The Day of Thunder

"Really?" Ayako said curiously. "It is so beautiful. Has it been in your family for generations? There must be some story behind it." He scratches his chin, "I suppose it has in a certain sense. The bow was handed down not by blood family but by my soul. It is unlikely that she who first picked it ...

"If our enemy exists within a realm of dreams and imaginations, well I think it's important that we keep our spirits up, and our thoughts directed towards victory and hope." While she was smiling, she was clearly determined with those words. "I hope I get the chance to talk more with you again, Sug...

He looks at the bow, "Honestly I'm not sure it could be broken, at least not easily, it has survived many lifetimes."

She fishes out a water skin and takes a swig before offering it to Sugri. "Like a sensei? Many of our older warriors end up doing the same when they become to infirm to serve in battle, it is an honourable position, although the transition can be hard. Setting aside a lifetime of battle and travel ...

"That seems the way of things. Many of the foolish tend to die before their time anyway, most of us anyway." She shrugs off her pack for a moment, stretching her shoulders and enjoying the fog equivalent of a 'view'. "I hope my children will be wiser than I was. Much depends on them understanding t...

That at least made sense, you pray to the fortunes and if you pray right the fortunes will respond. "If you don't look up to anyone as wiser, you're probably an idiot. And if nobody looks up to you as wise...well you're either young or an idiot." So spoke the wise Anjing "I'm not sure if age really...

Anjing grins back as they reach the top panting, the fog is still thick around them, although now above most of the trees they can see a little further over the forest. "So, you can keep stabbing it until it pays attention? Now that would be a tale." Although then a thought strikes her. "I wonder i...

"Maybe. I suppose destiny has its set way of things. The stories would not be quite so compelling is a mysterious moustached outlander struck the killing blow, only to vanish." The two reach a small hillock and can start climbing the somewhat slick grassy sides. "Shinsei might not be right though, ...

"I'm pretty sure my dad doesn't have any rules against those from other lands to learn from him, but I've never asked or think it's come up!" she said with some good humor, clearly thinking it wasn't going to be a problem. "As for our heroes... I have faith. Maybe there's something to maintaining a...

That prompts an even more curious look. "Our spirits are...discriminatory?" She eyes the forest. "I suppose they are evil spirits, it makes a certain sense. Still, you would think they would at least attempt to corrupt you." "If Shinsei is right that only your people can serve as champions against ...

Noticing the look. "You'd understand if the forest kept trying to bring your husband into things. Be glad it's not whispering in the back of your mind." Frowning. "You really don't hear anything ?" He shakes his head, "Just the wind in the leaves. If spirits are tied to a land and a culture perhaps...

"Brahmin..." she tried the word, which felt strange to her as she spoke it. "So you're a priest, but not a shaman, if I understand correctly? It sounds similar to our monks, who are ascetics that seem to be able to accomplish much the same as you - perfecting the mind, body and soul - but don't pos...

"All of this before the fall of the Kami?" Anjing shakes her head, the Rokugani seemed to have reached the point of 'Your gods are running around and things are very bad' quite late indeed. "It is impressive what your people and Vishnu achieved. Not only to win the war, but to win the peace two. Al...

"You don't have shugenja, or shamans as some call us?" That surprised her, as she considered it such an integral part of their lives. "You're correct though, magic has existed long before the Kami arrived in this realm. Our magic... for us, or at least for me and how I learned it, it's more to do w...

He nods, "Ivory especially. I suspect my bow is likely the nearest source unless for some reason traders from my people have visited this far north already. But I suspect that homegrown problems will have homegrown solutions so hopefully you can find some jade."

He nods, "Though one should not blindly follow those who have come before listening to the wisdom they have gathered is important. Plus one should likely gather any tool that may help in a time of such danger."

It was a concerning though if such was the case for Kami and Fortunes here too, Satsuki worried. "If gods and spirits reflect humanity, it would seem some of our sins reflect back on them then..." she thought out loud. "Thank you for answering so many of my questions, even if I have many! But I hav...

Anjing looks back at him as the two reach out a tighter cluster of trees and the going slows for a few moments. "It is? How was your empire founded? Not by falling gods by the sounds of it. Making an empire is...complicated, I am interested to hear how else it could be done. Or if there is only the...

Otomo Akutou wrote: ↑

Sun Oct 29, 2023 2:46 pm

Clearly, he's got to go.

Go go Godzilla!

In truth the nightmare was nothing new. If this was the work of these dark forces they must not yet truly have grown to know him beyond the surface level. Ahead his shadow looms and twists into a bestial form clawed and snarling. But he has been here many times before. His center holds and he knows ...