Hida Oku: GAME ON!
Hantei Dave: whew
Hantei Dave: game on indeed
Hantei Dave: am I late on some ex?
Hantei Dave: lol
Keshijo: So, what clan can I get to hunt me next?
KibagamiKuno: ok, we are ready
Hantei Dave: soooooo.....
Hantei Dave: you make it to the top of the magic mountain as josh calls it
Suzume Sousha: :-)
Hantei Dave: he isn't quite right since its a volcano
Suzume Sousha: are there rides and stuff?
Keshijo: Sousha mysteriously reveals he was disguised as Udon...
Suzume Sousha: :-)
Hantei Dave: yeah...Micky in full armor
Suzume Sousha: I think I see 6 flags at the top of the mountain
KibagamiKuno: dragon, lion, crane, crab, scorpion, phoenix
Hantei Dave: you climb the top and look across the valley center of the volcano
KibagamiKuno: but no badger and no unicorn
Hantei Dave: Togashi Kyuden,
Hantei Dave: not quite as high as you are now but seemingly impossible to find from any other direction
Hantei Dave: it might be an optical illusion since it actually LOOKS higher than you at certain angles
Hantei Dave: in any case, it is a magnificient palace...perhaps not as great as Bayushi Kyuden
KibagamiKuno: an optical illusion? here?
Hida Oku: are we still bloody?
Hantei Dave: yes....scratched up badly but also rejuvinated
Hantei Dave: some worse than others
Keshijo: Bayushi Kyuden.... Always wanted to visit there...
Suzume Sousha: as I am perfectly fine :-)
Hantei Dave: some say Bayushi palace is greater than Otosan Uchi...but they say that quietly ^_-
Keshijo: I am hurting...
Keshijo: I can't speak loudly...
Hantei Dave: Sousha is down 10 points
Hantei Dave: WHACK!!!!!
Keshijo: It must have been me...
Suzume Sousha: :-)
Hantei Dave: you can never speak loudly
Suzume Sousha: Ow . . . I think God has it in for me.
Hantei Dave: well, you limp to the palace
Hantei Dave: when you get their you find the gates open
Keshijo: Can I at least keep the blood out of my eyes?
Hantei Dave: it took you about another hour of walking
Hantei Dave: sure kesh
Hantei Dave: but it IS actually here...lol
Hida Oku: <hobble, hobble>
Hantei Dave: It is a dark calming place
Hantei Dave: very few people are here
Hantei Dave: those that are, are Ise Zumi
Hantei Dave: ...walking, doing duties....training
Hantei Dave: Udon greets his brothers and is lost in conversation ^_-
Hantei Dave: with the other tattooed monks
Hida Oku: as long as he's not lost on the mountain
Keshijo: Again...
Hida Oku: we'll never find him
Hantei Dave: a monk comes up to you all
KibagamiKuno: which means we'll never find our own way..
Keshijo: Kuno: We'll just have to stay here... :-)
KibagamiKuno: tell that to this monk
Keshijo: I bow to the monk.
KibagamiKuno: [bow]
Hantei Dave: "Welcome to the
Suzume Sousha: bow
Hantei Dave: he smiles
Keshijo: I smile through the pain.
Hida Oku: <smile, bleed, smile>
Suzume Sousha: :-)
Hantei Dave: "The path is long and soon not to be finished. You should clean. Rooms are up stairs to the left."
Keshijo: I greet you honorable Sir.
Keshijo: I am Shosuro Keshijo, Demon Hunter.
Hantei Dave: "and I honorably greet you"
Hantei Dave: "I am Togashi Toro"
KibagamiKuno: (food names must be in style...)
Hantei Dave: is toro a food? lol
Hantei Dave: just made it up
KibagamiKuno: (tuna belly)
Keshijo: (I was thinking lawn mowers...)
Hantei Dave: hehehe
Keshijo: I introduce my friends.
Suzume Sousha: I bow again during the intro of my name
Hantei Dave: "Well, I must be tending to the hedges now. Togashi Yokuni awaits when you are prepared."
Keshijo: I thank you for your hospitality.
Hantei Dave: "Then its on to gutting fish"
Hida Oku: Thank you. . . time to get cleaned up!
Hantei Dave: Toro bounds away
Keshijo: Bounds?
Hantei Dave: hop hop hop
KibagamiKuno: (flop flop flop)
Keshijo: Was he tatooed?
Keshijo: Or is he a frog?
Hantei Dave: all Ise Zumi are tattooed almost head to toe
Keshijo: Is he an Ise Zumi?
Hantei Dave: all people here are ise zumi
Keshijo: I'm not...
Hantei Dave: but it is rather quiet for a palace
Hantei Dave: the mad tatooist runs out to get keshijo
KibagamiKuno: heheh, you will be soon
Keshijo: Cool. I need a disguise... :-)
Suzume Sousha: LOL
KibagamiKuno: tatoo a mask on his face, so that every time he touches it, a mask appears.
Hantei Dave: anyway, you all enter the palace. It is about
Hantei Dave: the walls and floor are a smooth dark stone
Hantei Dave: and the first chamber is more like a monastary
Hantei Dave: no one is assisting you
KibagamiKuno: i go up the stairs
Suzume Sousha: hmmm . . . I'll follow.
Hantei Dave: The stairs arre easy enough to find
Hantei Dave: room after room lines the hallways
Keshijo: Stairs it is. And to the left....
Hantei Dave: shoju screens make up most of the walls up on this floor
Hantei Dave: all shoji screen doors are closed
KibagamiKuno: any indication which rooms are ours?
Suzume Sousha: or if anyone is in them
Hantei Dave: no. They all look the same
Hantei Dave: a faint light can be seen in a few rooms only
Keshijo: I keep going left...
Hantei Dave: it is oddly quiet here
Suzume Sousha: is there anyplace else to go or is this all that is on this floor?
KibagamiKuno: keshijo goes in a circle
Keshijo: I stop at the leftmost door.
Hantei Dave: you finally walk a circle through the hallways
Hantei Dave: Keshijo stops
Hantei Dave: after passing about 50 doors
Keshijo: Hmm...
Suzume Sousha: wow!
Keshijo: How left did he say to go?
Hantei Dave: you walked a circle on this floor ^_^
KibagamiKuno: I walk up to the first door past the stairs
Hantei Dave: well?
KibagamiKuno: light on or off?
Suzume Sousha: keep going keshijo . . u didn't walk left enough
Hantei Dave: off
Hantei Dave: only 22 lights were on
KibagamiKuno: i rap lightly, kneel, and slide the screen
KibagamiKuno: partly open.
Hantei Dave: Kuno: it is the most plain room you have ever seen
KibagamiKuno: is it inhabitted?
Hantei Dave: a floor. A small table. A candle
Hantei Dave: and empty
KibagamiKuno: no books/notes/clothes/etc?
Hantei Dave: big enough for 3 at best
Hida Oku: these are our rooms?!?!
Keshijo: Do they mind that I'm bleeding on everything?
Hantei Dave: no books, notes, etc
KibagamiKuno: keshijo, hida, perhaps you should take this room
Hantei Dave: there is a window though Kuno
KibagamiKuno: less blood spread about
Keshijo: I like windows...
Hantei Dave: though it you can see a magnificnent garden in back with a huge dragon water fountain
Suzume Sousha: any people?
Hantei Dave: the Clouds are out tonight and it is a little windy
Hantei Dave: there are a few ise zumi training in the garden and about 4 more meditating
KibagamiKuno: i go over to the next door on the left and do the same thing
Hantei Dave: like noone has many cares
Hantei Dave: Kuno: same type of room
Hantei Dave: bland
Keshijo: How far from the window to the ground?
Hantei Dave: what do you call those japanese structures with the funky roofs?
KibagamiKuno: pagoda?
Hantei Dave: yeah
KibagamiKuno: window?
Hantei Dave: outside the window the first pagoda level
Hantei Dave: it is about 25 feet from the ground
Hantei Dave: no trees to jump too
Keshijo: Hmm..
Suzume Sousha: cool
Suzume Sousha: unless we are being setup to be killed
KibagamiKuno: ok, i enter the 2nd room.
Hantei Dave: the entire palacce is about 4 floors high
Keshijo: Where is the water in relation to the room?
Hantei Dave: not the biggest palace
Hantei Dave: the fountain is kinda far...to jump into that is ^_-
Hantei Dave: so don't consider it
KibagamiKuno: how warm is it?
Suzume Sousha: I feel more and more like we are going to have to do some butt kicking soon
Suzume Sousha: :-)
Hantei Dave: go down and find out
Hantei Dave: the air outside is cool but still pleasent
Keshijo: Is not that I don't trust the Dragons, it's just that I'm hunted and don't trust anyone at the moment...
Hantei Dave: a knock on your doors.....
Hantei Dave: not that you closed them
Keshijo: I answer.
Keshijo: Greetings.
KibagamiKuno: greet
Hantei Dave: "Greetings. I am Togashi Roju. I have been told by Togashi Yokuni that he awaits your visit within the hour."
Suzume Sousha: thank you.
Hantei Dave: "Can I bring you something?"
Suzume Sousha: Where can he be found.
Suzume Sousha: or will u get us and bring us to him?
Hantei Dave: "I will take you up to his chamber when you are ready."
Hantei Dave: "You seem hurt. Would you like new clothes?"
Hida Oku: very much, thank you
KibagamiKuno: perhaps a bowl of water to clean up with
Keshijo: Yes, thank you.
Suzume Sousha: PErhaps some bandages for my friends wounds.
Hantei Dave: "Please feel free to use the fountain for bathing. It is heated by the springs."
KibagamiKuno: domo
Hida Oku: ah, i will do so
KibagamiKuno: [bow]
Hantei Dave: "I will try to locate some clothes for you all."
Keshijo: bow
Hida Oku: bow
Hantei Dave: "Breakfast is at
KibagamiKuno: :-)
Hantei Dave: He bows a bit and walks off.
KibagamiKuno: I exit after he leaves and go out to the fountain
Hida Oku: me too
Hantei Dave: anyone else?
Suzume Sousha: hmmmm . . .
Suzume Sousha: I'll follow
Keshijo: Yes. I'll go to the fountain.
Suzume Sousha: just because I don't want to be alone here
Suzume Sousha: still leary
Hantei Dave: whew...nice and easy then
KibagamiKuno: Ha. A good bath, a nice little meeting, and then maybe rice!
Hantei Dave: you go down to the garden. The fountain is breathtaking. A jade and emerald dragon with gold outlines spews warmed water
KibagamiKuno: now nobody screw up the meeting - i don't want to be kicked out before breakfast.
Hantei Dave: the fountain itself is very big. It can easily hold 20 people
Suzume Sousha: I will keep silent then and not screw anything up :-)
Hantei Dave: and is about 3 feet deep
Suzume Sousha: can we get kicked out after breakfast?
KibagamiKuno: yes.
Hantei Dave: two ise zumi are already in the fountian
KibagamiKuno: greetings - may we join you?
Hantei Dave: one is a young relaxed fellow
Hantei Dave: the other is an old man with black eyes
KibagamiKuno: (where's noodle?)
Hantei Dave: and tattooes covers his body more than any other ise zumi here
Hantei Dave: they are both in Great shape
Hantei Dave: the younger one: "It is not out place to give permission."
Hantei Dave: out
Hantei Dave: our
Hantei Dave: grrrr
Hida Oku: i bathe
KibagamiKuno: "nor is it mine to infringe on the meditations of another - but oku-san is already in, i guess it is too late"
Suzume Sousha: I wait for a bit and look around
KibagamiKuno: I take off my gi, etc.
Hantei Dave: you need to leave your weapons lying on the side you know
Hantei Dave: sousha: it is quiet here
Hida Oku: yes
Suzume Sousha: I stand by there weopons.
Hida Oku: but i will stay near my clothes
Hantei Dave: The old man: "A badger and tiger bathing together? How odd."
KibagamiKuno: all but one. I hold that one, wrapped in cloth, in my hand and tuck my hand behind my head to not be overly goofy looking
Keshijo: I get in as well.
Hida Oku: badger?
Suzume Sousha: I stay by the weopons.
Hantei Dave: Sousha stands suspiciously
Hantei Dave: "...and whats this? A nat?"
Hantei Dave: says the old man
KibagamiKuno: "many put aside their differences at the common watering holes - there are not enough of them to squabble over"
KibagamiKuno: "if only men were as wise as animals"
Hantei Dave: "This bath is the same as the ocean. It is still too small to argue over."
Hantei Dave: "Master?" Says the younger man. "Which is the badger?"
Hantei Dave: old man: "The one that bites more often."
Keshijo: I just listen to the conversation...
Hantei Dave: They sit quietly for a moment
Hantei Dave: The old man leans his head back to relax
Hantei Dave: "HO!" He attacks the younger man with a punch.
Hida Oku: badger...Many of the Kaui respect and admire the badger, for they never tire of their construction duties
Keshijo: (somehow I was expecting that...)
Hantei Dave: The younger man blocks to the side and jumps strait up to the dragons head
KibagamiKuno: observe passively
Suzume Sousha: they don't happen to change into a girl and panda in the water do they?
KibagamiKuno: heh
Hida Oku: lol!
Keshijo: Hehe
KibagamiKuno: this is a hot-spring, it's OK
Hantei Dave: hehehe
Keshijo: If they do I'm leaving... :-)
Suzume Sousha: ahhh . .. just chekcin
Hida Oku: a chicken?
Suzume Sousha: checking
Hantei Dave: The young man hops back down
Hantei Dave: "Time for rest I think."
Suzume Sousha: that would have been a cool complication though . . . get splashed and change into an animal or soemthing
Hantei Dave: says the older man
Hantei Dave: "A word of warning to visitors."
Keshijo: (Like Pantyhose...)
KibagamiKuno: (beware the cursed springs of jusenkyo, out back...)
Hantei Dave: "Climbing is not the same as falling."
Hantei Dave: (don't worry....no more long winded mountain walks ^_-)
Keshijo: (I don't think I'd live through another...)
Hantei Dave: The 2 Ise Zumi leave. As he stands, you can see the magnificient tattoo work across the old man's body
Hantei Dave: it is a pure art
KibagamiKuno: goodnight, sama.
Hantei Dave: it depicts a huge story that would take many hours to begin to understand
Hantei Dave: "Hai.
Hantei Dave: "
Hantei Dave: Another Ise Zumi walks up. "Togashi Rimu told me you have arrived. We have met before. I am Mitsu. I spoke to you at Otosan Uchi."
Hantei Dave: "Here are the clothes you requested
Keshijo: (The girl?)
Hantei Dave: He hands you yelow and green kimono's
KibagamiKuno: good evening, thank you for the invitation - the journey was well worth it.
Hantei Dave: no. Togashi Mitsu was the one doing most the talking
Hantei Dave: Here are fabrics to bandage yourselves
Keshijo: Ah.
Hantei Dave: it is a hard climb isn't it?
KibagamiKuno: (was the invite not a group thing on their part?)
Keshijo: I thank you.
Hida Oku: thank you
KibagamiKuno: deceptively hard.
Hantei Dave: Josh: yes...but only one really spoke
Hantei Dave: The Climb is easier the longer you stay here
Hantei Dave: "But i suspect you won't be staying long."
Keshijo: "Why is that?"
KibagamiKuno: "ha! fate!"
Hantei Dave: "It is not your way" ^_^
KibagamiKuno: "and our big mouths"
Hantei Dave: "Yes Kuno. I suppose it is fate."
Suzume Sousha: BREAKFAST!
Suzume Sousha: :-P
Hantei Dave: "Togashi Yokuni awaits."
Hantei Dave: "I will lead you."
Keshijo: I get dressed.
Hantei Dave: and dirty sousha stays dirty sousha
Suzume Sousha: I help anyone with ther bandages that needs help
Keshijo: And collect my things.
Keshijo: Don't want to litter...
Hantei Dave: you all prepare
KibagamiKuno: yes
Hantei Dave: and gather your things
Hantei Dave: Mitsu leads you up the stair case again
Hantei Dave: he walks you to a large set of double doors with an intricate pattern of 5 dragons circling
Hantei Dave: He says,
Keshijo: (drummroll....)
Hantei Dave: "Behind these doors is the room leading to Togashi Yokuni's chambers."
Hantei Dave: "I suggest you stay on tthe path." He gives a little sarcastic smirk
Hantei Dave: Mitsu walks away
KibagamiKuno: and in we go...
Keshijo: I stray off the path!
Keshijo: Just kidding...
Hantei Dave: Keshijo is lost and picking a fight with an ise zumi!
Hantei Dave: heheh
Hantei Dave: who opens?
Keshijo: Typical of him... :-)
Keshijo: I'll open it.
Hantei Dave: The room is pitch black
Hantei Dave: you can make out the faint outline of pillars on both sides
Suzume Sousha: brb in a minute
Keshijo: I lead us in...
KibagamiKuno: ok
Hantei Dave: anyone doing anything special?
Hantei Dave: drawing weapons?
Hantei Dave: magic?
Hantei Dave: etc
Keshijo: "Why do they keep such beautiful pillars in the dark?"
Hantei Dave: your voice echos keshijo
Hida Oku: no, but I have acute vision
Hida Oku: and hearing....
Hida Oku: anyone else here?
Keshijo: (That's a new thing to me...)
Hantei Dave: you hear a breeze though the pillars
KibagamiKuno: no, i don't think i'm drawing any weapons!
Hantei Dave: every step echos
KibagamiKuno: we walk forward...
Hantei Dave: you walk off a bit. The doors behind you shut
Keshijo: I recite some of Kuno's poetry....
Hantei Dave: make awairness rolls
KibagamiKuno: awareness for what?
Hantei Dave: vision
Hida Oku: 26
KibagamiKuno: heh, sucky 22
Hantei Dave: i mean perception
Hantei Dave: thanks brian
Keshijo: 23
KibagamiKuno: My fate is poems from here to the mountaintop presents in the rock
Suzume Sousha: back
Hantei Dave: you are in an even darker room now
Keshijo: I look around...
KibagamiKuno: i kneel down.
Hantei Dave: you can barely make out the strait line you need to walk
KibagamiKuno: I close my eyes, take off my sandals, and place them next to me
Keshijo: "I think we need to stay on the path..."
KibagamiKuno: i am not leaving the path, i am simply staying at this point of it for a moment.
Suzume Sousha: I agree. . . perhaps each of us should put a hand on the others shoulder as we walk
Keshijo: I light my lantern.
Suzume Sousha: I forgot about the torches :-P
Keshijo: (Duh!)
Hantei Dave: The room appears in a soft glow.....it is a huge room that still ends in darness before you and to the sides
Keshijo: "Now we can behold the architecture"
Hantei Dave: the ceiling also goes higher than the light allows
Keshijo: "Anyone have a rock?"
Suzume Sousha: shuriken
Hantei Dave: you can make out about 20 pillars before the light ends abruptly
Suzume Sousha: why?
KibagamiKuno: I bow to my left.
Hida Oku: damn magic castle
Hantei Dave: a breeze kicks up a bit
Keshijo: "Nevermind. Wanted to throw it to see if the walls were reachable."
Hantei Dave: everyone...kuno is bowing
Keshijo: "I think it may not be a good idea though..."
Hantei Dave: still on your knees kuno?
KibagamiKuno: yes, it would be a relatively low bow.
Hantei Dave: ok
KibagamiKuno: appropriate for anything of high rank other than my daimyo or the emperor.
Hantei Dave: You all here a clawing of a wall
Suzume Sousha: I bow as well then
Hantei Dave: but can't pinpoint from where
Suzume Sousha: a bit late
Suzume Sousha: :-P
Hantei Dave: the room seems designed to throw off sound
Hantei Dave: you here nails raking on rock
Keshijo: Does the path continue?
Hantei Dave: yes....the path continues
Keshijo: "Let's keep going"
KibagamiKuno: i put my sandals back on, rise, and follow to the place where we're supposed to stop and bow some more.
Hida Oku: onward, then
Hantei Dave: ok...you continue on
Keshijo: Yes
Keshijo: onward.
Hantei Dave: eventually you reach another set of double doors with a carvin of a plum on the door
Hantei Dave: anyone?
Keshijo: I open the doors.
Hantei Dave: You open the doors and enter a large domed chamber with a black glassy floor and walls.
Keshijo: Maybe I should've knocked first...
Hantei Dave: the ceiling looks like a great domes window showing every star above Rokugan
Hantei Dave: even though it wasn't this clear outside the palace
Keshijo: I look for the Scorpion constellation.
Hantei Dave: you see no moon even though there should be one
Hantei Dave: keshijo: it is there
KibagamiKuno: it's not about the moon - duh :-)
Keshijo: I give a silent prayer for my clan.
Hantei Dave: A greeat black staircase ascends about 5 feet up in the center to an alter where Togashi Yokuni sits on an obsidian throne
Keshijo: I bow.
Hantei Dave: He is like the perfect sculpted man
Hantei Dave: even taller than the great bear Hida Kisada
Suzume Sousha: wow
Hida Oku: !!
Keshijo: Is he tatooed?
KibagamiKuno: bow
Hantei Dave: He is covered in green and gold armor
Hantei Dave: his face can't be seen through a gian kabuto (helmet) except for two bright yellow eyes
KibagamiKuno: (umm, is that a living person, btw, or a statue?)
Hantei Dave: shining like one of the stars
KibagamiKuno: (nm)
Keshijo: (He seems like a Scorpion.... )
Hantei Dave: he looks like a statue until he stands
Suzume Sousha: wow
Hantei Dave: Udon walks up from behind him and joins the rest of you
Hida Oku: <prostrate>
Hantei Dave: http://www.geocities.com/hantei4/characters/togashimodel.jpg
Keshijo: (What does Udon do?)
Hantei Dave: He stands next to and smiles
Hantei Dave: to you
Hantei Dave: Togashi speaks and his voice booms in your heads
Hantei Dave: but you are not sure if he actually speaks
KibagamiKuno: (bowing like before)
Hantei Dave: "A great plague descends upon Rokugan. The first scroll of Fu Leng has been opened. "
Hantei Dave: "A time of heroes comes again…a second Day of Thunder, a time of unification and realization…and chaos. "
Keshijo: My jaw drops.
Hantei Dave: The Emerald Throne has been fractured. The karmic wheel turns.
Hantei Dave: a wind flows through the room briefly
Hantei Dave: anyone saying anything?
Suzume Sousha: on phone so I may not be speaking much at the moment
KibagamiKuno: (what's to say?)
KibagamiKuno: (hai?)
Keshijo: So the Yogo have failed in their duty...
Keshijo: And the dark one will arise...
Keshijo: Shoju was right...
Hantei Dave: "The Scroll was opened by Yogo Junzo. Scorpion traitor."
Hantei Dave: "Even now he twists."
Hantei Dave: "and attempts to open the next scroll."
Hantei Dave: Udon looks sad
Keshijo: The Yogo were always doomed to betray those they love most...
Keshijo: A curse is on their family, some say.
Hantei Dave: "When Shoju died, Yogo Junzo seeked power."
KibagamiKuno: Then should we not proceed as if all scrolls are soon to be opened?
Hida Oku: Junzo must be stopped
Hantei Dave: "The other 11 scrolls will take time."
Hantei Dave: "In the first days, Shinsei asked and the Seven Thunders gathered themselves. "
Hantei Dave: "The element of surprise is now gone and the gathering must begin again. "
Hantei Dave: "The Tanto Bearers have been chosen by fate alone."
Hantei Dave: The wind blows again but it seems as it is Yokuni's own breath
Hantei Dave: He steps down the staircase slowly
Hantei Dave: barefoot
Keshijo: If only Toturi had waited as we asked...
Hantei Dave: "Toturi is gone."
Keshijo: I look at him puzzled.
Hantei Dave: "He travels the new path."
Hantei Dave: "of nowhere."
Keshijo: "I thought he claimed the throne?"
KibagamiKuno: who stands in his place?
Hida Oku: he is no longer the head of the lion clan?
Hantei Dave: "The Emporor, Hantei the 39th."
Hantei Dave: His eyes increase in brightness
Keshijo: Shoju was right.
KibagamiKuno: Keshijo, is he whom you would refer to as the second?
Hantei Dave: "The Lion are not one."
Hantei Dave: "It was Toturi that was 2nd."
Hantei Dave: "When the last Akodo falls so shall the Empire."
KibagamiKuno: "How shall we know the third before he rises?
KibagamiKuno: "
Hantei Dave: "Your name is gone with the lost wolf Kuno."
Keshijo: The third will be Hantei the 39th.
Hantei Dave: "The third is known without words."
Keshijo: The scrolls are being opened, heralding the return of the dark one.
Hantei Dave: "He sits upon the throne and cannot be named."
Hantei Dave: Udon: "Then we must kill him!"
Hantei Dave: Yokuni: "You cannot."
Hantei Dave: "It is not your path."
Hantei Dave: He steps close to you all
Hantei Dave: Yokuni is massive
Hantei Dave: and still his face is mostly hidden
Hantei Dave: except for his chin which doesn't move
Hantei Dave: "Your role is clear. Though they are the Seven Thunders, they do not know it yet. It was decided who they are:"
Hantei Dave: "son of the Bear, Hida Yakamo"
Hantei Dave: "the wolf formally known as Akodo Toturi"
Hantei Dave: "battle maiden, Otaku Kamoko"
Hantei Dave: "Master of Earth, Isawa Tadaka"
Hantei Dave: "the vengeful Dragon, Miramoto Hitomi"
Hantei Dave: "Crane prodigy, Doji Hotori"
Hantei Dave: "mother of Scorpions, Kachiko"
Hantei Dave: He pauses
KibagamiKuno: How are we to assist them in finding the path to defeat Fu Leng?
Hantei Dave: "The path is covered by dirt. It must be cleared."
Hantei Dave: "The seven must become one before Fu Leng covers the land. "
Hantei Dave: " It must be done by example. Can the broken hammer repair the broken katana? "
Hantei Dave: "The Emerald Throne is fractured like the Tanto Bearers…"
Hantei Dave: "only when the healing is allowed can the Thunders be one."
Hantei Dave: everyone make will rolls
Suzume Sousha: does that mean a new emperor must rise first?
Hantei Dave: "A dark emporer."
Suzume Sousha: 17
KibagamiKuno: What will be the number of the tanto bearers (17)
Keshijo: Any skill?
Hida Oku: 17
Suzume Sousha: wow!
Hantei Dave: anything that withstands a presence
Suzume Sousha: everyones roll sucked
Keshijo: Concentration?
Hantei Dave: "The tanto bearers are 9. But the Way is blocked." He turns to Oku
Keshijo: maybe...
Hantei Dave: concentration is ok to add
Hantei Dave: new numbers?
Keshijo: Okay. 23.
Hida Oku: 26
Suzume Sousha: 19
KibagamiKuno: how shall the tantos be distributed to unblack that way?
Suzume Sousha: er 24
KibagamiKuno: (unblock)
Hida Oku: Why always me?
Hida Oku: what do I block?
Hantei Dave: You all have difficulty looking at Togashi Yokuni
KibagamiKuno: w/ concentration makes 20
Hantei Dave: Sousha: you can make eye contact still
Hantei Dave: and Oku
Hantei Dave: Yokuni looks deep into Oku's eyes
Hantei Dave: "…only when the healing is allowed can the Thunders be one."
Hantei Dave: Yokuni looks up at the stars
Hantei Dave: In Death
Hantei Dave: In Redemption
Hantei Dave: In Forgiveness
Hantei Dave: In Failure
Hantei Dave: In The Way
Hantei Dave: In Faith
Hantei Dave: In Reincarnation
Hantei Dave: We Are One
Hantei Dave: He pauses
Keshijo: You are one as well?
Hantei Dave: "I am Togashi Yokuni."
Hantei Dave: "The Evil will appear to you in four months. "
Hantei Dave: "You must face yourselves and see the rise of destruction. "
Hantei Dave: "You have ascended the mountain as one but must now be descended as many for the one. "
Hantei Dave: "will know the end of days by the return of Fu Leng."
Hantei Dave: His eyes dim a bit
Hantei Dave: He turns and begins walking back to the stairs
Hantei Dave: He begins to walk up
Hantei Dave: to the throne
Hantei Dave: anyone got anything to say?
Suzume Sousha: just wow
KibagamiKuno: on such a perilous and important mission
KibagamiKuno: finding the path and guidance along it
KibagamiKuno: will be of the utmost importance
KibagamiKuno: can you give
KibagamiKuno: us guidance in this?
Hantei Dave: (dave ponders that one)
KibagamiKuno: The weight of this land...
Keshijo: What of the fallen Tanto bearer?
KibagamiKuno: would be unjustly served should we stumble along the way
Hantei Dave: "Become the riddle" says Togashi
Hantei Dave: "The tanto bearers are of fate. To fall is fate."
Hantei Dave: "To take up is fate."
KibagamiKuno: to guide is also fated
Hantei Dave: "The Seven Thunders, are not of fate....yet."
Suzume Sousha: Are you of fate?
Hantei Dave: "I am before fate."
Keshijo: Are you a Thunder?
Hantei Dave: "I am Togashi Yokuni."
KibagamiKuno: (see list A, appendix T)
Hantei Dave: hehehe
Suzume Sousha: LOL
Hantei Dave: He sits on his throne
Keshijo: One of the first?
Hantei Dave: "One of the last."
Hantei Dave: His eyes dim to nothing
Suzume Sousha: Togashi-san can you tell us where we should go next on our journey?
Suzume Sousha: doh
Hantei Dave: and he again becomes much like a staue
Hantei Dave: statue
Keshijo: Hmmm....
Keshijo: Magical Mountain, Magical Man...
KibagamiKuno: [bow], turn to leave
Hantei Dave: Udon: "We should go I think. He has lended us his wisdoms and it feels enough if he just smiles alone."
Suzume Sousha: I turn to my companions "Does anyone have any ideas?"
Hida Oku: blah
Keshijo: Let's find the other Tantos...
KibagamiKuno: yes, lets follow the same path out
Suzume Sousha: I agree with udon . . . I dont want to offend him
Hantei Dave: hehehe
Suzume Sousha: bow and turns to leave
Keshijo: Wasn't there one in the
Hantei Dave: if you guys wanna keep going I could do another half hour
Suzume Sousha: actually I might want to go soon. I haven't eaten yet and I wanted to get chinese
Hida Oku: I actually have got to get going soon
Keshijo: I bow and turn to leave.
KibagamiKuno: is there anything more we need to do as a group here?
Hantei Dave: ok....the next part was kind of extra anyway...maybe I'll email it real quick
Hantei Dave: it is small
Suzume Sousha: we can discuss what to do next . . . thats about all I can think of
Hantei Dave: now you guys can spend some of the hard earned koku for the next few months
KibagamiKuno: let's agree to a place to meet when we know it is time (and lets all assume we'll know when that is)
Hantei Dave: togashi gave you 4 months
KibagamiKuno: there yah go.
Hantei Dave: ...and yes, I'll catch up on experience
KibagamiKuno: 4 months, then let's meet somewhere...
Keshijo: Four months to prepare for the dark one.
Hida Oku: by the way, what did we get for the last (2) games?
Hida Oku: ah
Hida Oku: forget it
Hantei Dave: oku: I'll email it to everyoone....sorry all...i apologize
Keshijo: Or four months to start our quest?
KibagamiKuno: we need exp for last week and today i believe.
Hantei Dave: 4 months vacation and THEN quest!!!!!!
Suzume Sousha: our quest started many moons ago as far as I'm concerned
KibagamiKuno: (keshijo - 4 months before we must quest)
Hantei Dave: ok.....take 3 for today
Hantei Dave: simple
Hantei Dave: 3 EXP for todays talk
Hida Oku: ok.... I'll see you all later! 4 months from now! (next week)
Hantei Dave: hehhe....we'll do some solos and stuff next
Hida Oku: oh, ok
Hantei Dave: or some small groups
