Kitsu Hiraku
Lion Clan
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Post by Kitsu Hiraku on May 23, 2011 12:46:50 GMT -5
Daisuke stopped when he saw the cavern. He muttered a few words before descending and did so easily when the earth moved itself beneath his feet to make the task easier.
* He is probably preparing a difficult ritual there... and he either wants me to help or to look at it. Both would be interesting *
He thought while going down. When he finally arrived he saw Kijiro standing above Shoju who was crouching near a Unicorn woman body.
Daisuke coughed to get their attention and spoke. - So, Shoju, what do you need us for? Planning to use her body for something? Or maybe you're planning to bring her back to life? Which one is it?
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Post by Shoju on May 23, 2011 13:09:32 GMT -5
Shoju allowed Kijiro and Daisuke to enter the blood shield that he had formed. "This woman is quite possibly the single most important person in the legitimization of the Spider, and he dying request was to have another life to live for the Empire." Shoju looked at them, and back at the Battle Maiden Lying on the ground. Daisuke, it is good to see you. I need you to inscribe the blood rites on the floor of this cavern just as you had on Misaki's head. The goal of this will not be to permanently bind her to me. It will be to resurrect her, and bind her long enough to ensure she is a willing servant of the Empire."
Shoju began by painting symbols on her hands, feet, forehead. As Daisuke painted the kanji on the ground, Shoju began weaving a spell in the air just above her body. He was searching for her soul. As he found her soul he began the ritual of reuniting her body and soul.
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Kitsu Hiraku
Lion Clan
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Post by Kitsu Hiraku on May 23, 2011 13:29:50 GMT -5
Daisuke sighed. - Always the hard part... He muttered and took out his wakizashi. He pulled up the sleeve of his robe so that his hand was free.
The skin near his hand was pale and full of scars from being cut. Some advised him to just heal them but Daisuke decided to leave them there as a reminder of his choices. He turned the wakizashi in his other hand and slided it through the skin. Blood started to flow out of the wound and he began his task. He started inscribing the symbols around the body in the right pattern. When he felt weak he closed his wound and finished the drawing with the blood we was carrying in the vials that were hidden in his bag.
- Finished. Hope you'll find her quickly Daisuke said before sitting on ground. He closed his eyes and started to meditate, moving away from the physical word and the tiredness. He knew he would be woken up when he was needed.
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Bayushi Haruka
Scorpion Clan
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Post by Bayushi Haruka on May 23, 2011 14:30:22 GMT -5
It didn't take long for her spirit to be found, as Shoju could actually feel it lingering, unfinished. Her soul was a potent one but it felt somewhat familiar, willing, and accessible. With all the pieces in place, it did not require a prayer or incantation to revive the willing dead.Her first breath was a violent one, and by the kami it seemed her patched form actually started to heal on its own. Slamming her first into the ground she nearly struck Shoju with its force as it cracked solid stone and drew cold blood from her hands.
She looked around completely dazed and now surrounded by three men. Her gaze resting on Shoju, the last person she had seen before she passed. Her will seemed to overpower any binds they had attempted to put on her. The purity of the battle maiden was without question resolute even in death. But she'd returned willingly.
As she started to feel her legs and realize what occurred she stared long and hard into Shoju, ignoring his new companions as these intense eyes that were the same as Haruka's fell on him. They were indeed the spitting image of each other, minus the scarring now littering her healing form.
"How have you done this.. what horrible evil have you done to my body!?"
She seemed to roar back to life with her newfound force, recovering at an insane speed as her form was revitalized from the drained woman he'd met. He grabbed him by his robes and forced him up against the wall, but her strength was actually reserved as she held him up against it, not harming him intensionally.
She was breathing heavily though and her strength would not entirely last as she was forced to put him down against the wall still pinned as she looked angrily into his eyes. But as seconds passed and the blood began circulating through her mind, her anger and fury seemed to soften slightly as he could see in her eyes.
"Why bring me back, what use is a Shiotome to Bloodspeakers like you?" She seemed intent on answers.
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Post by Shoju on May 23, 2011 15:14:27 GMT -5
Shoju smiled pinned against the wall. It was his most complete resurrection to date. A willing participant, with fantastic results. This, was a ritual for remembering.
"Greetings Battle Maiden." Shoju's grin was spreading. "First, let me say that Evil is purely a matter of perspective. As you astutely noticed, I am a bloodspeaker as some call it, and I did use my capabilities to find you, and your steed, I assure you though, had another method been capable, I would have used it. My what a khadi you would have made....."
Shoju trailed for a moment, and then snapped back. "My name is Shoju, and you my dear battle maiden serve more purposes to me than you could possibly fathom. Most importantly, You are the materialization of a promise to your sister. You are the legitimization of my research. And, if you are willing, you are the Taisa to my riders. "
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Bayushi Haruka
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Post by Bayushi Haruka on May 23, 2011 15:24:03 GMT -5
It was naturally at the mention of her sister that her mind seemed to wander, fetching memories from her life before death. But she seemed to be wrestling with a lot at once and almost struggled with it all as her grip loosened on him.
"My sister.. lives.. "
She spat, quite the coarse soul compared to Haruka, as she walked a few paces into the darkness and picked up her daisho she had to discard sometime ago, unable to hold it with her fading strength. And it seemed to be in these few moments she figured out what she wanted to say.
"Besides leading a cavalry, why do you need me... what is your cause Shoju. You do not act like the bloodspeakers I've slaughtered so easily before. You do not talk like one who relies on fear, but strength.
I don't care that I'm a flawed form because you gave me the chance to continue on in the name of Rokugan. But if your calling is against Rokugan, I will not hesitate to kill you or your comrades where you stand."
Her gaze was icy as it passed between the three, but identifying Shoju continually as the leader.
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Kitsu Hiraku
Lion Clan
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Post by Kitsu Hiraku on May 23, 2011 17:31:14 GMT -5
With his eyes still closed Daisuke spoke. - I could answer that question Battle Maiden. The boy spoke in a very cheerful voice - Shoju is a man that lives the way you want to. You said to him that you wanted another chance at life. A way to keep on working for the good of the Rokugan and it's people. That is what Shoju-san does. When I met him first I was like you, a little scared, a little angry. I wanted to fight with him for who he was. He said as he stood up.
- But then he saved me from danger and gave me shelter from those that would want my demise. He showed no interest in conflict and always looked for a peaceful resolution when I was traveling with him.
- I hope the story of how we met and why I joined his cause explained his character to you. It is true his methods may be brutal and immoral or even evil but that doesn't mean he wants to do only evil. It is the result that matters not the methods. He said more seriously.
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Bayushi Haruka
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Post by Bayushi Haruka on May 23, 2011 17:52:55 GMT -5
Her steel gaze shifted to Daisuke, and had she moved it could potentially be to kill him as well from the warmth it gave. "You may think so, fallen one, but it all is for nothing if the goal is not clear."
She eyed Kijiro with some increasing suspicion, but suspected him to be some sort of protector silently. But her eyes passed back to Shoju. "What is your true goal with this new life you live. You allies might believe in you, but no honorable soul in Rokugan will allow you to live a breath without contest if you merely seek to conquer it as the other clans try." Her words were piercing, and it seemed to indicate maybe knowing more than she wished about the samurai of Rokugan. However her tolerance to even speak seemed to be proof enough of the chance she was willing to give Shoju.
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Post by Shoju on May 23, 2011 19:05:49 GMT -5
Shoju nodded in appreciation to Daisuke, and turned his gaze back to the Battle Maiden. "My goal? My goal is the defense of the Empire. My goal is to ensure that Rokugan is safe from threats inside an out." Shoju adjusted a little. "Beyond that, I look to legitimize the claim of my lord, and find a seat amongst the rest of Rokugan for those of us who follow him. Some find these goals to be in conflict with each other due to my affiliations. But I assure you, my goal is the same as every member of a great clan. My methods.... Differ greatly."
Shoju exhaled. "My second life, this life I live now, has been vastly different than my first life. There have been those who wish to kill me. There have been those who don't understand me. Your sister, Haruka, is conflicted. She is conflicted because she sees what I believe She sees what I do, and wants to believe. But on the other hand, She has the sight and perceptions of the great clans. The perceptions based on the Maho Tsukai who use their gifts foolishly for quests of power. I use Maho to serve my own means, yes, but I also use it for the defense of the Empire, in ways that most only dream."
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Post by Bayushi Haruka on May 23, 2011 19:32:56 GMT -5
She went still as a silent breeze filtered through the cavern, it seemed to whisper something unheard to Daisuke but he couldn't make out the voice in his mind. Her face never changed expression, not even to show a thought or an emotion as she just stared nearly unblinkingly at him.
"She believes in you, she only appears to struggle. I know her foolish desires, and naive mind. She is far more flexible and dangerous than most battle maidens in that she uses her mind and words far more than we were meant to.
If she let you live, then that means she's accepted you but because of her presence as a Unicorn and an honorable woman she will never admit it to anyone but you, Shoju-san."
She began to slowly walk out, only stopping as she passed the three. "My old life is over, and while others will recognize my old name. I shall be from now on known as Tenshi, to signify my new purpose and identity. I will treat you as my new lord, but I offer my single word of caution with my obedience. Stray once from the defense of the empire, and I will not hesitate to crush you as I have crushed those before you, Shoju-san."
Her hand made a fist as she walked on up and out, her steed giving a recognizing call as she ran her hand over his mane. "Uma." She said nothing more as she just stood at the stallion's side and waited for Shoju's lead, even nodding as he passed showing her complete willingness to follow. But it seemed the stoic persona of the battle maidens was what she preferred, and would likely say little else unless asked.
((OOC: I'd prefer to have control over Tenshi if that's all right as she has a lovely complex character and it will give me something else to do :3))
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Post by Shoju on May 23, 2011 22:13:12 GMT -5
{OOC} That's fine by me WOOHOO! I will be posting a reply to this in the morning. Tired Shoju is Tired.
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Post by Shoju on May 24, 2011 8:24:51 GMT -5
Shoju smiled deeply. "Welcome to the Spider Tenshi. You are a fine addition." Shoju walked forward and looked at the sky. A clear night in Scorpion Lands, What a perfect night for a journey. "You must understand Tenshi-san, we do what must me done, and some will hunt us." Shoju turned and looked back at her. "We head now to Kyuden Bayushi. I believe it is time that the Scorpion Clan Champion and I discussed his assault on my home. I should perhaps fill you in on the complicated nature of our visit."
Shoju began walking ahead, recounting the lives he has led to Tenshi. The tales of his life seemingly more normal each time he tells them.
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Bayushi Senshi
Scorpion Clan
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Post by Bayushi Senshi on May 24, 2011 9:46:02 GMT -5
(ooc: I'm as giddy as a school girl who just shot bin Laden in the eye! Who can I maim!!!?
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Post by Shoju on May 25, 2011 9:28:30 GMT -5
Shoju's tale was long, and the group was deep in Scorpion Territory Now. Kyuden Bayushi was visible on the horizon, with the moon hanging just above it. The group was definitely easy to spot. A Shugenja clad in a Kimono and Jingasa. A Yojimbo with a fearsome mempo. A battle Maiden, and a Young Man.
Shoju contemplated what was coming. He had not seen his former champion in person since prior to his first death. He had promised to steer clear of Scorpion Lands after the bartering for the scroll. That was however, before The Scorpion Clan Champion sent his brother to kill him. After bartering for the scroll, He had assumed wrongly that his former clan would be happy to have the scroll back, and at least for a time, forgo attempting to put him in the grove. Apparently, that time was indeed short.
Shoju was obviously Lost in Thought. Kijiro on the other hand, was fully aware of their surroundings. He was paranoid. Two lost sons of the Scorpion now back in Scorpion Lands. Daigotsu Kijiro and Chuda Shoju. Once upon a time they were Bayushi Taizin, and Shosuro Kijiro, a samurai and shinobi of the clan of secrets. And it had seemed, they were secrets that the Scorpion had at least once attempted to permanently silence. Kijiro's Mempo glistened in the moonlight as he scanned the road and surrounding vegetation for signs they were to be ambushed.
Shoju drew his katana from his side, and began held it high in the moonlight. The blade pulsed a red glow, and then quieted. "Listen. The whispers on the wind tell of a monumental occasion on the horizon. I hope we reach Kyuden Bayushi before daybreak. it would be good to find a place to stage our entrance from".
{OOC}This thread is open to all now. If you aren't Shoju, Thrak, Ishida (tadaka), Haruka, Senshi, daisuke, or sprinkles, Please PM me before jumping in.
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Bayushi Senshi
Scorpion Clan
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Post by Bayushi Senshi on May 25, 2011 12:28:02 GMT -5
Senshi was awoken in the night when his agent, Keiko, delivered an urgent message. Kijiro had been seen in the company of others, including a man that met the description of Oronkohiro. Keiko had not seen the group herself, but came straight to her champion when the news was passed to her. Senshi dismissed Keiko, and asked her to track them with her best agents. He then summoned members of his personal guard. His private chambers were a bustle as Senshi jumped into action, handing out orders and taking reports as he gathered what bushi and shugenja he could. He couldn't lose this opportunity.
Senshi began to don his war armor, including his golden lion war helm. Senshi was determined to end this threat to the empire, once and for all.
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