ID: 5300804

Repeatable: False

Validate Conditions on Start: False

Auto Start: No

Auto Start Init: Unknown

Event On

• Round Begin BA: 1

Activation Conditions

• Counter (7000688) ≥ 2

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• Options:

  [xiaochou.name] came to you again, their expression less sullen than before. "How goes the writing lately?" you greeted [xiaochou.name]. It only scoffed. "A poet's affairs are none of your concern." Fingers idly plucking at the strings of their lute, weaving notes lovely yet tuneless, [xiaochou.name] spoke. "I've seen enough! Your deeds, others'... those hungers, laid bare in the glass. Beasts mate to breed—what of you?" [xiaochou.name] fixed you with a stare, each word measured and sharp. "Why do you indulge in carnality?"

  • op1: To spawn heirs
  • op2: For fleshly pleasures
  • op3: For shared feelings
• Case #1:
  • Rite: Desire and Progeny
  • Prompt:

    "The simplest fruit of carnality is breeding, in this all beasts are alike. But we inherit blood, thought and knowledge from our ancestors, add our own measure, then pass it to our children—such is the way of life. Were it not for this game, I would never..." You trailed off with a sigh, shaking your head faintly.
    
    [xiaochou.name] seemed unconvinced, yet it chose not to challenge you. "Many I've known never spare a thought for consequences of carnality. But since you speak so... take me to meet these rare souls who ponder their offspring so carefully."

  • Disable Event: The second question from the poet at the start of the small-scale fundraising.
• Case #2:
  • Rite: Desire and Its Price
  • Prompt:

    "Of course we love carnality, because it brings pleasure! The god gave us keen senses and made the mating act the sweetest bliss. Is it not our sacred right to enjoy it? If this were truly a sin, why didn't they create humans with brief, rigid mating seasons like beasts?"
    
    [xiaochou.name] gave a slow nod. "That's precisely what I wished to know. Take me to meet more of these pleasure-seekers. I've other questions to put to them."

  • Disable Event: The second question from the poet at the start of the small-scale fundraising.
• Case #3:
  • Rite: Desire and Love
  • Prompt:

    "Lovers grow fonder through intimate touch. Without love, intercourse is but labor of the flesh!" You explained at length, yet [xiaochou.name] wore only confusion. "Love? That I understand least of all! Why would humans surrender wealth, titles, even life for this... thing? Mirrors care nothing for it—yet you mortals cling to it like beggars to gold." [xiaochou.name] seized your sleeve. "Take me to this 'beloved' of yours. I have too many questions that demand answers."

  • Disable Event: The second question from the poet at the start of the small-scale fundraising.

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