Author Topic: Hatate Quest Nelja (Read 97899 times)

Kilgamayan · « **Reply #300 on:** May 15, 2015, 10:25:25 AM »

> "It's not worth dooming your soul."

Oldmansour · « **Reply #301 on:** May 16, 2015, 01:33:50 AM »

Quote from: Kilgamayan on May 15, 2015, 10:25:25 AM

> "It's not worth dooming your soul."

>Aya chokes out a bitter laugh."I'll get back to you on that."

Kilgamayan · « **Reply #302 on:** May 16, 2015, 01:44:09 AM »

> "No reason you can't do it again in reality. ...Well, do most of it again."

Oldmansour · « **Reply #303 on:** May 16, 2015, 02:14:12 AM »

Quote from: Kilgamayan on May 16, 2015, 01:44:09 AM

> "No reason you can't do it again in reality. ...Well, do most of it again."

>"Oh yes there is." Aya disagrees, pulling away from you. "The Dai-tengu would never let the Harmony happen. Not with so many Tengu there. I see that now. I can't believe I never wondered how that happened."

Kilgamayan · « **Reply #304 on:** May 16, 2015, 02:15:34 AM »

> "Then it happens without them. Not a huge loss, honestly."

Oldmansour · « **Reply #305 on:** May 16, 2015, 02:30:04 AM »

Quote from: Kilgamayan on May 16, 2015, 02:15:34 AM

> "Then it happens without them. Not a huge loss, honestly."

>Aya gives you a vaguely disgusted look, but it fades after a moment. Wearily, she asks, "So what now?"

Kilgamayan · « **Reply #306 on:** May 16, 2015, 02:36:51 AM »

> "Now? Now we wrangle up everyone that doesn't belong here, kick down the doors of the Cobalt Keep, get ourselves out of here, and make sure this never happens to anyone else."

Oldmansour · « **Reply #307 on:** May 16, 2015, 04:06:23 AM »

Quote from: Kilgamayan on May 16, 2015, 02:36:51 AM

> "Now? Now we wrangle up everyone that doesn't belong here, kick down the doors of the Cobalt Keep, get ourselves out of here, and make sure this never happens to anyone else."

>"'We?'"

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #308 on:** May 16, 2015, 05:48:28 AM »

>"We."
>"And thinking back to the Daitengu, there may be ways around them anyways. For instance, I wasn't lying about Tsubaki. Here, have a look..."
>Show her some of the pictures we took of Tsubaki breaking into her home, then rummaging around.

Oldmansour · « **Reply #309 on:** May 18, 2015, 02:37:16 AM »

Quote from: Sivrup on May 16, 2015, 05:48:28 AM

>"We."
>"And thinking back to the Daitengu, there may be ways around them anyways. For instance, I wasn't lying about Tsubaki. Here, have a look..."
>Show her some of the pictures we took of Tsubaki breaking into her home, then rummaging around.

>"I've been working around them for a millennium." Aya says with a sigh. "I'm tired of it."
>Still, she takes a look at your evidence of Tsubaki's burgling of her house. The Crow doesn't seem even a little surprise. "Yeah, she does that every now and then. Whenever she has a good excuse now, ever since I humiliated her the last time."

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #310 on:** May 18, 2015, 03:07:01 AM »

>"I suppose we'll just have to double team her, then. Don't you think we could use some of these to create a little uproar against the daitengu who have forgotten what their ancestors meant for them?"

Oldmansour · « **Reply #311 on:** May 18, 2015, 03:26:31 AM »

Quote from: Sivrup on May 18, 2015, 03:07:01 AM

>"I suppose we'll just have to double team her, then. Don't you think we could use some of these to create a little uproar against the daitengu who have forgotten what their ancestors meant for them?"

>"No. See, all she has to say is 'I had my reasons', and that'd be that. If you were even allowed to try and run a story like that, which you wouldn't be."

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #312 on:** May 18, 2015, 03:35:57 AM »

>"First, then have to stop me. Then they have to stop me from distributing it outside the village. And that's when the real humiliation is going to happen, because it's not just our private little shame anymore. Now it's an embarrassment to everyone."

Oldmansour · « **Reply #313 on:** May 18, 2015, 04:07:39 AM »

Quote from: Sivrup on May 18, 2015, 03:35:57 AM

>"First, then have to stop me. Then they have to stop me from distributing it outside the village. And that's when the real humiliation is going to happen, because it's not just our private little shame anymore. Now it's an embarrassment to everyone."

>"You'll never leave our territory. Not if they know you have anything that might be used against them, and they know." Aya sounds as miserable she did before. "That's life for a tengu."

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #314 on:** May 18, 2015, 05:39:23 AM »

>"Sure I will. You forget who we got on our side."
>Nod toward Momiji.
>"And this is where you come in. You follow up by making a story about the story."

Oldmansour · « **Reply #315 on:** May 20, 2015, 07:50:09 AM »

Quote from: Sivrup on May 18, 2015, 05:39:23 AM

>"Sure I will. You forget who we got on our side."
>Nod toward Momiji.
>"And this is where you come in. You follow up by making a story about the story."

>Aya shakes her head sadly. "No. You can't get one over on Tsubaki that way."

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #316 on:** May 20, 2015, 08:04:13 AM »

>"Oh, this isn't about just Tsubaki. It's about all of them. I want to force them into a situation where they have to separate the rice from the hull, and those dai-tengu who haven't shamed their ancestors must speak up."

Oldmansour · « **Reply #317 on:** May 20, 2015, 08:44:23 AM »

Quote from: Sivrup on May 20, 2015, 08:04:13 AM

>"Oh, this isn't about just Tsubaki. It's about all of them. I want to force them into a situation where they have to separate the rice from the hull, and those dai-tengu who haven't shamed their ancestors must speak up."

>Aya manages a smile, one full of bitterness. "Good on ya, girl." she utters. "It's nice to dream big." Then she sighs. "Enjoy it while you can. Eventually you'll learn that you're just as trapped as I am. As we all are."

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #318 on:** May 20, 2015, 08:52:10 AM »

>"You were trapped, maybe. But now you have me in your corner. And I'll bet Momiji as well. I don't think it'll be as hard to chip away the bad without ruining the good as you think. You're too pessimistic about your own people."

Oldmansour · « **Reply #319 on:** May 20, 2015, 09:17:27 AM »

Quote from: Sivrup on May 20, 2015, 08:52:10 AM

>"You were trapped, maybe. But now you have me in your corner. And I'll bet Momiji as well. I don't think it'll be as hard to chip away the bad without ruining the good as you think. You're too pessimistic about your own people."

>"You try living in a cage for more than twelve hundred years. See what that does to you."

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #320 on:** May 20, 2015, 08:06:36 PM »

>"Well you're never gonna get out of it thinking like that."

Oldmansour · « **Reply #321 on:** May 20, 2015, 11:42:16 PM »

Quote from: Sivrup on May 20, 2015, 08:06:36 PM

>"Well you're never gonna get out of it thinking like that."

>"I WAS out of it. Until you two showed up." She doesn't say that in an accusatory or sarcastic tone, merely the same kind of bitter resignation she's had for the past few minutes.

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #322 on:** May 21, 2015, 01:30:21 AM »

>"Were you, though?"

Oldmansour · « **Reply #323 on:** May 21, 2015, 02:30:24 AM »

Quote from: Sivrup on May 21, 2015, 01:30:21 AM

>"Were you, though?"

>Aya manages a bitter smile. "Everything I hated about our people is gone here. They're not afraid of non-tengu here. The Dai-tengu's control over them was broken. I was finally free to live the kind of life I wanted to. Everyone was, instead of having their lives decided for them, before they were even born. I didn't have to be Tenma's spy anymore. I could be a decent journalist, instead of the snoop sticking her camera everywhere, especially where it wasn't welcome. I was free to love. I could actually BE with her, instead of just being tolerated by her. Didn't have to watch out for the Dai's assassins, either, or worry that they'd try to marry me off for the eight time." She laughs a sour laugh and tosses her hair back. "This book must be really good at what it does. All of that, and I never imagined it was literally my dreams come true."

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #324 on:** May 21, 2015, 03:05:02 AM »

>"And as well, you had the tengu happily sell their own off to the oni, tear apart everything that sets us above the others, and are currently in the process of training up an actual army. If that's your heaven, it's no wonder no other tengu would want a part of it."
>"But...I do think you have a point with some of those things. Some things our ancestors have taught us have certainly been neglected by some. And some others may be worth revisiting."

Oldmansour · « **Reply #325 on:** May 21, 2015, 04:45:50 AM »

Quote from: Sivrup on May 21, 2015, 03:05:02 AM

>"And as well, you had the tengu happily sell their own off to the oni, tear apart everything that sets us above the others, and are currently in the process of training up an actual army. If that's your heaven, it's no wonder no other tengu would want a part of it."
>"But...I do think you have a point with some of those things. Some things our ancestors have taught us have certainly been neglected by some. And some others may be worth revisiting."

>"And nothing will change so long as the Dai-tengu are in power. They've sculpted our people ever since we formed our society. If I couldn't find a way to change things in all my time, what chance do you have?"
>"Didn't you yourself say she had the potential to surpass you?" Momiji points out.
>"In the world of journalism, sure. But that isn't enough to change the world."

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #326 on:** May 21, 2015, 04:59:00 AM »

>"It's enough to get things started. And between our papers, connections to the outside, and Momiji's access, that'll do a whole lot."
>Glance to Momiji. "Um. If you're willing, that is?"

Oldmansour · « **Reply #327 on:** May 21, 2015, 05:16:35 AM »

Quote from: Sivrup on May 21, 2015, 04:59:00 AM

>"It's enough to get things started. And between our papers, connections to the outside, and Momiji's access, that'll do a whole lot."
>Glance to Momiji. "Um. If you're willing, that is?"

>The White Wolf winces. "I never wanted to help start a revolution. I'm just a soldier."

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #328 on:** May 21, 2015, 05:29:10 AM »

>"Well, I'm not looking to start a revolution. I'm looking to fix things up with minimal problems."

Oldmansour · « **Reply #329 on:** May 22, 2015, 10:20:53 PM »

Quote from: Sivrup on May 21, 2015, 05:29:10 AM

>"Well, I'm not looking to start a revolution. I'm looking to fix things up with minimal problems."

>"It won't happen that way."
>Momiji gives Aya a look of frustration. "I've never heard you be so pessimistic before, Aya. It's not like you."
>"YOU try having everything you ever wanted turn out to be a lie." the Crow shoots back. "And where do I have to go now? Back to a life I hate, or to a lie that might kill me, that's where. So you'll forgive me, Momiji, if I'm not in a very good mood."