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EVG posted:I'd also vote for a return to GBS, if the mods care at all about our opinions. The female voices in Denziroh's head 
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May 20, 2013 13:42
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May 21, 2013 23:49
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GoneWithTheTornado posted:H Daddy probably does not give a gently caress what we say, so let's find a big person to deal with him. She was obviously trying to sacrifice our hair to her demon god 
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May 22, 2013 00:44
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A Darker Porpoise posted:I We need to make Daddy love us, Also highly doubt that our language fluent slave girl hasn't noticed that everyone in the village has massively long braids and is getting up to heathen shenanigans. For all we know she's spiritually scarred us for life, pops has already stated we're defiled. I'd actually suggest that people seriously consider this as an actual possibility. We don't know poo poo about this world really, and I highly doubt our caretaker hasn't noticed the hair thing when we did at four years old. Or that she didn't receive some instruction in this. Obviously beating her isn't a proper response, but it is entirely possible she had ulterior motives when it came to cutting our hair. Our uncle is capable of restraining our father to get proper answers regarding the hair-cut, whereas no one else suggested can do so if necessary. Our mother might be able to restrain him too, but uncle is the strongest man in the village. We are four years old and cannot hope to physically restrain an adult man. If we manage it, it will purely be because El or the god our people worship empowered us to do so. SerSpook fucked around with this message at 01:05 on May 22, 2013 |
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May 22, 2013 01:02
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Nolaterif posted:D. Yes, she might have had ulterior motives (I think she wants us to grow up in the manner of her people), but I'd rather have us be the sort of person who would defend mistreatment of even the guilty than grow into the kind of person who tries to please others without having an understanding of what that involves. Yeah but screaming at him to stop isn't going to do anything. He already ignores us, there's no reason this time would be any different. Our uncle, on the other hand, has a history of arguing with him and is stronger than him.
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May 22, 2013 01:26
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GloriousDemon posted:Voting F, she won't suddenly stop being our father's slave if we drag our uncle into this, even if he gets his rear end kicked over this now that just means he's going to be angrier later and might end up killing her as a reprisal. You know, I agree with this. Changing my vote from H to F.
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May 23, 2013 00:25
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1. Jalitha Father Uncle Jorah Mom Beach Swimming Forest Pagam 2H, pray to both, don't know what to believe. eta: I think spending time with both father and Jalitha is good for keeping our options open. We get to learn the stories and beliefs of both those who worship El, and our own people. Jorah is clearly a pretty good dude and will be a good adviser or companion on adventures. Mom is good for being mom. The beach takes priority over the remaining choices due to the message we received there. Swimming, similarly, has importance. The forest and Pagam both seem less important, though I'll admit they'll be useful skills when/if we leave the village. SerSpook fucked around with this message at 01:18 on May 24, 2013 |
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May 24, 2013 01:09
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Diogines posted:Per IRC request, I added option L to question 1. Changing my vote to L then.
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May 24, 2013 01:22
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JT Jag posted:I think a lot of the rationale is less that we'd want to spend time with father and more that we'd be obligated to. Him being the #1 guy on someone's list means that we'd be going out of the way to spend time with him though. It's because, as high priest of Asherah, he certainly has some knowledge and skills to pass down that will be good to know.
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May 24, 2013 03:03
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Zybourne Clock posted:I know this game is completely unrelated to Land between the Rivers, but if there's one thing we learned from our time in Akkad it's that rituals that are passed on orally from father to son for thousands of years tend to become multi-generational games of Broken Telephone. Just like Sebek, our father may believe that he has perfect knowledge about the gods. And just like Sebek, it may turn out that some of his knowledge may be wrong or missing. Something spoke to us when we nearly drowned in the sea, and if that voice was a god then I think it's best to get out information straight from the source instead of from a fallible human. The ritual failing due to incomplete knowledge wasn't really established fact in Rivers and, considering what we learned regarding the gate and holding it, its just as likely different people held the gate for differing amounts of time.
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May 24, 2013 03:22
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Theglavwen posted:Jesus ... I think it's already being done like this, though I'm not sure so I'll mention it in thread. I'd suggest that the votes for losing choices carry over if we don't use a point system. Basically, Father gets say 18 votes for option 1, and Jorah gets 19. Father, for the next choice, could get those 18 votes (as those 18 clearly prefer him over everyone else) plus whatever he gets for the second choice. All other choices that didn't win would get this too, so Jalitha would have like 14 or whatever her actual count actually is, when she goes into the votes for option two. Then she'd get the votes actually cast for her in that slot, and so on.
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May 24, 2013 05:24
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Sucrose posted:If it really mattered, and you were trying to compile a list like this, it would be most logical to assign first place votes eight points each, second place votes 7 points each, and so on and so forth, and then add them all up and write the list based on total sum of each. That's why I said if Diog doesn't use a point system.
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May 24, 2013 05:32
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 Wanna learn the true mysteries of Asherah. edit: Whoever counts votes, changed mine to Uncle Pagam below. SerSpook fucked around with this message at 18:42 on May 25, 2013 |
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May 25, 2013 18:23
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Diogines posted:I left off the other noteworthy persons in your life as I did not imagine you would want to spend time with them over the "winners". If you want to vote for another NPC, go for it. In light of this, I change my vote from B to Pagam. We can start to work on building boats, so we are never stranded.
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May 25, 2013 18:42
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FoxTerrier posted:Ask how he reads the weather from the tides. Or if that's too big of a topic, at least how to tell if a storm or catastrophic event is coming. This, and lets also ask him about voices coming from the sea.
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May 25, 2013 21:12
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Don't ask if he's our father. I don't necessarily want to directly bring out the voice, but just ask if he knows of or has ever heard voices from the sea.
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May 25, 2013 22:30
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I guess just tell him. And yes, a storm did come, we recall lightning and the waves rose up.
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May 26, 2013 00:26
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Eh, yeah, why not.
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May 26, 2013 18:06
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We should really strive to get tattoos describing our dedication to all of the gods of our people, particularly Asherah. Diog, does dad have any tattoos?
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May 26, 2013 18:32
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We might anger the outsiders with Jalitha though, so first ask father if he wants us to get Jalitha, to help translate. edit: Changing my vote to E SerSpook fucked around with this message at 00:27 on May 27, 2013 |
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May 26, 2013 23:42
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 Changing my vote from D.
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May 27, 2013 00:28
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 Let's blow this joint. Dad's casting a magic spell of some kind, though, so poo poo might be difficult. Still, I think it's pretty clear now that cannibalism does occur during the coming of age ceremony, or can, and that Jalitha is our mother.
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May 27, 2013 18:29
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Genpei Turtle posted:Seconding this, and if Not-A is not a vote then B. Spitting out Kadai is what hosed us the last game, not something inherently negative to being inconsistent itself. Also, B is a terrible decision that will accomplish nothing. poo poo is about to get violent, there isn't any time to find anyone else that can do something considering they're all out fishing. You'd be better off praying to Asherah or some poo poo considering dad is using some magic. Lanky Coconut Tree's plan could be successful though.
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May 27, 2013 21:19
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The thing is, we very likely don't have much of a choice in whether we go or not. The foreigners have more people with better weapons than the men in our village right now. They likely have a better understanding of fighting. Father's spell might be able to change this, but he could just as easily end up stabbed.
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May 27, 2013 21:50
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We have learned important information in the IRC. Baitel has a gate. If we go there, we can hold it.
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May 28, 2013 00:21
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Diog, do we have any tortoise gods in our pantheon?
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May 28, 2013 01:14
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 Seems like the best option based on the poo poo that happened. I envision us basically refusing to cut our hair or surrender the tooth, in honor of our father, even while we refuse to necessarily travel down the same path he did (unless it yields the most power). These times, respect for the father is important and I think we can get away with this. Maybe even get some respect from it. edit: changing vote. SerSpook fucked around with this message at 03:53 on May 28, 2013 |
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May 28, 2013 01:50
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May 28, 2013 02:00
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This hasn't really been mentioned by anyone, but Jalitha has a basket of pearls, likely the ones we dived for. I bet pearls are why they came trying to open trade too. We have a pretty marketable skill in pearl diving, and the king may allow us to keep some (or all) of the pearls if he's the honorable sort. Though Jalitha may have offered them to him in exchange for being rescued. Either way, we might be able to have a pretty decent life where we go.
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May 28, 2013 02:34
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Deadly Ham Sandwich posted:Voting D. to the beach/ocean AND GRAB THE TOOTH. I don't think we can fight worth a drat. We should definitely run. We gave Jalitha the pearls we got while swimming in the ocean. We're apparently a pretty decent pearl diver.
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May 28, 2013 03:00
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Eh, ya know what? gently caress Asherah. I'm changing from H to and
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May 28, 2013 03:52
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The problem with finding people is that they certainly already know bad poo poo is happening. We are literally an eleven year old boy, we are not a hero (yet). We almost certainly can't kill the dude that killed father either, and if we do we will pretty certainly be killed by the other 9 men that weren't hit by lightning or killed by us. The dude that killed dad took multiple shots from the magic, and still stands. Asherah is a chump, the tooth is more trouble than it is worth. Going elsewhere probably won't work either. We are still within grabbing distance of the many men that came to the village. We possibly can't even get the tooth even if we want it when we go. IMO this vote is basically just to see how we react to this situation and how we're treated. With obvious death options for us like screaming vengeance and stabbing a possible king of a people that can easily destroy our people. And the tooth as potentially loving us over with a fairly obvious demon considering the setting of this game. eta: Jalitha has a gently caress-ton of pearls, which we were the ones to actually get while diving for them as a hobby. We probably won't be doomed to some life of poverty. SerSpook fucked around with this message at 15:54 on May 28, 2013 |
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May 28, 2013 15:51
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^ He didn't kill those guys. They're still breathing, just dazed and might end up dying. We're also being told to come by the most motherly figure in our life, who has always attempted to look out for us as far as we are concerned. Dad consistently beat us and only sometimes praised us, and we only started taking his lessons seriously out of a sense of duty. In character arguments here aren't really as cut and dry as you're making them out to be, and even if they were we define the character. SerSpook fucked around with this message at 16:02 on May 28, 2013 |
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May 28, 2013 15:59
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Theglavwen posted:^^^ (SerSpook) Jalitha was actually right up there with Father. I want to say it went Jorah-Ocean-Father-Jalitha. And right now we don't have much of a defined character. That is what these decisions are essentially doing. All we know is we are eleven, we like Jalitha, we have a feeling of duty to our people, and we like Jorah/the Ocean. We also gave Jalitha a bunch of pearls over the years, so I'd say it is clear we liked her more but our sense of duty prevented us from spending as much time with her. It isn't inconceivable that certain revelations to us spurred us towards going with them too. For instance, we are almost certainly a tribe that practices ritualistic cannibalism. Someone (Coconut Tree?) pointed out a bunch of stuff suggesting that earlier in the narrative, involving Asherah's myths and the biannual events when boys become men. Another thing to keep in mind is that Asherah's holy symbol is a wide open fish-mouth, preparing to devour. In addition, the foreigners kidnapping us are under the impression we are also being kept prisoner and are Jalitha's son. And to be honest, the last part might be entirely true. We have no siblings, which seems strange, particularly considering the importance of father's line as priest of Asherah. That suggests our mother is barren, and he considered Jalitha washing ashore to be a gift from Asherah to correct the lack of an heir. eta: And I think this really bears mentioning. This is definitely out of character knowledge, and I guess feel free to disregard it. We know how the world was made, and it isn't how it happened in Asherah's myths. We see the world being made in the OP. We also know this was going to be the angelgame, and it's based on Dante/Milton. Asherah, IMO, is a straight-up demon and sticking around to worship him will not end well for us. That's also why I think we need to abandon that tooth, like right now. SerSpook fucked around with this message at 16:28 on May 28, 2013 |
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The child of the tribe also stepped toward them after a hand was offered. This isn't really kidnapping in there mind, it's rescuing a woman and her child. We can agree to disagree on using all knowledge available to us, I'm just pushing for what seems likely to be the best outcome or the most interesting story. In this case the two coincide in my mind. I'd also point out that the most out of character votes by far are the vengeance/stabbing votes. We come from a place that doesn't even know violence. We were not raised to fight. We felt a sense of duty to our father, but no particular love. Looking at it purely in terms of what will work, I don't think it is possible to not end up going with the foreigners either way. They are within easy grabbing distance, there are 9 of them in good condition, Jalitha is right beside us. And if we want an in character justification to go, the ground is shaking and our dad just did some super scary poo poo. Yeah, we might lose everything we know, but leaving with them right now so they can fight off the monsters of the forest and we can quietly slip away when the crazy poo poo stops seems completely in character.
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May 28, 2013 16:55
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We'd not actually be going to Baitel for what it's worth. This is a different city, Zetash or whatever it is. And the dude that tanked dad's magic seems quite possibly to be there king, and a hero-king type dude at that. He had armor, Jalitha said that the king specifically saved us and the battlecry was both El and King. Also a sword. I honestly think the city we are going to IS part of our start and not a reset. I don't think we have that much choice in the matter here, and what choice we did have involved finding some way to stop Jalitha from doing what she did. At that point we can only react. Like, these guys were going to come no matter what. If Jalitha were alive, she'd have done roughly what she's doing no matter what. This is a continuation of what we've been doing these last few votes, only with more chance for death or being corrupted by a demon.
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May 28, 2013 17:14
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Our timeline is constructed by dad for us though, without any independent verification that I know of.
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