Glory of the Emerald Empire (Legend of the 5 Rings Quest)
- Thread starter Winged Knight
- Start date
- Fantasy
EtchedSteel
*mumble mumble*
- Location
- Lima. Peru
[x] Timeskip to Kyuden Tonbo
Cannongerbil
I came here to nep at you
- Location
- Soviet Lunar Base
[x] Timeskip to Kyuden Tonbo
Ridiculously Average Guy
I'm you, but stronger
- Location
-
[X] Timeskip to Kyuden Tonbo
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Winged Knight
Still just a crazy man with a wolf on his head
- Location
- Texas
[x] Complete Timeskip. Random Event.
"No, my Lord," you answer. "Thank you for your time, but I believe I have asked everything that was on my mind."
"For now, anyway," Yasuki Goro replied, chuckling. "You're an awfully inquisitive young man, Sosuke-san. A good trait to have, if properly utilized."
"As you say, Yasuki-sama," you reply. "I will endeavor to do so."
"Very good," your superior says. "I'm certain you will do the Clan proud."
The next few days continue without much happening as you journey on. The ground slowly becomes hillier as you make your way ever northward. For the most part your caravan does not come across anything. This land lies between three Great Clans, and is for the most part uninhabited save for a few farms here and there.
It is a peaceful trek, and gives you time to think. Soon, you will be performing the duty Yasuki Goro told you so many weeks ago. Soon you will tell the Dragon your story, stress the urgency of the coming war. You cannot fail here. There is never enough Jade for those who hold the Wall, and the Crab need every piece they can get.
You ruminate on this often on your journey, coming back to it even as you try to distract yourself. It is almost a relief when you come to the village of Tangan-Mura, for at least now there are other things to take up your focus aside from your own thoughts.
The village is not very large, consisting of no more than perhaps forty houses and a few storage sheds. A number of small fields are cultivated outside the village, providing sustenance, and there is a forest to the east where game is likely hunted. For such a small population it is likely all that is needed in order to feed everyone, as well as pay what taxes are demanded.
There is even an inn, though its presence surprises you. Yasuki Goro took a more direct route from Shiro sano Ken Hayai rather than following the highway to Oiku and cross the river there. It made the journey more difficult, but it saved time. Still, being so far from the main roads means that Tangan-Mura didn't see many visitors.
Maybe that explained all the fear in the eyes of the people as you come close.
These people are terrified, you think to yourself as you ride into the community, the sun setting in the distance. Is something going on here?
It's true. Everyone you pass by looks at your caravan with barely restrained expressions of panic, and quickly avert their gazes when you look at them. No… Not the caravan. They look at you, Shasa and Yasuki Goro with fear. It is the Samurai that frighten them, not the Ashigaru or Shirou.
Something is very wrong here, you muse as your party stops at the inn and begins to unload for the evening. Why are these people so frightened?
Yasuki Goro goes inside to make the preparations for your lodging, while you take care of your horse. The animal has had a bit of a rough time with the rocky hills, and you hope a night of rest in a proper stable will do your mount some good. You've got at least another week to go before you reach Kyuden Tonbo, and you can't afford your horse going lame before then.
"Honored Samurai!" a woman cries out from the street, coming before you and throwing herself upon the ground in a bow so deep her forehead practically slams against the earth. What few people are left out at this time of night look at her aghast, but she doesn't take notice of them. "Please, I beseech you! You must help me! The beast has taken my son! Please save him!"
"Hikaru, stop this!" a man from the street said, reaching for her. "Do you want to bring doom upon us all?"
"I don't care!" Hikaru cries, ripping her arm away from the man's grasp. She glares at him, tears streaming down her cheeks. "How many more months will we be silent as our children are taken? I won't stand for it! I won't let my Danzu be slaughtered because the rest of you are cowards!"
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"No, my Lord," you answer. "Thank you for your time, but I believe I have asked everything that was on my mind."
"For now, anyway," Yasuki Goro replied, chuckling. "You're an awfully inquisitive young man, Sosuke-san. A good trait to have, if properly utilized."
"As you say, Yasuki-sama," you reply. "I will endeavor to do so."
"Very good," your superior says. "I'm certain you will do the Clan proud."
The next few days continue without much happening as you journey on. The ground slowly becomes hillier as you make your way ever northward. For the most part your caravan does not come across anything. This land lies between three Great Clans, and is for the most part uninhabited save for a few farms here and there.
It is a peaceful trek, and gives you time to think. Soon, you will be performing the duty Yasuki Goro told you so many weeks ago. Soon you will tell the Dragon your story, stress the urgency of the coming war. You cannot fail here. There is never enough Jade for those who hold the Wall, and the Crab need every piece they can get.
You ruminate on this often on your journey, coming back to it even as you try to distract yourself. It is almost a relief when you come to the village of Tangan-Mura, for at least now there are other things to take up your focus aside from your own thoughts.
The village is not very large, consisting of no more than perhaps forty houses and a few storage sheds. A number of small fields are cultivated outside the village, providing sustenance, and there is a forest to the east where game is likely hunted. For such a small population it is likely all that is needed in order to feed everyone, as well as pay what taxes are demanded.
There is even an inn, though its presence surprises you. Yasuki Goro took a more direct route from Shiro sano Ken Hayai rather than following the highway to Oiku and cross the river there. It made the journey more difficult, but it saved time. Still, being so far from the main roads means that Tangan-Mura didn't see many visitors.
Maybe that explained all the fear in the eyes of the people as you come close.
These people are terrified, you think to yourself as you ride into the community, the sun setting in the distance. Is something going on here?
It's true. Everyone you pass by looks at your caravan with barely restrained expressions of panic, and quickly avert their gazes when you look at them. No… Not the caravan. They look at you, Shasa and Yasuki Goro with fear. It is the Samurai that frighten them, not the Ashigaru or Shirou.
Something is very wrong here, you muse as your party stops at the inn and begins to unload for the evening. Why are these people so frightened?
Yasuki Goro goes inside to make the preparations for your lodging, while you take care of your horse. The animal has had a bit of a rough time with the rocky hills, and you hope a night of rest in a proper stable will do your mount some good. You've got at least another week to go before you reach Kyuden Tonbo, and you can't afford your horse going lame before then.
"Honored Samurai!" a woman cries out from the street, coming before you and throwing herself upon the ground in a bow so deep her forehead practically slams against the earth. What few people are left out at this time of night look at her aghast, but she doesn't take notice of them. "Please, I beseech you! You must help me! The beast has taken my son! Please save him!"
"Hikaru, stop this!" a man from the street said, reaching for her. "Do you want to bring doom upon us all?"
"I don't care!" Hikaru cries, ripping her arm away from the man's grasp. She glares at him, tears streaming down her cheeks. "How many more months will we be silent as our children are taken? I won't stand for it! I won't let my Danzu be slaughtered because the rest of you are cowards!"
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al103
Grumpy Russian Bear (SV edition)
- Location
- Russia, Krasnoyarsk
Duty tell us that if it is another shadowland infiltration stirring trouble at heartlands as we did already see in Scorpion lands it may be as important as our mission or at least important to our mission. The more "ammo" we get for negotiation - the more likely we actually will get Jade out of it to strengthen the Wall. Well, it could be unrelated and than it would be waste of time, but well Compassion and Courage indeed.
[x] Tell me more.
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Cannongerbil
I came here to nep at you
- Location
- Soviet Lunar Base
[x] Tell me more.
-[K] Except, more eloquent
-[K] Except, more eloquent
Orion Nexus
The Storm Soul
- Location
- South Carolina
[x] Tell me more.
And here. We. Go.
Have fun, ladies and gentlemen.
And here. We. Go.
Have fun, ladies and gentlemen.
EtchedSteel
*mumble mumble*
- Location
- Lima. Peru
[x] Tell me more.
I'm having this feeling that it has to do with some dream we had before leaving Rugashi. You know, the Kohsa thingy.
I'm having this feeling that it has to do with some dream we had before leaving Rugashi. You know, the Kohsa thingy.
[x] Tell me more.
Maybe it's
Maybe it's
Ridiculously Average Guy
I'm you, but stronger
- Location
-
[X]
Sirrocco
Pedantic
EtchedSteel
*mumble mumble*
- Location
- Lima. Peru
For those who doesn't want to fish for the particular post:
Hmm... perhaps I should've done this earlier.
Hmm... perhaps I should've done this earlier.
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2.122
Winged Knight
Still just a crazy man with a wolf on his head
- Location
- Texas
[x] Explain further.
The man looks as if he is going to step forward to grab Hikaru again, but you interpose yourself between them. The peasant, much shorter than you, flinches and backs away from your looming bulk. He refuses to meet your gaze, backing away and hunching over as if to protect himself from a coming blow. You're honestly a little surprised by how frightened he is.
"Please don't cause us grief, Hikaru," the man begs softly. "Please."
There are a few others in the street whispering similar sentiments. A small crowd has gathered, perhaps eight people and all including the man who had reached for Hikaru. It is enough commotion to draw the attention of both Shasa and Shirou, who come to stand by your side.
You turn back to Hikaru, who seems to be torn between fury at the crowd and utter desperation toward you. It's an odd mixture of emotions, and it makes the woman's expression strange. You're not entirely certain how to proceed.
So you decide to just go on ahead anyway, and hope things will work out.
"Please explain," you say. "What is going on here?"
"For the past… past few weeks children in the village have been disappearing," Hikaru says. "Just taken in the night, with hardly any sign at all! We thought they might have been wandering off into the woods, but no bodies have ever been found. They were just gone!"
"A kidnapper?" Shasa asks. "And the local Doshin hasn't been able to help you?"
"That man is a fool and a drunkard," Hikaru spat. "And afraid to look too far out, especially once the ogre came into the village."
"Ogre?" you say, your eyebrows shooting up to your hairline. "There's been an ogre here?"
"It came into the village about three weeks after the first disappearance, demanding to use the village forge," Hikaru says. "Gave the smith five lumps of gold and crafted itself a giant sword. He's out in the forest somewhere. It must be the monster who is taking our children!"
"It could talk?" Shasa asked, her surprise obvious. "That is… strange."
"Why have you not sent a letter to the Samurai in charge of your village?" Shirou asks. "Surely they would send a force out to slay the beast."
"Do you know where we are, Monk?" a man from the crowd asks. "We stand between three Great Clans! The Lion would balk at the Dragon sending any force so close to their borders, and the Dragon would react the same! And who knows what the Unicorn might do." He shudders. "I remember the Dragon-Unicorn War, and Moto Shinichiro's rampage. None of us ever wants to see that again."
"I don't care!" Hikaru shrieks. "I don't care who gets offended or what wars are started! I just want my son back! I won't let my Danzu perish like all the others! I won't!"
Hikaru breaks down sobbing, hands over her face. You're not entirely certain what to do here. This village stands in a nebulous position, one where it is uncertain just what Clan can claim ownership of it. Back in Scorpion lands, you acted with their blessing. Here, you have no such certainty.
But as you think upon Hikaru's pleading, desperate words, you're not entirely sure that matters. Some creature has been taking these children, no doubt for some vile purpose. Such a thing cannot stand.
You must make a decision.
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The man looks as if he is going to step forward to grab Hikaru again, but you interpose yourself between them. The peasant, much shorter than you, flinches and backs away from your looming bulk. He refuses to meet your gaze, backing away and hunching over as if to protect himself from a coming blow. You're honestly a little surprised by how frightened he is.
"Please don't cause us grief, Hikaru," the man begs softly. "Please."
There are a few others in the street whispering similar sentiments. A small crowd has gathered, perhaps eight people and all including the man who had reached for Hikaru. It is enough commotion to draw the attention of both Shasa and Shirou, who come to stand by your side.
You turn back to Hikaru, who seems to be torn between fury at the crowd and utter desperation toward you. It's an odd mixture of emotions, and it makes the woman's expression strange. You're not entirely certain how to proceed.
So you decide to just go on ahead anyway, and hope things will work out.
"Please explain," you say. "What is going on here?"
"For the past… past few weeks children in the village have been disappearing," Hikaru says. "Just taken in the night, with hardly any sign at all! We thought they might have been wandering off into the woods, but no bodies have ever been found. They were just gone!"
"A kidnapper?" Shasa asks. "And the local Doshin hasn't been able to help you?"
"That man is a fool and a drunkard," Hikaru spat. "And afraid to look too far out, especially once the ogre came into the village."
"Ogre?" you say, your eyebrows shooting up to your hairline. "There's been an ogre here?"
"It came into the village about three weeks after the first disappearance, demanding to use the village forge," Hikaru says. "Gave the smith five lumps of gold and crafted itself a giant sword. He's out in the forest somewhere. It must be the monster who is taking our children!"
"It could talk?" Shasa asked, her surprise obvious. "That is… strange."
"Why have you not sent a letter to the Samurai in charge of your village?" Shirou asks. "Surely they would send a force out to slay the beast."
"Do you know where we are, Monk?" a man from the crowd asks. "We stand between three Great Clans! The Lion would balk at the Dragon sending any force so close to their borders, and the Dragon would react the same! And who knows what the Unicorn might do." He shudders. "I remember the Dragon-Unicorn War, and Moto Shinichiro's rampage. None of us ever wants to see that again."
"I don't care!" Hikaru shrieks. "I don't care who gets offended or what wars are started! I just want my son back! I won't let my Danzu perish like all the others! I won't!"
Hikaru breaks down sobbing, hands over her face. You're not entirely certain what to do here. This village stands in a nebulous position, one where it is uncertain just what Clan can claim ownership of it. Back in Scorpion lands, you acted with their blessing. Here, you have no such certainty.
But as you think upon Hikaru's pleading, desperate words, you're not entirely sure that matters. Some creature has been taking these children, no doubt for some vile purpose. Such a thing cannot stand.
You must make a decision.
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Actually it's not our call. It's Goro's.
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"Yasuki-sama, I am aware that our task is of great import, thus if you judge it of greater import than helping these peasants; I understand. However, my Lord, I would ask of you to let me go and handle the matter, the notion of the Southern Foe being here makes my blood run hot and my hands itch for a chance to swing my tetsubo at it. I leave it in your honourable hands my lord."
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"Yasuki-sama, I am aware that our task is of great import, thus if you judge it of greater import than helping these peasants; I understand. However, my Lord, I would ask of you to let me go and handle the matter, the notion of the Southern Foe being here makes my blood run hot and my hands itch for a chance to swing my tetsubo at it. I leave it in your honourable hands my lord."