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Started by Anastasia, November 13, 2018, 03:39:16 PM

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Anastasia

"Why?" Hanna murmurs, watching the entire scene. Donald waves back to you as people run out of Aurora itself - Mirima and Rosa at the moment, just in time to be covered in dragon-pixie dust. They both immediately become a riot of colors, sharp and contrasting, like they were drenched in a rainbow.
<Afina> Imagine a tiny pixie boot stamping on a devil's face.
<Afina> Forever.

<Yuthirin> Afina, giant parasitic rainbow space whale.
<IronDragoon> I mean, why not?

Corwin

"I suppose Donald really is needed here," Seira muses, content to watch.
<Steph> I might have made a terrible mistake

Anastasia

You watch, Baleruk being chased and Donald laughing? You feel it. A connection to Donald, a pulse.

Node update, go read.
<Afina> Imagine a tiny pixie boot stamping on a devil's face.
<Afina> Forever.

<Yuthirin> Afina, giant parasitic rainbow space whale.
<IronDragoon> I mean, why not?

Corwin

Done so

"Incidentally, since I'm here," Seira voices to Hanna. "I believe you came across some valkyries as potential recruits earlier, but things didn't work out? Since I'm looking for strong recruits for my war against the slavers, got any tips for how to best approach them? Or if there were others you guys considered but they weren't a good fit for Aurora, and not on ethical grounds?"
<Steph> I might have made a terrible mistake

Anastasia

"There were some, discounting ones of an unethical moral character," Hanna says, "If I recall with the valkyries, there were issues involved with slaad."
<Afina> Imagine a tiny pixie boot stamping on a devil's face.
<Afina> Forever.

<Yuthirin> Afina, giant parasitic rainbow space whale.
<IronDragoon> I mean, why not?

Corwin

"Don't send the frogs to make contact, check," Seira readily agrees. "I'll look into them, so would you mind sending me the other leads later? I'm going to ask Donald to go on a tour."
<Steph> I might have made a terrible mistake

Anastasia

Got any particular goals here, Seira? Just checking in on that real quick.
<Afina> Imagine a tiny pixie boot stamping on a devil's face.
<Afina> Forever.

<Yuthirin> Afina, giant parasitic rainbow space whale.
<IronDragoon> I mean, why not?

Corwin

Quite literally, I'm going to send Donald and Agathaiel on a tour trying to recruit these people, starting with the valkyries. Who doesn't want to punch an efreet slaver or their devil ally in the face and free some dudes?

Explicitly focusing on those that didn't work out with Aurora to avoid poaching. OOC knowledge also tells me they had a contact in Kossuth's court on Fire, so that might be neat for information, too.
<Steph> I might have made a terrible mistake

Anastasia

Sure thing. I meant with the Aurora tour, though.
<Afina> Imagine a tiny pixie boot stamping on a devil's face.
<Afina> Forever.

<Yuthirin> Afina, giant parasitic rainbow space whale.
<IronDragoon> I mean, why not?

Corwin

Donald and Kascha did their thing, so I'm ready to leave! Either with Donald so he heads out from the Cauldron, or on my own if he wants to stay and leave on his recruitment tour later with all the info.
<Steph> I might have made a terrible mistake

Corwin

That said! My next move, unless I hear from Oraga or Valar, is to return to the Cauldron and send my avatar out to Alyssa's world. Specifically, to where she said she was tested by Io. Let's see if I can find anything in that ruined dungeon.
<Steph> I might have made a terrible mistake

Anastasia

Easily enough done. We'll go onto Valar, he's done with his end of it.

You meet with Valar, who nods back to you on your approach. He's sitting down, tired looking but he raises his hand in greeting. "The troops proved themselves well," he begins with.
<Afina> Imagine a tiny pixie boot stamping on a devil's face.
<Afina> Forever.

<Yuthirin> Afina, giant parasitic rainbow space whale.
<IronDragoon> I mean, why not?

Corwin

"I felt," Seira responds. "You're tired enough that I won't keep you long for the debriefing. Give me the highlights, our successes and our points of improvement."
<Steph> I might have made a terrible mistake

Anastasia

"We did well, the troops are trained and know how to fight in good order. We faced non trivial resistance and the efreet, though we did a good job at an offensive while mimizing losses," Valar rests back, eyes closing a moment. "We got some slaves, had to leave others, and inflicted losses while capturing some plunder and war goods. It was a success, but the efreet are already strengthening and showing that there's no chance we roll over them."
<Afina> Imagine a tiny pixie boot stamping on a devil's face.
<Afina> Forever.

<Yuthirin> Afina, giant parasitic rainbow space whale.
<IronDragoon> I mean, why not?

Corwin

"Why did we have to leave some of the slaves?" Seira inquires. "I thought our planning accounted for simultaneous combat with the efreet and extraction of the slaves. Do we need more dedicated Gate specialists, or were their defenders insufficient? Or do you mean that of the targets you were to hit, you decided to forego a few due to the efreet there digging in?"
<Steph> I might have made a terrible mistake