You flip through the book trying to get the subtext information, and figure out how the spirit writing it views the world.
..Mostly it doesn't much care. Spirits, while not immortal, are
different from humans in a number of huge ways. It seems they live mostly in another world, which is non-congruent with this one; what happens there doesn't affect what happens here, and it's there where spirits mostly live out their lives. When they come here, it can be intentionally or by accident, and you can't figure out how it happens.
When spirits are here, they usually view it as a vacation or as a game, and generally are not concerned with the lives of the people who live here.. we're only around a few decades after all, and lives that don't last centuries aren't of any value.
Heck, sometimes not even those. You can't figure out how new spirits come into being, but when a spirit dies, usually through hostile action from another spirit, it doesn't seem to end in death the same way.
They can feel pain, however, and things like being tapped for the energy that they're made up of causes pain. So do certain other actions.
In general, there are legions of spirits, most of them don't live here, and most of them don't care what happens to humans. Sometimes they visit voluntarily, and sometimes involuntarily through an unclear method of travel. A lot of them are simply here to amuse themselves, or conduct themselves in such a manner when they're here.
As for their internal society, it seems moderately egalitarian. Some spirits have more energy than others, in some cases a lot, and there are territories and ownership of things in the spirit realm. There are also certain necessary duties, like a person needs to eat, although the labor of living seems to take a smaller amount of time than living does here. They do need to do something analogous to sleep, for instance, but it isn't complete unconsciousness like it is for humans.
The other thing you notice is that their senses aren't the same as people. Vision, touch, sound, taste.. that's not how they see things, and it's one of the big attractions of posessing people, because it gives them new experiences. Human senses are foreign to them, and it takes effort for spirits to comprehend things and learn how to communicate through them.
There might be more you can turn up from the book, but you've gotten most of the obvious things, so you aren't certain there's much more to be dug out of this one source.
Week 9
Assets and Abilities:
Prestige = 2
13 silver.
Concealable fighting dagger
Shun Ziji's dark blade.
Steel Dao. +1 Combat.
Assassin's signet ring.
Adventurer's diary (partially studied)
->Information on southern jungle nations
->Secret locations in southern jungle.
->Information on spiritual beings, spiritual being society, spiritual being outlook. (Studied)
->Information on animal life of the southern jungle
->Information on magical beings of the southern jungle
->Instruction on spirit-related magical rituals. Versatile dust triggering rune. Thought communication? rune? Minor dust metabolic energy collection rune.
->Instruction on an unknown magical field.
->Instruction on wilderness survival methods
->Instruction on what seems to be the language of the southern jungle nations.
->Instruction on an unknown language.
Skills:
Charming, +1
Combat, +1/+1. Unarmed combat training. Also applies while armed.
Some progress towards Dao combat.
Magic:
Untrained magical theorist
Versatile Dust triggering rune.
Minor Dust Metabolic Energy collection rune.
Can connect or break ink-based magical constructions.
Allies:
Huan Zhang, diplomat, 2 prestige, 0 favors.
Li Song, martial arts student, 0 prestige, 0 favors.
Upscale Weapon Shop.
Enrolled in advanced Dao training, -2 actions a week, -2 silver.
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