Banished Quest 198
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Welcome to Banished Quest!
You take the role of a young mage labeled a criminal by his people and cast out into the wider world. In the last thread you went shopping for artifacts and met with a feline friend to discuss services rendered.
It is currently the 3rd of Yuddha, in the year 936 NH.
Character Sheet:
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Using names or trips in this quest is heavily discouraged. While it is impossible for me to prevent you from doing so, I ask that you not. I will also not count any votes made while using names or trips.
When Chryssa moves her thumb to rest on the glowing collection of runes inlaid upon the grip of her bow, it's as if she ceases to exist. You can still see her. Consciously you're aware that she hasn't vanished. Yet, to some sixth sense you weren't fully aware she resides within a blind spot. An impenetrable hole in your perception, from which nothing enters or leaves. Your mind rebels against the very idea that anything could be contained within. It's almost hard to look at her directly, as though you're seeing something which you know should not exist.
Then she moves her finger off the runic array and your perception floods back into the area once affected by the artifact's enchantment. You're filled with an immense sense of relief by the destruction of this unnatural hole in your awareness. Seeking out distraction, you allow your thoughts to twist themselves together with those of your son, drawing his attention away from trying to catch the fish in one of Mahana's ponds. {Have you given any thought as to what you'll ask for as your reward?}
Splashing echoes through the throne room as he pulls his head out of the water, one of the bright red fish caught between his teeth. It explodes into a cloud of multicolored vys which quickly dissipates into the surroundings when he snaps his jaws together, disappointment at this turn of events rolling off of him in waves. {Maybe something to protect my wings? Its seems like that's where I get hurt most, so armor or something might be good. I just don't want it to be too heavy, and I'm a little worried I'd need help putting it on. Since I'm not too good at grabbing things unless I'm just holding them down to eat them alive.}
{I was also thinking maybe I could get something for the end of my tail.} He continues, images flashing briefly through your thoughts of Zahak poised with his tail in the air like a scorpion, waving it in the direction of a herd of camels. {I watched a little tiny creature chasing a mouse and stabbing it with a spear on the end of its tail, but it didn't really work out too well when I tried doing that. I don't think my tail is long enough, and it doesn't have a spear. I did whack a camel so hard it fell asleep though!}
Your son seems mildly embarrassed by the memory, but he forges on. {That's all I could really think to ask for, the saddle you got for me is already pretty useful.}
(1/2)
Admittedly, Zahak is a little hard to find artifacts for. It's not like they make suits of armor for dragons, and as he already pointed out if said armor weighed too much it might interfere with his ability to fly. He could probably just attach some layered metal plates to the underside of his saddle, that would serve as sufficient protection for his torso, but you're not sure about his wings. Perhaps small metal plates sewn onto a leather backing draped over his shoulders would offer protection of a sort, but you're hardly an expert when it comes to armor.
>Suggest he get a blade or club of some sort to attach to the end of his tail.
>Suggest he get a coat of plates to protect his exposed underbelly.
>Suggest he get scale armor to protect his wings.
>Maybe he ought to request runes and knowledge of enchanting instead of an artifact?
>Write-in
first post for zahak
>>243855
>>Suggest he get scale armor to protect his wings.
>>243855
>Suggest he get a coat of plates to protect his exposed underbelly.
>Suggest he get scale armor to protect his wings.
We could burn one of our own artifacts for the protection of best son.
>>243855
>>Suggest he get scale armor to protect his wings.
>>243855
>Suggest he get scale armor to protect his wings.
>Suggest he get a blade or club of some sort to attach to the end of his tail.
>>243855
>>Write-in
Have this old spirit teach him about dragon heritage/ everything dragon related he knows.
Mahana's been around a couple eons. He should know the dragon language, thier dragon specific magic. Or at least leads into it.
We can't really teach our son the dragon ways. We may as well have some one who knows do impart him with as much dragon knowledge. And lineages and such. Possibly any dragon rituals they have. Like the elves since dragons created them as servants and such.
>>243855
>>Suggest he get a blade or club of some sort to attach to the end of his tail.
>>Suggest he get a coat of plates to protect his exposed underbelly.
>>243892
Fug, if he learns their language he could teach it to mik even.
>>243855
>>Suggest he get scale armor to protect his wings.
Honestly it's good thinking and he should be commended for it. Though let's make sure it doesn't impact his mobility.
The belly thing is a far smaller concern due to its smaller size compared to its wings, and he really doesn't need to be more ferocious in melee with that vys pool. And for the love of Pani, let's not give the month-old infant knowledge on how to edit reality.
>>243873
I'd rather spend it on a universal translator.
>>243897
Or we could just ask for the cat to magic the language into our head
>>243904
Let's not make things too easy.
>>243855
>Suggest he get scale armor to protect his wings.
Also have these be enchanted to prevent hard landings in the event of injury. Falling hundreds of feet out of the sky is probably more dangerous than having your wing damaged, so if Zahak's wings do get hurt through his armor, having it also be a contingency would be nice.
>>243903
we've got three IOUs for artifacts.
>>243904
more importantly he may have some rituals he could be using to gain strength. As in there could be a reason dragons have a tendancy for gold/shiny things. That a ritual is formed around to make a dragon more powerful.
>>243917
I believe we used one for Chys.
Also if we're going to get the scale armor for wings. It will obviously resize. But it should help his flying speed/stabilization in air/landing. And weight almost nothing.
>>243941
>ID: Redehloe
>>243870
>>243873
>>243881
>>243903
>>243912
>Scale wing armor.
>>243909
>>243892
>A course on Draconic magic and history.
>>243889
>>243894
>Tail sword.
>>243894
>>243873
>Belly armor.
Armor for the wings it is.
>>243941
>>243934
You have three IOUs which were requested separately of Chryssa's bow upgrade.
Anyway, writin'.
>>243945
Fuck, I know.
I wannafart in soma's mouth
>>243961
I thought most, if not all enchanted artifacts resized.
>>243968
It's apparently its own enchantment, but also really common.
It's a pity we didn't pick up a pair of those horn thingies for Zahak.
>>244006
Or Chryssa.
Semi-related note: we should totally try transplanting body parts the next time we find a rapist to vivisect.
>>244013
We can vivisect sneople. Comparative anatomy studies should be useful!
Enchanting literally never ever
>>243949
We are going to grab the Spirit Ivory we traveled all the way to the Cat's shrine to grab in the first place, right?
>>244030
I'm curious why spirits don't git gudder using enchantments. Chryssa's boy is ridonculous. She's only totally absurd because Rhynian bullshit, being a Master archer, and having an equally potent artifact mask, but still.
>>244030
We have a room that can create enchanting tools and that we can teleport into at will now. It's never going to get any more convenient than this.
>>244036
Oh yeah, I'd almost forgotten.
How much of the boar's tusk did y'all want again? Just all of it?
>>244045
yeah all of it sounds good.
>>244045
I think it was a good chunk, but not all.
>>244045
Leave the poor guy a stub, at least. It's not like we won't find something better for enchanting eventually.
>>244064
I swear if the cat has been using our stuff without permission he's gonna get such a husk infused spanking.
>>244045
We should also ask the Cat what his policy on starting shit in the Elaudia is. Maybe ask him if he has any more campaigns/wars planned in the future.
>>244079
Oh, oh, like Arseface back in Varvar's place!
>>244079
Oh yes deepthroat the cat's cock more.
>>244069
If he's like any cat I've known he won't have used it, but that doesn't mean he hasn't batted it around under some couch or other such thing to force you to look for whatever item grabbed its attention.
>>244087
Fuck you, it's a reacharound at best. We get a lot out of it too.
>>244087
Barbed for our pleasure
>>244087
Cats are the best
Someone asked a question about enchanting. This is typically how I picture a gated runic array.
>>244045
So using a good chunk of the boars tusk, would you say it would allow a little something extra, other than feather weight/protection/faster flying and landing?
>>244143
hahaha you fucking retarded cunt.
>>244178
Man, don't make him rewrite what he has so far.
>not asking for a pair of tiny chest arms
>>244178
Eh, probably not. Boar's tusk isn't really the be all end all material for enchanting. It can just handle more enchantments being placed upon it than most materials, and it's nearly indestructible to boot. Also highly resistant to magical tampering.
>>244206
So it's lightweight and almost impenetrable. Could we somehow fashion it into paper thin sheets? Is that too thin for protection to still be viable?
>>244222
He just said "probably not" which in Soma speak is "you could but it would be fucking terrible, and you're terrible for thinking of it.
But he prefers shitposting to just calling people out on being retarded.
So, now that we have a realm to work with, we can start crafting industrial machinery for Skull Kid to process raw materials. Of course, we can't just conjure up material in the realm, we'll need a real world materials. But the machinery itself, with Skullkid give us designs, should be possible to make in our slice of Mahana. Perhaps Fulvia would be able to help. I'm taking all out artillery made in steel casts and explosives shells cooked in chemical vats. Best of all? It's totally pollution free!
>>244222
Well, if you made it paper thin it would probably still be pretty hard but really fragile. So it would be prone to shattering if it was, for instance, struck by a mace or an arrow.
>>244229
Get your industry out of my fantasy
>>244206
Is crystal vys better than boar tusk? I mean, the implication with spirits having husk for skin is that the ivory is similar to physical husk, but maybe that's not the case?
I would say we should learn how to create physical vys and proceed to try to create physical husk from there, but we have so much awesome shit we started on and never finished that it's probably not happening until Trump reclaims Canada.
>>244229
Who gives a shit about pollution?
>>244232
Think about how much power our family could accrue. Armies of Abdul-Hakims sporting field artillery guns and automatic firearms. Oh, and flak guns or flak shells to export to Anthus for their dragon problem. All we need is raw material.
>>244243
It would never feasibly happen, I doubt even skull kid knows how to make anything other than straight up bombs and most of the stuff he used for that would come from a civilization with far more refined and processed materials than is either ON this one or readily available.
>>244243
Nah.
>>244243
Nah
>>244243
>kadir builds a wall to stop dragons n shirt with skullkid canons on top
>abdul-hakims think about taking the shahdom
It's like you don't think a vatis revolution is coming to El-Amin
>>244262
distributing sanity rings to vatis never ever
>>244262
Fuck that, we'll just make our own shahdom in our piece of the realm (or the void) and then populate it with the shadow meeseeks
>>244283
...or the Moon?
>>244283
Sounds boring
>>244283
Lame lets just form a merc group and conquer something
Giving the matter of your son's safety some thought, you ultimately come to decide that protecting his wings is more important than protecting his torso. After all he has natural armor protecting his underbelly, the scales there are probably thick and hard enough to render most mundane weapons harmless. His wings are fragile by comparison. {I think you should opt for the scale armor draped over your wings.}
Recalling all the extra enchantments Chryssa tacked onto her bow, you decide to offer a little more detailed advice. {If I were in your position I'd ask for the armor to be heavily reinforced and ask Mahana whether or not he could conceive of some combination of runes which would reduce the weight. You could also request additional enchantments to the armor if you'd like. Perhaps something which would allow you to easily put it on and take it off, or an enchantment to send metal blades flying through the air towards an opponent.}
You're having a little difficulty conceiving of how the armor is going to work mechanically. You suppose it could be anchored at his 'elbow', the clawed portion of his wing which he uses as a forelimb. Then it could probably attach to his saddle and to the spike which crowns the very tip of each wing. Then perhaps it could hook itself to the claws at the end of each 'finger'. You don't really fully understand the structure of Zahak's wing, now that you think about it. He might be walking on his wrist or something, now that you really examine his wing.
Hopefully Mahana can figure something out. If the design works, Zahak could just drape his wings over himself to serve as a sort of armored cocoon if he was ever in any serious danger. Maybe if the armor wrapped around his neck and draped over his shoulders it wouldn't need quite so many attachments to be functional, thus simplifying the task of putting it on and taking it off?
{I think I have an idea!} Zahak proclaims, his excitement filtering clearly through your shared connection. {Thanks Papa! I know what I'm going to ask for now.}
Before you have a chance to ask for specifics, his voice is once more drifting through your thoughts. On an instinctive level you know he's also sharing them with your companions and with Mahana, though you're not sure how you're aware of this. {Mister Cat, I think I know what I want.}
“You have my attention.” The leonine reptile purrs from atop his dais. He really is an odd looking creature, covered in a mixture of fur and scales, with five horizontally slit eyes each moving independently of the others. “Whatever your request may be, little dragon, I'll see it fulfilled.”
(1/3)
{I want armor for my wings, but it can't just be any armor.} Zahak's tone is filled with conviction and confidence, you get the sense he's really quite pleased with the idea the two of you came up with. {It needs to be flexible, and I want it to be able to fold up around my shoulders so I can sun myself without taking it off. Also it can't be too heavy because if it was I wouldn't be able to fly. I was also thinking that maybe it could shoot little metal blades or something, like maybe they could fly off the armor and return afterwards. Oh, and it needs to be really sturdy and it should help me land without hurting myself.}
A thick mass of bronze scales appears perched upon Zahak's shoulders, thinning gradually as it climbs up his neck until it ultimately cuts off just underneath his jaw. You're not entirely certain what binds the scales together, but as Zahak spreads his right wing the scales upon his right shoulder begin to spread out under their own power. In a matter of seconds the thick mass of bronze has transformed itself into a thin metallic cover draped across his wing. Without any sort of warning a number of scales detach from the overall structure and shoot forward, stitching a line of bronze across the marble tile in front of him.
By the time the last scale has embedded itself in the stone, the first is already reattaching itself to the overall structure of the armor. It seems a useful artifact, though you're a little worried about whether or not it will stay on during flight or just flap around uselessly in the breeze. You presume that Mahana enchanted the armor with flight in mind, but the scales don't really seem all that anchored to the wing even if they do shift themselves to fit each individual contour.
You're about to thank Mahana for all his help and take your leave of his realm, but a thought occurs. You'd almost forgotten the original reason you'd sought out Mahana in the first place. “Actually, I have one last request before I go. Could I just get a portion of the boar's severed tusk as material for my various experiments? A relatively large portion, preferably.”
The ground quakes as the length of ivory slams into the floor just in front of you. It's still twice as long as you are tall, despite your recent use of it. “I have little need of it, truthfully.” Mahana's voice rumbles from within his chest. “Feel free to take the whole thing, if you'd like.”
(2/3)
Right, well. Getting this into your cloak is going to be a little difficult. You remove the garment and drape it over the thicker end, relieved to find that if fits inside even if only barely. Ricky does most of the work afterwards. He has the good sense not to stick his tentacles outside of the cloak, doing so would surely break down the facade of reality around each of his transparent limbs.
Once the last few inches of the tusk have vanished beyond the event horizon of your void cloak, you realize something odd. If Ricky's tentacles can destroy a spirit's realm, and if void creatures are known to be anathema to spirits, why was Ricky able to manipulate the tusk without destroying it? Wouldn't the tusk, a piece of a spirit, simply be destroyed upon contact with the void or one of the entities dwelling within?
As you drape your cloak over your shoulders, you know instinctively that the tusk is undamaged. Yet that makes no sense. Everything you know about spirits and void entities would seem to suggest that Ricky's touch should have destroyed the ivory. Perhaps the fact that the tusk has been separated from its 'host' spirit is somehow significant, or maybe it's simply not affected for whatever reason. You can't be sure.
>Ask another favor of Mahana before you leave. (Write-in)
>Ask the Cat a question about something else (Write-in)
>Thank Mahana for his assistance and use the artifact he gave you to return to the mortal realm.
>Actually, wouldn't it be neat to check out your recently acquired little portion of his realm?
>Write-in
Why is Zahak so adorable?
>>244340
>Thank Mahana for his assistance and use the artifact he gave you to return to the mortal realm.
Thanks for all the lasagne Garfield.
>>244340
>Ask the Cat a question about something else (Write-in)
Hey nigg want to conquer shit in the jungle?
Also
ASK FOR A MAP OF HIS PREVIOUS SHRINES SOMA YOU FUCK FOR ABOUT HALF A YEAR I HAVE BEEN TRYING TO GET THIS
>>244340
>Actually, wouldn't it be neat to check out your recently acquired little portion of his realm?
>>244340
>>Ask the Cat a question about something else (Write-in)
Map of Shrines
>>Thank Mahana for his assistance and use the artifact he gave you to return to the mortal realm.
>>244340
>>Thank Mahana for his assistance and use the artifact he gave you to return to the mortal realm.
Let's get on the road.
>>244340
>Actually, wouldn't it be neat to check out your recently acquired little portion of his realm?
>Write-in
We're going to be in the Jungle soon, ask if he has a map where he want's spacific shrines.
>>244357
The Screeching gives him character that no amount of legible speech could
>>244340
>>Actually, wouldn't it be neat to check out your recently acquired little portion of his realm?
Invite our companions to our magical realm
>>244340
>Actually, wouldn't it be neat to check out your recently acquired little portion of his realm?
>>244357
Also also, can we use the teleporter to take people with us? I don't think so, not without stuffing them in the cloak, but it doesn't hurt to ask.
>>244340
>>Actually, wouldn't it be neat to check out your recently acquired little portion of his realm?
>>244340
>Ask the Cat a question about something else (Write-in)
About why the tusk wasn't destroyed.
>Ask another favor of Mahana before you leave. (Write-in)
Ask him to create an artifact for us that makes people covet it, drawing the eye and enticing people to do things they normally wouldn't to attain it.
>>244340
>>Actually, wouldn't it be neat to check out your recently acquired little portion of his realm?
>>244340
>Ask the Cat a question about something else (Write-in)
Ask him if he wants Mik to be a wingman for him in Elaudia.
>>244383
>About why the tusk wasn't destroyed.
Kind of astounding nobody else thought to ask about this, really. Yes, let's.
>Ask him to create an artifact for us that makes people covet it
Not this, though. I'm only seconding the tusk asking thing.
It's a good idea, though. Not because the artifact would be particularly useful, but for the runes we might read on it. Too bad we're not doing much with runes these days.
>>244340
Ask about the armor of Dhatu.
>>244393
>Not this, though. I'm only seconding the tusk asking thing.
Fuck you, it'd be a slightly humorous thing to release to the elven population.
>>244400
Sorry, buddy. I prioritize the gud over the lel.
>>244357
>Universal translator.
>Do people really not want to talk to Ricky?
A single word from Ricky could shatter our mind.
>>244405
But yeah nah, anons aren't going to waste an extra hour of Soma writing the answer to lore-related questions when he's undoubtedly going to answer it both quicker and in more detail in the IRC.
>>244425
>I figured we'd get something to translate all languages
We can do that with master level Nature magic.
>>244428
Says who?
>>244425
>Too bad not everyone uses the IRC.
IRCfags post info in the thread. So anons have literally no reason to find shit out IC anymore.
IRC was literally the worst thing to happen to BQ.
>>244432
Soma.
>>244338
>they could fly off the armor and return afterwards.
FIN FANERU
>>244349
>>244350
>>244356
>>244371
>>244378
>>244382
>>244387
>Take a trip on Mik's Magical Mystery Tour
>>244383
>Ask Mahana to create the One Ring, except without all the special powers.
>>244391
>>244347
>>244350
>Yo nigga you wants I should be your conquistador?
>>244396
>Ask about the armor gifted to the natives by Dhatu in Elaudia.
>>244394
>>244357
>>244365
>Universal translator
>>244346
>>244353
>>244354
>Peace nigga I'm out
>>244393
>>244383
>Ayo hol' up why wasn't the tusk destroyed?
>>244347
>>244350
>>244353
>>244356
>Ask for a map of Mahana's shrines.
Alright, so I'll start writing for checking out the portion of Mahana's realm set aside for you, asking about playing conqueror in Elaudia, and asking for a map of Mahana's former shrines.
The universal translator seems a little contentious though.
>Ask for a translator capable of making any and all languages understandable, even void screech.
>There are some secrets which mortals were not meant to know. Don't ask Mahana for a translator.
>>244444
>>There are some secrets which mortals were not meant to know. Don't ask Mahana for a translator.
also checked
>>244444
>Ask for a translator capable of making any and all languages understandable, even void screech.
We're not gonna be a mortal for much longer.
>>244444
>>There are some secrets which mortals were not meant to know. Don't ask Mahana for a translator.
>>244444
>>There are some secrets which mortals were not meant to know. Don't ask Mahana for a translator.
Great quints
>>244444
>>There are some secrets which mortals were not meant to know. Don't ask Mahana for a translator.
>>244444
>Ask for a translator capable of making any and all languages understandable, even void screech.
Fuck sanity time to understand the true nature of reality. and play poker with ricky.
>>244444
nice numbers
>>There are some secrets which mortals were not meant to know. Don't ask Mahana for a translator.
>implying he'd make a fucking real one
>>244444
>There are some secrets which mortals were not meant to know. Don't ask Mahana for a translator.
Our mind wouldn't survive hearing the result.
>>244444
>and asking for a map of Mahana's former shrines.
FINALLY
>There are some secrets which mortals were not meant to know. Don't ask Mahana for a translator.
>>244444
>>There are some secrets which mortals were not meant to know. Don't ask Mahana for a translator.
>>244444
>There are some secrets which mortals were not meant to know. Don't ask Mahana for a translator.
We've squeezed enough out of him for now.
>>244444
>>There are some secrets which mortals were not meant to know. Don't ask Mahana for a translator.
There are much more useful artifacts we could ask for.
>>244470
Then name some, faggot.
<Soma_QM> God I actually have to start thinking about what Ricky's first understandable words would be.
<Soma_QM> "DID YOU SEE THE LAST EPISODE OF BANISHED ON VOIDTV? THINK THE HORNED CHICK IS GONNA KILL MIKHAEL?"
>>244444
>Ask for a translator capable of making any and all languages understandable, even void screech.
>>244444
>There are some secrets which mortals were not meant to know. Don't ask Mahana for a translator.
>Ask for a translator capable of making any and all languages understandable, even void screech.
>>244444
>>Ask for a translator capable of making any and all languages understandable, even void screech.
>>244481
what channels does VoidTV have?
>>244481
Not gonna lie, my feathers are ruffled. I'd been looking forward to hanging out with Best Girl.
>>244481
Hey soma could we use up one of our ious to impart dragonic knowledge to both us and our son?
>>244500
Are all void entities just Unaccountably Peckish? Can we give them "chestnuts?"
>>244500
What about the woerd /d/ porn?i blame the release of the long awaited 3d fox girl porn game being released.
>>244505
Why stop there?
eric
>>244514
I cant think of any other knowledge we would want/need, plus its the most realistic to get voted on since anons would bitch about nonexistant vys loss and crutches.
>>244500
Did you even write while posting was down,or did you just fuck around?
>>244513
oh shit it really was released!?
>>244527
He was probably just discussing history or Latin or pizza toppings.REMOVE IRC
>>244531
Now post the torrent
>>244521
>I cant think of any other knowledge we would want/need
Ancient Hiacia, Rhynia, and the Dwarves all of the knowledge that was lost about these.
>>244531
/h/ is celebrating right now.
>>244542
One of the first stickies on /h/ has it up on display.
There should be a torrent up or an alive mega link.
I would post it, but im on my phone.
>>244481
Hey soma does any civilisation know what gravity is? What do those that don't think keeps us on the ground?
>>244567
Most people probably don't give it any thought
fix this shit you fucking gook
>>244585
Posting is still borked?
All russians are banned now.
>>244567
Lemme second this question re: gravity.
I feel like Water magic would most closely fit for manipulating gravity. It's a pre-existing system/law/force you could pour water Vys into, and in terms of physical manifestations of elements, water is the most -consistently- affected by gravity, forming a plane naturally.
>>244509
They just want to go North
>>244638
There's a something for that already.
>Regardless, these most powerful servants which the Gods created possess a form of divine magic. It is akin to enchanting, in that it relies upon directly affecting the strings which bind reality.
http://pastebin.com/ibi8j7Md
>>244638
I actually think it's Earth magic that's linked to gravity since Earth is a mirror to Metal. What you're thinking of is more like spirit realm manipulation.
>>244660
I see zero reason earth being the mirror to metal should mean it's most closely related to gravity desu.
>>244665
Earth is to Gravity to what Metal is to magnetism. At least that's what I think.
Earth is implied to be about the force that holds matter together- the reason a rock doesn't dissipate like dust. Gravity is probably related to that, but I doubt it's covered by Earth entirely.
It would likely count as something outside the five basic schools, but gitting gud at earth would probably be a good way to go about understanding it. As would learning its rune and singling out its reality thread.
We've other shit to learn about first, though.
>>244673
From a physics perspective, we ought to be able to do magnetism via fire magic. The schools are a bit dumb.
Understanding gravity as a force that derives from mass lends itself to an earth-focus, but that's leagues from what Mik's understanding of the phenomenon of shit falling is. I'm sticking with water given the metaphysical compatibility of water vys's flexibility, and the materially observable behaviour of liquids under downwards acceleration.
>>244481
>3 hours ago
POST FUCKING WHEN?
>>244691
Never ever
Got a phone call. Sorry folks.
>>244683
We start by trying Varvar's suggested method of meditation which could be used to gain true understanding of the elements.
>>244702
What are you even talking about? Looking at the Surya Gate? We did that.
>>244707
We even jumped in. Because we are a smart man.
>>244714
We can probably survive the full trip by now though
Might need to do it with a body and a good armor protecting the soul though
Just in case
>>244686
You don't understand what the elements are at all. The elements are just different methods of manipulating the strings of reality.
>>244717
Fuck that we're streaking wearing only our soul screaming insults at surya the cuck god when we finally go there.
>>244707
Focusing on the space between the void and base reality dumbass. It was mentioned in the thread right before we ascended.
>>244726
Yeah, not sifting through all the shitposts and idiocy to catch every potentially good theory is not something I'm autistic enough to do. You go have your fun, though. Also, I'm not voting on that unless you bother to clarify why we should be concerned with the inbetween-space for other reasons than fast travel.
>>244723
Didn't Weirdbeard McHighpriest imply we needed to be in our body to travel to the gods' realm?
>>244743
He might have implied that, but we got an insight last time and the only cost was a soul parasite and excruciating pain the likes of which most mortals will never understand.
>>244743
I don't give a fuck. The hivemind was surprised we did it with only our soul so there's potential for more knowledge to be learned from going nude.
>>244743
Because it's a method Varvar himself suggested for learning about the schools. The gate is only good for effects and metas.
>>244751
And don't forget the loss of our memories
>>244764
Post when
Novel when
Dismissing your concerns regarding the tusk for the moment, you shift your attention to another issue which has been bothering you lately. “I think we can both agree that I've done much to expand your power and the range of your control. As I'm sure you're aware, I'll soon be traveling into Elaudia and from what I've heard it is a place rife with spirits of all shapes and sizes. I thought I might endeavor to expand your realm into the jungle, but it occurs to me expanding so far and so rapidly may stretch your resources thin. Especially taking into consideration the present state of affairs in Anthus.”
Tension drains from Mahana's shoulders, his head dipping to take a sip from the pool of water stretched before him. “I am pleased you asked.” The source of his voice now seems wholly divorced from his physical body, echoing as it is from somewhere high above. “I feel comfortable with the size of my realm as it is currently. To expand any further I must first consolidate my holdings, and recruit more servants as well as disciples. Expanding into an area as highly contested as the jungle once was and likely still is would be unwise at present.”
That's understandable, truthfully it's the answer you were expecting. Though, now that you think about it Mahana is really old. He likely remembers a time before the dragons created the elves, or at least he's implied that he does. Surely this isn't the first time he's established a cult of mortals dedicated to worshiping him as their god. “In that case, do you have any old shrines that I might run across on my journey? Perhaps if I were provided with a map I might reestablish these ancient sources of power.”
“There are a few.” Mahana admits. “My cult was focused primarily within El-Amin and the desert to the east thereof. If I recall correctly there was one outpost to the north, within a canyon where the veil was thin and the Earth was rich in iron ore and gold. It was also a great place to cultivate well flower, which was one of the few sources of water in the desert before the Hiacians cut rivers through the sand.”
You'd always thought it was a little odd that canyons carved through so much of northern Pidjata. Now you know why that's the case. A forgotten remnant of some ancient irrigation system. “Surely there were others which you could reveal to me. After all I seek only our mutual benefit.”
With some measure of reluctance, Mahana continues. “There was another shrine established within the archives of the Perarasan, which is a word you're no doubt unfamiliar with. It was used by a certain subset of your ancestors to refer to their emperor. The equivalent to your later Shahanshah. Thankfully the language and culture of Aviakam have faded from mortal memory. It was they who committed offenses so grave that the Gods themselves saw fit to bless the Al-Hikar, thus ensuring their rise to prominence and the destruction of the Avi.”
(1/3)
testing posting
>>244786
Test?
>>244719
No, I get that. I also know the elemental schools are rife with misunderstanding and even to a degree personal bias. Mik has filed at least one application of magic under Fire that he knows for certain doesn't fit within the school.
I'm not suggesting you can do anything if you just believe either, for the record.
>>244752
There's also potential for more knowledge if we do it with a body. So we can concentrate on learning instead of on not being torn apart.
>>244775
>gods were scared shitless of these Avi
Sounds like they were doing something right. Better brush up on their favorite atrocities if we go to their way.
>>244794
More like they siad yo bitch we noticed your ass.
There is very little doubt that they did this shit on a whim.
Test
>>244802
>filename
>>244802
We are the animus
>>244794
We never learned why we got the insightwhich shaping arts could tell usand we still got to test out the techniques in the fire book we got.
Your curiosity gets the better of you. “I take it the Avi were the ones who discovered the methods by which mortals may enchant using the essence of spirits?”
Mahana raises his head from the pool of water, his tone growing wizened and benevolent as he elaborates. “Indeed, but more than that they turned the tools which they crafted against the Gods' creation. They ripped down the structure of creation and sought to build it up again in their image. They did not recognize the utility of the universe's structure and sought to destroy it in favor of their own, simplified design. They sought to escape their rightful place within the hierarchy, and were rendered unto dust for their folly. One of my followers placed a shrine in my honor within the heart of their greatest library, and it was for this that they ultimately sought to lay me low. It was the establishment of this shrine which led to a portion of my essence being stolen from me, and ultimately locked away within the vault beneath El-Amin.”
“Those were the two shrines I most valued prior to me millennia of imprisonment, but there were others as well.” An image of Pidjata burns itself into your retina, a variety of smoldering embers burning across northern Pidjata. It is an image you do not think yourself capable of forgetting, so deeply does it worm itself into the collection of your memories. “That map should serve you well, in the event you ever do seek them out.”
When the pounding headache subsides you bow to your leonine host, touching two fingers to your forehead and chest as a sign of your respect. “You have my thanks, Mahana. Now, if you'll excuse me I think I'd like to investigate the corner of your realm you've set aside for me.”
You take the fact he's rolled over onto his back and seems to all the world asleep as a sign of his indifference, and gather your companions together. You have Chryssa link arms with Fulvia, and Fulvia with you. Perhaps you're simply being paranoid, but you'd like an opportunity to speak with her privately regarding that look she gave you earlier before lowering your guard anywhere near her. Once Zahak allows you to take hold of the flap of his wing, you channel vys into the amulet dangling around your neck.
The transfer is instantaneous. No longer do you stand within a throne room, smoke filling the air and light streaming through windows cut into the dome above. Instead, you find yourself surrounded on all sides by an endless field of nothing. It is not the black of the void, simply an expanse of lights drifting across a transparent plane on which you walk, stretching on into eternity in every direction. Above you light streams from some distant, unclear source. It truthfully only serves to disorient you, appearing at times to be both above and below the plane upon which you walk.
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Focusing upon the idea of a platform poised atop an endless expanse of the sea, you find that your surroundings leap to shape themselves to your whim. You and your companions do not stand upon some nebulously defined surface, but upon solid steel. The waves lap at the metal rhythmically, the sea churning beneath your feet. Light streams from the baleful eye of Surya high above, warm against your skin. The transformation was total, and your subconscious seems to have filled in any gaps in your reconstruction.
>How would you like your personal realm to look? What is the landscape like, and what structures exist upon it? (Write-in)
>Allow your companions some measure of influence over your realm as well, so long as whatever they create fits any established theme you decide upon.
>This is your realm, not theirs. Only you will exert any sort of influence upon this realm.
>Write-in
>>244812
Endless desert. Nothing but sand.
>>244812
>>This is your realm, not theirs. Only you will exert any sort of influence upon this realm.
>>244812
>>This is your realm, not theirs. Only you will exert any sort of influence upon this realm.
Is all I care about
>>244812
>This is your realm, not theirs. Only you will exert any sort of influence upon this realm.
>>244812
A vast Ocean with a Tower of Twisting metal like interwoven strands of the universe reaching everwards into the sky.
The Very sky of which is a facsimile of the void, with vague reflections of its denizens reflected therein
>>244812
A nice beach with palm trees. A Rhynian style villa built on a cliff face with wide parlors and open patios facing the sea, with landing areas Zahak can easily make use of.
>>244812
>Allow your companions some measure of influence over your realm as well, so long as whatever they create fits any established theme you decide upon.
Get thw others in this fun.
Also go full on self handjob in the design of this place.
>>244812
>>This is your realm, not theirs. Only you will exert any sort of influence upon this realm.
Also this
>>244812
>This is your realm, not theirs. Only you will exert any sort of influence upon this realm.
>How would you like your personal realm to look? What is the landscape like, and what structures exist upon it? (Write-in)
I' was gonna suggest it to be a place that reflects our GM traits but I can't think of anything good for that.
All I want is dragon iconography and statues to be included.
>>244812
>Allow your companions some measure of influence over your realm as well, so long as whatever they create fits any established theme you decide upon.
>>244838
And statues of ourself at various points in our journey/ a museum of our life
>>244812
>How would you like your personal realm to look? What is the landscape like, and what structures exist upon it?
How a mix of the five elements? Hot springs, mountains and forests/jungles, swamps everywhere, elaborate underground dungeons/caverns.
>This is your realm, not theirs. Only you will exert any sort of influence upon this realm.
>>244812
Samanji supremancy, and vatis supremancy, also give our son a peice if this pie.also make it a flaoting water temple with the structure of our gods.
Soma has siad mik reveres the three living gods and does pray to them.
>>244812
>Allow your companions some measure of influence over your realm as well, so long as whatever they create fits any established theme you decide upon.
give each companion enough land to build a fairly large abode for themselves, no more than 1-2 square miles each
First off, no Sun. Make the light come from an indistinct and directionless source.
Create a tiny Moon, have Crys carve "Chryssa buradaydı" on it and put it in the sky.
Have lots of water. Build your home out of metal. Put some clouds around. Decorate with patterns of gold. Put some plants around you can see through if possible.
And then get on building an enchantment room with magnifiers, engravers, that kind of stuff. And don't forget about the sensory deprivation tank.
I'll leave y'all to mull this over, since I'd prefer this remain more or less set in stone. I mean, there's no reason you couldn't change it later but it would be a little time consuming to have this discussion twice.
I'm gonna run out for a bite, I'll be back in ten thousand years.
>>244852
I don't know if he prays to them regularly but he privately reveres them. Feels guilty that he doesn't worship in the temple more often, or perhaps offer sacrifice every now and again.
>>244837
The Inside of the tower could be pocket-beaches even
>>244812
>>Allow your companions some measure of influence over your realm as well, so long as whatever they create fits any established theme you decide upon.
>>244857
We already got an enchanting temple anon.
Its that we never voted to visit it.
We straight up got permision to go to it and was told how to use it, but anons never voted to go back.
Well atleast we got two places now.
>>244812
>This is your realm, not theirs. Only you will exert any sort of influence upon this realm.
An endless ocean.
A clear starry midnight sky
A massive tower of metal that seemingly touches the stars
>>244872
There's no helping retards anon.
>>244872
Not gonna lie, I don't even remember that desu
But that's good news, because Shaping Arts means we can recreate the unenchanted shit we saw, possibly.
If nothing else, we should set up some good meditation spots for each element. I'm not sure if an area insulated against Vys is possible in here, unfortunately.
Hey, we should ask to borrow Chryssa's bow next time we meditate on the Shaping Arts.
>>244878
I'll vote for this
>>244812
>How would you like your personal realm to look? What is the landscape like, and what structures exist upon it? (Write-in)
I dunno man, just make sure we have an area set aside for dangerous experimental magic and void tearing
>This is your realm, not theirs. Only you will exert any sort of influence upon this realm.
>>244881
Its in the void.
I'M honestly surprised the anti cat people didnt bring this up since this pocket dimension is us getting closer the cat, and that the only difference between the two is this one is based on our wills, while the other is an enchanting lab.
here is what the environment could look like.
>>244896
I don't even know why we voted on this place.
Don't get me wrong, the possibilities are amazing, but anon won't vote for any of the good things we can do as always. Instead we'll probably waste another 3 hours discussing interior design and not experimenting with matter and spacetime like a madman.
>>244896
The problem with that place is getting to it is a bit annoying at the moment. If we could somehow drag the teleport array next to that shrine we built into our slice of Mahanna's realm and have it still work, that'd be ideal. But I have a feeling that wouldn't work.
As it is, treking all the way to his shrine, even in the spirit realm, is a chore and a fucking half. And travelling through the void itself is unpredictable.
>>244812
>This is your realm, not theirs. Only you will exert any sort of influence upon this realm.
But zahak is family so he gets a say
>>244812
>Meditate on how the plane changes when we tell it to change. On how it works and on what principles basically.
>>244920
I hereby pledge my vote that Mikael's first actions be to abuse and experiment with matter and spacetime like a madmanchild.
>>244878
Gotta support this
>>244932
This really needs an art dump
Recreate Khmedi as it was before dragons destroyed it, so that it may remain in some for, inviolate, for all of time.
Maybe meditate for this. Creepy impressive trance time, go. Damn, we brought the wrong companions.
Which reminds me, recreate the interior of Fulvia's spirit realm too why not.
I'm just going to keep crapping ideas. Soma, I spite you.
>>244948
Soma should make use post art and have us vote on that
Make a miniature mundus, for both godzilling around in it and god tier route planning, bully mahanna into helping get the details perfect
Put the frosty trait into a practical reflection of the world.
>>244960
OR we could just post art and vote on it. What is Soma, our mom?
>>244957
This actually sounds pretty neat. Why not create copies of places familiar to our companions and surround our own abode with them in a great mishmash of conflicting architecture?
>>244922
I think the void enchanting temple has a few portals i side of it.
And also we stumbled across it, and plus the other times we entered the void was to wander around looking for a gate or meditate inside it for hours.
>>244994
What are we, Neo-Sauron?
>>244985
We have the opprotunity to make this as fantastical and impossible a physically possible and yall wanna make normie shit?
Should be fucking ashamed. Need some flying castles and upside down waterfalls and impossibly tall mountains so tall you can't see the sun and it's perpetually midday with wyverns flying in their peaks. Shit like that yo.
>>244997
It might actually be the overlord's tower, so yes.
>>244999
>midday
meant twlight, cause ya know the mountains are so tall you can't see the sun.
Guy a really don't care, BUT do remember our realm needs to be more than just nice and fancy and pretty. During a war, we need defenses. And a point of control. And preferably a place Zahak can launch from at a moments notice.
>>244989
>>244996
Yeah and there's lots of gates. I'd imagine trying to find one specific structure is a lot harder. The Void is big.
We can be pretty sure the teleport pad we arrived at when we left the enchanter's void palace can return us to it, but like I said it is a bit out of the way at the moment.
>>244902
I would put my support in for some kind of massive oratory that that seems to be. A secluded castle able to house thousands but contains only one living soul.
>>244999
Eldritch architecture a go? Should we have a 4d hypercube dungeon? Maybe make Escher's drawings a reality?
Whatever we do we should have giant monster battling it out in the distance.
Wait, can we create automata that go around sweeping the place? Can we give all of them John Malkovich's face?
Soma, what does/did Mik day dream about? The typical boy dreams of being an astronaut or a knight and carries a minor fascination with space or medieval fantasy with him into adulthood. What are Mik's child-like aspirations that he secretly carries with him? Can this be reflected in the architecture of the land?
>>244979
Yo this is dope
We can put our companions and ourselves in the sky similar to this.
>>245034
>everything is Pani's Tits
>>245039
That would be quite nice, make a panorama that slowly shifts scene to show all our loved ones and companions. 30% of the time is of course devoted to Zahak
