About this story
You play Seong-jin, the youngest and most gifted disciple at Lotus Peak, and in the water palace a cup is offered that your vows forbid and refusing would insult. On the bridge home, eight fairy messengers stay to trade transformations until the sun is far past noon. The master is waiting alone where the morning assembly filled every mat, and he already knows.
Who you’ll meet
Master Liu-kuan, the old teacher of Lotus Peak who hands you the errand, with the monastery gatekeeper at the gate behind him already certain the errand will go wrong.
How it opens
At the Lotus Peak monastery, you were Master Liu-kuan's youngest and most gifted disciple.
Morning clouds opened below the terraces while the master completed teaching before many visitors.
Seong-jin, carry my greeting to the Dragon King beneath Tung-t'ing Lake.
Receive courtesy without forgetting the rule that governs this gate.
Gate MonkThe water palace is generous to guests and remembers who refuses generosity.
Choose
I will deliver your greeting and return before evening practice.
What courtesy should a monk accept from a king?