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KibagamiKuno has entered the
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Suzume Sousha has entered the room.
Suzume Sousha: hello all
Hantei Dave: hey there
Hantei Dave: just finishing something up
Suzume Sousha: k
Hantei Dave: there
Hantei Dave: whats up rishard? how was the Office?
Hantei Dave: i got a question for you guys
Suzume Sousha: same as it usually is.
Suzume Sousha: whats up?
Hantei Dave: whats a good way to image capture dvd image
Hantei Dave: (free way)
Suzume Sousha: most dvd programs
will let u capture an image straight from it
Keshijo has entered the room.
Keshijo: Good Evening.
Suzume Sousha: use hey
Hantei Dave: hmmm...I have a few
Hantei Dave: I'll try the other program
Hantei Dave: hey brian
Suzume Sousha: almost any I have seen have te feature
Hantei Dave: Intervideo won't
Suzume Sousha: what? I could swear it has the button
Hantei Dave: hmmm
Hantei Dave: lemme try
Suzume Sousha: powerdvd definitely does
Hantei Dave: ooh...you might be right
KibagamiKuno: so - where were we... got to a town, played with imaginary ogre, and now?
Hantei Dave: the button isn't highlighted rishard
Hantei Dave: (the little camera)
Hantei Dave: i assume thats the one i want
Suzume Sousha: yeah . . . it might have something to do with copy protection. not sure. Try playing ithe movie instead of freeze framing and see if it gets highlighted
Hantei Dave: nope
Hantei Dave: :-(
Hantei Dave: Josh: good question
Hantei Dave: think you are ready to move on
Hantei Dave: hehe..nothing in this last chance town
Hantei Dave: lets see if Raab shows up
KibagamiKuno: right, we say goodbye to the monks and head on to Kyuden Isawa
Hantei Dave: i'll call
KibagamiKuno: k
Hantei Dave: no luck
Keshijo: He's like a ninja... Hidden and stuff... :-)
Hantei Dave: pheh...
Hantei Dave: oh well
KibagamiKuno: damn ninja.
Hantei Dave: skip is out this game. Kim's B-Day
Suzume Sousha: how old is she now anyway
Hantei Dave: hm
Hantei Dave: I imagine 27 or so...28?
Hantei Dave: close age to skip
Suzume Sousha: well more power to them.
Keshijo: So she's a Skip's age.... :-)
Hantei Dave: WHACK...
Keshijo: Um... dodge....
Hantei Dave: oh...btw. Josh and Brian. Tell me when your books I sent you arrive
Keshijo: Will do.
KibagamiKuno: k
KibagamiKuno: so, shall we begin?
Suzume Sousha: is raab coming?
Hantei Dave: yes...lets
Hantei Dave: don't know where he is
Suzume Sousha: k
Hantei Dave: lets skip ahead...
Suzume Sousha: k
Keshijo: No, skip's not coming....
Keshijo: Dodge...
Hantei Dave: after more days of traveling and increasing colder climate, you see Isawa Kyuden ahead. Karasu is still with you as is Oku and Udon
Keshijo: I walk behing Karasu...
Keshijo: err behind...
KibagamiKuno: ok - i spend the time practicing.
Keshijo: And that too...
Hantei Dave: Kyuden Isawa is surrounded by white sands on a cliff...it's walls are smooth and a huge gate blocks entrance
Hantei Dave: many pagoda's surround in front
Hantei Dave: Karasu's horse dredges through the sands
Hantei Dave: You approach the first gate (a minor gate leading to the outer pagodas
Hantei Dave: )
Hantei Dave: Shiba guards are protecting
Hantei Dave: anyone?
KibagamiKuno: <bow> "Tanto bearers to see the Masters"
Suzume Sousha: (thats righ we still havgen't done that yet)
Hantei Dave: "Please provide proof."
KibagamiKuno: (you can call me Kuno "Kurt" Kibagami lol)
Hantei Dave: ^_-
KibagamiKuno: Show the lion tanto.
Keshijo: I pull a knife... :-)
Suzume Sousha: I pull out my tanto and show it to them in a non threatening manner
Hantei Dave: He bows and goes in to confirm
KibagamiKuno: (heh, i figured we always do that last, why not do it first this time...)
Hantei Dave: btw Oku and Udon showed their's too
Hantei Dave: (it works best when dealing with samurai)
Hantei Dave: (to be strait forward)
Hantei Dave: You are invited to wait in the adjacent tea house
KibagamiKuno: Domo.
Suzume Sousha: (woohoo)
KibagamiKuno: Down, sousha (heh)
Hantei Dave: Geisha's serve their new guests tea
Hantei Dave: roll sousha
Suzume Sousha: WOOHOO
Hantei Dave: WILL test
KibagamiKuno: lech.
Suzume Sousha: 17
Hantei Dave: i'll even let you add in diplomacy if you have it
Suzume Sousha: I think
Hantei Dave: or bushido
Suzume Sousha: yeah
Hantei Dave: not the final number rishard...WILL+3d6+bushido or dipl original number
Suzume Sousha: ahh dind't do bushido
Suzume Sousha: 27
Hantei Dave: diplomacy?
Hantei Dave: ummm....just the first number in bushido...not the added number
Hantei Dave: we are using a different characteristic on this test
Suzume Sousha: ahhh i c
Hantei Dave: i see it...just add 4
Hantei Dave: 21
Suzume Sousha: my mistake sorry
Hantei Dave: no biggie
Hantei Dave: you still passed
Suzume Sousha: I don't even see diplomacey :-)
Suzume Sousha: I don't think I took that :-)
Hantei Dave: (17 would have failed)
Hantei Dave: you are in control
Suzume Sousha: ( :-( )
Suzume Sousha: :-
Suzume Sousha: :-)
KibagamiKuno: Keshijo, what do you make of this blade, and it's background?
KibagamiKuno: (place katana, sheathed, on table)
KibagamiKuno: err, sho-whatever
Hantei Dave: dave waits for this conversation
Keshijo: Shinjoten...
Keshijo: Is anybody around?
Hantei Dave: yes...geishas and guards
KibagamiKuno: shinjoten, what do you...
KibagamiKuno: (etc)
Keshijo: I examine the Katana.
Hantei Dave: it is a magnificient blade
Keshijo: Any markings? Mons, etc?
Keshijo: Is the blade red?
Keshijo: I'll slide it open just a little bit...
Hantei Dave: no. But we should add weapon knowledge as a skill. You would be able to recognize the makers and stuff then
Keshijo: Can I use Lore?
Hantei Dave: if it is of lore. You can try a roll
Keshijo: Okay.
Keshijo: 23
Hantei Dave: you don't recall anything
Hantei Dave: but research is best done in the Isawa Libraries...you are, of course, 10 minutes away now
Hantei Dave: 5
KibagamiKuno: dave, are there any mon's etc on it?
Keshijo: I suggest that...
Hantei Dave: no
Keshijo: Kuno: Where did you get it?
KibagamiKuno: During my travels and training; something of a gift i think.
Hantei Dave: a guard interupts the conversation
Hantei Dave: soon the guard returns and prostates at the door. He kneels and tells you that you are welcome in Kyuden Isawa. All weapons must be left with the weapon master.
Keshijo: Including the Tantos?
Hantei Dave: They allow you to enter with the tantos though
Hantei Dave: member what happened last time you had tantos and met a Phoenix?
Hantei Dave: hehehe
Keshijo: Yeah. All the more reason to hang on to theirs...
Hantei Dave: You are escorted through the gate to the massive door of Kyuden Isawa. The garden is amazing here
KibagamiKuno: anything particular in it?
Hantei Dave: many young men and women in robes sit inthe garden reading
Keshijo: I miss the Shosuro gardens...
Hantei Dave: quietly
KibagamiKuno: or about how it is shaped?
Suzume Sousha: what did people read back then?
Hantei Dave: it is surrounding most of the castle
Suzume Sousha: parchment or something?
Suzume Sousha: scrolls?
KibagamiKuno: "Our Gardens are nothing to that which nature creates on her own..."
Hantei Dave: Sousha: this is the famous Isawa Library. Best shugenja school ^_^
Hantei Dave: text books
Hantei Dave: hehehe
Keshijo: I'm in awe of the library...
Hantei Dave: you don't see it yet
Hantei Dave: it is in the castle
Hantei Dave: most people can't see it
Hantei Dave: the door is closed
Hantei Dave: it is a strong dark wood with intricate markings and designs
Keshijo: Dave: You said: Sousha: this is the famous Isawa Library. Best shugenja school ^_^
Hantei Dave: a deep scar runs down the center of the door ruining the original beauty
Hantei Dave: Brian: :P its inside
KibagamiKuno: Hmm, someone wanted to get in very badly...
Keshijo: I look at the scar. Is it recent?
Keshijo: Is it Oni-like?
Hantei Dave: no. old scar. If anyone has history they can roll
Hantei Dave: no...a deep long scar starting from the top to the bottom
Hantei Dave: the door is about 20 feet high
Suzume Sousha: no history for me
Keshijo: Me neither... Lore though.... :-)
Hantei Dave: half lore Shinjoten
Keshijo: 16
Hantei Dave: nope
Hantei Dave: anyone else?
Suzume Sousha: nope . . .
Hantei Dave: Kuno?
KibagamiKuno: 16
Hantei Dave: nope
Hantei Dave: the door creeks open with the help of 8 Shiba guards
Hantei Dave: everyone is dressed very proper here. the red and gold is worn formally
Hantei Dave: and a close eye is kept on you by the Shiba guards
Hantei Dave: which are everywhere
Hantei Dave: you enter the inner garden...a courtyard leading to the Pagoda
Keshijo: Is Karasu here?
Hantei Dave: your guide brings you through
Hantei Dave: Karasu is here...his horse is stabled
Hantei Dave: Karasu walks strait ahead
Hantei Dave: without looking around
Suzume Sousha: I ask Karasu where he is going
KibagamiKuno: Should we assume karasu made his own way in for his own purposes?
Hantei Dave: you know that he has come to warn them of a danger
Keshijo: I concentrate on not killing him...
Hantei Dave: he is going with you all
Suzume Sousha: I guess I follow him since he seems to know his way around
Hantei Dave: he has left his kamas at the weapon master and some other weapons too
Hantei Dave: Sousha: you are all being led by a guard
Hantei Dave: including Karasu who has not been here before
Hantei Dave: he is just not interested in the sights it seems
Keshijo: Can I be in awe of the library now?
Hantei Dave: still not the library
Hantei Dave: ^_-
KibagamiKuno: (is karasu still considered part of our troup? He's not a bearer and has come for a different purpose)
Hantei Dave: its in there somewhere
Hantei Dave: Kuno: noone asked
Hantei Dave: When you enter, you walk through lines of guards on both sides
KibagamiKuno: "Karasu, Perhaps we should part ways and seek our own purposes now"
Hantei Dave: he doesn't answer
KibagamiKuno: how many guards, dave?
KibagamiKuno: oh, nm, lines
KibagamiKuno: are we approaching a dias or some such?
KibagamiKuno: dais
Keshijo: "What is your purpose here, Karasu?"
Hantei Dave: Kuno: a hundred perhaps
Hantei Dave: am I lagged?
Hantei Dave: grrrrr
Hantei Dave: lag
Hantei Dave: better
Hantei Dave: Karasu: "They must be warned" he rasps
KibagamiKuno: "Then you should warn them." I stop walking.
Keshijo: I stop as well.
Keshijo: "Warned of what?"
Suzume Sousha: same
Hantei Dave: you get to double doors which are opened. Only time to ask Karasu one more thing
Hantei Dave: i am on and off lagging...pheh
Hantei Dave: grrr
Hantei Dave: ok
Hantei Dave: The guard turns back to you as you stop
Hantei Dave: "Sirs...they are waiting."
Hantei Dave: "Of danger in these walls" Karasu says
KibagamiKuno: "Karasu, though he has traveled with us, is not a tanto bearer. His words are not our words, and thus he must say them himself"
Keshijo: "What danger?"
Hantei Dave: the guard thinks of this a moment and tells you to wait as he enters the doors alone. They are shut again
Hantei Dave: you are, I'll remind you, surrounded
Hantei Dave: Karasu: "Why do you wait?!"
Keshijo: I look as innocent as possible....
Hantei Dave: "You are delaying us!"
KibagamiKuno: "If we are delaying you Karasu, carry on ahead."
Keshijo: "The guard told us to wait."
Keshijo: "Tell us more of the danger."
Hantei Dave: He walks closer to the door and the guards close in a bit to block
Keshijo: "What do you think we're walking into?"
Hantei Dave: He looks around wildly
Hantei Dave: "I must get in!"
Hantei Dave: lag
KibagamiKuno: "Hmm, maybe they
think you should wait too"
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Hantei Dave: heres hopinh
Hantei Dave: g
Hantei Dave: just to be safe
Hantei Dave: anyway, anyone wanna do something?
KibagamiKuno: we are waiting and watching karasu, it seems, who is very entertaining
Hantei Dave: the Shiba guards have crossed their yari in front of the door now
Hantei Dave: Udon and Oku don't want to be involved in this either
Keshijo: I back away from Karasu.
Hantei Dave: the guard that entered returns as Karasu steps up
Hantei Dave: The guard bows
Hantei Dave: "My humble apologies. We were not awair of this situation. You have been denied audience with the Elemental Masters for now. I am afraid the Unicorn must leave."
Hantei Dave: Karasu: "NO!"
KibagamiKuno: "Domo, we understand. We will request audience again for tomorrow.
KibagamiKuno: "
Hantei Dave: He rushes the door and is swarmed by no less then 10 guards
Hantei Dave: "I must warn them!!!"
Hantei Dave: "I must!!!"
Hantei Dave: anyone?
Hantei Dave: He is being dragged out by both arms
KibagamiKuno: "Karasu, if you tell us what you wish to warn them of, we will consider bearing the message for you."
Keshijo: "Then tell us what you know calmly."
Hantei Dave: "Evil! There is evil here! I know it is true!" He yells as his voice echoes down the allway
Hantei Dave: Udon says a prayer and hold his bodhi tree
Keshijo: I ask a guard where they are taking him.
Hantei Dave: "He is being evicted from this province" he says
KibagamiKuno: "If the unicorn must send a messenger, they could have at least sent one who knew when to speak."
Hantei Dave: you guide offers to bring you to your rooms
Keshijo: "Can we at least ask him a few things first?"
Hantei Dave: Keshijo: you would need to chase him
Suzume Sousha: I am not getting kicked out because of him. Others in my group are good enough at doing that for me
Suzume Sousha: :-)
Hantei Dave: heh
Keshijo: I'm not chasing a gaijin...
Keshijo: Not here.
Keshijo: Not now.
Hantei Dave: well, then your rooms ^_^
KibagamiKuno: "Though I agree that it is prudent to cast him out, it would be dishonorable to keep his possessions - let us return them to him and then send him on his way."
KibagamiKuno: (any response from the guards?)
Hantei Dave: "Hai." The guard says. He instructs another to bring his horse and weapons to a location outside of Phoenix lands which can then be returned to Karasu-sama.
Hantei Dave: A shiba guard runs off
Hantei Dave: "This way to your quarters."
KibagamiKuno: (well, that's that.)
Hantei Dave: you are each given your own room
Hantei Dave: and someone to serve you (not in that way Sousha)
Hantei Dave: still here all?
Keshijo: Yup.
Keshijo: Plotting and such...
Hantei Dave: each room is equipped with a library of its own
Suzume Sousha: yeah
Hantei Dave: most is on history
Keshijo: Anything good?
Hantei Dave: but also some scripts of plays and other such entertainments
KibagamiKuno: I'd like to ask my attendent to lead me to the library so that I might speak to a historian of swords.
Keshijo: Kuno: My thoughts exactly...
Hantei Dave: He smiles at you Kuno. "The Isawa Library is by permission only. It is exclusive. My apologies. Can I bring you some reading?"
Hantei Dave: ....
KibagamiKuno: "Perhaps, I was hoping to learn the origin of a sword i had left with the weaponsmaster, would it be possible to arrange a time when he, the sword i left with him, the proper historian, and I might all meet?"
Hantei Dave: "I will make the request." bow
KibagamiKuno: "Domo"
Hantei Dave: anyone else got requests tonight?
Keshijo: I thinking of how to phrase it...
Suzume Sousha: hmmm
Suzume Sousha: can't practice fighitn with no weopon
Suzume Sousha: I dn't remember when last I slept was
KibagamiKuno: I practice forms in the meantime
Hantei Dave: You are all fed well also. A very intricate meal. One of the bests you ever had
Hantei Dave: Udon makes his own requests (but I will leave them quiet for now)
Hantei Dave: Oku requests a tour of Phoenix painting throught the castle
Keshijo: I would request some books on minor spells. Basic methods and types I don't know yet. Elemental magic fascinates me...
Keshijo: Especially in applications to fight the shadowlands...
Keshijo: Or push them back...
Hantei Dave: Shinjoten: your geisha stands and picks a text from the wall of your room with basic principals of Elemental Magic
Hantei Dave: she giggles. "SHadowlands? Here? No. You won't find books like that."
KibagamiKuno: Hmm, interesting idea - what books are on the walls - anything on sword technique? Imported chinese martial arts?
Hantei Dave: Sousha?
Suzume Sousha: blush
Hantei Dave: Kuno: healing arts and massage
Hantei Dave: ...and theraputic incense
KibagamiKuno: hmm, i study the books for healing pressure points.
Suzume Sousha: 2 things that go great together
KibagamiKuno: And try them out.
Keshijo: I start studying.
KibagamiKuno: "Ow!"
Hantei Dave: Kuno: you try out some self massages
Hantei Dave: hehehe
Hantei Dave: ok...well it looks like you guys are having quiet nights. Unless you wanted to escape your rooms....
Hantei Dave: Sousha: trying to sleep?
Suzume Sousha: no
Suzume Sousha: yes
Suzume Sousha: that would be nice
Hantei Dave: roll
Hantei Dave: +2
Suzume Sousha: not sure when that will happen again
Hantei Dave: for the nice meal and bed
Suzume Sousha: what did I roll before
Hantei Dave: WILL+3d6
Suzume Sousha: 18
Hantei Dave: zzzzzzz
Suzume Sousha: woo zzzzz hooo zzz
Suzume Sousha: :-P
Hantei Dave: heheh
Hantei Dave: btw...you are all on the 2nd floor now
KibagamiKuno: window?
Hantei Dave: yes...large window screen. Looks out at a cloudy night
Hantei Dave: with broken moonlight
KibagamiKuno: door - is it locked? (is it made of anything more than rice paper, either?)
Hantei Dave: a wind is kicking up
Hantei Dave: no lock
Hantei Dave: it is a stronger wood door kuno
KibagamiKuno: k. I close the window.
Hantei Dave: k
Hantei Dave: 1 sec all
Suzume Sousha: k
Hantei Dave: just doing a private.
KibagamiKuno: we know, it's night, keshijo is busy.
Keshijo: Yup. Getting into trouble again...
Hantei Dave: ^_-
KibagamiKuno: i keep studying like a good little student.
Hantei Dave: he is picking up chicks actually
Hantei Dave: lets move on while Brian and I finish that
Hantei Dave: next day for you 2 (4)
KibagamiKuno: I ask the giesha (or whomever) if she had any luck arranging that meeting.
Hantei Dave: She says that the decision must be made after your meeting with the Masters. (their schedule comes first)
Hantei Dave: but you are scheduled to meet after breakfast
KibagamiKuno: "Ah, i didn't realize they would be able to meet us so promptly"
Suzume Sousha: that was gracious of them
KibagamiKuno: (All: did we want to meet all of the masters?)
Hantei Dave: Sousha: in a good mood? lots of sleep?
Hantei Dave: heheh
Hantei Dave: kuno: looks like the decision was made for you
KibagamiKuno: ok
Suzume Sousha: yeah we'll c what happens
Hantei Dave: sorry..one more moment
Suzume Sousha: k
Hantei Dave: Keshijo is making his move
KibagamiKuno: you saving that one dave?
KibagamiKuno: heh
Hantei Dave: yep
Hantei Dave: ok.
Hantei Dave: You are all groomed and ready for the audience
Hantei Dave: You are led back down to the same doors as before.
Hantei Dave: ALL of you ^_-
Keshijo: I lived through the night! :-)
KibagamiKuno: all of us meaning all we tanto bearers.
Suzume Sousha: k
Hantei Dave: you are escorted in to a large c shaped table...you are brought to the center of it along the sunken floor.
Hantei Dave: 5 seats are positioned around the table...2 are empty
Keshijo: Is Kaede here?
Hantei Dave: in the center chair is a bald man wearing bright red and yellow robes
Hantei Dave: Kaeda is not here.
Hantei Dave: but someone else is Shinjoten ^_-
KibagamiKuno: (didn't we get instructions on how to recognize them?)
Keshijo: I bow deeply.
Hantei Dave: to his right are 2 others
Suzume Sousha: bow
Hantei Dave: another bald...chinese looking man...but younger. And a woman with deep dark hair and eyes
KibagamiKuno: bow low.
Hantei Dave: http://www.geocities.com/hantei4/characters/pheonix.htm
Hantei Dave: i don't know why my Tomo pic isn't working
KibagamiKuno: (is Tadaka here?)
Hantei Dave: Kuno: you got no instructions
Keshijo: I smile to the lady.
Hantei Dave: There are 24 Shiba guards also in this room
Suzume Sousha: I smile at mistress void
Hantei Dave: they each have yari and bows
Hantei Dave: (not void)
Hantei Dave: ^_-
Keshijo: Sousha: The mistress Void is not here..
KibagamiKuno: actually, i think we did - we asked for them from the guy with the statues.
Hantei Dave: You are intruduced by the guards
Hantei Dave: Kuno: oops...good call
Hantei Dave: you know them all by description then
Suzume Sousha: ahhh ok. my bad. I thought the elementals were here
Hantei Dave: sousha: only 3 of the 5
Suzume Sousha: ahh ok
Hantei Dave: and Tadaka is not one of them here right now...or Kaeda
KibagamiKuno: Uono, Tomo, and Tsuke.
Hantei Dave: Isawa Tsuke speaks: "What an interesting suprise. Why do the bearers now wander our beautiful lands?"
Keshijo: "Greetings most honored elemental masters."
Hantei Dave: whispers Shinjoten
KibagamiKuno: "Greetings, we come bearing news of a rising power, rising against the shadowlands."
Hantei Dave: One of you might wanna take over for Shinjoten
Hantei Dave: thanks
Keshijo: Are we that far from them Dave?
Hantei Dave: Kesh: enough where a voice might be helpful. I'm sure they could hear you though...not really nice to whisper though
KibagamiKuno: "A representative of each of the clans will rise as a champion for this cause,
Hantei Dave: THe master of Water speaks, "Ah. It sounds like an old story."
KibagamiKuno: we know that from the Phoenix, an Elemental master has been chosen"
Hantei Dave: Uono and Tomo look at each other
KibagamiKuno: "It is indeed an old story, if only history did not repeat, we might all be happier (and fishing)."
Hantei Dave: Tomo laughs loud and a bit too long
KibagamiKuno: "Your levity, Tomo-sama, reminds us what we must fight for"
KibagamiKuno: "It is that very spirit we msut seek to preserve and keep alive across all of Rokugan"
Hantei Dave: "Who has chosen you to relay this information Lion-Bearer?"
Hantei Dave: says Tsuke
KibagamiKuno: "One whom has gone mad and wandering set me forth as an emissary, the message itself comes from prophecy, and from the Togashi"
KibagamiKuno: (One Who...)
Hantei Dave: Udon: "By Togashi Yokuni, who eyes stretch far into the souls of men."
Hantei Dave: Tsuke sits up strait with a smile
Hantei Dave: Uono: "And who...is the chosen?"
Hantei Dave: anyone?
Suzume Sousha: private
Suzume Sousha: hold on a sec
Hantei Dave: k
Hantei Dave: looks like some court mind games are about to be played ^_-
KibagamiKuno: "There are clues, but we were hoping you might also have considered this turn of events."
KibagamiKuno: "Or as the Togashi badgered me all too often 'we must becme the riddle'"
Hantei Dave: "So it is our power to choose?" says Tsuke
Hantei Dave: Tsuke and the others look at each other uneasily
KibagamiKuno: "I believe the choice was made, but we are not you, sama. We cannot say who must fight."
KibagamiKuno: "It would be improper and beyond our standing to make such a request"
Hantei Dave: Tsuke: "As leader of this council, I think it is fair enough to say that this is something that would take much deliberation and all five members present. However...."
Hantei Dave: "Our borders do not touch the land of He who must not be named and I think it to be premature to suggest that arms must be taken. I see little proof of such...actions at the time being."
Hantei Dave: "Surely, here we are safe from these unspeakable horrors you suggest."
Hantei Dave: "Or have I misread you?"
KibagamiKuno: "I have only seen a few of them myself, sama, tho they are indeed horrible... perhaps others may speak of what they have seen?"
Suzume Sousha: (lord voldemort)
Hantei Dave: rishard: is that from Berzerk?
Hantei Dave: don't remember
KibagamiKuno: (smack dave)
Suzume Sousha: (harry pothead)
Hantei Dave: errrr..if you say so
Suzume Sousha: (he who must not be named)
KibagamiKuno: (hey others, are you going to tell them how horrible things are? and about the big fiery scroll that flew overhead?)
Keshijo: (They can't really hear me....)
Keshijo: (Sousha, you were there)
Hantei Dave: Kesh: they can...just thought another should speak first
Keshijo: Oh.
Keshijo: Then I tell them of the effects of the first scroll being the plague crossing all of Rokugan.
Keshijo: Then the destruction wrought by the third within sight of this castle...
Suzume Sousha: (oh, I didn't realize kuno wanted others as in US to talk about it)
Suzume Sousha: (my mistake :-P)
KibagamiKuno: "In Shinomen, i saw an oni slaying Lion just out of boredom, and there are rumors the first oni roams again, too"
Keshijo: "Yogo Junzo is seeking to open all the black scrolls"
Hantei Dave: Tomo: "So far, these affects have been limited. I think such harness would indeed be premature. The matter of the scrolls are being dealt with as we speak. It is a far cry from the return of a Dark Lord."
Keshijo: "Then there will be no stopping He Who Shall Not be Named's return."
KibagamiKuno: "Though this is an area perhaps Tadaka-sama knows more of" (meant to be said right after that last thing i said)
Hantei Dave: (oops...now I remember why I removed tomo's pic...wrong pic."
Hantei Dave: )
KibagamiKuno: "It may indeed be as you say, and we would welcome that. We do not wish history to repeat itself,
Hantei Dave: Tsuke to Kuno: "Tadaka-sama is a driven man. What he does in such matters are not at the decision of this panel."
KibagamiKuno: just as we do not wish these prophecies to come true - I too wish that I could be back in my own lands again rather than on this mission,
Hantei Dave: sousha?
Hantei Dave: anything to say?
Suzume Sousha: (ponder)
KibagamiKuno: but should they come to pass, then so too shall the prophecy that one of the masters will join with champions
Hantei Dave: Udon stays quiet with a hand on his dove tattoo.
KibagamiKuno: from the other clans as a Thunder."
Hantei Dave: his fingers are clenched and he is trying not to speak
Keshijo: "I do not believe Togashi Yokuni would have sent us on this mission if he did not believe action was needed soon."
Hantei Dave: "Togashi Yokuni-sama is a great man. But even we have not met him. Is this who we should put trust in?"
Hantei Dave: says Tsuke
Keshijo: (Does he mean us or Togashi?)
Suzume Sousha: If you trust nothing else, trust in the fact that the evil one has returned.
Hantei Dave: "I am not contradicting you. I thank you for this important message. We will consider the implications. You have given the Elemental Masters much to discuss."
Hantei Dave: says Tsuke
Hantei Dave: "Is there another matter to attend to then?"
KibagamiKuno: "Domo Arigato, we thank you for hearing us,
KibagamiKuno: on this topic,
KibagamiKuno: there are two other matters we wish to discuss if you would grant us but a moment longer"
Hantei Dave: "We do" says Uono
KibagamiKuno: "The first is that we have heard there is a tanto bearer in the Phoenix lands,
KibagamiKuno: if this is so, we would very much like to meet them as they may have gained insight into the coming storm"
Hantei Dave: Tomo: "I have heard such rumers as well...I have heard that this bearer is a violent killer and that he stole the item from the previous owner."
Hantei Dave: Tomo: "Most troubling..."
KibagamiKuno: "Indeed, perhaps we can help to set that matter right"
Hantei Dave: Tsuke: "I think help can be arranged. If we learn of any new developements in this matter we will send word to you."
KibagamiKuno: "The second, tho I find it difficult to consider through the bouts of lunancy, the Gaijin who traveled with us before bore a message for you that there is evil and danger here. I
KibagamiKuno: know no more than that, but hopefully that is enough for any as wise as you to rout out any such threat."
Suzume Sousha: perhaps it is not too late to find him
Suzume Sousha: and find out exactly what he wanted. Perhaps by the time we do you will have had time to think on the matter we discussed first
Hantei Dave: Uono: "Karasu-san must be confused. We would be able to identify a threat so terrible."
Hantei Dave: Tsuke: "I agree. He is a troubled man."
KibagamiKuno: "Hai, i knew that you would, but in these times I didn't not want the warning to fail to reach your ears"
KibagamiKuno: (anyone else have anything before we go?)
Hantei Dave: Tomo: "I am afraid that Karasu-san...does not agree with our ways. Thank you for continuing his message. You have joined with odd company."
Keshijo: "I have one personal request."
Suzume Sousha: (nope)
Hantei Dave: Tsuke: "We understand the trouble he has caused you. He relayed it to our guards. I apologize that we allowed him into our forests."
Keshijo: "If I may be some humble, I would hope that I may
Keshijo: "ask for some help in understanding the divine intricacies of the wind?"
KibagamiKuno: "I am sorry that i realized so late he was traveling under our pretenses, i did not wish to cause such a scene"
Hantei Dave: Uono: "The wind is not intricate. It is. I think we can discuss this some more in the garden. I invite you all."
KibagamiKuno: "Domo" <bow>
Hantei Dave: Tsuke: "Now if matters are over, I have one request."
Suzume Sousha: bow
Hantei Dave: "I would like to study your tantos a bit...unless you don't want to see the Isawa Library that is."
Keshijo: "Thank you"
Hantei Dave: ...
Suzume Sousha: I take out my tanto gracefully
Suzume Sousha: and non threateningly
Suzume Sousha: May I approach you with it?
KibagamiKuno: "I have another blade in the keeping of the weaponsmaster - if we have an opportunity, I would very much like to discover it's origins, too"
Hantei Dave: Tsuke motions to hold sousha's blade
Hantei Dave: "Granted" he says to Kuno as he takes the Shadowlands Tanto. "Granted."
Keshijo: "It is the least we could do. However, I would not wish to miss the good Lady's invitation."
Suzume Sousha: I walk over and hand him my blade
Hantei Dave: Uono: "There is time."
Hantei Dave: i guessed sousha (read above)
Hantei Dave: hehe
Keshijo: I smile.
Suzume Sousha: oh I read that wrong
Hantei Dave: "Council dismissed" Tsuke says still holding the blade.
Suzume Sousha: I recieve my blade back
Hantei Dave: sousha: he hasn't offered it back
Suzume Sousha: ahhh
Hantei Dave: he is looking at it
Suzume Sousha: ahhh ok.
Hantei Dave: Sousha wait uneasily
KibagamiKuno: (sousha, remain kneeling where you were when he gave it until he offers it back)
Hantei Dave: what are Kuno and Keshijo doing?
KibagamiKuno: we are waiting our turns.
Hantei Dave: Tsuke looks up confused. "Is there a problem?"
KibagamiKuno: "Tsuke, when you have finished studying
Keshijo: What is Uono doing?
KibagamiKuno: Sousha's blade, i would like to let you study mine"
KibagamiKuno: (-sama)
Hantei Dave: Tsuke-SAMA sits up strait at your mistake
Hantei Dave: yes, it was a mistake ^_-
KibagamiKuno: missing the sama?
Hantei Dave: He offers back the Shadowlands blade stern faced. "I will inspect them all later then...in the library Kuno."
Hantei Dave: "You are dismissed"
KibagamiKuno: "As you wish, sama"
KibagamiKuno: <bow>, exit
Suzume Sousha: bow recieves blade back
Suzume Sousha: arigato tsuke-sama
Keshijo: I bow and leave for the gardens, I guess.
Hantei Dave: ok.
Hantei Dave: wow...been going a long time now
Hantei Dave: smothly too
Keshijo: (I can mess things up if you like...)
Hantei Dave: oh, please
KibagamiKuno: :P
Keshijo: (Oku and Udon aren't here to get us thrown out...)
Hantei Dave: Oku is offered his tour of castles artwork
Hantei Dave: Udon goes to the garden too
KibagamiKuno: i'll follow them to the garden to avoid losing my head around some seldom-traveled corridor.
Hantei Dave: sousha?
Hantei Dave: you to?
Suzume Sousha: yes
Suzume Sousha: what is in the garden?
Hantei Dave: you all walk around...there is a clean grassy field on one side where young children are getting instructed
Hantei Dave: they are probably around 11
Hantei Dave: they are practicing some wind techniques
KibagamiKuno: instructed in what?
Hantei Dave: under a tuter
KibagamiKuno: (magic or wind swordsmanship?)
Hantei Dave: no swords here Kuno-san
Hantei Dave: unless the Shiba carry them
KibagamiKuno: k
Hantei Dave: They are playing a game moving a paper ball around to each other
Keshijo: I watch for a moment or two.
Hantei Dave: but it is an excersize
Suzume Sousha: excercise?
Hantei Dave: a training excersize
Hantei Dave: s
Hantei Dave: Uono walks up behind you all
Hantei Dave: the teacher says, "OOOOooh, Mistress Uono. We are honored." He smiles and bows low
KibagamiKuno: i turn, then bow...
Hantei Dave: all the children bow low and say in unison "Greeting Mistress Uono."
Suzume Sousha: bow
Hantei Dave: "Carry on with the lesson." she smiles
Keshijo: "Greetings Mistress Uono." I bow low. "You are one I would not forget."
Hantei Dave: "Some things are not perminant Keshijo-san."
Keshijo: (Does everybody know who I am?)
Hantei Dave: "I am afraid I have not come to discuss what I promised to you all."
Hantei Dave: Keshijo...you WERE introduced in the Emporer's court
Keshijo: I take off the eye-bandage.
KibagamiKuno: but probably as shinjoten...
Hantei Dave: disguise or not ^_-
KibagamiKuno: too late
Hantei Dave: no...he was Keshijo then.
Keshijo: (But I had a mask on in the court)
Hantei Dave: but do you really want alot of questions "Why did you kill Kishijo?"
Hantei Dave: hehehe
Keshijo: Hehe. Yeah. Okay.
KibagamiKuno: "As you wish, but we do hope to one day find the remaining tantos, sama"
Hantei Dave: Keshijo: only the upper crust would have known Keshijo
Hantei Dave: and this is upper
Hantei Dave: "I have another matter to discuss."
Hantei Dave: "It is Tadaka."
KibagamiKuno: "Hai, Tadaka-sama..."
Hantei Dave: (she said it intentionally ^_-_
Hantei Dave: )
Hantei Dave: "I think that he would agree with you in your quest."
KibagamiKuno: (i know, and i responded as abstractly heh).
Hantei Dave: She looks distrought
Hantei Dave: Udon looks to the side and walks off
KibagamiKuno: "The Masters are very protective of Tadaka-sama, Kaede-sama was too"
Suzume Sousha: is there something wrong?
Hantei Dave: "The Black Scrolls have worried him. He has done something drastic."
Keshijo: "The Black Scrolls worry us all. What has he done?"
Hantei Dave: "He left about 2 weeks ago. He has begun traveling south...to find Yogo Junzo and retake the unopened scrolls. He has gone to enter the heart of the Shadowlands."
Keshijo: "This is grave news indeed."
Hantei Dave: "As we said...these matters were being dealt with."
Keshijo: "He was Togashi Yokuni's chosen one."
Hantei Dave: SHe looks down
Hantei Dave: and smiles a minute. "He may not last that long."
Keshijo: "Still, from what I have
KibagamiKuno: "Is. Tadaka-sama may yet rise to fill the role of Thunder, right Uono-sama?"
Keshijo: heard, Tadaka-sama knows a great deal about
Keshijo: what he may be involved with."
Hantei Dave: "The council has decreed it a matter still left to discussion. A Thunder may not be neccessary if Tadaka is successful anyway."
Hantei Dave: Udon is talking with Tomo off to the side
Keshijo: "Or he may be filling his role as a thunder now."
Hantei Dave: They walk off
Hantei Dave: Uono: "Perhaps."
Keshijo: "Togashi Yokuni-sama said we had to win the Thunder's to our cause. Perhaps he knows his destiny already."
KibagamiKuno: "Togashi Yokuni sees things i surely cannot, he may know far beyond this stage"
Hantei Dave: "You'll excuse me if I have little faith in a man I have never met."
Keshijo: "Hai, I understand."
Keshijo: "Still, a little faith is better than none."
Keshijo: "Sometimes, a little is all it takes."
Hantei Dave: She smiles.
Hantei Dave: weakly
Suzume Sousha: Togashi Yokuni has great insite.
Suzume Sousha: If he is against the evil one what is not to trust?
Hantei Dave: "Trust is one thing...embellishing is another."
KibagamiKuno: "Heh, he knew exactly what sousha-san was having for dinner that night..."
Keshijo: "Trust is all some of us have left."
Hantei Dave: "That is what I have come to tell you. I hope that your quest is a useless one and that if it isn't that Tadaka can still be a part of it.///if he survives."
Hantei Dave: ...
Hantei Dave: She starts to walk off
Keshijo: I follow.
Hantei Dave: anyone else bothering her?
Keshijo: "He will survive. Togashi has insight. I believe him."
KibagamiKuno: i wander off to see the garden
Hantei Dave: the kids on one side lost the game somehow
KibagamiKuno: maybe we should get to the library soon, too
Suzume Sousha: I wander also in other direction from kuno
Suzume Sousha: were we supposed to be there at a specific time?
Hantei Dave: Udon returns looking down
KibagamiKuno: "News, Udon?"
Hantei Dave: "I''m going to return to my room" he says.
Hantei Dave: "Its nothing."
Hantei Dave: he trudges off
KibagamiKuno: "Then you shouldn't be so glum, returning to your
KibagamiKuno: room on this nice day"
Hantei Dave: "What's nice?"
Hantei Dave: Udon says
Hantei Dave: in less riddles then usual
KibagamiKuno: "trees, gardens, kids playing with spitballs..."
Hantei Dave: "Spitballs...dragons....its all frustrating..." He says as his voice gets distant
Hantei Dave: a Shiba approaches Kuno
Hantei Dave: "Kuno-san. Master Tsuke awaits you in the library."
KibagamiKuno: "Ah, we must hurry, i don't want to keep him waiting"
Hantei Dave: He goes to Sousha too
Hantei Dave: "Sousha-san. Master Tsuke awaits."
Suzume Sousha: Arigato
KibagamiKuno: i head off to the library
Suzume Sousha: I head off to the library
KibagamiKuno: no, I head off to the library.
KibagamiKuno: :P
Hantei Dave: everyone's head is off
Suzume Sousha: :-)
Hantei Dave: He goes to bother Shinjoten next
Hantei Dave: you are led back into the castle
Hantei Dave: to an intricate windy staircase going down. 4 Shiba guards let you pass
Hantei Dave: not windy
Hantei Dave: winedy
Hantei Dave: ?
Hantei Dave: something that winds
Hantei Dave: whatever
Hantei Dave: you walk down a red carpet
Hantei Dave: to a set of golden gates guarded by 2 more guards
Hantei Dave: you can see through the intricate bars.
Hantei Dave: rows upon rows of books and scrolls
Hantei Dave: reaching to the top of the high ceiling
Hantei Dave: it is like nothing else on earth
Hantei Dave: Isawa and Asako librarians walk around and the occasional shugenja
Hantei Dave: the open the gate for you
Hantei Dave: "He is to your felt three rows and turn right" says the guard
Hantei Dave: "Enjoy."
Suzume Sousha: (felt?)
Hantei Dave: left...hehehe
Hantei Dave: i missed that
Keshijo: Am I with them?
Hantei Dave: yes SHinjoten
Hantei Dave: well?
Hantei Dave: poke
Hantei Dave: prod
KibagamiKuno: walk over where they indicated.
Suzume Sousha: I follow
Hantei Dave: Kuno: this is poets dream
KibagamiKuno: (i know, we'll get to that later)
Hantei Dave: your sword would be most out of place here
Hantei Dave: you turn the 3rd corner and Tsuke is sitting at a table with 3 books and 4 scrolls spread out. He is shifting between them.
KibagamiKuno: <bow> "Tsuke-sama, please pardon my poor manners before and thank you for still meeting with us. The tantos have so long been in our charge and keeping, that it is difficult to be without them even for a moment"
KibagamiKuno: (place the lion tanto, wrapped in silk, on a table and kneel at the foot of the table)
Suzume Sousha: bow
Keshijo: Bow low.
Hantei Dave: "no no...sit."
KibagamiKuno: (ok, i sit)
Hantei Dave: He takes the tanto without opening it or even looking up from the book
Suzume Sousha: I sit as well
Hantei Dave: he flips some pages to a picture of the Lion tanto
Hantei Dave: He unraps the parcel
Hantei Dave: it is a close match.
KibagamiKuno: "Have others seen these tantos, then?"
Hantei Dave: "An unknown author. Written almost 1000 years ago."
Hantei Dave: "It was drawn from memory."
KibagamiKuno: (dave - historical question - when were the tablets on top of the mountain set?)
Hantei Dave: (Moses?)
KibagamiKuno: (moses?)
Hantei Dave: (10 Commandments? What tablets?)
KibagamiKuno: (the one's with the names of the last thunders on them)
Hantei Dave: OOOOH
KibagamiKuno: (yeah, those tablets.)
Hantei Dave: (last day of Thunder was almost 1000 years ago ^_-)
KibagamiKuno: (quinkydink?)
Hantei Dave: (naaa)
Keshijo: Listening to him....
Hantei Dave: "Deep carving. They are of great design....but not extraordinary."
Hantei Dave: He begins a low chant.
Hantei Dave: and waves a hand over the tanto
Keshijo: I make a mental note of the chant.
Hantei Dave: kesh: roll prayer
Hantei Dave: shintao
KibagamiKuno: i have some practice in memorizing prayers, i'll give it a shot too
KibagamiKuno: :-)
Keshijo: 22
Hantei Dave: "Nothing. I sense nothing. Its magic is either deep...or there is none."
Hantei Dave: Kuno: memorizing a prayer will be usuless for you
Keshijo: "If I may be so bold as to interupt,
Hantei Dave: He looks up
Keshijo: a symbol does not need magic. Perhaps
Keshijo: it's appearance is the magic."
KibagamiKuno: (i can teach it heh)
KibagamiKuno: "I agree. There are many more extraordinary blades than this, it would seem its significance lies simply in its arrival"
Hantei Dave: "Yes...yes, you have a point."
Hantei Dave: "Isn't it strange though?"
KibagamiKuno: (kesh and i aparently were thinking along the same lines hehe)
Keshijo: "Aren't all ancient prophecies strange?"
KibagamiKuno: "Heh, all this fuss over an average weapon? as a samurai, i'd say so..."
Hantei Dave: "Such an item...that is a tool of a master plan...is just a tool."
Keshijo: "It is there nature."
Hantei Dave: "No, no...it isn't just average. There is great work here too."
Hantei Dave: "A very experienced mind made these I think."
KibagamiKuno: (dave - do i feel the workmanship is in the blade or the sheath/handle?)
Hantei Dave: (both)
Hantei Dave: He opens to the Ki-Rin blade in the book.
KibagamiKuno: (hmm, i wonder if i could paper sword my new katana with my tanto - now that would be a neat trick)
Hantei Dave: "One thing of interest though. Look how subtle the markings are here though."
KibagamiKuno: (look)
Keshijo: I observe.
Hantei Dave: He opens another more recent book.
Hantei Dave: There is a very subtle difference in the symbol of the Unicorn itself.
Hantei Dave: "In the tanto...the main is dulled more at the points. This was a common symbol. The artist would not have made a mistake."
Hantei Dave: "That means the tanto itself is different then the actual Unicorn symbol elsewhere."
Hantei Dave: "It was done purposefully."
Hantei Dave: "I think."
Keshijo: "The Unicorn were once the Ki-Rin. There journey
Hantei Dave: "No no..."
Keshijo: changed them, Maybe the artist saw this.
Keshijo: "
Hantei Dave: "I mean THIS symbol is different than other Ki-rin symbols. There were 3 you see."
Hantei Dave: "The original Ki-Rin symbol...which the tanto has."
Hantei Dave: "the Ki-rin symbol that changed in the desert journeys of that clan hundreds of years later. And finally the Unicorn symbol."
Hantei Dave: "However, the blade was made AFTER the Unicorn symbol emerged."
Hantei Dave: "But chose the original symbol."
KibagamiKuno: "Was it? Perhaps
1000 years ago was not the first time the evil came?"
Togashi Udon has entered the
room.
Togashi Udon: Hi!
KibagamiKuno: oh my... what's your email address?
Hantei Dave: "but the other clans changed their symbols slightly as well...and the Tanto's show this change."
Hantei Dave: hey Udon. You aren't here
Hantei Dave: ^_-
Togashi Udon: Sorry I was busy...
Hantei Dave: np
KibagamiKuno: np, happy birthday to
kim!
Togashi Udon: k
Suzume Sousha: yeah happy b day to kim
Suzume Sousha: what did u get her
Togashi Udon: she says thnx
Hantei Dave: Tsuke says, "The
Ki-Rin tanto is inconsistant."
Togashi Udon: Simpsons pinball game
Togashi Udon: WHAT!?!?!
Togashi Udon: With what!?!?!
Suzume Sousha: simpsons pinball? Sounds cool
Hantei Dave: with the other tantos skip
Hantei Dave: ^_^
KibagamiKuno: (good thing he's not here, keep clutching the dove, man) "Tsuke-sama, how old are the tanto?"
KibagamiKuno: (oh, nm, missed your line before)
Hantei Dave: ok
Hantei Dave: "Look. THe Lion tanto is exactly as the symbol changed at that time."
Hantei Dave: He shows the pic in the book again with the current Lion symbol...slightly altered
KibagamiKuno: "Perhaps the other tanto were based on the Ki-rin tanto, brought with the kirin across the desert?"
Hantei Dave: "hmmmm."
Hantei Dave: PAUSE!!!!
Hantei Dave: confused?
KibagamiKuno: (does the lion tanto in the book and lion tanto he's holding have the same symbol on them?)
KibagamiKuno: (a little)
Hantei Dave: yes
Keshijo: Yes. I am confused.
Hantei Dave: ok
Hantei Dave: each tanto has the mon of the clan on it
KibagamiKuno: ok, and the kirin/unicorn tanto in the book and the one we have both have the same symbol on them, i.e. these match the book.
Hantei Dave: the mon is like the mons 1000 years ago...all the mons were altered over time.
KibagamiKuno: The question, then, is why does the unicorn tanto have an older mon than the other tantos. Why is it's OLDER than 1000 years ago.
Hantei Dave: however...the unicorn tanto...has an earlier version of the mon
Hantei Dave: right
KibagamiKuno: ok, that clears that up for me...
Keshijo: "If it was made after the unicorn left,
Keshijo: the artists would only had the
Keshijo: old mon to base it on."
KibagamiKuno: (where's kasaru when yah need him heh
Hantei Dave: Keshijo: looks like it was made close enough to their leaving though
Hantei Dave: i mean brian
Hantei Dave: it seems odd
Hantei Dave: Tsuke goes on to inspect the other 2 tantos
Keshijo: When did they change the mon?
Keshijo: Before or after they left?
Hantei Dave: Tsuke: "Yes...it was deliberatly changed to an earlier mon."
Hantei Dave: "It was changed after they left. You might be right."
Hantei Dave: "It might have been an error."
Hantei Dave: "But why bother making a Ki-Rin tanto if there was no Ki-Rin then?"
KibagamiKuno: "Or perhaps there is more to the Unicorn Thunder than we knew - perhaps they followed the path the unicorn took, carrying a tanto with the old clan's mon"
Keshijo: Is Otaku Kamoko's line one of those who may have stayed behind?
Hantei Dave: "No. The Fox Clan were the Ki-Rin that stayed...but their mon changed immediatly."
Keshijo: "Did her line and the Fox's mix, perhaps?
Keshijo: "
Hantei Dave: "No. THe Fox Clan developed on their own."
KibagamiKuno: "Well, this is a mystery, but i never understood how there could be a shadowlands tanto when the tantos were of the clans."
Hantei Dave: Tsuke inspects the SHadowland's tanto again.
Hantei Dave: "It is a mystery."
Keshijo: "One for each Kami."
Hantei Dave: "Yes."
Keshijo: "He who shall not be named did fall from the heavens with the others."
Hantei Dave: "Not the Clans...the Kamis."
Hantei Dave: Udon comes to join you all
Hantei Dave: ^_^ time to add
Togashi Udon: Brothers (bow) Master of Fire (bow)
KibagamiKuno: "But if the purpose of the tantos is as we believe, to help find the thunders, why a shadowlands tanto? what does it help to find?"
Suzume Sousha: I have wonderd that myself
Hantei Dave: "May I see the Ki-Rin
tanto?"
Togashi Udon: Of Course, sama.
Togashi Udon: (hands it over)
Hantei Dave: He holds it to the book...the symbol is as he expected
Hantei Dave: "No...there is
another problem in it."
Togashi Udon: So it is real. I could have promised that.
Hantei Dave: "Whoever made this did know of the changed symbol. It has elements of both."
KibagamiKuno: "It is as if the
symbol bears a message to us"
Togashi Udon: It is a tool of the Kamis.
Hantei Dave: "But it still dates
back to the earlier version."
Togashi Udon: You think the Kami's wouldnt know how their symbols
would change?
Keshijo: "Perhaps it has to
do with the circular nature of re-incarnation"
Togashi Udon: Hold on.
Hantei Dave: Tsuke rubs his eyes.
Togashi Udon: No offense ment sama, but a book cannot tell you the
wills of the Kami's.
KibagamiKuno: (skip - we already went over some of that...)
Hantei Dave: He hands the tanto back to
Udon
Togashi Udon: Or the great purpose.
Togashi Udon: We are all pieces of the same puzzle.
Hantei Dave: "No...of course not....it is just a book."
Hantei Dave: He closes the book
Togashi Udon: And, as you have shown us, the puzzle has even more
sides.
Hantei Dave: "The answers are in the future."
Hantei Dave: "not the past."
Hantei Dave: "I suppose it doesn't really matter." He looks around
Hantei Dave: at the endless shelves of scrolls and books
Hantei Dave: "The librarian can assist you with your own research. I think that was enough for now."
KibagamiKuno: Domo arigato, tsuke-sama.
Hantei Dave: "Thank you for letting me enjoy your company."
Hantei Dave: "and the
tantos."
Togashi Udon: Perhaps the Ki-Rin exists as its own entity. Perhaps
there is another clan still wandering the outlands. Perhaps we are not ment to
know.
KibagamiKuno: (is he about to walk off
with them?)
Togashi Udon: The only sight that is clear is hindsight.
Hantei Dave: no...he handed them all back...hehehe...he sprints with them
Hantei Dave: did anyone want to finish up with personal research?
KibagamiKuno: Dave, i'd like to research my own katana
Hantei Dave: beat ya.
Suzume Sousha: :-)
KibagamiKuno: beat ya?
Hantei Dave: the librarian new of your request and the weapon's master has come to assist you both
KibagamiKuno: splendid.
KibagamiKuno: :-)
Togashi Udon: I am going to wander. This is too much.
Togashi Udon: Domo, sama. Brothers. (bow)
KibagamiKuno: Udon, you are here in the
greatest library in rokugan, wander to knowledge
Togashi Udon: My head cannot focus. and my tree needs tending.
Good night.
KibagamiKuno: good night, then
Hantei Dave: lets do this: you all email me ONE thing to research and I will inform you.
Hantei Dave: over the week
Keshijo: Okay.
Suzume Sousha: k
KibagamiKuno: ok
Keshijo: Hard to pick just one...
Hantei Dave: that will be more complete
Hantei Dave: this library specializes in lore and magic
Hantei Dave: mostly
Hantei Dave: but all things are here also
Keshijo: Keshijo is in his own little paradise... :-)
Suzume Sousha: The Shadowlands blade should be interesting to learn about. . . possibly finidng out why the hell it is in our realm might be enough
Hantei Dave: that would work
Keshijo: Lore and magic and a flying girl.... :-)
Hantei Dave: brian: they didn't see that part
Suzume Sousha: :-)
Hantei Dave: lots of flying people in this land apparently
KibagamiKuno: heh
Keshijo: Yeah. True enough.
Keshijo: Still, if it weren't for the quest, I don't think Keshijo would want to leave....:-)
Hantei Dave: I'll remind you of a deadline ^_-
Hantei Dave: onr emore thing
Hantei Dave: any clues on where you wanna go next?
Hantei Dave: since Tadaka wasn't home
Keshijo: Where are we near?
Hantei Dave: well, the Unicorn lands are West and are fairly inconvenient...but this might be your best chance to visit them
Keshijo: Gentlemen?
Hantei Dave: then again...Tadaka is in the Shadowlands soon
Suzume Sousha: sounds intersting
Keshijo: Can we catch him?
Suzume Sousha: do we want to venture into the shadownlands is the real question
Suzume Sousha: I'm not tainted yet :-P
Keshijo: Nor I.
Togashi Udon: ...
Hantei Dave: :P
Keshijo: We'd have to ask the Crab for help, and some jade fingers...
KibagamiKuno: Dragon?
KibagamiKuno: haven't we got a dragon to talk to?
Hantei Dave: dragon are also west
KibagamiKuno: then we can visit the unicorn..
Keshijo: Let's see the Unicorn first since they are closest, then I think the Dragon are geographically next...
Hantei Dave: Dragon are closer actually...look at map
Keshijo: Oh.
Keshijo: Dragon then.
Hantei Dave: also some minor clans here and there
KibagamiKuno: yah, i figured we'd make a big circle: Phoenix, Dragon, Unicorn, Lion, Crab, etc.
Keshijo: Any other tanto leads?
Keshijo: Kuno: I agree.
KibagamiKuno: oh yes, any tanto leads?
Hantei Dave: i'll think about that
KibagamiKuno: (or would that be the muderous tony?)
Hantei Dave: I forget where some of them are at times ^_-
Hantei Dave: hehehe...we'll see
KibagamiKuno: ok, shall we wrap up then?
Hantei Dave: don't worry about the tanto right now
Hantei Dave: well, west then i take it
KibagamiKuno: oh, ok - west :-)
KibagamiKuno: it's still early :-)
Hantei Dave: one more thing
Hantei Dave: next day after research
Hantei Dave: Udon?
Togashi Udon: Udon walks over to Oku & Kuno.
Keshijo: Oh. I was ready to wrap up. It is 11:30...
Hantei Dave: one sec brian
Togashi Udon: "i am useing my Soaring Crow tattoo. And I am
not screaming."
KibagamiKuno: "Which means?"
Togashi Udon: "I do not need this any more." he holds
out a jade finger and drops it in their hands.
KibagamiKuno: "Interesting, and
how did you come to such an enviable state?"
Togashi Udon: looks arond
Togashi Udon: (are we alone?)
Hantei Dave: (yep)
Hantei Dave: why npt
Hantei Dave: not
Keshijo: Udon: Get excited.
Togashi Udon: "Tsuke burned it away."
KibagamiKuno: (as hoarse as kesh)
"...What?"
Togashi Udon: He told me to let the two of you know.
Togashi Udon: He burned it away
Hantei Dave: (actually sid you could tell only your party)
Keshijo: Udon: I meant that.
Exercise. Jump around. get the blood flowing.
Togashi Udon: Why?
Hantei Dave: kesh: you can concentrate on it
Hantei Dave: roll
Keshijo: I want to be sure.
Hantei Dave: slow test
Togashi Udon: (ok I tell the rest of the party)
Hantei Dave: you sense no taint in Udon
Keshijo: i had a good roll too... :-)
Hantei Dave: :P
Keshijo: 23...
Hantei Dave: you'll all just have to read the side adventure
Hantei Dave: hehehe
Togashi Udon: We can dely our journey, i am sure.
KibagamiKuno: 'Did he mean "tell only your brothers" as in, "tell them and i'll help them too" ?'
Hantei Dave: ...
Togashi Udon: I believe that is what he ment.
KibagamiKuno: "What was the cost
for this miracle cure?"
Togashi Udon: I told him that no tanto bearer could ever be in
anyone's debt.
Togashi Udon: Before he even started.
Togashi Udon: He understood and asked me to deliver this scroll on
our way to the Unicorns
Togashi Udon: It is for the Dayamo of the Badger Clan.
Hantei Dave: (dave pushed only a little)
Hantei Dave: :P
KibagamiKuno: (heheh, dave wanted us to meet badger)
Hantei Dave: (I like the badgers)
Keshijo: (A dire badger?)
Hantei Dave: we'll see
Hantei Dave: nothing left to say?
Hantei Dave: end game?
KibagamiKuno: secret messages
KibagamiKuno: heheh
Hantei Dave: oops
Hantei Dave: ok
Keshijo: k
Hantei Dave: i'm still here
Suzume Sousha: k
Hantei Dave: if people need to leave...I'll still hang out
Hantei Dave: talking with jess now too ^_^
KibagamiKuno: Hi Jess!
Suzume Sousha: hi jess
Togashi Udon: Hi ya JES!!
Hantei Dave: jess: "hello everyone"
Hantei Dave: neerggirl: HAPPY BIRTHDAY KIM!!!
Keshijo: Alrighty. I gotta get going.
Keshijo: Night everybody.
Hantei Dave: nite Brian
Togashi Udon: by kesh!
KibagamiKuno: ok, cya brian
Suzume Sousha: c ya
Hantei Dave: me chills