Ah good I missed that.
Abundance begats Creation.
So we have the preconditions for creation.
Next is Purpose?
Should Creation be an extension of Expression, or does its foundation of practical utility go in a different way?
Threads Of Destiny(Eastern Fantasy, Sequel to Forge of Destiny)
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Abundance begats Creation.
So we have the preconditions for creation.
Next is Purpose?
Should Creation be an extension of Expression, or does its foundation of practical utility go in a different way?
Well, the event will be about Li Suyin and her doll designs, and she certainly doesn't aim purely for practical utility...
- Location
- The United States
- Pronouns
- He/They
I'm a simple man.
I see Xuan Shi, I vote Xuan Shi.
The ship based on shipping rights must sail.
[X] A beautifully illuminated book written and illustrated by an artist who had risen from the rootways and become an Elder of the Blue Mountain Sect (Gift for Xuan Shi Unlocks Isolation Boosting Personal action)
I see Xuan Shi, I vote Xuan Shi.
The ship based on shipping rights must sail.
[X] A beautifully illuminated book written and illustrated by an artist who had risen from the rootways and become an Elder of the Blue Mountain Sect (Gift for Xuan Shi Unlocks Isolation Boosting Personal action)
ElizatronicWarfa
Himejoshi Supreme
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- She/They
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[ ] A set of recordings made recently in Xiangmen itself, you don't know the name of the rising star touted, but perhaps someone more embedded in the 'scene' would? (Gift for Bao Qian. Unlocks Expression boosting personal action.
This would probably be the best mechanically, but ...
Not sure I like sending mixed signals here (though I suppose it could immediately precedes a business idea, I suppose)
Also it seems a bit of a mildly unusual thing for us to notice and pick up.
[X] A beautifully illuminated book written and illustrated by an artist who had risen from the rootways and become an Elder of the Blue Mountain Sect (Gift for Xuan Shi Unlocks Isolation Boosting Personal action)
Completely happy with sending mixed signals here though. The poor turtle needs it, and he's an acceptable partner (Ji Rong is still "most likely drunk hookup" though).
This does seem like the gift that is least likely for us to notice and pick up, admittedly.
[ ] A set of notes and a disassembled puppet of ivory and wood reclaimed from an abandoned workshop after its owner passed away with no next of kin. (Gift for Li Suyin, Unlocks Creation Boosting personal action)
Also good, but currently winning.
This one it makes perfect sense for us to see and immediately think of the giftee.
Insert A; H is belowleft of U; T is left of Y; O is right of I ... hmm, that's a delta of 4, which is on the large side (especially given how many delta-2 words there are), and it's not like all the adjacencies are in the same direction ...
This would probably be the best mechanically, but ...
Not sure I like sending mixed signals here (though I suppose it could immediately precedes a business idea, I suppose)
Also it seems a bit of a mildly unusual thing for us to notice and pick up.
[X] A beautifully illuminated book written and illustrated by an artist who had risen from the rootways and become an Elder of the Blue Mountain Sect (Gift for Xuan Shi Unlocks Isolation Boosting Personal action)
Completely happy with sending mixed signals here though. The poor turtle needs it, and he's an acceptable partner (Ji Rong is still "most likely drunk hookup" though).
This does seem like the gift that is least likely for us to notice and pick up, admittedly.
[ ] A set of notes and a disassembled puppet of ivory and wood reclaimed from an abandoned workshop after its owner passed away with no next of kin. (Gift for Li Suyin, Unlocks Creation Boosting personal action)
Also good, but currently winning.
This one it makes perfect sense for us to see and immediately think of the giftee.
Insert A; H is belowleft of U; T is left of Y; O is right of I ... hmm, that's a delta of 4, which is on the large side (especially given how many delta-2 words there are), and it's not like all the adjacencies are in the same direction ...
Cleared it right up, thanks. had a lil chuckle now that I could see the bit
[X] A beautifully illuminated book written and illustrated by an artist who had risen from the rootways and become an Elder of the Blue Mountain Sect (Gift for Xuan Shi Unlocks Isolation Boosting Personal action)
CedeTheBees
Probably high right now
- Location
- Somewhere
- Pronouns
- They/Them
Is this the kid from this omake?
[X] A set of notes and a disassembled puppet of ivory and wood reclaimed from an abandoned workshop after its owner passed away with no next of kin. (Gift for Li Suyin, Unlocks Creation Boosting personal action)
- Location
- United States of America
So, speaking of Li Suyin, I wonder if part of the tribute from the tributary shishigui has made it to the Argent Sect and then into Li Suyin's hands. If so, she'll have access to a lot more cool materials to play around with!
[X] A beautifully illuminated book written and illustrated by an artist who had risen from the rootways and become an Elder of the Blue Mountain Sect (Gift for Xuan Shi Unlocks Isolation Boosting Personal action)
This is most likely a losing vote because a lot of people are voting for Suyin, and i would too. But i'm still trying for this ship and i'll push for it everytime, even if it's hopeless
This is most likely a losing vote because a lot of people are voting for Suyin, and i would too. But i'm still trying for this ship and i'll push for it everytime, even if it's hopeless
[X] A beautifully illuminated book written and illustrated by an artist who had risen from the rootways and become an Elder of the Blue Mountain Sect (Gift for Xuan Shi Unlocks Isolation Boosting Personal action)
[ ] A beautifully illuminated book written and illustrated by an artist who had risen from the rootways and become an Elder of the Blue Mountain Sect (Gift for Xuan Shi Unlocks Isolation Boosting Personal action)
Well, the object itself doesn't seem super interesting at a glance, but any excuse to poke at isolation from a new angle is a welcome one, seeing is how central to Ling Qi's cultivation it is, and we're already seen Xuan Shi's understanding resonate with her despite its differences.
On top of that, Xuan Shi is on his way to getting woven back into the narrative in a real way, with the southern diplomacy and Jin rivalry stuff. The hook for actually doing that just isn't visible to us right now, in any of our available actions. Fief exploration doesn't fit for him, the war arc(whenever that happens) definitely doesn't fit for him, and the Wang group has like 6 different plot threads running through it as it is, so that's not suitable even though it's the only action with his identifiable presence.
This action would be a good way to dive into Xuan Shi's circumstances properly for once, while introducing more nuances of the state of the diplo corps we and Renxiang are forming for our project. It's out main job at the moment, and as was pointed out in this last update our future hinges on its success, but we haven't yet really gotten into it, which isn't ideal. Xuan Shi's got some ingredients, between his aspirations and rivalry with the Jin scion, to really set the stage for Ling Qi to take the effort seriously and orient her efforts towards it. Before it's too late.
[ ] A set of notes and a disassembled puppet of ivory and wood reclaimed from an abandoned workshop after its owner passed away with no next of kin. (Gift for Li Suyin, Unlocks Creation Boosting personal action)
Kooky spooky puppet times sound fun, and this choice has the advantage of more or less overwriting the previously outlined Li Suyin action. This "saves space" if you're deadset on hanging with her to the exclusion of others due to worry over our timelines. On the other hand, in the absence of serious worry about fitting her in at some time, the action isn't really necessary either if the goal is just to see her.
Others have pointed out we burned through pretty much all the Creation projects on our docket, so on a mechanical level there's not much synergy with this Creation opportunity. Speaking personally, I'm a bit wary of, hmm, subordinating Creative exploration to Li Suyin's hobby, here? Like, the girl's great, but I still have poor memories of the last time we shared in a creative process together. Li Suyin's vision took over completely and that killed Formations development for over a year because it wasn't a fit for us.
When we're diving into the meaning of Creation, I really think it ought to be more centered on Ling Qi's context for it, until or unless she has some kind of major philosophical shift on the subject. Which might happen! The Gala's basically where you'd expect that to happen, but there's no guarantee.
[ ] A set of recordings made recently in Xiangmen itself, you don't know the name of the rising star touted, but perhaps someone more embedded in the 'scene' would? (Gift for Bao Qian. Unlocks Expression boosting personal action.
Now here's some subject matter more in tuneevil with Ling Qi's competencies. It'd be nice to actually look at some music. OTOH, we did also just secure those music materials from the Meng, so eh.
It'd also be nice to touch base with Bai Qian again. Feels like Ling Qi's on much different footing in general since the last time they had a real talk, so finding out what his impression of it all is would be interesting. Could massage out some wrinkles on Hanyi's sub-plots moving forwards too, maybe? It's hard to judge overall impact because his thoughts are a bit of a black box and conditions on the ground are shifting pretty drastically. He'll have to make himself visible again sooner or later, and it's not clear how this opportunity rates against something with more, hm, substance to the plot.
[X] A beautifully illuminated book written and illustrated by an artist who had risen from the rootways and become an Elder of the Blue Mountain Sect (Gift for Xuan Shi Unlocks Isolation Boosting Personal action)
Ultimately, I'm just really hungry to push the southern diplomacy plot forwards, and into the spotlight. Xuan Shi is the character who has hooks to do that. Between Jin rivalry and Xuan interest in preserving the legitimacy of (at least the Imperial throne's non-interference with) foreign trade, his clan has a major stake in how our venture plays out, even if they haven't made themselves seen to us yet. Xuan Shi seems to share his clan's attitude towards the Jin, and being able to take part in beneficial contact with foreign people's tickles at some of his childhood dreams, and regrets.
There's a lot to work with, and so far he's the genuinely most interesting character in the context of the White Sky summit after Ling Qi and Hanyi. I want that material firmly on the table, moving forwards. Current trajectory is worryingly sparse.
Well, the object itself doesn't seem super interesting at a glance, but any excuse to poke at isolation from a new angle is a welcome one, seeing is how central to Ling Qi's cultivation it is, and we're already seen Xuan Shi's understanding resonate with her despite its differences.
On top of that, Xuan Shi is on his way to getting woven back into the narrative in a real way, with the southern diplomacy and Jin rivalry stuff. The hook for actually doing that just isn't visible to us right now, in any of our available actions. Fief exploration doesn't fit for him, the war arc(whenever that happens) definitely doesn't fit for him, and the Wang group has like 6 different plot threads running through it as it is, so that's not suitable even though it's the only action with his identifiable presence.
This action would be a good way to dive into Xuan Shi's circumstances properly for once, while introducing more nuances of the state of the diplo corps we and Renxiang are forming for our project. It's out main job at the moment, and as was pointed out in this last update our future hinges on its success, but we haven't yet really gotten into it, which isn't ideal. Xuan Shi's got some ingredients, between his aspirations and rivalry with the Jin scion, to really set the stage for Ling Qi to take the effort seriously and orient her efforts towards it. Before it's too late.
[ ] A set of notes and a disassembled puppet of ivory and wood reclaimed from an abandoned workshop after its owner passed away with no next of kin. (Gift for Li Suyin, Unlocks Creation Boosting personal action)
Kooky spooky puppet times sound fun, and this choice has the advantage of more or less overwriting the previously outlined Li Suyin action. This "saves space" if you're deadset on hanging with her to the exclusion of others due to worry over our timelines. On the other hand, in the absence of serious worry about fitting her in at some time, the action isn't really necessary either if the goal is just to see her.
Others have pointed out we burned through pretty much all the Creation projects on our docket, so on a mechanical level there's not much synergy with this Creation opportunity. Speaking personally, I'm a bit wary of, hmm, subordinating Creative exploration to Li Suyin's hobby, here? Like, the girl's great, but I still have poor memories of the last time we shared in a creative process together. Li Suyin's vision took over completely and that killed Formations development for over a year because it wasn't a fit for us.
When we're diving into the meaning of Creation, I really think it ought to be more centered on Ling Qi's context for it, until or unless she has some kind of major philosophical shift on the subject. Which might happen! The Gala's basically where you'd expect that to happen, but there's no guarantee.
[ ] A set of recordings made recently in Xiangmen itself, you don't know the name of the rising star touted, but perhaps someone more embedded in the 'scene' would? (Gift for Bao Qian. Unlocks Expression boosting personal action.
Now here's some subject matter more in tune
evil with Ling Qi's competencies. It'd be nice to actually look at some music. OTOH, we did also just secure those music materials from the Meng, so eh.It'd also be nice to touch base with Bai Qian again. Feels like Ling Qi's on much different footing in general since the last time they had a real talk, so finding out what his impression of it all is would be interesting. Could massage out some wrinkles on Hanyi's sub-plots moving forwards too, maybe? It's hard to judge overall impact because his thoughts are a bit of a black box and conditions on the ground are shifting pretty drastically. He'll have to make himself visible again sooner or later, and it's not clear how this opportunity rates against something with more, hm, substance to the plot.
[X] A beautifully illuminated book written and illustrated by an artist who had risen from the rootways and become an Elder of the Blue Mountain Sect (Gift for Xuan Shi Unlocks Isolation Boosting Personal action)
Ultimately, I'm just really hungry to push the southern diplomacy plot forwards, and into the spotlight. Xuan Shi is the character who has hooks to do that. Between Jin rivalry and Xuan interest in preserving the legitimacy of (at least the Imperial throne's non-interference with) foreign trade, his clan has a major stake in how our venture plays out, even if they haven't made themselves seen to us yet. Xuan Shi seems to share his clan's attitude towards the Jin, and being able to take part in beneficial contact with foreign people's tickles at some of his childhood dreams, and regrets.
There's a lot to work with, and so far he's the genuinely most interesting character in the context of the White Sky summit after Ling Qi and Hanyi. I want that material firmly on the table, moving forwards. Current trajectory is worryingly sparse.
FORTHEYOLOZ
Morgana-sama!!!
- Location
- Omega Hell
[X] A set of notes and a disassembled puppet of ivory and wood reclaimed from an abandoned workshop after its owner passed away with no next of kin. (Gift for Li Suyin, Unlocks Creation Boosting personal action)
- Pronouns
- She/They
[X] A set of notes and a disassembled puppet of ivory and wood reclaimed from an abandoned workshop after its owner passed away with no next of kin. (Gift for Li Suyin, Unlocks Creation Boosting personal action)
[X] A beautifully illuminated book written and illustrated by an artist who had risen from the rootways and become an Elder of the Blue Mountain Sect (Gift for Xuan Shi Unlocks Isolation Boosting Personal action)
I'm really torn here, so I've gotta pitch a vote at both. Suyin has a narrow top spot in my heart between these three options, but I do love that turtle boi.
[X] A beautifully illuminated book written and illustrated by an artist who had risen from the rootways and become an Elder of the Blue Mountain Sect (Gift for Xuan Shi Unlocks Isolation Boosting Personal action)
I'm really torn here, so I've gotta pitch a vote at both. Suyin has a narrow top spot in my heart between these three options, but I do love that turtle boi.