Heavenfall

Shinjo sighed at that, then her eyes lighted on Miuna and Hanzou with what looked almost like relief. "Miuna-san, Hanzou-san. What brings you here?"

"You can call me a fool all day once you recover, love," she said affectionately, but with worry tingeing her voice.

She looked to him. "I think magic is the only way to stop the bleeding in time with wounds as large as his. Please help him."

"Every tribe member is a potential future Clan member," she replied with a shrug. "They're not lesser. I am pleased to hear that our supplies will hold out. We're lucky they didn't decide to hit those, as well." She looked toward the entry, sighing. "We may have to make a comfortable spot on the sup...

"I'm ashamed to say that I'm surprised, too... We still lost some, but I anticipated... worse," she said, lowering her head. "It probably would have cost much more if Hisomu hadn't been willing to give up his divinity for the portal. The light of Tengoku likely made up for... what it might have othe...

She nodded, chuckling a little despite the pain. "I figured it was that, or you were concerned for her. Or both."

"Either way, it was sorted. How are you holding up?"

Shinjo accepted, suddenly finding herself thirsty and ravenous at seeing food after everything that had happened. After a few swallows of food and drink, she said, "Speaking of your students, I had a talk with Miuna-san not long ago. She was under the impression you didn't believe in her."

"Nothing magic would make much of a dent in," she replied with a small smile, settling down near him. She looked down at the ruined leg. It was partially healed, the wounds closed, but tender and somewhat deformed. "Time and careful recovery will have to be our greatest allies."

Shinjo slowly returned to consciousness as her leg partially healed and she felt Koyama cradle her gently. She brushed her hand over his scales comfortingly. They were okay. They had made it and would get better. She smiled a little at Kyosei. "Thank you." Her gaze turned to the dragon surrounding h...

Someone soon entered, limping and leaning heavily on a staff that was likely used for something else not long ago. She smiled at him as she entered, still graceful despite the impediment. "You should get some rest, Jin-san."

Kyosei of the Isawa wrote: ↑

Sun Jun 14, 2020 2:15 pm

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The healing is successful, but it becomes obvious as he goes that her leg is likely never going to be the same again.

Shinjo had spotted the monster emerging from Jigoku and felt fear grip even her heart. She prayed the mortals could take care of the corrupted monsters making their homes in the mortal world... She needed to deal with this. She veered off from the fight, galloping at the massive monster as it emerge...

Shinjo paced back and forth as she watched the battle and waited for her brothers to return. As it grew more harrowing, fire surrounded her and she took on her ki-rin form, getting ready for a battle she prayed wouldn't happen.

Nanzi wrote: ↑

Sat Jun 13, 2020 12:16 am

Nanzi glanced to the Kirin champion and said, "This will succeed."

Shinjo nodded, though she still looked fairly tense. "Yes... I know."

Shinjo stood tensely near the shugenja, splitting her attention between watching their years of work to retrieve her brother come to fruition and watching for any enemies that may break through the first ranks.

Shinjo sighed. "Either way, we will need many others besides those descending. We will need as many shugenja as we can get to cast the spell to create the shield and maintain concentration for the duration. Then we will need small teams of bushi to create two defensive circles around the shugenja. T...

Shinjo looked to him. "Please... for the sake of minimizing disharmony and getting this done. The most important part is rescuing him."

Shijo rubbed both hands down her face, strain showing in her expression. "If she strays from the ritual over this, it really will be the end."

Shinjo looked over to him, concealing a look of worry poorly. "Hantei... I should go."

Togashi Saruko wrote: ↑

Wed Jun 10, 2020 2:50 am

"I have some jade I can spare for the warriors to use on their weapons. Uhm... how... ritualized must this wedding ceremony be?"

Was she going to have to channel Doji's ceremonial skills?

"Very... Our mother is a being of Tengoku and holds ritual, ceremony, and right action very highly."

"Some of those who cannot go will be descending - those will be chosen by Shinsei." "Some of those who stay behind will be defending the shugenja so they can maintain concentration. We will have a primary guard as the first defense against the monsters, and there will be a secondary guard who will r...