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TOPIC | [Fodderlocke]The Crime Lab(Open Posting)
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This is based on Squidragon's [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/qnc/2806527]Fodderlocke Idea[/url]. [i]You find yourself in a giant warehouse. Boxes of mysterious materials surround you, covering almost every inch of the floor other than the yellow line you've decided to follow. From behind a stack of boxes pops out a dragon. "Hello, my name is Chebeu. This is my business. How may I help you?" The blueish pearlcatcher shakes out his wings, his bandanna falling to the center of his chest. [img]https://flightrising.com/rendern/350/584800/58479962_350.png[/img] You stammer a bit. "I..I was told that you deal in crime-esque things here? I can't feed my family and I need help..." He looks you over once or twice, his eyes growing soft. "I see. Follow me and maybe we can find a place for you... Assuming you can pass the test of course..."[/i] [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/qnc/2815259/1#post_42108658]Rules[/url]||[url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/qnc/2815259#post_42108660]Meet the Team]
This is based on Squidragon's Fodderlocke Idea.


You find yourself in a giant warehouse. Boxes of mysterious materials surround you, covering almost every inch of the floor other than the yellow line you've decided to follow. From behind a stack of boxes pops out a dragon.
"Hello, my name is Chebeu. This is my business. How may I help you?" The blueish pearlcatcher shakes out his wings, his bandanna falling to the center of his chest.
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You stammer a bit. "I..I was told that you deal in crime-esque things here? I can't feed my family and I need help..."
He looks you over once or twice, his eyes growing soft. "I see. Follow me and maybe we can find a place for you... Assuming you can pass the test of course..."

Rules||Meet the Team]
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[center][b]RULES[/b][/center] [color=red]Modifications from testing in red[/color=red] [center][emoji=deer skull size=1]Set Up[emoji=deer skull size=1][/center] You need your first disposable fodder child, naturally. But this is not just any disposal fodder child. They are the founder of your new squad of completely horrible criminals. Buy yourself the cheapest adult dragon off the auction house. Appearance doesn’t matter when your only goal in life is to do crime. Level that dragon to 8. They must be stronger than their recruits. Strength is valuable. Important.. Vital to not being backstabbed. Put a big obnoxious crown and/or robe on them for good measure. They Must know their worth. They Must know that they’re better than alllll the others. If any dragon ever passes them in level, that dragon takes over as the new leader. Exalt the old leader. They must be banished in shame. Recruit your first crime buddies. Grab 4 more of the cheapest adults off the auction house. Level each of them to 6. [center][emoji=deer skull size=1]Daily* Tasks[emoji=deer skull size=1][/center] *If you really love coli you can go through multiple days in one. [center][b]Phase 1 > > >[/center][/b] Buy yourself the two cheapest adult dragons off the auction house. These are your potential recruits. Drag them through your two-fodder venue of choice together until they hit level 6. Roll a 6-sided die for each. If you get a 6, congrats! That dragon has passed your test and has been hired into your band of criminals. If a dragon fails, exalt it. It is not worthy of being among you. Continue your recruitment efforts until you get a successful recruit (or two at once if you’re lucky)! You may now move on to the drama phase. [center][b]Phase 2 > > >[/b][/center] There is much drama to be had in a band of criminals like the one you are running. Each day is full of terrible terrible happenings. Roll a 12-sided die. Your next challenge is as follows: [LIST=1] [*]There’s a scandal (or romance) afoot. Pick two of your ready to breed dragons at random if you have any. Put them on a nest. The babies will join your crime organization when they hatch. Level them to 5 when they come of age. If the parents would be exalted while they’re on the nest, wait until their nest hatches and Then exalt them. [color=red]If nobody is ready to breed, grab a random hatchie off the AH. A secret forbidden child or sibling has been uncovered.[/color] [*]There’s Romance in the air. Pick two dragons at random. They are now in a relationship. If one gets exalted, so does the other. Their fates are bound together. [*]Hunting trip. Take any two of your dragons into a coli venue that is too low for them to gain experience. (Your choice). Go until you get a familiar drop. [color=red]Alternate Hunting Trip Variation (based on suggestion by Alphazi) Roll 1d4: 1) Hunting Trip (Look for a familiar) 2) Treasure Hunt (Look for a chest or other openable) 3) Stocking up on Supplies (Look for a battlestone) 4) Costume Shopping (Look for an apparel item)[/color] [*]Freeloader. Some random dragon has decided to hang at your place. Who is this guy???? Grab the cheapest adult off the AH. Leave them at level 1. For bonus points, try sniping an underpriced adult. [*]Crimes time! Pick two dragons at random. They have to go on a quest now. Raise both of them a level. Roll a 6-sided die for each. If it’s a 1, exalt them as they were lost in the mission. [*]Crimes time! Pick two dragons at random. They have to go on a quest now. Raise both of them a level. Roll a 6-sided die for each. If it’s a 1, exalt them as they were lost in the mission. [*]Crimes time! Pick two dragons at random. They have to go on a quest now. Raise both of them a level. Roll a 6-sided die for each. If it’s a 1, exalt them as they were lost in the mission. [*]Kids can do crimes too. Grab the cheapest hatchie off the AH. Level it to 5 when it comes of age. [*]Backstabbing. Choose a dragon at random who is not the leader. Exalt them. Bye.' [color=red]Alternate Honorable Duel Option (inspired by suggestion by TheAwesoMew): Flip a coin, if heads, take two random not-leader dragons into the coli and exalt whoever faints first. If tails, do the backstabbing as above.[/color] [*]Test the Newbies. Roll a d10 for each of your lowest-level dragons. If it’s higher than their level, exalt them. They were not good enough. Raise the remaining low-level dragons by one level. [*]Major Heist!! This is it! Your time to shine. Roll a d12 for Every dragon. If you get higher than their level, exalt. Raise all survivors by one level. [color=red]Alternate Safer Heist Option: Flip a coin. Heads? the mission was a success! Instead of getting exalted on the failed role above, they simply don't gain a level. Tails? Exalt as above.[/color] [*]A coup! Exalt your leader. They have been dramatically betrayed by the others a la the ides of march. Determine a new leader from the remaining dragons. The highest level dragon will be it. If there is a tie, the oldest tied dragon shall be the leader. Level the tied dragon one level to make it better than its peers. After you finish your dramatic challenge, go back to the recruit stage (either the next day or immediately) and go again. Keep whatever pace you want. Catalogue your crew’s terrible life in a journal if you are feeling creative. [center][emoji=deer skull size=1]Bonus Rules[emoji=deer skull size 1][/center] Keep an eye on your drops while you’re in the coli. If you get any of the following while training, grant the following effects to your members who were in the coli with them at the time. [LIST] [*]Eliminate: Oh, bad luck. Exalt both of them. [*]Gene: Good luck! They’ve blessed you with excellent loot. Put an apparel item of choice on each to mark as given a second chance. If you would exalt them, instead remove the apparel. They have managed to scrape by. [*]Egg: Oh nice, think of how many hatchlings you can buy if you sell One egg. [color=red]Pick up the three cheapest hatchies on the AH. Level them to 5 when they come of age.[/color] [*]Rally: The current party is motivated! If they would have to roll as to whether or not they'll get exalted at the end of this coli event, they automatically succeed and return safely to your lair. [*]Ambush: Randomly choose one of the dragons in the current coli party. They flee and get the heck out. Immediately refresh, remove them, and replace them with a random other dragon. [/LIST] If you ever run out of dragons completely, you lose. Start over. [color=red]Consider keeping a high-score chart to see which crime organization lasts the longest.[/color] If you ever run into a very exciting dom raffle or battle, feel free to exalt/send as many as you want. Run out of space and need to cull the group? Yeet them. There is no mercy here in the fodderlocke. None at all. If for some ungodly reason a dragon ever gets to level 25, crown them the lord of all fodder. Give them stats & stones and pull them out to make them your new 2-fod trainer. Or exalt them for being too strong. Your choice. [center][emoji=deer skull size=1]Conclusion[emoji=deer skull size=1][/center] Feel free to post in the thread about what your band of thieves is up to if you'd like to try it out. And feel free to offer rules modifications, bonus challenges, and other exciting modifications.
RULES
Modifications from testing in red
Set Up

You need your first disposable fodder child, naturally. But this is not just any disposal fodder child. They are the founder of your new squad of completely horrible criminals.
Buy yourself the cheapest adult dragon off the auction house. Appearance doesn’t matter when your only goal in life is to do crime.
Level that dragon to 8. They must be stronger than their recruits. Strength is valuable. Important.. Vital to not being backstabbed. Put a big obnoxious crown and/or robe on them for good measure. They Must know their worth. They Must know that they’re better than alllll the others.
If any dragon ever passes them in level, that dragon takes over as the new leader. Exalt the old leader. They must be banished in shame.
Recruit your first crime buddies. Grab 4 more of the cheapest adults off the auction house. Level each of them to 6.
Daily* Tasks

*If you really love coli you can go through multiple days in one.
Phase 1 > > >

Buy yourself the two cheapest adult dragons off the auction house. These are your potential recruits.
Drag them through your two-fodder venue of choice together until they hit level 6.
Roll a 6-sided die for each. If you get a 6, congrats! That dragon has passed your test and has been hired into your band of criminals.
If a dragon fails, exalt it. It is not worthy of being among you.
Continue your recruitment efforts until you get a successful recruit (or two at once if you’re lucky)! You may now move on to the drama phase.
Phase 2 > > >

There is much drama to be had in a band of criminals like the one you are running. Each day is full of terrible terrible happenings.

Roll a 12-sided die. Your next challenge is as follows:
  1. There’s a scandal (or romance) afoot. Pick two of your ready to breed dragons at random if you have any. Put them on a nest. The babies will join your crime organization when they hatch. Level them to 5 when they come of age. If the parents would be exalted while they’re on the nest, wait until their nest hatches and Then exalt them. If nobody is ready to breed, grab a random hatchie off the AH. A secret forbidden child or sibling has been uncovered.
  2. There’s Romance in the air. Pick two dragons at random. They are now in a relationship. If one gets exalted, so does the other. Their fates are bound together.
  3. Hunting trip. Take any two of your dragons into a coli venue that is too low for them to gain experience. (Your choice). Go until you get a familiar drop.
    Alternate Hunting Trip Variation (based on suggestion by Alphazi) Roll 1d4:
    1) Hunting Trip (Look for a familiar)
    2) Treasure Hunt (Look for a chest or other openable)
    3) Stocking up on Supplies (Look for a battlestone)
    4) Costume Shopping (Look for an apparel item)
  4. Freeloader. Some random dragon has decided to hang at your place. Who is this guy???? Grab the cheapest adult off the AH. Leave them at level 1. For bonus points, try sniping an underpriced adult.
  5. Crimes time! Pick two dragons at random. They have to go on a quest now. Raise both of them a level. Roll a 6-sided die for each. If it’s a 1, exalt them as they were lost in the mission.
  6. Crimes time! Pick two dragons at random. They have to go on a quest now. Raise both of them a level. Roll a 6-sided die for each. If it’s a 1, exalt them as they were lost in the mission.
  7. Crimes time! Pick two dragons at random. They have to go on a quest now. Raise both of them a level. Roll a 6-sided die for each. If it’s a 1, exalt them as they were lost in the mission.
  8. Kids can do crimes too. Grab the cheapest hatchie off the AH. Level it to 5 when it comes of age.
  9. Backstabbing. Choose a dragon at random who is not the leader. Exalt them. Bye.'
    Alternate Honorable Duel Option (inspired by suggestion by TheAwesoMew): Flip a coin, if heads, take two random not-leader dragons into the coli and exalt whoever faints first. If tails, do the backstabbing as above.
  10. Test the Newbies. Roll a d10 for each of your lowest-level dragons. If it’s higher than their level, exalt them. They were not good enough. Raise the remaining low-level dragons by one level.
  11. Major Heist!! This is it! Your time to shine. Roll a d12 for Every dragon. If you get higher than their level, exalt. Raise all survivors by one level.
    Alternate Safer Heist Option: Flip a coin. Heads? the mission was a success! Instead of getting exalted on the failed role above, they simply don't gain a level. Tails? Exalt as above.
  12. A coup! Exalt your leader. They have been dramatically betrayed by the others a la the ides of march. Determine a new leader from the remaining dragons. The highest level dragon will be it. If there is a tie, the oldest tied dragon shall be the leader. Level the tied dragon one level to make it better than its peers.

    After you finish your dramatic challenge, go back to the recruit stage (either the next day or immediately) and go again. Keep whatever pace you want.

    Catalogue your crew’s terrible life in a journal if you are feeling creative.
    Bonus Rules

    Keep an eye on your drops while you’re in the coli. If you get any of the following while training, grant the following effects to your members who were in the coli with them at the time.
    • Eliminate: Oh, bad luck. Exalt both of them.
    • Gene: Good luck! They’ve blessed you with excellent loot. Put an apparel item of choice on each to mark as given a second chance. If you would exalt them, instead remove the apparel. They have managed to scrape by.
    • Egg: Oh nice, think of how many hatchlings you can buy if you sell One egg. Pick up the three cheapest hatchies on the AH. Level them to 5 when they come of age.
    • Rally: The current party is motivated! If they would have to roll as to whether or not they'll get exalted at the end of this coli event, they automatically succeed and return safely to your lair.
    • Ambush: Randomly choose one of the dragons in the current coli party. They flee and get the heck out. Immediately refresh, remove them, and replace them with a random other dragon.

    If you ever run out of dragons completely, you lose. Start over. Consider keeping a high-score chart to see which crime organization lasts the longest.

    If you ever run into a very exciting dom raffle or battle, feel free to exalt/send as many as you want. Run out of space and need to cull the group? Yeet them. There is no mercy here in the fodderlocke. None at all.

    If for some ungodly reason a dragon ever gets to level 25, crown them the lord of all fodder. Give them stats & stones and pull them out to make them your new 2-fod trainer. Or exalt them for being too strong. Your choice.
    Conclusion

    Feel free to post in the thread about what your band of thieves is up to if you'd like to try it out.

    And feel free to offer rules modifications, bonus challenges, and other exciting modifications.
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Crime Lab Team [img]https://flightrising.com/rendern/350/586163/58616237_350.png[/img] Spruce. Spruce is our sentry. I met spruce when I ran into him(literally) as he ran from the guards at the Fortress of Ends. [img]https://flightrising.com/rendern/350/586163/58616238_350.png[/img] Aix. Aix here was caught trying to pick the locks to our door. When he couldn't he broke the locks. Which is why you were able to walk right in. I should fix that... [img]https://flightrising.com/rendern/350/586165/58616450_350.png[/img] Riverdance. Riverdance was arrested for trying to keep her family safe from the patrols. They wanted to take her siblings for the Icewarden's army. She managed to get away from the guards but her family wasn't as lucky...I took her in when she had no one else to turn to. [img]https://flightrising.com/rendern/350/586906/58690503_350.png[/img] Columbia. Last but not least, we have Columbia. She's rather, erm...special. She found us by pure accident trying to remember where she parked her cart. We never did find it, but she's found a home with us. That said, she's not allowed to go out alone.
Crime Lab Team
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Spruce. Spruce is our sentry. I met spruce when I ran into him(literally) as he ran from the guards at the Fortress of Ends.

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Aix. Aix here was caught trying to pick the locks to our door. When he couldn't he broke the locks. Which is why you were able to walk right in. I should fix that...

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Riverdance. Riverdance was arrested for trying to keep her family safe from the patrols. They wanted to take her siblings for the Icewarden's army. She managed to get away from the guards but her family wasn't as lucky...I took her in when she had no one else to turn to.

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Columbia. Last but not least, we have Columbia. She's rather, erm...special. She found us by pure accident trying to remember where she parked her cart. We never did find it, but she's found a home with us. That said, she's not allowed to go out alone.
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[center]Those who failed[/center] [img]http://flightrising.com/rendern/portraits/563083/56308251p.png[/img][img]http://flightrising.com/rendern/portraits/511127/51112644p.png[/img][img]http://flightrising.com/rendern/portraits/585677/58567633p.png[/img][img]http://flightrising.com/rendern/portraits/585677/58567634p.png[/img][img]http://flightrising.com/rendern/avatars/585480/58547940.png[/img][img]http://flightrising.com/rendern/avatars/586201/58620086.png[/img][img]http://flightrising.com/rendern/avatars/569423/56942284.png[/img][img]http://flightrising.com/rendern/avatars/580011/58001053.png[/img][img]http://flightrising.com/rendern/avatars/568639/56863887.png[/img][img]http://flightrising.com/rendern/avatars/579993/57999278.png[/img][img]http://flightrising.com/rendern/avatars/560767/56076691.png[/img] [img]http://flightrising.com/rendern/avatars/587892/58789158.png[/img] Those who we've lost along the way
Those who failed
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Those who we've lost along the way
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Oh! A Shiny!! [center]Our Hoard So Far: 0 [emoji=gem size=1] 19296 [emoji=treasure size=1] 0 Egg 0 Gene[/center]
Oh! A Shiny!!
Our Hoard So Far:
0
19296
0 Egg
0 Gene
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[center][b]Our Founding.[/b][/center] [img]http://flightrising.com/rendern/portraits/555323/55532230p.png[/img] [i]Morticia found her life lacking something. Her mate Casper had given her a new life, and they'd had several ghastly children together but yet, she felt empty. That is til Chebeu approached her.[/i] [img]http://flightrising.com/rendern/portraits/584800/58479962p.png[/img] "Morticia, I need your help. I've found myself surrounded by some...friends... who are in desperate need to get stronger. You have the best reputation of the clan for training the weaker dragons. Will you help me? I can pay you eventually..." [i]"Of course my dear. It'd be my pleasure to teach them the ways of the ghastly warriors."[/i] [center][b]The OG Recruits[/b][/center] [center][img]http://flightrising.com/rendern/portraits/586163/58616237p.png[/img][img]http://flightrising.com/rendern/portraits/586163/58616238p.png[/img][img]http://flightrising.com/rendern/portraits/586165/58616450p.png[/img][img]http://flightrising.com/rendern/portraits/586906/58690503p.png[/img][/center] [center][b]The New Recruits[/b][/center] [img]http://flightrising.com/rendern/avatars/554874/55487338.png[/img][img]http://flightrising.com/rendern/avatars/587892/58789159.png[/img] [img]http://flightrising.com/rendern/avatars/588448/58844791.png[/img]
Our Founding.
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Morticia found her life lacking something. Her mate Casper had given her a new life, and they'd had several ghastly children together but yet, she felt empty. That is til Chebeu approached her.
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"Morticia, I need your help. I've found myself surrounded by some...friends... who are in desperate need to get stronger. You have the best reputation of the clan for training the weaker dragons. Will you help me? I can pay you eventually..."
"Of course my dear. It'd be my pleasure to teach them the ways of the ghastly warriors."

The OG Recruits
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The New Recruits
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[center]Day 1. The Test[/center] [img]http://flightrising.com/rendern/avatars/511127/51112644.png[/img][img]http://flightrising.com/rendern/avatars/563083/56308251.png[/img] Shimmer and Wei have decided to take the challenge. Both have failed [img]http://flightrising.com/rendern/avatars/585677/58567633.png[/img][img]http://flightrising.com/rendern/avatars/585677/58567634.png[/img] Withal and Sadie have also decided to challenge the group for entry. Both have failed. [img]http://flightrising.com/rendern/avatars/585480/58547940.png[/img][img]http://flightrising.com/rendern/avatars/586201/58620086.png[/img] Sunshine and Sterren also have taken the challenge. Again, failures. [img]http://flightrising.com/rendern/avatars/569423/56942284.png[/img][img]http://flightrising.com/rendern/avatars/580011/58001053.png[/img] Next up, Rapture and Yan. Both failed as well. Never have I seen more disappointing potential recruits. [img]http://flightrising.com/rendern/avatars/568639/56863887.png[/img][img]http://flightrising.com/rendern/avatars/579993/57999278.png[/img] Danerah and Trixibelle have both stepped forward. Unfortunately it seems I have wasted my time. [img]http://flightrising.com/rendern/avatars/554874/55487338.png[/img][img]http://flightrising.com/rendern/avatars/560767/56076691.png[/img] Wisteria and Moulin have stepped forward. Wisteria successfully joined The Crime Lab. [Center]Day 2[/center] [roll 12.] A coup! Chebeu has been over thrown. ((Will exalt after Ice games are done)).[img]http://flightrising.com/rendern/avatars/586906/58690503.png[/img] Columbia has taken his place. [center]Day 3 The Test[/center] [img]http://flightrising.com/rendern/avatars/587892/58789158.png[/img] [img]http://flightrising.com/rendern/avatars/587892/58789159.png[/img] Jet and Ormissuth demanded a shot at recruiting. Jet failed the test. [center]Day 4[/center] [roll 8.] Kids can do crimes too. Grab the cheapest hatchie off the AH. Level it to 5 when it comes of age. -> Modifying. I have a hatchling I can use in my lair. [img]http://flightrising.com/rendern/avatars/588448/58844791.png[/img] Asher joins the team. [center]Day 5 The Test[/center] [img]http://flightrising.com/rendern/avatars/587955/58795471.png[/img] [img]http://flightrising.com/rendern/avatars/587955/58795472.png[/img] Estelle and Shiho approached me asking for a shot. Seems word has gotten out about our operation here. Both passed the test. [center]Day 6[/center] [roll 2] There’s Romance in the air. Pick two dragons at random. They are now in a relationship. If one gets exalted, so does the other. Their fates are bound together. Estelle and Riverdance are in love :birdlove:
Day 1. The Test
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Shimmer and Wei have decided to take the challenge. Both have failed
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Withal and Sadie have also decided to challenge the group for entry. Both have failed.
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Sunshine and Sterren also have taken the challenge. Again, failures.
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Next up, Rapture and Yan. Both failed as well. Never have I seen more disappointing potential recruits.
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Danerah and Trixibelle have both stepped forward. Unfortunately it seems I have wasted my time.
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Wisteria and Moulin have stepped forward. Wisteria successfully joined The Crime Lab.
Day 2
[roll 12.] A coup! Chebeu has been over thrown. ((Will exalt after Ice games are done)).58690503.png Columbia has taken his place.
Day 3 The Test
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Jet and Ormissuth demanded a shot at recruiting. Jet failed the test.
Day 4
[roll 8.] Kids can do crimes too. Grab the cheapest hatchie off the AH. Level it to 5 when it comes of age. -> Modifying. I have a hatchling I can use in my lair.
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Day 5 The Test
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Estelle and Shiho approached me asking for a shot. Seems word has gotten out about our operation here. Both passed the test.
Day 6
[roll 2] There’s Romance in the air. Pick two dragons at random. They are now in a relationship. If one gets exalted, so does the other. Their fates are bound together.
Estelle and Riverdance are in love :birdlove:
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Restarting my fodderlocke. I had to sacrifice most of my team to various dom events in order to stay afloat on a pixel dragon game.
New Team can be found here:
Restarting my fodderlocke. I had to sacrifice most of my team to various dom events in order to stay afloat on a pixel dragon game.
New Team can be found here:
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