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

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Meh, just scry and then say hi if time permits, the Investigators AND Edge Names can come later.

(He left thinking of us as a friend, but we have no idea what that means to him. So best not do anything that even risks changing that, especially with him probably having the Heirloom with mystery powers by now?)
 
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Investigator action doesn't mean hostile action. Just fact finding. We're not sending constables after him.
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The dude who left because he was convinced the law was going to come down like a hammer on the cult and who got to hear about the bureau cleaning up shop where the largest remnants of said cult were is probably going to interpret any investigators sent his way as a prelude to the hammer being dropped on himself.
 
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The dude who left because he was convinced the law was going to come down like a hammer on the cult and who got to hear about the bureau cleaning up shop where the largest remnants of said cult were is probably going to interpret any investigators sent his way as a prelude to the hammer being dropped on himself.
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And that was when they weren't actually investigating him, they just happened to be in the same town bcuz of Cadance/Velvet. And the Bureau sniffing around would probably be even more alarming, seeing as they are an organization that's publicly dedicated to handling threats against Equestria rather than 'just' the Royal Guard.

Edit: Just going to leave this here.

IF: Bureau on Quarry w/ Selene + Mareinette (Introduce SH), DoA + Cherenkolt (Grail) on City (w/ artifacts), Get Your Hooves Dirty

Quarry of Yuxtabai
Knock: +85 (+40 Base, +20 Selene, +25 Velvet)
Moth: +80 (+40 Base, +20 Selene, +20 Velvet)
Lantern: +70 (+40 Base, +10 Bureau, +20 Velvet)
Winter: +85 (+40 Base, +5 Bureau, +20 Selene, +20 Velvet)
Forge: +70 (+40 Base, +10 Bureau, +20 Velvet)
Edge: +95 (+40 Base, +10 Bureau, +20 Selene, +25 Velvet)
Grail: +110 (+60 Base, +30 Mareinette, +20 Velvet)
Heart: +85 (+40 Base, +30 Mareinette, +15 Velvet)
Secret Histories: +70 (+40 Base, +10 Bureau, +20 Velvet)

Choked City
Knock: +80 (+50 Base, +30 DoA)
Moth: +50 | +65 (+50 Base, +15 Artifact?)
Lantern: +70 (+50 Base, +20 Artifact)
Winter: +75 (+50 Base, +25 Artifacts)
Forge: +80 (+50 Base, +30 Cherenkolt)
Edge: +65 (+50 Base, +15 DoA)
Grail: +45 (+30 Base, +15 Cherenkolt)
Heart: +65 (+50 Base, +15 Artifact)
Secret Histories: +65 (+50 Base, +15 Artifact)

Alternatively, have Cherenkolt recalibrate to SH, Moth, or Heart for an extra +15 in those areas.

With this, I have admittedly become more amenable to scrying the City to ensure that there are definitely no social obstacles there, and have changed my vote to reflect that.
 
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Greymere said:
IF: Bureau on Quarry w/ Selene + Mareinette (Introduce SH), DoA + Cherenkolt (Grail) on City (w/ artifacts), Get Your Hooves Dirty
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Umm, does get your hooves dirty count as the only requirement for long expeditions?

Because I don't think that's the case which would leave us with only three Velvet ap on helping Cadance at most. (and no Mareinette ap which I heavily suspect is worth around two Velvet ap on this)

Besides Quarry of Yuxtabai probably has a bunch of valuable stuff that would go to the Bureau instead of Velvet anyways so I'd prefer Bureau on Choked City.
 
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Idly speculating if we could use the Husk for personal Lantern Sacrament... but otherwise, eh. Does a choice being hard make it correct? The intention to harm... But we are out of time. Sacrament, Name befriending... I'm still naive enough to hesitate, but honestly. Damn it. Damn it all. I'm starting to sympathize with Cauldron from the Parahumans series, of all things.

[X] (ALL IN) You will NOT attempt the "All In" expedition.

[X] (MAREINETTE) Accept her "Invitation to Dinner" (Prisoner)

[X] (MOOD) Mareinette was oh so interested in the Bureau, after your introductions.
 
Actually hold on a minute here.

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The roots of the Woods are still ablaze, under this ocean of Ash and ash. They still blaze, and the secrets that they held for so long are now boiling to the surface of this ashen ocean like bubbles of air escaping from the lungs of a drowning pony.
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The Woods can't hold their secrets anymore.

So what happened to the corpse of Velvet?

I kinda assume that when the Hour Velvet died she had managed to crawl back to the Woods for her end and had her body/secrets taken by the Woods.

The remains of a Moth/Heart Hour are valuable.

I wonder if we can scry for it?
 
Greymere said:
...okay? That has no relevance to what I wrote down there because DoA and Cherenkolt are, in fact, two people.
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Yeah sorry I admit I didn't see cherenkolt was full size in that. I admit it works as a plan, since the purification doesnt require rolls from him and therefore he can safely use the winter 4 artifact. It does rankle though at the inefficiency.
 
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