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[Absinthe]

You promoted this mess, you can take the blame if it goes to shit.

 

[Nevill]

Wait, I thought taking blame was a privilege and not a responsibility around these parts?

 

[Tribute]

I don't know how this stuff works, this is still my first LP here.

 

[Baltika9]

If your vote directly kills us, it's your fault. If you didn't vote for the option that directly kills us, then you get to curse the existence of the ones whose votes did.

Simple rule.

 

[Tribute]

If you didn't vote for the option that directly kills us, then you get to curse the existence of the ones whose votes did.

Does this only count if you voted for one of the options that wouldn't have killed us, or do people who abstain get to do it? That doesn't seem fair.

 

[Baltika9]

Abstainers get to blame everyone.

 

[Tigranes]

As an aside, if this actually does work, this will be a pretty unassailable excuse for our missing our appointment with Shun.

"Sorry bro, I had to go off and attain primordial enlightenment and become one with the universe. Don't worry about it, it's a martial artist thing. I'm back now, though, what did you want me for?"

Equally, another good excuse would be that we're dead.

 

[Rex Feral]

This is going to end badly.

Oh well...

We lived and died as brothers.

 

[Tigranes]

If I haven't voted: A.

 

[Nevill]

So, 17 votes for A so far. At this point there is no coming back, I think.

Might as well get it to 20 and see where we stand.

 

[Tribute]

As an aside, if this actually does work, this will be a pretty unassailable excuse for our missing our appointment with Shun.

"Sorry bro, I had to go off and attain primordial enlightenment and become one with the universe. Don't worry about it, it's a martial artist thing. I'm back now, though, what did you want me for?"

Equally, another good excuse would be that we're dead.

Actually that's a really bad excuse, given that we wouldn't be dead if we'd kept our appointment.

 

[Elfberserker]

As an aside, if this actually does work, this will be a pretty unassailable excuse for our missing our appointment with Shun.

"Sorry bro, I had to go off and attain primordial enlightenment and become one with the universe. Don't worry about it, it's a martial artist thing. I'm back now, though, what did you want me for?"

Equally, another good excuse would be that we're dead.

Actually that's a really bad excuse, given that we wouldn't be dead if we'd kept our appointment.

Well not now, but then we would have pissed off and super powered Ahura messing up central plains status quo.

 

[Esquilax]

Nah, if it kills us, we blame Baltika9 and Esquilax for getting us into this mess.

Just like we would have blamed you for letting Ahura Mazda Reborn run unimpeded through the Empire in a reign of terror with only the dickless and corrupt Douchebag Generation there to stop him. We'd be blissfully unaware of all the chaos we allowed to happen while we were off in the mountains deep in the middle of nowhere.



But seriously, I pushed for a choice that I knew was incredibly risky because I felt that it needed to be done and that the consequences of remaining willfully ignorant of what was going on inside the Temple would be dire. I think you're being a little unfair here, especially since a lot of my theories and predictions turned out to be correct; the Fire Cult was trying to restore Ahura, and we had come just in the nick of time to stop it. Also, it wasn't an instadeath choice either (though of course this one could be).

I knew that coming here was very dangerous and could potentially kill us, but given the stakes and the potential consequences of unleashing Ahura on a weakened orthodox world, I felt that we had to step in and do something about it. I didn't push for this vote lightly, and I am not surprised that this current one has a high chance of getting us killed. From the way I read the update, it seems that Ahura has the potential to be even more powerful now than he was before his battle with Wang. Fleeing for safety when we were in a position to stop him before he could threaten anybody would fill me with a ton of regret.

It's easy to step back and say "Well, you shouldn't have done that!" if we die, but the reality of it is more complicated than that.

Does this only count if you voted for one of the options that wouldn't have killed us, or do people who abstain get to do it? That doesn't seem fair.

The key is to vote all the time for safe options every single time. If you're a coward, then you can constantly look like a wise sage in hindsight when a risky ploy ends up backfiring.

 

[Tribute]

So, 17 votes for A so far. At this point there is no coming back, I think.

Might as well get it to 20 and see where we stand.

Everyone but Baltika should flop to A, that way he literally can blame everyone if it kills us.

 

[Baltika9]

DOO EET!

 

[Absinthe]

Updated tally:

╔══════════════════════════╗	╔══════════════════════════╗
║        Voting A	   ║	║         Voting B	   ║
╠═══════════════════════╤══╣	╠═══════════════════════╤══╣
║asxetos		│A ║	║ERYFKRAD		│B ║
║Azira			│A ║	║Baltika9		│B ║
║profreshinal		│A ║	║Zero Credibility	│B ║
║Ganymede		│A ║	║XenomorphII		│B ║
║Rex Feral	        │A ║	║RealDDc		│B ║
║			│  ║	║			│  ║
║Smashing Axe		│A ║	║Jester			│B ║
║Tribute		│A ║	║GreyViper		│B ║
║Kipeci			│A ║	╟───────────────────────┼──╢
║Absinthe		│A ║	║Total			│7 ║
║Esquilax	        │A ║	╚═══════════════════════╧══╝
║			│  ║	
║Kashmir Slippers	│A ║	
║Lambchop19		│A ║
║ScubaV			│A ║
║Akkudakku		│A ║
║Nevill			│A ║
║			│  ║
║Tigranes		│A ║
║The Brazilian Slaughter│A ║
║Elfberserker		│A ║
╟───────────────────────┼──╢
║Total			│18║
╚═══════════════════════╧══╝

A-18 B-7
A leading by 11 votes.

 

[Elfberserker]

DOO EET!

Ok

I flop to A

 

[Baltika9]

Inb4 troll treave:
There is no wrong choice.

 

[Tribute]

Hey, that'd make me happy.

Unless there is no wrong choice because we die either way.

 

[Elfberserker]

Inb4 troll treave:
There is no wrong choice.

Inb4 we have insane Ahura screaming bloody murder inside our head . While we are it, maybe we get gender chance since the flame is trying to purify and create something at same time

 

[Baltika9]

I always wanted a Voice for Jing. Especially the voice of Angra Mainyu, the Zoroastrian god of evil.

 

[a cut of domestic sheep prime]

While we are it, maybe we get gender chance since the flame is trying to purify and create something at same time

WHAT?! NO! NOT MY HYPERWEAPON! AS IF DESTROYING MY HAREM WASN'T ENOUGH! I WILL FIGHT THIS! BANKAI - ファックのオウムウォール (Parrot Wall Of Fuck)!

 

[Jester]

I always wanted a Voice for Jing. Especially the voice of Angra Mainyu, the Zoroastrian god of evil.

Sound like B patch.

 

[GreyViper]

B for fun factor and I wonder what would happen if we prayed to the Nuwa's and offered her rest of the power we could not handle?

 

[Esquilax]

Guys, I think we missed a hint. Absinthe Nevill Tigranes Lambchop19

The scrolls hanging on the walls flutter, strangely unburned. On the border between life and death, everything seems still and cold, despite the flames raging about you.
...
All flows from the Origin and returns to the Origin.

Why weren't the scrolls burned? What do you think the connection is between the scrolls being unmarked and the phrase written on them? I think this could be crucial.

My impression here is that the Eternal Flame burns impurities, while the scroll represents purity. By purifying our own qi and turning the Flame against Ahura, we become safe from the fire. Then again, it could be that I'm already biased because I'm voting A.