After everyone was gathered, I explained that Terra was going to help us get land for a house of our own.
Terra:
“Why not build it here? This is where you like to gather, right?”
Ariel:
“But there’s not enough room.”
Terra:
“Oh, don’t worry about these wooden buildings here. None of them are authorized. All the authorized construction in this city is done by me and built out of stone.”
Girl:
“Hey, if we can take over any spot in the slums, let’s take the boss’s place! With what you’ve been teaching us, we could take over as the new rulers of the slums!”
Terra:
“You kids wouldn’t be strong enough to take on the boss of the slums. Ariel would be able to, but he’s a monster and much stronger than any of the humans in town.”
Ariel:
“You think I could beat him?”
Terra:
“Yeah, he might be stronger than any of the trained human soldiers, but that’s not saying much. As weak as you are, he’s still weaker.”
Ariel:
“I don’t really want to stick around though. So, if I’m needed to keep things under control, then that won’t work.”
Terra:
“Can’t you just make equipment? If I shed fur, it’s still high grade fur. As a slime, you could shed swords and armor. It’d be stronger than your clones.”
Ariel:
“Hmmm… if I upgraded my vitality patches to include a healing spell glyph, I could have them auto heal the wearer when they are injured. Rank 4 armor and weapons would enable someone who is rank 2, to fight with a rank 3 on almost even footing. At the very least, numbers could make up for the difference in individual ability, but you all are only rank 1 right now though.
“Do you want to take over running the slums? I will have to ask you all to properly enforce laws and not just go about mugging people or demanding protection money.”
Terra:
“If you prove yourselves, we can make you officially part of the town guard. We haven’t bothered stationing soldiers in the slums because there wasn’t any reason too, but if Ariel is setting up here, that would be a reason to. Especially if you start selling more delicious food and spices.”
Ariel:
“You really just want me to make more delicious things for you to eat before I leave, don’t you.”
Terra:
“Of course! Wouldn’t hurt if you improved the sexual skills of your clones too.”
Ariel:
“Is that what they are going to be used for?”
Terra:
“What else would they be used for? They aren’t good to eat, and they can’t fight.”
Ariel:
“... ah, well…” *turning to the others* “sorry for not letting you all answer properly. What do you all think?”
Beastkin:
“We should take over the slums! Teach those bastards a lesson!”
“If we become guards, we’ll have a job, right?”
“I want to be strong! You’ll help us be strong, right?”
“If we take over, we can help others too!”
“Who else would we help?”
“Our mothers! The brothel is run by nasty people.”
“We should make a big building so we can replace the brothel entirely with our own place, and invite our mothers to live with us!”
Ariel:
“So, the plan is to take over the slums?”
Beastkin:
“Yeah!”
“Yeah!”
“Yeah!”
“Yeah!”
“Yeah!”
“Yeah!”
“Yeah!”
Ariel:
“So, where is the boss?”
Sam:
“I’ll show you the way!”
