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

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Yesssssssssss we got an adventure hook!

Now to horn in on Renxiang's needlework sessions with Meizhen like we avoided doing last thread!

[X] Try to get her liege to show her some needlework basics
 
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Alright, about time I announce this since I'm already getting omake for the new thread. The new omake policy is as follows.

1. Remaining omake rewards will somewhat carry over from the previous thread. In the interests of not breaking things, the following postsers will have the following number of omake bonuses
@TehChron 4/9 points
-2 into formations(NA), 30 successes for EPC(NA)
@Erebeal 8 points
@Thor's Twin 0/7 points
-70 successes to EPC(NA)
@Lazy Minx 4/6 points
-2 points into Dodge
@Camellia 5/8 points
-3 to Spiritual
@zinay 2 points
@Neshuakadal 4/8 points
-2 into Dex
@djd 2/4 points
-1 points to presence
@BurnNote 1 point
@tryrar 0/2 points
-1 points to presence
@Cerdaemon 2 points
@BungieONI 4 points
@Black Noise 2 Points

-a. If you feel that you deserve some points as well, please tag me and link or name your unrewarded omake, and I will make a determination. It is fairly likely that I'm forgetting some people.

2. New omake will earn points at the following rate.
-Sidestory Omake: 2 points
Apocrypha Omake: 1 point
-Art: 2 points

3. Omake points may be traded in at the following rate

1:1= Skill XP
1:10 Art successes
2:1= Attribute XP

4: No single skill or attribute can receive more than 4 omake xp in one turn cycle. No single Art can receive more than 100 bonus successes in a turn cycle. This is prevent any unfortunate runaway growth.

5. Omake XP can only be spent on arts, skills or attributes which are being trained that turn.
 
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[X] Try to get her liege to show her some needlework basics

Won't this give us an in with the sewing circle Renxiang and Meizhen have going on?
 
[x] talk tea over a cup of the stuff, Cai Renxiang seemed to think it was important.

A spar would be alright too, but I think it would be good if we tried to branch out a bit and get to know Renxiang better.

Bleh on needlework. It's not our thing at all really, and we can leave that to Meizhen. Let's not try to shoehorn ourselves in there. We stayed out of that for a good reason.
 
IDK. Zhengui is about to get to green, and in about half the time it took us.
I thought this sounded iffy, so I went back to check the math.

Our breakthroughs we in turns 37 and 40 for Spiritual and Physical, respectively. Zhengui started incubating on Week 17, and hatched on week 22. If you take the former as the start of his cultivation, then 40 weeks from that would be week 62, or equivalently the middle of month 3 in the new system. We are at the start of month 1 and Zhengui seems close to starting his breakthrough, but we don't know how long he needs to sleep to make it through - so overall it doesn't seem clear whether he will beat our time.

That said, I think it is pretty clear that he's not moving at double the rate that we are; if anything, our speeds appear roughly comparable.
 
[x] talk tea over a cup of the stuff, Cai Renxiang seemed to think it was important.

Oh Meizhen wants to introduce LQ to someone... *concern intensifies*
 
[X] Try to get her liege to show her some needlework basics

Needles are sorta like lockpicks, if you look from the right direction.
 
[x] talk tea over a cup of the stuff, Cai Renxiang seemed to think it was important.s

there was a good reason we didnt muscle our way into meizhen's and CRX's knitting sessions. it still applies.


is this lesser cousin part of the retainer clan every main family bai gets to choose a servant from? IIRC meizhens offer would have been that if she won the tournament, she would be able to use the favor her aunt would give her to forego choosing a servant from that clan and instead choose LQ as a personal servant?

anything else that could fit?
 
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Except she's an unskilled Yuki-onna whose skills are worse than a mortal with 1 year of experience in cultivation. And she didn't seem to improve all that fast.

Don't forget, spirits in general seem to improve at a superior rate when they are bonded with a Cultivator. That's her progress /without/ a Cultivator bond making her more... flexible.
 
[X] talk tea over a cup of the stuff, Cai Renxiang seemed to think it was important.

I want this. CRX will easily be able to see Ling Qi just struggling so hard to seem interested in something she doesn't understand.
 
"Wait up Li Suyin," she called to catch the blue haired girl's attention.

"Ling Qi?" Li Suyin replied, sounding a little befuddled as she stopped and turned around. "Is there something wrong?"

Ling Qi felt a pang at that, did they not used to get together after almost every lesson? She supposed they had drifted apart a little in the second half of the year.
This makes me glad we decided to spend time just hanging out with her. Good to reinforce that this is a friendship rather than just a business relationship. Shame about her parents being forced to realise their inability to protect their daughter but the honesty is better for all three in the long run.

Heh, and of course her spiders weren't bad enough so she has rodent skeletons scuttling about too. Interesting to hear spiders seem connected to moon spirits too and good to see Zhenli look upon Ling Qi more favourably than before.

"You better watch out or she's going to surpass you," Ling Qi teased.

Li Suyin grimaced. "I have neglected my base cultivation recently, haven't I?" She lamented.
I'd worry about LQ putting her foot in it but it looks like a general sorta discontent and she seemed sufficiently encouraging, regarding Suyin earning her place, to make up for it.

"Su Ling and I discovered a cave several months back. The sinkhole in the forest seemed to have opened it up,"
This has nothing to do with a barbarian plot does it? Not sure I remember a sink hole. The abnormal impurity filled core seems like it could be tied to that kinda corruption.

[x] would suggest that they have a spar after their talk


If we want a friendship with Renxiang rather than just have her as our boss, I think it's a good idea to do more than things LQ dislikes but has to learn. Sparring's pretty much her favourite bonding activity, CRX ought be honoured.
 
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[X] talk tea over a cup of the stuff, Cai Renxiang seemed to think it was important.

Tea is a major export of the Emerald Sea and it is expected to have knowledge of it, IIRC.
 
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