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Suzume Sousha has entered the room.
Suzume Sousha: I'll be afk for a moment. have to check something
Hantei Dave: k
Togashi Udon has entered the room.
Hantei Dave: Guess what people. Raab also canceled last minute.
Hantei Dave: just us 3 it seems
Togashi Udon: greetings, all (bows)
Hantei Dave: hey skippy
Togashi Udon: no josh 7 brian too
Hantei Dave: rishard will be right back
Togashi Udon: &
Hantei Dave: down 4
Togashi Udon: wow
Togashi Udon: minigame?
Hantei Dave: it doesn't bother me except for last minute cancels
cause it sometimes throws off my orignal plans. We should be
ok tonight though
Togashi Udon: ok
Hantei Dave: mini game would be better for me tonight anyway ^_^
Togashi Udon: why?
Suzume Sousha: back
Togashi Udon: (bows)
Hantei Dave: just easier
Hantei Dave: ^_^
Suzume Sousha: was going to say something but now I cant remember what
Hantei Dave: and you 2 can decide the fate of the game now...if
you say turn west everyone turns west ^_-
Togashi Udon: TO THE SHADOWLANDS!
Hantei Dave: hehehe
Hantei Dave: off you go then ^_-
Hantei Dave: ...the one time the Crab would have helped too
Hantei Dave: heheh
Togashi Udon: hehehheheh
Hantei Dave: you here now rishard?
Hantei Dave: mind doing a minigame?
Togashi Udon: i need to pray... a lot
Hantei Dave: hmmm
Suzume Sousha: sorry was looking something up
Suzume Sousha: I'm down
Togashi Udon: cool!
Suzume Sousha: where is kim anyway?
Togashi Udon: sick
Suzume Sousha: again. wow.
Togashi Udon: she's sleeping
Suzume Sousha: is she ok?
Togashi Udon: this time the doc gave her antibiotics, finally. she'll be fine
Suzume Sousha: ok cool
Hantei Dave: ok. Here's the deal. Most of you finished burrying
the dead Unicorn bushi. Some of you are hurt
Hantei Dave: There is a nearby stream (10 minute walk). Keshijo
went up ahead. It's night now.
Hantei Dave: so did Kuno
Togashi Udon: i ned to find that buddhist temple.
Togashi Udon: need
Hantei Dave: Udon: you are more likely to find a shrine or temple
along the road.
Togashi Udon: ok. anyone want to go?
Hantei Dave: Why don't you 2 split off with the others
Togashi Udon: if that is ok with sousha
Togashi Udon: ok by me
Suzume Sousha: okey doke
Hantei Dave: Oku tells you to leave a messege in the next
northbound travel house along the road
Hantei Dave: that way you all can meet later
Togashi Udon: ok
Togashi Udon: does anyon have a lantern or torch?
Togashi Udon: or is the moon full?
Hantei Dave: if it is not in your items section, you don't
Suzume Sousha: I don't have anything
Togashi Udon: kim doesn't either, what about the others?
Suzume Sousha: or should I say not a piece of light
Hantei Dave: hehehe....i warned people to write some stuff down
Hantei Dave: nope....lookingat their sheets now
Hantei Dave: off through the dark with you
Togashi Udon: yippie!
Suzume Sousha: night running is good
Hantei Dave: Keshijo would light a fire for you but he is currently
dousing himself in freezing water to purify and can't be
disrupted
Suzume Sousha: as long as your eyes are adjusted and u don't hit a hole
Hantei Dave: you should be ok....as long as you aren't attacked
Togashi Udon: very well, night jog it is!
Togashi Udon: we head for the road
Hantei Dave: you 2 begin a light jog
Hantei Dave: the road isn't far....still dark though. Bandits travel
at night
Togashi Udon: lucky us.
Suzume Sousha: Hopefully they have beaten people already and are tired and full
of stuff for us to take :-)
Hantei Dave: rolling.....50 minutes later you come to a structure
Hantei Dave: 5 or 6 it will be a temple
Hantei Dave: 3
Togashi Udon: look, a structure!
Hantei Dave: its just a stop-over house
Hantei Dave: ...for travelers
Suzume Sousha: lets stop over. Maybe we can find or buy torches
Togashi Udon: we needed to leav a message anyway right?
Hantei Dave: usually noone selling things here....just an old
wooden shack with a low loft
Hantei Dave: yep
Togashi Udon: any proprioters?
Hantei Dave: go in and find out?
Hantei Dave: ^_-
Suzume Sousha: Shall we enter?
Togashi Udon: lets
Hantei Dave: you can see a light on b4 you go in
Hantei Dave: or fire i should say
Suzume Sousha: If they have a torch there perhaps we can beg, borrow, or steal
one.
Hantei Dave: spoken like a samurai >:{
Togashi Udon: isn't this sousha's clans land?
Suzume Sousha: if nothing else when we leave our message we can tell them that
our companions that are coming back through will re-imburse them.
Hantei Dave: no...you are on the borders of Crane and
Lion...actually in Lion now
Togashi Udon: maybe i can trade for the tourch...
Hantei Dave: why don't you go in instead of freezing out here
Togashi Udon: lets enter
Suzume Sousha: very well.
Suzume Sousha: is the door open or do we have to knock?
Hantei Dave: there are 4 tough guys in here. One is drying his
clothes. All are sitting around the fire rolling dice.
Hantei Dave: these are open houses...no need to knock
Suzume Sousha: k. I guess we're in then
Togashi Udon: greetings (bow)
Hantei Dave: "yooo" one says
Suzume Sousha: *staying off to the side and looking around*
Hantei Dave: there is one guy also sleeping in the loft. Looks like a
dirty ronin
Togashi Udon: (trying to spot a clan logo)
Hantei Dave: no mon on the dice guys. They aren't samurai.
Togashi Udon: (do we just sleep here, what is the protocal?)
Hantei Dave: yeah. You can just sleep if you want. The guys in the
middle have a fire going in the pit
Togashi Udon: what says you, sousha?
Hantei Dave: best if you just pick a corner probably. It'll at least
keep you from the slight chill in the wind
Hantei Dave: ...you could always keep going
Suzume Sousha: Thinking. it might be best to wait for day, but first maybe we
can ask the people in here.
Suzume Sousha: about torches and such.
Hantei Dave: they are talking about you
Hantei Dave: out loud
Togashi Udon: what are they saying?
Hantei Dave: #1: "Hey, you two! Want to try your luck?" #2: "Baka!
They don't have any money. Can't you see his mon. He's from
the Sparrow. They'll work for rice. And the other is just a
monk. Useless."
Hantei Dave: 3: "almost no better than the ronin"
Hantei Dave: They keep playing
Suzume Sousha: thats something I forgot about. Do I have money?
Hantei Dave: Sousha: besides not taking wealth as a perk, the
Sparrow is known for their lives or poverty
Hantei Dave: of
Suzume Sousha: okey doke.
Hantei Dave: you 2 are pretty broke right now
Hantei Dave: you could always get some sleep or meditation or
what have you done now
Togashi Udon: we'll pick a corner
Hantei Dave: praying will be difficult
Suzume Sousha: *heads over to a corner* to sleep.
Hantei Dave: (Sousha goes to sleep)
Togashi Udon: i will watch, leaning up against the wall, sitting
Suzume Sousha: My charachter has insomnia so its hard for me to sleep
Hantei Dave: Udon: I will allow some light praying while you
watch. It'll help your roll later
Hantei Dave: oh yeah....hehehe
Togashi Udon: ok, thanks
Hantei Dave: well, not much is going on. The ronin is either
having a nightmare or the sake is wearing off
Togashi Udon: before i pray (light) i would like to play my flute
Togashi Udon: i ask the dicers if they mind
Hantei Dave: #4: "I'll let you play. Hmmmph!"
Hantei Dave: (sticks out his tongue)
Togashi Udon: (bow/nod head)
Togashi Udon: i play
Suzume Sousha: damn the racket. Its hard enough for me to sleep as is.
Hantei Dave: hehehe
Hantei Dave: Sousha: make a WILL roll
Hantei Dave: will+3d6
Togashi Udon: my apologies, friend, i will stop.
Hantei Dave: #4: "Huh? I said you can play!"
Suzume Sousha: 16
Hantei Dave: you can't sleep
Hantei Dave: heheheh
Suzume Sousha: LOL
Togashi Udon: (i was speaking to sousha?)
Hantei Dave: yeah but #4 butted in
Suzume Sousha: oh go on then. You can onlyh play so long anyway
Hantei Dave: hehehe...skip roll your music skill
Togashi Udon: ok, i play again, with a nod to sousha
Hantei Dave: aes+flute+3d6
Togashi Udon: 15
Togashi Udon: (its tech)
Hantei Dave: tech if it is a matter of doing it...aes if it sounds good
Togashi Udon: ??? ok 13
Hantei Dave: needs work
Togashi Udon: course
Hantei Dave: the dicers don't seem to know good music anyway
Togashi Udon: :-)
Suzume Sousha: :-)
Hantei Dave: there is a RAP at the door!
Hantei Dave: someone stumbles against it!
Suzume Sousha: phone ring.
Togashi Udon: (p-diddy??)
Togashi Udon: (bad joke, sorry)
Hantei Dave: "Baka!" he yells at the door.
Suzume Sousha: back
Suzume Sousha: sorry
Hantei Dave: someone walks in
KibagamiKuno has entered the room.
Suzume Sousha: twas mike
Hantei Dave: LOL
KibagamiKuno: bows
Suzume Sousha: LOL
Togashi Udon: bows
Hantei Dave: Kuno: you have to read the script later...LOL
KibagamiKuno: ok
KibagamiKuno: can't email it to me?
Togashi Udon: Friend Kuno, join us!
Hantei Dave: i'll try my luck at saving tonight
Hantei Dave: if I lag...we'll find out
Togashi Udon: saved it, where you want me to send it josh?
Hantei Dave: read it next time
Hantei Dave: ^_-
Hantei Dave: Kuno just entered the stop house along the road
Hantei Dave: guess he decided to leave the others at the stream
too
Hantei Dave: don't disturb the guys rolling dice kuno
Suzume Sousha: I see you have decided to join us
KibagamiKuno: hai
Hantei Dave: Kuno: you are alittle wet. It started raining lightly
while you were walking
Suzume Sousha: we have no torches and decided to rest here until it gets light
KibagamiKuno: ok.
Suzume Sousha: do u have any money?
Hantei Dave: Sousha: no chance of sleep now!
KibagamiKuno: anything interesting happen between the stream and here?
Hantei Dave: naaa.....just a quick jog
KibagamiKuno: nani? Money for what?
Togashi Udon: No, Kuno-san
Hantei Dave: 4 guys playing dice around a fire and a ronin having
nightmares in the loft
Suzume Sousha: The only thing that happened between now and then is that we
discovered we are broke :-)\
Suzume Sousha: and without torches
Togashi Udon: flat :-)
KibagamiKuno: heh
Togashi Udon: (guess i could trade this tanto...)
Hantei Dave: dicer #2: "Not another bum...."
Suzume Sousha: perhaps we can gamble for some torches or something useful if
you have money.
KibagamiKuno: How much are they betting?
Togashi Udon: (we're in Kuno's lands aren't we?)
Hantei Dave: #1: "Stay in your corner unless you wanna work for
the fire! uhuhuhuhuhuhuh"
Hantei Dave: small amounts Kuno
KibagamiKuno: like, what's a standard starting bet?
Hantei Dave: you can more than afford it
Togashi Udon: (Work for the fire? --whispers)
Hantei Dave: #1 doesn't seem too bright
KibagamiKuno: i know. I toss 2x starting bet into the pot in the middle of the
table: "To leave us alone for the evening. Domo."
Hantei Dave: they do have katanas though
Hantei Dave: #3: "Woohoo....!!!!!" Bows to Kuno
Togashi Udon: you are a genorous man Kuno-san.
KibagamiKuno: <bows>
Hantei Dave: 2 monme ...
Hantei Dave: like a copper
Suzume Sousha: what game are they playing?
KibagamiKuno: <aside to udon> a safe nights sleep might have cost more
Hantei Dave: um...I forget the name. Standard dice game of odds
and evens
Hantei Dave: Udon goes back to playing his flute...badly
Hantei Dave: Sousha goes back to not sleeping
Hantei Dave: (he has insomnia Kuno)
KibagamiKuno: I meditate a bit on the days adventures, dead samurai, etc.
Hantei Dave: kuno: if you used Ki you can make a meditation roll to
regain it
Suzume Sousha: to the people playing "Since I can't sleep with him playing, can
I watch the game?"
Hantei Dave: same for you Sousha
Togashi Udon: i am no that bad... just not that good
Suzume Sousha: I dont' think I did. No i definitely didnt
Hantei Dave: #4: "No problem brother....warm up!"
KibagamiKuno: dave: i don't believe i did, but i wanted to try out the system.
Suzume Sousha: *bows* thank you for your kindness.
Hantei Dave: ok Kuno: roll med + will + 3d6
KibagamiKuno: heh, ok, in a few mins. need to boot up the other computer still
(it has the char on it)
Togashi Udon: i need a temple, right hantei-sama?
Hantei Dave: np
Hantei Dave: udon: no...you can try praying now if you want but it
is a hard roll. If you want you can pray now (no roll) and I'll
give you a bonus next time
Togashi Udon: the guilt ways on me, i will try the hard roll...
Hantei Dave: beat 23 ...alot of distraction and no temple
Togashi Udon: holy...
Hantei Dave: or wait ^_-
Togashi Udon: 30
Togashi Udon: 13 + 17
Hantei Dave: nice....you spend a good 2 hours doing that Udon
Togashi Udon: oh yeah!
Suzume Sousha: LOL
KibagamiKuno: 8+11=19
Hantei Dave: Kuno: you needed a 20 cause you are wounded
KibagamiKuno: ok
Togashi Udon: may i heal kuno-san?
KibagamiKuno: I can't keep a clear enough mind to focus this evening.
Suzume Sousha: your busy praying :-)
Togashi Udon: i shal heal you, my freind, once i am done that is...
Hantei Dave: roll the religion+pie+3d6 skip beat 18 for 5 min praying or
16 for 20 minutes
Hantei Dave: or 14 for 1 hour
Hantei Dave: etc
Togashi Udon: 20min
Hantei Dave: roll
Hantei Dave: beat 16
Togashi Udon: 19
Hantei Dave: should have gone for 5 min ^_-
Hantei Dave: Kuno: you are feeling stronger now
Togashi Udon: learning...learning
KibagamiKuno: mmm, good. Stronger by how much?
Hantei Dave: you can try to meditate again if you want
Hantei Dave: sousha: make another sleep roll
KibagamiKuno: Domo Arigato Togashi-san.
Togashi Udon: 9points kuno-san
Togashi Udon: (bows)
Suzume Sousha: damn! 14
Hantei Dave: SOusha: your eyes are bloodshot...and you had been
running for almost 3 days strait
KibagamiKuno: dave: is that 9 pts to hits, or 9 pts to hits + stun defense, or 2x9
to stun defense?
Suzume Sousha: :-)
Hantei Dave: whew!
Togashi Udon: i would heal sousha, next?
Hantei Dave: kuno: 9 points to hits and 9 points to stun
Suzume Sousha: I'm not really injured. I'm missing 2 points at this point since u
healed me last. Im just fuckin tired :-)
Hantei Dave: Udon: you are getting a bit tired too -1 to rolls...but you can
stay awake if you want
Togashi Udon: who is more hurt?
Hantei Dave: its getting real late now...almost midnight
Togashi Udon: i will heal in the morning.
Hantei Dave: EVERYONE: your "recovery" will allow you to regain that
much, if you can sleep
Hantei Dave: only is stun points though
Togashi Udon: here, sousha-san, my bodhai tree may help you sleep.
Togashi Udon: (places it next to his head)
Hantei Dave: The dicers are sleeping near the fire now
Suzume Sousha: thank you
Hantei Dave: roll one more time sousha...only need a 14 now
Suzume Sousha: LOL!!! I think u jinxed me!
Suzume Sousha: 12
Hantei Dave: lol
Hantei Dave: Sousha: its a long fucking night
Togashi Udon: sorry, maybe you shouldn't have killed the bird, eh?
Hantei Dave: goto sleep Udon ^_-
Hantei Dave: lol
KibagamiKuno: i go to sleep.
Suzume Sousha: it would be hard to not kill it after it pecking at my eyes for 2
days
Togashi Udon: any watch?
Suzume Sousha: I guess thats me
Togashi Udon: sorry
Togashi Udon: (sleep)
Suzume Sousha: do I need a skill to sharpen my katana?
Hantei Dave: ok, next morning everyone is packing up...except the still
sleeping ronin
Hantei Dave: sousha: yes
Suzume Sousha: doh. oh well
KibagamiKuno: don't know if it is odd, but i am not wearing shoes to bed.
Hantei Dave: hhehe....lose them in a dice game?
Hantei Dave: ^_-
Togashi Udon: any one need to be healed?
Suzume Sousha: I am good but thank you
Suzume Sousha: unless u know sleep prayers
Hantei Dave: sousha: you don't get to recover any stun damage
Hantei Dave: it is morning now...nothing happened last night
Suzume Sousha: it was a very long and dull nigh
Hantei Dave: so, don't foget to leave a message b4 you leave
Suzume Sousha: full of snoring
Suzume Sousha: Did u know u talk in your sleep?
KibagamiKuno: btw - dave - one thing that would be really nice on the character
sheets is a way to adjust our characteristics/hits/etc scores for temp values like
damage, +'s from taint, etc.
Togashi Udon: (hehehe)
Hantei Dave: Josh: ok. Vesion 4 ^_-
Hantei Dave: message? general knowledge allows you to indicate trail
markers like ^^ means mountains, etc
Suzume Sousha: Ok, now that we are awake where should we head
Hantei Dave: yah. where you guys going
Suzume Sousha: and did we leave the message for our comrades yet. My
sleepiness is causing my memory to fade
KibagamiKuno: we should leave a message.
Togashi Udon: no message yet.
KibagamiKuno: Where are we going, first?
Hantei Dave: Udon is busy casting
Togashi Udon: i need a temple
KibagamiKuno: (so we know what to leave)
Hantei Dave: ..on the ronin it seems
Suzume Sousha: I thought u prayed already
Hantei Dave: The ronin burps when Udon finishes the prayer
Hantei Dave: and rolls over
Suzume Sousha: perhaps buddha will bless me with sleep at his temple.
Togashi Udon: i hope so.
Hantei Dave: do you want to continue north to Pheonix lands?
Togashi Udon: try not to kill any birds today (wink)
Togashi Udon: yes
Hantei Dave: everyone ok with that?
KibagamiKuno: ok
Togashi Udon: or to the SHADOWLANDS!!!
Suzume Sousha: Very well no birds shall die at my hand . . . . . today
KibagamiKuno: where in phoenix lands would we be heading (we have the
shadowlands dagger heheh)
Hantei Dave: someone can make a little patters or something with stones
to point your direction to the others (who have the horses)
Suzume Sousha: oh yeah . . we do don't we
Hantei Dave: you went jogging
Hantei Dave: hehehe
Togashi Udon: ok we make a message
KibagamiKuno: ok... i'l make the message, what city would we be headed for?
Togashi Udon: City of the Bad Guys that are Pheonix
KibagamiKuno: which happens to be named...
Hantei Dave: well, you never discussed it...next closest major land mark
is....
Togashi Udon: CBGP
Suzume Sousha: :-)
Hantei Dave: (checks landmarks)
Togashi Udon: the simplest question is the hardest to answer.
Suzume Sousha: batrhoom. brb in a moment. Actually my charachter also pee's
by a tree. Its been a while since I've done that.
Hantei Dave: next major place is:
Hantei Dave: Zumiki-mihari
Hantei Dave: the watchtower overlooking the Otomo's family lands
Suzume Sousha: back from the tree
Hantei Dave: (one of the Emporer's families)
Togashi Udon: so, know how to spell that Kuno?
Togashi Udon: with rocks
Togashi Udon: ;-)
Hantei Dave: There is a famous bell tower here
KibagamiKuno: yes, one sec.
Hantei Dave: you are about 2 days from it and lots of small villiges along
the way
KibagamiKuno: Though here crept the night - Dawn points us to Otomo - The
bell loft of birds
KibagamiKuno: They aren't all for posterity, some are just practice...
Togashi Udon: i like it
KibagamiKuno: Zumiki-mihari. SHeesh - could you have found one with more
syllables?
Togashi Udon: i don't think they are intelligent enough to figure that out!
Hantei Dave: i didn't tell you to go north
Hantei Dave: oh wait...i sorta did ^_-
KibagamiKuno: so away we go, hai?
Togashi Udon: hai
Hantei Dave: its a nice late summer day
Suzume Sousha: hai
Hantei Dave: good for strolling
Hantei Dave: birds are out and there is still a light dew on the path
Hantei Dave: wear your sandles now Kuno ^_-
Togashi Udon: (careful sousha)
KibagamiKuno: (yup, feet are covered again)
Suzume Sousha: I said I will not kill a bird today and I mean it. . . though it is
early and the day is long
KibagamiKuno: can a man be a bird?
Suzume Sousha: I actually have animal empathy
Hantei Dave: Udon: there are some buddhist statues along the road here
Hantei Dave: Kuno: ask the Tengu
Suzume Sousha: I ran for a full 2 days before trying to kill those birds!
Hantei Dave: with some meager food placed in front of an idon or 2
Togashi Udon: yea!
Hantei Dave: idol
Togashi Udon: i will place a fig and pray.
KibagamiKuno: well that was silly. I ran for 30 seconds then killed them.
Hantei Dave: Kuno: Sousha is prob in a bad mood...maybe you shouldn't
tease him ^_- LOL
KibagamiKuno: hehehe
Suzume Sousha: :-)
Suzume Sousha: *looks for a place to sleep
Hantei Dave: Udon is praying. You two might as well have breakfast
Hantei Dave: sousha: roll
Suzume Sousha: watch it be 10 or some bs like that
Suzume Sousha: 18!
Togashi Udon: k
Hantei Dave: sousha passes out!
Hantei Dave: finally
Suzume Sousha: *snore*
Togashi Udon: (smiles)
KibagamiKuno: I kick him awake - err, no, let him sleep for now
Hantei Dave: various villigers walk by and kids playing games or doing
chores
KibagamiKuno: I do repairs on my armor.
Hantei Dave: Kuno: It really doesn't make sense to carry it. You might as
well wear it
Hantei Dave: but you can retie straps and such
KibagamiKuno: that's fine, but it needs fixing none-the-less after the fire and slice
from that other samurai.
Togashi Udon: i am done, should we walk sousha or let him sleep?
Togashi Udon: wake
Hantei Dave: sounds good. Udon, you are done praying an hour later. Do
you want to wake the little sparrow?
Togashi Udon: ... i don't know...
Togashi Udon: kuno?
Hantei Dave: now is your chance to step on him as revenge
Hantei Dave: and crush his head
Togashi Udon: why would i want revenge?
KibagamiKuno: revenge for what?
Hantei Dave: Kuno: killing the falcon
Togashi Udon: why would i crsh his head?
KibagamiKuno: you mean stealing the other kill from me?
Hantei Dave: Udon: just a thought O:}
Togashi Udon: O:-)
Hantei Dave: so, Kuno: do you HAVE food?
Hantei Dave: hehehe
KibagamiKuno: yes, i believe i do actually.
Togashi Udon: eat breakfast?
Hantei Dave: not according to the sheet i have...hehehe
Suzume Sousha: LOL
Hantei Dave: but you might have an updated
KibagamiKuno: maybe we should give sousha a little bit longer
Togashi Udon: ok, let sousha sleep, we'll have some breakfast
Hantei Dave: Udon: you are hungry too
Togashi Udon: i HAVE food
KibagamiKuno: no, i believe you have all the details on the right there... over by
perks.
Togashi Udon: i will share
Hantei Dave: i know...so eat it
Suzume Sousha: given to him by the Gods.
Togashi Udon: i share with the samurai who left his food at home
Togashi Udon: i give him a radish and some figs
Hantei Dave: a Lion patrol walks by
KibagamiKuno: i greet the patrol.
Togashi Udon: (bow)
KibagamiKuno: <bows>
KibagamiKuno: which family are they?
Hantei Dave: They continue past you (about 6 men) Normal Lion patrol
Kuno. They wouldn't bow back. They are Matsu
Hantei Dave: not CAUSE they are matsu
Hantei Dave: they are just busy and can't bow that often ^_-
Hantei Dave: so...2 hours. Wanna wake him?
KibagamiKuno: sure
Hantei Dave: <kick>
Togashi Udon: wakey wakey
Suzume Sousha: er . . . .
Suzume Sousha: how long have I been out for?
Togashi Udon: just over 2 hours
Suzume Sousha: *wipes sleep from eyes*
Togashi Udon: apple?
KibagamiKuno: long enough. you must learn to sleep when it is time to sleep.
Hantei Dave: Sousha: you are trained to keep walking without needing to
warm up first
Suzume Sousha: Thank you Udon
Togashi Udon: lets be gone
Suzume Sousha: Kuno that seemed like the right time to me :-)
KibagamiKuno: hi ho silver
Togashi Udon: welcome sousha
Suzume Sousha: so let us be on our way then..
Hantei Dave: As you pass an old man pulling his veggies in a cart he
speaks as you all pass, "Ain't no good going up tharr...."
Togashi Udon: Why, friend?
Hantei Dave: He stops and turns his head back to you. Seikihai village is
blocked off. Some-thangs up...I gots all these vegitables to deliver...its
a real dang shame. They'll wilt they will in this heat."
Suzume Sousha: we can eat them for you if you like :-)
Hantei Dave: "Taint easy groaning tomaters"
Suzume Sousha: Do u know why the village is blocked off?
Hantei Dave: "might as well take one...no harms now"
Suzume Sousha: *bows and grabs a tomato* thank you.
Hantei Dave: "Dang Matsu fools done blocked the road. Ain't my job to
ask why. Wasted my day it did"
Togashi Udon: Tomatos are as ripe and freash as life, good sir. the only
things beter are the sun, water, soil and the hand that grow them.
Hantei Dave: "I suppose"
Togashi Udon: i would be honored (bows and take a tomato)
KibagamiKuno: where in seikihai is the blockade?
Hantei Dave: "Well, looks like they'll be there for some time...you might as
well go back"
Hantei Dave: "The whole dang road's closed"
Hantei Dave: "no telling for how long"
Hantei Dave: "most of'n us travelers only moving between villigers
anyways."
Suzume Sousha: so shall we try our luck, or shall we turn around?
KibagamiKuno: luck
Suzume Sousha: sounds like a good plan. Perhaps we can get you through
Hantei Dave: The next closest road is about a day back and it'll put you
slightly west of where you want to go
Suzume Sousha: I also have a license to pas
KibagamiKuno: thank the old man and continue north.
Suzume Sousha: for border crossing
Hantei Dave: "Dang fools". He continues on
Togashi Udon: it is a great day to move forward. which ever direction that
is.
Hantei Dave: you guys continue north then
Hantei Dave: not too far ahead is the Unit blocking the road as it passes
through the village
KibagamiKuno: dave - which lion spoke up in court?
Hantei Dave: some villigers are stopped there confused too
Togashi Udon: (i follow the others lead)
Hantei Dave: Josh: Matsu Tsuko was next to the Emperor in place of
Akodo Toturi
KibagamiKuno: tnx
Togashi Udon: (smile at the childern)
Hantei Dave: ...and she spoke
Hantei Dave: The unit leader stops you as you approach
KibagamiKuno: move up to the blockade and wait for them to approach to ask us
about turning back.
KibagamiKuno: <wait>
Suzume Sousha: I follow behind Kuno
Suzume Sousha: Asks villager near if he knows what is going on
Togashi Udon: (following and grinning like a fool)
Hantei Dave: He says, "By local Matsu order this road is closed at this
point."
Hantei Dave: Sousha: they are all just as confused
Hantei Dave: one samurai (not in armor) looks worried
KibagamiKuno: <bow> - greetings, we are here on official business for the court.
Hantei Dave: "I have express orders to hold off all traffic for the next day.
There is a criminal in the village. He has hostiges I am told."
KibagamiKuno: i glance over toward the not-armored one (acknowledging his
presence)
Suzume Sousha: Sir, I have a license to pass through any border as I am a
Kikyaku (running man). Please let us through.
KibagamiKuno: Honorable sir, our mission is from Hantei-san himself and
witnessed at court by Matsu-sama.
Hantei Dave: "Licence" hold out hand (you have one)
Suzume Sousha: Presents the license (I wonder what these things looked like
back then)
Hantei Dave: a piece of paper sousha
Hantei Dave: he looks at the pass, "grrrhmmm"
Hantei Dave: The non-armored samurai speaks up
Hantei Dave: "Allow me to assist them through. They'll be quick."
KibagamiKuno: Domo Arigato
Hantei Dave: leader: "grrrr...fine! But quickly...and circumvent the village"
Hantei Dave: He presents himself and bows, "O-metsuke (village official
appointed by Clan) Norija"
KibagamiKuno: <bows>
Suzume Sousha: *bows* thank you.
Togashi Udon: "It is difficult enough to control yourself, let alone control
another. These hostages should be freed." (bows)
Hantei Dave: They let you through
Hantei Dave: Leader: "pray for the villigers monk. He's dangerous"
Togashi Udon: "I shall" (bows)
Suzume Sousha: ok, I'l bite. Who is HE
Hantei Dave: You all move off the road as it bends around a slight hill and
begin walking along the rice paddies
Hantei Dave: HE?
KibagamiKuno: "As Lion to Lion, may I lend my blade to your work here?"
Suzume Sousha: Hantei Dave: Leader: "pray for the villigers monk. He's
dangerous"
Hantei Dave: "Just a simple scoundrel...probably...mind your own
business and hurry through or i'll be both our heads
Hantei Dave: The O-metsuke leads you on
Suzume Sousha: sorry. my appologies
Hantei Dave: you follow?
Togashi Udon: hai
KibagamiKuno: hai...
Suzume Sousha: hai
KibagamiKuno: (carefully)
Suzume Sousha: (enthusaistically)
KibagamiKuno: (no need to walk into a rice-paddy trap)
Hantei Dave: He whispers to you all as you pass the hill
Suzume Sousha: (doh)
Hantei Dave: "Please help the village. There is no badit here
Hantei Dave: "They plan to torch it all"
Hantei Dave: He seems desperate
Suzume Sousha: why woukld they do such a thing?
Hantei Dave: A sickness broke in the village. When taxes came
late they sent 2 squads. The others are planning to burn the
village down. Its just not right. WHy would they?"
Hantei Dave: "...with so many helpless"
Hantei Dave: "and getting worse"
Hantei Dave: (skip had to do something...lets wait to see what he
says)
Suzume Sousha: okey doke
KibagamiKuno: "There are many illnesses, not all with cures. There are times
when we all must release our hold on life for the good of others around us. A
burned town can give no taxes in the future, and they surely know this.
KibagamiKuno: Yet disease can spread, our fates are not always that which we
would choose for ourselves, but they are our fate nonetheless"
Suzume Sousha: I'll wait for skip before I say anymore.
Hantei Dave: heheh
Hantei Dave: (i forsee conflict)
Suzume Sousha: LOL
Suzume Sousha: Udon stares speechless in disbelief and horror
KibagamiKuno: "We must trust that our leaders will take the responsible action,
even if it is not what they or we would wish."
Togashi Udon: sorry guys, had to check on kim
Togashi Udon: letss see
Togashi Udon: holy shit!
Hantei Dave: lol
Suzume Sousha: :-)
Suzume Sousha: like I said. Speechless
Togashi Udon: speechless
Togashi Udon: (let me get this straight no taxes = no village?
Hantei Dave: well, I assume you are still walking around then
Hantei Dave: Udon: not unless they were REALLY late normally
KibagamiKuno: sick village = no taxes = burn village.
Togashi Udon: sickness??? what disease??? poverty??? or a real
sickness?
Suzume Sousha: I think they are trying to burn village to prevent disease.
Suzume Sousha: one village no taxes no big deall. If every village gets sick then it
is.
Togashi Udon: how much is the towns taxes?
Hantei Dave: O-metsuke: "Many became ill one by one. Few are
reviving"
Suzume Sousha: O-metsuke, are u from this village?
Togashi Udon: how many are ill?
Togashi Udon: no, i am from the dragon clan
Hantei Dave: Udon: most small farming villiges are about
15-20,000 koku per year
KibagamiKuno: "What kind of disease is this? What happens when people get
sick?"
Hantei Dave: O-metsuke: "I have been charged with this village
for almost 9 years now"
Hantei Dave: "...and about 1/4 are ill now"
Togashi Udon: if the well goes bad the village is no more. it is linked.
KibagamiKuno: how big is the village?
Suzume Sousha: WOW!
Hantei Dave: It is a medium sized village. Looks prosperous
enough based on the number of rice patties they have
KibagamiKuno: 100 people?
Togashi Udon: i can heal the sick, i cannot pay the taxes...
Hantei Dave: more like 175 people total
Hantei Dave: "makes no sense....."
Suzume Sousha: well it could be the good of all people.
Hantei Dave: "Some seemed to be getting better too"
KibagamiKuno: "Have you made an appeal?"
Suzume Sousha: possibly better to let the few die then the greater man. It would
be nice to get the non sick folk out, but how do you know if they are sick or
not?
Togashi Udon: i can help to heal the body and spirit, i canno heal the
purse...
Hantei Dave: O-metsuke: "There's no time. They are securing
people in their homes now"
Suzume Sousha: then how could we help even if we wanted too, and I'm not sure
thats a good idea?
Hantei Dave: O-metsuke: .....
Hantei Dave: He continues walking
Togashi Udon: (we can lead a revolt, there was a crowd)
KibagamiKuno: We can investigate this as a potential part of our mission. who
knows what may lead us to another.... piece of the puzzle.
Togashi Udon: Kuno-san...(pleading eyes...)???
Suzume Sousha: O-Metsuke, how many people are guarding the roads here?
KibagamiKuno: However, O-metsuke, you cannot complete your task of taking
us to the other side of town. You have tripped, here, and bumped your head.
KibagamiKuno: I bump O-metsuke on the head.
Hantei Dave: Kuno: evidence means nothing except to Kitsuke
family. Most of Rokugan law based on testiment
Suzume Sousha: hopefully u didn't bump him into unconciousness
Hantei Dave: O-metsuke either passes out or pretends to
Togashi Udon: Is this the Lions way of culling the herd?
Hantei Dave: ...and falls in the mud
KibagamiKuno: i make sure he falls. Thus, he has fallen, and bumped his head (in
no particular order)
Suzume Sousha: if we cause a revolt what makes u think the will not come back
in bigger force and torcher them before they kill them all.
Togashi Udon: Udon doesnt think that far ahead
Suzume Sousha: torture
Hantei Dave: btw...there were 8 at the gate and the O-metsuke
whispers 7 in the village
KibagamiKuno: No revolt. We must investigate the town as a possible link for
our mission and hopefully find a way to save it from a necessary destruction.
Togashi Udon: and save a couple of lives in the process
Suzume Sousha: very well. I'm all for that as long as we don't get sick.
Togashi Udon: you could always sleep....
Hantei Dave: well, you can see the edge of town from here
Hantei Dave: houses are near enough
KibagamiKuno: Let us proceed carefully to town...
Suzume Sousha: very well.
Togashi Udon: hai
KibagamiKuno: Do we know if there was a well, as Udon suspected?
Hantei Dave: you navigate the patties
Hantei Dave: Kuno: almost deinfitly
Hantei Dave: usually near the center or near the O-metsuke's
house
Hantei Dave: a bigger one
Togashi Udon: (Udon was attempting to talk in medaphores, but now that
you mention it...)
Hantei Dave: you hear some screaming from in the
village...women. And some crying from children
Togashi Udon: children?
KibagamiKuno: I believe an artifact linked with our quest has lodged itself near
the town and is befouling the people. Part of our mission, then, is to find this
thing. No torching till we do.
Hantei Dave: "BLOCK YOUR DOORS! BLOCK YOUR DOORS!"
yells a bushi
Suzume Sousha: an artifact linked to our quest??? What makes you think that?
Hantei Dave: you are coming up to one of the outer houses
Togashi Udon: I sprint towards it, anyone trying to stop me--i want initutive
Hantei Dave: from behind
KibagamiKuno: I just do.
Togashi Udon: do what?
Hantei Dave: Udon sprints. You reach the wall
Suzume Sousha: think an artifact is here.
KibagamiKuno: (udon - "what makes you think that?" - answer: "i just do."
KibagamiKuno: )
Togashi Udon: i go to the screams of the kids
Hantei Dave: Udon: you spy the bushi banging a flat drum doing
the yelling"
Togashi Udon: i bash him
Hantei Dave: Udon: if you do the bushi will see you
KibagamiKuno: woh
Hantei Dave: oops
Suzume Sousha: WOW. Thats pretty fuckd up
Hantei Dave: ok
KibagamiKuno: we are in the back
Hantei Dave: You charge
KibagamiKuno: of the house, we may see him, but we're at the wrong end.
KibagamiKuno: and SOMEONE is opposed to killing.
Hantei Dave: you get a +4 init
Hantei Dave: roll Udon
Suzume Sousha: LOL
Suzume Sousha: he could be a good guy. Oh well.
Hantei Dave: 17 for bushi
Togashi Udon: 25
Togashi Udon: (+4 right)
Hantei Dave: ok Udon: you suprised him
Togashi Udon: attack with staff
Hantei Dave: Udon attacks with ferocity
KibagamiKuno: dave - we should probably all roll initiative...
Hantei Dave: roll for attack
Hantei Dave: kuno: go ahead
KibagamiKuno: 30.
Hantei Dave: and sousha
Togashi Udon: 20
Hantei Dave: 16 to dodge...you hit
Hantei Dave: roll damage
Hantei Dave: he is well armored btw
Suzume Sousha: 23
KibagamiKuno: (when i see udon attacking, i circle around the other side of the
house)
Suzume Sousha: (Its funny how we are about to bludgeon this poor smuck to
death for no reason)
Hantei Dave: heheh
Togashi Udon: 24 points
KibagamiKuno: (its funny how it is our peaceful monk that's about to do it)
Suzume Sousha: yeah that too
Hantei Dave: Sousha declares next...then Kuno
Togashi Udon: (stun-dave)
Suzume Sousha: I will use my katana on him.
Hantei Dave: ok....he absorbs 8 with armor
Hantei Dave: ...and is out cold!
Hantei Dave: whack
KibagamiKuno: (stun-dave? Where is that prayer? ^_- )
Hantei Dave: still wanna cut im up sousha?
Hantei Dave: Kuno: declare
Suzume Sousha: no thats ok
Hantei Dave: stil drawing katana though?
KibagamiKuno: i did, i ran around the other side of the house. (that started to
happen before udon whacked the guy, btw)
Suzume Sousha: yes I draw it but don't attack
Hantei Dave: Kuno: ok
Hantei Dave: A woman opens her door slightly watching you
Udon
Hantei Dave: ...and then another door slightly
KibagamiKuno: get the guy into the rice paddy.
Suzume Sousha: Udon, why did u attack him? Is there something u don't know
that I don't?
Hantei Dave: next round
Togashi Udon: there are children here!
Hantei Dave: anything people?
KibagamiKuno: any other bushi see that happen?
Suzume Sousha: he is uncontious right?
Togashi Udon: 22
Hantei Dave: Kuno: nothing yet but you hear some commotion a
bit away
Hantei Dave: sousha: yes
Hantei Dave: 22?
Togashi Udon: init
Hantei Dave: don't worry about init yet
Hantei Dave: you all get to do something
Togashi Udon: k, i want to go to the kids screams
Suzume Sousha: asking woman "Did they tell u why they are here"?
Hantei Dave: Sousha: she shuts door
Suzume Sousha: doh
Hantei Dave: Udon: as you are about to run an old man walks
towards you...well, maybe not that old but well above his
years in features
KibagamiKuno: How does the air smell here? Death & disease as it should for a
1/4 sick town?
Hantei Dave: He is smiling
Togashi Udon: staff is infront of me, ready
Togashi Udon: i eye him
Hantei Dave: He is approaching you with a limp. You can either
stop him now or not
Togashi Udon: are you alright?
Suzume Sousha: what, your not going to hit this one? :-)
Togashi Udon: (...go hit a bird)
Suzume Sousha: :-)
Hantei Dave: roll init udon -4
Togashi Udon: :-)
Togashi Udon: :-(
Suzume Sousha: LOL
Togashi Udon: ...14
Hantei Dave: 17
Hantei Dave: He comes to bite you
Togashi Udon: staff infront staff in front!!!
Hantei Dave: roll dodge
Suzume Sousha: this village has gone resident evil on us
KibagamiKuno: agreed.
Hantei Dave: 15
Hantei Dave: to attack
Togashi Udon: 28
Hantei Dave: you dodge him but he is grabbing you
Hantei Dave: you go...then sousha and kuno
Togashi Udon: (if this is another wererat town dave, so help me)
Hantei Dave: ^_-
KibagamiKuno: lol
Hantei Dave: Rishard: inside joke
Suzume Sousha: i guessed
Togashi Udon: i throw him
Hantei Dave: roll attack
Hantei Dave: 19 to dodge
KibagamiKuno: when is a man a bird?
Togashi Udon: 26
Hantei Dave: he is thrown
KibagamiKuno: Which way did the bird fly?
Hantei Dave: Udon throws him ABNORMALLY far
Hantei Dave: well beyond the distance of most flying men
Suzume Sousha: kick ass
Togashi Udon: (its the spinach)
Hantei Dave: (among other things)
KibagamiKuno: which way?
Togashi Udon: to the kids
Hantei Dave: towards you but you are a bit far to catch
Suzume Sousha: The kids might eat u.
Hantei Dave: go sousha and kuno
Togashi Udon: ...hmmm... didnt think of that
KibagamiKuno: no catch needed. I attack.
KibagamiKuno: the flying man.
Hantei Dave: he is on the ground ...looks hurt
Hantei Dave: kuno: roll
Suzume Sousha: I stand my ground in a defensive stance
KibagamiKuno: i want to get him in mid air :-)
Hantei Dave: 15 to dodge (with penalty)
Hantei Dave: kuno: too far
Hantei Dave: you were on the other side of a house
KibagamiKuno: i think we are all on the same side of the house...
KibagamiKuno: i came around it from the other side, no?
Hantei Dave: i thought you said you were walking around the
other side
Hantei Dave: oh...yes same side but still a bit far for a midair
attack...he didn't go THAT far ^_^
Togashi Udon: (next time)
Hantei Dave: ah...what the hell...yes he did
KibagamiKuno: can i just run up and attack, then?
Hantei Dave: midair attack
KibagamiKuno: splendid
KibagamiKuno: 29
Hantei Dave: ouch
Hantei Dave: that beat his 17 in the air
Hantei Dave: heheh
Hantei Dave: damage
KibagamiKuno: 27
KibagamiKuno: no biting.
Hantei Dave: (i roll location for effect)
Hantei Dave: he lost his arm and part of torso
Hantei Dave: a deep black blood sprays the house
Suzume Sousha: kick ass.
KibagamiKuno: i'd like to shake the blood off before the blade even comes
vaguely back toward me
Togashi Udon: ????whazthat???
Hantei Dave: 2 bushi run from the center of town and look
suprised (swords drawn...they are about 30ft away)
Hantei Dave: Kuno: ok
Hantei Dave: roll init
Togashi Udon: 24
Hantei Dave: 23 for #1
Hantei Dave: 17 for #2
KibagamiKuno: are they preparing to attack?
Suzume Sousha: 19
Hantei Dave: Kuno: swords are dwarn
Hantei Dave: drawn
KibagamiKuno: 31
Hantei Dave: if they are dwarn you are all dead
KibagamiKuno: (w/ wind)
Hantei Dave: no iaijutsu kuno...you
Hantei Dave: need to study them b4 you do that
KibagamiKuno: ok, 26.
Hantei Dave: sousha?
Hantei Dave: oops
Hantei Dave: right
Suzume Sousha: hold on a sec
KibagamiKuno: (hehe, w/ wind actually it would have been 32)
Hantei Dave: #2 will run for help
Hantei Dave: sousha?
Hantei Dave: declare
Suzume Sousha: Hantei Dave: if they are dwarn you are all dead
What does that mean???
Hantei Dave: sousha: joke....messed up Drawn
Suzume Sousha: oh ok.
Suzume Sousha: How far away are they from me?
Hantei Dave: sheesh...it loses its gag when it is explained
Hantei Dave: 30 ft
Suzume Sousha: oh yeah.
Hantei Dave: declare sousha
Suzume Sousha: I place back my katana and go for my shuriken. (we'll c if this is
a mistake)
Suzume Sousha: can I do more then that or am I done?
Hantei Dave: you can have 1 throw
Hantei Dave: #1 charges you sousha
Hantei Dave: Udon: declare
Hantei Dave: then Kuno
Hantei Dave: goes
Suzume Sousha: can I use Dogakure then? 5 at once would kick ass :-)
Hantei Dave: nope
Suzume Sousha: doh
Suzume Sousha: oh well
Togashi Udon: staff goes into 2 jo's, and i pause to follow kuno
Hantei Dave: you can pause but you still need to declare before
kuno
Hantei Dave: generalize it...attack after him? guard him?
Hantei Dave: you already go after him
Togashi Udon: (udon seperates his staff at the center so it is now 2 jo
staff's, and perpares to attack, following kuno's lead)
Hantei Dave: ok
Hantei Dave: Kuno goes
Hantei Dave: do you attack Kuno?
Hantei Dave: member? he may not be your enemy
Hantei Dave: (after this fish I am gonna try and save so if I
crash...well, you know)
Hantei Dave: fish? fight. man am i burnt out
KibagamiKuno: I step in front of the charging Bushi, holding my katana with the
handle at waist level and blade pointed up, then say: "HOLD! We are with you
Lion, our goals are the same"
Hantei Dave: Does Udon cancel his attack?
Togashi Udon: yes
KibagamiKuno: (dave, i basically delayed to see if the bushi will change his
move.)
Hantei Dave: He halts halfway groling like an angry matsu
Hantei Dave: growling
Hantei Dave: Sousha?
Suzume Sousha: I will wait to see what happens
Hantei Dave: (sousha, you can prepare that 5 shot attack now)
^_-
Hantei Dave: you are off to the side
Suzume Sousha: hmmmmmmmm
KibagamiKuno: "Domo. Where did this madman come from?"
Suzume Sousha: :-)
KibagamiKuno: gesture to the tainted torso
Hantei Dave: Bushi: "This village is diseased!!!! Tainted!!! If you
fight for them I fight against you traitor!!!!"
KibagamiKuno: (fyi - all, we don't have much time, the other dude is getting the
leader now)
Hantei Dave: (I remember ^_-)
Togashi Udon: (take us to your leader?)
Hantei Dave: anyone can chime in
Suzume Sousha: we were just passing through when he attacked us
KibagamiKuno: "I fight for the emperor. And his orders for us may involve
finding the source of this taint BEFORE you burn this town to the ground"
Hantei Dave: "LIAR!!!!!!!!" He attacks Sousha
Togashi Udon: perhaps we can rid the village of the foul taint that has
overcome it. May we speak with your leader.
Hantei Dave: sousha: roll init...he gets a +2
Hantei Dave: actually everyone
KibagamiKuno: i think we all roll init here...
Suzume Sousha: 25
Hantei Dave: 25
Togashi Udon: 24
Suzume Sousha: doh
Suzume Sousha: ok
Hantei Dave: oops 27
Hantei Dave: with the 2
KibagamiKuno: can i use iaij this time?
Togashi Udon: :-(
Hantei Dave: Kuno: you needed to declare the iajutsu before to
use void... ^_-
Hantei Dave: you could hav done it while talking
KibagamiKuno: ok.
KibagamiKuno: 31 without wind.
Suzume Sousha: I think u have to write the iajutsu into the rules
Hantei Dave: eek....
Hantei Dave: Udon declares
Togashi Udon: i attack the baddie
Hantei Dave: Sousha?
Suzume Sousha: Dogakure for me. I should have hit him when I had the chance
Hantei Dave: hehehe....you lied to a matsu...what did you think
would happen? He goes for that attack...and Kuno
goes...once again
Suzume Sousha: I told him the truth! We were passing by and that guy attacked
KibagamiKuno: I extend my blade out in front of his neck (he's about to try
running to the side of me, cause otherwise he'd be running right over me heheh)
... it's nice and drippy with taint gore. "I SAID HOLD, MATSU!"
Suzume Sousha: sure we knocked his friend unconcious but hey . . . :-)
Hantei Dave: Kuno: use your Kiop when you say it
KibagamiKuno: (if he keeps going, so does the blade)
KibagamiKuno: good idea. kiop.
Togashi Udon: (he'll live)
Hantei Dave: and roll
KibagamiKuno: 27 to not quite hit him yet.
Hantei Dave: oh right...i gotta roll for the will test...sorry
Hantei Dave: he failed
Hantei Dave: do sousha and udon still attack?
Hantei Dave: He stopped
Togashi Udon: nope
Suzume Sousha: hmmmm . . . . .
Suzume Sousha: ok I'll hold
Hantei Dave: speak quick kuno
KibagamiKuno: "Sheath your blade and sit. Then tell me where that old man
came from. Quickly."
Hantei Dave: "grrrrrrr"
KibagamiKuno: "I gave you your life, show respect."
Hantei Dave: "I ask not for my life but for your ancestral spirit not
to haunt me when you are dead!"
KibagamiKuno: (did he kneel or anything?)
Hantei Dave: 3 bushi come running (still far) katana in one hand
and torches in the other
Hantei Dave: no kneel
Hantei Dave: "HAULT" one yells
Hantei Dave: anyone?
KibagamiKuno: To them: "I have just spared the life of your very unworthy
friend here, now he disrespects me. Will you kill him, or shall I?"
Suzume Sousha: (I knew I should have killed him when I should have shot)
Hantei Dave: Sousha, Ukon?
Togashi Udon: I walk between them and us
Togashi Udon: closer to kuno
Togashi Udon: then them
Hantei Dave: weapon in hand?
Hantei Dave: sorry...weapons
Togashi Udon: (both hands ;-) lowered)
Suzume Sousha: putting my shuriken back.
KibagamiKuno: (dave - i keep the edge of the blade close enough to the bushi that
he remembers it is there)
Hantei Dave: with weapons Ukon?
Suzume Sousha: (will make it easier to get my katana later :-))
KibagamiKuno: (err, bushi's neck, to be precise)
Togashi Udon: yes, lowered
KibagamiKuno: (the reason feudal japan went away is that the samurai were too
busy killing each other over honor and respect to get anything done heheh)
Togashi Udon: I say, "we wish to rid this town of the taint, but by destroying
the source. Not the people."
Hantei Dave: The unit leader says, "He has acted as one of my
honorable guard only and has followed the orders I gave. I
warn you, his life will not hold my sword!"
Togashi Udon: We wish to help, give us an hour."
Hantei Dave: "Now, explain and identify yourselves!"
Togashi Udon: I am togashi Udon, Ise Zumi of the Dragon Clan
Togashi Udon: (i show my tattoos)
Hantei Dave: "Stay back monk! There is but one way to deal with
this plague. Show me your work." He throws a torch at your
feet
KibagamiKuno: (udon - torch the old man)
Hantei Dave: "Ise Zumi?! No riddles today Dragon!"
Togashi Udon: (why not? Dragon level 1 on the old man)
Hantei Dave: "Not the man! The house!"
Togashi Udon: NOT THE PEOPLE, THE SOURCE!
KibagamiKuno: "We are here on a quest for the emperor, who are YOU to make
demands of us?"
Togashi Udon: (slight growl)
Hantei Dave: "I warn you! If you fight us the might of the Lion is
upon you!"
KibagamiKuno: "I am of the Lion."
Hantei Dave: "The right hand of the Emperor!!!!!"
Hantei Dave: "and you do not act as such coward!!!"
Suzume Sousha: Our mission is from the emperor himself
Togashi Udon: (any reaction from a man that breaths fire?)
Suzume Sousha: to go against us is to go against him
Hantei Dave: "And we protect the Emperor."
Hantei Dave: "FIRST!~!!!!!"
KibagamiKuno: Do you go against your emperor Matsu?
Hantei Dave: "Do you threaten him Akodo but letting this plague
drift? It would shake the foundation of Rokugan!"
Hantei Dave: "Give the nameless Akodo dog a torch"
Hantei Dave: (another torch is thrown)
Suzume Sousha: just because you kill the people doesn't mean u stop the plague
if u don't know its source
Hantei Dave: "If I did not know better I might guess you the
source for speaking ssuch treachery"
Hantei Dave: "This is an official Lion province under our control.
"
KibagamiKuno: I slit the throat of the Bushi as i reach down to get the torch.
"My name is Kibagami Kuno of Akodo. My orders come from the emperor as
witnessed by Matsu Tsuko
KibagamiKuno: "
Hantei Dave: "As do mine"
KibagamiKuno: Are your orders to stop the taint?
Hantei Dave: Matsu Agoki
KibagamiKuno: Matsu Agoki? Hantei Dave: Josh: Matsu Tsuko was next to
the Emperor in place of Akodo Toturi
Hantei Dave: "By order of Matsu Tsuko this village is to burn
today and not to be discussed again. If you disagree then
take it up with Matsu Tsuko sama"
Togashi Udon: Allow us to stop the source in this village, if we fail you may
present our heads to the emperor, so that he may take yours.
Hantei Dave: Kuno: his name is Agoki
KibagamiKuno: ah, ok
Togashi Udon: We will be done by nightfall, you will still be able to burn the
place
Hantei Dave: "Go home tattooed monk! I Matsu Agoki order it
now!"
Hantei Dave: "You kill more people by NOT leaving!"
Hantei Dave: "...and I assure you, Matsu Tsuko will hear of this
outrage....."
Suzume Sousha: perhaps he is right
Suzume Sousha: we have seen the horrors of this place
Suzume Sousha: maybe we should leave.
Suzume Sousha: (whispers to kuno) or at leasts pretend to.
KibagamiKuno: "The town may not be burned until the last possible
moment today, in order to ensure that the orders of the emperor are not
disregarded."
Hantei Dave: "grrrrrr.....one hour! And if you are wrong I want
your lives"
Togashi Udon: Good for you, Agoki.
KibagamiKuno: I assue you, Agoki, that is the last thing you want on your
hands.
KibagamiKuno: Let us see what comes in the next hour.
Hantei Dave: "One hour...and then come with your aiguchi in
your belly!"
Hantei Dave: He turns and leaves with his men towards the rice
paddiies
Hantei Dave: paddies
KibagamiKuno: plan of action people - how do we want to locate the taint
here?
Hantei Dave: heats on ^_-
Togashi Udon: Dissruption of the Wa
Suzume Sousha: u wanted to find a well before right?
Hantei Dave: how long to cast?
Togashi Udon: looking
KibagamiKuno: I would like to smell the old man.
Hantei Dave: 5 min normal
Hantei Dave: Kuno: its dirty you know
Suzume Sousha: I grab my katana out just in case we run into more people that
need a good killing.
Hantei Dave: k
KibagamiKuno: not touch, smell.
KibagamiKuno: i'll deal with the dirt later.
Suzume Sousha: Are u sure that is good to smell a tainted being?
Togashi Udon: ok
Hantei Dave: still....you know. Bushi are squeamish ^_-
KibagamiKuno: i know
Togashi Udon: i can only do rooms
Hantei Dave: Udon: you can do areas
Hantei Dave: small area...pice of ground
Hantei Dave: a wall
Togashi Udon: center of town
KibagamiKuno: Sousha - go get our little dragon back here from the rice
paddy
Hantei Dave: too big...well?
Togashi Udon: well
Hantei Dave: little dragon?
Hantei Dave: Udon runss to the center of town
KibagamiKuno: O-metsuke
Suzume Sousha: sorry was doing something
Hantei Dave: he is lion Kuno
Togashi Udon: (staff together)
Suzume Sousha: Goes to get him out of the rice.
Hantei Dave: Kuno: where do you go?
Suzume Sousha: hopefully I can revive him or hopefully he isnt' faking it
Hantei Dave: Sousha runs....quick!
KibagamiKuno: oh, sorry, misread something up there
Togashi Udon: am i at the well
Hantei Dave: kuno: where did you go?
KibagamiKuno: While waiting for sousha, i go to that tainted house i
smelled before
Hantei Dave: ok
Hantei Dave: Kuno first
Hantei Dave: he was closest
KibagamiKuno: i knock on the door, if it doesn't open quickly, i push it in.
Hantei Dave: you push it relitvly easy
KibagamiKuno: who is here?
Hantei Dave: a woman, man, and 2 children huddled in corner
KibagamiKuno: "speak quick, i want to save your town: Are any of you
sick?"
Hantei Dave: (they roll will)
Hantei Dave: Man: (shows his child's arm with deep legions)
Hantei Dave: lesions
KibagamiKuno: Do you all drink from the well?
Hantei Dave: (of course they do)
Hantei Dave: nods
KibagamiKuno: (but only one of em is sick)
Hantei Dave: "he pulls up his kimono and shows a similar scar"
Hantei Dave: and now you are seeing more
Hantei Dave: on each of them
KibagamiKuno: (so he is showing me that they all are ill, eh?)
Hantei Dave: so it seems
KibagamiKuno: Dave - do they look like scratches?
Hantei Dave: no. more like pox
Hantei Dave: with a mix of gray and red tissue
KibagamiKuno: (ok.) What did you eat, what did you drink, where did you go
when those showed up?
Hantei Dave: (looks to side)...we....we are all sick sir. All of us.
Hantei Dave: Udon: at well
Togashi Udon: wa prayer
Hantei Dave: how long?
Togashi Udon: it take 5 in
Togashi Udon: min
Hantei Dave: ok...you start. Hopefully you aren't interupted
Hantei Dave: sousha: almost there
Togashi Udon: (i have concentration)
Suzume Sousha: good thing Im an endurance runner
KibagamiKuno: udon - you might want to break concentration depending on who
interrupts heheh
Hantei Dave: ok....but I imagine if someone attacks...you would
stop
Hantei Dave: exactly
Hantei Dave: Kuno?
Togashi Udon: (thanks for giving him ideas kuno!)
Hantei Dave: more questions?
Togashi Udon: (get bit)
Togashi Udon: hehe
KibagamiKuno: have you seen any strange animals about town?
KibagamiKuno: has anyone in town hurt you?
Hantei Dave: one....one month ago we were attacked by bandits
from Crane territory...they stole our grain
KibagamiKuno: Did this start right afterward?
Hantei Dave: The O-metsuke was powerless
Hantei Dave: I I don't know
KibagamiKuno: (where is that O-metsuke? He was only a short bit away in the
paddy)
Hantei Dave: ...noone came to help
KibagamiKuno: Did you all get sick at the same time?
Hantei Dave: You are at the O-metsuke...he is sitting next to the
paddie...mud smeared over his forehead Sousha
Hantei Dave: almost done Udon
Suzume Sousha: Come quick. We need your help. Time is a luxury we don't
have
Hantei Dave: no...not at once sir
KibagamiKuno: who first?
Hantei Dave: The Ometsuke doesn't need to be asked twice
Hantei Dave: he runs with you (with a headache)
Suzume Sousha: we run back to the house were kuno is.
Hantei Dave: One of the children...Okamu's
KibagamiKuno: (dave - do we know who okamu is yet?)
Hantei Dave: done udon....roll
Hantei Dave: Josh: no...might just be a villiger
Togashi Udon: 23
Hantei Dave: made it
Hantei Dave: definit disruption from the well
Togashi Udon: from th ewell?
Hantei Dave: same as in the Hantei's room
Togashi Udon: down in the well
Hantei Dave: yes...
Togashi Udon: i grab my tanto
Hantei Dave: ok
Togashi Udon: (heheheh)
Hantei Dave: kuno?
KibagamiKuno: take me to okamu's.
Hantei Dave: He isn't moving
Togashi Udon: (that was a joke...never mind)
KibagamiKuno: (i should get out just about when sousha is coming back)
Hantei Dave: yep
KibagamiKuno: NOW. They are here to burn you all, this is how you will save
your town.
Hantei Dave: He moves slowly...restrained
Togashi Udon: (any rope around)
Hantei Dave: from fear...prob from you
Hantei Dave: Udon: well rope
Hantei Dave: almost back sousha
Suzume Sousha: k
KibagamiKuno: I wait at the door for sousha
Hantei Dave: Udon?
Togashi Udon: ( i drop the bucket down the well, so the end of the rope is
still attached up top)
Hantei Dave: and?
Togashi Udon: is it firmly in place?
Hantei Dave: it seems to be
Hantei Dave: yes/
Hantei Dave: ?
Togashi Udon: (do i have any idea how to stop the taint)
Togashi Udon: i'll haul some h2o up to see if that is tainted itself
Hantei Dave: Udon: actually not too well. You know many have
tried and failed and a few reported successes in minor
cases
Hantei Dave: a blessing may help
Togashi Udon: THAT I CAN DO!
Hantei Dave: but most diseases are best left to Shintao monks
and after long periods of time
Hantei Dave: sousha: you are back
Hantei Dave: with the O-metsuke
Suzume Sousha: cool
Suzume Sousha: we go into the house where kuno is (assuming I knew he was in
there)
Hantei Dave: "Toki! Are you ok?"
KibagamiKuno: O-metsuke, this man has told me that his whole family is sick,
and that the taint started soon after a crane attack. It started with Okamu's child
- where can we find Okamu?
Hantei Dave: kuno was waiting for you with the villager, Toki
Hantei Dave: "this way,...."
Hantei Dave: He runs
Hantei Dave: Udon?
Togashi Udon: h2o tainted?
Suzume Sousha: I follow I guess.
KibagamiKuno: heh, find a dog to feed it to. Where did those matsu go?
Hantei Dave: you don't know if it is tainted but it is not normal
Hantei Dave: disrupted
Togashi Udon: ... ok... do i see the others anywhere
Hantei Dave: They are running by
Togashi Udon: the well is tainted!
KibagamiKuno: Udon! What's up at the well?
Hantei Dave: You all run for a nearby house and the O-metsuke
bangs on the door
Togashi Udon: not much, you know. nice day. taking in some sun... battling
the TAINTED WELL!!!
Hantei Dave: Okamu!!!??
KibagamiKuno: Udon - you are a prophet monk - the tattoos are incidental! you
guessed that before we even got here!
Togashi Udon: nah
Hantei Dave: Okamu!
Hantei Dave: He opens the door
Hantei Dave: and covers his mouth as he reals back
KibagamiKuno: (dum dum dum...)
Hantei Dave: heheh
Suzume Sousha: uk ok
Hantei Dave: The family is clearly dead
Suzume Sousha: uk oh
Togashi Udon: ...
Hantei Dave: skin is gray
KibagamiKuno: how close are they to the well?
Hantei Dave: and faces are dessicated
Hantei Dave: Kuno: as far as most
KibagamiKuno: k
Togashi Udon: same prayer, quickly
Hantei Dave: how long casting?
Togashi Udon: 22 dissruption wa (instant)
Hantei Dave: didn't get it
Togashi Udon: ...
KibagamiKuno: udon - take your time.
KibagamiKuno: Meanwhile, i go to the kid-room (or kid corner, or whatever)
Togashi Udon: may i retry?
Hantei Dave: kuno: death reaks in here
Hantei Dave: yeah...you can retry
Togashi Udon: full five min
Hantei Dave: sousha?
Hantei Dave: k
Hantei Dave: 15 minutes are up
Suzume Sousha: asks who it iss exactly that lives here
KibagamiKuno: "2 months ago - wasn't that before the Crane attack?"
Hantei Dave: well, if you leave now you may outrun the Lions ^_-
Suzume Sousha: well we know its the well thats causing the taint right? All we
have to do is tell them we found the source and thats that.
Hantei Dave: was it? after the BANDIT attacks
Hantei Dave: not crane...came from Crane territory
Hantei Dave: sousha: is it? get your knife ready
Hantei Dave: Udon: roll
Togashi Udon: ...26
Hantei Dave: This house is also.....off
Hantei Dave: same as well
KibagamiKuno: in the same way, Udon? Or is it lessened here?
Togashi Udon: stronger?
Hantei Dave: almost the same
Togashi Udon: hows about everyone here?
Suzume Sousha: I get my katana ready
KibagamiKuno: heheheheh.
Togashi Udon: to o-m: who was the 1st to get sick?
Hantei Dave: sousha equips....a wakazashi is better in confined
areas Sousha
Suzume Sousha: ok. if u say so.
Hantei Dave: Okamu's son
Togashi Udon: what about you, o-m?
KibagamiKuno: Toki said the same...
Hantei Dave: the wakazashi is shorter and easier to wield
Hantei Dave: what...what about me?
Hantei Dave: "
Togashi Udon: whn did you become tainted?
Hantei Dave: "Heh....me? I am a samurai? How dare you
suggest that i....? heh
Togashi Udon: ...answer please
Togashi Udon: when
Togashi Udon: did
Suzume Sousha: IF it was the water this entire town is screwed. Do we have
any other possibilities? Rats perhaps?
Togashi Udon: you
Togashi Udon: become
Togashi Udon: tainted?
Hantei Dave: He is nervous
Hantei Dave: He reaches for Kuno's katana
KibagamiKuno: (sousha - i was thinking rats, too, but so far the well is an
obvious non-human thing that is tainted.
Hantei Dave: roll dodge kuno
Hantei Dave: 20
Hantei Dave: actually 16
KibagamiKuno: 19
Hantei Dave: lucky you
KibagamiKuno: (whew)
Hantei Dave: i forgot the -4 modifier
Hantei Dave: lol
Hantei Dave: Sousha goes...since he is drawn
Suzume Sousha: damn
KibagamiKuno: I step back from o-m. "The truth is the only savior"
Hantei Dave: time for a haiku?
Suzume Sousha: Can I try to stab him in the leg
KibagamiKuno: "other than that it is fire or sword around here"
Hantei Dave: called shot -4
Suzume Sousha: hmmmm. fuck it I'll kill him
Hantei Dave: go for it
KibagamiKuno: (sousha - we might want some info from him)
Hantei Dave: good thing you have a wakazashi drawn or it would
be a -1
Hantei Dave: just wound him then ^_-
Suzume Sousha: I rolled 16. Are there any other mods to that?
KibagamiKuno: you added swords+ref+3d6, yah?
Hantei Dave: he got a 20
Suzume Sousha: I only added my roll so far
Hantei Dave: dodge
Hantei Dave: oops...add the rest
Suzume Sousha: 16+9
Hantei Dave: rishard: the wakazashi stat at the bottom has the
total AV added
Hantei Dave: includes most bonuses
Suzume Sousha: oh +11
Hantei Dave: well, you hit anyway
Suzume Sousha: so 27
Hantei Dave: damage
Hantei Dave: (next to weapon)
Suzume Sousha: and that is just the 5d6 right?
Hantei Dave: yep
Suzume Sousha: I swear I read the rules before :-)
Hantei Dave: heheh
Hantei Dave: np
Suzume Sousha: 17
Hantei Dave: he is not dead...but close
Suzume Sousha: perfect
Suzume Sousha: now we can question him
Hantei Dave: -5 to actually die
Togashi Udon: blk blood?
Hantei Dave: Udon: not noticibly
Togashi Udon: shit
Suzume Sousha: he may not be tainted enough.
Togashi Udon: where is the body of that boy
Hantei Dave: Udon: he is out cold
Togashi Udon: the boy?
Hantei Dave: oh, the boy is dead
Hantei Dave: in this room
Togashi Udon: to the body!
Hantei Dave: 30 min left
Togashi Udon: how wa'd out is this?
Hantei Dave: hm?
KibagamiKuno: search the boy quick or something, if that's what you're going to
do...
Hantei Dave: oh
Hantei Dave: very
KibagamiKuno: then let's get to the well.
Hantei Dave: Kuno: roll perception
KibagamiKuno: hearing, sight, smell?
Hantei Dave: smell
KibagamiKuno: 25.
Hantei Dave: anyone with acute smell roll
Hantei Dave: no matter...you smell smoke
Togashi Udon: ak the guy, tell me everythig this kid liked to do, all is friends
and neighbors that he played with
Togashi Udon: ask
KibagamiKuno: which guy?
Togashi Udon: anything wierd
Hantei Dave: the guy is scared
KibagamiKuno: oh, him...
Hantei Dave: toki
Hantei Dave: he is sneaking out backwards
Togashi Udon: please?
KibagamiKuno: I go outside, which way is the smoke coming from?
Hantei Dave: Kuno: the outer houses ...downwind are burning
Hantei Dave: looks like 3
KibagamiKuno: Can i see who is lighting them?
Hantei Dave: no
Hantei Dave: some villagers are running
Hantei Dave: the other way
Hantei Dave: anyone wanna do someonthing?
Togashi Udon: did this kid have a room?
KibagamiKuno: I call out to them to run this way.
KibagamiKuno: udon - i searched it. Go do the well already
Suzume Sousha: ok. sounds good to me
Togashi Udon: well it is
Hantei Dave: something tells me they don't trust you....Lion
Togashi Udon: you 1st kuno
KibagamiKuno: do they run this way?
Hantei Dave: nope
Hantei Dave: only a few are out....3
KibagamiKuno: ok, then, I look in the well.
KibagamiKuno: anything unusual?
Hantei Dave: 2 women and a young teen
Hantei Dave: nope
Hantei Dave: you can try rolling acute visions
KibagamiKuno: The bucket is up (from udon, yeah?)
Hantei Dave: yes,...up
KibagamiKuno: i put my burning torch into the bucket, (burning side up) and
lower it into the well. When it gets near the water surface, i want the acute
vision roll.
Hantei Dave: roll
Hantei Dave: sousha?
KibagamiKuno: weeee...
KibagamiKuno: 0
KibagamiKuno: 30
Suzume Sousha: sory had to step away
Hantei Dave: np
Suzume Sousha: Is there anyone to actually talk to that is alive near us?
KibagamiKuno: (did you guys search the boys body, btw?)
Hantei Dave: You can catch toki
Hantei Dave: think you left it when the fire started
Hantei Dave: another house btw
KibagamiKuno: dave, what do i see in the well?
Togashi Udon: the taint is stron down there
Suzume Sousha: nope. thats ok
Togashi Udon: strong
Hantei Dave: oh...sorry. 30. Nothing special Kuno
Hantei Dave: ^_^
Hantei Dave: sousha: ok
KibagamiKuno: how deep is it?
Hantei Dave: you see a Matsu samurai chase after a woman and
cut her down in mid-run
Suzume Sousha: I a block down looking for other people to question.
Hantei Dave: Kuno: 20 feet or so
KibagamiKuno: time is moving faster than our actions.
Togashi Udon: down we go
Hantei Dave: sorry...i was actually catching up a bit...I'll hold
back
Togashi Udon: you 1st kuno
Hantei Dave: lol
Togashi Udon: down down
KibagamiKuno: Umm, dave, do i fit?
Hantei Dave: Kuno: not well, especially with armor...its not too
big
Togashi Udon: out of the way
Togashi Udon: i go down
KibagamiKuno: (udon - would you stll suggest i go first given width-to-hole
ratio?)
Hantei Dave: Udon: you start climbing....roll climb
Suzume Sousha: *Yells out to running man* what are u running from?
Togashi Udon: (kuno, be good)
Hantei Dave: bonus with your.....thing
Hantei Dave: Sousha: he doesn't answer
Togashi Udon: 19
Hantei Dave: NOW the woman gets cut down
Hantei Dave: Udon: down you go
KibagamiKuno: sousha, could you shuriken that bushi?
Suzume Sousha: Kuno how do u know she wasn't tainted?
Hantei Dave: lol
Hantei Dave: Udon: what are you looking for?
Suzume Sousha: its hard to say who should and shouldn't be killed here
Togashi Udon: the bad guy
KibagamiKuno: because the bushi acted before an hour was up. They broke their
word.
Hantei Dave: you are almost to the water
Hantei Dave: kuno: anything?
Suzume Sousha: he could have been attacked. I dont think attacking without
questioning is wise. I think it partially got us in this mess.
Suzume Sousha: *glares towards the monk*
KibagamiKuno: dave - not yet, sousha: agreed.
Suzume Sousha: Perhaps talking to the bushi will wield more answers
Hantei Dave: Udon: you are at the water
Togashi Udon: (i'll be the excuse, its ok!)
Suzume Sousha: at least we have a better chance of them not being tainted
Togashi Udon: MU
Hantei Dave: roll
Togashi Udon: 28baybee!
Hantei Dave: sousha: doing something?
Suzume Sousha: going over to the boushi to question him.
Hantei Dave: Udon: nothing is happening...are you IN the water?
KibagamiKuno: dave, i continue to guard the well.
Hantei Dave: Sousha: you approach a foaming Matsu...and say?
Togashi Udon: no, any ledge?
Hantei Dave: just small footholds
Hantei Dave: Kuno: you see another Matsu turn a corner on the
other side....not near you
Togashi Udon: ok, i'll try a foothold
KibagamiKuno: do i recognize him?
Hantei Dave: roll athletics Udon
Togashi Udon: climb?
Hantei Dave: Kuno: no
Suzume Sousha: never mind as I run back towards my commrades to inform
them that the matsu is foaming at the mouth
Hantei Dave: Udon: no...just to stay balanced
Hantei Dave: hehehe....like any matsu at any time ^_-
Togashi Udon: 25
Hantei Dave: ok...
Hantei Dave: what are you doing Udon?
Suzume Sousha: perhaps the matsu are the source of the taint.
Suzume Sousha: maybe if we just kill all of them it will be over :-)
Togashi Udon: anything in the water? poke staff around
Hantei Dave: are you prepared for a war Sousha? ^_-
KibagamiKuno: i don't think so, but sadly we must kill them all to prevent them
from spreading the taint (or any more dishonesty) that they may have acquired
from this town.
Hantei Dave: Udon: a dead crow floats up
Suzume Sousha: I'm just talking amongst my comrades to get there reatcion
Hantei Dave: and sinks back
Togashi Udon: taint/
KibagamiKuno: any new smells wafting up from the well?
Hantei Dave: new smoke wafting around ^_^
Togashi Udon: poke around more
Suzume Sousha: At least if we kill the matsu then we have nothing to fear if we
CAN'T figure this out in an hour. Plus we can pick off a few at a time. There
are only 7 in total.
Suzume Sousha: inside the city
Hantei Dave: last you checked
KibagamiKuno: dave, the bucket is still lowered into the well, perhaps udon can
use it to scoop the crow up next time it floats...
Togashi Udon: (minus couple)
KibagamiKuno: yes, minus two.
Hantei Dave: does the O-metsuke count?
Togashi Udon: Come on out you not so scary cheese puf!
Hantei Dave: hm? who you talking to?
Togashi Udon: the bad guy in the well
Suzume Sousha: :-)
Hantei Dave: the crow drifts a slow cirlce
Togashi Udon: you wanna hug?
Hantei Dave: as you pound the ground
Togashi Udon: i'll show you love, my brother!
Hantei Dave: nothing seems to be here Udon
Togashi Udon: pound again
Suzume Sousha: ok . . . lets get something established here. It looks like the
Matsu are possibly fucked up also. The villagers (if the taint came from the
water) are also screwed. Why are we hanging around again?
Hantei Dave: hahahah
Togashi Udon: pound again
Hantei Dave: Sousha: I think they are looking for a "deep"
mystery
Hantei Dave: nothing Udon
Suzume Sousha: Even if we find the taint is in the well EVERYONE drink from
it
KibagamiKuno: ok. let's recap what we know
KibagamiKuno: there's a crow dead in the well
Suzume Sousha: and then we are going to tell the matsu who are foaming at the
mouth
Togashi Udon: i go up. "Cant face me eh, evil? Kiss my ass"
KibagamiKuno: the well seems to be tainted
Hantei Dave: maybe you sould recap away from the spreading
fire and guy stuck in a well
KibagamiKuno: no, i'd like to recap here out of game for a moment
Hantei Dave: hehehe
Hantei Dave: ok
KibagamiKuno: because no one is taking turns or doing anything, we're just
stirring the soup
Hantei Dave: hahaha
KibagamiKuno: There are a bunch of matsu running around, early, burning the
village down.
Suzume Sousha: k
KibagamiKuno: And sousha and i are thinking about why we got into this in the
first place.
KibagamiKuno: So, from here...
KibagamiKuno: do we
Suzume Sousha: LOL
Hantei Dave: what Dave knows: Leave it to the monk, Don't piss
off Kuno and these games crack me up
Togashi Udon: :-)
KibagamiKuno: A) Ge the f'n crow, claim it's the source, and kill the matsu leader
KibagamiKuno: B) Keep looking, find something else, kill the matsu leader
Togashi Udon: it has a strong taint
KibagamiKuno: c) Kill the f'n matsu.
KibagamiKuno: (then leave)
Hantei Dave: Kuno: won't be too much to look for soon enough
Suzume Sousha: D) all of the above.
Hantei Dave: e) run away
KibagamiKuno: Udon is in the well. Udon, is that crow likely it?
Suzume Sousha: F) burn the fucking villagers ourselves and leave
Hantei Dave: i like that idea
Togashi Udon: well, as far as i can tell, there are 2 people in this town that
are not tainted.
Hantei Dave: hahahaha
KibagamiKuno: and one is a sip away from changing that statistic.
