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KibagamiKuno has entered the room.
Keshijo has entered the room.
Keshijo: Howdy.
Hantei Dave: hey
Hantei Dave: k...you2 are done on XP (except for that Unicorn
game)
Hantei Dave: oh, and I have been reading up on Vassal families
Josh
Hantei Dave: essentially, each major Family also was in charge
of local vassal families in many cases. Rarely was a vassal
family left completly on their own
Hantei Dave: however, they were part of the Clan
KibagamiKuno: Thus not primary families and not going-it-alone
minor families.
Hantei Dave: so, while the Kibigama line were Lion, and were in
Akodo territory, their position after the coup may be
questionable...especially if they are loyal to the Akodo
Hantei Dave: most likely, you would be absorbed by the Ikoma
or Matsu
KibagamiKuno: heheh
Hantei Dave: or otherwise ronin
Hantei Dave: go check with dad
KibagamiKuno: hence the ikoma offer.
Hantei Dave: yep
KibagamiKuno: lol, they're fighting in his backyard, i'll ask which
side he's on next time i'm down there
Hantei Dave: there is always the Crane
KibagamiKuno: besides, i'd need to find out from him which side
the family is joining rather than deciding for myself.
KibagamiKuno: (matsu or ikoma)
Hantei Dave: or the Kitsu
Hantei Dave: but you aren't really shugenja stuff
KibagamiKuno: true.
KibagamiKuno: and matsu... well, just doesn't seem to be the
family style. Hell, my brother's a merchant. Not very matsu
like.
KibagamiKuno: and we're all well over the age of 25. also not
very matsu like ;-)
Hantei Dave: did you ever read the story of Lady Matsu in the
Lion book?
KibagamiKuno: yes
Hantei Dave: hhehehehe...that too
Hantei Dave: the Matsu follow their leaders stubborness
Hantei Dave: you should read the Way of Scorpion sometime
Hantei Dave: they have interesting insight to the Lion clan
Hantei Dave: right Keshijo?
Keshijo: :-)
KibagamiKuno: heh.
Hantei Dave: for instance, how Akodo One-Eye's book is full of
paradoxes on honor
Hantei Dave: makes the Matsu angry ^_-
Hantei Dave: its all written in the Book of Lies anyway
Hantei Dave: you read that ^_-
Hantei Dave: well, RIshard cancelled, Raab is either back from
England or is almost back
KibagamiKuno: skimmed...
Hantei Dave: and Skip is working
KibagamiKuno: so we go play in the mountains?
KibagamiKuno: How close are we to the Ikoma castle?
Hantei Dave: up to you. Let me first say that we will start the
day after Udon has left
Hantei Dave: checking map
KibagamiKuno: (we so need a calendar)
Keshijo: Did anybody get my blade from the Ogre's head for me?
Hantei Dave: you are somewhere near Mura nisa Kawa Nemui
Hantei Dave: northwest of Kyuden Ikoma
Hantei Dave: but not too far
KibagamiKuno: didn't you get it?
KibagamiKuno: If we could take a short diversion past the
castle, it would be much appreciated.
Keshijo: I was looking for Eta to do it.
KibagamiKuno: Eta?
KibagamiKuno: oh
Keshijo: As long as they don't try to kill me...
KibagamiKuno: I get your sword for you.
Hantei Dave: Kesh: by request you have recieved a twisted
broken blade
Hantei Dave: it will take alot to repair it
Keshijo: Sentimental value...
Keshijo: And I want to reforge it.....
Keshijo: Is there enough for a Katana?
Hantei Dave: maybe the Kaui can help
Hantei Dave: Kaiu
Keshijo: Yeah. Or the Crane...
Hantei Dave: them too.
Hantei Dave: the Kakita to be precise
Keshijo: Are we going to pass them?
Hantei Dave: up to you
Hantei Dave: question 1:
Hantei Dave: do you want to do anything in the ronin army right
now?
Keshijo: I want to talk to Bayushi Hisa.
Keshijo: And Oroko.
Hantei Dave: Keshijo goes looking for Hisa
Hantei Dave: and Oroku
Hantei Dave: Kuno?
Keshijo: And that healer guy...
Hantei Dave: and that healer guy
Hantei Dave: pokes Josh
KibagamiKuno has left the room.
Keshijo: I win!
Hantei Dave: hehehe...Kuno runs in fear
Hantei Dave: josh seems to be having probs this round
Hantei Dave: he is rebooting
KibagamiKuno has entered the room.
Hantei Dave: there
KibagamiKuno: so now, where were we? Did i want anything
before we went?
KibagamiKuno: how about armor?
Hantei Dave: yep...kesh is going looking for a few people
Hantei Dave: no no...they need there armor
KibagamiKuno: tho it seems a little unfair to ask that of an army
looking for supplies.
KibagamiKuno: yah,
Hantei Dave: unless you want to donate that is
KibagamiKuno: heh, yeah, cause i'm such a rich ronin.
Hantei Dave: you are. Remember funds from Mirumoto
Yukihera
KibagamiKuno: that's for emergencies ;-)
KibagamiKuno: and getting from here to nabiku - err, i mean, the
crab :-)
Hantei Dave: Kesh: you find Oroku easy enough...did you want
to accompany Kuno?
KibagamiKuno: How much time do we have?
Keshijo: Kuno?
Hantei Dave: i mean "accompany, Kuno?"
Hantei Dave: left out the comma
KibagamiKuno: time?
Keshijo: I just wanted to bid him farewell and wish him luck.
Hantei Dave: you got as much time as you want...hehehe
Keshijo: Hisa is who I really want to see.
KibagamiKuno: heh, calculating time for a trip to the ikoma.
Hantei Dave: Oroku is sitting with a few men...he seems to be no
more that a warrior now
Hantei Dave: he thanks you humbly
Hantei Dave: oh, on horseback, should only be about a day or 2
Keshijo: "Oroku-sama, it is good to see you. I will put a good
word in for you to Toturi-sama. He needs good men like you."
Hantei Dave: Kesh: you understand that shugenja is in Toturi's
tent...he is acting as his advisor
Hantei Dave: you can't see him right now
Hantei Dave: and you have no clue what happened to Hisa
Hantei Dave: and hour of searching has come up dry
Keshijo: Any other Scorpions?
Hantei Dave: I'm sure ^_^
KibagamiKuno: hmm, well we may go that way yet. Meanwhile,
i think i'll just spend some time teaching the fighters (and maybe
learning a few things myself)
Keshijo: I seek some out...
Hantei Dave: a few villigers come weaving in and around the
bushi
Hantei Dave: they are with a young girl
KibagamiKuno: Whew, soush is elsewhere...
Hantei Dave: she carries a baton with shintao ribbons and robes
Keshijo: Hmm....
Hantei Dave: he is real young...preteen
Keshijo: Who is watching her?
Hantei Dave: they are approaching the 2 of you
Hantei Dave: she is with 2 villigers
Hantei Dave: She walks right up to you two
KibagamiKuno: We let this evil priest of the short world do this?!
Keshijo: I bow.
KibagamiKuno: kidding
Hantei Dave: "I am the Itako (shintao medium) of this village. I
am a message to you."
Hantei Dave: "It must be given in private."
Keshijo: "I am Shosuro Keshijo. I thank you."
Hantei Dave: she speaks seriously (she is much like the girl from
the demon buddha)
KibagamiKuno: I step away from whomever i was training
"Keep practicing"
Keshijo: Is there a tent or something nearby?
Hantei Dave: "It will require more privacy than that. I do not
wish to harm the others."
KibagamiKuno: "Let us walk, then..."
Keshijo: "Hai."
Hantei Dave: "Yes, the forest would be best."
Hantei Dave: she waits for your lead
KibagamiKuno: and away we go ^_^
Keshijo: I lead us to the forest.
Hantei Dave: ok. The villigers stay in back as you walk
Hantei Dave: the girl leads them
Hantei Dave: it is a clear day. You travel for about 10 minutes
before she speaks
Hantei Dave: "This grove will do."
Hantei Dave: she says
Hantei Dave: The other villagers take candles out and begins
lighting them in a circle in small cups
Hantei Dave: and they fill small bowls of water and circle them
the same
KibagamiKuno: "Whom are you a message from?"
Hantei Dave: "From the Lady of the Void. She has been
searching for you. The news of the return of Toturi travels
quick to one with her senses. That is how she found you."
Hantei Dave: She kneels on one side of the ring
Hantei Dave: you will need to sit
Hantei Dave: she says
KibagamiKuno: (kneel)
Keshijo: I sit.
Hantei Dave: a gentle breeze blows through
KibagamiKuno: i place my sandals next to me.
Hantei Dave: "I will warn you."
Hantei Dave: "This process is unpleasant."
Hantei Dave: "I is draining to those around me."
Keshijo: I nod.
Hantei Dave: it
Hantei Dave: "Should I direct it inward, would mean a very short
time."
Hantei Dave: "It will only last for as long as you can sustain.
Leave if you cannot stand the effects."
Hantei Dave: she nods to her assistants who begin walking away
Hantei Dave: "Are you prepared?"
KibagamiKuno: "(Paper always seemed a better medium)"
Hantei Dave: (better...but slower.)
Hantei Dave: josh had a good idea
Hantei Dave: meditating will prolong this...but no questions are
actions can be taken...and you need a successful roll when you
want to use it
Hantei Dave: maybe you 2 should trade off
Keshijo: I am confused...
Hantei Dave: no?
KibagamiKuno: i'll start
Hantei Dave: you'll see Kesh
Hantei Dave: make your roll Kuno
KibagamiKuno: 22
Hantei Dave: Kuno enters his meditation
Hantei Dave: The girl takes that as a sign
Hantei Dave: she closes her eyes and begins a mumbling
Hantei Dave: moments later the candles die off to a faint ember
and the forest seems to almost become darker
Hantei Dave: she opens her eyes to reveal her white orbs
without color
Hantei Dave: "I am the Mistress of the Void, Lady Kaede." She
says in 2 voices
Hantei Dave: "Time is short"
Hantei Dave: "I speak through the void."
Hantei Dave: "As you know, my brother, Tadaka, has gone to
reclaim the missing black scrolls of Fu Leng from Yogo Junzo."
Hantei Dave: "He has not returned."
Hantei Dave: "I feel his energy slipping from the void."
Hantei Dave: "He has not long left."
Hantei Dave: (feel free to jump in)
Hantei Dave: (and both of you roll a d6 and tell me the number
privatly)
Keshijo: "Where is he?"
Hantei Dave: "He is in the Shadowlands."
Keshijo: "How far? What part of Rokugan is he closest to?"
Hantei Dave: "All I know is that he traveled southwest of Hida
Castle
Keshijo: "Is he trapped? Moving?"
Hantei Dave: "I do not know...but I feel even now he is being
taken."
Hantei Dave: (roll again)
Hantei Dave: (and tell me)
Hantei Dave: "I have come to ask you a favor."
Hantei Dave: "Travel to the Crab lands have become
increasingly difficult."
Hantei Dave: "No longer can outsiders enter."
Hantei Dave: "They have so much as expelled our diplomats."
Hantei Dave: "but you....have a freedom of travel not common to
Rokugan."
Hantei Dave: (roll again)
Hantei Dave: Keshijo turns pale
Hantei Dave: and his head sways a moment
Hantei Dave: "Please...enter the lands of the Crab."
Hantei Dave: "Ask permission into the tainted lands and bring
back my brother. I beg you."
Keshijo: "Hai. We shall."
KibagamiKuno: (waking up)
KibagamiKuno: (start meditating kesh)
KibagamiKuno: "How can we best locate him? And what
should we say so that he'll trust us?"
Keshijo: I start meditating.
Hantei Dave: "Tell him I have sent you."
Hantei Dave: Keshijo tries to relax but you see him having
trouble
KibagamiKuno: "Does he yet know his role?"
Hantei Dave: "No. He has been gone for too long...since before
your travels to the Phoenix lands."
Hantei Dave: "It was after Junzo opened the first scroll"
Hantei Dave: (make rolls people)
KibagamiKuno: "Is there anything else we must know? Our time
is short now?"
KibagamiKuno: (that last part was a statement, not a ? )
Hantei Dave: "Yes, although I cannot explain it. When we met, I
felt something....dangerous about the bearers."
KibagamiKuno: "We place the land at risk, but how so?"
Hantei Dave: "I cannot be sure. It is a distrubance. An item
you carry."
Hantei Dave: Keshijo's eyes stop focusing
KibagamiKuno: that's not a good sign
KibagamiKuno: dave - we didn't have the scroll yet, right?
KibagamiKuno: nor the armor...
Hantei Dave: (neither)
Hantei Dave: you met her in Otosan Uchi
KibagamiKuno: just our tantos, our taint, and that paintbrush
(heh)
Hantei Dave: are you sure? ^_-
KibagamiKuno: no. thus the problem.
Keshijo: We did have Udon.....
Keshijo: :-)
Hantei Dave: "He only means well but no doubt by now the taint
clouds Tadaka's judgements."
KibagamiKuno: "Can you tell me more about the source? WHo
carried the item?"
KibagamiKuno: "We will seek tadaka-sama."
Hantei Dave: "Be careful. He is powerful. I do not know from
who."
Hantei Dave: "I cannot offer you enough for your help."
Hantei Dave: (make another roll guys)
KibagamiKuno: "the task may well require everything from
everyone."
KibagamiKuno: (and with that, lol...)
KibagamiKuno has left the room.
Hantei Dave: oops
Keshijo: And the spell knocks Kuno right off the internet!
Hantei Dave: hehehe
Hantei Dave: guess he failed that roll
Hantei Dave: did you want to get in another question Keshijo?
KibagamiKuno has entered the room.
Hantei Dave: Kuno begins coughing and gasping
KibagamiKuno: last i saw/wrote was "(and with that...)
KibagamiKuno: "
Keshijo: Nothing appropriate...
Keshijo: We waited for you Josh.
KibagamiKuno: don't always realize it's died.
Hantei Dave: then you two should probably go if you have
nothing else to say ^_-
Hantei Dave: privates?
KibagamiKuno: (cough-cough) probably...
Keshijo: "We thanks you for the information Kaede-sama."
Keshijo: "We will not fail."
Hantei Dave: the girl closes her eyes
KibagamiKuno: heh, silly promises we can't really keep.
Hantei Dave: instantly a rush of color returns to the grove
Hantei Dave: Kuno still coughs and Keshijo is having trouble
standing
KibagamiKuno: I focus on breathing calmly.
Hantei Dave: the bowls of water are dry and the flames are gone
as well
Hantei Dave: the girl opens her eyes normally
Hantei Dave: you begin to regain yourselves
KibagamiKuno: (see, now would have been a good time to have
tainted armor, esp if we were going into taintsville.
KibagamiKuno: )
Hantei Dave: heheh. It should be on your path
Keshijo: Good thing I learned how to restore Jade...
KibagamiKuno: heh, i'll pick up my old stuff along the way and
leave it in the kuni wastes on the way back
Hantei Dave: well, what are your plans then?
Keshijo: Find some Scorpions...
Hantei Dave: I'll tell you guys right now, you are on a time limit
^_-
KibagamiKuno: My suggestion is that we leave quickly for
Castle Ikoma, then go south over the river and through the
mountains. I had to take the river route last time, but i bet my
friend here knows a safer route on foot.
Hantei Dave: on horses it will take you maybe 2 weeks to get to
the wall...THEN its into the shadowlands
Keshijo: But I need to find a scorp for 5 minutes.
Hantei Dave: 2 weeks on a strait path that is
Keshijo: Then we can disguise ourselves as Kuni Witch
Hunters...
Hantei Dave: friend?
Keshijo: And head south.
Hantei Dave: looks around...what friend?
Keshijo: And we should say goodbye to Toturi.
Hantei Dave: ...
Keshijo: So...
Hantei Dave: is josh lagging?
Keshijo: Maybe he's gone again...
Hantei Dave: pokes josh
KibagamiKuno has left the room.
Hantei Dave: yep
Keshijo: Yup.
Keshijo: So, any scorps around?
Hantei Dave: probably ^_^
Keshijo: Can I talk to one?
KibagamiKuno has entered the room.
KibagamiKuno: ok
Keshijo: I just want to know if Jubei survived...
KibagamiKuno: so i heard about kuni witch hunter disguises.
Hantei Dave: why would he know?
Hantei Dave: didn't miss much josh
KibagamiKuno: (just did a quick rewire to improve connection)
Hantei Dave: you guys are heading back to the ronins
Hantei Dave: you have horses there anyway
KibagamiKuno: ok, i was thinking we could alternatively go
south past shiro iuchi
Keshijo: Keshijo: Then we can disguise ourselves as Kuni Witch
Hunters...Hantei Keshijo: And we should say goodbye to
Toturi.
Hantei Dave: Hantei Keshijo?
KibagamiKuno: heh, kesh kesh to me
Hantei Dave: sounds like an insult to me!
Keshijo: Do-de-do-di-doo.
Keshijo: I'm Emperor now... :-)
Hantei Dave: just don't call yourself Keshijo-Leng
KibagamiKuno: we'd avoid the war and travel through less
populous lands. fewer interruptions.
KibagamiKuno: I could try to find armor along the way...
Hantei Dave: FYI, Iuchi family are shugenja
KibagamiKuno: and?
Hantei Dave: nothing, just wanted you to know what you are in
for. Not as much luck with armor and stuff there
Keshijo: Oh. No biggie.
Hantei Dave: but all the paper you could need
KibagamiKuno: heh
KibagamiKuno: Hi Ho .... hey, what's this horse's name?
Keshijo: WooHoo!
Hantei Dave: they do have names bt you can pick a nice one
Hantei Dave: that they namesd him
Hantei Dave: well, you 2 figure out the plan before others can
argue. heheh
KibagamiKuno: kesh, good? THrough the mountains and past
the shugenja?
Hantei Dave: Keshijo finds a bushi with a mask from a Scorpion
design
KibagamiKuno: (alternatively, we go south past your folk - but i
worry the horses won't be able to make it)
KibagamiKuno: (the other is actually a road)
Hantei Dave: roads are a great convenience
Hantei Dave: no tengu...er telling...whats the other way
Keshijo: Hai. Great places for bandits to find people...
Hantei Dave: trust that both ways are perilous ^_-
Hantei Dave: but one is better
Hantei Dave: remember, you will be passing through scorpion
territory
Keshijo: I ask about Jubei.
Hantei Dave: "Who?"
KibagamiKuno: particularly if we aim to go right past Shiro no
Soshi
Keshijo: "Nevermind."
KibagamiKuno: hmm, there is always another river trip. Can the
scorpion swim? ;-)
Keshijo: Actually, yes.
Hantei Dave: always past Yogo Shiro
Hantei Dave: hehehe
KibagamiKuno: well kesh, i laid out three routes, you pick ... or
propose another.
KibagamiKuno: (and no, d, we won't go that close to yogo
shiro)
Hantei Dave: heats on...
Keshijo: What is shortest?
Keshijo: I don't want to go to Yogo Shiro...
Keshijo: It's trapped...
Hantei Dave: i would think past the Shosuro
Hantei Dave: i mean soshi
Hantei Dave: the town of Ryoko Owari Toshi still exists
Keshijo: Let's pass the Soshi then. They are also Shugenja
though, so probably no armor there either...
Hantei Dave: it is an....interesting place
Hantei Dave: or SOshi for that matter ^_-
Keshijo: Ah, the City of Lies, it's been a while since I studied
there...
KibagamiKuno: yes, stopped there not so long ago.
KibagamiKuno: buns.
KibagamiKuno: Then that's the path. Do we keep the horses or
buy a boat?
Keshijo: I like the horses.. Boats aren't that safe in Rokugan...
Hantei Dave: yah, besides, you guys suck at sailing
KibagamiKuno: agreed.
Hantei Dave: (or boating)
Keshijo: And we'll have a lot of overland travel later...
KibagamiKuno: away we go.
Hantei Dave: (tantaraaaaaaa)
KibagamiKuno: hey, if we go this way, we CAN stop at ikoma
:-)
Keshijo: Sounds good.
KibagamiKuno: we have a plan.
Hantei Dave: you'll also pass the city of the rich frog
Hantei Dave: where Toturi is about to attack ^_-
Hantei Dave: pass through quickly ^_^ LOL
Hantei Dave: you travel past quickly
Keshijo: Okay. Let's bid Toturi farewell..
Hantei Dave: and turn around to say bye bye
Hantei Dave: NEW SCENE: Toturi's tent
Hantei Dave: actually, a command area has been set up using old
cloths
Keshijo: Are we there or is this an interlude?
Hantei Dave: walled on all sides
Hantei Dave: you are just outside
Hantei Dave: a few ronin guard
Hantei Dave: one goes to announce you to Toturi
Hantei Dave: and you are of course, allowed in
Keshijo: We go in.
Keshijo: I bow.
Hantei Dave: Toturi sits on a folding chair, now washed, Yohei
kneels on a mat on one side looking confused and worried as
ever, the shugenja and some other ronin are here as well
KibagamiKuno: Bow low
Hantei Dave: "Join the group please."
Keshijo: I join the group.
Hantei Dave: you can kneel at a mat
KibagamiKuno: Kneel.
Keshijo: Ok.
Hantei Dave: "We are discussing our plans into the Scorpion
lands."
Keshijo: I turn my head slightly, in a questioning fashion.
Hantei Dave: "Then we backtrack to the Dragon where we
request assistance from TOgashi Yokuni-sama, and prepare
our attack against the City of the Rich Frog"
Hantei Dave: "I have something to give you before you leave."
KibagamiKuno: (heh, so much for asking permission to leave)
Hantei Dave: The shugenja hands Kuno a stack of 10 scrolls
KibagamiKuno: (i take them, awkwardly... it's ten scrolls...)
Hantei Dave: "You can read it Kuno-san."
Keshijo: Are they black?
Hantei Dave: (only 2 lest ^_-)
Hantei Dave: left
KibagamiKuno: are they sealed?
Hantei Dave: no
KibagamiKuno: does he seem to mean i should read it now?
KibagamiKuno: if so, i open one.
Hantei Dave: he was waiting ^_-
Hantei Dave: "please, aloud."
KibagamiKuno: (read aloud)
Hantei Dave: A Call To Arms
Hantei Dave: For warriors whose duty it is to preserve the
Hantei Dave: Empire and restrain lawlessness
Hantei Dave: What purpose do we serve the fostering chaos?
Hantei Dave: Let all men and women who have honor
Hantei Dave: to call themselves samurai
Hantei Dave: , Rally beside the Black Lion
Hantei Dave: in the shadows on the Great Climb
Hantei Dave: (end)
Hantei Dave: (same on each scroll)
KibagamiKuno: "Where shall i deliver each, sama?"
Hantei Dave: "Please post one at every city and central town
Hantei Dave: "If we gather another 200, we may be a force."
KibagamiKuno: "Including that of the rich frog? I will be passing
through the ikoma lands..."
Hantei Dave: "Ha. No, (he smiles) not that one please."
KibagamiKuno: (heh)
Hantei Dave: "I'll handle that personally. I knew you would be
traveling soon."
KibagamiKuno: "I came to ask permission to leave, but am
happy that you have reached a decision on the matter ^_^"
Hantei Dave: "It was never mine."
Hantei Dave: Yohei: "Ahem, thank you sama's." he bows
Keshijo: "Hai sama. The fates are leading us elsewhere. We
came to say farewell and good luck."
Keshijo: "Yohei. It has been an honor to know you."
Keshijo: "I hope we meet again."
Hantei Dave: he nods
KibagamiKuno: "And to serve you, I know that we leave you in
the best hands
KibagamiKuno: "
Hantei Dave: Yohei: "Kuno-san..."
Hantei Dave: Yohei attacks with the stick on the ground
KibagamiKuno: ?
Hantei Dave: can you dodge a 15?
Keshijo: "Toturi-sama, I wish to recommend one of your men.
Oruko held the men together well and tried to temper the work
of the ogres while they were in charge of the city. He will serve
you well."
KibagamiKuno: probably, but should i?
Hantei Dave: you decide
KibagamiKuno: nope, don't dodge.
Hantei Dave: it taps you lightly
Hantei Dave: "I prefer the stick. Thanks anyway."
KibagamiKuno: "Then when i return you better have mastered
that, fu leng awaits ^_^ :
KibagamiKuno: "
Hantei Dave: "Oruko begged his life when they attacked. He
was in charge for that reason. He is an potential soldier but a
weak leader. He is welcome here though."
Hantei Dave: "He has declared this to me priavtly."
Keshijo: "Ah. Perhaps he may become more than he thinks one
day."
Hantei Dave: "...perhaps."
Keshijo: "We all have the potential. The great ones use it."
Hantei Dave: "His part is best served taking orders. He agrees
on this matter as well."
KibagamiKuno: "Toturi sama, the 'black lion'? a new family
name for those of us who wander?"
Hantei Dave: He smiles
Hantei Dave: and is about to speak when,
Hantei Dave: another samurai says "FAMILY?! That is what
started this mess! Bah!" He crosses his arms and sulks
Hantei Dave: Toturi: "Toku is passionate on this matter. But he
is also right. Let this family be not of blood but of honor."
KibagamiKuno: "There is nothing wrong with declaring ones
origin, by blood or honor, it is fighting over it that creates the
mess."
Keshijo: "Perhaps the Wolf. A pack of hunters, who rely on each
other.
Hantei Dave: "Tell it to the villagers" Toku hisses with a sarcastic
face
Hantei Dave: Toturi looks at Keshijo and blanks off into the
distance
KibagamiKuno: "I am about to with these letters, which is why i
ask 'who am i'? "
Hantei Dave: Toturi: "You are a wolf, Kuno-san."
Hantei Dave: "And allow your standard to show it."
Hantei Dave: "As we now do."
Hantei Dave: "Domo Keshijo-san."
Keshijo: I bow.
Hantei Dave: Toku scratches himself
KibagamiKuno: bow "Then, it is time we part the pack... for a
while..."
Hantei Dave: Toturi nods
Hantei Dave: "Represent well on our quest."
KibagamiKuno: "I will, sama."
Hantei Dave: Toku stands up and wanders in a funny line.
Hantei Dave: He takes the wrong side of his saya and pokes
Kuno in the side with his sword hilt.
Hantei Dave: "Just remember, a wolf that falls too far back gets
eaten..."
Hantei Dave: he makes a sneer face
KibagamiKuno: "Heh, i'm headed south to see the enemy first
hand, don't tarry too long"
Hantei Dave: He puts his sword down and scratches
Hantei Dave: THey wait for you to leave
Keshijo: I bow and walk out.
Keshijo: "Farewell. May the Kamis watch over you all."
KibagamiKuno: "Goodbye sama. Toku, friend, we'll fight side
by side soon enough.
KibagamiKuno: "
KibagamiKuno: <bow>
Hantei Dave: you leave
Hantei Dave: Now that the path is settled, how about we end
here tonight?
Keshijo: Okay.
Hantei Dave: gives me time to prepare for the Ikoma and such.
Didn't really know which way you were gonna go anyway
KibagamiKuno: ok
Keshijo: I'm kinda sick anyway. An early night might be a good
idea...
KibagamiKuno: we may need to go in disguise to the ikoma,
anyway.
Hantei Dave: and we can get more friends on horseback then
Hantei Dave: cool
Keshijo: Yeah.
Hantei Dave: fun mini tonight. No grid this time
Hantei Dave: NEXT TIME we break out the 100X100!
KibagamiKuno: swell
Hantei Dave: and thats just for Oni no Jimen
Keshijo: Hehe. I have to get miniatures for everyone first...
KibagamiKuno: i don't think we can cut jimen.. it won't make for
a very long fight.
Keshijo: I'll just bind him...
Keshijo: I know his name...
Hantei Dave: its ok. I got plans for Jimen...if you bind him it'll
change. hehehe
Keshijo: What? His plans? I would think so...
KibagamiKuno: "and instead, i think i'll be bound for a while"
Hantei Dave: ..plus I think others have tried
Hantei Dave: Kuno saw the wards
KibagamiKuno: yup.
Hantei Dave: well, he never left them anyway
Hantei Dave: as far as you know
Keshijo: They didn't slap him on the head though.
KibagamiKuno: hope what's his name didn't get hoarse.
Hantei Dave: they might have tried ^_-
Hantei Dave: whats his name?
Hantei Dave: (thinking)
Keshijo: I'll just have to be sneakier...
KibagamiKuno: eh, we'll look it up
Hantei Dave: by the way, did you see my obvious rip-off Josh?
KibagamiKuno: whatever you do, don't just jump out of the tree
and try to poke him in the eye with your naginata. he knows
about that one already.
Keshijo: What Naginata?
KibagamiKuno: not really... (heh)
Keshijo: The one I broke in the Ogre's head?
Hantei Dave: Toku = Mifune. But I didn't make him. He is
actually in the book
KibagamiKuno: heh
Hantei Dave: see "Way of the Wolf"
KibagamiKuno: haven't seen it yet.
Hantei Dave: its hard to get
KibagamiKuno: so now we're all wolf eh.
Keshijo: Well, you guys.. I'm a Scorpion...
KibagamiKuno: wolf led by a black lion.
Hantei Dave: sheesh, you guys have been Scorps, IMperial
guards, ronin, wolves
KibagamiKuno: there is no scorpion, and no akodo.
Hantei Dave: CHOOSE ALREADY ^_-
KibagamiKuno: yeah yeah yeah, well look at toturi's list (from
last itme)
Hantei Dave: oh, and emisaries of the Dragon
Hantei Dave: forgot that slightly important one
KibagamiKuno: and of the lion. and the hantei. oni slayers, and
kuni witch hunters. wind walkers and traitors...
Keshijo: I'm a Scorpion. I don't take orders from Fu Leng.
Hantei Dave: (you all work for the Shadowlands whether you
know or not anyway) :P
KibagamiKuno: heh
KibagamiKuno: so dave, i'll spend whatever time we have left
with the army doing some training.
Hantei Dave: well, seems like time is an issue...so you decide
Hantei Dave: hell, go back to the Dragonfly and sip tea all day
Hantei Dave: that'll piss Togashi off
KibagamiKuno: heh
Keshijo: Southward HO!
Hantei Dave: anyway, caio all. C-Ya tomarrow eve Brian
