The Day of Thunder

Saru Shang wrote: ↑

Fri Nov 03, 2023 4:09 am

Canary wrote: ↑

Fri Nov 03, 2023 3:25 am

Chouri is willing to let her see some of them, sure.

Okay! I suppose this would take an appointment with her? Would late evening work? Or Day 4?

Otaku wrote: ↑

Fri Nov 03, 2023 4:13 pm

Question that I think is going to be 'yes' but figured I'd ask where everyone can see:

Can we buy/raise the skill Lore:Corruption without special fuss, since it's not Forbidden Knowledge here? Given all the usual "as long as it makes sense IC" that usually applies to XP spends, obviously.

2 Hare, 30
I've run into a dead end. I just can't figure out how the anchors need to be put together from how little information is left. Less time alone now, too. I wish I knew a shugenja.

The Festival ended today. Exactly one year. I think she knows, so... this is probably it.

25 Goat, 30
I think dying is like a lot of things - it's better if you don't know, so the anticipation can't eat away at you. It also gives you a deadline, though.

I have to do my best.

15 Rat, 30
I can't use this place anymore. She came back when I was heading out of the woods, and asked what I'd been doing while she was away. I told her I was gathering dreamstone for the festival. I think she believed me.

I'll hide this here, just in case. Maybe someone else can put together the last pieces.

Year 30

• After the winter snows dissipate and the roads clear, the clans begin sending emissaries again throughout the empire. All seek support and few have any to give.
• Along the roads, headed north… a collection of travelers journey towards fate. Their timing and reasons differ. Some are led by need or want, some by will, some by invitation, and some others by some sort of mystical call. Along this same road the prophet Shinsei travels. Their common destination… whether they are aware of it or not… is a small community on the borders of the new Crab lands… next to the suspicious “no-clan lands”. The local environs are putting together a festival of no particular import; simply trying to drive away the misfortune of the previous months. Why Shinsei has selected this place to travel in this hour… and why so many have come… will soon be revealed. Destiny has no secrets. The Day of Thunder happens here.

Togashi Satsuki wrote: ↑

Fri Nov 03, 2023 11:36 pm

Just asking for some clarifications on the scroll we discovered in the scouting thread.

2 Hare, 30
I've run into a dead end. I just can't figure out how the anchors need to be put together from how little information is left. Less time alone now, too. I wish I knew a shugenja.

The Festival ended today. Exactly one year. I think she knows, so... this is probably it.

25 Goat, 30
I think dying is like a lot of things - it's better if you don't know, so the anticipation can't eat away at you. It also gives you a deadline, though.

I have to do my best.

15 Rat, 30
I can't use this place anymore. She came back when I was heading out of the woods, and asked what I'd been doing while she was away. I told her I was gathering dreamstone for the festival. I think she believed me.

I'll hide this here, just in case. Maybe someone else can put together the last pieces.

Are the dates intentional in relation to our timeline from the Almanac where we just started Year 30? Considering that the Rokugani calendar start at the beginning of the spring (Hare).

Year 30

• After the winter snows dissipate and the roads clear, the clans begin sending emissaries again throughout the empire. All seek support and few have any to give.
• Along the roads, headed north… a collection of travelers journey towards fate. Their timing and reasons differ. Some are led by need or want, some by will, some by invitation, and some others by some sort of mystical call. Along this same road the prophet Shinsei travels. Their common destination… whether they are aware of it or not… is a small community on the borders of the new Crab lands… next to the suspicious “no-clan lands”. The local environs are putting together a festival of no particular import; simply trying to drive away the misfortune of the previous months. Why Shinsei has selected this place to travel in this hour… and why so many have come… will soon be revealed. Destiny has no secrets. The Day of Thunder happens here.

It's just a little confusing from an OOC point of view, so just wanted to clarify to see if was just a timestamp hiccup.

Also follow-up question about it here: viewtopic.php?f=52&p=12145#p12145

Hiruma Naraku wrote: ↑

Sat Nov 04, 2023 7:07 pm

One question Canary, Satsuki, Hae-Tae Soon and myself (maybe Reo as well) will be attempting to decipher the scroll that we obtained in the cave.

Could we know what skills and traits would be necessary to decipher? And do we have TNs or is it blind TN?

Haka Tae-soo wrote: ↑

Sat Nov 04, 2023 11:15 pm

(OOC: Ugh, shifty connection, had written that a while ago! Tae could do a quick check of the unseasonal flowers I guess. He'd also look for any sign of streams or anything of the kind as we get near the cave - have you folks seen I'd there's a connection to the river or anything of the kind in previous trips?)

Canary wrote: ↑

Fri Nov 03, 2023 2:14 pm

Saru Shang wrote: ↑

Fri Nov 03, 2023 4:09 am

Canary wrote: ↑

Fri Nov 03, 2023 3:25 am

Chouri is willing to let her see some of them, sure.

Okay! I suppose this would take an appointment with her? Would late evening work? Or Day 4?

Day 4.