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Forum Games / Re: Land of Despots

« on: June 16, 2018, 11:12:49 AM »

Uligan, in turn, strokes his beard, "I advise, Great Khan, that you send an envoy to them. Bear gifts, good gifts, so that they might respect you and your influence."

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Forum Games / Re: Land of Despots

« on: June 16, 2018, 11:05:12 AM »

"Did they prepare for war, peace or trade?"

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Forum Games / Re: Land of Despots

« on: June 16, 2018, 11:01:55 AM »

Uligan stands and walks with the Khan over to the map.

"How much do we know about them?"

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Forum Games / Re: Land of Despots

« on: June 16, 2018, 10:03:05 AM »

Uligan arrives, bowing at the Khan's feet, "You sent for me, Great Khan?"

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Forum Games / Re: Land of Despots

« on: June 15, 2018, 09:14:09 PM »

The Khan purses his lips a little. "Right. We need to train more shamans.", he says.

Kahul looks up, a hint of concern hanging on his shoulders. "Yes, Great Khan."

He stands, bows, then turns to leave the tent.


"You can't be serious. His holiness is not right in his mind."

"Silence, Tucay!"

"Botur, surely you must know the risks. He hasn't picked his heir and may very well do so at Kaiyely."

"I agree. We should ensure the safety and security of our tribe. At the very least, we must have a candidate—"

"You are not a member of this council, Tiyala," a white-haired elder speaks out suddenly. The room's attention darts to the elder.

The general remains calm, raising his voice only slightly to convey urgency, "I am aware, sir Khirgem. I only want the peace, safety and prosperity of our people, just as you do-"

"I won't hear anything more about it, General. You were only invired here as a guest. Please take your leave."

The General's face expresses the clear desire to argue further, but, trained in his discipline, he curtly bows and leaves.

The Ynyshu waits until the general's heavy footsteps fade out in the night. The torchlight dances on the score and a half of elders, mostly men, most of their faces bearded, most of their beards showing gray, silver and white, a handful of women also seated, all of them with hair tied back in a bun or tail.

Dhokem's eyes flit back and forth as the council focuses back on Khirgem.

"Yaksha Tiwak te-Koh is a man the people respect deeply. He has guided us through the famine four years ago." A few nod. "His guidance on sheep breeding has allowed us to double our flocks in three years." More join in nodding, others verbally express their approval.

Dhokem, now impatient and not wanting to lose the opportunity, rises quickly to his feet and speaks out. "And even then, this very same mistake led our grandfathers to flee their homeland when Hecey ti-Won was the yaksha!" Several seated at the council nod, but most simply mutter and scoff at the outburst. "Surely you know the risks of the Yaksha picking a mere fool!" The assembly loses its peace. It was too late. The momentum was against him.

Some jeer at Dhokem, and others, provoked by the atmosphere of insult, begin to argue amongst each other. The speaking gets louder until a female kamek-li stands and hits a mallet against a small brass cymbal, drawing the angry crowd to a stifled lull. She sits down, Khirgem's gesture made to her, falling to his side, he pauses.

He stands, "It is a grave disrespect against the Yaksha that we seek to remove him from his office not two days before Kaiyely. The Ynyshu will not be held in contempt of the kamek. Those to vote in favor of choosing a new yaksha... Raise your hand." Khirgem sits back down, as he scans the room as it falls into a silent vote.

A number of hands are lifted into the air. The woman at Khirgem's side scans the room, her mouth moving gently as she counts the hands, including Dhokem's. "13 in favor," she replies.

"And those against?" Khirgem inquires.

Hands go up, including Khirgem's. The woman counts them, same as before.

"18 against."

The winners sit back in relief, perhaps even smug. The losers sigh and hang their heads, the younger among them wearing faces of frustration and spite.

"The Yaksha will go untested through Kaiyely." The woman stands and hits the cymbal three times.

The assembly stands and shuffles out the entrance over the cushions that they had sat upon, leaving the tense mood hanging in the air. Several groups strike up conversations on the way out, cordial and contentious alike. Dhokem leave and splits off from the crowd, heading towards the edge of town, where a hut, which had been abandoned for years, still stands, it's roof sunken in. He steps behind it, the clouds above making the area almost totally dark. "The vote failed, general.

Tiyala let's out a heavy, measured sigh. "Where we're you when I was still allowed in. I didn't hear two sentences out of your mouth the whole time.

"I'm—I'm sorry. I spoke too late. It was 13 to 18."

The sound of the crickets, the wind, and the distant murmur of the kamek-li speaking as they travel back to their homes.

"We can only pray at this point," the general concedes.

"Hm." Dhokem sighs, "I will see you at Kaiyely."

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Forum Games / Re: Land of Despots

« on: June 15, 2018, 02:59:46 PM »

"Bring me Kahul", The Khan says to a warrior, who nods and walks away. He returns with his domestic advisor. "How many medical staff do we possess?", he says.

A man enters the tent and kneels, "He have but 3 shamans, Great Khan."

The scouts are sent back out east to follow the path they once took, with the aim of crossing the delta into the river on the other side.

They arrive at the estuary in 3 day's time, in part aided by high winds blowing southeastward on the third day. As they begin to travel up the river, they notice that it is wider than the one by which they founded Hamcha. At the very least, the deep waters of the river give them relief that the risk of bears is pretty low.

Half a day passes in travel up this river, where they hear the thumping of drums just after they turn around a bend.

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Forum Games / Re: INHUMAN Rebooted — Chapter 1: A Common Cause

« on: June 14, 2018, 08:22:35 PM »

"Uhh yeah, please." He takes out his phone and takes down the number, then raises the shot.

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Off Topic / Re: [news] california might split, what this could mean for the liberal SJW left.

« on: June 14, 2018, 12:21:04 PM »

As a Californian,






No.

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Forum Games / Re: Land of Despots

« on: June 13, 2018, 11:07:45 AM »

Arriving at the river delta, the less committed scouting force looks over the area and maps it out before simply turning around and beginning to head back. Upon arriving, they report on what they've found and plans to make another scouting party is begun.

The scouts are prepared to depart with considerably more supplies.

Full respects are given to the men that died, with a bit of added assistance given to the injured man to try and keep him alive in hopes of figuring out some details about the attack afterwards.

The village honors the gesture.

They are able to glean that the man got too close to the bear's cub. The mother was not happy to find him there, ran him down and left gashes in his calves, back, arms, and thighs. His party pulled him into a canoe before rushing him back.

The man has died of a combination of blood loss and disease.

The Halut-dan accepts the gifts, as stoic as ever, and has some worked into his garbs as linings to show his status while the others are kept for decorative purposes around his home.

+15 Swagger

The Khan shakes his head as the two argue. "Let the people have their horses, and send a team out to herd the horses and have them return here to be broken.", he says.

Bands of men rove the countryside to wrangle horses. They are brought in to stables and the taming process begins.

1 man dies to an infected horse bite. 1 man and 1 woman suffer serious, but non-critical kicks to the chest.

While they were there, Khan turns to his domestic advisor. "Have a team of herders herd some sheep to the village, I've heard that they graze south of here, no?", he says.

"Yes, Great Khan."

Teams of herders go out and bring in sheep to be herded around the south area of Kolyion Scars.

Shef drops to his knees in shock.  He had only had the name his parents gave him for a couple of years before he was captured, and during the many moons of his enslavement, nobody had called him by anything more than slave.

He replies, his voice filled with emotion, "Chunn!"

Awaiting you, Grunter.

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Forum Games / Re: INHUMAN Rebooted — Chapter 1: A Common Cause

« on: June 13, 2018, 10:46:52 AM »

"Hm..."

Norum slides the spare shot to Peyton.

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Forum Games / Re: INHUMAN Rebooted — Chapter 1: A Common Cause

« on: June 10, 2018, 10:00:08 PM »

"I know of the guy. He's the one who got me these legs..." Norum trails off, looking blankly at a a display case with a small model of a trolley that used to service this area as late as the 1990s.

"Out of curiosity, you know where he might be? He never referred me to anyone for a tune-up, and I don't know of anyone outside of Salus who works with this custom stuff."

"Hi, could I get another?" He asks the bartender as he walks by.

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Forum Games / Re: INHUMAN Rebooted — Chapter 1: A Common Cause

« on: June 07, 2018, 02:57:27 AM »

Norum swallows it as fast as he could, but still finds himself gritting his teeth and squinting tightly. "Damn." He sets the shot glass down.

"That's what I thought my first time, too. Could run a barbecue with it."

He pauses.

"But yeah, surprisingly I got the same break too–on this set of legs. Where you get it done, if you don't mind me asking?"

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Suggestions & Requests / Re: Mirror for Add-On "Seawolf Submarine"

« on: June 06, 2018, 04:25:20 PM »

https://leopard.hosting/dl/pmfln/Vehicle_Seawolf.zip

Thanks!

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Off Topic / Re: sour candy or sweet candy

« on: June 06, 2018, 03:22:09 PM »

Sour chocolate

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Suggestions & Requests / Mirror for Add-On "Seawolf Submarine"

« on: June 06, 2018, 03:19:49 PM »

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