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

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[X] Go deeper still, where light and reflection fades, where even the ice grows black, and call to the winter maiden of this region in her home. [+2 XP to Isolation]

I mean it's ffs in a semi-liminal black ice cave with pits of solid darkness…how could we not ?
 
[X] Go deeper still, where light and reflection fades, where even the ice grows black, and call to the winter maiden of this region in her home. [+2 Xp to Isolation]
 
[X] Go deeper still, where light and reflection fades, where even the ice grows black, and call to the winter maiden of this region in her home. [+2 Xp to Isolation]
 
[X] Go deeper still, where light and reflection fades, where even the ice grows black, and call to the winter maiden of this region in her home. [+2 Xp to Isolation]
 
[X] Go deeper still, where light and reflection fades, where even the ice grows black, and call to the winter maiden of this region in her home. [+2 Xp to Isolation]
 
Isolation is our sword. And we are working on our offensive art.

[X] Go deeper still, where light and reflection fades, where even the ice grows black, and call to the winter maiden of this region in her home. [+2 Xp to Isolation]
 
[X] Go deeper still, where light and reflection fades, where even the ice grows black, and call to the winter maiden of this region in her home. [+2 XP to Isolation]
 
[X] Go deeper still, where light and reflection fades, where even the ice grows black, and call to the winter maiden of this region in her home. [+2 Xp to Isolation]

I just think this fits better for the art. If it was *just* about meeting the spirit without any philosophical shaping involved I might prefer staying out in the mirror cave, but isolation just seems better suited to the thing we use to kill things.
 
Adhoc vote count started by EternalObserver on Mar 28, 2024 at 2:29 AM, finished with 107 posts and 73 votes.
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[X] Go deeper still, where light and reflection fades, where even the ice grows black, and call to the winter maiden of this region in her home. [+2 Xp to Isolation]
 
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[X] Go deeper still, where light and reflection fades, where even the ice grows black, and call to the winter maiden of this region in her home. [+2 XP to Isolation]
 
[X] Go deeper still, where light and reflection fades, where even the ice grows black, and call to the winter maiden of this region in her home. [+2 XP to Isolation]
 
[X] Go deeper still, where light and reflection fades, where even the ice grows black, and call to the winter maiden of this region in her home. [+2 XP to Isolation]
 
[X] Go deeper still, where light and reflection fades, where even the ice grows black, and call to the winter maiden of this region in her home. [+2 Xp to Isolation]
 
[X] Go deeper still, where light and reflection fades, where even the ice grows black, and call to the winter maiden of this region in her home. [+2 Xp to Isolation]
 
[X] Stop here in the glittering foyer, with your twin standing reflected on the glacier beneath raise your hands a sing for an audience with the winter of the region [+2 Xp to Expression]
 
[X] Stop here in the glittering foyer, with your twin standing reflected on the glacier beneath raise your hands a sing for an audience with the winter of the region [+2 Xp to Expression]
 
[X] Go deeper still, where light and reflection fades, where even the ice grows black, and call to the winter maiden of this region in her home. [+2 Xp to Isolation]
 
[X] Go deeper still, where light and reflection fades, where even the ice grows black, and call to the winter maiden of this region in her home. [+2 Xp to Isolation]
 
Erebeal said:
If people want to use the houseguest analogy, I'd point out that the door is open.

If they wanted to keep people out they could.
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It's a cave. It doesn't have a door. A bear den doesn't have a door, that doesn't mean it's happy to see you if you let yourself in.

Erebeal said:
Like, come on - this is not a "no entry" sign:


Heck, this is basically a dare. Do you want the spirit to think we're a wimp? Do you want Bao Qian to think that we are a careful and sensible individual? Our reputation is on the line here!
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'Impenetrable darkness not even the eyes of a powerful third realm darkness cultivator can pierce'
That's not a "no entry" sign?

I mean it might not be, but I'm mostly getting a lot of 'if there's no price tag on it it must free' energy from you guys.
 
The boundary to the liminal is real thin in this place. If the spirit wasn't amenable, or at least indifferent, the arch and passage wouldn't even be there, imo.
 
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[X] Go deeper still, where light and reflection fades, where even the ice grows black, and call to the winter maiden of this region in her home. [+2 Xp to Isolation]
 
memoryofglory said:
It's a cave. It doesn't have a door. A bear den doesn't have a door, that doesn't mean it's happy to see you if you let yourself in.


'Impenetrable darkness not even the eyes of a powerful third realm darkness cultivator can pierce'
That's not a "no entry" sign?

I mean it might not be, but I'm mostly getting a lot of 'if there's no price tag on it it must free' energy from you guys.
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No idea why you're using normal logic like "it's a cave? Where's the door?" when they could easily make one, or heck, remember Zeqing's place? I'm pretty dang sure that place would be impossible to navigate unless the owner is willing to let people in. Pretty sure this is the same logic. Yet the boundary between physical and liminal's pretty thin.
 
Falconis said:
Not sure how the vote tallying works so just putting my vote here again where its sure to be counted.

[X] Stop here in the glittering foyer, with your twin standing reflected on the glacier beneath raise your hands a sing for an audience with the winter of the region [+2 Xp to Expression]

I'm still mostly voting this because the potential for shaping the ritual so that the spirit presents itself as human (by giving it a reflection to work with) is too good to pass up for the long term benefit of the region. If this works it should open up using lower realm priestesses for communion and it may even ripple down to the lesser spirits given that they have been said to be parts of the greater spirit we are now communicating with.

Not only is the action taken one that is more plausibly survivable by lower realm cultivators(scale the mountain, sing in the foyer, be visible) it may also open the door to the Human Order rather than semi-liminal nature spirit shenanigans as a baseline.

No matter how this goes I'll be fine but I must admit the possibilities here intrigue me due to what it means for the future of the region moreso than what it means for Ling Qi (granted, she'll complete the next expression milestone with this too so thats a bonus).
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That is a good point, I'll change my vote

[X] Stop here in the glittering foyer, with your twin standing reflected on the glacier beneath raise your hands a sing for an audience with the winter of the region [+2 Xp to Expression]
 
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