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So we only know a few words, but one of them is cannibal? Seriously? I can't imagine what kind of messed up stories she was telling us.
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Volmarias posted:So we only know a few words, but one of them is cannibal? You know a smattering of words from her. Not enough to engage in high finance, but enough to maybe get basic directions to a bathroom, not that your people have them. Cannibals are in many of her stories. Cannibal is one of them.
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May 27, 2013 18:23
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A Darker Porpoise posted:
It seems as if dad is the one who is bringing this storm though, since the wind blows after he cuts his hand. I'm going to have to go with A
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May 27, 2013 18:24
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Jalitha is going to get the entirety of our people killed, if Dad and Asherah don't take care of this Asherah's people certainly will.
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May 27, 2013 18:24
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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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Gonna go with A. Time to see the rest of the world.
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May 27, 2013 18:29
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Sogol posted:It has not been specified whether or not Jorah is present. Some men are here with fishing spears, some men are fishing. We cannot count. Can we determine more and less? More strangers? More village men? (probably doesn't matter due to stone weapons and armor, but we don't know that.) Six men are not out fishing. Those here. The rest are out fishing, a few hunting. Jorah is out fishing. You are aware that there are more strangers than men from your tribe, now present, but that your tribe has more men than the strangers that you see. Who are mostly out fishing. Diogines fucked around with this message at 18:34 on May 27, 2013 |
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May 27, 2013 18:30
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Really like this update, btw.
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May 27, 2013 18:34
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 As much as I would like to see us take up a mediating position between both parties as per Lanky Coconut Tree, I just don't think it's going to work. The outsider man is losing his cool, Dad is probably going to keep doing his voodoo unless the visitors run away immediately (and maybe even then), and our fellow villagers are freaking out. We're probably not in intentional danger from either side, but they're not going to stop and listen to an 11-year-old. Getting the other men out here seems like our best option for both keeping the village safe and forcing a stalemate in which we might talk, especially if we can find Jorah. Worst case scenario is that reinforcements embolden the other villagers to attack, which is why we need Jorah; if he can remain level-headed and knock some sense into our father (as he has in the past), I think that would do wonders for everyone else's demeanor. Last but not least, running away with the strangers is not only idiotically short-sighted from a practical perspective, it's also somewhat schizophrenic for our character. Being somewhat of an outcast does not make us ready to turn traitor to our entire people at the drop of a loving hat, especially now that we've developed a new interest in studying the sacred stories and being a part of said people.
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edit: I voted E here but I meant to vote F. Please see my next post below for my actual vote. XOXO fucked around with this message at 18:58 on May 27, 2013 |
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May 27, 2013 18:45
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We need to stay with our father until we can wield the might of Asherah. Changed my vote to Not A BoyG fucked around with this message at 19:45 on May 27, 2013 |
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May 27, 2013 18:45
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OPTION F Fight now, without a spear! It's time to be a hot headed, big for our age Daddy's Boy with fists of fury. Jalitha could just be making all this up. Just like with the haircut, she may be doing something she thinks is helpful for us and really is just making our lives harder. She did screw up once with the failed haircut, she may be trying to do it again.
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May 27, 2013 18:49
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Dad may hit us occasionally but besides that life here is pretty good, we don't need to be rescued. Trying to be diplomatic won't work because neither side is likely to stop and listen to what a 11 year old is saying. Going to get the men who are out fishing is the best option. Changing my vote. Mr Apollo fucked around with this message at 21:42 on May 27, 2013 |
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May 27, 2013 18:49
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 By the time we get anyone from the boats, our 6 adults will be slaughtered. If we run with the women and children, we'll get eaten by monsters in the forest. We're also probably too little and weak to use a spear on a man. Put up dem dukes and protect our kin.
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I: "She LIES!" Our village is about to be slaughtered in front of us on a lie. Does Julitha really think we could still love her after that? A_Bug_That_Thinks fucked around with this message at 19:18 on May 27, 2013 |
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May 27, 2013 18:59
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Blah, I don't know what to vote, but consider this a vote against A.
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May 27, 2013 19:11
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Yea, I dont want to abandon everything I ever knew of a word. Voting Not-A
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May 27, 2013 19:14
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J aka Lanky Coconut Tree plan is a fine one, and so I vote for it. We don't know enough about what's going on here to just run off and leave everything behind, and it's more important now to stop any bloodshed before it begins.
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Surprise surprise, our Dad's an rear end in a top hat, and Jalitha is salty over being enslaved and beaten over all those years. Shame we didn't have time to learn her intentions before this whole fiasco. We know the word "Cannibal" in the strangers tongue, do we remember enough from Jalitha's stories to say something to the effect of "Stop, she (is) lying!" and "Not cannibals!" I imagine the men would be surprised to know someone native here can speak their tongue, even if aided greatly by gestures to show we're a primarily a fishing village. Could buy us some time, and maybe convince the strangers to at least reconsider slaughtering the whole village before learning the whole story. Otherwise, I'm going to be looking putting up our dukes, or on reminding Jalitha that the village does not deserve this, nor do we and Jorah (he's been nice to her, right?). e: Voting J, Lanky Coconut Tree's plan. Walkin Goon fucked around with this message at 20:31 on May 27, 2013 |
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May 27, 2013 19:22
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Going to go with not-A here. We gotta stay the course with Asherah and his salty friends.
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May 27, 2013 19:23
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Trundel posted:J aka Lanky Coconut Tree plan is a fine one, and so I vote for it. We don't know enough about what's going on here to just run off and leave everything behind, and it's more important now to stop any bloodshed before it begins. Voting J
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May 27, 2013 19:27
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HBar posted:J, plan Lanky Coconut Tree. It might not work, but at least it doesn't betray anyone close to us. And we need more time to learn Asherah priest powers. I really like J, plan Lanky Coconut Tree
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May 27, 2013 19:32
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A This place sucks, lets go.
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May 27, 2013 19:34
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kalam posted:Going to go with not-A here. We gotta stay the course with Asherah and his salty friends. You mean:  (not changing my vote, I'm just promoting my vote icons  )
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May 27, 2013 19:36
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Not my village~
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May 27, 2013 19:50
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Plan Lanky Coconut Tree is the only plan that won't end in complete heartbreak.
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May 27, 2013 20:02
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Alrighty then folks, poo poo just got real.
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May 27, 2013 20:10
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changing my vote from d to NOT A 1) It's short sighted to leave right before we start learning serious skills. 2) This won't be our only chance to go. Why not wait a couple more turns and see if we can't leave without getting our friends and family killed in the process? Even just from a coldly practical standpoint, there's no way abandoning the fish god's people in a crisis isn't going to bite us in the rear end later. 
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May 27, 2013 20:24
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J Lanky Coconut plan as the least likely to be disastrous.
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May 27, 2013 20:36
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J aka Lanky Coconut Tree plan I'm not so sure Jalitha is our birth-mother. I'm less sure Asherah is a real deity. J none the less.  +
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May 27, 2013 20:37
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It makes me so sad that option A is doing so well, especially in light of the fact that we just voted for Og to bond with his father and take his studies more seriously. Are we really the kind of 11 year old who runs away at the first sign of trouble? We can't abandon our parents, home, and people when things get tough. It is an act of cowardliness that I simply cannot abide!
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Theglavwen posted:Yeah, not voting to abandon our village, our people, our family, particularly after we've just been impressed by Dad's lessons and the importance of learning Asherah's rituals, just because some new dudes have shown up and Jalitha's started freaking out and shouting gibberish. Do we know what 'Cannibals' means? Is it necessarily a problem if we do? Maybe it is part of Asherah's rituals, but we don't know, we don't know how. Sometimes everyone returns safe from the mystery rituals, so it doesn't seem like our village is secretly bringing up children as a succulent buffet, more, perhaps, that people who die in the ritual get eaten ritualistically, or something. We don't even go about eating people indiscriminately, as we know burial at sea is a big deal (don't we? I think that was in an update, but maybe that was just speculation). The details we have are Diogines posted:The dead are carried out of the village and buried by the men. The women and children never join them, it is not a task for them. Which could be entirely true. Or it could mean the men of our tribe practice ritual cannibalism of ALL of its dead. Also, based on the possible discovery that the ritual of manhood entails cannibalism, what if that's why we haven't been taught any of the rituals or abilities: When our rite of manhood comes, we have to eat our father in order to become the new high priest. It's not uncommon for cannibalism to be associated with taking the power or wisdom of another, it would mesh with us learning these things when we are older, and it would be pretty fitting as a rite of passage in following Asherah Whose Hunger Is Great. In any case, voting Janky Coconut Tree.
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Hot Dog Day #82 posted:
Seconding this, and if Not-A is not a vote then B. Seriously guys, what the hell? Are we supposed to be insane or have severe ADD or something? We just had an overwhelming vote to start taking our studies more seriously so that we can eventually lead the tribe as its high priest, and now we're willing to completely abandon it at the first sign of trouble? This sort of inconsistency is what got us smacked down hard in the last CYOA.
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May 27, 2013 20:52
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Genpei Turtle posted:Seconding this, and if Not-A is not a vote then B. You were consistently mad.
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May 27, 2013 20:53
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Changed vote to Coconut Tree's plan (was A)
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May 27, 2013 20:56
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Genpei Turtle posted:Seconding this, and if Not-A is not a vote then B. That vote in itself was a change from what we originally voted for. It was also a much smaller vote from the previous, meaning fewer people could've shifted the vote in another way.
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May 27, 2013 20:57
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We can try to confirm Jalitha's claim independently. It sounds like these foreigners were able to successfully trade with the village of Zepath. That would be a good place to visit in the future.
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