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

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I think its been established that we don't really know enough about Luo Zhong right now so I think we should take the chance to get to know him a little, find out if we care to see more of him in the future.
EDIT: or to find out whether he can be considered friend, foe or something in between.
 
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I want to encourage the Wang Chao & Xuan Shi buddy venture (team up!), but I really want more XS fluff since this vote is not that serious :D.
 
I'm interested in seeing what kind of Community insight we get from teaming up with someone we don't like. Something Renxiangish about how there's room for everyone, even the assholes?
 
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"Hah, as if. I know you feel complimented by that sort of thing," Wang Chao said.
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He's not wrong, but pointing it out like that makes me tempted to prove him right. :V

I wonder just how obnoxious we could actually make a fight when working with Zhengui and Xuan Shi.

Playing a fortress assault game with those teams would be fun.

Guide to LQ and XS's doom fort:
Step 1) wander in the mist-maze until LQ takes pity
Step 2) Punch the brick wall that abruptly appears directly in front of you
Step 2a) recover from being punched back by said wall
Step 3) Napalm laced Tanglefoot bag interrupt
Step 4) Find yourself back in the mist when LQ remembers she doesn't have any pity
Step 5) Cry
 
[] Decline, a little hardship is good for the soul Wang Chao. (Xuan Shi dialogue and isolation insight speculation.)

Suffering will do you good, Chao, and i want more Xuan Shi in my life
 
Ah, we could continue to support the Wang Chao, Xuan Shi partnership

but a little hardship is good for the soul Wang Chao
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I think the glimpse we just got of Xuan Shi is exactly the sort of insight Ling Qi should get into Xuan Shi's character. Ling Qi has always appreciated Xuan Shi but I think she's never really connected like she has with some of her other friends. That happened with Han Jian as well, but to a greater degree. Unlike Han Jian though, this moment feels like a tangible moment of connection. I'll be glad to have Ling Qi understand Xuan Shi more, especially the ways in which he cultivates Isolation.

I think there's potentially great synergy in our two flavors of Isolation.

Our flavor of Isolation gains strength as the battlefield becomes more desolate. We sweep the Reds and supporting elements off the board if they're unguarded, and use their Qi to increase the amount of time we can confound and frustrate the more powerful elements of a force. Our single target focus increases in deadliness the fewer pieces on the board there are, because with all our spirits? We'll almost always have more friends than them, at the end.

If Xuan Shi's flavor is powerful in isolating targets while the field is still plentiful, well. That could cut off powerful cultivators from the Reds or Yellows they'd otherwise be guarding.

What a nightmare huh? One moment, you've an entire raiding party at your back, thundering down from the skies. Then you suddenly feel disconnected, alone against a mighty scion of Xuan. And worst of all, as you attempt to break the Xuan with your own power, the field shifts. The field of Plenty full of allies is swept to absolute Desolation as a grinning wraith of ice sings a song that steals the light of your subordinates and funnels it back to the Xuan, as well as a massive Xuan Wu tortoise that erupted from the soil just now screaming "Surprise Zhengui!"
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I will also add that Sixiang and Kongyou are both Dream spirits, which is interesting. I'd love to understand how they embody different sides of the same coin, and I suspect Xuan Shi may know more about that than we do at this time.
 
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[X] Accept the team up, it could be a workable coalition. (Luo Zhong dialogue and community insight speculation.)
 
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[] Accept the team up, it could be a workable coalition. (Luo Zhong dialogue and community insight speculation.)

Because Wang Chao rightfully objected to the other one as regardless of the realm difference actually figuring out a fair contest is pretty much impossible. Because anything defensive is right out as XS/LQ are very durable, and anything that requires speed runs into the problem that Ling Qi is really fast.

Furthermore this seems more likely to trigger the competitive streak Xuan Shi has, and that should prove fun to read. Also it should help Wang Chao, and Xuan Shi work together in the future when Ling Qi leaves the Sect.
 
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[X] Accept the team up, it could be a workable coalition. (Luo Zhong dialogue and community insight speculation.)

Wang and Shi need to be teemed up for maximum bromance.
 
[X] Accept the team up, it could be a workable coalition. (Luo Zhong dialogue and community insight speculation.)
 
[X] Decline, a little hardship is good for the soul Wang Chao. (Xuan Shi dialogue and isolation insight speculation.)
 
[X] Decline, a little hardship is good for the soul Wang Chao. (Xuan Shi dialogue and isolation insight speculation.)

I want to poke the gremlin hidden within Xuan Shi, and being really, really annoying sounds like Fun.

Of the zero sum variety :V
 
[X] Accept the team up, it could be a workable coalition. (Luo Zhong dialogue and community insight speculation.)

Also in addition to what I said previously I imagine LQ can get up to some nonsense with Luo Zhong's constructs, and that would push XS's competitive streak hard.
 
[X] Accept the team up, it could be a workable coalition. (Luo Zhong dialogue and community insight speculation.)
 
[X] Accept the team up, it could be a workable coalition. (Luo Zhong dialogue and community insight speculation.)

If we want to be a diplomat there's going to be people we don't care for that much, but who are still worthwhile allies. This is precisely the relationship Luo Zhong fits into, both in general for himself and with Ling Qi, and it's important for her to establish that power can come from not just friends but from mostly practical allies. This is the kind of Community Luo Zhong excels at. Not to mention we want to see if he has anything else to say about supporting the Ice mission. Xuan Shi has also gotten a bit more interesting lately too, so even though I kind of feel like we got the gist of his Isolation it'd be fun to continue that as well.

Also, I want to study some of those contracts arts. They sound like the perfect thing for the far future of BKSD and Ling Qi's beast constructs, to be spirits she have dealt with on a personal level and can call upon. Ling Qi being given FVM was basically bait for both Zeqing and the Polar Nation, and the Meng and Luo clans. Which just makes me want to be even closer to these groups, even if it's starting to feel a bit too contrived.
 
[X] Accept the team up, it could be a workable coalition. (Luo Zhong dialogue and community insight speculation.)
 
[X] Decline, a little hardship is good for the soul Wang Chao. (Xuan Shi dialogue and isolation insight speculation.)
 
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