The Day of Thunder

"And I am curious what kind of refuge would drive someone here, rather than elsewhere in the Empire. What about here would make such a place any safer a refuge than the lands of any of the Clans, or the Imperial lands." She blushed very slightly as she looked at Shang, "I did not mean to imply anyth...

Ohta nodded and finished up the rinse, walking over and slipping into the hot bath. Now that she was closer, she became abundantly aware just how much taller than herself the Crane was.

"Ah... yes, I do remember seeing you at the meeting of people. You do tend to stand out from a crowd, Nanzi-sama."

"Hm?"

Ohta spotted the other samurai and bowed a little where she was.

"Good morning. I rested well, for once. I pray you did as well."

She rinsed off as she talked, "I am Reiko Ohta, of the Spider. A pleasure to meet a new face this morning."

Reverse pop up. No idea what's happening or what I'm doing. Bathing EM and being a third wheel MM, but the rest of the day is completely open.

Ohta had wanted to maintain a schedule to better eliminate stress and fear, and maintain her health. The fact she was going earlier to the baths than normal weighed on her, but it had to be done; The meeting the Saru had informed her about couldn't be rescheduled, and it was vastly more important th...

Why would anyone have jade? It's a rare material, and it's not like it was suggested for character creation. Nor implied to be suggested in the invite. Nor did Shinsei ask people if they had any when he briefed everyone.

Hey, did you know we have had a schedule all along? "Well, we start with the celebration tonight, then tomorrow is the purification of the mind, which involves confronting one's fears to rid oneself of them," she explains. "Then the feast is the next night. The fourth day there's no specific event ...

"Hai. Not to mention the other dangers around here like the water and the unsettled spirits. Though I suppose people can get used to anything and how to handle it... I know people have asked before why one would choose to live in the mountains when one can live somewhere without the risk of avalanch...

"No, I suppose it doesn't... though it does make me wonder; We certainly have a few people here over forty. Makes me wonder if any of them were ever over this way, know any rumors, or maybe were part of the Isawa themselves and know any folk tales of Name Magic outcasts."

"I think there's more to it than simple disorientation. But yes, you're right; I don't think it's anything beyond memory loss. Not that I can one-hundred percent tell with an animal like this, but clearly it doesn't remember us, the experiment, or how it got here."

"Or they could be copied of course." Ohta made sure not to touch the scrolls immediately, sharp eyes scanning their age and condition and materials. "But yes, they are likely beyond mundane repairs, from the looks of them. Repairs, even priest repairs, tend to be mending tears or restoring lost mois...

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"Oh? Well... I'll be sure to try to take care of myself then; Both so I live long enough to discover first hand what you're talking about... and to minimize the results." She smiles a little and stands, giving a bow of her head before slipping out of the water. She grabs her bamboo fiber towel, wrap...

Ohta leaned her umbrella against the door frame on the inside, walking over to the invited fire and sitting down cross legged. She listened, and perked up her ears a little at the mention of the feast, but decided not to chime in despite Shang looking at her; Chouri and her had a conversation going,...

The hare struggles, but it swallows. It kept trying to get out, then slowly starts to relax in Ohta's hands, looking around in apparent confusion. Reo slips the potion into the Rabbits mouth Ohta holds on... then looks up at Reo curiously as the hare relaxes. She lightly pets it as she holds it clo...

((thanks to you too!))

Ohta feels odd still being called a child, but supposes it's not undeserved, all things considered. She bows a little and walks over to a patch of what are obviously herbs, starting to look them over closely as she gets out her parchment pad.

"Mmmm..." Ohta nodded... then yawned. The past couple days of sleep had been stressful indeed, and the hot water... "I think I'll call it for now, personally. Between that odd sleep and this hot water and a larger breakfast than normal, I think this all is going to put me right back to sleep if I do...

"I suppose if nothing else, I don't think sleep will ever be 'normal' until all this business is over. That dark realm of dreams wouldn't have it any other way I imagine."

"Without any? Perhaps if moments after being born you were tossed off a cliff. Without many is the goal, big regrets, not wishing you ate something different from lunch or finding yourself outside in a thunderstorm, regrets that matter." She raises an eyebrow back. "Well there's no harm in a little...

Yup, have the school skill.

But the tech is +1k0 to Lore skills one has, not calligraphy, unfortunately.

Was thinking about taking FK and Lore: Corruption, but just not enough xp. Already quite the generalist with 17 skills at 1.