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Harvest Moon ~ Willow's Valley

@VKAllen We certainly can have one. But I was wondering if adding another lady would throw off the balance of nature

(High Casual) An Age Old Feud

@Bishop If Jack dies he has no guarantee that the royal blood dies with him nor can he even be sure that a loyalist with no true claim to the throne will step in. If anything, it wouldn't be a Jack loyalist and if there was no heir then Slibah could and likely would become a puppet state. Or there would be conflict as various houses vie for the position. Does Jack honestly think some guy who supported a terrible person and a worse king would sit the throne for any meaningful period of time? What's stopping the people from using Jack's death as a means of revolution? They're surely not happy with him as is. If anything, so far Maddox seems far more reasonable by virtue of the fact that he's not a raving lunatic that murders people for no reason. Jack dies and the control he has dies with him.

If Jack is put in prison it's not an act of war. An act of war would be threatening Jack or else harming him or things in that vein. Jack coming in and murdering civilians or else doing harm to the foreign lands is Jack doing actions that could be taken as a declaration of war. Jack is a guest, technically, and shitting on the carpet is not going to do anyone any favors. You think that Jack being punished for his actions will spur the people to war because their king is a fucking asshole who thinks he can do whatever he wants?

Jack isn't a godking, especially not in a territory that doesn't belong to him.

But let's assume that arresting Jack for crimes (hypothetically) starts a conflict. Slibah would be heavily disadvantaged because they'd be down a king and it's not as if the army is full of loyalists. It would create a vacuum and do more harm for Slibah than anything else. 'Loyal to the country, not the king' is a sentiment I'm sure is shared with a good number of people in Slibah.

It is an empty threat because Abhain can wait for Slibah to implode and swoop in and end the long standing conflict in the chaos of a power vacuum. There is no possible way that every single man, woman, child, and soldier is loyal to Jack. And what are the accompanied men in Abhain going to do if Jack fucks around and makes things bad? Fight the fuckin' army on their home turf? Good luck with that.

Jack is a terrible king and he'll be even worse if his plan is "Yo I'm gonna kill some of your people, Maddox, but don't do anythin' in response or it's war, k?" He's not the fucking Joker and inciting chaos and calling it a plan.

(High Casual) An Age Old Feud

And I'm saying that a king that declares war while being punished for crimes is going to be disappointed when war doesn't happen. Sure he might have some loyalists, be it out of fear or something, but what's to stop Maddox or other Abhanian types from putting Jack in confinement for crimes? "I'll declare war if you put me in jail" is a rather empty threat given this particular circumstance. Jack has several moves at the moment, few of them good, but that really shouldn't even be on the table here.

(High Casual) An Age Old Feud

What Jack doesn't seem to get is that declaring war while within Abhainn's borders would be the stupidest thing he could do. He's rash but he shouldn't be stupid. Doing something so rash and openly hostile while in the heart of the enemy kingdom is basically asking to have Jack be taken to the gaol at best. Would he declare war and make a run for it? That would be like going into a police station and shooting a gun in the air. What king would turn a blind eye to a madman murdering his people and saying "WAR'S ON!"? If he really wanted to declare war, it would've been a stronger message of intent to refuse both the wedding and showing up in person. There's no really good scenario for Jack if he murders innocent foreigners in their homeland and/or declares war while a guest of a sovereign nation. Kings aren't above the law when they're not within their own borders.

Increasingly it seems Rhoslyn is going to have to be the one that does the duties.

(High Casual) An Age Old Feud

If Jack kills any member of the rival kingdom openly and directly it wouldn't go so well for him, king or otherwise. I mean, he kind of has no power in this territory since you know. Kingdoms.

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Monster Musume: Everyday life with Monsters.

Welcome to the Coven of Fun new guests. No promises that Sara will be on her best behavior

Monster Musume: Everyday life with Monsters.

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When the phone hung up, Sara hadn't even known what she had agreed to. That was becoming a frequent occurance in the young woman's life. It was why she now had Light and her Goddess to concern herself with and it would be why there were soon to be strangers knocking on her door. But the artist didn't worry about that; as soon as the phone call ended and her mind peeled away from the allure of dungeons, chains, and being bound for extended periods of time, the scent of the bacon entered her nostrils and with it her eyes widened.

"No!" Sara jogged to the stove top, turning off the flames and wafting the small plume of smoke away from the sizzling pan. The bacon that lay limp on the grease-coated pan was a bit on the...extra crispy side with edges that were approaching shades of black. Any longer on the pan and it was likely that the bacon would be burnt beyond recognition. It was all she could do to hope that Goddess and Light didn't mind a bit of crisp to their pork.

Fortunately the other parts of the meal went off well enough. Sara's specialty had been eggs and the perfect yellow yolk of a sunny-up egg stared back up at Sara from its resting spot atop a piece of lightly toasted white bread. Two slices of tomato were plated next to the bread and egg, with the bacon and beans occupying the rest of the plate. Sara took a moment to look at both plates, nearly identical (though Goddess had a slightly larger portion, due to her position and all), and smiled - pleased with herself even in spite of the burnt bacon. From the small fridge she grabbed a can of beer and cradled it under her arm as she carried the food out to her new house mates.

"I know it's not a feast but consider this meal my way of welcoming you both. I hope you like it here." Sara offered the food to Light and Yoki, the latter of whom also received the beer can as requested. "Shall I give you your footrub as you eat, Goddess?" Even though Sara asked she was already at the foot of the couch kneeling as if about to pray. Her eagerness truly knew no bounds. Or binds. Indeed, Sara was about to proceed to the foot massage early until the knock came at her door.

"Ehh?" Sara turned her head to the front door, upset that she was interrupted right as she was about to continue doing as her Goddess demanded. "Visitors?" It was only as Sara got to her feet and shuffled her way to the door that the finer details of the previous phone conversation played out in her mind. Oh. There was quite the misunderstanding going on. Sara's face was redder than the tomatoes on Yoki an Light's plates as she opened the door. Hopefully no one would ask why.

It wasn't as if she could simply tell them to leave; after all they had come this way. And maybe interaction would be good for them. "Oh! Uhm...he...hello..." Sara wasn't normally awkward when answering the door but given the misunderstanding of her saying yes as well as the strong blush to her cheeks, it was difficult to be anything other than nervous. "I...come in...come in...just...come in."

Sara held the door open for Shau and Shau's friends, all the while keeping her head firmly planted downwards.

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Monster Musume: Everyday life with Monsters.

I'll answer the door after work. Things are gonna meet.

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