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I vote we replace Jalitha time with Dad time. Not Jorah or ocean time though.
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# ? May 26, 2013 22:02 |
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Flame112 posted:I vote we replace Jalitha time with Dad time. Not Jorah or ocean time though. I agree with this +1 for me.
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# ? May 26, 2013 22:04 |
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Ask our father if he would consent to us taking every seventh day off, if we swear to being studious from now on. Everyone wins here, if he takes it.
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# ? May 26, 2013 22:13 |
Flame112 posted:I vote we replace Jalitha time with Dad time. Not Jorah or ocean time though. Even though dad's a violent coward that beats people a lot, I vote this. We need to learn our poo poo so we can protect our people.
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# ? May 26, 2013 22:19 |
Volmarias posted:Ask our father if he would consent to us taking every seventh day off, if we swear to being studious from now on. Everyone wins here, if he takes it. I love this idea
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# ? May 26, 2013 22:28 |
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Diogines posted:DO YOU RE-PRIORITIZE YOUR TIME TO TAKE YOUR FATHERS LESSONS MORE SERIOUSLY? Diogines posted:"Asherah does not care for the prosperity or suffering of our people, except that we obey his commandments. The rituals you will learn when you are a man, shall be those things most pleasing to Asherah, my son." I hope you are catching up on Diogines' sentiment that Athar and her peoples are very primitive and see it content to stay that way for generation after generation. If that's something you would like to see continue, go vote that way, but Og has been given one life to influence this world. I urge you voters to use Og's time and effort wisely to the prosperity of their village and the land. Education, culture, influence, power, commerce, renown, diplomacy or whatever you desire for Og, please realize that studying the ways of Asherah will bring us to a seat of influence among the people of Athar, but Asherah the fish may eventually become the stumbling block on the way to our eventual goal. I vote to study to become the best High Priest Og can, if only to claim that seat of power to his own.
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# ? May 26, 2013 22:59 |
You take another snail from the rocks and drop it into the bag. "Father" you say. "I... I am sorry I have not been mindful of your lessons. I didn't realize how important...." He sighs and holds out his arms to hug you "That is all I ever wanted, my son." In the weeks to follow, you cease to neglect your lessons. You spend a majority of your time either with your father, or seeing to the tasks which he has given to you, many of which involve collecting shells, snails, plants and other things he needs for his rituals from the edge of the water. Each plant, each fish, each snail and each shell has a purpose critical for a sacred task used to appease Asherah. You learn more of the sacred stories of your people. Your father continues to hit you when you make mistakes, but incidents of praise are more common when you perform a difficult task, perfectly. As the months go by, your father even has you grind a few of the plants and shells into the sacred powders he will need. A year passes. You are now eleven and still growing quickly for your age. You have not learned to predict the weather by reading the tides, nor have you learned to tell the future by reading the objects the sea has discarded in the surf, but you have learned to make some of the most basic powders your father uses for his rituals, nor is there any indication you are going to learn to use any of them for years. You are still a child and it may be many years till you learn such. It is noon and most of the men of the village are out fishing. You are on the beach with your father. He is sitting at the edge of the surf, his legs crossed, eyes closed and he seems to be concentrating. You are combing the beach for orange starfish while reciting the latest story your father taught you, that of Amal the Moonfish Amal. Your uncle Pagam is runnig towards you, a fishing spear in one hand as he yells "SHUSHEM! There are outsiders in the village! Come quickly!" Your father remains seated for a few moments, his eyes still closed as the waves gently wash over him, then stands and the three of you run back to the village. You see four other men from the village, Mopo, Kikar, Mavar and Selk holding fishing spears out at the group of outsiders, shouting as they jab the spears suggestively in the direction of the outsiders and shouting at them to leave. There seem to be fourteen of the outsiders, twelve men, a woman and a child who looks to be about 8. Each of the men are tall and have light skin. Like Jalitha. They are wearing much more clothing than your people wear. Each of the men has a spear in one hand with a a spear tip which seems to shine in the sun as if it was made of water. One of the outsiders is holding his hands out, palms open, even as a spear is jabbed suggestively in his direction and is saying something but you are having trouble hearing it over the shouts of your people. Behind the outsiders, are a number of monsters! They have four legs and are very hairy and seem to have bags, clay pots and baskets coming out of their backs! YOU... OPTION A Run and fetch your fishing spear! You may have to fight! You are eleven now, it is your duty to defend the village! OPTION B Run for your life and hide from the outsiders and their monsters! OPTION C Tell your father you will translate, he will be so proud of you! OPTION D Run and fetch Jalitha and hope she can translate! OPTION E Stand quietly and let your father deal with these outsiders. OPTION F Run and fetch Jalitha, tell her she is being rescued and it's time to escape! OPTION G Run to fetch more men from the fishing boats! OPTION H Hold the Gate. Diogines fucked around with this message at 23:10 on May 26, 2013 |
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# ? May 26, 2013 23:05 |
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OhYo posted:A. Yes. I don't mind if we ask or if Shushan allows a day of rest from our studies. I have a feeling that if we won't go to the party, Diogines will bring the party to us, probably some disaster which will disrupt the status quo and force us to travel the world. e: ConfusedPig fucked around with this message at 23:28 on May 26, 2013 |
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D Say to our people "Don't fight! I will fetch Jalitha that she may tell them our wishes!" If we have learned enough words say to the outsiders in Jalitha's tongue as we depart "Peace! Wait! Don't fight! I will return!"
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# ? May 26, 2013 23:11 |
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Option C WE GOT THIS
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# ? May 26, 2013 23:13 |
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D, fetch Jalitha
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# ? May 26, 2013 23:13 |
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I think but yes, we should definitely say that we are going to get Jalitha in case somebody needs to stop us for some reason. Maybe Dad can talk to them.
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# ? May 26, 2013 23:14 |
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Changed vote my dad fucked around with this message at 23:36 on May 26, 2013 |
# ? May 26, 2013 23:15 |
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D tell our people we will get Jalitha to translate.
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# ? May 26, 2013 23:16 |
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Changed vote. Did we ever ask to Jalitha if she remembers how she got here. I know Father said that she appeared on the shore one day, but what's the story from her side? Space Kablooey fucked around with this message at 23:53 on May 26, 2013 |
# ? May 26, 2013 23:18 |
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<Diog> Are you sure you dont want to hold the gate? Or throw yourself on their spears, incase they are magical spears that grant supernatural powers if you voluntarily jump on them? Let's let Dad do his job. If he happens to get a spear in the neck well that tells us a lot about the level of protection Asherah will be granting us in the future. If he thinks it's a good idea he will call for Jathila. Having potentially taught Jathila our language Dad probably speaks more of her language than anyone in the village. Also parading our slave around in front of a bunch of heavily armed like-raced people is probably a fast track to getting our village slaughtered. Hey maybe everyone else is killed and Jathila pleads for our and Jorah's life and then we start the Baitel chapter! Successful Businessmanga fucked around with this message at 23:24 on May 26, 2013 |
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Althair posted:D Say to our people "Don't fight! I will fetch Jalitha that she may tell them our wishes!" I like this, despite not being sure that 11 year old us will be listened to. Voting D
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# ? May 26, 2013 23:21 |
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Vote Change! See new post.
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You know, even though I voted D, I have the feeling that the right option is the one that doesn't have an exclamation mark at the end. (And it's not HOLD THE GATE)
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# ? May 26, 2013 23:25 |
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Quickly tell our dad we're going to do , then do .
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# ? May 26, 2013 23:26 |
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E
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# ? May 26, 2013 23:28 |
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It's probably wiser to let dad handle it and only do something if he instructs us to.
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# ? May 26, 2013 23:29 |
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GoneWithTheTornado posted:It's probably wiser to let dad handle it and only do something if he instructs us to. Yeah. Changed my vote as well.
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# ? May 26, 2013 23:36 |
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E It is likely that Jalitha will be here soon enough. Let's how the language thing goes before we offer to mistranslate 'we come in peace' as 'we come to piss on you'. Are there other people our age or younger present? If so, can we try to delegate the Jalitha task?
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# ? May 26, 2013 23:38 |
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E. I am going with the response without an exclamation mark. It is time to stop acting like a child.
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# ? May 26, 2013 23:39 |
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E, let dad handle this. He can ask us to fetch Jalitha if it's needed.
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# ? May 26, 2013 23:42 |
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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What the hell is dad going to do? He doesn't speak their language. The only sane answer is D. When did everyone get on the dad train?
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# ? May 26, 2013 23:42 |
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How do we know what languages Dad speaks? As the leader of this village it makes sense for Dad to make a judgement call, if he wants Jalitha to translate and potentially have her come out and tell these people to kill every one of us he can do that. Undermining his position is just a bad move. We've also spent the last year doing what Dad tells us and generally being less of a gently caress-up in his eyes so it also makes sense that we'd look to him first. Successful Businessmanga fucked around with this message at 23:51 on May 26, 2013 |
# ? May 26, 2013 23:48 |
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A and D. Yah we should try diplomacy, but hey, sometimes you gotta stab a dude with a fishing spear.
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# ? May 26, 2013 23:51 |
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Diogenes posted:There seem to be 14 of the outsiders, 12 men, a woman and a child who looks to be about 8. Each of the men are tall and have light skin. Like Jalitha. They are wearing much more clothing than your people wear. I think you mean lots of the outsiders In all seriousness though, D
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# ? May 26, 2013 23:52 |
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Pththya-lyi posted:Quickly tell our dad we're going to do , then do . Exactly this.
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# ? May 26, 2013 23:52 |
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Pththya-lyi posted:Quickly tell our dad we're going to do , then do . Yes,, this.
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# ? May 26, 2013 23:55 |
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Resist the lure of exclamation marx! It's the slippery slope to communism!
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# ? May 26, 2013 23:56 |
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Not C - I don't think we know the language well enough, and would gently caress poo poo up if we tried. QUESTION! Diogenes, can we do an alternate choice and Suggest to Dad that we make Jalitha translate? (Also still wondering why my questions were skipped earlier... )
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# ? May 26, 2013 23:57 |
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I voted incorrectly while on my phone! Sorry counters! Hot Dog Day #82 fucked around with this message at 00:25 on May 27, 2013 |
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# ? May 26, 2013 23:59 |
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I think E . If he fucks up, Jalitha will still save us I'm sure.
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# ? May 27, 2013 00:06 |
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C Dad doesn't trust Jalitha. If she starts talking to these strangers in her native language, he's going to assume witchery is afoot. We likely know enough to get the gist of what they want and go from there.
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# ? May 27, 2013 00:09 |
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the_steve posted:C You're right that dad doesn't trust her, but we're likely to get another beating if we suggest this.
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# ? May 27, 2013 00:10 |