>>5971997>>5972002>>5972009"<span class="mu-s">So what should we do?</span>"
You raise your head.
"If there was anything worth something near the middle, it would have been picked up by the older ones. Let's try our luck further?"
You directly translate words in action, and jump.
>31 for a DC of 60Too short. you plummet - maybe you can catch a lower leaf?
Yeah, no. Your trajectory is directly sending you in water.
>LienWen YanEr failureYou're overtake in your fall by the teal-clad silhouette of your friend.
You fall in a big splash. Cloth drag you down, despite your empowered cultivator physique.
A hand grabs your collar, and pull you out - you're back in the pond where people are queuing to enter the pod.
"<span class="mu-s"><span class="mu-g">First in, first out, Uh?</span></span>"
You can feel the disdain coming from the teenager. The deck leading to the pond is crowd with various kids - hey Ster Ling and Dhundan are in the same group; the archer is taunting you by slipping his index under his nose - you get the meaning "the opportunity slipped right under your nose loser".
Another splash - it's Ping Jun. He suffered several cuts, turning water around him crimson. The haughty teenager quickly fish him out of water, and rush to bring him to first aid.
LienWen is staring down at her feets, feeling obviously bad for messing up that opportunity.
>Do you say something to her [Write-in]?>Or join her in brooding [blaming what? Lack of luck, talent, training?] 