Esquilax
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I've reposted the bracket so that we can take a long-term view of which matches we want to see:
With the way that the brackets are set up, if we see Nameless, Faceless and Shapeless, it'll be no sooner than the finals. We already have suspicions that these masked competitors are linked to the masked impostors, but you have to remember that even though we have no idea who they are, they have no idea who we are:
They are a serious threat, but considering that they are in a separate bracket and the impostors that we suspect they're linked to have no idea who we are, so I believe that this is something we can leave for further into the competition. Right now, we ought to focus on winning this match. Should we defeat Yiling, we should watch the next Murong Yandi fight personally to gain an even better idea of his style and how to counter it. I think treave said that we would need to see someone fight in at least two separate instances to start formulating counters to their style, so sending Cao'er to watch his fight would be a waste considering we've seen him in action once.
Why wouldn't we be able to talk to her? Yes, the Abbess won't like it, but the Abbess has also promised not to rat us out. That being said, I agree with you in that I'm pretty sure that she'll know exactly who we are once she sees the idiot in the pig mask watching the fight with Cao'er. Still, I don't think that's necessarily a bad thing: warning her about the impostors claiming to be Zhang's apprentice and their connection to the Prince could certainly be a good thing. In fact, I'm a little tempted just to go in as a spectator, because Yifang would be too busy fighting to notice us, while the Abbess and Cao'er would obviously not reveal us.
With the way that the brackets are set up, if we see Nameless, Faceless and Shapeless, it'll be no sooner than the finals. We already have suspicions that these masked competitors are linked to the masked impostors, but you have to remember that even though we have no idea who they are, they have no idea who we are:
Luckily, they seem to have no idea who you really are, though your little attack will have put them on guard. They should think you are nothing more than some noble young do-gooder - plenty of those in town during the tournament period - who passed by and decided to stick his nose into matters not of his business.
They are a serious threat, but considering that they are in a separate bracket and the impostors that we suspect they're linked to have no idea who we are, so I believe that this is something we can leave for further into the competition. Right now, we ought to focus on winning this match. Should we defeat Yiling, we should watch the next Murong Yandi fight personally to gain an even better idea of his style and how to counter it. I think treave said that we would need to see someone fight in at least two separate instances to start formulating counters to their style, so sending Cao'er to watch his fight would be a waste considering we've seen him in action once.
I'll change my vote if we can't talk with Cao'er during the match. That's my big draw.
Why wouldn't we be able to talk to her? Yes, the Abbess won't like it, but the Abbess has also promised not to rat us out. That being said, I agree with you in that I'm pretty sure that she'll know exactly who we are once she sees the idiot in the pig mask watching the fight with Cao'er. Still, I don't think that's necessarily a bad thing: warning her about the impostors claiming to be Zhang's apprentice and their connection to the Prince could certainly be a good thing. In fact, I'm a little tempted just to go in as a spectator, because Yifang would be too busy fighting to notice us, while the Abbess and Cao'er would obviously not reveal us.