Hantei Dave:
hey there
Togashi Udon:
oi!
Hantei Dave:
whenever you are ready
Togashi Udon:
I am ready I think.
Hantei Dave:
^_^
Togashi Udon:
Question?: The original Dragon Thunder was Mirumoto, right?
Hantei Dave:
yes. i think so
Hantei Dave:
i think
Togashi Udon:
I am 99% positive
Hantei Dave:
want me to look it up?
Togashi Udon:
nah
Hantei Dave:
ok
Hantei Dave:
i can't keep track of the names of the 1st group...hehehe
Togashi Udon:
who was the Ise Zumi that met the group?
Hantei Dave:
are you serious? SLAP
Hantei Dave:
hehe
Hantei Dave:
you mean the 1st thunders?
Hantei Dave:
or in last game
Togashi Udon:
ow! so who was it?
Togashi Udon:
1st thunders
Hantei Dave:
I DUNNO!!!
Hantei Dave:
i wouldn't even know where to look
Hantei Dave:
...
Hantei Dave:
is it in the dragon book?
Togashi Udon:
ready
Hantei Dave:
ok
Togashi Udon:
yes, Mirumoto was the 1st Dragon Thunder.
Togashi Udon:
pg15 Dragon book
Hantei Dave:
I take it you requested audience with Hitomi.
Togashi Udon:
Of corse, but 1st...
Hantei Dave: yes?
Togashi Udon: I want to give the
"nameless" Ise Zumi a letter for grandfather Giajitsu.
Togashi Udon: to be delivered
Hantei Dave: ok...it'll go with the armor
Togashi Udon: ...
Togashi Udon: not touching it right?
Hantei Dave: the armor is wrapped in a bag
Togashi Udon: ok
Togashi Udon: I have a week to write it since
we are waiting at the Dragonfly Shiro?
Hantei Dave: well, you have until the ise zumi
leaves....which is enough time
Togashi Udon: ok, it will be short (helps skip
out anyway :-) )
Hantei Dave: take your time with the letter
Togashi Udon: k
Togashi Udon: I am ready to request an
audiance with Hitomi-sama.
Hantei Dave: ok. When you reach Shiro Mirumoto it is already late evening
Hantei Dave: about 10:30 or so
Hantei Dave:
but the requst is sent
Togashi Udon: Perhaps I should request a room
and meet with her tomorrow?
Hantei Dave: not long after, Hitomi's Uncle
(think his name is Mirumoto Sukune) meets you
Hantei Dave:
He tells you now is as good a time as any.
Togashi Udon: (Skune is my uncle too)
Hantei Dave: (figured)
Hantei Dave:
(you met him on the battle field too)
Togashi Udon: Hai, Sukune-sama. If it is her
will.
Hantei Dave: "I think now more than ever
she needs a friend to talk with..."
Hantei Dave:
"She has become very much unto herself"
Togashi Udon: "So do I Unlce. So do
I."
Hantei Dave: He smiles wearily
Togashi Udon: Smile back.
Hantei Dave:
He brings you to the castle's kitchen area and opens the door for you. Only a single candle light on a low table
flickers. Hitomi sits with her back to
you alone. A serving girl is replacing
a sake flask and quietly steps away.
Togashi Udon:
(FYI, I left everything in the room, except the KinRi Tanto)
Hantei Dave:
Sukune: "Hitomi-sama. I visitor
for you."
Hantei Dave:
"...and old friend."
Hantei Dave:
she doesn't move
Togashi Udon:
"Hello, sama. Thank you for recieving me." (bow low)
Hantei Dave:
fills her cup
Hantei Dave:
Sukune leaves you 2 alone
Togashi Udon:
(walk over)
Hantei Dave:
She downs the cup of sake
Togashi Udon:
(bow low again)
Hantei Dave:
still behind her?
Togashi Udon:
infront
Hantei Dave:
she looks disheveled
Hantei Dave:
she stares into space
Togashi Udon:
Hitomi-sama, may I offer an ear?
Togashi Udon:
(hopes she doesnt cut off ear)
Hantei Dave:
pours another cup "I cannot be offered anything in this life."
Hantei Dave:
(are you at the table or still bowed?)
Togashi Udon:
"But you have much to offer." (sit at table)
Hantei Dave:
She smirks a hmmph
Togashi Udon:
"Our lives do not always bring us where we wish them too."
Hantei Dave:
"No. They bring us right where we
do not want to be."
Togashi Udon:
"This weighs heavy on me. It is my past my present my future." pat
tanto)
Hantei Dave:
She swirls the cup
Togashi Udon:
"Much like your responsibility weighs heavy on you. It is your past, your
present and your future."
Hantei Dave:
"I cannot see the difference between the 3 anymore."
Hantei Dave:
takes a sip
Togashi Udon:
Wanting what life has brought us matters little. It is how we deal with it that
truely matters, sama.
Hantei Dave:
"I agree."
Hantei Dave:
"We see as one on this matter cousin."
Togashi Udon:
I understand that Yokuni-sama is not seeing anyone.
Hantei Dave:
"No. But it does not matter so
much. His way is not mine."
Togashi Udon:
I uderstand.
Togashi Udon:
Hitomi--(down to one knee)--
Hantei Dave:
Swirls cup
Togashi Udon:
I wish to apologize for my actions outside of Ustan-Ouchi.
Togashi Udon:
You are my cousin and my Dyamo and you deserve better then that.
Togashi Udon:
I am truely sorry.
Hantei Dave:
"hmmph. Your traveling companions
will get you all into trouble. Know
that the Lion have put out word against you all for oyur actions with some sort
of village to be burned."
Hantei Dave:
"Plus your recent friendship with the Crane was a bad move."
Togashi Udon:
I am not surprised.
Hantei Dave:
"They are posed to fall now."
Hantei Dave:
drinks cup
Togashi Udon:
I find myself very unsure as to what to do. I trust my instints. That is all I
have sometimes.
Hantei Dave:
"I am not angry at you cousin.
Your instincts are welcome in my private consult."
Togashi Udon:
Perhaps we have made wrong choices, but it is nothing compared to the
inevitable distruction of the Empire if we choose to do nothing.
Hantei Dave:
she almost spills the bottle as she tries to pour the next cup
Togashi Udon:
I bring the word of Yokuni-sama, cousin.
Togashi Udon:
I fear you have a great and dark path to walk.
Togashi Udon:
You are to be the Dragon's Thunder for the battle against Fu Leng.
Togashi Udon:
(bow)
Hantei Dave:
"Fu Leng...dragons... there are other evil's afoot. Why do you plague me with more weight?"
she is almost in tears.
Hantei Dave:
"I do not care for your little artifact."
Togashi Udon:
I am sorry cousin. I would take as much of it from you as I could, if it would
help you in any way. you know that.
Hantei Dave:
She accidentally tips the edge of her cup spilling the sake
Hantei Dave:
She shakes as she reaches for the bottle again
Togashi Udon:
You do not have to care for this--just care for the Empire--for the future
generations.
Hantei Dave:
"I have duty to uphold"
Hantei Dave:
"Duty to ancestors."
Togashi Udon:
For yourself, for me... for Satsu's legacy.
Togashi Udon:
(whisper last part)
Hantei Dave:
(yells) "WHAT DO YOU THINK I AM DOING COUSIN?"
Hantei Dave:
"I cut his hand but it was the start!"
Togashi Udon:
It will not matter, if the world is plunged into 1000 years of darkness.
Hantei Dave:
"I told you! I do not care about
the tantos!" (knocks bottle off table against wall
Togashi Udon:
He, we, will not matter.
Togashi Udon:
You do not have to care about the tantos!
Hantei Dave:
she is tearing now
Togashi Udon:
It is okay cousin. (hold arms wide)
Hantei Dave:
"You can never understand a samurai's heart. You can never..."
She falls into your arms.
"The gates of Mefumado can open but my path is laid."
Togashi Udon:
Perhaps your path will take you further then the darkness, cousin.
Hantei Dave:
(sobs)
Togashi Udon:
you are strong. that is why togashi chose you.
Togashi Udon:
you are stonger than me.
Hantei Dave:
(composes herself a bit and sits again)
Hantei Dave:
"The tantos do not carry the weight you think cousin...not anymore since
the Hantei was killed."
Hantei Dave:
"You are but pawns now."
Togashi Udon:
I think I am coming to understand that.
Togashi Udon:
But even the pawn can be the most deadly of pieces.
Hantei Dave:
"..."
Hantei Dave:
(moment of silence)
Hantei Dave:
"I think I had too much sake cousin."
Hantei Dave:
"It is bad habit to drink alone."
Togashi Udon:
I dont think I had enough (smile)
Hantei Dave:
"You are a monk...above such needs and problems and worries."
Hantei Dave:
"It sounds like fun."
Togashi Udon:
I may not know the samuria's heart, but you do not know the monks heart!
Togashi Udon:
It would be my honor to drink sake with you cousin!
Hantei Dave:
"I can drink to that!" (calls
the girls for one more bottle. she
hurries over)
Hantei Dave:
She pours you sake in the one cup
Hantei Dave:
and places the bottle down
Togashi Udon:
(am I the only one with a drink?)
Hantei Dave: (tradition to drink from same cup
one at a time...finish up)
Hantei Dave: ^_-
Togashi Udon: (ok) :-)
Hantei Dave: (then pour her some)
Togashi Udon: So, what does this tast like?
(down it)
Togashi Udon: Gaaah! cough cough (pour her
some)
Hantei Dave: "Like mefumado."
Hantei Dave: She raises cup
Togashi Udon: Who or what is that? Mefumado?
Hantei Dave: "Here's to not
understanding....anything." (downs
it)
Hantei Dave: Mefumado is buddhist hell...hehehe
Togashi Udon: I can Drink to THAT!!!
Togashi Udon: (didnt mean hell)
Hantei Dave: i know
Togashi Udon: k
Hantei Dave: "I have been called to Otosan
Uchi cousin."
Hantei Dave: "...unofficially."
Togashi Udon: Why?
Hantei Dave:
"Cause the Empress suggested it."
Togashi Udon:
Ahh...
Hantei Dave:
"but not yet."
Hantei Dave:
"I still have some time."
Hantei Dave:
"I'll go to finish my job. Then
talk to me of demons and destruction."
Togashi Udon:
When must you go?
Hantei Dave:
(dave checks his timeline)
Togashi Udon:
Did you know I have killed (or atleast helped kill) 6 oni so far?
Hantei Dave:
(answers question first) "In one month."
Hantei Dave:
"Heh...don't get too much like a Crab cousin."
Togashi Udon:
And I have been kicked out of Otosan Uchi, and the Emerald Champions Palace...
and I think I was kicked out of somewhere else...but I maybe wrong... this Sake
is..wow...
Hantei Dave:
she pours you another
Hantei Dave:
"...and never drink tea...."
Hantei Dave:
"its a Crab's drink."
Togashi Udon:
To life!
Hantei Dave:
"I just realized something..."
Togashi Udon:
(down) gah!!!
Togashi Udon:
What, sama?
Hantei Dave:
"That last toast was the first toast I made that wasn't to my
brother."
Hantei Dave:
"I think it tasted better."
Togashi Udon:
(pour) to tasting better, cousin?
Hantei Dave:
"Na (holds up hand). I only get
one."
Hantei Dave:
"Good tasting sake is worse for you."
Togashi Udon:
Is that some part of this that I dont understand?
Hantei
Dave signed off at 9:54:45 PM.
Hantei
Dave signed on at 9:54:47 PM.
Hantei Dave:
CRASH
Hantei Dave:
back
Togashi Udon:
Togashi Udon: Is that some part of this that I
dont understand?
Togashi Udon:
(Why does she only get 1)?
Hantei Dave:
"A samurai's lot in life is to suffer.
Its not healthy to stray from your purpose."
Togashi Udon:
Now that you mention it coucin, every samurai I have met has been miserable.
Togashi Udon:
(SMILE)
Hantei Dave:
Laughs
Togashi Udon:
More sake? I will tell you of my travels!
Hantei Dave:
"I'm done. (stamps hand on
table) Your stories will make me
tired."
Togashi Udon:
Okay, sama. As you wish.
Togashi Udon:
They will ask for an audiance with you.
Hantei Dave:
"I cannot promise to be your Thunder.
There is much to be done and your caught in some little fairy tale of
Togashi Yokuni-sama's"
Hantei Dave:
"First though....first, I will kill Hida Yakamo."
Hantei Dave:
downs the sake
Togashi Udon:
You will be our Thunder, sama. I have no doubt. (smile)
Togashi Udon:
I know you, I do not need your promise. You will now when the fairy tale is
real.
Hantei Dave:
"Ok, tell me your story then..as
long as you live in a fairy tale. I
will fall asleep half way."
Togashi Udon:
(and off we go---end?)
Hantei Dave:
end
Hantei Dave:
please save