Inactive [LP CYOA] Overlord

"Us" means us with Zayan. And yes, they knew it was her, they followed her, and they have waited until she was in a deserted location. Which was my argument, and I don't see you contradicting it.

They are acting like some clandestine organization, not like law enforcers, which makes me think there is a scheme.

Sure, but did she claim to be Zayan or not? You seemed to imply she was impersonating him (?) (which I found implausible for a number of reasons), and now you are saying it is something unrelated and that she is some kind of merchant.

Unlimately, I think that your version of events is not very likely. Why would a governor deal with some nobody from Dijeh? Why is there a rumor that Zayan came to finish the machine, and why people are saying now that he (?) left town?

There could be defective merchandise involved, but even if so, I believe the motive for it would be different.

 

You originally said that they waited for 'you' to be in the alleyway, which I understood as 'they were waiting for us, Erdrick Mercant.'
It's not that strange that they confronted her in an alley, considering that she's a fugitive, justified or not, from the local law and was probably hiding out the whole time.

I don't want to speculate about things we have no information on, all I'm saying is that, if she is a con artist, then it's not unreasonable for a local governor to put a bounty on her head if she tried to swindle someone. For all we know, she might have sold him some bad ice cream and the Guvna doesn't abide that shit.

 

Ah, sorry about that.

No, it is strange. Why didn't they try to apprehend her as soon as they identified her?

Normally, police wants to confront criminals in deserted places to avoid involving civilians, but that's when those are of an 'armed and dangerous' gun-slinging variety.

I do not understand the need for secrecy if she is just a con artist.

It's a combination of several factors that leads me to suspect foul play.

In any case, I want two things out of this. 1) Zayan in our lab and 2) Governor in our pocket. If he is involved in some dirty business, he might be in a tight spot should word come out, especially considering that the city is on the verge of unrest. It seems like we will find out about it whatever path we choose.

 

Maybe because she's been hiding from them and they're doing what they can to catch up with her? Tracking down criminals isn't that uncommon and they've already put a bounty on her head, to make it look all official-like.

 

Whatever the outcome, it is within our best interest to run away get out of here as soon as possible, moreso if we intend to reach the capital before the rumors about "the merchant with a hat and his odd troupe" arrive first. Moreover, Erd should buy strong cologne for himself to disguise his smell, along with a collar for Runde to wear to better avoid suspicion. Hopefully the Royal Court won't have a demon somewhere as one of their guards. Otherwise, we're fucked the moment he/she spots us.

Lastly, if that girl is the real deal, Rin should take a small break to teleport her back to the Goblin Village so that she can wait for us/start working into that doomsday machine every Overlord needs. Better to be safe than sorry.

 

Nah. I think we should take our time. If there is something bad going on, I am suuure the governor wouldn't want the Prince to hear aaall about it.~ *casually plays with a signet ring*

The girl probably is not a state-wide fugitive. We may be dealing with a local initiative. But yeah, perhaps her time would be better spent in a lab than on a road.

 

Yeah. The more I think about it, C feels like overkill. I'm also going to flop to B

 

Did the 'kill people, ask questions later' ever fail us?

 

Well, yeah, when we snapped that old man's neck in Legend...

 

And when we accidentally Kozaka. But that's not the point!

The point is, if we murdered Lingshu and wrote a poem on a wall with her blood, that bitch wouldn't have betrayed and abandoned us later! Live people just complicate things too much. And we don't like complicated stuff, do we?

 

Or we could, y'know, turn her in and wait until we have enough info to act on. That would solve this dilemma.

 

We could... but that would be boring. And we don't like boring even more.

Besides, maybe they are going to extract all of her secrets along with her brain, damaging the goods. We can't have that!

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Thanks for providing the necessary butthurt to fertilize this update.

 

I live to serve.

Also, I was voting for C myself until I thought that B could be even more fun. The sooner people will know we are covering for a fugitive, the sooner we can start pigeoning stuff!

 

I don't see how we can be held responsible if we do B even if they are telling the truth. We are alone in an alley when 6 suspicious men, not guards;

accosted us and said they were were collecting a bounty for the Governor; of which I have heard nothing about after hanging out in the city taverns all day. As I wasn't born yesterday, and did not want to be responsible for allowing rapine to happen when I could intervene, I secreted the woman away from her attackers while doing no injury to their person.

 

'Responsible' as in 'get an accusation followed by a fair and public trial'? Probably not.

Any other form of responsibility is up in the air, though. It would depend on how sincere the guards were, and how badly the governor wants the woman.

 

Flopping to B

 

Before the next update arrives, I just realized that I forgot to put in the vote for how Erdrick will be introducing himself at the moment. Choices are:

A. Erdrick Mercant
B. Vaalgrahf
C. Deckard Cant
D. Adahn
E. Noname
F. Toto
G. Manpigeon
H. Your own suggestion

 

H - (Trider Mccraken)>D

In the TRADITION of fantasy villains everywhere, we shall use an anagram of our own name.

 

H - Trider Mccraken. It's brilliant. I've always wanted to be Scottish!

 

The other option was Dickert Cranmer, but somehow that reminded me of...

Other names the anagram generator spit out (open) Other names the anagram generator spit out (close)

Crickard Menter
Crickard Merten
Mccard Kreitner
Mccraken Trider
Mccarter Kinder
Mccarter Kidner
Cranmer Dickert
Cranmer Detrick
Cranmer Tedrick
Tranmer Cedrick

 

+1

 

Mr. Recreant Dick.

Tally (open) Tally (close)

lightbane B>A F
Smashing Axe C>A H (Trider Mccraken)
asxetos C
Nevill B F
Gobblecock B H (Mr. Recreant Dick)
Azira C>B H (Trider Mccraken)
Jester C
Elfberserker B F
Kipeci B
archaen B
GreyViper C
Storyfag C
Lambchop19 B H (Trider Mccraken)
Grimgravy A>B H (Trider Mccraken)
Baltika9 A
ScubaV C
Rex Feral B>C A
TOME A>C
Kz3r0 B G
Kayerts C H (Tnacrem Kcirdre)

A - 3 (1) Grimgravy, TOME
B - 9 (10)
C - 7 (8)

A - 1
F - 3
G - 1
H (Trider Mccraken) - 4
H (Mr. Recreant Dick) - 1
H (Tnacrem Kcirdre) - 1

 

H Trider Mccraken - Why not?

 

H.