Yasuki Chad
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Post by Yasuki Chad on Oct 24, 2011 23:18:18 GMT -5
"I confess I am no expert on spirits. I am no priest of the Kami, and my experience with the spirit realms is lacking. I'm not altogether sure This Hantei is even displaced from our Rokugan, as Hantei Satori, who became Hantei the 39th, Son of he who was Hantei Jurei never had any brothers."
"Well, that is not tecnically true as Daigotsu lives, but the point stands. He has no deceased brothers in our timeline."
He seems to consider something.
"Is the Son of Heaven aware of his situation? Is Yudai trustworthy enough to take his claim at face value?Were I in such a situation, I might commit seppuku to escape such a stagnation of the natural order, but there is no evidence such a course of action would succed."
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Post by sprinkles on Oct 24, 2011 23:26:53 GMT -5
(ooc: I have no idea what the last 3 posts meant. I'm completely lost.)
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Zeure
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Post by Zeure on Oct 25, 2011 11:04:38 GMT -5
Otomo Kaisuke listens to both the responses and seems to weigh them both carefully. He continued to stroke his long beard all the while.
"The Emperor is not aware of the situation. Yudai has visited this court before, but without a family name to recommend him I turned him away. While Yudai didn't do anything that would make me doubt his honor, he has that air of untrustworthyness of a man who has had to say many things to get his goals accomplished. Whatever the case, now that you samurai are here, and a Daimyo of one of the families no less, perhaps we should address this with the emperor."
Kaisuke grabs a small glass of water and drinks the whole thing down.
"I will return to his side to speak for him. Give me a few moments to address the emperor, and make him aware of the situation, and then approach when I signal. Please put forth your case as you see fit. As you have been straightforward with me, despite the ludicrous circumstances, I would expect the same with the son of heaven. Maybe in his infinite wisdom, he will see through to the truth and be able to offer a means of accomplishing the task you have been set upon."
Kaisuke awaits a reply from either or both of you for just a moment and then returns to the throne. He leans in towards the emperor and begins speaking in hushed whispers. One would have to have supernatural hearing to be able to pick up their words, as Kaisuke is, most likely out of habit, waving his fan in front of his face as he speaks; covering his mouth. But after a few moments, he waves his hand at you to signal you forward.
"You have the honor of addressing his most noble Emperor Hantei the 40th personally. Be respectful at all times as you state your case."
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Kakita Sojiro
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Post by Kakita Sojiro on Oct 27, 2011 0:35:29 GMT -5
Sojiro bows to the Emperor upon being given permission to speak to him directly.
"Before I begin, Hantei-dono, please understand that we are all strangers to this land, and that we know next to nothing of it, or of this person Yudai. Therefore, I can not guarantee the truth of my statement. That being said... Yudai, after bringing us here from our homeland somehow, has asked us to free several spirits that are trapped in this world... and he claims that you are one of those spirits, dono."
Sojiro looks visibly agitated by the presence of one of the faceless beings as it comes close to him. He controls his reaction very well, but a keen eye would notice the twitch in his sword arm. It never crosses his body, but the twitch, however slight it may have been, was definitely there.
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Yasuki Chad
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Post by Yasuki Chad on Oct 27, 2011 20:23:05 GMT -5
Stepping in to cover the Cranes uneasiness Chad smoothly continues:
"If this is true, and you have been kept from your rightful journey to Meido and the cycle of reincarnation, then a great crime has been commited against the Celestial order. Tell me lord Hantei the 40th, why do you linger in this grey realm, surrounded by only your Voice and a court of Faceless supplicents?"
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Zeure
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Post by Zeure on Oct 27, 2011 22:20:32 GMT -5
Hantei ponders this for a moment. The concept to him seems foreign. He leans over and whispers something in Kaisuke's ear; to which Kaisuke responds:
"Hantei the 40th has said: I have always been here, from the time I was a baby, I have no other memories. This gray place as you call it is the only place I have ever been."
This announcement, while pertinent to the mission at hand, is undermined by the fact that as you glance over your shoulder, feeling uneasiness, you see that ALL the faceless figures have turned to face the throne and the samurai present at it. Leaving little doubt in your mind as the nature of thier intent you hear:
"The child mussst ssstaaay. We were given hiiiim. The other half of usss went back insssstead. Thisss part of the soul is ourssss. Weeee neeed it or we diiiiee."
All the sentences rush at once; but they make no moves on you, seemingly waiting on a response. Both the Hantei and the Otomo's eyes go etherial white and they seem to freeze in place. You now realize that you are bargaining with these beings rather than the two humans.
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Yasuki Chad
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Post by Yasuki Chad on Oct 27, 2011 22:35:39 GMT -5
Yasuki Chad's Face twists with distaste for a second before it settles back to placid neutrality.
"Die? You don't seem to live in the first place, merely exist here, imitating the actions of the living. Release the Hantei to his kharmic reward."
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Kakita Sojiro
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Post by Kakita Sojiro on Oct 27, 2011 22:41:15 GMT -5
"What manner of creature are you, that seeks to claim the souls of others for their own? I know of only one such thing..."
Sojiro turned his back to the Hantei and then backed up, putting the strangely frozen emperor directly behind him - or more accurately, putting himself between the emperor and anything that might try to get to him.
"Explain yourselves. What claim do you have on these souls? Why do you need them?" Sojiro's voice had gone from the pleasant one he used in court to something positively frosty. He glanced over at Sprinkles, checking on the Gaijin's position in case a confrontation broke out here - something that seemed highly likely to the Crane.
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Zeure
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Post by Zeure on Oct 29, 2011 0:46:16 GMT -5
The faceless beings circled around the group of samurai at the throne. It was unnerving to see so many blank faces looking at them so intently.
"Several years ago, we were given a choicccce; we would die or we would give up half of our sssself to this boy. In exchange for half of ussss, we would reccccceive half of him. He would be allowed to leave and go back to Ningen-Do and we would be given a place to allow usssss to live out our new exisssstence however we ssssaw fit. With only half of a ssssoul, we would fade away...and sssso would the boy."
The beings crowded closer together forming a very tight knit half-circle around the throne. They did not pay any attention to Sprinkles, or anyone outside of the immediate area of the throne.
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Kakita Sojiro
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Post by Kakita Sojiro on Oct 29, 2011 1:17:57 GMT -5
"So you are bound to him, then. Interesting. What caused you to have to make this choice? Is there a way to undo it - to return the missing parts of your souls without you dying?"
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Zeure
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Post by Zeure on Oct 31, 2011 10:47:57 GMT -5
"There was a....being more powerful than ussss. He sssaid that we had to do thisss or he would sssslay us. The boy would become half-demon and half-human. We would become the ssssame. But the boy wassss allowed to leave, we can not. If one of you isss skilled in magic, perhaps you might be able to help usss. Or if one of you wanted to exchange placcces with the boy, we could do thisss inssstead."
The beings heads moved from side to side, as if considering the propositions. If one were good at judging emotion from body language, it would seem that they were confused more than anything. The once violent aura that permeated the air seemed to have vanished in one of confusion. They looked at themselves and back at the samurai repeatedly.
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Post by sprinkles on Oct 31, 2011 13:57:11 GMT -5
"How do we know this boy is of the Hantei line? Can you prove he is descended from a god?"
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Post by Zeure on Oct 31, 2011 14:13:06 GMT -5
At the same moment, all 50ish heads turned to look at Sprinkles. The air of curiosity was unchanged. If one can stare without a physical face, they did stare at him.
"We...do not know. We were sssimply told thisss by the one who came to kill usss. You are....different than thessse othersss. Do you know more?"
The faceless beings took several steps towards Sprinkles, somewhat frantically, as if they had found a tether to attach themselves to.
"If you know more you mussst tell ussss. We mussst know."
The court started to subtly shake, not in the sense of an earthquake, but rather as if the world was moving ever so slightly.
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Post by sprinkles on Oct 31, 2011 14:25:55 GMT -5
"Wait!" the shout was a command from someone who had authority and knew how to use it.
Sprinkles looked into the Void. Staring too far would drive one insane but he needed answers. He looked at the faceless beings and at the so-called -emperor. He had to know what he was and why he was here. He had to know....
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Post by Zeure on Oct 31, 2011 15:41:43 GMT -5
"Wait!" the shout was a command from someone who had authority and knew how to use it. Sprinkles looked into the Void. Staring too far would drive one insane but he needed answers. He looked at the faceless beings and at the so-called -emperor. He had to know what he was and why he was here. He had to know.... Sprinkles saw without any doubt in his mind that there was a silver chain between each of the faceless beings and the Otomo, and a bigger chain between the beings and the Hantei. In Sprinkles' vision, the chains slowly drew together and the hantei became one with the faceless beings and there stood a new being. Obviously a demon from some nether realm that Sprinkles had never seen before. As he continued to stare, he saw what must be the past of this creature, happening before him. He saw a bigger demon walking with a hooded figure carrying a baby. The bigger demon demanded that the lesser join souls with the baby. The lesser refused and the bigger threatened to kill him. A ritual took place where the two became one soul, which was then split in half so that each was body was it's own again. The hooded figure placed a mask on the baby and carried him away. The mask was white with red markings and fangs with two horns jutting out of the forehead. It was something that Sprinkles had seen many times before, and hated the sight of because of the person who bore it in his life. The visions faded. As his vision came back, Sprinkles realized that they had not stopped moving and were still advancing on him. [OOC] Remember that only you saw this Sprinkles...[/OOC]
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