- Location
- scrabbling
[X] Invite the two along to the weapons testing, to chat with Wang Chao and Liang He.
I like poetry. But I also like Liang He.
I like poetry. But I also like Liang He.
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.
PowerLeca
Rapidly aging
- Pronouns
- She/Her
The subtext on this gonna get me to swearing.
"Are you content with watching?"
Meaning 1: Are you content with watching the dance at this party right now?
Meaning 2: Are you content with watching the major events happening in this province?
Meaning 3: Are you content with watching me?
"Would Miss Ling show this one the steps?"
Meaning 1: I do not know how to start dancing. Please help me enjoy the dance/party as part of it.
Meaning 2: I will consider joining your group if you are there to show me how I can help.
Meaning 3: I want to be more active in your life, and I still want to become more than friends. I stumbled when I tried before. How do you wish to be courted?
Likely Meaning 4: Is he content in just sitting out event and letting it pass him by. As for the other yeah he want's Qi to take lead in a dance.
- Location
- Spain
- Pronouns
- He/Him
[X] Invite the two along to the weapons testing, to chat with Wang Chao and Liang He.
PowerLeca
Rapidly aging
- Pronouns
- She/Her
[X] Invite the two along to the poetry reading and bring them into contact with Gan's group.
[X] Invite the two along to the weapons testing, to chat with Wang Chao and Liang He.
I will be happy with either, and in classic greedy girl fashion, I want both.
[X] Invite the two along to the weapons testing, to chat with Wang Chao and Liang He.
I will be happy with either, and in classic greedy girl fashion, I want both.
- Location
- USA
Ma Lei is the other Ma sister yea? Maybe we can recruit her into a subordinate clan. I think we talked about that earlier. Cause I expect the that ... Well I suppose that if Gun Jun doesn't have much in the way of family, he'll marry into the Ma.
Mmmmm.
The Ma Clan is pretty high up on my list of organizations to recruit to add to our fief. Cause that'll give them time to build wealth while under our umbrella, and that's pretty safe when we have so many power houses kicking about. So at least temporarily we could have the Ma hanging out with us.
Maybe the Ma Clan will get the Valley, cause they don't have debt to the sect iirc?! Ma Lei wants a puppy, Ma Jun is a very woodsy cultivator, we have puppies (soon^tm) and we can offer Zhengui's services to the valley. And we can supply their potters/ceramic makers with stuff from our mines! And buy their pottery and ceramics in a close range fief to fief trade.
Of course, if Guangli manages to tempt them fully to our side, I am also very okay with that. Though I can definitely see the Ma Clan becoming a Cai baronial clan, anyways. Just like to have them even more aligned with CRX and us.
I'd really like to hear what's going on with the locations we didn't choose. Just to see if we're getting neighbors we know. Or if our neighbors are already starting to do some work.
(I'm still hoping for the 300+overflow feature of the fief to be a spirit stone mine.)
Mmmmm.
The Ma Clan is pretty high up on my list of organizations to recruit to add to our fief. Cause that'll give them time to build wealth while under our umbrella, and that's pretty safe when we have so many power houses kicking about. So at least temporarily we could have the Ma hanging out with us.
Maybe the Ma Clan will get the Valley, cause they don't have debt to the sect iirc?! Ma Lei wants a puppy, Ma Jun is a very woodsy cultivator, we have puppies (soon^tm) and we can offer Zhengui's services to the valley. And we can supply their potters/ceramic makers with stuff from our mines! And buy their pottery and ceramics in a close range fief to fief trade.
Of course, if Guangli manages to tempt them fully to our side, I am also very okay with that. Though I can definitely see the Ma Clan becoming a Cai baronial clan, anyways. Just like to have them even more aligned with CRX and us.
I'd really like to hear what's going on with the locations we didn't choose. Just to see if we're getting neighbors we know. Or if our neighbors are already starting to do some work.
(I'm still hoping for the 300+overflow feature of the fief to be a spirit stone mine.)
[X] Invite the two along to the weapons testing, to chat with Wang Chao and Liang He.
- Location
- Nova Scotia
- Pronouns
- She/Her
[X] Invite the two along to the poetry reading and bring them into contact with Gan's group.
- Pronouns
- He/Him/His
[X] Invite the two along to the poetry reading and bring them into contact with Gan's group.
- Location
- Staring into the void
The last vote was the kind that is frustrating regardless of the outcome.
Now I'm left wondering what secret lore and plothooks we could have uncovered if we went to the Starlight Labyrinth with Xuan Shi.
Of course, if that option had been chosen I would want to know what we could have learned by diving into the Dream with a literal nightmare.
I still preferred the Labyrinth, but there are many reasons for Xuan Shi to be assigned to our diplomatic group anyway. So many that it would actually be weirder for him not to be.
Man, that conversation with Xuan Shi sure was awkward. It perfectly represents interacting with someone we want to genuinely help and be friends with, but they have a romantic interest we don't reciprocate. So we have to act with caution to not give false hope nor unintentionally take advantage of them.
I'm not one to participate in ship wars, specially as I find it weird that "we" decide who Ling Qi ends up with, or how much time she ends up doing romantic activities with said person.
I'm glad the Luo issue ended in an amicable agreement, even if it's true that it came a little out of nowhere. I have never been really invested in exploring the Luo culture, not with the depth we are doing with the Meng, Wang, Diao and a bit of Bao; so I have no real problem about not having a "peer" Luo in our diplomatic group. Besides, it's not really a bad thing to have an adult overseer that it's both (relatively) approachable and supportive, or at leat open minded, of the operation.
A mutually beneficial business relationship, with a public if not enthusiastic support to the summit, is exactly what I hoped to establish with the Luo until everything really starts to kick in.
Speaking of which. I agree we should assign Ling Yu Nuan to go over the seeds, cattle and hounds that the Luo are going to send us. They are going to be the same the Luo use in their southern reaches into the Wall, so Yu Nuan should be familiar about how to best use them and what care they need. It would also be a great way for her to start getting involved and invested into the fief development as a "Ling clan member".
Now into the vote. If the question was where I want Ling Qi to go next, I would choose the poetry. I'm one of the people that want to contact again with the Ma sisters, and Ma Jun is there.
But the objective is to help Xiao Fen and her friend to mingle and make useful contacts. The best way to do so is to introduce them to an environment they are interested in and can contribute and benefit from, not to satiate Ling Qi's curiosity about how Xiao Fen interacted with people in the Outer Sect.
[X] Invite the two along to the weapons testing, to chat with Wang Chao and Liang He.
Also, @yrsillar , regarding the advancement of the Home Concept. Could it be possible to add the previous descriptions of the Concepts in the Cultivation menu? Maybe in spoiler boxes? I think it would be interesting to be able to see the evolution of the different Concepts in Ling Qi's mind.
Now I'm left wondering what secret lore and plothooks we could have uncovered if we went to the Starlight Labyrinth with Xuan Shi.
Of course, if that option had been chosen I would want to know what we could have learned by diving into the Dream with a literal nightmare.
I still preferred the Labyrinth, but there are many reasons for Xuan Shi to be assigned to our diplomatic group anyway. So many that it would actually be weirder for him not to be.
Man, that conversation with Xuan Shi sure was awkward. It perfectly represents interacting with someone we want to genuinely help and be friends with, but they have a romantic interest we don't reciprocate. So we have to act with caution to not give false hope nor unintentionally take advantage of them.
I'm not one to participate in ship wars, specially as I find it weird that "we" decide who Ling Qi ends up with, or how much time she ends up doing romantic activities with said person.
I'm glad the Luo issue ended in an amicable agreement, even if it's true that it came a little out of nowhere. I have never been really invested in exploring the Luo culture, not with the depth we are doing with the Meng, Wang, Diao and a bit of Bao; so I have no real problem about not having a "peer" Luo in our diplomatic group. Besides, it's not really a bad thing to have an adult overseer that it's both (relatively) approachable and supportive, or at leat open minded, of the operation.
A mutually beneficial business relationship, with a public if not enthusiastic support to the summit, is exactly what I hoped to establish with the Luo until everything really starts to kick in.
Speaking of which. I agree we should assign Ling Yu Nuan to go over the seeds, cattle and hounds that the Luo are going to send us. They are going to be the same the Luo use in their southern reaches into the Wall, so Yu Nuan should be familiar about how to best use them and what care they need. It would also be a great way for her to start getting involved and invested into the fief development as a "Ling clan member".
Now into the vote. If the question was where I want Ling Qi to go next, I would choose the poetry. I'm one of the people that want to contact again with the Ma sisters, and Ma Jun is there.
But the objective is to help Xiao Fen and her friend to mingle and make useful contacts. The best way to do so is to introduce them to an environment they are interested in and can contribute and benefit from, not to satiate Ling Qi's curiosity about how Xiao Fen interacted with people in the Outer Sect.
[X] Invite the two along to the weapons testing, to chat with Wang Chao and Liang He.
Also, @yrsillar , regarding the advancement of the Home Concept. Could it be possible to add the previous descriptions of the Concepts in the Cultivation menu? Maybe in spoiler boxes? I think it would be interesting to be able to see the evolution of the different Concepts in Ling Qi's mind.
- Location
- Spain
- Pronouns
- He/Him
Exactly!! I think exactly the same!!!
- Location
- Central Europe
@CedeTheBees made a Google sheet containing all previous concepts. The link is pinned in the number_channel on Discord
- Location
- the internet
This needs updating
Oliver_Twister
Idea-Man, He Who Shits Ideas
- Location
- West Africa
- Pronouns
- He/Him
It's up to date. It has the latest Home concept and everything
- Location
- the internet
It doesn't have the Concept insight we got from our latest story telling when visiting uncle skellington for instance. There were 2 because we rolled so high.
Oliver_Twister
Idea-Man, He Who Shits Ideas
- Location
- West Africa
- Pronouns
- He/Him
This was an new understanding of Endings, yes, but it's not an insight. Endings I was 0/2 before Skelunckle. It's now 1/2. It didn't level up.
Perhaps the real weapons were the friends you made along the way.
Xuan Shi chooses chaos. Good.
More seriously, I do wonder where we'll end up. Could be the dream journey latches onto him and we get something reflective of his past or something. But it could also just be a rando adventure, and it's arguably more fitting with the conversation they had and his desires if it's at least tinged Emerald Seas. Sampling the tales of the new, from his side of things, basically.
Not sure how likely it is, but it's possible poking around the Bleeding Mountain liminal exploration target could fit the bill. We don't actually have any firm narratives or goals going into that one. It's related to the trade road quest, but only because relevant lore will drop from the adventure. Pretty sure that and Xuan Shi could be handled at the same time without doing a disservice to either. Exploring the past of the province, from an age of strife and heroes, with Xuan Shi would probably be pretty neat even.
Whatever yrsillar's got in mind is probably rad, though.
The lack of self-worth really hurts to see.
Make spinoffs!
That is the way!
The awkward part of a Truth insight is that you cannot offer an offense that you didn't genuinely feel.
And that means being unable to take it back until you change your mind for real.
Which admittedly adds a lot more punch to an apology, but that depends on the other party being willing to listen by then.
That sounds like Insight Resonance. Except you can't read through Xuan Shi's pokerface.
Home is not a permanent thing, its something to look back to, but it is something that must be constantly reinvented and renewed to fit the people that form it.
It isn't a place, unless the place is also a person.
There aren't any hidden depths here, she's just picking up weird things in the wind.
These two self-worth-issues aaaaa
A fresh start. Awkwardness left behind. Expectations born of narrative and trauma discarded.
The lessons of the Reverie! To unwind and become part of the crowd!
Gun Jun "Who's this guy?"
It IS kind of hard to imagine Xuan Shi at a dance like that.
Especially when it turns out he CAN dance.
Well marked territory reduces unnecessary conflict!
Observers are an easy ask. The more observers the better for us, because the multiple points of view and vested interests are a pure good, it makes it harder to twist the outcome and less likely for any one observer to interfere negatively(coz of all the other observers)
Getting seed livestock and starter spirit hounds are great for Yu Nuan to manage later.
Its one of those deals where everyone is better off:
-The seed livestock are a trivial expense to the Luo, and usually go to waste regardless, barring the best lineages(which aren't being asked for), the cost is mostly the logistics of getting them there.
-Getting in early as an Observer gives the Luo something to smug about to the other players, and likely with both Meng and Luo observing already there'd be soft pressure to get in or be left out.
-Getting good herd animals that don't need too much babysitting and yet aren't too difficult to actually USE as livestock(without awakening or otherwise becoming too intelligent) seems like a pain in the ass to do from scratch.
Takes one to know one!
Perhaps the real friends were the weapons you made along the way.
With artificial spirits, this can be literal
