The Day of Thunder

Norikage walked the festival with a bit of a sour look in his eyes. He didn't like this, he couldn't enjoy it with the itch he had from whatever it was that was really wrong in this village.

Tsk.

Maybe Han-Hei was around. Hopefully she didn't go get herself killed doing something stupid.

An eyebrow quirked. "I am not lord of this forest to claim a place of my own, no." With an athletic roll off the branch, he landed safely on his feet. "Ryoshun Yukara, you are as I recall", he said slightly amused. He found it funny to himself, now that he had someone to push all his fears onto, he ...

Ryoshun Yukara wrote: ↑

Mon Oct 23, 2023 9:01 pm

"I see...and, no you weren't the one I accompanied, but I don't think it would have been an unpleasant trip", he answered Yukara.

Hiruma Naraku wrote: ↑

Mon Oct 23, 2023 9:35 pm

Norikage nodded along to the Hiruma's take. "Or something scared them away."

"I have little interest to try, though I doubt I will spurn the hospitality when the time comes", Norikage answered. "Something feels wrong here, not specifically here, but this town. Shinsei drew people here, is that right?" He chuckled. "I honestly didn't get the invitation, I've simply been follo...

"Plants, usually...beetles love fruit seeds too", the Scorpion said from his own tree as he looked around. "How was the river after I left? Having any trouble remembering?" He sounded amused.

Norikage was sniffing the river water, it didn't seem too strange. Well, no matter. He stood up, hearing the conversation turn to ruins, to history, to even more suspect matters. Well, here we go. "Apologies for butting in, name is Bayushi Norikage, of the Scorpion clan." He offered the others a bow...

Yes, that was right. Nice a relaxing in the creepy forest you can't see the end of, where Lady Sun's light doesn't reach. Nothing wrong about that at all. He leaned up against the tree trunk, swinging his legs off the branch he rested on and listened to the forest. Was it still too quiet, or was tha...

A Scorpion wandered toward the river. Like the others, he'd heard the warnings. Perhaps he was curious, perhaps he was coming to poke fun at superstition. It's difficult to tell with the mask covering much of his face. Seeing others gathered, and seeing they bore some manner of heraldry, he straight...

Onnatagu's Beard this place is not right. Norikage had seen thick fog before, but not so bad in the afternoon, even in a mountainous region. This wasn't it. Not it at all. He stayed in the tree, relaxing on a branch, feeling relatively safe in his position as he considered his experience in this re...

Day 1, Early Afternoon, anybody want to come watch a paranoid scorpion be paranoid? https://dayofthunder.fallenash.com/view ... f=23&t=335

Norikage was in the forest outside of the village. People used forests for a lot of reasons, to hunt, to gather wood and herbs, to venerate the small gods who live there. Forests could be dangerous, he knew, they could even be mysterious. This was completely different. It was not within his ken, he ...

So the most profound philosopher in all the damn land calls all these idiots here for a...new year's festival? There is no karmic fucking way. "Anything else about it?" he cocked his head slightly. "You said sort of , so I assume there's more to it." If one guessed there was an implication Norikage...

"I wouldn't refuse the hospitality", Norikage said and took one, he teased the little animal a bit, scratching behind it's ears. Really, he was looking around more for anything he thought strange.

"I've been curious, what is this festival called? What are you honoring when you celebrate?"

Norikage found a place a sit near the hearth fire and gave the red panda a once over.

Shit, it is kinda cute. Don't let your guard down.

"The old man must have been a woodcutter", he muttered. The snoring had been epic.

Norikage entered and watched the people, it was already a bit much. He didn't like gatherings, really.

The Scorpion bowed and entered after his companion, keeping an eye out for anything he could recognize as trouble. Unfortunately, he was kind of an idiot, but he was a trained idiot. After entering, he introduced himself. "Pleasure to meet you, Chouri-san, I'm Bayushi Norikage, this is my traveling ...

Han-Hei wrote: ↑

Sat Oct 21, 2023 2:54 am

As they walked down to the ground level and out of earshot Han-Hei turned to look at Norikage.

“Pretty shady place…”

"Shady is a word for it", he agreed. "Let's make time to talk to the village head."

Norikage stood up after his companion finished. "I have something to do as well. What time is too late for dinner?"

Norikage observed the sculptures. They impressed him, but that wasn't difficult when it came to art as he had no talent himself. He wondered how much more impressive their son might be. The world was a strange place, where people could indulge in this sort of thing. It was too foreign to his own wor...

"Everyone endures, no one quits, it's the key to being happy, eh?"

He didn't miss the look, and had a feeling he knew what it was about.

"So Daisuke-san tells me your son joined one of the clans as a sculptor?"