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Jan 28, 2011 10:37:33 GMT -5
Post by Shoju on Jan 28, 2011 10:37:33 GMT -5
Only with the power and knowledge of a Kami did they defeat Fu Leng. When Fu Leng returns, there will be no weakness. There will be no poisoned host. There will be no black scroll to save you.
Corruption takes on many Shapes. It appears that the Crab's Corruption is Arrogance.
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Jan 28, 2011 12:03:48 GMT -5
Post by the monk Basufu on Jan 28, 2011 12:03:48 GMT -5
Pfft. I'm holding onto a black scroll, which I took from the corpse of a Chuda who thought maho could save him from my wrath, RIGHT NOW. And it was not the guidance of the gods that saved us from Fu Leng, but the wisdom of Shinsei, another human.
The example of the Lords of Death may be instructive. Why did they curse the Moto? Because, when they stopped being worshipped, they began dying. Gods are unlike other problems, you see. The best and most sure way to make them go away is to ignore them.
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Jan 28, 2011 13:48:00 GMT -5
Post by Shoju on Jan 28, 2011 13:48:00 GMT -5
You took a scroll from a weak minded fool. I will take great joy in relieving you of the scroll. Perhaps you will have a use yet Kuni-san. I'm always looking for another soul to twist into a champion of my cause.
Shinsei's guidance would be considered "divine guidance from the Kami" wouldn't it? Shinsei surely had the guidance of the Kami. If he didn't, he would be nothing more than a yobanjin, or outcast of Rokugan.
Be careful of the power contained in the scroll. Its secrets are easily learned, but the price of the knowledge contained there in is likely more than you could bear. There isn't enough Jade in rokugan to save you from the scroll. But, I know how you can wield the scroll.
My invitation to you Jiyuu stands. Come, and I will show you true limitless power. Or chase a destiny that will bring you unwillingly to be a servant. The choice is yours.
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Daigotsu Thrakhath
Spider Clan
Through strength, I gain power. Through power, I gain victory. Through victory, my chains are broken
Posts: 600
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Jan 28, 2011 13:50:15 GMT -5
Post by Daigotsu Thrakhath on Jan 28, 2011 13:50:15 GMT -5
Don't waste your breath brother, this Kuni is too set in his ways to accept what we have to offer.
Nothing's stopping him from serving posthumously, however.
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Jan 28, 2011 14:26:21 GMT -5
Post by the monk Basufu on Jan 28, 2011 14:26:21 GMT -5
If his insight was guidance from the Kami, why did Shiba himself act as his follower, recording his wisdom? Do you know nothing of your history? Shiba recorded the words of Shinsei to Hantei as the Tao of Shinsei. The gods were not the source of Shinsei's wisdom, Shinsei was the source of wisdom to the gods!
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Jan 28, 2011 14:48:52 GMT -5
Post by Shoju on Jan 28, 2011 14:48:52 GMT -5
Posthumously is far to easy. No, I think I will take great joy in breaking him. When I am finished with Jiyuu he will serve willingly. Every Clan has their corruption. It is there and present in all of them.
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Jan 28, 2011 16:04:49 GMT -5
Post by the monk Basufu on Jan 28, 2011 16:04:49 GMT -5
Alright, let me talk slowly so your taint-rotted brain can process my words.
I mean to free my people of the outside spritual influences of which you and yours are the most egregious and terrible example. Time and again we have seen that using the power of taint only, in the end, serves to spread more taint, whatever your original intent.
As such, while yes, I do seek power, I know that power is a means, a tool, not an end in itself. I need the right tool for the job.
I'll use an analogy. Say I need to do some mining. I need a pick to do the job right. You've come to me and said, "Here, you want a tool! Look at this hammer! You can have it!"
I say, "But I don't need a hammer, I need a pick. A hammer isn't the right tool."
"But look at the size of the hammer! It's so big!"
"Yeah, but it's not a pick."
"It's shiny, too! Look at that gleam!"
"Yes, it's lovely, and quite tremendous in size, but all the same, what I need is a pick."
"It can be yours for only the low, low price of eternal servitude to a cruel and unforgiving master! Plus, if you buy now, we'll throw in deluxe accomodations in a blasted wasteland that smells of rotted corpses!"
"BUT I NEED A PICK!"
"Oh, sorry, we're fresh out of picks."
You get the point? You don't have what I want. What you have has resemblances to what I want, but it isn't close enough. I don't wish to rule, but liberate.
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Jan 28, 2011 16:18:52 GMT -5
Post by Shoju on Jan 28, 2011 16:18:52 GMT -5
My dear dear Kuni-san.
You misunderstand. I do not wish to Taint the Empire, as the Taint is indeed a gift that has proven to be too powerful for some.
I wish to corrupt it. Only when the Empire fully embraces the corruption that hides behind their duty and their bushido can they truly unite as one. You see, The corruption of the Crab is their Arrogance, and their Duty. This corruption makes them believe that they are better than the Crane, because they defend a wall. A job I must say, you fail miserably at throughout history.
A Crane's corruption is his vanity. He believes that by being a Crane, and dressing himself in finery, and and mastering his iaijutsu, that he is better than you.
Each clan has a corruption. I intend to expose this corruption. Only once the corruption is exposed can we truly move forward united. Those who stand in the way of this, will sadly face trials that they can only blame upon themselves.
Corruption is not the taint you vehemently hate. The taint is a gift of Fu Leng, that has been wasted far to often on those too weak minded to embrace it for what it is.
You speak of liberation, but you don't want to liberate, you only wish to take from one, to enslave to another.
Fu Leng is only Cruel and unforgiving to those who defy him, or fail him.
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Jan 28, 2011 18:29:35 GMT -5
Post by the monk Basufu on Jan 28, 2011 18:29:35 GMT -5
Hahaha, and what makes you think I want the Empire to be unified? We are a diverse country with diverse tastes and interests. This unity we have now is why we treat the Yobanjin, our brothers, whether we acknowledge it or not, like dogs and slaughter them by their thousands, barring their entry to this land of their fathers. I will fight them, for if they manage to penetrate far the ones who will suffer most will be the peasantry, and they suffer enough under the Celestial Order without being raped and robbed by barbarian hordes.
To put it another way, I am all for unity, among those who choose it. Not by dictate.
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Jan 31, 2011 11:12:02 GMT -5
Post by Shoju on Jan 31, 2011 11:12:02 GMT -5
You sound... very peculiar for a son of the Crab. You sound more like a nuisance. Similar to those... Oh what were they called... Oh that's right. KOLAT.
I have no use for them either. They are but a blemish on the face of the Empire that will be born again. Preferably, in flames.
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Kitsuki Yuushahime
Dragon Clan
This person sometimes posts things that are tl;dr
Courtier Magistrate Ambassador Daimyo
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Jan 31, 2011 20:13:43 GMT -5
Post by Kitsuki Yuushahime on Jan 31, 2011 20:13:43 GMT -5
ooc: Bah! This is an amazing but odd thread! I cannot believe this is in character properly as it doesn't quite make sense for a crab shugenja to stand outside lost lands and trade insults with them. Yet it is brilliant. I kind of want to join in but only ooc. Such a quandary. Perhaps I'll go back and meditate on it for ages and ages. We Dragon love that ^^ (not that I'll ever understand 100% of course!)
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Jan 31, 2011 23:47:48 GMT -5
Post by the monk Basufu on Jan 31, 2011 23:47:48 GMT -5
It is OOC/IC. Talking through the fourth wall, as it were. We're talking in character using knowledge we can't have and can't share with others. All in good fun.
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Moto Yoee
Spider Clan
The Dark Clown
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Feb 1, 2011 9:55:01 GMT -5
Post by Moto Yoee on Feb 1, 2011 9:55:01 GMT -5
The fourth wall? You mean... we have already shattered three of your Kaiu walls?
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Feb 1, 2011 10:54:35 GMT -5
Post by Shoju on Feb 1, 2011 10:54:35 GMT -5
Kaiu building material is the easiest to shatter. Just ask the siege smith I hurled through it.
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Feb 1, 2011 19:46:27 GMT -5
Post by the monk Basufu on Feb 1, 2011 19:46:27 GMT -5
Also, not only am I a Kolat but a filthy user of gaijin wizardry to boot! Stick that in your pipe and smoke it, tainties!
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