#sliske-the-mahjarrat

[pachirsdoodles]

MAHJACATS? CATJARRATS? WHO KNOWS!

[taffingspy]

RAC monthly prompt - Wholesome

don't worry Azzanadra, the entire empire already knows

[stellarana]

Zaros assigning roles to the Mahjarrat be like:

(Please note that this is very inaccurate, I do understand the actual lore I’m just simplifying it for comedic purposes)

Zaros: Ok, so, Zamorak, you have the strongest psychopathic tendencies out of all the Mahjarrat, the right place for you is leading the army. You get to be in charge of Hazeel, Zemouregal, and the chubby nerd.

Wahisietel: Wait what?

Zamorak: *evil laugh*

Zaros: Sliske, you seem to be the troublemaker of the group so you get to be in charge of the secret police.

Sliske: *not listening, busy scaring Wahisietel and Jhallan with a large tarantula*

Zaros: Trindine, you actually have the skills that would make you best suited to the role I just assigned to Sliske. And you seem to already have a bit of a grudge towards him. You get to be his secretary.

Trindine: WHAT. NO. 

Zaros: Alright you’re not his secretary but you’re still going to be working for him and won’t really be able to do much without his permission.

Jhallan: AGHHHH SLISKE GET IT OFF GET IT OFF!!!

Zaros: Let’s see… Ah, Bilrach. You seem eager to do anything to please Zamorak. You’re going to be under Azzanadra’s command.

Bilrach: What?

Azzanadra: MY command?

Zaros: Oh yeah, I forgot to mention, you’re the Pontifex Maximus.

Azzanadra: The what?

Zaros: You get to wear a hat.

Azzanadra: *puts on the hat and some cool sunglasses* Let’s go.

[kethsi]

Ok but the fact that rs players genuinely don't know that rs has a calendar with original names of months, as well as days of the week - named after the seven priestly warriors who blessed the river salve, by the way, not and NOT Mahjarrat #4875589475486546's puppets is slightly disheartening, actually.

[sacredshadow]

(early sixth age)

Sliske: Would you still like me if I sent Gielinor into a state of chaos by pitting all the gods against each other in a competition for the Stone of Jas?

Azzanadra: Probably not as much. I mean, you still haven't apologised for the whole killing Guthix thing, you'd really be pushing the limits by doing another stupid thing like that.

Sliske: Would you still tolerate me if I sent Gielinor into a state of chaos by pitting all the gods against each other in a competition for the Stone of Jas?

Azzanadra: I'm going to have to think about that one. Why do you ask?

Sliske: I'm planning on sending Gielinor into a state of chaos by pitting all the gods against each other in a competition for the Stone of Jas.

[flyingsquirrely]

Desert Treasure 2

Spoilers for that quest (and for some for Mahjarrat-related stuff in RS3) below the cut.

Holy shit, congrats to OSRS on making Sliske a creepy bastard. What the heck does he want with the PC? Could be wight-ification, could be something else... I still remember that implication in RS3 that he was after the World Guardian's soul. What's he planning to do during the Ritual? Is he still working for Jas? It's cool that his plans are different between OSRS and RS3, keeps the mystery alive for people who've played both.

I'm really interested in how Sliske describes his... inhabitation of those wights. What does he mean they're "more real" than his Mahjarrat form??

Man, what's going to happen when Sliske's and Lucien's plans collide at the Ritual? That's a really fun twist. I can't imagine having a minimum of 2 plots and 3 (if While Guthix Sleeps goes the same way as it did in RS3) Elder Artefacts in the same place is going to go well for anybody, especially with the Stone of Dragonkin Bait being one of them.

The PC sheperding Dr. Banikan around was really funny. 😂 This man solo'd entire armies and here the PC is telling him to wait behind them while they clear the way. You can see how bemused he is about it. I wish I'd looked up Azzanadra in the golem while he was nearby. I did after he left (along with a bunch of other stuff), but I didn't realize he had unique dialogue for it.

I liked the tie-in to Garden of Death, that was a quest I wasn't expecting to enjoy near as much as I did, so it was cool to finally come face-to-face with Kasonde. Even if he was Sliske. The bastard. That death scene was brutal. How much of it was Kasonde and how much was Sliske?

Thanks to the Whisperer, I now know how to prayer flick and swap tabs with Fn keys! I am also out like a million GP! Fuck that fight! Took like a solid 8 hours of attempts to complete. Xau-Tak stuff is my jam, though. Wonder where that plotline is going. 👀 Saw someone on reddit speculate that the Sailing skill might get some Xau-Tak connection. That'd be cool.

Mysterious Figure, my beloved. Love how much of a blood knight she is in the final fight against her. Very sad she never disguised herself as the Sandwich Lady for me. The one random event I got while carrying a medallion did scare the bejeezus out of me, though.

Very excited for While Guthix Sleeps and the next steps in the Mahjarrat questline! I really want to punch a bunch of Mahjarrat in the face. Please also give me Wahisetiel soon. I could use another Mahjarrat around who doesn't hate my guts or have sinister plans for me.

[smokescholar]

∗ 75﹕ sender  and  receiver  go  on  a  hike . :3!

Wahi wouldn't pass the opportunity, Gods knew he needed to get out more. The Mahjarrat had become a creature of habit, and it took more than a gentle coaxing to get him out of his 'lair'.

He had forgotten to pack his tobacco, but you know what? He didn't even care. The smell of grass after rain, the rustling of trees in the wind, the familiar voice of an old friend was all that he needed. He should do this more often, it would do him some good to get back to his roots every once in a while.

"Thank you, for allowing me to tag along. I...missed this, it reminded me that I'm not meant to be stuck indoors. If you ever want to just, you know - get away from things and go for a good long run, I will always be available."

He didn't often get to spend time with the other ancient, whether it was work, one of Wahi's fixations or just Sliske being...well, Sliske. But what time they did spend in each other's company, he had a tendency to hold on pretty tightly to. Not many people really understood him as much as Sliske did.

Wandering slightly off the trail, he stopped to pick a couple wild flowers for pressing. He didn't know how to use a camera, and he wanted something to remember the day by.

"There's a landmark not far from here, right? We should go there, I heard the view is truly spectacular."

𝟏𝟎𝟎 𝑵𝑶𝑵𝑽𝑬𝑹𝑩𝑨𝑳 𝑷𝑹𝑶𝑴𝑷𝑻𝑺 || @serpentongue || Accepting

[courtiers]

[pachirsdoodles]

[taffingspy]

Get hypnotised nerd

[stellarana]

Me: So why do you Mahjarrat all wear those skirts?

Azzanadra: Well, they’re not really skirts-

Sliske: They’re surprisingly comfortable

Wahisietel: And they look good.

Akthanakos: Well, it is a bit hard to ride a camel with them on.

Sliske: No-one knows if you’re not wearing anything underneath. }:)

Me: Are you saying there’s nothing under that skirt…?

Sliske: That’s right ;)

Azzanadra: ITS NOT A SKIRT

Akthanakos: *takes a few steps away from Sliske*

Me: So under the skirt there’s NOTHING, then your legs?

Azzanadra: NOT A SKIRT!!!

Sliske: *smiles and nods* You can see if you want to be sure.

Wahisietel: I’m afraid it’s true.

Me: *takes a few steps back* there’s nothing under the skirt eek

Sliske: 😈👗(why no skirt emoji?)

Azzanadra: FOR THE LAST TIME ITS NOT A SKIRT AND SLISKE STOP FLIRTING

[skyotters]

Shall we Dance?

[sacredshadow]

First encounter + dogs.

And I mean a species looking simmilar to Icthlain, I wonder what their first reaction would be

Ok, so Icthlarin is based on a jackal, an animal closely related to the dog (same genus). In RuneScape, jackals can be found in the area that the kharidian-zarosian war would have been fought, so presumably there would have been some around back then, but presumably they would have been avoiding all the fighting and maybe only coming out to scavenge and have a look around at night/when nobody is fighting. But apparently jackals can and have been domesticated, so I’m going to assume that the menaphites would have done that and the first dog that the Mahjarrat come across would be a jackal being kept as a pet by a soldier. 

Also please note that at this point the Mahjarrat have little to no understanding of the Geilinorian common tongue, but I’ll put in all of that dialogue, just assume that unless I say otherwise, the Mahjarrat don’t know what it means. They will be speaking Freneskaen, which I will be putting in bold like this. They also will be speaking a bit of Geilinorian but don’t really know that much of it.e it

“I think it’s alive…” Wahiseitel ventured, examining what looked like a crumpled brown pile of fabric next to the containers of supplies, alerting Azzanadra and Nabor to the mysterious object. Now that he took a closer look, it was moving with a regular rhythm. Azzanadra crouched down beside is friend, Nabor observing the situation by peering over his shoulder. Yes, Wahiseitel seemed to be right. It did seem to have features that a crumpled piece of fabric wouldn’t. Closed eyelids were close to little white shiny shards poking out from a slat that ran just above where the fabric seemed to fold around, ending near something that could be a nose but Azzanadra had to poke to be sure.

Suddenly it stirred, the sudden unexpected movement sending all three of them scrambling over each other to get away as it sprung onto four spindly sticks and cowered against one of the supply containers, the sticks bending as it whined and tried to get as far away from them as possible. “Yeah, I think it’s alive.” Wahiseitel repeated.

“It looks a bit like Icthlarin. The head, I mean.” Azzanadra observed, closing one eye and tracing his claw around the shape of it. “Yeah… Maybe they’re related? It’s kinda small, it could be his child?” proposed Nabor, crawling a little closer but flinching back when it let out a growl that Azzanadra then echoed. Nabor continued his analysis. “But why would he leave it unattended like this? Surely he would either be keeping an eye on it, or get someone else to. Maybe we should bring it to him?” He attempted to approach again, this time getting down to its level and purring gently and soothingly until it started to relax and even look towards him. And of course, that was when Sliske decided to show up.

“Don’t worry Nabor! I’ll save you!” Sliske cried as he ran in, pushing Nabor to the side and scooping the creature up. He then proceeded to drop it, and as it fell yelping, he brought his foot up to propel it in an arc through the air that ended with it slamming into a human just walking out of a nearby doorway. “Wait, Sliske! That’s Icthlarin’s-“ But it was too late. The human nearly fell over as the baby Icthlarin crashed into their side, bumping the little dish of brown mush they had been holding onto the ground. Nabor and Wahiseitel ran over to make sure it was alright, but the human had already scooped it up and was cradling it in their arms, glaring at Azzanadra and the other three Mahjarrat.

“Oi! What the fuck do you idiots think you’re doing with my dog?!” The human yelled, the menacing effect of them slowly walking over to confront them ruined by the way they were gently whispering to the creature and the fact that they were absolutely defenceless against four much larger and more powerful opponents. “I think they said ‘My’, doesn’t that mean something belongs to them?” Wahisietel mumbled. “Maybe it’s their child?” Nabor theorised. Azzanadra shook his head. “It doesn’t bear much resemblance to them…” But maybe human young just looked like that? He hadn’t seen any yet, and this was certainly not what he wanted to have as his first experience with one. “Wait, that’s their child? Oh shit. I though it was some sort of enemy that had snuck in.” Sliske whispered quickly before disappearing much more quickly than he had arrived.

That… was actually some good logic. And probably the only reasonable excuse they had. “Uhh… Enemy?” Azzanadra asked, pointing to the child. “No! Not enemy! Friend!” The human yelled, stabbing their finger through the air at the child. “Friend.” Azzanadra repeated. That must be the child’s name. Wahisietel nodded. “We sorry hurts friend.” The human made a noise that sounded like  maybe it was trying to growl but ended up just letting air out without much noise. “Don’t ever come near me or my dog again.” The human muttered. “They don’t want us to do that to them again” Wahiseitel translated. “What, kick their child into them? You would think not.” The human let out a huff and began marching back inside, Friend growling at them from over their shoulder. “Well, that went pretty smoothly.”

[fiendoffreneskae]

Frozen

The culprit who threw the snowball at Azzanadra.

Following @scalywinged‘s Ice Barrage