ForceFightWMe12 Posted June 24, 2007 Author Share Posted June 24, 2007 Kyo's eyes followed Maggie as she moved to sit next to him, an amused grin curving the edges of his lips. As she sat heavily down next to him, he looked at her from the corner of his eyes, his green eyes holding a laughing light to them. "Well, what do you know?" he said, "Maggie's energy has finally run out - and with good reason, too. That was quite the fight, Miss Roche. I think I'm beginning to rethink my agreement to spar with you later on." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quist Posted June 24, 2007 Share Posted June 24, 2007 Maggie glanced over at Kyo. "Oh no, Kyo. Don't think you're getting out of sparring with me. All I need is a bath, a good lunch and a little bit of time to recover, and I should be good to go." She stretched her bare feet out into the soft, cool and shaded grass in front of her and sighed. "Father Abbott hasn't found time to spar with me recently, so I'm really quite glad you and Carwyn have come along." She reached down and picked at the frayed edges of her skirt. "Next time I'll have to wear proper gear, however, else I'll run out of skirts," she said, a silly smile on her face. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ForceFightWMe12 Posted June 25, 2007 Author Share Posted June 25, 2007 He grinned a bit. "That would probably be a good idea." he said, "One wouldn't want you to have to rip all of your skirts like that simply for the use of combat." He leaned back against the tree, closing his eyes for a few moments and watching the patterns of light shift over his closed eyelids as the leaves shifted in the breeze. After a few moments, a new thought struck him - and his eyes flashed open. Sitting bolt upright, he jumped to his feet. "Oh--" his statement broke off there, sounding as if a curse would have followed if...well, if he had not been Kyo. Without another word, he tore off across the grass, into the monastery, and up the stairs - in a direct route to the library. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JasraLantill Posted June 25, 2007 Share Posted June 25, 2007 Aya had been sitting there enjoying the sunshine, and was just about ready to say something to Carwyn when Kyo suddenly jumped up and ran off in the direction of the library. "Whoa... what's wrong with him?" Aya said, rising. She looked at Maggie, then shrugged. "Stay here," she said to the rest of them. "I'll go find out." She headed after him, taking the short cut she knew through another door off the garden courtyard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quist Posted June 25, 2007 Share Posted June 25, 2007 Aya had beaten her to the punch, but she wasn't the only one who knew shortcuts through the monastery. Maggie shot up and bolted after her friend, catching up to her rather quickly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ForceFightWMe12 Posted June 25, 2007 Author Share Posted June 25, 2007 Kyo came dashing down the corridor - only to almost run into the women as they came dashing into the same hallway from seperate corridors. He stopped just in time to avoid them, and they did the same - each of them crying out in surprise. "By the g--Aya? Maggie? Where in the world did you come from?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quist Posted June 25, 2007 Share Posted June 25, 2007 Maggie panted, bent forward with her hands on her knees, still somewhat winded by her spar with Carwyn. "Where did you run off to?" she asked breathlessly. "You looked as if you'd seen a ghost." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ForceFightWMe12 Posted June 25, 2007 Author Share Posted June 25, 2007 "I believe..." he said, stepping between the two women and continuing past them. "I asked you two first." Continuing at a much calmer pace down the corridor, he pushed open the two great doors to the library, he stepped through, dusting off his hands. "If you two must know, I had just thought of something." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quist Posted June 25, 2007 Share Posted June 25, 2007 "Oh, all right," Maggie said as she walked with Aya into the library, feeling kind of sheepish for jumping the gun. "What exactly do you need to look for, Kyo?" she asked, trotting into the library proper. "Anything I can help with?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ForceFightWMe12 Posted June 25, 2007 Author Share Posted June 25, 2007 "I know just what I'm looking for, thank you." he answered, turning to take the steps three at a time. Reaching the top, he hopped on one of the sliding ladders that was on the bookshelf, using the momentum to slide down a few racks before catching himself on a shelf to stop it. Glancing at the books, he ran a finger over the spines before finding what he was looking for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rogue Nine Posted June 25, 2007 Share Posted June 25, 2007 Carwyn looked stupidly after in the direction where Kyo and the two brunette girls had run. "Did I miss something?" he asked Toa and Takara. Folding his arms behind his head, he lay slowly down onto the soft dewy grass and looked up into the clear blue sky. "Strange folks, wanting to go inside on such a beautiful day," he remarked, shaking his head slowly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JasraLantill Posted June 27, 2007 Share Posted June 27, 2007 Aya exchanged a look with Maggie, then shook her head with utter disbelief. "Mags," she said to her friend, "I have never known someone who is so passionate about dusty old books and scrolls and yet, at the same time, is a fit and formidable warrior." She grinned and gave Maggie a wink. "And handsome, too," she added quietly. "So, Kyo, what have you found?" she called out to him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ForceFightWMe12 Posted June 28, 2007 Author Share Posted June 28, 2007 "A moment, please." he called in return, pulling out the small, thin book that was tucked between the other volumes. Not bothering to use the rungs of the ladder, he placed his feet on other side of the ladder and slid down to the floor. Reaching into a pocket hidden on the inside of his shirt, he pulled out a folded up slip of parchment as he walked over to the small table he had occupied before. Tossing the book down, he flipped the children's book that Aya had shown him and unfolded the parchment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JasraLantill Posted June 28, 2007 Share Posted June 28, 2007 Aya raised an eyebrow at the reappearance of the children's book about Obakanare. "Kyo?" she said slowly. "What are you doing? I thought you said that book was just 'amusing', not informative." She snorted. "Too many pictures." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ForceFightWMe12 Posted June 28, 2007 Author Share Posted June 28, 2007 "Oh no, it's not my main source." he answered, not looking up from what he was doing, "It's just the fastest." Kyo looked up at Aya, stopping his flipping - and all movement, for that matter. "A bit of trust would be appreciated." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JasraLantill Posted June 28, 2007 Share Posted June 28, 2007 "I trust you completely," Aya said. "Just wondering what you found, that's all." Curious as to what he was looking at, she raised herself up on her toes to better see the book over his shoulder. "So...?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quist Posted June 28, 2007 Share Posted June 28, 2007 Maggie peered over at the book Kyo was flipping through. It was, as Aya said, a picture book, filled with all sorts of cartoonish images best suited for a child to read. Brother Hanzo kept it in the library along with a few picture books for those travelers that brought along young children that needed to be entertained. But what could he possibly find in one of those, even if it was about Obakenare... She looked at the parchment he had extracted from his shirt. "What's that?" she asked curiously. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grace Posted June 28, 2007 Share Posted June 28, 2007 Takara laughed softly. "A beautiful day, you call it... and yet, so calm and silent." An expression that was something of a mix of uneasiness and frustration covered her face for just a moment and then a faint wind puffed against them. "Without a wind, the songs of nature I find sweetest are left unheard," she said quietly. "Even a gentle breeze will do." She breathed in deeply. "Now, there is nothing that could persuade me to go inside." The gentle breeze was warm and comforting, lightly touching at the skin and gently playing with loose fabric and hair. Takara settled herself slowly to the ground before stretching out on her back to look up into the cloudless sky. "Beautiful indeed," she breathed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ForceFightWMe12 Posted June 30, 2007 Author Share Posted June 30, 2007 ((Sorry it's taken me so long to post. I've been busy - leaving for Manhattan on Monday! w00t!)) "The last clue I will ever receive from my grandfather." Kyo answered shortly in return. He finally came to the page he was looking for, picking out only a single line and - more specifically - a single name. "I had just been thinking..." he said, "What if 'the beginning' wasn't when Obakenare was born? Or when she discovered she was a priestess? What if 'the beginning' was the beginning of her crusade against the ghosts?" Pointing out the one name on the page, he smirked a bit. "Othrong. It's the name of a volcanic mountain in the west, where Obakenare was rumored to have received her blessed blade from the gods." looking over his shoulder, his green eyes found Aya. "Does the name seem familiar at all to you?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JasraLantill Posted June 30, 2007 Share Posted June 30, 2007 "Familiar? Me?" Aya's brow wrinkled. "With Mt. Othrong? Erm... well, I know it's like an old volcano. And that it hasn't erupted in a long while, even though it still smokes. And I've seen it in the distance when my father and I travelled to the west. But I wouldn't say I'm 'familiar' with it." She gave Kyo a quizzical look. "Why would you ask me instead of Toa, or even Carwyn? They're from the West. They'd be more familiar with Mt. Othrong than I would." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ForceFightWMe12 Posted June 30, 2007 Author Share Posted June 30, 2007 Kyo smirked, shaking his head slightly from side to side. "That isn't quite what I meant, Miss Aya." he said, pulling a small charcol stick from his pocket. He flipped the parchment to where the riddle was written, and began to write Othrong a few centimeters above where Go North was written. He began to rearrange the letters of the name of the mountain. Othrong gOnorth Go North. "'Go North' wasn't a direction." he said, "It was an anagram." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JasraLantill Posted June 30, 2007 Share Posted June 30, 2007 Aya slowly closed her eyes, embarrassed that she had been so dense. "The first clue was a riddle, so why would any of the other clues be any different." She opened her eyes, then let out a little snort. "Othrong. Go North. Go figure. We've all been going in the completely wrong direction." She glanced out the window where she could see Carwyn, Takara, and Toa still outside enjoying the sunshine. "So, who's going to break the news to them?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ForceFightWMe12 Posted June 30, 2007 Author Share Posted June 30, 2007 "I suppose I should," Kyo said, "Seeing as I was the one who made the mistake and dragged you all out here." The swordsman put the charcoal stick back in his pocket, picking up the parchment and looking over the anagram for a few moments. "Obakenare was truly brilliant." he murmured softly, "She put the answer right in front of everyone's noses, and we couldn't even see it." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JasraLantill Posted June 30, 2007 Share Posted June 30, 2007 "Well let's hope no one else figured it out," Aya commented. "There's a lot of strange stuff that's been happening around us--demon dragons and rock snakes... oh, and you remember those guys in black who attacked us at the boat docks of Ryuu-Tokai?" She rubbed her chin thoughtfully. "Wonder whatever happened to those guys...." She shook her head to rid herself of the thought. "Nevermind. Let's go tell the others." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quist Posted July 1, 2007 Share Posted July 1, 2007 Maggie was more than a little confused by Kyo and Aya's conversation about Obakenare, never having seriously studied the ancient legends too extensively herself. But she was keen enough to figure out that they'd decoded a riddle and in reality, weren't even supposed to be here. "I take it your destination is elsewhere?" she said as they made to leave. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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