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

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Uncle skelly always wants new stories and this will be a fun one.

[X] Approach the hut and seek the right of guests, listen to what can be heard. (Xuan Shi Gains in his Narrative Concept, 60% chance of additional reward)
 
Huh. I thought he put them in threes? Unless you're talking about each female god corresponding to each male god in theme kinda?
I'm talking about how he paired them in this post.

Ling Qi's mind could not help but go to the gods of the southern lands. Crone and Crowfather, Thundering Perkunas, the Warrior Fryja.
Here he seemed to pair crone and Crowfather together, and did the same with the other two. And yeah they are also paired in terms of the old male/female thing.
 
[X] Approach the towers base and offer respect as travelers, then walk the ridgeline and witness what can be seen( Xuan Shi's gains in his Travel Concept, 60% Chance of additional Reward)

I like Crowfather, and the crows notably do not approach the hut. They stay outside the fence. We likely won't get Crowfather interactions if we go that way IMO.

Still, these are both good choices, I won't be upset if hut wins. Narrative is fun.
 
[X] Approach the towers base and offer respect as travelers, then walk the ridgeline and witness what can be seen( Xuan Shi's gains in his Travel Concept, 60% Chance of additional Reward)
 
Creepy Ice Grandma and Cryptic Story Grandpa, meet Aspiring Creepy Ice Grandma and Aspiring Cryptic Story Grandpa
Okay, you have me convinced. Here's hoping the hosts literally treat them as a couple!

[X] Approach the hut and seek the right of guests, listen to what can be heard. (Xuan Shi Gains in his Narrative Concept, 60% chance of additional reward)
 
[X] Approach the hut and seek the right of guests, listen to what can be heard. (Xuan Shi Gains in his Narrative Concept, 60% chance of additional reward)
 
[X] Approach the towers base and offer respect as travelers, then walk the ridgeline and witness what can be seen( Xuan Shi's gains in his Travel Concept, 60% Chance of additional Reward)
 
[X] Approach the hut and seek the right of guests, listen to what can be heard. (Xuan Shi Gains in his Narrative Concept, 60% chance of additional reward)

Edit: Also, it was cool to see Xuan Shi use the ceramic tile formations inspired by ships to improvise a ship here. "And yet a trace of the true self exists in the false self," and all that.
 
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And the hut is surrounded by them.

The tower seems mostly about the dueling weather which is obviously Perkunas and Freyja which Yrs seems to have paired up opposite to the Crone and Crowfather.

Plus the Crowfather is responsible for story telling in the White sky so he just fits with the narrative option.



But who knows maybe he makes an appearance in both options.
The crows are explicitly absent from the Hut's surroundings, not crossing the fence around it. The tower is 100% definitely about Crowfather, and the hut definitely isn't.

There's two barriers in play, one is the crow swarm around the tower, the other is the fence around the hut. Beyond these barriers is the valley, in which Perkunas and Fryja are battling. We aren't passing the barriers in either of the vote options, so we won't be interacting with either of the storming gods. At least, not directly. The wizened gods we interact with in either choice might give us a peak at one or both of the tumultuous lovers as a bonus.

Neither of these choices relates to Perkunas or Fryja. We are picking between the old folks deities. The described geometry, associated symbolism, and Ling Qi's thoughts on matters makes this clear.
 
[X] Approach the hut and seek the right of guests, listen to what can be heard. (Xuan Shi Gains in his Narrative Concept, 60% chance of additional reward)
 
[X] Approach the towers base and offer respect as travelers, then walk the ridgeline and witness what can be seen( Xuan Shi's gains in his Travel Concept, 60% Chance of additional Reward)

This just seems more like what Ling Qi would expect to matter for Xuan Shi, tbh.
 
[X] Approach the towers base and offer respect as travelers, then walk the ridgeline and witness what can be seen( Xuan Shi's gains in his Travel Concept, 60% Chance of additional Reward)

As a fellow member of the Black Feather alliance, I am obligated to vote for paying respects to my brothers.
 
[X] Approach the towers base and offer respect as travelers, then walk the ridgeline and witness what can be seen( Xuan Shi's gains in his Travel Concept, 60% Chance of additional Reward)

hmm, fair argument
 
[X] Approach the hut and seek the right of guests, listen to what can be heard. (Xuan Shi Gains in his Narrative Concept, 60% chance of additional reward)

Story time just interests me more
 
Very short on time right now, but...
For a long moment, Ling Qi's gaze lingered on the crone. Something in the cold iron visage resonated with her, the chilling note of silence and endings which she had cultivated in the form of the Frozen Soul Serenade and the Starless Night's Reflection arts.
Above is the first description we ever got of the crone. Meeting the Crowfather sounds awesome, but here we have a chance to engage with a shard of the crone on the same turn as we cultivate both FSS and SNR. (I agree Storm vs. Blizzard is "middle" gods fighting it out. Tower is Crowfather watching/containing them. Hut is Crone. Chances are that we engage with both "elder" gods depending on how well the roll goes.)

[X] Approach the hut and seek the right of guests, listen to what can be heard. (Xuan Shi Gains in his Narrative Concept, 60% chance of additional reward)
 
Getting to meet the Great Spirit/Sublime/God/something Crone is everything i could ever ask for in this trip.
 
[X] Approach the hut and seek the right of guests, listen to what can be heard. (Xuan Shi Gains in his Narrative Concept, 60% chance of additional reward)
 
[x] Approach the towers base and offer respect as travelers, then walk the ridgeline and witness what can be seen( Xuan Shi's gains in his Travel Concept, 60% Chance of additional Reward)
 
[X] Approach the hut and seek the right of guests, listen to what can be heard. (Xuan Shi Gains in his Narrative Concept, 60% chance of additional reward)

The hut is clearly the Crone to me and ever since we got the choice to inspect the shrines of the Winter Goddesses at the White Sky it always felt like the Crone is the one Ling Qi has a special connection to. When we voted for the Goddess Sudica Ling Qi took a moment to look at the Crone anyway, seeing in her a sliver of what she cultivates in FSS and SNR, both of which we're cultivating this turn. Because the Crone resonated with her and was in my eyes similar to Zeqing, so maybe there's a special relationship beyond material rewards as actual narrative.
 
[X] Approach the towers base and offer respect as travelers, then walk the ridgeline and witness what can be seen( Xuan Shi's gains in his Travel Concept, 60% Chance of additional Reward)
 
[X] Approach the towers base and offer respect as travelers, then walk the ridgeline and witness what can be seen( Xuan Shi's gains in his Travel Concept, 60% Chance of additional Reward)
 
[X] Approach the hut and seek the right of guests, listen to what can be heard. (Xuan Shi Gains in his Narrative Concept, 60% chance of additional reward)
 
[X] Approach the hut and seek the right of guests, listen to what can be heard. (Xuan Shi Gains in his Narrative Concept, 60% chance of additional reward)
 
[X] Approach the hut and seek the right of guests, listen to what can be heard. (Xuan Shi Gains in his Narrative Concept, 60% chance of additional reward)
 
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