The Day of Thunder

snip Tai nods. "Yep. Won't be as pretty as if there were more time, but I think it'd be of some use." "With them makin' it harder for folks to sleep? And generally somehow managin' to survive in this endless fog? With the river you can't drink from?" She pauses..."which border though?" It was weird...

"mmmhmm. That's fun for adults. Kids seem a bit more often upset if they don't get to be the bear they wanted...they'll get the slip that says they're a guard and declare themselves a bear guard, you know?" Tai nods, then grins up at Ayako. "Hey now, some've us don't have much choice about that old ...

Medical emergencies of the lesser sort and spiritual imbalance from Tai.

Also day watch if we need some.

hmm...value in warding things and listing that?

snip "hmm. Not sure what shape this head'll be in next week." The cup turns and turns in scarred, stubby fingers. "Think I might start carvin' it so folks can remember how it goes." Optimistically assuming there will be someone's hands to finish out the tale. "Hopefully, I'll know more about the sp...

"Well, the rules are simple enough," Ayako said. "All you need is a helmet, some paper and some people willing to play-act and maybe look a little silly. A bowl will do if you don't have a helmet." "Yep. Same's kids playin' pretend. Don't even need paper if folks just want to declare "I'm a goat! I...

Tai glares at the Crane girl. "Yep, claimin' a statement about the danger of mistrust is an insult with your name on it is certainly helpful." Fuck, the kami were never this damn prickly. "hmm...and fine. Tai of the Kaiu. The stones hear me, the fire will answer my sacrifice. But I'm old enough to k...

"Umm.... pardon my saying so, but instead of arguing with each other, maybe we should be practicing how to fight as a unit?" the younger Crab woman said tentatively. "My sensei teaches that two warriors standing in formation are stronger than two warriors fighting on their own. Is that something th...

Tai nods at Ayako's words. "We're still gettin' folks who weren't part of a clan last year, let alone the ones my age who've got all their village and tribe traditions. Dragon might be small enough to have themselves some real ones, but we're still a jumble there. Gotta focus more on workin' out foo...

Hmmph. As a ritual, the shape of it is understandable, symbolic. Tai's curious about preparation of the effigies, which ought to have some ritual involved before even getting this far, but she'll have to ask about them later. For now...what does she fear? The nightmares of her children, her husband ...

snip "Seems likely, he was barely awake on that stone and seemed hard pressed to stay engaged with questions a bit." She shrugs. "But yep. Satsuki's a good sort. And fire an' earth can be a powerful combination, as any volcano will show us." Tai grins, "I think we'll get along well enough. Gatherin...

''Oh! Hello and good morning to you both.'' came as the dragon's reply until he got closer and bowed to them both ''Yoshitsune-san, Kaiu-san. It is a pleasure. I am Wu Zhe.'' ''If it is not an inopportune moment I would like to talk to your delegation about organizing a draw lot play for the festiv...

Tai's been there--still as her stones--listening to those who speak and watching those as don't. As usual, Anjing speaks well enough to the human sorts and Makime's solidity and sense have her nodding.

For herself, her skill is cajoling spirits, not people.

snip A worried look passes through the dark on dark eyes, "aye, they get bad before better. Ought to work around to wardin' the camp a bit before sleep tonight. And there should be watches, I think." Her grin's a bit lopsided "Long's some of you aren't sleepin' anyway, may as well keep an eye out."...

"Hmm...worth asking the spirits if there are critters from those realms about. With portals or them reachin' to take hold here, I'd imagine their folks could travel to this realm more easily." She frowns and looks to the sky, angling toward what seems to be the sun, lighting the clouds a bit brighte...

"Well fuck me. No bush did that job on your face . . . " Her grip on the spear shifted a bit at the sound of someone approaching, but that was all. At the young man's comment, she relaxed, though her eyebrows lifted. The corner of a lip quirked. "Far too married for that first, but yeah... some wer...

Rolls settled. Need to post in the event tomorrow though. Because sleeep

Anjing closes her eyes for a second, feeling muscles she hadn't even realised were clenched tight slowly relax, the haze of fatigue lifts leaving her tired, but focused. "Thank you, Tai. Feel like you know me better than myself after all these years, poor you." She takes another sip of the potent b...

If looking for insight into the ritual and its workings from a--is this likely to do something against what we've been dealing with, and if so, how?--standpoint: Spellcraft? Lore: something? Commune around the edges of the event?

There are a variety of folks around able to help a bit with Fatigue and Void. Water is not Tai's best element, but it can chase fatigue at least.

"Kava? Strange. Might have asked us first." She shoots the village a glare before taking the concoction. "Leave that sort of stuff to the kids. I'm not gonna spend all night grinding on someone, my back hurts." With a sincere thanks she tips back the bitter tea, brow furrowing slightly at the taste...