The Dao of the Awakened, a Xianxia/Cultivation Quest

[x] Nothing changes, and Hua Yin will be seen as just another faceless watcher.
[X] Wander and see what there is to discover.
[X] Accept Buns. Hua Yin does not think she would be very good in the woods. If anything, the somewhat prissy girl might even be a detriment.

warumono said:

He believed that Feng had found another Font. He hadn't explored it yet, but he could bring the group to check it out. He hadn't explored it yet because had seen signs of a Greenwood Bear in the area

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So, we found Tianlang, a lighting/celestial type wolf, next to a lightning/celestial type font. Therefore, the font that the Greenwood Bear is defending is probably a plant/nature font.

It's neither our type nor Yang's.
But we might not want to share a font with our attunment, so idk.

[X] Wander and see what there is to discover.
[X] Accept Buns. Hua Yin does not think she would be very good in the woods. If anything, the somewhat prissy girl might even be a detriment

[X] Approach Ling Daiyu. This will be an obvious signal that you disapprove of the service used by Song Chyou. This will also build your reputation with Ling Daiyu's faction. Without more, it is not a declaration of support for Ling Daiyu's faction. You may write-in more to tie yourself closer.

warumono said:

Hua Yin sighed. Stubbornness everywhere. "Will you at least agree to lower the number of services?"

"No."

"Why not?"

"Because I am going to break her. I'm going to make her an example for the next challenger. Do not fuck with Ling Daiyu."

Hua Yin winced at the profanity. Such ugly words from such a pretty face. Also, terrifying. "Please Ling Daiyu. You can humiliate her at the fight and with one service. You know she did not know what she was doing when she offered three."

But no matter what argument Hua Yin tried, Ling Daiyu would not budge. The challenge would resolve with three services owed.

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Ling Daiyu brought this on herself. Song has earned the right to do what she wants with her actions.

Building our reputation with Ling + Lao here diminishes our reputation with Song + Feng in equal measure.

Let's not step any further in this crap.

[X] Approach Ling Daiyu. This will be an obvious signal that you disapprove of the service used by Song Chyou. This will also build your reputation with Ling Daiyu's faction. Without more, it is not a declaration of support for Ling Daiyu's faction. You may write-in more to tie yourself closer.

[X] Accept Buns. Hua Yin does not think she would be very good in the woods. If anything, the somewhat prissy girl might even be a detriment.


[X] Wander and see what there is to discover.

Plan a full brotherhood goes to the new font action next turn.

[x] Nothing changes, and Hua Yin will be seen as just another faceless watcher.
[X] Wander and see what there is to discover.
[X] Accept Buns. Hua Yin does not think she would be very good in the woods. If anything, the somewhat prissy girl might even be a detriment.

[X] Nothing changes, and Hua Yin will be seen as just another faceless watcher.
[X] Accept Buns. Hua Yin does not think she would be very good in the woods. If anything, the somewhat prissy girl might even be a detriment.
[X] Explore Li Gai's new Font.

[X] Nothing changes, and Hua Yin will be seen as just another faceless watcher.
[X] Accept Buns. Hua Yin does not think she would be very good in the woods. If anything, the somewhat prissy girl might even be a detriment.
[X] Wander and see what there is to discover.

reigndrops said:

Ling Daiyu brought this on herself.

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How did she bring this upon herself?

Mostlyblue said:

How did she bring this upon herself?

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warumono said:

Hua Yin sighed. Stubbornness everywhere. "Will you at least agree to lower the number of services?"

"No."

"Why not?"

"Because I am going to break her. I'm going to make her an example for the next challenger. Do not fuck with Ling Daiyu."

Hua Yin winced at the profanity. Such ugly words from such a pretty face. Also, terrifying. "Please Ling Daiyu. You can humiliate her at the fight and with one service. You know she did not know what she was doing when she offered three."

But no matter what argument Hua Yin tried, Ling Daiyu would not budge. The challenge would resolve with three services owed.

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If Ling had agreed to lower the services Song would've only used her only service to save her family's farm instead of also humiliating Ling as she is now doing.

Ling would've done the exact same or worse to Song with her services had she won. In fact, she probably would've used all 3 to deeply humiliate Song because she doesn't have a family to save. It's been stated numerous times that Ling is vindictive, and seeing that she initially wanted to kill Song she would've probably used her services to hamper Song's future cultivation.

Song has a mean streak as well, clearly, since she initially wanted to cripple Ling. It's bad on all sides and getting further involved in this conflict seems unwise.

[X] Approach Ling Daiyu. This will be an obvious signal that you disapprove of the service used by Song Chyou. This will also build your reputation with Ling Daiyu's faction. Without more, it is not a declaration of support for Ling Daiyu's faction. You may write-in more to tie yourself closer.
[X] Accept Buns. Hua Yin does not think she would be very good in the woods. If anything, the somewhat prissy girl might even be a detriment.
[X] Explore Li Gai's new Font

Calling it now, we wander around and find a new font anyway

[X] Wander and see what there is to discover.
[X] Accept Buns. Hua Yin does not think she would be very good in the woods. If anything, the somewhat prissy girl might even be a detriment.
[X] Nothing changes, and Hua Yin will be seen as just another faceless watcher.

[X] Nothing changes, and Hua Yin will be seen as just another faceless watcher.

I'm gonna be real here: we should probably intervene behind the scenes if we decide to intervene at all. Getting between two teenage girls involved in drama while being someone as bookish as our protag is asking for more trouble than we can handle. Is Song being incredibly petty and also a bully? Yes. Has Ling Daiyu used micro-aggressions and casual elitist attitudes to look down and bully Song until we found her crying in a corridor near the first few weeks wishing she were back on the farm? Also yes.

There's bad blood between the two of them and getting caught in the emotional undertow and mutual antagonism between the two of them is 1) not worth it 2) exactly what Ling Daiyu wants. Ling Daiyu's cronies have already been busy socially isolating Song by denigrating her victory (poison! she's a poisonous person! she's terrible, she's childish) and by doing this we're actively aiding them in reinforcing this narrative.

Will a pretty girl smile at us for doing this and is it in - character for our protagonist to be so easily manipulated? Sure. Is this the right thing to do? Let's not make this a black and white matter of right and wrong: from our perspective Song's being vindictive and petty.

However. Assume for a second that Song is actually right and that Ling Daiyu did somehow manipulate events such that Song's family farm's rent went up to unaffordable levels. If we assume that this is true then as a penalty for literally threatening to starve her family the whole earlobe thing is actually incredibly restrained.

Remember: Song told us what her beef is. We have to think things through from her perspective if we want to maintain our friendship with her. She's not going to see this as someone being a good friend and informing her she's gone too far: she's going to see it as yet more evidence that being a pretty face is enough to get even her so-called friends to forget about her farmer family because no one gives a shit about/looks down on farmers.

Don't get it twisted. Girls bullying other girls tends not to show up on a guy's radar and I do not want to make any public statements until we've done our homework because this campaign against Song has been way too blatant not to pick up on and I dislike being manipulated by the socially competent clique, nothing good ever comes of it.

[X] Nothing changes, and Hua Yin will be seen as just another faceless watcher.
[X] Accept Buns. Hua Yin does not think she would be very good in the woods. If anything, the somewhat prissy girl might even be a detriment.
[X] Wander and see what there is to discover.

[X] Approach Ling Daiyu. This will be an obvious signal that you disapprove of the service used by Song Chyou. This will also build your reputation with Ling Daiyu's faction. Without more, it is not a declaration of support for Ling Daiyu's faction. You may write-in more to tie yourself closer.

[X] Accept Buns. Hua Yin does not think she would be very good in the woods. If anything, the somewhat prissy girl might even be a detriment.

[X] Wander and see what there is to discover.

[X] Approach Ling Daiyu. This will be an obvious signal that you disapprove of the service used by Song Chyou. This will also build your reputation with Ling Daiyu's faction. Without more, it is not a declaration of support for Ling Daiyu's faction. You may write-in more to tie yourself closer.

[X] Accept Buns. Hua Yin does not think she would be very good in the woods. If anything, the somewhat prissy girl might even be a detriment.

[X] Explore Li Gai's new Font.

"I hope that was helpful. If you do find the Coruscant Cut or something else along those lines, I will spend some extra time getting it to a place where you can use it." The Core Disciple grinned, which was a strange look on his usually taciturn face, "After all, the conquering heroes need to be awarded."

I think our teacher knows about the fight we got in and was proud that we won and knows why we are asking. The teacher has reason to be proud of MC because the he has helped the MC go from rock bottom physically and martially to the badass he is today, and that is a credit to the MC's dedication and his own teaching skills.

ArcanaVitae said:

I think our teacher knows about the fight we got in and was proud that we won and knows why we are asking. The teacher has reason to be proud of MC because the he has helped the MC go from rock bottom physically and martially to the badass he is today, and that is a credit to the MC's dedication and his own teaching skills.

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Yeah, he probably gets a bit of a kick out of it. It's fun seeing a dark horse rise up.

[X] Accept Buns. Hua Yin does not think she would be very good in the woods. If anything, the somewhat prissy girl might even be a detriment.
[X] Wander and see what there is to discover.

I have no idea about the continuing knife match with the girls.

ArcanaVitae said:

"I hope that was helpful. If you do find the Coruscant Cut or something else along those lines, I will spend some extra time getting it to a place where you can use it." The Core Disciple grinned, which was a strange look on his usually taciturn face, "After all, the conquering heroes need to be awarded."

I think our teacher knows about the fight we got in and was proud that we won and knows why we are asking. The teacher has reason to be proud of MC because the he has helped the MC go from rock bottom physically and martially to the badass he is today, and that is a credit to the MC's dedication and his own teaching skills.

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Dang, speaking of that we should absolutely spend an action to look for a new martial tech to take advantage of that. If Teach is saying he's willing to give us extra attention in class then I'm not going to say no.

[X] Approach Ling Daiyu. This will be an obvious signal that you disapprove of the service used by Song Chyou. This will also build your reputation with Ling Daiyu's faction. Without more, it is not a declaration of support for Ling Daiyu's faction. You may write-in more to tie yourself closer.

Well, yes, I do "disapprove of the service used by Song Chyou".
As in: "are you trying to get your family in a worse situation?!"
SMH my head...
Dunno if a write-in would be any better, though.

[X] Accept Buns. Hua Yin does not think she would be very good in the woods. If anything, the somewhat prissy girl might even be a detriment.
[X] Explore Li Gai's new Font.

I'd rather to go to a known Font with a known danger when we're bringing someone who might not pull their weight...

INB4 Coruscant Cut turns our sword into a lightsaber
LESGOOOOOOOOOO

warumono said:

By the time he left, he knew he forgot something, but he could not remember what it was. It took him till they were in the wood to realize that Hua Yin had forgot to ask Guan Zhi to come. Hua Yin shrugged, what was the worst that could happen?

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Ugh I knew it was gonna be a problem. At least Gao Jin turned us down. The Spirits plus a friend each feels nice and balanced. As all things should be.


We better social Guan Zhi next week tho.

[X] Nothing changes, and Hua Yin will be seen as just another faceless watcher.

Still waiting on hearing back from our father regarding his investigation into the matter mortal-side. Others have better stated how this is a vendetta being formed by actions on both sides. A major factor in deciding who to 'support' will be finding out where the fault lied in the first place. Beyond that? Try and maintain neutrality on the matter as we keep to the Sigma Grindset.

[X] Accept Buns. Hua Yin does not think she would be very good in the woods. If anything, the somewhat prissy girl might even be a detriment.
[X] Explore Li Gai's new Font.

If she wants to bring a friend that's fine, we'll be bringing our own. She's useless or an active detriment? That's fine, we're not looking for anything, my NEWLY ADVANCED FRIEND HAS DISCOVERED YET ANOTHER NEW FONT so we're going to check it out.

[X] Nothing changes, and Hua Yin will be seen as just another faceless watcher.
[X] Explore Li Gai's new Font.

Alectai said:

Uh, why didn't people ask for him?

That seems an odd oversight, and it does feel like an oversight.

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Genuinely no clue. I only voted for the plan because I assumed all the arguments would've convinced the planner to change it.

[X] Do not accept Buns. Yang Genji will not come without her companion.

If Guan Zhi can't come, neither should some rando.

ArcanaVitae said:

"I hope that was helpful. If you do find the Coruscant Cut or something else along those lines, I will spend some extra time getting it to a place where you can use it." The Core Disciple grinned, which was a strange look on his usually taciturn face, "After all, the conquering heroes need to be awarded."

I think our teacher knows about the fight we got in and was proud that we won and knows why we are asking. The teacher has reason to be proud of MC because the he has helped the MC go from rock bottom physically and martially to the badass he is today, and that is a credit to the MC's dedication and his own teaching skills.

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On this topic, Coruscant Cut, there's one thing that does not convince me...

And that's that it seems like the kind of technique that can only be used if you're wielding a sword or a blade... (and Hua Yin can be disarmed or be in unarmed situation)

Edit: Although if it's a technique to make a lightsaber, then, I don't have any problem