The Day of Thunder

Hikaru gently shook his head, although it wasn't clear what he was denying, as he turned, following Anjing. Reaching into his kimono, he drew forth a cloth. Carefully, he wiped his face with it, then wordlessly offered it to Anjing. He nodded. "I understand." Hikaru said, his voice back to its usua...

Kenji arrived at the scene a bit too late to hear the majority of the conversation, but then he'd been a bit busy. Stopping a small distance from the group, he waited until summoned to come any closer. His straw cloak servings its purpose to keep the majority of thecrain off. "Kenji, don't just sta...

"Hm." Otaku nods. "In a dangerous spot, it's not just about the horse having spirit, Lady Anjing. Training and trust between horse and rider are even more important. Tsubame," she gestures toward him again "or Xiaochen-san's Zhanshi might stand and fight under a rider they don't know. They're both ...

Hikaru turned his body, bringing his sword back for a more powerful strike... And then it was over. Apparently. Hikaru stood there, blinking, staring at Anjing. After a few moments, he sheathed his sword, a single smooth motion. "I thought I was the one with the tea." He murmured, lips quirking. "I...

"Tssk, you've given quite enough of your blood today. Let's keep the rest inside you." Day 4 MM, medicine to heal wounds on Tai, calling one raise, TN 20 | 5k4 ⇒ 29 (TN: 20) Day 4 MM, medicine roll to heall Tai, 2k1 | 2k1 ⇒ 6 (Tai heals 6 wounds) Anjing takes Tai's hand and sturdily wraps it in a pr...

"Yes, I think--" The full sense of Anjing's reply takes a moment to catch up to Otaku, preoccupied as she is with mentally flipping through the catalogue of equine bloodlines she and Shinjo were building out for the Ki-rin Champion's growing herd. She colors. "..." With a shake of her head and a so...

"True," she admitted, looking off into the distance with a small, sad smile. "And I would not presume to speak to your mindset. I only speak to my own. I was what I was. For the tribe, I was one who was sent when someone had to stop being a thorn in the side of the tribe. I was very good at what I ...

"Deep chest and good lungs," Otaku says promptly, leaning in a bit and cupping her chin in her palm. "Not too big and tall. Strong, though, especially in the hindquarters. Endurance, not speed." "Hmmm, I suppose the same goes for a partner of any species." It all sounds very sensible to Anjing. She...

The young woman took a deep breath. "I would recommend that any of you speak with Haka Tae-soo. He's not staying in camp with us, but at this point I think it should be stressed to him that for his safety he should join us. Safety in numbers and all. But he's a skilled water shugenja, who seems eag...

Once tackled, twice shy. Hikaru rose more slowly, cautiously, keeping his sword leveled at the dangerous auntie at all times. His pale eyes were narrowed as he studied Anjing's movements, ready for anything now. By the serious frown on his face, Hikaru was seriously considering her words. His lips ...

"She was in pain when questioned, pain in the head. It sounded like what Ayako described." Anjing looks troubled. "I had a hunch and from her expression, well, I don't wish to put the cart before the horse. But there is no reason she could not be possessed as well. And that Wu boy in the house with ...

Firmly. "You need some healing, you see Tai or Satsuki here. None of this villager nonsense, you don't let someone you don't trust have at you when you're vulnerable. Tai says he's suspicious, he's suspicious, end of story." Very firm indeed. "It's either good magic, or it's bad magic. And look arou...

The clash of metal sent a shock up Hikaru's arms, but not as much of one as the tackle. He grunted as the two of them fell heavily to the ground. That sort of fighting was definitely not the sort Hikaru was good at. He hit the ground with a thump, wincing as his elbow landed more heavily than it sh...

"Of course it will be, auntie Anjing," she chuckled and hugged Anjing tightly. It was a good feeling that brought back a whole lot of good memories from simpler times. Even if she was taller than Anjing now. "May your path ahead be true." "And the sun light your way." When did Satsuki get so tall? ...

Snip "Yes, it's strange, like you have to breathe harder to do anything. And if you go too high your head pounds with every heartbeat until you have stayed for a few days." Crossing her arms, cup in hand and thinking. "The trails are steep, but where we would take a horse is not quite so bad, a ste...

"That particular trick is ... above me for now," she said with a little smirk. "I am not sure that it is impossible for a monk to become to become so light as a feather they could ride the winds. But no, it is more the flow of the breeze on the ground, and how hard it can be to strike. As for what ...

As she drifted off to sleep Anjing felt her unconscious mind falling deeper and deeper until with a splash she landed in a never ending ocean of inky blackness. She was without form, a being of pure consciousness. "I can do anything." Her voiced echoed out and out, distorting and blending in with it...

"He can run, but not forever. Plenty of trackers and hunters amongst our people, we'll bring him down."

Anjing takes a deep breath, feeling slightly reinvigorated. The restoration of void or the prospect of punching Shinsei? Who could say?

Snip Anjing studies the precise defensive strokes for a half moment, eyes focusing on the pattern. It was well done, no way through without being hit. But if you were through.... No roar this time, it would ruin the point of the mud, she simply lower her shoulder and charges him center mass, taking...

Boy, wasn't that statement going to potentially be prophetic in one day's time? Not that either woman could know that yet. She laughed slightly. "No. My gifts are in healing, in bolstering the resolve of others, in moving with the flow of the Air like the wind. That said? These old cudgels can do a...