KibagamiKuno: didn't see any mention of where jess is...
KibagamiKuno: i think she said she was on duty watch tonight...
Hantei Dave: yah...me neither
Hantei Dave: she is
KibagamiKuno: I told her that's the best way to see something like this - be right
smack in the middle of the action - i should show you the chef war stories from the
blackout...
Hantei Dave: hehehe...all the New Bedford, MA fishing vessels came in...except one.
The one I did my research from...they are gonna get massive catches...lol
Hantei Dave: protected entry
Hantei Dave: can't read article
Hantei Dave: now skips late
KibagamiKuno: they're gonna get caught in the storm if they're out there.
KibagamiKuno: ok, now my roommate just went from taking this well to being
moneygrubbing.
Togashi Udon has entered the room. Togashi Udon: hi
KibagamiKuno: hi
Hantei Dave: good luck josh
Hantei Dave: hey skip
Togashi Udon: yea good freakin luck
Togashi Udon: HI
Hantei Dave: josh: whos live journal was that?
Hantei Dave: Raab: you still here?
Hantei Dave: so couple things before we start this game all
Hida Oku: yep
KibagamiKuno: friend in NYC.
Hida Oku: just surfin the web
Hantei Dave: 1st: reminder on that leadership idea. Everyone wanna try it?
KibagamiKuno: sounds good to me
Togashi Udon: fine with me
Hida Oku: why not
Hantei Dave: in otherwords, choosing a PRIMARY speaker
Hantei Dave: ok
Hida Oku: what's the worst that could happen?
Togashi Udon: (the tweaker)
Hida Oku: lol
Hantei Dave: we'll wait for a situation where it is important
Togashi Udon: Like killing a thunder?
Togashi Udon: or swearing our alligance to Fu Leng?
Hantei Dave: 2nd: reminder for those currently in a life and death struggle...only one
other player is between you for now ^_-
Hantei Dave: Udon is in charge of swearing to Fu Leng
Togashi Udon: \m/,
Hantei Dave: he'll speak for all of you on that one
Togashi Udon: rock on
Hida Oku: nice
Hantei Dave: heheh
KibagamiKuno: huh on 2nd?
Hantei Dave: last, and I know Josh isn't gonna like this one ^_- I wanna make an
adjustment to iaijutsu. If you use it, you are prone to others...which makes sense
Togashi Udon: I am incharge of gathering our souls for Fu Leng. What?
Hantei Dave: josh, 2nd meaning Kuno and Oku can kill each other easier with only
Udon in the way
Hantei Dave: so try not too ^_-
KibagamiKuno: no changes to iaijutsu on the fly.
Togashi Udon: If I use basket weaving I am prone to death
Hantei Dave: hm?
KibagamiKuno: If you want to make a change, we should talk it out, and i don't want
to spend the entire game doing it.
Hantei Dave: well, lets just talk for 5 min on it then
Hantei Dave: since we got 3 people here
KibagamiKuno: no.
Togashi Udon: ok, i'm out brb
Hantei Dave: 4
KibagamiKuno: We'll get into an argument and it will sour the game.
Hantei Dave: out?
KibagamiKuno: If you want to change it, we can work it out afterward.
Hantei Dave: ok
Hantei Dave: skip here?
KibagamiKuno: different item:
KibagamiKuno: What about letting you know what we're doing "in general" during "you
spend 3 days walking"
Hantei Dave: i think it is too difficult in general. The general points should cover
that...its just easier... well, post an email to everyone about it then
Hantei Dave: we can see what others think
Togashi Udon: went to get drink, sorry
Hantei Dave: np
Hantei Dave: ok...so the roster is Udon, Oku, Kuno, Yohei, a mule, and a paralyzed
toturi
Togashi Udon: iajitsu has no bearing on udon, that what i ment
KibagamiKuno: dave - points aside, i just mean so that if we want to be studying or
practicing something, we don't need to work it out each night and also don't feel like
we just sat around staring at our feet.
Togashi Udon: a noodle is a noodle after all ;-)
KibagamiKuno: and you can't parry with a noodle
Hantei Dave: yes, but we should talk about it at a different time
Togashi Udon: watch me
Hantei Dave: Oku parries with Udon
Togashi Udon: happened last game
Hantei Dave: Josh, all I mean is that they are both iffy subjects
Hantei Dave: we should hold off on both
Hantei Dave: so, what do you wanna do with your Lion Thunder?
KibagamiKuno: put him on the mule?
Hantei Dave: Yohei doesn't object
Hida Oku: he'd better not....
Hantei Dave: He doesn't get in Kuno's or Oku's way
Hantei Dave: he stays near Udon
Togashi Udon: Yohei my friend! How about I teach you some Kung fu!?!?
Togashi Udon: We shal start with tending to my Bodhi tree!
Hantei Dave: He hands it back. says he doesn't want kung fu lessons at all
Togashi Udon: But it is just a sapling?
Hantei Dave: so what do you all want to do now?
Hida Oku: dammit Yohei, if you're going to travel with us, YOU'RE GOING TO
LEARN
Hida Oku: <heheh>
Togashi Udon: You are a farmer? Dont you like plants?
Hantei Dave: He bows his head and takes the tree
Hantei Dave: at Oku's burst
Hantei Dave: Oku, I will remind you that you are hurt still
Togashi Udon: (Dont be afraid of oku. Just dont eat or drink anything he gives
you)
Togashi Udon: (Udon leads Yohei off and tries to cheer him up)
Hantei Dave: where to Udon?
Hantei Dave: a fog rolls in
Hida Oku: <ow>
Togashi Udon: to his death (JOKING)
Togashi Udon: Up the trail.
Hantei Dave: Fu Leng welcomes you Udon ^_-
Hantei Dave: j/k
Togashi Udon: I make him randy
Hantei Dave: woa
KibagamiKuno: baby
Togashi Udon: hehehe
Hantei Dave: well? don't tell me none of you know where you wanna go
Togashi Udon: to the Unicorn I thought?
Togashi Udon: Or were we hunting Ogre?
KibagamiKuno: to the ogre first, they're close...
Hantei Dave: hunting?
KibagamiKuno: but we need to get toturi into better shape for that.
Hida Oku: whre are we?
Hida Oku: well, we need to do something with this ronin
Hantei Dave: you are on the border of Unicorn/Dragon lands
Hida Oku: well, maybe we should visit the unicorn, then
Hantei Dave: Yohei shrugs
Togashi Udon: Come on big brother, its your life too!
Hantei Dave: Yohei: ....
Hantei Dave: Toturi watches hung against the mule
Togashi Udon: it may be a bad idea to bring toturi to the unicorn in this state
Hantei Dave: breathing lightly
KibagamiKuno: Yes, it is important to me that we help my daimyo back to full health.
Hida Oku: I told you, he'll be fine
Hida Oku: sheesh
Togashi Udon: where is this Thunder's Shrine in relation to us?
Hantei Dave: you gonna bring him intoa town or something?
Hantei Dave: one sec skip...i'll check
KibagamiKuno: as in, he's been running around the wilderness aimless and without the
morning exercise regimen for quite some time and he shouldn't meet the ogres or the
unicorn until he is feeling more like himself.
Hantei Dave: checking map
Togashi Udon: I agree Kuno-san
Hantei Dave: probably a 3 day journey to the mountain Udon. With Toturi
paralyzed...at least another 2 days
Hantei Dave: 2 days to the top that is
Hantei Dave: leave the mule behind
Hantei Dave: and extra gear
Togashi Udon: what do you guys think?
KibagamiKuno: wait, the thunder's shrine i climbed?
Hida Oku: i think the towns a good idea
Togashi Udon: .or make a camp around here
Togashi Udon: yea that one
KibagamiKuno: heh, that's a heck of a trip
Hantei Dave: ...
Hantei Dave: yes..same kuno
Togashi Udon: i was thinking that might give him insperation
Togashi Udon: how far is the giesha's grave?
Hantei Dave: far
Togashi Udon: k
Hantei Dave: in Lion lands
Hantei Dave: east
Hantei Dave: i mean phoeix lands
KibagamiKuno: we should handle the unicorn or ogre first, i think
Togashi Udon: what could we do in the town with him?
Togashi Udon: i thought you wanted to get him back on track 1st?
Hantei Dave: the fog thickens as dusk begins to follow
KibagamiKuno: i don't want to go to town with him, and i want to get out of this pea
soup.
Togashi Udon: we need a camp it seems
Hantei Dave: only about 15 minutes have passes since the oku-kuno tiff
Togashi Udon: should it be dusK?
Hantei Dave: aorund there Udon
Hantei Dave: ^_-
Hantei Dave: not a magical dusk
Togashi Udon: where!?!?!
Togashi Udon: ok, silly dragon
Togashi Udon: (chase me will you)
Hantei Dave: you are still in that little grove valley
KibagamiKuno: let's make our way to that nice piece of woods overlooking this valley.
Togashi Udon: hai
Hantei Dave: it is probably clearer up hill
KibagamiKuno: it's protected by the hill on one side, but we can still escape if
necessary
Hantei Dave: you hike up not far..Udon in between the others i assume
Hantei Dave: the fog clears quite a bit from where you were
KibagamiKuno: i would assume we just space ourselves out
Togashi Udon: at this point, Udon was pretty pissed at the both of them for
behaving like... something bad... he's not sure what...but something bad
Hantei Dave: you can go into thicker woods if you want..but camp would be ok here
Hantei Dave: up to you
Togashi Udon: camp!
Hantei Dave: half hour has passed
Togashi Udon: (Udon starts to make a camp)
Hantei Dave: fire? anyone doing anything?
Hida Oku: i guess camp it is, then
Hantei Dave: oku? you need to relax soon
Hida Oku: yeah... I'll go for a walk
Hantei Dave: ok
Hantei Dave: whose watching the man?
Togashi Udon: Kuno, tend to the Thunder, please.
Hantei Dave: Yohei brushes down his mule
Hantei Dave: Toturi closes his eyes...a tear streaming off
KibagamiKuno: dave, i'd probably be next to him this entire time.
Togashi Udon: Udon starts to make rice for everyone over the fire.
Hantei Dave: ok Kuno
Hantei Dave: after you all settle a full hour has passed. Toturi has regained some
movement in his fingers
Togashi Udon: "Like bucks fighting over a doe!"
Togashi Udon: no...close
Hantei Dave: (looks like Oku might have been truthful)
Togashi Udon: but ...no...
Hantei Dave: hm?
Hantei Dave: dark begins to settle in as well
Hantei Dave: slowly
Togashi Udon: Udon will play his flute for Yohei & oturi
Hantei Dave: after 2 hours it seems that Toturi has regained movement... but he also is
tired and doesn't move much...(remember he is also wounded)
KibagamiKuno: has he been patched up yet?
Togashi Udon: Toturi
Hantei Dave: He turns down the rice and sits head down between knees
Hantei Dave: yes kuno
Togashi Udon: I patched him up
Togashi Udon: i think
Hantei Dave: Yohei goes to lie down
Togashi Udon: I will pray
Hantei Dave: he sits back to fire
Hantei Dave: ok Udon...
Hantei Dave: Kuno?
KibagamiKuno: Not saying anything for now, just staying near at hand.
Togashi Udon: (he with back 2 fire = Toturi?)
Hantei Dave: ok
Hantei Dave: (yohei)
Hantei Dave: Toturi sits against a fallen tree
Togashi Udon: lies with back to fire? he lied down...ok
Hantei Dave: yep
Hantei Dave: night falls finally.
Hantei Dave: Udon: make a prayer roll
Togashi Udon: who'd it hit?
Hantei Dave: Fu Leng...he was sneaking around
Togashi Udon: 26
Togashi Udon: way to go night!
KibagamiKuno: cool.
Hantei Dave: you regained your prayer points udon. It seems buddhas has looked
down on you
Togashi Udon: is that good?
Hantei Dave: anyone keeping watch?
KibagamiKuno: Well, i'm awake, might as well
Hantei Dave: it is...
Togashi Udon: I will heal toturi, please
Hantei Dave: ok Udon...go for it... roll
Hantei Dave: time?
Togashi Udon: full time
Togashi Udon: 25
Togashi Udon: 27 sorry
Hantei Dave: np....he is healed (how much again?)
KibagamiKuno: "thank you, udon."
Togashi Udon: (I dont remember)
Hantei Dave: Toturi relaxes and falls into a sleep
Hantei Dave: what is the prayer level?
Togashi Udon: "Sleep well, sama."
Hantei Dave: that you have?
Togashi Udon: level 2
Hantei Dave: hmmm...roll 2 dice then please (the correct way to do this)
Togashi Udon: 9
KibagamiKuno: dave - i make a slipknot with my sash, loop one end over toturi's wrist
and tie the other to my own.
Hantei Dave: roll for what you healed oku too
Togashi Udon: 6
Hantei Dave: 9? on 2 dice?
Togashi Udon: 6 + 3
Hantei Dave: oh yeah...lol 12 max
Hantei Dave: WHAK
Hantei Dave: thanks Udon
Togashi Udon: :-)
Hantei Dave: duh duh duh
Hantei Dave: roll hearing kuno and udon
Hantei Dave: ...
Togashi Udon: 21 general perception
KibagamiKuno: 29
Hantei Dave: both of oyu....footsteps approaching
KibagamiKuno: from which way?
Hantei Dave: north...through woods
Togashi Udon: just 1 set? OKU?
Hantei Dave: well, anyway is through woods...but not the valley
Hantei Dave: which is west
Hida Oku: yes?
Hantei Dave: maybe Udon
Hantei Dave: oku walks in
Hantei Dave: ruin the suprise why doncha
Togashi Udon: I made rice.
Hantei Dave: lol
Hantei Dave: since you are all night owls....who is keeping watch the 2nd part?
Hida Oku: in other news.... Alien is coming back to theaters
Hida Oku: a new directors cut
Hantei Dave: cool...great movie
Togashi Udon: k go ahead
Hantei Dave: you know the alien from the chest scene was a suprise. Noone except
the one guy knew what would happen
Togashi Udon: dinner in microwave
Hida Oku: yeah
Hantei Dave: Udon cooks some skip
Hantei Dave: ok, morning
Hantei Dave: toturi slept very little
Hantei Dave: as did Yohei
Hantei Dave: and Kuno
Hantei Dave: spirits are low
Hantei Dave: where to gang?
KibagamiKuno: To the unicorn. First, we disguise toturi tho.
Hantei Dave: unicorn? ogres?
Hida Oku: I say unicorn
KibagamiKuno: the ogre meeting is a fight. They are expecting a glorious toturi. We
don't have that yet.
KibagamiKuno: Let's head north along the road and hope for a town.
KibagamiKuno: I wrap toturi in a blanket (the kind you might use for someone sick,
not like he was a body in a rug)
Hantei Dave: ok...Toturi trudges along
Hantei Dave: he walks and throws off the blanket
Hantei Dave: the entire way he rambles about nothing much
KibagamiKuno: Hmm, i put it back on him.
KibagamiKuno: "Unless you feel like being ridiculed by the unicorn, i recommend you
use this, sama"
Hida Oku: <sigh>
Hantei Dave: he laughs at that comment "Whats it matter?"
Hantei Dave: "I am to be ridiculed."
Togashi Udon: I tlak with yohei, make him happier.
Hantei Dave: Yohei leads the mule
Hantei Dave: your walk is very slow
KibagamiKuno: "And why is that?"
KibagamiKuno: "because you played along with the prophecy?"
Hantei Dave: he doesn't acknowledge that Kuno
Hantei Dave: he is rambling again and walking a wobbly path
Hantei Dave: you have to continuously correct his walk
Hida Oku: I know a way to stop him from rambling <grin>
KibagamiKuno: "Hmm, sama there's more to it than that. People expect more from
you. Whether you like it or not, they still look up to you."
Hantei Dave: ramble ramble
KibagamiKuno: "You're still a symbol of strength to them."
Hantei Dave: dave goes back to map
KibagamiKuno: "They still believe that you will lead them against Fu Leng. Whether or
not you have faith in that isn't relevant; with all due respect"
Hantei Dave: you approach a Unicorn gate
Hida Oku: finally!
Hantei Dave: this must be the official edge
Togashi Udon: i just want to mention 1 thing to toturi
KibagamiKuno: (go ahead)
Togashi Udon: before the gate
Hantei Dave: who is leader for the gate here?
Hida Oku: I'll go to the gate
Hida Oku: I like the unicorn
Hida Oku: and they like us (last I heard)
Togashi Udon: "your friend Doji Hoturi-sama would like for you to be a thunder
by his side."
Hida Oku: are we at the gate??
Hantei Dave: "USELESS!" he yells (the guards look take notice and adjust)
Hantei Dave: no Oku...down the road
Hida Oku: ok
Hantei Dave: again, when I say gate, I mean walled castle preventing movment through
Hantei Dave: you approach?
Hantei Dave: leader?
Hantei Dave: (I'll always assume the leader is in the center and slightly forward)
Togashi Udon: (almost done eating)
Hida Oku: I'll talk
Togashi Udon: no!
Hantei Dave: do you want to contest it Oku or let Udon?
Togashi Udon: you wouldnt end the fght
Hida Oku: it'll be ok... I promise
Hida Oku: I like the unicorn, as I said
Hantei Dave: roll leaderships
Hantei Dave: leadership+presense+3d6
KibagamiKuno: who spoke last time to them best during the parlay? Whom do they
respect more?
Hida Oku: the crab I think.... we're in good standing with them
Togashi Udon: HA!
Hantei Dave: roll guys
Togashi Udon: 20
Hida Oku: can't beat that
Hida Oku: you win
Togashi Udon: (see, now I am done eating)
Hantei Dave: Udon speaks...oku on left...kuno on right with toturi...Yohei in back
Togashi Udon: Greetings, sir!"
Hantei Dave: toturi is muttering
Hantei Dave: the Shinjo rep asks for your traveling papers
Hantei Dave: he sits on the mat beside the entrance
Togashi Udon: The only papers we have are these, sir. (Show tanto)
Hantei Dave: the guard goes to retrive the tanto
Hantei Dave: give it up?
Togashi Udon: No, hold hand over it, slightly
KibagamiKuno: "(Udon - i think they did recognize us as friends after the parlay)
KibagamiKuno: "
Hantei Dave: rep looks at the muttering Toturi
Togashi Udon: Sir we seek an audiance with Otaku Kamoko
Hantei Dave: Guard says, you must offer the item for inspection
Suzume Sousha has entered the room.
Hida Oku: soush!
Togashi Udon: Hesitate, then offer tanto
Togashi Udon: sousha!
Hantei Dave: Sousha runs up behind next to yohei
Hantei Dave: The guard brings it to the gate keeper
Suzume Sousha: Hello
KibagamiKuno: (Yasumura-sama and Yokatsu-sama parlayed with us)
Togashi Udon: (keep eye on guard)
Hantei Dave: "Ah" he says. "I am instructed to provide you transport to Lord Shinjo
Yokatsu-sama." He hands back the tanto
Togashi Udon: Domo (bow)
Hida Oku: domo
Hantei Dave: "Do you all have riding ability?"
Togashi Udon: i do
KibagamiKuno: yes
Hida Oku: no
Suzume Sousha: (not sure)
KibagamiKuno: "(sama, if we put you on a horse, will you ride it?)
KibagamiKuno: "
Hantei Dave: then no sousha
Hantei Dave: toturi mutters
Suzume Sousha: (nope)
KibagamiKuno: "(i'll take that as a yes.)"
Hantei Dave: the gatekeeper: "Then you may rest here until the Ide can instruct you."
Hantei Dave: he nods a small bow
Togashi Udon: bow
KibagamiKuno: domo
KibagamiKuno: (heh, unicorn riding lessons )
Hantei Dave: you are led into Unicorn lands, given 1 room to share near the guard's
barracks
Togashi Udon: Domo
Hantei Dave: ,and brought out to the riding grounds
Hantei Dave: the stables are magnificient
Hantei Dave: neat, the horses, larger than any you have ever seen
Togashi Udon: (all of us, or just those with no skill?)
Hantei Dave: (all of you)
Togashi Udon: k
Hantei Dave: a man with long dark hair, neatly groomed and light armor nods his head
to you
Togashi Udon: nod
Hantei Dave: "I am Ide Souza. I will be your instructer today."
Togashi Udon: Domo, Souza-sama.
Hantei Dave: he carries a broad sword at his side and wears the thich leather animal
hides on his boots and helmet
Hida Oku: <bow>
Hantei Dave: thick
Suzume Sousha: bow
Hantei Dave: he brings you all to your horses
Hantei Dave: (the mule is led away for grooming and treatment btw)
Hantei Dave: he begins instructing you on proper treatment of horses
Hantei Dave: (much more in depth coverage then you might expect)
Hantei Dave: he also claims this is the rush course
Togashi Udon: k
Hantei Dave: he instructs you on how to hop on top. Toturi does it easy enough but
when you all leave the stables Toturi doesn't move
Hantei Dave: he sits on top staring downward
Togashi Udon: Kuno-san?
Hantei Dave: even Yohei rides'
KibagamiKuno: "Remind you of anything, sama?"
Hantei Dave: ...
Suzume Sousha: woah! slow down horsey! :-)
KibagamiKuno: "THousands of samurai, looking up at you, ready to march on your
command? They still are, you know... well, maybe you don't realize they are still
there. In good time, we will show you."
Hantei Dave: Ide Souza: "I think that perhaps your friend is not able...."
Hantei Dave: "It will do little help for me to lead the horse."
KibagamiKuno: (who said the second statement?)
Hantei Dave: Ide
Hantei Dave: (not toturi)
Togashi Udon: Souza-sama, please he just needs to adjust. He will be alright."
KibagamiKuno: "Heh, he is able, he just does not will it."
Hantei Dave: "Perhaps we should leave him here then."
Hantei Dave: "If I am not to forward in saying so."
Hantei Dave: "we will only be gone for a few hours."
Suzume Sousha: I;ll be ok
KibagamiKuno: "No no, he'll ride with us. The rush of air will be good for him.
Hantei Dave: not you sousha! ^_^
KibagamiKuno: "
Hida Oku: heh
Togashi Udon: "He will be alright."
Suzume Sousha: (hehehe)
KibagamiKuno: (can i take the lead rope for toturi's horse?)
KibagamiKuno: (from mine, that is)
Hantei Dave: you can make a riding roll Kuno ^_-
KibagamiKuno: sigh - ok...
KibagamiKuno: i reach down and take hold of the leading rope for toturi's horse: 18
Hantei Dave: ...
Hantei Dave: whew...his horse moves out
Togashi Udon: Please lead the way, Souze-sama.
Hida Oku: we don't get to keep these horses, do we?
Hantei Dave: the Ide continues the lesson. A few hours later and you all recieve a
point in riding...thus 1's can now ride
Hida Oku: yay
Hida Oku: what stat?
Togashi Udon: (i had a 1:-( no points for me)
Hantei Dave: udon: you still get a riding point though to use towards next time
Togashi Udon: k
Togashi Udon: So we are off then?
Hida Oku: dave? what is the stat?
Hantei Dave: you are met by a company of 12 Shinjo riders
KibagamiKuno: dex
Hantei Dave: dex? yes
Hida Oku: sweet
Hantei Dave: they will accompany you to your destination
Togashi Udon: Hai.
Hida Oku: onward!
Togashi Udon: (what Shiro are we going to?)
KibagamiKuno: (how's yohei doing?)
Hantei Dave: it will still take some time...but you can reach Toshi no aida ni Kawa
(City Between the Rivers). You'll actually leave tomarrow
Hantei Dave: yohei has riding already ^_-
Hantei Dave: they insist that the mule is left behind
KibagamiKuno: i figured, but how well does he ride?
Togashi Udon: hai
Hantei Dave: you all get your needed rest tonight though
Hantei Dave: kuno: better than toturi
Hantei Dave: you have no way of judjing
Hantei Dave: in the morning (skip) you are all ready to leave
Hantei Dave: not skip...but skip ahead
Togashi Udon: ok
Hantei Dave: the shinjo horsemen have your steeds saddled and ready to go. 2 Ide
join you as well
Togashi Udon: (jus reading staff & bodhai tree, seeing if Udon was at any of
these places)
Hantei Dave: ah
Hantei Dave: they laugh a bit in their funny accents when Toturi won't ride again
KibagamiKuno: does he get up on the horse this time?
KibagamiKuno: (i.e. can i lead him along again?)
Hantei Dave: "Vat's viz your friend? He zick?"
Hantei Dave: the snicker
Hantei Dave: y
KibagamiKuno: "Yes, he is disappointed with the world."
Togashi Udon: (he hasnt, unless we are heading to Shiro Otaku Shojo)
Hantei Dave: "Itz unhealthy for de horse." A guard takes the reins and leads toturi off.
Hantei Dave: with you all
Hantei Dave: they complain how slow the travel will be like this
Hantei Dave: ...but much faster than the walk
Suzume Sousha: I think riding is a nice change of pace
Togashi Udon: Can Toturi try again?
Hantei Dave: its a long ride...and none of you are used to this method of travel
Hantei Dave: try waht again?
Togashi Udon: to ride
KibagamiKuno: i think he can ride, he just won't.
Hantei Dave: he just isn't trying
Togashi Udon: oh, ok
Hantei Dave: (you are sure he can though)
Togashi Udon: ok
Hantei Dave: he gets on easily enough
Hantei Dave: he mutters under his breath on and off
Hantei Dave: EVENTUALLY you reach the city. The guards showed their papers
along the way and made traveling simple
Hantei Dave: but even so it is getting dark by the time you arrive
Togashi Udon: ok
Hantei Dave: the Ide take the horses to the stables and the guards tell you where you
all can stay (local barracks) and you should be there in the morning ready to leave
Togashi Udon: Domo. (bow)
Hantei Dave: this is a farming/merchant/transport village
Hantei Dave: small boats travel the rivers surrounding
Hantei Dave: much of the unicorn trade passes through here
Hantei Dave: it is quite a rich city with odd structures like none you have seen before
Hantei Dave: no geisha houses
Hida Oku: hmm
Hantei Dave: more like.... inns
Hantei Dave: some gambling houses
Suzume Sousha: (no geisha! doh)
Hantei Dave: but also alot of trinkets and jewelry stores
Hantei Dave: a man approaches you and tries to get you into his pub
Hantei Dave: he bows and smiles and speaks with a thick accent
Togashi Udon: do you guys want to get our rooms or enjoy the nightlife?
Hantei Dave: the oddest part of this experience is the music...unlike any you have ever
heard before
Hantei Dave: the guards enter the pub
Suzume Sousha: (do different people from the lands have differnt accents?
Suzume Sousha: (like would a unicorn speak differnet then a lion?)
Hantei Dave: sousha: yes, but not like the unicorn
Hantei Dave: VERY different
Hantei Dave: most others are at least similar except for minor dialects
Suzume Sousha: ok cool
KibagamiKuno: we will need to rest regardless, we might as well see the town
Hantei Dave: and sayings
Togashi Udon: we dont have to stay with the guards right? they gave us
instrutions.
Hantei Dave: lots of street vedors here too...it is like a different world. only 1 or 2 tall
pagodas in the distance
Togashi Udon: lets see the town. i'm up for that
Hantei Dave: yes Udon...just as long as you meet them in the morning
Hantei Dave: btw. only Unicorn and ronin bushi are here. No other clans
Hantei Dave: MAYBE a dragon if you see one pass
Hantei Dave: if you see any others, it is very rare
KibagamiKuno: i take toturi with me to a bar.
Togashi Udon: really? Ise Zumi?
Hantei Dave: Udon: you don't see any
Hantei Dave: Kuno, you slide into the bar. Its not what you expected
Togashi Udon: whats yohei doing. just hanging?
KibagamiKuno: you mean it doesn't serve drinks?
Hantei Dave: everyone sits in circles of pillows in pits on the floor. Dancing girls (not
like geisha) spin in veils and many smoke from their hooka's (you never saw one
before...it is very odd looking)
Hantei Dave: Uddon: yes, with you
Hantei Dave: full credit to Raab on this one
KibagamiKuno: I get some drinks
Hantei Dave: there is no table Kuno
Hida Oku: my kind of place! (really)
KibagamiKuno: i didn't realize we licked it off the tables at other bars.
Togashi Udon: Perhaps we should stick together, eh?
Hantei Dave: kuno: no, but you had a place to set the sake down
Hantei Dave: (yes Udon ^_-)
Hantei Dave: grab a pit for you guys?
Hida Oku: yeah
KibagamiKuno: (Kuno spent nearly a decade in sake-less lands)
Hida Oku: I'm getting one
Togashi Udon: To the pits!
KibagamiKuno: (but you can bet there was alcohol still)
Hida Oku: let's see if we can poison toturi with a different type of poison!
Hantei Dave: the serving girl brings you some plum wine
Hantei Dave: in mugs(?)
Suzume Sousha: oooh. plum wine
Togashi Udon: Did you ever think you would see the great lands of the
Unicorn, Big Brother?
Hantei Dave: one for each of you
Hantei Dave: Toturi stares into space and doesn't take one
Hantei Dave: Yohei smiles wide
Hantei Dave: and waves his mug in the air before taking a chug
KibagamiKuno: "Sama, if it doesn't matter you might as well drink"
Hantei Dave: Toturi: ...
Hantei Dave: a dancing girl spins herself around your pit
Hida Oku: bottoms up
Togashi Udon: (blush)
KibagamiKuno: "Perhaps a toast to pretty girls? Here or elsewhere, we never forget
them"
Hantei Dave: and one of the Ide you traveled with plops down next to you all in the
cushons
Hantei Dave: He drops a hooka in the center
Hantei Dave: "EH? Never try a hooka eh?"
Hantei Dave: he hands it to sousha
Togashi Udon: What is hooka?
Hantei Dave: a big water bong!
Suzume Sousha: I look it over
Hantei Dave: lol
Suzume Sousha: and then try to smoke it
KibagamiKuno: trooger and fragger in a schoop?
Togashi Udon: What is a big water bong for?
Hantei Dave: the Ide takes a puff and tries handing it to Sousha again
Hantei Dave: roll CON Sousha for not coughing ^_-
Suzume Sousha: 13
Hantei Dave: He pats sousha on the back as sousha hacks his lungs out
Suzume Sousha: lol
Togashi Udon: (hand Sousha back his lungs)
Suzume Sousha: thanx.
Suzume Sousha: good stuff
Suzume Sousha: but I think I will pass from now on :-)
Hantei Dave: "Have fun eh?" he leaves you guys to get drunk on your own
Hida Oku: I'll take it
Suzume Sousha: passes it to oku
Togashi Udon: (show him how its done)
Hantei Dave: lol
Hantei Dave: how much you guys drink?
Hantei Dave: 2 mugs each?
Suzume Sousha: that sounds about right
Hida Oku: yeah
Togashi Udon: 0 for me
Hida Oku: don't want to get too drunk
Togashi Udon: yes you do
Hantei Dave: roll CON twice...first at -2, second at -4
Hantei Dave: if you fail either you are drunk
KibagamiKuno: I eventually get bored of trying to get toturi to drink and pass the mug
to someone else
KibagamiKuno: (thus having only 1)
Hantei Dave: toturi doesn't have a drop
Togashi Udon: what about some hooka?
Hantei Dave: Yohei chugs down 2 and a half. He was drunk on the 2nd
Hida Oku: <puff puff pass>
Suzume Sousha: 13
KibagamiKuno: 15
Hantei Dave: no Udon, Toturi is doing nothing
Suzume Sousha: 17
Suzume Sousha: er 7
Hida Oku: 13
Togashi Udon: I will take care of Big Brother.
Hantei Dave: you all fail!
Suzume Sousha: 13/7
Togashi Udon: oh crap
Hantei Dave: Udon? drinking?
Hida Oku: <hic>
Togashi Udon: no
Hantei Dave: but you all can smoke a hooka by the end of the night
Hantei Dave: Udon is sober
Hida Oku: <puff>
Togashi Udon: oh crap
KibagamiKuno: out of curiosity, what is an "average" roll (i.e. like we did with cp2020:
easy, medium, hard, impossible)
Hantei Dave: regular is 18, I usually move things by 2's
Hantei Dave: but that is assuming you have a skill to go with it
KibagamiKuno: (i ask cause average dice roll for an average stat is 15)
Hantei Dave: so it was 16 on the drinks
Hantei Dave: these are strong ^_-
KibagamiKuno: k
Hantei Dave: i.e. hard rolls for no skill
Hida Oku: anything happening tonight?
Hantei Dave: Oku: it seems like a simple night so far
Suzume Sousha: aside from being piss drunk
Hantei Dave: you can continue on in the morning if you want....Udon can lead you guys
back to sleeping barracks
Togashi Udon: crap
Hida Oku: yeah
Togashi Udon has left the room.
Hida Oku: doh
Hantei Dave: doh
Hantei Dave: you drunks wander the streets now
Hantei Dave: toturi leads you back
Hantei Dave: lol
Hida Oku: i attack something
Hida Oku: JK!
Hantei Dave: ok, I assume Udon leads you home
Hantei Dave: the shinjo wake you guys up
Hida Oku: ok
Hantei Dave: roll CON for headaches... 14 dif
Suzume Sousha: :-)
Hantei Dave: have fun riding
KibagamiKuno: heh, 14
Hida Oku: 15
Hantei Dave: made it kuno
Suzume Sousha: 15
Hantei Dave: yohei:15
Togashi Udon has entered the room.
Hantei Dave: toturi: ---
Togashi Udon: man that was a had crash & i was the sober one!
Togashi Udon: hard
Hantei Dave: the Ide tell you that the man you bring is greatly slowing you down
Hantei Dave: you should leave him hear until you return
Hantei Dave: you could make it there today if he wasn't with you
Hida Oku: i agree with him
KibagamiKuno: "As unfortunate as it may be, he must come with us"
Togashi Udon: "We cannot. He is our burden to bear."
Hantei Dave: Ide: "okay...it's your time then."
Hantei Dave: "We'll stop at Shiro Otaku Shojo (Battle Maiden Castle) before
continuing on then."
Togashi Udon: (Udons gut wrenches)
KibagamiKuno: (would that be the castle the battle maiden inhabits?)
Hantei Dave: (it would indeed)
Togashi Udon: Pardon, but
Hantei Dave: you begin the ride onward again..much slower then you entorage wants
to move
Hantei Dave: but still quick
KibagamiKuno: Dave, why are they riding slowly? They can move the horses faster,
toturi's will keep up (the only question is if he will)
Hantei Dave: Kuno: they aren't moving slowly...just slower than they want to
Togashi Udon: Pardon but would otaku kamoko be at Shiro otaku shojo?
Togashi Udon: By chance?
Hantei Dave: Ide: "Ah, Kamoko-sama is often on short travels but she always returns.
I have no way of knowing if she will be there now."
Togashi Udon: Domo.
Hantei Dave: anything else to discuss before reaching the Otaku?
Suzume Sousha: otaku?
Togashi Udon: I dont think so
Hantei Dave: the family of battle maidens
Togashi Udon: the shiro--the castle of the, oh...nm
Hantei Dave: hehehe
Hantei Dave: you enter into a thick bamboo forest with many trails leading off large
enough for a few horses to ride through. Roads are well kept
Hantei Dave: but the bamboo thickens around you quickly and the sun sneaks through
in bars
Hantei Dave: it is very peaceful too
Togashi Udon: how nice
Hantei Dave: you all ride in a line
Hantei Dave: of 2s or 3s
KibagamiKuno: hmm, reminds me of somewhere...
Hantei Dave: small shrines are mixed in with bamboo rods...sometimes grown over
and long unused
Hantei Dave: the shinjo follow an intricate pathway
Hantei Dave: you ride over a hill and the bamboo eventually clears. It is almost sad to
leave...like an untouched patch of Rokugan
Togashi Udon: cool
Hantei Dave: Shiro Otaku Shojo (Battle Maiden Castle) is surrounded by many gates
from all sides. You can only see part of it through this hilly area
Togashi Udon: "It hasn't changed much."
Hida Oku: you've been here?
Togashi Udon: Hai.
Hantei Dave: the Ide falls back to tell you one Shinjo horseman has traveled ahead to
tell Lord Yokatsu of your arrival
Togashi Udon: Domo.
Hantei Dave: you approach the Battle Maiden Castle
Hantei Dave: some large Moto Bushi guard the gate (you remember the like when you
fought the Moto at Otosan Uchi)
Hantei Dave: they appear truly barbaric
KibagamiKuno: do we recognize any of them?
Hantei Dave: wearing skins and horns and who knows what else
Hantei Dave: no Kuno
KibagamiKuno: we got quite well acquainted
KibagamiKuno: heh, k
Togashi Udon: I think Oku wanted to take his home ;-)
Hantei Dave: they accept the traveling papers and allow you entrance in a giant riding
courtyard
Hantei Dave: bushi are very active here
Hantei Dave: but by far, most are the battle maidens
Hantei Dave: even in this early evening they practice their riding formations and
excersises
Hantei Dave: An Iuchi Unicorn (horse caretaker) takes your steeds from you all
Togashi Udon: Domo.
KibagamiKuno: domo.
Suzume Sousha: what do battle maidens look like?
Hida Oku: dave, if we're staying the night here, I'd like to paint
Hida Oku: damn.... actually, I'd like to request paper
Hida Oku: then paint if I can find some
Hantei Dave: Sousha: most wear their armor. They look like most other unicorn
women. Tall features with a darker complection...but exotic.
Suzume Sousha: scary :-)
Hantei Dave: the Ide you travel with brings you each to seperate quarters. Each room
is adorned in purple and gold (real gold) with a painting in every room large as half the
wall
Togashi Udon: If we are staying here Udon is going to need some time to
himself.
KibagamiKuno: (no plagiarizing, oku)
KibagamiKuno: where do they take toturi?
Hantei Dave: you are all in the guest house (a seperate structure from the main castle
but equally as beautiful from the outside)
Hantei Dave: Toturi is with you. He gets his own room
Hantei Dave: Yohei makes himself comfortable
Hantei Dave: i mean, toturi is with you all in his own room
Hantei Dave: you are advised that Lady Otaku Kamoko is in the castle and you can
have audience with her in the morning during her riding
Hantei Dave: everyone ok with sleep again?
Togashi Udon: That is great.
Hantei Dave: you will all have full ki, prayer, whatever
Togashi Udon: Udon will go for a walkwith his bodhi tree at night
Hantei Dave: a strong canvas is brought to Oku with paints of colors he has not seen
before and every other convenience of an artist
KibagamiKuno: fyi - (thinking about this recently) - kuno practices a rather odd form
of meditation. It's pretty much all standing up, for one thing, and looks rather
uncomfortable.
Hantei Dave: it's comfortable to someone who does it right ^_-
KibagamiKuno: heheh, yes, it is.
KibagamiKuno: but he looks like an oddly positioned rag doll to everyone else heh
KibagamiKuno: the orange hair doesn't help matters
Hantei Dave: Oku paints tonight
Hantei Dave: anyone else keeping busy? now is your time to get some skill point in
Togashi Udon: Udon walks tonight
Hantei Dave: ok Udon
Togashi Udon: half hopeing no one remembers him
KibagamiKuno: hey, is there anyone here who wants to practice sword fighting? (the
unicorn, that is)
Hantei Dave: kuno: pick a practice. fight or qi-gong?
Hantei Dave: (meditation)
KibagamiKuno: qigong at dawn, fight now.
Hantei Dave: hehehe
KibagamiKuno: (well, spar at least)
Hantei Dave: ok. but as not to bore the others we will do it at a solo
Hantei Dave: ^_^
KibagamiKuno: ok
Hantei Dave: sound good?
Suzume Sousha: okey doke
Hantei Dave: sousha: practicing anything?
Suzume Sousha: swords sounds fine to me. Haven't done that in a while
Hantei Dave: ok..another solo
Hantei Dave: ...
Hantei Dave: ok, Udon, no practices?
Togashi Udon: nope, to lost in memories
KibagamiKuno: (lol, practice drinking)
Hantei Dave: ok Udon
Hantei Dave: if noone protests, shall we wake up to Kamoko?
Hida Oku: sure
Togashi Udon: alright then
Hantei Dave: Oku, your painting is fantastic. The battle Maidens riding off to where?
Hida Oku: to battle..... beating back oni coming from a pit
Hantei Dave: you can't help feeling it could have been better though....
Togashi Udon: perfectionist
KibagamiKuno: maybe if you took a look at the real battle?
Hantei Dave: you are brought out into the couryard by the Moto guards. You watch
as the battle maidens ride like the wind through the gates
Hida Oku: hmm?
KibagamiKuno: (scroll)
Togashi Udon: (Udon move out of the way)
Hida Oku: would you like to look?
Hantei Dave: they go on daily runs and scouts
KibagamiKuno: No thanks, i remember what battle looks like.
KibagamiKuno: (are we expected to ride and keep up dave?)
KibagamiKuno: but if you seek perfection...
Hantei Dave: You are brought to a riding circle. A few men stand around. One
woman rides in a circle around a smaller circle of bamboo fence
Togashi Udon: (Great lets have another meltdown infront of a thunder..why
not!)
Hantei Dave: it is Otaku Kamoko, Daimyo of the Otaku and your next Thunder
Hida Oku: <prostrate>
Hantei Dave: the Moto kneel along the outside fence expecting you to do the same
Togashi Udon: Greetings Honorable otaku kamoko-sama. (bow)
KibagamiKuno: bow
KibagamiKuno: (or kneel, if that is what is expected)
Togashi Udon: kneel
Hantei Dave: Udon, she clops right past you at amazing speed
Hida Oku: greetings sama, I present this on behalf of the goodwill of the tanto bearers
Suzume Sousha: bow
Hantei Dave: her horse is also fantastic and perfect
KibagamiKuno: (one speaker please)
Hantei Dave: Kuno, Oku can speak...just not the focus
Togashi Udon: Oku, go & present, if possible
Hida Oku: (makes face at kuno.... pphhhhpt)
Hantei Dave: Kuno, you need to pull Toturi down
KibagamiKuno: toturi isn't here.
Hantei Dave: She rides the circle
Hida Oku: I do so, if I may, dave
Hantei Dave: left him in room?
KibagamiKuno: hence my note to you before.
Hantei Dave: ok
Hantei Dave: Oku, you must enter the riding circle of the horse oon the other side of
the outer bamboo fence
Hantei Dave: lemme explain
Hantei Dave: two fenced circles.... on around the other. The horse rides in between
the circles. You all just approached the outer circle
Hantei Dave: get it?
Hantei Dave: Kamoko is riding in circles
Hantei Dave: and she carries a Yumi
Hantei Dave: (bow)
Togashi Udon: Does it look like she is going to stop
KibagamiKuno: are we supposed to stand in the middle to speak to her?
Hantei Dave: no
Hantei Dave: Kuno: roll high society
Hantei Dave: or anyone for that matter
KibagamiKuno: how about diplomacy
Hantei Dave: lemme check
Suzume Sousha: I don't have it
Togashi Udon: i will gladly get us thrown out of here...
Hantei Dave: half diplomacy
Hantei Dave: the Moto are all kneeling
Hida Oku: maybe we should kneel too
Hantei Dave: anyone can roll
KibagamiKuno: (esp since this isn't so "high" - the unicorn are barbarians)
Togashi Udon: (i am)
Togashi Udon: kneeling
KibagamiKuno: 22.5
Hantei Dave: (the unicorn are barbarians by those that see their customs as an
outsider...this is richer than any land you have seen yet though)
Hantei Dave: 23 kuno
Hantei Dave: Kuno: she is in the middle of a practice...kneel here
KibagamiKuno: ok, i keep kneeling then.
Hantei Dave: a man walks to the center circle with a dog
Togashi Udon: so we sait until she realizes her destiny kneels before her
Hantei Dave: on a leash
Hantei Dave: Kamoko draws her yumi at the dog
Suzume Sousha: (confused, is EVERYONE there, and if so should we all be kneeling)
Hantei Dave: the man releases it as it dashes for the outside ring
Hida Oku: I have no clue what is going on soush
Hantei Dave: yes sousha
Togashi Udon: we are all there, we are all kneeling
Hantei Dave: Kamoko gets her sight on the dog (as dave rolls)
Suzume Sousha: (ok very well. just wanted to get that clear)
Hantei Dave: She lets the arrow fly before the dog reaches the outer circle with an
arrow through its front leg
Hantei Dave: She curses before hopping off her horse and moves up to the dog
Togashi Udon: Udon pales
Hantei Dave: and fires a 2nd at point blank
Hida Oku: <shrug>
Hantei Dave: she hands her arrows and yumi to the bushi assisting
Hantei Dave: and gets back on her horse as she trots over to you
KibagamiKuno: (go ahead udon, get us thrown out, just remember it's SAMA)
Hantei Dave: she stares at you all with piercing eyes. Roll WILL tests
Togashi Udon: Oku present 1st
KibagamiKuno: heh 15
Hantei Dave: wow
Hantei Dave: beat 27
Hantei Dave: hehehe
Togashi Udon: 19
Suzume Sousha: 17
Hantei Dave: you find it hard to speak...udon gets a -4 on top of that (for his problem)
Hantei Dave: and also stares
Togashi Udon: (gulp) We bring you the word of Togashi Yokuni-sama.
Hantei Dave: The horse steps strongly up to the fence...right before Udon
Hida Oku has entered the room.
Hantei Dave: the horse breathes heavy
Suzume Sousha: there we go
Hida Oku: (It's my painting! mine mine!)
Togashi Udon: The fates have chosen yopu to be the next Unicorn Thunder in
the final battle against Fu Leng. Sama.
Hantei Dave: Oku: Kamoko is right up to you people
Hida Oku: (have we been kicked out yet?)
Hantei Dave: its hard to speak though
Hantei Dave: "I remember you monk."
Togashi Udon: You will help to deside the fate of us all.
Hantei Dave: "The traiter."
KibagamiKuno: "(I don't understand why he picked her, instead of yokatsu-sama)"
Togashi Udon: If that is how I am remembered in your mind, then so be it.
Hantei Dave: (you will ^_-)
Hantei Dave: If you wish a parlay, then pit your skills worthy of speaking
Hantei Dave: she rolls perception
Togashi Udon: Your feelings towards me are of little concern. Feel free to
shoot me in the leg like a fleeing dog.
Hantei Dave: She darts a look to Kuno
KibagamiKuno: i look down at the ground.
Hantei Dave: "deal. If you champion doesn't hit the dog, I shoot you in the leg. If he
does, you have my attention."
Hantei Dave: She trots off to the man on the side
Hantei Dave: he brings in another horse
Hantei Dave: heheh
Hantei Dave: He brings the horse to you guys. "Please, pick a rider."
KibagamiKuno: "May i pick our champion?"
Hantei Dave: She dismounts and kneels on the opposite side
Togashi Udon: Fine, I choose Yohei.
Suzume Sousha: hehehe
Hida Oku: <snicker>
Hantei Dave: (lol...Udon leads)
KibagamiKuno: i directed that at udon.
Hantei Dave: Yohei is stunned
Hida Oku: I glance at udon... then his leg
Hantei Dave: "But...but...I...."
Hida Oku: and snicker again
KibagamiKuno: quick tt: Here's how it works. If you're the lead speaker, you're
speaking to the sama. If not, you're speaking to the lead speaker.
Hantei Dave: says Yohei
Hantei Dave: sorry Josh. Udon picks this game
Togashi Udon: Neither have I, Yohei
KibagamiKuno: (that's fine)
Togashi Udon: It will be alright
KibagamiKuno: losing power fyi...
Hida Oku: good luck, Yohei
Hantei Dave: power?
KibagamiKuno: (heh, i was going to pick kamoko)
KibagamiKuno: yes, you know, electricity.
Suzume Sousha: you know the big hurricane
Suzume Sousha: :-)
Hantei Dave: well, you can try to persuade Udon to pick Kamoko then
KibagamiKuno: too late, selection was made.
Hida Oku: i think udon knows what he's doing
Hantei Dave: see? but udon has last word
Togashi Udon: (Kuno-she'd miss the dog)
Togashi Udon: YOHEI
Hantei Dave: Udon, wanna consider Kamoko?
Togashi Udon: NO
Hantei Dave: ok
KibagamiKuno: you're going to get shot in the leg either way, udon.
Hantei Dave: Yohei feebly wanders under the fence
Togashi Udon: Then shut up and let me
Hantei Dave: He mounts
KibagamiKuno: heh
Hantei Dave: the man hands him a yumi and arrow
KibagamiKuno: yup, fine with me.
Hida Oku: Udon.... I'm finally beginning to understand you
Hantei Dave: anyone wanna use a kharama point here? lol
Hida Oku: nah
Togashi Udon: nope
Hantei Dave: Yohei is worried
Hida Oku: oku is smiling
Suzume Sousha: he'll be ok
Togashi Udon: Its okay Big Brother
Hantei Dave: he fumbles the yumi a bit
Hantei Dave: (dave goes to yohei character sheet)
Hantei Dave: 1 sec
Hantei Dave: rishard just had a blackout
Hantei Dave: and yohei has ANIMAL HANDLING!
Hantei Dave: that'll help alittle
KibagamiKuno: heh, maybe he'll just call the dog over and bonk it on the head.
Hantei Dave: no yumi skill though
Hida Oku: lol
Hantei Dave: he fumbles the arrow on the horse
Hantei Dave: (makes riding skill as his horse makes a slow trot)
Hantei Dave: the horse nearly runs into the fence
Hantei Dave: he tries again
Hantei Dave: drops his bow
Hida Oku: lol
Hantei Dave: they pass it back up
Hantei Dave: kamoko is in shock
Hantei Dave: (kamoko makes a roll)
Suzume Sousha has left the room.
Hantei Dave: yohei tries again
Hida Oku: ...and soush goes down
Hantei Dave: woohoo..he horse begins a light trot and his arrow is ready
Hantei Dave: the dog is brought to the center
Hantei Dave: and realised
Hantei Dave: yohei makes another riding roll
Hantei Dave: and holy crap, makes it
Hantei Dave: he fires at -4
KibagamiKuno: (and hits udon in the leg!)
Hantei Dave: it sticks in the ground half way not even close
Hida Oku: are the unicorn sufficiently stunned?
Togashi Udon: Its okay!
Hantei Dave: Kamoko hops on her horse again and trots over to Udon with her yumi
Hantei Dave: anyone wanna get a word in?
Togashi Udon: You know I could stop this?
KibagamiKuno: "Well Udon, as you wanted your champion didn't hit the dog."
Togashi Udon: (look up at her)
Hantei Dave: skill to use? tattoo?
Hantei Dave: lol
Togashi Udon: (I said to her--I could use MU or OAK or DOVE)
Hantei Dave: Kamoko: "I don't want to shoot you after that pathetic game...but as the
deal said."
Togashi Udon: As the deal said, sama.
Hantei Dave: She lifts her yumi
Togashi Udon: smile
Hantei Dave: and draws her arrow back as she points strait down at the kneeling
monk
Hantei Dave: she draws back
Hantei Dave: and fires
Hida Oku: <THWOCK>
Togashi Udon: We can still talk after this, right sama?
Suzume Sousha has entered the room.
Hantei Dave: and the arrow hits next to Udon's leg. "I missed. As the deal said, no
parlay. But I will have words with you."
Hantei Dave: she dismounts
Togashi Udon: Thank you, sama.
Hantei Dave: "Leave!" she says to her men.
Togashi Udon: (prostrate)
Hida Oku: (oku looks mildly disapointed)
Hantei Dave: "Your other companion tried to leave last night."
Togashi Udon: The sick one?
Hantei Dave: "I know what you are doing."
Hantei Dave: "SILENCE!"
Hantei Dave: "You lost."
Togashi Udon: nod
Hantei Dave: "As the four winds, I know more than you think and I know your quest."
Togashi Udon: nod
Hantei Dave: "And I have been a part of this quest before you started looking. I
represent the best of all Rokugan."
Togashi Udon: smile
Hantei Dave: "And Emporer be DAMNED! They have come to these forests....the
evil. It spreads and bites into the people who suffer."
Hantei Dave: "I give you permission to speak. Why did you choose this...villiger?"
Hantei Dave: "Come here." points to Yohei
Togashi Udon: He is a tanto bearer, sama.
Hantei Dave: "No, I mean as your champion?"
Togashi Udon: The farmer Bears the Hantei tanto.
KibagamiKuno: <smile at that>
Hantei Dave: others can speak also...but udon has most attention people
Togashi Udon: Why, sama? Because I was willing to let you shoot me in the
leg, in order to talk with you.
Hantei Dave: "You picked him for his possesion?"
Togashi Udon: That and I didn't want the dog to get killed.
Hantei Dave: lag
KibagamiKuno: aside to soush "Yohei couldn't hit the broadside of a barn"
Hantei Dave: Yohei approaches
Hantei Dave: "GIve me your tanto farmer."
Hantei Dave: says Kamoko
Hantei Dave: raab has to go
Hida Oku: I've got to run all, see you later
Hida Oku has left the room. Togashi Udon: bye raab
Hantei Dave: Yohei hands her the Hantei's tanto
Hantei Dave: "See this?" She says. "This is all you mean to them."
KibagamiKuno: "no."
Hantei Dave: she holds up his tanto
Togashi Udon: Not true, sama
Togashi Udon: Yohei is my friend
Hantei Dave: "and now that I hold this trincket?"
Hantei Dave: "Who is the bearer now?"
Togashi Udon: You are the Unicorn Thunder, same as you were before
Hantei Dave: "Yohei! I am taking this from you!"
KibagamiKuno: "(Yohei was chosen)"
Hantei Dave: "now I am."
Togashi Udon: So?
Hantei Dave: "I am the Thunder and the Bearer."
Hantei Dave: and he is a villiger
Togashi Udon: Yohei is my friend and you are the Thunder
Hantei Dave: "You must protect me now."
KibagamiKuno: It is not to bear and it is not to choose; it is to be chosen.
Togashi Udon: Then you choose to walk our path?
Hantei Dave: "I am a bearer." SHe lifts her yumi again and loads an arrow
KibagamiKuno: But we would protect you regardless as a thunder.
Hantei Dave: "Yes, I choose the path."
Togashi Udon: Then lets pack your things.
Togashi Udon: We have to go to the Crab lands next.
Hantei Dave: She lifts the arrow at Yohei's head. "It must be by destiny as you said."
Hantei Dave: Yohei is frightned
Hantei Dave: she draws back
Togashi Udon: You harm him and I will
KibagamiKuno: I thought the evil that bit was out there?
KibagamiKuno: Not here...
Togashi Udon: Kill you, the Thunders be damned
Hantei Dave: "What? You have a quest monk."
Togashi Udon: You kill him and you die
Suzume Sousha: oh boy
KibagamiKuno: "Like i said Udon, Togashi made a mistake."
Togashi Udon: You kill him and the empire dies
Togashi Udon: You kill him and you battle maidens are no more
Suzume Sousha: (this sounds liek a repeat of last week :-)
Hantei Dave: "Then who will carry the tanto?"
Togashi Udon: You kill him and you destroy us all
Hantei Dave: "if you kill the bearer monk?"
Togashi Udon: Who cares
Hantei Dave: she smiles
Togashi Udon: It will not matter
Hantei Dave: Udon, your prayer level drops to 0
Togashi Udon: why?
Hantei Dave: she lowers her yumi
KibagamiKuno: you have too much faith in yohei, apparently.
Hantei Dave: you wanted to kill Udon...and you went against what you think is the
kami's will
Hantei Dave: she smiles
Togashi Udon: i disagree, but fine dave
KibagamiKuno: (heh, he's got you on the first one)
Hantei Dave: "Your faith...is meaningless. But I admire your compassion for this man."
Togashi Udon: no he doesnt I threatened, i did not want to
Hantei Dave: "I see our paths are similar."
Togashi Udon: You are a formitable Thunder.
Hantei Dave: "My maidens ride the Scorpion lands now...protecting those that are
left."
Hantei Dave: "The villigers."
Hantei Dave: "and now the battle has come north to our lands as well."
Hantei Dave: "A horde of undead."
Hantei Dave: "they grow."
Hantei Dave: "I have no love for your gods...they have forsaken you. But I will fight
with your compassion."
Togashi Udon: It is Fu Lengs darkness that spreads across the lands. Our
humanity is what will save us.
Hantei Dave: She hands the tanto back to yohei
Togashi Udon: Our faith in each other
Hantei Dave: "You want to battle a false god. That's fine. But I will kill Yogo
Junzo...the real power behind the name."
Hantei Dave: "and tell me when he comes and I will join...but don't hide behind your
faith."
Togashi Udon: You and I see more closely then either of us would like to
admit. I truely wish you the best in all things. (bow)
Hantei Dave: "One more thing."
Hantei Dave: "Give up your stupid search. You got lucky with me. There are no
Thunders. Toturi is mad."
Hantei Dave: "If you truly care, you will fight where the battle is now."
Hantei Dave: "at the people's doors."
Hantei Dave: ...
Togashi Udon: The battle has many fronts.
Togashi Udon: And we will face them all.
Hantei Dave: "Ha!" She hops up her horse
KibagamiKuno: (besides, we were headed south now anyway heh)
Togashi Udon: (bow)
KibagamiKuno: (bow)
Hantei Dave: She rides back to the castle
Hantei Dave: the Ide comes up to you
Hantei Dave: "A gift."
Hantei Dave: he says
Hantei Dave: he waves to 4 horses
Hantei Dave: (this is a gift finer than most royalty recieve)
KibagamiKuno: (we can be the four horsemen of the apocolypse)
Togashi Udon: Domo. (bow)
KibagamiKuno: domo arigato.
Hantei Dave: "Lord Yokatsu regrets not meeting you himself."
Hantei Dave: "These are from him."
Togashi Udon: Where did he go?
Hantei Dave: "He had not the time to come to the castle here."
Hantei Dave: "He only offered these as gifts to you."
KibagamiKuno: bow
Togashi Udon: Well, I guess our work here is done. We've ruffled enough
feathers.
Togashi Udon: (bow)
Hantei Dave: the Ide bows
Hantei Dave: wow...i didn't crash once!
Hantei Dave: SAVE!
Hantei Dave: woohoooooooooooooooooooo
Suzume Sousha: wow
Hantei Dave: skip: you got lucky on that one
Suzume Sousha: while we all have power outages :-)
Hantei Dave: you really appealed to Kamoko
Togashi Udon: no way
Hantei Dave: you missed my hint from the other game where I told you guys that she
was going on a crusade
Togashi Udon: I knew how to play her I think, but I really dissagree on your
ruleing there
Hantei Dave: Skip: be a nice boy and it'll come back
Togashi Udon: sure
Hantei Dave: you wanted her dead for a moment there ^_-
Togashi Udon: nope
Hantei Dave: big nono
Hantei Dave: no?
Togashi Udon: threatened does not equal want
KibagamiKuno: indeed.
Togashi Udon: i gave her an option
Hantei Dave: either way...no no
Hantei Dave: a threat is a threat
Togashi Udon: she does a then b will happen and end up at c
Togashi Udon: ok, no biggie
Hantei Dave: but I liked that
Togashi Udon: Yohie did PERFECT!
KibagamiKuno: heheheh
Suzume Sousha: heheh
KibagamiKuno: i gotta go btw
Hantei Dave: hehehe...if he didn't miss that much I woulda shot you
Hantei Dave: nite josh
KibagamiKuno: cya
KibagamiKuno has left the room. Togashi Udon: nite josh
Suzume Sousha: cya jo . . . to late
Hantei Dave: rishard: you'll need to go back and read that scene
Hantei Dave: it was classic
Suzume Sousha: stupid power outage :-)
Togashi Udon: heh
Hantei Dave: Yohei tried hard too
Hantei Dave: he can't shoot fro crap
Togashi Udon: it was great
Hantei Dave: kept failing his riding
Suzume Sousha: :-)
Hantei Dave: its hard to ride and shoot
Hantei Dave: i love your part skip. the leg ultimatim was great
Hantei Dave: did you think she would accept?
Togashi Udon: yes
Hantei Dave: really? hehe
Togashi Udon: miss a chance to shoot me in the leg?
Hantei Dave: btw. you guys took me by suprise
Hantei Dave: i winged this one completely
Togashi Udon: how?
Hantei Dave: didn't think you would go this way
Suzume Sousha: from what point?
Togashi Udon: really
Suzume Sousha: probably before I got there I guess
Hantei Dave: didn't think you were going to the unicorn
Hantei Dave: lol
Togashi Udon: well surprise
Hantei Dave: thought you were going to ogres
Togashi Udon: shes not as bad as I originally thought
Togashi Udon: i gotta go
Hantei Dave: now you gotta make sure the ogres don't eat your horses
Suzume Sousha: c ya
Hantei Dave: ok...nite skip
Suzume Sousha: I guess I'm outa here also
Togashi Udon: cyou guys
Hantei Dave: oh rishard
Suzume Sousha: I gotta re read everythign to catch up
