Yeah - suprisingly decent chunk of clans don't even have bloody first level chef, even - 't's apparently 'beneath them' - been a help to even me even though she's just at third stage - 't's good to see us getting the benefits from that and...

Oh the fox is here! 

Hey-o Senior!

Hello juniors! 

And I see a new one has joined our little community. 

How to put this... 

Let's go for something minimal. 

Something like that, Senior. 

Please don't worry, Moonsilver - the technique is tested as safe, if not in the way that would be the most ideal, and I'm happy to spend the time to check-up on you and drop by a little gift for you! 

@Transcendant Tourmaline Trapmaster

Mind casting lots for her? Please don't worry about costs - I'm happy to reimburse you for any costs you incur. 

But of course, Slyvie!

She darted over to a book shelf, grabbing a handful of volumes, a finger flitting open a cosmos bag as a thick cloud of obsidian-black ink spilled out, the fog drifting into the air as a line spilled out to create a formation circle, thick spiritual energy laden in the ink imprinting on the stone. 

She cast the books into the air - the binding unfurling once more to let the pages spill out, flitting papers drifting up in to the air.

May I read from the Book of Changes to see the branching paths, may the heavens reveal the truth, may the earth yield its secrets, may the links of karma reflect the future. 

The pages drank in the ink, reaching the zenith as they transformed, then falling to the floor, drifting down like the leaves of cherry blossoms to the floor. 

Blood - a tiny burst of sword qi bit into her hand, dripping into the circle - Breath - She breathed, a rush of power flowing into it as it nearly reached the floor - Bile - the ink darkened in some places, the pages seemingly withering away - Bindings - the circle surged with light as the result was decided, her powering sojourning through the sea of time - 

And thus, the die was cast, the lots were laid, the choice was made, and the heavens answered her plea. 

She laughed and grin as she read the pattern of broken lines, the images of her transtemporal gaze playing out in her mind's eye as she saw the result selected from the possibilities. 

Syncreticism was a finnicky art at the best of times, especially for a fortune teller, but this was the good shit that made the whole thing worth, above and beyond the lil accuracy bonuses that improvements can give you. 

Check a few things more out, record the results in detail with the awesome cam on her flashy lil phone, 'nd ooh spirit lake water scrying pool 's gonna be great for this so let's run that and... 

There we go.

Omens good - Heaven and Fire - to the mass of embers to reach up to the sky, to burn brightly, together. Heh, it's bloody the thirteenth trigram of all things 'nd that's a great value for occult optimization in the modern western sys, and it's a good balance with the unbounded radiance - a numeral of the night and bindings. Less directly, the whole things smells like heaven-defying luck and a windfall of positive karma for us for a good while to come, 'nd have even checked her stuff out with your lovely scrying pool - thanks again for that, Five Tails - was easy enough to check that the wards here are all good and there doesn't seem to be any trickery or whatever on her side - no ghost qi, abnormal contaminants in her mind, exotic alchemical bits, or any other evidence that she's been tampered with as a way to get through the wards - though have to ask, were you a meditator or somethin' like that before you got the cultivation technique? Your mental energy is honestly a lil wow for someone hasn't spent more then a day of her life cultivating. 

Blink. 

She'd always...

It was hard to express. 

Focus, dismiss the thoughts of the possible intrusion and the risks of the things that she mentioned, recite from memory, reform, reframe, speak unafraid and fludily - 

Not as much as you sound like you expect, Senior? I've dabbled in semi-regular meditation - on the scale of half an hour or two on every other day for a few months, sometimes, but I've always really prized clarity of thought and instinctively experimented with doing things like quieting my inner voice and... dealing with trauma and nasty memories and even just sort of... 
Tilting my head and focusing in a way that works to solve what is in front of me, even if it isn't quite the normal version of me or some such thing? 
It's all just sort of come together to make me work better, I've found. 

Ooh cool. 

In theory it's possible to train that shit beforehand, just really really impractical to do it at the ages that get the best results for foundation building, and is mostly practical to just train to ~standard safety for body tempering liquid and getting the best base to safely work out. 'll be interesting to see how that goes. 

Oh!

I think that's the reason why people weren't able to cultivate the technique as a foundation establishment method - I've managed to complete the technique's progression, and I think Tourmaline picked it up to more or less completion herself? But between how difficult it is to get people try a new method and the failures we've had, well...

@Moonsilver, I'll have to check up on you soon! Seeing the details of how it works out for you will be useful for my research, so I'm happy to help you out and give you a gift besides. 

For now...

Feel free to hang around here, and I think @Rabid Ruby Smelting Savant will end up coming around and helping you start out!

Real subtle, senior :p

Do you really want to protest a paying job, Ruby? 

yeah fair, though it's not like she actually promised payment...

headpats the feral junior

You know we're better then to scuff you on that. 

embarrased rawr

pffft

bemused snort

No need to pile on :p

@Moonsilver, mind sending over your address? 'll pop by asap, give you a lil gift myself alongside some training help 'f you'll host me and play ball w/ it all. 

Hmmmm...

blush

It feels really weird to be getting this much attention, but I'm really quite thankful for everything you are offering me.

..Okay she's crying. 

...Breathe.

There's a little pained wince, there, but it's just... 

Let the shake happen a touch, shake, stabilize. 

It's so weird to see people caring about her, just talking about it like it's natural and not because of a job because this whole thing was something besides job because they didn't just have those and it wasn't like it was there job to help or be nice and sociable and honestly really cute for her but it just... 

Happened. 

So...

She wiped her eyes, blinking quite a bit, and opened up a PM to... "Rabid Ruby Smelting Savant". 

She snorted to herself, more to get it out her system then anything else. 

That was a little silly but...

It still fit, really, even if things like the gem theming and such was odd. 

And this was what she was hoping for, wasn't she? 

Alright. 

She shot off a quick PM to Ruby. 

Hey, here's my address. I live alone, so don't worry about running into anyone else. Poke me when you come, and do it a reasonable time, if you can. 
And thank you for the help - it seems like it'll be... really rather useful.

Her stomach rumbled a little, so she went and grabbed the ingridients for a quick ham sandwich - filling it with spices and sauces just because that feels right, though throwing in a handful of spinach, an apple and... several bottles of water? 

Several bottles of water. 

Ahhh she almost forgot how nice that is, to get to drink it. 

She took a deep breath, taking in the lovely smell of the cornbread bun, and glanced over at her phone to check for any real reply. 

 mmkay. Anything in particular I should bring over? 'nd oh, might as well check if you know about any like weird ambience or whatever 'round your place to take advantage of...

Gosh it was nice to get to eat with the just... fullness of sensation she felt, the heady slightly honeyed taste, the slight glaze making it extra satisfying to lick and enjoy, and it was ore savoury then she reembered in experience and just... 

Solid. 

She chewed through it quickly, then checked her phone again. 

...Let's just answer that, shall we? 

Regardless of how... out there, it seemed. 

I don't think I'm that lucky, unforunately - haven't heard or noticed anything special here? There's a random church a block or two down - Here's the location on maps - but I doubt that's anything special, for what it's worth, plus a park a five minute walk away. For things to bring over... 
It'd be interesting to try out the tea MMM mentioned, and I tend to prefer black. Don't worry about bedding or anything like that, have a nice foam mattress downstairs and all the covers I can need from hand-me-downs. 
And same for trying to be a good host for you - I'm not... especially resource-laden, but happy to put in a bit of work to accomodate you. 

Oh yeah, don't worry about that - can be a touch useful but not a big deal. If there's a good, basically empty place or two that you can clear, and yoga mats or somethin' like that for a good place to stretch and meditate - ideally two seperate spaces for cultivation 'nd sparring, that'd be great.

'nd oh, ridin' over now. Be ~2 hours. 

Oh. Really should take the time to check out your roles and specializations when I get the time...

Have a basement and garage that should work - more or less already there but will do what I can to clear it up, and obviously feel free to do whatever to the floor you need for them. Yoga mats... 

Guess I can grab one once I finish up eating.

Nah, please don't let me stop you. Everything 've seen makes it seem like getting this all clear and into your stomach early is important. Can slow down or stop by somewhere else - so many lovely lil tourist traps or idiotic demonic cultivators who don't know how to shield the presence of there evil shit to save their lives to enjoy.

In any case...

Idk, another hour or two, thrown in an extra cultivation session for you or bonus supply run or...

Ah 'll figure something out, please take care of yourself. 

Don't worry about funds for this stuff, if relevant - happy to reimburse, 'nd Senior FoSSL 's pretty loose with her finances in the mundane world, so 'm sure that you'll be able to get the basics covered, at least.