The Day of Thunder

Ai preened and said, "I am pleased to have played a small part in your happiness."

“Your union is a bright light in this darkness and I am sure we will have many days to celebrate such a joyous union after the Day of Thunder passes with victory.” She glanced at Naraku and said, “As I told you Hiruma-sama, you have nothing to fear from me, our brief disagreement has been mended. Ev...

"Children... fortunes we sound far more mature than I realized," she replied. "But we have to be cool mothers, fun ones."

"Oh... so you have a spirit in your lineage?" she asked.

She raised a brow at the odd appearance but tried to push it aside and allow Compassion to guide her. She did have a brief moment where her heart nearly jumped out of her chest but was glad to not have to lost her instrument. She sighed and then smiled and said, “Yes, you have rather unique… fingers...

Nanzi Ai was not listening to the conversation between Hikaru and Naraku but surely if she were, the response would be judged with keen Doji prejudice.

Hypothetically.

Activate Doji's Discerning Judgment.

She removed it from her back and offered it and said, along with the implement to play it and said, "You will be fine, I can show you some simple chords."

"Portraits of those that have come here would be a worthy if ambitious series," she said. "Or maybe the villagers?"

“There is something more than just the evil of Jigoku or you would not walking this path. If you had nothing left I would do my Duty and put an end to you, but there is something there. I see it, your sensei sees it, and even my Mother sees it. You have a part to play in our future and the future of...

Shiba Kumori wrote: ↑

Mon Nov 13, 2023 6:36 pm

"Criming for good. Like always." She replied with a smile.

"Criming for good," she echoed with a smile. "We may have less time for such adventures in the future, sadly."

"Would you like to try it?" she asked.

“You have been helpful Ryoshun-san, your anger gave some perspective to my won thoughts and what had endured. I still feel sorrow for Kujo-san, one I failed to save, but also that it was not my fault. I did all I could in the moment with what I knew… in the end he made the choice and I acted,” she s...

"I hope so, I will still need a partner in crime when this is all said and done..." she said laughing lightly.

"I am sure your fervent mind will conjure something Saru-san," she said in response. "What is your medium of choice, by the by?"

"You are a very different Kumori than who arrived behind her mask," she said proudly.

"I had many when I arrived, more than I realized but strangely enough the nightmares and dreams forced me to confront many of them... and I feel lighter. I too felt the burden of not being able to save those before they could do harm... that plagued me the most and still gives me pause," she said ho...

“That is a dangerous desire, how does one stop a murderer before they murder someone? I am no philosopher. But I agree with your heart, I too want to end such suffering, but we must make peace with the fact that there are just things we cannot do… it is a bitter pill, but it is the reality of Ningen...

"She was always the light in the darkness," Ai responded. "But I am happy for you cousin, very much so. Life may be longer for us than others but we should not take it for granted."

“But you can’t not even the Kami can do that, and if the Gods and Fortunes can, they don’t. Right now, somewhere in the Realm someone is suffering be it simply by bandits or their neighbor or horrific through Corruption; neither of us can stop it,” she said thoughtfully. “It does not make trying any...

“As much as I rebelled against my mother, I find myself becoming her slowly but surely over time. I am just bound by my propriety and some honest caution before I simply divulge such personal and emotional parts of myself openly even among dear friends. I have seen much of the Realm, my life has bee...