- Location
- Brazil
[X] Challenge Raion to a 3-vs-1
I have to ask... Can we call this magic item 'Macaroni'?Finally, he holds up the cap and presents it to you. "And this… is a cap stuck with a feather from the legendary Vermilion Phoenix, who gave up the fire of her life to rekindle the sun. When you wear this cap, you can will the feather to catch fire when it does, you will be filled with the energy and vitality of a phoenix until the feather is reduced entirely to ashes. But if this cap catches the first rays of dawn's light, the feather will regrow in the cap once more
I can tell already that you are a wise man. Always cleave to the laser of two evils.But worry not. I already changed my vote to exited(the laser evil of the two) a couple of posts ago, when i realized sicken won't win
Something of a pity this didn't win. Given the lack of variable outcomes in this quest, the best way to win is to stack the odds as heavily in your favour as you can, and pile on as many force multipliers as possible.[X] One of the mountains in the Devil's Spine nearby has a large, deep cave in it. Bulma can take shelter in there while you and Goku guard the cave's mouth, beating back the bandits.
-[X] Make sure everyone is OK with going lethal due to the large number of bandits
-[X] Get Goku to act as long range mobile support by taking out any major threats before they set up
-[X] Ask Bulma what devices she has that we could use to make traps.
--[X] e.g. set up a fake back to the cave so that if bandits get in somehow they wont see her immediately. Or some other form of defense
-[X] Perform harassment of the approaching army
--[X] Stealing or destroying guns, food, fuel, and water would slow them down and weaken them greatly and improve our odds
-[X] Set up loose boulders above the cave that we can use to cause a boulders to roll down the mountain (should get us some breathing room if we need it). But has to be done carefully so that it is not cause us problems
Personally I prefer "the princess is in another castle" however as it is unlikely to pass I have just mentioned the things we can do to maximize our odds using this plan. It is in order of priority and ease of setup so we can focus on the top things first.
It is like they say: kill an enemy and you take one enemy out of action. Cripple an enemy and you take out around 2-3.Plus, it actually works better to, you know, not go lethal. It doesn't cost much more energy or effort or time to nonlethally beat someone up but, you know, corpses they can just sort of ditch while on the other hand injured people can massively slow them down and killing their own men for the high price of getting hurt will damage their morale.
It's more pragmatic to just break a leg or something than to crack a skull, completly ignoring all issues of morality.
That's not to say I'm not against killing people for moral issues, just that, you know, not everyone has the same beliefs.
"Only almost, though. No-one is ever actually as lost as you."
I have to ask... Can we call this magic item 'Macaroni'?
I can tell already that you are a wise man. Always cleave to the laser of two evils.
Something of a pity this didn't win. Given the lack of variable outcomes in this quest, the best way to win is to stack the odds as heavily in your favour as you can, and pile on as many force multipliers as possible.
It is like they say: kill an enemy and you take one enemy out of action. Cripple an enemy and you take out around 2-3.
"Only almost, though. No-one is ever actually as lost as you."
I like this write-in. Stack the odds in our favour as hard as we can.
[X] Hold on, let's be smart about this
-[X] Write-In alternate plan: We know that the gang is planning to attack within the week, however, that must take a ton of preparation for weapons, guns, food, etc. This means that if we strike smartly we can take out all of the weapons that they would need to launch the attack thus delaying it for a bit. From there further sabotage could weaken the gang and make them less loyal to Raion. Then when we challenge him in such a way as to make beating us solo the only way he can maintain any credibility as a leader. While doing this we should make sure to train together so that when the time comes we can fight effectively as a team.
"I want you to close your eyes and begin to watch your breathing." You instruct the petulant, blue-haired girl in front of you, who does her best to comply, closing her eyes and beginning to breathe deeply. "Do not change your breathing." You correct gently. "Merely accept it for what it is, and observe it, letting it flow in and out of you."
As you watch, her breathing becomes more natural and comfortable, returning to its usual rate.
After a few minutes of this, you say "Very good. Now I want you to imagine a well of light, deep within you. Focus on that image. Can you see it clearly?"
"Sort of?" She says hesitantly, seeming almost startled by the long silence being broken. "I can kind of picture something like that, but it feels distant and weak. A sort of bright blue fog of light"
You smile. It is a pleasant surprise to have her sensing Ki this soon. "Now I want you to imagine reaching out to that light, and pulling it towards you." You wait, as her closed eyes tighten in concentration, until she gives a tiny, almost imperceptible nod. "Now I want you to push that light all around your body. Feel it suffising every part of you. If you can accomplish this, you will be well on the road to reinforcing hour body with Ki."
Just like that, almost as if a spell was broken, her frown of concentration wavers, and is replaced with a scowl, and she snaps her eyes open. "Damn." She drawls. "I lost it. I knew this was impossible."
You raise an eyebrow. "Again you use that word. Do you need another object lesson about the possibility of using ki?"
She quickly shakes her head. "No, no, I remember just fine. It's just... Everything I know about science says that this should be impossible."
"Then your science is wrong, or incomplete." You answer simply.
"WHAT?" She rounds on you in startlement and indignation.
You calmly return her gaze. "Forgive my ignorance, but is not the point of science, broadly, to understand the world? If science tells you that something is impossible when you see it before your very eyes, is it not reality, but science that is at fault?"
"Well, yeah, I guess." She concedes. "But how does it work? Why does it work?"
You shrug. This isn't the first time she has asked this. "I don't know. As skilled as I am, I still remain a novice in the deeper mysteries of Ki. I don't even know if there are answers to those questions that would satisfy you."
She frowns. "What do you mean by that? The fact that it works proves that there must be some way how it works, and that's what I need in an explanation!"
"You are correct, of course." You concede, "But I know not if anyone has an explanation for the workings of Ki that meets your standards."
"So now you're saying that there might be no-one who actually understands how Ki works?" she cries petulantly. "How am I supposed to figure it out if no-one knows it?"
You shrug again. Offering: "You could figure it out for yourself."
"Maybe I will!" Says Bulma defiantly.
She seems to grow pensive for a moment, looking off at nothing in particular, before whispering "Maybe I will."
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Guh. I'm really not sure I can properly write Either Jin or Bulma, in all honesty.
Ah well.
As they say: it's something.
I think I'll take a point of agility.Well I liked it, and speaking of something it's something that's worth a bonus! You can pick it now, but it'll only come into effect the next time Jin trains. Your choices are:
For a second after seen the image I thought you had set us up to fight a planes-walker .
So are you saying Planeswalkers can beat Beerus or Whis?I'm not quite that cruel. I'm saving that fight until after Battle of the Gods.