Post by emeralddragon on Mar 13, 2018 2:53:26 GMT 10
Given it has been six months since the Hiatus started, I can't expect you to remember all you have been told thus far. And I don't know if you recorded your investigation results. Finally, unlike the Spider Group, you had already decided on your next destination before the Hiatus, and thus, there is no easy IC way to refresh you all. Thus this post.
Main Quest: A potential Festering Pit.
Asako Honoka is convinced that the presence of a Seokga, plus several other powerful Oni that have recently attacked the Empire is proof that a new Festering pit has opened. While she gathers Shugenja and Samurai to close it, she sent the party to locate and gage the pit. The only lead she had was where the Seokga was first found by the Empire.
Traveling to that world, the party found someone trapped in ice and the Oracle of Water. Each party member (appart from the absent Nezumi) got to ask the Oracle 1 question. Before that he had a message for the Party:
Nanashi's Question: "Where is the Jigoku rift?"
Answer: After a little bit of grumbling about wasting a question:
Tetsuko's Question: "Can the rift be contained?"
Answer:
The Kansen also had an answer, to this question, although trusting the words of tainted spirits is likely unwise.
Shinwa asked what question they should ask, and in turn Kaiden asked what was answered, as such I will skip that question. In doing so she did give the Dark Oracles a direct answer should they choose to use it.
Kaiden asked: 'Where does one find the paperwork that will compel Asahina Hana to reveal what we need to know?'
Answer:
At that point the party fled as the Kansen had brought a Sea monster to play.
As they left the planet, they came across some probes being dropped from the sky. They seemed to be looking for something. Pulling one inside Nanashi found a connection to a Gaisha house on the World of Dreams. However they got tracked in turn. Jumping to the middle of no where, they contacted the phoenix and had the system purged. After this they set course for the World of Dreams, to drop off Nanashi and Shinwa to explore the leads they have as best they can.
Side Quest:
CLEARLY THIS IS MY CLAN'S DEPARTMENT.
Tetsuko and Itsuki got into a fight over exactly how much the Crab Clan needs to be involved...or for that matter if the Phoenix should be involved at all. This fight led to Itsuki challenging Tetsuko to a duel. The Duel is to occur 3 days from now on Kyuden Hida Prime, a Satellite that orbits Inferno, arguably one of the most heavily influenced by Jigoku world's in the Galaxy.
Main Quest: A potential Festering Pit.
Asako Honoka is convinced that the presence of a Seokga, plus several other powerful Oni that have recently attacked the Empire is proof that a new Festering pit has opened. While she gathers Shugenja and Samurai to close it, she sent the party to locate and gage the pit. The only lead she had was where the Seokga was first found by the Empire.
Traveling to that world, the party found someone trapped in ice and the Oracle of Water. Each party member (appart from the absent Nezumi) got to ask the Oracle 1 question. Before that he had a message for the Party:
He paused and looked back at the crystal, "Asahina Hana (The Dark Oracle of Water) took this position upon slaying her predecessor, believing she would be able to limit the damage the Dark Oracle did. If anything remains of that honorable Shugenja, there is a chance she can help you, if you can free her from something far more difficult then simply ice. Alternatively, the right paperwork will influence all beings. Finding such a form is a task few Otomo would dare go looking for however. Or you could try a different avenue...such an event leaves signs, if you know where to look. A risky proposition, but one that is possible."
Nanashi's Question: "Where is the Jigoku rift?"
Answer: After a little bit of grumbling about wasting a question:
"The rift you seek is located on a world of awesome size, not touched by the light of Amaterasu. It is an invisible titan in space, one of countless others, however unlike all others this one is covered in hick black forests and jagged mountains and deep, turbulent oceans, all invisible from orbit due to its nature. Due to how that life lives. As such it is life when it should be dead, and thus the rift seeks to make it like all others of its kind, to let chaos consume that which requires perfect balance to remain.
It is far from the all consuming darkness that is at the heart of the Galaxy, and yet, closer than Rokugan is to it. Left alone it will drift between two stars too small and unimportant to be named, invisible and impossible or reach unless you already know where it is. For how does one spot what one cannot see, how does one find the invisible, how does one track kami that have never felt the warmth of a star, nor felt the grace of Tengoku. A small yellow light glows distantly, a tiny flicker of hope, a home once, but now long gone, and slowly getting further and further away."
It is far from the all consuming darkness that is at the heart of the Galaxy, and yet, closer than Rokugan is to it. Left alone it will drift between two stars too small and unimportant to be named, invisible and impossible or reach unless you already know where it is. For how does one spot what one cannot see, how does one find the invisible, how does one track kami that have never felt the warmth of a star, nor felt the grace of Tengoku. A small yellow light glows distantly, a tiny flicker of hope, a home once, but now long gone, and slowly getting further and further away."
Tetsuko's Question: "Can the rift be contained?"
Answer:
"Are you so eager to go to Meido, Hida-san? You already know the answer and yet, surrounded by Kansen you ask that? What happened to the Original festering Pit? The Scorpion Pit? Amaterasu's Furnace? Why is your clan standing guard around planets now and why is the Kaiu Wall simply a tourist attraction?" The bitterness in the Oracle's voice is clear.
"Ask quickly. We have even less time then before."
"Ask quickly. We have even less time then before."
The Kansen also had an answer, to this question, although trusting the words of tainted spirits is likely unwise.
"NO! They will come for you, they will devour you, they will consume you all."
Kaiden asked: 'Where does one find the paperwork that will compel Asahina Hana to reveal what we need to know?'
Answer:
You seek a world that is a prison. A place where failures go to die. But these failures are not Samurai, in fact they aren't really even alive. The green of the grass long ago gave way to the gold of the tanish, the only sign of those who claim this world. But the world is forbidden as so many are, although no Emperor has done so, a sin of honour. Still, amoung the chemicals, machines, monsters and beasts, hides one piece of parchment, older then all else. Invulnerable to all that world throws at it, its power absolute, this parchment you seek will be hidden away.
But be warned humble Doji, this world is a source of shame, and its masters don't know that it hides the scroll you seek to claim. They fear failure and thats what this world shows. They have lost so much standing already, to risk this world being publically exposed.
But should those named for the traitor reveal this world to you, the last step is simple....find the largest machine you can, an ancient wreak, and pray that it stays asleep, as you seek its greatest jewel."
But be warned humble Doji, this world is a source of shame, and its masters don't know that it hides the scroll you seek to claim. They fear failure and thats what this world shows. They have lost so much standing already, to risk this world being publically exposed.
But should those named for the traitor reveal this world to you, the last step is simple....find the largest machine you can, an ancient wreak, and pray that it stays asleep, as you seek its greatest jewel."
At that point the party fled as the Kansen had brought a Sea monster to play.
As they left the planet, they came across some probes being dropped from the sky. They seemed to be looking for something. Pulling one inside Nanashi found a connection to a Gaisha house on the World of Dreams. However they got tracked in turn. Jumping to the middle of no where, they contacted the phoenix and had the system purged. After this they set course for the World of Dreams, to drop off Nanashi and Shinwa to explore the leads they have as best they can.
Side Quest:
CLEARLY THIS IS MY CLAN'S DEPARTMENT.
Tetsuko and Itsuki got into a fight over exactly how much the Crab Clan needs to be involved...or for that matter if the Phoenix should be involved at all. This fight led to Itsuki challenging Tetsuko to a duel. The Duel is to occur 3 days from now on Kyuden Hida Prime, a Satellite that orbits Inferno, arguably one of the most heavily influenced by Jigoku world's in the Galaxy.
