Heavenfall

For those who don't know, there's another Naishou game coming: http://shadowsovernaishou.com/shadowsandfire/index.php. Submissions open 21 June 2020, with Day 0 beginning on 1 July and the game, proper, getting underway with Day 1 on 5 July. Per the head GM (which ain't me--I'm an assistant), "Plea...

Everybody wanna be Imperial this timeline. :lol: The Imperial families outnumber any other Clan in numbers. Combine Shiba's sheer popularity (how we ended up with him on the throne) with a certain degree of, let us say over-specialization in some of the families (kind of the reverse of the Asako in...

So what was up with Riki? After a brief thread with Sora and Nanzi, the guy seemed to kind of evaporate.

Yoritomo and Aramasu indicate that, at least in canon, it wasn't considered too much of a stretch. Likewise, the Horiuchi Family, born of a typo though it may have been, formally adopted orphans as a matter of course. In the Birbverse we so merrily populate, it's still early days yet, but the Imperi...

Sora shot a glance at Jin.

"First day of his reign, I told him. That was almost a year before he entrusted me with the safety of his first child, so if he's directly opposed, he has a funny way of showing it. I think he understands that trust is earned."

"In fairness to Togashi, his followers come looking for him, not the other way around... But yes, part of why I serve Shiba is because he actually considers consequences."

Nope. Shan't.

We Discord Luddites have it the worst when it comes to board refresh addiction.

Sora weighed the issue... and then, very quietly, spelled out the broad strokes of keeping an eye on the Kami in the name of preserving human freedom to make their own decisions.

Man, I'm gonna miss you reprobates while our lovely GM staff takes a well-deserved recharge.

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Tue Jun 16, 2020 10:15 am

Oh, Oblivion's Gate is going to be relevant soon enough.

Is it too late to send Ryoko's ogre buddies to pull it down?

"I know for a fact that the Emperor would at the very least listen to such a petition- the Tribe of Isawa has not only sent aid on this mission in your person, they have also supplied the Lady of the Spider, my kohai, Ayumu, and not least, my intended, Kinyoubi. From my own standpoint, a tribe that ...

Sora frowned. "Clans have Kami. You could perhaps join a Clan as a family- I know the Takemori intend to make a case for being an Imperial Family, for example. But I think the choice should be made before a conflict, so you don't run the risk of having terms dictated to you by the victors. Shiba and...

"Oh, that's no great secret. The Empire is going to reach out until it finds borders it has to respect, whatever any given individual may think of it."

"Naturally. Unlike some, neither Jin nor I expect 'service to the Empire' to count for much with people who aren't technically part of it."

"In that case, I'll have to see about getting the princesses out for some fishing time while you're there. Could be a nice break from the trail... for all of us. But for now, you're right, we should head back, if only because I think it's going to be a long day."

"Any such texts that might help laymen would be welcome in the libraries as well..."

"That would do nicely."

"We can probably dispense with the pure hatchet jobs- they'd be a hard sell- and anyway, whatever I may think of some of his siblings, Shiba has not just my loyalty, but my genuine respect and admiration. But these other three sound promising."

"All of which goes to show that we, at least, won't be too terribly upset if the Tribe of Isawa produces some texts which question the Kami .."