The Legend of Hieda: Daughter Zero - Completed

[Fightest]

>Will we be waiting for the others, or should be start cracking open some books?

> The research will take a long time indeed. You will definitely have time for an adventure while it goes on.
> But what was Are's
> Yes, you are definitely remembering right:
> What was Are's last recorded adventure?

> Was she beckoned by the silver light of the moon emanating from a simple bamboo-cutter's hut?
> Did she respond to calls for help from a province terrorised by a terrible eight-headed dragon?
> Was her contribution vital to the capture of a particularly worrisome monkey?

[GuyYouMetOnline]

>Dragon.

[Hanzo K.]

>Dragon!

[Darkoda]

>Definitely Dragon.

[Fightest]

Huh, that was surprisingly unanimous.

> Months pass and summer turns to autumn.
> You have left Empyrian a time ago, leaving your group of allies to their research. In exchange, you have agreed to take up their duties, and this has brought you farther northwest, where dense forests give way to rolling hills and rising mountains, where endless grasslands shine a vibrant green in the noonday sun, and where acres and acres of rice paddies criss-cross the land, mixing in the heartaching blue of the sky to the green.
> By now the trees should be turning their colours, and the days should be growing shorter, and yet the summer heat keeps on, and the rivers are shallow in their beds, and the crops yet continue to grow and the fatigue of the land is evident all around you.
> A summer storm would give a brief respite to the land, yet the skies have been clear for weeks.

[Mr_Bob]

>Do we have a contact? Are we assuming anyone in particular's assignments?
>Are there locals about?

[Fightest]

>Do we have a contact? Are we assuming anyone in particular's assignments?
>Are there locals about?

> You do not have a contact. You are not so much taking over territorial duties but rather increasing your own activity and sphere of influence to compensate.
> Besides the rice farmers and inhabitants of regional centres, there are also, of course, the gods and spirits of the land. Any would respond to you if you call with authority.

[Darkoda]

>Ask a spirit, they're more likely to know what's up here.

[Fightest]

> Inquiring around the local smaller spirits tells you nothing you do not already know - after all, their power and knowledge does not expand past their meager domains.
> Moving up the chain of command results in you looking for the spirit of the local river - water spirits of her kind tend to get a lot of information due to their closeness to every other spirit in an environment.
> And yet you can find no sign of her.
> Whilst unusual, this is not unheard-of, and can occur if the spirit is too weak to take on some sort of form, and are just generally dispersed through the area as pure Essence.

[Mr_Bob]

>Would we able to help it materialize if we add more water?  Either artificial or natural means.

[Fightest]

>Would we able to help it materialize if we add more water?  Either artificial or natural means.

> Yes. Like, say, a summer storm.

[Darkoda]

>Can we make a summer storm?

[GuyYouMetOnline]

>If not, do we have any way to call upon Avatar-of-Mountains-and-Lakes to do so?

[Fightest]

>Can we make a summer storm?

> You tell me, you're the one with the Heaven-granted powers. You've wrestled living fire and hold the entirety of Fate in your left arm. Surely a summer storm isn't that big a deal for you?

[Darkoda]

>True. Storm away, the place could use the rain anyway.

[Fightest]

>True. Storm away, the place could use the rain anyway.

> Whilst the parser is entirely capable of thinking up how Are can put together a summer storm, this is meant to be a challenge for the readers.

[Mr_Bob]

challenge for the readers.

o bby

>Where does this river get it's water from?  How far away are the head waters? Does it supply a nearby well?
I'm thinking to bring water from the river / well to the head of the river where it's likely to have a spring, or larger body of water.

[Fightest]

>Where does this river get it's water from?  How far away are the head waters? Does it supply a nearby well?
I'm thinking to bring water from the river / well to the head of the river where it's likely to have a spring, or larger body of water.

> The river is normally wide and deep, flowing swiftly and freely from the mountains in the north, joined by hundreds of smaller tributaries before flowing out into the sea many hundreds of miles to the south.

[Darkoda]

>We can easily get up those mountains right? Well let's head over and see what's up with the water flow.
>Are we pretty capable with magic? Especially water and wind magics.

If nothing else we can probably generate the conditions to cause a rainstorm with lots of wind and water vapour.

[Fightest]

>We can easily get up those mountains right? Well let's head over and see what's up with the water flow.
>Are we pretty capable with magic? Especially water and wind magics.

> The immediate problem with water supply is that there has been no rain for weeks during this unnaturally-long summer.
> You do not know any sorcery as such.

[GuyYouMetOnline]

>Can we call upon Avatar-of-Mountains-and-Lakes in any manner? Surely she could assist us here.

[Fightest]

>Can we call upon Avatar-of-Mountains-and-Lakes in any manner? Surely she could assist us here.

> She is busy interpreting the tome of leather and bone at the moment, just as you asked her.

[GuyYouMetOnline]

>Ah, so we involved her in that, too? Unfortunate that we have need of her here, then.
>Well, we'll just have to find another way to do this.
>Have we ever done things such as this before?

[Fightest]

>Have we ever done things such as this before?

> Remembering this would constitute a very strong hint as to how to solve this challenge.
> Proceed to remember?

[Darkoda]

>Eh, let's try to figure it out first
>Recap on Are's skills and abilities?

[Fightest]

>Eh, let's try to figure it out first
>Recap on Are's skills and abilities?

> Are is a force to be reckoned with on the battlefield and on the debate floor, capable of anything she puts her mind to. Her only incompetence is sorcery.
> Are is an unsurpassed swordsman.
> Are is extraordinarily tough, able to shrug off extreme heat, cold, and the blades of lesser weapons.
>  Are was exceptionally skilled. She may have two Stances of each type (Physical, Social) active at a time.

> Move: Silver-Tongue Methodology. Complexity: 3. Keywords: Undodgeable, Social. The Chosen create new truths with every word they speak. This move may be activated to supplement a successful argument. The target acquires a new mental weakness of the attacker's choice, related to the topic of the attacking argument.
> Stance: Commanding-the-Debate Prana. Complexity: 3. Keywords: Stance, Social. Once a Chosen deigns to speak, all must listen. During this Stance, its user may attack mental strengths without risking automatic failure. In addition, successfully attacking a mental weakness allows the user to present another argument in the same action.
> Stance: With One Mind. Keywords: Physical, Social. In the presence of the Chosen, the whole is greater than the sum of its parts. The user of this Stance extends its benefits to up to five extra companions. All who benefit from this Stance share perception and are able to communicate through thought. Coordinated attacks are enhanced.
> Stance: Scathing Critic Approach. Keywords: Wyld, Story. The Chosen make their own legends. When in this stance, its user cannot be forced into a story against their will. When in a story, once per scene, the Chosen has right of veto against a single element of narration made by their opponent.
> Move: Loyal Arsenal. A Chosen's weapon is always within arm's reach. The user of this move can access a personal pocket of Wyld, wherein they may safely store their possessions. Conversely, a Chosen may use this Move to stabilize a pocket of reality whilst in the Wyld, but all their stored possessions will appear near them.
> Are's abilities are not limited to the ones stated above, they are merely the ones you remember her using.

[Mr_Bob]

I suppose getting a container to fill with water would be trivial, right?
Even if bringing water from down below doesn't make sense on the surface, it is something of a symbolic act.
Additionally, water is used a lot in rituals, purifications, and the like.

[Darkoda]

>All we really need is water by whatever means right?
>We might not have sorcery capabilities but we should be awesome enough to detect something like an underground water source through our senses.
>From there, we just need to smash the ground above it and cause it to rise to the surface.

[Mr_Bob]

>From there, we just need to smash the ground above it and cause it to rise to the surface.

Actually, water tables and ground water doesn't work like that.  You'd succeed in making a well, but not a spring.  Though, I suppose one shouldn't be confined by logic in such mystical lands and with Are's abilities.

[GuyYouMetOnline]

Yeah, let's at least see what Fighest says about that in-context.