>>4622752
>bully of Scorpion girls
I dunno my man it seems kinda the other way around.

>>4622779

Your hypothesis has merit but I would hear it further elaborated on.

>>4622752
We're innocent, I tell you. INNOCENT!

>>4622779
If true, we'll correct it in short order.

>>4622779
It's a fine, ever-shifting line.

>>4622784
I mean she has gotten just about everything she wants from the verbal sparring so far. Even when it didn't go to her plan.

Can't really be bullying when you're losing ground every time you open your mouth.

>>4622790
I'ma be real wit chu chief the only way we could possibly bully her is physically.

>>4622792
Too bad Daisuke isn't renowned for his tightrope act.

>>4622800
>Too bad Daisuke isn't renowned for his tightrope act.

Dang, we'll have to work on that before we run into an opponent who's good at tripping in battle.

>>4622808
>the incredible balancing crab: coming to a theatre near you

>>4622800
Can you give us concrete evidence, or is this just the general sentiment your taking from our verbal sparring sessions?

>>4622752
Dont forget to post our sheet and the link to the archive Wong!

>>4622815
You mean other than the fact she got Daisuke to agree to help her and is basically following her lead any time she's in the same room as him? Or just the fact that she seems to be genuinely happy and having a good time hanging out with him? Little bit of column A, little bit of column B from me, see?

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Should probably put this honor chart up at the top so we can find and gauge our actions without digging through the whole thread.

>>4622832
A VERY HONORABLE SUGGESTION ANON

>>4622828
I fail to see how that's bullying if we agreed to it. Every decision was made with our consent.

>>4622838
Anon bullying isn't coercion.

>>4622842
We were coerced? This is news to me.

Plus, I didn't know the prerequisite for bullying was her having a nice time.

It's almost like there isn't a specific example that comes to mind?

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http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/qstarchive.html?tags=L5R%20Chanbara%20Quest

Archive and character sheet, page 1...

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And page 2.

>>4622849
>We were coerced? This is news to me.
No. But that was the implication you made with your statement. Stop being obtuse.

Don't come flapping your jaw at me just because you don't know what bullying is.

Cant wait for us to get slammed. Wonder if theres a doctor in the castle. Who can testify he died of a heart attack.

>>4622863
>You mean other than the fact she got Daisuke to agree to help her

That was your implication, not mine. Stop being Abstruse, Anon :^)

I think someone can't handle a little light teasing.

Well, time to call up the Eta to shift a body. Glad to see that Uncle's kid is going to be an only child. If Miho knows what's good for her, and doesn't try to pass off a 'miracle' baby so soon after a birth.

>>4622865
>inb4 there is a doctor but he's drunk half the time and the other half he's getting advice from miho

>>4622902
That's assuming Miho herself isn't claiming to be the castle doctor...
>>4622752
Also it's Tuesday Wong, Not Wednesday!

>>4622912
I'm not complaining...

>>4622912
Shh! Don't tell him that! You want to wait until tomorrow to see what happens after the last thread's cliffhanger?!

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>>4622912
>That's assuming Miho herself isn't claiming to be the castle doctor...
There's no way. That would mean she's LYING?!

>>4622915
He's the one who set the schedule to keep himself from getting burn out.
And at this point it's just a joke to always call him out on it.

>>4622902

>Lesse here, I think I know what killed the lord.
>He fell backwards on his own wakizashi thirty-seven times.
>Diagnosis is Death by Natural Causes, payment is 3 gourds of sake.

>>4622924
Hey man, ya never know what they teach Centipede priestesses and cultists!
We know a Scorpion who has knowledge of medicine outside of just poisoning people!

>>4622924


>>4622936
Kek

>>4622938
Holy shit, your right.

>>4622924
>>4622947
*shocked*

Damn captcha...

>>4622924
This is Rokugan, please. Using Logic and reasoning for investigations? What are we, one of those Kitsuki weirdos?

>>4622938

Generally praising the sun. The Centipede is a Phoenix-descended Minor Clan that exists because Rokugan needed more shrine maidens. Not just nuns. Full on Raymoos and Sannays.

>>4622929

It will work eventually. The thing is, with Swamp Lord currently I have to write tons of notes and think things through so I don't accidentally create a plot hole where X character is in Y province when they're also in Z province, due to its nature as a kingdom-builder quest. With L5R that's less of a problem right now, I know exactly what's going on and where everybody was when.

Now I just have to debate on whether we do Sayaka Gaiden (play as Sayaka for a little bit) or if that would detract from her mystique.

>>4623088
Fine with either desu, though personally I'd say the latter

>>4623088
This should come much later i think. When sayakas a more established character. Maybe even after theres an engagement or something. A 'how we got here' episode.

>>4623088
Solid Moe part 3: Sayaka edition
Hmmmmm

>>4623088
Leave the mystery alive. Scorpion's love keeping secrets after all.

>>4623088
Latter.

>>4623088
>play as sayaka
>anons consistently vote to flirt with daisuke
>one anon in the back screaming about how daisuke is actually evil and bad for the pure flower that is sayaka
Further future predictions will cost you three-and-a-half Mon.

>>4623088
Make us play as someone else lmao

>>4623084
>Generally praising the sun
>Centipedes
......
Aren't centipedes carnivorous scavenger/predatory insects that are, correct if I'm misremembering here, NOCTURNAL?
Also if you didn't create your game based in Feudal Japan with an already absurd amount of shrine Maidens, then you fucked up.

>>4623113
Solid Moe operations always seem to end in or are entirely perpetrated to begin with in the name of love.
So based purely on that Imma say we should probably save that for later.

>>4623111

See that was my thought

Interesting, it wasn't until the 1700s that people identified heart attacks as a thing.

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>>4623137
Well that certainly makes things much harder to explain.

>>4622752
>When you informed your uncle of the truth, the horrible old man flew into a rage, took up his sword, and went out to slay the bandits and possibly Takeshi as well...only to suffer a heart attack and fall down the stairs, breaking his neck.
When Takeshi accuses us of pushing him, we must draw a clear distinction of it being purely emotional push, before we kill him. We are never coming here again, gods fucking damn it.

Welp I may have accidentally told people on /tg/ how to avoid getting picked up by the feds if they were to hypothetically raid a federal building. If you don't see me by 10 tomorrow, you know what happened.

>>4623088

Personally would prefer if we let Sayaka keep some of her own mystique and intrigue for her own for now. Don't want to find out we fell for Scorpion-chan's trap until it's too late after all.

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>>4623199
Stop acting like a dumbass Wong

>>4623199
Just tell them LINE GO UP. STONKS.

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>>4623199
Wong plz

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>>4623199
Wong what are you doing? You can't spill such beans there.

>>4623199
Just remember not to stand next to any windows.

>>4623199
>rip schedule

I am legally obligated to disavow.

>>4623227
I am too, but I won't.
Now to go arm my cat.

>>4623199

>you know what happened.

Eh, it'll be fiiiiiiine~.

>>4623199
>>4623231
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=4wX2xBOuzRg

>>4623199
NIGGER SAMURAI

>>4623199
Stock up on organic food.

>>4623199
If they were stupid enough to post about going on social media, went without a balaclava/ some kind of face obscuring device, had their picture taken or video of them taped, got there via an easily traceable means, such as a plane, train, bus that thay paid for with a debit or credit card, or god forbid took a car with their own plates on it. Then just let them get what they've earned.
Don't stick your neck out for morons, they'll never return the favour.

I better track down Wong's post, otherwise I'll never conduct my panty raid on White House.

>>4623253

Well the real kicker is that if you're burning down buildings for a cause the government's backers support you'll be mysteriously untraceable and if arrested charges will be promptly dropped.

>>4623253

That said, driving is the safest of those means provided you take the needed precautions and are quite careful with where you park and are willing to walk a long distance and have plans to change out a few layers so that 'man in balaclava with brown coat' becomes 'man in grey hoodie with knit cap', etc.

>>4623264
Look, I'm not even American Wong, and I'm not going to get into it..
All I'm saying is, if you're going to show up to a government facility (Any government not just the American) like that, you better 100% ready to fucking die for your cause or make it so your presence is that of a ghost as best you can or be part of the media because they always get a free pass....
And of you aren't any of the above then you deserve what you get.
It's like the area 51 raid, show up make the memes and then fuck off if you don't want to get shot...

>>4623269
Yes, that's basically the minimum

>take up smoking
>become a government official
>constantly ignore the no-smoking signs at work
>torch your place of work down with a cigarette
>just get called a massive dumbass and possibly fired
you need to play the long-con

>>4623278
>not just becoming president so you can get that specific thing you don't like shut down
That's it. I'm going to get elected and enact an executive order that they must be called "unisex" bathrooms instead of "gender-neutral" bathrooms. Just like the good old days.

Testing.

>>4623479
Seems to work chummer

>>4622851
>>4622854
Wong, you left 5k3 for Iaijutsu and we're missing Blessing of the whatever goddess in advantages (we did buy that, right? Or was the princely face scene just to flex on Sayaka?)
Also please don't get black-bagged, thanks.

>>4623620

Good catch, not sure how that happened since I remember fixing those, it must not have saved.

>>4623620

Nah just buying some AMC and GameStop stock, nothing illegal about that.

We have some poor luck. Maybe if we post haikus about killing goblins, it will improve?

>>4623704
>Wong is going to the moon too
nice

>Trying times ahead,
>There is but one solution:
>Kill all the goblins.

>Are your spirits low?
>Then you know what must be done:
>Kill all the goblins.

>When I was a youth,
>My parents taught me one thing:
>All goblins must die.

>>4623811
I'm both buzzed and stupid, so I'll bite.

A land beyond light
Men beset by beastly forms
Our steel is singing

How do we Remove Phoenix?

>>4623881
I suggest a brick. Or a big rock.

>>4623881
"He fell down the stairs and drowned himself in the rice paddies."

Game in ten.

>>4624166
Hype!

>>4624166
let's go

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>>4624166

>>4624166

Noice.

Rolled 5, 10, 9 = 24 (3d10)

>>4623270

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Your uncle's corpse resembles that of some curled-up, dried-out insect. His left hand clutched tight to his chest, his back drawn forward as he hunched over the source of his pain, his right hand still gripping his katana even in death. His head with that malformed mouth and skewed flesh seated at an unnatural angle on his neck, blood seeping from where he struck his skull on the steps. You're not sure whether it was his heart giving out, hitting his head, or breaking his neck that killed him, but he is certainly dead.

You aren't sure how to feel about that. You liked him more than you expected to, somehow, perhaps because of what an unrepentant bastard he was, but it doesn't change the fact that he was a cruel, reckless, arrogant, womanizing wifebeater who made fun of your father's epilepsy. He may be family, but...

>[the world is better off with him dead, he was scum his entire life]
>[He was family, and he had family, people can be redeemed]

>>4624199
>[the world is better off with him dead, he was scum his entire life]

>>4624199
>>[He was family, and he had family, people can be redeemed]
but he was a dick, just a fact really

>>4624199
>[He was family, and he had family, people can be redeemed]

He may have been scum, but he was our scum, damnit!

>>4624199
>[the world is better off with him dead, he was scum his entire life]

>>4624199

>[the world is better off with him dead, he was scum his entire life]

Personal feelings about him aside, the men of the courts will be happy to not have him leering at their wives and daughters anymore.

>>4624199
>[He was family, and he had family, people can be redeemed]
With a bit of sadness that, in his own way, he was screwed up by Grandpa Arinaga as well. Perhaps he became this way because Juro saw him as his last chance for a heir he deemed worthy.

>>4624199
>[He was an ass, an old broken down ass, you did not like the man, but the suffering he went through doing his duty was commendable. the fact he died so ignomiously attempting to fulfill his duty was tragic. You pity the bastard, but you won't miss him.]

>>4624214
I can get behind this.

>>4624199

Combine these two together, actually.
>>4624210
>>4624214

>>4624199
>[He was family, and he had family, people can be redeemed]
It's pretty clear that he was a bad dude, but in the end he still valued his responsibilities as a lord and samurai.
He wouldn't have died as he did if he was truly scum.

>>4624214
I'll third that

>>4624199
>[He was family, and he had family, people can be redeemed]

Better worded as "He was an asshole I didn't really like but there was something about him I couldn't help but like."

>>4624199
>[the world is better off with him dead, he was scum his entire life]

>>4624199
>>4624220
I’m supporting this. In the end, he at least valued his duty

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He was an ass, an old broken down ass, you did not like the man, but the suffering he went through doing his duty was commendable. the fact he died so ignominiously attempting to fulfill his duty was tragic. You pity the bastard, but you won't miss him. He was family, though, and he had family. Whether or not the world is better off with him dead, that's the truth. Yet you're a simple and straightforward warrior, and these are complicated issues. The fact is, the man is dead, and there is work to be done. One step flows smoothly into the next, like a kata.

First is correcting the problem of you looming suspiciously at the top of the stairs. You make your way down the steps with less than indecent haste, calling out as you do, “Uncle has fallen! I need assistance!” You make your way over to him, and crouch down. As you thought, he is dead. Completely dead. No final words, no dramatic exposition, no heartfelt moment of goodbye. That, in your experience, is how people tend to die. Often with a look of surprise, or resignation, if it was too past to twist their faces into a grimace of pain. If they're lucky enough to still have faces, when it's over.

Within less than a minute, a pair of servants arrive, both middle-aged women who shriek and cover their mouths at the sight. You look up at them, “Summon...”

>[Miho]
>[Sayaka]
>[Both]

>>4624236
I'll go with
>[Both]

I guess I don't have the greatest of reasons but that's my gut instinct.

>>4624236
>[Both]

>>4624236
>>[Miho]

>>4624236
>[Miho]
It's her husband dead on the floor.

>>4624236
>[Both]

>>4624236
>[Miho]

You'd be surprised by what people will tell you when a Scorpion isn't in the room.

>>4624236
>[Miho]

>>4624253
You also don't want a Scorpion near the scene of a potential murder. Unless you want to frame them

>>4624253
Depends if Takeshi shows up as well though.

>>4624236
>>[Miho]

Next vote settles it, or someone changing their vote, or if in five minutes neither of those have happened something else will happen.

>>4624263

Ah, you changing your vote settles it. Generally, for the sake of my absent-mindedness, do tell me that you're changing a vote. Luckily your first one was just a few posts up, but sometimes it's off my screen.

>>4624238
>>4624255

YOU voted twice!

>>4624236
...Oh, boy.
>[Miho]

>>4624267

...And then deleted it, so I'm presuming it was the website letting you think it hadn't gone through. No worries.

>>4624236

>[Miho]

>Hey Aunty, Uncle croaked. Still allowed to stay here right?

>>4624272
hey, these things happen, no reason to resend her hospitality. Unless she believes that we murdered our own kin, which would be incredibly...rude of her, even as a grieving widow.

>>4624294
deathly rude for her child indeed anon I like your train of thought

>>4624272
If she actually thought Daisuke murdered him I doubt it'd be settled by just kicking him out.

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“My aunt. Immediately. Break the news to her gently. His health had been poor for some time, and she may have been prepared for this, but who knows how she will react?” You think for a moment. You aren't on the battlefield, formalities have to be observed. Your instinct is to immediately sever his head, as you would on patrol, but that is wrong and would be a blasphemous breach of etiquette. “You.” You address the slower of the two women, as the faster one makes her way to find Miho, “Find...something to cover him with. A blanket, something like that.”

The servants both do as you direct. One finds a blanket and drapes it over him, the other fetches your aunt. You hear the rapid clacking of her sandals on the polished hardwood floors as she runs with indecent haste to you, her multiple layers of thick kimono getting in the way, “Daisuke-kun!” She cries out, seeing you. She skids to a stop, and drops to her knees, pulling back the blanket. Much to your surprise, tears well up in her eyes, and a sob escapes her throat as she clasps her hands over her face, “My...my...”

And just as you hoped wouldn't happen, Takeshi comes stalking in behind her, rancor visible in his expression. His eyes meet yours, and you can practically see the flames dancing in them. Perhaps Toshiaki's audacity in dying now interrupted something? Spoiled the mood, maybe? Or maybe he found out about the men you spared? His gaze flicks downward, to where Miho's uncovering of the body has exposed Toshiaki's right hand, and the katana still grasped within that withered claw. His gaze flicks back to yours, “Why was he armed, Arinaga Daisuke-san?” They say that being burned by especially great heat, like the kiss of a white-hot brand, feels cold on the skin as the feeling in it dies. Hearing that voice, you can believe it, “You were alone with him. You are the only one who would know what he was defending himself from, aren't you?” He looks up, “He fell down the stairs face-first. He is some distance from the bottom. Moving at speed, I would guess. What was he running from? Why did he feel the need to arm himself, Arinaga Daisuke-san?”

>[Begin rolling dice]

>>4624199
>[He was family, and he had family, people can be redeemed]

Rolled 1 (1d10)

>>4624310
Should have went with the gut feeling, damnit.

>>4624297
anon are you implying I threatened the life of our cousin? the boy's done nothing to us besides being born, and that can be laid on his fathers disfigured head rather than is sunburnt one.

Rolled 10 (1d10)

>>4624310
d10 I assume? I am ready to raze this castle if need be

Rolled 7 (1d10)

>>4624310
If he was armed, why would be also be running, you dolt? Ah well.

Rolled 3 (1d10)

>>4624310
Either way, OUR HONOR SHALL NOT BE DENIED!

Rolled 9 (1d10)

>>4624310

Dice!

>>4624319

Yes. This is an Etiquette/Awareness roll, and you have a point in Etiquette so that 10 explodes.

>>4624316
No we simply need to remind our aunt how this will look to the peasants

Rolled 7 (1d10)

>>4624310

>>4624310
dice+1d10

Rolled 4 (1d10)

>>4624310

Rolled 7 (1d10)

>>4624310

Rolled 5 (1d10)

>>4624310
"More like running to, Aunt Miho. Particularly when he learned that Yoshimitsu retired, then died to O-Tora."

Rolled 4 (1d10)

>>4624310
>>4624331
you can tell I haven't been here in a while

>>4624325

>Awareness roll right away

Real glad that we decided to buy Awareness 3 instead of saving up for Void 3 last thread. Already starting to pay off.

>>4624326
Roll another d10, anon, that's what exploding dice mean.

Rolled 9 (1d10)

>>4624310

Looking at a 29 unless that person who rolled a 10 has to roll the explode.

In which case we're looking at a 21+

Either way not bad.

>>4624310
He wanted to have a word with you about the bandit problem festering on his lands

Rolled 1 (1d10)

>>4624325
>>4624343
sorry am stupid anons

Rolled 8, 7, 7, 8, 9 = 39 (5d10)

Your total is 31. Void Point spent, Benten's Blessing applies its +0k1 to rolls to persuade here.

>>4624349
Not stupid, just didn't know how exploding dice works. We all were there at some point mate.

Rolled 4, 5, 7, 5, 9 = 30 (5d10)

>>4624361

>>4624361
Wew. Which kami did we piss off there?

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>>4624361

>>4624367
Could be a check to see if we're telling the truth.

>[He armed himself to go deal with the bandits]
>[He armed himself to go deal with the bandits...and you]

>>4624367
whichever one handles inaction in the face of a superiors stupidity

>>4624371
>[He armed himself to go deal with the bandits]
Truly, Lord Toshiaki even in his final moments thought only about protecting his lands!

>>4624371
>[He armed himself to go deal with the bandits...and you]

Based.

>>4624371
>[I illuminated my uncle to the facts of the bandits making trouble in these lands. Regrettably, he took up arms to deal with them, his ambition outstripping his physical form.]

Answer 1, essentially. No need to add in the extra detail right now.

>>4624371
>>[He armed himself to go deal with the bandits]

>>4624371
>>[He armed himself to go deal with the bandits]
"He was thinking about plucking off that beautiful head of yours peacock-kun"

>>4624371
>[He armed himself to go deal with the bandits]

>>4624371
>[He armed himself to go deal with the bandits...and you]

get fucked, you simpering peacock

>>4624371

>[He armed himself to go deal with the bandits]

Tacucky should know enough to read the lines about how well his Lord would take finding out that bandits ran rampant in his lands for nearly two years. No point in giving him his opportunity to duel us yet, make him earn it.

>>4624378
That is incredibly eloquent, and I am in awe of your skills. Support.

>>4624371
>>[He armed himself to go deal with the bandits]

>>4624371
>[He armed himself to go deal with the bandits]
[He armed himself to go deal with the bandits]

>>4624385
It feels a bit too eloquent for Daisuke in my eyes, but thanks.

>>4624378

Yeah, this write-in is pretty good. Better spoken than some of the ones I was rattling around in my head.

>>4624388
Consider it a flash of inspiration.

>>4624380

That's option #2!

>>4624394
Maybe it's what Daisuke's actually saying in his head!

>>4624378
I like this. Very eloquent.

>>4624371
Wait, was he going to attack Nishiyama? I gotta reread that whole thing I think.

>>4624408
He was very pissed at him for what happened with the other Samurai.

>>4624383
Old Toshi didn't even know his retainers were fucking dead. Peacuck best believe he's in some shit regardless.

>>4624408
yep. first the bandits, then Nishiyama

>>4624377
>>4624371
Changing muh vote
>[He armed himself to go deal with the bandits...and you]

>>4624408
Something about doing a whole Topaz Championship worth of damage, and mutilate everything but the ears, so he can hear the people's screams of horror as he walks by. The man went into detail.

>>4624414
the old bastard had an eye for beautification. And A lot of practice

>>4624394
>[He armed himself to go deal with the bandits...and you]
Ahhh ok change my vote then

>>4624381
>>4624371
Fuck it, I'll switch too.

>[He armed himself to go deal with the bandits...and you]

Hope Wong wasn't already writing

>>4624387
>>4624371
>[He armed himself to go deal with the bandits...and you]
Not sure what happened there...

>>4624371
>>[He armed himself to go deal with the bandits]

>>4624371
>[He armed himself to go deal with the bandits...and you]

>>4624371
>[He armed himself to go deal with the bandits...and you]

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You do your best to think of how someone more eloquent might say this. "I illuminated my uncle to the facts regarding the bandits making trouble in his lands. Regrettably, ambition outstripped his physical form, and he took up arms to deal with them." Your gaze meets Takeshi's, "A lack of courage was one flaw my uncle never possessed."

He stares down at you. There is something in his eyes. They are just a hint too wide, you can see too much of the white around them. You remember something your father once said, some men's swords fit too tightly in their scabbards, others too loosely. Whether you meant that as an insult or not (and yes you did), he's taken it as one. "So you killed him, then." He says simply.

Miho looks up, stunned, "What?" Her makeup is streaked with tears.

Takeshi kneels beside her, all but putting an arm around her, "Miho, remember why we didn't tell Lord Arinaga about the troubles? His weakness of breath? How afraid you were that the knowledge would overstrain him?" His sandal coincidentally catches the edge of Toshiaki's katana, so that the reflected light shines in Miho's eyes, "Or that he would go and seek out the brigands like Yoshimitsu-san did and meet the same fate? It is a hard thing, to be a mother on her own. Arinaga Daisuke-san should have considered that. Or perhaps he did. Perhaps he had other priorities." His eyes meet yours, a wicked smile in them.

Miho sniffles, "Takeshi, I...I'm so...I'm sorry, I can't..."

"It's alright. I'll always protect you. To the very end, I will be your sword." He radiates the gallantry of a Genji, "No matter who I must cut, I will do it unflinchingly."

[Continue]

I don't get the point of telling him that uncle was going to deal with him. At best, we piss him off, at worst it comes across as if we killed uncle to protect him.

>>4624433

I can recount and if that option won, throw something in.

>>4624445
nah its fine, unless someone else wants to obkect to a recount

>>4624443
Shame you didn't cut the bandits down and remove this possibility in the first place, o loyal sword.

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Miho's tears stop, "Thank...thank you Takeshi. Daisuke-kun. I opened my home to you, I cannot believe you would..."

"Tell your husband the truth about the goings-on in his own lands? That your yojimbo got his retainers killed?" Your voice comes out harsh as chipped flint, and she visibly flinches. "That there are orphans in the village because the guards are purely ornamental?"

"Still your tongue!" Takeshi barks at you. His thumb unseats the guard of his sword from the lip of his scabbard. Your hand is on your own before you realize it, though your posture is still casual. "Protecting our lord is our duty. Our sole duty. Even one such as you should know that." His voice drips contempt.

"Enough." Miho's voice is quiet, but surprisingly firm. Daisuke-san." Not Daisuke-kun anymore, "I do not believe this was intentional. Just impatience and appallingly bad judgment. However, you and Takeshi cannot share a roof. I ask that you confine yourself to the guest house, and...it will not be looked on amiss if your business calls you back to your duties before the funeral, four days hence." She stands up, and gestures to one of the two servants, who have been as quiet as mice, "Summon the eta. They will handle the preparations." The mice scurry away, leaving the three living samurai and one dead one alone.

>["The guest house? I will go to the village. When, not if, the bandits come back, they will find one member of the Arinaga family capable of performing his duties. We will see about the funeral if I return."]
>["Very well, but I will attend the funeral. Arinaga Toshiaki will be remembered by at least one man who acted as if he was still alive in his last days."]
>["I will take my leave then, and gladly."]
>[Say nothing (besides that parting shot that won the last vote) and walk out.]

>>4624455
>["Very well, but I will attend the funeral. Arinaga Toshiaki will be remembered by at least one man who acted as if he was still alive in his last days."]
are we sure we can't kill him? It ranks very highly on things that seem just right now

>>4624455
>[It is a shame, then, that you failed to consider the possibility of my uncle finding out about the bandits and rendering your brave duty of ignoring the issue to protect him invalid. I will be in the guest house until preparations have been settled.]

Something along those lines. Closest to 2, i'd say.

>>4624455
>>["The guest house? I will go to the village. When, not if, the bandits come back, they will find one member of the Arinaga family capable of performing his duties. We will see about the funeral if I return."]

>[Say nothing (besides that parting shot that won the last vote) and walk out.]
what does this mean Wong?

>>4624461
Should've included quotes around 'to protect him', ah well. Anyway, I will note i'm also fine with the idea/sentiment of answer 1.

So for those who are curious, the Shiba Bushi is a weird school. Like Hiruma Bushi and a lot of the other "less aggressive" bushi schools it gets its Simple Action Attack at Rank 4, so they're similar in that regard. Its techniques, though, are much less tied to a specific theme, in fact it has a few. Some of them buff the Guard ability (what you used on Sayaka to give her time to get her weapon when those bandits attacked at night), some make it easier for a nearby shugenja to use magic and harder for hostile magic to hit you...but the most important thing it does is buff your Void Points. At Rank 1, a Shiba Bushi can spend TWO Void Points on a roll instead of one, so despite having Awareness 3 and no points in Courtier, Takeshi used two Void and rolled 5k5 to your 5k5 with one Void Point spent. (you got +1k0 from having a point in Etiquette, since you were rolling Etiquette/Awareness, and +0k1 from Benten's Blessing, he just got an amazing roll and spent more of his resources on it than you could). Miho, for her part, also rolled Etiquette/Awareness but failed to beat his roll. Or yours. If she beat your roll but not his she might have thought you actually DID perhaps kill her husband on purpose and react accordingly.

The Rank 5 ability of the Shiba Bushi, incidentally, makes every Void Point they spend count double, so they could spend 2 Void and get +4k4 to a roll. The Rank 5 Hiruma Bushi ability banks any extra damage you had on a roll that killed an enemy and apply it to the next one you hit, which might be a bit less powerful, but Hiruma is more my style because it's more consistent. I genuinely feel bad for discouraging it at the beginning of the quest, Hiruma Bushi is a very cool School.

>>4624461

As a general note, please pick one of the presented options and then put your take on how to specifically respond it beneath, for the sake of easily picking it out of a ton of votes while counting. Only greentext it if it's an actual write-in different than the presented options.

>>4624474
Ah, alright. Makes sense, new to the whole 'actually participating in quests' thing.

>>4624464

Ah, what it means is that you walk the fuck out, pause, and then let Takeshi know as a parting shot that by the way, Toshiaki was on his way to cut him first before dealing with the bandits.

>>4624471
Well the Scout school isnt open yet I think? Those guys are pretty dope too.

>>4624477
Can we combine the parting shot with one of the other options?

>>4624455
"I will have to attend the Funeral Aunt. Because my duty here is not done. A Kuni MUST be sent for to clear your child of taint, Before you take this as an accusation, i believe you are not tainted nor is the child. However this close to the Shadowlands, if the child is not checked, every lord within a dozen leagues will use the possibility as a pretext to remove both you and your child. If not that then the grave insult leveled at you from it. They will operate as the Crab do on the Wall, and even as good as your yojimbo is, He cannot stop a hundred archers at once. once the Kuni comes and judges you pure, that is removed from their options and my duty to the Hiruma is done. Then i can leave. Make no mistake there is nothing for me here and never was, but i WILL do my Duty.

>>4624464
>>4624477
>["Very well, but I will attend the funeral. Arinaga Toshiaki will be remembered by at least one man who acted as if he was still alive in his last days."]
>[Say nothing (besides that parting shot that won the last vote) and walk out.]

A combination of this two then if that's allowed

>>4624455
>[Say nothing (besides that parting shot that won the last vote) and walk out.]

Frankly Wong, I like the sentiments of the first two choices, just keep that in mind.

Also, >>4624461 insult to Peacock-san is based.

>>4624485
changing>>4624460 to support this

>>4624455
>["Very well, but I will attend the funeral. Arinaga Toshiaki will be remembered by at least one man who acted as if he was still alive in his last days."]
Plus letting him know that Uncle wanted him to carve him up like a (insert relevant Japanese food item here).

>>4624455
this >>4624485

>>4624455
>["Very well, but I will attend the funeral. Arinaga Toshiaki will be remembered by at least one man who acted as if he was still alive in his last days."]
Plus parting shot.

>>4624485
right, we need to make sure Miho gets shirou the Kuni stamp of approval. The kids going to have enough problems as it is

>>4624494
Chicken. It may not be Japanese, but it certainly is appropriate.

>>4624499
>>4624496
>>4624492
Gonna have to go against this, guys.

>>4624455

>["Very well, but I will attend the funeral. Arinaga Toshiaki will be remembered by at least one man who acted as if he was still alive in his last days."]

"After all, that's what family is supposed to be for." Get fucked bird-boi.

>>4624502
You vote for something you want.

Theres no such thing as -1 vote. If you feel its bad, speak up and convince us.

>>4624455
>["Very well, but I will attend the funeral. Arinaga Toshiaki will be remembered by at least one man who acted as if he was still alive in his last days."]

>>4624485
Eh. Much rather deal with the bandit problem instead of just fucking off after.

>>4624507
We can do it after we deal with the bandit problem. After all, they're going to lose it all of they don't deal with it.

>>4624482

It is assumed to happen with every single one of them!

>>4624516
It's literally not our place sadly, and she doesn't WANT the help. We're not going to be able to take the bandits on our own. So our hands are rather tied at the moment until she changes her mind.

If she wants to live in a slowly blooming siege situation where she will starve to death from having all her peasants die and thus no one to work the land to make a harvest or have bandits storm the castle rape her and and kill the kid that is her prerogative. Horse, water, drink and all that.

Man, he really is a cuck. Duty isn't a shield to hide your cowardice behind but Tacucky sure is trying.

>>4624507
Personally, I just think it's going to piss her off further if we mention the kid being tainted immediately after this. Even if we've got a good reason to check, doing it right now after uncle died won't help. We'll need to wait a few days for things to cool down, maybe come back with O-Tora's head as a sweetener first.

>>4624485

I can work this in, but it doesn't address the actual point of whether you're going to the guest house, the village, or not telling them.

>>4624524
No. I'd rather die fighting bandits rather than let this dishonor continue. We can't choose how we die, but we can choose what to die as. A Man does what needs to be done, and we haven't been a child for a long time.

>>4624524
clearly what we need is for scorpionwaifu to devise some poison to debilitate the majority of the bandit force before we move in.

>>4624488

If you change your vote you have to link to the post where I called for the vote or I won't see it.

>>4624455
>>["The guest house? I will go to the village. When, not if, the bandits come back, they will find one member of the Arinaga family capable of performing his duties. We will see about the funeral if I return."]

>>4624533
Not telling them. I've still half a mind to march out and take out the bandits peace-meal, but it would be a shock to our Scorpion friend.

>>4624535
It's not a Dishonor for us. It is not our land and we are not in their service. Not until the lands fall to us, and when they do we will go talk to Lord Hiruma, and he'll get us a small army to clear the land because it'd give him land to work with and the Hiruma like that sort of shit.


>>4624536
Dishonorable but effective, however i doubt Crab built ruins have a water supply so easily used.

>>4624532
We can't really fight an entire gang of bandits with just us and maybe Sayaka. Now bird-brain doesn't have "Muh lord is dying" to excuse his inaction but I'm sure there'll be some other reason why the ashigaru can't sally forth.

Unless we overstep our authority and demand the levy accompany us or ask for outside help which is a serious disrespect to Miho.

It's just a tall order in general to bring about the end of these bandit scum. And going in half-cocked is a good way to meet a swift end.

>>4624455
>>4624504

Swapping my vote from guest-house to

>["The guest house? I will go to the village. When, not if, the bandits come back, they will find one member of the Arinaga family capable of performing his duties. We will see about the funeral if I return."]

Kind of misinterpreted how each of the options went.

Included the vote post, because I realized I forgot it.

>>4624533
Village, then go hiding in the woods because i expect assassins to hit inn tonight.

>>4624539
I did, the first ID I replied to was mine

>>4624547
Not head on. We can pick our battles, and force O'Tora to come out if need be. Reckless? Maybe. But the blood boils at the thought of inaction.

>>4624455
>["Very well, but I will attend the funeral. Arinaga Toshiaki will be remembered by at least one man who acted as if he was still alive in his last days."]

>The only thing Takeshi's blade has protected is himself, how can you claim to be protected when the entirety of the lands your son should inherit have been controlled by bandits for the past two years. They've even got a castle of their own set up.

Ahhhhhhh I hate working while Wong is running, i can't participate properly and I cant focus on work!

>>4624556

The post where you said you were changing your vote didn't link to >>4624455 did it?

I'm not trying to be persnickety, I just have a terrible fear of accidentally miscounting.

>>4624455
1:TTTT
2:TTTTT
3:
4:T

As regards the parting shot, there is an additional vote.

>[Let Takeshi know that Toshiaki was coming after him too]
>[Let Takeshi know that not only was Toshiaki coming after him, but once you've dealt with the bandits he's next.]

>>4624562
>[Let Takeshi know that Toshiaki was coming after him too]

I'd rather not have it be confused to an insult/threat to Miho.

>>4624562
>>[Let Takeshi know that Toshiaki was coming after him too]


Do not telegraph, or kill our aunt's only real protection needlessly, no matter how much of a cunt he is.

>>4624557
Big Kitty is either smarter than the average ronin or he's working with Tiny-prick-bird-bitch. We may be able to get a few more bandits but I doubt he'll sit on his hands and watch his men get picked apart.

I bet he's already getting ready for some shit to go down since we've killed half a dozen of his boys since we got here. Better to overestimate his response than expect nothing at all.

>>4624562
>>[Let Takeshi know that Toshiaki was coming after him too]

>>4624562
>[Let Takeshi know that Toshiaki was coming after him too]
"By the way, Takeshi-san...I should let you know, for your own sense of closure - My uncle was quite cross upon learning the fates of his retainers. I can't help but feel there was a reason he drew his sword in his own castle, rather than waiting for until he approached the distant bandits to draw..."

>>4624562

>[Let Takeshi know that Toshiaki was coming after him too]

>>4624562

>[Let Takeshi know that Toshiaki was coming after him too]

We'll probably still go after him, but after this shit is all dealt with. No point in tipping our hand early.

>>4624562
>[Let Takeshi know that Toshiaki was coming after him too]

>>4624562
>>[Let Takeshi know that Toshiaki was coming after him too]

>>4624568
That... makes too much sense, no matter how much my blood calls for action.

>>4624464
>>4624561
>>["The guest house? I will go to the village. When, not if, the bandits come back, they will find one member of the Arinaga family capable of performing his duties. We will see about the funeral if I return."]

>[Say nothing (besides that parting shot that won the last vote) and walk out.]
what does this mean Wong?

Aaah, I was asking a question and voting at the same time, sorry for the confusion

>>4624569
Based. Support.

>>4624569
Take the 'for' out, derp.

>>4624569
>>[Let Takeshi know that Toshiaki was coming after him too]

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"Very well, but I will attend the funeral. Arinaga Toshiaki will be remembered by at least one person who acted as if he was still alive in his last days." Your voice comes out harsh. Angry. You have a right to be. You ignore the way they gawp at you. "It is a shame you failed to consider the possibility of my uncle finding out about the bandits with his mind as sharp as it still was, and rendering your...brave duty...of ignoring the issue to protect him invalid. I will be in the guest house until everything is prepared."

"Do not speak to my yojimbo like that! You forget yourself!" Proper courtly manners would be to ignore rudeness, but right now, manners are rapidly becoming frayed even for Crab lands. Miho grabs Takeshi's sword-hand, and clings tightly to it.

"The only thing your yojimbo's blade has protected is himself, and his little play-fief. How can you claim to be safe when the entirety of the lands your son should inherit have been controlled by brigands for the past two years. They have a castle of their own set up, did you even know that? They menace travelers on the road, while the guards sit behind the wall, gambling and hoping Takeshi does not see fit to punish them in the way his own Clan punished him." You get right into the Phoenix's face., "By the way, Takeshi-san, I should let you know for your own sense of closure. My uncle was quite cross upon learning the fates of his retainers. There was a reason he made quite explicit to me for drawing his sword in his own castle, rather than waiting until he approached the distant bandits to draw." You glance contemptuously at Miho, "...For the sake of my aunt, who I can forgive for not being in her right state of mind, I will spare you the details of what he promised to do to you. Your ears, at least, would have remained intact."

You walk out, and surprisingly, you don't hear the thud of Takeshi's sandals or the whoosh of a drawn blade. You half-expected him to try to stab you in the back.

You make your way back to the guesthouse. The guards bow a little more deeply to you than before, one of them chirping a "Welcome back, Master Arinaga!" How long will that last when they hear the news? What will Takeshi even tell them?

This was a bad place. Now it's a worse place.

[Continue. You might lose Honor for this, but getting angry over being accused of murder is pretty excusable, and it was definitely worth it.]

For the record, the stuff about getting a Kuni was noted and will come up when it's relevant, but it didn't seem productive to mention it now beyond giving Miho fits.

>>4624596
My thoughts exactly. It's worth bringing up but seems fairly threatening at this exact moment.

Game resumes in thirty seven minutes, to give me time for a drink and a tiny bit of research.

>>4624596
Nice to know your a mind reader, Wong.

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>>4624594
Damn, we really dug into him. Feels nice getting that all out without having to get stabbed for it, yet.

As a sidenote, there's a really eerie contrast between "I used to namefag in /tg/'s L5R threads, see my storytime screencaps occasionally, and had an entire series of allcaps rants about how not to duel Crane as a Lion" and the realization that today someone whose knowledge of the lore is fresher than mine (and is used to more courtly games not set in Crab lands with tensions running high) is probably writing an angry list of all the etiquette violations thus far.

>>4624594
Damn, that was great.

I wonder what to do if we the bandit situation continues. If we report it to our Crab superiors on our return, will we see a subjugation force sent out?

>>4624605

Uva's face is the correct reaction here.

>>4624607
We are crab. Any disrespect we can point at 'Crab' and 'Accused of murder' just for the heck of it.

>>4624607
Worth it. We'll regain it when we inevitability clean up uncle's mess one final time. Like father, like son, eh?

>>4624610
>Such a breach of etiquette! Who do you think you are?!
>[massively melodramatic zoom in on the face] I'm a Crab.
And all was understood.

>>4624613
I really don't want to think too hard on how our father would have handled this. Because I can't help but feel he would've done better. Toshi's dead, Takeshi hates our guts, Miho doesn't call us kun anymore. If this was a victory another one like that will surely end us.

>>4624618
Pyrrhus was pretty based, wasn't he?

>>4624622
For as long as he lasted.

>>4624618
Papa probably would have rolled up with his own entourage, marched straight up to his brother and said "You got bandits. Let's go deal with them, then look at your kid. By the way you look like shit bro. Stop dying so fast." and then they butcher some bandits and discuss why exactly Takeshi is a cuck who needs to be removed. But that doesn't matter because Papa is dead. RIP Papa you know we loved you. It's not our fault we had no idea how to deal with Uncle Toshi but we'll be polite and apologize to your ghost anyway.

>>4624628
Papa probably woulda told uncle to go fuck himself unless Lord Hiruma gave him order to play nice.

>>4624634
Toshi'd probably beat Papa to the punch in that regard. Cantankerous old bat.

>>4624628
>>4624634
Or politely cleaned up his mess, as a last middle finger to our Uncle.

>>4624610

There is actually a really weird dynamic to this, which might come off as somewhat garbled, but. Generally, in my experience, when someone makes a Crab bushi character, it's the person who thinks the manners and rules of conduct are silly and wants to just ignore them, and has often keyed in on the fact that the GM isn't paying much attention to Honor. Consequently, you get a very stereotypical Hida Bushi. I say often, not always, and I mean it. Here however, we have L5R nerds and fans of other Clans, and consequently Daisuke while still being very Crab is not...O-Ushi levels of Crab.

>>4624618

You know that sounds like a quote a certain Hellenic king once said following a string of rather frustrating victories against a certain irritatingly persistent Italian city.

>>4624641
Haha, maybe we'll see what happens when we have to character switch to a Crane or Lion character down the line.

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>>4624641
Are you saying we can be even CRABBIER?

>>4624641
We are a Hiruma Bushi, not an armored grizzly Bear with a hammer

>>4624618

Also I can't imagine Yudai actually making Courtier rolls. Just standing there. Arms folded. Glowering. He and Toshiaki mutually infuriated each other. Mitsuaki didn't help, he and Toshiaki also mutually infuriated each other for different reasons.

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>>4624641
So, Daisuke is a more eloquent crab? Is this an equivalent to a shiny Pokémon?

>>4624649

To avoid what happened with Roarke, when/if Daisuke hits...not necessarily Insight Rank 5, but reaches a certain power threshold and has his story mostly settled, he'll have an epilogue and then there will be a character change. Years from now.

>>4624651
Yeah we’re a long ranging wolf who hunts down prey and kills it, or calls the pack for aid.

>>4624641
Daisuke has clearly shown he can be polite when he wishes.

In this we see that he wields crab lack of manners as a weapon. To be unleashed to make a point.

>>4624594

Get fucked scrub. Glad that we basically burned the fields, even if we didn't quite salt them yet. Looking forward to how everyone else reacts to this blow-out. It'll be neat when Sayaka reaches out for intel and finds out dear uncle Toshi had a heart attack before she had a chance to learn more about Chouko.

>>4624660
I guess she'll just have to search for old letters and even older servants.

>>4624650
to reach the height of Crab, we must beat a man to death with a club for having the temerity to challenge us to a duel over some shit we said about his poetry. Or whatever it is those Dragon fucks think is important, I can't remember

>>4624662
Peak crab is shooting an Oni from 200 yards away in the head with a kanabo we fired from our bow

>>4624654
>He and Toshiaki mutually infuriated each other. Mitsuaki didn't help, he and Toshiaki also mutually infuriated each other for different reasons.
So, I guess it's fair to say that our interactions with Takeshi are all part of the family tradition among the guys. I look forward to Shirou killing us via some misspoken words and a stroke.
>>4624660
Sayaka is going to kill us.

If additional insulting things are needed or cuckoo accuses us of trying to take this land for ourselves
>Who would want to rule over somewhere that only produces generations of Orphans and Noodles made by grieving grandparents

>>4624655
Wait you said shiny crab?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=93lrosBEW-Q

I had to do it to ya

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You haven't had time to process any of this, and just as you were starting to think this part of your family might not be so bad, Aunt Miho stopped calling you -kun. You can't see what you could have done better, at least nothing that would be in your character, but you cannot help feeling like father would have effortlessly solved this problem.

You miss him. You still do. People probably thought he was one of those uncaring fathers, with his sternly martial, uncompromising attitude, but he was a good parent. Traditionally, samurai children are raised mostly by the family servants until they are old enough to merit personal lessons, but Arinaga Yudai was of the belief that servants were to care for horses, weapons, cooking, the whims of Arinaga Natsuko, and any chores he didn't see fit to assign to you as a disciplinary measure. Arinaga Yudai treated you like a little soldier from the first time you rolled off your pudgy baby bottom and stood up on your wobbly toddler feet, and he was a man who loved and was loved by his troops. You still have the child-sized bokken he gave you when you took your first steps. It was little more than a crude stick, until your mother took a small knife and a few hours of work to it. “You were born scowling” She told you once, “He was so proud of your warlike face he almost cried.”

He died a good death. A death you are proud of. One you wouldn't wish undone. The privileges of the samurai caste come with duties, and one of those is to fight to the end for Lord, Clan, and Empire. A bushi is never more than three feet from death, he used to tell you.

Your head full of visions of how he would have solved it, ranging from simply executing every one of the bandits with his troops to forcibly conscripting the castle ashigaru and beheading Takeshi on the spot, each unrealistic but satisfying, you forget to announce yourself. Thusly, when you walk into the bedroom you share with Sayaka, the first thing that greets your gaze is a pair of long, magnificent legs. Sayaka is laying on her belly on the futon, her knees bent and feet kicking lazily in the air, a pillow book in her hands. Facing away from you.

>[Greet her]
>[Sneak up on her]

>>4624677
>[Sneak up on her]

Not every day you get to sneak up on a Scorpion.