Yeah - Ruby gave me a few hundredk cash and I just... have no idea how to spend it. The only thing that seems even remotely reasonable to spend that much money on is a house and considering that she's already warded mine...

Don't let it be a trap!

Personally, what worked best for me was just to do what I normally do - and then see if there's a more expensive version out there that's actually better. That doesn't have to change anything, you can even look in the same sort of places, you can even just do everything the same but turn off your sense of 'things being too expensive'!

It doesn't have to be stressful. 

That's quite on point - though also, cultivators have any number of interesting versions of things, and there's plenty of places in the mortal world are designed to help people with those sorts of questions, or industry publications or journalists or just youtubers commenting on those things. 

Reading something like the Financial Times can be interesting in it's own right, and the associated content can drag you along into interesting places.

Well...

It really depends on what you want out of your money. Getting into the culture in that direction is easy enough, but well...

Not always the best idea. 

Yeah.

Though also, cultivator items can be great, or just minor comfort things or cool fashion stuff! 

Getting measurements and shopping for cool dresses or fun dyes or make-up is still kinda exhilarating, to be honest. 

And just...

Pillows! Kitchen Gadgets! Beds! Silky clothing! Toys! Beds! Soaps! Incenses! 

And of course, the simplest answer is of course 'just google it'. 

True true~! 

Though visiting our lovely little lairs might give you some ideas too~

Oh yes.

There's nothing like just...

Seeing it in front of you to change your instinctive perceptions of what it's all like. 

Yeah!

Though it's a little surreal when you have to work to see the spiritual details to tell if it's exotic...

Also...

I'd encourage you to just... 

Try to make something yourself, even if it would normally seem like a silly or impractical idea? 

Money can change that a lot, and exploration is the spice of life~

Yeah...

I really do need to try that all out, though I know that I'll be mostly just working with Ruby on cultivation for a while. 

Fair! 

Just remember that well... A lot of your life will have a lot of cultivation in it, if you want to go forward, and that doesn't mean that you shouldn't fit in the chance for other meaningful things, too. 

+1!

Well said.

Alright, I'll get back to you when I get the chance to play. 

Thanks for your advice.

NP!

Alright so... 

She walked down to the basement, assuming she could find it on her own easily enough, checking up on her progress.

The lights were off in the basement, but there was still a lot she could see, dimly from the light spilling out from the door, and the faint glimmer of red energy inscribed on the ground, nearly complete save for a few details that Ruby was down on her hands and knees to finish off, the pose showing off her tautly covered butt in a way that had to be intentional. 

"'ey Moonsilver. Give me a few secs and..." 

She did a few finishing strokes, and sprung up to her feet with alarming alacrity. 

"There we go!"

"The sparring arena is ready, then?"

"t is - as long as someone's willing to get there power down to third realm or lower, injuries beyond a bit of scrapes and bruising that goes away quickly with a bitta blood and qi won't really happen - though don't use fucking backlashing techniques 'cause it doesn't help a ton with that, and effect's 'll get caught and mitigated to be safe 'nd shit. 's just well... enough to work, 'nd honestly if it wasn't me you'd prob. get this just to second realm so... Yeah." 

She a fist pounds against her hand. 

"Tell me - how much do you know about how to fight?"

"I -" 

Hum think reset pause. 

"I was going to say that I know how to fight from the cultivation method. I don't know if..."

Reflect, stretch out, breathe.

"That means anything."

"Cultivation Methods are awesome. There one of the most valuable things in fucking existence, and don't let anyone tell you fucking otherwise." 

Long pause narrow eyes. 

"They're fucking shit for actually giving you experience or the complete ability to fight out of the gate, tho." 

Raise a finger. 

"One - Cultivation methods are fuckin' huge, at least ones that are of any decent quality. Tell me, how many times have you stumbled across something that you didn't know that you knew how to do?"

Pause, reflect. 

"Not quite too many times to count, but it'd be easy enough to call it that, and a lot of the reason why I can count it - to 7, at least - it's quick but..." 

"Cognitive, even when instinctive. Useful, complete, but unintegrated, and integration doesn't mean that everything you need is there." 

Stroll around her form, glance across.