The Day of Thunder

Huan takes hold of the dream immediately, with a bit of effort, Understanding the interconnectedness of the spirit realms and how they function he forms his dream around him as a simple empty void that has no color or sensations... a neutral area. He does his best to force himself out of the dream o...

"Well, it wouldn't hurt to try I suppose," Huan says to the collection of imperials.

"Do you use prayer scrolls? The one thing I can use elemental magic with is to speak with the kami. Can't actually have the do anything for me other than chat though. If you don't use the new prayer casting I can assist you with casting to see if we can get a stronger response? You'd be the more cap...

"Well, if you ever find yourself in the south of Bat lands by the foothills, it's a staple. So you can probably get it there. Can't promise it'll be good as my mother's though," he says with a chuckle. "You'd need to visit Kyuden Ryoshun to try her version. She and my sister live in the town around ...

"My point is that I've been thinking that this might be both reality and a dream. I'm capable of strengthening and weakening the void in an area, creating places where the substance of the void is stronger or weaker. So... would it be impossible for a supernatural entity connected to jigoku, yume-do...

"A nightmare is a bad dream," Huan points out. "If the barrier between the realm of dreams and the mortal realm is gone in this place we may be battling to keep ourselves firmly within the realm of mortals."

Huan speaks up, "If it's not what you remember, If it's younger than what it appears to be, if all of our dreams are being impacted by whatever is happening..."

He looks at his hand.

"Are we not awake? Are we asleep and being lied to by the dream?"

Huan quietly cuts the open wound a bit more to release a bit more blood. Like before, it dissipates into the air for a moment, but this time, as it is sparkling an becoming part of the void Huan breaths in and the darkening spiral of blood reaches towards his body and in fuses it. In that moment Sor...

While Sora caught up, Huan pulled out a blade and lifted a sleeve. He cut a line along a scar on the back of his forearm allowing blood to begin welling there. He didn't even say anything as he focused on it. It simply turned into raw void, sublimating into the universe in return for the connection ...

"Seems to be a fair amount of that going around..." "You too Jiyo-sama? I may be able to help if you would like. It'll take a bit more effort but I can..." he wobbles his head, "...kind of include one other person with my magics. It may feel strange but i can connect our kharma temporarily so the r...

"Ryoshun Huan," he says, with a nod as he rises from the bow. "It's an honor to meet both of you. I've not gotten out of the temple much during my stay in the imperial city, so I apologize for not recognizing your positions among the imperial families." "I did not mean to interrupt, though. Just get...

Not far off there is a young man that's been around the camp performing some morning exercises. As he does so there is an almost rippling shimmer in the air around him, mostly transparent, that looks like his body is being wrapped in water. As he comes back to center he stands to his full height and...

"It's delicious, and I'd invite you, but I haven't been home in years so I don't know where to invite you to. I'll need to figure that out," Huan replies with a nod. "They roast it over the fire first, then boil it in a spicy broth for most of the day. Chopped peppers, potatoes, yams, onion, carrot,...

"A lot of rice and root vegetables. Before I moved to the capital it was goat meat, after moving there it was fish. But the monks in the capital did not use much spice," he replies with a grimace. "I miss the spicy goat soup my mother makes. I bet my sister has mastered it by now. Neither of them ca...

"Seems like an adventurous way to live. Anybody making hot meals for you that you prefer?" he asks. "Or any hot meal does the job?"

"Yeah. Apparently I was Taochusu. His destiny didn't treat him too kindly," Huan replies in a more sober tone. "I don't even know what I am doing, truth be told. If I'm supposed to do something heroic like die for other people, or just support the folks that will end up being the heroes of whatever'...

"The ability to connect with the void and use rare magic. The opportunity to learn to control my elements allowing me to walk on water or leap large distances," Huan replies. "Which are apparently not common, and I appreciate that fact. But I was also not given the choice and if I had been I'd proba...

Not me

"It's a price I paid for being given a gift from the heavens. Not much of a gift if you have to pay for it though," Huan says with a somewhat sardonic smirk.

His eyes train on the thing, whatever it was, for the moment it exists but then looks to the inside top of his tent, still unmoving, not certain how he is awake but can't control his body. He wonders if it's a nightmare and tries to fall asleep, with nervous and anxious energy gripping his heart.