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

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[X] Ask about Awakenings and Yith packs.
[X] Ask for clarification of what Minds and Eyes are and how they function in Shishigui society.
 
[X] Ask about Awakenings and Yith packs.

[X] What is the World Corpse and why is it called that?
 
[X] Ask about Awakenings and Yith packs.
[X] What do you think the best way to deny them this consensus would be?
 
[X] Ask about Awakenings and Yith packs.
[X] Ask for clarification of what Minds and Eyes are and how they function in Shishigui society.
 
[X] Ask about Awakenings and Yith packs.

[X] Ask for clarification of what Minds and Eyes are and how they function in Shishigui society.
 
Shu Yue said:
"The young Miss is a woman of measured means. The ticking hands of a clock move little, but their advance remains inexorable," Shu Yue mused, seemingly to themself. "Good, the first step in the success of an operation is a clear vision of its goal. No amount of force can bring victory if you cannot envision your end."
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You must appreciate, young miss, that setting life goals is akin to a heist
 
[X] Ask about why consensus matters to Ya and the Minds.
[X] What do you think the best way to deny them this consensus would be?
 
[X] Ask for clarification of what Minds and Eyes are and how they function in Shishigui society.

[X] What goods do your cities offer for trade, and what would you seek in return for trade?

[X] Ask about underground networks below emerald sea which Shishigui use to communicate and travel between each city.
 
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[X] What goods do your cities offer for trade, and what would you seek in return for trade?

[X] Ask about underground networks below emerald sea which Shishigui use to communicate and travel between each city.

[X] Are the shishigui open to a future where both imperial and underground societies coexist peacefully for mutual benefit?

Benefits~
 
[X] Ask about Awakenings and Yith packs.
[X] Ask for clarification of what Minds and Eyes are and how they function in Shishigui society.
 
I'd be interested in finding out if there are Shishigui settlements in our new territory. If so I'd be very interested in diplomancing them. If we could make useful connections to the Shishigui and to the Ice Tribes we would have a unique position at the forefront of political matters. This would help us distinguish ourselves and provide the kind of unique protagonist tier advantages we'll need to keep advancing.
 
[X] What is the nature of their cultivation system? How do they use the concentrated and refined impurity, when imperial mortals are sickened by it?

[X] What goods do your cities offer for trade, and what would you seek in return for trade?
 
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Brimston Ash said:
[X] Are the shishigui open to a future where both imperial and underground societies coexist peacefully for mutual benefit?
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You know, I'm not sure this is a relevant question to ask this person, or this people, right now. They've been forced into submission by Shenhua, the Ultimate Radiant Tyrant of Oppression Mom, lol. They don't have any other choice at the moment other than coexisting peacefully. Its for their survival that they cooperate with Shenhua and ES forces, they've been shown that much. The Duchess isn't open to any other type of future so what's the point of asking this question? I feel like this person might resent our pretending that she or her city-state have another choice or that there is another answer.
 
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[X] Ask about Awakenings and Yith packs.
[X] What do you think the best way to deny them this consensus would be?
 
[X] Ask about Cities situation surrounding the new area you will establish
[X] Ask about sensory techniques of the Shishigui
 
[X] Ask about Awakenings and Yith packs.
[X] Ask for clarification of what Minds and Eyes are and how they function in Shishigui society.
 
[X] Ask about Awakenings and Yith packs.
[X] What do you think the best way to deny them this consensus would be?
 
[X] Ask about Awakenings and Yith packs.

[X] Ask for clarification of what Minds and Eyes are and how they function in Shishigui society.

[X] How do Ha of Three Hearts and Ya of the Seven Part Sword differ in Way/Ideology?

[X] Ask about the Shishigui's Art/Music/Entertainment.
 
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Juli Freixi said:
[X] Ask about underground networks below emerald sea which Shishigui use to communicate and travel between each city.

[X] Ask about the different cities/factions of the [shishigui - we don't have a name for the whole?] and what they want?

[X] Ask for clarification of what Minds and Eyes are and how they function in Shishigui society.

[X] Ask why not all of their people seem to be sentient

[X] Ask about Awakenings and Yith packs.

[X] What goods do your cities offer for trade, and what would you seek in return for trade?
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Lena27 said:
[x] What is a melding? What is the "squealing, toothy worm covered in wriggling, hairy cillia" the Lith meld with, and why would it grant instincts at the cost of some portion of the Lith's life?

[X] Ask about Awakenings and Yith packs.

[X] What is the World Corpse and why is it called that?

EDIT: Screw it, I'm gonna approval vote for now. Also I know the World Corpse is the Mother but I wanna hear the creation story from the Shishigui side of things and see how it differs. Should be fascinating.

[X] What is the nature of their cultivation system? How do they use the concentrated and refined impurity, when imperial mortals are sickened by it?

[X] Ask for clarification of what Minds and Eyes are and how they function in Shishigui society.
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Zithinoth said:
[X] Ask for clarification of what Minds and Eyes are and how they function in Shishigui society.

[X] What goods do your cities offer for trade, and what would you seek in return for trade?

[X] Ask about underground networks below emerald sea which Shishigui use to communicate and travel between each city.
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Brimston Ash said:
[X] What goods do your cities offer for trade, and what would you seek in return for trade?

[X] Ask about underground networks below emerald sea which Shishigui use to communicate and travel between each city.

[X] Are the shishigui open to a future where both imperial and underground societies coexist peacefully for mutual benefit?

Benefits~
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We only get two votes.

yrsillar said:
Write In up to two questions. The top three voted will be answered in the next update.
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[X] What is the nature of their cultivation system? How do they use the concentrated and refined impurity, when imperial mortals are sickened by it?

[X] Are the shishigui open to a future where both imperial and underground societies coexist peacefully for mutual benefit?
 
[X] Ask for clarification of what Minds and Eyes are and how they function in Shishigui society.

[x] What is a melding? What is the "squealing, toothy worm covered in wriggling, hairy cillia" the Lith meld with, and why would it grant instincts at the cost of some portion of the Lith's life?

yrsillar said:
"...You believe you could have fought then?" Ling Qi asked, she still did not understand the shishigui, nor the extent of their power, and that made her nervous.

Tcho-Ri let out a hissing breath, and her reedy voice gained just a hint of defiance. "We could have fought, Victory a gleam of hope, but not wholly impossible. Together, as god, the World Corpse would quake in the clash. But your god is mightier than Ha-of-Three-Hearts, and godwar brings only ruin. Baroness Ling, we submit to your league."
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yrsillar said:
"The words are different, but the meanings are the same," Tcho-Ri replied. "You say county, we say city. You say province, and we say league. There are no great leagues here, so far from the holy lands, but this too we understand."
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yrsillar said:
"What then do you know of the people of Lith and the god Ya?" Ling Qi said politely. Ya-lith-kai, those were and should be the focus of her and the Empire's ire.

"Ya-the-Seven-Part-Sword dreams of war and a great league," Tcho-Ri said flatly, their artificial voice conveying a deep dislike. "Their ambition echoes in the tunnels. Many have submitted, their lands are wide, their soldiers many. Their Minds are old and hard as stone, and their Eyes see what they wish to see."
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yrsillar said:
"This Baroness Ling is more knowledgeable than her kin," Tcho-Ri said. "It is true, the sixth and the seventh cities of Ya-lith-kai suffer. The blood of the World Corpse flows sluggish from her wounds there. Perhaps there is truth and your harvesting conflicts with theirs. More likely, this one thinks, this is an exercise in crafting consensus. A god divided could not stand against your Cai. The Minds of Ya seek glory and a great league. Each city brought to consensus brings might to Ya. They seek to use you as an instrument in this."
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Hmm, seems like their White+ tier entities are formed out of cities or leagues, and not as irreversible as we assumed going by their boosted missiles. So their entire polity fuses into a single high cultivation being which presumably burns lives to keep going.

Its something to engage only if the alternative is extinction. Activating it is a guaranteed double loss.
 
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