Zeqing's Site is Cold/Dark/Music:
And that's a ninja. But I've got a quote, so
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Threads Of Destiny(Eastern Fantasy, Sequel to Forge of Destiny)
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Zeqing's Site is Cold/Dark/Music:
And that's a ninja. But I've got a quote, so
.Yes it would be nice if one of our patrons actually dropped an art on us that utilises our natural elemental affinity. OTOH Why start now?You know what would be cool? If Zeqing would give us a Darkness/Wind song
Wind is part of blizzards too you know.
Seriously though it's gotten really, really irritating how reluctant our various patrons have been to actually give us an art that suits our natural talents. I'm still mad about FSS, with a technique calling "the howl of blizzard", having no wind in it at all.
Ah well, just another reason people hate Ji Rong and his picture perfect elemental suite.
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- Fabulously Rainbow Ireland
"Why be Right when you can be Rong?"
EternalObserver
eYe Gaze baCk
- Location
- The Void
Zeqing's Site is Cold/Dark/Music:
And that's a ninja. But I've got a quote, so
...Well guess I'm blind
would personally choose Moon over Music though (hence my vote towards SS)
globalwarmth
ruining the weather.
- Location
- Polar ice caps
Well if the mountain does not come to Muhammad, Muhammad must go to the mountain! We might have to spend some points to get an intructor.Yes it would be nice if one of our patrons actually dropped an art on us that utilises our natural elemental affinity. OTOH Why start now?
Seriously though it's gotten really, really irritating how reluctant our various patrons have been to actually give us an art that suits our natural talents. I'm still mad about FSS, with a technique calling "the howl of blizzard", having no wind in it at all.
Ah well, just another reason people hate Ji Rong and his picture perfect elemental suite.
Or something like Ling Qi and Sixiang's key 'Or' bonuses, where it's Moon or Music that get the +0.2 to their multiplier from each set.
Which is what a large chunk of our key Arts is running off of at the moment, and part of why we're so eager every time we see 'Moon' or 'Music' in an Art.
- Location
- France
- Location
- United States of America
Well, the good thing is that we are getting what looks like a potent wind art in the way of HDW which seems all about seeing patterns the ties between people. It even can use the ties we forge to protect our allies!
So it looks like we are bringing wind back into our build with a strong replacement of FZ, even if it is operating completely differently than FZ ever did.
So it looks like we are bringing wind back into our build with a strong replacement of FZ, even if it is operating completely differently than FZ ever did.
Naw, Sixiang was using the qi to crash absorb so they didn't have to knock themselves out for a month due to overdoing it. We'll probably see how when her breakthrough is complete. Think our Green breakthrough.
The site call was her forming her inner cosmos and choices which needed a bit more power because she overdid it.
The current vote is which portion of her internal cosmos took priority(i.e. the Moon Peak Home choice for us)
If my guess is right, Sixiang is part of K-ON now
aw, i wanted Argent to win
Normal types ftw! Hyper beam!
Normal types ftw! Hyper beam!
DeAnno
Sometimes words have two meanings
Probably a few levels learned and equipped during Months 4/5. After that who knows.
1337Procrast
Fire Emblem Enjoyer
- Location
- Australia
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- He/Him
TimEd
Meteor maker
Well, we have (will have hopefully) a band. Imagine Zhengui making us a Stage. A nice willow tree with a jutting branch forming enough space for all our crap. Then imagine that willow tree, sans the branch, on fire. Then imagine ash blotting out the sky, while all the trees and shrubs sway and dance to our happy fun music band.Zhengui as the one handling special effects?
Wouldnt that just be the best way to sing happy birthday to Mom and little sis?
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- UK
Zhengui is the stage, duh
TimEd
Meteor maker
Huh. Much better idea. They can even glare at anyone who doesnt seem to be having the best time ever.Zhengui is the stage, duh
EternalObserver
eYe Gaze baCk
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- The Void
Cannot wait till Green 3 where we'll finally alter our arts to our heart's content and I don't have to worry about "too many elements" in Ling Qi and the growing headache in just thinking about it.
TimEd
Meteor maker
supposed to be pretty hard even at green. We might be able to change a single aspect of it or something, but more would supposedly take higher realms to achieve. And is risky to boot.
1337Procrast
Fire Emblem Enjoyer
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That's not how art modification works at Green 3
Here's the tutorial on art alteration from the front page
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- The Temple of the Winds
I doubt we'll have much time (AP) to spend on it anyway...
Yeah, I'm pretty sure we'll be more focused on meridian scrunching (so we can have even more elements and more arts) than on trying to take away various elements from what we currently have.
Turn 2: Arc 2-3
Ling Qi thought hard on her answer, floating there is the dissolving dream. It was a difficult question. She knew that elements were, in the end just simplifications. Shorthands to understanding of the world. They could be divided or added together in an endless number of ways and as such, deciding which one was the best was in many ways an exercise in futility. Yet there was still value to the question, because despite their differing natures, she and Sixiang were both young and small, and that shorthand was their only way of understanding.
Ling Qi did not miss her past. She had no desire to go back to the way she was. There was nothing of value in the scrabbling, desperate, starved thing she had been… but some of the things that had arisen from that state held some meaning. The instinct to come at problems from odd angles, to avoid direct clashes, was one of them. There was nothing wrong with using the strength she now had Ling Qi thought, but forgetting that there were and could be other options was a mistake. She loved the power she had gained, but there were times when she might have been better served by less direct approaches.
Here, in this place, her thoughts were open to Sixiang, her muse, and so the spirit understood even as she reached her answer. Wind, adaptability and cunning, though it had been born of a time she never wished to return to it was a tool that she did not want to let grow rusty.
She felt the whisper of Sixiang's touch, a pat on her metaphysical shoulder. She understood, though it was time for them to cultivate now. Ling Qi was welcome to remain at the seaside, if she liked.
With a shuddering gasp, Ling Qi's eyes snapped open, and her senses cleared. She lay on the shore of the sea of colors, head pillowed on a soft cushion, and her body warm between a thick quilt. Slowly, she sat up, shaking her head as she got her thoughts in order. It was a strange thing, to awake inside of a dream. It made her wonder just how many layers there were to consciousness and the human mind. Staring down at her hands, she closed them into fists and opened them again, wondering at the fading sense of foreignness that came from returning to her body… or a facsimile thereof.
She could leave the dream now, she was sure, and return to her day. Sixiang was fine, and just finishing their cultivation, but… somehow, she did not want to leave. Not yet. She threw off her quilt, ignoring it as it dissolved into fluttering sparks, and returned to the side of the sea, colorful waters lapping at her ankles, while her gown somehow remained perfectly dry. She recalled the flashes of experience that she could still recall, from the numberless cycles existing as the beings that comprised Sixiang in the past.
She had a rather narrow vision of the world, didn't she? Ling Qi smiled wryly at the thought, she often focused so hard on what was in front of her that she missed what was happening all around. Going from one thing to the next without pausing to look back… that wasn't wind though, not really, was it? After all, the wind touched and connected all things, she had learned that much from her tutor Bian Ya well back into the previous year.
It seemed awfully limiting, to ignore all other forms of expression in favor of music. Smiling, Ling Qi crouched, plunged her hands into the multihued waters and submersed herself into the dreams of a millenia worth of creative souls.
"You really got into that didn't you?" Sixiang's voice buzzed her her ears, and for the second time, Ling Qi's eyes snapped open. "I haven't seen you sleep that long in all the time I've known you."
Ling Qi looked around the meditation room, blinking away the now unfamiliar bleariness of a deep sleep. "How long was I asleep?"
"A good six hours, lazybones," Sixiang teased. Ling Qi followed the sound of their voice, but saw nothing at its point of origin.
Ling Qi winced. "Six hours?" she fretted. "What a waste. I'm still going to have too…" she trailed off furrowing her brows. Sixiang's voice had made actual sound. "Sixiang, did you…?"
"I'm just manipulating the wind," the spirit tittered. "This is kinda fun! I wonder if..."
Ling Qi blinked as the argent mist shimmered and writhed, tugged as if by the hands of invisible sculpture. She could feel Sixiang's qi spreading out through her own channels, tugging and flucking at strands of wind. "Mm… no visual stuff is still out of reach yet," the spirit grumbled, sounding a bit disapointed. "It's just too complicated."
"It looks like you'll just have to be diligent then," Ling Qi replied primly as she moved to stand, washing away the stiffness in her limbs with a minor pulse of qi.
"...That sounds way too hard, shouldn't I just wait for another inspiration?" Sixiang whined.
"You of all people should know perfectly well how that works out," Ling Qi replied dryly. Suddenly though, a horrifying thought dawned. "Sixiang… you're going to control yourself, right?"
"I don't know what you mean!" the muse replied in a sing song voice that gave Ling Qi the shivers. Just what had she gotten herself into?
Ignoring the muses laughter, Ling Qi left the mediation room. She had so much to catch up on if she wanted to start her cultivation on time…
AN: Alrighty, bit of a shorty this time, but we're going into a more rapid mode this week. Going to be going into the mechanical parts of the turn next, so expect the first part of that tomorrow. Gonna be working on getting the front page updated in prep for that.
Ling Qi did not miss her past. She had no desire to go back to the way she was. There was nothing of value in the scrabbling, desperate, starved thing she had been… but some of the things that had arisen from that state held some meaning. The instinct to come at problems from odd angles, to avoid direct clashes, was one of them. There was nothing wrong with using the strength she now had Ling Qi thought, but forgetting that there were and could be other options was a mistake. She loved the power she had gained, but there were times when she might have been better served by less direct approaches.
Here, in this place, her thoughts were open to Sixiang, her muse, and so the spirit understood even as she reached her answer. Wind, adaptability and cunning, though it had been born of a time she never wished to return to it was a tool that she did not want to let grow rusty.
She felt the whisper of Sixiang's touch, a pat on her metaphysical shoulder. She understood, though it was time for them to cultivate now. Ling Qi was welcome to remain at the seaside, if she liked.
With a shuddering gasp, Ling Qi's eyes snapped open, and her senses cleared. She lay on the shore of the sea of colors, head pillowed on a soft cushion, and her body warm between a thick quilt. Slowly, she sat up, shaking her head as she got her thoughts in order. It was a strange thing, to awake inside of a dream. It made her wonder just how many layers there were to consciousness and the human mind. Staring down at her hands, she closed them into fists and opened them again, wondering at the fading sense of foreignness that came from returning to her body… or a facsimile thereof.
She could leave the dream now, she was sure, and return to her day. Sixiang was fine, and just finishing their cultivation, but… somehow, she did not want to leave. Not yet. She threw off her quilt, ignoring it as it dissolved into fluttering sparks, and returned to the side of the sea, colorful waters lapping at her ankles, while her gown somehow remained perfectly dry. She recalled the flashes of experience that she could still recall, from the numberless cycles existing as the beings that comprised Sixiang in the past.
She had a rather narrow vision of the world, didn't she? Ling Qi smiled wryly at the thought, she often focused so hard on what was in front of her that she missed what was happening all around. Going from one thing to the next without pausing to look back… that wasn't wind though, not really, was it? After all, the wind touched and connected all things, she had learned that much from her tutor Bian Ya well back into the previous year.
It seemed awfully limiting, to ignore all other forms of expression in favor of music. Smiling, Ling Qi crouched, plunged her hands into the multihued waters and submersed herself into the dreams of a millenia worth of creative souls.
Sixiang Bond up
Presence +3
Manipulation +3
Composure +3
Dance +5 Rank Up!
Perceptiveness +2
Art +5 Rank up
Music +5
Woodwind +1
Presence +3
Manipulation +3
Composure +3
Dance +5 Rank Up!
Perceptiveness +2
Art +5 Rank up
Music +5
Woodwind +1
"You really got into that didn't you?" Sixiang's voice buzzed her her ears, and for the second time, Ling Qi's eyes snapped open. "I haven't seen you sleep that long in all the time I've known you."
Ling Qi looked around the meditation room, blinking away the now unfamiliar bleariness of a deep sleep. "How long was I asleep?"
"A good six hours, lazybones," Sixiang teased. Ling Qi followed the sound of their voice, but saw nothing at its point of origin.
Ling Qi winced. "Six hours?" she fretted. "What a waste. I'm still going to have too…" she trailed off furrowing her brows. Sixiang's voice had made actual sound. "Sixiang, did you…?"
"I'm just manipulating the wind," the spirit tittered. "This is kinda fun! I wonder if..."
Ling Qi blinked as the argent mist shimmered and writhed, tugged as if by the hands of invisible sculpture. She could feel Sixiang's qi spreading out through her own channels, tugging and flucking at strands of wind. "Mm… no visual stuff is still out of reach yet," the spirit grumbled, sounding a bit disapointed. "It's just too complicated."
"It looks like you'll just have to be diligent then," Ling Qi replied primly as she moved to stand, washing away the stiffness in her limbs with a minor pulse of qi.
"...That sounds way too hard, shouldn't I just wait for another inspiration?" Sixiang whined.
"You of all people should know perfectly well how that works out," Ling Qi replied dryly. Suddenly though, a horrifying thought dawned. "Sixiang… you're going to control yourself, right?"
"I don't know what you mean!" the muse replied in a sing song voice that gave Ling Qi the shivers. Just what had she gotten herself into?
Ignoring the muses laughter, Ling Qi left the mediation room. She had so much to catch up on if she wanted to start her cultivation on time…
Cultivation:
Appraisal Green(8)
-NA-
Physical
-NA-
Mental
Intelligence: D
Wits: B
Resolve: C
Social
Presence: B
Manipulation: C
Composure: B
Base Health: B15 (Composure B, Qi B30)
Available Qi: B30
Base Speed: NA
Base Initiative: C15 (Wits B, Manipulation C)
Derived Attributes
Physical Defense
-NA- Cannot be targeted by physical attacks
Spiritual Defense
Avoid: B (Wits B, Fade B)
Armor: C15 (Resolve C, Resilience B)
Physical Offense
-NA-
Spiritual Offense
Hit: C10 (Manipulation C, Projection C) ADB 10
Penetration: C20 (Presence B, Projection C) AWB 5
Perception
Combat Perception: C15 (Wits B, Perceptiveness C) AWB 10
Social Perception: A (Wits B, Subconscious Cues B) Unqualified Bonuses: Base 20, IMP 10, AWB 10
Technique
Dispel: - (Presence B+Tech Rank) Unqualified Bonuses: IMP 10
Resist: - (Composure B+Tech Rank)
Skills
Art: C(Max)
-Poetry: B
Dance: C
Government: F
Perceptiveness: C
Beast Handling: C
Spirit Ken: C(max)
-Revelry B
Empathy: C(Max)
-Subconscious Cues: B
Music: C(Max)
-Vocals: B
Speech: C(Max)
-Socialize: B
Projection: C
Fade: B
Resilience: C
Available Abilities
Everchanging Moonlight Promenade
Passives
+5 Persuade and socialize with spirits
+10 Social Perception with Spirits
+3 Persuade and socialize tests with humans
+10 Social Perception
+10 on spiritual Avoid
+10 to Dispel
Chaos Phase: B
Drawing on the chaotic nature of the dreaming moon to easily slip through the base bonds of ordered qi, Sixiang may dispel up to two negative effects on themselves or their binder.
Laughing Moonlit Maiden: E
Instant
Channeling through their bond with their binder, Sixiang may grant Ling Qi an air of amiable approachability, and make her words seem both more fair and agreeable. Grants Ling Qi Sixiang's passive bonuses to persuade and socialize challenges for a Short time.
Phantasmal Revel's Regret's: C
Releasing a pulse of chaotic qi into the environment at Close range to Ling Qi, Sixiang disrupts the flows and constructs of their foes. Soaking their meridians in qi designed to emulate the fogging effects of heavy inebriation, she causes their control to of their techniques to slip. Attempts to dispel a single effect on up to five enemies within range.
Awoken Dreamers Brush
+10 to Social Perception
+10 to Combat Perception
+10 to Spiritual Hit
+5 to Spiritual Penetration
Passage of Rustling Breeze: C
Duration: Long
Grasping the flows of the wind, Sixiang dulls sounds and the rippling wake of their binders qi, enhancing stealth and spiritual avoid. At increased cost, this effect may extend to cover the area Near Ling Qi.
Cheerful Muse's Accompaniment: C
When Ling Qi activates a non damaging music or wind art, if Sixiang has not already acted that turn, they may activate this technique and enhance one parameter of the art significantly. Valid parameters are Hit, Effect, Duration, or Resist
Spirit Beast Bonuses
+ .2 Multiplier to Music, Moon Art cultivation
+ .2 Multiplier to Wind Art Cultivation
+5 Bonus to Music, Dance, and Art
+10 To Hit of Music & Dance and Wind Arts
+5 to Presence
Appraisal Green(8)
-NA-
Physical
-NA-
Mental
Intelligence: D
Wits: B
Resolve: C
Social
Presence: B
Manipulation: C
Composure: B
Base Health: B15 (Composure B, Qi B30)
Available Qi: B30
Base Speed: NA
Base Initiative: C15 (Wits B, Manipulation C)
Derived Attributes
Physical Defense
-NA- Cannot be targeted by physical attacks
Spiritual Defense
Avoid: B (Wits B, Fade B)
Armor: C15 (Resolve C, Resilience B)
Physical Offense
-NA-
Spiritual Offense
Hit: C10 (Manipulation C, Projection C) ADB 10
Penetration: C20 (Presence B, Projection C) AWB 5
Perception
Combat Perception: C15 (Wits B, Perceptiveness C) AWB 10
Social Perception: A (Wits B, Subconscious Cues B) Unqualified Bonuses: Base 20, IMP 10, AWB 10
Technique
Dispel: - (Presence B+Tech Rank) Unqualified Bonuses: IMP 10
Resist: - (Composure B+Tech Rank)
Skills
Art: C(Max)
-Poetry: B
Dance: C
Government: F
Perceptiveness: C
Beast Handling: C
Spirit Ken: C(max)
-Revelry B
Empathy: C(Max)
-Subconscious Cues: B
Music: C(Max)
-Vocals: B
Speech: C(Max)
-Socialize: B
Projection: C
Fade: B
Resilience: C
Available Abilities
Everchanging Moonlight Promenade
Passives
+5 Persuade and socialize with spirits
+10 Social Perception with Spirits
+3 Persuade and socialize tests with humans
+10 Social Perception
+10 on spiritual Avoid
+10 to Dispel
Chaos Phase: B
Drawing on the chaotic nature of the dreaming moon to easily slip through the base bonds of ordered qi, Sixiang may dispel up to two negative effects on themselves or their binder.
Laughing Moonlit Maiden: E
Instant
Channeling through their bond with their binder, Sixiang may grant Ling Qi an air of amiable approachability, and make her words seem both more fair and agreeable. Grants Ling Qi Sixiang's passive bonuses to persuade and socialize challenges for a Short time.
Phantasmal Revel's Regret's: C
Releasing a pulse of chaotic qi into the environment at Close range to Ling Qi, Sixiang disrupts the flows and constructs of their foes. Soaking their meridians in qi designed to emulate the fogging effects of heavy inebriation, she causes their control to of their techniques to slip. Attempts to dispel a single effect on up to five enemies within range.
Awoken Dreamers Brush
+10 to Social Perception
+10 to Combat Perception
+10 to Spiritual Hit
+5 to Spiritual Penetration
Passage of Rustling Breeze: C
Duration: Long
Grasping the flows of the wind, Sixiang dulls sounds and the rippling wake of their binders qi, enhancing stealth and spiritual avoid. At increased cost, this effect may extend to cover the area Near Ling Qi.
Cheerful Muse's Accompaniment: C
When Ling Qi activates a non damaging music or wind art, if Sixiang has not already acted that turn, they may activate this technique and enhance one parameter of the art significantly. Valid parameters are Hit, Effect, Duration, or Resist
Spirit Beast Bonuses
+ .2 Multiplier to Music, Moon Art cultivation
+ .2 Multiplier to Wind Art Cultivation
+5 Bonus to Music, Dance, and Art
+10 To Hit of Music & Dance and Wind Arts
+5 to Presence
AN: Alrighty, bit of a shorty this time, but we're going into a more rapid mode this week. Going to be going into the mechanical parts of the turn next, so expect the first part of that tomorrow. Gonna be working on getting the front page updated in prep for that.
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Interesting; that's dramatically different from many settings and not what I'd thought was going on.