Velocityquest III

[Velocity]

"I turned a pack of werewolves against their leader, so I should be capable of this. I just need to give them something to rally around... Would all of these tribes share any important common beliefs?"

[DraconicDescendant]

"I am...unfamiliar with the culture of my ancestors. Tribes tend to be quite different from each other, in language, religion, and culture. That's what makes them tribes."

[Velocity]

"I could also just provoke them all to attack the city at the same time, and take advantage of the situation. Is there anything else of interest in the area? Bandits? Monsters? Any important roads or rivers?"

[DraconicDescendant]

"I believe that there's an old fort nearby, since there have been tribal conflicts with Publia in this area for quite some time. Bandits, well, sure, you might find some. Whitewater river is still right next to us, and I'd say this road is pretty important since it's the main road between these places."

[Velocity]

"Would Mighton depend on this river for their water supply?"

[DraconicDescendant]

"Well...I guess they might, partially," says Rekchev. "But what are we going to do, dam up the river?"

[Velocity]

"Precisely. We have to do it in the right place, so that it's relatively out of the way, but they flood themselves if they destroy it. Any ideas?"

[DraconicDescendant]

"I'm not an engineer, I wouldn't know how to do this," says Rekchev. "Where would we get all the wood, ropes, nails, and tools necessary for the job, anyway?"

Pyro comes up to you. "Just between you, me, and him I guess," he says, gesturing to Rekchev, "I'm pretty sure we could use that fort over there as a holdout. We'd just have to clear out any squatters that might be there, but we should be able to manage it easily with the force we have right here!"

[Velocity]

"Seems like a good place to stop... I've got a basic idea of what we'll do here... I'll go to each of the tribes disguised as a guard and start butchering their women and children, then later I'll return as myself and convince each of them to attack a different gate at the same time. Beforehand I'll scout out some key locations with wooden supports or flammable objects, and as soon as the attack starts, Pyro will destroy all of them. I'll prepare a swiftness spell near wherever most of their military force lies, and tear them all to shreds, while the minions, Mekross, Severina, and anybody else who's up for it will attack in the confusion. We'll destroy the city specifically defended against military assault with military assault."

[DraconicDescendant]

"I...well, are you sure that's the only way we can go about it?" asks Rekchev. "I...don't like this plan."

[Velocity]

"You want a more ethical way to massacre a city?"

[DraconicDescendant]

"We don't have to go about slaughtering the native women and children!" says Rekchev. "I mean...can't we just leave them out of it?"

Odd, he doesn't care this much about all the human women and children you may have killed.

[Velocity]

"Why should I slaughter everyone but them? Because they're Muridae? Do you think they should be spared due to race alone?"

[DraconicDescendant]

"It's just that you're doing excessive work!" says Rekchev. "It doesn't have to be this complicated!"

[Velocity]

Start chuckling quietly, but then burst out into laughter for several seconds. Somehow manage to calm myself down, and reply to him, trying not to laugh again.

"You're acting as if any of this has any point to begin with!"