CYOA Tales of Lona

[lankhmar]

> Talk to the Sheeple
-What was Lilyne doing? She couldn't just have gotten headaches and missed seeing something because something happened to her. What was different from your stakeout!?

> Go talk to Ano.
-Ask about sheeple and if there's any residual magic on you?

[devilbird]

Input: Talk to Ano. Describe the migraines and blurred vision and see if there is anything that can explain you missing a portion of your night... other than alcohol that is.

[coyoteredmoon]

→ Ask the farmer ALL the questions!(How long has this been happening, were there any changes made to the farm or with a person's behavior before this started happening, aside from the footprints, has there been anything else going on or appearing that seems peculiar, etc.)

>Mana, after a quick bout of sleep, assaults the farmer with a slew of questions. The farmer, with Yeldmin in attendance , does his best to answer as many of her questions as they can.
“This has been going on for the last month or so…”
The elder sheepman chatters at the farmer in another language to which the farmer nods.
“Yeldmin believes it started when we decided to expand the fields a little bit. We pulled up some of the plants on the outside edges of the forest and pushed the fences out to the tree edges. I don’t know why that would have inspired anything to start messing with the sheep though.”
Mana asks the two men about any odd behavior from the workers, and is met with a bit of a shrug and a ‘nothing we’ve noticed.’ She asks about anything strange other than the footprints.
“Well… The injuries that have been incurred are a bit odd… I know that the most grievous of injuries was to poor Gretta. To cracked ribs, a dislocated shoulder and, very oddly, a permanently messed up head of hair. We sheared her a few days ago and that wool is pretty well ruined. Like it was filled with paste or something, and it smelled horrid. Very strange indeed. ”

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Yeldmin chatters at him again in reminding kind of manner.
“Yes, the victims are extremely reluctant to talk about it as well. We’ve tried to ask about it, but all of them refuse to talk about it; like they were afraid to say something particular…”


→Ask Ano what kind of magical power could cause memory loss and headaches and tell him about the discovery of the Sheeple!

>Mana takes in all of this information and attempts to compile it into a conclusion, but finds she does not have the magical or xenological knowledge to make a conclusion… but she knows who does!
Mana tells the farmer that she’ll be back, that she has to go ask a friend about the situation and that he may have an idea of what's going on.
She heads back to town and more specifically towards Ano’s tower.
Ano is not hard to find, even amongst the clutter of his tower.
She tells him that she found out that one of the farmers outside the town walls has been hiring sheep people, and that they have been dealing with some weird creature coming out of the forest.
“OH! We have Ovans around town?! Why have they not been in market? Why is the first anyone has told me! Why-” He continues to excitedly bounce around, happy to hear the news that a race new to the area has been roaming around; and not so happy to hear he was not the first to know.

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Ellie sits on her stool and laughs. “He’ll be busy reelin from that rev’lation. How about you tell me about this creature botherin’ them?”
Mana nods and explains to Ellie about the odd foot prints and the general confusion of the night's observation. Then she does her best to relate the farmer’s description of the victims.
“Hmm giant humanoid… capable of picking up and squeezing a standard person… and from the sounds of your head, lass, capable of some kinda illusion magic… I think yer dealin with a n Ogre… I think. Can’t explain the ‘dancin’ though; Thats pretty odd! And it sounds like it was slobbering in the sheepies hair for some reason...” She thinks. “Regardless, Ogres can be reasoned with. Maybe you can get it to not mess with the farm.”
Ano pops back into the conversation after bouncing around his tower abit. “Ogre? Me and several of the town executives had Giant’s bane root at the edges of the forest. Grows really well around here, even if it isn’t native! Helps keep big nasties out of town! they shouldn’t have had any problem unless they’ve been messing with the treeline.”
“Oh.” Mana says ponderously.

→ What does she do?
> Set a Trap for the intruder.
> Wait for the intruder and attempt to talk it down.
> Figure out a way to deal with the intruder another way. (Input action)
> Talk more to the Sheeple.
> Talk again to the farmer
> Other (Input Action).

[coyoteredmoon]

Also: remember everyone, I make these Tuesday morning every week ; If you want to respond, you need to do before then, or I won't be able to work it in.

[Omnimek]

Input>
-Inform Ellie and Ano(If he exits his mood) of your intention to both set a trap(Effective against illusion, possibly using the 'struggle/dancing' space) and try to reason with the ogre. Tips on either end would be great. If supplies are needed for the trap or negotiation strategy bleed the emergency fund dry if necessary and expense it to the farmers later.
-Inform Farm folks of the data and theory that the problem is an ogre.
- Try and talk to the more reluctant Ovan. Being sensitive that they were 'attacked'
- Set the trap, hopefully with cooperation from residents.
- Procure 'some' giants bane from different areas some for personal stash and more to sell to the farmers to grow on that part of their field if they can't come to an agreement with the ogre
- Find a good spot to wait for the ogre and have a couple plans to persuade ( "You can trade labor/forest resources for what you want"), deceive and finally warn the ogre, hopefully with a borrowed book or scroll to read in the meanwhile or practicing acrobatics, swimming or puzzling about magic.

Commentary- I'm guessing the stuck fur is from high velocity protein from the ogre, judging from the mental tricks, the struggle footprints and abundant shy female victims but my pervy brain isn't part of how Mana thinks.

[VintageBass]

Commentary: So looking at the choices, if it were to pick both an armor and a costume, A2 and C1 would be my things... but I'll leave my final choice in secret. Right now, it's time to help save some sheeple!

Input: Wait for the intruder and attempt to talk to it.

[m3rchant]

As much as I like Omnimek's plan, i think I'm gonna go ahead and throw a curve ball in here!

Tell Ano that these Ovans seem to be unbelievably skittish around people they don't know and most likely won't come into town, much less the tower, any time soon and similarly, they would probably only run away from him if he tried to go meet them himself. Go on to say that this is truly unfortunate, due to the fact that some have been injured by the ogre, and could really stand to have someone who knows a thing or two about healing spells or medicine take a look at them. Now Mana could try introducing him to the Ovans, since we've spent the night at their farm, and thus, they'll be more likely to trust him if he's with us. (The general idea I'm getting at here is that Ano would now be in our debt, and it's always good to have someone you see everyday in your debt.)

While we're on our way over with him, however, this would be the perfect time to bring up adding magic to the list of things he can teach us when we're at the tower. (After all, we do seem to be running into allot of it lately.)

[coyoteredmoon]

Hey Guys, I hate phoning it in so much as of late, but work is playing a game I like to call "How can we kill Coyote the fastest."

So like the other weeks of me not being able to rite a response: Throw up some ideas for pictures, I'll take 2 and draw 'em up for you all.

Also: You might notice that I reset the poll. The reasons being that i screwed up making it the first time. I for got the 'redo' option for those that don't like any I've got going on, and I also realized that I had so people only chose 1 option. I like forcing people to pick 2 because it gives a more averaged result.

[Vhexo]

It's a bummer to hear that, but life, and work, can be a pain in the ass, so take it easy until you've got time again, we'll all be waiting for you ^^

As for pictures, I'd like to see Mana 'comforting' the Sheeple as they've been going through such times. Surely they would appreciate it, right?
And as second picture, maybe some one-on-one action between Ellie and Mana?

[devilbird]

Maybe a picture of Mana and Ellie in a flying orgy with the drakes, and a picture of Heikya and Etim spending some quality time together?

[VintageBass]

Well thank you, my two choices mentioned before will now get picked! XD

Now for one possible pick... how about Mana getting a "measuring" from our tailoress, with this talk about dresses being brought up and I'm wondering how our tailoress conducts her measuring

[m3rchant]

*Pats coyote's head in comforting manner* Don't worry, we all understand. Just do your job well and remember, it'll all be over soon... That wasn't as comforting as I thought it would be, but moving on!

For my suggestion on a picture, I'll say only three names and two words: Mana, Hiekya, and Ellie, Daisy chain!

[Omnimek]

I want Mana in one of the other pictures (or as a background witness if she isn't in any) to be a half-demon. That could be anything subtle to blatant, strange to cute or even eldritch. Split tails like a mythical nekomata, different eye or fur colors, longer canines, cosplay, cute little horns, different body shape or substance, even symbiote back tentacles or wings.The options that 'fit' are endless. Pick something fun to draw.

[Scottyboy]

Does anyone know what happened to coyoteredmoon?

[merlin169]

my guess is, life happened

[m3rchant]

Does anyone know what happened to coyoteredmoon?

Simply put, he broke his leg so we had to shoot 'em. (Lol sorry, a bit of dark humor there.)
But seriously, this has happened before and he's come back, so I very much doubt he's gonna leave us here to rot in the shadows forever.

[coyoteredmoon]

my guess is, life happened

This in a nut shell, 1 80 hour work week then I had to move O_O so my power is damn near nothing. First time Ive been able to get on and see what happened to everyone, because with new living arrangements comes new internet installation T_T BUT: I'm back. I'll be working on those pins tonight as well as the continuation post from whee we left off

[VintageBass]

my guess is, life happened

This in a nut shell, 1 80 hour work week then I had to move O_O so my power is damn near nothing. First time Ive been able to get on and see what happened to everyone, because with new living arrangements comes new internet installation T_T BUT: I'm back. I'll be working on those pins tonight as well as the continuation post from whee we left off

Ah, moving... That's completely understandable, although the work hours... ouch.

Take some time off, you need it!

[coyoteredmoon]

my guess is, life happened

This in a nut shell, 1 80 hour work week then I had to move O_O so my power is damn near nothing. First time Ive been able to get on and see what happened to everyone, because with new living arrangements comes new internet installation T_T BUT: I'm back. I'll be working on those pins tonight as well as the continuation post from whee we left off

Ah, moving... That's completely understandable, although the work hours... ouch.

Take some time off, you need it!

It's good I'm feeling all better now. New place, new desk, and a pen hand itching to get some drawing done

[coyoteredmoon]

HErp derp! Pin ups I owe!

First is Demon Mana!

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And the second is Heikya x Etim. I was considering doing the silly joke I usually do when you guys suggest them 'do-the-do' but I figured I disappeared and it would be in bad taste to not do this.

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