Hantei Dave: Oroku nods. The guards allow you to
enter
Hantei Dave: Oroku tells you the rules
Suzume Sousha has left the room.
Hantei Dave: Rishard is rebooting
KibagamiKuno: "Hi" "Hi" "can we join" "follow the
rules"
Hantei Dave: Oroku: "Don't cause trouble. Duels must
with permission all you forfeit your life."
Hantei Dave: "Or at least anounced."
Hantei Dave: "...and don't disturb the ogres"
KibagamiKuno: (heh, new rules)
Hantei Dave: (I think I had all them before...i think)
KibagamiKuno: (don't disturb the ogres?)
KibagamiKuno: (sounds like rule number "Shinjo"
KibagamiKuno: )
Keshijo: (That's new)
Hantei Dave: heh
Hantei Dave: "One question? why would a monk be
party to this?"
Keshijo: (I just wanted a little healthy debate....)
Hantei Dave: "Not that I mind."
Togashi Udon: Why not?
Suzume Sousha has entered the room.
Keshijo: "We all need guidance."
Hantei Dave: Oroku bows
Keshijo: "Oh, you mean Udon..."
KibagamiKuno: "And i didn't give him much of a
choice."
Hantei Dave: "My apologies. One more general
guideline. Don't ask a ronin his business....or a
monk."
Togashi Udon: Shinjoten, I will "Guide" you in the
morning... with a boot to the head!
KibagamiKuno: (lol)
Hantei Dave: (pick a speaker btw people)
KibagamiKuno: na na
KibagamiKuno: kesh? or udon?
Togashi Udon: Kesh now... i was addressed
Suzume Sousha: Oroku :-)
Keshijo: "They already hate me..."
KibagamiKuno: "is that a good thing or a bad thing?"
Hantei Dave: ...and Oku is asleep
Keshijo: "I have no idea."
KibagamiKuno: "why don't you keep irritating them
until they can't take it anymore, then we'll switch?:
Keshijo: "Okay."
Hantei Dave: (I would suggest either Kuno (with
Toturi) or Sousha (who is from a poor, ronin heavy
clan))
Hantei Dave: ok...that can work too
Hantei Dave: (as dave lags a bit)
Togashi Udon: May we rest?
Suzume Sousha: "good samurai, bad samurai routine"
Keshijo: "I need to rest a bit first though."
KibagamiKuno: same...
KibagamiKuno: rice? sleep?
Hantei Dave: ok, here's the deal. You can rest for
decent hitpoints....or pray with some fatigue in morn
Hantei Dave: or meditate also \
Togashi Udon: pary w/ fatigue
Hantei Dave: ok Udon. Make the prayer roll
Keshijo: I need my spells...
Hantei Dave: same for Keshijo
KibagamiKuno: i reflect for 1/2 hr then sleep. will
meditate tomorrow.
Hantei Dave: you all get some looks as you wind
through the ronin group
Togashi Udon: 27
KibagamiKuno: (just need to review the events of the
battles so i can study the motions tomorrow in
meditation)
Hantei Dave: One ex-lion takes a hard stare
Hantei Dave: Toturi doesn't sleep
Keshijo: 24 and 23
KibagamiKuno: hey - do we still have horses?
Suzume Sousha: "Kuno did you recognize that lion? I
don't know if I liked the look of him"
KibagamiKuno: did i know the lion who's eyes were
popping out
Hantei Dave: yes, horses are here
Hantei Dave: they are held with the other horses the
ronin brought in (or stole)
Keshijo: "I think he was staring at Ojushu."
KibagamiKuno: (i know)
Togashi Udon: D-was my role ok?
Keshijo: and my 2...
Hantei Dave: (looking something up)
Hantei Dave: a man in robes approaches you all
Hantei Dave: "You seem wearied."
Hantei Dave: "I am a healer."
Togashi Udon: (Udon is busy and does not pay
attention)
Keshijo: I look up.
KibagamiKuno: "kami's be thanked - we've come from
fighting zombies and oni in the woods"
Hantei Dave: He nods
Hantei Dave: I can help a bit.
Hantei Dave: ""
Keshijo: "Hai. Their souls have been laid to rest..."
Hantei Dave: "Who will require some help. We try to
assist each other here."
Hantei Dave: "I can only do so much"
KibagamiKuno: "Our monk bore the brunt of the oni's
rage"
Hantei Dave: 2 or 3 people
Hantei Dave: ""
KibagamiKuno: "and in turn he will be able to help
more"
KibagamiKuno: (that should ease things so you can
pray more, udon)
Togashi Udon: (Udon's not listening
-nahneenahnaa!!!)
Keshijo: "Hai. Udon is in bad shape. I am suffering
from smoke and fire. But Udon should be helped
first."
Hantei Dave: "Your weak will need to remove their
clothes and lay on the ground."
KibagamiKuno: (he's half naked as is)
Hantei Dave: (looks at Yohei)
Hantei Dave: "perhaps this man..."
Hantei Dave: (or did you forget)
KibagamiKuno: sigh... yohei may be a good place to
start
Keshijo: "Yohei as well."
Keshijo: forgot he was here...
KibagamiKuno: (yup)
Hantei Dave: He begins removing he clothes
Hantei Dave: Yoheis that is
Suzume Sousha: "perhaps I can wander through the
camp to find someone that might be able to help?"
Keshijo: (Although Yohei would probably prefer to
sleep through all of this....)
Hantei Dave: It will save time to heal a few people at
once.
Hantei Dave: ""
KibagamiKuno: as in he wants to do a mass healing?
Hantei Dave: (yohei is still uncontious)
Suzume Sousha: "Perhaps a medicine man of some
form to help out with all of our injuries?"
Hantei Dave: "Yes, a few at a time will help"
Hantei Dave: "I am afraid, not many are skilled in those
ways." he smiles
Suzume Sousha: "I figured as much"
Hantei Dave: (lag again)
Hantei Dave: better agaIN
Suzume Sousha: "one could hope""
Hantei Dave: he approaches the monk
KibagamiKuno: ok, who's next?
KibagamiKuno: "Udon..."
Hantei Dave: "Ahem. May I be of service?"
Togashi Udon: huh?
Keshijo: "Hai. Udon."
KibagamiKuno: you need to strip and lay next to yohei,
we're switching your brains
Togashi Udon: I just need...okay Kuno
Hantei Dave: no other then?
KibagamiKuno: Kesh?
Keshijo: "Hai. I need help as well."
Hantei Dave: "It will take a little time. You can sleep
while I work though."
Hantei Dave: strip down kesh
Hantei Dave: ^_-
Keshijo: Dave: Can I still get my prayers?
Togashi Udon: "Who are ... Kuno, take this... (give
tanto wrapped in silk)"
Hantei Dave: yes
KibagamiKuno: "(a healer, so that you can pray with
less pain)"
Hantei Dave: The man places his hands on the ground
near those laying down. A glow emminates (old d&d
word) from his hands
Hantei Dave: the ground fills those 3 with strength and
health
Hantei Dave: it is quite relaxing
Hantei Dave: (seems more advanced than Udon's
healing technique)
Hantei Dave: but slower too
Suzume Sousha: impressive
Hantei Dave: he doesn't even chant
Togashi Udon: (you guys gonna kick me out now?)
Suzume Sousha: lol
Suzume Sousha: (we have to get his name first)
KibagamiKuno: heh, we found a better healer, but it's
not the same as bringing an art gallery around with us.
You're easier on the eyes.
Togashi Udon: "Domo, sir"
Hantei Dave: "I'm told I'm quite handsome" he says
Keshijo: "Arrigato. What is your name sir?"
Hantei Dave: "I am a shugenja" he explains. "I
specialize in EARTH"
Hantei Dave: Udon and Kesh are upstream (south) of
the flow of traffic
Suzume Sousha: how many ogre's that is?
Hantei Dave: Kuno and sousha on the downstream
KibagamiKuno: (4)
Hantei Dave: 4 ogres
Hantei Dave: more ronin stop
Hantei Dave: ronin is still prostrated in front of Toturi
Hantei Dave: another looks wide eyed
Hantei Dave: "My Lord!" he drops too
Hantei Dave: "Its the traiter" someone says form the
crowd
Hantei Dave: from
Hantei Dave: a hum of voices start
Hantei Dave: an a circle forms
KibagamiKuno: (dave, i gesture for those who are
bowing to get up and follow his lead)
Hantei Dave: (as soon as one gets up 4 more fall back
down)
Hantei Dave: Toturi's name rings through the ranks
KibagamiKuno: "Who needs a ronin on his knees,
stand and be ready to follow that which you believe
in!"
Hantei Dave: in either a good or bad tone
Togashi Udon: (ready myself to defend)
Hantei Dave: "M-master?" says the 1st ronin crying.
"Have you come back to lead us?"
Hantei Dave: "lead?" says toturi
Keshijo: "It is your destiny, sama."
Hantei Dave: "I can..n.n o..."
Keshijo: "You must."
Keshijo: "You will."
Hantei Dave: Ogre: "EY! Whats all this!?"
Suzume Sousha: Its in your blood to lead.
Keshijo: "These men need you."
KibagamiKuno: "we all know in our hearts which way
to go. but we need you to stand in front. We will
follow, if you are there."
Keshijo: "Rokugan needs you."
Hantei Dave: "Who's holding up? Do you want to be
crushed?"
Keshijo: Dave: Where's Hakto?
Hantei Dave: (this is Hokto)
Hantei Dave: He is 30 feet away
KibagamiKuno: to ogre: "We're changing direction"
Hantei Dave: He is looking at Keshijo
KibagamiKuno: "A new way"
KibagamiKuno: "another way."
Keshijo: "The right way."
Hantei Dave: Hokto: "What?"
Hantei Dave: "There is another way..." whispers
Toturi.
KibagamiKuno: you go kesh.
Keshijo: I void him.
Togashi Udon: "I think I could go for a good
CRUSHING right now."
Hantei Dave: Toturi steps up
Hantei Dave: to Hokto
KibagamiKuno: (dave, does anyone try to stand in his
way?)
Hantei Dave: Hokto is still 20 feet away
Hantei Dave: and yes
Hantei Dave: that same ronin throws himself to Hokto's
feet
KibagamiKuno: "that same ronin"?
Hantei Dave: "Please sir. He means no harm!"
Hantei Dave: Hokto pushes him aside with his foot
Hantei Dave: "Bah! Stupid weak humans!"
KibagamiKuno: (oh, that did it....)
Hantei Dave: Toturi: "I see no weakness here!"
Keshijo: "You wanna get the boss before I finish what
you started the other day?"
Keshijo: 19 on the void Dave.
Hantei Dave: lag
Hantei Dave: back
KibagamiKuno: (dave, where are the other ogre?)
Hantei Dave: ok Keshijo
Hantei Dave: they are coming Kuno
KibagamiKuno: from our left i presume?
KibagamiKuno: (from upstream(
KibagamiKuno: 0
KibagamiKuno: )
Hantei Dave: Toturi: "I see strength! Strength I have
not seen in too long!"
KibagamiKuno: (heh, let's elect toturi the spokesman)
Hantei Dave: (yes..upstream)
Hantei Dave: "And if your men agree, by your own
laws I challenge for leadership by DUEL!"
Hantei Dave: ronin: "Sama!" bows again
Suzume Sousha: (eep)
Hantei Dave: "Not the traiter!"
KibagamiKuno: (silly lion, bound by laws)
Hantei Dave: "he is useless!"
KibagamiKuno: (hey, who said that?)
Hantei Dave: Ogre: "Duel?! Duels are a silly human
game!"
KibagamiKuno: "We humans take them pretty
seriously"
Hantei Dave: 3 ronin block Toturi
KibagamiKuno: I step forward toward them
menacingly
Hantei Dave: "We will die for our lord!"
Keshijo: "Toturi-sama, this is not the leader. He is just
an underling."
Suzume Sousha: (by the way would creatures like
ogre's have listened to toturi even back when he was
in charge?)
Hantei Dave: (they face the ogre)
KibagamiKuno: (oh, nm)
KibagamiKuno: (then they don't see me menace heh)
Hantei Dave: (they wouldn't
KibagamiKuno: (how close are the other ogre now?)
Hantei Dave: the ronin start moving back inward
Hantei Dave: from all sides
Hantei Dave: they begin arguing
Hantei Dave: Toturi: "I need their attention. I can
handle this beast." (whispers to the bearers)
Keshijo: Dave: Where is the leader?
Hantei Dave: and dave lags
Hantei Dave: Kesh: coming
KibagamiKuno: I face away from toturi and KIOP
Hantei Dave: Yohei backs away
Keshijo: "Toturi sama, That is the one you must handle."
I point to the leader.
Hantei Dave: it causes some silence Kuno
KibagamiKuno: "sama?"
Hantei Dave: Toturi: "I know. I saw their leadership"
Hantei Dave: Toturi: "I see strong men! And a noble
cause!"
Hantei Dave: "And much that must be answered for!"
Hantei Dave: "You should talk!" says a random voice
Hantei Dave: the head ogre comes over
KibagamiKuno: "And you should listen!"
Hantei Dave: Udon? still here?
KibagamiKuno: dave, where are the other ogre?
Hantei Dave: they are coming also
KibagamiKuno: kesh has the one nearby, toturi's taking
the leader, i want to void the next closest.
Togashi Udon: "A New Purpose dawns! No longer
shall this band of ronins act like worms feeding off of
poor pesents! You followed ogres, Now follow the
Thunder before the lightning!"
Suzume Sousha: There are 4 of them and 5 of us
(unless yohei is fighting)
Hantei Dave: "Yes, I have more to answer for than any
of you! And now is the time to do that!"
KibagamiKuno: soush - sounds like good odds.
Suzume Sousha: (I don't know about all that)
Hantei Dave: Toturi: "Don't bother" he whispers. "Lure
them away and seperate them. "Leave the leader for
me. I need a sword."
Hantei Dave: the other ogres step up behind the leader
and Hokto
KibagamiKuno: but there's also a couple hundred ronin
here who may turn on the ogres after toturi deals with
them
KibagamiKuno: yohie!
KibagamiKuno: yohei!
Hantei Dave: the ogres all have weapons out
KibagamiKuno: i get my sword from yohei
Keshijo: If Kuno doesn't have one I give Toturi mine.
Keshijo: I'm sure he would prefer a lion's blade.
Hantei Dave: Toturi grabs Kuno by the collar
KibagamiKuno: right, i hand him mine
KibagamiKuno: heh
Hantei Dave: and looks him in the eyes
Suzume Sousha: How far away are the ogre's from us
in feet?
Hantei Dave: roll WILL Kuno
KibagamiKuno: 19
Togashi Udon: "Toturi will show you the path!"
Suzume Sousha: or meters even
Togashi Udon: "Make something of your strength
instead of being the misguided muscle of some
terrorrizing ogres!"
Hantei Dave: to)
Hantei Dave: lag
Hantei Dave: ARG!
Hantei Dave: too long
Hantei Dave: dave rewrites it
Hantei Dave: looks kuno in the eyes:
Hantei Dave: Toturi: "Don't argue with your
commanders...like these men. Do as I say....
Hantei Dave: "Retreat with weapons drawn and taunt
them. Split them up"
Hantei Dave: "Leave the leader to me."
Hantei Dave: You failed your roll Kuno. You feel the
desire to accept
Hantei Dave: he glances at the rest of you too
Keshijo: "Hai sama."
KibagamiKuno: heh, i could have passed it and still
would have followed
Hantei Dave: "I need a sword. I will take yours."
points to Kuno's
KibagamiKuno: i back up and get a sword from yohei
as i go (my sword drawn)
Togashi Udon: "What good does frighting and looting
villages do for the plight of good against evil? The
ogres way is the way of bandits, not the way of strong
ronin!"
Keshijo: "Hokto. We have unfinished business."
Hantei Dave: (then don't argue next time Kuno)
KibagamiKuno: (he said he needed a sword, i was
getting him one)
Keshijo: Dave: I ready my Naganata.
Hantei Dave: TOturi dodges off backwards
Hantei Dave: Hokto looks at Keshijo
Hantei Dave: and draws his tetsubo
Hantei Dave: and dave lags
Hantei Dave has left the room.
Togashi Udon: "Don't argue amongst yourselves! Find
you loyalty, find your honor and you knowledge of
what is right! TOTURI
Suzume Sousha: lag lag lag
Keshijo: Dave crashed...
Suzume Sousha: figured
Togashi Udon: so we win
Suzume Sousha: when and if he comes back all the
ogres will be dead.
KibagamiKuno: laggedity lag lag
Hantei Dave has left the room.
Suzume Sousha: strange . . . he left the room twice
Keshijo: He's restarting AIM...
Suzume Sousha: as long as he's back in at least.
Suzume Sousha: probably should have rebooted after
uninstalling zone alarm
Suzume Sousha: oh well.
Keshijo: Restarting Computer now...
Keshijo: He wants to know our formation specifically.
Keshijo: The four ogres are pretty much next to each
other.
Togashi Udon: same right?
KibagamiKuno: yohei is behind us, i think the front of
our group stayed the same, but we may want to
spread out a little
Suzume Sousha: I'm not talking to him. I assume kesh
is
Togashi Udon: "Your mother was a horse! And your
father thought she was an elephant! You got looks
from mom and brains from dad you poor excuse for
an scary beast!" (was my next taunt...)
Keshijo: I was.
Keshijo: He got another call. I assumed it was one of
you...
Suzume Sousha: not I
KibagamiKuno: nope
Togashi Udon: no me
Keshijo: Okay then...
Suzume Sousha: perhaps this time its a real outtage.
Keshijo: Here he comes, I think.
Suzume Sousha: or maybe not
Hantei Dave has entered the room.
Hantei Dave: hm...this sucks
Hantei Dave: i'm here...sorta
KibagamiKuno: i agree, you're yellow
Keshijo: Ugh. Yellow bright...
Suzume Sousha: light blue to me
Togashi Udon: peach to mee
Suzume Sousha: but everyont all of a sudden changed
colors I thin
Suzume Sousha: no its my imaginiation
KibagamiKuno: i think this thing assigns colors in a
certain order
Keshijo: Udon is light blue to me... Sousha is orange,
Kuno is peach...
KibagamiKuno: udon is light blue, soush is peach, kesh
is blue
Hantei Dave: pheh
Hantei Dave: should we hold off on this fight? i seem
to still be lagging
Hantei Dave: sorry folks
Hantei Dave: its a crazy night
Suzume Sousha: ack
Suzume Sousha: Its actually nto a bad stopping point.
Its a good cliffhanger.
KibagamiKuno: we could the only catch is no-one's
sure when we'll all be around to complete the fight
Togashi Udon: i will miss many games coming up, just
so you all know
Keshijo: Ah. We could play a different night maybe?
KibagamiKuno: a tuesday perhaps?
Hantei Dave: don't mean to ruin a climax
Hantei Dave: pheh
Togashi Udon: maybe
Keshijo: Tuesday is good for me.
Hantei Dave: got a test on wednesday
Togashi Udon: i could do tues
Suzume Sousha: yeah I could do teusday.
Hantei Dave: sorry..no go
KibagamiKuno: what about a week from this coming
tues?
Togashi Udon: i could do wend
Keshijo: Okay, Tuesday after next?
Hantei Dave: thatss good
Suzume Sousha: well we could just continue on
thursday from where we left off.
Keshijo: I work Mon and Weds. evenings...
Togashi Udon: is that november?
Hantei Dave: ok...a dif day is fine with me
Hantei Dave: I want udon in it]
KibagamiKuno: no, still oct
Hantei Dave: or i would enjoy him in it
Togashi Udon: ok should be alright then
Suzume Sousha: huh . . .did I miss something?
KibagamiKuno: 28
Suzume Sousha: no game next thursday?
Hantei Dave: 'we will rescedule...sorry folks
KibagamiKuno: (why does that day sound ominous...)
KibagamiKuno: (somethings on the 28th...)
Togashi Udon: next thurs i will be away
Hantei Dave: i will email so you can all decide like that
Suzume Sousha: ahh ok
Hantei Dave: and think it out
KibagamiKuno: ok
KibagamiKuno: will save
Keshijo: Sounds good.
Togashi Udon: wait!
Keshijo: Me too.
Hantei Dave: i have something on the 28th morning
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