"Are you sure you're all set, milady?" Mikoto asked, adjusting Ashara's hem and checking the knot on her sash. "I am quite sure. I have kept Sir Gromgard and Lord Chompy Bits waitijng for far too long as is." The white-haired fox replied, letting out a tired sigh. Her blonde cohort looking at her mistress with concerned ruby eyes. "I still don't understand why Lord Rodias would need all three of you to go hunt some... Weakling humans in a forest." Mikoto voiced her mix of frustration and non-comprehension. "Sir Gromgard and Miss Mamoru already proved that they were more than a match for the previous batch they met. Couldn't our Lord just have sent either of the those other two?" She asked, now kneeling down and adjusting and checking the straps of cloth tied around Ashara's shins and feet. "There were only a handful of them at that time, and we do not know how many lurk in the woods." Ashara replied, eyes closed, seemingly in deep thought - or just sleepy. "I do not know our Lord's reason, but I can only imagine he wishes to ensure that none of these unpleasant individuals manages to flee or escape." She then added, opening her purple eyes and looking at her sibling with a slight smile. "I... Still don't like it." Mikoto said, now done with fixing Ashara's garb, taking a step back and folding her arms infront of her. "You're not supposed to be running around out in the muck and mud, chasing troublesome nats and bugs. You're supposed to be here, with us, protecting the Chateau." The younger fox said with a huff. Ashara poked her little sister's chin, which caused the blonde to recoil in surprise and let out a small, but cute 'Hyah~?!', which made Ashara laugh. "But I am protecting the Chateau, Mikoto. By doing this, w are removing a potential thorn that could grow to a poisonous bramble later on, if not dealt with now." "I know... I just... I worry when you go out there alone." Mikoto muttered, kicking at nothing with one foot and scratching her arm. Ashara titled her head quizzically. "I shall not be alone... Lord Chompy Bits and Sir Gromgard will be with me." She explained, to which Mikoto sighed. "Alone, as in not having any of us with you." The slightly more intelligent younger sibling explained. "Oh~ Not to worry. Between the three of us, this should be a quick task. As long as nothing unexpected happens, of course." "... And now I'm even more worried..."
Ashara laughed, moving forward and embracing her three-tailed sister, gently patting her head. Mikoto pouted, but said nothing, instead letting her head rest against Ashara's shoulder. The blonde had always been a bit of a worry-wart, and perhaps Deka_Ribbon was to blame for that. Mikoto's personality parameters were set to be more observant, cautious, meticulous and overall just more intelligent than Ashara. It was for that reason that Mikoto was the actual leader of the Shadowtower Shrine, while Ashara was more of a figure-head. Naturally, nobody knew about this aside from Mikoto and Ashara themselves, along with Deka_Ribbon.
After all, Ashara spent very little time in the shrine proper - as her duties required her to be out and about, patrolling the Chateau every single day. This meant that the shrine's supposed leader wasn't around to give orders, instructions and carry out the duties needed to keep the place running. As such, Mikoto had been created to act as a 'big sister' or 'mom' for the other priestesses within the domain, so as to allow Ashara to perform her designated role without interference. Of course, back in YGGDRASSIL, this had all been nothing but flavor-text and roleplay-fluff, but ever since coming to this New World, it had been made reality.
Breaking off their hug from one another, Mikoto and Ashara nodded to one another.
"Well then, milady. Safe journeys to you." "I will return shortly, Mikoto. Take care of everything in my absence." Ashara said, smiling warmly, as she walked out of her room, then out of the shrine and finally back towards the blue gate.
Later...
Now outside the Chateau's main gates once more, Ashara took a deep breath and brushed a few stray strands of hair from her eyes, as the wind blew and caused her long, white hair to dance and flow serenely Now all that was left to do was to wait for Gromgard and Chompy to show up, so that the trio could get going and complete the task assigned to them by the Sable Lord.
Ashara isn't a minion-controller. The Shrine has maybe, at the most, two dozen other NPCs aside from she herself. Just in case anyone was confused about the number of people at the shrine. :o
@Kazemitsu The Frrgotten Ruins are a city, based solely on the surface of the grasslands. If there were underground sections like sewers or tunnels, they have long since collapsed or flooded over with centuries of rain, hail and snow. There are only buildings on surface-level left now.
@Click This No nation uses copper coins. Silver is the lowest kind of currency. As there is no universal currency, the exchange rate of silver-to-gold varies depending on nation. As such, I can only tell you the exchange rate for Palagria at this time, since it's the only nation I've (officially) created and listed so far. In Palagria, silver is typiaclly exchanged at a rate of 1,000 to 1. Ergo, a thousand silver coins equals one single gold coin in Palagria. For a feel for how prices work for mundane things, regular food items in Palagria usually sell for between 1 to 12 silver, depending on how hard the item in question is to get/make. Luxury foods or drinks tend to be sold at - usually - 20~100 silver, again depending on the rarity and difficulty of making/acquiring.
Basic food would be stuff like potatoes, tomatoes, carrots, sack o' grain, loaf o' bread, etc. Luxury foods would be stuff like chocolate, honey, coffee, tea leaves, wild game meats, pastries, etc.
I hope this helps. If you need further explanations or examples, let me know.
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Note: If there is a shortage of something, prices obviously rise.
@IceHeart Both are very cute. I feel that Violet would be helped by having, as you said, levels in Miner or Geologist or some such, rather than SMith. As mentioned already, if she is the Gate Keeper of the Chateau, even if her skills and classes added benefits to a party composition, it would be strange for the members of Banderstachers to bring along or remove the very first hindrance to enemy attackers who tried to get into the Chateau.
As for Talim, I really don't have much to say. He seems like a little miscreant, designed solely for the purpose of being a mischievous trollop. While humorous, the fact that there are already quite a few "asshole" charaters in the Chateau, and the current internal instability and political climate of the guild, makes me worry about him just being more fuel to the fire. Of course, if that's what you're going for, he's just fine, and we do have a ton of female characters as it is... Then again, this one's totally a trap, so ... Yeah... :p
Either one seems fine to me, I honestly don't have a real preference.
To give an approximation of how much gold is worth:
In Palagria, a full set of high-quality chainmail costs around 400 silver coins.
In most nations, people of common birth or low social standing rarely ever have possession of a single gold coin during their entire life, unless they're very frugal and thrifty.
Roughly speaking, you need about a 150~200 gold coins to purchase a decently sized estate, with a mansion, stables, servants quarter and hire on staff for it.
Basically, the guy who gets the reward is pretty well set for a long time. :P
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