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Bcom Since: Jun, 2014
#1051051: Jan 25th 2016 at 2:54:00 PM

Wood

I am the king of steam, also called a Caster, but please feel free to refer to me as Mr. B

RegularDefender MAYONNAISE from Blighty Since: Nov, 2012 Relationship Status: Singularity
MAYONNAISE
#1051052: Jan 25th 2016 at 2:55:56 PM

-nods- Pretty much, never felt I had time for it.

My life didn't really settle.

-nods- Aight... aight.

So- you're another one of the Servants...

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Bcom Since: Jun, 2014
#1051053: Jan 25th 2016 at 2:59:48 PM

Woods

yes but my master and I rarely have contact, we're both busy people

ramuf Electric Heart from the Shining Throne Since: Jan, 2013
Electric Heart
#1051054: Jan 25th 2016 at 3:05:58 PM

That's a shame. I think it's pretty fun.

edited 25th Jan '16 3:06:15 PM by ramuf

RegularDefender MAYONNAISE from Blighty Since: Nov, 2012 Relationship Status: Singularity
MAYONNAISE
#1051055: Jan 25th 2016 at 3:14:12 PM

Definitely heard that from one of my friends- Sirom.

Pretty sure he had a girl in every port we went to. Not exactly the most virtuous of guys I know, definitely.

He said to me once- Love is worth a lifetime of gold.

And that he was rich with love.

-nods- Mm.

Yeah- I- know Berserker a little.

-has just sat down, axe across his knees-

... I also know a bit about the Red Winter. Though not much that's a direct help in this situation.

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ramuf Electric Heart from the Shining Throne Since: Jan, 2013
Electric Heart
#1051056: Jan 25th 2016 at 3:16:15 PM

Nothing really wrong with having that many people, I don't think.

RegularDefender MAYONNAISE from Blighty Since: Nov, 2012 Relationship Status: Singularity
MAYONNAISE
#1051057: Jan 25th 2016 at 3:24:51 PM

Mmm. Well- his attitude ended up costing him, a little.

Not just- gift wise. I mean, a roman merchants' daughter, found out about the other girls because she managed to get on one her fathers' trade voyages, and- well- met Sirom, whilst he was out with one of his other lovers in Athens.

It- Didn't end pretty. Romans have very stubborn grudges- and being Carthaginian never helped that particular relationship to begin with.

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ramuf Electric Heart from the Shining Throne Since: Jan, 2013
Electric Heart
#1051058: Jan 25th 2016 at 3:26:32 PM

What, did she kill him?

RegularDefender MAYONNAISE from Blighty Since: Nov, 2012 Relationship Status: Singularity
MAYONNAISE
#1051059: Jan 25th 2016 at 3:30:52 PM

Close- the Roman traders caught him on her orders- and she nearly killed him. I say nearly because her father got the ransom off to us, with a note that she wanted to do it, and if we didn't comply that we'd get him back in separate packages.

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Imca (Veteran)
#1051060: Jan 25th 2016 at 3:31:50 PM

-pokes... then nervously waves to garcia-

ramuf Electric Heart from the Shining Throne Since: Jan, 2013
Electric Heart
#1051061: Jan 25th 2016 at 3:32:02 PM

That just seems really extreme. I can't really think of a good reason to go through all of that trouble.

SR3NORMANDY Problem Child from N/A - In constant flux Since: Jul, 2012
Problem Child
#1051062: Jan 25th 2016 at 3:34:25 PM

-Waves back-

-Seemingly unbothered by her weirdo hat friend-

What if there’s no better word than just not saying anything?
RegularDefender MAYONNAISE from Blighty Since: Nov, 2012 Relationship Status: Singularity
MAYONNAISE
#1051063: Jan 25th 2016 at 3:35:40 PM

Mm. Well- certainly we didn't intend to get into a fight on foreign soil- even if it was neutral territory. Wouldn't reflect well on Carthage... at least the Romans made a bad showing for themselves. We paid the ransom and got him back.

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ramuf Electric Heart from the Shining Throne Since: Jan, 2013
Electric Heart
#1051064: Jan 25th 2016 at 3:37:34 PM

Guess I don't really get the whole- rivalry between the countries and how serious it was.

RegularDefender MAYONNAISE from Blighty Since: Nov, 2012 Relationship Status: Singularity
MAYONNAISE
#1051065: Jan 25th 2016 at 3:41:22 PM

Yeah. Well- it was very intense.

Most of the time, the only reason we weren't going to war is because both of us knew it'd cost too much to be worth it.

Fight by proxy of mercenaries, and pirates.

Merchants, too.

Though Rome was more focused on Northern conquests than Trade.

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ramuf Electric Heart from the Shining Throne Since: Jan, 2013
Electric Heart
#1051066: Jan 25th 2016 at 3:44:17 PM

That kinda thing seems like it'd be more expensive in the long run.

RegularDefender MAYONNAISE from Blighty Since: Nov, 2012 Relationship Status: Singularity
MAYONNAISE
#1051067: Jan 25th 2016 at 3:46:10 PM

Point for the state was that it was out of government cost- and more- individual cost.

If the Merchants fight, then its' the Merchants' profits at stake.

If they succeed, then its' more money to the state through tax- if they don't, then its' slightly less tax.

Minimizing and keeping it as an informal war.

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Bcom Since: Jun, 2014
#1051068: Jan 25th 2016 at 3:46:37 PM

Woods

ah yes, I've heard of this issue. I've been preparing myself incase I encountered it, haven't left my lab in weeks

ramuf Electric Heart from the Shining Throne Since: Jan, 2013
Electric Heart
#1051069: Jan 25th 2016 at 3:48:52 PM

It's a bit unfair to make the merchants pay for all of it if the two states're the ones benefiting the most off of it.

RegularDefender MAYONNAISE from Blighty Since: Nov, 2012 Relationship Status: Singularity
MAYONNAISE
#1051070: Jan 25th 2016 at 3:51:50 PM

As a guy that lived through it, my advice is have plenty of heat with you.

Fires, preferably.

You- said you were a king of steam, right?

It is. Its' a bitch.

But at the end of the day- yeah- Rome hates us that much, and we can only really afford to be defensive of our own interests, anyway.

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ramuf Electric Heart from the Shining Throne Since: Jan, 2013
Electric Heart
#1051071: Jan 25th 2016 at 3:56:06 PM

I just can't wrap my head around stuff like that. It's really short-sighted.

Imca (Veteran)
SR3NORMANDY Problem Child from N/A - In constant flux Since: Jul, 2012
Problem Child
#1051073: Jan 25th 2016 at 3:58:51 PM

I'm Gracia. This is my new best friend Cole. He thinks you're strange because you're not real like the other people.

What if there’s no better word than just not saying anything?
RegularDefender MAYONNAISE from Blighty Since: Nov, 2012 Relationship Status: Singularity
MAYONNAISE
#1051074: Jan 25th 2016 at 3:59:41 PM

People in power just don't do wise things, sometimes.

Their long-term shoring is probably in their conquests.

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Bcom Since: Jun, 2014

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