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Suzume Sousha has entered the room.
KibagamiKuno has entered the room.
Hantei Dave: great..one more and we'll start ^_-
Hantei Dave: hehehe
Hantei Dave: rishard, did you get my email?
Suzume Sousha: whihc one?
Suzume Sousha: the last one I saw said game on today
Hantei Dave: go look now...take a quick read of it. it is relevent
KibagamiKuno: did i get emails?
Hantei Dave: nope. it's a rishard thing
Hantei Dave: heheh
Hantei Dave: sousha thing rather
Hantei Dave: there he is
Keshijo has entered the room.
Keshijo: Howdy
Hantei Dave: Keshijo is whipped by the 12 Inquisitors
Hantei Dave: hey brian
Keshijo: I dodge!
KibagamiKuno: bzzzzzzz
Hantei Dave: dodge where? into a sword swing kuno?
KibagamiKuno: Kuno introduces himself to HentaiDave. And this, over here, is Keshijo.
Keshijo: The Mountain is No Barrier!
KibagamiKuno: And these are my bees
Hantei Dave: heh
Hantei Dave: where you keeeping bees? in your armor?
Keshijo: Soul Calibur 2 is awesome.
Hantei Dave: isn't that an old game?
Suzume Sousha: it is to me :-)
Suzume Sousha: I had the japanese version on the xbox for months now
Keshijo: It came out Tuesday....
KibagamiKuno: lol
KibagamiKuno: plague bees.
Hantei Dave: oh. I'm confused. Soul Edge...Soul Calibur...Soul Calibur 2. Did I leave any out?
KibagamiKuno: each one is a 1/1 flying insect, and they each get +1/+1 for each other bee in battle.
Hantei Dave: what the hell takes this series so long?
Keshijo: They want to work on Tekken I guess...
Hantei Dave: pheh...they should go back to virtual fighter
Hantei Dave: and make it good again
Hantei Dave: shall we continue?
Suzume Sousha: I'm ready
Hantei Dave: raab will be late
Hantei Dave: skip is out tonight
Hantei Dave: so this is the roster
Keshijo: Michael Knight is here!
Keshijo: Woohoo!
Hantei Dave: Kit: "I think I ran outta gas Michael."
Keshijo: That's KITT man...
Keshijo: :-)
Hantei Dave: WHAP
Keshijo: And you ever notice how they
NEVER go to a gas station?
Hantei Dave: well, you are all sipping tea
again in the Dragonfly tea house across
ffrom the gate blocking your magic mountain
KibagamiKuno: CARR
KibagamiKuno: No
Hantei Dave: CARR kicks BUTT (2 t's)
Keshijo: Umm... that's KARR...
Suzume Sousha: :-)ok nerd
Keshijo: Knight's Automated Roving Robot...
Keshijo: :-)
KibagamiKuno: The dragonfly tea house is down the street from me. It's not across
the street from any magic mountains
Hantei Dave: Kuno's out on errands ^_-
KibagamiKuno: if there was a magic mountain in p-ville, i would have climbed it.
Hantei Dave: to find something to go in tea
KibagamiKuno: heh
Suzume Sousha: p-vile?
Hantei Dave: that leaves Kesh and Sousha staring at each other
Suzume Sousha: I won't blink first
Hantei Dave: make WILL rolls
Keshijo: I poke him in the eye...
Keshijo: :-)
Hantei Dave: heh
Suzume Sousha: 14 :-(
Keshijo: Do I still need to roll will?
Suzume Sousha: I am ok with loosing
Hantei Dave: sousha adds his insomnia bonus and wins
Suzume Sousha: lol
Keshijo: D'Oh!
Hantei Dave: he doesn't blink for the next 3.5 hours
Suzume Sousha: :-)
Hantei Dave: After some time, the Dragonfly rep gives you access to go to
Mirumoto Castle
Keshijo: His eyes will dry out...
Hantei Dave: Kuno wanna show up at some point?
KibagamiKuno: one sec
Keshijo: Didn't we have to stick together to live last time?
Hantei Dave: k
KibagamiKuno: we aren't climbing this time
Hantei Dave: you ain't going up that high this time
Hantei Dave: yep
Hantei Dave: simple skip jump up the path
KibagamiKuno: dave - i was under the impression i had a side journey to make
before we went up to mirumoto.
Hantei Dave: (for honey?)
KibagamiKuno: umm, to dump the armor?
Hantei Dave: There is an Ise Zumi to meet you up the path ^_^
Hantei Dave: to releave you of your burdan
Keshijo: It's not a another Homey Ise Zume, is it?
Hantei Dave: homey?
Suzume Sousha: the clown
KibagamiKuno: gotcha.
Hantei Dave: well?
Hantei Dave: you gonna sip tea all day? that's expensive!
Keshijo: I greet the Ise Zumi...
Hantei Dave: I guess you pass the gate then ^_-
Hantei Dave: the Ise Zumi meets you on the other side
KibagamiKuno: (same one as from earlier?)
Hantei Dave: He bows with one hand outstretched
Hantei Dave: (yes)
Suzume Sousha: bow
Hantei Dave: he bows again to sousha
Hantei Dave: (smiling)
Suzume Sousha: (does he know us already or do we have to intro ourselves)
Suzume Sousha: Havening hard time remembering;.
Hantei Dave: you know him
Hantei Dave: (make up a good name)
Hantei Dave: his name is Poki
KibagamiKuno: (bow)
Hantei Dave: Togashi Poki
KibagamiKuno: (Pocky?)
Hantei Dave: (my own spelling)
Suzume Sousha: Poke, it is good to see you again. :-)
KibagamiKuno: (soush's own spelling)
Hantei Dave: Poki: I will accompany you as far as you may travel to Shiro
Mirumoto and then take your requested items up to Kyuden Togashi. I personally
may not enter.
Hantei Dave: "But I will pass it on to the Ise Zumi residents there
KibagamiKuno: (any letters anyone?)
Hantei Dave: He offers an arm that you may continue walking
Suzume Sousha: continues walking
Hantei Dave: There is a large number of Ashigaru (low level samurai walking the
path)...much more than last time.
Hantei Dave: "It seems that everyone is on edge these days. The Lion are stirring
up fears"
Hantei Dave: "Noone has ever infiltrated this mountain though...successfully."
Hantei Dave: He continues taking you up
Suzume Sousha: Teh lion are strong.
Hantei Dave: "Are they? I think they are confused."
Hantei Dave: You aren't far from the castle already.
Suzume Sousha: Confused people are more dangerous then ones that see clearly
Keshijo: "Hai. Confused seems right.."
Keshijo: "They need a leader."
KibagamiKuno: The lion lack their battlefield leaders.
Hantei Dave: He takes you to the gate of the castle. "I do not know of leaders and
wars...only of men. This is as far as I can go."
KibagamiKuno: Instead, the roam willy-nilly looking for a fight, without knowing
who to fight or how to approach
Hantei Dave: (I mean you)
KibagamiKuno: I pass him two parcels
Hantei Dave: "Heavy..."
KibagamiKuno: One is big and clunky and heavy, the other is light but wrapped
many times over.
KibagamiKuno: A letter accompanies them both
KibagamiKuno: (i.e. two letters)
Hantei Dave: "I will take them as far as they may go."
Hantei Dave: "until someone can take them farther...that is."
KibagamiKuno: "See that they are safe, and particularly that this one (gesturing to
the larger one)
KibagamiKuno: does not fall into the enemies hands"
Hantei Dave: "There are no enemies at Kyuden Togashi"
KibagamiKuno: "The mountain is wide"
Keshijo: "May I leave a letter with you as well?"
Hantei Dave: "Of course."
Keshijo: "Thank you."
Hantei Dave: "I should be going. If I stay any longer, Poki will begin to melt."
KibagamiKuno: Domo
Hantei Dave: He bows and turns to walk off
Hantei Dave: Kuno is lightned of the armor
Keshijo: I make sure he doesn't float away...
KibagamiKuno: I lick my fingers.
Hantei Dave: The old samurai you people met at Otosan Uchi is at the door waiting
for you. He is dressed up formally
Hantei Dave: He was accompanying Hitomi last you met him
KibagamiKuno: I bow (awkwardly)
Hantei Dave: He bows formally.
Keshijo: I bow.
Suzume Sousha: As do i
KibagamiKuno: I give Sousha a push ("If i have to bow, so do you")
Hantei Dave: "I am Mirumoto Sukune, care-taker of Shiro Mirumoto. You are
welcome here."
Hantei Dave: fyi - Keshijo has on full Kuni Witch Hunter makeup
Hantei Dave: he looks like a Kabuki
Suzume Sousha: what does that signify>
Hantei Dave: (that he is a Kuni Witch Hunter ^_-)
KibagamiKuno: heh
Suzume Sousha: ok next stupid question. What do Kuni Witch hunters do? Hunt
witches?
Keshijo: Pretty much...
KibagamiKuno: no no,
Keshijo: Mostly Oni and Bloodspeakers..
KibagamiKuno: they are witch hunters who hunt kuni
Hantei Dave: you got it. They are experts at killing oni
Suzume Sousha: ahh ok. that makes more sense
KibagamiKuno: or kuni, who don't know which they hunt
Keshijo: and they aren't being hunted...
Keshijo: by Lions and Cranes...
Hantei Dave: ^_^
KibagamiKuno: and dragons oh my!
Hantei Dave: The Doji Kuni Witch Hunters Hunters come to kill Keshijo
KibagamiKuno: DKWH Hunter X
Hantei Dave: heh
Keshijo: Umm... I become Shinjoten the Ronin again...
Hantei Dave: Sukune ahems you all in
KibagamiKuno: (a heh em0
KibagamiKuno: )
Hantei Dave: (this is not the same Sukune of the Crab btw)
Keshijo: instead of Rokunaga the Kuni witch Hunter...
Hantei Dave: (2 people with same 1st name)
Hantei Dave: (you can ignore this one ^_-)
KibagamiKuno: k
Suzume Sousha: ok
Keshijo: I greet him.
Keshijo: "Hello honorable Dragon.
Keshijo: "
Hantei Dave: "I understand that you wish to speak with Hitomi-sama"
Hantei Dave: "I must inquire to the nature of this talk."
Keshijo: "Yes. We do. We have a matter to discuss with her concerning
Suzume Sousha: It has been quite some time. I haven't seen her since the great
battle.
Hantei Dave: He brings you to a waiting room with chairs.
Hantei Dave: He sits formally
Keshijo: our mission from Togashi Yokuni."
Keshijo: I wait for an invitation to sit.
Hantei Dave: "Please sit. It would honor me."
Keshijo: "Thank you." I sit.
Suzume Sousha: I sit formally
Suzume Sousha: arigato
KibagamiKuno: i kneel on the tatami.
Hantei Dave: "It has been a long journey since Otosan Uchi and longer still from
Togashi Yokuni-sama to enter from the wrong side of the mountain."
Keshijo: "The Great Dragon does work in mysterious ways."
Hantei Dave: "Do you have record of proof from Yokuni-sama?"
KibagamiKuno: "And winds it's way about Rokugan"
Keshijo: "Only our word and these tantos."
KibagamiKuno: "and his words, too, shinjoten"
Hantei Dave: "I see. I cannot allow you to see Hitomi-sama then without armed
escorts or further notification of the message."
Hantei Dave: "Please excuse this insolence."
Keshijo: "Armed escorts are not a problem."
KibagamiKuno: "Armed escorts are entirely acceptable"
Suzume Sousha: These are trying times and since we have nothing to hide I think
escorts are fine as well.
Keshijo: "We have no intention of violence."
Hantei Dave: "I will escort them personally" says a voice "if that is acceptable."
KibagamiKuno: "We would be surprised, in these times, were it any different; and
we think no less of the Miramoto because of them"
Hantei Dave: A man comes in on his knees
Hantei Dave: It is Yukihira (see pic). You also met him at the Palace
Hantei Dave: He is kneeling beside Kuno
Hantei Dave: "If you recall we have met before. I am Mirumoto Yukihira, weapons
master of Shiro Mirumoto."
KibagamiKuno: Yukihira-sama, would it be helpful if I leave my weapons in your
care during our conversation with Hitomi-sama?"
Hantei Dave: "It is expected and well-recieved Kuno-san. I will ensure their safety
personally."
Hantei Dave: he bows slightly
KibagamiKuno: (I begin disarming)
Keshijo: (That may take a while....)
Hantei Dave: making perception rolls Kuno and Shinjoten
Suzume Sousha: :-)
Hantei Dave: Two bushi enter behind Yukihira to recieve your items
Keshijo: 22
KibagamiKuno: sight sound?
Hantei Dave: sight
KibagamiKuno: 30
Hantei Dave: ok
KibagamiKuno: I present my arms to Yukihira-sama
Keshijo: I do the same.
Hantei Dave: sousha?
Suzume Sousha: I do as my comrades
Suzume Sousha: thoguh Im sure I had much less to take of
Suzume Sousha: of
Suzume Sousha: off
Hantei Dave: "You may retain your tantos
Hantei Dave: "
KibagamiKuno: Domo
Hantei Dave: "I place my trust in you on this matter."
Keshijo: I bow to him.
Hantei Dave: Sukune looks a bit annoyed and stunned by that offer
Hantei Dave: he adjusts in his seat
KibagamiKuno: (kuno provides: A katana, a Jin, a Wakazashi, a tanto (not the lion
tanto) and a nagenari which i'm not sure how it fit in the door.)
Suzume Sousha: (you carry a nagenari?)
Hantei Dave: Sukune: "I will announce you to Hitomi for an audience. You are our
welcomed guests tonight. I'm afraid you cannot leave the castle. TOgashi
Mountain is under strict protection now."
Suzume Sousha: (how do u walk with all of that stuff?)
KibagamiKuno: (on my back heh)
Hantei Dave: Sukune stands. "I will send sevants to tend to your needs."
Hantei Dave: servants
KibagamiKuno: "We will be happy to wait our turn, please do not rush others on
our account"
Hantei Dave: don't you have a bokken too kuno?
KibagamiKuno: oh yes, and a bokken.
Keshijo: I hand over my arsenal as well...
Hantei Dave: Yukihira stays in the room
Suzume Sousha: (take off my katana wakasashi, and shuriken to hand over)
Hantei Dave: He smiles once Sukune leaves
KibagamiKuno: Though perhaps they'll let me hold onto that for practicing until
we're ready to see hitomi (unless we're staying in this ante chamber then going right
in)
KibagamiKuno: (obviously, i'm not about to practice in here)
Hantei Dave: Yukihira: "I trust you journeys have gone well so far Sousha."
Hantei Dave: He stands to sit in a chair
Suzume Sousha: Bow, thank you
Suzume Sousha: they have ben interesting to say the least
KibagamiKuno: "So tell me, how do you come to know each other?"
KibagamiKuno: "if i might be so bold..."
Hantei Dave: "Sousha-san and I have a friendship forged on our journey to Kakita
Acadamy last winter."
Suzume Sousha: yes. I was just about to interject with that :-)
KibagamiKuno: (Kakita academy?)
Hantei Dave: "I am afraid that Hitomi-sama is not doing enough, ahem...do to time
constaints of course, to further our friendships."
Hantei Dave: (Kakita Academy in crane province)
Hantei Dave: "I only want a mutual friendship between the Mirumoto family and the
tanto bearers."
Suzume Sousha: As I'm sure we all do
Suzume Sousha: How has Hitomi-sama been since the duel?
KibagamiKuno: "Ah yes, Kakita, i grew up near there"
Hantei Dave: "It is not my place to say but between you and me, she is withdrawing
further."
Hantei Dave: he whispers the last part
Suzume Sousha: i c. Thank you friend
KibagamiKuno: "We owe her congratulations on successfully taming that one, but i
would not want to speak on a subject she is too sensitive about"
Hantei Dave: "It may be for the best. She is young and inexperienced."
KibagamiKuno: "But fought bravely and to victory..."
Hantei Dave: He pauses. "Indeed. She is very strong willed and a marvelous
fighter."
Hantei Dave: He glances at Shinjoten
Hantei Dave: "I think I am taking up your rest time now."
Hantei Dave: He gets up and bows formally
Suzume Sousha: (how long did it take us to get here?)
KibagamiKuno: "Yukihira-sama,
Hantei Dave: (long? from where?)
Hantei Dave: "Hai Kuno-san...and please. san.
KibagamiKuno: If the castle is locked tight and we are going nowhere, perhaps we
would have time later for training? To share some of the sword wisdom of each of
our travels?"
Keshijo: I get up and bow as well.
KibagamiKuno: (remaing kneeling for now, makes me look a little smaller heh)
Hantei Dave: "I'm afraid I am detained due to duties. Can we postpone? I can set
up some training with one of my men instead if you wish."
Hantei Dave: (oops. Just realized Yohei is with you all...he stayed quiet)
KibagamiKuno: "Well, i would be glad for the exercise, but it is infrequent that i am
so close to one of such skill ^_^"
Hantei Dave: yohei: ...
Hantei Dave: He bows again.
Keshijo: (I forgot about him...)
Hantei Dave: and begins to leave and stops short
Hantei Dave: "Oh, one more thing."
KibagamiKuno: (bow)
Hantei Dave: "He jingles a purse inside his kimono and pulls it out."
Hantei Dave: "I hope my last gift was used well to your comfort Sousha."
Suzume Sousha: thank you.
Hantei Dave: "I would expect the well to be running dry by now."
KibagamiKuno: (raise an eyebrow)
Suzume Sousha: bows
Hantei Dave: "I think 2 koku each may help you. I wouldn't want my friends to be
in bad situations."
Suzume Sousha: It has been spent quite well. we have had many situations money
has come in handy
KibagamiKuno: "We are indebted to you for your help along our quest"
Hantei Dave: "I am very glad that is so." He hands Sousha the purse
Keshijo: "Please, it is too much."
Suzume Sousha: arigato (hbows again)
Hantei Dave: "Then you can return the balance." He smiles
Hantei Dave: (note: this is alot of money!)
Hantei Dave: take it sousha?
Suzume Sousha: Shinjoten much of what we have eaten is because of this
Suzume Sousha: (i recieve it)
Suzume Sousha: (and bow again)
KibagamiKuno: "And i for one, am happy to eat!"
Hantei Dave: "It is my honor."
KibagamiKuno: (bow)
Hantei Dave: Yukihira bows again and leaves
Hantei Dave: (you are free to talk)
Hantei Dave: Yohei is open mouthed (alot of money)
KibagamiKuno: "Each ally does as they can for us, even if it does seem ...
unorthodox"
Suzume Sousha: (starts bathing in the money . . . just kindding)
Keshijo: "Ettiquette dictates we must refuse a gift twice before accepting..."
KibagamiKuno: (go mcduck)
Hantei Dave: (didn't anyone wonder why sousha had money? lol)
KibagamiKuno: "I suspect it was already refused twice long ago, heh"
Suzume Sousha: I did not wish to insult his gererosity
Suzume Sousha: ummmm yeah thats it
Hantei Dave: ^_-
KibagamiKuno: "See Yohei? We get to eat well, if nothing else."
Keshijo: "Okay."
Keshijo: I close Yohei's mouth for him.
Hantei Dave: When you are ready, your escort is here to bring you to rooms (a
courier)
KibagamiKuno: "For what we put up with, it's the least Rokugan can do."
KibagamiKuno: (do i still have a bokken?)
Suzume Sousha: bokken?
Hantei Dave: Kuno: ok
KibagamiKuno: (wooden practice sword)
Hantei Dave: bokken = wooden sword
KibagamiKuno: tnx
Keshijo: Practice sword
Hantei Dave: like Kuno from Ranma
KibagamiKuno: heh
Hantei Dave: poetry sissies
KibagamiKuno: same character, opposite personality :-)
Suzume Sousha: hmmmm . . I see many similarities
Hantei Dave: in alot of ways you are very similar...poetry...swordmen,...bring gifts
to women
Hantei Dave: well, when you are ready you are brought to rooms. The courier tells
you Hitomi will meet with you in the morning
Hantei Dave: she is occupied tonight
Keshijo: Do I have a window?
KibagamiKuno: What time is it now?
Hantei Dave: yes, you do. You are on the 3rd floors with adjacent rooms
Hantei Dave: it is about 10 pm...late
Suzume Sousha: (what time do people normally sleep and wake up in rokugan?)
Keshijo: Roof?
Hantei Dave: wake up around 6 or 7 I imagine
KibagamiKuno: oh, hmm, won't stay up too late, but i'll get up early (5, 6 am)
Hantei Dave: Brian: the roof to the pagoda is accessable. These are a tougher
brand of samurai though...just a warning
Keshijo: Flying Girls? :-)
Hantei Dave: several..j/k
KibagamiKuno: More like "Fire breathing"
Hantei Dave: na. they are further up the moutain
Hantei Dave: did you want to go for a walk shinjoten?
Keshijo: I sit out on the roof for a while and admire the view.
Hantei Dave: ok
Keshijo: If it's quiet I may walk a bit...
Hantei Dave: each level abouve you is back a bit allowing people to look down at
the previous level
Hantei Dave: only a little overlap where people can't see the roofs
Hantei Dave: i shoulda posted a pic. got a good one
Keshijo: I stay under the overlap///
Keshijo: ...
Keshijo: Can I hear anything?
Hantei Dave: ok
Hantei Dave: roll stealth just to be sure
Hantei Dave: and then roll perception
Hantei Dave: for hearing
Keshijo: 25 Stealth, 21 perception..
Hantei Dave: you hear the light chatter of samurai below, the creaks of steps inside
the castle, and the usual crickets
Suzume Sousha: trying to sleep I think. I think I failed last time
Hantei Dave: you did ^_-
Hantei Dave: roll sousha. You get a +4 with your full purse
Suzume Sousha: lol
KibagamiKuno: if nothing happens at night, i'll get up and ask a servant to take me
to the courtyard (so i can practice)
Suzume Sousha: what am I rolling again?
Hantei Dave: Kuno: you are brought to the dojo instead (better to practice in
seclusion)
Hantei Dave: sousha: WILL
Suzume Sousha: will?
KibagamiKuno: good
Suzume Sousha: 18
Hantei Dave: sousha sleeps
KibagamiKuno: (anyone there who wants to practice with me?)
Suzume Sousha: woohoo
KibagamiKuno: or is it too early for them heh
Hantei Dave: Kuno: they have normal excersises first ^_- You are summoned to
Hitomi after you all have breakfast
Hantei Dave: (Yohei too...this is the best bed he has ever slept in)
Hantei Dave: any reqquests on breakfast matters?
Hantei Dave: before Hitomi?
Suzume Sousha: as long as it is food I will be good with it
Suzume Sousha: I am not a piky person
KibagamiKuno: Congee.
KibagamiKuno: heh
Hantei Dave: congee? here?
Hantei Dave: kanji you mean?
Hantei Dave: writing?
KibagamiKuno: (it's a watery rice dish)
Hantei Dave: (oh)
KibagamiKuno: (often with meat in it)
Hantei Dave: (sounds disguisting)
Suzume Sousha: /forage
Suzume Sousha: oops
KibagamiKuno: heh
Hantei Dave: (meat is taboo in Rokugan)
Hantei Dave: :P
KibagamiKuno: Meat is taboo for samurai in rokugan.
Hantei Dave: but you'll be in Unicron lands soon...they'll feed you well
Hantei Dave: well Unicron would not feed you well...Unicorns will
Hantei Dave: Unicron would eat you
Keshijo: Not again....
Hantei Dave: heh
KibagamiKuno: Arumph (crunch)
Keshijo: I already had a character killed by Unicron...
KibagamiKuno: heh
Hantei Dave: Rodomis Brian?
Keshijo: Hehe
Keshijo: No. A D&D character...
Keshijo: For reason reason we met the Transformers...
KibagamiKuno: Right, so... Hitomi
Keshijo: and G.I.Joe...
Hantei Dave: ok...on to Hitomi then
Keshijo: it was weird...
Suzume Sousha: hey that happens in the comics
Suzume Sousha: might as well in D&D
Hantei Dave: but not AD&D dammit
Hantei Dave: Yukihira comes to collect you all in the morning with 6 bushi
Keshijo: Anyhoo... Hitomi...
Hantei Dave: Udon is not here but Oku is (in case raab shows up)
KibagamiKuno: k'
Hantei Dave: and of course Yohei
Hantei Dave: You all enter a room. The bushi remove their kabutos (helmets).
Hitomi is kneeling (back facing you) praying at her shrine. It is an empty room.
Probably her personal dojo.
Keshijo: I don't put the Kuni makeup on in the morning....
Hantei Dave: ok Shinjoten
Hantei Dave: a few KANJI scrolls hang down the walls
KibagamiKuno: (not congee?)
Hantei Dave: among them the clan saying "Neither will I."
Suzume Sousha: how did u get the makeup off at night?
KibagamiKuno: (spit n a rag?)
Hantei Dave: Yukihira and bushi take positions on both sides of Hitomi and where
you should all kneel
Keshijo: (It's magic Kuni makeup...)
Keshijo: I kneel.
Hantei Dave: each keeps a hand on their katanas
Hantei Dave: (formally)
Keshijo: (formally)
KibagamiKuno: kneel.
Hantei Dave: Hitomi lights an incense
Hantei Dave: and stays quiet
Keshijo: "We thank you for allowing us to see you honorable Mirumoto
Hitomi-sama."
Hantei Dave: sousha kneels?
Hantei Dave: Yohei kneels as does Oku
Hantei Dave: She doesn't turn around
Hantei Dave: "For what purpose do you seek me out today?"
Hantei Dave: she puts her hands together
Hantei Dave: (she is wearing full armor btw)
Keshijo: "Togashi Yokuni has told us you will play a
Hantei Dave: (Rishard is fixing keyboard on and off)
Suzume Sousha has left the room.
Keshijo: great part in events prophesized
Keshijo: in the near future."
Hantei Dave: "Togashi Yokuni-sama has little to do with the events of daily life in
Shiro Mirumoto."
Keshijo: "That is true. He speaks of the future of the whole of Rokugan."
Keshijo: "He believes a second Day of Thunder is upon us."
Hantei Dave: "Oh? How does the whole of Rokugan require my assistance."
Hantei Dave: Yukihira raises an eyebrow
Keshijo: "In the battle against the Dark One."
Hantei Dave: "This sounds like a matter for the Emerald Guards."
KibagamiKuno: "It is a time of hero's heroes again; A time for the thunders to rise."
Keshijo: "The greatest members of each clan will save us all."
Hantei Dave: "Do you have any idea what my presence would accomplish in Lion
lands...or Crab perhaps?"
Hantei Dave: "War."
Hantei Dave: "How would you unite these champions?"
Keshijo: "War will be upon us anyway."
KibagamiKuno: "No hero would act alone, as in the history books, each clan has a
hero. Together, as allies, they will unite the lands, and the evil will be fought back"
Hantei Dave: "and who is your heroes choice in Crab lands?"
Keshijo: "When the Dark One rises, the Thunders will rise above their individual
concerns."
KibagamiKuno: "or, alternatively, each of our lands will individually come under the
combined threat of the oni, and each must stand on their own against that
onslaught. You ask a good question."
Keshijo: "It is Hida Yakamo of the Crab."
Keshijo: "We understand your issues wih him."
Keshijo: "Fate is truly a fickle master."
KibagamiKuno: "And your recent succes in battle against him"
Keshijo: "And not without a sense of humor."
Hantei Dave: "Do not think me a fool. Your quest has already failed. Individual
concerns are of great concern. Hida Yakamo will not perform his duty to you. My
success was incomplete. I will finish the job soon enough."
Hantei Dave: "His body can be sent back to Jigoku."
Hantei Dave: She waves the incense
Keshijo: "Leave Yakamo to us, and fight him after your duty to Rokugan is
complete."
Keshijo: "You are both the greatest warriors of your clans."
KibagamiKuno: "Yakamo has no duty to us, but to rokugan. We do not know fate.
We only know names. We do not know roles or outcomes. Only who will stand,
in each their own way, against the tide"
Keshijo: "That is why you were chosen."
Hantei Dave: "As a samurai I cannot divert from my Path."
Hantei Dave: (anyone have any particular rolls they wanna make at any time?)
Hantei Dave: Yohei looks confused and out of his element
KibagamiKuno: (bushido)
KibagamiKuno: (eh 17)
Hantei Dave: (to what ends Josh? oh well anyway)
Hantei Dave: (I mean like persuation rolls)
Keshijo: "Your path will always lead against the Dark One. Perhaps your way there
and Yakamo's will not cross."
Keshijo: Leadership?
KibagamiKuno: "Fate chooses the path of the samurai, even little samurai like me, as
a samurai i follow it's lead and fight the fight it presents me."
Hantei Dave: leadership no help
Keshijo: I would Lead them to their path... :-)
KibagamiKuno: "On my way here, my old enemy was presented to me as an
adversary and
Hantei Dave: badumpbump...might work on Yohei
KibagamiKuno: and impediment. And thus he fell. If fate and duty ordained he fate
by my side, begrudgingly, i would have followed that path."
Hantei Dave: She reaches for the Ihai (stone shrine to ancestors)
Hantei Dave: (one sec....rishard on phone)
KibagamiKuno: "Your battle with Yakamo will come, or perhaps fate will find a
resolution. Perhaps even forgiveness. Perhaps he would ask it of you?"
Hantei Dave: She turns towards you all now
KibagamiKuno: (bow)
Hantei Dave: and holds up the Ihai
Hantei Dave: "Tell that to the soul of my brother...who died dishonorably by the
cheater Yakamo. Tell him that he must suffer longer now to please you."
Hantei Dave: (actions?)
KibagamiKuno: "We stand taller, not simply by slaying our enemy, but by turning
their very soul."
Keshijo: "Would your brother want you to destroy Rokugan for his vengeance or
save the land he loved?"
Hantei Dave: "Would a fairy tale be enough of a reason? Show my proof of this
dark god's return
Hantei Dave: "Show me the pits of Mefumado opening."
Keshijo: "My clan is hunted, my family dead, and I still seek to save our empire. Not
destroy it for my revenge."
Keshijo: "3 of the Black scrolls have been opened."
Keshijo: "Is that not enough?"
Keshijo: "Yogo Junzo seeks to open the rest."
KibagamiKuno: "Perhaps you saw the firey cloud a week past?"
Hantei Dave: "Fairy tales..."
Keshijo: "And he may very well succeeed."
Hantei Dave: make persuation rolls you 2. at -4's
Hantei Dave: (unless you have the skill)
Keshijo: What attrib is that off of?
KibagamiKuno: 19 (i have that skill)
Hantei Dave: PRESENCE
Keshijo: 9
Hantei Dave: she beat you Kuno
KibagamiKuno: (not surprising, it was only a 19)
Hantei Dave: "A samurai's duty is in life....and death."
Hantei Dave: "My mission is still unfullfilled."
Hantei Dave: "Come back when Yakamo is dead and you find the next Thunder."
Keshijo: "Your mission is to save Rokugan. Everything else is secondary.
Keshijo: "
Hantei Dave: "My brother is not secondary. If I must step across a mountain of
bodies then so be it!"
Keshijo: "What would your brother truly want?"
Hantei Dave: She narrows her eyes
KibagamiKuno: "We will send word as solutions present themselves. But be aware,
if the oni reach Yakamo before you stand with him, you may never have the
opportunity to avenge your brother"
Keshijo: "The fate of the world saved, in his name, by his sister
Keshijo: or a mountain of bodies, feasted on by the Onis of the Fu Leng?"
Hantei Dave: Good thing Kuno diverted her attention just there.
Hantei Dave: "What oni?"
KibagamiKuno: "Well, we slew three on our way here..."
Hantei Dave: "His death is not meant for oni. It is mine."
Hantei Dave: "But you are correct."
Hantei Dave: "I should act fast."
Hantei Dave: "Yukihira! Send men to track the dog Yakamo!"
KibagamiKuno: "Work with the crab to defeat Fu Leng now, old scores can be
settled in due time."
Hantei Dave: "Old scores are current. There are more eveils in this world then Fu
Leng legends. But you have helped hurry Yakamo's death."
KibagamiKuno: "Heh, or we just helped drive him to Fu Leng's armies..."
Hantei Dave: "I will leave today for Otosan Uchi instead of in 2 weeks time. Fu
Leng's armies can have the corpse."
KibagamiKuno: "I am sure the oni wouldn't mind him as a new general, but it may be
at the cost of rokugan."
Hantei Dave: She stands
Hantei Dave: "Know this!"
Hantei Dave: "I am awair of your mission. Udon has already addressed me on this
issue."
Hantei Dave: "I will do what needs to be done. Then my Clan's safety must come
next. If I must battle all the demons of the Shadowlands then so be it."
KibagamiKuno: "Then we regret our message has convinced you to divide the
empire rather than unite it."
Hantei Dave: "Incolense! Do you question my leadership?"
Hantei Dave: She puts a hand on her sword
KibagamiKuno: "No, sama, only our inability to present our case"
Hantei Dave: Yohei skids back a little
KibagamiKuno: "We have failed here, i hope it is not at the cost of all."
Hantei Dave: "You have not failed in your request for my assistance. Only your
choice of heroes."
Keshijo: "The choice was not ours..."
KibagamiKuno: "Sama, if we could have chosen the heroes, I assure you we would
not have picked Yakamo."
Hantei Dave: removes hand
Hantei Dave: "First sesible thing you have said."
Hantei Dave: "Who has?"
KibagamiKuno: "But ours was not to choose, only to bring the message to
Yokuni-sama's chosen."
Hantei Dave: "Then let Yokuni-sama carry the message down from his mountain!"
Hantei Dave: "You are dismissed. Come to find me again when the dog is killed. I
will help you pick the next hero."
Keshijo: "We are his messengers. That is why we carry the tantos."
KibagamiKuno: "I wish that he would, it would surely carry more weight, but he sent
us as proof the clans could work together."
Hantei Dave: She stamps her foot
Hantei Dave: "..."
Hantei Dave: "As service to my cousin I will provide you assistance out of my
lands."
Hantei Dave: "We will bring you as far as badger clan territory."
Hantei Dave: "But do not try my patience."
KibagamiKuno: "Domo, if it is not a burden, may we send word of our progress?"
Hantei Dave: "If you support the dog Yakamo, your bodies will pave my road to
his death."
Hantei Dave: "Yes. You may."
KibagamiKuno: "We do Yokuni-sama's bidding, it is not our role to interfere in
personal matters, and we have no plans to visit him immediately"
KibagamiKuno: (hint hint)
Keshijo: "You have maimed Yakamo and shamed him. Is it not worse for him to live
with the proof of his defeat?"
KibagamiKuno: "Keshijo, better even if he
KibagamiKuno: were to kneel at her feet and ask forgiveness..."
Keshijo: "Hai."
Hantei Dave: "(good thinking)
Hantei Dave: Oku puts a hand on his scroll
KibagamiKuno: Domo arigato, Hitomi-sama, for your time and patience with us.
Hantei Dave: She waits for you to leave
Keshijo: I bow low.
KibagamiKuno: (bow, leave)
Keshijo: and walk out.
Hantei Dave: Yohei bows and scuttles away
Hantei Dave: Oku bows
KibagamiKuno: (taintus interruptus)
Hantei Dave: Yukihira follows with his guards
Hantei Dave: (I did the scroll thing to remind you that you may be able to keep
track of Yakamo whenever you want.)
Hantei Dave: (for a price)
Hantei Dave: good thing rab wasn't here
Hantei Dave: it woulda changed the whole conversation (fight)
KibagamiKuno: heh
Keshijo: Yup.
Hantei Dave: Skip and I did a little solo last night
KibagamiKuno: Yah, it could have gone much worse, and i'm not even sure we
could have truly succeeded. Fortunately, we have dragon messengers all over the
kingdom heh
Hantei Dave: (he made a little progress too)
Hantei Dave: (she was drunk last night)
Hantei Dave: I'll post tomarrow...didn't want to give you the benefit of the
conversation
Hantei Dave: Yukihira: "I apologize for sama's harsh words."
Hantei Dave: "I will try to continue an argument for you."
Hantei Dave: "She is clouded by anger."
KibagamiKuno: "Yukihira-san, we know the morimoto only want what's best for
rokugan, no matter how they express it"
Keshijo: "You have our thanks."
Hantei Dave: "I'm not sure that is true Kuno-san."
KibagamiKuno: (err, miramoto)
Hantei Dave: He leans over very close to you 2
Hantei Dave: "She is going mad." he whispers.
Hantei Dave: he nods a look of truth
Keshijo: "These are trying times and grief does not make things any easier."
Hantei Dave: "Don't tell Udon-san. It would worry him."
Keshijo: "I sense she has a great inner strength."
Keshijo: "She will prevail against what ails her."
Hantei Dave: "I hope you are right. After all, she is a Thunder. I will arrange your
traveling plans to the Badger Clan. I can provide horseback that far."
Hantei Dave: "We have no authority past that."
Keshijo: "Again, you have our thanks."
KibagamiKuno: "As a thunder, she will be able to rise above personal matters."
Hantei Dave: He nods
Hantei Dave: (Josh, i think thats what Udon said too...hehehe)
KibagamiKuno: (i will not be turning monk, thank you very much.)
Hantei Dave: He leaves to prepare your travel
Keshijo: Um.. Tea time?
Hantei Dave: (kuno had his chance at Osoni Wo temple)
Hantei Dave: sure...tea all around
KibagamiKuno: heh
KibagamiKuno: cool, brb
Hantei Dave: Rishard's key bourd is failing
Hantei Dave: be back in 5
Keshijo: I need to move my laundry along...
Hantei Dave: back...take your times
Keshijo: back as well.
Hantei Dave: k
Keshijo: I'm going to try and get a Phoenix Army ready for that Clan War tourney...
Hantei Dave: cool
Keshijo: Either that or Shadowlands.
Hantei Dave: phoenix are hard to play....all spells
Keshijo: Yeah, but I can get Figs...
Keshijo: And the Tsunami Legion are cool.
KibagamiKuno: k
Hantei Dave: 1 sec
Keshijo: And I think I have all the Elemental Masters...
Keshijo: Might be missing the water guy...
Hantei Dave: phone
Hantei Dave: ok
Hantei Dave: so, you all get horses (for now)
Hantei Dave: the ride should take less then 2 days on horse ack
Hantei Dave: 6 bushi assist you
Hantei Dave: all Mirumoto
Keshijo: I make small talk with them.
Hantei Dave: oku, udon, yohei, sousha...all along
Hantei Dave: Udon throws up on Oku
Hantei Dave: apparently he was drinking
Hantei Dave: the horse isn't helping
Keshijo: I dodge the splatter...
Hantei Dave: oh, and Yohei's pony is also along
Hantei Dave: (we forgot him too)
KibagamiKuno: cool
Keshijo: I thought it was a mule...
Hantei Dave: right...mule
Hantei Dave: the guards make small talk back...oops..forgot Kuno's duel. Wanna
do it now?
KibagamiKuno: duel?
KibagamiKuno: i thought he was too busy...
Hantei Dave: thought you wanted to practice against a bushi
Hantei Dave: you can do it with one of these guys
KibagamiKuno: oh, nah, Yukihira maybe, these bushi ... not sure it's worth it unless
they are in the mood for some practice.
Hantei Dave: oh, ok.
Hantei Dave: In that case, you stop by a small traveling village on the way...minor
merchants
Hantei Dave: You are all treated to rooms by Yukihira's men
Keshijo: I thank them and their master's generosity.
KibagamiKuno: domo
Hantei Dave: One explains that you soon be on the edge of Dragon lands
Hantei Dave: the mule slows you down a bit
Hantei Dave: will take a bit longer
Hantei Dave: anyone want to pick up anything at the village? if not lets move on
Keshijo: Umm...
Keshijo: Hold on...
KibagamiKuno: some bags, cloth, a knife, paper, inkstone
Hantei Dave: ok..btw. you are on a path not on the map. its not a main road
KibagamiKuno: how much of that can i get here?
Hantei Dave: Kuno: all of that is available
Keshijo: Food, paper.
Hantei Dave: and you have enough money now
Hantei Dave: Udon picks up some dried nori
KibagamiKuno: hmm, maybe an extra water skin and some extra food for the trip.
Hantei Dave: Rishard's keyboard is not being nice. He spilled soda on it
Keshijo: He doesn't have a spare?
Hantei Dave: Kuno: you have extra water on the mule already
KibagamiKuno: k
Hantei Dave: from now on, I'll assume your bigger weapons are on the mule
KibagamiKuno: k
KibagamiKuno: good
Hantei Dave: Kuno, Kesh, do you want to hold anything in particular on yourself?
Keshijo: Any clothes here?
Hantei Dave: Kesh: of course
KibagamiKuno: clothes sounds good.
Hantei Dave: Kesh: your naginata? on the mule?
Hantei Dave: you both go shopping. Sousha too
Keshijo: I will carry my Naginata, a few Shuriken, the tanto, the bow and my
shinobigatana.
Hantei Dave: you are able to find new kimono's
Hantei Dave: this village has begun swarming you big spenders
Hantei Dave: even the Dragon bushi are swarmed
Keshijo: I need some ashigaru clothes as well.
KibagamiKuno: heh
Hantei Dave: (one even picks up a new kimono)
Hantei Dave: hmmm...thats a harder order kesh
Hantei Dave: you should be able to pick that up from the Badger though
Keshijo: Maybe a peasant outfit then.
Keshijo: We need blankets as well.
Hantei Dave: well, that's easy
Keshijo: Perhaps a tent or too.
Hantei Dave: Yohei picks up a new kimono too
Hantei Dave: ^_^
Hantei Dave: no tents
Hantei Dave: blankets are ok.
Keshijo: We'll put those on the mule.
Hantei Dave: you have almost shopped this village out
KibagamiKuno: i get a new blanket, already...
Hantei Dave: hehehe
Hantei Dave: most of their stuff is hand made and sold to passer-by's
Keshijo: And the extra clothes.
Hantei Dave: you just made their weekly quota and then some
Hantei Dave: wanna buy a coffin?
Hantei Dave: The bushi finish their tea and are now getting a bit impatient
Keshijo: Coffin?
Hantei Dave: coffins for sale ^_-
Keshijo: The dead are cremated in Rokugan...
KibagamiKuno: ready
Hantei Dave: yeah...business is slow
Hantei Dave: heheh
Hantei Dave: ok, you travel on
Keshijo: Yes. Onward.
Hantei Dave: until nightfall. You were again delayed so you need to make camp this
time (no tents) ^_-
Hantei Dave: the bushi keep watch
Hantei Dave: anyone have requests?
KibagamiKuno: can i keep watch some of the night too
Keshijo: I take a walk. (big surprise)
Hantei Dave: sure Kuno. pick a time
KibagamiKuno: early
Hantei Dave: ok
Hantei Dave: kesh: early as well?
Keshijo: Yeah.
Hantei Dave: ko
Hantei Dave: ok
Hantei Dave: it was very peaceful tonight...light wooded area. Clear night
Hantei Dave: nothing big happens in your early time
Hantei Dave: Sousha attempts to sleep
Hantei Dave: and yohei has seconds on rice
KibagamiKuno: heh, cool.
Hantei Dave: Actually, Oku, Udon, Yohei, and Sousha fall behind
Hantei Dave: (so I can leave them out)
KibagamiKuno: k
Keshijo: k
Hantei Dave: in the middle of the night, you are all wakened by one of the men
Hantei Dave: "I saw a group of ronin. Heavily equipped. I don't think they saw
me."
Hantei Dave: "about 5 of them..."
KibagamiKuno: "Clan?"
Keshijo: Ronin....
Hantei Dave: ronin...whap
Keshijo: "Where?"
Hantei Dave: He points west through the woods
KibagamiKuno: "likely clan?"
Keshijo: I walk west.
Hantei Dave: "Couldn't see."
Keshijo: Sneakily...
Hantei Dave: "He grabs you."
Hantei Dave: no quotes
Hantei Dave: "We are responsible for your safety."
Hantei Dave: "We should go around."
KibagamiKuno: "woh, for now, let's stay with the group."
Keshijo: "They may not be hostile."
Keshijo: "They may have valuable information."
Hantei Dave: "ronin bands? With weapons?
KibagamiKuno: "Then there's no harm in being in a group"
Hantei Dave: He lets kesh go
Keshijo: "Discretion can be the better part of valor."
KibagamiKuno: "Shall we alert them to our presence?"
Hantei Dave: which is it?
Hantei Dave: alert or sneek?
Keshijo: "I can see what they're up to and then report back their intentions."
Hantei Dave: "We are at the border of the Dragon Clan. It is touchy here."
Hantei Dave: that ok with you kuno?
KibagamiKuno: "Hmm, if you go, don't get too close"
Hantei Dave: mind if we do it here brian?
Hantei Dave: the bushi suit up
Keshijo: Sure.
KibagamiKuno: "And let us stay within range of providing assistance."
Hantei Dave: make a stealth roll
KibagamiKuno: I prepare, too
Keshijo: 25
Hantei Dave: ok
Hantei Dave: going along the ground? trees?
Hantei Dave: using any okudens?
Keshijo: Hmm...
Hantei Dave: prayers?
Keshijo: Need to be out of sight of the bushi for the prayers...
Hantei Dave: ok
Hantei Dave: you can cast later
Keshijo: Then I'll Walk as the Air.
Hantei Dave: remember the time it takes
Hantei Dave: you move quietly through the forest
Hantei Dave: roll hearing
Keshijo: 20
Hantei Dave: ok..one sec
Hantei Dave: making rolls
Hantei Dave: ok...seems quiet
Hantei Dave: you move in deeper...away from the Dragon's now
Hantei Dave: casting will require some talking btw
Hantei Dave: low chants
Hantei Dave: do you want to now?
Hantei Dave: it will cancel your stealth roll
Keshijo: Umm... Hmm... It seems weird a concealment prayer would make me
break concealment...
Hantei Dave: well, ok. true. I'll let you make a second conceal roll though
Keshijo: Okay.
Hantei Dave: roll stealth first...then start casting...time?
Keshijo: Looking up casting time...
Hantei Dave: normal is 10 min
Keshijo: 10 min normal... 24 does it in 1 round?
Hantei Dave: yes
Hantei Dave: 22 in one turn
Keshijo: I'll try the 22...
Hantei Dave: ok...roll stealth
Keshijo: 24 and 23.
Hantei Dave: let me make rolls...the prayer made it....wouldn't have on the 24 ^_-
Hantei Dave: ok...it worked
Hantei Dave: make another hearing roll
Hantei Dave: you have 3 rounds
Keshijo: 18
Hantei Dave: you heard a twig snap
Hantei Dave: they are close
KibagamiKuno: (and obviously trying to be quiet)
Keshijo: Do I see them?
Hantei Dave: you can walk over easy enough rather safely
Hantei Dave: you need to walk a round
Keshijo: I thought this prayer lasted 9 rounds...
Hantei Dave: oops..you are right
Hantei Dave: sorry
Hantei Dave: you got 9 rounds
Hantei Dave: walk over?
Keshijo: Yeah. Carefully...
Hantei Dave: you see 6 ronin...all are listening quietly.
Hantei Dave: most have yumi (bows) equipped
Hantei Dave: they aren't moving
Hantei Dave: you pass right by them
Hantei Dave: most are wearing grays
Hantei Dave: one might by wearing yellow..tattered...and another red
Hantei Dave: its not evidence of a clan though
Keshijo: Do I recognize any of them?
Hantei Dave: no
Hantei Dave: They are listenening for slight sounds
Hantei Dave: they don't even whisper to each other
Hantei Dave: they might have heard the Dragon from before
Hantei Dave: 2nd round?
Hantei Dave: what are you doing?
Keshijo: Do they seem to be calming down?
Hantei Dave: no
Hantei Dave: they are very alert
Keshijo: I watch for another round..
Hantei Dave: ok
Hantei Dave: make a listen roll again
Hantei Dave: -2
Hantei Dave: since you aren't concentrating on it
Hantei Dave: poke?
Keshijo: 19
Hantei Dave: you hear some talking...from behind these bushi.
Hantei Dave: must be more
Keshijo: Why wouldn't I be concentrating on it?
Hantei Dave: you were concentrating on close noises...not the distant one
Keshijo: Ah.
Hantei Dave: but you still got it
Keshijo: I go to the distant noise..
Hantei Dave: you sneak over
Hantei Dave: it will take 2 rounds ok?
Keshijo: Ok.
Hantei Dave: the noises get mosr obvious as you close in
Hantei Dave: you look over a hedge
Hantei Dave: there must be at least 30 ronin sleeping here
Hantei Dave: and...
Hantei Dave: an ogre in the center
Keshijo: A live Ogre?
Hantei Dave: yes
Hantei Dave: he is sleeping
Keshijo: A prisoner?
Hantei Dave: he is huge compared to the others
Hantei Dave: you don't see chains from this angle
Hantei Dave: you need to move closer for that
Keshijo: I have 6 left, so...
Hantei Dave: a few ronin are awake guarding the camp
Hantei Dave: they talk quietly
Hantei Dave: going closer?
Keshijo: Just enough to hear them, and see the ogre..
Hantei Dave: ok
Hantei Dave: well, take your pick actually
Hantei Dave: they are split up
Keshijo: Hear them.
Hantei Dave: ogre or talk
Hantei Dave: ok
Hantei Dave: you walk over to the 2 guards
Hantei Dave: (another round)
Hantei Dave: They are making adle chatter...about fine sake
Hantei Dave: idle
Hantei Dave: roll perception (sight)
Keshijo: 23.
Keshijo: Good for me...
Hantei Dave: you are sure of it now. One has Lion colors. No mon.
Hantei Dave: you can see the ogre from another angle too
Hantei Dave: no chains
Keshijo: Any other clans?
Hantei Dave: make another roll for this turn
Keshijo: 20
Hantei Dave: not that you see
Hantei Dave: not from here
Hantei Dave: 5 turns left
Hantei Dave: you'll need them to fully escape...at least 4 anyway
Keshijo: Yeah. Any rocks nearby?
Hantei Dave: sure
Hantei Dave: what now?
Keshijo: I take one more look around as I back away and take a rock.
Hantei Dave: ok...roll again
Keshijo: 23.
Hantei Dave: scorpion colors
Keshijo: Anyone I know?
Hantei Dave: his face it turned the other direction
Hantei Dave: while he sleeps
Hantei Dave: chances are no
Hantei Dave: rock?
Keshijo: I hurl the rock over the camp so the noise from it appears on the other side
of the camp, then sneak away..
Hantei Dave: the guards turn, and a number of ronin stir
Hantei Dave: The ogre wakes up too
Hantei Dave: and grabs his tetsubo
Hantei Dave: you go the other way
Keshijo: I keep looking back as I leave...
Hantei Dave: The ogre makes a growl yell to the guards and they husstle to the rock
sound
Hantei Dave: (they are taking orders from it)
Hantei Dave: you back into the woods
Keshijo: That's what I wanted to know...
Hantei Dave: Kuno goes
KibagamiKuno: Can i see any adversaries yet?
Hantei Dave: no...no movements out there (don't bother with a roll)
Hantei Dave: ...
KibagamiKuno: I put a hand on my katana to indicate approaching battle.
Hantei Dave: the Dragon are suited and they do the same...a very different stance
then you are used to. One hand on each sword.
Hantei Dave: (niten technique)
KibagamiKuno: Hmm, must be difficult to get the same sort of power behind those
attacks. I take note of their stances.
KibagamiKuno: (udon was teaching me them before)
Hantei Dave: Kesh, you see the 6 ronin still at their post
Keshijo: Are they alert still?
Hantei Dave: you hear one whisper. "They aren't coming." He makes a bow
motion and the other 5 draw their yumi preparing
Keshijo: Which way are they looking?
Hantei Dave: towards the Dragon camp
Hantei Dave: you need to rush back
Hantei Dave: lo?
Keshijo: Yes.
Hantei Dave: ok
Hantei Dave: Kuno: someone is coming ^_-
KibagamiKuno: 1? Or more?
Keshijo: I head back. I get into cover...
Hantei Dave: oh..actially, you wouldn't know that
Hantei Dave: forget it
Hantei Dave: its keshijo.
Hantei Dave: As he runs out of the trees he appears
Keshijo: I let the prayer drop BEFORE I get near the Dragons...
Hantei Dave: ok...it was fuzzy anyway
Hantei Dave: sorta like those baseball players walking into the corn field
Hantei Dave: they kinda just vanish
Hantei Dave: hehehe
Keshijo: I vanished?
Hantei Dave: Want to throw your sword ot Keshijo Kuno?
KibagamiKuno: not yet, tnx.
Hantei Dave: no, the opposite Keshijo
Hantei Dave: what do you guys want to do about this ...situation?
Keshijo: I inform them quietly of what I saw.
Hantei Dave: (attack!)
KibagamiKuno: it sounds like we are waiting for the armies to appear. How are we
situated in terms of ground, etc?
Hantei Dave: ground?
Hantei Dave: not good movement for an army
Hantei Dave: too many trees
KibagamiKuno: are we in a good defensible position? Did we see something bettter
nearby?
Hantei Dave: you are slightly off the path also
Hantei Dave: from arrows? probably not
Hantei Dave: well, better than a field i guess
KibagamiKuno: nearby hills or the like?
Hantei Dave: you are still on the side of a mountain to some degree
Hantei Dave: so it is sloped a bit
Keshijo: We should leave...
KibagamiKuno: they are down hill from us, eh? Let's move laterally across the
mountain?
KibagamiKuno: what about horses?
Hantei Dave: you could try that. they are slightly lower
Hantei Dave: horses make noises
Hantei Dave: but they could travel through these woods
Hantei Dave: you also have a mule so no riding hard
KibagamiKuno: i don't think we care much about noise, we both know the other is
here.
KibagamiKuno: no mule, it's back a bit
Hantei Dave: oops...true..with yohei
Keshijo: Should we greet the scouts then?
KibagamiKuno: we could.
KibagamiKuno: might as well get this party started.
Hantei Dave: hehehe
Hantei Dave: Kuno yells what?
Keshijo: What do the Dragon think?
Hantei Dave: the Dragon bushi pull yumi down from their horses
Hantei Dave: and put on their arrows
Keshijo: Have they heard anything of this?
Hantei Dave: they are beyong noises now
Hantei Dave: yes
KibagamiKuno: Toward the bushi hidden in the woods "You may parlay, or you
may die. Choose fast"
Hantei Dave: beyond i mean. They aren't trying to stay quiet
Hantei Dave: you hear rustling in the woods
Keshijo: I meant have they heard of a group of Ronin lead by an Ogre?
Hantei Dave: oh, no
Hantei Dave: there is some running too going on...backwards
Hantei Dave: sounds like only 1 or 2
Hantei Dave: waiting?
KibagamiKuno: "Fleeing, or fetching the others, was not an option. You have made
your choice."
KibagamiKuno: (I draw)
Keshijo: Prep my Die-Kyu..
Hantei Dave: draw?
Hantei Dave: um...ok
KibagamiKuno: (a butterfly. what do you think?)
Hantei Dave: the Dragon prepare yumi with arrows
Hantei Dave: waiting?
Hantei Dave: running into woods?
KibagamiKuno: (they don't come forward, eh?)
Hantei Dave: (not yet anyway)
KibagamiKuno: I start moving toward the woods.
Hantei Dave: (sounds like they are getting friends)
KibagamiKuno: (we need to cut these down while we have the advantage of
numbers)
Keshijo: I sneak up into a tree.
Hantei Dave: (says the killer.) The Dragon stay back
Hantei Dave: you move forward a bit Kuno
Hantei Dave: Their are no less then 4 arrows pointed at you
KibagamiKuno: (Can i see them yet? or signs of them? An arrow sticking out
somewhere, etc?)
Hantei Dave: "hold." he says as you move into view
Hantei Dave: "move an inch and we shoot."
KibagamiKuno: "Why do you threaten us?"
Hantei Dave: they are a run away from you btw
Hantei Dave: you could run up an hit one
Hantei Dave: in other words
Hantei Dave: if you made it that far
KibagamiKuno: (no answer?)
Hantei Dave: (thinking)
Hantei Dave: yes, no answer
Hantei Dave: more rustling from behind them
Keshijo: "Please identify yourselves."
Hantei Dave: you can only see 2 ronin Kuno
Hantei Dave: whispers kesh from a tree
Hantei Dave: ?????
Keshijo: Yeah, well...
KibagamiKuno: (stalemate still it seems)
Hantei Dave: I mean you can see 4 ronin kuno
Hantei Dave: He says. "The boss can talk to you."
Hantei Dave: "don't move"
KibagamiKuno: "Lower your arrows."
KibagamiKuno: "If you mean to talk."
Hantei Dave: snicker
Hantei Dave: sounds of approaching footsteps Kuno
Hantei Dave: where are you keshijo?
KibagamiKuno: (which direction?)
Keshijo: Up.
Hantei Dave: if you climbed, you can't really see much of this
Hantei Dave: you would have had to get close...then climbed
Keshijo: Okay...
Hantei Dave: you are closer to the Dragons
Hantei Dave: beinhd them Kuno
Hantei Dave: do you wait?
Keshijo: I will keep Kuno covered.
KibagamiKuno: I wait, but we may want to start rolling initiative.
Hantei Dave: ok..you can make Kuno out
Keshijo: and sniff the blood.
Hantei Dave: ok...initiatives then
KibagamiKuno: Meanwhile, i void the one who spoke
Hantei Dave: they get +4's ...arrows drawn
Hantei Dave: roll the void...no sword....yumi
KibagamiKuno: 32, 40 on him.
Hantei Dave: 28, 24, 33, 33 on talker
Hantei Dave: you only get bonus on sword combat don;t you?
KibagamiKuno: for void... 31
Hantei Dave: i thought that was decided
KibagamiKuno: I have a sword.
Hantei Dave: but he doesn't
Hantei Dave: well, ok
KibagamiKuno: that doesn't matter, we agreed to that at the beginning. It's his fault
for not having one.
Hantei Dave: he has a 6 on iajutsu
Hantei Dave: steps will be here next round Kuno
Hantei Dave: want to act?
KibagamiKuno: not till i see the whites of his big big beady eyes
Hantei Dave: hehehe
Hantei Dave: Kesh?
Keshijo: Sniff
Hantei Dave: oops. kesh, roll init
Hantei Dave: just in case
Keshijo: 27
Hantei Dave: too far kesh...too open for scent
Keshijo: I'm not downwind?
Keshijo: :-)
Hantei Dave: even if you were
Hantei Dave: ...
Hantei Dave: Kuno....5 more ronin are coming all carrying katana...they are still
behind the yumi guys
Keshijo: I move closer to Kuno.
Hantei Dave: one asks what is going on."
Hantei Dave: roll climb kesh
Hantei Dave: to move through trees
KibagamiKuno: "That's exactly what we'd like to know"
Hantei Dave: He snears at you.
KibagamiKuno: "What are you doing sneaking about our encampment with arrows
drawn."
Hantei Dave: Kuno: a large GRUMPGH comes from the forest behind them
KibagamiKuno: "Ah good, the ogre himself."
Keshijo: What's climb based on. I don't have it?
Hantei Dave: the ronin that asked, (has a big black beard) turns at the noise and
looks back again at you
Hantei Dave: DEX kesh
KibagamiKuno: (clan guesses?)
Hantei Dave: "We are bandits."
Hantei Dave: "Are you ronin?"
Keshijo: 18, with the -4.
KibagamiKuno: "I am ronin."
Hantei Dave: ok kesh. you move closer..stealth roll also
Keshijo: 20
Hantei Dave: "They are with some Dragon sir." says a yumi guy
Hantei Dave: He adjusts his armor.
Hantei Dave: "well?"
KibagamiKuno: (CLAN GUESSES?)
Hantei Dave: Kuno: roll perception
KibagamiKuno: 27
Hantei Dave: You see some Lion colors...no mons
Hantei Dave: the bearded man...yellow and brown kimono
KibagamiKuno: "Many Akodo out tonight, too"
Hantei Dave: "Well? Why are you with Dragons?"
KibagamiKuno: "They are politely escorting me to the edge of the dragon lands."
KibagamiKuno: "Why are you here?"
Hantei Dave: "Bandits I said."
KibagamiKuno: "Not so politely pointing arrows at us?"
Hantei Dave: "Bandits I said."
KibagamiKuno: "Then go find some merchants to rob."
Hantei Dave: "Where are you going?"
KibagamiKuno: "To pick a fight. And i'd prefer not to do it with my own family."
Hantei Dave: "Akodo?"
KibagamiKuno: "Hai. Akodo."
Hantei Dave: "Ditch the Dragon then. Need a job?"
KibagamiKuno: The dragon will head back to their warrens in the morning. And
though i wish i could join you, as i said, i have a fight to go pick."
KibagamiKuno: (with fuleng heh)
Hantei Dave: "Wait. We aren't really ronin."
Hantei Dave: "Lower your weapons."
Hantei Dave: "Tell your Dragon to go home. We will have arrows on them in you
do not."
KibagamiKuno: (was that to them or us?)
Hantei Dave: (everyone)
Hantei Dave: oops...i meant "we aren't really bandits..they are ronin."
KibagamiKuno: (i sheath my sword)
Hantei Dave: sorry
Hantei Dave: they lower yumi
Hantei Dave: keshijo?
Keshijo: I look for the ones behind me... What are they doing?
Hantei Dave: They are still circling. Must be at least 5
KibagamiKuno: I step forward, "Let us talk for a moment before we send the
Dragon home. You are a heavily armed group, what work would you have for an
old Akodo?"
Hantei Dave: oops..now Luno knows ^_-
Hantei Dave: Kuno even
Hantei Dave: "We are brought together because we have nothing else. I can offer
onlt safety and food...and a chance to kill traiters and oni
KibagamiKuno: (dave - what was the name of the akodo who ran around looking
for death and killing oni?)
Keshijo: The deathseekers?
Hantei Dave: yep
KibagamiKuno: "The 'Deathseekers?' "
Hantei Dave: "No. We aren't Lion like they are."
Hantei Dave: Ogre voice: "Choose now! Or we kill the Dragons!"
Hantei Dave: loud and deep
KibagamiKuno: "The dragon will go home now."
KibagamiKuno: "Let me tell them."
Hantei Dave: They are already saddling up actually
Hantei Dave: ^_-
Hantei Dave: kuno find them ready to leave
Keshijo: I drop down and see the Dragons off.
Keshijo: "You have done your duty well. Tell your master that."
Hantei Dave: "We must go" the Dragon says.
KibagamiKuno: ok, with them gone, lets go back to the discussions...
Hantei Dave: They take the horses
Hantei Dave: and leave your stuff
KibagamiKuno: "Now there are only ronin"
Hantei Dave: The ronin come out into the clearing
Hantei Dave: about 20 walk out
Hantei Dave: some scorpion colors...some lion...some dragon even...most gray
Keshijo: "So, we are seeking Oni and Traitors?"
Hantei Dave: or browns
KibagamiKuno: (I look them up and down) to the ogre: "You maintain a good
unit..."
KibagamiKuno: "We have slain our share of oni on the way here, and i plan to kill a
few more yet. Oni no Jimen is high on the list."
Hantei Dave: The man with beard says, "I am Oroku. I am incharge of these men."
Hantei Dave: "It is...a strange situation."
KibagamiKuno: (have i heard of him?)
Keshijo: "Men such as you will be needed in the coming days."
Keshijo: "Fu Leng's army will march soon I think."
Hantei Dave: no kuno
Hantei Dave: "Fu Leng's army marches now."
KibagamiKuno: "We traveled with Dragon because we are cobbling together a
union to fight Fu Leng"
Hantei Dave: "We are larger than the group you see here."
KibagamiKuno: "And it's a fight with him that i intend to pick."
Hantei Dave: "That is good. You will fit in then."
Keshijo: "Yes. I saw at least twice this number."
Hantei Dave: The ogre stomps through the woods.
Hantei Dave: "Ha! This is only a portion of the army!"
KibagamiKuno: "Yes, in due time, first i need to secure us some additional allies.
Then i will gladly join your ranks."
Hantei Dave: He is nearly 8 feet tall and still holds his tetsubo
KibagamiKuno: (what are the chances they'll kill us if they know who i am?)
Hantei Dave: "You do as I say human! Where do you have warriors!"
Hantei Dave: (your call kuno)
Hantei Dave: The ogre walks up to Kuno and looks strait down
Hantei Dave: His skin is tough
KibagamiKuno: "I am on my way to speak with the Unicorn. I am on a mission
from Toturi-sama, or at least the Akodo Toturi-sama."
KibagamiKuno: "I have not seen him since the decree."
Hantei Dave: "I do not know THIS Toturi!" (all the humans start talking when you
say that)
Hantei Dave: "Is he strong?"
Hantei Dave: "Does he hate the Shadowlands?"
Hantei Dave: "He will be one of my men then!!"
KibagamiKuno: "Yes, and yes. He was the Daimyo of clan Akodo, and it is said he
still roams the land."
KibagamiKuno: (family Akodo)
Hantei Dave: "He is lost I heard." says theOroku
Hantei Dave: Oroku
Hantei Dave: "QUIET!" says the Ogre
Hantei Dave: "If he can fight he can join."
KibagamiKuno: "We will find him, and if he can fight, he will fight."
Hantei Dave: "Get sleep! TOmarrow we loot the town."
Keshijo: "Loot the town?"
Hantei Dave: The ronin begin moving back to the camp
Keshijo: I sniff.
Hantei Dave: some stay suprised at the news of Toturi
Hantei Dave: roll kesh
Keshijo: 20
KibagamiKuno: I get closer to Oroku "Loot the town? Bandits or Ronin?"
Hantei Dave: "Its how we survive" says Oroku. "We must get our suplies from
somewhere. We do not leave them empty though. We are...after all....not worthy
of death."
Hantei Dave: you can't tell Kesh. Maybe taint is here
Keshijo: Can I use the other skill?
Hantei Dave: yes
Hantei Dave: add it actually
Hantei Dave: just the level
Keshijo: That makes it 23.
Hantei Dave: you do detect taint. You see at least one tainted ronin. You don't
detect it from the ogre though
Hantei Dave: The ogre turns and stomps away
Hantei Dave: "SLEEP!"
KibagamiKuno: whisper: "Oroku-san, there will be a war, and your men will fight -
and fight valiantly i'd warrant. For now, my friend and I need to continue on our
mission, but we will fight by your side when the time comes"
Keshijo: Who is tainted?
Hantei Dave: He looks at Kesh
KibagamiKuno: (i am i am)
Keshijo: I don't say that.
KibagamiKuno: (hence no quotes heh)
Keshijo: I'm asking you Dave.
Keshijo: Who did I smell/see it on?
Hantei Dave: Oroku: "Some tainted come here as what they feel is their last chance.
We wll welcome them if no others will."
Hantei Dave: oops...well Oroku answered
Hantei Dave: it was just a guy returning to their camp kesh
Hantei Dave: btw...some roning passed by you 2 from the other side
Hantei Dave: they were the ones that circled you
Keshijo: Yeah. Figured that.
Keshijo: "Oroku, why do you let the ogre boss you around?"
KibagamiKuno: "Oroku-san, i owe you my name, for whatever trouble it may or
may not cause. I ask that you keep it to yourself until we are gone. But i must give
it so that you know who's word you have that we will return to fight.
Hantei Dave: Oroku nods. "We are brothers here. Soon the clans may take action
against us...so we skirt the borders. The ogres were the ones that first accepted
us. Noone else would. There are 4."
KibagamiKuno: I am Kibagami Kuno, bearer of the lion tanto."
Keshijo: "So who is truly in charge?"
Hantei Dave: He puts a hand on Kuno's shoulder. "It was meant to be! As Akodo
we shall die together fighting that which took our name."
Hantei Dave: "Our quest...is one without hope."
Keshijo: "And I am Shosuro Keshijo."
Hantei Dave: "Scorpion come here as well Keshijo."
KibagamiKuno: "A family such as ours is not broken so easily, nameless or not we
will stand tall."
KibagamiKuno: (rah rah)
Hantei Dave: "No. We will die tall."
Hantei Dave: ^_^
Hantei Dave: shall we end?
Keshijo: Eep. Yeah. It's late...
Hantei Dave: hehehe
Hantei Dave: you missed the last time I sent you guys ogres ^_-
KibagamiKuno: heheh
Keshijo: No, we avoided them...
Hantei Dave: I was going somewhere with it you see
Keshijo: :-)
Hantei Dave: heheh
KibagamiKuno: can kesh and i make a quiet escape toward the unicorn so we end
in an even neater spot?
Hantei Dave: i think so
Hantei Dave: that coulda been a fun fight though
Hantei Dave: hehehe
Hantei Dave: we coulda lost some dragon tonight
KibagamiKuno: heh, it would have been, but i think there were more than kesh and i
coulda handled heh
Keshijo: Um.. yeah...
Hantei Dave: not if you killed the dragons
KibagamiKuno: (not that i wasn't working out plans already heh)
Hantei Dave: or slit the throat of the first 5
Hantei Dave: or 6
KibagamiKuno: heh, see? DId all that with no fighting at all
Hantei Dave: kesh had a decent chance of killing the ogre anyway
Hantei Dave: much better than kuno
Hantei Dave: ^_-
KibagamiKuno: feh, i coulda taken him.
Hantei Dave: he's pretty tough
KibagamiKuno: woulda started at the knees, but that'll do
Hantei Dave: and hits hard ^_^
KibagamiKuno: it's the hits hard part i mind.
Hantei Dave: don't forget the arrows
KibagamiKuno: No armor these days is kinda sucking.
Hantei Dave: they'd hurt too
Keshijo: You have no armor?
KibagamiKuno: the arrows i figured hachiman would take care of.
Hantei Dave: he ditched it
Hantei Dave: BOTH TIMES!
KibagamiKuno: yah, left it behind, never went back for it, couldn't wear the latest
batch.
Hantei Dave: hachiman would have helped greatly....but from 4 or 5 guys?
Keshijo: Hmm... Maybe that Deathseeker model would fit then....
KibagamiKuno: I hope to pick up the old armor on our way south.
Hantei Dave: painting a kuno?
Hantei Dave: the deathseeker models are great
Hantei Dave: he'd make a good one
KibagamiKuno: heh
Keshijo: I'm trying to paint the whole party, after my exams are done...
KibagamiKuno: just remember: Orange Hair.
KibagamiKuno: weird accent.
Hantei Dave: nice!
KibagamiKuno: (not that accents show up on models)
Hantei Dave: its be hard to find a keshijo though
Keshijo: Yeah.
Keshijo: Might file the armor off of Bayushi Tangen...
