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Threads Of Destiny(Eastern Fantasy, Sequel to Forge of Destiny)

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yrsillar said:
Hou Zhuang
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I still do feel for the dude. He's been trapped in a set Way and bartered like produce. The one happines he has found in his Bai wife got unjustly cut off, and he isn't even able to show their daughter affection.

I vote that we take this with the spirit that it was given. From a master spy/diplomat who has done their best to colate information on any of the choices.

Edit: on that note, I can't decide on who to vote for, so I'll give it a think and come back later.
 
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People please. What we were offered here is not just bonus points, but INFORMATION, SECRETS. Something like this has a lot more use to a clan we are going to interact multiple times.

For example, that bloodline book. We know that it's with the Meng, but that's it, we don't know who hold it and that kind of information is useful long term as then we don't need to comb the entire clan just to know where to ask. The same thing applied to the Meng musical arts collection.

To the Diao then. We will know their secrets, but considering we don't really have reason to interact with them beyond making them not angry this kind of information is wasted on them. Ok, we know they got this person, who has this kind of influence in the clan, who also hold this particular shiny item, who we don't want to be seen together by this guy to not offend them, and are someone who can give us some kind of future benefits like what this Bai is doing if they like us. If we only interact with them this one time then the influence part and possibly the clan dynamics is the only thing useful we got out of it as we don't have the timetable needed to add the Diao on top of the White Sky, Wang, Meng, Bao, Bai, and our other duties and activities to the Cai, our Household, and our Spirits.
 
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[X] The Meng Clan

The Bai probably have the richest material on the Meng, as neighbors simply out of practical paranoia.
Seems the best source to get a high level overview - Meng Dan is highly motivated to present a single unified face of the clan to us, or the closest approximation thereof, no matter the reality. Thats just how clans work.

Same way Bao had described the separatist uncle as a lone gunman. It is unlikely that it is true to such an extent.

yrsillar said:
Ma Jun looked more confident and less shrinking than the last time Ling Qi had seen her, having achieved a full third realm breakthrough. Her gown was a little more flattering, and Ling Qi had seen her trading flushed smiles with that other fellow, Gun Jun, as they passed one another in the intermission. She supposed that Gan Guangli wouldn't let anything untoward happen under his watch.
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Hmm!
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"I-um, I wish you success as well Sir Gun, I'm sure you will reach the third realm as well," Ma Jun stammered.

He laughed. "I certainly hope so. I will have to try not to disappoint you. Miss Jun… no, may I call you Ma Jun?"

He was still holding her hand, and it was growing increasingly difficult to speak, so she nodded.

Gun Jun smiled. "Then, Ma Jun, once our duties and cultivation are complete, would you like too…"

His words cut off as a faint whistling sound echoed through the sky, and his head jerked upward toward the sudden intruding presence. In an instant, she felt his qi rising as he interposed himself between her and the descending missile. Ma Jun as well, hastily expressed her zither, a song rising to her lips…

And there was a thunderous boom, drowned out by an even more thunderous voice.

"Ho comrades! I did not think you would have wandered so far afield today!" Lord Gan's voice echoed through the formerly silent ruin with the force of an explosion as he stepped out of the smoke that rose from his impact point.

Ma Jun stared at him, an indefinable feeling swelling in her chest.

Gun Jun, looking mortified took a rapid step away from her, opening up the distance between them to something more respectable.
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Do not fear! Gan Guangli is here to deal with any excessive handholding!
 
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I was all Diao at first read but I think I see the case for building our knowledge of the Meng.

[X] The Meng Clan

we'll see how the Counts see LQ in the future and adjust, but i think the Meng relationship could be a good place to explore.
 
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