EtchedSteel
*mumble mumble*
- Location
- Lima. Peru
[X] "Honored spirit, if I may, I must ask: is the Samurai that I arrived with alive? And... may I ask what you want of me?"
In Thunder's Echo (Legend of the Five Rings Quest)
- Location
- Earth
Warning: This may be based on OOC or faulty knowledge.
[X]"Honored spirit, I apologize if Asako-sama ruined your fun, but that was a rather painful wound you chose for our game. Could we perhaps play with something that is not quite so raw a wound in my soul? What does a yuki no onna do for fun?
-[X]"Though if I might beg your consideration if my companion and I could at the games end be able to return home. I'm sworn to avenge the lady whose visage you took on and am confident Asako has much yet to accomplish. The Phoenix have suffered terribly in the War and her services are desperately needed."
The Air Kami general description in the Book of Air
[X]"Honored spirit, I apologize if Asako-sama ruined your fun, but that was a rather painful wound you chose for our game. Could we perhaps play with something that is not quite so raw a wound in my soul? What does a yuki no onna do for fun?
-[X]"Though if I might beg your consideration if my companion and I could at the games end be able to return home. I'm sworn to avenge the lady whose visage you took on and am confident Asako has much yet to accomplish. The Phoenix have suffered terribly in the War and her services are desperately needed."
6.4 - Yuki no Onna
- Location
- London, England
Well. This is... quite possibly the most danger you have ever been in. Spirits are wild and unpredictable things, and this one seems to have taken a hostile interest in you. Even if you tried to fight it, without some form of fire you highly doubt you'd have much in the way of success.
Still, you are a samurai, and as such you have been extensively trained on what to do when dealing with powerful figures that you cannot reasonably threaten. Step one - be polite.
"Honoured spirit, if I may, I must ask; is the Phoenix alive?" You say cautiously, pleased to find you can still speak. The yuki no onna doesn't react, and for a moment you fear that she might not understand what you are saying. Shugenja have to learn a special language to communicate with the Kami, after all, and that might very well hold true for the more advanced and powerful spirits as well. Fortunately, this is not the case.
"I have not taken her life-heat." The spirit says at last, in a voice like wind through the trees. "She feigns silence to hide from my eyes, but it is not her I care for."
You see Asako Tani twitch slightly at the spirit's words, but... there is a difference between not being dead and being healthy. If she thought to resort to feigning death in order to fool the spirit, then it may be that her fall was less fortunate than yours. It is impossible to tell from here, and in any case is of a profoundly secondary concern.
"And... in that case, may I ask what you want of me?"
There is another pause, and then the yuki no onna is crouching by your side, apparently without covering the distance between you first. This close, you can feel the intense cold radiating from her body, see every snow-flecked strand of hair, and you do your best to control your reaction with the aid of a lifetime of discipline. Flinching away could easily be taken as an insult, after all.
"You bear the touch of the storm." The spirit says in a slow, almost contemplative fashion. "Thunder and wind have marked you, and I was... curious. What makes you worthy of such a thing?"
You swallow. Ah. Well, if you wanted proof that your dream before the Festival was anything more than just a dream, it appears that you have it. Before you can respond, however, the spirit continues speaking.
"Not a reward for past deeds... to prepare you for the future, then. A weapon against the shadow, perhaps?" The snow maiden looks into her eyes, and there is an odd kind of compassion in her unearthly voice. "Should I let you go to such an end? Or keep you here, where it is safe?"
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Still, you are a samurai, and as such you have been extensively trained on what to do when dealing with powerful figures that you cannot reasonably threaten. Step one - be polite.
"Honoured spirit, if I may, I must ask; is the Phoenix alive?" You say cautiously, pleased to find you can still speak. The yuki no onna doesn't react, and for a moment you fear that she might not understand what you are saying. Shugenja have to learn a special language to communicate with the Kami, after all, and that might very well hold true for the more advanced and powerful spirits as well. Fortunately, this is not the case.
"I have not taken her life-heat." The spirit says at last, in a voice like wind through the trees. "She feigns silence to hide from my eyes, but it is not her I care for."
You see Asako Tani twitch slightly at the spirit's words, but... there is a difference between not being dead and being healthy. If she thought to resort to feigning death in order to fool the spirit, then it may be that her fall was less fortunate than yours. It is impossible to tell from here, and in any case is of a profoundly secondary concern.
"And... in that case, may I ask what you want of me?"
There is another pause, and then the yuki no onna is crouching by your side, apparently without covering the distance between you first. This close, you can feel the intense cold radiating from her body, see every snow-flecked strand of hair, and you do your best to control your reaction with the aid of a lifetime of discipline. Flinching away could easily be taken as an insult, after all.
"You bear the touch of the storm." The spirit says in a slow, almost contemplative fashion. "Thunder and wind have marked you, and I was... curious. What makes you worthy of such a thing?"
You swallow. Ah. Well, if you wanted proof that your dream before the Festival was anything more than just a dream, it appears that you have it. Before you can respond, however, the spirit continues speaking.
"Not a reward for past deeds... to prepare you for the future, then. A weapon against the shadow, perhaps?" The snow maiden looks into her eyes, and there is an odd kind of compassion in her unearthly voice. "Should I let you go to such an end? Or keep you here, where it is safe?"
Respond
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Wade Garrett
Just trying to do the right thing
- Pronouns
- He/His/Him
I assume nobody seriously wants to turn this into "Elsa-chan's Male Concubine Quest", so we what we need is a (polite) "Let me go" with possibly an "Ask about the shadow" thrown in.
mothematics
How wide is the concept of "you"?
- Location
- the bottom of a coffee cup
- Pronouns
- She/Her
[X] "I appreciate the offer, but whatever is to come, must come. Scorpion may work in the silence, but we do not hide anymore. Please, let me go to... whatever it is that you see."
Naoto's kinda scared shitless and doubtless is more by the >implying that she's doing but A) he wouldn't and B) I think it'd be interesting to imply that there's more than a touch of "FUCK HIDING" leftover from his childhood.
Mod on something about shadow or not, I guess, if you like this vote; I'm not gonna add that. It wouldn't be bad either way but I don't very much care.
Naoto's kinda scared shitless and doubtless is more by the >implying that she's doing but A) he wouldn't and B) I think it'd be interesting to imply that there's more than a touch of "FUCK HIDING" leftover from his childhood.
Mod on something about shadow or not, I guess, if you like this vote; I'm not gonna add that. It wouldn't be bad either way but I don't very much care.
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EtchedSteel
*mumble mumble*
- Location
- Lima. Peru
... Is this YukiOnna pulling a Toriel?
Is curious that this spirit cares enough to not outright kill us. That, or is more concerned about the boon a Dragon invested on us which of course setted a path for us to walk. So far, I'm liking Dovahsith's write-in since what the spirit asks it's not a "this or that" question. Naoto's a samurai, and thus his duty is with his clan.
[x] Dovahsith
Is curious that this spirit cares enough to not outright kill us. That, or is more concerned about the boon a Dragon invested on us which of course setted a path for us to walk. So far, I'm liking Dovahsith's write-in since what the spirit asks it's not a "this or that" question. Naoto's a samurai, and thus his duty is with his clan.
[x] Dovahsith
- Location
- Leeds
[x] Dovahsith
mothematics
How wide is the concept of "you"?
- Location
- the bottom of a coffee cup
- Pronouns
- She/Her
Fixed now, thank you.
Winged Knight
Still just a crazy man with a wolf on his head
- Location
- Texas
[x] Rook
- Location
- Earth
[X] "Honorable spirit, my life is not my own. Why forge a weapon against the foe, if never to be used when it is needed most?"
-[X] "I would be grateful for any tidbits the wind may have overheard that might shine a light onto the gloom."
-[X] "I would be grateful for any tidbits the wind may have overheard that might shine a light onto the gloom."
- Location
- London, England
I've never played Undertale, so I couldn't tell you.
It's probably worth noting that while the Yuki no Onna is a spirit associated with the wind and cold, she is not actually a kami of the air. Her personality is thus likely going to diverge somewhat from the general traits laid out in the Book of Air. I should have mentioned this when you made that write-in vote for the last update, but I overlooked it.
6.5 - Duty
- Location
- London, England
You hesitate for a moment. It is entirely possible that the spirit could keep you safe, but if there is one thing that all the stories agree on it is that such beings do not think in the same way that humans do. If this 'shadow' is such a threat, then from her perspective freezing you into a block of ice and imprisoning you beneath the mountain stone would probably still count as 'safe', especially if her magic is sufficient to enable you to survive the process.
While that would certainly be a kind of immortality, it is not one that any sane man would choose. Now you need to figure out a way to communicate that and get out of here without offering insult - it would not do to switch her motivations from compassion to vengeance and end up frozen solid anyway, after all.
"Honoured spirit..." You say carefully, "my life is not my own. Why forge a weapon against the foe, if never to be used when needed most?"
The yuki no onna reaches out and touches you lightly upon the cheek, and despite your best efforts you cannot help but shudder slightly at how utterly cold her hand is. Absence of heat is one thing, but this feels more like the warmth is being directly leeched from your body.
"It is not your life that you risk, samurai." The spirit says with deceptive softness. "The Shadow of All Things is not so limited. It will snuff out your soul like a candle flame."
Well. That is... horrifying beyond words, actually. You can't even really wrap your head around the idea - as far as you know, nothing has the ability to do that. Even the Shadowlands Taint merely twists and corrupts the soul, rather than destroying it utterly.
And yet...
This is a new threat. One you have never heard of before, and considering how well read you are that is quite impressive. Normally you might assume that people were aware of this threat but did not speak of it, as was often the case with the forces of Jigoku before the Second Day of Thunder... but Emperor Toturi was one of the Seven Thunders. He knows the dangers of pretending that a foe does not exist, perhaps better than anyone. If he has not told his subjects of the threat, then there is a good chance that he does not know about the threat.
To Defend the Emperor from Threats he cannot see.
"Even so." You say quietly. "I am a Scorpion. This is my duty."
For a long moment, the Yuki no Onna stares at you in silence.
Naoto's Courtier (Rhetoric)/Awareness 7k4 = 48
"Trust in the tears of the sun." She says, and then vanishes.
Slowly, you push yourself upright, wincing at the ache in your muscles. All around you the snowstorm is fading away... and there, just within sight, you can see the path.
"Soshi-san?" Asako Tani asks uncertainty, rising back to her own feet across the clearing from you. "When she said you 'bear the touch of the storm'... what did she mean?"
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While that would certainly be a kind of immortality, it is not one that any sane man would choose. Now you need to figure out a way to communicate that and get out of here without offering insult - it would not do to switch her motivations from compassion to vengeance and end up frozen solid anyway, after all.
"Honoured spirit..." You say carefully, "my life is not my own. Why forge a weapon against the foe, if never to be used when needed most?"
The yuki no onna reaches out and touches you lightly upon the cheek, and despite your best efforts you cannot help but shudder slightly at how utterly cold her hand is. Absence of heat is one thing, but this feels more like the warmth is being directly leeched from your body.
"It is not your life that you risk, samurai." The spirit says with deceptive softness. "The Shadow of All Things is not so limited. It will snuff out your soul like a candle flame."
Well. That is... horrifying beyond words, actually. You can't even really wrap your head around the idea - as far as you know, nothing has the ability to do that. Even the Shadowlands Taint merely twists and corrupts the soul, rather than destroying it utterly.
And yet...
This is a new threat. One you have never heard of before, and considering how well read you are that is quite impressive. Normally you might assume that people were aware of this threat but did not speak of it, as was often the case with the forces of Jigoku before the Second Day of Thunder... but Emperor Toturi was one of the Seven Thunders. He knows the dangers of pretending that a foe does not exist, perhaps better than anyone. If he has not told his subjects of the threat, then there is a good chance that he does not know about the threat.
To Defend the Emperor from Threats he cannot see.
"Even so." You say quietly. "I am a Scorpion. This is my duty."
For a long moment, the Yuki no Onna stares at you in silence.
Naoto's Courtier (Rhetoric)/Awareness 7k4 = 48
"Trust in the tears of the sun." She says, and then vanishes.
Slowly, you push yourself upright, wincing at the ache in your muscles. All around you the snowstorm is fading away... and there, just within sight, you can see the path.
"Soshi-san?" Asako Tani asks uncertainty, rising back to her own feet across the clearing from you. "When she said you 'bear the touch of the storm'... what did she mean?"
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- Location
- Connecticut
- Pronouns
- He/Him
[X] "Asako-san... perhaps now is not the best time for long discussions?"
mothematics
How wide is the concept of "you"?
- Location
- the bottom of a coffee cup
- Pronouns
- She/Her
Perhaps, but I'd rather be slightly less close to freezing to death before we do anything lol
[X] "Asako-san... perhaps now is not the best time for long discussions?"
[X] "Asako-san... perhaps now is not the best time for long discussions?"
Winged Knight
Still just a crazy man with a wolf on his head
- Location
- Texas
[Q] "Oh, she was talking about my relationship with the Thunder Dragon. They visit me in dreams and talk about how amazing I am. We're tight, you see. Sometimes they bring Minor Fortunes along and they also shower me with praise. It's really gratifying."
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