Wedding at Fire Shrimp Village an L5R PbP

Joining the drop team. Not a big surprise, I have been reactive rather than creative the last week. Doing another game so close after the previous one was probably not a great idea from the start, but the chaotic return to confinement here in Europe has finished off what little energy I had left and...

Yuma was there, quite worried about Kio's comment about Yushoko being possessed, though he tried to act as if everything was fine.

"What are you talking about? Going where? And Daidoji Yushoko possessed? I would have sensed it if that was the case..."

An awkward pause.

"... Probably. Ghosts aren't an exact science."

And Yuma was especially bad at detecting spirits who used to be humans.

Toritaka Hanatsuko wrote: ↑

Sun Nov 01, 2020 2:00 pm

I offer Falcon as tribute. But I'll be sad if Kuma died.

Should probably go, people aren't exactly fighting to enter thread (viewtopic.php?f=13&t=518) and if a Toritaka isn't legitimate to deal with ghosts, who is?

"Why would we break it?"

Yuma was sincerely confused by that answer.

If I count right, we're at 31/35 to get best result actually.

With each passing day the curse seemed to start earlier, end later, and affect more people. This time several were already drowning by the time he become aware of it striking again, and Yuma had to jump into the water himself to save them. He dragged one, two, too many back to the shore, until his a...

Sleep.

"Delving at will in the spiritual world is quite the complex task. But there maybe is something we can try. These objects you mentioned earlier... Apparently both Gusari and Bujeihime owned a figurine symbolizing the other and their bond. Little Kio, who put us all to shame with own good she is at e...

"Indeed. And supposedly the two samurai whose duel started this whole feud. All of this is a bit confusing honestly. The story that Hitomi was the illegitimate daughter of a Crane and a Crab who drowned in a shipwreck near this shore seems to be solid as we have both Crab and Crane sources pointing ...

"She turned aggressive and started giving everyone at the table a piece of her mind. That wasn't pretty." He taped the sketch: "Those are portraits of Hida Gusari and Doji Bujeihime." A sip. "I wonder if your master knew. Nakodo often dig quite deep into the history of families they're working for."

"That's strange to say the least. Would your bloodline be related to either Hida Gusari or Doji Bujeihime by any chance? I haven't been able to find the common denominator to those receptive to Hitomi's presence as opposed to those oblivious to her." A sip. "I have seen the ghost once myself. She sh...

Yuma's grip on his teacup tightened slightly:

"Seen through her? What do you mean by that?"

Yuma did not even feign surprise:

"Hitomi? Little girl, long black hair, smell strongly of the sea?"

If that was a no that means yes, Yuma was too preoccupied to take note of it and only served himself a cup.

"So... To what do I owe the pleasure of this visit?"

Yuma bowed in turn:

"Good day Otomo-sama. It's always a pleasure. A cup of tea?"

Yuma was waiting in his room, wondering why, out of many possible reasons, the Otomo wanted to speak to him.

Tea was ready.

A OOC thread to put in one place all pieces of information acquired IC, in the hope it will make D3.2 smoother (or not). Please complete with the information you've managed to gather, and separate facts and assumptions. --- Hitomi is an illegitimate child of Crab and Crane ancestry who died in the s...

Yuma answered noncommittally, focused on organizing his share of the nun's papers:

"Appeal or not, a samurai's life is about doing what must be done."

Stand, bow, the usual:

"Same Daidoji-sama."

"Well, guess it will have to wait then. Could you ask them to pay me a visit if you happen to see them before me? I should be in my room for most of the evening."

"Trust me on that one: Never, ever , asks an imprecise question to a spirit. You'll just end up with a headache. I'm almost tempted to try just to find out how they will drive us crazy this time... But I would rather save the good will of the elements for tonight. If people try to throw themselves i...

Yuma was feeling very tired: "I'll ask her directly. Probably a total coincidence, but one of the locals spontaneously offered a story about Bujeihime seemingly keeping such a figurine on her person at all time this very morning. And when the spirits send you a sign, the least one can do is checking...

Yuma was starting to think Sanaharu was right with his theory of trickster spirits playing mean jokes on them.

"That toy soldier... It wouldn't happen to be a very old figurine of either a Crab of a Crane? A family heirloom of her maybe?"