Borrowing
Fantasy Seal
- Location
- Gensokyo
Exalted abilities trump absolutely everything else. And frankly, I'm pretty sure Yukari might want to go back to being how she used to.
[Touhou/Exalted] The Tourist
- Thread starter sasahara17
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Or it might have been one of those rare first circles who developed sapience and became citizens.
SolipsistSerpent
Endlessly Devouring
That's... Not exactly true. Some specific Exalted abilities trump everything else, especially defenses. Others just result in roll-offs or can be resisted with Willpower.
Borrowing
Fantasy Seal
- Location
- Gensokyo
Well, sasahara17 said that Renko is literally optimised so she can win any argument and make it so the other person loses and admits that Renko is right.
All Renko has to do is argue Yukari wants to go back to being how she was as Maribel.
Olive
Silent Princess
While true, she's unlikely to; I imagine she probably respects Merry too much to do that to her - I mean, it's not like she became an Akuma or anything actually bad.
Borrowing
Fantasy Seal
- Location
- Gensokyo
Would Renko think that luring humans into Gensoukyou wouldn't be bad?
Olive
Silent Princess
Renko is a 500 year old Solar. Unless she's somehow managed to not Limit Break at all, ever, she's probably not in a position to point fingers.
SolipsistSerpent
Endlessly Devouring
Solars are pretty good at hypocrisy, though, so that doesn't mean she wouldn't.
On the other hand, Renko is so in love with the idea of Gensoukyo that she might not realize how bad 'luring humans in' is.
sasahara17
Just Another Random Author
- Location
- Brisbane City
I'd just like to make a quick note here on a comparison that might be relevant to the Yukari discussion.
That one of the big problems of powerful, high essence Exalted is the fact that they can easily lose touch with the common man. It's probably stating the obvious, but the older and more powerful an Exalted gets (and the larger the scale on which problems he/she has to deal with takes place) the less likely he or she will be able to empathize with the little mortals.
In fact this can be seen with low level Exalts as well - Lyta is bat-shit insane and Arianna isn't a very nice person (Sidereal example - Ketchup is basically a machine that dedicates his every waking moment to the salvation of creation). In contrast the most 'morally good' of the Exalted are those that manage to maintain their ties to the common people, like Demetheus or Swan (Sidereal example - Gracious Shaia spends her every waking moment thinking up ways to match-make couples).
Now, I think a similar situation can apply here. In this story, Yukari is a very powerful and a very old youkai who was is in effect Maribel Hearn after over a thousand of years of living.
She is effectively immortal. She has power. All her ties to the common people keep dying.
Of course she's the most youkai like of youkai now, because after repeatedly losing her ties over and over again, what is there left to tie her to her human origin? It's the same phenomenon, except instead of a bright young idealistic Exalt slowly becoming an untouchable god-king of the sun, the human Maribel Hearn naturally evolving over time to become the Youkai Yukari Yakumo.
When most of your enduring ties are Youkai.... of course you start acting like a Youkai.
This, however, does explain why Yukari is so protective of Reimu (a mortal lineage of her dear friends) and Gensokyo (her home) while is close friends with Yuyuko (one of her first friends). And it also might explain why she is so adamant of having Renko, one of her most precious ties to her humanity, stay close to her.
Given that Renko's (is is of the 'I can relate to the little people variety' due to having been a teacher, and thus spent a lot of time mentoring students) current problem is the growing disconnect between her colleges and the common man, the parallels that can be drawn between her old friend and her fellow Solars are quite striking.
That's my current idea anyway. Thoughts?
That one of the big problems of powerful, high essence Exalted is the fact that they can easily lose touch with the common man. It's probably stating the obvious, but the older and more powerful an Exalted gets (and the larger the scale on which problems he/she has to deal with takes place) the less likely he or she will be able to empathize with the little mortals.
In fact this can be seen with low level Exalts as well - Lyta is bat-shit insane and Arianna isn't a very nice person (Sidereal example - Ketchup is basically a machine that dedicates his every waking moment to the salvation of creation). In contrast the most 'morally good' of the Exalted are those that manage to maintain their ties to the common people, like Demetheus or Swan (Sidereal example - Gracious Shaia spends her every waking moment thinking up ways to match-make couples).
Now, I think a similar situation can apply here. In this story, Yukari is a very powerful and a very old youkai who was is in effect Maribel Hearn after over a thousand of years of living.
She is effectively immortal. She has power. All her ties to the common people keep dying.
Of course she's the most youkai like of youkai now, because after repeatedly losing her ties over and over again, what is there left to tie her to her human origin? It's the same phenomenon, except instead of a bright young idealistic Exalt slowly becoming an untouchable god-king of the sun, the human Maribel Hearn naturally evolving over time to become the Youkai Yukari Yakumo.
When most of your enduring ties are Youkai.... of course you start acting like a Youkai.
This, however, does explain why Yukari is so protective of Reimu (a mortal lineage of her dear friends) and Gensokyo (her home) while is close friends with Yuyuko (one of her first friends). And it also might explain why she is so adamant of having Renko, one of her most precious ties to her humanity, stay close to her.
Given that Renko's (is is of the 'I can relate to the little people variety' due to having been a teacher, and thus spent a lot of time mentoring students) current problem is the growing disconnect between her colleges and the common man, the parallels that can be drawn between her old friend and her fellow Solars are quite striking.
That's my current idea anyway. Thoughts?
Borrowing
Fantasy Seal
- Location
- Gensokyo
...So I may be right?
It could also explain the whole "luring humans in" thing, as an attempt to build new human friendships. And if she breaks a few thousand eggs to make that omelet... well, no-one said she's presently very human. They weren't going to live very long, anyway.
sasahara17
Just Another Random Author
- Location
- Brisbane City
Hey guys, quick announcement to let you know that I'm done with the proofreading… well almost done, there have been a number of mistakes that are still floating about that I have to correct, but by far and large I think it's done. I can (hopefully) get back to writing up some new material soon.
I'll probably start working on the tourist first: kinda have been spending too much attention on the other two, so Gensokyo needs some loving. Just one question though.
I have an idea for an intermission snip that shows what's happening back over in Creation while Renko is having fun. Would you rather I immediately get into day 2 of the SDM where something nasty's hit the fan, or you would want to see how badly the siddies are freaking out?
Anyway, I'll probably get back to it sometime soon (maybe tomorrow, I'm tired after all the proofreading and photocopying melted my brains and need a break), but hopefully I'll have something for you all shortly!
...also that new anime in the works starring Renko and Merry looks sweet. Can't wait to see it.
I'll probably start working on the tourist first: kinda have been spending too much attention on the other two, so Gensokyo needs some loving. Just one question though.
I have an idea for an intermission snip that shows what's happening back over in Creation while Renko is having fun. Would you rather I immediately get into day 2 of the SDM where something nasty's hit the fan, or you would want to see how badly the siddies are freaking out?
Anyway, I'll probably get back to it sometime soon (maybe tomorrow, I'm tired after all the proofreading and photocopying melted my brains and need a break), but hopefully I'll have something for you all shortly!
...also that new anime in the works starring Renko and Merry looks sweet. Can't wait to see it.
I want to see Sidereals freaking out.
Walker of the Yellow Path
Ho There!
- Location
- The Land of Memes
Panicking Sidereals.
And what anime?
And what anime?
jwolfe_beta
Semi Genre-Savvy Overlord
- Location
- Canada
Wait, what? Where?
It's been 500 years. He's dead, Jim.
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sasahara17
Just Another Random Author
- Location
- Brisbane City
Hey everyone. Decided to take my break tomorrow. This means that tonight I'll be presenting to you, the Sidereal intermission. Enjoy!
-=-
One of the bright spots in the Third Age and the establishment the second Exalted Deliberative was that the Celestial Exalted were once again working hand in hand for a better tomorrow. Unlike that Second Age where the Solars had been hunted to near extinction by the Wyld Hunt, the Lunars were more or driven from civilianisation and the Sidereals were stuck fighting inter-originational conflicts, this new age saw all three varieties once again untied for a common cause.
Granted there are a lot less Solars now (what with half their number still existing as corrupted Infernals and Abyssals), the Lunars were still quite feral and distrustful of civilisation in general, and nobody had forgotten that the Sidereals had kicked off the entire Age of Sorrows by stabbing their fellows in the back… but at least everyone was on speaking terms again!
In truth, while the new Age of Hope as it was called saw all three varieties of Celestial Exalted working together to regain the glory of the First Age, such things were rarely so neat. While some members of the Exalted host were all too willing to let bygones be bygones, others weren't so ready to forgive and acted accordingly.
As such, while the Celestial Exalted of were all too happy to present a united front to both their subjects and their enemies, the truth was the level of trust between the Lawgivers, Stewards and Viziers really had to be accessed on a case by case basis. This was especially true for the Sidereal who, due to their part in the Usurpation, had to count their true allies very carefully.
This was why, upon four Sidereals walking in a certain Coppy Spider's laboratory and discovering that she was missing, the following panicked shout rang out.
"WHAT DO YOU MEAN SHE'S GONE?!"
"Ivory, calm down. It's not as bad as you think it is," Crimson Banner Executioner said as he attempted to placate the panicking Haltan, "We have her notes. Whatever happened to her, wherever she went, we can find her. You're the Righteous and Fateful Ender of Royal Lines in the River Province. Don't go falling apart on now!"
"You have no idea, executioner!" Ahn Aru insisted, "I spent decades working with that fool. You have no idea what she's capable of!"
"Oh geez." Crimson Banner executioner sighed, wondering why his two colleagues were so worked up. True Renko was one of the Solars who could be counted upon looked upon the Fivescore Fellowship favourably, and true she was indispensable as far as the Exalted Deliberative went, but it wasn't as if she was dead (yet).
The notes on the table made that pretty clear. Granted the notes also confirmed to the pair that Renko was pretty much a boneheaded idiot by trying out an untested Sorcery on herself, but at least they had a general idea of where she'd gone. All they had to do was find her.
"You fool! Don't you understand what this means?" Ahn Aru snarled as she whirled on Crimson Banner Executioner, "She's escaped from our view. This means she's doing something! Don't you understand? She's doing something were I can't keep an eye on her!"
"Oh for Mars' sake, not this again."
"I never trusted that woman. She's scheming something, I just know it," Ahn Aru continued darkly, her eyes narrowing as she scanned Renko's empty workshop for clues as to what the Arrow of Heaven's game was. Crimson Banner Execution couldn't help but sigh as his fellow Vizier started poking around the room in a blind panic.
Ahn Aru was one of the oldest, and most senior, members of the new Sidereal host. One of their most respected and venerated leaders. She had survived the battles in the closing days of the Second Age, battles that had culled over two thirds of the Maiden's Chosen at the time. She had survived the end of the second age, and was a major player in the rebuilding and reforming the celestial bureaucracy.
She had also been one of the staunchest, most fanatical Bronze Faction members prior to the new Exalted Deliberative, and even after then she'd only accepted the new partnership with great reluctance. Even after necessity had forced all of Creation's Exalted into an alliance, she had never gotten over her distrust, and dislike, of the Solars… probably largely dune in part of her extremely colorful past with Renko.
The pair might have worked together to put Tepet Ejava on the Vermillion Throne, but that didn't mean that they liked each other. Far from it in fact, considering they'd tried to kill each other on their first meeting.
"Hasn't woman has learned after everything? Doesn't she know when to stop?" Ahn Aru said, her eyes glazing over as she fell back into memory. During their 'partnership' many of Ahn Aru's plans had been derailed, in rather spectacular ways, by the spontaneous Solar, so much so that she had vowed to always keep tabs on Renko to this day.
Renko had slipped from her view. Apparently that was cause for panic indeed.
"To think we came here just to borrow one of her old research papers." Crimson Banner Executioner sighed as he watched his two colleagues fall apart before his eyes. By the Maidens, they were all hundreds of years old!
"What is that irresponsible maniac planning on doing now? Is she causing a war? Is she bringing an invasion of otherworldly Exalted down on our heads? I DON'T KNOW!" Ahn Aru swore, pulling at her own hair in frustration.
"Ivory, perhaps we should take these notes and see if one of the other Solars can make heads or tails of it…" Crimson suggested, only to be silenced.
"ABSOLUTELY NOT." She whirled on him, "I am not trusting a Solar Savant with a spell like this. Do you have any idea what someone without Usami's morals would do with it?"
Crimson Banner Executioner raised an amused eyebrow at Ahn Aru's complete turnaround. "I thought you were upset about Renko using an untested Sorcery on herself?"
"I'm upset because she is a colossal idiot with no common sense and I can't keep an eye on her," Ahn Aru folded her arms crossly, "That woman is irresponsible, not malicious. I can't say the same for many other Solar Savants, but she won't cause problems deliberately."
Crimson Banner Executioner couldn't help but agree. Considering what most Solar Savants had to give up to achieve their level of mastery over the arts, especially in the trial of sacrifice, it was a wonder that Renko had managed to retain so much of her original personality. In fact, it was for this reason Renko was such an attractive ally for the Fivescore Fellowship – she was one of the few friendly Lawgivers with access to Solar Circle Sorcery who was functionally sane.
Coming from the former Bronze Faction functionary, this was very high praise indeed.
Really, Renko being missing was a very big problem for the Exalted Deliberative for this reason, especially to her Sidereal allies.
"You're right. I probably wouldn't allow Arianna anywhere near these. Who knows what she'd do with it?" Crimson Banner Executioner nodded.
"Still, that doesn't mean we won't have a repeat of the last time Renko caused a war by her insatiable curiosity. We need to get her back here, fast," Ahn Aru muttered, chewing on her thumb as she did so, "But we don't know anyone who knows Solar Circle Sorcery that could be trusted with Usami's notes. This is a difficult spot."
"True, but who else can we trust this with?" Crimson Banner Executioner started listing off the options off the top of his head, "Arianna's a bitch who doesn't like us. Sema means dealing with the Kaneko, and he's a pain to deal with. Mistress Emerald hasn't trusted a single Sidereal since the whole Illuminated Scandal…"
Then the answer came to him.
"We could try Wind. He's still upset about us lying to him all those years ago, but we know he's about as reasonable as they come."
"That vagabond?" Ahn Aru said thoughtfully. "Hm, good point. He's also Renko's friend and he also has access to Solar Circle. The problem will be finding him though..."
Wind, a Zenith Caste former immaculate monk turned Solar hero, was one of the greatest spiritual leaders of the Exalted Deliberative.
Indeed, he represented the paragon of the wise warrior priest-king ideal… save for the fact Wind preferred to spend his days wandering the land as an anonymous hero righting wrongs while protecting and teaching the common man, just as his late friend Demetheus once had done.
The man was surprisingly hard to find, even for Sidereals of their age.
"At least we have a plan." Crimson Banner Executioner decided, "I'll go check with Shaia and Shepard, see if either of them have run into Wind lately."
"And I'll so the same," Ahn Aru agreed. "With luck, we'll be able to figure out where he is by the end of the week. Hopefully he can make sense of these notes and figure out how to follow Usami."
With their plan established, the pair departed Renko's workshop, fully intent on bringing back their wayward Copper Spider…
-=-
A/N – Hm, didn't turn out as well as I hoped it would have. But well, that's what I have so far. If it's not good enough, I'll figure something out.
BTW, to those of you who were asking, when I mentioned the new Touhou anime I was referring to the "Hifuu Club Activity Record" (http://kyotofantasytroupe.net/) which is, if all goes according to plan, supposedly due for a November release.
Way I see it, it's going to rock my socks off, or it's going to suck so hard I'll purge it from memory. Hopefully the former.
Thanks for reading!
-=-
One of the bright spots in the Third Age and the establishment the second Exalted Deliberative was that the Celestial Exalted were once again working hand in hand for a better tomorrow. Unlike that Second Age where the Solars had been hunted to near extinction by the Wyld Hunt, the Lunars were more or driven from civilianisation and the Sidereals were stuck fighting inter-originational conflicts, this new age saw all three varieties once again untied for a common cause.
Granted there are a lot less Solars now (what with half their number still existing as corrupted Infernals and Abyssals), the Lunars were still quite feral and distrustful of civilisation in general, and nobody had forgotten that the Sidereals had kicked off the entire Age of Sorrows by stabbing their fellows in the back… but at least everyone was on speaking terms again!
In truth, while the new Age of Hope as it was called saw all three varieties of Celestial Exalted working together to regain the glory of the First Age, such things were rarely so neat. While some members of the Exalted host were all too willing to let bygones be bygones, others weren't so ready to forgive and acted accordingly.
As such, while the Celestial Exalted of were all too happy to present a united front to both their subjects and their enemies, the truth was the level of trust between the Lawgivers, Stewards and Viziers really had to be accessed on a case by case basis. This was especially true for the Sidereal who, due to their part in the Usurpation, had to count their true allies very carefully.
This was why, upon four Sidereals walking in a certain Coppy Spider's laboratory and discovering that she was missing, the following panicked shout rang out.
"WHAT DO YOU MEAN SHE'S GONE?!"
"Ivory, calm down. It's not as bad as you think it is," Crimson Banner Executioner said as he attempted to placate the panicking Haltan, "We have her notes. Whatever happened to her, wherever she went, we can find her. You're the Righteous and Fateful Ender of Royal Lines in the River Province. Don't go falling apart on now!"
"You have no idea, executioner!" Ahn Aru insisted, "I spent decades working with that fool. You have no idea what she's capable of!"
"Oh geez." Crimson Banner executioner sighed, wondering why his two colleagues were so worked up. True Renko was one of the Solars who could be counted upon looked upon the Fivescore Fellowship favourably, and true she was indispensable as far as the Exalted Deliberative went, but it wasn't as if she was dead (yet).
The notes on the table made that pretty clear. Granted the notes also confirmed to the pair that Renko was pretty much a boneheaded idiot by trying out an untested Sorcery on herself, but at least they had a general idea of where she'd gone. All they had to do was find her.
"You fool! Don't you understand what this means?" Ahn Aru snarled as she whirled on Crimson Banner Executioner, "She's escaped from our view. This means she's doing something! Don't you understand? She's doing something were I can't keep an eye on her!"
"Oh for Mars' sake, not this again."
"I never trusted that woman. She's scheming something, I just know it," Ahn Aru continued darkly, her eyes narrowing as she scanned Renko's empty workshop for clues as to what the Arrow of Heaven's game was. Crimson Banner Execution couldn't help but sigh as his fellow Vizier started poking around the room in a blind panic.
Ahn Aru was one of the oldest, and most senior, members of the new Sidereal host. One of their most respected and venerated leaders. She had survived the battles in the closing days of the Second Age, battles that had culled over two thirds of the Maiden's Chosen at the time. She had survived the end of the second age, and was a major player in the rebuilding and reforming the celestial bureaucracy.
She had also been one of the staunchest, most fanatical Bronze Faction members prior to the new Exalted Deliberative, and even after then she'd only accepted the new partnership with great reluctance. Even after necessity had forced all of Creation's Exalted into an alliance, she had never gotten over her distrust, and dislike, of the Solars… probably largely dune in part of her extremely colorful past with Renko.
The pair might have worked together to put Tepet Ejava on the Vermillion Throne, but that didn't mean that they liked each other. Far from it in fact, considering they'd tried to kill each other on their first meeting.
"Hasn't woman has learned after everything? Doesn't she know when to stop?" Ahn Aru said, her eyes glazing over as she fell back into memory. During their 'partnership' many of Ahn Aru's plans had been derailed, in rather spectacular ways, by the spontaneous Solar, so much so that she had vowed to always keep tabs on Renko to this day.
Renko had slipped from her view. Apparently that was cause for panic indeed.
"To think we came here just to borrow one of her old research papers." Crimson Banner Executioner sighed as he watched his two colleagues fall apart before his eyes. By the Maidens, they were all hundreds of years old!
"What is that irresponsible maniac planning on doing now? Is she causing a war? Is she bringing an invasion of otherworldly Exalted down on our heads? I DON'T KNOW!" Ahn Aru swore, pulling at her own hair in frustration.
"Ivory, perhaps we should take these notes and see if one of the other Solars can make heads or tails of it…" Crimson suggested, only to be silenced.
"ABSOLUTELY NOT." She whirled on him, "I am not trusting a Solar Savant with a spell like this. Do you have any idea what someone without Usami's morals would do with it?"
Crimson Banner Executioner raised an amused eyebrow at Ahn Aru's complete turnaround. "I thought you were upset about Renko using an untested Sorcery on herself?"
"I'm upset because she is a colossal idiot with no common sense and I can't keep an eye on her," Ahn Aru folded her arms crossly, "That woman is irresponsible, not malicious. I can't say the same for many other Solar Savants, but she won't cause problems deliberately."
Crimson Banner Executioner couldn't help but agree. Considering what most Solar Savants had to give up to achieve their level of mastery over the arts, especially in the trial of sacrifice, it was a wonder that Renko had managed to retain so much of her original personality. In fact, it was for this reason Renko was such an attractive ally for the Fivescore Fellowship – she was one of the few friendly Lawgivers with access to Solar Circle Sorcery who was functionally sane.
Coming from the former Bronze Faction functionary, this was very high praise indeed.
Really, Renko being missing was a very big problem for the Exalted Deliberative for this reason, especially to her Sidereal allies.
"You're right. I probably wouldn't allow Arianna anywhere near these. Who knows what she'd do with it?" Crimson Banner Executioner nodded.
"Still, that doesn't mean we won't have a repeat of the last time Renko caused a war by her insatiable curiosity. We need to get her back here, fast," Ahn Aru muttered, chewing on her thumb as she did so, "But we don't know anyone who knows Solar Circle Sorcery that could be trusted with Usami's notes. This is a difficult spot."
"True, but who else can we trust this with?" Crimson Banner Executioner started listing off the options off the top of his head, "Arianna's a bitch who doesn't like us. Sema means dealing with the Kaneko, and he's a pain to deal with. Mistress Emerald hasn't trusted a single Sidereal since the whole Illuminated Scandal…"
Then the answer came to him.
"We could try Wind. He's still upset about us lying to him all those years ago, but we know he's about as reasonable as they come."
"That vagabond?" Ahn Aru said thoughtfully. "Hm, good point. He's also Renko's friend and he also has access to Solar Circle. The problem will be finding him though..."
Wind, a Zenith Caste former immaculate monk turned Solar hero, was one of the greatest spiritual leaders of the Exalted Deliberative.
Indeed, he represented the paragon of the wise warrior priest-king ideal… save for the fact Wind preferred to spend his days wandering the land as an anonymous hero righting wrongs while protecting and teaching the common man, just as his late friend Demetheus once had done.
The man was surprisingly hard to find, even for Sidereals of their age.
"At least we have a plan." Crimson Banner Executioner decided, "I'll go check with Shaia and Shepard, see if either of them have run into Wind lately."
"And I'll so the same," Ahn Aru agreed. "With luck, we'll be able to figure out where he is by the end of the week. Hopefully he can make sense of these notes and figure out how to follow Usami."
With their plan established, the pair departed Renko's workshop, fully intent on bringing back their wayward Copper Spider…
-=-
A/N – Hm, didn't turn out as well as I hoped it would have. But well, that's what I have so far. If it's not good enough, I'll figure something out.
BTW, to those of you who were asking, when I mentioned the new Touhou anime I was referring to the "Hifuu Club Activity Record" (http://kyotofantasytroupe.net/) which is, if all goes according to plan, supposedly due for a November release.
Way I see it, it's going to rock my socks off, or it's going to suck so hard I'll purge it from memory. Hopefully the former.
Thanks for reading!
Pensive Rumination
Praise me more?
- Location
- Australia
I did it for SAO/XCOM so I might as well do it for this. *cracks paws*
"the" not 'with'
I need to go to bed so I'll read the Sidereal thingy that just popped up tomorrow. Hope this was helpful.
Ending of the highlighted section feels awkward. Perhaps "Nobody in their right mind would visit the mansion unless they were on legitimate business,". Up to you, really.
I get what you mean, but it could be worded better. "not flying to the Mansion" or something?
Missing comma.
"appearance"?
"the" not 'with'
missed "with"
Sudden tense change. Probably should be "That".
Could be better worded. You already used gatekeeper at the beginning of the sentence. So maybe, "actually ever seen out of her" or "actually ever seen her show"?
Think you meant "see" or "witness".
"She"
"with"
...granted I have little to no idea how a sidereal timekeeping telescope actually works, but I think there may be an error here.
"of"
I'm assuming this sentence was meant to focus on the 'giant ladders'. So perhaps, "Indeed there were giant ladders".
I need to go to bed so I'll read the Sidereal thingy that just popped up tomorrow. Hope this was helpful.
Walker of the Yellow Path
Ho There!
- Location
- The Land of Memes
All of the Solar Castes have different titles. The Twilight Caste, of which Renko is a member, hold the title Copper Spiders.
Chloe Sullivan
Subdefective
- Location
- 1630 Revello Drive, Sunnydale CA
Each caste in exalted gets a bunch of sobriquets. The night caste for example, are the iron wolves, the daggers of heaven, the hidden suns, the night bringers. It's a pain to keep track of.
Pensive Rumination
Praise me more?
- Location
- Australia
I'm awake and in a slightly edity mood.
"more or less driven from civilization/civilisation"
I think "to" is better than 'of'.
Nice snippet. Learned a lot about Exalted politics (though a fair chunk of it probably flew over my head). Also was very funny.
I don't know much about Exalted, but I'm pretty sure Lunar Exalts wouldn't need much encouragement to run from something called civilianisation.
"more or less driven from civilization/civilisation"
Not sure if 'accessed' is the right word here. Perhaps you meant "assessed"?
"Copper". I find this typo hilarious for some reason.
I think "for" works better here.
"due"
I think "to" is better than 'of'.
"through" might be a better word.
Nice snippet. Learned a lot about Exalted politics (though a fair chunk of it probably flew over my head). Also was very funny.