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Post by Bayushi Yokohime on Apr 30, 2018 13:05:15 GMT -5
A story has been started by some people about the lake of RHS.
"Otousan... can you tell me the story?" A boy asked his dad.
"Ahem... Well once there was a maiden whose used to play pirates with her friend on a boat named the Salty Goblin. The maiden had to go back to her parents as she wasn't from this realm leaving her pirate companion alone for years. The Salty Goblin was sunk by a silly pranker who made the pirate sad." The dad explained the story.
"I know I know... Tell me about the maiden!" The kid was more interested on the maiden.
"Hai... the maiden came back to this very lake to find out that the ship was at its bottom. She found it and marked it down. She sang an oath to protect the boat and only a worthy one will be able to bring the boat back from the dephs of the lake. The maiden slumbers at the bottom of the lake protecting the boat that can only be risen by the owner or her children." The father laughed. "They say that you can hear singing at night if you come close to the lake. It is claimed that it is the guardian of the lake calling out for the worthy one."
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Post by Bayushi Yokohime on Apr 30, 2018 21:31:05 GMT -5
It was the first of October as the leaves of the trees have started to turn. In the Bayushi's dream many years have passed but in reality it was just a few months.
"Onee Chan wake up... Papa Saito has a surprise for you." The girl just got into a more comfortable position. "Five more minutes aniki kun..." The small boy continued to push the girl. "Come oooon onee chan... wake up... Papa Saito hates waiting you know that." She was now annoyed. "all right all right I am up am up."
She walked down the stair to the kitchen in her sleepwear as Saito was cooking breakfast to the family. "Ohaio... Shosuro san..." As she scratched her eyes. "Good morning sleepy head." The Shosuro greeted. "Ichigo said you have a surprise for me." The Shosuro smiled. "Yes... we are going to the lake... I think I was supposed to give you something at this point." Ichigo gave the Shosuro an envelope and a pearl.
"Ah... yes... I think this is for you... or from you. I don't remember... I don't even know who this Bayushi Makubesu that you speak of in that letter is but I think things will clear up once we are in the lake area." Yokohime frowned. "Otousan... Makubesu I hope he is alright." She sighed. "This was nice Shosuro san... thank you. I'll eat all your food today okay."
Saito cocked a brow as this was different from usual. Even he one of the best chefs of Rokugan couldn't make her eat a full meal. "Are you alright, Yoko chan?" The girl smiled "Hai... I will try my best."
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Else were the lady of the lake started to rise from the bottom. Her twin tails swirled in the water as her tail moves with the waves. Slowly she was taken by the water Kami to the shore and placed there in her sleep.
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Post by Utaku Hisui on Apr 30, 2018 22:19:41 GMT -5
Hisui is by the shores of the lake. She felt an itch that made her come here. Perhaps out of the familiarity. She hadn't been there in a long time, and she rather missed the unusually-good acoustics of the area. Along with the company she kept there, once upon a time. And as she walked along the shore, she noticed the hair of someone who had once been such good company.
She approached tentatively, coming closer until she could confirm it. It was Yokohime, and the Utaku could tell she was asleep. Why that bothered her, she wasn't sure. But she had a gut feeling something was wrong.
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Post by Bayushi Makubesu on Apr 30, 2018 22:55:49 GMT -5
"So, we meet again at last," says a voice from behind the Utaku. "I remember you... by name and deeds, anyway, if not the face. However, besides your noteworthy talent for singing, it seems our tastes in women have dovetailed a second time as you are now dating the woman I consider my daughter." Bayushi Makubesu strikes an imposing pose slightly up the hill from Hisui, arms crossed and whatever ambient light there is reflecting off his glasses. However, shortly after, he frowns and his shoulders slump, the effect instantly broken.
"Um... not that one, though," he says, noting Yokohime asleep upon the shore. "I meant the other one." Sighing in frustration, he walks forward to examine the sleeping mermaid along with the Unicorn.
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Post by Utaku Hisui on Apr 30, 2018 23:15:01 GMT -5
The Utaku, for her part, seems to have mostly been distracted by concern over Yokohime to notice the attempt to be ominous. She taps her old friend's cheek a few times, as if trying to stir her awake. She frowns when she realizes this might not work. Then she notices the shadow of the Scorpion and turns to see him.
"Oh, hello Makubesu-sensei. I don't suppose you know what's going on?" she asks, gesturing to the sleeping lady.
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Post by Bayushi Yokohime on May 1, 2018 5:18:35 GMT -5
As her dream continues.
"Saito san... I am going to see a friend before we go to the lake." Ichigo poked Yoko. "You don't have friends." Yoko smiled."I do... just that you don't know them. Besides... soon you'll have a sister to bother." The Bayushi teased the Boy. "You are my sister... Even if Papa Saito didn't father you." The girl smiled. "I am actually... never mind."
Saito pondered. "Where are you going? Who is this friend? Do I know them?" He asked, concern. Ichigo was right she didn't have many friends. Then again he knew that sometimes Yoko mysteriously disappear.
-o-
Yoko's body still sleep as she tried to get into a more comfortable position.
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Post by Ryudo Akane on May 1, 2018 19:14:52 GMT -5
Akane had been following Bayushi Makubesu for a few minutes now. Not that she was trying to be sneaky. And not that he seemed to mind. But she wasn't here for him; For some reason she'd felt the sudden urge to go down to the ol' lake, back where she had so many memories with her charge and others.
When she got there she saw a surprising sight; There was her old girlfriend, Utaku Hisui, looking as heart-stopping as ever. And between her and Makubesu-sensei lay Yokohime, someone she'd not seen in a long time.
What was she doing here? Was she okay? Akane jogged over, her concern for the younger looking woman overcoming any hesitation of awkwardness in being next to Hisui and Makubesu.
"Good afternoon. Don't tell me the two of you also had the sudden urge to come down and see the lake too?"
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Post by Bayushi Makubesu on May 1, 2018 19:59:59 GMT -5
"Akane-chan!" Makubesu says, smiling. "I'm so sorry I missed you at the Sakura Festival all those months ago. If only your hair weren't still as golden as the sun and your personality, I might have made time for you. As it stood, I was occupied by those with manes of silver and white more than anything." He remembers lunching with Fuyuko and his long talk with Mei that day.
"Well... it is the most curious thing," he says, trying to answer both their questions. "The school informed me that Yokohime abruptly stopped showing up to teach her classes three days after the Sakura Festival. I... I feared she had fled, to the sea or to Sakkaku, out of some embarrassment or sadness. I truly intended to come investigate, but... I just could never find the time until this very moment. Isn't that odd?" It wasn't like the elder, clever Scorpion teacher to be wholly without answers, but here they were.
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Post by Utaku Hisui on May 1, 2018 20:28:29 GMT -5
Hisui smiles at Akane.
"I did feel like I should wander by the lake today, and suddenly I find her." She gestures to Yokohime, whose head she is supporting with her arm. Almost like a mother holding a sleeping child. If not for the fact that Yoko wasn't that small. "She's asleep and moving around, but I have a feeling she's not alright. And I don't know how to wake her up."
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Post by Ryudo Akane on May 1, 2018 21:26:35 GMT -5
"Asleep. Right here? After being gone like that? She's... not poisoned or anything like that, right?"
Akane wore a sweater thanks to the chill but still wore shorts, and she squatted next to Yoko to look the woman over. Not that she could tell much by looking.
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