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Esquestria: The House of the Sun - A pony cultist experience

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spiderhellian said:
What do we even do if she did?

I don't think we can spend so many bits on them, but also we don't have a clear use for them…

What if we dump them into Canterlot Pt 3 and close the door behind them :V
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We load them up in a wagon and send Biedde off with them into the convenient barren wasteland within walking distance of Ponyville to "defuse".
 
spiderhellian said:
What do we even do if she did?

I don't think we can spend so many bits on them, but also we don't have a clear use for them…

What if we dump them into Canterlot Pt 3 and close the door behind them :V
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They are extremely useful in the sense of having contingency muscle for emergencies.

Besides they only cost as much as Biedde.

We'll just need to actually go have our Names get bits.

If needed we could always just rob rich nobles.
 
Don't worry, don't worry. Last few days, weekday and weekend alike, were very busy. But I am literally writing right now.

I'll do thread-maintenance later, but I think we all agree that cooking is more important.

I hope you are all doing well! And we will reconvene in a few hours, hopefully.
 
Rafuki22 said:
Agree, what's the polling like?
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Vote Tally : Esquestria: The House of the Sun - A pony cultist experience | Page 222 | Questionable Questing [Posts: 6759-6844]
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Task: 【NONE】
— Voters: 32

[X] Plan: Primer and Warning
-[X] You decided to start laundering some Lore-knowledge... (Lores will be picked at Velvet's discretion)
--[X][LORE-ZERO] You only planted some very vague, but educative, information about the Lores. (No specific Lores shared, counts as "one" evidence)
-[X][WINDIGOS] You made it convincing. You made it look secret. You even simulated a burn mark, to pretend they tried to destroy this "document". But in the end, you warned them about the ticking bombs. (Share knowledge about the sealed Windigo's existence. Counts as "one" evidence)
No. of Votes: 17
[◈] Plan: Primer and Warning
[X] Alan975
[X] AuthorTransient
[x] Bakkasama
[X] Cochimetl
[X] DelightedOne
[X] des-pair-2
[X] Greymere
[X] LieutenantSpirit
[X] Limabot
[X] Portec
[X] Potdl
[X] Random Anon
[X] Sintonir
[X] spiderhellian
[X] Steady Gaze
[X] Sveta08
[X] Talon Tiger Dino

[X] Plan: A Paradoxical Riddle
-[X][SABOTAGE] You planted several conflicting, contradictory, and downright false documents. As long as they fall for it, this will cause heads to be scratched. (Attempt to hinder and obfuscate all investigation efforts. Counts as "one" evidence)
-[X] You decided to start laundering some Lore-knowledge... (Lores will be picked at Velvet's discretion)
--[X][LORE-ONE] You planted something that, in its own narrow way, has some practical use. (One Lore shared, counts as "two" evidence)
No. of Votes: 12
[◈] Plan: A Paradoxical Riddle
[X] Anjaxis
[X] BritBiscuit
[X] Demilich
[X] HellFire666
[X] Maer
[X] MisRAR1
[X] Nevermort
[X] Rafuki22
[X] Shaper47
[X] Steady Gaze
[X] Venerable Ro
[X] Zxzx24

[X] Plan: Not Underestimating the Bureau
-[X][SABOTAGE] You planted several conflicting, contradictory, and downright false documents. As long as they fall for it, this will cause heads to be scratched. (Attempt to hinder and obfuscate all investigation efforts. Counts as "one" evidence)
-[X] You decided to start laundering some Lore-knowledge... (Lores will be picked at Velvet's discretion)
--[X][LORE-ZERO] You only planted some very vague, but educative, information about the Lores. (No specific Lores shared, counts as "one" evidence)
No. of Votes: 8
[◈] Plan: Not Underestimating the Bureau
[X] Alan975
[X] Anjaxis
[X] HellFire666
[X] LieutenantSpirit
[X] Nevermort
[X] Rafuki22
[X] Shaper47
[X] Steady Gaze

[X] Plan: A Delay and a Warning
-[X][SABOTAGE] You planted several conflicting, contradictory, and downright false documents. As long as they fall for it, this will cause heads to be scratched. (Attempt to hinder and obfuscate all investigation efforts. Counts as "one" evidence)
-[X][WINDIGOS] You made it convincing. You made it look secret. You even simulated a burn mark, to pretend they tried to destroy this "document". But in the end, you warned them about the ticking bombs. (Share knowledge about the sealed Windigo's existence. Counts as "one" evidence)
-[X] You decided to start laundering some Lore-knowledge... (Lores will be picked at Velvet's discretion)
--[X][LORE-ZERO] You only planted some very vague, but educative, information about the Lores. (No specific Lores shared, counts as "one" evidence)
No. of Votes: 6
[◈] Plan: A Delay and a Warning
[X] DelightedOne
[X] LieutenantSpirit
[X] Maer
[X] Sintonir
[X] Sveta08
[X] Talon Tiger Dino

[X] Plan: Forge Lore One
-[X] You decided to start laundering some Lore-knowledge... (Lores will be picked at Velvet's discretion)
--[X][LORE-ONE] You planted something that, in its own narrow way, has some practical use. (One Lore shared, counts as "two" evidence)
-[X][FORGE-RITUAL] You planted a set of instructions, on how to perform a miraculous feat. (Share "The Forge's Redemption". Counts as "one" evidence)
No. of Votes: 5
[◈] Plan: Forge Lore One
[X] LieutenantSpirit
[X] MisRAR1
[X] Pittauro
[X] Potdl
[X] Steady Gaze

[X] One Lore and Warning
No. of Votes: 3
[X] Sintonir
[X] Cochimetl
[X] Greymere

[X] Plan: Safe and Sound
-[X] You decided to start laundering some Lore-knowledge... (Lores will be picked at Velvet's discretion)
--[X][LORE-ZERO] You only planted some very vague, but educative, information about the Lores. (No specific Lores shared, counts as "one" evidence)
No. of Votes: 3
[◈] Plan: Safe and Sound
[x] Bakkasama
[X] Shaper47
[X] Steady Gaze

[X] Plan: Forge and bombs
-[X] You decided to start laundering some Lore-knowledge... (Lores will be picked at Velvet's discretion)
--[X][LORE-ONE] You planted something that, in its own narrow way, has some practical use. (One Lore shared, counts as "two" evidence)
---[X] Forge
-[X][WINDIGOS] You made it convincing. You made it look secret. You even simulated a burn mark, to pretend they tried to destroy this "document". But in the end, you warned them about the ticking bombs. (Share knowledge about the sealed Windigo's existence. Counts as "one" evidence)
No. of Votes: 2
[◈] Plan: Forge and bombs
[X] Rafuki22
[X] Sintonir

[X] Plan: Just lore
-[X] You decided to start laundering some Lore-knowledge... (Lores will be picked at Velvet's discretion)
--[X][LORE-THREE] You planted a small trove of useful information. More than enough to hook in the curious and the brave. (Three Lores shared, counts as "three" evidence)
No. of Votes: 2
[◈] Plan: Just lore
[X] Arrkhon
[X] Steady Gaze

[X] The bureau starts being useful.
-[X] You decided to start laundering some Lore-knowledge... (Lores will be picked at Velvet's discretion)
--[X][LORE-ONE] You planted something that, in its own narrow way, has some practical use. (One Lore shared, counts as "two" evidence)
No. of Votes: 2
[x] Earth-Destroyer
[X] BritBiscuit

[X] The bureau starts being useful.
No. of Votes: 2
[X] Quaxotia
[x] Bakkasama

[X] Nothing. (Absolutely no evidence was planted. Better safe than sorry.) (Counts as "Zero" evidence)
No. of Votes: 1
[x] Bakkasama

[X] One Lore and Warning
-[X][WINDIGOS] You made it convincing. You made it look secret. You even simulated a burn mark, to pretend they tried to destroy this "document". But in the end, you warned them about the ticking bombs. (Share knowledge about the sealed Windigo's existence. Counts as "one" evidence)
-[X] You decided to start laundering some Lore-knowledge... (Lores will be picked at Velvet's discretion)
--[X][LORE-ONE] You planted something that, in its own narrow way, has some practical use. (One Lore shared, counts as "two" evidence)
No. of Votes: 1
[X] Quaxotia

[X] Plan: Everything Bagel
-[X][SABOTAGE] You planted several conflicting, contradictory, and downright false documents. As long as they fall for it, this will cause heads to be scratched. (Attempt to hinder and obfuscate all investigation efforts. Counts as "one" evidence)
-[X] You decided to start laundering some Lore-knowledge... (Lores will be picked at Velvet's discretion)
--[X][LORE-ZERO] You only planted some very vague, but educative, information about the Lores. (No specific Lores shared, counts as "one" evidence)
-[X][FORGE-RITUAL] You planted a set of instructions, on how to perform a miraculous feat. (Share "The Forge's Redemption". Counts as "one" evidence)
-[X][WINDIGOS] You made it convincing. You made it look secret. You even simulated a burn mark, to pretend they tried to destroy this "document". But in the end, you warned them about the ticking bombs. (Share knowledge about the sealed Windigo's existence. Counts as "one" evidence)
No. of Votes: 1
[◈] Plan: Everything Bagel
[X] Steady Gaze

[X] Plan: Forge Alone
-[X][FORGE-RITUAL] You planted a set of instructions, on how to perform a miraculous feat. (Share "The Forge's Redemption". Counts as "one" evidence)
No. of Votes: 1
[◈] Plan: Forge Alone
[X] Steady Gaze

[X] Plan: Forge Bagel
-[X] You decided to start laundering some Lore-knowledge... (Lores will be picked at Velvet's discretion)
--[X][LORE-ZERO] You only planted some very vague, but educative, information about the Lores. (No specific Lores shared, counts as "one" evidence)
-[X][FORGE-RITUAL] You planted a set of instructions, on how to perform a miraculous feat. (Share "The Forge's Redemption". Counts as "one" evidence)
-[X][WINDIGOS] You made it convincing. You made it look secret. You even simulated a burn mark, to pretend they tried to destroy this "document". But in the end, you warned them about the ticking bombs. (Share knowledge about the sealed Windigo's existence. Counts as "one" evidence)
No. of Votes: 1
[◈] Plan: Forge Bagel
[X] Steady Gaze

[X] Plan: Forge Lore Zero
-[X] You decided to start laundering some Lore-knowledge... (Lores will be picked at Velvet's discretion)
--[X][LORE-ZERO] You only planted some very vague, but educative, information about the Lores. (No specific Lores shared, counts as "one" evidence)
-[X][FORGE-RITUAL] You planted a set of instructions, on how to perform a miraculous feat. (Share "The Forge's Redemption". Counts as "one" evidence)
No. of Votes: 1
[◈] Plan: Forge Lore Zero
[X] Steady Gaze

[X] Plan: Forge Sabotage
-[X][SABOTAGE] You planted several conflicting, contradictory, and downright false documents. As long as they fall for it, this will cause heads to be scratched. (Attempt to hinder and obfuscate all investigation efforts. Counts as "one" evidence)
-[X][FORGE-RITUAL] You planted a set of instructions, on how to perform a miraculous feat. (Share "The Forge's Redemption". Counts as "one" evidence)
No. of Votes: 1
[◈] Plan: Forge Sabotage
[X] Steady Gaze

[X] Plan: Forge Windigos
-[X][FORGE-RITUAL] You planted a set of instructions, on how to perform a miraculous feat. (Share "The Forge's Redemption". Counts as "one" evidence)
-[X][WINDIGOS] You made it convincing. You made it look secret. You even simulated a burn mark, to pretend they tried to destroy this "document". But in the end, you warned them about the ticking bombs. (Share knowledge about the sealed Windigo's existence. Counts as "one" evidence)
No. of Votes: 1
[◈] Plan: Forge Windigos
[X] Steady Gaze




Total No. of Voters: 32
 
spiderhellian said:
What do we even do if she did?

I don't think we can spend so many bits on them, but also we don't have a clear use for them…

What if we dump them into Canterlot Pt 3 and close the door behind them :V
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Glorious ritual sacrifice for... something, I don't know.

Or we slam them into the proto-hive despite the LB having eyes on it in a fit of madness.

Maybe we can feed them to Ash, as a treat!

Maybe we can feed them to Mareinette, as a treat!
 
Pittauro said:
I really don't get why the lore zero plan is winning, instead of a lore one plan.
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I'm expecting them to find other Lores as part of their evidence when investigating Copper's Cult. To me, it makes more sense to provide a grounding to those discoveries than to add more on top.

This is a good opportunity to introduce a baseline understanding. We can "nudge" them in a certain direction later.
 
I'm disappointed that we opted for lore 0 instead of 1 but oh well.

[X] Plan: A Paradoxical Riddle
[X] Plan: Forge Lore One
[X] One Lore and Warning
[X] The bureau starts being useful.

Possibly some votes that don't have "Plan:" in them are getting counted separately when they shouldn't but it doesn't change the outcome.
 
Pittauro said:
I really don't get why the lore zero plan is winning, instead of a lore one plan.

I'd have preferred introducing Redemption of the Forge too, but that can always come later I suppose.
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I guess people got really, really concerned about windigos all of a sudden. It is what it is.
 
Pittauro said:
I really don't get why the lore zero plan is winning, instead of a lore one plan.
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I presume it's a combination of not wanting to accidentally hand Celestia Lantern 1 on a silver platter, wanting to only have 2 plants rather than 3 to lower the risk of detection, and Lore 0s simply being easier to digest, so to speak, than 1s.
 
Talon Tiger Dino said:
I presume it's a combination of not wanting to accidentally hand Celestia Lantern 1 on a silver platter, wanting to only have 2 plants rather than 3 to lower the risk of detection, and Lore 0s simply being easier to digest, so to speak, than 1s.
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we've been told lantern is only a risk ABOVE Lore 1 picks
 
Venerable Ro said:
I'm pretty sure I wound up snatching defeat from the jaws of victory. Sad that, I will be vexed if Mareinette really did loot the windigo jars, and I fully reserve the rights to laugh at people complaining about being saddled with demands to find and secure the bloody things.
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Acceptable.
And should that happen, you have the right of it
 
Sveta08 said:
Acceptable.
And should that happen, you have the right of it
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Well I am a dragon, that means I'm always right by default, even when I'm not.

I do admire your passion mind, that was some good speechifying you did on this vote, fine rhetoric. Now to figure out what to do about windigo jars.
 
Venerable Ro said:
Now to figure out what to do about windigo jars.
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If we have them, its good and we should keep them.

Being able to throw a bunch of Windigos at a problem is a good card to keep hold of. Especially in the face of outside threats.

Equestria has been kept safe from outside forces due to the threat of Celestia. That reputation has probably taken a few blows due to her being alicornnapped till the Master saved her and having her kingdom burned.

If Celestia is unavailable for a while due to say being fillynapped there's going to be problems.
 
Venerable Ro said:
Well they might've been, if we hadn't gone and told our secret police to be on the lookout for murder constructs in jars.
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Remember some of those possible threats mentioned on very hard expeditions.

Having some Windigos to throw down would be very helpful if we decide to go on them.

Besides their good in time sensitive emergencies.
 
Venerable Ro said:
Well I am a dragon, that means I'm always right by default, even when I'm not.

I do admire your passion mind, that was some good speechifying you did on this vote, fine rhetoric. Now to figure out what to do about windigo jars.
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Thank you. I don't like to at times, but I will if I feel I should. And here, I did.

But, should they be in our horde of items stolen, then we can handle them as may like.
If they are not, and the detectives do not find them, then again, we can hunt and find them.
If they are not, and the detectives do find them, then it is somewhat more complicated, yes. Depending on how many are found and so on. Whether they are taken away as with a bomb squad, or perhaps one sequestered away amidst the secrets of Eclipse, or should The Sun seek to banish them herself, or any number of things that will inevitably have to happen if this is the case.

But I would risk that complication for not risking our Bureau, the potential ire of Celestia at a breach and failure, and the citizens of Manehatten besides. But I won't belabor my point more than I already have.
 
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