- Location
- US
Did taking the shard into her domain weapon - and hence domain - fudge things enough spiritually that she is his blood on some conceptual level?
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Threads Of Destiny(Eastern Fantasy, Sequel to Forge of Destiny)
- Thread starter yrsillar
- Start date
- Original Users' Choice!
Voted best in category in the Users' Choice awards.
- Pronouns
- He/Him
When we have the time to mess with causality you say? I hope that was an intentional near pun.
Onto my actual point does anyone know how much dabbling in time related arts is actually possible? If it's fairly uncommon because of the risk involved then that sounds super LQ to me. Like it would be something she picks up to get a way to cultivate longer and do more drugs in her day to day life, but then uses as a sort of precognition in both martial and social combat.
ImperatorV
The Laughing One
- Location
- The Voyaging Realm
Kinda scary that he picked up on Ling Qi's concepts like that, and is using them to tempt her into returning. Continuing to interact with this guy is dangerous. Ling Qi isn't exactly one to shy away from danger in the name of cultivation though, and the old skeleton is certainly interesting. Ling Qi is probably going to prove him right.
Also, if he is in fact referring to LQ's minor Weilu heritage, that would be an excellent narrative follow-up to the Tapestry choice. He might be talking about the domain weapon though.
Also, if he is in fact referring to LQ's minor Weilu heritage, that would be an excellent narrative follow-up to the Tapestry choice. He might be talking about the domain weapon though.
- Pronouns
- He
Maybe, but remember the dude said we're both thieves and thieves are liars in his opinionGo_Magikarp said:
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- Location
- Canada
So fucking cool.
And in the interest of saying something mildly productive: I really liked this dream mini-turn, and I'm going to be voting for it again when we have the chance.
And in the interest of saying something mildly productive: I really liked this dream mini-turn, and I'm going to be voting for it again when we have the chance.
ImperatorV
The Laughing One
- Location
- The Voyaging Realm
We could check out the Li mountain or the Burrowing Behemoth.
YASSSSS, let Ling Qi's turn to the Dark Side begin!
Meizhen is gonna be so unimpressed when we tell her this story.
kfrar
Aspiring Encyclopedia
I feel like going all-in on Bonedaddy might cause some issues with pursuing Want/Power as ends unto themselves, or something else similarly unwholesome, but I'm happy to barter with him in moderation.
Just have to make sure we pad out our schedules with less edgy activities too. Maybe we can take Xuan Shi to that revel we were talking about before we go back, show Sixiang that we are theoretically capable of having fun before taking them back to the extremely spooky skeleton man that they're super uncomfortable with.
Just have to make sure we pad out our schedules with less edgy activities too. Maybe we can take Xuan Shi to that revel we were talking about before we go back, show Sixiang that we are theoretically capable of having fun before taking them back to the extremely spooky skeleton man that they're super uncomfortable with.
- Location
- The Space Between
"Honored Elder, you are mistaken," Ling Qi ground out through grit teeth, feeling the strain of holding her blade in place, humming in the air between them. "I only took the gifts freely offered, I am not your blood."
The worst thing somehow was that she could feel the futility of her effort. She could feel the strength of the thing, if it exerted itself just a little more she knew, it would have her blade.
"Liar," its voice was scolding but fond. "But what thief does not lie."
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Most of Emerald Seas has at least a little bit of Weilu blood
And it seems, regardless of what a spiteful sassy sackcloth thinks, we're considered of the blood by one that clearly is.
The festival we were just at was described as one being held due to it being the time to have that festival. The Diviner was notable for their works of weather manipulation, agriculture and divination. All of these things occur over time. You could even say they all have to do with taking the path you want to be taking, as time marches ever forward.
The more we learn about the Weilu the more I feel they grappled with existential questions in a way that wasn't done by the main lines of other clans. This update made me want to ask the question:
Is it selfish to exist?
That seems like it'd be a silly question to propose to a Bai or Zheng, who justify their own existences readily. The Weilu were unique in that they were forced to be a Ducal of a self sufficient and unconquered region. Eventually they unified as a clan, but was all that kinslaying worth that end?
If the action of taking a timeline for yourself based on your own want is one way to describe existence. Does that mean it's selfish to exist?
One answer is that yes it's selfish, and aestheticism should be pursued in order to minimize the impact of your selfish existence on the world. This could be the origin philosophy of the Ascetic Dream Cults which rose to prominence towards the back-end of the rule of the Weilu.
Achieving an ascetic ideal so perfect you cease taking a timeline for yourself could be a way for the Weilu to disappear without leaving corpses behind.
Another answer is that yes it's selfish, and so what? It's okay to be selfish, because existence itself is selfish. Selfishness is excusable because it's built into the system. This could be the origin philosophy of the Black Lotus Dream Cults which were prominent after the fading of the Ascetic Cults and especially prominent during the reign of the hedonistic Hui. This could explain the terminal fault line in the Hui's belief system, as one's desires alone do not make afamily functioning province.
More answers ever means more questions, until one accepts stagnation and becomes complacent
The worst thing somehow was that she could feel the futility of her effort. She could feel the strength of the thing, if it exerted itself just a little more she knew, it would have her blade.
"Liar," its voice was scolding but fond. "But what thief does not lie."
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Most of Emerald Seas has at least a little bit of Weilu blood
And it seems, regardless of what a spiteful sassy sackcloth thinks, we're considered of the blood by one that clearly is.
The festival we were just at was described as one being held due to it being the time to have that festival. The Diviner was notable for their works of weather manipulation, agriculture and divination. All of these things occur over time. You could even say they all have to do with taking the path you want to be taking, as time marches ever forward.
The more we learn about the Weilu the more I feel they grappled with existential questions in a way that wasn't done by the main lines of other clans. This update made me want to ask the question:
Is it selfish to exist?
That seems like it'd be a silly question to propose to a Bai or Zheng, who justify their own existences readily. The Weilu were unique in that they were forced to be a Ducal of a self sufficient and unconquered region. Eventually they unified as a clan, but was all that kinslaying worth that end?
If the action of taking a timeline for yourself based on your own want is one way to describe existence. Does that mean it's selfish to exist?
One answer is that yes it's selfish, and aestheticism should be pursued in order to minimize the impact of your selfish existence on the world. This could be the origin philosophy of the Ascetic Dream Cults which rose to prominence towards the back-end of the rule of the Weilu.
Achieving an ascetic ideal so perfect you cease taking a timeline for yourself could be a way for the Weilu to disappear without leaving corpses behind.
Another answer is that yes it's selfish, and so what? It's okay to be selfish, because existence itself is selfish. Selfishness is excusable because it's built into the system. This could be the origin philosophy of the Black Lotus Dream Cults which were prominent after the fading of the Ascetic Cults and especially prominent during the reign of the hedonistic Hui. This could explain the terminal fault line in the Hui's belief system, as one's desires alone do not make a
More answers ever means more questions, until one accepts stagnation and becomes complacent
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We're related to the Weilu if distantly, tapestry agrees
- Location
- Chicago
- Pronouns
- She/They
So, on picking up grandpa skelly as a sort of family- what would the rest of our family think?
My bet is he gets along best with our little sister. I don't think our spirits would like him, any of them, and our mom would prob faint on introduction. I bet our new adoptee would be intrigued though.
My bet is he gets along best with our little sister. I don't think our spirits would like him, any of them, and our mom would prob faint on introduction. I bet our new adoptee would be intrigued though.
- Location
- the internet
Ahh so are the abilities that Six had before, Cheerful Muse's Accompaniment and Laughing Moonlit Maiden gone then? All her other abilities seem to overlap with her new passive or active abilities--except these two. I'm just wondering if they're getting left out or not.
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Interesting, she associates the revelry with community and safety concepts.
...so I'd guess the revel and the prison are linked closely enough that we're probably not welcome back at this party if they recognized who slipped through.
This sounds like a horrifying ambush method to have your construct or spirit hijacked mid combat and not realize it.
Though Sixiang doesn't have a lot of offense other than using it to surprise-yeet them into the Liminal.
Minor, interesting factoid, though we knew that from Renxiang, it seems to be more than just her family style. Light is a subsidiary of Order.
And now speculating on using that to bend or focus Light based techniques. Or maybe other types too.
Wind could be used to lens fire, sound or even electricity.
Wonder if growth on this would build on exploiting the rules of causality or do the wiggly "but not always" approach.
So what I'm taking from this is mainly that Skeleton Lord here is incredibly bored, sealed in. He'd take more if he could, but what he wants to take now is something we can give without losing - stories.
And in return we get stories too.
Got to be careful though, because he sounds like he's utterly up for straight kidnapping Qi forever if we'd let him.
EternalObserver
eYe Gaze baCk
- Location
- The Void
I kinda just assumed that those abilities got subsumed into their traits
Curiosity sated, for now.
Yeah, I agree we should visit him sparingly, and definitely up both our spiritual and social defenses before the next time. Though, I kind of doubt bastion would work on them..... Worth a shot anyway.
Kind of glad freedom route won at the beast choice now.
Curious if any revelers will recognize us at the moon party?
Yeah, I agree we should visit him sparingly, and definitely up both our spiritual and social defenses before the next time. Though, I kind of doubt bastion would work on them..... Worth a shot anyway.
Kind of glad freedom route won at the beast choice now.
Curious if any revelers will recognize us at the moon party?
- Location
- United States of America, Michigan
Sweet I always wanted another dangerous mentor cause I joined the quest after we blew up our last one.
The mark of a desired mentor is one who will steal your everything
I suspect the revel is part of the defense of the gaol.
EternalObserver
eYe Gaze baCk
- Location
- The Void
So did anybody else almost @ Yrs in what was at first seem like mistaken repeated paragraphs
I know I almost did XD
All the best teachers have some nefarious intent. Had someone like Xin come across as the evil mastermind, the adoption papers would already be filed.