Expendable

A new guild

"Huh?" Gabs paused, looking at them doubtfully. "So if this place starts losing money, they're going to take out out of your pay?"

"So like throwing all these people out who's been paying for their ale and beer," she added, waving around at the other regulars, "zf they ain't drinkin' here, that's gonna cost them money, right? So you're paying for all those people who won't be payin', anymore?"

"Boy, did they see you guys coming," she grins, smashing her fist down on a small tabletop, the empty wine bottle being used as a candle holder smashing to the rush-strewn floor, which began to smolder and smoke, "Heaven forbid that something should break."

Empire of the Clouds

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Nikos

Zeppelin #27, Gondola

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Nikos grits his teeth, then sighs. "I can help land her."

He leans against the gondola bulkhead, shaking his head. "Iffen we ain't connecting ta the mooring tower but the ground, me and another lad can go down in the pod while someone lowers the forward line. Once we get her tied up, we can use a winch ta help pull her down."

"The only tricky part is hooking her up to the quick release, but once she's belly down, we can get supplies or whatever."

A New Day; Cozy Fantasy Village Life

*Mysterious Figure looks at the now re-destroyed village from a mysterious location*
"... I just wanted this place rebuilt."

@Xaltwind

Is this place a mana dead spot? If the characters look around, will they find a fallen flying palace? Or is the mana here still recovering and is so low that only novice and possibly apprentice level magic is possible?

A New Day; Cozy Fantasy Village Life

Umbra Rose Condos

Qaymu

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Bldg 1, Restaurant
@Lemons - Velvet

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"Ahh," Qaymu sighs, scratching his head, "It has been too long for me, as well. I'm lucky that I get the pieces in the right order. "

His nose wrinkled, taking in the rank odors coming from the spoiled food in the kitchen. He didn't need to be fed daily, although he knew he needed to be careful about snacking. He'll have to check to make sure when his food arrived later this week, it was delivered on the day and kept in the coolers.

His hand hovered over the board, then he picked up his Queen's knight and moved it to F6. There would be problems later, to be sure. He had started playing with his adopted daughter, she was very clever in her responses, not unlike Velvet. Hopefully he wasn't playing with her grandchild - that would be awkward.

"How do you like working at the bar?" he asked. "Do you enjoy being among the people? Or...?"

Qaymu smiled delicately. It was always best when you could pick and choose your dinner, but he didn't think she'd hunt a regular. Too easy to track the victim to the killer, like that mess in London.

Umbra Rose Condos

Such a terrible girl! She deserves to be cursed for the rest of her life for getting an earth dragon killed for nothing!

@BunniesOfDoom

It gets worse. Left to clean up the mess, the peasant whose house was now draped in dead dragon started selling the meat, in secret at first, but then word got out, people started bragging about how much they paid for their dragon meat, and the Prince found out. He came to reclaim the carcass, but the peasant pointed out that there wasn't much left. What he needed was another dragon, and he'd pay the prince handsomely for whatever dragon he brought back to him. It just snowballed after that.

We had to hide, burrow deep.

The unicorns were next.

@Dragonydas
I think you might like this!

feeding time

A New Day; Cozy Fantasy Village Life

... All of you should be ashamed...

@Xaltwind

It makes you wonder what happened to the original villagers? Watch out if the carpenter starts building a really big boat.

A New Day; Cozy Fantasy Village Life

The well has enough water in it for now to sustain the current population with no issues.
I like McKinzie's energy. She'll do great things.

... Or die trying. :)

@Xaltwind

There's already a carpenter. I wonder if this town has a graveyard or a necropolis? And what safeguards they might have against zombies?

A new guild

"A fight!" Gabs said with a grin. It got wider as three men stepped their way, drawn by the one guy dropping his drink.

"Oh, I wanna help you," Gabs replied, stepping up next to Alastrina, already cracking her fingers. "I haven't had a good scuffle in weeks since they let me outta the stockade. Sorry, can't guarantee ya I won't tear your arms off to beat you with, hope you tattooed your names on 'em, they get hard ta sort out afterwards."

"But hey, I'll let you have the first punch!" she added, barely suppressing her bloodlust. If they struck first, it became self-defense. Maybe some of that reading was worth it.

A New Day; Cozy Fantasy Village Life

Just some musing on magic in this.

I'm thinking that in order for an air wand to work, it must first gather together the air element from its surroundings, am I right? So the handle must be hollowed out and a piece of clear quartz is put in there. The spell is then carved as runes into the wand, while the handle acts as insulator. As the spells are cast, a bit of the quartz is consumed, and perhaps when exhausted, the wand itself is consumed, becoming ash.

The more powerful the spell, the thicker the wand handle has to be, until you reach staves. Master-level wands have to be that big in order to write out the complex spells and is filled with amethyst. It also means there's a longer charge time - or is it constantly charging from the area around it?

We know if you have a tome and attuned to the element, you can learn to cast elemental spells - but then there's still the problem of gathering the appropriate mana from the surrounding area. Perhaps an amulet would help? Like obsidian or morion for those summoning the dark? This could be jewelry - a ring, a bracelet, a necklace, or earrings. Jewels encrusted into a sword or knife hilt, perhaps?

I was asked if Ned's wool cloak was magic? So would that also need some element appropriate for the element to be used? Either fibers woven into the cloth or say a piece of agate as an attached amulet?