Red Petals Scatter - New L5R Fiction Story Discussion

By Vulcan646, in L5R LCG: Lore Discussion

11 minutes ago, Schmoozies said:

He's chief of the Seppun Guard so yeah he's probably taking backlash, but he wasn't specifically responsible for the Emperor at the time so may be able to get off with just a demotion and Roninhood.

What backlash? The Emperor died of natural causes. The Daimyo of the Miya agrees so.

8 minutes ago, Tonbo Karasu said:

What backlash? The Emperor died of natural causes. The Daimyo of the Miya agrees so.

Yes but the palace wards have failed, and Prince Daisetsu has been taken from the palace.

And Kachiko may want someone she can better control in charge of the Palace Guard

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10 minutes ago, Tonbo Karasu said:

What backlash? The Emperor died of natural causes. The Daimyo of the Miya agrees so.

Well that is what Kachiko was running with, but, now she has a missing Toturi and a Shaisetsu on the lamb.

If Kachiko suspects that Ishikawa is investigating Toturi's assassination attempt, by shinobi, she will likely have Ishikawa implicated somehow to remove him from the equation. Now that Kachiko has a different angle to take, it's a pretty simple pivot from natural causes to "we thought it was natural causes, but that barbarian unicorn sorceress used dark magic to assault one prince and now she is missing with the other one, and the emerald champion appears to have be assassinated, all on you watch Ishikawa...………….shall I recommend someone to be your second for your seppuku?"

1 hour ago, Tonbo Karasu said:

What backlash? The Emperor died of natural causes. The Daimyo of the Miya agrees so.

And Satoshi is totally trustworthy, a rube and not at all a spymaster that Kachiko has completely underestimated...

...And our Yogo bloodline makes its presence. 😁

Horsie trots away. Imperial sausage taken. Enjoy holiday away.

P.S. They can make a totally new spin in the story by having Kaede, Toturi, Shahai and Daisetsu in a single adventure party.

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21 minutes ago, Yogo Rye X said:

...And our Yogo bloodline makes its presence. 😁

Horsie trots away. Imperial sausage taken. Enjoy holiday away.

P.S. They can make a totally new spin in the story by having Kaede, Toturi, Shahai and Daisetsu in a single adventure party.

They would just need 3 more and that would be a pretty solid 7 thunders, should FFG decide on a new 7

Four. Although I suppose Daisetsu can pass for Crane. The Hantei certanly married enough with them

Toturi- Lion.

Kaede- Phoenix.

Shahai- Unicorn.

Crab- I'd rather enjoy if it happened to be Sukune or O-Ushi.

Crane- ? Daisestsu? Crane is about the most detached clan from the Imperial plot at this point.

Dragon- I still would favour Hitomi.

Scorpion- Dairyu gets my preference.

That's assuming they go that way, of course.

3 hours ago, Suzume Chikahisa said:

Crane- ? Daisestsu? Crane is about the most detached clan from the Imperial plot at this point.

His mother is a crane, so I guess it would qualify in a pinch. If the dragon army were to be going to collect and protect them for that reason one assumes they would send the intended Dragon Thunder along with the army - so either Mirumoto Hitomi or Togashi Mitsu.

The one with no obvious individual and no obvious way to get them into the vicinity of the capital is Crab - unless you're going to pick Yasuki Taka (Who could always try and sell Fu Leng something).

19 minutes ago, Magnus Grendel said:

so either Mirumoto Hitomi or Togashi Mitsu.

In the upcoming Dragon novella, Togashi Kazue has her new mysterious tattoo, we cannot ignore her as a possible choice as well.

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This fic was good, but it was Daishahai, and Daishahai always delivers. Tho, I feel like some of the character interactions were cut short for more 'Seppun = Worst Samurai' scenes. For example, I'm unsure what was the point of the door scene with Shahai's face off with the guards. Why do the writers hate the Seppun so much?

5 hours ago, AtoMaki said:

This fic was good, but it was Daishahai, and Daishahai always delivers. Tho, I feel like some of the character interactions were cut short for more 'Seppun = Worst Samurai' scenes. For example, I'm unsure what was the point of the door scene with Shahai's face off with the guards. Why do the writers hate the Seppun so much?

Dis we settle on Daishahai as their couple name. I always think of them as either DaiHai or ShaiSetsu myself.

10 hours ago, Suzume Chikahisa said:

Four. Although I suppose Daisetsu can pass for Crane. The Hantei certanly married enough with them

Toturi- Lion.

Kaede- Phoenix.

Shahai- Unicorn.

Crab- I'd rather enjoy if it happened to be Sukune or O-Ushi.

Crane- ? Daisestsu? Crane is about the most detached clan from the Imperial plot at this point.

Dragon- I still would favour Hitomi.

Scorpion- Dairyu gets my preference.

That's assuming they go that way, of course.

I still hope that our next 7 Thunders end up being characters no one would suspect. My preferred route is they are the named 3 drops from core set (and yes I'm aware the Crab is dead but there is always the Shadow Samurai route to deal with that). I mean the families all match well to the original thunders (once you realize that the Crane Thunder was Doj and Kakita's daughter so shares the blood of both families thus Making Kaezin or Assami viable choices).

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36 minutes ago, Schmoozies said:

Dis we settle on Daishahai as their couple name. I always think of them as either DaiHai or ShaiSetsu myself.

I like Daishahai, it rolls to the tongue very well.

1 minute ago, AtoMaki said:

I like Daishahai, it rolls to the tongue very well.

maybe but its a little counter to the purpose of joined names where you are combining a part of each persons name and making them flow together, this just add a prefix to her name.

It's Shaisetsu. I accept no other substitute.

I'm team Shaisetsu

#rokuganhighschoolmusical

#shesallthatrokuganremake

33 minutes ago, Schmoozies said:

maybe but its a little counter to the purpose of joined names where you are combining a part of each persons name and making them flow together, this just add a prefix to her name.

But... Daishahi is a conjoined name: Dais etsu + Shahai, merging at the shared -S- letter.

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3 minutes ago, AtoMaki said:

But... Daishahi is a conjoined name: Dais etsu + Shahai, merging at the shared -S- letter.

but you wouldn't pronounce his name DAIS-ETSU, It would be More like DAI-SE-TSU or DAISETSU so you have a se sound not a sh and her name would be SHA-HAI

11 minutes ago, Schmoozies said:

but you wouldn't pronounce his name DAIS-ETSU, It would be More like DAI-SE-TSU or DAISETSU so you have a se sound not a sh and her name would be SHA-HAI

Uhm... So? There is an emphasis on the 'S' either way. It is not Dai'etsu and 'Hahai as far as I'm aware. I might be wrong here tho.

2 hours ago, AtoMaki said:

But... Daishahi is a conjoined name: Dais etsu + Shahai, merging at the shared -S- letter.

But Shaisetsu is more in-line with modern branding of couples.

Sh-aisetsu follows the Bra-ngelina formatting more closely.........and omfg look what you made me do!

That's it AtoMaki is on a temporary ignore

#youknowwhatyoudid

#badblood

:P

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3 hours ago, Ishi Tonu said:

But Shaisetsu is more in-line with modern branding of couples.

Sh-aisetsu follows the Bra-ngelina formatting more closely.........and omfg look what you made me do!

That's it AtoMaki is on a temporary ignore

#youknowwhatyoudid

#badblood

:P

I thought you LIKED supernatural evil! ;)

1 hour ago, Shiba Gunichi said:

I thought you LIKED supernatural evil! ;)

There is nothing super about that kind of evil.

How about a novel of these two runaways?

10 hours ago, Daigotsu Arashi said:

How about a novel of these two runaways?

I would like that but I don't think that there is so much story in there. Daisetsu receiving a rude reality check from the world outside of the palace has potential, but I don't see the story heading there.

I don't know. I think there's can be a ton of story in there if they want there to be, but I'd expect something like that isn't possible until after all the clan novellas are out. Though maybe we can get an RPG adventure at some point that ties into their plot. That would be very interesting.