Think of it from the perspective if a peasant: you get KO'd and next thing you know, you're in an abandoned house that wasn't inhabited for ages. It's storming outside, the lightning is loud, it's cold and dark and suddenly you see nooses and bloodstained curtains...I think the peasant would peek. This isn't the illusion of a warm fire or a family gathering; it's a girl having a bath, which is surreal, seductive, taboo... everything that is discomforting. I think out of sheer fear most will instinctively want to take a quick peek.
Since we're speculating here, I think A may give us a view as to what actually happened in this mansion that caused the deaths. Like a ghostly reenaction.I think generally speaking angry ghosts expect you to commit some sort of taboo or wrong which they will then punish you for. That's why I think A is bad while B can lead to good things.
This. Let us search for clues before we start talking to it.Baltika9 said:Since we're speculating here, I think A may give us a view as to what actually happened in this mansion that caused the deaths. Like a ghostly reenaction.
In that case A, B, and C don't really matter. We're fucked any which way. The whole mansion is haunted anyway.I think angry ghosts kill people indiscriminately.
The kidnapping isn't the "punishment." So far we haven't been treated particularly badly. The punishment is what comes after if we prove ourselves deserving.What did she kidnap us for? Which taboo did we commit?
The thing is, it's not worth gathering information for diplomacy if your information-gathering method (poking a hole through the wall and spying on her bathing) is likely to ruin your chances of diplomacy. Voting A just seems to be a "pray she won't notice us and get angry" option. It doesn't seem safe in the slightest.I'd rather not engage in diplomacy attempts without information. This seem to be consistent with our choice in Qingcheng - though that one also had won by a hair's breadth.
Hey, it's Jing. The guy who stalks tigers and fights hundreds of men alone. Naturally, his thought processes are not what passes for common sense among the common folk. Which isn't necessarily a bad thing.Rex Feral said:The description of the option makes it seem as if we are being subliminally manipulated to go into that room or at least peek into it.
Then how come we still have free will, and how come she needs to lure us, if she can just appear before us and make us lose our mind?Rex Feral said:Maybe that ghost/spirit/whatever has some means to enthrall us by visage, maybe that is how we lost consciousness in the first place.
Or it could be that everyone is strangely struck by these ghost-induced urges, indulges them, and wakes up with a noose around their neck or their body sliced apart.Hey, it's Jing. The guy who stalks tigers and fights hundreds of men alone. Naturally, his thought processes are not what passes for common sense among the common folk. Which isn't necessarily a bad thing.
If that was anyone else, the thought of perving on ghosts would not occur to him. Than again, 'anyone else' did not make it out of here alive, so this kind of unconventional thinking may very well be our ticket out of here.
It could be the talismans. It could also be "fuck it this is a CYOA and if we have no choices this wouldn't really be a quest."Then how come we still have free will, and how come she needs to lure us? If she can just appear before us and make us lose our mind?
Or it could be that she asks everyone that strikes a conversation not to leave her alone, and gets angry when they refuse. And if they agree, they find themselves in a noose, her guests for eternity. I can do speculations, too, especially when we know nothing about the spirit.Absinthe said:Or it could be that everyone is strangely struck by these ghost-induced urges, indulges them, and wakes up with a noose around their neck or their body sliced apart.
Or it could be that she asks everyone that strikes a conversation not to leave her alone, and gets angry when they refuse. And if they agree, they find themselves in a noose, her guests for eternity. I can do speculations, too, especially when we know nothing about the spirit.Absinthe said:Or it could be that everyone is strangely struck by these ghost-induced urges, indulges them, and wakes up with a noose around their neck or their body sliced apart.
But see, the ghost led you to this place. If you up and leave, wouldn't that anger them?Rex Feral said:Better face the unknown than some pissed of ghost.
It can manipulate the environment, but the subtlety of it makes me think that it can not affect our mind. Else it wouldn't bother with intricate mazes, light plays and other tricks.Rex Feral said:Besides it already demonstrated that it has enviromental manipulation (lights don't go out at will, and darkness doesn't suddenly appear) and it might use it to influence our decisions.
The darkness - probably is. The danger - probably isn't.Rex Feral said:The seemingly danger of the darkness is only an illusion, in my opinion.
Going blind will not let us get a clearer picture.Rex Feral said:We feel that our instincts are warning us about it, but, since we just lost consciousness, I believe we aren't judging pretty clearly.
You look around you again – there is no place for anyone to hide, not even under the small bed. The windows too are barred from the inside. How strange. It would be spooky, if not for the fact that Master Zhang once told you of a master assassin who could contort himself through the smallest spaces. Sadly, he found himself in a box one day, having been tricked by his mark, and ended up in several boxes soon after. This is not anything you would need to resort to ghosts to explain… you think.
“That I have. I have wandered the land for over thirty years in my line of work,”replies the exorcist. “Why, lad, do you wish to see one?”
“It is one of my life’s goals,” replies the scholar proudly. Zhong Hai smiles thinly. “I would advise against it – the living and the dead are best kept apart… but I will not lie; it can also be one of the most strange and enchanting sights for mortal eyes. If you are that eager I would not mind some company on my next job.”
I haven't had time to read all the comments so far but I vote B. I think all the "normal" people would choose A or C (peasants so far, and they are not known for their gentleman behavior or their bravery) and since no one has ever come back I wish to do things differently.
Guo Fu is more exception than rule, just sayin'.I haven't had time to read all the comments so far but I vote B. I think all the "normal" people would choose A or C (peasants so far, and they are not known for their gentleman behavior or their bravery) and since no one has ever come back I wish to do things differently.
Guo Fu is a peasant, and the dude is pretty fucking brave. We have no idea what others have done in this situation, and this line of conversation has just led to a shitload of baseless speculation, as I mentioned before. Also, A is more likely to have us encounter the supernatural here in a more visceral level, since we're going to be taking a look at this spirit with our own eyes, something that Zhong Hai hinted at earlier. I am still going with A in part because the idea of Jing being a gentleman disgusts me.