Uploaded: 8 years ago
Views: 4,858
File size: 331.18 KiB
MIME Type: image/png
Resolution: 1200x900
Comments: 18
Favorites: 30
Read this post on the website, if you like: https://adventurerpgame.wordpress.com/2017/01/16/arpg-2-233/
> Speak with Commander
You decide to ask the Commander what he thinks of the Empire. You already know that he seems to have a positive look towards them, but you're curious about specifics.
"Hm..." He thinks for a moment. "The loyalists of the Empire would make for an excellent ally. The Alliance has prospered from trade with them, as their magic enchantments far excel from our own. Aside from that, the loyalists may have been more heavy-handed in the past, but it seems that most of them have grown quite wise. While they do not believe in personal freedoms quite as much as we do here in the Alliance, they do what is best for their people as a whole. The Empire has not had an easy time for quite some time, so it's understandable that they may be forced to do things that are unpopular." Caskel sighs. "However, the militarists are another story. They would like nothing more than to renew the war with Mesai, and while they ask for alliance with us, that is one I am less confident in. The militarists want conquest. If they managed to take Mesai, it would just be a matter of time before they turned their gaze toward our own nation. I only wish that the rest of the council would understand the threat of the militarists in Grental and would allow us to send some amount of assistance to the loyalists."
You consider his words for a bit. "However..." Kaiti speaks up. "The Commander's offers to the council are regularly shot down. Many lean towards supporting Mesai, which is all well and good but... Even Mesai is a bit worrying."
"Indeed." The Commander nods to the catgirl. "The Kingdom of Mesai is as dangerous as it's leader. King Landus has proven to be a very wise and peaceful leader, but his heir is young. If something were to happen, I fear that the lords would easily manipulate the nation into going down a more dangerous path. Not only that, but the people of Mesai are patriotic to a fault. They would love nothing more than to see more lands come under their rule." He pauses for a moment. "No nation is perfect though. The Kingdom is stable for now, but has an uncertain future. The Empire is on the verge of civil war. And our own Alliance itself has been steadily giving into corruption." He gives an exhausted sigh. "Such is the game of politics, I suppose..."
You think for a moment and remember the letter you have. You remember that Raylene said it would allow you to accept official jobs from the Alliance, and so decide to ask the Commander if he would have work for you. "Ah, that's right. Hm..." He pauses, thinking. "I may indeed have something for you and your allies, but I will have to create plans." He glances over at Kaiti. "I'll discuss this with Kaiti for now. You seem to be on friendly terms with each other, so I'll likely offer any jobs I may have through her. I understand that Raylene can be a bit... difficult at times. Aside from that, there are things that I cannot quite trust with even her." You ask what sort of job he had in mind. "I can tell you that it involves the Empire. Though as I said, I'll need time to plan it out. Hm..."
The Commander pauses again, thinking. "Is there anything else you wanted to speak about?" You decide to bring up Tassri. You explain what you know of her involvement with the recent incident, though you admit that you still cannot completely confirm if she is innocent or not. However, based on the traps in your apartment, you are starting to think she may have not been on your side. "An Arachne named Tassri? I'll create a bulletin for her as a person of interest. We will not treat her as a criminal until we have proper proof, but if she knows anything of this organization, then it is important that we find her."
You thank him for that, and after a bit of thinking, you cannot think of anything else you want to tell him. "Is that so? Hm... Well then, I would like to speak with Kaiti for a while. I assume you may have other business to attend to, so you are free to leave. I thank you for the information, Miss Floria. Ah, and I also thank you for your work, Miss Elykae." He turns to the deergirl, who nods to him. You and Elykae stand, bid the Commander farewell, and head out of his office.
Outside, you are met with Raylene, still sitting at her desk, dealing with some papers. She doesn't speak to you, but you decide to apologize for intruding. You can understand that she's just trying to do her job, and you wouldn't want her to dislike you for it. "Hm..." The bunny girl pauses before facing you. "Well, it seems the Commander didn't mind. Even so, he has far too much work to be dealing with everyone who comes in. I can only ask that you only come here if it is something truly important. Preferably with an appointment." You hesitantly nod to her, not wanting to anger her. For now though, you bid her farewell as well and head out of the Palace.
As you consider what to do next, you turn to Elykae. You note that she's been quiet for a little while now, moreso than usual. You decide to ask her if there's anything wrong. "I... No. I am fine." She says, though you're starting to learn when she's lying. Something is obviously bothering her. You call her out on it, and after a long pause, she finally speaks. "Things have not gone to plan. I was not expecting her to reach the Commander first. It would seem I wasn't needed here after all..." It would seem she's a bit upset about that, though you get the feeling that isn't all. "...I apologize." Elykae speaks again. "Perhaps I just need some rest."
You wonder what to do now...
-----
Wow, yeah. Getting sick sucks. I need to stop doing that. ._.;
In case you missed it, here's an update blog I did about what happened: https://aryion.com/forum/blog/Rayen/what_happened_to_rayen%CA%94_b-31415.html
-----
Join my Patreon here (and get other bonuses!) : https://www.patreon.com/rayen
Or donate here: https://digitaltipjar.com/adanrayen/
You can also join the ARPG Discord server: Ks9HPbY
Please login to post a comment.
Posted by Razgriz 8 years ago Report
Ask Elykae what she would like to do next, since she seems upset.
Posted by MontyMiyagi2513 8 years ago Report
Try to cheer Elykae up
Posted by Dragonitas 8 years ago Report
We should cheer Elykae somehow, make her remember how important she is for you and the team and then go see that elf to discuss the offer with Bluebell paying for Elykae.
Posted by Thagrahn 8 years ago Report
Floria needs to hug Elykae, and then they need to get back to Kaiti's place so the full party can be together for any planning that needs done.
Posted by Graywolf18 8 years ago Report
Our deer wife needs support and love right now, comfort and maybe a booby grope when no one is watching is in order. She wont like it but it'll be fun to see her reaction(Even through the mask) and will likely distract her from her troubles for a moment.
Posted by TotallyRandom 8 years ago Report
Press Elykae further about the issue. Especially if she want to go to the Empire right now. She doesn't got neither the support from the alliance, nor powerful allies (if Tassri doesn't pull a strange 180 again), so right now, she has no real reason to return. Floria's visions might be useful, if she can control them, but her superiors might not share that thought.
On the other hand, we still have a promise to Jates to uphold. And the jobs may provide an opportunity to collect some support for Elykaes mission.
For now, we have to consider Ken's offer too. I would say we should accept it together with BB, and let him teach Floria and Elykae.
Posted by FaceInCrowd42 8 years ago Report
I'll throw in my vote for consoling Elykae, and not pressing her about what's bothering her just yet. Even if we do that it of course should be AFTER the cheering up.
Posted by Sergit 8 years ago Report
Well, things have been a mess for her. She got captured, separated from her partner, beat up by Aranel in the place where the ruins were supposed to be, and she almost got eaten by a bat.
Her plan to take the talented mage Tassri to her people backfired. The plan to get the commander to give support to her land seems to have been fruitless as well. So basically, she departed with an objective, and she has failed her quest, and almost gotten kkilled in the rpcess several times. I'd be feeling under the weather too.
Poor Elykae. We are in no rush right now, so I suggest we ask her if she wants to just take it easy for a while, or if there's anything we can do to help her feel better.
Other than that, I think we should be able to give her a reassuring pep talk ("You've done your best, I am sure whever ent you in thi mission understands what you've gone through, don't worry, we are here with you for anythhing you need from us", ect) and of course, a comforting hug.
Deer is sad. We have to make her less sad, through the bird way.
Posted by AnominableBreadman 8 years ago Report
Tell Elykae that Floria is aware that there is more to the problem and tell Elykae that it's both okay and that she doesn't need to hide it from her.
If it is because Elykae feels usless in general, Floria should tell Elykae not to be so hard on herself, sure she's made a few mistakes, one of which nearly costed her life, but if it weren't for those mistakes then they wouldn't have been able to be friends now would they. More importantly, tell her that Floria and Elykae are kind of alike in one respect, they neither of them are the best at making decisions as Floria's made her fair share of mistakes. In the end they both just need to work on making better decisions.
Posted by Ryan-Drakel 8 years ago Report
Comfort Elykae. But also inquire if something else is bothering her.
Posted by Kartomic 8 years ago Report
Try to cheer Elyake up, and then ask her if the Lamia will be an enemy or a potential ally to us.
Afterwards, go check on Gina and see how she's doing. Hopefully her and her father aren't too mad at us...
Posted by bledthorn 8 years ago Report
i say we try to flush out those that tried to recruit/eat us.an idea i had would be a possiblity would be to get more of those shrink potions use one in a very public place so that it would spread through the city so that they know we were shrunk and then go about acting as if we were trying to survy people but werent good at it.
meanwhile one of the guards that we trust could be tailing us to make sure we stay safe at the end of the day we return to whereever we plan on resting while during that time we have another 2-3 guards that we trust plus the rest of the group battle ready throughout the night in the room so that if they decide a night attack we can quickly overpower them and gain the info on them we need
Posted by DeityV 8 years ago Report
Yeah, I'm following along the lines of most in comforting Elykae. Probably give her a little hug and ask her if she ever feels like talking about what she may be worried or depressed about. Also, welcome back birb.
Posted by Jaxed 8 years ago Report
Perhaps she is interested in regaining contact with her partner?
Posted by YesImCanadian 8 years ago Report
We should make her feel happy. As a classic Floria move, grab her boons. She'll freak out and ask why. Tell her we're trying to cheer her up, then give her an actual hug. Words of encouragement are always good in these situations.
Ask if there's anything she needs in the market district. Then ask if there's anything she wants. She'll say no to the first, most likely. Either way we go to the market and look around for a bit.
Once done, go check up on Gina and Mitchell, make sure everything is alright.
Posted by Topazert 8 years ago Report
Try to to cheer Elykae up and tell her that at least her partner is ok and got the message across to the commander and that we all have down days what counts is that she did get an audience with him then ask if there's anything she wants to do in the city any hobbies or stores she might want to visit maybe Myla could help us cheer her up and then we can discuss our next course of action.
Posted by The-Lonely-Gamefreak 8 years ago Report
Feeling useless is never a good feeling. Let's take her back to the mansion and just chill with her and everyone.
Posted by Nynf 8 years ago Report
if Elykae needs some rest maybe Flora should ask to join her, that could cheer her up :3