Oh and @Lightning Gale, how are you feeling? 

Oh and @Lightning Gale, how are you feeling? 

I'm feeling great! The run back was amazing — my leaps were lighter and my grip was tighter and the whole thing was awesome — despite being tired!

It's really impressive how much of a mess it is - can soak through most anything if you aren't careful, and it can even resist some really basic cleaning spells...

I'm thankful that it's doable enough to work-around that happening after foundation building. 

Honestly, sometimes your entire set of outfits are a write-off, just from the physical changes from body tempering? The gunk is possible to get out, but not quickly, and probably not worth saving it as an alchemical thing.

Okay, now I'm kinda curious what this awful stuff can even be used for!

Seriously, though, I'm glad there are ways to deal with the situation.

Hailey tied up the bagged clothes, bagged them again, and then tossed them into the garbage. Those leggings were getting old anyway.

Don't feel super bound by any of that - poke Senior Tourmaline and she'll wire you any funds you need for that or your living arrangements... 

Wow. That's really generous! I'm not really attached to any of this current situation — dirt-cheap studio apartment near campus when cultivating is so much more interesting than school — so I have some thinking to do before I get to accepting any offers like that.

Um. Um. Okay. Well, apparently the crew had some money to throw around? Leaving that be for now.

Oh and @Lightning Gale, how are you feeling? 

Um also, my skin is a lot more sensitive. Took me by surprise for a moment in the shower. Warn a girl?

Hailey blushed. Why the hell did she just write that?

Anyway, right. Had a couple more questions: y'all keep talking about things like sword techniques and fist techniques and movement techniques, but what even are those?

Okay, now I'm kinda curious what this awful stuff can even be used for!

Seriously, though, I'm glad there are ways to deal with the situation.

It's useful for being useless, more or less - it's a terrible degrading medium for transmitting spiritual energies, so there's some applications for throwing it in with a binder when you don't need to worry about 'purity' due to other things going on, 'diluting' materials that can't be conventionally diluted by having the detrimental reaction and mix together, and things like that. Overall though, it's not rarely a first choice even for low-grade pill crafting. 

Um also, my skin is a lot more sensitive. Took me by surprise for a moment in the shower. Warn a girl?

giggle <3 What were you expecting from a process that refines your body to its peak~?

Anyway, right. Had a couple more questions: y'all keep talking about things like sword techniques and fist techniques and movement techniques, but what even are those?

Fist techniques are for fingering your ass and pussy, Sword techinques are for dicks and dildos, and movement techniques are for thrusting into your partner as fast and hard as you can. 

Wow. That's really generous! I'm not really attached to any of this current situation — dirt-cheap studio apartment near campus when cultivating is so much more interesting than school — so I have some thinking to do before I get to accepting any offers like that.

It's not conditional on anything, it's just money that you can spend and an idea for something to spend it on, that's all. But feel free to take your time, I suppose...? 

Also, goddess you're a horny girl Topaz.

Lol

Giggle

Guilty as charged~!

Anyway, right. Had a couple more questions: y'all keep talking about things like sword techniques and fist techniques and movement techniques, but what even are those?

The more serious explanation is something like that techniques are generally broken up by affinity and application - a 'sword technique' is generally anything designed with the affinity in mind that you wield the weapon as a combat technique, a fist technique is generally any unarmed technique not explicitly designed as a kicking one, though they will use that affinity, and a movement technique is anything that lets you move faster then raw physical amplification and base statistics would normally apply as a basic part of its function.

It's useful for being useless, more or less

That's an amazing phrase, I have to say. All of that makes some sense, and it's neat to see that even this gross stuff has some value.

giggle <3 What were you expecting from a process that refines your body to its peak~?

Fist techniques are for fingering your ass and pussy, Sword techinques are for dicks and dildos, and movement techniques are for thrusting into your partner as fast and hard as you can.

[blush] Moonsilver's right about you, Topaz!

The more serious explanation is something like that techniques are generally broken up by affinity and application - a 'sword technique' is generally anything designed with the affinity in mind that you wield the weapon as a combat technique, a fist technique is generally any unarmed technique not explicitly designed as a kicking one, though they will use that affinity, and a movement technique is anything that lets you move faster then raw physical amplification and base statistics would normally apply as a basic part of its function.

Oh wow, okay, that's so cool! How does one figure out their affinities? Is this the examination you were talking about earlier, Moonsilver?

It's not conditional on anything, it's just money that you can spend and an idea for something to spend it on, that's all. But feel free to take your time, I suppose...? 

It's kind of just a lot. I've been kind of fending for myself since leaving home, and anyone who's offered things to me before has had awful strings or told lies. Y'all don't feel like that, though. So, this feels a bit weird.

That's an amazing phrase, I have to say. All of that makes some sense, and it's neat to see that even this gross stuff has some value.

resists the urge to link a bunch of economics explainers

Oh wow, okay, that's so cool! How does one figure out their affinities? Is this the examination you were talking about earlier, Moonsilver?

What I was talking about was mostly a more limited technique compatibility test based off of the checks with the constituion changes and energy? I don't have a proper generalized option for that, yet. But there's a pretty similar process for testing out affinities if you use the right techniques, though you'll generally get the best results from going and just trying things out with some little toy or something. 

It's kind of just a lot. I've been kind of fending for myself since leaving home, and anyone who's offered things to me before has had awful strings or told lies. Y'all don't feel like that, though. So, this feels a bit weird.

Yeah the whole thing is a little... surreal.

What I was talking about was mostly a more limited technique compatibility test? But there's a pretty similar process for testing out affinities if you use the right techniques, though you'll generally get the best results from going and just trying things out with some little toy or something. 

Ah, that mostly makes sense. What sort of toys would work?

Yeah the whole thing is a little... surreal.

Yeah. At least you see it. I've had people claim their "friendly offers" were perfectly natural and that it was insulting to ask what they got out of it. Cui bono, y'know?

(Why under a stormy sky was she giving that away already? Practically giving them the answer key...)

Ah, that mostly makes sense. What sort of toys would work?

There's a lot a lot, too many to compactly list. There's a few ones that just give you the results directly, a few that you just sort of dump energy into a get a weak associated effect, that sort of thing. 

Yeah. At least you see it. I've had people claim their "friendly offers" were perfectly natural and that it was insulting to ask what they got out of it. Cui bono, y'know?

Mostly, it's a "Once you have enough savings, why not get more fun people involved in the cool stuff of our lives?" There's a thing in the cultivator community with the cycle of ancestors and forebearers, but I doubt that would sound convincing to you. 

There's a lot a lot, too many to compactly list. There's a few ones that just give you the results directly, a few that you just sort of dump energy into a get a weak associated effect, that sort of thing. 

Hm. I'll have to check some out at some point. Be pretty great if an affinity or something else about cultivating made it easier to spend more time in storms, especially windy ones. The storms are the one thing I really miss about Louisiana, honestly. The ones up here just don't compare.

Mostly, it's a "Once you have enough savings, why not get more fun people involved in the cool stuff of our lives?" There's a thing in the cultivator community with the cycle of ancestors and forebearers, but I doubt that would sound convincing to you. 

[sighs] Honestly, coming from y'all, that might even work this time. Something about the literal supernatural seems to throw my whole usual math off for this sort of thing. Either that or I've got a high from this thread.

Hm. I'll have to check some out at some point. Be pretty great if an affinity or something else about cultivating made it easier to spend more time in storms, especially windy ones. The storms are the one thing I really miss about Louisiana, honestly. The ones up here just don't compare.

If nothing else, even just cultivating the 24 flowing fists will mean that you don't have to worry about a lot of the normal risks of them from the basic upgrades to the body? It's decently likely there will be something more specific for that, though - considering it is a reflection of what is natural for your soul. 

[sighs] Honestly, coming from y'all, that might even work this time. Something about the literal supernatural seems to throw my whole usual math off for this sort of thing. Either that or I've got a high from this thread.

snort It's perfectly natural to be a little thrown off. That being said, you don't need to worry about getting a high from it any more then you would need to about mundane exercise and meditation. That being said... 

Have you read senior TTT's warnings about starting on the path? 

If nothing else, even just cultivating the 24 flowing fists will mean that you don't have to worry about a lot of the normal risks of them from the basic upgrades to the body? It's decently likely there will be something more specific for that, though - considering it is a reflection of what is natural for your soul. 

That would be pretty amazing~

snort It's perfectly natural to be a little thrown off. That being said, you don't need to worry about getting a high from it any more then you would need to about mundane exercise and meditation. That being said... 

Have you read senior TTT's warnings about starting on the path? 

I have. You talking about the caution against mundanely-intense spiritual and meditative experiences?

I have. You talking about the caution against mundanely-intense spiritual and meditative experiences?

A little? I was more talking about the bit about psychiatric disorders and such - I'm nearly certain you didn't really hit any novel state, since you were following the path of the technique, but it can still be somewhat more intense and 'cleared up' to work properly, if there was something holding you back, but that's a somewhat seperate concern.

A little? I was more talking about the bit about psychiatric disorders and such - I'm nearly certain you didn't really hit any novel state, since you were following the path of the technique, but it can still be somewhat more intense and 'cleared up' to work properly, if there was something holding you back, but that's a somewhat seperate concern.

Would "ran away from an abusive adoptive home and can't really trust anyone but somehow trusts y'all anyway" count for that? I'm pretty sure there isn't and wasn't any actual high going on, nor anything resembling one, was mostly just making a joke about how different it feels to trust someone ever, and how unexpected it is. Pretty sure that trust thing is the closest to a disorder I've got.

Would "ran away from an abusive adoptive home and can't really trust anyone but somehow trusts y'all anyway" count for that? I'm pretty sure there isn't and wasn't any actual high going on, nor anything resembling one, was mostly just making a joke about how different it feels to trust someone ever, and how unexpected it is. Pretty sure that trust thing is the closest to a disorder I've got.

...Yes of course that counts on the abuse side.

sends hugs

fussily pets

Basically, if you are dramatically 'off' in some way, the body tempering process will deal with that and well...

It doesn't matter if it's been 'officially diagnosed' or it's any particular disorder.

adds to the hugs if that helps

I'm really sorry to hear that...

Trust can be weird - feel free to just try to get to know us better, first? I know that can help a lot to make things seem real.

[tentatively leans into all the hugs and pets] Yeah, I guess that makes sense of it. Well, damn. Guess maybe I'd been underestimating how much the bastards fucked me up? Oh well. All this madness only increases my ability to stay well and truly gone.

[sighs shakily] Okay then. So... what sorts of things do y'all do for fun?

Obviously, we cultivate.