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You can make whatever proposals you want under C. I already said that, no?

 

Ah, but would she accept this challenge? It is only fitting that the last boss would test our greatest skill: Sleight of Dong.

 

Nuwa can make Jing scream for all the wrong reasons. Not a wager you'd win.

 

Ask and find out.

 

Flopping to C (Baltika)>C (Lambchop). "Make me call you "mother."

 

For all of my bravado, though, I can't really say I would be satisfied with that ending. Myself, I would prefer the AC one, where we kill Shun, then take the people we care about and spend our life in seclusion, away from it all. All Chi You ever wanted is to be left alone, and to be free from Heavenly manipulations.

"He who sacrifices freedom for security deserves neither" and all that fluff, though I am not terribly fond of that saying either.

Still, it is a legitimate way to end this in a manner that is somewhat satisfactory for everyone but Jing. I guess we should have been used to that by now.

Oh, and while we are enjoying our time in the mortal realm, do something about Bai Jiutian, for Heaven's sake! Let the girl have a chance at normal happiness. Issue a decree that a woman leading the sect is ten times cooler than a man or something that would make her come out of the closet!

Who is going to argue with the Central Great, anyway?

Besides, think of how much more fun the adventures in jianghu will be for the next generations if all of the sect heads will be replaced by pretty girls. Except for Shaolin. We need them to become the last bastion of manliness in the world.

 

C (Baltika) > D for me, I don't really care for Lambchops idea. I'd prefer not to go, but if we are we should go right away... even if that request is granted and doesn't just annoy her further, we can't really sufficiently set up a way out of our established relations gracefully even over ten years, and then we'll spend the rest of eternity with a goddess that will likely hold us in much less esteem. Bargaining to get our descendents in a good spot, buttering her up, sure.

 

Leaving without a goodbye is simply cruel. That's even without mentioning Cao'er.

 

Do you think it's going to get any easier as the kids grow up and Jing has to eventually say that it was nice raising them halfway, but now he needs to leave them for eternal pleasure with Lady Nuwa?

The whole situation is terrible. I'd like to change up the game, but there isn't really an option around for that [well, not one with many votes behind it, at least]. I'd prefer to not participate, but if we're going to commit it's much better to go all the way. I'd also be worried about Nuwa getting feelings of vengeance against the mortal attachments that continue to distract Jing from her-- once we get under that loyalty bond of hers, we can't really do anything but rely on her goodwill for our family, and if that's poisoned then their lives will be much harder.

 

Which is why we must keep her occupied at all times.

 

Yes, it is. A sudden calamity is much more devastating then the one you prepare for, though none of it is pleasant.

What I know is that they would have preferred to spend an extra hour with us, let alone ten years.

It makes it easier.

And after Nuwa gets her due and has us swear loyalty to her (and she will do that right away), what vengeance do you speak of? We would no longer have a freedom to hide from her.

The relationship is a two-way street, and even the Gods can't change that. If she wants to receive, she will need to give as well. We are not asking her for much.

 

It just seems to me that Lambchop's plan is going to have us try to experience everything open to us in a way that's guaranteed to be worse in each category than if we just stuck with something. Nuwa's angry over the delay, we still need to leave all our family and friends, Shun ends up a disgraced exile... and that's the best case scenario! I'd rather take my chances with any other option, and D is the strongest. It'd be a rather disappointing end.

 

I will not argue with you about that. By now, everyone has their own idea of who Jing is and what is best for him. Everyone can decide for themselves whether to accept or to refuse the offer from the Gods.

But I will still argue that going straight away is a cruelty our companions did not deserve.

 

So, uh, since this is kinda a requirement, will we do it in Lambchop's C without us having to view for it, or do we have to include it too?

 

You do it in A, B, and C, if she accepts the deal you offer. In D you taunt her to kiss your foot instead when negotiations break down and the two of you start calling each other names.

 

Good. Who knew that the Goddess of Mankind had a foot fetish? I certainly didn't.

 

Hmm. Do we get to call her a "footless, yellow earth-worm"?

It is kind of important.

 

Yes, and more than ten years there's spending the rest of our life with them. I rather think that they'd prefer that to staying around for ten years until we sunder every familial tie and relation to just have heaven sex for eternity. That's a hugely enormous betrayal to them; why bother carrying on the charade of a family at that point? If it's to say good-bye, say good-bye. If you care most about what they want, there are options to stay. It's absolutely cruelty any way you put ut to them to go with Nuwa. (Hint, that's why I don't want to.)

Ten years is an incredibly arbitrary cutout that leaves them with half-grown kids and plenty of time to entangle Jing in other relations that he will inevitably betray. I can understand waiting until the kids are grown, ten years is a terrible time interval.

If we've sworn our loyalty and are bound by that magic, she can do what she will and we won't be able to be indignant about it even. If she was, say, angered that our wives stalled her time with us for several more years... she doesn't have to do much of anything to bury them in misfortune out of pettiness, and we couldn't do a thing about it. That's why I think it better to not let those caustic emotions build up.

The power imbalance is a bit obvious here. She'll allow us concessions, but once the vow is made, that's that and from there on out anything relies purely on her goodwill. If we are to stay with her for eternity, I think it best to ensure she's in a good as mood as possible to keep up her being nice to Jing's family on Earth, and a part of that involves not irritating her with a huge delay when she's radiating impatiencr if we indeed go with her.

 

I'm just gonna flop back to D.

Fuck the gods.

 

That's a bit mean. Nuwa might run off in tears and spend the next thousand years sulking alone in a quiet corner of Heaven.

I mean, after giving you what you had coming for daring to argue with a goddess, obviously.

 

Not that it matters now. The 'Dex is just not man enough for her.

 

What are those options?

I mean, if we don't ignore the fact that Shun is our companion as well.

 

My heart bleeds for the girl.

By the way, is it in the power of Gods to break the reincarnation cycle?

 

What do you mean by break?

 

I'll make a muster attempt: bros, if you're voting for B and different variations of C that try to accomplish the same goal, unite behind Lambchop's C!

Together, we can do it!