Threads Of Destiny(Eastern Fantasy, Sequel to Forge of Destiny)
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He is in fact a Xuan Wu, the thing is that Xuan Wus have actually two sides which behave differently but have the wishes. Sometimes LQ has catched that Zhen and Gui have the "same" voice when talking to her seriously.
Thought, even the normal Xuan Wu's take a while to properly control each half,
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- The United States
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- He/They
Been thinking about Zhengui thinking Shi has no backbone. I believe its actually the opposite.
If you think about the family Arts the Xuan likely have and the Insights they'd give, I'm betting Shi is Resolute and Immovable once he takes a position.
He HAS to be careful about committing too early to stuff because otherwise he'd be locked into things he wasnt sure of.
If you think about the family Arts the Xuan likely have and the Insights they'd give, I'm betting Shi is Resolute and Immovable once he takes a position.
He HAS to be careful about committing too early to stuff because otherwise he'd be locked into things he wasnt sure of.
Zhengui is a tortoise not a turtle, which is an important distinction. Tortoise's don't enjoy water to begin with, throw in fire as part of his being and it's no surprise he isn't much of a fan.
Xuan Shi grew up on the sea, his ancestors live on the sea. His heritage is practically the sea, of course he smells like the sea. The smell of the ocean is pretty much the smell of fish. That saying someone smells fishy instead of smells like the sea is just a negative connotation of the same thing.
Since Zhengui doesn't like the sea, of course he would use a negative description for it. That what you could argue to be a volcanic spirit not being a fan of one of the sea isn't a big surprise. I dont think he has some major hatred for Xuan Shi as a person, and it's pretty obvious that he is being affected by the dream here. Hanyi is having headaches and everyone seems to be at each other's throats.
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- Somewhere
- Pronouns
- He/Him
Zhengui's dislike of Xuan Shi can't just be due to the Xuan connection to Water. One, Xuan Shi is more strongly aligned with Earth than Water. Two, Zhengui has no problems with Meizhen or Cui who are strongly Water aligned. Maybe Zhengui has an inexplicable hatred for the sea in particular? If that's the case, that just shifts the question to Zhengui's hatred for salt water. As for being worried about Xuan Shi taking Ling Qi away or something, Zhengui has no problems with Bao Qian who's actively courting her.
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- The United States
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- He/They
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God damn.
We always went to Shi for help giving us info on rearing Zhengui.
He dislikes Shi because he's the one that told us our kid had to eat his vegetables and not just candy all day.
In the real life split time line, the other board will wonder why Hanyi has a headache and then how is she suddenly pulled off that leadership check and fixed the we are lost problem
Hogwarts AU
- Location
- The Star Kingdom of Manticore
Susan Ann stared at the night sky above her. The fact that there should be a ceiling caused most of her excitement. The train ride had been amazing. The boat ride had offered such a view. But this was her favorite part so far. The amazing display of magic. The sorting went by in a haze as she looked around and tried to see all the magic on display. Soon enough though dinner was finished and she stood with the rest of the Hufflepuffs to follow their prefects to the dorms.
Susan had to peak around the taller boy in front of her to get a good look at the two prefects leading them. One was a fairly pleasant looking boy. Nothing like on the magazines but cute enough. The other was a striking girl. Raven black hair that almost seemed to shine. Like it was reflecting the torch light as little stars in her hair. It was one of the most beautiful things she had ever seen. Maybe there were magic beauty products? Something to look into.
A quick walk past stairs that made Susan's head spin and they stood in front of a stack of barrels. A brief exchange of passwords that everyone promised to remember and Susan promptly forgot and then everyone was in Hufflepuff's dorms. It was one of the most warming and cozy places Susan had ever seen. Plants in their pots hung from the ceiling and seemed to sway out of the way as heads brushed close by. It was only the waving hands of one of their prefects and his shots of, "First years! First years!" that saved her from getting trampled by her fellow housemates as they started to rush about.
Susan weaved her way through the students and stood in a rough semicircle with her fellow year mates around the two prefects that led them from the dining hall.
"Alright," the boy said, "I am Samuel Tanner. I am one of the new prefects this year, but I am going to do my best to help everyone here. If anyone of you needs help don't be afraid to ask us, or anyone else in the house. Everyone here would be happy to help you."
"And I am Qi Ling," said the now identified girl, "If any of you have trouble please don't hesitate to ask us. We are here to help you."
A shout came from across the room. "Yah! If anyone tries to bully you just tell Qi! She'll sort them out!" The room crackled into a soft laughter at the remark.
Qi sniffed. "Unfortunately since I somehow got the position of prefect my normal methods won't be available. But yes, if someone tries to bully you please tell me. I will sort it out."
The room chuckled some more at that before returning to the more quiet hum of different conversions mingling.
"Okay," Samuel said, "it's been a pretty long day and I am pretty sure that you are all tired. We'll have another meeting tomorrow to go over some of the rules and expectations, but for now why don't you relax and rest. This is the start of a new chapter so enjoy it!"
The group dispersed after that, each person going to a different group. Susan looked around for a bit before meandering over in the direction the first shout had come from. Several boys and a couple of girls were engaged in a conversation around a chess game.
One of the boys watching the game turned to face her as she approached. He grinned and shuffled over to make room. Susan mumbled out a thanks before finding her attention drawn by the magic on display. It was amazing to see a chess game where the pieces argued against the player.
"First time seeing wizard chess?" The boy that had shuffled over for her asked.
"Ah yes. How did you know?"
The boy grinned. "You looked really amazed when you saw the pieces start to argue. Happens to everyone seeing it for the first time. Names Michael. Susan, right?"
"That's right," Susan nodded. "I do have a question for you. If that is alright." She added hestiently.
"Of course! I would be more than happy to answer your questions!"
She fiddled with her robes for a bit. "Is… Is bullying a problem here at Hogwarts?"
Michael shook his head vigorously. "Not at all. There are always a couple of rough kids every year but Hufflepuff doesn't have the intense rivalry that the Lions and Snakes share. You shouldn't have any trouble. If you do don't hesitate to tell anyone here. Us Badgers stick together."
"Oh," Susan sighed in relief, "I was just wondering because…"
"Because of the little scene at the start?"
"Well, yes."
"Qi Ling is kinda famous around the school," Michael said, "You're lucky you'll have her as a prefect."
"What is she famous for?" Susan asked.
Michael grinned. "Getting into fights! One on two, one on three, two on five, it doesn't matter to her. She's a real badger. Never backs down."
Susan frowned. "Someone like that is a prefect?"
Michael shrugged. "She would never start fights. She would just insult people that she thought were bullying people from Hufflepuff until they snapped. Always self defense with her. She lost the house a lot of points for her words and fists but it was to protect her fellow housemates and us badgers aren't too big into the house trophy so we don't care too much."
Susan nodded along with explanation. Before she could ask any more questions Michael got waved away by a group of boys near the door. With a rushed apology Michael left. Susan turned around to head into the dorms and collided with an older girl.
The girl reached out a steading hand. "Sorry about that. I'm Hannah."
"I'm Susan."
Hannah smiled. "Sorry that Michael got called away but he has a lot on his plate right now. If you have any more questions you feel free to ask."
"Oh, umm… alright. I do have one." Susan fiddled with her skirt. "It's a little embarrassing, but are there any magical beauty products?"
Hannah patted Susan's shoulder kindly, "Yes, there are. I even have a magazine I'll lend you to give some ideas."
Susan smiled, "That's really kind of you. I was hoping for something like Ling's hair. It's just so pretty. All those shining stars."
Hannah's face tightened. "That's right." She muttered. "Hey capt!" She called across the room to Michael.
"Yah?!"
Hannah looked around, nodded once, then continued. "Remember to tell all the firsties about Operation Hair. O.K?!"
"Thanks!" Came the reply.
"Operation Hair?" Asked Susan when Hannah turned her attention back to her.
"Sorry about that." Hannah rubbed the back of her neck. "The thing is that Qi Ling is really sensitive about her looks."
"What?"
"Yah. For some reason Qi Ling thinks she is really plain and gets really, really distressed when some tries to compliment her about her looks. So, we just try to avoid discussing it."
"But she must spend so much time getting her hair looking that good!"
Hannah shook her head. "No time at all. She doesn't even own any beauty products."
"How is that possible?!" Asked Susan.
Hannah shrugged. "There is a betting pool across the houses right now. Half say that she has some Veela blood in her. The other half says she has a minor metamorphic gift."
"Veela? Metamorphic?"
Hannah chuckled a bit. "I'll explain those later it takes a bit of time. But!" She raised a finger into the air. "You will have to take astronomy. All first years do. Talk to Qi about it. She is a literal genius when it comes to astronomy. I don't think a Hufflepuff has gotten less than an 'Exceeding Expectations' when it comes to astronomy since Qi started taking it."
"Alright!" Susan turned her head and saw Samael clap his hands. "Alright! It's been a long day for the firsties and it'll be a long day tomorrow. Let's get everything squared away for tomorrow."
The night descended into a blur after that. A lot of moving people. A lot of advice, often contradictory, about how to get to the dining room in the morning and then the lights in the common room began to dim and everyone started shuffling off to their rooms. Susan gave a quick introduction to her fellow roommates before hitting the bed, exhausted. She fell asleep rapidly and dreamed of magic.
A.N
This was just a silly piece that came to my mind as I waited for the next update. Please enjoy an outside view of Ling Qi having adventures at Hogwarts.
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Susan had to peak around the taller boy in front of her to get a good look at the two prefects leading them. One was a fairly pleasant looking boy. Nothing like on the magazines but cute enough. The other was a striking girl. Raven black hair that almost seemed to shine. Like it was reflecting the torch light as little stars in her hair. It was one of the most beautiful things she had ever seen. Maybe there were magic beauty products? Something to look into.
A quick walk past stairs that made Susan's head spin and they stood in front of a stack of barrels. A brief exchange of passwords that everyone promised to remember and Susan promptly forgot and then everyone was in Hufflepuff's dorms. It was one of the most warming and cozy places Susan had ever seen. Plants in their pots hung from the ceiling and seemed to sway out of the way as heads brushed close by. It was only the waving hands of one of their prefects and his shots of, "First years! First years!" that saved her from getting trampled by her fellow housemates as they started to rush about.
Susan weaved her way through the students and stood in a rough semicircle with her fellow year mates around the two prefects that led them from the dining hall.
"Alright," the boy said, "I am Samuel Tanner. I am one of the new prefects this year, but I am going to do my best to help everyone here. If anyone of you needs help don't be afraid to ask us, or anyone else in the house. Everyone here would be happy to help you."
"And I am Qi Ling," said the now identified girl, "If any of you have trouble please don't hesitate to ask us. We are here to help you."
A shout came from across the room. "Yah! If anyone tries to bully you just tell Qi! She'll sort them out!" The room crackled into a soft laughter at the remark.
Qi sniffed. "Unfortunately since I somehow got the position of prefect my normal methods won't be available. But yes, if someone tries to bully you please tell me. I will sort it out."
The room chuckled some more at that before returning to the more quiet hum of different conversions mingling.
"Okay," Samuel said, "it's been a pretty long day and I am pretty sure that you are all tired. We'll have another meeting tomorrow to go over some of the rules and expectations, but for now why don't you relax and rest. This is the start of a new chapter so enjoy it!"
The group dispersed after that, each person going to a different group. Susan looked around for a bit before meandering over in the direction the first shout had come from. Several boys and a couple of girls were engaged in a conversation around a chess game.
One of the boys watching the game turned to face her as she approached. He grinned and shuffled over to make room. Susan mumbled out a thanks before finding her attention drawn by the magic on display. It was amazing to see a chess game where the pieces argued against the player.
"First time seeing wizard chess?" The boy that had shuffled over for her asked.
"Ah yes. How did you know?"
The boy grinned. "You looked really amazed when you saw the pieces start to argue. Happens to everyone seeing it for the first time. Names Michael. Susan, right?"
"That's right," Susan nodded. "I do have a question for you. If that is alright." She added hestiently.
"Of course! I would be more than happy to answer your questions!"
She fiddled with her robes for a bit. "Is… Is bullying a problem here at Hogwarts?"
Michael shook his head vigorously. "Not at all. There are always a couple of rough kids every year but Hufflepuff doesn't have the intense rivalry that the Lions and Snakes share. You shouldn't have any trouble. If you do don't hesitate to tell anyone here. Us Badgers stick together."
"Oh," Susan sighed in relief, "I was just wondering because…"
"Because of the little scene at the start?"
"Well, yes."
"Qi Ling is kinda famous around the school," Michael said, "You're lucky you'll have her as a prefect."
"What is she famous for?" Susan asked.
Michael grinned. "Getting into fights! One on two, one on three, two on five, it doesn't matter to her. She's a real badger. Never backs down."
Susan frowned. "Someone like that is a prefect?"
Michael shrugged. "She would never start fights. She would just insult people that she thought were bullying people from Hufflepuff until they snapped. Always self defense with her. She lost the house a lot of points for her words and fists but it was to protect her fellow housemates and us badgers aren't too big into the house trophy so we don't care too much."
Susan nodded along with explanation. Before she could ask any more questions Michael got waved away by a group of boys near the door. With a rushed apology Michael left. Susan turned around to head into the dorms and collided with an older girl.
The girl reached out a steading hand. "Sorry about that. I'm Hannah."
"I'm Susan."
Hannah smiled. "Sorry that Michael got called away but he has a lot on his plate right now. If you have any more questions you feel free to ask."
"Oh, umm… alright. I do have one." Susan fiddled with her skirt. "It's a little embarrassing, but are there any magical beauty products?"
Hannah patted Susan's shoulder kindly, "Yes, there are. I even have a magazine I'll lend you to give some ideas."
Susan smiled, "That's really kind of you. I was hoping for something like Ling's hair. It's just so pretty. All those shining stars."
Hannah's face tightened. "That's right." She muttered. "Hey capt!" She called across the room to Michael.
"Yah?!"
Hannah looked around, nodded once, then continued. "Remember to tell all the firsties about Operation Hair. O.K?!"
"Thanks!" Came the reply.
"Operation Hair?" Asked Susan when Hannah turned her attention back to her.
"Sorry about that." Hannah rubbed the back of her neck. "The thing is that Qi Ling is really sensitive about her looks."
"What?"
"Yah. For some reason Qi Ling thinks she is really plain and gets really, really distressed when some tries to compliment her about her looks. So, we just try to avoid discussing it."
"But she must spend so much time getting her hair looking that good!"
Hannah shook her head. "No time at all. She doesn't even own any beauty products."
"How is that possible?!" Asked Susan.
Hannah shrugged. "There is a betting pool across the houses right now. Half say that she has some Veela blood in her. The other half says she has a minor metamorphic gift."
"Veela? Metamorphic?"
Hannah chuckled a bit. "I'll explain those later it takes a bit of time. But!" She raised a finger into the air. "You will have to take astronomy. All first years do. Talk to Qi about it. She is a literal genius when it comes to astronomy. I don't think a Hufflepuff has gotten less than an 'Exceeding Expectations' when it comes to astronomy since Qi started taking it."
"Alright!" Susan turned her head and saw Samael clap his hands. "Alright! It's been a long day for the firsties and it'll be a long day tomorrow. Let's get everything squared away for tomorrow."
The night descended into a blur after that. A lot of moving people. A lot of advice, often contradictory, about how to get to the dining room in the morning and then the lights in the common room began to dim and everyone started shuffling off to their rooms. Susan gave a quick introduction to her fellow roommates before hitting the bed, exhausted. She fell asleep rapidly and dreamed of magic.
A.N
This was just a silly piece that came to my mind as I waited for the next update. Please enjoy an outside view of Ling Qi having adventures at Hogwarts.
@yrsillar Omake for the Omake throne
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TimEd
Meteor maker
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So, Zhengui and Hanyi are probably still themselves, but what form would Sixiang and Dress Spirit take?
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- UK
- Pronouns
- They/Them
Heh fun omake. Ling Qi as a protective scrapper in best house is a cute idea. Love how friendly and helpful they all are and that they try to look out for LQ and her insecurities too. Though while she is perfect the position she's been awarded would be prefect.
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- The Star Kingdom of Manticore
Have I read that wrong for the last nineteen years of my life? I am going to have to check this.
Edit: I guess I have.
I always wondered why they were being so pretentious with the title at Hogwarts. Now I know I can't read.
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It does, but if you put things between them things can go screwy.
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- The Space Between
1st: Xuan are cool with barbs, we got an interlude epilogue on Forge that showed a Xuan captain admiring the flexy muscles of a Pillarman. It would be *possible* for Xuan Shi to not be a spirit blood of Xuan Wu. But I don't think so. We've already seen part of his spirit-blooded morphology and the scales don't seem to be fish-like. And it's not a partially formed exoskeleton . . . right?
You'd have to go for a pretty old school bony fish to be a fish. Smelling of "fish" can be explained by the ocean smell, but. *technically* the sea floor would be earth too wouldn't it?
Unrelated. Did you know that Scorpions are an incredibly old lineage that dates back to sea scorpions that hunted on the ocean floor and climbed short distances over land to protect their young in more sheltered pools? I'm sure the imminent ascension of a scorpion has literally 0 to do with a Xuan dalliance with some sort of very strongly Earth creature. Because the turtle half of the Xuan Wu can more than explain the absolute flooding of Earth Qi. And an invertebrate doesn't even *have* a spine. Why would Xuan Shi have to make sure to cultivate his spine more if he was spineless eh? Checkmate. Your tinfoil is defeated.
As a confirmed 100% spirit blood of Xuan Wu no suspicion there, it's very weird that he has repressed his Serpent side so hard. We saw from Su Ling it's really hard *not* to cultivate something your spiritblood pushes you toward. If you were really ashamed of that part but didn't want to cultivate it out of you like Su Ling did with the fox's lake, I suppose you could cultivate only the part that you are fine with? But you'd need to find a way to avoid using that aspect of yourself. Something like, doubling down on the aspect you like and then investing in the externalizing/production of that aspect in a way that lets you not have to engage with the part of you that you're ashamed of? You'd be crippling the balance of your build but. You'd also be a really cool production cultivator despite the imbalance and crippling of self that you're doing
You'd have to go for a pretty old school bony fish to be a fish. Smelling of "fish" can be explained by the ocean smell, but. *technically* the sea floor would be earth too wouldn't it?
Unrelated. Did you know that Scorpions are an incredibly old lineage that dates back to sea scorpions that hunted on the ocean floor and climbed short distances over land to protect their young in more sheltered pools? I'm sure the imminent ascension of a scorpion has literally 0 to do with a Xuan dalliance with some sort of very strongly Earth creature. Because the turtle half of the Xuan Wu can more than explain the absolute flooding of Earth Qi. And an invertebrate doesn't even *have* a spine. Why would Xuan Shi have to make sure to cultivate his spine more if he was spineless eh? Checkmate. Your tinfoil is defeated.
As a confirmed 100% spirit blood of Xuan Wu no suspicion there, it's very weird that he has repressed his Serpent side so hard. We saw from Su Ling it's really hard *not* to cultivate something your spiritblood pushes you toward. If you were really ashamed of that part but didn't want to cultivate it out of you like Su Ling did with the fox's lake, I suppose you could cultivate only the part that you are fine with? But you'd need to find a way to avoid using that aspect of yourself. Something like, doubling down on the aspect you like and then investing in the externalizing/production of that aspect in a way that lets you not have to engage with the part of you that you're ashamed of? You'd be crippling the balance of your build but. You'd also be a really cool production cultivator despite the imbalance and crippling of self that you're doing
Don't worry, I'm sure we have all done that before.
(Prefect=>Pre fect=>before done)
(Please don't hurt me)
ZeldaFan
Thinker of Ideas
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- Florida-Land of Madness and Sunshine
Caught up. Good stuff.
Wow, so we are at war with lovecraftian monsters?
The deeper you go into the earth, the more horrific it gets.
Cool.
Getting messed up trying to save everyone from being thrown into voids?
Oof. This mission went pearshaped fast, even bailing out when ordered and retreating as fast as possible...
What being was powerful enough to disrupt the beacon?
Wow, so we are at war with lovecraftian monsters?
The deeper you go into the earth, the more horrific it gets.
Cool.
Getting messed up trying to save everyone from being thrown into voids?
Oof. This mission went pearshaped fast, even bailing out when ordered and retreating as fast as possible...
What being was powerful enough to disrupt the beacon?
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- Location
- New Brunswick, NJ
- Pronouns
- He/Him/His
In all seriousness, welcome to the thread! I look forward to finding out hopefully tomorrow what the hell.
Jensaarai
Sing Victory Everlasting
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- They/Them
Some people were thinking that it might've been whatever was causing all the low-key spatial distortions that we've been seeing, but no one really knows exactly.
I for one think it's corpse will be a nice gift to Li suyin
Maybe we took to much time getting there if we had choosen the options less time consuming we may had escaped the army
can't senior moon brother find ling qi ? She is using the ring he gifted her.
What will we do with the dancers dagger gift suyin ? Or use it to make a new talisman sword and gift biyu or su ling ?
What about the new flute
Darkness month hype
Hopefully the last vote was not to choose what spirit will die 😑
can't senior moon brother find ling qi ? She is using the ring he gifted her.
What will we do with the dancers dagger gift suyin ? Or use it to make a new talisman sword and gift biyu or su ling ?
What about the new flute
Darkness month hype
Hopefully the last vote was not to choose what spirit will die 😑
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- Location
- The Star Kingdom of Manticore
So in order.
We took the fastest options to get out once the operation started. I really can't see a way for Ling Qi to have moved faster once the attack started.
I don't think our bloody moon sempai can find us given that Six is actively sealing us away so we don't leak out anything important. It's just the situation.
I have no idea what to do with the dagger we got from our first run in with these assassins. I don't think a lot of conversation has happened about it either.
We could get an upgraded flute. However, at our level of cultivation and cultivation speed we need to be really picky about what we spend money on. Getting a flute that would be a significant upgrade at our level would cost a lot of money. Money that could be spent on drugs to increase our level. I believe the thinking right now is that leveling up our arts and base cultivation faster is a better investment than an upgraded weapon right now.
Darkness month hype
That would be a bitter pill to swallow. While the author note at the end felt pretty ominous I don't think that's going to happen.
dpara
slightly confused ascendant
mh, maybe Zhengui just uses fish as insult because that's what he likes to eat the least?
Soft and flubbery, not crunchy tasty like charcoal.
I think Zhengui is so angry at Xuan mainly because he's a defense specialist, *that's my job*, which he thinks he's just failed at.
ie. Zhengui is afraid that mom might leave him behind for a guy that is does the same thing he does but better.
Soft and flubbery, not crunchy tasty like charcoal.
I think Zhengui is so angry at Xuan mainly because he's a defense specialist, *that's my job*, which he thinks he's just failed at.
ie. Zhengui is afraid that mom might leave him behind for a guy that is does the same thing he does but better.
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There are tons of possibilities. My conspiracy theory is that Zhengui does actually feel a sense of kinship to Xuan Shi, and that he feels this way to a complete stranger but not his
Black Noise
Curious
- Location
- About 1AU from Sol
It's more that weapon talismans are expensive as hell at 120 sect points (the equivalent of like 8AP) and so far we mostly spent SP on drugs to accelerate progression, but our priority for future SP is mostly talismans. Though I think an accessory to help perception is higher priority than a flute upgrade, but that's just about it.