Threads Of Destiny(Eastern Fantasy, Sequel to Forge of Destiny)
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Happerry
Bat out of Hell
- Location
- Kanto
[X] Xuan Shi: For once, the odd boy has called in your offered favor. He wishes for your aid in penetrating the interior of an odd little temple full of traps and puzzles.
Mainly because I don't want to see us put the favor off forever... for what that says about Ling QI if nothing else.
Mainly because I don't want to see us put the favor off forever... for what that says about Ling QI if nothing else.
Xiao Fen's First Attempt at Friendship: A Tragedy in Three Acts
Act 1: An Auspicous Meeting
*A duo of commoners leave theirmorning lessons, only to pause when one stares at a tree in dawning dread*
Victim 1: "What's wrong? We're going to be late to Elder Zhao's lesson"
Victim 2: "We can't"
Victim 1: "Why?"
Victim 2: "Because. We're being hunted."
*Unbeknownst to the two young men, two bits of silver wire serpentine their way out of the grass and ensnare their legs, dragging them up the tree with only the yelps of terror marking their passage*
Act 2: A Blooming Bond
*a growing crowd of first year disciples, wincing in collective sympathy, circle Xiao Fen and watch as she brutalizes the two young men*
"WHY ARE YOU DOING THIS" they cry.
"We're becoming friends!" Xiao Fen says, stomping on their junk. "Are we friends yet?"
"IF WE SAY YES WILL YOU STOP?" they wail.
"I might, but I only make strong friends."
"YES WE'RE FRIENDS!!!!"
"WRONG ANSWER!!!"
"NOOOOOOOOO!"
This goes into the night.
Act 3: Enlightenment
*Xiao Fen sits in Elder Su's lessons, the very picture of cold elegance. No student sits within two seats of her*
*Baroness Ling gives out the most simplest of tasks*
Act 1: An Auspicous Meeting
*A duo of commoners leave theirmorning lessons, only to pause when one stares at a tree in dawning dread*
Victim 1: "What's wrong? We're going to be late to Elder Zhao's lesson"
Victim 2: "We can't"
Victim 1: "Why?"
Victim 2: "Because. We're being hunted."
*Unbeknownst to the two young men, two bits of silver wire serpentine their way out of the grass and ensnare their legs, dragging them up the tree with only the yelps of terror marking their passage*
Act 2: A Blooming Bond
*a growing crowd of first year disciples, wincing in collective sympathy, circle Xiao Fen and watch as she brutalizes the two young men*
"WHY ARE YOU DOING THIS" they cry.
"We're becoming friends!" Xiao Fen says, stomping on their junk. "Are we friends yet?"
"IF WE SAY YES WILL YOU STOP?" they wail.
"I might, but I only make strong friends."
"YES WE'RE FRIENDS!!!!"
"WRONG ANSWER!!!"
"NOOOOOOOOO!"
This goes into the night.
Act 3: Enlightenment
*Xiao Fen sits in Elder Su's lessons, the very picture of cold elegance. No student sits within two seats of her*
*Baroness Ling gives out the most simplest of tasks*
- Location
- Castle
Again, these events are running on Schrodinger's timeline, they occur when they win so assuming Xuan Shi doesn't win it only means he hasn't asked for the favor yet.
I mean she wasn't being especially cruel on purpose. The Bai Xiao fighting style is just one of those really mean ones that's all about targeting nerve clusters, joints and various soft and squishy bits. I generally envision it as being kinda muay thai-ish.
...though I might be mixing that up with some other style, not an expert on martial arts here
...though I might be mixing that up with some other style, not an expert on martial arts here
- Location
- Nowheresville
[X] Xuan Shi: For once, the odd boy has called in your offered favor. He wishes for your aid in penetrating the interior of an odd little temple full of traps and puzzles.
- Location
- Third planet from the star named Sol
- Pronouns
- He/They
[X] Xuan Shi: For once, the odd boy has called in your offered favor. He wishes for your aid in penetrating the interior of an odd little temple full of traps and puzzles.
eternal-potato
He who vegetates
- Location
- Moscow
[X] Xuan Shi: For once, the odd boy has called in your offered favor. He wishes for your aid in penetrating the interior of an odd little temple full of traps and puzzles.
Alectai
Speaks Words of Wisdom... On occasion
Honestly, the hilarious thing is that she actually ran into someone who could take it, and give it back in kind.
That's what really tickled the funnybone IMO.
Unseelie
(Verified True Fae)
- Location
- Tír fo Thuinn
...we need more scenes with her, it's going to be great.
Apparently he also passed on his sense of humour, I approve!
[X] Xuan Shi: For once, the odd boy has called in your offered favor. He wishes for your aid in penetrating the interior of an odd little temple full of traps and puzzles.
EternalObserver
eYe Gaze baCk
- Location
- The Void
Oooooooh wow! Shen Hu knows how to bring in the good stuff. I really want to go to dragon lair! Unfortunately, it is true that we've been putting off Xuan Shi for too long so..yeah gonna vote for him. He's a higher investment after all.
[X] Xuan Shi: For once, the odd boy has called in your offered favor. He wishes for your aid in penetrating the interior of an odd little temple full of traps and puzzles.
I also find it amusing that Xiao Fen's way of determining friendship is through brute force. That's when you know she's definitely Bai. Her "friend" though...Liu Xin...This is a different Liu we're talking about right? Not the same Liu who owns Tonghou and harasses Qingge? A matter of same family names?
After this though, we gotta invest in CRX some more, she's already ringing a lot of warning bells.
[X] Xuan Shi: For once, the odd boy has called in your offered favor. He wishes for your aid in penetrating the interior of an odd little temple full of traps and puzzles.
I also find it amusing that Xiao Fen's way of determining friendship is through brute force. That's when you know she's definitely Bai. Her "friend" though...Liu Xin...This is a different Liu we're talking about right? Not the same Liu who owns Tonghou and harasses Qingge? A matter of same family names?
After this though, we gotta invest in CRX some more, she's already ringing a lot of warning bells.
Alectai
Speaks Words of Wisdom... On occasion
It's a different one.
CRX plot is also plot gated, as are most of our other 4-dot Relationships.
DeusExBritannia
Red-White-Black-White
- Location
- Texas
Sigh. Dammit, this sounds so cool.
Elder Punlord Ling Qi will continue to make puns until you like them!
The events run on Shrodinger's timeline, but not infinitely so. If we put of Xuan Shi's event for long enough, it won't show up any more - though it is entirely unclear how long "long enough" is. Point is, if it was the first or second time showing up, putting it off would almost certainly be safe, but past that things grow less certain.
From the way Xiao Fen hesitated before calling Zhengui a cultivation ("Shall I assume this… site is a gift"), I think it is likely that she felt that the "site" was only barely such, if at all.
- Location
- Third planet from the star named Sol
- Pronouns
- He/They
Counter point. Xuan Shi (and several others) actions have consistently been pushed off for 'later' until they dropped from the available options. It's why Ling Qi stopped interacting with him initially.
[X] Xuan Shi: For once, the odd boy has called in your offered favor. He wishes for your aid in penetrating the interior of an odd little temple full of traps and puzzles.
Ling Qi, you're in no place to judge given that you routinely ask Meizhen to inflict soul deep terror on you!
We do know. The Bais never let go. Revenge is a dish best served cold, but it will be served. Everyone knows this.
I think I've seen this in my animes.
Ling Qi, you're in no place to judge given that you routinely ask Meizhen to inflict soul deep terror on you!
Muay thai is a pretty hard-style art. It's a lot of knees and elbows, with some kicks, punches, and grappling thrown in for fun and texture. For nerve-strikes and such, I think you'd usually want a more soft-style. Not to say muay thai doesn't have some, I've only learned some of the more basic level stuff myself, but an art is built on its foundations.
For pressure points, you'd probably be looking for something like hapkido (Korean), taichichwan, or certain other forms of Chinese martial arts. Besides, muay thai is far too... blunt-seeming of a fighting style for me to picture it fitting the Bai branches. Soft-styles are generally more windy/flowy styles, while hard-styles are more direct.
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Winchester
Buzzzzzkill
- Location
- Creeping towards your ear
[X] Xuan Shi: For once, the odd boy has called in your offered favor. He wishes for your aid in penetrating the interior of an odd little temple full of traps and puzzles.
- Location
- Brazil, Minas gerais
[X] Xuan Shi: For once, the odd boy has called in your offered favor. He wishes for your aid in penetrating the interior of an odd little temple full of traps and puzzles.