The Day of Thunder

You sound rather intrigued, Ai. Give the poor boy a moment to collect his thoughts, we are the ones intruding on his whirling after all. Perhaps you could answer the question yourself? The Empire or the Clan?" Anjing smiles slightly. As for Ranmaru. "So, it is not niten but rather the next step? A n...

"And the fucking donkey . . . " He looked at Anjing. "I get that one for free, right? The Donkey has strayed too close to the Filth in his attempts to beat it and it's taken control of him." He looked around the 'Aunties' and nodded. "I think that's the major points. The Baku did tell me a lot more...

When there's no reaction to the jade Anjing nods and slips it back around her neck. "You're all good Ayako, praise the fortunes. But Tai's right, if it's something corrupted inside of him it might take a while for that to manifest. If Shinsei was a strong man he could maybe hold it off for some time...

Makime crosses her arms and then allows herself a small smile. "You remember the offer I made you a few days ago. About the koans. It still stands." She made a mental note to check on her fellow daimyo later. "Closer now then ever. Fortunes grant me the opportunity to actually live a dream and now ...

"Makime and Matsu and the Imperials will need to lay plans on those findings too. No sense doing it all twice." Otaku's lips quirk wryly as she picks up her now-cooler teacup again. "Besides, it is as you said. The future's for our children. If we can't plan for that, what is the point?" She turns ...

Snip "Well, the number of power, suspicious women in the village is few, I can only really think of one. But she has been granted Imperial protection and so has been vetted. There must be more to this, perhaps some kind of demon woman?" Anjing frowns...not knowing much about demon gender and sexual...

"Don't worry, I'll be safe. Big girl who can dress myself and all." She chuckled with mirth. "And promise me you'll stay safe too, hm?" Of course, Satsuki pretended to not see Anjing ferret away some extra snacks for herself. "Oh don't worry about me, I have plenty of good Crab watching my back, an...

"Her father ..." She breathed and smiled, glad for the blindfold. It helped the ruse. And, after as many years as she had done this, she was used to telling this old lie . "His father was a very good man. Sadly, those days when we were together like that have passed long ago, in the South." It wasn...

Snip Anjing jerks back to avoid the defensive swing, forced to give ground and allow Hikaru to reset. There's a brief moment of silence as the two face one another. Hefting her weapon, face flushed and breathing hard "You're not bad with a sword, better than most I'd wager. And if this were a duel ...

Anjing continues forward, the Anjing style being focused on raw aggression, her weapon continue to threaten the Crane. "In the village today, Shinsei nearly killed one of our best warriors." She grunts, moving right and swinging a powerful blow at this side. "My niece was there, she could have died....

"I had finished my village patrol and wanted to... yes, always more training," she admitted. "And you, Obasan?" "And, apologies I have not me this Dragon, before. This one is Nanzi Ai of the Yumenosenshi, in service to the Crane." "Visiting a nice young man to offer him some support and advice." Sh...

"That's true." Otaku sips her tea in silence for a bit. "I didn't like to hear that even if we succeed, it will all be undone again. That it always gets undone. But a thousand years is still a long time for our children." She frowns. "I would not sleep in the village, friendly as they seem. Did you...

Snip "As good as any." Anjing agrees, resting a club padded with cloth on her shoulder. "You look full of energy." A coincidence or had she noticed a flush? Difficult to say. "And very clean and proper." She rolls her neck slowly before slowly stretching her shoulders. "But clean and proper won't p...

"Only Xiaochen-san and I are here from Shinjo's clan. We are few, so it's easy to stay in good order." Otaku's lips quirk. "We're used to travel. The rest of the other camp is... fine, thus far, apart from the dreams many are suffering." She takes a careful sip of the steaming tea, balancing get wa...

"Maybe! I ... don't know how tell if someone is possessed," she admitted. "I've been having bad dreams the past couple night, that something is trying to get me in them; I've heard a lot of people have. Maybe Shinsei got captured in a dream?" "If they exhibit superhuman strength and start punching ...

She couldn't say that, in many ways? Her daughter would never be her daughter again. Mayumi had been clear about that when she'd parted ways. Doing so would hold her back, would hold them both back, and her destiny demanded it. Yet, still? Maybe she was right about Nozomi, because she would always ...

Cometh the hour, cometh the Auntie. Anjing stomps into the assembly and nods politely at everyone. "Otaku, Makime. No sign of that monk yet then?" She scans turns to scan the horizon as if a yoked Shinsei might leap from the treeline at any moment and just start throwing hands. "Things are only gett...

"I take reassurance to the idea that she will always be my greater," she said with just the tiniest hint of a bitter twist in her mouth. "Of course sometimes, it stings for your child to teach you a lesson or two you didn't want to hear. As for the bird, there's no need. I am just illustrating." Ta...

Day 4 MM. medicine to patch up Ayako, base TN 15 with one raise for an additional 1k0. TN 20 | 5k4 ⇒ 18 (TN: 20) Anjing gets a little over ambitious and ends up bandaging some superficial wounds without doing any actual good. “Like a rider? Was the man possessed maybe? He did fall asleep in the gar...

"I will tell you if I ever find it," she mused with a bit of a knowing smirk. "But the secrets that I managed to glean were all things that came out of the joy of wanting to be there for my daughter, to help her be all that she could be, and to do whatever I could to keep her safe until she was old...