As the new guy, I'm sorry I didn't post much ...for some reason the "new posts" thing never showed up and I thought folks were just going really slow. But I understand how fatigue can set in.
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Nishimura turns solid as well.
Gag! The gameplay thread never showed me an update! I'm so sorry, catching up now.
Feel better, Boss.
"たわごと！巨大な氷の膣です！" Nishimura curses as the thing appears. "Eat a hot ball!" She swings her meteor hammer in a tight circle, and a bead of fire flies towards the strange creature.
She casts Endure Elements, Commmunal happily. She didn't bring her winter kimono.
"I have prepared a protection prayer where Lady Yabu will shield us all from the cold. Would you like me to cast it? I am unfamiliar with the spellcasting consent culture of Avistan."
"Yrax's blood will stain these snows just as he has been a stain here." There's a glint of something in her eye as she casually swings her meteor hammer.
"So, we are to continue our quest by freeing these kawaii dog people? This is WAY better than being stuck in a room!"
When Baknarla approaches Nishimura, she gasps. "かわいいね!"
Slight retcon, but of course her people would worship a female manifestation of Yabu.
Nishimura-san nods. "My people were rescued from fates worse than death by Yabu's Rage. Her Magma Menstrus cleansed our island of the filthmen who had enslaved all women. When all seemed lost, I remembered their screams. For Lady Yabu will I find the source of this winter and kill it with Her Fire." Her eyes never leave the fire. She does, however reach to the wizard indicating she would like a smoke as well.
The Tian woman's eyes fix intensely on the fire. "Yabu's Rage, it has been too long! Does anyone need further healing? Sir Wizard, I've never seen an arcanist heal before...what is the source of your power?"
Nishimura-san gapes at Correlleon. "Sir, I'm afraid I've not seen your like before. Forgive my stare." She bows.
For reference, but in red: http://brns.com/picts20/ladysnow6.jpg
"I do not think of myself as particularly vain, but I would rather earn my old age through years of victories."
"I'm afraid I don't know. I soon lost all bearing as to time or day, Fenris-san."
"Mother's Magma! I'm back!"
As the group leaves, Nishimura's eyes and mouth go wide at their surroundings. "This much winter ...where are we? When are we?!"
"The heat of Yabu's Rage can heal much more if you need it. Someone mentioned an object central to this quest...?"
"It is good to meet you, Fenris-san. I feel ...weakened. I had no way to keep track of time while I was trapped. It has been weeks at least. Do any of you need healing? I've not been able to remove my curse but I still get powers from Lord Yabu."
"Perhaps now that I am freed, we can join our hunts together. I hope that will do something about this ...condition I find myself in."
The woman sighs. ”Very well. There were five of us, pulled from across the nations of Tian Xia. From Minkai there was the samurai Kazuo Koike, an executioner-turned-assassin of great strength and greater valor. Ichi No Zoro-me was a silent master of ninjitsu whose face was never seen and voice was never heard. From Po Li came Lian Nishang, the White-Haired Witch Bride, a powerful but unpredictable arcane force. Fang Kang hailed from Quain, and though he had only one arm, his mastery of martial arts and chi was unparalleled. And of course, there was me, Nishimura Shurakasai. I am a priestess of Yabu, a volcano god often seen as evil, but who saved my small island from the brutal patriarchy by burning all the evil men to death. “We were called together by the Jade Regent because of unseasonable weather in Minkai near his capital. Where it should have been summer heat, the bitter cold of winter plagued the land. We had been brought together before when problems arose no single one of us could handle. Though this winter was mysterious, we were not prepared for how serious things got. We defeated a few winter monsters and encountered a herald of this Baba Yaga, who had gone missing. We entered the hut and were transported ...to a place I cannot explain. We were beset upon by a coven of winter witches, who corrupted Lian Nishang, bringing out her most destructive and monstrous side. She paralyzed Fang Kang, and, unable to access his chi, he was killed by a spear of ice. Kazuo sacrificed himself and stayed behind to hold them off. Ichi No Zoro-me and I made a mad dash for the hut, hoping to pick Kazuo and perhaps even Lian up, but we were separated in the horrible weather. When I entered the hut, I found myself in this room ...but without doors or windows. And here I have been, using my magics to keep me fed and watered. I do not know how long it was ...I fear I was approaching madness. Now, here we are. “I have told my tale as best as I can. Who are you, now?”
Hahaha, that would have worked, too. An eleventh level character begs for a bit of backstory, though.
The good news is I have a bar napkin full of Asian cinema/comics references I've used to make her former party, a sort of Avengers of Tian. Shame they all have to die!
Sorry for the delay...want to give the backstory a more significant post than is easy on my phone.
"Twenty-two. I ...do not believe I have been here long enough for ...this ...." she indicates her aged skin. "The curse ...you say you have it, too? I was with a group ...a samurai, a ninja, and a powerful sorcerer. We found a portal ...we met an envoy ...but ...I lost them ...lost them all ...stuck in this room ..."
"Ah, Taldan. Excuse me. I have been trapped in this room ...I don't know how long. I ..." she looks at her withered hands. "I have been cursed to follow or find the Baba Yaga, but after I entered the hut I found myself in a room with no exits."
The creature tilts its hideous head inquisitively. A finger dressed in wrinkled parchment rather than flesh points at the party. "あなたはここにいますか Baba Yaga？" for Tian speaker eyes only: "Are you with the Baba Yaga?"
The room, itself, is not that remarkable. A modestly-appointed sitting room or parlor, with a thick white carpet. The sole humanoid presence seems barely alive. A female human, almost certainly, perhaps of Tian heritage. Brittle white hair, near long enough to drag on the floor, in complete disarray. She wears a red silken gown and seems almost motionless in her chair. Until her eyes shoot open suddenly, pupils dark as midnight shining in the impossibly-old face. "最後に！ 無料!" she says, just as suddenly. Tian-min speakers only: "Finally! Free!"
Figured that would be better than a lame old dot.
Elsewhere, a hiss of breath moves through paper-thin lungs. Something is different. Something has changed.
Hey, everybody! Looking forward to joining you. Always wanted to play this path. Shurakasai-hime is a healer with face skills and a badass meteor hammer. |