OMETOTCHTLI + AMALTHEA

[soulping]

Welcome to Jambudvipa!

Well, specifically, Gangaridai, a jungle region in the easternmost part of the subcontinent of Jambudvipa, which is currently under the rule of the semi-native Gurkhani Empire. It's a ~*strange and mystical land*~...well, at least to all of you.

You, the JAMBUDVIPA TRADE COMPANY, are here from The United Empire, in order to establish a trade outpost and begin milking this land and its natives for all they're worth! However, it would probably help you if you start by getting permission from the Gurkhani Emperor...

The trials that await you and how you handle them will determine the fate of the region, and perhaps the entire nation, in the years to come...

Comments

RULES

[soulping]

The rules of this game are simple! You will be presented with a series of scenarios, and the goal is to accomplish them in such a way that it furthers your group's goal, to the best of your ability! In order to aid you in this, you have a SPECIAL ABILITY that you can use once during the game!

JAMBUDVIPA TRADE COMPANY - Can purchase anything smaller than a city.

ROUND ONE

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Landfall!

You are, of course, not the first foreigners to arrive on these shores. The United Empire has sent several ships and advance parties already, but the Gurkhani have been less than accepting of them. This time, however, it'll be different.

You've already commandeered an old base camp at the edge of the jungle, and the ship you came on has a wide array of carpentry, mining (including a few sticks of dynamite!), and construction tools, but very little supplies. There's a quarry not too far away, even.

You need to set to work improving the camp to defend it in case you are attacked. Currently, a few natives from a nearby village are watching you and your crew as you prepare.

DISCUSSION

[soulping]

Re: DISCUSSION

[unguilded]

Uwah, we're working together! Let's do our best to help each other!

ACTIONS

[soulping]

[ FOR THINGS THAT YOU ARE DOING THAT ARE NOT YOUR FINAL SOLUTION ]

Re: ACTIONS

[lucciola]

Before we take further action, we begin by calling over and speaking to the natives to ensure them we do not harbour any hostile tendencies towards them, and perhaps ask to work together.

TURN-IN

[soulping]

Re: TURN-IN

[lucciola]

The men who go off to the quarry to help the natives will also get a good look around the area to see if there's anything else of interest on the way. The closer to their base, the better chances of expanding and maybe picking up other materials along the way.

We also thank the natives for their answers. We tell them we know our word alone isn't enough, but we're not interested in fighting with anybody, and instead want to work with everybody so they can bring trade, which is important, but also give the natives and their land the respect it deserves. And that we hope we can do that. We also offer to help them again if they need anything, and tell them we hope we can offer more help next time around, assuming we get our base fortified and spread out a little more.

We also add that we hope the Emperor does extend an invitation to us, and hopefully if we prove to be respectful he'll do so, and that we hope he'll take note of our aid so far.

Back at the base, we'll send a few men to start fishing for extra food so the workers are eating and energized. And we'll also be sending off some men around the area to scout. Partially to get more of an idea of the surrounding area that the quarry-goers missed, but also to gather any extra supplies to work on the base if they find any. Any villages or areas they come across that seem populated or in use they won't stray too close to out of respect for now. Any areas with materials that don't seem to be in use that are close enough they will gather from.

ROUND TWO

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A few weeks have passed, and your outpost has begun to thrive. Now that you're properly established, and things seem to be going fine, it's time to pay the nearby village a proper visit.

The people here seem to be a lot more okay with you than you'd been expecting -- a talk with the village's ruler should help to figure out why. Other than that, points of interest are the healer, a leper that the villagers consider to be possessed and lives on the outskirts, and some frenzied yelling coming from deeper in the jungle.

DISCUSSION

[soulping]

Re: DISCUSSION

[unguilded]

I wonder why people seem so touchy about us wanting to see the Emperor... I'm expecting some sort of shocking twist about that.

Either way, maybe we should split up and get things done faster. Do you want to talk to the ruler about their amiability? And I can go ask about that sound...

ACTIONS

[soulping]

Re: ACTIONS

[unguilded]

Rook focuses on talking to the people, mainly to ask them about that noise coming from the jungle and what ... it is...

Re: ACTIONS

[lucciola]

Castling talks to the village leader to find out the reason for their amiability, and also perhaps ask if there is a possibility they could lend us the services of a healer.

TURN-IN

[soulping]

Re: TURN-IN

[unguilded]

We ask the leper to either bring, or draw out a map for our men to/of the temple, so they can explore it for themselves. ... they'll all get a note to specifically not touch anything they find at its core-- or anything serpent-shaped, but to scavenge and keep a close eye on things nonetheless, just in case there's something of interest/use to them. Thank the leper and ... say if we find something that might cure him we'll definitely help him.

We agree to help the village in exchange for the healer's services, and also so we can expand ourselves a little. We don't take over their village or anything, but we do spread out so we can start to gather more supplies for us. This will hopefully help out our own base in terms of food gathering and the like, maybe even adding another outpost or two somewhere. We let the villagers know that we plan to find out what the state of other similar villages are, and while we will protect them if the Gurkhani attack, we won't seek them out.

If we run into any Gurkhani, we'll make it clear that we don't want to fight, but these villagers helped us out and if it's possible to find a way to avoid this, we're willing to look for it. We'll keep our healer close as well so we don't lose any more villagers if the Gurkhani don't want to ... listen to that.

ROUND THREE

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It's been a few months, now, and the emperor of the Gurkhani Empire has noticed your progress. Unable to strike directly at you now, due to the support of the locals, he has invited you to his palace.

Do you accept? If not, what do you do?

DISCUSSION

[soulping]

Re: DISCUSSION

[unguilded]

Geh, our explorers!

TURN-IN

[soulping]

Re: TURN-IN

[unguilded]

WE ACCEPT!!!!!!!!!!11!

ROUND FOUR

[soulping]

You enter the emperor's throne room, and he immediately demands to know why you have come to this land, and what, exactly, your goals are. This is it! This is the time to make your dreams come true.

DISCUSSION

[soulping]

Re: DISCUSSION

[unguilded]

Well, an honest explanation seems like the best course of action here...

ACTIONS

[soulping]

Re: ACTIONS

[unguilded]

We explain to him that we came here from the The United Empire to establish a trade outpost.

We only have two goals here. One is to secure a thriving form of trade that benefits both us and this land and will continue to do so over generations. The other is to do so in a manner that doesn't steamroll those who have settled here first, but rather work with them so we can perhaps provide even more to trade that we find in these lands, as well as give them something back to the people here-- possibly even in the form of something they currently don't have.

We explain that just like we want to work with, respect (EMPHASIS ON RESPECT) and become friends with the villages we've allied with, we also wish to do the same for you, but not at the price of oppressing the natives. We say we're sure that there's a way this can be done with no fighting and nobody feeling trampled upon.

We in turn ask what the emperor's goals are.