Threads Of Destiny(Eastern Fantasy, Sequel to Forge of Destiny)
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[X] Perform the sealing first, without the connection to the underworld ecosystem, the parasite will not be a threat.
Okay, let's look at the options a different way. What are the worst plausible outcomes to either option?
[ ] Hunt the parasite down, you have wounded it awfully, best to finish it and then go for the seal.
The worst option I can see actually happening is extra forces get built up at the breachhead. And then we beat them because we've shown facing this thing's forces head on isn't a huge deal for us, and we'll have taken out its actual brain and stopped tricky shit from happening.
The risk isn't substantial, and there's the potential for reward in nabbing the parasite for study (though I suspect we'll be forced to kill it instead, at this point).
[ ] Perform the sealing first, without the connection to the underworld ecosystem, the parasite will not be a threat.
The worst option I can see actually happening here is the parasite doesn't die off with the sealing and Piper's self-cleansing efforts. This is plausible because the parasite is adaptable, and we just dumped a whole bunch of impurity into the liminal, where it can potentially reach it and it's less subject to conventional qi-destruction and the Piper's efforts. This outcome is unlikely to be catastrophic, but it would basically be a fail condition.
There's a meaningful risk here and no reward.
[ ] Hunt the parasite down, you have wounded it awfully, best to finish it and then go for the seal.
The worst option I can see actually happening is extra forces get built up at the breachhead. And then we beat them because we've shown facing this thing's forces head on isn't a huge deal for us, and we'll have taken out its actual brain and stopped tricky shit from happening.
The risk isn't substantial, and there's the potential for reward in nabbing the parasite for study (though I suspect we'll be forced to kill it instead, at this point).
[ ] Perform the sealing first, without the connection to the underworld ecosystem, the parasite will not be a threat.
The worst option I can see actually happening here is the parasite doesn't die off with the sealing and Piper's self-cleansing efforts. This is plausible because the parasite is adaptable, and we just dumped a whole bunch of impurity into the liminal, where it can potentially reach it and it's less subject to conventional qi-destruction and the Piper's efforts. This outcome is unlikely to be catastrophic, but it would basically be a fail condition.
There's a meaningful risk here and no reward.
But doesn't sealing first shut off an even bigger source of impurities for the parasite to feed on than the fragments of slowly dissolving impurities that we ripped into the liminal? The parasite will be substantially weaker after the sealing so why would it be harder to take care of then than it would be now? Also I think chance of capturing the parasite is alot higher after we have sealed it in than trying to hunt it down now so I think it is for a meaningful reward.
[X] Hunt the parasite down, you have wounded it awfully, best to finish it and then go for the seal.
It is hurt and confused for the moment, we have the momentum on our side.
It also caused far, far more damage than I had thought it would since our last visit here.
We also will be absent for a long time, giving it all the time it needs to recover, analyze our moves and prepare countermeasures, if not to break through and attack again.
I feel we are now in the position of a movie hero when he could finish off the villain but doesn't.
It always annoys me when it happens, so I am against doing such.
It is hurt and confused for the moment, we have the momentum on our side.
It also caused far, far more damage than I had thought it would since our last visit here.
We also will be absent for a long time, giving it all the time it needs to recover, analyze our moves and prepare countermeasures, if not to break through and attack again.
I feel we are now in the position of a movie hero when he could finish off the villain but doesn't.
It always annoys me when it happens, so I am against doing such.
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- E
[X] Hunt the parasite down, you have wounded it awfully, best to finish it and then go for the seal.
- Location
- The Maple Syrup Mountains
[X] Perform the sealing first, without the connection to the underworld ecosystem, the parasite will not be a threat.
- Location
- India
- Pronouns
- He/His
[X] Perform the sealing first, without the connection to the underworld ecosystem, the parasite will not be a threat.
If we assume it is as smart as LQ thinks then why do we think that it has not already prepared something at the breach so if we go directly to said breach we could just as well walk right into a prepared trap / or defense giving it time to still escape as it is faster than even LQ so if it sees it can't beat us, and we are busy fighting what ever it might have prepared there it can just run right by us.
The first time we fought both side didn't know anything about each other the second time we choose defense so it has learned how we act in this regard, but it has not yet seen us on the offense as such it should not be prepared for us to now hunt it down but should prepare for us to make a defensive effort again i.e. going for the seal.
And as others have already said if we go for the seal we will have to defend against its full force as it should know / or figure out what happens if we seal it so it has no reason to keep anything in reserve as it has to stop us, and we have to do it without our anti finisher (or risk our own anti finisher causing us damage).
Add to it that while we seal it, it also has time to decide that it can't win and just go and cause as much damage as it can, the seal does not kill it, it just stops it from getting more it can still fight and damage the piper till we cleared all of it up.
If we hunt it down and win then the that's it and if we think we can defend against it then I see no reason why we should not win against it if we hunt it down even more so while it is still hurt and shocked.
[X] Hunt the parasite down, you have wounded it awfully, best to finish it and then go for the seal.
The first time we fought both side didn't know anything about each other the second time we choose defense so it has learned how we act in this regard, but it has not yet seen us on the offense as such it should not be prepared for us to now hunt it down but should prepare for us to make a defensive effort again i.e. going for the seal.
And as others have already said if we go for the seal we will have to defend against its full force as it should know / or figure out what happens if we seal it so it has no reason to keep anything in reserve as it has to stop us, and we have to do it without our anti finisher (or risk our own anti finisher causing us damage).
Add to it that while we seal it, it also has time to decide that it can't win and just go and cause as much damage as it can, the seal does not kill it, it just stops it from getting more it can still fight and damage the piper till we cleared all of it up.
If we hunt it down and win then the that's it and if we think we can defend against it then I see no reason why we should not win against it if we hunt it down even more so while it is still hurt and shocked.
[X] Hunt the parasite down, you have wounded it awfully, best to finish it and then go for the seal.
The problem with the Hunting option is that it isn't guaranteed that we will catch the parasite, and it's hubris to think otherwise.
The parasite is small, fast, adaptative and resourceful. If we try to hunt it now, it can lead us on a merry chase as it forces us to wade through all the impurity still present at the depths, all the while pulling even more impurity from the breach and taking that time to recuperate.
It's true we chose the extended time option at the beginning, but it's not limitless. If we continue to choose the options that delay the breach's sealing then it will run out at some point.
If we fail to catch the parasite and the deadline is approaching, then we'll have to rush to the breach either way. Except the parasite'd have had all that time to concentrate its forces and prepare a defense cattered to the abilities we have already displayed.
That's the worst case scenario. I disagree with the notion that
We would be in a zone with a dead crystal, so the Piper's influence would be at it's minimum. And with the breach right there, it will be as close to the parasite's hometurf as it can get.
If we go to the breach now it will force the parasite to rush to stop us, with no time to recover or prepare specific countermeasures against LQ
Also, for those who would like to capture the parasite. To successfully achieve that we would need the parasite to be at it's weakest.
And that implies cutting off its connection to the source of impurity.
The parasite is small, fast, adaptative and resourceful. If we try to hunt it now, it can lead us on a merry chase as it forces us to wade through all the impurity still present at the depths, all the while pulling even more impurity from the breach and taking that time to recuperate.
It's true we chose the extended time option at the beginning, but it's not limitless. If we continue to choose the options that delay the breach's sealing then it will run out at some point.
If we fail to catch the parasite and the deadline is approaching, then we'll have to rush to the breach either way. Except the parasite'd have had all that time to concentrate its forces and prepare a defense cattered to the abilities we have already displayed.
That's the worst case scenario. I disagree with the notion that
We would be in a zone with a dead crystal, so the Piper's influence would be at it's minimum. And with the breach right there, it will be as close to the parasite's hometurf as it can get.
If we go to the breach now it will force the parasite to rush to stop us, with no time to recover or prepare specific countermeasures against LQ
Also, for those who would like to capture the parasite. To successfully achieve that we would need the parasite to be at it's weakest.
And that implies cutting off its connection to the source of impurity.
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Winged One
Not the Simurgh
- Location
- definitely the ground
- Pronouns
- They/Them/It
[X] Perform the sealing first, without the connection to the underworld ecosystem, the parasite will not be a threat.
- Location
- Staring into the void
[X] Hunt the parasite down, you have wounded it awfully, best to finish it and then go for the seal.
[X] Hunt the parasite down, you have wounded it awfully, best to finish it and then go for the seal.
- Location
- Red Blood on Golden Shield
[X] Perform the sealing first, without the connection to the underworld ecosystem, the parasite will not be a threat.
