Threads Of Destiny(Eastern Fantasy, Sequel to Forge of Destiny)

[Kian]

You read it correctly!

However, the reason why I ask is this lil nugget regarding paired effects:

Ling Qi's Domain effects are tiered by her personal bonds:
• Personal effects are Ling Qi's personal benefits.
• Bond 0 effects are applied to all allies in a scene, while higher bond effects apply only to appropriately ranked allies.
• Paired effects apply to both Ling Qi and Bond 4 allies in the same scene.

If the whole damage 1HKO negation ability doesn't apply to Zhengui... then why is it a paired ability instead of a more suitable personal ability? It seems like an odd place to put it.

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While I understand your confusion, I'd like ot point out that none of the other abilities, even paired ones, work like that. They are either just flat stat increases wherein Ling Qi as the buff giver increases the stats of her Bonds, or saving throws with the language used indicates that this too is Ling Qi providing her Bonds with them.

Even in the description itself this appears to be evident

Once per Scene, Ling Qi may negate an effect which would reduce an ally of bond 5 or 6's health to zero (Bypassed by effects which make use of Shen

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(emphasis mine).

Furthermore from what we heard of domains show them to be highly individual and expressions of the soul. It is a big difference between actually using someone elses soul or using opportunities gifted by someone using their soul/domain.

I do understand your confusion at the wording however but would point to the fact that @yrsillar has pledged himself (due to his patreon) to provide 20 updates a month ( 12 on RR and 8 here) plus his comission, plus the interludes and sidestories which patreons can vote for. I also think he has a normal job as well. In short mistakes such as these are bound to happen.

But dont worry, as long as he doesn't start playing world of warships we are fine.

 

[BeepSmile]

Why not ask the QM to clarify this aspect of the mechanics to the playerbase?

Yo! @yrsillar! Mechanics question: The thingy being discussed above. Clarification requested.
(Payment will be in two cute animal pics of the species of your choice)

Edit: I don't know much (anything) about world of warships, but if he starts playing league of legends or the suchlike, I'm advocating we do an intervention.

 

[Glau]

[X] Spend your time on those who already seem to have a good impression of you (Boosts relations with noble groups that have positive views. Potential contacts.)

 

[Orkus Majorkus]

We're locked up, friendo

 

[yrsillar]

Yes, Ling Qi is the only one who can negate an effect, it's paired because she needs a bond 5 target.

Also, seals please.

 

[FakePriest]

Spoiler: Like this?

pretty cute picture

Spoiler: This one is pingwin friendly

Edit: added second picture

 

[Ehorin]

Spoiler: Like this?

pretty cute picture

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It's sooooo CUTE!

No but really it's adorable. Seal and Penguin both.

 

[Killer_Whale]

Seals?
(large picture)

Spoiler: Seals

 

[Kian]

Spoiler: Like this?

Also a large picture I guess.

 

[yrsillar]

Spoiler: Cultivation

Moonless Saboteur's smile. 389 dice

3, 8, 2, 6, 8, 1, 1, 7, 4, 2, 10, 2, 1, 2, 1, 5, 1, 10, 2, 4, 5, 1, 6, 10, 4, 8, 6, 2, 8, 8, 7, 9, 6, 8, 1, 2, 2, 6, 1, 4, 6, 9, 9, 9, 9, 7, 4, 8, 3, 6, 1, 6, 4, 3, 3, 6, 10, 10, 6, 5, 3, 5, 3, 8, 3, 2, 3, 10, 2, 9, 10, 7, 8, 7, 3, 4, 4, 6, 7, 5, 1, 5, 1, 3, 5, 6, 3, 8, 2, 7, 1, 10, 7, 10, 1, 3, 9, 7, 5, 4, 6, 3, 6, 4, 1, 9, 9, 10, 3, 8, 10, 4, 6, 8, 8, 7, 1, 8, 1, 7, 8, 4, 7, 3, 1, 8, 3, 1, 6, 2, 5, 9, 9, 1, 4, 7, 2, 8, 5, 4, 4, 4, 2, 6, 8, 7, 1, 8, 4, 2, 6, 5, 8, 2, 10, 1, 9, 9, 6, 10, 1, 4, 1, 9, 6, 2, 5, 2, 1, 7, 3, 3, 9, 5, 1, 4, 5, 7, 8, 3, 1, 1, 5, 8, 8, 5, 1, 6, 9, 9, 1, 8, 4, 4, 4, 8, 9, 5, 10, 4, 1, 8, 3, 4, 10, 4, 5, 3, 10, 5, 1, 5, 9, 10, 3, 4, 2, 3, 3, 3, 10, 1, 1, 8, 5, 4, 8, 9, 3, 8, 8, 2, 3, 5, 5, 6, 10, 5, 10, 1, 7, 9, 2, 6, 4, 4, 3, 10, 9, 7, 3, 9, 1, 9, 4, 9, 9, 3, 4, 10, 4, 1, 7, 6, 4, 8, 8, 9, 10, 2, 7, 9, 10, 1, 2, 4, 8, 5, 8, 4, 2, 6, 7, 8, 2, 8, 5, 8, 7, 5, 10, 3, 7, 10, 9, 8, 6, 10, 6, 6, 9, 4, 2, 5, 1, 6, 3, 1, 4, 2, 1, 2, 1, 5, 4, 7, 8, 1, 4, 9, 7, 4, 4, 4, 5, 7, 2, 5, 7, 9, 7, 1, 10, 3, 4, 8, 4, 10, 10, 6, 5, 7, 8, 3, 1, 10, 4, 6, 3, 6, 10, 4, 2, 7, 1, 7, 1, 8, 1, 3, 1, 1, 4, 5, 2, 3, 1, 5, 1, 2, 8, 9, 5, 1, 2, 8, 2, 6, 5, 5, 8, 4, 7, 9, 4, 2, 8, 8, 4. 211 successes

Rerolling 52
3, 1, 1, 10, 3, 8, 4, 7, 4, 9, 5, 3, 3, 9, 7, 1, 3, 1, 8, 2, 3, 1, 2, 6, 1, 8, 4, 7, 6, 2, 3, 7, 9, 3, 10, 3, 1, 7, 2, 8, 2, 7, 9, 7, 7, 8, 4, 5, 4, 5, 4, 5. 31 successes x2=62

273x2.3=627

627/200 First Word achieved

427/400 Second Word achieved.

27x0.1= 2 to physical overflow

Starless Night's reflection

6, 7, 4, 6, 7, 6, 4, 9, 1, 3, 5, 2, 9, 5, 10, 5, 6, 2, 5, 10, 10, 9, 5, 5, 5, 2, 4, 6, 4, 1, 1, 4, 9, 4, 9, 4, 1, 10, 6, 5, 1, 5, 9, 6, 5, 10, 8, 7, 9, 3, 9, 10, 5, 8, 1, 5, 9, 2, 4, 1, 3, 1, 5, 4, 6, 3, 7, 10, 9, 7, 1, 5, 8, 9, 10, 2, 9, 3, 8, 10, 7, 10, 1, 1, 5, 10, 6, 5, 6, 1, 7, 2, 10, 2, 3, 6, 6, 1, 9, 5, 1, 6, 8, 2, 8, 6, 2, 10, 7, 6, 2, 9, 1, 9, 8, 6, 4, 2, 5, 2, 8, 9, 2, 8, 1, 7, 8, 2, 8, 2, 3, 10, 3, 4, 4, 1, 7, 1, 10, 10, 5, 6, 8, 5, 7, 7, 5, 10, 2, 2, 5, 5, 4, 2, 7, 4, 6, 7, 7, 1, 4, 2, 2, 10, 5, 4, 8, 10, 6, 9, 10, 9, 9, 7, 10, 2, 8, 2, 8, 1, 4, 7, 6, 1, 10, 1, 9, 5, 1, 3, 5, 1, 10, 8, 10, 10, 8, 5, 5, 6, 10, 9, 10, 1, 6, 3, 2, 9, 4, 9, 4, 7, 10, 7, 6, 6, 10, 7, 10, 6, 3, 1, 3, 8, 2, 6, 8, 7, 8, 2, 2, 1, 6, 5, 2, 9, 7, 2, 4, 6, 9, 5, 6, 7, 5, 9, 3, 5, 8, 5, 3, 9, 4, 7, 10, 8, 8, 10, 6, 6, 10, 9, 3, 10, 3, 1, 2, 1, 10, 7, 6, 5, 6, 7, 3, 5, 4, 4, 1, 5, 1, 9, 9, 3, 1, 7, 1, 7, 7, 2, 1, 6, 6, 1, 4, 10, 9, 1, 1, 6, 1, 5, 2, 5, 1, 9, 9, 1, 8, 1, 6, 2, 8, 6, 3, 2, 3, 10, 4, 9, 4, 1, 3, 6, 8, 1, 3, 6, 5, 3, 5, 3, 5, 8, 6, 7, 1, 9, 7, 10, 2, 3, 5, 1, 7, 7, 9, 1, 10, 2, 10, 6, 4, 1, 8, 7, 7, 10, 6, 2, 7, 8, 2, 7, 2, 8, 9, 5, 4, 6, 10, 1, 10, 4, 7, 3, 5, 4, 6, 3, 1, 9, 6, 8, 1, 4, 2, 6, 7, 5, 4, 8, 4, 4, 8, 2, 4, 9, 7, 10, 10, 8, 2, 6, 8, 4, 3, 3, 6, 7, 4, 4, 8, 5, 8, 2, 7, 4, 2, 3, 4, 6, 3, 2, 5, 7, 10, 3, 5, 6, 1, 2, 7, 4, 3, 6, 3, 6, 5, 5, 6, 3, 9, 6, 6, 8, 6, 3, 9, 7, 6, 5, 5, 2, 4, 1, 9, 1, 3, 8, 1, 5, 3, 2, 6, 5, 9, 3, 9, 2, 9, 4, 5, 4, 7, 6, 8, 6, 5, 10, 5, 8, 5, 1, 5, 5, 9, 9, 8, 4, 6, 3, 5, 6, 1, 6, 8, 10, 1, 8, 1, 8, 1, 10, 1, 2, 4, 1, 7, 3, 9, 6, 8, 10, 6, 10, 10, 9, 4, 1, 2, 6, 6, 8, 3, 2, 5, 5, 4, 5, 6, 4, 10, 1, 3, 6, 2, 9, 1, 6, 5, 2, 1, 3, 3, 10, 2, 8, 6, 5, 1, 8, 6, 9, 8, 8, 9, 2, 2, 8, 1, 1, 10, 10, 3, 9, 9, 2, 3, 8, 2, 10, 1, 7, 10, 3, 2, 7, 8, 10, 8, 9, 8, 4, 1, 5, 6, 1, 4, 8, 6, 4, 5, 2, 3, 1, 6, 3, 7, 6, 4, 4, 10, 7, 9, 4, 2, 9, 5, 9, 2, 10, 2, 5, 8, 6, 9, 7, 1, 10, 3, 3, 3, 1, 8, 4, 1, 6, 1, 7, 2, 5, 1, 10, 2, 9, 10, 4, 9, 4, 10, 1, 7, 4, 5, 1, 5, 5, 5, 5, 1, 1, 9, 1, 9, 1, 8, 6, 9, 1, 1, 5, 10, 5, 8, 9, 7, 6, 3, 4, 9, 6, 1, 7, 9, 8, 1, 1, 10, 1, 3, 4, 10, 6, 2, 2, 4, 8, 2, 6, 1, 1, 9, 9, 1, 7, 10, 1, 2, 10, 3, 1, 2, 9, 2, 4, 5, 8, 1, 2, 2, 7, 7, 6, 4, 7, 4, 3, 4, 1, 9, 8, 4, 7, 6, 6, 1, 4, 1, 6, 5, 9, 10, 8, 7, 1, 7, 10, 5, 7, 10, 1, 8, 4, 2, 4, 5, 3, 10, 4, 8, 10, 3, 6, 9, 1, 2, 5, 9, 8, 10, 6, 3, 9, 8, 1, 8, 1, 1, 7, 4, 9, 8, 4, 3, 8, 4, 1, 5, 10, 8, 9, 2, 3, 5, 5, 5, 8, 9, 3, 4, 3, 5, 2, 7, 10, 7, 4, 6, 2, 6, 6, 1, 5, 6, 6, 8, 8, 5, 3, 4, 1, 1, 8, 6, 8, 9, 6, 3, 10, 5, 10, 3, 5, 1, 7, 9, 9, 9, 4, 7, 5, 8, 4, 7, 2, 9, 2, 5, 7, 10, 2, 5, 9, 5, 3, 1, 2, 4, 7, 4, 5, 3, 4, 4, 5, 8, 7, 8, 10, 10, 6, 9, 1, 1, 7, 3, 5, 1, 9, 5, 4, 8, 2, 5, 2, 2, 2, 4, 9, 8, 1, 5, 2, 8, 3, 4, 4, 9, 10, 8, 10, 2, 10, 3, 7, 4, 8, 3, 6, 1, 9, 10, 2, 2, 1, 3, 4, 5, 9, 6, 2, 7, 1, 6, 7, 9, 8, 7, 5, 8, 3, 2, 8, 10, 9, 9, 7, 9, 3, 9, 4, 2, 5, 6, 8, 6, 2, 10, 7, 3, 10, 6, 6, 1, 10, 4, 8, 6, 1, 9, 2, 6, 6, 7, 3, 7, 2, 6, 6, 6, 6, 10, 10, 8, 2, 5, 2, 1, 2, 6, 3, 5, 4, 7, 1, 3, 3, 10, 8, 4, 5, 2, 9, 8, 9, 5, 6, 8, 10, 2, 8, 4, 8, 7, 8, 10, 9, 4, 6, 3, 4, 7, 5, 10, 6, 7, 7, 5, 9, 5, 4, 9, 10, 4, 8, 2, 1, 5, 10, 9, 5, 1, 1, 10, 2, 4, 2, 10, 5, 7, 5, 10, 2, 7, 9, 8, 4, 7, 2, 7, 9, 6, 4, 2, 5, 1, 3, 2, 2, 4, 9, 6, 1, 9, 1, 9, 9, 4, 4, 4, 8, 3, 6, 1, 10, 1, 6, 8, 10, 7, 1, 1, 5, 10, 10, 3, 3, 4, 6, 7, 3, 10, 6, 5, 5, 7, 1, 10, 4, 5, 9, 1, 3, 5, 8, 1, 7, 10, 2, 8, 6, 6, 3, 1, 3, 10, 3, 1, 10, 7, 7, 7, 10, 8, 3, 10, 10, 7, 2, 1, 9, 8, 10, 3, 9, 5, 2, 5, 9, 6, 1, 9, 1, 2, 1, 4, 9, 4, 7, 1, 6, 4, 4, 5, 9, 5, 10, 1, 5, 5, 4, 9, 4, 10, 8, 3, 9, 5, 10, 2, 7, 6, 6, 8, 7, 1, 8, 6, 2, 1, 8, 3, 4, 5, 10, 4, 4, 8, 6, 3, 10, 5, 8, 8, 9, 10, 2, 2, 7, 7, 4, 10, 10, 8, 10, 6, 6, 3, 9, 5, 10, 4, 6, 5, 3, 8, 3, 7, 7, 7, 7, 2, 3, 2, 1, 3, 2, 9, 10, 9, 2, 6, 5, 6, 9, 5, 3, 10, 1, 4, 1, 6, 10, 6, 2, 6, 9, 6, 5, 4, 10, 7, 1, 5, 4, 7, 4, 10, 1, 9, 8, 1, 1, 2, 9, 7, 8, 9, 4, 5, 3, 4, 2, 7, 3, 1, 8, 2, 6, 3, 5, 2, 10, 6, 3, 1, 10, 7, 6, 1, 4, 2, 4, 9, 7, 2, 7, 7, 8, 2, 7, 10, 3, 4, 10, 2, 3, 8, 6, 9, 9, 6, 1, 10, 4, 2, 5, 9, 4, 2, 1, 4, 5, 7, 8, 2, 5, 6, 6, 9, 8, 6, 10, 9, 6, 8, 4, 1, 3, 10, 5, 3, 3, 4, 5, 5, 6, 5, 6, 5, 1, 10, 8, 10, 6, 8, 9, 1, 4, 10, 9, 3, 9, 6, 3, 10, 1, 1, 6, 6, 5, 1, 10, 4, 7, 1, 10, 1, 4, 2, 3, 8, 10, 8, 5, 2, 2, 3, 7, 10, 6, 7, 5, 8, 7, 7, 8, 3, 2, 6, 3, 7, 4, 4, 1, 2, 2, 8, 9, 10, 6, 7, 10, 4, 1, 2, 6, 8, 7, 5, 2, 9, 4, 8, 6. 714 successes

Rerolling 166
3, 5, 7, 4, 6, 5, 5, 10, 4, 3, 9, 2, 1, 1, 10, 6, 8, 10, 2, 6, 3, 2, 8, 4, 2, 4, 4, 2, 1, 7, 6, 2, 9, 8, 2, 6, 1, 4, 5, 1, 10, 5, 8, 2, 2, 7, 4, 4, 2, 1, 7, 9, 2, 5, 5, 10, 6, 7, 3, 6, 2, 8, 5, 1, 9, 5, 10, 10, 1, 5, 1, 4, 4, 9, 9, 8, 4, 5, 3, 9, 8, 9, 1, 10, 8, 6, 3, 8, 2, 7, 1, 1, 4, 2, 1, 1, 8, 3, 8, 8, 3, 5, 10, 3, 6, 10, 9, 2, 6, 3, 2, 10, 10, 7, 6, 4, 10, 5, 9, 10, 3, 3, 6, 7, 10, 10, 9, 10, 8, 1, 3, 5, 9, 9, 1, 5, 6, 8, 4, 1, 1, 5, 7, 7, 10, 9, 2, 10, 6, 6, 1, 4, 3, 9, 5, 8, 8, 4, 4, 9, 3, 2, 6, 5, 7, 6. 87 successesx2= 174 successes


888 x1.95=1731 successes

1731/300 First Ripple achieved

1431/400 Second Ripple Achieved

1031/500 Third Ripple achieved

531/700 Fourth Ripple
Physical Cultivation
7, 8, 1, 5, 8, 3, 5, 2, 9, 4, 9, 8, 5, 10, 10, 7, 8, 5, 10, 3, 2, 1, 2, 4, 6, 10, 5, 3, 6, 3, 2, 1, 5, 10, 6, 7, 5, 5, 5, 9, 6, 7, 1, 5, 10, 9, 8, 10, 2, 6, 2, 8, 9, 4, 6, 8, 2, 2, 2, 8, 8, 6, 1, 1, 2, 4, 9, 7, 6, 1, 3, 6, 1, 9, 6, 2, 10, 1, 5, 3, 9, 3, 8, 8, 5, 9, 10, 9, 9, 2, 3, 6, 2, 4, 2, 10, 10, 9, 8, 3, 10, 6, 10, 6, 7, 3, 7, 3, 9, 1, 10, 8, 8, 10, 9, 6, 1, 2, 8, 9, 5, 6, 5, 5, 1, 4, 6, 5, 4, 5, 10, 5, 8, 3, 5, 3, 7, 10, 4, 6, 3, 10, 9, 7, 2, 9, 3, 5, 1, 7, 2, 7, 7, 8, 6, 6, 2, 2, 4, 9, 3, 5, 7, 2, 7, 3, 3, 5, 9, 8, 3, 6, 1, 4, 7, 4, 3, 2, 3, 9, 4, 5, 3, 1, 3, 8, 8, 2, 9, 1, 5, 7, 7, 3, 8, 10, 3, 7, 4, 8, 8, 8, 9, 10, 9, 8, 8, 9, 6, 5, 4, 1, 6, 7, 9, 9, 6, 5, 1, 4, 4, 7, 8, 3, 6, 3, 5, 10, 2, 7, 8, 6, 7, 9, 7, 7, 8, 4, 6, 1, 7, 6, 8, 7, 10, 2, 9, 10, 7, 3, 1, 6, 2, 10, 10, 10, 2, 2, 5, 1, 1, 6, 6, 2, 7, 1, 2, 10, 2, 6, 5, 1, 10, 3, 10, 8, 2, 8, 3, 3, 1, 6, 7, 9, 7, 9, 8, 5, 7, 4, 1, 3, 4, 7, 5, 7, 9, 7, 3, 9, 8, 1, 9, 6, 10, 9, 6, 1, 1, 9, 8, 10, 3, 6, 8, 7, 10, 1, 5, 3, 10, 2, 4, 7, 10, 5, 2, 6, 6, 3, 8, 10, 8, 9, 1, 1, 4, 1, 6, 1, 8, 1, 7, 3, 3, 5, 9, 6, 9, 8, 4, 1, 7, 9, 6, 5, 9, 2, 3, 2, 6, 9, 6, 6, 3, 1, 2, 6, 9, 3, 8, 5, 4, 1, 4, 7, 4, 9, 4, 9, 1, 4, 10, 6, 9, 2, 10, 7, 9, 6, 4, 5, 7, 6, 2, 8, 2, 4, 3, 4, 3, 1, 7, 9, 9, 5, 9, 3, 3, 2, 1, 6, 3, 1, 9, 9, 8, 7, 3, 6, 9, 4, 8, 9, 1, 7, 4, 5, 6, 3, 5, 5, 7, 9, 6, 7, 6, 10, 9, 2, 10, 4, 9, 5, 3, 4, 2, 1, 9, 4, 4, 4, 6, 10, 2, 6, 7, 4, 8, 1, 9, 5, 6, 8, 9, 3, 5, 1, 4, 2, 6, 6, 5, 10, 3, 8, 9, 10, 1, 10, 3, 6, 9, 1, 3, 9, 2, 6, 9, 4, 7, 1, 6, 6, 4, 1, 9, 10, 1, 2, 10, 10, 7, 2, 7, 6, 3, 1, 4, 6, 7, 10, 6, 4, 10, 3, 3, 5, 10, 8, 3, 6, 9, 3, 9, 5, 5, 6, 9, 5, 2, 1, 3, 5, 6, 8, 10, 2, 7, 2, 9, 9, 7, 6, 2, 1, 8, 5, 9, 4, 7, 1, 1, 4, 1, 8, 5, 9, 2, 7, 2, 10, 10, 1, 9, 4, 1, 3, 3, 7, 6, 8, 5, 9, 9, 6, 1, 3, 6, 9, 8, 6, 6, 4, 5, 8, 5, 6, 5, 2, 6, 2, 4, 3, 7, 4, 7, 5, 4, 5, 2, 1, 8, 4, 1, 5, 3, 1, 9, 6, 6, 3, 9, 4, 2, 7, 3, 8, 3, 8, 6, 2, 4, 6, 9, 2, 7, 7, 3, 2, 5, 4, 10, 1, 10, 3, 8, 6, 10, 1, 10, 2, 6, 10, 2, 10, 9, 2, 3, 10, 3, 4, 8, 5, 10, 9, 10, 8, 3, 2, 4, 6, 3, 5, 2, 8, 1, 4, 10, 2, 5, 8, 6, 2, 4, 4, 3, 3, 9, 8, 1, 4, 7, 1, 8, 7, 2, 4, 6, 2, 5, 5, 10, 10, 10, 6, 1, 7, 3, 1, 4, 1, 6, 2, 7, 7, 5, 1, 2, 1, 9, 1, 8, 6, 5, 2, 8, 10, 6, 9, 1, 6, 6, 8, 7, 5, 9, 4, 2, 9, 1, 6, 9, 10, 7, 10, 9, 10, 7, 3, 2, 4, 5, 2, 10, 10, 10, 3, 6, 4, 5, 6, 3, 3, 8, 4, 2, 5, 5, 3, 7, 6, 4, 7, 3, 10, 10, 7, 6, 7, 10, 4, 4, 4, 8, 7, 9, 10, 8, 3, 9, 6, 2, 1, 7, 6, 10, 3, 4, 4, 2, 5, 8, 1, 8, 4, 10, 7, 6, 3, 9, 6, 7, 3, 4, 9, 10, 1, 6, 9, 9, 4, 4, 8, 3, 8, 5, 1, 5, 10, 2, 1, 6, 2, 9, 3, 8, 9, 1, 7, 5, 10, 5, 1, 4, 6, 9, 10, 4, 3, 5, 4, 2, 2, 5, 6, 6, 8, 3, 1, 5, 6, 5, 9, 1, 3, 2, 6, 2, 6, 3, 5, 3, 9, 8, 3, 2, 10, 2, 3, 6, 4, 10, 4, 7, 9, 6, 6, 7, 10, 1, 1, 5, 5, 9, 1, 1, 5, 10, 4, 5, 3, 10, 4, 4, 8, 3, 9, 9, 7, 5, 9, 1, 1, 5, 5, 4, 2, 4, 1, 7, 2, 5, 1, 6, 2, 1, 5, 10, 6, 2, 3, 5, 2, 3, 6, 4, 8, 3, 7, 8, 9, 8, 5, 8, 1, 2, 2, 6, 2, 3, 1, 8, 4, 4, 7, 5, 4, 9, 8, 4, 2, 2, 7, 2, 10, 3, 7, 9, 3, 9, 4, 5, 9, 7, 8, 8, 8, 1, 8, 8, 10, 5, 5, 8, 9, 1, 8, 7, 3, 6, 7, 9, 4, 10, 7, 8, 10, 7, 5, 4, 8, 5, 4, 6, 5, 4, 10, 5, 1, 1, 1, 4, 5, 9, 9, 2, 10, 4, 9, 1, 2, 2, 8, 10, 7, 6, 8, 2, 2, 5, 4, 6, 10, 10, 10, 9, 6, 2, 4, 8, 3, 2, 2, 9, 6, 4, 5, 4, 10, 5, 1, 3, 7, 8, 3, 9, 4, 3, 3, 9, 10, 3, 6, 9, 10, 7, 1, 10, 10, 5, 5, 4, 9, 2, 7, 1, 3, 10, 3, 2, 7, 10, 5, 6, 10, 3, 9, 6, 3, 7, 2, 5, 10, 6, 8, 6, 3, 10, 4, 6, 10, 4, 7, 10, 6, 5, 2, 10, 9, 5, 8, 7, 1, 8, 2, 1, 7, 3, 1, 2, 10, 6, 4, 9, 6, 10, 3, 5, 6, 8, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 4, 7, 6, 10, 8, 8, 1, 7, 8, 1, 2, 9, 1, 6, 9, 3, 8, 1, 6, 4, 6, 8, 8, 2, 10, 5, 3, 3, 5, 6, 9, 4, 9, 3, 9, 5, 2, 9, 6, 10, 3, 5, 4, 10, 5, 9, 1, 9, 6, 5, 2, 9, 2, 10, 9, 10, 5, 2, 5, 9, 2, 6, 1, 4, 10, 3, 10, 6, 3, 8, 2, 7, 10, 6, 1, 1, 5, 7, 6, 9, 10, 10, 6, 2, 3, 8, 4, 7, 7, 8, 9, 1, 6, 3, 5, 5, 9, 10, 9, 1, 8, 4, 4, 4, 8, 4, 10, 10, 8, 6, 7, 5, 1, 6, 7, 3, 5, 8, 5, 8, 3, 7, 10, 1, 2, 9, 10, 6, 2, 6, 4, 1, 2, 4, 4, 6, 3, 5, 5, 6, 5, 1, 10, 6, 4, 8, 7, 9, 9, 4, 7, 3, 8, 9, 1, 8, 5, 2, 5, 4, 4, 5, 8, 9, 7, 7, 6, 6, 5, 7, 3, 9, 6, 6, 4, 3, 1, 1, 5, 8, 2, 8, 1, 5, 5, 6, 6, 4, 10, 7, 3, 2, 5, 10, 4, 7, 2, 8, 9, 6, 10, 7, 9, 6, 5, 4, 8, 6, 9, 9. 657 successes

Rerolling 126
1, 10, 8, 8, 6, 5, 6, 1, 9, 9, 3, 1, 7, 4, 4, 3, 6, 6, 3, 4, 2, 10, 6, 8, 8, 3, 2, 5, 2, 10, 7, 8, 3, 8, 6, 8, 7, 5, 2, 9, 1, 5, 10, 2, 5, 4, 5, 10, 2, 5, 1, 5, 2, 3, 10, 7, 3, 2, 8, 8, 6, 5, 9, 4, 8, 1, 8, 7, 7, 4, 7, 8, 10, 6, 8, 6, 4, 6, 10, 5, 9, 7, 4, 5, 5, 9, 7, 6, 4, 8, 10, 2, 4, 6, 6, 3, 10, 8, 8, 5, 6, 5, 5, 7, 5, 6, 5, 10, 2, 1, 8, 10, 1, 8, 2, 8, 8, 9, 7, 10, 1, 1, 9, 9, 3, 5

58 successes x2= 116
773x1.1=850 successes

2154/4800

Spoiler: Current Art Levels

Each momentous shift in court, each great change in the status quo arises from ten thousand lesser actions, each innocuous on their own. The spirits of the shadowed, hidden moon know this better than any mortal. Seeking no glory, they arrange matters to the benefit of those mortals which have caught their fancy. Long did the courts of the Weilu prosper with the hidden work of theses spirits, and swift did their order crumble in their absence.

Potency: Green 3
Potency Growth: Green 4(3), Green 5(5)
Keywords:
- Connection, Dark, Mischief, Moon, Mystery, Stealth, Yin.
- Composure, Manipulation, Politics, Speech.
Meridians: Head x3, Heart x1; 2 dark 2 moon
- Growth: Head(5), Heart(3)
Experience Needed: 700, 1000, 1300
Max level: 5

Passive Effects:
+15 to Poise for user and allies in the same social engagement
+15 to Speech+Manipulation tests
+10 to Government
+10 to Social Perception


Mirthful Sabotage: C
Duration: Long or Upkeep 5
Plots and schemes form a tangled and often fragile web. A practitioner of this art learns to see the threads which connect their foes and inform their plots and see the ways in which they may be brought embarrassing failure or revelation. While active the user receives a large bonus to social perception and tests which use the manipulation attribute as a component.

Timely Misdirection: C
Duration: Immediate
For the user, it is not enough to trick and sabotage their foes, ones allies must be protected from similar efforts. When engaged in a social encounter, the user may activate this art when an ally fails a test. Using a bit of wordplay or wit, the user draws attention from their allies mistake, allowing them to retry the test with a +30 bonus.

In the Thousand Lakes, the infinite depth of the night sky is reflected from one thousand mirrors, displaying infinite emptiness extending beyond the heavens and into the depths of the earth. In meditating upon this conceptual void, the user seeks to become such a mirror, combining the formlessness and absorption of darkness with the rippling serenity and infinite depth of the lakes. Enemies striking the user and their allies find their weapons and techniques sinking into the shadows, to vanish, doing no more harm than they would if they slashed the waters of mighty Lake Hei, or aimed their malice at the starless sky.

Potency: Green 3
Potency Growth: Green 4(6)
Keywords:
- Darkness, Lake, Reflections, Stillness, Silence, Void, Yin.
- Composure, Fortitude, Resilience, Resolve, Stamina.
Meridians: Spine x3, Heart x2; 3 dark 2 lake
- Growth: Spine(5)
Experience Needed: 700, 900, 1100
Max level: 6

Passive Effects:
+15 to Physical Armor
+15 to Spiritual Armor
+15 to Physical and Spiritual Armor of allies in Near Range
+15 to Physical and Spiritual armor vs. repeating effects(poisons, marks, etc.)
E Rank damage reduction vs Darkness


Unruffled Stygian Reflection: C
Duration: Short
Becoming as the surface of the water, the user absorbs the effects of a damaging technique or attack that is C rank or lower(this includes techniques that hit multiple times). If the technique is an area of effect, the user absorbs the technique's effects within Close range, protecting allies nearby.

Rippling Starless Shroud: C
Duration: Long
Cloaking themselves in rippling energy that is neither water nor darkness, the user greatly enhances their defenses, and may even extend this shroud to allies nearby. Increases the users Physical and Spiritual Armor significantly, and grants E rank damage reduction against area of effect techniques. The user may extend this effect to up to five allies for free, and up to twenty allies increasing the cost by 5 each time(past the initial 5). Allies must be within Far range or less to benefit.

Black Mirror: B
Duration: Immediate
The lake's surface is imperturbable, and naught may change that Darkness, perfect and unbroken ripples out from the user, consuming all nearby for a single instant. In response to an enemy technique that would include them as a target, the user may activate this technique. On activation, the triggering technique is nullified(If A rank or less) or reduced by one rank in effect(if S or higher), in addition, any other hostile effects of lower rank which would target the user or allies within Close range on the same turn are reduced by one rank in effect.

Spoiler: Next Art levels

Each momentous shift in court, each great change in the status quo arises from ten thousand lesser actions, each innocuous on their own. The spirits of the shadowed, hidden moon know this better than any mortal. Seeking no glory, they arrange matters to the benefit of those mortals which have caught their fancy. Long did the courts of the Weilu prosper with the hidden work of theses spirits, and swift did their order crumble in their absence.

Potency: Green 3
Potency Growth: Green 4(3), Green 5(5)
Keywords:
- Connection, Dark, Mischief, Moon, Mystery, Stealth, Yin.
- Composure, Manipulation, Politics, Speech.
Meridians: Head x3, Heart x1; 2 dark 2 moon
- Growth: Head(5), Heart(3)
Experience Needed: 700, 1000, 1300
Max level: 5

Passive Effects:
+15 to Poise for user and allies in the same social engagement
+20 to Speech+Manipulation tests
+10 to Government
+15 to Social Perception


Mirthful Sabotage: C
Duration: Long or Upkeep 5
Plots and schemes form a tangled and often fragile web. A practitioner of this art learns to see the threads which connect their foes and inform their plots and see the ways in which they may be brought embarrassing failure or revelation. While active the user receives a large bonus to social perception and tests which use the manipulation attribute as a component.

Timely Misdirection: C
Duration: Immediate
For the user, it is not enough to trick and sabotage their foes, ones allies must be protected from similar efforts. When engaged in a social encounter, the user may activate this art when an ally fails a test. Using a bit of wordplay or wit, the user draws attention from their allies mistake, allowing them to retry the test with a +30 bonus.

Lighthearted Gossip: B
Duration: Long
It is easy to make the eye and the ear slide away in the face of directionless words. To outside observers the users conversations appear as no more than irrelevant musings and circular nonsense. Affects the user and up to five designated targets within Near range. Opponents must exceed the users Manipulation+Speech derived with social perception in order to penetrate the screen

In the Thousand Lakes, the infinite depth of the night sky is reflected from one thousand mirrors, displaying infinite emptiness extending beyond the heavens and into the depths of the earth. In meditating upon this conceptual void, the user seeks to become such a mirror, combining the formlessness and absorption of darkness with the rippling serenity and infinite depth of the lakes. Enemies striking the user and their allies find their weapons and techniques sinking into the shadows, to vanish, doing no more harm than they would if they slashed the waters of mighty Lake Hei, or aimed their malice at the starless sky.

Potency: Green 3
Potency Growth: Green 4(6)
Keywords:
- Darkness, Lake, Reflections, Stillness, Silence, Void, Yin.
- Composure, Fortitude, Resilience, Resolve, Stamina.
Meridians: Spine x3, Heart x2; 3 dark 2 lake
- Growth: Spine(5)
Experience Needed: 700, 900, 1100
Max level: 6

Passive Effects:
+20 to Physical Armor
+20 to Spiritual Armor
+15 to Physical and Spiritual Armor of allies in Near Range
+15 to Physical and Spiritual armor vs. repeating effects(poisons, marks, etc.)
D Rank damage reduction vs Darkness


Unruffled Stygian Reflection: C
Duration: Short
Becoming as the surface of the water, the user absorbs the effects of a damaging technique or attack that is C rank or lower(this includes techniques that hit multiple times). If the technique is an area of effect, the user absorbs the technique's effects within Close range, protecting allies nearby.

Rippling Starless Shroud: C
Duration: Long or Upkeep 10
Cloaking themselves in rippling energy that is neither water nor darkness, the user greatly enhances their defenses, and may even extend this shroud to allies nearby. Increases the users Physical and Spiritual Armor significantly, and grants E rank damage reduction against area of effect techniques. The user may extend this effect to up to five allies for free, and up to twenty allies increasing the cost by 5 each time(past the initial 5). Allies must be within Far range or less to benefit. When kept on upkeep, allies past the first five may be given the effects at C rank cost as a single action.

Black Mirror: B
Duration: Immediate
The lake's surface is imperturbable, and naught may change that Darkness, perfect and unbroken ripples out from the user, consuming all nearby for a single instant. In response to an enemy technique that would include them as a target, the user may activate this technique. On activation, the triggering technique is nullified(If A rank or less) or reduced by one rank in effect(if S or higher), in addition, any other hostile effects of lower rank which would target the user or allies within Close range on the same turn are reduced by one rank in effect.

Missiles of pale green wood fell upon Ling Qi from every direction. The air sizzled with the virulent venoms infused into the wood. Ling Qi did not open her eyes, nor did she move. The arrows struck her.

They sank in, as if biting deep, but then flew further, until they should have been spearing out of her back and chest. Instead, the fletching vanished, and the only sign of where she had been struck was a faint distortion in the air.

Ling Qi opened her eyes, and reached up to gingerly press her fingers against her shoulder, where one arrow had struck. She still wasn't used to the sensation, the faintest phantom of pressure and then a sort of… scattering, like the feeling of a clump of thrown sand or dirt scattering on impact.

"The technique is mastered, so far as I can tell," Alingge, her training partner of the moment, said as she landed with a faint rustle of furs

"I think you're right, there's nothing more to do with this technique right now," Ling Qi said, lowering her hand. The Starless Night's Reflection art was her replacement for the Thousand Ring Fortress, whose techniques were beginning to fall behind her cultivation.

It was an art of silence and stillness, modeled on the pure and unruffled reflection of the night sky on a lake during a moonless night. It might have seemed an odd choice for a musician, but Ling Qi knew well enough that the negative space, the silence between notes and bars, were just as necessary to a composition as the sounds themselves.

And, in the end, it was not so different from the finale of the Frozen Soul Serenade. The Starless Night's reflection had come to her so very easily. Compared to the Thousand Ring's, dispersing an attack in the same way that she dispersed herself into shadow when hiding or moving with the Sable Crescent's Grace technique was far more natural.

"Still, it is a strange choice," Alingge said as she dismissed the bow of lacquered horn in her hands back into storage. She didn't need to say anymore for Ling Qi to understand.

Through one of the wisps scattered through the grass, Ling Qi looked on Zhengui, where he stood among the other spirit beasts. Since that night Zhengui had been a little less withdrawn, and had at least made some acquaintances. While she wouldn't call them friends, Zhengui spoke of them in positive terms.

As she watched, Gui was speaking animatedly with a small black bear with dark green markings, and Zhen was staring cross eyes at a tiny sparrow perched on his snout.
Things had… settled, since that evening. But she could not help but worry that she was making a mistake in leaving behind the only major art in her suite that was aided by their connection. "Do you think I am acting in error?" Ling Qi asked lightly.

Alingge did not respond immediately, turning to face the spirit beasts with her arms crossed. "...A week ago, I might have said so."

She probably would have too, Ling Qi thought wryly. Alingge could be distressingly blunt. It didn't bother Ling Qi much, but keeping feathers unruffled had certainly given the other art she had been practicing some good use. Moonless Saboteur's Smile taught many lessons in social awareness, and how to use a good word and better timing to avoid bad impressions. "And what changed?" Ling Qi asked.

"I have had more time to observe the two of you," Alingge said simply. "You are not partners."

Ling Qi frowned, and began to open her mouth to reply, but Alingge was not done.

"Rather, he is your child."

In her head, she felt Sixiang wince, and her own expression froze. "I would call him a sibling, as you well know."

"Is the adult sibling who raises the infant alone not a parent? My experience says that it is so," the other girl replied with a shrug. "Perhaps I am wrong, but to me, your bond does not hold that tenor. My only point is that a parent and a child need not share interests to the same extent. The relationship is different."

Ling Qi was glad that between herself and Sixiang, they could manage a reasonable social screening technique to avoid eavesdroppers. "While I appreciate the advice, I would also appreciate it if you would not say such things," Ling Qi said evenly.

Alingge gave her a searching look, seeming nonplussed by her reaction. "Know that I do not mean to… impugn your virtue," she said as if the words were foreign. "I speak only as one raised by her own sister. Whatever the ties of blood say, it is actions which define relationships."

Ling Qi paused, brought up a little short. That…

It killed her irritation in the crib. That… it still wasn't the same, but she could at least understand the chain of logic.

"I think you recognize more than that," Sixiang grumbled. Ling Qi ignored them.

"It is fine. The line between sibling and parent can be… blurry," it was difficult to say, and Ling Qi could not hie her reluctance in saying it.

"As you say," Alingge said slowly. The girl was not blind, she could tell when she had offended someone, even if she seemed kind of oblivious as to why. "If I might offer a suggestion?"

"You may," Ling Qi said as they started toward the pavilion.

Alingge was silent for a time, as if formulating her words carefully. "Having observed you, I have noticed that all of your arts are things of battle or conflict."

"Every art has such potential," Ling Qi replied dryly.

"Perhaps, but it is not unusual to practice some minor cultivation of lesser arts as a hobby. Simple first realm things are trivial for we of the third realm to cultivate," Alingge replied. "I am no craftsmen, but nonetheless I have mastered some minor artisanal techniques for use in times of peace. If you still feel that you require something more in common with your sibling, this may be a solution."

Ling Qi nodded once shallowly. "I had considered the same thing."

After speaking with Zhengui, Ling Qi had reviewed the arts contained the the Art's tablet, there were a few arts which might be of use.

"And of course, most of the ickle firstie arts will take little enough time that you can cram them into the cracks in your schedule," Sixiang said dryly.

...There was that. It didn't feel like a solution, but perhaps it would do until she found one. "I will give the matter more consideration," Ling Qi said aloud.

Alingge gave her one last examining look as they reached the pavilion. "I will wish you good luck with your endeavors then. It has been a pleasure to share pointers with you."

"The pleasure was mine," Ling Qi said politely.

There, she parted ways with the Alingge, and made her way to the refreshment table. There, she put her familial troubles out of her mind and observed the other disciples. Over the past week, she had gotten a better feel for those Wang Chao had invited. They were almost all, the children of common soldiers become barons or first generation commoners. There were only a handful from established baron houses and one viscount scion.

It had taken some time to recognize, as many of them were in fact doing what she had done, overperforming the roles they now felt they occupied, and stumbling for it. It made an unfortunate amount of sense.

The Wang family was a new count house with new lands. The families which did exist under them did not have nearly as many spare children to throw into Sects. There were upsides however, mainly that things seemed relatively simple compared to the complications of Luo's entourage.

Spoiler: Faction relations update

Wang Clan and Vassals: 1
--Imperial Moderates(40%): 0
--Imperial Conservatives (10%): -1
--Weilu Moderates (50%): 1

Being so far from the centers of power, many of their people were drawn from the peoples of the southern hills, so while the Wang were a heavily imperial clan in presentation, in practice many of their vassals were at least tacitly in favor of older traditions.

Of course, it was just that, tacitly. Some few held hard to the trappings of the imperial court, but the vast majority of those from the Wang clan lands were focused on war, and the making thereof. She got the feeling that cultural trappings were simply less important over all among these people.

That did have it's advantages, even most of those who seemed to dislike her were rather tepid about it, and her recent martial achievements seemed to count for quite a lot.

It was with that in mind that she had chosen to focus her attention on the people who seemed well inclined to her in the first place. After all, if no one was outright hostile, it made more sense to try and make some people actually like her.

So, she put on a smile and selected a cup of cider, before turning to the pair of girls at the end of the table. Steppin closer, their voices went from muffled nonsense to clarity in an instant.

"I just think it is an ill use of time to focus on something I have no talent for," the first girl said, ducking her head. She was the girl who had spoken in praise of Ling Qi the first day, and acted to reinforce the dummy tower for spars. Nie Ai was a positively tiny girl, of similar height to Li Suyin. Her hair and skin were similar to Ling Qi's, though she wore her hair loose down to her shoulders.

"And I think your lack of initiative on matters of combat is going to hurt you one day. One in your position cannot seriously afford to neglect such things," the other girl, Hou Min, was one of her first sparring partners. The one who had wielded iron fans and wind arts. She was a little more striking than the other girl, being only a head shorter than Ling Qi, and much sharper features and longer hair. Her bright green gown stood out much more than the other girls more earth toned clothing too.

It was at that point that she was noticed, and both paused to bow their heads in her direction. Murmuring a shared greeting of "Miss Ling."

"Miss Hou, Miss Nie," Ling Qi greeted back. Technically as an ascended commoner, Nie Ai shared a rank with her, but thanks to Cai Renxiang, their status was different. Hou Min's family on the other hand had been barons for three generations now. "Did something happen on the training field today?"

She had spent the last week getting familiar with many people, but these two were the ones which she had found it easiest to talk too.

"Only my timidity," Nie Ai said softly, twisting a strand of her hair nervously. "I am really not suited to martial pursuits."

Ling Qi caught Hou Min's growing frown, and spoke before she could. "It doesn't help anyone to be too modest, you might not be leading raids any time soon, but your defensive arts are fine for your level."

"Hmph, it isn't right for a baroness to be too retiring. How many times must I repeat my words?," Hou Min said, glancing at the other girl.

Nie Ai laughed quietly. "My apologies, this thick head of mine sometimes takes time to absorb lessons. So at least once more."

It was funny, she had kind of caused this pairing by accident, neither had seemed well inclined toward each other at first, but in some ways Hou Min had reminded her of Xiulan, and so she had ended up insinuating that it would reflect well on her if she could help Nie Ai find her feet. Nie Ai herself was a production cultivator first and foremost, but Ling Qi could see that rather than being naturally reticent, she was the sort who just needed a bit of a push.

So she had arranged to make it so. In the end, she didn't have the time to make close friends with everyone, but perhaps she could help others become close friends instead. "I have confidence in the both of you," Ling Qi said lightly.

"Miss Ling is too kind," Nie Ai said.

"Most certainly," Hou Min agreed. "In any case, Miss Ling, are you aware that some miscreants are attempting to paint your accomplishments in the Underground as a mere lucky mistake? That it actually nearly caused the party's loss? I actually heard two disciples saying so aloud on my morning run!"

"Is that so?" Ling Qi said coolly. "Please tell me about it."

That it meant that she had more ears out, well, that was just the benefit of having many friends.

Spoiler: New Mechanic

Due to Ling Qi's increasing social awareness, she has unlocked a new mechanic, the Intrigue Rank. Intrigue rank represents Ling Qi's access to the internal workings of various factions, and different regions will require the building of different intrigue ranks. Right now, Ling Qi has gained Emerald Seas Intrigue rank: H

Thanks to this at the end of each turn, there will be a brief rumor mill section, which represents relative bits of information that have reached Ling Qi's ears. At low ranks intrigue will typically turn up petty and personal gossip, but at high ranks can turn up true secrets. Intrigue can only be increased through narrative decisions.

AN: No vote to end this one. Next Scene is Biyu's birthday, some self reflection and dancing with Six

 

[picklepikkl]

Glad to see Alingge voicing the parental/partner dynamic stuff that people have been talking over, and to propose a solution. Hobby arts that can fit into the cracks of our schedule are exciting! I look forward to seeing the math cabal optimizing them

"I just think it is an ill use of time to focus on something I have no talent for," the first girl said, ducking her head. She was the girl who had spoken in praise of Ling Qi the first day, and acted to reinforce the dummy tower for spars. Nie Ai was a positively tiny girl, of similar height to Li Suyin. Her hair and skin were similar to Ling Qi's, though she wore her hair loose down to her shoulders.

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It was funny, she had kind of caused this pairing by accident, neither had seemed well inclined toward each other at first, but in some ways Hou Min had reminded her of Xiulan, and so she had ended up insinuating that it would reflect well on her if she could help Nie Ai find her feet. Nie Ai herself was a production cultivator first and foremost, but Ling Qi could see that rather than being naturally reticent, she was the sort who just needed a bit of a push.

So she had arranged to make it so. In the end, she didn't have the time to make close friends with everyone, but perhaps she could help others become close friends instead. "I have confidence in the both of you," Ling Qi said lightly.

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MOUSY GIRL GET!!! YAY, WE'RE HELPING!!!!!

Timely Misdirection: C
Duration: Immediate
For the user, it is not enough to trick and sabotage their foes, ones allies must be protected from similar efforts. When engaged in a social encounter, the user may activate this art when an ally fails a test. Using a bit of wordplay or wit, the user draws attention from their allies mistake, allowing them to retry the test with a +30 bonus.

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god i wish my friends had this tech in real life whenever i put my foot in my mouth

 

[Orkus Majorkus]

Rumor mills ?!?!!

my beating heart stills!

I am stoked to start manipulating the rumor mill for our benefit and start working as CRXs hype girl

also yrsillar throwing Archery the One True Cabal a bone!

Black Mirror: B
Duration: Immediate
The lake's surface is imperturbable, and naught may change that Darkness, perfect and unbroken ripples out from the user, consuming all nearby for a single instant. In response to an enemy technique that would include them as a target, the user may activate this technique. On activation, the triggering technique is nullified(If A rank or less) or reduced by one rank in effect(if S or higher), in addition, any other hostile effects of lower rank which would target the user or allies within Close range on the same turn are reduced by one rank in effect.

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Now that is what I'm fucking talkin about

 

[Peacelock]

I wonder how it will play out if Zhengyu and Ling Qi become more aware that they are more parent and child than partners. The two do have pretty divergent styles.... I hope gets better soon. Things seem tough and tense.

 

[Erebeal]

Woo! Awareness of the world around us! \o/

 

[RebelYell]

Mmmm now that was lovely, like a long needed soak in a bath.
Also mouse- good we have a scurrying little mouse whispering us secrets.
I wonder if the Ash Art from way back when will shine in light of this information...

 

[D.Rockstar]

So learning some Hobby arts + needing to manipulate or at least protect ourselves from the rumor mills...

All the quest I follow lately seem to be thinking there is no such thing as too much backlog.

 

[Juugo]

So I just read the update. My thoughts can be summed up as "FINALLY!"

1. Rumor Mill and Intrigue
2. Possible solution and glorious communication about Family and Friendship!

 

[Candesce]

So she had arranged to make it so. In the end, she didn't have the time to make close friends with everyone, but perhaps she could help others become close friends instead.

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Hah!

I like this.

 

[Vanguard_D]

Lol, from needing a crit to not have Lanlan tear Su Ling and Suyin apart socially and physically, to making other people friends with each other. Where did we go wrong right.

 

[ChronOblivion]

"I have had more time to observe the two of you," Alingge said simply. "You are not partners."

Ling Qi frowned, and began to open her mouth to reply, but Alingge was not done.

"Rather, he is your child."

In her head, she felt Sixiang wince, and her own expression froze. "

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Hell yes, Blunt Alingge firing a solid shot at Qi's wall of denial. This ongoing thread has been going on since Zhengui's birth.

In her head, she felt Sixiang wince, and her own expression froze. "I would call him a sibling, as you well know."

"Is the adult sibling who raises the infant alone not a parent? My experience says that it is so," the other girl replied with a shrug. "Perhaps I am wrong, but to me, your bond does not hold that tenor. My only point is that a parent and a child need not share interests to the same extent. The relationship is different."

Ling Qi was glad that between herself and Sixiang, they could manage a reasonable social screening technique to avoid eavesdroppers. "While I appreciate the advice, I would also appreciate it if you would not say such things," Ling Qi said evenly.

Alingge gave her a searching look, seeming nonplussed by her reaction. "Know that I do not mean to… impugn your virtue," she said as if the words were foreign. "I speak only as one raised by her own sister. Whatever the ties of blood say, it is actions which define relationships."

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Good job Alingge. Qi is going have to wrestle with this over time. She hasn't really vocalized the problem, she also knows she's ignoring it, and Six is unwilling to push very hard.

Ling Qi paused, brought up a little short. That…

It killed her irritation in the crib. That… it still wasn't the same, but she could at least understand the chain of logic.

"I think you recognize more than that," Sixiang grumbled. Ling Qi ignored them.

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At least not letting her get away with it entirely.

 

[TotallyNotEvil]

ickle firstie

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... Have you been reading Harry Potter stuff, yrs?

 

[Kai Merah]

ASHEN SHADOW ART SHALL LIVE!

 

[globalwarmth]

Qi is a friendshipper! <3

 

[fictionfan]

ASHEN SHADOW ART SHALL LIVE!

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Is that a wood fire art?

 

[Anderein]

I'm pretty sure the "Arts you can fit in the cracks of your schedule" are just the explanation for where those skill dice are going. Maybe we'll get something we can use out of an event capstone, but I'd be surprised if we get any actual Arts out of them before then. (If just because I imagine poor Yrs doesn't want to have to stat up a bunch of things that aren't intended to be combat-viable anyway, whether that be social or physical combat.)

Though if Yrs wants to reveal that Ling Qi learned the Ashen Shadow Art because they're doing slash-and-burn to bring both sides into the project, then I'm sure the memes will rise like flowers in Zhengui's footsteps.