Empires of Ashes

*The Brigardi remains silent for part of journey back.*

Brigardi: Look, I...apologize if I offended you. We Brigaridi aren't very good noticing when we've offended others.

"you have not"

Brigardi: Really? Cause I could have sworn I insulted your ancestors earlier, and you yourself said so.

"A misunderstanding. we are of different cultures. we do not understand eachother truly yet"

Brigardi: And we may never truly understand each other.

"perhaps"

*Under orders from the a Prince, the Cymriacs form a shieldwall at the mouth of the canyon with Longbowmen arranged along the cliff top, ready to fire upon the advancing Kelthrovi*

OOC:   \/ Oncoming slave army
         )_( < Canyon
          /\
        My chaps

OOC: How wide is the mouth of the canyon?

*Time skip a few days ahead, the expedition reaches a small settlement.*

Kenshin: the people here know me. We can rest here

Joachim: Good. Where would be the best place to set up camp?

"There is an inn in the town"

Joachim: An inn big enough for twenty one men?

OOC: Gooooooorr

Ooc on phoooone
IC "should be"

OOC: Gooooooor

OOC: A meteor just went through a 76% interception chance anti-meteor laser, and managed to hit the bio-dome.... now, this would usually be little to no problem... we can survive some plants getting nuked until the place is fixed up.... but at the time it was undergoing maintenance so half my biologist crew just died.... now i can either lose a ton of progress with a previous save, or a ton of people by continuing...

OOC:............Naz.....just...how...How do you keep getting improbable, or at least unlikely, outcomes?

IC:

*Joachim nods. Time skip to them arriving in the town proper.*

going by the casual greetings, everyone here knows kenshin

*The Brigardi let Kenshin take the lead.*

Joachim *to Kenshin*: So, where's the best place to get supplies here?

"there's a general supplies store just down the road"

Joachim: Good. Is the shopkeeper willing to haggle? My men and I are....somewhat light of currency.

"dont worry about the price"

*Joachim looks at Kenshin and raises an eyebrow.*

he doesnt notice

*They arrive at the general store.*

Joachim: So, does the shopkeeper speak common?

"no. I'll translate"

Joachim: Good. We need at least three week's worth of supplies, from food to cloth to medicines.

he goes to the shopkeeper
Kenshin: Anata Hatake o mite yoi, anata no tame no ōkī junjo o motte
Shopkeeper: Kenshin! Mochiron, sono-ka ni.
Kenshin: ..... Hatake, watashi wa 20-ri no tame no shōkōhin o hitsuyō to shite imasu. Watashi ga harau yō ni shuchō shite imasu.
Shopkeeper: Watashi wa sore o kiite monku o iimasen. Koko de daremoga, mada anata no kazoku no Kenshin ni subete o oimasu
Kenshin: *sighs* Komakai. ... Imaimashīdesu

*Joachim waits patiently.*

he turns to joachim
"well thats the supplies sorted"

Joachim: Excellent. I hope it didn't cost you to much.

"less than you'd think..."

Joachim: Really? Well, I'm not going to judge. We have the supplies and that's what matters.

he nods
"Indeed"

Joachim: If there's nothing that can be thought up, let's head to the inn. It's going to take awhile to get everyone billeted.

he nods and leads the way

*The expedition follows.*

when they get there the conversation with the innkeeper goes the same way as the shopkeeper

Joachim: You seem to have quite the reputation with the townspeople.

he nods

Joachim: Come. Let's get some food. Perhaps you can tell me the story over a hot meal.

Chapter Master Arken wrote:

OOC:............Naz.....just...how...How do you keep getting improbable, or at least unlikely, outcomes?

It is called Base Disaster for a reason.... The only thing im surprised about, is that we had no solar flares so far.... a 0% chance of occurence is not equal to sure safety in my case... seriously... there were times when a game said i had a 100% chance to hit and i still missed...

My colonists are pretty badass though...
Dude broke his leg in a mining accident, decides to just sleep it off instead of going to the doc...
colonists arrive to the landing pad, head straight into the mine before even unpacking...
guy is dying of thirst, still decides to carry a cubic meter of metal to a construction site before going to drink...
They arent smart... but they are tough... so they got that going for them, which is nice

he nods

*Joachim orders them both a bit of bread with butter and ale and sits down at a table.*

Joachim: So, you clearly have a reputation here...Mind telling that story?

"well...its more my father's reputation"

Joachim: Oh?

"when I was about ten years old, my father and I visited here en route to the capitol. unfortunatly we discovered the town was being terrorised by a now infamous group of well armed and skilled bandits. All former samurai, having forsaken their honour and their oaths. 25 of them in all. they were theiving, robbing, murdering, even committing rapes and arson."

Joachim: Ah. Yes....I'm quite well acquainted with their type.

"on their next raid, my father donned his armour and confronted them. all of them were there. I was watching from a nearby house. I didnt hear what was said first, but I did see my father place his hand on his katana. twenty seconds later three bandits lay dead."

Joachim: Impressive.