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Hmmph... this junior is a good seed [Cultivation Management Quest]

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    • [X] No. Stay the course you have charted so far. You will not throw your plans away on the word of a Blood Path criminal.
     
    [X] No. Stay the course you have charted so far. You will not throw your plans away on the word of a Blood Path criminal.
     
    [X] No. Stay the course you have charted so far. You will not throw your plans away on the word of a Blood Path criminal.
     
    [X] No. Stay the course you have charted so far. You will not throw your plans away on the word of a Blood Path criminal.

    We dont really need to accept, I only considered yes because itd have been a shortcut for my larger plans
     
    Looks like the Imperial Optimatoi are going to stick to their guns. Whether that be sticking to deals they'd already made, or sticking to the Righteous Powres, or not dealing with the Demonic or Blood Path, or whether it's not committing to either Righteous or Demonic and going the path of Heaven's Shadow and the Imperator above.

    [X] No. Stay the course you have charted so far. You will not throw your plans away on the word of a Blood Path criminal.

    I don't want to throw in with the Blood Path. Their means are evil and their prevailing cultivator culture is backstabby, evil, and edgelord-y. Granted, I wouldn't want to throw in fully with the Righteous Powers either, and I'm suspicious about the Heavens too, but... Yeah.

    It's a temporary alliance (and a less-temporary reputation of opportunism or being backstabby, as the Righteous Powers will remember this; also, they'll probably start worrying about us wanting to take over the region again. I mean, more-so than if we did it the slow way and knocked out the Jingshen claim more-legitimately or semi-legitimately. They'll be more worried if we use the Altar Lord's help to conquer the desert, basically.) but... yeah.

    I wonder.

    Would we have been willing to take the Altar Lord's deal, if we hadn't already been aiding the Righteous Powers?

    If we hadn't had the narrative and emotional investment of "Well, I'd feel bad about abandoning or turning against somebody that we had just spent time slowly building bridges to..." and had stayed out of the Plains War entirely until this point. If we had been approached by the Altar Lord with an offer to knock out the Jingshen from the desert, and join a newly-formed coalition, would we have been more willing to take this deal?

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    TehChron said:
    [X] No. Stay the course you have charted so far. You will not throw your plans away on the word of a Blood Path criminal.

    We dont really need to accept, I only considered yes because itd have been a shortcut for my larger plans
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    Huh, out of curiosity, what're your larger plans?

    Do you just mean "fortify the shit out of the desert area and be hegemon of the desert", or more narrative stuff, or stuff related to the Seas, or what?
     
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    [X] No. Stay the course you have charted so far. You will not throw your plans away on the word of a Blood Path criminal.

    Not really any point in rebelling against the heavens if we have nothing better to replace them with.
     
    [X] Yes. Declare for the Noble Devil Alliance. Invade the Jingshen Clan. Declare war on the Righteous Path.
     
    Garlak said:
    Huh, out of curiosity, what're your larger plans?

    Do you just mean "fortify the shit out of the desert area and be hegemon of the desert", or more narrative stuff, or stuff related to the Seas, or what?
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    All of the above, really

    I want to push the Devil Bees further into the Verdant South as well. But honestly itd be pretty pricey right about now
     
    [X] No. Stay the course you have charted so far. You will not throw your plans away on the word of a Blood Path criminal.
     
    About the devil bees civil war can does that area even have enough population to support 3 nascent soul blood cultivators? I would expect that they are stripping the place.
     
    [X] No. Stay the course you have charted so far. You will not throw your plans away on the word of a Blood Path criminal.
     
    So on one hand, Yes seems to be the most narratively compelling path, a return 'to the roots' if you will of clan creation, where we were invaders to the sea trying to topple Heaven but getting cursed into oblivion for the termity of trying to be good.

    On the other hand, our actual choices in this quest has been very not that ("Integrate into Heaven!"), and losing GS and salting over it is way more serious and so:

    [X] No. Stay the course you have charted so far. You will not throw your plans away on the word of a Blood Path criminal.
     
    [X] No. Stay the course you have charted so far. You will not throw your plans away on the word of a Blood Path criminal.
     
    [X] Yes. Declare for the Noble Devil Alliance. Invade the Jingshen Clan. Declare war on the Righteous Path.
     
    [X] No. Stay the course you have charted so far. You will not throw your plans away on the word of a Blood Path criminal.
     
    [X] No. Stay the course you have charted so far. You will not throw your plans away on the word of a Blood Path criminal.

    At the end of the day, the Blood-Path is evil. Unequivocally, irredeemably, utterly evil. I couldn't abide fighting at their side even if it meant guaranteeing our eventual destruction - and I don't believe we're doing that here.
     
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    Matthias Outi 4 - Bodies of my Brothers
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    • Bodies of My Brothers

    It felt like burning. The searing, blazing flame, that burnt in every heart of the Golden Devil. Ambition in his eyes, the Five-Elements Disharmony Curse in his soul, and at his belt the Necklace of Screaming Bells and other little treasures. His fortune was on the rise—he had to make use of it, how could he not?

    Not with countless Golden Devils a-moldering in their graves, their souls marching on somewhere—but not here. Not training, not eating, not laughing, not living—and for what? Some damned Trial and curse handed down by some gods above, so another clan could burn and rape with impunity and what was a Great Way worth—

    Some would call it odd, seeing him so incensed. He was quiet, small, rather relaxed, most of the time, it's true. He bore his own burdens with long practice, for the countless ills of the world was an old friend to him—in a way, it would've been odd to not deal with misfortune.

    But, but, but—just because he was an old hand at his own suffering, how could he stand by and let others live with it? He was no fool, thinking that things "weren't so bad" if he—or others— could live with it, he knew full well that just because you could live with something didn't mean it was good, familiarity bred contempt, after all. It was why he had helped, where he could, rather than wandering off into the desert as a hermit.

    He wasn't a wanderer, now, though—he was a Golden Devil, for whatever it was worth, and it was worth, it was bought at the price of Iphigenia's life, however much Anastasia assured him otherwise. He had a name, even if it was "no one," for what name could be more fitting for him? And so that was how he entered the Trials, hoping to live and pay back those gifts.

    That was not how he left.

    It was the laughter, the damned mirth that the Enemy had, that grated to him. It was like they were out hunting, having a celebration, as they killed and raped and pillaged, harvesting their bodies like one would hunt spirit beasts—and even spirit beasts were granted the dignity of not having their corpses laid out like so much garbage. They laughed and smiled and giggled like children as they thrust fists through hearts and tore limbs apart. If his clan was a clan of Devils, what could they possibly be, their so-called righteous punishment?

    And so, when they became bored of ripping his fellow soldiers apart, they began casting their spells, wanting to have a little less burden on their poor, little, tired-out selves. They began casting curses, trying to amuse themselves as his friends died in increasingly horrific ways.

    Curses.

    He must've frightened Anastasia, honestly, given the look she gave him as he began bursting out in laughter, as he cast his spear aside, as he ran towards the front lines, pushing people out of the way at a speed entirely unnatural.

    One, a charming little hex to cause blood to boil. Another, a darling little spell to cause bones to powder. A third, a fourth, a fifth as they kept on casting and casting and casting at this little doll who wouldn't dance at their tunes.

    And then they died, in their blind focus, as he soaked up more and more and more, they died in their arrogance—but that was a tale for another day.

    Matthaias looked up, at the countless ghosts surrounding him, the ones no one else could see, as he spoke to them. His trip to the secret realm had done little for him, materially, near-crippling him and splitting his skull open. Thousands upon thousands of little grudge-ghosts, each representing a curse he hadn't resolved, curdling inside his soul. But if he was insane, that too, was fine—one needed a little bit of insanity to continue to defy the heavens even with the hammer of heaven laying over them. It had struck him down, undoubtedly, and yet he rose, not quite moldering yet.

    If he was mad, so what? He would embrace it, master it, and in time, it too would be eaten in the forge of his soul, his virtuous heart would not allow otherwise. And so, he continued speaking, entertaining the ghosts of his enemies and the restless dead, as they slowly began burning in the heart of his soul. He would circle back, every so often, getting the bare minimum of medical attention, and checking up on Ana—but his soul felt the beat denied to so many others. And thus—even if Heaven itself would come press its palm down on him, he would accept it—and burn it, for what was Heaven itself but a curse upon this realm?

    A/N

    So, yeah, I kinda forgot this quest existed, whoops? Semester's been brutal, this omake may be even more lower-quality than my usual fare, but considering some great wild shit is going on, might as well hop right on during finals week, am I right? Probably gonna finish Matt's journey into the Golden Devils sometime, but MOTIVATION is a little easier to slip into when you yourself are being stuck into a crucible of college's cruelest designs. Thanks for having me back, time to find that spreadsheet link to request that bloody LST, holy crap Matt how are you still alive.
     
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    • Shard said:
    So on one hand, Yes seems to be the most narratively compelling path, a return 'to the roots' if you will of clan creation, where we were invaders to the sea trying to topple Heaven but getting cursed into oblivion for the termity of trying to be good.

    On the other hand, our actual choices in this quest has been very not that ("Integrate into Heaven!"), and losing GS and salting over it is way more serious and so:

    [X] No. Stay the course you have charted so far. You will not throw your plans away on the word of a Blood Path criminal.
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    I mean, we had the "integrate into heaven" choice and turned it down. We are definitely not doing that.

    Nonetheless, there are good reasons for turning down the offer even while continuing to rebel against the heavens.
     
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