ID: 5300808

Repeatable: False

Validate Conditions on Start: False

Auto Start: No

Auto Start Init: Unknown

Event On

• Round Begin BA: 1

Activation Conditions

• Counter (7000689) ≥ 1

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• Options:

  The coins clinked as they spilled forth, a Extravagance Card snapped in twain, and once more [xiaochou.name] stood before you. It wore the garb of a scholar still, clutching a well-thumbed book, the parchment scrolls at its waist stained with ink. With a cold nod to the maid who brought tea and hookah, [xiaochou.name] fixed you with a piercing stare, brows furrowed.
  
  "First, let me make one thing clear: mirrors were not invented by human." At your startled look, it sighed. "Like so many things, mirrors are but human's pale imitation of the world. You saw water, you saw ice, realized a smooth surface could reflect an image—and so you chased after ever smoother things... first stone, then copper, then quicksilver. Thus, I have existed across the whole span of your history. When the first ape-man smoothed his filthy hair over a pool, I was watching." You motioned for [xiaochou.name] to continue. "But coin is different. Coin is your invention—wholly, utterly yours. Nature bore no such thing! You crafted it, then raised it higher than all else—just look at how you snapped that card without a thought, as if the clatter of metal held any true meaning!"
  
  Clearly, this creature born of mirrors held neither respect nor understanding for humans and their stinking wealth... How will you answer [xiaochou.name]? Coin springs from...

  • op1: The cunning of human
  • op2: The wickedness of human
  • op3: The folly of human
• Case #1:
  • Rite: See the Wise
  • Prompt:

    You say nature has always been full of resources, competition and cooperation... humans merely learned to abstract it. To extract meaning, to symbolize—that is the unique wisdom of human.
    
    "Then let me hear the thoughts of wise human—the truly wise, not those who merely wear wisdom like a cloak." [xiaochou.name] scoffed, plucking at its own garb. "Dressed like this, folk beg me to read their letters wherever I go. Your kind clings so desperately to what your eyes behold!"
    
    You pondered carefully—what meeting could possibly impress this arrogant creature with human's wisdom...?

  • Disable Event: The first question of wisdom in starting a small-scale investment:
• Case #2:
  • Rite: See a Bad Guy
  • Prompt:

    You smiled at [xiaochou.name]—a smile that lasted just long enough to make it uneasy. Humans weave hells ten thousand times crueler than nature's wrath with naught but coins... and still [xiaochou.name] knows nothing of it. "Then take me to these wicked ones. Show me what atrocities remain unwitnessed by mirrors." It straightened its garments with deliberate care. "Every sordid act your kind commits in shadow—I see them all, clear as day."
    
    You pondered carefully—what meeting could possibly impress this arrogant creature with mankind's depravity...?

  • Disable Event: The first question of wisdom in starting a small-scale investment:
• Case #3:
  • Rite: See a Fool
  • Prompt:

    You burst into laughter—Aye, most things human devise are fools' work, coins and gods alike... for they were made to rule over countless greater fools! Hah!
    
    You laughed so heartily even [xiaochou.name] grew uneasy: "Then this scholar's garb of mine seems all the more ridiculous...[player.name], show me these fools of yours. If they truly make up the bulk of humans..."
    
    You pondered carefully—what meeting could possibly impress this arrogant creature with human's true nature...?

  • Disable Event: The first question of wisdom in starting a small-scale investment:

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