Chye addresses the multitude:
"Brothers we've come to help solve your problems, and protect you from the bad men, and rid you of the bad yokai. We Thank your elder for his hospitality, and any help you can give us while we are here will be greatly appreciated.
Am Chye Iseul. 蔡 이슬 *Mountain Dew* Knight-errant of the Jiaghu. Chye's great grandfather is the benevolent golden dragon "Chye Cháyè" 蔡 茶葉*Mountain Tea Leaf*, the grandson of the half-dragon,
Chye Wu 蔡 武 *Mountain Warrior*,
and the son of Chye Xiāo. 蔡 霄 *Mountain Cloud*
"When it gets dark tonight, Chye shall go forth and confront he who's abode is in-the-commode!
maybe we find someone to teach Ming-Sa-kun, some cleaning spells, and after, they won't have any more flavor to savor! Ho ho ho!"
Chye strums out a ditty,for emphasis.
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In reply to Chye Isuel (msg # 358):

"Dreams free of the wailing maiden and the filth licjker will be good"
This message was last edited by the player at 16:02, Thu 19 Sept 2019.

"Wailing maiden, filth licker, and something that drinks the lamp oil?  You may sleep better with the lights Ming-Sa and I have made, but it sounds as if we may be up all night."

"You may be right! Chye take a nap, and sleep off this meal. wake up fresh, to deal with yokai, and whatever else. Is there somewhere we may rest for awhile, and prepare ourselves?" Chye was hoping he'd get offers of hospitality for himself, if not the group as a whole, but he'd take whatever he could get!

Ales patrols the area, looking for signs of yokai and other troublemakers.

In reply to Chye Isuel (msg # 361):

Ales gets a very good sense of the layout of the village. The others are directed to a space beneath a stilt house withwoven floors and paper walls.

Using the information he acquired from his patrol, Ales devises a strategy to defend the village from yokai and bandits, recruiting as many villagers as he can to assist in the efforts.

12:26, Today: Ales Konstantin rolled 9 using 3d6.  Leadership 13.

12:26, Today: Ales Konstantin rolled 12 using 3d6.  Strategy 12.

15:00, Today: Iskander rolled 16 using 3d6.  tactics ~ 13. retry

15:00, Today: Iskander rolled 14 using 3d6.  tactics ~ 13.

14:58, Today: Iskander rolled 11 using 3d6.  soldier ~ 13.
Iskander patrols, but has trouble formulating good tactical logistics, due to the unfamiliar swamp terrain..
"Marjal maleït!"

"Should we stay outdoors and awake, or post watches and let as many sleep as may?"

"We can ask the one giving us lodgings if they will rouse us, should trouble occur, and no doubt, they'd be obliged." Chye spread his cloak out on the mat, and sat down.

In reply to Chye Isuel (msg # 367):

Ales  sets up a few barricades in the roads, as bandits have never come from through the paddy. As to defending against  ghosts, make an occultism roll, at -4 if you don't have cultural familiarity Sahudese.

16:48, Today: Iskander rolled 10 using 3d6.  Hidden Lore (undead) ~ 12.
Iskander helps, and remembers some things he has heard, and read among the sahudese undead.

Chou-Zhen recalls tales his mother told when he was a child, as well as things he heard while learning Sahudese.

[Private to GM: 17:36, Today: Chou-Zhen Mou rolled 8 using 3d6.  Occultism (14-4=10) re Sahudese ghost defenses.]

In reply to Chou-Zhen Mou (msg # 370):

Many yokai are compelled to count things, like grains of rice. Peach wood is often a repellent, and red silk ribbons are often an obstacle.
Prayer scrolls hanging on red ribbon are better in this regard.



Miko and the other catfolk are attending to the oxen.

"Unless there are peach trees growing near here, I do not know where we might obtain peach wood, but my armor is adorned with silk ribbons, some of them red.

"I could sacrifice those ribbons to aid in protecting the village, especially if there are prayer scrolls, or if some could be made, to hang from the ribbons."

In reply to Chou-Zhen Mou (msg # 372):

"I also have some red silk, used to wrap a bundle of Joss sticks"

In reply to Miko (msg # 373):

"We will burn some of those in the shrine. I have two scrolls, one a mandala depicting all of the gods, the other a prayer I have laid a blessing on"

[Private to Chou Zen-Mou: using your armor to defend the village will give a +2 on defensive rolls]
This message was last edited by the player at 19:37, Thu 26 Sept 2019.

"Excellent.  Can we defend the whole village with so little, or need we concentrate the effect?  Perhaps around the privies?"

Chye is resting, to be at his fighting best, after the trip, and large meal.
This message had punctuation tweaked by the player at 00:10, Fri 27 Sept 2019.

In reply to Chou-Zhen Mou (msg # 375):

"The drowned spirit is perhaps more formidable. The filth eater is responsible for a number of people experiencing flux, and developing boils on their nethers where they were licked. While abominable, it has not claimed any lives. The same cannot be said of the drowned maiden, and there has been a wasting sickness among those living further from the rice fields, toward the forrest.  I have been making them strong tea to fortify them, but their health is failing, and they seem as pale as those bitten by ka."



[Private to Narrator: these last are victims of the pennegalan. the rokubori is merely thirsting for oil, and small animals.  The Akaname lurks in the outhouse. The shirime lurk out in the woods. the Yurei (drowned maiden) comes from the river, through the rice fields, and has lifebane, so her path can bee seen through the fields]
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"I would like to survey that portion of the village nearest the forest.

"Along our way here, we encountered a fallen star stone in the forest that dampens magic.  Its influence had caused some magical creatures of this land to go out of their way toward the city.  It may be that it is affecting those nearest the forest.  If that is the case, those most weakened might be aided by moving them further from the forest.

"Is the drowned maiden seen most near the forest, as well?  Is it known whose spirit she might be?"

In reply to Chou-Zhen Mou (msg # 378):

"My predecessor called her Kodokuna Otome. It is said she was betrothed to a villager named Fuun'na Nakama, who left the village to seek his fortune, promising to return. He was never seen again. She waited for him, but became despondent after many months, and threw herself into the river. We do not know what happened to him, but the great beast was active then, and the old shaman believed he fell victim to it."

In reply to Village shaman (msg # 379):
"I have the means to destroy these ghosts, for good..But we should find these spirits, and reunite them. Then, they may return good to the village, as properly assuaged, ancestral spirits ought. If only someone here, had the spells to summon spirit, and the seek spell. Knowing the full name, could even lead us to remains, which we could then give the proper rites."

This message was last edited by the player at 22:05, Sun 29 Sept 2019.

In reply to Iskander (msg # 380):

" The same ritual used to call the recent ancestors may serve to call upon this unfortunate fellow. Seeking lost things I cannot do."
This message was last updated by the player at 12:58, Tue 08 Oct 2019.

In reply to Village worker (msg # 381):
"We should summon the spirits, then. I have this fan, that was made especially to deal with spectrals, if need be.. So, do not fear."
Iskander opens his magic fan, with a flourish. *covering the bottom half of his face, for effect*