The Day of Thunder

"Oh, if I could be the one who gets to offer water to the thirsty Thunders, I think I would much rather be doing that than raining arrows from my meagre quiver," she said as she gave another glance at her quiver with a hearty chuckle. "I only brought enough to hunt some small game and that's about t...

Shang let out a small sigh, "I guess that would make the both of us then. I had been so busy yesterday with arriving and putting up a tent to be asking about the villages for details. Here, I thought they would make themselves obvious. Maybe it's already been said, we could always wave over one of t...

"I'm sure it was hard to do much with that information back then, it could have almost meant anything without proper context. So you think that this might be something with a battle involved?" She frowned as she looked at her yumi for a moment. "Here I thought that there would be room for being part...

Shang perked up and found herself glancing around her surroundings as Sora was throwing out names of a few famous figures, wondering if they were going to suddenly appear on cue. That seems like something that would happen if destiny was feeling coy. "Of course, Jiyo-sama. A play or tale isn't anyth...

"Historians is one thing, to remember history as it happened for the sake of records and all," she stretched a bit, as it seemed the purpose of the meeting was concluded. At this point, she didn't know where she'd fit into all this, but she was certain that it would be revealed in time to her. "But...

"Oh, there were whisperings of the Thunders beforehand? I'm curious as to what were the signs? Did Shinsei speak of Thunders and it was taken as metaphorical when she meant by actual physical Thunder Champions?" She said with some mirth in her expression as she adjusted her quiver slightly. "There's...

I was intending to go to sleep sooner but here we are...

Shang couldn't help but snap her gaze about, looking a bit tense as she looked to see if the voices from the forest had followed her back here. Thankfully, she was in town and among people, so it was more likely that the voices came from someone than not. When she narrowed it down that it came from ...

Shang raised a hand to her lips and gave a casual clearing of her throat to perhaps make it obvious that she intended to change the topic of babies and grandchildren. "...ahem...uhm, so, Jiyo-sama! I've been meaning to gather some opinions around here, well, everything! I'm sure I've seen you around...

Shang found herself blinking twice at the mention of the five-year-olds. "...Oh, so I suppose you're still expanding your family as your children are looking to get married. That's quite an impressive feat, Jiyo-sama, and I'll probably leave it at that..." "But, if I am to say one more thing on the ...

Shang chuckled softly at that thought. "I wouldn't be so bold to presume that there's much love surrounding their relationship but they do say that happiness is not something that happens without a good reason behind it. It sounds like they're destined to have a fortuitous marriage indeed! May their...

Her smile became a grin as she watched Shang's reaction. In fact, Satsuki was mighty pleased with herself that the idea seemed so positively received. "If anyone can accomplish something like that, I think it will be you. Ah, hm, would you need anything for such a project? Something I, or others, c...

"Oh, a joyous marriage? I hope?" She brought up with a small smile on her lips. Those supposed arranged marriage practices weren't so common around the Empire yet, right? "Any occasion where families found themselves connected to one another is often a blessing, I'd hope. I hope to represent the Fam...

"It does sound very dramatic, yeah," she nodded, feeling uncertain and determined at the same time. She was determined to help people, but she was uncertain what her role would be in all of this. "So if we need to defeat mistrust, grudges, resentment, and anxiety... hmm... that sounds like somethin...

Shang had a rather insightful and interesting trip through the surrounding wilderness of the Blue Lotus Village, to say the least. After encountering the undrinkable river and the sinister whispering forest, she realized that was enough exploring for the day and she found comfort back in the village...

Shang took up a defensive stance against the old man and shot a glare in his direction. It was perhaps after a beat that she would relax from her stance and shake her head, feeling a bit silly about how she jumping at shadows and letting it ruin her mood. "Sorry about, Jiyo-sama. The forests here ha...

"Painting and drawing must be a challenging medium for sure in that regard, compared to music or dance, I guess? A lot easier for folks to say they like that melody or rhythm, compared to trying to understand something abstract or different..." Satsuki mused over the idea of how to overcome that ob...

Distracted by the festivities, fireworks, and alcohol...Shang was again none the wiser to what was happening around her. At least, the hosts could say that the festivities were working as intended.

Day 1, Mid Evening, The Festival Begins: Earth Roll with Void! | 3k3 ⇒ 18 (TN: 25)

"Eeep!" Shang would cry out at the sudden fireworks display released into the night sky. Well, that wasn't expected. She had heard of these things before but never witnessed them herself. What sort of strange alchemy could make something like this possible? Or was it just some mystic shooting fire i...

When Shang heard some footsteps and some snapping twigs from the approaching samurai, she quickly dismissed the strange voices and whispers she thought she might have heard during her stroll. However, it was enough to put her on edge as she took up the yumi in her hand and called out with some obvio...