Nakahama

Gahhh, revising things always takes longer than I expect and I've procrastinated on escaping Grading Hell. So if I'm not here that's probably what I'm doing.

Sorato is intrigued by this unique approach to celebrating Bon, although an earlier encounter has also given him a healthy respect for both the quality and the strength of Crab sake. He breezes his way through the first two samples with more talking than drinking, but one can only keep that up so ...

"I've slept better." Without much thinking about it, Sorato scratches gently at his right upper arm, where a bandage covers the healing radiant burn under his shirt sleeve. "I'm fine, though." It wasn't actually the discomfort that had kept him awake, so much as the images of the dead and injured ...

"That's a really impressive construct for a few days' work, Kakita-san." Today is Sorato's first time seeing the drone, and it's more polished than he'd been expecting. Leave it to a Crane to make an art piece out of a practical object!

Also weaving around the temple grounds with erratic good cheer is Agasha Sorato, who could sober up through the power of magic if he chose, but feels (perhaps partly as a side effect of the Crab sake) that this would not be showing proper respect to the festival spirit, and thus hasn't done so yet ...

"...And thus, that is why you are now under the custody of the Magistrate," Junpei would say in conclusion after tying the last offender and kicking away their sidearm. "Do you have a rebuttal?"

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"Very well, for the best," he nodded to the corpse ...

Umiko didn't look like she was unharmed, considering she had a good amount of blood on her hands and forearms as she tried her best to do what little she could do without medical training. A bit shaken in many ways, considering all of the violence and dead people around them, especially inflicted ...

Sorato has by now spotted the Karo supporting a dreadfully wounded person. Was that... Yasuki Haruto? How is he involved in all this?

He too jogs in the direction of Honoka, Umiko, and Haruto. "Yasuki-samas! Do you need first aid?"

((Although I believe our esteemed GM is taking the night off!))

With the fight over, Sorato would scramble over to the downed bodies in his line of vision. Shiwahime first--damn it, too late! --then loping after Haruto. Hinata, Ochiba, and the friendly Crabs were all still upright, so they would be lower in priority.

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((OOC: 2 Water slots and 4 Void slots to ...

[GM Phantom!]

Sorato will repeat what he did previously to fire whip the Hiruma into shape! Maybe, even submission!

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Complex action to attack the Hiruma Marine!
Day 10 - Early Evening, The Showdown, Round 6: Attack Hiruma Marine! | 10k3 ⇒ 25 (TN: 25)
Day 10 - Early Evening, The Showdown ...

Tamori Kanna wrote: Fri Dec 05, 2025 6:04 am Should healing for those in the fight happen on Day 11 rather than Day 10?

Don't jinx us, Kanna, some of us need to survive first...

Sorato still can't see what's going on inside the Temple of Light, but it sounds messy. He needs to get in there.

He lopes to the open door and presses himself against the frame for cover, sweeping the interior with his eyes. Yikes. This really is a mess. Bodies on the floor--alive or dead and who ...

Ghosting updated in my PF--I'll head to sleep if our captain is out for the night!

I should be checking in tomorrow, mostly, but just in case--fyi to the battle companions, once Sorato gets in the door and sees the situation he'll probably make a beeline for the injured Haruto. If he can hit some ...

"Huh. That's enough to be a challenge, yes." Sorato drinks some of his tea while he considers this. "It would have to be either really dense energy storage, or something self-fueling. If you could get a spirit-reactor that small, it still might not be stable without a priest to tend it." On cue ...

"And the drone can walk the circuit for days and days. I think it will get their attention. Even ones that are a bit scared might follow it out of curiosity."


"They don't seem to scare easily," Sorato says, lips quirking. "Not a lot of predators besides the lizards and humans, and not very many ...

"We can build really impressive things, true. It's hard for the things we've built bolt by bolt to ever surprise us, though." Sorato says, turning a reflective gaze out to sea (past the bathers and late sun-bathers and several children throwing sand at each other).

"Well, you or I might stay ...

"Not my first time on a hot planet. This much rain and humidity to go with it, though, that's new," Sorato admits, slightly sheepishly.

"Not at all--happy to help," he assures the others as he sets his densai on the workbench. "Contributing to a temple festival is a merit. And this city has been a ...

"Gah," Sorato growls lowly when the Hiruma's shot wings his upper arm. He liked this shirt!

It doesn't hurt very much... yet, though intellectually he knows it will later.

With the Hida down--hopefully only unconscious, he thinks with a pang--there's no further sense staying out here to get shot ...

"Hmm. It's possible. If anyone's making progress on that, it'll be an Agasha." Sorato's brows draw together as he ticks through lists of people and shugenja circles in his mind. "Ah, how much power are we talking about, and what's the application? More than a radiant gun energy pack or a drone ...

Boogiepop wrote: Thu Dec 04, 2025 7:09 pm • Hida Marine Gunso is engaged to Sorato

((Congratulations to us on the big news … but Tail of the Fire Dragon has 30’ range, so Sorato wouldn’t close to melee with her to attack. Sorry, should’ve noted that in my post!))