The Day of Thunder

"Clingy fog an' vanished people? Sounds like th' stories older students tell younger ones t' scare 'em in th' night. So maybe?" "I suppose. My Clan knows enough about the truth behind children's stories to discount that possibility. Would seem a strange place for the Teacher to choose for this if i...

snip snip Ohta cleared her throat; Well, they certainly didn't aim low, if she would excuse herself the pun. She would need to make sure to not dishonor her school or the Spider by not stepping up here. "Oh please. If that were the case, we might just as well chock it up to spiritual destiny." She ...

Otomo Akutou wrote: ↑

Mon Oct 23, 2023 5:37 pm

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blink, blink

"Oh, you think the fog and the former inhabitants are related somehow? I take it that's a hunch or something?"

Ohta tilted her head and took another sip of water, sighing after she swallowed.

snip snip Ohta found herself looking over at the prizes for the first time curiously. It hadn't even been part of what had interested her. But she supposed if she was participating in what was essentially a 'game', that it only made sense to make it more exciting for the children somehow. At least ...

"Akodo Kenji, or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Being Burned by My Dragon Wife"

Akutou's ears perk up at the talk of archery, and he makes his way over. "There shootin' goin' on?" he asks, clear interest in his voice. Then he sees who's there, touches the brim of his hat. "Miss Reiko, ma'am." And a nod to the other, the one with the sweet potato, another touch of the brim. "Ot...

Otomo Akutou wrote: ↑

Mon Oct 23, 2023 5:15 pm

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She didn't want to jump the gun.

"Interesting? Hm... nothing concrete yet, no. This is something I'll need to look into during the daytime I think. Something about a tribe formerly living in these lands, but they disappeared without a trace."

"You, too, huh?" Akutou asks. "Heard some stuff in an' around last night. Weren't tryin' to, mind, an' didn't catch any o' the gist, but sound carries weird in th' fog. You up carousin' an' such last night?" ...a hard to understand dialect. Certainly rough around the edges. But she made do. "Carous...

Makime wrote: ↑

Mon Oct 23, 2023 5:05 pm

Love is a battlefield. And I am a master of the battlefield.

All hail the Love Master.

"Most real archers couldn't manage that feat, little ones. Archery has so many variables... it takes being one with your bow and arrows to achieve perfection, and that's not something that's easy to maintain." A short samurai, not much taller than the older boy who has spoken up, chimed in. She was ...

snip Ohta takes the water bottle thankfully, opening it and taking a sip. It helped. "A local? No, no... just arrived yesterday actually after a long trip. I'm Reiko Ohta, of the Spider. Woke up a bit foggy I'm afraid is all." Maybe it was staying up late, maybe it was the weather, maybe it was the...

I have pinged someone who wanted to be pinged there, I have done my part :salute:

Damn lot of these folks seem t' know each other already , Akutou thinks. Might make a body feel plum unwelcome. (I'll add to the Quote to Approach chorus!) Ohta is late, having been up late into the night trying to find out about the area, beyond what the village head had been able to say yesterday...

The headswoman's life was interesting and all, but it seemed like Ohta had something to focus on now. I group of Isawa, name magic, lost and forgotten? Surely there was a combination that would be very interesting to the Seekers. And it COULDN'T be a coincidence that Shinsei had brought them to such...

Never met anyone? How feral.

"I mean, nothing's to say they even HAD written records. I know some tribes passed down their stories and histories through storytellers and such."

Ohta ran a finger along the rough clay cup, "Or yes... parchment and such don't last long if taken care of."

*stuffs an onigiri in Sora's mouth after midnight then splashes him with water*

Here, let's dry you off under this sunlamp.

The world has plenty of cats. Make sure to adopt, people!

"It makes me wonder how much of a 'job' any of us will have though. I mean, we are here for a purpose, that much is clear. That man does not gather people idly, nor would anyone dare waste the time of so many samurai. But that doesn't mean I have any idea of what will be required of us."

"I am curious about that as well. If they were around during the Tournament, it can't have been that long ago. So much so to as have been forgotten."

Ohta briefly closed her eyes as she sipped the barley tea, the simple taste very much working in the moment.