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Cannae play the card game since I suck at that kind of stuff, but L5R really intrigues me.

... Not enough to actually read the rest o' the stories 'n' whatnot. xd I read books.

I don't know... I think I liked the original seven novels before the Throne o' Steel set better. Especially The Phoenix for... obvious reasons. sweatdrop *Smiles at oniichan*

That's it! Isawa! Goodness, I was thinking Asawa...

I've played the CCG since Imperial(when it came out). I've read the novels and have some RPG books for L5R although not a lot.


But the coolest story I found for L5R was from the Players Guide 2nd Edition when discussing the Crab.


Something bearing my father's face and weeping my mother's tears comes clawing up from the depths, screaming for me to join them. I feel its talons against my armor, snapping leather and metal as if they were origami. I reach for my tetsubo as I hear its hideous laugh, and I know that one blow is all it will allow before it tears the entrails from my bones.

And you sit in your palace and lecture me on courage.

The dismal stink of the Shadowlands surrounds my companions and me. A towering oni grabs a pair of bushi and shakes them like children's dolls, snapping their bones into powder. I hear their pleas for help and ignore them, knowing that I am condemning them to a fate worse than death. My daimyo is depending upon me to escape this horror, or else hundreds more will die as my companions have.

And you lie in your garden and tell me about duty.

The wall stretches a thousand leagues long, filled with samurai preparing for siege. A sea of goblins stands before me, howling unnamable curses into the air. As they begin to cross the river, I hear that the Crane have launched another foray against our borders to the north. Yes I can do nothing but stay where I am and ensure that no goblin escapes to terrorize the same Cranes who steal our land.

And you stand in your silk robes and explain to me what honor is.

You are children Playing games to fill your empty lives. You are infants squalling for your toys, pretending that nothing else holds meaning in this world. You are old women hunched around the fire, telling yourselves that the shadows beyond cannot hurt you.

I am the Crab. I have witnessed horrors that you could scarcely imagine and watched the death of enough samurai to fill a hundred battlefields. I have seen what lies beyond the soft confines of this make-believe kingdom, and I am charged with ensuring that your dreams does not dissolve into nightmare. I am the sole and only protector of your pathetic existence.
So laugh at me if you will. Mock my uncouth behavior, start at my crude language but do not speak to me of courage, little man. Do not speak to me of duty or honor. You haven't the slightest idea what they mean.

Once puppies calm down I'm going to start up a game of something. Not sure what just yet. But first I'm waiting for the work being done outside to be finished as the combined noise of it and the dogs howling disinclines me towards gaming.


Or I might watch the next Nadia DVD.


One or the other.


Odd note: This is post number 666 on our hangout thread. Does this have some sort of special meaning? twisted

She was? I guess she hasn't shown that side of her yet. I've only just finished watching her and Jean escape from Gargoyle for the first time after the Tower of Babel went kablooie.

I'm guessing I'll find out later. Like I said, at episode 8 she's seems fairly decent. She worried about that little girl, she prods Jean about his inventions but after a few mishaps I can't hold that against her. The only reason she gave Jean away was that Gargoyle was threatening the kid.

Only episode 8? Trust me... she gets worse later.

Anyway, I'm off to DAoC. biggrin Jaa. heart

So long Kotori.


And as Ren said, read the weekly fictions. They're generally better(well the occasional crappy one does pop up but it's the exception).


The RPG fictions tend to be excellent.


Except Fortunes and Winds. That fiction was pretty bad although I laughed about his a** getting kicked by a rabbit. biggrin

Actually, I need to catch up on the fictions myself. I'm horribly behind. I haven't read since Rosanjin was murdered with the first Shamesword... sweatdrop