Cinder: Ah yes. Me, my boyfriend and his high grade alchemy still
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Wonder if Yon can find suitable ingredients for his Alchemy recipe using his Iron Kettle Belly and refined palate? At the very least it should be something the Slaaneshi would enjoy, and being "The guy who hands out Cultivation Elixirs" should go down great with our future subordinates, considering how bloody hard getting anything alchemical is likely to be when not in a Sect.
Losing his virginity to a Lotus Prince blessed bartender: +1 LP
Harvestfather: 9
Lotus Prince: 7-10
Knowing Flame: 2-4
Storm Lord: 1-2
Edit: reminder that these totals are specualtive, and may not reflect any particular mechanic, though i remain confident that our relative devotion to the different gods will eventually be relevant.
Harvestfather: 9
Lotus Prince: 7-10
Knowing Flame: 2-4
Storm Lord: 1-2
Edit: reminder that these totals are specualtive, and may not reflect any particular mechanic, though i remain confident that our relative devotion to the different gods will eventually be relevant.
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Aabcehmu
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Yon does seem like he's about to nerd out at the stills, so I expect he'll be picking up some Tzeentch points soon.
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Sirrocco
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Heh.
Yon (Me): "This incredibly sexy woman who just received my virginity and approves of me is a slave. Hey, wait - don't I get a slave?"
Cinder: "Let me stop that train of thought for both of you."
I'm pretty sure his thing with Lady Va is deeper than just a minor crush. Like, they were in this sort of warped psuedoromantic relationship for years. She was clearly out of his league, and by the nature of the relationship was pretty much constantly teasing him with things he knew he could never have. That's going to carve some grooves, you know? The fact that she was also kind of his boss and (by the standards of their culture) a pretty good boss? Again, that's going to have an effect.
Also, yes, actually hooking up with Lady Va is a lot closer to possible here than it was back in the sect, though there's still some distance to go before he can get there.
No. No boyfriend. Cinder likes the life she has, and the life she has demands that she not get too serious with any of the clients, ever. This relationship really needs to not go past the "occasional hookup" and/or "friends with benefits" level.
That said, his relationship with the alchemy still is quite a few steps more serious than that.
Not sure. Alchemy seems like it might be more Nurgle than Tzeench in this universe.
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I was recreating the meme of the couple and one of them having a giant dakimakura, im aware cinder dosent see him like that but not putting boyfriend there would make the meme unrecognizable
It is in standard 40k as well. Look at Kugath Plaguefather; his entire thing is a bubbling cauldron where he's brewing up new diseases to gift to everyone.
The kind of power Tzeentch is related to is, specifically, willwork. Magic in Fantasy, psychic powers in 40k. It's a whole separate thing from alchemy.
Aabcehmu
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As true as that may be, I remain fairly confident that relishing knowledge and learning, being a nerd in the way that I anticipate Yon is about to be, is what Tzeentch is about on an emotional level. Plus, we do already know that the formula for the Dreaming Orchid Elixir involves essences that resonate with at least three and probably all four Great Gods.
Well he has his priorities straight. I'd bet his shenanigans with alchemy would sell very well. Cultivator drugs would definitely interest Slanneshi CSM because they're designed to work on cultivators.
Pretty good review for a first time. Especially from a Slanneshi.
Ah the true way to being actively protected by Traitor Guardsmen.
To be the best moonshiner they've ever seen.
I expect we'd be trading high quality intoxicants in exchange for access to facilities and materials, and if she's Slaanesh aligned, watching an artisan work their art is divine.l
To be the best moonshiner they've ever seen.
I expect we'd be trading high quality intoxicants in exchange for access to facilities and materials, and if she's Slaanesh aligned, watching an artisan work their art is divine.l
Alchemy seems to be between technology (something completely neutral) and psychic powers (something that they all use, but one has a monopoly over) in terms of association.
Sure, Nurgle has a cauldron as his primary weapon and older recipes are generally seen as better, but you can see alchemy as multiple things, returning something through it's primordial state (Nurgle), fundamentally changing the essence of something (Tzeentch), taking an ingredient or concept and raising it up to perfection (Slaanesh) or even, like Gu cultivation, gathering different similar and dissimilar things and letting them fight until the strongest wins (Khorne).
We actually kind of see the "neutrality" of alchemy in the ingredients that we had to gather for the one brewing we did in the sect, the ingredients had various associations, but all chaos gods were present.
The important question here is really what Yor perceives Alchemy to be, because it is all of these things and also none of them at all. Nurgle might have a closer conceptual connection to it than the others, but this isn't a guarantee and not only was Yor's first acknowledged alchemy recipe a Slaanesh-Associated Boon, it is clearly something he sees as a tool to "perfect" himself socially.
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Rockeye
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Obsessing too much over the Four in discussion is a little tiring. They definitely exist, Yon is aware of them under different names and might even expect them to "influence" higher level cultivators... Trying to not get too unbalanced is valid but... Yeah.
Roth963
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To be honest, while I think some votes are four inspired, I feel like a lot of votes aren't and people are trying to square a circle, because the votes that are four inspired made them see it in other stuff.
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So a thought occurs as I was re-reading the thread. My initial proposal before being properly introduced to Cinder, is that this new situation is not safe.
That is to say, being shown this crazy bar full of excess, mutation and so on, gave the impression that permanent and bad consequences were extremely likely. I was pleasantly surprised to see this was not the case. I'm sure we could have voted hard enough to really step into a bad situation, but I appreciate and approve that the overall situation is as it's presented.
Its dangerous, sure, its' hazardous, but its not willfully malicious. Or only about as malicious as Yon's homeworld and environment. The aesthetics have changed, and the consequences are some what different, but he is still a young man, with limited personal or institutional power. And he is beholden to the whims and commands of those with higher rank and authority.
The average civilian in this newly updated context isn't going to opportunistically assault him. That's not to say no one around wouldn't spoil for a fight, but I think its reasonable to be somewhat less paranoid. Vigilant to be sure, but Yon has proven to me at least, that he can handle what the world can throw at him so far.
That is to say, being shown this crazy bar full of excess, mutation and so on, gave the impression that permanent and bad consequences were extremely likely. I was pleasantly surprised to see this was not the case. I'm sure we could have voted hard enough to really step into a bad situation, but I appreciate and approve that the overall situation is as it's presented.
Its dangerous, sure, its' hazardous, but its not willfully malicious. Or only about as malicious as Yon's homeworld and environment. The aesthetics have changed, and the consequences are some what different, but he is still a young man, with limited personal or institutional power. And he is beholden to the whims and commands of those with higher rank and authority.
The average civilian in this newly updated context isn't going to opportunistically assault him. That's not to say no one around wouldn't spoil for a fight, but I think its reasonable to be somewhat less paranoid. Vigilant to be sure, but Yon has proven to me at least, that he can handle what the world can throw at him so far.
This is still Xianxia so tripping over a random young master and then being forced into a duel for honor is still possible (and maybe even expected at some point.)
Evaunit02mark1
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40k Xianxia is a new one for me.
Consider this drug fueled escapade watched with interest.
Consider this drug fueled escapade watched with interest.
Aabcehmu
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You know, it is interesting that we've still only ever seen people refer to the four gods with names that Yon is familiar with, 'The Grandfather' and 'The Prince,' names he used even back planetside. I wonder if that's just an artifact of the way he acquired the guardsmen's language, or that Yon's world learned the names of the gods from this particular branch of the traitor guardsmen, or indicative of something else.
Started reading this story for what seemed like a pretty interesting Xianxia, stayed for a wild turnaround into 40K.
Can't wait to see where this goes.
Can't wait to see where this goes.
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"I wonder how much being Pick of the Month will affect things."
"Oh."
Probably no update tonight, but probably tomorrow. There will be a larger vote too as we hit a 'structured time' segment.
"Oh."
Probably no update tonight, but probably tomorrow. There will be a larger vote too as we hit a 'structured time' segment.
PotM is definitely what got my attention and then the prose is what kept me.
