The Day of Thunder

Jiyo Sora wrote: ↑

Tue Oct 17, 2023 3:49 am

"Yes, I imagine it's downright painful, speaking in complete, coherent sentences."

Sora was plainly amused.

"About as painful as it must be for you to go more than two sentences without swearing," he returned with a blithe smile.

"Indeed." He sat back with a sigh. "We're guides, not masters, and that gets harder the more you know. Plus, we're mortals just like anyone. We know what we know and make the best decisions we can with it. My friend is better at that than most, but he's been wrong before. So it's better to give a hi...

''I am unsure if that is really a hassle though'' The rice finished, Zhe put the pot aside and brought the second one on the fire. With a large wooden spoon the dragon scooped french amounts of a yellow substance, butter for those in the know, and dropped them in the pan twice or thrice. ''I was al...

He sighed. "Or that, indeed."

"Chopping it down seems prudent, but finding the roots has proven fruitless and the invasive trees are everywhere," she offered. "Perhaps you have greater wisdom on this subject?" ''When the wind bellows and the clouds thunders the oak shall tremble while the reeds dance'' Zhe muttered has he prepa...

"Certainly not by going after whatever is found casually," he mused more seriously. "You can't kill a tree by cutting off the leaves."

" You're all the worst," Ukyou griped with a half hearted glower at the three.

"I prefer to think that I have aged gracefully while still retaining the energy of youth," Ukyou replied primly.

"You've been a good student, though," Ukyou added.

"We're friends," Ukyou replied with a smile. "I'm here to help if he needs it. Hopefully I'll only be observing."

"I don't mind," the monk gets up, gathering the appropriate wood. Meanwhile, Kuchi clears off the spot so they don't start a brush fire... not that it's likely in the wet weather.

"It's hard to explain," he mused. "But it's basically a milk product, but solidified and salted."

He bumped the taller one's leg. "Don't get cheeky just because you're pretty. You're still my student."

Sora... shrugged. "Doubt we'll hash it all out here on the roadside, but no sense wandering into a village with an empty stomach. 'Sides. I have fond recollections of Wu-san's cheese." Ukyou's head actually perks up and he tilts it, eyes sharp and interested. "Cheese? Cheese? I like cheese. That's ...

Zhe was not sure if the talk of thunder was a reference to something or a metaphor. He knew of the events of Hisomu's rescue but Ai's recount of the events did not seem to match. ''Well I don't know about those thunders you are all talking about but I know that when dark clouds gathers for too long...

Jiyo Sora wrote: ↑

Mon Oct 16, 2023 1:36 am

"In the worst way."

Ukyou sighed. "He's such a pain. But what are friends for, but to pull your rear end out of the fire when you need it?" He shrugs with a half smile.

He looked to Ai and Wu. "Did whispers of Thunder call the two of you, or did you have a different reason?"

Jiyo Sora wrote: ↑

Mon Oct 16, 2023 1:10 am

Sora chuckled.

"For my part, just answering an old friend's call. Mind you, he never calls for anything that isn't tooth-grindingly difficult, but that's life."

"We might have the same friend. Does your friend happen to get himself into trouble often?"

To Sora she just smiled at the mention of her mother and nodded. She added with a coy smile, “I take it the whispers of Thunder have brought us to this place, or is it something else that compels your journey to this place?” Ukyou's expression turned serious at that. "Whispers of Thunder, indeed. T...

Zhe smiled wide. He remembred Jiyo Sora and, for someone so close to the Emperor, had found him to be fairly amiable and down to earth. ''Milk, cheese and more.'' he replied to the imperial, indicating to the numerous sacks the animals were carrying with them. ''A gift for the village. I figured th...

"I drag myself across half the damn Empire, and yet somehow, somehow , the first people I meet on the way to Shinsei's appointment are..." He paused. The eyebrow above his inhuman right eye... twitched as he regarded Ukyou. He regarded Ukyou for a long, level moment. "... a pair of monks . Didn't h...

A pair of monks walked along the bank of the creek that was relatively wide, but not quite a river yet. One was small and slight in build, with slightly feminine features, but carried himself with the confidence of someone ready to take on the world. The brass rings on his staff jingles as they walk...