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Post by Iuchi Ozora on Dec 13, 2011 7:49:19 GMT -5
Ozora stands there with a dumb look on his face, his mouth partially open. Wait..what!? Moto....advanced travel magic? So confused.....arggghhhh.
Not sensing that this is the right moment, Ozora keeps quiet but continues to observe, if actually looking more closely at this enigmatic individual.
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Post by Zeure on Dec 14, 2011 8:48:12 GMT -5
Yudai listens while Chad speaks and while everyone else stares at him he fluffs his new coat a few times. He places his hand upon his chin and rubs his goatee while thinking.
"Did they say anything, or can you be a bit more specific? With just that information, I don't see any useful insights I can offer."
He turns his head to the side as though listening to a voice that none of you can hear. And then he nods his head a few times.
"Another of our number suggests that if the oni was genuinely the first that there is some lore that suggests that he was being summoned using a powerful nemuranai and that his summoning was interrupted before it could be complete. Which might have landed him here. This place seems to be a sort of "hub" for spirits that have been disconnected from their original intent by various means. Or at least, that is what we are thinking at this moment. Frankly you've jumped our research ahead quite a bit by handling these two spirits. Let us know what you figure out in the other places."
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Post by Kakita Sojiro on Dec 14, 2011 17:07:40 GMT -5
A little bit of color drained from Sojiro's face.
"Wait... so you're saying that was the first oni? Well, isn't that just..... charming."
He glanced down at his wounded torso.
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Post by Iuchi Ozora on Dec 15, 2011 1:43:10 GMT -5
"The oni seemed to have been either in pain or frustration in his predicament. He seemed lost and unable to move beyond his location. It seems almost at odds with this place for such a being to be locked down in one place."
His face shows him pondering something for a moment. "How exactly has the handling of these two spirits assisted with your research?"
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Post by Kakita Sojiro on Dec 15, 2011 1:59:46 GMT -5
"Wait.... Moto Yudai? I wasn't aware that the Moto had shugenja among them."
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Post by Zeure on Dec 15, 2011 2:10:14 GMT -5
Moto Yudai smiles wryly and chuckles to himself at Sojiro's postulation.
"Lets just say that I'm sort of a singular entity in the Moto. Unique even. But all the families have people gifted to work the elemental magic of Rokugan. And, also, as you may have guessed, I'm not trained in the traditional shugenja schools. I am Meishodo trained. I don't ask the Kami for anything. I make them work for me."
As he says this bit about his training he pokes a couple of the trinkets dangling from his armor.
"As for how it helped us, it is improving our ability to manifest in here. As you can see, I'm not a shadowy entity here anymore. We know very little about this place, but it seems that we are wresting control over it from the beings that you are releasing from here. We think it might be a conduit to travel between realms, but we don't know anything for sure and stage one was to be able to take control of it from those other beings."
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Post by Daigotsu Thrakhath on Dec 15, 2011 9:08:38 GMT -5
"Of course the Moto have shugenja, Kakita-san," Thrakhath said, irritation in his voice. He bowed respectfully toward Yudai. "Forgive my earlier suspicions, Moto-san," he said. "It's the nature of those in my position to be paranoid, as constantly hunted as we tend to be." He glanced over at the paths that remained. "Is there anything you can tell us about the next path that may be of use?"
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Post by Zeure on Dec 16, 2011 0:17:03 GMT -5
Moto Yudai waves his hand in dismissal at what Thrakhath says.
"I really can't argue with you being suspicious. This is a rather unique set of circumstances and I too would be highly suspicious of someone reaching out for help and then dragging my mind across a foreign realm by way of magic that I had not explicitly allowed. If anything, I think you are all being rather more than reasonable. As to...someone in your position, well... We all have our burden to carry, don't we..."
His eyes sort of drifted off at that, as though something was tugging at him, some memory of a place or time where he had been given a grave task. Just lost in memories for a few seconds before he snapped back.
"At any rate, to answer your other question, no, we don't know anything about the other paths. As I've stated, we just haven't had the time yet, as we decided that we needed help in this endeavor. If there were one more being released from their captivity here, then I think another of our number would be able to join me here. We might be able to materialize simultaneously. Which would be a remarkable step forward."
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Post by Iuchi Ozora on Dec 17, 2011 9:48:38 GMT -5
"It is an interesting route that you and your fellows have taken. It would be interesting to be able to utilize the spirit realms for travel." A shadow crosses Ozora's face. "But...wouldn't that also possibly allow access to Ningen-do to beings that would not or should not have access?" Ozora takes on a look of disapproval at the thought.
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Post by Zeure on Dec 17, 2011 22:06:06 GMT -5
" A learned scholar. Hold on, let me get Karasu to explain it, he is more knowledgeable than myself." Yudai fades out. And quickly he is replaced by a shadowy figure that slowly forms clear features. He is a tall man, now that he is not sitting it becomes readily apparent. He is wearing the red and black that would most likely mark him as a Scorpion. He has a mask on his lower face that with black mandibles protruding from it, sealing the realization. He is not wearing any obvious armor, and aside from the mask his clothing, while opulent is not astonishing. He is however wearing a hat much as Yudai was, in a different style though. " Yes, good. So... *He looks to the side and then back towards Ozora.* Yes, yes yes. Well, as you are no doubt aware since you have are studied enough to recognize a problem with our experiment, all the different realms are not linked to each other at all points. And each *he holds up his hands to make quotations.* "gate" that links ningen-do to another realm is usually only keyed to one or two realms. It is VERY rare to see a gate link to more than one. In fact, Oblivion's gate is one of the few exceptions that I can think of.
Plainly put, we are not sure which realms this one connects to, if any at all. We didn't bring your physical body here, we brought a portion of your mind here. So we're not sure if it even links to Ningen-do. Let alone any of the realms that you wouldn't want to link to, Toshigoku, Jigoku, et cetera. As we discover more ability here, we think we'll find more out about it. We are testing the limits on our end with the rituals that we are using to appear here and to keep you here. However, we think it MIGHT link to other realms because of the nature of the beings that are here. They are all very dissimilar and may have had to travel here. But we are not sure."
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Post by Yasuki Chad on Dec 17, 2011 23:49:49 GMT -5
With nothing useful to contribute, Yasuki Chad Cleans his tetsubo while the conversations expands, the metaphysics of this situation clearly beyond his training.
(Go, go, spellcraft of 4. And at lvl 133. So sad.)
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Post by Iuchi Ozora on Jan 1, 2012 11:33:02 GMT -5
"From my limited understanding, it is similar as to one entering Yume-do. I am quite impressed at your abilities though. I ponder on the current status of our coporeal forms. I may have been asleep at a desk in the deepest sections of the Iuchi library, but some of my fellows may not have been in such a secluded local upon their transferance."
Ozora looks over at the Yasuki and Daidoji before shaking his head to clear it from the clouds. "I suppose it matters not at this point. We are here and we must endevour forward in order to complete this task before us, neh?"
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Post by Kakita Sojiro on Jan 1, 2012 13:49:14 GMT -5
Sojiro looked somewhat confused. "Yes, I think it's best if we move on. I don't understand all of what's happening here, but I think I understand enough of it."
(OOC HOORAY Ozora for reviving the thread!)
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Post by Daigotsu Thrakhath on Jan 3, 2012 8:42:01 GMT -5
"I agree," Thrakhath said, eyeing the paths that had not yet been entered. "Perhaps we should just proceed in order?" He waved a hand in the direction of the entrance next to the one that had led to the oni.
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Post by Zeure on Jan 10, 2012 7:06:33 GMT -5
As the group moves down the path towards the next gate they find themselves walking along that eerie starlit place that they have several times before. This one went straight, but as they continued to walk, the stars began to blot out, as though they were being covered by something. By the end of the walkway, there were no stars surrounding them and they would have found themselves in pitch blackness, if not for the spinning circular green disc that stood before them. They could see that clearly on the other side of it there was a forest that stretched on out of sight.
As each person walked through the portal, they found themselves walking out of a very solid tree. And while they might press their hands against it, it did not move. Each person that came after them simply 'appeared' popping into existence with nothing to announce them. Each simply moved out of a slightly different angle of the tree.
The air was cool, but humid, and smelled of earth and plant matter, as if this place had not been disturbed in a very long time. From up above them in the trees they heard something. A quick shift between branches, some leaves shook and fell. Clearly there was something up there attempting to hide from them.
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