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Hell, I'll even throw in my vote for 2B as a conditional for 2 C>B>A1.

 

My plan is in my vote.
Either go there so that only Yunzi could recognize you (A2A2 Shameless), or go under your real identity but don't crash the party (A3C).

Both are less probable to result in us being thrown out of the city.

Also, fuck being . That's artistic butthurt speaking.

Anyway, if we are not sure what block wins, I am going to set up A3C as my primary and only vote, just so we wouldn't end up with A3A3 or something.

 

I'm not butthurt, I just feel that Jing needs to troll. He's been secluded so long, he must be positively aching to do a proper trolling.

 

I am down with the trolling part of your vote.
I am not so sure how B is going to help us in that aspect, though. If we want to surprise Yunzi, we can either crash the party (does not really work with 1A3, though), or go straight for her bedroom. This just feels better to me, trolling-wise.

 

Oh, please. Going into the tournament with A3 and drinking up the tears and fears of the Orthodox Pugilists will be excellent trolling. Jing is the Prince of Trolls at this point, he will troll no matter what he does. However, while we're at it, I think it owuld be a great time to help out our friends in the court and help out Yunzi, which is why I'm pushing for A3 C: public participation will tip off any imperial agents, like Gao Ying, and C gets us alone time with Yunzi to have an actual open conversation.
A solid plan I think, and I am curious if you can be swayed to flop.

 

The only problem with trying to do too much trolling is that if we go with both A options our trolling is fairly likely to backfire on us. A3 is winning in the first option so it would be much better to go with B or C for the second choice, both would work better than an A option so it may be a good idea for B and C voters to set up conditional votes if nothing else.

Now personally I am fine with the truly insane A3 A3, it will be good for a laugh but if people are actually concerned about competing in this tournament then B or preferably C is the best choice to make in the second choice. B lets us talk to the other fighters and maybe get a word in with Yunzi but we would lack the privacy to actually talk to her plainly. In C we would be relatively alone (save her loyal maids and/or guards). We could touch base with her and ensure that we are not working at cross purposes.

Since we will be going in with our own identity in A3 I don't think we have to worry about finding the imperial agents or focusing on spying. If we try to do everything we will probably fail, so we should focus on Yunzi and on the tournament. Anyone that wants to talk to us will find a way to do so, so C is probably a better fit than B.

A3 C could work fairly well as a package I think.

 

Updated tally:

So we're still walking out with A3A1 for now.
treave, from what I gather of the discuss and the choices themselves, I think it would be wiser to count every A option separately. From where we're standing, it seems like both parts of this choice ought to complement one another so they don't screw one another over. A lot of us seem to prefer a particular combination winning (no, not just talking for myself here ), and lumping all the A and B votes into one bloc makes me afraid that we will have a Frankenstein option win that won't really rhyme or reason too well on it's own.
Just a suggestion.

 

The choices won't screw each other over. What happens, happens.

 

Oh? This seems to imply that some choices may not mesh too well with others, and lead to unpleasant consequences:

Not the best "whatever happens, happens" for us. Ah, never mind.

 

Learn to differentiate between what the character thinks might happen and what might actually happen? Besides, nothing in the second part states you use the same identity you do for your registration.

 

Hmmm... if we want to troll, isn't 1A2 our best bet? We'll be the MYSTARY fiance - no one will know anything about us. It builds intrigue - are we young or old, cute or ugly, are we even a man or a woman? I bet the princess' heart will skip a beat a few times while she is mulling over the possibilites, and she may even try and seek contact with us first (get the sack ready!). It also outrages everyone around - how dare such a joker compete for a place in the royal family, does he not know where he is? There are multiple FFFUUUUUUs to be had from our opponents each time we move one step closer to the victory. It will become a perfect show, the greatest entertainment the crowd had in years. It will be totally worth it.

Finally, if we win the tournament and ditch her, the princess won't even know who she is betrothed to. Poor girl.

If A3C does not win as a combination, put me down as A2A2 Shameless. I just can't miss this.

(God, so much flops!)

 

Flopping to 1) B>A2 (Shameless) 2) C>any non-A choice

 

It's a good combination, A3C. ScubaV's flop just tied A and C for the second choice, while A3 still leads for the first. Let's see if we can't make this happen.
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Bros, I think that A3C will let us help out Yunzi, since we'll get to talk to her more-or-less directly without any interruptions from the banquet guests (if Ameshas are your concerns, they won't do anything she doesn't tell them to; since we're friendly with the cult and with her, we're good; plus, Yunzi points for a romantic rendezvous) and see what her deal is over here and how we can help, and also clear up any misunderstandings she may have about our participation.
And we also get to notify any agents of Shun's that we're here if we go in under our real name, if there are any around, and help the Empire out with whatever it is they need. 1A3 is the easiest way to do that, since it puts our name out there in the open. Orthodox pugilists will cry tears of fear and terror, Turfans won't care and our bros will be able to find us.

Not as much raw trolling potential as A2, granted, but this way we get to actually help our friends and wife-to-be out, or at least not step on their plans. What do you bros think?

 

Alright, alright Baltika9, I've made my vote conditional. There. Happy?

 

eh, might as well flop to A3C.

I still feel little dizzy from all the discussion from maniac training pt 2, so I do not mind what shape we take in the current tournament.

 

Now that I think about it, I am not so sure 1A3 would be helpful to the Empire in any way. You see, Shun never made our connection with him official. Gao Ying was his most trusted man, and he had not heard of us when we first met. We are still his secret agent, with emphasis on secret, and I believe that our identity did not go further than those 20 men who worked with us during the Operation: Immortal.

Due to the highly delicate nature of the operation, it is unlikely that our participation was publicized. We did not receive a badge of honor for that one, for sure. Our name still remains largely unknown in the political arena.

Why would anyone know us? We didn't join the constebulary, and we spent the last 2 years in a complete seclusion with no set date of when we are going to finish our training. It is naive to think that every agent that Shun recruits in the ranks of the constebulary (not to mention foreign intelligence) hears our name during his training/briefing, considering that we did not play any role in state affairs in the last 2 years, and no one expected us to resurface any time soon. We avoided making the fact that we work for the prince public knowledge as well, so no help from that side, either.

Yes, Gao Ying would know and remember us, because he worked with us personally, but I would expect the person who is entangled in the web of the conspiracies to remain in the country borders and keep an eye on internal threats, now that he made every person and their dog sure that he is working for them. It would simply be inefficient to send him here as a mere spy.

I wonder if going A3 with the high hopes to serve the country is just a big waste of a trolling opportunity. I'd loathe to show our hand if there is no benefit to be had.

 

I think I'll flop to A2A2 for Shameless with a wolf mask.

I've been thinking it over, and Yunzi will obviosly know us with this set-up and be able to contact us afterwards if she wants to. If we try breaking into her room, Jing is going to be snapped like a twig by her guards up until the point where she tells them to stop, which would probably have us in fairly poor shape for the tournament and thus hinder Jing's ability to come up with decent techniques.

 

I believe you are underestimating Jing somewhat. I think he can go toe-to-toe with them for a while before going down. Still, it is true that a setup like this will not go unnoticed by Yunzi.

 

Even if no one from the imperial setvices does show up, we're still trolling them by our brazen display. True, it's not as solid a troll as lulzing with a mask, but I'd rather give up a bit of trolling for the opportunity, however small, to contact imperial agents and see if and how we can help.
Also, what hand are you talking about? We don't have a conspiracy going, we're here for a fight and for Yunzi. There's no reason for us to fear publicity in the first place.

You mean the Handmaidens that owe their lives to us and the Ameshas that owe their Maiden to us? Unlikely. With our good standing, their first reaction would be "what are you doing here?" Instead of "OH SHI- it's Jing, attack!"
We treated them fairly, and that earned us good will. Now's the time to make use of it.

 

Well, Amesha Spentas don't owe the Holy Maiden to us, since we were the ones who kidnapped her in the first place. She was not ours to give her away and expect their gratitude. They would be right to be on their guard. Last time we argued that 'these guys are on the level, let's go talk to them', it almost ended up poorly. They are religious fanatics, and common logic does not apply to them. If they think you are here to further corrupt or kidnap their Holy Maiden (and who are you kidding - you are), expect heavy resistance.

Still, I expect that no harm will come out of this, since Yunzi has power over them, and she invited us. Though she might let them rough us up a bit just as a way to say 'hi'.

Our identity. It is possible to get away with a lot more things when no one knows it.

 

It's as you said, we're on the level where we can hold our own against, say, Vahista, for a while until Yunzi calls him off. If we could give Rob Halford, the strongest Amesha, trouble before we trained, then Vahista won't be too much now. Besides, we do have good will with them and Ahura isn't around, so we're good as far as talking is concerned.

The whole point of 2C is that we're working with Yunzi from the beginning and know her angle, so we can help out/earn points from thr start; instead of whenever she decides to contact us if at all.

 

Are we really going to participate in the tournament? Really? Shit, why the fuck is everyone so eager to get tied down... we're already having enough problems with Chi Tianxie wanting grandkids and shit. Imagine having to deal with that on a NATIONAL scale. Fuck. (Shun had better be grateful. If we win, that is. Tufan allies here we go. Hope Jing doesn't utterly piss them off with his reluctance to prioritize the princess.)

Oh well, if A is going to win anyway... as tempting as it is to try to get Jing to kicked out so we can go back and learn more Fire Cult martial arts, flipping to B > A3 > A2 (Shameless) and B > C > A1. treave said we can still surprise Yunzi in B so I'm fine with that. Like. If we're going to be participating anyway. Might as well go for the most low effort option. We'll still be able to touch base with her anyway.

As for A3, if we're going to be doing this with the hopes of going through with it, probably best to do it in a respectful way.

 

Everyone is so sure they will be able to win this one. Such faith. Even though this is home to the Fire Cult who has juggernauts like Amesha Spentas, and there is no limit on the age of participants.

I think I'll flop to A2C>A2A2. I have to try the Shameless approach. What Jing does best is fighting, trolling, and flirting, and A2C fulfils this quota and then some. I do not believe in contacting imperial agents or something like that. I do believe, however, that if we end up causing some kind of incident, we are better off unnamed.

 

At our level, losing is unlikely. And Jing hates losing, too.

 

Think that you can overcome Vairya now?

There is no guarantee Tufans don't have their own equivalent.