Bao Dating

Bao Dating is an NPC on The Xianzhou Luofu, located on the Skysplitter.

Profile[]

Bao Dating is a training dummy ingenium capable of analyzing the combat abilities of a fighter. It displays openly masochistic tendencies and appears to have an attraction towards the Trailblazer.

Location[]

Voice Lines[]

(Version 1)

▶ "Don't look down on me just because I'm a delicate little flower!"

(Version 2)

▶ "Put some effort into it, darling. You can't break me!"

Dialogue[]

(First interaction)

(After hitting Bao Dating three times)

Wooden Dummy: Very good, my dear. Your refreshingly thrilling move jolted me right up!

Wooden Dummy: Oh, do you even have any real skill? Can you give my head another hit so I can have some fun?

Are my moves not impressive enough?

Wooden Dummy: That last hit was decent, but it was lacking power. In other words, it's not enough!

Honestly, you're grossing me out.

Wooden Dummy: Honestly, people are so easily shook nowadays. What's so disgusting about a wooden dummy in a public area?

Wooden Dummy: Take a close look at me: I never grumble, I revel in it... I'm totally different from those mundane crappy dummiespublic wooden dummies. Strong (lad/lass), you'd do best to remember that!

Wooden Dummy: Though, you're pretty special. That move just now... Mmm, let me recall it again: A powerful stroke, a precise angle, ferocious technique, the kind that would make me fall in love at first sight.

Wooden Dummy: If you could demonstrate your full repertoire, I guarantee you'll be the undisputed champion of the Skysplitter.

You'll get a chance to experience it first-hand in the future.

Wooden Dummy: Haha, my dear, you're just my type. I really can't bear to let you go.

I'll never unleash my full might on you.

Wooden Dummy: You're so bad! A (man/woman) as sassy and incorrigible like you has me absolutely smitten.

Wooden Dummy: I'll let you in on a little secret... Scoot closer just a little...

You can say it from where you are.

Wooden Dummy: Oh c'mon, don't play coy... Forget it, they don't say "beauty creates distance" for nothing. You're really beautiful, so I'll forgive you.

(Scoot closer appropriately)

Wooden Dummy: My dear, I love nothing more than the feeling of such intimate quarters... Considering I can't move, so all I can do is wait for you to come closer.

Wooden Dummy: Let my next words be our little secret: I've surreptitiously memorized all the visiting contenders on the Skysplitter, along with their trademark moves and their weaknesses, all of them. And I'll tell you everything.

Bao Dating: I forgot to introduce myself, call me Bao Dating — not just prolific at being punched, but also at acquiring intel. I'm good, no?

(Subsequent interactions)

Bao Dating: Eh? You've stopped hitting me? Don't stop on account of me being a delicate little flower!

I have some stuff to ask you.

Bao Dating: Sure thing, my dear! Ask me anything, or even better, do everything to me!

How did you learn of their moves?

Bao Dating: That's just our job! I'm a self-learning feedback training puppet. Once I've intimately exchanged moves with any fighter, I'll naturally learn of their every move, every step, every stroke!

Bao Dating: I mean, I did use my own body to personally experience their skills, allowing me to record the momentum, torque, and frequency of each and every one of their moves with data-driven methods. I can even analyze and provide suggestions to improve their skills.

Bao Dating: But, I'm obviously different from those data pusherspublic wooden dummy who just clock in. I'm outfitted with pain simulators that can receive impact feedback more realistically.

Bao Dating: Which is why ordinary fondling won't ever be able to satisfy my thirst — you have to hit me really, really hard!

You're not afraid of being damaged?

Bao Dating: I yearn for such fortune! Please, hit me till I break!

Bao Dating: I'm a puppet, after all, devoid of any "survival instinct" present in organic lifeforms like you. You can smash me all you like, and as long as you don't break me, I won't feel an ounce of fear, only thrill!

Bao Dating: And when you really break me, I won't feel a thing. You understand the logic from my explanation? Though, since you're so worried about me, I promise to live my best life!

Bao Dating: You shouldn't underestimate me, though — there are few contenders who can even dent me aboard the Skysplitter. How would I be able to prodoundly experience spicy, exhilarating strength without a tenacious physique?

Have you heard anything useful for me?

Bao Dating: Mm, you certainly pummeled me hard enough before, so let me think...

Bao Dating: There is an otherworld fighter who left a deep impression on me. I don't know his name, but that head of red hair... and especially that rock-hard arm of metal are seared in my mind.

Bao Dating: He moved with finesse, his swift punches were like a storm that blew their way into my heart. Ah... the clangs of that fist, that was my heart chaotically beating aflutter...

Bao Dating: But his moves looked like he was self-taught, like he trained under some discharged veteran.

Bao Dating: Very few contenders are as disciplined as him. To be able to admire the Skysplitter in the wee hours of the morning with him, there's nothing more romantic than that. I'd dare say that this resolve and determination of his are his greatest weapons.

I'm all done, goodbye.

Bao Dating: Okay, don't forget to visit me for more sparring!

I'm all done, farewell.

Bao Dating: Okay, don't forget to visit me for more sparring!

Trivia[]

Etymology[]

包 Bāo means "guarantee." 打听 Dǎtīng means "inquire." 包打听 Bāo Dǎtīng translates to "guaranteed inquiry."
- 打 dǎ can also mean "hit" regarding her function as a wooden dummy.

Other Languages[]

Language	Official Name
English	Bao Dating
Chinese (Simplified)	包打听
Chinese (Traditional)	包打聽
Japanese	包打聴
Korean	소식통
Spanish	Mampo Rodame
French	Pao Maso
Russian	Сплетник
Thai	เหมาทั้งฟาดทั้งถาม
Vietnamese	Bao Đánh Tiếng
German	Bao Dating
Indonesian	Si Paling Kepo
Portuguese	Tomo

Change History[]

Released in Version 2.5

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