“Well I guess she packed enough dresses for you” says Thomas, sat on his own chest of stuff “You’ll be the prettiest girl at the ball, and I’m sure you’ll get to kiss all the bo-” He is interrupted by Michael diving at him. The two of them spend the next few minutes rolling around on the floor play-fighting. At least, you think they’re play-fighting. Chesi sits and watches with a grin on her face as Michael yells at Thomas to *take it back* and Thomas laughs.

“Yes Thomas” Chesi eggs them on “take it all” she notices you rolling your eyes and adds “back.” Chesi has a really weird sense of humour sometimes.

“Ugh boys” says Gilyan “So Mili, what are we doing when we get to Dalvin?”

You drag your attention away from the fight. Right, yes. All of your friends are coming to stay with you over the winter holidays. You’ll be spending some time at Dalvin Keep with Mama Sofia and Mama Jal and then some time in Oreia with Mama Sireyi and Mama Isla.

Your Mamas had to write a lot of letters to your friends parents, because some of them didn’t want their children going anywhere near the *demon lands* and other silly stuff. It’s all sorted out now though.

You’ll be picked up by Mama Sireyi soon, but what will you be doing first? You wrack your brain for fun stuff to do.

“We’ll have to take our trunks to our rooms first” you say “and then, um...there’s lots of snow” you say “we could play in the snow. Also Mama Sofia said we’ll be going on a tour of Dalvin or something sometime.”

“That sounds nice” says Jenny encouragingly “and after that?”

“We’ve got a village of spider people” you say proudly “and a whole village dedicated to Velya, and a iron mine of ogres and a mages guild and churches to all the gods. There’s also the army we can go and visit and forests to play in

“Lets go visit the army” says Thomas in a muffled voice, with Michael sat on him.

“Lets visit the Mages guild” suggests Michael as he tries to lock up one of Thomas’s arms.

“Shut up nerd!” says Thomas in a muffled voice “you’ll just get lost in the library, bury your head in a book and mpfff-” Michael drops an elbow into Thomas’ chest.

“Let’s go play in the snow” says Chesi “We can do the boring stuff later.”

“A carriage-tour sounds interesting” Says Jenny “I’ve never ridden in a carriage before.”

“Oh it’s not a carriage” says Chesi “Dalvin has its own airship now”

“It’s own what?” says Jenny, her eyes wide

“Airship” says Chesi “like a ship, but it flies”

“Oh” says Jenny, looking pale. Maybe she doesn’t like heights?

Sera and Gilyan share a look then Gilyan says “How about visiting the churches? I’m sure *someone* would like to ask about like, ancient religion angel history and stuff.”

What will you be doing when you get to Dalvin?
>Visit the army
>Visit the mages guild
>Play in the snow
>Visit a church (which?)
>Play in Dalvin Keep
>Other (what?)

[Meta]

Yes, it’s a whole Mili-focused thread, for three reasons.

1) Mili’s timeskip should be fun to play through
2) Updating pastebins for the main quest is taking longer than expected
3) I felt like it

I am giving XP out for Sireyi though

General 21 (including 50% bonus)
- Retrieved 3 of 5 weapons 9XP
- Spent time in Parliament 2XP
- Spent time travelling the planes 3XP

Angelic 15 (including 50% bonus)
- Mitigated effects of demon transformation 5
- Defeated Demon of Might 5

Paladin 6 (including 50% bonus)
- Did not help family of vampires 0
- Helped the people of Kelsoreth 4

Divine 12 (including 50% bonus)
- Gained Worshippers on other planes 6
- New Avatar 2

I have no pictures for a Mili quest, if anyone has anything suitable, I’d be grateful

[End Meta]

>>40446591
>Play in the snow

>>40446591
>Play in the snow
I thought Dalvin didn't have a airship, where did that come from?

>>40446591
>Play in the snow

>>40446601
>Mitigated effects of demon transformation
I'm blanking on this one, unless it's about Mili's godblood telling the rite of kinship to fuck off.

>>40446619
Civilian model, not military, also its new

>>40446640
The Azure Empress made a machine that can turn people into demons. But limited its power.

>>40446591
>Visit the army

>>40446591
>Play in the snow

Yay! For mini-palading stats!

>Does not like Rakshasa
Well, most people don't, but thats awfully specific. Interesting.
Also
>Seems like a regular boy
>Seems

>>40446591
>Visit the army

Writing snow

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>>40446601
Praise the Overgod.

“Fun first” you say “boring stuff later.” You and your friends hang around and talk for a while in the main hall. Other cadets head past you, to the carriages waiting outside, eventually it’s just your little group left.

“So Mili” asks Thomas, once he and Michael have stopped fighting “you never said who would be coming to pick us up.”

Before you can answer the double doors at the end of the hall are opened and in walks your Mama, Sireyi. She’s dressed in a simple white robe, and her wings rise above her shoulders.

“Mama!” you yell happily, running towards her.

“Hello Mili” she says, lifting you into the air and hugging you “wow you’ve gotten big”

“A whole two inches!” you say proudly.

“That’s my girl!” she says, kissing you on the cheek, before turning to your friends “And Chesi” she adds “It’s good to see you again, how are you?”

“I am well your majesty” says Chesi, curtseying.

“No need to be formal” says your Mama, hugging Chesi too “I see you’ve grown too”

“I tried to get more than two inches” says Chesi petulantly “but no one was willing.”

“And these must be your friends” says your Mama “won’t you introduce us Mili?”

“Sure” you say “this is Sera and Gilly and Michael and Thomas and Jenny” you point to each of your friends, they all just stare at your Mama, as if paralysed. Yeah, that happens sometimes.

Your mama approaches them and kneels down until her head is about level with theirs “I’m Sireyi” She says with a smile “Any friend of Mili is a friend of mine.” They all stammer out greetings, their names, or in Michaels case, just wordless nonsense.

“C’mon” says your Mama “stand close everyone, this won’t take long.” And then you are whisked away by magic to Dalvin.
---
Once you’ve got your luggage in your rooms, and you’ve introduced everyone to Mama’s Sofia and Jal, you head outside to the snow. The only annoyance is that your brother Vivi is still at his magic-for-nerds school and won’t be back until tomorrow.

Bundled up in thick puffy outfits and with a handful of angels in the distance, you head out into the snow.

“Let’s build a snowfort” suggests Thomas “and have a snowball war!”

“Boys vs girls?” suggests Gilyan innocently

“Sledding!” Sera puts her argument forth

“Do you wanna build a snow family?” asks Chesi.

Michael doesn’t say much, he looks part-asleep.

“I’m happy to do what everyone else is” says Jenny. But then, she usually says that.

What do you do in the snow?

>Snowball war! (teams?)
>Sledding
>Snow family
>Other (what?)

>>40446935
>Snowball war! (teams?)
>FREE FOR ALL

>>40446935
>Snowball war! (Free for all works)

>>40446926
>“I tried to get more than two inches” says Chesi petulantly “but no one was willing.”
Hahaha, Chesi, you are the best.
>>40446935
>Snowball war! (teams?)
Mili, Chesi and Thomas vs the rest

>>40446935
>Snowball war! (teams?)
Free for all

No throwing at Jenny though, I don't think she'd find that fun

>>40446935
>“I tried to get more than two inches” says Chesi petulantly “but no one was willing.”
Don't think anyone in the group has more than that, anyway.

>Snow family
>Build you and chesi as the grownups cause you are the best, then random little snowkids.

>>40446935
>Snowball war!
FUCK YEAH! MINI PALADIN QUEST!

>>40446935
So, snowball would be a contest of constitution, strength and agility.
So, to be fair, the teams should be:
Team 1: Jenny, Gilyan, Michael
Team 2: Thomas, Mili, Chesi

Please roll 1d20-1 to see how well you handle your (snow)balls

Free for all it is

Rolled 1 (1d20)

>>40447018
>puts all the nerds in one team
>fair

>>40447041

Rolled 6 - 1 (1d20 - 1)

>>40447041

>>40446993
>Don't think anyone in the group has more than that, anyway.
Can you guess why Thomas only seems as normal?

Rolled 3 - 1 (1d20 - 1)

>>40447041
FOR MOTH-
oh wait wrong quest

Rolled 4 - 1 (1d20 - 1)

>>40447041

Rolled 9 - 1 (1d20 - 1)

>>40447041

Rolled 18 - 1 (1d20 - 1)

>>40447041

>>40447052
>>40447050
>>40447046
we getting whitewashed.

Mili a shit in ranged combat, it seems.

>>40447045
>nerd
>(p) Strength 10 (+0)
>Constitution 8 (-1)
>Agility 8 (-1)
She's gonna whip our butts.

>>40447046
>>40447050
>>40447052
>[obvious joke]

>>40447071
Yeah but Jenny and Michael would get creamed. There is only one Gilyan.
And then Mili uses Battlemind.

SPEND DP NOW ALL OF MY DP COME ON

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>>40447018
Sera is the ref right?

>TFW when no one picks Sera for their team...

>>40447107
Oh shit, I was looking at the Character Sheets and didn't even notice her. You gotta come up with a better way to organize them.

>>40447129
She is directly beneath Gilyan, its not like she's hidden away or anything.

>>40447107
Ok, change of plans
Team 1: Sera, Mili, Thomas
Team 2: Gilyan, Chesi, Michael, Jenny

>>40447153
Thats slightly more for, but
>Chesi on opposite team of Mili
This can go two ways...

>>40447170
Seeing our rolls, it can go only one way. And it's fabulous!

“Let’s have a snowball war” you say to everyone “But we’ll needs some forts like Thomas said, only not just two, maybe seven or eight so we can move around.”

You and your friends set to building a bunch of snow mounds that you can use as cover. When you’ve finished Gilyan asks “So what teams?” and then links her arm through Seras, making her preference (for team mates) obvious.

“That’s not fair!” says Michael “Sera can make magic shields, if you get Sera then it should be you two against everyone else.”

“Or” you say, rolling your first snowball “we could play...EVERYONE FOR THEMSEVES!” and then you throw your snowball at Thomas, you miss, but Michael catches it in the ear, yeah, you meant to do that.

With the first snowball thrown, open war breaks out!

You duck behind one of the forts and start making more snowballs as everyone scatters.

Many snowballs are thrown, fistfuls of snow are shoved into jackets, alliances are formed, then are torn apart, there is no loyalty in a snowball war, no one can be trusted.

You and Michael team up to hunt down Thomas, only for Chesi to catch you from above!

“Flying is cheating!” yells Michael, as you take cover underneath a tree.

“Demons fly, mortals cry!” yells Chesi, dropping snowballs between the trees branches. Your return shots all miss.

In fact most of your thrown snowballs miss, only when you get up close and shove snow inside everyone’s jackets are you able to hit them. You spend most of your time ducking and dodging.

Eventually there are three tentative alliances formed: you and Thomas; Chesi and Gilly; and Jenny, Sera and Michael.

As you and Thomas sneak up on them, you can see Gilly and Chesi keeping up a steady barrage of snowballs, as Sera and Jenny throw theirs back from the safety of a snow fort. Meanwhile, Michael sneaks around to catch Gilly and Chesi unawares, and armload of pre-made snowballs in his arms.

“Let’s get him!” Thomas points at Michael. None of the combatants have noticed you yet.

Your intervention could tip the balance of this battle, or you could sit back and watch, or even attack both sides.

What do you do?

>Help Gilly and Chesi
>Help Sera, Jenny and Michael
>Just watch
>Attack both sides
>Other (what?)

>>40447303
>Help Gilly and Chesi

>>40447303
>Attack both sides

>>40447303
>Help Gilly and Chesi

>>40447303
>Help Gilly and Chesi

roll 2d20 please (you, Thomas)

Rolled 8, 10 = 18 (2d20)

>>40447415

Rolled 18, 13 = 31 (2d20)

>>40447415

Rolled 15 (1d20)

>>40447415

Rolled 15, 20 = 35 (2d20)

>>40447415

>>40447303
>Attack both sides

“Yup” you agree with Thomas “Follow me”. The two of you sneak up on Michael, even as he is sneaking up on Gilly and Chesi. The two of you make your snowballs as you go, and just as Michael carefully places his on the ground, ready to start his cowardly attack from behind, you launch your own attack from behind for honour and righteousness!

“Aaaargh-thpft-glaah!” objects Michael as you both hit him on the back of the head, and then in the face when he turns around. Fleeing in the face of your superior snowball-power, Michael is out of the fight.

Then the two of you head up to support Chesi and Gilly, the four of you keeping up a sustained barrage against Sera and Jenny until they surrender. Michael is hunted down and pelted with snowballs until he surrenders.

“This battle is ours!” yells Chesi, pointing “to the victors go the spoils – Michael from here on you shall be my personal b-”

Whatever Chesi wants from Michael is lost as you hear Mama Sofia yelling “Lunch is ready!”
---
Once back inside the keep wet coats are removed and you all sit down to lunch with Mama Sofia, and Mama Jal, telling them all about what happened at your Paladin School.

“A monster?” says Mama Jal, as you tell her about the scary monster with eyes in its hands “Really?” Mama Jal is grinning, like you’re making a joke.

“Yes Mili” says Mama Sofia “Do tell...” She pauses, listening intently

You and your friends are all talking at once, so you might miss exactly what your Mama is so interested in. At your side, Chesi slumps down and moves closer to you, as if scared. But why would she be scared? There’s nothing scary here.

What else do you tell your Mamas about?

>Nothing important (exclusive)
>I’m not joking Mama Jal, it was a *real* monster!
>The demon cult stuff
>Being Konigs agent and watching for bad people
>All the punishments
>Faian-Throkos
>The bully’s
>The real swords you and Thomas got to practise with
>Other Stuff (what?)

>>40447587
>I’m not joking Mama Jal, it was a *real* monster!
>All the punishments
>Faian-Throkos
>The bully’s
>The real swords you and Thomas got to practise with

>>40447587
>Not joking, it was a real monster.
We should mention the goblins too

>>40447587
>I’m not joking Mama Jal, it was a *real* monster!
>Faian-Throkos
>The bully’s
The important stuff.

>>40447587
>I’m not joking Mama Jal, it was a *real* monster!
>Faian-Throkos
>The bully’s
>The demon cult stuff

>>40447649
Yeah, especially their leader.

>>40447664
None of the people present would know who he is.

>>40447587
>I’m not joking Mama Jal, it was a *real* monster!
>The demon cult stuff
>Being Konigs agent and watching for bad people
>All the punishments
>Faian-Throkos
>The bully’s
>The real swords you and Thomas got to practise with

>>40447587
>I’m not joking Mama Jal, it was a *real* monster!
>The demon cult stuff
>Being Konigs agent and watching for bad people
>All the punishments
>Faian-Throkos
>The bully’s
>The real swords you and Thomas got to practise with
I feel like not picking everything is a little meta-game-y.

>>40447587
Everything, good and bad

>>40447587
>I’m not joking Mama Jal, it was a *real* monster!
>All the punishments
>Faian-Throkos
>The bully’s
>The real swords you and Thomas got to practise with

>>40447672
Nevertheless one of them might have remembered the name and took this opportunity to drop it.
Or that he mentioned having looked for "bird-girl".

>>40447679
>>40447677
>I feel like not picking everything is a little meta-game-y.
We directly promised Konig not to tell about being his agent, so telling Sofia that in front of our friends would be breaking our promise to grandpa Konig.

closing and counting

>>40447700
He only mentioned it off-hand once, its hugely unlikely for anyone to remember it, a d sven if she did, no one here would know the name.

>>40447720
Jal might, depending on who invited him to the play.
Although she probably doesn't remember.

Of 8 votes, everything except being Konigs agent (3) a demon cult stuff (4) got 5 or more votes.

So I'm going with everything except Konigs agent (breaking tie for cult stuff - might as well throw it in).

Please do check my count though

>>40447587
>>I’m not joking Mama Jal, it was a *real* monster!
>>The demon cult stuff
>>Being Konigs agent and watching for bad people
>>All the punishments
>>Faian-Throkos
>>The bully’s
>>The real swords you and Thomas got to practise with
TELL HER EVERYTHING

>>40447767
>breaking tie for cult stuff - might as well throw it in
Its probably fair if some shit gets thrown Sireyis way too for sending Faian-Throkos to the school.

>>40447767
I don't think Jal is going to want to send Viviken to Palading school anymore.

These Chesi's were made for lewding.
And that's just what they'll do.
One of these day's these Chesi's
Are gonna lewd all over you~

“It was a real monster Mama Jal!” you insist “If not for Sera, we would have been in *real* trouble.” As you tell them all about your fight against the creepy monster, Mama Jals smile slowly disappears, and Chesi presses up against you more. On the other side of Chesi is Mama Jal and....her metal cup in her grip is all funny-looking, like crumpled.

You tell your mama’s *all* about your adventures at the school, and your friends back you up and add in their own accounts – though you don’t recall Thomas being in every single fight...

You talk about Faian-Throkos, about your regular battle with the bullys, about the swords you got to use.

“I almost chopped Mili in the shoulder!” exclaims Thomas, re-enacting his down-wards stroke with a butter knife.

You talk about how much all the punishments you suffer suck, and how boring they are. But at least not everything is boring, you got to go to speak to a demon with a funny helmet, and-

“You drank what?” asks Mama Sofia, in that very-soft voice she uses when you’ve done something bad. At your side Chesi whimpers and hugs you, burying her face in your shoulder. You’re a bit worried, you didn’t think you had done anything wrong...but maybe you did?

“There wasn’t much wine in it” you explain “and it was watered down, there was some herbs in it” herbs are good for you, right? “And uh, yeah, the imp bled into it - it tasted horrible” you add. There, you’re safe, medicine tastes horrible, but you have to drink it. What you drank tasted horrible, so it was probably medicine.

There is silence at the dinner table, even your friends have picked up that something is wrong. Mama Jal lays a hand on Mama Sofias shoulder as Mama Sofia closes her eyes tightly and pinches the bridge of her nose. You can hear her counting slowly. After a few seconds she smiles at you a bit too widely and says “well those all sound like very exciting adventures Mili” and then she address all of you “what would you like to do after lunch?”

Everyone chimes in with their suggestions.

“See the army!” insists Thomas

“Mage guild!” requests Michael

“Churches” says Sera softly

“Airship tour sounds fun” says Gilyan

“Um, I don’t mind” says Jenny “whatever you want.

Chesi doesn’t speak, she just loosens her grip on you very slitly, something has really got to her.

“What do you want to do Princess?” Mama Jal asks you, her hand still on Mama Sofia’s shoulder.

>Visit the army
>Visit the mages guild
>Play in the snow
>Visit a church (which?)
>Play in Dalvin Keep
>Other (what?)

>>40448046
>Play in Dalvin Keep
The things we might find~

>>40448046
>Visit the mages guild

>>40448046
>Play in Dalvin Keep
>>40448065
Oh anon... If only...

>>40448046
Ask if everything is ok?

I sure hope we somehow get to go to Azure Empire

>>40448046
>Play in Dalvin Keep
>Ask Chesi whats wrong

>>40448046
>Play in Dalvin Keep

>>40446574
>Chesi and Mili over christmas break

>ITT: Chesi shows Mili just what all her jokes are talking about

>>40448046
>Airship tour
>Comfort Chesi, make sure she's okay

>>40448046
>>Visit a church (which?)
Let's go to one of Mama's.
>>Other (what?)
Try and get Chesi alone, see what is wrong.

>>40448046
>>40448065
adding
>Comfort Chesi, make sure she's okay
>Ask Chesi whats wrong

>>40448124
>Let's go to one of Mama's.
She doesn't have one. Maybe there is a shrine somewhere, though.

>>40448046
Are there shrines for Sireyi in Dalvin?

>>40448138
>Are there shrines for Sireyi in Dalvin?

Yes

>>40448109
>ITT: Chesi shows Mili just what all her jokes are talking about
Dude, they are fucking 8. Just wait for like a few years.

>>40448144
>Dude, they are fucking 8.

Anon, while I no way condone trying to bring lewd into this so early, but sexual experimentation is not that outlandish for 8 year olds.
Thats pretty much when it starts, in fact, and thats even without one of them being a succubus.

>>40448144
>Dude, they are fucking 8. Just wait for like a few years.
Anon, they are already a couple years late.

>>40448144
Bro.

Chesi does not count as 8 for the purposes of lewds. Succubi are more or less lewd from birth.

That said, I'm not really eager to see Mili learn what Lewds is, I just find it funny that Chesi is making all these jokes so young.

Play in the Keep it is, writing.

>>40448206
We're also going to make sure Chesi's okay, right? Because it seemed like most of the votes were including some variation of that.

>>40448292
That too, yes

“Why don’t we stay in the keep this afternoon?” you suggest. You’re not sure what’s wrong with Chesi, or Mama Sofia, but something is, and if you stay at the keep, you can keep an eye on them both.

Your friends whine, protest, or in Thomas’s case prepare to throw bread at you, only to be quelled by a glare from Mama Sofia. Your Mama then stops glaring at Thomas as he sheepishly returns his bread to his plate, and she says to you “that’s a wonderful idea Mili – you know which parts you need to avoid, right?”

“Of course mama” you say, you do indeed know the parts of the keep you need to avoid being caught sneaking into.

After dinner you all leave the table and you show your friends around the keep. As they’re looking at the paintings in the great hall, you pull Chesi off to one side “what’s wrong?” you ask her “are you ok?”

“I’m fine” she whispers to you, so the others won’t overhear “but your Mama is mad”.

You try and recall anything you did wrong, but can’t “why?” you ask

“I don’t know” says Chesi “but she’s mad, I’ve never felt anger like that” she stares off into the distance “the sort of rage that will burn the world.”

“You gotta be kidding” you say “sure she seemed a bit mad, but not *really* mad.”

“Well, she did control it” says Chesi “but still, I dunno, what did we do wrong?”

“We didn’t do anything wrong” you reassure her “C’mon”

As your tour is concluding, Thomas asks “So Mili, this keep is pretty big, I guess it has lots of places to hide?”

You and Chesi share a grin “you have no idea” you say.
---
“Eleven...twelve...thirteen...” says Sera, facing a wall with her hands over her eyes

“Why does everyone get a head-start but me?” you complain

“Fourteen...fifteen...because this is your house” says Sera “so you know all the good spots.”

“Chesi knows them too” you grumble

“Sixteen...she said she didn’t” says Sera

You stop short of calling Chesi a bad name, only saying “so she says...”

When Sera gets to thirty she says “Ok Mili, *now* you can go. I’m coming to find you in another thirty-count.”

With only half the time of your friends to hide, you rush off. Seems like they were all paying attention when you showed them around, all the good hiding places are taken, and you’re not allowed to share.

Where do you hide?

>Your bedroom
>The cellars
>Mama Isla’s workshop – the *keep out* sign would be really useful right now!
>The tower
>Other location (where?)

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>>40448452
>Mama Isla’s workshop – the *keep out* sign would be really useful right now!

>>40448452
>Mama Isla’s workshop – the *keep out* sign would be really useful right now!

>>40448452
>The tower

>>40448452
>Mama Isla’s workshop – the *keep out* sign would be really useful right now!

>>40448452
>Mama Isla’s workshop – the *keep out* sign would be really useful right now!

>>40448452
>Mama Isla’s workshop – the *keep out* sign would be really useful right now!
LET THE CYCLEKEEPER BE BORN!

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>>40448485

Why would the books even have been left in Dalvin instead of being taken to Oreia with Isla and Sireyi?

>>40448561
Dalvin keeps had more protections, until recently there was nowhere in Oreia to store them safely.

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>>40448561
I wonder why...

Also this >>40448578

>>40448561
There's probably one in Dalvin and one in Oreia.

Oreias defences and stronghold are still under construction, at this point in time in Mini Paladin.

>>40448578
Sireyi or Velya's Heavens would probably be safer. Those things are incredibly hard to get into uninvited, IIRC, and Velya's Heaven is full of angels.

It's somewhat odd that Sireyi isn't keeping her angels in her Heaven during their off hours, now that I think about it, unless she is and it just hasn't been explicitly mentioned.

>>40448594
There is really no reason to take the risk to have them in Oreia. The Keep in Dalvin is very well protected, and Sireyis home in Oreia was not.

Probably would have transported them to Oreia after the fortress was finished, but Sireyi had other stuff on her mind, and Isla is easily distracted.

>>40448624
>It's somewhat odd that Sireyi isn't keeping her angels in her Heaven during their off hours
I don't find that particularly odd, there is nothing in Sireyis heaven, so they have no reason not to help in Oreia/Dalvin.

>>40448655
They still get time off, I think.

I'm not sure that they're doing anything in the first place, other than Ophinus.

>>40448679
They've been spending all their time off dating Reborn Succubi, obviously.

>>40448679
>They still get time off, I think.
Probably a lot actually, but no reason not to spend that in Oreia and Dalvin.

>I'm not sure that they're doing anything in the first place
Probably helping out where needed, guards obviously, but also mediators. The succubus clans don't all like eachother.
Some are now teachers, helping in construction, whatever is needed.

>>40448704
Going to be interesting to deal with the fallout of the first succubus/angel child being born in Oreia.

Yeah, they won’t check inside Mama Isla’s workshop, you head there. Mama Isla always locks her workshop but the lock is all fiddly and if you lift the door *just* right you can get in.

As you open the door you feel a familiar tickling all over your skin – you ignore it. You remember overhearing Mama Isla promising Mama Jal and Mama Sofia that her wards wouldn’t affect you and Vivi – not after Vivi got his hand burned. You know that you can walk through any of Mama Isla’s magic easily.

Inside her workshop is lots of long benches with all sorts of weird magical gee-gaws piled up, it’s pretty messy in here. And to think, Mama Sofia complains when you leave your clothes all over your bedroom floor!

Grown-ups really do have one set of rules for themselves and another for kids. You spot an almost-clear crawlspace under one of the benches and you try to squeeze into it, but there’s a big wooden box in your way, huh, why didn’t you see that before?

Well, whatever, you shove it, it doesn’t move. You push harder, still nothing. You push at it with everything you’ve got, muscles straining as you *will* the box to move. You feel *something* within you explode, or move, or change.

[Arcane Energy 2/17]

The box goes flying, tumbling and thumping across the room, making lots of noise. You chase after it in a panic. If it makes too much noise Sera will hear, and she’ll find you!

Also, if stuff is out of place, Mama Isla *might* just realise. As the box flips a big heavy book falls out and hits the floor.

You catch up to the box and drag it back to where it’s supposed to be, then you go to pick up the book.

As you get a good look at the open pages the complicated arcane symbols seem...familiar...you stare at them for a few seconds. You read a little way down the page.

“Rituals for banishing unquiet shades” you read out-loud “the typical shade is not a true soul, but more a memory tied to a place, banishing it is a mercy to both the living and the dead.”

This is a magic book. As you pick it up to put it back in the box you read more as you walk.

How long you stand there with the heavy book in one arm, slowly turning the pages with the other, you don’t know. But your arm feels *really* tired when you hear someone coming, and hear Seras voice “I’ve found Chesi and Thomas and Jenny, just Gilly, Mili and Michael to go!”

The sound of Seras voice snaps you out of reading the book. Uh oh, you need to hide!

But the book, it’s so interesting...it calls to you....

What do you do?

>Put the book away and hide
>Hide and keep reading
>Other (what?)

>>40448822
>Hide and keep reading

>>40448822
>Hide and keep reading

>>40448822
>Hide and keep reading

>>40448822
>Hide and keep reading

>>40448822
>Hide and keep reading
All of my yes.

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>>40448822
We are going to be fucking adorable.

>>40448822
>Hide and keep reading
Ah, wonderful plot

>>40448855
Poor Philly, though.

>>40448822
>Put the book away and hide
I'm going to lose, but the blurb Mili has already read hopefully means the book isn't going to be as diabolical as I had feared.

I still hate every last one of you, though.

>>40448881
I still think we should have had Sireyi read it. Would have been AMAZING against the LOL, but everyone was soooo worried about mindfuckery...

>>40448881
>but the blurb Mili has already read hopefully means the book isn't going to be as diabolical as I had feared
Its a tome on necromancy crafted with the knowledge of the necromancer kings of old, you can bet its exactly that diabolical. Just the guy who wrote it is a "the ends justify the means" kind of guy

>>40448903
Mindfuckery was not at all the reason why we didn't have Sireyi read it.

>>40448822
>Hide and keep reading
Wait, is it the LoL book?

>>40448822
>Hide and keep reading

>>40448915
>Mindfuckery was not at all the reason why we didn't have Sireyi read it.
We wanted to save it for this moment.

>>40448923
Well, I did. I wasn't sure how many other people wanted to.
Kinda surprised how unanimous the vote is, people were a lot more on the fence about the whole thing before hiatus.

>>40448915
>>40448923
>Mindfuckery was not at all the reason why we didn't have Sireyi read it.
It was originally. It wasn't until later that we thought this would be a fun way of doing things. And it is fun.

>>40448916
Yes

>>40448915
I think the books only get really diabolical if you read multiples of them. For example, the things that the LoL was doing in that refugee camp would probably require Necromancy and Arcane. I don't think the books writer would want to risk bringing another Lord of Life into existence, so some thing are probably out of the book altogether.

>>40448945
>It was originally.
No it wasn't. Originally it was because we didn't want to throw all possible power-ups on Sireyi because she already got so much stuff going that we wanted to have other people read the books to diversify their powersets.

Please roll 2d20

Both Willpower rolls

First is power-up, second is side-effects

>>40448956
>I think the books only get really diabolical if you read multiples of them.
You can definitly do diabolical shit with any of them, the thing in the refugee camp is most likely something you'd learn from the Arcanotek book, the books are just pure knowledge, what you DO with that knowledge, is a different matter.

>>40448945
Poor vivi though. I hope he also gets some powerups.

Rolled 15, 9 = 24 (2d20)

>>40448970

Rolled 7, 1 = 8 (2d10)

>>40448970
Critfail incoming

Rolled 5, 2 = 7 (2d20)

>>40448970

Rolled 11, 10 = 21 (2d20)

>>40448959
The biggest argument I got of Sireyi using the books was possible "personality changes" and other such bullshit. It took for fucking ever for us to get passed that and to better reasons for Sireyi not using, like the reason you pointed out.


>>40448970

Rolled 7, 16 = 23 (2d20)

>>40448970
Here we go

>>40448975
magitech book is left for him.

>>40448982
Ahahaha, oh wow. If Pally didn't have the good sense of comfirming crits, damn.

>>40448986
>The biggest argument I got of Sireyi using the books was possible "personality changes" and other such bullshit.
Then you didn't pay attention, that was never the main reason why we didn't do it.

>>40448981
>>40448982
>>40448985
Well, at least it isn't a critfail. Heh.

>>40449001
I emphatically disagree.

>>40449015
He's right though, I distinctly remember a often brought argument was even that Sireyi was the only one who could hope to safely read the books.

>>40449015
You can, not going to dig out the arguments again.

>>40449001
>>40449032
Maybe he refers to the idea of Mili reading the book, there the mental side-effects were one of the main-arguments against it.

>>40449040
Fine by me, it is ultimately a moot point now and I'm fine with this course of action.

>>40448987
Even if Sireyi never learns it was Mili that read the book somehow, a book disappearing is enough that last book is getting locked in a box you'd need to be a god to break into. So that's wildly unlikely.

>>40448972
I think the mutagenic ooze is more arcane and necromantic than mechanical, but it probably has elements of mechanical knowledge in that iteration. The LoL uses all three sources, after all.

>>40448981
>>40448982
>>40448985
Looks like necromancy obsessed Mili is a go.
Absowe will be delighted.

>>40449093
I wonder if we'll end up taking the Death domain after this and have Mili become another Avatar of us. Interplanar domination through accepting everyone is a go?

>>40449113
Life and Death often come in pairs.

>>40449113
Aside from there being almost no reason to take the Death domain since Life doesn't hate undead like Angels hates demons, we don't have access to it anyway.

>>40449113
I think its unlikely to spark Sireyi to get the Death domain.
Even if Mili goes full necromancy all day every day, it will take years before anything really comes out of it.
Seems to me more that Mili will be covering her mothers blindspot when it comes to undead.

>>40449121
Indeed. I really enjoy the whole duality thing we got going, hopefully Sireyi can get over her undead issues, especially for Mili's sake.

>>40449138
>we don't have access to it
I disagree with getting the Death domain, but we can, theoretically, get access to it if the circumstances are right, in a similar way how we got access to the succubus domain.

>>40449148
Sireyi doesn't have much of a undead issue, they make her mildly uncomfortable. Thats about it.

You crawl underneath Mama Isla’s desk, taking the book with you, just a few more pages...
---
You stop reading when there’s no longer enough light to see the words by. Looking around, you realise night has fallen. Uh oh, your Mamas are going to be worried about you. You quickly put the book back in the box and leave Mama Isla’s workroom and head through the keep, looking for someone.

You can hear loud voices coming from one of the meeting rooms, it sounds like Mama Sofia. You stop to listen at the door.

“What do you mean your spell can’t find her?!” yup, definitely Mama Sofia

“We’re not getting any return at all” explains another voice, a mans voice, one you don’t know “Baroness Sofia please, the child can’t have gone far.”

“Contact Sireyi” says Mama Sofia “right now, Isla too – they will find her, even if you cannot!” She sounds really mad. You cringe a bit, and then push open the door.

You stand in the doorway as everyone looks at you: Mama Sofia and a bunch of old men in robes with funny symbols on them. No, not funny symbols, the markings of the schools of magic: the lesser seven and the one greater school of the secrets of life and death. The symbols are just cloth stitching, but they can be used as a focus to shape magic through, to rip away their life forces to fuel your own power. Unbidden, words of power come to your lips and you start to mumble. You are interrupted.

“Mili?” says Mama Sofia, and then faster than you can see she is there, grabbing you, picking up and hugging you, kissing you on both cheeks and hugging you again, you feel wetness on her cheek, is she crying?

“You’re safe!” she says “Thank the Gods you’re safe!”

Then she puts you down, and her look of relief turns to one of anger “Where were you? You’ve been missing for hours!”

How do you respond?

>We were playing hide-and-seek, and I fell asleep
>I was reading this book in Mama Isla’s workshop
>Other (what?)

>>40449183
>We were playing hide-and-seek, and I fell asleep
Oops

>>40449183
>I was reading this book in Mama Isla’s workshop

>>40449183
>I was reading this book in Mama Isla’s workshop
I'm not going to vote to lie. We've been honest in way stupider situations than this.

>>40449183
>We were playing hide-and-seek, and I fell asleep
A good necromancer knows when to speak the truth.

>>40449183
>We were playing hide-and-seek, and I fell asleep
It's not a good idea to let them know.

>>40449183
>I was reading this book in Mama Isla’s workshop

>>40449183
>the lesser seven and the one greater school of the secrets of life and death
Gap moe is my guilty pleasure.

>>40449183
>We were playing hide-and-seek, and I fell asleep

>>40449233
>Gap moe

gap moe?

>>40449183
>I was reading this book in Mama Isla’s workshop
Lying is not the Mili way.

>>40449183
>I was reading this book in Mama Isla’s workshop
Poor Sofia, and poor Isla when she comes back.

>>40449139
>>40449159
>>40449148
>>40449139
I can imagine the awkward dinner conversation a couple of years.
"So, mom, I'm a necromancer and Mr. Skellington here is my minion"
"I have no daughter!"

>>40449183
>We were playing hide-and-seek, and I fell asleep

>>40449183
>We were playing hide-and-seek, and I fell asleep

>>40449183
>I was reading this book in Mama Isla’s workshop

>>40449183
>I was reading this book in Mama Isla’s workshop

>>40449183
>I was reading this book in Mama Isla’s workshop
Why would she even be lying? Mili never lies for her own benefit, and this time she doesn't even know she's done anything bad. Reading isn't bad.

>>40449294
Because pally wants to give options to continue developing Mili's character in various situations.
And Sofia knowing or not that Mili read the book is, you know, critical for this sub-plot's development.

>>40449183
Does having angelic brilliance shorten the time it takes to read the book somehow?

>>40446574
really wanted to post this yesterday.

Right. Missed the last thread. Anyway on conversion and the whole Succubus thing. Our summoning negociations are something we have to get done
if we want more worshipers. Oreia is not attractive only because its easy to summon from here instead of another plane,
what should make it even more attractive and tasty ought ot be some extra services, allwoing for Oresian Succubi to be legitimized and confirmed,
probably by having a beurocracy that records every succubus and will send confirmation whenever requested to check them,
probably with a few extraction teams/ support teams if need be to imediatly extract a summoned succubi or help them out if its something highly important.
This way we can certify that they are using Oresian Succubi who are not serving a force of Evil but a Goddess in good standing with their main Pantheon.
With that done Oresian Succubi would be leagl in a lot of countries and that would allow Wizzards and other magic users to not only summon succubi with
greater ease and less effort but use their serice in the open. And this allows the Succubi more time around their summoner and open and honest access
to the people who use her summoner sercices. Nobles, Merchants, Beurocrats, Officers, Landlords, Farmers, Craftsmen.
The general succubi sales pitch is being underhanded and promising grat power in exchange for the soul, this can most likely be exausting and it can be changed
with the far more bearable spreading of word and attempting to get people to convert to Sireyi. Pamplets, and such, basically being the planes Jehova Whitnesses.
And all those people using her summoner services are targets of oportunity, since its not all that likely for the Summoner to be converted, what with being
either a priest of some divine power or as a Wizzard worshiping the Goddess of Magic.

closing and counting, but looks like the truth won

>>40449319
I can't see not telling her ending well.

>>40449327
MY EYES

>>40449319
No, she knows she read 'a' book. There is lots of books in Islas study.
And thats a shitty meta reason anyway, Mili has no reason IC not to give her a honest explanation.

>>40449327
But what the greatest benefit is not converting people but making them aware of Sireyi and getting people comfortable with her and her followers to a greater degree thus descalating potential conflicts and making people like as
while disinclining them to help others harm us.

Especialy if we can craft a narative of essentialy being as good a divine fairytale as a scandal.
The darling of Valenya, child of one of her head angels whom was nursed by Valenya to godhood, who got married with the last living descendant of Konig and got a child out of that,
It is in essence a way to bring people closer to our home pantheon by making them more involved and interested and pehraps more devout to the pantheon as a whole.

We might want to coordonate a bit with the patheon and try to endear ourselves a bit but at the same time we got to be the speartip on this initiative.
The other natural way for Succubi to convert is to consider volunteers to try and create a underground railroad of sorts for Succubi in other
hells or that were missed in the original planes of the Oreian Succubi, ensuring a evacuation option in case they are to be killed and at the same
ime spreading the faith of Sireyi, and boosting her power.

>>40449345
>Valenya
At least read the quest and get the most important names right if you expect me to take your stuff serious.
And if you already dump such massive shits over my screen at least spellcheck.

>>40449337
blame the conversion from pad to post, since i had to save it in notepad.

>>40449345
cont.

This one has the potential to drag us into a Heaven vs Hell war, but at the same time it establishes a support network and it gives morally unambiguous targets for using our spies and Intel agents, so we can have greater numbers of them.

If the succubi are as good at intel as I suspect with our Aunt and Jal training them and their guerrilla fighters succubus lifestyle.In also establishes a similar threat that the hells have bean posing with their cults on their home turf, something that its not being done at the moment, and even the god of that lost paladin whom I suspect is now part of the Beltnotchers did not
have as good a option to do it as Sireyi.

He was a Redeemer, but Sireyi in end effect is more of a Liberator/Revolutionary, who has some serious experience in this, and seems to be Sireyis main course.

The only problem is that we cannot predict if it will ignite conflict before or after the whole Killing Frost and Lord of Life business but its a very very attractive option to boost our Succubi worshiper numbers who now provide
more DP and we can help them out of a bad situation with support, guidance and if need be evacuation to a safe place while they can help with just some prayer, the belief and faith can come later when we prove ourselves useful and when Sieryi really dealt with how she feels about the whole goddess thing beyond having to do it right because its the right thing to do.

>>40449372

So yeah, imho it seems I presented a business strategy to expand our influence and worship. And we do not even have a holy book,
outside of a joke book.

Well, if we do not have a book yet we could go for a oral tradition, one that can easily be turned into collections of short stories,
parables, poems and songs that can be used as pamphlets, jingles, post cards, and so on.
Once we collect them we could give them some good titles, and they would all be tailored to elicit certain feelings, and act more like a guide
book.

>>40449367
Sorry I read it but its been a long time and some names might get jumbled a bit.

>>40449337
It's not about ending well or not, it's about different paths to somewhere.
>>40449341
>No, she knows she read 'a' book. There is lots of books in Islas study.
Technalities. Sofia is probably very aware of the two big tomes in there. She could also simply ask what book it was, even if she didn't know of the tomes, like most mothers would ask when their kids tell them they read a book.
>Mili has no reason IC not to give her a honest explanation.
Except for the big KEEP OUT warning on Isla's workshop's door meaning she wasn't supposed to be there.

>>40449410
>Except for the big KEEP OUT warning on Isla's workshop's door meaning she wasn't supposed to be there.
Mili can't even get herself to lie to the assholes in Konigs school, she wouldn't lie to her own mother. No matter if she did bad or not.

>>40449410
>Except for the big KEEP OUT warning on Isla's workshop's door meaning she wasn't supposed to be there.
We've been honest in way stupider situations than that to people that aren't our mother.

>>40449327
You've got some good ideas anon. I'd support that plan.

>>40449327
That was the plan we already had many threads ago when the topic was actually relevant. No idea why you bring it up again.
As of now the negotiations are stalled by the mages guild, and as long as that is the case there will be no summoning out of Oreia.

>>40449515
Well he does offer a alternative.

>>40449372
>>40449345
Going to planes that have succubi and spreading the message of safety, liberation or revolution, with all the obvious problems and opportunities it opens up.

>>40449623
>Going to planes that have succubi and spreading the message of safety, liberation or revolution
Thre are already agents doing that, the underground railroad for succubi exists already, the majority of succubi in Oreia came to us through that.

“I was reading this book in Mama Isla’s workshop” you say “I guess I lost track of time, sorry.” You try to look as sorry and as cute as possible, to mitigate your mothers wrath.

“Everyone was looking for you!” says Mama Sofia “Mili you can’t just- wait, what book?”

You show Mama Sofia the book in the workshop. Your Mama opens it and then quickly closes it again, screwing her eyes up tight.

“Mili” she says in that calm-but-angry voice “You know you’re not supposed to be in here.”

“I was looking for a place to hide” you say, looking down at your feet and twisting about, trying to think of a good excuse.

Mama Sofia comes over to you and put her hand on your forehead “how do you feel?” She asks, not sounding angry at all now.

“I’m fine” you protest, if your mama thinks you’re sick, you won’t get to spend any time with your friends over the holidays.

But truthfully, you do feel a bit funny, like you want to sick up....

“I want Isla and Sireyi to look at you” says Mama Sofia “And Poppy too.”

“I feel fine!” You protest.
---
“And how many fingers am I holding up?” asks Poppy

“Four” you say sulkily. It’s late at night and you’re tired. Your Mama’s and Poppy have been poking and prodding you and asking you stuff for hours and hours!

And then they start talking over your head, which is really annoying. You’re sat on a stool in Mama Isla’s workshop, all of your Mama’s are there, and Aunt Poppy.

“Physically she’s fine” says Poppy “some inflammation in her digestive system, but I think that has more to do with drinking demon blood than anything she read.”

“She’s definitely radiating arcane magic” says Mama Isla, sounding worried “with a strong necromantic signature – but it is fading.”

“That’s good” says Mama Sofia “but...”

“But her own arcane powers are strong now” says Mama Sireyi “as strong as Vivi’s, maybe stronger, but focused into one area.”

“Yes” says Mama Isla “Necromancy.”

>>40449623
Succubus domain should have alerted the succubi of Sireyi's existence and of Oreia.

“How bad is it?” asks Mama Sofia.

“Physically she’s fine” says Mama Sireyi “And I can’t detect any damage to her mind, but...”

“But?” asks Mama Jal, standing at the back, leaning on a wall.

Mama Isla asks you “Mili why does a light spell cast light into a magic-dead zone, but a darkness spell stop at the edge of one?”

You shrug, you have no idea.

“And” continues Mama Isla “why is a forcewall permeable to ordinary light, but not a Sunburst spell?”

“I dunno” you say.

“What are you doing?” asks Sofia

“Those are ordinary questions for beginner magic students” says Isla “this next one...is from a Necromancy Masters exam. Mili: what are the three key side-effects of the multi-phylactery or *segmented essence* theory as outlined by Master Volkmir in his treatise on the Ankaran Liches?”

The answer looms large in your mind, the words make no sense to you, but you know exactly what the answer is.

What do you say?
>Answer the question
>Lie, say you don’t know
>Deflect, say you’re tired
>Other (what?)

>>40449736
>Answer the question

>>40449736
>Answer the question
Can I please keep reading the book?

>>40449736
>Answer the question
>Be extra smug about it

>>40449736
> answer the question

>>40449736
>Lie, say you don’t know

>>40449736
>Answer the question

>>40449736
>Answer the question
Literally can't succeed on a lie when Sireyi is right there.

Ankaran sounds familiar for some reason.

>>40449736
>Lie, say you don’t know

>>40449787
Being caught by Sireyi like this would be a great opportunity for some alone time with her.

>>40449736
>Answer the question

>>40449760
I approve the notion of smug lolis

>>40449736
>Answer the question

>>40449802
So the IC reason to lie is precisely because our dad-mom will detect it and we'll be able to spend time with her?

Even more depressing than yesterday...

>>40449736
>Answer the question, go on to explain how they can be exploited for maximum effect.

>>40449862
YES!

>>40449862
I'd find it funnier if she goes on to explain how he actually got it completly wrong, and it actullay works like [insert horrifying explanation]

>>40449862
That would be great

>>40449736
>Answer the question
Why is lie even an option at this point? aside from maybe cries of railroading if it wasn't

>>40449862
>Necromancer knowledge mixed with innate paladin tendencies
Approved.

>>40449917
For the same reason a lot of stuff that doesn't make a lot of sense is a option, because in theory Mili could lie about it.
Not succesfully, but the same was true for the previous option.

>>40449917
>Why is lie even an option at this point? aside from maybe cries of railroading if it wasn't

If nothing else, it would tell your mothers you don't want to talk about this stuff just yet

Writing the (horrifying) truth

>>40449942
Did Pally died?

>>40450575
Maybe it sequences directly into the next day, so it takes longer.

>>40450575
No no, I'm still alive and totally not anon in a Pally skin suit!

>>40450672
Oh, good. Had me worried there for a moment.

Apologies for the delay, was on the phone. My mother calls at the strangest times.

You’re not going to lie to your Mama’s about something like this. You blurt out the answer.

“The multi-phylactery theory has three main side-effects that make it unattractive to many liches” you say. Ugh, you sound like Vivi at his most nerdy “firstly, upon the death of the lich, the regrowing body, or necrotere, may simultaneously cohere at several of the linked phylacteries at once. This phenomena is mimics a simulacrum spell in many regards, with multiple liches reviving, however all of the liches are incomplete in mind, if not body. This is caused by the arcane links between the phylacteries being attenuated.”

“Secondly, even if only a single necrotere coheres, the location may be at any of the phylacteries locations, or at none of them. Likely locations of the necrotere are thought to vary based upon the order in which the phylacteries were made, though the intensity of localised arcane energies may also affect this.”

“Thirdly” you say “even if a single necrotere coheres at a predictable location. The mind of the lich is often damaged. Though not incomplete, it’s thoughts and experiences are disordered, resembling madness. This is not true madness but rather a side-effect of the failure of the liches mental faculties to organise properly upon its remortisation.”

You wonder what that all meant, no wait, that’s not all of it...

“What was that?” asks Mama Sofia

“A text-book answer” says Isla “describing a problem that has plagued necromancers for thousands of years.”

You continue “The first side effect can be overcome by aligning the phylacteries essence accumulation or *soul-recover* mechanism to divert the essence to a single phylactery, this is supposed to happen by design in many web-worked phylacteries however the inscriptions that describe the essence-gathering process must be ordered in priority on each phylactery – in brief each phylactery exerts an equal *pull* upon the liches soul, this *pull* must be artificially altered to allow an order of precedence or rank amongst the phylacteries.”

“What is she doing?” asks Mama Jal

“She’s...she’s solving it” says Mama Isla, grabbing a quill, ink and parchment, and making notes.

“The second side-effect, that of location” you say, your voice sounding harsher, like you’ve a sore throat “can be solved using the Conjurers Gateway matrix. Tying each phylactery to the others, in a manner similar to a webwork of gateway spells, allowing in an arcane sense, each phylactery to occupy the same space.”

“The third side-effect” you start, but Mama Sireyi interrupts you “That’s enough Mili” she says, snapping her fingertips in front of your face “Mili, Mili can you hear me?”

“Yes Mama Sireyi” you say “I can hear you.” And you can, you didn’t fall asleep, you were just talking.

You sit on your stool as all of your Mamas look at you, with different expressions on their faces.

Finally Mama Sireyi says “Let’s get you to bed, you’ve had a long day.”
---
The next morning, you are having breakfast with your friends, when a guard comes in and announces that *Young Master Vivien* has returned.

“Vivi!” you yell in excitement, scrambling to your fee, you haven’t seen your brother in ages!

“Mili!” snaps Mama Sofia “sit down, he’ll be here in a minute.” All of your friends and Mama’s are here at breakfast.

“But Mama....” you whine.

“Just wait” she says.

Soon enough, Vivi enters the room, then you can’t restrain yourself anymore and you’re rushing towards him “Vivi!” you yell excitedly as he yells “Mili!” the two of you meet in the middle and hug one another, both talking fast “how have you been, how is palading school, how is nerd-school, you’ve grown, your hair looks goofy, who are your friends?”

You introduce Vivi to each on your friends: Thomas and Michael give him friendly smiles and nods. Jenny gives him a shy smile and a wave. Chesi hugs him and Gilly and Sera share a look and Sera mutters “Oh great, two of them...” But she’s smiling at least.

“What’re we doing today?” asks Vivi.

“Whatever it is” says Mama Sofia “You will have guards.”
---
The rest of your time in Dalvin is tightly controlled – where you go, who you talk to, and what you do. You have fun but...you don’t get much freedom.

After a couple of weeks, you’re really looking forward to Oreia. When you arrive in the teleportation circle, Mama Sireyi is there waiting “Ok everyone” she says “What do you want to do first?”

Everyone has their own ideas.

“Can we see the demons?” asks Thomas. That’s silly, they’re everywhere.

“Oreia has all these mountains” says Sera, looking around “can we go climb one?”

“The magic forest” says Michael

“The government” says Gilly

“How about I show you my school” says Vivi proudly.

“That sounds nice” says Jenny “can we do that, I mean...if everyone wants to...” her voice trails off. Chesi shoots her a look and grins, but doesn’t say anything.

What do you want to see?

>Just have a walk around and talk to people
>Go exploring in the mountains
>Go see the magic forest
>Go to parliament, as boring as that is...
>Go see Vivi’s school
>Snowball War 2: Vivi Gets a Frosting
>Other (what?)

>>40450770
>Go exploring in the mountains
And there
>Snowball War 2: Vivi Gets a Frosting

>>40450770
>Snowball War 2: Vivi Gets a Frosting

>>40450770
>Go see Vivi’s school

>>40450770
>Go see Vivi’s school

>>40450770
>Go see Vivi’s school
>Snowball War 2: Vivi Gets a Frosting
Pearl of Oreia is in the mountains already, so we can do
>Go exploring in the mountains
right afterwards

>>40450770
>Just have a walk around and talk to people

>>40450770
>Go see Vivi’s school
>Snowball War 2: Vivi Gets a Frosting

you're doing these things 1 at a time you know.

>>40450984
I figured we could get in a small snowball war before going there, the snowball war doesn't need to be as big update wise as the last one.

>>40450984
Just send us to the school, then. We can fight to the death in snowball combat on the mountains afterwards.

>>40450770
>Go see Vivi’s school
Let's compare.

so how badly will FT get chewed? Will she even get chance to explain herself before getting smitten?

>>40451095
Depends on if Sireyi or Sofia get their hands on her first.
Sireyi she will get chewed out a alot, Sofia will probably straight up try to kill her.

“Let’s go see Vivi’s school” you say. You want to see how good it is compared to your school.

Mama Sireyi covers her mouth with her hand “Ok” she says “let’s do that, but ah, Vivi goes to school at the Elders Circle mostly. Everyone I think you should prepare yourselves, you might see some things you’ve not seen before” she sounds like she’s trying not to laugh.
---
The Elders Circle is a sprawling mess of half-finished buildings and tents. It’s also teeming with succubi – both young ones and grown-up ones. It’s really hard for you to tell a grown-up succubus’s age.

You tried to get a snowball fight going on the way, but that broke up as soon as your friends caught sight of this place. It’s ok, you guess, but not as good as *your* school.

As soon as you arrive a bunch of succubi come out to greet Mama Sireyi, and she sends you off with some other succubi to show you around.

“This is the auditorium” says Vivi. Showing you a big open room, that’s partly built. It looks ok, maybe. You and your friends also have a crowd of a couple-dozen succubi following you. Everywhere you go people say stuff like “Hello Prince Viviken, who are your friends Prince Viviken? Would you like to come and study with us Prince Viviken?”

You have to admit, it seems Vivi has a lot more friends than you at his school...and he seems totally happy too...

“What do you think?” asks Vivi “looks impressive, right?” He gives you a smug grin. You love you brother, but right now you want to smack him.

“It’s ok I guess” you say, shrugging, and then you turn to your friends “What do you think?”

Michael has his hands over his eyes “very nice, I’m sure” he mumbles.

“What’s wrong with you?” asks Chesi

“I’m fine” says Michael

“Your eyes...” says Chesi

“It’s the um, the ladies” says Michael, nodding in the direction of your entourage “They’re undressed.”

You look over “No they’re not” you say “They’re wearing clothes”

“Not enough” says Michael.

Sera, Gilly and Jenny are likewise covering their eyes, or looking away, and blushing, just like Michael is. You look over, all of the succubi are wearing what they normally wear – enough to cover parts of their pelvis, and some of their chest....and not much else. What is bothering your friends?

Thomas is....watching them openly, and grinning, some of the younger succubi are giving him appraising glances.

“Who are your friends Prince Viviken?” calls out one of the girls

“My sister and her friends, Hanria” answers your brother with a smile “come and meet them.”

“This ought to be good” says Chesi “I’ll go fetch the smelling salts...”

What do you do?
>Say hi to all of Vivi’s Succu-friends
>Get your friends to say hello, they’re not normally this shy
>No time for chat, see more of the school
>Enough tours, let’s do something else (options as above)

>>40451380
>Say hi to all of Vivi’s Succu-friends
>Get your friends to say hello, they’re not normally this shy

>>40451114
Considering the circumstances, Milli having to drink something that bolstered her angelic powers was a lot better than going to hell's slave markets.

>>40451380
>Say hi to all of Vivi’s Succu-friends
>Get your friends to say hello, they’re not normally this shy
Dis gonna be good when Chesi starts wearing oreian clothes again for the rest of the stay

>>40451411
They also didn't know that it would bolster her angelic powers. I don't think anyone knows it in-character, actually.

>>40451444
Sireyi does.

>>40451444
At least Sireyi and Isla know, based on the experience with Elahi.

>>40451380
>Say hi to all of Vivi’s Succu-friends

>>40451493
No idea what experience you're talking about.

>>40451380
>Say hi to all of Vivi’s Succu-friends
>Get your friends to say hello, they’re not normally this shy

>>40451364
>>40451380

>Say hi to all of Vivi’s Succu-friends
>Get your friends to say hello, they’re not normally this shy

Lets get this shyness issue solved.
This is how succubi act and dress. Nothing new. They don't have to dress and act like succubi if they don't want to.

This ought to get their tolerance for weird and their integrity upgraded.

Integrity and a tolerance for the weird is something that all good paladins need, like mama Sireyi

Is Vivi the only boy that goes to this school?

Please roll 1d20-2, Willpower, Jenny

Novice Channeller encountering a *lot* of a type of magic

>>40451696
The only one you've seen so far, yes

Rolled 10 - 2 (1d20 - 2)

>>40451696
He may very well be the only boy in Oreia.

>>40451718

Rolled 14 - 2 (1d20 - 2)

>>40451718

>>40451493
Well, in that case it was very different. Milli's case was ingesting a substance her nature fought against and got stronger from. In that case demonic essence got intermingled with Sireyi's and Isla willingly let herself get turned part demon to purify the essence.

Rolled 14 - 2 (1d20 - 2)

>>40451718

>>40451696
Most likely, unless there are any Beastman/Orc kids with magical talent.

>>40451718
What is the roll for?
>>40451727
Living the dream.

>>40451737
Not at all, it still made her stronger, the principle behind both events was the same, and Isla and Sireyi are definitly intelligent enough and know enough about magic to understand that.

>>40451718
Welp, he're hoping that Vivi doesn't grow up to be a harem protag

>>40451757
>Living the dream.
Its not like it matters to succubi. Being a attractive angelblood and royalty is what lets him live the dream here.

>>40451819
Harem protag would require succubi to have a concept of monogamy. Which they don't.

>>40451757
And some people wanted to send him to paladin school instead of this.

>>40451814
One incident is undergoing a ritual designed to turn mortals into demonbloods that normally makes angels Fall. The other is Sireyi consuming her own essence *after* it had been purified. If she had consumed it raw, she would've gotten demonic traits. I fail to how the latter proves the former could only awaken angelic powers. The only reason it did that in-character is due to Milerna's god-blood, and our knowledge about god things tends to be lacking.

>>40451941
>I fail to how the latter proves the former could only awaken angelic powers.
I never said anything about that. I said it made her stronger, which was the point.
She would be able to sense it if Mili had demonic traits, and the fact she doesn't obviously leads to the conclusion that it got purified.

>>40451992
Except the ritual requires multiple uses to cause demonic traits in angelbloods. I fail to see how the first dose behaving exactly as the first dose would means it was purified.

If the justification is that she's stronger and that the only way she could be so was that it was purified, her powers that the ritual awoke were entirely related to her Willpower and Intelligence which could easily be seen as things the book sparked the awakening of since Sireyi didn't examine Milerna before then.

In addition, Milerna's story doesn't match with it having been purified at all and she does show signs of having consumed demonic blood, which wouldn't be present if it was purified since her body wouldn't have tried to reject it causing inflammation.

“I’m Mili” you say “and this is Gilly, Sera, Thomas, Michael and Jenny.”

Your two groups mingle and introduce each other. Almost all of the girls want to meet *Vivis sister* and you greet them politely in Oreian fashion – with a hug and a brief kiss – just a brush of lips or a kiss on the cheek, depending upon the person.

Your friends...need etiquette lessons...

“Uh nice to meet you” Gilly starts “I’m Gilyan and mhmh- woah what was that!?” she jumps back after the first kiss.

“Is something wrong?” asks the girl she is talking to.

“You kissed me!” says Gilly “Why? What are you doing? My first- what?”

“Are you ok?” says the young succubi “I can call for a healer if you’re sick.”

Sera seems to be having a better time of it – turning and offering a cheek to be kissed and kissing cheeks in return.

Michael is...trying to hug girls without actually touching them...and is blushing so deeply you wonder if he needs a healer too. With every kiss his blush deepens.

Chesi is in her element – seems she knows many of these girls.

Thomas seems to be doing ok, grinning widely between each greeting. He must have been taught proper manners, you think.

Jenny is...flashing?

Every time a girl hugs and kisses her it seems like Jenny seems to glow a bit. She’s also moving stiffly and screwing up her eyes when the girls get near her. You go over to help.

“Are you ok?” you ask her

“Angelic magic” she says from between clenched teeth “reacting, can’t control it.”

“Give her some room” you say to the girls “she’s not well.” You lead Jenny away from the crowd and she sits on a bench and breathes deeply until the glowing stops.

“Are you ok now?” You ask

“I think so” she says “I just, too much at once I think”

“Ok” you say “let me know if it happens again”

Having lived around succubi for most of your life, you have long since learned to stop your own magic from reacting to their presence.

With the formal greetings over the two groups start talking, asking about each others lives and schools and...getting along really well actually. You’re a little bit jealous of Vivi.

As you all wander around the school each of your friends, and you, are surrounded by a small group of young succubi – curious about the visitors. You keep an eye on Jenny but there’s no more glowing.

“So what’re you doing next?” asks Vivi, once you’ve toured all the classrooms “and can I bring my friends too?”

You look around, your friends seem more at ease in the company of scantily-dressed young demon-girls after spending an hour or so with them. Michael is even asking shyly if he can touch a girls wing – she agrees, with a giggle.

What are you up to next? And can Vivi bring his friends?

>Just have a walk around and talk to people
>Go exploring in the mountains
>Go see the magic forest
>Go to parliament, as boring as that is...
>Snowball War 2: Vivi Gets a Frosting/Girls in Cold Snow
>Other (what?)

With the several dozen extra girls?

>Y/N

>>40452191
>Go exploring in the mountains
>N

>>40452191

>Go exploring in the mountains

>Y

>>40452191
>Go see the magic forest
>N
Too much of a crowd, we are here to show 'our' friends around.

>>40452191
>Go exploring in the mountains
>N

>>40452191
>>Go exploring in the mountains
>>Go see the magic forest
>Y

>>40452191
>Go see the magic forest
>N

>>40452191
>Just have a walk around and talk to people

>Y

>>40452191
>Snowball War 2: Vivi Gets a Frosting/Girls in Cold Snow
>Y
Team vivi vs team Mili
Also, we can use our necromantic powers if shit goes bad.

>>40452191
>Go see the magic forest
>N

>>40452353
Vivis team is several dozen strong. Though if we even out the numbers, it might be good.

>>40452191
>Go see the magic forest
Y

forest/mountains tie - as QM I'm breaking in favour of mountains.

and no giggling girl mob to come along

We definitly need to visit or get visited by BlueSireyi and RedSofia. Just for the hilarious confusion of our friends.

>>40452504
Blue Sireyi shot the food.

“I was thinking of going for a walk” you say to Vivi “show my friends the Oreian mountains, get away from the cities, fresh air and stuff.”

“I’ll grab my stuff” says Vivi “and everyone can-”

“Catch up with us later” you say

Vivi turns to look at you “Sis?”

“Just you and me and my friends” you say firmly

“Why?” asks Vivi, his eyes wide

“Because” you say “They’re doing what everyone always does when they visit – getting all flustered and stuff, if you bring your friends then that’s all mine will be doing.”

“They do seem to need some manners” says Vivi, then he adds quickly “but uh, they seem really nice other than that.”

“Thanks” you say. His friends are not better than yours, they just aren’t.
---
Its not long before you’re walking along a mountain trail, with some of Mama Sireyis guards around you. You wanted to have your Mama with you, but she had to go to Parliament...

Still, you’ve got your friends with you.

“So” you ask Sera “What do you think of Oreia?”

“It’s lovely” says Sera, looking out across the snow-covered valley to one side, “the whole place looks beautiful.”

“Yeah it does” you say, following her gaze.

“And everyone here is so” Sera’s cheeks get a little red, must be the cold air “friendly” she says after a pause.

“Yeah” adds Thomas “can we come and stay next holiday, there’s these girls Kinria, Josie and Sam, they’re triplets, and they invited me to-”

You lose track of his next words, as one of the guards ahead on the trail holds up a hand, you all stop.

There’s a traveller on the trail ahead, just one old man in a winter cloak, coming your way. Huh, that’s odd. The guards at the front stop him, and talk to him, but you’re too far away to hear what they’re saying.

“What’s going on?” asks Chesi from behind you.

“Just a traveller” you say.

“At this time of year?” asks Vivi in disbelief.

What do you do?

>Stay here with your friends
>Go up front to listen to the conversation (alone? with whom?)
>Other (what?)

>>40452751
>Go up front to listen to the conversation,with Chesi
Our personal emotion detector afterall.

>>40452751
>Go up front to listen to the conversation (with Chesi)

>You wanted to have your Mama with you, but she had to go to Parliament...
Argh, my feelings.

>>40452751
>Go up front to listen to the conversation

>>40452799
>Our personal emotion detector afterall.

Bad anon, Chesi is not your toy

>>40452832
Of course, not she's Milis valuable friend.

Unless she is into that.

>>40452751
>Go up front to listen to the conversation (with Chesi)

>>40452832
>Yet.

>>40452419
Noo.. there were a tie between Y and N....


I really wanted the girls to come. Damn it.

>>40452974
>Noo.. there were a tie between Y and N....
There wasn't, 10min vote time.

>>40452974
Read the rules.

>>40452832

>>Our personal emotion detector afterall.

>Bad anon, Chesi is not your toy

Well, we are talking about Chesi "Where-is-Milli!"
Chesi is not Millis toy, Milli is Chesis blanky.

>>40452751
Well hello there mister Odin.

>>40453076
I'm mostly wondering who would disguise himself as old man in a nation of succubi.
That sticks out a bit.

“Let’s head up” you say to Chesi, and the two of you head forwards, to where the guards are talking to the traveller.

“Oh just a peddler” he says “Looking for a place to sell my wares.”

“Where did you come from?” asks one of the guards

“A town back thataways” says the traveller, pointing behind him “I forget the name.”

“Chesi” you say quietly “what can you feel from him?”

Chesi concentrates and then her eyes open wide “nothing” she says “it’s like he doesn’t exist. What is he?”

It’s clear that the half-dozen guards questioning him don’t like what they’re sensing either.

“Just let me pass m’dears” says the nearly-toothless man, spittle flecking his long beard “I’m no one important, just a traveller, no one important.” He repeats. It sounds reasonable. He’s no one important, they should just let him pass, no one important...

“Absolutely not” says the head guard “you will stay here whilst we lift everyone past you – at a safe distance. You will not move whilst we do this.”

“Oh that’s such a shame” says the traveller “I was hoping to meet the Cassitery boy, Thomas isn’t he?”

“Step back, now!” barks the head guard, and they all point their spears at him as she continues “you will wait here until a patrol arrives to collect you.”

“No” says the traveller, grinning, his mouth full of sharp teeth “I don’t think I will.”

Then everything happens at once. The traveller grows taller and his head turns into a tigers head. At the same time tiger-like monsters with huge teeth leap from holes in the air and attack the guards.

“Get back!” yells one of the guards, grabbing you ad taking flight.

“Chesi!” you wail, as another guard grabs her, before both are slammed to the ground underneath a huge tiger monster “Chesiiiii!” you wail.

The tall tiger-man walks forwards unhindered, as his monsters battle your guards, behind you there are shouts as the rear guards fly forwards to help.

The tiger-man reaches down and picks up a bleeding Chesi – her arm is clawed to the bone.

“Now give me the Cassitery boy” he tells the guards “or I’ll kill one of your young instead.”

“Chesi!” you scream, helpless in the guards grip. Then you’re dropping through the air and you hit the path, looking around you see a tiger-monster pinning the guard who was carrying you to the ground.

Everything is confusion and shouting and battle. But all you can see is the bad tiger-man, holding a screaming Chesi by her injured arm.

But you can feel bones, bones in the ground, lots of them...

What do you do?

>Yell for Thomas – if the bad man has him, he’ll let Chesi go
>Attack the bad man
>The bones will walk once more...
>Do nothing
>Other (what?)

>>40453429
>The bones will walk once more...

>>40453429
>Attack the bad man
>The bones will walk once more...

>>40453429
>The bones will walk once more...
>Bring Chesi into safety

>>40453429
>The bones will walk once more...
>Get Chesi to safety
The best part is he can't attack us or he'll summon Sireyi, and that's pretty much a cutscene death.