New Arrivals [text] (Actually updating regularly this time, I swear to god)

[Sparks]

>Follow Direction.

You head outside, and take a good look at the city in the light for the first time, as you begin to make your way through the cobblestone streets. The city itself is quite as busy one, with huge crowds that you have to weave through to get past, while the people clear a path for a horse-drawn cart heading past as you head into what appears to be the market district of the town, even busier than where you first emerged. One thing you will say is that when they said it was the biggest city in Carsil, they sure as hell meant it, by the looks of the population.

Compared to the rustic village you started in, the place is quite inorganic, all stone and aged wood, most of the houses sticking to one floor, while taller buildings loom over you in the distance in the direction you're heading. As you pass the buildings, you can tell that the age of them varies wildly, easily distinguishable by the materials and designs being used, the older ones wooden, uneven, and in the case of many patched together with newer materials where the old ones failed, and the newer ones made completely out of stone and uniformly packed down the streets, many looking almost identical, apart from minor variations in window placement and the like.

Along the street corners, you see some posts with what appears to be a glass chamber on them housing something inside too small to make out from where you're standing, too high to access without a ladder of some kind. You guess they're some kind of lighting, and in the older and cheaper streets that you look at as you go past, some lack the glass chamber altogether, with just something nailed onto the top of them, presumably what's inside the glass ones. So at least you won't need to carry around a torch everywhere you go at night.

You occasionally pass by stores, and like the rest of the city, they vary in age, signs of varying colours, letters, and sizes proclaiming the names of them. A butcher here, a carpenter there, nothing that you give too much thought to until you pass a clothes store, and you wonder about your appearance. You have nothing wrong with your clothes, but you're not sure they look very bodyguardish. They're just kind of beat up since the part where you beat yourself up. Maybe a sign that you've been in some action? But you're dealing with a Baron here, a rough appearance isn't the best thing to do when you're guarding his son or whoever it was.

>See if you have enough money to buy some clothes that would make you look like a bodyguard

Let's see, you've got 41 marks left after paying for everything at the inn. It's probably enough to buy something, but you would prefer to stay financially secure. Besides, you're not sure what a bodyguard would wear. Armour? You can't afford armour, so you guess this plan is a failure. You continue walking towards your destination.

What will you do?

[red pharoah]

>Armor, seriously? A bodyguard can never go anywhere without his COOL PAIR OF SHADES

>Shades: totally exist even though this is a medieval fantasy

>BUY THOSE SHADES THIS INSTANCE

[Sparks]

>Armor, seriously? A bodyguard can never go anywhere without his COOL PAIR OF SHADES

As much as you would like them, you don't think that you'd be able to find a pair in this city, even as you pass by a store that happens to have

>Shades: totally exist even though this is a medieval fantasy

OH

MY

GOD

YOU NEED THEM

>BUY THOSE SHADES THIS INSTANCE

WORKING ON IT

You charge into the store and ask for the price. You can't afford them as they're very expensive due to having been specially made and imported to this store.

You leave the store and resume your journeyquest, now extremely disappointed.

What will you do?

[red pharoah]

>Arrive already

>Talk to the baron

>Baron: offer complmentary shades as an option, but with a reduced pay

[Jetroid]

>As the Baron speaks to you, say nothing. Just look at him with a serious expression on your face.
>red pharoah: Lrn 2 spell.

[Sparks]

>Arrive already

You arrive already. You're in the rich part of town, more specifically the part where everybody owns a mansion, the Baron's place being no exception. There's a gate and a couple of armed guards, and the guards luckily have already received a copy of your details, and a quick inventory search and you're waved through. Except for one minor complication.

"And it says here that you're three days old?"

"It's long, complicated, and involves time travel and amnesia."

"Oh, ok, never mind then. Head on in, he's waiting for you."

You head up the steps of the house and into the foyer, and damn does this guy have it good, what with it being incredibly expensive carpeting, solid gold ornaments that are probably a much cheaper material but still look impressive, chandelier, the stuff you'd expect a rich guy to have. And speaking of a rich guy, the Baron is right in front of you. He's a man in his late thirties, fairly fit, actually a bit shorter than you, although he makes up for the lack of an impressive height with a very impressive and full beard, the same brown as his short-cut hair. You aren't quite sure what you were expecting him to wear, but he's wearing a green and clearly extremely expensive tailor-made coat, along with the rest of his clothes matching the colour and build quality. As you quickly appraise him, he addresses you.

"So you would be Mr. Teroson, then?"

"You would be correct in making that judgement, yes.

"Right, I don't have particularly long, so I'll make this brief. I put out the job as a bodyguard, but it hopefully won't come to that. The rest of the guards positioned outside should keep out potential assassins, but I'm sure you'll be perfectly capable of taking care of yourself and your charge.

Your job today is to make sure that my son doesn't get out of the house while I'm away. Normally I would have people for this, but I'm dealing with a highly sensitive matter involving a few of the heads of the crime rings in this city, and I've had to pull out every available man I could to make this go smoothly. I can't afford to have anything but this to worry about, but I'm afraid my son doesn't quite see it that way."

>As the Baron speaks to you, say nothing. Just look at him with a serious expression on your face.

You put on your serious face and nod, him continuing quickly.

"I hope I can trust you on this, since he's quite good at getting out of this place unaccounted for, so don't take your eyes off him. He may attempt to bribe you during this, I would advise not accepting it. Now, I noticed that you don't seem to have many official records in this city, or at all."

You nod again.

"Effectively, you've got a clean slate so far. If you botch this job, I'll make sure that slate becomes thoroughly tarnished. Got it?"

You nod again.

"Also, why aren't you talking? Are you trying to look professional? Because it's not working."

"I'm new at this, ok?

"Doesn't matter. Anyway, you'll receive your pay in full upon my return, you can find him in the room furthest down the right corridor. Understood?

"Of course. Anything else?"

"Well, there was the matter of the fact that your resume seems to say that you're three days old and I was wondering-"

"And that's a story for another day well I'm sure you've got very important matters to attend to so you can go do that bye!"

You retreat before he can add anything else, and he decides not to pursue the matter, instead heading out the door, and leaving you to your job. Well, that didn't go particularly badly, although there's still plenty of time for it to go downhill.

What will you do?

[Jetroid]

>Go meet DoucheBag McBroPrince WasterGuy.

[Sparks]

>Go meet DoucheBag McBroPrince WasterGuy.

Well, time to go deal with his son and begin your wacky day of stopping him from sneaking off. You head down the hallway and head into the kid's room. It's a bit smaller than you expected it to be, but one thing you do notice is the fact that the place is crammed full of books, shelves talking up most of the walls, making this room practically a library. Looks like he likes to read. Other than that, there's some clothes thrown around the room, a sign of a healthy bedroom, and a couple of cupboards and a desk with various writing implements on it.

More importantly though, is the kid himself on the bed, who you quickly appraise as fourteen or fifteen, long hair, same brown as the Baron, his height you judge roughly as a bit shorter than you, very thin and athletic looking, wearing a plain grey shirt and brown pants, and also has his boots on, for obvious reasons, reading some thick book, who looks up and cheerfully addresses you.

"Hello. You'd be the guy put here to stop me from going on my merry way?"

"That'd be me."

"Thought you'd be older, but hey, what are you going to do. I'm Jack, and I'll suppose Dad told you about the bribes?"

"Indeed he did. If you've got any better ideas, I'd like to see them."

"Oh, I do, this'll be fun. Sorry in advance, I've just really got to get out today, no hard feelings about any injuries that you may obtain during your wonderful experience here. Also, a name would be nice."

"Don't worry, the feeling will be mutual. Try to keep that in mind when you collide with the wall. As for names, it's Gene."

"Excellent. Has he left yet?"

"Depends. Will you try something stupid if I say yes?"

"Probably not yet. I'll take that as a yes."

He goes back to flicking through his book, which, when he adjusts the angle slightly, you notice the title to be General Locks and Internals, a general guide to circumvention. This is going to be a pleasant experience, you can feel it already.

What will you do?

[red pharoah]

> Try finding a book named " The Roomlocker, a Delightful Horror Comedy for Senior Children"

> If you find it, open it at a random page

> YOU HAVE LEARNED LVL 1 SKILLTECH: CLOSE THE DOOR!

> Ability: Be actually useful as it envolves locking the room remotely via telekinesis using magic unpickable locks.

[Xindaris]

>Just don't turn your back on him. Ever.

[Jetroid]

>And don't blink.

[mysticCharlatan]

>Ignore all the instincts telling you to get into wacky hijinks trying to keep this kid contained. He'll outsmart you, probably in a humorous Tom and Jerry-esque manner. Just knock the guy out and tie him up.

[Sparks]

>Just don't turn your back on him. Ever.

You begin operation never-stop-staring, although you don't do it in an overly humourous manner such as constantly staring at him without blinking in a wide-eyed fashion. That would just be silly.

>Ignore all the instincts telling you to get into wacky hijinks trying to keep this kid contained. He'll outsmart you, probably in a humorous Tom and Jerry-esque manner. Just knock the guy out and tie him up.

You have absolutely no idea who Jerry and Tom are, but the point still stands. However, you aren't sure if that would be detrimental to your whole bodyguard thing. Plus, concussion is a serious thing, and being knocked out for more than a minute or two can be a sign of serious injury. The fact that you've been knocked out for long periods of time without any serious damage is completely coincidental. Then again, you're taking suggestions from subconscious voices that normally aren't noticeable as individual voices rather than stray thoughts, but get louder the more aggressive they get. Maybe you need to rethink things.

Either way, you give him two or three attempts before you just go with the tying up plan. You also realise that it's been maybe a two minutes so far. This is going to be a long day.

What will you do?

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Sorry for the late update.

[red pharoah]

> Be the criminal mastermind.

[ninjamaster1991]

> Kid: Be illusion

> Gene: Find kid sneaking out

[Sparks]

> Kid: Be illusion

During your minute of kind of just standing there, you notice that since your introduction, the kid doesn't seem to be doing much. In fact, he hasn't turned a page in his book yet or moved at all or blinked or son of a bitch.

> Gene: Find kid sneaking out

You turn around to see the door opening very slowly and silently, obviously extremely well greased, with the kid halfway through the door. You grab him and throw him onto the bed, disrupting his illusion.

"Illusions? Really?"

"Hey, I paid good money for that thing. And it almost worked, didn't it?"

"Key word being 'almost'. Nice try."

Well, attempt number one averted.

What will you do?

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Sorry for the delays in recent updates.

[red pharoah]

> Kid: have iPhone that you bought from a timetraveller.

> Ensnare Gene with its magic window

[ninjamaster1991]

> Gene: Get frustrated with the 'magic window thingy' and break it.
> Kid: Get caught sneaking out. Again.

[Sparks]

> Kid: Get caught sneaking out. Again.

"So, anything else?"

"Well, I could try the classics."

Which would be?

You are answered by a smoke-bomb going off in your face, to which you answer with a firm counter argument in the form of tackling him before the smoke is thick enough to obstruct your view of him.

"Excellent plan there."

Eh, I just wanted to try out this new type, since it's really hard to get quality control on these things. A recommendation to you, don't buy from Bursigs, their stuff leaks if you don't handle it gently and never deploys fast enough to be effective. I don't know why I even bothered stealing this from him."

I'll remember that the next time I'm breaking into somewhere."

Are you going to get off me anytime soon?"

"Possibly. One more time and I'm revoking your walking privileges."

When the smoke eventually dissipated, you head up off of him and stand with your back to the door. This doesn't appear to be going anywhere fast.

What will you do?

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Sorry for the slow updating recently.

[Jetroid]

==>

(What else CAN you do? I think the author should take initiative here, or roll new character or whatever.)

[mysticCharlatan]

>Gene: Have sudden urge to kick this kid in the head.

Because making our protagonist have crazy thoughts can only end well for everyone!

[red pharoah]

>Flash Forward or be another character or something

OR

>He's a kid , right? slightly younger than you? Can't you like, play some monopoly or something to pass the time?

[Sparks]

>Flash Forward

You suddenly FlashForward, and oh for the love of god, everything is still dark. Why the hell does this keep happening hey wait, someone's talking. Sounds like you.

"This is a terrible idea."

"Hey, you followed me, blame yourself. Besides, I'm almost through, we'll be done in a moment."

"This never would have happened if we just had that second round like I suggested."

"Do you know how long it would take to set that thing up again? To get all the little pieces back in place and-"

The voices cut off suddenly, and you're back to reality, with the kid giving you an odd look.

"Are you alright? Did I use too much smoke?"

"What?"

"You were kind of just standing there doing an impression of a statue. Any brain damage?"

"And you're still here because?"

"You were blocking the door and I couldn't uproot you. Has anyone ever told you how heavy you are?

>Gene: Have sudden urge to kick this kid in the head.

This is a very inviting urge. Nobody would ever know, he tried to run and he tripped, the boot print was just someone's shoe lying around... You decide to hold out on it for a while though.

>He's a kid , right? slightly younger than you? Can't you like, play some monopoly or something to pass the time?

You have no idea why you would cause damage to the local economy as a game, and you briefly ponder why you're calling the guy who isn't that much younger than you a kid. Probably the sense of authority and dismissal towards him when you use it, plus the personal detachment from him. But you do remember him saying something about setting up pieces in that FlashForward, maybe you'll try a board game.

"You know what, this isn't going anywhere fast. You got anything to do that doesn't involve someone getting injured or the amazing world of literature?"

"Well, I think I still have all the bits for Inquisition, I'll see if I can find that."

He gets up and rummages around in his desk for a while, eventually pulling out a wooden box, setting it down in front of you, clearing away some space on the ground. He opens it, revealing a little board and a ton of little pieces and units.

"Ok, this'll take longer than you'd expect to set up. You want blue or red?"

"Blue. Does this thing come with instructions?"

"Got them right here. Try not to tear it, the paper is really cheap."

About ten minutes later, you've got the game set up and you're currently playing it, with yourself currently on the defensive. It's shaping up to be a long game.

What will you do?

[Jetroid]

>Cheat like a Signan.

[Sparks]

>Cheat like a Signan.

You have no frame of reference for how a Signan would cheat, so you make some assumptions and proceed to play fairly and honestly.

What will you do now?