The Day of Thunder

“Ah, no disrespect to farmers. I just don’t like the idea of being forever known as someone’s wife and not an individual of note.” Anjing grins and claps Sukuna forcefully on the shoulder. "A monk after my own heart, I can't believe it. It's even worse when they're the size of a house, people liter...

At least the Crab seemed to value all their family. That’s a point in favor of them to Sukuna, as she can’t help but warmly smile at Anjing’s concern. “I have come to terms with it, yes. It may be dark, but if I were still with them I wouldn’t be helping people. I would have been some farmer’s wife...

Snip Makime too it gingerly, "...a whole village tries to drug us and you give me a bottle of something that actually will knock me senseless." "Very well, if we survive this you can tell your grand children about the time you saw a legend passed out drunk." She smiled, "I'll have it stricken from ...

"Truthfully?" Makime stood back up straight after shifting forward from an unexpected blow to the shoulder. She had made one of the classic blunders, never engage in banter with a Crab without first planning on being hit. "Let the records call me the biggest fool to have ever lived," She turned to ...

The sudden laugh caught the Lioness of guard. Providing Anjing with perhaps the rarest Makime sighting, the dumbfounded Makime. "Uh..." After a moment she just manages a smile, she had been letting herself get worked up. There would not be much sleep if her blood was boiling and mind racing. "If yo...

"Or perhaps head south for the clans on the other side of the mountain range that splits our Empire." By which Makime meant the Stag and Crane, "See if the Nezumi are as good of allies as the Emperor seems to hope." She shook her head, "Perhaps my people could flee into the sea if the need arose, A...

Makime snorted, "Was he clear on that? One champion. Cosmic forces are such fickle and weird things if they have to set this game up where one fights nine. I'll do what I can to support these...chosen champions, but destiny or not I am going to start making plans. I refuse to believe this is all th...

"The Crab are said to have truly genius tactics that would make even uncle Akodo blush," she teased with a small laughter. "Alright, we can walk back together, to the village then?" "I'm sure he was turning a bright red for other reasons." But that she seems to want to clarify. "Yes, back to the vi...

Makime nodded, "But what worries me is Shinsei's other comments. That despite his prophecy of destiny...defeat is still very much possible." She growls, "Nine people, Anjing, Nine people. Do you think Jigoku is going to limit itself to nine people? We find ourself in a war, something I have been pr...

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"Oho, so that's how it's going to be, huh? Trading sweets for information?" she crossed her arms over her chest, only half-managing to not smirk like an idiot. "You drive a hard bargain, mighty Anjing! But I accept." "... Just don't beat anyone up for answers, right?" "It worked often with my own c...

"Being weird and being good are not mutually exclusive. I like the Dragon princess well enough but I would prefer Ayano not look to her as any sort of example either." Makime rubbed the bridge of her nose. "I'm saying myself and other noticed a very curious incident at the festival. One that implie...

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Wed Oct 25, 2023 3:46 am

Shinsei looks amused. "It's a comfortable seat."

Anjing nods at him. Mad or not, carrying around a giant stone seat was literally an incredible flex.

Snip "They're not all weird there's-" Anjing's brow furrows. "-Well, Satsuki is a good girl. And I haven't met all of them." She shakes her head at the memory. "I just remember feeling...nice. You're saying it was part of some plot?" Her eyebrows come down thunderously. "At least you managed to hur...

Snip Anjing turns, stifling another yawn (where we these coming from?) raising an eyebrow. "Crab...auntie? Hmmmph." She looks them over for a moment with. "Your accent...Haka? Many of your people serve the Scorpion now." She doesn't bow but the newcomer does get a reasonably polite nod, at least by...

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Wed Oct 25, 2023 1:08 am

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Anjing takes a moment to adopt her most polite tone before calling out to the holy man.

"What role does your stone play in all of this?"

A magical artifact? A symbol of humility? A pretty impressive weight-lifting regime? She was deeply curious.

"Prayer can solve many things, and we shouldn't ignore its powers, but there is more power in doing something yourself than praying to a higher power all the time," Satsuki said with a smirk. At least she had learned those Dragon-lessons well. "I'll do my part to investigate this strange mist thoug...

"It is strange, yeah, but maybe the river wasn't like that when they settled down here. Certainly a question to ask in my investigation into this." She couldn't help but to join Anjing in scowling at the mist. "I get the impression it's always been foggy here though, from how the folks here speak. ...

"I don't think the people themselves are bad here," she mused her thoughts out loud, "but rather, it's the village itself. The land even perhaps? There's weird stuff going on. I've been told you shouldn't drink the water from the river here, but from the well instead. And then there's this blasted ...

"A smile could also be a weapon then. Who would auntie Anjing warn me to be careful of then, here in this village?" This totally-not-sus village. "It's easier to tell you who to trust. My people, your people, folks you know personally. Makime and the Hikaru boy seem alright. Everyone else, you keep...