Forge of Destiny(Xianxia Quest)
- Thread starter yrsillar
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I'd be totes down for a bunny spirit . It would be an interesting dynamic with cui
"Hello prey , ssssssssss"
"Quit your yappin ya oversized boot befor ah sink mah teeth in ya" (I kind of want a male bunny with an Australian accent don't ask me why)
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Anyway I suspect the cave is gonna be both fun and challenging. Oh boi here we go
"Hello prey , ssssssssss"
"Quit your yappin ya oversized boot befor ah sink mah teeth in ya" (I kind of want a male bunny with an Australian accent don't ask me why)
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Anyway I suspect the cave is gonna be both fun and challenging. Oh boi here we go
There is a difference between combat viability and being able to defend an incredibly useful and rare resource. She is approaching the former, not the latter. She has already had her eye taken out by a crowd of mooks when she didn't have much of value to offer, a couple weeks of combat training won't bridge the gap for what she needs to keep the pass.
Considering the kind of people that are fighting over the things I honestly think people are lowballing how valuable and useful the stuff we can find in the archive is.
Khona Moshr
Pink Flamingo Cabal Healer(they/them)
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With a hoard of carrots and moon flowers obviously. Or a bowl of trix cereal
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Moonflower necter anyone? It might work.
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Blood =! Bloodthirsty.I never said that, I simply stated we should talk about the possible pros and cons before that.
You make several good points but one point about the spirits I have to question, the type of spirits attracted to blood don't sound very cuddly to meD
Also a point I was trying to bring up was will the art effect us personality wise , (any arts really) like would we be more bloodthirsty, more analytical , would a fire art make us more temperamental . These things
We are not taking a blood drinking art, we are taking a blood are that provides:
1. healing
2. sensory
3. buff allies
4. debuff enemies
3 of the 4 things it does are positive emotions type things not negative emotions.
Also, we do not want a cuddly spirit. We are not looking for a pet, we are looking for a murder machine that boosts our cultivation and hurts our enemies.
Arkeus
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@yrsillar we bought 2 White Peak Salves and didn't use any, so we should have two in the ring.
So, we already have 3 wellspring. We can only take 2. We know Meizhen has her own as it was confirmed in the fight against Kang Zihao, so we don't need any.
[X] 1 Life Essence Salve
[X] Meizhen's thoughts on cultivation goals for the second realm
So, we already have 3 wellspring. We can only take 2. We know Meizhen has her own as it was confirmed in the fight against Kang Zihao, so we don't need any.
[X] 1 Life Essence Salve
[X] Meizhen's thoughts on cultivation goals for the second realm
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If it can be borrowed. Then Li and Su are also good targets for them.
We would escort her to the archive, give it to her in the entrance, and take it as soon as she exits.
Arkeus
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@Thor's Twin, @TheLastOne, why are you buying so much things we literally cannot use? We already have 3 wellspring pills and can only use 2 a week, and same for White Peak Salve. We are above the needed items above those.
Khona Moshr
Pink Flamingo Cabal Healer(they/them)
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We probably can't bind it though. we can only bind T1 spirits.
Also, we definitely need blood if we want to get the beast of caerbannog
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Yes, but this is an action independent of setting stuff up for a vote so I would like to increase our reserves of Wellspring pills a little and get the healing salves that we could use later in the coming months. We might not need to use it here, but I would rather not debate during a planning week on how much to buy and why when we could just buy it here. Although, I will admit the point about the Life essence Salve being a bit too expensive right now to just buy willy nilly.
[X] 3 Wellspring pills, 1 Life Essence Salve
[X] Meizhen's thoughts on cultivation goals for the second realm
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Su Ling can't read, so not her.
Li Suyin owes us more than we owe her, and our relationship with her is solid. We owe Han a great deal, and have done little to nothing in return, so paying him back makes sense. He's also more able to defend himself than Suyin is.
This would cost an action, I believe. Better to wait until she's proven herself by beating up whoever blinded her.
Arkeus
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Su Ling couldn't read week 3. I am highly confident she can now.
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Ehhh, I'm not. She didn't appear to wish to talk about her inability to read in the update that talked about it, and before the Thunderdome, I'm not sure that Li Suyin would have had the courage to bring it up again. Also, it takes a bit for someone to learn how to read, especially when they are doing other things and it's merely a secondary focus.
TheLastOne
Person of impeccable tastes (for destruction)
Because what if, for instance, Cui and Meizhen are knocked out and we have to heal them, or a trap destroys some of Meizhen's gear and she loses her spacial artifact? It's low odds... but it literally costs us nothing to be prepared for those low odds. We've been told that we can trade any of the basic pills on the shopping list back into stones without loss.
It might only matter in an edge case disaster... but despite how 'expensive' it is, it doesn't actually cost anything to prepare for an edge case disaster where we need to refill both Meizhen and Cui's Qi and Health.
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IIRC it was mentioned she learned how to.
Her ability to defend herself is completely and utterly irrelevant as I have repeatedly said
We escort her to the archive, give it to her at the entrance, and she gives it back at the exit.
Fighting inside the archive is strictly forbidden. anyone who wants to rob her on the way out will have to go through us.
Also, the two options are not mutually exclusive. So I don't see how Han's situation is in any way relevant to the prospect of letting her borrow it.
Arkeus
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Actually, no. We have enough for even when that happens.
First, the salves aren't basic pills.
Second, we have enough even in your scenario. We literally can't get more. For Qi we have one more than we can use so we can give it to them even in the worst case scenario, givign Meizhen the oportunity to use her own. For Salves, we ALSO have more than we can use.
It's literally useless buying.
Li Suying was getting a LOT better even before thunderdome, and Su Ling clearly wanted to learn how to read.
Thoughts of Bai Meizhen
The Promise
Bai Meizhen dragged herself out of seclusion within her room for the first time in several days, utterly exhausted. Granted, if she were anywhere else, she would have suppressed any outward showing of weakness, but within the walls of her home she felt safe to let it show. As she left the room, she heard her roommate, and only friend, call out to her. It took her a moment to register what Ling Qi had asked, as well as process her half sarcastic little quip, once again showing just how tired she was. Still, her friend showed both concern over her condition, yet trust that she could take care of herself. Ling Qi's simple acceptance that she was and would be fine, when not dealing with an injury from a battle, was one of the best things about her friend, in Meizhen's opinion.
She approached her friend at the table, and sat across from her, letting a little more of her exhaustion show. A part of her mind was screaming at her for displaying any weakness to someone who may become an enemy, but for a couple reasons Meizhen ignored said part. Firstly, because if she treated Ling Qi in such a way, it would mean needing to maintain her guard even when at home. It was something she had done for the first month, but over time, she found her guard relaxing around LIng Qi, and nothing had happened yet. As such, having a place where she didn't have to remain quite as guarded was of great benefit.
Secondly, Ling Qi's blunt honesty and her tendency not to hide her opinion of anyone made it difficult to keep her guard up around the girl. Much like she had seen mortal girls swoon over even the most ugly of puppies, simply because the animals lacked guile; Ling Qi wore down her guard. Still, it felt... good to have a friend she could trust to such a degree. It honestly made her feel uncomfortable any time she thought about their friendship coming to an end, though Meizhen found herself feeling curiously excited when she considered the girl becoming strong enough that the two could be sparring and training partners.
All these thoughts flickered through Meizhen's mind in the time it took her to sit across from Ling Qi and formulate a response to her question. "Well enough, I will be prepared to begin the breakthrough to the Green Soul Realm within the month." Having done so, she then turned her mind to other things. The first, of course, being if any events of note had occurred while she was secluded. Ling Qi told her about the fight she had witnessed between Ji Rong and Xuan Shi, and Meizhen picked up on the subtle twitch in Ling Qi's face when she mentioned that she was once almost betrothed to the man. Once again, there was a reaction from a part of herself that she suppressed, though this time it was from a part of herself that she wouldn't even acknowledge existed. After all, there were certainly other reasons for Ling Qi's reaction than the thought of her being betrothed, and Bai Meizhen was obligated to marry someone for the good of the family and the continuation of the line, anyway.
Still, when Ling Qi offered her a cup of tea, Meizhen couldn't help the thrum of gratitude, nor the slight surprise, at the gesture. If her father saw such, he would certainly be less than pleased with the frankly startling display of vulnerability, but in that moment, Meizhen just couldn't bring herself to care. Soon, two cups of tea were prepared, perhaps not to the standards of her family, but well enough and the gesture on Ling Qi's part made up for what the tea lacked in refinement. As Meizhen sipped her tea, her friend spoke again.
"So, do you think I'm strong enough to help you yet? I like to think I kept my promise on not taking too long," Meizhen looked up from her tea to see a charmingly roguish grin on her friend's face, and she found herself momentarily wishing her friend were male. After all, a man with such talent whom she could trust to that degree would be far more than she could generally expect to receive, especially with her family being currently out of favor with the Imperial Court. The fact that Ling Qi was approaching her about fulfilling the promise made between them at what was reasonably the first opportunity certainly didn't hurt. Still, such was not the case, nor would it ever be. Besides, Meizhen had seen how Ling Qi's eyes would linger on some of their more swarthy male counterparts. Even if Meizhen were willing to entertain such shameful notions, LIng Qi's interests clearly wouldn't be compatible with her. Maybe if her body type were closer to that barbarian Sun Liling's, but perhaps it was better this way. Better that such impossible fantasies remain firmly impossible.
So, Bai Meizhen confirmed for her friend that she was indeed strong enough now, and made plans to proceed to the door she had found on the mountain later that night. That would give her time to get a little rest, help preserve the secrecy of their discovery, and hopefully give Meizhen a bit of time to get her emotions fully back under her control.
Omake A/N: Now, I sincerely doubt this will be canon for obvious reasons, but I can always hope.
Bai Meizhen dragged herself out of seclusion within her room for the first time in several days, utterly exhausted. Granted, if she were anywhere else, she would have suppressed any outward showing of weakness, but within the walls of her home she felt safe to let it show. As she left the room, she heard her roommate, and only friend, call out to her. It took her a moment to register what Ling Qi had asked, as well as process her half sarcastic little quip, once again showing just how tired she was. Still, her friend showed both concern over her condition, yet trust that she could take care of herself. Ling Qi's simple acceptance that she was and would be fine, when not dealing with an injury from a battle, was one of the best things about her friend, in Meizhen's opinion.
She approached her friend at the table, and sat across from her, letting a little more of her exhaustion show. A part of her mind was screaming at her for displaying any weakness to someone who may become an enemy, but for a couple reasons Meizhen ignored said part. Firstly, because if she treated Ling Qi in such a way, it would mean needing to maintain her guard even when at home. It was something she had done for the first month, but over time, she found her guard relaxing around LIng Qi, and nothing had happened yet. As such, having a place where she didn't have to remain quite as guarded was of great benefit.
Secondly, Ling Qi's blunt honesty and her tendency not to hide her opinion of anyone made it difficult to keep her guard up around the girl. Much like she had seen mortal girls swoon over even the most ugly of puppies, simply because the animals lacked guile; Ling Qi wore down her guard. Still, it felt... good to have a friend she could trust to such a degree. It honestly made her feel uncomfortable any time she thought about their friendship coming to an end, though Meizhen found herself feeling curiously excited when she considered the girl becoming strong enough that the two could be sparring and training partners.
All these thoughts flickered through Meizhen's mind in the time it took her to sit across from Ling Qi and formulate a response to her question. "Well enough, I will be prepared to begin the breakthrough to the Green Soul Realm within the month." Having done so, she then turned her mind to other things. The first, of course, being if any events of note had occurred while she was secluded. Ling Qi told her about the fight she had witnessed between Ji Rong and Xuan Shi, and Meizhen picked up on the subtle twitch in Ling Qi's face when she mentioned that she was once almost betrothed to the man. Once again, there was a reaction from a part of herself that she suppressed, though this time it was from a part of herself that she wouldn't even acknowledge existed. After all, there were certainly other reasons for Ling Qi's reaction than the thought of her being betrothed, and Bai Meizhen was obligated to marry someone for the good of the family and the continuation of the line, anyway.
Still, when Ling Qi offered her a cup of tea, Meizhen couldn't help the thrum of gratitude, nor the slight surprise, at the gesture. If her father saw such, he would certainly be less than pleased with the frankly startling display of vulnerability, but in that moment, Meizhen just couldn't bring herself to care. Soon, two cups of tea were prepared, perhaps not to the standards of her family, but well enough and the gesture on Ling Qi's part made up for what the tea lacked in refinement. As Meizhen sipped her tea, her friend spoke again.
"So, do you think I'm strong enough to help you yet? I like to think I kept my promise on not taking too long," Meizhen looked up from her tea to see a charmingly roguish grin on her friend's face, and she found herself momentarily wishing her friend were male. After all, a man with such talent whom she could trust to that degree would be far more than she could generally expect to receive, especially with her family being currently out of favor with the Imperial Court. The fact that Ling Qi was approaching her about fulfilling the promise made between them at what was reasonably the first opportunity certainly didn't hurt. Still, such was not the case, nor would it ever be. Besides, Meizhen had seen how Ling Qi's eyes would linger on some of their more swarthy male counterparts. Even if Meizhen were willing to entertain such shameful notions, LIng Qi's interests clearly wouldn't be compatible with her. Maybe if her body type were closer to that barbarian Sun Liling's, but perhaps it was better this way. Better that such impossible fantasies remain firmly impossible.
So, Bai Meizhen confirmed for her friend that she was indeed strong enough now, and made plans to proceed to the door she had found on the mountain later that night. That would give her time to get a little rest, help preserve the secrecy of their discovery, and hopefully give Meizhen a bit of time to get her emotions fully back under her control.
Omake A/N: Now, I sincerely doubt this will be canon for obvious reasons, but I can always hope.
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It literally costs us money, of which we have limited amount.
I'm generally unsure why people are saying we aren't specced for a high damage art. I would think we are ideally built for something with a bit of windup. After we create the mist we get stealth bonuses and the enemy gets a perception debuff. I would rather have something fast and poisonous, it seems to fit us better, but something very hard hitting with a bit of cast time really is right up our alley. I would say we should get one of each but the fighting in thread would literally never end if we really tried for it.