On a slightly more serious note.
treave, please do not take it the wrong way - by no means I am trying to tell you how to conduct your own LP - but can the meta-knowledge be disclosed at the end of the chapter instead of right away? I understand the need to confirm that our course of action was correct, but I prefer to get this kind of information from the updates themselves, rather then from the Word Of God. Pondering over whether you did the right thing is half the fun, and as long as we can get our answer in the end, everyone can be happy.
For example, now that I've read the outcomes for all four choices, I've got a better understanding of the Duke. We know that he is angry at us not because we endangered his mission (in which case he would still be angry in A) and not because he is afraid that people will attribute successful negotiations to our meddling (which is countered by D), but because we upset the frail political balance with our reckless proposal, while being completely oblivious towards it. There is no way to cement the alliance with nomads further - the princess can no longer be the prince's concubine now that she is almost betrothed to you, can she? The Duke is just concerned with the fate of our kingdom, first and foremost, but I believe that this type of knowledge is not something that our protagonist should by privy to, and would be best found out by interactions with the character in question. I also would prefer that we understood the consequences of surrendering in a contest by observing Ashina ways of life and their culture, rather that being told outright they consider it an insult (an obvious one, but still). Simply put, I enjoy seeking answers (and making mistakes) on my own, without peeking at a crib.
I also understand that there may be those who would want to check their answer straight away, but I am trying to raise a concern here that might have gone unnoticed otherwise.
Now that that is off my chest, a quick question.
“Was our match just a show, then, wise khan?”
“Oh, let me guess,” says the khan with a grin. “You dislike the idea of having competed falsely, in a rigged match? Even if you lost, you wanted to lose in a meaningful competition?”
“Do not worry about that, kid,” says Bulun. “My wayward daughter reacted entirely out of her own impetuousness. I had other plans for this visit, but she acted rashly and jumped to conclusions about her marriage prospects, devising a ploy to challenge you and show how much better she is. It was unexpected to me too, but I decided to work with that instead.”
No matter how I look at it, I do not understand this part. What does it matter to us if the khan had other reasons behind challenging us? I mean, the "official" reason for the challenge was to see whether Tang men are worthy of marrying Ashina women, and we did not
intentionally enter the match to prove that, did we? We just accepted the fight for the sake of it, the motives behind it were completely irrelevant to the outcome, so what is it that we disapprove about the situation? Why does the khan refer to it as a rigged match? It is not like the princess lost because he wanted to impress other tribes with our performance.
Oh, and
B for our vote. It fits thematically, because tiger is a living embodiment of stealth. It also implies self-control, calculation and restraint, and God knows our protagonist needs to cool down a bit.
Never Again!
spears), or do the heroic shit because "that's what Ean wuld do." Have fun with Tigerbro as a separate character, these two aren't even in the same setting.
