The Day of Thunder

He fixed the monk with a baleful glare. "Stay . . . away . . . from . . . my . . . stuff." The do . . . . . . Shinsei then slightly distracted him. "Ningen-do this, Ningen-do fucking that . . . always fucking Ningen-do. There are other Realms at risk and they won't be sitting on their fucking hands...

"I am glad to see Shinsei's disciples take things as serious as he." Makime tried to sound dry, but her ended up practically dripping venom. "My home lies south of here. The first major settlement on the road to the capital. I had hoped the Stormcrow had a plan. A folly to think such, as always. Ex...

Yuzuru Hoto-Hori wrote: ↑

Wed Oct 25, 2023 8:31 am

Yet he smirked at the monk.

"Ha good luck, you'll fucking need it."

Ukyou winked at him and grinned. "It's okay, Hoto-hori-chan. You don't have to be jealous. I'll always have time for you."

Otaku's lips quirk in genuine amusement. "Size doesn't make a warrior," she says softly. (She has a very pretty voice, which in all probability is only lowering Ranmaru's assessment of her warrior potential.) If she could read the shirtless hero's thoughts, and if she were quick with words like her...

snip "I've never heard him called that before." Came a voice slicing into the conversation. Makime gave the two a nod as she deft entered the conversation with all the subtlety of lion's roar. She managed a smile even, or what technically would be called a smile but there was no mirth, joy, or frie...

"I suppose you're here to see what the fucking donkey is up to as well? Or has he dragged you . . . in?" He growled the words with a silent 'back' in the pause. He suppresses a snort, but does laugh. "Donkey, hmm? Why donkey?" "And yes, he's dragged me in. Not that I was ever out to begin with." A ...

"I'm quite sure we've never ever fucking seen one another before now. Absolutely certain." He began to twirl the smoking pipe, with it's peculiarities, around one hand . . . perhaps to distract himself from the urge to throttle the smart-ass he was talking to. "Hoto-Hori." The grinding of teeth was...

He practically growled in response to the wink. "Fucking donkey and fucking flappy wise-ass thief. Both fucking deserve each other. Why am I surprised to find them both fucking here. I am going to roast that fucking crow . . . The conversation from before having gotten away from him a bit, he took ...

Hikaru straightened, frowning. "I... don't quite know how Destiny works. But if they are here, they are supposed to be, right?" He braced himself to receive a look, one that would tell him 'you already know the answer to this'. "Indeed. We all have roles here. We just might not know their true natu...

Hoto-Hori was at the back, openly scowling at the debacle before him. Through his mind a beautiful mantra was repeating. Fucking donkey. Fucking donkey. Fucking donkey. Fucking donkey . . . . . . “I have a sensei who was really into crows… Always been fond of foxes though. Had some running through ...

The clanless fox decided to pounce on the pious corvid… Not knowing this game had been played with different participants for years prior. Han-Hei turned to the monks and nodded her head, “Friends of the man of the hour?” The monk looked at her intently for a moment, then grinned. "I am, he's not. ...

"Holding you back." He shook his head and sighed. "I swear. My whole life is gonna be an endless litany of pain in the ass kids."

"She's very capable, but another half an eye on her won't hurt her."

He looked to the path. "I've gotta go. A few more things to do before we kick off this shindig."

Her lips thinned a little and she sighed. "Of course, that's not going to stop him." "Does anything? Starvation, potential murder, nightmare creatures, literally," he said, waving a hand. "Nothing stops that kid when he gets an idea in his head." He got up and stretched. "By the way... That kid pro...

The soft jingling of an exorcist staff sounds nearby as two monks appear, one small with pale hair and odd eyes, the other the very definition of the phrase "tall, dark, and handsome." The taller one follows slightly behind the smaller, clearly an acolyte or student of some kind.

"He is," he said with a fond smile. "Never could quite leave well enough alone. It was always a challenge to merely observe if he felt he could do something. I can't say I was too surprised you got along. My adopted son the troublemaker hangs out with another troublemaker."

"True. That's the nature of things. There's only so much we can do," he said with a sigh. "And people are gonna make their own choices in the end, regardless of us. They have to."

"You better believe that, consider the guest list on this party," he replied, flopping down onto one of the benches with a jingle of rings. "Curiosity is going to kill every damn animal in the zodiac at this rate."

"It's one of your charm points," he replied with a grin. At the question of trouble, he cocks his head, bird-like. "This place is a little mysterious in general. Really low incidence of what's been plaguing the rest of the Empire. It's rare for it to reach a point past a temporary event. They say th...

"Everyone's got a place, and every place is important. There's a lot of potential fail points, for all we go on about destiny."

"Female lions don't have manes," he noted.

"Yeah. Hard to convince people of that when they see the timing and are convinced that the Kami are the cause of the problem, rather than arriving shortly before because this won't work without the strength of honor," he mused. Then he nods. "You need to guide them. I need to guide my student so he ...