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Swedish Thaumocracy
Jul 11, 2006

Strength of >800 Men
Honor of 0
Grimey Drawer
B

I've been waiting for a CYOA in this setting for a while now! Very excited to see where this goes.

Naturally, we must be a baby.

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Swedish Thaumocracy
Jul 11, 2006

Strength of >800 Men
Honor of 0
Grimey Drawer
1b: Honour
2b: Individualism
3a: Righteousness
4b: Benevolence
5a: Force

Swedish Thaumocracy
Jul 11, 2006

Strength of >800 Men
Honor of 0
Grimey Drawer
1E: Buy a shovel, bury our father. This shovel will lead us to greatness.

2C: Thank you, but this is a thing we must do on our own.

Swedish Thaumocracy
Jul 11, 2006

Strength of >800 Men
Honor of 0
Grimey Drawer
3: Never give up, never surrender.

Swedish Thaumocracy
Jul 11, 2006

Strength of >800 Men
Honor of 0
Grimey Drawer
D

Never give up, never surrender.

Swedish Thaumocracy
Jul 11, 2006

Strength of >800 Men
Honor of 0
Grimey Drawer
Perhaps a monastery would take us in, we are an orphan after all, and we just learned about chi?
It would be a more traditional role towards being a Kung Fu Legend of course, and something less normal might be more fun to explore.

Recommendations:
Apprentice Monk.
Apprentice to Wandering Scholar.
Join a Gang.

Swedish Thaumocracy
Jul 11, 2006

Strength of >800 Men
Honor of 0
Grimey Drawer
Taoist Monk Apprentice, Delivery Boy, Gravedigger

Swedish Thaumocracy
Jul 11, 2006

Strength of >800 Men
Honor of 0
Grimey Drawer
1: B
We don't have a name, so like everything else in our life, it must be Earned.

2: C
May we live in interesting times.

Swedish Thaumocracy
Jul 11, 2006

Strength of >800 Men
Honor of 0
Grimey Drawer
B

Swedish Thaumocracy
Jul 11, 2006

Strength of >800 Men
Honor of 0
Grimey Drawer
CG

we bake the noodle
as we heard the wind, digging
father smiles above

the Filial Child who
punches chi into noodles
attains perfection

Swedish Thaumocracy
Jul 11, 2006

Strength of >800 Men
Honor of 0
Grimey Drawer
Are we going to bake the best chinoodle ever? Yes.

Swedish Thaumocracy
Jul 11, 2006

Strength of >800 Men
Honor of 0
Grimey Drawer
The Filial Child Cooks
Chinoodles Masterfully When he
Recites Noodly Haiku

Swedish Thaumocracy
Jul 11, 2006

Strength of >800 Men
Honor of 0
Grimey Drawer
who are we to judge
the will of the noodle way?
we humble ourselves

the grandest noodle
achieved through dedication
will sate chi imbalance

C

Swedish Thaumocracy
Jul 11, 2006

Strength of >800 Men
Honor of 0
Grimey Drawer
C
Madame Li I beg thee reconsider
lest thy sons fate be dark and sinister

Coddled, protected and alone
his heart will shrink; small and cold
never will he pursue his goals
if always they are given

Your love for him is grand indeed
but with that love you must now see
that his youth wastes upon your shores
never tried and tested

Across the ocean danger lies it's true
but also unfettered adventure
what does not kill you makes you stronger
so a trip will only make him better!

Its like with noodles, don't you see?
Unbeaten they are stale and worthless
But with a grand old pasta-meleé
the noodles taste would please a goddess!

Swedish Thaumocracy
Jul 11, 2006

Strength of >800 Men
Honor of 0
Grimey Drawer
A

Ba Ba don't be a black sheep.
Come join us on our sweet sea trip.
It's going to be awesome.

Swedish Thaumocracy
Jul 11, 2006

Strength of >800 Men
Honor of 0
Grimey Drawer
Patiently the child
waits for opportunity
to play his friends prank

noble is the child
who still respects seniority
in the midst of fun

Meditate now on
the duality of nature
Child, thy time will come.

F

Use this time to meditate on the nature of childhood frivolity VS adult responsibility, let the gentle waves rock you to a higher plane.

Also, obviously, don't eavesdrop!

Using my extra special 3xvotepower on this, because it'd feel wrong to use it on anything actually important and with two votes for B already it's easy to outvote me!

Swedish Thaumocracy
Jul 11, 2006

Strength of >800 Men
Honor of 0
Grimey Drawer

Nondevor posted:

If we do this, we should probably move some distance away from the door. The mercenaries can still see us, and if we meditate right next to it, it'll look like we're eavesdropping anyway. :v:

Go settle in a corner somewhere and patiently wait/meditate until their conversation is done. No eavesdropping! probably wouldn't want to interrupt their conversation anyway.

I like this amendment. +1

Swedish Thaumocracy
Jul 11, 2006

Strength of >800 Men
Honor of 0
Grimey Drawer
Ancient Asian Rap Battles of History!

Yo I'm the Filial child, got my name from a shovel,
you know that means that what I'm slinging is viral!
Drop-kicking your ancient defences, sending you into a spiral,
of death causing your head to explode like the rest
of your tired arguments, your lores boring I'm snoring
You got nothing against this youths golden morning!

Now listen here gramps before I get serious,
one punch from my noodly arms and you'll be delirious!
I was raised as an orphan whilst you live in luxury,
ain't nothing more street than dyin' of poverty!

I clowned fools before I was seven!
Whilst you stay up locked in your room to eleven!
coming out only to whine, only to dine,
on the precious peddled dollars of the lives that you call swine!

Better just do what i say,
come what may,
your life will be better that way
otherwise there'll be nothing to do but pray
to the Kami's
or better yet to your mommies
big fat purse that you used to buy you this big boat
that wont even float unless you rope a dope
to sending his crew of mope
'y mercenaries to protect your skin
that you wont even show in the sunlight
lest it's light shine so bright
your corruption shows through, as we all knew
it would,
the moment we all laid eyes on you

So you cool with this fight please sir?

Or will I have to get mad?
You can't send me to my dad!
For being rude, tho, since he's dead.
RIP.
I miss you :(

Swedish Thaumocracy
Jul 11, 2006

Strength of >800 Men
Honor of 0
Grimey Drawer
1: B

2: Smart.


His use of fog to eliminate his enemies advantage of numbers was clever. We must ponder their deeper implications!

Swedish Thaumocracy
Jul 11, 2006

Strength of >800 Men
Honor of 0
Grimey Drawer

Mr. Prokosch posted:

1. B
2. Any style that wins is good. In that way he's fighting Smart but it's not how you fight that matters, it's what you fight for. The masked man was tricked and manipulated into a purposeless fight that put his charge in more danger, in that way he's pathetic, for all his prowess.


Actually, considering this; switching my vote for 2 from Smart to Clever but Pointless.
He won the battle but his rash actions (letting himself be goaded into a fight) might have lost him the war. Let us never forget what we fight for.

(Even if we don't know what that is, yet.)

Swedish Thaumocracy
Jul 11, 2006

Strength of >800 Men
Honor of 0
Grimey Drawer
C - save it for something important.
Maybe start an orphanage when we are old enough? Combo it with martial arts school.

Swedish Thaumocracy
Jul 11, 2006

Strength of >800 Men
Honor of 0
Grimey Drawer

Mr. Prokosch posted:

G: Accept it and show it to your friends. They helped, it's no good to deceive them, and they deserve compensation BUT 2/3 of them are already super rich so why would they care about the gold? Make them an offer: they can take their share, or they can invest it with you and sometime later you'll give them a mystery box which will contain something priceless that no amount of money can buy.

Actually, switching to this G from previous C. That sounds a lot more fun & like something The Filial Child might do.

Swedish Thaumocracy
Jul 11, 2006

Strength of >800 Men
Honor of 0
Grimey Drawer
1: B: Filial Child

2: Inquisitive


The Filial Child has seen battle before, but not real life-or-death battle. Even the fight with Li Foils mother, however devastating, was more a bout of prowess.
He will take this opportunity to observe real masters of the craft in action, trying to learn what he can of the flow of Chi and coming up with off the cuff Insult-Poetry to distract the mountain bandits.

Swedish Thaumocracy
Jul 11, 2006

Strength of >800 Men
Honor of 0
Grimey Drawer
Keep them on the move, use the fog and keep them surprised? Sounds like a job for shadow-clones.

D

Swedish Thaumocracy
Jul 11, 2006

Strength of >800 Men
Honor of 0
Grimey Drawer
1: C
Change it up, our style rewards unpredictability!

2: C
Posing is really important.

3: C
Help Dust-Maker out before the children bite it!

4: E
Fight both at once using our special technique.

5: A
Stall for reinforcements!

6: D
All the Joss!

Swedish Thaumocracy
Jul 11, 2006

Strength of >800 Men
Honor of 0
Grimey Drawer
Slow as the Turtle Crawls
Through the Mighty River
The Rocks so tough
the Test of Time
their hardness fails to consider

Slow as Noodles Bake
In the Ovens Fire
The Knots in Dough
the Sweat of Brow
break down to deliver

A Man Follows Destiny
Through Time and Space
Lets Rock and Knot be Master
But Destiny Follows a Hero
This Balance averts disaster.

Become the Turtle of Destiny.

Swedish Thaumocracy
Jul 11, 2006

Strength of >800 Men
Honor of 0
Grimey Drawer
At innocence end
I see Baba, my friend
hurt beyond reason, reposed.

I look to my fellows
to the girl they call snow
try her pre-mature mourning console

Yet my efforts are wasted
my resources are spent
some things are beyond my control

So I go to my quarters
to ponder and qualm
that I can all this bloodshed digest

---

Try to bake some curative 'get better soon' noodles for Baba, when opportunity presents itself.

Swedish Thaumocracy
Jul 11, 2006

Strength of >800 Men
Honor of 0
Grimey Drawer
Bake the Get-Well-Noodles like we promised to yesterday.

Ask him about the place we are docked at.
Where are we exactly?
Is there anything I should see whilst I'm here?
Is there anything I could get Baba to help him?
Are there any open-classes I could attend, or wandering scholars or monks around?
Where is the best Noodle-shop here?
Anything I should avoid or watch out for?

Swedish Thaumocracy
Jul 11, 2006

Strength of >800 Men
Honor of 0
Grimey Drawer
A; The Filial Child keeps his promises

G: Maybe we can ask a monk about the deeper meaning of chi?

Swedish Thaumocracy
Jul 11, 2006

Strength of >800 Men
Honor of 0
Grimey Drawer
Whilst I always like doing the impossible in games and defying heaven and fate, I think the Filial Child would respect Uncle Lius wishes.
There is much to be learned from death, but I also think he would want to make his guardians final year the best possible.

1: C

2: A
More knowledge!

3: A
Tell us a story!

4: D
Bizarre Scholar for sure.

Swedish Thaumocracy
Jul 11, 2006

Strength of >800 Men
Honor of 0
Grimey Drawer
1: CE
Turn him into a wandering Hero!

2: DH
Get him to realize the error of his ways, turn him good again! Prove those who framed you wrong.

3: F

4: Wentleys DF, why not?
Leave banditry behind, become a martial artist! Its fun!

Swedish Thaumocracy
Jul 11, 2006

Strength of >800 Men
Honor of 0
Grimey Drawer
DEHIO

Make a senior guard go to sleep
Make another guard too lazy to intervene
Make a newbie guard sympathetic to our cause and also more likely to help us with the escape, telling us where they are being kept.
Finally make a Geometric Trap for when we inevitably get chased by whoever is left!

Swedish Thaumocracy
Jul 11, 2006

Strength of >800 Men
Honor of 0
Grimey Drawer
Actor Hei is the best and synergies well with our battle poetry.

CJ

Swedish Thaumocracy
Jul 11, 2006

Strength of >800 Men
Honor of 0
Grimey Drawer
First Choice C: + DOUBLE VOTE ACTIVATED
Putting both of my extra votes into this would feel cheap, we are all in this together after all. But a single doublevote should be fine!

Second Choice: B
Because magic seems pretty cool.

Swedish Thaumocracy
Jul 11, 2006

Strength of >800 Men
Honor of 0
Grimey Drawer
4, 8, 16

Expand our education into the philosophies of Mohism and Daoism, of universal care and harmony with the universe, as represented by a bowl of noodles, served piping hot.

Swedish Thaumocracy
Jul 11, 2006

Strength of >800 Men
Honor of 0
Grimey Drawer
B - But ask Baba to join us in exercising!
Its more fun with a friend!

Swedish Thaumocracy
Jul 11, 2006

Strength of >800 Men
Honor of 0
Grimey Drawer
C

Many oodles of noodles I've kneaded for Nood
a thousand lǐ of dough for his clients
though for most of my life, I've pleaded for food
a beggar was I without parents

though stringy and dry was the lot of my life
as I toiled my fathers grave with a shovel
though my destiny under heaven was one of much strife
I still shared my bounty of noodle

if from all my hardships but one thing I have learned
with noodles as with our life earthbound
all our achievements, they have to be earned
so it is simple: I Do Not Do Refund.

Swedish Thaumocracy
Jul 11, 2006

Strength of >800 Men
Honor of 0
Grimey Drawer

HBar posted:

E+spend a chivalrous joss. The dough is part of the performance! Any chef can make a great noodle from great dough, that's easy. But it takes talent and determination to make a great noodle from poor dough. Just like it takes talent and determination to rise from a poor beggar child to become something greater. When the cooking is done there is no more dough, only the noodle remains. Try your bowl. Has it transcended its humble origins?

+1

Swedish Thaumocracy
Jul 11, 2006

Strength of >800 Men
Honor of 0
Grimey Drawer
E:

Oh humble dog in forest deep, with jaws so strong,
my friend you keep, and that is wrong
for we only seek
to race and train our bodies justly

We saw you chase the nimble fox
Admired from afar your strength, like ox
so we followed you to learn your ways
we never meant to hurt nor phase
but now we fear we might lose face
if you make good your threat: depantsing

So please accept our apologies
before I run out of analogies
that we may return to our families
and to prove this truce with formality:
it comes with the promise of noodles
as long as you let Baba say 'toodles!'

*kowtow*

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Swedish Thaumocracy
Jul 11, 2006

Strength of >800 Men
Honor of 0
Grimey Drawer
1: Yes

2: C
Join in with her scheming but try to steer the conversation towards a harmless prank where Baba Ba would come out looking as a hero, not the victim. The victim should be us, in part to make up for the shame we had Baba endure.

3: C
There is still more to learn with Nood, and we still haven't solved the refunding customers conspiracy.

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