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[Mary]

Perhaps the rabbit I just got was defective and needs to return to the breeder (sigh)

[Kelly]

Mary wrote: "Perhaps the rabbit I just got was defective and needs to return to the breeder (sigh)"

My parent's took our rabbit to a breeder once when I was small. I'm sure I didn't know what was going on at the time but he had hundreds of rabbits in cages in his backyard. The baby bunnies are ridiculously cute.

[Mary]

agreed so adorable~

I do admit to feeling a bit flustered with the latest

now off to rearrange my reading LOL

[Kelly]

no need to re-arrange reading. Dr. Cottage is still planning on making an announcement tonight.

[Moderators of NBRC, Challenger-in-Chief]

Doctor Cottage steps into the tavern and clears his throat.

"Ahem. If everyone would like to head over to my cottage, I have some announcements to make regarding the plague."

[Teresa]

Paper Civet #1 killed!! I need to level up my staff to do more as I don't have the hp to continue, but I'm only 6 books away from that... so maybe there will be some left in a week for me :)

[Reva]

Killed Paper Civet #2

[Mary]

Killed #3 Paper civet

[Reva]

This is a great way to earn Exp Pts and for those with orbs of water, HP

[Zuzana]

Killed Paper Civet #4

I wonder how many heroes will/can participate so we can estimate how long till the cure.

[Reva]

There's about 15-20 active players

[Kelly]

Each request from Dr Cottage will be different and focus on different areas so even if you can't do much on one, another might fit you more closely.

[Zuzana]

I wonder how often can they participate. See Teresa. I have no idea how many heroes have 10 AP weapons (without the horse bonus).

I would be happy if we could reach the cure in 2-3 weeks. Is it realistic? What do you think, Reva?

[Reva]

Here's my Quick Lies submission:

Jordan, a young widower with 3 rambunctious sons was at his wits end. How was he supposed to cope at home and run his Masonry business at the same time?  

His thoughts turned to the previous night where he had met a young gentlewoman named Rose at the Guildhall Celebration. She was neatly dressed and while no beauty, had a quiet countenance. She was in the village visiting her married sister and was going to depart for home in a few days. 

Dare he offer her a position of Nanny?  Meeting Rose the next day he did just that. 

If I Stay , she said, there have to be a few rules. I'll only do light housekeeping along with caring for your sons. Regarding any personal attraction that might develop between us due to our sharing the same roof I have A Single Demand . I'm a virtuous maid. There will be no kissing, no fondling, no Secret Seduction. If such as that happens, Consider me a Virgin Bought and Paid for and we would have to be married at once or risk unacceptable scandal.

Jordan agreed to her conditions and asked her to proceed him into the house to meet his children. Eyeing her gently swaying backside and trim figure, he thought maybe a little seduction and marriage might happen sooner than she thought.

[Nancy]

Oh, I can't quite kill a Paper Civet yet...hmm, if I get my first level of Everybody Lies done, that will give me 2 Heal Potions, one which I can use to go on a Paper Civet hunt, and the other I can store just in case this infernal plague hangs around. I'll be back...

[Zuzana]

I love the story, Reva. Pretty neat. :)

[Zuzana]

NancyHelen wrote: "Oh, I can't quite kill a Paper Civet yet...hmm, if I get my first level of Everybody Lies done, that will give me 2 Heal Potions, one which I can use to go on a Paper Civet hunt, and the other I ca..."

Well, I might be shooting myself in the leg here. But my advice to you, NancyHelen, is to think twice before you waste the potion on the Paper Civet. I can imagine that under certain circumstances it would be better to store the potion (for the cure or for other use).

[Nancy]

Thank you for the advice. As I am discovering, heal potions are not easy to come by and health is a luxury. I blame my poor health on too much drunken debauchery in the various kingdom taverns and several minor skirmishes with some rats :-(

[Reva]

NancyHelen wrote: "Thank you for the advice. As I am discovering, heal potions are not easy to come by and health is a luxury. I blame my poor health on too much drunken debauchery in the various kingdom taverns and ..."

I agree with Zuzana save your heal potions for more important battles. Who knows when the Caravan will return. There are plenty of us around who can one-shot the Civet with no damage to HP.

[Reva]

Zuzana wrote: "I love the story, Reva. Pretty neat. :)"

Thanks Z

[Alex]

I actually really like the idea of collaborative working. I can't one-shot paper civets but I'd like to kill a couple to help out.

[Cait S]

Apologizing up front to everyone because I can't one hit these things and I'm not going to waste my healing potions on this. Sorry. I'm sitting this one out. We'll see what the other tasks are, I guess. Thank you to those taking them out.

[Cathy]

I can help out a little, but they're not one shot for me without my cat.

Cute story Reva!

[Zuzana]

Thanks, Cathy!

Guys, do you know any other heroes with 10 AP weapons? Maybe they don't know about the latest development. We could PM them to let them know about the civets - they are cheap source of xp afterall.

[Rebecca]

I can't one shot them either. I'll try and help out, but without my bunny...I don't know how many I'll be able to kill.

[Reva]

If you're going to lose major HP then leave the battles to those who can one shot these suckers.

Under no circumstances should anyone waste precious heal potions.

It may take a few extra days to lift the plague, so spend that time leveling up your hero or weapons or completing quests to make you stronger for the next surprise down the line -- and you know there WILL be other surprises. :-)

And thanks Cathy.

[Zuzana]

Well, my advice:

if you have a 5-9 AP weapon, a few HPs to spare (5 or more to be precise), and you do want to help to lift the plague

kill one civet, you'll lose 4 HP but you'll get 2XP for that, not a bad bargain IMO.

If you plan to kill more than one, do it at the pace of one civet a week. That way you'll get 2XP for every attack.

[Rebecca]

Exactly Zuzuana. The extra Exp point makes it even more enticing! I can definitely do 1 a week and a had 18 HP so I have some time to kill them before I'm close to dead.

[Alex]

That was my plan - a civet a week at the same time as I kill my rats. I'll lose some health but less than when I go after bats and goblins.

[Cat]

Zuzana wrote: "Thanks, Cathy!

Guys, do you know any other heroes with 10 AP weapons? Maybe they don't know about the latest development. We could PM them to let them know about the civets - they are cheap source..."

I'm doing my bit! I even decided to kill the Blue Dragon for the Orb of Water = double rewards absolutely worth using most of my heal potions now! Just need to get finish the academy history quest to get another heal potion now...

[Teresa]

I will try to level up my staff asap. My plan has shorter books so it shouldn't take too long :)

[Cait S]

Is the caravan not coming back until all of the animal types are healed?

[Emily]

I regret that I am unable to help kill Civets at this time. :(

I'm just a lowly Level 3 Hero with a Level 3 Sword, and only 2 HP left. I'm somewhat close to leveling up, so if I can replenish my HP before the Civets are all taken care of, I will do what I can.

Until then, I will stay here at the tavern, offering to buy a drink to anyone who comes in thirsty after a tough-fought Civet battle.

[Zuzana]

Catherine, that's the way to go. The orb of water is a super useful item to have.

When you're going after the Blue dragon try to use minor health and health potions (if you have them) instead of major health potions for extra 5 AP damage to the dragon. It helps quite a lot.

[Zuzana]

Cait, it seems so. But frankly I don't believe it. At this pace, the healing would take at least 2-3 months (and I'm being optimistic). I don't think that Tea and Kelly will let us suffer that long.

[Cat]

Zuzana wrote: "Catherine, that's the way to go. The orb of water is a super useful item to have.

When you're going after the Blue dragon try to use minor health and health potions (if you have them) instead of ..."

Sadly I needed to use both of my major health potions to avoid being burnt to a crispy critter during the battle. A cunning use of my damage potion did mean a reduction of one heal potion required though!
I hadn't planned to kill the dragon today, but on Sunday, after eating a chocolate rabbit egg. Sadly, that wasn't going to happen, so a rapid rejig to get the orb now was in order (civet killing = free exp and now free HP!)

[Zuzana]

Yay! Congrats on your dragon slaying, Catherine! Enjoy your new orb. It's worth all those healing potions.

[Cait S]

Zuzana wrote: "Cait, it seems so. But frankly I don't believe it. At this pace, the healing would take at least 2-3 months (and I'm being optimistic). I don't think that Tea and Kelly will let us suffer that long."

Wow.

[Reva]

Can we get an estimate to complete the beans? So far we have:



Reva. ----- 7 Paper Civets per week
Zuzana --- 7 Paper Civets per week
Rebecca - 1 Paper Civets per week
Zee. ------ 1 Paper Civets per week


100/16= 6.25 weeks

I'm sure we can bring this average down.

[Kelly]

Cait wrote: "Is the caravan not coming back until all of the animal types are healed?"

That's the plan currently but I'm never stuck to anything that doesn't seem to be working so we'll leave it as a "we'll see" type answer :)

[Kelly]

Also, I'd like to reiterate for those who have trouble killing Civets. Every task for Dr. Cottage will be different so even if you can't do this one much you can probably help with the others more.

I'm also ok launching two tasks that overlap if one goes on too long. Let's see how things are shaping up. :)

[Teresa]

Give me a week to level up and I can do a civet a day. That will help your average.

[Zuzana]

Reva, Teresa is going to join us in killing 1 civet a day as soon as she upgrades her staff.

I snooped around a bit and found out that Lady Katie has a 10 AP weapon. If anybody could entice her to participate in the civet killing that would really help.

[Zuzana]

Lol. Teresa, you beat me with your answer.

[Zuzana]

Reva, there's also Catherine for 7 civets a week.

[Cat]

Zuzana wrote: "Reva, there's also Catherine for 7 civets a week."

there certainly is!

[Reva]

Can we get an estimate to complete the beans? So far we have:



Reva. ----- 7 Paper Civets per week
Zuzana --- 7 Paper Civets per week
Rebecca - 1 Paper Civets per week
Zee. ------ 1 Paper Civets per week
Catherine - 7 Paper Civets per week

100/23= 4.35 weeks

With Theresa 7 Paper Civets per week

100/30= 3.33 weeks. Getting better!

I'm sure we can bring this average down.

[Zuzana]

We can try and get Tea to participate, too. The plague was her idea after all. ;-)

[Reva]

Zuzana wrote: "We can try and get Tea to participate, too. The plague was her idea after all. ;-)"

LOL I like your thinking.

[Sara]

Oh, I can't one shot Civets either and I first have to level my hero up as I have no HP left at the moment (and don't want to use any Heal Potions for now).
But I'd be glad to help you out with killing a couple as that extra EXP point is definitely enticing :)