The Day of Thunder

Tai makes the relatively short walk to the village to find the home of the healer Ayako mentioned this morning. One more disturbing report in a series of odd occurrences.

Oh it's justified. Just noting that the PC choices are distrust or willing self-harm from many of their perspectives. And again, that's all rational levels of distrust. *shrug*

My dream was about a Nezumi lookalike and I will be wanting to follow up on that with Chuchu and you guys. Regarding the rituals, I think there's no bad faith, only rituals being utilizing as a gateway by the enemy. Paranoia against the villagers is still paranoia. OOC, I think the rituals might be...

Tai nods, bending to lift a broad, flat stone to the top of the little cairn. "Yep. Wards against those corrupted by Jigoku's influence. No help for nightmares though, since that's all in the other realm. Should've started settin' 'em soon as we got here. But.." she shrugs. "Better late than never. ...

snip "Very, very odd. Maybe not horrible creature in that valley odd, but enough to warrant talkin' to that healer." The older woman is obviously rather disturbed by the idea. "Just...to be thinkin' about. Well there's at least ways to ask the kami to change yourself entirely in to an animal. Out o...

There is an approving nod at the jade, then a more appraising look. "Used to be a woman? So this is someone you knew, and the madness changed her that much physically?" It would certainly be confirmation of things she'd already suspected. She offered a mental prayer that whatever that thing in the v...

Well, yes...that makes total sense and Zhe does not see what the problem is. A ritual is is happening All those steps are part of that ritual A ritual we do not know the outcome of. And a ritual that, based on D3, has made folks susceptible to influences that are blocked by Wards of Purity, as Sats...

She's somewhat tempted to say it was unlikely the Crane had much she'd want...but there was tea at a minimum. "Hmm...to start, I'm curious how you're usin' that. It's an odd request here, and...not terribly useful for defense or guardin' dreams. Which is what an awful lot of the talk is about these ...

Combination of...

Question here: viewtopic.php?p=11289#p11289

And that post means I probably need to go talk to Enrou. What's his afternoon slots looking like?

snip Tai looks up, startled. "What? That's not a thing that's done. Maybe with great sacrifice... Most anything can happen with a big enough offering, I guess. But you'd need something big enough to go beyond...normal things." Her expression grows troubled. "Though water's the element that heals, a...

Well that was something you don't see every day. And Tai found herself blinking her own dark on dark eyes in surprise. "Well, the name's right, and if you're the sort of spirit as can pick that out of my head, there's not much to be done anyway. It's dead now for sure. Not much to be done there." Th...

snip "All good. The villagers can certainly use the help. I don't think most of 'em expected to be stuck in the valley of fightin' for the whole world's destiny or somesuch. But you can always bring folks here too...or we're settin' up kind of a healer's area over in the Imperial's camp as a centra...

"there's crystal gleams a bit in there, but it's dull when ground up. Been callin' that one glittergrain when it's on its own. Can split it into fine sheets, or pound it small and it's pretty sparkly." She'd used it to good effect in carved work here and there. That reflective sparkle could help you...

It's time enough to slip her other hand to the small knife, and the far more powerful defenses it allows. She looks down...and sighs in annoyance that the fog means there's now way to tell if the girl's even got feet. "Heard about that. Suppose that means you're the one Ayako helped. Shoulda brought...

The spear slash walking-stick moves into something more of a spear-as-defensive-weapon posture as someone materializes out of the fog. "Yep, yep. Out late, wakin' some spirits...maybe you're one of them?" Particularly in the dark, her eyes, showing no white, become merely spots of darkness in the el...

Whether it's the general tension after several odd events and the attack the night before, Tai sleeps lightly enough to notice, at some level, the light sound of breeze on tent skins, the sound of sleeping cows shifting in the next field over, and...something out of place? D3 sleep event: Investigat...

(open and expecting) It's getting late, but there are times when the mind wants to be away from the chatter of other humans and the feet just want to roam. So despite the chill, Tai heads into the forest. She doesn't expect to find much so early in the spring and with fog dimming the moonlight, but ...

It's no problem. I will just ask directly in future. I am still operating in the brainspace of people having to have the scroll. For now, Yukara is stocked for threads except evenings and her bath thread in MA that nobody joined yet - so if you wanted to join either, she would be happy to see anoth...

"Hmm...I'll hold you to that. Haven't had tea that's not an old brick in ages." She listens to his description, dark on dark eyes focusing at a distance, searching memory. She reaches into a small bag at her hip, pulling out a handful of small stones that she pokes through with one stubby finger. On...

snip Ayako mulled this over for a moment, eventually saying, "I'll try, Auntie Tai. It's... difficult, though. I don't want to let people down." She smiled wryly. "I'll try not to let it hang over me so much, though." [/quote] "Good, good. Look at Anjing. You don't impress Hida by dithering' about ...