"I'd like to speak with the Guard Captain. " You say. "I have a proposition for him."

"I'm sorry but the Captain doesn't take suggestions or visitors." The fox says politely. "If you have a complaint then we can register them here and a guard will be assigned to look into the issue."

"Is there no way to see him?" You ask.

"I'm afraid not." The fox replies. "If we allowed anyone to see him then we'd see no end to the line of people wanting to complain to him directly. Similarly, if we took every suggestion a citizen had, he'd never see his desk again."

"Then how does anyone get any information to him or notify him of something?" You press, beginning to get a bit frustrated.

"We have a bi monthly meeting in the city hall were citizens may present their concerns and complaints directly to the Guard Captain and Mayor." The fox explains calmly. You're starting to get the feeling that they are quite used to this. "During these meetings citizens are allowed to voice their concerns or ideas and those that do not have the chance may offer them in written form to be reviewed by the Captain, the Mayor, and the Brotherhood themselves. We highly recommend you attend these meetings if you have something you'd like to suggest."

"When's the next one then?" You ask now feeling a bit sheepish.

"Our next meeting with be next week, sir."

"Right...thanks."

"I'm sorry that this isn't what you expected but we have these systems in place to help everyone in the long run. I hope you understand." The fox scrawls something on a scrap of paper and hands it to you. You take it and see that it contains an address and a date and time. "That is our next city meeting. If there is nothing else I could help you with then I bid you good day and ask that you please allow the next person in line to come forward."

>What do you do?
>Ask the fox something else. (What do you ask?)
>Go and see if you can find a way to sneak deeper into the guard station. Maybe you can go find the captain yourself.
>Leave and see if you can find someone else who can help you with your idea.
>Leave and ask around town for more information.
>Write in.

>>4873713
I'm only here for the bunny pussy

>>4873738
>Thank you for your time, It's just a bit of a new concept.
I mean, we never really had to deal with functioning bureaucrats but it makes sense.

>Ask if they know where they can find Tenzin
Without being awkward, we just want to see if he is off duty and if we can make another friend.

>>4873752
Support.
We didn't even deal with the non-functioning bureoucracy, since we didn't talk with the mayor and everything with Jie was very informal.
>>4873741
So far we only have bunny ass anon.

>>4873769
that's just as good

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>>4873752
>>4873769
Looking for Tenzin. Writing.

>>4873741
>>4873769
>>4873774
Harem route. Always the Harem route. OR maybe just double bunny route.

>>4873787
Fuckin heretic.

For some damn reason I cannot remember if Bao was a cat or not

I've been wracking my head on it for an hour

"Thank you for your time. It's just a bit of a new concept." You say. The fox nods.

"It's understandable, many villages don't have these kinds of systems in place because of how small they are." They say.

"I do have a question though. I'm looking for a guard named Tenzin. He was working the gate when I first arrived. I was wondering if I could know how to find him?" You ask.

"Ah, Guard Tenzin is currently on duty." He says. "I can let him know you're searching for him. He should be scheduled to finish his shift this afternoon." You nod.

"Yeah, if you could. Thanks." You say. The fox scawls another note.

"And may I have the address of where your residing?" He asks.

"Oh...I live in the acolyte's dorms. I'm ussually there in the mornings and at night. Always out during the day...but I also spend my afternoons out of the city walls. He'd probably know that already now." You explain.

"And may I have your name sir?"

"It's Tai Lung." You say. The fox pauses for a moment but professionalism pushes through and he nods.

"Ok sir. I'll make sure he gets the memo." The fox says.

"So...why can Tenzin get notes and not the Captain?" You ask.

"It was a request from Tenzin himself." The fox says. "And it was approved by the Captain."

"Do you know where he'd be patrolling right now?" You ask.

"I'm afraid I can't give you that information. My apologies. Like I said, his shift ends in about 4 hours so you're welcome to wait here if you'd like." You shake your head.

"I'll probably come back at a later time." You admit. "I do have a few things I want to take care of."

"Very well sir." You step away and allow someone else to walk up to the fox's desk. Despite the fact that screaming immediately begins, something about their son not being a drunk and how dare the guards throw him in jail, the fox maintains a cool professionalism. You decide to leave for now and go do something else.

>What do you do?
>Go and train Ming.
>Ask around the gate and see if you can catch Tenzin. Maybe the other guards won't be as strict with the rules.
>See if you can find the captain. Perhaps he patrols as well?
>Wait until Tenzin's shift ends. You're sure Ming won't mind skipping a day of training.
>Write in.

>>4873837
Bao is a cat. She and Mei Ling are both cats and are shorter than Ming.

>>4873839
>Go and train Ming.

>>4873837
Ming, Mei Ling and Bao are cats.
The wiki says Mei Ling is an asian golden cat.
Last time I tried drawing Bao, I made her a grey cat, because the Miko that Luo uses is a grey wolf.
Same thing for Ming, a brown cat, since the Lynx is brownish.
>>4873837
>Go and train Ming.

Gonna make lunch. Then I'll be back to count votes.

>>4873839
>Training ming

Respect to that fox

>>4873842
>>4873857
>>4873879
Training Ming. Writing.

Pain training was always difficult, for both you and Ming. It often felt cruel to just hit the poor cat even if you held everything back. Rather than simply spend the entire time hitting the poor woman, you decide to incorporate other training into the regimen. You increase the pace and speed of dodge training, and even manage to borrow a spinning training dummy from the guards to teach Ming basic blocks incase she falls into the worst case senario of being unable to dodge. Part of pain training was to be able to fight through the pain rather than be able to ignore it. Being able to simply ignore pain was of no use if you simply froze up and allowed yourself to continue to get hit. These exercises ended briefly when you thought Ming was getting hit too much but in a real fight, an opponent would offer no such luxury.

While training was slow and you still had no real idea of how well Ming was progressing beyond the point she seemed to be able to go longer while being hit though you're not sure if she's getting used to the pain or was simply pushing herself to appease you. Besides that, she was taking the other lessons quite well. By now, you could safely say that she could go toe to toe with people who are at least somewhat trained in the basics of martial arts though you believe that if she was pushed, she could handle a single trained martial artist alone. She could block decently but it was mostly the pain that was holding her back. Contrary to popular belief, blocking an attack hurt just as much as getting hit directly by one. The only difference is a well trained defender could deflect or redirect an attack in such a way that the impact had less energy behind it and it would hit a nonvital area.

"Haa...You're gonna kill me one of these days." Ming moans as she collapses on the ground.

"The whole point of this is so you don't get killed." You chuckle as you sit down and pull out some fruit to snack on. As you chew, you realize how empty your training field was without the rabbits. No attempts to sneak food out of your bag. No fond looks from Renshu or quiet musings.

"Well I'm worried you're gonna be the one to do it well before we put any of this to the test." Ming says grumpily as she grabs her share of dragon fruit. "I think I'd rather just run laps around the city."

"Congratulations, that's next week's routine." Ming simply pouts at you. She chews on her food quietly for a moment before asking, "Hey...why do you fight?" She asks.

You look at Ming, midchew and swallow. "You know why we fight. To protect people. To stop those who take advantage of the weak." Ming shakes her head.

"Not us. You. Why do you do it?" She asks.

"I...don't understand the question." You admit. "I would think it's the same reason."

Ming sits up, drinks some water, and wipes some sweat off of her forehead before shaking her head. "No. Why do you fight? Why do you need to hurt people to do that? You're big and strong. There's other ways you can do it. Like...you can tie people down. Or maybe you can use poisons to knock people out. Or use traps. Stuff that stops people without hurting them. Even when you were small and were learning Kung Fu. Did you ever stop and wonder if there was another way of doing this? You know, to stop people without hurting them."

You think about that. You couldn't deny Ming did make some good points.

>What do you say?
>Write in.

>>4874029
>Of course I have tought of that, I'm even trying to develop a new style that can fight people without truly hurting them. I accidentatly did it when Tigress confronted me, but haven't been able to replicate it since.
>But one thing that I learned by once being the villain, is that people won't really stop. I could have very well just have become more enraged when I saw that the Dragon Scroll was empty.
>Quite frankly, after seeing He Ling, Jianguo and the Raider leader just fought harder, even after I didn't stop oferring chances to stop, I believe that what happened to me was the exception.
>But I won't stop helping people, nor trying to redeem those that did wrong. Bone and wounds can heal, but your soul is eternal.

>>4874029
>I. . . No, no I didn't, not really. Martial arts were what my Father taught me to do and . . Well you know that story.
>But the reason I fight now is because its how I have always fixed violent confrontations with those who were opposed to me, first the five then bandits and He ling. And I suppose it's also something I take pride in, in proving that my skills are superior to theirs and my years of effort have culminated into something that cant be dismissed or ignored, its putting my ideals against another's.

>But I guess if you want to be practical, it is also the most effective way to do things. You cannot bind someone without hurting someone, poisons can kill and traps are just as harmful as kung fu. So those arent perfect solutions either. That being said, I have been working on something, which I can try and give you a demonstration of, if you would like, where you fight without harming.

Could get Ming to help out here.

>>4874085
Should we ask her on how to train memory retention?
If anyone would know a good way, it would be Ming.

>>4874029
Where the bunny at?

>>4874167
Off training spiritually.

>>4874128
Eh, don't see the harm in it, but I don't see much reason for her to know either.

>>4874167
Renshu and Xin went on a quick spiritual journey.
Hopefully they come back with a smaller dislike for normal people.

>>4874170
Well, someone that has to memorize a bunch of ingredients and recipes.must have some good tricks.

>>4874174
I don't see why she would know how to remember things while also making your mind ignore things as well.

>>4873857
>>4873841
Good. Should've trusted the gut instead of making myself look kinda dumb

>>4874188
Noone is making themselves look dumb, I asked the same thing last thread, and noted it down.
Otherwise I would have forgotten again.

>>4874188
You're good anon. I find myself going back to old threads myself to keep things straight. Speaking of which I need to do that to figure out what week we're on.

>>4874066
>>4874085
Taking these. Do you want to ask about memory retention?

>>4874205
Can't hurt.

>>4874205
I think it's either week 2 or 3 of month 3.

>>4874239
Yeah, we've gone through quite a few months. Need to figure out when New Years is.

>>4874246
Just make it at the end of the year so we can make it a gradutation party.

>>4874250
A wedding. It's the day all the waifu sects fall.

>>4874281
Of course.
When Tai Lung marries his oath to enlightment, as the RNGods have decided.

>>4874284
>enlightment
At this rate he's more than likely gonna marry An Bo's mom. The hidden stats have been rising and that's the real bad end.

>>4874295
Please boss, I've already said that the motherlover is the other giant king fu qst MC.
We just can't handle more than one in existance.

"I. . . No, no I didn't, not really. Martial arts were what my Father taught me to do and . . Well you know that story." You say sheepishly. "But the reason I fight now is because its how I have always fixed violent confrontations with those who were opposed to me, first the five then bandits and He ling. And I suppose it's also something I take pride in, in proving that my skills are superior to theirs and my years of effort have culminated into something that cant be dismissed or ignored, its putting my ideals against another's. But one thing that I learned by once being the villain, is that people won't really stop. I could have very well just have become more enraged when I saw that the Dragon Scroll was empty. Quite frankly, after seeing He Ling, Jianguo and the Raider leader just fought harder, even after I didn't stop oferring chances to stop, I believe that what happened to me was the exception. I won't stop helping people, nor trying to redeem those that did wrong. Bone and wounds can heal, but your soul is eternal. But I guess if you want to be practical, it is also the most effective way to do things. You cannot bind someone without hurting someone, poisons can kill and traps are just as harmful as kung fu. So those arent perfect solutions either. That being said, I have been working on something, which I can try and give you a demonstration of, if you would like, where you fight without harming."

"No thanks. You beat me enough as it is. I think I'll stay here and lick my wounds thanks." Ming says with a laugh. She goes quiet and says, "But you can bind people without hurting them with nets, poisons can work if handled with care and education, and traps can be good as well with leg snares, bolas, trip wires." She says. "I think we might be able to find an alterantive if we put as much effort into looking for them as you do for fighting."

"Well...isn't that the point of how you want to fight?" You ask. "Throwing things and using alchemy to subdue people without having to hit them? I won't say you don't have a point and I won't say that it's a lesser point of view and fighting style. If that is how you want to focus your training then I'll do everything in my power to help you accomplish your goals. You don't have to be like us. You can be better."

"But I want you to be better too." Ming says. "It doesn't need to be an all or nothing affair."

"And we are trying to be better...but there is evil out there. Real evil." You say thinking back to He Ling and Jianguo. "People who have fallen too far to be helped. We'll offer our hands to help pull them out of darkness but sometimes...sometimes I think people have fallen so far that they've lost the spark of hope within themselves that allows them to see that they can change and when that happens I don't think even we can help them." You take a drink. "That's why I'm worried about Renshu. I think he's close to that sometimes. I think he hates himself enough that he might slip and lose that hope as well and when that happens...I'm not sure if any of us will have the heart to take him down."

Ming gives you a gentle smile and places a hand on your leg. "I don't think that will happen. He might not see it but I think deep down he knows that he can change. Maybe that's why the two left to do their own thing. I think that's a sign of healing. They might feel comfortable enough with themselves that they want to leave their comfort zone. It's like they want to see where they're failings are on their own so they can learn what to work on. Maybe they want to put into practice what you've been teaching them. That at least shows that they're earnest in their want to change." You nod quietly. She was right. All your speeches and attempts to help the two become better wouldn't matter if they didn't take the lessons to heart. It would be even worse if they thought that they could only do so when they were with you. So the fact they wanted to spend time alone at least meant they were willing to give it a real try.

"Well I've also been trying to be better." You admit. "I've been trying to learn something new but I can't seem to be able to get it right. Do you know how I could memorize things while not paying attention?" You ask.

"I'm sorry?" Ming ask confused.

"Well it's like this..." You say and explain your training to learn how to meditate during chaotic situations and the hangups you were having. Ming listens intently as she always does and thinks for a while.

"Well...I think you're approaching this all wrong." She says as she rubs her chin. "You're not trying to learn things while ignoring it and it's not like you want to learn everything in one glance." She pauses. "You're not trying to memorize things at all actually. I think what you should try to do is simply process things while your taking them in and then do that without thinking." She tugs at a strand of hair. "Or maybe that's the same thing...In anycase, I think what you want to be able to do is be able to understand what you're seeing without having to pause and look around."

"I already do that while fighting." You say. "I'm trying to meditate while fighting." Ming shakes her head.

"No. I've seen you fight. Well, you're kind of a blur when you do that but I can see you pause or slow down occasionally and I think you use that to take note of your surroundings." Ming says. "You want to do it without stopping."

"Isn't that the same thing?" You ask, now thoroughly confused.

"I'm not sure." Ming replies and shakes her head. "But what we want to do is make you see things and memorize them really fast. Not just ignore everything and then suddenly you remember it all. We want to make that process of you taking in your surroundings something you do instinct. Kind of like blocking." You nod, now just going along and helplessly lost.

"So...how would you reccomend doing that?" You ask.

"Erm...what if you meditate or try to while someone is talking to you?" She suggests. "Then you try and repeat what they told you. Or...what if when you're going around town...Xin or Renshu just barely sneak by you and do something or hold something up. They do this several times and at the end of the day, you try to remember what those things where? That way you teach yourself to be aware while not being aware?"

"It just sounds like I'm teaching myself to be wary for any attack." You admit. "And I'm not sure Xin would like it if I took away their ability to sneak up on me." You chuckle.

"True...oh! What about we just do it while we're training? That way you're focused on something and if you mess up, you get hit?" She says uncertain. "I thought I was going somewhere with that...But I think the point is that you need to be really busy and try to memorize or notice things in your surroundings while your mind is normally too occupied to do so. Like when you're fighting, your brain doesn't keep track of the color of someone's weapon or how many whiskers on an opponent's left cheek there are. The trick is to start big then work to small details."

"Hmm...that does sound like a way to do it." You admit as you chew on some more fruit. "As I get used to it, I can work on more objects and details then work on smaller things."

"Exactly." Ming says.

>What do you say?
>Talk to ming about something. Ask her some questions. Been a long time since it was just the two of you alone. (What do you ask)
>Tell Ming about your advancement. Maybe she has some ideas that can help you with the next one.
>Tell Ming about training the guards. You're not sure if she'll have advice but it's something to talk about.
>Write in.

>>4874445
>Tell Ming about your advancement. Maybe she has some ideas that can help you with the next one.
I want to talk to her about our mediocre writing skills so she can transition into a revolutionary idea to have tai lung make a flipbook animation for technique demonstration

>>4874445
>Write in.
boop

>>4874445
>Ask about advancement.

Unless they are slow, I dont think our thesis got accepted.

>>4874445
>Tell Ming about training the guards. You're not sure if she'll have advice but it's something to talk about.
>Talk to ming about something. Ask her some questions. Been a long time since it was just the two of you alone. (What do you ask)
>So how are you enjoying your new position? I did promise that would be able to learn new things if you came with us, just never tought it would have been like this.
>And thanks to sticking with us, you had o real reason to come abord with a bunch of murderers, or even to stay with them after we hurt people again in Zhengy (that's the town right?). I can't thank you enough for not only what you have done for me, but the vote of confidence that brings.
>If you had abandoned us, I'm not sure that I would still have the same hope in me that I could change and truly become a better person. Atleast not after how I was treated by the Taishi guards in Xiqi. You really are the heart and soul of the group.
We haven't talked to her in a while, got to lift her spirits.

>>4874840
This anon argues an incredibly compeling argument.
One to rival tge pet the bunny tradition.
I will support to boop the cat.
>>4875258
Change tge training talk to the advancement
>>4874615
>>4874907
But I still want the heart to heart. We haven't been able to talk to Ming in a one-on-one for ages. Even last time we talked directly to her, back when we where doing guerrilla in Xiqi, there were Hien and Xin there too.

>>4875265
I reject bop. it is not as cute as head pat and is more disruptive. You are poking their nose, which is not nice.

That said, I will also support the heart to heart.

>>4875258
Though I oppose the point of "no reason to hop on with murderers and after we hurt people".
She knows of our gratitude for her coming along, and in Zhenghi they were gangsters.
In Tahiti (the place we just left) the raiders were an actual army of razing and pillaging killers. Force is beyond justifiable, which isnt a position I think we should change.

>>4875349
That was because in Zhenghi the five offered her the chance to fuck off with them.
And used the argument tha Xin and Renshu were actually killing the gangsters in a serial killer way while we were imprisioned.
But Ming decided to still stick with us.
But to be fair it was during a persective change, so it was us that amde that decision. But fuck it, I think it's cute.
>>4875347
Nose booping is not disruptive, dogs and snakes don't mind. Not sure about cats, but the lazy fucks seem to eitger accept anything or lash out, no inbetween.
It is cute, and I shall defend it.

>>4875347
Also I just booped my nose to confirm, it doesn't really feel like anything.
Maybe ear scratch instead? That's a thing people do to cats, right?

>>4875358
I have only known cats to enjoy having their tail stroked and rubbing themselves against things.

Which isnt replicable for obvious reasons. I got nothing to do that is appropriate. You can just continue headpats

>>4875379
Fair enough.
No need to change what works.
So let's headpat the kitty.

>>4874615
>>4874907
>>4875258
>>4875347
Talking to Ming. Writing.

"Well hopefully I can get this done before I advance. I sent in my paper to apply but I haven't heard anything." You admit.

"It's a bit slow." Ming admits. "What'd you write about?"

"I wrote about Chi and Spirits." You say. "I had one of my roommates help me write things out."

Ming scratches her cheek. "Well...I think that's your problem." She says cautiously. "I mean...how many people can read your paper and know what you're talking about? It's not like alchemy where anyone can pick it up and do it. So I'm guessing the ammount of people who can verify your work is a lot smaller."

"But I remember being told that many of the Brotherhood can speak with spirits." You say. "So I didn't think it would be a problem."

"Well...maybe they can't speak with them well. You said that you couldn't speak with the spirits well for a while. That it was only emotions or vague statements. Maybe they're not as good as you. After all...you did spend a few decades studying them when you died." She explains.

"Yeah...I guess that makes sense." You admit. "But surely there's papers and other works too right?"

"And that also takes time." Ming says. "They have to research your research. You did kind of pick a rather esoteric topic. I'm sure they'll come to ask you to defend your work soon enough." You nod. Ming did have a point now that you thought of it. Just because you had made so much progress in the subject didn't mean that others had the same luck or ability. It could simply be that you had a talent for it. Come to think of it, didn't the monks in Zhengyi say that it was rare for someone to be able to commune with a single element let alone all of them or even being able to head to the spirit realm via meditation.

"I'm not really sure how to continue." You admit. "What do you have to do to advance from where you are?" You ask

"Well...the first advancement is mostly to show your proficiency in a subject. You can make a hypothesis or offer a suggestion on how to advance the topic but it's not nessecary. To get to the third rank, you have to offer a way to advance the subject but you also need to do research and offer evidence that supports your claims. It doesn't need to be provable right then and there but you have to be able to show such a thing is possible with your research. From what I heard to advance to the fourth rank, you need to develop a way to actually prove what your claiming and show results from your work. An actual test and years of results that show what your claiming is true. Like...if you invent a new medicine to treat something untreatable then you need to show how to make the medicine, how to administer it, and proof that it works."

"That's...a lot of work." You say. Ming nods.

"That's why people spend many years here. It's not something you can just easily go up in rank. You need to be dedicated and hard working. It requires work beyond just pouring over books." She says. You sit there and think for a moment. What could you offer to advance that far? You knew martial arts and talking to spirits but...how could you do any of the extra things? Proving new methods and ideas? Advancing the area of the subject? Those seemed a bit beyond your scope. You go quite for a while as you ponder these questions.

"You know..." You say as your mind begins to idly wonder about dinner. "I did once say you would learn new things if you followed Xin and me, I just never thought it would have been like this." You say amused. "How's the new position?"

"It's great." Ming says with a grin. "I can boss you around now so you're paying for dinner now. That's an order."

"Nice try." You chuckle. "But it's technically Xin's turn to pay for dinner. We'll just put in on their tab."

"I think I'll pass. I don't want to wake up with my face covered in drawings once they find out we left them with the bill." Ming says laughing. "The Library is great." She says getting back on topic. "There's so much to read and so much to learn. I never would have imagined such a place like this would exist. Even back home, our library was pretty small but now...I have every book ever written to pour over. Sometimes I need to remind myself that I have to sleep otherwise I'd go the whole night reading. There's dozens of people who share my interests and I can chat with them...you know...without having to hide who I am." She says.

You smile and pet Ming. She reaches up and slaps your hand away at the wrist using hers before you can reach her. She looks up, surprised and wide eyed. You pause and laugh out loud. A perfect block on pure instinct. You reach out once more ruffle Ming's ears. "Hey, looks like someone was paying attention to my lessons." You say with a grin.

"Shush you." Ming says, blushing and giving you a playful shove. "I'm just trying to keep you from making me do more training." She counters.

You continue to pet Ming's head and shake your head. "Thanks for sticking with us. You had not real reason to follow two strangers, let alone two murderers. Then even choose to stay with all three of us after all the happened in Zhengyi. I'm not sure we'd be the same people without you around. You're a vote of confidence to what we're doing that I don't think anyone else could bring. You really are the heart and soul of the group."

"Oh stop it you." Ming says giggling and blushing harder. "I just had to stick around or you'd all wind up dead. Someone needs to make sure you're patched up." She says leaning forward and pinching your cheek.

"I mean it." You say, smiling. "You're a moral compass this group needs and I'm glad you decided to come along with us."

"Please. Without you, I'd never have left that stuffy old shop. I'd probably still be taking inventory and being bored, waiting for something to happen in my life." She says. "Now, I'm in a secret library. I've seen ghosts and monsters. And look how good looking I am." She says flexing her muscles. "I've caught you staring." She teases, causing you to blush slightly.

>What do you say?
>Continue to make small talk with Ming.
>Ask Ming about training. What does she want to learn next?
>Ask Ming about your friends. Does she thing An Bo and Guang are going to get married? What does she think of Mei Ling or The Five?
>Gather your things and call it a day.
>Write in.

>>4875806
>Smalltalk
>Training
Some input on her desired move would be good.
>Talk on friends.

Good call on the headpat.

>>4875806
Also, combining meditation in kung fu would be an innovation, unconsious fighting.

Or unconsious defence?

>>4875806
>Continue to make small talk with Ming.
>Ask Ming about training. What does she want to learn next?
>Talking about people that you can talk too, how did things go over with your collegues? I remeber you were mad at them juat wanting easy credits by learning alchemy. Did you manage to awe them with your grand potion making skill in the end?
>So after you finish training endurance and pain, we either go for chi or throwing. Throwing training would be under Xin tutelage, since they are the expert, and all the Chi training I can give so far is about chi strikes, and just maybe about talking to spirits if we can get you attuned. Do you wnat to train anything else too? We still would have to learn more about ritual and other things, and maybe incorporate them into your style too. Perhaps magic can be the key to making that non-lethal painless option that you want to have.
>Also, I've been thibking up to trying to propose to the guard captain in the next town meeting to help train the militia, and if it works out maybe branch to civilian, or even include meditation. So maybe you will get to be a senior to more classmates soon.

Gonna make dinner. Be back later.

>>4875825
I think it would be like unconcious everything else? Like you can fully focus everything on fighting and don't need to worry about movement or keeping track of targets. Although I will admit being able to fight and defend without thinking so you can talk and look around while in combat as easily as simply standing in a crowded street sounds fucking terrifying considering the monster Tai Lung is already. He's already a blur in a fight, his movements flowing from one attack to another like a dance, defending and predicting attacks as if he was several steps ahead and had manipulated his foes into doing them. Now imagine that with him not even taking the time to notice you.

Spooky stuff.

>>4875943
That really is going to be perfect for the developing the the magical fist of peace.
Since we got to have our eyea closed and let the emotion on us and shit.

>>4875943
At higher tier's I think we would have to take notice of the foe since even unconsious minds can be decieved. But dumb ass punks like the triads and the yakuza? We already wasted a gang of them and did two take downs without even looking, so that is truly an army killing tool.

>>4875952
I think we should be saving that for tier 3 and 4. Since the kung fu is really the best thing we are ever able to do.

>>4875820
>>4875875
Taking these and writing.

"Please. You sound like Xin right now." You say as your face grows red.

"Well I've had other kinds of training too you know. Someone needs to keep you on your toes when they're gone." Ming says with a grin.

"I think...as your teacher I don't approve of your extra training." You say scratching the back of your head. Ming laughs.

"Well that's too bad. As your best student, I think you should have some leniency on me." Ming says and she sticks her tongue out at you.

"Best student huh?" You say. "I'm pretty sure you're my only one."

"So that means I'm the best." Ming replies. You a have feeling of Deja Vu as you vaguely recall this exact exchange happening sometime before.

"Well, best student, what should I be training you next?" You ask, amused. Ming thinks for a moment.

"Well I want to know how to be a deadly shadow, stalking my prey until the right moment. My enemies will perish before they even saw me!" She says with a grin.

"Xin Lan really is rubbing off on you." You chuckle.

"Well maybe they're just a better teacher." Ming teases.

"Hush you." You say poking Ming's shoulder. "Now really. What do you want to learn?"

Ming thinks, seriously this time, for a moment before awnsering. "Well...you know a lot of styles right?"

"I know all of them." You say with a smirk.

"Can you teach me some kind of style that focuses only on kicks?" She asks.

"Kicks?" You ask, surprised.

"Is that a bad style?" Ming asks.

"No. There's plenty of styles that incorporate kicks but none that use only kicks." You say as you mull over your various techniques. "All of them have some kind of punching or elbow attacks."

"Do you think I could learn one that uses only kicks though?" She asks.

"Why just kicking?" You ask, now curious.

"Because I don't want blood on my hands." Ming replies. "I'm a doctor. My hands were made trained to heal, my alchemy to protect. If I have to fight then I will but I won't betray the work my hands have done by bloodying them with violence."

"What happened to not harming people?" You ask. "You did make a big deal about that."

Ming goes quiet. "I don't want to hurt anyone." She agrees. "If I could, I would talk all my problems out and I still think there should always be an alternative. But...what if I don't have time? What if you're not around? I'm not dumb...I know that one day I'll be pushed to have to fight even if it's on someone else's behalf. If that happens and I'm not ready? Then it's just as much my fault than it is who ever attacked."

"But what about throwing needles? Xin Lan was going to train you on that." You say.

"Yeah but ammo runs out and people can get close too right? I think I should be ready for anything." Ming replies.

>What do you say?
>Tell Ming that she needs to learn to use her hands if she wants to learn melee combat. Fighting without them is a severe handicap.
>Tell Ming that she should focus on only throwing. It compliments her alchemy best.
>Tell Ming that if that is what she wants to learn then you'll teach her everything you know. It'll just be that much harder and she'll need to put in much more effort.
>Write in.

>>4876277
>How about using some sort of staff like Mei Ling uses? It should allow you to still mantain distance, keep your hand unblodied, and most of the combat styles incorporate kicks too.

>>4873713
ok so i tried to do this but god damn i just couldnt stop cuming

>>4876277
>Ask how she feels about using a staff or other melee weapon
>If still no, then Teach her everything she wants to know.

Shun Akiyama-san coming right through.

>>4876290

If I may add something to this.

There's also throws and chokes. Those don't have to be lethal, in fact both of them are well suited to incapacitation. Throws can put a guy on the ground of course but also give one the ability to keep them down via pinning. Ya don't always have to keep them down forever too because you can always get someone else to cleanly knock them out or if need be, switch them to a choke and get them unconscious that way. Jiu Jitsu basically is what I'm proposing, plus the staff. We could possibly add armbars and similar maneuvers into the mix but they're very intent on using pain to stop a fight and that's both not what I think ming would want to use and not that reliable in a real fight unless they decide to push hard and break an arm because pain is as we know very subjective. Some can take alot, some don't

>>4876795
Throws May be good but chokes are worthless with mings stated desire to not hurt people.

And I will be honest, I genuinely admire the sentiment, no matter how much of a pain it would be to do.
That being said, her legs would need to be stronger than most and her speed would take just as much of a requirement. Kicking with the frequency of raindrops in a typhoon takes quite a bit.

>>4876290
Also, what good wizard/mage/sorceror/witch doesn't have a staff?
If she's worried about accidentatly hurting someone with a weapon, she can soften the tips, either with a softer wood, or with other material, like rubber or cotton, or something.

>>4876290
>>4876717
>>4877015
Asking Ming about a staff style. Writing.

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>>4877569
Woooow. When did that come in?!

>>4877569
So the braids are cannon, and not just a quirk of the first image.
Writing it down.
When I stop procastinating, I will draw more shit.

"What about a staff?" You suggest, "Like Mei Ling? Her style has plenty of kicks and you can maintain a distance."

Ming thinks of a moment. "Mmm...maybe not. Well...maybe. I think a staff would be cumbersome. I'm already carrying my bags and various other alchemy things. Plus don't I need my hands free to be able to throw stuff? Carrying a staff around seems like it would only hinder my ability to do that. Mei Ling always has it in her hands when walking around and the like." Ming imitates trying to draw something from a pocket or from a sleeve. "Feels kind of hard to do that if I'm holding a staff."

"Well you could always throw the staff first." You joke. Ming smacks your arm.

"I'll throw you first." She says.

"But a staff could suit you." You continue. "The ends could be padded to soften the blows."

"Wouldn't that make it less effective? And aren't most staff strikes from the middle portions?" She asks.

"Well yes, you tend to use the sides to have a wider area to hit with but that's not the only style." You admit as you think. "But your style could simply focus on blocking with the staff and attacking with kicks. They're quite versatile weapons."

"Well let's continue brain storming." Ming says. "What other kind of things do you suggest?" She asks

>What do you say?
>Suggest another kind of fighting style. She doesn't need weapons but only kicking isn't the only option.
>Suggest another weapon. There are tons more besides staves.
>Try to convince Ming to stick only throwing or at least use her hands.
>Write in.

>>4876795
>>4877561
Also don't forget about anon's sugestion of holds, grapples and throwns boss.

>>4877631
It's too late! (I'll...I'll add it next time)

>>4877611
Sadly, this is just another image I found. It's actually kind of hard to find good images for someone who isn't TL or the bunnies. I do wish I could say I had an artist friend to request images from.

>>4877624
The first image had braids? I know it had curly hair but yeah they're canon now. Ming's been growing her hair out and has it braided now.

>>4877628
Well fuck.
How about bracers? So she could have the wrists and the back of the hands with iron, making blocking easier, and also protecting them.
That way she can develop a more slapping style, and one that that makes attacks flow away.
And even if she doesn't use it, they can help with blocking, and gloves will protect her fingers so that she can't loose precision.
Oh fuck, how about nunchunck? Or a segmente staff? Or tonfas?
Tgere's also a wepon I remember seeing while playing Kenshi. Jitte I think? They are a blunt sword catcher weapon, and could look as a wand for that magical look too.

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>>4877633
Yes it had.
They are a bit hidden by the hood, only saw it when I downloaded the image to try and make that New Years thing.
Here's a clickbait style edit to make them easier to notice.

>>4877641
Nunchuncks and tonfas are fairly portable...as far as I've seen in the media. It would solve both her encumbrance issue, considering she is carrying a lot of stuff and even more if you want her weidling throwing weapons and alchemical items. She already wears gloves becuase she needs to prevent her claws from accidentally slicing up her patients during surgeries and she's mentioned she feels rather bare without them at least when being a doctor.

I think the best way to look at it is that her new equipment shouldn't interfere with her ability to be a surgeon/doctor on the spot. Ming isn't willing to compromise her ability to heal in order to fight as much as she wants to learn how to do it.

>>4877628
The chi strikes we were considering do involve a touch, but they dont hurt you. I would demonstrate but I fear your paralyzing touch more.
>you could try redirection style fighting, imagine Renshu if he guides your punch away rather than struck you.

>>4877663
I think Chi strikes would be acceptable for Ming considering they don't harm anyone.

>>4877659
Than adding a piece of iron on the back of the glove might be too cumbersome for a surgery.
But a pair of bracer on the wrists on the other hand can be easily remover, thightened or loosened, or even mover up the arm in case she needs to do it at the moment, and and can help a lot with a Jitte, tonfa or nunchaku.
Also turns out Jittes are a thing that the marines in One Piece uses, and are a samurai peacekeeper weapon from the edo period, used similarly like a police batton, there is even a style of fighting with it, jittejitsu, it's mainly a defensive weapon foucsed on disarming your opponent and holding him down though, so that's either a plus or a con for Ming, depending on what she wants from it.

>>4877667
I had meant to green text the chi strike part as well.

Otherwise, I think we should just warn her of the increased importance of her leg health.

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>>4877676
Also turns out that a segmented staff, or a three section staff, is both too big, and works like a big flail rather than a staff, so nunchunks are better.
So here's all the ideas together, let Ming choose the one that she likes best.

>>4877641
>>4877663
Suggesting Chi strikes, grappling, and various japanese weaponry (because I think only the tonfa is an actual chinese weapon but this is wuxia and not historical China quest so they'll fly.) Writing.

>>4877736
Only the Jitte is pure japanese, the other two are okinawan.
The Ryuko kingdom was influenced by both the Chinese and the Japanese, because although their people where closer geographically, culturally and ethinacally to Japan, China was the one that puppeted most of the time.

"Well...If not a staff...grappling?" You ask. "You could pin down your opponents and restrain them."

"I don't think I'd be strong enough for that." Ming says. "And I think it would go against what you've been teaching me."

"What do you mean?" You ask.

"Well, If I'm grappling then I can't dodge." Ming says. "Which kind of goes against the whole point of your training. I kind of like being mobile."

"Ok. Then there are plenty of other options. We can try for tonfas. Those are pretty defensive. If not those, we can try for bracers to defend yourself and use another weapon. Nunchuks are quite fast but can be quite complex and easily hurt you instead of your opponent. Then there's a bit more esoteric kitte. It's like a batton with a segement that juts out near the hilt. It's mostly used to disarm and in some cases used to detain people." You say. "It's a bit of a foreign weapon but I'm sure Renshu would know more about it."

"Umm...which one is more portable?" Ming asks.

"Good question." You say as you think about it. "Well they can all be around the same length side to side. I would say that the nunchuks. The chain or rope in the center allow it to be folded so you can stick it in your bags...err assuming anything else would fit in there." You say. "Tonfas and Kitte can't be stowed away as easily though the Kitte can at least be sheathed like a sword or dagger."

Ming thinks about it for a moment. "Hmm...I guess nunchuks would work although technically I'd still be using my hands." She admits.

"There's always Chi strikes." You suggest. "They're about as nonlethal as they can get. Painless too. But how about we continue the basics and once we get ready to actually train you in combat forms, we can go over it again." You adjust your sitting position a bit. "That being said, I was planning on asking the captain of the guard to see if he'd let me train the city guard. Maybe if that pans out you could come along and join? You might find something you'd like to train in or at least it'd help you decide how you want to proceed."

"More training?" Ming asks. "Don't you think you're taking up a bit too much responsibility? I know we have a year and all that but you're already training me, studying in the library, trying to advance which I guess is the same thing, helping the two gators with their weird experiments, trying to make a new style, and something else which makes you disappear for days on end. I think you're starting to think you might be overloading yourself."

You're about say something regarding your stubborness but you acknowledge that she might have a point and someone speaks up, "That much huh? Who'd have thought the Exarch's special guests were such busy bees." You and Ming turn around to see a lone wolf approach with a grin.

"You're Tenzin right?" Ming asks.

"At your service." He says with a mock bow. "Well, only when I'm on duty. As it so happens, I'm not so you'll have to wait a few hours before I'm back at it again." He says. "In either case, someone told me you were looking for me."

"But you're not on duty. So why are you here?" You joke.

"Well I can't say no to newcomers. They might end up forgetting one of our customs. Have to make sure the lessons stick." He grins.

>What do you say?
>Write in.

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Off duty Tenzin. Only image I could find that I liked at the moment.

>>4877932
>Well not-Tenzin, I'm slightly embarrased to say that I'm terribly bad at 'going easy' with anything. But as for why I asked about you, it's not for any vital reason, I would simply like to get to know more people here given the length of stay and the dangers of being stuck in the familiar. And again, rather embarrassingly, I only know 4 people and you by name.
>Consider this my level best attempt at making friends and please don't expect me to get any better at it.

>>4877932
>Well, I don't know if you remember, but it was you that was manning the gate when wr arrived a few months back. I not sure why, I just felt like that you were a good sort of person from that brief moment.
>Anyway, I was just at the guardhouse trying to talk with the captain about that idea of mine when the fox secretary explained tge whole town meeting situation, and I just remembered about you. Thought that maybe I should check with an actual guard before I made a fool of myself infront of the mayor and the brotherhood. Not the captain thought, I have experience with being yelled out by one whem I worked as a temporary guard last year.

>>4877953
Oh, I whole heartly support this anon.
Saying that we only know our companions and a few people at the library itself, and that he is the only one outside we know the name off is the biggest reason.
Meanwhile, I'm going to think up something for why the guard training. But first I got to eat.

>>4878001
Same here. I'm gonna make lunch. We can try and make friends when I get back.

>>4878001
>>4877996
I don't actually think we should go for the guard training anymore.
Since it occurred to me, during the Fox chat, that they have their systems in place and are probably quite the stratified and organised milita.
They live on the top of a mountain, unable to be assailed and their guards are STILL bright eyed and alert, despite possibly years of nothing but guard duty. I don't think we should knock that.
If individuals ask for it sure, but our reasoning was probably "the guards looked interested would you like me to officially offer mys ervices"

>>4878008
I never liked the guard idea, I wasn't around that moment to contest it. Been writing

>>4878008
Ok, the writing I came up with going with is.
>Honestly, this idea of mine came to me becuase I've been enjoying teaching Ming, and while training her, I've noticed that quite a few patrols stopped to watch. While most likely it was just boredom, there could be interest in there too. That with my experience as a guard in Taishi, fighting alongside against the raiders, plus a curiosity after the Pig stormed out and what Akar and Dampa said, I tought that perhaps I could help spread the knowledge too. Afterall, I did master tge styles taught at the Jafe Palace. Also wanted to one day expand to teaching meditation, or even teach it to civilian too. But maybe Ming is right, and is too much of a workload, or maybe I should just leave it open as an individual service.
>I've never been much of a teacher, or one at all actually, but who knows, bitg father, Oogway and the Exarch spent their life teaching others, and they are definitaly wiser than me. Perhaps training other is something that I should do too.
There was an attempt.

>>4878035
That sounds like most of our thought process.

Use this chance to make friends and learn about the guard's training but I think we should put this plan on hold indefinitely.

>>4878025
Whatcha writing anon? Running your own quest or just school stuff?

>>4878040
I think he is vocaroo anon, writing his radio novela about the gay rabbit.

>>4878038
Can't win everytime.
Unfortunate, I wanted Master Tai Lung to open his weekend Tai Chi school.

>>4878052
Not the guards. Once we ease off on our shit, we should have some time to open a practice.
That could be as simple as just putting a flyer up.

>>4878058
Kek, Imagine you are walking around town, and see a flier to come train and meditate in the fields outaide of town.
And the teacher is a know mass murderer and wanted criminal.
Although most of this people wouldn't really know about us.

>>4878050
Renshu swings both ways anon. TL doesn't...that we know of.

>>4878052
>>4878058
Setting up a dojo (ok not dojo but offering lessons) via flyers is a good alternative to training the guards. It fills the same role of teaching people but does offer the opportunity to teach other novices and various skill levels.

Training the guards means you work with experienced people but also means that it might go faster. Plus you start out with a student base. Flyers means you need to work up getting students to come join.

Both are interesting options, have pros and cons as to how it will go, and have their own flow that bring in plot hooks. It's just a matter of which you want to persue and dedicate your time to.

>>4878073
I disagree. Almost everyone will know about us, this is the place of all knowledge in china and we are, or were, massive news which has had 20 years to become legend.

But if we plan to meditate and train anyway, we lose nothing by extending the offer to others even if they don't take it.

>>4878083
Fliers also help establish our credentials, in that we know what we are doing.

After all, a great mechanic who can conjure up mechanical miracles is great as an asset bt if it's all instinctive, they can't really teach someone else can they?

>>4878093
Well, we trained our entire lives right? So if we try copying what Shifu and Oogway did it should work.
Also as already seen in the quest, Tai Lung learns better when thrown at the deep end.
>>4878087
Tenzi didn't really seem to mind when we arrived, but he is a chill guy, and the guard were warned before hand.
And only around half of the brotherhood was up at arma when we walked around, but who knows how maby of those nerds only care about things that directly affect them.
So maybe around 75% should known about our name, which should be enough for anyone that don't know to be warned about before hand.
We might end up either with the criminals, stubborns or idiots showing up. Should be perfect for us than

>>4878117
it's all about the point of being reliable from others perspectives. I believe we can train them very well by ourselves.

And about being warned, the old duck did mention that we should keep our name hidden to avoid reprecussions so that means that there must be SOME resistance to our existence.

>>4878040
I'm the Omake guy. Been writing the script

While I'm here, an update. So I realized while writing that I was making something way bigger than just some short with Renshu. I was basically making a fan made audio drama, when I promised a short and sweet thing with me as ol bun buddy Ren, and later a Hien one. I overextended a bit but my god did I think what I was making was cool. I got halfway into writing the actual whole ass script for a prologue.

So expect more things after I'm done getting the Renshu thing together because if all goes well, y'all will be eating real damn good

>>4878129
He's gone insane with power, mad with creativity!

>>4878126
Them are we using the good old Xuebao again?
Time for the hero of Zhengi, courier extraordinary and best guard, destroyer of Karens to add part-timer sensei to his curriculum.

>>4878133
Oh no, we didn't use our old name. We told him flat out "there's no reason for us to hide our name again. Nobody can be hurt by our name being known, and we won't hide from our past transgressions and their consequences."

>>4878132
We're on 4chan participating in collaborative fanfiction about furries doing Kung Fu

None of us were sane in the first place and I wouldn't have it any other way

>>4878129
Hot damn. That sounds like a lot of work my man. I...don't really know what to say but I'm sincerely glad you enjoy the game enough to do so. Fan fic of a fan fic is great.

>>4878142
Fuck it. We've clearly crossed a line. Let's see how far this fucking goes! inb4 everyone becomes open furries. Don't think I don't know some of you already are.

>>4878129
Calm down anon, when I said you were meaking a radio drama I was joking.
You are making me feel ashamed of my laziness in procarastinating the shitty fanart.
>>4878138
Yeah, but to make it more tempting for people to try out the flyer thing using an alias is better.
Because not needing to hide is one thing, but making people come to us is another entirely.
Although maybe just dealing with it and builidng a good reputation is the better way after all.

>>4878142
Are they furries though, if this is their natural state, animals liking animals?

>>4878143
Nah, not my fetish. But emotional investment is high, so it all feels like a sharp hit of a drug whenever something bad or great happens.

>>4878144
Dealing with it head on is the better way, just less pleasant.
But we made our bed, time for sleep. And if nobody wants to give us a chance, then they are in their rights to it.

>>4878143
This guy >>4876716 defintly is.
Jury still put on the bunny puss/ass anon
You already transformed me into a OC furry artist when I drew Bao.

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>>4878148
Damn, guess I better step my game up and get some kind of furry avatar as QM. You guys are leaving me in the dust.

Also, I never really noticed but snow leopards have big paws which I guess translates to big hands. Maybe that's why we give the best head pats...and punches.

>>4878154
Boss, you already named yourself as one of the characters in the quest (otherway around but it doesn't matter)
And you start each thread with the same picture, a front shot of Tai Lung looking like attila from mulan.
I say that's enough if you are being pendantic. You are already too powerful as is.

>>4878143
This quest has given me a shitton of enjoyment. Just paying it forward is all. Also, I prefer the term Anthro Enjoyer thank you very much.

>>4878144
Hey now, no need to get all envious or envious or ashamed or anything. Not everybody is as creatively masochistic as I am, everybody has their pace and mine just happens to fire in real productive spurts. If I shot you with it, it would probably not hurt at all because creativity and productivity are simply concepts

>>4878146
Anthro/Anthropomorphic Animal is the proper term but hey, furry funny

Enough interaction for now I gotta get back to writing the Renshu thing. When I post that I'll also sorta release a sorta foreword thing alongside it talking a small bit about the Audio Drama I mentioned earlier, gotta get the jitters going for y'all a bit, yeah? Y'know, a little hype for the funsies. Also after that I'll reply in voice form like I said last thread for the remainder of my time interacting in this thread, not voting I'll say again. Because as I stated earlier, fuck explaining the ID problem. Also I think it would be fun to just frame it as a conversation. Here's hoping everything goes well with me in the future. I'll see y'all next time I see y'all.

>>4878161
Guess I'm snow leopard now. And now a furry. Fuck

>>4878163
Well looking forward to it as always. If you got questions, I'll try and answer them as best I can. Don't have any kind of bible or refrence but I'll do my best.

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>>4878194
Your avatar may be a leopard, but you are still a goat in our hearts.

>>4878223
Can't find good goat pics. Only edgy satanism ones. So snow leopard will do.

Ok, so in an effort to consolidate things. Are we telling Tenzin about our idea to train the guard? and what is the plan with training? Are we going for guard or flyers or neither? I'll get to writing tomorrow just to give people a chance to discuss.

>>4878261
I see no problem telling him.
It would make us seen less of a crazy dude who seeks someone at their workplace to ask to be friends.

I'm not too sure about training the guards anymore, it might bee too much of a responsability with all the shit we got going on right now, since it would basically be an extra job, and the city and captain would probably expects results.
But on the other hands we would stop burning money, and it would be a way to meet more people, and it's not like we are doing the instrospection anymore, so it's not like we would consume all of our time, and teaching could help us come up on how to present our ideas better.

So let's see what Tenzin says, maybe the militia could use a few new tricks after all.

>>4878261
I think we should ask about the guards current method of training the lead onto the proposed idle chit chat about our ideas and whatnot.

>>4877953
>>4877996
>>4878035
We gotta make friends. Writing.

"Well not-Tenzin, I'm slightly embarrased to say that I'm terribly bad at 'going easy' with anything. But as for why I asked about you, it's not for any vital reason I would simply like to get to know more people here given the length of stay and the dangers of being stuck in the familiar. I don't know if you remember, but it was you that was manning the gate when wre arrived a few months back. I not sure why, I just felt like that you were a good sort of person from that brief moment. Consider this my level best attempt at making friends and please don't expect me to get any better at it." You say rubbing the back of your head before quickly adding, "Anyway, I was just at the guardhouse trying to talk with the captain about that idea of mine when the fox secretary explained the whole town meeting situation, and I just remembered about you. Thought that maybe I should check with an actual guard before I made a fool of myself infront of the mayor and the brotherhood. Not the captain thought, I have experience with being yelled out by one whem I worked as a temporary guard last year."

"I still think you're taking on too much stuff." Ming says. "He's already trying to advance in the order, and training me, and he's helping two other people with their work."

"I can handle it Ming." You say. "A lot of time was opened up to me recently. I'm sure it'll be fine." Ming rolls her eyes. "Honestly, this idea of mine came to me becuase I've been enjoying teaching Ming, and while training her, I've noticed that quite a few patrols stopped to watch. While most likely it was just boredom, there could be interest in there too. That with my experience as a guard in Taishi, fighting alongside against the raiders, plus a curiosity after the Pig stormed out and-"

"Oi! Oi! I get it, I get it. Busy bees are busy. " Tenzin says rasing his hands in a placating manner. He looks away and tugs at his ear absentmindedly "Good person huh?...I don't really like to deal with work stuff after I clock out." He says and seems to think for a while before sighing good naturedly. "Well I guess it can't be helped. How about we head over to my place for dinner? We can talk about all those boring details afterwards."

"Are you sure?" Ming asks, surprised. "We don't want to impose...we can go get food ourselves and-"

Tenzin waves a hand dismissively and shakes his head. "No no. I've made up my mind already. I insist." He says.

>What do you say?
>Say you'd rather talk about it now than later. You're probably keeping him from going home.
>Say you'll grab a bite to eat and then meet up with him afterwards. Doesn't even need to be at his house.
>Accept Tenzin's invitation. You've never actually been to anyone else's home before at least you don't think Chuanli's tavern counts.
>Write in.

>>4879251
>Accept Tenzin's invitation. You've never actually been to anyone else's home before at least you don't think Chuanli's tavern counts.

>>4879251
>Accept Tenzin's invitation. You've never actually been to anyone else's home before at least you don't think Chuanli's tavern counts.
>Thanks for the courtesy, and sorry for dumping more work for you during your free time.
>You know what Ming? How about we just say that we owe Tenzin a meal later? Would that make this all fair?

>>4879251
>Accept

something something, dangers of the familiar.
But yeah, we'll owe him a drink.

>>4879272
Also, I find hilarious how both friends and enemies cut us off, we really do talk too much.
Mainly because of me and my autistic write-ins.

>>4879251
Wait it just occured to me, would it be racist to assume that bees are busy bastards in this universe?

>>4879295
I would say no.
Because they suffer through extreme social pressure by their family to work hard.

>>4879258
>>4879272
>>4879273
Going to Tenzin's. Writing.

"Thanks for the courtesy, and sorry for dumping more work on you during your free time." You say as you stand up. "We'll just have to owe you lunch or something next time."

Once again Tenzin merely waves his hand and makes a dismissive sound. "Ehh...what's done is done. Come on, we best get inside before the gates close off for the night." He says and the three of you head off to back into the city. By now the streets were calming down once more though despite it becoming dark, the time of day meant there was still several hours before actual 'night' arrived and so many people were still wandering around. Tenzin leads you through the main streets for a while before you all head in to the outskirts of the city. As expected, the buildings slowly become less extravagent and more plain though none seem to be in disrepair. Despite your expectations, this section of the city seems just as well kept and safe as the rest if not simply less ornate. You see several citizens going about their lives as you walk through. A few are sweeping the streets, some are sitting on the steps of their homes chatting with neighbors, others sitting on a table and playing a game of checkers.

After a few more minutes, you arrive at a small home at the far edge of the city. The lights are on within but Tenzin walks in without worry. "Guys, I'm home!" Tenzin says, slightly exhausted as he sets his shoes by the door. You and Ming scarcely have time to look around for Tenzin's roommates before a stampede of footsteps come rushing towards you. "Tenzin is home! Brother Tenzin is home!" You hear as 4 wolf pups of various ages come rushing down the stairs and out of the hall. They all rush forward and come to a dead stop when they notice you and Ming.

"Whoa..." The eldest boy, whom you assume to be around 10 or 12, says in awe. The rest of the children seem to hang around him as they all appraise the two of you. From down the hall, you hear the shout of a young woman.

"Tenzin! Is that you? You're late! You better not have been out drinking with your friends!" She shouts. Tenzin chuckles.

"I would never dream of it, Amala. You know I'm ever frugal with my money!" He calls back. "I only spend my allowance. Everything else goes to you guys!"

"Well that allowance is giving you some bad habits!" Amala shouts. "You're streak isn't going to last forever! Now get in here and get ready for dinner." She says. You see a young girl, about 15 or 16 years of age, walk out from another room with her cheeks puffed up and hands on her hips. Her expression immedidately drops to shock and surprise before returning to her stern look. "Tenzin, you didn't say we were going to have guests! I didn't have time to prepare enough food!" She says trying to seem stern but her eyes show shame and embarassment. You suspect that her shame had less to do with the ammount of food she made and more of the aforementioned money.

"I can help make more." Ming says politely. "I know a thing or two about stretching a meal out. Let's see what I can do to help." She says. Amala fidgets.

"No...it's fine. I can make some more food." She says, ears folded back and trying to hide her shame.

"It's alright Ama." Tenzin says gently. "Little sister Ming only wants to help." Amala nods and walks back into what you assume is the kitchen and Ming follows suit. Tenzin stretches and looks at the other pups. "And what are you 4 doing? You'll grow roots if you continue to stand there and stare. Get ready for dinner." He says shooing them away. The 3 youngest hurry off but the eldest boy stays behind and follows you and Tenzin as he leads you to a rather cramped living room. It was full of toys and books, various things for children of all ages, and in the center was an old beat up table.

"Did you bring your sword?" The young boy asks after casting a single glance at you. Tenzin sits down at the table and crosses his legs. He rubs the back of his neck and pretends to be exhausted.

"No." He says. "I left it back at work."

"What? But you promised you'd teach me how to use it!" The boy shouts.

"Yeah?" Tenzin asks as he slowly leans down to be face to face with the boy, his face a mixture of shrewdness and smugness. "And I remember a certain someone made a promise of his own then proceeded to break it. If I recall, that was lesson number 1. Now what was that lesson?" He asks. The young man looks away and rubs one foot on the floor.

"'A sword is a tool and not a toy. And tools should only be in your hand when you're going to use them not before.'" The boy recites.

"And then what did you do?" Tenzin asks.

"I wasn't gonna play with it!" The boy says. "Honest!"

"Right. So then why was there a melon out on the table and my sword in your hands?" He asks. The boy goes quiet and Tenzin flicks his ear. "You're grounded and you know it. Now you'll learn the slow way. With sticks and rods. My blade will stay at work until I know you're ready." The boy growls, crosses his arms and sits down.

"So who's this guy?" He asks grumpily as the 3 other kids wander back into the living room.

"This guy? No one in particular." Tenzin says absentmindedly as he unlocks a cabinet and rummages around. "Just Tai Lung." The kids all gasp and for a moment the room goes quiet before exploding in noise.

"You're Tai Lung?!"
"Are you a bad man?"
"I heard you beat everyone up!"
"Can you punch a mountain in half?!"
"Are you strong mister?"
"Are these your spots or do you need a bath?"
"Can you break this table?"
"Are you going to eat us?"
"Is that lady your mom?"
"Show us some kicks!"

You sit down as the pups run around, not daring to get close but trying to get a good look at you. Tenzin simply sits down next to you, amusement in his face, as he pours you a cup of alcohol before pouring one himself. You continue to be bombarded with questions and you try not to freeze up. You weren't good with kids...at all but they were basically like sprites right? You could deal with those.

>What do you say?
>Say nothing and just wait for Tenzin to make it stop. You don't want to say anything to scare them.
>Tell the kids a story? That tends to make the sprites calm down. You could tell them about how you fought the Triads. That's about as good as you can think without going into war stories.
>Tell them you'll show them some moves if there's enough room outside. Maybe you can entertain them with that.
>Write in.

>>4879599
>Tell the kids a story? That tends to make the sprites calm down. You could tell them about how you fought the Triads. That's about as good as you can think without going into war stories.
Triad is good for intrigue.
The story on how we fought an evil ancient bat if we want mistery.
Or how we punched spirita in a boat (cut out the part we die) for horror.
Actually, the boat one is good if we just don't mention how anyone died, it has a good moral of how we confronted ourselves and to not steal shit, I'm going for a censored version of it.

>>4879599
>Tell the kids a story? That tends to make the sprites calm down. You could tell them about how you fought the Triads. That's about as good as you can think without going into war stories.

This could be fun. Might wanna omit the bloody parts a wee bit or underplay them but it's got everything. Suspense, intrigue, good brawls, a real page turner!

>>4879640
No wait, these little guys are Tenzin family aren't they?
A story of us fighting against a bunch of evil criminals can help make them look up to their big brother's job as a guard more.

>>4879599
>Tell them about how we met Bao

It has a really good message, no violence we need mention, and a good story about respecting Nature and outsiders.
Also give Tenzin a look of betrayal, this is unacceptable.

>>4879652
The guards in that story were corrupt and tried to murder injured prisoners and disnt help at all.

Let's not.

Oooooh switching from my vote >>4879642

To this >>4879661

>>4879661
Switching to this.
It's also a story on how we fucked up by being angry and distrustful.
>>4879664
We could just skip over that part, but fair enough.
It's just that story Ming was the real hero, because anyone could have applied the violence, but she was the one that stopped the poison.
But yours of the trees has the same message, since Bao was the only one in the right there.

>>4879666
It's always good to talk about our friends.

>>4879640
>>4879642
>>4879661
Telling a story and expousing morals. Writing.

>>4879714
At the same time.

We do speeches too much, but it is all our trick.

>>4879721
Got to use that stubborness.
Everyone says we talk too much? Than we will just talk even more!

>>4879728
Have we ever considered that stubbornness should never be applied to every situatio and being stuck in our ways is a bad thing.

Well no, but we should.

>>4879735
It's not us that should change, but the world.
And we will do that through our grand speechs and unwavering will.
And when the villain refuse to walk the path of redepention, we shall keep offering them the chance. While we also beat their ass.
And once defeat, we shall monologue even more, and offer them more chances.
And as we drag them to prison, we will talk even more.
And we will spend every day of their sentences trying to convince them to redeem themselves.
We shall annoy everyone into salvation.

>>4879743
Like an incredibly prolonged talknojutsu

>>4879721
If there's one statistic Tai Lung has grown in his quest for the pools, it is his charisma stat

My man had none but now he's at a solid 8 I think at this point. Them speeches work! Somehow!

"Uhh...Do you want to hear a story?" You ask awkwardly. The children stop asking their questions and scurry over to sit next to Tenzin.

"What kind of story?" The young boy asks suspiciously.

"It has monsters?" You reply. The young boy drops their suspicion and sits down with the other pups immediately. You shoot Tenzin a glance as he sips his alcohol with a smile on his face. You turn back to face the eager faces of the pups and slowly begin to tale your tale. About traveling alone, about not trusting anyone. How you met Bao and saved her from the mob. How monsters made of wood would steal children. While you're not as skilled at telling stories as Hien, your rather restrained personality making is hard to emote and add that extra layer to your tells, you manage to hold the kid's attention throughout your tale. You continue to tell how you delved deep into the forest to rescue Bao and how the villagers came after you before ending the tale with how she became a priestess of the Great Dragon.

All throughout your tale, you stress the importance of respecting nature and strangers. The children all remain quiet and lean on the table to listen better. Once you finished your tale, the kids remain quiet for a moment longer but you can feel their eagerness and urge to ask questions rising to the surface once more. Luckily for you, before they begin their new torrent of questions the door to the living room opens and Ming walks in holding a large pot of stew. Amala comes in soon after with a loaf of fresh bread and bowl of salad. "Alright you guys, make some room and settle down. Dinner is ready." Tenzin says waving them around. The kids whine and scoot about to make room. You all squeeze around the small table and Ming sits next to you.

The young boy scrunches his nose. "Salad? I don't want veggies." He says.

"You have to eat your greens!" A younger girl, around 4 or 5, shouts. "Tenten says so!"

"I do say so." Tenzin says ruffling the girl's ears. "How are you gonna be a guard if you're all scrawny like that?"

"I'll make a new secret technique and that'll impress everyone!" The boy counters as he waves his fork around like a weapon.

"Yeah, well you won't be making any moves if you can't even pick up a blade properly, now eat your greens." Tenzin says and he places an extra helping of salad on the boy's plate. The boy grumbles but Tenzin motions that he was watching and put an end to that arguement. Ming helps serve the stew, a simple dish made of wild mushrooms and potatoes. As simple as it is, you can smell the seasoning and it makes your stomach growl. Tenzin reaches to his side and draws a basic dagger from a holster to cut the bread with it.

"Tenzin! What'd I tell you about using that thing at the table!" Amala scolds, motioning to the kids with a wooden spoon. Tenzin grimaces and quickly sheathes the knife back into it's holster and clipping it shut.

"Sorry, sorry Ama." He says. "Force of habit." He leans over and grabs the proper bread knife to begin to cut the bread.

You feel something tug at your robes and look down to see the boy looking around. "Hey, where are all your weapons?" He asks curiously. "How do you go around fighting without em?"

"Tseten! Don't be rude!" Amala says. "He's a guest!"

"I'm just askin'!" Tseten says.

>What do you say?
>Tell the boy that you don't use weapons. Your body is your weapon.
>Say that you don't weild weapons. You don't want to take a life.
>Say that weapons aren't the only way to end conflict. You always try to end them without fighting.
>Simply say that you left your weapons in your room. A real warrior doesn't need to carry them everywhere.
>Write in.

>>4879873
>I've been trained at the Jade Palace. I know how to fight with all manner of weapons. But I prefer to use the ones that i was born with.
>Although these days I try to use words as much as fits. Seems to solve problems with less repercussions more often than not.

>>4879873
>"You mean you can't see them? Hmm...guess you're not ready for the secret yet."

>>4879873
>There are two weapons which I use, the first is my body which I've trained all my life to use well, and had to eat more than my share of greens to do so. [Joking expression].
>And the second, you've been listening to for the past while. My words. If you've ever the chance to use them and use them well, you can find them to be better than any sword. Look how Ama disarmed Tenzin with only a single sentence.

>>4879873
Personally, this just reminds me of The Gentleman.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TBHanR-rZso&ab_channel=Davon17

"Adults fight in the mind"

>>4879966
Poor kid is in his "Weapons are cool!" phase. That and he wants to help around the house. Not the best combination for a kid growing up but not nessecarily a bad one either. Lad's just curious.

>>4880011
And we are teaching him that fist and monologuing are cooler.
Oh no, we are going to turn him into a weeb.

>>4880011
We giving him the real learning experience.

>>4880039
>>4880070
Here's hoping tseten is one of the very few who can become a kung fu master right?

>>4880128
If only a kung fu master was in this city, and wanted to train some people, maybe he would have a chance.

>>4880220
If only Ming would want to. She's the only master in the city.

Small update on the Renshu Omake. I'm now at about the quarter point of writing the script. A bit of a slower go on this one because I kinda used up a good bit of creative drive beforehand but it's still going at a pace

Also it was my birthday today. Today was comfy and good for getting some stuff done and enjoying it. Had a good dinner, had a good time. Life is good for your resident dipshit, and all is how it should be. Will talk to y'all next either at the end of script writing, another writing milestone like halfway, or before recording depending on how much progress I make. See y'all another tims

>>4880342
Hey happy birthday anon! Just remember that burnout is horrible so don't be afraid to pace yourself.

>>4880128
Anything is possible with the right mindset, dedication and resources.

>>4880342
Happy birthday anon.
Don't worry too much about pushing out the content, it will get done eventually.

>>4880394
>>4880643
Just woke up. Thank y'all kindly, for real.

Trust me I try but it'll creep eventually I feel. I don't know if there's any full proof ways to prevent or slow burnout but it kinda just happens sometimes in the form of a big wall of creative block, don't matter if it's writer's block musical block artistic block. Just a big ol thick wall of BLOCC. Two C's, thicker than the walls of Alcatraz,

Not fun but it passes, eventually. And once it does my brain starts to kinda jolt. I said it once I'll say it again, my creativity fires in spurts. I wanna change that but for now I work with it

>>4880762
I get you, burst of creativity suck. I envy people that can do a steady stream of work.

>>4880789
Yeah. I don't know how it's happening here. I just write and...keep going. Even now I brainstorm ideas for this and possible future quests. It's weird.

It's father's day on my end. I'm gonna take the day off to spend some time with my family. I'll get on later tonight if I can to do a write up. Hope you guys enjoy your weekend!

>>4881077
Ain't no problem my guy. See ya when I see ya.

>>4881077
Enjoy your holiday Boss, writing gay furry fanction of a children's cartoon in a indonesian baiting chat is less important than your family.

Sorry about the no post today. Been cleaing up around the house and getting shit sorted. I forget how much of a mess a simple BBQ can make. I'll make the next post tomorrow. As always during these down times, feel free to ask questions or ruminate on what to do next. I think the big things you want to tackle at the moment are;

Setting up Kung Fu lesson. Be with guards or civilians
Dealing with the aligators
Ways of Advancement
Learning to keep your spaghetti held so you can hold hands with stripped bun

>>4883645
Did you know that when people know they are dead already, they are capable of great feats of strength?

Well if we just grab hold of his hand, then start moving, the sheer discomfort of displaying affection will trick our body into maintaining the grip.
Or we could use one of my own tricks, focus on how much happier I am to be with my partner over how much other people are looking.

>>4883645
There is also mastering chaotic meditation.
Learning how to properly write a scientific article by ourselves.
And in the future making that new style.
Studying more about spirits, chi and the Heishou. I will never stop.

>>4883667
For advancement I think the thesis statement of
"Active meditation may be applied to kung fu in practice" is a solid advancement plan, so something to be kept in the back pocket.

>>4883678
The chaotic meditation is going to beximportant, I know it.
Even if we don't apply it to kung fu.
Even if it doens't help with the new style.
Finding a obscure work, testing, and possibly improving upon it is by itself something that we could use to advance.
And even if not, it's just such a nice thing to be able to do, that way we can sleep through important events, while still doing things. Truly revolutionary.

>>4883645
Ain't no problem. I've taken a day off myself actually from writing. Been mad chillin, but I started rewatching the original run of Mobile Suit Gundam. Been needing to refresh my brain on it for Hathaways Flash but also as a small gift to myself cuz Gundam nice.

>>4883871
Yes, Gundam is a very cool anime.
How many long standing series always follows the villains perspective? Specially ones about mecha?
They stand as a titan in that field.

>>4883927
Damn right. Also a Very good show if you like War Crimes, political intrigue, child soldiers, angst, philosophy on war and its effect on humanity, and on occasion

Waifus Husbandos and Twinks. Oh my!

>>4883688
Simplifying the process would make for a good innovation.
A new way to do the same thing is appreciable.

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>>4879908
Telling the kid he needs to eat his greens. Writing.

You look at the small pup. "You mean you can't see them?" You ask jokingly. "Guess you're not ready for the secret yet."

"What?! Are they hidden? Where are you hiding them?" Tseten asks scurrying around you trying to find something.

You chuckle. "There are two weapons which I use, the first is my body which I've trained all my life to use well. I've been trained at the Jade Palace. I know how to fight with all manner of weapons." You say before giving the young boy a grin. "Of course I had to eat more than my share of greens to do so." Tseten pouts at you and huffily walks over to his end of the table to sit down. "And the second, you've been listening to for the past while. My words. If you've ever the chance to use them and use them well, you can find them to be better than any sword. Look how Amala disarmed Tenzin with only a single sentence."

"That doesn't count." Tseten says. "Tezin only does what Ama says because she won't feed him if he doesn't." Tenzin chokes on his drink and bangs his hand on the table, something that makes Tseten look proud of himself as if he revealed a great truth of the world.

"W-well...these days I try to use words as much as it fits. It seems to solve problems will less reprecussions more often than not." You admit sheepishly. "The truth of the matter is that while weapons are formidable objects, it's best to not get into a fight at all."

"Yeah but if I'm strong and the best warrior no one will want to mess with me!" Tseten says. You and the other adults look at one another. "No one ever gives Tenzin trouble. I bet he can tell anyone what to do."

"That's...not really the way you should look at it." Ming says gently.

"Ay ay...Is that what you think my job is?" Tenzin sighs, rubbing his temples. "I'm the one who gets yelled at all day..." Tseten grins, again proud of his own logic and reasoning.

>What do you say?
>Give Tseten the cold hard truth. No matter how much power you amass, no matter how much skill you attain, it will only deflect your problems on to those closest to you. If you cannot be beaten then those around you will as punishment. Strength is not the sole truth of the world and every day you worry that your mistakes will be taken out on your friends and those weaker than you. No matter how much you try, you can't protect everyone. If he wants to seek strength then he needs to learn what weight of responsibility that it comes with.
>Tell Tseten that strength is not something that you should lord upon others nor is it a sheild that protects you from everything. Like swords, like words, like fists, it's a tool and every tool has it's use...and it's limits.
>Say nothing. It's not your job to lecture someone else's child. Simply say that he has a lot to learn about the world.
>Write in.

>>4884938
>It's not my place to lecture someone else's child on morality, especially when they are doing nothing wrong. But you've much to learn about how the world works.

>>4884938
>Many people would ignore your strength and skills as rumours, and try to mess with you anyway. And if you managed to actually become the strongest person, you would actually get more trouble, as every warrior would want to test themselves against you.
>Not only that, but there are many ways to defeat an opponent stronger than you. Cunning, traps, sheer numbers, magic, all of them can easily defeat another. I know that because I both used and suffered from that.
>If you want to become stronger, than you need to know why, how and when, otherwise you are going to end up blinded by pride, or even hurting other for being beneath you. And when that happens, it's just a matter of time until are brought low, trust me, I've seen it numeorus times, and even been there myself.
I like the pup, can we train him?

>>4884976
We can't just start training anyone and everyone Anon.

Also show good manners and ask their guardians first.

>>4884990
Lies, we can anyone we want.
All will walk the way of the swole.

So in my ussual tradition for talking about future quest ideas (implying I'll have the energy to run another after this. I might but there's something to be said about taking breaks between campaigns) Here's a few/updates to what I have in mind.

First off...you're probably gonna be a girl. Best girlism demands it aka I don't think I want to write as a male protagonist after TL and want to mix it up. Though in honesty, gender of the MC probably has very little effect other than how npcs react to you and not on abilities and the like.

For the Elder Scrolls idea; I'm tempted to have players generate a character based on a series of multiple choices just like the original games but I also had a character in mind which will be spoilered.

A Kahjiit Mage Apprentice (for those Chan Ming vibes) who's village was destroyed by an evil mage. She survived the attack as a child by hiding under the bodies of her dead parents. She grew and trained in magic in order to hunt down the man who destroyed her childhood. Her father was a gambler and the remnants of her family is a simple deck of cards that survived the fire, something she guards with her life not only because it's the final remnants of her old life but because she uses it to cast her magics. A quest for revenge and discovery as no one seems to recall such an attack and dad's deck of cards is unlike any regular deck you've seen.

MMO game has been moved form a generic fantasy mmo to a more competitive mmo shooter. I reallly liked the GunsxGlory quest and I wanted to give a similar setting a try. Players can choose their own goals be it created the greatest guild, making their own pro team, or simply becoming the best player that isn't tied down by any guild and become a legend in their own right.

Shadowrun quest. Standard amnesiac quest. Players can't remember their past and must carve their own path of survival in the 6th world. If that means becoming a runner, corp stooge, or starting up their own gang. This one is less defined and worked on but still holds my interest.

Mary sue murder simulator. Dunno beyond "This ain't no place for a hero." and FF14's ShadowBringer's theme song mixed together are the vibe I'm getting. PC doing bad things for heroic reasons to save everyone around them from a sociopathic mary sue whom reality favors. Cosmically unfair, the PC holds a spark of divinity that staves off fate's demand that you bow to the whims of the "Protagonist". Can they win and save everyone? Or will the light of good burn away all that it touches? The least worked on and I'm not sure if I'm comptent enough to pull off the anti hero vibe without slipping into noble bright misunderstood hero.

Probably something else that I've mentioned that I no longer think about. I dunno...

All of these are heavily rough drafts that I simply think about while not writing up this game so it's not like they take priority over this quest. I just like sharing my bad ideas.

>>4884999
This is how you get a martial prodigy with no concept of discipline and restraint.

DISCERNING. TASTE.

That being said if another pops in and is in support of training, then we may make the suggestion to Tenzin and his sister. Though I feel they may raise some concerns over payment, at which case we laugh at them.

>>4885011
Hmm, While I appreciate the TES quest, I suppose the uniqueness would be channeling the magic from the cards allowing them to step outside their usual specilisations. Which if we were a mystic, I really think you could pull off a real jaw breaking twist there.

But on the flipside, it's hard to do right and the more esoteric you go the less it makes sense.

>>4885011
Be careful boss.
FemMC attracts the coomers, so be prepared to deal with infinite seuce and prostitute votes.
For the MMO quest I would like to folow that idea of being a lore nerd of the game and goinf around solving misteries, maybe try to become ico ic like VaatiVydia was for Dark Souls (even if you don't like or care for the guys content, he is strongly assossieted with the game)

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>>4885011
I personally made a high magic as fuck sky pirate setting, because I'm addicted to the nostalgia that Skies of Arcadia gave me.

>>4885033
I suppose you're right. Such is the life of a QM
>>4885023
As far as I know, there aren't any restrictions on schools of magic but then again I know TES lore like I know how to speak Mandarin which is to say, not at all.

>>4885023
Yeah, if we go the civilian and flier route, we aren't going to ask for payment, and the little guy would definatly jump at the idea.
If we train the guards though, i'm asking for a small salary, because it's a service, and they most likely would want results anyway.
>>4885033
Actually, here's the idea i had for the character for the TES quest

A independent wizard that's paranoid of the big organized mages organization believing that they are either scams, or ways to control the knowledge of magic from the people. They want to learn how the dwemer automatons work powering themselves using soul gems, believing that is tied to some form of necromancy, and therefore has an interest in studying the Ayleds ruins, since the closeness to their Aether crafting and Daedric necromancy could reveal a clue to how they operate, due to some similarities in cuture (probably not true, but it's a quest hook to throw us into the deep end of TES mysticim and lore). Also descendent from a family of sorcerors, scholars and mystics, with an older sibling that is sucessfull and respected, so proving their theories right is both to prove themselves to both the magical comunity and their own family.

Either gender works, originally thought of a then being a Breton, and the sibling the court wizard with ties to Mages guild, but them being Dunmer with a Telvanni sibling, or a Altmer with a older brother that got to be the heir works too.

>>4885051
Vote anon, we have a tie.

>>4885057
What do you mean "belives they are Scams and ways to control the magic from people"? They are transparently ways to keep the magic from people, least the empires official institutions of the synod and collage of whispers.


And yeah, a wage for the guards but I was talking about if you wanted to being it up around the dinner table.


>>4885055
Well there are not any restrictions perse, but it's like any science. Just because you are good at physics, it doesnt mean you are good at chemistry.

Using an artifact or stave to do the work for you is much easier than doing it yourself, which is where the cards could come in.

>>4885063
Will you lecture child? Or enlighten him.

>>4885076
I know right? But everyone in-universe (and quite a lot in real life) tgink that the it helpsxcreates new knowledge.
Playing as a conspiracy theorist that is actually right is incredibly fun, since you don't feel bad when wirting the insane paranoid rants.
I recomend everyone to try it atleast once.

>>4885093
Oh, and what I meant about tge real life is not about education, but players views of the game's institution.
Shool, colleges and universities aren't the best, but they atleast actually teach people.

>>4884976
To break the stalemate, I switch to this.

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>>4885057
>>Lore
Y-yeah. Definitely...hah...

>>4885169
https://www.imperial-library.info/
Here you go boss, your journey so you can be the Amaranth of the quest.

>>4885185
But if lore is too much, we can always be an orc with an axe, braving the world for glory, and maybe power.
Can't get simpler than that.

>>4885185
Thanks. I'll take a look at it in some down time.

But we're gonna lecture so I better get to writing.

"Many people would dismiss your skills and strength as rumors and try to mess with you anyways." You say. "Even if you manage to convince everyone that it's true, then more people would come to pit themselves against you. Not only that but people would try to figure out ways to undermine you. Traps, cunning, sheer numbers...there are many ways to defeat someone who is strong. Believe me, I know from experience." You take a sip of your drink, it was bitter and strong. You wrinkle your nose at the raw taste and set it down. "If you want to become stronger, then you need to know why. Otherwise, your pride will blind you and you'll end up hurting everyone you wanted to protect. After that, it's only a matter of time before it blows up in your face and you're taken down a peg in the worst ways possible." You sip from your soup, "But...if you really want to learn how to fight then listen to Tenzin. We don't tell you not to do things because we don't think you can handle them or because we think less of you. We tell you because we don't want you to suffer the things we went through. It's the duty of those with power to help guide those they teach. So that they don't make the same mistakes we make and so we can push them to be better than we are."

Tseten puffs up his cheeks, the winds taken out of his sails and plays with his food quietly. Ming elbows you in the ribs and gives you a somewhat disapproving look. "Tseten, I think it's nice you want to be like Tenzin." She says. "Everyone wants to be stronger but not everyone wants to put in the effort. I think it's pretty mature of you for wanting to practice with him so keep at it. Just remember to listen to what he has to say. Sometimes he might teach you something no one else can."

The young boy nods but seems to mull over his soup than listen. The rest of you all eat dinner in peace, with the other children asking you random questions such as where you got your spots, where are Ming's spots, how many baskets of food can you carry, ect. The meal slowly comes to an end and the younger of the kids begin to doze off, causing Amala to gently shoo them to their rooms as she follows to tuck them in. You sit in the living room alone with Ming and Tenzin as you help clear the small table which groans in relief as you remove the weight of the dishes and pots from it. Once the table was cleared, Tenzin sits down and leans against it for support. He stretches a bit and says, "Now that we've gotten all the plesantries out of the way. I guess we should get to the boring bits." He yawns. "What were you talking about back outside the gates?"

>What do you say?
>Tell Tenzin that you want to train the guards.
>Tell Tenzin you want to set up some kind of classes for the city to train them just as you train Ming.
>Make some more small talk. Ask Tenzin something. (What do you ask?)
>Write in.

>>4885287
>Small talk [Are they your nephews? Sorry if I was a bit heavy handed.]
>Set up classes for the city to train, and we were wondering how guards already train as well as the captains likely reaction to the suggestion of helping the guards.

>>4885011
>GunsxGlory

I haven't followed that quest in a good long while but I really enjoyed it. Fuck 0phelia amirite?

>>4885287
>Well, I've been training my friend over there for some time now, and I wondered if I could help train the city guards too. With the whole town meeting thing, knowing the actual training, and if there is anything I could actually help with would be better, so I could come foward with an actual proposal instead of just an idea. But Ming came foward with a good point, and made me wonder if I should not pick up the responsability of actualing regularly help train the militia, since the city most likely would demand results as a constant job, and instead just leave as a service open for any citizen, maybe even include some meditation together.
>Also, are these your sibling? They called you brother Tenzin when you arrived. Sorry for being a bit harsh in lecturing Tseten, but his desire of being the strongest reminded me when I was younger, juat didn't want for him to make the same mistakes.

>>4885425
He also called Ming "Sister", so that's probably a title proper.

>>4885411
Please do fuck 0phelia anon. She did want to be alongside Wolfgang afterall.
I didn't like that stalker bitch, but this joke must always be made

>>4885434
They may be orphans actually, would explain tge kinship, the numbers and the age differance.
In which case I vote to relate with them really hard.

>>4885439
their money issues make me feel so terribly bad for them. Reminds me of my culture in their manners.

>>4885411
>>4885434
I liked the settings, the characters, and the mechanics of the games but I felt like the QM was a bit to heavy handed in expecting Anons to go for a redemption arc for 0phelia and pushing them for it? I'm not sure but she seemed to irredeemable in my eyes. Doxing and sending somone who's willing to trash and possibly maim you is kind of fucked up and a "lel I'm socially awkward and I just wanted to hang out with you." isn't really enough to sway for a forgiveness. What i'm saying, is that Wolfgang and 0phelia needed to fight a super ancient evil to make it better.

Though to be fair to the QM all the characters were intruiging and I can't lie and say I didn't want to know her backstory. Season 2 started out well with a new player character but unfortunately it was cut short. Shame it wasn't it's own fully fledged out thing. I'd love to run a game in the similar vein but I don't think I could make a good as characters.

>>4885425
I just reread this, and I used the word actual 5 times.

>>4885582
I dropped it when the protagonist switched, and didn't even bother when it came back, since I needed to know what happened.
Also it was heading to some tournament arc something? Honestly, I felt the combat is the weakpoint of quests. Manouvering, planning and strategizing is all good, but aiming and rolling dice is dull.
Which is something that I like about this quest, when we are combat, we plan things out, try to shake things ups and do unconvencional things, instead of the high of plans being "I threw grenade where you didn't expect" or "someone rolled a crit this mean I'm going to overreact and talk trash".
Maybe tge nature of the whole kung fu panda helps alot, because that's a staple of how Po fights, and Jackie chan too I think, so may be a marking of the style itself.

>>4885610
I didn't mind it as the QM seemed to want to introduce a new character and fully flesh them out before introducing him into the original quest which I'm a big sucker for crossovers so I didn't mind. Plus the previous "season" ended in a good place so there wasn't much in the way of plot lines left hanging? As far as I could remember. After that there was some kind of tournament that was supposed to happen with both characters teaming up to join it but then the quest died.

Combat is difficult for me as well. It's one of the reasons why few of your new abilities have direct combat applications. Barring the fact TL is maxed out in combat stats, giving players an "I win" technique feels like it would take away what little variety combat already has. I'm not sure how I can make it more interesting though adding a dice system would probably make it more variable but in more bad ways than good.

>>4885638
The whole speedrunning an rpg in a competition fortnite battle royale threw me off, it all gave a filler feel to the thing, like reading an overly long backstory that in the end wouldn't really matter, since I did give it a shot until the port, and than I stopped caring, specially because the MC didn't give a shit about the world, and we weren't allowed to investigate and immerse.
Which was very sad, because that island gameplay was much better than the other combat. If the MMO was that rpg, without the sinking islands bit, and not the SciFi Call of Duty, the quest would have been way better.
The whole thing with some quests being timed or urgent, there being a day and night cycle, and that some coul interact with one another, or cause different events, and there being pvp that other players could "steal" your quest makes for a interesting premise, since it gives a sense of life to what is essentialy a game within another game.
Also the whole cheater scandal past, and tge MC being forced to play the game by contrinvinces felt counter intuitive, because anons want to remain in character and say fuck no, but at the same time actually ibteract with the quest. Felt like watching a tv show where things happens because they have to.

Now enough of me reviewing a dead quest on yours, I sounds pretentious and autiatic enough as is.

>>4885582
Did he really punish people for not going along with 0pheilia's crap?

Damn that's cold. Definitely not a fan of that at all. But enough talking about another quest not even related to this one. And enough lollygagging for me. Gotta get back to writing again. It slowed to a crawl because I kinda got out of it for a bit but I'm feeling a bit rejuvenated. I wanna get closer to my favorite part of the process, actually making the dang Omake! Voice acting, audio editing, whatever dang panache I wanna put in the dang thing!

>>4885687
Not at all from what I recall. From what I remember (and I'll probably reread the threads sometime) he didn't punish the players so much as he simply kept trying to pull back on 0phelia's nonsense. Or rather trying to redeem her in the players eyes. Characters would mention that she's simply awkward and doesn't know how to interact with people. Others would mention she is building her own team to hint that perhaps she wants Wolfgang to join her pro group. Just small nods and nudges to suggest she wasn't as bad as the player base made her out to be but the damage was done. Early players hated her guts (for good reason) and newer ones wanted to befriend her to fuck with older players.

I don't want to paint the QM as some kind of bad storyteller. Far from it. He seemed pretty chill last I remember. I just think he went too hard in the beginning with 0phelia's shit and then went on a bit of damage control. In my eyes the damage was done. Her insistance wouldn't have been so irritating if she didn't declare all out war on the PC. From what I read, she was directly responsible for leaking wolfgang's dox and thus everyone and his enemies began hounding him about his past. In that regard it's ok because it pushes players to do things and not hide for the quest. However, it paints the girl in a real bad light. Not too damning but it was bad considering how much the MC liked his privacy and how toxic people treated him when he was rediscovered. What really was the final nail on the coffin in my eyes was how she manipulated Rock (a character who held a grude because of the MC's cheating setting off a chain of events that kind of ruined his gaming career) into attacking the MC's workplace and trashing everything while threatening him with physical violence which in turn had him go to jail for it.

So in short, the woman doxed the MC, had his buinsess trashed, and manipulated a man which resulted in his jail time. All for the in universe pretense of having the mc join her team. By the end of the first arc the QM kept trying to have 0phelia talk to wolfgang in an attemp to clear things up or perhaps apologize but players were done with her shit and wanted to have nothing to do with her which is a fair response.

tl;dr 0phelia was vilified pretty bad in order to push the MC into action and thus the player base wanted nothing to do with her. QM made great characters but this single mistake backed him into a corner with her and he tried to pull it back to no avail.

>>4885308
>>4885425
So we're asking about tenzin's relation to the rest of the pack. Are we settling in training the town or guards or just leaving it vague for now?

>>4885716
Oooh my bad, guess I jumped the gun

Anyways here's some good news. Script is done, and all I need to do is actually create the dang thing. Should go smooth from here on out

>>4885718
I think we are explaining our toughts.
We are asking him about the guards training to know if there is something that we could help with, and what is the Captain's disposition.
It seems Ming made we want to cut back on the guards idea to prefer to just train civilians in our free time at the weekend, unless the militia have a massive flaw that have to be corrected.
I'm personally unsure if training the guards will have a negative repercursion like having to meet quotas, eating part of our time, or making studying harder.
Because although the extra income would be nice, sacrificing progress in learning and advancing for a pet project is not worth it.

>>4885718
So it would be vague for now I guess.
>>4885727
Hype

>>4873713
I have been out of this quest for a long time so I am out of the loop, but I need to know this one thing, did Tai Lung fuck the bunny or the snow-leopard

>>4885866
Bunny's older brother Renshu

>>4885866
Fucked no one, but he is in a gay relationship with the bunny's brother.
For now

>>4886007
>>4886245

The disappointment I feel in you all can't be put adequately into words.

>>4886255
Shoulda been here Hoss.

>>4886255
I tried to stop the gay, but I stood alone.
Alone against the QM and harem seeking anons.
But my spirit will never be crushed.
There is still time to stop this relationship, because both sides are confused. When Renshu comes back from his self-discovery understanding that he was throwing a child tantrum and forced anons to enter a relationship with him due to emotional blackmail, we can move back to being oath brothers and best friends

>>4886277
>Harem seeking QM and anons
FTFY

And yeah, I'm content for this to return to Oathbrothers, but I'm not going to sabotage the opportunity. This is prime improvement time, in an emotional sense.

>>4886287
Kek
But me neither, sabotaging the inetractions between characthers is gayer than the gay relationship.
I saw many quest were people devided to be assholes to characthers that could rival their waifu, destroying conversations, while other would protect absoultly shit characters from any criticism and ignore the bad shit they do because they are hot, or center the whole quest around waifus paralizing the plot.
I'm looking at you Wong, you shit qm, everything you do is trash, and you can't even bother to finish it. You are exactly like the leftist that you stop tge quest to rant about.

>>4886300
Actually, all of the QMs of the biggest quest on the site, or any of the otger quest sites too, are like that.
Only some of the small ones and 2nd primarch quest escape being trash and aren't a waste of time, although Malal's have to deal with a bunch of trolls and autistic debates between every update.[/spoilers]

Fuck, I went into another tangent judging other quests for no reason.
I really need to stop doing that.

>>4886312
I just like to imagine such outburts like old uncle andy on his rocking chair when he has been nursing a vodka for an hour.

Rocking back and forth, screaming about how Questdrone will come back and these shit tidings shall not infect the good memories and blah blah blah.

Still, lots of good memes come from things like this.

>>4886315
And now you made me remember the old quests that died, and maybe the QMs too.
Rip Crusty Jones, QuestDrone and GraveQm.
Death Anong the Stars and Hive Queen quest may have birthed my dislike for POV switch, but they were a really good time.
And the only flaw of Homeless Mutant Quest is that it died, right after a revelation and cliffhanger. And we never got phasing.

Man waifu wars sure get scary. Let me swallow my fear of wanting to never running another quest again and I'll get to writting...that and breakfast. I wanna finish my eggs.

>>4886454
>I wanna to finish my eggs

MURDER! MURDER! INFANTICIDE!

>>4886454
Be brave boss, don't let the waifu ptsd stop your dreams.

>>4886467
It's ok, they weren't fertilized. Hopefully.

>>4886454
Sow the wind, reap the whirlwind, filthy haremist.

>>4886475
There's a rabbit based pun right there but I can't think of one. But if it irks you that much, we'll have TL remain monogamous and stick with Renshu. No more harem ideas.


Side note, I'm looking forward should the crew every visit Ming's home and then be awestruck and confused over seeing an actual loving family.

>>4886482
What is this black magic? Functional families? But where does the murder and violence fit in?

And I'm just joshin'. Never let the memes die.

>>4886503
No where...unless you count killer dad jokes.

You watch the rest of the children head to bed before you face Tenzin and take another sip of the alcohol, this time the flavor no longer feels as raw and a light fuzz comes over you. "I'm sorry for being heavy handed with Tseten." You start. "I just saw a bit too much of my younger self in him...and we all know how that went. I just didn't want him to make the same mistakes as I did in the past."

Tenzin pours himself some juice rather than another shot of alcohol. "It's probably for the best." He admits after drinking. "If I had told him the same thing, he'd have brushed it off. We're too familiar with each other. Make no mistake, he'll be back to his old self by tomorrow and probably looking for something to whack with a stick. Hopefully, some of what you said sticks."

You nod and nurse your drink for a moment. "Are they your siblings? Nephews?" You ask.

Tenzin waves his hand noncomittally. "Might as well be given all I've done for the pups." He says. "Honestly, I just gave them a bite to eat and next thing I know they're living in my house. You give the kids an inch and they take a mile." He says with false irritation though his eyes twinkle with affection. "They've been with me for years. Don't think I can remember what it was like to have some peace and quiet." He grins.

"So you adopted them?" Ming asks as she returns from putting the dishes away. She pours herself some water and takes a seat next to you.

"Ehhh...more like the other way around." Tenzin says. "In either case, they've nested up in the biggest room in my house, eat all my favorite foods before I have a chance to take a bite, and somehow manage to clean my clothes without burning the house down."

"Where are their parents?" Ming asks.

"I dunno." Tenzin admits. "They don't really talk about it and the more I thought about it the less I cared. They're here now and we're happy. I suppose that's all that matters, lack of sleep be damned. You'd be surprised how much of early risers the pups can be. Guess it comes with the fact they can nap anytime they want." Tenzin tugs at his ear absentmindedly, a result of the alcohol setting in and running out of things to say. "So anyways, that's how I got 5 kids without giving birth. I'm a walking miracle. So, what did you want to talk about?"

"Well, I've been training my friend over there for some time now, and I wondered if I could help train the city guards too. With the town meeting coming up, I was wondering if should propose the idea. I was hoping that you might be able to help me form a proposal. Though now I'm wondering if I should simply set up some kind of weekend thing where I train anyone who is interested." You say.

"Well...I'm not really sure how I could help with that." Tenzin admits. "I can try and answer any questions you have but I can't really pull any strings or the like. I'm just a guard."

>What do you ask Tenzin?
>Ask about the captain. Would he even be open to the idea?
>Ask about the guards. Does he think that they would need the help?
>Ask if it's even allowed to open a school of your own. Are there any laws that would prevent you from doing so?
>Write in.

>>4886606
>So, does the city guards have a standard training? Any big problems in the city that it haven't been able to deal with? I doubt that you would have to worried about bandits and raiders, but maybe organized crime, or agile thiefs?
>Do the library have a monopoly on teaching? I haven't seen any schools, but I also haven't went looking for them. Would I need a permit or something, even if I offered to train people outaide the city walls?
>You don't need to pull any strings, just knowledge is enough. And don't disregard yourself as just a guard, you would be surprised how far a vote of confidence goes. Or how valuable things we think are mundane are.
If we opened the training, we would probably do it near the lake where we train, and we already know that there are no problems with people leaving, as long as they return to the curfew.

>>4886635
I'll support that.

>>4886635
>>4886787
Taking this then making lunch. Writing.

"So, does the city guards have a standard training? Any big problems in the city that it haven't been able to deal with? I doubt that you would have to worried about bandits and raiders, but maybe organized crime, or agile theives?" You ask. Tenzin takes a drink of his juice.

"Can't tell you that. Guard buisness only." He says. "I can tell you is that the guard has daily drills. That's not a big secret. If you're going to suggest teaching a class for the guards then you'll need to show that you know what you're talking about and that you can produce results. The city isn't going to hire you if you're not going to provide anything."

"Well...does the library have a monopoly on teaching? I haven't seen any schools, but I also haven't went looking for them. Would I need a permit or something, even if I offered to train people outside the city walls?"

"I doubt anyone would bother you if you held lessons outside of the city walls. Not unless you plan to build a building or take over an existing one for your lessons." Tenzin says, "As long as you're not causing trouble for everyone then no one is going to really give you any flack about it. As for schools, why build one when you have an entire building dedicated to learning? Most people go there. There's a few people within the higher levels of the order that teach lessons everyday there for kids and teens. Some adults go but it's not what you'd consider mandatory. Those that don't go tend to be taught by their parents."

"I just don't wish to cause trouble." You say. "Things tend to go...awry when I do things without planning." You admit.

"We've never had to enforce any permit laws for activities outside the walls." Tenzin says. "Like I said, unless it starts to cause issues within the city or among your own group then there really isn't an issue. I suppose it will come into play if you start to get a sizable group of students." He says thinking a bit. "But that would be something we'd have to tackle on a case by case basis."

"Then would I need to anounce my intentions during the meeting next week?" You ask.

"Not really. It'd be more a curtousy thing if anything. You're not breaking any laws by hosting a self defense class." Tenzin says. "Though if you do announce it during the meeting, I guess it would be some publicity."

"What would the captain think?"

"I'd think he'd disapprove on the grounds that some people might take your lessons the wrong way." Tenzins explains. "Vigilantism isn't allowed and when some people think they can get away with something they'll probably try it. Some people will try and bring about their own justice and the like. Can't just teach a person to punch and then not expect them to not use it when they're slighted. But like I said, teaching self defense classes isn't illegal so the Captain has no grounds to tell you no."

"Right...thanks." You say taking his words into account. As you think on what Tenzin has told you, you hear footsteps make their way towards you. The youngest girl of the pups wanders in and flops on Tenzin's knee before promptly falling asleep again.

"Ay...when did I become your bed?" He says gently and picks her up. "Alright. Let's get you back into your room proper before the rest of the house decides to follow suit." He says. You and Ming decide to call it a night as well and with a few quiet goodbyes, you both go back to your own dorms to get some sleep.

>What is your plan for the following week?
>Write in.

>>4886925
Ok, list of things we need or could do.
>Go to that meeting and announce that we will begin self defense and meditions classes near that lake, for free. Maybe make a few fliers too. Should it be together with Ming, or leave it for weekends?
>Check how the whole advancement thing is going.
>Train memory retation for the chaotic meditation, use Ming's advice
>Maybe meditate to meet Shenlong, Bao and Oogway
Anything else?

>>4886925
>Train memory retation for the chaotic meditation, use Ming's advice
>Maybe meditate to meet Shenlong, Bao and Oogway
I want to see rabbit waifu/husbando again. Time flies slower in the spirit world or something right? I wonder what they've been up to.

>>4886936
I think that the meeting is the priority right now, the next one would be in a mo th, or four updates, so if we try the training at all, it's best to make sure everything foes smoothly.

>>4886925
>Organised fliers, Don't bother with announcements
I admit, I'm just uncomfortable announcing it to the city at large. If the rest of you are fine with it, so be it.
>Memory retention.
>Say hello to Shenlong and Bao again.

>>4886942
Just the fliers are ok with me, I just tought that maybe going to the meeting to try and clear up any misconceptions before we started would be a good idea.

>>4886939
Otherway around anon. Time flies faster in the spirit realm than in real life. Meaning Bao is several hundred years older now and wiser. No wonder she'd becoming mom.

>>4886951
I mean sure, but even in fiction land I cannot shake the anxiety of social speaking.

>>4886957
Wait a minute, she only spends the mid-day in the spirit realm. Doesn't she?

>>4886957
MILF BUNNY?

>>4886964
Cat.

>>4886961
Roughly? I don't have a set schedule but she does preside over major ceremonies and the like. You spent a few decades in the spirit realm if I recall and that was roughly 3-4 days of you being dead. Bao's been in there for about a year and some months. That's definitely more than a handful of centuries even if you wanted to fiddle with numbers and only count the midday she spend there every day. Bao is old now. Not in terms of looks. She doesn't age, she doesn't die but she's old now anons. Not to mention her sense of time isn't in big of flux as the dead or the spirits. She's still aware of regular passage of time due to her unusual nature so she's felt every day of every year she spends in there or at least she knows how fast time is going compared to the mortal world. It's not what one would consider to be very pleasant.

>>4886964
Bao is a cat, my guy.