest in fashion and luxury goods. They lead the world in manufactories and have a strong, professional and innovative army.

Middras- The most multicultural of the City-States, one could argue that they are no longer a true City-State as they have significantly expanded their borders on the continent itself, drawing ire from the Dwarven Empire, who frown upon expansioninist nations and are concerned by the growing boldness and power of the City-States

The Dwarven Empire- Opulent, Stagnating, and still very powerful, the Dwarven Empire still dominates much of the politics of the northeast of the continent. Wealthy from plentiful gold and gem mines, they overcome their lack of mages, by recruiting outside mages to work for the Empire and equip large numbers of their troops with nullsteel. The Dwarven Empire suffered extensively in the great plague, losing almost a third of their population. Even today whole wings of mountainholds lay empty.
Further they are plagued in the present by internal struggles that threaten to split the Empire in civil war, weakening it and making it ripe for invasion by an ambitious rising power....