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We've been told by knowledgeable authority figures who seem to genuinely want us to succeed that it's more important to build a solid foundation than rushing breakthroughs, and that taking the private lessons is a good idea (and more importantly free). I'm perfectly fine with pushing the breakthrough down the line a bit for C, especially since the Elder in charge of the physical class just directly told us it's in our best interest to skip it for a few weeks.
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Also 2ap of results for 1ap is good. We have been wanting to learn some new combat stuff or further master spirits strength, so if we can learn the cultivation technique and then learn some of that it would be good for us. Probably more so immediately beneficial than getting to the next physical tier and getting a life dantian.
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Jun 3, 2020 22:53
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Zodiac5000 posted:Yep, Pumie has a pretty major character trait of not sticking to stuff if an Elder suggests an alternative. This seems like a good expression of that. We beelined to physical advancement when it became clear that diamond was our barrier to starting the process of opening the Life dantian. In the meantime, this teacher told us that it would be best for the long term to have a solid foundation in our physical exercises as soon as possible--and we even saw firsthand how all the kids at our exercise skill level have their own technique already--so we spent our resources to do that before we advanced. Dinvuk hosed with that, so now we're trying again. This doesn't seem like we're not sticking to stuff to me. The best argument I can think of for not delaying physical advancement is it might give us an edge in a fight, which we will probably get dragged into soon.
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Jun 3, 2020 22:59
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Dr Subterfuge posted:This doesn't seem like we're not sticking to stuff to me. It's literally ping-ponging from one thing to a new thing. It's a good idea and I voted for it it but its still bouncing from topic to topic!
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Jun 3, 2020 23:02
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The common thread is Pumie takes elder advice very seriously. She said build the foundation and delay our rush to a breakthrough, so we did. If an Elder thinks we're doing something wrong, Pumie trusts that we are.
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Jun 3, 2020 23:07
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If you could start your journey over, knowing what you do now, how would your path be different?
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Jun 3, 2020 23:11
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There Bias Two posted:If you could start your journey over, knowing what you do now, how would your path be different? More strength training with Papa! We should have taken advantage of his swole powers early on.
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Jun 3, 2020 23:19
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Kristopher posted:1. C We just got a very strong lesson in why you should ALWAYS listen to your elders. Dinvuk was going to be banished for his crimes against us. It was disregarding Elders' orders that got him killed.
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Jun 3, 2020 23:20
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chin up everything sucks posted:More strength training with Papa! We should have taken advantage of his swole powers early on. This was meant to be a question for the elder.
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Jun 3, 2020 23:20
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There Bias Two posted:This was meant to be a question for the elder. I know, but it's a fun question for us to answer for Pumie anyways.
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chin up everything sucks posted:I know, but it's a fun question for us to answer for Pumie anyways. Not stop eating meat! Think of the huge gains!
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Zodiac5000 posted:It's literally ping-ponging from one thing to a new thing. It's a good idea and I voted for it it but its still bouncing from topic to topic! Instead of getting better we're getting better at getting better. Doesn't seem that scatterbrained.  But I also didn't realize you voted for it, so the point doesn't really matter.
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At the core of everything, I just want Pumie to start feeling cool and badass, instead of losing. It kinda sucks that even at our specialty (healing) we are hitting walls. I fully understand why Pumie was getting annoyed at Zhuque and Chew learning to do her cultivation tricks so quickly was annoying. It's kinda her one big leg up on everything. Of course, we want our friends to be badass, but that doesn't mean we can't be upset that they are doing good.
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I don't feel like either of them are really our friends yet. They see an advantage in being friendly but I don't really trust that they'll have our backs when the chips our down. We'll see.
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KittyEmpress posted:At the core of everything, I just want Pumie to start feeling cool and badass, instead of losing. It kinda sucks that even at our specialty (healing) we are hitting walls. This is part of every cultivation protagonists story - reaching a limit and having to wait a bit to massively break through in ways nobody ever expected.
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We have the opportunity to open a life dantian. What are some of the risks? Will that affect our level of progress elsewhere?
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Mr. Prokosch posted:I don't feel like either of them are really our friends yet. They see an advantage in being friendly but I don't really trust that they'll have our backs when the chips our down. We'll see.
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Slaan posted:can healers advance as high or higher than you? sheep-dodger posted:2 Should I be worried about retaliation from other Inner Disciples for causing this? Asid from that, new disciples like yourself are kept separate from the other disciples except for a few carefully controlled activities. Like today's announcement. You shouldn't see an Inner Disciple outside of lessons. In the extremely unlikely event one does hurt you, report it to an Elder immediately and we will deal with it." Mr. Prokosch posted:I heard students will be fighting each other for their VEAs next week. Why do you allow that? Doesn't it make it so students with a lot of potential but no support get their growth stolen by students who started with more? Elder Yun Tzu seems rather pleased that you asked this question. KittyEmpress posted:Question for the elder: You already know not all Elders were founders. Elder Qianni told you she was a disciple here before becoming an Elder.
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Is that all the questions we get?
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If we get another question Why is my name on my paperwork Luxing Pumie? Let's not specifically call out Kue He and his mistake, because he might get in trouble
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LLSix posted:
Do we know about what these "demons" are? If not, I'd like to ask the Elder this
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Nothingtoseehere posted:Is that all the questions we get? Yep. Quornes posted:Do we know about what these "demons" are? If not, I'd like to ask the Elder this You've heard the word a few times. Wotjeo previously interpreted it as something like evil-spirits-that-go-out-of-their-way-to-attack-and-eat people. Zhiyi applied it to the fear spirits he killed when you saved his life. The Emerald Empire has a bunch of different words to refer to spirits.
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Mid Fall - (Nuli, Wood Week(1), Day 1) For your first meal of the new month, you have a lavish breakfast with Liuxue. All three courses are carried by Liuxue’s servants into the part of the cave that is set aside just for the table the two of you eat at alone. Afterwards, Guanjia, wearing shamrock green pants and shirt as always, leads the four of you to the Lesson Hall. For once, you are glad of Bčiké’s slow pace. It gives you a chance to memorize the names of the “streets” that are carved into the wooden buildings along the way. The whole way, Liuxue, and Guanjia are carrying on a whispered argument about which of the Jin disciples to sway to her side first. Your excellent hearing would have allowed you to listen in if you wanted to, but you and your bear brother were focused on memorizing the names of the “streets.” Besides, Jin Yao is the only Jin you’ve spoken too, and that only briefly. You have no idea who the other two people they’re talking about are, so you don’t have anything to add. You do think that she probably shouldn’t be arguing with someone older than her, though. Today is a Qi cultivation lesson. Usually, Liuxue wastes no time in claiming the best place to cultivate and getting started. Instead, she approaches the crowd of disciples chatting in the middle of Practice Hall One while they wait for the Elder to arrive and start the lesson. As you approach, you can hear them excitedly talking about Dinvuk’s very swift death yesterday. You’re not sure how you feel about what happened, and you slow your pace, not eager to join the conversation. Liuxue, however, speeds up, her long legs carrying her swiftly forwards. She is preceded by her bear-sized tortoise, Bčiké. The disciples closest to Bčiké hastily clear a path, and the two of them cut through the center of the crowd without slowing. Liuxue strides confidently towards her targets, a trio of disciples you saw on your second day here. You’ve seen them several times since. They make a striking image. The trio is composed of two boys and a girl. All three are wearing similar robes embroidered with the image of some sort of scaled snake spirit. The girl has tanned skin and short green hair. Her iron gun (staff) is topped with a sparkling green emerald. One of the boys seems to defer to her. Between that and her confident demeanor, you’ve always assumed she was the leader of the trio. The boy who defers to her has braided blue hair and is carrying both a jian (sword) and shield. All three weapons look like they could have been made by an apprentice Silver Bear Smith, which makes them much higher quality than almost anything else you’ve seen in the Emerald Empire. The third boy has blond hair and pale white skin that obviously hasn’t seen much sun. He is gripping the most ridiculously ornate qiang (spear) you’ve ever seen. To your surprise, Luxing addresses the ridiculously ornate qiang-wielder when she speaks. “Jin Fu Mose Ah, I offer you my protection in exchange for...” Before she can finish speaking, the boy cuts her off with a sneer. “I don’t need your protection, spirit lover. Even if I did need help, I would never accept it from you. You’re disgusting. Why, I bet you even sleep with that ugly spirit of yours.” With a screech of anger, Liuxue whips her bow off her back and strings it. “I’ll pin your sneer to the wall, Fu Mose Ah! Right to the wall!" The other boy of Jin Fu Mose Ah's trio leaps in front of him, protecting both of them with his shield. From behind this safety, Jin Fu Mose Ah yawns theatrically. "Shamo, Jo, deal with this turtle-lover." The other boy lifts his jian (sword) and points it at Liuxue. "I, Guer Shamo, challenge you to a duel." Liuxue draws an arrow as she snaps. "I accept! And I challenge you, Jin Fu Mose Ah, just as soon as I've dealt with your client." Jin Fu Mose Ah wags his finger at her, "Ah, ah, ah. You'll have to beat both my clients before you can fight me. Did you forget, or are you just as stupid as you are perverted?" The gun-wielding girl from the trio groans and covers her face with her hand. Your excellent hearing catches her frustrated mutter. "If you hadn't challenged her, we could have fought her all at once..." Just then, Elder Yun Hui flies in on the back of another of his strange-looking spirits. He roars, "No fighting in my class! Out! All of you! And don't come back!" Liuxue reluctantly lowers her bow. "Fine! We'll fight in Practice Hall Two then, unless you're willing to apologize Jin Fu Mose Ah?" All five of them head towards the door, slinging insults at each other as they go. When you start to follow, Jin Fu Mose Ah spots you and sneers, "Oh look, the spirit lover is afraid to fight alone and is bringing a fellow pervert." Liuxue snaps back, "I don't need any help to deal with scum like you! Stay here, Pūmič." Seeing the shocked look on your face, she continues less heatedly, "No reason for both of us to miss the lesson. And you have responsibilities for after class." You told Liuxue about your plans to go with Zhuque and the other disciples to get your vital-essence amplifiers as a group so no-one would steal them, and she nods towards them now. 1) What do you do? A. Stay B. Go with Liuxue and miss the lesson. Maybe break your promise to help the others. write in
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A, we've got prior commitments, Liuxue told us she doesn't need help, and if she gets her rear end kicked that will be a valuable lesson in why you shouldn't get too cocky
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Yea A. I want to watch them fight, but we've got other commitments this week.
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A + point out to our friends that we can just pick up the VEAs after all the fighting is done, rather than getting involved.
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A Stay for the lesson! Always be cultivating!
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There Bias Two posted:A + point out to our friends that we can just pick up the VEAs after all the fighting is done, rather than getting involved. This
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There Bias Two posted:A + point out to our friends that we can just pick up the VEAs after all the fighting is done, rather than getting involved. Edited my vote later on. Chatrapati fucked around with this message at 21:17 on Jun 5, 2020 |
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Be aggressive, B E aggressive
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Always be cultivating. We do have prior commitments. We don't want to shame Liuxue. And if she does lose, hopefully she will learn a bit of humility. A + figure out our plan with our friends after the lesson
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A It would probably be a cool show, but we wouldn't go against our friend's express wishes for no real reason.
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Crazycryodude posted:A, we've got prior commitments, Liuxue told us she doesn't need help, and if she gets her rear end kicked that will be a valuable lesson in why you shouldn't get too cocky yeah, sAme
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A and wish she had ORDERED us to follow so we could at least show some spine. O maybe remind her she doesn't need to fight all three back to back to back
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AToughy posted:O maybe remind her she doesn't need to fight all three back to back to back also not a bad idea if we can do it diplomatically
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B. If we can find a friend quickly tell them we’ll go for VEAs later when it’s quieter. Maybe we can go at night or near the end of the week. That’s a better idea than going today anyway, and protecting their allowance of quartz isn’t as important as protecting our roommate. The common thread in Liuxue thinking she’s got things covered so far is that she doesn’t. They might be exploiting her short temper on purpose here to draw her into a trap. Going through three fights in quick succession is a recipe for disaster and if she loses imbued gear then all the other noble kids might smell blood in the water leading to escalation. She needs someone watching her back and able to tag in for a round.
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