After waiting on an answer to the question, she moves to the middle of things, to pick up Shinnosuke's mask, and turn to Shintaro. "Do you think the mask remains safe after all of this?" "It was never touched by the spirit. Therefore, it remains clean. What a thing we have witnessed! And with merel...

Shintaro, wide-eyed, cries out to Sadako.

"Now! Destroy it while it is embodied! This is the moment!!

Kitsu Shintaro raised his arms and the dew on the grass began to rise, the droplets joining into a single watery object: that of a great throne hovering in the center of the circle.

Sodan-Senzo Water Powers Activate! Void spent. 3 raises called. | 10k8 ⇒ 53 (TN: 30)

-3 to Binding TN

Kitsu Shintaro steps into the room, stares wide-eyed at the assembled materials, and then rushes over to Hoshiko. "Asahina-san! Kuni-san! I read..." he begins to pat at his obi for the letter. It is not there. "...I read somewhere that you have finished the ritual! HOW EXCITING!!!!!!!"

Shintaro perked up. "OH! You should mention the..."

Shintaro, almost oblivious to the tone, begins nodding his head rapidly. "Well, yes, Akodo-sama! They may know a great deal about the spirits! It would be useful to compare data, and more hands may mean a safer solution!"

"I look forward to hearing your results!"

"Well, as far as I am concerned, I think the court could stand to learn quite a bit from this experience. Um...yes, I think further minds devoted to the task is most likely the key to a working solution. Umm...Moshi Akane and Kitsune Aiko are shugenja, as are several members of the Phoenix delegatio...

"Oh, yes, you should absolutely have access to the Library. Go with my blessings and learn all you can! then we can devise a plan! A stratagem(!) to send this gaki back whence it came!!"

"Hm...well, a shared soul is a curious thought. I cannot reject it. But equally I think that we are sitting in a spot that has a lot of ambition, and lot of people who are hungry for one thing or another, but mostly power. This gaki may have been drawn to that, and popped through when its ambition m...

"Oh, yes, well, the spirit! Hm...yes. Yes, that might fit as well. Yes! How excellent! You see, the spirit *claims* to be Hantei Ningi, the 4th Emperor. How is that for foundational, hm? We believe that he is a gaki, but have not determined within a reasonable degree of certainty whether he is telli...

"So either a clan is in danger or there's another, much nastier Wind out there. Or maybe the one out there is a good one and one we have now is an ever-enlarging hole. Or, you know, could be both things! Some clan or other is always in danger, after all."

"Possible, Possible!! But equally possible is that the numbers themselves are symbolic. We have 5 elements, but it doesn't feel like we've got another element all of a sudden (even though I still think metal is different from wood!). We also have 5 senses. A sixth sense represented by a growing hole...

"A missing point? Please do."

"Hmm...the Earth Kami aren't my foremost associates, but deep foundations crumbling does sound fairly negative, doesn't it? And what's this about a hexagram?"

Kitsu Shintaro stood up and held the fan aloft, his eyes flitting here and there and practically vibrating with energy. "This! Is a fan. This! Is the fan of the Rikugnshokan Kitsu Futo, who gave his life against the...well, you know. Anyway, you should all come and get a closer look! You! Take and p...

The guards at Lion House part to allow Shiori to enter, giving her quick nods. It appears that 'immediately' was understood that way by Kitsu Shintaro as well, because he is standing in the main receiving area with the door to his (incredibly cluttered) room standing open behind him. "Ah! Kuni-san!!...

"Oh, yes to everything!! You will need knowledge to fight the enemy, or you will lose! It is the way of things."

"I have the authority to give you access to the library myself! I have near-unimpeachable powers granted to me by my birth, because that is the system we live in. This is one of the perks! Go, go to the library and discover the secrets of the Spirit Realms!"

"Possibly, but I think not. I think that was a result of Kyufoki being angry that the succession was unresolved. But you never know until you look! As for protecting yourself...good luck! Gaki are nasty things. There are some here who should be able to tangle with an everyday Gaki." He paused, eyes ...