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Suzume Sousha has entered the room.
Keshijo has entered the room.
Keshijo: Greetings.
Suzume Sousha: hey
Hantei Dave: hey
Hantei Dave: check out some of the cool pics i'm adding to previous games
Hantei Dave: addding faces to names and stuff
Hantei Dave: ^_^
Hantei Dave: Skip and I wrote like 2 new things each
Hantei Dave: hehehe
Hantei Dave: mine are always short
Suzume Sousha: damn its hot in here.
Togashi Udon has entered the room.
Hantei Dave: here too
Hantei Dave: hey skip
Togashi Udon : bow
Togashi Udon : Howdy
Hantei Dave: josh is out this game people
Hantei Dave: my brother may or may not join us
Hantei Dave: he is having brownouts in brooklyn
Suzume Sousha: he lives in brooklyn?
Togashi Udon : what are brownouts?
Hantei Dave: yah
Suzume Sousha: didn't know that
Suzume Sousha: what part?
Hantei Dave: when its not quite a blackout
Hantei Dave: forget
Hantei Dave: anyway
Hantei Dave: its hot
Hantei Dave: whew
Hantei Dave: i think everyone is checking the web site skip
Hantei Dave: heheh
Hantei Dave: lotsa new tidbits
Hantei Dave: whenever people are ready
Hantei Dave: ...
Suzume Sousha: readh
Togashi Udon : ...
Togashi Udon : ya me too too
Keshijo: K.
Hantei Dave: ok
Hantei Dave: soooo...we left off with the Phoenix champion prostrating before a shugenja
Hantei Dave: He rises
Hantei Dave: Ujimitsu turns to you all
Togashi Udon : (Champion!?!?!)
Hantei Dave: (every clan has one ^_-)
Keshijo: (except the Scorpion now...)
Hantei Dave: (he is also the Shiba Daimyo)
Hantei Dave: Scorpion aren't a clan
Hantei Dave: :P
Keshijo: Details, details....
Hantei Dave: He says, "Greeting bearers...we meet again."
Togashi Udon : Greetings Ujimitsu-sama (bow)
Keshijo: "The honor is ours."
Suzume Sousha: bow
Hantei Dave: "Why travel to these lands?"
Hantei Dave: "Is there a problem here?"
Togashi Udon : "Not that we are aware of, sama. We seak an audiance
Togashi Udon : with Isawa
Hantei Dave: "With the Elemental Masters?"
Hantei Dave: He cocks his head in an odd position
Togashi Udon : With Isawa Tadaka-sama"
Togashi Udon : (cock head to match)
Hantei Dave: "Hmmm...Tadaka-sama is a busy man Udon-san"
Hantei Dave: (notice he used sama)
Keshijo: (Duly noted)
Togashi Udon : "We understand. We have travel far, we will wait for a good time."
Hantei Dave: "reguarding what matters I must ask?"
Togashi Udon : "if that is possible?"
Keshijo: "We come on business from Togashi Yokuni and the late Hantei the 38th."
Togashi Udon : Reguarding that.
Hantei Dave: He cocks his head in another direction as if he heard something
Togashi Udon : (match)
Hantei Dave: his eyes become slits
Togashi Udon : eyes down
Hantei Dave: "I....I.... (cocks head)...excuse me, I thought I heard something."
Hantei Dave: He continues
Keshijo: I nudge Udon. "Stop that."
Keshijo: I look around.
Togashi Udon : Would it be possible for us to see Tadaka-sama at somepoint in the near future?
Hantei Dave: "It is hard to say. You would be best traveling to Kyuden Isawa and requesting an audience. I wish I could help but...something has come up."
Togashi Udon : If it helps, we are prophacies that have a prophacy to bear. We must give it to Tadaka-sama.
Togashi Udon : We will travel there then, by your leave. (bow)
Hantei Dave: "I am afraid I must ask what again. You must understand. It is my position."
Hantei Dave: The other Shugenja has resumed a kneelng position
Hantei Dave: or I should say...the Shugenja
Keshijo: "Hantei the 38th commanded us to find the remaining tantos."
Togashi Udon : And, Youkni-sama wished that we deliver a message to Tadaka-sama.
Togashi Udon : It is not ours to reveal. I am sorry.
Keshijo: "We have reason to believe one may be in Phoenix lands and theat Isawa Tadaka-sama may have a lead for us."
Keshijo: "Togashi Yokuni has also asked us to speak with
Keshijo: "the honorable Tadaka concerning the future of Rokugan."
Keshijo: I bow.
Hantei Dave: "Please forgive my insolence bearers. Hantei the 38th is dead. Do as you will but the Elemental Masters do not take well to singling one out."
Hantei Dave: I will allow you passage through these lands
Hantei Dave: "Now excuse me, I have matters to attend to." (bows) (bows again to the Shugenja)
Togashi Udon : Oh. I did not know that. My apologies, and thank you, sama for letting us know. (bow)
Suzume Sousha: thank you, (bow)
Keshijo: "Ah. I was unaware of the protocol. My apologies for my brashness and gratitude for the etiquete and for your allowing us to pass."
Keshijo: "Thank you." Bow deeply.
Hantei Dave: Ujimitsu takes a step and jumps into the air quickly disapearing over the cliff top
Togashi Udon : Wow!
Hantei Dave: he travels south
Hantei Dave: (ala superman)
Hantei Dave: oh wait...thats north
Togashi Udon : May we pass?
Keshijo: So did he go north or south?
Hantei Dave: the shugenja speaks
Hantei Dave: (he went south)
Hantei Dave: "I suggest that if you travel to Isawa Kyuden, you obtain warmer clothes."
Hantei Dave: "It can get quite cold in the mountains
Hantei Dave: He bows
Togashi Udon : Were might we be able to do that?
Suzume Sousha: thankfully our group is smaller today so it will be cheaper to buy :-)
Togashi Udon : (too bad bear tatoo doesnt keep you warm in the winter)
Togashi Udon : (course i'd have to hibernate...)
Hantei Dave: 1 sec
Hantei Dave: "the merchant town of Toshi no Omoidoso is ahead. You may purchase your needs there"
Keshijo: Does the Shugenja look willing to chat?
Togashi Udon : (bow) Domo.
Suzume Sousha: (or perhaps go with us)
Hantei Dave: he might be Keshijo
Hantei Dave: ask ^_^
Hantei Dave: or sousha
Keshijo: (Did we get his name?)
Togashi Udon : (just dont let udon talk)
Hantei Dave: oh, and, you will know the names of the Other Elemental Masters if you make your high court roll
Hantei Dave: noone has it? too bad
Keshijo: Well, we did meet the Mistress of the Void... :-)
Hantei Dave: (his name I forgot...not too important)
Keshijo: So that's 2...
Keshijo: of 5...
Hantei Dave: kesh: Isawa Kaede
Keshijo: "Good sir, This is quite an interesting pass. Surely these statues must have some grand history."
Suzume Sousha: 2 of 5?
Hantei Dave: high society skill i mean
Hantei Dave: -4 if you don't have it
Keshijo: Sousha: Tadaka = Earth, Kaede = Void. 3 Other elements, 3 more masters.
Suzume Sousha: ahhhh ok
Suzume Sousha: I get it
Togashi Udon : (i will try to roll--what skill?)
Hantei Dave: He says, "these statues are the Champions before Lord Shiba Ujimitsu"
Hantei Dave: "Each one is honored here and protects these lands"
Hantei Dave: "It is a sacred place although their souls are not contained here."
Hantei Dave: "I defend the pass."
Keshijo: Dave: If it's Int I got 11.
Hantei Dave: failed brian
Togashi Udon : int i got 14 with the -4
Hantei Dave: failed...get an 18
Hantei Dave: or 3 sixes
Suzume Sousha: I'm not evgen going to bother
Hantei Dave: hehe
Suzume Sousha: my dice suck and I would have a -4
Suzume Sousha: which means I'd probably roll a 0
Hantei Dave: then you will forget Tadaka's name like Udon did ^_-
Togashi Udon : (bet this guy knows)
Hantei Dave: (bet you are right)
Hantei Dave: duh
Keshijo: "They are most impressive."
Hantei Dave: "Hai."
Keshijo: "Almost lifelike."
Keshijo: "I admire your clans attention to detail and pride in it's past."
Hantei Dave: "Arigato."
Hantei Dave: "It is the Shiba family that is truly worthy of that complimetn."
Keshijo: "If I may, a ronin such as myself would like to ask one small favor."
Hantei Dave: He bows
Keshijo: "Being unfamiliar with the court of the Elemental Masters, I would like to know how to address them when, and if, we are granted an audience."
Hantei Dave: He smiles
Hantei Dave: "It would be a great honor for you. I have not met them all."
Hantei Dave: "Isawa Tadaka - Master of Earth."
Hantei Dave: "Isawa Tsuke - Master of Fire."
Keshijo: "Indeed it would be. You understand my trepidation then."
Hantei Dave: "Isawa Tomo - Master of Water."
Keshijo: I really need to type faster. That should have been before he spoke... :-)
Hantei Dave: "Isawa Uona - Mistress of Wind."
Hantei Dave: "Isawa Kaeda - Mistress of the Void."
Hantei Dave: he bows
Togashi Udon : (Bow)
Keshijo: Bow. "I thank you and am in your debt."
Hantei Dave: He smiles his glance never looking away from the pass
Hantei Dave: "I will send you a find breeze on your journy."
Hantei Dave: a northerly picks up
Hantei Dave: the breeze to your backs
Hantei Dave: fine i meant
Togashi Udon : Domo Arigato
Keshijo: "Arigoto. May your watch over the pass be a pleasant one."
Keshijo: I think we should go now...
Togashi Udon : hai
Suzume Sousha: yes
Hantei Dave: you all walk on...the sweat no longer on your backs
Suzume Sousha: (thats a happy thought)
Togashi Udon : we head for that village
Keshijo: We should follow the breeze.. :-)
Hantei Dave: Another 2 hours trip and you spot the merchant city below at the foothills. It was an easy pass...odd that it seems easily attacked
Keshijo: I hold a piece of paper like a sail.
Hantei Dave: Kesh: your new scroll?
Hantei Dave: hehehe
Keshijo: No. Something less priceless... :-)
Hantei Dave: You can see a large port touching this city
Suzume Sousha: what time of day is it now?
Hantei Dave: the waves of the Sea of Amaterasu are strong today
Togashi Udon : Just so you all know, I am still broke! (smile)
Hantei Dave: it is about 2pm
Togashi Udon : Kokuless I mean!
Togashi Udon : (smile)
Hantei Dave: typical monk...begging for food
Suzume Sousha: I think we should have lunch while we are here and get the clothes
Togashi Udon : Although "broke" fits too (smile)
Hantei Dave: you could all use a good rest here as well
Keshijo: My funds are also a bit depleted...
Togashi Udon : sounds great!
Hantei Dave: there are many things going on in this city
Togashi Udon : ('bout the rest, not 'bout your funds...)
Hantei Dave: lanterns string across the streets
Suzume Sousha: I believe I have the funds to help u all out
Hantei Dave: many fruit venders
Hantei Dave: especially oranges
Suzume Sousha: perhaps we should take a side job while we are here to earn money
Togashi Udon : look at the Sparrow!
Suzume Sousha: maybe the monk can bless people or something
Togashi Udon : maybe not.
Suzume Sousha: or maybe not
Hantei Dave: eheh
Togashi Udon : maybe!
Suzume Sousha: (these aren't the droids we're looking for)
Hantei Dave: it would be a violation of buddhist principles for money
Togashi Udon : maybe not!
Keshijo: What about Shinto principles. Clothing for the poor and all...
Hantei Dave: must be humble Udon ^_-
Togashi Udon : maybe!
Hantei Dave: kesh: Shintaoists not as much so
Hantei Dave: anyway, only some of you are poor
Hantei Dave: ok...most of you
Togashi Udon : By CHOICE!
Keshijo: Okay then. Let's go-ablessing...
Suzume Sousha: I am willing to buy for my comrades. Though if they can figure out a way to earn some money that would be nice too.
Hantei Dave: from a dirty ronin with no eye Keshijo?
Hantei Dave: I mean Shinjoten?
Togashi Udon : I can trim Bodhi trees
Keshijo: Yeah. Good point.
Togashi Udon : I can rake pebbles
Hantei Dave: Sousha is offering you a place to stay, food, AND clothes
Keshijo: How soon til nightfall?
Hantei Dave: 2pm now
Togashi Udon : Domo, Sousha
Keshijo: Nevermind then. Thank you Sousha.
Hantei Dave: there are alot of interesting characters walking around here
Hantei Dave: many Yasuki merchants
Suzume Sousha: no problem
Togashi Udon : (Look up--anyone flying?)
Suzume Sousha: lets go find stuff to get
Hantei Dave: ronin here and there
Togashi Udon : (Jumps)
Hantei Dave: even a Kuni witch hunter
Hantei Dave: not that you see Udon
Suzume Sousha: is there a restaurant around?
Keshijo: I recognize the hunter?
Togashi Udon : (Looks up higher)
Hantei Dave: of course....the inn will feed you though Sousha
Hantei Dave: Kehs: no...hard to tell anyway
Togashi Udon : (Jumps)
Keshijo: I go greet the witch hunter.
Hantei Dave: She sneers at Shinjoten
Hantei Dave: and continues on
Suzume Sousha: shall we stay here at this town for now?
Togashi Udon : (Gives up--unless he's flying...)
Keshijo: I follow.
Hantei Dave: Udon: you should give up ^_-
Togashi Udon : (Chase the Dragon -- MY ASS!)
Keshijo: I growl back.
Hantei Dave: perhaps Chase the Phoenix?
Togashi Udon : hehehe
Keshijo: Then smile and show her the Naginata.
Hantei Dave: that might burn you though
Hantei Dave: She glances and continues on
Hantei Dave: she must be busy
Keshijo: I offer my assistance.
Togashi Udon : Sousha--why is Shinjoten growling at that INTERESTING lady?
Hantei Dave: She puts a hand on her naginata
Togashi Udon : (Baka)
Suzume Sousha: not sure
Suzume Sousha: ask him
Togashi Udon : (Did I think that???--SHIT!---oops!)
Hantei Dave: looks like he is either begging for money or assaulting her
Hantei Dave: "Mind yourself ronin."
Togashi Udon : (Walk over)
Hantei Dave: She looks hard into your eyes and continues on
Hantei Dave: "I have no money for ronin"
Keshijo: "Yes my lady. We have similar friends, and enemies."
Keshijo: "I do not look for money."
Hantei Dave: She stops. "Where are my enemies?" she asks
Keshijo: "Not from the Kuni Witch Hunters."
Hantei Dave: "I am busy so speak fast."
Keshijo: "You hunt Oni. So do I."
Togashi Udon : Hi, I am Togashi Udon. (bow)
Hantei Dave: She sighs....."get to the point."
Keshijo: "I have trained with your kin in the Crab lands. I wish only to show my gratitude to a fellow stranger in a strange land."
Keshijo: "Friends are hard for us both to come by, I think.
Hantei Dave: "ENOUGH! Another stupid ronin looking for money and a monk absolving me of my sins!" She pulls her naginata
Togashi Udon : (Looks at Shinjoten)
Hantei Dave: She hold it at the monk
Hantei Dave: I will slice you in two monk
Togashi Udon : I would rather you not, please
Hantei Dave: "If you do not mind your business."
Hantei Dave: She steps back 2 steps
Hantei Dave: and begins to turn away
Keshijo: "Where else would I get theis, my lady?"
Hantei Dave: in case you others don't realize it she is dressed like a Kabuki
Togashi Udon : (Cool!)
Hantei Dave: "Bah!!" She walks off paying little heed to your naginata.
Togashi Udon : Sorry Shinjoten, I was only trying to help.
Hantei Dave: I don' think it was you Udon
Togashi Udon : (Udon doesnt know that)
Suzume Sousha: so now that thats over with are we going to stay here tonight or will we get stuff and be on our way?
Togashi Udon : I would like to stay. This is an interesting town. If you both feel the same?
Hantei Dave: you should stay...even if in a barn
Hantei Dave: you are all weary
Togashi Udon : I am weary, anyway.
Keshijo: "Kuni Roko helped to train me, you know."
Suzume Sousha: yeah. I'm feeling a bit weary myself
Hantei Dave: whispers Keshijo over the crowd
Suzume Sousha: So lets find an inn and see whats going on.
Hantei Dave: don't you hate that complication
Hantei Dave: you find an inn
Keshijo: Yeah, sometimes. I'll find her again.
Keshijo: Was she cute?
Hantei Dave: hard too tell with all those robes and paint
Hantei Dave: and fake hair
Togashi Udon : I'm gonna go with---no.
Hantei Dave: looks like one of the guys
Hantei Dave: hehehe
Hantei Dave: no?
Hantei Dave: heheh
Keshijo: I should have performed my Kata. That would thrown her for a loop...
Togashi Udon : No one compairs to Oku.
Hantei Dave: you are all seated for food along the open wall of the inn
Togashi Udon : j/k
Hantei Dave: you can watch the crowd go about its business in the cool air
Keshijo: Udon: "It was not you before. I am a ronin now. Most do not trust ronin. Scorpions were held in higher esteem."
Hantei Dave: you have been walking for weeks I'll remind you
Hantei Dave: you are all served...with Sousha's permission
Suzume Sousha: food
Togashi Udon : No worries, Shinjoten.
Hantei Dave: the brink you all miso soup
Hantei Dave: higher asteem? maybe because people are afraid of rscorpions ^_-
Hantei Dave: bring i meant
Hantei Dave: it is an easy meal. Oku walked off in the town with Kuno to meet you later ^_-
Hantei Dave: and the evening becomes pleasant too
Togashi Udon : wow, that was easy and conveniant
Hantei Dave: the sea air is cooling here
Hantei Dave: yah....moving right along
Suzume Sousha: did we see a place to buy clothing before we entered?
Hantei Dave: Sousha: you picking up more kimono's for people? Even some animal skins can be bought here
Hantei Dave: you beat me
Hantei Dave: more expensive though
Hantei Dave: sousha?
Suzume Sousha: hmmm
Hantei Dave: it is against most beliefs to wear skins
Keshijo: I take a walk at nightfall...
Suzume Sousha: Perhaps the monks would be
Suzume Sousha: u meat me to it
Suzume Sousha: :-)
Suzume Sousha: beat
Togashi Udon : hehe
Togashi Udon : no skin for me!
Suzume Sousha: I guess I will get myself a skin and my comrades thicker komono's
Suzume Sousha: :-)
Hantei Dave: ok
Togashi Udon : woh
Togashi Udon : ok
Hantei Dave: Sousha dons the heavy fur over his shoulders
Togashi Udon : domd
Togashi Udon : domo
Suzume Sousha: no problem. Just remember this for when I'm broke
Togashi Udon : how about I remeber it if you are ill?
Hantei Dave: Udon: covering your body up now?
Togashi Udon : not yet
Hantei Dave: ok
Suzume Sousha: yeah that too
Togashi Udon : give the ladies an untouchable TREAT!
Hantei Dave: while in the market someone yells "LOOK!"
Keshijo: I guess I LOOK!
Keshijo: :-)
Hantei Dave: (up in the sky! j/k) but she does point up
Togashi Udon : Looking
Hantei Dave: the crowd awes in amazement
Togashi Udon has left the room.
Hantei Dave: doh!
Hantei Dave: lets wait
Keshijo: And Udon disappears!
Hantei Dave: Udon flies away as everyone watches
Suzume Sousha: perhaps he is suffering a brownout as well
Keshijo: I knew he was a ninja!
Suzume Sousha: I'm sure everyone is using there AC's today
Keshijo: :-)
Hantei Dave: I can think of 3 people in this party who aren't ^_-
Suzume Sousha: hell I just turned on 2 in a room I'm not even in to help out
Keshijo: Ahh, central air... :-)
Hantei Dave: wow! a game full of no ninjas! wierd
Hantei Dave: I'll have central air next week
Hantei Dave: when i move again
Hantei Dave: into a house built in 1710
Hantei Dave: yes, 1710
Keshijo: Dave Chosid, Nomad.
Hantei Dave: wanderer, vagabond...call me waht you will
Suzume Sousha: wow
Keshijo: David M. Chosid, Nomad in an Old House.
Hantei Dave: nicer then the one i am in now ^_-
Suzume Sousha: 1710 . . .
Hantei Dave: except no suit of armor in the next one
Suzume Sousha: why are u moving again???
Suzume Sousha: didn't u JUST got DSL
Hantei Dave: cause this one smells like smoke...ashtray even in bathroom....more expensive...and further from work
Keshijo: Apparently the older house has more modern convienences...
Togashi Udon has entered the room.
Hantei Dave: and superman attack skip
Hantei Dave: we waited ^_-
Togashi Udon : once a week
Hantei Dave: no prob dude
Togashi Udon : sorry
Hantei Dave: back to unreality
Hantei Dave: The crowd awes at the sky....which then turns into fear
Togashi Udon : Why?
Hantei Dave: a smokey clowd travels the sky, red embers sparkle through the mist
Suzume Sousha: the new color is better anyway
Keshijo: This would be where a ready my Naginata and a ward or two...
Hantei Dave: it follows the wind
Togashi Udon : That's not good...
Hantei Dave: It is high up but very visable
Togashi Udon : Which way is it coming from?
Hantei Dave: you see it over the roof tops
Hantei Dave: from the south
Togashi Udon : (ie--the way the champion went?)
Hantei Dave: well...south
Togashi Udon : well...BAKA!
Hantei Dave: lotsa things are south ^_^
Hantei Dave: people run for home
Hantei Dave: yelling of evil and bad omens
Hantei Dave: anyone doing anything?
Keshijo: Told you we'd see the Kuni again..
Keshijo: Naginata, wards.
Togashi Udon : ...yippie
Hantei Dave: udon?
Hantei Dave: sousha?
Togashi Udon : Uhm
Togashi Udon : Watch it this round
Hantei Dave: ok
Hantei Dave: sousha?
Suzume Sousha: sorrry had to get water.
Keshijo: Oh! Hand of Amitaba!
Suzume Sousha: I yell out asking what they are running from
Togashi Udon : That
Keshijo: Yeah.
Togashi Udon : )point(
Hantei Dave: Sousha: look up...misty wierd clowd
Hantei Dave: Kesh: roll
Hantei Dave: how long cast time?
Keshijo: Going for 1 round = 24.
Keshijo: 26
Hantei Dave: ok...
Keshijo: Guess I'm okay.
Hantei Dave: you are prepared
Hantei Dave: the clowd steadily moves across the sky
Suzume Sousha: how fast?
Suzume Sousha: cloud speed?>
Hantei Dave: it seems to be ignoring this village. A bit faster then the wind you would guess
Hantei Dave: the other clowds trail
Hantei Dave: clouds
Hantei Dave: next round
Hantei Dave: anything else?
Hantei Dave: it passes the snun
Hantei Dave: sun
Hantei Dave: blackening the village
Hantei Dave: a bit
Hantei Dave: sousha? udon? Shinjoten?
Togashi Udon : it doesnt look like it is coming for us...
Hantei Dave: the streets are becoming empty
Hantei Dave: no Udon
Hantei Dave: it does not
Keshijo: Which way to Kyunden Isawa?
Suzume Sousha: perhaps we should go back inside for now. . . just in case
Hantei Dave: north
Togashi Udon : (does it vear towards us as I say that :-) )
Keshijo: Well then.
Hantei Dave: (only you udon) ^_-
Togashi Udon : figures...
Keshijo: Looks like the Isawa are going to have company.
Togashi Udon : what is it Shinjoten?
Keshijo: Dave: Folklore?
Hantei Dave: make a roll
Hantei Dave: hard one
Hantei Dave: real hard
Keshijo: 22...
Togashi Udon : (hard roll--WITH BUTTER!)
Hantei Dave: you dunno
Keshijo: "I'm not sure. Dragons, maybe?"
Hantei Dave: the streets are almost empty now
Keshijo: "Let's follow it."
Togashi Udon : Dragons with an "s"? Really?
Hantei Dave: if a dragon appears...something big would probably happen next...from what the stories tell you
Togashi Udon : As in more then one?
Keshijo: "Well, Dragon."
Hantei Dave: says kesh matter of factly
Togashi Udon : I don't know...
Keshijo: "Just one, I would think. If that's what it is."
Suzume Sousha: so what do we do?>
Keshijo: Dave: Smell blood.
Hantei Dave: stay or go?
Suzume Sousha: what does it appear to be doing?
Hantei Dave: roll
Hantei Dave: moving north
Togashi Udon : stay i think--we cant fight a dragon!
Keshijo: 17.
Togashi Udon : you guys NUTS!
Suzume Sousha: roll what?
Hantei Dave: Udon: most dragon stories do not involve battle ^_-
Suzume Sousha: I rolld 6 so far. What am I adding
Hantei Dave: just for kesh, rishard
Keshijo: "Let's follow it. It's an omen."
Hantei Dave: kesh: nothing odd
Togashi Udon : Oh--I get it!!! CHASE IT! CHASE THE DRAGON!
Hantei Dave: sousha: maybe you should run and get your money back
Keshijo: "Something important will probably happen. Hopefully it won't get us killed..."
Hantei Dave: you payed for the inn and food
Hantei Dave: hehehe
Togashi Udon : by the time we get there it'll most likely be long gone
Togashi Udon : but we can try
Hantei Dave: but you could try...it is just going out of sight now
Keshijo: "But there may be clues..."
Hantei Dave: at least you can see it
Keshijo: I start walking...
Suzume Sousha: hmmmm . . .
Hantei Dave: you would need to run to maybe catch it kesh
Togashi Udon : follow---get your money and run sparrow
Suzume Sousha: I think I should run back and get my money then if we aren't staying
Suzume Sousha: *runs back to the inn*
Hantei Dave: it will take time sousha...you were just out buying clothes
Hantei Dave: but ok
Keshijo: "Get extra food too..."
Hantei Dave: Udon and Kesh leave Sousha behind ^_^
Suzume Sousha: I runn fast, and If we loose the dragon I woun't mind :-)
Togashi Udon : Do we really have to run?
Hantei Dave: what are your move values you guys?
Togashi Udon : ok
Hantei Dave: MOVE
Keshijo: 5
Togashi Udon : 8
Hantei Dave: woa..Udon is fast
Hantei Dave: hehe
Hantei Dave: Sousha?
Suzume Sousha: where is that?
Togashi Udon : thats what it says by run
Suzume Sousha: oh . . . I only have a 5
Hantei Dave: oh...hehehe
Togashi Udon : movement is 4
Hantei Dave: what are your runs i mean
Hantei Dave: ok
Togashi Udon : 8
Keshijo: 10.
Suzume Sousha: where is the run located?
Hantei Dave: 8, 10 and 10
Hantei Dave: got it rishard
Hantei Dave: Udon and Sousha reach the edge of town
Suzume Sousha: I still don't see the run value, but ok.
Hantei Dave: the odd cloud is gaining distance
Suzume Sousha: oh now I see it
Hantei Dave: it is heading towards the forested mountain range in teh distance
Hantei Dave: northwest a bit
Togashi Udon : "Flying...huffhuffhuff...would be...huffhuffhuff...good"
Suzume Sousha: :-)
Hantei Dave: Sousha gets his money back..except for some miso soup
Hantei Dave: and goes to the edge
Hantei Dave: where he sees udon and kesh far ahead across the upward field
Suzume Sousha: woohoo
Hantei Dave: the cloud is heading over the mountain range.
Hantei Dave: still running guys? you prob can't keep up with it...especially once you hit the forest
Togashi Udon : runrunrunrunrunrunrunrunrun
Hantei Dave: guess so
Suzume Sousha: yeah I'll keep running.
Keshijo: Yup. Til the forest anyway.
Hantei Dave: you start getting into some light trees...the night is getting closer too
Hantei Dave: you can still see the sparkle of red embers in the distance beyond the trees
Hantei Dave: you can prob make it to the foothills by night
Hantei Dave: Sousha eventually catches up with Udon..who slows down Keshijo a litttle ^_-
Keshijo: Let's keep going..
Togashi Udon : Go...huffhuff..on...ahead...huffhuffhuff
Suzume Sousha: ok . . . though this is probably a bad idea.
Hantei Dave: the woods are getting thicker as the slope increases...roll Constitution checks all
Hantei Dave: CON+3d6
Togashi Udon : 17
Suzume Sousha: 16
Keshijo: 17
Hantei Dave: you all lose breath soon enough
Keshijo: No skill? Like athletics?
Hantei Dave: hmmm...good point
Hantei Dave: add athletics ^_-
Hantei Dave: you all made it
Keshijo: 19.
Togashi Udon : 21
Keshijo: whew...
Hantei Dave: in that case!
Suzume Sousha: athletics . . .
Hantei Dave: its a skill rishard...near the top
Suzume Sousha: 8
Suzume Sousha: 24
Hantei Dave: thanks
Hantei Dave: You reach the foothills....the cloud is still gone...but it left a trail
Togashi Udon : oh man... keep going??
Hantei Dave: you reach a newly formed clearing...the trees are black...
Hantei Dave: devode of leaves and most their branches
Togashi Udon : Fire?
Hantei Dave: a smolder lingers in some
Hantei Dave: no...you would have seen a fire for sure
Keshijo: Udon: Can you sense the Wa?
Hantei Dave: but the smell is like fire
Togashi Udon : i will try
Hantei Dave: roll Udon
Togashi Udon : 26
Hantei Dave: this is a great disturbance
Togashi Udon : This place is very bad.
Hantei Dave: a tree crumbles to dust next to you
Togashi Udon : See?
Hantei Dave: and the path contues up over the range
Togashi Udon : Shall we continue? Or go around?
Hantei Dave: Sousha: you almost step on a charred bird
Suzume Sousha: eeep
Keshijo: Can I see taint here?
Keshijo: Or traces of it?
Suzume Sousha: guys perhaps we should leave this guy dragon alone.
Hantei Dave: you aren't sure Kesh...never heard of something like this
Keshijo: Even with my skills?
Togashi Udon : Sousha, that makes too much sense.
Hantei Dave: yes....you would know right away...no roll
Hantei Dave: but you can roll for OTHER signs if you want
Keshijo: Okay then.
Keshijo: Yes. Other signs...
Hantei Dave: roll
Hantei Dave: Survival shadowlands
Keshijo: 19
Hantei Dave: hmmm...perhaps the crumbling of the tree...hard to saya again....no trees like this in the shadowlands
Keshijo: But I have it writen as Shadowlands Survival, so the reverses to 91... :-)
Togashi Udon : he's got you there
Hantei Dave: Keshijo explodes
Togashi Udon : DOH!
Hantei Dave: his brain was too full
Keshijo: Doh!
Keshijo: Guess I better make a new character...
Hantei Dave: so, around or through or back?
Hantei Dave: the Asako castle is closer now...
Togashi Udon : Shinjoten?
Hantei Dave: Shiro Asako (Morning Glory Castle)
Togashi Udon : You know this, not me...
Keshijo: Does the destruction lead to Asako castle?
Hantei Dave: no...doesn't seem to
Keshijo: Or does it lead towards Isawa castle like I originally though?
Keshijo: thought even...
Suzume Sousha: we should head in the opposite direction of the destruction
Hantei Dave: do you have direction sense?
Hantei Dave: I will tell you for sure
Togashi Udon : Sousha, that makes too much sense.
Suzume Sousha: no. I'm making a statement to the group
Keshijo: Um.. no...
Keshijo: Is anybody else around?
Hantei Dave: if anyone has the direction sense trait, I will tell you where things are and go
Togashi Udon : not me
Hantei Dave: it is dark and trees...and mountains....hard to tell absolute directions
Hantei Dave: not that you notice on 1st glance kesh
Hantei Dave: it is quiet here...an owl in the distance
Hantei Dave: and some bats
Keshijo: I look carefully around (I have Night Vision).
Hantei Dave: roll
Hantei Dave: perception
Keshijo: 20
Hantei Dave: you don't see anyone
Suzume Sousha: I have night vision also
Hantei Dave: roll if you want to sousha
Keshijo: "Don
Suzume Sousha: 22 + nightvision
Suzume Sousha: 3
Suzume Sousha: 25
Hantei Dave: nothing Sousha
Hantei Dave: seems safe you are pretty sure
Keshijo: "Don't be alarmed."
Hantei Dave: as far as OTHER things
Keshijo: I cast Wings of Thought.
Hantei Dave: clouds...thats a dif story
Hantei Dave: ok...how long?
Keshijo: How do I scale a 1 Minute cast if it's not on the time table?
Hantei Dave: go for next up ^_-
Hantei Dave: or down
Hantei Dave: -2 difference
Keshijo: Does 1 min = 5 rounds?
Hantei Dave: sure! ^_^
Hantei Dave: sounds good
Hantei Dave: dave changes his sheets
Keshijo: Okay. I go for 1 round at a DC of 20.
Hantei Dave: ok
Hantei Dave: roll
Keshijo: Whew. 20 exactly.
Hantei Dave: Sousha and Udon watch as Kesh begins his chant and manages to be swept silently off his feet into the air
Hantei Dave: Keshijo appears as a leaf
Hantei Dave: as he travels up
Suzume Sousha: cool
Togashi Udon : You are so cool
Hantei Dave: you can follow underneath if you want...through the charred forest
Togashi Udon : uhm...ok...
Hantei Dave: Udon and Sousha begin the trek
Hantei Dave: Udon: you have a hard time seeing keshijo
Keshijo: I point to the cloud.
Hantei Dave: only sousha can see you
Suzume Sousha: cool
Togashi Udon : Can I see Sousha?
Hantei Dave: He is next to you
Togashi Udon : :-)
Hantei Dave: you can see him
Suzume Sousha: I guess I follow keshijo .. . though I don't know if I should
Hantei Dave: you crunch through the weak black floor
Togashi Udon : crunch crunch
Hantei Dave: Keshijo lands in the ground about 10 feet in front of you two with a light crunch
Keshijo: "It went that way."
Keshijo: I point.
Togashi Udon : can you do that to me?
Hantei Dave: through the destruction
Togashi Udon : tomorrow...not now
Togashi Udon : if we live
Hantei Dave: not here
Suzume Sousha: :-)
Hantei Dave: where to guys?
Suzume Sousha: still following shintojen
Suzume Sousha: for now
Togashi Udon : I'll follow superman
Keshijo: "You would need a lot of training, Udon. And many would hunt you if they found out you knew it."
Hantei Dave: Udon crunches through the blackened woods
Keshijo: "But if you wish to know, I will try, my friend."
Togashi Udon : Many hunt me for my tattoos.
Togashi Udon : (wink) Thany you!
Hantei Dave: and other things I might add ^_- oops
Togashi Udon : Thank even
Togashi Udon : HEY!

You have just entered room "Chat 24649692832194011099."
Hantei Dave: my turn!
Hantei Dave: ouchie
Hantei Dave: damn clouds
Hantei Dave: where was I?
Hantei Dave: OH YEAH!
Togashi Udon : 28wa
Hantei Dave: Udon: the feeling is gone...everything back to normal....or is it...roll perceptions
Hantei Dave: not Udon
Togashi Udon : I refuse to be perceptive.
Hantei Dave: he was casting ^_-
Keshijo: 15. Apparently I do too...
Togashi Udon : yea, thats it
Hantei Dave: Sousha?
Suzume Sousha: you want me to roll perception also?>
Hantei Dave: yes
Suzume Sousha: 25
Suzume Sousha: damn my dice are doing good today
Suzume Sousha: maybe its the heat
Hantei Dave: woa!
Keshijo: At least one of us was paying attention...
Hantei Dave: Sousha: roll init
Hantei Dave: and only sousha
Suzume Sousha: spoke 2 soon
Hantei Dave: 29 for me
Suzume Sousha: 23 with no void
Hantei Dave: ok....sousha. A masked man comes riding out into your clearing charging to attack Udon with his kama!
Hantei Dave: His face is covered by an odd helmet
Suzume Sousha: Can I attack the horses legs.
Hantei Dave: you lost init
Hantei Dave: declare
Hantei Dave: you can if you want
Hantei Dave: but only if you throw something
Hantei Dave: you need to equip and no time to run
Suzume Sousha: hmmm.
Hantei Dave: declare
Suzume Sousha: I think I will just shove Udon out of the way
Suzume Sousha: perpahs things aren't what they seem
Hantei Dave: you lost the init Sousha
Hantei Dave: you can try but you might be too late
Suzume Sousha: I c.
Suzume Sousha: then I will use the shuriken and attack the horses legs
Hantei Dave: ok
Hantei Dave: he rides out and tries to strike across Udon's chest


Hantei Dave: roll dodge Udon
Suzume Sousha: oooh scary
Togashi Udon : 27
Hantei Dave: 27 to attack
Hantei Dave: got ya
Togashi Udon : ...
Hantei Dave: looks up damage
Hantei Dave: 22 points damage across the chest Udon
Hantei Dave: he sliced you good
Togashi Udon : i think i am dead
Hantei Dave: and his horse bucks
Togashi Udon : i have 20 hits
Hantei Dave: no....-10 uncontious until dead
Hantei Dave: you are grounded
Hantei Dave: and dying
Togashi Udon : ...
Hantei Dave: Sousha attacks
Hantei Dave: roll sousha
Hantei Dave: horse to dodge
Suzume Sousha: wow
Suzume Sousha: 22
Hantei Dave: 21 dodge
Hantei Dave: roll damage...I think 2d6
Hantei Dave: the horse rolls dex
Suzume Sousha: hmmmm . . . . no its still 3d6, but only a 2 for damage
Suzume Sousha: er wait . . .
Suzume Sousha: no your right I think
Hantei Dave: 12 for dex check...and trips
Suzume Sousha: 6
Hantei Dave: the guys rolls dex
Hantei Dave: guy
Hantei Dave: 21...he rolls to his feet
Hantei Dave: everyone (not Udon) roll init again
Togashi Udon : i roll a bleed!
Hantei Dave: Udon is down!
Hantei Dave: and will take 2 points until stabilized
Suzume Sousha: 19
Togashi Udon has left the room.
Hantei Dave: oops...guess he is dead
Keshijo: NO!!!!!!!
Hantei Dave: 22 for Karasu
Keshijo: I whisper....
Suzume Sousha: LOL
Hantei Dave: heh
Suzume Sousha: guess me and keshijo will be the only ones that havnet dropped out
Hantei Dave: roll init Kesh
Keshijo: Woohoo! Stable PCs!
Keshijo: Combat sense too?
Hantei Dave: yes...now
Keshijo: 32
Hantei Dave: ok....Sousha declares first
Suzume Sousha: Can I put the shuriken away and take out my wakasashi?
Hantei Dave: Sousha? someone should help Udon...he is bleeding badly
Suzume Sousha: oh yeah . . . that too.
Hantei Dave: yes...no katana?
Suzume Sousha: I have one of thoe also
Hantei Dave: that is one action...your other?
Suzume Sousha: For some reason I thought a wakasashi was better
Hantei Dave: whatever you want
Hantei Dave: 2nd action SOusha?
Suzume Sousha: attacking the horse legs again
Hantei Dave: the horse is down....the MAN is up
Suzume Sousha: oh ok
Suzume Sousha: I muswt have missed htat part
Hantei Dave: ummm...you tripped the horse!
Togashi Udon has entered the room.
Suzume Sousha: then I will attack the man. Hopefully he is down.
Hantei Dave: he rolled
Togashi Udon : that was good timing...
Suzume Sousha: I assume when I rolled a damage of 6 the horse was ok :-)
Suzume Sousha: but I'll attack the man
Hantei Dave: ok...Karusu decides to attack sousha...but the jumps backwards instead
Hantei Dave: Keshijo goes first
Keshijo: Where is Karusu compared to Udon?
Hantei Dave: not too near...you know his next target
Keshijo: I try to stabilize Udon and ready my Naginata.
Hantei Dave: ok....have healing? no? I'll let you make a full concentrated round on it for a definit stabilize...but you will be undefended
Hantei Dave: and -4 to next init
Keshijo: Okay.
Hantei Dave: Keshijo begins to help Udon who takes 2 more hits
Hantei Dave: bleeding damage
Suzume Sousha: Why are you attacking us???
Suzume Sousha: What have we done to u?
Hantei Dave: Karasu jemps back and says "Wait!" in a grating metallic rasp
Hantei Dave: jumps
Hantei Dave: you can stil attack Sousha
Hantei Dave: if you want
Suzume Sousha: I yield
Hantei Dave: stay on guard though ^_-
Hantei Dave: Kesh: want to say anything?
Suzume Sousha: no doubt
Keshijo: Could he even hear me?
Hantei Dave: yes
Suzume Sousha: (where is kuno when u need him?)
Keshijo: No. I don't want him paying attention to where Udon is.
Togashi Udon : (i get my ass kicked everytime Kuno is not around)
Hantei Dave: He talks in a strained manner..."Why do you travel with him? Heeeeeeeeeeeeeeh"
Hantei Dave: he breathes hard
Keshijo: (Darth Vader?)
Hantei Dave: sorta like that....but more like someone who breathes through a hole in their neck
Suzume Sousha: We were ordred to by Hantei 38th
Suzume Sousha: (or is it 38th hantei
Hantei Dave: you got it
Hantei Dave: Udon is stabilized
Hantei Dave: "wasstinggg wastingggg....."
Hantei Dave: "heeeeeeeeee"
Suzume Sousha: has our friend done somethign to u?
Hantei Dave: "Do you not know heeeeeeeee the danger you are in?"
Hantei Dave: (dave takes out the breathing sounds...assume they are there)
Suzume Sousha: we haven't been in too much danger due to him till now
Hantei Dave: "He should be killed now. He carries the taint.... Even now his blood stains you" (turns to Keshijo)
Keshijo: I stand between him and Udon.
Keshijo: Karusu that is...
Suzume Sousha: yes we know of the taint. We are here to prevent it ultimately
Hantei Dave: "who are you?"
Keshijo: I wash it off.
Hantei Dave: how Keshijo?
Keshijo: Carefully with a rag.
Suzume Sousha: I am Suzume Sousha (bow)
Suzume Sousha: and you are?
Hantei Dave: He drops his guard when you bowed
Hantei Dave: "I....I...am Karasu....Iuchi Karasu. Togashi Udon?" he points
Hantei Dave: with a hand ripped of flesh
Suzume Sousha: That is him. How do you know my friend?
Hantei Dave: He drops to his knees.
Hantei Dave: and drops his kama
Keshijo: Then I burn the rag.
Suzume Sousha: Is something wrong? What happened to you?
Hantei Dave: He looks up at Keshijo. "I can help...."
Hantei Dave: "please..."
Keshijo: I eye him suspiciously. "How?"
Suzume Sousha: What do u intend to do with our friend?
Keshijo: I stand up.
Hantei Dave: "I am a shugenja...of sorts. I can help."
Hantei Dave: he lays his other kama down
Hantei Dave: "or kill me now"
Keshijo: "I will let you. But if he dies, so do you."
Hantei Dave: he nods
Hantei Dave: and crouches over to Udon's body
Hantei Dave: knife at throat Keshijo?
Hantei Dave: he rolls up his sleeve
Suzume Sousha: I walk over to him with my sword ready to kill if necessary.
Hantei Dave: his hands are terrible...as are his arms
Keshijo: Jade Naginata at back of head.
Hantei Dave: he has no skin on them
Hantei Dave: either of you can kill him at any time
Hantei Dave: now if you want
Hantei Dave: before he goes further
Suzume Sousha: nope thats ok. I'll give him a chance I think
Keshijo: We let him go further, then.
Hantei Dave: He places his hands on Udons chest and begins chanting
Hantei Dave: it is a language you have never heard
Hantei Dave: roll lores
Hantei Dave: hard roll
Hantei Dave: 20
Keshijo: 24
Keshijo: Woohoo!
Hantei Dave: sousha?
Suzume Sousha: oh I was supposed to rooll 2>? I thought it was udon
Suzume Sousha: my bad
Suzume Sousha: er keshijo I mean
Suzume Sousha: 16 :-(
Hantei Dave: checking stats here people
Hantei Dave: ...
Hantei Dave: his hands begin glowing
Hantei Dave: Keshijo gets ready to slice his blade through Karasu
Hantei Dave: (failed his tolerance for the barbarian language)
Suzume Sousha: doh
Hantei Dave: (he hates foreiners)
Hantei Dave: but kharma dictates otherwise
Hantei Dave: and he stops his blade
Hantei Dave: Udon is healed 9 hits
Hantei Dave: how down were you Udon?
Togashi Udon : (+5?)
Suzume Sousha: woohoo
Hantei Dave: yes then
Togashi Udon : i was at -4
Hantei Dave: Karasu drops his hands to his lap and breathes heavy
Togashi Udon : (coughs blood)
Hantei Dave: a trickle of blood runs down his back
Keshijo: "I thank you..."
Hantei Dave: He continues to catch his breath
Keshijo: I step away. Put some space between us...
Togashi Udon : i think i should thank you...but i think i should hit you...
Hantei Dave: you are too weak Udon
Hantei Dave: and barely know what happened
Togashi Udon : (but i can still say that)
Hantei Dave: "I am Iuchi Karasu. My life is in your hands Udon-sama"
Togashi Udon : Whaa? Why?
Hantei Dave: he speaks in rasps only...grating horrible noises
Hantei Dave: louder than keshijo
Suzume Sousha: thank you for healing my friend, but would u mind telling us why you tried killing him?
Keshijo: Everybody's louder than Keshijo.
Keshijo: I walk off.
Hantei Dave: "I sensed the evil in him....and followed the trail of the cloud. I assumed you were part of it."
Hantei Dave: "It is the doing of something horrible..."
Togashi Udon : why? why is your life in my hands?
Suzume Sousha: I see.
Hantei Dave: "As bearer of the Unicorn blade...it was unforgivable."
Hantei Dave: "to harm you..."
Hantei Dave: he coughs
Suzume Sousha: for future reference, not all tainted people are evil, and I'm sure you will find that to be true more and mroe in these dark times.
Hantei Dave: his hands are terrible Udon...without any skin
Suzume Sousha: you may want to ask questions first from now on
Togashi Udon : i forgive you. you life is your own.
Togashi Udon : your
Hantei Dave: He turns to face Sousha
Hantei Dave: and prostrates to him
Hantei Dave: "I hear your wisdom."
Suzume Sousha: please get up. I am no man for this.
Hantei Dave: He nods and stands.
Togashi Udon : what has happened to your hands?
Hantei Dave: He goes to his horse and checks his leg and pulls the shuriken from its calve
Hantei Dave: "My hands are as my body....ripped from myself in places too horrible to speak of."
Hantei Dave: "in the depths of the Shadowlands."
Togashi Udon : Is there anything I can do for you?
Hantei Dave: "No...my pain are my own ignorances."
Suzume Sousha: sorry bout your horse.
Hantei Dave: He nods
Hantei Dave: I will heal him tomarrow...and he will carry Udon-sama."
Hantei Dave: "we should leave this clearing."
Togashi Udon : Iuchi Karasu? What did you do to me?
Suzume Sousha: by the way, did u see anything fly over you here.
Suzume Sousha: it might have looked like a cloud
Hantei Dave: "I know of magics beyond this land. They are what you would call gaijin rituals."
Suzume Sousha: not long before u ran into us
Togashi Udon : Whatcan these rituals do?
Hantei Dave: "Come. Your other friend will not look upon my horible visage... I will make camp."
Hantei Dave: He takes his horse limping off
Hantei Dave: into the woods
Togashi Udon : I will follow.---"Shinjoten, get over it!"
Hantei Dave: Udon needs help moving
Hantei Dave: he can barely walk
Hantei Dave: anyone?
Togashi Udon : "Get Shinjoten, Sousha, please."
Keshijo: I head back.
Hantei Dave: Karasu is clearing an area in the woods
Hantei Dave: not far from the dead part
Suzume Sousha: guess I don't haeve to do that
Hantei Dave: He lays ferns down for Udon to be placed on
Togashi Udon : "Shinjoten, you are stronger then this hate. It does not suit you, brother." (whipser when he is with me)
Hantei Dave: and sets his horse down on the side who has wild eyes from the pain
Hantei Dave: Once people settle in he leans onto a tree for the night placing his kamas far away
Hantei Dave: he says, "Why did the bearers come here?"
Hantei Dave: ...
Hantei Dave: he coughs
Togashi Udon : "We came to speak with the Elemental Masters."
Hantei Dave: "So did I..."
Suzume Sousha: And then we got sidetracked by a dragon that past overhead.
Togashi Udon : You did?
Hantei Dave: "It was no dragon. It was more terrible then that"
Hantei Dave: "It was the 3rd scroll of Fu Leng" He goes into a coughing fit
Suzume Sousha: 3rd scroll?!?!?
Keshijo: "Yogo will destroy us all..."
Hantei Dave: "His power is now ...stronger..."
Suzume Sousha: What were you going to speak to the elemental masters about?
Hantei Dave: "A great evil grows in their lands...but I do not know what. It is in Kyuden Isawa...I felt it."
Togashi Udon : That is troublesome
Hantei Dave: "I was going to warn the Masters"
Suzume Sousha: the taint?
Togashi Udon : I would imagine they would know. But light creasets shadow and light can blind, so they may be unaware.
Togashi Udon : creats
Hantei Dave: creates
Togashi Udon : whatever
Hantei Dave: "Let us hope so...."
Hantei Dave: He goes to lay back
Hantei Dave: for sleep after coughing some more
Suzume Sousha: well thats intersting to say the least
Keshijo: "How did you sense the taint in Udon?"
Suzume Sousha: to late I guess he's sleep
Togashi Udon : My Soaring Crow tattoo and by Sensing the Wa
Hantei Dave: He coughs to answer
Hantei Dave: "I have that ability. It cannot be understood by men of Rokugan."
Keshijo: "Do you know of a way to remove it?
Keshijo: "
Hantei Dave: "It is beyond the 5 elements as is my "magic"" (first time that word was used)
Togashi Udon : Try me.
Togashi Udon : I will understand.
Hantei Dave: "I cannot remove it...but I can look at it from the view of another. It is not something that is all powerful. It is but another form of powers."
Hantei Dave: "It is the power of a Kami."
Hantei Dave: "It consumes to His will."
Hantei Dave: "To His power."
Hantei Dave: "It is based on the elements. It is something that I do not need to use but can."
Togashi Udon : Which Kami? Does it matter? Are each different?
Hantei Dave: "They are all similar."
Hantei Dave: "But of different minds."
Hantei Dave: "THere are things in this world...the world beyond the one you know of equal horror...things difficult to describe."
Hantei Dave: "but Rokugan is my home."
Hantei Dave: "and where I return."
Hantei Dave: ...
Hantei Dave: He goes to rest again
Hantei Dave: rest people?
Togashi Udon : The taint is another elemental form, derived from a Kami?
Keshijo: Yes. Before the Dove wears off...
Togashi Udon : another ring?
Hantei Dave: "No, it is part of the 5 elements. There are no such thing as 'rings'"/
Hantei Dave: "It is your perspective."
Suzume Sousha: a part of the 5 elements?
Togashi Udon : Which Kami? Fe Lung?
Hantei Dave: fire wind water void earth sousha
Hantei Dave: "All Kami."
Togashi Udon : It is present in each element?
Hantei Dave: sousha is not the 6th ring
Hantei Dave: he sighs
Hantei Dave: "I...cannot explain."
Suzume Sousha: :-)
Hantei Dave: "....there are no elements."
Hantei Dave: he sighs again
Hantei Dave: he sits up
Togashi Udon : Ok, thats a start.
Togashi Udon : Wipe it clean.
Suzume Sousha: I understood the 5 elements. I was trying to figure out how the taint was a part of them
Suzume Sousha: is it because one of them is tainted
Hantei Dave: "Society....builds walls....limits. Here, there are the 5 elements. There are no walls in this world."
Hantei Dave: "no, not tainted....you think like a Rokugani."
Hantei Dave: ...he leans back
Hantei Dave: "it doesn't matter"
Hantei Dave: ...
Hantei Dave: sleep time? lol
Suzume Sousha: very well
Hantei Dave: udon? keshijo?
Hantei Dave: keshijo....keeping watch?
Togashi Udon : as long as get to grill him tomorrow.
Keshijo: Keshijo is already resting...
Hantei Dave: heheh
Hantei Dave: Karasu is trusted ^_^
Keshijo: No. Just Doved at the moment...
Hantei Dave: isn't he cool looking?
Hantei Dave: heheh
Hantei Dave: anyway, shall we end here?
Togashi Udon : we gonna stop here?
Hantei Dave: please save brian
Togashi Udon : oh, heh
Hantei Dave: seems like a reasonable place to end
Keshijo: Yeah.
Suzume Sousha: yeah