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The Path Unending (A Cultivation Quest)

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[X] Cloud's Breath has recovered from it's previous exertions and the Scepter of the Moloth burns bright with power. This is the perfect time to do some long-delayed cycling.
-[X] Cycle Cloud's Breath towards Elegant Plume
-[X] Cycle Scepter of the Moloth to heal
 
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Vesvius said:
This… is everyone you know going to wind up with an animal companion of some sort? Are you going to return to the sect and find Xu Yun followed by a school of adoring fish?

At least you don't have to worry about that happening to you.

<Mu-GHI!>

At least you don't have to worry about that happening to you again.
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Don't jinx it, next thing you know you'll have a puppy following you alongside an incredibly jealous cloud.

[X] Cloud's Breath has recovered from it's previous exertions and the Scepter of the Moloth burns bright with power. This is the perfect time to do some long-delayed cycling.
-[X] Cycle Cloud's Breath towards Elegant Plume
 
[X] Zhuan Kun has not produced his statue for once. Instead, he is contemplating what looks to be a large Garden of Beasts board and playing a phantom opponent. You may lack your own forces for the most part, but surely he has an extra set to loan you, and you have to be a better opponent than the phantoms of his own mind.
 
[X] Cloud's Breath has recovered from it's previous exertions and the Scepter of the Moloth burns bright with power. This is the perfect time to do some long-delayed cycling.
-[X] Cycle Cloud's Breath towards Elegant Plume
-[X] Cycle Scepter of the Moloth to regain Anam
 
[x] Cloud's Breath has recovered from it's previous exertions and the Scepter of the Moloth burns bright with power. This is the perfect time to do some long-delayed cycling.
-[x] Cycle Cloud's Breath towards Elegant Plume
 
[x] Cloud's Breath has recovered from it's previous exertions and the Scepter of the Moloth burns bright with power. This is the perfect time to do some long-delayed cycling.
-[x] Cycle Cloud's Breath towards Elegant Plume
-[x] Cycle Scepter of the Moloth to regain Anam
 
[X] Cloud's Breath has recovered from it's previous exertions and the Scepter of the Moloth burns bright with power. This is the perfect time to do some long-delayed cycling.
-[X] Cycle Cloud's Breath towards Elegant Plume
-[X] Cycle Scepter of the Moloth to regain Anam
 
[X] Cloud's Breath has recovered from it's previous exertions and the Scepter of the Moloth burns bright with power. This is the perfect time to do some long-delayed cycling.
-[X] Cycle Cloud's Breath towards Elegant Plume
 
[X] Zhuan Kun has not produced his statue for once. Instead, he is contemplating what looks to be a large Garden of Beasts board and playing a phantom opponent. You may lack your own forces for the most part, but surely he has an extra set to loan you, and you have to be a better opponent than the phantoms of his own mind.

I agree with House Pet, Cloud's Breath will take 3 actions to complete our technique and we can get the same benefit from a Wonder or Pill. If we needed both Smoke and Wind or were only 1 use away, I would think differently.
 
[x] Cloud's Breath has recovered from it's previous exertions and the Scepter of the Moloth burns bright with power. This is the perfect time to do some long-delayed cycling.
-[x] Cycle Cloud's Breath towards Elegant Plume
-[x] Cycle Scepter of the Moloth to regain Anam

We need to master more of our techniques. We are going to be away from our usual Smoke aspects Wonder for a while and this is the technique we are closest to mastering. The sooner we master it the more useful it will become as well as potentially upgrading it once we gain more Insights. To quote Sister Xiong: "There will always be demands on your time, Kong Zhi, no matter how much of it you have... Do you think that allowing your own advancement to stagnate for 'other demands on your time' will be helpful in the future?"

Side note: how exactly does the attribute gain for mastering a technique work? Does the attribute of the technique gain a point when we master it or something else? And how does it impact our maximum Anam and Anam regeneration? Because I saw a reply earlier with a character sheet with increased stats on it showing what we would look like if we had all of our current techniques mastered but they didn't outline which techniques correspondended to which incease.
 
[x] Cloud's Breath has recovered from it's previous exertions and the Scepter of the Moloth burns bright with power. This is the perfect time to do some long-delayed cycling.
-[x] Cycle Cloud's Breath towards Elegant Plume
 
[x] Cloud's Breath has recovered from it's previous exertions and the Scepter of the Moloth burns bright with power. This is the perfect time to do some long-delayed cycling.
-[x] Cycle Cloud's Breath towards Elegant Plume
-[x] Cycle Scepter of the Moloth to regain Anam
 
[X] Zhuan Kun has not produced his statue for once. Instead, he is contemplating what looks to be a large Garden of Beasts board and playing a phantom opponent. You may lack your own forces for the most part, but surely he has an extra set to loan you, and you have to be a better opponent than the phantoms of his own mind.

Board games and muscle bro? Yes please.
 
[x] Cloud's Breath has recovered from it's previous exertions and the Scepter of the Moloth burns bright with power. This is the perfect time to do some long-delayed cycling.
-[x] Cycle Cloud's Breath towards Elegant Plume
-[x] Cycle Scepter of the Moloth to regain Anam
 
[X] Zhuan Kun has not produced his statue for once. Instead, he is contemplating what looks to be a large Garden of Beasts board and playing a phantom opponent. You may lack your own forces for the most part, but surely he has an extra set to loan you, and you have to be a better opponent than the phantoms of his own mind.
 
Honestly, if ZK is actually as into Xianxia Chess/Warhammer as he seems to be, we honestly are worse than him playing against himself-in technical skill at least, if not in entertainment for most people. This isn't an argument against trying, though, I'm just speaking from experience.

KZ still needs prodding to embrace his future as a model builder and make a whole army of custom mini action figures with real kung fu grip.

[X] Zhuan Kun has not produced his statue for once. Instead, he is contemplating what looks to be a large Garden of Beasts board and playing a phantom opponent. You may lack your own forces for the most part, but surely he has an extra set to loan you, and you have to be a better opponent than the phantoms of his own mind.
 
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What I really want is to see Mei and Zhuan play against each other. That dynamic would probably be tense enough to generate anam.
 
[X] Zhuan Kun has not produced his statue for once. Instead, he is contemplating what looks to be a large Garden of Beasts board and playing a phantom opponent. You may lack your own forces for the most part, but surely he has an extra set to loan you, and you have to be a better opponent than the phantoms of his own mind.

The constant tension has been a constant thing hanging form this whole expedition. It's has and will hamper us moving forward, I'd like to develop a calm within the group first before committing to the 3 actions it'll take for the art.

There's also a chance to play to our outs, we've seen a place to cycle light anam, maybe there'll be a smoke one somewhere, burnt village maybe. Or multiple turns where we get resting phases where we are given multiple actions like 2 or 3. I don't mean 3 actions in one night, but maybe a time skip where we get a week so we can retake The Bottle.
 
So I wonder.. Will the little owl grow up and try to help beautify Mei Daiyu even more? It started preening her hair immediately, and we did probably inadvertently pump some beauty anam into the little thing.

[X] Zhuan Kun has not produced his statue for once. Instead, he is contemplating what looks to be a large Garden of Beasts board and playing a phantom opponent. You may lack your own forces for the most part, but surely he has an extra set to loan you, and you have to be a better opponent than the phantoms of his own mind.
Hoping for a smoke pill in the markets.
 
[x] Cloud's Breath has recovered from it's previous exertions and the Scepter of the Moloth burns bright with power. This is the perfect time to do some long-delayed cycling.
-[x] Cycle Cloud's Breath towards Elegant Plume
-[x] Cycle Scepter of the Moloth to regain Anam
 
[x] Cloud's Breath has recovered from it's previous exertions and the Scepter of the Moloth burns bright with power. This is the perfect time to do some long-delayed cycling.
-[x] Cycle Cloud's Breath towards Elegant Plume
-[x] Cycle Scepter of the Moloth to heal
 
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[x] Cloud's Breath has recovered from it's previous exertions and the Scepter of the Moloth burns bright with power. This is the perfect time to do some long-delayed cycling.
-[x] Cycle Cloud's Breath towards Elegant Plume
[x] Cloud's Breath has recovered from it's previous exertions and the Scepter of the Moloth burns bright with power. This is the perfect time to do some long-delayed cycling.
-[x] Cycle Cloud's Breath towards Elegant Plume
 
I realized this bird wasn't going to get any love and that's a goddamn shame, so I'll do it myself.

Vesvius said:
But any dark machinations the Kukuni might be hatching vanish behind shock as the bird opens its eyes again and meets the spirit's icy blue stare with a gleaming bronze one of its own. A pair of enormous eyes that frankly seem too large for the small bird glare up at your Spirit, almost daring it to come closer.
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Translation: I came into this world three minutes ago and I'll send you to the next one in half that time you little shit.

Vesvius said:
Whatever she might have been planning to say vanishes as the owlet's tiny wings wiggle again. The dark ball of fuzz pushes itself to it's small talons and it stalks towards Mei Daiyu with a walk that makes Chui Dao's clumsy floating look surefooted. Soon, it reaches its destination- Mei Daiyu's sleeve. It's hooked beak clamps down on the fabric and it tugs, seemingly trying to pull her down. Your friend seems confused, but obliges, bending over to let the owlet do as it would. Her reward is an owl perched on top of her head that quickly begins to preen her silken hair.
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Translation: I called dibs on you. You're not getting away from me now, better mom.
 
[x] Cloud's Breath has recovered from it's previous exertions and the Scepter of the Moloth burns bright with power. This is the perfect time to do some long-delayed cycling.
-[x] Cycle Cloud's Breath towards Elegant Plume
 
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