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

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yrsillar said:
Maybe she should consider personalizing things a little. Cooler colors at least
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yrsillar said:
"Yin pools in your presence, while you are suited to it, it will make your subordinates sluggish and fatigued. I suggest looking into other sources of yang, an art piece with brighter colors, perhaps a more intense lantern for light. Summer aspected floral arrangements may also work."
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Translation: At least get a goddamn plant or something for fucks sake, Ling Qi it's like a sad black whole in here.
 
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At least we're getting enough Wood representation in Ling Qi's dantian to have the equivalent of a potted plant there.

Now do the same outside, LQ. You're actively making everyone low level miserable by being a moody goth interior decorator.
 
I somehow get the feeling I'm not gonna be able to sell anyone on doing any of the cultivation resources this turn :p

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I'm a great proponent of increasing our Cultivator Manpower chances, but having the Walls uo and ready for when we leave for the wedding takes priority.
 
yrsillar said:
Meng Duyi observed her beneath his antlered headdress, stroking the length of his beard thoughtfully. "If that is your Way. I have made some changes to the arrangement of your quarry. There were poor practices."

"..I'm surprised, I admit. What did Lady Cai miss?"

"Her plan was precision perfect for a more northerly city, but failed to take advantage of the geography and spiritual landscape. It is always easier to move goods by water to begin with. And you are arranging these small canals already. More effective transport back to your construction sites was the start."
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Sensible, since we're already threading canals everywhere.
Though...
yrsillar said:
"I see," Ling Qi frowned. The Quarry was a ways out from the town center to avoid the noise and dust troubling anyone. "And the run off?"

"There are several drainage techniques and rites to the earth which we use in the western fens which were applicable; the spirits of the earth and stone will avoid mingling with the waters if treated correctly, and the correct cadence and pattern of the stone cutting can induce them to cooperate and ease the labor."
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Quarry runoff can be nasty, and being able to just ask the minerals not to go in the water is a handy cheat.

Though I have to wonder at the purpose of doing so in the western fens.
Preventing silt buildup in the waterways from forming beachheads for the Jungle?

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"Can our mortal laborers handle the proper methods without causing more dangerous offense?" Ling Qi asked. She was not well versed in this kind of thing but she knew the horror stories which sometimes filtered back into Tonghou from the mines. Crushing and suffocation, the rage of the injured earth swallowing a dozen men whole or infecting them with choking, wasting sickness.

"I took your arrangement of the fishing rites and adjusted them. Work songs are already becoming commonplace. I've ensured the spoken rite is simple and… catching," Meng Duyi said, resting his hands heavily on the rustling top of his cane. "More expansive operations may require more of the foremen, but I judge neither you nor the Lady Cai will balk at the slight increases in cost. It will train men better for the dangers of spirit stone mining regardless."
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Fishing songs and mining songs.
He even made it catchy.

We have earworm rituals!

Works great as long as nobody forgets what the songs are for.
yrsillar said:
"The room was chosen well. The balcony facing east, to receive the strong yang of the dawning sun each morning, but if this is to be your primary office, it will not be enough, given your nature," the geomancer said, eyes panning around the room. "Yin pools in your presence, while you are suited to it, it will make your subordinates sluggish and fatigued. I suggest looking into other sources of yang, an art piece with brighter colors, perhaps a more intense lantern for light. Summer aspected floral arrangements may also work."

Ling Qi tilted her head curiously."...Would a muse of the Dreaming Moon counterbalance it at all?"

"To an extent," Meng Duyi said, raising an eyebrow. "But I would suggest some brighter colors in the halls and nearby offices regardless."

"I will see to it, though I really do like more muted colors," Ling Qi said, peering around the room. Some spots of brightness wouldn't hurt, especially if they were mostly in the halls outside. Some flower arrangements would probably make everything cheerier.

"For your own space, it may be fine, so long as you do not carelessly keep any subordinates working in the interior for too long, you yourself are a great attractor of Yin energy, amplifying what is in your surroundings. Mortals and low cultivators have much less constitution for concentrated energies than you or I."

Just another small thing to remember, Ling Qi supposed… It was no wonder that a higher realm could forget and trample others without any malice. "I'll keep that in mind… its only a leaders duty to take care of their subordinates."
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Intense deviances for qi are great for cultivating in, but not so much for living and working in. And its easier and easier to overlook as you advance and even your menials are cultivators of some potency.
Not just for Ling Qi either, though at Green I don't think the concepts and elements they cultivate are going to be that strong an environmental impact yet.

Overdose of Yin makes you fatigue, sluggish, and at high concentrations it'd render people vulnerable to all forms of ill health or even fall unconscious(which can kill you if you collapse inside a dark spot nobody goes into and it just keeps sapping). This is easy because Yin likes closed spaces, once it moves in, it likes to hang around a bit. Qi would be just passively generating cold spots and such in the corridors without some cheery stuff to keep it moving.
Overdose of Yang(as Renxiang certainly would induce) is more difficult because Yang tends to be energetic and in motion, so it rapidly disperses without an ongoing source, but leads to increased daydreaming, hallucinations, and other distractions, as well as fevers, hyperactivity and insomnia.

Sixiang would make it actively more pleasant to be around her for mortals.

The important part for architecture is that you want circulation.
Stagnation is death. Very literal for mortals.
 
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It seems that with Ling Qi and others leaving, the fief defences will be down to 55 (or even 50 if Zhengui also leaves) in month 1 if the walls are not built this turn.
 
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octocalamity said:
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It seems that with Ling Qi and others leaving, the fief defences will be down to 55 (or even 50 if Zhengui also leaves) in month 1 if the walls are not built this turn.
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I don't think it's that much of a worry... After all:
yrsillar said:
A small patrol will be up from the summit zone while we are away, in recognition of the heiress' duty to her Mother's court," Ling Qi said absently. "It won't be perfect but… unless it's a serious attack the manor will be safe."
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[X] Snowblossom with glasses

I don't want salt if we narrowly miss cult pop.
 
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