Aranfan
Team Plasma Grunt
I mean, I'm personally more convinced by the "mad beast" being perfectly reasonable. After that, the oathbreaker part becomes an add, rather than the decisive bit.
Threads Of Destiny(Eastern Fantasy, Sequel to Forge of Destiny)
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I mean, I'm personally more convinced by the "mad beast" being perfectly reasonable. After that, the oathbreaker part becomes an add, rather than the decisive bit.
Yes, it's a flee battle button.
It's also what the Burning Tree asked for.
It's also a 'go explore the rest of the dream' button. There is more going on here than just this fight - the events that this dream plays out were strong enough to leave an imprint on the land, one that remains strong many thousands of years later. A pair of Appraisal Greens fighting is far from enough to cause that... unless they call upon the sorts of things best left untouched.
Why is it happening? We have some pieces: the Burning Tree called the Weilu Prince an Oathbreaker, while the Prince called the tree a Monster. Neither of those are terms to be used lightly... but who knows?
The Bloody Moon hangs in the sky, a symbol of blood and vengeance - who is seeking those things? The Prince and his family? The Tree and the forest it belongs to? Or both?
Certainly, we can gain one set of answers by picking a side and fighting here, and even learn more by meeting with the higher ups of either side. Perhaps even direct insights we can make use of, or rewards for the same. Perhaps not.
But those answers will only be one part of the whole, perhaps up to one half of this puzzle; perhaps less than that. Who knows what secrets were lost in this battle? What knowledge we can uncover, if only we go looking?
Personally, I think that leaving in search of more information will be less effective than simply defeating or driving off the Weilu scion and then asking the tree spirit.
- Location
- United States of America
I am pretty excited about figuring out what is going on in this dream. Something that happened at least 8000 years ago is going to be an amazing piece of information for our New Moon Patron. Not sure how many people know about this dream, or how valuable the information is, but I'm sure it will be a nice boost for our cultivation, just from the EPC bonus alone.
fictionfan
Please sir, may I have some Meows?
- Location
- Tempe, AZ
It combos with any other perspection art we might get.
- Location
- Canada
[X] Aid the prince, it was better to err on the side of the human
Spirits have inhuman mentality, and will not necessarily be willing to give rewards for something they didn't even ask for. On the other hand, the prince likely sees this as our duty, and might not do anything about it. Even so, rewards for devoted service are a thing, I believe.
Either way, the Neutral option is probably out. Earlier analysis indicates that the Prince will likely win most possible fights, and as such will be coming after us later should we leave. We need to finish the fight now, one way or the other, before we end up with a much harder one later.
Spirits have inhuman mentality, and will not necessarily be willing to give rewards for something they didn't even ask for. On the other hand, the prince likely sees this as our duty, and might not do anything about it. Even so, rewards for devoted service are a thing, I believe.
Either way, the Neutral option is probably out. Earlier analysis indicates that the Prince will likely win most possible fights, and as such will be coming after us later should we leave. We need to finish the fight now, one way or the other, before we end up with a much harder one later.
- Location
- Castle
Look at that last paragraph and notice we and Ling Qi know jack and shit about what to do. So I say we leave them to see who kills the other first.
I would love to head deeper into the dream and see what we can find and what can we learn, surely it can be more interesting that the blatantly obvious fight we can influence and actually win right off the gate of the event
[X] Aid neither, leave them too it and go elsewhere, to try and figure out what is going on in this dream.
Remember our Cultivation also feeds on learning secrets, not being told about them
I would love to head deeper into the dream and see what we can find and what can we learn, surely it can be more interesting that the blatantly obvious fight we can influence and actually win right off the gate of the event
[X] Aid neither, leave them too it and go elsewhere, to try and figure out what is going on in this dream.
Remember our Cultivation also feeds on learning secrets, not being told about them
BungieONI
Seven gremlins in a trench coat
- Location
- Lickwidget
- Pronouns
- She/Her
Don't mind what you're voting for, but I'm going to point out Boyo here has two things getting in the way of that "Come up our ass" idea people keep bringing up. As a character he has a stated desire to find his Father, as laid out by his orders to Shen Hu and Lanhua. So for one he has a higher priority staring him in the face which has been clearly stated. Second he's a dream and that limit is going to both affect his thinking and ability to do stuff. Basically, another way to think about it is that he is on a script.
I do kinda agree with this thinking.Look at that last paragraph and notice we and Ling Qi know jack and shit about what to do. So I say we leave them to see who kills the other first.
I would love to head deeper into the dream and see what we can find and what can we learn, surely it can be more interesting that the blatantly obvious fight we can influence and actually win right off the gate of the event
[X] Aid neither, leave them too it and go elsewhere, to try and figure out what is going on in this dream.
Remember our Cultivation also feeds on learning secrets, not being told about them
> Ling Qi and Shen Hu are out of their depth
> Presented with a choice of faction representatives to side with
> Naw dawg Ive got a better chance of figuring things out by flailing around blindly in an active warzone as someone unaligned with either faction.
Lets not let our collective hubris cause us to be too suicidal, shall we?
- Location
- Europe
The main reason I'm voting to leave is what choosing to kill one of them means for Ling Qi.
Because in a situation where:
Neither she nor her friends/allies are in direct danger.
She knows nothing about two people fighting.
One asks her to leave.
The other asks for help.
Both make accusations of unclear validity.
And she has the option to side with one and maybe commit murder or leave and try to figure things out.
Well, I'd rather Ling Qi not resort to murder without a good reason.
Because in a situation where:
Neither she nor her friends/allies are in direct danger.
She knows nothing about two people fighting.
One asks her to leave.
The other asks for help.
Both make accusations of unclear validity.
And she has the option to side with one and maybe commit murder or leave and try to figure things out.
Well, I'd rather Ling Qi not resort to murder without a good reason.
- Location
- The Core
- Pronouns
- They/It
[X] Aid the spirit, something about the prince set her on edge
- Location
- The Temple of the Winds
Are we on a time limit ?
Because if we're not then that option only removes the one venue to said information we found so far. As i see it there is no reason we shouldn't be able to 1) maybe gain that info from the Tree (or, arguably, from the Prince) once we helped it/him, 2) continue exploring after this fight.
- Location
- earth
I'm genuinely surprised how many people are opting for the third option. I'd thought this would be a binary vote.
- Location
- The Temple of the Winds
I'm going to argue that the fact he called us Soldiers kinda implies we won't get "rewards for devoted service" at least not unless we keep working for him for a time long enough to earn a salary...
it's not murder if they are both already dead ... dream/ghost things.
- Location
- Castle
To be honest, I do give Ling Qi and Shen Hu fair chances of avoiding combat if they limit themselves to get information.
Ling Qi did lead those commoners away from that siege where the flying Not!Mongols were looking out for runners all the way back from Jiao's test.
Who knows if we are or not? All dreams end, but this dream seems as though it's been on 'repeat' for at least eight and a half thousand years.
And you must have missed the part where each side can only give their take on events - only provide half the answers, at best.
Furthermore, should we pick a side we will, I have no doubt, be dragged along with whichever representative we meet to the next encounter, with exposition provided along the way.
Is it safer to choose sides? Absolutely. Faster? Perhaps - we pick a side we're tying ourselves to that faction for the rest of this event, unless something comes up.
Will we be free to explore? I highly doubt it.
It's heavily one sided in favor of supporting the Tree Spirit, actually; that option has almost twice as many votes as the other two.
Wiggin42
Wage Slave
[X] Aid neither, leave them too it and go elsewhere, to try and figure out what is going on in this dream.
Realized that we are playing into one of my least favorite tropes; heroes picking fights with heroes because of snap decisions and lack of information. We're the Spy Mistress In-Training, so let's go gather some intel.
Realized that we are playing into one of my least favorite tropes; heroes picking fights with heroes because of snap decisions and lack of information. We're the Spy Mistress In-Training, so let's go gather some intel.
