some will totally be like that but others wont care about that. other lessons may be interesting them, like advanced carpentry for the woodworkers so they can build stuff better.

>>182899
Hmm... I could use those ones for construction of new schools and maintenance. With the way things have been going for me lately, nothing can go wrong.

.... great, now something is going to go horribly wrong. you jinx it. you said "nothing can go wrong" which is basically telling fate 'i double dare you to make something go wrong'. hopefully it happens soon so we don't need to sit around waiting for it.

>>182944
What? I don't see how me saying that jinxes anything. I was... I didn't say it. I thought it. I was only thinking what I thought. Besides, by your logic, I could say something like 'everything will go wrong' and then I'd get ultimate power or something.

it's complicated, but if we talk about it enough it will go away. say 'everything will go wrong' won't get you ultimate power. it's like saying 'break a leg' to an actor before a play.

>>182953
I don't get why you're so worked up over my thoughts. If nothing goes wrong, then nothing goes wrong. Don't get so angry about it.
Armi:"Can have more food now?"

not angry, worried. but i see your point. anyway, let armi finish up.

>>182964
I hand the rest to her, and she happily munches on the food. I'm done with my thai, so I guess I should get a white mana ritual.

i suppose.

>>183447
Torus:"Jathura, make sure Armi doesn't leave this room. I don't want her wandering around some unknown place."
Jathura:"As you wish, master."
I step out of my chambers.
Daniel:"Is there anything can do for you?"
Torus:"You can keep standing watch there."
Daniel:"Yes ma'am."
I head on to the storage, get a white mana ritual, and head on over back to my room. I kind of want to make a nice speech to Armi before I hand the mana ritual for her to use.

"well here it is, the white mage mana ritual. take hold of it and your training can begin. but be forewarned, i will not take it easy on you. being good at magic takes are work and if you do not think you can handle it then tell me now. if you KNOW you can, then take it"

>>183557
Ooh, I like it. It sets the mood perfectly.
I enter my chambers. It looks like Armi is finishing up her food. I walk over to her and clear my throat to get her attention.
Torus:"Well, here it is, the white mage mana ritual. Take hold of it and your training can begin. But be forewarned, I will not take it easy on you. Being good at magic takes hard work and great dedication, and if you do not think you can handle it, then tell me now. If you know you can, then take it."
I hold it out for her. She looks at the scroll for a moment, then takes it from me. She then opens it and a white stream of mana transfers from the scroll to her through her eyes, nose, and mouth. After it stops, she starts crying.

probably scared her. but after a speech like that you can't ease up. she gets the rest of the night off but first thing in the morning training starts.

>>183570
Torus:"You shall get the rest of the night off. Training starts tomorrow, so you would do well to prepare yourself."
She just sits there and cries. The door to my chambers opens. It's Des.
Des:"We have a problem -chie. Haru doesn't want to eat -chie."

have jathura take armi to an unused room so she can get some alone time and sleep. let's go with des and see if we can make him eat.

>>183597
Torus:"Jathura, take Armi to an unused room to rest for the night. I have to go see Haru."
Jathura:"As you wish, master."
Des and I hurry on over to Haru's room. We open the door. Haru is standing on a chair with a noose around his neck. Shit...

he is still on the chair. freeze him and then have dez help you pull him down then unfreeze.

>>183605
Don't freeze him, destroy the rope instead.
Then ask what's wrong with him.

>>183608
I throw a mana blade at the rope. It severs, causing Haru to clumsily fall to the floor.
Haru:"Ow!"
Des:"Haru, you're a fucking moron."
Torus:"What's wrong with you?"
He looks at me.
Haru:"I can't stop thinking about that moving food. I don't want to be insane, so I'm killing myself."
He gets up.
Haru:"Don't you dare fucking stop me. It'll be insulting."

hit him in the pride "oh? so you are taking the cowards way out, just giving up instead of fighting through it? if you kill yourself i will find your clan and have you officially designated as the wimpiest thing ever." making him mad is better then having him depressed.

Saying that will hurt, but it seems necessary.
Torus:"Oh? so you are taking the cowards way out, just giving up instead of fighting through it? If you kill yourself, I will find your clan and have you officially designated as the wimpiest thing ever."
He turns to me.
Haru:"Fuck you! A coward would be too afraid to kill himself! A coward wouldn't do anything about it! I'm no coward! I will never be a coward! It's not who i fucking am!"
He's really pissed off. Tears are forming in his eyes.
Haru:"A coward would never do this either. Ravage."
AAAAAH! AAAH! That hurt so much... Everything's numb and blurry... I'm having trouble breathing...

just need little more "so, you are saying a brave warrior hurts his friends when they try to help him?" then you can pass out if you want.

>>183753
Torus:"S- so, you aaaaAAH!"
It hurts to talk...
Torus:"Y- you're s- saying... a... a brave w- warrior hur- hurts his..."
I need to make it through this sentence, then I'll send you to Haru. You may be able to convince him not to kill himself.
Torus:"...friends w- when they... w- when they t- try to... to h- h- help him?"
I'll see you... when I wake up... I hope...

...

...

What a bitch! She's not my friend! Friends don't insult other friends!

they do when they are acting stupid. decided you being angry rather then suicidal would be best. also, what the hell are you talking about with the moving food?

>>183766
What? Guidance spirit? Where'd you come from? And the kobold I had for lunch was moving so I'm turning insane. I think you're the ones being stupid. Des removes one of the things on his tail and walks up to me.
Des:"Quit being a moron, or I'll be forced to-"
Haru:"Paralyze."
Des falls to the floor limply.

uh huh. so the chance that it may have been possessed by a vengeful spirit never crossed your mind? you know with the whole deer of death corruption thing going on, ghosts would start getting more common as the Shepards for the underworld dwindle. you obviously need to exorcise it or something. if it works then you have to admit that you fucked up. if it doesn't then we will tell torus to let you go through with it.

@xom: when he performs the 'exorcism' remove the curse. making him not want kobold anymore is one thing but driving someone to suicide is another.

>>183982
Exorsism? I have no idea how to do that. And I really hate you guidance spirits right now. You're trying to get me to be somebody else. If I want to kill myself, just fucking let me!
{[Aww... And I was having so much fun~.]}

do you know a special place in hell exists for those who commit suicide? the middle ring of the seventh circle, where you will hang for eternity with no hope of salvation, for you gave up on life so a new one will forever be bared to you.

we know you know for a fact that gods and demons exist. so a heaven and a hell must exist as well.

just tell some random acolytes to get some white mages to perform an exorcism on that kobold.

>>183988
Quit trying to bluff. You know as well as everybody else that once you die, you become a ghost. No matter what. Once you're ghost, you have to wait for a deer of death to guide you. And there have been no cases of posession by ghosts, only cases of attacks by ghosts.

guide you to where though? a deer of death would find you and guide you to hell.

the kobold's ghost obviously tried to get back into it's body. the movements you saw a manifestation of it's struggle. it died scared not angry.

>>183993
I said quit trying to bluff! No deer of death is going to guide any ghost to a different realm of existence! A 'hell' is basically a mainly chaotic realm. Like the one Des is from. And ghosts are visible. If it was trying to get back in it's body, then I would've seen it! And I just found a vial of poison.

wow, i take it back, you aren't a coward, you're a whiny cry-baby. 'waah waah, my food moved i have to kill myself waaah waah waaaah'
that's what you sound like right now. i hope you get tortured by wiggling food for all eternity you whiny baby. know what your grave stone will read? "here lies haru, the whiniest cry-baby in the world"

>>183998
I'm not a coward! Neither am I a crybaby or a fucking prince! I'm just a black mage who doesn't want to be crazy! ...Fuck, I'm so pissed off, I can't open this shitty vial! These fucking hands aren't helping either!

wait what? you're a prince? no way!

>>184026
No, I am not a fucking prince! Don't call me that! Don't control my life! It's my life, not yours, gods damnit!

you're the one that said it first.

>>184030
No, I did not! You're exactly like my parents! You want everything to go your way and your way only! It's the reason I ran away! I hate them and I hate you! Now go away already!

this has been brewing for a long time, the kobold is just an excuse to go through with it. let's have torus, des, and you go see your parents and kick their asses, is that what you want?

>>184040
Well, I would like to do something about it because I'm not a coward. Maybe I should kill them. It'll teach everybody not to control my life.

deal, you don't kill yourself, we help you get revenge on your parents.

>>184224
I probably should heal Torus. I did a number on her. She probably will be incapacitated for a couple of days. I probably should apologize to you guidance spirits as well. I just got so angry at you and the others trying to control my every action. Just like my parents...

I grab Torus and bring her to her room. I heal her wounds as best as I can. She comes to.
Torus:"Uggh... H- Haru?"

it's okay, now that we know what's up we can work WITH you instead of against you.

i think it would be best to tell her what's up.

>>184231
We weren't trying to control your EVERY action, just prevent you from making a single horrible mistake.
I'm sorry if you didn't see it that way, but friends look out for each other. They step in and meddle with your affairs when you're screwing up, but the key difference is that you can and should do the same.
That's one of the reasons why you should pick friends you can trust; if you pick people whose judgement you can trust, then you don't have to worry too much about them trying to control you when they get involved.

Beyond that? If you don't like how your friends are involving themselves in your life, you can get new ones. In a few days you'll either decide Torus was right and forgive her for interfering, or decide she was wrong and kill yourself and/or stop being her friend.

>>184241
I'm sorry... It's just that my parents- mainly my dad- were extremely controlling, I had to have the exact same way of thinking he did. If I didn't he'd yell at me. My mother forced me to train to become a king. I didn't like it. I will kill the both of them.
>>184237
Yeah... I should...
Haru:"I'm sorry, Torus. We're going to see my... parents."
Torus:"W- why?"
Haru:"To get revenge on them for fucking with me so much."
Wait... if we bring Torus along, isn't that controlling what she does? I don't want to do that.

>>184390
You could ask her if she wants to come with you.

Rather than killing them, wouldn't it be a far more fitting punishment to have them imprisoned?
As punishment for taking away your freedom, they're denied their freedom.

>>184403
You know what? That does sound like a better idea.
Haru:"Um, that is, if you want to come with me."
Torus:"A- anyone who h- hurts my friends deserves... deserves to die. And Haru... Whoever... or whatever c- caused you to see m- moving food, I will kill t- them as well. You know why?"
Haru:"Why?"
Torus:"B- because I'm your friend, and friends l- look out for e- each other."
She winces in pain after finishing the sentence.

now that's a true friend. i guess give her a hug and let her get some sleep.

>>184454
Fine... I'll listen to you only once... next time, stop telling me what to do. I hug her, and she hugs back.

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Now, I let her rest.