Baltika9 said:
No, it's not. Yao himself said he has a plan for the Emei to get him out of here, if Cao'er is absent. Let him go through with it, he's not retarded. Crazy, but not retarded.
Let me tell how I see his last order (don't you think it is an ominous name?):
"My apprentice, I have allowed for pride to overweigh my concern for Cao'er's well-being. I have made it a point to always follow through on my philosophy without regards for my own life, but I forgot I no longer had only myself to worry about. I almost thought I was mistaken to follow my rules so vigorously, but, thankfully, you turned up and cleared my doubts. Now that you are here, I can filally put the thought of Caoer's safety to rest, and once again I would be free to execute Lingshu and get killed for it, because I can't stand the thought of being used like that. Take care of Cao'er for me."
Well, no, geezer. You don't get to take an easy way out. I am not going to watch Cao'er in your stead, leaving you free of any moral obligation you finally started to notice. You are walking out of here with the girl in tow, and you are going to watch over her from now on, even if it means that you have to abandon you life-for-a-life shenanigans. You will settle in a quiet place and live the rest of your life as just a physician, and you will thank me for it later.
The Emei may get him free, but how is he going to utilize his freedom, now that his safety trigger is removed and is in your care? Seriously, isn't it obvious that he will kill Lingshu if we leave him like that? What do you think will happen to him? Don't you hear the death flags popping all over the place?
Add this to my concerns about B choices pushing our luck, and I can't in good heart choose B3. Of course, with the same considerations, B1 is absolutely out. I don't even want to think about what would happen if you fail to rescue Cao'er after murdering Lingshu in cold blood.
Esquilax said:
The man is aware of certain things that we aren't privy to, and he seems to be very confident that he'll make it out in one piece even if we end up killing Song Lingshu and running off with Cao'er. I'm inclined to believe him here, considering his relationship with the Emei.
Maybe. Or maybe after his honor is cleared and Lingshu is dead, he doesn't care what happens to him. He can't leave the place now, and he would rather that we flee with Cao'er, so he tells us he is in no danger.
Lambchop19 said:
B3 voters need to ask themselves why the heck they want the frog voiced girl who doesn't bathe following them around when Jing has no meridians for her to heal him with.
Because if we don't do it, the nuns will take her. Fuck that.
I know that we are in no condition to be her caretaker while conducting not one, but two dangerous missions - one for our master, and one for our prince. That doesn't mean we can just wash our hands away from her. Yao does not want her on Emei Mountain - this is reason enough for me.
The only two places that we can be sure she would be safe are Luoying Manor and Ashina Tribe. Personally, I am in favor of letting her settle in a tribe - they would be glad to have a greatly experienced healer among them.
Zero Credibility said:
Reading through the choices again, I think I'm getting a general idea what might be Yao's plan. Why is Cao'er even in custody and why would he ask us to hide her from Emei? Maybe Emei are in sudden and desperate need of an excellent healer, and only Cao'er or Yao would suffice.
No, they only need Cao'er. They won't come for Yao if Cao'er won't be there. If she isn't there, they will go to Yao to ask where the hell she
is.
They're coming to take her away, HA HA
They're coming to take her away, HO HO HEE HEE HA HA
To the funny mountain
Where life is beautiful all the time
And she'll be happy to see
Those nice, young gals
In their clean, white robes
And they're coming to take her away, Ha-haaa!