Posts from ☀️ Arselia and Akonia Auto-translated

-- The plan for now... -- Ayko rubbed her nose, a sign of extreme anxiety. -- Everything valuable is in... the water... That's one. Fortunately, there isn't much left, Merel took care of it. -- There seem to be a lot of fresh corpses from the battles around here, and some are inside the houses. Hiding among them is two. I don't think we'll be able to escape on a boat; the beach where we landed is probably already taken...

Those left on the island are soon killed by the rebels.

Even if it's a script, it could have played along with me...

It’s quite a walk to the sea from here.

The remaining people on the island are soon killed by the revolutionaries.

What a twist...

Wouldn't it be a great plot twist if the princess made Merel the new leader, and Carneol started down a path of burning orphanages, cultivating frog cultures, and raising golems and skeletons in the basement, only for the battle-hardened Ayko to return and they would have a magical duel...

Considering how well Merel performed in this situation, I wouldn't be surprised if he's the one they choose.

Wait for a visit from your dad.

and who will tell the story? :D
I wish I could get my cloak back, now that the spot is free...

they would have a magical duel...

and I would have to play the good guy again. Sigh.
Actually, I was planning a different duel, at least in the epilogue...

Well, that's a twist...

Do I even need to say how surprised I was when the suggestion was made to send the Queen, Loyalist-1, Loyalist-2, and Astral-3 to the shared map?

Well, we didn't know the script was unchangeable. But yes, if it were a script, I would definitely regret staying.

Beata disapprovingly shifts her gaze from Merel to Garret and back.
“Well, guys, you really messed up…”
But it was already too late to do anything. You can scold yourself as much as you want for not being quick enough and not stopping the massacre, but… it would have been better if they had gotten rid of Mellen. Who is she anyway? And if they shoved Merel’s stupid stick right up her ass, Zorica could have taken the vacant spot. And Aiko. Brave, noble people who sacrifice themselves for others... unlike some, who are capable of throwing an innocent girl overboard!
Okay, we can dwell on this later. Judging by Gion’s face, he was thinking about even darker things. He probably regretted listening to her and not staying with Aiko. What a lousy altruist.
“I heard you’re the boss now?” she nudged him in the side with her elbow.
“Yes…” Gion sighed. “Don’t worry, I won’t get a big head and I will take your opinion into account… my lady,” he whispered the last word in her ear and gave her a playful smile.
Who is he kidding? He’s barely holding himself back. He just knows that she feels better when he smiles and flirts.
“Everything will be alright,” Beata nodded. “The boss said she has some kind of tactic, and she will stick to it. I hope they make it. I will pray to Mother Anuzish for her, for Zorica, and for all of us.”
“I hope so too,” Gion nodded.
Beata sat for a while, thoughtfully scratching Mysterius behind the ear. Aiko had given him to her with the instruction to love and care for him. The last memory of a loyal and noble friend... For her sake, she will feed the cat the best meat in all of Margel.
Then she glanced at the queen. Her Majesty looked a little scared, and understandably so - Karneol didn’t show himself in the best light when this stupid little squabble started, and she didn’t speak the language and didn’t understand what was going on. Well... Beata is certainly not the diplomat of the year, but there was no one better to handle this.
“Khorosho!” she said enthusiastically to the queen, pointing somewhere on the horizon, where, in her opinion, was their destination. “Khorosho!” she added, pointing to herself, Gion, Kilika, and Kalina. She didn’t know Mellen, and she didn’t want to say that Merel and Garret were good – after what they did.

Reven, Gion had quite specific clothing items available as food, if needed. Turquoise. As I understand it, it weighs the same as regular clothing.

Yes, I remember.

Now that everything (I mean this incident, not the expansion) is over, I'll reveal one detail: after arriving in Margel, Nora would come to her senses and leave due to the burns/guilt over leaving people on the island. I feel bad for Ayko, and a little for Zoritsu too – I wanted to try to incorporate this non-player character into the Carneol storyline, but unfortunately, it didn't work out.

And Beata wanted to advise Nora about Richard (she didn't know he was killed). But never mind, now it's not so upsetting that Frag decided to get rid of her.
I just feel so sorry for Ayko and Zoritsu.

- Hmm, guys, you really outdid yourselves...

- Either we do it, or no one does, - Merel replied dryly.

in terms of roleplaying, it would be more appropriate for the entire group to get rid of all the outsiders and keep only their own (including by force). I might have done that if I had four hands, or even six (I wanted a map of the Legion, by the way).

You suggest creating a squad of paladins: no, that's boring, it's better to play with ordinary guys and bandits.
You create a squad of ordinary guys, bandits, and maniacs: and let's act like paladins, haha.

I wanted to try to include this non-player character in Carneol, but alas.

alas, we ended up with a cheating staff, and none of the old NPCs died in battle. Otherwise, we would have found a wife for Raphael.

I still feel sorry for everyone. Although Nora’s fate does mean that Merell and Garret made the right choice. But I really feel sorry for Ayko and Zorizu. The latter clearly didn’t have enough time to fully develop. And as a player, I would have been interested in interacting with this character, Alaria, even if the chances of anything like that were slim.

- Either us, or no one, - Merel replied dryly.

- Well, let's just fly as is, it could have been worse, - Beata waved it off. She wasn't in the mood to argue. - Just don't suggest to Her Majesty that she should jump overboard.

-- Okay. I was just nervous about the water. Thinking about it, we... We... Probably won't make it. Haha. Hahaha... And I was the only one of my kind, the Rat Queen, Miss Zorica. I had a real, rare crown of some monarch or duke, I don't know exactly," the gnome said, dragging Nora's body somewhere into the nearest suitable heated building, preferably one already filled with corpses for camouflage. "That's what they say, from royalty to rags. I wasn't cut out for mercenary work; I'm a merchant, and I value not fighting, but exclusively and only my assets. And people are such a valuable asset that I find the very idea of wasting them absurd... Okay, let's see, maybe here?
-- Look, while we have protection, it won't last long, but... Let's try to hide among the corpses," the girl smears herself with weapons to make it look like there's more blood, then heals herself with a gemstone, but the crust remains. In any case, Ayko tries to ensure the following:
- she's not wearing anything valuable. Absolutely nothing.
- she looks as much like a naturally burned corpse as possible...
- ideally, there's no real risk of catching a cold (by lying down in a relatively warm building).
- if necessary, she adds more corpses on top.

-- The plan is this," she explains. "These bloodthirsty creatures will be looking for three things: someone to kill, someone to rob, someone to rape. We all look worse than death with these burns, so they won't rape us. I don't leave anything behind, not even my boots... And there's no point in shooting at the dead. If they do, the corpses on top of us will protect us. After a while, their bloodlust may subside, and we'll be mistaken for civilians... True, I'm a gnome... But? A child who survived a fire. Yes. Maybe. If they don't look too closely.

-- You know, it's all because you big races are not ergonomic... Me... I'm no worse than any Carnelian, and you can see, I weigh almost nothing," she can no longer hold back the tears, although they had been welling up regularly before. "I... I could outdo anyone. Like this... And... You need to disguise yourselves like me. Somewhere nearby. Okay, Miss Zorica, can you manage? Miss Nora should too, I think, when she wakes up, I'll tell her.

-- Haha, we'll rise from the ashes... From the ashes... Haha. What have I become? I am Ayko Viresenser. The Rat Queen. It's me..