hantei4: just getting set
hida_oku:
k
hantei4:
http://animegurl2285.tripod.com/rurounikenshin/hanya.jpg
hida_oku:
heh.. yeah!'
hantei4: that's the one to
post on your profile then?
hida_oku:
heh, sure
hantei4: i
also found some yoshimitsu ones but didn't like em as much
hantei4: anyway... please be
ready to save the game. I crash line
crazy
hida_oku:
ok
hantei4: any questions to
start?
hida_oku:
not really... I assume I'll meet up with soush at
some point?
hida_oku:
oh, actually I do
hida_oku:
can I take that power?
hantei4: well, you 2 journey
to the crab lands together
hantei4: power?
hida_oku:
the fear power. I think it's a ki power
hida_oku:
where I appear to be a demon (which I practically am, anyway)
hantei4: (you'll get it... lemme finish this game which involves that)
hida_oku:
sure
hantei4: k
hantei4: so, you an Sousha travel with your single
retainer. You have no trouble moving
through into the crab lands. They let
the two of you right in.
hantei4: (Skipping the
journey for you guys)
hida_oku:
fine with me
hantei4: heh
hantei4: the unit that
greets you tells you that Hida Kisada
has requested (demanded) your appearence... so you
should prepare
hantei4: they escort you 2
to Kyunden Hida
hantei4: btw... the snow
fall has no let up much
hida_oku:
I didn't expect it to. In fact, I'm
pretty sure it will continue
hantei4: the armies
everywhere are at a standstill
hantei4: you are shown to
your chambers for your appearence tomarrow. Feel free to do whatever you want to be
presentable
hida_oku:
well, I'll clean up a bit
hida_oku:
put on my "nice" black silk
hantei4: wash you mask
off? heheh
hantei4: clean behind the
horns?
hida_oku:
yeah... probably
hida_oku:
heh
hantei4: ok. Anyone you want to send messages to? etc.
hantei4: talk with?
hantei4: or just rest up...
hida_oku:
not really.
hida_oku:
I'll take it easy from the journey
hida_oku:
I'm sure everyone knows I'm around, anyway
hantei4: ok
hantei4: sounds like a plan
hantei4: you are brought exsquiset meals.. perhaps the finest you have ever seen the crab serve
hantei4: the geisha show no
discomfort from your mask
hida_oku:
hmm, I wonder why they're buttering me up
hantei4: heheh
hantei4: finally, your escourt arrives. He
waits in your waiting chamber for you to show
hantei4: ...
hida_oku:
I'll meet up with him, tell my retainer to stay with
my stuff
hantei4: retainer prostrates
hida_oku:
(heh, that's more like it )
hantei4: you go out to the
waiting room where Kuni Yori
kneels. He bows
hida_oku:
I will bow low to him
hantei4: "Greetings
Lord Oku."
hantei4: "Again we
meet."
hantei4: he smirks from one
corner
hida_oku:
"Hai, Yori-sama."
hida_oku:
(he can't see my smirk)
hantei4: (I'm guessing a maniacle smirk)
hantei4: "Lord Hida Kisada awaits. We are so glad you have returned so
soon."
hantei4: "Time moves
fast these days."
hantei4: "...when you
are ready, Lord."
hida_oku:
"My presence is required on the battlefield. I am ready to see lord kisada
now, if you are."
hantei4: He bows and stands
hantei4: he slowly walks
with you through the castle
hantei4: "Do you harbor
anger towards me?"
hantei4: "If it is not
too forward a question."
hida_oku:
"I feel no anger. I have accepted
my fate"
hida_oku:
"why do you ask?"
hantei4: "Because it is
unlike a Crab warrior to not express his feelings. It is the great difference among someone in
your position."
hantei4: "I respect
that."
hida_oku:
"If I were to truly let my anger out, no-one would be safe. Not my friends, not you,
perhaps not even the emporer."
hida_oku:
"But I sure it will all play out in time"
hantei4: "and why is
that?"
hantei4: "What is your
nature?"
hida_oku:
"My connection to the shadowlands has taught me
much. More even, than you may know. As a crab, we have a close kinship with the
darkness, but I have embraced it, and now if I let it, it will
conume me entirely.
So I must resist"
hantei4: ...
hantei4: "...oh... I
meant your difference as an artist."
He lets out a demonic smile as Kisada's
chamber doors open.
hantei4: (heheh)
hida_oku:
(bastard)
hantei4: Hida
Kisada sits at his throne across the dark room. On either side is
his two sons, Yakamo and Sukune. Off to the side is an odd replica of Yakamo. It's armor is bone... it's skin red. It's hair mearly extensions of its skin.
hantei4: the real Yakamo snaps his claw... an item the other does not have
hida_oku:
<bow low>
hida_oku:
"Lord Kisada, I have come as you have
requested"
hantei4
has signed back in. (
hantei4: bah. crash
hida_oku:
heh
hida_oku:
hantei4: the real Yakamo
snaps his claw... an item the other does not have
hida_oku:
<bow low>
hida_oku:
"Lord Kisada, I have come as you have
requested"
hida_oku:
last thing that happened
hantei4: Kisada
motions for you to kneel closer before his throne
hantei4: Yori
bows and moves near Yakamo no Oni
hida_oku:
I will do so.... but I'm staying on guard
hantei4: Yakamo
smiles looking down at you over his nose
hantei4: Sukune
remains serious
hantei4: Kisada:
"I am pleased with your performance."
hantei4: "You have
performed all that I have asked of you.
From the moment I presented you as a gift to the Emperor... to his
death... a task that was robbed from you."
hantei4: "As my
personal assasin."
hida_oku:
(ah! Someone finally said it!!)
hantei4: "Your position
had fallen when the young corrupt Emperor had taken the throne."
hantei4: (yes ^_^ )
hantei4: "You were
chosen by the Kami to represent us and now I again
present you as a gift."
hantei4: "As an
artist... as an assassin."
hida_oku:
"To whom, my lord?"
hantei4: "To the young
Emperor." He puffs up.
hida_oku:
...
hantei4: (any comment?)
hida_oku:
a little confused... tryinto figure out how to
respond
hantei4: (wait then)
hida_oku:
ok
hantei4: Yakamo
laughs lightly
hantei4: Kisada:
"Even now the ronin army under the Black Lion Toturi moves to take
hantei4: "A
confrontation is inevitable."
hantei4: "We will meet
him there on the battleground."
hantei4: "My son Sukune will run the assault."
hantei4: (comment?)
hantei4: Sukune
doesn't smile
hantei4:
..but Yakamo does
hida_oku:
"Are we not against the same foe, lord kisada? I will perform my duties, but I would, if you
would permit me, have a glimpse at the larger picture."
hida_oku: ..
hantei4: even Kisada laughs a little at that.
hantei4: "You are the
Emperor's assassin... and the Emperor is Fu Leng."
hantei4: "Take his army
to him."
hantei4: "Take it
through Beidan's pass."
hantei4: "You will lead
the first strike at Toturi."
hantei4: "Break his
forces."
hantei4: "Destroy your
own evil troops."
hantei4: "as an honor
to Fu Leng."
hantei4: "You will
carry my word of gift to him."
hantei4: "His new
artist... and general."
hida_oku:
"his... general?"
hantei4: "whose army
was destroyed at the pass fighting in his name."
hida_oku:
(stunned silence)
hantei4: "The Crab
forces will follow serving under the corrupt Emperor as well."
hantei4: "When I issue
the final challenge to the dark lord... you will strike... my assassin."
hantei4: Yakamo
smiles wide.
hantei4: (tell me if you are
lost)
hantei4: (or ask)
hida_oku:
(not lost... just.... surprised)
hantei4: "Lead the assault
under Sukune."
hantei4: "Send your
champion Sousha in the front line as your commander
hantei4: "When your
army is killed or breaks Toturi's line... the Crab
will attack."
hantei4: "...and finish
the job."
hantei4: "We will
control
hantei4: "And the roads
to the Palace."
hida_oku:
ah....
hantei4: "The Crab army
will come to defend the Emperor from the remaining clans and we will strike the
final blow."
hantei4: Yakamo
no Oni: "Brilliant father!"
hantei4: Yakamo
snears
hantei4: (comments?)
hantei4: Kuni
Yori: "You see, Oku? You are the pivot point."
hantei4: (ahem?)
hida_oku:
With a glance at Yakamo no Oni,
"My lord, do you not expect treachery?
Will the emporer believe that I am truly to be
again in his service when I am a tanto bearer?"
hantei4: "When you
destroy the Black Lion's army he will believe you."
hantei4: "When we give
him the head of Toturi, he will trust you."
hantei4: Yori:
"Leave that last part to us."
hantei4: he smiles
hantei4: Yori:
"We understand your duty Oku."
hida_oku:
"But my lord, Toturi is a thunder... as is your
son. Is it wise to eliminate him? Are we not doing Fu Leng's
work for him?"
hantei4: Yori:
"Do you not see Oku? Toturi's death IS doing his work. When Fu Leng drops
his guard... Toturi has won."
hantei4: "Does he not
deserve death for the wars he has started?"
hida_oku:
"We all deserve death now, my lord.
I am merely a hand that deals it now."
hida_oku:
"As I was ever"
hantei4: Kisada:
"My son Yakamo has now accepted his role as your
Thunder. We will finish what you
start."
hantei4: "Are you and
are you forever my servant?"
hantei4: ...
hantei4: (better answer)
hida_oku:
"I serve the crab and the shadow my lord, and will do my part to end this
war. One way, or another"
hantei4: "And when Fu Leng is dead, and I take the throne... will you sit by
me... not as assassin.. but
as defender?"
hida_oku:
"When Fu Leng is dead, I vow to defend the
throne and the empire"
hantei4: Kisada
stands.
hida_oku:
(careful with wording)
hida_oku:
hantei4: "Then I adopt
you not simply as Hida vassal... but as true Hida within my own family."
hida_oku:
(holy shit!)
hantei4: Sukune
brings out a long object behind a cloth
hantei4: He removes the
cloth showing a paint brusk
as long and thick as your entire arm.
hantei4: brush
hantei4: he takes the end
and pulls it open to reveal a magnificient shinobigatana
hantei4: finest you have
ever seen
hida_oku:
(woot!)
hantei4: Kisada:
"Take this as your new sword to be passed down from assassin to son,
through our family line."
hantei4: "Though you
have no honor as an assassin, you will have honor as a Hida
and as a defender once your job is complete."
hida_oku:
I will take the sword and prostrate myself before him.
hida_oku:
when it is give to me
hantei4: "and the
assassin skills will pass to the next generation."
hantei4: Sukune
pours water on it and hands it to you.
hida_oku:
(so dave, what does this
mean, really?)
hantei4: (it means you are
officially a son of Kisada essentially)
hantei4: (...and son of the
future Emperor)
hantei4: (he has assured
your devotion)
hida_oku:
...woah
hantei4: nice pic btw
hida_oku:
so that would mean I'm third (or fourth, if you count the oni)
in line to the "future" throne?
hantei4: Well, you are still
an adopted son... so his true children are more important. Think of yourself as a half brother
hantei4: I wouldn't count
the oni
hida_oku:
Hide Oku, the Demon Lord... I like the sound of it
hida_oku:
*Hida
hantei4: he essentially has
asked that you complete your quest for the Shadowlands
with heavy casualties to your own side
hida_oku:
yep
hantei4: making you a hero
hantei4: and trusted
hantei4: you are after all
doing Fu Leng's work
hida_oku:
(ho boy...)
hantei4: you have 1 simple
task. Break Toruti's
army so you can capture Beidan's Pass
hantei4: do that 1st
hantei4: lol
hida_oku:
simple.... I'm sooooo sure
hantei4: (we'll wait for Sousha on that one... after all... he is leading the
charge.)
hida_oku:
<end game?>
hantei4: almost
hantei4: are you in a rush?
hida_oku:
nope
hantei4: k
hida_oku:
not yet
hantei4: Kuni
Yori offers some of his witch hunters to teach you
the technique you are interested in
hida_oku:
hold on... door
hantei4: k
hantei4: (btw... the other
thing this honor meant is that your original family name no longer will
exist... It is Hida from when your family is born
now. Most samurai would take the name Hida at their coming-of-age ceremony)
hida_oku:
sorry, landlord
hantei4: np
hantei4: back?
hida_oku:
yep
hida_oku:
heh, nice... Oku has no family anyway
hida_oku:
or line for that matter
hida_oku:
well, now I do
hantei4: k. So anyway. You have to spend the remainder of the winter
learning that technique and gathering your army for when winter breaks
hantei4: while your army
might be able to withstand the snow somewhat... the Crab can't
hida_oku:
sounds like a plan
hantei4: and you need the
Crab as backup
hida_oku:
now I real am "Oku-sama"
hida_oku:
*really
hantei4: indeed. A Lord of two Clans
hantei4: well, maybe not a
crab lord
hantei4: but respected
hantei4: so, are you happy
with the outcome? (wait
until you see what I have planned for all the others next. muahahah)
hida_oku:
jeez, we're all fucked
hida_oku:
We'll all going to end up killing each other
hida_oku:
maybe I wont tell the others about the crab plans for toturi......
hida_oku:
they might feel a little.... betrayed
hantei4: well, we will run
that part in the solo when Rishard shows up
hida_oku:
yeah... jeez
hantei4: I'll do a small
solo with him
hantei4: then you and he
will do the attack...
hantei4: then you can meet
the others again
hida_oku:
I wonder if he knows that he's now my champion
hantei4: well, he is the
Champion of the SHadowlands... and you have a Shadowlands army so....
hida_oku:
heh, yeah
hantei4: and he has the SHadowlands tanto
hantei4: it all worked out
hantei4: ^_^
hida_oku:
yeah, sure
hantei4: fitting together
nicely
hantei4: end game
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hida_oku:
nice
hantei4: do you want to save
again? or
should I save the 2nd part