PREQUEL suggestion box (thread 6)

[Lexicon]

Be Stephane:

Stephane, seriously contemplate what Sigrid has done to people, especially that helpless, practically retarded Atronach Kajit. Search your feelings and ask yourself why you still work for her.

[BAD END]

Katia: don't be Katia Managan ever again. You are now USELESS CAT.

Useless Cat: get the bottle. Check to see if there is some sweet, sweet alcohol in there. Good ol' alcohol. Alcohol never judges. Alcohol never lets you down. Alcohol never steals all your stuff and leaves you naked in the rain. You love alcohol, and you know what? Alcohol loves you! If there is indeed alcohol in there, drink it. You know it's what you need right now.

[TheFinalWraith]

Well here we are.
Again.
Even the slightest of missteps that any reasonable person could make (and in the case of Sigrid and all the people she conned, have made) are met with catastrophic failure and the crushing of your dreams.
And what's this?
A bottle of alcohol right next to you so you can begin the cycle all over again and wake up in Quill-Weave's room with a new sexual partner.
After which you will proceed to build yourself up again, using the natural talent that you never acknowledge in moments like this, until you become a bit better off than you are now. You'll get even nicer clothes and possessions, make new friends, and maybe the high will last several days instead of just two.
And then you will become just a little careless and wind up sad and alone, with alcohol within arm's reach ready to start it all over again.

Hell, this time around winding up in Quill-Weave's bed will leave you better off if anything. I mean you already have Hirtel's note memorized and once you tell her that Hirtel wouldn't budge on the price of 40 drakes for the book, she at least would recognize that to be unreasonable and write him another angry letter.
And you have a good excuse this time, given that I cannot stress enough that Sigrid has wrapped the entire town of Kvatch and at least one member of the imperial legion around her finger. I mean, pretty much everyone you spoke to except that mage guild leader (who seemed to just really hate necromancy) had really positive responses to her. Are you going to sulk about not predicting that the reason she was so popular is that she abused alchemy to make herself absurdly charismatic? Because no sane person could predict such a thing. As seen by all the sane people she conned.
And hell, your sexual partners have gone up in quality each time, so maybe this time you'll have had drunken sex with a nice man who actually sticks around and wants to date you.
So really, drinking would seem to boost your immediate and long-term prospects in every way.

There's just one problem really.
You're being played. You might not know how, but you feel it don't you? In the back of your mind? Someone wants you trapped in dreams and in reality. That bottle of booze couldn't be more transparent bait if it was glowing. And given that sadistic pleasure they could get from watching you suffer has long since gotten stale, the only discernible reason I can see is because they fear what you could become if you focus and refine your potential that thus far has no limit.

So don't play into their hands.
Or do!
It's not like it matters much, given even if you do, there's a chance you won't next time.
And mark my words, there WILL be a next time.

Ultimately, the choice is yours, as it always is.
At the end of the day, even Sigrid for all her power could misguide you only briefly, and even then could not command your subconscious, thus proving that no one can truly command you but you.
And though it seems a small thing, if you knew the ramifications of what that means, you would never feel weak again.

So make your choice.

...
But while you're at it, could you choose to tell me who you are as well?
I seem to have misplaced your name.

[Ransom]

Wasn't going to comment too much, given that Kaz said the new post is going to be incorporating previous commands but just for fun:

I actually loaded up the game for reference: In her immediate accessible vicinity are:

The bookstore (duh)
The rear of the orphanage and the Inn (South)
The Chapel, though there's a wall. (West)
The tavern (North)
The storage where we freed Meinin, the guard (North)
Nah's tree...(North)
The arena (East)

The guy who's opinion's we were willing to listen to hung out around east of here, FTR.

Katia> Have a good cry. Yeah, you've earned it. But once you can stand, get to shelter, leap over the wall to the chapel, or perhaps the orphanage has a rear door? I'm guessing now might not be the best time to visit the bookstore...but if he's home at the moment, maybe he can take you in?

Oh, and that rush of suggestions coming at you about the bottle behind you? Ignore them. Don't listen or ponder them, just get to shelter now.

[DanTheVoiceWithaName]

Katia: Hello Katia. How are you? My name is Dan, and I'm a person living in your head.

I wanted to tell you a little secret: alcohol makes you invincible. That's right. You are the legendary Boozeborn.

Don't believe me? Have you ever woken up from blacking out with alcohol with even a scratch on you? In just your time alone in Cyrodiil, you've encountered zombies, imperial soldiers, bandits and imps all while drunk, and not a single cut or burn on you! Why? Because when you're drunk, you can never die. You just go to the safest spot you can think of and sleep and forget your powers.

Now, that sounds like all the more reason to drink right? Well, maybe, but not right now. See, you're broke as hell right now. And you wouldn't want to use your one chance at invincibility powers like this. No, see, we're gonna save this for a special deal. Now, I can explain the rest, but for now, I'd like you to first take that mead, and put it in a barrel. I'll explain the rest of the plan after that. And it's a good one involving soldiers and shinies and sweet sweet danger-free REVENGE. Interested?

[BaronVonSomething]

Katia: Observe Bottle. If it's booze, IGNORE IT. If it's a potion or something, save it for later, if possible.

DO NOT DRINK OR GET DRUNK. Go to the church and sleep on one of the pews, see if one of the clerics can give you some clothing.

[BaronVonSomething]

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[BAD END]

Go to the church and sleep on one of the pews

Because dreams about gigantic, scythe-armed, disembowelinating, kingbeasts are exactly what Useless Cat needs now. No, I still say it's booze time. Time for booze. Booze o'clock.

[Lexicon]

Katia, please don't turn to alchohol agian. See if you can find help at the church, or perhaps the nice man you gt out of the tower might be willing to take you in for the night if you explained that you were robbed.

[Crafekster]

Katia: Relies you have cast spells with the necklace ON.

[Merth]

Katia: Relies you have cast spells with the necklace ON.

Only the pannel that she is channeling a stream of fire looks like she has the necklace on. All the other ones clearly look like the necklace is off. My guess is that it was an error on kaz's part.

[Theo333]

What is this? Warhammer 40k?

Life's a piece of shit
When you look at it

[stupidjellyfish]

Only the pannel that she is channeling a stream of fire looks like she has the necklace on. All the other ones clearly look like the necklace is off. My guess is that it was an error on kaz's part.

This.

We should, instead, be impressed by her ability to cast spells WITHOUT CATPUNS. I believe she is getting closer to fully controlling her abilities without the need of the necklace. Am I the only one that sees potential in this Kajhit because of that?

[Sajuro]

Katia: Do not touch that booze! Got that young lady? Knowing your luck you'll drink booze and end up in bed with Sanguine, do you want to shag a Daedric Prince?

[MyUsernamesMud]

>anachronistic barrel clothes: continue to be a solution to all problems

[Istanbul]

Oh, Katia. Don't give up now. Don't you know that every hero has a time when things look their darkest? This is that time for you. I know it hurts, but don't let your story end here because some evil woman has bewitched an entire town.

You are Katia Managan. You need to remember what it is to feel that glow of satisfaction that comes with doing well, and become addicted to the success you know you can achieve. You need to remember that there are other schools of magic, REAL schools of magic where the headmasters...okay, they're kind of jerks, but they won't do things like this to you. You need to stand up.

You can and will survive this. You're going to go to that church, and you're going to get dried off and clothed. And yes, you're going to have a proper cry about the rotten hand life has dealt you so far. But you know what? It's not the cards, it's how you play them. You're going to accompany that other fellow, the knightly fellow, to a proper town that isn't so awful. On the way, you're going to learn all about how to use both of your spells.

You're also going to acknowledge your limitations. Sigrid is probably too strong for you to handle right now. That doesn't say anything bad about you, she's probably been doing this for ages and ages, and you're just a starting wizard. Instead of trying to take her down by yourself, you're going to start researching at the mage's guild of whatever town you wind up in next. Learning about what sort of spray she could have used that would cloud your mind.

Someday, Katia Managan.
Someday, if you don't give up, you will be a hero.
You don't need booze.
You don't need self-pity.
You don't need to be afraid.
You just need to know this:
Winning is about getting up one more time than life knocks you down.

[DavidArgall]

Katia > This has not been your evening. So go ahead and schedule that cry. However first grab those soggy pieces of paper. Just maybe they can be dried out into a passable note and they will be some proof of what happened. Then you need to get out of the rain. That storage should be dry enough and will be private enough to have that cry.

[mysticalMechanic]

Look through the bottle in hopes of getting drunk, even though you and I both know that whoever drank it didn't leave anything. I mean, why would they have?

Afterwards, steal some clothes and alcohol, find shelter, drink alcohol. Keep the nightmares away when you sleep.

[Crazy-8]

>Katia: This one time, refuse to drink.

>Kitten: Approach

[stupidjellyfish]

Katia > Remember the words that Quill-Weave gave you after the second time you woke up in her house?

"...you gave up when things got too hard."

Consider alcohol a symbol of the white flag, a sign of acceptance that you are a loser. All you have done within the confines of your life is accept just that without giving yourself a chance. You're in Cyrodil now, ready to start a genesis in your life and not redo that acts of the past. Now is the time to fight back against fate and prove who you truly are as an individual: a mage.

You've felt it your entire life, through aspiration and imagination. You hoped, failed, and now see a glimmer that what was sadly false is now true; you can be what you dreamed to be, and that is to become a happy, cheerful, robe-wearing mage that studies books all day. And with this in mind: DO NOT GIVE UP. Ignore what is on the floor and fight back against the events that have unfolded unto this day. Tread to the church, bare the dreams, and see the sun rise.

EDIT: Actually Katia, don't ignore that bottle.

PICK IT UP AND THROW IT AT THE FUCKING GUILD HALL. FUCK THEM.

[Tavis Night]

Oh Katia... Call it a night. Find some shelter from the rain before you catch a cold. Assuming cats can catch colds that is... I'm not really sure of this. If you'd rather not be seen by others right now, at least take cover beneath a tree. There's nothing really you can do about the situation until morning anyway.

[Merth]

This.

We should, instead, be impressed by her ability to cast spells WITHOUT CATPUNS. I believe she is getting closer to fully controlling her abilities without the need of the necklace. Am I the only one that sees potential in this Kajhit because of that?

Agreed. Silence still silences, but the puns might be on the way out.

[Rowboat]

You’re just some dumb stray animal that tries its goddamn hardest to please absolutely anyone and always fucks up anyway.

Hey, what, no.

What Sigrid did to you just now has happened to pretty much everyone in the entire city and many of them must have had more advance warning than you did. And it seems like most of them haven't shaken it off, something you managed seconds after you stepped out of that door. You're better at something useful than most everyone around you, how about that!

Most of the trouble you've had since you got to Cyrodiil, and especially the situation you're in now, is entirely due to other people mistreating you. If you made a mistake in trusting Sigrid long enough to get into this mess, that doesn't excuse her for taking advantage of it. It's not your fault and you shouldn't stand for it, let alone lie down for it. Find some shelter, get to somewhere drier so you can think straight. Make a plan.

Maybe pick up that bottle and throw it through a fucking window.

[Ninth_Computer]

This is fucking stupid. Apparently you're incapable of creating drama in any other way than "LOL LETS TAKE AWAY ALL THE MAIN CHARACTERS PROGRESS AGAIN". Whatever, I'm done.

[mysticalMechanic]

You might wish to stop listening to the cheery "YOU'RE AWESOME" talk at least until you get yourself some clothes and shelter. You don't get either of those by feeling awesome in your gutter.

Look for open windows with nobody apparently inside. Sneak inside, take what you need, abscond. Become a thief, because let's face it, you really suck as a mage and will probably never get better in it. Class change is in order.

At least as a thief you can expect people being assholes, and plan for it. You can be the one to cheat and con people, like Sigrid did, instead of being the one conned.