Are you a rotting corpse, only kept alive by your armor?

If her armor is not her body, then I bet she is green

Dislike speculating though playing detective is useful. Sharp wits are key in warfare to figuring out the opponent's moves. So since it's no stakes let's puzzle this. From what is stated she specifically says the armor gives her body shape. From which it can be inferred she would have no shape sans armor or similar items. While she may *be* the armor itself, she may also be without form if she had none. So, 3 likely possibilities. 1, she's the armor itself given life, 2 she's a slime or ooze, 3 she is a spirit that has possessed it to give herself shape.

You are a mimic that is disguised as a suit of armor. If we are allowed to ask questions ask about the world where her boss came from.

Absurdity DeVoid 2024/04/23(Tue)09:07 No. 1089464 ID: a07698
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Just to mention that this picture does not represent something that happened in 30 UPDATES OR LESS quest. This is just an artistic representation of the chaotic energy that occurs in that story.

Possible answers to the question that was asked:

A) They can be trusted.

B) We should keep them at a distance.

C) We can't trust them.

D) Other suggestions.

Probably a minority opinion but xenophobia is fine if pragmatism has precedence over xenophobia especially for official policies. Personally like Humans because of warfare innovations. Have yet to see a species more dedicated to winning wars. So you'll get second opinions if you worry about crossing lines. Where were we? Oh, Vance. He's a wildcard. He may do well, he may cause political scandals. So keep your distance for now.

>>1089467
Agreed. Take the wait and see approach

>>1089467
Yes, just keep an eye on them

To me, they all seem like people who just want to make money and we might get something by working with them.

Absurdity DeVoid 2024/04/25(Thu)16:16 No. 1089705 ID: 6b926a
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Possible answers to the question that was asked: Who do you want to bring with you for the first meeting with the villagers?

A) Bring only human allies.

B) Bring only goblin allies.

C) Bring half human and half goblin allies.

D) Other suggestions.

B) the only humans you have on staff are weird, and the goblins are... well some of them are... Well at least you have Grimlith

anyway, if you are going to work with the village they'll have to get used to you being the monster queen.

While a mixed group would show that cooperation can be done, Polt has a point that the humans we do have are unusual. Only normal-ish one we have is archer so bring that dude. We never got his name did we? Everybody else can be non-humans. Oh and this goes both ways: we don't have to like them and they don't have to like us to do business and cooperate. Perhaps by cooperating we'll both benefit which is enough. Good way to start warming relations.

So to take all the notes that we know so far about this village: They don't care about the previous ruling class, they don't have any religious beliefs and they probably created hundreds of fatherless children. I suggest we might as well go with all humans or all goblins presentation. First impressions are important and if they do see that we are working with humans maybe they will be more inclined to go along with our ruling. On the other hand, they have been ignoring our presence and if we show up with nothing but goblins on their doorsteps they will not be able to ignore us any longer. Whatever is picked I have a feeling that this is going to be an uphill battle to get them to respect our authority.

hate to say it, but take Gram along with you. Gram did lead the girl who gave us apples back to her home, so she should have some kind of good standing reputation with humans, or at least one of them.

Absurdity DeVoid 2024/04/28(Sun)06:11 No. 1089923 ID: d37872
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Possible answers to the question that was asked:

A) Change the leader of the village with somebody you trust more.

B) Make the leader of the village trust you more.

C) Make the leader of the village fear you more.

D) Other suggestions.

B) who would we replace him with? It would have to be a human, but one we trust, and we don't have any of those yet.

Ruling by fear is a lot if work, let's just butter him up

Option 2. Very easy to improve on garbage.

I feel like we could pull off the ruling by intimidation, we are already using that technique to survive. So why not try it here as well?

Going with B. If we can gain his trust, he'll have our back later down the road.

If it was any other village nowhere near our castle, i would have picked C. But since this village is pretty close to us, forcing him to fear us might not be a good idea as he could secretly work with our enemies out of cowardice to try to take us down later for revenge, and his safety. Keeping good relationships with him will prevent him from doing that, and might even give us some information.

Absurdity DeVoid 2024/05/02(Thu)08:34 No. 1090154 ID: 3ef18f
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Possible answers to the question that was asked:

A) Tell them that they are all a miserable pile of secrets and that you are the answer.

B) Ask them how they would feel about living next to a vampire pig.

C) We are the new law of this land and you have to deal with it.

D) Other suggestions.

Perhaps you've heard the tale of the original owner of the castle. For those of you who have yet to hear the tale he showed kindness and mercy to non-humans. His goodwill was never repaid because of betrayal - from his own people. Still, we believe this legacy deserves to be honored. We have taken in humans ourselves as you see. We have also driven off a group of humans that have taken criminal actions against this village. With them gone you are free. Free to pursue whatever future you wish. However both our people are imperiled. While we are both free for now, we believe they will seek vengeance. Whatever cruelty they have inflicted will follow once more. For the sake of both our people, we cannot allow this. Only united can we cast off these chains once and for all. So We ask of you - is freedom worth putting aside our past to face them as one? (Few things end grudges and rivalries like mutual enemies of a greater scope)

I like A but

>>1090156

I like this suggestion more.

The previous protectors of this village the Teacup Bulls have been challenged for their position and we are going to take that mantle. From what I heard is that they weren't much loved and that is what we will try to change in our relationship. If we cooperate both of our dides can benefit and make us all stronger.

Absurdity DeVoid 2024/05/04(Sat)09:03 No. 1090288 ID: 7ec7db
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Possible answers to the question that was asked:

A) It is a pleasure to me you.

B) Shut up nerd!

C) I think I know who the thief is.

D) Other suggestions.

A. Get the pleasantries out of the way.

This Is just a setback. Really, i think the jeers from the crowd would have happened no matter what we would have said. So heres an idea: if we can find out who the theif is and arrest them ourselves, it might help gain some of the villagers' trust in us. Not all or most of them, but it'll be a start. Stuff like this takes time. One step at a time.

Actually, now that I think about it, only one person jeered, and that same person threw the tomato. the other villagers were just silent. i guess having no reaction with only one person jeering us is better than all of them booing us. So yeah, we just have to prove ourselves to them.

A) but also tell us more about this theft. It didn't start at the same time we took the castle I hope. If we can catch a thief it would be good for relations. And if the thief is one of ours then a public punishment would show we don't hold ourselves above the villagers.

There is a possibility that the thief is the cat that we have to deal with. Maybe she sees this village as part of our kingdom and steals from our people.

Well to quote the video game Deus Ex "In the end they'll beg us to save them [all]." Half-tempted to take a page out of Seven Samurai and raise the alarm but that might just get us mobbed. Go with option one. Oh ask what problems they think we're causing. Even with social as a dump stat can still make a good speech. Polt/PEA thx for the vote of confidence. Which of those do you prefer BTW?

Absurdity DeVoid 2024/05/06(Mon)11:49 No. 1090434 ID: 69fd8a
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Possible answers to the question that was asked:

A) Impres the child.

B) Ignore the child.

C) Insult the child.

D) Other suggestions.

A. Time for a bit of a magic trick, and us lesser demons can help!

Tell him you have great insight, and to prove it, tell him to put his hands behind his back, and have us guess how many fingers hes holding up.

We lesser demons will look behind him and give you the answers. Make sure to have the cheif's daughter stand behind him to confirm your (our) answers

Defend yourself Bobbie, tell Archer that you were distracted and that they all were too close. Tell Gram that she should relax and tell Worm Works that he is still shady. As for the kid, yeah let's impress him with a stunt that your two warriors can perform.

Well it's a lot harder to block without a shield archerbro. Either way... power is all well and good but do you have the skills and wisdom to lead? We can channel your power and have it be where it's most needed. However we would like to see what you are capable of before we make any decisions.

B) Tell the boy there isn't a good reason, as we don't need the help of sulky children. children hate to be denied, he'll want to join even more, but later.

Absurdity DeVoid 2024/05/08(Wed)07:23 No. 1090568 ID: c6a1d6
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Possible answers to the question that was asked:

A) 6 fingers are up.

B) 2 fingers are up.

C) 4 fingers are up.

D) No fingers are up.

E) You are cheating.

F) Other suggestions.

E) so that's your power kid? Having too many fingers? Cmon Abdle this one's not worth the effort. Let him think you're lame, if he has any sense he'll see his mistake soon enough.

Wait, is that one kid standing next to the kid in the viking helmet staring at the lesser demon counting the fingers? We're supposed to be invisible, right?

I am going with the second set of arms and that there are no fingers up. Whatever this is, it is just trying to confuse us.

Guess we have to give an educated guess using logic. Okay.

Soooo, seeing how he has two arms from the front, but suddenly 6 when looking in the back, it looks like its some kind of illusionary magic. So we have to figure out which is the real arms.

I do not think the top arms are real for sure. If you put your arms behind, it always most comfortable to rest them on the lower part of your back. Having it up high like that is rather uncomfortable.

The bottom arms seems a bit too obvious if we consider he knows we know hes using illusion magic. Plus, it kinda looks like his arms are a bit too long, and his elbows are positioned in a weird spot

Im going to go with >>1090587 and say it is the middle arms (holding out no fingers). It also looks like his arms are positioned towards the middle from the front too.

Depends. Which row, top, middle, bottom, or all 3 rows? Either way a clever play even if it's sleight of hand. So what do you use these powers for kiddo? Just alleviating boredom of existence?

Absurdity DeVoid 2024/05/10(Fri)02:54 No. 1090668 ID: cce3c7
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Possible answers to the first question that was asked:

A) Take the gift.

B) Refuse the gift.

C) Break the gift in front of the kid.

D) Other suggestions.

Possible answers to the second question that was asked:

A) Go with your idea Worm Works.

B) Don't do that.

C) I don't care what you do.

D) Other suggestions.

B) Refuse the gift. Thanks, but no thanks. It looks a bit too valuable to receive, and with a thief running around, I don't want people getting the wrong idea as to why we have something valuable that came from this town. Best wait until we gain the trust of the other villagers at the very least, y'know?

To politely refuse it, tell Scarecrow-kid that it'll be wiser if he keeps it in his possession, as it looks a bit too valuable to just give away, and as the years go by, and it goes up in value, it will help get him through college in this economy. read discussion thread plz https://questden.org/kusaba/questdis/res/140583.html#142162

B. I will say that is a good idea, except, well... these villagers are pretty wary of us wormworks. I think if they are going to report anything that was stolen from them, they would more likely report it to someone they trust more, like the authorities (if this town has any) or to the chief. not to any newcomers working under the goblin queen. They might even give us false information as they don't trust us that well yet. That said, we can probably ask the chief about any reports of anything stolen, or get the chief to ask the authorities for some reports.

Let's take the gift that the kid offered to us, no need to hurt his feelings. As for the your plan Worm Works go for it, even if some people may not want to take it at least it will show that we want to help then out. Expecially now when they have been targeted.

1A) it would be rude to not accept.

2A) (I think that's a silly idea that will at best have the villagers lying to you for laughs. They arent going to trust you yet. ) sure thing Worm Works, you do that and get out of our hair back to us later

1) Social issue. Politely abstain from voting. 2) ...Further details? How is compiling a list (assuming no lies) going to help? Forward it to the spy rats perhaps?

Absurdity DeVoid 2024/05/12(Sun)04:29 No. 1090774 ID: 20a211
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Possible answers to the question that was asked:

A) Go outside and talk with the village crowd once again.

B) Don't go outside.

C) Call Maluvia a filthy fuman as well.

D) Other suggestions.

Perhaps have archer test the waters. He's human so maybe he can warm them up for us. We'll speak if they're less hostile.

Talk with the elder, his daughter, the kids. Ask people who actually live in the village what the people there would want from a partnership.

>>1090776
Yeah, it would be for the best if he starts as the opening statement before we attempt to talk with them all once again.

>>1090783
I agree with this. We can probably ask the chief and what the villagers want from our partnership while Archer warms up the crowd for us.

And, uh... when we are ready to go back out, I think we should have Abdle do the speech instead of Bobbie so her racism against humans don't bleed through her speech, yeah? Bobbie can use a break after all.